1918-08-15 — Page 9

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1918.

Codés,~A.B.C., 5th, A.Z. Francais,

Omnibus and

Private.

BROSSARD, MOPIN & CO.

Telegraphic Address—“BROSSARD"

Telephone-2566.

CIVIL ENGINEERS. King's Building, HONGKONG.

Agencies:-SAIGON, SINGAPORE, PEKIN and TIENTSIN.

REINFORCED CONCRETE WORKS: Road and Railway Bridges, Bunds, Wharves, Weirs, Retaining Walls, Dams, Industrial Buildings, Towers, Tanks, Godowns, Frameworks, Cul verts, Vaults, Floors; Roofs, Piles hollow and fall. all lengths and sizes, Sales and Foundation plat forms, Chimneys, Poles for support. ing Telegraph and Telephone lines and carrying Electric Light and Power.

COMMISSION, IMPORT & EXPORT Industrial materials for railways, factories, mines, iron, steel, pipes, steel joists, iron angle bars,

sheets, motors and Fichet's fire.

proof safes

REINFORCED CONCRETE IS ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF AND OFFERS SUBSTANTIAL RESISTANCE TO EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.

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SAIGON CENTRAL MARKET

MARINE CONSTRUCTION :

Lighters (river and sea)up to -1,000 tons. Hulks, Ferry Boats in steel and reinforced concrete.

Sea going ships in reinforced con- erete. Steamers and Sailing vessels. up to any tonnage.

IRON WORK:

Frame work, machine tools, boilers, and industrial installations.

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORKS: Private and Public Buildings, Fue- tories, Godowns Tunnels, "Found- ations in bad ground, by com- pressed air. Walls, Drains. Sewers. Churches, Hotels and Hospitals.

M. M. Brossard, Mopin and Co., shall be pleased to study all technical and industrial questions and are prepared to supply specifications and plans on every kind of metallic or reinforced concrete construction which may be required. Address as above or to their agents Wm. C. JACK & Co., Ltd., 14, Des Voeux Road, Central..

Reinforced Concrete SPECIALISTS.

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Mitsui Bussan Kalsha.

Indian Off Noeda.

ibe two

4

EXCHANGE:

BELLING.

3/54 ....3/5 7/16

3/5 9/16 3/5 11/16 - 3/5 13/16 Nom

..... 1481

152

Nom. Nom.

BUYING.

Melbourne.umn.

30 dis. Sydney & 30 dis. San Frante-

isco &New York

4 m/s. Marks

mis. Francs

156

Nom.

4.6814

3/2

3

8336

Nom.

4.85

ordinary circumstances would aiona, Spain, Portugal, and caused by the shipment of millions aaee a decline in the price of countries outside Europe (otber of dollars' worth of munitions to: wheat, the market is very buoyant. than those on the Mediterranean Europe during the war period.

[/I Sales by State Steelworks. Sea, and in Asiatic Rassis). Japan'e excess of trade, or, to use Demand The third sie by tender of iron These conditions require that a more accustomed term, favoar 30 dis. The Kilzai Burgen Ksiebe and steel by the State Steelwork exporters desiring to take advansble trade balance, consists of 60 d/s............. hald a general meeting of share at Yasts was concluded on the tage of this general licecoe shall large exports of staple products, 4 m/s............. bolders on the 23rd instant to 20th alt. It is said the sales were() Submit samples of their goode that find a place in vey I/T Shangbai...... consider the statement of sccronis conducted in a momequitable way goods (ie., a typewriter cloth and market, commodities that supply TT Singapore

previous fine cambrie cloth of the above a much-felt want, and earn a par T/T Japanu... for the last terin. A dividend than on

The selling prices description) to the Wer Densit-manent place in the markets they/T Indis has been declared of 10 per cent., occasions; 8 per cent, representing ordinary averaged Y455 for bar, Y450 for ment Cotton Textile Offices, enter. When war is over, and the Demand, Indis

T/T San Francia-] 82 dividend and 2 per crus. extrs shapes. 1480 to Y520 for angle, Danlee Buildinge, Spring Gnations commence their commer co & New York dividerd. The net prcat amount end 1,200 for plates. There dene, Manchester, snd obtain from cial and industrial reorganis TT Java od to Y18510,000, showing prices are higher than the prices that Office a certificate to the tion, Canada will have to put T/T Marke... increase of 75,690,000 over the st, which the previous eales were effect that there is no objection every ounce of energy into ber T/T Francs

made by 7 or 8 per sent, but are on the part of that Office to thefort to replace munitions with Demand, Paris... 469 previous lerm.

somewhat lower than the market shipment of the goods of which staple products. For Japan thinge The Balletin of the Imperial current quotations. It will be samples have been submitted, and will be different. Her mezolante 4 m/s. L/C 3/65-8 Institute contains in its current remembered that on the previous (b) produce the certificate to have already established them 4 m/s. D/P 3/634

the selling issue one paragraph of interest to occasion

price the Custome Authorities & elves in the foreign merkeis. 6 m/s LC No countrs were bigher ban the market the time of delivering the There is already shig demand for commercial men. in the world," it says, 'produces quotations, and accordingly bad relative shipping documente their goods. The desired credit is

of raising much a variety of oil wede in com- the effect

the Cotton goode in the gray which already there. All that Japan will mercial quantities as lodie. West latter, bat in the present case the do pot fall within the scope of the need to do is to "carry on." Afrios has probably a greater Steelworks prices being lower prohibition will not be permitted Japan's industrial expansion has variety of this clses of

raw than market quotations, though to be exported, without licence. been as deliberate as it has been 6 m/s. Francs ...... 491

Demand, Germany. - materials, but of these only two higher thaa jte previous prices, to the destination named, zales auccessful. Their plan of cam palm kernels and groand nate, the effect is an easy tone in the a declaration is delivered to the paign, and it is a commercial Demand, New York, 821% are of great commercial import open market. Of the 20,0CC tone Customs Authorities by the excampaign," is straightforwud, T/T Bombay sace. The great value of Iodiat old about 30 pr cent went to corter to the effect that the geode above board, and withal aggresive Demand, Bombay... Nom. tride in oil seeds is Donerchants, while the remaining are not covered by the prohibition and persistent. "Japan is de-TIT Calcutta........ generally realised, in spite of the 150 per cent went to manufs in question. It should be noted.termined to become a powerfal Demand, Calcutta... Nom. Demand, Manila 1644 fact that the production in Indisarers in Oaks and merchants in Baye Board of Trade commercial entity; every sim

Demand, Singapore, 1484 Effort is bent is probably well over 5,000,000 Oaks, and about 20 per cent. to Journal," that it will still be and

OR On Haiphong

11% prom. licencer that purpose," drelsred cae On Saigon.... tone in quantity and £50,000,00 Tokyo merchanie, while the re

14% prem. 444 in value per annum, The export maicing 50 per cent. went from the War Trade Depart prominent Japanese merchant On Bangkok of oil seeds from Indis in 1913 14 manufactureren Oka. and meat in respect of all goods who recently visited Toronto. Sovereign amounted to nearly 1,600,000 Kobe. It was feared that a covered by the prohibition relat-"Heretofore, the powerful Ear-Gold Leaf, per oz... 42.60

valued at approximately increased Government demanding to "Cotton, ell manufactures. pean oorcerns bare bad their Bar Silver, per oz 48 13/16 £17 000 000. To this must be consequent apon intervention in mixtures and products of, cct resident manager in the Orient, SUBSIDIARY COINS. added an export of about 3,250 Siberia would maske it impossible otherwise specifically prohibited" and have reaped huge profits from OCO gallons of oil valued at nearly for the State Seelworks to furnish La O) when the gooda sre for their transactions. Now, Japan. $400,000 and an expert of nearly applies to the public, but the shipment to destinatione other ese merchants propose to handle 'kong 50 cte, sub. 200,000 tone of ooke worth cope of Japan's action proving than those alladed to in para- their own business, and to enter about £1000,000. The annual maller than anticipated, it is graph 2, and future applications into legitimate competition with vane of the export trade of Indis expected that the fourth sale will for such licences will only be those European beases located in in oil seeds and their prodto be held abcas the middle of considered by the War Trade Korea, China, Sism and Japsr. may therefore be placed at abon August.

Department if they are acoom We have developed our industrial, interesting information is at £18 500,000, taking 1813-14 86 OF

Cotton Goods Restrictions, canied either by the certificate commercial and ficaccial masbi hand. When the significance average year.

The Director of the War Trade mentioned in the third paragraph nery along European lines, and of the British blockade of Advance in Wheat. Department directs the attention or the declaration mentioned in are able to meet our competitors Germany beginning to In spite of abundant erocks of of exporters of grey cotton piece the fourth paragraph stove.. on common ground. We aim at impress itself upon the rest of the wheat and flour, the price cf bear goode to the Order of Council

Japanese Trade in Canada. dealing direct with cur own cas-world, Japan had already onder bag been steadily rising. io dated Jano 11,, probibiting the Bome interesting information tomers, and at the establishment stood what the loss of German Buenced by the continued jomplexportation to all destiations of capoerning the progress of of commercial connections that trade to Germaur meant to other ia the price of rice, and sellersCotton manufactures, the follow Japanese trade in Canada is given will have a permanent value. nationa. The Japanese loss no now qnote 123 50, says the Japan ing Typewriter cloth and fine by the Toronto correspondent of Few people apparently realise time. While their army was Chronicle. Millere are for the cotton cambrice, in the grey, from the Timer in an article contribut the wide variety of Japaneer fighting for Kiao chow, to wrest present refraining from parchaser 40 to 60 inches site and weighed to the June Trade Supplement goods being sold in Canada. The political dominance in China from in anticipation of lower prices.ing from cs. to 4 oz. perf that journal. In the course of general belief is that Japan is Germsay, Japanese merchante According to latest investigatione, quare færd A zeneral licerer it be writes:-Wer hse turned the simply carnations and kimonon, were visiting all parts of the stocks of floor in this country (W.T.D. 27325) 18 B) hea benables for Oriental trade. Instead and the chief cccupation the world, discovering markets that amcuot to atout 2,000,000 bags iazzed by the Privy Council of a steedy flow of manufactures breeding of silkworms. That is had been shora of needed som- and are farther iccussing owing|an:horising (subject to the and general products from Oscifer from fact, Japanese trade odities that heretofore asme

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Canton

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BANKS

BANK OF CANTON.

LIMITED.

BAD OFFICE, HONGKONG

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business Transacted.

INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS:

For 3 Months 3% per annum.

For 6 Months 4% per annum.

For 12 Months 41% per annu

LOOK POON SHAN,

Chief Manager,

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE.

Subscribed Capital Francs 45,000,000, Paid up-

92,500,000, (14 of the Capital, Le Francs 15,000,000 subscribed by the Government of the Chinese Republic)

to the delay in the grant of Gov observance of certain condtione dent to Orient, the tide is eetling expansioniste seem to have do from Germany. The latest returns eramentexport permits. Abundant therein referred to, and withouthe other way. Never in the minsted with the idea of discover of Japan'a exporta to Casads orope of wheat are reported from farther application to the Wa industrial history of any nationoring the universal need, aan how remarkable increases. Bome

Euch the United States, Manchuria, Trade Department) the export of set of nations bas a supplying it. No article is too have jumped se high as 1,500 per Bonth China, sed other places, goods falling within the ecope of emendous development isken insignificant for the manufacturer "ent, in two years, and the com-

trade and in Japan eleo this year's crop his prohibition, to all destinationplace. in B country'a

to interest himself ing and be parison make interesting reading

Chairman of the

Eoard of Directors André Ferthelct. General Misagot. A. J. Pernotie.

HEAD OFFICE:'

74. Rue Saint Lazare, PARIS.

BRANCHES ; PEKING

SHANGHAI TIENTSIN

is expected to be favourable, being in British Possessions and Protoss in that of Japan. The trade article is too big or complex for for the interested in Canada's estimated at 6,000,000 koku, lorater, and also in France, French balances of the United Biater and the Japanese merchant to handle, commercial relations with olber spite of there face, which in Porrstions, Italy, Dalian Pogonads have been very largely In this cronatien erm3 very muntrink.

HONGKONG

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SAIGON HAIPHONG YUNNANFOU

BANKERS: FRANCE. Scciété Général pour favoriser le Developpement du Com- merce etde l'Industite en France LONDON...London County & Wat-

minatos Bank, Lid. NEW YORK...Redmond & Co. Correspondetta in the chief commercial centres of the world.

Telegraphic Addiem; CHIBANKIND.

Interest on Current Accounts and. Fixed Deposits in Local Currency and in Gold. Termion application.

Every decription of Banking and Exchange business trazzacted.

Special facilities for French exchange. M. ROUET DE JOURNAL, Manager.

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HONGKONG BRANCH,

Queen's Building,

3, Clater Roa d.

NOTICES.

NOTICE.

Tol' 2440.

PEAK TRAMWAY CO.

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

ZVILY-18 20 20

NIGHT CARS 1201 and 9 FAC 63 A

3287.ML V.Ky kaif boar.

11.00 .30 .45 P evity onerer në so hour

SONDATE

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13.30 AM

VICE M 21.00 AN MWAX 1 110 Nooz

am to 1:00

$.50 FX. 100 2.3L M

8. P.X.

LTX

ATTL LE MIX

18 M

10 x

ZIMEI CAMI so on Wook Days

SATURDAYS:

Et Ort Midnighi

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57 Arrangozni ai du Company's Catas decandra Buldings.

Les To Roed

"Besos sa posary sekas radiable for el! Hessel Kraky fun, ruauing na the line male Etherpart's time tables, but act for oncs, dan badan sapphrals sabe Company's Once ~50 Exp k #:31 Le Montā, szulki payment tharater bra bees made in Park Band or by Okeqna_or ComprKÕLAT anker rogmesetting Back Hoven, P

JOGOS LA DUMPRYXYS ACC V

THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO. LTD.

Capital Paid up...$1,250,909.)

Maritones of Moses Perpacks, Ba

Santa on tõus Providens Bydant.

LUNDBEZENS, Au. Undertales

PROREN, ECHOFACE OF JERSE

SHIVAN, TOMBS & CO.,

General Managers. O

MARTIN'S APIOL &STEET ZEMPILLS

BANKS

HONGKONG & BEANGHAI

BANKING - CORPORA-

TION,

Paid-up Capital .........$15,000 000- RESERVE FUNDS.

Sterling

£1,500,000 na 21-

-$15,000,000 Silver... $19,500,000

$24300.000

Reserte Liability of

Proprietors.$15,000,000 -

COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Nr. PW, Halwool. Chaieran G. Ed. --Deputy (zaleman.

Dodwell, BW Petra

H.

65 Gabler, Max - I. Phimmer, Ex' Hon, Mr. D. dale, Pan Mr. E. Sail E. V. D. Par, Egy

Hungkoor-N. J, Stubb, 154,

MAYAGER

Shanghai A. D. Ripàon, Es Lendon Bakery-Loudon County, asa

Westminster Bank, Linked

Hongkong-Interest Allowed

On Costent Accounts at the rite of 3 par CASE DE Kanam on the dally balance,

ON FIXED DEPOSITI

For I moths, 1 per cent, per saan For é mouth, 33 per centi per annumą stra wonths, 1 per cent, par kANKMÍ

N. J. STABE.

Chief Managen

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

THE Busbest of the abovs Bank in candaced be the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BATTING CORPORATION Rules may be obtained on application INTEREST on deposita le allowed in the mate lau motily balances at Bri per cani,, ga ANERI. Depositors say transfer, at ibuir option, baiknese of hoe or more to the Horicost and Shanghai ∙Bank to be placed be FITKO DEPORIZKEDNES

tent, pertahank

tios.

For the Hongkong and Changbal Basking Corpors

N. J. STABB,-

Chief Manager.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1555:

HEAD OFFICE:-LONDON, PAID-UP CAPITAL 1900,00 RESERVE PUND KEBAKVE LIABILITY OF

PROPRIETORS

£1503.000

FORLIGN CHANGE and Desuai Banking

basing transacted. CURBENT ACCOUNTS opened and 4 DEPOSITS received for 1 year or shorter perioda races which wiji he quoted on application"

1. C. DOWNING

Manager Hongkong, 11th April, 1912,

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

Head Office 15, Gracechure Street, London.

Authorised Capital.....£1,500,000 Subscribed

Paid Up Reserve Fund

*** 1.125.001

562,58 450,060

BANKERM

The Bank of England. The London Jolat Stock Bank, Level ЯКАКСЯМ -

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Hongkong

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HONGKONG BLANCH

Every description of Barking and Excha}} bestou transected.

Interest allowed on Current Account" at a par m4) per kanam on Dally Balances, and on Fland Duben fat ruime which may be ascertained on oppiicaciées

CHAMPKIN,

Acting Manager,

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION.

HEAD OFFICE NATIONAL CITY PANE

BUILDING.

55, Wall Street, New York. CAPITAL AND SURPLES U.S. $8500050 UNDIVIDED PROFITS

$1,712,000.00 H.T.S. Gress, President and General Manager. LONDON OPPICs. 36, ubopsgato, EC. SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE: £3) Moutgomery Street FAR EASTERN BEANCHES: CHINA: Shanghai, Teking, Tientsin. Runkov,

Hongkong, Canton, JAPAN: Tokohama. Keb PHILIPPINES: Manila Cebu, INDIA: Brmbay, Calcutta. STRAITH SETTLEMENTS: Blacspice: DUTCH EAST INDIES: Batavia, Serabeza

WEST INDIAN AED CENTRAL

AMERICAN BRANCHES REPUBLIC OF PANAMA: Paneira, Colon REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA: 1*edalo. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Santo Domingo, San

Pedro de Macoris, Bantingo, Puerto Plata In addition to our wa l'arches, by resson of our close filiarion with THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW TOOK

we ad nhle is ofer the facilities of its brar obes Babis, Buenos Aires, Caroras, Danna Havens 1ontevideo, Moscow, Tetrograd, 1:1 de Janeim. San Juan, P. I, Santiago de Cuba, Santos. Ban Fazio, Valparaire.

CHINESE MERCHANTS AND INDEVIDWAF CHINESE DEPOSITORS ARE OFFERED EVERY MODERN RANKING SERVICES

Commercial and Travélièsletters of Credit, Es

Exchange and Cable Transfers bought and (OM Hongkong Branch, 9, Queen's Road Central,

GEORGE HO00, Mazager.

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANI!

LIMITED.

Established 1880, Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000. Paid-up Capital..... 42,000,000 Reserve Fund. y 23.100,000:

sad Office.-YOKOHAMA

and Louda Lyons

Los Angelos Manis

Magad

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Agencler HanFransisce

Branches

Bomber

Buenos Aires

Caletta

Dedrag.

Fangtim

Harbin

How Tork

BADIOW

All Concista abă Stores and Lanto.

Homoldin

Fading

Kit Yo Kobe

Kangoon

Tokyo

Tingiae

Tad Mamedy for 235 £rbecularities. to bessere theken the 20th

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MARTIN'S

APIOL STEEL RESEPILIS

Interest Dowed on Current AccoviB. 14 receral for faed periods at rains to be obta O application.

EISHI ONO, Maraza,

ng, 11th March. 1012.