GOVERNMENT RADIO SERVICE.
RATES 'PER WORD TO BE CHARGED FROM TO-DAY,
The following rates for the Goverment Radio Service canis into force to-day-the first figures giren show charges for ordinary. rates and the second for deferred rates :-
United States
Radio, 84.25, 89.15; eid Mabaos Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, In-Radio, 3.20, $9.00. diana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisianan, All other offices, $3.60, $1.50. Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennes see, Texas and Wisconsin, ordinary. rate 82, déferred Sir
Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada and Woahington, $1.90, $0.05.
California-San Francisco, Onic- land, Emeryville, Piedmont, Alame- de and Berkeley, 81.76, 80.90.
All other officer, 81.30, $0.05. * Colorado, Карада Montana, Nebraska, Now Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wym ing. 81.83, 81.
Columbia (diet, of) Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Main, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jer- sey, New York, N. Carolina, Ver- mont, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, New Hampshire. $2.10, $1.00.
Alaska, 8.45, 81.23.
Canada.
Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskat- chowan, $2,10, $1.05.
British Columbia-1st
Zone,
22, 81: 2nd Zone. "$2.10, $1.05; -3rd Zone, 215, $1.10 4th Zone,
*2.23, 81.10.
Cape Breton, New Brunswick; Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec, $4.13, 81.10.
Prince Edward Island, $9.95) 81.15.
Yukon, $2.70, $1.35. Newfoundland, 82.35, 81.2). Labrador office in.. 22.45, 81.25. St. Pierre and Miquelon, 2.23, $1.50.
Costa Elca.
+
Port Limon, Punta Arenas and San Jose, K3, $1,50.
All other offices, 83.10, $1.55
Honduras.
Belize (British Honduras), $2.60, $1.30.
Repubije of Honduras, 83.10, $1.53..
Mexico,
Mexico, $2.33, 81.20.
Nicaragua,
San Juan del Sur, '83, 81.50. Other places, $3.10, $1.55.
Guatemala,
i
British GulanA.
Akyma, Apoteri, Enachu, May- kenzie, Rackstone and Wismar.
3.60, $1.60.
Pickersgil, 83.30, $1.73. All other offices, 83.33, 81.70.
Chile.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1929.
J
Money and Markets
HONG KONG MARKET REPORTS.
Yesterday's quotations for rice and other foodstuffs were as follow:
Rice.
4
Per picul. ... $7.34-0.32 0.22 3.63-8.06
H.X. Banks
7:93 6.37
6.06 5.08
Common White Broken, Green Seal...... Granulated Glutinous. Ching Ying
Mo Glutinous, Broken
Punta Armas (vid Santiago Glutinous, Granulated... Radio), 3.35 $1,70,"
Buenaventure
Cartagena,
All other offices, 13.10, $1.55.
Colombia,
83.03, 81.50.
and
Bogota, etc.; $3.10, 81.55. All other offices, $3.15, 81,60.
...”. Dutch Guiana,
Cargo rice
Miscellaneous, Coarse granulated sugar,
No. 18 .... Coarie granulated sugar
No. 4....... "Green sugar. Manila
Groundnut oil, Fongtze Bird's edible white nest,
Kok Tom Dried Cuttle fish, Shan-
tung White Pepper .......
Fit Barbados Radio, 83.13, $1.80. Fid New York Radio, 84.43, ansa
Ecuador. Esmeraldas, Guayaquil and Senta Elena, $3.25, $1.65
All other offices, $3.93, 81.65. Bahia, etc., 23.13, 81.73.
Falkland Islands, Port Stanley, 185, Fox Bay. #4.25, $2.15.
French Guiana,
Fid New York Radio, $3.40, $1.70.
Paraguay, $3.10, 91.55.
Fern,
Callao, Lima and Hollendo,
$3.30, 81.75.
El Encanto, Iquitos, Leticia, Masises and Puerto Maldonado,
$3.55.
Other places, 83.30, $1.65.
$2.95.
South
Georgia Island, $4.55,
Uruguay, $3.30, $1.65.
Venezuela,
Fi
R.CA, N.Y., 83.30, 81.75. * Fid New York-Haiti, $4.38, 82.20. Pid Trinidad Radio, 83.65, 81.85.
Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu and Oahu I.,
Other offices, 82, 81. Philippines.
$0.80,
";
JUNE 29, 1929,
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
.. 8i 240 buy.
$19g buy. ›
Do.. London...2192) nom. Chartered Banka Mercantile Hanks, A. & B... £ nom
...218 nom:
Do..
P. & O. Ba.................... Rom. Fast Asia Banks - .......................$90. zem. Canton Insurance.................$63) sel Union Insurances...$333/bar. 323/124 18. North
160
baj. $50 num.
China Las, ............. Ta
Tangtare Insurances......
China Underwriters ......ALQ sel, China Fire Insurances...₹300 day. TIZ, F5╗kht ༤༥ར、:0 99ཅ
Steamboats mean
H.K. Tuge
$2.60
Indo-China (Pref:)....$45-bay.
Do (Del)
Shell Transports
་་་
HNNIE ALKER
JOH!
8 6.99
7.13
5.96
21.40
4,000.00
Union Waterboat
39,00
Bengueta *
138,00
Langa (combined)..
Do. (single)
bhangal Loane
Bazbe*********
CANTON MARKET REPORTS,
COTTON YARN.
yaro
have
Prices of cotton have advanced by two to three dollars and demand is healthy. further rise of prices is expected in the immediate future as stocks are limited. According to a tele. gram from Shanghai, prices there have advanced by 80.80. Quotations at Canton market are as follow:-
No.. 108....... No. 129, No, 20s.
RAW SILE.
8214-234
243-255
904-993
Over 130 bales of raw silk were sold on Friday. Prices were a changed. The quotations were:- 14/16 Common ... H.K.$95
RICE.
;
wel.
.
0186
com.
nom.
Kalan Mining Admin ...5/9 xam.
8hal Explorations .......
голод
Mines
7.
43.
6 buy.
*WOR
sel.
K. & &. Waari..... 114 bay. China Provinents........ B.E. & W. Docks.........193
$3.85 Hongkawa,................................
buy. 168 DOT, New Engineeringla, bi buy. shanghai Docka....... 15. 1573 WY. Eve Lattons.. Tl. 13.15 boy., 15.40 Oriental Cottons......... .Th. 1120 bay.
'ha. Cottons (old) ..............
TL. 781 bay. De. facw) A.K. & S. Hotals..... $5.55 3., 8. st
72.344 bay BI HK. Land Shanghai Lands
******** 11, 157 buy, Humphreys Estate......$13 buy.
- འཁམ ན༣། ELE. Homition......$7.00 D¤Y. H.K. Tramways ...$19 bʊy., 19/19:30 sa. Peak Trams (aid) $11.50 nom
(new).........& nom. Star Ferries
$844 sol. Das Lights, Oum, Rights 31385 bay.
Do. kir Bigh...1128) non. Do. Right
$7.90-nom. B.K. Bisetrics....... $5 bay. Macao Mectrics
Blo
Bandakan Lights ..$2+ WAL Telephonenun ..$? bay..
Only small quantities of rice have been imported into Hong Kong from Siam:and Annaṁ dur. $1.65. Canzon are high and there has been ing the last few days. Prices ia
China Buses.............TI I buy. a good demand. Prices of Siam Singapore Tramont......il/sel. rice of superior grade have ad: China Nagar.85 ot. bey.
Do (Pro) 19/6 buy. vanced by over a dollar per picuiMalabon ngare 327 mom. and are likely to go still higher Chanson does. Is buy. Latest quotations were as follow: Dements (combined) $8.70 baj.,
Per Pical. Common White, Annam 89.30-10.10.
877.80 Long Unglutinous, An-
9.90- 9.69 Common White, No. 3... 8.15 8.68 Broken, Sinire
$5.52-6.58 Common White, Kwang-
.810.90-11.60 từng White Bran, Annam. ... $3.38-3.42
SUGAR."
Manila. 80.30.., 80.15. Luzon Island (except Manila) and Corregidor Ierland, $0.40,
Other places, 80.70, $0.35."
Europe.
S. Jose de Guatemala and other 20.20. places, 10, 21.5*.
Panama.
f
Panama City, Balboa, Colon, Cristobal, and Ancon, $3.00, $1.50.
Bocas del Toro and Almirante, $3.65, 81.85.
All other offices, #5.10, 81.35. San Salvador, $310, $1.53,
West Indies,
Antigua, Dominica Island, Grena Kitts St.
da, Montserrat, St.
Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago and
Trinidad, $3.35, 81.70
Aruba and Bonaire, $3.15.
Bahamas,
Nassau, 89.70, $1.35..
Bimini, 82.65, 81.35.
All other places, 82.85, 81.45.
Jamaica and Barbados.
Jamaica and Barbados, $3.10,
$1.55.
Bermuda, $3, $1.50.
Turks Island, 83.10, 81.55, Carriacou Island (B.W.I.), $8,45, 1.76.
Curacao, $3.15, $1.00.
Swan Island, $2.60, $1.30.
Cuba,
Нагада aad Santiago, #2.95, $1.15.
All other places, $2.40, $1.20. Hait-Cape Haitien Moley St. Nicholas and Port
Au Prince,
$3.05, $1.55.
All other offices, $3.15, 81.80. Guadeloupe. Les Sainter, Marie Galante and Martinique, 83.80, #1.00.
Porto Rico, $306, 81.50.
St. Indres Island, $3.35.
St. Croix and St. Thomas, $3.25, $1.65.
St. Martin, 8318.
San Domingo.
Puerto Plata and San Domingo
City, 3.05, $1.55.
La Romana, 83.20, 81.60.
All other offices, $3.10, #1.55.
Bouth America.
Argentine, $310, 81.55."
Bolivia.
Corocoro and Lapaz, $3.25, 81.05. Ballivian, Cachusla, Esperanza, Cobija, Dorbigny, Esteroa, Riberal- ta, Trinidad Vilabella, $3.65.
All other officës, 83.45, $1.78.
Breali,
Bahia, Ceara, Maceio, Maranhao, Para, Pernambuco, Rio De Janeiro, Rio Grande de Sul, Santa Cata rina, Santos, Sao Paolo und Vic- toria, $3.10, $1.55.
Europe, $1.70, 80.65. (No effective service to Bulgaria, Greenland, Jugoslavia or Turkey in Europe.)
Dutch East Indies. Dutch East Indies, 80.90, 80.45. Dutch East Borneo.
Dutch Borneo, 20.90, $0.45. British North Borneo.
British North Borneo, 0.40.
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French Indo Chbaa.
Am
The foreign and Kwangtung sugar market is still inactive and prices remain low :-
Kwongchowwan, Fort Bayard, Fine Granulated, No. 1. 10.00
Tchekam, 80.53, $0.27).
Slam.
All offices, $0.75, 20.37).
Province of Yunnan, Direct. $0.00
Vid Hanoi, 81.10, 80.55.
Uhina.
Canton (ordinary), 80.20. Canton (plaia Chinese), $0.10. Shanghai (ordinary), 20.20. Shanghai (plain Chinese), 30.10. Nanning, Luichow, 80.20. Wuchow, 20.10.
Toyshan, Kochow, vid Canton, 80.30.
Swatow, Boihow, Pakhoi, Kiu- kiang, Chungshan, Swabue, Kong moon, *30.20,
Amoy, Foochow, *80.30.
Macao, 20.10.
Taiboku. $0.40.
Ships at Sea.
Per Picul
Coarse Granulated, No. 2... 89.10 Coarse Granulated, No. 3... 7.90
White, Walchow
9.27 Sugar Candy, Walchow..... 10.10 Brown, Namikong Brown, Poklo
11.00 7.30
FLOUR.
Demand for both Chinese and foreign flour has fallen away but prices have advanced a little owing to shortage of supplies. Prices of the various brands were:-
Blue" Flag Big Guzi
Gunboat.... Calbage,
Five Swallows Diamond Red Leat
FRUITS.
Per
Do. (old)......87) sel Lo. (Bow)......$1.30 nom. HK. Roper....$7. sol... United Asbestoa... $5 bay, Dairy Farmin Wataca
Der A. Wing... Lane Crawfords.....
Mackintoshe.. Bin.meren
Wa Howells
31s not 80 ota, bay. $22 sel. $18 bay.
$19 bar. 43 zal. H.K. Amusements... $29 nom. H.K. Constractions .....$1; BoYA.
'que. Indas. $Bonda.....57% nên, H.K. Gort. Loans.......7% prom, bay. buy.--buyers; sel-sellers; .— sales
nom.==cominal
WHEAT SEEDING.
WELL ADVANCED NOW.
["D.F." Special Bervice.]
Winnipeg, Man.-Wheat seeding throughout the Prairie Provinces is Bag.progressing on a wide scale and is as for advanced us at this time a year ago, according to a general ceeding report published in the Manitoba Free Press.
83.80 3.20
4.17
3.68
3.63
3.90
3.80
$1
Owing to over-supply prices have fallen.
British, French, German, Italian, Orange, Luntou Japanese, American, Belgian, Orange Suzwui Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, and Lychee, Superior Portuguese ships, 80.45.
Seeding is stated to be further advanced in Manitoba than either Saskatchewan or Alberta, from 65) to 70 per cent, of the wheat crop already being in the ground..
This compares with 35 to 40 per cent. in Saskatchewan and 25 to 30 Per Picuk per cent, in Alberta. $22.50
***.. 22.30 15.00 Mandarin Orange, Szewui... 18.50 Spanish and Swedish ships, $0.40. Water Chestnut, Medium..... French warships, 80.271.
Peach, Native Steamers Sui An, Sui-Tai, Lung Olive, Foochow Shen, Tai Shan, Kin Shan, and Fhum, Namwah Yact On, 30.15.
Pear, Tientsin
* The Receiving Station also col Banant lects a charge on both forwarded Plaatsin and received messages.
NIGHT LETTER RATES.
"To
Fules -Each Cock Addi- Hën Minimum tional! Duck"
20 words. word. Goose H.K.8 2.00 $0.10
Manila Luzon, other places All other places San Francisco and
Bay Cities Other offices in - Amazone- River -Stations,-
California and Pacific States Zone 1-Antonia, Lemas, Bre Mountain States, ves, Camcta, Chaves, Curralinho.
U.S. Gurupe, Maragon, Macapa, Monto Central States. U.S. Alegre, Monquiero, Pinheiro, Eastern States, US. Prainhe, Santarem, Soure, 83.60, British Columbia, $1.90.
1st Zone only Zone. 2:--Alemquar,· Amatory, Alberta," Saskatche -Itacoatiara, Manos, Ohidor, Swan and Mani-
tobn Ontario, Nove Sentis
New Brunswick and Queben
Parintins and San Jose, 1,50, $9.25.
Cruziero do Sul, Porto Velho, Rio Branco, Benna Macureira, Newfoundland Tarauaca and Xapury; vid Belem Honolulu
3.00 0.15
12.00 0.60
13.00% 0.65
POULTRY.
3.40 4.05 17.50 9.60
22,70
4.02
1.50
Per Picul. 800.50-108.70 57.50-104.00
60.70 80,20 51.20- 83.20 52.90- $4.60
CONSTRUCTION IN CANADA
19% INCREASE IN CONTRACTS.
["DP." Special Service.]
Montreal, Que-Construction con. tracts awarded for all. Canada during April totalled: $43,328,200. an increase of 6 per cent. over the total value of awards during March, according to MadLean Building Reports, Ltd.
The cumulative contracts awarded for the first four months of the year totalled $140,842,900 which is 12 per cent. in excess of the tobal for the same period in the previous year. at 8123,047,100. The appoint ment by classification is as follows: Business building $82,950,000 or 270 per cent.;
engineering
4.00 0.20 STEEL PLANT EXPANSION.
$200,000. PROJECTED,
["D.P... Special Bervice.] Chatham, Ont.-The Ontario Steel 13.00 0.68 Products Company has decided to 14.00 0.70 spend approximately 2200,000 upon $38,707,800 or 27:5 per cent.; Tesi 14.00 0.70 an extension to the bumper and dential 832,815,900 or 23.4 per cent,; spring plant at the Doweley Spring industrial $14,930,500 or 11.5 per 13.00 0.65 and Axle Company division here, cent.
14.00.
it. in stated The contract for the The division by provinces is building has been det and it is ex- Ontario 255,167,000 or 39.2 per 0.70pected that the same will be com-cent.; Quebec" $34,418,800 or 24.4. pleted by the end of June. Con rer cent. Prairie Provinser tracts have 5310 béen let for fur. 1830,202,900 0 21.0 per cent.; British 14.00 -0.70 | naces and other equipment, and the Columbia 818,780,000 or 13.3 pen 0.7% new plant will be in active prodne cent. Maritime Provinces $2,044,600 0.45tion by the beginning of October.
or 1.3. per cent....
15.00
9.00
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