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BROSSARD, MOPIN & CO.

BROSSARD

Telegraphic Address-

Telephone-2566.

CIVIL ENGINEERS ARCHITECTS and SURVEYORS,

King's Building, HONGKONG.

Codes, A.B.C., 5th, A.Z. Francais,

Bentley's, Omnibus and

Agencies:-SAIGON, SINGAPORE, HAIPHONG, PEKIN & TIENTSIN.

**

REINFORCED CONCRETE WORKS:

Road and Railway Bridges, Bunds, Wharves, Weirs. Retaining Walls, Dama, Industrial Buildings, Towers, Tanks, Godowns, Frameworks, Cul- verts, Vaults, Floors, Roofs, Piles. hollow and full 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, angle bars, steel joista, iron. beets, motors and Fichet's fire- proof safes

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

RAILWAY, FERRY BOAT-SINGAPORE, JOHORE.

胖味

MARINE CONSTRUCTION: Lighters (rivar and sea) up to 1,000. toos Hulks. Ferry Boats in steel, wood and reinforced concrete.." Sea going ships in reinforced con- crete, and wood. 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, Fac- Found- tories, Godowns Tannels 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 Win. C. JACK & Co.,. Ltd., 14, Des Voeux Road, Central.

Reinforced Concrete

in the trade have been feeling

no little inconvenienos for absenor of exchange service. With the

WORK.

SPECIALISTS.

EXCHANGE.

3/7 15/16

3/8 3/16

3/5 3/16

3/8 5/16

Nom. 157 1594 Nom

BANK OF CANTON,

LIMITED

BRAD OFFICE HONGKONG

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Banking Business

INTEREST ON FIXED

DEPOSITS

For 3 Months 3% per anfium

For Months 4% per annum,

For 12 Monthi dì% per annum LOOK POON SHANI

Chief ManggRT.

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE

DE CHINE

HONGKONG & SH

BANKING

TION

| Paid-un Capitalc 1815,000,000

RESERVE FUNDAY

Sterling e

£1,500,000

-815,000,000

Silver #19,500,000

Reserve Liability

Proprietors

$34508,000

10,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS, Bond K. Horro Cha B. T. 1. Edkins, Raq-Deputy Ch

E. Dodwad, Bag, T. La Fatima cam, CS, Gabbery, York JA. Piccore, Las Hen, Mr. D. Lannis, Hosk dr. 3. Shalifam, E. V. D. PET Za..

CELE MAKI OIS Foertong-N. J, Besik, Begi

XAXAARE

Loosion Barkers-London Cowaty wi

Bank and Pares Bank rimling.

Hongkong-Interest Alloweddi

On Current Accounts ar the rate of 3 par uzuum on the daily balança,

-

ON FILED DEPORTES Fox & maths. If per exat parʼinBENİ For month, å per omne. þm sERPION

months, 4 par cent, pur LABUN

N.J. STABB:

Chief Manager

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

THX Buse of the shove Bank is conducta the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI, KAKKING CORPORATION Kales may be obtained on application INTEREST on deposits is slowed on the mai

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

14 of the Capital, La. Francs 15,000,000 a monthly balances at isi per cent, per sem

-22,500,000,

D

subscribed by the Government of the.

Chinese Republic)

Chairman of the

Board of Directors André Berthelot General Manager AJ. Pernottė.

HEAD OFFICE: 74. Rue Saint Lazare, PARIS.

BRANCHES ; PEKING

SHANGHAI TIENTSIN HONGKONG.

In

** SAIGON HAIPHONG YUKKANFOU

BANKERS: FRANCE Société Général pour favoriser le Développement du Com- merce et de l'Industrie en France LONDON. London County Waurt. minstes & Para-Bank. Ltd. London Jaint City & Midland Bank, Ltd. NEW YORK Bedmond & Co. Correspondents in the chief commercial centres of the world.

Telegraphic Address: CHIBANKIND,

Interest on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposita in Local Currency and in Gold Terme on application.

Every description of Banking and Exchange business tras sacted,

Special facilities for French Exchange.

M. BOUET DE JOURKEL. Manager,

HONGKONG BRANCH,

Queen's Building,

5. Chater Road

NOTICES

Ter 2440.

PEAK TRAMWAY CO., LTD.

TIME, TABLE

WEEK DAYS,

7.00

to $10 $22.

$4,00

to 9.30

20 mala

9.30.

to 150

J5 min

10.30 11:30

to 170

15 mla

mic

30 min

10 min

to 215

Saturday only.

to 1.00

£0 1.00

Saturdays only

19 win 34 zain 1.5 twin

to G.00

73 mia

to 5.00.

20 mln

Depositors may transfer, at their option, Malenc of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shangha tank to be placed on THIRD DEFIERET I tat per AMO

For the Hougtong and Shanghai Banking Corpors" them

N. J. STABB.

Chief Manager.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA ÄND CHINA

incorporated by Royal Charter 155

·EED OFFICE-LORDON, FAD UP CAPITAL Bean BEREKVE. FUND RESHRTE LIABILHET OP

PROPRIETORS

£1,000,000

FOREIGN EXCHANGI and Ses) Banktag

bulum etd CURKEST ACC's opened vad 720 DXPOSITS #elved far'1 year rates which will be quoted on application

shorter pardodam, TC. DOWNING,

Manager

Hongkong, 11th April, 1912.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

'INDIA, LIMITED.

Head Office 15, Gracechurch Street, London.

Authorized Capital .............£1,805,000 Subscribed

Paid Up Reserve Fund

1,125,000

- » 562,504 650,000

FANTERB

The Bark of England,

The Loodan elat Stock Bask, Linnse

BRANCHES

Bombay

Cienits

Colombo

Delbi

Koca Baars

Karachi

Ksals Lamps

Marka

Fore

RALFOUR

Stacked

Stackporal

COMMERCIAL "NEWS.

Service Between Tsinan and Kaffengis.

The trade relations between Tsinan on the one band and Kailengia and Chengchow on

influential Chinese merchant ofj

Dige

Japan in Australia.

W.

limited

To Replace U. S. Men for the Army.

T/T Demand

60 dis

SELLING. #ga... 3/734

4 dis...

87

4.84

175

tions, corporations, societies, etc, brought from America at sa WOMEN FOR RAILROAD sod all those interested in the exorbitant coat. Anything in the Russian Far East are invited to way of costumes-dresses and become members of the com-bleu-es-have not been -landed mittee. The annual dues for or to any great extent. Nat because dinary membership are G.$19; of changing fashions, but beesuse for business men and firms-$50; of the heavy tariff. Materials are and for sescciations, corporations, imported, and the garments and organisations connected with made up locally. A blouse business trade, or industry $100 on which a Customs duty of from Thousanda of women will be T Shanghai ..... The dues are payable in advance 3. to 5. is impoard can be made drawn into railroad employment T/T Singapore..... the other have been waxing to the credit of the committee's locally for le. 6d. Bat she sends within the next few monthe, to die...

TIT Japan closer year after year. The account with the Crocker National embroidered lengthe for fall take place of men entering the Demand, India..... Nom.

costumes and blouses, and they army and going to other in T/T San Francis-1 Japanese merchante interested Bank, San Francisco. ·

are included in the list of ready-dustrive, eccording to plans now co & New York!) to-wear article. It is in the direct being formulated by the Brilroad T/T Java 18444 ion of dress materials themselves Administration. According to an TT Marks ....... Nom. Japanese exports to Australis that Japan has taken enormous Americas Contemporary Women T/T France exception of a few privileged of soft-goods, which, under pre strides since the beginning of the srs to be employed extensively as Deand, Paris 48414

war, which has opened up to her alerke in railway offices, sa expert

BUYING. houses, all have had to run the conditions, were risk of trapeporting specie. A practically to the silks and cotton previously unexploited fields accoutsats, ticket sellers, elation

*4 m/s. L/C

3/914 crepes familiar to the market for commerce. Hersilks, for example, gente, croesing watchmen, car

4 m/s. D/P ... ....... 3/934 Shanbsi (Mr. Wang-paichuan brany years, have, since the stop-have improved in quality and cleaners, and to some extent se

6 m/s L/C

3/936 of German and other variety, and she has learned from track labourers, name) has founded a bank ander European importations, expanded patient experiment the secret of

30 d/s. Sydny &Mel-} the style of the Huahsi Bark so such a degree that pretty well excellent dying processes. She tions of railway positions which

bourne 3/914 A survey of different olsss fios 30 d/s. San Francis Kallenglu, to engage mainly in

co & New York 8894 every department of the trade is exports no artificial silk. Eren might be filled by women will be 4 m/s. Marks. Nom. exchange service with Tainan beginning to feel its influence ber silk ankle bose are made undertaken con, possibly by amis, Francs..... The new bank will be opened to ready-to-wear artiolsa

5.0112 of from pare silk. It is claimed, too, commities of women to bansmed 6 mle Francs 5,0644 burines early next month.

women's apparel, says the Sydney that her creps de chises are not by the Director General Mr. Me Demand, Germany. Daily Telegraph, the influx from "loaded" with superficial matados. Consideration will be given Demand, New York. 8711⁄2 Russo-American Committee

Japan is not so great as is genrials, se in the case of many soquestions of the health of womeDemond, Bombay Nom.

T/T Bombay................. for Far East,

arally supposed. The soaring Continental manufactures, and and also to the elament of safety T/T Calcutta........ prices of cotton bave crested a that, as a consequence, they are in employing them for certain Demand, Calcutts.... Nom. The Busso-American Com demand for eilk underwear which impervious to the dangers of mittee for the Far Esst bas leaned to a very large extent the Japanese washing or of cracking after brief work. The general policy of Demand. Manila

circular of information, in which are supplying. They export wear. Local importers declare operation will be to pay women On Haiphong.... 14 % prem.

railroade under Government Demand, Singapore, 157 the purposes of the organisation camisoles, nightdresses,

real that all the silks of Nippon have the same wages paid men for On Saigon 1 prem are stated as follows:-(1) Tozowne, prjamas, silk-woven improved enormonaly since the secertain and collect all possible singlets in all the delicate colours beginning ci the war, and that similar services.

On Bangkok... 421⁄44 information about trade, industry, most in favour, knickers, and silk the demand for them is all the the dismissal of any men, since Gold leaf per cz..... 431

This course will not resalt in Sovereign, 5.40 Nom. mining, fishing, agrionitare, etc. hosiery. Quick to respond to the time on the increase. So far the the demand for workers is nearly SUBSIDIART QUINS

Bar Silver, per oz 4976 in the Russian Far. Esas and to fancy for well-out garments in has done little in the way of all fields of railway employment supply same to ite American mem there directions, Japan has gone manufacturing woollen materiale. already exceeds the supply, In bera; (2) To do the same in re to France and America for her er forts in this department spect of American capital, in designs; and even the kimono, have fallen short of the standard employing considerable numbers dustry and trade with a view of formerly adapted to the small to which the Australian and will be doing what English and sapplying Esme to its Rassism sizes of her own women, she has Europesa publica have been French railways were compelled members; (3) To not as repre-learned to out on the

more socastomed. In 1913, the value to do long ago." septatives, translators, and inter- generous lines demanded by the of soft goods imported into Aus preters for Rassians and Ammore robustly-built women oftralia from Japan was $436,083. Training schools for ticket Bricans in their business and Australia. All classes of cotton It was made up in the following gente are being held in Washing- other relations; (4) To establish in underwear come from Japan departments Hats, cape, and school has been authorised for ton and New York, and another Vladivostok an up-to-date inquiry undervests, knickers, bloomers, bonnete, £16,587; other apparel, Chicago Women with high informed a relative that owing to In a letter a German lady hae office, able to enpply reliable in-and hosiery for women; for men 895,766; cottone and linsas,chool education, and good health, the scarcity of clothing she had formation by letter or to personal underveats, anderpants, sed £49,598, silke, 5200,757; other between the ages, of twenty-one visitors on any sabject connected rocks; half-hose sad rompers for soft goods, $73,375. In the year and thirty-five, are given two deryallowedn-blinda taken down, with the Roseisn Far East; (5) children. And she is placing on ending June 30th, 1917, bats months of instruction in simple to a coat and skirt.

establish showrooms for the market big supplies of the cape, and bonnets were imported accounting, and railroad geo had her sheets converted into dyed navy b'us, sad corveried Russian and American samples cotton towelling bath sad eait from Japan to the value of graphy, and are paid $25 a of agricolture, fishing, and other gowns, favoured of the Australian 105,223; other producte, articles of industry, man and woman. Kid gloves 391 362; cottons and linens, they are assured of employment That the Pope does not stand.

apparel, month while learning. Afterward

anderolothing.

Pope not to, Leave Rome. ete: (6) To establieb brancher she has encoessfully manufactur- £165,413; silke, £601,725; other and appoint agente and reprenta ed; but the cost of the raw mate- soft goode, £297.166. The total $85 to 8100 a month.,

at palarice ranging acnelly from lesve Rome during or after the Sives in other towns of the Rasais riel, which she has to import, value was £1,560,889. Figures

war in the coiniga expressed by Far East for the same purpose, allied to the increased cot of for the year ending June. 1918.

|the Vatican în denging the report (7) To meet and seniet with Japanme labour, ant the heavy are not yet avaliable, but that the

which appetied in the Spsuishi practical advice American visitors can impored by the Custom sine of goods imported Into The War Depsitenan-aspapers, that coming to Vladivostok on basiner exclades them from a large Austrális in ore deportment acaboed that 9131 pesualties or for study (8) To do every market in Australia. Cotton and alone, increased to the extent of have been sustained by the thing for the promotion of friend and felt slippers are other made over £1,000,000 in the period American expeditionary fore

and business interconzen be up articles she exports; hat, ander revise will give some ides to July, including tween the two nations for their in the case of gloves, she is pro of how far Australia is

lying for ad 6,024 on mu'nal and general progrem. All hibited from the exportation of

on outside dose not includes American business men, sasocia- boots, the leather having to be

To

of women, American railroade

America's 9,131 Casdaitles.

100

„DISCOUNT PER $100:

'kong 50 cte sub.

Canton

to.

:30

par.

$7%prem.

dis.

German Lady's "Suoblind Skirt."

She has

NIGHT ARS.

-$.50 p.m. 5.30 p.m. 10,00 pm. 11.00 pm. 11.30 pm. and 1135 p.m. SATURDAYS EXTRA CARS. 1.30 p.m. and 12.00 midnight. SUNDAYS.

to 10.30am Extry

7100

min

7,30 B-DL. 0.00

to 12 200

noon to

12.30 pm.

10 mala -16,, zin 10"min

te 100

2.00

NIGHT CARS,

·Galle

Hoerkent

Hewab

Kabdy

Pert Look (Meridina)

HONGKONG BRANCE.

Every description of Banking sod Zachang: betiness tradacted.

Interest allowed on Current &ccounts 'stu par per annum en Dafly Balances, and on Fized Dres arrates which may be ascertaigad on appăcation/

C. CHAMPKIN,“

Acting Managus,

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPURATION:

READ OFFICE NATIONAL CITY HANK

BUILDING

Wall Street, New York. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS U.S. $8,579, 000,00, UNDIVIDED PROVITS

$1,118,000.00 HZ.S. Grimm, President and General Managers LOKE-ON OPPIER. 6, Blahopsgate, EC. BAY FRANCISCO OFFICE: Montgomery Bienet.

PAE TÄSTERN BRANCHES CHINA: Shanghai, Paking. Tientsis, Hanków

Hongkon, Canton,

JAPAN: Yokohama, Kobe, PHILIPPINES: Maria Cebn

8 50 pm 9:30 pm, 10,00 pm 11:00 pm 15.014 Rombay, Calenita

11.10 p.m. and 11.45 p.m.

SPECIAL CARS

By arrangment at the Company's Offi

Alexandra Bulidings, Des Toena Bond, JOHND, HUMPEBEYE & SON,

THEPORIKA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE 00. LTD. pital: Paid Cup...$1,250,099.)

SHEWAN, TOMES, & CO., General Maharure. (3)

MARTIN'S

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Singapore: DUTCH EAST INDIES: Balaria, Soerabera

WEST INDIAN AND CENTRAD

AMERICAN BRANCHES

REPUBLIC OF PANAMA: Panama Colon REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA: Wadaily DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Santo Domingo. Sas Pedro de Macoria Santiago, Puerto Plata Io addition to or ren Branches, by resson of our close adfill=ion with G THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK we are able t> offer.ile facilities of its branche at Bahia, Buenos Aires Caracas, Gazos Extas *Monteridao. -boscos; l'etrograd, Rio de Janeiro. Pas Jean T. B., Bantiago de Cub, Bantes: 54 Paulo, Valparaiso, p

CHINESE MERCHANTS AND INDIVIDEAL CHINESE DEPOSITUMS ARE OFFERED EVERY MODERN BANKING SERVICE

Commercial and Travellers Letor of Credit. Bise 2. Pachanga and Cable Transfere bought and soka Hongkong Branch, 9, Queen's Hood Contrat

GEORGE EOGG, Manager.

THE

OKOHAMA SPECIE BANT

LIMHED.

Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48.000,00% Paid-up Capital... 42,000,000 Reserve Fund

24-300,003

Fead Office-YOKOHAMA