1929-08-02 — Page 9

MARTELL'S BRANDIES

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1929.

Money and Markets

V. S. O. P.

BOTTLED IN

HONG KONG MARKET REPORTS.

+

THREE STAR

V. V. E. S. O. P.

SOLE AGENTS :-

COGNAC AND

GUARANTEED

Yesterday's quotations for rice

other food-stufa

and follow:-

PURE GRAPE

BRANDY

Br

Rice.

White, Green Seal

were "as

White, Green Seal No. 3 ...

ALBERTA WHEAT. 'POOL.

IMPORTANT CONTRACT-AT

VANCOUVER.

ARTIFICIAL SILK RESULTS.

BRANSTON COMPANY'S SECOND YEAR.

Having ensured the initial pro- duction of 4 sens à day, the board have prepared a general scheme and estimate for increasing this to 10 tons a day in accordance with the original programme, and steps will Le taken in the immediate future to install the necessary additional plant and machinery."

The above is an extract from the report of the directors of the Bran- ston Artificial Silk Co. to April 30, 1829.

["D.P." Special Service.] Pér Vancouver, B. C.-The Alberta Picul. Pooi is carrying out an expansion 810.62 programme here which will give it the premier grain terminal on the Pacific Coast. This is indicated in

In the openly stages of the re- the announcement that contract

port the board state that the past has been awarded to Carter Halls year has been a second one of un Aldinger Co., Limited, at a price interrupted and successful develop of approximately $875,000 for a

ment, and the work of installation 2,300,000-bushel extension to the.

may now be considered as practical- 7.38 No. 1 elev ter operated by the poolly completed. The total amount which when completed will step paid by the company in respect of up its total storage capacity, to

plant and machinery, including 5,250,000 bushels. This, however, adaption and equipment, shows, as does not include storage 1,800,000 bushels leased from theiings on prospectus estimates,

was anticipated, considerable jav Vancouver Harbour Board.

Additional

of evidence

the

Plant and Machinery, growth of the grain storage facili

"On June 7, 1928, the equipment of ties at Vancouver is gleaned from the statement that the Midland the factory and the installation of Pacifc Terminal, Limited, is car the plant and machinery were so rying out a 1,000,000-bushel exter- iar advanced that production of a sion to its house at North Vancou-preliminary nature 27.50

ver and has awarded the contract for the same.

White, Blue Seal .....

White, Blue Seal, Small

Grain

6.08 0.30

笑哈

White Broken, Red Seal

4.93

MARTELL & CO."

White Granulated, Green

Seal...

5.02

Long Caglutineus, Red Seal

Glutinous Broken. Green

Seal Glutinous Granulated, No. Cargo Rice, Granulated Miscellaneous,

4.63

3.97

3.90

Yo. 19 coarse granulated

sugar... No. 21

sugar

8 0.39

coarse granulated

HONG KONG.

GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING, ICE HOUSE STRET,

TEL: 0. 135.

DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS.

HONG KONG STOCK.

EXCHANGE.

SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION.

Buyer 50eru

Bales

Nominal

THURSDAY. AUGUST 1.

Buyer Sellers

Baler

$904

Banks

HK. Banke

Do. (London)... Chartered Banks... Mercantile Bks. “A”

| Kaminai

Sugar Candy, Kwangtung... White Flax Wood-tar cil

7.13 9.00

33.00

CANTON TRADE NOTES.

Japanese coal imports declined during July with" a corresponding increase from other markets.

A direct service between Canter and the Japanese ports is to be

for

Both the new grain jobs are to be built under direction of C.D. How & Co., consulting engineers. These additions to the present capacity bring the total storage facilities of the port to more than 14,000,000 bushels. The harbour board as previously announced plans to add some 7,500,000 bushels storage to its own houses here at elevators 1, 2 and 3.

started shortly by the Osaka Shoern CANADA PACIFIC RAILWAY.

$1,260

***

Kaisha,

+

£1

£33

1215

50

190

81,288 £125

***

Leif.

Do.

P. & C. Banks

Bank of East Asia...

Insurances

$630

Canton Ins.

Underwriters

$2 $1.80

T160

North China ...

{$830

T160

8326] Union Ins, ......................

8326

$50

$310

Yangtze Ins..***** China Fires

360

$770

B.K. Fires

|2770

Shipping

$278 | Douglases

$27.

#24!

Steamboat

$24)

$474

Indow (pref.)

$50

$70

Do. (def.)

$90

82/6

Shell Transports -*|

96/-

$22

Water-boats

Mining

$3.10

T.91

T21

T.43

$4.30

$321

T.132

T.71

T14.90

7.2.30

T.78 7.45

4:11

$8.35

2811

262

T.147

$8.15

$13)

::

Mines

$300

⠀⠀

€3/6

*

+

Prices of foreign sugar have been very irregular for the last two weeks. Prices are unlikely to rise na stocks are still excessive.

Advices from Wuchow indicate that from August 1, an additional export tax of one per cent. is being imposed upon goods from Wuchow.

EARNINGS HIGHER THAN

LAST YEAR.

Wag started

with a quality of silk far in excess of expectations. Thereafter, as fur ther plant and machinery came into increased operation, production daily.

In March of this year the plant was put into. commission for the purpose of testing its capacity and the further training of labour, and

production slightly in excess of the guaranteed production of 4 tons a day was achieved; the output is The report finding a ready sale. then refers to a scheme for a 10 tons daily production, given above.

The balance sheet shows enah 'at

at

at

bankers at £298,113, stocks of rayon, stores, etc., at £34,037, development and

account expérimental £69,523,preliminary expenses £11,182, debtors at £8,130 And creditors at £33,770, the balance sheet total being £1,305,770.

The issued capital of the company £1,280,000 of which £350,000 is in 1,800,000 deferred shares of 48. each

of fi cách.

£1,000,000 in ordinary shares

["D.P." Special Service.] Montreal, Que.-Increases in gross and net earnings for Aprilis and the first four months of the present year compared with last year are shown in a cardings statement of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which has just been issued.

Gross earnings in April amount- anded to 817.529,372 compared with 813,296,101 for April, 1998, an in- crease of 89, 233,71. For the four- month period gross earnings totall-

"A commercial Directory Chronicle of Canton is being pre- pared and will be issued shortly. It will be a large volume with pared ticulars of over 23,000 shops of the city.

Manufacturers of ci-paper un brellas have been doing exceedingly well during recent years and over 30,000 such umbrellas have been ex- ported to Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Some eighty bales of raw silk were sold on Wednesday the prices | being:-

84.15

84.30

No. 13/15 Best I....... H.K.8915 No. 14/16 Medium ... No. 18/13 Superior ...

933 995

$32

•

Bezqueta...

Kailans

Tls Langkats (com.)

Do. (single)

Explorations.....

Shangbai Loans ...

Raaba

Tronoh

Docks, WharveK,

Godowar, etc.

81274 HK. & Wharfs... 8127

Providents

HK. Docks

Shanghai Docks ... T133

New Engineerings

T175 Hongkową ........

Cotton Mills

Orientala

T4.95 T15.10

Shai. C'tons (old)... T78

Do. (new)...T45

Landa, Hotels and

H.K. & S. Hotels... $8.35 88.43

EwUn

Buildinga

H.K. Lands

Shanghai Landa

Humphreys

$100

Chinese Estates

T2.35

####

$61

($13.80

$13.35

H.K. Realtys.....38.10

Public Utilities

$18 Tramway! ...............

811.80 Peak Trams (old)... $11.80

Do. (new)...

H.K. Electrics..... 850 $58

$6.05

$64

Star Ferries.........

384

$13

$131

#13

U. Lights (old) $13.20

1812.90

Do.

(Dew).... 812.05

$287 Macao do.

921

Sandakan Lights...

87

Telephones.....................

T.142

12/

20/-

$2.30

$9.05

801

89.10

31.40

$7

87.70

China Buses an

Tractions

Do. (pref.)

Industrials

Canton Ices....... $2.25 Cements (comb.)...9 Do (old)... $8 Do. (new),.. 81 Ropes 80.05 China Sugars.

Malabon Sugara, *** United Asbestos' ...

Miscelaneous --

$191 Dairy Farms .........

Der A. Wing.........

147

827

:

$18.80

86

13:10/25

$7

12/-

653

$0.80

80,50

$28

Amusements s.....................

$1.55

811

Constructions $1 Lano Crawfords

31.05

$18

Mackintosha...

Nanyang Tobacco... 84

$12

Sinceres...NUE TOTALANAN

11.00

Watsons

$13 $12

Wm. Fowells

6437,

B. Ind. G. Bonds...

63%

F.K. Govt. Loan... $107

7%, pretp.

*

The cotton yarn market is active and both wholesale and retail trade are brisk. There has been a big de- mand from merchants" from the North River districts and prices have risen by one to two doller. Stocks are also very short in Shang. hai, where prices have risen by about one tael.

BADEK RUBBER.

YEAR'S DIVIDEND OF TEN PER CENT.

The meeting of the Badek Rub. ber Estate, Lid was held in mail week.

#3

866,391,802 compared with 82,396,888, an increase during the current year of 82,994,913.

Net earnings in April were $3,190,565

compared with $2,404,533, an increase of 8780,033. For the four-month period net totalled 810,834,146 08 compared with 810,518,834 in the correspond- ing period in 1998, an increase of 8315,312.

NEW TOURIST HOTEL

OPENS. GARDEN OF THE GREAT SPIRIT.

PLANTERS ATTACKED

IN JAVA.

THE MURDER OF MRS. LANDZAAT.

Batavia. It is reported from Me- dan that the Javanese coolie who murdered Mrs. Landzast, the wife of an assistant on a rubber estate, has been sentenced to death.

The People's Council is discuss- reasons for the" attacks ing the made on planters by coolies, and many members sharply criticised, as one of the chief causes, the lack of freedom of action which ham- pers the managers of estates in the Dutch Indies.

or

Under the policy developed dur- ing recent years, the affairs of many companies are directed ex- clusively from the head office in ["D.P." Special Service.]

Brussels. London, Amsterdam

There is no personal knowledge of Brockville, Ont.--Erected as a working conditions or the needs of community undertaking, the Hotel the coolies and the work of the Manitonna, signifying in the In-planters is reduced to that of mere- dianThe Garden of the Great Spirit," the name applied by the

ly executing orders from Europe,

All the native members and sever- earliest inhabitants to the famous

al Europeans strongly advocated Thousand Islands of the St. Law-

an amendment of the law as it rece, was officially opened here on

stands at present. May 27 by Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian Nation of Sumatra, in view of the anxiety ni Railways, who was presented of the European population, has with a golden key, suitably engrav-wired

Governor-General

The Governor of the East Coast

to the

ed in recognition of the event, that public safety is absolutely which was broadcast rationally over the C.N.R. chain of radio stations,

The opening of the new hotel adds one more to the rapidly growing chain, of tourist hotels. throughout Canada. In this instance the at-. tractive international resort regior of the St. Lawrence will be served, the Manitonna standing at the lo- wer gateway on the Canadian side through Brockville which has long been the mecen for thousands of summer visitors to the St. Law-

The Hon R. D. Denman, M.P., who presided, said that in a year when the British Government in the exercise of its high authority rence. had unexpectedly halved the world price of rubber, the company was

able to earn and distribute a 10

per cent. dividend. The £16,700

ULU PANDAN RUBBER.

net prufit closely approximated to YEAR'S PROFIT CARRIED TO

the combined figures of about £12,000 and £5,000 by which sules

NEXT ACCOUNT.

of rubber and coffee respectively The report of the directors of the had exceeded the simple cost of pre-Ulu Pandan (Singapore) Rubber duction in the East, including Estates, Ltd, for the year ended freight

April 30, 1929, states that the ret

The estates themselves had not profit including profit on sales of undergone any 'exceptional experi-land amounts to 83,094 (as against ences in the year under review. A 810,612 for the previous year) to rotational system of tapping had which must be added the sum of been adopted which increased the 85,414 brought forward from last period of rest and obtained appro- which the directors recommend be

account, making a total of 810,5 ximately the same yield of rubber at a reduced cost, commonly known carried forward to next account.

as the A.B.C. system.;

The area of the estate remains practically the same as last year, 2 As regarded the current year, the acres 1 rood 19.70 poles having been' outlook for production both of rub-sold and 2 acres 1 rood 14 poles ac- ber and of coffee was satisfactory.quired. The latter was selling at a re The company still postcsses 2 munerative price much the same as number of desirable building sites that of last year. As to rubber, on Block G and other blocks. will while conditions at the moment se opened up as building sites when favoured a price advantageous to the demand warrants it.: the consumer rather than the pro- Tapping was suspended from ducer, it seemed only a matter of June 1, 1828, and was resumed on time for the situation to be revers April 1, 1920. The crop harvested ed.

during the financial year totalled 19,847 -ib.

The report was adopted.

guaranteed.

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