1932-12-07 — Page 4

· BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI *BANKING CORPORATION.

Katkarland Capital

Tarsed and Fully Fald-up

Camere Funds L

Sterilag £1,500,000

11,005,900

$40.000.000 10,000,000

Memoria Liability of Propriators com@30,000,000

HRAD OFFICE, HONGKONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS — Hoa, Mr. J. J, Palerson.

Costruose.

T, B. Fence, Esq Deputy Chairman,

1. Mr. W. R. De

1. I. Compión, Esq.

M. Z. Jaca, Esq. ★ Miskia, Bog.

ΑΜΟΙ

.DANOKOK

- BATAVIA

BOMBAY

JAZCUTIA

DANTON QBEVOO DOLOMBO

DAIDEN POOCHOW

ILAIPILONG

BANDURO

ELANKOW

HARDIN

HONDERW

ILOILO

[POSI

Jouons

COME

KOWLOOK

J. A. Macomer. Eve

1.6 Bar, Kıs

J. F. Warras, K

V. M. Omybaro, Eng.

Chiot Stanague.

BRA NOITER:

KUALA LUMPUR

LONDON

LIOND

MALACOA

KANILA

MUAR (Johort)

HUKBEN

NEW VOSK

FELFING

PEKANU

BANGOGY

RAIGUN

BAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAI

RINGAMLE

BOUBABAYA

ВИКОВІ РАТАН

TIRKTSIN

THINGSAG

TOKIU

TOROBAMA

Cerent Amount opened in Local Öszrendy and Fixed Deposita received for con year t aborter periods in Local Gurmący wod billing en terms which will be quoted on application. Bong Kong, th April, 100%

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Beelzone të the shore Bank je neodusul ĐI VÀO HUNG TUNG AND BEANDER) ĐÀN. KO CORPORATION. Beis may be ableland

paulon

YOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHA2

RING OORPORATION.

9. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manage. Hong Kong, a7th Februszy, 1933,

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.

Established 1912.

Head Office: Hong Kong.

Authorized Capital (H.K. Cormory) ......$11,900.000 Paid-Up Capital on 0,968,2ND Bouazri Fund some pens. 1,180,000

BRANCHES --

Chanian, Shanghai, Haakow, Ulangkok,

and Han Francisum

LONDON DANKANS |--

The Gayl's Ilank, Limited.

CORRESPONDENTS

Ta në principal elties of the World.

Toraja pichanga nod tasking businem of

Sala Depoífi Bones (variona sinne) si a poorly

ten a from $3 to $40.

LOOK POONG SHAN;

"Chief Manager.

THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中

Reorganised October 26, 1928, under

special charter of The National Gor- erniment as a

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

BANK.

..$24,71- 200.00 ..$ 3,820,003.82

Bubscribed Capital ...$25,000,000.00

Paid-Up Capital

Reservo Funds.

HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAL

HONG KONG BRANCH;

4. Queen's Road Central

Owing to our numerous branches in China and large connections in the im- portant commercial centres of the world, we are able to extend to our clients special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and 'exchangen.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA,

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1863.

HEAD OFFICE; LONDON.

Pald-up Capital Reserve Fund

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE HO HONG BANK, LTD,

(Established 1917)

HEAD OFFICE:—SINGAPORE. LOCAL BRANCH:-/

13, Queen's Road Central

#

8,000,000 4,000,000

Authorised Capital Streite $20,000,000 Issued Capital..... Paid-up Capital .... Reserve Liabilition of

Shareholders

Commerce and Finance

4,000,000 NEW YORK STOCK

BRANCHES and AGENCIES is the principal cities of the world. .£3,000,000

Every description of Banking and £8,000,000 Exchange business transacted,

CHUA KEH 'HAI, ‚£3,000,000

Reservo Liability of Pro-

prietors

Agencies and Branches:

ALOR STAR

AMRITSAR

BANGKOK

BATAVIA BUMUAT CALOUTTA CANTON CAWMPORE CEDU COLOMBO DELHI

BAMBURO

.

KUCHIKO

MADRAS

MAKILA

XEDAN

NEW YORK

TEUINO (Paking) PENAND

BANGIOON

REMARANG

BERENBAN

BRANOHAL

SINGAPORE

SITIAWAN

BOURABAYA

HAIPHONG

ДАНКОЙ

ПАЕВТЫ

FUNG FONG

ILOILO

ΤΑΙΡΙΝΟ

KARACHI

SLANG

КОРЕ

KUALA LUMPUR

IPUL

Foreign

TIENTSIN

TOXOKAHI (Dhukat

TUNGTAO

YOKOHAMA

ZINBUANUA

Exchange and

Banking business transacted.

General

Current Accounts opened and Fix- ed Deposita received for one year, cr shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.

A.. BREARLEY,

Manager. Hong Kong, 17th November, 1932.

THE BANK OF TAIWAN,

(TAIWAN GINKO.)

Manager.

THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK, LTD. Established 1921.

Authorized Capital ...$ 5.000.000 Paid-up Capital ..................$ 2,574,100 Reserve Fund ..# 210,000 Total Resources ......$18,500,000 HEAD OFFICE: 144-150, Des Voeux Road, Central, BRANCHES: Canton, Shanghai, Tientsin, Hankow, Domestic Correspondents at all prin- cipal Cities in China.

FOREIGN BANKERS:

London: Midland Bank, Ltd. New York: Irving Trust Co.

& Union Trust Co.

EXCHANGE.

EXCHANGES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

A. O. F. C. Quotations. On London-

New York, Yesterday.

Last To-day's

Avor. Aver. Changa 30 Industrials .56.53 60.58 3.05 up

20 Ralla......24.69

20 Utilities ...26.59 140_Bonds *170,74

·Messrs. E.A. Pierce & Co. Ro-

T.T.

port:-The strength this afternoon | On Paris— | demonstrates the real meaning of the resistance given by railroad issues during the past week. For the first time in a long while ac-On India-

T.T. tivity incrassed on the "up side" and we would say that technics) On demand factors are favourable. Business On Shanghai---- done: 1,100,000 shares.

On demand

1/3

On demand

1/3%

4 months' sight

... 1/4

Credits 4 months'

sight

1/4%

26.81

2.221

On New York-

up

20.70 70.83

1.11 up :09 op

On-demand

21%

Credits 60 days'

sight ...

+221⁄4

On demand

542%

Credits 4 months'

aight

582

872

87%

76

Last To-day's

On, Kobe---

San Francisco: Wells Fargo Bank,

Price Price

ྃ་

On demand

1031⁄2

Singapore:

Chinese

Commercial Air Reduction

102%

$ 54% 20% 53 107%

On Manila-

On demand

421⁄4

On Singapore--

On demand

57

584

-52

On Batavia---

8%

*On demand

52%

ย

46

20

24%

น

On Saigon-

1234

18%

On demand.

541⁄4

14%

18%

On Bangkok---

57%

On, demand

140%

3312 81%

30%

Sovereigns Bank buy-

52%

6214

ing rate

-1/4%

17%

-10%

Bar Silver per oz.

17 11/16

14%

1622

16%

Bar Silver in Hong

215% 22%

2247

Nominal

12% 13%

10% 17%

Copper Cash

Nominal

20

20%

21%

Copper Cents

1% prem.

AL

Rate of Native In-

to

09

terest...

21%

23%

Chinese Sub. Colu

12% 19% 36

2014

........... 52. Allied Chemical & Dyo 71% Bank, Ltd.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE & BANK- American Can

4944

ING BUSINESS of every description American Tel. & Tel.

American Tob. "B"

transacted

Current and Savings Accounts open-Anaconda Copper Mining 7% ed and Fixed Deposits received on

Auburn LTD.torms which will be quoted on applica Borden Co.

Hon.

HEAD OFFICE:-Talpek, Formoss.

Incorporated by Special Imperial

Charter, 1899.

Central Boat Is Formon Bank Nolos iused Average amount ...Yan. 48,000,000 BRANCHES AND AGENCIES. JAPAN 1-Tokya Yokohama, Kobe, Das. FORMOSA ;-Gilman, Bagh Harenko,

Xmlung. Makong, Nanto, Shinobiku, Taichu, Tatzea, Takso, Tamaul, Toen, its fallo CHIRA :---Elanghai, ow, Amoy, Prochow,

Stow, CRATON,

OTHERS |--Rong Kong Singapore, Surabaya, Bemarso, Dataria, Bombay, London, New

York, DON BANKERB Barclays Bank, Ltd.. Lloyds Bank, Ltd. Midland Bank, Li, Wamloster Bank, IM,

The Bank has Correspondansa las all the principal Comercial Onciens throughout the world. L. NAQUBS,

HONO BOND DHANCHI:

3. Des Vaur Bad Contrai Hong Kong, Drownsber 3, 1981, ✓

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-

MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

(NETHERLAKES TRADING BOĢIETT)

DANEERS.

Katabilubed (894

Long Boug Offen;-17, Qinva's Road Central

Authorized Capital .£. 150,000,000 Pald-Up Capital Roserves

.f.: 80,080,000)

.L. 20,015,000)

Head O-AMSTERDAM“.

Lasters Eload Odor/~BATAVIA,

| Donathan 1---Bandjarmasin,

Bandosag*. Bombay, Calzatia, Churibon, Djember, Djck- [skarte") The Bogun", Hiddah. Kobe, Hai Dover, - Medan, Palambang, ka longan, Prang, Bangoon, Rotterdam", Bemarsog“, Abanghai, Bingsport, Boern bal Boerakarta (Solo), Tegal, Tilinijap| and Waiterreden","

* These offen have Bale Deposit Dozes to Lee.

LONDON BANKERS:——

NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK ·YIDA

Certepondents all over the world. Backlog Darl sam of stary description texameotud. |-

Manager.

A. STOKRINE, Hong Kong, 21st June, 1982

THE

We also handle the issue of Bonda AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, and other Public Funds of the Chin-

4 Government both at home and abroad.

SHOU J. CHEN,

Manager.

Hong Kong, 5th March, 1991.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED,

Established 1980.

Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund

INC.

Read Offer: 55, Broadway. New York.

Capital

Surplus

Réserves

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES :

to let at a yearly rental from $8.00) to $22.50.

WONG KWOK-SITUEN.

Chlef Manager.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE:

15, Gritechurch Street, London; 2.0A

Authorised Capital ....£3,000,000 Subscribed Capital 1,800,000 1,050,000 Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund & Beat . 1,217,927 DANKERD;

The Bank of England à Midland Bank, I»),

Delaf

BLANDEES.

Įpok

Shanghal

Himla

Canadian Pacific

Motors

Silented Gas of N.Y, 55

DUKE,

-2136

Du Pont de Nemours

man Kodak ........... DU Electric Bond & Share General Electric

General Foods General Motors Gilletto Safety Internat. Harvester Internat. Tel & Tel. Liggett & Myers "B"

Loew's Inc.

Loew's Inc. ...

Wolfemery Ward

Biscuit

D

Pacific Gas & Eletric. 27% 28

Kong

8%% pa.

29%% dis. Hong Kong Sub. Coln Par.

Pennsylvania. Raflway

-184

LONDON EXCHANGES.

Radio

Corp

536

Standard Co. of NJ, 29

Sears Roebuck... 18%

19%

3034

London, Yesterday.

Bangkod

Радат.

Batavia

Kandy

Pora Louis

oceny Vacuum Corp,

7%

Paris

Donday

Karach

(Mariluk

Oklonite

Kota Bharu

Rangoon

Union Carbide & Carbon 29 Union Pacific pa

2414

82

69%

New York

3,20

Celomba

!Kuala Liple

Kuala Lumper

Quila

Kuantan (Pakang) Singapore

Houg Kong

.Madela

Brutabaga

United States. Steel... 80% Westinghouse E. & M., 24%

'ox dividend.

334

Montreal

3.777%

26

Brussels

23.10%

Geneva

Howrah

New York

Amsterdam

16.67% 7.96%

Milan

63%

Berlin

1345

StockholmTM

18.20%

Copenhagen

Oslo

19.19% 19%

KONG KONG BRANUR,

Every desalpina of Banking and Exchangs bust LONDON: STOCK EXCHANGE.

de transacted. Travaller Chaquine Levued.”.

Trustee and Executorships under (Through Swan, Culbertson & Fritz.) takenteeta

INTEDEST allowed - on Current Anonicis, and vi

دم

Landon, Yesterday.

Picad Deposita et Baton that may in arowana: The Stock Exchange ruled very

nagpistos.

qulet but the tendency, generally, Mazago was firmer.

J. B.. ROSS,

Hong Kong, 7th April, 1982.

3. Queen's Bond Central.

NEW

BRUNSWICK

RECORDS

Just Arrived

at

Burmah Oll Anglo-Persian Oll Mexican Eagle Royal Dutch

Coats

Daily Mall Trust

Imaporial Chemical Mapor

Imperial Tobacco

Guinness

Mistillers

Electric

Electric

"List

- Musical tri-

dustries

Turner & Nowall' Unilever Winkars Woolworth Ford. Motors Tanlon Rabber Chartered Tondon Tin Barma Corn. Anglo-Dutch

Internat.

Price :69/4% 81/3-

Vionna

Today's Price

Prague Helsingfors

- Madrid

Lisbon

Athens

7/44

7/8

..$18

#184

46/

Bucharest {* - Belgrade

Rio

88/1038/9

40/8 34/3 34/0 23/74 24/0 95/96/76 80/9 81/-

54/-

40/2 39/0

ti:

12/0

12/- 22/5 22/8

31/- 0/9

6/7

20/0

21/

71/8

21/-

18/44-18/714 15/10% 15/10%

8/0

8/9

30/1% 10/8

10/14 30/~

211% $194

--$104

Nickel Hydro Electric ..9%

81214

Brazilian Traction ..12 Infernate Holdings, >^3-1%% "Shell" Transport & Trad. Ord. (Bear-

48/9

49/45 Courtnulds

80/8. 30/0 Internat. Ten Stores 29/74 20/0

28/20127/62. Pinchin Johnson, 287— *, Pekin Syndicate.

TSANG FOOK PIANO rend

Telephone 24648.

U.S.$8,000,000.00 .U.8.$1,899-8$2.04 U.8.81,458,110.78

COMPANY

Ice House Street.

BRANCHES

Ameledám Lasc Albaan

Ganes

Натода

Nies Supke

Pirms

Ten 117,800,000) £;.

Bartle

Harry N

FRANCE

Biarrita.

Head Ofen-YOKOHAMA.

Branches and Agencies at:

· Bombay -

Bremen

Bevonalo

Interfakes Jatrabah LABO Lond

Palplas

Kaloring

Botterda

Beca

Bimboul

Nagasaki

Lugano

· Batavia

Nagoya

8. Mority

Bombay

Newchwang New York

Monte Curls Manila

Montreux

Alexandria

Berlin

Calcutta

Canton

Changchun

Daizen (Dalny).

Pelping Rangoon Fengden (Makden) Rio de Janeiro Hamburg

San Francisco Seattle

Kankow

Harbin

Hong Kong: Honelalu

Robe

London

"LiAngeles

Manilla

Singapore

Scersbags Bydney Tientsin Tokyo Tsingtan

Calry Caloníán Genom Colombo

Bough phon Bingapor

Then lade Vienna

Edinburgh,

Vanies Foreact

Yokohama Cheers

Branches of American Expre Com- pany in Principal cities of United States of America and Canada.

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.

Personal Investment accounts handled

The Company offers to intendiag Travelers the use of its travelers Cheques") and Letters of Credit and,

YOU

are invited to Inspect our CHRISTMAS BAZAAR.

Fine Assortment of

EUROPEAN TOYS

at moderate prices

27 Nom.

108%

2272

89.1

1054.

·ច · 546 23712 51⁄2 Buenos Aires Nominal Montevideo

80 Nominal Bombay

1/6 13/64 Shanghai.. ··1/9 1/16.

1/8 15/64 Hong Kong. Yokohama

-1/9/ Silver Spot

17.8/16 Silver Forward 17 7/16 War Loan

97% -British Wireless Service,

SHARE MARKET.

The official summary of the Stock Exchange issued yesterday:—

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1932.

·ARMED CHINESE ROB WOMAN.

Take Money, Jewels Worth $503.

HOSPITALS MAY LOSE RADIUM.

Careless Handling Costly Loss.

PATIENTS SUFFER

Three Chiese men, armed with three butcher's knives, broke into the first floor of 41. Battery Street, Yaumati, shortly after 4 o'clock this morning. Two of the intruders

Radium, the dearest substance had their faced bound with hand-in the world, coating from £13,000 kerchiefs.

to £16,000 a gramme, and the bape They bound and gagged Mrs. of cancer sufferers, is being lost Lam Yeung-aze and other occupants through breaches of the Radium of the floor, and decamped with Regulations. jewellery and money to the total Įvalue of $603.

They remained on for about two hours, they fled,

This revelation is contained in the report for 1931-32 of the the premises National Radium Trust and

after which Radium Commission.

DECISION OF POWERS

NOT FINAL.

(Continued from Page 1.)' Both the Far Eastern situation and the difficulty experienced in

Avoidable accidents, involving loss of or damage to radium, are stated to have occurred at Liver- pool, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

"In considering thesc occur- rences individually the Committee has been forced to the conclusion that they have been in most cases the direct result of serious

Europe in agreeing to arms reduce breaches of the radium regula

tions." tions were cited as reasons for

Of the Liverpool centre, the re- javoiding further reductions in the

United port states: "A large amount of military forces of the

radium was recently lost owing to States,

America's preparatory programme

a disregard of the most element-

of land defense at prosent is inade-ary precautions. quate, said General MacArthur.

Wants Increase.

"The Commission specially da plores an occurrence of this kind, His recommendations to Secretary mine its confidence in the local or which is not only apt to under- of War Hurley included congres-:

sional action to increase the regular ganisation, but may even necessit- army to 14,000 officers and 165,000 ate a raising of the rates of In- federal finances surance throughout the national

centres."

men as Boon 08

permit..

The army's strength as of last June 80, the end of the fiscal year,

Patients Suffer.

It is emphasised that when a

was 12,180 officers and 119,888 en- considerable quantity of radium is lost or damaged, several months listed men.

The chief of staff recommended may elapse before it can be replac also the provisions of additional ed, and the treatment of patients funds for the accumulation of may be seriously delayed. reasonable amounts of specialised Regarding the cost of insuring equipment, particularly for anti-national radium, the Commission aircraft units. Regarding the fail-

"It is unreasonable to expect Jure of the Geneva disarmament con-

ference to reach a definite result that the underwriters.can continue prior to its recess in July, Gen. to charge a low rate of premium,. If losses on the present scale tón- MacArthur said:

tinue."

states:——

Sentiment Felt.

After consultation with the un- "Unquestionably there has crys-derwriters, the Commission has tallised among Important elements decided that "if it should appear. of our citizenry a strong sentiment that any centre has incurred losses of opposition to further weakening of or damage to radium which are of American military strength unclearly the result of carelessness less it is accompanied by sweeping or non-observanes of the approved and drastic cuts, in the armies of vidles, that hospital may, at the diss~- other nations."

cretion of the Commission, be re Touching on the Sino-Japanese moved from the list of national Warfare at Shanghai last Winter, centres, which have been accorded Gen. MacArthur said the incident the privilege of the specially lov centred an unusual amount of in rate of premium hitherto granted, terest in the American army and and for insurance purposes, be owing to this and through It a placed upon the same footing as series of conditions and circum hospitals which pay the normal statices of worldwide import rose. commercial rata premium."

1

NEW VICTIMS OF KIDNAPPERS.

"The tense situation in the Far East which for some weeks in the past Winter flamed into open hos tilities emphasised again the un trustworthiness of treaties as com- plete safeguards of International China is not the only country treaties," he commented.

where kidnappers are active at pre-

"This, supported by the general sent. Two striking cases come to appreciation of the potentialties of light recently one in Europe, and the the Sino-Japanese difficulty for other in South America. They aro widespread disaster, gave rise to a Spain. A French grocer has been feeling of apprehension in a portion decoyed to Spain. The kidnap- of our population and was reflected pers are sending messages to In expressions of anxious concern

his wife demanding money.. as to the adequacy of our defensive Argentina.A rich landowner and structure."

his friend were captured by armed bandits. The landowner Is held to ransom, One of the Argentinians is con- gratulating himself that he is not an excessively rich man, for to his modest purse apparently he owes a state of freedom as briskly return-

BRITAIN AND FRANCE TALK

ON WORLD. DEBT.

(Continued from Page t.)

"The hoctic excitement of Mon- day cooled on considerably this morning, and "the specula-

The British Government la ex- tiva larues would seem, for the tremely anxious that the work done 20/116. 1/741/7present at all events, to be stabilia at Lausanne in devising a settle

ed, Lights and Cements: being ment of reparations should not be steady round about $14 and $10.80, disturbed. The recent British note | respectively, by

to the United States pointed out, In the larger Issues, Wharves however, that "It was in the nature had a Bet-back, having been dealt in at $145.

Raster

DOLLAR SLOWLY GAINS GROUND.

Recovering Losses Steadily.

The local dollar is. steadily re- gaining lost ground, having gain- ed % on yesterday a quotation of 11/8% to stand at 1/81⁄2 to-day.

Silver prices advanced a to |17-11/16 from yesterday's rate of 17-9/16, while the forward price gained 1/16, being quoted at 171⁄2%; The pound Improved slightly, the London on New York cross rate being quoted; at 0-G23.201⁄4 as against LOSS York on Lond

The New

Leted Kyas

terday at G39,20%

med 1/16

to 5 G$8,20-5/16, 2

ostage Stamps,

GRACA & CO. Dealers In Toys,

Interest allowed on Current Ac, addition, the world-wide ervices Religious Goods, Garden Seeds Deposits received for fixed periods of its thoroughly equipped Travel Des rates to be obtained on application partment.

YNDHAM P.O. Box No 620. HONG KONG

IWA DUGGAN,

fremain in took until

Manage

Sales.

Union Insurancas, $520, Wharves, $145

Hong Kong Trams, 120.20, China Lights (New); $13.80.

Hong Kong Bank, $1,650. Canton Insurances, $1,250, Upion Insurances, $515. Underwriters, 12%.43 Douglases, $26. Venz Goldfields, 84.20. Bonguet Explorations, 23 conts. Hotele (Old); $10.102

HK Réalties, $8

Hong Kong Trams, $20.20. Star Ferries,

Cements (Combined), $10.50, Dairy Farios, 328145200 B. Ind. G3 Bonds 69 per cent, Government, Loans, $2% Prem

Bâlers.:

of things inevitable that the Lau sanne settlement was provizional and that its completion was de-i

LOANS TO CHINESE

FARMERS.

Relief Measure In Rural Areas.

Nanking, Nov. 21.

pendent upon a satisfactory settle The Agricultural Finance Com-

ment in respect of debts for which

the creditor powers themselves mittee of the Ministry of Industry were liable to the United States hold its first meeting yesterday.to Government."

It is emphasised that the An- glo-French conversations on this aspect of the question do not in any way imply a united

* front, on the war debts issue,

discuss measures for relief of the acute conditions in rural areas. Among the proposals submitted was one calling for the appropriation of 10 per cent, of the capital of State and private banks or 10 per cent.

It is expected that Premier Mac- of their total deposits, for the Donald will return to Geneva and organisation of an Independent In- ́ the Chancellor to London, to-mor- stitution which will lesue loans to row night,

farmers during the present crisis, Asked in the House of Commons A sub-committer of five was then whether the French Government appointed had Indicated any intention as

the Instalment of Ita Britain due next Mar

cellor polated

it was arran

{ payment!

suspended

force

14:10:

or until it had ratify it

British

Harreres (10%

set in, the

fate to-day

pieces of

hot to poor Wireless Ser clothing for t

farrive, from: Canton