DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
Hong Kong Stock
Exchange
Sharebrokers'
Association
TUESDAY,
Boyer
sálem (Nominalį
BeBare
Balos
Nomine
MAY 29.
Banks
$1,600
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, · 1934.
MONEY AND MARKETS
H. K. STOCK
EXCHANGE
LONDON EXCHANGE RATES
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE..
13
Dollar Steamship Lines Lloyd Triestino
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.
!
$1,867
H.K. Banks
1131
Fe (London)...
2101
Chartered Banka ....
£28
Mercantile Bks. "A"
L181
236)
£15
Do
C
Rank of East Asia....
Yesterday's
Official
199
$20
14
$5
N, C. & S. Banks
Am. O. Fin.Corp: S
Ch. Fin. Corp. Ord, “.
Do. Prof. S
Insurances
$6
Quotations
$310
Canton Insurances...
jer div.] 1306
Од Amsterdam Atheat Selgrade Berlin Bombay Brussels Bucharest
Sterling Parity
12.10 Florins ....375 Drachmas
May 16 7.51
530 9.
....................... 74,316 Dinars
235
20:43 Marka 12.95
Underwriters
$1
$1.40
$692
Union Insurancse .......
$683 ex dir.
1510
China Firen
3230
H.K. Fires.......
International Annoa, S.
$945 $362
36
104
Shipping"
SALES
441
Douglases
141
13
$30
Inior (pref.).....
530
733
De (def.)
$33
ez div
50/- Shella
The Settlement was put through without any hlich, but, as usual on settlement days, very little fresh
business was transacted or could
be expected.
Quotations, however, remained practically unaltered.
Hongkong Banks, $1867.
Union Insurances, $5823.
Antamoks. 7\ets.
Hotels. '$0.05.
Hongkong Lands. $61/60),
Hongkong Trams. $21.20/21.30.
Electrics, $731.
Telephones (new). 812,60.
Lane Crawlords, $4.03. Amusements, $4.
BUYERS
Antamoks, 69 cts.
Balatoes, $334.
Benguet Explorations, 18 cts.
Wharves, 8104).
Providents (old),' $1.85.
Ewo Cottons, Sh. $10.80.-
H.K. Electrics, $73).
Macao Electrics, $25...
Dairy Farms;-: $254,
Lane, Crawfords, $3.95.
Constructions (old), $1,65.
"Constructions (new)..70 'cts,
Buenos Aires Copenhagen..... Genera Helsingfors
Lisbon
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Shanghai Stockholm..... Vienas...... Yokohama..... Silver (spot) Silver (forward)
War Load
36 Belgas 813,568 Lei
47.36d. per Peno
381 8.0.
4.967 Dollars 4.867 Dollars
5.09***
19.901"
5.081
18.159 Kroner 194.21 Francs 164.28 Kronen 26.90d. per Gold Miroia
19.901
77 5/32
122
77 5/32
1221
41 8.0.
4 8.0.
1/31 19.40 28
1/31
17.40
28
84.50d. per Ten
1/24
19 9/18
191
191
21% 34% 102)
34% 1024
18.19 Kronor 34.56 Schillings
Closing Quotations
May 19, 1934
. Ox NEW YORK-
ON BATAVIA:-
On demand
ON' PAZIS:
15-6d. per Rupee
1/8 1/32 21.764 510
May 28. 7.503 530 5. 225 12.95 1/8 1/32 21.76
510
..
36 8.0.
18.159 Kroner
22.394
26.29 France
15.65
15.641:
183.23 Marka
2262
2261
Hongkong
1/51
1/47
110 Escudos
130
110
Madrid
..........................22). Pesstas
Milan.... Montevideo Montreal New York
0948 Lire
37.7/32 501
50.88d. per Pred
38 5.0.
5.08.
Oslo
Prague.......
22.394
591
60 ots
$33)
15 ct.
3101j $1,95
11.30 Watarkentaa
Mining
Artamoks
Balatcos
37 ets. Baguio Gold
$32 Benguet Consolidated Do. Exploration
Goldfield
[20 616)
Do
12 at Big Wedge 28 ots Gold Biter
131
21:3
$18
Gold Creek..
Top Mining
Ipo
Itogons
KallansADAN
*་་
Langkats (single).8.
1480 Explorations......
$154
Shanghai Loans
Raubs...... Venezuela Gold Fids. Docks, Wharves,
Godowns, ste.
H.E. &E. Wharvey.
Providents (old) "....
་་་
***
175 ets.)
Do. (new)
$15
H.K. & W. Dock's
32
$8..
Do..
6.10
81/001
$95
Buildings
60 ot. 71 cl»,
፧፧
22 eti.
13 cu.
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$104
31.05
60 ct
345
$5.90
$5.95
5011
$133
8: Chins Motors!A'
$133 Shanghai Docks S.
76.20 New Engineerings8. $350
$14
Hangkawi......
ĮLandë, Hotels, and
H.K. Hotels
HK lands. 8.
Shanghai Land....8.
Metropolitan Labis..
46.19 H.K. Realtics......... $15 China Do 8. 5137 Do. Debenturess. #11.30 Humphreya --******
New Asia Hotel $140 Asia Rexities "A" S.
Do. 32U
$21.200/30
"B" S.
Chiness Estates.....
Cotton Mil
S'ha Cottonsfold)3.
Do. (new)S
Zoong Singa... S.
Wing On Textiles(S.)
Public Utilities
$16.90 Punk Trăina (old) ........)
China Lights (old)... 28,80 18.98- 18.80/8.90
380
$10.909
$75
$43
$13
ROAC
8. $10.96
Tramways
$73
Dr. (new)...
$100 Star Ferries
3221
Yaumati Ferriet...
$8.90
$84
Do. (now)...
Do.
Rights
$701
FI.K. Electrics
820
Macao do.
12
$261
Sandakan Lights ...
325.15. Telephones, (old)
312.48 Do.
(new)"
$13.20 China Buses......
BA
18/104
Tractions
Do. (prof.)... Industrials
512) Malabon Sugars
$21
Caldbecky Hord.) 8.
-3191 Macgregors (pref.)S.
| 32.80
$2.70
231
$4
$71
$1.65 70 of
$3.96
14.05
$21
191
164
80 nta,
$2
·
Canton Ice...............
Cements "(old)...
Do. (DOW)...!
Норог
Miscellaneous
Dairy Farms
Der A" Wingsin
Amusemente
4:
Ch. E'tainments...... 371
8131
160
$21 20
*15} $71 $100
321
02
$74
SELLERS
Bank of East Asia, 803.
Wing On Textiles, 8h. $56.
China Lights (old). $8.90,
Canton Tees," $2.70.
FOR
TRAVELLERS TO EUROPE
37 3/16/
381 S.C.
5.074
25
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Government Loans, 84% Prem.
ON LONDON; —
Telegraphic Transfer... Bank Bills, on demand 147 Book Bills, 4 monthử
sight
Bank Billa, on demand 358 Credits, 90 days sight. 378
Lloyd Triestino
Dollar Steamship Lines.
1.
Credits, four montha'
.
Bank Bills, on demand 5.0
sight
152
Credits, 4 months' sight G
ON SHANGHAJ :---
ON SAIGON:
110
On demand
54
ON MANILA:-
60
On demand
711
ON BANGKOK:-
On darnand
11 A
On demand
1317
ON INDIA:-
SOVEREIGNS, Bank Buying
Telegraphic Transfer...
Rate
3/5
Ban Suva, per os
185
H.K. Ropes, 851.
Sinceres. $91, · ·
Wm. Powells, 80 cts.
THE EXCHANGE
MARKET
MESSRS. ROZA BROS.
REPORT
featureless. The
The Silver market in London yesterday WAS tone was steady anticipating pur- chases for account of America, Ready being unchanged and For- ward 1/18 down. In New York the rate was 45.07. The market was dull but steady.
The cross rate New York on Lon-
don opened at 5.08 and closed at 5.09. The market was quiet.
Market
Stagnant and absolutely without 126.30 business." $12.6
$22
12.70
$96:
13.80
**
170 obs,
Constructions, fold)] 31 50" $1.70
Do. 100W) 70 ct.
Lane Crawfords......| 34
Mackintosha................. Nanyang Tobacco.
Sinceres
W
M. Greyhounds......
8. C. Enterprises
United Theatre, H.
973% Ch.0.621825G.Bd. 241.
prem.
$8
KK.
Gort
Loans
Wallace Harper.... $120 HK, Wing On......
S'bai Da
ཟླ༣ཚོ ཙ
15.10
$104
$3.80
Bu cts.
#
$1081
$120 8126
Investment Securities
and
• Commodities
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E. A. PIERCE .CO.
::
American Oriental Finance Corporation
Federal Inc. U.8.4.
Asia Life Bldg.
14, Queen's Rd.,. C.
Hong Kong
Tel.+ 26631
Sterling
Selling offers at 1/5 3/18 were available at the opening of the market, buyers bidding. 1/5 for May and June. Both buyers and sellers showed no disposition to move. 1/5 would probably have been accepted during the course of the morning for delivery in the second half of June and 1/5 7/32 for the whole of June, sellers offering 1/5 for July. The mar- ket closed at the lunch hour with sellers at 1/5 3/16 May/June, 1/5 7/32 July. buyers bidding 1/5 7/32 June, 1/i second half June 1/8 9/32 July,
US. Dollars
361 to 36 7/16 was obtainable with buyers at 364 at which level the market remained throughout the morning: A small business was done at 35 for June.
1201.
Yen
Shanghai Dollars
Shanghai Market
Quiet but steady. Sterling at 1/31, sellers, 1/8 9/18 buyers and Dollars at 32 13/16 sellers, 327 buy- ers at which rate the market closed after having improved fraction in the interval.
On Demand
ON SINGAPORE:-
On" demand
ON JAPAN:-
Bank, on demand
BRITISH AND
CHINESE
CORPORATION
A Strong Financial Position
(Special Air-mail Servics)
London, May 12, tions, but much remained to be The 36th ordinary general meet-; done before that could be fully ing of the British and Chinese effected. Rallway revenue, on Corporation · Ltd. was held at. 3, which prior obligations were secur- Lombard-street, London, EC. cd, continued to be diverted to
and
The report and accounts were unanimously adopted.
Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, who predd-military purposes and, impatient ed, after referring to the loss the at delay in progress, use of the re- venue "had been made for fresh corporation had sustained by the death on Feb. 18 of their chairman capital developments and for em
bellishment
administrative and managing director, Mr. Sidney F. Masers, salf that with such a
**luxuries," when the strictest strong financial position as was economy for the railways to at- now disclosed, shareholders might
tain a sound financial position was think the directors were pursuing necessary. H an over-cautious policy in dis- tributing a dividend of only 5 per cent, free of tax, but he must draw. attention to the fact that no in- terest had been received on the advances for account of the Nan- king Hunan Railway since 1925. They had been made in silver, and were represented, with accrued in- terest, by the currency item of £472,228, taken at the sterling rate of 1s-33d to the Shanghai dollar. There was the uncertainty, also as regarded the political situation in China,
A small business was done at The chairman then dealt in de- 1107.
tall with the Chinese" railways in which the corporation was in- terested, and said that those had, with the exception of the Pekin Mukden line, experienced more peaceful and stable conditions dur-z ing the year, and some slight pro- "gress had been made towards physical and inancial recovery. Conditions in the afternoon were As to future prospects and the no better than those obtaining possibility of further railway de- the morning. No business was
done..
IN THE AFTERNOON
Sterling
velopment, it must at least be sald that China's' statesmen realised that an extension of the present railway system by construction of trunk lines was essential for the economic development of their
Sterling closed at 1/5 3/16 sell ers for May/June, likely buyers at 1/5 7/32 and certain buyers a 1/51. For July delivery 1/5 country. It was patent to them the probable selling rate, buyers bidding 1/6.0/32
US Dollars Dollars closed at 98) sellers, 1
buy- era at 361, but 38 7/18 would prob ably have been accepted by buyers for May/June,
Shanghai mag "Evidently as dull as in Houg kong. No quotations were avaliable
H.K. SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION
Trams. $21.
Lights" (old), $8.80.
Telephones (old), $25, Amusements, $i
Constructions (old), 81.60.
Constructions (new). 70.cts. Gold $ Bonds, 844%.
SELLERS.
HK. Fires, $252. Providents, fola), $1.70. Cements, $2.70. Constructions: (old)")- $1,70.
SALES Electrica, 3731. Amusements, B4.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AMERICAN ORIENTAL FINANCE CORPORATION
FED, INC., USA QUOTATIONS
Tel 26631--Asta Life Building, 3rd Floor.
(REUTERS THROUGH THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL FINANCE CORPORATION) New York: May 28.
Dow Jones Averages, High-1933/34 Low: May 26 May 38. Change
30 IndustrialR
20 Rails
20 Utilities
40 Barids
110.74
56.84
37.78.
05.21
Commodity Index 60.44
30.18 B5.06
25.43. 43.44
95.56 61 up 43,96
32 up 19.33' 93,3079. 23:44 18 up -73.21 9433
94.10 07 ap 41.98 $4.20 3804 134 up.
The A. O. F. Corp, hai received the following report, from their New York correspondents, E. A. Pierce & Co. The market was firm enough and in that respect was encouraging. However, there, seems to be no great' urge to buy and no particular spread in intereat after the down- ward tendency for two weeks. The American Iron and Steal Institute;, places mill activity in the steel industry at 38.1 per cent compared with $4.3 per cent for the previous week.
Wheat: The failure of the forecasted rains to materialize and hot dry weather in the North Western sections and in Canada developed a larger demand. There was no pressure of selling except for realizing.
Cotton: Early offerings were absorbed by the Far East and by dome- stic spinners. The advance induced by the strength of wheat met witb increased offerings
Silver: Doll and narrow. There was some bank and scattered well- ing comprising in all only 35 lots. Business Done: 610,000 shares,
DIV, # HIGH Low PIR SE.
1935
36
a.00 Air Beduction
4,00 American Gaa.....
701% 6.00 Allied Chemical & Dye
American Radiator...
LAFT BALK
May 46. May 28.
119 100
47'
$95
133 1341
100% 17
94+ 941
1st
131
14
tol
American, Smelting....
12392
391
1844
...
0.00 American Tel. & Tel.
1144
1141
42
501
5.00 American Tobacco "B"
721
72
10
1.00 American Waterworks
187 19
Anaconda Copper Mining
145
14t
31
2.00 Auburn A
•342
354
227
Bendix Aviation
15
15%
37
18
1.00 Borden Company
247
251
Canadian Paciflo
151 154
103*
30
-J. 1 Chao
51-
0.50 Caterpillar Co.,
312
404
1.4) Chase National Bank....
43
180
202
1.00 Chrysler Motors
a13.40 Consolidated Gas of N.Y. ...
Curtin Wright
•2.00 Du. Font de Nemours.
,- ༷ན ;
Montgomery Ward-
521 273-00928
~27fbid=“ 28 bid
BUYERS
392
401
Canton Insec, $300 xd HK. Fires, $245. Hotels, $5.00. Ew08, $11. Wharves, $105. „Docks, $15.
321-33
64
3
85
102
3.00 Eastmanu Kodak
881 95% 96
$6
201
Electric Auto-Lite Co
209.**
221
10%
0% Electric Bond & Share
144
1475
10
188
Electric Power and Light...
51
at
(301
0.40 General Electric
18
20
10 1.00 General Foods
$11 317
219
1.00 General Motors s 1.00 Gillette Balety zad
101
48
1.90 Gold Dust E 0.80 International Harvester International-Tal & Tat
33
100 19# ∙194
32
4.00 Liggett & Myera" !! B **
96
06
1.00 Loew's InG MALA
311
312
281
2.80 National Bisenit
18
1.00 National City Bank
1.20 National Dairy Products ...!! 0.00 Otis Elevator
are
140 Pacific Gas & Electric
1,60 Pennsylvania Railway
301
301
Radio Corpn. 1
Bears Boebuck
194
Bocony.Vaonum Corp.
157
15F
Breas" (Copyright),】:
572
281
100 Standard Brands
Standard Gas
120
101
Berlin, May 28, Reichsmark quotations (without guarantee):
1.00 Standard Of Jersey
80%
New York Paris
30.24
5041
BI
Amsterdam
"STO
188
Faris (Eter
77.09
Dollar
15.65
14
REICHSBANK QUOTA
́TIONS
also that the necessary prelude to (Special to the Hong Kong Dalls chtaining further loans for zällway development was the management of the existing railways on business lines and their financial rehabl- litation: The Ministry of Railways, by the institution of special reserve accounts on several railways and by efforts to discharge loan obliga-
in the afternoon, rates remaining | tions, had given evidence of an
as quoted at the close of the mor earnest desire to restore confidence ning sessi.cz.
in China's respect for her obliga
Packard Motors
1.00 Texas Corporation Trand-Ameries
1.00 Union Carbide & 6:00 Union Pacific
United Air and Tr United Corporation United States Stenl Westinghouse E. & 1.
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