6th January.
We print this morning astatem=nt of the Appreciation and Depreciation of Stocks quoted on our local share market since 31st December 1900. Nearly the whole of the gain on Perak Sugars, S. C. Farnham, Boyd Ca., Li, shares, Shanghai Lands, Gas, Tugs & Cargo Boats, Langkats, Hall & Holtz, and Astor Hotels, comes to Shanghai, while it benefits by only a portion of the gain on Hongkong Banks, Marine and Fire Insurance, Waterworks, Shipping and Hongkong Stocks; in Mining Stocks gaitis preponderate over losses. Cot ton Mills and other Industrial Stocks show a loss of some 'I'ls. 1,000,000. We estimate the approximate gain to the Shanghai public at about Tls. 11,500,000, The net gain for 1900, was approximately Ts. 3,000,000, and for 1899, Tls. 4,000,000.
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