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ENT LINERS

LUXURY LINERB

TOES LOS GA

Hoover

Lincol

Pres. Coolidge

Pres. Wilson... 8.00

Hoover Noon

6 Pres Oct. 16 Pres.

EUROPE - NEW YORK AND BOSTON Via Manila, Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Suez, Port Said, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles

Ang21 Sept. 18 24 Oct. 8

TO MANILA THE MOST FREQUENT

SERVICE- NEXT SAILINGS

Pres. Harrison .8.90 am. Ang. 1 | Pres. Harrison . 8.00 a.m. Ang Pres. Folk ...........8.00 am. Aug. 15 Pres. Pierce 8.00 am. Aug. 29 | Pres. Van Buren 8.00 x.m. Sept. 12 Pres. Garfield...8.00 am. Sept. 26 Pres. Hayes ..8.00 a.m. Oct. 10

|

Pres. Taft ....Midnight Ang. § Pres: Jefferson ..6.00 p.m. Ang · 7 Pres. Hoover 9.00 pm. Aug. 13 Pres. Polk ................&.00 am. Aug. 15- Pres. McKinley: 6.00 p.m. Aug. 2

BOLLAR STEÄNDINP LINES ANEMCAN MAIL LINE

10 DAYS

DAYS

GoEMPRESS to America. Europe

Hong Shan

ILK. TRADE SHOWS BIG INGED.

FOR HARRYPAR

TRADE

FRE HONG KONGS THIS YEAR ARE IN-

DICATED BY FIGURES JUST RELEASED BY THE STATISTI CAL DEPARTMENT OF THE IMPORTS AND EXPORTS DE PARTMENT.

LOCAL SHARE MARKET

Following is the list of: enquiries in local share morning

BANKS

Hong Kong Banks $1925 b

$1930

SHIPPING

Douglases $43 ba Union Waterboats $9.30 5.

DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS. ETC. H. K. and K. Wharves $117

sa

LANDS, HOTEL & BLDGS. Chinese Estates $90 b.

PUBLIC UTILITIES Peak Trams (Old) $5. Peak Trams (New) $25. Star Ferries $85 h. Yaumati Ferries $27 sa. H. K. Electrics $60-sa Telephones (Old) $29.60 sa

STORES, &C.

Dairy Farms $26* sa. Wm. Powell, Ltd. 40 cts. b.

MISCELLANEOUS

The combined value of imports and exports in this period totalled $505,300,000, showing an inc of no less than $129,500,000 as com pared with the corresponding jod last year and an incre of |$271,400,000 over the first half of

1935.

In terms of local currency, there- fore, the total visible trade of the Colony increased by 34.5 per cent. in the first half of the year as com- pared with the first half of Inst year, and by 513 per cent, as com pared with the first six months of 1935.

Adverse Bala

The trade balance for the first six months of the present year showed an adverse balance $67,500,000, imports totalling $23 400,000 and

nd exports $218,900,000.

In terms of Hong Kong curren imports of merchandise inc by 34.3 per cent as compared the first half year of 1936, and per cent, as compared with the first half year of 1935; whilst expoz increased by 33.9 per cent. as com pared with the first half year 1936, and 53.4 per cent. as compar- ed with the first half year of 1935.

Imports of treasure totalled $5.7 millions as compared with $188 Opening milions in the first half year of 10 am 1936, and $24.7 millions in the first in Pesus!

half year of 1935, and exports 20% amounted to $18,3 millions as com

pared with $108.6 millions

Constructions (New) 45 cts. b. H. K. Govt. 3% Loan 1% Prm. 5. Marsmans" Iv. (HK);

Stock

Antamoks

Ataks

Baguio Gold

Benguet Consol

Benguet Explor

Big Wedge

Coco Grove

Consolidated Mines Demonstrationis

E. Mindanao Gamans field Ipo Gold LIL

Itogons

78

38

10:00

15

millions respectively.

Imports into the Colony from the

32 United Kingdom, Malaya China 018 (North and South), Indo

45

7 Germany, Japan,

Netherlands

Bast Indies and the Phil

16creased conside

imports from Siam and the United States showed a

decline

61

Masbate Consol

Min. Besources

18

Northern Mining

306

Paracale Gumaus

Van

Salacot Mining

1022

ress Kong hai

Kobe

San-Mauricio

1.20

Leave Arrive Leave Lerre

Leave Leive

Victoria Arrive

Suyoc Consol.

United Paracales

Exports from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom, Malaya, China, In- do-China, Japan, the Netherlands East Indies, Philippines, Siam and 26% the United States registere in .64

[creases.

Ang 6 Ang

Aug. 17 Aug. 19

3 Sept

19 Ang 24 Sept. 1 Sept. 7. Sept. 17

Sept. 17 Sept. 19 Sept. 21

I: Oct.

Oct

TO MANILA

EMPRESS OF JAPAN, JULY 30th, at 5 pm.

EMPRESS OF ASIA, AUGUST 10th

information

Union Building,

LOCAL DOLLAR

London Silver Prices

and for

was

London on

quoted

of the Hong mug was 1/2-

York -US$4.9680

London

York

US $497

20042

Canton Agents, Jardine

Co

Canadian Pacific

Singapore Raw

Rubber