20.21
79
701
High Low Close Close Change 10.25 10.18.10.24 10.18 .06 oft 20.32 793
20.50 20.25 ,25 of
79
i off
61 603
601
60+
i of
STOCKS
12.72 12.59
12.60
12.72
.12 up
Adams Express
Close
Opening
Closing
Change
Alleghany Steel Co.
Allis Chalmers
10.2+/25
10.25/25
10.18/18
.06 off
Aluminium Ltd.
10.21/21
10.21/20
10.14/15
07 off
Amer. Can
10.05/07
10.06/07
10.00/01
*.00 off
American Cyanamid B.
On Japan:-
On demand
On India:-
9.59/59
9.59/58
2,54 N
.05 of
9.57/57
July (New contract) September (
***** 104
On Manila:-
On demand
On Bangkok:
Total sales:-240 tons
CHICAGO WHEAT
Telegraphie Transfer. 82
and demand...................82 1/2
On New York:--
Bank Bills, on demand 34 Credis, 60 days' night 24 3/4
-On Batavia:-
On demand............. 45
On Paris:-
Bank Bills, on demand Nom. Credits 4 months' sight Nom.
On Saigon:-
On demand
Total sales Friday:-133.100 bales.
The first notice day for March Cotton is 25/2/41 and last day is 14/3/41
NEW YORK RUBBER
March
May
9.55 N 10.77
9.57/57 9.545
9.52/52
.05 off
Amer. & Foreign Power
.9.50 N "
10.69
05 of '08 of
Amer & Foreign 17 DL. Amer, Locomotive Amer. Metals Co.
Amer. Radiator
PAGE 10-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
FINANCE
FOREIGN MARKETS & QUOTATIONS
MONEY AND EXCHANGE
CLOSING QUOTATIONS FEBRUARY 17, 1941.
On London:-
Telegraphic Transfer. 1/2 7/3 Bank Bills, on demand 1/2 7/8 Credits 4 months' sight
On Shanghai (
On demand
On Singapore:-
On demand
NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKET (REUTER'S SERVICE)
NEW YORK, Feb 15, 1941
New York Cotton, March New York Rubber, March Chicago Wheat, May Chicago Corn, May New York Hides, March
NEW YORK COTTON
425
March
May
52 3/4
July
102 1/2
October December
January
Spyt
Prev. Today's
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATION
(REUTER'S SERVICE)
FEBRUARY 18, 1941;
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1941.
BANKS
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI│THE CHARTERED BANK OF
BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capital.............. $50,000,000 |
INDIA, AUSTRALIA
AND CHINA
Issued & Fully Paid-Up $90,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1800
Reserve Funds:
Paid-Up Capital Sterling
£6,500,000 Reserve Fund
..£3,000,000
...£3,000,000
„£3,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON:
H.K. Currency Reserve $10,000,000 Reserve Liability of Pro- Reserve Liability of
prietors
♫
39, Bishopsgate E.U..
Sub-Agencies In London:
117/192, Leadenhall Street, E.C.3 West End Branch:
14/16, Cockspur Street, B.W 1 Manchester Branch:
68, Mosley Street, Manchester, 1
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES ·
BONG KONG PENANG ILOILO
ALOR STAR
Last Sale
STOCKS
Last Sale.
Proprietors
.$90,000,000
Feb. 15.
Feb. 15,
51
Loft Incorperated
144
Head Office:-HONG KONG
201
Mack Truck Inc.
254.
29
Martin, Glen L. ........
23
703*
McKesson & Robbins, pid.
24*
821
Montgomery Ward
-352
311
Mtain City Copper Co..
21
13/16 National Aviation
B
Board of Directors: Hon Mr. J. J. Paterson,
Chairman. W. H. Lock, Esq.,"
Deputy Chairman.
15
Nat, Dairy Products
131
J. E. Bousäeld, Esq.,
12)
National Distillera
202
A. H. Compton, Esq.,
164
National Lead
15
L. J. Davies, Esq.,
8
Nat, Fower & Light
01.
Hon. Mr. S. H. Dodwell,
Amer, Rolling Mili
121
National Supply Corp."
་རྒྱུ
G. Miskin, Esq.,
Amer. Sting and R'ing Co.
39
New York Central
121
K. S. Morrison, Esq.,
AMRITSAR
BANGKOK
BATAVIA
BANQUUN
ХРОН
TARACHI
SAIGON
SIRIMBAN
Amer. Sugar Refining A.
131*
Hon. Mr. T. E. Pearce,
Niagara Hudson 'Power
21
Amer. Tel, & Tel
159)
N. American Aviation
134
20.50/50
20.40/40
20.00/00.
} 19.73/76
20.25/25 20,31/32 20.10b/30a-20,11 B 19.95/20.00 19.70/70 19.45 N unquoted
25
off
Amer. Tobacco "B"
68
North American Co.
151
29 off ,30 off
Amer, Waterworks
51
| Northern Paciāc
54
BOMBAY
CALCUTTA
FOBT CLAVE STR37 KUALA
Hon. Mr. A. L. Shields, Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn,
Chief Manager. CANTON
FAIRLIE PLACK
SHANGHAL
ILAND
SINGAPOR
AGENCIES »
SITIAWAN
HOUBARAYA
LUMPUR
TAIPING
4.
Anaconda Copper
221
KUCHING TIENTSIN
| Owens-Illinolg Glass Co..........
421
28 off
Atchison, T. & S. Fe.
201
Pacific Gas & Elec
257
Aviation Corp.
31
Packard Motors
27
Amoy
Branches: Johore
Baldwin L'ecometive
141
Pan-American AirwayA
124
Bangkok Kobe
Rangoon Saigon
Baltimore & Ohio
31
Paramount Pictures
101
Batavia
Kowloon San
CAWNPORK CEBU COLOMBO
DELFI HAIPHONG
MADRAB
MANILA
TONGKAH
(Bhuket)
XIDAN
TOINKITAL
48
FROM ROZA BROS:
Ready
both American and Forward.
On demand 149 1/2 July
On Sterling Notes:-
Bank Buying Rate
Bar Silver per 03. 23 1/4
Market Repor
Monday, Feb. 17
Silver prices were unchanged NEW YORK HIDES over the week-end, the quotations March
remaining at 23.1/4 for
Silver was unquoted.
The London-New York
rate, was quoted at 402.1/2 New York-London was quoted at 403- 1/4
May
.791/791
745/74
79/799 741/743
September
748/74%
791/79 731/731 74/74
of
off
ou
1889
Barber Asphalt Co.
8+
Pennsylvania RR
221
Bombay
Kuala
Francisco HAMBURG
Barnsdall Of
77
Philadelphia Read, Coal
3/16*
Calcutta
Bendix Aviation
331
Canton
Phillips Petroleum
36
Bethlehem Steel
-767
Chefoo
Public Service of NJ........
271.
Lyons Sourabaya
Singapore
Colombo
Malacca
Now.
Friday's sales: 9,163,000 bushels.
Bliss & Co.
14+
Sungei
Boeing Airplane Co.
141
Pullman Inc.................................................
231
Dairen
Manila
Pure Oll
7
Foochow
Muar
Patani Swatow
CHICAGO CORN
May.
July
September
Borg-Warner
173
T
Radio Corpn. of Am. ' .....
41
80%/60%
601/61
60+/601
Briggs Mig..
19
Reading Company,
Com
121*
Bankow
Mukden
Tokya
609/601 604a
Budd M'facturing Corp.
32
601/601
601/801 594/592
A off
Canadian Pacific R'way
31
Remington Arms Co., Inc.
5"
Harbin
New York
Loilo
"off
Case, JI
441
Republic Aviation Corp.
31
il
Celanese ail
23
Republic Steel
174
Ipob
Peiping Penang
June
12,60/60 12.58/62 12.47/50 12.52/55 Total sales for the day:-88 contracts.
,
12.72/72 1260/63
pט 12,
Chesapeake & Ohio
38)
Revere Corp.
83
13 up
Chrysler Corpn.
641
Reynold Tobac. "B"
32
Columbla Gas & Hec.
31
Safeway Stores
381
Commercial Credit Co.
29$
Schenley Distillers
Sears Roebuck
BYŁ
cross- NEW YORK COCOA
March"
Com, & Southern (Ord.)
Shell Unlan Oil
101
Consolidated Edison
21
quoted on application.
May
5.53 N 5.82 N
5,47b/602 5.60/80"
5.54 N 5.63 N
.01 up
Consolidated Oil
5+
Socony-Vacunum Oil
87
Southern Pacific
01 up
Continental Can
300
·8 ·
MARKET
Quiet
STERLING
NEW YORK SUGAR NO. 3: March May
Contiriental Of
13
Southern Rly $5 pfd.
201
*
Copperweld, Steel
147
Spicer Manufacturing Co.
321
2.04b/05a 2.08b/09a
2.03b/04a 2.08b/09a
.01 on
unch
Curtiss Wright, (C.)
71
Standard Brands
8
Curtiss Wright "A"
251
Stand Clas & Mec.
1
and!
March
<+
July.
Opening
0/3-5/16
New York
Japan
India
Paris
Hongkong
Sterling
5-3/8
War Loah, 34% (Red,
after 1952)
There were sellers at 1/3 Feb.-! April, puyers at 1/3-1/32 for Cash. U. 'S. DOLLARS
The market open- Were Arm. ed with sellers at 24.5/16 for Oash. Subsequently there. were
Cash sellers at 24.3/8 for possible buyers at Cash
Valume of business done:-108 lots The First notice day for March is 17/2 and "last day is 28/2. 24.1/9 for NEW YORK COPPER FUTURES
SHANGHAI DOLLARS
435:1/2
SHANGHAI MARKET Sterling opened with sellers at 3.29/64.
rato Subsequently the dropped to 3.7/18. Last advices! reported sellers a 3.29/64" for were Dollars sellers US. Spot. quoted at the opening 5.5, 8.
at Later the rate eased off to 5.19/32. Last advices indicated" sellers at 5.5/8 for Cash.
Shanghai Exchange
Shanghai, Feb. 17 (Reuter).
Official T.T. Rates
London
N.Y. Official Silver ...... 34-3/4 NY-London Cross Rate 4.03-1/4
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
(REUTER'S SERVICE)
London, Feb. 14. "
H.K. STOCK EXCHANGE
Owing to the Annual Races which commence today, very Hitle Interest was taken in the market
The following quotations are the and only a small business was put middle prices at the close of the through market in London. All quotations
| are subject to confirmation and no responsibility is assumed, for errors in 'transmission.
H.K. Govt 3% Loan (1994), 944
Cts.
H.K. Govt. 3% Loan (1940), 94.25
Cta
Volume of business done:-54 lota
NEW YORK SUGAR NO. 4: March
.67b/.6713 .60/.66 May
.71b/71)α 70b/.70ła
Deere & Co.
192.
Standard, Oll of California
181
Distillers Corpm, Seagrams
164
Standard Oil of N.J.
334
Douglas Aircraft
651
Stone & Webster
B
.66b/.667a .70b/.701a
".01 off
Du Pont de Nemours
140
Studebaker Com,
61
.01 of
Eagle Picher Lead
9
Swift International
172*
Technicolor
9
Eaton Mfg. Co.
30
Elec. Autolite
27품
Texas Corpn
35*
Texes Gulf Sulphur
35
Elec Bond & Share
3}
Elec. Bond & Share $5 pl
544
Timken-Axle
"281
11.500/542 11.30b/40a
11.45b/55a 11.49b/54a 11.255/37a 11,30b/40a unquoted. 1,03-1/4
01 of unch.
Elec Bond & Share $8 p.
63
Trans-America Co.
48
Elec, Power & Light 37 pf.
29
20th Cent. Fox.
51
Filatkote
12%
Union Bag & Paper Corp.
101
Gen. American Trana.
49*
Union Carbide & Carbon
607
Gen. Flectric
30
Union Pacific
761
Gen Motors
414
United Aircraft
354
Gen. Railway Signal
12*
United Airlines Trans
-123
THE CHASE BANK
15, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL
Gen. Tire & Rubber
11
United Corpn
13
Glidden Co.
Goodrich (B.F.)
121
United Corpn. $3 cum pt. 26
HEAD OFFICE:
12
United Gas Corpn.
11/16"
Goodrich $5 pi.
59*
United Gas Improvement
83
Goodyear Tire & Co.
181
U8., Industrual Alcohol
22
Great Northern Iron Ore
1342
US. Rubber
181
Great Northern Rly, pfd.
227
US. Rubber $8 ptd.
801
Great Western Sugar
201
U.S. Smelting
58*
リ
BANKOW Lumpur Shanghai London
Haiphong (Jobore) Tientsin
Tsingtao Yokohama
QURRENT ACCOUNTS opened
P
FOREIGN EXCHANOS and General Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT. ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One- Year or shorter periods in Local of Other Currencies at rates which will be quoted on application.
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at ratas obtainable on application.
1;
in Local Currency and FIXED DE-
The Bank's Head Office in London POSITS received for one year or shorter periods in Local and Other undertakes Executor and Trustee Currencies on terms which will be business, and claims recovery of British Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of the Agencies and Branches.
R. A. CAMIDGE,
Manager.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES of various sizes to let.
TRUSTEE and EXECUTOR business undertaken.
HONGKONG SAVINGS
BANK
The Business of the above Back is conducted by the HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING COR PORATION. Rules may be obtain ed on application.
For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 25th Feb., 1930.
18, PINE STREET,
NEW YORK. An American Bank offering com- plete Foreign Banking Service in the principal Markets of the world. #
'BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED
Authorised Capital:.....$10,000,000.00 Paid-Up Capital Reserve and Undivided
Profits
5,598,600.00
.2,083,281.50
Head Office: HONG KONG No. 10 Des Voeux Road, Central
.Board of Director.
HON. SIE SHOUBON CHOW, Chairman
Li Koon Chan, Esq.
Li Lan Sang, Esq. P. K. Kwok. Baq. Wong In Tong, Esq. Chan Ching Shok, Esq. KAN TONG PO, Esq., Chief Manager HON. MR. LI TER FONO, Manager
Branches and Agencies:
Wong Chu Son, Esq.
Fang Ping Wah Esq.-
་་
Κοπίσου
Penang
Kangoon Sourabaya
NEW TOK PRIPING
(Peking)
YOKOHAM
Away
Hingaporo
Batavia
Loadon
Greyhound Corpn.
107
U.S. Steel
57A
Interest Rates on Application...
Łoz.bay
Manila
Katgon
watow
BUYERS
4
Hercules Powder Co. Homestake Mining Int Nickel
679*
Vanadium
264
Calcutta
Melbou Bazar Sydney
Haiphong
Nagusies
cisco santrin
45
Vulted Aircraft
62*
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
KORUTA
**New York Bettie
Fanconfor
Bonaldin
Paris
233
Walworth Co.
41
Love
Palpinz
Bemarang Saabysi
£
Inter. Paper & Fower, Int. Tel. & TeL Johnsman
11품
Warner Bros. Pict.
24.
This Bank is entirely owned by
2+
Westinghouse Elec,
651
Woodward Iron Cor.
1031
32-7/8
Defence Loan, 3%.......
1011
Bank of East Asia, $76. Providents, $5.75,
18-3/8 nominal 22
Janton-K'loon Rly, 6% 13
Chinese 41% Gold Lean"
SELLERS
Realtles, '$3.70.
Kentecott Copper Libbey-Owens-Ford Lockheed Aircraft Loew's Inc."
31
Chase National Bank
Glass 351
National City Bank
21 31
Libby. Monell & Libby
Spot
Feb.
Mar.
Scilers
Opening Closing 0/9-29/64. 073-15/32 D/3-29/64 0/3-15/32 073-77T6 0/3-29/64
1898 (Brit. Issue) ...... Chinese 6% Gold Banda.
1925/47
44
Trams, $17.80
SALES
42 to 47
DOW JONES AVERAGE
Chin. 41% Anglo-French,
Loan, 1908
Hotels, $3.50.
Trams. $17.50.
1940/41
45
Chinese 5% Crisp Loan.
Cements, $17.90/50/75.
1912
26
Watsons. $10,95.
Chinese 5% Reorg, Loan,
U.S. Dollars
1913 (Ldn. 15.)
34
Spot
5-5/8
$5-21/32
HONGKONG
Feb.
Mar.
5-21/32 5-5/8
5-5/8 6-19/32
Market-Quiet.
Silver Duty Rate The Central Bank of China's rate on London at 10 am, today was 1/2-1/20,
The Equalisation rate was 23-1/4 per cent.
500 PARACHUTES
#
A WEEK
Parachutes are being made
fonan Ely. 5% Hukuang Rly 5%, 1911...
(LP. N/Y TIssue)
Chinese 8% Ster. Notes,
Low Dow Jones Averages High
Industrials 152.80 111.64 30
Rails 22.16 20 32.67
Utilities 26.45. 18.03 20 92,19 83.08 40 64.07 48.47 11
Feb. 14,
117.88
20.54
18.85
Bonds
89.82
Commodity Index 55.81
Business Done: 400,000 shareB
1925 (Vickers) Chin. Imperial Rly 5%
Loan
10
47
Volume of Business Transacted
16
SALES
Bukuang Rly."5%, 1911
German Issue)
13
China Lights (0) AS, Watsons
500 $ 8.35
Long Tsing & U. Hal
* 500 500
10.95 #11.00
RIT. 5% 191314 S'hai-N'King Rly. 5%
18
1,500
Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%
(Brit. Stpd.)
The total value, 19. $14,050,00.-
TO-
15
Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%
Canada at the rate of 500 per
"With the exception of housings
(German Stpd.) week. "We have two sources of Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 6%
the Dominion," supply within
(Brit. Stpd. Bupl Loan) Honourable C. D. Howe, Minister of Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5% Munitions and Supply recently (Ger.Etpd. Supl. Loan> disclosed, "and facilities are ade-Jap. 8% Ster. Loan, 1924 quate for an output of consider-Ger. 7% Intl. Loan, 1924 ably more than 1,000 parachutes Chartered Bank per week, 1,necessary,
and a few other small fittings, all H.K. & Shai Bank (Col.
Peg) materials for the manufacture of parachutes are being made in this Chinese Eng & Mining
(bearer) 13,000 country." Approximately parachutes have been ordered for Chosen Corporation the air services since the declara- Mercantile. Bank of In-
dia. £5,"0"," tion of war, of which about 4,800 have been delivered and are avall Pekin Byndicate. B'hai Elec. Constr. Co.... able for use."
16
16
15
201-24
3
S'hal Waterworks “A” 13-1/2
20. Union Insurance Guía Kalumpong Rubber 15/71 Lon, Mid, & Scot., Rly. 143 Great Western Rly....... 33 National Bank of India 314
73
H.K. S'hal Bank (Ldn.
Reg.)
B.-A. Tob (bearer) ..... Dunlop Rubber
90
33
70
Bristol Aeroplane
10/4
77
Imperial Chemical Ind. 28/102 United Steel
21/10
Woolworths
51/9.
18/-
Maraman Investments.
·6/3
4/-
.11-1/8
1/8
Western Holdings
9/6
Sub-Nigel
145
thell Trans · &
Trad. -
41/101
15/-
•. -qx.' d)¥
SHAREBROKERS
ASSOCIATION
on Monday, Feb. 17, 1941.
(Bcarer)
bich
. Feb. 18, 1941.
High Low Close
118.9 117.88 118.55 9874 24.50 26.05 19.00 18.80 18,95
.69 up
Every description of Banking and
NEW YORK, with Resources of Exchange business transacted. Loans
over
.8.$3,800,000,000.
D. L. BALLANTYNE,
Ajob?
WANT ADS
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.
Operating Services for Cargo and Passengers
SWATOW, SHANGHAL TSINOTAU, CHEFOO
and TIENTSIN
KOBE and OSAKA
SINGAPORE, PENANG and CALCUTTA
SANDAKAN
HAIPHONG
All steamers berth alongside
the Roosevelt Terminal in the French Concession at Shanghai, whore" passengers
and cargo are landed.
For farther particulars
please apply to
JARDINE MATHESON&Co.,LTD. TELEPHONE ZOZILDGENERAL MANAGERS
granted on approved securities
Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits re... ceived for one
од
terina
yoar or
periods in Local and Foreign Unr roncier
which will be quoted on application.
SAFE LEPOSIT BOTES TO LET.
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
BANK OF CHINA
Specially Chartered by THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF CHINA "AS AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK PAID-UP CAPITAL $40,000,000.
(BRANCHES ALL OVER CHINA) Owing to our numerous Brancuze in China and connections in the principal Commercial Centres of the World, we are able to extend to our Clients special facilities for Domestic and Foreign Banking and Exchange.
Head Office:-SHANGHAI Hong Kong Branch:
4, QUEEN'S ROAD, C. South Ching Offices:
CANTON
SWATOW
SHIUCHOW
KONGMOON TOISHAN
KINGOHOW We also handle the issue of Bonds and other Publio Funds, of the Chinese Government both at Home and abroad.
SHÔU, J. CHENÁ
Manager.
911
THE CHABR NATIONAL BANK,
28+
Manager.
abortor
Change
1 up
69.61 5.49
.10 ap .01 off .32 off
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