New York: February 17."
Tamin ·
ees
132
. ..
1937
1250
Canton Invärmacos..
$505
$1,40
1840
EK, Fres...
N. C. & B. Barks ........
Insurances
Union LowaraIONE ...
Underwriters
32
1440 113.64 30 Industrials
$500
84.46 $709 90 Raila
:::
1502
37.54 18.96 80 Utilities
$1.4
106 80 88.74 40 Bonds
$940
3
#11
161
10 30
*
Waterboats
143
90/41
Shipping
Donginee
Steambaba
Indo-Chinas (pref.)
Do. (def.)
Shell .....................
160
STOCKS
$11
361
4443
Adams Express
89/44
Alleghany Steel Co.
#9.30
Allis Chalmers
Alining
Amer. Can
Kailana
14/
#
17
34
Venezuela thyld Fid..
10 st Hongkong Minps.
+1
Docki, Wharves,
fiodowns, ete.
H. & 8. Hotels, $8.30. Peak Trams (Old). $84. Yaumati Ferries, $251. China Lights (Old), $10.70. China Lights (New), $7.45.
Amer. Cynamid "B"
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1938.
12
DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
Hong Kong Stock
Exchange
Sal
11.010 OD #1,810 CD
H. K. STOCK
Sharebrokers* Association
EXCHANGE
THURSDAY.
FEB. 17.
Banks
H.K. Banka
C
Da. (London)
Buyam
for.div. £87
en XD
$1,800
***
Chartered Banks
239
£14
Marcantile Bks. "A"
Do.
101
Bank of East Asia...
NEW YORK STOCK · EXCHANGE
(Through Renter's Service)
21st
YESTERDAY'S
QUOTATIONS OFFICIAL
The market showed signs of some buoyancy with a fair alk round enquiry. Advances were re- gistered in Banks at 31515, Kow- loon Wharves at $120, Hotels at $6.30, Cements at $144. Watsons at $5.65, HK. Marsmans at 3/3.
Manila quotations were a shade lower, that market being reported: as slightly easier.
H.K. Bank. $1515 c.d.
China Underwriters, 31.40. Douglases. $80.
Union Waterboats, $9.30. H.K. & K. Wharves, $120. Providents (Old), $260. Providents (New), 50 cts.
New York/London Cross-rate New York Cotton-Mar. New York Rabber-Mar. Chicago Wheat -May, -May Chicago Corn Winnipeg Wheat---May. Silver Oficial
High Low Dow Jones Averages,
BUYERS
b ofת
BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA
BANKING CORPORATION
1
Authorised Capital
$50,000,000 | Issued & Fully Paid-Up $20,000,000 Reserve Funds: -
༔ད
Sterling....................................£ 6,500,000 H.K. Currency. Reserva 310,000,000 Reserve Liability of
Proprietors
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON: "38. Bishopsgate EC2.
· Peld-up Capital.
.....220,000,000 | Rasos Fund..
Board of Directors. G. Miskin, Esq..
Chairman.
| Reservs Liablilty of Pre- prietors
83.500.000 £3.000.00
£3.000.000
MANCHESTER BRANCH: 71, Mosley Street, Manchester.
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:
1208 KARAOHI
ILOILO Deputy Chairman, ALOR STAR
AMRITSAR BANGKOK BATAVIA BOMBAY
CALCUTTA CANTON
KLANG
BAIGON BRMARANG
* BEREMBANG
QUOTATIONS
High Low Close
5.031 8.80 6,79 8.83 14.93 14,63 14.81
Today's Clone
Changi
6.03)
6/8 up
8.70
10% of
1492
.98 up
93 911
92
7/8 up
591
unch.
120) Lait
1257
126
6/8 up
44)
unch.
Head Office:-HONG KONG
Fab. 15.
High Low Ulate Change
124.93
125.35-193.39 114.80
29.84
$2,91 98,48. $871
1.13 of
1890
18.86 18.75 18.92
91.19
83.44 52.01 II Commodity index 59,96
81.10 mutilaisd Business Dons:--470,000 shares.
.03 up .09 off
Hon. Mr. M. T. Johnson,
Last Sale
STOCKS
Last Bale
J. K. Bousfeld, Esq., A. H. Compton, Esq., S. H. Dodwell, Esq., J. R. Mason, Esq..
SNATURAL
Feb. 15 18
Feb. 15 16
9
9
Humble Oll
63
$3.
16
151
Int. Nickel
487
481
E. B. Morrison, Esq., Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, T. E. Pearce, Esq.,
XOBR KUALA
LUMPUR
BANGAPORE
HITIAWAN
BOURABAYA
42)
421
Int. Tel. & Tel .......
67
61
·841.
as
Int. Dept. Stores...
10 * 10
A. L. Shields, Esq.. Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn,
CAWNPOKE KUCHING CMBU COLOMBO
TAIPING
MADRAS
TIETSIN
MANILA
ТОКОКАН
241
241
Amer. & For. Power
31
Amer. & For. $7 pt. 17
31 161:
Amer. Locomotive... 201
193
Kennecott Copper Lambert Corpn....... Libbey- Owens- Ford
Glass .....
35. 352.
Chief Mannger. | DELHI
*110 111*
Branches:
342 332
Amer. Metals
H.K. & K. Wharvo. | 31178
$117
Providents (old) ...
$2.60
HK Electrics, $56..
Macao Electries, $19.
Amer. Radiator......
311
121 13
311
Lockheed Aircraft
Amoy Bangkok
Iloilo
Peiping
Ipoh
Penang
81
Batavia Johere
Rangoon
Loew's Inc.
482 473
Bombay
Kobe
Saigon "
Amer. Rolling Mill
183 181
Lorillard
151
153
¡Calcutta
Kowloon
Bab
$3.50
05 c.
Do." H.K. & W. Docks
(new)
60 2.
Cements. $143.
Amer. Smelting
484
491
McKesson & Robbins
¡Canton
Kuala
Francisco
$29
H.K. Ropes, $41.
35
$61
#33;
קאקו!
$28.90 3hangusi Dock
New Engineerings 8. Lands, Hotels, and Buldings
H.K, Hotels H.K anda.......8. Do. 4% Debentures Shanghai Lands.....9.
Metropolitan Lande.,
8.
$100
Watsons, $5.65.
Amer. Sugar Ring... 273* Amer. Tel. & Tel. ... 135j
273*
$3 pf.
34
341
Chefoo
Lumpur
Shanghai
1351
Martin, Glen L ... 17
Colombo
London
17.
Singapore
$3
Entertainments; $61.
Amer.
Tobacco "B" 05)
851
Monsanto Chemical 35+
84
Dairen Lyons
Foochow Malacca
Sungei
Constructions, $13.
Amer. Waterworks .....
B
9
Montgomery Ward
32
321
MONA
061
H.K. Govt. 45% Loan, 22 pm. Marsmans (H.K.), 5/3
Anaconda Copper
307
313
Net. Bond Invest-
Atchison, T. & S. Fe.
351
35
ment
15 *
3
SELLERS
Atlas Corpn. .............
T"
73
Nat. Cash Register 171
161
3100
Yaumsti Ferries
China Lights (old)...
Do. (pow)...
Do. Rex
H.K. Klectrica ...... Macao do
#141 Sandakan Lights....
$131
$15
816.20 UD
381
Do.
(now)... $3
$83)
Star Ferries
$824 $25.35
$251
$10.70
⠀ ⠀
$10.85
$7.45
JA
K
#381
3561
3:01
3251
Telophones fold)
1261 | #251
39
θα (new).
$9.10
92/6
Tractions
232
Do. (pref.)..
Ewo Cotton Rta, S.
Pablle Utilities
Tramways
Peak Trams (old) .......) 183
5.10/5.20
H.K. Kalties..........
Humphreys ....................
186
Chinese Estates
Cotton ML
$114
Ewoa
FIN
$53
S'ha Cottons..... 5. 658
Zoong Sing.
$34
Wing On Textiles (15.)
$30
$3,30
$8.70
Providents (New). 65 cts. H.K. Tramways, $15). Peak Trams (Old), $31. Macao Electrics, $25). Wm. Powell, Ltd., 65 cts.
SALES
Auburn Motors...... Baltimore & Ohio B'more & Ohio Pfd.
4
Nat Dairy Products 137
14
9
91
Nat. Distillers
22
11
11
Nat. Power & Light
61
**
Barber & Co......
171
17
Nat Supply Corpn. 183
17.
Barnsdall Of
141
743
New York Central...
17{
171.
Bethlehem Steel
543
551
Niagara Hudson
co *****
HK. Bank, $1510, c.d. - Union Insurance. $505, Providents (Old), $2.55-60. ↑ Providents (New), 55-60 cts. H. & S. Hotels, S61. H.K. Realties, $5.10-5.20. Yaumati Ferries, $25.35. H.K. Electries, $56). Dairy Farms, 3254. Marsmans (HK), 5/6 Antamoks Ps.. 85 cts. Atoks. 284 cts. Bagulo Gold, 24 cts.
Benguet Consol., 9.80. Coco Grove. 89 cts.
Consolidated Mines, 011 cts. Demonstrations, 44 cts. T.X.L. 76 cts.
Case, JI
Boeing Airplane Co.
27)
271
Corpn.
71
1
Borden Co.
177
174
N. America Aviation
B
B
Borg-Warner
231
23
North America Co. 12
112
Briggs M'facturing. 22)
223
Northern Pacific
253
251
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Pacific Gas & Elec
38
374*
Also up to date Safe Deposit Boxes in various sizes To Let. Hong Kong, 12th May, 1937.
Trans, M...
101
11
Pacific Lighting
41
.. 43
Brooklyn-Manhattan -
||
Packard Motors
·B
BA
38 cum. pf.
301
322
Paramount Pictures
91.
97
91
91
Paramount 1st. pf.
89 *
80.
Canadian Pacifc
61
7
Pennsylvánia R.R....
22
211
Celanese Corpn.
15)
151
Phillips Petroleum ...
371
37
Cerra de Paco .......
392
39
Public Service of NJ,
31
31
#15
Industrials
$142 Cald, Macy. (Ord.))
10. Prof. S
Paracale Gumaus, 28 cts. San Mauricio, 73 cta. Suyoc Consol., 22 cts.
Chesapeake Corpn.... 40) Chesapeake & Ohio 33 Chrysler Corpa....... 541 71 Columbia Gas & El. Columbla 8 “A” pf. 88 68 Commercial Credit... 367 Commercial Solvents Commonwealth & 87 Commonwealth &.8.
40
Pure Of
111
11
3Zi
Radio Corpn. of Am.
62
61
544
Republic Steel
171
17
7
Reynold Tobac. "B" 392
40;
Schenley
24
26
Schenley 5% pl.
20*
21 #
B
B}
Sears Roebuck
581
59
11
18
Shell Union Oll
15
143
Bocony-VacuLMI
152
15%
11.70
Canton lest
$1.60
United Paracales. 58 cts.
6% cum pf. .........
34
Saj
Southern Cal Edison 21
211
$14,30
Comenta
$141
|$14.30
Rupee
$455
Consolidated Edison 214 Consolidated Oil
211
Southern Pacifc
18!
18
*
.92
ទេវ
Southern Rly (com) 113
112
BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED.
Miscellaneous
THE EXCHANGE Continental Can....
111
421
Southern Rly "A"
181
18
Continental Oli
287
297
Standard Brands ....
8
8
#25)
Dairy Farma ..............
$25,30
Corn. Products ......
$8.30
Constructions, (old)j štį
፡፡
Curtiss Wright (C.)
....(DOW)}
Carties Wright "A"
17
11
$71
Delaware & Hudson 151 Del. Lackawanna &
Western
H-K. Gort. Z Loans
par
Do. 31%
$101
Sha! Do
8431
Elec. Bond & Share
(H.K.)
180 gts,
LONDON
Wa.
Elec. Bond & Share
$5 pi......
Elec. Bond & Share
36 pr.
Dull.
Feb. 15
21.601 12.413
Athens
Milan
051
Copenhagen.
152-27/32
Feb. 16.
152-51/64 21.61
12.42
95-11/16
Elec Power & Light Elec. Power & Light
$7 pi. Flintkote................ Freeport Sulphur
Gen. America Trans 404 Gen. Cigar
Gen. Railway Signal 221
Glidden Co.
5.02-11 '16
8.962
5.03-9/18 8.961
142-15/16
Godchaux
Sugar
Class "A"
Goodrich $5 pt.
Helsingfors
Lisbon
Hong Kong
Bombay
Montreal
Brussels
5.021 29.571
5.031 29.671
Yokohama
Belgrade
Goodyear Tire & Co. -20
Great Northern Rig. 23) Great Western Sugar 283 Corpn. 9. Greyhound
ཝཱ ' Hecker Products
Paris
Geneva
Berlin
Stockholm
Shanghal
New York
Amsterdam
Vienna
Prague
Monte Video
Ch. Etainment...
Do.
Lane Crawfords.......
Nanyang Tobacco...
Sinceres......$1.75
Wateous............) $5.45
3. C. Enterprises
65% Cu.G.5X1025G.Bda
Wallace Harper ......... "BK Wing Oo
Vibro Piling........
18/9 Marsmans It v (Lon.)
•Sal to Shanghai
66%
170 cts.
EXCHANGE RATES
(British Wireless Servien)
214
Bucharest
Rio
Silver (Forward) ......g
19 11/18
20-11/16 312-1031
Silver (Spot)
War Loan
OF LONDON:-
Closing Quotations
Fobenar, 17, 1935.
Telegraphic Transfer.. Back Bills, on demantusi
Credit, 4 months' sight 1/3
ON SANGKAT:--
19-11/16
31% 103-1/16
MARKET
Deere Co.
MESSRS. ROZA BROS. The price for Ready Silver drop- ped 1/16 yesterday to 20d. For. ward was unchanged at 19 11/16. Silver advices reported speculators as having operated both ways. The market was steady. After Du Pont
were Eagle. Picher Lead
Distillers Corpn. Sea-
grams. Douglas Aircraft
the official fixing there sellers at the rate. American 8- Electric Boat
ver was quoted at 44 3/4 Spot.
The London-New York cross- rate was quoted at 503.85. *New York-London was quoted at 503.
3/4.
MARKET
STERLING
No business was reported. There were sellers at 1/3 Feb.-April and 142 31/32 May-June, buyers at 1/3 1/32 Cash-May and 1/3 June.
U.S. DOLLARS There were sellers at 31.1/2 for cash, 31 7/16 Feb.-Mar. and 31 3/8 April-May, buyers at 31 9/16 Cash, 31 1/2 March and 31,7/16 May and probably April.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS
Gen. Electric Gen. Foods Gen. Motors
Sellers at 105 3/4, buyers at 105 Goodrich (B.F)...... 7/8 for Spot,
SHANGHAI MARKET
There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 13/64, buyers at 1/2 7/32 for cash. UB. Dollars, sellers at 29 25/32, buyers at 29 27/32 for Spot.
IN THE AFTERNOON. --, The market was dull in the afternoon.
STERLING
1
The market closed with sellers H.K. at 1/3 Feb.-April and 1/2 31/32 May-June, buyers at 1/3 1/32 Cash-May and 1/3 June.
U.S. DOLLARS *
The market closed with sellers at 31 1/2 for cash. 31 7/10 Feb.- March and 31 3/8 April-May, buy- ers at 31 9/16 Cash 31 1/2 March
OX NEW YORK-
Bank Bills, on demand 213/18 Credits, 60 days' sight 31 11/10 and 31 7/16 May. OS BATAVIA:
-MODITS XO.
On demand..
ON MANILA:--
REICHSMARK QUOTATIONS
Berlin, Feb. 16: Reichsmark quotations, without guarantee, are as follows:-
SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION
BUYERS
Wharves, $119.
Providents (Old), $2.30, Hotela, $61 Cements, $14.40, Ropes, $4.55. Watsons, $2.60,
SELLERS
ON PARIB
On demand
1043
On demand... 354
Bank Billa, on demand 940 Credits, 4 months' aight 1,00
ON SINGAPORE ! ---
New York. 40.50.
F?
On demand
527
Paris, 1233
ON JAPANE
On demand ..
Amsterdam, 72.20
On demand
1081
ON BANGKOK :-
London, 12417.
On demand
149)
OF INDIA :-
Paris Sterling, 152.10 to 153.20. Paris UB. 'Dollars 30.375, to
Sovereign,Notes:
Telegraphic Transfer..
30.385
Bank, on demand.....
Bank Buying Rate...... - 1/31/16
90
~~(Transocean).
Realties, $5.20.
SALES
Providents (Old), $2.60-65, Hotels, $0. Trams C.D., $15.10. Telephones (Old), $254. Y. Ferries, $25:25. Cements, $144.
BAR SUVE, per-Ole" usi
ANGLO-AMERICAN TRADE TALKS
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.
"KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
LIMITED
Capital (fully paid up) Reserve Fund
Ten 180,000,000.00 .Yen 144,400,000.00
Head Office:-YOKOHAMA. Baguio Gold Mining Company treated 7,524 tons of ore during
BANCURS AND AGENCIES AT January, from which P134.101.32 Alexandrin Honolulu Rangoon
Bangkok Hsinking Rio da
Karachi -Janeiro Kobe San London Francisco Los Angeles Seattle Manila Semarang Shanghai
was recovered.
Will Be Completed In
Spring
Washington, Feb. 16.
Demonstration Gold had a re-Batavia cord-breaking, production in Jan-Berlin
Bombay uary of P169,047.27.
Canton
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Captain
Domingo
Paris
Tientsin Tokyo
Tsingtao
Tinkow
North Mindanao Mining Com-Calcutth pany, Inc. reports that its January Dairen Moji The trade negotiations between production was P19,110 groza from (Dalny) Nagaanki Singapore Great Britain and the United [273. ounces. It was announced Fengtien Nagoya Soerabaya States, which begin as soon as the by the office of the corporation (Mukden) New York Sydney British experts arrive in Washing that P8.100 is estimated to cover Hamburg Osaka ton, are expected to be completed the expenses during the month. Hankow Otaru by late spring.
Leonor, Harbin president, arrived from an inspec- Hong Kong Peking The British delegation, which tion trip to Surigao Bunday. The Interest allowed ON Current alled from Southampton today Bulletin was informed that the
Accounts. includes representatives of the management is try to study the Periods at rates to be obtained Deposita received for Fixed Dominions Office and, of the possibility of increasing the pro-los application. Fisherjes, Agricultural and other duction for this year and to re-
Y. KANO, Departments affected by the nego-duce the expenses to the mini- tiations (Reuter.}
mum.
Managers
Hong Kong, 14th Feb., 1938.
841
639
Stand Gas & Elec.
34
31
#1
44
Stand Gas & Elec.
16
15#
$7 pf.....
19
181
Authorised Capital ....$10,000,000.00 | Paid-up Capital Reserve and Undivided
Profts
154
Standard Oil of N.,
49
49
Sterling Products
58**
SC1
7
料
Studebaker Corpn. 51
48
21
21
Swift
Internationя) 25
253
Technicolor
18
184
13
15
Texas Corpn.
401
404
381
384
Texas Gulf Sulphur 304
301
114)
114)
101
101
ta
94
71
7
Tidewater Assoc. Ou 132 Transamerica (new) 10 20th Cent. Fox Films 211-
do. Union Carbide
132
102 211
Films pi.
"264"
29/1
www
&
43 ⚫
43 *
Carbon
73
72
Union Pacific
81
78
491
49
Välted Aircraft
23
231
AIDOY
91
United Airlines Trans
73
72
Batavia
Brason
Bombay
Hardla
Balgon
bydney
United Corpn.
23
24
Calcutta
Malboume Bar Peka-
Tibok
Canton
Caguash)
cisca
Zentain
31 * 32 171 17 28 261
United Corpn. $3
Halphoox
New York benchie
Zakyo
cum. pf.
28
28
Hakow
Bemarking
Bouclule Parle
United
Gas Corpn.
4
4
Kabe
40
Un. Gas Iprovem';
10
10
251
25
Un. Light & power
23
24"
392
301
US. In'trial Alcohol
19
18.
322
321
US. Rubber.........
287
20
$4
3311
U.S. Rubber pf.
601
602
213
US. Smelling
67
67
221
221
U.S. Steel
521
532
Vanadium
17
171
33
30
Warner Bros. Pict....
"51
10
181
Westinghouse
934 Elec, 941
rencies on terms which will be quoted on application.
(Bhuket) TSIKOTAQ
TOKOHAMA
(Paking) ZAMBOAN GE PENANG
HONG KONG RANGOON
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOStra received for One Sourabaya Year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on applica tion.
Haiphong Manila Patani
Hamburg Muar Tientsin
Hankow Harbin Honghew New York Yokoham
(Johore) Tokyo Mukden Tsingtao.
Current
The Bank's Head Office 'ia London undertakes Executor, and Trustee business, and claims re- COVATY of British Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be. in ascertained at any of the Agencira
R. W. ROBERTS.
Accounts opened Local Currency and Fixed Deposits and Branches. received for one year or shorter
in periods
Local Currency and Sterling an terms which will be
uoted on application.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
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.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937.
5,598,600,00 2,776,728.76
Head Office:-HONG KONG No. 10, Des Voeux Road, Central.
• Board of Directors :—
THE CHASE BANK
15, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
HEAD OFFICE:
18, FINE STREET,
NEW YORK.
An Aerican Bank offering com
plete Foreign Bunking Service in the principal Markets of the world. Interest Rates on Application.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
This Bank is entirely owned by THE Снадк NATIONAL BANK, NEW YORK, with Resources ovór U.B. 82,500,000,000 2
D. M. BIGGAU,
Manager.
BANK OF CHINA
Specially Chartered by
THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF CHINA AS, AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK
PAID-UP CAPITAL...$40,000,000, 40 - BRANCHEB ALL OVER CHINA) Owing to our numerous Branches
Sir Sbouson Chow, Chairman" Li Koon Chun, Esq. Li Lan Sang, Esq. F. K. Kwok. Eaq. Wong Chuson, Esq. Wong Yun Tong, Esq. Kan Ying Fun in China and connections in the Chan Ching Shek. Fung Ping Wah, principal Commercial Centres of
Esq.
Esq
the World, we are able to extend to our Clients special facilities for Domestic and Foreign Banking and Exchange.
Kan Tong Po, Eq. Chief Manager. Li The Fong, Eaq., Manager.
Branches and Agencies 2-*
Kowloon Proseg Bouyadays London
Hazroon
fancouver
Shanghal Yokohama
Paiping Sinapoce
Head Office: SHANGHAI Hongkong Brancħ:“
4. QUEEN'S ROAD, C
South China Offices:
Every description of Banking SWATOW
KONGMOON TOISHAN
and Exchange business transacted. | SHIUCHÓW KINGCHOW Loans granted On approved
We also handle the issue of Boule
securities.
Current Accounts opened in Local and other Public Funds of the Currency and Fixed Deposits re- Chinese Government both at Home ceived for one year or shorter and Abroad.
periods in Local and Foreign Cur
SHOU J. CHEN..
MRDAN
HAIPHONO
NEW YORK
HAMBURO
PRIPING
HANKOW
HARBIN
Manager.
CANTON
Manager.
491*
491
Woodward Tron Cor. 10
152
201
Youngstown
Sheet
221
&z Tube
34%
29
Chase National Bk. 314*
351 31*
મ
National City Bank 27
287
61
Call Money '.....
1%
1
PHILIPPINE
tex. div.
• bid.
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