China Stock and Share Handbook'
The revival of the China Stock and Share Handbook has been made at the request of many friends amongst the investing public in China. Unfortunately the condi-prevailing throughout the summer have handicapped its production, the delay being due chiefly to the printers' strike. This condition was an equal handicap to the production of company reports and balance sheets, which have not, as a result, found their way into' the forthcoming edition.
Owing to the importance of the rubber industry much space hi been devoted to matters connected therewith and, in particular, to the working of the Stevenson Act which may be said to have saved the industry from being tapped to death. These notes should serve as an assurance of the great stability of the industry.
At the request of a number of investors Chinese government Toans some pages have been devoted to the more important loan agreements. As many companies which are not quoted on the local exchange have a considerable public interest it is hoped that all companies whose figures do not appear in the coming issue will send their reports and balance sheets to the compiler, in order that they may' be included fu future editions.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.