COMMERCIAL,
Тел.
The
Messrs. Wm. Jas. and Hy. Thompson's Weekly Tea Circular deted June 24 states:-China: Arrivals. Carnarvonshire with 1,897 kgs. Trivately market shows little or no change, bat prices remain firm especialy for common leaf. Javs-Offerings during the weak, 9,806 pkgs., against 4,118 pkgs. last year; total from January 1 to date, 103,141 kgs. against 128,023
THE "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AULUST 12, 1915.
SHARE
COMPARATIVE
5. SELLERS
REPORT.
SHARE QUOTATIONS.
SA-SAIES
D.-LUYARS
To-day's
STOOK,
Closing
Pilces
Sharea
Number"
Par Paid of Value Up
1914.- Highest
1914.
Lowest
བྦཱ; ཙནྟི
K-NOMINAL
1915... 1915.
Highest, Lowant, 14th May. 14th May,
10
SHOW
to
How
Last Dividend
and Date
£2:3/- & 5/- bonus at ex 1/916
Banks.
$845
with other grow the the market in
pkgs. last year. In symppily 'kong& Shai Banking Corp.
20,000 $125
all
855 July.
700
Oct.
845
790
£76/-/-
equal to $27.27 for 4 year ending 31/12/14
notive and steady, 'The average
Ilarine Insurances.
Final of $4 alo 1913. Interim
WALS BERG BEER
10,000 $25il
10,000 £15 £5
350 Dec.
305
Oct.
377
360
of $18 a/o 1914.
145
May 133
Jati, 170
160
Interim of 19 pc. for
Y CARLSBERS
COPENHAGEN
$935
$855
12,000 $100 60.
210 April 1923 Jan.
240
-225
Final of $20 and bonus of $5 making $55 for 1913 and: Intérim of $30 for 1914 Final of $15 mak. $18 for 1913
& Int, of $3 for 1914
20,000 $00 20 8,000 $250 00
360 395
July 140 Oct. $57 Feb.
368 April 400
130 385
$9 for 1913
$27 for 1913
30,000 $25 20,000 $50 80,000 $15
00,000 60,000
10, all ali 36. all 29
Deo. Jan. 534
50 cts. #30 ots.$1 for. 1906. Mar. 2734 Nov. 69 45
Jan. 22 Dec. 23
19
£5} all 79
Jan, 50
Sept. 154
96.
NOTICE
NOOTRAL" BEER.
NY CARLSBERO,
FOR YEARS KNOWN AS THE FINEST BEER ESPECIALLY BREWED FOR THE FAR EAST.
MAKE AN ALLY OF IT AT ONCE! BREWED BY THE WORLD-FAMED
NY CARLSBERC BREWERIES COPENHAGEN DENMARK,"
Obtainable at all Hotels and Compradores and from
DONNELLY AND WHYTE.
for the whole pale on garden Canton Insurance Office, Ld.377) b account is 113d. per lb., compared North China Ins. Co., Ld.....16916 with 813. per 1b, a year ago,
We
are indebted to the Vereeniging
The Export Bureau" of Batavia Union. Ins. Society of O'ton, Ld.$935 b for the January-April, 1915, ex-
Fire Insurances,
$157) b. China Fire Ins. Co., Ld. H'kong Fire Ins. Co., Ld.......$400 b.
Shipping. f40 cts. b. x the re- c.&M. S.S. Co., Ld. I turn of $4.50 per s Douglas Steamship Co., Ld. #675 Hongkong, C. & M.S.S. Co.,Ld.2014 b.
b.
12,400 $250 100 847) April 700 Oct.
port fgares, showing distribution Yangtze Ins. Assoc. Ld. $240 ex 73 of Java orop to that date:-Jan.. April, to Holland, 12 104,788 half- kiles; England, 3,359'080; Russia, 4,339,230; Australia, 1,910,844; Canada ind America, 230,238; Singapore, 120 620; other ports, 933,388; total, 28,(6,774 half- kilos., against 24 133,570 half kilos. last year. The somewhat larger supply of 10,003 packages of Indian was offered at the auc tions on 28th inst., chit y con. sisting of new season's, which again met with a good demand, and fall to dearer prices were. obtained, a ost noticeably in eas from 1s, to la. d: Atthe auctions Star Ferry Company, Ld.. 83614 b 40,000 $10 on 29th inst, the larger supply of 38,728 packages Ceylon was t fer- ed, and although quality shows a further aligi falling, a good demand prevailed, last week's prices being fully maintained.
American Cotton Crop. The Neio York- Firancial "and Commercial Chronicle, io ita au nual report on the growing cotton crop, says every State shows a falling in the area. planted, with an aggregate of 35,10,000 scree, a decrease of 4,288 000 acres, or 10.88 per cint. Prices being higher during the plant- ing season than they had been, a larger area was put under seed than was at first contemplated. There has been A decided decrease in the use of fertilizere in the older States, which will have considerable bear upon production. Owing to the suc- con of experiments in the cultiva tion of Egyptian cotton in the Salt River Valley, Arizona, the area under this seed has not been nduced this season.
Indo-China Steam (Combined $153 sa. Navigation Co., Deferred $ 96 84. Preferred & 57 b Shell T'port & Trading Co.. Ld.88/-
Ld.......
Refineries.
n: 3,797,610 £1 all 106- Feb. 70- Sept. 89/6 x div. 82/-
China Sugar Refining Co., Ld.$130. Luzen Sugar Refining Co.,Ld.$449.
Mining.
OK
ஜம்
x div.
$3 for year ending 30.6.14
fFinal of 40 cts, making 90 cte 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
(81.50 per share and bonus of 40 cents per share for year ending 30'4'10
all
49
Mar. 40 Nov. 37
32
20,000 $100, all 7,000 $100 all
96) 31
Feb. Jan..
70 Nov.
139
111
$3 for 1912
17 Deo. 46
273%
$3 for 1897
b. 1,000,000 £1
all41. Feb.
33/6 Dec. 33'6
30/-
J:
8.
.31/-
sa
200,000 £1 160,000 £1
all 3.10 all 39- Feb.
1.90 Nov. Jan.
19/6 Nov.
4
32/6
Kailan Mining Admin'tion. 30/ Raub Australian Gold Min- I div.
ing Co., Ld. Tronoh Mines Ltd.
..t.94 .......$116
Docks, Wharves and
Godowns &c. 'kong & K.W. & G. Co., Ld.$78" sa. H'kong & W'poa D. Co., Ld....875 Shai Dock& Eng. Co., Ld...58 S'hai & 'kew W. Ca., Ld. ...92 tands, Hotels and Bulidings. Anglo French Lands..... H'kong Hotel Co. Ld. H'kong Land Investment Co $110.
'phreys Estate& F. Co., Ld$6.30. sa. b 'K'loon Land& Building Co., Ld $40 Shanghai Lands 102 b. x div. West Point Building Co., Ld. $72 'kong Central Estates $100
Cotton Mills."
Ewo Cotton S. & W. Co., Ld. t.171 h. $7.40 b Hongkong Cotton Co.
.14.60 b. Kung Yik......
871 b Laou Kung Mow
Shanghai Cottons in S'hal...t.101
· Miscellaneous,
Shanghal Tramways. (Foregin Settlement.) Shanghai, August 2, 1915-The following is the traffic return of the Shanghai Tramwaye (Foreign China Borneo Company.Ld. $10 Settlement) for the month of July, China Light & Power Co.,) 1915, and for seven months ended July 31, 1915, with figures for the corresponding periode last year.
July, 1915. July, 1914, Receipts..112,658.53 113,758.87 Loss by
Gross
currency
deprecia
Interim of 1/- account year ending 30.6.15 (Coupon No. 5.)
3.60 1/2 for 1909
32-1-interim'alc 1915 paid 12.7.15
68 57
$3.50 for year 1914
79 Nov.
$3 dividend for year 1914 Oct; 76 July 50 Dec. 574 49 ex div. Tis. 5 for 1913
9336 80 Tia. 5 for 1914 Jan. 8214 Dec.
Tls. 6 for year ending 29.2.14
($2.50 for half year ending..
311214
Div. Tla. 6. Bonus Tis. 4. Extrò Bonus Tls.1,year end'g 30'6'14
10. 85 cents for 1914
434 6% for year ending 28 .2.06
BANKS
BUERNATIONAL BABKIDG
CORPORATION
HEAD. OFFICE:
60, Wall Street, New York. LONDON OFFICE:
36, Bishopsgate, E.O. BRANCHES :- ROMBAY, LONDON, CALCUTTA. MANILA. CANTON. CEBU.
PANAMA.
PEKING.
COLON SAN FRANCISCO. HANKOW. SHANGHAI. HONGKONG. SINGAPORE. KOBE. 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- led and FIXED DEPOSITS received at rates to be ascertain. ed on application."
NS, MARSHALL,
|Manager. Hongkong, 22nd Oct. 1914
... THE OKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
LIMITED.
Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000
TEL. 636
BANKS
ONGKONG & SHANGHAI
Ho
..
BANKING CORPORA-
TION,
Paid-up Capital $15,000,000 RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling
£1,500,000 at 21-
$15,000,000 Silver $18,000,000
893,000,000
Reserve Liability of
Proprietore. $15,000,00
· COURT OF DIREUTORS, Hon. Mr. D. Landale,--Chairman, W. L Pattenden, Esq. Deputy
Chairman.
8. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. M. Edkins, Esq. O, S. Gubbay, Esq.
P. H. Holyoak, Esq.
J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shellim.
CHIEF MANAGER Hongkong-N. J. Stałb;
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 daily balance,
ON FIXED DEPOSITS.
Paid-up Capital... 30,000,000 For 3 months, 21 per cent per Reserve Fund
Branch Antang Halen Bombay Calcutta
Changebun
19,600,000.00
Agencies a Nagaraki Newchwang Now Yerk -Oak-
Pekin Ryolan (Port "Arthur)
Be FIANCE.co Konnghal Rydney Trebling
Orientala
Takyn
Los Angeles Tsingtau
Interest Allowed on Current Account.- Deposits received for foad perioda as gute zde. jobtained on application.
BISHI ONO, Manager. Hongkong, 15th March, 1915.
€0,000-$50
ali
19
Jan,
73
b.
80,000 $50
all
77
Jap. 53
b
55,700 t, 100 all
60
38,000 t. 100 ₪1
JC9
13,000 t,100 100
50 50,000 $50
94
128
b.
July 120 60.000 $100 all 11732 July 98 Nov. 111xdiv. 108 150,000 $10 all 914 Jan. 7.
20 6,000 $50
45 Jan.
98.. 78,000 1.50 all
Dec. T500 $50
all 73 June 810,000 $160 all
Dec.
116
112
$31 for year ending 206′15
Nov.
6.10
45 cents for year 1914
.44
. Feb.
40
40
$3 for 3914
Oct.
106/
101
(Dividend of 6 p.c. for year
1. ending 30.6.15
Hoad Office
YOKOHAMA
C6
Feb
72
70
100
100
$2 for half year ending 30.6.15 14.09 for 7 months ending 31.12,14
Esiren
#
2000 1,50 ·l 198 July .25
all
7 500 $10
14. Mar. b3t10 all 344
Jap.. 11 110 8,00 6.100 all
} eb. 50 40,000 1.50 all 135 Feb. 10
May
176
152)
7 7.40
Tis. 12 for year ending 311014 50 cents 31 708
Feogtien
Haria
Hankow
14.60
13
69 b. 86
Tis. 1.20 for year ending 20′11′14 Tls. 12 for 1913
Honolulu
Kebe
La Yang
Nov. 102) £6
London
Lyock
Sydbay
singina
b.
(0,000 $12 all 12
May.10
10
*
b
b.
1,0,000 $5 50,000 $1 195,00 $10-
b.
ail 4.90 July 1 Bil. all 9
Nov. 8 b. 40.000 7
39 '6
June. 35 Aug.. Ba..400,000 $106.90 Jan.
Dec. 60,000 $10 all 49 Jan.
Nov. 44
184 Final of $6 making $8) for 1914 6,800 $25
all 21714 July 174 Deg, 185 60,000-$30
Final of $1makın $2 for 1914 June all 25
Apr. 29% 25 all 13 July 7 Feb. 5.15 4.80x div. $10% for 1914
84
34
6 70.50 cts, for 1914. 39..
b250,000 g,10 ́all
+
...86h
b. b. 90,000 $10 all 8
b. 21.000 $7 .all
Jan. 634 912
30 June 6,000 $28. all
92 Dec.
644 Mar. 28 Dec 25,000 $10
all 1014 Jan. 4 June $1. 80,000 $10
93.cle. Jan. 75 cls. Dec. $1 75,000 $10 all 10 12,000 $10 13,200 $30 all 20,000 $5
27.723 $16
42
10
3734
9.. 80:cts.
-5 #
$1.50 for 1810.
20
Dec. 61
29
29
WRICHT & HORNBY,
Share and General Brokers
"Ld. $4.15 Do. (Spec. shares) Chius Provt. L. & M. Co., Ld. .8.70 Dairy Farm Company, Ld. ...$34 Green Island Cement Co. Ld....8. Hongkong Electric Co., Ld. 145/28. 5. Hongkong Ice Co.. Ed. ......$185 HongkongRopeMfg.Co.Ld....#30 E. Hongkong Tramway Co., Ld. 5.20 b. 325,000 5/-
tion ***** 30.489.99 27,098.41 Langkate
Efective
Receipts.. 82,108 64 85,700.46
Percentage
of loss by
Currency
deprecia- tion......... 28.71% Car Miles
289,050
Peak Tramway Co., Ld. (Old)...89 b.
Do
(New) 80 ctarb. Philippines Ld..... ...........$4 b. H. Price & Co., Ld.........
..$5
Sociste des Pulpes et Papier-1 $20
teries du Tonkin.......... Steam Laundry Co., La.. $3.00 b, x div. 26.25% Union Water-boat Co., La. ...$18 313,680 Watson and Co., Ld.....86.30 5,058,861 William Powell, Limited. 7 months 7 months ented Jaly, ended. July
31, 1914. 31, 1915.
Funer
Passengere
carried...5,041,486
Gross
Receipts..745,986.74 750,001,81
Los by
currency
deprecia-
tion.......100,487,50 175,279.00
Effective
12.
Receipts 516,400.18 574,721.85
Percentage
of loss by
curren o y
deprecia-
tion 28 50%.
Car Milegar a
24.76%
run 1,905,519 1,915,801 Passengers
carried. 32,713,966 31,482,225
THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Beaten, if Equalled For Bread Cakes, Confectionery Sad meals with Wines & Liquore.
8. C. Morning Post .....$29.
Selling,
T/T Demand ......
ין
H
8.00 70 cte: for 1914..
$1.50 for year ending 31.7.14
$2.00 per share for 1914
Interim of T. 1 making T.-2
a/e 1913
70 ots.on fully paidshares and * cta. on 81 paid ebares. for year ending 30.4.15 None
20" None
3.00
all 500 June 14 Nov. 316 all 2214 Feb. 17 Jan. 18
Arril 6.90 Dec. 6,60 xčiv. 64 zdiv. 60 cta, for 1914
25 cta. for year ending 315′15
($1,00, per share for year end- 169ing 31.12.1914
50 cts, on old shares and 25 ets, on new year shares for year ending 30.6.14- $1.50 for 1914
6. Des Vœux Road Central, Tel address. "Rectitude.
CORRECTED YO NOON. 12 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.
1/9.1/8 1/9 3/16
·30 d/s...... 3/8 1/4 60 ₫/8............1/9 5/16 4 m/8.1/9 3/8 T/T Shanghai. ..............7811⁄2 Private 30 de sight T/T-Singapore............. 757 T/T Japan.7.86X T/T India Konsta Demand India1334
EXCHANGE..
T/T Bombay sa Demand Bombay ...1331⁄2 T/T Calcutta pum Demand Calcutta ...13312 Demand Manila 85 TTBan Táo &NY1255 Demand, New York 42 1/4 TIT Jaya.........................................106 TT Marks............Nom. Demand Germany. TT Franos: 2.37. Demand Paris st...[237] c
On Haiphong a sand On Balgon *****.***. 83⁄41⁄2: On Bangkok. 877 Map Buying, d 4'm's. LC **....1/9′3/4 14 m/s. D. P******** 1/9: 7/8
6'm's. O**** ...1/10
prem
30 ds. B'ney & M, 1/10 190 da. San F'oo & N‚Y.43% 14 m/s. Marks......... Nom, 14ms,France,248 16 m/s. Francs
- 2,53.
August 12th,
Gold Leaf per tacl$58.90 Sovereign, $11.20 nom Bar Silver ready...22 9/16"
forward
MY SUBSIDIARY COINS:
Discount per $100:- Chinese...20 cts.pieces $20 3/8 Chinese 10
201/2 Hongkong.20 cte. pieces $9 578 Hongkong 10
5/8
THE CHARTERED BANK 0} INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND
-CHINA.
annum.
For 6 months. 31 per cent any
ANNUM.
аппит.
For 12 months, 4 per cent per
N. J. STABE
Obief Manager.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
THE
HE Business of the above Bank is conducted by the
| HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING · EORPORATION Rules may be obtained on xj- plication,
INTEREST on deposits is al- lowed on the minimum monthly. balances at $31 per cent. per aZ- [num.
Incorporated by Roya!
Charter 1853.....
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. Paid-up Capital £1,200,000 Reserve Fund............£1,800,00 Reserve Liability of in Proprietors £1,200,00
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans THE MERCANTILE BANK OF acted.
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more i to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT: zł.44%, par-scant, per
For the Hongkong and Shang, hai Banking Corporation,
N.J. STABB,
Chief Manager-
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open
ed and FIXED DEPOSITS oelyed for 1
1 year or aborter period at rates which will be quoted or application.
Manager
Vm. DICKSON. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912,
NOTICE.
THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD. (Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.).
Loans on Mortgage of House perty, Bo.
INDIA, LIMITED.
£1,500,000
1,125,000
Authorised Capital. Subscribed
Paid Up
Reserve Fund.
562,500 $500,000
BANKERS Bank of England. London Joint Block Bank, Limited.
Every description of Exchange. business transacted,
Interest allowed on Current As- sounts at 2 per cent per adamın on Daily: Balance and on (Fixed Deposits ak› rates which may be Proscertained on sonilestion FONT BEATH
Acting Manager.
Goods received on Storage, Advances made on Merchandise:1 Loans made on the Provident
(Rates and Particulars on sp
plication).
The Office of TRUSTEE EXECUTOR
OF
WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c. Undertaken and Exeonted WANESHEWAN, TOMES & Co.
* General Managers. Hongkong, 19th March, 1890.
OPIUM QUOTATIONS.
Malwa, Now ........ 1.89/100 perigi Malwa, Old
atna, New Patna, Old
Henares, Beußres, Old.