Change
buyers buyers
38-5/8 38-5/8
38-3/8 38-1/4 38-1/8 $8 37 36-7/8 38-3/4
"of 1/4.
17
. DIT IN off.1/4
STOCKS
A
Adams' Express
buyers
12-1/18
buyers 12
Change
Alleghany Steel Co.
off 1/16
Allis Chalmers
12-1/8
12-1/8
unch.
Aluminium Ltd.
12-1/4
12:3/18
of 1/16
Amer. Can
12-5/16
12-5/16
unch,
. American Cyanamid B.
ני
12-1/4
12-1/4
unch.
Amer. & Foreign Power
Amer& Foreign $7,pf.
amer, Locomotive
continge for
Amer. Metals Co. ............
Amer. Radiatur
Amer. Rolling Mil
Amer. Sting and Ring Co.
Amer. Sugar Refining Amer. Tel & Tel.......
Amer, Tobacco "B"
Atchison, T. & S. Fe.
Aviation Corp.
Baldvin Lecometive
Baltimore & Ohio
On Bangkok:-
fi
Barber Asphalt Co.
On demand
149
1- roadall Ol
On Sterling Notes:-
'Bank Buying 'Rata ...
Bar Suver per ox
Nom.
23
NEW YORK RUBBER
July (New contract)
CHICAGO WHEAT
May
July
May July
NEW YORK HIDES March June
Market Report
FROM ROZA "BEOY,
Tuesday, Dec. 17. Silver, prices rose 1/8 yesterday March "for both deliveries, the quotations May being 23. for Heady and 22.15/16 July
October for Forward. Sliver advices report-
December ed the market as being steady with
Spot a small business done. American Allver was quoted at 343/4 or Spak
Total sales Baturday:33,800 bales.
The London/New York cross-January. rate was quoted at 402,1/2. New March York/London was quoted at 403-May
1
MARKET
Quiet but steady.
STERLING
There were sellers at 1/3 De- cember/January, buyers at 1/3-CHICAGO CORN
1/32 for Cast
U. 8. DOLLARS » Bellers for spot at 23.11/18 and probably buyers at 23.3/4 for Cash
SHANGHAI DOLLARS :Business was done early in the morning at 408. Later business was arranged at various rates, the market closing with sellers at 403, buyers at 405.1/2.
SHANGHAI MARKET Sterling opened with sellers at 3:43/64. Later the rate dropped to 3:21/32 and closed steady with
Total sales for the day:-70 lots N.Y. omcial Silver...... unquoted NY-London,Cross Rate 4.03-1/2
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
(REUTER'S SERVICE)
London, Dec. 18. {H.K. & 8'hai Bank (Col
E.cg) The following quotations are the sellers at 3.11/16 for Spot. US middle prices at the close of the Chinese Eng. & Mining Dollars opened with sellers at 5.13/market in London. All quotations (Deater)...*** 16. Subsequently the market-cased) are subject to confirmation and no Chosen Corporation off and sellers were quoted at responsibility is assumed for errors Mercantile Bank of In- 5.25/32 for Cash. The market in transmission.
tigoed steadier at Noon with self-
ers at 5.2232, for Spot.
AB ENGON MARKET" - The market was quiet in the afternoon.
STERLING
The market closed with" sellers at 1/3 December/January, buyers
at 1/3.1/32 for Cash,
U. S...DOLLARS
Boilers at 23.11/16/Cash, buyers
at 23.13/16 Carb.
BHANGHAI DOLLARS Business was arranged at 405, The market closed with sellers at 4041/2¿buyers at 405/17/4
SHANGHAI MARKET Sterling at 3.11/18 and U, S. Dollars at 627/32, both sellers for Spot,
Shanghai Exchange
Shanghai, Dec. 17 Reuter).
Official T.T. Rates ;
London
New York Japan... India ..... Pariy Hongkong
War Loan, 34% - (Red,
after 1952) Defence Loan, 3% Janton-Kloon Hlg. 5 Chinese 41% Gold. Loan 1898 (Brit. Issue ..... Chinese 5% Gold Bonds,
1925/47 ........ Chin. 4% Anglo-French-
Loan, 1908
hinese $% Crisp Loan
1912.
Thinese 5% Reorg. Loan.
1913 (Ldn. Is.) Thinese 8% Ster. Noter,
1926 (Vickars) Chin. Imperial Rly, 5%,"
ionan Ely, 5.
Lung Tsing & U
Ry, 5% 1913 ...
| S'hal-N'King Fly, 5%
Hal
Tientsin-Pukow Rly, 5%
(Brit. Etpd.) Tientsin-Pakow Rly. 5%%
18
dla. £5, "G"
Opening
·0/3-5/8
5-11/16
24-1/8
20
*****.nominai
(German Sipd.),................ Tientsin-Pukow. Rly. 5%.
(Brit, Stpd. Sup), Loan) 15 Tientsin-Fukow. Rly, 5%. (Ger. Stpd. Bupl. Loan Tap. 6% Ster, Loan, 1924
16
TO-
15
1
Spot
Ger, 7%-Ini-Loan, 18248 Chartered Bank
Deo,
USD
K. S'hai Bank (Ldn Reg.)
Boot
US Dollars
$8-13/18
Dec
5-13/16
Jari.
1.45-25/32
85-27/32 5-13/18 5-13/16
Bellera
Sterling
Opening Closing 0/3-43/64 0/3-11/16 10/3-43/64 0/3-43/64, 0/3-21/82 0/3-43/64
and TIENTSIN
New York Cotton, March New York Rubber, March" Chicago Wheat, May Chicago Corn, „May ......... New York Hides, March NEW YORK COTTON January
85 83 592 587 12.65 12.51
High Low -Close Close Change 10.17 10.14 10:17 10.15 02 off 20.38 20.25 20.45 20.21b 18 off
85$ 83+
13 off 50* 59
t. off 12.70 12.63
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Bliss Co........
Boeing Airplane. Co.
Borg-Warner .............
07 00
Briggs Mfg.
Close
Opening
י 'י
Closing
Change.
Bydd M'faqturing Corp.
.10.06 .N
10.17/17
10.035/06 10.18/17
10.04 N
.02 of
Canadian Pacific Riway ...
10.15/18
.02 off
Case, JI
10.11/11
10.09/00
10.08 N
.03 aff
Celanese .....
9.91/91
9.89/89
9.88/85
.03 of
Chesapeake & Ohio
9.38 N
9,34/34
8.33733
:05 of
Chrysler Corpn.
9.34 N 10.17
9:28b/32a
9.29
.05 off
Columbla Gas & „Bec, ....!
10.15 N
.02 of
Commercial Credit Co. ...
Com, & Southern (Ord.)
Consolidated Edison
20.68b
unquoted 20.40
28 "off
Consolidated O
20.45b
20,34b/50o 20/20b
25 off
Continental. Can
20,25b
20.055/25a 19.99/09
.26 of
Continental O11
PAGE 14-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
FOREIGN MARKETS & QUOTATIONS
MONEY AND EXCHANGE
CLOSING QUOTATIONS
DECEMBER 17, 1940
On Landon:
Telegraphic Transféz. 1/2 7/ - Bank Bills, on demand 1/2 7/8 Credits 4 months' sight
On Shanghai:---
On demand
On Singapore:—
On, Japan:---
COMMODITY MARKET REVIEW
(FROM: PAYNE & CO.)
|NEW YORK, Dec, 16, 1940.
SINGAPORE RUBBER
POT JAN-MÄRCH ........... APRIL-JUNE 1......
The market was dull.
LONDON RUBBER
305
ЗРОТ
JANUARY
On demand
69 3/4
FEBRUARY
APRIL-JUNE
On demand
102 1/2 JULY-SEPT.
On India:-
Telegraphic
Transfer.
and demand ........................
Cn New York:
On Batavia :—
fi
IN
Previous Dec. 18
Close Opening Closing
Previous close Today's close
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
The market was quiet but steady.
88 1/9 NEW YORK COTTON: Narrow fluctuations likely
Bank Bills, on demand 23 3/8 -Credits, 60 days' right 24 1/s
On demand
On Paris:
43 34
Bank Bills, on demand Nom. Credits 4 months' sight Nom.
On Baigan:~~
On demand...................................... [01. T/J
On Manila:-
On demand. 46 3/4
sometime but strongly believe July around 10.75 cents before maturity.
NEW YORK RUBBER: The market is reflecting the easiness of the
primary markets,
CHICAGO WHEAT: The market was depresesd « by reports of
favourable crop conditions in the South-West.
NEW YORK STOCKS: Previous close 182.31; „Today's close, 131.07;
Change, off 1.24.
NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKET
(REUTER'S SERVICE)
'Prev. 'Today's
Amer. Waterworks Адасодка Сopper
QUOTATION
(REUTER'S SERVICE) DECEMBER 17, 1949
to
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 18. 1940.
BANKS
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI THE CHARTERED BANK
BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capital, 880,000,000
INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA
Isued & Fully Paid-Up $90,000,000 Incorporated by Rugal Charter, 1863
Reserve Funds:
£ $,300.00) Leserve Fund
Proprietors
#20,000,000
Baad Office~HONG KONG
Board of Directors: Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson.
„Chairman. C. C. Roberts, Esq...
Deputy Chairman.
Paid-Up Capital years
Reserve Lisbility of Pre-
priators
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON. 38, Bishopagata E.C.. Ban-Agencies In London 117/122, Leadenhall Street, ECE *West End Branon? H/16, Cockspur Stress, D.W-X- Manchester Branch:
69, Mosley Street, Manchester, 1
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES. ALOR STAR HARDIN · IRWANG AMRITBAR
BANDOOM
BANGKOK
BATAVIA
BOMBAY
BUD
ΒΑΣΘΟΝ
ILOILO -IPOE...
VERKAÐST
DAN DAPDES
CALOUTTA
ELARU
AGENCIES: Om.
CLIVE STREE
· FAIALIA P999) XDALA CANTUA CAWNPORA
LUMPUR
KOOKING
STRU
COLOMBO
MEDA
ALFRONO
XRW YORK
MADRAS MARILA
+BBANIGMAN
:OSTIAWAN
490BABATA TALEING
TONGKAR
(Bhuket).
THIN OTAL TOKORAKA
K. S. Morrison, Eaq.. Hop. r. E. Pearce, Hon. Mr. A. L Sherida
Sur Mandeleur M. Cienyburn,
Chief Manager!
Branches: Jobure Hangoon
"Francisco | HAMBORO
HANOW
Malaces Sungei Manila. Patani
Ewatom
(Johore) Tiontain -LAIPRODE „Hankow Mukden Takyo
New York Tsingtao Feiping Yokohama Peusng
Fixed
PIPING
(Peking)
FORK ON EXCHaxes and General Banking Busines" trapausted.
- GOA PANT JÁ Coquays grenad› and „Fixep Drghita zeceived for One Year or shorter periods in Losal or Other Currencies at rates which will be quoted op application.
Satisga Accounts also, opened in |Loca! Currency and Sterling with
on application, Hluterest allowed at rates, obtainable
CURRENT ACCOUNad in Local Currency £
The Bank's Head Office in London Deposits received for a year undertakes Executor and Trustes shorter periods in Lock nd Other business, and claims recovery of Currencies which will be quoted on British Income Tax overpaid, on application.
terus which may be ascertained at
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES of any of the Agencies and Branches. various sizes to let.
R. A. CAMIDGE,
Manager.
Sterling
H.K. Currency lieserve $10,000,0 Reserve Liability of
··Last Sale ;
STOCKS
Last Sale
Dec. 18
Dec, 18.
*5*
Loew's Ind. na...
331
·23+
Loft Incorperated
19+
95
Mack Truck Inc.
281
Martin, Glen L
.321
871
McKesson & Robbins, píd.
351
Montgomery Ward ...
371
I
M'tain City Copper Co.
3
អ}',
National Aviation
101
•16
Nat, Dairy Products ......
131"
National Distillers
of
National Lead ........
250
Nat, Fower & Light
·J. K. Brusßalų, Ery A. 11. Compton. Eng.. LJ Davies, Esq., Hon. Me.-S. U, Dodwell,
Miskin, Esg
442
National Supply Corp.
14
New York Central
-137
1661
Niagara Hudson. Power
691
N. American Aviation
187
61
North American Co.
261
Northern Partic
$1
174
Owens-lllinois Glass Co.
+441
41..
Pactic Gas & Elec
201
Amoy
17
Packard Motora
augkok Kobe ..Sairon
34
Pan-American Airways
Östavja
Kugloon San
110)
Paramount Pictures
100
Bombay
Kuala
811
Pennsylvania RR.
Calcutta
-22]
Lumpur Shanghai
331...
Philadelphia Read Con}
Cantun
befoo
Lyour
Loudon Singapore Sourabaya
87.-
Phillipa Petroleum
40
Coloubo
皮囊
Public, Bervice of NJ,
29"
Dainen
124
Pullman Inc...................
201
Bouchow" Muar
204
Pure Oil
81
242+
Radio Corpn. of Am.
41
Reading Company,
Com
131
Machin
Remington Arms Co., Inc.
: (51*
57
Republic Aviation Corp.
Aloilo Ipoh
271
Republic Steel
22
421
Revere Corp......
-111
751
Reynold Tobac, “B”
Safeway Stores
424
291
Schenley Distillers
11*
Sears Roebuck
771
221
Shell Union o
117
51
Socony-Vacunum of
371
Southern Pacine
77
191
Bouthern Rly $5 pid.
311
20.10 -
20.05
19.83/83
23 off
Copperweld Steel
TRUSTEE and EXECUTOR business undertaken.
184
Spleer Manufacturing Co.
36
Total sales:- 510 tona
Curtiss Wright (C)
81
Standard Brands
Curtiss Wright ""A"
28
Stand Gas & Elec...
1
Deere & Co. :...
212
B54/854
:601/80
85/843 797/793
834/834 7817781
13 off
Standard O of Callforula
∙18
Distillers. "Corpn. Beagrams
18
Standard Ol of NJ.
331
Saturday's sales--8,128,000 bushels
Douglas #ircraft.
781
Stone & Webster
71
Du Pont de Nemours
164
Studebaker Com
Eagle Picher, Lead
201
59+/591
50/50+
12.706 12.44/44
591/591 -691/59 591/59) 591b
12.56b/604 12.63/63 12.35b/40a 12.42/42
Swift International
181
Eston Mfg. Co.
-947"
* DZ
Technicolor
91.
Elec. Autolite
351
7
Texas Corpn.
· 393
Elec Bond & Share
37
07 oft 202 off
Texes Gulf Sulphur
#361
Eice. Flood & Share $5 pf." 501 Elec Band & Share .36 pt. 67)
Timken-Axle
29,
Trans-America Co.
41
Elec. Power & Light"37 p.
321
34-3/4 4.03-1/2
20th Cent. Fox
Pintkote
151
Union Bag & Paper Corp. 12)
Gen. American Trana. ....d
*541
Union Carbide
Carbon
70%.
THE CHASE BANK
Gen. Electric
331
Union Pacific
781
%
Gen Motors....
30
United Aircraft
431
Cen. Railway Signal
15*
United Airlines "Trans
151
Gen. Tire & Rubber
12}
United Corpin,
Glidden Co.
United Corpn. 33-cum pf. 27}
Goodrich (B.F.)
133
#1
United Gas Corpn.
J
Goodrich 36 pl. ................
63
Goodyear Tire
Co.
182
United Gas Improvement 81
16/3"
US., Industrual Alcohol. ...
Great Northern Iron Ore
157
US. Hubber
23+
Great Northern Aly, -pid,
27
US. Rubber #8 gld.
874
An American Bank offering.com- plete Foreign Banking Service in the principal Markets of the world.
HONGKONG SAVINGS
BANK
The Business of the above Bänk is conducted by the BONOKUNO:
SHANGHAI BANKING COL PORATION. Rules may be obtain od on application.
For the HongKong & Shanghai BANKING CORPORATION,
V. M. TRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong 5th Feb. 1630.
|
BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED
Authorisea Capital.. $10,000,000.00 Paid-Up Capital .........
5,198,600.00 Boserve" and Undivided
Ports ..............2,983,261.50
Head Office:-HONG KONO No. 10 Des Voeux Road, Central.
Board of Director." BIE SHOTION Crow, Chairman
Li Lan Sang, Esq. 1. K. Kwok, E. Wong Chu son, Es Wong Tan Tong, Esq. Fang Ping Fish Eng.
15, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL Koen Chen, Xay,
HEAD OFFICE:
18, PINE STREET,
NEW YORK.
KAN TONG Po, Esq, Chief Manager Li Tam Foxa, Eaq, Manager
J
Branches and Agencies:
H
ABO
BALSTA
Kawscos
Loudon
Pyment
di
Great Weitern Sugar o
201
104
U.S. Smelting
Interest Rates on Application.
Cireyhound Corpn.
10곳
Pekin Syndicate.
2/-
U.8. -Steel
081
Othey Calonica Haiphong
Mails
Melbours $130 Sydney
Mango Bourneys Hadron
lo
+
Hercules Powder Co.
72
S'hai Elec. Constr..Co.
Vanadium
..33.
-15/-
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
Homestake Mining
.523
S'hal Waterworks “A”
Vultee Aircraft
.8
zikow dovolala Kout
ساتير
How Sock Hopkin
PATIEN
Memerang Shanghai
BADOR
131
Int Nickel
231
1021
Union Insurance
...20
Walworth Co..
.51
Inter: Paper & Power
15
1014
Gula Kalumporg Rubber 14/4)
Int. Tel & Tel.
2*
Warner Bros. Pict
34
-18
Lon, Mid, & Scot., Rly. 131.
Westinghouse. Elec.
1024
Kentecott Copper
354
Great Western Rly.
Woodward Iran Cor.
.321
331
This Bank is entirely owned by THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK, New York, with Resources of over U.S.$2,000,000,000.
|
Lakey Foundry & Mac.
21.
44
National Bank of India 91
B-A Tob hearers
83/9
Libbey-Owens--Ford Glass Lockheed Aircraft
422
Chase National Bank
321
231
National City Bank
261.
12-47
Dunlop Rubber
31/9
sristol Aeropiane.
9/9+
45
34
10
49
161
fukuang Rly 6%. 1311.
(LP, N/Y. Issue) Hukuang Aly. 5, 191
German Issue
18
ཐྭ བཻ སཱུ བྷ ུ སྐུ ྴ་
erial Chemical Ind. 28/9
DOW JONES. ATERAGE
"Tried Stee!
-21/9
281.
Woolworths
52/9
||Maramal. “Investmenta
718
1940
Western Holdings ..................
#19
Sub-Nigel
150
High Làw Dow Jones Averages ":182,80 141:84 30 Industriais
3287 22.16 20 Rails
Dec. 14
13:31
27.85
| Shell TranA,
(bearer)
--bid.
Trad.
20,45 18:03:20
Utilities
20:14
Dec. 17, 7940.
High Low Close 132 130.74.131.07 €197.88 27.39; - 27.87 20.18 19.84. 19.03
Change 1,24 off
Head Offca1-15, Gracechurch Street:
London, E
D. M. BIGGAR,
Second Vice Press
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Loans granted on approved securities.
Current Accounts opened in bon). Currency and Pixed. Deposits re ceived for one year or shorter" periods in Local and Foreign Cur cencies on terms, which will de puuted on application.
SAFE LEPOSIT Bozza, Tó LaT.
KAN TONG PO..
Chief Manager.
Anthorised Capital
£3,000,0
0.1% off
Subsoribed Cattai
£1,207, nõu
falt-up Capita
1,050,000
0.2) of
Reserve Fund; and Best,
38/V -ex, div.
90.35 8300 40
64.07 49.47 11 Commodity Index
Market:-Quiet. -
Saver Duty Rate
The Central Bank of China's
Calcutta Exchang,
Calcutta, Dec. 18 (Renter). T.T. on Japan,” 81-1/4′′
rate on London at 10 am, today India Rupee Paper
Was 1/2-1/2d.
The Equalisation rate was 215
per cent.
Bombay, Dec. 16 (Reuter), Gort 44% Rupee. 94-0-0,
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY ITA
Operating Services for Cargo and Passengers
SWATOW, SILANGHAI, TSINGTAU, CHEYOO
KOBE and OSAKA
SINGAPORE, PENANG and CALCUTTA
SANDAKAN:
HAIPHONG
All steamers berth alongside
the Hoosevelt Terminal in
the French Concession at
Shanghai, whore, passengers" and cargo are landed."
"For further particulars
plenan apply to-
JARDINE MATHESON& C TELEPHONTALONIA GENERAL MANAGER
BANKERS:
"The Bank of England and Midland' 2- Bank, ketel,
BRANCHES;"
Bangkok Bombay CALOCA Dalombe
Upob
lauritan
Kindly Karachi
Ülle Kota Bharu
Hongkong Kinta pe
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New York
Jinshad
Shangha
--Blasia
dingapore
| Bowran. Kasis Lumpur
HONG KONG BRANCH:
E
{ basinyal' trazanatuch..
BANK OF CHINA
Specially Chartered by THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF CHINA AS AN : .INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE-
COMBANK
PAID UP CAPITAL $40,000,000.00 (BRANCHES ALL OVER CHINA) desorption of
of Barking Bad Küchenge
Owing to our numerous Branche“ TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSHIP in China and connections in the
UNDERTAKEN TALA
principal Commercial Centros of CURRENT LOGOUSES in Lol Car-the World, we are able to extend TROGY, 233: PIZED DEPOSIEN reostrad, în Lacki
Currency BERRIAK on sama (1944, pay be to our Clients' special facilities for HipertaÏDed Da se lication, kg. Seal Domestic And Foreign Banking and
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Exchange Männer
you want?
If there is anything you want to buy or
sell try Classified
[ment]
25 words $1,50
for insert
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Head Office: BHANGHAI Hong Kong Brunch,
4 QUEEN 8 KOAD, C. South China Offeras
CANTON
SWATOW
SEIUCHOW
KONGMOON STOIBHAN CHI
KINGCHOW
We also handle the imue of Bonds End other Public Funds of the Chinese Government hath at Home And Abroad.
CHEN
SHOU
Manager.
Bonda
90.95
50.25
91:01
0:06 up 8.91 0.44 off
Business Done:-660,900 sharpk. /