S.
INTIMATIONS,
INSURANCES
MOUTRIENORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN-
& CO.. LTD.
PIANOFORTE
MUSIC WAREHOUSE.
SOLE AGENTS
FOL
INSURANCE COMPANY. TOTAL FUNDS AT 31er DEMBEE, 1905 £17,887,119.
ANDI.FI
RACHEL, PLEYEL, ROSENKRANZ,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31st, 1907.
JOHN WHITE'S HALF-YEARLY
SHIPPING REVIEW.
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Very
Baltio
derable business has continued out to West | Coast of Amarisa, but labour charges on the Coast are
vary beary, delays long, and homeward employment" nominal, American, 23a, Great St. Helen's, Lofdos, E. Classe Black Ses, markets, homewards have been July, 1907.
low throughout the half-year. It was an old saying, but never more true outward and homeward freights have been than of iste, that the metal market is a reliable little better than the previous year. The seal barometer of trade. During the past two years trade from Tyne and Wales to the Continent this market has been advancing, and trade in has been very solive, and sizes of steamers all parts of the world has exceeded all previous
700 tons being engaged from the Tyne to the 97899ls. This enormous trade has only been employed largely inocossed, steamers up to
by the means of transit supplied by continent. shipping, but it is unfortunately the fact that
has been
en the industry that has least benefited 1 by 1 this activity. This practical lesson ought to y itself
upou shipowners, who appear to
to bave been slow to realise the fact that over apply of tonnage and want of cohesion in fixing freights have prevented their reaping the benefit they should have derived from the great volume of trade that has been
preking
f. Authorised CAPITAL... £3,000,000 SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL..... 2,750,000 PAID-UP CAPITALU
687,500 FUND............. 3,886,720 19 The Undersigned, AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS
gainst FIRE at Carrent Rates.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., Apetica. Hongkong, 27th April, 1907. 1491 THE GLOBUS INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.
THE Undersigned, having been appointed KEMMLER, HOOFF & HOOFT, TAGENTS for the above. Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE
CARLOWITZ & Co. Hongkong, 13th August 1906, AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN- SURANCE CO. OF AIX LA-CHAPELLE
HOPKINSON, KOCH & KOR-it Current Raton
SELT.
PRICES FROM $100.
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The Latest GRAMOPHONES & RECORDS T HE Undersigned, having been appoittod AGENTS for the above Company, are always in stock,
prepared to ACCEPT BISKS against FIRE at Current Bates.
SOLE AGENT for the
GRAMOPHONE, AND TYPEWRITER
Co., Lu,
S. MOUTRIE. & CO., LD.,
York Building, Chater Road.
Hongkong, 13th April, 1907.
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Stato age, sr. perience, Nationality and Salary.
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FOR SALE.
TWO VERY VALUABLE PIECES OF LANDED PROPERTY Situato af CANTON near the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company's Wharf and facing the river. The lota contain by admeasurement 50"change" or thereabouts. Title Deeds can be soon at the Office of the Undersigned.
For further particulars, apply to
GOLDRING & BARLOW, Solicitors, 10, Queen's Head Central. Hongkong, 22nd May, 1907.
970
COLLECTIONS OF USED POSTAGE STAMPS IN PACKЯTS.
MIXED STAMPS,
500 for $ 3.00 - - -
"INTERPRETÉR,"
Hongkong, 30th July, 1907.
NOTICE
ASIATIC STAMPS.
100 for $0,80
E bag to inform the Public that we are
·molling
150
1.75
200
3.50
230
$.75
275
9.00
W
TINTO at 89,75 per dozon. · BRANCO $4.75
through MESSES. H. RUTTONJEE & SON, Hongkong, who will also supply you with our Price List for choicest Portuguese Winoa
FRANCISCO DOS SANTOR FERREIRA & CIA.
1266 Maran, 26th July, 1807.
I
of
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
sn Lufantry T is proposed to form
Company with A Detachment Cyclists. All who are desirous of joining are requested to apply personally at the VOLUNTEER HEADQUARTERS, morning or afternoon.
A. J. THOMPSON, Captain,
Staff Offer E.K.V.,
1265 Hongkong, 27th July, 1907.
OREGON PINE LUMBER.
DODWELL & COMPANY, LIMITED
have always in stock a supply of the above in all sizes. Prices may be obtained on application.
Hongkong, 26th July, 1907,
COGNAC.
1259
ESSRS. JEEJEEBHOY & CO., 25,
M Hollywood Read, beg to inform their
Uustomers and the General Publio that they now havo on Sale the following brands of COGNAŬ which are patronised by counais- seurs throughout Indo-China: -
Per case i doz, bottle.
BOUTILLIER, G BRAND & Co's $25.00
FELJI TYLLid & Co'a
GEORGES ROZEAU & Co's
Hongkong, 1st July, 1907.
16,50
14.50
1152
KUNG VIR GODOWNS.
A
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Godowns, Nos. 171 to 178, SHAK TONG TSUI, Praya West, on (M. Lot Nos. 204 to 205), formerly known as the Pa On Godowns, the lense for which having expired-have been taken possession of
by the Landlords, and business will be hare- after continued and r the name of the KUNG TIK GODOWNS The others are prepared to accopt gouds on storage at very Tooderato rates, and avail of the opportunity to give notice that loan at wost favourable rates of interest may be cbtained from the Undersigned against goods stored in the KUNG YIK Godowns, The Kong, Yix. GoDowns, Agouts The SAM WANG LAND INVESTMENT LOAN AND AGENCY COMPANY, LID.
SAM WANG & CO., LTD., TELEPHONE: No. 321, ADDRESS: 81, Queen's Road Central
YUX CHI, Managing Director.
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THE latest Method of the AMERICAN TESTS OF DENTISTRY.
33. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. From the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Hongkong, 17th April, 1907.
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MAIL TABLES
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Although the shipping transactions of the half year have been numerous, there has not been anything remarkable, and improvement will be passary in thỏ next six months to make the year at all satisfactory to shipbuilders aed shipowasra.
RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
TERMS OF THE FISHERY AGREEMENT,
It is understood that the terms of a general treaty botween Rasinaud Japan, as well as the specifio conventions regarding commerce and the Manchurian railway, havo bin sattled and will convention has already been signed ashery be signed shortly. The protocol of the fishery
avoid delay in view of the opening of the fishery
son,
According to the Novoa Vremý 1, the principal outlines of the fishery agreement are sa follows: Russia undertakes to grant to Japanese sub jeste the right of oatching and preparing all kinds
of
The year commonced with shipbuilders batter for orders given during the past six months employed than they are to day, there have been for ordinary cargu sismors. The high price of material sausos builders to require prices on contracts that owners of cargo steamers cannot follow. It will take long to appeonch equalising supply and demand in tongirection. The bat the bossation of ordera in all in the right Contrasts of the half-year have been mostly for regular liners,
specialitica sush oil caries and important orders from foreign linor owners. The Huer is now enoroaching so much into the tramp steamer's trade, by taking cargo from several ports to more than one part of disobarge, that the addition of such tonnage cannot nɔw fish and marine produce, with the exception of be viewed in the samo light as in the past, but otters and seals, along the whole extent of the is becoming a serious competition in market coasts of the Beas of Japan and Okbotek, froights.
likewise in Debring Strait All rivers the It is not very useful for comparison to give and 34 inlets are excepted from
Tus rights the half-year details of production, tonnage operation of the convention. building, sto, as such are lo a great extent, of fishing must be secured by definite carrying forward of orders given in the concessione, which will be put up to pabila previous year. Bach statistics are therefore auction, the Japanese Consni at Vladivostok deferral to my report issued at the beginning being notified at least two months beforehand, of the New Year.
Each concession confers the right, not only of catching bat of preparing fish, beading stacks, repairing craft and implements, and constrasting smoking and salting beds. Japanese ca celosnaires will pay the same rents for fisheries and buildings as those pald by Russian subjects, but Russia. agree to Tar no szport taxes or fish intended for Japan. Japanese further possess the right of employ ing Japanese labour for the preparation of fish except at the mouth of the Amar, and are exempt from regulations affecting the coasting trade. In all other respects they are subject to Iussian laws and regalations The - vention is ooreluded for a period of 13 years The Novoe Frenya points out that the Japanese bave already scoured 9 per cent of the
Prices of ready steamers, new and second-hand, are practically the arms as at the end of last year. The poor rates of freight current, in creased cost of cool, high wages of seamon and of labour discourage buyers and make sales more difoult.
Steel abip plates are now £7 10s. per ton, which was the price at the end of last year, although in January a little more Was demanded, Probably the market is a little firmer to-day then it was in December last. The high prica does not arise from shipbuilding ordera bat from the demand from abroad, especially Amerion, and also at home for raw material in conesquezse of the active trade in railway and building plaat. Coal haa boon high throughout the half-year, best steam coal in Walas touched 20a in Fe-concession, having outbid the Resins owing bruary, and is now 198., and in the Tyre has to cheapness of Japanese labour, The con- advanced from 12 d. in January to 14. 6d. pession tetohed 16200) rozbles (£16,000), now current. The prices of coal are higher also instead of 50,039 roubles (£5,000) as expiatel in New South Wales, India and all foreign The Novoe Vremya expresses alarm at this stations, and excaptionally higà on the West, poagsful invasion of the Enigian littoral. Coast of America.
Labour troubles have been numerous more especially abroad since the commencement of the year continuing the bad record of the previous your. Strikes provide nodesirable employment for stoomore by causing delay tu loading and discharging although minimising the over supply
of tonnage, but the injury to trade generally and to the work them- selves is incalculabile. There have been strikes
of labourers at New York, which, it is stated, Carbolic
onused some of the regalar liners to have. bring cargo back to England and tie Coali, gent, being unable to discharge such infime for the steamers to sail on their advertised: dates. This strike after many wooks ondod as nisual in the men returning to work on tho old terms. Strikes of ofloers and samen of German steamers, of workmen in German shipbuilding yards, of stevedores' man in H100- barg, the latter necessitated men to be sent from England-of seamen in French ships and also Italian steamers-Dock labɔnrərə at Trieste and Rotterdam-Coal labourers at Port Said Railwaymen and other labourers in South America
At home the Engineers' demsad for an increase in wages appears likely to be withdrawa. It is to be hoped for the mens' sike they will be content with their present good earnings, for it seems impossible for employers in the present state of trade and the very moderate prospect of new orders 16 concede and increase.
Combinations continue to extend amought shipbuilding and shipowning conceros. The combining of interest of Masses Harland and Wolff, Limited, of Belfast, and Messrs. John Brown and Co. Limited, of Clydebank and Sheffield, etc., etc., will doubtless be comprehen sive of every feature of complete shipbuilding, either of merchant ships or armoured warships. In shipovaing, combinations have been made by owners of British liner tonnage, and the sacas has been adopted amongst German Companies and by American Companies principally engaged in local serviOOK.
Since the e Commencement of the year the freight. war between British Companies and s German Company trading with India has terminatel. During the half year a Shipping Conference between the representatives of the United Kingdom, Anstra) and New Zealand has been held in London, and, so far as can be judged, does not appear to have resulted in any arrangement that will make the Colonial tredo more attractive to Briti h shipowners. At this and our Chancellor of the Exch quer sag rested Conference one of the Culovial representatívos
the removing or the reducing of Suez Canal dues to be an object worth aiming at. This question should certainly be aimed at very straight, the does bying such a heavy burden. remarks are made on this question: "It is an In my report of 1st January, 1906, the following International question that deserves attention, whether sach a highway baring repaid its cost with liberal interest, should continue to be a Joint Block 25 per omt, profit-earning enter prise or follow the rule with all bighways, and become free of tall, subject to provision for eIponses of upkeep. witnessed the passing by
The bolf
-year
our Parliament of an Act to include Besmen under the Workmen's Compensation Act enteil- ing an additional heavy charge on British vessels, and that increwing the disadvantage our ships work under as compared with foreign vastels. Increased expense of werking our ships has also been added by an amendment of the Mer- ebant Shipping Act, involving fastidious burdens in regard to provisioning of crows.
Freights. The half-year opened better than it closes, and outward cates havo advanced in of the decrease in homoward sequence mainly of
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HE HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LTD. I have now 40,000. Cubic Feet of Cold Storage available at EAST POINT. Btores will be Open at 10 AM. and 4 P.M. daily, Banday excopted, to receive and deliver perishable goods, and also influenced by great delays in discharging abroad. Detention has arisen at our coal ports by the facilities for leading being inadequate for the much gratar lugth of modera steamers With the exception of a rapid rite in freights from liver Plate, the end of January, which appeared to come as a great and contiuned firm for two months, Shows the dates of departure of the Mailer which they have dropped to 128. 6d. (up to Europe and America, and the dates of their river), there has not boon ady market of special expooted arrival at their destinations, as well as
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NEW LABEL
WATSON'S
TRADE MARK
FOR
64
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E
QUALITY
5
WHISKY
TRADE MARK
WATSON'S Scotch Whisky
VERY OLD LIQUEUR
Awatson-
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1, PRINCE'S BUILDINGS.
By Royal Warrant to
His Majesty
The King-
BOVRIL
is a true food and contains Albumen and Fibrine which go to form Blood, Bone, Brain and Muscle. Beef-teas and Meat Extracts are stimulants only.
BovkIL is liquid life.
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