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The following extracts are from the Hongkong Telegraph for the week ended July 12th, 1913.

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The rate of dollar on demand was 18, 113⁄44d.

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SHARE PRICES

The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day-

Banks

H.K. Banks, $1700 b.. H.K. Bank (London), £187 n. Chartered Bank,, SIG n.

Mercantile Bank A. & B. 80% n. Morcantile Bank O., £18 n. East Asia Bank, $84 n. Am: 0. Financo Corp. 8. $20 China 0. Fin. Ord. Sh. $4 n. China 0, Fin. Pref. Sh. 56 n.

Insurances.

Canton Ins. $290 n.

Union Ins., $535-b. China Underwriters, $1.20 b. Chian Fire, $510 n. I.K. Fire ins.. $230 b.

-Shipping.

Douglas, $41.15 n. H.K. Steamboats, $7 n. Indo-Chinas, (Erof.). $30 13. Indo-Chinas, (Def.), 883 n.

Shells (Bearer), 46/10 n. Union Waterboats, $12% n.

Mining.

Antamoks, 63 eta, b.

Balatoes $3214 5. Bagulo Gold, 42 cts, h

Benguets, $32 n.

Benguet Exploration, 21 cta, 8, Benguet Goldfield, 20 eta n. Big Wedge, 12 cta. n. Gold Greek $24.

Gold River, 24 cts. b. Ipo Mining, $2 b. Itogone, $6 n. Kailan, 18/9 n.

Langkats (Single), Sh. $21 n. S'hat Explorations, Sh. $5 L S'hai Loans, Sh. $6% n. Raubs, $13 n.

Venz: Goldfield, $7 n.

Docks, etc.

II.K.. Wharves, $108 b. H.K. Docks, $12 n. Providents (old), $1.60 b.

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EXCHANGE

YESTERDAY'S MARKET

IRREGULAR

AIR MAIL SERVICES.

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS VIA SINGAPORE. landoeng-Amsterdam via Singapore, Salgon-Marseilles via Saigun. According to Messin. Swan Cul-

Correspondence for Europe and intermediate countries will be so bortson and Fritz, the Now York cepted for transmission by these Services. Rates and all particulavs are market was irregular yesterday. The shown in the schedules exhibited at the General Post Ofiles and Kowloon. Wall Street "Journal reports:-

the General Post Office or Kowloon Ofee. Unless superscribed for despatel The market went upward, due to ice. All letters etc., must be marked By Air Mall" and banded in optimism over the count strike but by a specific air mail arrvice, correspondence will be forwarded by the first enned off dus to selling of com- servico available.

VIA SIBERIA ROUTE.

Letters and postcards for Europe and South, America are forwarded ·

modities, especially wheat, due to rumours of frenis difficulties in Ger many and that the death-rool in the recent revelt in estimated ́al' 2,000 people and that Von Papen in in control of the country, "However, "la diberla” if jo superscribed. oficial denia! of the rumours strengthened commodities and wheat nomewhat but atocks held lower due to the absence of buying, domand. Marks were up as much as half a Cent in relation to the Dollar which experts attributed to Russia buying Marka for

commercial purposes. Curb stocles were easier but bonds were steady.

Menni. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz's New York office cable report: The market showed a firm tone in spite of the weakness of a few in- dividual Sasuca. Business done: 610,000. Bank Clearings amounted tu $5,103,000,008,

with compared $5,684,000,000 for the corresponding week of last year. Bankers' Accopt- outstanding on June 30th amounted to $634,193,000, do crease of $34,597,000 from the month

BNCCA

INWARD MAILS.

London Parcels only--Landon, 14th

lune Shanghai and Swatow Straits Europe via Negapatam (Letters and Papers) London, 21st Juno--and Imperial Airways Service Straits U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang- hal (San Francisco, 20th June) Japan and Shanghal Japan ....................... Calcutta and Straite

via Sucr (Letters Europe

Papers) London, 28th June-and Parcola, 21st Juno

Japan and Shanghai Japan ....

of May, reflecting the continued Japan and Shanghal tendency towards. cheaper credit Japan media. According to the Inter- Japan Staten Carsmerce Commission, pan- Saigon senger revenue on Class "A" rall Japan

roads for the first five months of the Calcutta and Straits year amount to $183,636,000, com- Shanghal pared with $119,021,000 for the same Shanghai

Stralle period of Inat year. The net income

For

Antenor Souchoty Tokiwa Maru

July 20.

Suwa Maru Calcutta Maru

July 22.

July 20.

Pros. Cleveland

July

Chichibu Maru

July

Montevideo Maru.

July

Saathin

and

Ranpura...

General Leo

Kamo Maru

Ranchi

Mayobashi Maru Penang Maru D'Artagnan

July

July

July 27.

July 27

July 29.

July 28.

July 29...

July 80

Sulsang

July 80

Agapenor

July:B1

Chenonceaux

July 5

Mantor

July 8

July

Nellore

Patroclus

OUTWARD MAILS.

Per Friday.

Date and

Tai Ming

Fri, Jul

K. P. O.

G. P. O.

Rog.. Letters,

July 20, 3 p.m. Reg... July 20, 3.30 p.m.

Leitern, ... Pres, Van Buren

Ja!

Fri...

Manila

of the Continental Can Company for Shanghai the year ended Juno 30th amounted to $0,000,000, which is equal to $5.10 per share, as compared with a not income of $5,431,000,. which in equal to $3,13 per share, for the pre- ceding year. Wholesale Kasolina prices in the Mid-Continent oren have been advanced by half a Cent per Samshul Wachow galion. This Improvement in tho Letters for "Bandoeng-Amsterdam Sooden price structure in. anerbed to, the

Air Mail Service" successful operation of the Gasoline Pool which was organised recently in order to stabilize the market. The Socony-Vacuun: Oll Company, and other leading marketers of gasoline, have raised the gasoline retail price In Upper New York State from One to 3% Cents per gallon. These in- creases in the price mark the ter- mination of the local price ware. Messrs. -Montgomery Ward showed a net profit of $533,000 for the month of June, as compared with a net loss amounting to $302,000 for the corres- ponding period of last year. Favour. able factors: Settlement of the Do- troit and Akron strikes. The San Franciaco strike is apparently ap proaching a collapse,The Improved Technical portion with the likelihood Fort Bayard of sizeable short-covering the upturn Straits and Calcutta should continue. Unfavourable fac- tors: There is still greatly restrict-

P. O.

Straits and Europe via Marsellies Soudan 1.1

(Due Marsellen 23rd August) ·

G. P Reg.**

July 20, 3.80 p.m. Reg. Ju Letters, .... July 20, 4.80 pan. Letters,

Saturday.

Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, Kashima Maru ...

Fast and South Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles (Duo Marsellies, 20th August)

K.P.O.

ed interest on the part of traders. Amoy

Grain: News

תיירי

sensationally

Reg., Letter

July 20, 4.30 pm.

Ref

Ouchao....Batur

Takada

Farocis,... July 21, Noon. Letters,

bullish. Corn crop losses continuo Haiphong

under the scorching heat-wave in the Hollow, and Bangkok

situation favours buying on declines. Shanghai, Japan and Europe Spring wheat and corn are deteriorat.

West and the South-west and the

Siberia

ing owing to the drought. In the corn Foochow

n.

the Belt is clear and hot.

Cotton: Lower on a report of Swatow

showers at one point east of Terna

Providents (new), 50 ets. n. Hongkewa (old), 8h, $322 Hongkews (new), 8h. $820 n. New Engineerings, Sh. $5 n. Shanghal Docks. Sh. $181-m.--

Cotton Mills.

Ewu Cottons, Sh. $11.35 b. S'hai Cottons, (old), Sh. $731⁄2 n. S'hal Cottons, (new), Sh. $422n. Zoong Sings, Sh. $11 a. Wing On Textiles, Sh. 363 a.

Lands. Hotels, etc.

H. and S. Hotels, $6.66. n. H.K. Lands, $58 b.

S'hai Lands, Sh. $25% n. Metropolitan Lands, Sh. 314 n. Humphreys, $10 n.

H.K. Renities, $51⁄2 n.

Asia Reaities

8h. $140 n. Asia Realties "B" Sh. $20 a. Chinese Estaten, $86% b. China Realtles. Sh. 8164 n. China Debenture, Rh.5187 n.

Publir DjHties,

Tramways, $2111⁄2 b. Peak Trams (old), $15 n. Peak Trams (new), $7 n. Star Ferries, (old), $102% n. Yaumati Ferries, $2114 b. C. Lights (old), $8.66 b. C. Lights (new), $8.36 s. H.K. Electrica, $714 s. Macao Electrics, $25 n. Sandakan Lights, $8 n. Telephonce (old), $25 sa, Telephones (new), $12 n. China Buses, Sh. $13.20 n. Singapore Tractions, 5/- u. Singapore Pref., $17/- b.

Industrials Malabon Sugars, $12 n. Cald: Maca. (old), 8h. $21 n. Cald: Mack. (Pref.), $19 Canton Ices, $2.70 n... Cement (new), $2.60 b. H.K. Ropes, 84% n. Stores, ele Dairy Farms,

$20.15 8. Watson, $5.40 n. Der A Wings, $1 n. Lane Crawfords, $4.80 n. Mackintoshs, $21 Sinceres, $10.60_n.

Powells. 70 eta. n. Wing On (H.K) 5108 m.

Miscellaneous.

Vm.

H.K.

S. C.

1.

Sh.

Klungchow..Sat., July 21, 3.80||

Sunday.

Canton ... Sun, July 22, 0. Kaying... Sun, July 22, 9) via Suwa Maru........, Sun, July 22,

Tean........ Sun, July: sp

Belt there are rains in Illinois and Swatow, Amoy and Formosa, ...... ffozon Maru ....Bun, July Indiana. The weather in the rest of

Monday

Hydranken

Tuesday

Mon., July 2

and on unconfirmed rumours of un- «Manila, Makasser, ani Sourabaya.. Tilsadane..Tues., July 24, & favourable developments In Germany.

Coincident with this is the slackening Straits, Ceylon, Indio, Mauritius, Montevideo Maru heavy on advance, but the drought Swatow, Amoy and Foochow ..... of Trade buying, which acts top- East and South Africa

news continues to be the main factor. Manila

In the cotton belt, the weather in

the East is fair, with scattered showers in the Central belt. In Oklahoma, weather conditions are Straits fair. In East Texas conditions are Swatow fair to partly cloudy and unsettled. Antoy In the East coast and West Texas, the wether is fair, but cloudy over some parts. The weather is warmer Straits

West in the exireme South and portion of the Belt tonight.

Rubber: The market waa very ateadly on Trade and foreign buying. Actuals are firm above exchange rates.

Suger: Firm, with a better demand for Spots..

Dow Jones Averages;

30 Inlustrials

20 Rails

20 Utilities 40 Bonds

Tuen, July 24, 2 Hai Ning....Tues., July 26 Pres. Cleveland

Wednesday.

Tues., July 24, 4.30 pres

Hai Hing.. Wed., July 25, 11,80, an. Sandviken ..Wed, July 26, 12.30 p.m. Taiyuan .... Wed. July 25, 8.30 p.m. Thursday.

Van Heutaz Thurs., July 26, 10.30a.m. Friday,

Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu, Canada. Emp. of Japan

U.S.A., Central and South America and Europe via Vancouver. B.C., (Parcels for Canada only) and

Europe via Siberla

(Duo Vancouver B.C. 14th August).

Parcels,

........Fri, July 27,

...July 20, 5 p.m.

Reg., ... July 27, 9,18 a.m. Letters, ......July 27, 10 a.m,

Hothow, Pakhoi and Haiphong.... Kingyuan.... Fri., July 27, Noon.

July 18 July 19 Swatow, Amoy and Foochow ...... Halyang ..... Fri, July 27, 2 p.m.

11-Commodity Index 69.61

July 28, Dan.

...Sat, July 28, .July 28, 8.46 a.m.

Lettert,...July 28, 0.30 a.m.

.Sat, July 28,

Egypt and Europe via Marsellles (Due Marseilles, 24th August),

Parcels,

K. P. O.

.July 27, 4.80 p.m.

„July 28, 10 mm.

*Superscribed correspondence only,

G. F. O. ...July 27,5 p.m. July 28, 0.45 .. July 28, 10,30 a.m.

Chicago Wheat.

09.26 AZ.57 22.76

97.24

Baturday.

. 42.11

22.51

05.23

96.37

(Due Thursday Island, 9th August).

Manila, Australia and New Zealand Kamo Maru

vin Thursday Island,

Roy..

60.74

Į

18 Leading Stocks.

Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, Ranchi

East and South Africa, Aden,

Close

Amer, Can

10014

Amer. Smelting.

40%

Amer, Tel. & Tel. Auburn

113%

Reg.,...

Parcels,

Reg.,

2244

Letters,

Letters,

J.I. Case

50%

Du Pont

91

Elec. Bond & Share

13%

General Motors

31

n.

Int. Tel. & Tel.

McIntyre Porcupina

49

COTTON, WHEAT

Montgomery Ward

28

AND SILVER

Nat Distillers

20

NY. Central

20%

16%

117%

16%

35%

RAW RUBBER

86 cts. b. United Theatres, $2 D. Macao "Greyhounds." 12 a. Constructions (old), 51.60 b. Constructions (new), 76 cts. b. Ch. Govt. 5% 1925 G. Bonde

874%

H.K. Gov, 4% & Loan, 8%% n.

(prom)

Gov. Loan 3% $Loan, 1% .

(prem.)

Wallace Harpera, $7% 8.

Socony-Vacuumi Union Pacific United Aircraft U.S. Steel Westinghouse E. & M.

LATEST SINGAPORE

PRICES

LATEST AMERICAN

QUOTATIONS

Mesara, Swan, Culbertson and Fritz. have received the following quota- tions on the New York cotton and wheat and sliver exchanges for, yes- terday.......

July September December

Total sales:

July 18. Close

July 19.

98%%

Closing "Range 00%-90%

100% 101-101%

101 102-102% 67,059,000 bushels

08,718,000 buslots

Winnipeg Wheat,

July 18. JulyTM 19,

Clono

Cloning

Range

July

80%

86%-80%

Cottor.

October December

July 18.

Close

July 10,

Closing

Range

804 87

Silver.

July 18.

87%-87%

88%-89.

July 19..

Close

Closing

18.12

13.00-18.00

Range

13.20

18.14-18.16 Boptember

47.00

40.70-40.70

December

18.30

13.24-18.26 October

46.90-40.90

Spot -24% un 1⁄2 cent Oct/Doc.253⁄41⁄4 up 1⁄2 cent Jan/Mar-20% up cent "Apr/June-27% up 3⁄41⁄4 cont.

Market-steady.

January

18.42

13.27-18.27 Decembor

47.20-47.20

March

13.40

18.00-10.07 January

47.40-47.40

| May (1935)

13.68

13.46-18.45 May

48.20

47,80-47,80

'48.50

4835-48.55

Book

13.06

10:26

Total sales-10 lotu

10 lots

Messrs. Benjamin & Petts have received the following Straits cur- July rency quotations (buyers) from October Singapore to-day for raw rubber:

March

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