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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital

$50,000,000 Tasted and Fully Paid-p. 20,000,000 Esserve Funds:-

Sterling

Silver

£6,500,000

$10,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

KLAD OFFICE: HONG YONG.

OF DIRECTORS

BOARD OF

1. H. Dodwell, Baq

Chairman.

C. G. Inight, Eng.

Deputy Chac

Tea. Mz. W. E. Bell

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853 HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

IMG Ipah

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund

£3,000,000 £3,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro

$20,000,000

Jiétors

£3,000,000

Agencies and Branches:

Alor Star

Aumeibaar

Saigon

Hanglak

Seremban

Bombay Collection Centon

Turia

Lempar

Shanghai Bingegas Sitineran

Faching

Sourabaya

Madra

Manila

iphon

Mociue

Hamburg

New York Priping

Hanbow

Hon. Mr.J1-Paterson | Cabe AE. Compton Esq., T. E. Pearce Esq, Colombo

Johnson Esq., L.A. Plummer E#

G. Miskin Esq., A L. Shields Esq.

AMOT

F. M. Graybarn. End

Chis: Manage

'

LONDON

ZTONS

BRANCHES-

MALAUCA

MANILA

MUAR LOBOZI

MURDEN

NEW YOR

PELPING

POOCHOV

HONGIEW

ПОН

FORORE

KORE

- KOWLOOK-

KUALA LUMPUR

PENANG

BANGOON

SATOON

SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAI

SINGAPORE

SOCKADAYA

SUNGEI PATANI *TENTSIN

TOKYO

SINGTAO

TONDRIXA

Cerras osas opmond in Lomi Currency and Find Dugasine zucnrved for our Yea! DE shorter perioda in soal Currency and Starling

10 terms which will be quoted on appisesti... 50 up to date SAPE DEPOSTÍ' BOXES

JR. TECİDGE_Cİ TO LEI.

Hong Kong at November, 1933-

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

Besinam of the above Ben's us croćnete":

ed by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI

KAKING CORPORATION.

adeleined on applies.

Duine may be

FOR THE LUNG KONG AND SHANGHAI

BAKRING CORPORATON,

T. M. GRAYBURN.

Hong Kong. th February, 1985.

Hong Song

Taiping Topma

(Bhulzer)

Yobobsza Zamboanga

(Paking)

Forsign Exchange and General Banking business Current Acconta epened and Fixed Depo Desired for con year or shorter paroda, at me which wilî de quoted on applientams.

A. BREARLEY,

Mamages. Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.

THE

THE-CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARI 150

Commerce and Finance

BRITISH TRADE FIGURES

Gains Shown In All Categories

BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS ISSUED

London, To-day. The Board of Trade returns of overseas trace for December and for the year 1935 show that ex- ports last year were higher than in any year since 1930, and im- ports and re-exports higher than in any year since 1931. Exports for the whole of 1935 totalled £425,921.343 an increase of $29,- 935,822 over the figure for 1934.

$56.956,175, Imports were

an

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, increase of 525,522392, and re-

EYC

Head Offices-65, Broadway, New York

Capital

Surplus

Reserves

Adminrdaan. Ántang

Babam.com

Samve

رد

US$6,000,000.00 2,183,633.06 870,731.05

BRANCHES

Ga

Glasgow -------- Kor--- The Hague

Baraburg

Hasta

Haldialberg Interlaken Заемнат London

Barilo Bunny Bremen

Car Calcutta Скорее Colombo "Coprobagen Duban

Lavapool

Lavete

Lugand

Edinburgh

Morts Cacia

F

Marka

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. Gra

Masca

Montaż

Authorized Capita

Paid-up Capit

$20,000,000,00 $4,598.800.00

HEAD OFFICE-HONG SONG,

Sindurs

Pama Peeping Benierda

Shangha borthampton Singapor Такими

Tokicama Zuricin

exports amounted to $35,265.376. an increase of £4,022,029

The increase in exports affect- led nearly all categories. Exports of machinery at £38,495,459 were £5.689,109 higher than in previous ¡year- Vehicles worth £4,189,97S more than a year before were ex- ported, totalling £28,332,128.

The exports of iron and steel at 537,093,242, of non-ferrous metals at £14.085,471, and of cotton goods at £60,177,625. were 2,001,189. £2.193,669 and $1,530,597 higher In December as respectively.

in every other month they were higher than in the same month of 1934-

Imports for December reached £74.480,626, against 71.455,483 in: £63.240.187 in Re-exports last; month were £5.492397, compared All classes of Commercial Banking with $4,571.962 in November and Transactions undertaken.

Branches of American Express November and Bere and Undivided. Probio Company in Principal cities of United December 1934.

States of America and Canada.

10. Das Faux Bowd, Central.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-

Sir Sbou-o Chow, Chairm

Li Loes Chun, Esq. P. 5. ok. E

Ise Tong, Reg. Chan Chang Shak, Engled

Sang. E. Wong Chu doa. Eng. and Han Xing

Las Tung Po, Est. Chief Stanague. La Fong. Esq., Manager,

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-

Semarang..

Sourabaya

Manila

Jetavia

M

Calouste Canzon Hapoong

Nagaonizi New Chaka

Shanghai

Singapore

Parim

Sarcom

Fotoaula

Lade

Lavicon London

Yapm

Pamily Hangout

Son

San Francisco

Nechay

Takboku

Vancouver Yokohama

- very description of Beaking and Exchange business tracted. Ironze granted or approved.

SCR88.

Current Accounts opened in Local Currency aud Fixed Deposita Iwonivač Zor one year or corter periods "in Loval and Foreign Chris a barain which will be quoted on applications.

Safe Deposit Boom To Love.

KAK TONG PO.

Chad Manager.

+

3,605,689 in December 1934-

Personal investuent accounts hand-British Wireless Service.

The Company offers to intending

Travellers the use of its “Travellers:

SHARE MARKET

TU-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

Banks

NEW YORK STOCK MARKET

Quiet And Somewhat Irregular

[NO = OUTSTANDING FEATURES

***IN EVIDENCE

LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL

Finance Committee

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

THE FANLING HUNT &

RACE CLUB-

THE

ANNUAL GENERAL

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATEST MEETING, which was to

FOR 1935

have been held on Thursday, the

At. to-morrow's meeting of the 16th instant, at the Board Room Messrs. White, Weld and Com-Finance Committee of the Legis. of Messrs. Jardine. Matheson & pany, New York Correspondents ative Commeil His Excellenty the Co, Ltd has been postponed to The following in the list of local for Messrs. S. E. Levy and Com-Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott, THURSDAY, the 23rd instant at share quotations issued to-day-pany, report:-

KCMG, CBE, will present the same time and place Stock The market today for consideration supplementary By Order of the Committee,

for *1955 totalling

THOMSON & CO., H.K. Banks $1,590 b, $1,520/- was very quiet and somewhat estimates

irregular, with no outstanding $66,145, made up as follows:—— 1,600 sa

1. Miscellaneous Services: Rent features - în evidence. With the HK. Bark (London) £105`b..

exception of industrials, Dow-Allowance, Senior Officers, $25,600, Chartered Bank £131⁄4 1.

Jones, averages were all slightly to cover excess expenditure under Mercantile Bank A. and

this sub-head We feel that the gen higher. 40934 Mercantile Bank C. #131⁄4 n Bank of East Asia $76 ni

Insurances

Canton Ins. $270 sa Unions Ins. $570 n. China Underwriters $110 m. China Fire Ins. $490 m. HR Fire Ins. $260 n. International Assce. $4.2.

Shipping

Douglases $36 1- HK Steamboats $525. Indo-Chinas (Pref), 330 x1. Indo-Chinas (Def) 320 n. Shells (Bearer) 35/-- Enion Waterboats $14 b.

Mining

Antamoks $1.55 b. Balatoes $171⁄2 1. Baguio Gold 22 cts. m. Benguet -Consolidated $16% n. Benguet Exploration 11 cts. a.. Big Wedge 12 cés. n. Gold Creek 30 ets. n. Gold River 7 cts. n. Ipo Mining 90 còs, IL. Itogons 3814 eta 1 Salacots 15 cts. 2. Kailan Mining Ad. 11/6 n. Langkats (Single) Sh.$11 n Shai Exploration_Sh $44 Shanghai Loans $4 - Raubs $10.70 b. and sa Venz; Goldfield $3 5.

Docks, etc.

15

B.

HK and K Wharves (old)

$102 b.

REICHSMARK QUOTATIONS .

HT and Wharves (new)

$100 z

Cheques" and Letters of Credit and,! Berlin, to-day Reichsmark in addition, the world-wide services quotations (without guarantee)

of its thoroughly equipped Travel yesterday were: New York, 40.4; Department.

Paris. 906; Amsterdam, 59.175: and London, 12.29. The Paris was 75-75.04, | sterling quotation and the dollar, 15.10%-15.10.

C. EL BENSON,

General Manager.

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, Trans-Ocean-Service.

LIMITED

Incorporated in China)

Bead Office--Shanghai

Capital Reserve

$7,500,000.00

$1,500,000.00 Branches-Al Important Cities in

China Foreign Exchange and Geomal Banking Business transected.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK Current and Baring Accounts opened and: Zined

LIMITED

Established 1880.

Depozim awolved for com year, ke shorter perioda. as rains which will be quoted on application.

Capital (full paid-zp) Ten. 100,800,000 Foreign Excbg Dept.

Beserve Fund

Ten 127,450,000

Head Office: YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies at

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Carton

Nagasaki Nagoya

New York

Osaka

Para

Peiping

Dairen (Dale) Rangoon Fengtien. (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro Hambrong

San Francisco Sextile

Bingapura

Harbin

Semarang

Long Long

Shanghai

Fionolulu

Brinking

Souabays

Sydney

Tientsin

Karachi

Kobe

London

Los Angeles

Manila

Moji

Tokyo

Yingkow

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.

4

HEAD OFFICE: Gracechurch Street, London, ECA Authorised Capital

Subscribed Capital. Paid-up Capital

£3,000,000 1,800,000

1,050,000

Eeserve Fund & Best. 1,247,530

The Beak of Encinod & 25lland Bank, Mala

BRANCHES

**

Xoanges.

HONG KONG BRANCH = 2. Des Von Bond, Canacak. -Manager's Office

Bangkok-

Bombay

Ipak Lody

•Pet 23505

Calcutta

Colombo Deli

Eunia Lipia

Generale Cashier's 0

Howrsh

*

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong

26, Des Toe Road Central. Authorized Capital $10,000,000-

LONDON BANKERS:— Westminster Bank, Ltd.

New York

Port Lo

{Momentine)

·BARFOOD.... Galle. Ensin Zumper Shanghai

Kasztan (Pabang! Samla" Madras, Singapore

HONG KONG BRANCH Every description of Beating and" Exchange business tracted get

Tratars Cheque” issued.

Trustee and Ersantorships/zzdertaken INTEREST allowed on Current Accounts must Pond Deposity, at Eater thus may be moutained 00: appostion,

5. Quema's Bead Central,

Foreign Exchange and every des- Bàng Long, Hak July, th cripton of banking business trazemat- ed.

Current Accounts and “Savinery 10- jeounts opened Fixed Deposits "re-| ecived at rates which will be quotedị on application.

Trusteeship & Executorship under taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire. "PETAP COCKCHEN.

Chief Manager.<

Teterent allowed for Current A- RELIABLE PRINTING

counts.

Deposits received for faed periods at rates to be obtained on application:

C. KISHINAMI,

Manage

Hong Kong, 12th Septen

no order 100 smal

POPEYE.

"One Man In A Million.

MISTER SPHINKWHY DO YA {MATE WOMEN THE WAY YA DO?

(YEARS AGO A WOMAN.)

WRECKED MY LIFE-

[I HATE THE VERY

ISIGHT OF THEM

MEN ARE

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YA EVER

THE

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED Cincorporated in China) Capital said up $5,000,000. Reserves

$7,300,000. Capital Savings Dept.- $500,000. Reserve Savings Dept. $600,000.

"A" Bank havinë” as it... mission the industrial development on China" and "time" fostering of ber commercialőrelations"algondi Hong Kong Office

(+. 6, Queen's Road Central

Phone 316.

(ONATS)

BUILD UP

FROME

OF MEN-

EK. and W. Docks $9 ne

eral price level is pretty bigh, 2. Mixellaneous Services: Rent but in view of inflation talos we Allowance, European Subordinate would maintain

Officers: $25,000. a long position and would add to holdings on fur- ther periods of weakness. Bust- ness done: 2,790,000 shares.

Cotton-We would continue to

3. Miscellaneous Services: Rent Allowance, Officers, $15,400.

Secretaries.

DIVIDEND NOTICE

HONG KONG & SHANGHAI -BANKINGTM CORPORATION

Asiatic Subordinate T

THE DIRECTORS of the Horr

Kong and Shanghai Banking-

4 Boyal Observatory: Inciden-Corporation announce that, d purchase March cotton on periods tal Expenses in connection with ect to andit, the dividend for the

the attendance of the Director at half year ending $1st-December:

the 1985 will be:

of easiness. It is reported that)

the Administration will very soon, the Empire Conference and probably, this week-end, intro- International Meteorological Con-

ference, $145. duce some form of crop control

Whest: This market was very] quiet, with movements confined to Inarrow limits.

In view of the favourable supply position.we would accumulate on weakness. Total sales: 22,271,000 bushels.

Rubber-We would remain

| bullish as primary arrivals” are] very small. Offerings to-day were well taken. Total sales: 382 lots.

LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY

"Spot" Silver Firm

REVENUE RETURNS

Figures Published In Britain

FURTHER GAINS REPORTED

to

Dividend 2-pe: 1/3.5/8-

share

Write off Bank Premises $ (000,000

And carry forward to next year about $3,325,000.---

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

(Exchange Building)

Annual Race Meeting, 1936

ANTRIES £or the above will close-

at 3.00 pm on SATURDAY, 18th JANUARY, 1936.

By Order of the Stewards,

"C." "E." "BROWN,

Secretary.

Hong Kong, 15th January, 1938.

London, To-day- The exchequer returns show +hat the total ordinary re- Ivenue. exclading self-balancing

items, 3:30tuts

$479,607,- 050, compared with $409,- 076,406 at the corresponding date of last year. Receipts from u- The local dollar is steady, open-come-tax are £97,713,000, compar-|BY ing on demand this morning ated with £94,482,000 for the same 1/3+2

period of the last financial year. "Spot" silver was also steady at The returns cover the second 202-

week of the last quarter of the The London on New York cross-financial year, in which the col- rate was quoted at £-US$496%. lection of income-tax is heaviest, for the weer as compared with S-US$497, and the receipts

•

SPECIAL REQUEST.

Repeat Performance by THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ARTS ASSOCIATION

of

Providents (old) $1.70 b. & sa while the New York on London were $13,390,000, against $12 LADY PRECIOUS

Providents (new) 15 c Hong Kew Sh. $2371⁄2 1. New Engineering. Sh$4. r. Shanghai Docks. $30 n.

Cotton Mills

Ewo Cotton Sh.$81⁄2 n

cross-rate was quoted at £-US-1537,000 in the corresponding week $1.964, as compared with |U.S.$496%%

£ of 1935. Receipts from surtax were also higher than in the same week of the last financial year,

to! though to date they amount #16,190,000, compared with £19,-

Shanghai Cotton (old) Sh$75 RAW RUBBER PRICES

Shanghai Cotton (new) Sh$41

Zoong Sings St.$12 a.. Wing On Textiles Sh. $25 2, Lands, Hotels, etc.

HK and S. Hotel $5.30. p. HK. Lands $36,22

HK Lands 4% Dehentures $100

자

Shanghai Lands $£$18 a Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 -2. Humphreys $10.65 m

Latest Quotations From

Singapore

245,000 in 1935

STREAM

in the GREAT HALL

=

of the UNIVERSITY

Estate duties have yielded 256-on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 950,000 to date, against £61,815.-

at 8.45 p.m. 000 last year, and the budget es- timate of the whole year of Booking at King's Theatre £80,000,000, Revenue from Cus- from Friday, January 17.

at

Messrs. H. B. Joseph & Co. toms and Excise is £239,574,000, yesterday received the following compared with £229,690,000 quotations in Straits Currency his time last year. frum Singapore for Raw Rubber.

The total ordinary expenditure

Spot 23% Up 4/1 b, 23% 8. is £578,022,064, compared with February/March 28 Up % 5553,158,191 at the corresponding date of 1935-British Wireless b., 24 % s- April/June 24 Up / b. 24 Service

5.

July/September 24 % Up' b...]

25% 5 Market:Firm

X

HK Realties $5.35 n Chinese Estates $84 m. China Realties $4. China Debentures Sh.666 IL * Public Utilities HK Tramways $13.90- b. Peak Trains (old) $5 b Peak Trams (new) $23⁄41⁄2 m Star Ferries: $90% b. Yanmati Ferries $18 h. © Lights (old) $10.451⁄2 sa. C. Lights (new) $7.35 b. H.K. Electrics $702 b., $71/-{

714-38-

Macao Electrics $20 Sandakan Light $21⁄2 b.

Cements $8.65 D., $83⁄41⁄2 sa. EK. Ropes $5 by $5. sa.

Stares, etc. Dairy Farm $21.15 h. Watsons $440 b Lane, Crawfords $6% Mackintosh $5 11. Sinceres $2.35 b. Wm. Powells 70 chi 1.

Telephones (old) $26.10 h Wing On (HK) $424 b.

$26/26.10.s2.

Telephones (new) $10120 m China Bases Sh$111⁄4 n. Singapore Traction 71/- s Singapore Traction

Industrials Malabon Sugar $8.40-n- Cald, Marg. (Ord) Sh.$191⁄21⁄2 a. Cald: Macg. (Pref), Sh$15 a Canton Ices $1,45° 2. (2

Miscellaneous Entertainments $3.70 br

BERLIN SHARE

MARKET

Profit-Taking Noticeable

“CHINA MAIL TM SPECIAL

Berlin, To-day. Profit-taking was noticeable on the share market yesterday, but, nevertheless, buying orders were plentiful enough to absorb the material thus put on the market, so that while the trend was not altogether uniform price. 26 vances were recorded in many special cases.

S. C. Enterprises $1.85-2 Macao "Greyhounds" $2 a “Constructions (old) $1.65.

Business on the fixed interest -Constructions. (new) 50 eta, z securities' market was small

Vibro Piling $4.

Considerable price changes did

Ch Govt. 5% 1925 -G$B8*- not occur, some city loans,, how-

94% m...

ever, being firmer. Call money was at 2 to 21⁄2 per cent Trans- Ocean Service.

FLK GOYL 331⁄2% Loan Wallace Harpers

To-morrow."The Father Of His Country.”

IVE RADIOED MY ATTORNEY IN NEW YORKƏ

HE'LL BE MORE SOON- „THER LOOK OUT:

ILL SUE YOU FOR.<

TEN BILLION DOLLARS

回

{WHY.MISTER

KA-RATA 11OMEN ARE-

NICE

OH MISTER

SPHINK PODEY, TO YOU)

FROM MES

Tickets $2 and $1

PUBLIC AUCTION

Tinstructions to sell by Public

THE Undersigned have received:

Anction."

од

Saturday, the 18th January, 1936

commencing at 10.30 am.

at their Sales Room,

No. 4 Duddell Street...

A Large Quantity of Toys

12 Cases Cut beads

1 Case Sewing machine Needles 3 Cases Fancy Table Lamps

and Shades

5 Cases Soles and Plates for

Heels

4 Cases Rubber Heels

1 Case Ear rings

1 Case Lady and Gents, Suits 61 Boxes Silk Ribbons

also

6 Complete Sets of Hassage Apparatuses, Lady's Felt and Straw Hats Hand bags, Shoes and Sundries" Terms: Cash on Delivery

"LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers Hong Kong, 15th January, 1986.

HONG KONG

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