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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 1926

THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LTD.

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BOLE AGENTS FOR

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THE CHINESE POST OFFICE.

ADVANCEMENT IN÷FACE OF« FORMIDABLE OBSTACLES. The Report of the Cainese Post Office for the year 1824. has just been received. The following forms part of the introduc tary note:

HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS

JANUARY 19TH, 1926. Hongkong Bank 1,060 by 1,080/65 Ra Do.. London.........£197 nom. Chartered Bank..... nom. Mercantile Bank, A. & B...

P.&O. Bank.....

East Axis Bank

a

nom.

The history of the Chinese Postal SerCanton Insurance.......... vice has ever been a record of advance. ment in face of dificulties, and obstacles successfully overcome. The year 1924 bas been no exception-as a glance at Part IE. of this Report will show,-for, al though the year opened with signs of great promise and hopes running high, the military operations of the autumn resulted in general trade depression and unrest which could not but adversely affect postal operations and diminish Postal revenue. Railway services were disorganised, accessitating the establish ment of courier lines where for many years this inode of transportation had been considered a thing of the pastorations embargoes were placed on the export" of silver from pertain districts, thereby re- strigting the movement of funds and fen- dering unavoidable the suspension of the money order service at many Offices; troops were withdrawn from districts where they had been placed to maintain order, resulting in increased activities on the part of bandits, who took their toll of mails and parcels, in some cases fatally wounding the couriers and at other times holding them for ransom.

$590 be

bey, China Underwriter

nom Union Insurance $359 buy, North China Insurance The 145 nom.

Yangtze Insurance38 buym Obins Fire Insurance

$165 buy. Hongkong Fire Insurance $600 sal. Douglasca......... HK, O. & M. Steamboats 4 sel Hengkang Tags Indo-Chinas (Prut) ...58 Dom. Do. (Def), London...$43 no. "Da.

Hongkong$45 nom.. Shell Transports

..97- nom, Star Ferriss

$50 sel. Waterboats... Oriental Navigations China Sugars..... Malabon Hugars. Benguets....*.** Kailan Mining Ad. Lánghata (combined)

(single)

Loana

Bap***

Tronoh Ural Carpians

K. & W. Docks KK & K Wharfs Hongkews..........

318 buy. $250 nom. $31. sal $48 nom ..$1.90 nom.

44/- bay.

Thi. 3ael. .Th. 20 nom. ..Tla. 5.43 nom Tia. 8 nom. ..$5.80 cal. ...55/-nom. ..B/. com.

TO-DAY

UBEN'

SUPER

Q CREMA

TO-DAY

2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m.

WESLEY BARRY

THE

1/20 Banks 10/20 Lnions 100/500 Canbus,

Electrica Malakoti

IN

COUNTRY KID.

INVESTMENTS.

WE SELL

Canten Ina. 1700. S'pore. 1rams 10 Diry Farma

Lights (old) 200/500 L. Crawfords 100 Mautries do. (cew) 100-500 Underwriters | 10200 Electrics

100/500 Fesk Trems100k. Fires

WE BOY

$130 nom

50

11 100

·100 10:00 Sugars

$57, bay.

500

Tix.. 165 ncm.

500

Gleneslys

5/10 Wharves

Rauls

30

1a. ? buy.

507

Ater Mo eks

Ts. 114 nom.

500

Kedahu

-30

I. Crawfords

100

Malaka Fin

4 sel, 63 șa."

..38 buy.

$7% buy, 8 m.

...$5 buy.

8137 nom.

$180 nom.

$7 sel. Tis. 10 sal. Tis..

3 nom.

New Engiaverings...... Shanghai Docks HK S. Hotels (old).... Hongkong Lands Hongkong Realtys (ap) H.K. Territoriala (L.p.)... Humphreya Estates....... Prince's buildings Bars! Lands...... Ewo Cottons

Shanghai Cottons (old) Do.... Anusamenta,........... Canton Icas........... Cements (combined)

Do. (old)TM Do. (new) China Buses.

Ts 10 buy. Ohio Lights (combined) ...3174 mei, Do. (old)....$14 nom.

With difficulties such as these to con-Orientale te with it is satisfactory to be able to record an increase in nearly every brunch of posta operations. The nuinber of articles of mail master posted increased. by approximately 49 millions, the total for the year being 522,332,095. Parcels

Tis. 60 sel. sel.

(new)......Th.

...$10! buy. ...$7. nom.

..$15+ nom. $12 Dom.

..$3 nom.

posted increased by 430,000 in number Do. (new) ...39 sel..

and 3,311,000 kilogrammes in weight. China Providents (comb.)

Do. (old) Domestic and international money order

Do.

(new) services also show noteworthy increases, Constructions ...... particulars of which are given elsewhere Dairy Farms.........

Der A Wing (f.p.) in this Report A satisfactory decrease Hongkong Electrics has to be recorded in connection with the Macan Electrics........

H.K. Developmenta quantity of native chubbed mails dealt K. Ropes (combined).

Do (old) with, this falling-off testifying to the suc

Do. (now) cess of the National Post Office in com- petition with the long-established min-chi Hongkong Tramways

Lane Crawfords... and hain-klo.

Mackintosh..

At the close of the year the number of places provided with postal facilities totalled 42,18, as against 40,318 at the end of 1923. Of the newly opened Postal establishments totalling 2,200 194 were major and 2,000 minor establishments.

·A· SPLENDID STAFF,

Acknowledgment was made in last year's Report of the loyal and faithfül Bervices rendered by the staff under dif- ficult and trying conditions. The year under review, has provided a further test of those sterling qualities upon which the foundations of this Service are well and truly laid. Particularly deserving of.com- mendation are the couriers who travel day and night through bandit-ridden dis- tricts, and who, at times of military operations, are constantly passing through the firing lines. During 1924 the Yunnan District alone reported 33 attacka on couriers by bandits in which seven couriers were killed; other causes, such as drowning when, fording mountain tor- rents and freezing, when traversing high mountain passes, resulted, in almost as many fatalities.

(new) (v.p.)

Peak Trama (old)

Do Taxis Binceres

United Asbestos...... Watsons (old)

'Do (new) Win, Powalls

$30 nom.

sel.

4

..$2+ buy. ..$17 sel

10 nam. $59) nom. $10 nom. ** 30.cts. bay. $10 sal. .5191 nom. ..$81. nom.

322 buy., 224 sm.

.812₫ nom.

..821 zom.

$16

311

bay..

44 sel $20-nom. .8123 bay.

$124 buy.

$19 eel.

buy-buyers; sel-sellors; scales ; nom-nominal

SINGAPORE RUBBER MARKET.

Messra Carroll Bros. informs us of the receipt of a cable, from Singapore advising that Rubber is quoted at 81.00 per "lb." The following quotations were also received by cable

Arer Panaitein Balgownies

Lunas

214.00 5.50

Changkat Serdangs Glencalies

0.00

2.60

Jimabs...

2.30

Kedahs

4.00

17.50

Malaka Pindas Malakoffs New Serendahs Pajams Sandycrofts

3.30

5.00

4.00

15.00

· 4.30

As a member of the Universal Postal Union, Chins took an active part in the deliberations of the VIII Universal Postal Congress held in Stockholm during July and August 1824, and signed the following Convention and Agreements: Universal Postal Convention; Parcel Post Agreement: Agreement for the exchange were numerous interprovincial suspensions of Insured Letters and Boxes: Agreement of the parcel service, and in spite of many concerning the Money Order Service.

factors in the province which militated

The revenue for the year amounted to $23,257,114: Working expenses amounted against trade, the number of parcels to, 818,906,497. Capital expenditure dur-posted creased considerably. This is ing the year amounted to 81,507,531 ascribed partly to the use of the parcel total of 2029,650 was repaid to Customs service by soldiers of other provinces in respect to advances made to the Postal stationed in Kwangtung, whose numbers Service, and $1,040,000 was remitted to

were greatly augmented towards the end of 1993 and in the beginning of 1924, and the Ministry of Communications for vari: partly to ordinary expansion of business. qus expenses connected with the Postal International parcels posted increased by Service. The working balance carried forward amounts to $183,414.

per cent Money order business shows Losses of mail matter and parcels, the due to the extension of money order grent progress, the increase being chiefly Report states, continued to be heavy facilities to 10 Third Class Offices during during the latter part of the year owing 1594 and the presence of alien troops in to the unsettled conditions prevailing the province. International money orders throughout the country, Nevertheless, taking the year as a whole, the losses do issued and cashed increased by 76 par not compare unfavourably with those ditions inland during the year did not cent, and 7 per cent, respectively. Con- sustained during previous years

permit of much postal development. Of CONDITIONS IN KWANGTUNG. the major establishments one Agency was The Report says of the conditions in converted into a Third Class Office, and six Agencies were added, the latter being Kwangtung: The province again experi converted from Rural Box Offices. In enced a year of depression, caused chiefly regard to minor establishment, 13 Rural by unsettled political conditions, with an

Box Offices were opened (inchiding two adverse affect on trade generally. Never converted from Rural Stations), five were the less, the year's operations show. a closed, six were converted into Agencies, increase in all branches due to the normal and three into Rural Stations: three growth of postal business. Mail matter Rural Stations were opened and two con- pasted for local delivery increased very verted into Rural Box Offices. Two slightly. Over 1923, advancing from courier fines were extended by 13 land 5,512,800 to 5,031,700, or an increase of 10 4 respectively, in order to connect 2 per cent. During the year two registwo Agencies, and one was shortened by tered min-chi establishments (one at 21 li, a place already served by another Canton and one in the Kiungehow becline being omitted from this route. The tion) suspended business, thos reducing increase of 65 it in steamer and boat lines the number of registered min-chu from is due to the inauguration of a new 53 to 51. Clubbed packages totalling launch service between Chaoyang, Tung, 11,300, containing 037,000 letters, and and Tangpuyu. The through service on weighing 3,000 kilogrammes, were posted the Canton-Kowloon Railway remained during the year, againet 13,000 packages, suspended up to the 1st September; it containing 720,400 letters and weighing then operated for 14 days but was again 4,200 kilogrammes in 1993. The number discontinued. During the year two of loss of mail cases increased from 121 couriers were murdered, one, was killed in 1923 to 130 in 1921. Although there by a train, and two were drowned while

(Continued on next Golumn). in the execution of their duty.

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