JONES & TAYLQE,..
·Stevedores and Contractors.
Lighters and Steam Launches
Supplied.
ILOILO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
ESTABLISHED 1881.
NEW SERIES No. 1362. BAWA+FE+** WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1899.
Banks.
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.
ESTABLISHED 1880,
CAPITAL SUBSCRIDED
CAPITAL PAID-UP....
CAPITAL UNCALLED.......
RESERVE FUND
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Yen 24,000,000
1,000,000
12,000,000
7,500,000
Head Office:-YOKOHAMA...
Branches and Agencies.
KOBE.
LONDON,
TOKIO.
NAGASAKI.
LYONS.
NEW YORK.
SAN FRANCISCO,
HONOLULU. SHANGHAI
BOMBAY.
TIENTSIN.
LONDON BANKERS:
THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LD. PARRS' BANK, LD.
THE UNION BANK OF LONDON, LD.
HONGKONG AGENCY::—İNTEREST ÅLLOWED.
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 cent.
Butimations.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM
FOR
NAVIGATION.COMPANY.
STEAMERS
LONDON, &c... Chusant
-(e)-
CAPTAINS
E. Street...
TO'SMIL
REMARKS
Noon, 11th Nov....Freight or Pasange.
| JAVAN (oggi Rosetta* C. C. Talbot, R.N.R..............4 P.M., 14th Nov,... Freight or Pijssage. SHANGHAI...Clyde .......C. T. Denny, R.N.K. ... FRth Nov.......... Freight or Passage. SHANGHAI ...Nankin ......C. D. Bennet, R.N.R....About 16th Nov... Freight only.
LONDON.........Shanghai......F. C. A. Lyon, R.N.R...About 16th Nov....Freight or I'assage. LONDON........alacon.....E G. Andrews. ....About goth Nov. ... Freight or Passage.
(See Special Advertisement)
** (Passing through the Inland Sea).
For Further Particulars apply to
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IL A. RITCHIE, Superintendent.
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S. CHOH,
Hongkong, 8th-November, 18yo
Agent.
1382
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PAID-UP CAPITÁL,
• $10,000,000
RESERVE FUND
$1,000,000
E. Goetz, Esq, +
A. Haupt, Esq.
Hongkong, 4th October, 1899.
ONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION.
RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPTORS.$10,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS:
R. M. GRAY, Esq., Chairman.
N. A. SIEPS, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
David Meyer Moses, Esq.
R. H. Hill, Esq.
A. McConachie, Esq.
A. J. Raymond, Estj.
P. Sachse, Esq.
The Hon. J.J.Keswick. | R. Shewan, Esq.
CHIEF MANAGER:
MANAGER:
"Hongkong-Sir Thomas Jackson.
Shanghai-J. P. WADE GARDNER, Esq. LUNDON BANKERS-LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED, HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED !
On Cafrent Account at the rate of 2 per Cent per Annum on the daily balance.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS:
For 3 months, 24 per Cent, per Annum. For 6 months, 31 per Cent. per Annum. For 12 months, 4 per Cent per Annunt.
THOMAS JACKSON, Chief Manager. Hongkong, 16th October, 1899.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK. THE Businessofthe above Bank is conducted
by the HONGKONGANDSHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application.
INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 3) PER CENT, per annum.
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 of inore to tile HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK to be placul on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT. per annum.
For the HONGKONG AND SHANGRÁI BANKING CORPORATION,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
Hongkong, 1st August, 1895.
IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA.
ESTABLISHED BY IMPERIAL DECREE
OF THE 12TH NOVEMBER, 1890.
SUBSCRIBED, CAPITAL
PAID-UP CAPITAL,
Shanghai Tarls.. ************ 5,000,000,
2,500,000
Head Office :-SHANGHAL
Branches and Agencies,
CANTON.
HANKOW.
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CHEFOO.
·
CHINKIANG. FOOCHOW.
PERING.
SWATOW.
TIENTSIN.
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"HE Bank purchases and receives for collec-
places, and Sells Drafts and Telegraphic Trans- fers Payable at its Branches and Agencies.
HONGKONG BRANCH. Advances made on approved securities. Bills discounted.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON Derosits.
per Anmum Fixed Deposits for 3 months.
NEW ROOMS
At Moderate Daily Rates.
Telephone
75.
HOTEL. HONGKONG
JUST LANDED.
GIESLER & CO.S
CHAMPAGNE.
In Magamas-Bottles and Half Bottles....
One of the most popular Brands in Exmaxn and the UNITED STATES.
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.
Sole Agents for ・・
Hongkong, China, Japan, the Strait Settlements,
the Philippines and British North Borneo.
Hongkong, 18th Octuber, 1899.
BLATZ,
A LIGHT, SPARKLING
AMERICAN BEER,
WELL BREWED AND CAREFULLY BOTTLED.
SOLE AGENTS:~~
H. PRICE & Co.,
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
14, QUEEN'S ROAD).
三拜禮 ·號八月一十英港香
Intimations.
THE UNITED ́ ́ASBESTOS' ORIENTAL AGENOT.
Sole Agents for the UNITED ASBESTOS COM. PANY, LTD. LONDON. DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Managers.
THIRTY DOLLARS
PER ANNUM.
CHOICE SELECTION OF SWEETS.
IN
JUST
LANDED
SPLENDID CONDITION. Reviving Sweets repair the Mind's Decay."-Porn.
CADBURY'S CHOCOLATE CREAMS,
A LARGE VARIETY IN FANCY BOXES, AT POPULAR PRICES.
PASCALL'S GOLDEN MALTEX,
LEMON BARLEY SUGAR,
RASPBERRY DROPS,
EVERTON TOFFEE, ALMOND FLOTS, APRICOTINES.
Watkins, Limited,
66, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG,
UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LIMITED.
SOLE AGENTS IN
HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS,
FOR THE
UNITED ASBESTOS CO., LD., LONDON,
CONTRACTORS TO HIM. GOVERNMENT. MANUFACTURERS OF THE
Best Qualities of ASBESTOS GOODS and PACKINGS, HYDRAULIC and SELF LUBRICATING PUMP PACKINGS. of all kinds.
VICTOR" METALLIC BOILER JOINTS.
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THE STAR FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED.
HAREHOLDERS in the above Company
are reminded that a CALL of $3.50 per Share was made on 11th October last, PAYMENT of which is due on 13th instant, and that Interest at the Rate of 12 per Cent per Annum will be charged on overdue Calls.
EDWARD OSBORNE, Secretary. Hongkong, 7th November, 1899.
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UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
ASBESTOS SALAMANDER BOILER COVERING COMPOSITION of the best qualities. A DIVIDEND) of $18 per Share for the
ESTIMATES given for every DESCRIPTION of WORK. CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT......
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THE
SUPERINTENDENT
THOMAS SKINNER. ARCHIBALD RITCHIE.
DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Managers.
PEAK
HOTEL
AND
CRAIGIEBURN.
HE PEAK HOTEL is siusted at Victoria GAP, adjoining the TRAMWAY TERMINUS,
1350 feet above sea level.
CRAIGIEBURN is ṣimated at Plunketts Gat, five ininutes walk from the PEAK
HOTEL.
Fine Healthy location, variety of beautiful scenery. Coal Southerly breezes in Summer with perfect protection agains; the North East Winds in Winter,
Well appointed rounis, attentive service and eve-llent Cuisine.
CITY OFFICE, 7. Duddelt Street.
Hongkong, 31st October, 1899,
TH
12th October, 1898.
A. MOIR,
Manager.
1:8
PHONOGRAPHS.
THE NEW HOME PHONOGRAPH (GENUINE EDISON) WITH FITTINGS.
PRICE $80.
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.
Ty
Takta
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year 1898, equivalent to 36% on the Paid-up Capital of $50 per Share, has been Declared.
WARRANTS will be issued on the 13th
October.
By Order of the Board,
DOUGLAS JONES, Secretary.
Hongkong, 12th October, 1899.
TUITION IN Dancing.
(1299a
MR. HAHN'S DANCING CLASSES will re-commence on 1st November next. Intending Pupils are respectfully requested 10 send their Applications Early in order that Tine and Terms may be arranged.
A. HAHN, No. 10, Ice House Street. Hongkong, 21st October, 1899. [1330a
Insurance.
NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.
THE
HE 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.
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To be Let.
l'ossession.
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RESI-
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Hongkong, 17th October, 1899.
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E. W. RUTTER,
Acting Manager.
THE
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Hongkong, 15th October, 1898.
THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,
LIMITED,
Authorised Capital....
Paid up Capital
£1,000,000
324374
HEAD OFFICE:~HONGKONG.
Board of Directors -
Chan Kit Shan, Esq.
Chow Tung Shang, Esq. Kwan Hoi Chuen, Esq.
D: Gillies, Esq.
|J. T. Lauts, Esq. Chief Manager,
GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR.
Interest for 12 months Fixed...5 % Hongkong, 30th May, 1899.
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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND-CHINA.
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853- HEAD OFFICE-LONDON.
CAPITAL PAID-UP......... RESERVE LIABILITY OF SHARE-
HOLDERS
RESERVE FUND ...
£800,000
*****... £800,000
INTEREST ALLOWED" on:
£500,000 CURRENT
ACCOUNT at the Rate of 3 per cent per annuni on the Daily Balançes
On Fixed Deposits for a months4 per cent.
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H WHITEHEAD,
Manager, Hongkong.
Hongkong, zoth May, 1898,
CLUB HOTEL,
LIMITED.
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No. 5-B, BUND, YOKOHAMA.
FIRST-CLASS HOTEL Centrally situated, well furnished and
Asupplied with excellent Cuisine and Good Wines.
The Company's Steun-launch attends the arrival and departure of all Mail Steamers.
Special attention paid to the Comfort of Visitors.
OFFICES TO LET.
PETER SYS' WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. HE only remedy at present known as an INFALLIBLE and PERMANENT CURE for No. 2, ICE HOUSE STREET. Immediate
SPRUE, DYSENTRY, DIARRHEA, HEMORRHAGE and ULCERATION
of the BOWELS.
Recommended by some of the Chief Specialists of the Medical Profession. Sold retail by all Chemists and Wholesale
THE PETER SYS COMPANY,
F. BLACKHEAD & CO., SHIP-CHANDLERS, SAILMAKERS, COAL AND PROVISION MER- CHANTS, NAVAL CONTRACTORS,. AND GENERAL COMMISSION
AGENTS,
PRAYA CENTRAL HONGKONG, SOAP MANUFACTURERS.
SOLE AGENTS FOR LYARTMANN'S RAHTJEN'S GENUINE
HCOMPOSITION RED HAND
&C.
BRAND, HARTMANN'S GREY PAINT, DAIMLER'S PATENT MOTOR LAUNCHES, &C..
&C.. Solo Agents for FERGUSON'S SPECIAL CREAM and
P. & O. SPECIAL LIQUER SCOTCH WHISKY, "&c.
EVERY KIND OF
SHIP'S, STORES AND REQUISITES ALWAYS IN STOCK AT
E. V. SIOEN, Manager:
Yokohama, 1st October, 1897.
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THE VERY LATEST,
REASONABLE PRICES. Hongkong, 14th May, 1896.
139
Ex. S.S. SHANGHAI
AN UNPRECEDENTED SHOW OF FASHIONABLE WINTER GOODS
NOW ON VIEW.
CHS. J. GAUPP & CO.,
*HRONOMETER, WATCH, and CLOCK - MAKERS JEWELLERS, SILVER
..
SMITII'S, and OPICIANS.
CHARTS and BOOKS.
NAUTICAL INSTRUMENIES
Sole Agents for Louis Audemars Watches awarded the highest Prizes at every Exhibition; and for Voigtländer and Sohn's
· CELEBRATEĎ OPERA GLASSES,
W. POWELL & CO., MARINE GLASSES and SPYGLASSES.
Immed. Opposite P.0., 1st floor.
Nos. 54 & 56, Queen's Road Central: [go
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(Proprietors and Sole Manufacturers), 9, Old China Street, Shanghai.
ITSUIBUSSAN KAISHA.
No. 6, Ice House Streti, Praya Central. Head Office TOKIO.
Branch Offices:-
LONDON, NEW YORK, BOMBAY, SINGAPORĖ, SHANGHAI, TIENTSÍN, NEWCHWANG and all Ports in JAPAN.
Agencies:-
Miki Coal Mines. Kanada Coal Mines. Hokoku Coal Mines. Yoshinotani Coal Mines. Ohnoura Coal Mines. No. 1, Ohtsuji Coal Mines. Ichimura Coal Mines. Kishima Coal Mines.
Yoshio Coal Mines.
Yamano Coal Mines. Manoura Coal Mines.
The Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Luck. Tokio Marine Insurance Co., Limited,' Meiji Fire Insurance Co., Limited. Kanegafuchi Cotton Spinning Mills. Shanghai Cotton Spinning Mills. Tokio Cotton Spinning Milla. Miike Cotton Spinning
Mills Imperial Government Paper Mills,- Onada Cement Company.
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, ...K. HASEGAWA,
Manager. Hongkong, 19th August, 1809.
Ex-SCHOOLMASTER.
NOT:10 NIGHT SCHOOL for EUROPEANS, by an
Terms moderate, for Particulars apply
c/o This Office.
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Hongkong, 18th August, 1899.
Apply to
W. DANBY, Civil Engineer & Architect. Hongkong, 7th October, 1899.
TO LET.
EMI-DETACHED VILLA
DENCES on Bowen Road (now in course ofrection)
GROUND FLOOR, 52, PEEL STREET. OFFICES:-Ist floor, No. 10, PRAYA
CUNTRAL..
(Lately occupied
Messrs. MELCHERS & Co.) HARFORD." MAGAZINE GAP.
No. 5, RIPPON TERRACE. ERANIE'S BUNGALOW, KOWLOON. Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND
INVEST.
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MENT & AGENCY CO., LD. langkong, 2nd November, 1800.
TO LET.
OFFICE ROOMS on 1st floor of No. 4.
Queen's Road, Central, (lately the I PERIAL BANK OF CHINA).
Apply to
Compradore Office,
E. C..HOCHAPFEL. Hongkong..23 March, 1899,
For Sale.
FOR SALE-A BARGAIN.
A DOUBLE-LENSE
(398a
QUARTER PLATE HAND CAMERA, (Latest Improvements). CARRIES ONE DOZEN PLATES. For Sale with the Camera;→
PRINTING-FRAMES, DEVELOPING TRANS- WASHING-TROUGH, SMALL CISTERN and LAMP. Complete for 870.
Apply at THIS OFFICE. Hongkong, ist November, 1899