COMMERCIAL
Projected Leather Factory
at Kiria
Preparations are being mada
THE HONGKONO TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1915.
SHARE
REPORT
COMPARATIVE SHARE QUOTATIONS.
$-SELLERS
for the founding of a hide and
To-day'
leather factory in Kirin.
The
Number Far Paid
head office will be în Kirin with
STOCK
Closing
1914,
Highers
· 1914.
Cowest
Shares?
Take Up
-branches at Changchun, Makden
Prices
1915. 1915. Highest Lowe
Stoce 18th May214th May.
to bow
Last Dividend
and Date
Bankr
$815 sa
120,000 $125 al
855 July 700 Oct. 845 x div. 190a, div."
and Nowchwang.
For the Manufacture of
-Dyestuffs.
It has been decided to convert 'kong& S'ha Banting Corp (£3/0/- the Oshima Distillery of the Tokyo Gas Company into en independent concarn under the name of The
Tokyo Chemical Industry Com pany for the manufacture of dyestuffs and other materisis re- fined out of ecal refuse which can be supplied in abundance by the Tokyo Gas Co.
J
Slagspore Rabber Exports. The total exports for the year 115 were 76,463 886 lbs, against 41,050,000 to 1914 and 28,350,599
Marine Insurances."
Canton Insurance Office, Id415 North China Ins. Co., Ld. 18214 e
Union. Ins. Society of Cron_Ld.#919
Fangtsre Ins. Assoc Ind$65
Fire Insurances,
$152 b China Fire Ins. Co., Id
'kong Fire Ins. Co. Ld. $410
in 1913. The greatest increase has been to the United States which last year took 43 millions Douglas Steamship Co., Ld. $11520,000 $50 all 36 Mar. 2734-Nov.
against 11 millions in 1914 and Hongkong, C. & M.SS Co.,Ld. 201`b.
Shipping.
10,000 $250 50 10,000 £15 £5
$50 Dec. 305 145 May 133
Oct 435
Jan 180
360
160
12,400 $250 100 | 847) April 200 Oct.
--12,000 $100 60 210 April 19276 Jan
$972
*$855
970
995
20,000 $100 20 8.000 $950 50
395
July 140 Oct. 162 Feb. 368 April 490
130 385
160
후.
(£9/3/- at 1/9 516 equal to
$24.21 for 14 year 30/6/15
(Final of $4 a/c 1913. Interim
of $18 a/c 1914, Final of 12 p.c. making
$5 pc 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
$7 for 1913
$27 for 1913
45 $43 for year ending 30:6.15
Final of 40 cts, making 90 cts. for year ending 31.1214 ₤5 pa on pix &$acade for year 1974. quoted 9 padrinĒL from 23.9.15 an Interim die of Spa, on the combined a. paid in London 9.15 quoted ex div.in ERIS, LITS Interim of 2(Coupon No 25) 1 making 7-for 1915
106/- Feb. 70/- Sept. 90/- = div. 82/-
113
80,000 $15
all 294 Jan. 22
Dec.
19
51 millions in 1913. The ship-
$ 60,000 ments to Great Britain were 281 Indo-China Steam (Combined $177
160,000 Navigation Co., Deferred $125 xa. b.
·Id
Preferred $51
£5
}
all 79
Jan 50
Sept. 182
-96
"
al
40,000 $10
al
49 Mar.
40
NOT. 39
32
Soap Factory for Hankow. In view of the fact that im-
Refineries China S. Refining Co., Ld....
$132 $37
20,000 *100 all 7,000 $100 al
961 31
Feb. ZO JEL 17
NOT. 134
46
111
$3 for-1919
2734
$3 for 1897
malions a rise of a million and a half on the year and. 84 on the two YOSIE. Continental ahipments Shell Tport & Trading Co. Ld. $9/6. b.3,797,610 £1 doubled last year to nearly five
millions.
Star Ferry Company, Ed.....34
·
mense quantities of rosy are Luzon S. Refining Co., Id imported into China every year, the Peking Ministry of Agricul ture and Commerce has lately appropriated a large sum
money
יי
Mining.
of Kailan Mining Admin❜tion.
for the establishment Raub Australian Gold Ming“
of an up-to-date soap factory in Hankow so as to restore privileges, afford employment to the people and encourage industry. The work will be started by May of year, according the vernacular press.
nouncement
of
to
ing Co. Ldi Tronoh Mines Ltd Eral Caspians ..................
ខ
Dec
:1,000,000 £1
all 4
Feb.
$3/6 Dec.
.33/6
30/
27/
200,000 1 160,000 £1
=
3.10
Jam
190 Nor.
4
316
1 '39/-
Feb 19/6 Nov
32/6
795,666 £1
all 56/6
21/3
41
Docks, Wharves and
Godowns & song &LW. & G. Co. Ld.....$75′′ H.K. & W.D. Co. Ed, $81} older 1.773 new b. -60 To be Opened to Foreign Trade. S'hai Dock & Eng. Co.La
Nearly two years have elapsed, S'hai & kew W. Co, Ld 923 b. says an Exchange, since the an- Lands. Hotels and Buildings.
the Chinese Anglo French Lands Government's intention to open H'kong Hotel Co., Ld. Langkea, Lianshanwan, Chang- chiskou, Shinyuancheng, Taon kong Land Investment Co. $105 anfa, Doloner and Tzufeng to 'phreys Estates F. Co., Ld.$ 634 b. foreign trade. In addition to the KloonLand&Building Co. Ld $40 actual opening of the port of Shanghai Lands Langkes to foreign trade op West Point Building Co., Id. 84 November 1, last year, the Central 'kong Central Estates
......$103 Government has now ordered all the Ministries and Bareaux to
Cotton Mills. harry their preparations that Ewo Cotton S.&W.Co, L&_$14752 the remaining air cities may be Kung Yik
$13) ez div. 8. 71 b. formally opened within this year Laou Kung Mow for the advancement of both Shanghai Cottons
5. foreign and Chinese commerce.
New York's Steel Trade. New York, Nov. 24.-The Iron Age will say to-morrow..
"The
Fangtazepous
Miscellaneous.
97 98 998 A da
6838
$1.50 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.) 1/2 for 1909
25/-1/-interim a/c 1915 paid 12.7.15 37/61/-interim 1915
$3 dividend for year 1914
Ts.3 for year ending 304.15 Tix. 5 for 1914 -
Tis. 66 for year ending 29.2.14′
($2.50 for half year ending 1 306-15
Dividend of 6 pc for year
€0,000 $50
89
50,000 $50
Jan. 75 53
55,700 100 all 60 $3,000 100 All 109
Nov. Oct. Dec. Dec.
68 81 Jan.
88+ 57 July 50
63) 49 ex div. 9314 Jan. 82
80
$3.50 for year 1914
t.94
$108 b.
13,000 1.200 t,100 20,000.$50
94
94
50,000 $100 all 150,000 $10
b.
6,000 $50
107
78,000 £50 19,500 $30 10,000 $100 all
Jan
44
98 Dec. 89
all 73
June 66
128 July 120
11734 July | 98
45%
Dec. 116
112
Jan. 7
Nov. 111xdiv. Nor: 71 Feb. 40
Oct. 106
Feb. €4
108
$3 for year ending 30°6′15
6.10
45 cents for year 1914
40
-$3 for 1914
101
1 ending 30.6.15
70
103
100
$2 for half year ending 30.6.15 $4.09 for 7 months ending 31.12,14
20.000 £50
138 July | 125 May 180 75.000 4.10 all 142 Jan. 12 Mar. 17 8,00 1.100 all 110 Feb. TO May. 89 40,000 1.50
135 Feb. 70 Nov. 105
175.000 15
135
90
63
514
80,000 $19
Dec.
10
10
85 cents for 1914
444
-1.6
China Borneo Company.Id. $1074 8. China Light & Power C)
La. $4.30
all
12
50,000 $5 50,000 $1 125,000 $10°° 21
Do. (Spec. shares) China Provt, L. & M. Co, Ld 10 b. Dairy Farm Company, Ld. ..$29 b.' 40.000 7 Green Island Cement Co.Id. 94. s. 400,000 $10
$43 b. Hongkong Electric Co., Ld. Hongkong Ice Co., Ld $180 Hongkong Rope Mfg. Co., La. $31 K. Hongkong Tramway Co, Ld {54
steel trade is running coat a speed which may easily carry it past any dangersignal. Therapid advance of prices is viewed with concern In some quarters, but the protests are rather of helplessness in the face of such a situation. The Pennsylvania
Railroad's an- nouncement of the withdrawal of it inquiry for 11,000 ears, on Langkats
9898 8 3 997-9889 2 3 3 3 3
Мат 10
4.90 July 4 Apm* 44
9
Jan 7
39.- June 35 Aug 34
6.90 Jan. 5 Dec. 11
49 Jan. 36 Nov. 45
174 Dec: 190 25 June 22 Apr. 43)
Tis. 16 for year ending 31′10′′15· 1334 Tls 1.50 for year ending 30*11*35 b. -80. Tls. 12 for 1913
(Dividend of Tis. 7 for year 1. ending 306-15
5% for year ending 28 „2.06
8:60-70-ets for 1914
$1.25 for year ending-31,7.35.
$2.00 per share for 1914.
Interim of $2 account 1915"
Interimel for year ending20.6.15
Interim of Tla. 1 making Tia.
a/c 1913
-
Nov. 10.10
31
6,70
30 eta for 1914.
50,000 $30
39
6.
6,500 $25
all21716 July
184
60,000 $10
ell
b. 325,000 5/-
all 13- July 7- Feb. 5.90
25
4.80
{$10% for 1974
1.38 b. 250,000 g.10 all
25,000 $10
6424 Mar. 28 Dec.
42
-3634
1014 Jan. 914 June
10
9
(New) 85 cts, bi . 50,000 $10.
93 cts. Jan. 75 cts. Dec.
$1
80 cts.
75,000 $10 all
None
$5
$1.50 for 1910
13,200 $50
all
20
20
Noze
20,000 $5
5.00 Jume 4 Nov. 32
b.
27,723 $10
b.
90,000 $10 all 8
which the tide showed a starting Peak Tramway Co., Ld. (Old) $10 advance in prices-nearly 100 per
cent. in some cases over the low-
Do
est car bide of the year is the Philippines Id
first strong demurrer in the home H. Price & Co. Lda
market The complaints steel
producera have been hearing thus
Societe des Pulpes et Papier- $20
teries du Tonkin
Steam Laundry Co., Ld...............$34.
far have 1ather come from mand- facturing conemmers who could Union Water-boat Co., IA ...$16 not fill their orders for lack of Watson and Co, Ld........................$67 steel or who could get no place on
the books of the mills for steel William Powell, Limited...$54 sure to be needed in the second
quarter of next year. Follow S. C. Morning Post.....$29.
ing the recent statement that
France would limit further steel
buying in this country because of)
Anglo-Java Estates Ltd. Tis..
Anglo-Dutch Tis. 8 buyers. Linggis £! Nordanals 19/- buyers.
WRIGHT & HORNBY,
high prices, a London cable an-17 buyers. nounces that the Allies have reached such a rate of munitions mannfacture that further orders need not be placed here. It is Bus that there is no new shell Business in the hands of the Allies agents here, but it is Aknown that options were taken on quantities beyond those named în eristing contracts. Farther, hatever the increased muni- tions capacity of the Allies, they have found no way of increasing their output of steel. So far as reminders that the war demand will not go on indefinitely anti- dote some of the dangers in the present steel situation, they are -moi muwelcome. There has been
no little uneasiness over the pro-] spect that home consumption wouldenier while mille were busy “with attractive war contracts."
.
[70 cts. on fully paid shares and 7 cts on $1 paid shares for year ending 30.4.15
3.00 25 cts. for year ending 315′15
($1.00, per share for year end- 2214 Feb. 17 Jan. 18
16
1ing 31.12.1914 April 6.90 Dec. 6.90 x div. 67 x div. 60 cts, for 1914
21,000 $7
912
Jan. 634 Doc. 7
516
6,000 $25 all 30 June 92 Dec. 29
29
all
LATEST RUBBER QUOTATIONS. Ayer Panas (Straits) $9.00 buy- Balgownies (Straits) $6 buy-
Changkat Serdangs (Straits) $83 buyers.
Kempas (Straits) $5 buyers.
Malaka Pindas (Straits) $214 buyers.
era.
·ers,
Malakoffs (Straits) $4 buyers.
(50.ets, on old shares and 25 cts, on new year shares for year ending 30.6.14 $1.50 for 1914
Sandycrofts (Straits) $9.00 buyers.
Pajam (Straits) $1634 buyers. New Serendah $2.75 buyers.
Share and General Brokers 6. Des Vœux Road Central Tel address, Reclitude.
CORRECTED TO NOON. JAN. 26, 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.
Selling.
*******...1/11 3/3
TT Bombay
11/11 7/16
r
1/11 1/2
-1/11 5/8
-1/11 11/16
T/T Demand 30. dis 60 dis. 4.m18..... T/T Shanghai.. Private 30 d/s sight T/T SingaporË...... TI Japan T/T India autori Demand India ......1454
734
9214
145
EXCHANG R
Demand Bombay ...1454 TT Calcutta
9334
Demand Calcutta...1454 Demand Mamla T/TSan Fco & N.Y.46 3/8 Demand, New York 46 1/2 T/T JE
107
T/T Marks...000000000 Demand Germany... T/T France.**
Demand Paris.
On Haiphong
On Saigonis On Bangkok.
Buying
4 m/s 1/2-1/8
¡4/8 D/P
6 m/s. I/C
2-1/4
3/8
30 dís. S'ray &-M -- 2)-3/8 130 d/a Ban Fico &NY47 7/8
4 m/s. Mark
4 m/s.Franc.82
6 mfa. Francs
Jan. 26th.
Gold Leaf per oz. $57.10. Sovereign
$10.20 Bar Silver. per oz.27 1/4
SUBSIDIARY COINS.
Discount per $100: Chinese...20 cta.pisces $17 3/4 Chinese10
316 1/2 Hongkong 20 cm. pieces 85/8-- Hongkong 10
$85/8
BANKS
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION
HEAD OFFICE: 60. Wall Street, New York. LONDON OFFICE: 36, Bishopsgate, EC. “
BRANCHES
BOMBAT. LONDON. CALCUTTA, MANILA.
CANTON
PANAMA PENING.
CEBU. COLON, SAN FRANCISCO. HANKOW, SHANGHAL HONGKONG. SINGA FORE KOBA YOKOHAMA
CAPITAL PAID-UP $3,250000. RESERVE FUNDS............. 4,210,000
(U.S. Gold) $7,460,000 ↑ All kinds of FOREIGN Se LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open ed and FIXED DEFOSITS
Ho
BANKS
ONGKONG & SHANGEFI BANKING · CORPORI.
~TION"
Paid-up Capita!.
RESERVE KUNDS:
Starting
£1,500,000 at 22-
*****$25,000,000
Silver $18,000,000
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors...avor
$3$-000,000
$75.000,00%
COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landale-Chairian, W. L Pattenden, Esq Deputy
Chairman
S. EL. Dodwell, Esq G. T. M. Edhina, Esq.
C.&. Gubbay, Esq. Hon. Mr P.E. Holyoak. J.A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E: Shein. CHIEF MANAGER, Hongkong NJ.Stabb. Esq
MANAGER Shanghai-A. G. Stephur, Esq. London Bankars-London County and Westminster Limited
Hongkong-Interest Allowedc. received at rates to be ascertain-of 2 per cent per annum on the On Current Account at the rats
ed on application.
K.S. MARSHALL
Manager Hongkong. 1st July 1915
THE
YOKOHAMA
IAMA SPECIE BANK.
TAIMOWED.
Established 1880.
Authorised Capital Yen-48,000,000
Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund
D
59
daily balance
ON FIXED DEPOSITS, For 3 months, 2 per cent par
For 6 months. 31 per cent par For 12 months, 4 per cent per
N. J. STABB.
Chief Marag F
Bakke Disn
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
THE
HE Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Bules may be obtained on ap-
30,000,000plication. 20,000,000
Head Office.-YOKOHAMA
Bunche Antag-Hai Bomber Calcu Chatha
Dire Forties
Harbia
Agencies at
Sewchwang New Yor Osaka
Fakia
By Por
Sarther
Hankoo
San Ysociaco
Hanniga
Shang
Kobe
Sydney
LaYang London
ambling
Iyor
Sydory
Los Anguins
1
Tácaním
Tanging Isimanto
Interact & Bowed on Cament codest. Deposita recivić. for Sand period ¿ced capiscation
tobe
EISHI ONO, Manager Hongkong, 21st October, 1915.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.
INTEREST on deposits is al- lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $381 per cent. per sa-
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shanghat Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT zt"4 per cent. par
Amman,
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.
44
Authorised Capital.....£1,500,000 Subscribed Paid Up Reserve Fund
#
BANKERS:
1,125,00€
562,500 500,000
The Bank of England. The London Joint Stock Bank, Limited.
BRANCHES -
Karachi. Kota Bharu Kuala Lumpu Madras
Bombay Calcutta
Colombo.
Delhi
Galle
Penaug
Hongkong
Rangoon
Shanghai
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fundas.
£1,200,000 Kandy £1,800,000
Singapore
Reserve Liability of
HONGKONG BRANCH.
Proprietors
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. Howrah
£1,200,000 | Every description of Banking &
Exchange business transacted.
Interest allowed on Current Ao-
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans- counts at 2 per cent. per annum acted.
on Daily Balaners, and on Fixed"," CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-Deposits at rates which may be ed and FIXED DEPOSTES re- | ascertained or application. ceived for1year or shorter periods
C. CHAMPKIN
at rates which will be quoted on Mond application.
Wm. DICKSON.
Manager Ecclcg, 11th April, 1912. [
BANK OF CANTON
LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE HONGKONG
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business Trans- acted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS Re- eived.
INTEREST ON FIXED
DEPOSITS
For 3 Months 3% per annum For 6 Months 4% per annum For I Months 41% per annua
LOOK POON SHAN,
Chief Manager.
PEAK
Acting Manager
NOTICE
EAKTRAMWAYSO
LIMITED..
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