COMMERCIAL,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, NOV¿MBER 16, 1915,
SHARE REPORT.
COMPARATIVE SHARE QUOTATIONS.
N-NOMINAL
NOTICE
NY CARLSBERG BEER.
The world famed DANISH brew, for years known as the finest Beer specially brewed for the Far East.
A Wall Street Opinion of Steel.
There are people in Wall Street (says an Evening Post correspon- dent) usually well informed who belive that what is now going on in Baldwin Locomotiva is simply
• repetition of what han takon plaos recently in number of
industrial companies, including
Bethlehem Steal. Everybody in
A-EZLLERS SA-BALIS B. BUYERS
To-day's
Number Par Pald
STOCK.
Closing
of Value Up Shares
1914.
Highest
1914.
Lowest
Prices
1915. 1915.
Highest Lowest;
Bince Blace 14th May. 14th May. SO NOW to dow
Last Dividend
and Dats
Braks.
Marine Insurances.
Canton Insurance Office, Ld.425 North China Ins. Co., Ld. t....175
[£2/3/- at 1/9 5/16 equal to
$24.21 for 16 year 30/6/15°
IT'S BREWED
BY
NY CARLSBERG
BREWERIES,
AND
IS OF
BONA FIDE
IT'S PURE.
IT'S CLEAR,
IT'S CHEAP,
$825 D.
£73/10/-
120,000 $125
all
855 July. 700 Oct. 845 x div. 7900. div.
AND
ឆ.
10,000 $250 50 10,000 £15 £5
350 Dec. 305: Oct. 425 145 May 133 Jan. 175
360
160
Final of $4 a/c 1913. Intorim
of $18 s/o 1914.
SUITS
COPENHAGEN.
THIS
12,400 $250 100 847 April 700. Oot.
$972
€855
b.
12,000 $10 60
210 April 19234 Jan.
255
225
(Final of 12) po. mating
25 p.o. for 1914- [Final, of $20 and bonus of $5. making $55 for 1913 and Interim of $30 for 1914.... .. Final of $15 mak. $18 for 1913
& Int, of $3 for 1914
卐)
DENMARK,
CLIMATE IN
ANY KIND
Y CARLY
DANISH ORIGIN.
A.
n.
20,000 $100 201 8,000 $250.00
160
July
140 Oct.
162
130
$9 for 1913
395
Feb.
368
April
420
385
$27 for 1913
b.
20,000 $50
80,000 $15
all 36
22 all 29
Mar. 2714 Nov,
Jun.
91
45
Dec.
23
19
£6} all 79
Jun, 50
Sept.
159
Union Ina, Society of O'ton,Ld.8950 n.
Tangtare Ins. Assoc, Ld. ........8260
China Fire Ins. Co., Ld.
......$155 'kong Fire Ins. Co., Ld.....$420
Fire Insurances,
the financial distct knows per- H'kong& S'haiBanting Corp:] fectly well that Charles H. Schwab has believed in Bethlehem Stool with all his faith from the day he became interested in the property. It is known, too, that Mr. Schwab's enthusiasm was passed along to a number of his old friends and admirers in the atcel .business. Bome of these insiders, it was declared today, while still believing in Bethlehem Steel, had sold out their atook, expecting confidently to get it back at much lower prices. Bat it was declared that they mie- judged the interest the speculating public was going to take in the profita that were to be made out of the war orders; also that they failed to realize that enormous profits that were being made ont of, asy, the powder contracts, and that efforts. would be made in the stock market to find employment Shell T'port & Trading Co., Ld. 85/- a 3,797,610 £1
for those profita. In brief, the
insidera in Bethlehem Steel, it
Shipping.
Douglas Steamship Co., Ld. $88
b. Hongkong, C. & M.S;S. Co., Ld19 Indo-China Steam (Combined$153 sa.
1 60,000 Navigation Co., Deferred $90
1 60,000 Ld.....
Preferred $66
was declared, bad been forced to Star Ferry Company, Ld......$38
buy back their own stook at mach
Refineries.
8, BJ
.
96
a 106/- Feb. 70/- Sept. 90/- x div. 821-
I div.
$4 for year ending 30.6.15
fFinal of 40 ota, making 90 ote. 1 for year ending 31.12.14
(6 p.c. on p. #. & 3 pc, and.. for year 1914. shares quoted ex 9, p.o. divin H'kong from 19.9,15. an interim div. of 6 pc, on the combined abares pald in London 23.8.15
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*15
8.
40,000 $10
al
49
Mar. 40
Nov.
39
32
20,000 $100 all 7,000 $100 all
96) 31
Feb. 70 Nov. Jan. 17 Dec.
134
111
$3 for 1912
46
274
83 for 1897
higher priose than had been re- China S, Refining Co., Ld.......$128 b. ceived. What went on in Bethlehem Luzon 8. Refining Co., Ld....$3711⁄2 8. Steel it was declared was now going on in Baldwin,
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Wheat Calculations for the
World.
Mining,
Kailan Mining Admin'tion...28/- Raub Australian Gold Min-
ing Co., Ld:... Tronoh Mines Ltd. ..... Ural Caspiane....
An Evening Post correspon dent at Chicago on September 23 wrote,Statements from Europ- ean authorities, regarding import requirements this year, meet with considerable criticism, Ore of them estimates that the world re- quires only 416,000,000 bushels this reason, against 624,000,000 bushels actually taken last year, Lands. Hotels and Buildings. the principal reductions being in Anglo French Lands...........94 France, Italy, and Holland. H'kong Hotel Co., Ld.......$109 Official reports on the two former countries make the .oropa 412,- H'kong Land Investment Co $108 C00,000 bushels, or 70,000,000 'phreya Estate& F. Co., Ld...$7 busbola less than last year, yet | K'loonLand & Building Co., Ld $40 import requirements are estimal-Shangha! Lands.105 ed at only 64,000,000 busbela, or 91,000,000 bushels less than West Point Building Co., Ld. $72 last year. The two statements 'kong Central Estates....$100 do not go together. Even admit- ting that a part of France is held by Germany, and that the Gov- will sadoabledly attempt to curtail consumption, bread is the cheapest of all foods, and only a famine could causO auch a reduction in comsumption per capita, A prominent local atat istician estimates the world's im- port requirements at 548,000,000 buehels; but even this figure is below the generally accepted view of the world's exportable surplus, In corrent estimates on that ear plus, no allowance is made for deterioration of the winter wheat crop of this country or for the poor crop prospects in Argentina. Some people actually scam to be looking for that country to export 120,000,000 bushels; but present prospects do not point to more than 80,000,000,
Docks, Wharves and
Godowns &c.
H'kong & K.W. & G. Co., Ld....$781% H kong & W'poa D. Co., Ld....88 S'hai Dock & Eng. Co., Ld....60 S'hai & H'kew W. Co., Ld....90
ornments
Cotton Milis. Ewo Cotton B. & W. Co., Ld. $163 Hongkong Cotton Co. .........$9.30 b. b. $15 Kung Yik
.78 Laou Kung Mow Shanghai Cottons In S'hai...t.91
Miscellaneous, China Borneo Company,Ld, $10 China Light & Power Co.,
Ld. #4:80
13,000 t.100 t,100
6838
នឌទ៖
1993
(Interim of 1f- account year
ending 30.6.15(Coupon No. 5.)
28-1/-interim alo 1915 paid 12.7.15
$3.50 for year 1914-
63 49 ex div. Tle. 3 for year ending 30.4.15 9316
f Dividend of 6. p.o. for 4-yeLT 1 ending $0.6.15
Tls, 12 for 1918
1 ending 30*6*15
OF
WEATHER.
Can now be obtained from all hotels and Compradores, and from
DONNELLY AND WHYTE.
BANKS
TEL. 636
BANKS
INTERNATIONAL BANKING HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
CORPORATION,
HEAD OFFICE;
60, Wall Street, New York.
LONDON OFFICE:
36, Bishopsgato, E.C.
BRANCHES
BOMBAY, LONDON, CALCUTTA, MANILA.
CANTON.
CEBU.
PANAMA.
PERING.
COLON. (SAN FRANCI SCO. HANKOW, SHANGHAL HONGKONG. SINGAPORE. KOBE. YOKOHAMA
CAPITAL PAID-UP $3,250,000 RESERVE FUNDS... 4,210,000
&
(US. Gold) $7,460,000 All kinda of FOREIGN LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS received at rates to be ascertain-. ed on application, att
N. 8. MARSHALL,
Manager. Hongkong. lat July 1915
BANKING CORPORA
TION,
Paid-up Capital.........$15,000,000 RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling
£1,500,000 at 21-
$15,000,00 Silver...$18,000,000
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors.......
$33,000,000
$15,000,001
COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landale,—Chairman, W. L. Pattenden, Esq. Deputy
Chairman.
8. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. M. Edkins, Esq. 0,8. Gubbay, Esq. P.H. Holyoak, Esq. J. A Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E: Shellin, CHIEF MANAGER Hongkong-N. J. Stath MANAGER Shanghai-A.. G. Stephen. London Bankers-London County and Westminster Limited.
Hongkong-Interas; Allowed: -On Current Account at thờʻrate of 2 per cent. per annum on the daily balancar ils se
annum.
ON-TEXED DEPOSITS: |Tor-3, modiha, -li: per cent, par
per cent per
For 18 months, & per cent, por
annum,
OKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, For 6 months.
THE
LIMITED.
1,000,000 EI
all 41
Fab. 33/6 Deo,
33/0
30/-
.34
b. 200,000 £1
all 3.10
Jan.
1.90 Nov.
31
1/2 for 1909
.28/- .38/
n.
b. 160,000 £1 796,665 £1
'all 39/-
Feb.
19/6 Nov:
32/6
all 56/6
21/3
41
37/6
interim 1915
į
i
b.j
b.
60,000 $50 60,000 $50
all 89 Jan. 73 all
Nov.
68
Jan,
53
b.
36,000 t. 100 all
55,700. 100 all' GO July 50
Jan. 309
Oct. 88 Dec.
57
$9 dividend for year 1914
821 Deo.
80
Tls. 5 for 1914
20,000 $50 50 128 July
B.
50,000 $100 all
H.
150,000 $10 ali
11736 July 914 Jan. 7.
120
98
Dec.
94 116
94 112
Tis. 614 for year ending 29.2.148
$2.50 for half year ending
30*6*15
Nov. 111 xdiv, 108 Nov.
$31 for year ending 30'6'15
6.10
45 cents for year 1914
b.
6,000 $50 20 45
Jan. 44
Feb. 40
40
$3 for 1914
b.
78,000 1.50 all
98
Dec. 89
Oct:
106
101
b.
12,000 $50
n
all. 10,000 $100 all
73
June 06
. Feb.
70
$2 for half year ending 30:6:15
100
100
$4.09 for 7 months onding 31:12,14-
b.
b.
all 20,000 £30 138 July
7 125.000 810 all 84 Mar.
75,000 t.10 all 143 Jan. 11
8,000 100 sil b.
110 Feb. 70 40,000 6.50 all 135 Feb. 70
125
May
180
152
Tls. 12 for year ending 31°10'14
June
9.40
7
50 centa31*7*08
Mar. 16
· May. Nov. 105 .90.
89. b. 80
1394
Tls, 1.20 for year ending 30-11-14
YO
Dividend of. Tia. 71. for year
b.
b.
8.
€0,000 $12 all 12
$9,000 $5 all 4.90 *50,000 $1 áll 125,000 $10 Bll
Jap. 9 40,000 73
39 June 6
5 Dec. 11 400,000 $10 all 6.90 Jan.
36 60,000-$10 all 49 Jan.
Nov. 45 6,500 $25 all21734 July 174: Dec:
June 22 60,000 $10,all 25
Apr. 48) 325,000 5/- all 13-July 7 Feb.
MAY 10
July 4
7 35,
Dec. 10
April 44
Nov. 10.10 Aug.
10
414
85 cents for 1914
6% for year ending 28 .2,06
34.
31 6.70
$125 for year ending 31.7.15.
50 ota. for 1914,
39
$2.00 per share for:1914
190
184
Interim of $9 account 1915
Head Office. YOKOHAMA.
25
Interim$1 for year ending 30.6,15
5.90
4.80
$10% for 1914
Branches
Aniang Hslan
Bombay Calcutta
.1.39
b.
250,000 g.10, all
644 Mar.
28
Dec.
42
3694
26,000 $10 all 1011⁄2 Jan. 9 June 50,000 $10 $1.93 cte. Jan.
18
9
75 cts. Dec.
$1
20 cte.
b.
75,000 $10 all 12,000 $10
4
None
10
5
5
$1.50 for 1910
$20
13,200 $50
all
20
20
None
b.
D.
....$61.
11.
b.
20,000 85 all 5.00 June 4 27.728 $10 all 224 Feb. 17 b. 90,000 $10 all | 81 April 6,90
21,000 $7
914 nil
Dec. Jan. 6
7
6,000 $25 all 30 June 92 Dec. 29
LATEST RUBBER QUOTATIONS.
Nov. 31.
Jan. 18
Do. (Spec. shares) ........... China Provt, L. & M. Co., Ld. 9.80 Dairy Farm Company, Ld. ..$318. Green Island Cement Co. Ld....10.80 b. Hongkong Electric Co., Ld. $44 Hongkong Ice Co., Ld.........$190 Hongkong Rope Mfg. Co., Ld...834) Hongkong Tramway Co., Ld. {5 Langkate
Do
Peak Tramway Co., Ld. (Old) 891 b. (New) 85 cts. b. Philippines Ld.............. .$4 H. Price & Co., Ld......... .$5 Societe des Pulpes et Papier-1 tories du Tonkin ......................... Steam Laundry Co., Ld............... $31 Union Water-boat Co., Ld. ...$16)
A New Type of Electric Lamp.
A new type of lamp-the Mazda half-wati lamp-has been put on the market by the British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., of Watson and Co., Ld.............$61 Rugby. For many years the car-
bon flament lamp-the original William Powell, Limited: ..............! form of incandescent electric-
was the only means applied for 8. C. Morning Post.....$29
indoor illumination. Sabsequent
discoveries proved, however, that
1
Ayer Panas (Straits) $5,40 buy- ers 5.60 sellers.
Balgownies (Straite) $9 sales buyera.
thie lamp was of all types the
Anglo Java Estates Ltd. Tls.|| most wasteful of current. Its use
1 buyers. ceased to be general after the in-
Linggis 14/0 buyers 15/6 troduction of the metallic filement sellers. lamp, which gave in-
BA
Nordanala 18/ buyers 18/9 finitely better light and consumed rollera.
much less current. Then WRIGHT & HORNBY,
|
8.00 70 cts. for 1914
Intorim of T. 1 making T. 4
8/0 1913
(70 cts, on fully paidshares and
cta. on 1 paid shares for year ending 30.4.15.
3.CO 25 cts. for year ending 31*5*15
($1.00, per share for year end- 16
1ing 91,12,1914 Dec. 6.90xdiv. 67 x div. 60 cts, for 1914
✪
29
Kempas (Straits) $3.70 buyers 3,80 x div. sellers,
Malaka Pindas (Straits) $1.60 buyers 1 sellers.
Malakoffe (Straits) $3.40 buyers 3.55 sellers.
[50 cts. on old shares and 25 cts. on new year abares for year ending 90.6.14 $1.50 for 1914
Sandycrofts (Straits) 5.40 buy- ers 5.60 sellers.
Pajam (Straits) $10.40 buyers 10,50 sellers.
Changkat Serdange (Straits). $5.50 buyers 534 sellers.
Share and General Brokers
6. Des Vœux Road Central, Tef, address, Rectitude.
CORRECTED TO NOON, MOV, 16, 1915. ·
ARY SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS WILL BE FOUND IN "UP TO THE MINUTE SHARK MARKET NEWS.” THE TELEGRAPH DOES NOT HOLD ITSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE QUOTATIONS,
followed the drown Tungsten wire development, which far-reaching invention, announced by the British Thomson-Houston: Co., Ltd., in 1911, was employed in the manufacture of the Masda lamp. The new Marda half-watt lamp, It is claimed, will give approxim» ately double the light of the previous beat metal filament T/T. article, the quality of the light Demand 1/10 1/4 approaching nearer to daylight 30 die........1/10 5/16
60 ds....
1/10 $8
Selling
than that of any previous type of 4 m/s................1/10 7/16 incandescent electric lamp. They T/T Shanghai........764 are now available for the general. Private 30 dļu sight interior lighting of faclories, T/T Singapore.....................79 1/8 works, mills, shops, offices, and T/T Japan... .8734
T/T India!....................198 1/2 large roome in private houses.
Demand India..........1383⁄41⁄4
EXCHANGE.
T/T Bombay patuneis ¡Demand Bombay .....1383
TT Calcuttathin Demand Calcutta ...1381 Demand Manila" ..,85) T/T8an 2’co dNY43 Demard, Now York 43 1/8. T/T JAVA...10574 TT Marks...tar. Demand Germany... T/T Franda..2310 Demand Paris
Nom.
¡On Haiphong............73 % prema
On Saigon ?
On Bangkok... 8944
Buying.
4 m/s. L/C 1/10 7/4 14 m/s. D/P..................................1/11. “ 16 m/s. L/O
30 d/s. B'ney & M. 111}}
[30'd/s. San F-co,& N.X 44 1/2°
4 m/s. Marka Nom.
4 m/s.France. 1.68)
6 m/s. France...aka: 473}6
Nov: 16th,
Gold Leaf per oz. $50,40- Sovereign S11. nom. Bar Silver, ready...24 1/2.
forward
SUBSIDIARY COINS, 32. Discount par $100 su Chinese...20 ote,please $20.1/8. Chinese...10
$19 1/2 Hongkong 20 pieces 10 1/2 Hongkong 10
$10
Established 1880,
Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000
annum.
N.J. STABB,
Ohiof-Manage
Paid-up Capital ... 30,000,000 HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK Reserve Fund..... 20,000,000
Changchan Daires Tragis
Harbin
Hankow Hemolit
Kobe
Landsa
Прос
Sylady
Islogtam
Taisantur
Aavogies 'st NIEKERKI Newchwang New York Onka
Kyulan (Port *Fathat) San Francisco Stanghal
Bydney
trientsin
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Tingian
Trisänfu
Jatarest Allowed on Current Account. Deposits received for flasă perioda az ratas to be shisland on application,
EISHI ONO, Manager Hongkong, 21st October, 1915.
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
THE Business of the abore Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Rules may be obtained on ap- |plidations / imagin
INTEREST on deposits is al lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3 per cent. per an
ncm.
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and, Shan Bank to be placed on DEPOSIT t 4 por cank
For the Hongkong and Shang” hai Banking Corporation,
N. J. STABB,
Chief Manager THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.
Head Office 15 Gracechurch Street, London,
Authorised Japital.......£1,500,000 Bubscribed Paid Up
Reserve Fund
+4
અને
1,125,000 388,500 300,000
BANKERS- The Bank of England. The London Joint Stock Bank, Limited:
BRANCHES —
Bombay FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Calcutta General Banking business trans Colombo soted.
Delhi CURRENT ACCOUNTS open Galle ed and FLXED DEPOSITS Hongkong ceived for 1 year or shorter periods Hewrah at rates which will be quoted on Kandy. application.
Wm. DICKSON..
Manager Hongkong, 11th April, 1913. -
· Karachi"-"
Kota Bharu Kuala Lumpus Madras:
Penang
Rangoon Shanghai chasingapore
** HONGKONG)
Every description of Banking &
Exchange business transa
Interest
wed on Curre
counts at E per cent per annum Serhion Daily Baavors." "And on Fixed
THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Deposits av liten lichton may be Cannot be Beaten, if Equalled, ascertained on
For Bread Cakes, Confectionery and meals with Wines & Liquori
O CHAMPKIN,
Acting Manager,