STOCKS
* Change
Adams Express
Alleghang Steel Co.
Allis Chalmerą aneonemus Aminium Ltd........... Amer. Can wees.
American Cyanamid B. ... Amer. & Foreign Power ...... Amer Foreign $7 pt.... Amer. Locomotive ............. Amer. Metal' Co.
Amer. Radiator .....
Amer. Roling MU
Amer. S’ting and Ring Co.
Amer..Sugar Refining .....
Amer. Tel, & Tel.
Arger. Tobacco "B" Amer. Waterworks ...
Anaconda Copper
Atchison, T, & B, Fe.
Aviation Corp.
Baldwin Lecomative'
Baltimore & Ohio
Barber Asphalt Co
January
Marth
May
July (New contract)
Total sales:-440 tons. CHICAGO WHEAT
May July
September
September
NEW YORK HIDES
March June
Opening
0/3-3/8
5-5/16
22-1/2
18-974
1925 (Vickers) ........ 'hin. Imperial · Rly, 5%,
nominal
Loan unuse
fonan Riy, 5%
Market Кероп
FROM ROZA BROS.
Friday, Dec. 27.
New York Cotton, March New York Rubber, March Chicago Wheat, May....... Chicago Corn, May New York Hides, March NEW YORK COTTON
...ge.
Silver prices rose 1/9 yesterday January for both deliveries, the quotations March being 23,1/4 for Ready and 233/18 | May for Forward. Sliver advices re- July ported some bear covering.
Was
The October steady. "American December Silver was quoted at 34.3/4 for Spot Брок
The London New York croESK rate, was quoted at 4021)2 New York/London was quoted at 403 1/3.
Quiet.
«MARKET
STERLING
There were sellers at 1/2.31/32 for near and forward; buyers at 1/3 January. probably cash.
U. S. DOLLARS
Sellers at 23.11/16 Cash, buyers
at 23.3/4 for Cash.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS Opened with sellers at 433 and at the close, there were sollers at 428, buyers at 429. Business was arranged at various rates.
SHANGHAI MARKET. Sterling opened with sellers at 3.29/64 and closed steadier with sellers at 3.15/16 for Spot. . 8. Dollars opened with sellers 5.7/16 and closed steadier with sellers at 5,1/2 for Spot.
AFTERNOON - MARKET The market was featureless in) the afternoon,
STERLING
The market closed with sellers at 1/231/32 for near and forward, buyers at 1/3 January, probably for Cash.
U. S. DOLLARA Bellers at 28.3/4/for buyers at 23.13/18 for Cash.
Cash,
SHANGHAI DOLLARS Sellers at 427, buyers at 428,
SHANGHAI MARKET Steady in the afternoon, Open ed with sellers of Sterling" at 3.31/64 and clored with sellers at 3.1/2 for Spot U. 9. Dollars opened with sellers at 6.1/2 for Spot and closed with sellers at 5.-7/32 for Epot.
Shanghai Exchange
Shanghai, Dec. 27 (Reuter).
Omdal T.T. Bates
London
"New York
Japan
India
Paris
Total sales Tuesday: 09,400 bales. NEW YORK RUBBER
12.63b
,12,60b/70a 12.40b
12.32b/45a Total sales for the day:--21 contracts N.y. Official Silver... 34-3/4 NY-London Cross Rate 4.03-1/2
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
(REUTER'S SERVICE)
London, Dec. 26.
Chosen Corporation
The following quotations are the Onion Insurance middle prices at the close of the Gula Kalumpong Rubber 15/3 market in London. All quotations Lon., Mid, & Beot, Rly. 131 [are subject to confirmation and no Great Western Rly.
responsibility is assumed for errors In transmission..
44
War Loan, 3% (Red,
after 1952) Defence Loan, 3%..... Canton Kloon Rly. 6%, 12 Chinese 41% Gold Lan 1898 (Brit Issue) ....... Chinese,5% Gold Bonds.
1925/47
Té 42-47 Chin. 44% Anglo-French
Loan, 1908 45 Chinese 5% Crisp Loan.
1912...... Chinese 5% Reorg. Loan
1913 Ldn Is.), Thinese 8% Ster. Noter.
Eigh Low 10.18 10.15 20.20 20.15
851
611
25+ 81
12.65 12.38
Prev. Today's
Close Close Change 10.18 .05 up 10.13 20.20b 20.14b 06 off 851 654 up 611 811 unch 12.83b. 12.60
Barnsdall Ou
Hendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steal mum. * 85
Bliss & Co.
Boeing Airplane Co.
03 off
Borg-Warper
Briggs Mfg.
Close 9.99/99
Opening
Closing
Change
10.00/00
10.09 N
10.13/14
10.14/14
10.18/19
05. up
Çase, 11 .....
10.08/08 10.09/09
10.11 M
.03 4p
Celanese tas
9.36/80
9.88/83
9.92/02
.06 up
Chesapeake & Oblo
9.25/25
9.36/38
9.38/38
.03 MP
Chrysler Corpn.
9.36 N
9.37/37
9.38 N
.03 up
Columbia Gas & Elos. ́..
10.14 N
10.18 N
.04 up
Commercial Credit Co.
Com, & Southern (Ord) ...
Consolidated Edison
Consolidated Oll ..............
unquoted "20.30b 20.20b/25 20.10b
20.146 19.98b/2005a 19.85b/95a 19.86/88
19.90b 19.70b/80s, 19.70b
10 of
Continental Can
PAGE 10-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
FINANCE
FOREIGN MARKETS & QUOTATIONS
MONEY AND
On London:--
COMMODITY MARKET
(FROM PAYNE & CO.)
EXCHANGE NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 1940.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS SINGAPORE RUBBER
DECEMBER 27, 1940
Telegraphic Transfer. 1/9 7/8 Bank Billa, on demand 1/2 7/9 Credits 4 months' aight
On demand.............$15
Ca Singapore:--
On demand
On Japan:-
SPOT
JAN-MARCH
On Shanghai
APRIL-JUNE
LONDON RUBBER
SPOT
|JANUARY"
52 3/4
FEBRUARY
APRIL-JUNE
On demand
13 1/9 JULY-SEFT.
On India:-
Telegraphic Transfer. and demand
89 1/2
Bank Bills, on demand 23 7/16 Credlis, 60 dayr sight 24 3/16 Mon Batavia:--
!!
8 8 8 8 8 8 8
B
On New York:-
REVIEW
Previous Dec, 28
Close Opening Closing, Change buyers buyers
38-1/4
38
CLOSED
36-3/4
Previous close Today's close
tayers
12
14
12-1/8
12-3/16 12-3/16.
U
buyers
CLOSED
On demand............. 43 7/8 On Paris:-
Bank Bills, on demand Nom. Credits 4 months' dight Nom.·.
NEW YORK COTTON: Nesr positions were firm under the in- fuence of the strength of spots and covering" by the Trade and by shorts: NEW YORK RUBBER: "The spurt in Automobile output is assuring an improvement in domestic consumption outlook. The trade is readily absorbing liquidation of December contracts. CHICAGO WHEAT: The market was firm under mill buying. The
bearish supply situation" has apparently been discounted. NEW YORK STOCKS: Previous close, 128,89; Today's close, 129.02:
Change, up. 13.
NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKET
(REUTER'S SERVICE)
On Balgon
On demand
1013
O Manila: 12
.". On demand'
46 1/3
On Bangkok:
On demand
149
New York, Dec. 24, 1940.
On Sterling Notes:-
Bank Buying Rate
Bar Silver per oz ....
Nom. 92 1/4"
market
20.400
.10° up
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Budd M'facturing Corp.
Canadian Paciid R'way
QUOTATION
(REUTER'S SERVICE)
DECEMBER 27, 1948-
Dec. 28
#41
407
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1940.
BANKS
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI THE CHARTERED BANK OF
BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capital 850,000,000
Sterling
INDIA, AUSTRALIA
AND CHINA
17
Issued & Fully Paid-Up $90,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1859
Reserve Funds:
Paid-Up Capital £8,500,000 Reserve Fund
.... £3,000,000 H.K. Currency Reserve $10,000,000 Reserve Liability of Pro- Reserve Liability of
prietors... Proprietori
Board of Directors:
Chairman.
Hoa. Mr. T. E. Pearce,
Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn,
Chief Manager.
Rangoon
£4,000, 008
£3,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON:
38, Biabopagate E.C.?. Sub-Agencies in London: 117/199, Leadenhall Street, E.C.S West End Branch:
14/16, Cockapur Street, S.W! Manchester Branch:
62. Mosley Street, Manchester, 1
ALOR STAR
PENANG
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:
HARBIN HONG KONG 14:000) IZOTO
AMBITUAR SANGXOX BATAVIA
BOEBAY
CALCUTTA
AGENCIES: Spiva Stukar FALRAY PRACY CANTON CAWEPORN. Crac
COLOMBO
Calcutta Lumpur Bhangbai BANKOW
Sourpheys
Manila' Patani
Sustow Foochow Muag Haiphong (Johors) Tientsin Bankow
Mukden Tokyo New York Tsingtao Peiping Yokohama Penang
· IRON -
KARACHI
KLANG
KUALA
BAIGON
SERIKKHAN'
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORA
GITIAWAN
SOU RAMAYA.
LUMPUR – TAIPING KUCHING ·TIEMTRIM MADRAS TONG KAM
(Bhuket)
MEDAN
NEW FORE PRIPING
(Paking)
TEXMGTAŃ TOKOHAM
FORE ON EXCHANGs and General Banking Business transacted
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and Fizzo" Darosirs received for One Year of shorter periods in Local or Other Currencies at rates which, will be agated on application....
Bayings Acogumza also opene ka Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in Local Currency and Fixed
The Bank's Head Office in Londo Deposits received for one year or undertakes Executor and Trustee shorter periods in Local and Other business, and alaima recovery of Currencies which will be quoted on British Income Tax oversid, on terms which may be ascertained at
application,
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES of any of the Agencies and BranchEE.
B. A. CAMIDGE,
Manager.
Last Sale
STOCKS
Last Sale
$20,000,000
Dec, 26
B
Loew's Inc.
Head Office: HONG KONG
904
23
|Loft Incorperated
17
J.
352
| Mack "Truck Inc.
71
Hon. Mr. J.J. Paterson,
Martin, Glen L
293
하
857
McKesson & Robbins, pf4. 251
38)
C. O. Roberts, Esq.,
| Montgomery Ward
381
13/16
Mtain City Copper Co.
Deputy Chairman.
3+
143
National Aviation
J. K. Bousfeld; Esq.,
18
Nat Dairy Products
177
National Distillers
L. J. Davies, Eaq,
A. H. Compton, Esq.,
6
National Lend
Hon. Mr. 8. H. Dodwell,
14
Nat, Fower & Light
G. Miskin, Esq.,
423
K, S. Morrison, Esq.
National Supply Corp.
54
13.
New York Cential
131
Hon Mr. A. Im Shields,
186
Niagara Hudson Power
21
41
691-
N. American Aviation .....
18+
61
North American Co.
101
281
Northern Pacific
Branches:
17
Owens-linots Glass Co.
41
Johore.
Pacific Gas & Elec
274
172
Packard Motors
Bangkok
Kobe
3
Saigon
DELHI.
"
Batavia
31
Pan-American Airways
154
Bombay Kuala
Kowloon Ban
HAIPHONG
Francisco BAMBUSO
Paramount Pictures
104
8
Pennsylvania B.R.
21+
Canton Landon Singapore
33+
Philadelphia Read Coal
Chefoo
Lyons
Phillips Petroleum
Colombo Malacca Sungei
161
Public Service of N.J.
281
Dairen
174
Pallmari Inc....
25
19
Pure Of:
В
241
Radio Corpn. of Am.
甜
Harbin
睡
་་
Reading Company, Com. 121
5+
Remington Arms Co., Inc.
*
Iloilo Ipob
531
Republic Aviation Corp,
4
201
Republic Steel
211
414
Revere Corp.
10+
733
Reynold Tobac. "D
308
41
Safeway Stores
324
28
Schenley Distillers
111
རྗེ་
Sears Roebuck
773
211
Shell Union Of
11
51
Socony-Vacunum Oil
8
various sizes to let.
371
Southern Pacific
TRUSTEE and EXECUTOR
06. off
Continental 011
183
Southern Rly $5 pfd.
201
business" undertaken.
12 off
20 of
Copperweid Steel
Curtiss Wright (C.)`
18
Spicer Manufacturing Co 367
t8
Standard Brands
"HONGKONG SAVINGS
Curtiss Wright "A"
231
Stand Gas & Elec
1
BANK
Deere & Co.
201
Standard Oll of California
18
it
854/851
861/857
85#/657
סט !
Distillers Corpn. Seagrams 18ł Douglas Aircraft .......... 12:78
Standard Oll of. N.J.
333
The Business of the above Bank
Stone & Webster
71
is conducted by the HONGKONG
BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED
304/80
801/801
801/801
unch.
801/801
801/801
Du Pont de Nemours S 164) Eagle Picher Lead
Studebaker Com
71
& SHANGHAI BANKING OOR- 1
101
Swift International
171
Tuesday's sales:-3.000.000 bushels. CHICAGO CORN May July
Eaton Mfg. Co.
35
Technicolor
ទ
ed on application.
Elec, Autolite
34
Texas Corpn.
301
Elec Bond & Share
37
BANKING CORPORATION.
61/624
614/81#
811/811
611/811
818/811. 81/61 601/001
unch.
Texes Gulf Sulphur
361
Elec. Bond & Share $5 pf.
58
i off
Timken-Axte
"314
Elec Bond & Share $8 pt.
667
Trans-America, Co.
Ꮞ
V. M. GRATBURN,
Chief Manager: Hong Kong. 25th Feb. 1930.
Slec. Power & Light $7 pf.
31
20th Cent. Fox.
Flatkore
141
Union Bag & Paper Corp.
114
12.80/80 12.376
.03 off
Gen. American Trana.
541
Union Carbide & Carbon
684
THE CHASE BANK ·
.03 off
Gen. Electric
321
Union Pactic
751
Gen Motors
49
United. Aircraft
42
Gen. Railway Signal
∙13) ·
וי
34-3/4 4.03-1/2
United Airlines Trans
151
Gen Tire & Rubber-
111
United Corpo.
11
Glidden Co.
13
United. Corpn. $3 cum pt.
201
Goodrich (B.F.)
13
United Gas Corpn.
HEAD OFFICE:
18, PINE STREIT,
NEW YORK.
Goodrich $5 pf.
621
United Gas Improvement
91
(bearer)
16/3
Goodyear Tire & Co...
18+
U.B., "Industrual Alcohol.
231
4/~
Great Northern Iron Ore
141
D.B. Rubber
211
Mercantile Bank of In-
Great Northern Rly, pid.
28
0.8. Rubber 38 pfd.
PORATION, Rules may be obtain-Authorised Capital...10,000,000,00
Paid-Up Capital
For the HonaxoNG & SHANGHAI Reserve and Undivided
Bead Office:-BONG KONG No. 10 Des Voeux Road, Central..
Board of Director.·
Bin Saonson Cnow, Chairman
15, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL Li Koon Chan, Est, LI Las Seng, Esq.
An American Bank offering com
plete Foreign Banking Service in the principal Markets of the world.
P. K. Kwok, Eig Wong Chus Son, Esq. Wong Tan Tong, Esq. Fung Ping Wah Esq. Chan Ching Bhuk, Kay,"
KAN Toxo Po, Esa, Chief Manager Li Tax Faro, Esa, Manager
t
Branches and Agencies:··
Errico Pesang Blogapay Good.com Bangoon Bourbys
• Ports
5,628,000.00
2,083,281.50
gia. 25. "G"
101
Great Western Sugar
19
UA. Smelting
Interest Rates on Application.
Perin Syndicate
2/-
Greyhound Corpn.
11
US. Steel
683
8'hai Bec, Constr. Ca.....
15/-
Hercules Powder Co
712
Vanadium
**324
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES-
6'hal Waterworks “A” 131
Homestake Mining
52
Vultes Aircraft
71
20
Int Nickel
221
Walworth Co.
51
Inter. Paper & Power
14
Warner Bros Pict
3
Int. Tel. & Tel
#
Westinghouse Elec.
102
Kennecott Copper
*351
Woodward Iron Cor.
SIĄ
National Bank of India 32 B-A Tob (beater) Dunlop Rubber
Lakey Foundry & Mac,
31
89/41
32/T
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass 401 Lockheed Aircraft
Chase National Bank National City Bank
324 28
264
Bristol Aeroplane
9/9
103
Imperial Chemical Ind: 29/7†
"DOW JONES AVERAGE
United Stee!......
21/7
101
Woolworths
54
1040
Marxman. Investments
7/6
High Low Dow Jones Averages
Doc. 84,
Dec 27, 1940.
High Low Close
Change
Western Holdings
9/3
152.80 111.64 30 Industrials
128.60
Thell
(bearer)
•-bid.
Bub-Nigel....!
Ттапа
180
8267 29.15 20
Raili
27.80.
20
Trad
28.45 18.03 20· Utilition
19.31
· 120,70, 128.42 1992 26-27.15 97.38 19.69 19.44 19.54
.13 up
.lt
ii,
9101830.42. Bonds
60.43
20.44
| Subscribed Capital ... ....
Palding Capital ..
Boaerre. Fund and Best,
BANKERS:
£3,000,000
$1,800,000
2,050,000
#1,801,629
This Bank is entirely owned by
THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK NEW YORK, with Resources of over. U.8.$2,900,000,000.
D:~M, BIGGAE,
Second Vice Press
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED
Head Offser-15, Grácachurch Street, London, EC3
Authorisad Capital
placo Zentila
Searing
Shangha
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transgeted. Lomon granted on approved securities
Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposita zer ceived for
one year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Cur rencies on terma which will be
oted on application
S EXPOSIT: Boxes To Lez.
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
Amay
Bombay
Manila
Colonia
Walbona
a Im
Haiphong
Hankow
New York
Banitis
Hospini's
Pada
∙Kod
Pelping
Baraton
Stay
40
+ -ex, div.
261
34
10
47
Hukuang Rly 5%, 1011..
15
ུ་ཕྱུག
161
TO-
13
Hongkong.. 22-3/8
Spat
Dec.
Jan.
Bpqt.
Deq.
Sterling
Bollerk
Opening Closing 0/3-29/64.0/3-1/2
0/3-29/64 0/3-1/2 9/4-27/64 0/3-10/32 U.S. Dollars
$5,15/22/$5-17/32 5-15/32 $5-17/32
5-13/32 5-1/3 Market: Quiet but steady.
Suver Duty Bate
Jan.
The Central Bank of China's rate on London at 10 a.m. today was 1/2-1/24.
The Equalisation rate was 234 per cent.
Calcutta Exchange
Calcutta Dec. 28 (Reuter T.T. on Japan, 81-1/4
(LP. N/Y Issue)
Hukuang Rly. 6% 1911
.German. Issue) Lung Tung & H Hal
Rix. 8% 1913
S'hal-N'King Riy. 5%
The Bank of England and Midland
Bank Ltd.
·BRANCHER;
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STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.
Operating Services for Cargo and Passengers
SWATOW, SHANGĦAL TSINGTAU, CHRYOO
and TIENTSIN
KOBE and OSAKA
SINGAPORE PENANG and CALCUTTA
BANDAKAN
HAIPHONG
All atcamera berth alongside
| Tięntain-Pukow Rły, 5%
Brit. Stpd.).
-15
Tientsin-Pakow Rly, 5%
German Stud. J
15
Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%.
the Roosevelt Terminal in
Brit. Stod. Supl. Loan) entsin-Pukow Rly, 1
the French Concession st
16
Shanghai, where passengers and cargo are landed.
15
Ger, Stpd. Bup). Loan) Jap. 8% Ster Loan, 1924 -26 Ger, 7% Intl Loan, 1924 8 Chartered Bank ............ 8). H.K. & 8′hát Bank (Lán
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