THE COLONY'S - TRADE, good throughout the year and the
'A Review of 1917 Conditions.
In addition to the extracts which we gave yesterday from the Report on the Blue Book for 1917, the following matters of interst are dealt with in the reports :-
total turnover showed a slight improvement on that of the previous twelve months bat barizees in this commodity waJ greatly hampered by the highTM| cost of raw material and difficulty of obtaining freight room even at j enhanced rates.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1918,
THE BOOMERANG." THE DAIRY FARM COMPANY LIMITED.
The Frawley Company in
"Farcical Comedy,
After playing in what, in the Cement Making, The demand language of the theatre, is known ontinued good during the year as "straight” or “legitimate" 1917 although there were diffion drama, the Frawley Company, in ties in obtaining freight room the Theatre Royal last night, Trade-As pointed out in pre- and the high exchange adversely appeared in what was unquestion bovinesa with vious years the figures which are affected
goldably farcical comedy. "The Bom given are meagre, and of little standard countries. Owing to erang" proved to be a threw att alue, being derived from reports the high price of raw materiala it farca of a very broed character, arship masters which are given was necessary to raise selling not particularly clever either in in roued figures and several prices but in spite of this the construction or in dislegas, bat, compares favourably from the very nature of the items of cargo are only entered targover under the heading "General" with 1916
absurdity of besituations created, Tin. The business in this comamusing and entertaining, all the Imports show an increase of 123,- 025 tops compared with the year modity considerably incrossed in more ed as it was very well acted, 1916. Increases are shown nuder comparison with1916, the demand with plenty of American vitality the headingCoal, Kerosene from Earope and America being and crispnese. The plot or story Oil in bulk, Sandalwood, Sugar, mach greater. Imports from Yun-of the play desit chiefs with the and General, while decreases pan in 1917 amounted to about necesful experiment sre showa
Beans, 11,000 tour and from Kwangsi të very “modern” doctor to care s Cotton Yarn, Cotton, Hemp, about 200 tone, as against 8,000 young men of the deleterious Floar, Kerosene Oil (in cases), tone and 1.000 tone respectively effects of an unfortunate love
quid Foel, Battan, Rice, and in 1818. Daring the year about Timber. The importa and exports 200 tons were exported to Japan, of certified opiam during the year 1.400 1008 to Shanghai and other China Coast Ports, and 13,000 tons to Europe, Canada, and the United States of Americs..
are follows :-.
Melwa.
Cheats,
in
Cheats.
Benares.
Total,
M
Import, Export 81 103 40 224
want to
Exports. These show & de- crease of 7.142 tons. A decrease 809 981 tona is shown under the bead of Transit Cargo.
of *
The business of the manufacture and sale of Ice and the business of cold storage hitherto carried on by the Hongkong Ice Company Limited has been acquired and will in future be carried. on by the Dairy Farm Company Limited. Consequent upon such acquisition the name of the Dairy Farm Company Limited has been duly changed to "THE DAIRY FARM ICE AND COLD STORAGE COMPANY | LIMITED" and
its business will in future be carried on under the new name.
'the
M. MANUK,
*Secretary.
THE DAIRY FARM ICE & COLD STORAGE COMPANY, LIMITED.
CANTON NEWS,
Our Canton correspondent writes as follows:--
Tole
i
TO-DAY'S... ADVERTISEMENTS.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
By Order of the Mortgagess.
IR GEO. P LAMMERT has
received instructions. to:
MR self by Public Auction
ON
MONDAY
the 7th day of June, 1918, 3 o'clock in the after, at bis Sale Room in Duddell Street, Victoria, Hongkong.
THE VERY VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY · situate at Victoris aforesaid and registered in the Land Office as SECTION H AND THE REMAIN- ING PORTION OF MARINE LOT No. 200 and SECTION 8 AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE REMAINING PORTION.OF
THE PRAYA RECLAMATION ΤΟ MARINE LOT No. 300.
Together with the messunges and shops thereon known as Nds. 118 & 120
DES VIEUX ROAD WEST.
IN ONE LOT: The area of the property is about 2,400 square feet. ***
For further particulars and conditions of sale apply to MESSRS, DEACON, LOOKER,
DEACON & HARSTON. 1. Des Voeux Road Central;
Vendor's Solicitors.
affair which had left him highly nervous, jealous and despairing. The physicisa's care, which in- It is reported that Dr. Su bes valved a complete month's treat declared that although he will ment, was of the most practical not stay in Canton, San Hang-yee description and was all the more will be his representative to the of the New Government as one of the Rattan and Fibre Forniture. efficacious by resson The value of matian and fibre doctor's own very pronounced even controllers of the Admin 7faraitare exported in 1917 de views on love and love affairs in istration Departmen*.
Wo Ting-fang and Ng King- clined to 200 000 from about general. Of course, this very Of these however the imports $600,000, owing to the scarcity practical doctor's turn comsalim, the President of the Parlia all came from Shanghai, and of of tonnage and the enormous in when Capid, with a boomerangment, have agreed to submit to
House the
of the total export of 224 obeste, 188 crease in freight rates. Materials blow, pisroes bim hadly and lands the
Shanghai. Seven for making up this furaiture were; him a victim to the charma of 81,200 000 demanded by DA bundred and forty sheets of however, exported in larger bis own young lady amistant, Sen, but with regard to the WAT Persian opiam were imported quantities; rattan danes to the whose impending departure under bonds which have been the during the year and 745 cheata value of about $1,500,000, and what appear to be highly roaum is too large to be considered. were exported to Formosa. Nine grass and rend to the velae of meatic roomstances causes the It is said that a report from the hundred and ten obrsts of about $130,000 were shipped an unromantic doctor to feel very Military Gagarament declares uncertified Indian opium were gaines $500,000 and $80,000 much as his loves ek patient bad that the bands sold amount to imported: 410 obese by the re-pectively in 1916
felt before the "care," It all ends over $5,000,000.
Some Chinese and Japanses Government Monopoly and the Lard. There were great de very happily. The "care” was remaining 500 cheats for the manda from both Europe and eminently successful, the young merchants, have cffered various Macao Opium Farmer. "
South Amerios with the result couple chiefly concerned making sums for the purchase privately General Cargo The increate that the business was intressed up their differences and the effects of the gnabost Kwong Hai, the of 22,703 toss is due to s greater to nearly twice as much as that of the boomerang blow upon the the high-at of which is 2900,000, genial doctorales being remedied. hat the Authority still intends to number of Datch and American that in 1916.
Forestry. steamers now trading with this
Agricoltore, and
As the love sick youth, Badd sell it by public auction.
Da the resignation of the Botsay. Over 42 000 pine tree Woodbridge, Mr. W. D. Boward port.
seedlings were planted on the sustained his part very ably, Generalissimo all the officials in planted on the vicinity of the while as Dr. Gerald Summer, Mr. the Military Government are Fanling Golf Course, Dearly Henry Mortimer was extremely leaving Canton in great numbers. 4,000 on the hills abors Taihang, good by reason chicfy of the Most of them are going either Emigration and Immigration. and 3,000 in the Tetam catch-refreebing vitality that he intro to Hongkong or Macsb. Ninety-six thousand two hundred men ares. On the Fanling bills d'aced into the part. Mies *ad ninety-eight emigranta 15 pounds of pine tree reeds were Kathryn Browne-Decker was in- Hongkong's School Pupils. l-ft Hongkong for Tariona sowa, 27 pounds on Mt. Kellet, deed a very charming Virginis places during the year 1917. and 10 pounds on the bills above Xlrs, & part which she played the Blas Book for 1917, that the (117,653, in 1916. Of these 59,285 Repulse Bay. About 40,000 pine with irresistible sweetness. And total number of pupile at schools were carried in British ships, and tree seedlings were raised for abe it was who directed the boomer in the Colony, excluding the 37,013 in foreign ships. Ninety-planting in 1912 Near sng-doing so very deftly. Miss Police School and the uncontrolled eight thousand two hundred and Deep Water Bay 2.150 broad- Florence Chapman, se Grace Foboole in the New Territorier, on thirty-two returning emigrants leaved
weze planted, Tyler, and Miss Atzanette Lloyd, December 31, 1917, were. 23, 935. were reported to have been 300 in the Pakla'am valley, sad as Marion Sommer, likewise did of there, 8,474 were in English brought to Hongkong from 100 in the Sakaupo valley. Close very well in their comparatively schoole and 15,461 in Vernacular
schools. the several places to which they on 11,500 brosd-leaved trees were small parte. As Mrs. Creighton bed emigrated either from this planted on the hille at Fanling Woodbridge, Miss Valentine Colony or frem Closet Porte, au and 45 Banisne on Cheang Casa Sidney was extremely good. The
In addition to meteorological Hongkong, 27th May, 1918. szainet 72,405 in 19:6 Of these, I-land. In Hongkong and Kow- other parta being of & minor registers kept at about 40 stations 15,028 rived in British ships and, in various places, about 900 usture call for no special com in Chins, meteorological loge" flowering trees and shrubs, over ment except that they were one Cheervatory last year from 85 were received at the Hongkong and 43,204 in foreiga ships.
Bogar Refineries-Daring 1917, 100 broad-leaved trees, and nearly and all i ficiently played. the general abortage of tonnage 200 creepers were planted. Near- To-night the Company produce ships cperating in the Far Exet. These logs, representing 3,767 available for the carriage of Java 19 4,000 flowering trees and "Tiger Boes. sugues was responsible for an shrubs were planted round the accumulation of unprecedented Fanling Golf Course in addition stocks in godowne in Java, cans to the broad-leaved trees already ing a slump in prices which in- mentioned. Over *5,000,000 volved revere losses to holders. square feet were cleared of under- „One result in Obina-Hongkong's growth in connection with anti- ́main market was a shortage of malarial measures.
Javas, which was in part responsible fog the strong over 1,750,000 square feet of on- demand for Hongkong Refinede dergrowth were cleared. Veget which obtained throughout the ables were grown in the economic re-appointment of P.0.5 Obos U prester part of the year. garden st Faoling for demonstra-Ting to the rank of Sergeant, Prices in Chins ruled low, govtin purposes. From the "tes Search Supervisors' Eq 18d. erced mainly by the fox of plantation Dear Led Mine Preg heavy shipments of spanere in the New Territories 350 cases Units will parade et Opotral sugare, and the prevailing high of tes were shipped to Aus alia, Sation et 545 pm. rate of silver exchange which S-veral additions to the Flors belmets and spikes. benefited Japan. Offiks of local of Hongkong were rada during Monday, May 27.-No.2 Com.
POLICE RESERVE ORDERS.
Orders issued., kr-day by Mr. In connection with survey work F. C. Jezki«, ^‚B E., viste :—
Promotion. The Hm. 0.8. P approves the
Refords would have been con- the year.
pany.
Parades..
Daiform,
siderably greater but for the' Lind Granta And Generall Fandey, May 28.-No 3 Com- incidence of politis-1 unrest in Value of Lind-The net amount pay, Ambulance and Bagiers Obins during the last ten months of premium recived from aslea and Drammers.
of the year. India and the Persion of Crowɑ lend and piar rights Wednesday, May 29 ➡N), 1 ~Golf hava continued to draw sub for the year 1917 was $148 088 Section.
stantial supplies from Hongkong, - d-orense of $55,148 the Thursday, May 30-Nɔ, 2
Colton Yra Daring the preceding year and $45 857 in Platoon.
twelve manche onder review, than the awarege for the past fiva Fiday, May 31-N-28ection
trade was paller in volame years In the New Territories be at Water Polie- Station.
ARE YOU UNHA PY
" than the previous year, due bat amount received for preminu
to war conditions, bit the on sales of land was $11822,|· monetary in pover coal i scarcely being a decrease of $123 213 ou bave.. enfiered oxing to the preceding year. The 1: tal eres for nor sily goud rexaon? If so the enormous advance in valore, of land granted during the year the rapes most probally is dire * andt kan all round the importers was 142 acres of which 1224 ordered liver. The onely
and deslere bad a successful year. cores-mere-nilasted in the New prove this with the helpef- The politics troubles in China Territories; the total area of land
had a depressing ir flaence on refumed was 91 nores.
trade, and with priose in some in-
staune almost double pramar daya
ibffiake was considerably
Typhoon Warning.
PINKETTES
It is reported in the Report OR
Ships' Logs,
or
To MR. GEO. P. LAMMERT,
The Auctioneer.
For MOJE & VANCOUVER.
"GOENTOER,"
day's observations, have been THE Steamship atilised for verifying typhoon tracks. The corresponding figures for the year 1916 wers 158 and 7,456.
Revenue from Buoys. Hongkong's barpour mooring consist of 9 A Clase, 15 B Clase, and 21° C Class boove, making a total of 45 boys. The 9 A Class bugs in se daring last year averaged 1,985 days rent at $8 per day, the. 15 B Class bucrA. averaged 3 480 days rent at $6 per day, and the 210 Class huora averaged 6,099 days rent at $4 per day, making a total revenue
* of 361 158
...Survey of Vessels, The total number of vessels Furveyed for prasenger certificate and bottom insection in Boog korg during 1917 was 141 vaffOİN of 329,263 groin tone, 65 being”
Tred at Kowloon Doka 41
at Taikoo Dokyard, 8 "at “Uju mopolitan, 2 at Aberdeen Dick+ and 12 on Chines aliowape; thu remainder being surveyed in the berhair oa bottom certifi jaun previously granted at Hougkong of Shanghai...
1:
Sunday Cargo-Working. Torre-ne-1,108 Term te for Sindey or20 winking in-aidder- ling-luat tent; se enmpareri, with 988_in_19:6__0f there, 320 were 01 toàn Ra the chips rid in srive up to rima, apd-in “erma
the little gentle-Be-nature lax owes it was i. und unor ce-FAZY 1
at was which have made many | work cargo na the Sunday, „The
am anted to $133 675 es again!
8116 000 in 1916 The increner
reduced The Japanese and The telemism que below gloomy, ill tempered, liverieb, revenge collected under this head Bhaoghal Mille continued to can received by the American billions, constipated people cheer ez and their op ra'ions in the Coniclete General, Hongtong, ful and bright. South as well as in other parts of from the Manils Obervatory.at. Of all obeni-ta, or post free for Chenn
nnon en days—firelone or typhoon Bû0 couts the vial from Dr. Rope Making. The demand E. of Bashi Channel, moving William Micine Co., 96 8x Gfür M ́nils Cordage was fairly ̈ N.N W. or N
ohuen Road, Shanghai,
is due-to-the-tortage of tongegn and the spalety of s
1917
to get their shipa away from pors
mi soon as posible.
WILL leave Hongkong on
or
lent accommodation is provided about 30th May, Exool- for 1st and 2nd Class Passen Berat moderate rates. apply to
For further particulars please
✔
JARDINE. MATHESON
& CO, LTD.,
Agenta.
Tel. 215, Sub. Ex. 23. Hongkong, 24th May, 1918.
VICTORIA THEATRE. May 24, 25, 26 & 27.
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