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VINOLIA SOAP 18 Unsurpasked for the Complexion.
VINOLIA SOAD Keeps the Skir as Soft as Volver.
SIMPLE
VINOLIA SOAP Lasts woll, and does not dry or Irritate
the most Sensitive Skin,
VINOLIA SOAP Is a Luxury for the Toiles.
VINOLIA CREAM, for Itching, Prickly Hent, Sunban, ata VINOLIA FOWDER, for Redness, Roughness, Toilet, Nursery, &c. SOLD EVERYWHERE.
M.
MUMEYA,
JAPANESE ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER
ENLARGEMENTS ON BROMIDE PAPER
AND FINISHED IN CRATON,
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COALS.
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA
(MITSUI & CO.)
HEAD OFFICE :-43, SANAMOTOCHO, TOKYO. LONDON BRANCH :---2), LIME STREET, E.G. HONGKONG BRANCH:-PRINCE's Bruuansus, JE HOUSE STREET, FIRST FLOOM,
OTHER BRANCHES:
682
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WATKINS LIMITED.
DROZ &
Co.,
New York, San Francisco, Hamburg, Bombay, Singapore, Sourabaya, Manila, Amoy,TOTICE is hereby given that an
Shanghai, Chefoe, Tientsin, Nowelwang, Port Arthier, Seocl, Cheшualpo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Midzara. Kure, Shimonoseki, Moji, Waka MEETING OF WATKINS LIMITED wil EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL mat, azazsa, Sugaki, Kuchinots. Snsel. Maidzuzu, Miike, Hakodate.be held at the REGISTERED OFFICE of the Taipah, te.
Company, No. 66 Queen's Road Central,
Victoria, in the Coly of Hongkong, Non, on the 7th Day of JULY, 1902, when
Telegraphic Address: MITSUT (A. B., and A 1 Codes.) CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Japanese Navy and Arsenal and then the Extraordinary General Meeting of
St Railways; Principal Railway Corapanies and Industrial Works; Home and
gian Mail and Freight Steamers,
SOLE TRETORS of the Famous Mike. Tagawa, Yamano, and Id's Coal Mines. 'SOLE MENTS Hokoke, Bundo, Ichira Kanada, Kishima, Mameda, Matoga, Canoara, Utsuji, Sasabar, Tubkuto, Ylewotani, Yoshie, Yunokibara,
won other Unde
How song, April 17, 1902,
N. INUZUKA, Manager, Hongkong.
Runto
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IN EVERY DROP
Per Case of dozen Pints,
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$15.00
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& PEACH & SONS, Lister Gate, Nottingham, England.
Abbreviated Price List may be obtained at the Office of this Paper
UNTOUCHED BY HAND.
MELLIN'S
For INFANTS and INVALIDS.
When prepared is similar to Breast Milk.
TELLIN'S FOOD WORKS, PECKHAM, LONDON, ENGLAND.
the subjoined Resolution, which was pass the Company held on the 21st day of Jane. 1909, will be subtitted for confirmation es (a Special Resolution.
RESOLUTION.
That the Articles of Asuintion by altered,
by substituting for the words
live: howand seren hundred dollars in article No. 60 the words eight thou- sin seven hundred dollars.
Q. A. WATKINS) form CHAN A FOOK Marugers. Dated 1les ad day of June, 1902. 1982 No. 6 Queen's Rosd Central, Hongkong-
TEBRAU PLANTING COMPANY, LIMITED
NOTICE & hereby given that the AN SIXTH GENERAL MEETING SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company wil be held in the Company's Ollicax, 38 and 43 Queen's Bond Central, on MONDAY, 7th July, 1902, at Soun, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Generat Managers, together with a Statement of Accounts for the period ending 30th April, 1902
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Co pauw will be CLOSED Froar the Bh
the 14th July Inclusive.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SUN,
General Managers,
Hongkong, June 26, 1902.
"No. 10. Queen's Road Central.
Insurances.
Strangest in the World,
TOO
LIFE
MUCH
ASSURANCE?
Do you think your wife and children will is too late to get any suore?- think it too much after it is paid--and it
Looking at it in thist light wouldn't you feel more comfortable if you had a little nore fe Assurance? Ask the Agent for the Policy best suited to your particular requirements-
THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
1203
T. KIENE, Manager. Hongkong.
UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
(Justituted in the Rrión y Queen Arme A.D. 1714). CAPITAL FULLy Spesenapps, £400,000. CAPITAL PAID Us, £180,000. TOTAL ENvrorun Fesus Exer £3,450,044. TOTAL ANNEAL. Iscove, $1,103,893.
PHE Unieregued, having been appointed 1 Acts of the above Society in Hong- kong, are propared to besuu Poudre gains! FUE esant terms,
167
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THE HONGKONG KLECTRIC CO.,
LIMITED.
HARRY WICKING & Co
Pro Central,
NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. TOTAL Frxos AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1901, $13.722.00.
Authorised Capital £5,000,000. O
TOTICE & hereby given that the THIRTEENTH ORDINARY YEAR- LY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS Subscribed Capital 4,750,000 0 wall be held at this Coaguay's Offices, No. Paid-up Capétáť....................... 2087,500 0 4 Qus's Br mases, où TUESDAY, the Fire Funds
895,54% 8th July, 2pm, for the purpose of
0
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together with a Statenient of Acconuts to 30 APRIL 1902, and electing Directors and Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com pan's will be CLOSED from the 24th Int. to the 8th Pios. both days inclusive. By Order of the Board of Directors,
GIBB, LIVINGTON & Co. ients. Hongkong, June 19. 150%.
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WHEELER & WILSON'S SEWING MACHINES.
DOOLITTLE & POLLOCK,
AGENTS.
No. 4, WELLINGTON STREET.
H. BUTTONJKE.
DEALER IN
DEST of SPIRITS, LIQUEURS and WINES, ENGLISH and F'AENCE PROVISIONS of all Kinds, KRUGER'S GOLD COINS.
Risv
No. 5, D'Aguilar Street, H.K., Nos. 39 and 40, Elgin Rond, Kowleen. Hongkong, May 31, 1902.
Hotels.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1902.
Intimations
THE
ANGLO AMERICAN
STORES.
BRITAIN'S TEA ACCOUNT.
The Remarkable Falling off of China Tea.
As interesting paper was issued on the 20th May by the Bard of Trade showing what has been the per capita consumption inf tes during the throw years 1898-10 in the principal countries of Europe and in the United States. From the figures given it appears that in the United Kingdom over 6. Sf tea per head of the population s consumed. Sixteen years ago, the per capita consu:aption amounted to, ap-
No. 1 WELLINGTON ST.proximately. Sos. There is no other Eure-
Under European Management.
Lean country where such a per capita car. sumption is approached. Indeed there is no olher European country, with the ex- ception of Holland, where thus consumption of ten cxcoris 1. por hond. In Russia
HIGH-CLASS PROVISIONS.nd in the United States, which and the other two large tex-consuming countries, 2128 the consumption amounts to about 1lb. per
To Let.
TO LET
EDWARD OSBORNE,
Secretary,
head; in France the total quantity of tes consumed is under 2 million lbs., or .05 of a lb. per head of the population; and u Germany it is 67 million the,, or 12 of a 16. por head of the population. There is TODOWNS at WANGHAI Suitable for however, a considerable consumption of
Storage of Yarn.
ten in Canada, Australia, noul New Zealand, Apply to
and although the total quantity consumed is much smaller than in the Mother Chuiry, tho per capita consumption is Lage, averaging about 7s. in Australis. 1060 which greatly exceeds that of Canada, and is largest in Western Australis. The total consumption of ten in the United Kingdom exeruls that of all the other Europea
together. During the 18 years from 1884 countries and the United States pat
to 1900, it has risen front 175 million s 250 millions, an increase of 43 per cent.
The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf
Bad Godern Co., Ltd. Hongkong. May 10, 1403,
TO LET.
20, 28, 20, 39, 34, 40, 44, 46, 48, EUROPEAN Houssa, Nos. 20, 2 116450da, LEWIZON HILL ROAD,
Apply to
HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.
PLUNKET'S GAP,
THE PEAK,
near the TEAM TERMINUS. T LEPHONE 58.
For Terus.
Apply to the MANAGEF. 241
THE WAVERLEY HOTEL,
1CE HOUSE STREET, HONGKONG. A First-Class Privato Family Hotel.
HANDSOMELY FURNISHED and Exceedingly Spacious Hoon. Very MODERATE TERMS to FAMI LIES by the DAY or MONTH,
Hongkong, December 18, 1900.
865
2631
Pelham House,
FAMILY HOTEL,
WYNDHAM STREET. M. MOORE,
Proprichwest.
THE QUEEN'S HOTEL,
ELGIN ROAD, KOWLOON.
THREE ininutes' walk from the Steamer Wharres, al seron minutes, by Ferry-launch from the City of Victoria.
A First-class Hotel, with thirty-five very airy Bedroom
Everything of the Best.
Dinner Parties by Special Arrangement. Billiards (Thurston Biatch Tablej. Most perfect culinary actingemen Food both in European and Enstern
styles.
H. RUTTONJEE Proprietor.
Hougtong, March 3, 1902.
458
KOWLOON HOTEL.
THIS
THIS HOTEL is situated in a quiet locality, away from the dir and disturbance of the City, and surrounded by
THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON
LAND & LOAN CO., LTD. No, & QUEEN's Ro West. Hongkong, April 29, 1902.
TO LET.
As regards sources of aceply, it appears from the tubes appended to the mos 380 orandum that the rea esmaed in the Vai- ted Kingdom is derived principally Irons British india and Coylan, the quantity abstained from China having diminished of lute years, not only relatively but absolute.
OFFICES Fond Gard Ice House Streetly-being its 1900 less than half what it was
Road
For particulars, apply to
TRE MEDICAL HALL, 70, Queen's Road Central. Hongkong, March 8, 1902.
TO LET.
01
NEW EUROPEAN HOUSE situnded on the North Spur of Morrison Hill it basa sulendid view, and enjoys the fulf
boneft of the south-west moonsDeu..
For Particulars apply to
W. LYSAUGHT,
Hongkong, Day 31, 1902.
101, WANCHAT ROAD. 1186
TO LET.
TOS. & 5, 7, 8, 10 and 15, Monnisos
HILL ROA (facing the Race Course Apply to
SANG KEE Compudore's Department,
JARDINE, MARIEMON &Ú. Hongkong, May 14, 1902.
1030
TU LET,
TTOUSES in CLIFTON GARDENS. HCOSULIT ROAD
THE
A HOUSE in RIPON TERRACE GODOWNS at Hats BLDINGS. HOUSES A CAUSEWAY BAY, FACING
POLO GROUND. No. 11 MicroNSELL ROAD Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD. Hongkong, June 24, 1802,
TO LET.
in 1893. Of the Glbs. of tea, which is the present yearly per capita consumption, little more that one-third of a pound is Chloese, while about his come from India, sed 21lbs. from Ceylon. The consumption of t From Ceylon in at prasont increasing at a mote rapid rate than that from India. In 1993 of 531b, consumed per head, Bills. anme from India, 1 2-3lbs. frum Leylon, and the sumainder mostly from China. production of tes in China, but certain particulars are giren as aids the There are no available statistics of the
ther principal countries of production-- India, Ceylon, Japan, and Jasu. Of those. reantries, Chin is still the largest exporter of tes, the gh the quantity exported is by no means so large as it used to be; thus, in the periel, 1884-86, the amount of tea exported from Chim averaged 282 million
Es, whils in the partod 1899-190, nverged 202 million th, a decrease of 28 per cent. Meanwhile the exports of roa from the three other producing countries have been constantly increasing of fate Vent; in the care of British Toilin the as- the case of Ceylon the export, which is ports have doubled in 15 years, while in now rearly 150 millions, was, in 1884, only two millions of pounds.
The fluctuations in the declared valu per lb. of the tea at the time of santing in this country are worthy of rental. Thin it will be found that in 1884 the value of the can landed in this country revizzed 114. per lb., in 1980 it averaged about Std. The landing valve of the tes import- et from British Indt war, in 1884, 14.139. in 1900 it
15:248
The valmis of that imparted from Seylow was 17-20. per tb in 1884: in 1940 it was 8.501 Chinese tea in 1884 averized 10. 50d, in 190 it averaged 7.823. It is of inturest, moreover, to compare these land- ing values in the United Kingdom with the declared values of the ten exported from the always be borne in mind that those liter warious producing countries, though it out values relate to exports to all countries, and suger the Baited Kingdom only. Thus we find that the exports of ten from Bratisla Indiain 1884 were valued at 12.334. per ib.; in 1960 their Value was 8.22d. at the point of export. Similarly the exports of tea fron Deyion in 1884 were salued at 11.68d. pey
; in 1900, 5.764, per b. China ton
ITH or Without BOARD, Niezas in 1881 avenged in sale at the print E
abora Company we ne prepared to a delightful Garden it is an ideal place Fersisten" Room Suit Married export 7.26. per [his 1905.148. perl.
Current Rato!.
SHEWAN, TUMES & Co., Agents. Hongkong, July 2, 1902.
SALAMANDEA
Apply
Care of This Othe Hongkong, Jan 21, 1902,
1300
Residence. The building stands on an eminence, giving a gnificons view of the Couple. Harbour and the City of Victoria. It is within easy access of the Kowloon Whatres, where the principal Mail Steamers disea 1537 Lark Passengers, and from which there is a
regular ferry service to Hongkong. Bowling Alleys and Billiards. The Cuisine in Excellent.
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
THE Undersigned having been appointed. AGENTS for the save Donuty prepared to nezept Risks against "Fire at Current Rates.
j
HOTZ, JACOB & Co. Hongkong, March 31, 1900.
75%
THE Standard is the only British Le
J. W. OSBORNE, Proprietor.
J. H. DOWNS,
Honkong, September 6, 1910.
usages-
وال
NEW VICTORIA HOTEL.
ROTISSERIE,
D. M.
sfecla
*
la Curte.
tice having a Local Hosil of Dirck-OPS, STEAKS, etc., etc., at any 20% in the Far East with full powers to Uume between 7.89 a.. and 11 decupt proposals, issue Polines, pay Sur- SPOT WITHOUT REFERENCE HOME, render, and advance Loans ON THE
All kinds of file Ausurance and Annuity
THE LIBRARY contains, in addition ta fiction, & mumber of Standard-works of Biography, History, Tavel, & and Works of Referency, and ft is hoped to Business transucied. Luaintain it up to date,
Intening suleeribers are requested-to japply to
CAPTAIN SPENCER,
Hon. Ses, and Treasurer
(ninnare Office,
Treat
Bos. L. SCEART LOCKHART, UM.G.
G. B. DODWELL, ES
R. SHEWAN, Bap
Hongkong, January 2, 1902.
MUNICH
DARK BAVARIAN BEER
1. Casó- 4. Doz qtsi 6 Doz pts
1914.00
·14.541
EL PRICE & CO..
1, Queen's Road
For Kates and all particulars apply to DODWELL & CO., LD.;
Agents, Hongkong February 13, 1901. 1-89
Monthly Time at Moderato Rates.
Madar & Farmer.
Propricture
Hongkong May 1, 180,
PIOL STEEL WEEKLY NEWS
for Ladies PILLS FOR HOME.
A Ramody, for all Irregularitie Supercedag Bitter Apple, Pennyoga, Pil Corita, A.
Feld by
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F27
THE REVENUE OF CHINA.
A SERIES OF ARTICLES, Reprinted from · The China Bust).
WITE AN APPENDIX
To he had at the UFFICE OF THIS FAPER Bienas. KELLY & WALSH, LTD. -And Messrs. W. Barwin & Co..
Prick
1787
The Overland China Mai
Published to, sult the. Departure"
f each English and French. Mail Steamer to Extene
FULL REPORTS
AND ALL THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE (Commercial Shipping, etc.)
$11 per Annum (kelndine Fosage),
CHINA MIL" OFFICE:
TO LET.
O. 1 QUEEN'S GARDENS.
ANDERSON. 4 Pedder Street..
Hongkon Februsty 15, 1902.
TU LET
DYSENTERY
TAUSES the death of enom people riva sandl pox and allow fever combined In au ary it is dreaded more then but- te. It requires prompt and vilective treater. Chain berlain's Colle, Coles, and Diarrhoea Homely has been used in nine epidemics of dysentery in the United States with perfect success, and has cured In the most malignient cases both of children Caml adults, and under the most trying con- ditious Every household should have a huttle at hand. Cut it to-day. It may ve a life. For side by. All Doilers: WATKINS Ltd, General Agent
338
HEGROUNDFLOOR si No. #QUEENA
BLOSS
Apply to
W. HUTTON POETS, Hongkong, Jure 23, 1902.
TU LET
J327
FURNISHED HOUSH (NL) 4)
A Mountain View, The Peak). Terny Moderate. To be let from (alt) 19th July to vuil of Outober,
Apply by letter to
No. 1, MOUNTAIN VIEW. Hugong. June 27, 1908.
N
TO LET
1377
NOS, 8, 10 and 42.. CASTLE ROAD Hand Nos: 7, 11 and 13 SEYMOUR ROAD.
Inunediate Posse
Apply to
... WO, KEG. & CO..
No, 208, Des Vous Road Ceutini. Hongkong, Jure 25, 1909)
1965
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