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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

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

Authorised Capita!

Sterling ...... 6,500,000

Hong Kong Currency

Reserve

....$10,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

KELD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

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

Agencies and Branches:

Ilulo

1

baugiam

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1936

and

Commerce

Finance

SHARE MARKET

Reserve Fund

$3,000,000 £3,008,000

LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

.$20,000,000

£3,000,000.

"Spot" Silver Down',

►

Alor Se

Bannon

Amritsar

Bangkok

batava

Senday

Cricutre

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS The following was the list of The local dollar is steady, open local share quotations issued to

morning ing oa demand this

[day:- jat 1/3d.

Banks

HK. Banks $1,550 m. HK. Bank (London) 1011⁄2 Chartered Bank £14 Mercantile Bank

A and

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson.

Chairman.

G. Miskin Esq.

Deputy Chairman.

Çakatom +

harsoki

Kang

Kobe

Kala Lumpur

Kuching

Made

Lawapon Labe

Bon. Mr. W.E. Bell, G.C. Knight Esq. comba

Compton Esq. T. E Pearce Esq. Dela

A.

6.B. Dodwell Esq., J.A. Plummer Esq. T. Johnson Esq.. AL. Shields Esq.

AMOX

V. M. Graybura. Esq.

Chief Maame of

BRANCHES.

LAINT ON

LIONS MALACCA

MANILA

MUAE Job(ra) SURDEN NEW YORK PELPING

11

BANGKOK

BATAVIA

BOMBAY CALCUTTA

CANTON

COLUMBO

DAIERS FOOCHOW RAIPHONG

HAMNUM HANKOW

BARKIN НОБОКЕ

(POE

JOHUBE

KOWLOON

KUALA LUMPUR

TEXANG LANGDON SAIGON SAN FRANCISCO

HANGHAI SINGAPURE SOULABAYA SUNGE! PATASS

TIENTSIN

TOKYO

TSINOTAU LUKORAMA

Cerent date opeced in Lacal Currency shả Band Deporte monted for to your of abnever panels in Las Curacy and Selang on verta

bell de quoted on appbortion.

hid up to date SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FROGS TO LET.

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

Brisson of the shore Bank is moralist by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANNING UEPORATION. abad on pho

ما الاستد معنية

FUR THE HUNG KONG AND SHANGHAZ ZANKING COMPULATION.

-V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chart Singer.

Hong Kong, 4th February, 1936.

عالمياة

SERAPIE

S

shenghas SiOgADOW BALAMBA

Sourabaya Taiping

Muda

T

Xew York

Youchab

Haiphong

Purping

Vishakary

iPang) Fong

Testimo

خار کھانے

К

Labou Foreign Exchange and General Banking business Yazmacted.

"Spot" silver declined 1/16 to 197, while "forward" was steady at 19%.

The London on New York cross- rate was quoted at £-U.S.$4.917. with S-US$495, as compared while the New York on London cross-rate was quoted at £-US- $4.944. as compared with £ Manager U.S.$4.9431.

Lurrent Locuste opened na Fixed Depo robelved for abs 3ase of shorter pariada si this

which will be quoted og appuiston.

ABREARLEY,

Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.

THE

£31.D. Mercantile Bank C. £14 D. Bank of East Asia $73

Insurances

Canton. Ins. $270 12 Unions Ins. $555 b.. $565 93.

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, RAW RUBBER PRICES Chins Underwriters $1 b.

Head Office-65, Broadway,

Latest Quotations From Singapore

Messrs. H. B. Joseph and Co. have

the following received

Straits currency quotations in from Singapore for Raw Rubber.

Spot 26 b.. Down 26% 8. April-June 26 b.. Down

China Fire Ins. $480 n. H.K. Fire Ins. $236% b. International Assce. $3.

Shipping

Douglases $36 1 H.K. Steamboats $5% n. Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $30 m. Indo-Chinas (Def.) $20. Shells (Bearer) 90/- n. Union Waterboats $13 n.

Mining

INC.

New York

Capital Sarplus

US$6,000,000.00

Reserves

2,183,633.06 $70,731.05

BRANCHES:---

Azombardam

Gea.co Wango

Montrout Milian

Xuan bay

Bavuma Bumbers Havre Baodaiberg

Babas

Pircas

Parta Poping

262% *

Interlaken Sacrominen London

Bottartama Bome

July-Sept 264 b. Down.

265

1

Antamoks 2.15 1.

Lucerne

butiamida spor

Balatoes $21.

Combo Gopengen Dublin Edinburgh Fromace Amazo

Lusop

Mar

Baguio Gold 24 ets..

Monte Carlo Maui M

Vientia Vecise Jokohama Lunch

$18.

Zariad

Barin Barlin

Express Branches of American ThCompany in Principal cities of United

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. States of America and Canada

Authorized Capita

Fed-up Capu

Bere and undivided

......$10,900.00 DIG

All classes of Commercial Banking -$JUBEL.00

2,686,536.62 Transactions undertaken.

BEM OFFICE. MONG LUNG

24. Des You Boat Copil.

BOSED OF DIRECTORS-

bou- Chor, Chauran

I Han bag.. F. 1. krok, Ing.. Tous Jun 04, theo Ching Sik

king, he wong Che was in and a

Po, Laq

Sue Tung To. Eng. Clust Kainger.. it - Jong. En Manager.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES. —

Amby

Balana

besttim SCREATED

Bombay

Nacusaka

Calouste

New York

Lapis

thak

Prom

Sung Surabaya Show

Haiphong Bankow Homainly

Kobe

Juradon

Jang nak

Perang Layou Sel

Datacubs

2-da

Tuboku

T

Thiya

Jo

Ency descripling of Braking and Exchange Logized on approved busca benimas:bea

Cuteuze apeart in Loci Carmacy and fired spells outed for do you

notier press at Lost and Foreign Creacio og ser which will be quoted oc application.

Site Depout bazes To Le

Chief Hangat.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

LIMITED

Established 1880

Capital (full paid-05) Yen 100,000,000

Yea.129,150,000) Reserve Fund

Head Office: YOKOHAMA Branches and Agencies at

Alexandria

Batavia.

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

Canton

Dairen (Bainy)

Nagasaki Nagoya

Now York

Osaks

Paris

Peiping Rangoon

San Francisco

Seattle

Fergtien (Mukden) Rio de Janeire

Hamburg

Hankow

Harbin

HORE Honolulz

Hainking

Karachi Kobe

Londers

Los Angeles

Manila

Sersarang

Shanghai

Singapore

Souraheys

Sydney Tientsin

Tokyo

Tsingtau

Yingkow

Moji

Interest allowed for Current Ac- counts.

Deposits received for fixed periods

at rates to be obtained on applica

tioth

G. KISHINA ML

Manager. Hong Kong, 10th March, 1936.

POPEYE

Personal investment accounts hand- led.

C. H. BENSON,

General Manages

Oct.-Dec. 25... DowZI

277% 8. Market:Quiet.

MAPLE HARVEST

IN CANADA

Large Increases Shown

is

Ottawa Canada's national emblem The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travellers the maple leaf and this tree also:

most Cheques" and Letters of Credit and provides Canada with its

addition, the world-wide services distinctive industry the mana- of its thoroughly equipped Travel

facture of maple syrup and sugar. Department.

Canada's maple trees yielded 2,251,000 gallons of maple syrup in

with onk 1935, compared 1,838,000 gallons in 1934, an in- crease of more than 22 per cent Production of maple sugar was 6.539,000 pounds, compared with 4,491,000 pounds, an increase of more than 32 per cent. The value of the entire crop was $3,522,000, BranchesAll Important Cities in the largest figure for a number of years. Most of the crop is ob-

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, LIMITED

(Incorporated in China) Head Offer Shanghai

Capital Reserve

Ching

$7,500,000.00

$1,500,000.00

Forms Exchange and Gesural Baziding Busietained in the province of Quebec.

treesecies.

Current and Sewing Avonmuda oppand and Fiand Deposite nosived för css year or shorter parieda at russe wiek will be quound of application.

BOU Z. CHẨNG,

Langu..

HONG KONG BRANCH: 2. De Famix Blood, Geastra!

--- Tel. $3585 2:06

Managu's Offles, vegna Foreign Exhange Dept. o General Oto

Cer's Ofion

24507

典

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

100 Per Cent Pure

Exports during the fiscal year 1934-35 amounted to the equiva- lent of 4,241,000 pounds of sugar. the greater part of which went to the United States, where it is flavouring used largely

tobacco.

for-

In Canada the larger proportion of maple syrup and maple sugar is›

The in demand for domestic use. quality of Canadian maple pro- ducts is unexcelled, as the Cana- that ingists dian Government

on the market

Head Office: Hong Kong 26, Des Voeux Road Content. Authorized Capital $10,000,000 LONDON BANKERS:- Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every des-everything placed cripton of banking business transact must be 100 per cent. pare.---

od.

Current Accounts and Savings Ab-!

Fixed Deposits re counts opened. ceived at rates which will be quoted on application.

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

PHILIP GOCK.CHIN

Chief Manager.

"QUICK

PRINTING

SERVICE

Modern Plant

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LTD.

NA STRONGgt ut.

A Good Risk."

HOT DOG! I KNOW HOW TO GET OUT OF JOINING THE ARMY—ILL TELL POPEYE THAT I'M PHYSICALLY 6

UNFT

SWELL

ANDY, DEAR KING-PRESIDE DICTIPATOR OR WHATEVER THE HECK, YOU ARE — COUNT ME OUT. F

Reater.

THE

SHANGHAI 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. $800,000. Head-Office-Shanghai.

A Bank having 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.

ICANT JOIN THE ARMY BECAUSE WE GOT EYE. EAR, NOSE AND THROAT TROUBLE-FLAT TEET AND HAUTOSIS

Benguet Consolidate Benguet Exploration 21 cts. 83. Big Wedge 26 cts. n. Demonstration 66 cts. Thes

Gold Creek 15 cts. Gold River ↑ cts. n. Itogons 65 cts.

IXL $1.40 . Salacots 14 cis. b. 15 cts, sa. Kailan Mining Ad. 11/- 2. Langkats (Single) Sh$10 D Masbate 75 cm 11. S'hai Exploration Sh.$41⁄2 m. Shanghai Loans Sh.$4 n Raubs $11. San Mauricio $1.04 n. United Paracale 644 cts. n. Venz; Goldfeld $31⁄2 n

Docks, etc..

HK and K Wharves $92 n HR and W. Docks $9 a Providents (old) $1.20 sp Providents (new $2 n. Hong Kew Sh$190 n. New Engineering Sh$4, Shanghai Docks. $79 a.

Cotton Mills

Ав

RENT TAX IN CANTON

Direct Payment To Government

TENANTS NOTIFIED

[From Our Own Correspondent)

..

Canton, To-day.

CANADA'S TRADE WITH JAPAN

Impressions Of A ̈ Traveller

MORE VISITS SUGGESTED

Vancouver.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY. CLUB

RAFT

PROGRAMMES and

DATEY FORMS

for the

THIRD EXTRA RACE MEETING

to be held on SATURDAY, 1#

"It is a pity that every Cana- and MONDAY, 13th April, 1936: dian business man cannot find it (weather permitting) may be ob- visit the Far East, tained at the Secretary's Office, The collection of rent from possible to

the Club houses and wharves for military particularly Japan. The trip would Exchange Building; purposes will begin from April to be an education, enlightening and House, Happy Valley: the Hong value in a prac-Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the extent of half a month, and of inestimable the next instalment will start tical sense." said Mr. C. A. Cot-the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.

at 12 o'clock Entries close terell, Assistant General Manager from June.

Tenants were notified on Satur- of the Canadian Farise Railway NOON on Thursday, 2nd April, day that they have to turn in thejat Vancouver, on his return from 1936.

By Order, rent to the police station and not a visit to Japan.

to their landlords. The same Mr. Cotterell was tremendously ruling is applied. to Swatow, impressed by everything he saw in Pakhoi. the Far East. Through the Kongmoon, Hoihow and

|In the past landlords only in friendly co-operation of industrial Canton were called upon to pay and railway leaders in Japan, he was able to see much of that coun- this tax

From the last rent tax collected try, particularly those cities where la year ago about $2,000,000 was most of the industrial life of the

realised, but the other towns al-nation is centred together will yield, about an equal amount Other provinces attempt to collect a rent tax, but are unsuccessful.

Sea of Chimneys

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary,

PUBLIC AUCTION

T

HE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public

Auction

од

Friday, the 3rd. April 1936. at their Sales Room,

Duddell Street

A Quantity of

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

Chesterfield Suites, Teak Din--

"I shall never forget," he said. looking out on the industrial area of Osaka where giant chimneys this lifted their heads into the sky for The money secured from tax will be used for the air de- what seemed miles; they were so and the other thickly set together that they Hence of Canton towns How the funds are to be looked like one of our big British

Their cities comprising:-- used is not announced, although Columbia forests. there is considerable propaganda teem with life and in Yokohama about the danger and destruction harbour I counted 30 deepsea ing Room & Bed Room Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Clocks, Ornaments, from air raids. The public are ships within easy distance.”

Mr. Cotterell said that there Glass & Porcelain Ware, Brass & asked to contribute money for the defence of their lives and proper-iwas general satisfaction in Japan Aluminium Ware, Cloisonne & E‹

at the settling of the Canada-P.. Ware, Cutlery, Shanghai Baths, Gramaphones & Records, Pictures, Japan trade dispute-Beuter

Electric Fans & Lamps, Type- writers, Steel Filing Cabinets, Teak Office Furniture, etc, etc.

also A Few Pieces of Black Wood. Forniture

CANADA'S TRADE WITH CHINA Participation In Local Trade Fair

Toronta.

A Canadian trade visit to Chins will probably take place early in 1937, it was announced here at the tenth annual meeting of the Cana- dian Chamber of Commerce.

CANADA'S NATIONAL REVENUES HIGHER

Large Improvement Shown

Ottawa. An improvement of nearly $20,000,000 has been registered in: It is considered likely that this the taxation revenues of the Gov- visit will coincide with Hons ernment of Canada in the ten Kong's Trade Fair in January)months of the current fiscal year, and February, and Canada will as compared with 1935. probably be represented at the

Fair.

Extensions Sought

manufacturers

Canadian

Practically all of the gain has. been shown in income taxes. Col-

and

One Radio Set

One Electric Ice Chest. “Elec--

trolux, Ltd.”

One Barograph

On View from Thursday the 2nd April, 1936.

Terms: Cash on Delivery

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

-Hong Kong, 30th March, 1936.

lections in this branch amounted GOLD PRODUCTION

are to $77,230,000, as compared with anxious to extend their trade with $57,420,000 in the similar period South China

tradeja year ago. Receipts from other amounted to $192,840,000 with North China and Manchukuo taxes

recent and were

within a few thousand

•to dollars of the parallel for the year

Canada's

increased in

**OTES

has greatly years but Canadian China generally showed only a before-Beuter. Ewo Cottons Sh.48 b.

very slight gain during the calen Shanghai Cottons (old) Sh 70 dar year 1935.

*4

Shanghai Cottons

II.

Zoong Sings Sh.$12 a. Wing On-Textiles Sh$25 a

Lands, Hotels, etc.

EK. and S. Hotel 342 A- FK. Lands $30 b.

MK Lands 4% : Debentures

100% b.

Shanghai Lands Sh.$18 Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 m. Humphreys 49 85. HK. Realties-$5 Chinese Estates $84. Chins Realties Sh4 n China Debentures Sh.$60

Public Utilities H.K. Tramways $10.40 z. Peak Trams (old) $ . Peak Trams (new) $3 n. Star Ferries $84 . Yaumati Ferries $19. n. C. Lights (old) $10% a. C. Lights (new) 57 n H.K. Electrics $53 3. Macao Electrics $20 1. Sandakan Lights $8/8.30 sa. Telephones (old) $25.15 n Telephones (new) $9 m China Bus Sh.$111⁄4 a. Singapore Tractions 21/- nie Singapore Tractions Pref. 267-

To-morrow..

IVE GOT A BAD HEART INDIGESTION-DANDRUFF ANDI 5-S-S-TUT-TUT- S-TUTTER

On the other hand, China's ex-] ports to Canada made a spectacu-| lar increase last year, rising from 32,352,000 to $3,295,000 compared with the previous year-Reuter.

Industrials

Malabon Sugars $8.40 n. Cald., Macg. (Ord.) Sh.$191⁄2 n. Cald, Merg. (Pref.) Sh.$15 n Canton Tees $14. Cements $8.35 1.. HK. Ropes 54% n.

Stores, etc. Dairy Farms $1936 m. Watsons $4

Lane, Crawfords $6% n.

Mackintoshs 15 n. Sinceres 2 IL Wm. Powells 70 ets. n. Wing On (EK) 755 1.

MiscellaneoUR" Entertainments $4.70 n.

S. C. Enterprises $135 n. Macao "Greyhounds” $2_n. Constructions (old) $1

WOOL FROM ROCKS

New Canadian Industry

FOR INSULATING PURPOSES

IN 1935

Canada Shows Rise Of 10 Per Cent.

F

Ottawi During the calendar year 1935- Canada's gold production amount- ed to 3,280,470 ounces, compared with 2,972,074 ounces în 1934, an increase of more than 10 per cent. It represented 113 per cent of the total world production.

World production for the year was 29,201.000 fine ounces, com pared with 27,346,000 ounces in 1934. South Africa led with 10,- Ottawal 270,000 Okces The United During the past year a new States, including the Philippines, Puzs- department of the mineral indua produced 3,619,000 ounces.

come into operation in sia's output remains problematical, try has Canada on a commercial scale. but it' is estimated at about This is the manufacture of rock 4,200,000 ounces-Beuter. wool for insulating purposes.

manufac

Two plants for the ture of this material are in opera-

tion at Thorold and Brantford, Niagara district. The limestone- both in the province of Ontario-is melted and rock wool is the At the Thorold plant à long-fibred result when steam is injected into- wool having a density of from it

three, to four pounds a cubic foot, At present most of the rock is being produced, and the product wool produced at the two plants made at Brantford is a standard is being used in building insula

ation. It means saving in heating Constructione (new) 50 ets. n. short-bred rock wool with

Idensity of eight to ten pounds a costs. Large quantities of rock Vibro Piling $4 n.

wool are used as well in industrial GSBarcabic foot.

oppor insulation and there are

Ch. Govt. 5% 1925

94% n.

Limestone Melted

HK Govt. 4% Loan 42% prem Through experimentation it was tunities for use in sound-proofing-

b.

found that a special type of lime-of buildings and for the accous stone suitable for the manufactical treatment of offices, theatres. ture of rock wool exists in the und radio studios Peuter.

HK Govt 34% Loan paz. n. Wallace Harpers' Ţă n-

"Actions Speak Louder Than Words.”

TM BOWLEGGED, PIDGEON TOED AND I'VE GOT CORNS. BUNIONS, INGROWN TOENAILS, A BAD BACK

AND WARTS

AHOY SARG-PUT THIS SWAB IN THE

FRONT LINE WHERE

HE'LL GET SAOT- HE AINT NO GOOD

NOHOW

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