The Hong Kong Telegraph.
No. 70.]
Shipping.
FOR MANILA.
THE Steamship
THE "DIAMANTE.”
Captain Cullen, will be despatched for the above Port on MONDAY, the 5th Instant, at 4 p.m., instead of as previously notified.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
RUSSELL & Co. Hongkong, August 31, 1881.
FOR AMOY.
IE Steamship
THE
ESMERALDA Captain Talbot, will be despatched for the above Port on MONDAY, the 5th Instant, at Noon.
For Freight or Passage, apply to RUSSELL & Co. Hongkong, September 2nd, 1881.
Notices to Consignees.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3Rn, 1881.
Intimations.
HONGKONG AND. WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED,
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS..
T
THE Dividend of 4%, boing $5 per share, for the six months ending 30th June last, declared at to- day's Ordinary Half-yearly Meeting, will be payable at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation from TO-MORROW, the 30th instant, and Shareholders are requested to apply for Dividend Warrants at the Com- any's Offices, No. t, Praya Central, Hongkong,
By Order of the Board of Directors,
R. COOKE, Acting Secretary. Hongkong, 29th August, 1881. HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
ONTRIBUTING SHARE- HOLDERS are requested to "ARRATOON APCAR,"
send in a Statement of Business con Captain R. J. McConnel, from Calcutta,tributed during the half-year ended
Penang, and Singapore.
30th June, 1881, on or before Sep- tember 30th, on which date the Ac- counts will be closed.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE Steamship
T
The abovo steamer having arrived, Consignees of Cargo by her are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading to the undersigned for counter- signature and to take immediate de- livery of their Goods from alongside. Cargo impeding her discharge or
By Order of the Board of Directors
R. COOKE, Acting Secretary. Hongkong, 30th August, 1881.
Intimations.
R. V. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
No. 210.
SALE OF THE OPIUM FARM.
Notice is hereby given, that TEN. DERS for the PRIVILEGE of PRE- PARING and SELLING PREPARED OPIUM within the Colony for the term of ONE, TWO, or THREE YEARS from the 1st of March, 1882, auder the provisions of Ordinance No. 2 of 1858, No. 1 of 1859, and No. 7 of 1879, will be received at this Office until Noon on MONDAY, the 24th October, 1881.
Each Tonder should specify the monthly payment offered for the period above-mentioned.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the highost or any Tender.
Should the highest Tender he loss than the sum the Governor thinks a
fair price for the Opium Farm, His Excellency in Council will graet Li cences direct under Section 3 of the Ordinance, and take such further steps as may be necessary to realizo a fair prico.
By His Excellency's Command,
M. S. TONNOCHY, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secrotary's Office,
Hongkong, 20th August, 1881. FOREIGN SHIPPING. ECORD of AMERICAN and
ONGKONG AND WHAMPOAR remaining on board after the 10th H DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
instant, will be landed and stored at Consignee's risk and expense and no Fire Insurance will be effected.
Consignees are hereby informed, that any claims must be made imme- diately, as none will be entertained after the 12th instant.
DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, 3rd September, 1881.
Auctions.
AUCTION OF MACHINERY.
MESSES. GENATO & Co. have
been instructed to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,
on the 15th instant, unless previously disposed of by private agrooment, all THE MACHINERY of the
SAN MIGUEL FOUNDRY, MANILA.
Consisting of Turning Lathes of all descriptions, Planing Punching, and Shearing Machines, Drilling Machines, Tools, Sets of Stocks and Dios (Whit- worth's), Tube Expanders, Root's Blowers, Cranes, and à large stock of Plate Iron and Bar Iron, Shafts of from 4 to 10 inches diameter round and square, &c., &c.
NOTICE.
During my absence from Hongkong, Mr. ROBERT COOKE will act as Secretary.
By Order of the Board,
D. GILLIES,
Secretary. Hongkong, 15th June, 1881.
G. FALCONER & Co.,
WATCH AND CHRONOMETER MANUFACTURERS
AND
JEWELLERS.
NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, CHARTS AND BOOKS. No. 46, QUEEN'S-ROAD CENTRAL.
Chs. J. GAUPP & Co. CHRONOMETER, WATCH, AND CLOCK-MAKERS, Jewellers, Silver-smiths, and
Opticians.
Charts and Books. Nautical Instruments. Solo Agents for Louis Audemars' Watches;
They will also offer for sale a com-awarded the highest Prizes at every plete
SUGAR REFINERY PLANT, perfectly new, never having been used, built by SHEARS & SONS, London, com- prising Copper Vacuum Pan, Double Bottom Pan, Engine and 2 Boilers, 4 Copper Bag Filters, Set of Tanks, 2 Treble Barrel Copper and Gun Metal Pumps, and other attachments.
The plans of the said Refining Ma. chinory will shortly be on view at the Office of this Paper..
Hongkong, September 1st, 1881. Afong, Photographer, H
AS A LARGER COLLECTION of VIEWS than any other in
CHINA, Miniatures Painted on Ivory from $7.
Oil Paintings on Canvas from $5. ́ ́
Cartes de Visité, Cabinet, and all other Styles of Portraits at equally moderate prices executed under the supervision and management of
D. K. GRIFFITHS,
Studio 8, Queen's-road.
Exhibition;
and for Voigtländer and Sohn's Celebrated OPERA GLASSES, MARINE GLASSES, and SPYCLASSES No. 38, Queen's-road Central.
HONGKONG TIMBER YARD, WANCHẠI.
OREGON PINE SPARS
LUMBER
always on hand,
L. MALLORY, Proprietor.
Hongkong, 24th June. 1881. William Schmidt & Co.
GUNMAKERS, &c. BEACONSFIELD ARCADE,
Arns, Ammunitions, and Requisites of every description.
(
Arms Repaired, Cleaned, or Converted at moderate chargos,
:
Sporting Guns and Ammunition always on band,
Agents, ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, 15th June, 1881. THE Undersigned have been ap- T
pointed AGENTS to the NEW YORK BOARD of UNDER- WRITERS.
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong. 15th June, 1881.
LE CERCLE-TRANSPORTS.
SOCIETE ANONYME D'ASSURANCE
MARITIME MARSEILLE.
CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED....15,000,000 Francs. CAPITAL PAID-UP...... 3,750,000 Francs.
The Undersigned, having been ap- pointed AGENTS of the above Company, are prepared to GRANT POLICIES on MARINE RISKS to all parts of the World.
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, 15th June, 1881.
J.
[PRICE $16 PER ANNUM.
For Sale.
SAYLE & CO.'S SHOWROOMS.
Great Clearance Sale.
Commencing on MONDAY, the 29th AUGUST,
and continuing
THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER.
An Early Inspection is respectfully invited. All Goods marked in plain figures at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
Terms-Cash.
VICTORIA EXCHANGE, HONGKONG.
KELLY & WALSH
HAVE just received
Rood's Engineer's Handbook.
Actors and Actrossos of British Home Book-A Domestic Cyclopedia. Stage.
The Poking Gazette, 1880 (trausla-
tion). Chesterfield's Letters.
Oars and Sculls (Woodgata). Badecker's Handbooks to Paris, Italy,
Germany, &c.
Badecker's Travellers' Manual of Con-
versation.
The Slang Dictionary,
The Times Agony Column 1800-1870. Stonehenge's British Sports. Mayhew's Doga-their management. McCulloch's Dictionary of Commerce and Commercial Navigation. Twain's Tramp Abroad. Now Customs publication-Opium. Rawlinson's Ancient Egypt. The Talmud.
The Koran.
Cannon Farrar's "Mercy and Judg-
ment."
Dictionary of Pootical Quotatious. Fern Paradise-Hoath, Injurious Insects and methods of pre-
vention.
Dr. Winchell's Science and Religion. Hübner's Ramble round the World. Plutarch's Lives-cheap edition. Donaldson's Rough, Sketching. Confessions of an Opium Eater. The Opium Smoker-12 colored plates. Sketches in Shanghai. Oppen's Stamp Albams.
Supplement to Spon's Dictionary of Comic Operas-"Olivette."
Engineering.
House Owner's Estimator. Modern Alphabets. Beaconsfield Cartoons.
Dr. Eitel's Cantonese Dictionary Vol. 3.
Do.
Do.
Vol 4, to complete work, shortly.
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"H.M.S.
"Pirates of Penzance, Pianafore," &c. Writing, Scrap, and Photographic
Albums.
Large assortment of New Toy Books,
Chess, Draughts, and Go Bang. Hongkong, August 29th, 1881.
T. N. DRISCOLL,
TAILOR, HOSIER, HATTER, AND GENERAL OUTFITTER,
No. 6, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,
Next door to the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. White, Brown, and Fancy Striped | White Merino Undershirts and Draw-
Cotton Socks.
White and Fancy Striped Merino Socks. White French Cashmere Socks. White and Grey Scotch Lamb's Wool
Socks.
Knickerbocker Hose,
White, Brown, and Fancy Striped
Lisle Thread Socks.
AND R. TENNENT'S ALE and Brown Balbriggan Socks.
PORTER. DAVID CORSAR & SONS'
Morchant Navy) Navy Boiled
Jong Flax Crown
+
CANVAS.
APNHOLD KARBERG & Co. He agkong, 15th June, 1881, -
D. K. GRIFFITH & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF THE.
AERATED
LONDON
WATERS, AND GENERAL AGENTS. 7, Beaconsfield Arcade.
J. ULLMANN & Co.
42, QUEEN'S-ROAD, CENTRAL, 42,
-Importers of WATCHES, CLOCKS, MUSICAL BOXES, MARINE and EYE GLASSES, in great varieties, and General Goods. N. B.-Watches carefully repaired at moderate rates.
A. MILLAR & Co., PLUMBERS, GASFITTERS, COPPERSMITHS, "AND BRASS- FOUNDERS, OFFICE AND WAREROOM FLETCHER'S BUILDINGS, QUEEN'S-KÒAD' BAST. WORKS-SPRING GARDENS, WANCHAI
India Gauze Undershirts and Drawers. Smedley's Gause Merino Undershirts
and Drawers.
Linen and Paper Collars and Wrist
bands.
White Kid and Dogskin Gloves. Coloured Cloth Gloves.
White and Brown Turkish Towels. Honey-comb Towels and Bath Blan-
kets.
Knitted Cliolera Belts. Portmanteaus, Trunks, and Bags, Drab and Felt Hats in newest styles, Masonic Regalia.
THE TAILORING
ers.
Red Drab Merino Undershirts and
Drawers.
White Lamb's Wool Undershirts and
Drawers.
..
Shetland Scotch Lamb's Wool Under-
shirts and Drawers. White French Cashmere Undershirts
and Drawers.
White Shirts, Military and Pleated
Fronts.
Coloured French Regatta Shirts. Crimean Shirts, in all Wool and Silk
and Wool.
4
Silk Scarves in latest styles, Wool Scarves and Wrappers. White Cambric Handkerchiefs. French Braces in all colours. Silk Umbrellas.
Waterproof Coats and Suits. Ivory and Gold Studs in suites, Black Silk, Straw, Tweed, and Drab
Shell Hats.
DEPARTMENT
is under the supervision of an experienced West End cutter. A perfect fit is guaranteed, and all orders will be executed with punctuality and despatch A splendid assortment of the finest goods to be procured in the trade now in stock. Shirts of every kind made to measure on the shortest notice at reasonable prices.
NOTE THE ADDRESS—No. 6, QUEEN'S ROAD- CENTRAL. Hongkong, 1st September, 1881.
H
ED. CHASTEL & CO.,
WINE MERCHANTS,
Marine House, 15, Queen's-road.
FAVE for sale ox recent arrivals, Light Breakfast CLARETS in quarts and
pints. After Dinner CLARETS in quarta and pints.
CHATEAU LAFITE, MARGAUX, LAROSE, LEOVILLE OLOS DE
MAURIN, &o. o.
De St. Marceaux & Co's CHAMPAGNE in quarts, pints and half-pints. CLARET in WOOD.
CHARTREUSE, CURAÇOA, MARASCHINO.
Price list on application,