December 23, 1896.1
8594 to 859 --- Wanchais remain unchanged and neglected at quotation.
MISCELLANEOUS.-Green Islands remain steady at $183 to $19. Fenwicks have changed hands at $294, Ropes at $147, $146, and $145, Watsons at $12.25, and Tramways at $99. Ata -meeting of shareholders of Dakin, Cruickshank & Co, it was resolved to wind up the Company on the strength of an offer to take it over as a going concern, which offer will, it is generally understood; bring about 70 cents per share to holders.The stock is enquired for at 50 cents. Bell's Asbestos have boomed to $8 with sales for 17/6-paid up shares and are still enquired for at that rate.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
Steamship shares are wanted there at $58. Docks -Shares:in S. C. Farnham & Co were placed, LANDS, HOTELS, AND BUILDINGS-Hong. and are offering, at Tis. 180. Founders' shares. kong Lands have ruled weaker with sales at $751, in the Shanghai Dock Co, are wanted, while and sellers. Hotels are still in demand at $301 Orlinary shares ne offering Marine Insurance. to $31 after further sales at the former rate.-Chino Traders sla es are offering at $73, Unions West Points after sales at $183 seem a little at $225, and Cantons at $183. North China - firmer with no sellers under $19. Humphreys changed hands at Tis. 196. Yangtzes were Estates have changed hands at $9, $94, and 893, laced at $144/145 for the 81st current, and are closing again at $91.
now offering at $144. There is no change to report in Straits, which are offering at $26.25. Fire Insurance Business has been confined to Hongkong at $359. Wharves.-Shangliai and Hongkew Whorf shares were placed at Tls. 122). and Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown shares at $58. Mining.Jelebu Mining and Trading shares changed hands at $2.60, and Balmoral Mining saires were sold to Hongkong at $1.10. Tugs The Shanghai Tug Co. paid a third interim dividend ou the 15th instant of Tls. 5. Shares are offering at Tls. 220 ex div. Sugais.Perak Sugar Cultivation shares have ben place! at 118. 26. China Sugar Refining shares changed hands at $136 and $139 Luzone are weak at $40 Lands.-Hongkong. Land Investment shares were sold at $76. Humphreys Estate & Finance shares were placed to Hongkong at $84. Industrial-Shares in Major Brothers were sold at Tls. 42, International Cotton shares at Tla. 90. Lion-Kung-Mow shar s at Tls. 91, ant hanghai Rice Mill shares at Tls. 2717 Miscel- wanted. laneous Shanghai Gas shares are Shingbai-Sumatra Tob co shares were placed at Tls. 10, Shanghai-Langkat Tobacco shares at Tls. 275/280, Shanghai Horse Bazaar shares at Tis. 75 and Tls, 80, and 'Hall & Holtz shares ät $38. Loans.--Shanghai Mauicipal Debentures of 1893 were placed at T. 105, Chinese Imperial Government Loan B nds, issue E, at Tlx. 275, and Shanghai Land Investment Company's 6 per cent. Debentures at Tls. 104, plus the accrued interest in all cases. Quotations are:-
Closing quotations are as follow:-
COMPANY. (PAID UP! QUOTATIONS. Banks
[$351.25, sellers $125 181 % prem-
£5 mominal £1 10%. nominal
· Hongkong & S'hai.... China & Japan, prf,
Do. ordinary... Do. deferred...
Natl. Bank of China
B. Shares
Founders Shares..
Bell's Asbestos E. A.....
Brown & Co., IL. G. Campbell, Moore & Co. Carmichael & Co. China Sugar
Dakin, Cruicks'k & Co.'
Dairy Farm Co.
Fenwick & Co., Geo....) Green Island Cement... H. & China Bakery Hongkong & C. Gas Hongkong Electric H. H; L. Tramways Hongkong Hotel Hongkong Ice...
II. & K. Wharf & G... Hongkong Rope..
Insurances-
H&W. Dock
Canton.
China Fire. China Traders'
Hongkong Fire
North-China Straits ... Union Yangtze Land and Building-
H. Land Investment. Humphreys Fetate... Kowloon Land & B. West Point Building Luzon Sugar Mining
Charbonnages Jelebu
New Balmoral
Oliver's Mines, A.
B
21 £5, buyers
$8, sales & buyers.
1
£8
$26, sales
£1
$100, sellers
15s.
$50
(in liquidation).
$10 $6
$20 $
$100
$136, sales & sellers $5 nominal
$5 $5, nominal $2529), sales & sellers $10 $183, buyers $50 $30 £10 $110
$8 $6.40, sal, & sellers $100 599, sales & sellers
$50 $30, sales & buyers $25 $108, buyers
$50 $59, sellers
214 p. ct. prem.
|: [$392), sales & b.
$50 $195, sales
$125
$50 $182, sellers
$20 $103, sales
$25
$75, sales & sellers
$50 $365
£25
Tls. 195,- buyers
$20 $26, sales
$25 $220, sales $60 $144, sellers
$50 $75, sales & sellers $109, sales $30 $17, sellers $40 $18 $100 $46
Fes, 5000
$5 $2.70, sellers
31.15, sales & sellers $5 $5, sellers
$2) $2), sellers.
Do. B....
Punjom
$4 $12, sales
$1
$3.90, sales
Do. Preference...
Ranbe........ 138. 10d: 89, sellers
Eteamship Coys.
China and Manila...
- China Mutual Ord...
Do Preference...
Douglas 8. 8. Co...
$50
$58, sales
£5
£2., 58., sellers.
£10 £7, sellers
$50-$58,
$15 $52), sales £10 $40, sales $37 £45
H. Canton and M... Indo China 8. N. Wanchai Varelse Co. Watson & Co., A. 8 _ .... ̄_ $10 $12.25, mal. & sellers
J. Y. V. VERNON, Broker.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
- $3521.
National Bank of China, Ld.—$27.
National Bank of China, Ld., Founders,-100.. Bank of China, Japan, and The Straits, Limited, Bank of China, Japan, and The Straits, Limited,
pref. shares. Nominal.
ordinary shares.-Nominal.
Bank of China, Japan, and The Straits, Limited.
deferred shares.-23.
•
Tis 253
409
Shanghai Gas Co. Tls. 2121- Shanghai Waterworks Co. #L Shanghai Sninatra Tobacco Co,—Tls. 100. Shanghai-Langkat Tobacco Co., Ld.—113, 280. - - Shanghai Langkut Tobacco Co., L., Founders.
-Nominal, Shanghai Hors Bazaar Co., Ld.-T80 J. Llewellyn & Co., Limited.—$65. Hall & Holtz, Ld. 188.. A..S. Watson Co., Limited.-$121 Bell's Asbestos Eastern Agency, Ld -Hongkong Electric Co., Ld.— $61.
TONNAGE
& Co.'s report.)-Since the issue of our last there has SILANGHAI, 18th December (from Messrs. Wheelock been no change in rates for London, but there was a sudden drop of ten shillings per ton in the rate for New-York, owing to the interference of an outsider loading at Hongkong and booking through from this at 25s. per ton; this vessel has received very good support, and it seems a pity that the Conferen did not act sooner and so give their supporters a earlier opportunity of benefiting by the reduction especially as the last of the Tientsin boats were about, to leave that port; we venture to say that had ship- pers from the north an idea that cheap rates could have been had from the line that they have been supporting during the past season, a good deal more produce would have been sent forward. There is no doubt that during the whole of this year the New York berth has not been sufficiently supplied with tonnage, and it would be well for agents or owners to take this fact into their consideration for next year. Conference can be made so strong as to 'pre- still very dull with little or no prospect of improv- vent any outsider from interposing. Consting.Is ing just at the moment, the regular liners have now turned their attention to Chinkiang and the southern tire. From Japan to this there has been no change, ports, but the rates ruling cannot be very remunera-
several of our outside coasting boats having found it. and the demand for tonnage is anything but great,
cheaper and wiser to lay up and await future events. For New York vid Cape-We mentioned in our last being taken up this season, but upon the departure that there was an improbability of another vessel
mand for sail tonnage cropped up, with the result of the Sam Skolfield on the 6th inst. an unusual de-
that the Benjamin Sewall was chartered to fill the requirements; this vessel will no doubt get good support and there is every chance. of her leaving this direct for, her destination. The Collingrove,
Indo-China Steam N. Co., Ld.—Tls. 30. China-Mutual Steam Nav. Co. pref. share-being a full ship, will sail in a few days. The Luzon
£8.5.0.
China-Mutual Steam Nav. Co. ord. shares.-
TE. 17.
Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co.
-$82.70.
Douglas Steamship Co., Ld.—358. Boyd & Co., Ld., Founders.-Nominal. Boyd & Co., Limited.—Tis. 185. 3. C. Farnham & Co.-Tls. 180. Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ld.—$357). China Traders' Insurance Co., Ld.—$74. North China Insurance Co., Ld.—TIs. 196. Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ld.—$235, Yangtsze Insce. Assocn., Ld.—$144. Cauton Insurance Office, Ld.--$185. Straits in urance Co., Ld.-$26). Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.—$330, | China Fire Insurance Co., Ld.—102.
Shangbai-& Hongkew Wharf Co. —Tls. 1224. Birt's Wharf Hide-curing and Wool-cleaning
Company-Tis. 50,
SHANGHAI, 18th December (From Messrs. J. P. Bisset & Co.'s report.)-Business has been rather dull, with more inclination to sell than to buy, and we do not expect mich improvement until after the heavy settlements.fr the end of the year are ver. Banks.— Hongkong and Shanghai Bauking- Corporation. --Cash shares have change hands at -180 and 181 per cent. premium, and liusiness has been done (or the 31st D. cember at 188 per cent. quote 182 per cent prémiumas Cash rate! Other Tank shares are d. Shipping. →Business has been con
o-China S. N. shares no Tle 30 for he same price for the end of the month
Canton and Macao Steamboat shares wanted in Hong Kong $321--- Douglas ·
une
Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Gown
Company, Limited-$58. Sheridan Consolidated Mining an Milling
Company, Limited.—Th, 4.00.” Punjom Mining Co., Ld.—$13.
Punjom Mining Co., Ld., pref. sbare.—$3.80. Jelebu Mining & Trading Co., Ld.—$2.60., Baub Australian Gold Min. Co., Ld.—§9. Shanghai Tugboat Co., Ld.—Tis, 220. Shanghai Cargo Boat Co.—-Tls. 205. Taku Tag & Lighter Co., L.-T. Tls. 10
Co-operative Cargo Boat Co.-Tis. 185. Perak Sugar Cultivation Co., Ld.-Tls. 254. China Sugar Refining Co., 1.d.—$186}, Luzon Sugar Refining Co., Ld.46. Shanghai Land Investment Co., Ld. (fully paid).
-Tls. 821.
Shanghai Land Investiment Co., Ld. (Tls. 30 paici).
-Tls. Nominal. Hongkong Land Invest. & A. Co., Ld.—§76. Kowloon Land & Building Co., Ld.-$13. Humphreys Estate and Finance Co., Ld.—$81. Major Brothers, Limited.-'l'ls. 42, Ewo Cotton Spinning & W. Co., Ld.-Tls. $0. International Cotton Man, Co., Ed.—Tls. 90, · Laou-kung-mow Cotton Spinning and Weaving
Co., Lt. Tis, 90.3
་
Soy Chee Cotton Spinning Co., Ld. - Tls. 525 Shanghai Ice Company-Tls, 150.
may possibly take the berth. Rates of freight are: -London, by Conference Lines, general cargo 358.; by Conference Lines, general cargo 30s. waste silk waste silk 40s.; tea 35s.; Northern Continental ports,
40.; tea 358.; New York, by Conference Lines, general cargo 30s.; waste silk 308.; tea 308; New York vid London, by Conference Lines, general cargo 42s. 6d.; waste silk 47s. 6d.; tea 42s. 6di; Boston via New York, by Conference Lines, general cargo 478. Gd.; waste silk 52s 6d tea 47s fid; Philadelphia, by Conference Lines, general cargo. 478. 6d. waste silk 52s. 6d; tea 478, 6d. Above rates are subject to a deferred return, as per Conference circular. London, by Germán mail, Shell, and Rick- mers' Lines, general cargo 3 s. 6d. net; Hamburg, by German mail, Shell, and Rickmers' Lines, general cargo 318. 63. net; New York, by German mail, Shell, and Rickmers' Lines, general cargo 398. 6d. allow 32s. 6d. ; general cargo 32s. 6d. net; Marseilles, pet; Havre direct, general cargo 32s. 6d. net; Genon,
tallow 32s. 6d.; general cargo 32s. 6d. net. 42s. 6d. per ton of 20 cwt. for above three ports by all lines. Lines, 11 gold cents. per lb. Coast rates are : — Moji New York, by sail, 193.; New York by Pacific
to Shanghai, 90 cents nominal per ton coal; Naga- Bakito Shanghai, 85 cents nominal per ton coal.
VESSELS ON THE BERTH.
For LONDON.-Palawan (str.), Glengarry (str) Pakling (str.), Sundu (sti.) Kaisar-i-Hind (str.) Hector (r.).
For SAN FRANCISCO. - Mutterhorn (str.), City, Rio de Janeiro (str.), Sumbuwa, Gaelic (tr).*
For BREMEN Bayern (str.).*. For VICTORIA. Victoria (str.), For NEW YOR8.—William H. Smith, Sachsen (str.) Cassi 18" (str;),~-~ Benjamin Sewall, Port Adelaide,
For AUSTRALIA. Guthrie (str.).
SHIPPING
scot.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES SINCE LAST
MATTER
- HONGKONG.
RIVALS:
December
16, Benledi 17, China, Geri
from Foocho from
17, Chihli, British str. from Canton,
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