Commercial.
The Wheat Market.
The Chugai Phogyo says that the price of the new season's wheat on the Japanese market has shown an upward tendency. Transactions on the Osaka market are reported to be especially brisk. In the early part of this year the price of old wheat on the domestic market ruled as high as
Y.16.50, being three yen higher than the price of rice. Since
Banks.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1915.
SHARE REPORT.
COMPARATIVE
SHARE QUOTATIONS.
5. SELLERS "FA-FALES
D.-EUYERS
N-NOMINAL
To-day's
1914.
1914.
1915. 1915.
STOCK.
Closing
Prices
Number of. Shares
Par Pald Value Up"
Highest
Lowest
Highest, LowBET,
Last Dividend
14th May, 14th May.
and Dale
to
to
ŁOW
DOW
ཨྰཿ་ཏྟཱ3
(£2:9/- &5/- bonus at ex 1/914 equal to $27.27 for 12 year
$825 b.
120,000 $125 all
855 July. 700
Oct,
825
790
•£76/-/2`
ending 31/12/14
t.160 b
10,000 $250 50 350 Deo. 305 10,000 £15 £5 145 May 133 Jon.
Oct.
375
360
Final of $4 a/o 1913. Interim"
of $18 a/o 1914,
170
160
Interim of 12 p.a. for 1914
"
b
12,400 $250 100 847) April 700 Oct. 1930
$855
Final of $20 and bonus of $5 making $55 for 1913. and Interim of $30 for 1914
210 April 19231⁄2 Jan.
240
225
Final of $15 mak. $18 for 1913
& Int, of $3 for 1914
44.
b.
20,000 $00 20
8,000 $250 50
160
155 July 140 Oct. 395 Feb. 368 April 399
130
89. for 1913
385
$27 for 1913
30,000 $25 20,000 $60 80,000 $15
#
all 10 Jax.5 Dec. all 36
Mar. 274 Nov,
Dec. all 2014 Jan. 22
50 cta. 69
30 cla.81 for 1906
45
23
19
生
1
60,000
} £5
all 19
Jan.
50
Sept. 152 398
לו
1.
all
b. 40,000 sio
all
49
Mar. 40
Nov. 37
MY CARLSBEM
NOTICE
DANISH
BEER.
A GUARANTEED GENUINE PURE DANISH BEER.
BREWED BY THE WORLDFAMED
NY CARLSBERG BREWERIES.
COPENHAGEN DENMARK.
An absolutely pure Lager expressly brewed for Export.
Awarded prizes at all exhibitions.
For years known as the Finest Beer specially brewed for the Far East,
Obtainable from all
Wine Merchants and Compradores..
then, however, there bas been a H'kong& S'hai Banking Corp.) drolive, and in the latter part of [ last month it fell to Y.0 80, this being the lowest quotation re corded since 1010: "Breing the fall on the market various mille had purchased old and wheat to the amount of 000,000 bags, up to the beginning of this Union Ins. Society of Cton, Ld.$930
DEW
week. Provisional negotiations
Marine Insurances, ~~ Canton Insurance Office, Ld.575 b. North China Ins. Co., Ld.
Fire Insurances,
Are now in progress between Yangtsze Ins, Assoc. Ld....$240 ex 73 12,000 $100 GO Japanese exporters and foreign merchante in Europe for the shipment of new wheat, and it is expected that there will shortly be brought to a successful iesuG.
Bullion.
Meɛers, Mocarta and Goldemid's weekly circuler dated London, July 1, states that ** The weakness of the silver markot, to which we referred in our lest circular, bas continued and the price fell rather rapidly from 23-3/16 to 221 which was reached in the 20th
China Fire Ins. Co., Ld.......$155
'kong Fire Ins. Co., Ld.......$399 b.
Shipping. (40 cts. b.x the re-l C.&M.S.S. Co., La. Iturn of $4.50 per s. Douglas Steamship Co., Ld. #6776 b Hongkong, C. & M.8.S. Co., Ld.20 b.
Indo-China Steam Navigation (151) b.
Co., Ed.
60,000
Shell Tport & Trading Co., Ld.88/-, b.|3,797,610, £1
27 」༩ 4
Refineries.
China Sugar Refining Co., Ld.$133 Luzon Sugar Refining Co.,Ld.$46
pltime and at which is remained Star Ferry Company, Ld...$36 till 10-day when there has been a recovery of 1/16th. Until the quotation had fallen to this lower level there was almost an entire absence of buyers and the smal. lest amounts offering were suffici ent to depress the market quite oat of proportin to, their size. A moderate shipment is being made to India this week, hat meet of this was bought some while ago, for the bazaars have sent very few ordere lately and practically the only buying was on China rC- count. The presentiicck in London is estimated sa being £1,800,000 which is higher than it has been
for some time and at the moment the meriet eems rather besty, but the daily, rfferinge are 101 large, and any important buying would quickly give the market a different any ect.
Gold-The Bank of England has appoorced the receipt of £696,000 in bra tesides £120,- 000 in sovereigns released on account of Egypt and £5,000 on acccunt cf Siraite Settlements, On the other band £1,500,000 in bar gold Lae been sold and £800,000 in Ecvereigna set aside on miscellaneous account.
Shell Transport and Trading Company.
Mining. Raub Australian Gold Min-: x div. Kailan Mining Admin'tion. 30/-
ing Co., Ld.
$4.00 b. Tronoh Mines Ltd. ............30/ b.
1
Docks, Wharves and Godowns &c... 'kong & K.W. & G. Co., Ld.$79 H'kong & W'poa D. Co., Ld....875) S'hai Dock& Eng. Co., Ld....54 S'hai & H'kew W. Co., Ld....92
ends. Hotels and Buildings., Anglo French Lands.... H'kong Hotel Co., Ld.
.t.94.
F'kong Land Investment Co $111
'phreys Estate& F. Co., Ld$6.30 sa. b. 'loon Land& Building Co., Ld $40. b. Shanghai Lands
1.104 West Point Building Co., Ld., $72 H'kong Central Estates $100,
20,000.t:50 all
106/- Feb. 70/- Sept. 89/6 x dív. 82/-
x div.
32
5838
198 July 195 b.185.000 $10 all 134 Mar.
Colton Mills. Ewo Colton 8. & W. Co, Ld. t.175 b. Hengkong Cotton Co. $7.35 Kung Yik
.14.60 .b. Laou Kung Mow... .871 Shanghai Cottoner in Shai...t.102 s
Miscellanecus.
$3 for year ending 30.6.14
Final of 40 cts. making 90 cts 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)
making 7/- for 1914 $1.50 per share and bonus of
40 cents per share for year " ending 30'4*10
(Interim of 1/- account year ending 30.6.15 (Coupon No. 5.) 3.60 1/2 for 1909
321/-interim a/c 1915 paid 12.7.15
80
$3.50 for year 1914
$3 dividend for year 1914
Tle. 6 for year ending 29.2.14
($2.50 for half year ending 1 311214
31 for year ending 30'6*15 45 cents for year 1914
$3 for 1914
BANKS
INTERNATIONAL- BANKING,
CORPORATION
HEAD OFFICE:
̈60, Wall Street, New York. LONDON OFFICE: 36, Bishopsgate, E.C. BRANCHES 1-- ROMBAY LONDON.
| CALCUTTA. MANILA.
CANTON. PANAMA. CEBU. PEKING.. COLON... SAN FRANCISCO. HANKOW. SHANGHAI. HONGKONG. SINGAPORE... KORE," YOKOHAMA
CAPITAL PAID-UP $3,250.000 RESERVE FUNDS...... 4,120,000
(U.S. Gold) $7.370,000 All kinds of FOREIGN & |LOCAL BANKING "BUSINESS
transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS received at rates to be ascertain- ed on application.
་ +। ་ N..8. MARSHALL,
Manager. Hongkong, 22nd Oct. 1914
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE 'BANK
"LIMITED.
Established 1880. Authorised Capital Ten 48,000,000, Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund...
30,000,000
19,600,000
Head Office.-YOKOHAMA.
Agençler në Negaki
Antang Ho
Baabay
Newchwang
New York"
Calcutta Changchen
Dairen Tangties
Harbia Hankow Honolulu
b.
30,000 $100 all 7,000 $100 all
961 31
Feb. TO Jan, 17
Nov. 133 Deo. 46
111
$3 for 1912
2714
$3 for 1897
1,000,000 £1
200,000 £1 150,000 £1
all 41 Feb. 33/6 Deo.
33/6
301-
"Bll. 3.10
all 39/- Feb.
Jan,
1.90 Nov. 19/6 Nov.
4
32/6
.B
80.
17,000 650 50,000 $50.
all
Jan. 73 Nov. 79.
"68
all
b
55,700 t, 100 all
60
36,000 t. 100 all
Jan, 53 July 50 19 Jan, 821 Dec.
Oct. Dec.
764 54 9814
57
49 cum div. Tls. 5 for 1913
Tis: 5 for 1914
8116 b.
b.
3.
13,000 1,100 t.10€ 20,000,$50 50 128 July 120 ecco $100 all 11714 July 18 360,000 810 all '914 Jan. ༞ ༣།
0,600, $50
2045
Jan. 44 sa. 78,000 1.50 all 98 Dep. 69
19,000 $50 .b.
all 10,000 $100 all
94
L
94
Déc. 116
112.
1
Nov. 111 xdiv.
108
..Nov. 7
6.10
Feb. 40
40
Cet. 106
101
(Final of 6 p.c.
73
June (6
Feb. 72
.70
JC0
100
for 1914. making 12 p.c. $2 for balf year ending 30,6.35 44.09 for 7 months ending 31.12.14
犷
May 176
152
June 7.40
7
Ts. 12 for year ending 311014- 50 cents 317'08
5,04 .30 all 144 Jar. 1:1. 8,0 1.100 all 100 Fel. 70. 40,040 6,50 all 135
yar. 14.60
1334
May 19
b.
86
Tle. 1.10 for year ending 30°11′14 Tis. 12 for 1913
Koba
Til 20 Nov. 1023
£6.
19
J Div. Tle. 6. Bonus Tls. 4. Extra
Bonus 11s.1,year end'g 30'6'14 ̧.·
Ling-Ying London
Lyou
4
Sydney
b.
00,000 $12
Bll
12 May 10.Dec.
10
10
85 cents for 1914
Ld. 14
b
•CO, CO $5
all
4.00 July 4- April 14
434
6% for year ending 28 .2.06"..
50,000 $1
all
6 39 June 35
b. 400,000 $30 all
all 9 JED 7 Nov. 8
Aug. 34,
8.00
70 cts, for 1914
34
$1.50 for year ending 31.7.14
6.90 Jan.
Deo. 8.10
6.70
50 ots, for 1914.
b.
60,000 $10:
all
49 Jan. 36
Nov. 43.
b.
6,000 125
all
2174 July 174
b
60,00 30
all
25
b. 325,000 5/-
all
13 July 7 Feb.
Dec. 385 June 22 Apr. 27
5.15
39 184 25
$2.00 per share for 1914
b. 280,000 g, 10 ̊ all 64 Mar. 28 Deo.
$1, $30 all 10 Jan. 10 $10 $1. 93 cte. Jan. 75.000 410 all 12,000-$10, 10
17
42
3714
4: June
10
75 cta. Dec.
$1
20 ota.
(70 cts, on fully paid shares and 7 cts, on $1 paid shares for year ending 30.4.15
None.
5
$1.50 for 1910.
13,200 450 all
20
20
None
b.
9.
b.
20,CC0 15 all 5.60 June 4 27.723 $10 all | 2214 Feb. 17. 90,000 $10 all 81 April 6.90 21,000 $7 All 014 Jan. 612 Dec. 6
Nov. 312
35 ate. for year ending 31514
6
bl
6,00" $20 all .30
92 June
Dec. 29
29
The report of the "Shell" Transport and Trading Company China Torned Company Id. $10 for 1914 states that, including the China Light & Power Co.,
balance, £326,564, brought for To. (Erec. shares)........ word, there is credit to the profit China Provt, L. & M. Co., Ld. b. 155,100 $10 and loss account of £2,001 981Dairy Farm Company, Ld....$34 b. 40.000 71
Green Island Cement Co. Ld...,8.10 Hongkong Electric Co., Ld. 1431 Hongkong Ice Co., Ld... .$185 HongkongRope Mfg. Co.,Ld....#27 - Hongkong Tramway Co., Ld." 5.15
Langkats
1.8
· Deducting management, legol, and other expensea and 'deprecia- tion on securities, which in all amount to £37,035, there remains £1,984,047, to be carried to the balance-sheet. The directors re- commend a final dividend for the year 1914 of 5. per ebere to he paid on the 7th prox, (making 35 per cent, for the year), leaving $436,796 to be carried forward. The dividend is paid free of in- come-tax which is charged at the rate of 18. 8d.in the £. The amount provided for depreciation for the year 1914 by the Angit-Saxon and Union Water-boat Co., Ld. ...$18 Bataef che Companies is £1,266, Watson and Co. Id...8614 800. Depreciation again having
Do
Philippines Id. H. Price & Co., Ld... Societe des Puljes ci Tapier-
teries du Tonkin Steam Laundry Co., La..........................$3.20
Peak Tramway Co., Id. (Old)...$9
New) 80 cis, b. .$4 b. .$5. }
$20
been amply provided by the vari-william Powell, Limited. . ...#6) ous subsidiary companies, the
directors do not deëta it necessary 9. C. Morning Post....$29
to appropriate out of the year's
profite any amount to regeIVO.
A further sum of 740,000 guilders has doring the year been added by the Batasfeche to the insurance fund, which now amounts to 10,000,000 guilders, equal to about" * £833 0CO. The various subsidiary companies have been charged with war risk insurance premiums, and a sum of 3,000,- 000 guilders, cqual to about £250,000, tands to the credit of the war zisk insurance fund which fe held by the Bataafsche Petro- leum Maatschappij. The Arst interim dividend in respect of profits of 1916 will be distributed in January next.
THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Beaten, if Equalled For Bread Cakes, Confenticnery and meals with Wines & Ligorau
T/T
נו
WRICHT & HORNBY,
Share and Ceneral Brokers
Selling.
י
Final of $6 making $8) for 1914 Final of $1 makin $2 for 1914
4.80x div. | 810 % for 1914
Interim of T. 1 making T. 2
a/a 1913.
Osaka Pekia
Rypina (Port
Author) San Francisco
Shanghai
Viebling
Nydney
Titl
Taky
Los Angeles Túnginn
· Interest Allawad on Current Acconat, Deptais received for fixed periods at rates to be obsaiced on application,.../
همخونه
EISHI ONO Manager. Hongkong, 15th March, 1915,
THE CHARTERED BANK, OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
BANKS
LJ ONGKONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORA
TION.
...$15,000,000
Paid-up Capital ........ RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling yo
£1,500,000 at 21-
$15,000,000. Silver...$18,000,000
- $93,000,000 Reserve Liability of
Proprietors....... $15.000,00%
COURT OF DIRECTORS.. Hon. Mr. D. Landale-Chairman, W. J. Patienden, Esq. Deputy
Chairman.
6. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. M. Edkins, Esq. 0, 8. Gubbay, Esq.
P. H. Holyoak, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon, Mr. E: Shallim.
CHIEF MANAGER- Hongkong-N. J. Stat.
MANAGER Shanghai-A. G. Stephen. London Bankers London County and Westminster Limited.
Hongkong-Interest Allowedi
On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent per annum on the daily balance.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS For 3 months, 2 per cent per
annum) ma
For 6 months. 3 per cent
annum.
For 12 months, 4 per cent per
annum;
N. J. STABB,
-Chief Manager.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
THE Business of the abovS TH
Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on ap- plication.
INTEREST on deposits is al lowed on the minimum monthly balances at 833 per cent. por'an-
Dum
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 per cent, pez For the Hongkong and Shang. .....£1,200,000 hal Banking Corporation,
£1,800,000
N. J. STABB,
Chief Manager
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853,
HEAD OFFICE,,LONDON... Paid-up Capital ..... Reserve Fund...
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors.......£1,200,000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and
General Banking business trans THE MERCANTILE BANK OF
($1.00, per share for year end-soted. WA
ing 31.12.1914
3.00 18 Jan.
16 Dec. 6.60 x div, 63 x div. 60 dta, for 1914
[30 cts. on old shares and 25 cis, on new year ebarcs for year ending 30.6.14 $1.50 for 1914
6. Ces" Yaux Ecad Central. Tel address, Rectitude. CORRECTED TO KOGN. 4 AUG, 1915,
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.
1/9/1/16 1/9 1/8.
Demand 30 de ani 60 da...................................1/9 3/16)
T/T Shanghai.......................7814 Private 30 de sight, th TT Japan...854 T/T Singapore.......75.-
Demand India193 T/T India *.. 132
དབ་་་ག་་
EXCHANGE.
T/T Bombay indu Demand Bombay...133 T/T Caloutta Demand Calcutta 133 Demand Manila....854* T/TBan Foo & NY46 Demand, New York 42-43
· T/T Javacki.......10534 T/T Marks...................Nom. Demand Germany.... T/T Francs.....EVEN: 2.35. Demand Paris-285
On Haiphong
On Baigor On Bangkok — **
Buying 4 m/s. L/C,1/956 4 m/s. D/P 1/9
6 m/s. L/C 1/97% 30 d/s8'ney &M. 1/9% 30 de San Fco & NY,43) 4.mis. Marks....... Nom... 4 m/s.Franos:,m2.46 6 me. Francs...2.51
August 5th.
Gold Leaf per tael.859; Sovereign in.. $11.25 nom. Bar Silver, ready: 22 7/16.
forward
SUBSIDIARY COINS, Discount per $100 Chinese...20 ofs. places $20 3/4 Chinese...10 320 3/4 Hongkong 20 cts, pieces 59 14: Hongkong 10018)
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-
INDIA, LIMITED.
£1,500,000
1,125,000
662,500 500,000
ed and FIXED, DEPOSITS 16 Authorised Capital ceived for 1 year or shorter periods | Subscribed, at rates which will be quoted on Paid Up application."
Reserve Fund
Wm. DICKSON.
Manager. |Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. ~ [ §
NOTICE
THE CHINA PROVIDENT "LOAN AND MORTGAGE
CO., LTD.
(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.)
Loans on Mortgage of House Pro perty, &o. W
Goods received on Storage: Advances made on Merchandise:
the. Provident Bystem: "N (Rates and Particulars on ap-
Loans made HAL
plication)
BANKERS Bank of England. London Joint Stock Bank, Limited.
Every description of Exchange business transacted,
Interest allowed on Current As- counts at 2 per cent per annum on Daily Balance and on Fixed Deposits at rates which may be sacertained on application,
C. T. BEATH
Acting Manager.
OPIUM QUOTATIONS.
Feb. 25 Der
Kerche
The Offse of TRUSTER, EXECUTOR OF Malwa, New...
WILLS, ATTORNEY, &e, Malwa, Ola
Undertaker and Executed.
Patna, New SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. Patna, Old
General Managers Benares, New Hongkong, 19th March, 1890 Benares, Old..