Intimations.
G. FALCONER & Co.,
WATCH-MAKERS AND JEWELLERS.
HOTN
MANSIONS,
NEW BELROTIONS OF
DIAMOND JEWELLERY AND ENGLISH SILVER WARE,
BIGZ-ULARS GOLD AND SILVER WATORES,
LARGE SELECTION OF PRESENTATION PLATE, CUPS, BOWEN, MO. 4. YAEQOKER & Co. AN ACKETS 102 KOSS'S FAMOUS TELESCOPES airp BINOCULARS, EORD KESVINS NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ADMIRALAY CHARTS AND BOOKS,
Intimations.
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE KING'S CUSTOMS AND THEIR LITERARY. AS- SOCIATIONS.
Messrs Henry ton and Henry Hurst Holland, two members of the Board of Customs in England, are entitled to the gratitude of all tariff students by producing, despite great difficulties in, the scarcity of
MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA ancient departmental records, that long
(MITSU BISHI CO.)
desired' work, a popular history of the British customs from the carliest times to the year 1800.
They have not attempted to produce a COAL DEPARTMENT, masterpiece of antiquarian fore, but to co that which is perhaps equally difficult, viz., resulta research in logical
Intimations.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1908.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
GREAT AUCTION SALE
OF
MAGNIFICENT IRISH LINENS
(ABSOLUTLY WITHOUT RESERVE)
Will be held within the premises formerly occupied by the MUTUAL STORES, No. 25, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL,
on
To Let
TO LET.
【OUSES in AUSTIN AVENUE, Kowloon, $45 plus taxes, monthly. Immediate possession.
A. RAYMOND, Apply
e/o 8. J. DAVID & Co. Hongkong, August 17, 1008. · 1138
TO LET
QHOP, No. 14, QUEEN'S ROAD
CENTRAL, on Lasse, Apply to LEIGH & ORANGE. Hongkong, August 25, 1908.
SHAMDEN, CANTON,
95
JOLE AGENTS FOR THE EMPIRE TYPEWRITER. SOLE PROPRIETORS & TAKASIMA,vert the then of cetten biolog FRIDAY and SATURDAY next, pooms TO LET, suitable for Officer
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
Hare the planenre to infor my numerous Customers and the Public. in General, that having completed 15 years since starting my Studio in Pongkour, to commemorate the happy occasion, I shall allow 20% DISQUUNT on all Photographio Work with which I may be favoured, during the poriod of a month, coramencing from the 1ST SEPTEMBER. T hope and trust my esta-med castomers and the general public will not fail to take advantage of the special concession offered to them but once only in the cours of a long perind.
M. MUMEYA, Japanese Photographer,
Tolephone No. 388.
8a. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,
WING KEE & CO.,
sos. 47, 48 and 49, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL. HIP-CHANDLERS, SAILMAKERS, PROVISION MERCHANTS. COAL
- MERCHANTS, &c., &c, OF FIFTY YEARS STANDING, SHIP CAPTAINS ARE REQUESTED TO GIVE US A TRIAL.
FRANCISCO TSE YAT, General Manager, Hongkong, August 12, 1908.
OLIYER
Hongkong, December 12, 1907,
•
OLIVER
STANDARD
succinctly,
GDHI, HOJO, NAMAZUTA, SAYU, SHINNEW and KAMIYAMADA Col Heries.
Ro
or Dwelling. Apply to
SOLE AGENTS for KISHIDAKE, MI- YAO, and KIGIO-KOMATSU Coals.
HEAD, OFFICE :—TOKYO,
BRANCH OFFICES:
NAGAGAKI, MOJE, HARAN, WAKANAZSU,
Konr, Osaka, Sharonai, FoxeKONO, HANKOW TEL, APPRESIES for above: IWASAKI, Code:-AI, ABC 5th Ed., Western Union.
AGENCIES:
YOKOHAMA: M. ASADA, Esq. OXINKLING: Messrs GEARING & Co., MANILA: Mesers MACONDRAY & Co..
1117
For particulare, apply to
VISIBLE TYPEWRITER. Clear, Simple, Quick Durable HEAVY MANIFOLDER.
ROMBACH & CO.,
IA, QUEEN'S, ROAD CENTRAL
Dois Agents
CHAMPAGNE
THE LEADING BRAND
G.H.MUMM & C
REIMS
BY SPECIAL APPOLEMENT TO
Showan Comes & Co
GENERAL AGENTS
for
HONG KONG. CANTON & MACAO
Hongkong, Jary 27, 1909
IALINE
REGISTERED TRADE MARK
of
19t
BURT, BOULION AND HAYWOOD LTD., LONDON. FOR THE DISINFECTION OF DRAINS, WATER-CLOSETS, LAVA- TORIES, SICK-ROOMS, FLOORS, WALLS, GUTTERS, &c.
IT IS THE STRONGEST AND MOST POWERFUL
CABORLIC DISINFECTING FLUID,
THE CHEAPEST AND MOST RECOMMENDABLE FOR GENERAL HOUSE USE, A LOTION OF 2 PER CENT. BEING SUFFICIENT. Recommended by Sanitary Authorities.
Government Analysis at Bayers' Disposal.
SOTOR,
AVENARIUS' WORLD-KNOWN COPPER PAINT.
For the Bottoms of Vessels and Boats and for the Coatings of all Wooden Structures of Wharves and Docks. Penetrates deep into the wood, thus rendering same immune against attacks of the Teredo, Barnacles Marine Growths, etc.
Sole Agents':
MELCHERS & Co., Hongkong & China.
Hongkong, May 6, 1908.
TELEGRAMS: CYCLOMETER,
F. OISHI,
Manager, No. 2, PEDDEX YTREET,
Ноповона. Bongkong, August 3, 1948,
One etle Boy had VAN HOUTEN'S.
VAN
HOUTENS
THE COCOA
THE CHILDREN
ENJOY.
And one little Boy had none.
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The oder English reconue historians; while admitting their inability to feruisb exact information as to the most ancient forms of English customs, wore anmi- mously of opinion that impositions upon
the 18th and 19th September, from 11-o'clock a. M. until 12.30 | and will be resumed at 2.30 P.M., on each day,
MESSES HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers, are fivomrest
with, instructions from Mr. J. P. Murphy, Belfast, maritine commerco had existed from fine Ireland, to sell by Public Auction a magnificent collection of the immemorial, and certainly it is quite ovi- FINEST IRISH LINENS consisting of Irish Linen Damask, dout that customs taxation must have been Irish Linen Sheetings, Irish Linen hand Embroidered Bed coeval with the earliest oversen tritic. for Spreads, Irish Linen handmade Shirts and Underclothing, Irish the maintenance of such traffe must have Linen hand Embroidered Costumes. Irish Linen hand Hem- depended on royal protection, and it is certain that the protectors would be re- warded by tribute.
stitched Sheets and Pillow Cases, Tray Cloths, Double Damask Table Cloths and Serviettes, Ladies and Gent.'s band Hen- stitched Handkerchiefs, Lace Curtains, Woollen Pjece Goods, Worsteds, Indigo dye Serges, Ladies' Costumes, Turkisli Towels, Bath Robes and Sheets," &c., &c.,
ALSO A SMALL CONSIGNMENT OF
SHEFFIELD CUTLERY
BY A WORLD-RENOWNED MAKER.
4
POWEL GRANT,
12:00
Canton, August 29, 1908,
TO LET.
ROOMED HOUSES KOWLOON,
at Moderate. rentals, Apply to
Co., LTD.
1381
BUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANUE
Hongkong, August 14, 1907.
TO LET,
FFICES IN ALEXANDRA, BUILD-
Apply to
SECRETARY. A. S. WATSON & Co., E. Hongkong, April 99, 1907.
130
TO LET.
NOAL YARD. Immediate Possession. ▲ PORTION of the COMPOUND
The Goods will be on view on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next, formerly occupied by Messy Chit Chapong from 9 a.m, until p.m.
Our authors show that the true history of the customs must of Decessity be the obituary notice of prerogative. They detail how the civil list, at first the provision for all the national expenditures (navy, army and civil servicç), dwindled slowly into little more than the privy purse-the King's "customary" privileges shrinking and vanishing under the assaults of Parliament -the King'e "customers" gradually ba coming the servants of the nation, and the popular attitude toward thus revenus official undergoing corresponding modifications. Quee the hughear of the public, in the end he decomes its trusted guardian and provi- dor, collecting the national dues with as little trouble to the payors as possible and in many instances rendering valuable assistance to merchants and shipowners.
The medieval customs officer was sxempt from practical custonie control. The great officials (often sinecurists), who were appointed by royal patent, were For
| responsible only, to the King's Treasurer
Chairs will be provided for Ladies attending the Sale. Tema-Frompt Clearance. Cash before delivery.
Hongkong, Soptombor 11, 1908.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
-1231
Avrtianzers
THE HONGKONG STEAM LAUNCH CO
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS :
PENDIDO
A. B. C. CODE,
TELEPHONE
OFFICE No. 74%
WORKя No. 749
LAUNCHES FOR SALE, HIRE, OR CHARTER. Picnic, Shooting, Bathing Parties, Towing, &c.
of Marine Lot No. 42, Wanchal, Praya East, facing the Sea, used for Storing Coal,
& Co., Coal Merchants.
Apply to
N. MODY & 00., ́54, ô6, Queen's Road Qentral.
1207 Hongkong, September 1, 1908,
TO LET FROM JUSE 1.
NO. 2, ANTRIM VILLAS, DES VEUR Live Roomed
Honae.
Apply
Messrs FARRELE & LYSAUCHT. Hongkong, March 25, 1908,
TO LET.
Launches for Hire, lying off Blake Pier during the day. A RACE, KOWLOON.
and to the Barons of the Exchequer. For the convenience of our clients the Office will also be open on Soeday from 9 to 11 a,m,”
Parliament occasionally thought it to in-. torvene by the cambrous method of legis- lation; but there is no great reason for be lieving that than medioral gustoms officers were more insmoral than the average men of the period. The issue of various re- straining statutes does not necessarily prove that they systematically abused) their powers, but rather that Parliament took advantage of derelictions to assert it- self in the only way possible. The orl lence for the prosecution has come down to us we know but little of the videos. for the defence. It is hard to learn how the Barns of the Exchequer exerted themselves to enforce discipline, but there is no donht that they exercised a rigid scrutiny at the periodien days of payment."
+
A more direct responsibility was mado by the Lag Paulinent, but their system of temporary committees cap scarcely havo) been adequate, for blame could easily be hifted to the shoulders of a previous com- nittes. A more satisfactory method was introduced after the Restoration, A per manent Custins Hoard was dustituted, and thenceforward for any sins of omission o commission speritie persons could hand were-pilloried.
Another century luul to elapse before Adam Smith ahl the foundation of the modem theory of taxation, and Burke and Pitt purged the antiqunted Exchequer and established the modern system of trone tay fonuce Almost another contary passed before the slow Anglo-Saxou mind walized the justice of Adam Smith's text, "A tearing custom house and a multi- plicity of perplexing regulations over have and ever will appear ako inasterpiece of finance to people of arrow minds
Quite a number of British controllers of astoms lave been men famous in other departiments of human activity.
First among these was Geofrey Chau car, the inther of Kuglich poetry, who hold the pesition from 1324 to 1386.
Inter he becane Clerk of Werks at the splendid honotusium of two-shillings par (Continued on Page 1)
WANTED BY A LADY,
ASSISTANT,
THE OWL GRILL ROOM O Shorthand-writet, seeko situation.
HAS REMOVED
110 MURE COMMODIOUS FREMISES 29 & 31, DES VOUS ROAD, Near the MUTUAL, STORES.
(B
To
TELEPHONE: 462.
Oyolo Manufacturers by
ROYAL
WARRANT'S
TO H.M. KING EDWARD VIL, AND HR.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES,
WE HIRE, SELL, PURCHASE, EXCHANGE AND REPAIR CARS, CYCLES, BOATS, LAUNCHES AND TYPEWRITERS.
HUMBER CYCLES.
SOLE AGENTS:
DRAGON CYCLE DEPOT
HEAD OFFICE AND SHOW ROOMS, 33-35 Des Voeus Rot, Central, Hongkong.
Hongkong, Adachi 8, 1908.
SEBOTAL RATES FOR MONTHLY CLIENTS. TIFFIN
$20 per Month.
FULL BOARD 340,
15
No objection to Canton de Unt Ports if with prospects,
Address A. A. A.,'
OSIR of "CHIBA MAL' Office. Hongkong. September W, 1908,
WANTED
1260
FURNISBED HOUSE, on the Pent or. Lower Levels from Decarber, PEPPERS SHALL GOODS ALWAYD ON HAND, 1008, to March, LPGH, or louger.
HARRY NEWBOLD, Proprietor. Hongkong, May 29, 1908.
10+
4 CHEE WING & Co.
27, 28 and 29, LED YUEN STREET (WEST)
HONGKONG.
BRATERS IN
All Serta 91 GOFFER, BRAES, STEEL IPON WARE, &c.
STREL GIRDESS AND TEEN,
| ODERUGATHE TRON, PIG IRON.
Suitable for
.
Sure, IronerDƏ and HovÉE BUILDER.
TELEPHONE: No. 789,
1206
Apply
Care of Carna Mail-Office. Dongkong, September 1, 1968. DOUGLAS STĹAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE ORDINARY ENERAL MEET- ING of SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the Os
OFFICES: ST GEORGE'S BUILDING (SECOND FLOOR).
GORDON & CO., General Managers
Hongkong, June 1, 1908,
REMINGTON
TYPEWRITERS
WITH ALL REQUISITES.
Hongkong, March 8, 1908
SIEMSSEN &
SOLE AGENTS,
DINNEFORD'S
The Uxironal Romedy for Acidity of the komaah, Haadacho, Heartburn, Indigestion, Fructations Bilious Affections.
Jour
DINNEFORDS MAGNESIA
00.,
Tas Physician
Care for Gaak, Rheumatic Cout and Gravel.
Safest and most Effective Aparien
for
Regular Ute.
MAGNESIA
SPERRY'S
XXX
FLOUR
FOR
FIFTY YEARS
THE STANDARD
SPERRYS
MILLS
BAKERS FLOUR
BPERRY LED- STOCKION CALIFORNIA: SAN FRANCISCOOTEIDE
PANY OFFICES, OF SATURDAY, the 19th 85 Cents Per Ten Pound Bag
September, at Noon, for the purpose of
receiving the Report of the General Mana gere, together with a Statement of Accounts to the 30th June, 19082
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com
pany will be "OLOSED from the 9th to the 10th September, both days incluso
DOUGLAS, LAPRAIK & Cop
Hydglang, September 1, 1908-
1912-
FOR SALE
HONGKONG CHICKET LEAGUE. Till
474
HOUSE in KNUTSFORD TER-
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST.
MENT & AGENCY Co., L Hongkong, September 1, 1908,
TO LET,
IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.
ODOWNS Nos. 98, 99 and 99,
PRAYA EAST.
Apply to SECRETARY The Hosezone, CANTON & MACAO 8.B.
Hotel Mansions, Hongkong Jaly 29, 1907.
TO LET
1900
CDOWN No. 8, DUDDELL
STREET.
Apply to
TAE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY Co., La.
Hongkong, Septeraber 1, 1908,
TO LET
170,000 with 200 foot frontage to
SQUARE FEET of LAND-
Kowloon Bay. Moderate Rental,
Apply to
MES FARRELL & LYSÄUGHT. Hongkong, angust 23, 1907,
H
TO LET
1369
ATHERLEIGH,' Conuir Roar,
OFFICES la YORK BUILDING. GODOWNS in Paaya Eaz7, Blus Build ings, and No. 168, Das Vœux Road, next to the Bongkang Hotel.
FLATS in MORTON TERRACE, No. 10, DEs Vaux Road Castral, let 1258 Floor!..
THE ANNUAL GËNDRAL MEETING be held in ST. GEORGE'S BUILT INO, (Messie Showan, Tomes & Co.'s Office), on THURSDAY, the 17th Septén bær, at 6,30 P.M..
Fangkang, September 12, 1948,
VICTORIA RECREATION ÜLÜB.
NOTICE.
{ "FIHE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Mechers will be held in the GTHSASIUM ON WEDNESDAY, the 23rd September, at 5.15 r.., for the purpose of ecnsidering and passing the: Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for 1507.
FRANK LAMMERT,
Hon. Secretary.. Hongkong, September 19, 1904. 1261:
**** HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S
SOCIETY.
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the above Sosiery will be held in the CITY HALL. co. FRIDAY, the 25th
A House in RIPON TERRACK.- A House in WONG NET CHONG ROAD.
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD. Hongkong, September 1, 1908
TO LET.
EACONSFIELD ARCADE, Fa
Ofices and Dwellinge Rocom.
16, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, Top Floos (over Caldboekt, Macgregor & Co.)
BELILIOS TERRACE HOUSES, Ro...' Hadi Roan,
GLENWOOD, CAINE Road, saltable for a Boarding House or Club, contains 28 Roome,
OFFICES in QUEEN'S Boan OITEAL. No. 1, DES VŒUX VILLAS, Paat. Floor.
OFFICES in BANK BUILDINGS Top
|mmikul, sú 5,80 r.. for the purpose of 0. M. 8. PEAK BUNGALOW, Mount
ressiving the Annual Report and Statement of Ascounts for the year ending 31st August; of electing Office-bearons for the ensuing year, &c.
DAVID WOOD, Acting Hen, Secretarys Hem kong, September 2, 1908.
1917
KOWLOON ORICKET CLUB.
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
of Members will be held in the Club Pavilion on MONDAY, the 28:6 Sept, at 6.15 r..
T. CHEE, Hon. Secretary: Flongkong, September 15, 1908. - 1906.
ANNOUNCEMENT
ADAME HERON begy to announce #17 tệ cabu will show at the CONNAUGHT HOTEL Raóm 28, 2nd Floor, the latest Nevaltion in #FRENCH, HATS, LAUR GOATS, LACE DRESSES, etc., for Bran
LANE, CRAWFORD & Co. Veilt Blouses. Mowers,
Hongkong, Neptember 25 1008,
etc., from the 9th till the 29m) insk
MODERATE PRICES,
· Hopekong, Sepirkiber 8, 1906.
Kellet, Furnished. From 1st October, 1908, to 80th June, 1902, Rent $100 mouth and taxes.
2. BEACONSFIELD ARCADE, facing tha Parade Ground,
A GODOWN In Dunnar STEIN.
Apply to
LINSTEAD & DAVIS, Bed Blade, Alexandra Buildings. Hongkong, April 12, 1907.
KEATING'S
LOZENGES
CURE THE WORST COUGH