B. F. TAYLOR, Stevedore
Lighters and Steam Launches Supplied.
ILOILO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
NEW SERIES No. 1818. ■¥¤=$t+=#*
Banks.
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.
ESTABLISHED 1830,
W
CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED......... Yen 24,000,000.
CAPITAL PAID-UP.......
CAPITAL UNCALLED.............
RESERVE FUND
·· Head Office: -YDKOHAMA,
Mails.
ESTABLISHED 1881. FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1901.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.
$110,000,000
6,000,000
H 8,310,000
FOR
STEAMERS
- S'HAP'& JAPAN...Japan
KOBE.
LONDON.
MARSEILLÉS
NEW YORK.
Branches and Agencies.
ΤΟΚΙΟ.
NAGASAKI
LYONS,
BOMBAY,
TIENTSIN.
SAN FRANCISCO. “HUNOLDLU.
LOSION BANKERS:
THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LU.
PARKP, BANK, 4.D.
CAPTAINS
TO SAIL
REMARKS
..............G. K. Wright, R.N.R...About 7th May.....Freight or Passage.
༢ ་ -
all LONDON Ballaurat...C, T. Denny, R.NR...Noon, 11th May...Freight or Passage.
SHANGHAI Bengal ...,5. Barcham
SHANGHAL. NEWCHWANG..
..About 11th May ...Freigla or Passage.
MARSEILLESĮ and LONDONĮ
Chato
LC. F. Lockstone, R. N. R.About 18th May ... Freight or Passage.
(See Special Advertisement),
For Further Particulars, apply to
H, A., RITCHIE, Superintendent.
THE UNION, BASK OF LONDON, Lạ HONGKONG BRANCH-INTEREST ALLOWED. Un Current Actount as the rate of 2 per cent. .per Annum on the Daily Balance.
On fixed deposits for 12 months at 5 per cent.
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TARO HOBSUMI,
Hongkong, 17th April, 1901,
Manager.
TONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
HBANKING CORPORATION.
· l'aid-up CAPITAL..
KESERVE FUND,---
Sterling Reserve.....$10,000,000)
$10,000,000
Silver Reserve $3,000,000 $13,000,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPTORS,$10,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS:
R. SHEWAN, Esq., Chairman.
The Hon. J. J. KESWICK, Deputy Chairman.
A. Haupt, Esq.
DM Moses, Esq..
A. J. Raymond, Esq.
N. A. Siebs, Esq. * B. W. Slade, Esq.
R. L. Richardson, Esq. | H. E. Tomkins, Esq. H. Schübart, Esq. Fast Witkowski, Esq.
CHIEF MANAGER:
Hongkong-Sir THOMAS JACKSON.
MANAGER:
Shanghai-H. M. BEVIS, Esq.
LONDON BANKERS-LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED. HONGEDNG ---INTEREST ALLOWBIE:
Od Current Account at the rate of 2 per Cent. per Annurn on the daily balance.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS:
For 3 months, 2 For 4 months, 38 For iz months, 4
per Cent. per Aunup, por Cent, per Aanum. per Cent. per Annum. T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
Hongkong, 29th April, 1901.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK, THE Business ofthe above Bank is conducted
by the HONGKONGANDSHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be ahtained on application,
INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 34,PER CENT. per annum,
Depositors may transfer at their option balances off100 or more to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT, per annum,
For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
Hongkong, 4th October, 1900,
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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, 20
2,500,000
Head Office-SHANGHAL
Branches and Agencies.
CANTON.
CHEFOO.
CHINKIANG,
CHUNKING.
HANKOW.
PEKING.
PENANG:
SINGAPORE.
TIENTSIN.,
HE Bank purchases and receives for caller.
THE
tion Bills of Exchange drawn on the shove places, and Selis Drafts and Telegraphic Trans.. iers Payable at its manches and Agencies.
HONGKONG BRANCH.; Advances made on approved securities. Bills discounted.
INTEREST Allowed on Derostis. per Annum Fixed Deposits for 3 months
E. W. RUÏTER, Manager.
Hongkong, 1st January, 1901.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
INCORPORATED av ROYAL CHARTER, 1853. - HEAD OFFICE LONDON..
CAPITAL PAID-UP...M.
RESERVE LIABILITY or SHARE-
BOLDERS....
RESERVE FUND
£200,000
£800,000
....£525,000
INTEREST ALLOWED) on CURRENT ACCOUNT at the Rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the Daily Balances.
On Fixed Deposits for 12 months... 4 per cent.
6
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Hongkong, 2nd May, 1901:
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IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD:
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.
STEAM FOR
SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID, NAPLES, GENOA, ANTWERP, BREMEN/HAMBURG;
ALSO.
:
PORTS IN THE LEVANTE, BLACK SEA AND BALTIC PORTS,
LONDON, NEW YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, NEW ORLEANS, GALVESTON, AND SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS;
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, PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG.
STEAMERS.
PRINZ HEINRICH, PREUSSEN.
(SUBJECT TO ALTERATION)
HAMBURG, Hamburg-Amerika Linie SACHSEN
STUTTGÄRT..
Eutimations.
Bovril Promotes Energy and takes away that tired feeling which life in the East pro duces. Unrivalled for Athletes and persons of either sex cultivating physical strength. To be obtained-at-all-Stores, Chemists-and- Hotels throughout. Hongkong, China and Japan,
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BOVRIL
BOVRIL PROMOTES HEALTH,
琥三月五英港香
STRENGTH AND ENERGY.
T
THE UNITED ASBEST S ORIENTAL AGENCY,
Sola Arants for the UNITED ASBESTOS CO., LIMITED, LONDON. DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Managers.
THIRTY DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
Intimations.
NOW READY.
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AND
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JOSE desirous of obtaining copies should
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has high struck off and a Second Edition can-
not be printed..
The Special Edition will be mailed to any address on receipt of 56 donts to cover cost and Postage.
Hongkong, 2nd May, toot
TO SPECIAL JURORS. ~PECIAL-JURORS are invited to a MEET- At CRS HALL, MONDAY, the 6th instant, at NOON, when the following RESOLUTION will be proposed -
That in the opinion of this Meeting the jury system as applied to Civil cases con- stitutes an unnecessary hardship upon Jurors and that the Government be asked to Legislate for its total abolition in such
cases,
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Hongkong, and May, 1907.
HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED.
UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL ACTOR July (901. Liberal
AGENCY, LIMITED.
SOLE AGENTS, IN
FOR THE
· HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 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.
ASBESTOS SALAMANDER BOILER COVERING COMPOSITION of the best qualities. ESTIMATES given for every DESCRIPTION of WORK. CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT..
SUPERINTENDENT
SAILING DATES. WEDNESDAY, 15th May. WEDNESDAY, 29th May, THURSDAY, 13th June THURSDAY, 27th June,
KIAUTSCHOV, Hamburg-Amerika Linic BAYERN
THURSDAY, 1th July.
THURSDAY, 25th July
THURSDAY, 8th August.
THURSDAY, 22nd August.
.
THURSDAY, 5th September....
THURSDAY, 19th September.
WEDNESDAY, 2nd October.
WEDNESDAY, 16th October.
WEDNESDAY, 30th October... WEDNESDAY, 13th November. WEDNESDAY, 27th, November.
Telephone No. 76.
KONIG ALBERT..
PRINZESS IRENE
PRINZ HEINRICHI.
PREUSSEN,
HAMBURG, Hamburg-Amerika Linie SACHSEN*****
KIAUTSCHOU, Hamburg-Amerika Linic BAYERN
ON HEINRICH, of the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, Captain R. Heintze, with MAILS
WEDNESDAY, the 15th day of May, 1901," at Noon, the Steamship "PRINZ
PASSENGERS, SPECIE and CARGO, will leave this Port as above, Calling at NAPLES and GENOA,
Shipping Orders will be granted till Noon, on MONDAY, the 13th instant, Cargo and Specic will be received on Board until 5 P.M., onɣTUESDAY, the 14th instant, and Parcels will be received at the Agency's Office until NoON, on TUESDAY, the 14th instani..
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 Stewardess. Linen can be washed on board.
. . .
NORDDEUTSCHER CLOYD.
For further Particulars, apply to
Hongkong, 1st May, 1901.
MELCHERS & CO.,
AGENTS."
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HONGKONG
HOTEL
Military Band during dinner on Saturday Nights.
Hongkong, isth November, 1900:
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COCHRANE, HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN,
p. Managér.
· Hongkong, 16th October, 1900.
THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,
LIMITED.
Authorised Capital....
Paid up Capital.................. 324,374
HEAD OFFICE:-HONGKONG.
Board of Directors:
Chan Kit Shan, Eng
C. Ewens, Esq.
Chow TungShang, Esq. J.T. Lauts, Esq.
Chief Manager,
GEO. W.-F. PLAYFAIR:
Interest.for 12 months Fixed: 5
· Hongkong, 20th December, 1899.
PLUNKET'S GAP, the Peak, noar the TRAK TERMINUS, Tel. 56.
For Terms, &c., apply to the
Hongkong, 2nd July, 1900...
MANAGER.
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EL CAPITAN PILSENER BEER.
PER CASE OF 4 DOZ QUARTS
.[8
6 DOZ. PINTS
$13 $18
SOLE AGENTS:
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY,
LIMITED.
PORTLAND GEMENT,
Cask of 375 lbs. Net ex Factory.
186.00
WARR
$3.00 Bag: of ago Bs,
ONE SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., dekora, 1 General Managers,
Hongkong, 12th December, rono.
Hongkong, and
H. PRICE & Co..
12, QUEEN'S ROAD,
„THOMAS SKINNER.
ARCHIBALD RITCHIE. DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Managers.
GEORGE YOUNGER, ALLOA.
INDIA PALE ALE.
PER 4 DOZ, QUARTS
PER
DOZ. PINTS.....
$11.00
14.00
ALSO IN HOGSHEADS, KILDERKINS, FIRKINS,
AND 4 GALLONS.
·SOLE AGENTS:
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.,
15, Queen's Road,
Hongkong, 26th April, 1991.
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
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PETER SYS' WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. THE
THE only remedy at present known as an INFALLIBLE and PERMANENT CURE for SPRUE, DYSENTRY, DIARRHIA, HEMORRHAGE and ULCERATION
of the BOWELS. Recommended by some of the Chief Specialists of the Medical Profession. Sold retail bý all Chemists and Wholesale
12th October. 1898,
by.
THE PETER SYS COMPANY, ·
(Proprietors and Sole Manufacturers) 9, Old China Street, Shanghai.
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.
AN
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
N INTERIM, BONUS of TWENTY per cent upon Contributiofis, for the year 1900 has been declared:
WARRANTS will be issued on the 1st May. By Order of the Board,
W. J. SAUNDERS, Secretary. Hongkong, 19th April, 1901.
BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE. 7HEREAS the following UN-ISSUED
[438c
WHEREAS, followinSTOLEN Tom the Premises of the BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE and which said Notes are expressed on the face thereof to be PAYABLE at the BRANCH OFFICE of the said BANQUE in SAIGON, the Numbers of which said Notes are as follows:
Series V 49, 1 to 5,000 of $1 (One Dollar)
each.
Series Z 49, 1 to 1,000 of $1 (One Dollar)
each.
The Public are hereby CAUTIONED against purchasing or dealing in any way with such Notes, as the BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE; accept no liability for the same.
By Order of the Chief Manager in Saigon,
-For-the BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.
L. BERINDOAQUE,
Acting Manager. Hongkong, 26th February, 1901. [2610
NOTICE.
ENDERS. are hereby called for the AS DERECTION of BRICK-SHOPS at SSELTON for the NORTH BORNEO GOVERN- MNT. Particulars of which may, be seen, at the OFFICE of
Messrs. GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., Agents. Hongkong, 13th February, 1901.
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THE BRITISH NORTH BORNEO CO..
APPLICATIONS are invited for the A POSITION:o! SUPERINTENDENT of PUBLIC WORKS and GOVERNMENT SURVEYOR. Applications and Copies of Testimonials to be sent to the undersigned,
from whom terms may be learnt Appointment
to be taken up as soon as possible,
* GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO, Hongkong, 26th January, Igor
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EYESIGHT.
Mr. N. LAZARUS, Occulist-Optician, of London and Calcutta, may be consulted for- SPECTACLES at 16, Queen's Road Central; (R. HOUGHTON & Co.) (Nearly opposite the HONGKONG HOTEL), Business hours: 9 A.M. 10-5 P.M.
A
GREAT proportion of cataracts and diseases affecting those advancing in life occur to those having some deficiency in the construction, of the eyes-the many years of
Eye Strain' ending in serious forms of disease. Glasses specially adapted in youth to those requiring her save and preserve the sight.
Constantly recurring headaches, spells of dimness when reading, weak eyes, the letters running together; any of these symptoms indi- cate a deficiency in the form of the eye requir ing Classes only to correct and cure.
Bir. LAZARUS supplies his SPECTACLES. only after testing the sight.
ADVICE FREE.
THE
ROBINSON
PIANO CO., LIMITED,
BEST VALUE IN
PIANOS.
MONTHLY PAYMENT
SYSTEM
TUNING.
REPAIRS.
Our Speciality. INSTRUMENTS. STRINGS.
MU S I C
Grand stock, reduced to clear
[124c) ▼ Hongkong, 13th March, 1901.
CTING SECRETARY WANTED for
Terms to Suitable Man.
Apply by Letter, to
Hongkong, and May, 1901.
C MOONEY,
Secretary.com
[484c
WANTED:
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MANAGER, First Class Testimonials, Wide Experience, is shortly terminating. present engagement in MALAY PENINSULA and wishes for Employment as above in JAPAN, CHINA or COREA.
Address
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Jath April, 1901.
A
COMPETENT, SHORTHAND RE -PORTER.
Apply, stating Qualifications and Salary required, to
"XA,"
C/o This Office.
Hongkong, 19th April, tgot,
WANTED.
WANTED a main competent to approach the best people to solicit subscriptions.
A good proposition to the right party.
Apply by Letter to
'D.G.,"
Care of This Office. Hongkong, 11th April, 1901.
NEW
MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS; MAESTRO A. 'CATTANEO.
GRAND MASS (with Organ Accpt).. No. 1 ALBUM (3 Songs, English & Italian), No. 2 ALBUM (3 Songs). The LILY' Waltz and ELIZA' Waltz.
NEW FEATURE
Pocket Edition of Pianoforte Music: includ ing MARCH dedicated to Hongkong Volunteers and POLKA to Peak Residents.
444c) To be had of all MUSIC DEALERS.
Rotices of Firms.
NOTICE.
"HE INTERESTS and RESPONSIBILI TLING ME M. ADLER and Mr. R. M. GRAY in our Firm CEASED on the goth ulto. Mr. J. STERN and Mr. H. E. TOMKINS are addmitted PARTNERS in our Firm in Hong- kong and China from This Date.
REISS & CO... Hongkong, 1st May, 1901.
NOTICE.
D
(478c
\URING the TEMPORARY ABSENCE' of Mr. KURT WIDEL from Hongkong, Mr. CARL MITTELL is authorized to singly SIGN our Firm per Procuration.
*
W MEYERINK & co. Hongkong, 1st May, 1901.
[479c
To be Let.
TO LET,...*
ODOWN in DUDDELL STREET from Ist
June Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST: MENT & AGENCY.CO., LD. Hongkong, 1st May, 1901.,
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-TO LET. POSSESSION APRIL IST.
1 STEWART TERRACE
'Apply to
J. W: NOBLE:
Hongkong, 6th March, 1901
TO LET.
TX700DLANDS WEST," No. 9, SEY-
MOUR ROAD. Apply to
*S.B.".
C/o This Office. Hongkong, 13 March, 1901.
TOILET.
[322c
NUS 2 and 5, RICHMOND TERRACE,
Immediate
Apply to
LAU CHU PAK, Care of A. 5. Watson & Co, Ltd: Hongkong. Ist April, root?
A
TO LET
HOUSE in RIPON, TERRACE.
HOUSES at LEIGHTON HILL Apply to hack REKREA
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY COLD Hongkong, 1st Maye ToolBE