The
Hongkong Telegraph.
ESTABLISHED 1881.
NEW SERIES No. 1290, B-†itîz+** WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1899.
Banks
THE
Intimations.
OHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED | PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM
ESTABLISITED 1880
CAPITAL(SUBSCRIBER AND
PAID-UP)
RESERVE FUNDAME
Yen 12,000,000
7,300,000
Head. Ofice-YOKOHAMA Branches and Agencies.
KOBE.
LONDON. NEW YORK. (SAN FRANCISCO., HONOLULU,
TOKIO,
NAGASAKI..
LYONS.
BOMBAY,
TIENTSIN.
SHANGHAI
LONDON BANKERS:
THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LD PARRS BANK, LD. THE UNION BANK OF LONDON, LD
HONGKONG AGENCY INTEREST ALLOWED. On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent. per Annum on the Daily Balance,
On fixed deposits for 12 months at § per cent.
4
3
S. CHUH,
11
Agent
1382
FOR
NAVIGATION COMPANY.
STEAMERS
·
CAPTAINS
TO SAIL.
REMARKS
LONDON, &c...Manila „........R. L. Haddock, R.N.R... Noon, 18th August.Freight or Passage. SHANGHAI Bengal.........S. Barcham .............. About 18th August. Freight or Passage. LONDON, &c... Parrapuulta)....A. Symons..............Noon, 19th August..Freight of l'assage. JAPAN ............Notetta* ......C, C. “Talbot, R.N.R....4 P.M., r9th August. Freight or Passage. KOBE (Direct). Vankin.....C. W. Bennett, R.N.R...Noon, 218 August..Freight only. LONDON.. Bombay....G. M. Montford, R.NR.About 24th August. Freight or Passage. JAPAN ....Candiar ......W. H. Haughton, R.M. R.About 13th Sept. ... Freight only.
(Passing through the Inland Sea).
For Further Particulars apply to
Hongkong, 16th August, 1899.
CLUB
(See Special Advertisement),
H. A. RITCHIE, Superintendent.
B
WHISKY
IS THE BEST.
Shanghai Tzels,
...
$12.00
Hongkong, 1st August), 1899;
IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA.
ESTABLISHED BY IMPERIAL DECREE
OF THE 12TH NOVEMBER, 1896.
Subscribed Capital
nition 5,000,000
PAID-UP CAPITAL Fund... 2,500,000
Head Office –SHANGHAI,
Branches and Agencies,
CANTON AT HANKOW.
CHEF O.
CHINKIANG."
FOOCHOW.
THE Bank purchases and receives for col
lection Bills of Exchange drawn on the above places, and Sells Drafts and Telegraphic Transfers Payable at its Branches and Agen- cies.
HONGKONG BRANCH. Advances made on approved securities. Bills discounted.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS per Annum Fixed Deposits for 3 months,
BEKING...
SWATOW,
TIENTSIN.
-PER DOZEN,
H. PRICE & Co.,
12, QUEEN'S ROAD,
Hongkong, 19th May, 1899.
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16
Telephone
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E. W RUTTER,
Acting Manager.
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Hongkong, 15th October, 1898,
THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA
LIMITED.
Authorised Capital£1,000,000 Paid up Captal
324,374
HEAD OFFICE-HONGKONG.
Board of Directors:-
Chan Kit Shan, Esq, **
Chow Tung Shang,Esq. | KwanHoi Chuen, Esq.
D. Gillies, Esq.
J. T. Lauts, Esq.
Chief Manager,
GEO. WE PLAYFAIR."
Interest for 12 months Fixed5% Hongkong 30th May, 1899, C
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA)
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853.
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON.
CAPITAL PAD-UP......
RESERVE LIABILITY OF SHARE-
HOLDERS
RESERVE FUND
·•£800,000
£800,000
+£500,000
TNTEREST ALLOWED on CURRENT
ACCOUNT at the Rate of 2 per cent. perf
annum on the Daily Balances.
On Fixed Deposits for 12 monthis... 4 per cent.
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T. H. WHITEHEAD,
Manager, Hongkong
AQUARIUS.
A PERFECT TABLE WATER."
*Allowance for
The Emptler Alien return to our Codcwrs.
Net Price.
.$2.50
$1.00
0.75
$1.50
1,00
Per 1 Dozen Quarts Per Dozen Pints....... 175
"There is no teaching in all the wide world of hygiene so valuable as the inculcation of the idea that typhoid fever is a water-borne disease. Exclud- *ing a not common liability to the air-diffusion of its germs, we acquire this "ailment undoubtedly from water directly, or from milk, which has been fouled by polluted water. Pure water means practically the abolition of "both typhoid fever and cholera. Our safety abroad is to drink a pure "Mineral Water only."Dr. Andrew Wilson in the "Illus, London News.") CO.,
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR &
16; Queen's Road.
Hongkong, 8th July, 1899,
Hongkong, 20th May, 1898, [329
ONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
H°
BANKING CORPORATION, A
Paid-up CAF TAL.majaqu
RESERVE FUND
$10,000,000
$10,000,000
RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPTORS.$10,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS.
↑ R. M. GRAY, Esq., Chairman, Cy
N. A. Silus, Esq., Deputy Chairman. E. Goetz, Esq.
A Haupt,
upt, AJ Raymood, Esq. RH. B, E1 Sachao, Esq The Hon...Keswick E. Shellim, Esq. A McConachie, Esq.; R. Shewan, Esq.
Cuier MANAGER JATTAAAAAA Hongkong-Sir THOMAS JACKSON,
MANAGERS, Shanghai JP WADE GARDNER, Esq. LONDON BANKERS LONDON AND COUNTY
* BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED,
HONGKONG-INTEREST, ALLOWED:
On Current Account at the mte of 7 per Cent
per Annum on the daily balance.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS.
For 3 months, 23 per Cent. per Annum For 6 months, så per Cent.
For 12 months, 4 - per Cent-
HOMAS
Hongkong, 6th June, 1899,
A
HONGKONG HOTEL.
BOARD
GENERAL MANAGERS.
AND
THE
RESIDENCE.
On Monthly Terms from 1st May, 1899:
CLUB HOTEL,
LIMITED.
Ne 5-B, BUND, YOKOHAMA.
FIRST-CLASS IIOTEJ, Centrally situated, well furnished and
supplied with excellent Cuisine and Good Wines.
The Company's Steam-launch attends the arrival and departure of all Mail Steamers,
Special attention paid to the Comfort of Visitors.
Chief)
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK:
Yokohama, Tat October, 1897.
THE
BAN obtain
三拜禮。 號六十月八英港香
Entimations.
THR
·PANY, ET
Agints.
THIRTY DOLLARS: PER ANNUM.
Again We Press Forward to Greater Achievements, to Mightier Efforts. We Will Inaugurate the Monumental Master-Stroke of Our Career.
WATKINS, LIMITED,
¿
challenge the world to produce any equal or parallel to the splendid and inspiring values now offered, gathered by master minds through the gigantic power of SPOT CASH-demoralizing and scattering to the four winds the last hope of the so-called outters, creating unspeakable agony in the minds of competitors and unspeakable delight to the thousands of our customers who, through our existence, are saving thousands of dollars each and every year. Figures will not lie and facts are indisputable.
We Have the Power and the Will, the Capital and the Energy, to Offer Goods at Prices Which We Defy and Dare
any Competition to Match.
We fearlessly throw down the gauntlet to any competition to meet this wonderful array of bargains and defiantly raise our flag on high upon which is written in bold and commanding manner the sentence.
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WE CHALLENGE ALL COMPETITION.”
UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LIMITED.
SOLE AGENTS IN
HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN, AND. THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS,
FOR THE
HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE:
HE ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS Will be held at the COMPANY'S HOTEL on MONDAY, the 21st August, 1899, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts of the Company to the 30th June, 1899, with the Report of the Directore, and to
UNITED ASBESTOS CO., LD, LONDON, discuss any matters that may be competently
CONTRACTORS TO H.M. GOVERNMENT, “MANUFACTURERS OF THE
Best Qualities of ASBESTOS GOODS and PACKINGS. HYDRAULIC and SELF LUBRICATING PUMP PACKINGS, of all kinds.
"VICTOR" METALLIC BOILER JOINTS. ASBESTOS SALAMANDER BOILER COVERING COMPOSITION of the best qualities. ESTIMATES given for every DESCRIPTION of WORK. SUPERINTENDEN
THOS. SKINNER. DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Agents..
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PEAK HOTEL
AND
CRAIGIEBURN.
"HE PEAK HOTEL is situated at VICTORIA GAP, adjoining the TRAMWAY TERMINUS,
THE
HOTEL
1,350 feet above sea Level..
CRAICIEBURN is situated at PLUNKETT'S GAP," five minutes walk from, the" PEAK Fine Healthy location, variety of beautiful scenery. Cool Southerly breezes in Summer with perfect protection against the North East Winds in Winter.
Well appointed rooms, attentive service and excellent Cuisine.
CITY OFFICE, 7, Duddell Street,
T
·Hongkong, 4th January, 1899.
HOTEL
GEO. J. CASANOVA, Manager.
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ORIENTË,
MANILA,
HE. Public are informed that this FINE and COMMODIOUS HOTEL is To-day entirely under ENGLISH MANAGEMENT, and is now on a par with the best managed Eastern Hotels. All the latest improvements and conveniences have been added to the building, including Electric Light throughout.
The Premises are specially constructed for the tropics, and every attention is paid to the Comfort and Convenience of Guests.
Cuisine of the best, and Prices Moderate.
A First-Class Livery Stable is attached to the HOTEL...
WE BELIEVE YOU'LL LIKE
SCHLITZ LAGER BEER,
[bran
Of course you can live without drinking Beer but if you do drink it, better
get SCHLITZ.
WATKINS-SOLE AGENTS.
SCHLITZ, BEER is not inde of Wit, Humor and Pathos,
but they are all in it, APOTHECARIES HALL.
Hongkong, toth August, 1899.
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PETER SYS' WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. THE only remedy at presY, FEMORRHAGE A ULCERATURE for
SPRUE, DYSENTRY, DIARRHEA, HEMORRHAGE and ULCERATION
of the BOWELS. Recommended by some of the Chief Specialists of the Medical Profession.. Sold retail by all Chentists and Wholesale
...by.
E. V. SIGEN Mannger,
136
2th October, 1898.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
LADIES,
Je can always well supply your every need from day to
If you doubt it, come nud try at
WHITELEY'S OF THE FAR CATHAY.”
Ex, “FORMOSA" -
Millinery &c., Latest Novelties in Ladies Apparel.
W POWELL & Co.,
Immed Opposite P. 01st Bloo
ING CORPORATION.
THE PETER SYS COMPANY,
(Proprietors and Sole fanufacturers), 9, Old China Street, Shanghai
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BANK-HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK-
TOTICE is hereby given that the ORDIN
NARY HALF YEARLY MEETING of
SHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation will
N
·ING CORPORATION.""
OTICE is hereby given that the REGIS-
TER of SHARES of the Corporation
be held at the CITY HALL, Hongkong, will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the th SATURDAY, the 19th day of August next, at to the 19th day of August, (both Days inclusive) Noox, for the purpose of receiving the Report during which Period NO TRANSFER of of the Court of Directors together with a State Shares can be Registered. ment of Accounts to 30th June, 1899
By Order of the Court of Directors.
JACKSON,
Chief Manager
brought before the Meeting.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 8th to the gist August, both Days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
C. MOONEY,
Secretary. Hongkong, 29th July, 1899. 17 009: ̈(9781 HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS, THE CORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held in the OFFICES of the Company, Queen's Buildings, Connaught Road, on MONDAY, the 21st August, at 3 o'clock 9.31. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, and the Stateinent of Accounts to the 30th June, 1899.
Company
will be CLOSED from the 7th to 21st August,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the
both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
THOS. 1. ROSE; Secretary Hongkong, 31st July, 1899.
[9902 THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LIMITED.
OTICE is hereby given that an EXTRA-
NORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
of the Hongkong Electric Company, Limited, will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, Queen's Buildings, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 26th day of August, 1899, at 12 o'clock NOON, when the SUBJOINED
ED RESOLUTION will he
proposed.
Should the Resolution be passed by the required majority, it will be submitted for con firmation as a SPECIAL RESOLUTION to a SECOND EXTRA-ORDINARY MEET ING which will be subsequently convened.
-That the Capital of the Company he increased to the Sum of $600,000, hy, the issue of 30,000 New Shares of $10 each which shall be considered part of the Original Capital and be subject to the provisions in the Articles of Association: contained with reference to CALLS; trans fer, transmission, lieu, surrender, cooling power and otherwise and that the Directors be authorized to issue New Shares at par
2.That the said New Shares be offered
to the persons who on the 16th day of September, 1899, shall be the Registered Members of the Existing Shares in be proportion of a New Share for each Exis ting Share held by them
By Order of the Board,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO.,
Agents. Hongkong, 9th August, 1899.
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• DIOCESAN SCHOOL & ORPHANAGE.
CHOOL DUTIES will be RESUMED
on MONDAY, the 21st instant For Terms for Boarders or Day Scholars, Apply
THE HEAD MASTER Hongkong, 15th August, 1899.
THE LEADING. CATERERS.
COMPARE OUR BILLIARD TABLES and LIQUORS to all others.
MENU, B
Pai![10422-
THE GRILL ROOM
Hongkong, 1st September. 1897
Insurance.
TORTH GERMAN FIRE"
T
By Order of the Court of Directors,
CKSON;
CURRE
Manager
COMPANY OF HAMI
29th July 1899