Page
1st, 1928.
FROM THE ELECTRIC
LIGHT SOCKET
XMAS & NEW YEAR HAMPERS
P
We beg to notify Customary that Assorted Hampers suitable for the Festive Season may be obtained from usag the following Badtoed Retai
No. 1 HAMPER $38.
1.Qt.. Moet & Chandon Dry Imperial 1 Qt. Superb Tawny Port.
Champagne 2 Qts. St. Julien Claret.
"J
1 Ft. Blackberry Brandy. 1 Ft. D.O.M.
1 Qt. Martell's XXX Brandy.
2 Qts. King George IV Gold Label
or Perfection Whisky!
1 Qt. Old Brown Sherry, Black Seal. Qt Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin.
1 Qt. Burgundy, Burgoyne's. 1 Phisi Pomeranzen Biltors.
No. 2 HAMPER-$34.
1 Qt. Guillemart Champagne,
1 PL. D.O.ML
1 Qt Burgoyne's Burgundy.
1 Qt. Martell's XXX Brandy.
2Qs. King George IV Gold Label
or Perfection Whisky.
Qts. Tawny Dry Port.
2 qts. St. Julien Claret.
1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin.
1 Qt. Vino de Pasto Sherry...
I Phil Pomeranzen Bitters.
No. 3
HAMPER—$30,
1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.
1 Pt. Peppermint G.F.
.1 PL. D.ÜM.
Qts. Superior Rich Old Port..
2 Qua. King George IV Gold Label
or Perfection Whisky.
1 Qt. Engrand's XXX, Brandy,
1 Qt. Amontillado Sherry.
2 Qts. Madoc Claret,
1 Fhia! Pomeranzen Bitters.
Other Hampers made up to suit Customer's requirements,
GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.
TEL. C No. 135,
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER
Money and Markets
HONG KONG MARKET REPORTS.
Business done in the Hong-Kong- Food Market.. yesterday in rice sugar, ete, included the following quotations:-
GUN
OVERSEA MARKET
TIME
REPORTS.
NOVEMBER-10th.
さ
133 guilders
...133 guilders
1.13.7-16 guilders.
London, Dec. 19. bld.
London, Mar......1, 114d. -13 London, May
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Rice.
Per Pical
Green Three Golden Cash, White Long Rice,, 183 hags
....... $7.29
Red Horse White Long, Rice.
312 lings
Sugar. New York, Dee......2.04 cents -.03 Now York, Mar.......11 cents New York, May.2.19 centa New York, Sept......34 cents New York (Cuban)...24 cents Java, Spot Nov. 9.03 Dec.
03 +.04 +.03
15 guilders
Red Kwai White Long Rice,
JALL
........131 guilders
147 bags ....
4.05
Feb.
Red Hung To White Siam
180 bags
4.97
Green Hung To White Siam
13s. Id."
1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin.
Rice, 124 bags.
674
1.
Kai Kwan White Siam Rice,
314 hags
7.09.
New York Raw Silk. Crack Double Extra.
Three Star White Siam Rice,
230 hagk
Spot
$3.15 +.03
6.78
Extra, Spot
$5.02
÷.05
Red Seal Pink Rige, 69 bags Green Seal Rice, 41 bags..... White Rice Brand. 1,700 bags Green Full Moon White Rice,
3.93
Nov.
25.11
3.03
Dec.
$5,08
3.58
Jun.
$5.07
Feb.
.25.05
HONG KONG.
384 bags
7.02
Mar.
23.06
Red Sun White Slam Rice,
***
Apt.
$5.016
241 bags..... Red Sau White Long Rice,
219 bags.
43
May
$5:07
Munn
..$3.06 -.01
7.12
Chicago Wheat.
Red Sun White Siam Rice,
404 bags
1.47
Dec
$1.151
Red Seal White Rier, $11
bags
| May |
..81.23)
5.91
Spot
.81.10
Red Seal White Rice, 67 bags No. White Brewer Rice, 993
hugs..
6.75.
London Rubber.
可
Spot
...8.5-16d.
6.2
No. 3 White broken Rice, goo
bagg
No. 1 White Broken Rice, 144
bags
Jan.-Mar.
9. +1-16
3.23
New York Rubber.
Spot
.179c.
3.8G
Jan.-Mar.
.179c.
Red Seal White Brand, 200
haga
3.51
Sugar,
Per Jai
Picul.
No.
No.
20
No. 20 coarse powdered
Fine granulated sugar, 100.
bags
powdered eoarse sugar, 150.bags ....
powdered course sugar, 300 bags...............
Shanghai Cotton Yarn.
89.33
Nov.
Apr.
3.90
Wall Street.
-
Egyptian Raw Cotton,
35.25 tallaris
35.73 tallaris ll
165.3 thels -.3 138.0 taels ; -.5
BRITAIN'S NATIONAL
PROSPERITY.
6.93
1701
-12
sugar, 200 bags .
8.90
KXo.
24
coars powdered
sugar, 500-hága
7.93
'Cent
Yo. 24 course powdered
sugar, 200 bags
Spot
7,30
Dec.
.19.63
(19.80 +710
+.00
No. 24 coarse powdered "
CORTS! sugar, 1,400 bags...
sugar, 200 baga **** 1.30 No. 2.1
Highest Lowest
.19.65
19.52
-powdered
Jan.
10.54 +9
7.30
Mar.
Miscellaneous.
May
July
"
WURM'S
STOMACH DOCTOR
The Best Bitter for the Stomach.
Best Remedy for Poor Appetite, Deficient Digestion and Disorderly Stomach.
Obtainable at
THE WING ON CO., LTD.
Rub It in
ΤΟ
For ACHES & PAINS
remove stiffness in muscles or
joints--to relieve sprains, swellings and strains to stop sharp twinges of rheumatism, sciatica, or pains in the back and chest, use Zam-Buk as an embrocation-"Rub It In."
This great balm contains rare her bal essences so refined that they are absorbed naturally into, the tissues. Zain-Buk quickly drives out poison) and pain; it removes inflammation and soreness in a wonderful way.
Rheumatism."| suffered sereshly from rbeutalisz. writes, Mr. M. A. Hämmin, of Bain Hakk's Lane Ballycunde, P.0. Cal. cutta. "Although medical train for over muniba, my
adition falled to im pren. Z however, rubbed into
my sabing limit, on drave out
pal
and berished tha
Larbie completely.“
Sprained Ankle,
When severaly *prained my ankle the prescribed doctor
Zam-Bak." writes Mia S..Cooksey, of Hoches Rd., Grant Rd.
"B P..ay. told as I would beva saved much worry and experm if I had used Zato-fuk at brtt.
kea Zain-Buk
Now and Jepend spoo it for alt inneins sid akin troubles."
"All chemists and medicine vendors
A fere ma
ade wifi Zam-Buk twice o Thrice s dor will remove Almost an. pasin.
1.2.107.
7am Buk
FREE FROM ANIMAL FATS.
Apents:-Howen, A. B. Hounder & Co., Ltd., ÉO. Box 156, Hong Kong.
Asahi Beer
Invigorating & refreshing.
White Grapes, 10 cases, a $37.00
per case.
Luk On Teh, 70 cases, at 856.00 per
case.
Red Melon Seeds, 30 bags at 826.00
per bag.
Green Beans, 50 bags, at 87.00 per
hag.
Steel Anaconda
109 +3 Shares dealt in. 4,300,000" +1,500,000 ·
New York Raw Gotton.
19.53 +.06 19.44 +.06 ....19.30 .08.
Bombay Raw Cotton
Rupet. Broach. FG Apr.-May....35.2 -1 315 -9 Orra, F Des.-Jaa....... Bengal, FG Dec.-Jan.......294-1
NOVEMBER 19th.
London Bar Silver,
Yellow Beans, 300 bags at 86.50 per
bag.
On London," Spot 'New York
262d. :..581
MATCHES TRADE IN
NANYANG."
CANTON NATIVE PRODUCTS.
New York T.T.
On
England Japan China
Although Canton relies chiefly upon foreign matches this com- modity is also produced in the inland districts of the province.
As a result of the Anti-Japanese Dec. Boycott, everyone has been urged Jan. to use the native commodity, so the Feb.
Mar.. demand for Chinese native made matches is on increase in every Apr. port. The factories are working at May high pressure and reaping a great harvest. There are about fac- lories in Canton each able to pro-. dues, about 30 eases at 838 per ense. "Japanese And Swedish Matches.
LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
..
A COMFORTING REVIEW.
LITTLE BUSINESS.
MESSRS, BENJAMIN & POTTS' REPORT.
A commendable attempt to com- hine or one CANVAS the partial statistical-sketches of national Messes Beniamin & Potts. in well-being contained in indices of i
population, income, their weekly review of the Hong production.
c., is made by Mr. G. D. Roke Kong share markets, dated yester. ling in his British Index of
day state:There is no improve
National Prosperity. Va peperament to report since our last cir
Mr. Rokeling's index is
work, for while there are statisticular, and business continues more cal records of many phases of
oredak restricted. While there is British prodretive activity a com- "posite etatistical picture of a fair amount of enquiry for the national prosperity has never yet favourite counters, on the whole the been attempted, though an indes week has been devoid of interest. of German prosperity was
con-
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
KOVEMBER 30T0, 1928.
B.K. Banks..........
.......$1,396 bay.
བཅས ་ བ བ བ ན བ ཏ
Da, London.....21294 nom. Chartered Banks Lid buy Mercantile Banks, A. &B...£31 nom.
Doy
0...£14) bom
est nom
buy.
..1359 #el.
P.&O. Banks East Asia Bank Canton Insurances.... Union Insurances „ North Chins Ins. .....fls. 160 bay, Yangtare Insurances......M. $50 nom. Chias Underwriters.82) China Fire Insurances....$280 buy,
$384 nom.
Kong Fire Ins.......$780 sel..
Hong structed for the Dawes Pian. In and prices in several instances have Dreamboat 284 buy.
were
H. Steamboats...
HK
Tags
$1.60 mom.
$12 bay
118 bay.
nom.
Do. (Del.)....
Transports Waterboata.. Benguets. pesa Kailan Mining Admin....75)- nom. Langhata (combined)...... 11 nom.
$870 with no business reported.8%. (ringle)........
Hong Kong Fires are obtainable at
50
Explorations Shanghai Loans Bauba
nature of things is not an reacted to a lower level ideal index, for the statistical re Hong Kong and Shanghai Banks, Indo-Chinse (Pref.) sources at present available are have remained steady and -1-16 notoriously inadequate but it can realised again at 31.325. The Shell and does claim to yield a rough London quotation is £140 (Middle). picture of the fluctuations in prosperity as a whole over each Bank of East Asin's are slightly $1.84 +1-32 year of the period 1920-27 relative firmer with buyers at 862 and sales Unions have fallen 846.9-16 to 1021. Mr. Rokeling's method made at $83.
has been to utilise such statistics away to 8358. Cantons are quoted .864.5-16 "→1-18 |
as are available of the volume of NOVEMBER 20th.
raw material worked up by indus- try, of the number of productive Osaka Raw Cotton.
workers, and of the consumption Opening. Closing.
of coal to construct an index of 61.45 61.50 +.35 production. This index he has $1.90 62.20 +.6O
then combined with an index of 62.85 +.5.5
net real income from foreign in vestment to give an index of real The resultant national income,
Hong Kong Lands were realised figures he has then divided by in dex, numbers of population to give again at 2661. Humphreys Estates an index of real national inçoniere on offer at 8151 Hong Kong Trums were favoured again and ad- His final national per head.
Hong vanced further to $10.80, 945.00 +3.00 prosperity numbers, work out as
Kong Electrics (Old) have been in 22.80 +2.20 follows:-
good demand and were negotiated (1021-100)
at $5 and $531, while the New shares have changed hands at 852. China Lights (Old) nased off early in the week to $12.20 but have sinen come to business at 312.40.
#3
.62.45
C3.20
.63.60
+.30
...... 63.00
03.85
+160
63.70 04.00 +.85
Osaka Cotton Yarn... Opening Closing.
Nov,
843.00 .241.00 .230.30
240.70 +3.00
•
.237.70,
238.80 +2.50
j020
,236.70
237.80 +2.10
1921
236.40
238.50 +3.30
1022
036.70
238.30 +3.00
1923
93.
1021
100
1025
100
1220
01
1927
105
Dee, Jan. Formerly, Japanese matches do- Feb: minated the Nanyang market, but Mar. since the Tsinan Incident the boy | Ana. cott has been operating and the May Chinese and Swedish products have: shared a monopoly Swedish matches are being imported in Nanyang at a rate of about 120 gases a month,
Cement.
Osaka Sugar. Opening. Closing.
11.71 11.76 +.05 11.77 11.83 +,00 10.07
11.18+
Nov.
Dec.
Jan
11.00 +.08
Cement used in Hong Kong is Feb mostly from Green Island and the Mar? island of Formosa. The Green Apr. Island cement is the better, but the Formosa prices are lower...
11.01
11.13 +11
come
11.02
11.13.+.00
11.00
Osaka Rica.
is
Nov.
its. it
Dec;
Jan.
Here the Formosan cement aridom used but owing to cheapness, the Cantonese büy and during the last five months ago, large shipments of Formosa cement have been sent to Canton through the Colony, but again, since the Nov. Anti-Japanese boycott, the Formosa Dec. cement has seldom-been seen on the Jan. Canton Market.
Opening Closing,
99.56 29.44 -.16
30.23-16
101
**
1
.09.
Hong Kong, Canton and Macno Steamboats are firmer and were bid China Providents can up to $21.
placed at 5. Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels were dealt in to a fair extent up to 89.60.
$2 buy.
Ta. 5 DOLL. Tim. 118) buy,
buy.
851 bug. Tronoh Mines!?
..17/6 noza. HK. & K. Wharf... $137 el. H.K. & W: Docks 837 nom Chins
Providente...$4.35
bur, 5.10 sal. The. 158 buy. Hongk Naw Engineerings...Tls. 5 nom. Shanghai Dooks.......11. 103 mos. Ewo Cottons... Tl. 13.30 5xy,, 13; sa. Oriental Cotton.........T. 2.40 sel.
'hai. Cottons (old)...... (Th, 64 buy. 64 as. x. div. Do. (new)... Tis 311 buy z diy, H.K. & S. Hotels......, 89.45 buy. 9.70 sol. 9.45/sa. nom. E.K. Lands
Tis. 138 sol. Shanghai Lands Ta Eamphreys Estates......$15 wel. H.K. Realties.....$8 Dom. ELK. Tramways.....$19.66 buy. Peak
Trama (old)...$13 buy.
(new) $6.34 nom. Star Ferrier
Star Ferries continue on offer at $674. China Sugars have armed Uhins Lights fold........ $12.40 s.
Do. (201) 812.30 nom.
..$12.20. moms
3513 buy,, 52sa.
ip 65 cents. Dairy Farms have
Do. (1929 lasue) $63 bay. This picture of real national in further declined and were sold down
Green Island Cements H.K head of population to $23.
Electrice (old) per
Da. (UOW). squares, it may be noted, with the (Combined) have also been on the Board of Trade's new index of weak side and were booked at 80. Macao Electrios 382 buy.
$7.30 bay, cam rights production, which gave for 1027 Ewas have shown renewed strength Telephone..........
Do.
$6.70 bay, x rights figure of 107.5, and with Sir and were put through at the close
Do. rights.....$3 buy, Josiah Stamp's view, as expressed at Tls. 13). Orientals are offering China Buses......fl. If bay.. at the annual general meeting of at Tls. 2.40. Shanghai Cottons (Old) Singapore Tractions......12/. now, the London Midland and Scottish
Do. 20.80 29.80.10
were done at Tis. 844 and continue
(Fref.... 18/3 sol 30.44
Railway on February 24th Inst, in request.
China Sugar
05 ct. bay, that the advance in production in
Malabon Bagar
a buy Yokohama Sik.
1927 compared with the average of
Chatom Icea.............$3 now. Opening. Closing, the four years 1022-23 was probably
Cements (combined)......19.30 al., 9. ..136.00 137.00 +.50 10 per cent. The author also finds
Do (old) ......$8) sel. 137.50 137.40 .40 close correspondence between his 137.00-20. index and the tonnage of general railway merchandise carried by 137.40 -.10 137.00
and motor goods vehicles expressed asa percentage of the total "for 1924. On the face of the continued depression of the ecal, iron and steel, and heary industries general- ly, all this agreement upon the up- ward movement of British pros
130.69
Feb. Mar.
..137.10 137,00
14
CANTON FLOUR MARKET.
J
CANTON GROUNDNUT OIL MARKET.
fortnight During the past
The quantity of flour: imported groundnut oil quotations have been from Hong Kong this week has lower in Canton for large quanti-been small and quotations have perity and productive activity is tics have been sent from the three shown an upward teader by Buyers tributable, of course, in large part
very comforting. The growth is at river districts. Wood oil has also have held back but if no flour into the expansion of the newer in been cheaper and the supply has ported in the rear future prices dustries,
electrical engineering, exceeded the demand. The bean oil will continue upward.
motor-car manufacture, and the market keeps quiet as usual.
The quotations in yesterday's production of artificial silk." market were as the following:-
The quotations for differens kinde of oil in yesterday's market were as follows:-
.. Per
Picul.
Cannon
ASAH
New fansze oil
20:40
White Cabbage
"21.40′′ 23.30
Apple moun
Double Crab
28.40
Sole Agents-
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA LTD.
HONG KONG.
0:1 fansze oil-
„Old. taimin,äil
Wood oil
Bean oil
EXCHANGE RATES.
[BRITISH WIREL£38 BEEVICE]
Paris
Brussels
Amsterdam Berlin Copenhagen Vienna Helsingfors
Lisbon
607.
47.15/32
Do. (De)...$1.50 wel.
ELK. Ropes (old)
Do
(1)
United Asbestos
.........$7.80 noma.
Der A Wings.............
221 bel, 22.
$14 ROL
80 cts, buy.
Lane Crawford............. $3.00
DOK
Mackintosha........... 320 mm.
Sincere...
Wm. Powells.........
H.K. Amusement
...89+ bay.
$3.65 bay.
H.K. Constructions waniki, nom.
*37.55
Ronay, Nov. 20th."
55 nom.
124.10
Dairy Farms. Watsons
34.10
12.078
20.35
18.19
24.503
192)
308
Bucharest" Buenos Aires
New York Geneva
4.95.3/16
93.19
Milan
92,55
Stockholm
Per
Bale.
Oslo
18.19
84.75
Red Hing
4.13
Prague
4.54 Five Swallows
Madrid
1634 30.086
4.23
Athena
376
418-Bed-Box-
4.20
4.25
Silver Beal
4.24
Bombay
6.28/89 21/8.1/27
407(Continued at foot of next column.)
Yokohama Shanghai
/10.23/32
Hong Loa
19.70 (Continued at foot of next column.) · Man-of-Way
18.14
B'que.Indus. G.$Fanda...664% buy. ELK, Govt. Loan.........5% prem. sel. bay-buyers; sel-sellers; sa-salón;