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Hongkong Stock Exchange Official Summary, issued Saturday, says:
A Erm undertone. with renewed enquiries ruled the market at the close.
Buyers
H.K. Banks $1,300 Bank of East Antu $74 Canton Ins. $185.
Wharves $92
Docks "O" $17 75 Providents $5.45 Hotels $3.45 Lands $33.50 Healtics $3.70
Trams $17.50
Star Ferries $59.50 Electrics "O" $40
Electrics "N" $39.50 Watsons $10.30
Entertainments $7 Constructions "O" $1.00
Sellers
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.Dec. 17, 5.00 p.
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Dec. 17, 3.00 ...
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.80 n. und United Kingdom.
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Dec. 17, 5 pm. .Dec. 18, 8.30 am.
G. P. O.
..........Dec. 17, 5`p.m. Dec. 17, 5 p.m. .Dec. 18, 8.30 a.m.
..7.15 am.
Wednesday, Dec. 18
.9 n. Manila, Batavia and Sourabaya.
.1 cts. n.
8.30 am.
Straits and Rangoon ......8.30 am. .3.65 8. Shunghol, Japan, Honolulu, USA, .3334 54.
Central and South America and *United Kingdom via San Fran- cisco
GF.O. and K.P.O.
Ord.
.Dec. 18, 5.00 p.m. ..Dec. 10, 8.30 am.
Friday, Dec. 20
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.....Dec. 20, 4 pm.
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.92 b.
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18 50.
734 b.
Parcels,
.5.55 b.
S'hal Dockyards $.
30 n.
Reg1 Ord..
Kailan 6/
10/3 n.
Canton
Raubs $.
H.K. Mines
Ref
100 n.
1134. 74 bi .3.95 &
100
17.05
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.00 b.
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.24 n.
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Watsons $.. Lane Crawfords Sinceres Wing On (ILK.) $. Power Ltd. $....
COTTON MILLS Ewo Sh. $... S'hal Colton Sh. $.
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Reg.
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.Dee, 23, 10 am...
Monday; Dea, 23 -. .94_n. Straits_and Calcutta..!!!!
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.Dec. 23, 11.30 .m
Ch. Govt. 5% 1926 G&Bs, abstraits, Ceylon, India, East and South H.K. Entertainments. 1.00 5. Africa, keravera (3,30 p.m. Constructions (old)....
! i n. Constructions (new) ********.70 Air Mall for Manila, desa Hono- Vibro Pliing t
Maremanis Inv." (H.R.) *g/w=-2/6 n.
Tuesday, Dec. 24
Matemans-Inv. (Lon.) 8/7/0 nielu, USA and Europe.via "Pan-
·Américan····Airways- sod --Tekna- Atlantic Bervices."
Kowloon P, 0.
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