DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
HONG KONG STOCK
EXCHANGE.
SHAREBROKERS: ASSOCIATION.
$1,475
$540
FRIDAY,
Bellar
Buyer
સમા
Nominal MAY 19.
Buyers
Balooz
Banks
31,730 H.K. Banka
$1,730
£123
£131 Chartered Banks....
Do. (London) {
£14
Mercantile Bks. "A")
£24T
£91
Do,
RÐI
300
...
Bank of East Asia...
508
$20
N, C. & 8. Barks ... Am. O. Fin.Corp: 8,
$5.40 Ch. Fin, Corp. Ord. 8.
Do
Insurancee
Canton Insurandos...
-$149
3250
$8.1) 31.32
Zumbau ⠀⠀
$9.05
31 cto
$820
H.K. Fires.....
Pref. S
Underwriters
*****$9.10
Union Insurances... A
China Fires *********
$825 1250
$.
Douglases
$20
334 122
$15
$20
40/-
$15
94.75 Internations! Asace, 8.
Shipping
Steamboats
Indos (prof.)
Do. (def.)
43/11 Shelte
$15
$29
Waterbosts
Mining
Benguela ***** $20
$4.20 Venezuela Gold Fids. £3.60
£3
$11 $2
$131
68.
19
Kailan ......... Langkats (single) B. Explorations...... d. Shanghai Luany S. Hauba
Tronob Mines............ Benguet Explorations
Books, WhaITOS,
Godówka, sie.
fat
H.K. & K. Wharves. $129)|| Providents (old). 13904
Do.
(UE) ...
11.K. & W. Docks
5. China Motors A'
Do.
"B"
ERG
3193 Shanghai Docks 8. New EngineeringsS.
$320 Hongkowa .......... Lands, Motels, and Buildings
$7
13
$14
$7,70
H.K. Hotels
H.K Lands.......8. Shanghai Lands... 8, Metropolitan Landa.. H.K. Healties......... Chius Do..........
$$.80
Hong Kong Banks, $1,725, 81,732). Union Insurances, ₹ 5274, $530, - ; China Underwriters, $2.05. Raubs, $10.
1939
FIGH
13/6
Benguet Explorations, 33 cents, 31
861
307
3.00 Air Reduction
cents.
42
Wharves, 8130), $131.
820
83
Providents (Old), #3.95.
30
⠀⠀⠀ !!
KUN
Hotels, 87.15.
1378
701
313
Lands, $75, 8741.
891
44
19#
16
Tramways, $22, 1.85, $21.80,
1512
281
$8
$214, 21.70, $21).
43}
18
38
· Peak Trams (New), $8.
20
T.134
Star Ferriss, 91}.
18
TE
China Lights (Old), $12.45, $12.30.
214
China Lights (Now),
11.40.
60*
31.
Electrica, $724.
57
23
$7.10 $7.10
Telephones 228.
684
22
$75
Cements (Combined), 88, 38.10.
87%
Dairy Farms, 8271, 828.
+48
26
Lane, Crawfords, $4.
374
401
Constructions (Now), 75 cents..
240
$137
Do. Debentu.68S.
Government Loans, 31 per cout.,
241
3134
Humphreys
$13
21 per cont., 21 per cent., 2
34%
$140
Asia Realtice "A" S.
per cent. premiuo. ·
108
$20
Do "B".
Chinese Estateɛ..............
Changes (3.15 p.m.) Closing
Cotton Mille
S'bai Colton%.................
Quotations.
Ewos
B. $14.10
$105
$14
Zoong Sings
......S.
185
Wing On Tertiles(S.)
Publio Ulilition
Y:::
Buyers.
*
Tramways **........................ Poak Trams (old)... Do. (LEW)... Yaumati Ferrica (old)
Do. (now
com. rights...
(new)...] #111
$91 Star Ferries 629
China Lights (old).....
H.K. Electrica ......
97
$14
Hong Kong Banks, $1,720.
100
Providents (Old) 83.95.
$813
Hotels, $7."
116
38
Tramwaya, 8911.
$81
$30
Dairy Farms, $29.
$12.20
$191
Canton Insurances $1,485,
Union Insurances, $345.
TorggatangeboO TERHA
15)
6.00 Allied Chemical & Dye .......
4.00 American Can
American Smelting.
9.00 American Tel. & Tol
5.00 American. Tobacco "B".
Anaconda Copper Mining
2.00 Auburn
HONG KONG
DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY,
MONEY
HONG KONG STOCK MARKET
WEEKLY REPORT
Movements were somewhat erratic in the course of the past week, Home of the investment issues such as Cantone and Unions registering substantial advances, whilst a few others such as Trams suffered a 31,19 slight setback.
***
The smaller issues also recceded to some extent during the period, but at the close they have recover- ed the lost ground. Lights and Cements being bid for. at 819.30 and $9.08 respectively.
On the whole. however, the volume of business has been on the small 'sido
Closing tone steady.
Business Done During the Week.
MAY 20, 1933
AND MARKETS
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
ASIA LANDS, LTD., QUOTATIONS
(INCORPORATED IN HONG KONG.)
Tel. 28380-Gloucester Building.Room, 306.
{RBUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
Chauge
PËR E SÅLDIENST
ALMUSUL
RHANG
WH
CRISTOBAL
BALACA
Weekly Sailings Transpacific
To San Francisco, Los Angeles & New York
via Panama Fortnightly sailings on Wednesdays
13.3
To Seattle and
Victoria
Fortnightly sailings on Saturdays Pres Taft
Pres. Jefferson...
New York: May 18, Dow Jones Averages:
High-1938
30 Industriale
88.78
Low: May 17. May 18.
41.29 82.64
Pros. Hoover Pros. Wilson
..May 24, 1a.m.
June 7
AS.57
.07 down
Pres. Coolidge
in June 21
Pres, Cleveland
20 Rails
4130
13.23 37.92
38.80
70 up
Proe, Jackson
July 5
Fres. Taft..
20 Utilities
36.11
18.03 28,87
40 Bands
83.26
19.87 unchanged 81.85
Pres. Hoover
July 19
Fres. Jefferson....
:11 up
65.78 81.54
Asia Lands, Limited, had received the following report from their New York correspondents, E. A. Pierce & Co. The tax proposal submitted to the House Committee by the Director of Budgets caused a flood of selling. This market test was exceedingly well met but the market is likely to get another test tomorrow when the degree of resistance will determine the trand for the near future. Wheat: Eastern and local long operators liquidated, inflation factors having, for the time being, little weight Catton: There was considerable selling on a strong The weather is favourable. Sentiment was somewhat opening. reactionary, with a slight rally at the close. Silver: Irregular and sensitive to orders either way. Speculators, Commission houses and the Trade continued selling.
Business Done: 4,110,000 shares.
Div. 8
Low PER Su.
$731
May 20, 1 *,,
June 3 ......June 24
...Joly 8
...July 22
ROUND TRIP FARES TO EUROPE & AMERICA,
Direct Special through rates to Europe via United States.
Choice of rail lines across connections with all Allantas lines. United State and Canada, liberal stop-over privileges for Bight-seeing. Full particulars upon application.
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Fortnightly sailing on Saturdays vis Manila, Straite, Colombo, Bombay. Buer Canal, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, New York and Boston.
Next Sailing...
82.m.
May 27
June 10
Pree, Harrison
Pree. Hayes...
MANILA
Prea Jefferson...............................................May 27
8.
July &
..Pres. Polk May 27, 8 ̧a.m.
LAST SALE
May 17. May 18..
$731
1011
103)
Pres. Folk... Pres. Adams
811
831
28t
29
TO
110
111
811
60%
12. 125
• Pres. Cleveland............
June 17
53
51
1.60 Borden Company
33
33
Canadian Pacific
Prea, Wilson in comencin May 30 Pres. Adams mak
Free Harrison
June 24
Jane 10
Pres. Jackson
. June 27
131
13
L
Pres Coolidge ................. June 13
Pros. Taft
Joly 1
J. I. Cust
1.00 Chrysler Motorsze
211
201
4.00 Consolidated Gas of N.T.
30%
331
3.00 Drugs, Inc.
:48
47
2.00 Du Pont de Nemours
63
83
351
3.00 Eastman Kodak .......
73
70%
0% s. Electric Bond & Share
24
-0.40 General Electric
20%
2.00 General Foods
32
311
1:00 General Motors
231
231
Connecting with 8.8. MAYON To CEBU, ILOILO, ZAMBOANGA
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE
PEDDER BUILDING-HONGKONG.
CANTON BRANCH:-4, SHAKES ROAD.
342
THE EXCHANGE MARKET
$15
$15
$20
Caldbeck, ord.) 2.1
$18
Macgregore (praf.)8.
'MESSRS. ROŽA BROS.,
$6
Canton Ives.....**
$6
38.10
Cements (comb.
27 95
164
W
(old)...
$1.30
Do,
CHAR
(now)...)
Ch Agriculturis
328
01
Der A Wings...
3124
Amusements are
$12
Ch. Etainments.....
3.5
$14.15)
$16
1218
$19.20
$11.30
Dó.
$723 $73
$733
172)
$23
Macao do..
$104
Sandakan Lights ....
52x
Telephones.
BULL
China Buses.....S.
1-
Do. (pref.)......
$2.90
175 ols.
71-
Tractions.
Industrials
Malabon Bugars
Do..
Boposlu
Miscellaneous
Dairy Farmas ek... | 107)
Constructions, (old) $2.80
Do. (now)
Lane Crawfords......
Mackintosh
Nanyang Tobacco...
Binceros...stresvesite
Watsons
JUUP⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
2!
$14
$9
$121 #12
Cements (Combined), *9.05.
Lane, Crawfords, 84.30. Constructions (Old), 31.
Ewo Cottais, Sh. #141.
Selleri,
China Lighta (Old), $12,30.
· REPORT
Messrs. Rozu Bros. have for- warded us the following exchange market repert for yesterday —
Silver prices dropped yesterday to the extent of 3/13 for Ready and Forward, the ́ quotations being 18 11/10 and 181 respectively. Ad vices received reported speculators as having sold. America" operated 80 ct both ways. The tone at the close
was uncertain. In America the rate- was slightly lower at 334 for Spot.
New York advices reported the 1154 opening rate at 2.90 and the closing
rate at 3.90.
$21
$102
89.40
$2.10
Wm. Powells
32
$10
M. Greyhounds...er
8. C. Enterprises ..../
32
M
United Theatree... §.
70%,
B. Ind. G. Honda... 71.
217
11.K. Govt. Loans... $162
19
Wallace Harper
$200
China Sports Ltd ....
B.K Wing Oo S'hai
Do
8151
Asia Lands Limited
Gloucester Building Tel. 28380. We offer you a complete brokerage service for the purchase or sale of New York Securities Daily quotations sent-gratis-upon request. See our investment news on the Financial Page of The Hongkong Daily Press
Canton Agente
John H. Ferguson & Co.
32, B. C. Shameen.
Tel. 18624
Market. Quiet, the undertone. WAS. not robust.
Sterling.
There were sullers after the open ing at 1/4 15/32, buyers bidding 1/4 17/32 resulting in business at 1/43 for near delivery. The market closed at lunch time with sellers at 1/4 15/02 May, 1/4) June and 1/4 17/38 July, buyers at 1/4.17/32 May June and probably 1/4 9/16 July.
-***Gold Dollars.
A small business was done early.
43
10 Gillette Safety
0.00 International Harvester......
International Tel. & Tel.... 4.00 Liggett & Myers "B"
1.00 Loew's Inc. ................
Montgomery Ward
2.80 National Biscuit..... 2.00 Pacific Gas & Electrio
0.50 Pennsylvania Railway-
Radio Corpo.
Sears Roebuck
1.00 Standard Oil Co. of New
*Jersey....a
0.40 Socony-Vacuum Corpn.
1.20 Union Carbide & Carbon
6.00 Union Pacific
United States Steel Westinghouse E & M Chase 'National Bank...... 'National City Bank
U.S. INVESTMENT NEWS
311
91
35
33
881
902
401 48
.37
23% bid 277 bid
During the year 813,167,787 was paid in dividends, against 815,767,- 147 in 1931 and $15,851,42% in 1830, The lower disbursements in 1932 re- flected reduction of quarterly pay-
Reviewed by Asia Lands, ments to 50 cents, from 75 cents as
Limited
GENERAL FOODS' IMPROVEMENT
Betterment Started in Decem ber Holds up So Far in 1933 Earnings in 1892 Near $2, against $3.44 in 1931.
Ag upswing in sales and earnings
of August 1.
A number of new products were introduced in 1932. Chief among these were Grape-Nut Flakes, Bliss,
All Coffee, and the new Jell-O. have met with a good reception and are becoming increasingly import- ant in sales and profits.
Sales in Camada, and in other understood to be countries are running well. At the close of leat December, more than 400 outlets were handling Birdseye Frosted 'of Foods, the product of one
of the General Foods Corp. became General Foods subsidiaries., Frost- noticeable in December, and hased Foods outlets more than doubled continued through the first three during the year.
months of 1933. ·
Earnings the final quarter of last year are understood to have added practically nothing to the $1.07 a share earned the first nine months, Indicated profits for 1932 are some. what more than 810,300,000, or close to $2 a share on the 5,250,000 shares of no-par common now outstanding. Net for 1931, was $18,153,719 or 83.44 astmre.
Uncertain business conditions dur-
Coo
the
in the morning at for May,g the elections brought a There were sellers at 26.13/16 for traction of sales in October and near, 20 last few days of May, November and contributed to the
15/16 Jurie and 27 1/16 July, unsatisfactory showing for buyers at 110 higher respectively,
fourth quarter. Yen. Merchants were quoted at III for near delivery.
›
Normally the poorest three- (months" period, the final quarter of Shanghai Dollars.
1932 had also to absorb the effect Shanghai dollars were quoted at of price reductions and heavy write- 10% for cash
offa on inventories dus to the low commodity level at the close of De cember.
..
Shanghai. Quiet, Sellers were indicated at 1/2 13/16 for near, buyers at 1/2) caph,
IN THE AFTERNOON
The market was quiet in the afternoon, the tone being a bit easier.
- Sterling. Business was reported at 1/4 July. The market closed with sel lern at 1/4 7/18 May/June and 1/4 15/32 July, buyers at 1/10 higher
Gold Dollars.
Improvements in certain products -such as Jell-O, which can now be jelled with lukewarm water caused a temporary suspension in enlee during the bpnsition period while the new linee were being intro duced,
The report for 1932 will reveal w strong financial position as of the close of last December. Current hssets will total more than 332,000,- 000, with current ratio better than six to one. At the close of 1031 the
Business was done at 20 13/10 for May and June, finishing with sellers current ratio was 6.7 to 1, agninst at 961 cash and probably 26.13/16 5.3 to 1 in 1930, and 3.7 to 1 in June, buyers at 1/16 higher rempeo
tively
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