COTTAM & Co., GENERAL QUIFITTERS, &C.
kobiet
ARE SHOWING
A Very Cheap Line
In TENNIS SHOES,
DECK SHOES, WALKING SHOES, *. c. &c.
The Hongkong Telegraph.
NEW SERIES No. 536- #~==+=#*
Banks.
ONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
HANKING CORPORATION.
Insurances.
THE STANDARD
is one of the LARGEST and BEST KNOWN
FAID-UP CAPITAL................................. ..$10,000,ara | of the BRITISH LIFE OFFICES, RESERVE FUND$ 6,500,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPTORS...$10,000,000
Court of DIRECTORS:
ST. C. MICHAELSEN, Esq.--Chairman..
Hon. J. J. BILL-IRVING.Deputy: Chaleman.
C. Herman, Esq.
G. D. Bönlug, Erg.
G. B. Dodwell, Esq.
R. M. Gray, Esq.
A. McConachie. Esq.
A. I. Raymond, Esq.
R. L. Richardson, Esq.
ID. R. Stasoon, Esq.
P.Shewan, Esq.
N. A. Stebi, Esq. CHIET MANAGER: Hongkong T. Jackson, Esq.
MANAGER:
Shanghai-J. P. WADE GARDNER, Esq. LONDON BANKEFU-LONDON AND COUNTY
BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED, HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED
FUNDS exceed EIGHT MILLIONS STERLING. ANNUAL REVENUE OVER ONE MILLION STERLING.
For Forms of Proposal and every faformation.
Apply to
DODWELL, CARLILL & Co.,
Agents,
Hongkong, and March, 1896.
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THE MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE
On Current Account at the rate of a pet Cent, HAV
per Annum on the daily balance.
INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS :
For 3 months, al per Cent. per Annum, ... For 6 months, 33 per Cent. per Annum. For 13 months, 4 per Cent, per Annuis.
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager. Hongkong, 27th February, 1807.
COMPANY.
ESTABLISHED A.D. 199Į.
ESTABLISHED 1881.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1897.
Intimations,
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM
NAVIGATION COMPANY,
FOR
STEAMERS
CAPTAINS
LONDON, &C. ......Rohfila „uiF, Cole
TO KAIL
2
REMARKS
LONDON Canion....... G. Cabltt, R.N.R.....About 612 March. Freight of Fassage. SHANGHAI......Rosetta .........F. N. Tillard .............About. yih Mar....Freight or Passage, .......Noon, 18th Mar.... - ** Advertisersent
JSee Special
(Freight or Passage. „Ancona ..........................W. D. Mudle... Noon, 12th Mar... (Paising through
the Inland Sez.) LONDON.........Fava.............................). Chellew, R.N.K.........About 18th Mar...Freight or Passaga.
For Further Particulars, apply to
H. A. RITCHIE, Superintendent, - Hongkong, 25th February, 1897.
CAPITAL ...........................
£₤t x0,000 TOTAL FUNDS AND SECURITY.....2,480,033 JAPAN ..... NIT ANNUAL FIRE PREMIA................ ***£ 757,498 AVING been appointed AGENTS of the above Company we are prepared to accept EUROPEAN and CHINESE RISKS at CURRENT RATES.
HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co.
Agents,
Hongkong, and January, 1807.
NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG. [8THE Undersigned AGENTS of the above Company are prepared to accept First Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at CURRENT RATES.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK. THE Business of the above Buck is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAJ BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application,
INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 3i PER CANT. per annum.
Depositors may transfer at their aption balances of $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK to be placed na FIXED DEPOSIT 21 4 PER CENT, per annum.
For the HONGKONG AND SHANGILAI BANKING CORPORATION,
-T.-JACKSON,
Chief Manager
Hongkong, 1st August, 1895,
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. 1855, HEAD OFFICE LONDON.
CAPITAL PAID-UP
RESERVE LIABILITY
от SHARI-
SIEMSSEN & Cò.
Hongkong, 28th May, 1895.
GENERAL NOTICE.
fa8
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO., SHIPCHANDLERS,
DECK AND ENGINE-ROOM STORES OF ALL KINDS.
THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY. HUBBUCK'S GRAS, PRICES ENGINE and CYLIN
SIR OILS.
$833.333-33. $318,000.00
(LIMITED.) CAPITAL TAELS 600,000!
EQUAL TO ... RESERVE FUND
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LII SINO, Esq.
LO, YEUE MOON, Esq.. LOU TEO SHUN, Esq, i
MANAGER-HO AME), ARINE RISKS en GOODS, &:, taken
M CURRANY RAxas to all parts of the | World.
HEAD OFFICE, 8 & 9, PRAYA WEST. Kangkono, rath Ĥarmakar, p.
£800,000 THE *****£800,000 ****£350,000
HOLDERS ...ənqt9istrareostu RESERVE FUND) casinessese
́NTEREST ALLOWED on CURRENT ACCOUNT at the Rate of a per cent, per sanum on the Daily Balances.
On Fixed Deposits for is months... 4 per cent.-
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3
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T. H, WHITEHEAD,-
Manager, Hongkong. Hongkong, 19th October, 1896,
THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,
LIMITED.
Authorized Capita!........
£1,000,000
Subscribed Capital..................................................................£ 500,000
HEAD OFFICE |--HONGKONG.
Court of Directors:
D. Gülles, Esq.
Chow Tung Shang,Esq.
H. Stolterfabt, Esq. Kwan Hol Chuen,Esq. Chan Kli Shan, Esq.
Chief Manager,
~GEO, W. F, PLAYFAIR,
Interest for 12 months Fixed, per Cent. Hongkong, 23rd October, 1893.
For Sale.
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CYCLES!: CYCLES! CYCLES!
ALL THE RAGE!
ALL THE GO 1
'Cheap at any Price" is the verdict of all Cyclists who have tried the
"DEFIANCE"
Settable for LADIES and GENTLEMEN,
NOTICE,
EAGLEBERTS CYLINDER OIL
INTERNATIONAL ANTIFOULING COMPOSITION
FOR SHIPS BOTTOMS.
This Composition has been Stipplied to all the Naries of the World and all the principal
Steamship Companter. -
INNUMERABLE TESTIMONIALS.
WATER SUPPLIED.
CALL FLAG "R"
FRESH
139
Hongkong, 11th November, 1896.
.........$1,000,000
"HE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY,
LIMITED. CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED ...
The above Company to prepared to accept MARINE RISKS at CURRENT RATES on GOODS, &c. Policies granted to all Parts of the world payable at any of its Agencies.
CHAU TSEUNG FAT, '
Secretary, HEAD OFFICE, No. 1, OUKEN ROAD WEST, Hengland, with Mas, c
Amusement.
THEATRE, A ROYAL
T
CITY HALL
By special riques!
30
HE HONGKONG AMATEUR
DRAMATIC CLUB
WILL GIVE AN EXTRA PERFORMANCE OF
"LES CLOCHES DE CORNEVILLE"
ON
SATURDAY, the 6th March, 187.
This will be positively the last Performance of
the Opera.
· Doors Open at 8.30 P.M.
Curtala rises at 9.P.M., precisely.
Prices at Usual
The BOOKING OFFICE at the THEATRE will be open on and alter
THURSDAY, the 4th March, at 10 AM. LATE TRAMS hour after fail of Curtain,
E. W. MITCHELL, Hea. Secretary,
Hongkong, 1st March 1807
TRY THE
SPECIAL
WHISKEY
4x H.K. HOTEL·
三井
號三月三英港香
Etinations.
JOB PRINTING. THIS department of the
Hongkong Tilgraph, Having been replenished with s large assortment of type, ordere can now be executed quickly and in the best style,
Addre6, Pedder's H Hongkong.
THIRTY DOLLARS
PER ANNUM.
UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL
AGENCY, LIMITED.
SOLE AGENTS IN
HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN AND THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS,
FOR THE
PIONEERS OF THE ASBESTOS TRADE.
UNITED ASBESTOS COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON, Contractors to IIM. Government, and the Principal English, Indiin, Colonial and Fortigu Failways, including the Imperial Railways of Japan. MANUFACTURERS OF
The Best Quales of ASBESTOS and RUBD & GOODS for the VERY HIGHEST PRESSURES, Cheaper Quailies for Low PRESSURES.
The "VICTOR METALLIC PACKING a bean adopted by the Lords of the Admiralty for use throughout Her Majesty's Navy.
The "VICTOR" METALLIC JOINTING MATERIALS för Steam and Hydraulic Joints, Manhole and Mudanie Domy, &c., are also used on every Battleship, Cruiser, Gunboat, Torpado- boat and Transport la H.M.Service,
"SALAMANDER" Nan-conducting Composition for Bollers, Hot-water Tanks, Pipes, & IN TWO QUALITIES:
SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR QUANTIŢIES. SUPERINTENDENT........
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ESTD. 1854,
TELEPHONE-75,
THOS. SKINNER. DODWELL, CARLILL & Co., General Agents.
ROSBACH
THE BEST NATURAL TABLE WATER IN THE WORLD. Invaluable for dyspepsia and fodigestion.
10 2
"Remarkably free from organic impurities. Its flavor is decidedly more "Fgreeable than that of any Mineral Water which I have ever tasted. It is
unquestionably the best of is kind,"
Sir CHARLES CAMERON, M.D., F.R.C.S.I.
Springs at Rosbach near Homburg,
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.,
Cas
15, Queen's Road,
Hangborg, 27th February 1807
W. POWELL & CO.
NICE SELECTION OF
FANCY WORK.
1388
EMBROIDERIES,
THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD.MINING COMPANY, LIMITED,
"HX Undersigned have received a Small TENDERS are lovited and will be received
Consigament of the Famour
"DEFIANCE". Bicycle and are offering them for Sale at Prices within the reach of everybody, ALSO 1
+
A180 1
A150
SAFES SAFES SAFES!. of best japanese make and just the same as those that stood the test of fire admirably in the great conflagrailon at Kobe about a year ago,
FOR SALE
AT MODERATE PRICES and are equal to and cheaper than English Sales.
From 2 feet to a feet 5 laches.
Cycles and Sales now on View at
L.M. ALVARES & CO. Over A TAX'S STORE, Queen's Road. Contrat,
Hongkong, 6th February, 1897,
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up to Noon of grst March next, at the Offices of the Company, both in Brisbayr-and- SINGAPORE, for 10.000 CONTRIBUTING SHARES of At each Paid-up to 131. rod. each in THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.
Tenders, which should be sealed and super- scribed "TENDER FOR UNALLOTTED Sharks,” must quoio a price in Sterling per Share for a minimum of 100 Shares or for any multiple of 200 Shares up to the maximum of 10,000 Shares and must be accompanied by as. 6d. daposit per Share, which will be returned in casa no Allotment la made
SCRIP will be issued on BRISBANE CY SINGAPORE REGISTER to suit Purchaser.
The highest or any Tender zot necessarily accepted.
By Order of the Directors,
C. P. DERRICK,“
Local Secretary.
Singapore, 1st February, 1897.
Intimation.
MOUNT AUSTIN HOTEL
1,500 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS,
"EXCELAIOR," HONGKONG,
A. B. C. Code.
TELEPHONE,
No. 35. THE TEMPERATURE IS AT LEAST 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN IN QUEEN'S ROAD. TIFFIN AT 1 ̧ 2.M.A
DINNER AT & FM.
ARRANGEMENTS can be made kæ TIFFIN & DINNER PARTIES in
PRIVATE DINING-ROOKE.
NEEDLEWORKS,
WOOL WORKS, —ARRASENES, SILKS,EMBROIDERY WOOLS.
W. POWELL & CO.
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Hongkong, 22nd February, 1897. »
TRADE MARK,
Bong Noms-
YUEN Wo.
TELEPHONE, No. 135,
P. D. C.
A RARE OLD MELLOW SCOTCH WHISKY,
PRICE —819 PER DOZEN.
SOLE AGENTS :——
"C LLU B."
$11 PER DOZEN.
GANDE PRICE & CO.,
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, - No. 12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
Hongkong, roth February, 1897.~
THE HONGKONG BUTCHERY.
THIS WELL-KNOWN ESTABLISHMENT
RE-OPENED!
RE-OPENED!
RE-OPENEDI
ON the 15th JAMUANT for the transaction of bustness-an heretofore wader
ENTIRKLY-
NEW
MANAGEMENT."
In making this announcement the Undersigned respectfully. INVITES INSPECTION of his Premises, and, while expressing gratitude for past favours, respectially solletta the con- tinuance of Patronar
For THE HONGKONG BUTCHERY CO.,
For further Parienlàm apply to
Hongkong, 17thjJuly, 1891,
THE MANAGER,
MOUNT AUSTIN HOTEL.
· Hongkong, výth January, väggy-
per C. CAMPBELL,
(316
NOISELESS.
SOLE AGENTS.
EXPLOSION IMPOSSIBLE.
JASTRAM'S PATENT
GOLDEN MEDAL
PETROLEUM ENGINES
or a TO 12 H.P. ----
LAUNCHES.
rox FACTORIES
WORKED BY ORDINARY PETROLIUM,
Consumption of Petroleum 1 lb. per H.P, and Hour
A Working Stationary Englos and a Launch with a 4 HP. Engine will be shown and full particulars be given on application,
SCHEELE & CO., HONGKONG,
32:
1.
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE EAST.
NO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER REQUIRED,
CANOVO CANDYSMNI
ALL SIZES KEPT IN STOCK BY
Hongkong, fit March, 1897,
SCHEELE & CO.,
SOLE AGENTS.
FOR SALE,
FgB3
G. H. MUMM & Co's CHAMPAGNE,
In cases of 2 dez, pints .........$35 per caso,
do. I dos quasi...................
Hemplema, 13th February, 1807.
833 do
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,
Agmats.
(16
W. BREWER & CO.
JUST LÄNDED
A NEW AND LARGE STOCK OF
BOOTS AND SHOES,
OF THE BEST QUALITY ONLY TOK
LADIES AT GENTLEMEN
ALSO FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS..
Hongkong, 13th February, 1897.
THE PHARMACY.
SMOKELESS.
HAVE NOW A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ATKINSON'S PERFUMES AND ARE SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF
WHITE HEATHER BOUQUET.
Sala Agents for VIN PASTEUR the great French Nerve Tonic. Also Sele Agents for the now well-known JAPANESE TABLE WATER
TANSAN,
FLETCHER & CO. and CARMICHAEL &