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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital

$50,000,000. Jasued and Fully-Paid-up 20,000,000 Reserve Funds:-

..£6,500,000

'Sterling ................

Hong Kong Currency

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

prietors

HEAD OFFICE: BONG KONG» -

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1553. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

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Bangko

Sezarang Sementar

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund

£3,000,000 £3,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3,000,000

$20,000,000

Agencies and Branches:

Jar Slee

Ilaila

Bantone

1poà

Karachi

Mombay

Kob

Shanghai

Kasa Luyer

Canton Сетрота Cebu Conso

Kuching

Madra

Sourabaya

Kanda

Taiping

Xadan

Theatro

New York

Toockab

Priping

(Baker),

Paling)

Tsinghug

Terang

Yokohama Zamboanga

Ho

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson.

Chairman.

G. Miskin Esq.,

Deputy ChairLS.

Haphong

Hon. Mr. WE. Bell, C.C. Knight Esq. A Compton Esq., T. E. Pearce Esq. SE Dodwell Esq, JA. Plummer Esq. burg M.T. Johnson Esq. AL. Shiekis Esq. V. M. Grayburn, Esq.

AXOT MINGSOK BATAVIA BOMBAY CALCUTTA ANTON GEOG OULOMBO

Chint Manager. BRANCHES

LONDON LIGNS BLATAGGA MANILA NCAR (Johor)

NEW ΓΕΡΙΝΟ PENANG BANGOON SARGION

n

POOCHOW HAIPHONG HAMBURG BANKOW HARBIY HONGKEW 10to

РОН JOHORZ KAUS

IOWLOOM

KUALA LUMPUR

SAN FRANCISCO

SBANGHAI SINGAPORE SOCHAHATA SURGE PATANI TIENT IN TOKYO TSINGTAO TOKUSANA

Curent Accounts opened in Local Carranzy and Fund Depouts emoved for our gear, or borter penoda in Lost Currency and Sterling on terena

which will be cooled on sppication NOTE

£60 up to date SAFE

P TO LET.

*

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

Bunions of the shore Bank in conducted

by the HONG KONG AND SHANGBA: BANK.

NG CORPORATION. His may be

so appimsex.

FOR THE HONG SONG AND SHANGULAT

BANKING CORPORATION.

V. N. GRAYBURN.

Chip ManaETY,

Hong Kong, 26th February, 1985.

Tins

Singapore bitiwan

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1936.

Commerce and Finance

LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY

Silver Prices Fall.

SHARE MARKET

NEW YORK STOCK MARKET

Upward Trend Resumed

CONSTRUCTIVE ATTITUDE

WARRANTED

COUNCIL MEETING TO-MORROW

Finance Committee Agenda

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

CHINESE ESTATES, LIMITED THIRTEENTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING

VOTES OF $29,552 TO BE NOTICE

~CONSIDERED

The local dollar is steady, open. share quotations issued to-day-for Messrs. S. E Levy and Coming $19.255 will be considered by on THURSDAY.

ing

Co

at 1/3d

demand this morning

1/16

"Spot" silver declined 1/16 to. 19. while "forward" fell to 199/16.

The London on New York cross- ¡rate was quoted at £-US.$4.973,

Foreign Exchange and Dsceral Banking busies as compared with E-UR$497. Curerat account optand and Fixed Deposit while the New York en London rosived for one you or aborter periods at caseross-rate was quoted at US$ which will be quoted on application

497% as compared with £US- Manager. $4.97.

A. BREAKLEY,

Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.

THE

Banky

FOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the THIRTEENTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

Estimates for the current year of SHAREHOLDERS will be held Messrs. White. Weld and Com-amounting to $10.297 and supple at the Company's Office at China The following is the list of local pany, New York Correspondents mentary estimates for 1955 total Buildings (5th floor) Hong Kong the 2nd April the Finance Committtee of the 1936, at 12 o'clock noon, for the pany report:-

Stocks: The sizable increase Legislative Council immediately purpose of receiving the Report of nín steel mill operations found

a after to-morrow's meeting of the the Directors and a Statement of Account for the year ending 29th ready reflection on the market Council.

and of electing Of the former the largest twoj February, 1936, A and to-day, with the upward trend re-

Our items are: $4,425 for Broadcast two directors and an auditor. sumed on a broad frunt.

The TRANSFER BOOK of the view continues to be that the ing. being made up of $2,024.16.

CLOSED from Spring business outlook warrants fees

HK Bank $1,560 b.

H.K. Bank (London) £100% Chartered Bank 6143% n Mercantile Bank

$30 D. Mercantile Bank C. 1312. Bank of East Asia $73 n.

Insurances Canton Ins. $270 n. Unions Ins. $5624 n. China Underwriters $1 L

China Fire Ins. $480 a. HK Fire Ins. $250 83.

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, RAW RUBBER PRICES International Asse. $3% a.

INC.

Bead Office: 63, Broadway, New York

Capital Surplus Reserves

LaserD

Athana Anagan

U.S.$6,000,000.00

2.183.633.06 $70,731.03

Supim

BRANCHES:-

Amsterdam

Greno Kijango w The Harve

Haburs

Mou

Size

Berlin

Boy

Bordailure. Luteriakna

L

Jerammicks

Cauto Calcutta

به قسمت

Coisa bo

Lapetilagen Dublin Edinburgh Fiore Geset

London Liverpool

Lucerne Leigute

Marine Mouse Carlo Maa

I'm Par Priping Sklendars Baise

Southampton Pagapor

Tim

Venica Johans Zurich

Branches of American Express THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. Company in Principal cities of United

Authorised Capital...

$ 3.500,00

States of America and Canada.

All classes of Commercial Banking

Pd-up Coderated Pratite $2,685,503.22 Transactions undertaken.

Hovery and

IISAD_UFFICE:-HONG KONG,

19, Vrus Band Crust

BOARD OF DIRECTORS :-

Zur Sherman Chow, Charnu

Soon Caus. Eny. 1. 5 Kwok,-I-q. Buna!

sing. Chan Chung Sibuk, Emp, Li Les

Wong Chun Eng. sad

- To

Ha

PJ. E

Amoy

Heistun

Mbay

هادا ان لو

anton

en Ying

Kan Tung P. Eng Chart Naam NOT IN LI Foug King, Mannger. BRANCHUTZ AND AGENCIES:-

pburat

Haande

Hanolarin

Cobe Kowloos

Logica

Manila

Samtum

te

New York

J'arja

Teipag

Pedang La

Naga

+

Sustaciano

Sugejate Suurabaya

>my

AGONITAT

محست مش؟

A Bracy Ameripuan of Banking and Exchange Loned an approved business tracsacted.

Acrosste opened in Local Carracy Carvest Add and Depouse veived the wave your o shorter periode sa boost and Foreign Currencies wter which will be quoted on appication

Sefe Deposit Boxme To Let

EAN TONG ro,

Chal Mannger.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

LIMITED

Established 1880

Capital (full paid-up) Yen.100,000,000 Yen 129,150,000 Reserve Fund .......

Head Office: YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies at

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

Canton

.

Dairen (Dainy)

Nagasaki Nagoya

New York

Osaka

Paris Peiping Rangoon

San

Francisco

Fengtien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro

Hamburg

Hankow

Harbin

Kong

Hong Honolulu

Karachi

Kobe

Lozdon

Angeles

Manila

Hoji

Seattle Semen Semarang Shanghai Singapore Sourabaya Sydney

Tientsin Tokyo Tsingtau

Yingkow

Interest allowed for Current Ac- counts.

Deposits received for fixed periods! at rates to be obtained on applica tion.

G. KISHINAMI,

Song Kong, 10th March, 1936.

POPEYE.

(WELL, ZEXA, THE SPY EXCAPED

Manager.

"But

DOES IT MEAN WAR.POPEYE?]

WILL WE HAVE WAR?

Personal investment accounts hand-

led.

V

The Company offers to intending. Travellers the use of its "Travellers:

Latest Quotations From Singapore

Messrs. H. B. Joseph and Co. following the received have

Straits currency quotations in from Singapore for Raw Rubber.

Spot 25 Down 1 b. 26 April/June 26 Down b

26 3. July/September 26 Down

b. 268.

October/December 26 34 Down

/ b.. 27 s.

Market: Stagnant."

US. EXPORTS TO CHINA

JANUARY FIGURES

ISSUED

Washington, To-day. According to returns issued by of Commerce Cheques" and Letters of Credit and the Department

in addition, the world-wide services American exports to China during

of its thoroughly equipped Travel January amounted to $3,674,000,| Department

C. H. BENSON,

General Manager.

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, LIMITED

(Incorporated in China) Head Office Shanghai Capital

.$7,500,000.00 Reserve

$1,500,000.00 Branches-All Important Cities

China

Foreign Exchange and General Banking Boslosse

trabazled,

Current and Baring Looounts opened and Fized Dupe sosired for one year of shorter periods ne mia which will im quotes_oF_

a application.

FOU 2. CHANG.

Hampar.

HONG KONG BRANCH? 24. Den Faux Bal, Centrs. Manneer's Off

Your Exchange Dept, ...

Canior's Off

of which $2,875.000 refers

Manchukuo, China, including $680,000 to Hong Kong, and $119,- 000 to Kwangtung and the leased provinces-Reuter.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.

HEAD CPFICE:

25. Gracchurch ours, London, EC.A. Authorised Capital £3,000,000 Subscribed Capital.. 1,800,000 Paid-up Capital 1,050,000 Reserve Fund &. Best 1,247,890

BANZEN The Bank of England à Midland Bank, Ltd.

BRANCHES:

Eta bans

Bangkok

3 pob

$3000

Bombay

Kandy

Calcutta

Colombe

Delbi Galle

Howrah

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

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

LONDON BANKERS:

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

Current Accounts and Savings Ac- counts opened. Fixed Deposits re-

حاولة للعادة

Kuala Lumpu

New York Perang

Port Louis

(Nounsins) Bangoon Shanghai

Lusotan (Prong) Scul

Singapore

HONG KONG BRANCH. Every description of Banking and Exchangi business transacted.

Tervaller Canquae iarnad.

Tromes and Executorships andestakes. INTEREST allowed on Current Accounts und Fixed Deposila at Plains that may be ascertained on application.

A. LENSEDI.

1. Queen's Brad, Central,

Hong Kong, 24th July, 1996,

THE

Manager

ceived at rates which will be quoted| SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL &

on applicatio

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

PHILIP GOCKCHIN

Chief-Manager.

PLASONABLE

PRICES

THE NEWSPAPER INTERNETBIL/LIB/

CHIKA MAS, ELEK

SAVINGS BANK LIMITED

(Incorporated in China)

Capital paid up

Reserves

$5,000,000,

..$7,300,000.

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

on

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

6, Queen's Road Central Phone 31116.

Soldiers Always Get Beans."

YEAH, I'M AFRAID

IT MEANS (AR!

BRUTIA WILL.

PROBALLY MAKE WAR.

ON US

THE TROUBLE I5- I DISCOVERED THIS CONTINENT RIGHT UNDER HIS NOSE

Shipping Douglases $36 .

H.K. Steamboats $5% n. Indo-Chinas (Pref), $30 n. Indo-Chinas (Def.) $20 n. Shells (Bearer) 38/9 n. Union Waterboats $14

Mining

Antamoks $1.86 3. Balatocs 214 b. Baguio Gold 1 cts. n. Benguet Consolidated $18.40 b. Benguet Exploration 14 cts. n. Big Wedge 27 cts. b. Gold Creek 15 ets. b.

Gold River 7 cts. n. Itogons 65 cts. z. 1.X.L $1.20 b. Salacots 15 cts . Kailan Mining Ad. 11/6 n. Langkats (Single) Sh.$10 n. Mashate 62 cts. b. S'hai Exploration Sh.$4% 1. 'Shanghai Loans Sh.$4 n. Raubs $11 n. San Mauricio 38 cts. b. United Paracle 51 cts. b. Venz; Goldfeld $31⁄41⁄21⁄2 ¤.

J

Docks, etc.

due to the Perform-Company will be

a constructive attitude towards ing Rights Society and $2,400, dif.the 26th March to the 2nd April,

the

8.156.000 bushels.

of

FUNG PING FAN,. Director & Secretary.. Hong Kong, 17th March, 1936.

on Reuter's 1936, both days inclusive. market. Business done:ference in exchange

By Order of the Board of Direc at subsidy of 1600. converted 2,240,00 shares.

and tors. Wheat:-Exports and milling 1. d. instead of 1s. S.; demand are slow and incentives $3,055, special expenditure are temporarily insuficient to Mountings for Machine Guns for stimulate traders. Total sales:the H.K.V.D.C.

In addition to the above $1,600 Cotton:-Traders are awaiting is required by the Education De- announcement by the Adminis-Partment, to provide a bonus for UNION WATERBOAT COMPANY, tration regarding its plan for the University-trained teachers, and $1217 for Public Works Extraor disposal of Government

dinary, in respect of compensa- holdings of cotton

Rubber:-We

SOM expect aggressive buying after the Akron strike is settled. We consider the present setbacks as good oppor accumulate holdings. tunities to Total sales: 74 lots.

loar

LIMITED

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

of

tion for resumption of land, New ¡HE THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL

THE

GENERAL MEETING Territories.

Larger items in the latter are Shareholders will be held at the expenditure. Offices of Messrs. Dodwell & Co,

$10.400. special

P. W. D. being cost of a Beacon Lid, Hong Kong and Shanghai Transmitter; and $6,371. special ex-Bank Building, on WEDNESDAY, penses in connection with the visit

Sth April 1936 at noon for the pur- - jof Mr. E. Burney, Educational cost,

COMMODITY PRICES of electric light and fans, Public Pose of receiving the report of the

The following quotations hava been received by Reuter.

HK. and K. Wharves $92 b. FLE and W. Docks $9 Di Providents (old) $135,b., $1.48/July

$1.422 sa

Works Department.

General Managers together with. a Statement of Accounts" to 31st December 1935.

Bever. Yesterday POPULAR FRONT The TRANSFER BOOKS of the

10.26 10.19 11.41 11.43

1583m 15.91

CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Paris, To-day.

The amalgamation of all the Marxist groups into one so- called "Popular Front" is re- garded with grave misgivings 15.984by the more conservative ele-j 16.05a ments here: 16.232 16.17

But the amalgamation is not yet! so definite as was thought at the beginning, as the Socialist and Radical cannot always agree on the "mimimam programme,” and will in the coming elections fight each

Closing Closing

New York Cotton:- March

IN FRANCE

1136

11.33

May

10.95

10.95

July

10.62

10.59

Not Proceeding Too Smoothly

October

10.24 10.19

December

10.25 ∙10.20

January

Spot

New York Rubber:- March

15.89n

May

15.97

16.02

September

16.12

1

Providents (new) 26 cts. & Hong Kew Sh.$190 n.. New Engineering Sh.34 n Shanghai Docks. $79 n.

December

Chicago Corn:-

May

991

July

$9%

95% 8914

Cotton Mills

September

87%

89

Ewo Cottons Sh$84 b., $8 sa. Chicago Wheat: Shanghai Cottons (old) Sh.$70 May

50%

€0%

0.

July

60%

6034

Shanghai Cottons (new) Sh$40 Winnipeg Wheat:-

May

84%

-84%

Zoong Sings Sh.$12 n. Wing On Textiles Sh.$25 n.

Lands, Hotels, etc. HK and S. Hotels $4.05 b. HK. Lands $29 b. HK Lands 4%

July

85%

854

October

$5%

$54

New York Silk:-

March

1.64%a 1.61 1,593 1.613 1.59a 1.573

Shanghai Lands Sh.$18 n. Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 Humphreys $9.70

100%

May Debentures July

H.K. Bealties $5.85 Chinese Estates 884 m. -China Realties Sh.4

China Debentures Sh-$60 n.

Public Utilities

Tramways $10.55 $10.60/10.70 sa,

HK

b.,

Peak Trams (old) 7 n. Peak Trams (new) $ n Star Ferries $84 a. Yaumati Ferries $201⁄2 * C. Lights (old) $10,

$10.65/60 83

C. Lights (new) $7 h. H.K. Electrics $53 Macao Electrics $20 n. Sandakan Lights $5 b. Telephones (old) $25 h. Telephones (new) 59 b. China Buses Sh$114 a Singapore Tractions 20/- b. Singapore Tractions Pref. 26/-

Industrials

Malabon Sugarn $8.40 n. Cald, Marg. (Ord) Sh. 19%1⁄2 a Cald., Macg. (Pref.) Canton Ices $14. Cements $74 b.

HE'S SORE BECAUSE A BRUTIAN DIDN'T ・DISCOVER⋅

IT

UNION WATERBOAT CO., LTD.

viously to the detriment of both Trans-Ocean Service.

Company will be CLOSED from- 28th March to 8th April 1936, both days inclusive.

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

General Managers. Hong Kong, 18th March, 1985.

BRITISH EXCHEQUER RETURNS

Increase In Revenue And Expenditure

London. To-day. Exchequer returns, with only"

other in many constituencies, ob-just over two more weeks before:

the end of the financial year, show that total ordinary revenue, ex- cluding self-balancing items, amounts to £709,719,376, as com-:

the pared with £681,358,585 at corresponding date of 1935 and' with a budget estimate of 5734- |$70,000.

GERMAN NOTE TO LEAGUE

(Continued from Page 1)

A communication handed over by the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, to the German Ambassador states:-

Receipts from estate duties, at £33,320,000, already exceed the

estimate by

"His Majesty's Government is budget doing its atmost to seek as ami-3,000,000. At the forthcoming meeting of cable and satisfactory solution to

over.

Total ordinary expenditure, exg:

the Union Waterboat Co., Ltd the present situation, and will clusive of self-balancing items, is

His Majesty's $710,063,292, as against £675,-- the Consulting Committee will recontinue to do so. commend that a dividend of 80 Government is convinced that the 930,952 a year ago and cents per share be paid, for the proposals of the German Chan-timate for the financial year of year ended December 31, 1935.

To-morrow.

AN AMBITIOUS! RULER IS AN AUIFUL THING! HE CARES NOT

FOR HUMAN LIFE

E.K. Ropes $4

Stores, etc.

Dairy Farms $20.10.b, $20.15/-

2014 82 Watsons $4.35 1.

Line, Crawfords $634 n.

Mackintoshs $5 1. Sinceres $2.20 11^ Wm. Powells 70 cia. n. Wing On. (HK) $35 n.

Miscellaneous Entertainments. $4.70 n. SC Enterprises $1.85 n. Macao "Greyhounds" $2 n. Constructions (old) $1 Constructions (new) 50 cts. Vibro Piling $4 n. Ch Govt 5% 1925 GSBd

94% LL.

Th

FOR SALE.

an ex-

Wireless.

cellor, like all proposals made by £755,058,000.-British the parties, must at the appro- Service. priate moment be discussed."

CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S ATTITUDE Prague: The Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister, referring to Germany's offer to enter into a non-aggression treaty with Cze- choslovakia, said that his country SPECIAL PRINTED ENVELOPE could only conclude treaties if

be included in the Commemorating the inauguration they could'

of the Air Mail Service framework of collective security.) Speaking of the reoccupation of

by Pan American Airways- the Rhineland Zone, the Foreign

from Macau to America. Minister said that Czechoslova Ikia's actions would be governed

at 20 cts. per Envelope- n.by her loyalty towards her treaty!

The members obligations. the Little Entente were in con- stant touch with France, but asi they were not signatories of the Locarno Pact, they would not take any initiative-Trans-Ocean Service.

HK Govt 4% Loan 44% prem

b.

BK Govt 34% Loan par. z. Wallace Harpers $4 m

"The Voice Of The People."

DEAR SHEEPS-HERE 1S OUR FLAG-AN" WE GOT TO FIGHT

FOR IT!

WE DONT

LUANT. WAR

GHATS

(WE GOT TO FIGHT FOR

DEAR OL SPINACHOVA

of

GRACA & CO.

No. 10, Wyndham St.

Hong Koop

ہو

HONG KONG $ DIRECTORY

1936 ISSUE

NOW

ON SALE

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