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BANQUE FRANÇÓ-CHINOISE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE (Incorporated in France). Prince's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong..

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Hong Kong, 29th Feb., 1931. [20

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Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 18th July, 1830. [2

EQUITABLE EASTERN BANK- ING CORPORATION.

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BANKERS

Established 1994..

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CENTRAL

Authorised Capital

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Marseilles

BRANCHES:- Paris

Lyons Saigon

Haiphong #nuoi Tourane Quinhon Hue

Thanh hoa Vinh Pnom Penh Peiping Shanghai. Tientsin

Hong Kong

BANKERS: France: Société Générale, Banque Nationale de Crédit Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas. Loadon: Midland Bank, Ltd. New York: American Exchange

Irving Trust Co., Banca Com merciale Italiana,

San Francisco: Bank of Italy.

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Exchange Business 'transacted. Correspondents throughout the

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A. ROLLIN,

Manager. Hong Kong, tal July, 1920.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

Established 1917.)

HEAD OFFICE-SINGAPORE. HONG KONG OFFICE :—13, QUEEN'S RD. C.

Authorcised Capital....Straits $20,000,000

Issued

Pald-up Reservo Liabilities of

Shareholders', Barplus

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$4,000,000

$2,526,000

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Manager.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE, Head Office:. 06, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris. Subscribed Capital Fra.72,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital Frs.88,100,000.00 Reserve Fund Frs. 102,000,000,00

BRANCHES. Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon Battambang Hus

Saigon Authorized Capital£3,000,000 Cantho Mengtsz Shanghai Subscribed Capital £1,800,000 Canton Nam-Dink Singapore Paid-up Capital £1,050,000 Djibouti Noumes Thanhoa Reserve Fund and Rest....£1,618,500 Fort Bayard Papecto Tientsin

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THE BANK OF ExXOLAND and

MIDLAND BANK, Ltd.

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(Kelantan) Port Louis Colombo Kuala Lipis (Mauritius) Delbi (Pahang) Rangoon Glars. 150,000,000- Galle Kuala Shanghai

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Howrah Paid-Up Capital...Gides. 80,030,000

Kuantan Singaporn (£6,600,170.) Inok

(Pahang) Sourabaya Reserve Fund........Gldrs. 40,015,000 Kandy

(£3,334,593.)

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Acting Manager, Hong Kong, 18th May, 1030. [30

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

Hong Kong Currency. “Authorized-BariTaL...$11,000,000– PAID-UP CAPITAL ...... 8,663,000 RESELVE FUND .......... 1,100,000

...Branches:-- CANTON, SHANGHAI, HANKOW, SWATOW, BANGKOK, NEW Yong and SAN, FRANCISCO.. London Bankers:-

TUE LLOYDS BANK, LTD. Correspondents"

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C. L. SANDES,

Manager. 7, Queen's Road Central,

Hong Kong, 12th Mar., 1931.

BANK OF CHINA,

Reorganized October 28, 1928, under special charter of The National Government as an

Haiphong Peiping Touranc Hankow Prom Penh Vinh Hanoi Pondicherry Yunnanfu-

BANKERS!

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; Crédit Indus. trial et Commercial; Société Générale.

IN LONDON: The National Provin- cial and Union Bank of Eng- land, Ltd.; Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Crédit Lyonnais.

In New Youx: J. P. Morgan & Co.; French-American Banking Corporation; Guaranty Trusty Co., of New York..

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Safe Deposit Boxes to let.

A. LECOT,

Manager. Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1929, [32

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED

Capital (fully paid up)

Yen 100,000,000

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE Reserve Fund...Yen 115,000,000

BANK

Subscribed Capital.....$25,000,000,00 Paid-up Capital 24,710,900.00 Reserva Funds.

$3,890,503.89

HEAD OFFICE": "SHANGHAL

HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA

BEAKORES AND AGENCIES AT: Alexandria Honolulu Rio de Estavia Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

| Canton

... Dairen

"Kai, Yasa

Karsoli Kobe

London

Lyons

Janeiro

Rangoon

HONG KONG BRANCH: 4, Queen's Road Central:- Changelitia. Los Angeles Semarang.

(Bukdeo)

Hoerabaya San Francisco Sentila

Manila Shanghai Nagoya

**Singapore Newchwang Sydney New York

Tientsin Osako Tokya Peiping

Tsingtao

Owing to our numerous branches Fongtien

(Dalog) Nagasaki ( Shinonowski:

in China and large connections in the important commercial.contres of Hamburg the world, wo are able to extend to Hanko

all Principal Cities of the World.our clients special, facilities for Harbin Foreign Yarhangend Barking Homestic and foreign banking and Hong Kong

Dusiness of overy description transnated.

:

Safe Deposit Boxes (various sizes) at a Yearly Beantal of from #5 to 8404

LOOK. POONG SHAN..

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Manager

exobange.

Interest allowed on Current Ao- We also handle the issue of Bonds: countz——— and other Publio Funds of the Deposits received for Fixed Chiness. Government both at home Periods at rates to be obtained on and abroad

application.

H. MORI, Manager. -Hong Kong, April 11, 1031,₤35.

SHOU J. CHEN,

-Manager.

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5, here, among other places. This is in pairs, by the way. 8.A hundred loss than, for ex- ample, Edinburgh-or haggis. Foolish, of course, 10.-Votor.

11.-This holds an animal that should not be picked up by it.

12-Here we have the strange

spectacle of a wood-wind in strument embracing one of atrings. 13-Hi! bring those guns back

and we can be comfortable. 10. Disrespectful term applied by some bright young things to those who are older. 17-Lengthen this by a letter to

make smaller. go.-Officered, and fed partly,

from the pranuel. 22.-Forest trees.

23-This thing in front of us în,

certainly, queer,

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7. After one has this with a 28 clue, it is gratifying to fill in the squares correctly, -What each individual little,

docs, 14-Although admittedly a com- fortable seat, it seems a little overcrowded with four.

15. To err is.. 16.-Stuffing.

19.-Talk together, please. 19-Discreet, certainly, but also

a little rude. 20.-It micani disaster for Goliath. 21.-This holda ovidence that it is

easily torn. 23.-Half-mast high, when cross. 28--Corresponds in sound to a

correspondence in sound. 27. She buys up-or down--in

'India.

The solution will be published to..

morrow.

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24. Not much of a craff and YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.

yet, perhaps, P'm wrong. 28-I expect you, will find this

eluc deceptive. 29.-No Jew, this 30.-Subject of the articla before

me..

31-He who tenaces may expect to be the recipient of "stern hate" (aong.)..

Down

1This animal, which once roamed the prairies, is now nearly extinct.

BEAWEED KETCHUP

TFGNINKNINAMA AIE LESS EMPEROR BINEN DENET RICE SOL·I DE L'I A B MANSBYX

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WRINGER ULYSSES SEMPREEN

2-A classical work, after REOTE 8 LABS ESAU

8 HAREL & TEMP.E'S TAUIDING

short month, may be very gripping.

3-Do it—but it's of little valus

be

entertained

4.One may

thereat" (anag).

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