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1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gria,
Luk Wo Hop White Long-
Rice, 428 bags Green Seal White" Siam Rice,
135 bags
87.08
8.91
No. 3 White Broken Rice, 200
bags
3.51
Green Double
Key New
No. 42 Five Sona
White Rice, 700 bags ............. Red Seal White Brewer Rico,
1,030 bags
7.39
Butterfly
Fai Ha
6.03
No. 32 Pine Dear
1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin.
Blue Seal White Bran, 705
bags Black Seal No. 1 White
Broken Rice, 100 bags 8.11 Black Seal No. 2 White
Tin ho
3.01
Po Tap
Double Horse
No. 20 City of Gold
Globe
Broken Rice, 200 bagi ... +0.58 Blue Seal Naw No. 3 White
Rice, 23 bags
Tin Koon
Good Hares
15
Double Rarge-
B.99
Blue Seal White Brewer Rice,
Tram Car
TEL. No. 135,
Hara Kong.
170 bags
6.44
White Glutinous Broken Rice,
Shepherd
NEW
YEAR HAMPERS
We bag to notify Customers that Assorted Hampers suitable for the Fortive Benson may be obtained from us at the following Eeduced Rates ---
No. 1 HAMPER-$38.
1. Moet & Chandon Dry Imperial IQt. Superb Tawny Port.
Champagne. 2 Qa, St. Julien Claret.
1P Blackberry Brandy," 1. Pt. BO.M.
10. Mariel's XXX Brandṛ. at King George IV Gold Label
or Perfection Whisky.↓
1 Qt. Old Brown Sherry, Black Seal, 1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin. 1 Qt. Burgundy, Burgoyne's. 1 Phil Pomeranzen Bitters. „
No. 2 HAMPER-$34.
1 Qt. Guillonart Champagne.
1 PL. D.O.M.
1 Q Burgoyne's Burgundy.
1 Q. Martella XXX Brandy.
2 Ots. King George IV Gold Labs!
or Perfection Whicky)
No. 3
1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.
1 Pt. Peppermint GF. -
1 P. DOM.
29. Superior Rich Old Fort.
-2 Qt. Tawny Dry Port. Qt.. St. Julien Ülaret.
1 Q. Vino de Pasto Shorry.
1 Phial Pomeranzen Bitters.
HAMPER-$30.
4.Qts. King George IV Gold Label
or Perfection Whisky.
1.Ct. Engrand's XXX Brandy,
1 Qt. Amontillado Sherry,
2 Qts. Modoc Claret,
1 Phial Pomeransen Bitters,
Other Hampere made up to quit.Customer's requirements.
GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29th, 1928.
Money and Markets
HONG KONG MARKET
REPORTS.
Business done yesterday in the Hong Kong market in rice, sugar and other foodstuffs, included the following transactions -
Rice,
CANTON COTTON YARN MARKET.
THE HONG KONG SHARE "MARKET.
A cable of the 27th from Shang hai, stated that the quotations for cotton yarn were firm In Canton prices rose by $2 per bale. Supplies Per
ars short and there is a keen de Picul.mand from native cotton piece | ed.
goods dealers.
Quotations in cotton yarn on Tuesday in Chaton were as follows:
Per
Balo
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
December 18te, 1913, AK. Banks.....
$1,305 bay. Do... London...8l4lj nom. Chartered Bankabuy. Marouatile Banks, A. &B., £34. nom.”
Do
G...£14! nom Beaks
P&O state
MARKET BUOYANT.
MESSRS. BENJAMIN AND
.. POTTS' REPORT.
Messrs. Benjamin and Potta in their weekly share report that notwithstanding the Christ mas holiday the local market has continued buoyant, and rates the whole bave been well maintain Hong Kong and Shanghai Banks were negotiated locally at
The London price Donglass 81,310/$1,315, bas advanced to £141.10. (Middle). | Unions have strengthened and were bid up to $368. Cantons continue Hong Kong in request at 8505. Fires were placed at 8770,
Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboats were booked at 829) Whampoa Docks at 838 "mark a alight rise. China Providents clos ed with a firmer undertone with
גן.
East Aria Banka 334 Canton Insurances...$363 bar., 875 sol.
$365 Union Insurances
71 3661/365 ma. North China Los .......Tls. 160 buy, Yangtase Ensurances....bl. 330
Xom. China Underwriters 12.40 1. China Fire Insuranom..........1980 bay. Hong Kong Fire in....
...4780 al., 770
nom. H.K. Stamboste ......$299 buy, 291 vol. H.K. Tags .......... ..31 Indo-China (Pref)......346 bay.
Da (Def) Shell Transporta Union Waterboats.. Benguete Kaian Mining Admin... 70/- bay. Langkat (combined)...
Say
118-mom.
nom..
Tis. 10) now,
nom,
buyers at 85.08 and sales reported 87 (mingio) sun, Tim, Dej
Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels have stiffened and were booked up
Explorations Shanghai Lama
K&L Wharfs....
to 884 Hong Kong Lands werd B.K. & W. Docks realised again at 864) Humphreys | China Providentä Estates have advanced to 814.80.
Tk. tom.
The 3 buy,
bay.
1381 bay. ...15.10.bay.
Tis. 156 buy.
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312
466
458
15-4
448
394
318
at 85.15.
317
314
308
Double Elephant
318
300
Hongk******
203
100 bags
6.22
Three Stars
307
Red Seal White Broken Rice,
No. 16 Globe........
298
Hong Kong Trams were dealt in New Enginearings early in the week at $214, but have since receded to 81 Hong Kong Hwa Cottons..
139 baga....
3.81
Fui Kwai
9:93
Blue Seat White Brewer Rice,
401 bags
Manelock
8.47
No. 10 Sailing Vessel
263
Black Seal White Bran, 150
Pencock
201
bags
3.10
City of Gold
200
BT APPOINTMENT,
Red Seal Glutinous Bran, 300
hags Black Fen
White Now Glatinous Rice, 205 bags 7.13 Green Seal No. 1 White
5.96 Broken Rice, 150 bags ... Green Seal No. 2 White
5.81" Broken Rice, 80 bags No. 1 White Glutinous Rice,
br3 bags
Lotus Bee
254
2.97
No. 12 City of Gold
280
Peacock
997
Trom Car
974
Aeroplane
975
Pretty Damsel
264
No. 6 Lion
212
Hut How
1805
Sugar,
8.18
Per Piccl.
No. 18 coarse powdered sugar,
100 bags...........................
7.03
No. 24 course powdered sugar,
1,000 bags..................
7.48
No. 24 coarse powdered sugar,
1,200 bags...............
1.48
No. 84 coarse powdered sugar,
CANTON STOCK EXCHANGE. LATEST QUOTATIONS.
December 27th.
$3.55 Water Works in Electric Power Co. .......................... 3.03 Canton-Hankow Railways... 0.49 The Sun Co. ................................ Sincere Co.
.. 1,000 bags........
1.33
Canton Tramways_.....
"
China Merchant S.S. Navi-
gation Co.
Central Bank
Market quiet. ...Buaincas done, 1,785,300 shares.
Allied Chem. & Dye (Com.) American Can (Com.)...
American Smelting
Rice
9.88
American Tobacco "B"
Amarican Tel & Tel. (Com)
Red Lion White Araam Rice Three Marks White Long.
9.58
Armour & Co. "&"
Anaconda Copper
Rice Chai Mee White Long Bice 11.08 Seo Mui White Long Rice 10.30 Green Seal White Brewer
8.15
Bank of Montr
·Bárnadall Corps. "A"
Bathinbem Ethel (Com.)
Bethlehem Steel, 7% Pid.
Rice
6.95
Bed A White 'Brewer Bice... Black Seal White Brewer
8.30
Calumet & Hecia
Campe Corp.
Canadian Pacific Railway
Rice
6.48
Cavanaugh Dobbs
0.40
19.30
Calls Copper
Chrysler
Coty Incorporated
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Miscellaneous, ..
Wood Oil, 950 cams at 830.80 per
can.
Luk On Tea, 50 bags at $29.00 per
picul.
CANTON MARKET REPORTS.
Quotations on Thursday in the Canton, rice, engar and oil markets were as follows:-"
Rice.
Per Picul. Green Anchor White Long
Rice.
.......... $10.60 Green H. White Long Rice... 10.70 Green Seal White Long Rice" 10.70 Black Dragon White Long.. Rice...
10.70 0.75 Red Ship White Annam Rice Green Double Arrow White.
Blue Seal White Brewer Rice Red Rorse White Long Rice
Sugar.
Per Pical.
No. 2 coarse powdered sugar 38.00 No. 3 coarse powdered sugar 7.60 No. 0 coarse powdered sugar 7.70 No. 1 Granulated sugär ...... 9.40 No. 1 Fine Granulated sugar 10.20 Wai Chow Spring Candy 10.30 Wai ChowNative White
sugar
2.40 Shan Mor Native sugar........ 8.00 Oil.
Groundnut Oil:-
"Fangehi Oil
Tang Wo Of Tientsin Oil
Honan Oil
Dairen Oil
Chifu Oil
Kwangsi Wood Oil,
HONG KONG
NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS.
The following quotations, surrent in New York on December 24th, have been reirod in Shanghai by MessrN.. SWEI, Culbertson & Co., who saaume no respon- sibility for cable mutilations.
Price 241 2424 103 161 108+
269 270
Armour & Co. (IL) 7% Pd... 80% 801
Brooklyn Manhattan Transit...
Consolidated Gax of N.T.
Davison Chemical
Du Font de N, EI (Com.)
Eastman Kodak...
Fox Film A
General Cigar
General Electric Co. General Motors...
General Bly. Signal (Com)
... 1221 124
72 711 4149 109 100
234 2331
34
671 091
121 1114
581 681
... 475 4TB
*** 182 189)
Ps 951
Amsterdam Milan Berlin
Madrid
Lisbon.....
Athens Bucharest
Buenos Aires Bombay
Shanghai Hong Kong Yokohama
Silver (spot)- Silver (forward)
GUN
53 64
193 1941
1043 1931
TIME
135 135
Gold Durt
Granby Consolidated
28
88
"Haygart....
45 661
Hudson Motor Car
861 88
23.00
26.80
Per International Cement (Com.)... Picul. International Match, Pfd. 825.30 International Nickel (Com.)
International Printers Ink, Inter, Prod. Corp. (Com:) Kolimator
69 931 941 94
283 2811
53a
18 16
23.50
Kennacott Copper
... 144 1471
27.00
Lake Superior Corp.
18+
28.50
Liggott & Mycra, Slam “B**
28:80
Lorillard Co. (Com.)
BOL 90 271 271
... 104 108t
20
Mack Trucks
H
OUR TRADE. Madison Square Garden
Maytag Co
34 244
EFFECT OF CANTON'S TAX ON FOREIGN PRODUCT, Until recently there has always been keep competition between foreign and native four in the Colony, The former was mostly dard Gal & Elec. (Com.)... imported from America, Australia Standard Oil of California and Japan and re-exported into Standard Oil of Indians
Missouri Pacifo (Com.) National Dairy Products ,... 122] 128) Prelic Gas and Electric Co. Packard Motor Car (Com)
... 151 14 Pennsylvania Railroad... Phillips Petroleum Radio Corporation Reynolds Tobacco, "B"
72 44+ 8801 8701 ...163 164
'77) 721 90
401
75 731
1421 160
... 189 1909
209. 209 * 100.100
811 83 Mail. 891 157 158
Canton.
During the last six Bandard Oil of New Jersey ... Gat months
imports have Biandard Oil of New York foreign declined owing to the declaration Texas Corporation (Com.) of the Chinese government that the Texas Gulf Sulphur. foreign flour imported into Canton Timian Roller Bearing ought to be made to pay import Union Carbide
(Com.) while the "Chinese product Union Pacids B.R. would be admitted here US. Inter Security Ptd.
U.B. Leather imposition of the tax importers U.. Realty & Imp. Co. have demanded Chinese flour and U. Enbber (Com.) two-thirds of the total bulk brought 1.8. Sto to Canton has been Chinese
ese grown Yanadian Corp
Westinghouse Eles: (Com.) Yesterday's quotations.
Wilys Overland Co. Yesterday quotations in four for Wright Aeromantical Hong Kong and Canton market were as follows:- "7
Hong Kong Canton Banana
per bag per bag Cheung Luck
$2.93084.05 Haize
Man-of-War Cabbage ...... Silver Beal
13.20 jābs - Sword of: Kwante
3.06
4.15
Dalton
Feed
9493
1291 181
28231
-258", 258
210 3,00
4.10
4.15
3.05
3.15
4.95
2.20 :.3.20
4.50
At
Last!
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6.50
9.30
2.00
8.50
4.60
Ronay, Dec 28th.
·Faris
123.95
New York
4.83 11/16.
Brussels
3487
Genpys....
25.16
12.071
82.73
20.38
Stockholm
18.001
Copenhagen
18.171
Oslo Vienna
18.19
THE
34.481
Prague.....
1634
Previous
Price.
Latest
Helsinfors
193
29.77
MA
1091
375
... 1891 1891
507
....175 176!
Rio
3 29/32
...15 15
47.21/64
1/61/18
114) 1131
... 894 394
*** 83 82
2/72
2 11/16
1/10 23/32
26 7/15
Shanghai Dooks
Cottons..
Electrice (Old) continue in demand Collons (old)...
at 853. China Lights have buyers | 8 hai,“ at $11.90 ex: the inal dividend of escents just paid. Star Ferrica have lapsed to a nominal quota tion of 880.
at 'this
Dairy Farms are wanted at 821 after transactions Union Waterboats have risen to $23. Telephones (Old) were firmer with buyers at 801. Green Lala Cements (Combined) have likewise hardened and are enquired for at 99.90 Shanghai Docks closed ap- preciably higher at Tis. 103. Ewos have fluctuated between Tie 13 and Tls, 13.20 Shanghai Cottons con- tinue in demand at Tls. 65 and Tls 39 for the Old and New Shares respectively. Orientals are GA offer at Tla. 93. Hong Kong Government 6 per cent. Loan is obtainable at 5 per cent. premium.
EXCHANGE RATES.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE] ...
Do
Th
DOL
105 202.
The 13.15 nom,
The 65 bar. (new)...... T, 33 bay H.K. & S. Hotels... 19,40 bag, 94 L. Landa **** $641 Buy. Shanghai Lande JLL 163 buy, Humphreys Estatas...$14.80 buy., 15 sel. B.E, Realties ELK. Tramway..... 21.20 buy 211 sei. Feat Trams (old)
Do
Star Ferries
China Lights...... 日 J.K. Electrics (old)
$13. $6.30
...$89 nom. $11.80 bay, 11] $53 buy
Do. (now). ....51 buy. Macao Electrics. Telephones (old)90.30 buy.
$26 bay.
Da (sex) ... $6.20 buy, (Continued on scat Column),
China Buser
Tla. 102 buy.
Singapore Tractions......12/ nom.
Da. (Pref.)...17/6 buy., 18/3 sal.
.......,90 ct.. nom. Malabon Bugars 1,528) buy: 224
China Sugars
Canton Icon
nom
Camente (combined) ...$5.93 buy,, 94 sa.
Do
(old).....$7.80 0.
Do. (new) H.K. Bopes (old).
(w)
United Asbestos Dairy Farma......
Watsona
Der & Wings Esna Orawfords. Mackintoshs. Biasered.
Wm. Powells.
.91) sel.
$7.80 naut.
1.$7,55 sal
1.10 bay
80 m. bay. $9.05 nom. 200 Bom 391 bay.
$3.65 nom.
$28] vel.
H.K. Amusementa B.K. Constructions ........ là nom.. B'que. Indus. G.$Bonds...68% buy.. HK. Gort Loans 5% prem. sel.
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