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January 21, 1899.]
of this last propose to pay a dividend of $1.25 por flare for 1893 and to carry forward and Write of a larger sum than formerly..
COTTONS.-—Hongkong Cottens are enquired for at $78) and $90, without finding sellers. In the absence of local business in Shanghai Cottons quotations are taken from the Northern aircularz.
MISCELLANEOUS. --Green Islands have cbang- ed hands at 826§ for new shares, Watsons at $12), and Campbell and Moores at $10. Closing quotations are as follows:-
COMPANY. PAID UP. QUOTATION. Banks T
[$477.50, buyers $125 282 10 prem-
£5 nominal £4 EL £1 £5.58.
Hongkong & S'hai... China & Japan, prf. Do. ordinary... Do. deferred... Natl. Bank of China
B. Shares Founders Shares.. Bell's Asbestos E. A. ... Campbell, Moore & Co. China Prov. L. & M.... Chins Sugar .........
Cotton.MHls-
£8. $20, buyers £9 $20, buyers £1 nominal $10 $1, ales $10 $10 sellers $100 $170, sellers
Tls. 100 Tis. "0 Tis. 100 Tls. 80
:
Evo...
International
Leon Kung Mow
Tls. 100
Soychee
Tls. 500
Hongkong
$70
Tls XO Tls. 4 0 Tls. 65 $80, buyers
Dairy Farm Co.
$25 $31, buyers
$10 $27), sales
Yahloong ........... Tls. 100
Fenwick & Co., Geo. ...
Green Island Cement...
Do. New Issize. H. & China Bakery Hongkong & C. Gas Hongkong Electric H: H. L. Tramways Hongkong Hotel Hongkong Ice
H. & K. Wharf & G..... Hongkong Rope........................ H. & W. Dock Insurances-
Canton. China Fire China Traders'
Hongkong Fire North-China Straits Union Yangtsze
Land and Building-
·H. Land Investment. Humphreys Estaté... Kowloon Land & B.) West Point Building Luzon Sugar Mining
Charbonnages Great E. & C'donian Jelebu
Queens Mines Ld..... Oliver's Mines, A.
Do.
Punjom
B....
*****
Do. Preference... Raube New Amoy Dock Steamship Coy.-
China and Manila... China Mútual Ord... Do. Preference Do Do.
Donglas 8. 8. Co. HCanton and M.... Indo-China 8. N...... Star Ferry
Tebrau Planting Co.
Do.
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United Asbestos
Do. Wanchai Warehisa Co. Watson & Co., A. S....
$$, sales $50 $33 £10 $126
$10 $101, buvers $100 $125, buyers
$50 $73
$25 $120, sellers
$50 $80, buyers $50 $172)
$125 300 pct. prem= [$300, buyers
$50 $150 ellers $20 (890), buyers $25 $65. sellers $50 $3174, buyers £25 Tla. 180 $20 $7, ellers $50 $230 $60 $125
$50 881, buˇers $10 $9, buyers $30 $.8
$40 $19, sales
$100 $50, sal, & seller.
Foe. 250 $115, sellers
$5 $7 80, huyers $5 $5.20, buyers 25c. 0 cts., sellers
$5 $7, buyers $21 $5.25 $5 $6.50
$ $1.40, sales
14s. 10d. $45, buyers
$69 $15), buyers
$50 $95
£10 £9. 1%, buyers £10 £5 108., buyers
£5 £3. buvers
$5 855, buyers
$15 $271 £10 $ 14
$71 $12, sellers $i$i sellers $. $3, sellers $281. 0, buyers $10 $10, nominal $371$ 19), ex div.
$10 $12, buyers
J. Y. V. VERNON, broker,
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
Cantons and Macão ! Steamboat ihuras changed hands locally at $27. - Indo-China S. N. shërës were placed for April delivery at Tis. 44. Sugars. —Perak Sagar Cultivation shares were sold at
87. China Suzar Refining shares changed hande at $166. Mining-Raub Australian Gold Mining shares were sold at $464 with exchange 71 to Hongkong. Docks, Wharves & Godowns. —Shares in-8. C. Farnham & Co. were placed at Tl«, 166. Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf shares were sold at Tls, 127), and are wanted. Lands.— Shanghai Land Investment. shares were sold at Tls. 88. Hongkong Land Investment shares werA placed to Hongkong at $75, with exchange 721. Industrial. hares in Major Brokers were placed | | at 'l'ls. 36/371. In Cotton Mill shares business was done: Internationals at Tls Bu cash and 'l'ls. 84 for March delivery, and Laou Kong Mows at Tla. 83 for 28th February, and the same price for 15th and 81st March. Shanghai Icẻ shares were sold at Tis. 26. and are wanted, Togs and Cargo Boats.- banghai Cargo Boat shares were placed at Tls.. 169 cash and l'ls. 166 for the 31st March. Miscellaneous.-hangbai Water works shares were placed at Tls,280, and, are of- fering., Shanghai-Sumatra Tobacco shares were sold at Tla 64 ough and Cis. 68 for the 31st March. Shanghai Langkat Tobacco shares improved to Tla. 85/5 cash, Tis. 10 for February and Tis, 105 for arch delivery. Hall and Holtz shares were sold at $314 and are offering. J. L'ewellyn & Co. shares are outainable at $571. General Stores changed band at $10. Loans-Shanghai Muni- cipal 5 per cent, Debentures of 1891 were sold at Fle. 971, Shanghai and Hankow Wharf 6 per eent. Debentures at Tls. 1000 and Chinese In- | perial Government E Loan Bonds at Tis. 250, plus the accrned interest in all ouses,
Quotations are :→→→→
SHANGHAI, 16th January. — From Messrs. J.P. Bisset & Co.'s Report).—Business has been brisker this week, with some improvement in rates,...,Banks-Hongkong and Shanghai Bank- ing Corporation,-Shares were placed to Hong- kong at $54 per cent. pretium,” with exchange 72, and changed hands locally at 250 per cent. premium. The quotation of 250 per cent, premium is nominal. National Bank of China shares were sold at $17. Marine Insurance.—No bu‹iness reported... Fire Insurance. -Hongkongs sold to Hongkong at $315, with exchange 72).
are sléidy at $89. Shipping. -Hongkong,
were
BANKS.
Hongkong and Shanghai.—§437.50 Bank of China and Japan, defd.-£5.5.0
Do. ordinary.-Nowinal. National Bank of China, Ld.—$17.00. COTTON MILLS,
Ewo Cotton Spíaving & W. Co, Ld.—1ls. 70.00, Hongkong Cotton S. W. & D. Co.--79.00. International Cotton Man. Co., Ld.-Tls. 80.00. Laou-kung-mow Cotton Co., Ll.—Tis. 80.00. Soy Chee Cotton Spinning Co., Ld.—Tis. 400.00. DOCKS. WH BYEF, &0.,
Boyd & Co., Ld., Founders.—Nominal, Boyd & Co., Limited.-Tls. 183.00, Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf Company.—$75. Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co.. Ld.-$500,00 S C. Farnham & Co.-Tis. 168.00, Shanghai Engineering S. & D. Co.-'l'ls. 90.00. Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co.—Tls, 127.50, INSURANCES,
Canton lasurance Office, Ld.—$150.00. China Fire Insurance Co., Ld.—$89.00. China Traders' Insurance Co., Lt.—ş62 00. Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.—$811.25. North China Insurance Co., Ld.-Tls. 180.00. Straits Insurance Co., Ld.—$7.00. Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ld.-$225, Yangtze Insurance Assocn., Ld.—$130. LANDS."
Hongkong Land Invest. & A. Co., Ld.---§74.10 Humphreys Estate and Finance Co., Ld.~$8). Shanghai LandInvest Co..(fully pd.)—'l'ls.88.00. *MINING;***
Punjom Mining Co., Ld.-g6.00,
Punjom Mining Co., Ld., pref. shares.-$1.60 Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ld.—§46.25 Sheridan Consolidated Co.-TIr. 2.50. SHIPPING,
China-Mutual preference.-TĪ8. 71,00.
Do. ordinary, £ poid.—Tls. 25.00. Co-operative Cargo Bont Co.-Tls. 140.00. Douglas Steamship Co., Ld.~$52.00. Hongkong, Canton and Macao. — $27.00, Indo-China Steam N. Co., Ld.—Tls. 45.00, Shanghai Cargo Boat Co.-Tls. 160.00. Shanghai Tugbrat Co., Ld.—Tis. 195.00. Taku Tug & Lighter Co., Ld.--T, Tlɛ. 75.00.
BUGAR,
China Sugar Refining Co., I.d,—$166,00, : Luzón Sugar Refining Co., Lď.—$55,10
Perak Sugar Cultivation Co., Ld.—Tls. 87.50. MISCELLANEOUS,
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American Cigarette Co.-Tis. 62.50. Central Stores, Ld.----$10,00. ̧ China Flour Mills Co.-Tls. 42.50.
Hall & Holts, Ld,—$31,50.
Llewellyn & Co., J., Limited.—§57.50. Major Brothers, Limited.-Tls, 87.50.
Shanghai Feather Cleaning Co.—Tis. 400,00. Shanghai Gaa Co.-Tls. 205.00. Shanghai Horse Bazaar Co., Lâ.—Tiu. 60.0).
Shanghai Ice, Cold Storage, & Refrigeration
Co., Ld., Tls. 268.00-24
Shanghai Ice Company- Tls. 95.00. Shanghai angkat tobacco Co., Ld.-Tls.95.00.
Do.
New Issue, -Fig. 25. Shanghai Rice Mills Co -- Tis, 27.00€ Shanghai-Sumatra Tobacco Co.-Tls. 66,00.5 Shanghai Waterworks Co., Ld.—T'ls, 100.00. Watson Co., A. 8., Limited.--$13,50, +(533
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ON LONDON.-
EXCHANGE.
FRIDAY, 20th January
1/114
Telegraphic Transfer
Bank Bills, on demand Bank Bills, at 30 days', sight
1/11
Bank Bills, at 4 months' sight...1/114 Credits, st 4 months sight ........1/1172. Documen ary Bills, 4 months' sight2/00
On PARIS.-
On Germany.—
On demand
ON NEW YORK.-
Bank Bills, on demand Credits, at 4 months' sight
1.2.1471
$2.571
2.001
Bank Bills, on demand
477
Credits, 60 days' sight,
481
ON BOMBAT
Telegraphic Transfer
146
Bank, on demand.
..::146)
CALCUTTA, -- MA
148
.1461
ON
Telegraphic Transfer. Bank, on demand.
ON SHANGHAI.---
Bank, at sight
Private, 30 days' sight.
ON YOKOHAMA.--
On demand...
ON MANILA.-
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On demand..
ON SINGAPORE.—
On demand.
SOVEREIGNS Bank's Buying Rate GULD LEAF, 100 fine, per taol.
.72
73
..5 % pm.
.11 % pm.
.1% pm.
10.04
.52.75
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TONNAGE.
HONGKONG, 2^th January,—At the early part, of the past fortnight there was a good demand for steamers, especially to load at Saigon, when rates. advanced to 15 cents per picul for Hongkong, but at the commencement of this week they dropped to 12 cents. Today, however, the market is firm at 13 cents per picul for medium sized carriers ready to load in 2/3 weeks. From Bangkok to Hongkong, there is still no demand, the current rate for regular liners being 10 cents outside and 15 cents per picul inside the bar.
Japan coal freights-From Moji to this $1.90; to Singapore $3.10 per ton. From Mororan, to Hongkong $3 per ton.
Several time charters have been effected" at prices equal to previous rates.
Sailing tonnage.The British ship, Howard D Troop 3,080 tons, left for Puget Sound under orders from owners. For New York, a small carrier might be placed at about 188 per ton of 40 cubic feet. The American ships. St. Mark and Abner Chown are the only vessels disengaged in portar
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