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NEW YEAR HAMPERS

We beg to notify Customers that Assorted Hampèrs suitable for the Festive Season may be obtained from us at the following Beduced Bates

No. 1 HAMPER—$38,--

'1 Q, Moet & Chandon Dry Imperial 1 Qt. Superb Tawny Port.

1 Pt. Blackberry Brandy, 1 PL. D.O.M.

Champagne 2 Qua. St. Julien Claret."

19. Martell's XXX Brandy. 9 Qt. King George IV Gold Label

or Perfection Whisky,

19. Old Brown Sherry, Black Seal. 1 Qt. Paritan Old Tom or Dry Gin.' 1 Qt. Burgundy, Burgoyoo's." Phial Pomorzaten Bitters.

No. 2 HAMPER-$34.

1. Guillemart Chanipagua

I P. D.O.M.

1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.

Qe Martell's XXX Brandy.

Qts. King George IV Gold Label

or Perfection Whisky.

1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.

1 Pt. Peppermint G.F.

I Pt. D.DIM.

2 Qts. Tawny Dry. Port Qts. St. Julien Claret.

1 Phial Pomeranzen Bittera.

2Qts. Superior Rich Old Port

*2 "Qus, King George 17 Gold Label

Other Hampers made up to suit Customer's requirements.

GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.

TEL. C. No. 135.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1st, 1929.

Money and

HONG KONG · MARKET REPORTS.

Quotations in yesterday's Hong Kong market for rice and sugar were ng follow:-

Markets

CANTON MARKET REPORTS.

Quotations in Canton market on Sunday for rice, sugar, oil and four were as follows:-

Bice.

TUNGSTEN AND MANGANESE.

INCREASED GERMAN

DEMAND.

بيجامة

Tungsten and manganese twò most 'valuable metals especially in the

manufacture of munitions are found

as Lok Cheung and along the North north of River valleys in the Kwangtang and sent here For transhipment.

Before the war, a large business in this commodity was done between the Chinese miners and German 9.10 merchanta,' the total volume being 6.37

If

$2,000,000 in a year, the price being about 350 per picul.

Since the war, business in this line has declined and the trade with. 8.30 Germany has ceased. Quotationa declined, but recently, there: kas 7.95 been recovery and the supplies 10.43 from the north river are not suffi

0.20 cient to meet the strong Germch demand. During the last two Per month as mentioned in the Daily Picuk rras, quotations for these two ntals have risen frem $25 to $20 per picul and during the last few day, 802 per piuel has been reached. But supplies are still short of the

Rice.

Per Picul

1. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin

1 Q Vino de Pasta Sherry.

Hung Chak Kau White Sinm

Rice Hung Pu Ting White bong

88.71

Chai Mee White Rice See Mai White Long Rice. 10.50 Ktm Fang Yut White Long

Riced

Per Picul

811.45

Rice...!

7.18

Green Seal White Rice

Green Seal White Rice .........

3.31

Red Seal White Brewer Rier

6.25

Blue Kam Chin White Lang

Red Seal White Long Rice Green Seal White Brewer

0.75

Rice

No. S

HAMPER-$30.

Rice

7.38

Red Lion White Long Rice...

7.00

1 Qt. Engrand's XXX Brandy.

White Long Rice

8.70

Sam Hing White Brewer

Blue Seal White Brewer

Bice

6.39

1 Qt. Amontillado Sherry.

Green Seal White Rice

7.43

19 Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin,

Green Seal White Bregor,

2 Qts Medoo. Claret.

}

Rice

8.17

1 Phial Pomeranzon Bitters,

Green Seal. N 1 White.

or Perfiction Whiskyf

Broken Rice

6.07

Cha-Chem White Long Rice Sui, Yak White Long Rice

Sagar.

Red Seal White Brewer Rice 6.33

Black Seal White Brand"

3:03)

Green Seal White Riöe

09

Green Penri White Brewer

Rice

515

HONG KONG.

Green Pearl White Broken

Rice

3.43

Green Seul No. 3 White

Glutinous lice

No coarse powdered sugar 8 8.10 No roarse powdered sugar 7.70 7.80 No.20 coarse powdered sugar No, granulated sugar....... Walchow, antive white sugar Spring native candy..... Sangmor white sugar

10.50

8.90 10.00

German demand, and there is plenty of scope for development in these. 8.00 Lines.

Red Seal White

Brewer

Fine granulated sugar

9.80

6261

Flour.

Per

BRg.

2.50

Man-of-War

$44.00

•HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

Per

Silver Seal

4.00

Banana

4.04

Picul

Cheung Luk

4.15

Maize

4.25

Sword of Kwantai -Canyon

84.20

A.K. Banks...

4.TO

Cabbage

4.45

Chartered Banks

buy

Dalton

+4.50

Marcantile Banks, A. &B...£34 nom.

Dog's Hend

4.50

Do.,

Q...£lái nam

OLL

P.&O. Banks

East Asia Back

Per

Groundwat

Oil:-

Picul.

Canton Insurances

Union Insurances

Tuols.

Fang Chi Oir

$25.20

North China Ins.

Tung Wo Oil

M: $50 nom.

25.10

Honan Ott

23.60

Tientsin Oit

70

Dairen Oi!

99,00

Chilu Oil

Kwangsi Wood. Oil

27.00 26.50

HAIPING .COAL

HOME,

FACTORY

AND BUNKERS

FOR ALL PURPOSES

POWER

BOUSE.

TUOS &

* LOCOS

THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION,

Head Offer :-TIENTSIN,

DOD WELL & CO., LTD., Agents, Hong Kong.

DAIRY FARM NEWS

Reduction in the Price of

ICE

3

From 1st January Next the Retail Price of Ice will be reduced to ...

One Cent per lb.

THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.

新湯

日之 日盤 新銘 又曰 日苟 新日

+

The inscription on TANGS bath was "DAY BY DAY

RENEW THYSELF

Repair the daily wastage caused. by work and worry. Renew"

yourself from day to day with HORLICK'S MALTED MILK.

Because of its perfectly balanced food values and its easy assimila- tion, HORLICK'S MALTED MILK is an ideal body builder for young and old. It refreshes, nourishes and sustains.

THE ORIGINAL.

IN 4 SIZES

AT ALL CHEMISTS & GROCERS"

Representative-Mr. . M. HODGES. P.O. Box 3711, Shanghai.

THE NAVY'S

Coates

CHOICE

ORIGINAL

PLYMOUTH GIN

OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE.

Sole Agents 1-**

Drink

Glutinous Rice

Red Seal White Glutinous

Brand

Sugar,

No. 1 eparse powdered sugar 87.53 No. 24 coarse powdered sugar 7.53 Se 1 coarse powdered sugar. 7.50 No. 24 coatse powdered sugar 7.53 No. 24 coarse powdered sugar 7.48 No. 24 coarse powdered sugar 7.54

"

CANTON COTTON YARN MARKET.

A cable from Shanghai, on the the 30th stated that business in

was at A native yarn market standstill. In Canton the market is still very active and quotatious have inervased by $3 a bale.

Quotations for cotton yarn at Sunday's market were as follows:-

No. 42 Five Sons

Butterfly

Fui Hee

No. 32 Pine Deer

Tin Kuon

Double Horse

No. 0 City of Gold

Globe

Good Harvest Tin Koon Double Elephant Double Horse

Tramear"... Man Clock Shepherd

Three Stars

No. 12 City of Gold Peacock Tramcar Aeroplane Pretty Damsel

No. 16 Globe

No. 10

Fui Kwai Mah Clock

Sailing Vessel

Peacock City of Gold Lotus Bee

No. & Lion ...... Hut How

Per

Bivie

$550

324 5244

470

455

328

RUBBER AND TIN.

Messrs. Carroll Bros. informi a that during the past week Euctoa tions in the prices of Tins Have been within somewhat furrow limits and according to udvides received from Londen the metal markes there cor. tings in a nervous and unsettled stat Tm shares, both in Sterling and dollar Comparties, have been quiet with prices for the most part Rubber remains very, steady and 305 as a result of a more optimistic feel: ing in the Commodity market, there has been a steadily increasing de mand for Rubber, shares.

We append herewith latest quota-

312

301

310

* = 8 8 8 8 8 8 8888888888

unaltered.

tions on:

Ayer Panas Glenealies

Jerains' Jinahs Kedahs

296

Kuala Sidims

263

Pajams

265

208

CANTON AND YOKOHAMA SILK QUOTATIONS.

A telegram from Yokohama on the 30th instant stated that the natket for raw silk was very dull. Quotations for Chunchow Chinese silk, were as follows:-

December April Delivery Delivery Forenoon pil $1,360 Afternoonil 81,381

Quotations on Sunday in Canton' ilk market were as follows:-

jyre Raw Silk

14/16 Raw Silk .....

13/15 Raw Silk

13/15 Raw Silk

13415 Raw Silk

13/15 Raw Silk

13/18 Silk

Per

DIVIDENDS.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS,

DECEMBER 31st, 1929.

$1.810 buy. &z xm

Do London...£11 nom.

29 nom

194 no 3505 2001.

$367 bay..

Yangiare Insurances......MA

675 zel

160 bay.

China Underwriters....32,40 sel. Chizz Fire Insurances....$280 buy.

Hong Kong Fire Las.... $750 nom.

Donglases 3384 num. H.K. Steamboat buy.. 29 sel

29

•Tags ....... ....$1.10 bay. Indo-Chinss (Pref)......$16 buy.

Do. (Def.) ......3724 ba7, Bball Transports.....118- nom, Union Waterboats.......$2.2.IG buy, Benguets.............324 pom, Kailan Mining Admin....70-bay.. Langkata(combined).....T. 10 nom.

Dd. (single)

Explorations Shac Shanghai Loss Babe

Tronoh Minér "

Tls. & num.

14,993 som. Tis, 3

buy

$5 boy. 1776 now B.E. & K. Wharfs...... $134 )., 131.

à W. Docks...................

38h buy- China Providents ...$5.15 buy. Hongk********** The

Tix. 158 bay. New Engineerings Tia. nom. Shanghai Dooks.... 105 Hon. we Cottons...Tls. 13.13 bay, 13.20 u

Cottons. Tis. 23 set.. Oriental S'hai, Cottons (old)................11s. 65) buy,

Do,

(now)....... 32

R.K. & S. Hotels..... 39.20 hu, 0.

9.40 9.30 .

..$64† now.

Tix. 165 bay,

H.K. Lands Shanghai Landa.......... Humphreys Estate...$14.BU buy.

$6.40

....... 1.65:

1.10

1.43

3.00

HE Realties

2. DB

1.43

Malayan Collieries...71% Int Indragiri d

Tronoh Mines

ם

Lusstax.

AMERICAN TRADE WITH

CHINA.

11

EXPORTS UP AND IMPORTS

"DOWN.

According to a report of the Bureau of the Far Eastern Trade of the United States iust made public, exports from the United States to China showed rapid ex pansion in the nine months, ended September 30th.

China's imports from the United States for the period increased by 34 per cent., or from 882.130,000 in Picul the corresponding period of last $1,049,50 year to $110,498,000.

1,042.50 Exports from China to the United 1,040.00 month 1,030.00 $9,000.000 as compared with a year 1,105.00 before, the figure being 3126,000,000. 1,050,00

1,167.00

CANTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

LATEST QUOTATIONS.

more Water Works

Electric Power Co. Canton-Hankow Railways

Asahi Beer The Sun Company

it is

refreshing and

invigorating.

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD.

HONG KONG

Sincere Company. ......... Nazyang Bros. Tob. Co. Canton Tramways-

China Merchant S. S. Naviga-

Lions Company

Central Bank

RUSSIA'S FINANCE! ENORMOUS DOMESTIC

LOANS.

Moscow (U.P. December 30th,

The Soviet Government received 83.60 from all sources during the fisca! 5.10 per which ended on September

49 30th about 202,000,000 roubles more 8.60 than indicated in its Budget plans. 8.40 The excess, however, was in largest, 4.00 measure due to internal loan flota 2.00 tions above the origin intentions. Total Feceipts for the year were which 6.40 6,350,800,000 roubles of 4.80 706,000,000 were obtained through various as sold to the workers and peasants of the Soviet Union. for only The Budget called 528,000,000 roubles in loans.

The rest of the income included 2,308,500,000 roubles from taxes of roubles Borts: 1,707,800,000 from the transport industry; and 806,800,000, roueles profits, from Case. other State enterprises.

CANTON KEROSENETM OIL,

CLOSING QUOTATIONE.

all

December 30th.

Per

New Star

87.05

New Balance

7.45

New Hang Fuck

7.20

New Eagle

7.10

New Sheung Hoo

7.20

New Daybreak

7.90

The total expenditures for the of course, year which include, investments in State industries amounted to 6,239,100,000. roubles, 1,114,000,000 in excess of the year before

21 sal. HK Tramways....321 buy Peak Tram (old).........$13 sel.

Elo. (new)........$6.0 new, Star Ferries

..36

70 său bag," Dhina Light12.10 bay.

H.K. Electrica (old)... 52+ buy., 523 sel.

De.

(new)... $51) nom.

Macao Klectrics ........326; bay,

Talaphones (old)............ 18. buy. Do. (new) $6,30 bay.

China Buses...

Tls. 108 bus.

Singapore Tractions....12%. num.

Do.

(Pref....176 bay.. 18/3 sel.

10 cte. noin.

Chiza Sugars num Malabon Sugars Canton Icon Comenta (combined)

Do.

Do.

(old)

123, bay.

$34 nom.

buy.. 10 sel

$7.50 nom.

(Daw)$1.40 bay., 1 sol. K. Bope (old).......67.60 nem

Do. United Asbestos .15 nom. Dairy Farms.........$21.53 buy, Watsons

Der Wings ...... 1.80 cts, buy, Lane Crawfordis... $3.00 nom. Mackintoshs.......... $20 ROM. Sinceres

..391

buy...

Wm. Fowells. H. Amusements

$3.65 nm.

203

'que. Indas, G. Bonds...68% buy. H.E. Govt. Loans prem, sel Ihay-buyers; sel-sellera; na-salöaj

nom.-namiza

EXCHANGE RATES.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE!

Paria New York Brussela Geneva

Rrany, Dec. 30th.

124.03

4.85 9/16

34.87

25.17

Amsterdam Milan Berlin Stockholm

12.07

92.75

20.38

18.10

Copenhagen Oslo

18.17

18.19

¡Vienna Prague Helaiafors Madrid

34.45

1037

192

29.715

373

609

3 29/32

471

1/8 1/32

2/7

2/01

1/10 23/32

28 7/10

Silver (forward)

28

LaDon Athens

Bucharest

Bio

Buenos Airea Bombley

Shanghai Hong Kong Yokohamęs Silver (pot)

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