1915-10-12 — Page 11

COMMERCIAL.

Balilen.

Messre. Samael, Montagu and Co., in their cirular dated London, September 9, stats:-Gold- External movements have not been in favour of the Bank of England. The following amounts were received by the Bank:- September 2, $1,000,000 in sover- eigas from abroad: September 2, $200,000 in sovereigns reless- ed on miscellaneous account.

**September: 3 £80,000 in sover-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1915.

SHARE REPORT.

COMPARATIVE SHARE QUOTATIONS.

8.-SELLERS FA-54535 F-BUYERS

N-NOMINAL

*

To-day's

STOCK.

Closing

Number Pay Paid of Valus Up Share

1914.

Highest

1914.

Lowest

1915. 1915.

Highest, Lowest,

Since Bincs

Last Dividend

14th May, 14th May.

End Date

Prices

10 DOW to now

204

NOTICE

NY CARLSBERG BEER.

The world famed DANISH brew, for years known as the finest Beer specially brewed for the Far East.

Banks.

/$828 b.

£73/10/-)

eigne released on miscellaneous 'kong&'S'hai Banting Corp. 830, 6-120,000 $125

BOVE-

Marine Insurances,

Canton Insurance Office, Ld.427) b North China Ins. Co., Ld. t.175

Union Ins. Society of O'ton, Ld.8965 n

Yangtsze Ins. Assoc. Ld. ......$250

Fire Insurances, China Fire Ins. Co., Ld.

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account. September 3 £1,480,000 in sovereigns from abroad. September 8, £1,085,000 in bar; gold. September 8, £550,000 in sovereigns from abroad. Septem- ber 8, 2200,000 in Eovereigns te lessed on miscellaneous account. Withdrawals were made as un- dor-Eeptember. 3, £1857,000 in foreign gold coin, September 6, £1,160,000 in foreign goin. Sep- tember 6, £2,000,000 in reigns for Japan. September 7, £1,100.000 in foreign gold coin. September 7, e105,000 in sore- reigns set aside, on account of Egypt, September 7, £5,000 in Bovereigns set aside on account of the Straits Settlements note guarantee fand. September 8, £161,000 in lar gold. September 8, £40,000 in sovereigon for Malta.) September 8, £210,000 in sovereigns set aside on account Shell T'port & Trading Co. Ld.20/-

of Egypt.

'kong Fire Ins. Co., Ld. ......$420

Shipping. 40 cts. b. x the re- C.&M.S .8. Co., La. (turn of 84.50 per s Douglas Steamship Co., Ld....889 Ha. Hongkong, C. & M.8.8. Co.,Ld.20 Indo-China Steam (Combined$157) b. J 60,000

Navigation: Co., Deferred $941 ñ.

{60,000 £5} Ld.....

Preferred $62 n.

D.

all

(£2/9/- at 1/9 5/16 equal to

855 July. 700 Oct. 845 x div. 790c. div. 824.21 for 11⁄2 year 30/6/15

ƒ Final of $4 alo 1913. Interim 1 of $18 a/c 1914. (Interim of 12 p.o. for 1914 (Final of $20 and bonus of $5 making $55 for 1913 and Intorim of $30 for 1914 Final of $15 mak, $18 for 1913

& Int, of $3 for 1914

$4 for year ending 30.6.15

[Final of 40 cts, making 90 ote. for year ending 31.12.14

b.

10,000 $250 89

10,000 £15 £5

350 Doc. 305

145 May 133

Oct. 425

Jan. 175

360

160

12,400 $250 100

247 April 700 Oct. $972

.-$855

b.

12,000 $100 00

210 April 1923 Jan.

250

225

$162 b.

n

20,000 $:00 20 8,000 $250 50

160 395

July 140 Oot. Feb. 368- April

TÉZ 420

*130 385

$9 for 1913

$27 for 1913.

30,000 $25 ol) 10

all 20,000 $50

36

all

·80,000 $15 2014

Jan. 54 Mar. 27 Jan. 22

Dec. 50 ats.

91 Nov.

Dec. 23

30 cts.$1 for 1906

45

19

all 79

Jan. 50

Sept. 15734 95

8.3,797,610 £1

all 106 Feb. 70/- Sopt. 90/- x div. 82/-

b. 40,000 $10

all

49

Mar. 40

Nov.

39

...$38 n.

20,000 $100 all 7,000 $100 all

961 31

Feb.

Jan.

70 Nov. 134 17 Dec. 46

111

$3 for 1912

274

$3 for 1897

Mining

F

During the week the net reduc Star Ferry Company, Ld....£39 ion amounted to £2,113,000,

The nat import of gold into India

Reflcerles.

for the month of August, 1915, China S. Refining Co., Ld.....$131 sa. wee about £318,500. Since the Luzon S. Refining Co., Ld.

outbreak of war, the United

States of America received, up to August 21, about $152,000,000. in gold, made up as follows: Denmark

414

South America

Australio

Holland

Brezil

Chino

Japan France England Canada

OF

I div.

32

(6 pc. on p. s. & 3p.c. on d. a. for year 1914. ahares quoted exp.a. divin H'kong from 29.9.15. an interim div, of 6 pc. on the combined shares paid in London 23.9.15 fFinal of 5/- (Coupon No 24)

making 7/- for 1914

(81.50 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

s.

n.

8.1,000,000 £1

200,000 £1 160,000 £1

all4 Feb. 33/6 Dec.

33/6

30/-

796,665 £1

all 3.10 Bil 39/- all 55'6

Jan. 1.90 Nov. Fob. 19/6 Nov. 21/3

4

32/6

Kailan Mining "Admin"tion...30/- Raub Australian Gold Min-13.40 b, 300,000

ing Co., Ld:..

-316 1,00,000 Tronoh Mines Ltd.

.....31/6 2,000,000 Ural Caspiana.......39 b. cum div.

•

2 000 000

2,500,000

3,700,000

Decks, Wharves and

Godowns &c.

9,625,000 'kong & K.W. & G. Co., Ld....$80 11,500,000| Ekong & W'hoa D. Co. L. ...86 20,592,000 5'hai Dock & Eng. Co., Là. 98,802,000

In October 1913, the Govern ment of India decided to sp point a committee to consider tho question of uniform weights and eBiurea with- in the Indian Empire. The recently published report of this committee is of considerable im- portance, affecting as it does, the commercial transactions of one fifth of the world's population. The adoption of the metric system and alternatively of the British, was considered and rejected. The former. principally apen the ground that the use of decimale was alien to the customs of the Indian people. The latter, becauEE

...60 S'hai & H'kew W. Co., Ld....90

Lands, Hotels and Buildings, Anglo French Lands...

'kong Hotel Co., Ld............$112

H'kong Land Investment Co $109 H'phreys Estate& F. Co., Ld.. $6.90 'loon Land& Building Co., Ld $40 Shanghai Lands West Paint Building Co., Ld. #72) H'kong Central Estates.100

Coiten Mills.

...t.105

اله

h.

€0,000 $50

A.'

£0,000 $50

ali

b.

40,700 1,100 all

b.

30,000 t. 100 all

Ewo Cotton S, & W. ('o., Ld. $172) b.'

...$9.30 Hongkong Cotton Co.

b. Bung Yik..............

$1536 b. .901 ກ. Lnou Kung Mow

b. Shanghai Cottons in S'bai ...t.94

Miscellaneous.

it would have necessitated an China Borneo Company, Ld. $1034 alteration in the weight of China Light & Power Co., the tols, the DDOSS im. portant standard of weight in use. Moreover, the weight of the tola and of the rapre being identical,

Ld. $4.40 80. Do. (Spec. shares)...! China Provt. L. & M. Co., Ld. 10.10 Dairy Farm Company, Ld....$34 Green Island Cement Co. Ld....11

5838

Jan.

73

Jan. 53

Nov.

60 Oct. 86

July 50

13,000 1300 1,100)

20,000 $50 50 128 July 120 7.

LOSCO $5 all 4.90 July 4 50,000 $1

❤

32-1/-interim afe 1915 paid 12.7.15

68

57

1 interim 1915

$3,50 for year 1914

$3 dividend for year 1914 Dec.. 63 19 ex div. Tis. 3 for year ending 30.4.15

Tlo. 5 for 1914

#3 for year ending 30*6*15 45 cents for year 1914 $3 for 1914

Dividend of 6 p.c. for year

ending 30.6.15

$2 for balf year ending 30.6.15 $4.09 for 7 months onding 31.12,14

152) Tls. 12 for year ending 31'10'14

50 cents 31'7'08

s. 1.20 for year ending 30°11′14 Tls. 12 for 1913

(Dividend of Tls. 7 for year

1 ending 30'6'15

414 6% for year ending 28 .2.06

8.00 70 cta. for 1914

Jan. 8216 Dec. 9314 80

1.04

94

b.

Dec. 116

04 112

Tls, 614 for year cading 29.2.14

($2.50 for half year ending 130'6:15

n.

40,500 $100 a}}

b.

10,000 $10 all

b.

6,000 $50 20

b.

b.

19,800 850

n.'

7CC0 1.50 all 98

all 73 10,000 $100 all

11734 July 98 04 Jan. 7 45) Jan. 44

Dec. $9

June 66

Nov. 111 x div,

108

Nov. 7+

6.10

Feb. 40

40

Cet. 106

Feb.

101

100

70 100

20,000 1,50 all 138 120.400 $10 all 84

75,000 £10 alt 141 8,400 t.100 all 130 40,000 2,50

135

all

July 125 Mar. 7

Jan. 11 Feb. 70 Feb. 70

May 380

June 9.30

7

Mor. 1 May, 69 Nov. 105

134

b.

86

$6

5

b.

(0,600 $19

all

12 May

10

Dec. 10

10

85 cents for 1914

April 44

all

b. 195,000 $10

all

9

Jan.

R. 40.000 7

6

39 June

7 35

Nov.

. Aug.

b. 400,000 $10

all 6.90

Jan. 5

Dec.

10.10 34 11

31

n.

60,000 $10

all

49

Jan. 36

Nov. 44

b.

6,800 $28

all

21716 July 174

39: 184

:

b.

60,000 $10

all

25

*25

n.

325,000 5/-

..1.384 b. 260,000 g.10

b.

all

all

64 Mar.

28

Dec.

42

3631

25,000 $10

all 1012 Jan.

914 June

10

9

60,000 $10

$1.

93 cte. Jan.

75 cts, Dec.

$1

20 cio.

b.

75,000 $10

all

4

4

None

12,000 $10 10

5

5

$1.50 for 1910

...1 chawal ...1.ratti.

$20

13,200 $50

20

20

None

b.

...I magbo,

Union Water-boat Co., Ld. ...$16)

n.

8.

20,000 $5 27.723 $10 all 224 Feb. 17 90,000 $10 all April 6.90

all 500 June

4

n.

b.

3.00

Jan. 18

16

Dec. 6.90 x div. 6‡ xdiv. 60 cts, for 1914

71.000 $7 all 916 Jan. 614

Dec. 7

6

6,000 $25 all

92 307 June

Dec. 29

29

LATEST RUBBER QUITATIONS.

Nov. 316

the weight of the coin would aleo Hongkong Electric Co., Ld. $44 have had to to sltered. The Hongkong Ice Co., Ld..........8190 committee recommended that the Hongkong Rope Mfg.Co., Ld... 34 Bengal or Indian railway weights should be adopted for universal Hongkong Tramway Co., Ld, 6,00 use throughout the Indian Em- pire, with the exception of Barmah, where a uniform system suitable for that provizce already obtaina. The proposed weights are as follow:---

FOR INDIA.

8 kheekbos

8 chowals

8 rattin

12 mashes or 4 tanke...1 tola,

5 tolog

16 chatske

40 Bers

***

Langkate

Do

Peak Tramway Co., Ld. (Old) $94

(New) 85 cts. b.

...84 .$5

Philippines Ld............ H. Price & Co., Ld.......... Societe des Pulpos ot Papier-1

tories du Tonkin Steam Laundry Co., Ld.........31

... 1 chatak. Watson and Co., Ld........$634 ...I Bear.

... maund. William Powell, Limited: ..............EC) With regard to silver the

8. C. Morning Poat....$29 report states:-The undertone continues good. Under the combined pressure of buying orders from the continent, and Anglo Java Estates Ltd. Tls. the Indian bazaare; the price 11 buyers. advanced by atages to 23.11/16d. | Linggis 14/9 buyers 15/6 on September 6-the highest sellers. figure torched since May 15 last.

Nordanals 19/- buyors 19/6 | China bas sold a limited amount,

gellere, but not sufficient to affect appreci- bly the vigour cf the market. The United States Treasury, by purchasing about 500,000 oz. each week, is mainly responsible for the improvement in rates, An Indian currency return for August 31 garo details in Jakha of rupees as follow:-

39,92

0,34 6,15

Notes in Circulation...... 66,41 Reserve in silver coin..... Gold coin and ballion...... Gold in England...............*******

The stook in Bombay consiste of 5700 bars, as compared with 5,000 last week. A shipment of 245,000 oz. has been made from San Francisco to Hongkong..

WRIGHT & HORNBY,

Selling,

དུ དུཀྑཱཀྑཀྑཏྟཏྟ བྷཱུ བྷཱུ ཀྑཱ ཀྐུ བླློ

all

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

$2.00 per share for 1914 Interim of $2 account 1915 Interim$1 for yearending30.6,15

Deo. 190 June 22 Apr. 34 13-July 7 Feb. 5.25 4.80x div. $10 % for 1974

Ayer Panas (Straits) $1.80 buy- era 5.00 sollers.

Balgownies (Straits) $3.15 buy- ers 3.20 sellers.

Changkat Berdangs (Straits) $4.90 buyers 5.05 Bellern.

M M

י'

Kempas (Straits) $3.30 buyers 3.55 x div. sellers,

Malaka Pindaa (Straite) $1.35 buyers 1.45 Bollers.

Malakoffs (Straits) $3:40 buyers 3.50 sellers.

Interim of T. 1 making T. 2

a/o 1913

[70 cts, on fully paid shares and

7 cta..on $1 paid shares for year ending 30.4.15

25 cts. for year ending 31'5'15

($1.00, per share for year ond- 1ing 31,12.1914

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

Sendycrofts (Straits) 5.25 bug- ors 5.50 sellers,

Pajam (Straits) $9.15 buyara 9.25 sellers.

Share and General Brokers 6. Des Vœux Road Central, Tel. address, Rectitude.

CORRECTED TO MOON, OOT. 12. 1915.

ANY SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS WILL BE FOUND IN "UP TO THE MINUTE SHARE MARKET NEWS." THE TELEGRAPH DOES NOY HOLD ITSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE QUOTATIONS,

T/T ......

1/9 7/8 Demand...ALEN ....1/9 15/16 30 dis 60d8....

....1/10 1/16

4 m/8....................1/10 1/8

T/T Shanghai.........761 Private 30 de sight TT Singapore........78 TF Japan...87 T/T India...........1369 Demand India' ......137

...

EXCHANGE.

TT Bombay ........ Donand Bombay...137 TIT Calcutta Domand Calcutta ...137 Demand Manila ...84 T/T San F'co & N.Y.42'3/4 Demand, New York 42 7/8 T/T Java...........107 1,2 T/T Marks...

Demand Germany... T/T Franos.......2.50) Demand Paris ......2,51

Nom.

On Haiphong, VỊ T 71% prom. On Saigon. The On Bangkok

...: 84 1/2 Buying.

4 m/s. L/C ......1/10 1/2. 4 m/s. D/P........ 1/10 5/8 6 m's. L/C....................1/10 3'4 30 d/s. S'ney & M. 1/10 3/4 30 ds. Ban P'co & N‚Y.44 1/4-

[4 m/s. Mark....................... Noid."

4 m/s.Franca.......2.614 6 m/s. France...>*<*>; 3.66}4

Oct. 12th.

Gold Leaf per oz.- $59.60° Sovereign ............................. $11,05 nom. Bar Silver ready...23 15/16 forwardii''

SUBSIDIARY COINS.

Discount per $100:- Chinese...20 ota.piecesTM $20 1/8 Chinese...10

$20 1/4 {Hongkong,20′′ots, pieces 5. D. 7/8 |Hongkong.10

$99/4

IT'S PURE

IT'S CLEAR,

IT'S CHEAP,

AND

!

SUITP.

THIS

CLIMATE IN

ANY KIND

* OF WEATHER

LY CARLSBERG COFENKAGES

IT'S BREWED

BY

NY CARLSBERG

BREWERIES

COPENHAGEN DENMARK

AND: Bak

IS. OF

"

BONA FIDE

3.

DANISH ORIGIN

Can now be obtained from all hotels and Compradores, and from

DONNELLY AND WHYTE.

BANKS

TEL. 636

BANKS B

INTERNATIONAL BARKING HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

CORPORATION

HEAD OFFICE:

60, Wall Street, New York. LONDON OFFICE: 36, Bishopsgato, E.C.

BRANCHEB:

BOMBAY, LONDON. CALCUTTA, MANILA.

CANTON.

COLON.

CEBU.

PANAMA.

. PEKING.

SAN FRANCIS CO. HANKOW. SHANGHAI. HONGKONG. SINGAPORE. KOBE. YOKOHAMA

CAPITAL PAID-UP $3,250 000 RESERVE FUNDS...... 4,120,000 |

श्री.

(U.S. Gold) $7,370,000 All kinds of FOREIGN LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opon. ad and FIXED DEPOSITS received at rates to be ascertain- ed on application.

N. S. MARSHALL,

Manager. Hongkong, 22nd Oct. 1914

THE HAMA SPECIE BANK VANGELIMITED.

YOKOHAMA

Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 30,000,000 Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund o · 20,000,000

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA.

4. Branches

Antrag:Halen Bombay Celcatia. Changeon

Dre

Jungties

Harbin

Haokew

Hodolala

Kobe

Liao-Yang London

Lyons

Sidney

Msingin

Agencies a Kagasaki Newchwang New York Osaka Pakio Ryokan (Por

Arthur), San Franciaco Shanghai

Bydney Cabling

Testula

Tokyo

Los Angeles Tangtan

Inarest Allowed on Current Account. Dapaalta received for fand perioda at rates in de obtafund on application.

EISHI ONO, Manager. Hongkong, 11th September, 1915.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND' OHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.

BANKING CORPORA

TION.

Paid-up Capital $15,000,000

RESERVE FUNDS:

Sterling

́£1,500,000 at 21-

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

$33,000,000

Reserve Liability of

Proprietors...815.000,00€

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

Chairman.

8. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. M. Edkins, Esq. O, 8. Gubbay, Esq. P.H. Holyoak, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E: Shallim, CHIEF MANAGER Hongkong-N. J. Statb MANAGER Shanghai-A, G. Stephen. London Bankers-London County and Westminster Limited.

Hongkong-Interest Allowedi ?- On Curront Account at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the daily belange.

ON, FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months.. 2 per copt, par

snnum.

For 6 months. 31 per cent. per

annum,

sarum,

For 12 months, 4 per cent per

N. J. STABB.

Chief Manager:

HONGKONG SAVINGS-BANK,

ப்

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

num.

INTEREST on deposits is al- lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3} per cont. par an.

Depositors may transfer,at i

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

annum

For the Hongkong and Shang. hal Banking Corporation,

N.J. STABB,

Chief Manager.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

Head Office 15 Gracechurch Stroot, London,

Authorised Capital......£1,500,000 Subscribed

"

**** 1,125,000

Paid Up Reserve Fund

ts

562,500

USABORI

500,000

BANKERS.

The Bank of England.

The London Joint Stock Bank,

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

Proprietors.£1,200,000 Bombay..

Limited

BRANCHES --

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Colombo Calcutta General Banking business trans-Delhi noted.

Galle CURRENT ACCOUNTS open Hongkong ed and FIXED DEPOSITS Howrah ostved for 1 year or shorter periods Kandy at rates which will be quoted on application.

Wm. DICKSON.

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

THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Beaten, if Equalted For Bread Cakes, Confzoticnary and meals with Wines & Liquors

Karachi Kota Bharu Kuala Lumpur: Madras

Penang

Rangoon

Shanghai

Singapore

HONGKONG BRANOH. Every description of Banking & Exchange business transod,

Interest allowed on Current áo-, counts at 2 per cent. per annum on Dally Balanore, and on Fixed Deposits at rates which may be

acertatud on application,

C CHAMPKIN

Acting Manager,