The
Hongkong Telegraph.
(ESTABLISHED 1881.)
NEW SERIES No 4440.
日--十月---十年九十二赭光
Banks.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1904.
Mails.
五拜雞
號八月正英港香
$30 PER ANNUM.
SINGLE COPY, 10 CENTS,
Intimations.
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF
ESTABLISHED 1880.
CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED....Yen 24,000,000
CAPITAL PAID-UP ...........
18,000,000
CAPITAL UNCALLED.******
6,000,000
RESERVE FUND .........
Head Office -YOKOHAMA,
Branches and Agencies.
TOKIO.
NAGASAKI.
LYONS.
COMBAY.
TIENTSIN.
PEKING.
NEW YORK
(AMERICAN BANK), ESTABLISHED 1864,
U.S. Gold
PAID UP CAPITAL.........$2,000,000 9,210,000 SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS.55,180,000
KOBE.
LONDON.
L
NEW YORK.
Gold $7,180,000 Head Office NEW YORK. LONDON OFFICE:
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,
FOR
STEAMERS.
TO SAIL ON
SAN FRANCISCO.
HONOLULU.
SHANGHAL
NEWCHWANG.
LONDON BANKERS:
THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, L., PARKS BANK Lb.
THE UNION OF LONDON AND
SMITHS BANK, LD.
HONGKONG BRANCH:-INTEREST ÁLLOWED.
On Current Account at the rate of a per cent.Į per Austin on the Daily Balance.
On fixed deposits for a months at 5 per cent.
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TARO" HOĎSUMI,
Manager.
Hongkong, th September, 1903.
H
JONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
PAID-UP CAPITAL..... RESERVE FUND.-
..$10,000,000
Sterling Reserve......$10,000,000} Silver Reserve $6,000,000 $16,000,00 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPTORS.$10,000,000!
COURT OF DIRECTORS:
A. J. RAYMOND, Esq., Chairman.
H. E. TOMKINS, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Hun. C. W. Dickson,
E. Goetz, Esq.
C. Michelau, Esq.
H. Schubart, Esq.
E. Shellim, Esq.
N. A. Siebs, Esq.
H. W. Slade, Esq.
C. A. Tomes, Esq.
E. S. Whealler, Esq.
CHIEF MANAGER":" Hongkong-J. R. M. SMITH. MANAGER:
Sangha--H. M. Bavis. LONDON BANKERS-LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED. HONGEO.10-INTEREST ALLOWEEN: On Current Account at the rate of 2 per Cent. per Autum.on the daily balance.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS!
For 3 months, at per Cent. per Annum. For 6 months, 3 per Cent. per Annum. For a months, 4 per Cent. per Annum.
JR. M. SMITH,
Chief Manager. Hongkong, 17th August, 1903.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
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THE Business ofthe above Bank is conducted
bythe HONGKONGAND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application,
INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 37 PER CENT, per anuum.
Depositors may transfer at their option balancer of 100 or more to the HONGKONG ANI SHANGHAI BANK to be placed na FIXEL DEPOSIT Rt 4 PER CENT. per annum.
For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
J. R. M. SMITH,
Chief Manager,
Hongkong, 1st May, 1902.
THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA
LIMITED.
Authorised Capital...
Paid up Capital .....................
33 and 35, Lombard Street, E.C.
F. C. Bishop, Manager, Eastern Department.
LONDON
BANKERS:
PARK'S HANK, Limited.
HONGKONG OFFICE:
4, DES VEUX ROAD. General Banking and Exchange business transacted.
INTEREST ALLOWED
On Current Accounts at 3% per annum, On Fixed Deposits:
For 3 months aj% per annum.
7
31%
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E. F. GROS, Acting Manager,
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Hongkong, 1st December, 1902.
| INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION,
CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS, ·
GOLD $7,997,173-37≈about £1,640,00). CAPITAL AND SURPLUS AUTHORISED GOLD $10,000,000= £2,055,000.
HEAD OFFICE:
1, WALL STREET, NEW YORK, LONDON OFFICE:
THREADNEEDLE HOUSE, E.C. BRANCHES AT
SAN FRANCISCO, WASHINGTON, MEXICO, MANILA, SHANGHAI, SINGA. PORE, YOKOHAMA, BOMBAY, CALCUTTA
AND AGENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD LONDON AND CONTINENTAL BANKERS:
NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND, LIMITED,
UNION OF LONDON AND SMITH'S BANK, LTD. CREDIT LYONnais, DresonER BANK, COMPTOIR NATIONAL D'ESCOMPTE DE PARIS, &C.
of Banking and Exchange Business, HE Corporation transacts every Descrip-
receives Money in Current Account and issues Fixed Deposit Receipts either in Gold or Silver at Rates which may be ascertained on Application.
HONGKONG BEANCH: 10, DES VOUX ROAD CENTAL.
CHARLES R. SCOTT,
Manager. Hongkong, 14th December, 1903.
IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA.
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ESTABLISHED BY IMPERIAL DECREE OF THE 12TH NOVEMBER, 1896.
Shanghai Taels. SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL 5,000,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL
C***** 2,500,000. Head Office: SHANGHAI, Branches and Agencies.
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CANTON.
CHEFOO.
HANKOW.
PEKING.
1,000,000
£ 374.374
HEAD OFFICE:-HONGKONG.
Board of Directors- Chau Kit Shan, Esq. J. Scott Harston, Esq. Chow Tang Shang, Esq. J. Lauts, Esq.
Chief Manager,
GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR. Interest for 12 months Fixed......5 % Hongkong, 12th May, 1993.
THE
DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE BANK,
PENANG.
SINGAPORE. TIENTSIN.
THE Bank purchases and receives for colec
tion Bills of Exchange drawn on the above daces, and Sells Drafts and Telegraphic TranS• › ers Payable at its Branches and Agencies.
HONGKONG BRANCH. Advances made on approved securities. Dills discounted.
IB3
15%
PAID-UP CAPITAL..........Sh. Taeis 5,000,000
HEAD OFFICE-SHANGHAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS: BERLIN,
Berlio Ticntin
BRANCHES :
Calcutta
Hankow
Tsingtau (Kiautschou)
LONDON BANKERS:
Messrs. N. M. ROTHSCHILD & SONS,
UNION OF LONDON AND SMITHS BANK, LTD.
DEUTSCHE BANK(BERLIN), LONDON AGENCY
INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. Per Annum Fixed Deposits for 3 months.
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"
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E. W. RUTTER Manager.
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flongkang, 12h August, 1903.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
SCORPORSTED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853. READ OFFICE-LONDON.
GAPENI. PAID-UY.....
RESERVE LIABILITY
HALORES
ESERVE FUND
..£300,000
OF SHARE.
£800,000 *****£725,000
NTEREST ALLOWED on CURRENT-
DIRECTION DER DISCONTO GESELLSCHAFT.ACCOUNT at the Rate of a per cent. per
INTEREST allowed on Current Account, annum on the Daily Balances.
DEPOSITS received on terms which may be On Fixed Deposits for 12 months, 4 per cent.
learned on application. Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
6 11 3+
$
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H. FIGGE,
Manager.
Ezs
T. P. COCHRANE,
Manager. Hongkong, 24th December, 1903.
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Hongkong, 1st September, 1903.
LONDON and ANTWERP VIA SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, PORT SAID and MARSEILLES
CEYLON...............
C. F. Lurkstone, K.N.R.. I'
YOKOHAMA VIA SHANGHAI, Į PALMA .....
MOJI and KUBE.
(Passing through the Inland Sea).)
SHANGHAI...
About th January
G. W. Cockman, R. N.K...
About 11th January
MALTA ............
C. L. Daniel erromanast
About 15th January
Noon, 16th January
(COROMANDEL............
G. M. Montford, R‚N.R....
LONDON, &C.....
For Further Particulars, apply to
Fungitong, 5th January, 1904.
REMARKS.
Freight and-
Passage.
Freight and
P251age.
Freight and
Passage.
Sie Special
Jaduelisement.
E. A. HEWETT, Superintendent,
IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.
STEAM FOR
SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID, NAPLES. GENOA, ANTWERP, BREMEN/HAMEURG;
PORTS IN THE LEVANTE, ELACK SEA AND BALTIC PORT!;"
ALSO LONDON, NEW YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, NEW ORLEANS, GALVESTON, AND SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS;
Steamers will call at GIBRALTAR and SOUTHAMPTON to land Passengers and Luggage.
N.B.--Cargo can be taken on through B of Lading for the Principal Places in Russia.
STEAMERS.
BAYERN
SACHSEN
GERA........
SEYDLITZ
ROON
PREUSSEN
PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG.
(SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.)
SAILING DATES. WEDNESDAY, zoth January, 1904. WEDNESDAY, 3rd February, 1904. WEDNESDAY, 17th February, 1904. WEDNESDAY, 2nd March, 1904. WEDNESDAY, 16th March, 1904. WEDNESDAY, 30th March, 1904. WEDNESDAY, 13th April, 1904; WEDNESDAY, 27th April, 1994.
*HAMBURG
·PRINZ HEINRICH.......
Steamers of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie,
N WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of January, 1994, at Noon, the Steamship "BAYERN," of the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, Captain H. Fönmes, with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE and CARGO, will leave this Por as above, Calling at NAPLES and GENOA,
Shipping Orders will be granted till NOON, on MONDAY, the 18th instant, Caige and Specie will be received on Board until 5 F.M., oo TUESDAY, the 19th instant, and Parcels. will be received at the Agency's Office until NOON, on TUESDAY, the 19th instant,
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 Stewardesses. Linen can be washed on board,
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
For further Particulars, apply to
Hongkong, 6th January, 1904.
Intimations.
MELCHERS & CO.,
AGENTS.
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.
THE FAVOURITE BRAND
SHIPPERS
Gutler, Palmer & Co., London.
AGENTS
LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.
HONGKONG.
FOR TWENTY YEARS.
NAPIER JOHNSTONE'S
NAPIER
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SQUARE
JOHNSTONES
BOTTLE WHISKY.
37]-
The great food-value
such
of Bovril is known and appreciated by those to whom strength and endurance are a vital necessity, as business-men, travellers, explorers, athletes, military and naval officers, etc. Bovril represents sustenance, nourishment and stimulus in the most condensed and most convenient form. Bovril is the very embodiment of strength,
BOVRIL
JAPAN
COALS.
THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA
(MITSUI & Co.)
HEAD OFFICE:-I, SURUGA-CHO, TOKYO, LONDON BRANCH-34, LIE STET, E.C.
HONGKONG BRANCH-PRINCE'S 1-UILDINGS, ICE HOUSE STREET.
OTHER OFFICES:
New York, San Francisco, Hamburg, Bombay, Singapore, Sourabaya, Manila, Amoy, Shanghai, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newehwang, Port Arthu, Seoul, Chemalpo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobo, Maidaura, Kure, Shimonoseki, Mojl, Wakamateo, Karatsu, Nagasaki, Kuchinotsu, Sasebo, Miike, Hakodats, Taipeh, &c.
Telegraphic Address: "MITSUI" (Å‚B.C. and A 1 Codes). CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Tauane.e Navy and Arsenals and the State Railways; Principal Railway Companies and Industrial Works; Home and Foreign Mail and Freight Steamers,
SOLE PROPRIETORS of the Famour Miike, Tagawa, Yamano and Ida Coal Mines; and SOLE AGENTS for Fujinotana Hokoku, Hondo, ichimura, Kanada, Mameds, Liannoura, Qnoura, Otsuji, Sasahara, Tubokuro, Yoshinomani, Yoshio, Yunokib.ru and other Coals,
N. INUZUKA, Manager, Hongkong.
C)
H.
PRICE
:
& CO.
WINE MERCHANTS,
12 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
Picnic parties furnished with wines, etc., at* a moment's notice.
Contracts made on special terms with Caterers, Committees, Messes and Captains of Steamers. All Wines, Spirits and Beers-supplied
are guaranteed.
Price list on application.
Hongkong, 23rd July, 1903.
€9TR 1964
Telephone
Ng. 78.
TELEPHONE No. 135.
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AQUARIUS COMPANY.
The Aquarius Company's Table Waters are made of pure treble distilled water only.
Absolute purity can only be obtained by distillation.
AQUARIUS MINERAL WATER.
31
SILENT WATER.
TE
TONIO WATER.
GINGER ALE.
GINGER BEER,
D
LEMONADE,
LITHIA WATER.
No.
TO LET.
O. 1, RIPON TERRACE in FLATS...
No. 4, RIPON TERRACE.
No. 15, WONG NEI CHONG ROAD, facing
Race Course.
FLATS in MORETON TERRACE, facing
Polo Ground.
OFFICES in course of erection, CON-
NAUGHT ROAD (near BLAKE PIER). GODOWN No. 3A, BLUE BUILDINGS. GODOWNS: PRAYA EAST,
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST
MENT & AGENCY CO., LD. Hongkong, 1st December, 1993.
TO LET. CHEAPEST HOUSES IN THE COLONY, M
ORRISON HILL GAP ROAD. Nica Houses, 4 Rooms, Bath Rooms, Ost- houses and Verandahs. Only $40 inclusive of Taxes.
WILD DELL BUILDINGS, No. 147, WANCHAI ROAD. Comfortable and Airy Flats of 2 or 3 Rooms, from $25 inclusive of Taxes.
'S. A. SETH, Land and Estate Broker, Dairy Farm Co., Ltd.
165 Hongkong, 12th September, 1903.
HONGKONG HOTEL.
Military Band during dinner on Saturday Nights.
Hongkong, 4th December, 1903,
ASIA FONDS
AS. SUPPLIED TO THE LEADING CLUBS AND HOTELS. PRICE: Par Dozen $17.00. Per Bottle $1.50, LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.
Hongkong, and January, 1904.
THOMAS' HOTEL.
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15, Queen's Road,
FIRST CLASS HOTEL, most centrally situated; Well furnished and Airy Bedrooms, A Monthly Boarders accorimodated on very moderate terms.
For Particulars apply to
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THE MANAGER.
NOTICE
TO THE WEARIED.
There is no nicer place to spend a few days in quiet rest, than MACAO.
And there is no more Comfortable Hotel in the Far East, than the MACAO HOTEL
WM FARMER
Proprietar.
CALDBECK, MALGREGOR & Co.,
Hongkong, 17th December, 1903.
GENERAL MANAGERS.
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INCANDESCENT GAS LIGHT.
The attention of consumers is drawn to the fact that the Undersigned, being Sole Agents for DR. AUER VON WELSBACH Co., VIENNA,
THE INVENTORS OF INCANDESCENT GAS LIGHT.
ARE SELLING THE ONLY CENUINE MANTLES, The Price of which has boon reduced to FIFTY CENTS per piece.
BEWARE OF INFERIOR IMITATIONS !
KRUSE & Co.,
UGHT HO