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e Hongkong Telegraph.
NEW SERIES NO. ́ 329. 日八十月三年二十二猪光
Banks.
Insurances.
HAKKING CORPORATION HAI EMPRESS ASSURANCE CORPORATION,
PAID-UP CAPITAL
**$10,000,000
RESERVE FUND...................................................$5,750,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPTORS...$10,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS:
A. MCCONACHE, Esq.-Chairman. IST. C. MICHAELSEN, Esq.-Deputy Chairman. Hon. J. J. Bell-Irving. J. Kramer, Esq.
G. B. Dodwell, Esq
D. R. Sassoco, Esq.
M. D. Ezekiel, Esq.
R. M. Gray, Esq.
R. Shewan, Esq.
N. A. Slebs, Esq.
CHIET MANAGER:'!
Hongkong T. JACKSON, Esq.
MANAGER:
Shanghai-J, P. WADE GARDNER, E14. LONDON BANKERS-LONDON AND COUNTY
BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED, -- HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED. On Current Account at the rate of a per Cent, per Annum on the daily balance.
INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITY :
For months, zi per Cent, per Annum. For 6 months, 3 per Cent per Annisas For 12 months, 4 per Cant. per Annum,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager. Hongkong, 15th February, 1896.
tar HONGKONG SAVINGS BANE. .. THE Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application,
FIRE AND MARINE.
bare Thia Day been appointed RISKS at CURRENT RATES.
WAGENTS, and are prepared to sccept
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HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co. Hongkong, 28th April, 1896. / NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.
FOR
ESTABLISHED 1881.
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1896.
Intimations
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION, COMPANY.
STRAMINIS
CAPTAINS
TO-SAIL
RIMARKE
LONDON, CA. G. Cubit, R.Ñ.R............. About and May Freight or Fassage. SHANGHAI,.............Mirzapora ............]. R. Lendon, ANR. About 2nd May ...Fraight or Passage.
JAPAN, &C. Mantis R. L. Haddock, R.NR........About 3rd May ....
THE Undersigned AGENTS of the above LONDON, & P... F.ph......Nai, pil May
Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at
› CURRENT RATES.
[Freight or Pants.ga. (Passing through. the Inland Sea
四波
號十三月四英港香
Intimations.
30APL96
"ODOL.
THE MEDICAL HALL, DEUTSCHE APOTHEKE,
70, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAI
Hongkong.
THIRTY DOLLARS PER ANNUM:
BELL'S ASBESTOS EASTERN
AGENCY, LIMITED.
HONGKONG HOTEL-PRAYA,
ALL GOODS SOLD BY US ARE GUARANTEED
TO BE OF
BRITISH MANUFACTURE ONLY.
Advertisment.
"
SIEMSSEN & Co. JAPAN, & Ancona W. D. Mudi Noon, 8th May co Hongkong, 25th May, 1895.
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LONDON
7804F. W.Ċato. For Further Particulars, apply to Hongkong, 28th April, 1836——
[Freight or Passage. (Passing through the Inland Sea.) esariAbout rath May.....Freight of Famago,
H1A RITCHIE, Superistandani,
Hongkong, 25th April, 1896,
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GENERAL NOTICE, ̧
THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY, (LIMITED.)
CAPITAL, TAELS 600,000). RESERVE FUND $318,000.00. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LAY SING, Esq.
LO YEUX MOON, Hq, LOU TO SHUM, Esc.
EQUAL TO 98622440320042} $833-333-33
'
MANAGER.-HO AMEI.
INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 34 PER MARINE RISKS on GOODS, &c, taken
CENT. per annum.
Depoalton may transfer at their option balances of $100 of more to the Homarano ÁND SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT # 4 PER CENT, per REGNIL.
For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
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LIMITED.
Hongkong, 1st August, 1895, THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,
£1,000,000 £500,000
Authorised Capital......
Subscribed Capital..
HEAD OFFICE :-HONGKONG.
THE PHARMACY,
TANSAN,
di
TANSAN.
TANSAN,
||
This refreshing and invigorating Table Water contains 8 per cent, mars IRON CARBONATE than any Water from similar Spas,
at CURRENT RATES to all parts of the
Sala Agents for HoxeKONG and SOUTH of CHINA-
World.
HEAD OFFICE; 8 & 9, PRAYA WEST. Hongkong, 17th December, 1884.
NOTICE.
143
THE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY,
LIMITED.
CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED ..................$1,000,000. MARDER RISKS & CURRENT RATES on GOODS, The above Company is prepared to accept
&c. Policies granted to all Parts of the world payable at any of its Agencies,
CHAU TSEUNG FAT; Secretary.
HEAD OFFICE, Noʻs, Quixa ROAD WEST,
Court of Directors:-
D. Gillies, Esq.
ChowTong Shang, Esq
Hongkong, sốth May, 1904.
MONTHLY RATES FOR1
MEALS
AT HK. HOTKI.
$11.00
£5.00
20.00.
OËTI
FLETCHER & CO.
CARMICHAEL & CO.
TRADE MARK,
Hongkong, 30th April, 1896.
W. JACKSON, Manager,
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H. Stolterfoht, Esq. Kwan Hoi Chuen, Esq.
Chan Klt Shaa, Esq.
Chief Manager,
GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR.
interest for 12 months. Fired, 5 per Cent. Hongkong, 23rd October, 1893-
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THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. AUTHORISED, CAPITAL ......£1,800,000 SUBSCRIBED
........................(11,185,000 PAID-UP
-Z 280,600
I
BANKERS: LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LIMITED, NTEREST ALLOWED On CURRENT ACCOUNTS at the Rate of 3 per cent.
per annum on the Dally Balance.
ON NEW FIXE; DEPOSITS —
For 12 Months...................4 per cent.
"
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3
GERAI.+2}'
DEPOSITS RENEWED ON OLD TERMS.
Intimations.
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED.
NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS.
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ABOUT SUTIONS PERCENT. 105
CONTRIBUTIONS for the year 1895
| bas This Day been DECLARED,
WARRANTS will be forted on the 11th proximo,
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Agents, CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED, Hongkong, asih April, 1806.
1725
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,
AN INTERIM BONUS TRIBUTIONS OR
J. W. R. TAYLOR,
Manager, Hongkong
Hongkong, 18th December, 1895,"
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By Order of the Bond,
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA, INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. 1853. HEAD OFFICE :-LONDON,
CAPITAL PAID-U? *****
KESERVE
LIABILITY
HOLDERS...... RESERVE FUND ...........
CENT upon CONTRIBUTIONS lor the year 1895 has been DECLARED.
WARRANTS will be famed on the 30th instant,
N. J. EDE,
Secretary Hongkong, noth April, 1896.
1703 OLIVERS.FREEHOLD MINES, LIMITED.
•£800,000 | A
SHARE. OF
£800,000 35,000 INTEREST ALLOWED OR CURRENT ACCOUNT at the Rate ofis per cent per annum on the Daily Balances. On Fixed Deposits for 12 months... 4 per cent.
4 赣 ... 31 21
3 # ... 2 # T. H. WHITEHEAD,
Manager, Hongkong. Hongkong, 15th September, 1895.
Notice of Firms.-<
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GEORGE FENWICK AND COMPANY,"
LIMITED.
N ISSUE of B SHARES is offered to the Registered Shareholders of the above COMPANY in the proportion of one B Sbare for every Share they hold. Every Shareholder on the Reglater on THURSDAY, the 33rd Instant, be entitled to an allotment of one Share for every Share, whether A or B, registered la his name. All applications must be made on km for the surpose, which may be obtained at the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION on, and after the aird instant,
BREAKFAST
*** NIKALI.
ALL 3 MEALS
BROKER.
THE HONGKONG BUTCHERY,
VEAL
Nos. 11, 18 and 28 Central Market,
TRY OUR.....
EAL SAUSAGES 25 Cents per
BOLOGNA SAUSAGES 50 Cents per bi
SHIPPING AND COAT FORT ORDERS WILL HAVE PROMPT ATTENTION:
Hongkong, 11th February, 1895.
THE
J. TATAM,
Proprietor.
HOTEL
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CLUB HOTEL, METROPOLE,
5, BUND, YOKOHAMA.
1, TSUKIJI, TOKYO,
FIRST-CLASS HOTELS, centrally situated, well-furnished, the Cuisine under the Supervi. Experienced Engilah matron in attendance.
sion of approved French Chad has no equal. ENTIRE FOREIGN MANAGEMENT
3
and must be filled up and lodged with that Bankaistance given in clearing luggages and affording Information, Passengers ara mat, at the The Hotel steam-launch with European Agent attende, arnivals and departures ƒ every on of before THURSDAY, the 7th May nex, Railway Station. | together with a sum of ONE DOLLAR for every
Share applied for as a first instalment
Receipt will be given, which mast he forwarded
VISITORS have the option of maning alther- în TOKYO OF YOKOHAMA, without exis charge=THE ONLY HOTEL OFFERING HIGH AM ADVANTAGE KUROPEAN HAIR DRESSER
Certfiled Guides are in attendance at both Hotels.
to the Company in change for Scrip. No of the Premises. farther call will be payable in respect of these Shares without at least twn montbe notice.
The SHARE REGISTER will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, the 23rd inetunt, to THURS
JOTICE ↳ hereby given that during my | DAY, the 7th day of May following, both days
Mr. WILLIAM G. WINTERBURN has been | Shures, can be Registered. appointed ACTING GENERAL MANAGER
of the above FIRM.
By Order,
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers. Hongkong, 13th April, 1895.
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GED. FENWICK, -- General ManiQUE, Hongkong, 8th April, 1896.
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NOTICE..
SPECIAL NOTICE.
THE CLUB HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED, PROPRIETORK E. V. SIOEN, Manager,
YOKOHAMA...
Hong Name:- YUEN WO.
TELEPHONE, No. 135.
IND COOPE & CO.'S
ALE & STOUT.
Per Casă ej & Doz, Quaṛtsomuni$135,00
do. 8 do. Pints $10,00
BREWED FROM THE FINEST ENGLISH MALT AND HOPS, LIGHT IN BODY AND AGREEABLE TO THE TASTE.
SOLE AGENTS :-
KSTD. 1864. TELEPHONE~73.
GANDE PRICE & CO.,
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
No. 13, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL:
AQUARIUS.”
1430
is gratifying in these days of typhoid to come across a really pure and palatable Table Water. "AQUARIUS" is such, and curiously enough hails from the shiny, its birth-place being Shanghai. "AQUARIUS” is so popular in China that it is proposed to open an Agency in London. We have tried it ourselves-with Whisky and found it admirable- "SPORTING TIMES," 3rd August, 1895:-
Hongkong, 17th April, 1896,
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.,
WINE and SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.
GENERAL STORE-KEEPERS AND COMMISSION AGENTS. SHIPCHANDLERY DEPARTMENT.
SIR CHAS, PRICE & CO ENGINE and CYLINDER OILS,
CYLINDER OIL. CRANE'S CYLINDER OIL.
TUCK'S GENUINE PATENT PACKING.
VALVOLINE, CASTOR OIL, &c. &c. ASBESTOS PACKINGS of all kinde.
PARAGON PATENT PACKING. ROPE, CANVAS, &c. HUBBUCK'S PAINTS and VARNISHES.
HOLZAPFEL'S PATENT COMPOSITION, ANTI-CORROSIVE and ANTI-FOULING, for
STIEL VESSELS,
SOAPSTONE ENAMEL COMPOSITIONS for HOLDS, BUNKERS and TOP-SIDES, FRESE WATER SUPPLIED.
Hongkong, 4th February, 1896.
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.
Lars
OUR GREAT AIM IS TO SUPPLY OUR CUSTOMERS WITH THE VERY BEST ARTICLE AT A LOW PRICE.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE INTRODUCING
BRAUN'S "EXPORT” BEER
PRICE
$10.50 per Case of 6 dozen. Pints, $12.50 per Case of 4 desto Quarta. Cash on Delivery.
THE SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING CO., CHINA-JAPAN AGENCY. Head Office1-8, D'Aguilar Strut, Hanghong.
For price and terms, applyito
THE MANAGER.
› Hongkong, 22nd January, 189ő,
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- 12`DEWETTE, Manager,"
TOKYO,
Саба
EXPLOSION IMPOSSIBLE.
KELLY & WALSH, LD.
A. Y. Z. TELEGRAM COPE)
+
Consisting of nearly 30,000 Sentances and Prions, desi with a liberal supply of spare words for IN conformity with Number IV of the General the use of BANKERS, BROKERS, MERCHANTS, SHIPPERS, d, Cole words caretuty
Regulations of the Pilotage Service of the
MASTER'S OFFICE LS CANTORE, 18 fill VACANCY which has occurred in the number of Pilots,
Only those who have served an Appenticeship
elleible for appolatment.
PRICE..........
Hongkong, 25th April, 1895.
.89.50%
Part of Canton & COMPETITIVE EXAMINA emptied from the "Official Vocabulary" by eliminating, many, thenmod abjectionable words: JE the Undersigned beg to notifyTION will be shortly held at the HARBOUR by GEO, AGE, LL.D., compiled of the well-known series of AGER'S CODES. W the Pablic that we have This Day PURCHASED frs Messrs. WING CHEONG & Co. the STOCK-IN-TRADE, FIXTURES and GOODWILL of their BUSINESS 29 MERCHANTS and SHIPCHANDLERS, and the Business will be conducted from this 18th day of February, 1896, as heretofore.
FOOK CHEONG, & Co No. 44, Prays Cential
ALL YOU, Managing Partner,'
Hongkong, 18th February, 1806.
Masonic
ZETLAND
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LODGE
No. 523, EC. REGULAR MEETING of the above LODGE will be held in the FamERMASONS. HALL, Zelland Street, TO-MORROW, the 1st May, AL 8.50 for o simti, pradiasiya Visini Brethren are cordially invited to slice
Those desirous of Competing mast sand in their Names to the HARBOUR MASTER not later than the and May.
A. IFFLAND,
Customs, House, Canton, 24th April, 1895,
MOUNT AUSTIN
HOTEL
1,400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL,
Harbour Master.
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TELEGAPHIC ADDRESS,
"Excelaron, " HONGKONG,
TO SHIPMASTERS, ENQUIRE where your FRESHWATER in obtained by the Water Bosts ↑ as FOUL Board Stafp WATER is the cause of inuck afckname on
We am the only Water-Bast: Company ta Hongkong exclusbraly Supplying FILTERED Call Flag *W**
WA
J. W, KEW & Ca, STRAM WATER-BOAT
Ay Bi C. Code.
TELEPHONE,
THE SEMPERATURE 13‘AT LEAST 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN
BANQUEENS ROAD.,
TIFFIN AT 1 PM
DINNER 478
ARANGEMENTS can be, made for TISTIM:22 D/IMMER PARTIES in
· PRIVATE - DIND
Fò further Particuları"agi ply in
(ANAGER,
“SSFIISION
JASTRAM'S PATENT
GOLDEN MEDAL
PETROLEUM ENGINES
OF A TO. 14 H.P.
FOR FACTORIES AND LAUNCHES.
i
WORKED BY ORDINARY PETROLEUM.
Consumption of Petroleum 1·18, per 'H.P. and Hour A Working Stationary Englws and a Launch with a 4. H.P. Engine will be shown and fall particulara be given on application,
SCHEELE & CO., HongKoxo,
SOLM AGENTS: FOR. TER EAST, DA
NO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER REQUIRED.
FOR SALE-
G. H. MUMM & Cos CHAMPAGNE
"In cases of 'a'dos, pints,
1. quartisante
SHEWAN & Ca
SMOKELESS,