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ing, fell to $53, after sales at $6) and $64; at time of writing the market is a little firmer with buyers at $6.25 to $6.50. New Balmorals and Olivers have been enquired for in a small way at quotations and a few lots have changed hands. Jelebus have found small buyers at $2 and $2.10. Raubs ruled steady in the early part of the week with sales at $24 and $234 and close easier at $22 cum div. Result of July rough clean-up, 2,050 oz. amalgam from 1,250 tons ore. Great Easterns continue out of the market. The Olivers Freehold report another crushing of 150 tons yielding à oz. per ton.
DOCKS, WHARVES, AND GODOWNS.-Hong- kong and Whampoa Docks have found buyers at 239 per cent. prem, aud close with sellers at 238. Kowloon Wharves continue on offer at $64 ex div. without sales or buyers. Wan- chais are offering at $44 without business. LANDS, HOTELS, AND BUILDINGS.-Hong- kong Lands have been negotiated in fair lots at $75. Hotels at $50 and $51. West Points, Kowloon Lands, and Humphreys have been more or less out of the market with only small sales at quotations.
MISCELLANEOUS.-Green Islands have ruled in demand and sales have been effected at $45, $44, and $45' cum now issue, $27, $28, $29, and $30 ex new issue, and at $14 and $15 for the new issue; the market closes with sellers at these rates. Electrics have changed hands at the reduced rate of $7.25 after small sales at $7.50 and $7.40, closing with sellers at $9:40 cum call of $2. Tramways, Ices, and Fenwicks have been on offer without business.
COMPANY.
Closing quotations are as follow:-
¡PAID UP. QUOTATION,
[$361.25, s. & sel. $125 189 "prem
£5 norainal
Banks
Hongkong & S'hai..... China & Japan, prf. Do. ordinary... Do. deferred... Natl. Bank of China
-B. Shares
Founders Shares..
£1 10s. nominal
£1 | £5
$145, sal.& buyers $5, sellers
Tls. 117, sal. & sel. $28.75, sellers
£8
$22.75
£1
$20
Bell's Asbestos E, A.
£1 $9, sellers
Campbell, Moore & Co.
$10 $9
Carmichael & Co.
$20
$8
China Sugar
$100
Dairy Farm Co.
$5
Ewo Cotton............
Tls. 100
Fenwick & Co., Geo.
$25
Green Island Cement...
$10 {
H. & China Bakery
$50
Hongkong & C. Gas
£10
Hongkong Electric
$8
H. H. L Tranıways
$100
Hongkong Hotel ......
$50
$51, sales & sellers
Hongkong Ice
$25
$113, sellers
H. & K. Wharf & G...
$50
Hongkong Rope....
$50
H. & W. Dock
Insurances----
Canton......
China Fire China Traders
Hongkong Fire
North-China
Straits Union... Yangtsze. Land and Building-
H. Land Investment. Humplireys Estate... Kowloon Land & B. West Point Building Luzon Sugar
Mining
Charbonnages. Great E. & Cdonian
Do.
Jelebu
Do.
New Balmoral
Do. Preference
Oliver's Mines, A. Do.
Punjom
·B....
$15 cum N.I., $30
ex. N.I., $15 NJ. $33, buyers [s. & 8. $110, buyers $9.25, sal. & buyers
13, sellers
$64, ex div. sales $171, sales & buyers $125 238 pct. prem.
[$422), sellers $50 $190, sellers $20 $107, sales $25 $78, sales & sellers- $50 $36, sales & buyers
Tls. 200, buyers $20 $171, buyers $25 $232), buyers $60 $157, sellers
£25
$50 $75, sales & sellers $10 $94, sales & sellers $30 $ 9
$40 $22, sellers
$100 $47, sellers
Fcs. 500 $90, sellers
+5, sellers
$
$21 $21, sales & sellers $5 $2.10, buyers
$1 $1.70, sales & sellers
$1 $1.80, sellers $5 $20, sellers
824 8.10, sales & sellers $4 $6.50, sal. & sellers $1. $2. 13s. 10d. $22, sales
$10 $181, sellers
Do. Preference... Raubs New Amoy Dock Steamship Coys.—
China and Manila. China Mutual Ord... -Do. Preference... Douglas S. S. Co. H, Canton and M... Indo-China SN. Wanchai Warelse Co. Watson & Co., A. §. .....
J. Y.
$50-$76, sales & sellers
£5
£2 109. £10
£7, buyers
$50 $67, sales & sellers $15 $331, sales & sellera £10 $50, sales & sellers 537} $44, sellers
$10
$12 50, sal. & buyers V. VERNON, Broker.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
SHANGHAI, 6th August.—(From Messrs. J. P. Bisset & Co.'s Report.)-The market during the week has not been very notive. The price of Hongkong and Shanghai Bank shares was not maintained, while China Sugar shares, on the strength of the report of a good dividend, have improved. But Tobacco shares have suffered a sharp decline. Banks-Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.-Early in the week shares were sold to Hongkong at 187 per cent. premium, with exchange 75%, which was equal to 198 per cent with the usual exchange 73. Some shares changed hands locally at 193 per cent premium, and more are wanted. Marine Insurance Unions were placed to Hongkong nt $229, while North- Chinas were placed locally at Tls. 200, at which rate shares are offering. Yangtszes were sold at $158, and are wanted. Straits found purchasers at $18 and $184, and more are wanted. Fire Insurance. Business has been confined to a sale of Chinas at $107. There are sellers of Hongkongs in the South at $360. Shipping.-Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat shares have changed hands in Hongkong at $331. Indo-China S. N. Co.-
Cash shares have been sold at Tla. 97 to Tis. 97. China Mutual S. N. Ordinary shares, with £5 paid up, were placed at Tls. 23. Sugar Companies. -A considerable business was done in China Sagar Refining shares at $147 to $151. and the market closes firm. Docks, Wharves and Godowns. --Shares in S. C. Farnham & Co. have been sold at Tls. 182 cash, and 185 for the 30th September, and Shanghai Engineering shares at Tls. 106/105, Lands.-Shanghai Land Investment shares changed hands at Tls. 89 and 'l'le. 89). Industrial, -In Cotton Mill shares, Ewos were placed at Tls. 115 cash and Tls. 115/116 for the 31st current, Internationals at Tls. 121 to Tls. 122} cash, Tls. 124, Tls. 123, Tls. 124 and Tla, 1233 for August, and Tls. 129 for the 31st December, Laou- Kung-Mows at Tla. 120, Tls. 118, and Tls. 118 cash, and Soy Chees at Tls. 582, China Flour Mill shares were placed at Tls. 534 and Tls. 55, anti American Cigarette shares at 11s. 85. Tugs and Cargo Boa's.-Shanghai Cargo Boat shares changed hands at Tls. 202 cum the interim dividend of 6 per cent. due to-day. The Directors of the Co-operative Cargo Boat Co. have declared an interim dividend of 5 per cent, payable to-day. Miscellaneous.-There has been a serious decline in Tobacco shares. In Shanghai-Sumatra shares there was a dragging market all the week, with sales at Tls. 103 cash, Tls. 102 for August and Tis. 103 for October. Yesterday cash shares were forced off at Tis. 90, and to-day at Ti. 87) cash and Tls. 85 for the 31st current. This weakness was caused by a rumour that no interim dividend will be paid for some time, doubtless in sympathy with Shanghai-Langkatsbares, which were offering freely at Tls. 550 with no buyers, as there were rumours of some trouble with the oil pipes at the wella. On the 4th shares were forced off at Tls. 450 and Tls. 425, and the market declined yesterday to Tls. 400, but recovered to Tls. 450, at which shares are in strong demand. Hall & Holtz shares were sold at $111, and shares in A. S. Watson & Co to Hongkong at $12.50. Loans. -Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf 6 per cent Debentures were placed at Tls. 105, and Perak Sugar Cultivation 7 per cent Debentures at par, 'plus the accrued interest in both cases.
Quotations are:-
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
-$366.25.
Bank of China, Japan, and The Straits, Limited,
deferred shares.-£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 Canton, Ld.--$236}. China Traders' Insurance Co., Ld.-$77. North China Insurance Co., Ld.-Tls. 200.00. Yangtsze Insce. Assocn., Ld.—$158.
Canton Insurance Office, Ld.-$182}. Straits Insurance Co., Ld.—§18‡.
Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld.-$355. China Fire Insurance Co., Ld.-$107.
$139
Rovdi& Co., Ld., Founders.—Nominal. Boyd & Co., Limited.-Tis. 210 00. SC. Farnham & Co.-Tls. 182.50. Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ld.~$425, Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co.-Tls, 187.00. Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Golewn
Company, Limited.—$67}. . Shanghai Land Investment Co., Ld. (fully paid)
-Tis. 89.50.
Hongkong Land Invest. & A. Co., Ld.~~$75. Kowloon Land & Building Co., Ld.-$19. Humphreys Estate and Finance Co., Ld.-$10. Shanghai Gas Co.-Tla. 225.00. Major Brothers, Limited,-T'Is. 42.50. Ewo Cotton Spinning & W. Co., Ld.—Tls. 115.00, International Cotton Man. Co., Ld.—Tls. 122.50. Laou-kung-mow Cotton Spinning and Weaving
Co., Ial.—'T'ls, 118.00.
Soy Chee Cotton Spinning Co., Ld.-Tls. 682.50. Shanghai Ice Company-Tis. 125.00. Shanghai l'ugbrat Co., Ldi-Tls, 215.00. Taku Tug & Lighter Co., Ld.-T. Tls. 115 00. Shanghai Cargo Boat Co.-Tls. 202.00. Co-operative Cargo Boat Co.-Tis. 185.00. Shanghai Waterworks Co., Ld.-Tis. 305.00. Shanghai Sumatra Tobacco Co.-Tls. 87.50. Shanghai Langkat Tobacco Co., Ld.-Tla. 450.00. Shanghai Horse Bazaar Co., Ld.-Tls. 76.00. J. Llewellyn Co., Limit&ed.-$75.00. Hall & Holtz, Ld.—$41.50.
A. S. Watson Co.. Limited.-$12.50. Bell's Asbestos Eastern Agency, Ld —$9.00. Hongkong Electric Co., Ld.-$8.00.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
WEDNESDAY, 11th August. EXCHANGE.
ON LONDON.-
ON
Telegraphic Transfer
Bank Bills, on demand
Bank Bills, at 30 days' sight
Bank Bills, at 4 months' sight ...1/10 Credits, at 4 months' sight
.1/101
.1/10
.1/10
.1/108
Documentary Bills, 4 months' sight 1/10
ON PARIS.-
Bank Bills, on demand
.2.34
Credits, at 4 months' sight
.2.38
ON
GERMANY.——
On demand
.1.89
ON
NEW YORK.-
Bank Bills, on demand
451
Credits, 60 days' sight
.46
BOMBAY.-
Telegraphic Transfer...
.143}
Bank, on demand..
.144
ON CALCUTTA,——
Telegraphic Transfer
..143
Bank, on demand...
..144
ON
SHANGHAI,—
Bank, at sight
.75}
Private, 30 days' sight.
,761
ON
YOKOHAMA,
On demand
...71% pm.
ON
MANILA.-
On demand
.41% pш.
..1 % pm.
..10.60 ..55.00
ON SINGAPORE.—
On demand
SOVEREIGNS Bank's Buying Rate GOLD LEAF, 100 fine, per tael
TONNAGE.
HONGKONG, 11th August. Our freight market continues dull and depressed with no improvement in previous quotations.
From Saigon to Hongkong, 8 cents on steamers capacity has been accepted, to Jaya 19 cents is the quotation, while to Singapore 10 cents per pical is all that is offered.
From Java to Hongkong, sugar freights are about 15 cents per picul with no demand.
Newchiwang to Canton is quite neglected and no quotation can be given.
Coal freights Japan.-From Moji to Hongkong, $1.10 has been accepted; from Otaro or Mororan 81.60 per ton has been closed for loading about four weeks hence; for Singapore there is no enquiry; the
Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co. large carrier settled a fortnight ago is now reported
-$35.
Indo-China Steam N. Co., Ld.~Tls. 37.50.
Douglas Steamship Co., Ld.-366.
China-Mutual Steam Nav. Co. pref. shares.-
TlB. 50.00.
at $2.50 per ton.
Sailers. A medium-sized vessel has been fixed to load hence for New York at about 11s. per ton of 40 cubic feet. Another vessel might be placed at about 108. per ton, with long lay days.
The German ship Willkommen, 1,635 tons, proceeds to Portland (Oregon) and the British ship Ancyra, -2,198 tons, to Manila, to load for New York or Bos Millington, both under orders from owners.
Perak Sugar Cultivation Co., Ld.-Tls. 38.00. China Sugar Refining Co Ld.-$151. Luzon Sugar Refining Co., Ld.-$48}. Sheridan Consolidated Mining and
Company, Limited.-Tls. 2.50. Panjom Mining Co., Ld.—363.
Punjom Mining Co., Ld., pref. shares.-$1.85. Jelebu Mining & Trading Co., Ld.-$2.25. Baub Australian Gold Min. Co., Ld.-$26.25,
There are four vessels disengaged in port, registers ing 5,194 tons.
The following are the settlements:- Lucy A. Nickels-American barque, 1,330 tons hence to New York, private terms,
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