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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital ------$50,000,000 Isaned and Fully-Paid-up. 20,000,000 Reserve Fundat......

Starting...

£6,500,000

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

Inouyenhed by Hayal Charte, 105. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

{Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund

£3,000,000 £3,000,000

000,000

$20,000,000

Agencies and Branches:

Alor Se

Hong Kong Cakrely

Esse Te ****$10,000,000 Reserve Liability of Pro-

„HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. J. J. Patersoum

G. Mirkin Esq.

1. E. Raxson_Eng,

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

A. E. Compton Esg, T. E. Pearce Ear), Įm Hon. Mr. 3. H. Dodwell,

Piommer Esq, || Hankow

Ho M. M. T. Johnson,

4. L. Shields Esq. V. M. Grybusn, Esq.

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BANKOW

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Hong Kong, 24th February, 1996.

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HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

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theONG KONG AND KRAMENT BANKING COSTURAZION

FOR THE LONG XOR AND SHAKSHAY BANKING CORPORATION.

T. I GRAY WK,

Chint Manager. Hong Kong, 24th February, 1238.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, ITD.

Paid to Cap:

ZRED OFFICE --HONG KONG.

My Day Fast Boad, Coast.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS ?— Hon. Sir Shou-son Chew, Chairman. If Ko Chen, Rog, Z. K. Evil Te, Ta

Bachi Hong Tang

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A BREAKLEY,

THE CHINA-MATEN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1936387

e and

Commerce

Finance

LOCAL SHARE MARKET

TO-DAY'S QUOTATION

The following was the list of local share quotations issued yesterday.

Banks

HE. Bank $1685 b.. EK (Lon. Beg.) $107 z. Chartered Bank $15% - Mercantile Bank A. and

£521⁄4, IL.

Mercantile Bank C. 14% n. Bank of East Asia $83 ne

Insurances

Canton Ins. $263 b.

Union Ins. $600 b.

LOCAL DOLLAR DECLINES.

Silver Prices Fall

NEW YORK SHARE AN EPIC ARCTIC TOUR

MARKET

Smaller Volumne

Of Business

STOP-LOSS PROTECTION SHOULD CONTINUE

RELIEF SHIP'S ADVENTUROUS

JOURNEY

Hohfax.

When the Eastern Arctic relief ship Nascopie dropped all- İchor here another strenuous voyage through Arctic waters came The Nascopie completed a 21⁄2 months" journey, to an end. Messrs. White, Weld & Com-through Hudson Bay and the Arctic Archipelago, during which - pany, New York Correspondents she called at Hudson Bay Company and Royal Canadian Mounted for Messrs S. E. Levy & Com-Police Canadian Government stations on Aretic islands and on pany, report:

the fringe of the Arctic mainland and steamed as far north as 1800 miles from the Pole.

Stocks: The forward movement did not get beyond the first hour

The local dollar has dropped) 1/32, opening on demand this morning at 1/2 27/32.

The voyage was strenuous and for the Quebec city zoological "Spot" silver fell to 21% of to-day's trading, selling ap-full of interest to passengers, gardens. while “forward" also fell % tolparently getting slightly the upper While for most of the long journey,

Annual Link 21%

(hand at about this point. On a‡of over 10,000 miles the waters The annual voyage of the Nas- The London on New York cross-smaller volume of business, how-were open, the vessel encountered copie forms the link between Rate was quoted at $ US$488%, ever, the extent of this secondary ice-foes, and icebergs. She had to Canada and the Government of as compared with 4-US$488% reaction cannot be determined and break through an ice field at Canada with the Northern wilder while the New York on London we would continue stop-loss pro- Southampton Island to the Northness, rast in extent and only very cross-rate was quoted at tection. Business done: 2,920,000 of Hudson Bay, and had to dodre sparsely settled. The majority of US$488-15/16, as compared with shares.

icebergs in Davis Straits still fur-the settlers in the northern wastes £-US$4.88-11/16.

Cotton: The market is lower on ther to the North. Seals, walrus are tribes of nomadic Eskimos heavy speculative liquidation by a and polar bears could be seen who live mainly by hunting and large Wall Street operator and we from time to time from the decks trapping. The sin commercial think that more liquidation is to of the steamer. Three polar bears products of the far North come. The Trade was a heavy buy-were captured and brought back white fox furs.

Manager. Hong Kong, 1st January, 1995.

China Underwriters $1 m H.K. Fire fas. $255 n.

International Assce. Sh. $31 D.

Shipping

Douglases $30 m.

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, BE. Steamboats 36% 0.

LIMITED

(Incorporated in China) Head Ofice Skaughai

$7,500,000.00

Capital Reserve ..............................$1,500,000.00 Branches-All Important Cities in

Chins

Zooniga Bachange and Generać Banking Beninana

and Fixed

Wet Sering accomte ugurtham paced at zalen -wreck will be quoted_w_applnenia.

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HONG KONG BRANCH:

3. Dhe Fox Road, Cones..

Fans Assange Govern. Gifier waa

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong 25, Des Yeux Bond Central. Authorised Capital $10,000,000

LONDON BANKERS---

Westzeinster Bank, Ltd. * Foreign Exchange and every des- cription of banking business transact-

Guyegut Accounts and Savings &c- counts, opened. Fixed Deposits 20-

mag Bay, Kang Che Son, Ing and Tiss ceived at rates which will be quoted }

XLARCHES AND AG)

Piping

Kabe Kolam Losdos

Ben Prussian

Lekohama

Hader

on application.

Trusteeship & Executorship takan. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.

PHILIP COC CHIÊN, Chief Manager.

THE

Indo-Chinas (Pref.) $85 n. Indo-Chines (Def.) $36 n. Shells (Bearer) 116/3 n. Union Waterbasts $101% n.

Docks, etc. HK. and K. Wharves $109 aa. HE. and W. Docks $13% b. Providents (Old) $190 s. Providents (New) 20 cts. z New Engineering Sh‍$4 m. Shanghai Docks Sh.$81 m.

Mining

Kailan Mining Ad. 15/- n. Raubs $13.70 n.

Yenz. Goldfeld $63 b.

.

Lands, Hotels, etc. H.K. and S. Hotels $6 s. H.K. Lands $3832-1. HK 4% Debentures 105% D. Shanghai Lands-Sh.- $18- Metropolitan Lands Sh.$10 Humphreys $94 b.. HK Realties $514_n. Chinese Estates $78 n. China Bexities Sh.$4 a. China Debentures Sh.$50 n.

PHILIPPINE MINING

Antamoks

Atolcs

Bagzio Gold. Balstoc Mining

Every moription of Banking and Exshatge Bannas trummytol. Santo gain in approved. Currens munia, zquunal in Loval Currency sad Fland Duponts, mačved for ann_yur NE shorter pecivo in Lonas and Parvizo. Ouermeita a sarma which will zu qushed on appliation.

dals Deposu Basse De Zak

KAT" ZORGPO,

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY Benguet Consol.

INC

Insorpaenael, with Zámited Liability in Saludo

Head Office-$5, Broadway,⠀

New York

The Bagne

Hamburg

Closing

$.95

RAW RUBBER

fer, but not to a sufficient extent to counter-balance the volume of sell-

Latest Quotations Froming and prices accordingly declined.

Singapore

Flashes: The American Smelting & Refining Corporation has declar Messrs. H. B. Joseph and Cofed a dividend of $2. per share. have received the following The J. L. Case Company has de- quotations from Singapore. inclared a special dividend of $4 Straits Currency for Raw Rubber: per share.

Buyers

י.

Spot Jan./Mar Apr./June

{Dec.

Market:---Quiet.

The General Foods Corporation 30% Down 1⁄4 bas declared a special dividend of 31 do 45 cents per share.

31% Down 31 Down

SILVER FOX FARM

Fur-Producing In Canada

GREAT DEVELOPMENT IN THE TRADE

The Kennecott Copper Company has declared an extra dividend of 35 cents per share.

The United Aircraft Transport Company has declared an extra [dividend of 50 cents per share. ·

POPPY DAY FUND

The following are the latest contri- butions to the Poppy Day Fund:"

LAPSE AFTER SIX YEARS

Girl "Mothers" Family Of 10

BIO

On her voyage North the Nas- copic carried about 1,200 tons of supplies for the scattered posts of the region. She also carried police to relieve others who have been on guard in desolate outposts, scientists to carry on investiga- tions on the islands and doctors to look after the Eskimo wards of the government. The vessel re- Tribute to a giri who had look-turned with a cargo of furs, with ed after her nine brothers and police who had been relieved of sisters since her mother died in their arduous duties and a num 1930 was paid at Bridlington Po-ber of fur traders. In the Nas- copie's return cargo were whale lice-court recently..

The girl, Lilian Coates, aged 21, oil, seal oil, some seal and bear

East Thwing,

Yorks, was skins and many white whale hides. charged with stealing 4s, the pro- She also brought back many marine was fossils gathered by scientists in perty of her father. She

the North. It was discovered by bound over for a year.

of

Mr. Baxil K. „Barton, who ap- ALE

scientists during the voyage that peared for the Director of Public part of the region visited had Previously acknowledged.$13,11442 Prosecutions, said the case was risen 600 feet since the ice age-

Kowloon Cricket Club Fur-

ther Collection..

R. Rawe "In Memory of

John Beck from Vivienne and. Dorothy”.

7th AA Battery, EA 9th A. A. Battery, B.A. Ottawa. F. Storms (Sale of Poppies

in Hoikow)

For the fourth consecutive year [Canada's fur production has shown EMS. "Sesme HMS. "Robin"

an increase in value. Although Royal Welsh Fanliers the actual number of pelts in the Sale of Poppies in Swztow 1834-85 season was less than "in St. John's Cathedral ........*. the previous season, the value of

Estes Sales 10 am. Local in Pesse Currency raw fur production during the 12 {months ended June 30, 1935, was $12.843,341, an, increase of 4 per cent, over the preceding season and 25 per cent, over the 1932-33 sex- BOTL

26%

15

Benguet : Explor. Big Wedre

181

46%

Consolidated. Mines

:04

Demonstrations

23.

Ipo Gold

25/2

IXL

·LAD:

Logona

1.80

Masbate Consol.

897,51265.

2,240,244 Northern. Mining

Cilt Manner

Capital Surplus .....phot Reserves

.U.S.$5,808,806.30

FRANCHES:—

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Berlin

Paris

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THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

LIMITED

Established 1888

Capital (full paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund....Yen 130,900,000

Head Office: YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agendas at

Moji

Alexandria

Bangkok

Batatiz

Berlín

Bombay

Calenta

Canton

Nagzaki

Nagoya

New York

Osaka

Oth

Paris

Dairen. (Dalny) Peiping

Fangtien (Makden) Rangoon

Hamburg

Bankow Harbin

Book Song

Kozolnia

Brinking Karachi

Kobe

London

Los Angeles

Mazila

Rio de Janeiro San Francisco Seattle

Sezarang

Shanghai Singapore

Hentai

Tokyo

Tsingtan

Vinckow

--Interest allowed for Curent áo County

Deposits received for fixed perioda

at rates to be obtained an applica-

→

T. KANO,

Hong Kong, 13th November, 1938.

THE

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK UNITED (Incorporated in Claims,

¿Capital paid up.

“Capital Savings In

China (and.

ong Kong

Branches of. American

Express

Company in Principal cities of United;

States of Americs.and Canada.

Paracale Gumaus

Stiacot. Miving San Mauricio

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United Paracaies ... 1.55

Public Utilities

HLK. Tramways $11.80 b. Peak Trams (old) $64 n. Peak Trams (new) $2 m Star Ferries $92 b. Yanmati Ferries $25 n. C. Light (Old) $13.10 . $15.

'

C Lights (New) $10% n. HK Electrics $52 sa. Macao Electrics $20 %. Sandakan Lights $8.30 n. Telephones (Old) $281⁄4 b. Telephones (New) $9.70/10 1- China Buses Sh.$111⁄4 n.

All eines of Commercial Banking Singapore Tractions 271– n.

Transactions undertaken.

Personal investment accounts hande

The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its “Travellers Cheques and Letters of Credit and fin addition, the world wide SEPTICKÉ of its throughly equipped Travel Department.

CIL BENSON,

General Manager.

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Singapore Pref. Zij- 1.

Industrials

The production includes the ¡izarvest of traps laid in forests and pelts taken from animais raised on Eur ranches. The fur farms ac- count for about one-third of the total.

Outstanding Feature

The fur farm development has [been an outstanding feature of thej fur trade in recent years. Fur trading was the earliest of all in- dustries in Canada and ✩ in those far-off days the idea of raising far-bearing animals on für farms| was not thought of. It was not until about 60 years ago that-far- a.mers who had kept a fox or tore in captivity realised the potential importance of the new industry.

Cald, Marg. (Ord.) Sh.$191⁄2 m. Caid., Mang: (PreĹ) Sh.$15 a= Canton Ices 22.20 1. Cements $10.30 b.

H.K. Roper $3.40 5.

Stores, etc.

Dairy Farms $2171⁄2 22. Wetsons $4.85 D.. Lane, Crawfords $64 n. Sinceres $ 1.

It was in the province of Prince {Edward Island in Eastern Canada that raising silver foxes in cap- tivity and marketing the furs were first attempted, and that province is still in many respects the cea tre of the industry. Other animals, such as mink beaver, raccoon, muskrat, and about. x SCOTT of others, are raised' on farms, but, {the silver fox is still the backbone

of far farming

Beaver Skins Decline In the season inst part, the silver fox pelts entering the market were valued at $4,343,823, or about 34 per cent of the total production of the, fur trade. Following the silver fox in order of importance, but with considerably smaller total valnes, are muskrat, mink, and fox is Ewo Cottons Sh-$1135 b., $1160 white fox: The white

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trapped in Northern Canada, chief- Shanghai Cottons (Old) Sh.482 by by the Eskimos

Wing On (HK) $50 z.

Cotton Mills

Shanghai Cotton (New) Sh$45 Zoong Sings Sh. 321 11. Wing On Textiles Sh.$25 b.

***** Miscellaneous. "Entertainments $3. n.”

Constructions (Old) $1%% n. Constructions (New) 271⁄2

*Vibro Piling 5:30

There has been a steady decline in the number of beaver "skins on the market. The reduction in this for, which in early days was, the |mainstay; of the "indsskiy, is doe Ein part to the scarcity of the |intmals and in part to the restric- ctations placed by provincial author

the öd frapping? with thenonservation of d

Ch. Govt. 5% 1925 G$Bdr. --- animal. It is a source of regret

92 LL

that the beaver is disappearing. HK. Govt, 4% Loan 8% prem The beavat” with/the iniple text, is the emblem of Canada, and trade

THE Coves%%%%% Lock3%

in the pazia

Wallace Harpers $4 nu

rate part. develop

sad, as the father had to give evi-Reuter.

dence against his daughter. It

was respecting money he had

given her to pay a county court officer, said that when the girl's 24.58 instalment order st Driffield mother died the father was out of

County Court.

16.90

76.14

9.26

Great Plock

work

"A more plucky attempt to keep Sergeant Maidment said he house I have never seen,” he 9.33 thought the girl had been using said.

226.86

281 the money for providing her “bot- "I admired the girl immmsely. 1st drawer, as she was engaged to I know she has done very well in- deed, and her pluck has been very. a young farm worker. $13,378.121 Mr. H. S. Stead, the relieving great.”

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