B. F. TAYLOR. Stevedores and Contractors.
Lighters and Steam Launches Supplied.
ILOILO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
ABLISHED 1881.
NEW SERIES No. 1403, #£#A-†**+** WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 27, 1899.
Banks
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITEL
ESTABLISHED "1280.
CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED
CAPITAL PAID-UP
..........Yen 24,000,000
£2,000,000
CAPITAL UNCALLED..................more t 12,000,000 RESERVE FUNDrug 7,500,000
Head Office-YOKOHAMA,
Branches and Agencies.
TOKIO.
Intimations.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM.
FOR
LONDONI
KOBE.
. LONDON,
NEW YORK.
SAN FRANCISCO. HONOLULU.
NAGASAKI...
LYONS.
BOMBAY
TIENTSIN.
SHANGHAL
- NAVIGATION COMPANY.
STEAMERS
CAPTAINS
TO SAIL
REMARKS
LONDON BANKERS ;
THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LD.. „PARRS' BANK, LD.
THE UNION BANK OF LONDON; LDK
HONGKONG AGENCY-INTEREST ALLOWED.
On Current Account at the rate ní 2 per cent.) per Annum on the Daily Balance.
On fixed deposity for 12 months at 5 per cent.
. 3 11.
Socotra..... T. H. Hide, R.N.R.................4 P.M., 28th Dec. ...Freight only.
About 6th Jan. SHANGHAI,Valetta.........F. N. Tillard....................
.Freight or Passage. LONDON, & Parramatta"..A. Symons, R.N.R....... Noon, 6th Jan......Freight or Passage. JAPAN ...Rosetin ......C. C. Talbot, 'R.N.R......About 6th Jan....... Freight or Passage.
(See Special Advertisement). Passing through the Inland Sea),
† Við MARSEILLES.
For Further Particulars apply to
H. A. RITCHIE, Superintendent.
3
S. CHOH,
Hongkong, 27th December, 150g..
Agent.
[s
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Hongkong, 4th October, (Syg""
IMPERIAL BARK OF CHINA. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.
ESTABLISUED BY IMPERIAL DECREE
OF THE WTH NOVEMBER, 1896.
Shanghal Fuels.
SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL, Quidam 5,000,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL SOO ******* 2,500,000
+
Trend Offer: SHANGWAL.
Benches and docniles.
PERING.
CANTON,
CHEFOO.
CHINKIANG.
VFOOCHOW.
HANKOW.
SINGAPORE. SWATOW. TIENTSIN.
**E Bank purchases and receives for collec
tion Bills of Exchange drawn on the above placesy and Sells Draßs and Telegraphic Trans fers Payable at its Brauches and Agencies.
**
HÒNGKONG BRANCH. Advances made on approved securities, Bills discounter.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON Deposits.
per Annum Fiseil Deposits for 3 months.
衬
12
E. W. RUTTER,
Acting Manager.
Hongkong, 21st November, 1899.
H
STEAM FOR
SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID, NAPLES,
GENOA ANTWERP, BREMEN/HAMBURG"; · PORTS IN THE LEVANTE, BLACK SEA AND BALTIC PORTS;
ALSO... "LONDON, NEW YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, NEW ORLEANS, GALVESTON, AND SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS;
Btoamers will call ́at SOUTHAMPTON to fand Passengers and Luggago. N.B.-Cargo can be taken on through Bills of Lading for the Principal Places in Russia. PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG.
STEAMERS.
PREUSSEN.. KARLSRUHE
SACHSEN
OLDENBURG
KONIG ALBERT,
BAVERN
STUTTGART..
WEIMAR
PREUSSEN.
(SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.)
HAMBURG, (Hamburg Amerika Linie)
SAILING DATES. WEDNESDAY, 10th January. WEDNESDAY, 24th January. WEDNESDAY, 7th. February. WEDNESDAY, 21st February, WEDNESDAY, 7th March. WEDNESDAY, 21st March.
WEDNESDAY, 2th April.
„WEDNESDAY, 18th April.
WEDNESDAY, 2nd Mày.
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WEDNESDAY, 16th May.
WEDNESDAY, 30th May,
0%
ONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION.
PALD-UP CAPITAL....
$10,000,000 RESERVE FUND
$11,000,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPTORS.$10,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS!
R. M. GRAY, Esq., Chairman.
N. A. SIEBS, Es, Deputy Chairman.
David Meyer Moses, Esq.
E. Goetz, Esq.
A. Haupt, Esq.
R. H. Hii, Esq.
A. McConnichie, Esq.
A. J: Raymond, Esq. P. Sachse, Esq.
The Hon. J.J.Kiswick. | R. Shewan, Esq.
CHIEF MANAGER :'2 Hongkong-St Thomas JACKSON. MANAGER: Shanghai. P. WADE GARDNER, Esq. LONDON BANKERS-LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED. HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED:
On Current Account at the mute of z per Cent.
per Annum on the daily balance.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS;
for 3-months,2-par-Cent-por-Ansum, For months, 3 per Cent. per Annum. For 12 months, 4- per Cent. per Annum.
THOMAS JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
Hongkong, 16th October, 1899.
T
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
D
E-Business of tlie above Bank is conducted
by the HONGKONGANDSHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application.
INTEREST on deposits is allowed åt 31 PER
.CENT. per annum,',
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT nt 4 PER CENT. per annum.
For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager
Hongkong, 1st August,, 1895.
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THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA;
LIMITED.
Authorised Capital.
Paid up Capital
£1,000,000 324.374
HEAD OFFICE-HONGKONG,
Board of Directors -
Chan Kit Slan, Esq. D. Gillies, Esq.
Chow Tung Shang, Esq. J. T. Lauts, Esq.
Chief Manager,
GEO. W, F. PLAYFAIR.
Interest for 12 months Fixed Hongkong, 20th December, 1899
.5%
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA,
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853 HEAD OFFICE:-LONDON,
CAPITAL PAID-UP...
Boojooo
£800,000 €500,000
RESERVE LIABILITY OF SHARE-A
HOLDERS RESERVE FUND
IN
megin
[NTEREST ALLOWED on CURRENT
ACCOUNT at the Rate of 2 per cent-per- annum on the Daily Balances.
On Fixed Deposits for 12 montiis... 4. per cent
TH WHITEHEAD,
Manager, Hongkong? Hoogkong, 20th May
131:
PRINZ HEINRICH
N WEDNESDAY, the roth day of January, 1900, at Noon, the Steamship * PREUSSEN," of the NORUDEUTSCHER LLOYD, Captain R. Heintze, with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE and CARGO, will leave this Port as above, Calling at NAPLES and fiɛxoa,
*.
Shipping Orders will be granted till Noon, on MONDAY, the 8th January, Cargo and Specie will be received on Board until 5 PM, on TUESDAY, the 9th January, and Parcels will be received at the Agency's Office until NOON, on TUESDAY, the 9th January,
Contents of Packages are required. No Parcel Receipts will be signed for less than $2.50 and Parcels should not exceed Two Feet 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 Particulars, apply to
Hongkang, 27th 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.
11+363
A MERRY XMAS
is accentuated by an Exchange of Seasonable Gifts.
WE ARE NOW SHOWING A CHOICE AND NOVEL COLLECTION OF TOYS AND FANCY COODS SUITABLE PRESENTS FOR ALL AGES.
W. POWELL & CO.,
Immediately Opposite 2.0. let floor.
·號七十月二十英港香
Intimations.
SALES
THE UNITED ABBES"
ORIENTAL AG
Salt' Agents" for the UNITED ASBESTOS COM PANY, LTD. LONDON. DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Managers,
THIRTY DOLLARS
PER ANNUM..
ACCELERATED by Competition and POPULARITY,
DAILY
INCREASING
ON ACCOUNT OF
UNIFORM
AND
QUALITY,
PERMANENCY
OF RESULTS.
4.
TERMS FROM
Watkins, Limited,
Sole Consignees,
SCHLITZ
BEER.
UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LIMITED.
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SOLE AGENTS IN
HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS,
FOR THE
UNITED ASBESTOS CO., LD., LONDON,
CONTRACTORS TO IM. GOVERNMENT.
·MANUFACTURERS OF THE
Best Qualities of ASBESTOS GOODS and PACKINGS. HYDRAULIC and SELF, LUBRICATING PUMP PACKINGS. of all kinds."
"VICTOR METALLIC BOILER JOINTS.
+
BESTOS SALAMANDER BÜPLER COVERING COMPOSITION of the best qualities.
ESTIMATES given for every DESCRIPTION OF WORK. CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT..........
THOMAS SKINNER. „ARCHIBALD RITCHIE. DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Managers.
SUPERINTENDENT
PEAK HOTEL
AND
CRAIGIEBURN.
THE PEAK HOTEL is situated at VICTORIA GAP, adjoining the TRAMWAY TERMIŅUS,
1,350 feet above sea Level.
THE
CRAIGIEBURN is situated at PLUNKETT'S GAP, five minutes walk from the PEAK
HOTEL.
Fine Healthy location, variety of beautiful scenery. Cool Squtherly breezes in Summer with perfect prolection against the North East Winds in Winter.
Well appointed rooms, attentive service and yellent Cuisine. CITY OFFICE, 7, Duddell Street.
Hongkong, 31st October, 1899.
NOTICE
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WNERS of HOUSES' situated in the
OWN
Western Division of the City of Victoria who have not had their Premises LIME WASHED and CLEANSED-in accordance with Law are reminded that the period during, which this work should be finished ends on tho 31st day of December, 1899, and the Sanitary Hoard being convinced of the necessity of cleanliness in its efforts to stamp out Plague, is cletermined to rigorously prosecute any Owner in default after the above named date.
By Order of the Board,
8th December, 1899
C. W. DUGGAN, Secretary,
Note The Western Division of the City lies
to the West of Morrison and. East, Streets.
(15460
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY.
$5
LIMITED,
PORTLAND CEMENT.
per Cask of 375 Ds. Net ex Godown
SHEWAN, TOMES &
General Manager.
CO
Hongkong, th December, 1899, (1534a
Entertainments.
ST
A. MOIR,
Manager.
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ENGLISH ALES.
IND COOPES per Cask of 8 doz. Pts.
Do.
H. PRICE & Co.,
BASS
Hongkong, 6th December, 1899.
Telephono
75.
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VICHY
12, QUEEN'S ROAD.
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$15
$17
WATER.
CÉLESTINS.
JUST LANDED.
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
THIS WELL KNOWN AND EXCELLENT WATER.
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.,
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
THE
CLUB HOTEL,
LIMITED.
No. 5-B, BUND, YOKOHAMA,
FIRST-CLASS HOTEL Centrally situated, well furnished and
Applied with excellent Cuisine and Good Wines.
ANDREW'S HALLA CİTY HALL BUILDING. TO-MORROW
THURSDAY and SATURDAY, the 38th & 30th December. Commencing at 9PM. XYLOPHONE & KINEMATOGRAPH ENTERTAINMENT.
Minc. MERANDA and Little LILLY,
In their Clever Xylophone and Zither and Comic Violin Entertainments.
ADMISSION
...... $2 & $1
Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform half-price to Second Seats. Hongkong, 26th December, 1899
AN
EVENING CONCERT
will be given on
FRIDAY, the 29th December, 1899,
in..
THE BUNGALOW, KOWLOON.
[599a
(Kindly lent, for the Occasion by the Hon.
C. P. CHATER, C.M.G.):
In Aid of
THE "MISSUS AND 'KIDS!” FUND.
Under the Patronage of Colone! RETALLICK and Officers of the HONGKONG Regiment,
TICKETS, $1 each.
Concert to cominence at 9 P.M.
TICKETS may be obtained from the Mem bers of the Committee-Messrs. Aitken, Cumpston, Farr, Jack, Longworth; -Main," McKenzie, Muskett, Reid, Ritchie, Sayer, Skertchly, Smart. Stackwood, Dr. Swan and Wilks; and from the Offices of the Hongkong. Telegraph and China Mail.
Hongkong, 26th December, 1899.
THEATRE
CITY HALÉ.
GRAN will be given on
ROYAL
RAND ENTERTAINMENT:
SATURDAY, the 6th January, 1900, in the THEATRE ROYAL,
· at 9 P.st.-
میں
In Aid of the.. SOUTH AFRICAN FUND,
Under the Patronage of "w H.E. Sir HENRY & Lady BLAKE, H.E. Major-General & Mrs. Gascoignej
Commodore & Mrs. POWELL
and all the ad Leading Citizens.
The Booking Office at CITY HALL will be OPEN on. WEDNESDAY, the 7th December,
The Company's Steam-launch attends the arrival and departure of all at to AM. ADMISSION $1 all over the House..
Mail Steamers
J
Special attention paid to the Comfort of Visitors.
Yokohama, rat October, 1897,
E. V. SIOEN, Manager.
The ENTERTAINMENT will be repeated on WEDNESDAY, the roth January. AD MISSION $2 to Dress Circle:-* $1, Soldiers, Saitors, Police, and Volunteers i Uniform Half-price-
Hangkang, 23hd December, 1899,