April, 15, 1896.]
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT. DOCKS, WHARVES, AND GODOWNS, LANDS There are sellers at 102 per cent. premium, but AND BUILDINGS.-Hongkong and Whampoa buyers offer lower rates. The Hongkong quota- Dooks. In the early part of the week a tion is 190 per cent., and the London rate 241.13.0. fair number of shares changed hands at National Bank shares ara wanted at $31, but aro 178 and 179 cash, at 180 per cent. premium held for $32. Shipping.-A large business has for the 30th inst., and at rather higher than been done in Indo-China S. N. shares. equivalent rates forward, chiefly for June at shares have been sold at Tis. 50 to Tls. 52, April 184 and 185, July at 186 and 187, and
shares at T1-. 501 to Tls. 521, and $701 from August at 188 and 189; later on the cash Hongkong: May shares at $71 from Hongkong, rate hardened and a demand at 180 resulted and August shares at Tla. 55 and Tis. 56. We in a fair business. The demand being greater quote Tls. 53 as the closing cash rate with sellers. than the supply the market closes firm at 180 Hongkong. Canton & Macao Steamboat shares were sold to Hongkong at $33, and Douglas per cent. prem. Lands continue dull and more Steamship shares at 82. China Mutual S. N. Co. or less neglected; shares have changed hands Ld.-Ordinary shares are offering at £3. Docks. at $73), but $73 has been the ruling selling-Shares in S. C. Farnham & Co. have been dealt rate and shares are still obtainable at that. Wanchais have been negotiated at $39 and more are wanted at the rate. Kowloon Wharf shares have found buyers at $471 and close steady at $47. West Points have again been negotiated in small lots at 818. Hotels have changed hands in small lots.
MISCELLANEOUS.-Electrics have changed hands at $7.15 and $7.25, Dairy Farms at 84 and $5, Fenwicks at $26, and Browns at $5. Watsons have found buyers at $12.75 and $13, closing with sellers at the latter rate.
Closing quotations are as follows:-
COMPANY. PAID UP. QUOTATIONE.
[3361.25, sellers $125 189 p. et. prem,
£5 nominal
Banks
Hongkong & 8hai... China & Japan, prf.
Do. ordinary... Dio. deferred... Natl. Bank of China
B. Shares
Founders Shares..
£1 10s nominal
£2, buyers
$32, sales & sellers $115, buyers
$5, sales & buyers
$5, buyers.
£1
£8
£1
Bell's Asbestos E, A.....
158,
$9
Brown & Co, H. G.....
$50
Campbell, Moore & Co.
$10
Carmichael & Co.
$20 $3
China Sugar
$100
$123, sellers
Dakin, Cruicks'k & Co.
$5 $1
Dairy Farm Co.
$10
$5, sales
Fenwick & Co., Geo. ...
$25
$28, sellers
Green Island Cement...
$10
$16, sellers
H. & China Bakery
$50
$36
Hongkong & C. Gas
£10
$100, buyers
Hongkong Electric
$8
$7.25, sales
H. H. L Tramways
$100
$93, buyers
Hongkong Hotel
$50
Hongkong Ice
$25
H. & K. Wharf & G...
$50
Hongkong Rope....a
$50
H. & W. Dock
$125
China Fire
$50
$96, buyers
China Traders'
$25
Hongkong Fire
$50
North-China
Straits
Insurances-
Canton..
Union
Yangtze....
Land and Building-
H. Land Investment. Humphreys Estate... Kowloon Land & B. West Point Building Luzon Sugar Mining-
Charbonnages.
Jelebu,
New Balmoral
Oliver's Mines, A.
Do.
$26, sales
$105, sales & buyers
$47, buyers
$120, ex new issue 180 p. ct. prem. [$350, sales & buyrs
$50 $200
$80, sales & sellers $340, sales & sellers £25 Tls. 230, sellers $20 $29, sales
$25 $212, sales & sellers $60 $167, buyers
$50 $73, sales & sellers $10 $9.75, sellers $30 $13
$40 $18, sales $100 $69, sellers
Fcs. 500 $72), sales & sellers $5-$3.75, males & buyrs $3 $2.90, sellers
$6, sales
$283, sales
$4 $11.50, buyers $1 $3, sellers
$5
B.
Punjom
Do. Preference....
Raubs
138. 10d. $5.75, sellers
$50
$65, sellers
£5
£3.1.6, sellers
Steamship Coys--
China and Manila ... China Mutual Ord...]
Do. Preference... Douglas S. 8. Co. H., Canton and M... Indo-China 8. N. Wanchai Warel’se Co. Watson & Co., A. S
CHATER &
£10 £8 10, sellers
$50 $51, sales & buyers $15 $331, sellers £10 $70, sales
Cash
&
327
Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.—$834. China Fire Insurance Co., Ld.—$95. Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co.-Tls. 120. Birt's Wharf Hide-curing and Wool-cleaning Company.—Tls. 55,
Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited.—47).
Sheridan Consolidated Mining and Milling Company, Limited.-T. 24.
Punjom Mining Co., Ld.—§14. Punjom Mining Co., Ld., pref, shares-$2.40. Jelebu Mining & Trading Co., Ed.-$3. Raub Australian Gold Min. Co., Ld.—$54. Shanghai Tugboat Co., Ld.-Tls. 180). Taku Tug & Lighter Co., Ld.-T. Tls. 110. Shanghai Cargo Boat Co.-Tis. 207). Co-operative Cargo Boat Co.—Tls. 191. Perak Sugar Cultivation Co., Ld.—Tls. 43, China Sugar Refining Co., Ld.-$128. Luzon Sugar Refining Co., Ld.—$72. Shanghai Land Investment Co., Ld. (fully paid). TIs. 80.
Shanghai Land Investment Co., Ld. ($30 paid). -Tls 60.
Hongkong Land Invest. & A. Co., L₫.—§73. Kowloon Land & Building Co., Ld.—$15). Humphreys Estate and Finance Co., Ld.—894. Major Brothers, Limited.-'T'ls. $3.
Ewo Cotton Spinning & W. Co., Ld.-Tls. 70. International Cotton Man. Co., Ld.-Tla. 724. Laou-kung-mow Cotton Spinning and Wear- ing Co., Id.-Tis, 72}.
Soy Chee Cotton Spinning Co., Ld.-Tls. 300. Shanghai Ice Company-Tls. 180. Shanghai Gas Co.—Tis. 260.
Shanghai Waterworks Co., Ld.—Tls. 225, Shanghai Sumatra Tobacco Co.-Tis. 110. Shangbai Langkat Tobacco Co., Ld.—Tls. 340. Shanghai Langkat Tobacco Co., Ld., Founders' -Nominal.
Shanghai Horse Bazaar Co., Ld.-Tla. 70. J. Llewellyn & Co., Limited.—$70. Hall & Holtz, Ld.—$36.
A. S. Watson Co., Limited.-$12}. Bell's Asbestos Eastern Agency, Ld -£1. Hongkong Electric Co., Ld.-$6‡.
in at Tla. 92 for cash,jand Tls. '96 for Jaly and June. Hongkong & Whampoa Dock sha es have been changing ban-ls in Hongkong at 180 per cent. premium." Marine Insurance.- China Traders' shares were purchased from Hongkong at $791. There are local sellers at $80. North Chinas changed hands at Tla, 230 and Tls. 225. A large business have been done in this stock. shares were placed at rates rapidly rising froin $1524 to $170, while shares for delivery on the 30th current were sold at $160 to $170, and August shares were placed at $172). Straits shares have been in demand, and business was done at $261 to $29, and from Hongkong at $28, while shares were placed for April at $29, for 17th August at the same rate, and for July | delivery at $29) and $291. We quote $29 as the closing cash rate. Fire Insurance.- -Hongkongs were placed to Hongkong at $310. Chinas were also sold to Hongkong buyers at $35 to $951, and to local buyers at $95, while some were purchased from Hongkong at $97. We quote $35 as the closing cash rate. Wharfs.-Shanghai & long- kew Wharf shares have been placed at Ts. 117) to Tis. 120 cash, and Tls. 120 for June. Mining-Punjem Mining shares were sold locally at $81, and purchased from Hongkong at $14. Raab Australian Gold Mining shares have been in demand, and shares were placed locally at $54 cum, and to Hongkong at $5‡ ex, the dividend of 6d., payable in Singapore on 18th May. Tugs and Cargo Boats.-Shanghai Tug Boat shares changed hands at lls. 185. Taku Tug and Lighter shares have been purchased from Tientsin at T. Tls. 110. Shanghai Cargo Boat shares were SHANGHAI, 10th April (from Messrs. Wheelock sold at Tls. 210 and Tls. 2071, Sugars.-China & Co.'s report. The opening of the northern ports Sugar Refining shares were placed for June deli- has not in any way affected our freight market for very at $131. Lands.-Shanghai Land Invest- either London or New York and homeward business ment shares changed hands at Tls. 60 and Tls. 80. generally is as dull as it possibly can be. From The Tls. 30 shares are offering, while the Tls. 8 Tientsin nothing of any importance is coming for- shares are wanted. Hongkong Land Investment ward and it is expectefl that this state of affairs can- shares were purchased from Hongkong at $73, and not right itself until the coming autumn. are obtainable at the same rate. Factories. Major freights are dull in the extreme for New York, and Brothers shares have been placed at Tls. 32 and with an abundance of tonnage and a great scarcity Tls. 33, E-wo Cotton shares at Tls. 70, and Laou-of cargo prospects of an improvement in this direc kung-mow Cotton shares at Tis. 72. Miscel- tion are very remote. Rates by steamer are un- laneous. Business was done in Shangbai Gas changed and are likely to remain so for some time. shares at Tis. 200, Sbanguni Waterworks shares | For London vid Suez.-There is abundance of ton- at Tls. 220 and Tis. 25, Shanghai Sumatra Tonage advertised for near loading, but the small quan- bacco shares at Tls, 110, Shanghai Langkat Tobacco shares at Tls. 332) and Tls, 340, Пall and Holtz shares at $35 and $36, and Horse Bazaar shares at Ti 70. Loan-Municipal Debentures of 1895 were sold at Tls. 101, Land 6 per cent. Debentures of 1890 at Tls. 110, Wharf Debentures at Tls. 110, and Lyceum Theatre Debentures at Tls. 15. Quotations are:----
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. —$362).
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National Bank of China, Ld.-$30. National Bank of China, Ld.. Founders.—RLIS. Bank of China, Japan, and The Straits, Limited, pref. shares.-Nominal.
Bank of China, Japan, and The Straits, Limited, ordinary shares.-Nominal.
Bank of China, Japan, and The Straits, Limited.
deferred shares.---£2.
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Indo-China Steam. N. Co., Ld.--Tls. 52. China-Mutual Steam Nav. Co. pref. sbares.- Tls. 52.
China-Mutual Steam Nav. Co. ord. shares.- Tls. £3 1s. 6d.
Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co. -$324.
Douglas Steamship Co., Ld.-$31. Boyd & Co., Ld., Founders.-Tis. 300. Boyd & Co., Limitéd.—Tis, 200.
$37 $39, sales & buyers
$10 $124, sales & buyers VERNON, Share Brokers TUESDAY, 14th April. SHANGHAI, 10th April.-(From Messrs. J. P. Bisset & Co.'s report.)--During the week Bank shares have been neglected, notwithstanding the success of the Chinese loan. Of the eight millions, only five were allotted, the tenders amounting to £20,500,000, and it has since risen to 2 per cent premium. Business has been chiefly in Indo- China and Insurance shares. Banks.-Hongkong | $210. and Shanghai Banking Corporation.-One transac- tion is reported at 190 per cent. premium for cash, and one for 81st August at 202 per cent. premium.
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8. C. Farnham & Co.-Tls. 192). Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ld.~$350. China Tradera' Insurance Co., Ld.-$791. North China Instiranes Co., Ld.-Tis. 225. Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ld.—
Yangtze Insce. Assocn., Ld.—$170. Canton Insurance Office, Ld.-$202. Straits Insurance Co., Ld.—$28}.
TONNAGE.
Sail
tity of cargo offering for shipment will not constitute very great support when divided up. Homeward rates are:-London by Conference Lines, general cargo 40s.; waste silk 45s.; tes 508.; Northern Con- tinental ports, general cargo 42s. 6d.; waste silk 458. ; tea 50s.; New York, general cargo 40s.; tes 40s.; New York vid London, general cargo 50s.; tea 50s.; Boston, general cargo 42s. 6d.; Philadelphia, general cargo 50s. Above rates are subject to a deferred re- Line, general cargo 40s. less 10 per cent.; Hamburg, turn, as per Conference circular. London by Shell general cargo 353. net; New York, general cargo 50s. less 10 per cent. Havre direct, general cargo 87s. 6d. net; Genon, tallow 35s. general cargo 403, net; Mar- seilles, tallow 358.; general cargo 37s. 6d. uet. per ton of 20 cwt. for above three ports. New York by sail, 23s.; New York by Pacific Lines, little doing. Coast rates are:- Moji to Shanghai $1.20 per ton coal; Nagasaki to Shanghai $1.10 per ton coal. Dis- engaged vessels in port.-Benjamin Sewall, American ship, 1,362 tous register-Woollahra, British barque, 932 tons register.
VESSELS ON THE BERTH.
458.
For LONDON.-Shanghai (str.), Pingsuey (str.), Canton (str.), Turbo (stri); Príam (str.), Peshawur (atr.).
For HAVEE.-Dorolhea Rickmers (str.). For BREMEN.-Bachsen (str.).
For SAN FRANcisco.—Coloma, Queen Elizabeth, China (str.). Belgic (str.), Formosa.
For VICTORIA.-Alimore (str.).
For New York,--T. F. Oakes, Tam O'Shanter, Gerard C. Tobey, Lucy A. Nickels, Radnorshire (str.). For AUSTRALIA.-Orono (str.), Changsha (str.). -
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