1915-07-29 — Page 11

Commercial.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1915,

SHARE

REPORT.

COMPARATIVE SHARE QUOTATIONS.

9.-SELLARS

5A-SALES B. BUYERS

2.-NOMINAL

STOCK.

To-day's

Closing

Prices

Number of Sharon

Par Paid Value Up

1914. Highest

1914.

Lowest

1915, 1915. Highest, Lowest, 14th May: 14th May..

Last Dividend

and Dater

to

HOW

DOW

Banks.

(8817) b.

120,000 $125

All

855 July. 700

Oct.

790

1: 3/8 5/-bonus at ex 1/91% equal to $27.27 for 1 year erding 31/12/14 //

Trade Gains for the Dominions.

Wool demands are being much more largely satisfied from the Dominions overver.

As the authoritative source from which these details are taken remarka': "The khaki demand in benefiting our colonies, especially Australia, who sent us 47,800,895 lb against 20 228,173 lb. in April of last your. There is also an increasØ

Marine Insurances.

Canton Insurance Office, Ld.375 North China Ins. Co., Ld. 160

of usarly 4,000,000 lb. in South H'kong& S'hai Banking Corp-£76//- African exports to this country". As exports must pay for importa or there most be an export of gold in 1ayment, it is Entisfactory to find that the last returns (leaving out of consideration entirely all war supplies) show a healthy re- covery in export of cotton sad woollen manufactured goods. Dag- pite the facts that very large Yangtaze Ins. Assoc. Ld....8240 ox 73

Union Jus. Society of C'ton, Ld.$925

Fire Insurances..

China Fire Ins. Co., Ld.......$154

'kong Fire Ins. Co., Ld. ......$39734 b.

numbers from the industrial areas bave jined the fight- ing forces preparing for or actually in the field, that thousands more are being requisitioned for war supplies, and that over one-

Shipping. 40 cts. b. x the re- sixth of our mercantile fleet bas C.&M. 8.8. Co., Ld. turn of $4.50 per s

Douglas Steamship Co., Ld. $691 been chartered by the Admiralty, this month's record is satisfac- Hongkong, C. & M.S.8. Cq., Ld.19) toy and there is no

03086

for depression, even while Indo-China Steam Navigation (149

admitting

the Ferionsnese

of inch" Ipases as the Luai-

tans. As Mr. Winston Chur Shell T'port & Trading Co. Ld.88/-.

chill pointed out in the House of

58.8

Final of $4 a/a 1913. Interim

of $18 a/c 1914.

Interim of 12 p.o: for 1914

[Final of $20 and bonus of $5 making $55 for 1919 and Interim of $30 for 1914 Final of $15 mak, 818 for 1913

& Int, of $3 for 1914

$3 for year ending 30.6.14

Final of 40 ota, making 90 cts le for year ending 31.12.14. fFinal of 3% m'king 6% on pre-

∙10,000 $950 $0.

b.

10,000 £15 £5 145

Dec. 305 Oot; May 133 Jan: 170

375

$60

:160

b

|| 12,400 #250 100 | 847) April | 700 - Oct. 1925

19,000 8100 60 210 April 19211⁄2 Jan.

·#855

240

225

́20,000 ₺.00 20 160 8,000 $250 40. 395

b.

b.

July 140 Oct. Feb. 368 April. 3974.

30,000 $25 all 10 Jan. 54 Dec. 80,000 $50 all 36 Mar. 2714 Nov. 80,000 $15 all 294 Jan. 22 Dec. 23

130

$9 for 1913

385

$27 for 1913

50 cts. 66

30 ote.$1 for 1906

45

19

b.

·60,000

{00,000 £5

}

all

79

Jan, 50

Sept. 149 96

b. 3,797,610 £1

div.

Commons in the course of answere Star Ferry Company, Ld. ..$36 to questions on the disaster just

b

40,000 $10

all *49

Mar. 40

Nov.

37

32

JJ

2

mentioned, more than 200 mer- chant or passenger ships on the

Refineries.

average arrive er depart safely China Sugar Refining Co., Ld.$130 every day. The weekly state- Luzon Sugar Refining Co.,L.d.$46 ments of losses through sub- marines and mines are sufficient

b

..b.

20,000 $100 all 96) Feb. 70 Nov. 7,000 $100 all 31 Jar. 17. Dec.

· 150 46

111 2734

$3 for 1912

$3 for 1897.

all

41/- Feb. 33/6 Dec.

$3/6

30/-

all

3.10 Jan, 1.90 Nov. 39/-. Feb. 19/6 Nov

3.75

32/6

Mining.

Tronoh Mines Ltd.

additional proof of the continuous Kailan Mining Admin tion, 30/- b.1,000,000 £1 comparative immunity of our Raub Australian Gold Min-x div. mercantile marine from dangers

ing Co., Ld.

$3.75 b. 200,000 £1 of anything like the magnitude

132/- 8. 160,000 £1 which the Germans predicted, and afford no spit of zasronable authority for their ridiculocs 28- sortione that our supremaoy at sea for trading sad naval operations is threatened and even doomed.

Sugar Market.

Japanese Sagar is Dominant at Shanghai. Of all the exports to China the article least affcoted by the boycott has been sugar. Dor ing last Jane the Japan Suger Refining Oo, alone exported

Docks, Wharves and ...

Godowns &c.

'kong & K.W. & G. Co., Ld.$79 b. H'kong & W'poa D. Co.. Ld....$76 Shai Dock& Eng. Co da | S'hai & H'kew W. Co., Ld. ...92

Lands, Hotels and Bulidings, Anglo French Lande.......... H'kong Hotel Co., Ld.

H'kong Land Investment Co. $112 H'phreys Estate& F. Co., Ld...$634 K'ioonLand&Building Co., Ld $40

b

Shanghai Lands..............104 88. West Point Building Co., Ld. $72

ూ

all 106 Feb. 70/- Sept. 89/6 x div. 821-

. 76,000 £.50 all 98

200,000 bags. The price rose from H'kong Central Estates 2006:

Cotton Mills.

19 to Y12 at a bound, The share stocks of the sugar manufacturing Ewo Cotton 8. & W. Co., Ld. t.175 b companies have been unusually Hongkong Cotton Co...37 sa. & b. boomed. The competition waged Kung Yik.

...14.60 b. between Japanese sugar and | Laou Kunz Mow

:...87 - b. foreign imports on the Shanghai Shanghai Cottons in S'hai ...t.102 market bas failed to be prosecuted

: ་་་ Miscellaneous.”

·39,500 $50 all 73 10,000 $100 all

20,000 t.60 all 138 125.000 $10 all 84

T

Oc

125 May 176

ferred shares & 5% on de- ferred shares for year 1913: Final of 5 (Coupon No 24)

making 7/- for 1914 $1.50 per share and bonus of

40 cents per share for

year. ending 30'4'15..

(Interim of 1 account year

ending 30.6.15 (Coupon No. 5.)

3.60 1/2 for 1909

32-1-interim a/c 1915 paid 12.7.15

$3.50 for year 1914

Tla.64 for year ending 29.2.14

($2:40 for half year ending *191*32*14

108 $3) for year ending 31°19′14 6:10 45 cents for year 1914 ...

$3 for 1914

Final of 6 pc. making 12 p.c. 1 for 1914

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

f Div. Tls. 6. Bonus Tls. 4. Extra

Bonus Tls.1,year end'g 30'6'14 -

60,000-$50

b:

80,000 $50

56,700 t. 100 all

36,000 t. 100 all

all 89 Jan. 73 Νον. ali 77 Jan: 53 Oct.

60

: July

50 Deo. 109 Jan.

79

68

766

-57

83 dividend for year 1914

**52

51

Tis: 5 for 1913

8216 Dec.

9334

80

Tis. 5 for 1914.

t.94 .....6116 b.

13,000 6,100 4,100

94

94

20,000 $50 50

128 July 120 Dec. 116

112

b.

30,600 $100 all

11714 July 98 Nov.

112

b.

180,000 $10 all

914

Nov. Jan. 7

7

6,000 $30 80

454 Jan. 44

Feb.

Deo, 89'

40

Oct. JOG

40

-101

June

66

Feb. 72 100

100

152

75,000 t.10 all 142 Jan.

8,400 t,100 all 110 Feb. 70 40,000 t 50 all 135 Feb. 70

June 7.40 11. Mar. 14.60

7

TI 12. for year ending 31°10'34 50 cents 31,708

1394

May 89 b. Nov. 102

86

Tls. 1.20 for year ending 301114- Tls. 12. for 1913... ́

96

Ld. $4

b.

b

125,00 $10

b.

40.000 73.

6 39

10,000 $19 all 12 May 10 Dec. 10

all 40,000 $5

4.90 July 4 April 414 50,000 $1 all

all 9

Nov. 8 Aug.

10

85 cents for 1914

Jan. 7 Juno 35

34

b.

400, co 810

b.

Gorco $10

b. b.

6,500 $25 60,000 $10

all 6,90 Jan. 5 all 49 Jan. 36 all | 21734 July 174 ali 25 June 22

Dec. 6.90 Nov. 42

all

13 July7|-

all

6414 Mar. | 28. ·Dec.

38

25,000 $10 all 50,000 $10 $1.

75,000 $10 ali 12,000 $10. 10

13,200 $50 all 20,000 85

10 Jan. 9 Juno 93 ots. Jan. 175 cte. Deo.

10

$1

80 cts,

Моде

$1.50 för 1910.

20

None

All

Nov. 316

Jan.

Deo. 6.60 xdiv. 6.50

Dec. 6}

June

.92 Dec.

29

by the importere of foreign gar China Forneo Company,Ld. 810 because of the fact that the South China Light & Power Co.) Sea products are being absorbed in a major portion to Europe and the short tonnage makes it difficult to import what available stocks there are available from the direction of the South Seas to Shanghai. This has paved the way plear for Japanese sugar. The above has influenced the local market in which the elan- dard "L" gcoda were quoted at Y12.40 at the end of the decade.

·M.D. Neus.

Sharp Silde on Cotton Market.

The Cotton Market at Omka was over-taken on July 9 with a general alide by more than Yi compared with the preceding days, sa indicated under :—

Contract gooda for delivery in July 8 July 9

July

103 60 Y101.95

October $106.50

August 104.95

*103.16

September.. 105 95

103.00

104.10

105.45

105.80

5+2

November.. 108.55

Desember...108.95

The above fall was due to the

recent collapse of American col- too, which, according to the ob servation of insiders, was branght about partly by the optimistic forecast made by the Dapartment of Agriculture of the United States, which forecast is being borga out by the very favourable weather conditions, Farther more, the

erlcan have come which omer of

"

Co. (Spec. shares) China Provt, L. & M. Co., Ld. 8.30 Dairy Farm Company, Ld....834 Green Island Cement Co. Ld....7.10 Hongkong Electric Co., Ld.⠀ #12 Hongkong Ice Co., Ld..........$185 HongkongRope Mfg. Co.,Ld....$26 Hongkong Tramway Co., Ld. 5.05 b. 325,000 5/ Langkate

.$.38 a. 250,000 g. 10 Peak Tramway Co., Ld. (Old)$9.80 x div.

Do

(New) 80 ots. b. .04 b. H. Price & Co., Ld $5. Societe des Pulpes et Papier teries da Tonkin ................................

620 Steam Laundry Co., Ld... .83.15 Union Water-boat Co., Ld....$18 Watson and Co., Ld..........$634 William Powell, Limited: .....$GL b.

8. C. Morning Post

329 b.l WRICHT & HORNBY,

Share and General Brokers

Philippines Ld......

5.00 June4 27.723 $10 all 2214 Feb. 17

90,000 810 all | 83 | April | 6,90

21,000 $7 all 914 Jan. 636

6,000 $25 all' 30

414-6% for year ending 28.2.06

8.00 70 cte. for 1914.

$1.50 for year ending 31.7.14 670 50 cta. for 1914.

39 Ded: 185- 184 Apr. 261 25 Feb. 5 x div, 4.80x div. { $10 % for 19′4

$2.00 per ebare for 1914 Final of $6 making $8) for 1914 Final of $1 makin $2 for 1914

Interim of T. 1 making T. 2

a/c 1913

70 cts. on fully paid shares and 7 ets. on $1 paid shares for year ending 30.4.15

3.40 35 cts, for year ending 31°5′14 163 $1.00 per share for year end-

ing 31.12.1914

xdiv.60 cts, for 1914 a

50 cts, on old shares" and 25 cts. on new year shares for year ending 30.6.14 $1.50 for 1914.

6. Des Vœux Road. Central. Tel. address, Reclitude, GORRECTED TO NOON. 29 JULY, 1915,

ANY SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS WILL BE FOUND IN " UP TO THE MINUTE SHARE MARKET NEWS,”

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

...1/9-1/16 1/91/8 tavo.........1/9 3/16

1/9 1/4 783

EXCHANGE.

TT Bombay Demand Bombay 133 TE Caloutta**** 2 Demand Calcutta...133 Demand Manila):859% T/T8an Foo & N.YA1% Demand, New York 420/ TT-Jaya

10594

Belling.

Demand

30 dis

#4 m/s...

TIT Shang

Private 30 d/8

NTT SU

$75

tbis year

ider: T/T Japan JEFVT Indis

35

Den

T/T Marke......Nom. Demand Germany:

On Haiphong

On Buigon .... On Bangkok

4 m/s. Di

16 m/s, Lif 30 J/s. 8) 30 ds. 82

1936

29th July

Gold Leaf per fael:$58,90 Sovereign

$11.25 nom Bar Silver, rendy #22 3/8” forward a

SUBSIDIARY COINS

Disc

#100":

BANKS

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION HEAD OFFICE: 60, Wall Street, New York. LONDON OFFICE: 36, Bishopsgate, E.C."

BRANCHES

ROMBAY LONDON. CALOUTTA. MANILA. CANTON, PANAMA. OEBUS

PEKING.

COLON. SAN FRANCISCO, HANKOW. SHANGHAL HONGKONG. SINGAPORE. KOBE.!! YOKOHAMA

CAPITAL PAID-UP $3,250.000 RESERVE FUNDS...4,120,000

(U.S, Gold) $7.870,000 All Kinds of FOREIGN & LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS transacted: MACHI

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed, and FIXED DEPOSITS

received at rai

rates to be ascertain-

od on application.

N. 8. MARSHALL,

Manager. Hongkong, 22nd Oct. 1914/

ATHEN

BANS

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORA

TION.T

Paid-up Capital ... RESERVE TUNDS:

Sterling

£1,500,000 at: 21-

➡ $15,000,000 Bilver $18,000,000

Reserve Liability of

$15,000,000

$$3000,008

Proprietors ..............$15,000,004

COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landale-Chairman, W, L. Pattenden, Esq.

Deputy

Chairman LEN S. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T, M. Edkins, Esq. 0.8. Gubbay, Esq. P.H. Holyoak, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. El Bhallim, CHIEF MANAGER Hongkong NT, Stai L

MANAGER »ZA C Bhanghai A G. Stephen London Bankers London. County and Westminster

mum til Limited; hoita

Hongkong Interest, Allowedi

On Current Account at the rAA

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK of 3 per cent per annum on the

LIMITED.

Established 1880. Authorised Capital Ten 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital... 30,000,000 Reserve Fund... 19,600,000

Head Office-YOKOHAMA,

Branche Antung-Halen Bpabay Calcutta

Changchun Dairen

Ferbia Haskow

Hoschule

Kobe

LieD-YEAS

London

Lyons

Agemalja us Nagasak Nevchwang

·New York Osaka Pekin Ryolun (Port Arthur)

San Franciaco: Bhaghat Tablog

Los Angeles

Jaturet Allowed on Current amount. Deposita received for fixed perioda st raise to be btained on application. F

EISHI ONO, Manager. Hongkong, 15th March, 1915.

NOTICES.

THE CHINA PROVIDENT

LOAN - AND MORTGAGE CO. LTD.

(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000:)

Loans on Mortgage, of Houss Pro perty, &zo.

Goods received on Storage. Advances made on Merchandise; Loans made on the Provident

System.

(Rates and Particulars on ap-

plication).

OF

The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR

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

BRUNAN TOMES & Co. General Managers. g Hongkong, 19th March, 1890.

PEAK TRAMWAY 00.

LIMITED

TIME TABLE

WEEK'DAYS.

tt

3.00 But, to Loo. Evany: 15”Min. kod, to 10:00 AOL 10.00 AM, 15 $1.00 LX- 11.30 AM. to 11.45

6.33 7A, 10

KAS J, Lo

M

1.00 230 ir

15. M.

HE NIGHT CARS.

On 11' Da

FLOO "rary hill tourY

- 31.00 13. 10 ITAT TIM wwwy garter of an hour. MEZUNDAYS

7,4 to 10-30 aim. Evuar 15 Ming

pero A, to 31,00 AM

13.00 25000 40′ 100.2)**•

1910 Ma

Mo

NIGHT" "CARS 'asƑon® Work Days:

· BATURDAYER M

Eats, Car sem miklaight,

A FECIAL CARS

By daringumas at the Company's Oldej

by Dan Voeux Base, Central, "Feason and purich tickets available for all caini no1 Mirandy full running at the time stated in the Company's time tables, boincs for special cam, C be octalsed on application at the Company's Office No Beason ticket will be land ontil payment there For has been made, in Back Kojes ar by Chegue ar Compradore order representing-Bank Kotes

JOHN D. HUMPHREVÍ A SON."

NOTICE

Any European, Non-Asistic or Indian desiring to leave the Colony should apply in writing for permission to do so to the Captain Buperintendent of Police, at least 48 hours before the in- tended hour of departure, glę same, nationality, height and occupation of .. applicant, and stating the of the steamer or ot the hour of the it the applic Applicants for thei Folica

321 1/8 of 9 am

1/8 Honkong

dally balance. Mak

ON FIXED DEPOSITS: For 3 months, 21 per cent. per

annum Magny polevia For 6 months 3 per cent per:

annum. For 12 months, 4 per cent pos

annum.

N. J. STABB.

Chief Managëz,

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

TH

"HE' Business of the aboves Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Rules may be obtained on ap." plication.

A

INTEREST on deposits te al lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $35 per cent. per an

num!

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

For the Hongkong and. Shang hal Banking Corporation,"

N. J. STABB.

Chief Manager

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED,

Authorised Capital: Subsoribed Paid Up Reserve Fund

21,500,000 ****** 1,125,000

562,300 500,000

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

Every description of Exchange business transacted; “

Interest allowed on Current Ao- counts at 2 per cent per annum. on Daily Balance and on Fized Deposits at rates which may be ascertained on application. C. T. BEATH,

Acting Manager,

THE CHARTERED BANK OF --INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND

CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON, Paid-up Capital ........ 3200,000 Reserve Fund...

1,800,000

Reserve Liability of

Proprietors

1,200,000

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans-

оред

* CURRENT ACCOUN ed and FIXED" DEPOSITS colved for 1yearoralortery at ratos which will be quote application

Wm.DICKSON

Hongkong, 11th April, 1912.

OPIUM QUOTATIONS.

NOW Ola

Feb. 25 $9,100 per

per che