1915-02-25 — Page 11

Commercia'.

Prospects of the Silver Market.

The remarkable movements in ths, bullion markets before and after the outbreak of war aro, reviewed in Mossre. Mroatts and Goldemid's annual circular. Re ferring to the decline in silver, the price of which is now lower than it has been for 12 years, Messrs. Moosits and Goldsmid state that in consequence of the Roanoial panic at the end of July cash silver became practically. aa-aleable, the prica having fallen from 2-1/8d, to 2343. within a few days. When the market was re-opened after the outbreak of war

"beare

were very suxious to cover their commitments, and there were several enquiries for coinage, which, in the absence of any ale or shipments from New York, were responsible for a sharp rise to 271. The fourket was batur. ally highly sensitive and the Bactuations very violaut; tbia was intensified by the knowledge that the balle osuld in case of mood take advantage of the mor. atorium whilst the bears could

ot, though in this market it may be said practically no advantage Wae taken of it. November was a month in which we saw rather wide fidotuations, and betweeD the 2nd sad the 5th the price advanced from 22:3/18), to 231., falling by the 13th to 221. (which proved to be the lowest quotation of the year), and re- Covering again to 231, by the 25th. The market, however, during the past six weeks has been distice ly steadier and the tendency alightly upward." "Turning to the futuro" the circular says, “it is considei ed probable in many quarters that most of the European Powers noW at war will eventually require silver for coinage purposes, and the prospects of the next few months certainly depend very. materially on this factor. It must also be remembered that during the early part of next yeart! era will be some very large crops to be exported from India most of which are expected to make good prices, and there is therefore a prospect | of at least a normal demand from that quarter." While enumerating the factors that may be favour- able to silver, we must also mention that the trend of produc tion is distinctly downwards. Porobases for the Royal Mint during the last five months have been very large, and as far as this country is concerned it may be therefore assumed that the bu'k Inf the demand due to the war has

been already satisfied."

Hog Bristles in China. One of the largo exports, from China is black hog bristlo. The balk of these bristles come from: the northern China and Man- churian ports, and from there generally find their way to Shang- hai, where they are collected by large dealers, assorted into lengthe of from 21 to 0 inches, if they have not been previously amort ed, and then exported, to be made into paint brushes and other articles. The assorted bristles are made up into little round bundles, averaging from 2 to 3 inches in diameter. While the bristle bus- iness, on the whole, le increasing, it is, like many other trades, tend- ing to centralisation in the large ports, and the smaller ocant places figure less and less in the export- ation, the main reason being that the facilities for acrting are not aufficient in the small ports. A dealer in an outport who can collect several hundred pounde of bristles a month finds it more to his benefit to send his lots to a large Shanghai wholesaler than to go to the trouble and or pense of having them sorted and bundled and then waiting to get together a large enough lot to make it worth his while to export, The China hog, on the whole, is not a large producer of bristles, all his body, except a strip down the back and a larger spot on the neak, being covered with hair only, while the more northern. hog of Manchuria and Siberia has a larger part of, his skin covered with bristles, Under normal conditions it takes some 100 coolies to sort and bundle, about 50 pounds of bristless day, averaging, way, one-half pound s han per diem. The total exports of bristles from Shanghai in 1912 were 36,070 pounds, valued at TIs. 2,942,388, this being largely composed of receipts from other ports.

H'kong& S'hai Banking Corp.1

Marine Insurances.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25.

SHARE REPORT.

COMPARATIVE SHARE QUOTATIONS.

S-ILLLERS "FA-SALES- 3.---BUYERS

N.NOMINAL

Tonday's

1914.

1914.

STOCK.

Gloster

Prican

Number of Shares

Par Fald Highest Value Up

Lowest

1915. 1915,

Highout, Lewest, 18th Feb. 18th Feb.

to

Lost Dividend

NOW

How

Banks,

$800 .b.

ex div... 12,000 $125

all

855 July.

700

Oct.

810

800

ນ.

S

10,00. $50 10,000 £15.

*ሳ

5.

350, Dec. 145

May

305

Oct.

133

Jan.

160

35214 950*

160

Oct.

$825

$825

225

225

12,000 $100 60

២

and Date

J£2:3 & 5/- bonus at ex 1/916.

equal to $27.27 for 14 yane onding 31/18/14

Final of $3 a/c 1912. Interim

of $18 afe 1918. Final of 10 p.o. making. 20

pc. for 1912 [Final of $20 making $50 for 1912 and Interim of $30 for 1913

Final of $12 mak. $15 for 1912

& Int. of $3 for 1913

$3 for year ending 30'6*14

.8150 $395

20,000 $00 20 160 8,000 $250 50 395

July 140 Oct. 150 Fob. 368 April 395

150

$10 for 1912

395

$27 for 1912

30,000 $25 all.] 10 36 20,000 $30 all

11 2914 80,000 $15

Jon. 516 Dec. Mar. 274 Nav, Jan. 22. Dec.

$1 for 1906

29

23

24

23

60,000 60,000

is

all '79

Jan. 50 Sept.

70

$6

all

106/~ Fab, | 70-

Sept.

87/6

851-

40,000 $10

all

Mar. 40

Nov.

37

37

Indo-China Steam Navigation,

'$70

རྒྱུུ ྃ སྐྱུ་

Final of 40 cts, making 90 ets.

for year ending 3'19:14 Final of 3% m'king 6% on pre- ferred shares & 5% on de- ferred shares for year 1918- Interim of 1/- a/c 1915 C. No. 23,

$170 per share and bonus of 30 cents per share for year ending 30'4'14

19.5.

"BANKS

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

"CORPORATION.

HEAD OFFICE: 60, Wall Street, New York. LONDON OFFICE:

36, Bishopsgate, E.C..

BRANCH:---

BOMBAY, LONDON. CALCUTTA, MANILA, CANTON. CEBU.

PANAMA.

PEKING.

COLON. SAN FRANCISCO. | KANKOW, SHANGHAI...”

HONGKONG. SINGAPORE. KOBE. YOKOHAMA, -

CAPITAL PAID-UP" $3,250 000 RESERVE FUNDS........... 4,060,000

(U.S. Gold) $7.310,000 All kinds of FOREIGN & LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS received at rates to be ascertain- ed en application.

N. S. MARSHALL,

Manager. Hongkong, 22nd Oct. 1914

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

LIMITED.

HO

BANKS

ONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORA

CTIONA

Paid-up Capital........$15,000,000 RESERVE WUNDS:

Sterling

€1,500,000 at 21-

-$15,000,000- Silver...$18,000,000

893,000,000

Reserve Liability of

Proprietors.815,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landale,Chairman, W. L. Pattonden, Esq. Deputy

Chairman.

8. H. Dodwell, Esq. GT. M. Edkins, Esq. C. 5. Gubbay, Esq. P. H. Holyoak, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E; Shellim, CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stabb MANAGER Shanghai-A. G. Stephen." London Bankers-London County and Westminster Limited.

Hongkong-Interest. Allowed:

On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent per annum on the daily balance,

ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months, 2 per cent." per

annum.

For 6 months. 3 per cent bay

Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000|2: Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund ......

anaum.

30,000,000 For 12 months, 4 per cent per 19,250,000 Ann 12.

N. J. STABB;

Chief Marager.

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA,

Canton Insurance Office, Ld.352} . b. North ChinaIns. Co., Ld. ..t.160 b.

Union Ins. Society of C'ton,Ld.$895

2,100 $250 109 8475 April 700 0 b.

20 April 19211⁄2 Jau.

Yangtere Ins. Assoc. L‚d. ..........$225 b.

Fire Insurances, China Fire Ins. Co., Lda H'kong Firo. Ins. Co., Ed.

Shipping. Obina & Manila S.S. Co., Ld361⁄4á Douglas Stepmship Co., L. $29 Hongkong, C. & M.S.S. Co., Ld24.

Shell Tpert & Trading Co., Ld.87/6 n. 3,797,610 £1

Star Ferry Company, Ld....$37

Refineries,

b.

20,000 $100" all 7,000 $100 all-

96{

Fe

31

70 Jan, 17

Nov.

109

108

$3. for 1912

Dec. 19

16

$3 for 1897.

China Sugar Refining Co., Lu.$105 Ba Luzon Sugar Refining Co.,Ld.$19

Mlaing Kailan Mining Admin'tion, 32/- Raub Australian Gold Min-

ing Co., Ed. Trench Mines Ltd.

Docks, Wharves and

all 41 Feb. 33/6 Dec

1,000,000 £1

32-

321-

..

$314 .25/6

5,

200 600 £1 160,000 £1

all 3.10

Jan. 1.90 Nov.

312

all

89/-

Feb.

19/6 Nov.

25/6

• Godowas '&c. ... Hongkong&K.W.&G. Co., Ld.$69 H'kong & W'pen D Co., Ld. $57. S'haiDock& Eng. Co. Ld. Shai & H'kew W. Co., Ld....91

Lands, Hotels and Bulidings. Anglo French Lands.......91 H'kong Hotel Co., Ld. .......$124

H'kong Land Investment Co.$110 H'phreys Estate & F. Co., Ld. $64 K'loon Land& Building Co., Ld $41

.t.101 Shanghai Landa“..

West Point Building Co., Ld. $683 H'kong Central Estates.......$95

Cotton Mills.

Miscellaneous,

Chida Borneo Company, Ld, $11 Obina Light & Power Co.,

Ld. $4.

25,000 t,100 t. 100 12,000 $50 25

6838

།

日

ខ្លួនដដ

-

(Finsl of 5% Coupon No. 4.

making 10% for year end.

ing 30/6/14

1/2 for 1909

25/6_1/- mak. 7/6 a/c. 1913

$3.50 for half year ending 130'6'14

$31 for year ending 31:12:14 45 cents for year 1914)

"

Interim of 5 p.e. for year ad's

30:6.13

$2.25 for half year ending 31.12.14 $4.09 for 7 months ending 31.12.14,

ני

Branches Antung. Finlan Bombay Comú Changchun

Daires Yengilen

Harbla

Hankow Honolule

Kabe

Liao-Yang

Lond.n

Lyon

Tängtan

Agencies at

Newchwang

New York

Osaka

Pakla

Kyoipa (POM

Arthur

Shankbai

Sen Fraschaca

Tieblies Tianista

Toky

Los Angster Tsingtau

• Eninrest Allowed on Current Account. „Deposite received for fixed perioda at ratas të da

HONGKONG SAVINGS RANK

THE Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Rules may be obtained on ap plication.

EISHI ONO, Manager.

INTEREST on deposits is al Hongkong, 17th October, 1914.lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3 per cent. per an-

NOTICES,

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN. AND MORTGAGE

CO., LTD... (Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.) Loans on Mortgage of House Pro perty, &c.

Goods received on Storage, Advances made on Merchandise: Loans made on the Provident

System:

(Rates and Particulars on ap-

plication).

num.

Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 per cent. per

Banum.

For the Hongkong and Shang- hai Banking Corporation.

N.J. STABB

Chief Manager

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

Authorised Capital. Subsoribed

OF

£1,500,000 ...... 1,125,000

Paid Up

10

|

Reserve Fund'

562,500 465,000

The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR

WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c., Undertaken and Executed.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co: General Managers;

Hongkong, 19th March, 1908

》KAK-TRAMWAX

LIMITED.

b.

60,000 $50

all

Jan.

Nov.

69

69

$3.50 for year 1913.

5.

• 50,000 $50

all

Jan. 53

'Oct. 57

57

$3 dividend for year 1913

55,700 t. 100 all 60 €6,000 t, 100 all 109 Jan,

July 50 Dec. 51

8214 Deo..

51

Tla. 5 for 19/3

91

91

Interim of Tls 3 for 1913

THE

94

Tis. 6 on 29.2.10

128 July 120

124

*124*

30,000 $100, all 11712 July 98 100,000 $10 all 914

30 60,000 $50

45 78,000 t50 all 98 12,500 $50 all 73 10,000 $100: all

Nay.

110

110

Jan. 7 Jan. 44 Dec. 89

June 66

Nov. 61

64

Feb. 41

1

. $3 for 1914

Oct..

Feb -681

101

101

68

95

95

Ewe Cotton S. & W. Co., Ld. t.132. Hengkong Cotton Co.

b.

b.

20,000 6,50 all 138 195.000-$10

July 195

all

814 Mar. 7

May 192 Junė

131

814

634

Kung Yik

12

75,00 10 all

14+ Jan. 11 Mar.

12

1134 Tis. 1.20 for year ending 30'11'14

Ts. 12 for year ending 31'10'14 50 cents 317-08

Leou Kung Mow

78

b.

·8,000 1,100 all

110 Feb. .70

May

78

75

Tla. 12 for 1913

Shanghai Cottons

..t.90

ba

4,000 8.50

all

135, Feb. 70

Nor.

80

85

Tla, 10 for year ending 301€13

6.

60,000 $all

12

May 10

Deo.

11

11.

$1.20 for 1913

*

h

B.

60,000 $5 all 50,000 $1 all

4.90 July 4

April.

6% for year ending 28.2.06

b. 200,000 $10 all

9

Jan.

Nov. 8

7.95

70 cta. för 1913.

u

b

6 40.000 7 400,000 $10- ∙all

90,000 $10

39

June 35

Aug.

35

35

ali

49

b.

6,000 $25

all

6.90 Jan. 5

Jan. 36 Nov. 21714 July | 374 Dec; 190

Dec.

5+

'511⁄2

40 ots, for 1911,

-42

42

190

€0,000 $10

all

25. June 22.

Apr. 25

25

$2 for 1913.

825,000 5/-

all*

Langkate

.6.40

b. 250,000 g.10 all

13/- July | 7-

646 Mar. | 28-

Feb. 5.15

5

Des. 40

40

.

"Peak Tramway Col, Ld. (Old) $10

Do

(New)$1

25,000 $10 all

1014 Jan. 94 June

10

10

50,000 $10

$1. 93 cts. Jan. 75 cts. Dec.

$1

$1

Philippines La.........

$5

75,000 $10

H. Price & Co., Ld

$6

Societe des Pulpes et Papier-1

teries du Tonkin ..... Steam Laundry Co., Ld.........$4

Union Water-boat Co., Ld.......$17 Watson and Co., La.

$20

all 10

all

5

5

Nonė

$1,50 for 1910.

8.

"

9.

William Powell, Limited. ......$614

A.

S. C. Morning Post

$29

b.

13,200 $50 20,000 $5

50,000 $16 all. | 2214 Feb. 17. Jon. 17 90,000 $10 all 8 April 6.94 Des..

2.1'00 $7. all 94 Jan. | 61⁄2JE Dec.

6,000 $25 all 30

20

None

all 5.00 June | 4- Nov.

4:

17

7

7

70 cts. for 1913

.61€

Juno 92 Dec. 29

29

*WRICHT & HORNBY,

[Share and General Brokers.

Do. (Spec. shares) China Provt, L. & M. Co, Ld. 8 Dairy Farm Company. Ld....835 Green Telund Cement Co., Ld. 514 Hongkong Electric Co., Ld....$42 Hongkong Ice Company, Ld. $190 Hongkong Rope Mfg. Co., Ld. $25 Hongkong Tramway Co., Ld. 5.15

$1.50 for year ending 31'7'14

$1.80 per share for 1913

Interim of $2) a/c 1914

Final div. of 6d. making hd.

per share for 1918

Interim of T. 1 making T. 2 1 a/c 1913

(80 ets. on fully paid shares and

8 cts. on $1 paid shares for year ending 30.4.14

35 ots, for year ending. 31'5'14

$1.00, por share for year end-

ing 31.12.1914

(50 ctá, on old shares and 25, cts, on new year shares for year ending 30.6.14 Interim afc year 31.3.14

6. Des Vœux Road Central. Tel. address, Rectitude.

DORRECTED TO NOON FEB, 25, 1015.

THE TELEGRAPH DOES NOT HOLD ITSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE QUOTATIONS.

Selling

Demand.....1/9 3/16 30 d/8.......1/914 60 d/s...............1/9 5/16 4/8

1/9

T/T Shanghai.......78 Private 30 d/s sight. T/T Singapore ..................2596 T/T Japan. TT India

.87 .................. *13214

EXCHANGE.

Demand India...................132) T/T Bɔmbay.............. Demand Bombay ...132) T/T Calcutta

Demand Calcutta...132 1/2 Demand Manila......871 T/T. San F'co & NY4214 Demand, New York. 42 5/8. T/T. Java T/T. Marke..:: Demand Germany,

Nom

T/T Franes.. A******* Demand Paris ***** On Haiphong.

2.212 2.21 734% prom

On Saigon..... On Bangkok... 874

* Buying.

4 m/s. TIO............1/97 [4 m/s. D/Pu..............1/10.

6 m/s. L/O1/10 1/4 30die.9'ney &M/T1/1036 50d/a.San T'ec&N.T44-/

4 m/s. Markslagnus Norg 4 m/s. Franos : 2.32

February 25th.

Gold Leaf par taal. $37.90 .811:10. Sovereigne BarBilvor. ready. 22 7/8

forward

SUBSIDIARY COINS.

Diasount per $100:

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS

1:00 AM 10 3:00 pm Event 15 Min. M 10. MIX,

·15 Mar

10:00 AM to ° $1.00 A.20

ILJO A,M. 10 - SKJE POLI

·1#145-1/18; K0-

1.15 PM.

1.45 FEL

Fig. 106 to // 115 200

51 9.3

5.00 Pa

1.30 7.30

相

to Mu

試試試

AL

to Mum

18

-15.Msx.

N

30 Mar

-NIGHT CARSON

LG M1 ad o PMĄ, Bio To

1300,FRĮ - Tedy bilf boun

11.00 P.M. 20ʻRI.45 PM.

svery quarter of an home,

SUNDAYS

· 7.dÉ'AM. to .... 1030 AM, Every 15 Mtn.

1930 A. 10

1.30 A.. to

rago Noom 13.00 No to 1,00 F

·3:00 Kat: to 3.00 H 500

6.00 Y.

Los 734 18

M

15.

10 Ma

sy MTMI

10 Min.

11 11 MTM 1100 10 10 AYA 796, LOVE TO MIS,

NIGHT CARS asƐon (Weak Days,

SATURDAYS

Extra Garmin vmidnighti

PECIAL CARS

By, Arrangemens as the Company's Qlica,

Alamatőra · Bulldogs,

Des Voeux Road

SINGON & CO.

Established A. D. 1880.

Ս

RON STEEL METAL and HARD WARE MERCHANTS. Wholesale and Retail Ironmongera, Pig Iron and Foundry Coke Importers. General Store keepers and Shipohandlers, Nov. 35 and 57, Hing Loong. Bireet, (End Btreet went O ofentral Market). Telephone No. 519.

CHEAP SALE.

The undersigned, who are giv ing up business, are now sacrific ing all goods.

BANKERS: Bank of England. London Joint Stock Bank, Limited.

Every description of Exchange. business transacted,

Interest allowed on Current Ac

counts at:2 per cent per ann

on Daily Balance and on Fired Deposits at rates which may be Ferortsined on application.

A. R. LINTON

Manager.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853,

HEAD OFFICE.-LONDON. Paid-up Capital.....£1,200,000 Reserve Fund... .... £1,800,000 Reserve Liability of

Proprietors

£1,200,000'

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans- acted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS To- seived for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.

WIL DICKSON.

Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. | 2

OPIUM QUOTATIONS.

Deo. 19.

Special terms for large Malwa, Now $9,025 per quantities. Come soon to avoid | Malwa, Old.......................... 9,125 ... disappointment.

Fatna, New 9,325. percbe. The following are a few lines Patna, Old.................... 9,200 Benares, New: M: 9,050.

carried:

Tweeds, Serges, Woollen Vests Benares, Old..

and Drawera, Woollen Socks,

Folt and Tweed Hats, Panama

| Hats," Dress and Fanry. Shirta;

8,825

Boots and Shoes, etc., etc., eto,THE ALEXANDRA CATE HERMOSKWING FAT CHEONG, Cannot be Beaten, if Equalled

Chinese...20 ots.pieces

Chinese,...10

$22 1/8 $29

Hongkong. 20 ats, pisces: $16

Hongkong. 10

$1694.

High Class Tailor. 24, Des Voeur Road Central,

For Bread, Cakes, Confectionery and meals with Wines & Liquor