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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI OHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
BANKING CORPORATION.
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA: INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER,
1833,
THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, ING.
Hozd Office:
CLOSING QUOTATIONS,
May 16, 1931. ON LONDON:
Telegraphic Transfor... 11 Bank Bills, on demand 111 Bank Bills, 4 months'.
sight
Authorised -Capital
.........250,000,000 Issued & Fully Paid-up...820,000,000 Reserve Funds:-
Sterling Silver
£8,500,000
$10,000,000
Credits,
sight
..... 11/13/18 || Resorve Liability of Pro- months'
prietors * 1/07/10 Documents, 4 months'
aight
1/0 2/16
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund
£3,000,000 Surplus, £4,000,000 Reserves
..$20,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
£3,000,000
HEAD OFFICE; Howa Koro,
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Agencies and Branches:— ALOR STAR BONG KONG XONGKAH
ON PARTS:
Bank Bills, on demand 6074 Credits, 4 months' sight 6474 ON NEW YORK:-
Bank Bille, on demand 93 13/10 Credits, 60 days' sight. 24 15/16 ON BOMBAY:-
Telegraphie Transfer 061-
Bank, on, demand ...
ON CALCUTTA
Telegraphio Transfer Bank, on demand
ON SHANGHAI:-
Bank, at sight...
Tx. 78 J5% dis.
ON YOKOHAMA!--
On demand
491
ON MANILA-On demand... 47 ON. SINGAPORE:-
On demand ............ 42 ON BATAVIA:-On demaod-Bog ON HAIPHON
On demand
ON SALOON. On demand 018 ON BANGKOK :—
On demand **** 183 Sovenetoxs, Bank's Buying
+ Rate
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London, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Hull. *BARPEDON 10th Jane, For Port Bail, Maravillon, London, Rotterdam, H burg. & Glasgow.
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U.S.20,000,000 U.S.91,372,845 U.S.81,008,209
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BRANCHES :-
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Palermo Letterdam Home Maroller Stamboul
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Berlin
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Yokohame
PW.MX
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TOKYO
THINOZAO
TOKOLLAMA
ZAMBOANDA
Branches of AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY in Principal Cities of United States of America
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and
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Canada Islands)
Board of Directore: Hon. Mr. C. G. S. MACKIL,
Hon. Mr. J. J. PATERSON,
Deputy Chairman.
W. H. Bell, Esq. A. H. Compton, Esq. B. Lander Lewis, Esq. G. Miskin, Es.. TE. Pearce, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. T. H. R. Shaw, Esq. J. P. Warren, Esq. Chief Manager:
V. M. GRAYDON, Esq.
BRANCHES: Iloilo Peiping Ipoh Johore
Penang Bangoon Saigon
Amoy
Bangkok
Batavia
Bombay
Kobe
Calcutta
Kowloon
Canton
Kunia
San Fran-
Cisco
Cheloo
Lumpur Shanghai
Colombo
London
Singapore
Dairen Lyons Sourabaya Foochow Malacca Sungei
Haiphong Manila,
Patani
Humburg Muar Tientsin Hankow
(Johore) Tokyo
Harbin Makden Tsingtao Ilongkew New York Yokohama
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened _in' LOCAL CURRENCY and FIXED DE гOBITS received for one year or shorter periods in LOCAL CURRENCY und STERLING on terms. which will be quoted on application.
Hong Kong, 1st May, 1931.
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HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
THE
HE Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Bulles may be ob tained on application.
For the Hoxa. KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager, Hong Kong, 10th July, 1930.
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EQUITABLE EASTERN BANK. ING CORPORATION.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS- U.3. $4,700,000.
HEAD OFFICE:.
18, PINE STREET,
NEW YORK,
An American Bank offering complete Foreign Banking Service in the principal Markets of the world. Interest Rates on Application.
This Bank is entirely owned by Tax СПАВЕ NATIONAL BANK, NEW Yonk, with Resources $2,600,000,000,
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over U.S.
D. M. BIGGAR,
BOMBAT GALDUTTA
CANTON QAWNPORS OXBU COLOMBO
DAIREN DELHI
AJPHONO HAMBURG BANKOW HARBIN
Dorch
Manchuria)
RUDHING MADHAN MANILA
MEDAN NEW YORK
TEITING PHANH
(Tailippi
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT Accovers opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on applica. tion,
A. H. FERGUSON, Manager. Hong Kong, 18th.March, 1032.
· DenneAires Harre Calro Osleaths
العمل
All classes of Commercial Bank- ing Transactions undertaken.
Personal investment accounta handled,
The Company offers to intending travellers the use of its "Travelers Chequer and Letters of Credit [30] and, in addition, the world wide services of its thoroughly equipped Travel Department.
· BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE FOUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE (Incorporated in France). Prince's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong.
HEAD OFFICE: *74, Ruo St. Luzare, Paris.
Fra.
Capital, fully paid-up. 50,000,000 Special Working Capital. 50,000,000 Reserves
Affiliated with THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources Over G.82,500,000,000
C. H. BENSON,
General Manager.
34
36
OLEES,
Across 1.-Ons who continually breaka
his word.
D. You will get a relish when
your chum has fod. 10.-Opposed manfully, when bred
around the East." 11.-Easily moved. 12-Nut easily
suppressed--
heaven bless you! 14-A quantity of paper that a Frenchman could easily make
There are
sour.
15.The electorate.
fashions even in this. 18-If you read back you'll see he's interested in flour. 18.-A saney little fish.
22,318,000 THE HO HONG BANK, LTD 21-Irish river.
Marseilles
BRANCHED Paria -Lyons Saigon Haiphong Hanoi Tourans Quinhon Hus Thanh-hoa Vinh ' Pnom Penh Peiping Shanghai Tientaiu Hong Kong
BANKERA: France: Société Générale, Banque Nationals de Crédit Banquo de Paris et des Pays Bas. London: Midland Bank, Ltd. New York: American Exchange Irving Trust Co., Banca Com- merciale Italiana. San Francisco: Bank of Italy.
Every description of Banking and
Exchange Business transacted. Correspondents throughout the
World.
A. ROLLIN,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 1st July, 1929.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED,
HEAD OFFICE:~~ 15, Gracechurch Street, London, E.C. 3
Established 1017.),
HEAD OFFICE :-SINGAPORE. HONG KONG OFFICE:-19, QUEEN'S RD. C.
"
"
Authorcised. Capital....Straits $20,000,000 Issued
$8,000,000 Paid-up
$4,000,000 Reserve Liabilities of
Shareholders
$4,000,000 $2,520,000 Branches, Agencies and Corres pondents in the principal cities of the world.
Surplus
*
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. TAN ENG HOOI,
Manager.
BANQUE DE L'INDO CHINE, Head Office;
90, Boulevard Haussmann, Pária. Subscribed Capital Fra.72,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital... Fra.68,400,000,00 Reserve Fund Frs. 102,000,000,00
BRANCHES : Bangkok Hong Kong Quinbon Authorized Capital Manager.
Battambang Hue £3,000,000
Saigon Subscribed Capital ..... ...£1,800,000 Canthe Mengtaz Shanghai
..£1,050,000 Canton Nam Đinh Singapore
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
(NETHERLANDS TRADING BOCIETY.)
BANKERS
Established 1824.
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund and Rest....£1,000,845 Fort Bayard Papeete
Djibouti Noumea Thanhoa
Batavia
'
BANKERS:
THE BANX OF ENGLAND
and
MIDLAND BANK, LTD,
HONG KONG OFFICE; 11, QUEIN'S ROAD Bangkok
Bombay
CENTRAL
Calcutta
Authorised Capital
Colombo
Gldra. 150,000,000- Delhi (£12,500,000.) Galle
Paid-Up Capital...Gidrs. 80,930,000 Hong Kong
(£6,689,170.) Howrah
Reserve Fund........GIdrs. 40,015,000 Ipoh
(£3,334,893) Kandy
Head Office:-Amsterdam,❤ Eastern Head Office:-Batavia, BRANCHES —— Land]ərin, Bandung, Bombay,
Caloota, Uberibou, Djomber, Bjok karta, The Hague', skidah, Keba Kota-Kadi, zamr, Madan, P dang, Palembang, Pekalongan, 29- bang, Pontianak, Bangooo, Bottar data", Baruarang", Sharghal, #belg (Sumatra), Singapore, Boozabi Boerakarta (Bolo Tegal,
and Welterrades","
at
"Theni ojizes duva Baja Deponit Hevos Te Est,
London Bankers: --- National Provincial Bank, Ltd.
Correspondents all over the world. Banking-Business-of-every-descrip..
tion transacted.
A. STOKKINK,
Manager. Hong Kong, 12th May, 1031. [30
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
Hong Kong Currency AUTHORIZED CAPITAL...$11,000,000 PAID-OP CAPITAL..... 8,685,000 RESERVE FUND 1,100,000.
Branches:-
CANTON, SHANGHAI, HANKOW,..
SWATOW, BANGKOK, New Yonk and BA FILANCISCO. London Bankers:-- THE LLOYDS, BANK LTD. Correspondents
all Principal Cities of the World. Foreign Exchange and Banking Business of every description transacted.
BRANCHES:
Karachi Madras Kota Bharu New York Kuala Krai Penang
(Kelantan) Port Louis Kuala Lipis (Mauritius) (Pabang) Rangoon Kuala Shanghai Lumpur Simla
Kuoniau
Singapore (Pahang) Sourabaya
HONG KONG BRANCH: Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted."
Travellers Cheques issued.
Tientsin Haiphong Paiping Tourano Hankow Pnom Penh Vinh Hanoi Pondicherry Yugaantu
.
BANKERS: IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque de Paris et des Paya-Bus; 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 Yonx: J. P. Morgan & .Co.; French-American Banking Corporation; Guaranty Trusty Co., of New York,
Interest allowed on Current Ac counts and Fixed Deposits accord-
Trustee and Executorships undering to arrangement. taken.
INTEREST allowed on Current Ac- counts and Fixed Deposits at Rates that may be ascertained on appli- cation.
-C. L-SANDES,
Manager. 7, Queen's Bood Central,"
Hong Kong, 29th April, 1931.
BANK OF CHINA.
Reorganized October 26, 1958, under special charter of The National Government as an INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK:
Bubscribed Capital.....$25,000,000.00 Reserve Funds ........................ Paid-up Capital.. ...824,710,200,00 $3,820,503,82
HEAD OFFICE:SHANGILAR.
HONG KONG BRANCH:
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business tranzacted. Safe Deposit Boxes to let
A. BONNAUD,
Manager. Houg Koug, 1st May, 1931. [3
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. Capital (fully paid up)
Reserve Tund"
Yen 100,000,000 Yen 118,000,000
HEAD OFFLON: YOKOHAMA,
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES AT: Alexandris Honolulu Rio de Batavia Kai Yuod Janeiro Borlin
Karachi Bombay
Kobe
Calcutia London
Canton
Lyons
24. Here the little graft is in a cave, so, naturally, it will grow dark. 20-This oriental sounding skirt
caused much talk a good many years ago. 20.This Tory is of no power, 31.-Twice one-
32-Plus one.
33. This bird is nothing more
than burning brightly. 34.-A ship'e cat is usually a good
one.
35. This revels in revolutions.
Down.
2.—A seal—as we hear it-that has been east down in several parts of the Continent. 3-Discovered. 4.-Regard.
5-It is a pleasure to do this to
'n cheque. -A royal but infamous dancer. 7.-Neither cherry blossm "nor
lilac
were out, but the hells piented merrily (anig.). 8.-Came to a decision, of course,
11.-Though breezy, this month always carries a charm of its own.
13.-The founder of the Stoics. 17.-Eulogistic but showing a
most pronounced party bias. 10.-Streams that sound as though
they might be found in the orchard.
.:.
90-This meeting place is at the
end of a well-shaded road. 23.-Biblical character, who, with an extra head, would become a Biblical place. .23.-Bargain, notwithstanding the
preliminary badinage. 25.-Struggle, in the end, becomer
desired by others. 97.-Go into camp again, 28.-Rather degrading. 20.-Some considerable distanco-
the military stores are right Bt the top!
The solution will be published to morrow,
P
SATURDAY'S SOLUTION.
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H. MORI, Manager. "Hong Kong, April 11, 1931.
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