DER JOBBING DEPARTMENT TAVING buen
BEPLEN
ISHED with a large ar- sortment of the Istent EUROPEAN' and AMERICAN NOVELTIES, we are prepared to exconte
ordera for FANCY WORK with
nestuous and despatch, and as
very moderate ratsk.
CHINA HAYL* Ozzion
No. 10,698.
The China Mail.
一號九月六年七十九百八千一类 Business Notices.
"NB"
HORMAN DROWNS
Establishod Fobruary 1845. HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1897.
Nomen Beown
SPECIAL SCOTCH
922
WHISKY
For GLASGO
THE NEW FREE ZY
WHISKY.
Ten Years Old
Sold by LANE, CRAWFORD & Co., G. GIRAULT, at THOMAS'S GRILL ROOM, and all Retail Stores.
CEMENTIGHT. UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY,
PAINT.-non-conducior of Heat or
Cold, impervious to dampneas, and
alsa Fire Proof.
Specially Suitable for the Covering of Buildings.
A protection agatust high and low tem peratures
A preservar of all kinda of Timber agairt Ιηστεία,
An indestructible Faint on Iran. Bricks and ovory description of Plaster, Lame or Cament.
For further particulora, apply to
BARRETTO & Co.,
General Agents,
Hongkonz. March 16, 1897,
AN EFFECTUAL STOP INPUT TO ALL ANXIETY BY
THE NEW GUARANTEED
VALUE POLICY
OF THE
643
CASH
'EQUITABLE.
LIMITED.
SOLE AGENTS IN
HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN AND THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS,
FOR THR
UNITED ASBESTOS COMPANY, Ltd., LONDON,
Pioneers of the Asbestos Trade.
Contractors to H. M. Ovestment, and the Principal English, Indian, Colonial ann Foreign Railways, inluding the Imperial Railways of Japan.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Business Notices.
BELL'S ASBESTOS EASTERN AGENCY, Ltd.,
HONGKONG HOTEL-PRAFA,
SOLE FASTERN AGENTS FOR:
BELL'S AP3RSTOS,
ALUMINIUM & GENERAL FOUNDRY Svs. Lxv., New WIGH WOVE ROOFING CO.
SNOWDON SON'S & Oa., SkowoRIFF,"
GAITEL'S STEAM TRAP.
Bungen & Sons' LED., PAINT: VAUN, TVRToy Bros. & MATTHEWS' STEEL GOODS, W. WILSON GORROTI, (SATURN AND SCANDINAVIA BELTING),
Bell's Packings and Jointings are used by the British, French, Russian, Italian, Swedish and Spanish Navies, also by
21
Principal English, Colonial and South American Railway Companies.
W. JACKSON, Manager.
"TAND CRAWFORD & C
SEASONABLE DELICACIES
BROOK TROUT, MACKEREL IN TOMATOES, DEVILLED CRABS, OURRIED
RABBITS, FOWL, MUTTON, QUICKEN, &--PATE A LA ULABLE, SAVOURY PATES-PILCHARDS OIL, PRESERVED LAX, ROAST GROUSE, ROAST TURKEY, TUNNY FISH, SPICED SARDINES, SARDINE PASTE, FILLETTED HERRINGS, &u, &c.
CROSSE AND BLACKWELL'S LUNCH PATTIES.
COMB HONEY 1s 1 b AND 4 GLAS Jans.
AMERICAN 4000A-NUT TAFFY CAKES.
BATH OLIVER BISCUITS.
HOVIS FOOD, BISCUITS.
日十初月五年酉丁
GOLD MEDALS, PARIN 187011859: JOSEPH
GIZLOTTE
· PENE.
Of Highest Quadty, & Having Greatest. Dumblity, are "Therefore OLDAPEST.
The only Award, Chlongo, 1983, NUMBERS FOR USX BY HÀNKERS, Barrel 1 225, 26, 202.
Rip Pena, 24, 3, 257, 10, 40, 7,000, In Fine, Medium, ani kral Points.
- The New Tursed-up Point, 1039.
PRICE, $2.50 PER MONTH Y
Business Notices.
Booming Ahead.
N39
A LEAP INTO FAME!
A BUMPING SUCCESS!!
WATKINS & Co.,
Green Island Cemento
PAVING
Limited.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Hole Agents.
Company,
TILES
RAVING
DRAIN-PIPES
FIRECLAY GY
TENNIS, GOLF AND DIGESTIVE BISCUITS, OATCAKES (THICK AND THIN).
WHEATEN AND ALBERT BISCUITS,
1061
MAULAREN'S CANADIAN CHELSES,
SMALL AND LARGE JAY
CALIFORNIA WINES.
1 des grarte 2 doz. pints,
4 ds. prints.
$4.00.
SI 50.
$6.50.
4.50.
6.00.
7.00.
Wonks,
5,00.
G.00.
5.00.
600.
Tbc, best qualities of ASBESTOS and RUBBER GOODS for the Very Highest CLARET
Pressures. Clieaper qualities for Low Pressures.
ZINFANDEL BI SLING
.OCK
and
The "VICTOR" METALLIC PACKING has been adopted by the Lords of the Admiralty for nan throughout Her Majesty's Navy.
The "VICTOR" METALLIC JOISTING MATERIALS for Steam Eydraulic Jointe, Manbair and Mudbole Doors, &c., are also used. oz overy Battle. ship. Cenisor, Gunbist, Torpedo-beat and Transport in H. M. Servics.
"SALAMANDER" Non conduoting Composition for Boilers, Hot-water Tauke, Pipes, &c. IN TWO QUALITIES,
This Policy provides three things: 1281 Protection for the family; (2) Frovision fer the assured's later yonze; (3) a valuable Investment.
When three annual premiums have been pald the policy acquiries yearly thereafter thres distract GUARANTEED values in
(1) paid-up sestraace; (2) Ouch; (3) Lon
**: 6 per cent.
This polloy
SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR QUANTITIES, Superintendent:
Taos SKINNER. DODWELL, CARLILL & Go
Gitaral Agents.
DICK'S (LATE. HANNAY'S)
PATENT COMPOSITION
4
la pronounced by experienced The Cunard Steamer LUCANIA,' which holds the record for
men of business to be the best and most
liberal ontract of life arurance ever issu
ed and it is offered by un office having tha
splendid SURPLUS of £8,500,000 sterling
to support its GUARANTEES.
Foil Particulars and Illustrations from the GENERAL AGENTS,
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
2502
Manger for the East. 2187
||
J. T. HAMILTON,
Hengrong, Octobre 24, 1898.
JAPANESE
FINE ART CURIOS.
KUHN & KOMOR,
1,
2129, Queen's Road, Hongkong; 35, Water Street, Yokohams; and $8, Division Street, Kobo. AMERICAN SYSTEM
DENTISTRY.
G2, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL CHADWICK KEW.
(LATE OF POATE & NOBLE.)" Wangbang. Docambar 18, 185A
1 EN
2586
T1NG, Surgeon Dentist,
No. 10, D'Aquilan Sterft
TERMS VERY MODERATI, Corraltation Free.
Hongkong, April 6, 1895.
328
Kinghorn & Macdonald,
Consulting Mechanical Engineers and Surveyors, CONTRACTORS FOR THE SUPPLY OF ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY ANG APPLIANCES.
I
quickest passages across the Atlantic is coated with
this Composition.
Also in Use by the EMPRESS Line of Steamers.
HARRY WICKING & C.., Sole Agents in Hongkong,
W. BREWER & Co.
BRASSEY'S NAVAL ANNUAL, 1897.8.6.78 NOW READY 1897. FIGARO-SALON PAất I (To be com-
pleted in € Parts
The Soul of Lillith, by Maris Corelli $1.25 The Musarenes, by Ouida... Senf Ilustrated Postage Stamp Album, entirely revised, perma- ment Edition
1.26
*** $7.50
6,50
Queen's Regulations and Admiralty
Intructions
10.00
9,26
2.75
Hand-Book 4.00
LE PANORAMS-SALON PARTI (To be otopleted to 10 Parts)...
NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS
Under Love's Rule, hy Mica Br.ddon 83,60
The Soldier'e Peutet Book, by Lord
Wetenley
Every dog Life in Chios, by Wattes 2,00 Key to Roed's Engineers' The One & by Stress field...
These are Genuine GRAPE WINES, full bodied, with little acidity,
An allowance of Fifty Cente por Dozen is mada for the empty Piate when return- to Our Godown.
1088
THE
GANDE, PRICE & Co.,
Wine and Spirit Merchants.
12, Queen's Road Central.
HONG KONG
& MUTTON
PRIME BEEF
BEEF AND
CORNED
SAUSAGES
TONGUES
$40.$40.
& O.
GO TO
CENTRAL
1. 13. 15.
MARKET
BUTCHERY
THE HONGKONG HOTEL.
3.50 | Queen's Road, Under Hongkong Bakel. 1097 | 8AL
REDUCED RATES FOR
CERTAIN ROOMS.
́ENQUIRE AT THE
OFFICE,
HONGKONG HOTEL.
STEAM
W. POWELL & CO. PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL
NAVIGATION COMPANY TILL despatch VESSELS to the Undermentloued PORTS on the DATER
named-
TOE,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN'S
NEWEST MATERIALS
IN
UNDER-WEAR.
W. POWELL & Co.
Bergkrog, June 5, 1897.
URKE'S.
TTLINGS.
BURLI
URKE'S
BUFFLE
BASS & Co.'s FINEST. PALE ALE, QUINNESS' EXTRA FOREIGN STOUT,...
114
WILL
STEAMSHIP,
CAPTAIN..
DATE.
STRAITS & B'DAY Bydaares *...S. DE B. LOCKTER...About 11th Jane. SHANGHAI. N'KI
KOBE & YOKO, Canton.......D. C. Ga2008, R.......... About 11: June. LONDON............Sunda
S. G, D. ANDIEWS....Noco, 12th Junu SHANGHAI.........Barenna...0, T. DENNY, KN........ About 12th Jane, STRAITS & B’BAY Bombay *... B. C. WEATON, B.N.R...About 15th Jane.
OTTLINGS. LONDON, &a...is..Hind.... BARCHAN.............Noon, lith June,
Per cask of
4 doz. qu. 8 doz. pints. $17.25 $22.50
17.50
CONDITION GUARANTEED.
22.70
BULKES BOTTLINGS ABB TER ONLY BELIABLE BOTTLINGS oF THESE
†PECIFICATIONS, DESIONS and
prepared for all Classes 559. DRAWINGA of STEAMSHIPS, MACHINERY and BOILERS.
New Work and Repairs supervised. Surveys undertaken and Reports prepared
Telegrams, KiraKORN,"
Telephone, No. 141ongkong,
Postal Address, 17 Praya Ceutral.
JOIN W. KINGHORN. HRANI Mesh E. London. DONALD HACDONALD
Hoogkong, Novober 6, 1896, 1983
FOR BALE
FAMOUS BEVERAGES."
HARVIE & Co, Agents.
"AQUARIUS."'
THE TABLE WATER OF THE BAR EAST SECOND TO NONE.
WATER ONLY 1 Boing medet. TREBLE DISTILLED hasa PURITY that natural Mineral Waters cannot hope to attain,
Caldbeck, Macgregor & Co.,
Wine and Spirit Morokaste
Hongkong, June 1 1897.
J. & G. STODART'S L. MARTEL & Co.,
FIND OLD
WEST OF SCOTLAND
Whisky.
Dodwell, O chill
Prays Lankan
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS
MUREN'S ROAD
CEABLIS
POMMARD.
OHAMBERTIN
1110
JAPAN... Ferona.C. H. S. Touqua, ......Noop, 17th June. LONDON......... Borneo.F. 6. A. LYON, .N........About 22nd June, * Calling at COLOMBO, if sufficient inducoment offers For Freight (only),
See Bpecial Advertisement.
For Freight or Passage, and further Particulars, apply to
P&.0, 8. N. Co.'s Ofoe,
Hongkong, June 9, 1807.
H. A. RITCHIE, Superintendent.
GREEN ISLAND, MACAO. DEEP WATER BAY, HONGKONG. SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., GENERAL MANAGERS, HONGKONC.
CR.EBRALION OF THE SIXTIET 1
ANNIVERSARY OF THE REIGN
OF HER MOST GRACIOUS
MAJESTY THE QUEIN..
HE Undoreignod will be very glad to 1
above FUND.
T. JACKSON,
Hon. Treasurer.
1067
Hongkong, May 26, 1897.
THE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT Co., LIMITED.
NOTICE,
WTORIAN BUTTER COW
vio-
FOR SALF.
CELEBRATED
BRAND,') ULANTZINS NOT LESS THAN in 1 lb., 2 lb., 8 lb, and 10 lb. Tinr,
ONE CASEL Faller Qualities may be obtained at the TY-SING, KWAN-TAI, NAM HING. LOONG and all the principal Ship's Coms pradores, Market, and Provision Shops.
GEO. P. LAMMERT,- Sole Lgent for Honkong, the Coast of China and the Philippines, Hongkong, Juno 1, 1897.
111
F. CARMICHAEL, Oonsulting Engineer 'and Surveyor, 18, PRAYA UNNTRAL,
NOTICE ORDINARY GENERAL TOTICE is hereby given that an EX. MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the above CoPARY will be held at the Company's OFFICE, No. 9,
Praga Central, un FRIDAY, the 20th Jane, 1897, at Foon, when the subjoined Reaclations, DEGS to aucunes that from this data. which were presed at the Extraordinary B he intends to carry on Budinces at the General Mouling of the Compang held on above address, end that he is prepaerd jo the 6th Jans, 1897, will be submitted for supply DESIGNS and SPROIFICATIONS confirmation as special resolutions,
for all classes of ENGINEERING WORK.. (1)-That the Ospital of the Company Repairs Supervised and Surveys Undertaken
bo increased to the Sum of $500,000
840 Hongkong, April 26, 1897, Hongkong Currency by the maze of! Thirty Thousand NEW SHALke of Texi
Dolints each to be lesued at a propia KELLY & WALSH, LTD.
માં
Ten
Dellors
Dollars each, such Peise of Ten Bach and also such premiam of Ten Dollars each to he Payable in auch amount, at such times and on
on sach conditions as the General Managers shall from time to
to time determine." (9)—That Twenty Thousand of such New
Skarca
be offered to the persons who'on
the Let day of July, 1897, shall be the
tered Date
of the old or Shares the proportion of One New Share for every old or exis ting Share and sveh offer shall be made by a notice specifying the number of Naw Shares which each auch Bozistered Shareholder shall be entitled to take up and limiting a time within which the ffer if not accepted in writing will be deemed to be tot accepted, and all non-nocepted Shares shall be disposed of for the benefit of the Company on anak unnditions as the General Mara- gera aballetermine, (3)That the remaining Ten Thousand New Shares te Allotted to the General Managers who have guaranteed to apply for and accept that number.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
General Managera. Hongkong, June 8, 1897. -
1152
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P. & O.
SPECIAL LIQUEUR, 10 YEARS OLD HIGHLAND WHISKY.
FERGUSON'S
SPECIAL CREAM
BREADALBAND HIGHLAND WHISKY.
These are the finest protectious of Scotland devoid ablately of ell deletoriaur matter. THE CREME DE LA CREME OF WHISKIES
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THE FINAL DIVIDEND for the Your 1808, at the Rste of FIFTY CENTS
DEALER IN SILKS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
TVORY, SANDALWOOD, CANTON BLACK per 8nant (or FIVE Per Cent, on the wooD, LACQUERED Wans and all kinda Capital of the Company, making TEN Per of CUBIN, &a, &c.
Goot, for the Year) in PAYABLE at the Fold and Silver Medals received from Foreign
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANE, Hongkong,
on sud after this Date, the 26th May, 1807
ເ
on WARRANTS to be obtained from the Codersignada LOCAL SHAREHOLDERS ATR requested to apply as the Company's Qfloo for their WARRANTS.
The DIVIDEND is also Fasable at the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK, Shanghai, on pressutation of Warrants there, on and, after the same Date.
A. H. MANDELL, Secretary,
Hengkrag, May 26, 1607.
WANTE
1008
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