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EXCHANGE.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 26,

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI | OKARTERED BANK OF INDIA,

BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorised Capital 850,000,000 Issued Fully Paid-up...820,000,000 Reserve Funds-

AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER,

.1853.

1931.

THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, INO.

Head Offer:

05, BROADWAY, NEW YORK..

+

CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

COMPREHENSIVE AND COM-

PLETE REPORT

of the

NEWS OF THE FAR EAST

is given in the

KHONG KONG

WEEKLY

PRESS,"

THE CHINA OVERLAND

TRADE REPORT.”

ON PARIS:-

4

'Bank Bills, on demand 195 Credits, 4 months' night 636 ON NEW YORK!-

Agenoles and Branches: ALOR STAR HONG KONG TONGKAH

(Malay Bam) HAILO

AMRITSAR

BANGKOK

TATAVIA

HOMELAY CALOUTTA

14711

KARAQI

KLANG

U.S.$8,000,000

U.S.81,572,545

U.8/81,008,208

BRANCHES-

Laseras Amsterdam Oonsian. Achestp

tinople turno

Fatherdan

Ната

Mareefiles Stambos!

Kanila Southamp

sight.

Credits,

rigat

May 23, 1931, ON LONDON:-

Telegraphic Translor... 11 Bank Bille, on demand.114 Bank Billa, 4 months'

11 9/16 months'

***** 1/0 3/16 Documents, 4 months'

sight,

***** 1/05/18

Storling Silver

£0,600,000 .810,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

HEAP OFFICE: LONDON.

Capital Paid-up Capital ............ £3,000,000 Surplus Reserve Fund..........

£1,000,000 Reserven

.220,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3,000,000

19

Palermo

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

14.

Ashana "Edinburgh Luxar

Horace

Board of Directors: Hon. Mr. C. G. S. MACKIE,

(hukai) Herlia

denata

Hente Carlo Bangb

10

BANGOON SATOON

Biarrits

Glenda

Bombar

Glasgow

Karlob

ton

Chairman.

BENARANG

Bramen

Havana

Honteru

Fibropote

Bria Ilubunt Hin

Bostonáires Uavre. Naples Delro Interlaken Nice Valentia Jorgesloms

Lido

81. Medite Tiental Vionne

Pirastr

Colombo London Copenhagen Liverpool

Parla Toping

Takuhaus

Burto

Branches of AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY 'in Principal Citien of United States of America and Canada

20

229

All classon of Commercial · Bank- ing Transactions undertaken,

accounta

30

Bank Bilis, on demand 23 16 Credits, 80 days sight. 24 7/16 ON BOMBAY :---

Telegraphio Transler Bank, on demand..

On Ŭaloutta"; ——

}B+

Telegraphic Transler Je

Bank, on demand ....

ON SHANGHAI¦---

171,78

Hon. Mr. J. J. PATERSON,

Deputy Chairman, CANTON

Hon. Mr. W. H. Bell. A. H. Compton, Esq, B. Lander Lewis, Esq.

G. Miskin, Eng.

T. E. Pearce, Esq.

J. A. Plamuser,· Esq.

T. IL R. Shaw, Esq.

3. P. Warren,- Esq. Chief Manager:

V.

M. GRAYDUAN, Esq.

BRANCHES

DAWN FORY *EDU COLOMBO DAIREN DELIIF HAIPHONG

ПАМВОКА BANKOW

HARDIN porta

Manchuria) *

Kudz KUALA

KANGBAR KUALA

LUKFUR KUCHING MADRAS MANILA

RDAN

NEW YORK PEIFING

PENAND

KERENDAN SHANGHAI BINGAPOLK

BOURABAYA ΤΑΙΡΙΝΟ

(F.M.B.) TAVOY TIENTSIN

TOKYO THINGTAO TOKOHAMA ZAMBOANDA

pand

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and Fixed Deposits received for year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on applica- Lion.

ano

:

Bank, at sight

Jel dia.

ON YOKOHAMA !——

4

Amoy Bangkok Batavia

Iloilo

Ipoh

Bombay

Johore Kobe

Peiping Penang Bangoon

Calcutta Canton Chefoo

Kowloon 'Kuala

Saigon San Fran-

cieca

A. H. TERGUSON, Manager. Hong Kong, 18th March, 1931.

Lumpur

Shanghai

187

Colombo Dairen.

London

Bingapore

Lyons

30 Cents per Copy,

Subscription, paid in advance- per annum for delivery in Hong Kong #13; including Postage to voy, part of the world-$18.

On demand

ON MANILA-On demand.... 407

ON SINGAPORE ;-

On demand ....... 448 -

ON BATAVIA: --On demagd. 38; ON HAIPHONG;

On demand

ON SMIGON:-On demand ON BANGKOK :-

On demand........ SOVEREIONE, Bank's Buying

Rate

BAR SILVER, per

OZ.

APPROPRIATE

The choice of appropriate type and ornamentation has much to do with the pulling power

of an

advertisement.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS.

in setting up advertisements aims

at making them as effective as possible by the proper co-ordination of type, "copy," and illustration..

THE

BLUE FUNNE

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICES

LONDON SERVICE.

"CALCHAS”, 26th May, For Port Said, Mare, Casablanca,

London, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Hull "SARPEDON". 10th Jane, For Port Sail, Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, 'burg, & Glasgow,

LIVERPOOL SERVICE.

"THESEU:" 2nd June, For Port Said, Hayre,

Liverpool and Glasgow. "MERIONES” gist Juns, For Port disid, Genos, Hayro,

Liverpool and Glasgow.

PACIFIC SERVICE (viz KOBE & YOKOHAMA) "PROTESILAUS" 13th May, For Victoria, Vancouver & Beattis. "IXION" 27th Jane, For Victoria, Vancouver & Seattle.

INWARD SERVICE.

Due "PATROULUS" 29th May, For Bhai., Taingtso, Weihaiwel,

Takp, Ohiowangtao & Dalay. "ADRASTUS" 30th May, For B′hai, Hɔji, Kɔbo & Yhame.

́All cargo steamers with limited passenger wocommodation

at specially reduced fares.

For freight, passage rates and information apply to the undermentioned.

All backlogs are subjut to the provisions of the Company's Bill of Lading.net

Butterfield & Swire,

Ageste

Sourabaya Foochow Malacca Sungei

Patani Haiphong Manila ilamburg Mudr Tiontain Honkow (Johor) Tokyo Harbin Mukden Tsingtao Hongkew New York Yokohama

CURRENT ACCOUNT opened in LOCAL CURRENCY and FixED DE POSITS received for one year or shorter periods in LOCAL CURRENCY

and STERLING on terms which will

be quoted on application.

Hong Kong, 18th May, 1971. (20

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK,

THE Businces of the above Bank is conducted by the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be ob tained on application.

For the Hose KONG & SHANOIAI BANKING CORTONATION, V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief, Manager. Hong Kong, 18th July, 1930,

[30

BANQUE FRANJO-CHINOISE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIZ (Incorporated in France). Prince's Building, Chater Road,

Victoria, Hong Kong.....

HEAD OFFICE:

74, Ruo St. Lazare, Paris.

Fra. .... 50,000,000

Capital, fully paid-up

AUTO

Personal investment handled,

Vanics

The Company offers to intending travellers the use of its "Travelers Chequer" and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world wide services of its thoroughly equipped Travel Department.

Affiliated with THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resouroca...... Over G182,500,000,000

Q'H. BENSON,

General Manager.

Special Working Capital. 50,000,000 TRE HO HONG BANK, LTD ́

Reserves

BRANCHES- Paris Lyona

22,319,000

Marseillos

Saigon Haiphong Hanoi Tourane Guinhon Huo

Pnom Penh Thanh-hoa Vinh Paiping Shanghai. Tientsin

long Kong

BANKERS: France: Société Générale, Banque Nationale do Crédit Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas. London: Midland Bank, Ltd. [New York: American Exchange Irving Trust Co., Banea Com- merciale Italiana

·EQUITABLE EASTERN BANK. ING CORPORATION.

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS~~- U.S. $4,700,000.

HEAD OFFICE:

18, PINE STEKET,

NEW YORK.

An American Bank offering complete Foreign Banking Service in the principal Markets of the world, Interest Rates on. Application,

This Bank in entirely owned by Tus СПАЯС NATIONAL BANK. NEW YORK, with Resources over UJ.B. $2,000,000,000,

D. M. BIGGAR,

28]

Manager.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

(NETHERLANDS TRADING SUCIETY.)

BANKERS

Established 1894.

San Francisco: Bank of Italy.

Every description of Banking and

Exchange. Business transacted. Correspondents throughout the

World..

A. ROLLIN,

Manager.

Hong Kong, lat July, 1029.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

HEAD OFFICE :— 15, Gracechurch Street, London, E.C. 3.

Authorized Capital Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital

£3,000,000 .....£1,800,000

Established 1917.)

HEAD OFFICE-SINGAPORE. Hong Kong Office :–13, Queen'a Ro, C.

Authorcised Capital....Straits 520,003,009 Inavod

$8,000,000 Paid-up

$4,000,000 Reserve Liabilities, of·

Shareholders

$1,000,000 Barplus

$2,500,000

►

"

"

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་ ་་

Branches, Agencies and Corres- pondents in the principal cities of the world.

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.

TAN ENG HOOI,

Manager.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.

Hond Office:

26, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris. Subscribed Capital Fra. 72,000,000.00 | Paid-up Capital ... Fra.08,400,000,00 Reserve Fund....Fra. 102,000,000,00

BRANCHEB: Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon Battambang Hue Saigon Cantho Menglez Shanghai

£1,050,000 Djibouti

Canton ' Nam Dinh Singaporo

Noumea Thanhoa Tientsin

Reserve Fund and Rest....£1,000,840 Fort Bayard Paporte

BANKERB:

THE BANK OF ENGLAND

and

MIDLAND BANK, Ltd.

HONG KONG OFFICE: 11, QUEEN'S ROAD Bangkok

CENTRAL

Authorised Capital

Batavia

Bombay Calcutta

Colombo

Glar. 150,000,000- Delhi (212,600,000.) Galle

BRANCHES :

Karachi Madras Kota Bharu, New York Kuala Krai Penang

(Kelantan) Port Louis Kuala Lipis (Mauritius) (Pabang) Rangoon Kuka Shanghai Lumpur Simla

* Kuantan.

Paid-Up Capital...Gidra. 80,030,000 Hong Kong

Howrah (£0,609,170,) Reserve Fund........Gidrs. 40,015,000 pob

(£3,334,599.) Kaody

Head Once :-Amsterdam." Eastern Head Office:-Batavia. EBANCREAS Band Jerrain, Bandgeng, Bomby,

Singapore (Pahing) Sourabaya

Haiphong Poiping Tourane Hankow Pnom-Penk Viuh Hanoi Pondicherry Yunosniu

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 Yong: "J. P. Morgon & Co.; French-American Banking Corporation; Guaranty Trusty Co., of New York,

HONG KONG BRANCH:* Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted:

Travellers Cheques issued.H Trusice and Executorships undering to arrangement,

Intereat allowed on Current Ac- counts and Fixed Deposits accord

Calcutta, Cheribon, Djember, DoKIA kari, The Hague, Jiddah, Kose Kota-ads, Makumar, Medan, Pa dang, Palegabang, Pekalongan, Petaken. MADE, Poslanik Rangoon, Flota?. da Samarang, Shanghai, Bibogs (Sumitra), Hingapore Boorabala Norrskarta (Bold), Tegal, Zjistia?

and Weltevreden"."

*Then offers kavi Base Deposit Bonna To Zot,

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, 1931. [30.

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.

HEAD Orrica: HONG KONG.

Hong Kong Currency. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL..$11,000,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL...... 8,005,000 KESERVE FUND

1,100,000

Branches:-

CANTON, SHANGHAI, HANKOW

8WATOW, BANGKOK, NEW YORK And SAN FRANCISCO.

London Bankers;

Tas LLOYDS BANK, · Lan. -

Correspondenti

all Principal Cities of the World. Foreign Exchange and Banking

Business of

every description transacted.

Safe Deposit Boxes (various sizes) at a Yearly Rental of from 85 to

; LOOK; POONG" SHÂN, Manager.

197)

INTEREST allowed on Current Ac counts and Fixed Deposits nt Rates that may be ascertained on appli

cation. W. OL. SANDES,

1: Manager. 7. Queen's Road Central,

Hong Kong, 20th April, 1931.

120

BANK OF CHINA.

Reorganized October 20, 1023, under special charter of The National

Government na na

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

BANK.

Bubscribed Capital.....$25,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital.........324,710,200.00

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Safe Deposit Boxes to let.

A. BONNAUD,

·Manager. Hong Kong, 1st May, 1931. [32

THE YOKOHAMA SPEDIE BANK,

LIMITED

Capital (fully paid. up) Reserve Fund

Yen 100,000,000 Yen 115,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA, '

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES AT: Alexandria

Berlin Bombay

Reserve Funda... $3,820,503.82 Batavia

HED OFFICE:--SHANGHAI,

HONG KONG BRANCH:

4, Queen's Road Central.

Honolulu Kai Yuan Karachi

Kobe

Calcutta London

Cantan Lvans

Bio de

Janeiro

Rangoon Sourabays

San Francisco Seattle Changchun Los Angeles Somarang ...Dairen, Manila Shanghai

Owing to our numerous branches

(Dalny) Nagasaki Shimonoseki Fengtlen

Bingapore Nagoya

Tokyo

in China and large connections in (Mukden) Nowchwaag Sydney the important commercial centres of Hamburg Now York Tientsin the world, we are able to extend to | Hankow Osaka

Poiping Tainglas our clients special facilities for Harbin domestic and foreign banking, and Hong Kong

Interest allowed on Current As exchange.

counts

We also handle the issue of Bonds and other Public Funds of the Chiness Government both at home

SHOU-J CHEN, Manager.

Deposits received for Fixed Periods at rates to be obtained on

IL. MORI, Manager." Hong Kong, April 11, 1931,

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OLUES.

ACTORS, 1.This describes the nutlook.on life of one who is the first ball. 5.Shades that may be found

in all shades,

8-If the first part were always

tre Mecond how much better would it be for all this. 10Bink under. 11-A Highlander on a Welsh

mai, for instance. 12-A form of self-revelation

which, if slightly reorganis ed, would be a likely piace in which to buy-- 13.-Those, which are very sure. 16. Thoughtlessly. 17. In lds own grace he doth himself, More than in your advancement."-"King Lear." 18.-Bargains" result from

whole and the centre.

the

20.-Hard hit, and when hehead ed the Tover may get the balance. 22-Quite naturally, the sap of

this tree flows in the direc tion of its head.

23.-Tobacco.

4.-Rebuil

28. The original initiate, the

othera do this.

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26

An-

ncter snys, "Whore's

tonic, then 7 I could not find him at the Elephant" 0-Speaking slangily, this girl's

a first-rate specimen.

A young quadruped that is, sewrningly, not in the best of health internally, 16-May contain guol-ssiu

most of it,

10-A characteristic of the very

old, in all ages. 18-Strength gained to a con-

siderable extent by taking up mats-it isn't necessary to shake them.

19.-Evidence, folt by all, that the apn is losing weight, 99-Comparatively free from

danger.

A.-"Set line, it may be stretch-

ed (anag.).

These, South Africans are oasily made sober.. 20.-An outbuiling which miny, perhaps, be open. Anyway, the bar is down.

27-Not a word i

The solution will be published to-

morrow.

29.-Out and in in the R.E.-and YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION,

other branches of all the Services,

30.-Long for more than a year.

METAMORPHOSIS

31.-Might describe the smoker £■■Y_B■OMANONKE who carries only a petrol-■■PTARMIGAN MIN lighter.

.

Down. 1.Another form al 28. 2-Separated.

OBOENERGILT RS ASTOUNDENE OFTEN KNÉATE E UE DRASTIU ET

3.-It does not require a high GNAROCIMAORTA degree of intelligence to come O VETERAN VI half out of this

PRIDE ONE TWEEN

4.-Eagland's Hollywood.

5. You can get & chop from this AS KERED OS "NEM horse, but, of course, there is CREW WR "U"DEN E ET ELEGANTLYN

!

no need to eat it, and

6. You can get a drug from

this that will certainly cure no ills.

7.Which Shakespearean char

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next Thursday.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

ESTABLISHED 1918.

HEAD OFFICE:

10, Des Voeux Road, Central,

HONG KONG

(APETAL) AND SURPLUS *** *vzı HI. $9,000,000.00

TOTAL RESOURCES

* H.830,000,000.00 www.Every description of Banking Apponats and Exchange business

transacted

Current and Fixed Deposit Acconats in Local and Foreign Darrenales opened for Clients.

!! Savings Account and Safe Deposit Boxes,

Branches and Agencies all over the world.

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manngor.

Printed and Published by Ronear Tren¦ BARRETT,, for the HONG KONG DAILY. PEZAS, LIMITED, at 11, Ice House Street,

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