The 1914 edition of the " China Stock and Share Handbook," compiled and published by Mesars. H. E. Morriss and C. R. Maguire, contains as usual a mass of useful information well arranged and clearly set forth. The list of companies in the now volume is even more complete than that of 1913, and the statistical and other information about the different companies is thoroughly up to date. The section relating to exchange, loans, ete., is very interesting. The highest and lowest quotations of silver and exchange, the list of China's loans and the debenture issues of all the companies in the Far East are worth special mention. The statistics with regard to the cotton industry, apart from particulars of the joint-stock companies, are of great value. The section re-Luting to Stock Exchanges is replete with useful facts, the particulars re-Luting to the several exchanges in China ports being also useful. As in the previous edition, there section showing the position of rail ways in China. The Handbook has now become a permanent institution and invaluable to every one interested in the Far East.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.