1917-11-21 — Page 9

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1917.

COMMERCIAL.

NEWS.

the Yangtse porta are quiet

SUK Industry. Hankow Export Produce.

Now wild compone began to The weekly circular of the bat the Hongkong market is Hankow British Chamber of Com-fairly active and rates are firm, appear on the Antung market merce for October 24 say: For New York via Panama from early October. Most of the Export basineen was just eattling There is plenty of cargo offering down into its normal stride after bat the bosts on this berth get the heavy drop in exchange when such small allotments that they

10 per orat: rise in exchange cannot handle it all, rates within a few days sgoin separated buyers and sellers. Very

STA

few transactioni

achieved

with

New American Prohibited Exports.

'to the

One

HONGKONG SHARE REPORT

́&—SELLERS; BA-SALES; B-BUYERS; N.--NOMINAL.

OFFICIAL PRICES. BANKS.

SHIPPING.

·BANKS.

BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.

HEAD OFFICE, HONGEONG

JOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Transacted...

BANKS

HONGKONG HANGHAI

"BANKING

TION.

Paid-up Capital.

RESERVE FUNDS,

Sterling

CORPORA

$15,000,000

£1,500,000 at 21-

$15,000,000-

Silver...$18,500,000"

$33 500,000.

Reserve Liability of Business

INTEREST ON FIXED

DEPOSITS:

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

COURT OF DIRECTORS.

Hos. Mr. S. II. Dodwell Charmer, Hos. Mr. F. E. Boros).-Depute Coniran 200 Hoa Mr. Anton, F. C. Bosch, O.T.X. Miklos Bot. 1. Gabbay. Boy- LVD. Parr, Eng. F. La Partendos, Esq. A. Compton, 198

HoxglongTM-N. J. Raši, Big,

XANAGEM

Shangbabeh. Stephen Eng London Bakery-London Cosary 3 Westadawer Bank, Limited.

Nongkic-Internet Allowed e

Co Curreal Accouts at the rate of Spas sent per

H. K. & S. Banks s.

MARINE INSURANCES.

8630

$320

t. 1121 $775

b. ex 75 $190

# 180 #$10

53.

$78 $19

For 3 Months 3% per annum.

For 6 Months 4% per annum.

#150

$34

For 12 Months 41% per annum

sano

110/-

$281

LOOK POON SHAN; "--

Chief Manager,

REFINERIES..

$90

$294

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE

MINING

10/-

t. 13

$2.50

28/-"

301-

Chairman of the

28/-

Board of Directors

According to the preliminary H’phreya Est. of the Census and K'soon, Lands Statistice Office for the end of Shai Lands

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meeting of the ospitalists in terest- ed in the two countries will be held in Tokyo. Tog new bank will be open to business im- filatures have alreay commenced mediately. It will be called work and the latest of them will the Hasiyeh Bank. The head office of the bank will be in follow snit in a few days,

Peking, and it will hate branobe Shanghai Sharee.

in Tokyo and Shanghai: Mr. Lou Trup-y! former Chines Cantons ・・ Moura, A. L. Anderson & Co.,

Minister to Japan and a director North Chicas little actual business has con in their Weekly Share Circular,

The Japanese Coural-General of the Book of Communications Unions sequently been done, and quota-dited Shanghai, 10th November, tions must be regarded - na slate:-While the factor which in New York reports to the in Chint, will be nominated as Yangtazes

FIRE INSURANCES. cominal.Price for wood oil and now-a-days governs the share Foreign Office that on the 21st president of the new bank; and white tallow have become firmer, market-sterling exobange—has ultimo the U.8. Government Mr. Tinnejiro Kakinchi, who China Fires Cotton is wesker. Hides are preserved su almost uninterrupt- added to the list of probibited until recently was manager of the H. K. Fires frmly held, although local stocks ed level throughout the week, exports over 60 commodities in Fukushims branch of the Bank of are of inferior quality. The rise confidence has been too badly olading machinery, such as boring Japan, will become the manag-Douglases in exchange ought to bring prices baken and the financial situation machines and inther; chemicals, ing-directo. The bank will bare Steamboats is too strained to permis of a free such as caustic sode, phosphorus, three, oiber directors and Lw Indos (Del.) down before long.

Quickeding Russian Railways. market, nor do immediate proe- and bismuth; salt, ore, metals, auditors, who will be nominated Indos (Pref:)

The Soul Press lesta from specta afford any promise of wool, and manufactures thereof; from among the Japanese and Shells Japanese parer published at improvement. Business on the hemp, jute, and manufactures: Chinese. The Chiness capitalists Ferries

of the new bank are the Back]. Harbin that many "Amsilean, su-18 tek Exchange is reduced to thereof, etc.

of China; the Bank of Com Sugars gineers, have been arriving in the smallest possible dimensions,

munications; General Feng Kus Malabons Siberia to erre on the Siberian and the

Stopping Spain's Gold. railways. By way of experiment, elected

The following was imued at chang, President: General Tass some of them operated traine at difficulty. The Dabentare market Washington on September 24 Chi-jai. Premier; Mr. Liang Chib Kailans

Acting under the President's chao, Minister of Finance and Langkats Tomsk with a remarkable result.bas again gone flat in the absence Rusisa engineers thought that. of enquiries from either side. recent gold embargo proclama several other leading Chinese; Raubs at bent, their American comrader The French Government is iation, the Treasury officials have while the Japanere capitaliste are Tronohs would be able to ras 24 training a pew perpetual loan of ten virtually decided prohibit the the Bank of Japan; the Yoko Urais

milliard france bearing interest export of gold to pain. It has hema Specie Bank; the Indutrial Oriental Cons. only during the 24 hours.

DOCKS, WHARVES, was thereford with great surprise at 4 per cent, but allotted at been disclosed that between Bank of Japan; the Bank of and admiration that they found discount of 0 31.40 per cent. January and September Korea; the Oriental Industrial

GODOWNS, &C. 1917, £17.600,000 Kas Company; the Sumitomo Bank; H. K. Wharves b. 490 the Americans actually running which brings the actual retara 1, 70 a day without a hitch. Thanks up to 5 83 per cent. and this rate exported to Spain, the largest the Konoike Bank; the Mitsui Kowloon Decks to their skill the goods which had is irreducible for 25 years. To mount in any similar period. Bank; the Mitsu Bishi Back; be Shai Docks

Bank: the socampisted it Tomsk and neigh-day's opening rate for T/T on This has adversely affected the Fifteenth boaring station were disposed of London was 4/1; the Dollar rate trade balance which on September bandredth Bank; the Yard

being 72.45. Company Meetinge, was in favour of the United Bank and the Murai Benk.-N. C. Centrals in the course of one week.

len. No meetings nor dividend States

extent of Daily News. Shanghai Coal Market. Messrs. Wheelrck and Co. in announcements to report. Holi- £10,000,000." Castoms cficials Grain Crops lo Canada. their report dated Shanghai,day-The local racing carnival frustrated an attempt to November 8, Blate: Japan Coal; will take place on the first three stip £10 000, in gold from estimated

We have little to add to what days of next week and as business New.... York ta Spain. we wrote & fortnight go 28 may therefore be too small to be Another interesting gold move August, 1917, the Canadian wheat West Points sellers are not yet in a position to worth reporting, we shall not ment, reported by Meears. Samuel, crop will smoant to 249,164,700 Reclamations

COTTON MILLS. say what prices for next year's gain address you until 24th Montago and Oc., in the transfer bushels from 14 755,800 acrer, contracts are going to be sod. we instant.

of substantial amounts from Bol- with average yield per sore of Ewos expect it will be a couple of week

land to Switzerland. The indirect 16.88 bushels as compared with Kung Yiks yet before any action is taken in The Japanse steamer Some-effect has been to lower the ex- 17 bashel in 1916 and 29 S'hai Cottons.. the matter. Locally prices cffered dono Maru left Portland, O

change on London in Amsterdam, bashale in 1915. This represents Yangtszepoos have advanced slightly but not to recently for Japan, carrying and to raise the value of the pound an increses of 19,851,700 bushels Orientals

or 8 per cent. over the crop of such an extent as to come up to unusual cargo of lumber in that sterling in Switzerland.

1916 The total yield of outs, in { Borneos the level of callers' present idear it was made up of timbers ex-

1917 is estimated at 399 843,000 | China Light & P.n. because local dealere still have clusively. It is understood that

American Gold Embargo and

bushels from 12,052,000 acres Providents Japanese Exchange. contracta outstanding at the old the Japanese buyers specified, in rates and until these are worked placing an order for the material,

As a natural sequence of the harvested, as compared with 385, Dairy Farms cff, they will not pay the new that none should go aboard the stoppage of the export of gold 553,000 buehele from 10,178.000 Green Islands prices asked. Fashan Cosk-Norseel with a diameter less than from the United States, Japanese acres in

The yield.K. Electrics

H. K. Ice Co., Coal: Io 18 incher. The result is mcet exchange for that country tenda per acre of the barvested area change. Kaiping

Ropes stuff ja sympathy with the difficulty in of the

24 inches to go up, with a cons queat rise (after deduction for areae.not

Steel Foundries diameter and Bothe 36 in the rates for Earope. The ripened into grain) for all Cansds Trams, Low Levels. obtaining tonnage the marketin

with

Japan in 33.18 busbele as compared with Trams, Peak, old e. and inches. ia diameter,

other day (By the to strengthen continues purchasers must be prepared for percentage 26 by 40 inches. Chronicle of Oct, 28) the Yoko 35.1 bushel in 1918 and 4581 Trams, Peak, news. a very big advance in quotatione There have been shipments of hams Specio Bonk raised both bushels in 1915. The estimate Laundries for fatore suppliee. Stecks are timbers in the past, usually being buying and selling rates for Ane- for res is 4,194,950 bushels from U. Waterboats low and the demand very much part cargoes, and the remainder rics, France, and Great Britain. 211,870 acres as compared with Watsons excerde the supply.

composed of merchantable mat by one point.. The Bank has 2967,400 bnehele from 148,620 Wan. Powells. Shanghai Freight Market- erial, but this is the first sest now further incressed the rates acres in 1916, the yield per acre Morning Posts Mesere. Wheoteck and Co. in across the Pacific wholly of big by enother point. The exchange being nearly 10 bushels in both their repcrt, dated November 8timbers. They are intended for market will advance still further years. The estimate for barley state:There is nothing of say resawing on this eide, and in failing a favourable arrangement is 59,318,400 bushele interest to be said about the filling the order, it is eaid, for Japan in regard to the 2.338.200 Homeward freight market to the milla simply hauled log American embargo on the export 42,847,000 bushels from 1,703,700 Europe sathe position with regard from the water sad equared them, of gold. Following the recent sores in 1916. The total yield" to tonnage remains anobanged catting timbere se large as the advance in the conventional rates of flix seed is placed at Owing to Government control-aloge permitted. The oargo mes of interest on deposits in Tokyo, 10,087,000 bushels from 1,242 regards the Pro ɓo-freights are sured about 3,200,000 feet, the Osake, and other principal cities 000 saree sa compared with still rather weak at the moment best stowage not being possible in the country, the Mitani Bank 7,318,300 bushels from 622,000 owing to an excees of tonnage on becanes the material rap about 40 has decided to raise the interest scree harvested in 1916, the this berth, at the same time there feet long, sad it was imposible on over-drawn accounts from sen average yield per sore being 8.1% T/T

signs of A revereal of to fill the holde lengthwise. Bad 1.6 (5.84 per cent.) to sen 18 baebels in 1917 and 111 barbels Demand this state of faire and rater ehe loaded an ordinary lamber (6.57 per cent,), and the rates for in. 1916. At the end of August 30 dis...... forward for December and Jau-cargo the Somedono Maru would other lofne in the same mesure, the condition of field crope for ury shipment are firmer. Coast been taken about 4,000,000, feet. The new rates are to become Caasds expressed in percentage T/T Shanghai.. wise-Our Northern marker her she is a new ship, this being her operative from to-morrow (28th of a sundard representing a fu'l

T/T Singapora orop was follows: Spring whent T/T Japan ...... been steady daring the past fort-lercond visit to the Pacific Coast, instant). night and a fair demend exists in and is rated about the best lam

73, osts 76, barley 15, ryo 82, peas T/T indis anticipation of the closing of the ber carrier yet handled at Port

-Japan-China Bank, | 76, besne 81, buckwbesi 85, mixed | Demand, India ...... Northern Porta for the winter:d, O.

The Japan China Exchange graina 88, fsx 63, corn for hoek-T/T San Francia- 69 Bank, which has been planned ing 73, potatoes 77, torpipe 84, co & New York) by capitalista of Japan ardmangelds,eto., 83, alfalfa 87, corn TIT JA

15512 China for some time, will be for fodder 81, engar beste. 89, T/T Marks Nom.. formally organized on November pasture 87, and hay and clover T/T Fronce.........

Demand, París .... 4016 15, when the insegural general 95.

BUYING.

are

Unusual Lumber Cargo,

MAISON LILY

LADIES' FRENCH

DRESSMAKER

AND MILLINER,

WEAR.

EVERYTHING FOR LADIES'

ALL KINDS OF MATERIAL AND TRIMMING FOR

EVENING DRESSES EVENING CLOAKS.

ETC., ETC.,

1916.

screa

DE CHINE.

行限菜實法中

Capital (14 Paid up)...France 45,000,000 01/9 of the Capital subscribed by the Government of the Chinese Republic.)

Andre Berthelot.

General Masager A. 3. Pernotta.

HEAD OFFICE:

74 Rue Salut Lazare, PARIS

BRANCHES:

PEKING. SHANGHAL!TIENTSIN

HONGKONG. and SAIGON.; BANKERS.

|In FRANCE; Société Générale · pour favoriser le Développement du Com- mercs et de l'Industrie en France.

In LONDON: Loudon County & West-

minator Bank, Ltd.

Lo NEW YORK: Redmond & Co. IN ITALY: Banca Commerciale Italiana, Telegraphic Address: CHIBANKIND.

Interest allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposita. Terma en application. Every description of Banking and Exchangethminess transacted.

M. ROUET DE JOURNEL, Mazager. HONGKONG BRANCH: Queen's Building,

Tel. No. 2352

Hongkong, 20th August, 1917.

sa. $119 & 12:

LANDS, HOTELS

t. 71

AND BUILDINGS.

$90

H. K. Hotels.

$90

Land Invest.

€88

534

*$5,75

11.

$30

t. 70

$79

$115

185

5. Chater Road.

LX14

t. 6

t. 361

MISCELLANEOUS

$314

8714

$23

$7,35

$48

$147)

$29

$10

$6.60

#81

cts. 90

11.

$19

11,

85%

$6,50

$29

-✡

CORRECTED TO KOON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26, 1917, from BENJAMIN & POTTS, git Share and General Brokers,

Princes Building.

A HISTORICAL PORT

"A magnion of the Double Diamond, Dars,"

to drink the health of Mr. Linkinuwaler."

"Charles Dickens”Nicholas BickerayY”

DOUBLE

Established 1715.

DIXON'S

Chan XXX VII.

DIAMOND

PORT

This Brand has been shipped without internussion. for the last 100 years and is the property of

MORGAN BROTHERS, London & parts.

CAN BE HAD FROM ALL WINE AND SPIBIT MERCHANTS.

BOLE AGENTS:"

H. RUTTONJEE & SON,

16. Queen's“. Roid.

Tel, address: Broker.

EXCHANGE.

SELLING.

4 m/s. LC....

1 m/s. DIP....

6-male. LC.

2/10/4 9/1024 2/11 2/1144

2/11/4

Nom.

***... 1231

13344 Nom. Nom.

30 d/s. Sydney &

Melbourne

4.01

3-16

31-34

3,-

30 d/s. San Franc-1 isco&New York)

70%

Nom,

4 m/s. France

< m/s. Marka (m

4.16 2.4.21.

6 m/s, France Demand, Germany... Domand, New York, 6916 TT Bombay

Domand, Bombay... Nom. TT Calcutta kun m Demand, Calcutta... Nom.

138 Demand, Manila Demand, Bingapors. 123/ On Haiphong neweren 14% prem On Saigon...

On Bangkok......... 531g Sovereign

prem.

NOTICES.

NOTICE,

PEAK THAMWAY CO.

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

1.30 LM M

19.00 4.3. 44

ALARM, 18

TEL

4.00

100 M 100 LX 1945.2.

LIK P Lab 136,

BIL F..

$.00 ..

NIH PM.

on the daily balano

ON FILED

DIPORITY.

For 1 months, 2) par cebt. par For

most

per cost. De tratam →

montas, i per cans, për Maran

N. J. STABB

Chief Kanager

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK,

THE Business of the above Bansk la condneped by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BAXÍ ING

CORPORATION... Relas may be obtained on applicatio

INTEREST un deposits a učovač on che min monthly balinens at si par cet for SER Depositora "may transfer, at their option, balance

of $100 or more to the Hourkong sad bhunghai Sank to be pisted on Fein „E-0612+ . « cost per annum.

For the Hongkong and Shanghal Baldg Corpor 1kom.

N. J. STABE.

Chief Manager.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA

Incorporated by Royal Chanw fias

PRAD OFFICIÁSÍONDON, -

£1,200, Bas

PAID-UP CAPTAD

HESERVE FUND. RESERVE LIABILITY OF

PROPRIETORS

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Onzera), Bankiai“

bikere tranICERË. CURKIST ACCUTEZY opened and FIRI DEPOSITE received for 1 year or såorter partada. W rate which will de quoted on application,

T.C. DOWNING,

Manage Hongkong, 11th April, 1917.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

Head Office 15, Gracechurak,

Street, London.

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

Paid Up

Reserve Fund

BANKER

1,125,000

$42,50

600,001

The Bark of Engi The London Jolat Stock Back, Kimiz sal

BRANCH

tombay

CALLEHIA

Colomby

KYDAY 15 MIN.

Delhi

10 Max.

Galle

Ja kus

Hongkong

JA MI

10 MIN.

Kandy

10 MIN.

20 MIN.

NIGHT CAME.

4.00 7.16 sod 9 ră. FR 10 110. Ty half hour. 1310 21,48 PL

ETW Quarter of an hour. SUNDAYS:

10.30 4.3. 11.00 AM

HUMANUM 11. Noon 2006 Keon 10 2.00 1

108 7.30 – 4.20 1.30

KITAL

1.00 13.

PYET LE MI.

•

10 ML,

-16 MIN.

20 р.

LA MIN.

· 10 Max.

18 ME.

MIGHT CARE 'na wn West Daya

SATURDAYS:

Cat Midnigh

SPECIAL QAXE

By Arranginum að the Company's Dios. Alexandre Bandiera,

Des Vox Root

* Bence and punch thekam araliabia for all sais nos sirsady tail, running si tha Unga asALOG Company's time tabɔlas, but not for upwesa" oner, ona ba obtained on applications at thi Company's QEkon in No Reason ticket 9 i Smand anti pymeti therefor a beets 32 fe Bank Now or try Chagos or Couşıran order rating Bank Ko

JOHN D. BUMPERETO & CO

THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO. LTD.

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

Tones on Mortgage of Bonus Property, donć

· Bands zaanired at Storace

ÁRSKINER YJAĞa on Mareliandas.

LAMAN scĜi on ike Providzot Jyman.

(SALUSTII, IIRCUTOR OF wikte,

Port Laal (Marițies.)

Kanchi

Xota Bhers

Kania San S

Madras

Proent

Reagoon

tapka

Singapor

HONGKONG BRANCH,

Every descriptira of Banklar mod Exchang business trapancies.

Inserent allowed on Correst Accounts at wper cani per autumn of Dally Balances, and on Fixed" "Depoch rases which may be ascertalans on application

'C. CHAMPKIN,

"Acting Manager.

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION,

HEAD OFFICE:

Wall St., New York.

LONDON OFFICE: 15 Bishopsgate Lo

CAPITAL.& SURPLUS U.£. #6,500,00 UNDIVIDED PROFITS US. $1,348,004-

US. (87,248,000.

BRANCHPS-

BOHKAY LONDON CALCUTTA MANILA

CAYTON

CEBU.

COLOR

MEDELLI

PANANA PEXING.

HANKOW PUERTO HONGKONG PLATA, КОВЕ

FAN PEDRO

DE MA ORSS. SANTO DOMINOT SAN FRANCISCO FRANGHAI SINGAPORE TIFOTAIN YOKOHAMA,

Through in close miliarisso with The NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK the Bank in sila so odas ut Zervices of Branches of her, Insciention in CHIK Spach America, and chewborn, namely

BAHIA, BUENOS AIRES, ĜENGA, HA JANAS MONTEVIDEO X10 DF JANEIRO SANTIAGO DE CUBA, FANTOS, $40 PAULO, PETROGRAD VALPARAISO,

All Windy el FOREIGN & LOCAL BANKIN BUSINEES noted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS Upened and FIXED DEPOSITS received at races to be seceriafped or application.

GEORGE HOGG)

Mazago.

Hongkong, 26th September, 1916

THE

ATTCT, dn, Undecision and YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANE,

Chaine asË Partlarlare on appliosalamS

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO...

General Manne era.

MARTIN'S

6.50 Nom POTE

Gold Lasf, per 02.... 15,00 Bar Silver, Dero.... 431⁄4

SUBSIDIARY COINS

DISCOUNT FER 6100 : Chinese... 20 cta, pieces 61⁄44% diri

“binose, 10

Hongkong 20 cents, c. par. par.

wartia la tha Jerman da Balan Viru Regi

LIMITED.

Established 1860. AuthorisedCapital Yen 48.000,964 Paid-up Capital ... ** 736,100,000 Reserve Fund...... 2210050

Foad Office.-YOKOHAMλ.

Broch

Hemby Calcuni Chunkebun Daly42

Farbi

Rackow Kopinio Kota

Newetswats

New Yor

jkios

Internet allowed on Cervant job. Dedov. received for Alað perioda aqʻzaim to be oknad-4 'on application.

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