THE MALTA AND GIBRALTAR OF
THE FAR EAST.
That model stump-ozator, the world-renowned authority on Ithaca and Mount Athos, in one of those happy moments of that second puerility which generally betokens the coming of the end, niluded a Hongkong as the "Malta and Sinciation of bar test. By what process
of idens these two names, so closely herole siege and naval connected with many. battle in modern European history, could have been applied to the inlet of Fragrant Streams cast like a dot on the China Sea, the work has never been able to discover; but the allusion. was evidently suggestive of the imagina. strategic position occupied by this island as an assumed impregnable fortress, and as an inva luable station for the protection ofBritish com merce in the Far East. That this was the mean ing that lurked beneath Sir "Gush" Bowen's pompous denomination of Hongkong seems to be pretty conclusive, but that such conclusion" can be substantiated by the actual conditions of the Colony is a far different thing, and therein lies our main divergence from the volatile Governor's optimistic day-dreams.
It would be the height of folly to attempt to disparage Hongkong either as a valuable com mercial dependency of the British Empire, or an an important military and naval station in the Far East. We have not fortunately been bitten by the grumbling tarantula, nor do we reason on the principle that whatever is is wrong; but it is quite safe to maintain that only by a very long stretch of imagination can Hongkong be said to occupy an identical position on the coast of Chinn or in the China Scatba! Gibraltar and Malta occupy in the Mediterranean. Our longest-range cannon do not command any other entrance or outlet but that which lets ships in and out of this port. Our fleet, unless it were. Increased a hundredtimen over its present numbers would be upable to effectually control and protect all our commerce in the vast expanse of the China Sen, or to destroy the commerce of a hostile nation in case of war, Whatever may be its importance in this remote pait of the world, Hongkong is certainly far from occupying the position that such a mighty Cerberus as Gibraltar occupies in the Mediterrancan. We will dismiss as entirely idle Governor Bowen's new epithet as applied to this Island; its alleged similarity to Malta, may also be left aside'ns mere senile twaddle.,
The question remains to be answered - What is the real position of Hongkong in the Far East, as far as its measures of protection and defence are concerned. A few factors for the solution of the problem readily present themselves to our consideration, and these are: the insular position of the Colony, the smallness of the area to be defended and the deep water which surrounds it on all sides affording an excellent navigating ground for a fleet that should act on the defensive. So circumscribed is the coast line of Hongkong that it has been urged that two powerful battle ships aided by a few swift torpedo boats, would be quite suficient to effectually bar the approach of any enemy to Hongkong Of course, by powerful battle-ships war vessels of high modern standard are meant. That a hostile fiect should be able to force the entrance to Hongkong, it must first sink or silence all our vessels of war, and it must be borne in mind that more British men-of-war can be placed here than we or our possible enemy may anticipate. An inimical fleet must be able to force or survive the effect of the powerful submarine talnes which, are laid all along the approaches to the poit; it will have then to effectually resist the fire from the forts,-seven of them-which command both entrances to the harbour. It has been urged, and very justly, that the cannon which have been mounted in thess forts are not of sufficient calibre to effectually deal with the heaviest armour-clads in existence. But the question would be asked: Are the vessels which con- stitute France or Russia's (our possible enemies) Eastern squadrons of the heaviest armour in
existence? And if not, would France or Russia send her best vessels out here to conquer Hongkong, leaving their own shores, and their commerce in Europe unprotected? Granting these two abnormal hypotheses, it would still 'remain to be settled' whether or not it would be beyond the power and the resources of Great Britain to send out heavier, may the heaviest ordnance that can be manufactured, to substitute the smaller guns which now tenant our forts?
Another position taken by the alarmists is that of the possibility of an enemy effecting a landing on the south-western side of our island, and then cannenading the town from Victoria Peak. This is not an altogether impossible supposition; but we question its probability. Our fleet and our naval scouts, the gunboats, all our land forces must be first silenced before an enemy could land and proceed to Victoria Peak in sufficient force to pulverise Hongkong in the course of a lew hours. May weak what sort of ordnance would this conquering host be able to land and drag up the mountain? Would it be of sufficient efficiency to silence our forts or to destroy Hongkong? It is undeniable that none but very light field pieces can be dragged up the steep mountain side which leads up to the Peak. Shall we suppose that the three Kowloon Forts and Stone Cutters' will look on the tricolour or the Russian flag floating on the Peak, and grin and smile in utter impotency and inaction Shade of Cœur de Lionf
.. There may be other hypotheses to be taken into
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1888.
The following is the Taoini's reply to a joint petition of the Chinese cotton-merchants of Shanghai "I can see no grounds for the apprehensions expressed in this. petion, of injury to the cotton business by the action of the recently established Cotton Spinning and Weav ing Companies at this port. Their operations
have received the sanction of the Superintendent. of Trade for the Northern ports, and as a preli minary step to weaving they are using thele machinery for cleaning their cotton of its seeds. Their machinery for waving cloth from this sh cleansed cotton being tior yet ready, they dispose of their clenosed cotton in the market, and the superiority of machinery over hand work which It illustrates, cannot but tend to the advantage of our commerce, and to our receiving increased consideration from the outside world. The amount of cotton, on the other hand, annually prepared by the companies with their machinery, bearing only the proport of one-tenth at most
to
the cotton in the Shan hai market, I think thai it cannot cause the prejudice to the petitioners business of which they appear to be in dread What they wish to obtain, indeed, by this petition, appears to be something very like an improper monopoly for themselves, and an undue control of the cotton business. It is to be observed, also, that the form of their petition is highly irregular."
The advertisement 'sheet of the nativė papers,
after the above reply from Kung Total, publishes the following reply from the Viceroy of the Two Kiang provinces to a similar pelition from the same cotton firms:-"The permission granted by the Superintendent of the Northern poris to the Shanghai Cotton Spinning Company, was intended not only to assist them, but to reconquer for China, these sources of wealth which properly belonged to her. Before the cotton thread can be spun, the cotton must be prepared by being cleaned of its seeds; and the surplus cotton which has been so cleaned, I opine can hardly be in large quantity. The Company, their spinning machinery having not yet been set up, but having their ginning machinery and presses ready for use, utilise these in imanner which has led the petitioners with apprehensions that their own trade is being seriously prejudiced by the exportation to foreign.countries of ginned cotton by the Cotton Spinning Company. Although these forebodings appear to me to be exaggerated, yet as the matier is of such vital importance to the petitioners and the people in general, and I am anxious to arrive at a conclusion which shall prevent any conflict of interests while securing impartial justice to all concerned, I am request- ing the Taotai of Shanghai to furnish me with exact statistics auto the extent of the machinery to be employed by the Companies for spinning the quantity of and ginning respectively; as ginned cotton, if any, produced in excess of their requirements for spinning, and how it is disposed of; and as to the quantities of ginned cotton and uncleansed cotton exported, respectively, from Shanghai, for a number of years up to date!"
Co-day's Advertisements.
FOR SHANGHAI.
THE Steamship
"AMOY."
Captain R. Köhler, will be despatched for the above Port, TO-MORROW, the 12th instant; at 4 PM, instead of as previously notified.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
SIEMSSEN & Co. Hongkong, 11th October, 1888. (10
SCOTTISH ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP
"COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE
FOR BANGKOK (DIRECT). HE Company's Steamship.
"MONGKUT,"
Captain Geo. Anderson, will be despatched for the above Port, on MONDAY, the 15th instant, at NOON.
'For Freight or Passage, apply to
T
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YUEN. FAT HONG,
Agents. Hongkong, 11th October, 1888.
STEAM TO STRAITS, COLOMBO AND BOM ¡Y. HE P. & O. S. N, Co. Steamship
"LOMBARDY" will leave for the above places on FRIDAY, the 19th instant, at NOON.
E. L. WOODIN, Superintendent. Hongkong, Fith October, 1888. [1022
STEAM FOR
SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, ADEN, PORT SAID, MARSEILLES, MALTA, GIBRALTAR, BRINDISI, PLYMOUTH, AND LONDON; ALSO, BOMBAY, MADRAS, CALCUTTA AND
AUSTRÁLIA.
NB-CARGO CAN BE TAKEN ON THROUGHI BILLS OF LADING FOR BATAVIA, PERSIAN GULF PORTS, MARSEILLES, TRIESTE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK AND BOSTON.
"THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM
NAVIGATION COMPANY'S Steamship
"HYDASPES," Captain W. E. Thompson, with Her Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from this for BOMBAY, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th October, at Noon.
Cargo will be received on board until 4 P.M. Parcels and Specie (Gold) at the Office until 4 P.M., on the day before sailing.
Silk and Valuables for Europe will be transhipped at Colombo; but Tea and General Cargo at Bombay, amiving one week later than by the direct route via Colombs.
For further particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE apply to the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S Office, Hong- kong.
The Contents and Value of Packages are re-
Shippers are particularly requested to note the terms and conditions of the Company's Black Bills of Lading.
E. L. WOODIN, Superintendent. P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Office, Hongkong, 11th October, 1888..
FIRST AUCTION
OF
DISCARDED GOODS
As already mentioned, at Pilam in South Formosa the Chinese colonists had allied themselves with the aboriginal savages and organised an armed opposition to the new land-quired to be declared prior to shipment. tax. So serious was this opposition, that the Governor, Liu Ming-chuan, telegraphed to Li Hung-chang, Superintendent of the Northern Ports, to send Admiral Ting, who proceeded thither with two ironclads, the Chi-yunu and the Tsing-ylan. On 23rd September the latter vessel arrived at Keelung, with the news that on'18th, 19th and 20th, the Imperial troops had been engaged in an attack on Lü-ka-mong village, the strongest of the savage settlements, without gaining much success, having lost over 100 men killed, several officers wounded, and eight gunners from the men-of-way wounded and one killed: On the 21st Admiral Ting and his men had carried a field-piece into action, which had done great execution, killing 100 of the savages, after which Lü-ka- mong was taken by a brave attack by our men. The savages have no particular military THE HALL & HOLTZ C. CO., LIMITED, tactics, but are skilled in setting_ambushes, and are excellent sharp-shooters. It is necessary always before making an advance to dislodge them from their ambushes with artillery, other- wise there is no hope of the attack succeeding. The Governor would gladly have detained the Admiral several months, but the Viceroy Li Hung- chang bas telegraphed, earnestly requesting his return to Tientsin before November, in view of
the approaching closing of the Northern Porte by ice.-N. C. Daily News.
AN Important Discovery is announced in the Paris Figare, of a valuable remedy for nervous debility, physical exhaustion, and premature decay. The discovery was made by a mission- ary in Old Mexico; it saved him from a miser- able existence and an early grave. We leam that the Rev. Joseph Holmes, Bloomsbury Mansions, Bloomsbury Square, London, W.C., will send the prescription, free of charge, on receipt of a self addressed stamped envelope.
To-day's Advertisements.
THE STEAM LAUNCH COMPANY, LIMITED.
their Notices of deposits, Allotments, and Bank receipts to the Company's Office to be Exchanged for Scrip
~HAREHOLDERS are requested to forward
Shareholders are reminded that payments not made on or before the 1st instant, can be charged 12% per Annum in accordance with the Articles of Association,
consideration but we will never tire of insisting on our main contention, viz.,, that although Hongkong is far from partaking of the nature of Gibraltar or of any impregnable fortress in the world, the colony certainly contains sufficient elements of defence, partly natural, partly artifi- cial and strategić which are, or may, in a very short period of time, be made perfect, strong, | and efficient enough to defy, let us not say the world, but the possible enemies that may attempt the conquest of this Island. We aűl know that behind Hongkong His the might, the wealth and the enterprise of Great Britain,-- far more important factor than our foris and our guns may be, that if this island perchance falls us, we can still pitch our tents on any of the numerous landmarki scattered over the China Sea, and that wherever we go, trade and com-THIS COMPANY. has been formed for the
merce will follow us
NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS.
6,000 barrels of Portland cement have been Imported by sailing-ship for the forts on the
Formosa coast.
On the 28th September there was a tremen- dusly beavy fall of rain at Ningpo, which lasted all night and well into the 29th, and did a great deal of damage to the rice fields around Ningpo, the country people who came in to the cily reporting that the torrents had carried down regular avalanches of mud and stones from the hills into the plain,;;
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By Order,
A. G. GORDON, Secretary, Hongkong, 11th October, 1888.
SINGAPORE HOTEL COMPANY,
LIMITED.
purpose of supplying the want which has been felt for many years past, of well-planned and well-fitted modern hotel of sufficient dimen- rions to accommodate the large and constantly growing passenger traffic through Singapore, as well as supply the great demand for temporary or permanent residential chambers.
Singapore is the chief town of the British Crown Colony of the Straits Setlements, and le a leading place of call and coaling port on the great steam lines of communication with the Far East. It is moreover the centre of an extensive trade with India, China, the Dutch Indies, the Philippides, Siam and other countries.
The present hotel accommodation in Singa- pore la quite inadequate, and it is proposed to acquire the fine site now partly occupied by the HOTEL de L'EUROPE, and build thereon a hotel of much larger dimensions, and greatly improved construction and arrangement. Fully detailed plans have been prepared and the engagement of a first-class Manager is already secured,
Prospectus and Forms of Application may had at any of the Agencies of the Company's
The Chinese Minister at Tokio, Li, having Bent over three Japanese well-slukere, and Japanese artesian well machinery, in experiment wat inade with it at T'al peh-fu, North Formoss, Bankers and water obtained at 200 feet, and it To The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking considered that misch good will be done by Corporation, and The Chartered Bank of India sinking wells with it in the districts recently | Australia and Chinnor Mr. D, McCULLOCH brought under tillage
Hongkong, 11th October, 1888.
FROM
ROSE & Co.'s STOCK...
WILL SELL BY..
PUBLIC AUCTION, (Without Reserve) ON
WEDNESDAY, October, 17th 1888, at z P.M., at their Auction Rooms, Queen's Road, (lately vacated by Messrs. LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.) A LONG LINE
OF
DISCARDED
GOODS
FROM ROSE & Co.'s STOCK.
On view, 9 to 12 on day of Sale.
THE HALL & HOLTZ C. Co., L
Auctioneers, &c. Hongkong, 11th October, 1888.
Intimations.
Intimations.
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
of SHAREHOLDERS will
TMEETING ORDINARY GENERAL be held at the Office of the Undersigned at 12 b'CLACK (NOON), on SATURDAY, the 27th October instant.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 13th to the 27th inst), both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Agents, CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LIBITED. Hongkong, 8th October, 1888.
ONGKONG RIFLE
HONGKONG
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ASSOCIATION.
PROGRAMME OF THE SIXTH
RIFLE MEETING,
TO DE HELD AT KOWLO
O N,
ON
FRIDAY, the 9th November, and SATURDAY, the 10th November, 1886. AGGREGATE_VALUE OF PRIZES
'Competitions open to All-comers. 1. ALL-COMERS. 1st Stage, distance zao yards, 2nd Stage, distance 300 yards. No. of shots, seven at each. Entrance fee, 30 cents at cach Valimited entries, but competitors not allowed to take more than one prize at each distance. 20 prizes, presented by the Associa tion aggregate value. $122.00.
2. ANY RIFLE.-Distance, 800, yards. No. of shots, ten. Entrance fee, $1.00. Two prizes. 3. ASSOCIATION-FOR ANY RIFLE.-Dis. tance, goo yards: No, of shots, ten, Entrance fee, $1.00. Two prizes
4 CADET'S PRIZE-Presented. Open to pupils of Hongkong Public schools under 16 years of age. Rifle,, Rook Rifle under 40 Cal Distance, about 150 yards. No, of Rounds, 7 and one sighting shoot. Four prizes. *
Competitions open to Atembers.
5. PRESIDENT's-Distance, 300 yards. No. of shots, seven. Entrance fee, $1.00. Three prizes.
6. QUEEN'S 1ST STAGE-Distance, 200, 500 and 600 yards. No. of shots, seven at cach, Entrance fee, $1.00. Three prizes.
Entimations.
UNION INSURANCE 50CIETY', OF CANTON, LIMITED,
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,
DIVIDEND of FIVE DOLLARS per Share
For Sale. INTIMATION.
Afor the year 1887 will be payable on F. Blackhead & Co.,
THURSDAY, the 11th instant,
ו
Warrants may be had an application at the || SHIP-CHANDLERS, SAIL-MAKERS, Office of the Society on and after that date.
By Order of the Board,
N. J. EDE,
Secretary,
Hongkong, 10th October, 1888.
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHIA.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
THE MIIKE COAL MINE.
forg
BUNKER COALS can be supplied to any Steamer lying in the harbour or coming alongside the KOWLOON WHARF on application to the Undersigned.
Y. FUKUHARA,
Acting Manager.
Hongkong, 19th January, 1888.
A. G. GORDON & CO.
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AND,
PROVISION MERCHANTS,
NAVY CONTRACTORS,
AND
GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS.
No 11 Praya Central. (Opposite Pedder's Wharf.
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for
ENGINEERS LAUNCH GOVERNMENT
and
BUILDERS,
CONTRACTORS, IRONMONGERS, COM MISSION AGENTS, VALUATORS, IRON and TIMBER MERCHANTS.
WORKS:
BOWRINGTON, EAST POINT.
OFFICE:
CORNER OF PEDDER STREET AND PRAYA,
STEAM LAUNCH COMPANY, LIMITED:
Hongkong. 3rd September 188K.
G. FALCONER & CO., WATCH and CHRONOMETER MANU
FACTURERS and JEWELLERS. NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, CHARTS and BOOKS. No. 48, Queen's Road Central.
7. QUEEN'S 2ND STAGE-Distance, 5oo and ST. 6oo yards. No. of shots, ten at do yards, fifteen at 600 yards. Two prizes.
8. QUEEN'S 3RD STAGE-Distance, Soo and lec, $1.00. Two prizes. 900 yards, No. of shots, ten at each. Entrance
9. LADIES. Open to Lady Members or their neminces. Distance, 300 yards, No. of shot, seven. Entrance fee, onc.. Five prizes,
Aggregates open to All-comers.
10. VOLUNTEER AGGREGATE. Restricted to efficient Volunteers whose respective scores in the' All-comers' make up the highest aggregates. Entrance fee, $1.00. Three prizes.
1. CIVIL SERVICE AGGREGATE,-Restricted
to members of the Civil Service whose respective scores in the All-comers' make up the highest aggregates. Entrance fee, $1.00. Three prizes.
2. POLICE AGGREGATE.Restricted to the
members of the Police Force whose respective scores in the All-comers' make up the highest aggregate, Entrance fee, $1.00. Four prizes.
13. ALL COMERS' AGGREGATES.-For com- petitors whose respective stores in the Any title' and 'Association' make up the highest Aggregates. Entrance fee, $1.00. Two prites.
14. LONG RANGE AGGREGATE. For com. petitors whose respective scores in the Any Rife' and 'Association' make up the highes! aggregates. Entrance fee, $1.00. Two prizes.
Aggregate open to Members.
15. FAREWILL CUP.-Silver cup presented by: he Civilian Members of the Hongkong Riffle Association. Open to the Officers of the 58th Regt, and to be won by the highest aggregate score made in the 1st Stage Queen's. Entrance
fet, none.
16. NURSERY AGGREGATE.-Restricted to com- petitors who have never won a First-or-Second prize at any previous prize meeting in Hongkong and whose respective scores. at zoo and soo yards in the Queen's 1st Stage make up the highest aggregates. Entrance fee, $1.00. Two
prizes.
17. HANDICAP AGGREGATE.-For competitors whose respective scores (with monthly challenge cup points added) at 200 and 500 yards in the Queen's First Stage make up the highest aggregates. Entrance fee, $100. Two prizes,
18. QUEEN'S, AGGREGATES.--For competitors whose respective scores in the 'Queen's three stages make up the highest aggregate. ist
Stages 200, 500 and 600 yards. 2nd Stages 500 and 600 yards. 3rd Stages. Soo and goo yards. 1st Prize, Silver Cup presented, value $too. 9 money prizes, value $100.
And in connection with the above, 3 EXTRA Money PRIZES for aggregates in 1st, and," and 3rd stages.
Also, A MATCH RIFLE with 300 rounds of ammunition, presented, for the competitor whose
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Masonic.
JOHN
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LODGE
OF HONGKONG, No. 618, S.C.
REGULAR MEETING of the above. named Lodge will be held in FAREMA SONS HALL, Zetland Street, on SATURDAY. the 13th instant, at 8.30 for 9 P.M. precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited.
Hongkong, 5th October, 1888.
PERSEVERANCE
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LODGE OF
HONGKONG, No, 1165.
REGULAR MEETING of the above A LODGE will be held in FREEMASONS HALL, Zetland Street, on TUESDAY, thr 16th instant, at 8.30. for 9 P.M. precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited.
Uangkong, soth October, 1888
Insurances.
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THE NEGLECT OF LIFE ASSURANCE.
strikes a thoughtful man with more force HERE is no feature of our civilised life that than the neglect of LIFE ASSURANCE. By payment of a small quarterly subscription any man of good health can secure a very large sum to his family in case of premature death, ye hundreds of families brought up in comfort- perhaps in luxury-are left in extreme poverty every year from the bread winner having Neglected to assure his etme, kao resembl a man lives up to his income, knowing well that if death cut him off suddenly, his wife and children would be left almost wholly unprovided for. All this can be prevented by Life Assurance.
EVERY FACILITY
In connection with Life Assurance Business is afforded by
RAHTJEN'S
GENUINE COMPOSITION
FOR
THE BOTTOMS OF IRON SHIPS
CARBOLINEUM `AVENARIUS
PRESERVATIVE AGAINST
ROTTING, DECAY, &c, of WOOD,
CHR. MOTZ & Co., BORDEAUX, CLARETS.
IMPERIAL CHAMPAGNE
LA GRANDE MARQUE.
FLENSBURG STOCKBEER, ENGINEERS AND BLACKSMITHS' TOOLS. AND EVERY KIND. OF SHIP'S STORES AND REQUISITES ALWAYS IN STOCK
'AT
REASONABLE PRICES.
ALL KINDS OF
COA
L S SUPPLIED AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
Hongkong, rit Innuary, 1885,
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NOTICE.
JEYE'S SANITARY COMPOUNDS. COMPANY, LIMITED. THE Undersigned have this day been appointed SOLE AGENTS for the salo of these PERFECT DISINFECTANTS, and are prepared to supply quantities to suit purchasers, at Wholesale Prices, Extra Special terma for Shipping and large. Orders.
Sir ROBERT RAWLINSON, C.B., C.E., Chief Sanitary Engineer, Local Government Board London, says
"It is the best Disinfectant in use."
W. G. HUMPHREYS & Co.,
Bank Buildings.
1976 Hongkong, 1st October, 1888.
NOTICE.
TROM the 1st of November next, the SHANGHAI BUTCHERY will be prepared to supply. BRAWN, LARD in BLADDERS, FRESH" and PICKLED ENGLISH, PORK, SAUSAGES, &c.
ALSO,
I
1
BEEF in JOINTS and CORNED, BLACK PUDDINGS, PORK and GAME PIES. ·
S. R. GALE.
1982 Shanghai, 21st September, 1888. ***
FOR SALE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
WATERBURY WATCHES, the Handiest, Cheapest, and Beat Time-keepers invented.
THE STANDARD LIFE OFFICE, one of the largest and wealthiest of the Providen: $8 Institutions of the United Kingdom. Forms of application and all information will be promptly afforded on application to any of the Standard Company's Agents, or to
THE BORNEO COMPANY, LD.,
Agents, Hongkong,
(659) Hongkong, z9th June, 1888. ECONOMIC FIRE OFFICE, LIMITED, LONDON.
· [1023 | scores in "All-comers," "Fresident's, and 'First' |
and Second Stages make up the highest aggregate. Winner of Cup excluded from taking this prize. Entrance fee, $2.00.
*** AUTHORISED CAPITAL.......................... SWEEP-STAKES at Running Man and Vanishing | SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL «................” Target. Open to all-comers during the meeting PAID-UF CAPITAL............... Any Rifle.
POOLS at 200, 100 yards and Saucer. Open to all comers, M.H. Rifle or Carbine,
Conditions &c.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
*NFORMATION has been received from the
NFOR
MILITARY AUTHORITIES that TARGET PRACTICE will take place from Stone-cutters Island Batteries on MONDAY, the 15th instant, from 4 to 6 P.M.
The direction of the fire will be nearly due Weat from Stone-cutters' Island West Battery.
All Junks and ether Vessels are cautioned to keep clear of the range.\.-
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 10th October, 1888.
THE HONGKONG HIGH LEVEL TRAMWAYS COMPANY,
I
ME
LIMITED.
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TABLE
1
WEEK DAYS,
The CARS RUN as follows between ST. JOHN'S PLACE and VICTORIA GAP-
8 to to A.M. every quarter of an hour. 12 to 2 P.M. 15. half hour,
4 to 8 33 'quarter of an hour,
SUNDAYS,
CHURCH TRAM at † to 11 AM...“ past is to past one every, quarter of an hour, and from 4 to 8 PM.. every quarter of an hour
1. To avoid delay, intending competitors are
strongly advised to enter and obtain tickets for the various competitions. before the date of the meeting. Application to be made to the Hon Secretary, Hongkong Club.
a. Post entries will be accepted on the ground. Sights Paper or sliding wind-gauges on above, are not allowed..
Persons wishing to join the H.R. Association should send their names, with that of proposer, and seconder, to the Hon. Secretary not later than Thursday, noon, 8th November Entrance fee $5.00. Ladies $1.00. The above programme is subject to alteration. Frogrammes will be intued in the courts of two or three weeks, ·
A SHELTON HOOPER.
Hon. Secretary,! HONGKONG CLUB.
Hongkong, 8th October, 1888.
FOR HIRE,
1,000,000
3$7,500 71,500
THE UNTS for the above Company, art Undenigned having been appointed
J
prepared to accept RISKS at CURRENT RATES
F: NAUDIN & Co. Office, No. 58, Queen's Road Central,
Hongkong, 17th September, 1888. โรงง
GENERAL NOTICE,
THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY, (LIMITED.)
CAPITAL TAELS 600,000,
$833,333-3; EQUAL TO masiniseur! RESERVE FUND „he $240,000.00
D BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SING, Esq.
LO YIUE MOON, ES4 Lou TSO SHUN, Esq.
MANAGER-HO AMEI.
PRICK THREE DOLLARS KACH $8
REPAIRS NEVER EXCEED 50 CENTS for each Watch.
THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHIA,
(Sole Agents in Japan and China for the Sale of the above Watches,)
10, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, Opposite Marine House, Hongkong, 29th August, 1888-
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CHS. J. GAUFF & CO., *HRONOMETER, WATCH, and CLOCK- MAKERS" JEWELLERS, SILVER-
SMITHS, and OPTICIANS. CHARTS and BOOKS. NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS. awarded the highest Prizes at every Exbibitions Sole Agents for Louis Audemars' Watches ;
and for Voigtländer and Söhn's:
· CELEBRATEĎ OPERA GLASSES, MARINE, GLASSES, and SPYGLASSES. -No. 8, Queen's Road Central, [60% HONGKONG TIMBER
YARD, WANCHAI,
REGON PINE SPARB and LUMBER:
Always on Hand.
L. MALLORY,
Proprietor. Hongkong, 24th June, 1881.
FOR SALE.
GERMANĂ BEER,
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"HE Fast Steam Launch "ELK " is always
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