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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI- BANKING CORPORATION .

Authorised" Capital

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA,

$50,000,000 Incorporated by. Royal Charter, 1851.

Imood and Fully Paid-up. 20,000,000! Esserts Funds

Steen Ho

$6,500,000

$10,000,000

Easzere. Liability of Pre-

priators

VAN OPTICE, RONG TONG.

· BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

■"H. Dod-së. Eng.

C. C. Knight, Eng.

Hon. Mr. W. B. Bell

Hon. Mr.

A.E. Campton Esq., TE. Pearen Esc

Mr. Johnson Esq. JA. Plummer Bac

G. Miskin E

À L. Shields Ex.

T. X. Gesybura. Esg

Chist Manager

BRANCHES

www

LORDON

LYONS

MALACCA

MAR Johorsà

MDIDEN

NEW YORK

PERANG

PENANG

BUTEDON

MENGHA!

SING FORK

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

Paid-up Capital Reserva Fund

Beserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

$3,000,000 £3,000,000

£3,000,000

m

Paiping

(B) Cobotecas

Foreign Exchange and General · Banking buizen Current Andante openal and Phat DeposiN mcgrad for noe vie de viorise piest, it which will be quomd an application.

THE CHINA-MAIL: SATURDAY FERRITARY 1, 1936

ommerce and Finance

SHARE MARKET

Messrs. Harriman's

Weekly Report....

Messrs.--G. A. Harriman" and Co's weekly share report and market review issued at

on Saturday states:----

SEVEN PER CENT DIVIDEND

Humphreys Estate And Finance Co., Ltd.

The Directors of Humphreys Estate and Finance Co., Ltd. will The market daring the week tion of profits for the year end- recommend the following alloca under review was, somewhat eased December 31, 1935 at the forth- ier all round due to pront-taking coming annual meeting of coupled with Equidation of Set holders:

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tlement accounts consequently Pay a dividend of "î per rates in many sections were cext on 200,000 shares $140,000,00 marked down slightly. Invest-Transfer to Special Bey forese ment issues were generally quiet pairs & Renewals A/c.. SERPADLRY- er. Hong Kong Trams

Transfer to Building In- were provement Afe: Manager sold down to $13.65 on account Carry forward.

of the declaration of the final di- vidend of 40 cts, as compared with 75 cents last year. Hong

COMPANY, Kong Electrics receded a line Baguio Gold 18 cta.

Besadway,

Hong Kong, let-Jenna-,

SAIGON

SAN FRANCISCO

TER

AMERICAN

SOKWEI PALÁNY

POSTO

Head Office

New

Capital Supla

BRANCHPS;"

Mosteir

The Hagan Havema Hasburg

Bombay

Calcate

Badeberg Interlaken

London*** Liverpool

Cannes

Cobra

Lagon

Copenhag

Balabergs

Lector alacooles Monte Carlo

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

ZACION

Zorica

Munich

Amorian Capitai

...$30.00% CORDO

JOROKE

KOWLOON.

KUALA LUMPUR

TENSITAO

TOKOHAMA

Carsons: Acomanie opweet an Loval CurreOCY and Pinoć, Dupenila zeceived for one year or shache paciado in Laust Currency and Samling DA MERA Which will de quačně or application.

A780 up to date SAPE. DIROS BOXES A. varione sisse TO LET

Ime Imɛ `las November, IM

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

The Buskanne of the shore Bank a conducS- and by the HONG KONG AND GUANGNY ZANKING CORPORATIS

Balma may: b FOR THE HUM; SUNG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATIUS.

Y, K. GRAYBUES,

thuet

Hong Kong, Ich Fabrary Manage

cash

Baubs $11/1140. Proridents (old) $2.15/225 HK Lands $36. Providents (new) 50 cts.

H K Lands 4. Debenturess

$100

NEW YORK STOCK

EXCHANCE

Eatest Quotations

otors

Central

******

OLD CIVIL SERVANT

CHURCHES

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST.

SCIENTIST

Interment Of Late Mr.A. J Reed

MANY TOKENS OF RESPECT CA Branch

The interment took place yester day afternoon of the late Mr. A. L

of the Mother- Church The First Church Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mas Macdonnell Road, below Bơn

Beed. ISO. whose death occurred Road Tram Station. * in the morning at his residence,

No S Broadwood Road.

The late Mr. Reed, who wES VI years of age, retired in 1958, after

Sunday Service: 11:15 am Sunday School: 10 am. Sulfject STÖVER

Testimonial Meetings Wednes

more than 40 years in the Govern-days, 6 pm.

meat service. He began his con- - Reading Boom is located nection with the Government, as above address and is opente – clerk, in 1888, being appointed Monday and Thursday: 5.30 accountant in 1899 He attained 7. pm

- Tuesday and Friday 10-to

Class I in the senior. clerical, and accounting staff in 1927, and be now. came chief accountant at the Post:

ce. He is survived by

interred at the Boman

Catholic

All authorised Christ

Read

The Publie is "cord

Service and

sman Cemetery, Happy Valley, last exen- NEW YORK STOCK

6/57

COMMODITY PRICES their last respects were

at the

14

MARKET

Bull Movement

-Confirmed

NEW PURCHASES SHOULD

BE CONFINED HE

The following quotations from Lan-widow and seven sons. don were received lase mght between 10,344,005.30 pm. and 10.30 paz

The Funeral Silver Sport 19-9/35 (last close), Following a service at St. Mar 4,556.3719-11/16 (last recd.), in (change), garet's Church; the remains were $3,036.35 Silver-Forward unquoted.

Silver Report: india was a small $188,096.56 beer. Offerings

Market stead

ing The Bev, F: Page officiated Liverpool Catton-May 5.88 Cast (at both services, assisted-by-the close), 5S+ (last reed). „04 down Ber. Fr. G. T. Byrne. (change).

Liverpool Wheat-March

The chief mourners (last close), 6/4% (last recd.), up funeral were. the sons, Bobert, (change).

Edgar, Wilfred Arthur, Stephen, 7-1/16 (last close), 7-1/16 (last Sava (sister) and Mr. A. ỵ đạ London Rabber-April-June (by Francis and Beggie, Mrs. A. M. da recd.), unchanged.

Silva brother-in-ky).

Amongst those present to par

Sisters Messrs White, Weld and Com from the French Convent and pans. New York Correspondents Talian Conrent, the Rev. Fr. for Messra S. E. Levy and Com

Macdonald, the Bev. Fr. Joy, pany, report Messrs. H. Allen, C.-M. S. Alves, Stocks: The current bull move- EL A. „Akes, F.-P. Barros, H. Ament received definite confrma de B. Botelho, W. J. Carrie, Mrtion today as Dow Jones" aver- and Mrs. A E Coster, Masses ages closed in-new high ground. Leo Chos, Bobert Choa, J. A. Such action is usually followed D'Almeida, A. F. Delgado, Uby a considerable extension of the Gonella, F. M P. Graca, Mr. and rally before the exhaustion of new Mrs. Grimmiti, the Misses Grim- buying, bus, in view of the present: mitt, Mesars. A. V. Gozzo, E level of prices, we would conne Gosano, M. Fernandez, A. B. Ham-new purchases to issues which son, T.. Tynes, FH Kemp, I have not already advanced specta÷ Las, A. O. Madar, J. D. Marshall, cularly. Business done: 3,800,000 H. V. Mills, J. H. Noronha, J. E shares. Noronha, D. Remedios, A I C Rocha, A. M. Souza, E. Souza, AHrom mis is expected to carry Wheat: The improving demand Vannini, J. A. Victor, G Fmrices to a higher level Total Victor, C. M. C. Victor, and axles: 12,604,000 bushels.

The following quotations been received by Benter.

with business' done at $74 at the opening, closing with shares of-j ffering at Sr. Telephones (old) remained in steady demand with ahxres-wanted-to $264-Dairy Farms and Hong Kong Lands showed improvement with the former $2210 after but done at $22.60 March, the latter changing hands at 5 Star Ferries firm- ed with business done and en-1 quiries around $96. Minor is- sues were slightly easier Hotels declined to a selling rate at $5.70. Providents (old) came to

tobusi- ness at 32.15 to 220: China Lights opened with sales at $IL- 80 but latterly eased off what with, shares obtainable at Branches of American Express $11.60. Cements also eased of Semeve and Ladivided Proots. Company in Principal cities of United and were on offer at $9.1 Ropes Report issued at 3.15 p.m. yester New York Hobber:

States of America and Canada.

HEAD OFFICER-HUNG KUNG.

20. Das gut Bunch Cocurai.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS-

LA Inca Chun, Eag. P.-K. Imok tags Fong} in Trong Đà. Cao trong Shoe Bang hội họa shag, Eaque Wong Ban too. Bag and Man Ting

Amoj

JURDAY

Cate

CARLOW

HOTE

Lundon

Lan Tung Fo. Zaq., Chist Xangu. Limoog Eaq.. MASHER.

XRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-

Kanita Apoda Saga

Jawock

I'mping

Lessing-

Sezgot

CA TERMOD

buscadang

Zogbi

DUNYO

·Dydney

LED AIR

"By

Vag

Every deception of Hasking and Lashango banizave Kalaning. Loser grazed on appromis

Watani Account opted in Local Currency see fixed bepada usted for con your of

· Mačka“ petions in Loos nog komen Carey

Winch with to goed. OF CO Jato Depois Joses 10

145-TONG PO.

Chiel Haragaz.

hapin Piezo Pacis Purping Botan Ratna Stronghol Doctispec

SODIE-

yaumati Ferries $192. Star Ferries $96-

Lights (old) $11.35/1180. Lights (new) $3.20.2 Telephones (old) $261⁄4/25%. Telephones (new) $10.28.— Entertainments $4.70/4.80. E. K. Trains $15/1/14- EE Electrics $74.√741⁄4- Ropes $5,65/5.70- Watsons $4.95/5.10. H. K. Wing On $57/60),--- Antamoks $150/1.65. Shanghai Wing On $80.- HK Stock Exchange Weekly

Prev, Yesterday Closing Closing: New York Cotton:- March

1.1.37

May

11.09

11.07 10.87

Jus

10.82-

10.61

October

10.38

December (1936) 10.34 January Spot

10-3311 11.25

10.30 10.29 10.21-

11.60

improved however with buyers at day.

All classes of Commercial Banking $5.75. Mining issues maintained The market ruled rather quiet) Transactions undertaken.

their firmness, Raubs having been throughout the week ander review,

May Personal investment accounts hand done at $11.40, Antamoks at $1.60 only a small business being led

July and Baguio Gold at 18 ets. Ster transacted, st..slightly reduced September The Company offers to

ing counters showed Yery little rates in some cases- Intending

December Travellers the use of its “Traveller change. Hong Kong Banks being The Famary settlement was Chicago Wheat. Cheques" and Letters of Credit and wanted around $1585. with Unlarger than has been the case for May

March

14.85

14942

14.97t

15.08

15.06 15.18 15.23a 15.31a 15.495

15.43

99%

100

The a long time and close satisfactorily.

went

through July

September Business done during the week Chicago Com:-- Hong Kong Banks $1580, $1585. May Union Insurances $570.

88

ST2

8734

5934

-60%

July

603%

60%

Providents (Old) $214, 52:20, Winnipeg Wheat:

$2.15, $2.17

May

86%

STU

Providents (New) 50 ct.

July

Lands 335.

October

851

877 $5

Tramways: $14, $13%, $1314 Star Ferries $96.

New York Sik:-

March

May

1824 1822

130

an addition, the world-wide services ions put through at $570. of it thoroughly equipped Travel tone of the market at the Department.

is quiet but very healthy with the: all important. Chinese element continuing their buying

оп аду decline.

C. H. BENSON,

General Manages

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, LIMITED

(Incorporated in China) Head Office-Shanghai

$7,500,000.00

$1,500,000.00

Capital Easerve Branches--All Important Cities in

China

Foreign Exchange and Cheer: Banking Business Besenacted,

Cutrons and Saving Accounds opened and Fixed

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK pod for one year or shorter periods

LIMITED

Established 1880

Capital (full paid-up) Yen. 100,000,000

Reserve Fund

..... Yen 127,450,000

Head Office: YOKOHAMA"

Branches and Agencies at

Alemandís

Batavia

Besl

Bombay

Calentza

Canton

Dairen (Dalny)

Nagasaki Nagoya

Fengtien (Makden) Bis de Jeazivo

New York

Osaka

Pazia

Peiping

Rangoon

Hamburg

San Francisco

Hankow

Seattle

Harbin

Semarang

Hong Kong

Shanghai

Homeinin

Hainking

Robe

London

Los Angeles

Manila

Moji

Singapore

Sourabaya Sydney Tentain

Tokyo

Tsingtan

Yingkow

Interest allowed for Current

Deposits received for fired periods

at zater to be obtained on applic

C. KISHINAMI

Manager.

Bong Fong, 12th September, 1935,

at rates which will be quoted on application.

¥

HONG KONG BRANCH:

Business during the week has been done ar the following prices: Union Insurances $560/570.—

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE:

14. Gracechurch Street, London, EC.A. Authorised Capital ...£3,000,000,

Subscribed Capital

Paid-up Capital... Reserve Find & Rest

BANKERS

1,800.000

1,050,000

1,247,830

The Bank of England & Kiland Bank, Ind

24. Das Vaux Boad, Cent...

Manager's Office

Fel, 'asses

Fogn Exchange Dept.

General One ma

Cashier's 06

Bengkor Bombay Calcutt Colombe Delhi

Call

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

Rods Fons Bowa

Read Office: Hong Kong 26, Des Foen Road Central Authorised Capital $10,000,000

LONDON BAÄNKEES PA Westminster Bank, Ltd.

Spok

BRANCHES:

Knesty

Karachi

Lisa Bharu

Sala Lipis

New Forne Penang

Port Ecaria ♫

(Mauritius) Fangoon

Zuala Lumper Shanghai

Suzten (Fabang Simla Madras

Singapore

HONG KONG BRANCH. Every description of Banking and Exchange busine seracted.

Travellers Chaques issued.

Froster and Excutorships podertaken. ASTEREST allowed on Carrvat courts and Pized Deponite at Yale that may headed on, application ...

E. EENSEDT

Foreign Exchange and every des- [7. Quem ́s. Boad Centra çripton of banking business transact- Hong Kong. Atk July, 2005. ed.

Current Accounts and Savings Ac« counts opened. Fixed Deposits re- (ceived at rates which wat be quoted) an application

Trusteeship & Executorship under- taken Sefe Deposit Pores for hire, PHILIP GOCK CELIN Chief Manager,

QUALITY PRINTING

Service

POP-EYE "Not Even Horse Sense?

ANCY, YA SWABS. "I COMMANDS,

YA TO CUT OUT YER

FOOLISHNESS AN GET

BOSY PLOWN YER

FIELDS AN PLANT

YER SPINACH.

YA GOT TO

WORK!

PI, CHATSA

WORK MAKES

US

光明

ESSZOL

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL &

SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in China) Capital paid up $5,000,000. Reserves

Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. $7500,000 Reserve Savings Dept. $600,000. Head-Office--Shanghai

A Bank having as ta mSÁCH the industrial development oz Chine and the fostering of her commercial relations abroad Hong Kong Office

6, Queen's Boad Central Phone: 31116.

FILL TAKE

A WALK

COUNTRY

(AN SEE IF K-ME SHEEPS

SZHOW TO

DO

FARM

Yaumati Ferries $19

China Lights (Old)

$11.80. Jaly

- $1135, $11.60. China Lights (New) $8.20. Electrics $144

Telephones (Old) $264," Telephones (New) $10-20. HK. Ropes $5.65. Watsons $5.10. Entertainments $4.70.

Baguio. Gold 18 ets.

Raube $114. $11.40.

HK Land 4 Debentures 100.

391

180 1782

PRAGUE

others.

Although there was a request short October straddle is report

Cotton: Large long March and that no wreaths be sent, a named to be liquidated. We expect ber were laid on the grave, includ-

little pressure in "spot cotton Jing those from, "His Sorrowing-

Wife," "Arthur, Fic and familyThe present level of prices may (both of which were buried with cause next and distant options: the comm), "Esther and Charlie again to widen:

Flash: [(cousins), "Emilia

The American Railway and Jose" (cousins). "Jerry and Ethel Association estimates carloadings "Evy and Charlie,” "Sonny and at 585,000 cars, an increase of Baby" Miss Celeste Botelho, Mr. 29,000 cars from the correspond 7.-A. Goldenberg Messrs. G. B. ing period of last year. {Gurevitch, S. A. Hussain, A 0.

Madar and Lening Mousin, Mr. BRUTAL MURDER AT and Mrs. M. F. Houghton, Mr. and Mrs. A. Evan Langenberg, Mrs.

FAIRS. Murray Mr. and Mrs. J. A

Many Exhibitors To Participate

"IMPORTANT FOR BUSINESS

SHAMSHUIPO

Woman Stabbed In

The Throat

Marshall and family, Mr. and Mr W. F. O'Sullivan and family, Mr. and Mrs. G. L' da Rosa, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Bocha and family, Mr. and fry P. Ensario, Mrs. Victor and sons, Mr. and Mrs. HM night at Shamshuipo, when a 52- A brutal murder occurred last

Xavier and family, the Nomads

Cheungshawan after 6.30 pli

The revival of Czechoslovakia's Hockey Club, Members of Ricci Fax-old widow named Ng Sit Changes (3.15 pm) closing export trade in 1935 has influenced Hall, A. Fannini and Co., On Lee was stabbed to death at No. 302 quotations.

most favourably the preparation and Co, and others. Sellers Baubs $11.

work for the next Prague Fair.

Entries have been received in largely increased

Sales Providents (Old) $217A, Tramways $131⁄2, Ranbs, $11.40.

Road, shortly

The woman's 14-year-old ne

numbers for many of the groups, and the phew, who was the only person on bibits will cover the whole field the premises at the time, saw the of Czechoslovakia's industrial out-murder committed. Three mek put For this reason a record entered the premises, apparently number of more than 3,000 exhi-lintent on robbery, and attempted: bitors is expected

to gag the woman and, when she

Wholesale Prices Decline

The alarm was raised by the

An official report issued by the cent, as compared with 1933, and According to the great impor- resisted and shouted for help, Imports and Exports Department 14.5 per cent as compared with tance of the Spring Session for one of them stabbed her in the | states that according to an index 1922: Textiles by 136 per cent doing export business the opening throat. Then, after tying up the

figure constructed by the Statis as compared with 1924 23.5 per date has been set abead this year, boy, they tical Office Wholesale prices in the cent. as compared with 1933, and in order to enable buyers to visit frightened and decamped without apparently "became"" Colony of Hong Kong declined by 25.3 per cent as compared with the Prague Fair immediately after taking anything y 14.9 per cent. in 1935 as compared 1922: Metals and Minerals by 18.1 the closing of the Leipzig Fair. with 1934. 247 per cent. as com- per cent as compared with 1934, The new date is March 6 to March man's sister, who had gone to pared with 1933, and 22.1 per cent. 26.0 per cent as compared with 15, 19Prague Fair has developed afterwards. as compared with the base year 1933, and 20.2 per cent as com

buy food and returned shortly The 1922

pared with 1922 Miscellaneous in recent years to one of the most The descriptions of all the Articles by 18.3 per cent as com-important centres of overses trade, three zoen were circulated to all, The index number of Foodstuffs pazed with 1824, 245 per cent, as in which also American buyers the police stations and a sharp 1935 declined by 94 per cent compared with 1932, 2nd 27.7 per are regularly putting large or look out is being kept on the compared with 1934, 247 per cent, as compared with 1922.

ders for Czechoslovak specialities: frontier.

WELL BLOW. ME DOWN!

Next Monday A Cure For Laziness.

HORSEL

YOU MUST

MY GOSH! DON'T YOU KNOW HOW

VSTAND UP

THERE!

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