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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital ......$50,000,000 Lased and Fully-Paid-up 20,000,000 Reserve Funds:-

Sterling ......£6,500,000 Hong Kong Currency

$10,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pre-

Reserve

rietors

READ OFFICE: HONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

El

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

Agencies and Branches:

Jaila

barschi

+

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1936

ommerce and Finance

LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY

SHARE MARKET

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

£3,000,000 £3,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

.......£3,000,000

$20,000,000

Alia Sta

Bangooc

baigda

ŚLANKA Bourabaya Tupie

Silver Prices Fall

The following was the list local share quotations issued is steady-day- dollar The local

Banks opening on demand this morning) at 1d.

T

New York

Tough

Peping

Pazar Tra

Tringto

XOXORATOR

Hon Mr. J. J. Paterson.

Chairman.

G. Makin Esq.

Deputy Chairmantu

Ali Çar

blang

Xobe

Lumia Lampor

Kuching

Andene

Manda

Bangkh

T

by

Casos

Carport

Av

kienbone

Hon. Mr. WE Bell, J.R. Manson Esq., be AH. Compton Esq. T. E Pearce Esq. Ron. Mr. S. II. Dodwell,

J. A Flammer Esq.

MT. Johnson Esq, AL Shields Esq. V. M. Grayburn, Esq.

NOT PAYOKOK BATAVIA BOMBAY CALCUTTA LAXTON

ÜBENG DABERN POOCHOW WALPHUSG

HAMBURG BANKOM HARBIN

HONGKET. FLAMIA)

IPOH

JOBURI

KOWLOON

Chin! Kenage.

BRANCEES-

IGALA LUMPU'E

LONDON

LYUNS MALACCA MANUA

MUAB (Johor)

PEIPING PESANG BASCOUN

SAIGON

Say FUANCISCO

SHANGHAI

SINUATURE

SOU BABAYA

BUNGE PATANI

TIENT IN

TOLYO

TSING FAQ

YOKURAMA

One count opened is Lomi Correacy and Bud Depaul Roset for one more periode in Load Carreory and Sterling on Saema

We will be gooked on BOKS

ALNO up so dal

Boston am TO LET

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1935.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

The Best of the above Baak is conduct. by HONG KONG AND SHANGRAI BANKING CORPORATION. Bales may be FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

V. M. GRAYBUEX,

Bong Song, 4th February, 1936.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Karmed Capita

Pudup Capi

er and Vadivided Prod

$10,000,000,00 1.885, 863

HEAD OFFICE-HONG KONG.

10. Des Vaux Hoad, Cautel

-

Hesburg ano log hong

the bus

Samuting Darb

Shanghai Bungapore

(bar)

forwyn Lasbangs and General Banking dust Currect coute opened and Fixed Depot

Erected.

Tured for one your or shorar pecuda on ta which will be quoted on expilosum.

A BREARLET,

Manager. Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.

THE

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, INC.

Icorporated with Lumuted Liability is 1.5.4.

Eead Office: 65, Broadway.

Capitai

Surplus

Reserves

Amsterdam kataries

À Chana

Bombay

Spac

New York

fell 1/16. both Silver prices "spot" and "forward" being quot- led at 20%.

The London on New York cross- rate was unchanged at £-US- 2498, while the New York on London cross-rate was quoted at 5-$1.94 as compared with

-US.$4.937-

CANADA'S SILK IMPORTS

More From China And Japan

Ortawa.

„U.S.$6,000,000.00

Canada's imports of raw silk 2,183,633.00

870,731.00 made a notable gain in the calen- idar year 1935, compared with;

BRANCHES:~~

GEOR

Glasgow

The Hague

Havana Hamborg Ната Heidelberg

Brussels Calzo

Calcutta

Forumaines London Liverpool

Conser

Colombo Copening Dublin Edinburgh erence

Geneva

محرمة

Miina

Sk Napina

Pimen Jame

Puping Eocartaza Tome Shanghai

Southampton

Singapor

Tischsia

Vanda

.

La

Karmeline Monte Cara Manzie

Vacion

Zarica

Musich

1934.

Last year's purchases amounted]

valued at Ibs.. Ito

2,274,721 $3.341.000. compared with 2,647,- 1050 lbs. worth $3,921.000. Practically all this silk from Japan and China, and both their ship- increased countries

ments, both direct and

United States.

came

via the

Most of the Japanese imports came ΣΟ Canada via the United

Branches of American Express States and amounted to 2.942.682 Company in Principal cities of United Ibs. worth $4,740,000. Imports of States of America and Canada. ·

silk

amounted from China All classes of Commercial Banking 329,221 Tbs., valued at $599,000.-

Reuter. Transactions undertaken.

Personal investment accounts hand- Hed

BOARD OF DIRECTORS - bur bbous Chew, ChairmaŇ. Coon Chan Bag, P... Kwok, Eng. Wong!" Zu Tong Eag.. Chin Ching Sheng Li Lan: Sag. Eng. Fong Chu Son, Eng. and Xam Zing

Les Tung Po, Eng Chief Marag La I'm Food Fagy Manager.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES :---

SEASO Xelbourne

York

JANT

Semarang

Bojana

Bomby

Cathe

Singapore Sourabaya

Canton

Hoping

Pura

Teng

Basovalm

Prang

Sy Taiheku

Bangoon

baigon

bar Francisco

Trenin Toiso Yokokaina

Lasioce Imadem

Every description of Beuxing and Exchange Los granted on approved Summer Teached.

KUPILIAK

Current Sexuch opened to Legal Currency and Fixed Depole rented for one aborter periods in Local and Porsign Carrspous

The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travellers Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world-wide services of its thoroughly equipped Travel Department

C. H. BENSON,

General Manager.

CHINA'S EXPORTS TO CANADA Steady Gain Being Maintained

Ottawa.

to

The steady increase of Chinese exports to Canada noted recently

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, is being fully maintained, accord-

LIMITED

(Incorporated in China)

Head Office-Shanghai

Capital Eeserve

$7,500,000.00 $1,500,000.00

ing to a report issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.

In the eleven months ending February Canada's imports from China totaled $3.200,000, compar-

on terms which will be quoted on application Prinches-All Important Citics fed with $2.965,000 for the same

Sale Depoest Boss To Leth

KAN TONG PO,

Choi Manage

China

period last year.

This represent- Forsig rohange and General Banking Businemed an increase of no less than 55 Currant and Saving Accounts opened and Fixed per cent. Deponiteived for con year or aborter perioda

transacted.

bot E CEANG, THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK which will be quoted on application

HONG KONG BRANCH: She De Vaux Bead Central Kozinger Zweign Exchangu Deji. Gra

LIMITED

Established 1880

Capital (full paid-up) Yen.100,000,000 CO **** Reserve Fund

Yen 129,150,000

Head Office: YOKOHAMA Branches and Agencies at

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

Capton

Dairen (Dainy)

Nagasaki Nagoya

New York

Osaka

Paris

Peiping Rangoon

Fengtien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro

Hamburg

Bankow

Earbin Hons Bondivic Esiaking Karachi Lobe London

Los Angeles

Manila Moji

San Francisco

Seattic

Sem

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,

Manager.

Hong Kong, 10th March, 1936.

TAL 23055

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong

26. Des Voeux Road Central Authorised Capital $10,000,000

LONDON BANKERS:

Westminster Bank, Ltd.

For the month of February this year imports of Chinese products increased by more than 37 per cent The figures were $449,000, the compared with $326,000 for previous February --Reuter.

FREED MOTHER GREETS SON

Mrs. Ellen Harding, aged 31. who won her appeal against con- her viction for the murder of

her reunited with baby.

Was

Foreign Exchange and every desmother and two-year-old ` sez cripton of banking business transact-Sidlesham, Sussex. last month.

ed.

Current Accounts and Savings Ac- counts opened.

Fixed Deposits re ceived at rates which will be quoted

application

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

PHILIP GOCKCHIN

Chief Manager.

RELIABLE PRINTING

no order too small

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRIS LID.

CHIKA MAIL SUNG

SA IYICIMAM #T,

THE

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in Chica) Capital paid up ....$5,000,000. Reserves

..$7,300,000. Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Reserve Savings Dept. $600,000. Head-Office-Stanghai

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

POPEYE. "One Life To Give For His Country."

1 SURE MUST BE IGMORANT

TO LET 'EM TRICK ME

INTO WALKIN' RIGHT

INTO JAIL-AN' A. DARN STRONG JAIL,

TOO

POPEYE SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE TO BRUTIA TO TRY

TO SETTLE THE WAR-

THAT CRUEL KING WILL HAVE HIM

MURDERED

Office 6, Queen's Road Central Phone 31118.

DON'T LET THEM

·SCARE YOU. BOYS

at

TOURIST TRADE IN CANADA Large Expansion Noted

QUINTUPLETS AS CHIEF ATTRACTION

Ottawa.

Canada's tourist trade for

RAILWAYS IN CANADA

Improved Showing Last Year

WORLD'S GREATEST STATE

OWNED SYSTEM

Montreal

NEW. ADVERTISEMENTS

PUBLIC LECTURE "

TIS Holiness Maulana Muham mad Abdul Aleem Siddiquai will deliver a lecture in English on The necessity of Religion, and Religious Laws" in the Mosque of the Muslim Cemetery, Happy Val- All are The annual report of the ley, to-day at 8:15 p.m. of 1935 showed a remarkable gain Canadian National Railways for cordially invited.

SGD. U. RUMGJAHN, to-over 1934, according to an es-1935, tabled recently in the

timate by the Dominion Bureau House of Commons at Ottawa, Chairman of the Board of Trustee shows an improvement of the of Statistics.

Total expenditures by tourists system for the year, although) to Canada amounted to $201, the earnings were still insuffi- 000,000 (£10,200,000), compared cient to meet the bond interest, with £130,000,000 (£26,000,000) part of which had to be sup- in the previous year. Canadian plied by the Federal Treasury.

countries to other

The net revenue of the sys- tourists spent $91,000,000 (£18,200,000).tem was $14,258,000 (£2,851,- with $61,000,000 600), an increase over the pre- compared

(£12.200,000).

B

H.K. Banks $1,520 b. H.A. Bank (London) £102. Chartered Bank £141⁄21⁄2 K. Mercantile Back A. and

£301⁄2 a. Mercantile Bank C. 134 2. Bank of East Asia $75 1.

Insurances

Canton Ins. $275 n. Union Ins. $515 a. China Underwriters $1 a. China Fire 1. $450 a. H.K. Fire In $250 - International Assce. Sh$3 n- Shipping

Donglases $36 2. H.K. Steamboats $5% 0. Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $30 2 Indo-Chinas (Def.) $20 a Shell (Bearer) 95/- n. Union Waterboats $12.20 1.

Mining Antamoks $2.33 b. Balatocs $211⁄4 1. Baguio Gold 27 cts. n.

Benguet Consolidated $18.20 Benguet Exploration 22 cts. Big Wedre 30 cts. b. Demonstration 72 cts. b. Gold Creek 15 cts a Gold River 4 cts. sa. Itogons $1.20 b.. IXL $11⁄2 n. Salacots 11 cts. Kailing Mining Ad. 11/3 n. Langkats (Single) Sh-$10 n Masbate 70 cts. b.

Shai Exploration Sh$4. Shanghai Loans Sh.$4 a Raubs $114 n.

San Maurico $13⁄4 b. United Paracale 75 cts. b. Venz; Goldfield 31⁄2 .

Docks, etc.

HK and K. Wharves $91 n. H.K. and W. Docks $9. Providents (old) $11⁄4 m Providenta (new) 20 cha Hong Kew Sh.$185 n New Engineering. Sh$4 a Shanghai Docks Sh$100 n.

Cotton Mills

Ewo Cottons Sh. b.

♫

of the Mosque. Hong Kong, May. 4, 1936.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

PROGRAMMES

for

and. the

vious year of $985,000 (£197,-DANTRY FORMS

200).

Cross

S. A. SLEAP, Actg. Secretary.

FIFTH EXTRA RACE MEET- Quins' Share

revenues operating

on SATUR- Credit is due to Sve little were up $8.282.000 (£1,656,400),ING to be held

May, 1936 (we2- girls for a certain amount of of which the greater part was DAY, 16th this increase the Dionne quin-recorded in the final quarter of ther permitting) may be obtained Operating expenses at the Secretary's Office, Exchange tuplets who will be two years the year. old on May 28. The quintuplets were also higher, leaving the Building; the Club House, Happy now rival Niagara Falls as a improvement of nearly $1,000,-Valley: the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables, the 000, as set forth above. and attraction tourist

Shan Kwong Road. Greatest In World babies' visitors are estimated'

at Entries close

12 o'clock The Canadian National Sys to have spent $1,350,000 (£270,-

Thursday, 7th May, 000) in the province of Ontario tem of Railways, hotels, steam- NOON on last year.

ships and other services, is, 1936.

By Order, Naturally most of Canada's outside Russia, the greatest tourists come across the border State-owned system of trans- from the United States. Last portation in the world.

The increase in gross revenue year 3.605,086 automobiles en- .tered Canada from the United of 5.02 per cent compared with States for touring purposes, an increase of 5.5 per cent on One railroads in the! 3,261,848 in Class compared with 1934. Most of these tourists United States. The increase in

PUBLIC AUCTION were admitted for a period not operating expenses, which was! exceeding 48 hours. In addition 46 per cent., compared with 6.3|

THE Undersigned have received to per cent on Class One Railroads 872,641 Americans Soda band steamship, in the United States. A saving instructions to sell y sublic

Auction compared with 778,630 for the of $1,559,000 (2311,800) was made during the year by re previous year.

The total expenditure of funding maturing and callabie United States visitors is estim-bond issues at lower rates of ated at $190,910,000 (£38,182,-interest.-Reuter. |000).

came

Overseas Visitors

Overseas tourists to Canada

totalled 12,227 and they spent more than $10,000,000 ($2,000,- this country, both 000) in figures being an increase over the previous year.

..

NEW SHIPPING SERVICE

Japan To Canada Direct

Montreal

Hong Kong, 4th May, 1936.

NO.

Friday, the 8th May, 1936. commencing at 2.30 pm.

at their Sales Room,

4 Duddell Street A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD-

FURNITURE

{comprising:—

Black Wood Ware, Chesterfield Suites, Teak Dining and Bed Room Furniture, Office Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Graphones and Records, Typewriters, Glocks, Pic-

When the Kokusai Line's shiptures, Oil Paintings, Ornaments,

Glass

A total of 659,259 Canadian automobiles entered the United States for touring purposes and the occupants spent more than $50,000,000 (£10,000,000). An- Kano Maru arrives here on May Electric Fans and Table Lamps. other 392,844 persons went to 18, it will inaugurate a new Cutlery. Porcelain and

Ware, Camera, E. P. and Silver Shanghai Cottons (old) Sh.71 the United States by rail and fast monthly cargo service be- Ware, Curios, Bronze and Brass Thus for the first time in the ware, Electric Refrigerators, Ice steamer and spent $24,592,000 tween Japan and Canada. Shanghai Cottons (new) Sh.-($4,918,400).

Canadians who went overseas history of the Port of Montreal Chests, Linen, Curtains, Blankets $3914.b.

totalled 28,152 and are estimat-the Japanese flag will fly ed to have spent $16,486,000 ularly up the great St. Law-

rence River. (£3,297,200)-Reuter.

b.

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

Lands, Hotels, etc.

H.K. and H. Hotel $4.80 D. ELK, Lands $30 1. H.K. Lands 4% Debentures

100% b.

Shanghai Lands Sh.$18 n. Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 1. Humphreys $8,80 HK Realties $5. Chinese Estates $82 m. China Realties Sh$4 a China Debentures Sh.$60-11.

Public Utilities H.K Tramways $10.90 b.- Peak Trams (old) $7 n. Peak Trams (new) $3 Star Ferries $89 sa. Yaumati Ferries $19 n.

C. Light (old) $10.85 m. C. Lights (new) $7.35 b. H.K. Electrics $51 b. Macau Electrics $20 - Sandakan Lights, $8.30 . Telephones "(old) $25.15 b. Telephones (new) $9 n. China Buses Sh.$11. Singapore Tractions 22/6 b. Singapore Tractions Pref. 28/-

D.

Industrials

Malabon Sugars $3.40 n. Cald. Marg. (Ord.) Sh.$191⁄2 1-1 Cald., Mecg. (Pref) Sh$15 a Canton Ices $14.

MANOEUVRING 30 TONS OF RAIL

The new development is op- portune, for since the settle- ment of last year's trade dis- pute between Canada and Japan, increasing cargoes have been rapidly to and from the Far

Nearly 100 men and a locomo-East. tive were engaged in manoeuvring a 30-ton section of rail into posi- tion on the G.W.R. at Slough last month.

#

Cements $10 10 b., $10 sa. H.K. Ropes $4.40 n.

Stores, etc. Dairy Farms $20 n. Watsons $2.80 b. Lane, Crawford: $6% n Mackintoshs $5 Sinceres 32 1.

W. Fowells 50 cts. Wing On (H.K.) $50 Miscellaneous

Entertainments $2.90

S. C. Enterprises $1.35 D. Macao "Greyhounds" $2 n Constructions (old) $1%- 11. Constructions (new) 30 cts. b. Vibro Piling $4 n.

Ch Govt. 5% 1925 GSBda. →→→

9324%.

K. Gort. 4 Loan 5% prem b..

HK. Govt 34 % Loan par. b. Wallace Harpers $4 n.

LET US CHARGE THE

CHARGE THE SWINE,

MY GOOD FELLOW LETUS GIVE THE A TASTE OF

SPINACHOVAN FURY

Boo

Three Ships Three ships will maintain the new service, the Kano Maru (6,940 tons), the Kongo Marti (7,061 tons) and the Katsuraci Maru (5,835 tons).

etc., etc.

also

One Drawing Room Suite One Dining Room Suite One Bed Room Suite.

Modern design almost new. One Canteen for 12 persons

and (Goldsmiths

Silversmiths, Ltd., London).

One Fine Japanese

vice.

Dinner Ser-

One "G.E." Refrigerator. One Child's Teak Bed Room Suite.

One Radio Gramaphone and

They will ply between Far Eastern ports and Montreal and Pick-up. Quebec via the Panama Canal.

On View from Thursday, the

The journey each way will take 7th. May 1936. about 40 days.--Reuter.

Terms: Cash on Delivery

LAMMERT BROS.,

AuctioneerE.

RAW RUBBER PRICES Hong Kong, 4th May, 1936.

Latest Quotations From

Singapore

Messrs. H. B. Joseph and Co. PILOT'S ERROR OF JUDGMENT quotations in

Straits currency

from Singapore for Raw Rubber.

26 Down 26% Down % 26% Down

Spot July/Sept. Oct./Dec. Jan./March

The opinion that the pilot's navi- gation was at fault through errors of judgment was expressed in the the air- Air Ministry report on

near Blackpool on liner crash Market:No improvement ap-October 26 last, when the pilot and

parent.

26 Down

his passenger were killed.

To-morrow.

A Bedtime Story:"

HONG KONG $ DIRECTORY

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