550
the
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN TO EUROPE.
Shanghai
1897-08
1898-99
bales.
bales.
•
42,304
36.493
20,721
16,748
13,806
18,197
76,831
66,488
[December 31. 1808.
OPLUM
150
HONGKONG, 80th December-Bengal.—There bag bean an improvement in the ices for this drug, and the market closes, stronz, at the following figures-New Patna $802 and New Bepares $792).
Malwa.-The market for this drug has been rather cold, latest figures being :
New..............$720 with all'nce of 0 to 1 catty. Old. (^2/3 yrs.) ($740 (8)
A Nanking dispatch states as follows turns, December 17th to 22nd, are: 1,20f, bales Per P. & 0. steamer Coromandel sail H.D. Viceroy Liu has reappointed the White 135 bales Yellow Silk: Re-reels and 21st December. For Manchest expectant sub-prefect Yu Cheng-hsiang to the Filatures.—About 100 bales Hand Filatures waste silk. For London and/or Man
America, and 150 190 bales waste silk, For London—70 post of "députy" in the Nanking Burest of have been settled for
bales for Lyons. A small business is doing in raw silk, 3 cases silk piece goods, and 10 reign Affairs, owing to the increased degree
rcourse the Viceroy has with the high of Steau Filatures to date is : 2,001 bales to these labels from Fooohow, 619 bales raw silk, 31,
Common Market Steam Filatures. The Export effects. For France 860 packages tes and officials of varions nations, especially those from Continent, 1,103 bales to America and 68 bales to Gres Britain.
Sub-Prefect Yu is a very good England. Wild Silk. Some 240/250 bales Tassah
cases silk piece goods, 2 cases feathers, and 1 English scholar and well-acquainted with Filatures have been settled, a moderate businese
case pongees. For Milan -10 bales raw silk foreign matters "With reference
has been done in Raws. Waste silk,—Very little above the N. C. Daily News says it 18, doing; there has been some enquiry for Long perhaps not generally known that Sub-Pre- Honan Waste No. 1, and Nankin Buttons 1 and 2. foot giYn Cheng-hsiang's “ other -_name' or alias is "In Sui-wan," and he was at one time a clerk in a solicitor's office in Hongkong, which place he had to leave suddenly owing to the desire of the Hongkong police to make a better acquaintance with him. Yn Sui-wan then came north and joined the Viceregal ser- vice in Nanking. During the late war with Japan Yu was sent down to Shanghai to try on behalf of the Viceroy, several alleged spies, both Japanese and Chinese, the tortures which he brought to hear on his victims being so cruel that it will be remembered a general protest was made in the looal Press at the time. Sir Nicholas Han- nen, then Consul-General here, taking this into account as well as the record Yu held in Hong- kong as a fugitive from justice, actually refused to have any dealings with the man and wrote to the Viceroy Lin about the objections foreig- ners in general had to his Excellency's foreign deputy. The result was that Yu was removed. from the Bureau of Foreign Affairs. Nearly four years having now passed it is perhaps thought at Nanking that Yu's antecedents have been forgotten.
COMMERCIAL.
TEA.
CANTON, 22nd December.-Macio Congous. The business of the past month amounts only to 4,000 boxes at advancing prices up to Tls. 38 për picul. The quality has been well maintained, but the supply has been unequal to the demand. The lower grades are in request, but none are to be had, and no fresh supplies are expected this season. Scented Capers.-The market is close as far as buying is concerned, a few old settlements only remaining to be shipped.. The total export will be 4,000,000 lbs. -
EXPORA OF 1 EA FROM CHINA TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTİNENT.
1897-98 18.
-1898-91
lbs. Hankow and Shanghai...13 478,766. Foochow
13,200,549 684,252 4,443,760.
31,807,327 32.601,197
Amoy.
Canton
Yokohama....
EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN
TO AMERICA:
CAMPHOR.
( 4/5 -,,_) $780.
to 1 to 1
Persian.-The market has continued rather quiet and the prices remain unchanged. Closing quotations are $550 to $650 for Oily and $640
to $710 for Paper-tied. ·
T'o-day's stocks are estimated as u der New Patua.
New Benares
Malwa ..............
Persian M.............
898 chests
410
700
680 %
COURSE OF THE HONGKONG OPIUM MARKET.
1898-99
1997-98
hales
bales.
Shan? ai Canton...............、 Yokohama
8.952
7.692
7,040
8.235
15,792
21,174
·.--
26,784
37.101
PATNA.
BENARES.
-MALWA.
DATE.
New. Old. New. Old. New. Old,
$.
$.
795
786
720
Dec. 25
795
785
-720
Dro. 26
795
7821
[720
Dec. 27
795
7821
720
Deo. 28
7961.
7823
720
Dec. 29 Dec. 30 802
800
790
720
7921
720
RICE.
HONGKONG, 30th December.-There is little change to note in the position of this market. Quotations for Formosa are $1 to $51.0. Sales, Dec. 24
280 picul.
S
HONGKONG, 30th December.The market has given way and prices are weaker. Quotations
aru :-
do.
31
Shekloong, No. 1, White...$7.70 to $7.75 er pol.
2, White... 7.30 to 7.85 Shekloong, No. 1. Brown,.. 5.0 to
do.
2, Brown... 4.90 to Swatow, No. 1, Whité... 7.65 to
do.
1, White... 7.15 to Swatuw, No. 1, Brown..... 4.85 to
**
19
5.05 4.94 7.70 7.20
#1
+1
+1
4.90
M
"
do.
2. Brown... 4.70 4.75 Foochow Sugar Candy .11.00 to 11.10 Bliekloon
.10.02 1 10,03
cases
MISCELLANEOUS EXPORTS. Per steamer Konigsberg, sailed on the 19th December. For Beyrouth 6 cases camphor. For Havre-1 case silk, 2 casks soy, 13,869,361 bambooware, 7 bales feathers, 25 cases human 12,622,670 | hair, 39 cases Chinaware, 130 bales canes, 151 675,084 cases staraniseed, 259 cases camphor, and 2,369 5,455,162 packages tea. For Havre and/or Hamburg :-
casks egg yolk, 10 cases human hair, 39 cases Chinaware, 100 cases palm leaf fans, 100 rolls matting, and 170 bales horns. For Havre and/or Hamburg and/or London-1 cask egg yolk, 30 bales cassia lignea, 50 bales feathers, 100 cases staraniseed, 180 bristles, and 510 cases camphor. For Havre and/or Hamburg and/or 18,823,511 London and/or Antwerp:-2 cases human hair.
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
1897-98. lbs.
Shanghai
Amoy Foochow
1898-99 16s. 13,171 662 10,442,812
7,297,412
30,911,886
12,467,778 7,126,264
88,417,498: EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO ODESSA 1898-99 1897-98 19,462,293 Shanghai and Hankow... 22,691,075 -
EXTORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
1898-99% 1897-98
Yokohama.
lbs.
|
J
1898.
740/780
HONGKONG, 23rd December. The demand has been smaller during the past week and prices
are weaker. Quotations are:-
Saigon, Ordinary......
Round, good quality..
Siam, Field, mill cleaned, No, ? ... 2.70 to 2.75
Long
**
Garden,
White:
01
*
Fine Carg
و
No. 1
$2.60 to $2.65
2.75 to 2.80
2.90 to 2.92
8.00 to 3.05
8.80 to 8.85 415 to 4.20.
MISCELLANEOUS IMPORTS. HONGKONG, 30th December.-Among the sales reported during the week are the following:
YARN AND PIECE GOODS:-Bombay Yarn. -- 2,000, bales No. 10 at $65 to $82.6, 60 bales No. 12 at 8651 50 tales No, 16at $31, 900 bales No. 20 at $80 to $85.50, Grey Shirtings.-500 pieces 10lbs. Red 5 Men at $3.324 White Shirtings.—500 pieces SC at $4.15. 500 pieces 600 at $4.35, 50 pieces Flower, Chop at $4.85, 800 pieces. Gold Tiger at $6 00, 1,000 piec s 18 Reed at $2.27). T-Cloths. 875 pieces Mex. G. Pheasant at $1.924, 376 pieces 7 lbs. Sil. Dragon at $2.17). *
SHANGHAI 23rd December.(From Messrs. Noël, Murray & Co.'s Piece Goods Trade Report. For Hamburg-2 cases curios, 2 cases paper,Owing to the Christmas holidays the mail closes 3 cases gongs, 3 cases machinery, 5 cases China earlier this week, and we have therefore a some- what shorter interval to report on. There is cer- ware, 5 cases China ink, 5 cases powder, 7 cases tuinly a little more life discernible in the market, private effects, 8 cases human hair, 12 cases.
brought about no doubt by the slight reaction in Exchange, which has a re-assuring effect, making sundries, 16 cases cigars, 20 bales galangal, 30) rattan shavings, 41 rolls mats, 75 rolls matting,
operat-ws less afraid to commit themselves. Trans- 90 cases palm leaf fans, 135 cases peserves, 200
actions have been chiefly to arrive-goods cases cassia buds, 250 cases staraniseed, 415 bought for shipment December-January-but it packages canes, 423 packages orackers, 500 bales is difficult to arrive at the prices paid on account of the varied Exchanges that have prevailed for broken cassia, 819 bales feathers, 935 cases cam- phor, and 3,101 packages tea. For Hamburg forward business, and for that reason only a very and/or Bremen :-75 casks preserves. For Ham-mall proportion of the sales ure quoted. The Ib-.
burg and/or London-250 bales broken cassia news from Hankow continues to improve and is 25,178,843 and 250 bales cassia lignea. For London:-10 having a salutary effect on prices here, both at the 12,156,816 24,475,448 boxes essential oil and 250 boxes palm leaf fans Auctions and privately, bat how long it will For Bremen:-1 case private effects and 20 continue seems somewhat doubtful in the present state of financial affairs. An unusual enquiry for 36,449,271 49,654,291
Amsterdam -cases cases preserves. preserves and 16 onsos crackers. For Rotter. American Drills is noticeable for that market, but business is_restricted - owing to the small dam 176 cases preserves and 600 bales broken available #stock here at esent There is cassia. For Antwerp-2 cases cigars and 43 a decided improvement the market for
essential oil.
24,282.455
SILK.
SHANGHAI, 23rd December.-(From Messrs. BBurkill & Sons' Circular). The Home markets
keep firm and quotations remain unchanged, packages canes. For New York:-10 cases Yurns and prices have advanced for all kinds,
Raw Silk. —There has been a good demand again week, and settlements of Tsatles amount 700 bales: Gold Kilings have risen to Tls.
price are very strong. Yellow Silk.
siness has been done, especially in fienchew, About 250 bales of all qualisies have
hands Arrivals, as per Customs. Re
Per steamer Braemar, sailed on the 22nd December. For New York 3,533 rolls mat ting, 915 packages firecrackers, 100 cases staraniseed, 48 packages Chinaware, and 1,749
okages merchandise.
local Spirning are engaging considerable atten- tion and some important forward contracts have been booked this week, which will necessitate night work being resumed in some of the Mills. Lotion bas advanced again owing to the demand for the Mills and also for Japan, best machine ginned being unobtainable muca under Tls. 18.00.
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