B. FƏTAYLOR.
Stevedor
Lighters and Steam Launches Supplied.
ILOILO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS,
The Hongkong Telegraph.
ESTABLISHED
1881.
'NEW SERIES No. 1505. BA+)=4X+=#* FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1900.
Banks.
THE
Entimations.
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED, PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM
ESTABLISHED 1530. ;
CAPITAL PAID-UP, W 18,000,000
CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED
CAPITAL UNCALLED
RESERVE FUND'
Yer 24,000,000
6,065,000 8,000,000
Head Office-YÖKOHAMA.
Branches and
ad Agencies.
TOKIO.
NAGASAKI.'
LYONS.
SAN FRANCISCO.
BOMBAY.
TIENTSING
KOBE.
LONDON,
NEW YORK.
HONOLULU,
SHANGHAL
NEWCHWANG,
LONDON BANKERS:
THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LD. PARKS' BANK, LD,
THE UNION BANK OF LONDON, LD, HONGKONG AGENCY:—INTEREST ALLOWED. On Current Account at the rate of per cent. per Annum on the Daily Balance.
On fixed deposils for 12 taonths at 5 per cent.
I
6.
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S. CHOH, Hongkong Manager,
Hongkong, 4th January, 1900,
IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA.
ESTABLISHED BY IMPERIAL DECREE OF THE 12TH NOVEMBER, 1896,
SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL
Shanghai Taels. ..................... 5,000,000
PAIDUP CAPITAL 2,500,000.
ilead Office :--SHANGBAL
Branches and Agencies.
CANTON,
CHEFOO.
CHUNKIANG,
CHUNKING,
FOOCHOW.
HANKOW.
PERING.
PENANG.
SINGAPORE.
SWATOW
TIENTSIN.
MIE Baok purchases and receives for colleg-
T tion Bills of Exchange drawn on the above
places, and Sets Drafts and Telegraphic Trans- fers Payable at its Branches and Agències.
HONGKONG BRANCH. Advances made on approved securities. Hills discounted.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS.
% per Aunum Fixed Deposits for 3 months!
11
تا
FOR
NAVIGATION COMPANY.
STEAMERS
CAPTAINS
SHANGHAI...Coromandel.F. W. Vibert, R.N.R.... LONDON, &c... Bengal.....S. Barcham JAPAN... Rosettal.C. C. Talbot, R.N.R. MARSEILLES & LONDON DIRECT. (Without Transhipment).
五拜禮
就七十月四英港香
Intimations.
THE SUMMER HAS COME
WATKINIS
AND SO HAVE
AERATED
but the latter have come to stay.
OUR
THE UNITED ASBESTOS: ORIENTAL AGENCY.
Sate Agents for the
·UNITED ASBESTOS COM PANY, LTD. LONDON. - DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Managers..
THIRTY DOLLARS
PER ANNUM.
WATERS,
SODA, POTASH, TONIC, RASPBERRYADE, SARSAPARILLA, LEMON-SQUASH, SELTZER, LITHIA, SANTHARIS,
LEMONADE, BELFAST GINGER-ALE, ZOEDONE, AND GINGER BEER
TO SAIL.
KEMARKS About 27th April...Freiglit or Passage. Neon, 28th April... Freight or Passage. About 28th April...Freight or Passige.
S.S. "MALACCA"...About 3rd May......Freight or Passage.
are second to none.
A
(See Special Advertisement).
† (Passing through the Inland Sea},
For Further Particulars, apply to
Hongkong, 24th April, 1500.
A. M. MARSHALL, Acting Superintendent.
Our machinery being of the very newest design we are enabled to turn out the best article.
GIVE OUR
SANTHARIS
A TRIAL.
IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. Santharis contains Mineral Salts which keep up the normil condition of
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
HAMBURG-AMERICA LINE.
STEAM FOR
SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID, NAPLES, GENDA, ANTWERP, BREMEN HAMBURG;
PORTS IN THE LEVANTE, BLACK SEA AND BALTIC PORTS;
ALSO
LONDON, NEW YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, NEW ORLEANS, GALVESTON, AND SOUTH AMERICAN FORTS ||
Steamers will call at SOUTHAMPTON to land Passengers and Luggage. N.B.-Cargo can be taken on through Bills of Lading for the Principal Places in Russia.
STEAMERS.
PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG. (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.).
PRINZ HEINRICH...
PREUSSEN......
HAMBURG, Hamburg-Amerika' Linie
SACHSEN
OLDENBURG
+
BAYERN
• 12
13
STUTTGART..
KONIG ALBERT...
Acting Manager.
WEIMAR,
144
PRINZ HEINRICH..
HAMBURG, Hamburg-Amerika Linie
E. W. RUTTER,
Hongkong, 1st February, 1900.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853. HEAD OFFICE-LONDON,
'
CAPITAL PAHEUP,.
KESERVE LIABILITY OF SHARE-
BOLDERS
RESERVE. FUND-
£800,000
£800,000 1.2,500,000 INTEREST ALLOWED OF CURRENT ACCOUNT at the Rate of 2 per cent per annum on the Daily Balances.
On Fixed Deposits for 12 months... per cent.
M
6
19-
b. W. GILMOUR.
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Acting Manager.
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Hongkong, 14th April, 1848,
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TONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITA..........................$10,000,000 RESERVE FUND... $11,500,000 RESERVE LIABLITY OF PROPTORS:S10,000,000 COURT OF Directors:
N. A Stems, Esq., Chairman.
R. Surwas, Esq., Deputy Chairman, E. Goetz, Esq.
R. M. Gray,
D. M. Mosus, Esq.
Gayund, Es.
The Hon.JJ.Keswick. R. f. Richardson, Esq.
H. W. Slade, Esq. P. Sachse, Esq.
Ching MANAGERS
Hongkong-Sir Thomas JACKSON. MANAGERY Shanghai-J. P. WADE GARDNER, Esq. LONDON BANKERS-LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED. HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED :
Un Current Account at the rate of 2 per Cent.
per Annum on the daily balance.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS:
For 3 months, 2à per Cent, per Angum. For 6 months, 3 per Geni, per Auffo For 12 months, 4 pur Cont. per Arauns.
H. M. BEVIS, Acting Chief Manager.
Hongkong, 4th April, 1990.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
"HE Business of the above Hunk is conducted
THE
by 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 the option balances of $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on "FIXED" DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT. per annum.
PREUSSEN.................
SACHSEN
OLDENBURG
BAYERN
STUTTGART.
KONIG ALBERT,
WEIMAR..................
SAILING DATES. WEDNESDAY, 2nd May, WEDNESDAY, 16th May. WEDNESDAY, 30th May. THURSDAY, 14th June. THURSDAY, 28th June. THURSDAY, 12th July.
THURSDAY, 26th July,
THURSDAY, 9th August. THURSDAY, 23rd August. THURSDAY, dili September. THURSDAY, 20th September. WEDNESDAY, 3rd October. WEDNESDAY, 17th October. WEDNESDAY, 31st October. WEDNESDAY, 14th November. WEDNESDAY, 28th Noves.ber.
WEDNESDAY, 12th December. WEDNESDAY, 26th December.
N WEDNESDAY, the and day of May, 1900, at NOON, the Steamship "PRINZ HEINRICH," of the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, Captain H, Super, with SAILS,
PASSENGERS, SPECIE and CARGO, will leave this Fort as above, Calling at NAPLES and GENDA.
Shipping Orders will be granted till NooN, on MONDAY, 'the 30th April, Cargo and Specie will be received on Board until 5 Pal, on TUESDAY, the 1st May,, and Parcels will be received at the Agency's Office until NOON, on TUESDAY, the tat May,
the blood. It is the most approved table water for the Orient.
Watkins, Limited.
UNITED
ASBESTOS ORIENTAL
AGENCY, LIMITED.
SOLE AGENTS IN
HỌNGKONG, 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, ofalt kundis. "VICTOR" METALLIC BOILER JOINTS.
ASBESTOS SALAMANDER BOILER COVERING COMPOSITION, of the best qualitus.
27)
· ESTIMATES given for every-DESCRIPTION of WORK. J CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT.. SUPERINTENDENT
„THOMAS SKINNER.
ARCHIBALD RITCHIE,
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GREE ISLAND GEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
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[TICE is hereby given that an EXTRA-.
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Office of the Company No. 9 Praya Central TO-MORROW, the 28th April, rgos, at NooN, when the subjoined Resolution which was passed at a Extradinary General Meeting. held on the 12th April, 1900 will be submitted for confirmation.
RESOLUTION. ·· That, the Capital of the Company be in- created to 1,000,000 by the creation and issue at 30, New Shoes of $19, each fully paid up.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 27th April, 100, HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER."
OF COMMERCE.
14915
DODWELL; & CO., LIMITED, Geüeral Managers.SAL GENERAL MEETING of the
HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN
Centrally situated at PLusker's Gar, the Peak, 1,500 feet above sea-level and 500 yards from the. TRAM TREMIŅUS..
For Terms, &c., apply to the.
Contents of Packages are requirrel, No Parcel Receipts will be signed for less than $2.50 Telephone No. 56.
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
Hongkong, 18th April, 1900,
NEW ROOMS
At Moderate Daily Rates,
MELCHERS & CO.,?
ACENTS.
· [a2
HOTEL.
HONGKONG
Hongkong, and April, 1899.
Telephone
76.
MANAGER
JUST LANDED, EX S.S. "PRINZ HEINRICH," KUPPER'S.
PILSENER
1433b"
BEER.
The most popular of light Beers: there is never any sediment in KUPPER BEER, it is always bright and sparkling
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.,
15, Queen's Road,
Hongkong, rich April, 1900.
WHITE
GRAVES
DO.
Superior
SAUTERENE
DO.
Superior'
DO.
HAUT
DO.
HAUT (Dubos Freres)
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
VIOLINS,
CELLOS,
GUITARS,
BANJOS,
•£1,000,000
...............£: 324,374
MANDOLAS,
For the HONGKONG AND SHANGRAI BANKING CORPORATION,
H. M. BEVIS,
Acting Chiel Manager.
Hongkong, 16th March, 1900,
THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,
LIMITED.
Authorised Capital......
Paid up Capital **---15-01-
HEAD OFFICE-HONGKONG.
Board of Directors:
Chan Kit Shan, Esq..
D. Gillies, Esq.
Chow Fung Shang, Esq. J. T. Lauts, Esq.
Chief Hanager,
GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR,
Interest for 12 months Fixed %
Hongkong, 20th-December, 1899
CORNETS,
TROMBONES, MANDOLINES, GUITARRAS, EUPHONIUMS,
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, FINE
LIMITED
PORTLAND CEMENT.
$440 Cask of 375 lbs. Net ex Factory,
$2.80 Bag of 250 lbs.
SHEWAN, TOMÉS & CO.,
General Managers
Hongkong, 8th February, 1906:
ZITHERS,
CLARINETS, &c. LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.
CLAYMORE."
Hongkong, 3rd February, 1900.
AGENTS,
WINES.
I doz Bottles.
$7.00
9.00
115
2 dog.
Boules.
$ 8.00
10.00
7.00 8.00
9,00
11.00-
22.00
MEMBERS-will be held on MONDAY, the goth Muil, at 2.4 PM., at the Chamber Raunts, City Hall, to NOMINATE A MEMBER of the Chamber to take the place of the Hon. T. 11. Warren are in the Legislative Council during his absence from the Calony.
The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of the Hongkong General" Chamber of Commerce will be held the same Day, and immediately thereafter, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Com mittee and passing the Secretary's Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1899.
By Order,
1
R. CHATTERTON WILCOX..
Secretary. Hongkong, 23rd April, 1900
[$z4b THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN
CO. LIMITED.
TOTICE is hereby given that an EXTRA-
NOT
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of THE TONGRÖNG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GonowN COMPANY, LIMITED will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICES. No. 2, Connaugh Road, Victoria. Hongkong, on FRI DAY, the day of May, 1900, at 12 o'clock; (Noon), when the SUBJOINED KESOLU. TIONS, which were passed at the EXTRA ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the
Company held on the 18th day of April, 1000, will be submitted for confirmation as SPECIAL
RESOLUTIONS.
1. That the Capital of the Company be increased from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 by the creation of toooo New Shares of Sjo cach,
2-That such New Shares be issued at 2 Premionof $25 per Share and be allotted, to the Shareholders of the Company in The proportion of One New Share for every Ties Shares new held by them. That the Amount due for the New Shares be called up follows, viz:--
250 per Share on the 1st July, 1900, to rank for Six months Dividend out of the Profits of the Year 1900, and the remain- ing $25 per Share on the 1st October, Dated the 18th day of April, 1900.."- By Order of the Board,
1900,
10.00 599b) 13.00 SANITARY
H. PRICE & Co.,
12, QUEEN'S ROAD,
ROBINSON PIANO CO
AMERICAN BANJOS, GUITARS,
MANDOLINĖS,
CABIN PIANOS AND ORGANS. NEW MUSIC, SONGS, BOOKS, &C.
STRINGS & FITTINGS.
Hongkong, 20th February, 1900.
[235h
PETER SYS' WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. HE only remedy at present known as an INFALLIBLE and PERMANENT CURE for
SPRUE, DYSENTRY, DIARRHOEA, HEMORRHAGE and ULCERATION
of the DOWELS. Recommended by some of the Chief Specialists of the Medical Profession. Sold retail by all Chemists and Wholesale
OLD
SCOTCH
WHISKY.
SOLE AGENTS:~
THE VICTORIA, DISPENSARY
HONGKONG.
12th October, 1898.
by
THE PETER SYS COMPANY,
(Proprietors and Sole Manufacturers), 9, Old China Street,
Shanghai,
EDWARD OSBORNE, Secretary,
BOARD.
OWNERS of HOUSES situated in the
Central Division of the City of Victoris,: and in the Western Division of Kowloon, who have not had their Premises LIMEWASHED and CLEANSED in accordance with Law, are reminded that the period during which the work should be finished ends on the 30th day of April, 1900, and the Sanitary Board being convinced of the necessity of Cleanliness in its effogs 10 Stamp out Plague, is determined to rigorously prosecute any owner in default after the above-named Date,
The Central Division of the City lies between Garden Road on the East, and Morrison Street and East Street on the West, The Western Division of Kowloon is all that part of the Kowloon Peninsula, to the West of Robinson Road, and includes Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Ti, Mong Kok Tsui, Tai Kok Tsui, and Sham Shui Po.
By Order of the Sanitary Board,
C. W. DUGGAN, Secretary.
Hongkong, 9th March, 1900.
WANTED.
fзiob
FEW BOARDERS (GENTLEMEN)
A Central Position on low level; good
accommodation with use of Billiard Table and select Library.
Apply REX,
c/o this Paper.
Hongkong, and April, 1900,