London, Feb. 28.
Stocks of rubber in Great Britain on February 28 were estimated at. 71,225 tons, showing an increase of 2,659 tons over the previous week.
The stock of rubber in London on February 28 totalled 40,464 tons, showing' an increase of 2,003 tons, whilst the stock at Liverpool was sted at 24,761 tons, representing a gain of 856 tons.
British rubber deliveries during the week ended February 28 totalled 923, tons, compared with 1,004 tons, during the previous week.
Deliveries in London during this period totalled 544 tons, compared, with 674 tons during the week before, showing a decrease of 130 tons. Liverpool deliveries, with a total of 379 tons, revealed an increase of 49 tons over the previous week. Reuter.
Ix spite of the adverse effects from [SinoJapanese hostilities, Chinese banks in Shanghai made" handsome profits in 1997, according to a survey made by the "Sin-Wen Pao," After Jdeducting minor losses Incurred by. their branch offices in the various war zones, it is reported, local financial houses were able 0 declare an aver-Jage annual dividend of more than 7 [per cent, As a result of the conference re-
Amoy, For. Rose [cently held in Hongkong between the Brasti President of the Executive Yuan and concurrently: Minister of Finance, Dr. LIH, Kung, and Cainese banking leaders, the Chinese Government has perfected measures to combat the adverse effects on China's financial structure from the forthcoming issue Jof bank notes by the "Central Reserve
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.