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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorized Capital

$50,000,000

Issued and Fally-Paid- 20,000,000

Reserve Fundasim

Sterling ......£6,500,000

Hong Kong Currency"

Eeserve

....$13,000,000

Reserva. Liability of Pro

prietors

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA Incorporated by Royal Charter, '1553.

"Agencies and ̈Branches”-

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund

£3,000,000 £3,000,000

Beserve Liability of Pro

$20,000,000

prietors.

£3,000,000

L

Alor Star

Haile

Amritsar

Salgun

Archi

Semamay

Batavia

Seremban

Bombay

Kobe

Shangha

Calotta

Kaula Lamper

Canloui

Kuching

Cawnpore

Mindan

Cebu Dahi

Mana

Singapore Sitiawan Kourabaya Tepis

Colombo

T

New York

·ERAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Hon. M. J. J. Paterson. Chairman

G. Mikkin Esq, Deputy Chairmar.

Bon. Mr. WH Bell; CC. Knight Esq. A. H. Compton Eaq. T. E. Pearce Esq. S.E. Dodwell Esq., J.A. Plummer Esq., MT. Johnson Esq., A.L. Shields Esq. V. M. Grayburn, Esq..

AMOT

BANGKOK

ΒΑΤΑΝΙΑ BOMBAY CALCUTTA CANTON CHEFOO COLOMBO DALXEX FOOCROW HALPHONG HAMBURG HANKOW

HARBIN HONGKEW

ILOILO

IPOR

JOHORE

Chel MansT.

BRANCHES

LOBE

KOWLOON

KUALA LUMPUR

LONDON

LYONS

SEALACCA

MAMLA NTAS shore? NUKDEN

NEW TORS

PING MENANG

RANGDON

SAKHIR

SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAI

SINGAPURI.

SURABAYA

SUNGEI PATSSI

-TIENTNIN

TOKYO

TASUTAD

FOKORAMA

Current Accounts opened le Inal Currence and

•∙Fixed Deposits pressed for rear or shorter perinda in Local Currency and sterling on berma

-quod di appaion.-

which will be >FF BEPIT BOXES in |

ALSO up to TASU iz TO LET

-Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

Bangkok

Haiphong Manbarg Ranitre

Harban Hong Song

Klang.

iden

Priping

iPeking) Tang

Ton skaa

(true)

Tsingtao"

منجيلي.

Zamboanga

Foreste Exchange and Getical Banking business

transacted.

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1936

Commerce and Finance

LOCAL DOLLAR --

STEADY

Silver Prices Drop

The local dollar is steady, open-

demand ing on

this morning| jat 1/5 d.

"Spot" silver dropped .. to 1944, while forward" dropped to 13-11/16. ̧

The London on New York cross- Frate was quoted at US$4 99, as compared with £-U.S.- $4.99, while the New York on London cross-rate was quoted at S-US$4.991⁄2, as compared with Mazager-US$4.991⁄4.

Curvet Accounts opened and Fixed Depot received for one year or shorter periods at which will be quoted on application.

A. BREARLEY,

Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.

THE

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, COMMODITY PRICES.

INC.

Head Ofee-65, Broadway.' New York

Capital Surplus Reserves

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Натура

*u*

Harry

Horde Weerg Interiales Jin Landine

Lool

Peltier

Pour

Isertati

be obtained

1 wro

The Buestion of the show Rach - conducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK ING CORPORATION, Rai Phas

so applied.

FOR THE EONG RONG AND BANGHELI BANKING CORPORATION,

N. GRAYBURN,

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Aviocrised "Cagurni

Pada Cape

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

The following quotations hare been received by Beuter.

Prer. Yesterday Closing Closing

...

SHARE MARKET

The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day

Banks HK Bank $1,530 B. HE. Bank (London) $103 n Chartered Bank 514. n. Mercantile Bank A and

£2934 1

Mercantile Bank — $184 n.

· Bank of East Asia' $73: L.

Insurances-

Canton Ins: $270 m. Unions Ins. $550 82. China”. Underwriters $1.05 b.. China Fire Ins. $430 . HK. Fire Ins. $260 1. International Assce $31.

Shipping

Douglases $56 1. H.K. Steamboats $52. Indo-Chings (Pref.), $30 z. Indo-Chinas (Det) $20 Shells (Bearer) $974% n. Union Waterboats $141

Mining

Antamoks $1.84. Balatoes 20 ets. n. Baguio Gold 22 ctx. n. Benguet Consolidated $15.40 b Benguet Exploration 13 ets. n. Big Wedge 21 ets.

Salacots 15 cts. n. Kailan Mining Ad. 14/-.1

Langkats (Single) $11 m S'hai. Exploration Sh$41⁄2 B. Shanghai Loans Sh.$4 n. Raubs $11.69 a.

NEW YORK STOCK

MARKET

Weakness Followed By Recovery

ADDITIONAL STOCK SHOULD BE SOLD

BRITISH REVENUE LAND INVESTMENT

RETURNS

Further Increases Shown

London, To-day Exchequer returns up to the end of last week, issued last night; show that the total ordinary re- excluding self-balancing

AND AGENCY CO.

Final Dividend Of $1 Per Share

DIRECTORS PROPOSALS

The Directors Report of the Messra. White, Weld and Com-]venue, pany, New York Correspondents itens, amounted to $544,665.284 Hong Kong Land Investment and for Messza S. E. Lery and Cour compared with $620,169,253 at the Agency Co., Ltd., states that the

net profits --for the year, befors- jcorresponding date of last year. įpany, repor***

Stock: The weakness to-day was Beceipts from inland revenue were providing for replacement of amounted to $988,451.05; tion, followed by only a moderate re-326,761,000, against £316,721,000 buildings by writing of deprecia covery and we continue to advise in the same period of the last fin- against enlarging commitments ancial year, and Customs and Ex-which with $489.468.21 brought

We believe that it would be wise cise were 4274,487,000, against forward from last to credited been The total ordinary expenditure, it Business done:

to sell additional stock on any £263,519,000. {market strength. 2,390,000 shares.

year, has -3 Pro Appropriation and Loss

An

Divi interim exclusive of self-balancing items, Account. Cotton: Fears of further selling amounted to $650,716,775, against dend amounting to $300,000 has by the Producers' Pool caused 641,260,601 at the corresponding already been paid and, after writ- - tired holders to liquidate their date of last year. British Wireing off $224,321,90 from Buildings, there remaina a balance of $958,- positions, which resulted in heavy less Service. ·

397.39, which it is proposed to selling of late months. It is be lieved that speculators are selling short. Demand for cotton-goods! is improving.

Rubber: Excepting any serious

ORE SUPPLIES FOR deal with as follows:

POLAND

To pay Final Dividend

of $1 per share

disruption in the restriction plan. Chinese Antimony Will Transfer to General Ee

we see a good chance of near fuerzal world stocks at the end of the year. We anticipate, irregu larly-higher prices and we would favour the re-instatement of long positions. Total sales: 183 lots.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

Latest Quotations

February 25

The following quotations from Lon- dos were received last night between 11.00 p.m. and 12.30 px.

Be Accepted

London, To-day.

300,000.00

serve Account

150,000.00

Add to Special Repairs and.

Benewals A/C

9,720.89

It is learned that Poland is in-jund. Carry forward unap viting tenders for the supply of propriated

Whereas 230 tons of antimony. high-grade antimony was origin-|- ally required, it is believed that it

will be satisfied with the Chinese

99.2 per cent. pure product, since

the English output, 99.6 per cent! pure, is too expensive.---Reuter.

RAW RUBBER PRICES

Latest Quotations From

1

Singapore

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

New York Cotton:- March

11.17

11-10

BRANCHES:-

May

10.76 10.67

Amsterda Answers Athens Ana

Gece

filango

Mootreux Mau

July

-10.41

10.28

The Hagoo

October

10.07

9.89

Kaplam

December

10.06

9.59

Gold Creek 30 cts.

Haburs

January

10.13

9.94

Gold River 7 cts.

Spot

T131

11.25

Ipo Mining $1.90 nă

Shanghai

Itogons 60 cts. L

·Southampton

New York Rubber:-

CASTIN

spor

Colombi

Logano

March

15.60

15.3in

4

Copeulingen

Edinburgh

Liever

Luzer

Vienna

Marsaille

-¡ May

15.72

15.63

Monte Carlo

Munich

Yokoba zuk

Zurves

July September December

15.84a 15.74 15.95 15.83 16.00 16.143

"Mas,

[N.Y., Cotton

10.76.

10.77

N.Y. Rubber

Chicago Wheat:-

March

15.60

15.53

10.72

15.53

May

July September

*9939 39% 901 7891 $334

Chicago

hion Wheat

May

994

Chicago Corn

May STOCKS: Ansconde

60%

60%

→

Chicago Corn:- May

6024

603%

Copper

The Company offers to intending July Travellers the use of its "Travellers

60%

Electric Bond &

Share General Motors 59

34

17

34 34%

17-

26 s.

59% 59%

b.. 26'

VE AGENCIES

Jiz

Semarang

of its thoroughly equipped Travel May Department.

Cheques" and Letters of Credit and winnipeg Wheat:-

addition, the world-wide services

New Engineering Sh.$4. n.

Montgomery

Ward

38%

84%

*$43

38%

38

Shanghai Docks. $79 a.

July

85%

$514

N.Y. Central 3874

3934

39%

Cotton Mills

İngi

October

848

847/2

Ewo Cottons Sh.$8 n.

U.S. Steel *62

The

62%

b. 28 3 Market:-Dull..

by Tork

~ingapor

mydary

CH. BENSON,

General Manager March

May

New York Silk:- -

1574

155

*

1.56

1.55; 156t 1-544

A.

Breers and Indied

HEAD OF

Job In

$10,500,000.

VT DOG WESTS $

Profit4687305

HONG KONG,

Bund, Comogy). IMRECTORS Shout Churr, Cairan.

BOARD

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.

Personal investment accounts hand-

Loon Chan. F. P. K. Kanding Wed. Tus To Lay Chao Chime Shea, Egy La Lan hane Fag. Wage. The Day Ly and then Line Po. Em

Am

I'm'avis

Hambay Calmetin

Fall Tube Mh. Exy Chaal Yanners!

The Ford E-j. Mnager..

BRANCHES AND

Canton Harphong

Hanko

Honolulu

Kabe

Kowloom

Los duo

IND

Suga

V

San Francisco

Vacenter Loka

--Izery, dearguise of Bushing and Exchange Lowtan graad on spproved TORRIKO znana taná

Lormar Acne opard in. Local Currency an Jixed Deponis format for ve

·wiarse periode is Lori and Foreign Currenci och id quoted on application.

KAN

TONG RO

Chet get.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE -BANK

LIMITED

Established 1880

Capital (full paid-up) Yes 100,000,000 Reserve Fund

Yen.127,450,000

Head Office: YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies at

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin

Calcatta

Canton

Dairen (Rainy)

Nagasaki

New York

Nagoya

Osaka

Paris

Peiping

Rangoon

Fengtien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro

Hamburg

Hankow

Harbin

До

Koog

Hsinking

Karachi

Kobe

London

Angeles

Mania

Moji

San Francisco

Seattle

Semarang

Shanghai

Singapore

Tokyo Tsmgtau Yingkow

Interest allowed for Current Ac-

counts.

Deposits received for fixed perioda

at rates to be obtaized on applica

tion.

*CKISHINAMT,

Manager. Hong Kong, 12th September, 1935.

POPEYE

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, July

· LIMITED

(Incorporated in China). Head Office-Shanghai

Capital

$7,500,000.00

$1,500,000.00

Reserve Branches-A Important Cities is

China

Forica Exchange and General Banking Business trebated.

Current and Saving Account opened and Fixed Depouts received for one year of aborter periods I which will be quoted on application

200 ầ CHÚNG

HONG KONG BRANCH: 24. Damas „Hond, Central

Manager's Office

Periga Exchange Dept, me

Greater Offen

Csalure's Othes

Manager.

TAL, 33565

997%

60%

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE:

15. Gronchurch Strek Loodan, E.CA. Authorised-Capital £3,000,000 1,800,000 Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital..... 1,050,000 Reserve Fund & Rest 1,247,830 BANKERS:

The Best of England & Midised Bank, Ista BRANCHES

Ipoh

Kmarty

Karachi

Kota Bharu

Bangkok

↑ Bombay

24566

Calestia

Colombo

| Palki.

Galle

Tuala Lumper

Rong Yong Hoyrek

THE WING ON BANK, LTD..

Head Office: Hong Kong-

26. Des Voeux Road Central

Authorized Capital $10,000,000.

LONDON BANKERS:- Westminster Bank. Ltd.

Funis Lápis

Kew York Pansing

Port Louis

(Maurition). - Eangoon Shanghai

Xuanian (Prong) Sola

Bingapore

HONG KONG BRANCH. Every description of Banking and Zzekwagt businem tranonemi. -

Tastelines Gangnan karand

Trosie and Bascutorské večerialen. INTEREST allowed en Games Looda sod Fload Deposits at Hates that may balasomiaised on applicatioa

-R. FE

.▸

1, Queen's Road Central.

Foreign Exchange and every des-}”ning Koog. Mà July, 2002. cripton of banking business transact-

ed.

Current Accounts and Savings Ac-| counte opened. Fixed Deposits re- ceived at rates which will be quoted on" application.

Trusteeship & Executorship under- taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.

PHILIP GOCKCHIN

Chief-Manager.

QUALITY

PRINTING

Prices Reasonable

-THE-NESTEPAPER-ENTERPRISE LTTA

"Dearest Enemy

SHE PULLED OUT ALL.

ALL

MY HAIR-- MYE BEAUTIFUL HAIR IS GONE: AND THE WORST OF IT IS POPEYE LOVES ZEXA PEAL

JUST LOOK AT HIM)

RISSING HER —

DARN HIMYNALLHIS. LIFE HE NEVER PUT HIS

SOUL INTO RISSING ME LIKE THAT

SHANGHAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in China)

Capital paid up....$5,000,000. Reserves

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

Head-Office-Shanghai ......

A Bank having as its mission the industrial development of China and the fostering of her commercial relations abroad. Hong Kong Office-

6. Queen's Road Central Phone 31116.

Venz Goldfield $3 b..

Docks, etc.

EK and K Wharves (old)

$100.

E.X 2nd. K Wharvės (new),

$971⁄2 +

HK, and W. Docks $92," Providents (old) $1.65_n. Providents (new) 50 cts: n Hong Kew Sh$190 n

99%

following quotations from Lon-

Shanghai Cottons (old) Sh370 don were received last night between

Shanghai Cottons (new) Sh$41

Zoong Sings Sh.$12 n. Wing On Textiles Sh. $25 15. Lands, Hotel, etc. HK. and S. Hotels $5. n H.K. Lands $351⁄2 n. HK Lande 4%

100%

Debentures

Shanghai Lands Sh.$18 a

Metropolitan Landa Sh. $10 n.

Humphreys $9.70 n.

H.K. Renities. $5.85. n. Chinese Estates $84 n.

China Realties Sh.$84

.

China Debentures Sh.$60 a.

Public Utilities

HK Tramways $121⁄2 n Peak Trams (old) $7, 1. Peak Trams (new) $3 m Star Ferries $87. n. Taumati Ferries $2041⁄2 n. C. Lights (old) $11.30 m. C. Lights (new) $8 b. HE. Electrics $74% 8, 374

5.30 pm and 10.30 pm.

Silver Spot

the

<93,676.50

$953,397.39-

BRITISH CREDIT

TO FRANCE

Question In The

Commons

London, To-day.

Messrs. H. B. Joseph and Co. Replying to a Parliamentary.

question the Chancellor of the have received

following quotations in Straits Currency Exchequer, Mr. Neville Cham- from Singapore for Raw Rubber,berlain, said that the 540,000,000 loan to France recently arranged Spot 25% Down % b., 25 1⁄2 5. April/June 25 Downbhad his consent He understood that it was repayable in sterling.

July/September 26.% Down

Asked whether any precautions were taken to prevent credits be-

October/December 26 % Down coming frozen, he said he had no

anxiety on that score.-British Wireless Service.

19% Oast clone), 19% LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

Gast

(last received), 1⁄2 down (change); >

Silver Forward 19-13/16 close), 19-11/16 (last received), down (chalige):

The 27th annual athletic sports,

The

19th

Annual Athletic- Silver Report:-Smali Indian-de-of St. Paul's College will be held Sports of the Yaumati School will Hil on

Thursday, take place at thing's Park on Fri-·· Zwand and little general selling at Caroline

Mrs.. day, beginning at 12 noon. Market steady.

E. S. Murphy will distribute the

Liverpool Cotton-May 5.70 (last)

March 5.

5.71 (last received),. .01 up (change).

The RMS. Empress

Liverpool Wheat---Märch

of Japan prizes. 6/14 left Shanghai this morning and (last close), 6/2 (last received), will arrive here next Friday morn-

up (change).

•

The R.E. Old Comrades" Asso-·

London Rabber-April-Jane (buying. She will leave for Manila ciation are staging a grand care- ers) 7-7/16 (last close), 7-7/16 at the same afternoon. zeceived), unchanged.

REICHSMARK QUOTATIONS

nival dance on Saturday night and no effort has been spared to make-u

successful one. On Saturday, February 29, the the occasion R.EO Comrades' Association are The dance will commence at 8.30 staging a grand camival dance at pm, but the doors will be closed. No extra charge is the China Fleet Club Theatre. No at 11 p.m.

Berlin, to-day-The Reich- smark was quoted yesterday with-efforts have been spared to make being made for admission

one which will not out guarantee at: New York the occasion

40.67; Paris, 60825; Amsterdam, be forgotten by the patrons. The 59.17; and London, 12305. Paris dance will begin at the usual time, quoted the Pound sterling at 47.378.30 p.m. but the doors will be WATCHED AMBULANCE PASS: to 47.90, and the US. dollar at closed at 11.00 p.m. There will be 82.14.8912 to 14.9838-Trans-Ocean no extra charge for admission

Service.

Macao Electrics 120 n. Sandakan Lights $43⁄4 z. Telephones (old) $263⁄4%-n Telephones (new), $10,20 n China Buses Sh.11 1. Singapore Tractions 17/- n. "Singapore Tractions Pref. 25/-

Industrials

Malabon Sugars $8.40 m. Cald, Macz (Ord.) Sh.$191⁄2 n.. Cald: Macg: (Pret), Sh-$15 m. -Canton Ice $1 n.

Cements $3.85-11.200 ELE. Ropes: $5:55 3. Stores, etc. Dairy Farms $22′′a"

•Watsons $4.35.0. Lane, Crawfords $6%

FLL FIX HER!

[TIL. TELL. POPEYE:

WHAT 1KNOW

Mackintoshs $5 .. Sinceres $2.40 ̈8:

WITH DYING MOTHER

A young man, Francis Lloyd Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 Lane, who watched an ambulance. hours ending at 10 am to-day pass him in the High-road, Totten- was 0.02 inch. The total since Jan-ham, learned shortly afterwards- Juary 1

has been 3.56 inches; that it was taking his mother, against an average of 2.85 inches. Mrs. Ethel Lane, 56, to hospital. suffering from extensive burns.

A fine of $25 was inflicted upon from which she died... Mrs. C. M Sclater, of No. 32 Na-

Wm. Powells 70 eta n. Wing On (HK) $55 Miscellaneous Entertainments $4.70 a.

At the inquest Mr. Lane said S. C. Enterprises $1.85 n.

than Road, by Mr. Macfadyen at that his mother told him she be Macao. "Greyhounds”?:$2 n.

the Kowloon Magistracy yester- came dizzy and ber apron caught. Constructions (old)--$1% n.

of accidental: Constructions (new) 60 cts. n.iday, for allowing her Scotch terfire. A verdictTM

rier abroad unmuzzled on Fe-death was, recorded. Vibro Piling $4, n.

·Ch. Govt. 5% 1925 G$Bd«hruary 9. In admitting the of

fence defendant explained that] 94%

b

CLIFF FALL

HK. Govt. 45% Loan 4% prem the dog managed to slip out of the

"A fall of cliff at Ramsgate last: door, and before her amah, could catch it an Indian constable bad month wrecked a scenic railway in hold of it

the Amusement Park

HK Govt 31⁄2% Loan par. n. Wallace Harpersi

To-morrow.

"THAT GIRL IS A.

GIRL IS A:) SPY!!

A BRUTIAN SPY

Love Thy Neighbour.”

HONG KONG S DIRECTORY

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