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UINTON ABBERANCE 400
CARITAL PULAN ARMANDED, 2450,00 CAPITAL PAID 180,000, TOTAL INVENTED BEDS 200 £3,284,025, TOTAL ANNUAL INCOME, 4929, 108, THE Undersigned, having been appointed Acesta of the abars Societyan Hong. kung, are prepared to issue POLICIES against FIRE on the usual temas.
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́HARRY WICKING & C5,
Praya Central,
THE IMPERIAL MARINE INSUR ANCE Co., LAD, TOKYO,
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THE Undersigned are prepared to socert
GEO. I. STEVENS & Co.,
Agents,
Hongkong, January 6, 189).
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NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE"
INSURANCE COMPANY.
TOTAL FONDS AT $17 DECEMBER, 1897,
£13,508,989.
Authorised Capital
3,000,000.0,0 1
Sabucribed Capital
£2,750,000.0.0
Paid-up Capital
£687,500.00
£2,091,016.2.0 |
Fire Funds.....
LTAVING been appointed ADEs of the
boy we are prepared to
Accept EUROPEAN And CHINESE RISKS ai
Current Rates.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., Agente.
Hongkong, June 22, 1898.
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was; it is divided into seven distinct colo partments such one having a yard a With wis netdog ping feet in height, and an angiosora st 150 hack for their and shade for the birds Borlag rain and sun- shine. The floor is raised about two feet from the ground. The of Is fat sreept nt of the end compartments, which is s ridge, and the middle one, which is a semi
natting jeira over bay and angle iron Framework The comst was bab in the constellation of Erie back which affords shelter for the birde is donue, and was just vedble to the makeel. coa rusted of brickwork. There is no ore, It is a comes which more very quick woodwork except the divisions within the by, sa will be seen by the following table brickwork shelters," ap that the structuro will requiro only Very riding expenditure bo maintain it, and it is als proof against eats and other vermin, which
WHO TOTY troublescas in the old mature.
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numbers of viniton. Shipping and other information.
opers glass, it scented gaire bright and various Reports of Comm and Meetings, large
slightly mints and elongated. The most tat present is and all other new are given in full Hippeastrum (Amaryllie).Named kinda faragrable time for viewing it they appear in the Daily Latucon of plants and plants raised from Veitch's between 430 am and 5 am, but it in
the The Uner and China Ma by consolpet strain now Bower frocky i they are rather difficult is so it distinctly on ac
the socursoy
immense improvement on the older varie onsnt of the moonlight, and it will scarcely vendence of the form and
which are being discarded now the be
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Monthly Tina et Moderate Bates. Madar & Farmer,
Hongkong, May 1, 1889.
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BULKISITION 1
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10. FALCONEK & ART BINOCULARS LORD RE
Why Mr G. Candaletten of drowning the port all a comunionõusi
gine lands
and Mr T Humphreys of Hongkong of pitcher plant which were struck and dwood pitchars in 1898. Blant was sent
to
of this month, owing to the closes of the moon, which, has the effect Hight. The compet le new small, and abjoob At prafent it is impossible to tell definitely whather to will become larger a
there all catirely da appear, but the
quito
to Rewi 1887 and it was there found unabability in that it will became larger.
tang with dried spenning to be
by Shines in 1897 16
la a valuable sur uisition in coltivation, and it appears that it and any priv bugly been Per Annum, • •• K18.00, postage, $3,00 Intradyowa in n living tabe to Enpland -
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Her Britannic Majesty's Ships on the China Station.
10,500 14-118,000
Hon CJ. Gaville, C.B.
9000 Ospl. B 2.J. Montgomerie, 0.
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10 17700
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he period is not determinel, ad that the disings of the camper from the earth is un-
Prarca Exchanged. Tuned and Hopaivad equal do now Ware Warranted, Robin,
Edward motioty Servom Matrei Jaltaly dyeon Fiano Do
Some, Cheless, to thrives, Wel, hare and in
usptal addition.
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Derris Fardit, OliverWhen this tower od last year it was a plotces of beauty the colours of the flowers, which were pio, dused in the greatest profusion, ars white And rid.
varad by hapself on
the
1887 and then Fince Hongkong. It is well
Introdured to:
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ations and Drawings, for the Building of Faunches, Tug Water Boats, and Small Craft of every Description, Apply to COMPANY'S OPPICE, la Piata Central,
G. GORDON, Gregoral Manager.
Flaykap, April 1, 1998
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HOW TO CURE A SPRAIN. ASE fall I aprained my left, bly whils
handy same beary hores. The MoNERÁTE PRICEA ugiter I called on sald af first it was a slight strain and would soon be well, bat it gran worse, and the doctor then said I had huomation. It continued to grow worse
to a drug-
And tho Traggias te
Chamberlain
tronics countries worth cultivating in a red lead oneshal of a 50-cent
WAS A This is
le bottle oured me entirely. Bourea santaloid, W: &TD,
HÓW
a lovely plant when in Kloom, ebiols when mend it to all my friends BAROCUR cultivated as in these guders is immensely Erie Pa Iti for me by all Dasiors, improved in the quantity of dowers It bears WATKINE & Co., Gmeral dymnis i
to
Wild appoimena 1 hare aeon of it. It
Rhodeia
Hongkong de
sinde Champions: 4ock Until Yad
The Tide Table given below has been your it was dot known that this batchful irve existed in a wild state in any pars of compiled by the Nautical Almatias: Okos the world with the exception of four tress In Indon from the result of the Analysis afile of Hongkong. It is of of observadone taken by means of an au on one of the bila of
fonus which has only reash speales, tomatis tide retording mahire la tão WAY Hongkong and another, Re Polsa Batam The 15g during found in Sinatra. Last the years on ubia la Low Yater
the one
AE7 sent as a doration about
Your De A
1:174 species of dried plants with he had hours Spring Tides, which has been found
Tonnan, to be 2 feet below mewn son Lyche
collected while Mengh
I found
them Amongst hitherto extremely rare tres-
before we are
The specimens
this To obtain the depth of war on the tida of
pre marked on Dr Henry's labale as being from two die ferent plaets, one of then being 5,000 ft and the other 8,000 ft. above sus lofel,
40 th and 60 £ and are marked as 40
of the EVER
height treet respectively
the
tva queplmene and our end are all tightly ciderent in both foliage and Ins forescence, poutbly not of autident difference to cogatitate them more than varietal difetorines Micum ver ram, Birk
e vorleg agons in 1888 when 1.
gange as the Vinterl Naval Tard at
7 in., Bru on the gauge.
Aberdeen, id 12 12
givaus in the table
Hooker was able to figure the | Was
per auise plant, and to describe it under Thur
the above name, from plants which I had
呼你
sent to Kow, and which proved that up to
time listum religionin,
Siets had
always been wrongly credited as being th** 11
Rource of star anies of commeros, I notice
that the
the French in Tonkin, where the Mo
to be plant is largely ouluvates
sppear still phawar of the fact, as the Tonkin newspapera still refer to it under the wrONE name, and the same mistake is made in English literature in China. Sir Joseph Houker wrote fully on this plant under Tab. 1000 in the Botanical Magazine for 1888.
Coast Port Orders receive onreful attentiome
FOREIGN STAMPS AND PICTURE POST CARDS GRACA & CO,,
HONORING BOTEZ CORRIDOR
CATALOGUES AND PHILALBIN
ASITOBA AT HOTELS
Mes Angus
Dr B. Apple
MW 6 Batey
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CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL
Struberrick-It may be useful to record here the great mecoces achieved by the Chi These grower at Wonguelching, from whence a very liberal supply of excellent fruit has been sent to the market this you ar and which was sold at prices which should 1 cultivation for market encourage extended
FORESTRI
Station.
The total number of trees pinoted, is 33,923 they were planted in 17 different
Sharp F localities, ranging over places as far 58 to Repulse Bay and Tytamank
PHINNING OF PLANTATIONS.
Name.
Flag and Description.
Tons
F
H.P.
Captain
frit reported at
Kaiserin Elizabeth
Austrian cruiser
4000
Saida
"Austrian oruksor
2360
Capt. Julius Beck von Wellstaat Shanghai Captain Guarde.
Shanghai
French gunloat
476
450.
Commander Journe
Baigon
French flagship
Captain do Mareli
Feauch orauser
4000
8500
Capt. Philibert
Franck cruiser
1859
2050
Capt. 1
Texler
French ortiser
1250
French gouboat Fronch cruiser French gunboat French cruiser
470.
Capt Amiet
14
8500
Captain de Britise)
€39
000
Captain de Plessix
Captain Blondel
Saigon Kwongcht uwan
8000
BOOD
4109
9000
•Captamann
Mullor
Kisocha
4800
15. 7677 8331
2930 8700 14,000
Commander Obenheimer
Fooshow
Captain Stubenrauch
Shanghai
Captain Koolicor
Kisochau
800
Capt. Herten
Amoy
8340
-Captain Zezt
Hongkong
6300 Capt. Ceccani
Shanghai
6982
Capt. Giofanoi Giorello
10,000
Captain Incoronau
Shanghai
Hanging
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Captain Constantine
Shangha
ad 9444.61 eet
Humayunes gualost,
a transport
146)
300
7400
Comdr. Corba Line
Bassian cruiser
$500 36
9900
Captain Molan
730
Capta Farerego
850
Captam BoEKİ,
Good
18
7000
Capt. Sharon
3600
Capt. Serobrennika
1490
2000
Capt. Miklashevsky
1200
2150
Captain:
Russian sioon
1200%
Commander Fachaluf
Taesian 2nd slysta tleski 10,00
·Russian gansk
1490
2000
Russian crujabe
6000.
8000
Capt
·Russian oruiser |
#1290
28
Hassics Bagship
10,923
20 113,250
Hassian
350
1135
Cap
Russian 2ndonse battleship: 10,000
14
8500
Tussian guq boat
950
-1190 Captain Nie
Vladimir Moukmach
Kussiau armoured cruisec
8000
16. 7000
Russian gas boat
500
3500 Caph, Rosen
Shinedo are loor
11
UB. Geulagr
4413
10 10:004
„U. 8. rambost
1710
SO
Liberal
Admiral Kornieloff : aloaut Bobre Dimitri Donskoi.
Gaid mak
Grumisetchy
Korejeta Mandshor Novacio
Pumist Azova
Russia
Rurik Bilstol Bisi Veliky Sivuotch
Tunsinn gunboat, Russian sloop Rassian cruiser Russian ganbout
Rosaan gaant
Russian sloop
Yradnik
Zabíjaka
Baltimore Bonnington
Bóstin
·Buffalo Calleg Castine
Coltic
Colourd
Culgoa
007
6128
7000.
Capton Prim
Commande
Port Arthur Vadtrustock Nagasaki Nagasaki
rthur.
Amoy
16,40% trees were removed from eight ongkong localities, about half of the number being Fork
Viol taslie felled in Kowloon, Ja
These thinninga
This plant has established
REGISTRA
Jane Aib.-iT 4 PM;
Rod 20.T
itsalt at the
Haiphong Manis
West enl and in the Hoppy Valley Near
ly all of it an Crown lande was cat down Malate during 1898 to keep it in check, as it is a troublesome wood whet
ced when it encroachés un
plantation LIVE SERVICE
PROTECTIVE
Tuicit tree-cutting hashgain boon brought toml hums reasonable Imite. The within ber of trees cut and reported id 686. The number of convictions obtained by the forest guards was 51. Tem are, however, Always a large nagiber of trees out where the culprits are undefeated. The convic tions are mostly for outting pine trees for
Remembering that. firera forest reside for the whole. the protection of th
and
Humbe
sidered
dsy In: existen de mat
In Hang there are nearly
There
Temperature,
June 5th →×Y
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Mrs John Gibran Mr Gus Capt
Mr B. Hamersley Mrd. Aus
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Dr
Mrs. Wm. Mrs Ormusby,
Mr R. Johautan
Mr and Mrs Joseph Maur Whis
Mr & Mp Junk Mrs Whitingend child On Piano Dr Kempte
Me and Mrs Kiene
Mr J. M. Abad
WINDGCE HOTEL
Capta
Colonel Frid. Aman ile Men Bryson
Prynne
Mr G. H. Wheeler
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Octaves
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