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DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

H. K. STOCK

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1937.

LONDON EXCHANGE RATES

EXCHANGE

(British Wireless Service)

Jan. 14

Hong Kong

Exchange

Stock Sharebrokers'

Association

SATURDAY'S: OFFICIAL

Paris

·105 9/04

Gehere

21.38

Jan 16. 105 9/04 21.381

Berlin

12.31

12.20

Athens

Milani

Keller-

Mania SATURDAY.

JANUARY, 10.

Sallare

Düyoru

Copenhagen

Stockholm

Shanghai

Hanky

HK. Banks

Mercantile Bks. "A"

Do

183

**

$1

China Fires Kassike

$300

N. C. & 8. Barks ... Insurances

Canton Lusura:|CM.

Union Insurances”.........

Underwriters L

$1,8701 $1,690) £116

$1,850

£18

Do. (London) ...| Chartered Banks...

£15

Bank of East Asia...

214

334

321

$30

18191

"

170 ot.

$457

Canton Insurances, $305.

L.X. Fires.

13 International Assos, J.

830

Union Insurances, 4815.

!!!!!

Shipping

$30

Douglas iem

37.40

Stemabost

135

indos (pret.)

136

Do. (dof.)

138/3

Shell, com azt

$10

Humphreys, 301.

Waterboata

Mining

B.latoca

Gold Biver.........

Gold Crock.....

TF!!!

130

Dairy Farms, $221.

$7

Ewo Cottons, Sh.$15.30.

$35

$38

S'hai Cottons (old), Sh.$85. ^

138/3

$101

Vienna s Prague

Madrid

Lisbon

BUYERA

Bombay

Salacota

17/-

Kailans

**

QUOTATIONS

Saturóny, Jan. 16.

No changes of any importance accurred during the short sessiőr, China Lights were enquired for

113 alightly under the selling rate,

16/

$106

Unions were placed at $620.

The Manila market opened and closed steady.

Hong Kong Banks, $1870.

Hong Kong Banks (Lon. Reg.)

£114./

H; K. Docks, $14.

S'hai Cottons, (new), Sh 360. Wing On Textiles, Sh$44. Govt, 40% Loan 8% Prem. Govt. 34% Loan, 3% Prem. Consolidated Mines, 07 cts.

SELLEES Hong Kong Banke $1890. China Lights (old), $13.40,

SALES

China Lights (new). $10.30. H. K. Electrics $55/56. Baguio Gold: 53 cts. Consolidated Mines., 07 cts. Demonstrations. $1.60. Itogons, $2.88.

United Paracale, $21.

Gumaus Goldfields, 65/68 cta.

E Mindanao, 6P cta.

New York ...

Amsterdam

Hoa Long

Montreal

Brussels

Yokohama

Belgrade...

Monte Video

Blo

Bucharest

Silver (forward)

aiver (spot) : War Loan

4.91 1/8 29.11

4.911 29.111

Closing Quotations

January 16, 1937.

11

On London -

Telegraphic Transfer....

Bank Billa, on demand` }1/97

Oredit, four months'

ON SHANGHAI :---

On Demand

ON SINGAPORM:-

Op demand

On JAPAN:

On demand

ON INDIA:~~

****** 100

On demand.94

031

03 9/32

Sterling S

8,500,000

BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI | THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA'

BANKING CORPORATION::/

Authorised Capital ... $50,000,000 Issued & Fully Faid-Up $90,000,000

Reserve Funda:—......$

Hong Kong Currency:

'AUSTRALIA AND CHINA”

· Incorporated by Royal, Charter, 1833

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Paid-up Capital

Reserve..

Reserve Fund

,000

4.91 1/16

8.907

1 9/16 4.91 1/18. 8.963

Baservo Liability of

Proprietors

.$90,000,000

· Resurre, Llability of pro- "pristorms

Agenéiss and Branches —–

ALON STAR ILOTLA

BLIGON

Head Office-HONG KONG

AMRITSAR IPOH

SEMARANG

404.

BANGKOK," " KARACHI

BIZIMBAN

Board of Directors. Hon Mr. J. J. Paterson,

BATAVIAN

KLANG

SHANGHAI

BOMBLY Ohairman. PALUUTTA

CANTON

20 5/8. 34% 1051.

20 7/16. 214.

Amoy

Bangkok

Batavia

Johore

Os New York →

Bombay

Kobe

Bank Bills, on-demand 30%

Calcutta

Credits, 80 days' sight. 30%

Canton

*Kusta

ON BATAVIA

Chefoo

On demand .....

Colombo

sight 1/3 5/32

ON PARIS:-

102

Bank Bills, on demand 351 Credits, 4 month's sight 877 ON SAIGON: »

Haiphong Manila

Hamburg Muar

537

OF MANILA:

Harbin Mukden Tsingtao

***, la demand

60%

ON BANGKOK—–

Telegraphie Transfer... Bank on demand..........................

J811

On demand. BOVENETONE

Rate

149€

Bank Buying

Current

Accounts opened in

1/21/18

LocalCurrency and Fixed Deposita

Miskin, Esq.

Deputy Chairman,

A. H. Compton, Esq., Hon. Mr. & H. Dodwell,

M.. T. Johnson, Esq.,

J. R. Mason, Enq

E. 6. Morrison, Baq.,

1. E. Pearce, Esq., AL Shields, Esqu

V. M. Grayburn, Esq.

Chistmager.

Branches: Iloilo Ipoh

Peiping Penang

Rangoon Saigon

Kowloon San Fron-

cisco

Lumpur Shanghai London Singapore Sourabaya

Dairen Lyons

Foochow Malacca Sungei

Patani Tientsin

Hankow (Johore) Tokyo

Hongkow New York Yokohama

CHAU COLOMBO DELHI

HAIPHONG

SAMSUNG

BANIOW

BARBIZ

KUALA

"LUMPUR

KUCHING

MADRAS MANILA

·MEDAN' NEW YORK

PRIPING

BINGAPORN

HITIA WALL

· HOURABAYA

TAIPING

·TIINTEIN.

TONGKAR

***Bhuket)

THIKOTLO YOKOHAMA

(Peking) KAMBOANGA FKKANG

BONG KONG RANGOON

FORON EXCHAxon and 'General Banking Business transacted.

QUERENT ACCquets opened; and' · FIXED DEP08irs received for On Year or shorter periods at rater which will be quoted on applica tion.

The Bank's Head Offos in Lan- den undertakes Executor & Trustoo business, and claims recóvéry of British Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained

Manager.

A BREARLEY,

THR.

CRARE BANK

XOPR

CAWNPOR

$14

***

Langkals (single) N.

Explorations....

Shanghai Loana 3.

112.50 Raubs. Venezucia Gold Fids.

18

Docks, WharTOR, Godowns, etc.

$100 K. & K. Wharton,{

31.00

90 ct..

Do. (old) Do.

(Now) ... Providents (old)... Do. (new)

1.K. & W. Dock

$ China Motore. “A Shangnai Docks S. New Engineerin8.

Hongkows

8.

Lands, Hotels, and

Buf.dings

$0

H.K. Hotels.

134

B.K Lands....

$100

118

Do. 4% Dabentures $102

8' Cottourfuld,S.

$1.80

19 ate.

390

Sell

30

THE EXCHANGE MARKET

MESSRS. RÓZA BROS.

Saturday, Jan. 18.

Silver prices rose 3/18 yesterday for both deliveries, the quotationa being 20 13/18 for Ready "and" žo 11/16 for Forward Saver advices $10.00 reported India as having bought. Offerings were rather small. After

Shanghai Landa... 8.

Metropolitan Lande..

14

H.E, realties:.....................

14

$4.80

.400

Chini Do B

Da. Debentures S. Humphreys ..............

176

Chingas Esta f.......

Cotton MES

115.30

EWOO Cod.

386

385

260

Do

Zoong

Sings .......

100 $25

Wing On Textiles (3.},

244

$126

Foar Teams (old) .......!

Da

$51

(new)..)

Star Ferries ********

即务署。

884.30

$13,40

China Lights (old)...

$10,30

Da

(De).

501/08

H.B. Electrion`---

$20

Macao do.

610

$50

$10

$11

87)

27/

11.1

$221

མ་

Pablle Uullen

$132 Tramways versati

༣G, ཙ , གྷེནྣཨཱཛྫིདྡྷི། ( བྲཱཔྤཡྻཊྛིཀྐོངྒེཏྟོ ཨཉྙིདྡྷིཙྪ

Yauriai Ferries

Do.

(new)...

Saskan Liglitė .......

Telephones (old) .......

China Busm and Traction

Do. (pref.).....

Industrials

Malabon Sugars

$19) |Caldbeck, 1,ard.) 8.

$1.05

Macgregors (pref,)8.

Canton Ines.

Conente

Hopese esposo, Miscellaneous

Dairy Farma

Amusement ...... Ch. E'tainment........ Constructions, (old)

Do. (new)

Laas Crawfords................

Mackintosh Nanyang Tobacco...

Bincerca

Watson

Win Powells

M. Greyhounds

3. C. Enterprises

9317 Ch.G. 1996G. Bd.

H.K. tart, 4% Loans)

Do.

Wallace Harper

ELK Wing

S'hal

Do

{42jcia,

proiz

prem.

44

$60

3]

the official fixing there were buyers at the fixed rate but sellers were rather reserved. The market was steady. American Silver was quoted at 441 for Spot.

The London/New York cross- rate was quoted at 4.81. New York/London was unchanged at $13.50 120.40 4.91 5/32.

$30

1102

#7/-

Ort:

MARKET

Steady but inactive."

STERLING

were

There Nothing doing. sellers at 1/2 15/16 January October, buyers at 1/3 31/32 for any delivery.

.U.S. DOLLARS

A small business was done at 301 for February delivery. The market closed with sellers at 30 $1.10 2/16 January/June, buyers at 301

for any delivery..

$1.70

$9.89

$x3

***

34.26

31.70

43 ota 88.90

2055

q

$1.10

M.

Vibro Piling

Sales to Shanghai

HONG LONG TIDE TARGE

from January 18 to 24, 1937.

HIGH WATER.

8 Standard

967 $108 11104

381

Hong Kung Unservatory, Jan, 17,

Previous On Date On Dats

Day

LOW WATER

Hong Kong

Time:

Hong Kong Standard Time:

at 4pm. 10 km. 4 pm

Barometer... 30.08

30.17 30.08 Temperature 66 70: 60 Humidity. 75

0706 11 8 00 15

3 1 1835 85 19 01

07 40 2.3 20 31 3 1 4月15

Weather Rain

Direction E Force...

ΠΟ

E

BC

Mon. 18: Tue 18 0128 67

Wod. *0

Thar 31

15 10 01 0424 42

05 86 89

23 86 0850

00 295

17 38 8909 40

08 15 40 of 2016 18 20 7.3 11 00 38

80 15 1

Os 15 10 Pe7d 18 18

་

SHANGHAI DOLLARS Sellers at 102 for cash, buyers at 102 11/19.

SHANGHAI MARKET - There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 9/16, buyers at 1/2 19/32 for cash. U. 8. Dollars, sellers at 29. 13/16, buyers at 294 for cash.

GERMAN. CEREMONY IN PARIS

Foundation Stone Laid For Pavilion

Paris Jan. 17. The foundation stone of the German pavilion at the Paris in- ternational exhibition of 1937 was lald on the site between the Champ de Mars and the Beine on Saturday with a fitting cere mony by the

German Charge d'Adairs, Doctor Forster, in the presence of Minister of Commerce. Eastid, Commissioner" General of

THE SHARE MARKET

Harriman's Weekly Review

Saturday, Jan. 16. Messrs. O. A. Harriman and Co's weekly share report and market review tasued at noon to-day state

After a dull beginning this week the share market closes in lively mood.

with Philippine mining shares to the fore in popularity, and Hong Kong descriptions some- what neglected, in favour, of the more active Manila counters.

BAR SILVER, per 0

received for one year or shorter 18, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL 20 13/18 periods in Local Currency and

POST OFFICE STORES

Enormous Activity Of Department

London Jan. 18.

The stores department of the Post Office which deals with the supplies of 24,000 local offices throughout the United Kingdom and with the equipment of the total star of 252,000 has a great many ramifications which increase from year to year

The official publication describ ing the departments work just sued says the total value of con- tracts placed by the department is well over £5,000,000 per year.

It seems safe to prophecy that the local market will awaken to activity again in the near future, for the Colony's trade is definite- 18 an ly improving, and there abundance of meney here for in vestment, although the speculators, who are mainly responsible for the capital appreciatiour: in our usually active stock are for the treatment oftelegraph time being focussing attention on Manila, which they and a "Happier (and more renumerative) hunting sfound."

Some 120,000 uniform-wearing servants of the Post Office regard the department as their tailor. batter and outâtter.

Sterling on terms which will be

quoted on application.

Also up to date Safe Deposit Boxes in various sizes To Let Hong Kong, 11th Jan., 1937,

HONG KONG BAYINGS BANK

HE Business of the abovE TBank conducted by the HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application.

For the Hond KONG & SHANGHAL

BANKING CORPORATION.

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager.

HEAD OFFICE:

18, PISTEET,

NEW YORK.

An American Bank offering com- plete Foreign Banking Berrics. in the principal Markets of the world. interest Rates on Application,

BAFE DEPOSIT BOXES

This Bank is entirely owned by

THE OHASH NATIONAL BANK, NEW Yoas, with Resources over U.S. $2,027,000,000:00:0

D. M. BIGGAB,

Manager.

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1836. THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., ING.

IAMETED

Capital (fully paid up)

Ten 100,000,000.00) Heserve Fund... Ten 180,000,000.00

HEAD OFFICE YOKOHAMA

"BRANCHES AND AGENCIES AT: Alexandria Honolulu - Rangoon Incorporated with limited liability in' UB.A.-

Bangkok Hajnking Bio do Batavia Karachi p Head Office: 6 BROADWAY, NEW YORK Berlin Kobe

San Bombay London Francisco U.8.$8,000,000.00 Calcutta Los Angeles Seattle

Special depots have been estab-Capital lished at ten ports for storage and Barplus ..... U.6.12,310,344.33 "Canton Manila Semarang poles Reserves U.5, 877,512.65 Dairen Moji Shanghai (Delay) Nagasaki Siugapore Fangtien Nagoya Soerabaya

Hamburg Munich Harine Naples Havre Nice Heidelberg Paris Intertaken Peiping.

Liverpool Bome Jerusalem Piraeus London Rotterdam Lucerne

Shanghai

(Mukden) New York Sydney

Hamburg Olaka

Hankow Otaru

Tientsin Tokyo

Hong KongPaiping.

Xinkow

Harbin Paris Tsingtao

Interest allowed on Current At

which are taken in at the annual Amsterdam The HagueMantroux rate of 120,000 and comprise over Antwerp nity categories ranging in length Athens from sixteen to eighty-five feet, Basle

Berlin China Lights have proved the The general stores supplied vary most popular utility shares, with in size from such poles down to Bombay

Cairo many thousand changing hands pencils, and in value from hanks Brussels from $13.75 down to $19.40. Tele- of silk to consignments of stamps Calcutta phones (old) after sales at 31 have and complex and costly units of Cannes

Deposits received for Tixed dropped sharply to $30. Trams telegraph and telephone equip Colombo Lugano Singapore Periods at rates to be obtained on were sold at $12.90, and have ment. The total face value of Copenhagen Luxor Southampton - application,

Tientsin

KANO nominal stampa is more than £250,000.000 Dublin Manila since subsided to a

Manager. quotation of $12.75, Sales of and stocks are held of 5,000 dif- Edinburgh Marseilles Venice

Vienna Cements were negotiated at $11 ferent varieties as well as many Florence Milan

Geneva

Monte Yokohama and of Dairy Farms at $22.50 and kinds of stamped stationery and

Genos

Carlo Zurich $22.75.

various denominations of postal

Glasgow Montreal E

Branches of American Express and money orders

Company in Principal Cities of States of America and United Canada

All classes of Commercial Bank ing Transactions undertaken. A

Personal investment accounta handled.

Ewos continue to be strongly supported and touched a fraction under 8h.$16 during the week.

Hong Kong & Shanghal Hotels have been a subdued market with dealings at $8: closing by offering

$5.90 Lands made $34.25.

runs

#

The department also. number of repair factories and has an eleborate organisation for recovery and utilization of scrap material from used stores British Wirelens.

140

The Company offers to intending travollers the use of its "Travelers Cheques and Letters of Credit and, in addition the world wide Fa75000 of ore monthly. Costs services of its thoroughly equipped are reported to be low and the Travel Department,

CB; BENSON, management excellent.

General Manager.

Providents (old) are again on the easy side at $1.60, but wharfs company with an issued capital of are unchanged at $106.50 sales FK647,000—1s now turning out

There is a fairly general buying enquiry for Docks at $14.38, for this share is considered & good lock-up, qying to the activity at Hung Hom

on

Banks have been well supported the preliminary annual

'Gumads Goldreids are also in favour and considerable parcels have been taken up to 87 eta, Ipo Gold, after some six months de velopment you reported cutput of Ps.88,100 for December, which seems to auger well for the

the Exhibition, Labbe, representa gures, which are about the same as for 1935 The finst dividend tives and other ministers in the of £3, mating 25.10 for the year future of this well-managed mine. city and numerous members of also unchanged. After sales of ghares were taken up to 65 cts, the German colony in Paris,

Dr. Forster struck the founda1880 cum, there are buyers at Demonstration are well spoken

$1870.

VALENCIA TO LEVÝ SPECIAL TAX

Balamanca, Jan: 18.

A special tax will be levied on all

Hong Kong, 13th Nov., 1938.

BANK OF EAST ASIA,

LAITTED

Authorized Capital ...$10,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital 6,608,000,00 Beserve and Undivided

Frafts

9,855,305.62

No.

HUD OFFIC-Hong Konɑ

10. Den Voice Road, Central

Board of Directors

Sir Shouson Chow, Chai Li Koon Chuit, Esq. Ed P. K. Kwok, Baqu Wour YanTong, Ka

Chan Ching Shale; I

Kan Tong Fo, Boq, Chief Manager.

·LA The Fong, Esq., Manager.

of and meredded retura' are fore- goods distributed in the territory sensitis

Every and Ex

tion stone three times with a

Unions continue in demand at cast, for the near future. - Closing under the control of the Valencia | Kobe hammer, speaking the following

an anno words: "May the pavilion which $815, with end-seek transactions sales are reported at $1.50 Coco government according will be built here symbolically re- at $820 Canton Insurance made. Grove are a popular speculative uncement by the Valencia Radio

Entertainmenta Improved

share and improvement in these station. The object of this tax is Loans present the German spirit abroad $306,

is likely from their present market to show "affection and gratitude" pouzitie May the Parla international exhibi- to sales at $4.25.

fairly price of $147. towards the Soylet government by Current tion of 1937 have success in, keep Philippine Mining. Highest open-air Temperature, 10:07 Ing with the dignity and its capl- large volume of business has been Ben Mauricio which undoubted contributing to the fund raised by Local Car Lowret, open-air Temperature, 17:6411 May art and science, to done and quotations have mayed ly ranks among the best four the United Socialist Youth underpaid Esco

which the exhibition is devoted mainly in favour of polders.. Buy mines in the lands, as befits the patronage of Largo Caballero short B=Blue sky; C Cloudy Dm help build a bridge of permanent ing Sended to be selective, and worth has kept very steady for presenting the Soviet govern Forri mentiqE zew steai tobre wina Drimle; F-Fog; L-Lightningi peace between the nations and activity, has centred in the shares around $5.25 A

Concluding comment. Hong place the one sunk by Mists Overoast; Paraming above all, between France and of some of the newer favourites

East Mindanao have met with Kong quietly steady us Bhowers; Jufiqualia; RmEain1 | Germany.

Manila actively arm. active support, up to 70 cts. This Thunder

Trancos

counte

Wef Manager.