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2.Qte. Superior Rich Old Port.
2 Qt. King George IV Gold Label
1 Qt. Engrand's XXX Brandy.
1 Qt. Amontillado Sherry.
2 Qts. Madoo Claret.
1 Phil Pomeranzen Bitters,
Other Hampers made up to suit Customer's requirements.
GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.
TEL. C. No. 135,
2
XMAS & NEW YEAR HAMPERS
We beg to notify Customers that Assorted Hampere suitable for the Festive Season may be obtained from us at the following Beduced Estas :—–
No. 1 HAMPER-$38.
1 Q. Moet & Chandon Dry Imperial
1 Pt. Blackberry Brandy. 1 PL. D.O.M.
1 Qt. Superb Taway Port. Champagnata. St. Julien Claret.
י י
1 Qt. Martell's XXX Brandy. * Qta King George IV Gold Label!
or Perfection Whisky.
1 Qt. Old Brown Sherry, Black Seal 1 Qt. Paritan Old Tom or Dry Gin, 1 Qt. Bargandy, Burgayna's. 1 Phil Pomeranzen Bittern.
No. 2
HAMPER-$34.
1 Qt. Guillemart Champagne.
1 Pt. D.O.M.
1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy,"
1 Qt. Martell's XXX Brandy.
2 Qts. King George IV Gold Label
Qte. Taway Dry Port
Qta. St. Julien Claret
1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin.
IQ Vino do Pusto Sherry.
1 Phis! Pomerazen Bitters.
or Perfection Whisky
No. 3
HAMPER-$30.
1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.
1 Pt. Peppermint G.F.
1 Pt. D.O.M..
or Perfection Whisky.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20th, 1928.
Money and Markets
HONG KONG MARKET
REPORTS.
Business done in Hong Kong yesterday in rice, sugar and other foodstuffs, included the fallowing transactions:-
Rice,
"Per
CANTON COTTON YARN MARKET.
A cable from Shanghai stated that the prices for Chinese cattan yarns had dropped by one tael per bale. The market in Canton was
HONG KONG STOCK
EXCHANGE, "
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
a
Dec 19, 1938. A.K. Banki
.....$1,300 bay. De London...140 nom. Chartered Banks bay. Marcantile Bank A. &B.....£34 núm.
Do,
0...141 nom. F&0. Banks.......9] om. East Asia Banks
buy aston Insurances $665 buy, 673 mal Union Insurance
$960 buy. & 4. China, Ins.......fls. 160 pay.
i quite active but the Shanghai new nutate Insursnow................. $50 nom.
had a depressing effect and quota-China Underwriters 12.45 aol. |tions dropped end" or two dollars China Fire Insurations....$230 buy.
Hong Kong Fire Ins....... $78 per bale in the native yarnTS.
Douglases Quotations in yesterday's market
Steamboata H.K. H.K. Tags **** were as following:-
- Per bale.
Lado-China (Prof.) ......$15 bar.
Do
Kailan Mining Admin....
(combined)....Ta, 10) ma. exorations.
(ringia)
Th. 51 nom. TL. 93.
Bhanghai Loans i The 3 bay.
Baube. Buy 154 buy. Tronoh Mines
...17/d noia.
H.K. & K. Wasts.........5135 nel.
mà W. Docks
China Providente...$4.95 Hongkows བཿpp**ནའ་4.***P"
37 bay.
5.05 #3. bay, Ti 158 buy.
Now Enginearings ......Fle. 5 Dom
....Tu. 104 bay.. Shanghai Docks.....THE..
BwoCstions... Th.19.10 buy. 13.10/20mm, Oriental Cottons......... The 2 sal
8 hai. Lotions (old)......1la. 65, buy.
Da.. (new)......Th. S buy.
Shanghai Lands. 160 buy.
Humphreys Estater...$14,60 buy.. is nel,
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Red Hung To White Long
Rice, 235 bags Kak Po White Long Rice, 85
baga
$0.80
80
$38 nom.
7.11
Ser
bar.
Green Elephant White Long
Rice, 250 baga
$1 sh
6.98
Green Seal White Brewer
No. 42 Five Son,
8553.00
(Def.)
$72) bay.
Rice, 120 bags
8.00
Fui Hee
516.00
Shell Transporta
1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom är Dry Gin.
White Glutinous Rice, 68
bags
Butterfly
$24.00
Union Waterboat........192 bay.
1181. nom.
No. 3 Pics Deer
468100
Benguete
6.72
Tin Keon
458.00
bay..
Wu Mok Kan Old White
Rice, 400 bags
Double Horse ...
459.00
7.37
No. 20 City of Gold Fing
327.00
Red Seal White Glutinous-
Rice, 170 bags.........
Globe
-390.00
8.72
Good Havest.......
318.00
No. 1 White Broken Glutin
Double Horse-
317,00
ous Rice, 136 bags......
8.55
Tin Koon
320,00
HONG KONG.
No. 2 White Broken Glutto
ous Rice, 57 bags
Double Dragon
*392.00
8.26
Tram Car
312.00
Shepherd
309.00
Green Anchor New White
Three Stars
319,00
Rice. 500 bagi
7.87
No. 16 Globe......
303.00
Green Seal White Rice, "800
baga
"Fui Kwai
300,00
8.00
Man-clock
300.00
Green Seal White Broken
No. 12 City of Gold
299,00
Rice, 400 bags ...
6.39
Peacock...reg.
238.00
Tram Car
$73.00
A.K, & Ketal .............. 1
19.10 buy..9)
Red Pearl White Brower
Victory
280.00
Rice, 300 bags
6.40
B.K. Lands
$8311
.9.15/20 **. 844 set., 64a,
Aeroplane
972.00
Green Pearl White Brewer
Pretty Damsel
263.00
Rice, 280 bags
6.42
No. 10, Sailing Vessel
265.00
B.K. Realtios...... ..184 sal." ".
Blue Double Key White
Peacock...
260.00
lay. 2013 1.
Rice, 300 bags
8.10
Lotus Bee"
954.00
Peak Trams (old)
sol.
Blue Seal No. 3 White Rice,
Three Sheep
935.00
Pat
No. 6 Lion
€18.00
130. bags
0.68
Lion No. 2
196.00
China Tights (
Green Seal No. 1"White
Do
and
Broken Rice, 277 bags..... Green and Red Line Brewer
Glutinous Rice; 220 bags 6.51 Green Seal Old White Rice,
700 bags
6.49
CANTON STOCK EXCHANGE,
Sugar.
6.58
Per
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
Picul
VARNISHES
SHIPS STORES
Manila Green Sugar, 464
bags
$8.53
elt, éle
Manila Green Sugar, 740
Water Works ..... Electric Power Company Canton-Hankow Railways The Sun Company
8.83
bagy
Sincere Company .......... Nanyang Bros Tob. Co...
3.60
9.20
6.50 Canton Icss
Uaments (combined)......$9 bay, 91 sel.
Xo.
No, t
20 COLISE sugar, 100 bags
coarse powdered sugar. 2,000 bags
powdered
Do. (old).$7.80
THO
*
Canton Tramways
1.95
6.98
China Merchant S.S. Naviga-
ELE. Bopes (old) .$7.80 noma.
tion Company
6.40
Sincere************
7,38
Central Banks ...
4.60
W Powells....
No.
21 coarse
powdered
-Dairy Farms.....
FL.K.. Amusementa
Watsons
sugar, 3,500 bags......
7.33
..318) nom.
*
་
Der A. Winge
No.
24" coarse powdered
AMERICAN COTTON CROP.
Lane Crawfords.............
$3.00 am
sugar, 300 bags...........................
י
No.
*24 COLTSE powdered
sugar, 3,000 bags
*.33
Do. (w)........$1 Bol.
Do.
(now)
United Asbestos ....................... $5 now.
Madantorks,
$91), sel
.....80 ct.. buy.
„820 nori.
(Opntinued on next Columa).
89) bar. $3.65 buy, ......$28*22* H.K. Constructions ..... ma K'ora. Indna G.3 Bonds...67% bay. R.K. Gort. Losos...... 5% prom, sel bay,--boj era; sel-sellers;
Aom-pomina!
KOMOR & KOMOR Art and Curio Experts
Chater Road,
No. 24 coarse powdered"
sugar, 500 bags 7.38
No. 18 coarse powdered
sugar, 250 bags
6.83
Per
Star Ferries............$8 buy.
(old)........... nom. (LOW)$11.90 el.
Do, (1928 Issue)...$11.80 sel.
.....169 buy, &-18. Do (new)...... 51 buy, Macao Electrics ..........$264 buy. Telephones (oid)
Do China Buses
H.K. Electrica (old)
**** 5.65 bay. (ac)....35.55 bay.
4. 10% buy.
On Sale at all Chemists & Druggiata.
INSIST on the box bearing
the name VALDA.
..SOLE AGENTS:
(Pref.)...17/6 buy, 18/3 sek. L. RONDON & CO., LTD.,
83.20 Singapors Tractions....12). nom.
Do, 5,00
Clin
Saga
...........90 sta, nom. 0.44 Malabon Bugar 28 buy.
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FINAL ESTIMATES SHOW IN. CHEASE OVER PREVIOUS FORECAST.
The final cotton crop estimates been made public by the Agricul. Picultural Department of the United
Sheung Lotus Seeds, 10 bags 255.00 States, on the basis of conditions
South Beans, 25 baga
Green Seeds Black Beans,
BO baga
Yellow Beans, 200 bags
14.00
prevailing on December ist, indicate that production will reach 14,373,000
7.20 bales, an increase of about "240,000
6.45 bales as compared with the preced- ing forecast made on November 1st.
CANTON MARKET REPORTS. The report gave much stimulus to
Quotations in yesterday's Canton "market for rice, sugar, flour and ail
were as follow:-
Zice.
Per
NATIVE RICE
Picni.
Ha Wan White Glutinous
Rite
$11.50
Middle White Glutinous
Rice
0.80 Chai Mee; White Rice........ 11.40 Pak Yuk White Long Rice... 10.50
SIAM RICE.
Drink
more Red Pearl White Long Rice
Green Seal White Rice Cheung Hoi White Long
6.50 9.56
Asahi
Rice
Beer Hai Hing White Rice...
3.42 9.45
Green Seal White Brewer
Rice
Green A White Brewer Rice Green Seal White Broken
8,40 6.51
Rice
it is refreshing and
invigorating.
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.8.18 Blue Seal White Rice ... 8.50 Sugar,
Per Picul
No. coarse powdered sugar 7.90 No. 3 course powdered sugar 7.40 No. 20 coarse powdered sugar 7.50 No. 1 Fine Granulated sugar, 10.30 No. 1 Granulated sugar Wai Chow. White sugar...... 8.40 Spring Natiye Candy 10.11.
Man of War:
Silver Seal
Flour.
the bear operators on the cotton markets both at home and abroad.
The reports further say that about 2.4 per cent of the total acreage under plantation was abandoned, and the plantation zone which ap- pears to be hopeful covers an area. of 45,236,000 acres,
The Department estimates that the production will be 1,419,000 bales larger than the actual crop of the preceding year.
41
At the same time, the Cengur Bureau of the U.S. Government has made public the figure for carry- over cotton. from the last into the new crop year at 12,302,000 bales, which was somewhat larger than generally expected. This report urged the bulla on the American cotton market to haaten liquidation and the bear operators in the South. ern states became active, causing a decline of about 53 cents in quota- tions.
EXCHANGE RATES:
(BRITISH" WJEELEBS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, Dec. 18th.
124.10
4.15
Borlin
9.50
Per
Paris New York Brussels Geneva
4.85 5/16 34.89
23.17
Bag.
Amsterdam
12.071
Milan
92.83
84.05
-90.36
Stockholm
18.113
Baanaza
4.10
Cheung Luk
Copenhagen
16.17
4.18
Maizo
3.35
Oslo........
18.19
BATS, GOWN:-
Vienna-
34.443.
Sword of Kwontai
*7*35**
Prague.
1634
Cannon
4.5
Helsingfors
1994
Cabbage
4.45
Madrid
20.825
Dalton ..........
4.50
Dog's Head
Lisbon
1101
4.50
Athens
376
"
Oil.
Per
Bucharest
8071-
Picul
Rio
Groundnut Oil:-
Tientsin Best quality ... 23,00
Dairen Best quality
Honan Best quality
28.50 23:40
Buenos Aires Bombay Shanghai
47 11/32
1/8 1/32
9/7
Hong Kong
2/0
Fangtsi Best quality 24.85
•Yokobatan iviru
1/10 28/32
Chilu Best quality
26.70
We Wand Di
26.00
Silver (spot)
Silver (forward)
281
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