Commercia'.
Japan's Foreign Trade. Japan's foreign trade-returns for the second ten days of this, month show an excess of importa over exports to the amount of X.1,09,000. The total value of importa is given na Y.17 012.000 and of exports as Y.15,021,000.
Bargain Hunters in War Time.,
Though the investor on a large scale in high-class securities has not beon mach in videres of late," comments the Lončou, Stalis, "the small man with a penchant for small-priced, and what he regards as under-priced;} abares is coming more and more to the front."
A Foreign Orala Market's Hopes.
la commercial oiroles," re- ports the Economiste of Paris, "the naval operations in the Dardanelles are being followed with extreme attention; the ex. pectation being that the Allies, if the straite and the Bosphorus are opened. la pavigation, can largely provision themselves with grain from Souibern Ruteia af relatively low prices."-
Gold on the Atlantic.
Has gold been traversing the Atlantic in quantity of late, or not? Our own recort receipts of certain small lots of gold, by the English steamer, raised the question. A London financial "There is remarks, expert good reason to believe that quite recently several millions of the gold set aside in South Africa bas actually been sent over here, and is now deposited in the usual manner in the bullion vaalta of the Bank of England,'
#1
U.S. Trade la War. New York, March 4-The official returus of foreign commerce for January not only emphasise the enormous increase of exports to Europe, particularly of food- stuffa and other supplies, owing to the wat, but furnish highly interesting details of the trade of belligerents and neutrals.
Exports. Crude fooda 1915. tuf, and animal £ foods, Jan. 9,959,758 1,817,074 Do, reven
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1915,
SHARE REPORT.
COMPARATIVE SHARE QUOTATIONS.
5-SELLEYS SA-SALES B. BUYERE
N-NOMINAL,
STOCK:
To-day's
Cloring
Prices
Number of. Shares
Par Fald Value Up
1914.
Highest-
1914.
Lowest
10.
1915. 1915. Highest, Lowart, 23rd Apr. 33rd Apr.:
to
Last Dividend
now
ROW
Banks.
H'kong& 'hai Banking Corp.
Marine Insurances, Canton Insurance Office, Ld.$80 North China Ins. Co., Ld. t.169) ex div.
Union Ins. Society of C'ton,Ld.$855 b
היי
Yangtare Ins. Assoc. Ld.' ..............$220
Fire Insurances, Caina Fire Ins. Co., Ld.......$130 H'kong Fire Ins. Co., Ld. $385
OBI
and Date
(£2: 3), & 5/- bonus at ex 1/91
equal to $27.27 for 1⁄2 year. ending 31/12/14
Final of $3 a/o 1912. Interim
of $18 s/o 1913. (Interim of 12 p.o. for 1914
Final of $20 and bonus of $5 making 855 for 1913 and Interim of $30 for 1914 Final of $15 mak. B18 for 19:3
& Int. of $3 for 1914.
BANKS
INTERNATIONAL (BASKING
CORPORATION HEAD OFFICE }
60,- Wall Street, New York
LONDON OFFICE:
36, Bishopsgate, E.C. ANA BRANG HABI ROMBAY. LONDON: CALCUTTA, MANILA. CANTON. CEBU
PANAMA.
PEKING.
COLON, SAN FRANCISCO. HANKOW. SHANGHAI. HONGKONG, SINGAPORE:
| KOBE. A 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 öpen- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS received at rates to be ascertain- ed on application.
N. 8. MARSHALL
Manager.
Hongkong, 22nd Oct, 1914
THE
120 000 $125
855 July 700
Oot..
600
£76/-/-
9.
10,000 $250. 39 10,000 £15 £S
13,400 $250, 100 847) April
12,000 #100 CO | 2:0 April
145
350 Dec. 305 Oct. May 133 Jan.
380
380
180
175
700-
Oct. $855
$655
19214 Jan.
220
320
20,000 $100 20 8,000 $250 60
160 395
July 140 Øöt. Feb. 368 April - 385.
130
$9 for 1913
980
$27 for 1913
30,000..$25
b.
20,000 $50
... b.
80,000 $15
all: 30 all 36 all 2914
Deo: 54 Jan. 54
42 Mar. 27 Nov, Jan. 92 Doc. --2014
51
22
b
£5:}
all 79
Jan.
all 106 Feb. 70/- Sept.
50
Sept.
100
93/6
9816
91/6
..$36
8. 40,000 $10
all 49
Mar.
40. Nev.
36
35.
$1.70 per share and bonus_of' -30 cents per share for year. ending 30'4'14
Head Office.-YOKOHAMA.
Antang Halen Bombay
Calcate
20,000 $100 all | 96) 7,000 $100 all | 31
Fob.
Jan. 17
770 Nov. 116
Deo. 28
112 28
$5 for 1912
$3 for 1897
Shipping. China & Manila 8.8. Co., Ld$514 Douglas Steamship Co., Ed. $42 Hangkong, C. &M.BS Co.,Ld2
Indo-China Steam Navigation.gg
$60,000 1 60,000 Shell Tport & Trading Co., Ld.93/6b. 3,797,610 £1
Star Ferry Company, Ld.
Refineries... China Sugar Refining Co., Ld.$118 Luzen Sugar Refining Co.,Ld.$28.
Mining. Kailan Mining Admin❜tion. 33/6 Raub Australian Gold Min-
ing Co., Ld. Tronoh Mines Ltd...
Docks. Wharves and
Godowns &c. 'kong & K.W. &G. Co., Ld. #65 H'kong & W'pos D. Co.. Ld....$57 ShaiDock& Eng. Co Id. ... S'hai & H'kew W. Co, Ld. ...85 Lands, Hotels and Buildings. Angle French Lands...... 1914.
..t.94 H'Fong Hotel Co., Ld. .......$118
monthe...54,588,725 18.856,620 Foodsinffs,
parily cr
wholly
manufactured,
Jap.**.**.
Do., seven
6,228,493 5,835,939
months...43.198.141 31,583,907
Horses, vala 1,573,150
Muler,
262,439
Experts to Ger
many, Jan. 1,289402 6,877,570
Do. Austria.
Hungary Jan. 562 808
Do, G. Britain,
Jap...
19,051,502 12,022,781
Do. France,
Jan. 0,867,483 2,303,678| Do, Italy,
Jank Do, Nether-
4,900,077 1,478,888
landa, Jan. 2,014,171 1,874,577 Do. Europe.
Jan... 42,385,353 28,084,233 Do, all coun
trics, Jan 53,575,882 40,813,320
Imports,
Europe, Jan 9,583,711 15,020,203 All countries,
Jan. 24,474,403 '30 948,584 The Customs House figures, Boys The Times New York cor respondent, show that Italy took practically one-half the wheat exported from New York in Janu- ary, her takings totalling thirty times.. the amount bought in January, 1914. England and France were the two largest buyers generally, whest being their biggest single item, which was, however, below Practically Italy's amount. all the horses, anto- mobiles, ammonition, firearme, leather goode, and cotton and woollen materials went to France and England England and Frepce together took upwards of 60 per cent. of the copper exporta from New York, which totalled. 2967,449, or about half compared with January, 1014; copper ex- porta to the Netherlands were $1,232, against 6259,247, Eng- laud took almost all the whole of the: £335,166 || 7worth | of Eino, which is seldom exported. The cotton exports were £743,- an increase of $211,135, Germany taking $421,041; Sweden 2103 200, against, nil; and the Netherlands 486,883, against 23.987
H'kong Land Investment Co.$108 H'phreys Estate & F. Co., Ld. $7 K'loonLand& Building Co., Ld $40.
t.101 Shanghai Lands ................................... West Point Building Co., Ld. $681 H'kong Central Estates.....8100
$1 for 1906
$3 for year ending 38'6'14 .......
(Final of 40 cts, making 90 eta for year ending 31*12-14 (Final of 3% m'king 6 % on pre ferred shares & 5% on de ferred shares for year.1913 Interim of 1/- a/c 19140. No, 23
Final of 5% Coupes No. 4. making 10% for year end- ing 30/6/14 3.85 1/2 for 1909***
32/61/-mak.7/6 a/c. 1913
S
$3.50 foryear 1914
Tia. 5 for 1913
Final of 6 p.c. making 12 p...
for 1914
$2.25 for half year ending 31.12.14 **$4.09 for 7 months ending 31.12.14
Tlo. 12 for year ending $1°10'14 50 cents 91708
Tis, 1.20 for year ending 30°11'1 Tls. 12 for 1913
Div. Tle. 6. Bonus Tls. 4.. Extra Bonus Tis.1,year end'g 30'6'14.-
$1,000,000 £1
.$3.85 .32/6
B.
200 G00 £1 160,000 £1
all 41/- ali 3.10 Jan all | 39/-... Feb.
Feb.
33/6 Dec. 33,6
1.90 Nov. 3.85 19/6 Nov. 32/6
33/6
b.
€0,000 $50 all 89
b.
50,000 $50 all
55,700 t, 100 all
96,000 t, 100 áll
.77 60
109
Jan 73: Зап. 53 50 July
Jan. 821
Nov. 65 Oct, -57 Deo. 53 Deo.
65
52
$3 dividend for year 1914
53
85
85
Tia. 5 for 1914
18,000 · 100 t,100 20,000 $50 -50
94
94
Tls. 64 for year ending 29.2.14
128 July
118
118
$2.50 for half year ending
*31*12′14′′
80,000 $100 all 1173 July 98
all a. 150,000 $10
Jan. 114 6.000 850 b.
10 45 Jan. 78,000 £.50" all 98 "Dec.
12,500 $50 all 73 June 10,000 $100 all
110
108
7
7
40
$31 for year ending 31*12*14 - 45 cents for year 1914.. $3 for 1914"
Oct. 101
101:
68)
681
100
95
Cotton Mills.
Ewo Cotton S. & W. Co., Ld...t.142 Henglong Cotton Co. ...
b.
Kung Yik
13
Laou Kong Mow
F6
Shanghai Cottons
.+.92
20,000 1,50 all 198 July 195 May 125.000 $10 all 84 Mar. 75.00 t.10 all 144 Jan. 8,00 t.100 all 110 Feb. 40,00 1:50 all 135
Feb.
142
:141
June
7
64
Mar.
19
13
70 May 26
86
Nov
91
Miscellaneous.
China Borneo Company, Ld. $11 China Light & Fower Co.)
May:10.
Deo.
11
April 414
6% for year ending 28.2.06
50,000 $1
ci
b.
125,00 $10
b.
40.000 716
9. Jan. 7. 39
Nov. 7.30
74
70 cts, for 1914
June 35
Aug.
34
$1.50 for year ending 31,7,14-
b.
b.
400, Co $10: all - 6.90 · · Jan. 5
60,000 $10 all
Nov. 43 6,600 825 all 81716 July || 174
Deo: 184 all 25 60,000 $10
June 22 Apr. b.' 325,000 5/- all 13 July7
b. 250,000 2,19 all 6424 Mar. 28
Deo.
6361⁄4
50 ata, for 1914.
49. Jan. 96
42
$1.80 per share for 1913
184
2614
Final of $6 mak ng $8 for 1914. Final of 31 making $2 for 1914
5.10
50,000 810 ..... $1.
...$4
75,000 $10,, all
..$5
12,000 $10 10
13,200 $50 all: 20.00 $5 all 5.00 June4" 27.723 $10 all 224 Feb. 17 90,000 $10 all 8 April 6.90
21,000 $7all 011⁄2 Jan. 616
6.00 $25 all ·30
June 92
34
161
Deo.
Dec.
Tec.29
6)
'
||
Ld. 843 Do. (Spec. shares) .................) China Provt, L. & M. Co., Ld. 7.90 Dairy Farm Company, I'd....$34. Green Island Cement Co. Ld....64 Hongkong Electric Co., Ld....243 Hongkong Ice Co., Ed.........$184 200 HongkongRope Mfg. Co.,Ld....$26) Hongkong Tramway Coi Lải 5.10 ..t.37
Peak Tramway Co., Ld. (Old) $10
Do
(Now) $1
Langkata
Philippines Ld........... H. Price & Co, Ld............. Societe des Pulpes et Papier-$20
teries du Tonkin Steam Laundry Co., Ld..........$3948. Union Water-boat Co., Ld.............§16) | Watson and Co., Ld. ................................$7.
William Powell, Limited....$636 s.
8. C. Morning Post
T/T.... Demand
30 d/a
..$29
60,000 819 all 12
60,000 $5||||all || 4.90" | July || 4.
ali all
25,000:810 all 1016 Jan. 94 June 10
93 cta. Jan. 75 cts, Dec.
WRIGHT & HORNBY,
Share and Ceneral Brokers
Solling.
ཚོ བྱ པརྒྱུཕུ ཚུ ཕ
614
$1,20 for 1913
| Final div. of 6d. making "id"
per share for 1913
LIMITED.
BANKS
ONGKONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORA
TION:
Paid-up Capital: RESERVE FUNDS:
$15,000,000
Sterling AN ARCOS
£1,500,000 at 21-
$15,000,000
Silver...$18,000,000
$33,000,000
Reserve Liability of th
Proprietors $15,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landale.Chairman, W. L Fattenden, Esq. Deputy Chairman.mtalan 8. H. Dodwell, Esq G. T. M. Edkins, Esq. O. 8. Gubbay, B
PH. Holyoak, Esq J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hos, Mi E. Ahallim-F CHIEF MANAGER Hongkong NJ Stat MAMMANAGER GEN 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
JOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK daily balance. N TRA DON FIXED DEPOSITS: 14 For 3 months, 24 per cent-per
e annum
Established 1880.
Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund
Chinchas Dairen
Tenglish. Barba Hankow Monolulu ILobe
1200-Yang London Lyots
For 6 months 3 per cent par
Angum.
30,000,000 For 12 months, 4 per cent, por 19,600,000
Articles
Nagasakl Newckward New York
Rylan (Puri Arthur) San Francisco Shanghai glthling
Tintain
Tokya
Los Angeles Taingiau
Interest Allowed on Current Account,
sttalaed on application.
Baponits received for. Caed parleds at it to be
1
EISHI ONO, Manager. Hongkong, 15th March, 1915.
THE
NOTICES,
CHINA PROVIDENT
· LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.
(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000:) Loans on Mortgage of House Pro perby, &o.
Goods received on Storage. Advances made on Merchandise;" Loans made on the Provident
System.com (Rates and Particulara on
on ap- plication).
F. J. STABB
Uhief Manager.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
THE Business of the ahoro Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Rules may be obtained on är- plication. Masky Cyk
INTEREST on deposita is ble lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3 per cent. per în
Depositors may transfenst their option balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shangha! Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 per cent. per annum.
For the Hongkong and Sháng. hai Banking Corporation.
NJ. STABB
Chief Managef
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA LIMITED.
Authorised Japital Subscribed
Paid Up
Reserve Fund
OF
The Office of TRUSTEE-EXECUTOR
WILLS, ATTORNEY, &0;, Undertaken and Erecuted:
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers.. Hongkong. 19th March, 1908
Interim of T, 1 making T. 2.
c/o 1913/
(80 cts. on fully paid shares and 8 cts, on $1 paid shares for year ending 304.14
None
$1.50 for 1910.
None
35 cts: for year ending 31′5′′ig
$1,00, per sbare, for year end- 1ing 81,12:1914
70 cts, for 1913
(50 ots on old shares and 25 cis, on new year shares for year onding 30.6.14
13. Jnterim. a/c year 31.8.14"
6, Des Vœux Road Central. Tel. address, Réctitude.
CORRECTED TO NOGH, APRIL, 30, 1916.
THE TELEGRAPH DOES NOT HOLD ITSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE QUOTATION,
*****1/9 13/16
.60 ale.... Amis.
...1/9 15/16
.1/10
T/T Shanghai. Private 30-d/e.sight.
T/T Singe
TT Japan
T/T India
1/4 1361/2
Demand Indis 1964 TT Bombay
EXCHANGE.
Demand Bombay...1964 T/T Calcutta ...... Demand Caloutta .......1364 Demand Manila:1189 1/4: T/TBan F'co & N.Y4356 Demand, New York 431' TT Jav&*******11076 T/T Marks......... Nom Demand Germany
T/T Francs......
#2.30
, Demand Paris ............. 2.304
On Haiphongan te 1% premi On Balgon ... On Bangkok 4
Buying.
1/10121
4 m'e DP 1/109 16 m f. L/C smaak. 1071⁄2 Pa
30 ds. B'ney & M1103 308 Ban Foo & NY 48 1/8
| € m/s. Márkaneristi.Nom PIONE
30th April,
16 m/s. Francs.246
Gold Leafper taul$50.90 Sovereign **URTALART $10.80 nom. Bar Silver ready...23 7/8.
a forward ******
SUBSIDIARY COINS. fee Discount per $100 Chinese...20 cta. pieces 3167
ots pieces
PEAETRAMWAY 00.
· LIMITED.
TIMH TABLE
WEEK DAYS......... 14
3.00 AM, 20 10.00 8.
11.
Day Mar, 1 Man.
DE AMIGHT CARE ANGALIA
·ELOG XIN) SYery hálf hopes: KANA KL00 PM 10:384) 2.M
zivery quarter of an hour, SUNDAYS -7.68 AMA 10-18:30 AM EYEKY 13 MM.
2030 AM. ÎN CHINO AI, !!
to Mum Fish An, to;. tean Noo
zavoo
Noon
të KAD TAKE,
10 m
VITA ODĀ – SEE VIVE DATE
NIGHT, CARS ne- on Week Dags.
SATURDAYS
Extra' Car af te "midoight." SPECIAL CARE
By, Arrangemast at-the Company's Olled, Du Yosux Road
SINGON & CO.
Established A., D. 1830.- IRON, STEEL, METAL and HARD. WARE MERCHANTS. Wholesalo and Retall Ironmongers, Pig Iron and Foundry Coke Importers. General Store- keepers and Shipchandlers, No. 55 and
of Central Market) Telephone No. 515
17, Hing Loong Street, (2nd Street West
MARTIN'S
APIOL & STEEL
SİZADE PILLS
French komady day all Irregularities. Thoseinde pi Lodes'always koop as soon af --mige of any Ireneslarity of the Kryland, a
Those who
zova na All Caveslady and Slorge mit king
Cipes in: World, or pass trend
MARTIN'S APIOL & STEEL
1,000)
25,000
500,000
BANKERS: Bank of England, London Joint Stock Bank,
Ty Limited, man Mate
Every description of Exchange business transacted.
Interest allowed on Curren£'Ão- counts at 2 per cent per annum on Daily Balance and on Fired Deposits at rates which may be ascertained on application. PAR LINTON
MADA
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND BEGA CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1859
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON." Paid-up Capital ... £1,200,000 Reserve Fund £1,800,000 Beserve Liability of NS
Proprietorn £1,200,000 FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans- aated:
CURRENT ACCOUNTS:open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS 18- oolved for 1 year or shorter perfoda at rates which will be quoted on application.
Wm. DICKSON.
De Manager, Hongkong, 11th April, 1918.
OPIUM QUOTATIONS.
Malwa, New
| Malwa, Old
142
Feb. 25 19.300 per p
9,200
Fatna, Newmaste 9.325 perobe.
Patna, Old M... 9,200 Benares, Now 9.050. Boulards, Ola...
8.950
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