COTTAM & Co., .
OUTFITTERS.
Ex. SS. JAPAN.
WHITE SHIRTS,
·DRESS SHIRTS,
WASHING SCARVES,
&cy &cy &c.
The
NEW SERIES NO.
Banks.
Hongkong Telegraph.
709. 日二月九年三十二赭光
THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED.
Authorland Capital, ma....................--------₤1,000,000 Subscribed Capitalussorisovietmascomić 300,000.
HEAD OFFICE HONGKONG.
Court of Directory:---
Chan Kit Shaa, Esq,
Insurances.
THE STANDARD
is one of the LARGEST and BEST KNOWN of the BRITISH LIFE OFFICES,
FUNDS exceed EIGHT MILLIONS STERLING. ANNUAL REVENUE OVER ONE MILLION STERLING.
For Forms of Proposal and every information.
Apply to
DODWELL, CARLILL & Co.,
Agents.
Hongkong, and March, 1896.
D. Gulles, Esq.
Stokteilobi Esq,
J. T. Lauts, Esq.
ChowTing Shang, Esq. Kwan Hol Chuan, Esq.
Acilag Chlef Manager,
On Current Account, Dally Balances a par
137 THE MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE ·
COMPANY.
Hongkong, trih August, 1867.
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CAPITAL
GEO, MUNRO.
Interest for 12 months Fixed, 5 per Cent,
Cent, per AdzuM.
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
HONGKONG CORPORATION, TOTAAL RUND AND FREULA...... 45,95
BANKING
PAID-UP CAFITAL stunterstrik$10,000,000 Regenve FUND ........................
................7,000,000 RESERYE LIABILITY OF PROPTORS...$40,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS:
ST. C. MICHAELSEN, E14.--Galtman,
Hon. J. J. BELL-IRVING.-Deputy Chairman,
C. Beurmans, Eıq,
A. I. Raymond, Esq.
G. D. Böning, E1q.
R. L. Richardson, Esq.
G. B. Dodwell, Esq.
R. Shewan, Esq.
R. M. Gray, Esq
David Gabbay, £14.
N. A Siebs, Esq.
Gerald Slade, Kiq.
CHILY MANAGER:
Hongkong Jackson, Esq.
MANAGER!
Shargbal-), P. WADE GARDNER, ESQ. LONDON BANKRUS-LOBEDOM AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED, HONGKONG-INTEREST. ALLOWED:
On Current Account at the rate of a per Cent,
per Annum on the dally balance.
INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS : For 3 months, ai per Gent, per Annum, For 6 months, ai per Cent per Annum, For 12 months, 4 per Cent, per Annuns,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
Hongkong, 14th August, 1897.
TH
HONGKONG-SAVINGS BANK.
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~HE Businest of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
SANKING CORPORATION., Rules may be
obtained an application,
INTEREST on deposita la allowed at 34 Pra CENT, par annum.
Depositors may tannafer 11 their option briances of $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK-to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT, per annum.
For the HONGZÓNO AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
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Hongkong 1st August, 1895. „ THE CHARTERED RANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND GINNIN ÎNCORPORATAU BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853. HEAD OFFICE LONDON,
CAPITAL PAID-UP .....
£800,000
RESERVE LIABILITY
OF SHARI.
£800,000 £375,000
HOLDERS..arena
RESERVE FUND GREENH
INTEREST ALLOWED on CURRENT ACCOUNT at the Rate of 3 per cent. per
sunami on the Dally Balances.
On Fixed Deposits for 12 month... 4 per cent.
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T. H. WHITEHEAD,
3,000,000 ANNUAL FIRE 757478
above Company we are prepared to "AVING been appointed AGENTS of ta
accept EUROPEAN and CHINESE RISKS `at CURRENT RATES.
HOLLIDAY, WISE & Cons
Ágents. Hongkong, and January, 1897.
NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.
ESTABLISHED 188-1.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1897.
год
Entimations,
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM
NAVIGATION COMPANY,
STEAMERS
(101)
CAPTAINS
TO SAIL
REMARKS
̇ 七十二月九英港香
Intimations.
THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENT AGENCY.
Sola A ts for the UNITED A.JESTOS COM- PANY, LTD. LONDON. DCDWELL, CARLILL & CO. General Agents.
THIRTY DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL
AGENCY. LIMITED.
SOLE AGENTS IN
FOR THE
HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN AND THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, (Freight of Panige.UNITED ASBESTOS COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON,
JAPAN, &c. ...Sunda moi..S. G. D. Andrew,R.N.R About 29th Sept.. (Passing through
the Inland Sen).
SYDNEY, &c. Candia ........G, K. Wilght, R.N.R...Daylight, ist Oct.. Freight only. LONDON........Japan T, Leigh....Aboal 1st Oct......Freight or Pang. SHANGHAI ..............Thames...E, R. Dowell, R N R...About 3rd Oct......Freight or Passage. LONDON, &c. ...Mirsapore.. ....T. Wicke, des....................Noen, 7th Oct.... See Specie
JAPAN
Advertisement.
Freight or Passage. (Passing through
the Inland Sea).
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Verona ...................C. H, S. Tecque, R.N.R.Noon, th Oct....
For Further Iticulars, apply to
Honkong, 24th September, 1897.
H. A. RITCHIE, Superintendent
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THE Undersigned AGENTS of the above Company are prepared to accept First Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at CURRENT RATES.
SIEMSSEN & Co.
Hongkong, 28th May, 1895,
* GENERAL NOTICE,
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THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY,
CAPITAL,
(LIMITED.)
TAELS-500,000
EQUAL TO ......... RESERVE FUND
W. POWELL & CO.
LATEST PARISIAN NOVELTIES.
IN
CHIFFONS, FAURE NETS, CZARINA-CHANTILLIES, GOBELIN GAUZES, MILLINERY DAMASSES, &c., &c.
$833.333-33. $318,000.00.
16 ALL NEW GOODS. Hoogkong, 18th September, xE97,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LEE SING, Esq. LOU TSO SHUN, Esq.
Lo Yeux Moon, Eig
MANAGER-HO AKEL
M CURRENT RAY25 10 all parts of the World.
ARINE RISKS on GOODS, &c., taken
HEAD OFFICE, 8 & 9, PRAYA 'WEST, Hongkong, 17th December, 1884,
NOTICE.
*THE MAN ON INSURAnce 'compaNY.
THE LIMITED,
CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED
.........$1,000,000
The above Company is prepared to accept MARINELY PARENTS Write"bote wana payable at any of ita Agencies,
CHAU TSEUNG FAT, Secretary.
KEAD OFFICE, No. 2, QUEEN'S ROAD WEST, Flanger.an, qish How ROL
Intimations.
CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS HE THIRTY-FIRST ORDINARY
Manager, Hongkong. T MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in
Hongkong, and June, 1897.
Intimationg.
fat
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of
the CRICKET CLUB, tựg the purpose of receiving the Commtree's Report for the Part Season and electing the Committer and Ofices for the coming season, will be held in the CRICERT PAVILION 06 THURSDAY, 168: 30th September, 1897, at 5 o'clock.
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL
MEETING.
IMMEDIATELY fer RDINARY GEN!
Meeting, an EXTRAORDINARY GIN
→→→ KRAL MEETING will be held for the purpose of taking fate consideration progora! that Rale ra shall in the future read as follows:- 12/The Annual Subscription for Members. shall be ŝto payable” in advance on the 1st October la each year. Any Member absent from the Colony for 12 consecu tive months shall be exempted from one year's Subscription:
DE
· EDWARD A, RAM,
Hon. Secretary.. Hongkong, 22nd September, 1897. (1457
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE,
LIMITED,
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.- TURAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS THE SIXTEENTH ORDINARY GENE. will be held at the OFFICES of the Undersigned at 3 o'clock PM, on MONDAY, the 18th October.
TM TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 4th to the 18th October, „both days locissive
JARDINE MATHESON & Co.,
General Agents." CANTON, INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED, [1458 *Hongkong, 54th September, 1807,
PATHE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGA-
AND TION COMPANY, LIMITED,
HAREHOLDERS hereby informed that
SHARE GENERALLERY INC and
LOW.COM Recently, an INTERIM DIVIDEND
the bore Company will be held at the Hand Office, Victoria, Hongkong, os SATURDAY, the 2nd October proximo, at Twelve o'clock, Noom, for the purpose of presenting the Report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts to 30th April last, and of Declaring Dividends.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 19th instant to the
October proximo, both days inclașive. By Order of the Board of Directors,
W. H. RAY,
Secretary.
Hongkong, 11th September, 1897-.
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB. NOTICE.
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HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MEMBERS of the above CLUB #li be
held in the CITY HALL, on SATURDAY, at 230 P., the and October proximo,
By Order of the Stewardi.
J
T. F. HOUGH,
Clerk of the Courte. Hongkong, 18th September, 1897. [1444
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. ATOTICE↳hereby given that the TWENTY- FOURTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the SOCIETY will be held at its HEAD OFFICE, No. 4, the Praya, Hongkong, on 17 WEDNESDAY, the 13th October, 1897, at Noor, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Directors together with statements of accounts for the year 1896 and for the hall year ending the 30th June, 1897, and of declaring Dividends. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from the 3rd to the 13th October, both days focusive. By Order of the Board,
Secretary.
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N. J. IDE,
Hongkong, zath September, 1897.
TAKE NOTE
IT IS UNIVERSALLY ADMITTED THAT "O fadlaste the exact use of words, on
Edition of
compare with the New
WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY, Akthe office okahe Hongkong Telezrock you
can sc,,and, procure for SIX DOLLARS, & Copy of 3 PER CENT, Was Declared on the Company's of the Hgebater nå Websters, the latest and most PRETERENCE SHARES for the Six Months - emphalic proof that Labér omnia vincii: ending gosh Jane, this being at the Rate of 6 Hongkong, 17th May, 189.
*(821
THE DIVIDEND WARRANTS will be ready. KUHN & KOMOR,
Conzáka Tut October
VINES
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company
boy will be CLOSED from 188 3yth to the goth insty
HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co,
Hongkong, gih Septembe
JAPANESE FINE ART CURIOS,
11 & 13, QUEEN'S ROAD, HowuzoNO, 35, WATER STREET, YOKOHAMA
-36, DIVISION STREET, KOBE,
gkong, 15th March, 1896,,
TRY THE
PRIME
CURRY
AT TEHONGKONG HOTEL.
HONC
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CONTRACTORS TO H.M. GOVERNMENT. MANUFACTURERS OF THE
Best Qualities of ASBESTOS GOODS and PACKINGS. HYDRAULIC and SELF LUBRICATING PUMP PACKINGS of all kinds.
ASBESTOS SALAMANDER BOILER COVERING COMPOSITION of the best quanilies. "VICTOR" METALLIC BOILER JOINTS,
ESTIMATES given for every DESCRIPTION of WORK. SUPERINTENDENT...............
*
1245)
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........................THOS, SKINNĒR, DODWELL CARLILL & Co., General Agents,
PEAK HOTEL.
1350 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
FIRST-CLASS HOTEL adjoinlog the Tramway Terminus. Fisz HRalthy LOCATION, Commanding Magaliceat View of the City and Harbour, the Malaland of Calza, and numerous Islands. Cool southerly breezes in Sommar, with perfecí protection against the North. East winds la wialer.
A Covered Way in being constructed from the Station to the Hotel.
THE HOTEL IS NOW UNDER BUROPEAN MANAGEMENT..
CITY OFFICE, No. 7, Duddell Street.
GEO. J. CASANOVA, Manager
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W. BREWER & CO.
Naval Gunnery, by Capt. Giebell .........$3.00
TRAND· Musical Magazine, Vol. 1, 2, 3 England'a History, as Pictured by Famous
Special offer $3 per vol..
Painters $ 5.75 Carlyle's French Revolnilon (New Edition 100!
in vol.)...
3.00 40 Haziett's Life of Napoleon, 3 vols, ...................... 16.00
70The Final War, by Tracay ........
| Queen's Regulations for the Atmynt
Queen's Regulations for the Navy soon. Infantry Drill
Musketry Iastraction........
Naval Warfare of the Future, by Hatrakar
The Queca's Relga and its Comtacaora-
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200 j
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BEE
WATKINS & CO., Sole Agents for Hongkong.
Ex. P. & O. S.S. SOCOTRA.
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CHAMPAGNE.
Veuve Clicquot, vła 1992
Per 6 flagnums. Per i dag, bet. Per a dar, į bai,
$52
$49
Bollinger & Co extra quality.
per Heldscick, vin 1880.....................
$46
$43
$39
$42
TELEPHONE----
75.
HOCK.
15. Queen's Road,
Liebfraumilch (Direct from Dela-1
Dela.}
hard & Co)......................
$15
$17
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.
WINE & Spirit mercHANTS. AGENTS FOR HONGKONG AND CHINA.
Hongkong, 25th September, 1897
·FOR ABOVE BRANDS.
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BUTCHERY AMANO NATURAL MINERAL
Hongkong, 1st May, 1897,
TRADE MARK,
Hong Name :-- YUEN W 0.
TELEPHONE, No. 136,
Ix 16.
SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS.
$7.00 per Case of 15 Bottles.
H. PRICE & CO.,
(LATE GANDE, PRICE & CO) WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, No. 13, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
Hoarkour, 1st September, 1897,
THE
CLUB HOTEL,
5. BUND, FOROBAMA.
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HOTEL METROPOLE,
1, TSUKIJI, TOKYQ,
FIRST CLASS HOTELS, centrally stutted, well-furnished, the Cuisine under the Supend Experienced Eagle matina in attendance,
slow of approved French Chel has no equal, ENTIRE FOREIGN MANAGEMENT,
The Hotel steam-launch, with European Agent attends arrivals and departares; every distance given in clossing luggages and affording information, Passengers are met at the Railway Station.
VISITORS hars the option el messing cfiber la TOKYO or YOKOHAMA, without extra charge--THE ONLY HOTEL, OFTERING SUCH ÄN ADVANTAGE, EUROPEAN HAIR DRESSER
the Premises.
Certified Guides are in attendance at both Hotels.
THE CLUB HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED, PROPRIETORS. E. V. SIOEN, Manager,
{DEWETTE, Manager,
YOKOHAMA
TOKYO.
WATER.
THE MOST PLEASING TO THE TASTE.
ONCE TRIED, ALWAYS PREFERRED.
Pangkong, 4th August, 1897-
SAMPLE BOTTLES MAY BE HAD
FROM ::
L. M. ALVARES & CO.,
SOLE AGENTS IN CHINA.
THE PHARMACY.
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HAVE NOW A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ATKINSON'S PERFUMES AND ARE SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF
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WHITE HEATHER BOUQUET,
Sole Agents for VIN PASTEUR the great French Nerve Tonic. Also Sale Agents for the now well-known JAPANESE TABLE WATER TANSA N.
FLETCHER &.CO. and CARMICHAEL & CO.
PORT
WINE.
THE CELEBRATED GUEDES' "3 GRAPES" BRAND.
In cases of rides, bot. ...........$24 per casD.
Hongkong' yth August, 1897,
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co