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INSURANCES
AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN- SURANCE CO.
OF ATX-LA-CHAPELL.
HE Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the shave Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.
REUTER, BRÖCKELMANN & CO.,
Agents. Hongkong, 21st April, 1897
"L'UNION
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LD. (Established 1828).-
194
THE
THE Undersigned, having been appointed GENERAL AGENT for the above
•Company, is prepared to ACCEPT RISKS
at carront rater.
Claims settled direct without reference to the Hand Office.
1
A. R. MARTY,
Agent.
9704
Hongkong, 1st August, 1900.
"L'URBAINE"
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LD.
(Established 1838)
THE. Undersigned, having been appointed GENERAL AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS
at current rates.
T. LEMAIRE & CO. Hongkong. 7th February, 1991.
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NUN INSURANCE OFFICE, LONDON
FOUNDED 1730. The Undersigned having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are pre- parol to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current liates.
SIEMSSEN & CO.,
Agents.
Hongkonur, 16th May, 1892. SALAMANDER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
530
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THE Undersigned, having bown appointed prepared to ACCEPT TISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.
HOTŹ, #JACOB & CO.
Hongkong, 2nd April, 1900,
133
HONGKONG
BUSINESS DIRECTORY..
BOOKBINDING
'DAILY PRESS " OFFICE,
The only office in Chim having European taught workmen. Equal to Home Work,
BUILDERS
KANG ON.
Contractor; 30, D'Agalar Street. Local aud Coast Port Buildings, Timber, Brick
and Granite.
Mechanicsengaged, Estimates given CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS, &c.
THE PHARMACY,
10, Queen's Road Central. Family and Disqensing Chourists, Wines, Spirits and
Cigars.
THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY,
Chemists and Druggists, High-class Aera
THE HONGKONG DAI Y PRESS, THRUSDAY, JUNE 6TH, 1901–
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
ARTIFICIAL FIRE DALIS — ANOTHER INCAN- DESCENT LAMP-IMPROVED GLASA-HOUSES OF FOUNDATIONS OF BALA—THE WORLD'S DUST-DIET FOR MAN-THE HAIR IN ARSENI CAL POISONING---A FIELD FOR THE LIVING PICTURE CAMERIST-FLENCH POWER.
Globular lightning on photographie films was produced by Prof. F. E. Nipher not long ago The balls came from the rathode of a Haltz machine, and travelled slowly over the plate away from the source of the dischargs, leaving a trail of metallic silver. He has now obtained lurger balls on boards of pins or other wood. These balls are formed at the secondary spark gap of an induction coil, a direct current being ail with a Wehnelt interruptor, and they travel in either direction, burning a deep track in the wood. The balls are started by touching
together, the gap being then lengthened, "
One of the most difficult subjects for the photographer has been the aurora borealis, Even the most brilliant displays have made no impression on the sensitive pinte, and it was only after many trials that Herr Trombolt, in Norway, made the first successful attempt to ba | recorded, securing a picture after an exposure of 85 minutes. An account has just been given by Harr O. Baschin of experiments begun some years ago in Lapland. The sensitiveness of the plates was increased by staining with erythrosine, and it was finally made possible to get-good pictures in seven seconds. Next in order will be a series of instantaneons viows reproducing on a screen the ever-changing forms of the aurora.
Water powers are being actively devoloped by French engineers to reduce the împortation of coal. In the French Alps forty-eight fas teries are now driven by the power of mountain streams transmitted electrically, about 250,0:0
ted Waters, Dealers in Photographie the wood with pointed terminals, bragght near house-power ling' ared. It is estimated that
Requisites, Queen's Road.
FURNITURE WAREHOUSEMEN
A CHEE & CO., Established 1854.
Every Househol Requisite. Depot fo. Eastman's Kodak Films and Accessories;
17, Quasen's Road Central.
JEWELLER
MAISON LEVY HERMANOS.
Diamond Merchants and Watchmakers, 40, Watson's Building, Queen's Road. Also
The novel form of incandescent lazy devised hy C. H. Petersen, of Christiana, is claimed to yield a stronger light than the Nernst lungs. with about the same saving of, »lectric current, The light disting material is a small rod- instead of a thread-that becomes a conductor only when heated, and around this is wound a thin metal wire of good conductivity. Roi and wire are connected with the current conductora
3,000,000 horse-power at leash is still running to waste in the streams of the Alps. Among the schemes in progress is cae to convert the lower Rhong into a gigantic hydraulic stair way" for the benefit of both manufacturesTMund agriculture,
London's smoke-cloud is fed by an estimated daily waste of 6,000 tons of coal. Sir W Richmond states that the cloud is distinguish.
FIRST CLASS MATERIAL.
FOR SALE-
STRONGEST CONSTRUCTION.
SAFES
CAN COMPETE AGAINST THE REST MAKES IN THE WORLD. FOR PARTICULARS, ÁPPLY TO—
HOTZ, S'JACOB & CO.
NOW ON SALE.
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CHINA, JAPAN, COREA, INDO-CHINA, SIAM, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, MALAY STATES, NETHERLANDS INDIA,
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190 1.
THE THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL ISSUE.
The DIRECTORY covers the whole of the ports and cities of the Far East, from Nother-
at Shanghai. Manila, Paris and Iloilo by equalising resisters, which serve to heat the able at Loekings, 64 miles from Loudon, and Jane's Indinto Siberia, in which Europeens revidere
A FONG.
PHOTOGRAPHERS
The largest and most complete Studio in Hongkong. Established 1859. Viowe. Enlargements. Ivory Miniatures. Oil Paintings, &c.; Te House Street.
MEE CHEUNG,
Len House Street. Top Floor. Permanent Ealargements, Choups, Views, etc; Devel opaint Works, Amateurs Requisites
M. MUMEYA, JAPANESE ARTIST.
Bromide and Crayon Enlargements and
rol and increase the current resistance. current is mostly taken up by the rod.
The in its passage a distinct rosiduum is left upon
Recent products brought to the notice of French engineers by M. Leon Appert include glsa-stone, glass strengthened by enclosed metallic network, opaline glass, and glass per- forated to facilitate ventilation. The glass stone of M. Garchey is produced by cooling below fusion a glass rich in line, then reheating to 1,200 deg. C., unpressing in hydraulic presses, and unaoaling. The material is adapted
the soil.
MITSU BISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKI.
CODE WORD: DOCK" NAGASAKI.
Not only is the Directory as falland completo in each case as it cu ho mute, hat with Colony Port,or Sutilament is profacedly a DESCRIPTION. oratally revised each year, most of which will serve as accurats GUIDES FOR THE TOURIST, giving very detail in connection with the places, the History, Topography, &o, &c.
The Information in the Duriptions, consisting of a hundred interesting articles, paard with facts concisely sob ant, and containing statistics of the TRADE of each Country and Port, would alono suflies to fill a largo volume.
JAPAN
la colouring Photos and relief Photos for paving bricks and filing, and the outside of A.1, A.B.C., Scotte and Engineering Code THE
Views of China and Manila. Work done for Amateurs; No. 8a, Queen's
Road Contral.
PRINTING
TRANSATLANTIC FF HAMBURG
RANSATLANTIC FIRE INSUR-DAILY PRESS" OFFICE.
The Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the abors Company, pared to ACCEPP RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates
SIEMSSEN & CO,
Agents. Hongkong, 18th November, 1872. [29
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ORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN. TILE INSURANCE COMPANY.
·TOTAL FUNDS AT 31ST DECEMBEL, 1899
£11,403,089.
I.
AUTHORISED CAPITAL... £3,000,000 € 10 SUBCRIBED CAPITAL.... 2,750,000 0 687,500 0 FAID-UT CAPITAL
2.73118 13 7
0
0
II. FE FUNDS.....
The Undersigned, having to appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are pre- papoi to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
Agents.
1870
Hongkong, 21 June, 1000,
HENIX FIRE OFFICE
PHO
The Undoraigneil_are now prepared to GRANT POLICIES 6 INSURANCE
against FIRE at Curront Rates.
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.,
Agents for the Phonix Fire Offee,
Hongkong, 17th August, 1887.
13#
THE WESTERN ASSURANCE COM. PANY OF TORONTO, CANADA, INCORPORATED 1851. CAPITAL.....£110,000.
THE Undersigned, having beinted AGENTS for the above Company, tre prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.
WM. MEYERINK & CO.,
Agunte
1:85
Hongkong. 18th May, 1900.
GERMAN FIRE INSUR- NORTH COMPANY OF HAMBURG
The Undersigned AG NTS of the above Company are PREPARED TO ACCEPT First Class Foreign and Chinese Risks · At Curenut Rates.
SIEMSSEN & CO. Hongkong, 29th May, 1995.
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Proofs rit hy Englishmen.
STOREKEEPERS
F. BLACKHEAD & CO.
Navy Contracties, Shipehandlers, Sail Junkers, Provision und Coal Merchants, - Praya Contral, next Hongkong Hotel
BISMARCK & CO.
Navy Contractors, Ship Chandlers,
Provision and Coal Marchants, Sul makers, &c, Fresh Water supplied to
Forsels in the Harbour
KHONG SANG & GI
Shipebanders, Sailmakers, Hardware, Engineer Tools, Brass and Iron Mer
chants, 144, Des Vent Road.
MORE & SEIMUND,
43 and 45, Dos Vaux Bond. Shipchandlers, Sailmakers, Riggers, Commission Agents and Genoral Storekeepers; Sale Agents for Shipowners Composition (Grey- hound Brand") and Blundell, Spenco & Co.'s Composition. TAILORS
R. HẦUGHTON & CO.,
Naval,Military and Court, 16, Queen's Road,
Opposite Kuhu's Curio Store.
TOBACCONISTS
D. S. DADY BURJOR, LOS FILIPINOS." Importer of the Best Manila Cigars; 25,
Pottinger Street.
WATCHMAKERS
DROZ & CO.,
1, Queen's Road Central Repaire of Watches and Clocks by competent European experts, at moderate rates.
buildings. It is unalterable, remarkably hard and durable and much less fragile than ordinary glass.
A unique condition exists at Northwich, in Cheshire, England. The pumping of brine from the alt-bets under the town causes frequent subsidences, and to remedy this a special system of framing buildings has been adopted, so that when a horse settles it can be raised ou jack- screws and restored to its original position.
On the ip of Greenland, Nordonssjelil collected thres different kinds of dust-oue consisting of diatoms, the second of a siliceous and apparently foldspathie sand, while the third (containing motullie tron, cobalt, nickel, carbon, silicon and phosphorus) was decided to be aucteoric matter. The specten of dust and soot from various sources have been lately studied by Prof. W. N. Hartley and Mr. Hugh Rurouge Iu dust from tho obimneys of factories and dwellings they find more land- silver and copper than in other varieties, with considerable nickel and manganess, and an cepecially striking proportion of rubidium, gallium, indin and thellium. Lime, mig. negium and the alkali metals seom
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Used.
DOCK No. 1 (at TATEGAMI) Extrema Length..........
Length on Blocks
523 feet.
513
Width of Entrance on Top Width of Eutrance on Bottom Water or Blocks at Spring Tide 264...
་་
DOCK No. 2 (at MUKAWIMA,) Extreme Length...
Length on Blocks
Width of Entraven on Tap
Width of Entrance on Bottom Water on Blocks at Spring Tide
371 feet.
350
77
68
53 + 22
PATENT SLIP (at KOSUGE). Cau take vessels up to 1,000 tons gross,
HE WORKS are well equipped with the LATEST IMPROVEMENTS and cat execute any kind of work in SHIPBUILD ING and MARINE ENGINEERING as well The COMPANY has a POWERFUL SAL
as in REPAIRING of SHIPS.
VAGE PLANT READY at SHORT
NOTICE.
FROM
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PEKING
VIA
LADYSMITH
ILLUSTRATED WITH FOUR MATB.
CONTENTS:--
b the leading basic constituents of vol. canic dast. Soot varies much in the propor, tions of the subglares contained, but is WITH A NAVAL BRIGADE distinguished from other dust of the heavens be its larger amount of time, and it always contains nickel, manganese, silver and lend. Dust from the clouds has the greatest regalarity of composition, apparently consisting of the same proportions of iron, nickel, calciam, copper, potassium and sodium, with much load in sleet, snow and ligil. Nickel in cloud dust is shown to be no positive evidence of meteorie origin, but the magnetic character, appearance and composition of some dast that fell 16th and 17th November. 1897, point strongly- to-m source beyond the earth,
EYE-SIGHT. Studying human fool, Prof. V. Hueppe Huds
ME, N. LAZARUS,
Occulist-Optician, of London and Culcatta,
A
may be consulted for SPECTACLES at 16, Queen's Road Central (T. HOUGHTON & Co.) (Nearly opposite the HONGKONG HOTEL), Business Hours:
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Great proportion of cataracts and diseases affecting those advancing in life occur to those having some deficiency in the construction YOUNG GENTLEMAN (now of the ayes-the many years of Eye Strain' Bémployed in a Large Marcantile Office) who has a Good Kuowledge of Shipping ending in sorious forms of disease, Glasses wul General Office Work, and is also a Steno specially adapted in youth to those requiring grapher, Position as OFFICE ASSISTANT them save and preserve the sight. hers or Outports.
Address-
WANTED.
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Care of Daily Press Office.
Hongkong, 1st June, 1901.
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for July to September.
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Care of Offos of this Paper.
(1390
that the anthropoid stock from which man was avolved lived on a mixed diet of nuts, fruit, eggs, smell birds and insects. The struggle for existence compelled early man to become carni. vorous, being a mammoth-hunter in glacial times; and at a later period-after the introduc tion of fire and cooking-overpopulation in the Eust forced upon him rice-eating. Cooking was necessary to vegetarianism, as man hos neither the teeth nor the digestive apparatus of a herbivorous animal. a vegetarian diet, such as that of the Irish peasants, contains an excess of carbohydrates over albumin, and this be safely borne only when burned up by hard bodily labour in the open air. As a mixed feeder, an attains his greatest longevity, and
exceeds all other mammals in strength.
Constantly recurring headaches, spells of dimness when reading, weak eyes, the lettern
The slowness of the old process of tanning ranning together; any of these symptoms indi-lanther is due to the difficulty with which tapnin | cute a deficiency in the form of the eye requir- penetrates the hide. By passing an electric
ing Glasses only to correct and care.
current through the constantly-circulated bath,
Mr. LAZARUS supplies his SPECTA- | heary leather is now tanned as effectively in CLES only after testing, the sight--
six days as in twelve months by the old method. ADVICE FREE,
£77
LAUNCHES FOR SALE.
When arsenic is being takan regularly- either medicinally or accidentally in drink or Til fent &incine, Depth, 6 feet 6 inches: hair to aid in the diagnosis of poisoning. A TWO are-Longis, 62 feet over all; Breadth, food-it appears that enough is absorbed by the Compound Surface Condensing Engine, 8inches simple test is to treat the hair with an ANDIDATES for POLICE in NAVAL by 16 inches; Boiler, 6 by 7: Stroke, 12inches; ammonia copper solution, and then to examine
Working Pressure, 125 lbs.
COMMANDER.
Character and British Birth, between 25 and 35 years of age,
Apply with Papers to
H. M. Naval Yard. Hongkong, 25th April, 1901.
[1106 WANTED A Woll-qualified and Ex- perienced CHINESE CLERK, able to Write and Translate Chinese into English and vice versa.
Apply
H. B., Care of Daily Press Omice. Hongkong, 5th Jane, 1801.
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From England to the Cape, and Crossing the Line The Naval Brigade in South Africs (Boor War, 1899-1990)-Off to the Front (Coleman)-Spion Kop-Vaal Kranta- . Final Operations and Belief of Ladysmith -From the Cape to China-Naval Brigade in North Chins with the Allied Forces- To the Relief of Peking-Summary of Siege-Appendix.
On Sale at "DAILY PRESS" OFFICE, LOCAL Boox- SELLEES, SOLDIERS' CLUB, SOLDIERS' and "Bailons Homs ROYAL NAVAL CANTEEN.
Price $1 per Copy Paper Covers; $1.50 in Boards.
Hongkong. 18th March, 1901.
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怡生號
E E
SANG & CO.,
1788
COAL MERCHANTS, LARGE STOCKS OF EVERY DESCRIP- have always of hand
TION OF COAL Address-Care of Messrs. KwONG SANG & Co.
No. 144, DES VEX ROAD.
1888
OREGON LUMBER.
THE Undersigned, boing closely connected with the feading MILLS at POET. LAND and PUGET SOUND, are always pre pared to book orders for any specifications at LOWEST RATES.
SIEMBSEN & CO. Hongkong, 14th February, 1901.
[50 DAVID CORSAR & SON'S
MERCHANT NAVY NAVY BOILED. LONG FLAK
KELIANCE CROWN TARPAULING
CANVAS
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & CO.,
Sole Agents.
31991
1901
19 01
1901
MAIL TABLES.
Contains:-
English Mails, homeward and outward French 13
(terman 37
Canadian
ONE is-Length, 67 feet over all; Broadth, it under a microscope-the hair-pith-containing 12 fast i inches; Depth, & feet 6 inches; Com- a small quantity of arsenie boing unchanged pound Surface Condensing Engine, 9 inches under a half-inch objective but showing smallTHE Cart pablished at the Daily Presco by 18 inches; Boiler, 6 by 7; Working Pressure
grean granules of copper arsenite under a sixth. 125 ks.
The above Three Launches were built in inch objective. One authority believes that Hongkong, October 1899, under the Superin- this test will become of importance in oriminal tendence of Captain F. D. Geddard, Murine trials. The amount of arsenio is often too. Surveyor.
small to be determined, but in the use of a Plans and Specifications of the same can be
patient-using-the-poinen-as-a-medicine the heir Please apply to-
was found to contain arsenic in the proportion of 0.3 to 10.000; and in a patient who had been using artonical beer the hair showed as much us 1 part of preenic in 10,000.
seen
TUNG TẠI CƠ, Engineers and Shipbuilders, &c.,, 23 Prays East, Wanchai!
[121 Hongkong, 15th April, 1901.
Parcel Post Calendar for 1901
what is more information than is given on one printed in London for which fifty conts is charged. The price of the locally printed corroot card is 20 centa en paper, 30 cents on cardboard Supplied only for cash by Daily Press Office or the Booksellers.
COALS
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA
(OR MITSUT & COJ
HEAD OFFICE :-43, SAKAMOTO-CHO, TOKYO. LONDON OFFICE:– 3, LIME Stebet. 5.C. HONGKONG OFFICE:-6, Ice House STREET.
BRANCH OFFICES:
New York, San Francisco, Hamburg. Bommy, Singapore, Manila, Aman Shanghai, Hunkow Chufco. Tientsin, Newch vang. Purl Arthur. Seout. Chesmalpo, Yokolinn, Yokosuka, Nagoya, Kuro. Shimonoseki, Moji, Wakamatsa, Karatsu, Nagasaki, Kuchino- ten, Susebo, Miike, Hakolato. Taipoli, &e,
Telegraphic Akross for all the OMITSUI
A.BC. and A 1 Cuiles used.
CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Juping Navy, Arsenals and Railway Bureau; Principal Railway Companios and Ledustrial' Works; Hom: and Forviga Bail and `-Froiglit Stanmers. SOLE PROPRIETORS of the Famous Miike, Tagawa and Yamane Coal Mines; und SOLE AGENTS for Fakuno, Hokoku, Tohinn, Kanado, Kishims, Mannoura, Onoura, Otsuji, Senoia, Tsubakuro, Yoshino tani. Yoshio, Yunokihara, and other Coal Minos,
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MACHINERY,
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Wool Woring and Iron Working Maahinery, Saw Mile and ente Mill Supplies.
zugar and Rice Mil Minokimory.
Mining and Milling Machinery.
Write for Catalogues and Prices of wint you require. PARKE & LACY CÓ., 21 and 23, Fremont Street. San Francisco, Cal., U.S.A.
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INCHES.
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HIS Machine is in good condition, and THI is being sold, as it has been replaced with a Larger and Quicker Mackino,
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USED FOR OVER TWENTY YEAUS Throughly reliable proservative for Wood Bad Stone against White Ants, Decay, Fungus Ret, and Dampouts.
▼E Have OPENED a MACHINERY DEPARTMENT, and ari prepared Furnish Pricus, &c, on STEAM ENGINES,
PUMPS, LATHES, DRILL PRESSES, PLANERS, PNEUMATIC TOOLS, WOOD WORKING MACHINERY, HOISTING MACHINERY, SAW MILLS,, MACHI- NIST'S SMALL TOOLS, BUILDER'S HARDWARE, &c.
Made in America (U.S.A.) Prices quoted fo.b. New York, or cif. Hongkong
REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO.,
Hongkong Hongkong, 3rd December, 1900."
CARTRIDGES! CARTRIDGES!!
1125
UST LANDED NEW STOCK of ELEY'S and KYNOCH'S SPORT- ING CARTLIDGES and NEWCASTLE CHILLED SHOT,
20 BORE CARTRIDGES.
16
12
10
8
WM. SCHMIDT &.00.,
rwis
Gunsmiths. Hongkong. Syd Jannary, 1901.
IEN TING.
Sole Agents for China, LUTGENS, EINSTMANN & CO.,
1372 Hongkong. 31st August, 1897.
BROTHERS POHOOMULL
57 & 59, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, WHOLESALE AND RETAJL IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS,
Hare for Sulo, INDIAN, Chinese and Japanese Silk Goods for Ladies and Gentlemen, and other Articles. Oriental Embroidery, Rugs and Carpets, Jewelry Cashmere Shawls, Ivory, Sandalwood and Tortoiseshell Wares, Curiosities and FancyD Goods.
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INSPECTION is SOLICITED. Hongkong. 6th November. 1900.
UINART PERE & FILS, REIMS
Established 1719. CHAMPAGNE GROWERS AND
-SHIPPERS.... Ship only the Finest Quality Extra Dry (Green Seat)
LAUTS, WEGENER & CO.,
Sole Agents.
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Hongkong, 17th May, 1895
SURGEON DENTIST. No. 10, D'AGUILAR STREET.
TERMS VERY MODERATE.
Consultation Free. Hongkong, 23rd September, 1891. AMERICAN SYSTEM,
ENTISTRY
OF
AT
Lestr
1750
No. 39, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. CHADWICK KEW (LATE OF POATE & NOBLE), Hongkong, Tath September, 1899.
ORTLAND CEMENT
B. WHITE & BROS
SODE AGENTS FOR CHINA, MOLLIDAY, WISE & CO. Hongkong, 18th September. 189
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