Enno, Crawford & €o,, Lid. International Savings Sociaty Major Bron 8, Moutrie & Ca. la. Nenyang Bros. Tobacco Now Engineering & Shi Oriental ini Cotton Sifg. Ca.
Sthai Dock & Engineering Ca.
Iectrie Conatraction Ca.
15,400,000 Lesa 19,748 10,000 113,925 39,208 $826,700 Loss "8,781
615,536 104,000 Nil Loss $30,925, Nil Nil Zeng Sing Cotton Milla, Ltd. Union Motiliere Fonciere of Immobiliere 3 (Exelud, Bob.) ie, 20,000 Batenco of Profit and Low Account. acting immediately to every drop in the price of the raw material. This is probably largely due to the number of weak holders, and if the drop in rubber towards the end of the year has been successful in eliminating them, more confidence may be the case in the future. In the meantime there are reports that additional money is coming in from the outports and that even Hongkong, although badly hit by the boreott in the south, is becoming interested.
If so, the outlook must be for still strength, 30 long as the material markets else firm attitude.
All other sections of the Stock Exchange have been in the final result overshadowed by rubber, while owing to the special characteristics of the year they contained little in them to induce special activity. As a typical instance cotton mill shares may be mentioned. As a financial year 1924 was not one productive of good results owing to the high price of cotton and cheap rates for yarn, and the price for shares ruling at the beginning of the year did not attract speculators, Then came the strike, during which millions of working days were lost, and it was not until the reports of a very large cotton crop in America were confirmed to-rds the close of the year that such shares commended themselves as a profit-making investment. With a continuance of cheap colton and yarn at a remunerative figure, the outlook is good at the moment, A considerable amount of interest was at one time manifested in Docks, and so much strength was there in the
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