The-Hong-Kong-Weekly-Press-1899-10-28 — Page 17

October 28, 1899.]

COMMERCIAL.

TEA.RE SHANGHAI, 12th October.-(From Messrs Welch, Lewis, & Co.'s Circular)—Ont last " printed" Teu market report was dated 9th instant. Black Tea. -Our market has become quieter, and prices for common Teas are not quite so extreme as they were during the previous fortnight. A few of the better quality chops have been shipped on native account.

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Settlements during the fortnight: Ningehow... 587-chest, at Tls. 193/20.15 Hohow

266 "

101 Oonan

2,192

151/20 Oopack........ 403

16/17

3.898

22

Stock, 5,499 half-chests, against 3,685 half- chests at same time last year.

CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.

EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED

STATES AND CANADA, ALIEN 1899-19000 1898-99

lbs. 21,084,786 11,283,261

Yokohama Kobe...........

22,212,276 11,782,617

33,994,793

SILKAN

CAMPHOR.

369

HONGKONG, 27th October,--The market active and prices are advancing. - Quotation for Formosa are $72.50 to $78.0) salen 250 piculo.

SUGAR.

HONGKONG, 27th October. The market is 32,320,047 and prices are declining. Quotations are::

Shekloong, No. 1, Whitu...98.65 $8.70, tel:

do.

White... 7.90 to 7.95 Shekloong, No. 1, Brown,.. 6.75 to 5.80 -- pel. Swatow, No. 1, White... 855 to 8.60 do. » 8. Brown... 5.60 to 5.65

Swatow, No. 1, Brown... 5,65 to 15.707

do.

White. 7.86 to 7.90.

do.

2, Brown... 5.5 tỷ 5.61 Sugar Candy.............12.55 to 12 60 ..11.65 to 11,70

- CANTON, 27th October, 1899. - Be-reels.--No settlements are reported. At $790 small lots of No. 1 Grant might be obtainable. Teatlees.— Nothing has been done in these sorts. Filatures Have been in good 'enquiry during the first part of the fortnight. Dealers offering sparingly, fine sizes advanced $80/40 per picul. The last few days the market has been quieter, but prices for Yu Wo Hing 9/11, $975 for Po King Cheong are very firm, From prices paid we quote: $1,080 9/11, $1,050 for Chun Sun Hang 10/12 $1,030/995 for Kwong Shan Cheong and Miu King Lun 11/13 8080 for Kwong Wo Hang 11/18, $980 for Kwong and 18/16, $1,000 for Kwong Wo Hang 11/13, Sun On 13/15, 965 for Kwong Lun Hing 18/15, $930 for Hing Lun 11/18. been in fair demand, but the high prices asked Short-reels-Have checked busin.es. Wate-Prices advanced Waste. steadily and dea' is now ask $110 for Extra Extra

Green Tea.-Pingueys. There is very little change to report in these descriptions. Chops at Tla. 20 to Tls, 22 are in fair deinand at about previous rates, but it is difficult to more the better Teas, Some Wenchow leaf packed in bores similar to Pinganeys has been sold at prices rather in favour of the seller. No further Information about probale size of crop has been forthcoming. Country Teas.-Our market con• tinued quiet for some days after the date of our last report, but during the past week & stronger demand has set in by a few buyers, and chops up to Tis. 25 a picul show in many cases hulf à tael advance. Choice Teas are held for prices above the ideas of most buyers, and offers for this bave R.Rurkill & Sons' Circular):-The Home markets SHANGHAI, 21st October.-(From Messrs. A. not advanced in sympathy with the inferior qualities. The crop will be fully 20,000 half- Gold Kilinge Fcs. 81.25 in Lyons. Raw Silk,

are firm, Blue Elephants are 12/8 in London and obeats smaller than that of last year. We have Market quiet but steady, about 350 bales have heard of no business in ordinary Local packs. been done. Yellow Silk.-Strong market, settle- Hysona.-Until the past few days there has been ments amount to 200 bales. Arrivals, as per an almost entire absence of demand, and finest Customs Returns, October 14th to 20th, are: 998 Moyune Teas were offering at Tls. 24 to 27 with-bales White, 656 Inles Yellow and 99 bales Wild out finding buyers. The few settlements made show excellent value. Common Teas are wanted for shipment to Bombay.

Settlements during the fornight are :--

I-chests.

4

Pinganey

8,987

Moyane...

9,789

Tienkai..

12,476

ut Tls. 19.00 a 28.00 21.00 a 27.50 21.00 a 30.00

Fychow...

1,493

20.00 a 22.25

Local Packed

440

33,135.1-chesta

Total Settlements since the opening of the

season-:-

Local packed...... 17,651

Silks. Re-Reels and Hand Filatures-The de mand for America still continues and 500 bales bave been settled. Steam Filatures-Market strong. The Export of Steam Filatures to date is: 2,418 hales to America, 2,106 bales to the Continent, 40 bales to London, and 6 bales to Japan. Wild Silk.-Quiet. Waste Silk.-Quiet, but very firm.

Quotations in Taels per picul-Average Ex. change for the week 4 m./s. 2/8 and Fes. 3.39. Freight The. 7.25 per cwt :-

Tratles.

Black Lion 8... Bird Chunling

Yuenling

Blue Lion No. 1

Tis. per pol.

610 682

5624

6173

500

500

427* 497)

505

465

2

Gold Double Butterfly

416

490

1890 x 1900.

Settlements.

Stock.

-chests.

-chests.

Yaconlay Bieling

496

Fingsuey

Choy Kiling

490

.100,714

11,010

Hanchow.

Moyune

62,933

Pagoda Ting Tinghow

Tienkai

*****

48,126

11,130

Tinghow

Fychow

Lanhook

14,928

Lanling

884

Tayglam

་

Total .........234,852

Green Kahing MM

28,041

1898 x 1899.

"

13

Settlement.

-chests.

Skeins.-

Stock. 4-chests.

Pingauer ......... 31,856

14,452

Mienchew 1

.380/885

Moyune

48,780

.870/875

Tienkai

Meeyang 1 and

.850/325

46,754

37,657

Fooyang 1

Fychow

19.257

Wongchow Extra

820 290

Local packed.

...... 13,145

3,247

Hand Filature.—

Gold Butterfly, Croisee No. 1 and 2

.740/780

Keechong Fing

1 and 2

.685/675

19

Total

..153,742

55,356

Incense Chop,

52

Mars Chop,

1 1

600

Gold Double Gun, Oroisee No. 1...

Market Chop, Orossea.....

680 680 665

EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED

KINGDOM AND CONTINENT.

Hankow and Shanghai... 9,514,080

Amoy..

Foochow

Canton

1899-1900

lbs.

by 12 Moss, Green Stork 1.

Lie Skeins, 3 Yellow Silk-

13.

980

Pegasus Haining, Croisee Ex. & No. 1 & 2 aver. 780 (not Croisse) No. 1 & 2 „,710/700

EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND

JAPAN TO EUROPE, ...

221,484 11,193,226 4,04%,645

1898-99 H:8. 10,608,829 390,250 10,577,774 8,770,406

Bloycle Chop

Grasshopper

No. 1, 2 & 3,,: 700 No. 1, 5 & 8, 700 Bed Eagle (not Croisee)'No. 1, 2 3 and 4.....

660

21,001,411 25,302,652

Shangbai Canton Yokoliama

EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO- UNITED STATES AND CANADA,

Shanghai.

Amoy

Foochow

1899-1900- 1893.99.

lbs.

Ibs.

1,222,849

1,192,677

8,330,928

4,414,770

13,977,546

1898-9

1899-1900

Index

47.594

14,365

$11,788

13,558 8,441

78,837

51.888

Foochow

ghekloong

Per steamer Pinguey, sailed on the 10th

MISCELLANEOUS EXPORTS. October. For New York:-6,262 packages mer- 1,000 bales hemp, 404 packages preserved gin. chandise, 2,179 bales cassia, 3,529 rolly matting, ger, 57 boxes cassis, 84 cases blackwoodware, 25 bales rattancore, 13 cases cantharides, and 4 cases lithograph paper, 17 boxes bristles, 13 bales unout palm leaves.

Per American ship, Challenger, sailed on the 15th October. For New York :-4 cases preserves, 353 packages rattan furniture, 800 Chinaware, 59 cases blackwoodware, 140 casOG

and 12,119 rolls matting. bales cassis, 2017-4-cheats tea 8,250 cases fans,

For Havre:-1 case silks, 19 cases blackwood- Per steamer Savoia, sailed on the 18th Oct.

47 cases Chinaware, 50 cases bristles: 78 bales ware, 19 cases human hair, 20 cases cantharides, split bamboos. 100 cases camphor, 111 packages tea, 185 rolls matting, 210 packages canes, and 698 rolls mats. For Havre and/or Hamburg : 2 packages canes, 2 packages fans, 2 packages bamboo, 8 bales, feathers, 10 cases staraniseed, 14 cases human hair, 21 cases essential oil, 25- cases bristles, 29 cases Chinaware; 34 bales galangal, 47 casks egg yolk, and 105 cases Cassia. For Havre and/or Hamburg and/or London ---2 cases feathers, 30 bales canes, 90 cases bristles, 100 cases preserves, 100 cases cam- phor. For Havre and/or Hamburg and/or Lon- don and/or Antwerp:-26 cases albumen. For Hamburg-1 case cigars, 2 cases gypsum, tes, 9 cases curios, 9 cases sundries, 13 cases. Chinaware, 13 cases human hair, 18 casOn trunks, 20 bales rattan shavings, 76 bales starwbraid, 100 cases antgalls, 110 bales fes- thers, 244 casks wood oil, Buu rolls matting, 385 bales canes, 678 packages preservea&and 1,600 bales broken cassia. For Hamburg and/or Antwerp:-10.cases bristles and 14 bales fea thers. For Hamburg and/or Antwerp and/or London :-115 cases bristles. For Hamburg and/or Bremen and/or Antwerp-6 cases crackers, For Antwerp-7 bales tobacco leaf. For Amsterdam :—200 cases preservés. For Rotterdam:-26 bales tobacco leaf. For Lon- don:-5 cases cigars. For Bermuds →1 case ourios. For Lisbon:-49 cases Chinaware. For New York :—10 cases essential õil.

Per steamer Laos, sailed on the 21st October. For Marseilles:-372 bales raw silk, 134 bales pierced cocoons, 5 cases, Chinaware. 3 cases blackwoodware, 185 packages tea, 30 bales pun., jum silk. 12 cases vilks, 10 cases essential oil. För London :-1 case silks. For, Lyons —593 bales raw silk and 2 cases milks. For Milan 15 bales raw silk.

577

Per P. & O. steamer, Candia, sailed on the bales. 23rd October. For London F—Icase essence of 29,889 ilang ilang, casə cigars, 2008 hemp from

Manila. 523 packages, 888 boxes tea from Amoy, partic 11.144 boxes, 718 m/boxes, and from Hongkong partionlars copperware, 430 rolls matting, cases feathers, 350 m/packages packages private effecta. 150 bale

bales feathers, 2 cases bird canes, 15 cases bristles, 3 cases Chinaware, 91 casus blackwoodware 12 cases bamboowa

7,263,022 EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN 4,969,031

TO AMERICA.

1899-1900 -

18,354,650

:1898-99

·lbale

Shan i ai

Yokohama.

EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO ODESSA Canton

1899-1900 lbs..

Shangbai and Hankow... 25,863,048⠀⠀ * 22,676,90 ||

halen.

1899-0 bales.

5,707

3.478

4,947

13,559

6,381

14,760

preserves

800

Hongk

boxes thers. For Hamburg