THE STRAIts fire insURANCE. COMPANY LIMITED.
The following is the second annual report for
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1889.
CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS.
CONSERVATISM.
Amusements.
ST. GEORGE'S HALL.
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presentation to the shareholders at the fourth than of any other nation in history, that their in different parts of the empire doubtless differs A will be given in the above Hall,
ordinary general meeting, to be held in the Company's offices, Singapore, on Friday, the 1st March, 1889, at noon, precisely :- To the shareholdersof The Straits Fire Insurance Company, Limited,
Fund.
Gentlemen, Your Directors beg to place before you the annexed Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1888.
The nett premia carned, after deducting re insurances and returns, amounts to $131,853.59. The Interest on investments to $31,370.20. 1887. The final result of this year has not been so favourable as was hoped at the date of the last report: after providing for a second dividend of 5 per cent, as prescribed under Clause No. 125 of the Articles of Association, making 10 per cent, for the whole year, there remained a balance of $13,000, which has been placed to Reserve 1888. Considerable progress, has been made in the extension of the Company's business during the year: the gross premium taken, mimounts to $148,666 48 (23,764.11.1) as against $91,685.43 (£14,039 6,7) in 1887, or an increase of 62 per cent. On the other hand some severe lossen have been incurred, principally in China, and Australia. Although the Company has now a small amount at Reserve, your Directors do not recommend a larger interim Dividend on 1888 account, than 3 per cent, absorbing $12,000 and carrying forward $54,215.25 for liabilities on unexpired policies.
DIRECTORS.
..
During the past year, Messrs, C. W. Conington and M. Behr retired from the Board, their places were filled by Messrs. Wm. McKerrow and G. W. F. Playfair. Your Directors have also to regret, the decease of Mr. Wee Boon Teck; this gentleman was succeeded by Mr. W. E Hooper., Mr. Lok Lara, of Messrs. Lob Kee Seng & Co., has also accepted a seat at the Hoard. In accordance with the provisions of Clause 103, of the Company's Articles of Associa tion, Mr. McKenow and Mr. Playfair retire from the Board, but offer themselves for re-election,
AUDITORS.
men
It is true of the Chinese, to a greater degree Gold Age in the past. The sages of antiquity themselves spoke with the deepest reverence for more ancient 'ancients Confucius declared that he was not an originator, but a transmitter It was his mission to gather up what had once been known, but long neglected, or misunder- stood. It was his painstaking fidelity in accom- plishing this task, as well as the high ability which be brought to it, that gave the Master bis extraordinuy hold upon the people of his race. it is his relation to the past, as much as the quality of what he taught,, that constitutes the claim of Confucius to the front rank of Holy It is the Confucian theory of morals, that a good ruler will make a good people. The prince is the dish, the people are the water if the dish is round, the water is round, if the dish is square, the water will be square also. Upon this theory, it is not strange that all thevirtues are believed to have flourished in the days when model rulers existed. The most ignorant coolic will upon occasion remind us that in ibe days of Yao and Shun," there was no netessity for closing the doors at sight, for there were no thieves, and that if an article was lost on the bighway, it was the duty of the first comer to stand guard over it, until the sext one happened along, who took his turn, until the owner arrived, who always found his property perfectly intact. It is a common saying, that the present is inferior to the past in the items of benevolence and justice; but that in violation of conscience the past can not compete with the present. This tendency to depreciate the present time is by no means confined to China, or to the Chinese, but is found with impartiality all over the earth, yet in the Celestial Empire it seems to
have attained
sincerity of conviction not else where equalled. All that is best in the ancient days, is believed to have survived in the literature to which the present day is the heir, and it is for this reason that this literature is regarded with such unmixed idolatry. The orthodox Chinese view of the Chinese classics appears to be much the same as the orthodox Christian view in regard to the Hebrew Scriptures; they are supposed to contain all that is highest and best of the wisdom of the past, and to contain ail that is equally adapted to the present time, and to the days of old. That anything is needed to supplement the Chinese classics is no more believed by a good Confucianist, than it is believed by a good Christian that supplementary Directors. additions to the Bible are desirable or are to be expected. Both Christians and Confucianists agree in the general proposition, that when a thing is as good as it can be, it is idle to try to
make it any better.
In accordance with Article 141, Messrs. James Lyall and Alex. Gentle retire, but offer them
selves for re-election.
TH. SORST (Chairman) T. S. THOMSON,
Singapore, 14th February, 1889.
BALANCE SHEET, 31ST DECEMBER, 1838.* Liabilities.
5, d.
Dr.
To Paid up Capital on
مجھے
- 20,000 shares @ $20
pershare.............61,250, 0,
$
400,000.00 To Reserve Fund..... 1,990.12. 6 13,000.00 To Unclaimed Dividends 32.11. 212.59 To Sundry Creditors. 9139 5.963.04 To Second Dividend of $
per cent. for 1887,062.10.0 20,000.00 To Balance of Working
Account 188810,139. 4. # 66,215-25
77,387.19. 6 505,39088
Cr.
Asszis.
C.
A 3. d. $ By Cash on Current Ac
count, Singapore *** 1,752.19. ↑ 11,447-90 By Fixed Deposits in
Banks, Singapore...:26,031. f. € 170,000.00 By Fixed Deposits in
Banks, Melbourne...... 3,000. o..0 19.591.84
By Investments on Mort-
gage, Singapore ----42,707.10. 1 278,906.14 By Shares in China Innu-
rance Co.'s
213 6.3 By Branch and Agency
Balances.
2,087. 9.10
By Sundry Debtors for Interest, &c, to gial December, 1888. By Furnitune at Head Office and Branches...
Dr.
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The Herature of antiquity is that which has "moulded the Chinese nation, and has brought about a system of government, which, whatever its other qualities, has been proved to possess that of persistence. Since self preservation is the first law of nations as of individuals, it is not singular that a form of rule which an experience of unmatched duration has shown to be so well adapted to its end, should have come to be regarded with a reverence akin to that felt for the classics. It would be a curious discovery if some learned student of Chinese bistory should succeed in ascertaining and explaining the pro- cesses by which the Chinese government came to be what it is. If ever those processes should be discovered, we think it certain that it will then be clearly seen why there have been in China su few of those interior revolutions to which all other peoples have been subject, There, is a story of a man who built a stone wall six feet wide and only four feet high, and on being asked his reasons for so singular e proceeding, he replied that it was his purpose
fisat when the wall blew over, it should be higher than it was before The Chinese govern. ment is by no means incapable of being blown over, but it is a cube, and when it capsizes, it 740.00 simply falls upon some other fact, and to external appearance, as well as to interior 13,631.61 substance, is the same that it has always been. Repeated experience of this process has taught the Chinese that this result is as certain, ns that a cat will fall upon its feet, and the conviction
9,661.20
1,411.19
1.479. 7. 5
215. 1.9
77.387.19. 6 305,390.88
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT, 1287.*
£ s. d.
To Balance from Work.
Cr.
iog afce 1886/7.........12,163, 201
8
C.
79,432.52
79.432-52
12.163. 2.1
£ s. d.
$
·C.
By Losses and Claims... 4,051, 6, 3
By at Dividend 5 per
cent. paid 11th Feb., 1888............
to Reserve Fund.
1,990.14,6
12,163; 2. 1
WORKING ACCOUNT, 1888.
Dr.
£
3. d.
To
Premia
from Ist
January to
26,457-55
1.
TO-MORROW, EVENING, February 27th, In Aid of
OF THE THE HONGKONG BRANCH
SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' FAMILIES. AID ASSOCIATION,
Under the Distinguished Patronage of Mm. CORDON CAMERON, Mrs, MAXWELL, Mrs. BELL-IRVING, A &C., Ste
Doors open atamıy To commence at..
föng established usage is a tyranny. Of the countless individuals who conform to the custom, not one is at all concerned with the origin or the reason of the acts. His business is to conformi, and he conforms. The degree of religious faith widely, but nothing can be more certain than that all the rites of the three religions are performed by millions, who are as destitute of anything which ought to be called faith, as they are of an acquaintance with Egyptian hieroglyphics. To any inquiry as to the reason for any particular act of religious routine, nothing is more common than to receive two answers: the first that the whole business. of communication with the gods has been handed down from the ancients, and must therefore be on the firmest possible basis; the second, that "everybody" does so, and therefore the person in question must conform. As already pointed out, when the subject of Sulidarly fell under consideration, in China the machinery moves the cog and not the cogs the machinery, While this continues to be always and every where true, it is also true that the merest shell of conformity is all that is demanded. It is a cus- torn in Mongolia, according to Mr. Gilmour, for every one who can afford it, to use snuff, and to offer it to his friends. Everyone is provided R with a little snuff-box, which he produces when ever he encounters a friend. If the person with the stuff-box happens to be out of snuff, that does not prevent the passing of the snuff-box, of which each guest takes a deliberate, though imaginary pinch, and returns it to its owner. To seem to notice that the box is empty, would not be 'good form, but by compliance with the proper usages, the face of the host is saved, and all is according to well settled precedent. In many important particulars it is not otherwise with the Chinese. The life may have long departed, but there remains the coral reef, the avenues to which in order to avoid shipwreck must be diligently respected.
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.8.30 PM.
•9,00P.M. Tickets-32 each, can be obtained at Messrs. KELLY & WALSH, LD.
Hongkong, 13th February, 1859 T199
WEBB'S
OYAL
MARIONETTES
AND
GAIETY COMPANY Will have the pleasure of appearing on T-HURSDAY,
the 28th February, 1889.
IN THE
THEATRE ROYAL, CITY HALL. In their mirth provoking entertainment;
consisting of THE
ITALIAN FANTOCCINI, THE CHRISTY MINSTRELS, and the beautiful Pantomime of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
Changing into the HARLEQUINADE, after which
MRS. AUSTIN POWERS, will appear in her "TOPICAL SONG "
Entitled
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Auctions.
IMPORTANT LAND SALE. AT KOWLOON,
VALUABLE
Antimations.
FRAYA EXTENSION.
THE Holders "of Marine Lots within the
BUILDING ESTATE T limits of the proposed PRAYA EXTEN
will be offered for Sale by Auction,
BY
G. R. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer,
ON
THURSDAY, the 7th March, at 2.30 PM. Comprising :- EIGHTY-SEVEN LOTS, known as Sections 1, 2, 3, &c., of Inland Lots 570 and 571, Yau-ma-tee, with extensive frontages to Robinson Road and other Public Roads, and excellent building sites already levelled for Building, Shops, Dwellings or Manu factories.
Fullest particulars, including Plans and Conditions of Sale, may be obtained on application to
HENRY J. HOLMES,
Solicitor,
54. Queen's Road;
W. ST. JOHN H. HANCOCK,
CIE, FRJ.D...¡
3. Braconsfield Arcade,
or to the Auctioneer, Duddell Street. Hongkong, 20th February, 1889.
No.
To be Let.
TO LET.
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[O. 2 MORRISON HILL; entry 1st April.
Apply to
G. C. ANDERSON, 13 Praya, Central Hongkong, 25th February, 1989,
TO LET,
WITH EARLY POSSESSION,
1
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NOS. 1, and 4, QUEEN'S GARDENS.
Apply to
G. C. ANDERSON, 13, Praya Central, Hongkong, 24th January, 1889.
TO LET, FURNISHED.
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ATthe Penk, "Dunford," A FIVE ROOMED
When the subject of Politeness was under consideration, attention was called to the deter- mination of a Chinese to do what he considers to be the 'proper' thing, at the proper time, and in the proper way, regardless of other it clear beyond question that be knows what circumstances, and with a sole view to making that thing is. It is this spirit which results in cherishing the empty bottles of form, as if they were filled with all the odours of Aráby the blett. Thus a man who had been for many “I CAN'T GET À GOOD NIGHT'S REST.” weeks a patient in a foreign hospital, came forward at a time when all the foreigners were The whole concluding with a grand assembled, and began to make an elaborate TRANSFORMATION SCENE. salzam before one of them. His salutation was returned, with the inquiry, Are you going, then ?" To this question the patient paid THE PALACE OF DEW DROPS IN THE GROTTO 1890.. no attention whatever, but merely turned and performed his obeisance to another foreigner, and then a third. When the inquiry had been twice repeated, be at last threw in what the dramatists call an 'aside,' to the effect that after he bad completed his bows to all the hospital attendants, he should be able to speak, but not before. Hearing this, the foreigners left him, and went about their business, but they had not gone twenty steps, before the patient was heard shouting after them, in an imploring tone, "Don't go, don't go, I want to speak to you !" Tbls, was a typical example of ceremonial con servatism.-N. C. Daily News.
(To be continued.)
Co-day's Advertisements.
FOR SINGAPORE AND FENANG. HE Steamship
THE S
"KASHGAR"
Captain Gadd, will be despatched for the above Ports, on FRIDAY, the ́ist March," at (4 P.M.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
|
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OF STALACTA,
Reserved Seats may be secured and booked at Messrs, KELLY & WALSH'S, LD.
važno 1,00
PRICES OF ADMISSION : Dress Circle and Stalls ...........$2.00 Pit ............*** Children half price, Soldiers in Uniform will be admitted to the Pit at half price.
C. DERMER, Maniger. Hongkong, 25th February, 1889. [250
HOUSE with Tennis Court." Possession from the 15th instant to the 31st March, 1889, or
Apply to
J. Y. V. VERNON., Hongkong, 3rd November, 1888
TO LET.
29
T the Peak "LA HACIENDA," formerly A occupied by Sir George Phillippo.
Apply to
H. N. MODY, Victoria Buildings, Hongkong, rath December, 1838.
TO LET, ENTRY 1ST MARCH NEXT,
Masonic.
No.
LODGE
ST. JOHN
OF HONGKONG, 1
No. 618, S.C.
AN EMERGENCY MEETING of the above- named Lodge will be held in FREEMA- SONS HALL, Zetland Street, TO-MORROW, the ayth instant, at 5 for 5.30 1.1. precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited.
Hongkong, 26th February, 1889
Cass
EOTHEN MARK
GEO. R. STEVENS & Co. Hongkong, z6th February, 1889. PUBLIC AUCTION
..OF
RACE PONIES, HACKS, &c.
is accompanied by a most implicit faith in the divine sdom of those who planned and built LANE,
so wisely and so well. To suggest improvements would be the rankest heresy. Hence it has come about, that the unquestioned superiority of the ancient rests upon the firm basis of the inferiority of those who come after them.
With these considerations clearly in mind, it is net difficult to perceive the rationale of what seems at first the blind and obstinate adherence of the Chinese to the ways of the past. To the Chinese, as to the ancient Romans, the ideas of manner and of morals are interchangeable, for they have the same root and are in their essence identical. To them an invasion of their customi is an invasion of the regions which most sacred. It is not necessary for this effect that
CRAWFORD will hold their ANNUAL AUCTION,
ON
THURSDAY NEXT,
the 28th instant, at 4 O'CLOCK,
&
Co
at the Fountain, opposite the CITY HALL.
LANE, CRAWFORD & Co., Auctioneers.
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Hangkong, 26th February, 1889 HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
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LODGE
OF HONGKONG, No. 264
MEETING of the above
3, WEST TERRACE, Apply to
G. C. ANDERSON, 13, Praya Central.
Hongkong, 29th January, 1879.
* TO LET.
›OOMS in “COLLEGE CHAMBERS":
R
Apply to
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DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co, Hongkong, 12th December, 1888.
Intimations.
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HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION. MONTHLY HANDICAP CHALLENGE CUP.;
A LODGE will be held in FREEMASONS THE NINTH COMPETITION will take
HALL, Zetland Street, TO-MORROW, the 27th instant, at 8.30 for 9 O'CLOCK precisely,
Hongkong, 21st February, 1889,
Insurances.
THE FUNDS
OF THE
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STANDARD LIFE OFFICE RE invested entirely within the British AR Dominions and are thus free from the complications which might arise in time of war. They now amount to Six and three-quarter Millions Sterling, and are increasing yearly. A marked preference continues to be shown for
STANDARD POLICIES, and every year since 1865, New Assurances for upwards of £1,000,000 Sues Assured have been placed on the books
■ result continued uninterruptedly for so long a period by no other British Office.
THE DIVIDEND of 2 % or $2.50 per Share for the six months ended 31st December, 1888, declared at yesterday's Ordinary Yearly Meeting, will be payable at the HONG XONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION from this date, the 76th instant, and Shareholders THE BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED,
Agents, Hagkong. are requested to apply for Dividend Warrants at | 669-1] the Company's Office, No. 14, Praya Central.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
D. GILLIES, Secretary. Hongkong, 26th February, 1889.
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„ MİTSU BISHI COLLIERY AGENCY,
7
NOTICE.
`N thẻ 1st proximo
JEFFRIES will assume charge of this Agency,
H. J. H. TRIPP Hongkong, 26th February, 1889.
3,043. 7. 8 19,875-15 the customs should be apprehended in their By and Dividend 5 per
ultimate relations, or indeed, strictly speaking cent. payable 1st Mar.,
apprehended at all. They are resolutely
defended 1889....................... 3,061,10, 0′ 20,000.00 by an Astinct similar to that which leads a By Written off Furniture
sbebear to defend her cubs. This instinct is account for Deprecia-
not a Chinese instinct merely but it belongs to tion
15. 5. B
99.81 human gature. It has been profoundly remarked By Balance transferred
that millions of men are ready to die for a faith 13,000.00 which they do not comprehend, and by the
tenets of which they do not regulate their lives. 79:432.52
Chinese customs like the Chinese language, have become established in some way to us un known. Custom, like human speech, once establisted, resist change. But the conditions under which Chinese customs and language crystalled into shape are in no two places exactly the same. Hence we bave those per plexing variations of usage indicated in the common proverb already quoted in another connection, that customs differ, every ten miles. Hence, too, we have the bewildering dialects. surances &
When once the coatom or the dialect has become
"China mercHANTS STEAM NAVIGA- Returns...$16,802.89
fixed, it resembles plaster-of-Paris which has
TION COMPANY'S DEBENTURE -20,191.12. 3 131,551,59 | set, and while it may be broken, it can not be
LOAN OF 1886. InterestonInvestments 4,803.11. 3. 31,370.30 changed This, at least, is the theory, but like Transfer fees...........
INTEREST Dus and DRAWN BONDS of 127.00 other theorice it must be made suficiently 19. 8.11
elastic to suit the facts, which are that no mere 1 tl LOAN. will be Paysbbs at the Offices 25,014.12.5 163,350.79 custom is necessarily immortal, and given of the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING certain conditions, a change can be effected, CORPORATION on and after the 1st day of March, $ No better illustration of this truth could be given 1889. Lists of DRAW Boss can be obtained
than one drawn from the experience of the pre-on application to the Undersigned sent dynasty in introducing an entirely new style
For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING of tonsure among their Chinese subjects. It was
CORPORATION, Agents Issuing the Loan, G. E, NOBLE,
Chief Mabager.
31st Dec.,
Less Re-in-
Cr.
1888__......$148,666.45
G
By Head Office Charges 1,655.12. 6 19,817.25
Branch and Agency Charges 1,948, I. 7. 12,733.16
Agency Commissions 2,401. 1. 9 5,580.67 Inevitable that such a conspicuous and tangible Directors and Com-
mark of subjection should have been bitterly
Auditors-Fee one? Exchange Account... Losses and Claims ...
·Balance 5749+
1
..
Hongkong, 26th February, 1889.
mittees Fers....... 371, 6, 7 3,435.00 resisted, even to the death, by great numbers of 73.10. O 480.00 the Chinese. But the Manchus showed how well 64. 2.15 418.90 they were fitted for the high task which they 8,361.12.11 54,606.66 had undertaken, by their persistent adherence to ....10,139. 4. 2. 66,215.25 the requirement, compliance with which was
made at once a sign and a test of loyalty, The ZET LAND 25,01412 5 163;360.79 result is what we all see. The Chinese peopla are now more proud of their queues than of any
· For the convenience of the Company's share-other characteristic of their dress, and the ran- "holders and, supporters, many of whom are in corous hostility to the edict of the Manchus Europy and in the Colonies the equivalent of the survives only in the turbans of the natives of Dollar Currency has been stated in sterling at the provinces of Canton and Fukien, coverings
once adapted to hide the national disgrace. 3/01 Exchange,
The introduction of the Buddhist religion into Chisa, was accomplished only at the expense of a warfare of the most determined character, but
CRAWFORD D, KIRE,
Secretary...
No. 525
GENERAL NOTICE.
February, at 3.30 P.M.
place next WEDNESDAY, the 27th
Intending Competitors must send me notice of same together with 50 Cents, Entrance Fee not later than 4 O'CLOCK P.M., on TUESDAY, 26th.
A. SHELTON HOOPER,
Hon. Secretary, c/o Hongkong Club. Hongkong, a3rd February, 1899.
Isa GREEN ISLAND COMPANY, LIMITED.
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in A the company will be held on SATUR DAY, the 2nd of March, at the Office of the Company, 62. Queen's Road Central, at HALF- PAST TWO O'CLOCK in the AFTERNOON.
CEWENS,
SION and the Attornies and Agents of absent.. Owners are requested to: MEET Mr. C. P CHATER at the Chamber of Commerce, City Hall, at 3.30 P.M., on SATURDAY, the and March, to consider the Government letter of the 15th instant, and to determine what course shall be taken
Hongkong, 2nd February, 1889.
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· LUZÖN SUGAR REFINING COMPANY,
DOUS LIMITED.
NOTICE.
THE SEVENTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the Office of the General Agents, Pedder's Street, on THURS- DAY, the 7th March, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving a Report from the General Agents, with a Statement of Accounts, to the 31st of December, 1888.
#
Tho. TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 22nd February until 7th March, both days inclusive,
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Agents,
Hongkong. 19th February, 1889.
HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY,
LIMITED.
NOTICE
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“USTOMERS are requested to SETTLE
OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS on or before the
By Order of the Board of Directors,
1st proximo.
Hongkong, 15th February, 1889.
MRS
NOTICE,
R. LYALL, Secretary.
1209
TRS. H. WHARTON shortly returning to
England would be glad to take charge of Two or Three Children, to bring up, and educate with her own. Happy, comfortable, and excellent educational refined home, with
advantages.
Terris Moderate.
Apply care of
Messrs. LANE, CRAWFORD & Co. Hongkong, 21st February 1818. (239
PUBLIC NOTICE OF EXPIRY OF OPIUM FARM.
HE, Exclusive PRIVILEGE of BOILING
and SELL ING and RETAILING OPLUM so. Boiled or Prepared will CEASE on the 28th day of February, 1889. No boiled or prepared Opium purchased from us or our Licences can be used after the 3rd day of March, 1889, at Noon, without the consent of the New Holder of such exclusive privilège as aforesaid:
Dated 26th January, 1889. H
KHOO TEONG POH,
ANDR
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· CHEAK TEK SOON,"
Opiura Farmers.
THE HONGKON
ATHLETIC SPORTS. TO BE HELD ON
THE RACE COURSE
SATURDAY,
the 16th March, 1889. Held under the Laws of the Amateur Athletic Association, open to all Gentleman Amateurs who are Members or visitors of the Hongkong Club, The Club Germania, The Hongkong Cricket Club, The Victoria Recreation Club The Ladies Recreation Club, and Commissioned Naval and Military Officers.
The following is the list of Events, viz. ---- 1.100 YARDS FLAT RACE (Winners at previous meetings at Hong- kong or elsewhere penalised yard)................ 2 prizes. 2-PUTTING THE SHOT (16 lbs.) Wing ners at previous meetings at Hongkong or elsewhere penal. ised foot), ven 3-120VARDS FLATRACE, (Handicap), 4-TOSSING THE CABER, (Open),...... -HIGH JUMP, (Winners at previous
meetings at Hongkong or else where penalised 2 inches for one win and one fach addi- tional for more than one win), 6-MILE FLAT RACE, (Ladies Purse),
(Winners at previous meetings at Hongkong or elsewhere? penalised so yards for one win.... and 5 yards additional for moro, than one win),......renunganman THROWING THE CRicket Ball (Winners at previous meetings penalised 5 yards) [2306-EXERCISES ON THE GERMAN
General Manager. Hongkong, rgth February, 1889:-
THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.i THE SECOND ORDINARY ANNUAL
MEETING OF SHAREHOLD 225 14 above Company will be held at Mesurs. JARDINE MATHESON, & Co.'s Office, Pedder's Street, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th March, 1889, at 14 CAPITAL TAELS 600,000, $113,333-35 O'CLOCK (NOON), to receive a Statement of
THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY,
(LIMITED.)
EQUAL TO.....................
RESERVE FUND $318,000.00
Accounts and Repon of the Directors for the year ending 31st December, 1888.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company, LO YEUR HOON, Esq. will be CLOSED from WEDNESDAY, the wyth instant, to WEDNESDAY, the 6th day of March next, both days inclusive.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LEE SING, LEAG LOU TEO SHUR, Esq.
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M
LODGE
world.
MANAGER.--HO AMEL
ARINE RISKS on GOODS, &c., taken at Current RATES to all parts of the
HEAD OFFICE, 8 &.9, PRAYA WEST Hongkong, 17th December, 1884.
NOTICE.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
19AAC HUGHES, ?
**Secretary:
·Hongkong, 19th February, 1859 megan f232
THE CHÍNA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
10.
di
11.-120
HORSE,
MILE FLAT RACE, '(Handicap), MILE FLAT RACE, (Open to N. C 0's and Men of Her Majesty's Imperial Services, including YARDS HURDLE RACE, (W ners at previous meetings penalised yards for one win, al yards for each succeeding
12BOYS, RACE, 100 YARDS: (Open) (Competitors must be under
10 years of years of age), tuin!) "VETERANI' RACE - 120 YARDS. (Open); (Competitors must be 35 years of age or upwards of 10 years residence In India, China, or the Tropics, .******** ONO JUMP, (Winners at previous mectings proalised 6 fuches), IS—THREE-LEGGED RACE (post
16.—SMALL GIRLS RACE (handicap) (Competitors must be under 7:
1320 YARDS FLAT RACE/(handicap) a
THE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY, A SHAREHOLDERS in the Company 18.1. Mint. ACT-34CE: (vianeriat
LIMITED.
CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED.....................,000,000.
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N EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of be held at the Company Difice. Nos, Queen's Road, Victoris, THREE O'CLOCK In the AFTERNOON, of WEDNESDAY, the 6th day of March, 1889, for the purpose of confrming the Resolution passed at the Meeting held this day," the 19th February, 1889. Santini
By Order,
COUGHTRIE JAS D
Secretary Hongkong, 19th February, 1889
NOTICE HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
The above Company is prepared to accept MARINE RISKS at CURRENT RATES on GOODS. &c. Policies granted to All Parts of the world Ezfo | payable at any of its Agencies.
› WOO LIN YUEN
Secretary HEAD OFFICE, TRANS NO2, QUEEN'S ROAD WEIL. Hongkong, 1st February, 1882.
CHS, J. GAUPP & CO“, – HRONOMETER, WATCH, and CLOCK The MEMBERS of the Hongkong Gener CMAKERS, JEWELLERS, SILVER
SMITHS, and OPTICIANS, AMACHARTS and BOOKS,
NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS. Sole Agents for Louis Audemars Watchon
band for Voigtlinder and Sohr's MARINE 4 4GLASSES, and: SPYGLASSES. 3/Mo. 8, Queen's Hand Centrales doy
AN EMERGENCY MEETING of the above A LODGE will be held in FREEMASON!”- HALL, Zetland Street, on SATURDAY NEXT, the 2nd March; at 8,go for a precisely. Visiting. Brethren are cordially invited
Hongkong, 26th February, 18g ([26]
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THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Chamber of Commerce will be held WEDNESDAY, the 6th March at 3301 the ROOMS OF THE CHAMBER; City Hall, purpose of receiving the Report of the Comm and passing the Secretary a mocounts:
Having compared the above Statements with once thoroughly tooted, it appears aï much like former: preferred, for WARDROOM Swarded the highest Prices at every Exhibition; year ending 31st December 18881
the Books, Vouchers, and Securities of the Com- pany, we hereby certify them to be correct..
XANTED. MESSMAN W STEWARD, MAN OFFICERS' Mess H.M.S, “HEZOTER * for the
The senesis of Chinese customs being what it' | passige to England,” Apply on Edard during WAY CELEBRATED OPERA GLASSE
JAM. LYALLY ALEK. GENTER, 3.
Auditor. Singapore, 14th February, 1889,
a native as Imoism, and not less difficult to supplant
is, it is easy to perceive that it is the underlying: Foresados. Regard assumpion" that whatever is, is right. Thus Hongkong, 25th February, 1189.
HENDERS
Becretary2 us
33rd February, 1889);
previous meetings penalised ** 100 yards for first win and so yards additional for each suc ceeding win): (19—CONSOLATION, BACK (130 yards), kra
TWO OF WAR, (International),naian! BICYCLE RACE (1 mile) Start on
(Post entries) Saddle
Esthe to
close on Friday 8th March, Competitors are requested to send in their to the Hon. SICH WELLINGTON – BAR, KE," As darly as possible, o
The aborg order of events may be changed. (the Commitice think proper, «LA
Members are requested to send in their for races on forms which are obtainable (on WEDNESDAY, and after) at the CRICKET PAVILION
WALSH and
Loess, LANE, CRAWFORD & CO. (GEO. BRAMW
2nd Northamptómat
February,
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