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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorized Capital

.$50,000,000

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

Sterling

Hong Kong Currency Re-

serve

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietora

.£ 6,500,000

$10,000,00

.$20,000,00

HEAD OFFICE: HONG LONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

A. L. Shields, Esq.

Chairman,

W. H. Lock, Esq.,

Deputy Chairman.

Hon. Mr. J. K. Bousfeld, G. Miskin, Eaq. A. H. Compton, Esq.. K, B. Morrison, Esq.. Hon. Mr. 8. H. Dodwall, Hon. Mr. T. E. Paros D. F. Landale, Esq., E. V. Wilkinson, Esq.;

Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn,

Chief Manager.

AMOY

BANGKOK BATAVIA BOMBAY

CALOUTTA CANTON CHEFOO COLOMBO DAIREN FOOCHOW HAIPHONO HAMBURG HANKOW HAABIN HONGKEW ILOILO

ІРОН JOHORE

KOBE KOWLOON

BRANCHES :-

KUALA LUMPUR,

LONDON LYONS MALACOA MANILA MUAR (Johor) MURDEN

NEW YORK PEIPING PENANG RANGOON

SAIGON

SAN FRANCISCO SHANGHAI SINGAPORE SOUDADAYA SUNGEI PATANI SWATOW

TIENTSIN

TOKYO

TSINGTAO

• YOKOHAMA

Current Accounta орадос In Local Currency and Fixed Deposita reosived for one year shorter periods in Local and other

currenales

on torms which will be quoted on application.

ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT BOXE in various sizes TO LET.

Hong Kong, 28th February, 1929.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Business of the above Bank, la condustad

After that he became a hack writer and for a time fell slave to the opium habit. He is said to have produced by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK salable material 12 hours daily. HeING CORPORATION.: Bules may be obtained now mastered Hebrew, compiled,

ou application. а

FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHA new edition of the Psalms, wrote on BANKING CORPORATION. various doctrinal questions, produced

V. M. GRAYBURN, of a history of printing was the author

Chief Manager. of essays on Biblical history and col- Hong Kong, las March, 1957, of laborated upon the "Universal His-

Delighting the clergy by the ease with which he discoursed to them in Latin, he soon found himself lioniz- ed in London, where the churchmen raised a fund for his maintenance and There was no record of his name further education. But there happen- until he entered the army of the ed to be in London at the time Fa- Duke of Mecklenburg. He then call- ther Foutenay, a Jesuit missionary to ed himself Psalmanazar, which he China, who challenged the alleged afterward confessed to have been Formosan. Psalmanazar boldly met suggested by Shalmaneser, the Assy- the missionary for a debate before rian prince mentioned in the second the Royal Society and held his own book of Kings.

so well that the secretary of the so- His next invention was an original ciety invited the two disputants to form of worship which he claimed to a dinner, attended by the Earl be Japanese.

His comrades in arms Pembroke and other men of note. would find him facing the rising and

The Earl now became one setting sun and thanting in his in- Psalmanazar's patrons and he was tory." vented tongue. He arrived with his "invited to every great table in the regiment at Sluys in 1702 and his kingdom." The Bishop mysterious actions excited the in- paid for Psalmanazar's tuition at Ox terest of the Governor who invited ford in the hope that he would be two churchmen to examine him. One better able to teach the "Formosan"

· of these was William Innes, chaplain language to a group of missionaries to of a Scotch regiment stopping at be sent to teach the interesting For- Sluvs.

mosans Christianity.

London

Doctor Johnson, who delighted in his companionship in of

these waning years, expressed а desire that his own life should resemble Psalman- azar's in its "charity and devotion."

At his house in Ironmonger Row Psalmanazar died May 3, 1763, claim- ing at the time to be 84 years old. After his death, according to his direction, there was published for the benefit of his housekeeper his "Memiors of *** Commonly Known as Psalmanazar."

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

To MANILA

S.S. "PRESIDENT HARRISON" Friday, Sept. 1st at 12.00 Noon.

S.S. PRESIDENT PIERCE"

Sunday, Sept. 3rd at 2.00 A.M. IMPORTANT

All passengers must possess cholera inoculation certificates issued by the Hong Kong Government authorities at least five full days prior to arrival at Manila.

⋆ ⋆ AMERICAN ✩ ✩ PRESIDENT LINES

“ ROUND-World servICE.”

12, PEDDER ST.

TELEPHONE 28171.

It was a frank statement of the im- postures and eager struggles of one. whose real identity will always main one of the greatest riddles of his- tory.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD

Authorised Capital

Paid-up Capital

Reserve and Undivided

Profita

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

Incorporated, by Royal Charter, 1859,

.£3,000,000. .£3,000,000.

Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£8,000,000, HEAD OFFICE: LONDON, 38, Bishopsgate, E C. 2, Sub-Agencies in London: 117/122, Leadenhall Street, E, G,"

West End Branch: 14/16, Cockspur Street, S. W. 1. Manchester Branch: 52, Mosley Street, Manchester, 2. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:

Harbin Hongkong Hallo

Karachi

Canton

re-

Alor Star

Penang

Amritsar

Rangoon

Bangkok

fdgon

Batavia

Beremban

Bombay

Bhanghal

Valoutta Agencies: Klang

Singapore

Clive Street

Kobe

Sitiawan

Fairils Place

Kuala Lumpur

BOUTEDAYS

Kuching

Talpins

Cawnpore

Madra

Tiantain

Cebu Colombo Delhi Haiphong

Hanila

Tongkak

Medan

(Hanko1)

New York

Taingio

Paiping

Yokokama

$10,000,000.3

5,598,600.00

Hamburg Hankow

(Paking)

2,889,932,0

HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG. 10, Dee Vœux Boad, Central:-

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FCBEIGN EXCHANGE - und General Bankira Business transnoted

OURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for Ope Year of shorter periods in Local or Other Currencies si raboe which will be quoted on application.

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened In Local Currency and Starling with interest allowed at

Hon. Bir Shou-son Chow, Chairman: Dr Kad Chun, Esq., P. K. Iwok, Ing. Wong Yeats obtainable on application. Tong. Esq., Chan Oking Bhak, Esq., El La Bang. Esq Wong Chu Soo, Esq., Kao Ylog Esq. and Fung Ping Wah, Esq.

Kan Tong Po, Esq., Chief Manager Li Tse Fong, Esq., Manager.

Amoy

Batavia Bombay

Branches And Agencies:-

Wanita

Melbourne

Nagasaki

Beattle Samarabe Shanghai

Caloutts

New York

Halphoog

Paris

Hankow

Palplas

Honolulu

Kobe

Bangoon

KOWLOOD

Balgon

Tiantain Vancouver

London

San Francisco -

Penang

Aingapore Bourabaya Swatow Bydney

The Bank's Hand Cos in London undertakes Executor and Trustee business, and claims re- Dovery of British Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained as any of the Agoanies and Brauchss.

R. A. CAMIDGE,

Manager,

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 descrip- tion of banking business transacted. Current Accounts ayesad· In

Current Accounts and Savings Ac- and Fixed Deposita rosived for one

counts opened. Fixed Deposits receiv. shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currenclosed at rates which will be quoted: os on terms which will be quoted on application.

Safe Deposit Box To Let.

Every description el Banking

and Exobapa business transaðlad. Loans granted on Approve securities.

Local Currenc

„Juar OF

KAN, TONG PO,

Chief Manager.

application.,

Trusteeship and Executorship undes" taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hiro: Į

PHILIP GOCKCHIN.