Brains of Steel
"BRUNSVIGA"
CALCULATING
MACHINE
GRIMME, NATALIS & Co.,
BRAUNSCHWEIG.
For inspection apply to the
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, HAY 80TH, 1911.
COMMERCIAL.
--
EXCHANGE
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
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Telegraphic
Transfor
Bank Bills, on domand
May 29th.
1/98
194
Bank Bills, at 30 days" sight sizind Bank Bills, at 4 months right...1/94 Credits, at 4 months' sight.
T1/10 Documentary Bills 4 months aight1/108
Sole Representative for Hongkong and China: ON PARIS
HUGO C. A. FROMM,
+
HONGKONG, 4, QUEEN'S BUILDINGS, TEL. No. 960.
Bank Bills, on demand Credite, at 4 months” eight........
THE CIGARETTES OF DISTINCTION
232
ON GERMANY ****
On demand;,
...1844
ON NEW YOBY
Bank Bills, on demand
[14
Credits, at 60 days' sight
ON BOMBAT
Telegraphic Transfer
1344
FABRIQUE DE -> CIGARETTES EGYPTIENNES
Bank, on demand......
ON CALCUTTA :---
Telegraphie Transfer..
..1344
Bank, on demaga,...
.135
ON SHANGHAI:-
Bark, at sights Private.
743
D. SCHOLTE & Co., AMSTERDAM.
Exceedingly well placed for export of
ENAMELLED GOODS. PORCELAIN.
SINGLETS, SWEATERS. WHITE AND GREY SHIRTINGS.
SPANISH STRIPES. DRILLS AND
Sole Representative for Hongkong and China:
HUGO C. A. FROMM,
HONGKONG. 4, QUEEN's BUILDINGS, TEL. No.,960,
Hoehl
goût americain
16
Extra Dry
Sole Representative for Hongkong and South China Hugo C.A. Fromm, Hongkong.
FOR
Bingapore
Pakho and Haiphong
Victoria and Tacoma
Eratow, Amoy and Voschew
Swatow and Shanghai
Bangkok
Manis, Colu and Iloilo
30 days' right
ON YOKOHAMA--On demand ON MANILA:-On demand-Pesos- ON SINGAPORE -On demand.
ON BANGKOK-On demand.. SOVEREIGNS, Bank's Buying Bate GOLD LEAF, 100 fine, per tael...... BAR BIIVER, Fer 05. Ta
Chinese......20 cents pieces......$7.15 discount.
MASPERO FRERES
BOUTON ROUGE
£7
********** 888843) a=3a 3*,
Bouton Rouge
and Felucca
A LUXURY TO
"THE MAN
OF TASTE
IN 50's & 100's
HERMETICALLY SEALEDBOXES
at $4.20 AND $2.80 ̧ PER 100
FROM ALL TOBACCONISTS.
FELUCCA
MASPERO
FABRIQUE PAN Máspero FriAESLU.
DANS LEUR MANUFACTURE AU
CAIRE.EGYPTE
THE NESTLÉ & ANGLO-SWISS
CONDENSED MILK CO.
CHAM (SWITZERLAND) AND LONDON.
Anther. Famous Product of the above
Company is lis
Milkmaid STERILIZEN
BRAND
Milk
QUARANTEED FULL CREAM.
LARGEST SALE
IN THE WORLD.
NATURAL MILK.
A trial of which will satisfy you of its EXCELLENCE,
PRICE:
20 Cents-Per Tin $2.30......Per Doz, Tins. $9.00......Per Case of 4 Doz. Tips.
ON SALE AT-
LAND, CRAWFORD & Co. KWAN TYE, Queen's Road Central. CHEONG TYE, Queen's Road Central. MAN YUEN, Queen's Road Fast.
NAM KING LOONG, Queen's Road Central. MUTUAL STORES, Queen's Road Cantral. HONGKONG CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY,
11, Caine Road.
152
ON BATAVIA-On demand
1081
ON HAIPHONG:--On demand ON SAIGON: On demand..
.1 *1.pm.
842
811.00
857.20
24-d
SUBSIDIARY COINS.
-MANDERO Fitzkis L'e sATS LEUK :
per cant.
LCAIRE EGYPTE.
Chinese 10
Hongkong...20
Hongkong...10
$7.55 " *****7.08 ......87.21 +3
35]
SHARE LIST.-QUOTATIONS.
HONGKONG, MAY 29TH, 1911.
BTOOLS.
LANK
Hongkong & Shanghat Bank Corporation
NO. OF BRABES.
120,000
VALUR. PAID VE CLORING QUOTA
$125
all
TIONS CASH. 8890, sallera
€86.10
National Bank of Chins, Limitell
99,925
£6 $83, buyers
$12
$9.
China Horzen Company, Limited
50,00
85
China Light and Power Company, Limited. {
$1
$1.15, sales
China Provident, Loan & Mortgage Co., L... COTTON MILLS,
200,000
810
87.
20,000
50
Tla. 85.
$10
$4, bayers
10,000 Els. 75
8,000 Tle. 100
Tis, 474. The. 57.
20,000 T 50 40,000
Tlx. 20.
373
$6 $203, buyers
(670-22
60,000 ! 60,000
$50 $50
all $48.
all 1534.
10,000
Bll || $7), sal, & buy.
55,700 Tis. 100
Tls, 60.
36,000 Tls. 100
Tla. 87, sales
18,000
$26
sellors
***
400,000
$16
$34, buyers
7,000
10
$195,
4
60,000
$10
all $214.
12,000
8,000
$501
all 8115,
$75,
15,003
PL 10
811
60,00
$25
8185.
60,000
710
2163, buyers
15,000
$10
$7 $74, buyers
TRADE "MARK-
10,000
$250
$50 $175. buyers
20,000 $100
$20 $118, buyers
24,000 4000 10,000
$250 12,400
883.33
$25 $105, buyers
$250
350 $325, sellers
£15
45 Tls.155, buyerS
$100 $815.
192
30,000 150,000
$100
893, buyers
$10
$6, buyera
6,000
550
$30 $25, buyers
78,000
50
TIK, 99.
12,500
$50
$47.
***
16,000
ea. 200
$700.
THE
200,000
4
£1
$2.30.
25,000
$10
all
8122: x div.
50,00
-$1
$1, buyers *d.
75,000
$10
all 25, buyers
GIN
++
China Sugar Retining Co., Limited Luzon Begar Bolining Co., Limited STEAMSHIP COMPANIES.---
20,000
0100
$90, sales
7,000
والعدة
all
$23.
OF
30,000
$25
ali
$11, sellers,
5.00 r ni
20,000
250
bb11
$19.
80,000
all
$301, bayers
GINS."
60,000 prof.
50,000 def.
£5
69. sel. L'on
£6.10/
2,500,000
all
89/ buyers
10,000
310
Ali
1st, 3.00 r
10,000
$10
854 $154, x diy.
South China Morning Post, Limited
6,000
$25
all
$25,
Steam Landry Company, Limited...
20,000
$5
all $64.
Campbell, Moore & Co., Limited
1,200
$10
all: $9, buyers
Wm. Powell, Limited
15,000
$7
all
$3.10, bayora
Watkins, Limited
10.000
810
all
$3, sellers
A. S. Watson & Co., Limited
90,000
$10
All
$54. sellers
Weissmann, Limited
3,000
$10
الم
$12, buyers
Į $243, ex div.
H. PRICE & CO., LTD.,
12, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL.
· HONGKONG.
H. Price &-Co, Ltd.
15,000
$10
alt
$12, buyers
United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Limited, 200 dera
$10
$4 810.
$10
all $300,
Union Waterboat Co., Limited RUBBER-
50.000
$10
·Daily Wire
Amount.
*Pls. 767,200
4/3 per Ib., quiet Intereat. Quotation. Value.
Lar. "Pls. 250 -1.7% p, annum
VERNON & SMYTH, Share Brokers.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS..
Fingapore, Poing and Chieutta- Swatow
Amoy and Auping
Katsang
Haimun
Singapore, Parang and Colombo
Sumatra
Яui Tai
Macao
Chefoo and Nowchwang
Nanchang
Haiphour
Singa
Svzoru, &c., INDIA VIA TUTICORIN,
Bulow
No late fee
Lotters
Linan
Bhangimi
Swatow, Amoy, Foochow and Wakamatsa Tientsin
Haiyang m Cheongshing
Friday,
REDIST
DCL
THE
CONNOISSEUR'S
POST OFFICE NOTICE
Only fully prepaid letters and postcards are transmissible by the SIBERIAN Route to EUROPE.
י
Saturday, the 3rd prosimo, being a Public Holiday and Monday, the 5th proximo, being a Bunk Holiday, the Post Office wil the open as follows
On Saturday from 8 to 9 au. and from 3 to 5 pm. On Monday from 8 to 9 am. There will be one delivery and a collection of letters cach day.
The Money Order Office will be closed on both days.
In the cront of the arrival of the French Mail from Europe on Monday, the office will be open
oncour for the delivery thereof.
The P. B. Frederich, with the German Mail of the 3rd inat.. left Slugapore on Friday, the 26th inst,, al & s.m., nad any be expestod hura to day.
Keelung, Slanghai, Moji, Kobe, Yokokawa,}
Mean
Mazim, Cebu and Iloilo
PER
Bayern Hanoi Panania Baru
Baiching Kwongrang Phranang.
Sui Fai
Kaifony
Primple Sochu Maruli
ERAFGHAI, NAGASAKI, ERE, YOKOHAMA,
HONOLULU AND SAN FRANCISCO
(SIBERIAN HAIL TO EUROPE)
Nippon Mant
DATE
Tuesday, 30th, 9.00 AM Tuesday 30th,, 9.00 A BI Tuesday, 30th, 10.00 Tuesday, 30th, 10.00 A Paesday, 30th, 11.00 A 31 Tuesday, 3th, 11.00am Tizesday, 30th, 1.15 P. M Tuesday, 30th, 3,00 Tuesday, 30th 3.00 3
Welosday, 31st, 8:00 AM Wednesday, 31st, 9.00 A M Wednesday, 31st, 10.00 AM Wednesday, 31st, 10,00 AM Wednesday, 31st, 10.00A Wednesday, 31st. 1.15 a Woduceday, 31st, 3,00 P
JUNE
1st, 9.00 A M
Thursday, Thursday, Ist,
Registration
(on Wednesday 51st inst.) Kowloon BO..., 8.00 a m
(on Thursday.)
Thursday.
Friday, Friday.
9.00 AM
2nd, 10.00 A M
2nd, 10.00
2nd,
Printed Matter and Sam
E
ples... 11.00 A. Registration... 11.00 AN (Registration, with lato
B.C.
fe of 10 cents, up to 10:30 A ar.) Registration, Kowloon
... 11.00 No late fos
Noox Lettura Friday,
2nd, 1.00 PM Estarday, 3rd, · 9,00 M Saturday, 3rd,
Registration 44.15 PM (Registration, with late foe of 10 sonts, up to 5.00 F M).
6.0 P M 4th, 9.00 A N 6th,
Mazila, Cohn and Itoik...
Batavia, Cheribun, Samarang, Sourabaya and
Lucassau
Loangsung... Tilicong....
Shanghai
SIBERIAN NAIL TO EUROPE
} Chinhua
Lettors
Haimun
Sanday,
Satow, Amoy and Foochow
EUROPE, LO, INDIA VIA TOriconis,
(Late Letters 11.00a.m. to Noon. Extra
Pottage 10 cents.)
time for the first closrancâ will be included in this contract mail.)
Nera
(Lettera posted in all the
Pillar Bozes in
Manila, Cebu and Iloilo
Taming
EUROPE, &C., INDIA VIA TUTICORIN
(Late Letters 11.00 AM. to Noon. Extra
Postage 10 cents)
(Eupplementary mail on board up to the tire fixed for departure of the mail, Extra Postage 10 centy,)
(Letters posted in all the Pillar Boxes
in tire for the first clearance will be
included in this contract mail.)
The Parcel fuit will he losed on Fri
day, 9th June, at 5 pm...
Manila, Cebu, lolio, Thursday Isand, Cooktown, Cairns, Townsville, Brisbane,
Hobart, Bydney,
Launceston, New Zealand, Dunedin, Melbourne, Adelaide, Tarth and Fremantle...
Delhi
2... 10.00
ased Matter and Sam- Ples .... 10,00 a s Registration (Begistration, with lat fee of 10 cents app
10.45 M.) Registration, Kowloor
B.O.
No late fee, Lettera
$1
A
10.00
... 11.00 A Tuesday, 6th, 3.00 * * Saturday, 10th,
Printed Matter and Sum-
ples
***
10.00 A M
Ewa Cotton Spin'g. & Weaving Co., Ld. Hongkong Cotton Spinning Co., Ld International Cotton Mannfing Co., Li Lacu-Kang-Mow C. Spin.&Wear. Co.,Ld Soy Chee Cotton Spinning Co., Limited Dairy Farm Company, Limited Docs AND WHARVES
Hkung & Kowloon Tybari E G. Co., L Hongkong and Whampoa Dook Co., Ltd. New Amoy Dock Co., Limited Shangaa Dock and Engineering Co., La Shanghai and Hongkow Wharf Co., Ld.. Fenwick & Co., Limited
Green Island Cement Co., Limited... Hongkong and China Gas Co., Limited Hongkong Electric Co., Limiled
Hongkong Hotel Company, Limited... Manila Metropole Hotel Limited Hongkong Ies Company, Limited
Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Co., Limitad 'kong Bouth China Steam Fisheries Co., Ltd. INSURANCES.
Canton Insurance Office Co., Limited, China Fire Insurance Co., Limited China Traders Insurance Co., Limited... Hongkong Fire Insurance Co, Limited North-China Insurance Co., Limited Union Insurance Society, Limited
Limited Yangtze Insurance Association, LANDS AND BUILDINGS-
144
Hongkong Land Invest. Agency Co., La. Humphreys Estate and Finance Co., Ld. Kowloon Land and Building Co., Lad. ~... Shanghai Land Investment Co., Liuited West Point Building Co., Limited. MINING.
Société Française desCharb'ges du Tonkin Raub Australian Gold Mining Co.. Ld... Pook, Tramways Co., Limited.........
Philippine Co., Limited. REFINERIES.
China and Manila Steamship Co., Lil..... Dougins Steamship Co., Limited Hongkong, Canton & Macao S.B. Co., Ld Indo-Chian Steam Navigation Co., L| Shell Transport & Trading Co., Limited. Star Ferry Company, Limited
STORES AND DISPENSABIER—
Para Rubber in London
Loans
Chinese Imperial 1886
125,000
all962, buyers
WILLIAM C. JACK & CO., LTD.,
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE IDEAL LIGHT. THE OSRAM LAMP
WHAT IS DOES.
IT EFFECTS ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS in
electrio light bills.
1
THE OSRAM LAMP
WHAT IT DOES NOT
IT DOES NOT deteriorate in light oven after
2,000 hours burning.
IT BENDEES ELECTIC LIGHT LESOLUTELY IT THE CHEAPEST ILLUMINANT, and thos brings this mode of lighting within roseh of all,
י.
IT PAYS FOR ITSELF in about 150 hours on
account of its great current-taving IT becom Properties,
THE 17 WATT. (opp. 16 H.C.P.)
OSRAM LAMP GIVES 20 HOURS LIGHT FOR ONE PENNY.
DOES NOT, although its initial cost is more, PROVA AS EXPENSIVE AS AN ORDINARY CARBON LAMP, for it lasts FOUR times as long, and consumes one-quarter the current
ALL THE TIME,
DOES NOT require any special installing, barne in any position on any lighting circnit and fits existing lampholders.
LAMP
NOT DOES THE OSRAM
BLACKEN
10.00 A и
THE 40 WATT (opp. 32 HC.P.) OBRAM LAMP IT DOES NOT GET HOT. The OSRAM Lamp,
Region with late
fee of 10 cents, up to
10.45 AM) Registration, Kowloon B.O. ... 10.00 A M
No late foo.. Letters
gives
25 hours light for the commumption
of one unit of current.
THE OSRAM LAMP has an average life of over 2,000 hours, and during the whole of that period its initial .p. is practically - diminished.
... LL00 AM. IT CONSUMES only approximately 1 watt per Hefner candle-power as against 4 watts consumed by a carbon filament lamp.
Yawata Meru-
Friday,
9th, 10.00 ▲ M
SEE THE WORD OSRAM" 18 ON EVERY
BULB
although giving four times the light of a carbon lamp, does not generate heat to any extent. This, added to its other advantages, makes it the ideal Lamp for private houses, THE HIGH CANDLE POWER LAMP DORS KOT take as zatch ourrent as the Enclosed Are Lamp, and is rapidly displacing this latter form of lighting, being cheaper in first vost and cheaper to maintain.
SER THE WORD "OSRAM" (Patent G.E.C.
nothing more) 18 ON EVERY BUIL
OM
to bemERY 97 15ɑtcy5! LamDONSE,
FLCISTEXCO OPPISE, EDINBURAN
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BRAND.
OPIUM. -40-
Friday, 2nd June-Auction of Machinery, &e., at the Godowns situato in Wili-dell,
Quotations are i Wanchai, by Geo, P. Lammert, 10 A.M.
Malva New Friday
2nd Jane-Twenty-sixth Annual Or- | Malwa Old dinary General Meeting of A. 8. Watson Malwa Older ... & Co., Ltd., at Hongkong Hotel, 11:30 AM | Malva V. Old" Saturday,
3rd June-Second Meeting of Hong Persian fine quality
....
kong Gymkhana Club at Happy Valley,
3.30 P.M.
Saturday, 3rd June--Bank Holidays. Saturday, 24th June-Extraordinary General Meeting of the National Bank of Chius, Ld., 12.30 P.M.
ON SALE
A TABLE OF THE
RATES OF EXCHANGE AT
HONGKONG-
For Demand Drafts on London on the day of proceeding the departure of the English Mails; also Table of the Yearly
or
Approximate Averages for 36 years.
FROM 1874 to 1909.
Price $2 Cash. On sale at the "DARY Pres" Office, or Local Booksellers,
[388
May 16th,
$2,250/2,300 por picul. $2,3
....$24
Persian extra fine...
Bazares New Bares Old
... $2,375
$2,3 82,325
per chest
Patris New Patas Old
V
ISITORS
TO CANTON Should Perchase
"FROM HONGKONG TO CANTON BY THE PEARL RIVER." BY
CAPTAIN C. V. LLOYD, With Illustrations, Maps and Plans.
$1.75 Price
On Sale at
Hongkong:
Canton:
DAILY PEESS" Once. Messrs. KELLY & WALAH Mesars. BREWER & CÓ, Mosers. A. S. WATSON & CO
Printed and Fublished by AIFRED NORMAN KEMP for the Concerned at 101 Fes. Voeux Road Centres, Victoria, Hongkong; London Office, 131, Fiest Street, E.C.