WONGSONG POLICE RESERVE.
BOBINASY PARADES,
· Tuesday, May 8th. - No. 3 Conyány madi Ansbilance Platoon at Central 5.13 史馆
Wednesday, May 9th-No. 9 Scetion
Water Police Station 5.43 pm.
Thursday, May 10.- No. 1 Section and
No Platoon at Central 6.45 p.m. This parla is changes from Wednesday, May 9th.
POLICE ACHEOL
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Friday, May 11th. Examination A Chase EX, X. and XI.
(Sed.), F. C. Jeyem,
D.S.P. (B.)-
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE
INSURANCE CO.
en wudhu arx YESTED TEP CHARAM OF
THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE
Company, LTD.. and
THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS
ASSURANCE CO.
NOTAL FUNDS AT 31st Dec 1914.
£93.070,387.
TOTA
Anthoriund Capital £8,000,000. Babcribed Usuntal £4,300,000
Paid-up Caprice £2, 437,690
11 Fine Faul... 3,837,047 Life & Annuity Paadam 17,567,890 Stabing Fund zecount ... 128,230
Barenue Five Branch.
$450
·OUR STANDARD
16 Feet Motor Boat
Fitted with 22 H.F. Caillo Engine which runs on either Kerosene or Gasoline. Please arrange for a trial run.
ALEX.
TO LET
ROSS & CO.,
Machinery Office.;
'PHONE 27.
TO LET.
ROSHEAL No. 119 The Penki, A poly done up
Apply
·CHATER & MODY, 5 Queen's Road Centrul Hongkong, May 5, 1017..
TO LET..
1771
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Agenta,
TANG YUK DENTIST, successor to
the late SIEN TING,
JDAGEIZAR STREET.
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Correspondents must forward
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mes and addresses with any commun-es- tion addressed to the Editor, not nocemartly for publication bat se evidence of good with
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Letters relating to business should he pódrossed to Thu Hawagani
of subscription to ""China Mal" is or sundim: par quarter and per men-
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the China Mail' is delivered, free to bwerkers in Hongkong and Kowloon, Postage is Gaargod at the rate of fifty costa per month.
ITCHING ECZEMA ON CHILDREN
Six Months. Awful to See. Hard- Hy Had Any Sleep at All. Soothed and Healed by Cuticura. "My two etiktres ruffured with: oczoma for the munthau,. It broku out on their bodies
·Kind all over thui face and boada and was of a wou running natura
It was awful na potheek. They hardly had any aloy sa 12.
curs Roap and
·Cinement adver«.
tland and, I wont for a free sample. I novid von sana in wan doing them good so I pur-/ chased more. I am ploomed to say they are now compintely handed." (91gned). Mrs. A. Wand, Castio St., Barnsley. Yorks; Eas...July 20, 1913.
Sample Each Free by Post
With 3-p. Skin Book and Dimeno co beat),
(Son(), to citam • kiroma pont-card"
for sample: F.Newbery & Sons, 2%,Char techouse dg., Lazdom. Sold everywhere.
FARES: "FOR PUBLIC VEHICLES.
CHLINS.
suspended,
I-In Fictoria with two. Bearers.
Apply to
DENNYS & BOWLEY. Hongkong, May 1, 1917.
Quarter hour,
1755
LOCAL AND REGULAR MAILS
OUTWARD.
FOR
Werk-Days
Tai O ...
5.00 r... Tui fol.
10.00-... Cheung Chow ..... 2,00 PM. Shamukok. Sh
Half hour,
....10 cents.
40
One hour,....
SUNDAYS &
Six tours,
Three hours.•* ̈******
20
HOLIDAY
DRY (G xa to 8 p.m.)......81.00
9.30 4.3
If the trip is extended beyond Victoria, halt fare extra.
4.00 PM.
Hou
TU LET.
IMMEDIATE ENTRY, tw
cery desimble SHOPS situated in ley Hense Strect, opposite the Grand Hotel. Recently reconstructed.
For rent and utive particulars,
Apply to
THE MANAGER, Hongkong Ice Co., Ltd. 48, Connaught Road Central vj ¿Hoogkong, April 26, 1017. 1578
OFFICES
TO LET
tin and
Sheengshui
Aberdeen. Autau, „
Ping Shan,
Sui Kurg Santin, Starky. 4.30
Between the huurs of 5.30 p.ms and 6 am. the above fares shall be increased by 50 per centum..
II.—Befind Fictoria, “vità jour, Beavers."
Three hours..
WEATHER REPORT.
On the 7th at 11.43-No returns from Japanese stations. Pressure has de- greased moderately to slightly from Weihaiwei to abangbai. It is nearly stationary at other reporting stations.
The anticyclona has wenkened. It is now central to the south of the lower Yangtze Valley, A depression is shown over S.W. Manchuria.
Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 houry" ending at 10 am, to-day,0,10) inch,. Total since Jannary 1st, 9,28 inchew, xgxinst an average of 1338 inches,
V
Forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon on the 8th May:-
L-Hongkong to Gap Rock: E. or variable winds, moderate to light; finé.
2-Formosa Channel: The same as No 1.
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MONDAY, MAY 7, 1917.
SHARE REPORT.
MAY71, 1917.
Stock and paid, ap:
Value.
tona: 11.30 A.M."
Last Dreidend
sad sats.
BANKS.
Hongkong S'haf $195 | 9712)
MARINĖ INSUE-
·ANCES.
Final of £2-3 waking 4-6 for 1916 and bonus of 10 sub- Ject to deduction of Income tur
ST' dnal making. $25 ve 1914, and Tatarima of 819 / 1915. ...... Fical div. of 15% making
Interia of 830 1915...
Approximate Kutura zased
on lab your'
day
61 pc.
Cantons......
350 $350
North Chinas Calons.
....23 T. 130
$100 $860 b.
61 p.
$60 $517
815 making 821 fot 1913 and special at £3 une coquo 1916.
p.
3.-South coast of China between Hongkong and Lamocks: The same as No. 1.
4-South coast of China between Hongkong and Haina's: The same as Fangbes
So. 1.
OFFICIAL NIGHTS IN MAY.
The following table shows the Stan dard Time at which Orteial Night ends and begins during the month of May,
191-
Dato..
· May 7th, 538. 2.IT]
1
FIRE INSURANDES.
China Fires...$20 $146. Hougkong Free ... bu $343 b..
SHIPPING.
Douglas Scamshire 534 884)
1!
S7 and bonus for
1913, $27 for 1973
3. p...
Int. of $3 al 1918/1017
$1.25 for 1916
181 p
'Bj 5.0.
Preferred.£5 841 (Deferred)...£3 || 197
faterim of 34. fɑ 1916....... Interini or 10/- m/o1916,
& D."
8 b.c.
Stormbosty 15 $18
Indo-Chinas-
↑ pic.
(-2% ich a/c 1016 Coupon 27
31,65 dividers & dë eta, Bonus for year ending
34-16
.61 p
Ends.
Begins.
7 p.m.
21
8th, 3.36
11
9th 338
7.03
11
10th, 5.35
7.03
11th 3.31
19th, 5.34
13th, 5.33
7.06
14th, 0.39
7.03
15ta, 5.39
16th, 5,32
7.06
17th, 5.31
7.07
0.80 cents.
18th 5.31
707
.$1.00
10 3.30
7.08
Six hours
20th, 2.30
**Shal Transport- £1108/-
"Stat Terry" 10 31.
Day (6 am to 8 pm)
200
,, 21st. 5.30
" and
22ady 5.20)
an
23rd, 5.20
BEFINERIE.
67.30 A. M.. Canton, Sausal
and Wurbow Regis. .. Letters 6 r.x. 6.15A M..
5.00 PM.
24th, 5.99
Quarter hour,.....$0.15 Half bour...
25th, 5.9
26th, 3,20
7.11
Ciss Sugars... (00 | 8113) Madaban Sugars... P.
819 for 1916
10% p..
•
P5 for 1918.
9.00 30. One hour,
... 0.20. ma 0:30
pa
27th
Macao
***
¡6.00 P. 3. Except [Saturdayı
Two hours. ....... 0.50 Three hours. ...... 0.70 Six hours.
1,80
29th, 5.29
1.00.
30th 5.27
1.00
1.50
6.40 P..
...31st,
5.27
Day (6a.. tosp.m.)1.50-
2:00
5.00 г.M.
9.00 43. |
ES at 2 Connaught Road. OFFICES in King sand York Building., Koogmoon HOUSES in Clifton Garden, Conduit Rond.
1.20 ..
|| Namtau and HOUSES in Broadwood and Moreton Sanmici ........... $5,00г.3. Terraces.
"HOUSES on Shameen, Canton."..
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-
MENT AGENCY Co.,.
2
it
TO LET.
Từ
Shamdhun4.00 P.M. (10,00 A.M.
- bar
NEW HOUSE in Conduit Rond. Macso.. Ready for pron pation.
Ako 1 GODOWN in Duddell Street For rent and other partidistars Apply to
H. MAH. NEMAZEE 1 Des. Voeux Road. Hoogkong March 13, 1917.
TO LET
1977
FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES in Gordon
Kowloon.
and Salisbury Avenue,
A FLAT in Humphreys Buildings
Kowloon.
TO LET OR FOR SALE. Kowloon Marine Lot 48 with wharf) area 68,000 sq. ft. suitable for goal storage er eréction of godowpa
Apply to
YUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE
*CO., LTD. Alexandra Buildings. Hongkong, Feb. 7, 1917..
13 1
HONGKONG TIDES.
$7.34 .. 19.30 PM.
F.M.
FROM SHEUNGWAN WESTERN BRANCH PO
Supirs & WREK-DAYS
HOLIDAYS $7-10 A3 8.30AM, 17.30 AM. 11.30 PM.
1.30 P. (7.0. Canton 9.30 PM...
0.20 rist.
Tai Ping
Ta0.30 P.M. D.30 P.M. 9. Shek Ki......9'30 z.M. 9.30 r.M. 9.3 P.M. Kongmoon .6.00 F.M. 6.00 6.0 P.M. Kumchak...6.00 1.x. 6.00P.M. 6.30 PM. Kaukong ...600 PM. 6.00P.M. 6.00 PM:
Except Exturdays.
am. Fegistration closes at 5 o'clock an In the care of Mails closing befors 9
the,ous evening.
On London-
21
II-In the Hill Distrial
With 2 Bearers With 4 Bearers.
$0.30
0:40
4.60
لاشبال
MICKSHAS.
L-in the Inland of Hongkong if engaged
in Victoria.
ROYAL OBSERVATORY
HONGKONG, 'DAILY WEATHER, REPORT.
Ton minutes,
Quarter hour,
Half hour,
One hour, Every Subsequent hour,
.............. & cents.
15
MAY, 1917.-...
Wind.
Station.
Hour..
Baroneter
at Sea Lovel.
Nota-If the ricksha be engaged within the City of Victoria, and be dis- charged outside the Western part of the City of Victoria after 9 pm.. or be dis charged to the East of Bay View Police Station on the Eastern side of the City Wostock... Ba..
Victoria after 8 x'm., an extra half Memuro fare shall be chargeíble.
II-In Kowloon.
Half bour,....... Quarter hour,
Hour, Every subsequent hour. 10
III-Tape Road.
Twenty cents shall be added
II.
Kagoshima
Temperature.
Humidity.
Direction.
Woather.
Foice.
KININO.
1306.
Langkace.
zdz.18 T. 17 b.
Raub.
£139.70
Tropob Mines £1):7/6 s."
Final div, 8% free of in-
come tax, making 100% 1915-1915 coupon
No. 8
Tia, 1 for $1
1interim making 4/
2/0. 1918.
9% for 1918.
cal Ontp131/-
IDCKS, WHARVES
AND GODOWNS
Kowloon Wharvan $ 50 490 1.
B.K. & Whimpos
Docks up ima 50|#123).
Shanghai Deca T: 100 T. 90 b.
}Ila 74 mu year ending
50-4'16
Hakodate..
Tuxio
5 cents. 15
Nagasaki
Korbi...
•
Oshima....
+
sha |
Jahi'jima
12
Bonin Island Chefoo.....
&
82.
29,60 34 83 waw
2+
for each extra hour or part Weihsiwei of an hour if the hirer causes Herkow
the journey to take logikin
than
To 4th mile-
aingle........ 75 cents....1 hour. return..... 91.00
hours. Beyond 4th to 6th mile-
single$120... return...... 1.50.
Beyond 8th to 9th mile-
single $1.73.
EXCHANGE.
Hongkong, May 7, 1917.
2/43
...2/4 13/26
2147
Beyond 9th to 11th mile
Bank Wire
Un demand,
30 days' sight...
.. 4 months' aight,
***
...2/5 1/16 Credita, 4 months' sight, 2/5 Documentary, 4 months” sight 2/54 On Faris
On demand, On New York
Credits, 4 months' sight,...330
...128
T
...871
Credits, 00 days sight,.
On demand,
Bombay-
The tide table ven below has been compiled at the National Almanse Offee in London from the result of the analysis. of observations taken by means of an Wate: Folire Basin at Tsim Sha Tsui automatic tide-recording machine in the during the years 1887-8-9.
The zero of the table corresponds with On Calcutta- the zero of the sounding in the Admiralty Chart, which has been found to be 4 foot
3 inches below mean sea level.
Wire. ** "On demand,
Wire,
On demand Od Singapore-
On demand,
To obtain the depth of water on the side ginge at the Victoria Naved Yard On Hanila add feet 4 inches, and on the ganga
On demard,
Orders for extra copies of the Ost Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 feet Do Shanghai-
$112' shewild be sent is soon sa possible sa the supply is limited, Cash 16 cta., Credit.
clay pur popT-
Boption to the Oviland da Mind" is $12 per annum : postage' ti jer sanam satra, Bingle copies twenty Sre centre each
'te and additions to Adverti shda un Page 2, 3, 6, and 7 should he was to the ice. No. 5, Wyndham
supet, aos later than 11 50 x.n
4 inches to the height given in the table
Thank
Altarstinės and addition to Advertino- mette es juges A. 4. 5 and 8 abould be thor. I ́adá na net inter chan 1 p.m.
New Advertisements'should be satis fo
dore 2 p.m.
#...
TH
May 8th to 14th, 1917.
BELAM WANNA
Advertisements and Subscriptions which m
am not urlerud for a ́ézed period, will bẹ hón
cutie until countermanded.
Silver (per cz) - *** Bar Silver in Hongkong. Chines Copper Caslz... Chinese Copper Canta Rate of Native Interest Chinese Sub. Coin Hongkong dub Cain
HONGKONG, REGISTER.
return .......$2.00.
..: hours.
H
M
Chungsba Shanghai Gutalaff Sharp Fk... Amoy... Swatow.... Taibaka....5 2 Taichu ..... Taitian..... Keahun... Peseadores Canton ...68.199.94 Hoogkong. 29.92 Gap Rock Macro Wuchow. Fakboi... The fares here. set out to apply to one Haibow ricksha with three coolies from Tsim Sha Phalien Tatti.
single.00 ....
retärn......$2.50...........
19
Fares for journeys. beyond the 11th mile to be a matter of previous arrange ment in each cass.
Trom 8langhter House to
Sailors' Home
you passenger. 104 cents.
ון
Tourane
C. St. James
Aparri Dagupan,..
HOTELS LANDS
AND BUILDINGS
Hongkong Hotels...#30 #102
Central Estate $100 $100,
Hongkong Lands.....5100 | 1073
Humphreya Estates § 10 861⁄2 b.
Kowloon Lands $30 $39
Wout Patata |---☎ (50 | 877. v.
Shanghai Lenda T 50 T. 22
pa
8% for 1916 & bonus-
Final 2:50 & bonus $8, "making 311 a/c 1918...
Эре
Final of making” #6
*/o 1916...
87 3/4 1916..... Final div. of 23 makïög |
87 a/c 1916
80 eants for 1736 .....
01 pc
73 0.9%
8
7 pa
Anal making 12 %%
for 1918...............
Final $3-96, making $5.8K
alc 1916
a 1918
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30.91) 3.88
COTTON MULIS.
9a
Ewco
„T. CUT.. 150 E
Shanghai Cottowe T. 10j2:12; b.
Kung Tik...........T3 10 T. 144 V.
Tia 9 for year ending
31-10-16
Tls. 8 dív. a/c year ended
90-8-10.
Vs: 0.90 fee 191t.
* cents for 1918
FARES FOR PUBLIC CARRIEZES,
Manila Legaspi ... Tacloban ... Hoilo Surigao Not exceeding Labuan......
From Sailo B Home to
Government Civil: Hoo-presen pital
From Government Cwil. Hospital to Clock Tower From Clock Town to Race
Coub ...... From Clock Town to Bay View Bouse 000 eura.
From Wanchai Market to Bay View House ş
T. F. CLAITON, Director.. Hongkong, Observatory, May 7, 1917.
1. BAROMETER, reduced to 32 degrees
MISCELLANEOUS.
Chios Borsos...... 12 $3
Light & Powers ... & 847 b. Provideota 10
Fabrinheit, on the level of the acs in | Diry Farms soins, # 6/9251 b... inches, tenths and hundredths.
2. TEMPERATURE in the shade, in de Green Islands. 738 b grees Fahrenheit
3. HUMIDITY, in percentage of satura tion, the humidity of air saturated with moisture being 100
4. DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points,
6. FORCE OF WIND, according to- Fou word Scale:
6. STATE OF WEATHE, bbins sky,c.
detached cloud, d drizzling rain, i fog,
Hongkong Electrica 108 49 x. d. b.. Hongkong Icon...... § 22 $151.
Hongkong Ropes 10 | 20
Hongkong Tramways 5/1 $9,70 6.`
5 gloomy, h hail, I lightning, ody reast H.K. Steel Foundry:
thunder. v visibility, w daw web)
7. RAIN in Inchon tenths and bùn Foak Tramways. 10. 19.90
dredths
extra is to be allowed, for the return journey.
Steam Laundry. Not exceeding Union Waterbosta
12.cts. In 1915,
16 p.a. for year ending
$3 for year ending 1. 81-7-16
80 cents for 1915 aparentaa
1821 a/c 1916/17) Bonus 15 centa.........ies mais |$11 on w/o 1916 ......
#1 final and boops 31,
mating 12 MORE 23% / 1978 Pend- ing (centa 48 per share)
da.
18:0
7% for 1975/19JA
ko
5
12
Basshoog
И
Elight
za
Law Wash Houghest
TINY
On deman? 20 days" sight private paper) On Tokohama... On demand,
*** 1711 Jold Leaf, 100 fine (per tal)... 48.10 Sovereigns (Banks Baying rate) 25
3rd. 171% nom.
higb
Z pn.
D.EL.
From Bay View House to
Quarry Bay
P
311
20.
11 4.■ 4.1
dia.
II. In the City of Victoria
0.13
Not exceeding
Quarter hour,
per passenger 10 cents,
p passing showers, equal, rain 1 mOW
Half bour,
One hour.
Two hours. Mr Threa
Four
day
On data at Ondase at Five-
of 3 p..
*200*
23.02
Temperature.
78
99.84 79
Kix One day from 6am to p.m. $1.25
"III-Beyond Victoria.
Hongkong, May 7, 1917.
34
62
FOR A LAME BACK.
*IEN you have pains or lamere
in the back boibe the parts with amberlain's Pain Balm twice a day, magine with the ralux of the hand, or minutes at rach application. m dempen a piece of Bannel lightly with tria finiment and bind it on over
•D (Wet Halb) Olor Da Web bulby 1 ..
the west of pain. For sale by all D Misimass (over night
Renata and Etcrakerpers
Do
BAKOMETTE
Da
TIRMWARE
23.00
Wood
1 P.
One Four
Two hours:
20.88 Weather
Two uours,
Three
0.63
0.00
*0.00
Three
Do
1:2.0.
72
Four
Four
Five
Dn.
4 PM.
Fire
Tichert eper'air temperature, on the 8th:74 Logant #gan xir lappersimre on the
Six
One day
T. F. CLAXTON Director
Obfervatory, May 7, 1917.
'borönd the
Time of
Voris Half farm
One day from 8 am to 6 pm 5:00
Petwoon the hours of 8.30 pm, and 6
ww.sellers,
Telegraphic Add : "KTALTO, Telephone No. 990,--P,0.3, No. 117.
a m, the above fares Ahall be increased Printed and published for, THE CHISA MATE » Lio by 10 per centum.
cham Street, Mongkong
MOXON, & TAYLOR Share and Ganefel Srözer
ed by BERTAM
Telegraphis addr Man" Hongkong.
Code: A.B.C. 5th Edition.
Telephone No. 22:
Trà China 'Man, Lumerio,
Baronieter Temperafare Humidity Direction of
IV-In Kowloon
Not execoding Quarter hour, per passenger Half hour,
25. conta Fine bour
Thaw) $ -1131)
63.40 5.
25 cents for 1915/NIG.
19% 1916.
80
Watsona"
1 11 38.30 b..
Walam Powell . 786,60 M
70 cmistor 1915 WAN
60 canta for 1918/19141290
240
V2.80
122,00