TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's.)
LONDON, 19th April. The War.
Obituary.
THE
THE WAR.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1904.
RUSSIAN HONOURS TO JAPAN'S DEAD.
nside his the bales are stacked.
St. Petersburg reports that there are only 600 yards between the Japanese outposts and the foremost Russian outposts on the islands in the Yalu.
Admiral Makaroff's widow has been ultimo. Death had 'evidently been caused granted a pension of 20,000 roubles.
by a deep wound in the head, probably from a shell splinter. Deceased was wearing an overcoat on either arm of which was broad A short Japanese gold badge of rank. sword was found in one of the pockets and suspended by a leather strap round the shoulders was a case containing a pair of marine glasses. The body was taken on shore immediately and interned the same Admiral Skrydloff has arrived at St. evening with full military honours. The the wilds of Korea, surrounded by all the Government are employing mounted mes
The death of Major Burt of the Guards is announced from a carriage accident in Piccadilly.
LATER.
The Late Admiral Makaroff's Successor.
Petersburg before proceeding to the For East. He received an extraordinary popu: lar ovation, and conjured to save the honour of the Navy.
F
The U.8. Presidential Election.. The Democratic State Convention of New York has, nominated Justice Parker for the Presidency.
The Budget.
The Budget shows a delicit of £5,415,000, The estimated revenue of the coming year
↑ July Tis, 73, Tls 71, Tls. 69,70, are published. Shipping generally is improving and good rales bra obtainable at present. There are buyers of Macao Steamboats it $38. Tugs were sold at, Ts. 48,47) and Tis. 47 for ordinary and at
s. 4^ for preference.
Docks-Farnham Boyds have steadily de- lined from Tls. 151,150, Tis. 145 to Tls. 144 the early part of the week. June at Tle, 154 for cash. For April. Tl5, 151 was obtained in and afterwards at Tls. 147, 16 July that's have been sold at Tis. 150, Tls. 146,147, 48,147. eptember s les are published at Tls, 152).
Lands-Shanghai have found buyers at TIs. 107, Tls, 106 and Tls, 107.
visions along the line of communication. There ¦ steps to ensure, ad quate protection, for the are four long sheds forming a compound, and officials, contractors and coolies employed on the Seoul-Fusan Railway, as the entire line is Looking down on the city from an eminence to be completed as soon as possible now. As the uniformity of the housetops is seldom the site for the Seoul station is narrow, per- On the 1st inst., a Russian destroyer, twroken by any differently constercied building. | mission has been a-ked for a further lot of cruising outside the entrance to Port Arthur, Out on the ridges that surround the city walls 4,000 tsubu. picked up the corpse of a Japanese naval can be seen, planly silhouetted against the
Most of the shells fired into Port Arthur officer floating close to where the Fukin clear sky, the patrolling horsemen, and ocluring the bombardment of March 10th are aid to have leen ammunition found on board More was sunk on the night of the 27thcasionally a returning geard. Floating jaunti y
ver several larger buildings is the American the captured steamer Manchuria which was tag, and on closer inspection the buildings bound for Port Arthur with 7,700 tons of war prove to be the homes of missionaries. They material. The Russians were greatly surprised
Cottons.--Internationals have been bought ae not at all preten ious buildings, mostly at finding their own shells bursting ninongTs. 25 and are wanted. Korean in structure though not in surroundings. them. Thirty casualties ocurred in one large Sugars-Peraks are in strong demand, Chinas
have risen to $123. On Eister Sunday in the glorious spring | furt, and the toral Russian casulties were over
Mining-Chinese Engineering and Mining sunshine could be seen several Europeans hree hundred killed and wounded. A New Co.'s shares have changed handy at Tis. 610 wending their way to a building outside the chwang correspondent gives these figures as ..nd Tls. 6.35. Wei-hai-wei Gold Mines: An xcellent report is publ shed and shares have walls. Within, the little congregation were authentic.
been sold and are in strong request at $171, holding their Easter service. And most im
The first call on 4,500 preference shares of pressive it was-that tale of Easter Day re-told,
Tobaccos. Sumairas have been so'd at Tls. o and Tls. 51. Langkats business has been -lack and rates are without change. For cash Ils, 291 has been do c. Apr1 shares have had attention at Tls. 197¡ and Tls. 295. For June 11s, joo has been paid. July at Tis. 305-
Miscellaneous.-Gas shares have changed wnership at Tis. 112) and Tls. 115. Water works als. 400. Hall & Holtz at $30. Watsons at $15 Horse Bazaars at Tis 70 and Tis. 7ch ex dividend, p ́id 8th inst. As'ois at
many
im realities of war-where, the first fond of
The power bad so lately been laid to their long cortege was proceeded by a naval band, and
officers from the ships and garrison,est, and the others were waiting the call to and numerous soldiers and sailors attended fight for their country's cause-how the tale of the funeral. It is stated at Takio that the | · yegone days must have been recalled! remains were probably those of the late Pingyang is not overcrowded with troops at Commander Hirose.
the present time. There are only the Com, missary Coups, the Hospital, and (a new addition to the battlefield, I believe) the Photograph Corps; but whatever their number may have been, all the forelun residents ate Enanimous in saying that surely no such
NEARING THE FRONT,
AFFAIRS AT PINGYANG,
Pingyang, 4th April.
Having been furnished with an official pass by Major Sumoto, the genial officer command-derly occupation by troops has ever before len effected. There has been no quarrelling with the natives, who are well pad for their labour, and there has been an absolute freedom I am petty pillage.
Now the Russians do not allow Chinese
telegrams to pass from Manchuria freely, the io is payable to-morrow. sengers to bring important news.
The Russians are commandeering provisions and other things in Mongolia on an extensive
cale. The Mongolian chiefs are not strong enough to oppose the Russians and the Chinese Government are greatly troubled about the natter,
The Moscow municipality has provided the necess.ry material for the establishment of
hospital boats on the Amur, Sunari, and o ber rivers running through the probable field of war.
The prisoners that are taken by the Japanese in this war are to be kept at Hiroshima, Osaka China-Japan war were confined in these cities, and Tokio. The prisoners taken during the
t will be remembered.
The following official despatch from Rear- Admiral Hoseya has been received by the
Government:-
is £139,060,000 and the expenditureng the Commissary Department in Chinnampo, £143,880,000. The Chancellor of the toole a small Korean Launch for Pingyang, Exchequer refuses to suspend the sinking via the river Light brown in colour and about fund, and proposes to realize a million's three-quarters of a mile in width, the river is affected by the tide well above Pingyang, and worth of unclaimed stock, to add one penny
we made gon time on the flond tide in the on the income tax, two pence on tea, an
little launch. In the immediate vicinity of additional șixpence on cigars, a shilling on
Chintampo the hills rise immediately from the cigarettes, a new rate of three shillings and water's edge and form well-defined banks. three pence on tobacco stripped before im
"Steaming through a rugged country, lightly portation, to raise the moisture limit to 32, timbered with small pines, we arrived at a and to introduce small drawbacks which it is small village nained Hanka-di-, some thinly or hoped will increase the British export forty miles up stream. This place marks the
£550,000 from these boundary for ibe launches, as above it there is best, and owing to the congested state of things Russians in a large junk came up to their tobacco trade.
a scarcity of water. Transferring to a small
Prices for provisions have greatly increased, cattle felching on the hoof some Y85 a-piece. all Korean ponies, valued at Yza, now cost upwards of You a piece. Almost everything has proportionately advanced in price.
News of the Japanese advance is daily given m the Japanese correspondents who are here, but the usefulness of this is negated by the fact that the telegraphic facilities are not of the
a wire handed in as a press message does not
ones. I may mention a case in point at Chinpampo. 1 landed in a message at noon; it was composed of information that was circulating around the town and was
The
The Commander of the gunboat Katmon, acting on instruction given by the undersigned, sent "econd Lieutenant Yamaguchi with five nien on a Korean fishing junk to ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖, pisly returned to their boat on the 11th. The pany discovered seven Russians on a Korean junk coming over to Torupo (near Ryongan) on the 19th at 2 p.m. and opened fire on them, the cavalry on shore on this side of the Yalu co-operating with them A number of other comrades' support, but after a short time they
to the right bank of the Yalu. The Russians landed as fast as they could and at once fed. The engagement lasted for one hour and a ball. The Russians lost one man and had two wounded. We sustained no loss at all. On
duties, £2,000,000 from income tax and "whopan," about twenty-five feet in length, obtain any preference over the commercial all retreated. The i.ieutenant followed them £2,000,000 from the increase of ad. on teasomewhat resembling the construction of is anticipated. Sugar remains untouched.
OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES,
Chau Sui, a house boy employed at "Fair view," Isim Tst Tsui, was, this morning, charged at ib instance of inspector I angley,
Chinese boils, we resumed the voyage op river. Enzily drilling along on the tide, the single oarsman taking life in that easy, holiday fashion so common to the East, we witnessed a series of delightful landscapes. Small
hillocks, rulling away into the plain and merg ng again in the hills beyond-fantastic in shape, fir-ca, ped, and lightly painted with the
accepted over the counter and the money in payment-about Yo-taken from me. In- quiring at 3 p.m. if the message had been dis- patched I received an answer in the affirmative
and thereupon left my address, &c., for any
with obtaining goods by false pretences from brush of early spring-the rich brown of the reply wires. At 6.301 again went to the tele-
the Anglo-American Store, at Elgin Road, Kow- loon. Another Chinaman, Ho Hueb, was charged as being an accomplice, in that he per- suaded the first defendant to write a forged
order for the gods. This order is as follows:--
"¡ lease give me coolies 2 large York hams,
dead leaves lying on the golden sand and on ste grin grey rocks blending with the fresh through which penetrate the rays of the morn Kreen of new life, and above, the Reecy clouds
sun-ail give a freshness and vigour
welcome after the dreariness of winter. Nest-
$11.70; 4 h4. best bacon, $2, Mrs Boyd, 4, 1-yling in the guiches were little clusters of farm-ish, thought it could not go! I demanded the munt Road, Koowloong."
houses, their strawthatched roofs bearing the
A compradore in the Anglo-American Soemark of wind and storm, and (ccasionally
testified that at 6.30 am. on the 20th inst., the defendant went to the store with a written order for ham; an! baco", which were given him Witness subsequently stopped the man and spoke to his master, and, from information re ceived, he caused the man's arrest,
Mr. F. H. Doolittle, proprietor of the Anglo- American Sto e, sated that on Monday last when he entered the store he found the order produced, but a the lady was not in the habi al sending such orders, witnesss at it back to her with a request 10 en orse it as genuine. The order was returne with the statement that it was a forgery, and a request that if the man appeared again he should be arrested.
Mrs. Boyd stated that she did nu. know the defendant; he was not her servant. The order
shown was not in her writing, and she gave uo authority to any he to write it. She deak regularly at the store, always using a pass book, and never sending chits.
Indian Constable 716 gave evidence concura- ing the arrest of defendan, while a Chinese interprete: swure to a statement by defendant to the effect that the chit was handed him by
Ho Huen, wh, told him to take it to the store and get some things, and he would pay him 40 cepts. He had taken chits there before and got things and given them to Ho Haen. He did not know they were forgeries.
Sentence was deferred.in order to secure his
evidence in the case against Ho Huen.
Hollue 's case was then proceeded with, Mr
I W. Goldring appearing for he defendant.
there was seen a white-robed peasant, whose hermitage has been so rudely awakened, sit- ting near by idly contemplating the scene on
the water.
After a few hours we reached the outskirts of the city, and the hubbub of cries was borne down the river and we could see crowds of Korean labourers busily at work on the tons of commissariat stores in the junks at the water's edge and piled along the shore.
The landmark of time-the ancient city wall -is only a crumbling mass of masonry; and the gateway by the bridge is a relic of the days before the civilisation of Korea. Immediately on disembarking we made towards the heart of the city and obtained quarters.
l'ingyang is one of those places were better It is difficult to under- to be out of than in. stand w. y Gorea has been called a Hermit Kingdom, for, surrounded by the accumulated nith of ages, Pingyang itself has companions enough to belie that term!
Two main streets, one some thirty 'eet wide and the other barely twenty feet in width, form the busine.s section of the city. Small squalid, and poorly constructed, the buildings are of inost uninviting appearance. At present the happy expedient of housing the soldiers in the shops and placing the goods for sale ausside, having been adoped, these streets are as ries of bazaars, and the articles for sale form a medley as rich as could le found anywhere. Glaring prints and son-bre liness, numerous
tions of iron ware their usefulness b.yond đọi bt but their make decidedly questio: ab e- Manchester and German gulds jostling with the products of Japan, and abt ve it all the oppressive, sufling, difty premises. trap pily contrasted are the shops occupied by the Japanese merchants, which are, as a rule. cleanly and well-arranged. Graduady the methods and yo" of these newcomers will oust the native traders, and the fres influx as
return of my money, and after a good deal of
inspecting the junks left by the Russians we found that in running away they left ten shots and nearly 400
The Russians are believed to be cavalrymen on
empty cartridges. picket daty,
THE BURNING OF THE KOREAN
EMPEROR'S PALACE,
The Consul-General for Japan at Shanghai received the following official telegram fron
Tokio:
On the 1ph inst at 10 p.m. a fire broke out from the Kanneiden building of the Korean
The
graph office and inquired ab at my telegrams of the man of whom I had inquired in the after noon and to whom I banded the message at noon. Casually asking at what time my first Hessage was sent, judge my annoyance when
was informed that the message had not yet Imperial Palace and all the buildings, with The exception of one building, the Kiseiken. Emperor had belaken himself to the Library one-and the man in charge, who spoke Eng-nf foreign typ, were entirety destroyed.
of the Imperial Household Department. The fire started accidentally in a chamber of the Danneiden building where the Kang (native fire-place) wis being repaired. During the the conflagration the Japanese gendarmes and soldiers exerted their utmost endeavours for the personal safety of the Emperor and for soldiers has caused a uery good feeling in te extinguishing the 6re... This deed of our Imperial Household. The fureign Ministers to Korea also expressed their thanks for the efforts made in protecting the Legations near the Palace.
haggling received it. Yesterday I handed in an officially-sanctioned message at a little after 12 a.m. On inquiry at 3.30 p.m. I was infoun ed that it had not yet gone. When did it go? Correspondents not having the division to which they are attached specified on their passes cannot take the northward irip.-"J" in Kobe Carenicle.
As previously stated, the total cost of the vessels which were destroyed in the attempts to block the entrance to Port Arthur amounted to Y1,741,800. This amount is made up by the following figures :-
Vessels sunk in the first attempt
"Bushiu-maru"
"Buyo-maru"
**Hokoku-maru
"insen-maru" "Tenshin-maru *
Total
...Y. 75,000
FIN
41
<
93,000 91,800
100,0x0
207,000
Y.623.800
Vessels sunk in the second attempt -
*Fukui-mara"
...Y.124,030
130,000
"Yoneyama-maru
་་
"Yahiko-mara "
* Chiyo-maru "
Total
--
201,000
163,000
...Y.518,000 The prices seem high when it is considered that the, were described as old vessels.
RUSSIANS AT LIAOYANG,
COMMERCIAL.
SHAKE LIST,
Following are further alterations in Messrs. Benjanya, Kelly & Potts' share quotations no- ufied in us after the list had been printed-
Union Insurance
China Sugars...
Whampoa Ducks
--
---
2.
$515 b. 125 b.
207 b.
gib.
Kowloon Wharves... Hongkong Hotels
Green Islands
Shanghai Lands Farnhamns
Hongkew Warfs Chinese Engineering
Sumatras... Langkats...
132
23
4pm.
Tls. :06 sa.
|
$35. es at Tis. 17, and Dailas Horse Reposi
Lory at T 50
Debentures. Astor Hotels 8 per cent, have teen placed at par.
TO-DAY'S EXCUATGE.
Selling London--Bark T.T.......
Do. Do. France
91
demand
19316
4 months' sight
197/16
Bank T.T.......
2.20!
2
1.80
131
America-Bank T.T. Germany-Bank T.T. India T.T.
Do. demand Shanghai-Rank T.T. Japan-Bank T.T...... Singapore-Hank T.T... Fava-Bank T.T.
Buying.
Co-day's Advertisements.
SANITARY BOARD 'OFFICE,
Hongkong, 18th April, 1904, To the inhabitants of the Colony of Hongkong and panicularly those in the Cities of Victoria and Kowloon.
TAKE NOTICE that VACCINATION is performed free of charge at the GOYERN- MENT CIVIL OSPITAL, TUNG WAH HOSPITAL, ALICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL and NITHER- SOLE HOSPITAL on the days and at the time specified below, and that you are strongly, advised to avail yourselves of this privilege and attend at one of these places with your children to be vaccinated in order to protect yourselves from smallpox,
THOS, A. HANMER,⠀
Acting Secretary. Government Civil Hospital.—Evéry day ex- cept SUNDAY from 2 to 4 P.M.
Tung Wah Hospital.-On the 1st day of the month (Chinese reckoning) and every other day subsequently at 10 & M.
Alice Memorial Hospital-On MONDAY and THURSDAYS at 12 NOON.
Nethersole Hospital.-On WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS at 11 A.M
A SMOKING CONCERT
will be given by
[F33:
THE VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB
assisted by many the Culony
c 1ding Vocalists
on
SATURDAY
next, the ard April, at 9 P.M. Sharp,
in the
Club Gymnasium, Kowloon.
Admission
$1.00
13 A Launch will leave BLAKE PIER for Kowloon
at 8.30 P.M.
724 .86 Nominal 100%
1/9 9/16 ...1,9 11/16
I months' sight L/C, 6 months' sight L/C..
months sight 30 days' sight San Francisco & New York 431 44*
dn.
30 days' sight Sydney and Melbourne 1/9 13/16 4 months' sight Francs 6 months' sight
4 months' sight Germany' Bar Silver .......... flank of England rate
OPIUM QUOTATIONS.
2.25
....... 1.841
....24 13/16 .....3%
To-day's quotations are as follows:--
Yalwa New....
Last year Oldest....
Old
l'atna New
13
Henares New
Old Persian (Paper)..
Per ches 960!100
.@ 1,050/1,50
1,180/1,220 ..@ 1.345
1,355 (1,345 @ 1,312)
880 930
Co-day's Advertisements.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
*HE Undersigned have received instructions
to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,
ሰባ
SATURDAY, the 23rd April, 1904, al 2.30 PM, at their
SALES ROOMS, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, (Corner of Ice House Street),
A GREAT ASSORTMENT OF OLD PEKING CURIOS,
Comprising:-
BRONZE and BRASS VASES, INCENSE BURNERS, OLD PORCELAIN VASES and WALL PLATES, SILK EMBROIDERIES, MANDARIN COATS, CARVED-WOOD FIGURES, SNUFF BOTTLES, &c. &c. &c.
TERMSAs usual,
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, 21st April, 1994.
ΤΗ
1535
HECHILIAN TRAININGSHIP General Baquedano will shortly arrive at this port, and TENDERS are required for the following articles:-
Cardiff Coal placed in bunkers.
145 b.
21
1521 b
5 b.
Fresh Water.
11
571 b. 28752.
י
Shanghai advices, of 16th inst., states: Business reported:-Tug and Lighters at Tls, 471 Lands at Tis. 107. Langkals at Tis, 292) cash, Tis. 195 for April, and Îls, 355 for June.
Tis. 376. Business done direct:-Lands at Tls. 17.
Major Bros. The Sin Wan Puo is told by by a Fenglien
A house-boy to Ca tain Britton, at Elvin tin'ed silks and emb oideries, grotesque collec. despatch that each of the eight gates of the Waterworks at Tls. 400.
Road, Kowloon, recognized the hit shown as the one defend nt gave him to take to the store The defendant told him when he got the goods he was to take them to him (fendant) ad he would be paid 40 cents ile had done the same thing before. He was always paid money fur getting the things, 3 10 10.
Cross-examined by Mr. Coding, witness said he had known defendant for about a year
defe. dant he was given a chit to get goods for
and a half About a month after he first knew the result of the war will no doubt greatly ac- him and he got ahogeth x about to hams, and celerate this. Owing to the increased use of about 25 lbs, of bacon. He had been to other Japanese silver in the city numberless money stores with or 'ers for the defendant. He thought the money he got was for his labour, and that the orders were all g-nu ne. He did not think it strange tha, he sho' ld get as much
defendant.
=
changers' . establishments have sprung up. Seated on their little stools in front of benches
Inner City of Mouxden has been guarded by a Russian sentinel while the eight gates of the uter City had been watched by Chinese soldiers, but lately the Russians suddenly and without authority removed the Chinese wat be men and replace i then by their own nationals Large and small carts, and luggage and goods o merchants leaving of entering the city are vigorously searched at the gates by the Rus sans. The Russians have been digging entrenchments and creering furts at a point <ght li east of the City. They have also been putting up more
subu b.
lorts in the женет
The Russian authorities at Port Arthur the money-changers carry on a perfect wrangle and Newchwang are said to be playing some and gangle with the Tommies" over the ridiculous tricks. They match a number of money that is to be changed. The yen changes men und guns from the station to the forts of as Sio for carrying out the orders of the for five yang, or some twenty quarter-yang barracks as if they had just arrived at the pieces. These quarter-yang coins are similar place from the interior and thes are sent back Mrs. Boyd g ve evide, ce, and Inspector to the Japanese five-sen piece, and although to the station during the night by some by Langley s oke as to airesting the man, and somewhat cumbersone, are much more pre-ways. The men and guns are again sent ou ferable to the universal strings of cash they bid in the morning -od in this place are deceived fair to supersede.
as to the real strength of the garrison and reports get about of constant arrivals of Rus; sian troops.
searching the premises where he find a boo',
in which was writing similar to that on the orders......
%
1
No doubt the general tone of the city is alter The manager of Ah Yung & Co. sinted that ed underthe peculiar conditions existing, for the defendant was accountant in his shop, and crowds mostly consist of coolies employed un- could not write or speak English. ko der the (roops in commissary work. Withou
His Worsh pheld that there was not anli i the city walls to the south-west, the greatest- Fent evidence to convict on the word of ab
untry tworthy accomplice, and he would be activity prevails, for here, located on a plat- obliged to cis, large him. As regards the first eau, are situated the commissary sheds. From defendant, Chau Sui, there were further charges the river long fires of transport waggons, of uttering false documents on various dates, horses, Korean coolies, and fatigue duty soldiers with intent to defraud various shopkeepers. He must go to six months hard land, with may be seen transferring the loads to the en- dix hours in the lucks, and wor decom campment. Hundreds of neat transport carts ‘arended for banishulentai-
are close by, waiting to take the loads of pro-
NEWS FROM KOREA,
(FromJobanist—Äxchanger,)
|
SHANGHAI SHARE REPORT.
Fresh Provisions.
Provisions for Sea.
Naval and Engineering.
Anicles for Hospital, etc., etc.
For further particulars apply to the Chilian Consul, where full list of art cles required is to be seen.
Tenders can be made for one or more arti cles. The ship retaining the right to accept or refuse tenders.
All tenders must be presented to the Chilian Consul, No. 1, Queen's Building, closed, and
a dres ed to the Captain of the Ship.
Prices must be in English money as all accounts will be paid in same.
THE CAPTAIN, Hongkong, 21st April, 1904.
[534
The following résumé of the week's share transactions is from Messrs. J. A. Sullivan and Co's report, published on the 14th April.
Iusiness has not been brisk this week, and our market shows a tendency to drag, espe cipily o in Docks which have receded from the high rates paid last week to clear settlement accounts. Indos are easier and Wharf shares have tumbled 15 points. Langkats are un- A FRESH AMERICAN PROVISIONS, changed. On London the demand rate has firmed up from the lowest point established
13 to 2/ obtain.ble to-day. From Hong- kong days is quoted 731 Consol £888.
Banks-Hongkong and Shanghai, Banks were placed at 1640. In lion,kong the rate is firmerto-day London quotes 63. National Banks are still wanted.
Insurances. Fires.-A large fire occurred at the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and in- volved the Hongkong and China Fire Insurance Co's in losses estimated to be under $·0,000 each. Rates are slightly weaker n conse
quence,
JUST UNPACKED.
CONSIGNMENT of SPLENDID AND
AND ALSO
A Large and Varied Stock of CROSSE & BLACKWELL'S PROVISIONS, and
HUNTLEY & PALMER'S
BISCUITS and CAKES INSPECTION EARNESTLY SOLICITED.
H. RUTTONJEE,
No 5. D'Aguilar Street,
or
171
36 to 38, Elgin Road, Kowloon, Hongkong, 20th April, 1904. INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
ہے
FOR MANILA.
Marines. Nothing has been done in these stocks with the exception of a small lot of China Traders at $57. Unions have advanced tr $190.
Wharves.-Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf shares were sold at Tis. 165, Tls. 1634, 715 160 THE Company's Steamship and T. 150 for cash. Ye teiday April shares were led at Tls. 5o. For June sales at Tls. 165 to Tis. 1:0 are reported. July at Tis. 150. The Korean troops hitherto stationed at demand at the closs Kowloons are quiet. Bears are worrying the market. Shares are in Pingyang set out for Kiojo on the ith inst. Yangtze Godowns are offering at Tls. 85. The Korean authorities give the number of Shipping.-Indo-Chinas: The scarcity of men as 655; but it is probable that there are available shares in currency is hardening rates not more than 30-Mr. Hayashi, Japanese and sustains this stock. For cash transactions ate.reported Tha, 68 to Tls, 671 Shares are Minister to Seoul, has forwarded an official wanted. For this month's account Tis, 69.69) note to the Government saking them to take | 79, Tis, 6yj and Tis. 68 have been done. For
"YUENSANG," Captain P. N. Rolfe, will be despatched as above on TUESDAY, 16th instant, at 4 P.M.
This Steamer has Superior Accommodation for First Class Passengers, and is fitted through. out with Electric Light.
Arrangements have been made with the STAR FERRY Co., LD. to run a late Launch from Kowloon, at 12.15 A.M.
HAROLD C. AUSTEN,-
Acting Hon. Sec.
Hongkong, 21st April, 1904-
S"
WANTED.
[536
ITUATION by BOOKKEEPER, young
European. Salary required $200,
Please apply to
K. L.
Cjo Hongkong Telegraph. ·
[532
Hongkong, 20th April, 1904.
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND
CALCUTTA.
HE Company's Steamship
THE
"LAISANG,"
Captain E. J. Tndd, will be despatched as above on TUESDAY, the 26th fustani, at 3 P.M.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 20th April, 1904.
[529
BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR AMOY, STRAITS AND RANGOON.
HE Company's Steamship ΤΗΣ
"PURNEA,"
Captain F. W. Packham, will be despatched as above on WEDNESDAY, the 27th instant, at Noon.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Agents. Hongkong, 20th April, 1904.
Intimation.
THE POPULAR
SCOTCH
IS
"BLACK&WHITE"
JAMES BUCHANAN & CO.
SCOTCH WHISKI DISTILLERS, By Appointment to
H. M. THE KING......
HRH the PRINCE of WALES,
For Freight or Passage, apply to
Supplied, at all the LEADING CLUBS JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., and HOTELS, and to be obtained from
General Manager.
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO. Hongkong, x1st April, 1904. -
[537 Central
Page 5Page 6