April 29, 1896.]
REFINERIES.-Both China Sugars and Lu. xons continue weak and neglected at quotations, and we have no business to report.
rather weaker with sellers at $3:60 and no buyers. Raubs continue in favour with sales at $54, and Olivers Freehold have changed hands at $6 and $3. Charbonnages continue without business.
DOCKS, WHARVes, and GodownNs-Hong. kong and Whampoas with further reports of gool earnings have ruled steady to strong. A few shares offering in the early part of the week at 181 per cent. prem, were soon taken off the market and the demand continuing without finding sellers the rate gradully rose to 183, after small sales at 182 and 1821, at which last rate market closes steady. Kowloon Wharves continue to change ownership at 847, at which shares are still obtainable. Wanchais have found buyers in small lots at quotation.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
SHANGHAI, 24 th April.-(From Messrs. J. P. Bisset & Co.'s report.)-Business has not been so brisk during the week as it has been for some MINING-Punjoms have ruled fairly steady time. In most stocks there is a disposition to sell. with a small business at $13 to $14, market Banks-Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cor. closing with small sellers at latter rate. Bal-poration. The only transactions reported is a morals appear for the present to be out of the
small sale at 190 per cent premium. The market is weak with sellers at lower rates. The Hong. market and the quotation of $2 must be taken as more or less nominal. Jelebus have ruled on quotation is 188 per cent premium. National Bank of China.-Shares are wanted at $31. Bank of China and Japan.-Deferred shares are wanted. Shipping.-Indo-China 8. N. shares are offering at Tls. 50. A sale to Hongkong at $67 was reported. Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steam- boot shares are quoted $33.59, in Hongkong, Douglas Steamship shares were placed locally at $52, and to Hongkong at $53, and are wanted, but holders ask $54. Docks. Shares in 8. C. Farnham & Co. have been placed at Tls. 1921 to Tls. 195 for cash and Tis. 196 for July delivery. Hongkong and Whampoa Dock shares are wanted Insurance.North Chinas were sold at Tls. 223, in Hongkong at 181 per cent. premium. Marine
Unions to Hongkong at $210, and Siraita at 5:11 for 31st July, and £31/31 for 30th September. China Traders' shares are wanted at $79," but are held for $80. Cantons are offering at $200. Fire Insurance-Business has been confined to a sale of Hongkongs to Hongkong at $325, and sales of Chinas at $92 and $90.50. Wharves.-Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf shares changed hands at Tls. 125 cash-and Tls, 129 for 30th June. Min- ing.-Panjom Mining shares were sold at $141. Tngs.-Shanghai Tug Boat shares are offering at Tis. 200. Taku Tug and Lighter shares were placed at T. Tls. 113. Sugars.-Perak Sugar Cultivarion shares were placed at Tis. 43 and Tis. 43. Both China and Luzon Sugar Refining shares are offering, but there are no Investment shares were sold at $71. buyers at the moment. Lands.-Hongkong Land
is no change to report in Shanghai Land Investment shares. Factories.-There has been & strong demand for Major Brothers shares, and sales bave been made at Tle. 45 and Tis. 45 for cash, Tls. 45 for April, and Tle. 46 for May. The market is quiet at the close, with sellers. Ewo Cotton sharea are ffer ing at Tls. 90 for the fully paid up shares. The final call was due on the 23rd. Miscellaneous.- Shanghai-Sumatra Tobacco shares were placed
LANDS, HOTELS, AND BUILDINGS.-Hong kong Lands after further sales at $72 changed hands in large lots at $71), market closing steady with buyers. Hotels have found small buyers at $26, Humphreys Estate at $94, and West Points at $18.
MISCELLANEOUS.-The following sales are reported :-Watsons at $12.75 and $13, Electrics at $7.25 and 87, Ropes at $120 and $118, Fen- wicks at $25 and $26, Ices at $107 and $108, and Tramways at $95 and $96. The closing tone of the market is steady.
Closing quotations are as follow:
COMPANY. [PAID UP. QUOTATIONS.
[$356.25, sales $125 185 p. ct. prem
£5 nominal
Banks
Hongkong & S'hai...... China & Japan, prf. Do. ordinary... Do. deferred... Natl. Bank of China
B. Shares
$31, sales & sellers $115, buyers
$51, sales & buyers
$5, ex div.
£1 108 nominal
£1
£2, buyers
£8
Founders Shares..
£1
Bell's Asbestos E. A....
15$
$9
Brown & Co., H. G.
$50
Campbell, Moore & Co.
$10
Carmichael & Co.
$20
$8
China Sugar
$100
$119
Dakin, Cruicks'k & Co.
$5
$1
Dairy Farm Co......
$10
$5
Fenwick & Co., Geo. ...
$25
$251, sellers
Green Island Cement...
$10
$154
H. & China Bakery
$50
$36
Hongkong & C. Gas
£10
$100, buyers
Hongkong Electric
$8
$7, sales & sellers
H. H. L. Tramways
$100
$93, buyers
Hongkong Hotel
$50
Hongkong Ice
$25
$50 $118, sales
$125
Insurances-
[8353.75, & & b.
Canton......
$50
$200, sellers
China Fire
$50
$94, buyers
China Traders'
$25
$80, sales & sellers
Hongkong Fire
$50
$337), 8. & sellers
North-China
£25
Tls. 220
Straits
H. & K. Wharf & G...
Hongkong Rope.
H. & W. Dock
Union Yangtsze... Land and Building-
H. Land Investment. Humphreys Estate... Kowloon Land & B. West Point Building Luzon Sugar
$26, sales & buyers $108, sales
$50 $47, sellers
183 p. ct. prem.→
$20 $28)
$25 $212, sales & buyrs $60 $152, ex div.
$50 $71, sales & buyers $10 $9.50, sales $30 $194, sellers $40 $18, sellers
$100 $66, sellers
Fcs. 500 $72), sellers
$5 $3.60, sales
Mining
Charbonnages
Jelebu
New Balmoral
$3 $2, sellers
Oliver's Mines, A.
Do.
$5
B
Punjom
Do. Preference..... Raubs......... Steamship Coya-
China and Manila... China Mutual Ord... Do. Preference... Douglas 8. §. Co. H., Canton and M... Indo-China 8. N. Wanchai Warehse Co. Watson & Co., A. S
CHATER &
$6, sales
$24 $3, sales
$4 $14
$1 $3, buyers
138. 10d. $5.75, sellers
$50 $68, buyers
£5 £3.1.6, sellers £10 £8 10, sellers $50 $55, sales $15 $334, buyers £10 $66, sales & buyers $371 $39, sales & buyers $10 $13, sales & buyers VERNON, Share Brokers
There
at Tis. 103 cash, Tls. 110 for 15th May, and Tls. 115 for 30th June. The market for Shangbai- Langkat Tobacco shares opened at T. 390 to Tis. 405 for cash. News that the concession to work the petroleum had been granted caused a strong demand, and shares advanced day by day from Tla. 475 to Tls. 730 for cash, and Tls. 550 to TlB. 775 for May delivery. The half of a Founders' share was sold at Tls, 6,000. Shanghai Horse Ba zaar o., Ld. shares have been sold at Tls. 70 cum dividend. Hall & Holtz shares were sold at $34, Hongkong Electric shares were placed to Hong- kong at $7. Loans.-Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf Debentures were sold at Tis. 110. and Shanghai Land Investment Debentures of 1894 were also placed at Tls. 110, plus the accrued interest in both cases. Shanghai Waterworks 6 per cent. Debentures are wanted at 'Ils. 110, but are held for Tls. 1124.
Quotations are:--
371
Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co.-Tls, 125, Hongkong and "Kowloon Wharf and Godewa
Company, Limited.—$47]. Sheridan Consolidated Mining and Milling
Company, Limited.-T. 81. Punjom Mining Co., Ld.—$141. Punjom Mining Co., Ld., pref. shares—$3. Jelebu Mining & Trading Co., Ld.—$84. Raub Australian Gold Min. Co., Ld.-$64. Shanghai Tugboat Co., Ld.-Tls. 200. Shanghai Cargo Boat Co.-Tls. 207). Taka Tug & Lighter Co., Ld.-T. Tls. 110. Co-operative Cargo Boat Co.-Tis. 185. Perak Sugar Cultivation Co., Ld.—Tls. 43. China Sugar Refining Co., Ld.—§123," Luzon Sugar Refining Co., Ld.-$68. Shanghai Land Investment Co., Ld. (fully paid),
Shanghai Land Investment Co., Ld. (380 paid).-
TIs. 60.
-TIs. 80.
Hongkong Land Invest. & A. Co., Ld.—$71. Humphreys Estate and Finance Co., Ld.~$94. Kowloon Land & Building Co., Ld.—$20.
Major Brothers, Limited.—Tls. 45. Ewo Cotton Spinning & W. Co., Ld.--Tlɛ. 95. International Cotton Man, Co., Ld.-Tis. 724. Laou-kung-mow Cotton Spinning and Weaving
Co., Ld.-Tls. 77j.
Soy Chee Cotton Spinning Co., Ld.—Tis. 800. Shanghai Ica Company-Tls. 180, Shanghai Gas Co.-Tīs. 260. Shanghai Waterworks Co., Ld.-Tis. 225. Shanghai Sumatra Tobacco Co.-Tls. 105. Shanghai Langkat Tobacco Co., Ld.—Tis. 730. Shanghai Langkat Tobacco Co., Ld., Founders'
Nominal. Shanghai Horse Bazaar Co., Ld.—Tls. 66. J. Llewellyn & Co., Limited.-$70. Hall & Holtz, Ld.—$84}.
A. S. Watson Co., Limited.--$13. Bell's Asbestos Eastern Agency, Ld —£1. Hongkong Electric Co., Ld.—§7.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
ON LONDON.-
EXCHANGE.
Telegraphic Transfer
ON PARIS.-
ON GERMANY.——
་་་་་-་་
Bank Billa, on demand
2/24 2/2
Bank Bills, at 30 days' sight
Bank Bills, at 4 months' sight...2/2 Credits, at 4 months' sight
2/21
Documentary Bills, 4 months'sight 2/3
Bank Bills, on demand
.2.78
Credits, at 4 months' sight
.2.89
On demand
2.25
ON
NEW YORK.-
Bank Bills, on demand
.541
:
Credits, 60 days' sight
.551
ON
BOMBAY.-
Telegraphic Transfer.
.186
Bank, on demand.
.1861
ON CALCUTTA.-
Telegraphic Transfer.
.186
Bank, on demand..
.186
ON SHANGHAI.—
Bank, at sight
.717
Private, 30 days' sight..
.721
YOKOHAMA.—-
On demand
.1% pm.
.16% pm.
....1% pm.
.8.90 .47
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.ON
-$362).
National Bank of China, Ld.-$31.
National Bank of China, Ld.. Founders.-$115. 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.
Indo-China Steam N. Co., Ld.-Tis. 50, China-Mutual Steam Nav. Co. pref. shares.-
Tls. 524.
China-Mutual Steam Nav, Co. ord. shares.-
Tls. £3 18, 6d.
Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co.
-$321.
Douglas Steamship Co., Ld.-$52. Boyd & Co., Ld., Founders.—Tis. 300. Boyd & Co., Eiwited.—Tls. 200.
S. C. Farnham & Co.-Tls. 195. Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ld.—$347. China Traders' Insurance Co., Ld.-$791. North China Insurance Co., Ld.-Tls. 225. Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ld.-$206. Yangtaze Insce. Assocn., Ld.-$160. Canton Insurance Office, Ld.—$200. Straits Insurance Co., Ld.-$29. Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.—$319}. China Fire Insurance Co., Ld.—$90). Birt's Wharf Hide-curing and Wool-cleaning
Company.-Tls. 55.
ON MANILA.-
On demand
ON SINGAPORE.—
On demand
SOVEREIGNS, Bank's Buying Rate GOLD LEAF, 100 fine, port ael
TONNAGE.
SHANGHAI, 24th April (from Mesars. Wheelock & Co.'s report.)-We have no change to report in steamer rates homeward and though for New York an improvement seems to exist, judging from a slight increase in the quantity of cargo going forward, still business generally is unusually quiet for what may be considered an unusually dull season. Sail rates to New York have further declined and for a fairly large parcel as low as 20s. is procurable. Homeward rates are:-London by Conference Lines, general cargo 40s.; waste silk 45s.; tea 50s.; Northern Con- tinental ports, general cargo 42s. 6d. ; waste silk 458. ten 50s.; New York, general cargo 408; tea 40s. New York vid London, general cargo 50s; ten 50%. Boston, general cargo 42s. 6d. ; Philadelphia, general: cargo 50s. Above rates are subject to a deferred re- turn, as per Conference circular. London by Shell Line, general cargo 40s. less 10 per cent.; Hamburg, general cargo 35s. net; New York, general cargo 50s. less 10 per cent. Havre direct, general cargo 378: 6d.
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