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XMAS & NEW YEAR HAMPERS
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We beg to notify Customers that Assorted Hampers raitable for the Festive Season may be obtained from us at the following Reduced Katsa şi-
No. 1 HAMPER-$38.
1 Qt. Moet & Chandon Dry Imperial 1 Qt. Superb Tawny Port.
1 Pt. Blackberry_Brandy. 1 Pt. D.O.M.
Champagne 2 Q. St. Julien Olares.
1Q Martell's XXX Brandy. -9-Ots. King George IV Gold Label
Qt. Old Brown Sherry, Black Seal...
1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin
'L
1 Qt. Burgundy, Burgoyne's.
1 Phial Pomeranzen Bitters
or Perfection Whisky:
No. 2
HAMPER-534.
1. Guillemart Champagne.
1 PL. D.O.M.
1.Qt. Bargoyne's Burgundy.
1 Qt. Martel's XXX Brandy,
2 Qts. King George IV do Label
or Perfection Whisky
2 Qta. Taway Dry Port
2 Qts. St. Julien Claret.
1 Qt. Puritad Old Tom or Dry (in
1 Q. Vino de Pasto Sherry
1 Phini Pomeranzen Bitters.
No. 3
HAMPER-$30.
1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.
1 PL. Peppermint G.F.
1.PL. DOM.
Qta. Superior Rich Old Port.
2.Qta. King George IV Gold Label
or Perfection Whisky.
1 Qt. Engrand's XXX Brandy.
1 Qt. Amontillado Shorry. IQ Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gia. 2 Qts. Modoc Claret.
1 Phil Pomeranzen Bitters,
Other Hampers made up to suit Customer's requirements.
GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.
TEL. C. No. 135.
HONG KONG,
JACOB'S
ROYAL AFTERNOON TEA BISCUITS
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10th, 1928.
Money and Markets
COLONY'S FINANCES. CANTON_SHARE MARKET
STATEMENT TO THE END
OF AUGUST.
BALANCE OF ASSETS SIX.
AND A HALF MILLIONS,
"OVER TWO MILLIONS IN.
CREASE IN REVENUE.
On
The balance of asveta ever liabilities
July 31st. WES The revenue during $13, 110,535.60. August amounted to $1,831,037.11 and the expenditure to $1,443,655.52. leaving a balance of assets August 31st of $8,408,807.19.
The revenue for 1029 up to the end of August, excluding land sales, compared was $14,559,917,96, with 13,171,508.50 for the similar period in 1927. The land sales up to August, 1929, were 8872,556.80 s against $74.506.54 for the "first eight months of 1927, making the total revetiue to August, 1998, $15,432,80-1,46
as compared with $13,208,103.41 for the similar period
in 1927.
The expenditure during the best eight months of 1925 $12,019,756.84 as against a sum of 812,450,408.00 for the similar period last year
CANTON COTTON YARN REPORTS.
REPORTS,
BETTER TONE.
The Canton share market was very active last week, and since the return of Marshal Li Tsai Hain from the North, business has been somewhat established, with the re ault that shares in several public industries and syndicates have found ready buyers.
Electric Powers have changed hands at 85, and Canton Bankow Rallways-which were offered for sale, with ce biryera, as 80.45 two weeks ago-are now quoted at 80.49 with randy buyers. China Mer chant Steamships are steady at $6.40. Central Bank is firm at $4.00. Canton Tramways have gone up to 31.00 from 31.60, with the Sun Company Auctuating between 36.30 and 88 10. Waterworks were dealt with at 83.20. Sincere Com- panys have risen from $8.80 to 800, with rendy buyers.
CANTON OIL MARKET.
The supply of groundout oil in Canton continues large, and the
the market
wa's brisk instant, prices being low.
A daintily templ-..
transactions. assortment ing
that makes team% time
a treat W. & R. JACOB & CO., Lsd, INELAND DUBLIN
on
has declined during the week.
FINDLATER'S WHISKIES.
AWARDER
Honor.
FINDLATER'S
Special Scotch Whisky.
PINE BLEND OF
SCORCH
4
8th
The
RUBIA MACKIE, TODO & 29 12 LOWA}
According to a telegram received on Friday last from Shanghai bywood-oil market is quiet owing to Auctuations of quotations making Canton cotton yarn dealers, it was stated that there had been no fur foreign buyers afraid to enter into The bean-oil market ther increase in the prices of fine yarns. There had been fewer en quiries, and the actual business done was nil. The "Shanghai mar- ket is expected to be active again in the course of the next week.
The closing quotations in Canton on December 8th were as follows:-. No. 2 Five Sona ..... $352.00
Foon Hi Butterfly
15
The quotations-for-Canton mar- ket on the Stb instans were follows:
་
Groundnut oil:-
FINDLATER'S
“OLD LIQUEUR”.
is the finest whisky shipped to the East.
Ita mellowness and age- 10 years combined with a larger proportion of Malt Whisky than is generally used in the brands of to-day account for the quality.
Like most good things, it is expensive.
FINDLATER'S "SPECIAL"
has been awarded numerous Gold Medals and Diplomas for quality in all parts of the World. Seven years old.
FINDLATER'S - Liqueur Lootch Whisky
WE KALBANTER TRAJ THE AVERAGE AGE IN TIMELINES WWKY IS BER TEN YEARS
FINDLITER, MACKER, TODD M
LONDON
THE SINCERE CO., LTD. NAM HING LOONG
TYE SHING KWAN TYE
HUNG CHEONG, Kowloon,
ALSO AT THE PRINCIPAL HOTELS AND CLUBS.
Stocked by:
Fang Chi Oil
$94.9
THE WING ON CO., LTD.
Ching How Oil.
23.0
Double Head O
24.0
THE SUN CO., LTD.
522.00
Man. How "Oil
22.7
$28.00
SANG TYE
Ho Nan, Oil
23.9
No.2 Fine Deer
460.00
Double Horse
452.00
Kwongsi Wood Oil
27.0
CHUEN YUEN
Tailin Bean Oil,
98.0
Tin Koon
459.00
THE EMPRESS STORE, Kowloon.
No. 20 Gold City
Globe
329.00
RAHIM'S STORE. Stämen. ...
203.00
HONG KONG STOCK-
Ha Chao
$24.00
Double Horse
390.00
EXCHANGE.
Double Elephant
327.00
Tramcar
317.00
Shepherd
314.00
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
Three Stars
325.00
No. 18 Globe
309.00
Protect your Child
Any moment your child may be infected at school, or in the street, by little playmates
Give her a Formamint tablet, morning and evening.
That will protect her against
Tonsilitis, Whooping, Cough,
Sore Throat, Influenza,
Measles and Diphtheria.
FORMAMINT
The Germe Killing Throne Tablaz
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
VANS PASTILLES made to a formula
EVANS
Dad to pior, ure
Fui Kwai Men Clock
No. 12 Golden City
.. Peacock
Fui Kwai Tramcar Aeroplane...
No. 20 Sailing Vessel
City of Gold Peacock
Lotus Bee
Five Lions
No. 6 Lion No. 1
DECEMBER 8TH, 1928. 305.00 .K. Banks $1.325 BOUL. 308.00
Do London...£140 nom. 900.00 Chartered Banks2 buy. 285.00 Mercantile Banks, A. 48...£24 nom.
Do..
O...£14 nom, 286.00
P. & O. Banks 1900 277.00 275.00 East Asia Bank
nom.
182 kom.
276.00 Canton Insurances2000 sel
357 Bel. 287.00 Union Insurances. $354 bay. 271.00 North China Ins......... Tis, 160 boy. 285.00 anderwriters.....2.15 sel
Insurances....... $50 nom 260.00 na Fire Insurances sel.
Chins
$290 bay. Dhina 950.00
Hong Kong Fire Ins..... $750 200.00
$3000.
218.00 ugao ruin B
HK. Steamboats. HK Tag
Lion No. 2...... Hut How
Do. (DAL) Shell Transporta
Lade-China (Prat)
15 bay,
CANTON MARKET REPORTS.
Native Rice.
.811.00
9.80
9.45 Shanghai Loans .........
Bom.
$72) buy. 118- nom The following were the quotaziou Valerio ta.......982 buy. tions for rice, flour, and sugar ia,
Benguete
$21 bay, Canton ou December 8th.
Kailan Mining Admin.... 75/- boy, Langkata(combined)......Tla. 11
(single)....Tls. of Rom.
•TH. 2.35 bay.. 19.20 S'ha Explorations pol
3 buy. Banbe
...$51 za Tronoh Min 17/8 now. B.KK. Wharfa...... $135S sel, 1834 sa.. EK & W. Docks.........$37 nom Chias Providents T. 156 buy.
$5 vol. 11.50 Hongker ............ T..
New Engineerings......, nom. Shanghai Docks ........ 103 on. 810.00 Era Cottons...Th. 18.19 buy,, 13.15 s.
Oriental Cottont......... Tls, 2.40 sol. 9.05 S'hai. Cotton (old)....Tla. 64 buy. (now)......Tis. 31 buy. 8.18 H.K. & Hotels... 391 buy. 9.40 sel.
HK
Lands
Chai Mai White Rice See, Mui White Rice Swatow White Rice Kam Fung, Sui Rive
Annam Rice. Green Lion White Rice Three Marks ... Red Bell White Rice Red Star White Rice
Siam Bice. Green Lion White Rice Full Moon White Rice Ching Fuk White Rice
810.0
9.44
2.05
9.30
prescribed by Doctors lorralinying Coughs. Colds, Catarrh and Wesk Chests. antiseptic vapours penetrale into inner. most parts, giving instant folial. Nothing their equal.
The
Red Pearl Brewer Rice** Blue Seal Brewer Rice
6.85
Do.
EVANS'
ANTURETIC THRBAT
Pastilles
Made in England and sold by Chemirta averywháre,
м
Sole Agents --
Drink
Green Seal Brewer Rice
Sugar.
6.75
No. 2 course powder sugar8.00
hanghai Lands
Humphreys Estates..............$151 B.K. Realtion.nom.
ELK. Tramways... 7:60
$19 buy. 19.20 sel, 13.30. $13. Dai (Bow)$8.30 now.
Do. (1928 Lasne)...$12.05 nom.
H.K. Electrica (old)...... 352 91,
No. 3
do
No: 20
do
7.70
No: 1 granulated sugar....
8.70
Peak Train (old)'
No. 1 ne granulated sugar
10.10
Refined sugar
8.60
Star Ferriss
Spring native sugar
10.10
Wai, Chow refined sugar....
8.20
China Lights (ok).........$12 al. & s Do. (new).........$12.15
m.
Flour.
Man of War .....
$4.15
Silver Seal
4.20
Banana
4.15
more
Cheung Luk
4.15
Maize
3.95
Sword of Kwantai
4.30
Cannon
4.80
4.49
4.50
Dog's Head
4.60
Onston
Ices
Asahi Beer
it is refreshing and invigorating.
MAISUT BUSSAN KAISHA LTD
HONGKONG
Cabbage
Dalton
KEROSENE OIL.:
Do.
Do. (new)......351) now. Macao Electrics118) bay,
..$7.30 sal, cam right Telephones an
$5.70 nom. x rights"
3 bay. China Bus ****** 12. Hum.
TL 10.80 s. Hingapore Tractions....
Da. (Pref.)....
Do. rights
19/5 sel China Bugar........... 30 cts. nom.' Malabon Bugars
my
$3 DO
Cements (combined) $2.50 bay, 8.90 aoi.
noto.
Do. (914)...$7.80 sel. Do. (new)31) mal., 1.20 nm, EK. Epes (old)
37.80 no Do
$7.55 nom. 35 nom.
buy,,? sel. $14.901
There is a heavy demand for kerosene oil in Canton resulting in United Arberton s prices going up during the week- end. It is also understood that the Dairy Farms......
Watsons Der A Wing Lane Crawfords. to go higher. Closing quotations Mackintosh... were as follows on December 8th:
stock carried is insufficient to meet the demand, and prices are likely
Per case.
New Starpoin 87:70 New Balance
New Hang Fuk
.7.40. 17,30
Now Eagle Brand ...... 7.20
More Shaunz Hea Tree 7.30 lime Das Bzón
$0 eta. buy. $3.06 nom ..$20 nom. ..$ui buy.
Bimber ***** W Powell....
..$3.66 buy, H.K. Amusementa
$28 L HK. Constractions G.. B'ous, Indus, G.$Bowls... HK Cork Losos baybayers; #eĽ-gellara
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WILKINSON, HEYWOOD & CLARK
BANK NOTES IN CIRCULA-
TION.
STATEMENT FOR NOVEMBER.
The returns
of
the average amount of bank notes in circula- tion and of specie in reserve in montb Hong Kong, during the ended Noveraber 30th, as certified, by the Managers of the respective
banks:
Hanki. Chartered Bank H.K. & S.
Average Specie Amount, in Reserve.
$15,066,061 8 5,000,000*
Bank...... 45,300,433 34,000,000't
Mercantile
Back
Total
1,772,810 .880,000 $ 882,140,007 840,580,000
In addition Sterling Securities are deposited with the Crow Agenta valued at £1,80,100.
† In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agerts and.
- Straits Government valued at
£2,993,202.-
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& NOVELTIES.
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