ascond and fourth men escaped to the eplum don sad counted their spoil, found to be very poor. The prisoners made long statements, and in these statements admitted this plot to hold op the olub. They had no intention to lojure suyone, they said, but hold up the Club and robbed the inmates.'
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, 1985.
your present state is so entirely due to misfer- tons; the misfortune is due to your faults. You have been wandering away from Tennessee to South Africa and Hongkong, and a rolling stone," you know. You, too, Barko, tell us you have been in charge of liners. It is your own fault that you got down to where you are too fond of the bottle If you were any good we would not find you eating about in opiam deus. That is not the place for men down on their luck to be. There is no more serious offence hoth in this country
THE OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
The 59th report to the sharehollers Boya;-- During the half-your ending Dod. 81, oring to the continuance of the war, a large number of the Company's steamers still remained under Government obarler, and the chartering of many sloamers had to be continued to fill their places, so is to maintain, without dislocation or dimiration, all the Company's regalar services. Further than that, the Direc- tors have also extended the sphere of the Company's carrying business very successfully,
THE LAOU KUNG MOW COTTON' SPINNING AND WEAVING CO., KD.
The Annual General Mesting of this Com- pany was held at Shanghai an the 10th it! There were prosent: Mr. F. Anderson (Chair man, Musers. A, Kerff, J. M. Young, Chung Liang-yus (Directers), E. C. Pearce (Secretary), C. D. Kerr, Archibald Little, W. D. Little, Ausfen Marphine, N. &. Porry. R. Spant, A. B. Rosenfeld, Tub Ping-ar, Luk Foh-kee, To Chin, and Tun Lang-suing, representing 1,925 shares.
Evidence for the prosecution was lod. The Attorney General having closed the case for the prosecution, prisoner Joiner repeated that they only went to the club to play the part of dat-otives. He did not think there was going to be any holding up business and yourown country than rolberg with violence. or taking money away from anyone. They Had you done this I should lava souteneed you notwithstanding many diffenities encountered. and acconate have been in your possession for would play detective and get the Chinese to be foggod, but I do not think that. I am
The Chairman÷Gentlemen; The oport
KODAK
FILMS
& ACCESSORIES.
DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN,
LONG HING & CO..
PHOTO GOODS STORE,
17, QUEEN'S ROAD
(SAME PREMISES AS MESSUS. À¤ CHEE).
"Taaskong, 27th December. 1904.
to give them kome inaney. They were all going to give you a long term of imprisonment / There were, therefore, more steamers chattered about ten days, and with your permission 1 few figares may not be uninteresting to the
dessitato, and Terrell and he had been in these that you will have time to consider what you Colony seeking ouployment without success till have doze. Hard labour for three years, You they even had to go and ask Americans for might have been soutenced to imprisonment for
total
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money. He pleaded guilty of being at the club. life, and might have got.flogged, but I am not hitherte, baing Yen 3,561,601.841, showing so the highest grosiderable fall took place, and | deficiency of Tis. 195,000: a little over
His Lordship-That is robbery, you know.
going to do that. A medical man will see to
April
Do you not know that it is robbery to play you Dalton; you will have what your physical previous Half-year., Bat notwithstanding this, September, this time cotton ramaized af
detective and thus get men to give you money
Terrell pleaded the same as Joiner did. Ho did not point the rovalver at anyone, though he drew it ones; and they lid not get $22, but throw Hongtong one dollar bills and one American one dollar bill,
Joiker--I throw myself on the mercy of the court and hope you will doal laniently with me as it is my first offence.
Terrell-And on me also. I can say that Dalton did not know that we had the revolver.
condition wante.
The Court adjourned size dig,
THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY, LD.
The report for presentation to the shore- holkers at the thirty-sixth ordinary meeting, to be held on 9th March, rends:
TRADE
MLEPHONE NO. 193,
109
MARK
As regards the position of our Company a will take them as road. The last year was shareholders. As you are aware wo have ali than during the previous term.
Consequently, the expenditure during the early dißßcult and anxious one for cotton along been under-capitalised, and this ling been spinners in the Far East. At the beginning a continued drag upon us. Our mill cost past, Half-year has risen to larger #gares than of the year prices of yarn were practically at altogether Tls. 910,00, whereas our
Tls, 715, 00, record, but by the begin paid-up capital is only point o
leaving & ning of increase of Yen 181,820,40 over that of the the low values then established continued until seven years working we have made profits when there was a partial recovery amounting to The 25,00 out of which wo Thronghoot
bare paid она dividend of Tla. 24, 00; the the Directors are pleased to be able to mport very high prices; all during the summer remainder has supplied the amount of capital of that the result of the Half-year's working like business was more or lessunprofitable; in April which we were short, and leaves us today with wise skoue a considerable increase of revenue, and day, and later on in August and September, aur will and property quite clear of debt and at the rates then currant for cotton, we wer
have only worsed our machinery during the cost of production.
day and besides keeping it in good repair, have written it down out of profits to the extent of 25 per cent, and lave in addition written down our other property also out of BASS' LIGHT GRAVITY profte by about Tls. 35,000.
875, Yen 4,843,327,113, being Yen 415,778.84 not getting enough for our yarn to cover the working capital of about Tis. 60 000, W. IND COOPE'S ALE
more than that of the term before.
Wa bare, however, unde nearly Tls. 30.000 on the whole year, and considering the very ditenit time through which we have passe 1, I trust that the shareholders will consider the result not vary unaatisfactory. We have ofter been asked for some explanation of the very with the bright prospects fort China compared abadowed in all the original prospectuses; if you will bear with me for a few minutes I will try to account for the unfortunate state of affairs which we have all experienced.
PER CASE or 8 DOZEN PINTS... $16.00
PBR CASE PINTS...
Joiner-Ne, I do not think Dalton knew mit their annual report and statement of the whole of the amount thus acoruing to disappointing results of cotten-spinning la when it is worn ont, or if it is not replaced its | BASS' BOAR'S HEAD
about the revolver.
The Attorney General-We accept that viow that the third prisoner was not aware of the revolver.
Dalton turule a long statement. He had been through the South African campaign sad it was in South Afrion that has first met Burke, He had been severoly wounded sixteen times during the War, and was subsequently an inmate of Netley Hospital. He received compensation, bat spont it. He was in very desperate straite when he met Burke in Hongkong, and Burke gure him half of his last $5. He was paralysed on one side from his wounds, and in his present condition, lying out in the cold would have killed him soon. Ho thought the offence they wore about to commit was simply a case of getting money by false pretences, an offence man would get about six months' im- Не петок in America. prisonment for
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knew there was going to be any pistol business, or he would have kept out of it. Chiot Dotec. tive Hansou wanted him to turn informer O the others, but he was not aware of the extent of their offence and it would have been against
his honour as an American and a Boutherner, He would not do so though the American Consul advised him to.
After the War he went back to South Africa but was unable to get onployment, so he went to Fouth America on the rattls camps, whore, ugain, he was unable to compete with the Italians.
Burke said that he had been all. through the South African cumprign; and he jame bure from the Philippines when the Chu Kong was obliged to estas ta Hongkong-at the time the Americson passed a law forbidding any but American ships to tinde around the Islands, He bal "walked the deck of some of the Bnestships about."
The Directors have now the pleasure to sub Company's accounts made up to 31st December,
kant
1903. The balance at rodit of working ae- count as per last ra. port was... Add premis since
received ...
...$329,047.49
Detnet claims paid in
1904... Deluct return premia
&c., &c.
Balance of profit
As specially reported to you at the end of Inst year regarding the issue of new shares, they hire already been paid for in part, sad the -balance amount will be paid in periodically ac cording to the terms specified and notified. The
judiciously doroted to extending the Company's business during the present and following your, Ten new steamers now under construction will be completed in the course of this your and will be placed on the Company's established regular "'ues, 11 well se on the intended new services. -9359,085.73 A farther scheme to have more new steamers built, if found adviamble after mature considera- tion, will shortly be carried out, and the Divectors have every resson to expect, that all the arrangement now under preparation will produce most satisfactory results,
30,038.25
..8107,343.87
15,367.69
122,711.56
8239,374.37
It is proposed to apportion this sum follows:-
Dividend of 86 and bonus of $1 per share on 20,000 shares
Addition to extra rezerve fund, which will then stand at $218,039.73 as shown in the annexed balancu abest
Bonus to Office Stall
$140,000.00
92,364,17 4.010.00
8236,874.17.
1904 -The balance at credit of working ac count at the close of this year (was $260,374.05 which though smaller than the um carried forward in the last report, must be considered tisfactory as losses have been unusually hoary.
DIRECTORS,
Mr. C. A. Tomes rosigned his seat on the return of Hop. R. Shewan to the Colony, and the latter gentleman was invited to rejoin the This appointment will require the Board. confirmation of shareholders.
Mesare. II. W. Slade and A. Haupt retire by rotation, and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.
AUDITORS.
Mesars. W. Hutton Petts and A. R. Lowe His lordship, addressing the jarg, said :—Ou | bave audited the annexed accounts and offer
the admission of the prisoners yen onnot but And a verdict of guilty to the charge, and they are all equally guilty. For the law is dear: - If several persons join together to commit a crime, such as the prisoners Jud in contemplation, all are responsible for what each one dons; they oannot split the responsibility. Now they admit that they planned to impersonate defectives, and Beare Chisamen at a club. The men in the dock aro all guilty of robbery of a most serious character. Suppose man come into s hotuse where Barty of friends STE
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&
raid,
themselves for re-election.
E. GOETZ,
Chairman.
The accounts are na follows:→→→
The gross profits of the company for the past half-year amount to Ten 1,281,725,271, out of which there hare been paid m Reserve fund for underwriting ships (rate increased to over 5 percent.trom over 4 per cent. of the ordinary year) 199,000 Reserve fund for repairing abips (rate increased to 7 per cent, that is per cent, more than that of ordinary
$70,000 5 per cent.... Peperation for deterioratien in alips... 201,000 Yen 679,000 leasing abalance of You 602,725,271, excluding Yen 408,833,453 brought forward from the last The directors now propose that Yen 31,000 swoont, for sypropriation. be rided to the reserve fund, raising it to Ten 311,100, and You 31,000 be allowed as directors and auditors' fees,
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From the remainder the directors recommend a dividend at the rate of ten per cent. per annum, which almorb 1 en 297,916.666,
The balance Yen 651,842.057 will be carried forward to the next account.
OFF DAY RACES.
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The first race to-day starts at 2 p.m., first saddling bell at 1.30. The programme is as follows:-
"ROSE" CUP.-Presented. A mile race,
For all subscription grifies that have run at this wosting ad not win, & rece. Unplaced Ponies allowed 5lbs. Entrance $10 to go to second pony. JOHN PEEL
After the Chino-Japanese war permission to arct mille in China was for the first time given to foreigners; at that time raw cotton was plentiful and obesp: the price was about Tis 10 to Tls, 11 por pical. and there was a great and increasing demand for yara. Under the general desire to circumstances there was take advantage of the opportunity of participat ing in the industrial de elopment of China, and as a consegnee mills containing fully 200,000 spindles were projected in Shanghai sud per taps 100,00 spindles more wore erected, in the anrrounding country.
I need hardly explain to you that depreciation is a fund from which machinery can be replaced value can be repaid from this fund to the share. holders; it is obvious that if depreciation is to do sither of these two things, it can only be provided out of profits.
PER CASH PINTS...
Our payments for fatorest from the start of IND COOPE'S STOUT the mill to the present t'me amount to about Tls. 150,000, so that if we had been fully capitalisad our total profite would have been about Tis. 375,000, including the Boxer year, when we actually lost about Tls. 20,000,
Gentlemen, it has teen a long aphill pull, but every year wo are gradually improving our position; it may be over-sanguine to hope that after our seven lean years we are about to enter upon seven years of plenty, yet we have rever been in a good a financial position as we are to-day, and can only hope that patienos aud ace will eventually meet with some perseverance reword. All that can be said about the New Eime tanoously, however, the Japanese in-
Your is that it has oponed satisfactorily. As arcased their import duty on yaru, which bore beavily upon the large trade which India did regarda the accounts, one entry under the with that country. There was no retaliation heading of repairs and renewals calls for some from India, and as the Japanese have a pro- remarks. From the start of the mill we bure tooted market to themselves many new mills only bad to spend a little under Tls 13,000 were preeted there; in a year or two the repaire and renewale of the machinery, which des proteated mills were able to completely kill the absolute proof of the excellent quality of the planti trade in yarn between India and Japas a bat ander this heading we have
to increasing demand for yarn in the eving carly nineties now mills were also bring orcoted several thousand tools in substitating o
for the wooden flooring in part of the card room in india, go that in India, in Japan, and is
machine, slabbing. labour as every carding China there was simultaneously a rapid inercass of the mill. This work involves considerable the mill will femand for yaro, but also partly by legislative
have t. be taken to pieces and re-erected. in production, trought about partly by increased intermediate, and roving frame in
faulty and fiscal changes, and this increased supply very toon more than satisfied the demand for rars..
by Mears Tweedalos and
on
work was s necessary, as we found owing to ventilation dry rot bad set in under the flooring our Manager is doing the work himself; about one-third of it has already been done, and the coat defrayel out of
To do the work taking account. We have
in order not to in-
To make matters worse the supply of cotton did not keep pace with the increase in machinery and the consequence was that there arose a torcity of cotton, accompanied by high prices,terfere with the working of the will, and we whilst an oversupply of Jachine have not been to com
of yarn was thrown on the calculate that it will take abont two years tuore Eastern markets.
ports wo
alone in sullering from: had times; there has bean great depression in India, and a certain amquat also in Japan although perhaps not to the same extent there, as spinners have the benefit of protection as regards their own
art market, whilst they have free access to cers. We have also to bear the disadvantages of the antiquated and singularly short-sighted firea China; native cotton is subject to taxation Lefore it reaches our thora; if we buy cotton in Hankow, Ningpo, or other have to 1
to the Maritime Customs one and a pay » CUP.-Presented. One mile half times the export duty in addition to any loves which may have been imposed upon the For all China ponies that have run at this ection before it reaches the point of shipment, meeting and not won a race. Plocal ponies to carry Elbe extre. Unplaced ponies allowed while if we import cotton from India e 5lbs. Off-day winners barred. Entrance America wo have to pay import duty ouder the new tariff, which is 60 per cent more than it $10 to go to second pony.
was under the old tariff. When the new tarif 100,000,00
at the Board of Trade "KING" CUP-Presented. One mile. ..1,000,000.00
was under discassion subscription griffins of this season that have I drow the attention of the authorities there $18,030.73 2241.75
inn at this meeting and not won a race. to the injustice which world be done to flaced pouius during first three days 5 lbs. the cotton mills in Shanghai by increasing the sxima. Off-day placed pezies not penalised.taport duty on cotton, but I was told that this Of day inuers varied. Entrance $10 to go was an internal question for the Chines to sacoad pony.
Goignment, and that it could be dealt with by VISITORS' CUP-Presented. Five furlonga. rebate on raw materials for manufactaring Value $250. For China routes subscription purposes if the native authorities so desired griffins of this season that have run at this We appealed to the Customs on the matter, meeting and not won a race. Unplaced ponies but were told that Peking would not listen to allowed 5 lbg. Off-day winners barred. En any reduction of taxation. 31,283,01
trance 810 to go to second pony.
BALANCE-SHEET. 31st December, 1904. LIABILITIES, Capital account....................
onerve fund ...... Exta reservo fund Investment finctuation accoast................ Accounts payable-
Dividend for 1003 ......... $140,000,00 Losos uttal and fun-51,81-74
Binianeo at uredit
ABBKT8.
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--- 191,801.14 260,374.35 $3,072,516.97
and request mury pretending to bo police Working account, 194:--- and saying they come to make and, producing a revolver, take your money, that is robbery with violence. The crime is regarded exactly the same in America. It is not necessary to prove that the prisoners actually dit terrify anyone. Suppeso a man Domes to hold you up with a revolver, and you hold him up instead with a revolver, that does nut make his offence any the less. Whatever purpose, and I am inclined to believe they went to "bluff," the effect is the same. It is very dreadful that these men should be oat of employment, but it is more dreadful that people should have their honses raided and robbed. This fact that they were extremely 3. son for committing a hungry is no robbery with threats. Na possible state of socialy could exist if that were tolerated. The ovidence as to whether or not they knew that the revolver was loaded is evidence
Cash at hankeras ar sekundendronomy, Fixed deposits at banke
and Shanghui 8 Cr Hongkong
Banking Corporation 110,000.00 Charton Bank of India,
Austria and China...
€5,000,00 Mercantile Bank of India, Ld. 50,000.00 International Banking Cor-
30,000.00 poration
I wanted for myself. It would not make any di forence to you. It affects the panish. mout to be enforced. It is important. to discover whether it was intended tho roroivor should be loaded, and I am inclined to believa that it was not. I ebould like the jury to express an opinion as to whether the prisoners intended the revolver to be loaded or naloaded. The jury formally returned a verdict of guilty, but said that they did not think the prisonces intended the revolver to be loaded.
His Lordship-Prisoners, you have been convicted of a very serious crime. Excuse it as you may, it was as serious a orime as you could very wall commit to impersonate a policeman and enforce people to part with property. I think that what you have said is tre, that the revolver you intended to use was not loaded. Two of you, Burke and Terrell took the most active part in searching boxes and the persons of those who were in the club, but it was with the assistance of Joiner. And Dalton; you did outpost duty.
Investments
Chinees Imperial Government
F. bonde
$
81,177.77 40,000.00
50,000.00
▸
Hongkong Cith debentures Hongkong fictol Co., Limited,
debontares pun Shanghai Land Investment
Co., Limited, dubonturas... 19,877.40 Shanghai Waterworks Co.,
Limited, dabenturos apsau 8,472.23 Shares in publio companies. 182,320,00
Losne on mortgage -
On properties in Hongkong Furniture accuaut:-
For
·
are also
to complete the work; thers will not, however. be any rory heavy charges in either year. We fod that da the solid flooring there is less frict on in the working of the therefore less wear and tear. W. and. gradually re-roofing the mill with corrugated el, ad Manager is also doing this work him- out of working account in the past year. Our elf, and about one-third of it had beou paid for Chinese property is now fully occupie, and we are now getting better rents than for meny yeurs, We have ground sufficient for about 300 mere houses adjoining this property, but as it would suit us better to bare the amount re- presented by this property for working capital we are endeavouring to sell it instead of devoloping it onraelves, I shall be glad to answer any questions which shareholders may wish to
to put to the best of my ability. Mr. Archibald i ittle asked if it was a fact that the native mills were good proûts,
paying Ho list boen told that the Taugehow mill was the that there ordering a duplicate plant, and profits on the mill were 30 per cent. Perhaps the chairman conld say if this was so, and it so why the Laon Kang Mow Mill had not paid, There was another thing he wish to ask the Chairman, aud that was, if cotton was short, and was so adulterated, why was not a combina- tion formed among the mill owners for mataal protection?
had
to
The Chairman said that he had not bad any We have some slight advantages in that the opportunity of seeing the accounts of the "TIEN CHONG "Cur-Vrine $250. Once day on our yara remains the rame as the old Tungehow ril, but he had reason to believe
round. Presented by Mr. G. B. Dodwell. import duty, and for purely kcal consumption that there was some allicial interest in this? For all griffins that have run at this meeting we escape duty, whilst on local cotton we have will; sa interest ha bad every reason to believe was a favourable one. Then this will get its "and not won a racy. A pony that has run
not to pay export daty, but the balance of
cotton on the spot without having to pay any Another point of second in any race to carry & lbs. extra disadvantages is against us.
of the dating the Chinese Bacal system Third in any race 3 lbs. extra. Penalties not importance is that living in Bhanghai is £35,000.00
acumulative. Usplaced ponies allowed 5 lbs. expensive, and that our wages are higher than imposed on cotton brough: from the interior, and as the yarn was consumed in the same Off-day winners brrr 1. Entrance $10 to in the country, or than in sither India or go to second pony.
Japan; all attempts at combined action with market they escaped levias on that also. Another * COTSWOLD" CUF.-Presented. From the either the other foreign or native mills which point in favour of the Tungehow tadl was that 2-mile post once round and in. Forell China might have affected this question have ended in wages were undoubtedly loweri, toconntry than in Shanghai, owing to the lower coat e' living. ponies that have run at this meating and not failure.
were uniformly prosperous.
The
mill won a race. Griffics allowed 5lbs Subscrip-
But the greatest drawback we have had to He did not think that all the mills in the tion griffine allowed Abs. Off-day winnare suffer has hen an insuficient supply of the raw at Becchow, for instanco, was not a gigantic barred. Entrance $10 to go to second pony material and the scandalous adulteration of suc
The success, and he believed that some of the
hard times. With regard through LUCKY CUP-Valne 8200 Half a mile, cotton by the process of watering Posted by Mr. W. L Pottinger, of native authorities could stop the practice in a hills, a very strong effort bad Tientsin. For all grifins that have started week if they wore in earnest, but although been made to form some sort of a combustion to all their action has been a few years ago, but it was found hat in prae- on the off-day and not won a race.
peatedly the merest
pretence.
The Thotal's proclama tion against this practice is a hardy annual, tice it was hopeless. The arrangements and whisk, for reasons into which we boei at the managements of the different mills were not conducted DU entirely different Rues and of
forn
solion which suited ore mill sorld not eater, is regarded merely as a utier One would think that when the Chinese were
mill
which the market $25 On the 24th at 11.55 a.ta. The barometer getting more than double the former price for be imposed upon the others.
Lought cotton
a will had rizen is Japan and N. Chinn, fullen in their cotton they would be satisfied with the for instance in the same position us
all its which purchased
cotton through China and Fermosa and is stationery the great prosperity suddenly thrust upon them $
and deliver their produce free from adul Philippines,
Med, one mau. After a great deal of trouble and toration, but on the contrary they adopted, continued efforts to arrive at a uniform standard as is natural to some of them, this ways it was found, more especially on aising market, that are dark; as the market advanced they that it was better for each mill to look out for added mero and more water to their cotton itself. In such times as they had been passing damaging excellent raw material in order to through they were in rather a helpless position. reap a temporary advantage at the expense of Now, he believed, affairs were assuming their good name. It is only now when prices different, and perhaps brighter, aspect. havo declived and they are being shorn of some There of their huge profits that they are beginning to realise that honesty is the best policy.
3,17.30 ..1,334,800,00
240.00
€7.840.37
$2,072,516.97
Office furniture, &0, Acecanta receirablo-
Premis due froir, aguncios, interest due on deposits and investments, &o.....
Oz.
WORKING ACCOUNT.
1st January to 31st December, 1904. To charges accuant →→
Int, salaries, surveyora' fucs,
taxes, stamps,stationery,35,361.20 Directors' and auditore feos... 7,400,00
To commission account :-
Agonta commissions ...
To exchange account:-
Difference in exchange a aterak Meny
C
WEATHER REPONT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report :-
Gradients are rather steep on the east coast of China and moderate on the south coast. Fresh N.E. 103590s will prevail in the Formos 42,901.13 Channel and fresh B.E. winds in the northern 45,546.81 part of the China Sen
Forecast:-Freak S. to S.E. winds, overcast, 1,077.32į dull, hazy.
To lossce account, 1901 :---
Claims after dolaction of Ro-insurances 119,00 To amount writ an off
Furniture accountLƏRSİZERUM CATE To balance
Cr.
By premium account
100.00 YC0,374.35
$49,651.93
Promiume after deduction of Re-insurance 362,037.08 By interest account--
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The P.M. atasmer Manchuria, with maila, &c., Bailed from Nagasaki on Friday, the 24th just at daylight, due Masila Taesday, the 28th inst. at daylight, and is due here on the 5th March. Her mails bave been transferred to the str. Dor c, dus bere on the 2nd March.
in
net
being no further questions, the follow- ing resolutions were put to the meeting and
carried unsaimously:
1. Proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Korif: that the Report and Accounts as Prevented by passed
Proposed Mr. W. D. Little, seconded tant Messrs. J. M. Young and
Well, gentlemen, we have passed through the period of scarcity; there are at last prospects of an ample supply of raw material, and indion. tions that demand is overtaking appi in yaru; very few now mita have been built in by Mr. the Chung the East in recent years, whilst The O.S.8. & C.3. steamer Orpack luft cosumption of yarn has been increasing, population; cotton spinners and manufactures dae here on the 28th Feb. at daylight
The 0.8.8. & C.M. steamer Kamun, from ate enjoying great prosperty in the West, and Pacifio and Japan porte, bait Woji on the 24th perhaps we may have some share in th's $499,601.93 Feb, at daylight, and is dushere on the 28th Feb i brighter state of things out here.
Lust re-eicot directors.
by Mr. A. Little, seconded by
PER CASH PINTS...
GUINNESS' STOUT
PER CASH PINTS...
818,00
$26.00
-
$18,50
$24.09
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