COMMERCIAL.
Balilen.
Messre. Samael, Montagu and Co., in their cirular dated London, September 9, stats:-Gold- External movements have not been in favour of the Bank of England. The following amounts were received by the Bank:- September 2, $1,000,000 in sover- eigas from abroad: September 2, $200,000 in sovereigns reless- ed on miscellaneous account.
**September: 3 £80,000 in sover-
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1915.
SHARE REPORT.
COMPARATIVE SHARE QUOTATIONS.
8.-SELLERS FA-54535 F-BUYERS
N-NOMINAL
*
To-day's
STOCK.
Closing
Number Pay Paid of Valus Up Share
1914.
Highest
1914.
Lowest
1915. 1915.
Highest, Lowest,
Since Bincs
Last Dividend
14th May, 14th May.
End Date
Prices
10 DOW to now
204
NOTICE
NY CARLSBERG BEER.
The world famed DANISH brew, for years known as the finest Beer specially brewed for the Far East.
Banks.
/$828 b.
£73/10/-)
eigne released on miscellaneous 'kong&'S'hai Banting Corp. 830, 6-120,000 $125
BOVE-
Marine Insurances,
Canton Insurance Office, Ld.427) b North China Ins. Co., Ld. t.175
Union Ins. Society of O'ton, Ld.8965 n
Yangtsze Ins. Assoc. Ld. ......$250
Fire Insurances, China Fire Ins. Co., Ld.
www
account. September 3 £1,480,000 in sovereigns from abroad. September 8, £1,085,000 in bar; gold. September 8, £550,000 in sovereigns from abroad. Septem- ber 8, 2200,000 in Eovereigns te lessed on miscellaneous account. Withdrawals were made as un- dor-Eeptember. 3, £1857,000 in foreign gold coin, September 6, £1,160,000 in foreign goin. Sep- tember 6, £2,000,000 in reigns for Japan. September 7, £1,100.000 in foreign gold coin. September 7, e105,000 in sore- reigns set aside, on account of Egypt, September 7, £5,000 in Bovereigns set aside on account of the Straits Settlements note guarantee fand. September 8, £161,000 in lar gold. September 8, £40,000 in sovereigon for Malta.) September 8, £210,000 in sovereigns set aside on account Shell T'port & Trading Co. Ld.20/-
of Egypt.
'kong Fire Ins. Co., Ld. ......$420
Shipping. 40 cts. b. x the re- C.&M.S .8. Co., La. (turn of 84.50 per s Douglas Steamship Co., Ld....889 Ha. Hongkong, C. & M.8.8. Co.,Ld.20 Indo-China Steam (Combined$157) b. J 60,000
Navigation: Co., Deferred $941 ñ.
{60,000 £5} Ld.....
Preferred $62 n.
D.
all
(£2/9/- at 1/9 5/16 equal to
855 July. 700 Oct. 845 x div. 790c. div. 824.21 for 11⁄2 year 30/6/15
ƒ Final of $4 alo 1913. Interim 1 of $18 a/c 1914. (Interim of 12 p.o. for 1914 (Final of $20 and bonus of $5 making $55 for 1913 and Intorim of $30 for 1914 Final of $15 mak, $18 for 1913
& Int, of $3 for 1914
$4 for year ending 30.6.15
[Final of 40 cts, making 90 ote. for year ending 31.12.14
b.
10,000 $250 89
10,000 £15 £5
350 Doc. 305
145 May 133
Oct. 425
Jan. 175
360
160
12,400 $250 100
247 April 700 Oct. $972
.-$855
b.
12,000 $100 00
210 April 1923 Jan.
250
225
$162 b.
n
20,000 $:00 20 8,000 $250 50
160 395
July 140 Oot. Feb. 368- April
TÉZ 420
*130 385
$9 for 1913
$27 for 1913.
30,000 $25 ol) 10
all 20,000 $50
36
all
·80,000 $15 2014
Jan. 54 Mar. 27 Jan. 22
Dec. 50 ats.
91 Nov.
Dec. 23
30 cts.$1 for 1906
45
19
all 79
Jan. 50
Sept. 15734 95
8.3,797,610 £1
all 106 Feb. 70/- Sopt. 90/- x div. 82/-
b. 40,000 $10
all
49
Mar. 40
Nov.
39
...$38 n.
20,000 $100 all 7,000 $100 all
961 31
Feb.
Jan.
70 Nov. 134 17 Dec. 46
111
$3 for 1912
274
$3 for 1897
Mining
F
During the week the net reduc Star Ferry Company, Ld....£39 ion amounted to £2,113,000,
The nat import of gold into India
Reflcerles.
for the month of August, 1915, China S. Refining Co., Ld.....$131 sa. wee about £318,500. Since the Luzon S. Refining Co., Ld.
outbreak of war, the United
States of America received, up to August 21, about $152,000,000. in gold, made up as follows: Denmark
414
South America
Australio
Holland
Brezil
Chino
Japan France England Canada
OF
I div.
32
(6 pc. on p. s. & 3p.c. on d. a. for year 1914. ahares quoted exp.a. divin H'kong from 29.9.15. an interim div, of 6 pc. on the combined shares paid in London 23.9.15 fFinal of 5/- (Coupon No 24)
making 7/- for 1914
(81.50 per share and bonus of 40 cents per share for year ending 30°4-15
Interim of 1 account year ending 30.6.15(Coupon No. 5.)
3,60 1/2 for 1909
s.
n.
8.1,000,000 £1
200,000 £1 160,000 £1
all4 Feb. 33/6 Dec.
33/6
30/-
796,665 £1
all 3.10 Bil 39/- all 55'6
Jan. 1.90 Nov. Fob. 19/6 Nov. 21/3
4
32/6
Kailan Mining "Admin"tion...30/- Raub Australian Gold Min-13.40 b, 300,000
ing Co., Ld:..
-316 1,00,000 Tronoh Mines Ltd.
.....31/6 2,000,000 Ural Caspiana.......39 b. cum div.
•
2 000 000
2,500,000
3,700,000
Decks, Wharves and
Godowns &c.
9,625,000 'kong & K.W. & G. Co., Ld....$80 11,500,000| Ekong & W'hoa D. Co. L. ...86 20,592,000 5'hai Dock & Eng. Co., Là. 98,802,000
In October 1913, the Govern ment of India decided to sp point a committee to consider tho question of uniform weights and eBiurea with- in the Indian Empire. The recently published report of this committee is of considerable im- portance, affecting as it does, the commercial transactions of one fifth of the world's population. The adoption of the metric system and alternatively of the British, was considered and rejected. The former. principally apen the ground that the use of decimale was alien to the customs of the Indian people. The latter, becauEE
...60 S'hai & H'kew W. Co., Ld....90
Lands, Hotels and Buildings, Anglo French Lands...
'kong Hotel Co., Ld............$112
H'kong Land Investment Co $109 H'phreys Estate& F. Co., Ld.. $6.90 'loon Land& Building Co., Ld $40 Shanghai Lands West Paint Building Co., Ld. #72) H'kong Central Estates.100
Coiten Mills.
...t.105
اله
h.
€0,000 $50
A.'
£0,000 $50
ali
b.
40,700 1,100 all
b.
30,000 t. 100 all
Ewo Cotton S, & W. ('o., Ld. $172) b.'
...$9.30 Hongkong Cotton Co.
b. Bung Yik..............
$1536 b. .901 ກ. Lnou Kung Mow
b. Shanghai Cottons in S'bai ...t.94
Miscellaneous.
it would have necessitated an China Borneo Company, Ld. $1034 alteration in the weight of China Light & Power Co., the tols, the DDOSS im. portant standard of weight in use. Moreover, the weight of the tola and of the rapre being identical,
Ld. $4.40 80. Do. (Spec. shares)...! China Provt. L. & M. Co., Ld. 10.10 Dairy Farm Company, Ld....$34 Green Island Cement Co. Ld....11
5838
Jan.
73
Jan. 53
Nov.
60 Oct. 86
July 50
13,000 1300 1,100)
20,000 $50 50 128 July 120 7.
LOSCO $5 all 4.90 July 4 50,000 $1
❤
32-1/-interim afe 1915 paid 12.7.15
68
57
1 interim 1915
$3,50 for year 1914
$3 dividend for year 1914 Dec.. 63 19 ex div. Tis. 3 for year ending 30.4.15
Tlo. 5 for 1914
#3 for year ending 30*6*15 45 cents for year 1914 $3 for 1914
Dividend of 6 p.c. for year
ending 30.6.15
$2 for balf year ending 30.6.15 $4.09 for 7 months onding 31.12,14
152) Tls. 12 for year ending 31'10'14
50 cents 31'7'08
s. 1.20 for year ending 30°11′14 Tls. 12 for 1913
(Dividend of Tls. 7 for year
1 ending 30'6'15
414 6% for year ending 28 .2.06
8.00 70 cta. for 1914
Jan. 8216 Dec. 9314 80
1.04
94
b.
Dec. 116
04 112
Tls, 614 for year cading 29.2.14
($2.50 for half year ending 130'6:15
n.
40,500 $100 a}}
b.
10,000 $10 all
b.
6,000 $50 20
b.
b.
19,800 850
n.'
7CC0 1.50 all 98
all 73 10,000 $100 all
11734 July 98 04 Jan. 7 45) Jan. 44
Dec. $9
June 66
Nov. 111 x div,
108
Nov. 7+
6.10
Feb. 40
40
Cet. 106
Feb.
101
100
70 100
20,000 1,50 all 138 120.400 $10 all 84
75,000 £10 alt 141 8,400 t.100 all 130 40,000 2,50
135
all
July 125 Mar. 7
Jan. 11 Feb. 70 Feb. 70
May 380
June 9.30
7
Mor. 1 May, 69 Nov. 105
134
b.
86
$6
5
b.
(0,600 $19
all
12 May
10
Dec. 10
10
85 cents for 1914
April 44
all
b. 195,000 $10
all
9
Jan.
R. 40.000 7
6
39 June
7 35
Nov.
. Aug.
b. 400,000 $10
all 6.90
Jan. 5
Dec.
10.10 34 11
31
n.
60,000 $10
all
49
Jan. 36
Nov. 44
b.
6,800 $28
all
21716 July 174
39: 184
:
b.
60,000 $10
all
25
*25
n.
325,000 5/-
..1.384 b. 260,000 g.10
b.
all
all
64 Mar.
28
Dec.
42
3631
25,000 $10
all 1012 Jan.
914 June
10
9
60,000 $10
$1.
93 cte. Jan.
75 cts, Dec.
$1
20 cio.
b.
75,000 $10
all
4
4
None
12,000 $10 10
5
5
$1.50 for 1910
...1 chawal ...1.ratti.
$20
13,200 $50
20
20
None
b.
...I magbo,
Union Water-boat Co., Ld. ...$16)
n.
8.
20,000 $5 27.723 $10 all 224 Feb. 17 90,000 $10 all April 6.90
all 500 June
4
n.
b.
3.00
Jan. 18
16
Dec. 6.90 x div. 6‡ xdiv. 60 cts, for 1914
71.000 $7 all 916 Jan. 614
Dec. 7
6
6,000 $25 all
92 307 June
Dec. 29
29
LATEST RUBBER QUITATIONS.
Nov. 316
the weight of the coin would aleo Hongkong Electric Co., Ld. $44 have had to to sltered. The Hongkong Ice Co., Ld..........8190 committee recommended that the Hongkong Rope Mfg.Co., Ld... 34 Bengal or Indian railway weights should be adopted for universal Hongkong Tramway Co., Ld, 6,00 use throughout the Indian Em- pire, with the exception of Barmah, where a uniform system suitable for that provizce already obtaina. The proposed weights are as follow:---
FOR INDIA.
8 kheekbos
8 chowals
8 rattin
12 mashes or 4 tanke...1 tola,
5 tolog
16 chatske
40 Bers
***
Langkate
Do
Peak Tramway Co., Ld. (Old) $94
(New) 85 cts. b.
...84 .$5
Philippines Ld............ H. Price & Co., Ld.......... Societe des Pulpos ot Papier-1
tories du Tonkin Steam Laundry Co., Ld.........31
... 1 chatak. Watson and Co., Ld........$634 ...I Bear.
... maund. William Powell, Limited: ..............EC) With regard to silver the
8. C. Morning Poat....$29 report states:-The undertone continues good. Under the combined pressure of buying orders from the continent, and Anglo Java Estates Ltd. Tls. the Indian bazaare; the price 11 buyers. advanced by atages to 23.11/16d. | Linggis 14/9 buyers 15/6 on September 6-the highest sellers. figure torched since May 15 last.
Nordanals 19/- buyors 19/6 | China bas sold a limited amount,
gellere, but not sufficient to affect appreci- bly the vigour cf the market. The United States Treasury, by purchasing about 500,000 oz. each week, is mainly responsible for the improvement in rates, An Indian currency return for August 31 garo details in Jakha of rupees as follow:-
39,92
0,34 6,15
Notes in Circulation...... 66,41 Reserve in silver coin..... Gold coin and ballion...... Gold in England...............*******
The stook in Bombay consiste of 5700 bars, as compared with 5,000 last week. A shipment of 245,000 oz. has been made from San Francisco to Hongkong..
WRIGHT & HORNBY,
Selling,
དུ དུཀྑཱཀྑཀྑཏྟཏྟ བྷཱུ བྷཱུ ཀྑཱ ཀྐུ བླློ
all
$1.50 for year ending 31.7.14 670 50 cts. for 1914.
$2.00 per share for 1914 Interim of $2 account 1915 Interim$1 for yearending30.6,15
Deo. 190 June 22 Apr. 34 13-July 7 Feb. 5.25 4.80x div. $10 % for 1974
Ayer Panas (Straits) $1.80 buy- era 5.00 sollers.
Balgownies (Straits) $3.15 buy- ers 3.20 sellers.
Changkat Berdangs (Straits) $4.90 buyers 5.05 Bellern.
M M
י'
Kempas (Straits) $3.30 buyers 3.55 x div. sellers,
Malaka Pindaa (Straite) $1.35 buyers 1.45 Bollers.
Malakoffs (Straits) $3:40 buyers 3.50 sellers.
Interim of T. 1 making T. 2
a/o 1913
[70 cts, on fully paid shares and
7 cta..on $1 paid shares for year ending 30.4.15
25 cts. for year ending 31'5'15
($1.00, per share for year ond- 1ing 31,12.1914
(50 cts, on old shares and 25 cts, on new year shares for year ending 30.6.14 $1.50 for 1914
Sendycrofts (Straits) 5.25 bug- ors 5.50 sellers,
Pajam (Straits) $9.15 buyara 9.25 sellers.
Share and General Brokers 6. Des Vœux Road Central, Tel. address, Rectitude.
CORRECTED TO MOON, OOT. 12. 1915.
ANY SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS WILL BE FOUND IN "UP TO THE MINUTE SHARE MARKET NEWS." THE TELEGRAPH DOES NOY HOLD ITSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE QUOTATIONS,
T/T ......
1/9 7/8 Demand...ALEN ....1/9 15/16 30 dis 60d8....
....1/10 1/16
4 m/8....................1/10 1/8
T/T Shanghai.........761 Private 30 de sight TT Singapore........78 TF Japan...87 T/T India...........1369 Demand India' ......137
...
EXCHANGE.
TT Bombay ........ Donand Bombay...137 TIT Calcutta Domand Calcutta ...137 Demand Manila ...84 T/T San F'co & N.Y.42'3/4 Demand, New York 42 7/8 T/T Java...........107 1,2 T/T Marks...
Demand Germany... T/T Franos.......2.50) Demand Paris ......2,51
Nom.
On Haiphong, VỊ T 71% prom. On Saigon. The On Bangkok
...: 84 1/2 Buying.
4 m/s. L/C ......1/10 1/2. 4 m/s. D/P........ 1/10 5/8 6 m's. L/C....................1/10 3'4 30 d/s. S'ney & M. 1/10 3/4 30 ds. Ban P'co & N‚Y.44 1/4-
[4 m/s. Mark....................... Noid."
4 m/s.Franca.......2.614 6 m/s. France...>*<*>; 3.66}4
Oct. 12th.
Gold Leaf per oz.- $59.60° Sovereign ............................. $11,05 nom. Bar Silver ready...23 15/16 forwardii''
SUBSIDIARY COINS.
Discount per $100:- Chinese...20 ota.piecesTM $20 1/8 Chinese...10
$20 1/4 {Hongkong,20′′ots, pieces 5. D. 7/8 |Hongkong.10
$99/4
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Can now be obtained from all hotels and Compradores, and from
DONNELLY AND WHYTE.
BANKS
TEL. 636
BANKS B
INTERNATIONAL BARKING HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
CORPORATION
HEAD OFFICE:
60, Wall Street, New York. LONDON OFFICE: 36, Bishopsgato, E.C.
BRANCHEB:
BOMBAY, LONDON. CALCUTTA, MANILA.
CANTON.
COLON.
CEBU.
PANAMA.
. PEKING.
SAN FRANCIS CO. HANKOW. SHANGHAI. HONGKONG. SINGAPORE. KOBE. YOKOHAMA
CAPITAL PAID-UP $3,250 000 RESERVE FUNDS...... 4,120,000 |
श्री.
(U.S. Gold) $7,370,000 All kinds of FOREIGN LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opon. ad and FIXED DEPOSITS received at rates to be ascertain- ed on application.
N. S. MARSHALL,
Manager. Hongkong, 22nd Oct. 1914
THE HAMA SPECIE BANK VANGELIMITED.
YOKOHAMA
Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 30,000,000 Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund o · 20,000,000
Head Office.-YOKOHAMA.
4. Branches
Antrag:Halen Bombay Celcatia. Changeon
Dre
Jungties
Harbin
Haokew
Hodolala
Kobe
Liao-Yang London
Lyons
Sidney
Msingin
Agencies a Kagasaki Newchwang New York Osaka Pakio Ryokan (Por
Arthur), San Franciaco Shanghai
Bydney Cabling
Testula
Tokyo
Los Angeles Tangtan
Inarest Allowed on Current Account. Dapaalta received for fand perioda at rates in de obtafund on application.
EISHI ONO, Manager. Hongkong, 11th September, 1915.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND' OHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.
BANKING CORPORA
TION.
Paid-up Capital $15,000,000
RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling
́£1,500,000 at 21-
$15,000,000 Silver...$18,000,000
$33,000,000
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors...815.000,00€
COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Chairman, W. L. Pattenden, Esq. Deputy
Chairman.
8. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. M. Edkins, Esq. O, 8. Gubbay, Esq. P.H. Holyoak, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E: Shallim, CHIEF MANAGER Hongkong-N. J. Statb MANAGER Shanghai-A, G. Stephen. London Bankers-London County and Westminster Limited.
Hongkong-Interest Allowedi ?- On Curront Account at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the daily belange.
ON, FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months.. 2 per copt, par
snnum.
For 6 months. 31 per cent. per
annum,
sarum,
For 12 months, 4 per cent per
N. J. STABB.
Chief Manager:
HONGKONG SAVINGS-BANK,
ப்
THE Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Rules may be obtained on ap- plication.
num.
INTEREST on deposits is al- lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3} per cont. par an.
Depositors may transfer,at i
at their option balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 per cent, per
annum
For the Hongkong and Shang. hal Banking Corporation,
N.J. STABB,
Chief Manager.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.
Head Office 15 Gracechurch Stroot, London,
Authorised Capital......£1,500,000 Subscribed
"
**** 1,125,000
Paid Up Reserve Fund
ts
562,500
USABORI
500,000
BANKERS.
The Bank of England.
The London Joint Stock Bank,
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON, Fald-up Capital.....£1,200,000 Reserve Fund............£1,800,000 Reserve Liability of
Proprietors.£1,200,000 Bombay..
Limited
BRANCHES --
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Colombo Calcutta General Banking business trans-Delhi noted.
Galle CURRENT ACCOUNTS open Hongkong ed and FIXED DEPOSITS Howrah ostved for 1 year or shorter periods Kandy at rates which will be quoted on application.
Wm. DICKSON.
Manager Hongkong, 11th April, 1912...||||||
THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Beaten, if Equalted For Bread Cakes, Confzoticnary and meals with Wines & Liquors
Karachi Kota Bharu Kuala Lumpur: Madras
Penang
Rangoon
Shanghai
Singapore
HONGKONG BRANOH. Every description of Banking & Exchange business transod,
Interest allowed on Current áo-, counts at 2 per cent. per annum on Dally Balanore, and on Fixed Deposits at rates which may be
acertatud on application,
C CHAMPKIN
Acting Manager,