COMMERCIAL.
New Rangoon Company. Messrs, McGregor and Co. one of the oldest firms in the Barms timber trede, with large rezerves at Toungco and mills at Boikgyi and Allode, have been turn- ed into a limited liability cɔm- pany, registered in Rangoon. The total capital is Rs. 75,00,000 in 500,000 shorea of Rs. 15 saob, There are 100,000 non-cuminlative A preference ebares; 75,000 B. preference shares; 76,000 A ordi-: nary abates and 250,000 B. ordin-
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 1916.
SHARE REPORT.
་་
COMPARATIVE SHARE QUOTATIONS,
6.2ILILEG ZA-BAI16
P.-EXTERS
26-XOMIKAL
STOCK.
To-day's
Closing
Prices
Number of Shares
Par Fald Value Up
1914.
Highest
1914.
Lowest
1915. 1915. Highest, Lowest,
Blade Binge 14th May, 14th May,
$0 DOW 50 пот
Last Dividend
and Date
NOTICE
NY CARLSBERG BEER.
The world famed DANISH brew, for years known as the finest Beer spesially brewed for the Far East.
Banks.
ary shares. The conversion was H'kong& S'hai Banting Corp. made last August when Mesers, C. E. Brown and John Robertson were in England. The business carried on will be the asmė ap hitherto, The directors are Menara. C. E. Brown, John Robertson, R. F. M. Brown, H. R. Marah and A. E. J. Brander. The office is in Sofeer'e Buildings at the jarction of Phayre and Merobent Streets..
Marine Insurances.
Canton Insurance Office, Ld.423 North China Ins. Co., Ld. t....175
Saigon Rice Trade. In their circular of the 5:h No vember by the M.M. Meil steamer Cordillere, Mears, Wm. G. Halo & Co. report as follows on the Saigon Rice Market: "In the ab- sence of any real demand paddy prices have further receded. Bice market very quist. The quotatione for tonnage stand as follows: 14 to 15 cents to Hongkong, 22 to 23 cents to Binpapore, 40 to 18 centa
Union Ins. Society of C'ion,Ld.8940° B.
Yangtze Ins, Assoc. Ld.......$260
THIS
CLIMATE IN
OF
WEATHER.
IT'S PURE.
IT'S CLEAR,
$820 8.
(£73/10/-]
120,000 $125 all 855 July. 700 Oct. 845 x div, 7900. div.
[£2/3)- at 1/9 5/16 equal to
IT'S CHEAP,
824.21 for 14 year 30/8/15
AND
1.
10,000 $250 50 10,000 £15 £0
350
145
Deo. 305 Oct. 425
175 May 133 Jon,
360
160
12,400 $250 100 847) April 700 Oct. $972
#855
ƒFinal of $4 a/c 1913. Interim
of $18 a/c 1914. JFinal of 12 p.c, making
25 pc. for 1914 [Final of $20 and bonus of $5 making $55 for 1913 and Interim of $30 for 1914
SUITS
ANY KIND
b.j
12,000 $100 60
2:0
April 1923 Jan.
255
225
f Final of 815 mak. $18 for 1913
& Int. of 83 for 1914
$155
8.
B.
20,000 $100 20 8,000 $250 50
160 395
July 140
Oct.
Feb. 368
162 April 426
· 130 385
$9 for 1913
b.
20,000 $50
80,000 $18
$ 60,000 160,000 20
all 36 all 2914 Jan. 22
Mar. 273
Nov.
91
45
Dec.
.29 .
· 19
} all
79 Jan.
50
Sept.
159
96
3,797,610 £1
&
40,000 $10
al
49
Mar
40
20,000 $100 all 7,000 $100 all
961 31
Feb. Jan.
70
Nov.
17 Dec.
Fire Insurances, China Fire Ins. Co. Ld.
'kong Fire Ins. Co., Ld.......$420
Shipping.
Dougjas Steamship Co., Ld. #85 Hongkong, C. & M.S.S. Co., Ld.191
Indo-China Steam (Combined $152 Navigation Co., Deferred 885 Preferred $66 Ld.....
to Jara, 46 to 45 cents to the Shell Tport & Trading Co., Ld. 85/- Philippines and 45
donla
to
Lo
47
The
Star Ferry Company, Lo.......$26
Refineries.
Mining.
Kailan Mining Admin'tion...30). Raub Australian Gold Min
b.
Japan. export of white rice, cargo rice, and paddy to Singapore from the to the 17th 20th September
China Refining Co., Ld.......$129 b. October amounted to 12,039 tons, Luzon 9. Refining Co., Ld.
...53716 8. conveyed in the following steamere, Breid, Teli, Ban Blo Liong, Bourbon, Haiphong, Kam- pol, Tangibang, and Kjeld, and the total exports to Singapore to the 17th October amounted to 128,485 tona. The following charters to Singapo e were ¤·0- ed: British Kumchew, 42,000 picals ice at the 17 cents per pical, Freroh Bourbon, 27,000 picals, at 21 cer e per pios), and Norwegian Kjeld. picals, for $6 in foll.
28,000|
ing Co., Ld.......... Tronoh Mines Ltd. Cral Caspians..................30/6
Docks, Wharves and
Codowns &c. 'kong & K.W. & G. Co., Ld....$75. 3 ong & W'poa D. Co., Ld. ...185 3'hai lack & Eng. Co. Ld.
S'hai & H'kew W. Co., Ld. ...90
ཚ
4
106/- Feb. 70/- Sept. 90/- zdiv. 82}-
I div.
5838
ཙཽ་ ུ
25
Nov.
39/
12
$27 for 1913
$44 for your ending 30.6.15
fFinal of 40 cts, making 90 sta.
for year ending 31,12.14
(6 po, on p. z. & 3 po, ond, a for year 1914, abarra quoted ax 9 p.o. diy la H'kong from 29.9,15, an interim div of 6 pc. on the combined shares paid 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
134
111
$3 for 1912
2734
$3 for 1897
កម្ម
[ Interim of 1/- account year ending 30.6.15(Coupon No. 5.)
28/1/-interim'alo 1915 paid 12.7.15
58
57
$3.50 for year 1914
$3 dividend for year 1914 631 49 ex div. Tis. 3 for year ending 30.4.15 9314
Tla. 5 for 1914
3.80 #a.b .29-
Π
+.000,000 £1 all 41/
200,000 £1 160,000 £1 796,666 £1
Feb. 33/6 Dec.
33/6
30/-
all 3.10 Jan. 1.90 Nov. 'all 39/- Feb. 19/6 Nov.
56/6 all
4
314
1/2 for 1909
32/6
21/3
41
37/6
interim 1915
b
(0,000-$50
all
Nov. Jan. 73
81
b.
50,000 $50
all
77
Go
65,700 t. 100 all
b.
36,000. t. 100 all
109
Jan. 53 50 July Jan. 82
Oct. Dec. Des.
88
20
13,000 1,100 1,100] 20,000 $50 50
94
94
ສ.
6,
b.
է: . :
b.
July 120
10,000 $100 }) 11734 July 98 160,000 $10 all 9
4,000 $50 20 453
98 78,000 1,50 all
12,000 $50 all 73 10,000 $100 all
128
Dec. *116
112
1 90'6'15
Jan.
Nov. 111 div. 7 Nov. # Jan. 44 Feb. 40
Doo, 89
June 66
108
6.10
40
Oct;
106
101
Feb.
70
103
100
1
Anglo French Lands........... t.94 H'kong Hotel Co., Ld..............$109
H'kong Land Investment Co $167
'phreys Estate& F. Co., Ld...87 K'loonLand & Building Co., Ld $40 Shanghai Lands ......t.105
West Point Building Co., Ld. $79 H'kong Central Estates....$103
Cotton Growing in China. Ist ein, M. Ta Wilands, Hotels and Buildings. con, MP, asked a question in the Blouse of Commons on the re- vival of cotton-growing in Chioa, and al boogh infficial answer was given, further information West mised. He has now re- ceived a letter from Lord Robert Cosil, Uade-Secretary of State for F. reign Affairs, quting a re- port on the subject from Sir John
Cotton Mills. Jordan, British Minister in Ewo Cotton S. & W. ('o., Ld. $172) b. $15 b. Peking. The report aye: Kung Yik
b. "There has been a revival of aou Kung Mow ....... 78
b. cotton-growing; but some five or Shanghai Cottons in S'bai ....90 Bir years ago there was a very son.
1.61 siderable increase in the produc tion, especially in Nerili Chine This increase was stimulated obiefly by the high pricas then prevailing in America and India; but it was also encouraged by the Chinese Government, who were anxios that the cultiva tion of the opiom poppy shonld be superseded by that of cotton. This encouragement took the form
of official recognition, of societies
|
Yangtazepoos "................
Miscellaneous.
China Borneo Company, Ld.810% China Light & Power Co..)
Ld. #4.80 Do. (Spec. shares) ......... China Provt. L. & M. Co., Ld. 9.80 Dairy Farm Company, Ld....$30 Green Jaland Cement Co. Ld... 10.10 8 Hongkong Electric Co., L.d. $441 Hongkong Ice Co., Ld. .........$190 Hongkong Rope Mfg. Co., Ld...$34)
Hongkong Tramway Co., Ld. {5}
for the study of cotton cultiva- tion, distribution of seeds, and Langkats......................................... appointment of agents
to
insliuot the people in improved methods, "The most recent dis- play of interest in the subject by the Chinees Government was the iseco in April last of regulations providing for monetary rewards cotton growing,
to encourage
..t.39
Peak Tramway Co., Ld. (Old) $94 b.
Do
11
Tla, 634 for year ending 29.2.14
($2.50 for half year ending
$33 for year ending 30'6'15
45 cents for year 1914
$3 for 1914
Dividend of 6 p.a. for year
1 ending 30.6.15
$2 for half yearer ing 30.6.15 $4.09 for 7 months ending 31.12.14.
20,000 t.50 all 138 July 125 May 180 152 Tis. 12 for year ending 31°10′14 75,000 t.10 all 144 Jan.
Mar. 17 8,00 t.100 all 110 Feb, 70 May 89 40,000 t.50 all 135 Feb. 70 Nov. 105
all
༆ཱ་ ྂཤྩཎིཾ ཤྲཱལྷོཊྛཾ ཀྐཧཱུནྡྷསྶ ྂ ུ 2ཀྑཱུ
49 Jan. 36 Nov. 45
8.00 70 cts. for 1914
$1.25 for year onding 31.7.15 50 cta. for 1914.
$2.00 por share for 1914 Interim of $2 account 1915 Interim for yearending30,6,15
$10% for 1974
[Interim of Tls, 1 making Tis, 2
a/o 1913
IT'S BREWED
BY
NY CARLSBERG
BREWERIES, COPENHAGEN.
DENMARK,
AND
242 CAREZNEKG BE
LY CARLSBERS
COPENHAGEN
IS OF
BONA FIDE DANISH ORIGIN.
Can now be obtained from all hotels and Compradores, and from
DONNELLY AND WHYTE.
BANKS
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION.
HEAD OFFICE:
60, Wall Street, New York. LONDON OFFICE:
35, Bishopsgate, E.C. BRANCHES:- ROMBAY, LONDON. CALOUTTA. MANILA.
CANTON.
CEBU,
PANAMA.
PEKING.
COLON. SAN FRANCISCO. HANKOW, SHANGHAL HONGKONG, SINGAPORE. KOBF. YOKOHAMA
CAPITAL PAID-UP $3,250 000 RESERVE FUNDS...... 4,210,000
(U.S. Gold) $7,460,000 All kinds of POREIGN & LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and
FIXED DEPOSITS received at rutes to be ascertain- ed on application.
N. B. MARSHALL,
Manager. Hongkong, lat July 1915
THE
LIMITED.
TEL. 636
BANKS
HONGKONG & SHANGHA!
· BANKING CORPORA
TION.
Paid-up Capital .........$15,000,008 RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling
£1,500,000 at 21-
-$15,000,000 Silver...$18,000,000
$33,000,000
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors..........................$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. C. 8. Gubbay, Esq. P. H. Holyoak, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E: Shallim, CHIEF MANAGER Hongkong-N. J. Stalb. MANAGER Shanghai-A. G. Stephen. London Bankers Londos County and Westminster Limited,
Hongkong Interest Allowed.
On Current Account at the rata of 2 per cent. per annum on the daily balance.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months, 21 per cent per
annum.
JOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK. For 6 months. 31 per cent per
Established 1880.
Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund......
#
帽
30,000,000
annum,
For 18 months, per cent per
annum,
N. J. STABB.
Chief Maraga.
20,000,000, HONGKONG SAVINGS BANKS,
THE Business of the abo
Bant is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Rules may be obtained on ap- plication.
Head Office.-YOKOHAMA.
Branches Antong-Hes Box.bay
Calcola Changchun
13
80
Tls. 1.20 for year ending 30°11′14 Tls. 12 for 1913
90
Dividend of Tis. 7 for year
1 ending 30*6*15
n
b.
B
b.
8.
173.000 1.5
f0,000 $12
t0,000 $5 all 50,000 $1 all 195,000 $10 All 9
40,000 77
61
61
all 12
May 10 Deo, 10
10
25 cents for 1914
•
4.90 July 4 April 444
414
6% for year ending 28 .2.06
6
B.
400,000 $10 60,000 $10
all 6,500 $23 all 60,000 $10 all 325,000 5/- all
b. 250,000 g.10 all
20,000 $10 all
Jan.
7 89 June 35 ali 6.90 Jan.
5
Nov. 10.10
Aug.
34
31
Dec.
6.70
99
2174 July 174 Deo: 190 25 June 22
184
Ápr.
25
13 July 7 Feb.
5.90
4.80
6414 Mar. 28 Deo. 42
3634
1012 Jan. 9 June 10
9
80 cts.
(70 ets. on fully paidshares and 7 cts, on $1 paid shares for year ending 30.4.15
Dairen Venetian
Barbla
Hankow Honoluin
Kobr
b.. 75,000 $10
4
None
Londe
..$5
12,000 $10
$20
19,200 $50
10
all
5
5
$1,50 for 1910
Lyn
Sydney
20
20
None
Tilfe
9.
8.
b.
ers.
20,000 $5 all 5.00 June 4
Nov. 31 3.00 25 cts. for year ending 31'5'15
[$1.00, per share for year end- 27,723 $10
Jan. all 2214 Feb. 17
18
16
1ing 31,12,1914 90,000 $10 all 8 April 6,90 Dec. 6.99 xdiv. 6 xdiv. 60 cts, for 1914
91,000 $7 all
Jan. 614 914
Deo. 7
6,000 $25 all 30 June $2 Doc. 29
LATEST RUBBER QUOTATIONS. Ayer Panas (Straits) $7.00 buy- Kempas (Straito) 8431⁄2 buyers.
Balgownies (Straite) $3) buy- Malaka Findas (Straits) $1.90 erg,
buyers. Changkat Sordangs (Straits) Malakoffs(Straits) 43.75 buyers. $7.00 buyers.
6
29
(New) 85 cts. b.) 50,000 $10 61. 93 cte. Jan. 75 cts. Deo. $1
Philippines Ld...... H. Price & Co., Ld..... Societe des Pulpes of Papier- tories du Tonkin...........
Steam Laundry Co., Ld.........$34 aogar cultivation, and sheep Union Water-boat Co., Ld. ...$16} raising. Such regulations are Watson and Co., Ld.................................$61 not, however, generally regarded
Be likely to have any practical William' Powell, Limited: 864 b result. No statistics are procur-
able in regard to the area of S. C. Morning Post ..............$29
colton under cultivation in China
and the amount produced, but the
following figures show the export
Anglo Java Estates Ltd. Tls.,| of the surplus of raw cotton to 13 buyers. foreign countries in the last five
Linggi 14/9 buyers 15/6 years:-1910, 1,484,885 own; sellers. 1911, 1,044,933 out; 1912, 959- Nordonals 13/6 buyera 18/9 180ot;1913 879,538 cwt.; 1914, rollers, 785,382 out.'
WRIGHT & HORNBY,
**
Lovely Woman, Is beauty the first and most im- portent question in a girl's life- more vital than social, business, or moral problems? The com parative number of letters sent to The editor of a popular woman'e magazine would indiaste that it is. Laat year, saya the Ladie's Home Journal; 9,846 girls wrote to it ab. at beauty problems; only 1778 asked sovice as to other personal problema-" the throb- bing vital questions that beset the
soolal and business life of the mcdern gir);"
Selling..
لاء
(50 ota, on old shares and 2 5 cts. on new year shares for year ending 30.6.14 $1.50 for 1014
Sandycroftu (Straite) $7.00 buyers.
Pajam (Straits) $12.95 buyers.
New Serendah $211⁄2 buyers.
Share and General Brokers 6. Des Vœux Road Central, Tel, address, Rectitude.
CORRECTED TO NOON. ROV. 24, 1915.
ANY SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS WILL BE FOUND IN "UP TO THE MINUTE SNARE MARKET NEWS.” THE TELEGRAPH DOES NOT MOLD ITSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE QUOTATIONS,
T/T............1/10 5/8 Demand...............1/10 11/16 30 dls riu...1/10 3/4 60 8/8...............1/10 7/8 4 m/..............................1/10 15/15 T/T Shanghal...76 Private 30 dia sight TT Singapore......80 3/4 T/T Japan...80 T/T India ......1411 Demand India ...162
EXCHANGE.
1
T/T Bombayan Demand Bombay „„.142- T/T Calcutta ¡Demand Caloutta ...149
Demand Manila...874 Nom. T/TSan Fco &N.Y.44 1/4 Demand, New York 44 9/8 T/T JAVA.........10814 T/T Marks... Demand Germany... T/T Franca.......62) Demand Parim ......2,63
On Haiphong...........61 % prem. ||On Saigon Wiginton 625- On Bangkok.......314
Buying 4.m's. L/C ...........................1/11-5/16- 4 m ». D. P. 1/11 7/16. 16 m. L/O ......................1/11 9:16.. 180 d/s. B'ney &M. 1/11 9/16
30 d/s ban F'co & N.Y,45 14 m/s. Marks.Nom. 14 ma-Francs.........2.7814 (6 m/s. Franes..1 w«°473}%°
Nov. 24th ||
Gold Leaf per om 358.40. Bovereign ................. $10,65 nom. Bar Bilver, ready...251
forward *****
- SUBSIDIARY.COINS.
Discount per $100: Ühinese.....20 ota.pièces : $20 Chinese...10
$19 Hongkong.20 ts. pleses110 5/8 Honzken 10
$10 5/8
LEGO FARK
Agencies at Hagaki Newchwang
Na Opin
Pakia Rycian (Port Arthur) San Francisco
Hydr
Tablig
Testin
Tokyo Los Angeles Takarta Telnanfa
Intersil Allowed en Current AccoRNK, Deposita received for Exed parloda at ražas to be: obtained 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
INTEREST on deposite is al- lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $31 per cent, por KD- дет
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shangha! Back to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT st 4 per cent. per annum.
For the Hongkong and Shang- hai Banking Corporation,
N. J. STABB,
Chief Manager THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA. LIMITED, Head Office 15 Gracechuroh Street, London. Authorised Capital......£1,500,000 Subscribed
Paid Up Reserve Fund -
* 1,125,000 562,500 509,000
***
BANKERS
The London Joint Blook bank,
The Bank of England.
Limited James
BRANCHES
*** | Proprietors #1001£1,200,000
Megan RMAL MO Bombay FORMIGN EXCHANGE and Caloutta General Banking business trans | Colombo acted.
Delhi CURRENT ACCOUNTS open Galle ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re Hongkong colrod for 1 year or shorter periods | Howrah at rates which will be quoted on Kandy application.
Win. DICKSON.
Manager
| Hongkong, 11th April, 1912,
THE ALEXANDRA CAF) Cannot be Besten, if Equeller: For Bread Cakes, Confectionery 'and mesis with Winos & Liquoré,
Karachi
Kota Bharu Kuala Lumpur Medras
Penang
Shanghai
Rangoon
Singapore
HONGKONG BRANCH, Every description of Banking & Exona business transgated.
Interest allowed on Current As counts as 9 per cent. per annum on Daily Balances, and on BERM |Deposita at rates which may
ascertained on application;
0.OHAMPKIN,
Acting Maner ag