1918-10-17 — Page 9

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1918.

BANKS

BROSSARD, MOPIN & CO.

Telegraphic Address" BROSSARD " Telephone-2566.

CIVIL ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS and SURVEYORS, King's Building,

HONGKONG,

Agencies:- -SAIGON, SINGAPORE, HAIPHONG,

滋味

REINFORCED CONCRETE WORKS:

Road and Railway Bridges,,, Bunde, Wharves Wairs, Retaining Walls.. Dams, Industrial Buildings, Towers, Tanks, Godowns, Frameworks, Cul- verts, Vaulte, Floors. Ronfa, Piles hollow and full, all lengths and "sizes, Soles and Foundation plat- forms, Chimneys, Poles for support- ing Telegraph and Telephone lines and carrying. Electric Light sh Power.

COMMISSION, IMPORT & EXPORT:- Industrial materials for railways, factories, rainee, iron. steel, pipes, angle bars. steel joists, iron sheets. 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.

Codes, A.B.C., 5th. A.Z. Francais, Bentley's, Omnibus and Private.

PEKIN & TIENTSIN.

MARINE CONSTRUCTION: Lighters (river 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 Tunnels ations in bad ground, by com- pressed air Walls, Drains. Severe, 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 Vœux Road, Central.

Reinforced Concrete SPECIALISTS.

.

EXCHANGE.

SELLING.

3/334

Demand unde

3/3 15/16

3/4 1/16 3/4 3/16

3/4, 5/16 Nom.

LE DERNIER

14214

14434

Ком

Demand. India T/T San Francis? co & New York) T/T Java

Nom. 7834

177 Nrm.. 4.39 4.3936

BUYING.

3/51

3/59

3/514

3/514

bourne

801% Nom.

CRI

BANK OF CANTON,

LIMITED.

HEAD OFFICE, HONGKONG

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Zenical Banking Buzicons Kranauci ad.

INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS

Fer 3 Months 3% per annum.

For Months 4% per annun“.

For 12 Months i}% per annum LOOK POON SHAN,

Chief Managu.

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE Subscribed Capital Frames 5,000,000, Paid up

£2,310,000, (35 of the Capital, ie. Francs 15,000,000 subscribed by the Government of the

Chiness Republic

BANKS HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORA

TION,

Paid-up Capital .........$13,000,000 RESERVE FUNDST

Sterling-33

£1,500,000 at 27.

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

$34.500.000

Reserve Liability of

Proprietors...$15,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon Mr. P. 5. Exiroa) Chairwan Q. T. Edkins. Ex-Deputy Chaleman. A. H. Compin E

V. D. Pan, Kathe Has, Mr&B. Dodwell, E. & Pattendro. Kik,

Babbay, ha,

J. A. Flames, E10-"

Agn. Mr. D. Lendale,

CHIEF MaxAGER Hoogberg-N. Z. Badku Biar

MASAKR Shangbal, G, Serpden, Exe.

- Wetnhst Baat and Parr Bank alted.

Landoo Baskerlandon Cows

Hongkong-Interest Allowed i

Ca Caffent Account the rate of 2 par saak - sunum on the dully balance

ON FIXED DEPOSITS,

For 4 months, per cent per annum

·Toré months, 3 per cent per 1250m) or ta montás, 1 per cent, PET ASKED

N. J. STABF

Chief Manag0)

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANE

THE Business of the above Buske la condurrgÍ ) the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Kafes may be obtained on applica

INTEREST deposits is allowed os ti aber for monthly balances at $3 per cas, per znesa. Eypealtors may transfer, at their option, bilancar of $100 or more to the Heather and Shangha Bank to be placed on IED DEPORT cent, per annum

For the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpora

N. J. STABB,

Chief Manager.

Chairman of the Poard of Directors André Berthelot? General Manager

Llo AJ. Pernotta. HEAD OFFICE: 74, Rue Saint Lazare, PARIS.

RRANCHES:

SHANGHAI TIENTSIN -HONGKONG

PEKING

SAIGON THE CHARTERED BANKIOP HAIPHONG INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND YUNNANFOU

CHINA

BANKERS:

In FRANCE. Seciélé Général pour favoriser le Developpement du Com- merce et de l'Industrie en France LONDON... London County Worte minstes & Parts Bank, Ltd. Lendon Joint City & Midland Bank, Ltd. NEW YORK... Redmond & Co. Correspondents in the chief commercial centres of the world.

CHIEAN KIND.

Telegraphic Address;

#

Interest os Current Accounts and Fixed Deposita in Local Currency and in Gold. Terms en application.

Every description of Banking and Exchange business traumacted.

Special facilities for French exchange. M. BOUET DE JOURNEL Мальвет

HONGKONG BRANCH,

Queen's Building,

5, Chater Road.

-Tel: 2440.

1

Incorporated by Boyal Charter 1555

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON

PAID-UP CAP 100,000 RESERVE FUND

RESERVE LIABILITY OF

POPRIETORS

$$,000,000

PORKON KICHANGS and Deal Banking.

bailnets transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and Firon PORTS Tired for 1 par or shorter period

Faves which will be quoted an application

1. C. DOWNING.

Manager Hongkong, 11th April, 1912.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

Head Office 15, Gracechares

Street, London.

Authorised Capita).............£1,500.** Subscribed

COMMERCIAL NEWS. Coconut Oil in Macassar.

laid.

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from

Coconut oil is giving good Danzig-Cherson Canal Scheme, profits to the mills at Macassar on

The Moscow Nards Sloco learne account of a good demand for and T/T.... from Kiev that the Ukraine shortage of capra in Europead ols Minister of Communications has markets. One of the biggest oil 60 d/s before the Ministerial owners in Holland has purchased 4 m/s Council project for a Danzig he oil mills here and intends to TT Shanghai Charson Canal, which will extend them with elaborate w/ Singapore.

"along chines, so as to supplant the copra T/T Japan Danzig the course of the Niemen trade to Earope after the war. T India... and the Dnieper, the chief Another mill is to be erected by a difficulty being to overcome the big Darah oil mill company of rapide of the latter. The vast Java, and it is anticipated that water energy of this water power here will be a keen competition T/T Marke is to be utilised for electrifying between these two mille and

T/T France the Ekaterinosis Railway. The European mill owners. General Deзnd, Paris Ministerial Council has approved opinion is that the adventures of the scheme, and the recessary the local mill owners will be de 4 m/s. Lic

timental to the mill ownere] 4 m/s. D/P. Bill will be drafted.

ia Europe and America, unless6 m/s. LIC.

U. S. Rubber Imports.

to

co & New York}

4 m/s. Marks

4.6114

4 m/s. Francs 4.5614 6 m/e. Frarcs Demand. Germany. Demand, New York. 787% T/T Bombay

Demond, Bombay... Nom. FIT Calcutta

Demand, Calcutta... Nom. Demand, Manila 159 Consumption of Rice. According to all accounts there Demand. Singapore."14216

On Falphorg

1-

174 prem. 4616

% prem.

5.95 Nom.

Gold leaf per ca ...... 44.70 Bar Silver, per oz "... 4974

SUBSIDIARY COINS

DISCOUNT PER $100:

30

5

$1%prem.

par.

$1.40%prem

334% dis.

It is estimated that the importa daty was imposed on oils to 30 d/s. Sydry &Me! tions of crude rubber into the protect their own mills. It is United States daring Jane, 1919 estimated that about 1.500 000 30 d/s. San Francis. Bmount to 24,121 tops, of which picais of copra (picul-1334 lb. 21,787 were plantation rubber. 17.) are being held in stock by For the previous month the speculators (many German in- Importstions into the United claded) in Moluccus and Macasa! States came to 18,188 tone. The for ebipment after the war The two months together, therefore, quantity exported during the last mean 40,400 tons of rubber into three years was:-1916 37,254 America, sa against 33.500 for tons; 1916, 43,772 tone:-1917, the same two months in 1917. 11,32,944 tona. theee figures are correct, it would eeem that the proposal to restrict rubber importatione into the are ample sicoks of rice in the On Saigon United States during May, June, Far East for present requirements, On Bangkok and Jaly of this year to 25,000 but the high price charged for Sovereign.. tons altogether is already a dead this commodity, and the recent leitar, esya the L. & C. Express. trouble in Japan resulting there Foreign Capital in Argention. from, despite Government ma

Between 4,000 000,000, dole.sures to lower cost to the co- and 4,520,000,000 dols, geld of samer, point to increased supplies) foreign capital is invested in being Decessary in the futare. E'kong 50 cts sub.. Argentina, according Su The matter."s therefore of direct estimate made by Dr. Alberto concern to the engineer, so there;

Canton B. Martines a well-know Arzeg jia the clear indication of a tine statistician, who delived growing demand for rice milling) a lectore on May 1st before machinery and equipment. To the Institute Fopular deflower the price of rice in Japan rice. Conferencias (Popular Institate the Government recently decided measures were not sufficient to of Conferences) on the subject off to appoint Several large check manipulation in piece foreign ospital investmente in arme 18 official importers against the consumer. As has Argentine. Dr. Martines stated of foreign

colonial since transpired, thie manipula that it is difficult to Bay rice, stipalating that such tion was founded to some extent with mathematical exactitude rics should be sold at a price on a possible shortage of stock what proportion of the total fixed by the Government, saying to the heavy European corresponde to each of the loss incurred being offset through consumption of rice and the foreign natione that bare placed compensation by the Government increasing favour in which tbis commodit in дея capital in Argentins, beesuse This process was also supplement- may operations of this natursed with the purchase of foreign held, substantially increased oalled evade all statistics. He stated, rios through theGovernment's own applies however that the British invest agents. Bangoon rice ie apparently for, and in meeting this prospect menta are between 2,000,000,000 preferred to all other foreign five demand the Far East has s dole. and 2500,000,000 dola. paddies. Rangoon, moreover, erest opportunity, Fiasnoisi. gold, and that this explaine had the largest sapplies on hand commercial or political jaggling! wby, from

relatively for export, and the Japanese with supplies cannot obecare thie remote date, all of the industrial, Government took prompt steps to act. Neither do we believe the commercial, agricultural and find the necessery cargo epsce fee fact will be ignored by indos!ral mining enterprise that enter ita transport. As a further interests in the Far East, bich into Argentine statistics carry the messure to lower price, the hare shown themselves to keeply foreign mark limited to such Government some little time back alive alike to the privileges and field the responsibilities that the degree that one gets the im- opened up & DEW pression that one is dealing with by removing its prohibition happenings of the past four yeRTS

purely British colony.

against the selling of inferior have thrust upon them.

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Unfortunately, these

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be

ROBE D'AUTOMNE.

MAISON LILY

ALEXANDRA BUILDING.

THE PARIS SHOP OF HONGKONG.

Paid Up Reserve Fund

1,125,084

562,50€ 650,000

+

NOTICES.

PEAK TRAMWAYS CO. LTD.

BANKFRE

The Back of Englan

The London Talat Stock Back, Limitin

ING BRANCHIS 1=

Fcbay

Karach Kota Bhar

Koala Lempy

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS,

5.00

to FABBET.

Every 15 min

6.00

to 9:0

10 min

to RM.

Saturdays only

Stories* 6:15

NIGHT TABS.

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15 fa

13 min

30 pain

Colbe

Dziki

Galle

Hoogkang

Howa

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Mads

Kangoon

hanghai

Singapor

HONGKONG ERANCE

Every Emcription of Base and EmiSA- berinais cansacted

Interest allowed on Current accepts at spe AR

D anttia on Daily Ɛalances, and on Fired Depos

15 lat rates which say de escertained on appliancient 10 min

8.50 p.m. 9.30 p.m. 10 pm. 11.00 p.m. 1139 pm. and 11.45 pm. SATURDAYS EXTRA CARS.

1.30 p.m. and 1200 midnight.

SUNDAYS.

to

1.30 2.23.

5.00

1030

roon to

15.30

to 10.30 .DL Every 15 rele

11.00 1ere noon..

to *.00

700

7.00

NIGHT CARS.

8 50 pm: 9.30 p.m. 10,00 pm. 11 00 p.m. 11.20 p.m. and 11.45 p.m.

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SPECIAL CARS

By wingment at the Company's Üti26) Alexandra Hufidings. Des Voeux Road AGEN r. FTTFFEYF & ZON.

THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO. LTD. (Capital Paid up...$1,254:009.)

Tanns en Mechgage of Yous Property, in

wan the Providers System -

SHEWAN, TOMBS & CO.

General ManaKers.

MARTIN'S

APIOLSSLE

MARTIN Gmbr Bentham pedig. Eri

MARTIN'S ann a IPIOL ÖSTERL

CHAMPKIN,

Acting Managsi

INTERNATIONAL BANKING,“

.CORPORATION.

HEAD OFFICE NATIONAL CITY BANK

BUILDING 56, Wall Street, New York

CAPITAL AND SUEFLIX U.S. $6,3/0,020,00 USDIVIDED PROFITA

$178,000.00

HTS, Crocs, President and General Manager, LONDON OFFIC. 26. Bishopsgate EC. BAN FUNESCO OFFICE: £34 Montgomery Str

FAR EASTERN BRANCHES : CHINA: Sangbel, Peking. Tientsin, Hankos

Hongkong, Canton. JAPAS: Yokohama, Robe PHILIPPINES: Maria Cebo INDIA: Bombas. Cricutta STRAITS BELEMENTS: Rinapore: DUTCH EAST INDIES: Balavis, Soeraiara

WEST INDIAN AND CENTRAL AMELICAN BRANCHES: REPUBLIC OF PANAMA: Panace, Colon, HEPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA: Medi DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Sazio Domingo, Bes Pedra de Macaris Santiago, Puerto Plata Id addition to our Branches, by resso

of our close affliation with THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK we are able to offer the facilities of its brochet at Bahia, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Gerade. Havana Montevideo Moscow, Petrograd, Rio de Japetre San Juan, P. IL, Bastiago de Cribe, Sable, Sar Paulo-Valparaiso,

CHINESE NERCHANTS AND INDIVIDUAL CHINESE I

DEPOSITORE ARE OPPERED EVERY MODERN BANKING SERVICE

•Commercial and Travellers Letters of Otets. Bus Exchange Rd Calfe Transfere bought and said. Bengkung Hanch, R. Queen's Road Central,

GEORGE HOGG, Haag.

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANI

LIMITED.

Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yer 48,000.006 Paid-up Capital $42,000,000 Reserve Fund...... 24.300.000 Fead Office-YOKOHAMA

London

Bactos Atra

Peking

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with Laserest Bowed on Correct

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