COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Embargo, an Egyptias, Cojton With regard to, the reported anabibilon of the export of Elyptian cotton, the Mitent Bisad Esiaba hás "Toodlesd, tân, mujeres to an
from Afanasconi information
THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
SHARE REPORT.
COMPARATIVE SHARE QUOTATIONS,
YERS' N.--NOMINAL.
Sumber Par... Fald
1915.
Fight
Lowest
Close
STOCK.
Value. Up
1915: 1916/7: 1916/7:
Higher Low Bat to Dato Date
Lit. Dividend
and Data
Sharan
Prices
b.
1627
Ichaithe export |1 - Toiday's prohibition is appbosble without any qualifications to all countries, expept Great Bagain, mys the Japan Chronicle.” The enlargo will affect, in Japan therringers of gassed yarn and ciber, yarns of high counts, for the pröd motion. of which Egyptian cotton is large- ly used. The effet will not be vary considerable if the pro- hibition is of a temporary valure, as the Japan Jeningers (concerned. have sufficient Egyptian cotton is stock to meet their requirements
six montba of] b. for the first the year. If the embargo is
II
b.
0:063
enforced longer, however, it is n. ex 73-3205 feared that the reverse will be
Banks,
H.K. & S'hai Banking Corp., 120,000 $125 g}}
Final div: of £2, 3/- & Borus of £l year end 30/12/17 Subject Income Tax, at Erch, 3/ Pending. Final of 67 making $25, a/c 1915, 1 and interim'of $18 a/c 1916. | Final Div, of 15% mak. 30% for year e'ing 30/6/15 Pd. 31/10/17 (Final of $20.and bonus of $10 "making $64,00 for 1915. Int. tof $30 for 1916 Paid. 26/4/17. J Final of $15 for 1915, and In- terim $3 for 1916, Paid 14/4/17.
$2&$2 bonum 1915. Paid 26/1/17. 290 $27 for 1915. Paid 29/3/17
(Final Div. of $5.00. Paid 29/9/17, making 20% för year sud 20/6/17.
$125 for year ending 33/19/16 Paid15/2/17 Interim of 31- on Pref: and 61- nn Def: Shares at Ex. 2/92 Payable 13/2/18
Intefim of 2/- for 1917 (Coupon, 129). Paid 14/7/17.
[$1.80, Div. and 30 cents bonus. for rear ending 30.4.17 Paid 30/5/17.
Interim Div. of 1/- year end.
Paid 30/6/17.
15/5/17. (Coupon 9).
- 2nd interim making 2/- for 11, a/c 1917, paid 7/7/17.
23-Final of 4-m'ing 5/- for a/c year
ཝཱཡྻ སྒྱུམ
ending 12/11/15 paid July 1918
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BANKS
BANK OF CANTON,
LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE, HONGKONG.
JOREIGN EXCHANGE and Genaral Banking Business Fransacted.
INTEREST ON. FIXED - DEPOSITS;
For 3 Months 3% per annum.
For 5 Months 4% per annum.
Jor 12 Months 41% per annum. LOOK POON. SHAN;
Chief Manager.
BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE."
**RI#*
Capital (4 Paid France 45,000,000 (1/3 of the Capita atbcribed by the. Government of the Chinese Repúblin.)
Chairman of the
Board of Directora Andre Berthelot General Manager A. J. Pernotte.
HEAD OFFICE:
74 Rue Saint Larare, PARIS BRANCHES: PEKING, SHANGHAL TIENTSIN HONGKONG, and SAIGON. BANKERS.
pour
In FRANCE: Société Général
favoriser le Développement du Com- mercs et de l'Industrie en France. In LONDON: London County & West-
minster Bank, Li
In NEW YORK: Redmond & Co. In ITALY: Banca Commerciale Italiana, Telegraphic Address : CHIBANKIND.
Interest allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposits. Terms on application
Every description of Banking and Exchange beainese transacted.
M. ROUET DE JOURNEL, Manager. HONGKONG BRANCH: Queen's Building.
Tel. Na, 2352
5. Chater Road.
(1.80.50 Div. No.36 Paid Sept. 1917. | Hongkong, 20th August, 1917.
Div. of $6 & Bonus $4 for 1917,
Pending.
Faid 28/7/17.
Tla. 5 for 1916. Paid 12/3/17.
845 Sept. 785
€90 May
545
Marine Insurances, Canton Ine. Office, Ld..
t.115
North China Ins. Co., Ld....!
10,000 $250
10,000 £15
39 427) Sept. 340 £ 180 April 145
Jan.
426
Jan.
180
290
300
$167
760 Aug. Union Ins. S'ty of Cton, Ld 15,438 $250 100 972
280 Dec. Yangtze Ins. Assoc. Ld....
Jan.
1005
730
12,000 $160 60
200 Jan. 300
190
the case. As a matter of fact,
the market for gassed yarn is firm
$128
in spite of beary decline on the b
#310
b.
$77
b.
$15
Fire lorurances,"" China Fire Ins. Co., Ld. .... B'long Fire Ins. Co.. Ld.... Shipping. Douglas Steamship Co., Ld. 'kong. C&M.S.S. Co. LL
20,000 $100 20
8,000 $250 50
163 Aug. 187) April 420 Sept. 385 Jan.
20,000 $30 -
all
1044 Dec.
168 (20
2814 Mar. 137
80,400 $15
l
231 May 15
b. & sa, £159.
$33 b.
112/-
Indo-China (Combined Steam Nariga- Deferred tion Co., Ld.... Preferred Shell Tport & Ting Co., Ld. 3,797,616 £1.
172
£ 60,000 60,000
£5
all 117
2415 Dec. 624 Jan. 241 119] Diec 80
Dec 186 87 68. Oct.
54 Aug:
53.
Dec.
32)
All 94/6- June 75/- Jan.
120-
86/6
11.
$281
Star Ferry Company, "Ld..... 40,000 $10
all
391 Oct. 23
July
41
28
+
Refineries.
E.
$38 $34
China 8. Refining Co., Ld....↓ Malabon S. Refining Co.. Lda
20,000 $100 all 1341 Sept. 80 14,000 P.30 ́a]]
Јап.
146
82
:41
29
$12 for 1916. Paid 31/3/17." $5 for 1916. Paid 15/2/17."
I
Mining.
38/-
b.
$2,50
Kailan Mining "Admin'tion.1,000,000 £1 Raub Australian Gold Min-
ing Co., Ld..... 304-Tronoh Mines Ltd.
all 35 April
301- Deo.
40'-
26-
22
27
t. 801
b.
t. 66
190
all440 Mar. 200,000 £1
160,000 £1 all. 25/- 796,666 £1 all 43 499,990 €. $10 all
Oct. 65 50,000 $50 all 82 50,000 $50
Oct. all 90
56
135 Mar.
49 July 95 55,700 1,100 all 6314 Sept. 36,000 £100, all 100 Dee.
93 20 April
2.40 Jan.
3.35
1.20
1/2 for 1909
Dec. 32/6 Mar, April (25/- Jan.
42/6
25/6
38/9
April 99
Interim Div. $24, for year 30/6/17.
781
Paid $/10/17.
[Tls.9 for year ending 30.4.17,
· 59
*
67
20,000 $50 all
124
334
Feb. Jan. 103
108
Dec.
118
Dec.
10512 1.85
t. 14.10
1..65
Lapu Kung Mow.
t.125
Shanghai Cottons....
b.
t. 401 t. 8.10
Oriental Cotton Spin. Co.Ltd. Yangiazepoos...... .........
Miscellaneous.
19)
14
$7.50 130 $8
b.
148-
$190
$30
t.14
8.
cts. $0
Do
.
$4
x.x. d. §11).
b.
$52
b.
*#6
William Powell, Limited...
$29
S. C. Morning Post......... $10. Kong Bleel Foundry Co. Ld
all 6,000 $50 30
7000 t.50 all all 12,500 $50
10,000 $100, all
24,prot.50 áll 75,000 t.10 all 4,000-t.100 all 40,000 t.50 all
20,000 1,50 all
all 61 173.000 1.5
Oct. 6 Dec.
60,000 $19 all 114
Apr. 9 May | 10.35 all 3.65 Mar. 4.95 · Oct. 50,000 $5 50,000 $1 all 125,000 $10 all 71 All 35 60,000 71 400,000 $7,50 all 11.20 Oct. 5:20
all45 Oct. 3614 Feb, 60,000 $10
gil 190 6,500 $25
Dec. 183
60,000 $10 all 34 Dec.
all 6 325,000 5/-
Oct. 5 Apr. 7.50
Mar. 40 250,000 G. $10 all 4334 May 35
10.25 25,000 $10 8,
all 1014 Mar. 9:30, June (New)
50,000 $10 $1. 1.00 Mar. 80 cta. Aug 1.00
20,000 $5
June all
4 Steam Laundry Co., Ld.....
4.25 Jan. 3 Union Water-boat Co., Ld." 27,723.$7.
18.
Dec. 17 Jau, 16
7.70 Watson and Co., Ld..........
7.10 Mar. 6.50, Oct.. 90,000 $1J all
all 21,000 $7
6.90 Aug.
all 28 63 20 7,808 $10 all ́·
74 Jan. 6 44 Jan. 40
97 6814 Mar. 77
July
7.10
Sept.
38
"Mar. 107
Dec.
107
Dec.
.90
103
180
Dec. 99
Jan.
103
89
July 117
Jan.
180
130
161 July
Feb.
161
9012 Sept. 12 100. May: 1,77
Isn.
81
63...
Jan.
136
812
494
6.50
Jan. 10,15 Oct. Fax.:29
Dec. Jan
4.90
10.10 41 12.10. 6:75- 55
7.50 20
70 cts. for 1916. Paid 23/2/17. $2for year ending 31/7/17 paid 6/10/17.
43.
Oct
190
147)
25
Jan.
41
261
514
Fin. Diy. 14%
1 Pending.
12'
90 cts. 3.00
انه .
12
5
6
28
Dec.
514
28 *29*
11. 91
El for year and 37/5/17 Paid 15/8/17;
Share
and General Brokers.
TELEPHONE BO, HEL.
cotton smp #xchange, the Spin. ning Adecciation is accordingly makingarrangementalo memoria- lise the Gorurement on the desirability of getting the em bargo modified.
Cooper Cash Trade in Shantung. The copper cash market about
bae. (Shantung) Tinan reviri merially of late. Demand for copper in the United States bas suddenly risen, ousing the market to stiffen good ded! While it has not influenced the London markets. ABS,
the general increase of oop- per consumption for martike parpores by Great Britain sad b. France will probably respoge Barceptibly to the American tone. At Tainan, copper cash bad long. ́remained depressed at about 8.T15 potil a few days ago when the first sign of reanimation begann. to show itself and the quotation rose by degrees up to 8.18. b. & ea. 194 When the price reaches 8 Y18 or b. & sa. $132 so, some quantity of copper cash
5."
D.
is expected to sppear on the. market. However, the flight of] silver is unlikely to be obecked.cz pressed down, and this will no doubt have the effect of opprem- b. ing the copper cach market more or less. In previous years, arrival of stocks at the market b. & decreased as the old Chinese year. end approached. Moreover, cat b.. laws are operating actively in the country, and in addition, navige tina in the Yellow River is stopped. In these circumstanceF, no considerable amount of goods -S. is expected to appear on the n. market until after the old Chinees. New Year holidaye are overi
n.
b.
Hills of Beans at Kalyuan. The bean season, Kaiyusu has reached its some." The daily arrival reaches about 1,000 cart sa. loads, and every bit of ground n. within the compounds of the Chinese bean dealers ie taken up b. by beans, The bean storage at s the Railway Station has totalled 5. ~about 40,000 tone, and applica
tions for consignment by railway b involve several thousand was a day. The carrying capacity of n. the Railway at command present is unequal to the tank of. clearing the rapidly secumulating." storage in quick order. There being no farther room left for storage either in the Station com- pound or in the good shade, it may become necessary to decline receipt of any more goods. The railway town of Kaiyaan is just now thickly dotted with hills of beans...
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World's Money Centres. The Wallman Eevier, of New. York, tracing the history of the n movement of the world's money centres since the thirteenth ocatúry, raye New York bas become the financial centre of the world. Great economic and. political currents, stirred by setivities of peace and throughout the centuries, have gradually moved the beat of business power westward. The murement-sa-traceabla.in.histary, from Asia Minor to the European! bores of, then Mediterranean, thence to North-West Europe, then to Britain,
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Ural Caspiane. Oriental Con: Min: Co. Ltd. Docks harves, flodowns,&c.
H'kong & R.W. & G. Co., Ld.. H.K. & W.D. Co. Lô.......................
Shai Dook & Eng. Co.,Ld.... Sbai & H'kew W. Co., La.
Lands, Hotels and Bulldings. H'kong Hotel Co., La.........................
186 kong Land Investment Co. 50,000" $100 all sa 86.10 H'phreys Estate & F. Co.La. 150,000 $10
$20 Kloon Land & Bing Co., Ld. 1.70
Shanghaj Lands...... $78 West Point Building Co., Ld. $90. H'kong Central Estates......!
Cotton Mills. 1.370
Exo Cotton 8. & W. Co., Ld. Kung Yik
China Porneo Company, Ld. China Light, Power Co.La.. Do. (Spec. shares)...
China Provt. L. & M. Co. Ld. Dairy Farm Company, Ld Green Island Cement Co. Ld. Hongkong Electric Co., La Bongkong Ice Co., Ld. ......... Hongkong Rope Mfg. Co., Ld. $61⁄2 Hongkong Tramway Co., Ld.
Langkate: 18 Peak Tramway Co., Ld. (Old)
men, and fully across Temand www.
TIT the Atlantic to America Will it so d............. remain bere? No change in the 60 d......... past has been wrought so and-
T/T Marks
BUYING
SELLING.
2/1134
T/T Francs
Demand, Pari
2/154
201
2/1174
2-4 m/s. L/C....
4 m/s. D/P.....a pon ino
Nom.
6 m/a/ L/C.
136146
30 d/s. Bydney & Melbourne.
Noz
30 ds. San Franc-1
Nom.
T/T JAVE 1595%
6 m/s. France
with anch significance | T/T Shanghai.............. derly.or for the future. New
York now
now T/T Singapore ...... 127 the largest city of the world in T/T Japan population, bea broome the T/T Indis
Demand, India world's business aspital, and the
United States the foremost com- TIT Ban Francis-17012 mercial and political power, co & New York!
་་
5.65
ត មុឌ ន ន
#3 for 14 year ending 30/6/17 1---Paid:-1/9/17:
Final Dix, of $314 for year ending 1 31/12/17 Paid 29(1716)
50 cents-for-1917. Pending-- $21 for 1916, Raid 10/7/07,
{Interim Div. of 5% making
for 1917. Paid 27/8/17.
Final Dit, of: 132 makine fat rear
ending 31/12/17. Faid 29/1/18.
$7.00 for year ending 31/12/6 P=fd29/2/17: TIB. 20.1 for Fear ending 1 30.ULEN Paid 29/12/17. Theldur y canending 3411 17 Asi§18/1/18 | TI 12 for 1913. Päid. 13.2 14.
f Dividend of Tla 6 for year 1 ending 30.6.17. Paid 28/9/17. Tis. 6. for 1913. Faid 26/3/14. iTta. 1.25 (25%),on Ord. shares
for year end $1/12/17.
60 cents for 1916. Paid 18/5/17 36% for year ending 23.2.05
60 cts. for 1918, 27/3/17. -
£8 for year 22/2/17 - Paid 9/5/17.
Int. Div. $2 for year 1917.
-Paid 21/8/17.
fInterim Div. $1. for 1917. Paid
24/8/17.
اہو
-23-33 Cents.
Tis. 1, for 1916. Paid. 28/4/17.
f70 cts. on fully paid shares and ? cts, on $1 paid shares for year ending 30.4.17 Paid 26/5/17 .. 35cts.for year ending 31.5.16 Paid 20.8.17. (12%, per share for you end- 1ing $1.12.17, Paid 5/2/17. 70 cts. for 1916 Paid 29/5/17
(50 cts. on old shares and 25 cts. on new shares for year ending 30.6.14
$2 for 1916 -----
BENJAMIN & POTTS;
Princes Building, HONGKONG, Tel, address. Broker,
·CORRECTED TO NOON, FEB. 8, 1918,
ARY SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS WILL RECUND IN
UP TO THE MINUTE SHARE MAKKET NEWS
THE TELEGRAPH CORE NOT HOLD ITSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE QUOTATIONS,
isco &NewYork
4 m/s. Marka 42/
4 m/s. B'ranqa J
EXCHANGE.
Nom 403
4035
Demand, Germany. Demand, New York. Nom, T/T Bombayme
Demand, Bombay
TIT Calcutta
Nom
Demand, Calcutta... Nom.
Demand, Manila
141
Demand, Singapore. 127
On Haiphong
On Saigon
On Bangkok
Sovereign
Gold Leaf, per
Bar Silver, per o. 434
NOTICES.
NOTICE
PEAK TRAMWAY CO. LIMITED
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TIMETABLE
1147.36.
LSS P.M
3
6.007.M.
7.3.
1073
NIGHT CAN
16.30 AM.
11.00 4.30
hour.
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BATURDAYE
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HONGKON & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORA-
TION
Paid-up Capital.. RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling
£1,500,000 xt. 26.
-- $15,000,000.
Silver 18,500,000
$39,500,000 Reserve Liability of
Proprietors
5,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS-
3. H. Dedit; Esq -Chalmat. Bos. L. P. E. Sayo-Deputykaniem i 7. G. Batske, B. & 7. M. Hiking B
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ON FIXED DEPOSITRA for monte për cili per unHICH; For 6 months, så per cont. put sin
Or 13 MOLTI, € per cent, pať ARUN
N.J. STABB
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HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
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CORPORATIONS Rales y be obtained an approa
INTEREST Ons sapnelta ai sievedja ime mOH -turnon megkkly balancacat Fyl per cenu., resistum. Thepositors may transfer, ad cache optage, Mascu of Swee or stars to the. Houthing and Enimagkai Bant to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT
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W. MAKE HONG vr by Chagée a Compradore
PORNIA HUMPERETE & CO.
THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO. LTD.
(Capital Paid÷mp $1,250,000.)
SHEWAN
General Hans
8th February, 1918,
SUBSIDIARY COINS.
MARTIN'S
APIOL
STEEL
44% prom
namin na“.
52 6.60 Nom
DISCOUNT PER $100 :
Chinees...20 cr. pièces 736 4 dia
Chinese...10
-Hongkong 20 cents.c
stunely done may be administered. These wha
par
PARTIN'S APIOL &STEE
tion
Tw.the Hongkong und Erseghid Banking Cófponas
N.J. STABE
Chief Manager.
THE CHARTERED BANT OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA
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incorporated by Raysi Charter Laun
FLD. OFFIC ---LONDON. PAID-UP CAPITAL - RESERVE" FUND BESERVE LIABIATY OF.
PROPRIETORS
FOREIGN LICHANGE and General Innans
· business transacted. CUERINT, ACCOUNTS comed, and VILNI DEPOSITS recufrad the 1 year or sporter periode, »; rates which will be quoted an applicationi
T. C. DOWNING,
Manage Hongkong, 11th April, 1912.
THE MERCANTILE BANK-0) INDIA. LIMITED.
Head Office 15, "Gracechuroi Street, London.
Authorized Capital ......£1,500.00 Subscribed
Paid Up Reserve Fund
2
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The London foint Stock Laik,
Gombay
The Bank of England, BRANCHI --
1,125,00
$62,581
600,001
Kota Bhar Kutlakemoer
Perdag
Calcatla
Colo
Delhi
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Kangoos
How sh
Kandy
Slagapor
Port-Lots (35auricios.)
HONGKONG_BRANCE
Every description of Banking and Zachine- breakreskammEREZ NŐ.
Intex allowed on Current Accrats AL MADRI
of rates, which may be arteriaNet of application:
C. CHAMPKIN,
Acting Manager
INTERNATIONAT PANKING
CORPORATION,
HEAD OFFICE:
**, Wall St. New York
LONDON OFFICE st, Bishopsgate, E.C CAPITAL & SURPI UB, US $6,500.001 UNDIVIDED PROFITS" US$1,348,0€
HATAVIA BUMPAY
BRANCHES
CALCUTTA MEDELLIN
CARTON
COLOS
CEBU.
TONDON MANILA
PANAMA
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HANKOW PLATA.
¡UB." $7,848,000
BANTÓ DOMINOI
SAN FRANCISCO
SANTIAGO
DETOS CABALLEROS,
SHANGHAI
SINGAPOR
HONGEONGAN PEDRO TIESTEIN CORDE MACOKIS YOKORAMA?
Through Its closellation NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK. the
the Bank is able to off a Services Branches of that Instution: In Care Reeth Americs, and elaswbern, classly!-m
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PETROGRAD VALPARAISO
An Ends of FOREIGN & LOCAL BANKİNİ BUSINESS transiciać
CURRENT ACCOUNT! opened" and "TIX7J DEPOSITS recend at rates in a SNCRETÓNLEI "application.
GEORGE BOOG
Hongkong, 26th Sep
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Established 1880,
Authorized Capital Yen 48,000.00
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
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