Shipping.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Shipping.
REVISION OF THE VULGATE.
Abbot Gasquet is now engaged on the
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19 1909.
Shipping,
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA-PACIFIC MAIL S. S. COMPANY, great task of the revision of the Valgate, INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.,
KISEN KAISHA.
TION COMPANY.
TILL despatch. VESSELS to the Undermentioned PORTE on or about the
W
DATES od :-"
FOR
DHANGHAI
LONDON, VIL USUAL PORT
BEKHIYE
Capt. B. W. H. SNOW... [DELTA DEM
BRITANNIA
Capt. & BABEAM «**),
LONDON & ANTWERF, Í MALTA ................ VIA SPORT. PAO, CEO, Capt. W.T. COSSEY, D.A.1. FORT SAID & MARSEILLES
·EHANGHAI, MOJ, KOBE{ PALMA
AND YOKOHAMA
:
P. & 0. 8. N. Co.'s Office,
BEMARKE Freight and Passage,
TO KAIL ON Daylight, 20th Feb.,
1Noon, 20th Bos Special
Feb., 1969. Fadvertisement
About 24th Freight and February. Fassage.
Capt. G. W. COOKMAN......March, 09.)'
About 1st Freight onlly
E. A. HEWETT, Superintenden","
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY'S
ROYAL MAIL. STEAMSHIP LINE,
LUXURY-SPEED-PUNCTUALITY,
The only Line that MAINTAINS & Regular Schedule Service of 12 Days across the Face is the EMPRESS LINE.'
19 DAYS YOKOHAMA TO VANCOUVER.
R.M.9.
PROPOSED SAILINUM,
SAVING 5 20 10 Days Ouran Travel
21 DAYS HONGKONG TO VANCOUVER,
ΤΟΥΟ
U.S. MAIL
LINES.
SEMI-TROPICAL ROUTE.
PROJECTED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG
~~~~(SUBJECT TO ALTERATION),"
TO BALL
LD.
and is established in the beautiful Bege dictine monastery of St. Anselmo, on the Avantine Hill: that ideal home, for student, situated within the walls of Raine,
FOR and, therefore, within reach of man and† SHANGHAL..... books, but as quiet and secluded with 1 SANDAKAN
IONGSHING SUNDAY, Feb, 1, Daylight. MAUSANG....TUESDAY, * HANILA ...amara. its surrounding ring-yarda end ancient MANILA... TURNSANG FRIDAY,
Feb. 29, at Noon. LONGSANG...WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, at 4 P.M. churches as though it were some abode of SHANGHAI, YOKOHAMA,ƒ›
Feb. 28 at 4 ZiM. pace in the very heart of the country.
KOBE & MOJI SINGAPORE
Dom Gasquet was kind enough to giva
a correspondent soms idea of the progrees of
hla vast undertaking, ur, to be more exact,
PENANG
*. KUTSANG ... TUESDAY, March 4, at Noon.
AND DALCUTTA NAMBANG... SATURDAY, March 6, at Noon.
RETURN TOURS TO JAPAN. Dogmpying 24 days
of the preparations for it, since, as he said,comers Kutsung, Namsung and Fooking leave snout svery 3 weeks for Shang
1 before such a project can become a fact, we have to gather together the tools with which we work: This winter we specially devoted ourselves to the thorough and
Only lias taking the warm SecTAN ROUTE BUTORS the PACIFIC, is HONOLULU,ystematic overhauling of the cathedral on O450, the most fertile and beautiful laland of the Pic PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG
STEAMETS.
CHINA
* MANCHURIA
+ OHIYO MARU
ASIA DANI
* MONGOLIA
+ TENYO MARD
*KOREA
• NIFFON MARU
• SIBERIA tugasekamās
* Twip Scrowa,
Į
*
***** 3,500 11
SATLANS DATOS.
1909.
hal and Yokohama, returning via Kobe (Inland Sex) and Moji to Hongkong providing a stay of bin 6 days in Japan if passengers leave the stammer at Yokoham and rejoin st Kabe..
Thess vessels here all modern improvements and are fitted througaoat with Electric Light A daly qualified Surgeon fisted throughout with Electrio Light
also carried. *Steamers have saporior Accommodation for First-class Passengers, and kee
Taking Cargo on Through Bills of Eading to Yangissa Ports, Chefoo, Tiantain & Newchwang Two, Dankan, Jesselton and Labuan.
Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading to Kridal, Lahad, Date. Simporna, For Freight or Passage, apply to
Telephone No. 61. JARDINE, MATHESON & Uo., Ltd.,
Braries of Spain and Italy. At the suppres gion of the Italian religious houses by the (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION). Jaws which immediately preceded and fol- lowed the fall of the Temporal Power in 1670 the monastorias lost all their books, 765 but the cathedral chapters managed to retain possession of their treasures, and since their libraries are seldom catalogued, and they do not themselves know the precious rulics of the past that are con- tained in them, it is impossible to say what magnificent discoveries may not
...10,200 Tons,.....TUESDAY, 23rd Feb., t. Noon
27,000
..... TUESDAY, 2nd Mar., at Noon. ...........21.000
...TUESDAY. 9th Mar. at Noon.
TUESDAY,
16th Mar at Noon, ......SATURDAY, 27th Mar. at Noon. ......TUESDAY,
6th April, at Noon. 19th April, at Noon. 24th April, as Nɑon. 4th May, at Noon.
****** 21,000
27,000
"
11
18,000
J
"
... TUESDAY, ......SATURDAY, 18,000 TUESDAY,
*-----11.000
+ Triple Screw Steamer.
General Managerie
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED.
soward an exhaustive search." There is HONGKONG-SOUTH CHINA
Fares; Hongkong to London £71. 10. 0, including Berth and Meals Gasquet), so full
autoes America..
INTERMEDIATE SERVICE,
13
>
11
"
(Subject to iteration), LEAVE HONDBÓNG
The ane Mail Steamers ASIA and CHINA carry Intermediate ARRIVE VANCOUVER MONTEAGLE
$109 TONY TUESDAY,
Mar....Mar. 2. passengers only, affording superior accommodation for that class. EMPRESS OF INDIA... 6000 TONE SATURDAY, Mar. 13.Apríl 2 China.... .10,200 Tons TUESDAY, EMPRESS OF JAPAN ... 6000 TONE SATURDAY, April 10........April 50. Asia
23rd February, at Noon. EMPRESS OF CHINA... 2000 Toke SATURDAY, May
9,500 .................May 22 China10,200
16th March,
at Noon. MONTEAGLE
169 Tone TUESDAY, May 1.Jage +
11th May, EMPRESS OF INDIA ... 8000 To
as Noon. Asia SATURDAY. May 2June 12
9,500 *EMPRESE' Steamships will leave Hongkong ab7 AM, 'MONTEAGLE' at 12 noon.
4th June, at Noon. Hongkong to London via Canadian Atlantic Ports...£40.
via Now Yurk
.242. SPECIAL RATES (first class only) granted to Missionarie, Membace of the Nava, the China and Japan Governments,
THE Quickest route to CANADA, UNITED STATES and EUROPE, cailing at
FRIDAY,
he came
ne sport eo engrossing (mid Abbot of pleasant Aur. prises, as bibliography. Not long ago across, in an English library, the value of which its owners ware a priceless tenth century. Psalter, of absolutely unsware, and which has now been acquired by the British Museum for £3,000. Unly lately Abbot Gasquet re |ceived a photograph which he thought.carld be no other than a page of the celebrated Codex Ameiatious, from the Laurentian
COAST PORTS.
HIGHEST-Class. Fastest and most luxurious Steamers on the Coast, bsring -plendid Accommodation for First-Class Passengers. Electric Light and First Olsas Unlzine.
STEAMARIT
HAIMUN
Capt. J. W. Evazs
FOR
SWATOW.
LEAVING
SUNDAY, List
Feb., st 10 a.m.
HAIYANG SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW. Į TUESDAY, 33rd Feb.,
Capt. A.E.Hodgins J
az Noon. For the convenience of Passengers, Steamers will arrive at, and
SHANGHAT, NAGASAKI, (through the INLAND SEA OF JAPAN), KOŽE, Mitary, Diplomato and Civil Sorviers, and to European Ufficial in the Services of other copies are known to have remained in dopart from, the Company's Wharf (near Blake Pier).
ZOKOHAMA and VIUTORIA, B.O., connecting at VANCOUVER with a Special Mail Exprom, and at Quebec, with the Company's new palatial EMPRESS Steamships, 14,500 tons register, thus providing a comfortable and speedy through route to Europe.
Hongkong to London, 1st Oise,vla Canadian Atlantic Ports of New York £71.10.
Intermediato cn Steamers.] and 1st Class Railways...] "
"
£40.
£42. First-class rate to London includes cost of Meale and Berth fa Sleeping Car while ercasing the American Continent by Gauadian, Pacifio direct line,
RMS. MONTEAGLE Carrion INTERMEDIATE Pusengers only at inter madiate tates, affording superior accommodation for that Claas,
assengers booked through to all polute and AROUND THE WORLD, *PECIAL THROUGH RATES (frat olase only) granted to Missionarles, Members of the Naval Military, Diplomatie and Civil Services and Ruropeen Officials in the Barvica of China and Japan Government"
↑ Freight and Fas. D. W. CRADDOCK, General Trafic Agent for China, ela EL PELDER STREET and PRAVA, Opposite Blake Plot.
For further information, Maps, Routee, Handbooks, Rates eago, apply to
Ca
PORTLAND & ASIATIO S.S. CO.
FOR MOJI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA, HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO
and PORTLAND,
OPERATING IN
CONNECTION WAH- REZ
STRAATHILP NUMANTIA
Through Bil's of Lading issued to Japan, North, Central and South American Forts For further Information as to Pasine und Freight, apply to the Agandy lot the Companies, Kine's BLDING (opposite Blake Pier).
8. SILVERSTONE, Agent.
library of Florence, which was one of thres home of the Venerable Bede, The twis copies made in the Jarrow monastory, the ↑
entirely lost sight of. What was Dom the North of England, but have been Gasquet's surprise to earn that this sheet, an exact duplicite of the Codex Amistibus, had been found in the binding of ne eighteenth century book, proving that, at
CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LD, that time at least, one of the great man
FOR
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
SHANGHAI MANILA......” DARMKARAN PEYE PIA TAYARA WEIHAIWEI & CHEFOO BHANGHAI ---------------- MANILA, FL. DARWIN, ZAMBOANGA, THURSDAY ISLAND, COOKTOWN, CAIRNS, TOWNSVILLE, BRISBANE, BYDNEY, MELBOURNE, with tranship- ment for TASMANIA, NEW ZEALAND, ADELAIDE, FREMANTLE & PERTA MANILA
TO BUG
Fob. 26, at 4p.m. Feb. 25, at $p.m. Fab. 22, at i p.m. ...Nob.
26, at 4 p.m.
BWAMERE
TEAN...
$40KBING
TAIYUAN
Tab.
scripts
For Freight and Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS, LAPRAIK & CO.,
General Managers.
Hongkong, November 17, 1805.
1666
was stil in-existence, and was being NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
storilegiously torn up by a hookbindor of
that day. If it were possible to discover
who he was, and what other books he EXTRA PASSENGER SERVICE NEW STRAMERS- bound, other portions of the famous Codex
might be brought to light.
EUROPEAN LINE,
COLOMBO, SUEZ AND PORT SAID.
THE
THE Company's Newly Buils 9000 Tons Passenger Steamers will be despatched from
Hongkong sa follow
In order scriously to begin the graat! labour of collation, Abbot Gasquet is hav. FOR GENOA, MARSEILLES, LONDON AND ANTWERP, 2 SINGAPORE, 26,4 p.m.ng 350 copies of the authorised version of the Vulgate printed. One hundred copies TAKING March 2, at 3pm.practicably indestructible; 150 are on the are on hand-made paper, and will be DIRECT SAILINGS TO WEST RIVER-Twics Weekly. S.S. LINTAN' and 8.8. SANUL'
best manufactured paper obtainable; and throughout and Electric Fans in the Staterooms. A daly qualified Surgeon is carrod, may be sent about conveniently for reference. Tasmanian Porta.
AUSTRALIAN STEAMERS have supedor excomunedation, with Mostris Light 100 are cu India yaper, in order that they Atsuta Maru - (Capt. W. THOMESEN) About Wed., Vih April. OREGON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO. REDUCED FARES. Uarge booked through for all Australian, New Zealand and and comparison. Each copy will contain, in
Tov .4370
CAPTAIN
TO SAIL OF 1909. H. FELDTHANK .....About 19th February,
Through bills of Lading insued to Pacific Cart Points and all fastoru, Canadian and United States Points. For through rates of Freight and further informablo, communicate with or apply ta
5, SILVERSTONE," Agent.
2
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
FRENCH MAIL LINES.
FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO AND FROM EUROPE,
Via SUEZ CANAL
FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO AND FROM JAPAN, Via SHANGHAI,
For
STJAHRERE
SHANGHAI, KOBE AND NERA,
YOKOHAMA
}
Bide
(Capt→→→ ). About Wed., 2nd June. CHEAPEST PASSAGE RATES TO EUROPE AND AROUND THE WORLD
For further particular, apply to
MANILA STEAMERS & LIENTSIN STEAMERS have superior accommodation parallel columus with the authorised ver with Electric Light throughout and Electric Faus in the Staterooms and Dining Saloon, a copy of one or other of the fifty or single and $70.00 return. Take cargo on thronga Bills of Lading to all Yangtune and facilitate sad simplify the work of the
Miyasaki Maru (Capt. W. Barance) About Wod, 5th May. SCHEDULE SHANGHAI STEAMERS have excellent accommodation. Electricity of the most famous manuscripts of the Kitano Maru- Light throughout and Electric Fans in Staterooms and Dining Saloon, Fare-$40.00 Latin Bible. Having the two versions Northern Chlas Ports,
side in this way will immensely exports, who have to compare and weich overy word and letter. The title page will consist of a photograph of a page of the manuscript, in order to show it type writing and its provenance, and then that particular codex will have done its work, and will be no more needed.
For Freighter Passage, apply to
Telephone No. 88.
THE CU's 2.1.
JOSHIN MARU, Dapt. H. HAYANA, {
BUTTERFIELD & 8WIRE,
AGENTS.
OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
*REGULAR STEAM-SHIP · SERVICE BETWEEN HONGKONG, SOUTH CHINA COAST PORTS AND FORMOSA PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HỒNGKONG, SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
Fot
TAMBUI, Via SWATOW AND AMOY.
CAPTAIN
X.
|
MARSEILLES, Via PORTY SALAZIE,
SHANGHAI, KOBE A×6Į
CALEDONIEN,
YOKOHAMA Í
MAGNER.
MAMMIN.
LANCELIN.
To Sat, 1909, March 1, p.m.
March 2. at 1 D.104
March 15, P.M.
March 18, at 1 p.m.
DAIJIN MARI, Capl. Y, KABURAKI,
"
TAMSUI, Vis SWATOW
AND AMOY.
MARSEILLES, Via Pozta.. TOURANE,
J2HAVING
SUNDAY, Mat ́
Fab., at 10 a. Illy.
¿SUNDAY, 28th
Feb., at 9.4.0.
*Thees New Steamers have excellent Accommodation or First and second-class Passengers, and are fitted throughout with Electric Eight. First-class Cabins Amid abips. Univailed Tablo.""
+Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading to all Yanglezo & Northern China Ports. FERANSHIPPING on the Co. Stestera at SINGAPORE for BATAVIA, COLomo force, as Szco Feon. No.1 the formation, apply at the One local Brausb
For Freigh Passage and ALUUTTA, Bougar and ADSTRAZI, at PORY SAID for the LEVANTE, CONSTANT
1, QUEEN'S BUILdira. TINOFLE and BLACK SEL
Through Tickets to LONDON, via PARIS, from £27.10 up to £71.10. 20 hours rallway from MakESILLES to LONDON. Interpreters meet passengers on their arrival in MareeÜllca.
For further particular, apply to
P. de CHAMPMORIN, Agent,
QUEEN'S BUILDING.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,
HAMBURG.
595
EAST ASIATIC FREIGHT SERVICE. REGULAR SAILINGS FROM JAPAN, CHINA AND PHILIPPINES VIA STRAITS AND COLOMBO,
To HAVRE, BREMEN AND HAMBURG, AND TO NEW YORK
T. ARIMA, Manayer.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD'
BREMEN.
IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINES,
FOR
STEAMERS
TAKING Dargo ab through Rotes to Marsiloe, Genoes and other Mediterranean; ALERTAR SOULEIARE: PRINZ REGENT LUITPOLD
also Trieste, Lisbon, Oporto,
Levantine, Black Bea and Baltic Ports,
...AND ALL NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN POSTS.
Also vi Aden or Port Said, by the Company's Arabian art Persian Service to
Arabian and Persian Gulf Ports.
NETT BAILINGS FROM HONGKONG. Outward.
Homoward,
For Shanghai, Yokohama & Kobe For Bremen & Hamburg
→ B.B. JLLYRIASIAA,.95th Feb, B.3. SPEZIA KAS 25th Feb. 8.9 AMERIA 10th Mar 8.8. BRISGAVIA SA20th Mar 8,6 BELORAVIA, 31st Mar 8.S. SILESIA
12th Apr -9.8. SULVIA EM ACER, SCANDIA.
8.S ANDALUSIA 20th Feb. For Havre & Hamburg
35, SLAVONIA, THE 28th Feb. For Marseilles & Hamburg
8.8 CONSTANTIA 28th Tob For Rotterdam & Hamburg
8 WESTPHALIA
7th April For Havre & Hamburg
"B.6. SENEGAMBIARZ.,10th May,
For Further Particuluzz, apply to
BN SAXONIA ZASE 5th Mar.
HAMBURG AMERIKA LIKE Hongkong Office
SOUTHAMP
Capt. H. Kirghizer.
TON ANTWERP & HAMBURG
SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI.
ASAK KLEIST, KONE YOKOHAMA Capt. Bud. Mayat,
MANILA, YAP NEWGUINEA, MANILA,
SAMARAI BRISBAND SYDNEY AND MEEBOURNE Capt. Mensen.
TOP
KUDAT AND BANDAKAN
BORNEO
For further Partzecieza, apply wat
Vape P. Sambill
Norddeutscher Lloyd,
To SA 1909
(WEDNESDAY, 24th Feb.,
at Noon, About THURSDAY, 20th Feb.
THURSDAY, 25th Feb.
Beginning of
MELCHERS & 11o,
General Agen
All the great manuscripts divide them- selves into great families or classes, accord- ing to the country in which the copy was made, and its date; and the manuscripts of each division has distinguishing points ned poouliarities in cammon, that guido the expert in deciding to which category they belong. Each book of the Bibla
Hongkong. December 30, 1988.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
(THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.)
3748
belly had a table of contente prod in ED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG-SUBJECT TO ALTERATIONA
it, some of which are very quaint and in teresting, and these constitute a study in themselves, and are one of the surest guides
DESTINATIONS, E
AND
to the branch to which any particular MARSEILLES, LONDON manuscript belongs. A complete list in also being made of all the known Latin Bibles, some 300,000 in number.
ANTWERP, Via SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO AND PORT SAID.rayõzzatas
VICTORIA, BU AND SEATTLE Vis SHANG- HAI MOJI RODE YUKKAICHI AND YOKOHAMA
STEAKDEN
AWA MARU,
SAILING DATES, 1809. JWEDNESDAY, 3rd Capt. A. Keith, Tons 8309) March-at Daylight,
R TAMBA MARU,
WEDNESDAY, 17th Capt. C. H. Batler, Tons 6131 March, as Daylight.
KAUA MARU, Capt. G.B. Lapzaik, Tans 6801
TOSA MABU,
TUESDAY, 2nd .
March, at Noon, TUESDAY, 1813 Capt. T. Harrison, Tone 58271 March, at Noon,
Such elaborate sad expert work, how- over," added the Abbot, cannot be done. for nothing, and the eternal question o expense always with us, since money would enable us to employ more workers to do the vast amount of merely clerical opportunity for any millionaire," said Dom labour that is required. It is an unique Onquet with his checrial sme. If he SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, (YAWATA MAR down to posterity on the title page of the will present me with £12,000, ha may so new version, which will be known all over
V MANILA, THURS Capt. T. Sekine, Tons 38171 DAY ISLAND TOWNS NIKKO MARU, Christendour as long as the world laste,
VILLE AND BRISBANE. Capt. M. Yagi, Tora 61391 and I do not think that any one else will BOMBAY, VIA SINGAPORE ( KAGESHIMA MARU, be able to offer him more certain means, of making his name live to future genera-KOBE AND YOKOHAMA
AND COLOMBO
1 Cept. T. Arakaws, Tons 46871 tions."!!
HITACHI MARU,
Capt F. E. Cope, Tona 67151
SORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY.
TICTAL FUNDS AT S1er Deraiona, 1901,
£18,114.824T (Anthorised Capital £9,000,000
Bubscribed Capital £21
$760,000
Pid-up Capital £687,500 0 0 Fire Funds 8,065, 574 15 1 (-Hfe& AumaltyEndr 11,316 842 10 8 Sinking Fund Account 45,907 15 8 1818,144,024 12 11 Revenus Fire Branch £250,862-13
Tibo de Annalby
1847.224 18 Sinking Fand Account?
F188,159 18 17 The Accumulated Funds of the Fire and Life Departments are free from liability to heerssen of sack other. Shmangn
SHEWAN, TOMBS & CO.
LABUAN COAL
THE LABUAN CUALBIELDS"
How prop
Į TAKASAKI MARU,
Capt. &. Mocker, Tona 49701 INDIKUMANO MARU
Cap. N. Matteson, Tous 1751
Cargo only.
SHANGHAI, MOJI & KOBEĮ NAGASAKI KOBE
YOKOHAMA **** Omitting Tokadohl,
§ Fitted with Marooni's Bystem of wireigas tolegraphy. 2/
ƒ
FRIDAY, 19th
Feb., at Noon.
FRIDAY, 19th
Mar., at NooES
SATURDAY, 20th
Fobrany MONDAY, 3ad
Feb., at Daylight, TUESDAY, 29m February, WEDNESDAY, 17th Mar, at Daylight,
Through Fassenger Tickets lasued to the Principal Cities in the United States, Csands and Európe, in connection with the GREAT NORTH RAILWAY and Atlantie
For further information na to Freight, Pasange, Sailings, de apply at the Ocas Steainara. Round-the-World Tloketa iso tested. Between Nagnes travelling by Ratt pany's Local Branch Offico m Prince's Buildings, First Floor Chater Road,
T. KUSUMOTO, Manager.
Co.,
MIYASAKI &
COAL MERCHANTS.
HEAD OFFICE-AKATEMACHI, KONE, JAPAN,
NOORASHI, SHEMOMOSTEL, JAPAN, AND HONGKONG, CABLE ADDRESSES
BRANCH OFFICER
MIYASAKI
Prising to Held Otice and Shimonoseki Branch, TUTAKA applying to Hongkong. Branch only,
ABO. 6TH EDITION CREATE
10
The Head and Branch Olices will receive any Order te
JAPAN COALS.
IBO