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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital

$50,000,000

Issued and Fully Paid-up. 20,000,000 Reserve Funds:--

Starling

Bilver

$ 8,500,000

$10,000,000

Reserve ability of Pro-

prietors

HEID OFFICE: EONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

11. Dohmei, „Dag.

German.

C. C. Laight, Eng.

Hon. Mr. W. E. Bell

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

£3,000,000 $3,000,000

Agencies and Branches:

Bode

Ipab

THE CHINA HAUSFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13–193

Commerce and Finance

NEW YORK STOCK MARKET

Market Inclined To Rule Firm:

Paid-ny Capital

Reserve Fund

Reserve Liability of Pro

$20,000,000

prietors

~$3,000,009

Alor Star

Mangude Sou

Bangkok

Karmoki

Samaring

Bombay Calcut Canton

Labe

Shanghai

Xande

Singapor

NEED FOR SELECTIVENESS

Lempat

Cavapors

Isching

Madras

Хлеба

Toust

Sew York

(Bhacker)

-

Perping

(Peking) Penang

Isabeatse

Lamboangs

Hon. Mr. I. J. Paterson Caba A. H. Compton Esq. T. E. Pearce Esq, Colombe MT. Johnson Esq., JA. Plummer E34 plong G. Miskin Esq., A. L. Shields Esq.

Geyboro. Eq

HALTEONG

ZYTOW

VALRY

STATICO FOR TOBO**

BRANCHER

KRAZA ZUMPCS

• LONDON

LIONS

MALACCA

MANILA

YEAR Uokorn)"

MUIDEN

NEW YORK

PEMPING

PENANG

"RANGOON

SAIGON

SAN FRANCISIO

SHANGHAI

SINGAPORE

BOCEABAYA

SUNGE PLANT

TIENTSIN

TOYO

TSINGTAO

TOKOHAMA

Currat Accomde opened in Label Currency and Fized Deposito recnared for one year for PAREDE VERA in Leon Currency, and Starling

an Suzza which will be closed on uppisencion

A£30 sp to date SAFE DEPOSIi'

Ting TO LET.

Hang Long, ist November, 1935.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

The Business of the above Bank-is condwas- by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI FANKING CORPORATION. Buins may b

bined on application.

FOR THE HỨNG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

V. GRAYBURN,

Chit Manage

Hong Your 3th February, 2003,

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

dashurised" Capital

لمدسوس Raad up

$20,000,000.00 $5,500.00

Laters and Undeaded Prodia iš 2,92,000,00¦

HEAD OFFICES-RUNG SONG.

30 Des Your Bond. Central

BOARD OF DIRECTORS :-

Eat bou-bow, Chaz

15.

DN

Hamning

Harbin **

Beng Koog

Porsigs Exchange and Gemars) Banking businem

Correntebede opened and Food Deponite towired for one year or shorter paciada at "zelen whính vũi be quoted an application.

-A. BRKARLEY, -

Manage Hong Kong, 1st January, 1985.

THE

INCREASES DAILY

1|

Messrs. White, Weld and Com- pany, New York Correspondents

SHARE MARKET

`TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

LONDON RUBBER

MARKET

Large Shipments To New York

MINCING LANE ELATED

London, To-day-

CHINA'S NEW- LOANS

RATES OF INTEREST APPROVED

Nanking, To-day.

A joint meeting of the Finance

Mincing Lane is, elated at the and Economic Committees of the shipments of physical rubber to Legislative Yuan yesterday ap-

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ITALY

Treasures Given Up

In England

OFFICIALLY RECEIVED BY KAMBASSADOR *

London: Signor Grandi offi-

The following is the list of local New York. It is rumoured that proved the rate of interest for the cially received the Italian Con- share quotations issued to-day-at least 2000 tons have been Recovery Loan 13 6 per cent, assals and Fascist delegates who

Banks

engaged for shipment very short-fixed by the Central Political have been responsible for the HK. Bank $1,605 m.

ly, while some quarters place the Council. The meeting set the wedding-ring and gold contri

butions of the various Italian n. total amount at nearer 6,000 and date of the issue of the loan as

colonies in Great Britain and suggest that a special ship may March 1

Ireland at the Italian En- be chartered. No substantiation

As regards the rate of interest basry last month. for this report is yet forthcoming.

"the" Railway Reconstruction] but it is known that New York Loss, the committees decided that most of the Consuls wore their

on Wednes-lit should also be 6 per cent. purchased 1,500 tons day night

The extent of the drain of reb-

BK. Bank (London) 510275, Chartered Bank £15 2. Mercantile Birk A and

£2972. The

B

Mercantile Bank G. #131⁄4

for Messrs. S. E. Levy and Com-Bank of East Asia $80 1. PRIy, report:-

Stocks: When trading was re- sumed to-day after a holiday yes- terday, the market was inclined to rule firm, with the volume of business done on the heavy side. but the necessity of selectiveness is increasing daily. Business. idome: 2,920,000 shares.

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY: J. E. Bennett and Com-

INC.

Head Office:=-65, Broadway, New York

Capital

Suplus Reserves

Ámsterdam

Latwary

Albace

AMULA

Baala

Benin

US$8,000,000.00 2,183,633.06 870,781.65

BRANCHES

Games

Glasgow

The Hague

Havan Hamburg

Mastemak

معن

Nion

Supine

Prom

Para

Bob Beumane

Puping Botterdam

Metiseals

Caro

Looden

Liverpool

LUDTON Lugsdo

Shazychai Southampton. Singapor Tizatain

Calcetta Cannes Colesbo Copenhagen Dubla Edinburgh Flora Gears Kanich

Jerumento

Karvailin Moute Care

Finema Tation Tokohama Zurich

Branches of American Express | Company in Principal cities of Unived States of America and Canada.

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.

-Za Enon Chen Zay, P. J. Imak. Eng. HORE! Iva Tong, Eng Chan Casa Sowk. Eng. Li ! Bang. Das Hong Chu Son, Eng. and "Kan Yineled.

La

Tung P. Eng.. Chant Karmgur.

Li Tas Fong. “Emi Sonagar.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES :-*

Seattle

Singapore BOWDLERJE

Jumay

Semating

Tambay

Singmansi

Shangha

Calouste Conten

Sew York

Chemica

-Putia

Sego

Parag

Zydney

Pramog

Ichaics

Bangout

Trotin

Xeioon Lundon

İsma

Boat Ferncisco

"ADDONITE Toka

Flapbout

acco

Stapelbag

Labe

chili.

Personal investiment accounts hand-

pany report that cash and mill interests are buyers. We think that the market is pretty well isold out. Total sales: 15,367,000)

bushels.

Cotton: It is reported that the Manager of the Producers Pool; has received bids for 250,000 bales, against 50,000 bales of cotton offered by the Pool It is under- stood that the Pool Manager is! willing to accept offers for 65,000 bales on the May basis. This Isale may

cause 'relative strength in May options.

Flash: Average daily petroleum production during the past week! iis estimated at 2764000 barrels, against 2815.000 barrels the pre- rious week

Institute The Edison Electric estimates electricity production at increase 1.952.000,000 kw.h, an

of 10-7 per cent over the corres- ponding period of last year.

The Company offers to intending COMMODITY PRICES

Travellers the case of its “Travellers Cheques and Letters of Credit and,

in addition, the world-wide services

The following quotations have

of its thoroughly equipped Travel been received by Beuter. Department.

Chief Mazaga.

Capital

LIMITED

$7,500,000.00

$1,500,000.00

September

Every description at Banking and. Exchange.

bmessens tentameted..

July ¡October

adam granted on approved THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, December

Carrant Accouze opened in Local Cursory man Fixed Deposite isostred for cos zur or amacias periode in Lost and Foreigs Currencies MU SAZIOA which will be quoted on application.

Bada Deposit Box To Lat.

KAN TONG PO.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

UIMITED

Established 1880 *

Capital (full paid-up) Yen. 100,000,000 Beserve Fund ..... Yen. 127,450,000

Read Office: YOKOHAMA,

Branches and Agencies at

Nagmad

Alexandria

(Incorporated in China)

Head Office-Shanghai

Reserve Branches-All Important Cities in July

Foreign Exchange and Geoses! Barking Basins December Corest and Sering Accounts opened and Find Chicago Wheat:— Deposits zooskred, but can (paar of shorter periode i

|at ram which wit be quoted on application.

HONG KONG BRANCH -26, Das Vaux Eand. Contend

Prev. Yesterday Closing Closing

28T

Instances

Canton Ins. $270 1. Unions Ins. $5623 1. China Underwriters $1.07% 1. China Fire Tax. $480 1. HK. Fire Ima. $260 a. International Assce. $31⁄4 2

Shipping

Douglases $35 1 - HK. Steamboats $571⁄2 TL Indo-Chinas (Pred), $30 L Indo-Chinas (Del.) $20 m. Shells (Bearer) 90/- n. Union Waterbosts $1416 m.

Mining

th

on

Signor Grandi himself - and”

Fascist uniforms for the occa- The measures are now to be sion. The rings and other gold considered at ber from warehouses in both of the Legislative Yuan, meeting athletic cups, were laid on a a general meeting and silver objects, including

London and Liverpool can be es Himated by the fact that the mar- ket is freely talking of a reduction in the weekly stocks of between. three and four thousand tone-- Reuter

RAW RUBBER PRICES

Latest Quotations From

Singapore

to-day--Renter.

HOLD-UP STAGED- IN SHOP Dummy Pistol Used

table draped with the flag of Italy.

The total contribution is valued at approximately £30,000. Of this amount, Lon-t don's contribution was 18 kilo- grams of gold and £8,000 in cash.

Provincial Gifts

Of the provincial cities, Car- diff, with 1,500 Italians, gave

George Anthony Smith, aged 87, 2100 grams of gold, 4,500.

grams of silver. and £685. described as a theatre manager, Messrs. H. B. Joseph & Co. was sentenced at the Old Bailey Liverpool, with 2,000 Italians,

received the following last month to five years" penal Sex £650 in cash.

gave 1,350 grams of gold and

Antamoks $1.60 b. $160/1-51 | have

Balatoes 3174 n.

Baguio Gold 20 cts. A. Benguet Consolidated $141. Benguet Explanation 14 ets. De Big Wedge 12 cts. 1 Gold Creek 30 ets. 1. Gold River Tes: 11 Ipo Mining 90 cts. n. Itogons 36 cts. n. Salacots 15 ets. z. Kailan, Mining Að. 13/9.z. Langkats (Single) $11 1. S'hai Exploration Sh.241⁄2 n Shanghai Loans Sh$4 n. Ranhs-$11.40

Venz Goldfield $3 3.

Docks, etc.

FK and K. Wharves (old)

$101

HK and K Wharves (new) |

$98 1

HK. and W. Docks $9 m Providents (old) $2 s. Providents (new) 50 cis, *. Hong Kew Sh4190 r. New Engineering, Sh.$4, n. Shanghai Docks. $79 m

Cotton Mills Ewo Cottons Sh.381⁄2 Shanghai Cottons (old)"Sh.$70

Shanghai Cottons (new) Sh$41.

*

Zoong Sings Sh$12 n.

Wing On Textiles Sh. $25 ¤.

~ Lands, Hotels, etc. HK and S. Hotels $5.45 z. : HK Lands $3534 -

HK. Lands 4% Debentures

100%

-The 6,000 Italians in Scotland gave £630 in cash and 134. kilo- grams of gold."

quotations from Singapore invitäde. He was found guilty of, Straits Currency for Raw Rubber, being armed with *offensivel

AD Spot 25% Up b, 26 s.

weapon and assaulting three men. April/June 26 3 b., Unchanged Mr. J. F. Eastwood, prosecut

.26-18

ding, stated that Smith attempted a b hold-up at a jeweller's shop in

Maiden lane,

the off

Strand Folice officers saw him enter the shop and watched through the window.

July/September 26 Up

26.S., October/December 26 4 Up

b. 26 % s Market:Quiet.

LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY

Silver Prices Rise

The local dollar is steady, open- ing on demand this morning at 1/346.

1934

"They saw one of the assistants with his hands above his head and Smith with a" pistol in his hand,” | continued Mr. Eastwood. "They rashed into the shop and there was a violent struggle with Smith, during which the pistol was fired”

Not Mad

There are only 700 Italians

Ireland They gave £430 in: cash and 6 kilograms of gold.

WHOLESALE PRICES IN BRITAIN

Steady Increase All Round Reported

-London, Today.

The Board of Trade index of*.

with a year" ago.

This is the

"Spot" silver advanced 3/16 to Det-Insp. Greeno stated that wholesale prices in January, shows 19%, while "forward" rose to Smith came out of prison only fire an increase in average of 0.4 per the cent, as compared with December before committing days offence. "When he was at Box-and of 4 per cent, as compared The London on New York cross- rate was quoted at 5-USSA-street," said the officer. "I had a 98%, as compared with Stalk with him and asked him he sixth successive month of increase $4.99%, while the New York on were mad. He said, "No, and and the rise since July last is London cross-rate was quoted at added: I study paychology a little nearly 45 per cent.

Food prices show an advance at I wondered whether Englishmen S—US$1.98%. -

would stand this sort of thing. 1only about 2 per cent. on the year, wondered what they would do but the January index numbers for all articles and for industrial when facing a gun.””

Smith, in evidence, declared that materials and manufactures: are he had been "decoyed to the shop the highest recorded for any New York: The recent large by a man who gave him a dummy month since December and No- shown to pistol This man, he alleged, was rember 1930 respectively. British have boosted the coinage value of a police informer. the Treasing holdings to about 21 per cent of its gold supply, with da monetary value of over $2,100,-

000, as compared with gold hold-|| ings

of $10,154,000,000-Beater.

U.S. SILVER POLICY

(Continued from Page 1) VALUE OF HOLDINGS

silver purchases are

C. EL BENSON, New York Cotton:

General Manager March

May

11.22 11.26 10.90 1081 10:50 10.58

10.20 10.27

10.21 10.29

January

10.31c

Spot

11.30

10.32 11.70

+.

New York Rubber:-

March May

15.53 13.64

15.65a 15.75

15:70 15.89

15.82a 15.95

16.01a 16.07

May

977

98%

(800) 2. GEFANG,

Жасарас

July

8834

September

87

888

Chicago Corn:-

May

July

603

61 60% 61

Winnipeg Wheat:-

May

84th

846

Nagoya New York

July

85%

$479

THE WING ON-BANK, LTD.

October

24%

836

Osaka

HK. Tramways $13.30 n. Peak Trams (old) $7 b Peak Trains (new) 2 b

New York Silk:

Pazis

Peiping

March

1.76

1.79

Star Ferries $90 n. ez. div.. Yaumati Ferries $191⁄21⁄2 n.

NY. Cotton

May

10.81

1.77

1793

NY. Rubber

March

15.53

July

1.74

1.762

Hamburg

Hankow

Seattle

Aarbin

Hong Kong

Honolulu

Semarang Shanghai Singapore Sourabaya Sydney

asked, b---

·bid. ----

C. Lights (old) $11 b, $1120 & Chicago Wheat C. Lights (new) $8 b

May

97

nominal.

HK. Electrics $7214 b. $7234-Chicago Corn

73. £2.

Нау STOCKS:

60%

Anaconda

Copper

323

33%

Electric Bond &

Share

2014 General Motors 59xd Montgomery

20%

29%

Batavil

Berlin

Bombay

Calentma

Cizator

Dairen (Dalny)

Manage's Ca

Foren Eichanga Dept.

Camer's O

General Orde

Shanghai Lands Sh.$18 n. Metropolitan Landa Sh. $10 Humphreys $10.40 s H.K. Realties $5.85 n.. Chinese Estates: $84 m. › China Realties $4 - China Debentures Sh360 m.

Public Utilities

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

Latest Quotations

February 14

10.82

15.74

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Wireless Service.

\$I$I$I$I$I$I$I

S

Rangoon

Fengtian (Makden) Rio de Janeiro

Mainking

Karachi

Kobe

-Londen

Los Angeles

Sendin

Moj

San Francisco.

Ventsin Tokyo. Tringtan Yingkow

Interest allowed for Current do

Deposits received for fixed periods at rates to be obtained on application,

C. KUSHIKAMI,

Manage Hong Kong, 12th September, 1988.

HONG KONG HEIGHTS

For the informat

the following list of some of the highest points en

Mainland is pubika

ISLAND

Victoria Peak Signal Statio Mt. Parker

Island, and

Head Office: Hong Kong

26, Den Voerr Road Central Authorised Capital $10,000,000 May

LONDON BANKEES:- Westrabaster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every des- Cripton of banking business transact- led.

Current Accounts and Savings A6+] counts opened. Fixed Deposits re-

MEAT PROBLEMS

ceived at rates which will be quoted Agreement Reached

on application.

Trusteeship & Executorship under- taken, Safe Deposit Boxes for hire. PHILIP GOCKCHIN Chief Manage.

THE

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL: SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in China)

Capital paid up Reserves. |Capital Savings Dept. Reservs Savings Dept":

Head-05cShan

A. Bank, having as its mission. the industrial developmental qua China, and the fostering of her commercial relations abroad. Hong Kong Offer -

$. Quem's Roud Central

QUALITY

In London

London, To-day. The Minister of Agriculture. Mr. Walter Elliot, announced at Commons question time yesterday that an agreement had been resch- ed with the Government of Aus tralia and New Zealand and also with the Government of Ar gentina on a programme whereby the total arrivals of beef and vesu

in the United Kingdom during the six months to the end of June next; would not exceed the quantities imported in the corresponding per- fod of 1985. It was expected that the arrivals from small Empire sources also during this period |would not exceed those arranged

for the first part of last year. British Wireless

PERLIN SHARE 1

Macao Electrics $20-m Sandakan Lights $4% : Telephones (old) $264 n Telephones" (new) $10.20 China Buses Sh#111⁄4 n Singapore Tractions 17- n Singapore - Tractions Pret 26/-

Industrials

Malabon Sugars 38,40 m. Cald, Macg. (Ord) S$199 Cald: Macg. (Pre£), Sh.415 n Canton Ices $1

Cements $8%* 1 3% # FK Ropes $5,60 z

Stores, etc.. Dairy Farms $22 3. Watsons $485. n Lane, Crawfords $6% n Mackintoshs $5 n. Sinceres $270 B WILL Powells 70-cta: na Wing On (HKD): $55-2.

Miscellaneous Entertainments $470 n. SC Enterprises) $1.25 ɔn. Macao Greyhound $2 n.. Constructions (old) $175

(new) bror Piling #4 n

1925 GB

LES Gost 4% Loan

59 592

Ward

40% NY. Centrál 354 35% US Steel 58 59 6936

The following quotations from Lon- don were received last night between 5.30 pm and 10.30 pm.

Silver Spot. 15-11/16 (last close), Clast received), 3/16. up (change).

Silver. Forward 19% (last close), 19% (last received), up (change). bought Silver Report India "Spot" and "Forward Chins sold "Forward"?" Market quietly steady.

Liverpool: Cotton-May: 6.74 Cast close), 5.77. Cast received), „12 up (change)

Liverpool Whest, March '(last close), 6/14

Cast werei

"down fcharge)276 London Rubber--April-June (eri) 7-7/16 (last close), 1-7/16

received), unchanged.

REICHSMARK QUOTATIONS

609:25

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