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WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY.
SIX DOLLARS ONLY.
AT
The Hongkong Telegraph,
Office.
The
NEW SERIES No. 945.
Banks.
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE DANK, LIMITED,
ESTABLISH 1880
SUBSCRIBID CAPITAL. ....................Yen 12,000,000
PAID-UP CAPITAL
RESERVE FUND
Head Office :-YOKOHAMA.
Branches and digıncies,
KOBE
LONDON
SAN FRANCISCO
BOMBAY
9,000,000 6,660,000
FOR
NEW YORK
LYONS HONOLULU SHANGHAI
LONDON BANKIRS : THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LD. FARRS' BANK, LD. THE UNION BANK OF LONDON, LD,
HONGKONG AGENCY :—INTEREST ALLOWED,
On Current Accodat at the raiu of (a per cent per Acum on the daliy balance.
Os fixed deposits for 12 months at 5-per cent.
单身
Hongkong Telegraph.
日六十五年四十二猪光
Entimations.
ESTABLISHED
188 1
MONDAY, JULY 4, 1898.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.
STEAMERS
---(101)
CAPTAINS
RIMARKS
TO SAIL LONDON.Caylon C, H. C. Westin, R.N.R.!Noov, 6th Jaly......... Freight of Passago. JAPAN, &c. .....Japan• ..............T. Lelgb....................About 6th July......................... Freight or Partage, LONDON, ...Vironat...S. Barcham...........Nasa, gth July....Freight or Passage, JAPAN...................Rok£lla*................S« de B. Lockyer, R.N.K.:6 P.M., 91h July....Freight or Passage. SHANGHAI......Coromandel..F. N. Tillard ......................................... About 9th July..........................Freight or Passage.
† (Sea Special Advertisement).
*(Paulag through the Inland Sca).
For Further Particulars apply in
A
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S. CHOH,
Agest.
Honkong, 4th July, 1898.
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THE
Hongkong, 12th March, 1898.
ONGKONG AND SHANGRAI
BANKING CORPURATION,
H
PAID-UP CAPITAL
RESERVE FUND .....
P.
$10,000,000
*$8,000,000
H. A. RITCHIE, Superintendent,
CLUB HOTEL,
LIMITED.
No. 5-B, BUND, POKOBAMA.
一考禮
Intimations,
魏四月七英港香
UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL
AGENCY. LIMITED.
SOLE AGENTS IN
HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN AND. THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS,
FOR THE.
THE UNITED"'ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY,
Sole Azinis for the UNITED ASBESTOS COM-
·PANY, LTD. LONDON. DODWELL, CARLILE & CO12 Gentral Agents.
THIRTY DOLLARS
PER ANNUM.
Entimations.
HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY; LIMITED.
NOTICE is hereby plan that the NINETH
ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the COM FANY'S OFFICE, No. 37, Queen's Road, TO- MORROW, the 5th July, at Noon, for the pur pose of presenilng the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to gath Apill, 1808. and electing Directors and Auditors. The TRANSFER DOOKS of the Company
proximo, bh Days Inclusive.
UNITED ASBESTOS COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON, „ll be C1 3SED from the arst instant to th
CONTRACTORS TO HM. GOVERNMENT.
MANUFACTURERS OF THE
Best Quailties of ASBESTOS GOODS and PACKINGS. HYDRAULIC and SELF. LUBRICATING PUMP PACKINGS of all kindı. "VICTOR" Metallic BOILER JOINTS. ASBESTOS SALAMANDER BOILER COVERING COMPOSITION of the best quantities. ESTIMATES given for overy. DESCRIPTION of WORK. SUPERINTENDENT................
THOS. SKINNER.
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By Orte. of the Board of DirecICTE.
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co, Agente.
[758 Hongkong, 4th July, 1898,"
THE WANCHAI WAREHOUSE AND STORAGE CO., LIMITED.
DODWELL CARLILL & Co., General Agents. A FOUR PER CEST (ONE DOLLAR AND
PEAK HOTEL.
1350 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
A FIRST-CLASS HOTEL adjolalag the Tramway Terminus. FINE HEALTHY LOCATION, Commanding Magalicent View of the City and Harbour, the Mainland of Chins, and numerous Islands. Cool southerly breezes in Summer, with perfect protection against the North- East winds in winter.
Well appointed rooms, attentive service and excellent Culine. Į. MARCESSE, Chef de Cuisine.
#
FIRST-CLASS HOTEL Centrally situated, well furnished and
supplied with excellent Cuisine and Good Wines.
CRAIGIEBURN is now open, for terms apply to
CITY OFFICE, No. 7%, Daddell Street,
'GEO. J. CASANOVA, -Manager.
MANAGER, PEAK HOTEL.
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N INTERIM DIVIDEND at the rate of
FIFTY CENTS PER SHARE) for the six、 months ending 30th Jane, 1898 will be paid, on application to the registered Shareholders in the Above Company on SATURDAY, the già July, 1898.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the zad to the gth July, both days inclusive.
MEYER & CO.,
General Managtis.
Manage
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Hongkong, 28th June, 1898. THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
TOTICE is hereby given that an EXTRA.
of the HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED will be held the REGISTERE OFFICE of the Company, No.14, Praya, Central, Victoria lo the Colony of Hong kong ca the 11th day of July, 1898, at 3 o'clock fa themiternoon when't the: SUBJOINED Resolution be passed by the required 'Majority It will be submitted for confirmation as a Special Resolution to a.Second. Extraordinary. Meeting which will be subsequently convesed.
RESOLUTION.
The Company's Steam-launch attends the arrival and departure of all LARGEST BOMB EVER FIRED! RESOLUTION will be proposed. Should the
Mail Steamers:
Special attention paid to the Comfort of Visitors.
E. V. SIOEN, Manager,
Yokohama, at October, 1897.
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D. C. L.
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OLD TOM GIN....... DRY GIN
STRAIGHT INTO DEWEY'S SHIP!
IMMENSE DESTRUCTION!
Yes, 'tis truc, TO-DAY Messrs. WATKINS & CO., Agents for the famous
SCHLITZ
BEER,
..............$7 per dóz,
acting under direct instructions from the manufacturers, have pitched the biggest bomb ever destined for a warship right into
"That the Regulations contained in the "priated document subasitted to the Meetlog and for the purpose of iden- tlfication subscribed by the Chairman "thereof be and the same are hereby "approved and that such regulations bi and they a1s hereby adopted, as "the regulations of the Company to the "exclusion of all the existing Regula
tans thereaf"
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printed copy of the proposed new Regulations Can be seen at any time during Office Hours at the Office of the Company,
Dated the 27th Jan, 1898.
By Uráerumbu Bosad,
7083
THOS. I. ROSE, ·
Secretary,
·RESERVE LIÁBILITY OF PROPTORS... $10,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS:
Hon. J. J. BELL-IRVINO, Chairman,
R. M. GRAY.Deputy Chairman.
C. Bearmann, Esq.
David Gubbxy, Esq.
A. Haspi, Esq.
A. McConachie, Eq.
R. L. Richardson, Esq.
Sachse, Eng.
R. Shewan, aq.
A. 1. Raymond, Esq. N. A. Stebs, Esq.
CHIEF MANAGER;
Hongkong T. Jackson, Eaq.
MANAGER:
Shangbal-J. F. WADE GARDNER, Esq. 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 DIYOSITS: For 3 months, zè per Cent, per Åsnum.. For 6 months, 34 per Cent, per Annura. For 12 months, 4 per Cent, per Annum.
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
Hongkong, 20th May, 1898,
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK,
THE Business of the above Bank is conducted
by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Rules may be obtained on application.
INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 38 PER CINT. per annum.
Depositors may transfer at the option balances of $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANE to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT, per annum,
For the HONGKOHÚ AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
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Hongkong, 1st August, 1895,
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA, INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853. HEAD OFFICE LONDON.
Owing to our holding sole bottling sights from the DISTILLERS CO., LD, we are able to offer their HIGH-CLASS GINS at above LOW PRICE.
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CAPITAL PAIN-UP
Reserv LIABILITY 07 SHARK-
HOLDERS.......................
RESERVA FUND ****
£800,000
Bo0,000 .....£450,000
TELEPHONE 75.
NTEREST ALLOWED 'on' CURRENT ACCOUNT at the Rale of a par cent, per
anarm on the Daily Balances.
On Fixed Deposits for 12 months... 4 per cent,
6
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3
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T. H. WHITEHEAD,
15, Queen's Road.
Manager, Hongkong.
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Hongkong, 24th May, 1898,
THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,
LIMITED.
Authorised Capital............................£1,000,000
Pald up Capital ..............................
£ 374.374
HEAD OFFICE :-HONGKONG.
Court of Directors:
J. T. Lauts, Esq.
D. Gülles, Esq.
ChowTang Shang,Esq,
Chin Kit Shan, Esq, Kwan Hol Chutn,Esq,
Chief Manager,
G. W. F. PLAYFAIR,
Interest for 12 months Fixed, 5 per Cent. On Current Account, Dally Balances a per
Cent, per AnnUIX.
Hongtong, 30th November, 1897.
Co be Let.
TO BE LET IMMEDIATELY.
HOMSEN'S HOTEL,
THO
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KULANGSU,
AMOY, Furiture to be taken over.
For particslers apply to
30th June, 1898."
J. E. THOMSEN & CO,
Amoy.
TO LET.
~ODOWN in BLUE BUILDINGS,
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FLOORS | STAUNTON and ELGIN
STREETS.
No. 3, ELGIN STREET,
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENİ
& AGENCY Co., Ltd.
· Hengkang, 30th June, 1898,
TO LET.
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HREE ROOMS on aND FLOOR No. 8, The Road Central, Suitable for
OFFICE, Rest Moderate.
H. PRICE & CO.,
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, No, 12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
AQUARIUS,
"A PERFECT TABLE WATER.”
"It is gratifying in these days of Typhoid to come across A REALLY PUZE AND PALATABLE TABLE WATER, AQUARIUS IS SUCH; wel have tried it ourselves and found it admirable."-Sporting Fimes, London:
TRY THE
CALDBECK, MACCREGOR & Co., Agents,
AQUARIUS COMPANY,
CURRY
AT THE HONGKONG HOTEL,
W. POWELL & CO.
FOR
TOILET
...IN
SETS
LATEST SHAPES.
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Hongkong, 4th July, 1898.
Apply to
Mr. SUI JANG,
On the premises. Hongkong, 7th March, 1898.
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DEWEY'S
FLEET.
It contained no less than
30 BARRELS OF SCHLITZ BEER,
or 3,600 Bottles of the Beer that made Milwaukee Famous.
Insurances.
THE
STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
That'l be a reviver for the Boys of Uncle Sam's Navy, after they've Planted the Star Spangled has long fake the lead in SIMFLIFYING the
Banner on the walls of Manila City,
Hongkong, 30th June, 1898.
WATKINS & CO., QUEEN'S ROAD,
£14
OBERTSON SANDERSON & CO.,
LIMITED...
LEITH.
CONDITIONS and LIBERALISING the CONTRACT of LIFE ASSURANCE, thereby giving greatly facreuset Security to the Holders of the Company's Policies.
For full Particulars and Rates,
Apply to
DODWELL, CARLILL & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, 2nd March, 1896.
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THE 'ORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE
SOCIETY.
No
FOUNDED 1797 AMOUNT INSURED.......... *****£330,000,000 LOSSES PAID armaturensisekli 12,350,000 873,000 PREMIUM INCOME...........£
The Undersigned, Agents of the above Com- pany are prepared to accept RISKS agalast
CELEBRATED SCOTCH WHISKIES. Fits at CURRENT RATES.
"GLENLEITH" BRAND "SECOND TO NONE" "MOUNTAIN DEW " LIQUEUR WHISKY
:(1)
++
145
***
***
IN
Fer Casa..
***
$10
за
12
•IS
All the above brands we guarantee to be pare Malt Whiskies. The differences in price ate regulated by the age of the Whisky. The "Second to Nose" Mauniela Daw" and Liqueur Walaky are all over ten years old.
Sole agents for Hongkong and Southern Parts of Chlam,
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED,
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
Hongkong, 19th May, 1998,
CHAMPAGNE.
G. H. MUMN. & Co,
T
WHISKY.
DEWAR'S "IMPERIAL INSTITUTE " ...... MCCREADIE'S "SPECTALLY SELECTED
FORT WINE,
GUEDES #3 GRAPE” BRAND ..................
3*)
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ador, quens, adoptiua
$31.50
$37.50
dar. bottle,
$10.50
· DAVID SASSOON, SONS & CO
[813 Hongkony, 1st July, 1898 NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.
HE Undersigned AGENTS of thenabore Company and prepared to accept Fiest Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at CURRENT RATES,
SIEMSSEN & Co. Hongkong, 18th May, 1895.
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GENERAL NOTICE. THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY,
• (LIMITED.)
CAPITAL, TAELS : 600,009 Į
$833.933-33- EQUAL TO MOMPANY TYYYNEZREKTORS”, RESERVE FUND ...................eni $318,000,00,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Lux: SING) Esq.
Lou TEO SHUN, Esq. }
LO YEUX MOOm, Keq
MANAGER-HO AMEI.
ARINE RISKS on GOODS, &c., uken,
MAIN IDEAS to all parts of the
World.
HEAD OFFICE, 8 & 9 PRAVA WEST. Hongkong, 7th December, 1885.
10.50
1 oz. bottle.
$24.00 SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,
Agents. Praya Central,
T
THE PHARMACY.
NOTICE.
HE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY,
LIMITED.
HAYKNOW A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ATKINSON'S PERFUMES AND ARE SOLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED...............$1,000,000
̧ ̧: MANUFACTURERS OF
WHITE HEATHER BOUQUET.
Sola Agents for VIN PASTEUR the great French Nervo Tonic,
Also Solo Agents for ide.now well-known JAPANESE TABLE "WATER
ANSAN.
FLETCHER & CO.
andida CARMICHAEL & CO.
The above Company la, prepared, to accept :MARINE RISKS at CURRENT RATES on Goons, &c. Policies granted to all Parts of the world payable at any of itu Agencies,
CHAU TSEUNG FAT;
Secretary
HEAD OFFICE; BA NG, 2, QUEEN'S ROAD WEST, ghong, 26th May, 1804;