12
DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
Hong Kong Stock
Exchange
Anyar Ballon
Bale Nomiss);
$3,445 £871
Sharebrokers'
Association
Buy an
Jellars
T
THURSDAY.
DEC, ZU.
Banka
H.K. Banks
Bo. (London)
Chartered Banks
Mercantile Bks. "
Do
"A"
"C"
Bank of East Asia..!
N. U. & S. Bankı ..)
Insuranoca
**** NO
£19 £330
£16
164
$270
Canton lasirancos..
1510
Union Insurance .......
314
Underwriters
$35
H.K: Fires......
International Aasre, S.
Shipping
RAJI $8.20
Douglasennu
#481
Steamboats
38.90
301
Indo-Chinas (prof.)
143
361 +43
95/7
Shell
201
FU
13 cts
I
16/8
55
#:13
32
Do. (def.).
Waterboats
Mining
Kailan...
Itsaby
Venezuela Gold Fide.
"Hongkong Minua....
Docks, Wharves,
Godowns, ets.
+
HK & K. Whacvas.
Providents (old) ........
$190
$108 $9
20 cia.
199
:
Do: (now) ots.
#26)
B.K. & W. Docks Shangosi Dock S. Now Engineerings 8.
Buildings
H.. altins--| $4,40 | #13
$1,448 £87)
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1937.
THE EXCHANGE
MARKET
MESSRS. ROZA BROS.
Silver prices rose 1/4 yesterday for both deliveries, the quotations being 18 7/16 for Ready and 18 3/8 for Forwards, Sliver advices re- ported some bear covering. India operated both ways. After the official axing America bought. The market was steady, American SI- ver was quoted at 44 3/4 for Spot. The London-New York CROSS- rate was quoted at 499.90. New York-London was quoted at 499.-
£13
177 32
1970 #51
$235
7/8.
Steady.
MARKET
STERLING
Some business was reported. at 95/71/3 1/32 for cash. There were sel- lers at 1/3 December-February and $9.30
1/2 31/32 March-April, buyers at 1/3
1/32 Cash-Feb. and 1/3 March-April.
$18/9 871
114
!!!
$100
13
$12 183
CD
- $34.
$37
U.S. DOLLARS
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
(Through Renter's Services'
New York: December 3
New York/London Cross mite Now York,Cotton-Mar. New York Rubber-Mar. Chicago Wheat--May, Chicago Corn -May. Winnipeg Wheat-May. Silver Ufficial
st Sale Dec. 28 29
Great Northern Rly, 211 Great Western Bugar 251 Holly Sugar. Corpn. Humble OU .......
Int. Nickel
Int. Tel. & Tei, ......
BANKS
HONG. XƯNG AND SHANGHAI THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA
BANKING CORPORATION
$50,000,000
Issued & Fully Paid-Up #20,000,000
Proprietors
⠀ AUSTRALIA AND CHINA” Incorporated by Royal Charter 1953
HEAD OFFICE, LONDON: 38. Bishopsgate E.C.2.
....$10,000,000 | Paid-up Capilta!........
Reserve Fund. .$20,000,000 ↑ Reserve Liability of Pro-
Head Office—HONG KONG
Board of Directors.. G. Miskin, Egy,
Chairman.
Hon. Mr. M. T. Johnson,
Deputy Chairman,
J. K. Bousseld, Esq., A. H. Compton, Esq., S. H. Dodwell, Esq.,
J. R. Masson, Esq.,
E. S. Morrison, Esq.,
Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson,
T. E. Pearce, Esq.,
AL Shield, Esq.,
Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn,
Chief Manager.
QUOTATIONS
Authorised Capital
Last High Low Close
4.99)
Today's Соне 4.90€
Change
Reserva Funds:-
1/8 bp
Starling
£4,500,000
3.25 8.18 H.30 1478 14.07 -1494
8.19
ill. off.
Hong Kong Currency
14.0
.34 of
Reserves.**.
892 91
អង្គ
I off
Reserve Liability of
FOR 61
unch.
4182–117) 118
5/8 of
"
443
442
unch.
1937
High Low Dow Jones Averagen 104.40 113.84 50 Industrial
B4.48 29.10 20 Raile 37.54 19.24 20. Utilities 106.80 91.54 40 Bonds
BR.44 52.03
Dec. 28.
High Low Close
Change
118.93
"1100 117.71–190.15
1.29 up
26.91
19.07
99.74
.4 up .09 off 92.80 31 of 52.93 11 Commodity Index 63.32
.39 off Business Done: ~2,480,000 sharOS.
39.45; 28,53 199. 5 20.11 10.49 19.85
Stocka
Dec. 28 29 Adams ExprOKÉ
81 ..81 Allis Chalmers ....... 454 Amer. Can Am. Car & Foundry Amer. Cyanamid
Stocks
691
212
Amer. For. Power Amer, & For. $7 pí. Amer. Locomotive ... Amer. Metals Amer. Radiator
31
31
101 19
Int. Dept Stores
Branches:——
Amoy
Iloilo
Peiping
287 12
i
Amer, Rolling Mill.. Amer. Smelting
172 451
· 161
Bangkok Batavia Bombay
1pob
Penang
Johore
Rangoon
-Kube
Saigon
Caloutta Kowloon
451
Canton
Kuala
Amer. Steel Fdries.. Amer. Sugar
Chatoo
Lumpur Shaagliai
241
Colombo
Loudon
Amer. Tel & Tel... Amer. Tobacco "B" Amer. Waterworks Anaconda Copper... itchison. T. & S. Fe, Atlantic Refining Atlas Corpn. Auburn Motors ...... Baldwin Locomotive
1441 59
1431
30
Dairen
Lyons
Foochow
Malecos
102
-
Nat Cash Registor.. 151
144)
Haiphong Manila
..281 34
Nat Dairy Products 13
Hamburg Musr
Nat Distillers
191
201
Nat Power & Lighs
74
72
New York Central
101
33
31
Niagara Hudson "P.
Corpn.
71
North American
$ eura. pi.
Baltimore & Oblo.....
92
91
Northern Pacifc
Barnsdal OU
13
Benalx "Aviation ..... Bethlehem Steel Boeing Airplane Borden Co. Briggs
54
291 18
Brooklyn-Manhattan
7
Brooklyn-Mannattan
$6. cum, pf...........
21
Case. J.I.
83
A transaction was reported at 31 5/18 for cash. There were sellers at 31 1/4 Dec,-Jan., 31 3/16 Febru- ary and 31 1/8 March, buyers at 31 5/16 Cash-Jan. 31 "1/4 Feb-Mar. and 31 3/16 April
SHANGHAI DOLLARS Sellers at 105 3/4, buyers at 105 15/16 for Spot.
SHANGHAI MARKET There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 13/64, buyers at 1/2 7/32 for Spot. U.S. Dollars, sellers at 29 9/16. buyers at 29 19/32 for Spot.
IN THE AFTERNOON The market was quiet in the afternoon.
STERLING
The market closed with sellers at 1/3 December-February and "1/2 31/32 March-April, buyers at 1/3 1/32 Cash-Feb. and 1/3 March- April.
U.S. DOLLARS
The market closed with sellers at 31 1/4 Dec.-Jan., 31 3/18 Febru- ary and 31 1/8 March, buyers at 31 5/16 Cash-Jan., 31 1/4 Feb.-March and 31 3/16 April.
Trans
M'facturing 18
៩៩ ៩កង់ថ្មី គឺថ្មីវីឌីនីគីនគឺ
91
331
103
411
151
Kennecott Copper
Lambert Corpn.
Loew's Inc. Lorillard
McIntyre Porcupine
McKesson & Robbin# 29
Monsanto Chemical 831 Montgomery Ward
Murray Corpit,
@ 8--8¤#21888 222 F-118
10+
Pacific Gas & Elec. 264
Pacific Lighting
Packard Motors.
ã 1 8 7 7 7 7 7 51817 88-
Hongkew
Tientsin
prietors
£3.000.0 £3.000.000 £3.500.000
MANCHESTER BRANCH: 71, Mosley Street, Manchester
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:
ALOR STAR ILOILO
IPO
AMRITSAR
BANGKOK BATAVIA
BAIGON
SEKARANG
KABAGI
MEMBAN
KLANG
SHANGHAI
KOAK
KUALA
LUMPLE
BOMBAY CALCUTTA CANTON CAWNPORN. SUCHING
DEESMAURIZIOTERA
BU COLOMBO
HAIPHONG
HAMBURG
HANIC
HARSIN
BINGAPORE
BITIAWAN
SOU RABATA TAIPING
TURTHIK
MADRAS
MANILA
TONGKAN
NEW YORK PRIPING
TSINGTAO
"TBhuket!
ads. Hotels, and
H.K, Hotels
10
131
H.K Landa......... B.
131
3500
Do. 4% Debentures
3102
Shanghai Lauda....
Metropolitan Landa..
China Dolls.
Du Douenturos S.
$81
Humphreys
$8.10
$88
Chinese Exta lega
Cotton Mills
$12
Exce
S.
355
news.
de
Wing On Textiles.)
Ewo Cotton Rtx, S.
Public Utilities
Tramways 12.50
Poak Trame (old) ...
161
131.
Do (DOW)...
33 10
$80
Star Ferries
18U
$24
Yaaniati Forries....
323
$9.90
China Lights (old)... Ju sa
$1,40
31.35
$13.80
12.20
$0.20
:
A
|12.20}}|
S'hai Cottonafuld)S.
Do Lasiog Sigge
$141
Do. (new)...
Rts. Do.
HK. Electrics .....[ $004. Macao do.
Sandakan Lights ........
Tolephones (old)...)
Do.
126
$0
(new)
China Buses................§.
23/9
Tractions
"Do. ̈ ̈ ̈(prof.)....
Industrialı
$1.71-
Canton Icss
***
Cements
$12.30
Las
83.80
$13
Ropes
Miscelaneous
Dairy Farma.....
Ch. Ebainment
Constructions, (old); x11
Do.
Lane Crawforda....
Nanyang Tobacco...
Watsons
*
!!!
18
81.70
93.80
$23
OFFICIAL: QUOTATIONS
The market was steady.
BUYERS
HK Bank, $1445.
HK, Bank (Lon.), £87).
Canadian Pacifc .... 71
Curtiss Wright (C) Curtis Wright "A" 14. Delaware & Budson 14
** **** * *** ** ******* ******* *** * ** 5 * **88* * ***
Southern Pacific....
San Frad-
cisco
Singapore Saurabaya Sungei
Patani
Bankow (Johore) Tokyo Barbia Murden Tsingtao
New York Yokohama
in-
Current Accounts - opened Local Currency and Fixed Depoulis received for one year or shorter periods in Local Currency and Sterling on terms which will be quoted on application.
Also up to date Safe Deposit Boxes in rarious sizes To Let. Hong Kong, 12th May, 197
T
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
HE Business of the abova Bank is conducted by the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPOBATION, Bule
may be obtained on applisation.
For the HoNG KONG & BHANGHAI
BANTING CORPORATION..
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937.
BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED.
Authorised Capital 10,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital ...
5,598,600.00 Reserve and Undivided"
Profita
2,756,790,78
HEAD OFFICE:-Hong KƠNG
No. 10, Des Voeux Road, Central.
38
41
Paramount
81
9
Pennsylvania. R.R... - Phelps Dodge
201
21
Phillips Petroleum Public Service of N.J. 314 Puliman Inc. .......... Pure Oll
37
381
31
101
101
Celanese Corpn. of
$503/31
H. K
STOCK
123
EXCHANGE
%
America Cerro de Pasco ...... CertainTeed P'ducts
138. 131
35
Chesapeake Corpn. 421..
41+
Chesapeake & Ohto 331
-
29/8
YESTERDAY'S
Chrysler Corpn. ..... Columbia Gas & EL.
481
48+
Radio Corpa' of Am. Republic Steel ....... Reynolds Tobac, “g”. 421- St. Joseph Lead Co. Schenley Schenley 51% pf..... Sears Roebuck ..... 541 164 Shell Union Ol...... Socony-Vacuum
6
153
43
221 72
221
71
55+
151
14
Southern Cal Edison 211
中心
Columbia 8%, "A" pt. 73
181
Commerciel Credit 30
Commercial Solventa
67
Commonwealth & S.
1
17
Commonwealth
$0
80 thern Kly 5% pt. 111. 8tuad Brands Stand Gas & Mec. Stand Gas & Hec.
Ti
44
4.
40
391
cum. pf..***
$ pl......
21
22
$6.20
Consolidated Edison
22
Standard Off of N.J.
441
Consolidated Oil....
(DOW)
Douglases, $484.
Continental Oll
29
18
371
HK. Steamboats, $8.20.
Corn. Products
694
591
Sterling Products Swift International 22 Technicolor
41
223
15
16
..$4
417
Sinceres ...
Raubs. $74.
31
31
$1.40
HK. Tramways, $12.80.
Texas Gulf Sulphur 26 27 Tidewater Assoc. On 144
148
141
8. C. Enterprises
China Lights, $9.80.
741%, Cu.G.5%1996G.5Bda.|
prem. b
H.K. Gort 4% Loans
78%
prem.
Do, 31%
$104
宇都
Wallace Harper
$101
$40
H.K Wing On
Constructions (New); $1.
Shai Do
354
H.K. Govt. 3% Loan. 1% pm. SELLETS
Del Lackawanna &
Western Distillers Corpn Sea. grams************ Douglas Aircraft. Du Pont
67
127
B
Timken-Detroit Axle Transamerica, “ki 20th Cent. Fox Films. 20th Cent. Fox Films
pt.
101
104
194
191
201
251
357 371
18/9
Maramana ly v. (Lon,
H.K. Mines, 13 cts.
*18
(HK)
175 ote,
A.K. Realles, $42.
SALES
Electric Boat .... Elec, Bond & Share Eice. Bond & Share
$5 pf Elec. Band & Share
$6 pf.
108 · 1104 ·
71
8
Un Carbide & Car-
bod... 73 Un Pacific
712
81
814
21
United Aircrafs
24
254
Un.. Airline Trans-
514
port
64
United Corpn.
3
3
55
United Corpn.
Elec Power & Light 11
111
3. Cuma pí.
291
291
Amey! Batavia Boutbey Caloutta
Kowloog
London
Halbourn
Sas Prin
Elec Power & Light
$7 pf"
36
37%
Un. Gas Tprovem't 10 Un. Light & power
"A"
103
Canton
Xayrink!
Haiphong
New York
Bankow
Osaka
3
Homolafa
Parle
Бор
Palping
Filetkute
147
141
--
-i
Gen Asphalt ........... Gen. Cigar
19
224
221
401
454
Loans
30+
532
securities.
308
19
Vanadium Warner Bros Piet, Westinghouse Elec. 98 Youngstown Sheet
143
Current
99
& Tube
351
37+
Chase National Bk.
291*
291*
National City Bank 25 *.
251*
Call Money
1%
1%
2 Cz. div.
* Bid
Paris
Geneva
Berlin
Athens
Milan
i
Vibro Piling
176 ct. W. Powells
*Sales to Shangbsi
LONDON EXCHANGE RATES
Dec. 29 147-19/64 21. 612 12.401
Copenhagen
tekholmn
Shanghai
New York
(British Wirpices Service)
Dec. 28
147-0/64
21.62
12.401
95
95 1
Amsterdam
Vienna
Prague:
6.00-7/16 8.98*
1421
4.99-29/32 8.98-7/16
142-5/16
Madrid
Lisbon
Hong Kong
Bombay
Montreal
Brussels
Yokohama
Belgrade
Monte Video Rio
Bucharest
Silver (Forward)
Silver (Spot)
War Loan
On LONDON: --
4.99-11/16
29.45
5.00-9/16 29.461
25
2-9/16
181
18-3/18 34% 101-9/16
Closing Quotations
December 30, 1937,
Telegraphic Transfer.
Bank Bills, on demand 1/2
Credits four months'
right
i8-7/16 181 31% 1011
$40
ON NEW YORK:-
Bank Billa, on demand 2015/18"! Credits, 80 days' sight. 31 7/18 ON BATAVIA:
On dezuand ON PAR15:-
Bank Bille, on demand 910 Credits, 4 month's night 970
ON BAIGON:-
1/28
O SHANGWAL:-
On Demand
104
On demand
· De Singarde#;-
On demand
581
ON MANILA-
On demand
#13
Du Japal:-
On demand
100
OF BANGKOK÷-
On demande
140)
BOVEEEIONS Bank Buying
· Rats
11/4
Telegraphic Tran
on, di
BAR SILWER, dar Os' inummer (18 7/18
Çements, $12.20.
Entertainments, $5.20
Constructions, (Old), $14.
China Lights Rights, $440. H.K. Electrics, $501/3 Cements, $12.20/ł.
TRUST-BURSTING Firestone Tire & R
MOVE BREAKS N. Y. MARKET Gen. Electric
Den. Foods
Gen. Motors
All Recent Advances Gen. Ballway Signs! 197
In Price Tumble
New York,.Dec. 28. Prices on Wall Street took one of their worst tumbles for weeks to-day. A wave of gloom enveloped the market. Traders rushed to sell and at the close most of the mar- ket's recovery since mid-October was wiped out
attack.
Gillette Safety Razor
alfader Gold Dust
191
Goodrich (BJ.) Goodrich $5 pf.
Hiodrear
13
40
182
ין
US Industrial Alco-
.bol
US. Rubber
US Rubber $8 of. 451
UB. Stee! one mein
PHILIPPINE MINING
BULACAN MINING
NEWS
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Board of Directors :—
Bir Shouson Chow, Chaixian" Lá Koon Chun, Esq. Li Lan Bang, Eag P. K. Kwok, Esq. Wong ChuSon, Esq. Wong Yan Tong, Esq. Kan Ying Po, Esq. Chan Ching Sher, Fung Fing Wah,
...Esq.m.
Esq
Kan Tung Po, saq, Chlef Manager. Li Tas Fong, Esq., Manager.
"Branches and Agencies :--
Pabang Bourabaya
FancooD Выгод
OVECOM Bydasy Tilhoku
soo Tiental dsactio Tokyo- Semarang Vancouver Shanghai Yokobana
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
grunted
Accounta
од
YOKOHAMA
(Peking) AMBOANGA PENANG
HONG KONG RANGDON
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for Ons Year or aborter periods at rader which will be quoted-on applics tion.
of
The Bank's Head Office in Lon don undertakes Executor & Trustee business, and claims, recOVSKY. British Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of the Agencies and Branches.
B. W. ROBERTS,
Manager.
*
THE CHASE BANK
15, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
HEAD OFFICE:
18. PINE STREET,
NEW YORK.
An American Bank offering com
plete Foreign Banking Service in the principal Markets of the world. Interest Estes on Application.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
This Bank is entirely owned by THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK, Nax YORK, with Resources over U.S. $2,500,000,000.
D. M. BIGGAE,
Manager.
BANK OF CHINA
Specially Chartered by THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF CHINA AS AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK
H
PAID-UP CAPITAL.. 840,000,000.00 (BRANCHES ALL OVER CHINA) Owing to our numerous Branches in China and connections in the principal Commercial Centres of the World, we are able to extend to our Clients special facilities for Domestic and Foreign Banking Bart Exchange.
Head Office: SHANGHAI Hongkong Branch:
4, QUEEN'S ROAD, O.
South China Offices:
CANTON SWATOW SHIUCHOW
KONGMOON TOISHAN KINGCHOW
We also handle the issue of Bends
and other Public Funds of the approved
Chinese Government both at Home opened in and Abroad.
SHOU J. CHEN
Local Currency and Fixed Do posite received for one year or and shorter periods in Local Foreign Currencies on terms which will be quoted on' application.
Safe Deposit Boxes To Lot..
KAN TONG PO.
Chief Manager.
NEW RAILWAY.
IMPROVEMENTS
Manag**
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK·
1.
LIMITED
Capital (fully paid up)
Reserve Fund ...
*
Teg 100,000,000 (A Yan 134,400,000.00
HEAD OFFICE:----YOKOHAMA
Leading issues tell as much as
BLANCHES AND AGENCIES AT: five points, many touching new low
Alexandria Honolulu Rangoon London, Dec. 29. levels for the year or longer.
Railway companies' programmes Bangkok Heinking Rio de was the The primary cause
· Karachi Batavia
Jancing for 1938 will include a number of,
Berlin Kobe speech of the Assistant Attorney-
San Company,, pitalized to continue the encourag- extensions of the improvements General, Mr. Jackson, which
Bombay
London Francisco started fears that Government Inc. reports that exploration on its ing work on the property from its already carried out to the signalling Calcarte
Los AngelesSeattle Manila Semarang was contemplating a trust-barsting property of 50 claiths in Nor-original capital stock of P100,000, equipment of parts of their sys- Canton
zagaray, Bulacan, is well under way. all paid up at a par value of ten tems, with a view to reducing still Dairen Moji Shanghai. is its lowest The firm has recently been reca- centavos per share to P1,500,000 at further risk of human error and (Dalny) Nagasaki Singapore Steel, production
a par value of one centavo. Officers increasing the safety of railway Fengtien
Nagoya Soerabaya since Beptember, 1934 at 19 per cent.
are Ciriaco Taszon, president; | travel. The substitution of colour- (Mukden) Now York Sydney of the nation's capacity, while the inued at the same price as hereto Raymundo Kagahasian, vice-pres-ed light signals for the semiphore Hamburg Caska
Tientsin poorness of the motor industry fore, which is about 45 cents andent; Pedro Ocampo treasurer; type is one of the principal im Haukow Otaru Takya was emphasised.
Tsingtao Antonio Bautista, Pedro Angulo, provements. On the Great West Harbin Paris Reuter.
Hong KongPeiping Yinkow land Dr. G. F. Fernandez, directors.er line, a device invented by mem-
Interest allowed on Current A Dr. Ramon C. Donato" is the bers of the staff for automatic
DO ĐIỀ secretary of the corporation. trein control in áiready in use over ACME GOLD MINING Company. a considerable length of the routes, inc.. held its annual" stock and will be extended to the whole holders meeting recently when its of the main line routes, amount- new board of directors for the ing to 2,840 miles. ensuing year were elected.
British Wireteas..
SILVER AGREEMENT
Washington, Dec, 28.
ounce.
The understanding represents a stop-gap, pending negotiations for a permanent agreement, which, it A tentative agreement has been is understood, cannot be reached concluded between the United until President Roosevelt has an States and Mexico, under which nounced the domestic price and the United States purchases of silver | policy of silver for next year, through January next will be con- Reuter,
Deposita received for Fixed Perioda at rates to be obtained on application.
Y. KANO,
Manager.
Hong Kong,-11th Sept