an Ballers Jala Nominal
WEDNESDAY:
JAN," 19.
Ballara
Buyer
Jalan Homina
Banks
$1,426 $1,445
H.E. Banks
!!!
212 229
Bo (London) | Chartered Banka...
$1,450
£86
Conditions during
£18)
Marcantile Bks. "A"
£19
211
Do.
Bank of East Axix.......
N. U. & S. Banks
214
182
32
Insurances
1270
Canton lusara(OG)..
$168
H.K. Bank, · $1425.
the short session were much about the same as yesterday.
The Manila opening rates dis- played that market as still steady. BUYERS
New York/London Cryas-rate New York Cotton-Mar. Now York Rubber-Mar. Chicago Wheat --May, Chicago Corn ---May, Winnipeg Wheat-May. Silver-Umoial
16:16
Union Insurances .......
$500
Bank of East Asia, $82.
11
Underwriters
$1.10
Douglases, $35.
8235
H.A. Firns
[44
1993
Enternational Anroe, S.
12
DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Sharebrokers' Association
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1938.
H. K. STOCK
EXCHANGE
YESTERDAY'S
OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
(Through Reuter's Service)
QUOTATIONS
New York: January 19,
"Today' Close High Low Close
4.99) * 4981 8,48 8.40 8,60 14.85 14.80 1485* 901 96. 912 81 697 But. 125 1231 195)
Last
Change
1/4 up
8,41 14.3
07 of
.02 of 5/8 of
601 1241 442 442
1/4 up
7/8 of unch.
1937
850
1011
$31.40 $311
143
Skipping
Donglave
Steamhas been
Indo-Chinas (pref.)
96. Shall
$9.30
or.div. 18/3
377
$5
Do. (dot.)
Waterboats
Mining
Kallana
Ranha
Veuezarın "goed Flei■.
etongkong Minos..
Docks. WharVOS,
Godowns, ets.
H.K. & K. Whartou.
1114
9.05
Proridents (old). ...
5271
$5.20
3000
142
Do..
4!!!
(now) 2% c.
H.A. W. Docks $971 Shanghai Docks S. New Ezginnerings S.
Lands.", liofels, sod
Budings
H.K. Hotela 5. 19 HK Land... 8. D. 4% Dobeatures
Shanghai Lada...,
Metropolitan Lande..
***
H.K. Baalbies.......... Chins Do
Do. Devoulures.
38.5 Hpbreys
Chase Estates ...
$53 $11.30
$51
143
X div. 90/3
19.30
(8/3
18
3114
19.06
H.K. Bank, $1445.
$97
H.K. Lands. $31.
$100 13
H.K. Steamboats, $104." H.K. & W. Docks. $274. Providents (New). 20 cts. HK. Lands, $31.40. Peak Trams (Old), $84. Star Ferries, $80). China Lights (Old), $10,30. H.K. Electrics, $523. Macao Electrics, $194, Telephones (New), $8.35. Cements, $12.65. HK. Ropes, $31. Watsons, $5.20. Entertainments, $51. Constructions, $i},"
SELLERS
106.89 91.0440 Bords
High
Low Dow Jones Averages. Jan, 17. 194.40 113.84 30 Industrials
$4.46 38.91 20 Rail:
132.49
31.81
37.54 19.54 20 Utilities
1198 91.85
High Low Close 131.98 13u.88 131.57 31.58 30.90 3126 21.5 20.08 90.78
88,44 62.01 11 Commodity Index 5415
>0.91 13.75
Change .98 off .70 of 17 DE 7,4 off
Hon. Mr. M. T. Johnson,
.AU off
Business Done:-730,000 shares.
J. K. Bousfeld, Esq., A H. Compton, Esq., S. H. Dodwell, Esq., J. R. Mason, Esq.. K. S. Morrison, Esq.,.
BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued & Fully Paid-Up $20,000,000 Reserve Funds:-
'Sterling
..£8,500,000
H.K. Currency Reserve $10,000,000 Reserve Liability of
Proprietors
$20,000,000
Head Ofice; HONG KONG
Board of Directors. G. Miskin, Esq..
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA AND CHINA Incorporated by Royal Charter 1933.
HEAD OFFICE; LONDON: 38.. Bishopsgate E.C.2.
Paid-up Capital.
Reserve Fund
Reserve Liability of Pra-
priators
- £3.000.000
-23.000.001
£3.000.000
MANCHESTER BRANCH: 71. Mosley Street, Manchester,
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: ALOR STAR ILOILO BATOON
BEMABANO Deputy Chairman. AMRITSAR
Chairman.
BANGKOK
BATAVIA
BOMBAY CALCUTTA
IоH KARAONI
SEREMBANG
SHANGHAI
KLANG KOBE XUALA
BINGAPOR SITIAWAN
Adams Expresa Allis Chalmers........ Amer Can
Jan. 17 18
101
Stocks Great Northern Rly, 241
Last Sale Jan. 17 18
Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, T. E. Pearce, Esq.
A. L. Shields, Eaq..
237
Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn.
50
781
Am. Car & Foundry Amer. Cyanamid
251
$4.40
*K6
Cotton Milis
59
Ewos
$81
算
SHOT
$81
$24
$10.30
11.20 #14
S'ha Cottonsfold)S.
Do.
Zoong Singe
triew
Wing On Textilex(5.)) Ewo Cotton Ree. S.
Public Utili
Tramways ......PARAN
Pesk Trams (old) .......]
Da (now)...)
Star Ferries
Yaumati Forrias «««
China Lights (old)... 10.30)
$740
Do
(new)...
Do.
Rt.
|3627/3)
H.K. Electrics
$62+
1621
310
Alacao do.
0141
$8,35
Sandakan Lights
$25 65) Telephones (old)
Do, (new)
+25
23/8
Tractions
03/-
Do. (prof.).....
Industrial
#314
$100
$8.8.
395
$55
$24
132
$13.95 18.
#3
$944
$80
4
$7.40
$9/6.
H.K. Tramways, $14.20. Peak Trams (New), $31. Sandakan Lights, $14). Canton Ices, $1.70. SALES
H. & S. Hotels. $5.20.
H.K. Tramways. $14.
Star Ferries, $81. H.K. Electrics: $527/3. Watsons, $5.10.
THE EXCHANGE
MARKET
MESSRS. ROZA BROS.
Silver prices rose 1/8 yesterday for both deliveries, the quotations being 20 1/16 for Ready and 19 3/4 for Forward. Sülver advices reported some bear covering. After the official fixing there were buy- ers at 1/16 over the rate but sellers were reserved. American Silver was quoted at 44 3/4, for Spot.
The London-New York cross- rate was quoted at 499.75. New York-London was quoted at 499.- 3/4
Boeing Airplane Borden Ca.
Briggs M'facturing 25 # Brooklyn-Manhattan
Trans
Brooklyn-Manhattan
$8 cum, pt.......... Case, JI.
Amer. & For. Power Amer. & For. $7 pt Amer. Locomotive Amer, Metals Amer Radiator
31
22
2:2
36
131
Amer Rolling Mil
221
541
Ainer. Smelting Amer. Steel Fdrlea. Amer. Sugar
285*
Amer. Tel & Tel.... 146)
Amer
Tobacco "B" Amer. Waterworks Andconda Copper Atchison. T. & 8. Fe. Atlantic Refining.... Atlas Corp.
704
111
--
35
40
B
Auburn Motors ...... Baldwin Locomotive
$1 cum pt. Baltimore & Ohio... Barnsdall O Bendix Aviation
51
91
151
Bethlehem Steek
631
341
181
12
354
914
Canadian Pacific Celanese Corpn. of
America
778
18
Cerro de Pasco ...... 4341424 Certain-Teed P'ducts
བྷཊྚ(ཧྥོཨྰཿཀྰaཚོཊ༐iཎྜཾeཀྐོརོæ,,ཡཨཱ ཿ, རཙ 1ཙྪནྣཔྤཏུ ཙ,ནa ཡནྡྷོ
Great Western Bugat
31¿*
31
Holly Sugar Corpn.
Humble Ou
641
647
Int. Nickel.
Amoy
Branches: Iloilo Peiping
50
501
Bangkok
Ipoh
Penang
Ini Tel & Tel
71
62
Batavia
Johore
Int. Dept Stores
Kennecott Copper
217
11
Bombay
Kobe
Rangoon Baigen
"J
401 40
Calcutta
Kowloon
San
Lambert Corpn. ......
124 121
Canton
Kuala
Loew's Inc.
51
Cheloo
50
Lumpur
Lorillard
Colombo
London
18
178
Dairen
Lyons
Francisco Shanghai Singapore Sourahaya
McIntyre Porcupine -
Foochow
Malacca
Sungei
McKesson & Robbins 33
327
Haiphong Manila
Patani
Monsanto Chemical 881
87 *
Hamburg Muar
Tientsin
Montgomery Ward
351
35
Hankow (Johore) Tokyo
Murray Corp.
Harbin
Mukden
Tsingtao
Nat Cash Registor 271
177
Nat Dairy Products 15
151
Nat Distillers .........
251:
201
Nat Power & Light 71
71
New York Central
187
181
Niagara Hudson P...
Corpn.
71
71
North American
10
93
Northern Pactic
128
124
Pacific Gas
Mec. 273
274
Pacific Lighting
Also up to date Safe Deposit Boxes in various sizes To Let.
Hong Kong. 19th May, 1937. «
40
384*
Packard Motors
54 SI
Paramount
113
111
Pennsylvania RR
.234
227
Phelps Dodge
Phillips Petroleum 39
39
Public Service of N.J. 329
32
Pullman InG.........
Pure Ol.....
13
121
Radio Corpn of Am.
61
Republic Steel.......... Reynolds Tobac. "B"
197
198
432
423
St. Joseph Lead Co.
Schenley
254
238
Schenley 54% DI.....
783
791*
STERLING
Chesapeake Corp. 151
45
Sears Roebuck
63
627
Ropes
Vi
Dairy Farma.... ..
Ch. Etainments......
(DBW)
17
Lane Crawford.......
1,30
$5.10
66%,
prem. 4*,
par
$40
B'hel
$5
(British Wireless Service)
+
Pan. 18 149-0/16
*
21.633
12.401
Athens
Milan
941
95
Copenhagen
'Shanghai
New York
4 091
Amsterdam
8.97€
4.98-13/18 8.97
Vienna
1420
Helsingfors
Lisbon
Hong Kong
Bombay
Montreal.
4.901
20.55
499-13/18 29.64
$1.2,60
37
'31,70
#
Caaton Ice
Cemonta
Miscellaneous
$1.40
$6,05
Constructions, (old}} #14
Do.
Nanyang Tobacco...
Sincerea ....211634
Watsonstige va
5. C. Enterprises... Cu.G.5% 19250.2Bdø.
1 K.toy XLoana|
Do.
Wallace Harper
B.K Wing On
Vibro Piting.....*
18/0 Murmans liv. (Lon.
Do
6
76 cta. Wm. Powalla
(ELK.)
170
*Baira to Shanghai
LONDON EXCHANGE RATES
Parts
Geneva
Berlin
Stockholm
Jan. 17. 147-13/16
21.63
12.40
• MARKET
There were sellers at 1/3 Jan.- March and 1/2 31/32 April, buyera at 1/3 1/32 Cash-March and pro- bably 1/3 April.
U.S. DOLLARS
There were sellers at 31 1/4 January and 31 3/16 Feb.-April, buyers at 31 5/16 Cash-Feb, and 31 1/4 March-April,
SHANGHAI DOLLARS,
Sellers at 105 3/4, buyers at 105 Com. Products
SHANGHAI MARKET
There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 3/18, buyers at 1/2 7/32 for Spot. US Dollars, sellers at 29 17:32. buyers at 29 19/32 for Spot.
→ STATEMENT OF
RAUB MINES WORKING
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange have received the following state- ment from the Secretaries of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd in Brisbane.
Statement for quarter December 4, 1937, (Consisting of four four-weekly periods).
Tonnage of Ore raised, 20.132
tons.
ended
No. of ounces of Bullion produc- ed. 6,256 ounces.
7)
No. of ounces of Fine Gold re- covered, 6,942 ounces.
Gen. Asphalt Gen. Cigar
Gen. Electric
Quiet.
$1,70
$12
131
$24
951
Chesapeake & Ohio 374 Chrysler Corpn. ...... 601
8 Columbia Gas & El.
TB 78 * Columbia 6% "A" pt. Commerci?! Credit 58 371 Commercial, Bolvents 9 Commonwealth & S. Commonwealth
37
Shell Union Ou
171
177
TINTAIN
CANTON CAWNPORE Cat
XUCHING
LUMPUR
BOURABAYA
- TAIPING
MADRAS
COLOMBO
MANILA
DELHI
MKDAN
Chief Manager, HAIPHONG
Hongkow. New York Yokohama
Current Accounts
opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received for one" year or shorter periods in Local Currency and Sterling on terms which will be quoted on application.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
HAMBURG
HANKOW
HARBIN
HONG KONG
TONGKAR
(Bhuket)
NEW YORK TSINGTAO
PEIPING
TOKOHAMA
(Peking) SAMBOANGA
PINANG
RANGOON
!!
FOREIGN EXORANGE and General Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT Accotwas opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on applica- !tion.
THE Business of the above Bank is conducted by "the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI · BANKING CORPORATION, Rules may be obtained on application.
For the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
Y. M. GRAYBUEN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937.
The Bank's Head Office in London undertakes Executor and Trustee business, and claims_re- covery
of British Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of the Agencies and Branches.
R. W. ROBERTS,
Manager.
THE CHASE BANK
-45, 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 Rates on Application.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
This Bank is entirely owned by THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK, NEW YORK, with Resources overTM U.S. $2,500,000,000.
D. M. BIGGAR,
Manager.
1.
60
Socony-Vacuum
15
151
BI
Southern Cal Edison 237
23
cum. pl.
Consolidated Edison 231
Consolidated Ou
Continental Oli
"
85%
7/B for Spot.
lez. inti
$103) $100
136
139
Curtiss Wright (.)
Curtles Wright "A" 18 Delaware & Hudson 16† Del Lackawanna
Western
Distillers Corpo Beş-
KTRINE
Douglas Aircraft .............
Du Pont
Electric Boat
Elec. Bond & Share
Elec. Bond & Share
$5 pt.....
Elec. Bond & Share
$8 pi...
Elec Power & Light 111 Elec Power & Light 157 pt...
Firestone Wire & R Finkote
Gen. Foods
Gen. Moters
Value of Gold produced, £41,344, Sterling."
Gen Railway Signal 25. GWetta Safety Razor Glidden Gold Dust
Prague...
Brussels
Tokohama
Belgrade
210 ........
Monte Video
Bucharest...má......nis
Silver (Forward).
bilver (Spot) War Loan-
2-13/16
197. 20-1/16.
19] 19-15/18 -3% 102
Closing Quotations
January 19, 1938.
DO LONDON:- ..
-34% 102-9/16
ON NEW YOL :—.
Bank Bills, on demand 30 15/16 Credits, 60 days' "sight. 317/18
On demand UN PARIS:-
Telegraphic Transfer... Bank Bille, on demand 1/97 ON BATAVIA: Credits four months'
sight
Bank Bills, on demand 9.20 Credita, 4 month's sight 10,00
LAL
Or SHangmat :-----
On Demand .........
104)
ON BAIGON
EN SINGAPORN:-
On demand.
On demand
539.
O MANICA:-
¿ÐU, JAPAN L
T
100)
ON BANGKOK:
}32
On demand....
Telegraphio Transfer... Brak, in demand.
SIĘ
On demand........... 612
On demand BoVERIGES Bank Buying
Hats Biz SILTIL SA201/16
1/21/16
Working Costs, £29.537 Sterling. Capital Expenditure (special), £25,475 Sterling.
Mine profit for Quarter (subject to Depreciation), £11,807 Sterling.
WORKERS' WAGES
INCREASED
London, Jan. 18. Wage changes in 1937 are es- timated by the Ministry of Labour to have resulted in total net in- Icreases of about £780,000 in week- ly full-time wages of more than 5.100.000 workers. The average weekly increase is more than 3 shillings per head.-
·British Wireless.
Goodrich (BF) ... Goodrich $5 pl. Goodyear
PHILIPPINE MINING
NEWS
Head Office:-HONG KONG No. 10, Des Voeux Road, Central,
Board of Directora:--
Bir Shouson Chow, Chairmat Li Koon Chan. Esq. Li Lan Sang, Esq. P. K. Kwok, Esq. WongChuSon, Esq. Wong Yun Tong, Esq. Kan Ying Po. 69 Chan Ching Shek, Fung Ping Wah,“
Esq.
Esq.
Kan Tong Po, Kad. Chief Mas Li Tao Fong, Esq., Manager.
Branches and Agencies?—
Kowloon Penang Botesbaya London Hartoon
Kanla
Swatow
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Loans granted ол approve securities.
BANK OF CHINA
Specially Chartered by THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
OF CHINA AS AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK PAID-UP CAPITAL. 10,000,000.00 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 and Exchange.
Head Office: SHANGHAI Rongkong Branch:
4. QUEEN'S ROAD,
South China Offices:
KONGMOON TOISHAN
CANTON SWATOW SHIUCHOW KINGCHOW
We also handle the issue of Bonds and other Public Funds of the Current Accounts opened in Local Chinese. Government both at Home Currency and Fixed Deposits and Abroad. ceived for
year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Cur-| rencies on terms which will be quoted on application.
one
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
REICHSMARK
SHOU J. CHEN
Manager.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
LIMITED
QUOTATIONS | Capital (fully paid up)
Yen 100,000,000:30- Reserve Fund......Yen 134,400,000.00
Head Offce:YOKOHAMA
Berlin, Jan. 19. Reichsmark was quoted, without guarantee, as follows: --
New York, 40.28.
Paris, 1200.
Amsterdam, 72.335.
London, 12.40.
Paris sterling 149.50 to 150.00. Paris U.S. dollar 29.80 to 29.805.- Transocean News Service.
4
BEANCHES AND AGENCIES AT: Alexandria Honolulu Rangoon Bangkok Hanking Rio do Batavia Karachi Jansiro Berlin
Kobe Ban London Bombay
Francisco Calcutta
Canton
Dairen
(Delay)
Los Angeles Seattle
Manila Semarang Moji Shanghai Nagasaki Singapore Fengtien Nagoya Boerabaya (Mukden) New York Bydney Hamburg Osaka “
Otari
has pinched down to less than a meter is now widening and the values remain unchanged.
The Kabayan Central is operated Hankow
Tientsin Tokyo
Tsingtao
Zinkow
Current
BAGUIÓ GOLD Mining company nel 1, south, tunnel 2, north, and treated 7,668 tons of ore during De- tunnel 3 north. The vein accord- cember, from which P141 237 23 ing to the president varies from half a meter to a little more than was recovered. This establishes a new all-time high monthly record two meters; and other smaller for the company.
veins have been cut which will be EXCHEQUER RETURNS, KABAYAN CENTRAL Mines, Inc. explored in the future.
London, Jan. 18. nas carried on work in the mines
by the Benguet Gold Cave Mines, Harbin Paris
a 50.50 profit sharing basis. Hong Kong Peiping Exchequer returns show that continuously with encouraging re-
Interest allowed ön The officers are. Vicente Lopez, total ordinary revenue amounts suits, Vicente López, president, re-
president; Jose V Bagtas, vice pre- Accounts. to £548.883,823, compared with ported to the stockholders. Trac-
for Fixed Deposits received aldent and general manager; Jose €520.545,947 at a corresponding ing the activities of the company date of 1937. Total expenditure, up to December 7, 1937, Mr. Lopez
Velasco, secretary; and Mrs: Aaun Periods at rates to be obtained Iess self-balancing items, La stated that seven tunnels totalling installed. Assays have varied from con A. de Pacheco, treasurer. The on application.
Y. KANO, £690.722,041. against £636,721-482.80 meters have been made. P2.80 to P43.40 per ton. He fur-corporation is capitalized at 2,000
Manager. shares of no par value. 801 a year ago... British Wirden. The vein has been located in tun- ther stated that the vein which
Hong Kong, 11th Sept, 1937,
Two ventilating fans with motors and Jute pipes have been purchas- ed to be installed in Nos. 2, and 3. One of these fans has tunnels. already been installed and work- ing, and the other will soon be
on
·
Southern Pacide..... 201
BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED.
201
Borthern Kly 8% pt. 13
12
Stald Branda........
9
11
11
38
Bland Gas & Elec 4 Stand Gas & Elec
Authorised Capital....810,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital .........
5,598,000.00
4.
Reserve and Undivided
Profits
2,776,728.70
361
37
$7 pt.
231
*་་ །------་ཁན་ Standard Oil of N.J. 50
211
211
494
01
01
Sterling Producta
61
61
321
323
Swift International. 261*
20+
641
63
Technicolor
201
201
SL
51
Texas Gulf Sulphur 321
331
171
Tidewater Assoc. Og 15"
15
16
Timken Detroit Axle
-
&
Transamerica
117 11
71
7+
20th Cent. Fox Films. 234
23
20th Cent. Fox Films
147
131
pt.
301
301
441
442
Un Carbide & Car-
117
1181
bon
77
77
104
91
Un. Pacific....
861
851
.81
United Aircraft.....
26
25+
Amoy
Batavia
Un." Airline
Trans-
Bombay
Cakatta
48
47.
port
K
71
Cantuo
Bago Melbourne Bay Press Nagasaki
Sydowy
Tathakas
cisco
Tiritain
United Curyn.
3
31
Halphong
New York Yeastle
Bankow
Osaka
Searay
52
53
United
#5 Согра
Monalul Koby
Paria
Shanthal
Toky VADOODver Yokohama
Paiplay
Slogapore
111
cum pt.
201
291
49 #
481
Un Gas Tprovem't 104 Un. Light & power
"A"
101
3
27
17 161
UB Industrial Alco-
bol
221 221
243*
251..
US. Rubber
291 28.
437
437
US Rubber.$3 pf. 581 571
338
331
US Stee!
801
364
-357
Vanadium
183 184
241
E
-25 231
187- 55..
Warner Bros Pict,...: T Westinghouse Elec. 1061 Youngstown '$c+
& Tube
1041
#
417
18 551*
Chase National BE 34**
National City Bank 284*
21 214
Call Money
1
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591
331*
271*
* ex, div.
* Bid
The