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COMMERCIAL.

Australia and Java Trade Possibilities.

The possibilities of trade be tween Western Australia and the Datoh East Indies were recently discussed at a meeting of the Perth Obamber of Commerce. It wWBA pointed out that absolate Fres Trade prevailed in the East Ic- dies, and urged that Australian manufacturere would always

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1915,

SHARE

REPORT.

COMPARATIVE SHARE QUOTATIONS.

FA-SAIFF R-XUYIRS

R-XOMINAL

1914.

STOOK.

To-day's

Closing

Prices

Number of Shares

Par Pald Highort Value Up

1914.

Lowat

1915. 1915.

Highest, Lowest, Bines SiDee 14th May, 14th May, to now to now

Last Dividend

And Dato

NOTICE:

NY CARLSBERG BEER.

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

Baoks.

compete under more favourable H'kong& S'hai Banting Corp. conditions than thaic European and American rivals. Australian flour hat already completely ousted the American artiolo from the market there, while there was asuccessful competition in butter, jame, canned fruite, etc. The Chamber oarried a resolution arging the appointment of a commercial representative at Java.

Marine Insurances,

Canton Insurance Office, Ld.425 North China Ins. Co., Ld. t....175

Union Ins. Society of Cton, Ld.$910

Yangtere Ine. Assoc. Ld.......$280

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

......B15234 80, H'kong Fire Ins. Co., Ld. ......$415

Shipping.

Douglas Steamship Co., Ld. 94 Hongkong, C. & M.S.5. Co., La.19}

Banking Combine Pending. An important banking combine ie pending, says the Times, be- tween Barclay's, Limited, and the United Couplies Bank, Limited, The former of these was already one of the largest joint stook banke, its business centring in the Metropolitan and Eastern Brea of England, deposits having sccumulated of well over £70,- 000,000. The United Counties Shell T'port & Trading Co.. Ld. 85/- Bank, which is a firm established

4:

b.

Indo-China Steam (Combined 8133 b. Navigation Co., Deferred $88 sa. b. Ld...........Preferred $63

as far back as 1836, also has Star Ferry Company, Ld.............$374 deposite of some £15,500,000, so

that when the amalgamation

Refineries,

D.

9.

formally goes through the com- China S, Refining Co., Ld......$126 bined banks should have a total Luzon 8. Refining Co., Ld. p.836) sa. of deposits bringing it to the position of the fourth largest joint stock bank in the country.

Frozen Meat Trade and the East

Mining.

Kailan Mining Admin'tion...30/- Raub Australian Gold Min-

ing Co., Ld:..

A Japanese trade commission | Tronoh Mines Ltd. which has just vicited New Ural Caspians M............ Zealand (soya Ica and Cold.

Storage) voiced the opinion that Docks, Wharves and

there were great posibilities for

Godowns &c.

B'kong & K.W. & G. Co., Ld....$17

det

25

z div.

32%

841 for year ending 30.6,15,

Final of 40 cts, making 90 ots. 1. for year ending 31,12,14 (p.o. on p.. & Sp.c. on d. for your 1914. quoted and po.divin H from 29.15, on interim div. of 6p.c. on the combined, paid in London 23.9.15 quoted ex divlo H.K. 1.12.15. (Final of 5/- (Coupon No 24)

making 7/- for 1914

($1.50 per share and bonus of 40 cents per share for year ending 304 16

Interim of 1/- account year

ending 30.6.15(Coupon No. 5.)

346 1/2 for 1909

257-b.1-interim alo.1915 paid 12.7.15

37/6 1/-interim 1915

$3.50 for year 1914.

$3 dividend for year 1914

OF BEINA

WEATHER st

MY CARLSBERG

IT'S BREWED

B.Y

NÝ CARLSBERG

"BREWERIES

COPENHAGEN.

.... DENMARK,

AND

PAR LA IS OF STI

BONA FIDE

DANISH ORIGIN.

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

DONNELLY AND WHYTE.

BANKS

TEL. 836

BANKS

זי,

HONGEONG & SHANGRA INTERNATIONAL BANKING

BANKING CORPORA

TION

Paid-up Capital.........$15,000,00

RESERVE FUNDS:

Sterling.

£1,500,000 at 21-

-$15,000,00

Silver $18,000,000

Reserve Liability of

$33.000,00

CORPORATION,

HEAD OFFICE :·

60,: Wall Street, New York. LONDON OFFICE": 16, Bishopsgate, E,O. BRANCHES :-

ROMBAY LONDON, CALOUTTA MANILA.

Proprietors. $15,000,00 CANTON PANAMA

COURT OF DIRECTORS.CEBU.

Hon. Mr. D.Landale, Chairman

PEKING

WI Pattenden, Esq. Deputy, HANKOW. SHANGHAL...

COLON. SAN FRANCI BOO.

Chairmani

SH. Dodwell, Esq...

G. T. M. Edkins, Esq

C. 8. Gubbay, Esq.

IT'S PURE,

IT'S CLEA

8805 .

120,000 $125

all

855 July. 700 Oct. 845x div. 7900. div.

[£2/3/- at 1/9 5/16 equal to $24.21 for 14 year 30/8/15

IT'S CHEA!'..

AND

| £73/10/-

""

b.

ກ.

10,000 $200 10,000 £1$ £5

60

350

145

Dev. 305 Ook. *425

May 133 Jan. 175

*360

160

[Final of $4 a/c 1913. Interim

of $18 a/o 1914.

SUITS

Final of 12p.c, making 125 p.o. for 1914

THIS

b.

12,400 1250 100 847) April 700 Oct. $972

$855

bper

b

12,000 in 60

20

April 19231⁄2 Jan.

270

225

fFinal of $20 and bonus of $5 making $55 for 1913 and Interim of $30 for 1914 Final of $15 mak, $18 for 1913

& Int. of $3 for 1914

CLIMATE IN

ANY KIND

B.

20,000 $100 20 -8,000 $250 50

160

July 140 Oct. 162

130

$9 for 191311 220

395

Feb. 358 April 420

385

$27 for 1913

.com .

20,000 $50 80,000 $15

all 36 Mar. 274 Nov, 194-

Dec 29 all 29 Jan. 22

45

19

£ 60,000 } all 79 {60,000

b.3,797,610 £1

40,000 $10

20

Jan. 50

Sept. 159

96

al

106/- Feb. 70/- Bept, 90-divi 82/-

al 49

Mar. 40

Nov. 39

น

20,000 $100 all 98 7,000 $100 all 31

Feb. 70 Nov. 134 Jan. 17 Deo.

111

$3 for 1912

46 -

2714

$3 for 1897

1,000,000 £1

all 41- Feb. 33/6 Dec.

33/6

30/-

..3.00

....25/- .36/6

200,000 £1 160,000 £1 6. 796,666 £1

a) 3.10

99/- all all 56/6

Jan, Feb,

1.90 Nov.

4

19/6 Nov. 21/3

32/6 41

b.

80,000 $50 all 89 50,000 $50 all 77 55,700 t, 100 all | 60

36,000 t. 100 all J09

Jan, 73

814 Nov. Jaz. 53 Oct, 88 July 50 Dec. Jan, 8214 Dec.

68

57

9314 80

13,000 1,100 t.100

94.

ཁཎྜ་

Tla. 614 for year ending 29.2.14

b.

20,000 $50 50 128 July

120

Dec.

116

112

1 30:6:35

m.

B.

b.'.

9.

60,000 $100 all | 11734 July 98 150,000 $10 all 94 Jan. 7

6,000 $50 80 45

Jan. 44

ell 98 78,000 1.50

Deo. 89

all 73 June 12,500 $50

66 Feb. 10,000 $100 all

Nov. 111 zdív.

108

Nov.

#

'

6.10

Feb. 40

40

Oct. 106

101

.

70

103

100

$15146.

20,000 1.50 75,000 £10

all 138 July 125

May

180

144 all

Jan. 11

Mar.

.78 62 ..t.90 5.

8,000 1.100 all

110 Feb.

May 70

1 89

13

b. 80

40,000 t.50

70 Nov. 105

90

.t.61

175.000 t.5

61

61

60,000 $*?

all 12 May

Dec. 10

10

85 cents for 1914.

B.

all

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

April 44

414 6% for year onding 28 2.06

B.

195,000 $10

40.000 7

all

9

6

39

June

b. 400,000 $10

∙all

6.90

Jan. 7

35 Jan. 5

Nov. 10:10

8.00

Aug, 34

31

Dec.

5. n.

60,000 $10

Jan. '36

11 Nov, 45

6.70

39

6,500 $28

June

174 22

Deo: 190

184

Apr.

481

25

5.90

250,000 g.10 all | 6426 Mar,

28

Dec.

42

3632

b.

20,000 $10 50,000 $10 75,000 $10

all 101 Jan. $1.93 cte. Jan.

94 June

10

9

75 cta, Dec..

$1

80 cte..

all

4

12,000 $10

10

5

5

$1.50 for 1910.

13,200 850

20

20

None

20.00 $5

all 500 June 4

Nov.

31

3.00

8.

27.723 $10

all 2214 Feb.

17

18

16

6.

8.

90,000 10 all 81 April 6.90

21,000 $7

Jan. 614 Dec. 7 all 916

6,000 $25 oli 30 June 92 Deo. 29

6.

29

tonds. Hotels and Bulidings. Anglo French Lands .......t.94 H'kong Hotel Co., Ld.........$108

an export of ferzen meat to Japan,ong &W'poa D. Co., Le,...83 sa. b. where the meat diet habit is steadiS'hai Dock & Eng. Co., Ld....61 ly increasing. Previone failures S'hai & H'kew W. Co., Ld. ...99 of Australian shipments were ascribed to the absence of cold storage facilities in Japan. All the large ports and principal towns, it appears, now have stores. A new steam service to New Zea. land vis the Bolomon Islands is said to have been mooted in Ja

Such developments will, pan. no doubt, come cooner or later, but meanwhile, în present circum-H'kong Central Estates ......$103 stances, the whole thing must be regarded us very much in the air.

1

'kong Land Investment Co $103 H'phreys Estate & F. Co., Ld...161 KoonLand&Building Co., Ld $40 ......105 Shanghai Lands

West Point Building Co., Ld. $79

Cotton Mills.

Ewo Cotton B. & W. C'o., Ld. $160 b. Kung Yik..... Weight of Chinese Bristles.

Laou Kung Mow We understand that through Shanghai Cottons.......................... the personal efforts of a member of the bristle trade, ranging over Yangtezepoos_**** a long series of months, and

Miscellaneous, attended with much labour, the China Borneo Company, Ld.$10 efforts of the Chinese to foilt on China Light & Power Co.,

Ld. $4.80 buyara excess paper on Tsingtan

Do. (Spec. shares)......... bristles has been nullified by the China Provt, L. & M. Co., Ld. 9.80 re-establishment in China of the custom, with regard to these bris-Dairy Farm Company, Ld. ...$30 Green Island Cement Co. Ld....9}{ Hongkong Electric Co., Ld. $44 Hongkong Ice Co., Ld... $190 Hongkong Rope Mfg.Co., Ld...$34 Hongkong Tramway Co., Ld. (514 b. 325,000 5/-

tles, that the weight invoiced should be the net weight of brit tles and string, excluding paper. Members of the brush trade generally will, no doubt, be glad to hear that if the goods are sold to them on the same terms as they are bought by merchants, and according to the customary and traditional roles of Minoing Lane, they will receive in fature, on this class of material, their full weight of bristles and string, excluding paper.-Brushmaki g

The Wolfram Output,

The F.M.8. press have received

Langkats........................... verat.38

Peak Tramway Co., Lâ. (Old) $94

Do

8 67,000 $10

b. (New) 85 cis, b.

Philippines Ld................. H. Price & Co., Ld.............$5 Societe des Pulpes et Papier-]

$20.

teries du Tonkin ......... Steam Laundry Co., Ld.........$31 Union Water-boat Coy Ld. ...816) Watson and Co. Ld86

the following communication William Powell, Limited; ......60

from the Under Seoratory, F.M.S.:

I am directed to inform you. C. Morning Pontresin529

Anglo-Java Estates Ltd. Tis buyers.

ATA.

all 135. Feb.

all

all

ཊྚཊྚཀྑབྷཱུ བྷཱུ བྷཱུ ྂཟླཛཱ བྷཡྻབྷཏུ ཀྑཱ ཊྛཱ བྷྱཿ ཝཿ བྷ ཨྠཀྑཱུ

49

1

21714 July

all 25

388 18

all 13 July 7 Feb.

all

691 49 ex div. Tis. 3 for year ending 30.4.15

Tis, 5 for 1914

f$2.50 for half year ending

$31 for year ending 30615

45 cents for year 1914

$3 for 3914.

[Dividend of 6. p.e. for 1 year

onding 30.6.15

$2 for half year ending 30.6.15 $4.09 for 7 months ending 31.12.14

152) Tls. 12 for year ending 31°10'14

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

Dividend of Tis. 7 for year

ending 30'6'15

70 ota, for 1914

$1.25 for year ending 31.7.'5

50 ots. for 1914,

$2.00 per share for 1914

Interim of $3 account 1915 Intorim$1 for year ending 10,6,15

4.80 { $10 % for 1974

Interim of Tls, 1 making Tls. 2 1 a/c 1913

(70 cts. on fully paidshares and 7 cts. on 81 paid shares for year ending 30.4.15 None

25 ots. for year ending 315*15

$1,00, per share for year end-

ing 91,18,1914

Jan.

Dec. 6.80 xdiv. 67 xdiv. 60 ots, for 1914.

LATEST RUBBER QUOTATIONS. Ayer Panas (Straits) $6.75 buy-

Anglo Dutch Tis. 6 buyers. Balgownies (Straits) $3) buy- Linggis 14/9 buyers 15/6 sellers, 1ers. Nordanale 18/6 buyers 18/0 Changkat Serdanga (Straits) zollern.

$6.75 buyers.

that the Chief Secretary has re- ceived an intimation from the Government of Burma to the effect that it is desired to stima- late by all possible means the out- 13 put of wolfram in that territory And that the chief difficulty iù a deficiency of labour. The Govern- ment of Baims have aeked tbut it may be made known in the Federated Malay Staten that there| is this great demand for labour, preferably Chiness of the class employed in tin mining in thera States, in Borms, and that the Government of that territory is willing to advanos the necessary expenses for Importing such la bour into Tavoy, The Chief Secretary desires to take

Avery step in his power to assist the Government of Barinn in this matter and I am to seek your assistance in making the informa- tion contained in this letter known to the public in the Federated Malay Bisten..

-WRICHT & HORNBY,

T/T Demand 30 día 6rd/s....

Selling.

(50 cta, on old shares and 25. cts, on new year shares for year ending 30.6.14 $1,50 for 1914

Kempas (Straite) 34.40 buyers.

Malaka Pindad (Straits) $1.90 buyers,

Malakoffs (Straits) $3.70 buyers, New Serendah $2.45 buyers,

Sandycrofts (Straita) $7.00 buyers, DAN

Pajam (Straits) $13.00 buyers,

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

CORRECTED TO NOON, DEC. 5, 1915.

ANY SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS WILL BE FOUND IN UP TO THE MINUTE SHARE MARKET KEWS.” THE TELEDRAPH DOES ROT HOLD ITSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE QUOTATIOMS,

10/11 1/8

1/11 3/16 1/11 1/4

4 m/B.....................1/11 7/16 TT Shangbai.... ..............743g - Private 30 d/s sight

T Singapore...823 T/T Japan-l....................9034-

· [T/T India, Szom144).

Demand India ......145

TT Bombay.

EXCHANGE.

Demand Bombay .145.

T/T Caloutta **** ¡Demand Calcutta 145

Demand Manila 89 Nom. T/T San Fco & N.Y.45 1/4 Demand, New York 45 3/8 TT Java....................::1103 T/T Marki.............................. Demand Germany... T/T Francs Demand Paris 18,0

On Haiphong..... 54% prem. *On Saigon..višnyki

On Bangkok, 80

Buying,

4 m/s. L/C ............1/11 7/8

4 m/s. D/P... 21.

6 m's. LO..........1/8.

30 d/s. S'noy & M. 21-1/8

30 d/s. Ban F'co &N‚Y.46}{ 4 m/s. Mark....Nom,

mis.France...2.7934 ns. Franos.. %B4%

P. H. Holyoak, Esq.

J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E: Shellim. CHIEF MANAGER Hongkong-N, J, Btáli,

MANAGER *** Shanghai-A. G. Stephen. London Bankers-Londor County and Westminster Limited.

Hongkong-Interest, Allowed. On Current Account at the rat of 2 per cent per annum on the daily balance.

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

andum.

For months. 34 per cent Der

annum.

For 12 months, & per cent par

anaum,

N. J. STABB

Chief Manage HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK HE Business of the above THE

Bank is conductod by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Rules may be obtained on a plication.

"INTEREST on deposits is al lowed un the minimum monthly balances at $31 per cent per aD

Depositors may transfer at thei option halances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to be placed on FIXEL DEPOSIT it 4 per cent, por

arintem.

For the Hongkong and Bhang“ hai Banking Corporation,

N. J. STARB

Chief Manager,

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

Head Office 15 Gracechurch Street, London. Authorised Japital......£1,500,00 Subscribed # ***** 1,125,000 Faid Up

Reserve Fund

Com: 1562,500 500,000

BANKERSLE The Bank of England. The London Joint Stock Bank, Pod Bimited

WWE BRANCHES

Bombay

Caloutta:

Colombo

Dolki Galle

8th Dec

Gold Leaf per oz. 657.70 Sovereign $10.40 nom. Bar Silver ready...26 15/16

forward.....

SUBSIDIARY.COINS. “Dlécount per $100;)] Ohinese..20 ote:pieces #18 3/8 Chinese...10 Brongkong 20 ts, pieces$10.3/8 Hongkong 10:

#10 1/4

Hongkong Howrah- Kandy

Kota Bharu Kuala Lumpu Madras Penang

Rangoon Shanghal

Singapore

HONG KONG. SINGAPORE.. KOBE.

YOKOHAMA

CAPITAL PAID-UP $3,950.000 RESERVE FUNDS...... 4,210,000 (0.5. Gold) $7,460,000 All kinds of FOREIGN & LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS transacted.

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

N.S. MARSHALL

Manager. Hongkong. 1st July 1915

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

LIMITED.A

Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000* Paid-up Capital:...

" 30,000,000 Reserve Fund 20,000,000.

Head Office. YOKOHAMA,

-Braathen Antang Hales Bonbay. Calceti Changchee Daire

Dangrian Haria Hankow

Agencies Naguki

·Newchoz. New York Osaka: Peda Rylan (Fort zártber)

Tabling

San Francisco

Handhals

Shanghai

Koke Leo-Yang London Lyons 'Bydory

STORY

Lantela

Tiinafu

Los Angeles

Titan's

Interest Allowed on Corest Acconst Deposits received for theed parinds at retaý to DO bloed to application.

.....

HISHI ONO, Manager Hongkong, #1st October, 1915.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND OHINA.

Incorporated by Royal

Charter 1853, 11

HEAD OFFICE.

Paid-up Capital Roserve Funds

Reserve Liabil

Pre Proprietord

CONDON,

3300:000

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans acted.

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

Wm. DICKSON,

Hongkong, 11th April, 1912.

sger

HONGKONG" BRANCH. Every description of Banking & Exchange business transacted,

Interest allowed on Current do counts at 2 per cent, per annum on Dally Balanese, and on Fized Deposits at ratan which may be

LEXANDRA CAFE sscertained on, application.

aten, if Equalled GCHAMPKIN

for Bread, Cakes, Confectionery Acting Manager, and meals

Wines & Liquors.

THERE Cannot