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NEW SERIES No.
Marks.
302
日五十月二年二十二鹣光
HANKING CORPORATION.
TONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
PAID-UP.CAPITAL SA...............
..$10,000,000
RESERVE FUND......................................................................$ 5,750,000
· RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPITORS...$10,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTOR::
A. MCCONACHIT, Esq.—Chairman.
ST. C. MICHAELSTW, K«q.-Deputy Chairman.
Hon. J. J. Bali-Irving.
G. B. Dodwell, Esq.
M.D. Ezekiel, Esq.
R. M. Gray, Esq.
j. Kramer, Esq.
D. R. Sassoon, Esq.
R. Shewan, Esq.
N. A. Slebs, Esq.
CHIEF MANAGER:
Hongkong T. JACKSON, Esq.
MANAGER:
Shanghal-J. P. WADE GARDNER, Esq. LONDON BANKERS--LONDON AND COUNTE
BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED, HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED
On Cement Account at the rate of 3 per Cent,
per Aadam on the daily balance.
INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITs For 3 months, 24 per Cent, per Annum. For months, 31 per Cent. per Annum.
-
For 12 months, 4 per Cent, per Annum.
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
Hongkong, rgth February, 1896.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK,
Ear
“HE Business of the above Bank is conducted
Tby the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application."
INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 31 Fxx CENT, per annum,
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more la thà HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT, per annum.
For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
T. JACKSON,
Hongkong, 1st August, 1895.
Chief Manager.
THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,
LIMITED.
Authorised Capital ........
£1,000,000
Subscribed Capital.................................n£ 500,000
HEAD OFFICE :—HONGKONG.
Court of Directors?
D. Gilles, Esq.
ChowTong Shang,Exq
H. Stolterfcht, Eıq. Kwan Hol Chem, Esq.
Can Kit Shan, Esq. '
Chief Manager,
GEO, W. F. PLAYFAIR.
Interest for 12 months Fixed, § per Cent.
Hongkong, 23rd October, 1893.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF
INDIA, LIMITED.
AUTHORISED CAPITAL... £1,500,000
SUBSCRIBED
PAID-UPŠÍVANÍ DOPRINI
BANKERS:.
1,126,000
**£ 863,500
LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LIMITED,
'NTEREST ALLOWED on CURRENT ACCOUNTS at the Rate of a per cent.
per annum on the Daily Balance.
ON NEW FIXED DEPOSITS ---
6
For 12 Months...................4 per cent.
31 13 3 31
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DEPOSITS RENEWED ON OLD TRAME J. W. R. TAYLOR,
Lanager, Hongkong. Hongkong, 18th December, 1895,
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
- AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853- HEAD OFFICE :-LONDON.
CAPITAL PAID-UP ............MENANG RESERVE LIABILITY or SELARE-
ESTABLISHED. 1881.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1896.
Intimations.
BELL'S ASBESTOS EASTERN
AGENCY, LIMITED.
HONGKONG HOTEL-PRAYA
Sole Extern Agents for
SPHINCTOR GRIP ARMOURED HOSE. SNOWDON, SOurs & Co "SNOW...
DRIFT MANUFACTURȚI.
THE NEW WIRE WOTE ROOFING CO.
THE · ALUMINIUM AND GENERAL
FOUNDRY CO.
BELL'S METALLIC and ASBESTOS PACKINGS are unequalled for both Compound and Triple Expensión Engines.
COTTON PARAGON PACKING, TUCK'S PACKING and all kinds of jointings kept in stock.
ENGINE AND CYLINDER OILS. W. JACKSON, Manager.
SPECIALLY MADE CLOTH FOR FILLERS.
Hongkong, 17th February, 1896.
SHERRIES.
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FOR
大禮
就八廿月三英港香
Entimations.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,
STEAMERS
上ㄚ
CAPTAINS
TO SAD,
$1,000
European Subcribers so tha
Hongkong Telegraph are, from 1st October, 1895, taured for the sum of $1,000 igažast Fatal Accident.
THIRTY DOLLARS
PER ANNUM.
Insurances.
THE MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
CAPITAL
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1881.
***+++6+4
(3,520,000
TOTAL FUNDS AND SECURITY,........ (2,480,053 NET ANNUAL FIRK PREMTA..... 757.478
REMARKE Freighter Passage.
(Calling at | STRAITS AND Rohilla.........S. Barcham ............. About 4th April... Colombo if suffi-
BOMBAY
clent Inducement HAVING been appointed AGENTS of the 1. abere Company we, sid prepared to offers).
accent EUROPEAN and CHINESE RISKS „About 5th April...Freight or Passage, | at CURRENT RATES. „About 6th April ...Freight or Passago.
SHANGHAI .....Pékin umasana), F. Jephxɔù, LONLON.......Formosa.......................E, P. Bishop LONDON, &c. ...Kotsar-&-Hind. C. L. Daniel'.
.................Noon, 9th April... J Sea Special
Advertisement. Freighter Passage.
JAPAN, & adnioną ...W. D. Mudis ................................Noan, 10th April.- (Passing through
the Inland
HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co.,
Apenis. Hongkong, 201,Tanoary, 1806
NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.
LONDON Shanghal...]. Cowie, R.N.R....About 18th April...Freight, THE Undersigned AGENTS of the above
For Further Particulars, apply to
Hongkong, 28th March, 1896.
ALF. WOOLLEY, Acting Superintendent,
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KELLY & WALSH, LD.
CIGARETTES.
-SWEET CAPORAL.
TOBACCOS.
WILL'S BRISTOL BIRD'S EYE. THREE CASTLES,
ESTD. 1884.
TELEPHONE-75,
OLOROSO, red seal (fis nutty golden).................... AMONTILLADO, whits sexl (chofcast dry)...... SOLERA, yellow seal (fruity golden)........ SOLERA, black sesi (a very dark fruity wina, vin. 1890) $25.00 $30.00 AMOROSO, green seal (rich golden)
FER DOZEN, $18.00
BIKD'S EYE,
PIONEER BRAND.
CAPSTAN NAVY CUT,
******* $10.00 $20.00
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND.
THREE CASTLES.
COPE'S BIRD'S EYE.
Hongkong, 28th March, 1845.
16
The above stand in the first rank of after dinner SHERRIES and have been specially selected by our London house at very low prices for wines of such quality,
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.,
WINE and SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
Hongkong, sith March, 1596.
G.P.C
洋 TRADE MARK,源
行 Hong Name——和 YUEN WO.
TILIPHONI, No. 135.
39
HIRANO WATER.
PER CASE OF 48 BOTTLES.......
79
J
48}
$7.50
+$5.50
A SPARKLING ALKALINE WATER WHICH MIXES
SOLE AGENTS›—
PERFECTLY WITH WINES AND SETS.
GANDE PRICE & CO.,
Hongkong, 23rd March, 1896.
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
#8, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRÄ E.
EX S.S. "CADIZ,"
(DIRECT IMPORTATION FROM (JERIZ.) DRY SHERRY In cases of 12 Bottle.....................
And a small lot of choles, Wines, GRANT JEREZ, N.P.O.
CORONA VIEJO OLORÓSO,
Hongkong, zist March, 1896.
£800,000
SIR
HOLDERS KISUMUONO....................................../800,000
RESERVE FUNB........................
*****£325,000 Olla per la per
[420
......................at $8.00 per Case.
MONTHLY RATES FOR
MEALS
AT HE HOTEL
15.03
DODA
4250
BREAKFAST
TIFFIN
ALL 3 MEALS
THE HONGKONG BUTCHERY,
VEAL
Nos, 11, 18 and 15 Central Market,
TRY OUR.
EAL SAUSAGES as Cent per a.
BOLOGNA SAUSAGES 50 Cents per b.
FAMOSO MOSCATEL EXTRA.
NECTAR.
SHEWAN & Co.
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Hongkong, 11th February, 1895.
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.
GENERAL STORE-KE IPERS AND COMMISSION AGENTS, SHIPCHANDLERY DEPARTMENT.
^IR CHAS, PRICE & Co's ENGINE and CYLINDER OILS. ENGLEBERT'S CYLINDER OIL.
CRANE'S CYLINDER OIL.
VALVOLINE, CASTOR OIL, &c., &c.
ASBESTOS PACKINGS of all kinds.
́NTEREST ALLOWED 65 CURRENT TUCE'S GENUINE PATENT PACKING.
annum on the Daily Balances.
On Fixed Deposits for 12 months....... 4 per cent.
TH. WHITEHEAD,
Hongkong, 16th September, 1895
PARAGON PATENT PACKING.
ROPE, CANVAS, &c. HUBBUCK'S FAINTS and VARNISHES.
HOLZAPFEL'S PATENT COMPOSITION, ANTI-CORROSIVE and ANTI-FOULING, før.
Steel, VesselJ.
SOAPSTONE ENAMEL COMPOSITIONS for HOLDS, BUNKERS and TOP-1. FRESH WATER SUPPLIED.
Μ
*
20
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6
3)
3
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11
Manager, Hongkong.
Hongkong, 4th Febensry, 1896,
EXPLOSION IMPOSSIBLE. .
Intimations.
NOTICE.
THE EAST POINT DAIRY FARM COMPANY.
To avoid any misapprehension, I beg to
Inform our CUSTOMERS" and "the PUBLIC in general that our CATTLE entirely FREE from DISEASE. The majority of our Cattle, of which we have over 300 head, were specially picked out from the principai Lealthy Dairies and Cattle-rearing Districts in Australia, by the undersigned, who has been connected with this Company and Its PredacossOT since 1891, and who has spared no time or trouble to study the Dienases of Catile, having twice visited Australia and India lat that purpose.
Tre Cattle Plague which broke out the year before last in this Colony did not touch ear Dairy, which is situated to Wong Nei Chong Valley at the Eastern part of the Colony and surrounded on all sides with fir and other trees, and it is one of the healthiest localities in this Colony for Cattio.
Our Produce, about 1,000 lbs, of milk daily, is.) used by the Civli and Mülltary Hospitals (not the Officers' Most, as was rumoured in connec tion with the cases of Typhoid fevar) and by the pelácipal insti'atlans in the Colony for the past lew years, and is sold at our Depil-No. £2, D'Agullar Street,
A. RUMJAHN,
Managing Proprietor.. Honekong, 19th March, 1866, .. Esos
HONGKONG TIMBER
YARD, WANCHAL
ORE
REGON FINE SPARS 284 LUMBER
Always on Hand, video
MALLORY.
NOISKLESS.
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.
JASTRAM'S PATENT
GOLDEN MEDAL
MI“ SHIPPING AND COAST FORT ORDERS WILL HAVE PROMPT ATTENTION, LIDE
J. TATAM,
Proprietor.
MOUNT AUSTIN
HOTEL
1,400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS,
"EXCELSIOR," Homurano,
A, B; C. Code.
TELEPHONE,
No. 35.
₤49
THE TEMPerature is AT LEAST 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN IN
QUEEN'S ROAD,
DINNER AT 8 P.M.
TIFFIN ATI FM. ARRANGEMENTS can be made for TIFFIN_e1 DINNER PARTIES ́in
PRIVATE DINING-Roosal.
[#75
For further Particulars apply to
THE MANAGER,
MOUNT AUSTIN HOTEL
Hongkosz. 27th July, 180g,
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PETROLEUM ENGINES
J
OF 3 TO 1 H.P."
Fox FACTORIES AND LAUNCHES.
WORKED BY ORDINARY PETROL-KIIM.
Consumption of Petroleum 1 15.:ßer HP. and Hour.
A Working Stationary Engine and 5 Launch with a 4 H.P.
· Engine will be shown and full partieniars be given on application.
SCHEELE & CO., HONGKONG,
47]
SOLE AGENTS FOR THR EAST.
NO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER REQUIRED.
HAVE YOU TRIED
富
BRAUN'S EXPORT" BEER
-SE A QUESTIÓN EVERYONE IS ASKING EVERYONE ELSE.
IF NOT, TRY IT AND YOU WILL PRONOUNCE IT A FIRST CLASS LAGER BEER,
A MARVEL OF CHEAPNESS AND A DELIGHT TO THE EPICURE
PRICE
Braga per Case of 6 dozen Plats, Stago per Gase of 4 dosen Quaris.
AAK MyMy Cash on Delivery
THE SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING CO., CHINA JAPAN AGENCY,
Head Office :—–5, PAguilar Street, Hongkong!!
“THE MANAGE
For peice and farms, apply to
SMOXKLESS:
THE
CLUB HOTEL,
5. BUND, POROBAMA.
HOTEL METROPOLE,
1, TSUKIJI, TOKYO,
FIRST-CLASS HOTELS, centrally situated, well-famished, the Cuisine der ike Superv sion of approved French Chef hay no equal. ENTIRE FORKIGN MANAGEMENT Experiment English matron in attendance,
The Hotel steam-launch with European Agent attende arrivals and departures ; every alstarice given in cloaring luggages and affording information," Passengers are met at the Railway Studien.
VISITORS have the option of mersing either in Toxwo er YOKOHAMA, without extra charge-THE ONLY HOTEL OFFERING SUCH AN ADVANTAGE. EUROPEAN HAIR DRESSER on the Premises.
Certiäod Guides are in attendance at both Hotels.
THE CLUB HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED, PROPRIETORS. E. V. BIOEN, Manager,
VOKOHAMA
TO SHIPMASTERS.
►NQUIRE where your FRESH WATER is
ENQUIRE
WATER in the 'cuse of much sickness on bosed Ship,
L. DEWETTE, Manager,
TOKYO.
MEE CHEUNG, PHOTOGRAPHER,
TOP FLOOR OF ICH HOUSE, I Ice-House Road,
We 'ars_the_only_Water-Boat Company fa Hongkong excisively Supplying FILTERED to acines, as kerstalore, *8 now in a position, in his New 'and Com- WATER
Call Fise "W.”
Company are prepared to accept First Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at CURRENT RATES,
SIEMSSEN & Co.
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Hongkong, 28th May, 1895,
THE
NOTICE.
MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY,
LIMITED.
CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED ............
...$1,000,000
The above Company is prsnared to accept MARINE Rises at CURRENT RATES on GOODS, &c. Policies granted to all Parts of the world payable at any of its Agencies.
CHAU TSEUNG TAT, Secretary,
HEAD OFFICE,
No. 1, QUEEN'T FOAD WEST. (Trusalemma, q% Max, x?sa
GENERAL NOTICE.
THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY, (LIMITED.)
CAPITAL TAELS 600,000 } #833.333.25.
EQUAL TO 198209958201102519495
RESERVE FUND $318,000,00
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Lax Stra, Esq,
LOU TEO SHUM, Esq.
LO YEK MOON, Haş
MANAGER.—HO AMEL
MARINE RISKS on GOODS, die tats
World.
61 CURRENT RATES to all parts of the
HEAD OFFICE, 8 & 9,' PRAYA WEST.' Hongkong. 17th Flecember, 1884.
Entimations.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tas
INFORMATION has been received from the
Military Authorities that ARTILLERY PRACTICE will take plans from the zat to goth April, 1896, (Sundays exceptad), between the hours of 8 AM, and 5 PM, daily, as follows:-
From Stone Catter's Island in Westerly and
South-Westerly directions.
From Belcher's, Upper and Lower, in Northerly and North-Westerly direc floas.
From Kowloon Dock and East in Easterly
and South-Easterly directions, From Lyeman.in North-Westerly, North- Easterly and South-Easterly directions. From North Pelat la Northerly and North
Easterly directions.
All Ships, Junks, and other Vessels are can- tlaned to keep clear of the raTZOR
The Inhabitants of the houses rear Belchert, Kowloon Dock and East, and at Stonecutter' Island are warned keen their glass winders open during the PRACTICE, and all people working in the vicinity of Belcher's Batteries are also warned to keep clear of that part which will bo indicated by gunners placed on sentry for the purpose,
By Command,
fcdx
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary, ・ Colonial Secretary's Offlon,
Hongkong, 17th March, 1896, HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. ~ONTRIBUTING SHAREHOLDERS ars requested to send in a BTATEMENT of BUSINESS CONTRIBUTED during the Half Year ended 31st December, 1895, on or before the gest instant, an which dibe the ACCOUNTS *I! be CLOSED.
Co
By Order of the Board of Directors,
R. COOKE, Acting General Manager, Hongkong, and March, 1866, CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED. ADJUSTMENT OF BONUS FOR THE YEAR 1805 "ONTRIBUTORS to the above. OFFICE are
the Understood
with a LIST of their CONTRIBUTIONS
the year ending 31st December, 1895, in order that the distribution of BONUS may be arranged Returas not rendered prior to the 31st day of March, instant, will be adjusted by the Office, and no Claims or. Alterations will ba subsequently admitted.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., -General Agents, 'CANTON INBÜRANCH ÖFFICE, LIMITED. Hongkong, 4th March, 1896.
JUST LANDED FRENCH CONFECTIONERY,
Comprising par
Crystallized Fraits,
Cocotines
Apricotines,
1450
Burnt Almonds,“”“
Almonds Plots,
Marsipar Almonds,
aco
CANTURY CHOCOLATE CREMES S Vanilla Cremes, Honey Cremes, Caramola, Nougat Plalacha, Pineapple Chocolate, Chocolate Walnut,
Plush Bags, Flush Boxes and Fancy Boxes,
which contains 3 per cent mors from carbonate ** TANSAN," the New Japanese Table-Water ALL PHOTOGRAPHIC ART. PRACTICED || (123 that from any other Chalybests Spring.
I WEIW & Ca, is the Colony or in any part of the Tax Host,
GROUPS AND VIE
~FLETCHER & Com SURE THE PHARMACY "