HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
Satisfactory Position Of Hongkong And Canton Ice Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
The construction of a special ice tank of 4tons, for emergency use during hostilities and for economical operation, due to restricted business, was mentioned by the Hon. Mr. HL 9. Dodwell, Chairman of the Board of DLectors of the Hongkong and Canton Ice Manufacturing Co., Ltd., at the company's eighteenth annual general meeting, held, yesterday at 2. Lower Albert Road, Hongkong.
In proposing the adoption
of the report and accounts for last year, the chairman said:-
dered by your directors to be suff- clent at the agure of $14,829.82. I Your trust you will approve. The Company's position as Directors have waived, their fees shown by the accounts before you | for the year.
today is, I am pleased to say. Referring to the balance sheet I more satisfactory than that re- would mention that the addition $1.599.82 to ported last year. Unfortunately, during the year of however, the political situation in Machinery and Ice Stores repre- Canton still had a detrimental sents the cost of the foundation *fect upon our trading during the for the new Oll Engine purchased last year and the construction of period under review.
an Ice Tank of 41 tons capacity for emergency use during hostill- tics and for economical operation having regard to our restricted business. The small addition of $100.00, to Furniture and Fixtures ls for Z electric fans.
You will observe that the profit
working account on amounts to $15.719.28 as com- pared with $690.02 last year. This increase is due primarily to revenue derived from the storage of dry goods as distinct from our cold storage business. Ice sales for the period at 698.067 tons show a slight in- crease over those for last year. Certain economies bave also been effected to bring about the result.
A regret to report that in May some damage was done to our No. 1 Compressor which is still out of commission. It is not intended meantime to have this repaired until the position settled. in Canton is more Otherwise the Plant and Ma- chinery is in good condition. Tour Buildings are" in good state of preservation and have been redecorated during the year.
REPAIRS AND RENEWALS In the Profit and Loss Account, the charge for repairs and re- newals is in excess of the gure charged last year and much of the expenditure under this heading
LOSS OF $39.44 was necessitated by the shaking the machinery
The net result for the year is a and buildings | suffered from nearby explosiona loss of $39.44 which, under the during the hostilities in Canton,
very adverse circumstances," must
Depreciation has been provided I think be considered as not un- with satisfactory. There are no other on 7 scale commensurate that for past years and is consi- Continued on Page 11
HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS
STOCK EXCHANGE
Buyare 0+llers Sales Noctual
$1330
£5:1
#
SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION
FRIDAY 8.
DEC.
Banks
B.K. Bank
Do. (Col. Reg.)
£89 · Do. (Lon. Bag.) ...
PA
Chartered Banks
P99 Mercantile Bki. "A"
£11 Mercantile Bks, "0"
Bank of East Asia ...
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
(REUTER'S SERVICE)
London, December 7. 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,
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War Loan, 37% Rod
921 after 1952) Canton-Kloon Rly. 5% 17 Chinese 41% Gold Boan, 1898 (Brit. Issue)...... Chinese 5% Gold Bonds,
55
1925-47
47
Chin. 4
Anglo-French
Loan, 1908, 201
50
Chinese 5% Crisp Loan.
1912 Chinese 5% Reorg. Loan.
1913 (Ldn. a.) Chinese 8% Ster. Notes,
1925 (Vickers) Chin. Imperial "Riy. 5%..
Loan
27
38
12
55
Honan Rly. 5%
15
Hukuang Rly. 5%. 1911..
17
Bukuang Rly. 5%, 1911
(German Issue)
Lung Tsing & U. Hai Rly.
5 1913
82 5 356 3
16
14
S'hat-N'king Rly. 6. 20 Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%
14 (Brit. Stpd.) Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%
(German Stpd.) Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%
(Brit. Stpd. Supl Loan) 14 Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%
(Ger. Stpd. Supl. Loan) 14 Jap. 5% Sier. Loan, 1907 481 Jap. 8% Ster. Loan, 1924 557 Ger. 7% Intl Loan, 1924 44 Chartered Bank
8 A.K. & S'hal Bank (Ldn.
Reg.)
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FINANCE
Finance and
H. K. STOCK
EXCHANGE
HONGKONG
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1939. -PAGE
Commerce
SHAREBROKERS
ASSOCIATION
Enquiries during the week have volume Öf Business Transacted broadened throughout the list
on Friday, Dec. 8, 1939. and have been coupled with an China Provident advance in traders bids for scrip. China Provident The volume also has steadily im Raubs
proved and shows signs of con-
tinuing to expand. The weather Just now is at its best thereby tempting "Capital to emerge from its hibernation to take more notice of its monetary surround- ings. Capital may also be scent- ing the pungency of good divi- dends ahead especially when based on today's conservative basis of prices.
BUSINESS DONE DURING
THE WEEK
H.K. Banks, $1330,
Docks, $19.
Providents, $4.15, $4.20..
Hotels. $4.65, $4.70.
Lands, $33.
Tramways, $16, $18.20, $167. Yaumati Ferries, $23.
China Lights (0), $7.80. China Lights (N), $4.70. Telephones (0), $22, $33, $231.
$24.
Cements, $14.60, $15. $15. Ropes, $5, $5.10.
Dairy Farms (O), $20, $201. Watsons, $8.15, $81. $8.30, $81.
$8.35.
H.K. Mines, 4 cents. Gom: 4% Lean, 100.
821
HK & Shal Bank (Col.
Feg.)
841
Chinese Eng. & Mining.
(bearer)
18/6
Chosen Corporation
8/8
Pekin Syndicate
Buyers Bollers Baional
S'hal Elec. Constr. Co. S'bai Waterwork: "A"... 12 Union Insurance Gula Kalumpong Rubber Allied Ironfounders ...... 15/3 Asso. & Elec. Industries 39/41 Austin Motors, ord.
13
23
2173
17/6
Cable & Wireless. New
$1330
Form, ord.
-561
2844
ESS
B.-A. Tob. (bearer)
90/7/
£8
Mercantile Bank
111
£291
Cammell Laird, ord.
6/44
£118
Mexican Eagle
6/0
$71
$79
N. C. & 8. Bankı ... Insurances
Courtaulds
35/41
60 eta.
Distillers
64/3
$905
$215
Canton InsurKDOMS....
$200
Dunlop Rubber
27/44
$390
Union InsurLDOŠE JO
2353
Chen, Electric (England) #75/41
个
Underwriters
81
$71
B11
!!!!!
70/4
Shelis
8180 H.K. Fires
Shipping
Douglass
Steamboats
860 Indo-China
830 Indo-Chinam (Def.)...
28.10, Waterbosta
Docks, Wharves____|
Godowns, etc.
$10 H.K. & 'K. Wharves
Providents
Providanim (new)
$180
$70
812
(Pret:)
830
Guinness (A) Bon & Co. 82/6 Hawker Siddeley Afrc.... 18/3 Bristol Aeroplane.......... 15/7 Imperial Chemical Ind. 29/10) Imperial Tobacco
116/9
$30
"Marks & Sp'cer "A" ord.
51/9
፡፡
79/4
Rolls Royce
96/3
$8
Leyland Motors
88/44
Tate & Lyle .......
57/3--
Turner & Newall
73/7/
$101
United Steel ......
$4.20
21/3
Smethwick Drop Forg.
13/8
$19
819
++
H.K. & W. Dock.... $18.00
Do. (new)
$19
Armstrong Stevens, ord.
8/0
Pressed Steel, com.
14/11
18/6 Kailans. ......
$9.90
4 cts,
*++
#33
84.20
8100
11:
CA
#
$18
516)
Tramways
3185 Shanghai Dock 6.
917.90 Naw Engineerings 8.
Mining
$4 Venezuela Gold Fide Hong Kong Mines ... Lands, Hotels and Buildings
$4.65 H.K. Hotels............................ H.K. Lunds ......... 1100 Do. 4% Debentures
610 30 Bhangbai Lands 8.
H.K." Realtion" vanit
$71 Humphreys ........................
Chinese Estates
Cotton Mills
$25{ |Bwd . (8.)
1182 8'bal Cotions (8.)
$44 Zoong Sings (8.) ....
$18 Wing On Textiles (6.)
Public Utilities
Park Trams (old) ...
$195
Vickers. ord.
817,00
Woolworths
16/0 61.
18/6
Anglo-Dutch
27/4/
115.16
33
Rub. Plant. Invest. Trust Burma Corporation...... Commonwealth Mining.. Maraman Investments..... Randfontein Estates
33/1
11/3
دينة
Tel. No. 27473.
14/9
38/11
84.70
Western Holdings
11/3
$331
Sub-Nigel
202/8
100%
Tanami Gold Malag...
3d
$4.40 $7.00
Anglo-Iranian
53/9
Burmah
61/3
Shell Trans, & Trad.
20
(bearer
79/44
$23.80
•--Nominal
$170
$42
$100
$1H1
$770
3841
$4 Peak Trame (new) ...
Star Ferrie
$3.86
#631
023
#23)
'mail Forrion
Do. (now)
$7.5% China. Lights (0)"
87.60
www
4.70 China Lights (Now)
Chine Lights Rts.
$4.60
81.70
::
851+
#23/
574
H.X. Electric.
#511
$23 $7.36
$5.10
:::
Govt. 31% Loan. 97.
BUYERS
H.K. Bank, $1930. Bank of East Asia, $71 Canton Ins., $205. Union Ins. $390... Douglases, $71. Providents, $41.
Landa, $33.
Realties, $4.30.
Chinese Estates, $100.
Tramways, $16.30. Star Ferries, $841. Yaumati Ferries. $231. Electrics. $511. Sandakan Lights, $11, Telephones (0), $24. Telephones (N), 58. Cements. $15.30.
Ropes, 56.10.
250
500 $ 4.30 4.25
100
10.00
Dairy Farms (O), $20.30. Dalrmy Farms (N), $104. Watsons. $8.35. Entertainments, $64.
Constructions (O), $17.
SELLERS
H.K. Steamboats, $11. Watsons; $8.60.
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HONGKONG MINES: NOVEMBER OUTPUT
Hongkong Mines, Limited, advise that their output during Novem- ber amounted to 3751 short dry tons of ore treated, from which 374.61 dry tons of lead concen
for
Lakerol-
BRONCHIAL
A
A PASTILLE
colds
trates were produced, averaging Cough
61.99 per cent lead and 13.210.
silver per ton (short) and 0.03 08. per short ton gold
Record Rice Harvest
This Year
CHUNGKING, Dec, 8 (Central)— An average eight per cent increase in the production of rice has been registered in the various provinces In Free China, according to the Central Agricultural Experimental Station.
The increase breaks all records since 1931. Szechwan Yunnan Kwelchow, Hunan and Kwangs! boast of the greatest increase.
SALES
Providents, $4.30. Lands, $33.
Tramways, $18.30. China Lights (N), $41. Telephones (0), $24. Dairy Farms (0), $201.30. H.K. Govt. Loan, 97. Cements. $154/.40.
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SHORTAGE OF COWS EEB added or prominenty meloed by lata
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CHANGSHA, Dec. 8 (Central)- There is a grave shortage of cows
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Japanese seizure during their Sep- tember-October drive, writes à Central News correspondent tour- ing the front...
It is feared that spring sowing will be seriously affected unless remediat measures are devised.
According to investigation, some 5,000 Chinese civilians lost their
Ilves during the recent operations and damage to civilian property is roughly estimated at over $500,000 000 (National Currency).'
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RELIEF WORK ·· Chinese government delegates are busily engaged in rellet work, Refugees are temporarily accom- modated in sheds, and many are plying small trades to eke out a Living
There is a congenial air between the cleans and troops and the morale is excellent,
Officers and soldiers who taliced with the correspondent intimated that they are awaiting the order to start big-scale operations against the enemy.
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