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XMAS & NEW YEAR HAMPERS
We beg to notify Customers that Assorted Hampers suitable for the Festive Season may be obtained from us at the following Reduced Bates :-
No. 1 HAMPER-$38.
1. Moet & Chandon Dry Imperial 1 Qt. Superb Tawny Port
Champagna! Q. St. Julien Claret.
"
1 Pt. Blackberry Braddy, 1 PL. D.O.M.
1. Martell's XXX Brandy,
ta. King George IV Gold Labs!
or Perfection Whisky.
1 Qt. Old Brown Sherry, Black Seal. 1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin. 1. Burgandy, Burgoyne's 1 Phial Pomeranzen Rittera.
No. 3 HAMPER $34.
1. Gaillamart Champagne. 1 Pt. D.O.M.
1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.
1 Qt. Martell's XXX Brandy,
1 Qt. King George IV Gold Label
or Perfection Whisky
No. 3
1 Qt. Bargogue's Burgundy.
1 Pt. Peppermint G.F.
1. PL. D.Ö.M.
2 Qts. Superior Rick Old Fart
2 Qt. Tawny Dry Port. Qts. St. Julien Claret.
1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin".
IQ Vino de Pasto Sherry,
1 Phial Pomeranzen Bitters.
HAMPER-$30.
Que. King George IV Gold Label
or Perfection WhiskyJ
!Qt: Engrand's XXX Bran
1 Qt. Amontillado Sherry.
1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin.
Qta Modoc Claret,
1 Phial Pomeranzen Bitters,
Other Hampers made up to suit Customer's requirements.
GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.
TEL. C. No. 135.
Hong Kong.
DAIRY FARM NEWS.
JUST RECEIVED:
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY,
Money and
Markets
CANTON MARKET REPORTS. | CANTON AND YOKOHAMA
Saturday's quotations in Canton for re, sugar and four were ac follows
Per Picul.
SILK MARKETS.
BRISK BUSINESS FOR
AMERICA
In Canton during the past fort night silk transactions between Chinese and foreign merchants have been very active. There is a strong demand for Canton silk in America, as the weavers now want Chinese silk instead of Japanese, the quality of which is not so good as the Chinese product.
10.03 9.00
3.70
9.64
7.36 Business done in Canton-mostly for American consumption-in- cludes the following transactions (prices being per pleul) :-
Rice.
Chai Mee Native White Rice $10.10 See Mui Native White Long
...Rice Kam Fung Sui White Rice. Winter Glutinous White
Rice
Red Prach White
Long
Rice
Green Lion White Brewer
Rice
Red Lion
White Annam
Ries
Green Double Sword White
Rice
Green Seal White Brwers,
Rice
Mack Seni White Brewers
Rice
Green & White Brewers Rier
6.10 6.33
Sugar.
Per Picul
No. 2 course powdered sugar 17.80 No. 3 coarse powered sugar 7.10 No. 20 coarse powdered sugar 7,33 No. 1 tiranulated sugar........ 9. 13 No. Fine Granulated sugar 10.40 War Chow White" sugar
Native sugar
Flour.
Man-of-War Silver Seal
9.40
Roon Kee 13/13 silk, 30 bags at
$1,303,
Ming Cheung 13/13 silk, 10 bags
at 81,119. No. 1B. 13/13 silk, 20 bags at
1,030.
1!
14/16 Raw sik. 20 bags at
- 11.074.30
No. 1 Star B. 13/15 silk, 20 bags
at $1,040.
No. 18. 13/13 silk, 10 bags at
81,025.
A cable from Yokohama dated December 21s: gives the following quotations:-
December April Delivery. Delivery.
$1,411
1,416
EXPORT OF DUCK FEATHERS.
BUSINESS DULL
10.10
Per Bag:
84.05.
forenoon
4.13
Afternoon
Banana!!
4.05
Cheung Luk
4.15
Maize
3.95
Sword of Kwantai
4.30
Highest Quality English Hams
Cannon
475
Cabbage
4.50
10-14 lbs. Bach
$1.00 per lb.
Dalton
4,60
Dog's Head..
4.63.
Cumberland Hams
12-16 lbs. Each
.90
Dairy Farm Hams
6-12 lbs. Each
.70%
59
NOTHING FINER ON THE MARKET,
THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.
Sole Agents:—
Drink
21
Asahi
more
CANTON OIL MARKËT.
an
1,373 1,367
the
Business in duck feathers is quite
important export, from Colony, the yearly figures, nearly About 28,000 Supplies of groundnut-oil arriv-reaching $4,000,000. ing in Cantof were not sufficient bags (200lbs. each bag) are sent to tomers the demand. therefore Europe and America, every year, but quotations have moved slightly only about per cent of this totales higher. On atcount of recent losses provided locally, the remainder by importers, only very small coming from Canton. About 20,000 quantities of wood-oil and bean-oil bags are imported into England, of are coming into, the market, and which a large portion is re-exported
to Franc, Sweden, and Germany. quotations have strengthened ar cordingly. Business" done on Fri- day included the following: Groundnut Oil:-
New Fang Chi Oil New Honan Oil
Old Fang Chi
Kwangi Wood Oil. Bean Oil
Per
$26.00 25.30
224.40
97.80 19.95
A representative of the Daily Press was told by merchant that this year business has been very Pical, dull, with quotations about 17 per cent. higher than last year. The total export this year is about 23,000 baga from January to November.
There are two principal varieties of duck feathers exported-down and long, feathers. The latter are obtained from the tails and wings, while the down is gathered from the body, and it is this variety which is mostly exported. Down is again divided into two varieties- machine-cleaned and uncleaned. Usually every 100 of duck feathers contains a mixture of abour
CANTON COTTON YARN
MARKET.
A cable received by the Canton dealers from Shanghai states that the cotton yarn market remains
Beer firm, but on the 99nd instant the 5 per cent. of other feathers.
it is
refreshing and
invigorating.
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Canton market weakened. and Chinese wholesalers in Hong quotations dropped $2 per bale. Kong buy feathers in Canton at This fall is due to the market for about 33 per picul, and after native, cotton, piece-goods in Nan arrival in the Colony the feathers yang having declined, and Canton are sorted. In former years the merchants were consequently afraid price for 100 lb. of down was about make further purchases of var.958, but this year the average is Quotations on Saturday's Center about 864. Quotations for machine- market were as follows:-
20
OPTIMISM IN LONDON.
Messrs.
Carroll Bros., Hong Kong, state that cabled advice has been received from London to the effect that figures prepared there by reliable partics indicate that, if American consumption is maintain- ed at around that achieved for the past three months, the world's con- sumption during 1929 will exceed the world's production by some 60.000 tons.
Per
cleaned feathers, was formerly about 873, but is nearer 880, at present.
Bile
No. 12 Five Sons
Ba45
Fui Hee Butterfly
316
THE RUBBER MARKET.
520
No. 2 Pine Deer
468
Po Tap
431
Tin Koon
135
Double Horse
438
No. 20 City of Gold
297
Globe
310
Good Harvest
316
Double Hörs
316
Tin Kuon
Double Dragon
4-0
Tram Car
311
Manelock
216
Shepherd
308
Three Stars
310
No. 16 Globe
303
Fui Kwai
300
Man-clock
300
No. 12 City of Gold
232
Peacock
Fui Kwai
935
Tram Car
275
Vietory
960
Aeroplane
944
Ayer Panas
$6.00..
Pretty Damsel
985
Glenenlies
1.70
No. 10 Saiting Vessel
265
Jerams
1.15
City of Gold
201
Jimahs
1,45
Lotus Bre
234
Kedaba
3.20
289
Kuala Sidims
3.20
No. 6 Lion
216
Lunes
1.93:
Lion No. 4
196
Rajama
1.60
Victory
It must be admitted that such forecasts are extremely difficult to make with any degree of accuracy, but it is certainly very much more pleasant to find on all sides euch -258 or similar optimistic opinions. More inquiries have set in in the rubber share Market.
SHANTUNG RAILWAY
RETURNS.
FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN- CREASE OF REVENUE.
PERINO, DE 18th. From Tsingtao it it reported
Lateest quotations are:~,
Dividends.
Murai Tin un %%% Int. Puteh Tins ...... 74% Int. Pelurit Ting.... 5% Int. Lahat Tin 91% less tax. Pajan Final. Kamasan
5% Int. Bungei Way Final.
that the income-of-the-Shantung MUKDEN TO PUSH TRADE.
Railway for the first ten months of
this year was 89,718,000 compared
with 85,888,000 in the same periód
last year. Goods carried this year from January to October amount- ed, to 1,818,000 tons bringing in
PROPAGANDISTS GOING
ABROAD.
PEKINO, Dec. 18th.
A message received from Mukden 87,037,000 compared with 1,013,000 states that Marshal Chang Hsüch tons and $3,153,000 for the same Liang is sending representatives to period in 1927.
Europe and America for propa Passengers carried decreased by gands purposes. These officials are 450,000 but the income from this collecting statistics, source increased slightly, for dur photographs together with speci- ing this year all passengers paid mens" of Manchurian produce to their farce, whereas last year many carry with them in order to ex- mldiers you officials txaxelled fren Lplain conditions in Manchuria.
mane
and
DECEMBER 24th, 1928.
EASTERN TEXTILE ASSO- CIATION.
BRITISH SHIPMENTS. TO CHINA.
Great interest has been aroused by the registration in England as a private company of the Eastern Textile Association, Ltd. Traders on the Manchester Royal Exchange were not slow in recognising this organisation as the body of men engaged in the different branches of the cotton trade" who, as Mr. W. E. Thompson revealed some weeks ago at a meeting of the Man chester Rotary Club, are partici. pating in a joint effort to try and recapture some of the trade lost in China.
EXCHANGE BROKERAGE.
·SHANGHAI BANKS TO RE-
DUCE RATES BY HALF.
Recently the Shanghai Exchange Brokers Association has been advis ed by the local foreign banks that as And from January 1st, the brokerage paid to brokers by banks will be reduced to one half of the The brokers asked present rates, that representatives of their Asso- ciation should be given an oppor the bankers are understood to have tunity to discuss the situation, but refused to discuss the matter of cially. The Chambers of Commerce have been asked to take the matter up, as it is one in which merchants, brokers, and bankers equally are interested, but it has not been pos- sible yet to arrange a conference at i' which all concerned could be rẹ presented.
At the moment, says the North China Daily News, the brokers and Chamber of Commerce are endea
ouring to have the question settled by arbitration but so far nothing definite has been arranged. It is quite willing to submit to some re duction.
understood that the brokers are
By
Special Appointment
to
HM. King George V,
REKLIVE CUVÈS CHAMWAONE
The experiment is being carried out on co-operative lines, each of the parties performing his fune tion of spinning. manufacturing, or whatever it may be, and any losses being shared in agreed pro- portions. There is nothing in the nature of an amalgamation-hence the new company has, only a nominal capital,--and the joint efforts of the firms concerned are restricted to operations in one or two standard makes of cloth in thirty-second, which is, is hoped to do a bulk At a meeting of their Association The Choice of the
It may be added that in Tientain the banks have agreed to make no change until June 30th, 1999 and at that time the inter-bank broker- ape will be reduced to one-six- teenth, the point at which it stands to-day in Shanghai and from which the proposal is to lower it to, a
-trade. The incorporation of a last week the Shanghai exchange private company, foreshadows no brokers unanimously passed a re- change in rither the personnel or solution declining to incorporate
the policy of the movement. The the new banks' rates in their rules
step has been taken on legal ad- vice, in order to put the activities of the participants on a recognis able business basis.
It is generally understood that. the resulta achieved so far have been satisfactory, but, the
or
鼹
Ranisers of the movement would be the first to point that operations are only being conducted on small scale, and that nothing in the nature of a spectacular eflen- sive against Japanese competition is to be looked for. The Associa- tion, however, is doing very useful. and its results will be closely pioneer work, and its activities watched, for if it succeeds in re- one or two styles of cloth it is pro- capturing the China market for bable that other similar organisa- tions will be formed.
A Reuter message a few days ago stated that a serious hitch, due to the attitude of the London banks, has been reached in the creation of the corporation. Financial in- terests. in London were prepared to sponsor the amalgamation to the extent it is said of £9,000,000, but the banks, who are the virtual owners of the amalgamating mills, are hesitating. On the other hand the Manchester banks are eager assist any possible appeal which may be made to the Government.
EXCHANGE RATES.
(BEITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Paria
Geneva Berlin
N
RUGBY, Dec. 21st.
Oslo ... Helsingfors Athens Buenos Aires Hong Kong New York Amsterdam... Stockholm Vienan Madrid...
Bucharest
Bombay ..... Yokohama Brussels. Milan Copenhagen
Prague Lisbon
Rio
Shanghai
Silver (spot ...... Silver (forward)
$14.
45.17
20.36
18.10
193
375
47.5/16
2/0.11/10 4.95 13/32
12.071
18.11
34.473
29.78
800
1/8.1/32
1/107
34.ST
999.63
18.17
1604
100%
20.3/16 28.5/16
and stating that any broker re- reiving less than the existing rates from the banks would be doing so under protest.
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