WITSU
BANKS
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK,
BISHI DOCKYARDHE Basiness of the above Bank is cond to
AND ENGINE WORKS,
NAGASAKI
CODE WORD, "DO"K,"
A., A.B.C., and Engineering Colo
NEW DOCK NOW OPEN.
Used
DOCK No. 3,
Extreme Longth...
722 foot.
Length on Blocks
714
Width of Entrance on Top
961
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Width of Entrance on Hotlom...
88)
Water on Blocks at Spring Tide
344
Extreme Length...
Longth on Blocks
DOCK No. 1.
Width of Entranco on Top
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Width of Entranco on Bottom... Water on Blocks at Spring Tile
DOCK No. 2.
Extreme Longth......
Length on Blocks
Width of Entrance on Top
Width of Entrance on Bottom... Water on Blocks at Spring Tide
PATENT SLIP.
52il Cent 513 SA
77 *
$71 feet.
Bi
66
A
53
22
Suitable for vessels up to 1,000 ICE WORKB are well equipped with THE
LATEST PLANTS and APPLI ANCES to underinke BUILDING Br REPAIRING SHIPS, ENGINES. Lid BOILERS; and
ELECTRICAL WORK.
also
A LARGE STOCK of MATERIAL ie always kept on hand,
ted by the HONGKONG ANDSHAND- HAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rule may be obtained on appifestion,
INTEREST on deposita is allowed at 31 PER CENT. per annum.
Depositore may transfer at their opti balances o 7100 or more to the Hongkong All 3HANOHA BANE to be placed or FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT. per ansta
For the HONGKONG AND SHABOHA
BANKING CORPORATION,
J. R. M. SHITH,
Obief Manawar.
24 Fenekeng, let May, 1902
DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK.
CAPITAL. FULLY PAID UP... Sh. Twain 7,500,00
HEAD OFFICE-SHANGHAI. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ÜḥRLIN.
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BEANCHERI
Berlin, Caloutte, Bankow, Peking. Tiantair, Tsinnafu, Tsingtao, Yokohama,
Founded by the following Banks and Bankers :- KORNIGLICHE SEEHANDLUNG (PARCERISOKE STAATSHANK) Berliu.
DIRECTION DER DIS00NTO-
GYMELLECHAPT
DEUTSCHE BANK
S. BLEICHROEDER
BEELINEK
GESELLSCHAFT
HANDELS-
BANK FUEL HANDEL UND
INDUSTRIE
ROVERT WARSCHAU SE & CO. MENDELSSOHN & Co..
The COMPANY has the powerful steamer "OURA-MARU" (719 tome 700 1.H.P.. A. vor RoruscaiLD & opecially built for SALVAGE PURPOSES equipped with necessary gear, always rosy Short Notice.
1.95
BANKS
'ONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK-
ING CORPORATION
PAID-UF CAPITAL............
REUERTE FUND--
STERLING RESERVE...811,000,000
SILVER RESAKVE
་བ་
9,500,000
.$10,000,00
—————————$10,500,00 RAHURYE LIABILITY OF PROP'TORS.$10,000,0
COURT OF DIRECTORS.
A, HAUPT, Esq.-Chairman. Hon. Mr. C. W. DICKSON-Deputy Chairman. E. Cootz, Esq.
N. A. Biebs, Esq.
C. R. Lensmann, Esq.
G. H. Medhurst, Esq.
D. M. Nissim, Es
A. J. Raymond, Esq.
Hon. Mc. R. Showau
H. A. W. Slado, Esq.
H. E. Tomkins, Esq.
CHERY MANAGER
Boogkung-J. R. M. SMITH
MANAGER:
banghai-H. E. R. Hunter.
LONDON BANKERS-LONDON AND COUNTI BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED.
HONGKONG-IstenssT ALLOWED.
On Current Account at the rate of Twe po Cout.jer Annnm on the daily balance.
Ox 1x Teposits,
For 3 months, 2) per copt, per AusumL- For months, 3 per cont. per Annum. For 12 months 4′ per cent, por Abuum.
J. R. M. TIET
Chief Maine-
21
Hongkong, 4th April. 1906
SOEHNИ
Berlin.
Frankfurt
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, APRIL 19гx, 1906.
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
MOTREL EARTH'S WARM WAVE-UNRELIABLE FEVER INDICATOR NOVEL WECT- FLORAL GIANTS-PRESSURE OF KADIUM EMANATION HONING FRIGATE-BERDS--AU- TOMATIC PHOTOGRAPH-PRINTING A NEW
GERMLIGHT FROM FURNACE WASTE.
That the earth is growing temporarily warmer is shown by tho mounthin glaciers. These are made by varying temperature and moisture to increase and diminish in aize during periods of years that may be found to be more or less regular cycles, and a period of quite geveral dearcasa bogan about forty-five years ago. Th has continuod, with many local interruptions, as in the ease of Glacier Blanc, which advanced from 1889 to 1896. The latest report includes ninety glaciors in the Swiss Alps, and many oibers in the French and Italian Alpa, in Norway, Grenland, the Cauciens, the Famir the North-Western United States, Westoru Canada and Africa, and prastically all are growing smaller, In the Savoy Alps and the Pyronnes small glaciers have quite disappeared.
Medical thermometers ava espanted to be accurate, as misch depends upon theu. Since the begining of rorification recently at a French laboratory, is of the instruments have been tested, and 50 por esat. have failed to satisfy the required conditions of securacy, their errors exceeding the admissible 0.15 degree. French patients, therefore, appear to bean mostly watched with faulty thermometers,
?hasce
A new product of the German ohomists is a/M."banane essence," a syrup whose taste is at first coustic and then bitter and then sweet, Dr. T. Gigli has found by analysis that it contains 4 per cent, of saccharine in a base like pyridine, bat a solution of saccherino in pyridine did not yield the substance,
JACOB S. H. STEN NOBDUKUTSCHE BANKIN HAMBURG, Hamborg BAT. OPPENHEIM, JE, & Co., Koeln. BAYERISCHE HYPOTHEKEN UND WECHSEL
BANH, HUENCHY.
LONDON BANKERS: Moasra. N. M. RoTourLD & SONI THE UNION OF LONDON AND SMITH'S
BANK, LIMITED. DROTSCHE BANK (BERLIN), LONDON AGENCY DIRECTION DUE DISCONTO GRRULLACHIFT,
INTEREST allowed on Currant Account. DEPOSITS received on terms which may he learned on application, Evory description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
HUGO SUTER,
Acting Manager. Hongkong 14th March 1906,
THE
YORUBA LIMITED.
ESTABLISHED 1880,
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Much of our textile materials now comes from the mines. Silk rustles with 36 per cent. of salts of tin, flannel is weighted with Epsom salts, and linen tablecloths are made feum cotton filled with China elay and starch.
The largest flower in the world has hoon supposed to be that of Rallesin Arnoldi, which forms the entire plant, and grows to a diam-ter of three feet as a Rat, circular parasite on trees in Java and Sumatra; but a still larger, single YOKOHAMA SPB01E BANK Specimens weighing as much as 22 pounds, has been reported to sxist in Mindanao, one of the Philippines. A German anthority now declares that the largest flower yat discovered is pro- daced upon one of the Aroidese of Sumutro. The plant has a leaf that may attain a circum- ference of 50 feet, and this isif-stam is a column 12 fast high and fest in circumference. The fully expanded flower takes the shape of a mammoth funnel 4 fostia diameter. It is light green or white outside, and the interior is wine red and velvety. The pistil, creamy yellow and 5 feet high, has a penetrating odoar.
CAPITAL SUBAORTBED ... Yon 94+DNI CAPITAL PAm-up CAPITAL UNCALLED
REERYE FUND... SPECIAL RESERVE FUND
Tokyo Овака
London
13
►
5+
18,000,000 40mg 0 10.5000
1,000,000
IBAN OFFICE YOKOHAMA
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES.
Kobe Nagaki Lyone New York Honolulu Bombiv
Nawshang
San Francisco
Rhanghai
Tialny
Port Arthur
Tientsin
Peking Mukden
Chefoo Tie-ling
LONDON BANKERS.
NTERNATIONAL BAN
ANKING Tun Lonsor JOINT STOCK BANK, 1.IMIT
NORPORATIÓN.
CORPORATI
Fiscal Agenis of the United States in Ch
the Philippine Islands and the Republic of Panama.
CAPITAL AND SULPTUK
AUTHORISED
CAPITAL PAID UP...
RESERYE FUND
...Gold $10,000,000
...Gold $3,230,000 Gold $3,250,000 HEAD OFFICE: New York. LONDON OFFICE: Threadusedle House, E.C. Branches and Agents all over the World. LONDON BANKERS,
NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND
LIMITED,
UNION OF LONDON AND SMITH'S BANK, LIMITED,
BRITISH LINEN COMPANY BANK. The Corporation transacts every description of Banking and Exchange business, receives money in Current Account and accepte Fixed Deposits at the following rates :---.
For 12 months 44 por cent. per annum,
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4.
9, Queen's Road, Central,
17
H. PINCKNEY;
Manager.
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Hongkong, 20th September, 1905,
THE BANK OF TAIWAN LIMITED
THE
(INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL IMPERIAL CHARTER
PARE'S BANE, Limitan. THE UNION OF LONDON AND SMITER BANK LIMITED.
HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLʊWRD, -
On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent per annum on the daily balance.
On fired deposite for 12 months 5', pera. DUE
6 3
"
TAKEO TAKAMICHI’
Manager.
Hongkong, 27th March, 1906.
[613
"Logo" a hydrocarbon by product from the manufacture of blast furnace coke, is being tasted in Paris for lighting streets, with a view especially of having it es a reserve in case of failure of electric light or gas. The light is claimed to be even softer than that from alcohol. A 100 candle lusol light costa half a cent BIL hour, and the domsatio lamp gives doable the | light of paratin at half the cost.
The tantalum electric lamp has been followed by the tantalito pon. This has been patented in Germany, and is expected to come into extensive use in competition with atcol and gold rit
LONDON'S NEW AMUSEMENT.
KINGSWAY TRAMWAY.
GREGOR & CO.,
19, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, 1ST FLOOR.
CHIANTI
WINE
FROM U. FAZZINI, FLORENCE.
new doctric alerground tramway batwoun The London County Council in opening the Aldwych and Holborn has provided Londoners LATEST AWARD : with a fresh amusement in the shape of a delightful switchback,
The tramway starts at the Angel, traverses part of St. John Street, Rosebery Avenue, and Theobald's Road, then dives underground opposite Kingsway, and proceeds beneath Kingsway to Aldwych. The ultimate aim of the Connvil is to the Strand to the Embankment and thenes to to continue the subway beneath
send the trams which have come from Islington over Westminster and lilackfriars Bridges to the southern parts of the metropolis.
B
"We rouched the first station, Holborn, is exactly ous minute twenty seconde," writes THE privileged passenger in the Daily Mail. "It had been a quiet, uneventfel run, swift and smooth. We almost complained of its lack of incitant, being unaware of what was yet to come. We left folborn station and lost sight of the down line, baying now a tunnel to ourselves. We found ourselves roaning amoothly and swiftly downhill, and the before we frealised it we had passed the dip and ere painfully climbing the incline towards the light
It was a great pull up, and the tromcar groaned with the effort. The inolias is one in twelve. The sensation in the sloping! our was similar to that which one gets in being hauled to the top of the water chate at Ear:'s Court, Builderly we were in the light of day and on the way to Islington,
"We had great expectations for the return journey down the slope-and they were realised. We steered through an admiring crowd to the entrance of the tunnel, and the wanting for ward rushed down it. The sensation was glorious It was like a switcħback without tho sudden shocks. We were dropping through space. Far belúad there come running a photographer whom we had tempor ily dropped, but Eur ander Holborn, and then our pace was eased by whom it was now impossible to step. We passed
the alcort upward slope into the station. It was great experience. The best of it was one felt perfectly rate. It is certain that no sport-loving Londoner will miss this treat."
FAMOUS WOMAN DEAD.
THE LATE SUSAN 3, ANTHONY. Susan Brownell Anthony, the well-known advocate of wouiao's rights is America, is dead, Elie saccumbed to an attack of paeumonia at Rochester.
Nearly ninety years ånd passed over the head of this remarkable woman, who had been campaigning for over half a osutary in the cause she had made her own.
Her face, framed in whita hair, had av expression of muscnline strength, and though she was not angraceful or auwomanly, she paid no special attention to feminine arts. Yet she was exceedingly foud of children, and though unmarried, was quite motherly in her tenderness for them.
Not many years ago au interviewer, with characteristic American sourage, asked her it she und ever been in love.
The explosion of 'radium taba reported by a Gorman investigator gives an idea of the force the emitted gas may store up when con- fined. A small tube of glass a fiftieth of au inch thick contained half a grain of the pares radium brom ide, and after having been sented apelo ven months it had Leon placed in a bath of bees in love a thousad times!"
*in 1 ve?" langhad the old lady. "I've liquid air. Three minutes after remoral the
Really
gasped the reporter, taken aback tube burst. The glass and the radiam were by this startliar confession. scattered about, the particles of the lattering her snowy had, but I've never loved "Yes, really." Assorted Miss Anthony, undd- shining in the dark like a starry sky, and it is soyons so much that I thought it would last. estimated that a pressure of 20 atmospheres In fact I auvor felt that I could give up my was cxerted,
"
freedom to become a men's housekeeper "
When I was young," she added, "if a girl married poverty she became a drudgo; if she arried wealth she became a doll. Had I married at twenty-one I would have been either
Homing pigeons are not the only bird let'er. earriors Attention has jast been called to the frigate-birds, which missionaries in the Southa drudge or a doll for fifty-tra years Think Sea Islands forward to islands from which they
THE MERCANTILE BANK (Fwish to get communications, and which on
THE
INDIA, LIMIT„D.
AUTHORISED CAPITAL
SUBSCRIBED
PAID-UP...
RESERVE FUSD ..........4038424
£1,500,000 1,125,000 562,500 110,000
BANKBES: LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, Limited.
INTEREST allowed on Current Aucquate at the rate of 2o, per sanum on the Dally balanor. ON FIXED DEPOSITS- For 12 month......
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26
E. ORMISTON, Manager. flongkong, 26th March, 1906
EDERLANDSCHE HANDEL
'ÇAPITAL SUBSCRIBED ....... You 5,000,000 N
CAPITAL PALD-EF
144TOKATEDRA
2,500,00
READ OFFICE: TAIPнH, FORMOSA –
Amey
Anping
Foochow Koalung
BRANCHES AND AGENZIES:
Kobe
Nagasaki
Osaka
Shanghai
HONGKONG OFFICE:
3, DER VEUX ROAD,
קט
Tainko
TamBui Tokio Yokohama
Interest allowed
Currant Account. Deposite received on terms which may be learned on application.
8. SHIGENAGA, Manager, Hongkong, let November 1904. [2478
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA THE CUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
NCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 195: HEAD OFFICE London.
CAPITAL PAID-UP.. RESERVE LIABILITY OF
HOLDERE...*$ RESERVE FUND.....
SHARE.
£800,00
****£800,000
...£875,000
INTEREST allowed on Current Account a the rate of 2′′), per znauta on the Daily balances, On Fixed Deposits for 12 months 4 per cent
MAATSCHAPPIJ (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY). Established 1824.
PAID UP CAPITAL FL. 45,000,000 (£3.759,000) RESERVE FUND... FL. 5,000,000 (£117,000)
HEAD-OFFICE IN AMITTEDAN.
·HEAD-AGENCY: Batavia. Branches-Singapore, Penang, Shanghai, Rangoon, Samarang, Sourabays, Cheribon, Tegal. Pecalongan, Fasoerogan, Tjilaljup, Padang, Medan (Deli), Palembang. Kotu Radja, (Acheen) Telok-Semne, (Acheen) Bandjarmasin.
boing released fly straight to their armstomed perches in their old homes.
Numerous experimouts have seemed to show a loss of weight when certain substances redet upon each other, and Prof. Landolt, of Berlin, is seeking to discover The cause mystifying anomaly.
of it!" and Miss Anthong laughed again.
Apollinaris
**THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS,'
HAS BEEN AWARDED
of this The Royal Prussian
State Medal, 1902
AND THE
Aa electric apparatus for automatically producing bromide printa is a Belgian photo. Gold Exhibition-Medal, graphic novelty. The sensitized paper is by the apparatus applied from a roll against the negative, an incandescent lamp is then turned on for a predetermined time and after this
Düsseldorf, 1902
GRAND PRIX, St. Louis, 1904.
exposure the paper is removed from the negative Annual Sale 30,000,000 Bottles
and it goes to a dark box. The process in repeated until the number which the apparatus has been set to print is finished. A cheostat is. arranged to adjust the exposure from I to 200 cords, and at the end of the printing a ratchet device causes an electic bell to ring. The whole apparotas in operated by a battery of four accumulators.
General paralysis of the insane, popularly known as "oroeping paralysis" and akis to locomotor ataxia, bes been suexp/ctedly Correspondents at Macassar, Bombay, traced to busil by Dr. Ford Robertson Colombo, Madras, Pondicherry, Calcutta, and other Edinburgh tenturiologists. It is Bangkok, Saigon, Haiphong, Hanoi, Amoy, Yokohama, Kobe, Melbourne, Sydney, New altogether different from ordinary paralysis, York, San Francisco, &c., &0.
which is due to injury of nerves or nerve contros. It afforts patients maatally s
LONDON BANKERS:——
THE USION OF LONDON AND SMITH'S BANK, well as physically, mental exaltation being com.
LIMITED.
non, and the new theory is that the germs of The Bank bays and solls and receive for the disorder ars germinated in the alimentary collection Bills of Exchange, isssos lottors of tract; and entering the blood attack the brain. credit on its Brenahos and Correspondents in
The conclusion is the result of bacteriological the East, on the Continent, and in Great Britain, America, and Australia, and transactstudios since 1872. Banking Business of every description."
INTEREST ALLOWED.
On Current Accounts 2% per annum on daily
+
balances.
Fixed Deposits 12 months 41% per annum.
do.
6 do. .4% do. do.
3 do. 332 do.
L. ENGEL, Agent.
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"T. P. COUHRANE,
Manager.
114
Hongkong, 1st March, 1900.
Hongkong, 18th May, 1905.
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1106-10
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The first Essential
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at least every morning and evening.
is
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