What is described by the "Canton Times" as the largest shipment of manganese ore ever to leave Hong. kong, 3,000 tons, was shipped from that port a fortnight ago by the str, Canibas for Baltimore by the South China Development Syndicate, a Chinese-American corporation formerly known as Henry Hope Ca., importers and exporters of Hongkong.
It is stated the company has done half a million dollars of manganese business alone during ths past six months, and it also handles antimony, arsenic, asbestos, _bismuth, molyadenite, tin, and wolfram, among the minerals, besides general China products.
The South China Development Syndicate is being registered at Hongkong with a capital of $200,- 000. The officers are Benton C.
Byrd, president and_—_ general manager; Loring P. Rixford, vice-president and sales manager (New York), Kwok E. Shun, vice-president and sales manager; Kwok Sai-chauk, secretary-treasurer; Soo Laitong, chief accountant_and import manager; Philip L. Kim, mining engineer; and Kwok Kai export manager.
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