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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, 1853-

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

Sterling

..£5,500,000

Hong Kong Currency

Reserve ....$10,000,000 Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1936

and

Commerce

Finance

SHARE MARKET

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

FISHERIES IN CANADA

Large Increase In Exports

RAW RUBBER PRICES Latest Quotations From Singapore

Messrs. E. B. Joseph and Co.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY

CLUB

RAFT PROGRAMMES and.

yesterday received the following DTRY FORMS for the First

quotations in Straits Currency

from Singapore for Raw Rubber. Extra Race Meeting to be held on Spot 254 Down b. 25 SATURDAY, 14th March, 1996 April June 26 by Unchanged(weather permitting) may be ob

(tained at the Secretary's Office,

CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES TO FAR EAST

Ottawa-A large gain was re corded in the export trade in Can-|- The following is the list of local adian fisheries in the year 1935. The local dollar is steady, open-share quotations issued to-day:-Shipments to British Empire and

༣་

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund

*£3,000,000

£3,000,000 ||

~LOCAL: DOLLAR

STEADY

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3,000,000 |

$20,000,000

Agencies and Branches:

Silver Prices Firm

Alor Star

Iorio

BADAUNT

Amntar

ipb

โดน

Beng

Barschi

bebar -

Batavia

Seremba

Kumbay

Kebe

Sheagai

Calcutta

Kami Lumpar

Singapore

Canica

Carapace

3tedre

Ceby

Mama

Tupus

Colche Deli

Medaa

Tratwo

New York

Tongka

Hamburg

Peiping

(Peking) Ins

(1sarker!

TELLEZA

JI

1ksbathe Zamb

BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson.

Chim

G. Miskin Esq.,.

Deputy ChairmaT.

Bon. Mr. W.H. Bell, C.C. Knight Esq. A. H. Compton Esq. T. E. Pearce Esq. S.H. Dodwell Esq., J.A. Plummer Esq. MT. Johnson Esq. A.L Shields Baqaise

V. 3. Graybura, Esq.

AMOT

BANGKOE

BATAVIA

DOX RAY

CALCUTTA CANTON

CHEFOO COLOMBO DAREN POOCHOW

BAITHONG HAMBURG

HANKOW

HARBIN HONGKET

MOMA

Pok

JOBORE

AUBE

KOWLOON

Chief Magment.

BRANCHEST

NGALA LUMPUR

LONDON

ALOCCA

MANILA,

MAR Johore)

CADEN

NEW YORK.

TULIPING PENANG

RANGOON

SAIGON

SHANGHAP

SAN FRANCISCO

SINGAPORE

SERSBATA

SUME PATANT

TIENTSIN

TOKYO

SINGTAO

JAUTAMA

Current Account opened in Lord! Currency and Fixed Depoute proved for our gear or shorter periods in Lowl Currency and terbag on terms which will be quoted on maplermo arte.

ALSO up to date SAFE DENSIT BOXES in various size "O LET.

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.)

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

Busaboss of the ahoma Bank in conducted by the BONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- ING CORPORATION, Living They be obtained sa appnatION.

FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

V. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong. 24th February, 1936.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, Į

Authorized Capita

LTD.

10.000,00

Paid-up Capital. *..... Beserta and Kadınded Shobi... .....$ 2,866,325 33

BLAD OFFICE:ITOSO RUNG,

10, Des For Bed, Comml.

WARD OF DIRECTORS -

Koon Cus. E. Kemi, Eng Woeg Yu Ton. Fa Chuo Ching Shuk, Eng. Là Tass Sang, Hay, Wong Chu Son, Erjonal Ean, Ying. Pay Enq

Kan Tung P. Eng., Chief Mesure.. 1. The Fong. Eng. Masugre.

PRANCHES AND AGENCIES-

Vanila Melurze

ANOT

-Emulzie

ILL

Securang

thebay

Nazurski

Calcutta

New York

Shanghai Singapor

Carloa

Dadi B

Haphoog Bankow

Swntow

["DHAR

Honolulu

Первом

Kote Kowloon Laden

Tokyo

Sa Trzcisco

Sourabaya

Jydney Tiko Testin

Vancouver

Lokohama

Beery deerription of Barking and › Exchange bawa kerected. Lowe graued as approved

Current Accousta opened to Local Currency wad Find Deposite received for one year or sükörter periods in Low, and Foreign Currencies on treme which will be quoted on application.

Sulu Depout Boxes To Let.

KAN TONG PU.

Chief Manager.

Free Exchange and General Banking braices

tracted

on

120g

at 1/34d.

demand this morning

"Spot" silver remained steady

at 19, while "forward" was also steady at 19

The London on New York cross-

rate was steady at US$4.- 99 while the New York on:

Current Accounts opened and Fixed Depousta Orved for are year or shorter pocos at London cross-rate was quoted at] micis will be quoted on appiacalaan.

-U.S.$4.993. as compared with [£—U.S.$4.997)..

.

Manager

A. BREARLEX,

Hong Kong. 1st January, 1935.

THE

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,

INC.

Head Office: 65, Broadway,

Capital Surplus Reserves

Athena

значан

New York

.U.S.$6,000,000.00 2,183,633.06 $70,731.05

Nor

Papira

Aum tertiam

BEANCHES:-

Gene

Antwerp

Hot Mulan

The Hague

Harin

Saba

jaya

Heidelberg

Interikes Juraitis

ikla

inla

وسط خورماغ

Bremen Heummy

Inwerpuas Lateine

Jurecue I've Purping Kotsers. Hong- Bacchae Southampton

Singapor Lirbinia

Viega

Calcutta Сваре Colombo Sufratagen Dubl Edamlarga j'

Lo March

Monte Carle

Z

Kazula Munch

Venice

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DOUGLAS FIRS IN CANADA

Extensive Export Trade

FAR EASTERN DEMANDS

Ottawa-The Douglas ar at tains the largest size of any tree in Canada and, with the exception of the redwood of California, is the largest tree on the North JAmerican continent.

It has reached a height of 380) feet, and trees 15 feet in diameter have been found. A single Dou-i iglas fir, has scaled as much as 60,-i

Speci- 1000 feet board measure.

Branches of American Express mens over 700 years old have beer. Company in Principal cities of United found although comparatively few. States of America and Canada. are found more than 400 years.

old.

All classes of Commercial Banking) Transactions undertaken.

1_.......

The range of the Douglas fir is from the east slope of the Rocky: Personal investment accounts hand-Mountains through to the coast of lied

British Columbia and Vancouver Island, where some of, the firest; The Company offers to intending commercial stands are found. Is Travellers the tse of its “Travellers Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, Alberta it grows 300 miles north in addition, the world-wide services to the head-waters of the Atha-

of its thoroughly equipped Travel baska river. Department.

C. EL. BENSON,

General Manager

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK LIMITED

(Incorporated in Chine} Head Office-Shanghai

Capital

$7,500,000.00 Reserve

.$1,500,000.00 Branches-A Important Cities

China Foreign Exchangs and General Banking Besinei usand..

Current and Serving Ascounts opened and Fized)

Structional Timber

The wood of the Douglas fir is) harder, heavier, stiffer and strong- er than that of any other Cana-) dian evergreen tree and produces the largest structional timber) grown in Canada. It is used ex- tensively in bridge-building, mine] timbers. wharf constraction and] heavy framework of all kinds. It is also an excellent material for (boat, seow and other marine con-

struction.

It has properties which enable

day

Bank H.K. Bank $1,55214 - E.K. Bank (London) 101

** n.

foreign markets reached a total of $24,300,000, which represented a (gain of $2,500,000 on the previous]

year.

Chartered Bank £14

n.

Mercantile

Bank A and

50914 0. Mercantile Bank C. 13 Bank of East Asia $75 D

Insurances

Canton Ins. $270 Unions Ins. $550 1. China Underwriters $1.05 b. `- China Fire Ins. $480 . HK Nre Ins. $260. n. International Asace. $3.

Shipping

Douglases $96 n. E.K. Steamboats $54 n.' Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $30 a Indo-Chinas (Det) 201 Shells (Bearer) $8/9 n. Union Waterbosts $1414 n

Mining.

Antamoks $1.92 b. Balatoes 2114 cts. b. Baguio Gold 22 cts. n. Benguet Consolidated $18.40 m. Benguet Exploration 14 cts. I. Big Wedge 21% cts, a Gold Creek 15 ets. n. Gold River 7 cts. D. Ipo Mining $1.90 . Itogons 60 cts. D. Salacots 15 cts, a Kailan Mining Ad 1279 Langkats (Single) $11 n. Shai Exploration Sh.$41⁄2 n. Shanghai Loans Sh.$4 n- Raubs $11.

Venz: Goldfield $3 b.

L

Docks, etc. B.K and K. WharvES

$100 L

264 s.

b..

Joly/September 26 3 b. Un-Exchange Building: the Club.

changed 26 s.

House, Happy Valley: the Hong {Kong Club; the Sports Club; and October/December 26

the Stables, Shan Kwong Road. Unchanged 26 43.

Entries close Market:-Idle-

at 12 o'clock (NOON on Thursday, 5th March, *1936.

Messrs. Benjamin and Ports have

the following!

received

The followinie, are the salient features of the export trade dur- ing the first eleven months of the Straits currency quotations (buy- ers) from Singapore for Raw Rubber:

Year:

Sales to the United Kingdom to- talled 6.447,390, a gain of $1,117, 1000 on the same months of 1934.

Sales to the United States were valued at $9,270,000; an increase of $790,700,-*

Exports of canned fisk and shell- fish amounted to $9,890,000, an in- crease of $1,601,900.

Canned Salmon

Spot 25% cts. down 1 ct. April/June 26 cts unchanged.: July September 26 cts. un-

changed. October/December 26% ets, un-

changed.

BUYING AND SELLING IN MANILA-

Messrs. Benjamin and Potts re-

By Order. C. B. BROWN,

Secretary. Hong Kong, 2nd March, 1936.

PUBLIC AUCTION

THE Undersigned have received

Auction

Tinstructions to sell by Publie

ON

Thursday, the 5th March, 1936:

commencing at 10a.m.

at Messrs. Komor & Kerior,

-Chater Road

their A Quantity of Shop Fittings &

Showcases, etc.

Canned salmon exports totalled $6,921,800, a 'gain of $1,711,500.ceived the following buying and Practically all Canada's canned selling quotations from salmon are caught and prepared Manila Agents this morning: in British Columbia. Sales of

Benguet Consolidateds canned salmon to the United King Antamoks dom amount to over $3,995,000, a San Mauricios substantial gain. Exports of can. | United Paracales jued salmon to Australia amounted to $1,687,500, an increase of $576.- 000.

Considerable" quantities of Can-| adian fish are also exported to the Far East.

While most of Canada's trade in frozen and fresh fish is with the United States a large gain, on ex- (ports to the United Kingdom was

noted in 1935.

Amongst the 60 and more differ- ent kinds of food fish and shellfist Įproduced from Canada's fisheries. there are a round dozen which, in normal times, add more than $1- (old). 000,000 to the Dominion's annual Įproduction. The "Big Twelve"

HK and K Wharves (new) jare:—salmon, lobsters, cod, her

$971⁄2 1.

ring, whitefish, halibut, haddock, sardines, pickerel, trout, smelts and pikchards-Reuter.

•

H.K. and W. Docks $9 n. Providents (old) $L$0 s. Providents (new) 50 cts. D Hong Kew Sh.$190 m. New Engineering Sh$4 n. Shanghai Docks. $79 n.

Cotton Mills

Ewo Cottons Sh.38 n. Shanghai Cottors (old) Sh$70

Shanghai Cottons (new) Sh$41 |

14-

Zoong Sings Sh.$12 m. Wing On Textiles Sh. $25 n. Lands, Hotels, etc. HK and S.-Hotels $4.90 s. HK Lands $35% -

CANADIAN TIMBER FOR CHINA

Railway Ties On Order

Tancouver-Nearly. 20.000.000 feet of railway ties are being treated at a British Columbia cre-

PESOS 11.70 11.90|

1.20

125

55 .56

LOCAL

MR. S. Church, who was

(then

Terms: Cash on Delivery

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 2nd, March, 1936.

JOTTINGS

MHong Kong

New York Bank of known as the International Banking Corporation) here many years ago, has returned to the Colony to take over the sub-managership from Mr. L. N. Johnsori. Mr. Church was once a very keen baseballer, while be also figured as a jockey in the races at Happy Valley.

Mr. E N. Ponsford of the Sanitary Department, who has been away on Home leave for the past nine months, will be re- turning to the Colony in the very near future.

Anna May Wong had an un pleasant introduction to our famous spring weather. On the day of her arrizal she caught cold, and for four days she had to stay in her room at the Hong Kong Hotel.

But Wednesday we soon her at the races in good spirits, so all must be well.

osote factory for ultimate ship spector of Factories is due to Mr. D. W. Phillips, the In-

Depósite repedved for base year or morier perods it to be used in the making of E.K. Lands 4% Debentures ment to China. THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK write which will be quoted on applications

LIMITED

Established 1890

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

Reserve Fund

.....Yen.127,450,000

Head Office: YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies xt

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta Canton

(Dainy)

Nagasaki Nagoya New York: Osaka Paris

Peipin

Rangoon

Vagtien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro

Harberg

Hankow

Harbin

Hong Honolulu

Fisinking Karachi Kobe

London

Los Angeles

Manila

Moji

Seattle

SOU Z. CHANG.

-Manager. HONG KONG BEANCE: 3. Des Van Bowd. Crutrai,

Manager's Online ma

Fuge Exchange Deph,

General Offi

Gamer's. Opiru

flooring, and when treated with ereosofe, it provides a long-wear-i Tel. 20565 fing, noiseless and dustless pave-

ment for roadways.

++

+

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong 26. Des Voeux Road Central. Authorised Capital $10,000,000

LONDON BANKEES:- Westminster Bank, Ltd Foreign Exchange and every des cripton of banking business transact- ed.

Current Accounts and Savings Ac San Francisco,counts 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.

Semarang

Shanghai

Sydney Tientsin Tokyo

Yingkow

Tsingtau

Interest allowed for Current Ac-

counts.

Deposits received for fixed periods at rates to be obtained

on applica- tion.

Manager.

C. KISHINAMI,

Hong Kong, 12th September, 1935.

POPEYE.

"A

ZEXA DEAL 15 A SPY. IT'S

ME DUTY TO HAVE HER

SHOT- BUT

I LOVES MER- LIKE NOBODY'S

BIZNESS

QUALITY

PRINTING

Prices Reasonable

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE -6,77).

ONDRA MAIL. DUNG,

-

DA SPYJEDLA WY.

Musician In. Love."

-1 AM A SPV-

BUT MUST I DIE?

"“LOVE YOU

More than a billion feet, board measure, are cut each year, much lof it being shipped to distant parts of the world. Last year the ex- port of Douglas · fir planks and bpards, logs and square timber, jamounted to nearly 780 million

feet. Much of it went to the Fari East-Reuter.

THE

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL &

"SAVINGS BANK LIMITED

(Incorporated in China)

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

Eeserves

..$7,300,000. Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Eeserve Savings Dept. $600,000. Head-Office- Shanghai

A Bank baving as its mission the industrial development on China and the fostering of her commercial relations abroad, Hong Kong Office- /

6, Queen's Road Central Phone 31116.

LET ME REST MY HEAD

UPON YOUR.

MANLY CHEST

100%

Shanghai Lands Sh.$18 n. Metropolitan 'Lands Sh. $10 Humphreys $9.70 ± HK Realities $5.85 Chinese Estates $84 n. China Realties Sh.4 a China Debentures Sh.$60 the- Public Utilities. HK Tramways $11.90's. Peak Trams (old) $7 n. Peak Trams (new) $3 n.

·Star Ferries $87 n.

Two vessels have been charter ed to take these cargoes to Pukow, n.250 miles up the Yangtze River,

and to Taku Bar.

Yaumati Ferries $201⁄2 1 C. Lights (old) $1105 n. C. Lightë (new) 33 n. HE. Electrics $74 m. Macao Electrics $20 ¤- Sandakan Lights $4% m. Telephones (old) '$261⁄4's Telephones (new) $10.20.3. China Buses Sh$111⁄4 n Singapore Tractions 17/- Singapore Tractions Pref. 26/-

**..

Industrials

Malabon Sugars $8.40 n.

Cald., Macz. (Ord) Sh$191⁄2 a.) Cald: Macg. (Pre£), Sh.$15 n. Canton Ices $14. Cements $8.85 n. H.K. Ropes $5.40. 8.

THUMP

It is understood that one ship ment of 5,000,000 feet is intended for use on the South Manchurian |Railway-Reuter.

Stores, etc. Dairy Farms $21 & Watsons $4.85 1.

·Lane, Crawforda $63⁄41⁄2 ¤. Mackintoshs $5 m Sinceres $220 D. Wm. Powells 70 cts. n. Wing On (HEL) $55 Miscellaneous

·Entertainments $4.70

S C. Enterprises $1.85 m. Macao "Greyhounds" $2 n Constructions (ok) $14 he Constructions (new) 50 cta. ~ .. Vibro Piling $4 n.

Ch. Govt. 5% 1925 GSEda.--

94% D.

HK. Govt. 4% Loan 4% prem

b.

E.K. Govt. 82% Loan pat. à. Wallace Harpers $4.

To-morrow.

leave the Colony for a nine months' holiday at Home very shortly. Mrs. Phillips will be accompanying him.'

Mr. L. X. Johnson, sub- manager of the National City Bank of New York, left the President Colony by the s.. Polk on Saturday. Accompanied by Mrs. Johnson, he will spend a short holiday in New York

to prior

to the proceeding Shanghai branch of the Bank, where he will take up an appoint- ment.

Among the passengers leaving the Colony on the Rawalpindi on Saturday next are Mr. and Mrs. B. Stickland and family. Mr. Stickland is leaving for Malta on promotion. The Naval Yard Rifle Club, the Hong Kong Eile Association and the Kow- loon Chess Club will lose a keen

supporter.

- Mr. G. Y. Kwan, the local solicitor, and Mrs. Kwen JODE a very successful dinner party on Thursday night, when, the guests" of honour were Mr. and Kr. T. F. Lo.

"The Lady Killer.”

4

LISTEN,GAL, DON'T „NEVER PUT YER, CHIN · NEAR ME HEART WHEN

1 YAM, IN LOVE'

TWEET TWERT

TWEET

L. D. Skinner of the Telephone Co, Ltd, and Hon. Secretary of the Badminton Association, will proceed on Home leave on May 6. He will be away from the Colony for about six months.

Another member of then Tele-- phone Company who will be shortly going on leave is Mr. B. Simmons. He will also be away” for six months, and it is under stood that he intends doing a lot of motoring while at Home.

Dr. T.W. Ware, of the Medical Department, has just taken up residence at Dina House. Dr. Ware is the Visiting Medical Of fcer and also Inspector of Emi-- grants.

Amongst the many parties at the Leap Year Ball at the Hong Kong Hotel was one, given by Mr. and Mrs. Tung-fan Lo. The many friends present included Mr. and Mrs. W. H. N. Tam, the Mixnes Annà and Eve Tam, Mr. Tony Liang, Mr. S. K. Lec. and the Hon. Mr. M. K. and Mrs. Lo,

Miss Mariel Gelling, daughter- of Mr. J. H. Gelling, Secretary of the Medical Department, and Mrs. Gelling, will be leaving the Colony by the ss. Rawalpindi on March 7. Miss Muriel is go- ing to school in England.

Dr. B. B. Jackson, malariolo-- gist, of the Malaria Bureau, Medical Department, accompani... · ed by Mrs. Jackson, will be away from the Colony for the summer, as they are proceeding on Home leave 3000.

Miss Vera Hodgson, daughter" of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Hodgson, who is not only a popular mem--" ber of the younger set but also- an accomplished camera artist,. sailed for Home last Tuesday. Miss Hodgson has studied photo- graphy at the Polytechnic in London and she is returning now- to complete her studies.

We understand that Mrs. E. - Lloyd Jones, wife of Mr. Lloyd" Jones, the Government Marine Surveyor, will be going away for a holiday in England early in April

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