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NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
HS Steamship
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"GOEBEN,"
having seriyod, Consignees of carge are| hereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Opium, Tressure and Valuables, are being landed and stored at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godownia of the Hongkong and Howloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, whenes delivery may be obtained.
No claims will be admitted after the Gends have left the Godowns and all goods remaining undialivered after the 23rd inst., will be subject to rent.
All broken chafed, and damaged Goods are
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OLD VAT
$15
THIS MAT MAN STAWTED BY THE LATE ROBERT THORKÉS
OF GREENGTH AND HAS BEEN SOLD AS WE SINCE 183)
to be let in the Golowas, whore, they SCOTCH WHISKY.
be examined on the 23rd inst., 9.30
All claims must reach us before the 27th lost,
or they will not be recognized.
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the undersigned.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
MELCHERS & CO.::
*Agenta..
Hongkong, 16th June, 1968.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM EUROPE.
THEHA. L. Steamship : :
4 ISTRIA,”
Captain Luning, havlug arrived, Consignes of Cargo aro hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for sounter signature by the Undersigned, and to take immediate delivery of their Goods from alongside.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded aalass notice to the contrary be given before TO-DAY. Any Cargo impeding for discharge will be landed into the hazardons and/or extra hard. cus Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, and stored at Consignées' risk and expense,
All Claims must be presented within ten days' of the steamer's arrival here, after which dato they cannot be recognised.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 25th instant, will be subject to rent.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 24th inst., at 3 P.M.
No Fire Insurance has been effected.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE, Hongkong Office.
Hongkong, 18th June, 1908,
971
BOSTON STEAMSHIP COMPANY. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM
STEAMSHIP "TREMONT."
TACOMA, VICTORIA, YOKO HAMA, KOBE, MOJT, AND
MANILA.
THE above Steamer having arrived, Con- THE
signees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bill of Lading for counter- signature and to take immediate delivery of. their Goods from alongside.
Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vonsel will be landed and stored at Consignees' risk and expense
No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any care whatever.
DODWELL & CO., LIMITED,
A gents.
Hongkong, 18th June, 1908.
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haring szived from the above Ports ConsigueER of Cargo by her are hereby informed that their -Goods will be delivered from alongside.
Carge Impeding the discharge or remaining on board after Noon, the 22nd June, will be Janded at Consignee's risk and expouse. No Fire Insurance will be affected, Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Lrog
General Managers. Hongkong, 19th June, 1908.
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"INDRA" LINE, LIMITED. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM NEW YORK YIA SUEZ CANAL. THE Company's Steamship
“INDRAPURA,“ having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their foods, are being landed and placed at their riak In the "Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns at Kowloon, where each
BISHI
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Cable Address, "IWĄSAKI," which applies to all Branch Offices, AI, ABC 5th Ed., Western Union Codes used
All Letters to be Addressed z MANAGER, MITSU BISHI Co
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SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, &
HANKOW.
AGENCIES
YOKOHAMA ; M. ARADA, Esq. CHINKIANG Messrs. GRABING & Co. MANILA: Mesra, MACONDRLY & CO. SOLE PROPRIETORS of Takashima Ochi, Namazuta, Shinnew, and Hojo Collieries
Sole Aguts for MIYAO sa? KISHIDAKE COALS.
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Y. SHIBUYA, Acting Mansger,
No. 2 Pedder Street, Hongkong.
Consignment will be sorted out mark by mark, PRINTING
and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are inndell,
Goods not cleared by the 25th inst, ut 4 P.M. will be subject to rent
No Fire Insuranos will be affected by us in any case whatever,
All damaged packages must be left in the Godoxus, and a certificate of the damage obtained from the Godown Company within ten days after the vessel's arrival here, after which no olaine will be recognised
Optional goods will be landed here yaless instructions are given to the contrary before Noor, TO-DAY,
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
Agents
Hongkong, 19th June, 1908.
ON SALE.
A FABLW OF THE
.974
RATES OF EXCHANGE
AT HONGKONG
FOR
DEMAND DRAFTS ON BOMBLY
On the Day Preceding the Departure of the English Mails from the Year of the Closing of the Indian Mints to the Free Coinage of Silver
FROM 1893 TO 1905;
ALBO
RATES FOR SOVEREIGNS, GOLD LEAF, BAR SILVER (From 1900), and other Useful Information. PRICE: $1 CASH.
On Sale at the "DAILY PRESs” Cilas, or Local Booksellers
AND
THE TONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 22ND, 1988.
RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD
SEVERAL MANAGHE'S MONTHLY REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS
The following is the monthly report of the General Manager of the Raab Australian Gold Mining Company, Limited:-
Gentleman, I herewith beg to submit my report on your mining and milling operations. The accompanying sheet of mine menany- ments and Basey results of prospecting work shows total of 900ft, for the period (4 weeks)
ander review, mals up of left. sinking, 163 driving, 349ft, cross-oatting and 33t. of sur fase prospecting, as against a total of 1,023. for the previous four weeks.
MINES.
Keman, 540ft. Level, Drive Sath-To this has been added 6ft., making a total of 40. The lode 60in, wide gires an assay of 5 dwt.
540. Leral, Drive North at 35lt. from the | Shaft-This has been advanood from 10 k
29ft. The lode 48in. wide is very poor, work has been stopped and the drive started North, on the Hanging Wall Branch at 121ft. from the Shaft,
---- 540!t.—Lavel, Drive-Bouth on-Hanging-Well. Branch.This has been driven lift, making a total of 43ft. The samples were taken over a width of 3 tu, mud give an average of 20det per for.
440. Larel, Drive South.-Horë 16ft. has been driven bringing the total to 410ft. Tie lode 48in. wide is worth 6dwt.
340, Level, Drive South-This and has bean driven 1588., making a total of 495ft.
340ft, Level, South, Drive in Stope-This han
been extended 7ft, making a total of 62ft. The lode 36in, gives 6dst, to the too. 340ft. Level, North, Hanging Wall Leader To this has been added 3ft, making a total of 227the lode 6 in, wido i worth 7dwt This drive has been connected by a crosscut to the main drive about 50ft, north of the Shaft.. 240ft. Level, North Drive on Branch, from Stope-This has been advanced 14ft. bringing the total to 1951t. The lode 72n, wide assays 4dwi
Crosscutting-For Slope Bling 178£t. · Stopea-Above the 140ft. Leval, 1 Stope. Lade B4in, wide and worth 5j1wt.
Above the 34t. Laval, 2 Stops Lode. 82n. wide and worth Swt.
Lode in:
Above the 240ft. Level, 1 Stope, wils and worth 4dwt,
STOP MINE.
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firms, The pallis, therefore, must be prepared for the abolition of one of the two classON shortly, and then, we have little don't, there will again be talk of a special class for foreigners-only-N-0. Daily News.
SHARE REPORT.
Moan Brick Georg & Co. ray in their weekly shere riport dated Hongkong 20th Jane, 1993 ---Batines during the week under review has been very slack indeed; several stocks have weakened and at the lose there are hardly any buyers to be found, except ata further reduction. The sterling demand rate of exchange on London closes at 1s 10-1/16d; while rates on Shanghai are Tla, 47, for a Bank T/T, and Tls, 74% for s three days' sight Private Bill. Cho rate in Shanghai on this for a three day' sight Private Draft being Tls. 741 Barailver in London is quoted 251d, and Console £973. The Bank of England twa” of discount romaine 23 'por coat while the private market rate of discount is 17 per cent.
BANK SHARES.—Early in the week, Hong- kong and Shanghai Bank shares sold at $760, but the rise in silver had an adverse influenos on the quotation, and shares have been done since at $755 and $7524, the market closing with sellers at $755; London quotes £78. 102. 04. Nationals are unchanged.
MARING INSURANCE SHARES.—Uniona kavo. sellers at 3790; other stocks under this heading are unchanged and without sales,
FIRE INSURANCE SHARES-A small lot of Hongkongs changed hands at #315, and more hares ste wanted. A few Chisnis sold at $93.
SHIPPING SHARES-Hongkong, Cauton and Macao Steamboat shares sold and are on offer at $291, but st $29 shares might be plaosd; this Company has purchased the s.. Hot Banga locally built bost of 457 tons gross. She has been placed in the hands of her builders, who constructed her in 1906, for a general overbaut and some alterations, and as soon as these have been effected, which will be in a few weeks, sha will be turned over to the Hongkong, Csaton and Macao Steambost Company, to be employed on the Maono-Canton Hine. We hear that she is well adapted for the trado, and that's son- dition of the purchase is further, that her sister ship, the 8.8. Zlo Ming, which used to run on the Macao-Hongkong line, is to be withdrawn, and not employed again either on the Hong- kong Maose line or on the Maobo-Canton line, Indo-Chines have estlers at $62 (preferred and-deferred combined), while London quotes-
1601 Level, Drive Bonth.-Here 801k, has£4. 5s. Od, and £1. 10%. Od. respectively, and been driven, making a total of 6827%. The lode
Blin, wide assays 24dwt
160ft. Lável, Drive North Est Lode --- This has boon taken from 114 to 131ft. lode 16in. wide assays 1j1wt.
The
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Crosscutting for Stope-filling-147ft. Stopes Abors the 170ft, level, 2 Stops. Lode 102in. wide and worth 7dal.'
ANDERSON BRANT,
The Shaft has been maak 12t, making the total depth 7424.
A temporary headgear has been raised and a cornish pumpffed in the Shaft
Work is now progressing favourably.
BUKIT MAZACCA.
No. 2 Level, North of No. 2 Shaft-On a small branch about 3in. wide a drive has been started and taken 3ft. Samples taken over 30in. gives 34dwb.
No 1 Level, South of No. 1 Shaft.This has been driven 18ft, making a total of 937t. There is a noticeable improvement in the lode, which for 48in. wide assays 41dyt.
Crosecutting for Sop Filling-18t lode in, wide and worth 7dwl.
Stopes. Abore the No. 2 Level. 1 stope, Surface Prospecting-Some 382 feet of driving, sinking and crosscutting has been done
General From the Wildey Tables 28 tons of concentrates have been won worth 126 ozs. per ton.
The excessive loan in milling time is due to the breaking of & Cam Shaft and alight, bresk. down to the electrical machinery mainly due to heavy lightning discharges.
The elose up of the Cyanide works gave 101 oze. of gold, equalling 85 per cent extraction, period of work 12 weeks. Tone treated 117,
The following are the Milling Returos for the same period:-
KOMAN,
Stamps: 4). Ein 28 days les 2.6 days for repairs and clean up.
Huntington Mill ran 28 days less 6.51 days for repairs and clean up. Ore Crashed: Koman 1,410 Stop 2,186
Total 3,555 tons.
Amalgam, Collected Retorted Gold Smelted Gold Average-Tield per ton
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2,272 oz. producing. 785.73.028. 771,125 ozs.
1,339 dwt. valne of tailings 391
CUKIT MALACCA. " No. 1 Milrad 233 days ( crashing 4,686 tons surface No. II
23ore and 230 tons Mine on.
Total Crashed 1,25 tons. Amalgam Collected 502 oxe. producing.. Retorted Gold
153 45 Smolled Goli
-059.00 Average yield per ton 1.56 dr
5,430, Total tons cathod .. Amalgam
2,774. 024. Smelted Gold 921,025 oza. Average yield per ton 3,301 dwt 101,000 ozs. Cyanide Gold Average Fineness of all Gole $91.64
W. I. MARTIN,
General Manager.
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THE SHANGHAI TRAMWAYS.
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Whon the fleat tramear made its appearuce on the Shanghai thoroughfares, while the Chinese watched its progress with open-mouthed astonishment, the first thought that came to the
BOOKBINDING mind of most foreigners was the desirability of
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BoaTNES CIRCULARS,
COMPANY PROSPECTUSES,
reserving a special compartment for Huropiane. It was widely sorted and as widely baliered, that unless this were done, foreigners would not use the trame at all. The trathway company believed that the first class tariff of fares would prare & sufficient barrier between native and foreign passengers, and there for the past t for mostus,
the resttar has restad, Yet with that COMPANY REPORTS & BALANCE SHEETS eklenose that is obaraoterietis of the travelling public, a large section of foreigners has not considered it worth while paying double the Boond class fare to avoid rubbing shouders with the Chloese, and on all the routes, except at the busiest time of the day, the first-class compartment is practically deserted. Posibly the advent of
summer will Cause il to be used more widely, but it
would be unwise to prophesy that this will happen while books of second ciass coupons
BILLS OF LADING,
FIRE MARINE INSURANCEFORMS STOREXHEPEES" PRIOR LISTS,
COMMERCIAL CODES,
COMMERCIAL REPORTS,
COMMERCIAL FORMS OF ANY KIND,
ALSO
CARDS, ZO.
MENU CARDS, VISITING CARDS, INVITATION Eain on sale at the Club. Be wide has the
LEDGERS & ACCOUNT BOOKS
MADE TO ORDER PERIODICALS BOUND AND BOOKS OF ALL KINDS BE-BOUND IN THE BEST MATERIALS.
Estimates furnished on Application to the Printing Departinent "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS" Office
ne of the salmon-ontoured coupons becometkat, anomalous as it may seem. it is the Chiness passengers who frequently have to travel first to avoid the crash in the second. At present it is too early for a rovision of fares to be enter tained but as the trams now carry about 3,000- passengers per day, and lose acent per passenger on the second-class fares, it is obvious that not. belog a philanthropie institution, the company
at no distant date be forced to make re presentations to the Council. At present only tes per cent of the daily rorenne comes from first-class, and as the fares are on an average double those in the second, this means that only about five per cant of the passengers travel
the Shanghai rate is Tis: 41; Chius and Manils have allora at $15. Douglas ohanged handa al 837, 13 ↑ and $36, and have father enquiries at $35. Old Star. Farries have been done at $25, while the new issue can be got at $15, Silos of Shell Transports have been effected at 46. closing with sellers; London, ofter quoting 476. 3d, has dropped to soliera' at 46%. 3d. Union Waterboats continue in de mand at 8103. but one saem to be available at that igure.
BFTINERIES-China Sugars are easier with a sale and a small lọt offering at $132;. Luzons are unchanged.
MINING SHARES-Charbonnages, are un- changed. Raab have sellers at $74. after males at $8 and 873; Chinise Engineering and Min- ing Company's shares are on offer st The 18..
DOCIS, WHARVER GODOWNS, &o-Hong- kong and Whampoa Docks, after smill sales at $107, 106, $105 and $194, are obtaisable at latter mats. Fonwiars, as well as Now Amoy Decks, are unchanged Shanghai Dooks sold in the early part of the week to the North at s. 88 and Tis, 87, but the market has failan since to sellers at Tls. 80; Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company shares have been done at rates ranging between 851 and $62, closing with probable sollen at $51. Shanghai and Hongkow Place hare advanced to hayers at Tle. 2371.
LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS-Hong- kong lands are offering at 888. A faw Kow- loon Lands sold and have buyers at 826 West Points bare sellers at 948 and Hongkong Hotels at $95. Humphrey's Estate shares sold and have buyers at 0. Shanghai Lands have ims proved to Tls 124.
COTTON MILLS.Ewos have dropped another Tsel and are quoted Tls 56.. Other Shanghai Mille are unchanged. Hongkong Cottons changed bands at Sil
SUNDRY MANUFACTURING COMPANIES ——
China Light and Powers bave been done at 863, Hongkong Electrice fetched $16, and Green Island Comests $104. Ices have been done and are wanted at $225. Other stocks mnder this heading ato unchanged and without transactions,
M180ELLANEOUS-China-Borneos have been placed at $102. Langkats have risen to Tls. $221, or the 2nd quarterly dividend of Tis 10
Watkine per share, peid on 15th instant.
Weise. found buyers and are wanted at $3. maan have buyers at $150. In other stooks ander this heading nothing has been done and quotations are unchanged.
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