1940-02-07 — Page 9

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

Finance and Commerce

Index Of Wholesale Prices.

In Colony For 1939

The Superintendent of Imports and Exports reports that, accord- Ing to an index number constructed at the Statistical Office, whole- sale prices in the Colony of Hongkong, during the year 1939, showed general average decreases of 2 per cent., as compared with 1938, and 2.4 per cent as compared with 1937, and increases of 24.2 per cent. as compared with 1936, and 28 per cent, as compared with the base period of 1922.

*1

Foodstuffs in 1939 Increased by 2.5 per cent., as compared with 1938; decreased by 1"per cent. as compared with 1937; and increased. by 19.1 per cent. as compared with 1936; and 349 per cent, as comi- pared with 1923.

TEXTILES

Textiles decreased by 8.5 per cent, as compared with 1938, and 9.8 per cent, as compared with 1937; and, increased by 6.8 per cent, as compared with 1938, and 6.2 per cent. as compared with 1922,

METALS AND MINERALS

Metals and Minerals decreased by 1.8 per cent. as compared with 1938, and 0.8 per cent, as compared with 1837; and increased by 35.3 per cent. as compared with 1936, and 45.0 per cent., as compared with $922.

MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous Articles decreased by 1.1 per cent, as compared with 1938, and increased by 1.2 per cent. as compared with 1937, 38.1 per cent. as compared with 1936, and 25.9 per cent, as compared with

· 1922.

The following table shows the course of price changes:

Foodstuffs

Textiles

Metals and Minerals Miscellaneous

General Average

SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE

1920-100

1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 94.3 85.4 113.3 196.2 131,8 134.9 85.9 74.2 99.4 117.7 116.1 106.2 97.4 79.8 107.2 148.1 147.3 145,0 88.5 72.3 92.5 124:4127.3 125.9

91.5 77.9 103.1 131.1 130.8 128.0

dealing in gold bars and foreign exchange.

SHANGHAI, Feb. 5 (In31)-8pe- j

The sudden inflow of cash most- culators are heavily buying and 1y from Hongkong has greatly ac- selling bonds and shares in the centuated trading in the stock ex- Shanghal Stock Exchange and change market, which is rather have given up for the time being inflated and abnormaal

HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS

STOCK EXCHANGE

Bayers Seltern

..Malen

Nominal

With

H.K. STOCK

EXCHANGE

buyers advancing their prices holders became more accom- modating and a good turnover was the result. Trams came to bus1- ness at the enhanced rates, of $18

Lands at $35. Cements were again and $181, Electries at $50 and

in favour at. $19, Docks at $22, Pro-

$9.45. vident at $4.65 and Watsons at

BUYERS

Carton Ins. $2121 Fire Ins. 3180, Douglases $100. Docks $23. Providenta $4.60. Hotels $5.45. Lands $35.

Tramways $18.10.

Yaumati Ferries $24. China Lights (Old) $7.80. China Lights (New) $41. Electrics, $50.

Telephones (Old) $244. Telephones (New) $0.20. Cements $19.

Dairy Farms (Old) $214. Dairy Farms (New) $201. Watsons $9.40. Entertainments, $6.80.

SELLERS

Telephones (New) $91. Watsons $94.

H.K, Govt. 4 per cent. Loan $100,

SALES

Docks $22. Providents 34.65. Lands $351/1. Tramways $18/181.

Electrics $58. Cements $19 .Watsons $9.45

MANILA GOLD SHARES

FINANCE

SOME INDUSTRIES BREAK ALL PAST RECORDS DURING 1939

NEW YORK-A number of 11.3. bustnesses and industries · managed to break all past records in the year 1839, despite war and the lingering aftermath of depression.

Peaks were reached by such diverse groups as air transport, electric power production, and motor fuel output. Electric power production for

Shoe production established, a the year totalled around 128,300,-new yearly high total at 417,000,- 000,000 kilowatt hours, highest in 000 pairs, contrasted with the pre- history, and compared with 114.-vious peak of 415.227.000 pairs in 600,000,000 in 1933

MANY PRODUCTION PEAKS Production of steel ingots in October and November at: 8,394,- 000 and 5,483,000 respectively, set consecutive new record monthly highs, eclipsing the 5.286,000-ton production mark for May, 1929, the former top figure,

Motor fuel (gasoline and blend-

1936,

November conuumption of cotton by domestic mills at 718.731" bales was the biggest for any November In history.

BANE ASSETS AT NEW FEAR American tobacco production in 1939 at 1,654,200,000 pounds topped all previous annual crops.

United States Government bonds

ed benzol) output in 1939 at 396.-climbed to record high levels at

111,000 barrels was also the big gest in history. A year ago it was 558,012,000 barrels,

mid-year,

Bank assets and deposits soared

re-

to new peaks, and Chase National Passenger car registrations in Bank of New York became the the United States at the end of world's largest bank with the year were at the new high sources of over $3,000,000,000, figure of around 26.200,000, a gain The nation's monetary gold of about 1.000.000 over last year

board expanded to a size beyond Telephones of the Bell System anything ever seen before, exceod- in use near the year-end totalled | ing $17,600,000,000. 16,287,762, the biggest hook-up the system has ever enjoyed.

Production and consumption of plastics reached new heights. Coal

·RECORD MILEAGES

tar and non-coal tar production in this new and fast-growing indus- Airplanes flew record mileages try yielded up around 175,000,000 and carried record numbers of pounds of plastics materials in the passengers. Passenger miles flown year, compared with 130.000,000 in by air lines totalled around 889, 1938, a gain of 35 per cent. 000,000, a new high, and topped

Consumption of chemicals in the 1938 by about 40 per cent. Arfinal 1930 quarter was the fastest express shipments numbered about for any three months on record. 850,000 packages, another деж

Leading mail order houses re- high, and compared with 715,410 ported the biggest autumn sales in last year. Plane production facili-history. it is estimated plants now have ties were expanded sharply, and eqlupment to turn out 1.250 planes a month, a record capacity.

with

Atoks 19b, Antomok 17s..Baguio Gold 23s, Batong Buhay 014s, Big Wedge. 21s, Coco Grove 15s, Con. Mines 00403. Demonstration 138, East Mind. 10s. LXL 381s. Ipo Gold'

Rayon consumption topped all 12b, Ttogon Mining 26)s. Manbulao pervious marks at around 430,- Con. 013s, Masbate Con. 11s. Min-

000.000 pounds, compared danao Motherlode 094b, Mine | 327,000,000 in 1938. SalesTomloat Operation 1016, North Camarines 11s. Paracale Gummaus 324b, San Mauricio 82s; Surigao Con. 18s, Suyoc Con. 13s, Syndicate Inv. 0266, 21400 United Paracale 318. "

SHAREBROKERS' . ASSOCIATION TUESDAY 6. FEB.

Banks

H.E. Banks

$1400 1420;

2da

Do. (Col. Reg.)

£87

Do. (Loo. Reg.)

£8

£11

Chartered Banki

$281 Mercantila Bika. “A"

Marcantile Bha, "0"

$78, Bank of Essi Agfa ....

N. C. & B. Banki

Insurances

Canton Ingatkom 194

Buyers Seller

£89

£81

£2

$78

50 cts.

·82126

$220

$485 Union Insurances...

$460

Underwriters • 00 cta

$180

H.K. Fires

-+

$180"

Shipping

$100

Douglerantne cold 7

$100

8101

8100 8130 76/10

$4.85

***

$10

84

P

$4.60

་་་

199

non

$4.60

$21.90

$5.40 $5.80

$10 Steamboats

$100 Indo-Chinas (Prof.)

$80 Indo-Chine (Del.)...

76/104 Bhells

871

Waterbosta

Docks, Wharves, Godowns, etc.

$103H.K. & K. Whate

Providenta

Providents (new)

$21.80 /22. H.K. & W. Doeke...

Do. (20)

16 Shanghai Docks 8. 928; Naw Engineerings 8.

Mining

*19/0 KallanÐ

Raube

Venezuela Gold Fida

3cts. Hong Kong Mine ... Lands, Hotels and

Buildings

HK. Hotels

|H.K. Landı in..8. $100 Do. 4% Debensstres

#18.30 Shanghai Lands E. -$4.55 H.K." Realtime

Enmphreys ..................... 3101 Chinese Extadan

Cotton Mill,

$37) Ewo

(8.)

****

$179 8'ha Cotto (B)... $44 Zoong Bings (8.)

3484 Wing On Textiles (B.)

Public Utilities

Tramways

$8 Pet Trase (old)

$4 Pak Traise (wow) 199

3341

$17.85

#211

-$7.60-

+4

#

$41

***

$56

124+

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3671

4

-$4,65

LONDON GOLD

London, Feb. 5 (Reuter). Bar Gold, Fine per oz., 188.

LONDON STOCK

EXCHANGE

(REUTER'S SERVICE)

London, Feb. 5. The following quotations are the middle prices at the close of the market in London. All quotations

are subject to confirmation and no responsibility is assumed for errors $102 in transmission.

822/122-05

**

98%

War Loan, % (Red

after 1952) $30 Canton-K'foon R. 5% 18 825

Chinese 41% Gold Loan

1808 (Brit. Issue)

60

18/0

$9.70

Chinese 5% Gold Bonds.

1925-47

50

$3

Chin. 44% Anglo-French

Loan, 1908

Chinese 5% Crisp Loan.

1912

Chinese 5% Reorg, Loan,

50

30

1913 (Lda. Is.) ........... 41j

1925 (Vickers) 12

$5.30

8341

100%.

***

Chinese 8% Ster. Notes.

+L

$4.60

$81

Chin. Imperial Rly. 5%

Loan

55

£35

Honan Rly, 5%

18

Hukuang Rly."5%, 1911...

19

344

Hukuang Rly. 5%. 1911

$100

17,90]

$17.25

Star Farrissairautta

Fmati Ferries

#241

***

Bo. (new)

China Eights (0)

$7:80

China Lights New)

$4.85

China Lights E.

$9.20 * $$1

$16.90

0214-

#201

$8,90

$11

EK Electrics

8201 Macao Election...

Sandakan Lights Telephones (old) Telephones (new) 19/6 Tractions

19/9 Traction (pral) Industrials

$14.90) Cald., Macg. (Ord:) 5.

$12

Cald, Kacz (Fred) 8.

$1

Canton Townsmen

$19/118.80 Cassande

$22

339

$14

#1

$0.40

$0.40

+

100

Bopes communágo

Miscellaneous

Dairy Farm (Old)...

Dairy Farm (New)..

Ch. 'inmante

Constructions

Constructions

17 Lane Crawforda

Nanyang Tobacco....

$1.80 Binders

Watsons

50% Ch. G.5% 1925G Bde.

H.E, Govi. 4% Lond

$981 H.K. Gort:"83% Losp

$41

$81

1573

4/0

H.X Wing O.....

d'hal Wing On

Vibro Piling

ཚོན་ན**

Marsnans Jav. (Lon.)

Marsmans Inv. (HK) Wo. Powells in *Bale to Shanghai

(German Issue)

Lung Tsing U. Hai

Rly. 5% 1913

S'hat-N'King Rly. 5%... Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%

(Brít. Stpd.)"...

Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%

(German Btpd.) Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%

༞་བྷུ ✖སྐྱུ g2 ➢ ལྷུཤྩ ུབྷཱུ

17

20

(Brit. Stpd. Supl. Loan) 16 Tientsin-Pukow. Rly. 5%

(Ger, Stpd. Supl Loan) 16

$244 Jap. 6% Ster. Loan, 1907 531- $8.60 Jap. 8% Ster. Loan, 1924 ·· 561

RECORD TOTAL United States exports of canned fruits rung up a record total of 8,388,000 cases in the year ended May 31 last, topping the previous high of 8,211,000 cases in the year ended May 31, 1938.

The miles of film used by cam-

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1940. -PAGE 9

Unrivalled Age and Quality BLACK & WHITE

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EXPORT LICENCES

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LONDON, Feb.6 (Reater) A Board of Trade order adds tin to the metals, which, with their loy In unwrought

forms, require* licences for ex- port to any destination.

The order came into force in Feb. 4.

era enthusiasts exceeded all marks In the annals of photography.

On the railroads, freight trains moved faster than ever before, averaging around 405 miles a day. a new freight speed mark, and compared with 400 miles in 1938 and 247 in 1920.

SILVER MARKET

LONDON SILVER

London, Feb. 5 (Reuter). Silver-Very anall general "busi- ness. Market quiet. In the after- noon, the market was quietly steady.

Spot, 21-3/4d.

Forward, 21-5/Bd.

NEW YORK SILVER

New York. Feb. 5 (Reuter). Silver; Omdal, 34-3/4.

BOMBAY SILVER

Bombay, Feb. 5 (Reuter). Market Quiet. Offtake 100 bars..

Indian Mint Sliver

Ready'

Mar. 4 6ettlement Apr. 3 Bettlement

57-02 56-05 56-12

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Distillers

Dunlop Rubber

68/3 30

18

Gen. Mectric (England) 78/4D Guinness (A) Son & Co. 78.

Hawker Siddeley Airc.

13/9

Bristol Aeroplane

14/4

Imperial Chemical Ind.

30/6

189

Ger, 7% Intl. Loan, 1924 7 Chartered Bank

Imperial Tobacco ..... Marks & Bo'cer "A" ord. Rolls Royce....

120

51/101

B4/4+

8

Leyland Motors

...

73/6

HX Shel Bark (Lán.

Tate & Lyle

54

Reg.)

874

Turner & Newall

83

#

It

HK. & Shai Bank (Col.

United Steel

22/71

$19.80

Reg)

89

Smethwick Drop Forg....

13

$6

$221

Chinese Eng. & Mining

(bearer) ***

Armstrong Stevens, ord."

18

Pressed Steel, com.

15/14

**

#211

Chosen Corporation

6/8

Vickers, ord.

18/44

Pekin Syndicate......

1/8

Woolworths

61

$1.06

S'hal Elec. Constr. Co.

15

Anglo-Dutch

24%

in sets, bags, packets, single, and in approval books

38,

S'hal Waterworks "A"

14+

Rub. Plant. Invest. Trust 33/3

for collections

$8

Unfon "Insurance

$2

201

Burma Corporation.............. 1976,

Gula Kalumpong Rubber 21/3

Commonwealth

Mining

$8.40

$0.40

Allied Ironfounders

14

Marsman Investments ..

ΚΟΡΥ

Asso, & Elec, Industries 39.

Randfontein Estates

15/3 35

100/

Austin Motors, ord....

18/3

Western Holdings

11/14

GRACA

Cable & Wireless, New

Sub-Nigel

192/6

$41

Form, ord.

$9.10

11 14

$10

1

B-A Tob, (bearer)

Mexican Eagle

Cammell Laird, ord,

Mexican Eagle Courtaulds''

Tanam! Gold Mining... Anglo-Iranian

41d.

USE

65

Burmah

67/6

Shell Trans & Trad

(bearer)

-Nominal

BIBO

Flower & Vegetable Seeds

Dealers in Postage Stamps, Religious, Goods; Garden

Beeds, Tora, etc., etc,

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