HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
Finance and Commerce
KWANGTUNG TO HONGKONG.
INTENSIFY FOOD
SHAREBROKERS
ASSOCIATION
PRODUCTION Volume Of Business Transacted
SHIUKWAN, October 20 (Cen- tral-Efforts are being exerted
of by the Kwangtung Bureau
Forestry in Agriculture and
in- tensify winter farming in order: to meet the wartime demand for food supply, Mr. Liu Yung-chi, Director of the. Bureau, revealed in a recent press Interview
on Friday, Oct. 20, 1939. H.K. Telephones..
(N)
500 $7.10
Consol, Mines ... 100,000 Ps. 00.375 Ewos
500 22.50* *Sale in CNC "dollars."
SILVER MARKET
LONDON SILVER
KWANGSI'S
SUGAR OUTPUT
KWÉILIN. Oct. 29 (Central)--- An elaborate plan for the increase of sugar production in Kwangal has been drawn up by the provincial authorities,
According to the plan, technical guidance and financial assistance will be given to sugar, producers. The establishment of small London, Oct. 19 (Reuter)
sugar refineries will be encouraged. Silver-Small bear cash cover-and the methods of sugar-cane ing. American trade sold forward. cultivation and sugar reining will Business small. Market quiet. In be improved.
the market was the afternoon at quietly steady, with small business
Mr. The province, according to Liu. has been divided into five districts in each of which agricul- tural experts have been appointed to supervise winter farming.
at the rate.
Spot, 22-13/18. Forward, 21-13/16.
NEW YORK SILVER New York. Oct 19 (Reuter). Official Price. 35-3/4.
The total winter farming area has been roughly. estimated 1,000,000 mow. Arrangements have been made with the Kwang- a Joan tung Provincial Bank for of $3,900,000 as capital for ex- ald of tending credit loans in winter farming. Meanwhile. $5,- 000 has been appropriated from the provincial treasury to pur- chise, improved seeds and ferti- lisers to distribute to diligent 30 bars. farmers as an encouragement, Mr Liu stated.
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RICE IMPROVEMENT
The Bureau, Mr. Liu continued.
paying special attention
to
the improvement of rice. A nuth-
BOMBAY SILVER Bombay, Oct. 19 (Reuter).
Off take Market-Barely steady.
Indian Mint Silver
Ready Nev, 4 Settlement Dec. 5 Settlement
58-11 53-12 59-00
ber of rice experts have been sent twenty districts in the northern, to various districts to undertake northeastern this work in
collaboration
A special bureau will be created to give technical guidance. The Kwangs! Provincial Farmers Bank will be instructed to extend credit loans to sugar producers.
Kwangs is one of the chief sugar producing provinces in China. It has
output
averaging. 500,000 plculs an- nually, which represent 10 per 'cent. of the total of the coun- try's sugar production.
The main sugar-producing cen- tre in the province is Kwelhsien on the north bank of the Yueh River southwest of Kwelping Other centres include Liuklang. Yungfu, Kungcheng. Lluchow and Tsohsien.
srid southwestern In Kwelhsien alone, there were, with parts of the province, and will be more than 13.000 mow of sugar- men of the Central Agricultural, extended over to 4.000.000, mow cane plantations and 200 sugar By the end of refineries prior to 1935, producing Research Bureau. A Rice Im-within five years.
3.0 annual increase some 400,000 piculs of sugar each provement Bureau has meanwhile that perfod been established to do expertmen-of 4,000,000 piculs in the output year. Since 1933, when the Kwangs! Provincial Sugar Refinery, capl- of rice is expected. tal work.
will tallsed at $885.000, was established. Improved methods of rice plant- Improvement of fertilisers
the production has been doubled. ing will be first introduced to also be undertaken.
HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS
STOCK EXCHANGE
Bayers Jarre
SHAREBROKERS ASSOCIATION
FRIDAY 20. xnomina
OCT.
$72 Bank of East Asia ...
N. C. & 8. Esaka
Insurances
$202) Canton. Insuranows ....
aion Insurançes Underwriters
$170 H.E. Fires
$365
811
RE:
!:
$125 Shanghai Docka 8. ...
Ranba
#4
13/9 Kails.o
Venezuela Gold Fids
4 eta, Hong Kong Mix ...
Lands, Hotels and
139
Humphrey.
$100 Chinese Estates
$2%
Cotton Mills
Eww (B.)
$175 B'bal Cotions (8)
$42 Zoong Sings "(8.)
$48 Wing On Textiles (8.)
Buytre Sallers Sales WomİDA
1.
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
(REUTER'S SERVICE)
London, October 19. The following quotations are the middle prices at the close of the market in London. All quotations are subject to confirmation and no responsibility is assumed" for errors in transmission...
Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%
Tientan-Pukow Rly. 5%
(German Stpd.).......... Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%
(Brit. Stpd. Supl. Loan) Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%
(Ger. Stpd. Supl Loan) 9
៩
Jap. 5% Ster. Loan, 1907 36 Jap. 8% Ster. Loan, 1924 411.
FINANCE
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1939 -PAGE
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BUSINESS DONE DURING THE WEEK
HK. Banks, $1250." HK. Docks, $18. Providents, $4.
Tramways, $157. $15.80. Electrics, $50.
Telephones (0), $20. Cements, $147.
H.K Ropes, $4.90.
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CHANGES (4 P.M.) CLOSING
QUOTATIONS
Banks
$1970 H.K. Banks
81270)
"£76
Do. (Col. Eng.)
£78
DW5
(Lou. Beg.)
£71
Chartered Banks
£201
Marcantile Bk. "A"
£104
Meremotile Bk. "C"
£201
£108
£
$79
180 ctx.
War Loan, 31% (Red
after 1952)
$200
Canton-Kloon Rly. "5%
911 9
81
Chinese 44% Gold Loan
$385
1898 (Brit. Issue).......
40%
8170
Chinese 5% Gold Bonds,
Shipping
1925-47
30
$87
Douglasm
$59
312
Steamboats
$15
Chin. 4% Anglo-French
$00
Indo-Chines
(Prod.)
$50
Loan, 1908
30
$30
Indo Chinas (Def.)..
800
Chinese 5% Crisp Loan.
88/10) Shells
86/104
1912 .....
174
88.10 Waterbosta
$8
Docks, Wharves.
Chinese 5% Reorg Loan,
1913 (Ldn. Is.)
1.
25
Godowns. etc.
Chinese 8% Ster. Notes,
$101
H.K. & K. Whares❘ $100
1925 (Vickers)
#4
Providenta
·Providents (3«W} \***
Chin. Imperial Rly. 6%
316
H.K. & W. Docks....
$18.
Do. (299) *****
Loan Honan Rly. 5%
43
aduna
10
$152
Hukuang Rly. 5%, 1911...
11
***
New Engineerings 8. Mining
$14
Bukuang Rly. 5%, 1911
(German Issue)
11
13/9
$10
Lung Thing & U. Hai Rly.
8% 1913
8
34
S'hat-Wing Bly. 5%... 11
Buildings
(Brit. Btpd.j
$41
H.K. Hotel
$41
H.E. Lands ...........
$3%
Dr. 4% Debentures
par
Shanghai Landa B.
84.16 H.K.Besition
$7
$4.30 $7.90
$21
$162
$49
Ger. 7% Intl. Loan, 1924 9 Chartered Bank
71
860
ELK. & Shal Bank (Ldn.
Public Utilities
Rezi
75
$15 Tramwaya
$15
HK. & B'hal Bank (Col.
$7.40 Peak Trams (old)
$7.40
Reg.)
76
$3.70 Peak Tram (new)
33.70
$514 Biar Ferrion
$80
$22
Y'mati Ferries
#22)
Chinese Eng. & Mining
(bearer)
13/9
Do. (now)
13
$8
$4.00 China Lights (New)
Chins Lights Rt.
$4.86
$60 H.K. Electrica .....
$50
818 Macao Electric
$114 Bandakan Lights. ........
$20
37.80 Talephones (say)
你
29/-
Chosen Corporation ................. 5/6 Pekin Byndicate "................
'bai Elec. Constr. Co... Shai Waterworki “A”. 10 Union Insurance
19 Gula Kalumpong Rubber 15/7) Allied Ironfounders ..... 15/71 Asso. & Elec. Industries 36/3 Austin Motors, ord,
18/0
+
Cable & Wireless. New
Form, ord.
9.-A. Tob.. (bearer)
$1
Mercantile BankTM
48. 84/44 101
$141
Cammell Laird, ord.
6/9
$4.50 Mexican Eagle
5/6
$70.10
Courtaulds
$10)
Distillers i
Dunlop Rubber
28/6, 90 27/0
Pressed Steel, com. Vickers, ord.
#14
Gen. Electric (England) 72/6
13/9 17/6 57/9 26
Guinness (A) Son & Co
B7
$74
Hawker Siddeley Airc.... 15/4'
$4
$1.08
·Bristol Aéroplane
17/3
$8
Imperial. Chemical Ind. 20
20
Imperial Tobacco.......
113/11
38
Marks & Sp'cer "A" ord.
50
Western Holdings
Rub. Plant. Invest. Trust 29/10/ Burma Corporation Commonwealth Mining Maraman Investments... 11/6
35/71 Randfontein Estates
8/3
9
962
Rolls Royce ....
02/6
Sub-Nige!
185
$41.
Leyland Motors
Tanami Gold Mining
3d
Tate & Lyle
60/6
Anglo-Iranian ......
381
Turner Newall
74/75%
Burtah
62/6 84/41
United Steel
• 22/741
Shell Trans. & Trad
Smethwick Drop Forg... 14/6
(beater)
86/101
Armstrong Stevens, ord, 5/3
-Nominal
814
$1
Chins Light (9)
201
$10 Telephones (old)
19/0 Tractions
22/0 Traction (prof.) Industrials
Cald., Micg."(Ord.) B.
$18 Cald., Macy. (Fref.) 8.
Canton Ice
813) Caments
$4,90 Ropes
Miscellaneous.
$90.30 Dairy Faro (Old) $191 Dairy Farm (New) $6.60 CB. 'tafmowania. ......... $1.85 Constructions
Labs Crawfords
$1,80 Bincare
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$6.60
(old)
Construction
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$100 H.K. Gort, 4% Loser
398
H.K. Gort: 31% Los
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H.K. Wing On ...
9'hal Wing On
#8
Vibro Filing an
11/6
4/0
31
Marsmans Inv. (Lon.)
Maremans Inv.' (H.K.)
Wm. Powelle
#Balos
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