HONGKONG DEFENCE.
CORPS.
Midoninistrative Order by Major H.
Morgan, Administrative Commandant,
a
COMMUNICATION DRILL. At Eleadquarters on Taceday, 9th January at 6 p.m. Officers and N.CLUB and Companies will attend. of **** Other officers and N.6.Os may attend if they so desire. Infantry Training 1914 Sections 1 to 35 will be practised."
LECTURM.
AtHeadquarto, Friday, Tat February at 6 pm. Subject, Map Beading and i Field Sketching,
Order for Artillery Company by Captain.
J. EL W. Armstrong, V.D.
!
Pardes, at Bolcbere Battery. TUESDAY, 29th instans
7.30 am. Right Ball Company, Full parade.
415 am. Left Hail Company, Tull parade.
THURSDAY, 31st instant ---
7.30 am Right Half Company, L. Gen detachment, as detailed.
-
5.15 pm Left Half Company, Layers and Setters is only.
FRIDAY. 1st February
7.30 p.m. Right Half Company. Ful farsdc.
6.13
Parade.
p.m. Left Ball Company, Full
SUNDAY 3rd February-
Right and Left Half Companies. Full charge. Practice at Belchers Battery, parade at 9 a..
Orders for Engineer Company by Captain W. Russell.
5th inst. to 1st February.
EL Manning nightly at Belchers and Lyzemun Parades as per Rosters post- ed at Headquarters.
Engine drivers at ...... 5.45 p.m. Electricans..... 6.00 pm.
OFFICERS NÉT FOR DETT.
Belchers, 2nd Lieat. MatthewmLU. Lyeemar, Capin James. Stonecutters. Lieut. Stevenson.
LECTURE
A lecture on Musketry will be given by the Adjutant at Headquarters on 30th inst., xt 5.30 p.m. All N.C.O.'s and men (other than Quarry Bay residents) net on it relief to attend. A lecture on Meshatry will be given by the Ad- jutant at Taikoo Dock to Quarry Hay residents on 31st instant at 5.30 pm. All N.C.O and not on first relief to aztend.
On daty to 20th instant "B" Company On duty 30th, 31st instant and let Feb. inclusive, Mounted Section and Machine Gun Company.
Oa duty and to 9th Feb. inclusive
"A" Company.
On duty 10th to 17th Feb, inclusive *B* Company-
Orderly Officer from 17th to End Feb., Lieut. Branch.
Vrderly Uficer from 3rd to 9th Feb. Lieut. Evan-Jones.
Mounted
Until further order, the Section and Machine Gun Company will
count as one unit for Guard duties.
****. G. :EL: STEWART,
Captain,
Adjutant, E. Delanco Cerpa.
POST OFFICE NOTICES.
The Farrel Post Service to British East Africa and Egypt (except for mem- bers of the Expeditionary Forces) and to Abyssinia, Eagdad, Erithre, French
Somaliland,
Somali Coast Italian Portuguese East Africa, Zanzibar and Russia have been suspended.
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SETANCHAIRS.
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Half hour
One hour,
Three hours,
·Siz bours, `........................
| Day (8 am to 8 pm) ........................
283228
If the trip is extended beyond Victoria, half fare extr
Between the huurs of 8.30 p.m. and 6 Lm, the above fares shall be increased by 50 per centum.
GRAFONOLAS II-Bryond Tictoria, with four Beaters
AND
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5.00. PATELL & CO.
Hour,........
..... 0.60 cents. Three hours.com commerce:$1.00 Six boars
£50
Day (8 am to 6)3.00
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**-With & Bearers With 4 Bearers.
WEATHER REPORT.
January 18d. 134. 06-No returns from Japan and Wladivostook. The anticyclone continues to weaker, and pressure has decreased moderately over N. China other changes are slight ̧
Fresh monsoon will prevail along the China Coast, and over the N. Chiun Sea.. Hongkong Rainfall for the 94 hours ending at 10a.m. today, 0.00 inch. Total sinoo January 1st, 0,01 inch, against au average of 1.20 inches.
Forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon on the 19th January
11.-Hongkong to Gap Bock: NE. winds, moderate; fine.
Blook and pall
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MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1918
SHARE REPORT.
JANUARY 18TH, 1918.
Qtions: 11.30 AM.
Last Divkirad sod Zate
Approaction te Batara_based
Hongtang & d'pal 8175/8803 5.
MARINE INSUR- ANCER.
2-Formica Channel: N. winds Chistosű 50 #309. k. strong,
-South coast of China between Matt Ohio EST. 115. Hongkong and Lamocks: The same as
Jo12 £2:31-
fina) making $25)
aja 1915 and Interim of 318 / 1916. Final dividend of 13 % making 30 % for 1918
Final of $20 and bonus) of $10 áực 1915 and Interim of $30) mar 1916 Final of §15 making #91) for 1915 and special of $3.00 account 1918 (um)
Talons #1008763 b. 4-South coast of China between Hongkong and Haiman: The mino...no Yangtazon. No. I
L8 603205 ex. 73
11
OFFICIAL NIGHTS.
FIRE INSURANUSS.
Okina
28157 pu9510 k; 315 ea.
37 and boats for
1911 1897 for 1913
7 0.0.
The following Table shows the Stan-Hongkong Firm
SHIPPING dard Time at which Official Night ende
and begins during the month of Jan, Douglas Simamentum) 350 378 s
1918-
Date. Jan. 28th. 6.61
Begins
1.M.
6.21 J
29th 0:51
6.91
20th 8.51
6.99
31st 6.01
부동
6.93
יוּז
- EXCHANGE.
Steambo 16,317:50
Indo-Chinag
(Prafarred)...£535) (Delarred)...£5T160 1
ERFINERIES,
Final of $5a7e1916-1917
·191.23 for 1918-
Int. af 3/2/0 117 Tat. of fi/- a/d 1917 verea
5 Anal making 7/4 a/c
1918 free of incomes) tax Coupon 28 «............. $1.80 div. and 30 carta to bonus for your ending 30-4-17...
1.00 ..
Quarter hour,...$0.15
$0.30
Half hour, m. 0.30
0.40
18, Des Voux Road.,
9.00 ..
Tel.1329Two board, .............
Three hours,
One boar, 0.30
0.60
0.50
0,60
Hongkong, January 28, 1918.
*Shell" Transparta £1112/-
"SEAT FOTT"...$ 107287 d.
0.70-
1.00
On London-
- Six hours. .............
Day (6am to6pm.)1.50
1.00
1.50
Bank, Wire
2.00
"
On demand
30 dayet sight
9/11 ...2/111 2/11
4 months' sight. ... ·3/ Credits, 4 months' sight, Documentary, 4′ monthsʼsight 3A
China Bugars$100 $99. Malabon Sugam... P. 30934
$2 for 1916
On demand,
6 cents.
403 Credits, 4 months' sight, 18
MINING.
.10
++
Da New York-
15
On demand,
70
∙Kallann M.
Credits: 60 days' sight, .....
务
On Bombay-
5.00 P.. 9.00 4,
FROM SHEUNGWAN WESTERN BRANCH PO
WEEX-DATE
FOR
8.30A.M.
SUNDAYS & SOLIDATS (7.30 4.3 17.30 AM. MACBO11.30 г..
(1.30 P.M. (7.30AM 17.30 AM 9.30 F.M.9.30 PM. HCSKETLY.
Canton
***10.30 P.M. N.COs. And men of Nos. 1 and 2 Sec tions, as notified by the Company Sergt-Tai Ping Major, will fire at King's Park Range on
Tung 8.30 F 8.30 PM. 9.30 PM. Sunday, 3rd February. Detail at Bel: Shek Ki8.30 PM. 9.30 PM. 9.30 2.M., chera Helief for February, 1918, is posted Kangmoon 6.00 F.. 6.00 r.M. 6.00 2. at Headquarters.
Kumchuk...6.00 PM. 6.00PM. 6.50 PM.
Orders for Infantry Battalion by Majer Kankorg...8.00 P.. 0.002.. 6.00 F.M
EL L. Morgan.
PABADI.
"A" Company.
TUESDAY, 29th instant :-
4.30 p.m. No. 1 Platoon, Nos. I and Sections, anual Musketry Course, Part 3 Fracties 15 and 16, at King's Park Range. Dress, Drill order with pouches.
5.15, p.m. c. 3 Platoon, at Bend- quariats, Platoon drill Dress, Drill order. 8.15 p.m. No. 4 Platoon, at Head- quarters. Platoon drill. Dress, drill older. WEDNESDAY, 3 th inst
4.31p.m. Nos. 3 and 4 Sections, An- Aual Musketry Course, Part 3, Practices 18 and 16, at King's Park Range. Dress
drill order with pouches.
THURSDAY, 31st inst
Except →Saturdays.
In the case of Mails closing before 9 Registration closes at 3 o'clock on
the previous evening.
ROYAL OBSERVATORY HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER REPORT.
JANUARY 28, 1815.0
17.
Station.
5.16 p.ni. No. 3 Platoon, at Headquar- ters. Musketry instruction dress Drill order with pouches.
"B" Company.
THURSDAY, 31st inst
5 Platoon.
4.30 p.m. No. 5 Musketry 'ourse, Part 3, Practices 15
Annual WTostock
Memuro
Tokia
and 16, at King's Park Range. Dress, Hakodate drill order with poaches.
FRIDAY, 1st February
*
43 pm No. 6 Platoon. Annual
Mastery Lonne, Fart 2 Practices 15 Kagoshima and 16, at King's Parange. Dress, Ostima. Drill order with pouches.
5.15 p. No. 7 Platoon, at Head quarters Masketry instruction. Dress,
Drill order with pouches.
KLOMISE GUM COMPANY!!
Dress for all parades, clean fatigue with Kiskisng.... patties.
WEDNESDAY, 20th instant-
4 and & Guns only.
5:10 p.m. Drill at Headquarters No. 4 Gutzlaff....
THURSDAY, 31st instant
flour..
at Sea Level.
Naha
Ishi'jima....
Funin Lland
Weihaiwei Hankow Tchang Changsha
322
Shanghai
30.41
30.35
"
Sharp Pk
0.23
AMOY
Taichu
SWALOW Taiboka «. Sa, 31.05
Tainan
FRIDAY, 1st February
Koshun
5.
Cantour
6 30.5
Hongkong 30,9
"
15 pm. As Jockey Club Stables
Dres, drill order. Na
THURSDAY, 31st instant:--
575 par At Jockey Club Stable
Boiho
Dres, drii orier without rises.
20
5.10 p.m. Drill at ceadquarters. The following men only need attend: tes: Lagia, Mekers, Hingnet, Field, and Stapleton.
6.10 p.m. Parade at Headquarters for Pescadores B.COS only
MOVATED SLATION.
TUESDAY, 28th instant-
Temperaturo.
Humidity.
Wind
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Weather.
ORIENTAL PRODUCE
EXPORTERS,
SILK MERCHANTS, .COMMISSION AGENTS.
Agencies in
NEW YORK,
*BAN FRANCISCO, US.A.
Branches-
JANTON,
BHANGHAL,
·YOKOHAMA, BOMBAY.
HEAD OFFICE: KING'S BUILDINGS. HONGKONG.
SILIMIPOPON (SEBATTK)
COAL
THE Undersigned having been appointed AGENTS for the COWIE HARBOUR COAL CO., LTD., are prepared to quote prices for best quality BILIMPOPON COAL trimmed into Bankers at 8EBAT. TIK or BANDAKAN (British North Borneo)
SILIMPOPON COAL comperta favour ably with the better grades of Japanisë Coal and gives good results on a very moderate consumption..
Steamers calling at BEBATTIK er SANDAKAN exclusively for BILIMPO PON COAL (either cargo or Bankers) exempti from payment of a Poat
charg
At Sebatik Steamers are herthed along- side the Company's wharf where there is s of 27, to, 28. foot at low imam depth water Spring de
prabni za cham
Charts of Sibain Bay (Sobatik Bi bour), Frices and all other information concerning the Port can be bad, os application to the Agents
BRADLEY & CO., LTD
Agents Cowie Harbour Coal Company, Limited.
JAPANESE MAKERS,
Every kind of Footwear
MADE
ORDER
RICKSHAS.
I-In the Island of Hongkong engage if a Parie-
in Fictoria
Ten minutes,
Quarter bour,
Half bour,
Oro hour,
Every Sabeequent hour,......... Nota-If the rickaba be
engaged within the City of Victoria, and be dis- outside the Western part of the charged 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 of Victoria after: p., an extrs half fare shall be chargeable..
In Kowloon.
Quater botime
Half bourse a man eye a
Wire,...
On demand,
Un Calcutta-
P. & fer 1916...
Langkad, 107. 142 b.
82.40 b
Int div, of 1: free of in- come tax, making 10% /1918-1917. espan
No. 9
Ths. 1 for 1916
1- interim making 4-
Je 1916.
nom
"Wire, je Dom Zai
On demand
hom
Rambe....... Trouch Mize
Ural Caplana
!!
On Singapore
Ca demand
...1231
DOCKS, WHARVES
On Manta-
Acenta
On demand
18
On Shanghai
***
On demand
Every subsequent hour, 10 ́m
III-Taipo Road.
Twenty cents shall be added for each extra hour or part of an hour if the hirer causes the journey to take longer
than:-
To 4th mile
single 76 cental hour. rutura... 81.00 hours Beyond 4th to 6th mile
.. hours. single return Beyond 8th to 9th mile
Bogle $1.75 return... 2200 Beyond 8th to 11th mile
single $2.00
retora..... $2.50 ................. Fares for journeys beyond the 11th mile to be a matter of previous arrange ment in each case.
The fares her set out to apply to one rickaba with three coolier from Taim Sha
Taxi
30 days' sight(private paper)...
On Yokohama
On demand,
***
1301
Gold Leaf, 100 Bae (per tel) ... 43. Sovereigns (Bank's buying rate) 38.85 .. Silver (per ox.). Bar Bilver in Hongkong an 24% pi nonL Chiness Copper Cash ... Chinese Copper Centa Rate of Native Interest Chinese Sub. Coin Hongkong Sub. Coin
74% dis par.
HONGKONG TIDES.
AND GODOWEL
Kowloon Wharves # 50 398 sa,
H.E. & Wampos.
Docks
19:38/
Shangha! Doch.10 †E 76 bu
HOTELS LANDU AND BUILDINGS Hongkong Hotals 3.900 5.
Central Estas 3,097.
Hongkong Lands...510,890 Humphreys Entaven 3 1036 b.
The tide table given below has been compiled at the National Almanse Office in London from the result of the analysis. of observations taken by means of an sutomatic tide-recording machine in the Kowloon Lands 50830 Water Police Basin at Tsim Sha Tsui
•West Points AT 5081 during the years 1905-9.
Shanghal lands. T. 60175
The zero of the table corresponds with the zero of the sounding in the Admiralty FARES FOR PUBLIC CARRIAGES. Chart, which has been found to be feet
From Slaughter House to
Sallors Home
From Sailors Eome to
Government Civil Hos pitali From Government
Hospital to Clock Tower From Clock Tower to Face From Clock Tower to Bay
View House Astoni
From Wanchas Market to
Bay View Hause From Bay View House to
Quarry Bay LI-Fethe City of.
Quarter, hour. Half hour.
One hour.
Two bours
3 inches below menn sea-level
To obtain the depth at water ca the Not extending tidegauge at the Victoria Naval Yard add 3 feet 4 inches, and on the gauge per passengers Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add-10 feet
0% centa.
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Not
Cor
4 inches to the height given in the table.
COTTON MULIS
Evo
601170
January 29th to February 4th, 1918. Stanghal Cattons T. 86T, 121.b.
BIGE - BAZKU
% for 1915
50
· 19° DLS)
14 per
IB
15 p.a
a dir, and #4 bonus
making $10 e 1817 10 pa
Interim of $9 a 1917 p.
Ts. for year ending
30-4-17
33 a/e half year ended
30-8-17. .. 37A 1917.
Final of 134 making $77
[3/4 1917+00
50 cents for 1918 mēnesi
32 for 1918
Final of $3 making
T2 p.o:
a/e 1017
Z do
10-6-17
Tis. 20 for your ending
31-10-17
Tia 6 dix.
say ended
30-6-17.
Low: Wires
Bosgring
Time
Kong YIT 10. 14.10.b,,
Bright
Yangtzoor
Orientals.
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09
. MISCELLANEOUS.
p.c. for your roding
(dents for 1814
HONGKONG REGISTER.
Prev
day
Light & Powers
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BidvaLLING SECTION.
Gap Rock
Macso
Wachowa
Pakhui
Pbulien 7.313.27 Tourang C:St.James
MONDAY, 28th and THURSDAY 31st Aparri 8
instant
5.15 pm. Left Half Secton (except Hanis
2006 who have not completed T.E.T.) Legnapi |--
Tacloban. lleilo
Headquarters. Signalling practice. risa: Clean fatigue.
Surigao 5.15 pm light Half Section and those Labuan of Left Hall who have not completed Tests, of Elementary #Training, át Headquarters Musketry instruction. Drose, drill order with pouches. Beret Wende will attend on 3 th instant BREWERSUKIEM BEARER HLUTION.
TUESDAY, 28th instant :-
WEDNESDAY, 3th and FRIDAY, 1a Gasz
Februar
$15 pm Drill at Bardquarters.
FRIDAY, 1st February --
t
T. F. CLAXTON, Director
Hongkong Observatory, Jan. 28, 1918
1. Babosezen, reduced to 22 leg Falm nheit, on the level of the nes inches, tenths and hundredtha
1. TIFIKATTE, in kho abide, i grees Fahrenheit.
1. BUMIDITY' 'in
6.15 pm. All units, exempt D Contion, the humidity.
pany, cu Marry Funde Ground, ander, Pergt. Elmonds and Meife Dross Drill order
FRIDAY, 14 Febrisrytm
Band:
makatare being 100
4. DIRECTION OF WE
Bedford Bes
detachi
Three
Four
Five
One day from 5 sm to 6p.m. $1.25)
II Beyond Fictoria
CHERRY & 00,
-PKODE: STREET Opposita Hongkong Hotel
Three
Four
Telephone No. 481
Hongkong, March 20, 1914
FRENCH LESSONS
MOUSSION.
HUI Rond
LESSONS IN OBINESE
VIE:11 BDX FAR's Cideng gondanta Terms Comune and Murrelsete in Liria Colosegifer Lawr *He han good method:
Fire
One day frostea
If welicle discharged beyond the Fimite of the City of Victoris kalf feral extra is to be allowed for the ratarà
"IF In Kowloon,
journey.
Barometer
Temperaturo
órim of 9 % a/c 1817
甘
Direc
NORTH
Force Wanther
·Baine
ELK Steal Foundry D
10 p.4.
0,00
0.00 0.00
| Past Tramway 1018)
for 1916A917
Cores open air Lecopar
Hongkong
Not exceeding
mperature.
Hongkon
sndary 28, 191857
35 cents for our $1-5
10 benbé toz 2918