JOERSTE TAYLOR,
„Ravedores, "and: Contractors.
Lighters and Steam Launcher Supplied.
ILOILO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS,
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
ESTABLSHED 1881.
NEW SERIES No. 1399. +++ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1899.
Banks.
THE
Intimations.
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BÁNK, LIMITED PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM
ESTABLISHED 1880,
CAPITAL SUNSCRIBED
Yen 34,000,000
CAPITAL PAID-UP, 12,000,000 CAPITAL UNCALLED, N91 12,000,000.
RESERVE FUND
7,500,000
YOKOHAMA,
FOR
Head Office
·Branches, and Agencies.
TOKIO.
NAGASAKI
LYONS,
BOMBAY
TIENTSIN.
KOBE.
LONDON.
NAVIGATION COMPANY.
STEAMERS
-(0)-
CAPTAINS
TO SAIL
NEW YORK. SAN FRANCISCO. HONOLULU.
-SHANGHAI..
LONDON BANKERS: THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LÐ.
PARŘS' BANK, Langg THE UNION BANK OF LONDON, LD.
HONGKONG AGENCY-INTEREST ALLOWED.
On Current Account at the rate of 3 per cent. per Annum on the Daily Balance..
REMARKS
LONDON‡ ..........Socotṛa................T. H. Hide, R.N.R. ............ About 28th Dec,....Freight only.
'SHANGHAI ...Massilia......C. Gadu...... ......About 23rd Dec. 3..Freight or l'assage.
LONDON, &c...Caromaudel*, F..W. Viberty R.N.R. ...Noon, 23rd Dec. ....Freight or Passage.
JAPAN „Rokillat. „......S. de B. Lockyer, R.X, R.,Daylight, 24th Dec„Freight or Passage.
(See Special Advertisement) + (Passing through the Inland Sea).
V MARSEILLES.
For Further l'articulars apply to
6
3
H. A. RITCHIE, Superintendent.
3 13
S, CHON,
Hongkong, 19th December, 1899,
Agen!,
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On fixed deposits for 12 months at 5 per cent.
四拜禮 號一十月二十英港香
Intimations,
SALES
THE UNITED
ORIENTALIAUSKOYA
UNITED
PANY, LTD DODWELL & CL
General Mana”.
THIRTY DOLLARS
PER ANNUM.
ACCELERATED by Competition and POPULARITY,
DAILY
INCREASING
OK ACCOUNT OF
UNIFORM
NIF
QUALITY,
AND
PERMANENCY
OF RESULTS.
COM
Hongkong, 4th October, 1899.
THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,
LIMITED.
Authorised Capital...
Paid up Capital ...................
$1,000,DOG .....344.374
HEAD OFFICE-HONGKONG.
Board of Directors:
Chan Kit Shan, Esq.
D. Gillies, Esq.
Chaw Tung Shang, Esq. J. T. Lauis, Esq.
Chief Manager,
GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR.
Interest for 12 months Fixed"......5 % Hongkong, 20th December, 1899.
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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.
STEAM FOR
SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID, NAPLES,
GENOA, ANTWERP, BREMEN/HAMBURG; -
FORTS IN THE LEVANTE, BLACK SEA AND BALTIC PORTS; ALSO
TERMS FROM
Watkins, Limited,
Sole Consignees,
SCHLITZ BEER.
LONDON, NEW YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, NEW ORLEANS, GALVESTON, UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL
AND SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS;
Steamers will call at SOUTHAMPTON to land Passengers and Luggago.
N.B.-Cargo can be taken on through Bills of Lading for the Principal Places in Russia.
STEAMFRS.
PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG.
INCORPORATED BY Royal Charter, 1853- HEAD OFFICE:--LONDON,
PRINZ HEINRICH....
CAPITAL PAID-UP...
£500,000
PREUSSEN..
RESERVE LIABILITY OF, SHARES
· KARLSRUHE
HOLDERS
£600,000
SACHSEN
RESERVE FUND
€500,000
INTEREST ALLOWED "on. CURRENT
1 ACCOUNT at the Rate of 2 per cent, per
annum on the Daily Balances.
On Fixed Deposits for 12 months... 4 per cent.
0 3
... 31.
T. H. WHITEHEAD,
Manager, Hongkong; Hongkung, 20th May, 1898. IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA. ESTABLISHED By IMPERIAL DECREE OF THE 12TH NOVEMBER, 1896.
Shanghai Taels. 10. $,000,000.
SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL,
PAID-UP CAPITAL
2,500,000
Head Office :--SHANGHAI
Branches and Agencies,
CANTON.
CHEFOO.
CHINKIANG,
FOOCHOW.
HANKOW.
PEKING.
-SINGAPORE.
SWATOW. TIENTSIN.
To Exchange drawn on the above
HE Bank purchases and receives for collec places, and Sells Drafts and Telegraphic Trans- lers Payable at its Branches and Agencies.
HONGKONG BRANCH. Advances made on approved securities. Bills discounted.
*****
INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS.
per Annum Fixed Deposits for 3 months.
"
12
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E. W. RUTTER,
Acting Manager,
Hongkong, 21st November, 1899........ [1237 HONGKONG HA!
BANKING CORPORATION.
PAID-UP CAPITAL.
RÉSERVE FUND....
$10,000,000
$1,000,000
RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROFTORS,$10,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS: ·
R. M. GRAY, Esq., Chairman.
NA SIEUS, Deputy Chairman,
David Meyer Moses, Esq.
E. Goetz, Esq.
1 A. McConachle, Esq.
A. Haupt, Esq, Ba| AJ, Rayinond, Esq.
R. H. Hill, Esq. --- |PP. Sachse, Esq. The Hon. J.J.Keswick.' | R= Shewan, Esq.
'CHIRE MANAGER: ANA
Hongkong-Sir THOMAS JACKSON."
MANAGER-A Shanghai-J. P; Wade Gardner, Esq. LONDON BANKERS-LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED. HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED ? ·
On Current Account at the mte of 2 per Cent
per Annum on the daily balance.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS:
For 3 months, per Cent, per Annum. For 6 months, 3å per Cent: per Annura." For 12 months, 4. per Cent. per Annum.
THOMAS JACKSON,
Cujef Manager.
Hongkong, 16th October, 1899.
· HONGKONG: SAVINGS BANK.
PHE Businessofthe above Bank is conducted.
Ty 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-Caplion- balances of $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND, ~SHANGHAL BANK to be placed on FIXED
DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT, per,aunum.
For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
TJACKSON, W
Chief Manager
Hongkong, 1st August, 1891
OLDENBURG
BAYERN....***
STUTTGART......
KONIG ALBERT..
WEIMAR.
PREUSSEN.....
(SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.)
HAMBURG, (Hamburg Amerika Linie)
PRINZ HEINRICH..
SAILING DATES. WEDNESDAY, 27th December WEDNESDAY, 10th January, WEDNESDAY, 24th. January. WEDNESDAY, 7th February.. WEDNESDAY, 21st February, WEDNESDAY, 7th Marché WEDNESDAY, 21st Murch. WEDNESDAY, 4th April
WEDNESDAY; 18th April.
WEDNESDAY, 2nd May.
WEDNESDAY, 16th May, WEDNESDAY, 30th May.
HEINRICH," of the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, Captain H. Supmer, with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE and CARGO, will leave this Port as above, Calling at NAPLES and CENDA.
IN WEDNESDAY, the 27th day of December, 1899, at NOON, the Steamship "PRIAZ
Shipping Orders will be granted till NOON, on MONDAY, the 25th December, Cargo and Specie will be received on Board-until 5 P.M., on TUESDAY, the 20th December, and Parcels will be received at the Agency's Office until Noon, on TUESDAY, the 26th December.
Contents of Packages are required. No Parcel-Receipts will be signed for less than $2.50 and Parcels should not exceed Two Feel Cubic'in Measurement.
The Steamer has splendid Accommodation and carries a Doctor and a Stewardess, Linen can be, washed on board.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
For further l'articulars, apply to
Hongkong, 21st December, 1899.
NEW ROOMS
At Moderate Daily Rates.
MELCHERS & CO.,
AGENTS.
[1394a
HOTEL.
HONGKONG
PHONOGRAPHS.
THE NEW HOME PHONOGRAPH
(GENUINE EDISON) WITH FITTINGS.
PRICE $80...
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.
trada
A MERRY XMAS
is accentuated by an Exchange of Seasonable Gifts...
NOW SHOWING A CHOICE AND NOVEL COLLECTION OF
TOYS AND FANCY GOODS SUITABLE PRESENTS FOR ALL AGES.
W POWELL & Co.,
Immediately Opposite F.O., 1st floor.
AGENCY, LIMITED.
SOLE AGENTS IN
HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS,
FOR THE
UNITED ASBESTOS CO., LD., LONDON,
CONTRACTORS TÓ 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. -. CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT,
THE
SUPERINTENDENT
THUMAS SKINNER. ARCHIBALD RITCHIE.
'DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Managers.
PEAK
HOTEL
AND
CRAIGIEBURN.
"HE PEAK HOTEL, is situated at Victoria Gap, adjoining the TRAMWAY TERMINUS,
1,350 feet above sea Level
CRAIGIEBURN is situated at PLUNKETT'S GAP, five minutes walk from the PEAK
HOTEL
Fine Healthy location, variety of beautiful scenery. Cool Southerly breezes in Summer with perfect protection against the North East Winds in Winter..
Well appointed rooins, attentive service and excellent Cuisine.
CITY OFFICE; 7, Daddell Street.
Hongkong, 31st October, 1899.
A. MOIR,
Manager.
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ENGLISH ALES.
IND COOPES. per Cask of 8 doz. Pts.
BASS
Do.
H. PRICE & Co..
12, QUEEN'S ROAD.
Hongkong, 6th December, 1899,
[20
Telephone 76.
$15
$17
VICHY
WATER.
CÉLESTINS.
JUST LANDED.
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
THIS WELL KNOWN AND EXCELLENT WATER.
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GREEN ISLAND ·CEMENT COMPANY. LIMITED.
$5
PORTLAND CEMENT.
per Cask of 375 Bos. Net ex Godown,
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO..
General Manager. Hongkong, th December, 1899. $340
Insurances. --
"The evil that men do lives after
them,
The good is oft interred with.
their bones."
takespeare:
It is True
that much good that men
đó
dies with them. The "good they do by means
of life assurance is not in terred with their bones,
but "lives after them," to bless and protect those they loved in life,
By means of some of the Equitable policies, you can be sure that the "
good
that you do" will live after you for twenty, thirty, forty
or even fifty years.
THE EQUITAble" :
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES.
Hongkong, 18th December, 1899.
[15700
NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.
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, 7
Auction.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION..
No. 698.gada
fx8.
THE
HE Tallowing Particulars of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held at the Offices of the Public Works Department, on WEDNESDAY
the 27th day of December, 1899, at 3 M are published for general information.
By Command; ***
I. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary."
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., Colonial Secretary's Office,
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
THE
CLUB HOTEL,
LIMITED.
No. 5-B, BUND, YOKOHAMA,
FIRST-CLASS HOTEL Centrally situated, well furnished and
Asupplied with excellent Cuisine and Good Wines.
The Company's Steam-launch attends the arrival and departure of all- Mail Steamers –
Special
al attention paid to the Comfort of Visitors,
Yokoliama, 1st October, 1897,
E. V. SIOEN, Manager.
Hongkong, 9th December, 1899, (15782
Particulars of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Wednesday, the 27th day of December, 1899,, at. 3 PM, at the Offices of the Public Works Department by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND,at Mong Kok Tsui, Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75. Years, with the option of renewal af a CROWN4- RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor of Her Majesty the QUEEN, för:one further term of 75 years.-
PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS
Boundary Measurements.
foland Lal
KOCALITYI
The
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