COMMERCIAL
Rubber Earnings. Some of the lay papers are be coming alive to the foot that rubber plantation companies are earning double the profit with rubber at 36. per lb. to what they do with the commodity at Sa. per Ib, observes the L, and C. ExpreES. They are also beginning to point out that the price of shares bas not risen in like ratio to the advance in the price of the article.
Eren allowing for forward sales
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
SHARE REPORT.
COMPARATIVE SHARE QUOTATIONS.
1-SEZLERS
SA-SALES
S
1914.
To-day's
Closing
STOCK.
cf Shares
Sumber Par Paid
Fahre IP
1914.
Highest
Lowest
Prieme
SO-DOW
1915. 1915.
Hisbasi LowUES,
Stace Since 2415 May, 16th May,
to po
Last Dividend
and Date
st, prices much below current fex div. $795
rates the earnings in most cases
will tell their tale when dividends
come to be declared.
Chinese Rice Association.
Banks..
K. & Sha Banking Corp. 120.000 8105 all
(£23/- at 5% bonus equal to $55 July. 700 Oct 8451 div. 790 c. div. 1. $25.14 for 16 year 31/12/15
8
225
[Final of $4 a/c 1913. Interim
of $18 a/c 1914. Final of 19) pe making
25 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 $ for 1914
be
$417
£180
Marine Insurances. Canton Ing. Offee, Ld... North China Ins. Co., Lâ..........
10.000 $250 50
10,000 £15 £5
$50 Dec. 305 Oct. 495
145 May 133 Jaz 180
$60
160
$975
$245
Union In Sty of Cton, Ld.
Yangtare Ins. Assoc. Ld.
12,400 $250, 100 8479 April 700 Oct $942
12,000 100 60
$855
2:0 April 19214 Jan
$161 $430.
Fire Insurances, China Fire Ins. Co., Ld. F'kong Fire Ins. Co. Ld.....
20,000 $00 20 8,000 $250 50
160 395
July 140 Feb. 368
Oct. 162 April 420
130
$9 for 1913
385
$2 for 1913
"
20,000 $50 all | 36 80,000 $15 all 99
Mar. 24 Nov, * 126
Jan. 22
45
Dec.
23
19
60,000 160,000
}
all 79
Jan. 50 Sept
183 96
b.
زیه
ឌ
$41 for year ending 30.6.15
Final of $100 for year ending 1 $1.12.15
For several years past, fasys the Rangoon Gazette), the Chinese rice merchants of Pansag and Singa-b pors have had in those places an organisation known as the rice guild which brought together all merchants in the rice trade in those places for the transaction b. of both business and pleasure. 3 These guilds have not only a club house, but a hostel attached where on out of town merchanta coming b. in to transact business, they could be housed and taken care of in the guild without any of the members having to disarrange his
housebold. [b. personal These guilds have proved so successful that a proposal to b. establish something similar ia Bangoon was faron-ably received. and some time ago the Straits |3. Rice Merchants' Association, Est- goon, came into existence. The members of this new avecciaton all have branches in Penang and Singapore, so they sat about gett- ing a clubhouse and hostel such as the guilds in Penang and Singa (b. póre have. The property at the 4nonhwest corner of Pagoda and B.
Simpson roads formerly used as the Government Normal School | 8. was through the instrumentality of Mr. Yeo Eng Byan, a member of the ræsociation, secuted.
d.d
Shipping.
$126 Douglas Steamship Co. La 19 Hong C&MSS. Co,12
$185
Indo-China ( Combined $136
Steam Naviga- Deferred $491 tion Co, LdPreferred
98-
Shell Tport & Tag Co. Ld 3,797,610 £1
$39 Star Ferry Company, Le.... 40,000 $30
al
49
Mar. 40
NOT.
40
32
$140
$39
Refineries. China S, Refining Co, Ld... Lazon S. Refining Co, Ld..........
20,000 #100 all 7,000 $iro al
961 31
Feb. 70 Jam
2
Nov. 140 Dec. 46
iii
$3 for 1912
274
$3 for 1897
Mining.
Kailan Mining Admin tion. 1,000,000 £1
섬
106 Feb. 70/- Sept 97/- div. 82)-
(6 pc, on p. s. &Jae onda for year 1914. a quoted az 9 pc,div in EX from 29.9.15. an interim div. of 6 pc. on the combined e. paid in London 23.3.15 quoted ex divan H.X.11245 Interim of 2-(Coupon No 25)
making 7/-for 1915 ($150 per share and bonus of 40 cents per share for year ending 30415
1916.
BANKS.
BANK OF ANTON LIMITED
HEAD OFFICE HONGKONG
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business Trans- acted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-
BANKS
HONGKONG & SHANGHA
~BANKING CORPORA
TION
Paid-up Capital $15,000,000 RESERVE FINDS:
Stering
..
£1,500,000 at 24-
***$15,000,000
Silver $18,000,000
ed and FIXED DEPOSITS Re-Reserve Liability of ceived.
INTEREST ON FIXED
DEPOSITS:
For 3 Months 3% per annum
For 6 Months 4% per annum
For I Months 43% per annum LOOK FOON SHAN,
Chief Manager.
INCRE
NOTICES
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE
CO., LTD.
(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000)
Loans en Morgage of House Property, &a. Goods received on Storage
Adveness made en Merchandise. Loans made on the Provident System Caces and Particulars on application).
- TRISTER, EXELLTOR OF WILLS,
AMORNET, kr, Tadessäten and Executed
SHEWAN, TOMES & Că, General Managers.
NOTICE
Proprietors
$33.000,00€
„$15,000,000 $
COURT OF DIRECTORS.
Pacienden Zag, -Charen
>H. Doweli. Ing. Dupary - kúruna.
G. T. X. Edkin Bug.
C.
Gabby. Ex.
Boa, XL, F., Bayout
HAM, MOV, Lunchie,
1. A. Plummer, Sag. Tea. Ma M. Shellinn,
CHEF LANTER Boag tone. Nad Eg..
MANAGER
London Bankers-London County and
Westminster, Limitent
Hongkong-Laurent Alioured": Da Cament Accons at the race of t per zraz, per annuts on, the stally balanck
ON FILED DEPORTS
For 3 cards, per cent. per annum. For 6 monti, da per cent, PET ARLISLER, For in mouths, 4 per cent, per me,
N. J. STABB.
Chief Mana; OR,
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANI.
THE Eine of the above Bank is conducted by the ELSGLONG ANP SHANGHAI BANKIN
CORPORATION. Rates may be obtained on application, DILRES on deposits is allowed on the sit- imum monthly balances at Bjå per cent, per D
Depositors may transfer, at ibeir option.._bulances of $50 or more
the Hongkong and Shanghai
Bank to be placed on FRED DEPOSIe xe 4 per
COD. E' in 1970.
For the Hongkong and Shanghai Shaking Corpora tion,
N.J. STABB,
Chief Manager.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMIRMED.
Head Office 15, Gracechurch.
Street, London.
$1,500,000
1,325,00€
562,500
500,000
EAK TEAMWAY CO Authorised Capital .................
LIMITED.
PEAK
TIME TABLE.
Subscribed Paid Up
Reserve Fund
4:00. Trawy 29 Mar
10 MIL.
INOC AM be
· WEEK DAYS.
BANKERS:
The Bank of England,
BRANCHES
*he Loudon Toáre a sock Musik, Limited.
Bomber
Calcutta
Kanchi Kota Bhar Kuala Lumpu Mladins
Perang
80 9314
Tix. 616 for year ending 29.2.34
($2.50 for half year ending 13112.15
$ for year ending 31.12.15 35 cents for year 1915 $2 for 1915
[Dividend of 6 pc for 1 year
1 ending 30.6.15 $2.25 for half year ending 31.12.15 $7.00 for year ending 31.12,15...
Tis. 16 for year ending 31 10-15 184 Tla. 1.50 for year ending 301115
Ts. 12 for 1913
Dividend of Tis. for year
Jan 24 10 3.00 3.200
KIGEZ CAR5 au on West Dogs-
SATURDAYS
Past Chest w midnight.
APECIAL CARS
By Actual Dhe Company's Ollice
*
Du Terra Ford, Cerunt, "Season and punch kitais svailable for ret already full, renang at the time stated in the Company's metables, but not for spatial cars com
be obtained or application at the Company's Offer
No Sous ticket will be iad until permet the terhas made in Bank Notas or by Cheque of Comprador de reprcting Bank Karta
JOHN E. bUMÉERZYS & SOO
¿
MITSUBISHI GOSHI
Sandy
Manghai
Singapor
FONGKONG_BRANCE.
Every description of Banking and Exchange | business transacted
**Interest allowed on Garrest Accounts at e perzvuz, perantem on Day Balances, and on Finet Depos at rates which may be ascertained on applications.
C. CHAMPKIN,
Acting Manager
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA ASD CHINA
→wporated by Royal Charter Be
* BEAD OFFICE-----__ Paid-up Capital
Barve Fund.
Beve abdity of Proprieton £300,000
FOREIGN CHANGE and General Banting
Besides tradested. "CTEREST ACCOCSI opened and FIXED DEPO-ITS received for. I year or sharer perioda, an rate which will be quoted in application.
Wm. DICKSON,
Manager. Hongkong 11th April, 1912.
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
30/-
Raub Australian Gold Min-
@
all 41- Feb. 39/6 Dec.
33/6
30/
Interim of 1 sccount year
3.30
ing Co., Ldi...
Tronoh Mines Ltd.
35/-
Ural Caspians
200,000.. £1 all 3.10 Jan. 1.90 Nov. 160,000 £1 All 39/- Feb. 19/6 Nov: 32/6 796,666 LI all 56/6
21/3
411
37/6 1/-interim 1915
Docks, Wharves and
1 ending 30.6.15(Compan No. 5.) 316 1/2 for 1909
25/-b.1/-interim a/c 1935 paid 12.7.15
MIGHT CATS.
LG past anĚ, V PÁLÁ SND hike të
ILDO FOR: svag kall house
M
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As Mana
BAŞ, HƏMİ
Colombo
5.00 130
Delhi
Grade
Hoogkong Howrah
Godowns &c
Car-
b.
$75
60,000: $50
penters were set to work on the sexrold$97 existing bangalow on the property 8. and it was completely remodelled (b. 65 and made into a building suitable b. for the association.
$93
90
B.K. & W.D. Co. Ide laDock& Ere Co.In Shai & Ekew W. Co, Ld
50,000 $50 35,700
ICO al
$6,000 t100 all
점명 삼성
59 3 *
Jam 73 Nov.
Jan. 53
Oct
July 50 Jan.
Dec.
824 Dec.
tands. Hotels and Bulldings.
میں
t. 94
:
The Financial Outlook. It is gratifying to find that so competect an authority on finance b. @aa Me. Edgar Crammond regardsb. the economic situation of the b British Empire with cheerful b. optimism. In an address recent-
b. ly delivered to the Institute of
b. Bankers he placed the national wealth in 1911 at ££8,000,000- 000, and the national income.jb. in 1915 at £4,035,000,000. b. This shown that WO are lb. very much better off than Gér-b. many who sccording to the Minister of Finance, Herr Hell- ferich, can boast of an income of only £2,100,000,000, Other Gar- Laman banking experte put it at a good deal low. Germany's in- come has not only diminished b. seriously during the war, but b. she has also had to spend a good deal more than Great Britain b up to date. Mr. Crammond (3
b.
$112
Anglo. French Lands H’rops Ecte to... Làm
man
18,000 1,101,100 20,000 $50
$102
$6.20
$40
1107
$87
S'kong Land Investment Co.j H'phreya Estate & F.Co.La Kloon Land & B’bg Co. Laj
henghai Lands................
50,000 $100 all
150,000 $10
$95
West Point Building Co., La ALong Central Estater
6,000 $20
78,000 1.50 12.400 $30
all 13 10,000 $100 JI
គុន ឌីន ៧ គួ
128
July 120 Dec.
Jap 7 Nov.
11734 July 198 Nov. 111 div. 108 534
02
45 14 Jan. 44 Feb.
98
Dec. 89 Oct.
June -66 Feb. 86-
T
$140
Cotton Mills.
Ero Cotton ST có Lợi 20 tấn sắt 118 July 125
$13
Kung Yik
73,00
71
Laon Kung Mow....
t. 91
hanghai Cottons_
16
Yangtazepoos ander oor,
175.00 1.5
Miscellaneous.
$104
China Borneo Company, La
€0,000 $1
S.
$4.70
bina Light & Power Co.,
Id
30.000 85
$10 $29
$10.10
$431 $180
is adjusting the upheaval in her foreign trade with remarkable b. celerity and ease, and he declines 15 entertain the pessimistic views. D "regarding financia! exhaustion.
On the contrary, he fearlessly | b. asserts that with the co-operation of the general public in the matter of domestic economy, we shall be able to finance a war of many years duration. There is ajh good deal of sound sense in this, 15. but domestic economy is nome the
6.20
1. 392
$10
b.
85 cts.
$4
*$5
$20
b.
$314
400310 $10
€0,000 $70 201
(Spec. 'shares) - hina Provt. L& M. Co. Ld Fairy Farm Company, Id. Green Island Cement Co. Ld) Bongkong Electric Co., Id Jongkong Ice Co., L Gongkong Tramway Co.Id 325,0 5/- Langkatsoma
is of opinion that Great Britain $32 Bongkang Rope Mfg. Co. Ld.) BAFID $10 ·
Peak Tramway Co., La (Oïà}} (New)
Philippines Ld. ----- ---- **
H. Price & Co, La..... Seciete des Pulpes et Papierteries du Tonkin Stear Laundr Con Làm
20,000 $10
Po
50,000 $1 195, (0 $10
40.000 73
1254211
200,000 10 all
204 00 $10
Do
$1.
ld
75,000 $10
8888 8 8 999.99893 3 3 3
8,000 t100 all 130 Feb 70 May 40,000 £50
May
10 all
14% Jaz. 11 Mat
135 Feb. 70 NOT 105
all 12
May 10 Dec.
ཨཊྛནྟིཏྭཱ ནཀྑུཾ ཝཐཱ ཀྟོ i༅ ནཱིཀྐaཏྟཾ ཙ ཐ
57
28
68%
$3.50 foryear 1914
SVELY CRISTAL of a boste
SUNDAYS
TEEM SE ANKAGE PRZY ĐÊOL I WON KYL-
$3 dividend for year 1914
TORTO AL DE
657 49 ex div. Tis. 3 for year ending 30.4.15
Tix. 5 for 1914
22.30 AM to sing Mock
500
M
vity
na Ma
94
108
6.10
40
101
70
100
135
b.. 80
90
1 ending 30 615
574
10
85 cents for 1914
4.90 July4
April
44
44 6% for year ending 28 .2.06
ย
9
Jan. 婴
NOT.
10.10
8.00
70 cts. For 1914
39
June 35
Aug.
34
49
€.90 Jan. 5
Jan. 36 23734 July 1744
Dec.
11
31 6.70
Nov 45
39
Dec: 190
184
all
25 June 22 3- July 7
€424 Mar. 28
111 Jen. $14 June 10
"Apz.. 431 Feb. Dec.
25
·674
42
4.80
3634
93 cte. Jan. 75 cts. Dec. $1
9.. 20 cts.
70 cts.on fully paid shares and
LONDON MANILA.
PANAMA
PEKING.
SAN F CISCO. SHANGHAL HONGKONG. SINGAPORE KOBE,
YOKOHAMA
None
all
$13
$63
Union Water-boat Co. La Watson and Co., Idom
'
90,CCC $10 all
less needed, and it is not likely to
$52
be secured by means of lectures to the working classes by highly- | b. malaried Ministers who dian
William Fowell, Limited. 21.000 $7
$29
S. C. Morning Post...
all
6,000 $25 all 30
12,000 $10
33,200 $50
20 20.00 $5 all 5.00 June 4 For 33 3.00 27.723 $18 all 124 Feb. 17 Jen. 18 16
April 6.90 Dec. 6.90 xdiv. 61 516 Jan. 16 Dec. 7 -516
* June
5
$1150 for 1910
20
None
div. 60 cts, for 1914
92
Dec.
29
29
لرحیم
Share and Geners) Brokers
full pay and dine on turtle soup at the Mansion House. All the-waste against which our Cabinet Ministera bave 30 eloquently inveighed continues practically
unchecked, bile szemy countries are doing their best by restrictive measures
compel economy.
Even
they cannot do ecough counteract the tremendous isparity in national resources. It ought to be more thoroughly anderstood that economy is not only needed in order to streng then our finances for the prose- whion of the war, but it is also sied to secure or position the war, when, we may d upon it, the war of arms will give pisos to a trade carcely less bitter and extex-
Englishman.
WRIGHT & HORNBY,
T/T
$1.25 for year ending 31.725 50 cts for 1914,
$2.00 per share for 1914 Interim of $2 account 1915 Interim for yearending20.6.15 $10% for 1914
Interim of Tls, 1 making Tls, 21
a/c 1913
7 cts, on $1 paid shares for year ending 30.4.15 ·
25. cts. for year ending 31-5*15
$1.00, per share for year end- 1ing 31.12.1915
(50 cts, on old shares and 25 cts, on new year shares for year ending 30.6.14 $1.50 for 1914
6, Des Yaux Road Central, Tel address, Rectitude.
CORRECTED TO BOON. FEB. 23 1916,
ANY SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS WILL BE FOUND IN UP TO THE MINUTE SNARE MARKET NEWS." THE TELEGRAPH DOES BOT HOLD STSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE QUOTATIONS.
SELLING.
1/11 1/8 1/11-3/16
1/11 3/8. -.1/11 7/16-
73 32
De mande, 30 afs 60 d/s...
TIT Shanghai... T/T Singapore T/T India... 143 TT Japan
91.
Demand India.1434 T/T Ban Fco & NY. 45 78 TT JATA coprose103.„;
T/T Francs...
Demand Paris
EXCHANGE.
T/T Marks...TERS
Nom 2,691
70
BUYING.
4 m/s. L/C.......1/11 7,8
4 m/s. D/P one
2-18 30 d/s. S'ney & M2 1/8
30 ds. San F*co & N.L. 47 36
4 m/s. Marks. NO
4 m's. France...230"
6 m/s Franca. 285 1/2
Demand Germany... Demand, New York 46 TT Bombay
Demand Bomber...1434 T/T Calcutta
Demand Caloutte 143 34 Demand Manila
92 4
Demand Singapore 82
On Eziphone
On Saigon
On Bangkok
3 1⁄4 prem
296
Feb. 23rd.
Sovereign o
$10.30 Gold Leaf per oz....$57,60 Bar Silver per oz....27
SUBSIDIARY COINS.
Discount paz $100-
Chinese... 20 ct. pieces 18 14% Chinese. 10.
KWAISHA.
(MITSUBISHI CO.)
COAL LEPARTMENT,
J
SOLE PROPRIETORS OF
·TAKASIMA, OCHL, MUTABE, YOSHL- HOTAKI, KAMAZUTA, SAYO, SHIBREW, BIBAI and KAMIYAMADA Collieries. AGENTS FOE
SAKITO AND OYUBARI COALS. -
CORPORATION
HEAD OFFICE:
60, Wall Street, New York. LONDON OFFICE- 36, Bishopsgate, E.C.
BRANCHES :-
BOMBAY. CALCUTTA. CANTON. CEBU. COLON.
HEAD OFFICE-MARUNOU- HANKOW.
CHI. 1OKYO.
BRANCH OFFICES --NAGASAKI MOJL KARATSU WAKAMATSU,
OTARY. HUEORAN, HAKODATE CAPITAL FAID-UP $3,250 000 KOBE USAKA, KURE, TOKYO, YOKO RESERVE FURDS 4210,000 HAMA, NAGOYA, TSURUGA LON DON:SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, HAK-
KOW.PEKING and CANTON. Cable Address for above:
"IWASAKI,"
Codes: A, AB.C. 5th Ed., West-
em Union. AGENCIES
(U.S. Gold) $7,460,000
All kinds of FOREIGN & LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS. transacted.
N. 8. MARSHALL
Manager.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS CHINKIANG-Messrs, GEAR- received at rates to be ascertain ING & Co. MANILA-Messrs ed on application. MACONDRAY & Co., SINGA- FORE KessTS, BORNEO Co.: LTD, GLASGOW-Messrs. A. B. BROWN, MCFARLANE & Co. LTD.
For Particular, apply to K. KATO,
Manager. No. 2, Pedder Street, Hongkong.
THERAPION/leading
CERES
BLOOD PORNOR, ZIDNET, BLADDEL. UNCHARY DESMENA, DISCHARGER, TLADIES, FILES, SEXDSTAKER SPORTAS. PRELL BOOMLAZ TO DE, LE-CLING PARIS DEPOT: 12, KUR GAITUZJONĀ, A CORE HOW TORE DEPOT 12, MEDISAN KE TRY KEW DRAGRI ĮTABYALZITORILOR PL TO TALE FOR YOU!
THERAPIONE
AND
SEE THAT ZRÁDR MARINO WORD "RELATION IN ON
THE ALEXANDRA CAFE 162% Cannot be Beaten, if Equaled
Hongkong 20 ctal pieces 836% for Bread, Cakes, Confectionery Hongkong 10
and meals with Misas AZTRA
THR
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK.
LIMITED. Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital ... 38,000,000 Reserve Fand
20,000,000
*
Head Office.-YOKOHAMA,
Bennchen. Amang-Hsiao
Bomber Calcuts
Changchen
Agencies at Nazmaki
25ew York Ovaka
Pebre Byciah Us San Franciaco
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