August 4, 1897.1
$37 onm new issue and but few sales. Watsons have found small buyers at $12.60, and Ropes, Fenwicks, and Ices, in small lots at quotations. Cottons although ruling weak in the early part of the week close firmer, Ewos having changed hands up North at Tis 116, and others at quotations.
Bank
:
Closing quotations are as follow
COMPANY.
Hongkong & Shai.., China & Japan, prf. Do. ordinary... Do. deferred...
Natl. Bank of China
B. Shares Founders Shares.. Bell's Asbestos E. A.....
Campbell, Moore & Co.
Carmichael & Co.
PAID UF QUOTATION.
[$360, buyers $125 188 ['prem
£5 nominal £1 10s. nominal
£5.
$22.75, sales
£1
£8
£1
$20
£1. $9, sellers
$10 88
$20 $8
$100 $145, Bal.& buyers
$5 $6
Tls. 116, sales & b. $28 75, sellers $41 oum N., $28 ex. N.I., $13 NJ. $33, buyers $110, buyers $7.50, sal. & sellers $113, sellers
China Sugar
Dairy Farm Co.
Ewo Cotton.....
Tle. 100
Fenwick & Co., Geo.
$25
Green Island Cement...
$10 {
H. & China Bakery
$50
Hongkong & C. Gas
£10
Hongkong Electric
$8
H. H. L Tramways
$100
Hongkong Hotel
$25 $113, sellers
$50
Hongkong. Ice
H. & K. Wharf & G...
Hongkong Rope......... H. & W. Dock
Insurances-
Canton..
China Fire
China Traders' Hongkong Fire North-China
Straits... Union Yangtsze
Land and Building-
H. Land Investment. Humphreys Estate... Kowloon Land & B. West Point Building Luzon Sugar Mining
Charjonnages Great E. & C'donian
Do.
Jelebu
Do.
New Balmoral
$50 $50
$50 $66)
$171, sellers $125 240 p. ct. prem.
[$425
$50 $180, sellers $20 $106, sales & buyers $25 $78 $50 $360, sellers
Tls. 187 $20 $174, sal. & buyers $25 $230, buyers $157, sellers
£25
$60
$50 $75, sales
$10 $91, buyers $30 $.9
$40 $224, sellers $100 $47, sales
Fcs. 500 $90
$55, sellers
$24 $2.60, sal. & sellers $5 $2, sales
$1 $1.70, sales & sellers
i
Do. Preference
$1 $1.85, sales
Oliver's Mines, A.
Do.
$5 $20, sellers
.B.
$24 $i, sales & buyers
Punjom
Do. Preference... Raubs
New Amoy Dock Steamship Coys.
China and Manila ...
Do. Preference...
$4 $6.75, sal. & sellers $1 $2,15
138. 10d. $23.75, sales & b.
$10 $181, sellers
$50 $76, sellers
China Mutual Ord...
£5 £2 10s.
£10 £7, buyers
Douglas S. 8. Co.
$50
H, Canton and M... Indo-China S. N. Wanchai Wareh’se Co. Watson & Co., A. S.
$15
$664, sales & buyers $33, ex div. buyers
£10
$50, sales & sellers
$37
$44), sellers
J. Y.
$10 $12 60, sal. & sellers V. VERNON, Broker,
SHANGHAI, 30th July.-(From Messrs. J. P. Bisset & Co.'s Report.)—A fair ameunt of business has been done, and we note an advance in Hong- kong and Shanghai Bank shares (caused to some extent by the rise of exchange on Hongkong), and a steady rise in the price of Cotton Mill shares. Banks-Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cor- poration. There is more business in this stock this week to report. Shares changed bands locally at 191 per cent premium for cash and for the 31st current, when the improvement in the rate of exchange on Hongkong caused a. demand; and shares were placed at 102 cash and 200 for the 31st December. Yesterday shares were placed to Hongkong at 188 per cent premium, and exchange 74, equal to 1931 and the usual rate of exchange, 79, hut this was not maintained and shares were sold at 192 per cent premium. sale is reported to-day at 193 per Con tuomium, and shares were also placed at 187 to Hongkong with exchange 754, equal to nearly 196 and 73. There is no change in other Bank stocks. Marine Insurance.-Business has been confined to North-China Insurance shares, which changed hands at Tls. 190, and are wanted. Straits shares are wanted at $171, but are held for $18. Fire Insurance shares have also been neglected. In Hongkong there are sellers of
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT:
Hongkongs at $860, and of Chinas at $107. Shipping-Indo-China S. N. shares changed bands at Tis, 37, and Tls. 87. The rate of er- change is in favour of sales to Hongkong, and a sale from Shanghai is reported there at $49), Sugar Companies.-Perak Sugar shares are still offering at Tls. 38, but buyers do not offer more than Tis. 95. China Sugar Refining shares have changed hands at $146, and Luzon Sugar Refining shares at $481. Docks, Wharves and Godowns- Shares in Boyd & Co. are offering at Tls. 210. S. C. Farnham & Co. shares were placed at Tis. 18 and Shanghai Engineering and Dock shares at Ths. 106. Shanghai and Hongkow Wharf shares were placed at Tls. 127 cash and are wanted for December at Tls. 130. Cash shares were obtain- able at Tls. 127. Lands.-Shanghai Land Invest
123
J. Llewellyn & Co., Limited.—$75.00. Hall & Holtz, Ld.—$41.50. A. S. Watson Co., Limited.-$12.60. Bell's Asbestos Eastern Agency, Ld ~89,00. Hongkong Electric Co., Ld.-$8.00.
TONNAGE.
SHANGHAI, 30th July (from Messrs. Wheelock Co.'s report. For London, etc., per Conference Lines there is no charge to report, either in rates or in the quantity of cargo going forward For New York, however, rates of freight, though surely low enough before, have further declined to 20s. per ton of 40 cubic feet, at which rate a vessel, shortly due, is offering to take cargo, viú Suez, while a fall of cent on tea per Pacific Lines makes their rate 11 cents gold, a fair quantity going forward at this rate. ment share were sold at Tla. 86 and Tls. 861, and
For New York via Cape. There is very little doing more are wanted. Industrial.-Cotton Mill shares owing possibly to the absence of a loading vessel at have been steadily improving. Ewos were sold at Tis. 1123 to Tls. 115 cash, Internationals at and also in Kobe, there is difficulty in obtaining this port, and though there is a ship in Hongkong Tls 117 to Tls. 12 cash. Tls. 120 and 'l'ls. 121 for
space for the de-cription of cargo that is offering In August, and Tls. 125 for December, and Lacu- Kung-Mows at Tls. 117 to Tia. 117 cash, Tla, 118 Conference Lines, general cargo 35s.; waste silk 378. very small lots. Rates of freight are:-London, by for August, and Tls. 122 for December. China, 6d.; tea 40s.; Northern Continental ports, by Con- Flour Mill abares changed hands at Tis. 54, and ference Lines, general cargo 35s.; waste silk 378. 6d.; American Cigarette shares at Tls. 85. Tags and
tea 40s.; New York vid London, by Conference Lines, Cargo Boats-Shanghai Cargo Boat shares were general cargo 42s. 6d.; waste silk 45s.; tea 478. 6d. sold at Tls. 200 for cash, and Co-operative shares Baltimore vid London, by Conference Lines, general at Tis. 190 for the 31st August. Miscellaneous.
cargo 478. Od.; waste silk 50s.; tea 523. 6d.; Konigs Shanghai-Sumatra Tobacco shares were dealt in berg vid London, by (onference Lines, general cargo to a limited extent at Tls. 103 cash, Tis. 107 and 42s. 6d.; waste silk 45s.; tea 47s. 6d.; Manchester, Tla. 107 for August, and Tls. 109 for the 31st by Conference Lines, general cargo 47s. 6d.; waste October. Shanghai-Langkat Tobacco shares hevosilk 50s.; tea 52s. 6d; Liverpool, by Conference been offering, and shares were placed for cash at Lines, general cargo 42s. 6d. ; waste silk 45s.; tea 478. Tls. 550, and for November delivery at Tis. 580. 6d.; Hamburg, by Conference Lines, general cargo Hall and Holtz shares changed hands at $411. 35s.; waste silk 378. 6d.; tea 40s. Above rates are Loans. Shanghai Land Investment Company's 5 per cent Debentures were sald at par, and subject to a deferred return, as per Conference circu- lar. Havre, by Conference Liues, tallow 323. 6d. net, Shanghai and Hongkow Wharf Company's 6 per general cargo 329. 6d. net, waste silk 35s. net, lea 378. cent Debentures at Tls. 105, plus the accrued
6d. net; Genoa, by Conference Lines tallow 32s. Od. interest in both cases. Quotations are:- Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. 37s. 6d. net; Marseilles, by Conference Lines, tallow net, general cargo 32s. f'd. net, waste silk 35s. net, tea
32s. 6d. net, general cargo 32s. 6d. net, waste silk 35s, net, lea 37s. 6d. net. 42s. 6d. per ton of 20 cwt. for above three ports. New York, by sail 16s.; New York rid Pacific, 1 gold cents per lb. tea, 3 cents
$370.00,
Bank of China, Japan, and The Straits, Limited.
deferred abares.-£5.
Bank of China, Japan, and The Straits, Limited,
ordinary shares.-Nominal.
National Bank of China, Ld.---$23. National Bank of China, Ld., Founders.—$20. Union Insurance Society of Cauton, Ld.—$227}. China Traders' Insurance Co., Ld.--$77. North China Insurance Co., Ld. Tls. 190.00. Yangtsze Insce. Assoon,, Ld.—$160. Canton Insurance Office, Ld.—$182}. Straits Insurance Co., Ld.-$18.
Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.-$355. China Fire Insurance Co., Ld.-$106.
Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co.
334
..
Indo-China Steam N. Co., Ld.-Tls. 37.00. Douglas Steamship Co.; Ld.-$66.
China-Mutual Steam Nav. Co. pref. sharez.-
Tls. 50.00.
:
China Mutual Steam Nav. Co. crd, shares.—
Tis. 22.00.
Perak Sugar Cultivation Co., Ld.-Tls. 38.00. China, Sugar Refining Co., 1.d.—3146. · Luzon Sugar Refining Co., Ld.-$48). Sheridau Consolidated Mining and
Company, Limited.-T. 2.50. Punjom Mining Co., Ld.—$63.
Milling
Punjom Mining Co., Ld., pref. shares.-$1.85, Jelebu Mining & Trading Co., Ld.—$2.25, Baub Australian Gold Min. Co., Ld.-$26.25. Boyd & Co., Ld., Founders.-Nominal. Boyd & Co., Limited,-Ts. 210.00. S. C. Farnham & Co-Tls. 184 00. Hongkong and Whampoa Dock C., Ld.—$425. Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co.-Tls. 127.07. Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Go lewn
Company, Limited —$67}, Shanghai Land Investment Co., Lệ, (fully paid)
Tls. 86,50.
Hongkong Land Invest. & A. CoLd.$778. Kowloon Land & Building Co., Ld.-$19. Humphreys Estate and Finance Co., Ld.-$10. Shanghai Gas Co.-Tis. 225.00. Major Brothers, LimitedI'ls. 42.50. Ewo Cotton Spinning &W.Co., La-Tls. 115.00. International Cotton Müh. Co., Ld. Tls. 122.00. Laou-kung-mow Cotton Spinning and Weaving
Co Lad-'1'18, 117.50. Soy Chee Cotton Spinning Co., Ld:-Tis. 600.00. Shanghai Ice Company, fls. 125.40. Shanghai. Tugbrat Co., Ld.—Tls. 215.00. Taku Tug & Lighter Co., Ld.-T. Tls. 115.00. Shanghai Cargo Boat Co.-Tls. 203.00, Co-operative Cargo Boat Co.-Tls, 185.00. Shanghai Waterworks Co., Ld.—Tis. 305,00. Shanghai Sumatra Tobacco Co.-Tls, 103.30. Shanghai Langkat Tobacco Co., Ld.—Tls, 550.00. Shanghai Horse Bazaar Co., Ld.—Tls. 76.00.
per lb. silk, $12 per ton strawbraid; New York vid Suez, 253. per ton general cargo, 25. tea; Boston, 32s. 6d. per ton general cargo; Philadelphia, 325. 6d. per ton general cargo, Coast rates:-Moji to Shanghai $1.20 per ton coal, nominal; Nagasaki to Shanghai $1.10 per ton coal: Newchwang to Kobe little doing; Newchwang to southern ports little do- ing; Wuhu to Canton little doing.
VESSELS ON THE BERTH.
For LONDON.-Malacca (str.), Benlarig (str.), Java (str.), Thames (str.), Tantalus (str.), Diomed (str.).
For SAN FRANCISCO.-Heathbank, Gaelic (str.). For BREMEN.-Bayern (str.).
F.
F› r·Hamburg - Della (str.)..
For VANCOUVR-Empress of China (str.). For NEW YORK.-Fortuna (str.), Landseer, Frey (str.), Ghazee (str.), Benalder (str.), Landseer,
For SOUTH AFRICA.-Congella (str.).
Por AUSTRALI▲.—Chinglu (str.). For PORTLAND.-Monmouthshire (str.). For TACOMA.--Tacoma (str.).
For SEATTLE.-Kagoshima Maru (str.).
SHIPPING.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES SINCE LAST
July
MAIL.
HONGKONG.
AREJ TALS.
28, Tritos, German str., from Honcohe Bay. 29, Benlomond, British str., from London. 29, Activ, Danish str., from Hongay. 29, Victoria, Swedish str., from K'chinotzu. 29, Wingsang, British str., from Shanghai. 29, Astrol, British str., from Singapore. 29, Braemar, British str., from Tacoma. 29, Niobe, German str., from Foochow. 29, Petrarch, German str.,.from Saigon. 29, Triumph, German str., from Pakhoi. 29, Ancyra, British bark, from Penarth. 29, Clara, Gorman str., from Haiphong. 29, Nerite, British str., from Singapore. 30, Kiangpak, Chinese str., from Swatow. 30, Hongkong, French str., from Haiphong. 30, Glengarry, British str., from Japan. 30, Tancarville, British str., from Kobe. 30, Sierra Nevada, British ship, from Cardiff. 30, Nestor, British str., from Liverpool. 30, Airlie, British str., from Sydney. 30, Formosa, British str., from Tamsui. 30, Cosmopolit, German str., from Quinhon, 30, Energia, British str., from London.**.
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