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COMMERCIAL.
SILK.
Messrs. A. R. Burkill & Sons' Silk Circular, dated Shanghai, January 6th, 1906, states: The home markets are quiet. Gold Kiling is quoted in London at 12-14 and in Lyons at Fcs. 34. Raw Silk. Since the date of our last Circular a small business has been done in Tsatlees, about 200
SUGAR.
HONGKONG, 19th January.-A downward ten- dency continues, market being very dull. Shekloong, No. 1, White......$8.40 to $8.45pcl.
2, White...... 7.20 to 7.25
Do.
Swatow,
ور
19
Do.
1. Brown...... 6.30 to
Do.
2. Brown.
"
Do.
.35 5.45 5.30 to No. 1, White...... 8.00 to 2, White...... 7.10 to
"
"
8.10
7.15
"
Do.
Do.
1, Brown.... 6.00 to 2. Brown..... 5.60 to 5.65 .10.50 to 10 60 9.55 to 9.60
6 05
22
33
17
Foochow Sugar Candy. Shekloong
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[January 22, 1906.
MISCELLANEOUS EXPORTS.
HANKOW, 10th Jan., 1906:-The prices quoted are for the net shipping weight excluding cost of packing for export :-
Cowhides, Best Selected..
Do. Seconds Buffalo hides, Best Selected
Goatskins, untanned, chiefly white color Buffalo Horns, average 3-lbs. each ́...... White China Grass, Wuchang and/or
Poochi...
White CnihaGrass, Sinshan and/orChayu Green China Grass, Szechuon Jute
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White Vegetable Tallow, Kinchow...... White Vegetable Tallow, Pingchew
and/or Macheng White Vegetable Tallow, Mongyu Green Vegetable Tallow, Kiyu. Animal Tallow..... Gallnuts, usual shape
do..
Do. Plum
Tobacco, Tingchow....
Do. Wongkong Black Bristles Feathers, Grey and/or White Duck
"
Per picul.
Tls. 87.25
83.00
"
17.75-
"
69.00
7.60
12.00
11.25
"
#
(nom.)
4.30
8.80
20
8.60
39
"
(nom.,
8.2.
"
10.0.
}
16.2,
J
18.0, (nom.
3.5
"
"
**
(
39
Wild Duck
*
*
31
3.99
13
(nom./
8.30 10.00
Sesamum Seed Sesamum Seed Oil Vegetable Tallow Seed Oil.............................................. Wood Oil
Tea Oil
HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
Shengking Province :-Feng-hwang-cheng, La- yang, Hsin-min-tun, Tichling, Tung-kiangtao, Changtu and Fakumen. In Kirim Province: -- Chang-chun, Kirin, Harbin, Hunchun and San- sin. In Amur Province:-Tsitsikar, Hailar, Algun and Manchuri (right on the Kusso-Chinese frontier). The Japanese papers regard this consummation “as a natural sequel to Japan's con- tinental policy. Indeed, the Russo-Japanese war was, in a word, a collision between Japan's open bales being settled. Yellow Silks.—Are neglected. door policy and Russia's exclusiveness : and Japan Hand Filatures.--Have been more in demand, and having issued victorious from the conflict, it is settlements both for the Continent and America only in the natural order of things that we now are reported. Steam Filatures.-Have been con- proceed to consummate one of our long-cherished fined to a few sales in fine sizes for Lyons.ubjects." As they say, this opening of Manchuria Waste Silk.-The market continues very quiet.
will prove a decided boon to China. The natives in the interior are as yet a primative, backward Stocks of many qualities are exhausted and are only small in any quality, and further supplies people, of but little wants, living almost entirely on what they raise and manufacture, and conse- are not likely to be large.
quently they are behind-hand in point of intel- lectual and economic development, and the open. ing of the new marts will be an immense boon to them in the long run. The agreement confirms the principles of the " open door and equal opportunity for all, so should be accepted with satisfaction by the other Powers that have in- terests in Manchuria. Current business has been of the most meagre desciption again, although there are signs that the depression is gradually being dispelled. The impression that was gain-Turmeric ing ground that the markets in the interior were well supplied with goods is repudiated by the well-informed natives, who declare that it is only here stocks are at all excessive. During the last few days buyers for Tientsin have been picking up cheap lots, and there is also an enquiry from Nowchwang for favorite cloths of American make. The steamer companies find some improvement in the requirements for space for Hankow, but Importers do not appear to notice it. Money is very tight still, and everything points to a very quiet time until after the China New Year holidays( which Man- commence on the 25th inst.) are well over. chester is easier, presumably in sympathy with Cotton which dropped to 6.10d. but has since recovered to 6.23d. in Liverpool for Mid. Ameri- can, and 8 d. for Egyptian. The latest New York quotation is 11.92 cents for July option. The per picul.export of Plain Cottons from Lancashire last month was 49 million yards to Hongkong and China, and 1,300 bales Yarn to Shanghai. The New York market is still very strong, and it is reported further re-salos of lighter weight cloth contracted for this have taken place there at a swall profit, which would seen to be a highly desirable course to pursue. The market for Yarn is steadier, a fair amount of Indian Spinning having been bought by the Newchwang dealers for delivery after China New Year. Cotton is quiet but steady. Stocks.-The usual forms have been sent out by the Chamber of Commerce for the returns of Stocks on the 31st December-it is sincerely to be hoped that holders will give this their earnest and prompt attention. Piece Goods. -The regular auctions of sound goods that have taken place during the last two weeks show a distinctly firmer feeling for all: classes of goods, both Cotton and Woollen. Privately there has been scarcely anything doing from first hands, and what purchases have been made are simply of the usual New Year, complimentary kind.
RICE.. HONGKONG, 19th January.-The prices are the same as when last reported.
Saigon, Ordinary
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Round, good quality Loug...
Stan, Field mill cleaned, No. 2
$2.80 to $2.85
3.60 to 3.65 3.70 to 3.75 .... 2.90 to 2.95 No. 1 3.75 to 3.80 4.00 to 4.05 4.20 to 4.25
F#
Garden.
White,
"1
Fine Cargo
OPIUM.
HONGKONG, 19th January.
Quotations are:-Allow'ce net to 1 catty.
de.
Malwa New
.$1020 to
Malwa Old
$1050
to
Malwa Older
.$1100 to
do.
Malwa V. Old...
$1200 to
do.
Persian fiue quality ...$1150
to
to
$910 to
Patna Old ...
$9321 to
$920 to .$910
to
ło. 16. do.
Persian extra fine......$1200
Patna New
Benares Ner
Benares Old
do. do. per chest.
PLECE GOODS. Mesara. Noel, Murray & Co.'s Report on the Shanghai Piece Goods Trade, dated Shanghai, 7th January, 1906, states-Our last report was dated the 21st ulto., the Christmas holidays coming right on top of an already disorganised market, rendering any further remarks on our part before the close of the year unnecessary, if not impracticable. It is only expedient to say the last week of the year passed of very quietly, after the excitement that marked the preceding period, and 'no one seems to be any the wiser as to the exact Cuse of the sudden disturbance.
It has appar- ently had the effect of superfluous steam, and amongst the trading classes, at all events, there is certainly the appearance of more confidence in the future. To comment on the trade of the past year would only be reitorating the great danger there is in the growing tendency for over trading. No one can deny that the heavy forward buying that was indulged in early last year was quite unwarranted. It was started by some of the over-sanguine dealers, and foreign importers were forced to follow suit in order to keep their long established cloths and chops on the market. There was really nothing to justify the recklessness which many of the buyers displayed, and it was not surprising that home manufacturers were puzzled | | to know the meaning of it. At one time it cer- tainly looked as though anticipations would, to a great extent, by realised, but the series of unfore seen drawbacks we have so often dwelt upon, quite upset all hopes and calculations, the trade only being saved from dire disaster by the fortui- tous strength of the Cotton market, It is beyond a doubt that, so far as the majority of the natives engaged in this trade are concerned, the last few months must have wiped out the profits of the last two years, and they are not out of the wood During the interval, since our last was written, the agreement between Japan and China regarding the future of Manchuria has been con- cluded, and although no official details have been published it is believed that the following towns are obe opened to the trade of the world :-In
re'.
MISCELLANEOUS IMPORTS.
HONGKONG, 19th January.—The prices ruling are as follows:- COTTON YARN-
Bombay-Nos. 10 to 20, ... English-Nos. 16 to 24,
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22 to 24, 28 to 32, 38 to 42, Reported sales 6,000 bale:. COTTON PIECE GOODS-
per bale $90.00 to $128.00 140.00 to 160.00 160.00 to 165.00 167,50 to 175.00 180.00 to 190.00
per piece $2.20 Grey Shirtings-6 lbs.
to $2.25 7 lbs.
2.30 to 2.10 8.4 lbs.
3.00 to 4.00 9 to 10 lbs. 4.10 to 5.80
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+4
White Shirtings-54 to 56 rd. 2.50 to 3.00 58 to 60 3.10 to 3.60 64 to 86 3.80 to 5.40 Fine..... 6.10 to 8.00 Book-folds 5.30 to 8.10 Victoria Lawns-12 yards 0.80 to 1.00 T-Cloths—8lbs. (32 in.), Ord'y. 2.20 to 2.30
7lbs. (32,, ).
2.70 to 3.00 ulbs. (32,, ), Mexs. 2.25 to 2.70 7lbs. (32 ),
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11
2.90 to ·3.20
8 to 8.4 oz., (36 in.)3:25 to 8.80 Drills, English---40 yds., 13‡
5.10 to 8.00 to 14 lbs.
For
Per steamer Tydeus, sailed on 5th January For Havre or Hamburg or London:-~50 cases. camphor. For Malta:-8 packages naval stores. For Rotterdam :-5 casks ginger, 86 rolls matting. 300 bales cassia, 20 bales split bamboo. London :-375 bales waste silk, 26 rolls matting. 627 bales canes, 1,330 bags copper ore, 46 boxes crude camphor, 490 casks preserves, 450 cases preserves, 20 cases bristles, 50 casks soy, 154 bales. feathers, 200 packages merchandise, 532 bales canes, 8,200 ingots. copper, 18 cases personal effects, 4 cases cigars. For London or Glasgow 250 casks ginger; 150 cases ginger. For London or Antwerp or Hamburg-60 cases bristles, For London or Hamburg or Antwerp:-30 cases bristles. For London or Hamburg:-20 cases essential oil. For Manchester :-50 bales waste silk. For London or Hamburg :-77 bales galangal, 28 bales canes, 217 bales duck feathers, 33 bales duck feathers. For Antwerp:-100 bales split bamboo, 349 bags lead, 100 bales duck fea-
thers, 20,072 ingots copper.
Per P. & O. steamer Delta, sailed on 13th January. For London:-5 cases tea (from Foo- chow), 125 bales raw silk, 12 cases feathers, 4 packages sundries, 4 cases curios, 6 cases silk, 1 oase wo odware, 9 cases cigars, 750 bales hemp. 21 onses chinaware, 165 rolls mats. For Man- chester 100 bales waste silk, 3 cases silks. For Gibraltar: cases cigars, 1 case silks, 1 case curios. For St. Chamond-10 bales raw 'sik For Lyons:-412 bales raw silk. For Marseilles: -2 cases bird's feathers, 13 cases silks, 20 bales raw silk.
Per steamer. Gneisneau, sailed on 17th January
For For Port Said: -7 cases bamboo fans. Genoa :- 500 bales raw silk, 200 cases cassiâ, 20 cases essential oil, 17 cases fans, 9 cases ́ china- ware. For Monteveido :-4 cases silk, 1 case paperware. For Antwerp:-200 bales bambo›, 30 cases preserves, 5 cases human hair. For Antwerp or Hamburg-60 cases bristles, 50 bales feathers. For Amsterdam:-131 rolls matting. For Rotter- dam :
69 bales canes, 55 cases ginger, 25 ten sticks. For Bremerhaven:-10 cases human hair. For Bremen:-100 bales feathers, 43 rolls matting. For Hamburg:-556 bales feathers, 49 half-chests ton, 20 cases essential oil, 20 cases vermillion, 18- bales canes, 8 cases chinaware, 8 cases bristles, 5 cases camphorwoodtrunks, 4 cases blackwoodware, 2 cases feathers, 1 case silk. For Hamburg or London :-25 cases bristles. For Copenhagen 100 rolls matting, 7 bales feathers, 2 cases lacquer- For London 850 rolls matting, 50 cases essential oil.
ware.
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Per P. & O. steamer Palawan, sailed on 17th January. For London 4 cases cigars, 4 cases camphor oil, 580 p ckages tea (from Foochow) 3 cases lacquer, 63 cases chinaware, 120 bales canes, 1 case sporting guns, 220 casks preserves, 2 boxes private effects, 100 bales waste silk, 334 rolls mats and matting, 1 case silk, 2 packages sundries, 75 packages merchandise (optional) 2 packages rattan chairs, 2 cases curios. For Marseilles :—50 . bales waste silk.
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