Money and Markets
HONG KONG MARKET
REPORTS.
HONG KONG SHARE
MARKET.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16th, 1929.
NATIVE BANHS IN "
SHANGHAI
THEIR FUNCTIONS AND METHODS
Previous to the introduction of modern banking institutions into this country, all the money trans- actions, both public and private, were handled by native banks, which, in North China, are known as piao hao or lu fang and in South China, taien sarang. Though both patform exactly the same functions, the piao hao and trien Picul. MESSRS. BENJAMIN & POTTSchwang have distinct spheres of
WEEKLY REPORT.
business
Quotations at yesterday's market for rice, guzar and other foodstuffs were as follows :-
Black Seal Grain
Hung Kam Au
Red Pearl White
Per
7.45
Rice.
Red Horse White
87.30
Green Horse White
7.45
Hung Fuck Sing
7:31
4.57
7.11
8.92
Red Seal White
7.80
Red Seal No. 2 Broken
5.47
Black Seal White Bran“.
3.07
Yan Sau Lin
Bugar.
1
Big goarse powdered No. 18 coarse powdered 7.35 No. 20 coarse powdered No. 24 coarse powdered
Miscellaneous.
7.47 7.63
Red Melon Seeds ...... Dairer Bean Oil Banshing Green Beans
$99.00 18.60 8.40
CANTON FOOD MARKET.
Manila Green
BETTER TONE ON RE-OPENING.
Hoxe Kono, Feb. 13th. Messra Benjamin & Potts' weekly share report states :--
The interval which has elapsed
The native banks in Shanghai are divided into two groups: mam- and non-members. The former are bers of the Native Bankers Guild,
far better financed and have wider business connections than the fat ter..
In the present article, only
BUSINESS TAX IN HANKOW. KELLY & WALSH, LIMITED.
REVOLT OF MERCHANTS,"
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING AT SHANGHAI.
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONE.
Day
Do
Fasruary 15gu, 1979,
London...4145 nomi a
buy.
Com
Bay
and burs
Despite the very rude way in which the deputation of bulinem
An extraordinary general meet- men who want across to Wuchanging of Mesir Kelly & Walsh, to protest against the excessive Ltd., was held on Thursday last. Bureds of Finance has evidently offices, Mr. W. Wedderburn Chartered Bank taxation that is being imposed, the week at the company's Shanghai
உட வ realised that the merchant class being in the chair." was reaching the limit of its en- pondent of the North China Daily durance. According to a coFTOR-
News, the Director of the City Council called a meeting of about 80 leading merchants at his offices and gave them a general exhorta tion to co-operate with the Party in its work."
|
$682 COOL
which follow-
The only business of the meeting Mercantile Banks. A. & B...29 mo was to pass two special resolutions,PO. Banks
| East Asia Banks be
That the capital of the company Cantos Insurance
increased 8750,000 by the Union Insurance creation of 41,950 new shares of $10 each-Proposed by Mr. Wedder-Yangtze Insurance 150 nam
North China Ins, increaseTia. 180 bayi burn, seconded by Mr. Burkill-
China Under, riters...32) bay.. Carried unanimously.
China Hong Kong Fire Inter
E. Bambo
since our last circular of the 8th banks of the former class are dealt Finance bad decided to make cer" (of the reserve fund, and - so-
instant has been meatly occupied by the Chinese New Year holidaye and business has been practically Per neglected. The market reopened ou Picul. Thursday with a slightly better tone, but although there are signs of improvement in prices, the Folume of transactions put through has beem, very small.
$6.88 7.55
Quotations for rice, sugar, four and oil, at Thurday's Canton mar- ket, were as follows:
Eco.
Chai Mui Native
Shek Lung See Hui....
Per Picul. 211.60 10.60
Red Seal No. 3 White
10.08
Blue Seal No. 3 White
9:04
Green Elephant Siam
0.70
Green Star Siam
9.65
Green Bird Siam
9.25
Blue Seal Annað ...........
10.25
Green Lion Annan
10.00
Three Marks
9.75
10.00
10.00
10.90
10.30
Green Seal
10.80.
Bugar.
New Moon
Red Peach
Black Dragon
Blue Anchor
No. 2 coarse powdered.....
No. 3 coarse powdered........
No. 20 coarse powdered
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banks are in demand at 81,345 and pro- bably a little more would be paid. The latest cabled quotation from London is £145 (Middle).
Unions have advanced to 8375, wbilo a few sales occured below this rate..
Cantons have lapsed to a nominal quotation of 8492).
Douglas Steamships are wanted
at '838
Steamboats were done at at the outset, but have since hardened and have buyers at 897)
Kowloon Wharves are in strong demand and in apibe of an advàâčë in price to 8134 no shares are com- ing out.
China Providents are steady at Hongke Whorves have further strengthened and can be placed at Tis. 166.
Shanghai Docks hare firmed up
to Tha. 109.
Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels were taken off the market at 88:
with.
generally, staffed by ons manager, An ordinary native bank is,
cers and a few apprentices. The * number of clerks OF off manager has the absolute control
Some Minor Concessions, Ho referred to the difficulties that merchants were facing and announced that the Bureau of fain alterations in the rules for the levying of the lax on business, The time for taking out permits to trade would be extended till the end of this month, and Le Chinese Chamber of Commiica, will be con-
blanks. The tax itself will be levied from the first of March, and the first payment will be due on April 5th. He promised that as soon as this tax is collected, other taxation will be reduced.
That it is dearable to capitalize 4 sum of $119,500. being per of the undivided profits of the com pany standing to the credit cordingly that a special capital bonus of $112,500 be declared, and. that such bonus be applied on be half of the persons who on Janu- ary 3rd, 1929, were holders of the 133,760 shares of the" company in
of the company of 810 cách, and that such 11,250 shares credited as fully paid be, accordingly allotted to such persons respectively in the proportion of one of such shares for avery three of the said 33,730 of the said shares than held by such
1936
$17,40 bay Indo-Chinas (Pref.)....150 buy.
#11 buy, 1.70 mal. Do (Del.)
390 som Shall Transports.15/7) nom
Do. Union, Waterboats....
etབ་ Benguela noziedad day. Kailan Mining Admin... 7])- nom Langkai(combined)..
of the bank and holds himself fully sulted as to the circulation of the payment in full for 11,950 shares orsiona
responsible to, the proprietors or share-holders. staff and directs the business opera
He supervises the tions of the bank. The manager may be a shareholder of the bank, or working on a profit-sharing basis or a salaried, employee.
To meet the wishes 'of the mer- Not Well Capitalised.
persoas respectively and that the As a tale, native banks are not
chantq as far as was possible when well-capitalised. This is because money is so badly needed, the pre-shares so distributed shall be treat the financial resources of thevious rules would be modified. In ed for all-purposes as an increase the case of retail shops the tax will of the nominal amount of the bank do not depend upon its paid- up capital but on the personal be on the amount of business trans capital of the company held by credit and assets-of its proprietors, acted, and this amount may be each such shareholder and not as Being a corporation of unlimited divided between luxuries and neoss income. Proposed by Mr. Glover, liability, a native bank can inflate sarice. On the former the rate will seconded by Mr. Waller-Carried ita credit to considerable extent, be 3 or 4 per mille and on the lat-anácimously. if it has substantial financial back-ter 1 or 3 per mille, which is a ing. It is banking on assets reduction from the frst 5 per mille CANTON STOCK
or rather on the property of its first proposed. Banks cash proprietor. Upon & bank's shops and manufactafien will pay claim & lien on all the money or of 1.5. Hotels and restaurants also failure, therefore, its creditors may 1 per mille on their capital instead property in the possession of its obtain relief, dropping from & per In Shanghai, there mille to 3 per mille. Proprietors. are about 60 native Banks, boasting of a total capital of Ths. 12,378,000. Of these five have 30 average Capital of Tls. 300,000 each, 93 have
Tis 200,000 each, 48 have TIL 100,000 each and seven have Tls
(single) Shanghai Loans Razbe
The 11,60 Bay, T. 10 bay.
9) buy ts. 81 bay.
17/6 nota. 315y buy.
BKK Wharfa. Tronah Mines...
China Providents... $5 bay, & sa, 5.65 ml. EE&W.Docks Bengka New Engineering Th. 3+ 2005. She Shanghai Dooks. The 109 buy.
Tha 1:2.40 buy
13.60
Oriental Cottons......... 11. 2 Bom B'hai, Cotions (old), 571 buy.
Do (new)Tia, 834- buy.. H... Estai... $0.30 bay, Ff sa. B.X. Landpropina sa Shanghai Lands. The 165 bay.
$8.40 bay.
-14),60 bay.
EXCHANGE.phreys Estates 1979.114 buy
Realtica H.K. Tramways Post Trama (okl)
Da
· (new),
CLOSING QUOTATIONS,
COTTON, Feb. 14th. Water Works $0.00 --Electric Light & Power Co. - 4.80
Canton-Hankow Railways The Sun Company Sincere Company... Nanyang Bros Tob. Co....... 4.30 Canton Tramways China Merchanti 8.8: Nay
Company Central Bank"
Merchants Far from Molliñad. No statement has been issued as to the altitude of the merchants, but it is understood that they do not put much faith in the promise
practical questions connected with Ress lax is levied. Nor have the
the inspection of account books and soon been solved
and are in demand at the close at 60,000 each. In recent years the to reduce taxation after the busi-
Por Picul 89.30." Tacla
8.30 to #63). 8.00 8.10
10.90 .10.30
No. 1 Fine Granulated...
No. 1 Granulated
Wai Chow White
8.80
Flour.
Per
Banana
Silver Seal
Hong Kong Lands have eased off Humphreys Estates have buyers at 814 ex the dividend of 81 just
paid.
has been much increased. A few capital of Shanghai native banks. years ago, nearly the same number banks had only a total capital
of Tla. 8,000,000.
Functions.
Realty's were done at 88.60 and more are wanted at this rate.
Functions of native banks may Hong Kong Trams are in better generally, be enumerated as fol- request with sales made up to $209.lows: (1) acting as fiscal agents of
Hopg Bag.
Kong Electrics (Old) 84.30 changed hands at 854 and the
441 (New) shares at 8524. 4.50
Star Ferries are obtainable at 4.40-8713, but there are no buyers over
Bro.**
the local officials, (2) diecounting bills, (3) granting loans and ac- cepting deposits, (4) issuing notes, (5) handling domestic transfers, (6) buying dollars, (7) settling ac- Counta among themselves by clear- China Lights are firmer and caning prom (This refen only to be placed in small lots at 812- members of the Native Bankers'
China Sugars closed appreciably. Clearing House).
14 ป
higher with buyers at $1.40.
The native backs sccept both cur-
Green Island Cements (Combin-rent and fixed deposits. Their
Man-of-War
Five Swallows
Dog's Head..n
Cabange
Cannon
4.70
Sword of Kwantai
4.15
∙Maise........
4.25
Cheung Luck
1.10
4.05
€10
Par
Picul.
Tasla
bam advanced to 8214.
24.80... 24.10
rise.
Tientaiń
24.10
Dairen...
56,70
Kwangai Wood
28.10
Ewangai Tea Seed
19.30
Groundnut:-
Fanchi
Minbow
CANTON COTTON YARN.
ed) are a shade casier with business done at 89.50"
Dairy Farms are in demand and
rate of interest granted on deposita
is usually higher than the rate granted by modern banks and their business practices are not as exact-
Watsons at 813.80 mark a furthering Hence, native banks, still claim a large clientele, notwith- Waterboats have remained steady stadding the competition of modern
loans granted
Per buyers at Tla ed." Bale.
434
The following are quotations 'Te- ceived by cable from London on the 13th instant, and may be of interest
Ordinary ... £8 11 3d. £8 15. 67. 43.31. $t,Od
The banka.
by
with transactions reported at 829ative banks are of two kinds: the Baubs are enquired for at 86 aquivalent to overdrafts in modern and Bengueta at 82).
Ewos after sales at Tis. 12 have banks and regular loans. advanced to a buying rate of Tls former are usually granted with-
out security to merchants Shanghai Cottons (Old) have traders who always require a large amount of circulating capital Such credit, Joans must be covered, at latest, at the end of the year. due date the debtor would no In default of settlement at this
loan facilities from either his credi- longer be able to obtain any more tor or other native banks, and this. would spell business rain to him. So, unless the debtor is utterly helpless, he would, somehow or other, masage to repay the bank.
The bills or notes issued by native banks are of two kinds: the bearer notes and the promissary notes. The bearer notes are issued either in taels, dollars or frac tional currency, are transferable and on whatsoever and are cashable at rate or without recourse, indorsement or
also transferable. If the transferee sight. The promissory notes are has doubt as to the bona fides of the bill, he can have it "confirmed" at the issuing bank. In this case, the bank would stamp its chop on the note. There are two kinds of promissory notes: one to be cashed
No. 42 Fui Hee ...
8330,
Butterfly
K32
Five Sons
550
to some of our clients.
No. 32 Pine Deer
444
Double House..
430
British-American Tch.
Po Tup
Imp. Tob. G.B. & 1.
Tin Koon
436
Imp. Tob. Canada..
No. 20 Good Harvest
300
Ng Fook
Imp. Chem. Industries...
298
British Match Corpn.
City of Gold
390
Mond Nickel ........
Man Clock
310
Anglo-Pergian Old
Globe
315
British Celanese'.......
Shepherd
300
Dunlop Rubber
250
Globe
291
No. 12 Fui Kwai.....
271
Exchange:-The T.T.
City of Gold
278
Po Yee
975
No. 10 Lotus Bee....
957
City of Gold
254
Peacock
Sailing Fusel
257
257
No.16 Fui Kwai
F.M.S. TIN FIELDS.
Mr. Chew Woon Poh presided at the annual general meeting of Tebak Tin Fields, Ltd., held last week in Singapor
Middle Prices.
London to day is 1/11 Shanghai 781.
31 Bed G.$35) $70. Bd. £1 1.10
934, 9 d
"
Forward Setthment Days:nd February and 25th March, 1929.
PHILIPPINES AND FREE
TRADE.
USA. ACTION REGARDED AS at sight when due and the other
"PROVIDENTIAL."
ง
to be cached after notice of pay- ment being served on the issuing In proposing the adoption of the ing duty on Philippine goods going
Threat of a tariff barrier imposarranged for when due."
bank, and actual date of payment report and accounts the chairman
to the United States is
30 Banks. Baid that he was pleased to report
"provi- The dential, to save us from our Own Shanghai are
eighty native tanks in that the option granted to Mr.
folly," in the opinion of Dean Jorge
divided into two Ish, to be unge; Bocobo of the chege of groups; those at Nantasy Chinese territory, who organiss the Naa
Koshi, to purchase Sungei Timch
ever, be borne in mind that the
University of the Philippines, as Shib Assonation and those in the was exercised in November last. expressed in a speech at a banquet settlements, who maintain the Pei The purchase money had been lodged with their solicitors, and for students returned from the Shih Association. It must, how will be paid over to when the United States. transfer has been accepted by the Land Office at-Trengganu. When this money has been paid," said Mr. Chaw, we all be able to wipe off the debenture held by the Tiang Guan Brick and Tile Manu- facturing Co., Ltd, together with all interest due thereon.
"I am old-fashioned enough to Nan Shih Association does not re see the hand of God in the latest present the 11 banks at Nantao. turn of events in the United only but also a number in the States," declared Dean Bocobo.
Settlements, so that the two groups, "I believe that with the proposed are, about equally large in size. abolition of free trade, the menace, The two Associations have prganis created by our own unwisdom and ed a common guild, known as the short-sightedness, of economic ab- Native Bankers Guild, to repre sorption of our country through sent the interest of both groups tremendons development by Ameri The functions of the Guild are can trusts has been warded of by (1) to promote the common interest a just and all-seeing Providence," of its members, (2) to Aliminate Desa Bocobo deplored a grow. harmful or evil practices among ang land, including Ulu Klching materialism in the Filipino themselves, (3) to promote close -block:
outlook and asserted that each operative and inspire mutual con may possibly be able to sell year in which free trade continued)16 settle disputes some of our other areas, but I can place an additional banggito.out anong its members by arbitration say nothing definite at present ex-political independence and forges and (5)- to set as spokeddar, for cept that several parties have been. ' an additional link in the chain of its members in dealing with the making-ruqun
Government or local official.
The amount receivable by the company, for this sale is 385,000, excluding 84,000 already received qis option deposit. We have now pproximately 2,000 acres of min-
We
7
A very serious fresh difficulty has been suggested, for what is to be branch of a bank in Hankow if the the method of fixing the tax on a
tax it on the capital employed How can the City Council decide,
Omtinued on next Column)..
HEADACHE CURE
TIGER KNAND
رفت التلايا كيف
...........$15 sak ......18.30 nom. Stax Fersing....170 bus, & 13,,,73 val.
愛ろける
H.K. Electriss (Sid)...... $53) buy. 5-4 zâ.
Do
{now) ........5°) bay, 50% sa. Macao Electrics
Telephones (aki)
0.50 7.65
་
"Ia 10
2.85
6.00- 4,50:
what proportion of the whole capital of a bank is employed in
tions will of course arise in con its Hankow branch Similar ques-
fnection with many businesses, and it is evident that the scheme is still ill-digested
ENG AUN TUNG
JAP HARIMAU TIGER BALME
ENG
Do (new) ***
.16.0 buy.
Chiza Brget T 11 buy. Singapore Trsations................118 ss.
Da. (Pref.) 17/8 buy, 18/8 sel. China Sugars...$1.35 buy. ** Malabon Sugars 197) buy "Canton Toes
$34 nom. Caments (combined) 39.65 bay.
Do. (gld) 17.59 102. Do. (now) ..............3ffbuy. HE Eaper (old) 20 nem.
Do., (dow) maquine 7.10 zom (Continued on next Column).
TO-DAY'S WIRELESS
PROGRAMME.
BROADCAST, BY ZB.W. ON
350 METRES
148 p.Weather report, 5.30 pm. to: "6.30 : p.m. Demon {stration programme.
748 pm-Evening weather re-
programme
port.
8 p.m.Evaning. (Columbia records).
10.10 p.m.-News bulletin. 10.30 p.m.-Close down.
The evening service at St. Joba's Cathedral will be broadcast to-mor row, commencing at 3.58 p.m..
EXCHANGE RATES.
[BRITISH WIRKENAS BARVICK
Paris
Ruary, Feb. 14th
184.95
Brussels
34.99
Amsterdam Berlin
12.191
90.435
18.20
34.545
Copenhagen Visaya Helsingfors Lisbon Bucharest ... Buenos Aires Shanghai
Yokohama
New York Geneva
Milan
Stockholm
Dela Prague
Madad
Athens
Rio
Bombay
Hong Kong
193
100%
819
47 7/16 Holiday
1/10 3/33 4.85-9/32
25.933
12.80.
18:155
19.195
164
30.9215
375
5 28/38
1/8 31/32
ngoại
Silver, spot & forward" 24.
United Asbestos
Dairy Farms......$31.60 bar., 31.90 ML. “
Watrous
Der A Wings Lace Orawfords..
$13 bay.
ས་ས
80 ots. buy.
$305
m.
4. 120 nom.
110) bay.
$3.65 nom.
Mackintosha.. Sinceras
Powells
EK. Amusements H.K. Constructione ili pol B'que Indus Boidi,461% nom : HK Gort Losna 5% prom. buy,—bayers și sal-wellers; an
Kokoaminai.
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