COMMERCIAL,
Shanghai's Import of Tià Plates. and Galvanised Iron.
There is a decided decrease în the amount of tinned plates im- ported into Shanghai for the quarter ended September 30, 1915, the total amount bring 11,596 picals and for the same quarter in 1914, 39,017 piculs, Showing a decrease of 27,421'
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27,
SHARE
REPORT.
COMPARATIVE SHARE
SAGALES
STOCK
To-day's
Closing
Prices
Number Par Paid
Sharee
1914,
Highest
1914
- Lowest
Valme
Banks.
picals. Galvanized iron sheets 'kong& S'hai Banting Corp) imported into Shanghai also show
a very large increase for the quar- ter ended September 30, 1915, the total amount imported being 12,668 piculs and for the same quarter in 1914, 5,818 piculs, giring increase of 6,848 picule.
Raw Silk Market at Lyons,
$*
QUOTATIONS.
K-KOKENAT
1915. 1915. Highest Lowest
$2000 Simoe 14th May, 14th May..
SO DOW
to Dow
Last Dividend
And Date
at 1/9 5/16 equal to
$24.21 for 16 year 30/615.
1916
BANKS
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION
HEAD OFFICE :
60, Wall Street, New York.
LONDON OFMCE:
$6, Bishopsgate, E.C. BRANCHES ---
BOMBAY
CALCUTTA
LONDON.
MANILA,
PANAMA
PEKING.
SAN FCISCO. SHANGHALI
HONGKONG. SINGAPORE.
KOBE
,$$15 sa
K
120,000 $125 all
855 July. 700 Oct: $45 x div. 190 c, dir.
CANTON
£28/10/-
CEBU. COLON.
[Final of $4 a/c 1913. Interim.
HANKOW.
40,000 $250
10,000 £15 £3
50 350
145
Dec. 305
133 May
Oct
495
360
of $18 a/c 1914
Jan
180
160
Final of 12
pc. making
12,400 $950 100 | 847) April ❘ 700
Oct.
$972
$855
210 April 1926 Jan.
270
905
$152 b $410 `b.
20.000 $100 20 8,000 $250 50
160
395
July 140 Oct. Feb. 368
.162
130
$9 for 1913
April
420
385
$27 for 1913
Marine Insurances. Canton Insurance Office, Ld415 sa b Sorth China Ins. Ca, Ld. £...18216 m. Union Ins. Society of Ctoa,Ld#912lé
Yangtsre Ins. Assoc. Ld. $265
Fire Insurances. China Fire Ins. Co., Id. F'kong Fire Jas Con Ld
Shipping-
H.M. Consul at Lyons Mr. E RE. Vicars) has furnished the following account of the Lyons raw silk market during the first nine months of 1915-It was in- evitable that silk, an essentially an Info-China Steam article of luxury, abould be
Navigation Co. one of the firet
L.......
commodities
to suffer BS. a result of the
12,000 $100 60
20,000 $50 Douglas Steamship Co., La. $1153 b
80,000 $15 Hongkong, C. & M.SS. Co.,Ld. 201`bj
$60,000 Combined $177) b Deferred $146in b
1 60,000 Preferred $51
situation brought about by Shell Tport &Trading Ca Ld. $9/6. b.3.797,610 £1
the outbreak of the European war,
and consumption immediately
abcwed a marked decrease in Star Ferry Company, Ldi......$36
36
Mar. 934 Nor.
· 113·
45
sli
29
Jan. 22
Dec.
23.
19
} all 79
Jan. 50
182 Sept.
96
ม
al 106 Feb. 70- Sept. 90/- div. 82-
5.2
.
Idir.
25 p.c. for 1914 (Final of $20 and bonus of $5 making $55 for 1913 and Interim of $30 for 1914 Final of $15 msk. $18 for 1913
& Int, of $3 for 1914
$4 for year ending 30.6.15
Final of 40 cts. making 90 cts.
for rear ending 31.12-14 (5 pc, on p. x, & 3pc on dix. for year 1914, & quoted ax 9 po.dirin É.K. from $9.9.13. an interim div. of 6 pe on the combined s paid in Londes £3,9.15 quoted er div.in 1.5. 1.1213 Interim of 2/-(Coupon No 25) 1 making 7-for 1915
($1.50 per share and bonus of 40 cents per share for year- ending 30*4-15
b. 40,000 $10
al
49
Mar.
40
NOT.
39
32
...537
A...
20,000 $100 all -7,000 $100 ali
96 Feb. TO 31 Jan 17
Not. Dec.
134
711
$3 for 1912
2714
for ISST
Refineries. China S, Refining Co, La$132
also declined heavily owing to the Lazon S. Refining Co., Ld
every quarter of the globe. Sim-
ultaneously with this, production
closing of many filataree, both in
Europe and the Far East, and the
dificulties in the way of ship-
ments from China and Japan, Kailan Mining Adminion-30- which have reduced exports for the Raub Australian Gold Min-
Tronoh Mines Ltd. —
had the effect of cutting off supplies 9'kong & KW. & G. Co. La$75
a situation it was inevitableShai & Her W. Co., Ld 90 that prices on the Lyons market should fall heavily all round. Towards the end of last year, how ever, prices appeared to be be coming etsadier, and the opening of 1915 was marked by a distinct improvement in the tone of the market, which has been maintain ed, with but slight occasional relapses, up to the time of writing (October owing to an increase in the volume of transections. At the beginning of May, 1915, prices had recovered from 5 to 10 per cent, on various kinds of silk. The declezation of war by italy had the immediate effect of checking business, owing to the increased difficulties of transport China Borneo Company,Ld. $10 b. And correspondence, coupled China Light & Power Co)
La. $4.80 with the violent, fluctuations in
Lands. Hotels and-Buildings.. Anglo French Lands............. 'kong Hotel Co., Lad
'kong Land Investment Co. $105 obrers Estate& F. Co. Ld...$ 61 b. loonLand & Building Co., La $40 shanght Lands West Po at Banding Co., Ld. $34
'kong Central Estates
Cotton Mills.
Ewo Cotton S. & W. Co. Ld........$142jg b. Kung Yik Leon Kung Mow
banghai Cottons
Yangiszepous
Miscellacecus.
the Italian exchange. Meantime, Do. (Spec shares) Lyons manufacturers of silk! China Provt. L. & M. Co., Ld. 10 considerable Dairy Farm Company, L. 829 goods received orders, purchases for which must Green Island Cement Co. L. 9:20 have exercised a farcurable effect. Fongkong Electric Co., Ld., 43
Hongkong Ice Co. Ld ............$180 Hongkong Rope Mfg. Co., Ld...$31
Hongkong Tramway Co. L. 53 b. 325, § 5/-
RE
all 41- Feb. $5,6 Dec.
لله
a88a
6838
Jan.
Jan. 73 53
Nov-
Oct.
Déc
July 50 Jan. 21 Dec.
July
120 Dec.
46
Interim of 1 account year ending 30.6.15(Coupon No. 5.)
314 1/2 for 1909
25-b.-interim a/c 1915 paid 12.7.15
3716 1 interim 1915
885
$3.50 foryear .94
$3 dividend for year 1914
631 49 ex div. Tis.3 for year ending 304.15 Tia 5 for 1914
80
94
108
1176 July 98 NOT. 111 div. 108
* EX
all 914 Jan. 7 Nov.
Jen. 44*
BE SEE
99383 388-8888 3
21716 July
13 July 7 Feb.
བྷངྒེཡྻམྷི zཏྠོ ཀྑུཾཐཱ ྂ zངྐི... ཝོརཝཏྟིཾ ཙ ཐཱ ཙུ ྂx10ཞིཎྞཱཧཱི
Tis. 64 for year ending 29.2.14
($2.50 for half year ending
30*6:15
$3 for a year ending 20-6-15 45 cents for year 1914 $3 for 1914
Dividend of 6 pc. for year
ending 30.6.15
$2 for half year ending 30.6.15 $4.09 for 7 months ending 31.12.14
Tis. 36 for year ending 311015 Tls. 1.50 for year ending 30-11-15 Tis. 12 for 1913
[Dividend of Tis. for year 1er ding 30615
44 5% for year ending 28 206
$125 for year ending 31.7.15 50 ets.for 1914
$2.00 per share for 1914 Interim of $2 account 1915 Interim$1 for yearending30.6.15
$10% for 19*4
Interim of Ila. 1 mexing Tls, 2
ac 1913
YOKOHAMA
CAPITAL PAID-UP $3,250,000 RESERVE FUNDS.........4,210,000
"
(U.S. Gold) $7,460,000 All Linds of FOREIGN LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS transacted
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open ed and FIXED DEPOSITS received at rates to be ascertain ed on application.
N. S. MARSHALL
Manager. Hongkong. 1st July 1915
THE
TIMENED.
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK.
Established 1880.
BANKS
H ONGKONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORA
TION.
Paid-up Capital $15,000.00% RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling
£1,500,000 at 2-
-$15,000,00
Silver $18,000,000
$$3,000,000
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors... ...$15.000,00%
COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landale. Chairman. W. L. Fattenden, Esq - Deputy
Chainman.
S. E. Dodwell, Esq. GT, M.Edkins, Esq. C. S. Gubbay, Esq. Hoa. Mr P. HL Holyoak J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shellim, . CHIEF MANAGER
.
Hongkong-N. J. Stabb, Esq.
MANAGER Shanghai A. G. Stephen, Esq. London Bankers-Londos County and Westminster Limited
Hongkong-Interest Allowed. of 2 per cent per annum on the On Current Account at the rate
daily balance
ON FLIED DEFOSIES. For 3 months. 2 per cent par
For 6 months. 31 per cent per
For 12 months, 4 per cent per
N. J. STABB.
Chief Manager
| HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
FIE Business of the above
THE
Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Anthorised Capital Yen 48,000,000
-Bules may be obtained an ap Paid-up Capital
30,000,000 plication. Reserve Fund....... 20,000,000
W
"
Head Office-YOKOHAMA
Branches Arcang-HEB Boobay
Calctions
Changchea
Bares Fergus
Machin
Bankow
مالية
Liao-Yang Landsa
- Sydzer
Agencies. It Nagasaki Newchwang New York Osaka
Ferr Ryota (Port
Archer
San Francis
Shanghai Sydory
meaning
Tizatio
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Kamanda
Eterest &kować da Catrics / come, Depot zived for fund pecioc; rates m be obtained an applicazion
EISHI ONO, Manager Hongkong, 21st October, 1975.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND - CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.
INTEREST on deposita is al- lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $1 per cent. per an
山
Depositors may transfer.at their option, balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT st 4 per cent, par
For the Hongkong and Shang hai Banking Corporation,
N.J. STABB,
Chief Manager
THE MERCANTILE BANK OJ INDIA, LIMITED.
Head Office 15 Gracechurch Street, London, Authorised Capital £1,500,00# Subscribed
Paid Up Reserve Fund
1,125,000
562,500 300,000
BANKERS: The Bank of England. The London Joint Stock Bank, Limited
BRANCHES
Bombay
Calcutta
Colombo
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. Paid-up Capital ... £1,200,000 Reserve Fund.. Reserve Liability of
Proprietors
Telhi
Galle
£1,800,000 Hongkong
£1,200,000
Howrah Kandy
Karachi Kota Bharu Kuala Luni, Madras Pesan s Rep goon
hanghai Singapore.
HONGONG BRANCH
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans- | Every acted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-
Mialog-
1914-15 season by as much as 23
ing Co., Ldi.....
.3.20
b
27/
b.
perces for Japan, 61 per cent.
for Shanghai, and 33 per cent, forral
Caspians
38.6
100,000 £1
200.000 £1 160,000 £1 796,666 £1
33,6
30%-
all all
3.10 Jai
190 Nov. 39/- Feb. 19/6 Nov 5616
+
32,6
21/3
41
Canton. Moreover, the eventual
Docks, Wharves and
entry of Turkey into the hostilities
Godowns &c.
€6,000 $50
of Levant and Central Asiatic silk H.K.&W.D.Co. Ld. $811aldex. 77 new and cocoons. In the face of sach Shai Dock & Eng. Co.La.
20,000 $50
...50
b.
45.700 £100 ̄all
b.
36,000 1100 all
109
t.94 $110
b.
13,000 100 100 20,000 $50
50
28
50.00 $100 all 100,000 $10
6.10
b.
B.PCO $50
Feb. 40
40
107
b.
58,000 £30-
all
b.
$103
*19,200 $50
10,000 $100 all
all
98 Dec. $9
66
Oct-
101
Jae
Feb. 24
70
100
20,000.00
all
July .25. May
135
$131
71.
5.
753 441.10
all
144
11 Mar.
1336
b.
S.
8000 £160 all 10 40.50
all *35
Feb. 70 Feb. 10
May
b. 80
Кот
50
1.6.
175.00€ 15
all
534
€0.00 $12
all
12
May
10 Dec.
10
85 cents for 1914.
20,000 $5 30.00 $1
all
4.90 July 14
April 434-
b. 1250 $10
9
Jam
b.
40.000 7
39
June
7 35
Nov. 10.10
8.00 70 ct. for 1914
Aug
31
b. 400,000 STU
6.90
Jan- 5
Dec.
6.70
b.
on silk prices; but, owing to the lack of qualified workmen and the scarcity of dyestuffs, the mana facturers were obliged to, decline
60,00 $10 6,540 5
-49
Jan. 36
Πίστ
39
all
Dec: 190 174
184
b.
6000 $10
25
June
22
Apr. 43
25
all
4.80
i
Exeb
part of these orders. Matters re Langkets mained practically unchanged
throughout Jace, the conclusion Peak Tramway Co., Ld. (Old) $10
of the silk harvest failing to
Do
(New) 85 cts. b.
sk goods from bo: Losdon and steam Laundry Co., Id.
exercise its asl infiuences on Philippines Ld... the market. In July. Lowever, H. Price & Co La busines became decidedly more Societe des Pulpes et Papier- active under a lively demand for!
b.
$5
1374 b 250,000 2.10 all 6414 Mar b" 28,000-$10 all 1016 Jan
$1. 50,000 $10
93 cts. Jac.
75,000 $10 all 10,000 $10
28 Dec.
.42
3634
14 June 20
19%
75, cts. Dec.
$1
El cts.
4
5
5
$150 for 19:0
ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- ceived 1 year or shorter periods, at rate quoted on appli
W za
IT
$20
13,200 €50
all
20
20
None
Hongkong,?
teries du Tonkin
$31
the United States. The market Union Water-boat Co.,, Ld
$163
b.
the
Swiss Bilk manufactur-
also benefited by a revival in Watson and Co., Ld...$64
ing industry
which
im-William Powell, Limited...8574
ported much of its supplies of raw
$29.
b.
of August a steady continua-
Anglo-Java Estates Ltd. Tls.
ery.
ers.
material from Lyons. The month, S. C. Morning Fost
tion of a large demand for silk,
accompanied by a gradual im-
provement in prices. September started well, but the month 17 buyers.
generally was distinctly quieter, though prices remained firm European reeleze show great stiff- ness in accepting new contracta. Shanghai steam flatures have been in considerable demand owing to the hith prices asked for Japanese sorts; the latter are very scarce on the Lyons market, shipments thin Besson from Yokohama to Europe amounting to only 8,400 bales,as against 4,125 bales in 1914-15 and 18,000 bales in 1913 14. Cantona, greatly in demand cf late, especially in average qualities for crepes, are now less in favour, owing to their rapid advance in price, and their deterioration in quality, conse quent on the havoc wrought in the spinning mills by destructive A-ode in July,
Anglo Dutch Tis. 8 buyers. Linggis £1
Nordanals 19/- buyers.
WRICHT & HORŃBY,
T/T
Selling
Changkat Serdangs (Straits) $81 buyers...
6. Des Vœux Road Central Tel dress, Rectité
Share and General Brokers
CORRECTED TO NOON. JAN. 27, 1918.
ANY SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS WILL BE FOUND IN-UP TO THE MINUTE SHARE MARKET REWS; THE TELEGRAPH DOES KOT/MOLD ITSELF · RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE QUOTATIONS,
1/11 5/16 .....1/17 3/8 27/11 7/16
Demand 30 d/s 60 dis...... 4 10/8..... T/T Shanghai Private 30 đã nghi T/T Bingapore..
T/T Japan Je
TT India
Demand India mase]
1/11 9/16 1/11 5/8 75
_824
EXCHANGE
T/T Bombay. ***** Demand Bombay 145 TIT Calcutta
Demand Calcutta...145 Demand Manila 93
T/T San Fco & TX46 1/4 Demand, New York 46 3/3 TIT JAVA-1061 T/T, Marks...
Demand Germany... Ta-Franesi
Demand Paris.
$2.70
On Haiphong-34% prem On Saigon
On Bangkok - 791
By Buying
4 m/s. L/C...] 2/1/18
4 m/s DP.com 2/~3/16
6 m/s. L/C 12/5/1G 30 dis. S'ney & M, 2-5/16
30 da. San F'co&NYAT 3/4 4 m/s. Marks
4 m/s.Franca
No 2,31
6 m/s. France...ne siz%86-
Golf Leaf per oz.
Silver. per ook
SUBSIDIARY
Discount perj
10
30
all 5.00 June 4 20,000 $5 27,723 $15 all 2214 Feb. 17. 90,000 $10 all $ April 6,90
Jan 6 Dec. IL,000 $7 all 916
92 all
·June
Dec. 6,000 $95
LATEST RUBBER QUOTATIONS. Ayer Panas (Straits) $9.03 buy- Balgownies (Straits) $6 buy-
Xov.
32.
3.00 25 cts for yer ending 315*15
7
29
18 16 Jan.
ing 31 21.1974 Dec. 6.90 zdiv. 6 zdiv. 60 cta. foz 1914
514
29
(81.00, per bare for year end
(50 cts. old shares and
quartor
year ling 30.6.14
cts. onew year shares
$1.50 for 1
Kempas (Straits) $5 bogers. Malaka Pindas (Straits) $214 buyers.
Sandycrofts (Strait
9.00
buyers
Pajam
(Straits) $16
Malakoffs (Straits) $43 buyers. New Sendah $2.75 bus
German
Great Britain. Hori
and
FOUND IN NEU,
constito a Gorman gods found is A part of neutal purmalle ne pen
fertiplos a all Blade An
mills of houtfa
caron foign
Inugutges, Somn backs were fatugly describedios priate. ocormone quaulica of muFagan liter
don Red some in Parte:
for smentin May Tha is a record, e Boutora correspondent telographs that in elbo
ve thousand tons of wheat paien sold fororen Shilling January 20, 12.35 p.ng/
AUSTRALIAN-WHEAT PRICES.
the war.
70 cts.cn for paidshares and 37 cts. cn I paid shares for
year ending 30.4.15: None
ription of Banking & e business transacted
allowed on Cuit 2 per cent. per sor Balances, and op
ht rates which B
on applicében. C. CHAMPÉT
NO
Repter