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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, 1926
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TRADE AND FINANCE IN JAPAN. HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE,
MONTHLY COMMERCIAL' CABLE.
We have received from the Japanese Consulate-General.in Hongkong the fol- lowing cable bearing yesterday's date:— Trade dal compared with last year in Import. But expected sa"anticipatory importation...
Foreign Trade of Japan during last manth: Value of Exports, 168,000,000 yen Value of Importa, 39,000,000 yen; Excess of Experts, 197,000,000 yen.
Reduced to half compared with the same period of last year.
Trade of Japan with China during last. month: Value of Exporta, 42,800,000 yen Value of Imports, 23,600,000 yen; Excess of Exports, 19,000,000 yen.
EXCHANGE.
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On account of the rise in exchange, unfavourable signs developed in Export markets, though prices are unchanged owing to the shortage of stock." Fall in price of imported articles is predicted. caused by the increase.
MONEY MARKET.
1i
Though comparatively busy as the eru of the Chinese year a dull period is ex: pected. Rates of interest on Loans, Call Loans, Debentures and shares, have fallen of late.
Bank of Japan notes in circulation: 1,980,000,000 yên; Excess over Reserves, 103,000,000 L
Amount of Advances, by the Bank of Japan: 430,000,000 yez.
Interest-rate of overnight Call Loan in
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
Hongkong Bank.....
Do.. London.. Chartered Bank..
FIRMWARE BATH, 1936,
$1,055 boy. Binom.
Meriantile Bank, A&Boom. P&O, Bank
∙im. Dair
213
EMI Aris Bank
$85 nom. Caston Insurance 595 bay. & ma North China Insuranes Tie, 143 acu Chins Underwriter......$2 pati Union Insurance 1268 bay, 258/70 ks. Yangiara Lustiranee..... 13 bay. Chins Fire Insurance3165 bay," Hengkong Fire Insurance.....3630 bay. Douglass HIK, O. & M. Steamboats... 20 zom Hanging Tugs.....
....13 rel. Indo-Chinna (Pref.) ...y now.
Do (Del.),
..$50 sol. Shell Tr
Transports
92/6 buy. Star Ferrion...... Waterboats...... China Bugary... Oriental Navigations Malabon Bugars Benguets..
Kailan Mining Ad. Langbats (combined) ghaghlanations. Shanghai Loans Bath
Tronoh Minen
Ural Caspians............. H&K Wharta.. HK & W. Dockr. Hongkowa... NewEngineering Shanghai Dooks.. HKK. Hotels).
Lands Resitys (6.p.)
Tokyo money market: 1 aca &5 rin perritorials (L.p.).....
Y100 per diem, ie., 0.0185 per cent. p.a.
INVESTMENTS..
HK.
Humphreys Estates.....
$55 buy.
is bar
27 bay. nam
..$l nom.
43/8 bay.
TL. 29
The 2nd buy.
Tis. 17 nom.
5.
Tis. 7 nom.
#5 buy!
1.65/- nom.
.8/- nom.
Tilt bay. L. địt.
$54 nom.
155 bay.
..Tis. 7 nom. -
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Jest buy, 645m.
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The issue of debenturer is inactiver Proposed Capital of Industrial Prozo- tions and Expansions during the last e Cottons month according to the returns of the
Orientala Bank of Japan: 123,000,000 yen.
Amounts of Bonds and Stocks issued during last month according to the re- turns of the Hypothec Bank of Japan: 17,000,000 yen."
STOCK MABEST.
The Stock Market is active. Quotations on the Tokyo Stock Ex- change of the new shares in Kanegafuchi Spinning Company future delivery: "153 yen 10 sen.
MERCHANDISE.
Though the Silk market is quiet re- actional activity in the market is expect The cotton yarn and piece goods market is not good..
'cd.
Quantities of Raw Silk exported during the last month from Yokohama and Kobe: 23,700 bales,
Quotation of raw silk for future delivery on Yokohama, Silk Exchange: 192.yen 30 son.
Price of Habatae plain "Echizen " 6 m/m 36" x 50 yda, per 100 m/m at Kobe : 16 ren 75 sen.
Output of cotton yarns during the last month: 2.005,000 bales (of 40 bundles), according to the returns by the Japan Spinners Association.
Quantities of cotton yarns exported during the last month: 10,000 balòa (of) 40 bundles), according to the returna_by the Japan Cotton Yarn and Cloth Ex- parters' Guild.
Quotation of the Cotton Yarn Standard for future delivery on Osaka Merchandise Exchange: 257 yen 90 sen.
The quantity of Cotton Goods exported during the last month has not been yet returned by the Japan Cotton Yarn and Cloth Exporters' Guild.
Quotation of Standard Rice for future delivery of Tokyo Rice Exchange on the 10th of this month: 38 yen 34 sen
Index Number of Wholesale Prices for last month, according to the returns by the Bank of Japan: 995.23.
Amount of Bille cleared throughout the country during the month before last: 5,678,000,000 yen
Merchandise in stock throughout the country at the end of the month before Inst: 300,000,000 yen.
CHARTER MARKET.
In Pacific, duli,.. In Australian line, hopeful. In South Sea, active ---
Trans-Pacife freight-rate for lumber at the beginning of this month; $11.50.
THE TIN MARKET. Messrs. Sim & Coventry of Liverpool and London, in their report on the Welsh Tinplate Market in 1995, any:
Tis, 9 mart
Tis. 54 buy.
(now)......Tis. 28 buy.
Shanghai Cottona (old)
Do. Amusementa Canton Ices
Cementa (combined)
Jil bay.
... nom. ....$14 nom...
Do. "Do. Obing Bases China Lights (combined)
> De.. Do.
(old) (309)
$19 noma.
824 nom.
The 10 buy.
$14 buy.
$11 buy.
.37 201.
(old) Chim Providents
(new) Constractions Dairy Farms. Der A Wing (L.p.) Hongkong Electrica.... Macao Electrics
H.K. Developments ....... K. Bopes (combined)
(a,d) (now)
Do Do.
..$3.10 buy. ..$14 bay. $10 news. $56 buy., 34 sa. ..$40 nom.
25 cta. nom.
$37 sol.
$13 nom.
$8 nem.
322) bay, 2215,221 23.
8214 Dom.
Τα πάτα,
Hongkong Tramways Lane Crawforda....... Mackintoshs... Peak Trams (old)...............$17. buy.
Do. (20W) (ap.).......$7 nom..
7: Sinceres.......
$11 el.
United, Asbestos....... $30 num. Watams (old).........$12 nel..
De(new)
o...$12 Bel...
Wm. Powells..... Telephones"...
..$10 Bel.
..$3 buy,
buybuyers; sal-galler *.--sales nom.-nomiral
KAILAN COAL MINES.
TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF
WORK.
There is a good deal in the latest mesanges to hand from the Chinese news agencies at Peking about the suspension of work at the Kailan mines from the 1st inst.. rendering it is said 40,000 men idle.
"
in
Apparently the Kailan Administration camo to this decision because military interference with the railways greatly impedes the movement of the coal taken out of the mines; but this aspect of the matter is not emphasised in the Chinese news agencies' dispatches. They are more concerned with the manifestor of without caring anything for the welfare the miners' union which complain" that, of the poor workers, the head (adminis tration of the mining corporation at Tientsin ordered the cessation of work on the mines froin the 1st instant.”
The union wired to the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce from Tang shan saying that notwithstanding the mediation of the Chief of the Tangshan The price of tia has been on the whole police, the Chief Engineer refuses to dis higher than in 1994 After receding from cuss terms with the representatives of the £277 in January to about £230 in April, workers concerning the resumption of it has gradually worked its way up to work The Union declared that about £989 in December and closes at the highest forty thousand men have been rendered of the year. Although the price leares idle and consequently, serious distur a very handsome margin to the producer baners are feared, capecially as the the position appears to be strong, and Kromischun and Fengtien armies are higher prices are quite possible. The facing each other at the Lanchow front." world-production has increased to about
130,000 tons, but consumption has ad- The memorialist declare that the ceasi yanced more rapidly and the price may tion of work at the five coal mines is not increase further to such a figure as will due to the disruption of railway traffic, automatically reduce consumption. It is as General Tang Chih Tao bas guaran worthy of note that the premium on three teed not to interfere with the coal tran- months tin-about £4 per ton in January eportation nor to seize the cars and -gradually lessened as time went on until trucks of the Kailan Corporation for in September and "October it disappeared military purposes, altogether, and during the closing weeks of the year a backwardation developed, which at the end of December amounted to £7 108. Od.
of
The average prices for the four quarters
the year were:-
January to March 2257 14 3
April to June
245 00
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EXCHANGE RATES.
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To-day'e exchange rates are as follows:
Ray, February 23rd
1041
Paris Brussels Amsterdam Berlin Copenhagen Vicona Helsingfors Lisboa Buenos Aires Shanghai Yokohama New York Genera Milan...... Stockholm
Dalo
Prague Madrid
Rio
Bombay... Hongkong
107
12.14
30.43
18.88 34.69
-198
4.13-18 7/01 1/104 .4.80.5-16
25.27
121
18:16 $2.36
104-
34.52
7.3-16
1/63-18 2/31 Silver (spot and forward).. 201 Poke
The revival of the Labour Union at Chackouchaang, which was suppressed by General Li Ching Lin last year, has the official sanction of the Knominchun, says The Union finally expressed its belief the agency, because the union offices are that Fengtian agenta are at the back of now guarded by soldiers of the eighteenth the soone and it, therefore, threatened to brigade under the command of General adopt "drastic measures" to meet the Hung Pin
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SHARES Numbered 6653 to 6660, registered at the HEAD OFFICE in the Name of WING SIN SUN Has Been Declared to be LOST or MISLAID, and Application having been made to the Court of Directora for a Duplicate, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that unless the said Certificate be presented or any objection lodged, at the Offices of the Company in Shanghai on er before the SED MARCH, 1926, a New Certificate will be issued.
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situation if the Kailan Administration General Tang is reported as saying at Tientsin would not listen to reason that notwithstanding the disturbed con and resume work at once despite the ditions, the double railway track of the Tangshan-Shanhaikwan is still in work- approach of Chinese New Year.
In this connection," says the "Arialicing order, and no cars or tracks required its Agency, General Tang Chih Tao for the transportation of coal have been 2082 and General Chen. Ching Sheng, Kuo commandeered by the military leaders
The Labour Union" of the workers at front, appear, to be supporting the cause Tangshan, Linhi, Chaokenchuang and minchan commanders at the Lanchow OFFICE BOY.-Apply Box No. 184, c/o W TANT BOOK-KEEPER, Britishtin. Their Tinplate production also has of the Labour Union, because they have two other places presented in the first
184 Reply to Box No. 3282, c/o Hongkong been a record, so that their consumption denounced the action of the Kailan Cor wook of the lock-out the following de Mesars Benjamin & Potts yesterday
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poration na nnjustified and senseless in mand to the Kailan Administration censing work without previous discussion The immediate resumption of work with the local authorities, and they do on the five coal mines manded that, in ease of trouble, the
2.The payment of wages to the
responsible for the situation Kalan Administration should be held workers during the cessation of work,
3.The payment of extra commission. or bonus on account of the Chinese New Year"
(Continued on next column)
DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENTS,
received the following dividend announce went from their Shanghai Office:
Anglo Javas: Final dividend, T1. 0.70,
making Tla 1.45 for the year, Shanghai Lands: Final Tls, 5, making
Tia & for the year. Hongkew Wharves: The 10 for the
year.
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