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Money and Markets

HONG KONG TRADE

RETURNS.

FIGURES FOR SECOND

QUARTER.

[COMPARISONS WITH 1924.

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The Statistical Branch of the Imports and Exports Department, whith opched on April 1, have issued the Hong Kong trade returns for the quarter ended June 30 of the present year.

The imports for the period under review, including treasure ($25,521.948), amounted to $156,815,- while the exporta totolled $73, $130,494,545 (treasure $24,034,694). This shows a slight increase in dollar value of imports compared with the second quarter of 192 when the returns were last pub lished.

A further source of inaccuracy in April was the fact that no classifica- tion list available to the public was in existence. The present list was not in general circulation until May,

"Sea, Land'or Alr.” Included in the returns are statis- ties of all articles imported and exported whether by sca, land or air: also articles carried by Chinese junks and through the Post Office, with the following exceptions:-1, articles imported and exported by the Colonial Government, Naval and Military Authorities and Royal Air Force; transit cargo: 3, shipa stores: 4, passengera bag gage: 5. travellers' samples (if not for sale): 6, imports into and ex- ports from the New Territories..

An uncertain proportion of the cargo carried by coast and river Yesstis is neither manifested nor declared: this is principally cargo owned by the personnel of the ship, who trade on their own account, as has been the custom for many

years.

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Origin and Destination." There was, however, a consider-

Imports are credited to countries able fall in the exports compared with the second quarter of 1924.of original consignment so far as The countries One particularly interesting point these are known. is that, whereas the sterling value whence goods are consigned are of the dollar in 1924 stood at 2s. not in all cases the countries of 3d it varied from 13. d. to 1s, actual origin, since goods produced in the corresponding quarter in one country may be purchased by

Below we give the com- parative import and export figures

in 1930.

for the two quarters. Import Figures. 1924.

10:30.

Total (in- cluding treasure) 8158,762,746 $154,815,373 British

23,412,523 Empire. 33,668,620 Treasure.. 4,052,438 23,591,948 Excluding treasure, the prin- ipal imports in 1930 were from North China (818,653,564).- French Indo-China (15,733,434), Japan ($14,589,280).

Export Figuros. Comparative export figures for the 1924 and 1930 periods are:-

1024.

1930.

firm in another, and, later, re- shipped to Hong Kong. In such

case the second country would be the country of consignment.

Exports are credited to the coun- try of final destination, whether that country has a sea-board or

not.

Transhipment Garge,

HONG KONG

VAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,

1930.

JAPANESE CEMENT.

BIG CURTAILMENT IN OUTPLYT.

The Portland cement manufac turer, in Japan will continus out- put curtailment for the months of September, October, and November af the rate of 53.9 per cent, accord“ ing to the decision made at the com- mittee meeting of the Japan Port land Cement Manufacturers As- sociation held at the Oye Building Osaka recently..

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Nominally this is a reduction of some 3.5 per cent from the pre- vious output curtailment rate which is to be continued until the end of this month, but, as a matter of fact, this will be about the same räte as cow, because the producers. have been allowed to increase out- put by 3.5 per cent. if they make cxports, in accordance with the previous agreement.

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Some members of the committee A their meeting strongly advocat. ed that the curtailment rate here. after should be revised to a higher rate than at present in view of the fact that the stock at the end of July was still nearly 330,000 tons, and it may not decline to 250,000 tons, equivalens to 1,328,000 barrels, as it has been expected by the Association.

DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE

Buyer Baliers

$1,493

$970

$2.81

1.160

$140

$400 8990

⠀⠀⠀!!!

SHAREBROKERS": ASSOCIATION.

WEDNESDAY,Į SEPTEMBER 8.

Buyer Bellers

Bains Nominal

Ranks

FK. Banks .................. $1,800|

Do. (London)

1,300/10

21

2111

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Chartered Banks ...

£T

Mercantile Bks. “A”

£1st

Do.

$191

Bank of East Asia...

$LIG

Insurances

Canton Insurance... $965 Underwriter ****** North Chinas.................. Union Insurances .......] $442 1.950 Yangtars Insurances

China Fires one) $100" H.K. Fires Ti

Shipping

$1,000

Douglases....... 3294

Steamboats noir) $242

528

$43

Indos (pref)...................

$40

Do. defines

91/3

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Shell Transports...

$39

T1.30 T.8

iii ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

$5

$185 $164 $5.20 $6.10 $384

Finally, however, even those who asserted the necessity of increased cutpat curtailment, were silenced and obliged to follow the majority, whose opinion was that the rate should be somewhat relieved from the viewpoint that the cost of manu facturing cannot be raised further, and also in view of the fact that T.260 Transhipment cargo includes all the adoption of higher reduction cargo which, though transferred to will evoke a storm of adverse com- one ship from another, remains under the shipowner's control dur-ment by the public. ing the whole of the time the cargo is in the Colony, whether on a through bill of lading or otherwise. The number of packages tranship- ped only, is stated in the return, no details of quantities and values being available.

The transhipment return also in- eludes a number of items of general import cargoes which, although con- signed to firms in Hong Kong Total Cin

c'luding

are, in fact, transhipment cargoes treasure) $149,690,308 8130,194,548 Chief among these items are cargoes British

of rubber and tin consigned to the Empire.. 13,945,577 18,C52,539 local offices of shipping companies Treasure... 14,365,584.24,634,684 for transhipment, and merchandise The chief exports, excluding marked and intended for direct treasure. during 1930 were to South transhipment to China ports, but Chins ($37,191,663), North China which is consigned to the Hong ($13,484,428); and French Indo- Kong offices of firms with branch

offices in China." China ($9,228,85€).

Monthly Returns In Future. Mr. W. Schofield, Assistant Superintendent of imports and, Ex- ports, states that although the re- turns for the quarter under review are grouped together, it is hoped to publish the returns monthly in future. The first issue will deal with the figures for the month of July.

The collection of trade statistics was abolished in June, 1925, hát was resumed on April 1, 1930.

Under the former system. fresh foodstuffs were exempt but must now be declared in the same way as other items el merchandise. Although the figures for fresh food- stuffs are by no means complete it. is anticipated that the greater pro-1 -portion of this trade will be ia- cluded in fature returnż.

Figures Under stated.

As a general rule, the figures given may be understood to be under rather than over stated, many importers and exporters having failed to declare their imports and exports accurately and completely.

EXCHANGE RATES. [BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]..

Ruosy, September 2. 193.755*

Paris New York Brussels

4.66 93/32

£500 A LEAF.

HIGH AUCTION PRICE FOR RARE PAMPHLET.

was in

the

Rare American tracts and pamph. lots were put up for sale at Sotha- One pamphlet, by'a last month.

News from Virginia," by Richard Rich, is very rare; only four other copies are known to exist. It has been called the six thousand pan- phlet." One copy Leconfield Library sales two years ago priced at £6,500. The British Museum copy was in the Huth be quest twenty years ago, and had been purchased fifty years gefare for the modest sum of £63. Rich wrote his new, in verse, and the pamphlet was printed in London in 1810 and sold; "at Christ-Church dore"

Rich's pamphlet has only eight leaves, but offers of thousands were ready yesterday. Quatrich's and Rosenbach's were the competitors and the latter won at £4,000, or £300 a leaf.

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$40

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$6,9

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AMERICAN STOCK QUOTATIONS.

LATEST WALL STREET PRICES.

The following quotations have been received from their cor- respondents, Messrs, Hayden, Stone & Co., of New York, by Mesars. Swan, Culbertson & Fritz, Sassoon House, Shanghai, (cable address: **Swanstock, Bhanghai), who are not responsible for cable mutilation:

Tone of Marnet-Firm

No. of Shares done.-1,750,000

Call Moacy-2 per cent

American Smelting

Anaconda Copper

Baltimore and Ohio

NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 1930.

Latest Sales,

HEROIC FIGHT WITH DEADLY: FUMES.

Heroic workmen on a Newcastle' quayside dashed to the rescue of their comrades lying gassed in a ship's hold at Newcastle-on-Tyne recently, and brought them to the deck in the nick of time. Ten men were gassed, one of them seriously. The cause of the mishap is not definitely known. Dockhands attri bute it to fumes caused by the fermentation of a fruit cargo, which was loaded at Ghent few days pre viously. The vessel, named-Bilton," arrived in the Tync, but the work of unloading the cargo was delayed be cause of Bank Holiday.

William Morrison, of Gateshead,

62 B. Ind. G. Bonds... 81%

LOCAL AND REGULAR OUTWARD MAILS.

Last Dividend.

3.50 7.

103

was the first to enter the vessel's

hold to day. He was seen to col- Macaó & Trinsban

None

lapse almost immediately, David

20c None

Fairs, of Newcastle, followed, and

EB

Electric Bond and Share

Borg Warner

Continental O

City Service Common

Curtis Wright Common

Eastman Kodak

General Motors...

General Railway Signal

Gold Dustering Goodyear Tire und Rubber Granby: Consolidated

International Cement

International Nickel

Montgomery Ward

Radio Corp

Radio Keith Orpheum

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Foox BELUNGWAN BRINOX P.O.

FROM

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(7.15 am, & 16.00 pm

7,30 2.X. (7.00 pua

7.00 pe Sundays 7.00 p.m.

$7,16 am, & (7.80 nm.

1.16 p.

LED P..

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17,80

1.30 P

BundaTM*

5,00p.m.

0.00 pala 6.00.p.

5.00 p.m.

6.00 pm.

€,00 piza

P. W. White, of Newcastle, re

reka akong (excort Saturd

7.16 ata

and," soaking his muffier in water

7,16 m. 2.00 8.m

3.00

for use as a respirator, he returned

19.00 &

9.00 sú

8.00. p.z

11.0

improvised gas masks

of the gassed men's mates, all with

Shumchun

( 11,00 a.m/

White described the scene in the, ship's hold as follows:

tel

Che

Cheting

abouted to those on deck before he Kongmoon (except Saturdays) too-lost consciousness.

cognised the smell of poison fumes | Fatalian (By Train)

to the hold followed by seven more Tai Fo

Tai/0

31.

Twenty minutes went by bp

and our getting Fairs to the deck The fumes gripped us by the throat and robbed of bur strength. Part of the time we were all stag- gering about like drunken men The rope broke as Fairs was being pulled up and he crashed into the Hold again

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FACTS AND FIGURES

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