Commercia),
SHARE
SSELLLRS BA-SALES B. BUYERS
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1915,
SHARE REPORT.
QUOTATIONS.
N-NOMINAL
1914.
1914.
1915. 1915.
To-day's
Last-Dividend
STOCK.
C3dbing
Prices
Number Par Paid- of Value Up Shores
Ilighent
Lowest
Highest, Lowest, 14th May, 14th May.
and Date
. to "
Lo
'REW
now
Board of Trade Returns.
The trade and navigation re tarna of the United Kingdom for Mayiienced by the Board of Trade show a decrease in exporta bat n largo increase in imports as com. pared with the totals for May, 1014. The volume of foreign trade last month, that is, exports and importe together, increased by £4,113,478, as compared with the
Banks.
COMPARATIVE
total figures for the correspond. H'kong& S'hai Banking Corp.
ü
ing month of last year. The total experts and the aggregate imports for May, 1913, May, 1914, sid May, 1915, were as ander :-
North China Ins. Co., Ld.
Marine Insurances, Canton Insurance Office, Ld,570
: 3-5 bonus at ex 1/94 equal to $27.27 for 1 year. ending 31/12/14
Final of $4 afo 1913. Interim 1 of $18 a/o 1914. (Interim of 12 p.c, for 1914
(Final of $20 and bonus of $5 making $55 for 1913 and Interim of $30 for 1914 Final of $15 mak. 818 for 19'3
& Int. of $3 for 1914
$815 b.
120,000 $125 all
955 July.
700. Oct.
815
790
£75/4/
t.160
b. b
10,000 $250. 50 10,000 £15 £3
350 Dec.
145 May
305. Oct.
133
370
360
Jan.
170
160
12,400 $250 100 847 April
Oct. $915
12,000 $100 60 210 April 19232 Jan.
700
$855
.240
225
b.
20,000 $.00 20 8,000 $250 30
160 July 140 395 Feb. 368
Oct. .350
130
$9 for 1913
April 395
385
$27 för 1913
S
30,000 $25 all 10 20,000 $30 all 36 80,000 $15 all 2934
Jan. 516 Mar. 27 Jan. 22
Dec. Nov,
Dec. "
50 cts. 30 cts.$1 for 1906. 56 45
23
21
..b.{
.60,000 60,000 b. 3,797,610 £1
£5 }
all 79 Jan. 50
Sept. 111 96
all 100/- Feb. 70/- Sept. 89,6 x div. 82-
40,000 $10. all 49
Mar. 40
Nov. 37
x div.
36
20,000 #100 all | 965 7,000 $100 all- 31
Feb. 70 Nov, 126 Jan. 17 Dec. 42
111 $3 for 1912. 2714 $3 for 1897
$3 for year ending 30.6.14
Final of 40 cts. making 90 cts 1 for year ending 31.12.14 (Final of 3% m'king 6% on pre-
ferred shares & 5% on de-. ferred shares for year 1913- Final of 5 (Coupon No. 24) 1 making 7/- för 1914
$1.50 per share, and bonus of 40 cents per share for year ending 30*4*15
BANKS
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION",
BEAD OFFICE:'
60, Wall Street, Now York. LONDON OFFICE:- 36, Bishopsgate, E.C. BRANCHES :- ROMBAY, LONDON, CALCUTTA. MANILA. CANTON. PANAMA,
CEBU.
COLON.
PEKING. SAN FRANCISCO,
HANKOW, SHANGHAL HONGKONG, SINGAPORE, KOBE. YOKOHAMA
CAPITAL PAID-UP $3,250 000 |
RESERVE FUNDS...... 4,120,000
* (U.S. Gold) $7.370,000 All Ends of FOREIGN & LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS transacted.
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CURRENT ACCOUNTS.open. ed and FIXED DEPOSITS received at rates to be ascertain- od on application.
N, S. MARSHALL,.
Manager, Hongkong, 22nd Oct. 1914
THE
BANKS
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING, CORPORA SATION,AS
Paid-up Capital ..................$15,000,000 | RESERVE FUNDS:
Storting
£1,500,000 at 26
-$15,000,000 Bilzer ...$18,000,000
$33,000,000
Reserve Liability "uf
Proprietors...... $15,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landale,-Chairman, W. L Pattenden, Eeq. Dopuly
Chairman.
8. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. M. Edkins, Esq. C. 8. Gubbay, Esq." P.H. Holyoak, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq." Hon. Mr. E: Shallim,
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OHIEF MANAGER Hongkong-N. J. Stakh,
MANAGER Shanghai-A. G. Stephen. London Bankers-London County and Westminster Limited.
Hongkong-Interest Allowed
On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent per annum on the
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK daily balance
LIMITED.
41
ON FIXED DEPOSITS
For 3 months, 2 per cent por
annum · ·
For 6 months. 31 per cent p
anrum,
Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yon 48,000,000 Faid-up Capital .. 30,000,000 Reserve Fund......' 19,600,000 for 12 months, 4 per cent pas
N. J. STABB,
Chief Marager,
11
Head Office.-YOKOHAMA:
Branche Antung Malen
Calcatra
Changchan Dairan
Teuftien
Agencies pi Nagasaki
Newchwede
New York
Onix
Pekla
Byplus (Font
aDrum.
HONGKONG SAVINGS HÄNK.
1913: --1014. Exports £43,858,202 £42,051,190
Imports 61,279,378 50,000,200 Union Ins. Society of Cton, Ld.$915 !
1915: £33,618,992 71,644,008
Thus, the "exporte last month were lower by £8,432,108 iban in May, 1914, and by £10 230,270 than in May, 1913; while the im porte last month were higher by £12,545,076 then in May, 1914, and by £10,305,588 than in May, 1913. With regard to our trade with the Far East, details of which are reproduced below, it will be seen that while the decrease in exports is
Yangtze Ins. Assoc. Ld....$240 ex 73|
X
Fire fasurances,
$150 China Fire Ins. Co., Ld. B'kong Fire Ins. Co., Ld. .....$395.
Shipping. (40 cts. b. x the re- 0.&M, 5.8. Co., Cd. (turn of $4.50 per s. Douglas Steamship Co., Ld. 856 Hongkong, C. & M.S.S. Co., Ld.21
"
Indo-China Steam Navigation$111 al- Co., Ld, ....
most generol, more colton yarn Shell T'port & Trading Co., Ld.85 again went to the Dutch East
Indice. Among the few other
articles of expert for which in Star Ferry Company. Ld...$35.
Are recorded VIO
СТОВЕСЯ
wrought copper to the Straite
Refineries.
Sitlements and beer and ale for China Sugar Refining Co., 1.8126 the same destination. As to the Luzon Sugar Refining Co.,Ld.$42. imports, there is still a large
increase in the quantity of leu
coming from China, and last
Mining.
sa
month there was in advance in Kailan Mining Admin'tion. 30/- the quantity imported from Raub Australian Gold Minx div. [... "Netherlands. India. The value ing Co., Ld.
Tronoli Mines Ltd.
'fi
Docks, Wharves and
Godowns &c.
.1.94
b.
11kong Hotel Co., Ld.....$116.
ویسی
Interim of 1-account year
32/6 1 mak.7/6 a/c, 1913
(82.50 for half year ending
3112014
$3 for year ending 31*12*14
(Final of 6 p.ci making 12 p.c.
Shangkal
Tlebieg Tientsio
Tokyo
Los Angeles Tsingtau
Interest Allowed on Current Account.
Deposits received for Gixed pariels at rates to be.
olitained on application,
EISHI ONO, Manager, Hongkong, 15th March, 1915.
NOTICES,
THE CHINA
TH
HE Business of the above . Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI CORPORATION BANKING
Rules may be obtained on sp plication,
INTEREST on deposits is al lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $31 per cent, per ab-
num.
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more PROVIDENT to the Hongkong and Shanghai
LOAN AND MORTGAGE
CO., LTD.
(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.) Loans on Mortgage of House Pro perty, &c.
Harblo Hankow
Arthur) San Francisco
Honolulu
Koba
6.1,000,000 £1 all 41- Feb.
Jan. $3.75 b.200,000 £1, ull | 3.10
all 39/- Feb. ..32/6 sa 160,000 £1
3316 Dec. 83,6.
1.90 Nov. 19/6 Nov.
·301-
ending 30.6.15 (Coupon 'No." 5.)
London
Lyons
3.75. 3216
3.40 1/2 for 1909.
Thinginu
€0,000 $50
50,000 $50
65;708 ́t 100 all. 36,000 1.100 all
all 89 Jan. 78 Nov.
Jen, all 77
53 Oct, GO.
July 50 Dec. 19 Jan. 626 Dec.
63
$3.50 for year 1974
57
$3 dividend for year 1914
51.
Tis. 5 for 1913
£5
'80
Tis: & for 1914
"
13,07 € 1,100 1,300 20,000 $50
94.
94.
The 6% for year ending 192.14
50.128
July 120
Dec.
116
112
b.
30,400 $100 all
77 9 Jan. 150,000 $10 all
0,000 $50 20 45 Jan. 44 78,000 1.50 all- 98 Dec. 60 18.500 $50
oll 73 June
66 10,000 $ico all
11134 July 98
Nov.
110
108
Nov. 7
6.10
45 cents for year 1914
*Feb. 40
40
$3 for 1914
: Oct.
Feb 72
106
101
100
10 100
5.
20,000 1,50 all 138 July all 84 Mar. 125.000 $10
70,CC .30 all 144
11 Jan. 8,00',100 all 110 Feb. 70 40,000 1,50 · all
Feb. 70 135
125
May 16814
June 7
7.40: Mar. 1444 May 69 b. Nov. 99)
152 7
C0.000 $12 all 12
b.
May 0
60,000 $5 all 4.90 July 4 50,000 $1 all
Dec. 10
April 44
B..
b.
b.
b. 400.000, $10 60,000 $10
195,000 $10 All 9 Jan. 7
40.000 7
June 35 Jan. 5
6 39. all. 6.90 ull 49 Jan. 36
Nov. 8 Aug. Dec. 6.90
Nov. 40
6,500 $25
all
2174 July.174
Dec. 184
b.i
00,000 $10
all
25 June 22
'kong Land Investment Co. $110 b 'phreys Estate& F. Co., Ld.$6.10 en. b. K'ioonLand & Building Co., Ld. $40 Shanghai Lands
L104 sat
1. West Point Building Co., Ld. $72. 'kong Contral Estates......$100
Cotton Mills.
of the China tea purchased by this county in Máy was £77,093 higher than in the previous, month, while there
is kong & K.W. & G. Co., Ld.871) increato of £335,385 tn the 'kong & W'pon D. Co.. Ld....874 first five months of the year. The S'hai Dock& Eng. Co., Ld....1 advance in the quantity of Nether S'hai & f'kow W. Co., Ld. ...81 landa Indian tea imported last
I ands, Hotels and Buildings. month was 851,320 lbs., equival-
Anglo French Lands ent to a rise of £78,840 in value. When we consider the total importa up to date, however, we find a fall of £14,284 as compared with the fire five months of 1914. | Last month 9,454 worth more silk was brought frem Jepan iban in May of last year. Further large quantities of suger have, arrived from Java. Our imports of rubber amounted to 14,204,500 Ewo Cotton B. & W. Co., Ld. t.160 lba.. last month (2801,260), Hongkong Cotton Co.
$7) ea. & b.. to which
added Kung Yik.
.14 b. may be
..874 415,000 lbs. of wait and re- Laou Kung Mow claimed rubber, making a total of Shanghai Coltons in S'bai 1.97% h 14,703,500 b. (1,597,874),
Miscellaneous. against 11,737,600 lbs. (£245,- China Borneo Company, Ld. $10 736) in the corresponding month China Light & Power Co., of 1914. Impo:ta of Brazilian
La. 24 rubber went up, while the steady ré. (Spec. shares)........ increase in arrivals from the China Provt, L. & M. Co., Ld. 8) Straits Settlements cnd F.M-8. | ̈ Dairy Farm Company, Ld. ...$34 continues. Re-exports of rubber Green Island Cement Co. Ld....6.85 amounted t 17,697,400 lbs., Hongkong Electric Co., Ld. $41 valued at £1 997,631, last month, Hongkong Ice Co., Ld..........$184 comparing with 13,334.100 lbs., HongkongRope Mfg.Co.Ld....$25 with a value of £1,585,517, in Hongkong Tramway Co., Ld. - 5 the corresponding month of 1914. Daring the first five months of Langkats the year re-exports totalled 86,- 750,900 lbs.
Home Commercial and Produce Markets.
London, June The Bank rate remains at 5 per cent. The Open market rate for short loans is 2 per cent. and discount of four months' Bank bills 3 per
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B. 325,000 5/- all | 13- July | 7|- ·
Peak Tramway Co., Ld. (Old)$9,30 x div.
Do
(New) 80 cis, b.
Philippines Ld.... H. Price & Co., Ld........... Societe des Fulpes of Papier-1
teries du Tonkin.........
34.0
1 for 1914
$2.25 for half year ending 31.12.14 $4.09 for 7 months ending 31.12.14
TIs. 12. for year ending 31°10′14 50 cents 31708 134 Tls. 1.20 for year ending 30°11′14 86 Tis. 12 for 1913 9716. (Div. Tls. 6. BonusTls, 4. „Extra Bonus Tls.1,year end'g 30'6*14
10 85 cents for 1914
4346% for year ending 28 .2,06
8.00 70 cts. for 1914
34
670
39.
184
25 26.
$1.50 for year ending 31,734
50 cts. for 1914,
$2.00 per share for 1914
Final of 56 making 181 for 1914 Final of $1 makin $2 for 1914-
Apr. Feb. 5 x div. 4.80x div. $10 % for 1914
38
29
Interim of T. 1 making T. 2
170 cts on fully paid shares and
7 cts. on I paid shares for year ending 30.4.15 None
Goods received on Storago. Advancos made on Merchandise: Loans made on the Providentį
System.
(Rates and Particulars on äp.
plication).
OF
The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR
WILLS, ATTORNEY, &0:, Undertaken and Executed:
SHEWAN, TOMES & Oɑ. General Managers. Honakona. 19th March, 1890
PEAKTRAMWAY CO.
LIMITED
TIME TABLE.
WEEK DAYS,
7.00 . to 1.00 AM. "Event 15'Man, 1.00 at, to 20.00 AM. «
I MI.
10:00 AM to F100 AM 23.30 am, tq 3345 1945 to
I to
5:00 7. 10.
1.05.2
1.45 MM) KAS JĀMA 5.00 22
B. 7.
NIGHT CARS
J
By M
Mac
20 MI
TS MINI
M
*ta Muri
pink and g 234 939 2:36, 12
35,00 Fiat) · «vary kálf hours
'11.00 2.3L 20 28.41 7-Ma
EVERY SERIES of so hour,
BUNDAYS.
· 2,45 2,24% to 10-30 AIM, EVERY ́52 BIR.
120/30 10 71.00 A-M
.1.38
.$4. ...$5
$20
b.
All 10
all
28 b. 260,000 g.10 all 644 Mar.
Dec, 42
28,000 $10
10 all 10 Jan. 914 June 30,000 $10 $1.93 cts. Jan. 75 cts. Dec. $1 75,000 $10 - 12,000 $10 13,200 $50
10
80 cts.
4
$1.50 for 1910.
20
20
Nono
35 cte, for year ending 31′5′′14
$1,00, per share for year ned-
ing 31,12,1914
M
Steam Laundry Co., Ld.........$3.15 b.) · 20,000 $5 Union Water-boat Co., Ld....$17 b
cant. Silver has advanced to 23 Watson and Co., Ld...............................$831⁄2 7.164. per oz. on continued Indian
purchases, and the market dloses William Powell, Limited. -- ......
..$6) b. steady. In the Rabber share mor
ket there is not a great deal doing, S. C. Morning Post
but the undertone is steady and firm. The Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij declares a dividend of f1.80 per share of fl 1,000 for the working of 1914: The Japanese Specie Bank is opening & branch at Fydney to facilitate trade between. Australia #ni Japan. Coffee has met with good demand, and firm to dearer prices .were realized. In Sugar there has been a steady business pass- ing at fall prices. Peppers are a steadier market, but little business has occurred. Rico is quiet, but steady. Manila Hemp continues very quiet at previous rates. Plan- tation Rubber is firm and dearer, Standard No. 1 Crepe being quoted 2. Ed. per lb,, and Smok ed Sheet 20, 44d. per lb. Fins Hurd Para 18 2. 743. per lb. Straits Tin is £166 to 168 108 for cash, and £165 5, to £165 15s. for three months.
all 500 June 4 (Nov. 311⁄2 3.00 27.723.810 all 2214 Feb. 17.
Jan. 1716) 90,000 $10 all 84 April 6,90
21.000 $7 all 94 Jau. 1616 Dec.
Dec. 6.60 xdiv. 0.50 x div.60 cts. for 1914:
6
29
HI
.$29 b.l
6.00 $25 ¤)) 30 June 92
Dec,
29
WRIGHT & HORNBY,
Share and Central Brokers
14445
Selling,
150 cts, on old shares and 25 cts, on now your shares for year ending 10.6.14 "$1.50 for 1914
6. Des Vœux Road Central. Tel address, Rectitude. CORRECTED TO NDON, 12 JULY, IBÍS,
ANY SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS WILL BE FOUND IN "UP TO THE MINUTE SHARE MARKET NEWS."
..
THE TELEGRAPH DOES NOT HOLD ITSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE QUOTATIONS.
T/T
1/9 3/16 Domand ...1/9 1/4 30/8/9 5.16
60 d/.............3/9,3,8
-4 MB........1/9.7/16.
T/T Shanghai......7811⁄2.. Private 30 d/s sight T/T Singapore... 754 T/T Japan nido T/T Indic
EXCHANGE.
Demand India ...........134 T/T Bombay ........... Demand Bombay...134 T/T Calcutta Demand Calcutta...134 Demand Manila" .86% T/F San F'co & N.Y.421⁄4 Demand, Now York 42 3/8- T/T Javerung... 10016 TIT Marks...sing Demand Germany
T/T Franes... 20 Demand Paris......
On Hsiphong..
On Saigon .........AN On Bangkok A.
Buy
12th July,
6 m/s. Franca.........2.52 Gold Leaf per tael.$58.50. prem, Sovereign $11.20 nom.
Bar Bliver ready... 22 3/4
forward
SUBSIDIARY COINS, Discount per 100; ese. 20 cts.pieces, $20.
120:1/8
4m's..1/C ..........10′13 16'
4 m E D P.......................)/9 12/16
6 m. L/C 1:10 J/16.
30 ds. Binoy & M 1/10 1/18.
30 de tan co& NY 1390
4 mln. Matkesta Només
4 m/s,France,248
20 cts. pieces $9 1/3
11:30 AM. 10 18.00 DOW
Lakes Moun 29, 100 FOR
Today at 1:00 1.21
10 9,00 Pike (1
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13 Mat..
HOT CARS ** as Weck Days.
SATURDAYS
Betes, Ches
is midnight."
NASPECIAL CARS
By, Arrangement at the Company's Office,
"Alamadra Radgo
Das Voeur Road, Central,
Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT. at 4 per cent, per
arum,
For the Hongkong and Shang- hai Banking Corporation,
*N. J. STABB,
Chief Manager
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED,
Authorised Japital......£1,500,000 Subscribed
Paid Up Reserve Fund
1,125,000 562,500 500,000
BANKERS: Bank of England. London Joint Stock Bank. Limited.
Every description cs Exchange business transacted.
Interest allowed on Current Ac counts at 2 per cent per annum" on Daily Balance and on Fixed Deposits at retos which may ibe =ascertained ca application.
A. R. LINTON
Manager.
Season and punch tickets available for all cars"
[ not already fall running, at the time stated in the Company's time tables,, but art for special cars, can
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal: Charter 1859...
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. Paid-up Capital ......£1,200,000 Reserve Fund.............£1,800,000 Reserve Liability of
Proprietors.....£1,200,000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and
be obtained on application at the Company'sOflice-General Banking business trans-
No Season ticket will de Suued na payment there.
for has been made in Bank Noits or by Chequer
Compradore order representing Bank Notes.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
G,
R1
acted, SAMA
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- ceived for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
Wm. DICKSON.
Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. | 2
NOTICE. Any European, Non-Asiatic or Indian desiring to leave the Colony should apply in writing for permission to do so to the Captain Superintendent of Police, at least 48 hours before the in- tended hour of departure, giving Malwa, New name, nationality, age, sex, Malwa, Old height and occupation of the Fama, New applicant, and stating the name Patna, Old of the steamer or other vessel or Benares, Now.... the hour of the train by which Benares, Old... the applicant wishes to leave, Applicants should apply in person for their passes at the Central Police Station between the hours of 9 am to 1pm ard-2pm. to 4 pm daily. Hongkong 9th July, 19
OPIUM QUOTATIONS.
Feb. 25 ..$9,100 per
9,200
9,050 €8,950.
THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Besten, if Equalled For Bread Cakes, Confectionery and meals with Wines & Lagorin