THE
ROBINSON
PIANO CO.
PRACTICAL
PIANO
EXPERTS.
MANUFACTURERS, TUNERS
ARD
REPAIRERS.
PIANOS
AND
ORGANS
RENOVATED, REBUILT,
AND
REPOLISHED
BY
COMPETENT WORKMEN. ESTIMATES FREE.
"OWN MAKE”
PIANOS
FROM $300.
IMPORTED PIANOS
FROM $375.
SECOND HAND TIANOS RETURNED FROM HIRE AT LOW PRICES.
INSPECTION INVITED.
Hongkong, 23rd September, 1905. 2055
HONGKONG
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
IRON MERCHANT:.
SINGON & CO.,
Stect,
and Hardware Iron,
Morri
Retail Merchants. Wuctorslo and
Ironmongers. Pig fron and Foundry, Coka Importers, Goporal Store- kaspers and Commission Agenta 35 & 37. Hiar Loong Street. (1st Street, West of Contrul
Market)
PHOTOGRAPHER
:
M. MUMEYA, JAPANISH ARTIST.
Bromide and Crayon Enlargements and also colouring Plictos and reliať Photos law of Chins and Manila. Work done for Amanteurs; To. 8A, Queen's
Renal Central.
SPORCKEEPERN
BISMARCK & CO.,
Navy
Contractors, Ship
Chandlere,
Provision mal Coal Moreliau, Sail- makers, de. Fersk Water supplies to
Vessols in the Harbour
KHONG SANG & CO.,
Shipchandlers Sailmakers, Provisionere, Coal Marolanta, Hardware, Engineer- Teels, Melai, Tron aud Steel Merchants 57 58 & 50, Counsaght Road, New
Prava Central
MARTIN'S
INSURANCES
NOTICE.
COMMERCIAL
UNION
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26rx, 1905.
EURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, is à PURELY British Insurance Company..
Established in Head Office: London. London in 1861.
W. H. TRENCHARD DAVIS, Branch Manager & Underwriter,
Hongkong. Henrkong, 31st August, 1965.
[2632
YORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN IV TILL INSURANCE COMPANY.
| TOTAL FUNDS AT 31ST DRousser, 1904.
£17,161,299.
1.
THE LIVER AND STOMACH..
FACTS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW.
|
increase of these three countries represent per esat. of the total increase in importa. Germany, Australia, Bogium, Korca, and Chins come not in the order named. Raw Cotton, Wool, Hemp and Flax, Hides and Skins, Careals and Fertilisers are mainly responsible for the capuntod importa from Oriqutul cots- tries, while there was a large importation of Leather, Cloths, Iron, and Machinery from Europe and Amories.
EXPORTA ANALYSED,
The values of the principal articles ex- ported in the first six months compared with the corresponding period of last your are aa follows:-
14.
Raw Silk Waste Silk Habatai..
Silk Hand'chiofs.
The liver and stomach work harmoniously AS-together to change the food we eat into blood, bone and tiskne. The stomach supplies the gastic juice which digests the albuminous part of our font, and the bite from the liver completes the process of digestion by acting on the cila and fats. The digested food is then ready for conversion into pure, rich blood. When, Low- aver, the stomach and liver are out of order, there is not enough gastric juice and bilo form ed to completely digest the food and form now bload, an the andigested food wearies and irritates the delicate mechanino, nad dogs the Lowels. Doan's Dianar Pills stimulate the flow of gastric juice and bile, thas directly aiding digestion and helping in the making of new,
Cotton Yarn...... This medicino should be life giving blood. used by all who hace such symtoms of liver and Cotton Cloth.
Matches.... stomach complaints us thees:--
Foaling of fulness, drowsiness and heaviness. Matting.... after mouls; atomach pains; yellowness of the Porcelain..... Whites of the eyes; hearthurn; indigestion: Straw and Chip
Braid..... spots before the eyes; constipation; vomiting ; changeable appetite; melancholy feelings; Lacquered Ware duty in breathing: tight forling norms the alrollas.. chest; headache; bad faste in the mouth. Fans Dont's Dinner Pills are reliable, and they will | Cigarettes.
Tea.... curs all stomach, liver and bowel troubles,"
Doan's Dinner Pills are 11 a box, or & Rico boxes for 6 Of all chemists and medicine dealers, or direct from the proprietors, the Foster-lellan Co., S, Wall Street, Oxford Street. London, England post free on receipt Don's Ointment is the certain enre for Ring- worm, Eczema, Itebing Pier, Fosect Bites-and overy Itching Skin Complaint. It is a pars and clean Ointment, and it gives immediatu relief. 2/9 a pot, or 13,9 fer @ pola. Of all chemists, and druggists, or it may be hurl, on receipt of price, direct from the prapristors, the Faster-McC1-lun Co., . Wells Street, Oxford Street, London, England,
AFTHORISED CAPITAL... £3,000,0un SOBACHIDED CAPITAL.... 2,750,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL (I
687,500 1 IL. FIRE FUNDS..
3,001,286 129 Tho Undersigned, AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Itates.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
Agents.
1507 Hongkong, 39th Jane, 1905.
L'UNION OF PARIS FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY, LIMITED..
THE Undersigned having been appointed AGENTS for the abure Company are prepared to accept Risks against Fire at earron! ratea.
SIEMSSEN & CO. 13 Hongkong, 1st January, 1904.
AACHEN AND-MUNICH FIRE IN SURANCE CO.
OF ATX-LA-CHAPELI E.
THE Undersigned, having been appointe THE
AGENTS for the above Company, ar prepared to ACCEPT RISKS'against FIRI At Current Rates.
REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO.
Agouts, Hongkong, 21st April, 1897
181
THE TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE, 1898.
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF TRADE MARK.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on business at Rotterdam, in the Kingdom of Holland, as Distillers, have on the 2nd day of Juve, 1905, applied for the registration in Hongkong in the Register of TRADE MARKS of the following TRADE MARK:
N JUAN DE KUYPER & SON, carrying
Johs de Kryper & don
in the name of JOHN DE KUYPER & SON, who claim to bo the proprietors thereo
The TRADE Mank has been 18 by the applicants for a great number of years in respost of the following goods:
HOLLANDE GENEVA IN CLABY 43. JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,
Solicitors for the Applicants,
MFTSU BISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKI.
of price.
JAPAN'S FOREIGN TRADE.
REVIEW OF THE HALF-YEAR'S RETURNS.
Camphor Copper Coal ...... Vegetable Was...
Thurs
Re-exported
Total
1905.
Y 28,196,430 Y 28,136,589
2,281,325
18,111,300 2835,565 13.005,078
3,119,816
14,058002
2,855,909
16,875,862
3,758,446
3.507.738
3,199,367 *
4,773,210
2,367,904
2,010,879-
2,245,136
1,819,268
#81,958
3,13,139
5289,912
411,883
1,071,373
963,830
559,582
471,474
1,500,563
1,845,564
4,014,762
5,757,488
3,810,992
3,550,696
1,176,301
1,92,54
8586.077
5,887,410
7.731.981
THE
34,850,3395
141,232.27
136 229,806 1.235.897
1.535.716
26,678,490
Yes 1-2,767,973 You 137,465,781 Of the twenty principal articles of export enumerated abore, eleven show an increase and nine a decrease in comparison with the corres- ponding period of last year, and takon altopther A mont there is a decline of three million yen. remarkable decrease-4 million you—is seen in the export of Habutse. Yes 1,900,000 in Riec. Yen 1740 in Tea, Coat and Comphor also show large decreases, the total fall in the five articles named segregating Yen 8,80,000, Coming to articles in which there is an advance, we find the rises to be Yen 3,170,000 in Cotton Yarn. Yen 80,000 in Noshi and Kibiso, Yen 67000 in Copper, and Yen 550,000 in Porcelain. While the than being the most noticable. expert of Raw Silk to Europe has fallen off; the expert to America shows an in. of Noshi and The increased export
The returns of Japan's foreign trade for the first Iralf of 1995, compiled by the Departuren Fof Finance, have' uow been published. From these it is evident that despite the fact that Japan has been engaged in a war unprecedented in her history, and that thousands of her able bodied men havis been called ent for service at the front, there are few signs that her produKiisu was principally absorbed by France, tive power has been affected.
The total of foreign trudo during the first six mouths of the year amounted to 199 million yen, showing au increase of 109 millions as compared with the corresponding period of last: your. The exports toulled 12 million yen, an tuorenso of 5 millions, or about 4 per cont, as against the corresponding period for last year. while the imports smonated to 286 million you, showing an increase of 1 millions, or per cont., compared with the first half of 1974 Tabulated, the figures ara- First half
1005
Firat half 1904.
the slot Habute to Amerien has con- tinued brisk since last year, while it showed
decline antonating to Yen 2600,000 in vaine As regards France, partly the result of the imposition of a new duty in that country. a lesser degree. The export of Sak Handker The same is tene of Great Britain and Ladis in chiefs to America decreased, while that of Matting an Porcelain increased; China and Kort received greatly increased quantities of Cotton Yarn, Matches, and Umbrellas. It is worth ubserving that the export of Cigarettes- noticeably fell off. This is said to be in consequence of the large export last year in anticipation of the Monopoly, but it is rare probably the result of the diminution in quality. The decrease in Tea is alleged to be due to the speculative exportation runde last year soon after the outbreak of the war, but there are other reasons to which attention has nice drawn in our columus. The decrease in Rice exports is dan to the increased consumption in the conutry. Owing to the insrensel domestic demand for Copper is a result of the war, it had to fur
Y 137.465,703 182,643,872
Experts Y 142.7670
280,402,602 Iniperts...
Total Y 429,230,815 Y 320,100,57% The rate of increase of the experts during the first half of this your failed to attain that of the two preceding years mainly owing to a decrease in the export of babutas, rice, teu, and coal. The remarkably large increase of imports
been
in the half-year is duo to several causos. be imported from Amaries and conrequently
Owing to anticipation of the increased Focoudly, because of the increased demand certain forms of merchandise as a reunit of activity in business brought about by the victorious campaign; thirdly, owing to the increased purchasing power of the people en account of the good harvest last year and frer circulation of money due to heavy payments on account of the army; and fourthly, the increased purchass of war supplies.
The ropor proceeds to classify the amount of exports and imports during the half-year under review secording to the foreign countries concerned:
1905. Exports... Y 44,099,471 Imports... 21,456,753 Kores-
Chins-
its export to Europe decreased, while the increase of the export of Copper to China to the export of Y2,550,00) was due to the supply of maiorial for currency. The falling-off in Coal experts was censioned owing to the rise iu pricu consequent on its increased demand for the home industries, besides the loss of curtain Decreasiu produstinu ports owing to the war. Affected the export-trade of Camphor and Vega- table Wax.
IMPORTS ANALYSED.
The valnes of the principal articles imported during the six months nudor review compared with the preceding year are as follows:-
1905.
Thread.
Blanketa
1406,
Y 68.715,898 Y 35.752235
1:04. ¥ 30,029,895 20,530,66
Raw Cotton
Exports.
11,751,865
7.709,237
Imports...
8,491,357
2,407,753
Colton Cloths.. Wool and Wollen
8,041,988
2.257,835
7,488.991
5,121,067
India
Exports..
3,628,932
4,454,411
3,248,415
Imports...
68.43911
France
No. 8, Des Vanix Road Central, Hongkong. Dated the 21st day of July, 1905.
Exports... 10869,662
42,353,26T
14.991,106
Wollen Cloths
18,535311
·Hemp and Flax...
1,308.135
1,184,395
Hempen Cloths...
1.748.182
163,355
1750
Imports...
2342,865
1,680,201
Steol
12,204,306
$,657,768
Great Britain-
Iron Nails..
1,559,841
916,905
Exports...
8,095,645
8,720,483
Imports... 45.504,35%
34,008,701
Iron and Mikl
Steel Pipes..
1,00042+
563,611
Bolgium--
Trou and Steel
Plate
9,541,744
349,493
Exports...
331.264
Imports...
5,074,764
139,793 3,234,024
Machinery
12,213,540
4.755,272
Italy
Locomotive Eu
Exports...
2.987,471
Imports...
161,074
3,120,242 *396,868
gines......
2,666,888
2,101,455
Dye Staffs and
Germany.
Indigo
1.919.078
1,759,474
Exports...
2,097,95 L
Imports...
21,676,114
4.204.018 14,026,230
Furs and Skins
1,562.200
-649,309
Lorther
7,645,877
1,065,018
Austria
Paper.
2,502.264
1,451,891
327,750 1,088,200
392,878 685.192
30,944.009
Peas and Braus..
1,978,121
Wheat
1,50-4,995
Exports...
1,502
Imports...
United States-
Exports...
DOCK No. 3.
Extremo Longth...
792 foot
Imports...
1,266221
40,771.676 54,098,210
66,548 3.87-4,507
39,970,585. 26,763,077
Flour
5,737 099
5,000,40%
Coal
5,423,502
Kerosene
9.237,804
Oil-cake, etc......
10,779,933.
Steamers
6,028,280
Canada-
Length on Bloolis
714
Exports..
Width of Entrance on Top
981
Imports...
1,364,773 361,512
1.888.893
Others..
16,387,741
Width of Entrance on Bottom...
884
Australis
Water on Blocks at Spring Tide
341
+
Exports...
DOCK No. 1.
2,017,862 Imports... 4,113,981
Extreme Length.....
523 feat.
>
Longth on Blooks
513
Other countries--
Exports... Imports...
Width of Entrance, on Top Width of Entrance on Bottom., Water on Blocka ut Spring Tile
UOCK No. 2. Extreme Length...
8B
77
371 feet.
Length on Blocks
Width of Entrance on Top
(MIDY)
53
APIOK PILLS
Stadios)
Frosch Ready for all Tregularities. Thousa
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KHONKER
badre misterns. The chips, or post tra
Shøjt bormoONS WRO
MAZTIN. Chatt
CODE WORD: "DOCK,"
A.1, A.B.C., and Engineering Crts Used
NEW DOCK NOW OPEN.
Sagar..
GREGOR
&
CO.,
34. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, 1ST FLOOR,
BEER
PILSENER.
CROWN "LABEL.
$13.00
PER CASE OF 4 DOZEN QUARTS.
$19.50
Per Case of 8 Dozen Pists (Large Size).
CIGARETTES FUTURE.
(45-3
OF THE
ONCE SMOKED ALWAYS SMOKED.
E. D. PROTOPAPAS & CO.
ALEXANDRA & CAIRO, EGIPT:
FINEST EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES.
TRADE
SOLE AGENTS FOR HONGKONG
KRUSE & CO., 1501
MARK.
CONNAUGHT HOUSE
A "Her-saver" that grows in popularity.
NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE
The ORIGINAL, remedy that "kills the Dandruff Germ,"
GOING!
KERFICIEE WILL SAVE IT.
GOING!! GONE!!!
REEFICIDE WILL SAVE 47.
NOT A HAIR-GROWER | that the air gefa ite nourishment direct from the
Newbro's Herpicide will not grow halt-narure does this--but by destroying the microbic enemies of hair health the hair is bound to grow as nature Intended except in chronlt baldness. trequires
Drug Stures, $1.00.
TOO LATE FOR HERFICIDE. but a slight knowledge of scalp anstony to know hair-paplits. Therefore, the only radional treat- ment li tu destroy the cause of the disease. Herp Icide dogs this; it curen dandruŭ, atopa ating hair and relieves itching. A delightful hair dressing. Glyes extraordinary results. Try it
A. 8 WATSON & Co.-HONGKONG, SPECIAL AGENTS,
Applications at prominent, barber shope"
1106-13
SAILING VESS18
Japanese Olli's...
20951
63,500
45,360
309,440
SANTAL MIDY
These tiny Capsules
superior
to Copaiba, Cubebs, and Injections-cure
the same diseases as these drugs.
in forty-eight hours without inconvenience.
Hach Capsule Sants the name
SAFE
LADIES REMEDY
For functional troubles,delay, pain and those irregularities peculiar to
the 801-
APIOLINË --ICHAPOTEAUCA Prescribed by the highest French Medical anthorities and superior to Tansey, steel Drops and Penny royal.
CHAPOTEAUT, &, r. Vivienne, Paris
Width of Entrance un Bottom... Water on Blocks at Spring Tide
PATENT SLIP
387,959
2,790,479 3,211,918
15.901.330 22,071,130 29,390,722 26,513,535
regards
295,944,974 512,888
UNTOUCHED BY HAND.
VELLIN'S
FOOD
For INFANTS and INVALIDS
MELLIN'S FOOD is free from Starch. When prepared is similar to Breast Milk. MELLIN'S FOOD WORKS TECKHAM LONDON, ENGLAND.
35,263,994 Flour and Karossas may in some measure bo
3,014,326
due to the anticipation of the imposition of 1,205,983
heavier dalies after July 1st, but mainly 5,064,949
to the demand caused by the necessity of 13,522,34 7,511,449 providing military supplies. The resumption to North-China and the return of navigation $276,966 4,418,512 to a normal condition of Manchurian tende are 5,561,301 responsible for the increase in the import of Beaus and Oil-cake. The purchase of steamers 29,706,639
continued to fill the gap caused by the requisition of rassels by the Government for the transport, 182,396,955
service.
The falling-off in the import of Sugar 237,017
my be attributable to the large arrivals in the previous year and the decreased consumption on account of the rise in price. The increass in the import of Dye Staffs it due to the recovery of the market, which suffered
depression
after the out-
Ro-imported
'Total Y 256,482,862 Y 182,634,872 Of the 26 principal articles of import on umerated above, with the exception of a decrease As will be seen from the above, the exports of Y7.520.000 in Sngar, Y2/40,000 la Coal, and temporary shes an increase compared with last year of 19 sane decrease in Korosane and the number of break of hostilities. Amongst the articles Steamere purchased, all the other merchandise not enumerated in the above list, there are million yen in respect of China and Koves
#hows more or less increase. The most note-many, including Provisions, Cloths and Cloth- There are decreases, however, as Europe generally, the exports to Great Britain, worthy ars Rawr Cottco, Woollen Cloths, Iron, ing, which have increased from the same
SHIFTING France, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Kusain Machinery und Leather. In the first half of last sanse as Dye Stuffs. ail showing more or less dealine. The game is your there was a falling-off in the import of Rat
The number of vassals that eufered and the ciss with British Indio, British America, Colton owing to the great rise in price, but o
sprang up in the autumn on a fall cleared from the various ports during the half- demand and Andralia, but some increase is noticeable large
taking place, and the markot continued active year ander roview was 7,489 or 13,976,000 tons with regard to the United States.
in the aggregate. Of these, vessels flying the The increase of exports to China and K ores throughout the first six mouths of this year. was principally dua ta the increased sale of A large percentage of the Import has no doubt Japanese flag totails! 1,470,000 tone, or a little more than 10 per cent., which, as against the ban used for the manufacture of cloth to Suitable for vassole up to 1,000 tons gross,
Cotton Yarn, Cotton Cloth, Towels, Matoben.
The increased
eased roturas of the sasso period of 1903-before the Umbrellas. Copper, Porcelain, Beer, ate. The the wilitary requiremonts. THE WORKS are well equipped with decrease of exports to Europe was owing to the import of Cotton Cloths is in some measure
attrintable to the smaller importation in the walowa & falling of of 27 per cent. Classi LATEST PLANTS and APPLX-falling-off in Habatan, Law Silk, Tes, Rien, attr
BUILDING ANCES to undertake
Vegetable Camphor,
Wax, Copper, Straw Pinit, previous year, but the increment in Duck, Salt fled according to the flag:-
Flag. REPAIRING SHIPS. ENGINES, and and other exports. As regards the United Cloth, and Grey Shirtings was largely due to BOILERS: and also ELECTRICAL
States, withough a dimination was eleva inthe demands of the military. The same CLUSE WORK.
Straw Phit, Camphor, etc., the export of is also applicable to the increases in Wool, Wool Thread, Blankets, Woollen Cloths, Hemp, A LARGE STOCK of MATERIAL is Raw Silk. Habutée, and Porcelain, at larger Hempen Cloths, Iron, Machinery, Logo- always kept on hand,
The COMPANY has the powerful steamer than in the preceding year, thus showing & motivos, Leather and other articles which In the import trade Great Britain showed an are not specified in the foregoing list. The increase as against the corresponding period of increase in Paper was probably due to the rise 1904 of 31 million yen; the United States of 38 in price owing to the smaller import last year. million you. It is a soteworthy fact that the Increased importatica of ice, Beans, Whest,
"OURA-MARU" (712 tons, 700 LHP. opecially built for SALVAGE PURPOSES squipped with necessary gear, always ready 1353 ¡Short Notica
Tex.
slight increase in the total.
meet
STEAMERS.
No.
Toomge.
Japanese British.... United States German
1,48,754
2463
7.122,236
*387*** 1,715,000
1.745 333
103
221,469
1.157 404
1,196,072 496,631
French... Norwegian Others
· 7,488, 13,968,50175_
2,262 Although the entrance and clearance of Japaness vessels nusilerably fell off in the first half of last year in consequence of the requisition by the Government of large vessels as transporte, their amber and tanage showed an increase this year. This is due to the purchase of more than 100 foreign vessels sines the outbreak of the war and also to the captars Japanese stators at the end of Juas, 1940s, of many others. Altogether the tonnage of showed an increase of some $20,000, as com pared with that at the end of 1993. The number of foreign vessels plying to Japanese. ports has increased with the decline of Japanese shipping. The tonnage of Norvegian vessel for instance, showed an increws of about 34 per cent. compared with the first half of 19.15 and that of British, United States, and German ships also showed an increase both in number and tonnage. French ships remained stationary.
-Japan Chronicle.
ISITORS TO CANTON,
Shonid purchase "FROM HONGKONG TO CANTON BY THE PEARL RIVER."
BY
CAPTAIN. V. -LLOYD (8.8..." Hangow
With Illustrations, Maps and Pli
Prico...
On Sale at-
Hongkong:
31
Canton:
$1.90
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