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***

11th October

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P. O. B. 148 Telephone 28024.

Agents, CANTON,

Masers. DODWELL & CO., LTD..

SHAMEEN.

LONDON FINANCE NOTES

The

Anglo-Oriental Mining

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Sept. 201 accounts of the Anglo- Oriental Mining Corporation. covering

*......

JABI RUBBER PLANTATIONS The accounts for the year ended March 31 of the Jab! Rubber Plantations (1932), Limited, show ↑ period of sixteer. months to June 30 last are avafla-a profit, subject to income-tax.

ble. A net profit of £62,233 is of £2,729. After, deducting the

shown for the period, which is

debit balance of £1,296 brought ́la equivalent tc approximately from the previous accounts £1 £46,674 for a twelvemonth. The profit goes against £27,915 in the preceding twelve months and

£23.553 in 1932

balance on appropriation account alet providing for income; tax total £176,526. Arrears of freference dividend on June 30 last amounted to. £222.812. The whole of the outstanding loans

have been paid during the sixteer

months, and the directors are noW anxious to settle the arrears of Preference divider.d.

the

Subject to approval at annual "meting on October 3, 1x months' Freference dividend will be paid on October 31. This will take £29,063 out of the cash balance of £73.350 appearing in the balance sheet.

remains to be carried forward. The crop secured amounted to 583,410lb. and the average net sale price obtained (including stocks since realized) was 3,486d. al. LANGKAPOERA (SUMATRA)

RUBBER

During the year ended June 30 the Langkappera (Sumatra) Ruh- ber Estate secured a crop of

a

anw lb.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER

H. K. STOCK

EXCHANGE

YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL

QUOTATIONS

PO

10, 1934.

LONDON EXCHANGE RATES

Amsterdam

Athena

Belgrade Berlin

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVIC Sterling Parity Oct 4.

* 15.10 Florina 7.22

376 Drachman. 620 5. 176,316 Dinare +214

90. Märki 12.17

1. 6d. per Rupes 1/8 1/10

Little interest was displayed ina Bombay to-day's market owing to to-mor- Bruzasje row being the Double Tenth. In

Bucharest spite of the further rise in the Buenos Aires....... dollar Banks and Unions were pn Copenhagen through at $1,670 and $530 respec- Genera tively. Local investment Issues Helsingfors continue dull a parcel of Zoong Hongkong Sings were sold to the North at Lisbon $9.40 ex. Dividend.

SALES

H.K. Banks, $1.870."

Union Insuranses, $530 China Lights (Old), $8.65. Telephones (Old), $22.70.

Govt. 4 per cent. Loan 8 per cent.

Prem.

BUYERS

Union Insurances, $525.

Underwriters, $1.15.

Douglases, $41.

Benguet Exploration, 21, cents.

Gold River, 22 cents.

Wharves, $107.

Hotels, $5.40.

HK. Lands. $50.

Realties, $4).

HK. Trams, $19.70,

China Lights (Old), 39.65.

China Lights (New); $8.40.

Singapore Traction, 4/9.

Singapore Traction (Pref.), 18/- Canton Ices, $2.60.

Constructions (New), 78 cents.

SELLERS

HK. Trams, $19.80.

35 Belana 20.95

490

..... $13,566 Lei 47.58d. per Peso 303 S.C.

18.159. Kroner 22-40

15

Out & 7.20

510 8.

#214

12.13

1/8-1/16

20.01

490

361 8.0.

23.40

14.96

226+

1/T

1/7

110)

1101

35 13/18

354

192.18 Lira · 571

"1

51

50.88d. per Pesù

391

4.867 Dollars

4.801

New York

4.01

19.90

Madrid

Milan

Montevideo

Montreal-

Dala....!

Shanghai

25.22 Franca

183.3 Marka 226)

110 Escudo 20,22) Pasetas

393 8.0 4.81

4.867 Dollars 4.831

74 1/32 116 13/16

18.159 Kroner. "19,00

Paris

124.21 Franca 74 7/32

Prague

Rio de Janeiro

164.95 Kronen 26.83d. per Gold

117 3/18

Milreis

44 5.0. 1/5)

Stockholm ...

18:130 Kronor 34.564 Schillings 24.58d. per Yen

19.391

261

4 S.O. 1/5 19.391 201

1/2 3/32

22)

1/2 1/16 227

Silver (forward)

221

23

9% 31% 105*

31% 1051

Visans..... Yokohama

Silva (spot)..

War Loan

UN LONDON ---

Closing Quotations

October 9, 1934

Telegraphic Transfer.... Bank Hills, on demand 17 Bank Billa, 4 months'

ight

1/7)

Credits, four months!

sight

18

Goyt. 31 per cent. Losn, 31 per ON SHANGHAL :-

cent. Prem.

THE

On Demand 10

OX SINGAPORE:---

g. On demand

...........+1.

EXCHANGEON JAPAN

MARKET

MESSRS. ROZA BROS.

Silver prices were 1/4 up yester- day at 22 7/8 for Ready and 23 for Forward. Indian support, to the market continued and China sold. Speculators' operated both as buy- "ers and sellers. There was appar

ently no American Interest in the market which closed quiet.

Sterling opened in New York yesterday 1 cent lower at 4.91 3/8 and closed at 4.90 7/8.

On demand

ON INDIA:

13

Telegraphic Transfer... *1084 Bank, on demand ......

ON NEW YORK-

Bank Bills, on demand 30 Credits, 60 dayu' sight.. 40) ON BATAVIA

On, demand.............. DTB ON PARIS

Bank Bills, on demaad 6934 Credits, 4 months' night #194

ON SALOON

On demand

ON MANTA

591

On Hemand........... THE

ON BANGKOK

On demand

SOVEREIONS; Bank Buying

Rate

***** 1/73

BAR SILVER, per os. ............... 12%

SHANGHAI MARKET

COMMENT

Shanghai, Oct. 2

i general market was the weakness of Ewos bustriess being done as low as 10.20 for October. In the debenture market over 2 lakhs of

changed

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FIDDER BUILDING-- HONG KONG... CANTON BLANCH :—Á, SHAKIE ROAD,

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

MAERSK LINE

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

M.V.

The Shanghai Stock Market re- mained very quiet last Tuesday. The feature of the debenture mar- ket was a line of $50,000 Realty Investment 8% changing hands at 100 cash. After a long period of inactivity. 500 China Realty changed hands st 12.25 for October. The market for Ewas wards lunch time the market was 'was a little easier with 500 shares fected here, and rates were barely being landed and placed at their risk into

Shanghai Power 54% average

Very quiet condiH GERTRUDE MAERSK”. hands at 101. tions prevailed in the local rubber share market on Monday. The frm close of the raw commodity market in, New York was not re-

again on the firm side.

Sterling

853,0141b, of rubber (against 922.- 4601b. during 1932-33) at "all-in" cost of 2.55d. Laguinst 2.28d.). The gross selling price (not including the stock unsold, valued at cost

. Marker price on June 30) was 2.68d, a It

Steady at the opening but sub- against 1.43d.). In addition, 3.258sequently eased off slightly. To- piculs of coffee were harvested. The accounts show a profit of £2.758 (against a loss of £2,057). and, as already announced, the

Opened with sellers at 1/7 5/8 It is stated that no revenue directors propose to pay dividends

buyers bidding 1/7 21/32 with accrued from the Corporation's of 10 per cent. on the Preference business done at 1/7 5/8 for cash principal investment, but the shares and 3 per cent. on the followed later by transactions at substantial increase in pronts 's Ordinary shares (against nil). 1721/32 for second half October. attributed to increased dividends These payments will absorb £28541/7 11/16 second half October and and interest, and, in particular, to and leave £3,923 to be carried

also November. The market closed the resumption of dividends by forward (against £4,019), Float-

at lunch time, with 'sellers at 1/7 the Anglo-Oriental and Generaling assets, including Investments

58 for near,, 1/7 21/32 second half investment Trust. Anglo-Oriental i at market value, amounted to October and 1/7 11/16 November, buyers at 1/7 11/16 for cash and second half October and 1/7 23/32 November.

1 Preference shares stand at 21s. £20.834. against current Habilities ed, and the 55. Ordinary around of £7,608 78.

HARRISONS AND CROSFIELD

As a "inancial guide to the

MANVERS MAIN COLLIERIES The directors of the Manvers

D.B. Dollars

changing hands at 10.60 cash. steady.. The only Item of interest The Shanghal rubber share mar- in the general market was the ket was active and steady on that continued decline of Ewos, in which day, 100,000 shares changing hands.stock the following transactions The rubber section of the mar were put through. 1,000 at 10.10 ket remained steady on the next cash, 555 at 10 cash and 500 at day, but with only a half-day 10.16 October, with further sellers session and a decline in 'all of the primary markets, the volume of

business was small The general

cash

market was lifeless with a few Shanghai Power preference shares changing hands at 142.75 and Shanghai Telephone 6% de- bentures being done at 108 cash. Thursday being Settlement Day..

at that rate.

A small business was done dur- and all brokers engaged in clear- Main "Collleries report that after

ing the course of the morning at Ing their accounts, there was not- providing for income-tax and

£50,000.. Is

extent of the recovery in the writing off £24,338" for deprecia- plantation industry the forthcom- ing results of Harrisons and Cros-ended June 30 amounts to £84,897, tion the net profit. for the year feld may be counted прод to which compares with £48,971 for attract considerable interest.

1932-33. They recommend that Dividend, estimates have been

£20.000 be written of old, ovens પ્રથમ and various. The interim unchanged), and that £25,000 payment on the Deferred capital be placed to reserve (against niy has already been doubled at 5 per making that fund cent., and a year ago the final was addition they propose to increase per cent. While the 10 per the dividend for the year on the cent. payment in 1932-33 twice that of the previous year. to 4 per cent. The balance for Ordinary shares from 23 per cent. much leeway has to be made up ward will be sughtly higher at before the company attains its £20,398 (against £19,501). pre-slump dividend records, for between 1924 and 1929 the annual disbursement averaged fully 34 per cent.

INDESTRUCTIBLE PAINT

COMPA

Was

3

The diretors of the Indestruc- Lible Paint Company announce that, profits for the first. KIX months of this year show a satis- factory increase over, those for the corresponding period of last year. There is no question,, they state, that the pain, industry in this country Is benefiting from return of corifdence, as well as from the excellent weather condi- tions for exterior decoration ́dur- ing the period. Competition, how- ever, contlaues to be interse. The company's foreign subsidiaries have, under the conditions pre- valling, ben operated satisfac - torily; in France there has been no improvment in the building industry since the beginning of }~

H.K. SHAREBROKER'S ASSOCIATION

收

BUYERS

Underwriters, $1.10.

Douglases, $41.

Beng Exploration, 20 cents. dola Rivers, 22 cents.

United Paracales, 31 cents. Hotels, $5.40.

Lands, $50.

wharves, $107. Providents (Old), „ $1.48. Ferries, $973. Yaumati Ferries, $21. Lights (Old), $8.65, Lights (New); $8.35. Electrics, $70. / Telebones (Old); $22.86.

F.

Canton Ices. $2.55. Constructions (Old), $1.6 Constructions (New), 78 cents. Nangangs $4.65. Govt. Loan 4 per cent, 37 per

cent.

the year, but in Germany · sales - Vibro Piling, $64.

have considerably increased, and this subsidiary has, in conse quence, shown a proat for the first half-year. The Interim or- dinary diydend is to be increased from 5 per cent, to 814 per cent.; it will be paid on October 8.

b

BELLERS

Hotels, $5 word Telephones (O14), $29.40, Telephones (New), $10,60. Lane, Crawford's, 34.10.

having arrived, from New York, and Ports of call, Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their Goods are the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf, & Godown Company's godowns at Kowloon where delivery may be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed....

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all arter Goods remaining undelivered Thursday, 11th October, 1934, will be subject to Rent.

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

OCEAN STRAM SHIP CO., LTD. CHINA MUTUAL STEAM: NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

Arg

AND

ONSIGNEES per Co.'s Vessel "ACHILLES,"

FROM UNITED KINGDOM VIA SINGAPORE. hereby notibed that their cargo wil be discharged into Holts Wharf Kowloon, where it will lie at Consig nees risk and subject, to terms and conditions of storage at Holt's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Godown on and after 9th Oct.

Optional cargo will not be landed here, antess notice haw been give prior to steamer's arrival but carried on from port to port to the final port

GERMAN SHARE they will be examined on Tuesday, of call to which the option extenda

MARKET

Alf broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where

9th October, 1934, at 10 mm, by“our Surveyors, Messrs. Goddard & Douglas,

To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Hegulations cor signees must have a Revenue Officer in attendance when damaged dutiable goods are examined.

All Claims must reach us before the Sunday, 11th November, 1934, or ther will not be recognized.

No Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

JEESEN & CO.,

All broken, chafed, and damaged goods are to be left in the Godowns, Tuesdays and Fridays between the where they will be examined on say hours of 10.45 4.M. and Noon with the free storage period.

No claims will be, admitted siter the Goods have left the steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 15th Oct., will be aubject to rent.

Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press (Copyright).]

Berlin, Oct. 8., The extraordinary activity in 40 3/18 for near delivery. Later ahing of interest to report. Fol- the fixed interest securities market small business was arranged at in lowing a decline in the New York that began in the latter half of 1/8 for cash. The market closed and Singapore raw rubber markets, last week continued with renewed with sellers at 40 3/16 for cash operators lowered their buying vigour on Monday, very large and probably 40 1/4 November, rates on Firday, but did not lower amount of these securities chang- buyers at 40 1/4 for cash and 40 their selling rates, with the resulting hands, and prices rising cor- Hong Kong, 5th Oct., 1934 5/16 November.

that very few shares changed respondingly. Some gold and bands There was nothing of in- mortgage bonds rose by two per terest in the general market; 500 cent and some city loans by as New Engineering Ordinary chang- much as 24. In certain cases the firmer at 934. Reichshani moved 8th Detober, 1939.

greater up 1 to 146, Dyetrusts declined

Yen Yen 138 3/4.

Guilders Guilders 58 3/8

Shangtial Dollars

5

Aginta

2590

All Claims against the teamer muse. be presented to the undersigned-om or before the 29th Oct., or they will not be recognised

No Fire Insurance will be effected BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agents.

19906

ed hands at 5.07, 300 Wheelocks demand for stock was at 13.10 cash and 10 Union Insur-than the supply. Shares were into 1418, Salzdetfurth Potash i

110 1/2 business done...

ance at BK $535 caab The rub-lesser demand but the optimistic armer to 154, German Steel Trusts Shanghal Dollars 110 9/16. Later her section was not encouraging, feeling released by the heavy boy-rose to 434. German Mineral Oils SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES on the following day, with prices ing of fixed interest securities Improved to 1088. Siemenshalske more or less nominal and very caused most of the standard advanced 1 to 1438 Bemberg

being few transactions

put shares to advance."

Rayon declined to 128-min Call Money 4 to 41, Young Loan Transocean Kuo Min

Shanghai Market

Sterling steady at 1/6 3/4 for near. 1/5 13/16 for forward. Later the rate could have also been ob tained for hear delivery. Dollars, 36 8/18 for Ready, 36 3/8 18k| forward, steadying to 36 7/16 and 36 1/2. Market arm..

IN THE AFTERNOON The market was quiet in the afternoon, the tone being steady. Sterling

In Sterling business was done at 17 11/16 for November, finishing with sellers at 1/1 5/8 for near. 1/7 21/32 November and 1/7 11/18- December, buyers at 1/32 higher respectively.

U.S. Dollars US Dollars, the market closed with sellers at.40.1/8 for cash and 40 3/16 November, buyers at 40 3/16 for cash and 40 1/4 Novem- bers

That Market Sterling 75 13/16 for near and forward, the near rate easing later to 1/5 3/4. Dollars 36.7/16 for near, 36 1/2 forward and fater 18. 3/8 and 35 7/16 for near and for- ward, the tone was not particular- ly robust.

Govt. Loan 31 Ber cent, & per "Abteis, 86,47)

cent. ⠀

BALDA

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4.0.F.C. Average of Shanghai Stocks

· MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

CONSIGNER NOTIUR.

8.8. " PORTHOS."

ABEVRY

TONG KONG O TUESDAY. HE 9TH OCT,

QUESIG

From MARSEILLES, &¿ HUBHIGNITS Cargo by the above-nared Steamer are-bareby informed that their Goods, with the caption of Optum, Tersenze end Valu their risk in the Godown of the Bong

bu gibtaining as the Bööde are landed.

duding Rent

itkin 17 days, in

Be abject to

Under- Télh Ost