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TRADE FIGURES FOR

JANUARY

Both Imports And Exports Show Decline

The Statistical Office of the Imports and Exports Department- reports that both imports and exports of merchandise silli tur- ther declined in the month of January, 1934.

Imports totalled $32.5 millions (£2.4), as against $38.0 ml- Hons (2.4) in the corresponding period of 1933; while exports totalled $27.4 millions (£2.0), as compared with $31.3 millions (2.0).

The following table 'shows comparative figures of Imports and Exports of merchandise and treasure:-

Merchandise

Treasure

Total

Merchandise

Treasure

Total

IMPORTS January 1934 January 1933

$37,963,257 $32,549,352 2 1,737,940

2,536,694

$40.499,951

$34,287,292

EXPORTS January 1934

$27,390,494

8,379,672

225,770168

January 1933 $31,251,405 9,859,380

$41.310,785

(33,974) N.E. Indies.. 2,356,880. (2,085,7057 Philippines 70,376

MONTHLY FLUCTUATIONS Since January of 1933 total Im- ports of merchandise Into Hoog Kong, fluctuated from the lowest dollar value (325 millions) in January, 1934, to the highest (475 Slam millions In March, 1933; while Exports fluctuated from $27.4 mil. S. America..

llons in January, 1954, to "337.5

millions in February, 1933.

The figures are given below, with the sterling equivalents, at average rates of exchange, in brackets:-

1933 January

February

March

April

41

May

June

July

August

.........

י1

(55,811) 1,601,252 (2,959,391)

· 1,813 -

Sweden

Switzerland

Spain

96,324 (72,067) 60,423. (49,929)

2,472

*:(4,260)

U.S.A.

2,310,109

(3,571,508)

Exports Imports> $37,963,257 $31,251.405 (£2,412,249) (£1,985,766) $47,389,120 $37,510,875 (£3,009,913) (£2,383,504) Others

$47,497,527 $36 573,595 (£3,092,387) (£2,381,093)

$39,846,221 $35,121,250 (£2,604,532) (£2,295,688) 346 945,555 $37.486,055 (£3,191,103) (£2,547,380)

$33.812,136

$39,324,534

£2,724,043) (£2328,341) $38,664,439 $28,739,748 (£2,688,387) (£1,998,316)

$39,947,837 $32,060.399

£2,746,414) (£2,204.152)

September $43,506,242 $34,$72,091

94,486

可

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1934.

OBITUARY

Mrs. Noel Collison

The news that Mrs. Jessie Col- ilson (nee McNeil) had passed away at her home in Pearl River, the New York was received in Colony over the week end and will no doubt come as a great shock to her large circle of friends in the Colony. for the deceased was a member of an old and respected family who had settled in Hong Kong for a number of years.

'VARSITY NOTES HONGKONG

Prof. and Mrs. R. K. M. Simp- son will give an "At Home" to the Final Year Arts students on Wednesday, February 28 at 4 p.m at No. 5 University Path.

Mr. R. A. KU

Mr. R. A. Hill M.Sc. (lecturer in chemistry) has just retumed from England, where he had a most pleasant time. He has re- sumed his post as Warden of Elliot Hall

nament

Inter-Faculty Cricket. The inter-faculty cricket tour- The late Mrs. Collison was a

da

being held. now Medicals V. Arts match daughter of Mr. Duncan McNell The formerly of the Talkoo Sugar Re- will take place on February 28: finery and a sister of Mr. Mai-that between the Arts and En-

7: colm MeNelll "of the

March

(Bath Chinagineering" on games Navigation Co., Ltd.

will be played at the She was born in Hong Kong Pavilion Ground, Poktulum). and received her education at the

"Road Accidents" old Victoria British School and

Under the auspices of the Hong later at the Central British School

University Education So- Kong She was married to Mr. Noel B.ciety, Prof. L. Forster will deliver Collison, formerly of the Oas Works, and in 1929 they went & lecture on "Road accidents— some psychological aspects" ori home, and after a short stay in Wednesday, February 28 at 8.30 the Old Country, they migrated top.in., at the Union Assembly Room.

America.

Anunal Sports.

Possessed of a charming person- ality. the late Mrs. Collison was The University Annual Sports very popular with the younger set will be held on Saturday, March when she was in Hong Kong, and 17 at 1.30 p.m. at the Pavillon

Ground. Pokfulum although she had been i for

Road.

Two sometime, the news of her death new events will be included in cast a cloud of gloom over her the programme this year, viz. (802) large circle of friends, particu-Throwing the Hammer and 220 607,796 larly those at Quarry Bay where yards Flat Race. (handicap), för (748.008) she spent her childhood days. members of the staff. Of the old 775,242 A particularly sad feature athletes A T. Lee, the champion (1,391.430) about it was that her father and Javelin-thrower. has left, and E.

1,108.831 married sister Mrs. Sutor) were L Gosano the short-distance- (1,502.281) about to leave for America to sprinter, will not be able to take

34.569

visit her when they received news part this year owing to knee (48,354) that she was seriously 0.

trouble. Among the new students 7,803 Mr. Colson is in the employ there are two promising men in the (9,539) of Price, Waterman & Co., New persons of Tan Yong Nee and D. 122 York, and to him and members S. Blake, who have done well in

of the family, the deepest sym- the Inter-School sports. K. J. pathy will be extended.

Chua last year's champion athlete, has a very good "chance of becomlag champion again this year, his only serious rival being Tan Yong Nee.

5,054 ***(3,694) 1,328,462

(1,088,357)

80,142 (56,879) (130,989)

COMMODITY, FIGURES

The total values by main groups of commodities, with the. figures for January, 1933, in brackets are given below:-

Animals.

..Live

Building

Materials

(£3,036,373) (£2.419,823) Chemicals &

October $42,443,758 $34,339,869

(£2,973,274) (£2,405,579!

November $40,561,833 $33.731,571

(£2,852,004) (£2,371,751 + $27,994,496. (£2,600,045) (£1,975,653)

"December $36,841,971

1934 January

$32,549,352 $27,390.494 (£2,390.343) (£2,011.489) Mean rate of Exchange for January, 1934, H.K.S-1s. Std.

Fuels

Imports Exports

S 768,217 (834,719)

VALUES BY COUNTRIES - The total values of Imports and Exports of merchandise are shown below by countries. the Agures for January, 1933

in being given brackets;

Engines... Exports " Imports

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Pieces

1,665,517 Cement, Ficuls 1383,490 Glass, Sq. Ft. ... •220,761. Lime. Piculs

1.217 Timber, Cu. Ft.

Acids, Piculs

1,706,978 .. 95,360 233.132

· 1,800

170.347 CHINA PROVID-

Amount To Over

$70,000

&

The China Provident Loan Mortgage Co., Ltd., accounts for 132 the year ended December 31st, 1033, (subject to audit), show that 848

the Net profit for the year amounts to $71,288.95, which, together with, the sum of $125,196.36 brought for- ward from the previous year, gives a total of $196,485.31 available for appropriation...

At the forthcoming annual 'meet- ing of shareholders, the Board of Directors will recommend the fol-. lowing:-

To pay a Dividend of 12 cts per share on

the fully paid shares $ 70,749.36 To pay a Dividend of 6 cts. per share on the 5,581 partly paid shares... $ 17,887.34 12,780 To carry forward to 1934

account

1,148

$108,048.61 $196,485.31

"The Board of Directors will also propose that the General Reserve 81,355 Account, amounting to $633,962.24, 181,243 which is now no longer required for the purposes for which it was originally created, be apportioned 42,140 as follows:- 10,718 Transter to Special Re- 3,243 serve for Depreciation

of Property.............. 26,407 Transfer to Special Re- serve for Depreciation' of Furniture & Equip- ment

$483,414.19

212,729

Chemicals & Drugs:

2,651

673

Alum. Piculs

561

ENTS PROFITS

Bleaching Pow-

24,893

(26,130)

der, Piculs.... Soda Ash, Pleuls Dyeing & Tanning

492

342

18,328

5,953

494,689

Materials:

327,075 (803.630) +4413,635)

Betelnuts, Piculs

1,370

1.229

Cutch, Plculs ...

1,386

420

Drugs ***

430,840 (513,477)

Chinese

Medicines 1,071,693

(1,240,926)

233,026 (28: 840)

891 185 (981,838)

Gambler, Piculs

1,473

1,129

Indigo

(Art.),

Picals

2

Mangrove Bark,

Picul's

Dyeing

Sapan

Wood.

168,797 (182,828)

Hardware

Liquors

Machinery &

Materials

258,266 (383,518) 7,743,064 Foodstuffs... 8,927 249

(8,725,215) (10,537,239), 1,188,450 119,364 (1,161,959) (264,630)

227,911 173,151 (400.859) (157,850) 394.824 80,677 (456,538) (63,068) Poultry, Head...

Ficuls Floodstuffs: Beans, Piculs ... Fresh Fish,

1,962

198

Plculs.....

Shark Eins.

Piculs

49,097..

7,663

1,452

32,912

8,751

772

Flour (Wheat),

Piculs

42,579 160,891 312,150 282,482

Bacon & Ham,

էլ

U.K.

Australia

Burnia

Canada

3,234,574 (4.232,425)

990.794 (647,451)

51,661 (42.350) 434,072 (439,347)

S 721,606 (235,704)

Manures

Ceylon

E. Africa.....

India

11,053 (12,309) 29,338 (17,532) 1,916,931 13.325,979)

94.335 *(81.926)

Minerals & 108.318

Ores....... (116,875) 162,650 (90.907) Nuts & Beeds 41.308 (58,309) 19.263 (18,574) 460.337 (370,877)

Metals

320,901 (765,007) 188,053 (569,197) 3,448,148" (3,166,776)

5,588 (37,312)

116,116 (89,755) 63,567 (311,096) 3,434,396 (2,070,858)

lbs. Rice. Piculs Sugar, Plculs.... Onions, Plculs... Potatoes, Piculs Vegetables Fresh

173,316 683,309

69.535 636,881 48.198 294,442

8,337 12,893

132,803 (36,437)

& Dried, Piculs 106,772 Ginger (Fresh),

101,103

Piculs

Fuels:

Malaya

(British)

New

A

Zealand

"(3,367) B.N. Borneo 101,467

12,659

21.130 (39,729) 80,826

'S. Africa..

(97:314) -10,540

(3,010)

683

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W. Indles...

(2.432) 39.247

B.E... Other..

Belgium

(330) 22,902. (38,704). 330,634 (489,132).

. 412.779. (547,927) Oils & Fats 2,248,742

(3,874,307)

145,856 Paints ....

(143,065) 614,308 Paper

(792.133) 2.022,513,, 226,489 336,140) (1,991;672) Plece Goods 4,178,577

(5,815,355)

4,450 (4,175) €31,771 (661,823) 1,737,940 (2,536,694) 265,982 (295,856)

235,086 Apparel...

(259,549)

331.183 (387,758) 2,324,853 (3,301,850)

95,786 (124,591) 650,378 (560,031) -3.450,439 (3,945,833) Metals:

Coal, Tons ...... Firewood, Piculs Liquors:

1,128

67,118 172,824

Malt Liquors. Gallons...

40,669

Spirits, Gallons Wines. Gallons Native Liquors,

10,362

. 4,471.

Gallons

22,028

Railway

Materials

Iron

Steel

Tobacco...

7,357 (3,725) 577,222 (496,339)

Bars, Piculs...

Lead Pk.' Piculs

Wire Nails,

Piculs

AGAAN.

8,379,672

in Slabs, Piculs

49,252 671

6.543 14,389

2,748 12,814

(9,859,380)

Tin Plates,

Vehicles

(16,051) Wearing

20.907 (82,066)

Sundries:- 203,069

Bags .........

Electrical

"

Piculs

25.958

25,783

(49,034)

Nuts & Seeds:

Groundnuts,

Piculs 667,556 (932,006) Melon

.19,962

27,187.

Seeds,

Picula..... 5.581

1,590,077 3,686,578 (2,783,878) (2,859,491)

Pepper, Picula... « Sesamum Seeds,

848

Picula

3,559

594.857 (655,365)

(840)

1,409,514 (2.189,113) 6.987,280 (5,014,176) (9,817,533)

8,772 (1,894)

Apparatus

des........

Leather (All

Kinds)

118,078.

8,593

(5.920)

6,885

6,112 (6.366) 4,754

Matches

Others

320,180 (328,908) 161,981 (175,995)

Kerosene, Gallons 90.364 285,148

(57,238) Lard, Ficuls ....' (271,378)

Paraffin 157,960

Wax, 188,129

Piculs (167,511) *(154.681)

ou, Cocoanut 3,650,237 3,118,630

Piculs (3,193,154) (2,608,004)

Linseed Oil,

Piculs 35,770,168 Total... 34,287,292

(40.499,951) (41.110,785) Peanut Oil Picus...

13,559 Wood Oil, Piculs 7,690 Piece Goods:

98,037 Cotton, Pieces...

Yards... 3,779,361 21,997 Suitings, Yards. Union Cloth,

Yards

5,991 Silk Flece Goods,

Piculsies, 1.093 January January

1933 ∙1834. Art. Silk Yarn,

-Ibs

25,400 2.898 3,389 Tobacco 22,518 24.081 Cigarettes, lbs. 149,584

Foreign Tobacco

1,005

Others 303,380

Seeds, Piculs mi (303.984)-

Oils & Fats: 124,826 (168,027) Petrol, Gallons.. 1,582,504

780

3,146,058 441

12,215

527

264

381

20,795 -13,173 Native Tobacco, lbs. 105,374 Raw Tobacco, 2,876,095 . lbs.

"

Leather (Bole),

787

282573

121.880

lbs.

1,494

Piculs Mats (Others), Bales na Paper (Chinsée).

Piculs Common Soap,

Piculs 2

2,087

15,988

4,506

3,733

W. Africa...

China

(97,527) 32,941 (13.928) Treasure

China North 4,830,016

(123,351) 3,670,342 (6,188,811) (4.673.020)

Middle

China South 6,088,100

Cuba

C. America

Denmark

- (143,761)

(9,259) (25,252)

.190.344

1,478,818

105,325

Egypt

France

(348,139) (148,724)

Indo-China 1,823,791 1,032,083

COMPARISONS OF QUANTITIES (1,554,825) (2,363,864) Germany 1,123,940- 301,151 The following comparative table (1,002,411) (255,000) shows the quantities of certain of Holland

325,257 163,443 the chief commodities Imported (240,455) (118334) into Hong Kong during the months

159,307

6,926 of January, 1933 and January, (314,147) (32,890) 1934;- 2,390,823

921,393-

Animals, Live: (573,712) (673,728) Cattle, Head

.805,522 :-535 827

(701,373) (1,259,880) Building Materials:

Bricks & Tiles;' 14.227

5,779

Italy........

Japan ...

(1,791,094) (1,327,169)

KC, Wan

Macao

Norway

751,066 1,542,790

Pigs, Head

22

$ 18,308.24

35,526

2,785 Transier to Conting-..

ency Reserve Account $132,281.81

$833,982.24

GAY NINETIES BALL.

Mra. Amps, Miss Wolle, Mr. 3,333 Bousefeld,

and Major Brasier- 857 Creigh were the

prize-winners at the Gay Nineties Ball at the Pen- 1,267 insula Hotel on Saturday night.

'Mr. Bousfeld was awarded the

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REPORT RAIN!! RAIN!!

G.A. Harriman "Re- views Week's Activities

The market during the week under review displayed a quiet tone with business on a limited scale; The most notable feature was the substantial rise in Hongkong Elec- trics which were transacted up to $771 on the announcement of the dividend and bonus of $3.00 per share. Eelephones, however, aut- fered a set-back with sales effected at $25.75 for old and $12.75 for new. Hongkong Trams came, to business Wharves at $21.80 (exdividend).

Among could be placed at $118.

minor issues, China, Lights

the

were

(old) again showed great activity. having been put through in quan- tity at $9.85/80. Hotels attract- ed some

attention and dealt in at $6.30/50. Cements were dormant, but there were a few buyers at $2.50. "New" Providents met with enquiries at 80 cents. shares having changed hands at 85 cents. On account of the rise in exchange, Sterling stocks were slightly easier." Hongkong Banks were put through at $1,820/25.and Union had sellers at $565. In the mining section Antamoks changed hands at 76 cents. Bagulo Gold at 54 cents and Benguet Exploration at

30 cents The "tone of the market at the close is quiet. ·

BUSINESS DONE DURING THE WEEK

Hong Kong $120/35 Bague Gold 54 cts Antamoks, 76 cts

Benguet Explorations 30 cts Providents (new) ́85 ̧cts Wharves 8118

Hong Kong Hotels, 86.3076.50 Realtys 86.30

China Lights (old) $9.65/9.80 China Lights (new) $9.30. Telephones (New) 81275) Telephones (old) $253/25.95 Hong Kong Lands $71. Humphreys $11.20

Hong Kong Tramways $21.80/21.-

85.

Hong Kong Electrica 8781/773

Constructions (new) 50/54cts

COL. LINDBERGH

REPLIES

Air-Line Stock "Accounts Made Public

Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh re- cently made public the detailed ac-. counts of his deals with air-linë stocks and denied that he had re- celved huge proāts.""/

. His statement was issued in reply to a storm of adverse comment levelled at him following his recent attack on President Roosevelt for cancelling the American" air-mail contracts.

Colonel Lindbergh's' telegram, given to the press before it was received by the President, acted as a boomerang and brought wide- Spread criticism upon him, inclu- ding charges that he had accepted huge blocks of air-line stocks in return for his services to the com- panies with which he became associated as technical adviser and director and for lending his name to air-line corporations which were involved in the air-mail, frauds.

The filer denied he had obtained huge profits or had received gifts of stock His total profits amounted' only to $187,838, exclusive of profits re-invested in air-line stocks, the airman stated.

The Senate Committee is investi- gating air-mall contracts, however, showing that Colonel Lindbergh received an outright gift of 25,000 shares of Trans-Continental Air Transport stock, then valued at $250,000 in addition to his salary of $10,000 a year for associating him- self with that company.

"

Mr. Keyes' Advice A letter, from Mr. C. M. Keyes, then president of Trans-Contin- ental Air Transport, advised Colonel!

sell part of the Lindbergh to stock at the first 'available opport- unity" and Mr. Daniel M. Sheaf- 880 prize for the best dressed gentle fer, a director of the ar line and man, while Major Brasier Creigh since 1930 chairman of the Execu- 557.834 won the other men's prizi as

ative Committee of the Pennsylvania- cyclist of the 90's.

Railroad, admitted under question- There were 200 people presenting of Senator Block, Chairman of 634 at the Ball, which was a decided the Committee, that "the stock success. The following took par- suddenly went up after Colonel 15.079 ties. Baron and Baroness Roth Lindbergh's name was connected

child, Mr. and Mrs. Gage, Mr. and with that of the company.... 1,139 Mrs. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Skott, Mr.

Coutts, and Mrs. Alabaster.

100,282

In addition to the 25,000 shares. Colonel Lindbergh is said to have received an option on 25,000 more sharce at a price of $10, $20 a share less than the price quoted Mr. 3: L. Maddox, then premaent of the 102,421 108,860 Maddox Air Lines and the only other man to get an option on 821,464 765,759 stock. The testimony was given 621,46470 that Colonel Lindbergh was the on- 207 Sundries:

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Tuesday, 6th March, 1934.," at 5.10 p.m. Under the Distinguished Patronage of

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He was requested by Mr. Karl Haig's Fund for disabled Sailors and Soldiers

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