September 2, 1899.]
COTTON MILLS.—Continue neglected. Quota- Hons for the Northern Mills are taken from the last Fhanghai circulars.
MISCELLANEOUS-Star Ferries have found buyers at $174, Watsons at $163 and 817, Electrics at $13 and $131, and Fenwicks at $43. Green Islands have been on offer at $31 with out inducing business. Dairy Farms are on. quired for in a small way and China Providents have changed hands at $9.90 and $10. Closing quotations are as follows:-
COMPANY.
Banks
Hongkong & Shai... China & Japan, órdy. Do. deferred Natl. Bank of Chinn'
B. Shares ...... Foun. Shares... Bell's Asbertos E. A.... Campbell, Moore & Co.j China Prov. L. & M.. China Sugar Cotton Mille
Ewo
PAID UP.
QUOTATIONS.
[$670,
$125 356 p. ct. prem.,
· £4 £1.
£1 £5 58.
£8 $25. buyers £8 $2, buyers £1 tominal $10 $12, buyers $10 $9.90, sellers $100 $151, sellers
Tls. 100 Tls. 67, buyers Tls. 100 Tls. 75
International
Laon Kung Mow
Tls. 100 Tls. 77)
Tls. 500 Tls. 350
Soychee
Yahloong... Hongkong Dairy Farm.
Fenwick & Co., Geo... Green Island Cement... H. & C. Bakery Hongkong & C. Gas Hongkong Electric H. H. L. Tramways . Hongkong Hotel Hongkong Ice...
H. & K. Wharf & G...
Hongkong Rope.. H. & W. Dock Insurance
Canton
⚫ China Fire
:China Traders'
Hongkong Fire North-China Straits Union Yangtze Land and Building-
Hongkong Land Inv. Humphreys Estate... Kowloon Land & B.
West Point Building Luzon Sugar
Mining
Tls. 100 Tls. 57)
$100 $70, selters
$6 $5.25. buyers
$25 $43, sales & sellers 80 $30, buyers $50 $25.
£10 $127.
$10 $13, buyers $100 $145.
$50 $180, buyers $25 $130, buyers $50 $97, buyers $50 $19, buyers $125 $520p.ct. prem.
[8775, buyers $50 $150, buyers $20 ($881.
$25 $63, buyers
$50 $312, buyers
£25 Tl. 200, buyers
$20 $64, sales & sellers $50 $260.
$60 $117, buyers
$50 $108, buyers
$10 $10, buyers. $30 $29, sellers $50 $35, ellers $100 $54.
Charbonnages ....... Fes, 250
Gt. Estn. & C’donian
Do. Preference...
Jelebu
Queen's Mines Id....
Oliver's Mines, A....
.Do.
B.
Punjom
Do. Perference...
Raubs
New Amoy Dock
Steamship Coys.--.
China nnd. Manila... China Mutual Pref. China Ordinary
...Do. Douglas Steamship H., Canton and M.. Indo-China S. N. Star Ferry Tebrau Planting Co.
Do.
United Asbestos Do
ZaWanahai Warehouse ... 2 Watson & Co., A.S.
$245, buyers
$
$3,25 sellers
$1
80 cts., sellers
$5 814, ellers
25c. 50 cls., sellers
$5 $84, buyers
$41 $64, buyers $6 $9.
$1 $2.
158.10d $624, buyers
$63 $162, buyers
$50 $91.
£10 £9, 158., buyers £10 £6, 0s, buyers £5 £3, 0s., buyers $50 $53, sellers $15 $32, selles £10 $67, buyers $7$171, buyers $5 $5, sellers $3 $3, ellers $2 $21, buyers $10 $10, nominal
$37 $45, buyers $10 $17, sellers J. Y. V. VERNON, Broker.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
| ping.-Indo-China Steam Navigation shares | bave been in demand, and business was done at Tie, 521 caslı, Tls. 64 for October, and Tls. 54] for December. China Mutual 8. N. Preference shares were sold at Tls, 72, and Ordinary, with £5 paid up, at Tls. 80. Sugars. Perak Sugar Cultivation shares were placed for December at Tls: 68) at which shares are offering. Luzon
SHANGHAI, 28th August.-(From Messrs. J. P. Bisset & Co.'s Report)-With exception of Bank shares, a fair general business was done, and prices were well-inaintained, with improvements in some cases. Banks.-Hongkong and Shang- *hai Banking Corporation. No local busines is -reported, in the absence of buyers. We quote 959 per cent, premium, as the closing cash price. 5 Marine Insurance.-Unions improved in Hong- kong to $247). North Chinns were sold at Tls. 1*200 and are wanted. Cantons were sold to Hongkong at $147) Straits Insurance Co.-The achome for reconstruction has failed, and the Directors recommend voluntary liquidation. Fire Insurance-No local business reported. Ship
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203
SUGAR,
China Sugar Refining Co Lugon Sugar Refining Co., Perak Sugar Cultivation Co., Ld.~Th, 61.00, MISCELLANEOUS,
American Cigarette Co. →→Tla, 67,50, ve 15-20 Central Stores, Ld. -$11,00,123, nasll China Flour Mille Co.-Tls 30.00, 7991 Hall & Holtz, Ld.—$96,00.
Llewellyn & Co., J., Limited.—$56,00. Major Brothers, Limited—178, 35,007) - *- Shanghai Feather Cleaning Co,—Nominal. Shanghai Gas Co.-$200.00,
Shanghai Horse Bazaar Co., Id.—Tià: 80,00. Shanghai Ice, Cold Storage, & Refrigeration
· Co., Ld.. Tls. 86,00;
Shanghai Pangkat Tobacco Co., Ld. Fr: 140. Shanghai Rice Mills Co.-Tls#25,00/2002. Shanghai-Sumatra Tobacco Co,-TIs, 17:50. Shanghai Waterworks Co., Ldi-Tis! £62:00, Watson Co., A. 8., Limited.➡$18.00 4M
Sugar Refining shares are wanted at $53, and are held for $54. Docks," Wharves and GodowDS.- Shares in Boyd & Co. are wanted. S. C. Farnham & Co. shares changed hands at Tla. 215. Shang- hai Engineering Preference shares were sold at Tls. 110, and Ordinary at Tls. 95. Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf shares have been in demand, partly to cover short sales for the 31st current, und business was done at Tis. 2271/235 for cash and for the 31st and Tls. 2421 for 31st December. Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown shares were purchased from Hongkong at $97. Lands.-Shanghai Land Investment shares · were sold at Tls. 62) and 62. Hongkong Land Invest- ment shares were sold at $106. Humphreys Estate and Finance shares were purchased from Hongkong at $10.40. Industrial Shanghai Gas shares were placed at Tls. 200. In Cotton Mill shares business Was done:-E-wOS at Tis. 65 cash, Internationals at Tls. 75 cash, and Laou-kung-mows nt Tis. 80 for 31st December. | ON Shanghai Eis Action Gesellschaft.—At the ex- traordinary meeing of shareholders held on the 24th it was unanimously decided to sell the plant to the Shanghai Ice Co. and liquidate the Co. The vendors receive three shares in the Ice Co. for each share, and they have also the Resci ve Fund, and the profits on the year's working. Shangbai Ice C.8. & R. Co.-The resolution to increase the capital by the creation of 3,000 new shares was confirmed at the meeting held on the 24th. Shares have changed hands at Tls. 36, cum the right to the new issue at par. Tugs & Cargo Boats.-Shanghai Tug Boat shares were placed at Tls. 2321 Miscellaneous.-Shanghai- Langkat Tobacco shares were sold at Tls. 125, Tis. 130 and Tls. 140 cash; Hall and Holtz shares were placed at $86, and shares in A. S. Watson & Co. at $18. Loans.-Taku Tug and Lighter 6 per cent. Debentures were placed at par, and Shanghai-Sumatra 7 per cent. Debentures also at par, plus the accrued interest in both cases. 6 per cent. Debentures are wanted.
Quolations are :----
BANKS,
Hongkong and Changhai.-$579.76. Bank of China and Japan, Ld.—£1.0.“.
Do. ordinary.—£.5.5.0. National Bank of China, Ld.—$25.00. COTTON MILLS,
Ewo Cotton Spinning & W. Co., Ld.—Tls. 62.50. Hongkong Cotton S. W. & D. Co.-$75.00. International Cotton Man. Co., Ld.—Tis. 75.00. Laou-kung-mow Cotton Co., Ltd.-'T'ls. 77.50. Soy Chee Cotton Spinning Co., Ld.—Tls. 350.00.
Docks, WHARVES, &C.,
Boyd & Co., Ld., Founders.--Nominal. Boyd & Co., Limited.-Tls. 190.00.
ON
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EXCHANGE.
FRIDAY, 1st September.
4/11,
London.-
Telegraphic Transfer Bank Bills, on demand Bank Bills, at 30 days' sight Bank Bills, at 4 months' sight .::1/11 Credits, at 4 months' sight Documentary Bills, 4 months' PARIS.--
Bank Bills, on demand Credits, at 4 months sight
ON GERMANY:---
ON
On demand. NEW YORK.-
Bank Bills, on- demand' Credits, 60 days' sight
ON BOMBAT.—-
Telegraphic Transfer, Bank, on demand;, ON CALCUTTA
Telegraphic Transfer "Bank, on demand.
ON SHANGHAI,--
Bank, at sight Private, 30 days' sight
ON YOKOHAMA.
On demand..
ON MANILA.—-
On demand..
Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf Company.-$998. | On Singapore :-- Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co..Ld.—$768.75. S. C. Farnham & Co.-Tls. 215.00, Shanghai Engineering S. & D. Co.—Tls. 95,00, Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co.-Tls. 235.00. INSURANCES,
Canton Insurance Office, Ld.—$146.25. China Fire Insurance Co., Ld.—$89.00. China Traders' Insurance Co., Ld.—$62:00. Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.—$312.50. North China Insurance Co., Ld.—Tle. 200 00. Struits Insurance Co., Ld.—$6.50. Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ld. +$247. Yangtaze Insurance Assocn., Ld.—$115,00. LANDS,
Hongkong Land Invest. & A. Co., Ld.-$105.00. Humphreys Estate & Finance Co., Ld.-$10.40. Shanghai Land Invest. Co., (fully pd.)~Tls.82.00. MINING,
Punjom Mining Co., Ld.—$11.00. Punjom Mining Co., Ld., pref, shares.-$2.00. Baub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ld.—$60.50 Sheridan Consolidated Co.—Tlf. 4.00. SHIPPING,
China-Mutual preference.—Tls. 72.00.
Do. ordinary, 25 paid.Tls. 30.CO. ́Co-operative Cargo Boat Co.-Tls, 170.00.
Douglas Steamship Co., Ld.-$57.00* Hongkong, Canton and Macao:-$32.00. Indo-China Steam N. Co., Ld.—-Tls. 52.50, Shanghai Cargo Boat Co.--Tls: 175.00. Shanghai Tugbeat Co., Ld.-Tls-232,50,- Taku Tng & Lighter Co., Ld.-T. Tls. 75:00.
44.2 pm.
On demand.
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