1938-07-26 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 26, 1988.

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TEACHER

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Answer to-morrow.

-Answer to yesterday's puzzle:

"Daniel Webster."

BRITISH COAL

COLONIAL

OUTPUT DOWN OFFICE PARLEY

London, To-day ON SOIL EROSION

Speaking in the Commons on the vote for the Mines Department, the

London, To-day.

***BANKS

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

Incorporated by loyal. Charter, 1868. HEAD OFFICE; LONDON 88, Bishopsgate, E. C. 2. Paid-up Capital

Reservo Fund

1£3,000,000 £3,000,000

Reserve Liability of Proprie

tors.

.£3,000,000

Manchester: Branch,

71, Mosley Street, Manchester. Agencles and Branches:

Alor Star

Iloilo

Amritsar

Bangkok Batavia

Klang

Bombay Caloutta Canton

Hobe

Cabu.

Colombo Delhi Haiphong Hamburg

Hankow

Harbin

Hong Hong

Kuala Lumpu Kuching Madra Manila Moder Now York

Folping

(Peking)

Pensog

!

Bangcom

Balgon Boromban

Shanghai Singapore

Bitiawan Sourabaya

ToOot)

Telpgiao Yokohama Zamboangs

Foreign Exchange and General Banking business transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fixed Deposits roosived for one year or shorter periods at "rates which will be quoted on application.

The Bank's Hand Omes in London undertakes Executor and

business, Truntes

and claims Tax overpaid, Income

on

recovery

of British terms which may be sacertained at any of its Agenoles and Branches.

!

D. J. GILMORE,

Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION-

Authorised Capitali Issued and Fully Paid-up. Reserve Funds:

Sterling S

Hong Kong Currency Re-

• Bervo

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

.$50,000,000

20,000,000

0,600,000

$10,000,00

.$20,000,000

HEAD. OFFIOB: HONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS;

TE. Pearce, Esq.,

* Chalzmán.

Hon. Mr. J. Paterson, Deputy Chairman.

J. E.. Bousfold, Esq., J. B. Masson, Esqu A. H. Compton, Esq., G. Miskin, Esq. Hon. Mr. B. H. Dodwell, K. 8. Morrison, Esq.. M. T. Johnson, Esq. Hon. Mr. A. L. Shields,

D. C. Edmondston, Esq., Acting Chief Manager.

ΑΜΟΥ

BANGKOK BATAVIA BOMBAY CALCUTTA CANTON CHEFOO COLOMBO COLUMB DAIREN FOOOHOW HAIPHONG HAMBURG

HANKOW

HARBIN

HONGKEW ILOILO

Acting Manager.

ІРОП

JOHORE KOBE

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve and Undivided

Profits

་་་་་་་་་་་ BRANCHES.

KOWLOON KUALA LUMPUR

Current Accounts

LONDON DUN LYONS

MALACCA.. MANILA

MUAR (Johore) MUKDEN NEW YORK PEIPING PENANG RANGOON' SAIGON SAN FRANCISCO SHANGHAI SINGAPORE SOURABAYA BUNGEI PATANI SWATOW TIENTSIN TOKYO

TSINGTAO YOKOHAMA

opened in Local Currency

one

.$10,000,000.00d Fixed Deposits received for year. or shorter porloda in Local and other currencies 5,598,600.00 on terms which will be quoted on application.

ALBO up to date - SAFE- DEPOSIT BOXES in various sizes TO LET.

$ 2,776,720.76

HEAD OFFICE :-HONG KONG, 10, Des Voeux Road, Central.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:~. Hon. Bir Shou-son Chow, Chairman; Li Koon Chun, Esq., P. K. Kwok, Eng. Wong Yun Long, Eaq. Chan Ching Shak, Esq., Li Lan Bang, Esq. Wong Chu Son, Esq., Kan Ying: Po,

Ken Tung. Po Esq., Chist Manager." Li Tso Fong, Esq., Manager."

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES :—

Secretary for Mines said that dur-Soil erosion and nutrition area and Fung bing. Wah, Eq

the two most important subjects ing the first six months of the pre-to be discussed at the Conference sent year the output of coal was of Colonial Directors of Agricul increased only in Durham and ture which opened in London South Wales the whole of the been in the region

tons:

yesterday morning.

Amoy... Batavia

Marilla

Melbourne

Bombay Calcutta Canton Haiphong Hankow Honolulu

Nagaiaki

New York

Osaka

Palping

Penang

*Rangoon

Kowloon

Saigon San Francis

Kobe

the decrease over

The Parliamentary Under-Secre coalfields had tary for Colonies presided over re- of 3,500,000 presentatives from all parts of the

Colonial Empire. ----In-his--presidential address, Lord Dufferin and Ava expressed the Londo hope that the joint consideration of these two subjects by officers of the Agricultural, Veterinary and Forbes Crancsoted. estry Departments. would be fruit-

Exports of coal, shipped as cargo, dropped in six months by a million tons being 17,500,000 against 18, 500,000 in the same period of last

year.

There was a drop of about a mil- [ful. lion tons in exports to France, but on the other hand there were in-

Battle Samarang

Shanghai Singapore Sourabaya Swatow Bydney Talkoku Tiantain

Tokyo

Vancouver. Yokohini,

Hong Kong, 20th February, 1908.

·HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

The Business of the above Bank as conducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- ING. CORPORATION. Buloa may be obtained on application.

FOR THE HONG KONG AND BHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, PA

D. C. EDMONDSTON

Acting Chief Manager. ‚llòng.... Kang, “Lat Karch, (1937.

W

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

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

"LONDON BANKERS

Westminster Bank, Ltd.: Foreign Exchange and every-des- cription of banking business transacted. Current Accounts Bat Sayings Accounts opened. Fixed Deposits' re- Loans, granted silpproved ceived at rates which will be quoted

on application.nnan pal Doo Corrans Accounts opened in

Trusteeship & Executorship under and Fixed Deposits received for Can shorter periods in Losal `and ` Foreign ncias taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire. on forms which will be quoted on applic

So Deposit Boxes To Let

PHILIP GOCKCHIN,

Chief Manager.

Every tescription

of **Banking

KAN TUNGTMTMTM PO,

Chlef Manager.

He declared that in recent years, it had been generally realised creases in exports, to Italy, Germany throughout the Colonial Empira that in the planning and execution and Spain.

of programmes of social and econo- Employment on the average was mic development, co-operation and considerably higher in the six collaboration between the Depart- THE MANUFACTURERS BANK OF CHINA months, being up by 17,500, and on ments of Agriculture, Veternary the average, earnings per shift services, Forestry, Health and Edu- were eleven shillings, which was cation and Administrative officers 52d. higher than the average for was essential and, from the Colon- the whole of 1987.-British Wire-ial Office, efforts had been made, less;

LOCAL DOLLAR

The demand rate on the Hong Kong dollar to-day is 1/2%.

"Spot" silver was quoted London at 19-18/16 and forward 19-11/16.

The London on New York was quoted at U.S.$4.9225 the New York on London

US$4.924

in

whenever possible, to stress the im- portance of collaboration in all mattera concerned with rural de- velopment,

U. S. LESSON

Speaking on the dangers of soil erosion, Lord Dufferin said it was! only during the past few years that the importance of soil conservation

at had been fully realised, largely as

LIMITED

(Incorporated in China)

HONGKONG BRANCH -------

P. & 0. Building, Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong.

Telephones: 38280,, 38283-882870-4

Cable Address: FACTUBANK

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted.'

London Agent: The Midland Bank ---

result of the accounts of the post annual report.on..the subject from rate tion in the United States. A similar each dependency with a summary and state of affairs, however, had been of progress made in anti-erosión by rate developing in many of the British measures.

colonial dependencies, especially in East Africa, where overstocking or rather the faulty distribution of

MIXED FARMING ·

duction, would

BOONG,

General Manager

The maintenance of cultivable The Under Sect. soils and of their fertility must in increasing attentio

The Bris. Talm will leave for stock, was assuming serious Pevitably be the foundations upon by Departments Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang, portions. Rangoon, and Calcutta aboye places on The position in regard to soll which all agricultural policies were the production of Saturday at 10.80 am.

erosion in the Colonial Empire had built and unless those foundations of and great

nutritional I been reviewed in a Memorandum were sound the superstructure was foodstuffs and The 8.6 Tanda with the outward

It was expected that in the dis- be over Australian, Malls, is due here on Au- sent to all dependencies and the bound to fall sooner or later...

Colonial Secretary had asked for gust

ce, the im. here-

crop gro