1936-07-24 — Page 12

E. Africa

A

India

י

Slangoni Ducks S.

New Engineerings8. Liongice

......

Lands, Hotels, and

Buildings

20 62=

$10

$100

35

British

New Zealand

B. N. Borneo

H.K. Hotela

#4.80 3301

931

3102

(13

$16

H.K Lands.......... Do.4% Debentures Shanghai Land...S. Metropolitan Lande..

¦

(30)

8103)

S. Africa

W. Africa

14

10.

162)

!!

16.56

187

EWON

H.K. Coulties. «

10........

China Donati, Debentureas.

Humphrey ...........................

Chinese Extates...................

Cotton Mills

............... S.

IZ

DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

Hong Kong Stock

UNJAN

$1,570

::

Exchange

!!!!

$255

:

THURSDAY.

JULY 23.

Banks

Snarebrokers Association

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1936.

Increase In Local Trades

||Fuyors

Belles

Jala

From United Kingdom Japan

North China

Germany .....

H.K. Bank's q

$1,570

Italy

209

Do (London) ***

299

France..........

e1

Chartered Banks ...

Pu

Others

£31

Mercantile Bka. “A”

B31

"C"

€14

B14

"Total

$73

→ $733

Do.

Bank of East Asia, N. O. & S. Backa...

Canton Lavaran066...

Union Insurances ***

(Continued from Page 7)

T.T.

1932

1936

1933 1934 1935 (Values in $1,000's) 26,197 10,317 4,229 "4,561 3,916 3,481 2,902 4,482 7,480 12,599 15,862 17,083 15,274 -14,103 10,727«

798 623 283 243 115 373 548 624 638 39 135 148 120 183 69 6,761 4,779 3,888 1.843 2.529

53.404 36,398 28,850 28,829 29,994

RATES

The following table shows the monthly average TT. opening exchange rates for the first six months of 1936 on certain mar- kets:-

Average

A

NAVAL NEWS

ATTACHE AT BERLIN

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, July 11. By his appointment as Naval Attache at Berlin Captain T. H. Troubridge 19 toslowing in the footsteps of his father, "the late` Admiral Sir Ernest. Troubridge,, who was Naval Attache at Vienna, Madrid and Tokyo. In 1904 Sir Ernest Troubridge then a captain, was attached to the suite of King Edward VII during his Majesty's visit to Kiei, and received from the German Emperor the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle.

NEW

YORK STOCK

Now York: July 23.

EXCHANGE

(INIONEM KOnters Agency!

QUOTATIONS

New York/London Cross-fate Now York Cotton-Oct. New York Rubber-Sep.. Chicago Wheat -Sep. Chicago Corn -Sop. Silver-Official

40 Bonds

11 Commodity Iudex

Stocks

Captain Troubridge was promot→ ed 18 months ago when in com- mand of the destroyer Windsor. He entered Osborne in 1908, and Adams Express served afloat all through the War Amer. Can............. from midshipman to lieutenant in Amer, Cyanamid B the battle cruiser Indomitable, chem. & For, Power cru ser Comus, and in command br Am. & For. P. 37 p coastal motor-boats. He served in Am. Light & Trac. 1920-21 on the International Da- Amer. Locomotive.......... nube Commission of which his Amer. Radiator father was President, and gradu-Amer. Rolling Mill... ated at the Staff College in 1824-Amer. Smelting.... Am. Sugar Reaning Amer. Tel. & Tel.....

Insurances

3150

JAY

Underwritera

Si

*****

190 ats

$425

1513

China Fires CATALA

$462

$457

H.K. Firs

$350

$950

International Assea, S.)

January February March

13:

Shipping

April May LONDON

June

$38

Douglasow

135

∙1/3-7/18. 1/3)

1/31

Steambouts

$30

Indos (pret.) ****

1.30

481-7/16

$20

Do. (def.) ....a.

*}

481-7/16 483-1/16 4821

10:/

Shella

100/-

Waterhote

113 20

31-15/16 33-5/18 321

Mining

Bajatcos

108)

1067

041

117jets

11 eta

'85-3/16

851

851

$3.10

$3.30

11/3

547

53

55

19

1270

$9.30

110

[ $11.5

444

46-9/16 463

1/31 FRANCE

4871

U.S.A. 321 SHANGHAI

1071 108-15/16 10T

INDIA 85-15/16 85-11/18 SINGAPORE

55-5/16 55-3/16 642

JAPAN 110-5/18110-7/18 1111

JAVA 401

47

4687

32-3/16

32

1/3-9/16 1/3-5/18 1/34

485-5/16 4841

321

1061

107

25.

841

85-5/16

54-15/16

110-11/16 108-11/16 110-3/16

471

47

461

$221.

Gold Creek................

12 ct.

13

11/

13

$10.00

Gold Biver....

Salacotă ..................

1.X.Lisa m

Langkats (single) 8. Explorativas.care. 3. Sinagbai Luan S.

Venezuela

Gold Fids.

Docks, Wharves,

Godowns, etc.

Do.

Du.

(old) (now)

F.K. & K. Wharves.

Providents joki). ..- $1.35 | #1,40 | $1.45

390

$1.46

1.30/1, 45

120 cts.

Liu. {O} ...

315

1.K. & W. Dogica

S. Chias Motors' A'

185

#

$81

JUNE FIGURES

During the month of June, 1938 imports of merchandise amounted to a total of $37.0 millions (£2.4 millions), as compared with 3264 millions (£3.0 millions) in June, 1935: a dollar increase of 40.2 per cent, and a sterling decrease of 20.0 per cent. whilst exports totalled $29.9 millions (£1.9 millions), as compared with $19.1 millions (£2,2 millions); a dollar increase of $6.5 per cent, and a sterling decrease of 13.6 per cent.

THE NEW ASSISTANT HYDROGRAPHER

Captain E. F. B. Law is appoint-

Amer. Waterworks... ed from to-day to the Hydrogra- Anaconda Copper phic Department. Admiralty, and Atchison, T. & S. Fe a fortnight

will hence

succeed

Atlas Corpo Captain A. L. Jackson as Assistant

Auburn Hydrographer of the Navy. He last Baltimore & Ohio... served in the Department as Su-Bethlehem Steel perintendent of the Chart Branch Bocing Airplane Co. In 1931-33, in which post he also Borde: Co..... succeeded Captain Jackson.

داشه

Las Today's

High Low Close Cloo

Change

-- 3.02-9;18 8,028 3/18 of 18.33 12.90 1837 12.14 13 of 16.50 16.47 | 16M 18.47 .05 of 104 101 103 104

871

442

90%

up

up

unchanged

Low: July 31. July 22. Change

33.58 65,06

Business Done:-1,450,000 shares.

Dow Jones Averages. High-1834/35

SO Industrials

165.31

113.11 165.83

164.49 .74 off

20 Ralls

63.73

40.86 33.44

52.80

20 Utilitzem

35,60

28.03 36.83 -36.03

.04 af 19 of

103.44

98.52 103.40

103.69

.14 up 68.07 101 up

Last Sale

Last Sale -

July 21, 22.

Stocks

July 21 22.

V

121 123

G. Western Sugar

354

357

1381

135

Humple Oil

87

682

35

36

Int. Harvester Co. .*

823

7

73

Int. Nickel

511

502

39

38

Int. Tei, & Tel

14

131

27

261

Kennecott

*

437

217

211

Loew's Inc.

511

511

271

267

Lorillard

241

241

871

874

McKesson & Rob-

Ir

351

554

bins Inc. .....

43

431

1701

1701

Monsanto Chem.

971

98

1013

1012.

Montgomery Ward...

431

441

Amer. Tobacco 'B' ....

251

25+

Nat, City Bk

41b 431b

392

39

Ngt. Dairy Prods........

272

272

844

831

Nat. D.stillers

201

201

30 ∙291

Nat. Power, & Light

131 121

131 131

New York Central...

401 391

331 367

North American

341 33

201 . 20)

Northern Pacific....

271

271

541

537

Pacific Gas & Elec,

40%

401

24)

25

Pacific Lighting

581

571

9.145 (12,026) 376,483 (208,837)

(769) 144.508 (126,459)

19.325 (20.078)

{m}

54.10

FA.65

The following table shows com- parative figures of imports and ex- ports of Merchandise and Treasure B. E. Other during the months of June, 1936 and June, 1935:-

W. Indies

28.937 (25.569) 266.123 (268,372)

2,040,585 Malaya 333,764

(312.806) (800.011)

34,755 (22,411)

during the 74,956

| cruisers Challenger and Astraea at (29,101) the Cameroons, and in command 115,255

of the destroyers Garry, Scourge, (40.747) and Relentless. He was

the.. 112,019 second batch of cadets at Osborne, (10,525) entered in January, 1904 326,931

311

31

Packard MotoL

111 111

Bklyn - Manhatian

Paramount Picture

Captain Law has taken a course

Trans Corpn. ...... in meteorology since his return Bklyn Manhata from the China Station, where he

$6 cum. pf..........

491

401

Incor

34

81

Pennsylvania . E. R.

374 371

commanded the surveying-ship Case. . I. ............. 107 1621 Herald. He has been associated Canadian Pac. Rly.. with hydrographic work since" he Chase Nat. Bk. ..... was a sub-Leutenant in 1913, and Chesapeake Corpn. 82

War" served in the Chesapeake & Oblo

1011

1001

Phillips

Petroleum

46 441

Pure Oil Co

487

487

131

121

Pub. Service or N.J.

201

201

4570

47tb

Radio Corpo

12.. 12

31

Radio Corpn #9"

87

Be

$5 of

10th

106)

Chrysler Columbia Gas & E. C. G. & 6%, 'A' pf.

1191

119)

Reynolds Tob B'.

653 554

21

21

Schenley

391

401

108]

1051

Schenley 5% pĺ.....

991b 0910

(847)

24,537

(18,201)

Belgium

$70

D' Cottonmuldj9.

381

IMPORTS

1,206,483

(443,803)

$394

Do (news.

874

5.8

Zoong Stuge... S.;

330

#25

Wing On Textiles(5,}}

Public Utilities

126

"$11 70:

11.70//111

Tramways dr

Total

Poak Trams (old)...

Do. (now)...

127

280

Star Ferries $88

$99

$19.20 $1.10

#7]

Yannati Ferries

11.16

Chins Lights (old)....0.83

Do.

#:9.80

(08)... $7

$501

128.4

26.4/26)

#

331

201

,30 cta.

$3.10

$3

40 ot.

90%.

90%.

8%

prem.

par

ཡཿ ༄༅1 E ཨསྶi #ཤྩ; ཚE=རྩརྱ( #g=th;

HK. Electrica Macao do.

od

503

EXPORTS June, 1936 June, 1935 Merchandise $29,952,485 $19,059,888 C. America Treasure

5,646,434 9,154.793

Denmark

Cuba

(7.650)

Junë, 1936 June, 1935

China, North 4,803,325 Merchandise $37,046,020 $26,423,897

(4,859,002) Treasure

3,895,271 3.637,306 China, Middle 708.303

(728,787) (1.596,007) $40.741.291 $30,061,303 China, South 4,678,634 11,718,051

(2,783,291) (7,925,738) ed for trials a year ago, but has Distillers Corpn. Bea- been delayed by gearing defects. 11.313 (13,214) 165.437

H.MLS. AMPHION (85,501) The new cruiser Amphion, Cap- 184.134 tain R. L. Burnett, O.B.E., is ex- (73,430) pected to complete to full crew at 59,292 Portsmouth to-day for service as (51.918 flagship on the Africa Station in 1,429,367 succession to the Carlisle. She will (987,338) leave for her station towards the 1,432,462 end of the month The" Amphion, 1931 one of the cruisers of programmie, was first commission-

Commercial Credit 723 Com'. Solvents Comm, & Southern

711

Sears Roebuck

70

701

15

151

Socony-Vacuum

14

141

Sthm. Cal. Edison 311

313

(ord.) Comm. &

34

31

Sthrn. Pacific

38)

Southern

Stand, Branda

10

18

(ord.) 56,cum. pl. . Tij

Ti

Stand. Gas Y Elec

72

73

Consolid. Gås of N.Y. Consolid, Qu Continental On

411

.411

Stand. O o N.J... 641

64

131

131

Sterling Prods.

737

73

33

331

Bwift Internationa:

3040

311

Corn, Products

731

72;

Technicolor

201

26

Curtiss Wright (C)

01

64

Texas Gulf Sulphur 35t

35

the

Curtiss Wright 'A'... Delaware & Hudson

17}

Transamerica 177

-131

121

451

443

20th Cent. Fox "Fum.

com.m

27

261

grama

221

217

20th Cent. Fox Film.

CANTEEN MEETING

Douglas Aircraft

691

683

pr.

354

341

. (785)

$194

8'bel

Sandakan Ligate' --- Telepanu (old) ...

Chius

(DOW) Buses.

Fractions manu

Do.

{prof.) ................

Industrials

Malabon Sugars Caldbeck, (ord,} b,} Macgregoraf pref.)5.

Canton Icta

Dements

Ropes

Miscellaneous Dairy Farmsumen Ch. Etainment.......

Amusements »

Constructions, (old);

Do

(new) 95 eta.

Laus Crawfords......

MackinWahs.......

Nanyang Sinceres.......

Tobacco...

Watsona THE

Wm. Powells

M. Greyhounds

3. C. Enterprises Cb.9.5% 19250.3Bde

H.5. Gort, 4% DANS

Do. 31%

Wallace Harpor LK Wing Vo

Vibro Piling

...... 359

$28

Total

$35,498,899 827,214,859

12.537 (1,970)

6,300

Egypt

32/-

།ཚཛད གྱི 'སྐཙ ་ཊྛིཾ 1རྗོཐཐ !ཙྪིདྡྷིམྷི

!!!!!

1935

June

July

150 ura,

$1074

Dec.

MONTHLY FLUCTUATIONS Since June, 1935 monthly values of imports of merchandise into Hong Kong fluctuated from a low Hong Kong dollar value (26.1 millions) in August, 1935 to a high

of 38.8 millions in May, 1936, whilst Holland -

export values fluctuated from a low

of $18.0 millions in July, 1935 to 4 Italy

high of $300 millions in May, 1936. Details are given below, with the sterling equivalents, at monthly average rates of exchange, in brackets:

IMPORTS EXPORTS $26,423,907 $19,059.868 (£3,041,512) (£2,193,870) $28.745.053 $18,028,990 (£2,841,662) (£1,915.580). August $28,145,130 $19.234,196

(£2,621,322) (£1,928,429) Sept. $26,620,165 $18,355,346

(£2,662,017) (£1,935,535) October $31,564,844 $22,782,098

(£3,140,044) (£2,268,344) $28.404,624 $23.541,998 (2,108,156) (£1,747,258) $34,288,752 $25,405,302 (£2,286,801) (£1,680,455)

Κον.

* 1.463

(5,053)

30,678

The next meeting of the Head-Du Pont de Nemours (88,308) quarters Naval Canteen Committee Electric Boat

will be held at the Navy. Array, Elec. Bond & Share (740) and Air Force Institutes, Kenning Elec. Bond & Share

$5 pf..... ton Lane, S.E., on Friday, August

1681

164

Un. Carbide & Car-

13+

131

bon

96

961

248

24+

Un. Pacifc

1371

137

Un. Aircraft

(New)

2X

27/

781

781

Un. Airline Trans...

18

18

(533)

France

114,069

Indo-China

Germany

(1,121,952)

262,749

(283,358)

(153,858)

Japan

4.140.719 (3,758,231)

Kwong Chow

Wan

920.790

(206,835)

Macao

434,593

(385,289)

Norway

11

Philippines

Slam.

8. America

Sweden

1936

| January $33,735,467 $23.630,627

(£2,169,964) (£1,519,991) Feb. $30,319,310 $24.865,144

(£1,958,122). (£1,805,874) March $34,136,670 $27,483,098

Switzerland

San Mauricio, $1.45.

(2.204,660) (1,774,950)

Spain

U. S. A.

Othera

N. E. Indies 2,619.581

(2,056,283)

132,575 (178.173) 3,506,568 (1.971,532)

23,798 (11,147) 72.077 (129,834)

66,128 (1.908) 18,858 (22,548)

Itogons, $1.90.

April

$38,184,302 $27.641,444

IX.L, $3.10.

Northern Mines, 37 cts.

May

$38,799,243

(£2,485,957) (£1,799,573)

$29,977,802

Paracale Gumaus, 64 cts.

(£2,515,888)

(£1,943,873)

Salacots, 11 cts.

June

H.K. SHAREBROKERS

ASSOCIATION ·

Buyers

Banks CD, $1,570. Wharves. $901. Providents Old, $145. Providents New, 10 cts.

Raubs, $11.45.

Hotels. $4.95.. Realties, $4.

Trams, $11.80.

Star Ferries, $89. Lights New. 38.10.

Electrics, $502. Telephones Old. $26. Cements, $9.15.

Y., Ferries, $181.

Watsons, $31. Atoks, 84 cts. Baguio Gold, 40 cts. Beng. Consol $194., Beng. Explor., 33 ets United Paracales, $1.30. Big Wedge, al'cts.

Suyocs, 524 cts. Consol. M.nes, .05 cts. Santa Rosa, .04 cts.

Ipo Gold, 32 cts.

Sellers

Bagulo Gold, 421'cis..' Benz. Explor., 35 cts. Consol. Mines, .05 cts, Northern Mines. 384 cts.

Halea

i

Providents Old, $145/150. Raubs, $11.60.

$37,046,020

$29,252,465

·(£2.383,613) - (£1,904,649). Mean rate of Exchange for June, 1936, HK$=18. 3-5/16d.

THE COUNTRIES The total values of imports and exports of merchandise for the month of June, 1936 are shown be- low by countries, the figures for June, 1935, being given in brackets:

Imports 2,295,119 (2,400,788)

506,819 (499,822)

84,882 (134,455)

400,310) (291,208)

50,019

Trams, $11.85/12. - "

Lights Old, $11.30.

Ropes, $34.

U. K

Australia

Baguio Gold, 39)/41 cts.

Consol. Mines, .05 cts.

Burma

Gold Creek, 173 eta.:

IX.L. $3,20.

Canada

Northern Mines, 38/37 cta..

Antamoks, $5.07.|||

Ceylon

Demonstrations, $11.39/1.40.

(8,097)

110,313 (128,156)

EAST INDIES STATION H. M. S. Bideford, Lieutenant- Commander H. N. Barnes, D.S.C., 1,399,886

has left Aden for Colombo to reft. (895,807) M.S. Emerald. Captain J. G. Crace, is expected to conclude a fortnight's visit to Mombasa to- (566,501) day. The destroyers of the 15th 1,035,741 (1.038,063)

543.413

Division, the Dainty. Decoy, De- fender, and Diana, under Com- mander R. M. Dick, D.S.C.. of the (50) first-named,

832

793,391

are still at Dar-es- Salaam Other slips on the East (348,007) Indies Station are at Aden or ini

967,585

the vicinity.

· (187,010) COMMANDER P. 1. OLIVER 1,383,672 Commander. P. J. Oliver, pro- (743,000) moted in the midsummer list, and 134,088 who has been re-appointed to the (27,737) Senior Officers Tactical Course.

4.835 commanded the

gunboat river (3,453) Ladybird in China in 1933-35, and

been second-in- command of the destroyer West- cott in the Home Fleet Com-

NORTH BORNEO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

MONTHLY MEETING

HELDTM

Minutes of the Monthly Com- Chittee Meeting of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce held in the Sandakan Club on Wenesday, 8th July, 1936, at 10.30 am.

Present

The Hon'ble Mr. F. W. Pinnock

(400) mander Over was promoted to (Chairman), Mr. J. K. S. Malcolm, costinissioned rank as mate in Mr. V. A. S. Young, Mr. G. Mavor, 2,552,399 1,535,306

as Mr. H E. Hopkins, Dr. V. A (1,349,870) (1,057.489) December, 1921, and served

157,584 such on photographic duties in the Stookes, Mr. H. Johnson, Mr, H.-J. (99,134) Chrysanthemum, target towing Walker, Mr. A. McKendrick, Mr.

sloop in the Mediterranean. He is D. Hemming (Secretary). '!

Absent the first post-War mate to attain

Mr. Con Teck Boon, Mr. Son Siew commander's rank. The last pro-

Boh. motion of an officer of this grade was that of Commander C. S. Bell, In June, 1934, who was promoted to commissioned rank as mate in June, 1918.

MINISTRY FOR AGRICULTURE

To Go To The Upper House

London, July 22. Lord Halifax announced in the Exports House of Lords following the debate * 741,831 on the subject that the Prime (285,854) Minister intended before Parlia

101,163 ment reassembled to take the (61,655) necessary steps to ensure that the 212 951 | Ministry of Agriculture should be (63,919) directly represented in the Upper 184.790 House, This will involve some (52.544) changes among the junior Minis

62,622

ters (25,010) Hrities Wirelen

AUSTRO.GERMAN RELATIONS

"Hong Kong Dalir Press" Spects!)

Berlin, July 22

Minates

The Minutes of the Monthly Comfalttee Meeting No. 308 held on the 3rd June, 1936, were confirm- ed and signed.

Accounts for Year Ended 30th June, 1936.

the Chamber informed that Royal- ty is payable once only upon the removal of Brewood beyond the boundaries of the land on which it. was cut and collected.

Malls

Letters received from the Assist- ant Superintendent of Posts and Telegraphs were read from which the Chamber was informed that the Postal Authorities at Shanghal had been requested to forward all correspondence for North Borneo by direct steamship service from Hongkong except in the

case of covers superscribed "via Binga- pore."

Labour Ordinance Letters received from Members representing the Chamber on the Labour Advisory Board were care- fully, considered in conjunction with the draft Labour Ordinance appearing in Official Gazette No.. 11 dated 2/6/38.

Annual General Meeting

It was decided that the Annual General Meeting of Members should be called for Wednesday, 5th August, at II a.m. in the Sandakan Club. '

Legislative Council The result of the ballot by Mem- The Accounts for the year ended bers of the Chamber for Members 30th June, 1936, were presented | allgible to serve, as representing and approved.

the Chamber of Commerce, on the Legislative Council reported as

A vote of thanks to Mr. D. Stark,

The Hon'ble Mr. F. W. Pinnock. representing the European and Mercantle Community.

As one of the initial steps 10-C.A for auditing the accounts follows:cil was re wards fulfilment of the Normalisa- during the past year, was unani- tion Agreement with Austria, Germously carried. many has lifted the ban on some Sandakan Water Supply of the Austrian papers, which may A letter received from the Chair- again be sold Germany, the man of the Banitary Board was Austrian Government having taken tabled,

the respective step with the Cher- man paperada d tranicecan News Service:

Timber And Fungle Produce

The Hon'ble Mr. R. K. Hard- wick, representing the East Coast Planting Community.

The Secretary was instructed to A letter received from the Clov- | advise the Government accord- ernment Secretary was read, and ingly

13.263

462.433 (112,097) (10,958) 4,032,887 1,385,240 (2.717.154) (1,348,482)

542,520 2.877.437

(249,054)

46,522 (48,928)

3,360 --(2,538)

21, at li a,m. Officers are order-Elec. Bord & Share ed to attend representing the Com-

Un. Corpn.

81

$8 pt.

971

BB

Un. Corpn. $3 cum.

manders-in-Chief of the Home Eec. Power & Light Feet and three home ports and Gen. Cigar the Adjutant-General, Royal Ma-Gen. Electric rines. A preliminary meeting of Gen. Foods representatives of the lower deck Gen. Motors ........... will be held at the same place at Gen, Rly. Signal

Gold Dust 2 p.m. on the previous day.

161

181

471

471

561b 561b

Un.

Gas Improvema

421

42

ment

171

171

401

401

U. S. Indus A'cohol

354

337

70%

70

US. Rubber

301 30

38

38

U. 8. Steel

631

623

131

134

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20%

201

Goodrich Tyre Co. Goodyear Tire & R."

217

201

Warner Bros. Pietr. 111 11

247

241

Westinghose

Dec 1351

1342

G. Nthem Rly. pt. 391

394

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1%

1%

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