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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1912.
Garner Quelch & Co.,
WINE MERCHANTS.
Des Voeux Road
TELEPHONE 636.
Supply_the_highest quality Wines, Spirits, Oigars and Cigarettes obtainable, consistent with price. All Wines and Spirits bottled in Europe by Shippers of world wide reputation.
Hongkong, December 13, 1911,
Banks
UNGKONG
HBANKING CORPORATIONN
Pam-or CarmEAL..
AZURATE FUNDE
Sterling
£1,500,0008 2/- $15,000,000 Silver...
$15,000,000
Banks
MOTŐR LINERS.
Remarkable Development.
(From the "PAL Bank Gareṛte."3 In connection with the shipping industry
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE SUEZ CANAL.
Profitable Freight Rates in Early Days.
Thera is every reason to think, the Telegraph, kaya, that it was thọ Into Mr Edward Pembroke, the wall-known London
HONGKONG AVERAGE MARKET PRICES
Corrected to Thursday, December 8th, 1912.
di 100 cents per Dollar Alecian
Butcher Mont
faw developments have been more remarkshipownor, who arranged the charter parse Boof Sirloin & Prime Cat-Mei Lung Få lb. 20:
able than the progress made with the use of internal combustion engines for marice purposen
of the fire, stomer to pass through, the Suor Canal. The cireumalance in vonchod" for by his friend, Mr G. F. Young, and the
Up to a year ago they were confined todais is given as lalo in Novesiber or early amali siver rossels and jachts; today there in December 1868. As illustrating the profitable rates of freight obtaining in those are building, or abant to be built, with days, it may be infintioned that the bustinens view to classification in Lloyd's Register, in question was to bring home from
no fewer than twelve scean-going ships Colombo's cargo of coffeo in caska at £6 `1580 which will be listed with oil engines, the 5e, por ten. No outward' cargo was avail. largest of them reading 8,000 tons grossable, so it was arranged to lead cala in the Tyne on the ship's' account. Those while the fact that a motor-driven bost were mid to be discharged at Aden at no of 14,000 tons is actually in'contemplation loss than 578. 6d. per ton, the "ship Auggnala that an even more noble advance retaining anfficient to bring her back from Colombo to Adam, and the option of filling ment is about to take place.
hoc bunkers' there at the same price,
"ANDEG
ADERLANDSCHE HAN
M
LATSCHAPPLI
(NETHERLANDI Tradera SoccerT
18,750,000
51,750.000 Par OF $15,000,000 CAPITAL
RESERVE
Fors
Couzi or DizzCTORS, "
E. MIDEAST, Esq.-Chairman:
E SHELLZ, Esq.-Deputy Chairman.
F.H. Armstrong, Esq.
Androw Forbos, Esq. Esq.
Patienden.
+
G. Fricaland, Esq. F. Lieb, Faq C. S. Gubbay, Esq. Hon. Mr G. H. Rod.
G. R. Laurens, Esq. H. A. Blebe, Esq.
CHEF MANAGER:
Hongkong N. J. STABB,
MANAGER:
Shanghai-, ER HUNTER.
ESTATES 1894,
About
...Fl.. 45,000,000 (£3,750,000) ...FL.7,124,317)-(£53,683),
HEAD OFFICE—AKTERDAM. HEAD AGENCY—BATATIA,
BRANCHES-Singapore, Penang Shanghai, Fangoon, Samarang, Bourabaya Djember, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasoortean, Tilatjap, Bandoeng, Padang, Medan (Dali), Palembang, Rota-Radia, (Acheon), Macansar, Bandjarmasin.
Correspondents at Bombay, Colombo, Madras, Pondicherry, Calcutta, Bangkok, Saigon Eniphone, Hanoi, Arany, Wol
hama, Robe, Melbourne, Sydney, Ner San Francisco, Union of York,
&c. London
BANKEES Lendon and Smiths Bank, Limited.
The Bank buys and sells and receives for LONDON. Basern-LONDON COUNTY AND collection Bills of Exchange, issues luttese of credit on its Branches and correspond
WESTMINSTER BANK, LIMITED.
HONOKONG INTEKEST ALLOWED.
Un Current Account at the rate of Two por cant. per annum on the daily balance. ON FIXED DEPOSITS : →
For 8 months 2 per cent per annuin.
6
12 13
"
N. JA STABB,
Chief Manager.
Hongkong, October 5, 1911.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
THE business of the above Bank is com
The basis of the OUNG AND
enta in the East, on the Continent in Great Britain. America, and Australia, 'and trans- acts banking business of every description,
*NTEREST ALLOV ED.
„ On Current Accounta 3% per Annum on
balancos. Fixed Deposits 12 months 4 % per Annam
months 312 Do
. Do. Dr.
'S months 3 Z Do.
A. F. VAN REES. Joma
Kangkong, Jahr 29, 1901,
The first vessels of alze so he equipped with such engines were the Tandal and Mr. Young, in recalling the incident, tells how he went out in the steamer, and the Sarmet, with a dead-weight carrying | the difficultise which she encountered in capacity of 10 tona cach, built in Sweden procuring a chart of the Red Sox Nono six years ago for servite between Kolinsk was to bo had in London, and it was and St. Petersburg, distance of 683 decided that a chart should be got and sent out overland to Suez. In was not there. milles; and the first big motur-bost con however, when the steamer arrived at that structed in this country was the Toiler, of port, and the best makeshift that could be 1,659 tons gross, which was also the first procured was general chart, borrowed vessel of the kind to cross the Atlantic Oriental boat and the engagement of an from the captain of a Peninsular and pasage which abesuccessfully socomplished not many weeks ago. Last year, also, the Vulcanus, of 1,179 tons, was completed at Amsterdam, but these were regarded as more or less experimental.
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PANIN ESTBELPRIKK.
Now, however, oil-engined boats of liner dimensions are being got ready for service, For the Danish East Asiatic Company there was launched at Copenhagen on November 4 the Soolandia, of 5,000 tons, while a sister-ship, the Jutlandis, was pas into the water recently in the Clyde. Each vesel is about 390ft. long, with a beam of 53/t.. the propelling machinery consisting of Diesel engines, capable of developing, 3,000
h.
Both are to have three masta, and the fumes from the engine room will be led up NTERNATIONAL DANKING inside the mizenmaat and exhausted at
KORPORATION.
UAPITAL, PAID-UT REBERY FUND
GOLD $3,250,000 ..Gold $3,250,000
Gold $6,000,000 HD Offer: 60 Wall Street, New York. IZON. Rules may be obtained on LONDON Orice: 36 Bishopsgata, " plication
SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORA
INTEREST on deposits is allowed "al
PER CENT. per annum, Depositors
LONDON BANKERS;
HANK OF ENGLAND.
J
may transfer at their option balances of National Provincial Bank of England, Ltd. $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND
The Capital and Counties Bank, Ltd. SHANGHAI BANK, to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT *t 4 PER CENT, per sunumi.
For the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
N. J. STABB
Chief Manager.
"Hongkong, January 24, 1911.
1517
THE OHARTERED BANK OF INDIA.
AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA.
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1851, HEAD Office, LONDON.
PAID-UF CAPITAL.
·RASKETE FUND...
...£1,200,000. ..:£1,825,000
......£1,200,000
RESERYE LIABILITY OF PEO
FAKTORA vi
INTEREST allowed on Current Account the rate of 2% per
per annum on the Daily
Balancet,
On Fixed Deposits for 18 months 4
A
11
1
W. DICKSON,
Manager.
Hanoring,"
BRANULES AND AGENTS
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
,
北
THE
Fredhairs
pilot, whose knowledge was confined. to landmarks However, the vessel got safely through the Red Sex to Aden, to the astonishment of the captain of the Pen insular and Oriental boat, who had already artired. It appears that at this tima our hydrographers were busy in the Red Sea, but the story nuggests, as Mr. Young reinacks, that the British Government of that day hardly regarded the Suez Canal sa
is proposition. It cortainly never anticipated that it would bring into the British exchequer, as it does to-day, con siderably over a million a year.
A BIG ESTATE.
The sum of £6,000,000 in said to be in- volved in a will case now engaging the attention of legal firms in Glasgow. The estate is that of Foter Taylor, who belonged height of 48ft. above the deck, the siren onto Falkirk Parish, near Glasgow, and who the mainmaat being operated by compres died many pain ago in Amsterdam. His ཨའི ད ད ད ད ན ད ན ད ར ར མ མ ཀ ཀ ཡ ཡ ཡ ར beira were advertised for, and from all over There are also building in German yards the country letters are being received from for the Hamburg American Line two people all claiming to be desconded from motorboats of 6,000 and 8,000 tons, and it Poter Taylor. is expected that they will be ready for sen trial in January, while similar vessel of 4,500 tons is in course of construction at West Hartlepool for Mesure Furnene, Withy and Co., the first British shipping company to engage in such an enterprise ou só largs
acalé.
A BERJOUA COMPETITOR TO STEAM” As the most serious of the problems have already been solved. It is zow confidently believed that the internal combuation on Corporation transacta every desgine will soon become a serious competitor cription of Banking and Exchange business, receives nicney on Current Acto steam propulsion, and, with the dis- count at the rate of 2% per annum on daily covery and "derolopment of new oilfields, balamoon and accepta Fixed Deposita at the will to some extent supplant it. There Kro following rates
ao funnels, no boilers, and no coal bunkers For-12 months 4 per cent per annum, v
the petroleum being stored in tanks along For 6
3 per cent per annum..
the double Boom of the vessel, and con For 3 3 per cent per annum,
-veyed by pumping apparatus to the motor GEO, HOGG. so that there will be an entire absence of Manager. emeke, soot, satt dirt, cacaed by coaling is No., Queen's Road Central at prosent. Hongkong, February 20, 1911.
1
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK LTD.
ESTARLIBAT 1880,
Moreogo the machinery space is only about a third of that, which in necessary for eam engines, with the result that there will be more accommodation for passenger» and cargo Another advantage is that the engines can bo started in five minutes, sa compared with ftoon hours required to raise steam with boilers.
AUTHORISED CAPITAL.Yen 48,000,000,00 | 90
J
MARING. ** WINDJARDWARE" FAN,
PAID-UF GAITTAJ ... ... S0,000,000.00 In sailing-ship circios, 100, the hope
RELESS FUND
"
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Comed-Hao Nga Tuk
Boash-Shía
H
Breast, ---Nagu: Lam
Soup,-Tong. Yuk
Steak,-Ngan Yak Fa
肉食
man
Shark,-8 Tu
State-Po Yu
Shrimp H
Snapper,--Lap Soles-Tat Sa Yu Tonch-Wan Yu
Turbor Cha
焼牛肉 Turtion, small," 牛腩
湯肉
White Bail,
牛肉熟
牛奶
per sod
牛奶:
Hirlain Cotom-Ngan Lats Sausages-Ngau Chang Bullock's Brains- Клем
1+
Tongus fresh,-Nguu Li
corned Ham Ngan Li Head, Ngau Tan... Heart-Ngan Sum Hung, Salt-Ngar Kin Fock-Ngau Kark Kidneys,-Ngwu Tiu Tail--Ngan Mei Liver,-Ngau Kon
Tripe (undressed)-Ngau To Caira Head & Foot-Ngau-chai-tau-kark, Mutton Chop-Yeung Pei Kwat
Leg,-Young Pai
Chilling Chu Chong "... Shoulder,-Young Bhaa
Pipe
Brains-Chu Know
Foet,-Chu Bark Fry-Chu Chak Head, Chu Taa -Heart--Chu Bum
4A
18 牛頭 牛心 牛麗
28 牛5
4
wit
牛肚
Ibe 2: 牛仔職脚
Almonds-Hung Yan
Apples (California)--Kam San Ping Kl
th
---¢-"-------.--
(ChefooTia Chun Ping Kho
Small,-Roi Tong
Custard,--Fan Lat Chi...
Banas, fragrant, Canton,-Bar. Shing
Houng Chiu
Chestnuts, Chinese,~Foeng Lat
Carambola-Toung Tus
Coconuts,--Teh Te...
Lemans, China,-Ning Moong
America,--Kum San Ning Moon
Lichges Dried,-La Chi, mall Stone
Freak
***Lines,. (Saigon)-Sai Kung Ning Mourg auch
Mango, Manila, Lui Sung Mong
par sot 24
1b 12
25
15
ench 13.
精
Kidneys-Chu Yiu Liver,--Chu Coa
8
30
Perk, Chop,-Chn Pai Kwal... Corned,-Ham Chu Yax Leg-Chu Poi
Fat or Lard,-Cha Yu
11
71
40
24
精油
Sheep Head and Fest,-Young Tau.Kark set 50
Heart,-Yeung Sum
B
Kidneys,-Young Tin ... Liver,-Yeung Con
Sucking Pigs, To Order Chu Chai Suet, Beef-Sang Ngan Yau
**
Mution,-Sang Yeung Yau, Veal,-Ngan Chai Yuk
羊心
20猪仔
生牛油
„-Nguo Chai Chaung....
Poultry.
4
Chicken-Kai Chai
Dores,-Pan Kau
Egia, Hen-Kai Tan
Around the case is woven an arising romance. Peter Tyler had brother; Willism, and they quarrelled over financia Capons, Large, Small-Sin matters and over afterwarile întoned hatred Ducas-Ap existed between them. Fator emigrated to Holland. Ee married a rich Danish woman and assumed her pams of Vander- birst. There were no children of the union, and by a will dated 1785 the estate passed to s nephew, also named Pater Taylor. The will provided that in event of the nephew dying childless the money would inpee for cae hundred years and then be divided among the next of kin.
MARTIN'S
APIOL &STEEL
SPILLS
J Trends Randy dzekli Lerogataritiam. Zemes v. DIËNE GİVt kavu a box of Maria'erile in the boum, so that on the frei Coman he say Tremensarlay of - tam biyahe s Digitaly Bout may be admittend. Time whia.
men Lincy Portinand khans, banan. Läderende
dabe und Borms mall i Urted vs Var METİN, Cunami Busshnington, Kud.
TRONG VAJ Us Chopok free
- MARTIN'S
PAPIOLASTEEL Foamion PILLS
.... 17,150,000.00 appears to be widely entertained that THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE
oil engines auxiliary power may
ERAD OFFICE-YOKOHAMA,
BLANCHES AND Aug
AURACIES AT ANTUNG-HSTAN NAGARAZI
NEWCHWANG CHANGCHUN NEW YORK DAINER (DALNY) :: CBAKA
MERCANTILE BANK OF BOMBAY
THE INDIA LIMITED.
Authorized CARTTAL
GOBBOLLERD PAID-UP
do..
do.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., GENERAL MANADERN, HONGKONU.
Fowls, Cant,-i
-
-30
牛仔湯 ®
生日
Mangosteens,--San Chik Tse
Orangen, (Canton)-Sun-shing Tim Ching Oranges Swost
Pears, (American)-Kam fan Shoot Lay
(Canton), Cooking,Sa Lay
Peanuts, -Fa Sang ...
Persimmune Large, -Hung Chic
10
Pine-apples, Ist quality,--Pson Ti Paw Law each 10
endChang-tang Faw Law
Plantain, Thi Chau
Plums,-Sato, Hung Lal
Pumelo, Siam,--Chim Lo Tau
Shanghai-Lo Krat
Walute,-Hop Tuo
Green, Sung Hop po...
asch 10
Water Melon (Am) Kom San Sai Kwafoach
(China) Sai Kwa
Grapes, Sang Po Tui Teo
Vegetables" So,
Artichokes, Shanghai, Sheung-hoi. Ak
Chi Chenk
Beans, (French), Macao,-Oh Moon PiT
(French), Shanghai,Sheung Hai
Pin Tau
Sproat,-Ah Che
Long, Tau Ka
Best Root, Hung Choi Tan
Brinjals, Green,--Ching Yuan
Red,-Hung Ker
Cabbage, Chinese, com,--Rai Choy
Cane Shoots, bunchi-Kau Shun
Cauliflower, Large size, Tai Yeh Cho Fa cach
cách 23 t
2.4 鹅蛋
Cabbage Red,-Eung Yen Choy
32
路
Cabbage. Shanghai,--Yeh Choi
Hainan, Hoi Nam Kai
28
*90
L
ch
To off
pair 01 80 L
ach
白鸽 ®
Geoul, WidEhai. Shangha Mask Deer,--Wong Keng Hare, Shanghai,Tu Chai" Partridge, Che Khoo Phoesant,-Shan Kai
Pigeons, Canton,-Pak Kup
Hotho, Ho! How Pal Quail,-Um-Chen
Rice Birds,-Wo FaTM Cheuk Noipe, Sa-Choy -
Turkeys, Cock-Phor Kai Kang
Na
Elen,
Wild Ducks, S'hai,-Shang-hui Bui Ap Tel-Sui Ap Chai,
黃鯨
鲜口白R
Medium site,Cheung Yoh Chofa
Small size,Sai Ten Choi Fa
Carrots, Kamu Shus
Celery, Chinese, Toug Kau Choi...
English, -Young',,
Chillies. Dried,Gon Lot Chidi
14
H
dozen
禾花街
24 沙
500 火鹅公
Red-Hung Far
Groen-Ching Lai Chiu:
Curry Stat, English,-Kar Lee Chu Ila
Cucumber-Ching Kwa
49 Bitter Squash,-Fu K
WBdDucks Canton-Sang-Bhing Sui Ap
31.30 上海水街
生水鴨仔 R 江省城水画
Fish.
Barbol,-Ka Bream-Bin Tu
Canton Fresh Water Fis
Carp,-Li Tu
Catfish, Chik Yu.
Crab,-Hai
solve the problem of making wind-SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES.
kamers pay. At any rate, several -Frensh_oxaem......in furtherance of this policy, bars had meters fitted for the purpose, and at Bordosaz litely the fire. maated barque La France, of 6,500 tour J. T. HAMILTON, GASZBAL MANAGER Codiak,-Mun"Yu: des-weight capacity, the largest sailer in | Braquiza (MUKDEN) PEKIN
the world, was launched for a Roues firm. 1,500,000
HANKOT £1,125,0
RYOSU (FORT ARTHUB) She is provided with two Diesel engines, BR2,000 HONOLULU
BAX FRANCISCO
developing 1,800-b.p., and is intended for 125,000 KOB
the transport of ore from New Caledonia to Europe. The rails and motors combined Aro estimated to give a speed of seventeen knote in. favourable weather, and when the latter, are not required the shafte tre uncoupled and the propellers run free.
BRAKEVE FORD
HEAD CFFICE...
40 TERZADNEEDLE, STREET,
LONDON, EU.
BRANCHES :-
Somboy
Gallo.
Calcutta
Singaporo
Howrah,
Penang.
Madras.
Karaok
Kota Bahru, Kelantan, Kunis Lampur, F.M.S.
Bangoon.
Colombo, Kandy,
ADENTS IN Japan
MIRES JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,}
MED BANKERAT
· BANK OF ENGLAND Lardon Joint Brock Bark, LaureNU. Every description of Banking and Ex shange business, transscted, "And Stooler: and fharms, bought and sold our secount of edurkituenta,... Letters of Credit granted on agenta and Compependents all over the
LAO-YANG LONDON
Lroxs
SHLANDILAT
TIEFLING
„TIINTAIN
ΤΟΚΤΟ
منی:
Interest allowed on Current Accounts,
Deposits received for Axed periods at Apart from other uses, the vaginas may
mates to be obtained on application.
TAKEO TAKAMICHI, - Manager, Bongsong, September 26, 1911.
THE CHINA MAIL
TYPHOON
GUIDE
Enabling ope to locate the centre
of *
Interest allowed on Current Accounts at MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD AND
1% per anntuma ou the Daily Balanes and
• Fixed Depozita na Linden Tư
For 5 months per seat per annum
MACDONALD
•Hovik og Taly
TAPED TOE HANDING.
Price 20 Cents,
aily help the ressol off a les shore, as well as got her out of a reglan of 'calms:
LOSING WEIGHT BY THE POUND
Under Weight" condition. off-health, shows your antim. ladve powers are decreasing.
WATERBURYS METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL: COMPOUNDE
Supplia the blood with the wanted ipurishing and healthy Besh building materiala Vory palatable: C
DE ALL CHEMISTE"
PRICES: $1.95 and 82.25
Cattle Fish, Mak Yu 85,095, 469 Deb,--So Mang. Ta
10,576,107 Dace-Wong Mei Lan 53,489,360
FOR THE EAST, Tuxro, --'
Total Asseta Deo, 31, 1910...G.$494,715,929
Surplus Dividends to Polleyholders
1910 Total paid Policyholders 1919 Tatal Expenses for 1910 Gross sinings from Interest i
and Rants for 1910. Groen rate of Incoine from Investments 1910 Hongkong, May 9, 1911.
10,392,025 Dog Fish-Tit Tu Sa
Eels, Congor-Hoi Mann 1,846,528
E. C. WILKS,
MAI, MEGHAM.N.A.
MONSULING ENGINEER AND SUIC
VETOR for Construction, Valuor
海鮮
加魚
·鯇魚:
鯉魚
海鲜意
黃尾情
Fresh water --Tam Siv
Eels, Yellow, Wo
TO
(EE) 303
石班
Frogs, Tien Ka
Kup
Falibat
sid Axinor for the přirchison; et min,of: Toach-Wa Steamships or Liianches.'
ALEXANDRA" BUILDINGS,
2ND FLOUR
Hongkong, May 2, 1981,
Lobsters Lang.
Mackerel
Mook Fis
600 Mallak
Yu
Oysters, Beng Hoo
SINGON & CO. PLo
ESTABLISHES AD. 1880
TRON, STEEL, METAL: and : HAR33" WARE MERCHANTS. Wholesale and Betail, Ironmongers Fig Irois and Foundry Cots Tuportems Gener keepers and Shipchatidius Nos. 35 d of Hoa Looks Brarer, (2nd Steppty want 87 Central Market) Telephena No, 515.
zeptember 4, 1969,"
Piko,-Ta
白蛤魚
Garlic,--Que Tar
Ginger, young-Sun To Keung
oki-Lo Keung...
Horse Radish, S'hai,-Lik Kan Indian Carn,Suk Mai!
Lettuce,-Young Sang Chri~
Water Chesnuta-Ma Tai
Mandarin,-Kwai Lum Ma Tai
Mushrooms, Fresh, Sang Cho Kea
Husk Moon, Anderhan nan Hon
Okroes,
POR
Onions, Bombay,-Yeung Chong Tan
Green,Bang Chong:
Shanghai, Shang-boi Chong Tau Papaw, Lat qual,--Tai
Sau Kus
„Zad Chiang
Parsley,Kun Cho
Green Pcou,-Ching Tau.
Polatos, Swech,--Fan Shu
薄白 將軍甲 黃花魚 Ri
Shanghai, Slang-hui Shu fai
Japan,Yut Poon Shi
Foochow,Fook-chow Shu THAT
Lo Puł Trai
)—Tai Wong
Shallots,
魚
Spinach,
Tomatoes,
Tarca
Turalı
Vegetab
Kwi
菜蔬
乾辣椒
萬壽果
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