1941-02-21 — Page 12

High Low Close Close Change

10.30 10.25 10.25 10.29 21.28 21.00 20.66 21.15 . 783 781 79

up

791

up

601

621

1 up

12,65

21 up

Adams Expresa

Close

Opening

Closing

Change

Alleghany Steel (b.

10.25/25

10.29/28

10.29/29

Allis Chalmers

10,21/21

10,26/25

10.28/23

07...ир

aluminium Ltd,

10.07/07

10,12/11

10,15/15

08 up

Amer. Can...

9.68/60

8.69/69

9.08,68

,02 up

American Cyanamid B,

9.63/62

9.61, N 10.76

0.666/87a 9.66/68

9.66/68

up

Amer. & Foreign Power

9.84 N 10,80

03 up

Arner & Foreign $i pi.

04 up

Amer. Locomotive

Amer, Metals Co,

Bank Bills, on demand 24 1/4" Credlis, 8C days' sight 25

The first notice day for March Cotton is 25/2/41 and last day is 14/3/41

Amer. Radiator

Amer. Rolling Mill

Amer, 8ting and Ring Co.

45 1/3

105

Da Manila:-

48. 1 2

149 1/2 May

Bank Bills, on demand Fom

Credits 4 months' sight. Nom."

On Saigon:-

On demand

On demand

On Bangkok:-..

On demand

Ca Sterling Notes:-

July (New contract)

September ( > ... 19.90/90

Total sales-unreceived.

NEW YORK RUBBER

March

Amer, Sugar Refining

May

20.66/36 20.57b/60& 20.05b

20.05b

20,75b

21.15/15 20.71b/90a 21,03/04 20.17b/35a20.40/40 20.27/27

49. up

Amer. Tel, & Tel

PAGE 12-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

FINANCE

FOREIGN MARKETS & QUOTATIONS

MONEY AND EXCHANGE

CLOSING QUOTATIONS FEBRUARY 20, 1911."

Da London:-

Telegraphic Transfer. 1/8 7/1 Bank Bills, on demand 1/2 7/8 Credits 4 months' sight

On Shanghai:

On Japan:-

NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKET

(REUTER'S SERVICE)

NEW YORK, Feb. 19, 1941.

New York Cotton, March New York Rubber, March Chicago Wheat, May Chicago Corn, May New York Hides March NEW YORK COTTON

On demand

420

On Singapore:—

March

On demand

52 3/4

May

July

On demand

109 1/2

October

On India:-

December

Telegraphic

Transfer.

88 1/2

January

-and demand

Spot

On New York:----

On Batavia:-

On-demand

On Paris:-

Prev. Today's

60 611 1265 12.40 12.44

Total sales Tuesday:—45,800 bajos.

קש 49.

14 up

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

STOCKS

QUOTATION

(REUTER'S SERVICE)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1941.

BANKS

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI THE CHARTERED BANK OF

BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital... $50,000,000

INDIA, AUSTRALIA

AND CHINA

Issued & Fully Paid-Up 890,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 185

Reserve Funda:

Paid-Up Capital £6,500,000 Reserva Fuad

Sterling

....£3,000,obo ..£3,000,008

41

H.K. Currency Reserve $10,000,000 Reserve Liability of Pro- Reserve Liability of

prietors.....

...£3,000,000 Proprietors

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON:

35, Bishopsgate E.0.2. Sub-Agencies In London:

117/122, Leadenhall Street, E.Č.a

West End Branch: 14/16, Cookspur Street, 8.W ] Manchester Branch: $2, Mosley Street, Manchester, $. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES

EONR TONG PENANG

ALOR STAN

FEBRUARY 20, 1941.

Last Sale

STOCKS

Last Sale

$20,000,000

Feb. 19

Feb. 19

Loft Incorperated ....

Head Oface:-HONG KONG

20

Mack Truck Inc.

281

Martin, Glen L

231

71*

McKesson & Robbins, pra, 244

83

Montgomery Ward

351

32

Mtain City Copper, Co.

National Aviation

Board of Directora: Bon. Mr. J. J. Paterson,

Chairman. W. H. Lock, Esq.,

Deputy Chairman.

15

Nat, Dairy Products

134

123

National Distillers

16

Natonal Lead

J. K. Bousfield, Esq., A. H. Compton, Esq., L. J. Davies, Esq.,

5

Na, Fower & Light

loa. Mr. S. H. Dodwell,

AMBITBAN

137

National Supply Corp.

G. Miskin, Esq.,

BANGKOK

381

New York Central

12

K. S. Morrison, Esq.,

BATAVIA

Niagara Hudson Power

27

Hoa. Mr. T. E. Pearce,

BOMBAY

TLANO

1564

N. American Aviation

121

.46 up

Acer, Tobacco "8"

North American Co.

15

35 up

Amer, Waterworks

54

Northern Pacióc

54

37 up

Anaconda Copper

22+

Owens-Illinois Glass Co.

401

Hon. Mr. A. L Shields, Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn,

Chief Manager.

ÜLITE STUKET KUALA.

CANTON

DAWNPORN

CALOUTTA

AGENCIES:

KOBE

FAIRLIN PLACE

ILOILO ІРОН

BANGOON

BAIGON

SIZIMBAN

CARAOHI

SHANGBAN

SINGAPOR

NITIAWAN

SOURABAYA

LUMPUR

TAIRING

KUCHING-

TIENTSIN

Atthism, T. & 8 Fe.

214

Pacific Gas & Elec

261

Aviation Corp.

Packard Motors

Amoy

Branches: Johore

(CHICAGO WHEAT:

Baldwin Lecometive

141

Pan-American Airways

Bangkok

Kobe

Rangoon Saigon

Baltimore & Ohlo

79/79)

791/791

July

749/741

743/74)

791/791 75/75

. üp i up

Paramount Pictures

Batavia

Kowloon San

Barber Asphalt Co. Bernsdall Oil

Bb

Pennsylvania R.R.

Bombay

Kuala

Francisco

Calcutta Lumpur Shanghai

Bank Buying Rate

Now.

September

748/748

751/75+

UD

Philadelphia Read, Coal

227

Bendix Aviation

334

Canton

Phillips Petroleum

Bar Silver per oz.

23.3/8

Tuesday's sales:-9.445,000 bushels,

Bethlehem Steel

743

Chefoo

Lyons "Sourabaya

Publla Service of NJ.

L'olombo

Malacca

Buss & Co,

131

Sungei

CHICAGO CORN

May

July

September

587:59

being 23.3/8 for And Forward

12,44/44 12.43/43

Total sales for the day:-158 contracts.

was NEW YORK COCOA

crcss

March May

6.62 N 5.89 N

NEW YORK SUGAR NO. 3;

MARKET

March May

2.606/07a

2.12b/133

March May".

March

Market Repor

FROM ROZA BROS.

Thursday, Feb 20.

Silver prices rose 1/18 yesterday

for both "deliveries, the quotations NEW YORK HIDES

both Ready March Silver advices re- June ported the market as being quiet. Offerings, were small. Buyers were Batisfied. American Elver

quoted at 34.3/4 for Spot.

The London/New York rate was quoted at 4021/2. New York/Londen was quoted at 402.-

3/4

Quiet.

STERLING

There were sellers at 1/3 Feb- ruary-April, buyers at 1/31/32 for

Cash.

U. S. DOLLARS Some business was reported at The market 24.9/16 for Cash. closed at 1 p.m. with sellers at 241/2 for Cash, buyers at 24.5/8 for Cash.

SILANGHAI DOLLARS

Volume of business done:-265 Jots. NEW YORK SUGAR NO. 4

Volume of business done:-60 lots.

The first notice day for March is 17/2 and last day is 28/2, NEW YORK COPPER FUTURES

Early morning some busness was July

arranged at 435.1/2 and also 434.-NY. Ofcial Silver

34-3.4

1/2 and 433. The market closed NY-London Cross Rate 4.03

with sellers at 433.1/2 buyers at

434.1/2.

SHANGHAI MARKET Sellers of Sterling for Spot were quoted at the opening at 3.27/64. Last advices reported sellers at 3.29/84 for Spot. U. 8. Dollars) sellers

for Spot at 55/8. Last! advices reported sellers at 5.21/32 for Spot.

AFTERNOON MARKET

LONDON STOCK

EXCHANGE

(REUTER'S 'SERVICE)

London, Feb. 19.

The following quotations are the middle prices at the close of the The marke was quiet for Ster-market in London. All quotations US Dollars were a shade are subject to confirmation and no responsibility is assumed for errors in transmission.

ling. easier.

STERLING There were sellers at 1/3-Feb- ruary/April, buyers at 1/3:1/32, for Cash.

War Loan, 3% (Red

after 1952) Defence Loan, 3% Canton-Kloon Rly. 5% Chinese 4% Gold Loan

1898 (Brit. Issue)

U. S. DOLLARS The market opened with sellers at 24.1/2 resulting in some bust nes at 24.1/2. At the dose there were sellers at 24.7/16 and pos- sible buyers at 24.1/2 for Cash. Chinese 5% Gold Bonds.

SHANGHAI DOLIARS

1925/41

There were sellers in the after-Chin. 41% Anglo-French

noon

Loan, 1908 at 433.1/2. The market closed with sellers at 1321/2 for Chinese 5% Crisp Loan. Spot...

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA STATEMENT

Calcutta. Feb. 19 (Reuter).

Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Notes in circulation (including Notes held in the Back- ing Department).. 26,505 26,518 Rupee Coin and Bul-

lion in India

3,052 3,085 Gold Coin and Bul-

lion in India

4.441 4.441 Securities

Government,

4,960 4,960 Securities

(Indian

(British Government) 14,050 14,050 (Figures in Lakhs of Rupean).

"SILVER MARKET

LONDON SILVER.

Inter. Paper & Power Int. Tel, & Tel. Johnsman

Kennecott Copper Libbey-Owens-Ford

Lockheed Aircraft Loew's Inc.

Pullman Inc........

Usiren

Boeing Airplane Co.

14

Fure Oil

Foochow

Manila Muar

Patani Swatow

.804/600 601/601

611/611

13 up

Borg-Warner. ....

172

592/592 601/601

601/601

1 up

Briggs Mig..

204

Radio Corpn. of Am.

4

Haiphong

Reading Company,

Com

Backow

80/60

it up

Budd M'facturing Corp.

Canadian Pacific R'way

31

Remington Arons Co., Inc.

Harbin

42*

Iloilo

| Republic - Aviation, Corp.....

31

Case, JI

Republic Steel

174

1235b/50a 12.48/48

12.65/65 12.72/74

21 up

Celanese

22

.29 up

Chesapeake & Ohio

39

Révere Corp.

Chrysler Corpn.

34

Reynold Tobac. "B"

32

Columbia Gas & Elec, ......

37

Bafeway Stores

371

Schenley Distillers ·

Commercial Credit Co....

Sears Roebuck

891

Com, & Southern (Ord.") ...

"5.63b/65a

5.70/70

5.65/66 5.73"N

14 up 1,04

Consolidated Edison

201

Shell Union Oil

107

quoted on application.

Secony-Vacúnum Qu

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES

up

Consolidated Oll

Southern Pactic

8

various sizes to let.

Continental Can

Southern Rly $5 pfd.

TRUSTEE and

Continental Of

17)

2,08b/092 2.13b/146

,02 up

Copperweld Steel

141

spler Manufacturing Co. 314*

business undertaken.

London Singapore

(Jobore) Tientsin Mukden Tokyo New York Tsingtao Peiping Yokohama

Ipoh Penang

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened

in Local Currency and FIXED DE- POSITS received for one year or

MIDAN NEW YORK PEIPING

(Peking)

ТОМСКАЯ

(Bhuket) TSINGTA ΤΟΚΟΠΑΝΑ

FOREIGN EXCHANGI and Ganersi Banking Business transacted.

CORREST ACCOUNTS opened. and FIXED DEPORITE received for One Year or shorter periods in Local of Other Currencies at rates which will be quoted op application.

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened i Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application.

The Bank's Head Office in London

shorter periods in Local and Other undertakes Executor and Trustee Currencies on terms which will be business, and claima recovery of

British Income Tax overpaid, on

of terms which may be ascertained at

any of the Agencies and Branches.

R. A. CAMIDGE,

Manager.

EXECUTOR

MADRAN

CKBU COLOMBO

MANILA

DELAI

HAIPHONG

HAMBURG HANKOW

.01 up

Curtiss Wright (0)

7#

Standard Branda. ...

Curtin Wright “A”

Deere & Co.

Distillers Corpn. Seagrams

.68b/.69a · unquoted 71fb/.721a71b/.73a

.68b/6912 72b;.72ja

Douglas Aircraft

Du Pont de Nemours

.00 up

Eagle Picher Lead

Eaton Mfg. Co.

Elec. Autolite ......

Elec Bond & Share

Elec. Bond & Share $5 pi..

11.55b/58a 11,500/55a 11.42b/50a 11,40b/50a

11.55b/60a 11.44b/50 34-3/4 4.02-3/4

unch. :,42 up

Elec, Bond & Share $6 pr.

'Elec. Power &z Light 57 pf.

Flintkote

Gen. American Trans.

Gen. Electric

Gen Motors.

Gen. Railway Signal

Gen. Tire & Rubber

Glidden Co. ........

Goodrich (B.F.)

Goodrich $5 pf.

Goodyear Tire & Co.

"

Great Northern Iron Ore.

Great Northern Aly, pfd.

Great Western. Sugar

Greyhound Corpn.

Hercules Powder Co.

Homestake Mining

11

Int Nickel

£

Forward, 23-3/Bd.

BOMBAY SILVER

Bombay, Feb. 19 (Reuter).

Market-Quiet. Offtake 100 bars,

Indian Mint Silver"

1340/41

DOW JONES AVERAGE

High Low Dow Jones Averages Feb. 18, 182.80 111.84 30 Industrials

Rails 32.67 22.15 20 26.45 18.03 20 Utilities 92.19 83.08 40 84.07 48.47 11

118.89

20.75

18.00

Bonds

89.84

Commodity Index

8.93

الله

Feb. 20, 1941.

High Low Close 11-71-117.43 117,94 26.09 26.42 26.66 18.98 18.78 18.81

89.56

29*

Change

1,04 off

.19 off

19 off

.28 off 55.40 .57 up

Business Done:-470,000 abares

HONGKONG SAVINGS

BANK

M

The Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING COR PORATION. Rules may be obtain- ed on application.

For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION:

7. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 25th Feb., 1830.

BANK OF EAST ASIA,

.LIMITED

Authorised Capital...$10,000,000.00 Paid-Up "Capital 5,583,600,00 Reserve and Undivided

Profils

..2,983,261,50

Head Office:-HONG KONG No. 10 Des Voeux Road, Central

Board of Director,

15, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL HON. SIE SHOUSON CHÓW, Chairman

HEAD OFFICE:

18, PINE STREET.

NEW YORK. An American Bank offering com- plete Foreign Banking Service in the principal Markets of the world. Interest Rates on Application.

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES

This Bank is entirely owned by THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK, New YORK, with Resources of

4.

over". U.S.$3,800,000,000.

D. L. BALLANTYNE,

Manager.

A Job Ajob?

WANT ADS

INDO-CHINA

63-02 STEAM

Li Koon Chun, Esq. P. K. Kwok, Esq. Wong Yun Tong, Esq. Chan Chany Shuk, Esq.

Li Lan Sang, beg. Wong Chu Joa, Esq. Fung Ping Wah Esq.

KAN TONG Po, Esq., Chief Manager Hox. ME. LI TE FONG, Manager

Branches and Agencies:

Ampy

Batavia

aque

Kowlooz London

Panang Singaporu tangoon Bourabaya Sugod amstow

Melbourne Bad Fran. Ɛydany Sagusaks

deco tion tela

New York. Beattie Удпорктер Parle

edpiso

Semarang

Shangha

Every description of Baaking and Exchange business transacted. Loans granted on approved securitica,

Current Accounts opened in Locs! Currency and Fixed Deposits re ceived for one year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign 'Chr- rencies

terms

which will be

ỦA

quoted on application.

SAFE CEPOSIT Boxes To Laz

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager.

BANK OF CHINA

Specially Chartered by THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF CHINA AS AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE :

BANK

NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD PAID-UP CAPITAL $40,000,000.0

103-7/16

1011 13

44

42 to 47

45

!

1912

28

SHANGHAI MARKET - Opened with sellers of Sterling

Chinese 5% Reorg. Loan,

1913 (Ldn. Ia)

24

Spot.

.

at 3.29/ 4 and closed a shade Chinese 8% Ster. Notes,

1925 (Vicken) steadier with sellers at $15/32 for Bpot. U. &. Dollars opened with Chin Imperial Rly. 5%

eelers at 3.15/32 and last advices indicated sellers at $11/18 for Honan Rly 5%

Shanghai Exchange

Shanghai, Feb. 20 (Reuter),

Official TT. Rais

London, Feb. 19 (Reuter). Silver Small bear covering de- mand.

offering. Little

Market quiet. In the afternoon, the mar- ket was quiet, with buyers satis- fled.

10

Spot, 23-3/8a.

11

LOST

47.

16

Aukuang Rly, 5%, 1911...

(LF. N/Y Isue)

15

Hukuang Rly. 5%, 1911

German Issue)

13

Ready

Lang Tsing ›&. U. Hai

Mar. 25 Settlement

Riy, 5% 1913

14

Apr. 22 Settlement

82-15 63-00

Opening

S'hai-N'King Rly. 5%

16

London

New York

Japan'

0/3-3/8

Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%

5-1/2 22-3/8

(Brit. Stpd.)

15

India

18-3/4

Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%

(German 8tpd.) ....

B'hai Elec. Constr, Co.

15

Paris

nominal

Hongkong .....

.....: 22-3/8

Silver Duty Rale

The Central Bank of China's

Tientsin-Pukos Rly. 5%

(Brit. Stpd. Supl. Loan) 15 Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5% (Ger.Stpd. Supl. Loan)

15

rate on London at 10 am. today Jap. 6% Ster. Loan, 1924 was 1/2-1/20.

The Equalisation rate" was 24 Chartered Bank ..... per cent

Calcutta Exchaner

22

¡Ger. 7% Intl. Loan, 1924 "6

15/- Bhai Waterworks "a"... 18-1/2 Untun Insurance

20 Gulä Kalumpong Rubber 15/73 Lon MC & Scot, Fly. 13. Great Western Rly...... National Bank of India 321 B.-A. Tob (bearer)

36

Dunlop Rubber

32/9

H.K. & Shai Bank (Ldn.

Reg.)

Bristol Aeroplane

10/74

12

Imperial Chemical. Ind. 20/14

All steamers berth alongside the Roosevelt Terminal în the French Concassion at Shangbai, where passengers and cargo are landed.

A.K. & Bhai Bank (Col

United Steel ...

21/9

Calcutta, Feb. 19 (Reuter).

Reg)

17

Woolworths......

52

T.T. on Japan, 81-1/4

Chinese Eng & Mining

(bearer)

Marardan Investments

18/-

Chosen Corporation

4/M

"Western Holdings ........ Bud-Nigel

1/3 9/9

For farther particulara

please apply to-- --

148/3

India Rupee Paper

Bombay, Feb. 19 (Reuter). Govt. 31% Rupee, 84-14-0.

Mercantile Bank of In

dia. £5. "0"... Pekin Syndicate

Chell. Trans.

Trad...

11-1/8 1/8

(bearer) tezkeresk 40

bid

Operating Services for Cargo and Passengerä

TO-

SWATOW, SHANGHAI, TSINGTAU, CHEFOO

and TIENTSIN

KOBE and OSAKA

SINGAPORE PENANG and CALCUTTA

BANDAKAN

HAIPHONG

(BRANCHES ALL OVER CHINA) Owing to our numerous Branesco, in China and connections in the principal Commercial Centres of the World, we are able to extend to our Clienta special facilities. for Domestic and Foreign Banking and Exchange.

Head Office:-SHANGHAI

* Hong Kong Branch:"

4, QUEEN'S ROAD, 0. South China Offices:

CANTON .

SWATOW

SHIUCHOW

KONGMOON

TOISHAN-K

KINGOHOW

We, sisa handle the issue of Bonds and other Pablo, Funds of the Chinese Government both at Home and Abroad.

SHOU J. CHEN,

Manager.

23

Stand Gas & Elec.

妥

Standard Oil of California

18

164

Standard Ou of N.J

331

64

Stone & Webster

140*

Studebaker Carn

¿

Swift International

81

Technicolor

83*

293

Texas Corpn.

348

27

31

Texes Gulf Sulphur

352

Timken-Axle .....

61

Trans-America Co.

20th Cent. Fox.

Union Bag & Paper Corp.

50

Union Carbide & Carbon

31

Union Pacific

751

THE CHASE BANK

United Aircraft

344

United Airlines Trans

United. Corpn.

United Corpn. $3 cum pí.

United Gas Corpn.

United

172

Gas Improvement US., Industrual Alcohol,

213

13

U.S. Rubber

181

231

DA. Rubber $a pid.

80

US. Smelting

********

1027

UA. Steel

58

87

Vanadium

Vuitee Aircraft

231

Walworth Co

Warner Bros. Pict.

2

Westinghouse Elec.

Woodward Iron Cor.

311

Chase National Bank ......

Сая

35

National City Bank

BARROT ¡zabk

kambar Calcutta

Manila

Kalpboog

Henkow konaluju

201

Libby, Monell & Libby

30%

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