JONES & TAYLOR; Steviedorus and Contractors.
Lighters and Steam Laurohos Supplied.
ILOILO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
The Hongkong Telegraph.
ESTABLISHED
1881.
NEW SERIES No. 1332. #+=AA4I+z** WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1899.
Banks.
THE
Entimations.
YOKOHAMA SPECIE DANK, LIMITED. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM
ESTABLISHED 1880,
CAPITAL SubyCRIBED...
Yan 24,000,000
CAPITAL' PAID-ÜÐ%.
".. 7,500,000
(2,000,000 12,000,000
CAPITAL UNCALLED.........
RESERVE FUND
Head Office:-YOKOHAMA.
Branches ani Agencies.
TOKIO.
NAGASAKI
LYONS.
KOBE.
LONDON.
NEW YORK.,
SAN FRANCISCO. "HONOLULU,
HOMBAY,
TIENTSIN.
SHANGHAI.
LONDON, BANKERS...
NAVIGATION COMPANY.
STEAMERS
FOX
SHANGHAI,&c. Tientsin ......F. J. Fox
~(:0:)-
CAPTAINS
TO SAIL
་
KEMARKS
Noon, 6th Oct....... Freight only. JAPAN, &c. §...Shanghai ?. ...V. C. A. Lyon, R.N.R... About 9th Oct.......Freight or Passage. LONDON... Candid .......................W. H. Haughton, R. N. R.About 24th Oct....Freight only. SIPANGHAI... Chusin.E. Street
About 13th Oct...... Freight or Passage. 'LONDON, &2... Coromandel)„F. W. Vibert, R.N.R....Naon, 14th Oct...... Freight or l'assage.
........Rosetta”.......C. C. Talbot, R. N.R................4 PM., 156 [)
Det. Freight or Passage. LONDON.........Juqu..........G. W. Gordon, R.S.R... About 2nd Kry. ....Freight or Passage.
THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LO. | JAPAN
PARKS BANK, Bo.
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 5 per coal.
3
13
得
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S."CHOH,
Hongkong, 4th October, 1899----
ریا داد
Agent.
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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1353, HEAD OFFICE:-LONDON.
RESERVE LIABILITY OF SHARE.
CAPITAL PAID-UP...
HOLDERS
RESERVE FUND
£800,000
..£800,000
£500,000
INTEREST of 2 per cent per
INTEREST ALLOWED on CURRENT
annum on the Daily Balances.
On Fixed Deposits for 12 months...) per cent.
* {Passing through the Inland Sea) AFİR MARSEILLER.
(Sec Special Advertisement).
Pi SHANGHAL
For Further Particulars apply to
H. A RITCHIE, Superintendent,
G
Hongkong, 4th October, 1899,
CALIFORNIA
HOCK
Per 1 dozen Quarts: .......
Por 2 dozen Pints
CUARANTEED PURE.
6
+1
14
A
H ... 38 +3 17
...
5)
Hunglong, 3rd October, 1599.
T. H. WHITEHEAD,
Manager, Hongkong.
Hongkong, 20th May, 1898.
HONGKONG CORPORATION HAL
BANKING CORPORATION.
PAID-UP CAPITAL...
RESERVE FUND
$10,000,000
....$11,000,000
RESERVE LIABILITY OF PRÒP'TORS. $10,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS:
K. M. GRAY, Esq., Chairman.
-N. A. SIEBS, Esq., Deputy Chairmas,
A. Haupt, Esq.
R. H. Hill, Esq.
E. Goetz, Esq.,
A. J. Raymond, Esq.
P. Sachse, Esq.
The Hon. J.J.Keswick. | E, Shellim, Esq. A. McConachie, Esq. R: Shewan, Esq;
CHIEF MANAGER :
Hongkong-Sir Thomas JackYON,
MANAGER:
Shanghai-J. P. WADE GARD'Niz, Esq.. LONDON BANKERS--LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, LÍMITED. HONGKONG INTEREST ALLOWED: On Current Account at the rate of 2 per Cent. per Annum on the daily balance.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS;
For 3 months, 2 per Cent. per Annum. For 6 months, 3ð pei Gent, per Annum. For 12 months, 4 per Cent. per Annum.
THOMAS JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
· Hongkong, rýth August, 1899. -
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
THE Businessofthe above Bank is conducted Lhy the HONGKONGANDSHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be, obtained on application.
INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 31 PER. CENT. per annum.
Depositors may transfer at their option
balances of Stoo or more to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT 4 PER CENT. per annum.
For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
Hongkong, ist August, 1895.
REISLING.
SO $7
EXCELLENT VALUE.
H. PRICE & Co.,
11, QUEEN'S ROAD,
(20
Aquarius
SPARKLING MINERAL TABLE WATER. (Manufactured from TREBLE DISTILLED WATER.)
WORRY, ANXIETY, OVER-WORK.
三拜禮
THE UNITED ARRESTOH ORIENTAL AGENCY
Sola Agents for the UNITED, ASBESTOS COM- PANY, LTD LONDON, DODWELL & CO., LIMITED General Managers.
就四月十英港香
THIRTY DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
Intimations.
BRAIN-FAG!
BRAIN-FAG is an expression used to convey the idea of that condition of the brain where it is fired, worn-out or broken down from various causes, such as worry, anxiety, over-work and excessos of various kinds. In cases of this kind, so common in this enervating climate, the first impulse is to resort to stimulants, which may giva temporary relief, but wherever there is stimulation there is bound to be a reaction, which leaves the sufferers in a far worse condition than they were before. To this fact may be ascribed more than one half of the break downs which are so frequently brought to our notice in the Far East. A oup of
BOVRIL
bridges over the difficulty, and stimulates, strengthons, and sustains without any deleterious after effects.
BOVRIL IS
Prescribed by Medical Men throughout the World.
- Used by all the Principal Hospitals,
Supplied to British and Foreign Governments, and
Sold by over 150,000 Customers throughout the United Kingdom alone,
And also in Every Civilised Country in the World. AGENTS FOR CHINA:-
Watkins, Limited.
UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL
AGENCY, LIMITED.
SOLE AGENTS IN
HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS,
FOR THE
UNITED ASBESTOS CO., LD., LONDON,
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.
Auction.
BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE, PUBLIC AUCTION.
R GEO. P. LAMMERT has "been
MR instructed to sell by
ON
PUBLIC AUCTION, THURSDAY, the 19th day of October, 1899, At his Offices, Duddel Street, THE FOLLOWING VERY VALUABLE PROPERTY.
IN FIVE LOTS,
LOT ALL THAT NECE OF LAND Registered in the Land Office as INLAND LOT No. 297. This Property Contains an
Is the most suitable for nixing with Wines and Spirits: ASBESTOS SALAMANDER BOILER COVERING COMPOSITION of the best qualities. Area of 3,192 square feet and is held for the
Telephono
75.
neither discolours them nor changes their flavour, as is so often the case with those Mineral Table Waters which con- tain iron and other safts.
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" A PERFECT TABLE WATER."
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.,
Hongkong, 4th October, 1899.
AGENTS,
AQUARIUS COMPANY, -
THE
CLUB HOTEL,
LIMITED.
M&. 5-B, BUND, YOKOHAMA, FIRST-CLASS HOTEL Centrally situated, well furnished and
Asupplied with excellent Cuisine and Good Winess.
The Company's Steam-launch attends the arrival and departure of all Mail Steamers.
Special attention paid to the Comfort of Visitors,
ESTIMATES given for every DESCRIPTION of WORK. CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT...
SUPERINTENDENT
.......THOMAS SKINNER.
ARCHIBALD RITCHIE.
residue of a term of 999 years from the 25th of June, 1859, and is Subject to an Annual Crown Rent of $35.10.•
DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Managers. Registered in the Land Office as INLAND
PEAK
HOTEL
AND
CRAIGIEBURN,
HE REAR HOTEL is situated at VICTORIA GAP, adjoining the TRAMWAY TERMINUS,
1,350 feet above sea Lavel.
THE
HOTEL..
CRAIGIEBURN is siltaled al PLUNKETTS 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 evreilent Cuisine.
1
CITY OFFICE, 7, Duddell Street.
Hongkong, 4th January, 1899.
་
GEO, J. CASANOVA.
Manager.
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LOT ALL THAT PIECE OF LAND
LOT No. 5. This Property Contains an. Area of 1,795 square feet and is held for the. hades of a term of who years from the
the 1st of
Rent of $4.42
LOT ALL THAT PIECE OF LAND Registered in the Land Office as the Re. MAINING PORTION of INLAND LOT No. 629. This Property Contains an area of 350 square feet and is held for the residue of a term of 909 years from the 26th of December 1860 and is Subject to an Annual Crown Rent $41.64
PETER SYS'. WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. THE only remedy at present-known as an INFALLIBLE and- PERMANENT-CURE-for--LAND-Registered-in the-Land-Office-o
THE GURUE DYSENTRY, DARRHOEA, HEMORRILAGE A ULCERATION
of the BOWELS. Recommended by some of the Chief Specialists of the Medical Profession. Sold retail by all Chemists hnd Wholesale by THE PETER SYS COMPANY,
(Proprietars and Sole Manufacturers), 9, Old China Street, Shanghai.
12th October, 1898,
E. V. SIOEN, Manager.
Yokohama, 1st October, 1897.
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UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF.
CANTON, LIMITED,
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IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA, ESTABLISHED BY IMPERIAL DECREE
OF THE 12TH November, 1896. -
Shanghai Taels.
SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL 5,000,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL ... 2,500,000 Head Office SHANGHAI
Branches and Agencies...
CANTON
CHEFOO
CHINKIANG..
FOOCHOW.
HANKOW,
PEKING.
SWATOW.
TIENTSIN..
HE Bank purchases and receives for.col..
Tection 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..
6
EW RUTTER,
Acting Manager.
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Hongkong, 15th October, 1898
THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED.
Authorised Capital...
Board
£1,000,000 13:4,374
RHONGKONG.“
Chan Kit Shan, Erg.
Chow Tung Shang, Esq¦ KwanHoi Chuen, Esq...
D. Gillies, Esq. 15 -1.1; Lauts, Esq.
Chief Manager,
GEO. WE PLAYFAIR.:/
interest for 12 months Fixed Hongkong, 30th May, 1899.
NEW ROOMS
At Moderate Daily Rates.
HOTEL. HONGKONG
GOOD BYE SUMMER!
NOW SHOWING, FIRST CONSIGNMENT OF
AUTUMN GOODS.
W. POWELL & Co., Immed. Opposite P.0.; 1st floor...
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
[UTICE is hereby given that the TWENTY
N SIXTH
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CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE CO.,
LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
ORDINARY YEARLY THE THIRTY-THIRD ORDINARY
MEETING of the Society will be held at its
MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in HEAD OFFICE, No. 1, Queen's Buildings, Praya the above Company will be held at the HEAD tie (zali October, 1899, at NGON, for the pur the talli October, at Twelve o'clock, NOON, Reclamation, Hongkong, un THURSDAY, OFFICk, Victoria, Hongkong, on TUESDAY, pose of receiving the Report of the Directors for the purpose of presenting the Report of the together with Statements of Accounts for the Directors and Statement of Accounts to 30th year 1808 and for the Half Your ending the April last and of declaring Dividends. 30th June, 1899, and of declaring Dividends.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED) from the and to the 12th October, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
DOUGLAS JONES,
Secretary. Hongkong, 20th-September, 1899. [11990;
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. THE EIGHTEENTH ORDINARY GEN
ERAL MEETING of SHARE- HOLDERS will be held at the OFFICE of the Undersigned, at Iz, o'clock (NOON) on SATURDAY, the 14th October.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 30th instant to the 14th October, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Agents, Hongkong, 5th Sember, 1899,
[12180
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED front 26th instant to the roth October, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. 5. GARFIT,
Acting Secretary.
LOT 1-ALL, THAT PIECE OF LAND
•Registered in the Land Office as SECTION A. of ÎNLAND LOT No. 309. This Property Contains an Area of 3,825 square feet and is held for the residue of a term of 75 years from the 5th of May, 1847, and is Subject to an "Annual Proportion of Crown Rent of $41.04. LOT 5-ALL THOSE PIECES, OF
SECTIONS J. and L. of MARINE LOT NË.. 4. The above Section Contains Areas of 561.. square feet and 58 square feet respectively. and are held for the residue of a term of 999 years from the 21st of December, 1869 and are- respectively Subject to Annual Proportions of Crown Reat of $6.26 and $6.16.
For further Particulars and Conditions, of !Salu, apply to
THE AUCTIONEER,
or to Messrs. DEACON & HASTINGS,
Vendor's Solicitors. Hongkong, 30th September, 1899. [1246a
Notice of Firms.
NOTICE.
WE SITELLIMITED ME BOWARD
have Mr. EDWARD. in Hongkong from the 1st October, 1899,
S. J. DAVID & Co. Hongkong, and October, 1899.
[12544 NOTICE.
E have This Day ADMITTED Mr
WDAVID MEYER MOSES a Partner
in our FIRM in Hongkong.
THE INTEREST and
RESPONSI
Hongkong, 18th September, 1899. [1189 BLITY OF ME EDWARD SHELLIM
HONGKONG CLUB.
STEWARD WANTED.
PPLICATIONS in writing for the posi tion of STEWARD to the HONGKONG CLUB. will be received by the Undersigned.
"By Order,
C. H GRACE,
Secretary.
in our FIRM in Hongkong and Shanghai, CEASED from This Dale.
DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co Hongkong, and October, 1899. Tressa
For Sale
FOR SALE.
OTEL BUSINESS in NORTHERN PORT,
Hongkong, and October, 1899, (12524 HLong Lease at very Low Rental, Good
HONGKONG CLUB.
NOTICE..
THE CHINA MI UAL STEAM NAVI. MR.J. D. M. CAMERON has Resigned the position of STEWARD and is no longer in the Service of the Club, w kt
By Order,
GATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
SHA
← HAREHOLDERS-nre,hereby-informed-
that at a GENERAL MEETING held in LONDON recently as INTERIM DIVIDEND of 3% was declared on the Company's rc ference Shares for the Six Months ending 30th į June, this being at the Rate 6% per Annum.
The DIVIDEND WARRANTS will be ready on the 2nd October. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 28th current to 1st proximo (inclusive),
C., H. GRACE,
Secretary,
112532
Hongkong, and October, 1899:
THE POPULAR DINING ROOMS,
18, PRAVA CENTRAL, (Near Hongkong Hotel).
HOLLIDAY WISE & CO., WILL OPEN shonly. Good Home Cook,
Agents,
ing and Moals at all hours.
·Hongkong, tuh September, 1899,
Hongkong, a3rd September, 1899.
[12148
Paying concern. Owner obliged to return to England through ill health.
For further Particulars, apply in First Instance, by Letter to
G.W.W..
14th September, 1899,
Office of this l'aper. [11774
CHS. J. GAUPP & CO.
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