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TY CHLEIER ABRAHAM,

No. 2 Wyndhazi

ngkong,

No 1773-FEBRUARY 10, 1869 1

Post-Office Notifications.

It is hereby notified that, under the au- thority of a Treasury Warrant dated the 1st My last, Superintending, or First-Class Schoolmasters in the Army will, in future,

Post-Office Notifications.

of a Money Order, or to renew a lapsed Order. The additional Coinmission in the last case will be deducted from the amount of the new Order. Lapsed Orders must ba be entitled to the same privileges in regard presented with the application for a new to Letters sent by or addressed to them on Order.

their own private affairsins are at presunt} 12. But when it is desired, that any joyed by Commissioned Officers in the error in the name of the Remitter or Payes Army; and all Army Schoolmistresses will should be corrected or that the amount of be entitled (as Army Schoolmasters of all a Money Order, should be repaid to the Sat the First Class new are) to the same Reitter, or that a Lapsed Order should privileges, in regard to their Letters, are be renewed for payment in the Country in ajoyed by non-commissioned Officers and which the Urder was originally denwa Private Soldiers

application must be made to the Chiof F. W. MITCHELL, Money Order Office of such Country, This Postmaster General. application must be accompanied by an General Post Office,

additional Commission, unless it have ra Hongkong, July 31, 1868.-

ference to a Lapsed Order, in which case the Commission will be deducted from the amount of the New Order.

1. It is hereby notined for general in formation that, the Contract between the Government of Mauritius and the Union Bam-ahip Company, for the Conveyance al Mails once a Month between Ceylon and Mauritias, and between Mauritius and Natal, having terminated, the correspon dance for Mauriting will be forwarded from this Office in the Mail for Aden, from whence it will be sent to its destination by the French Mail Packets leaving Aden for Bennion and Mauritius on the 23rd of each Month

13.-Repayment whether of an original, renewed, or a duplicate Order, will not be made to the remitter until it has been ascertained that the advice has been can- celled at the Office on which the Order was originally drawn.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Insurances

OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY. LONDON.

Incorporated 1859.

CAPITAL £1,000,000. HE Undersigned having been appointed pared to accept Marine risks and isspe Agenta for the above Company are pre Policies at ourront rates.

AUGUSTINE HEARD & Co Hongkong, June 6, 1807.

ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.

ESTABLISHED 1838,

CAPITAL, £500,000 Managing Agents in China, Mesara. AUGUSTINE HRAED & Co., Hongkong. Medical Referee, J. IFOR MURRAY,

Esq., M.D.

HE

Undersigned having been appointed pany are prepared to accept risks and issue Managing Agents for the above Com- Policies on Life Assurances.

14Payment of an Order must be ob- tained before the end of the Sixth Calendar blouth after that in which it was drawn for instance, if drawn in January, payment must be obtained before the end of July, 2. No alteration has been made in the otherwise the Order will become lapsedale, rates of Postage on correspondence add a new Order (for which's second Com- dressed to Mauritius.

mission, to be deducted from the amount of the Order, will be charged) will beconis necessary.

15.If an Order be not paid before the

3. As the communication with Nataland the Cape of Good Hope is thus cut off, the correspondence for thone Colonies, unless marked to be forwarded by Private Shilp, end of the Twelfth Calendar Month after will, in future, be sent in the Mails for that in which it was drawn, for instanco, London at the following rates of Postage, if drawn in January and not paid before which must be paid in advance, viz—the end of the following January-all claim Upon Letters sent by way

to the Money will be forfeited, unlesa,

of Southampton,..... 46 cents each oz. under peculiar circumstances, the Post When sent by way of

Office of the Country in which the Order Marseilles,......

was drawn think proper to allow it. Newspaper via Southam-

pton,......

Newspapers via Marseil-

les,

54

6

10-After once paying a Money Order by whomsoever prezented, the paying Office will not be liable to any further slais. If a wrong paymont, however, be made owing Book Packets via South-

to negligence, ou the part of any Officer of ampton,10 under the Post Office, the Postmaster General of ox, 20 cents, above 4 oz. and not ex- the Country or Colony in which the Bog seeding Boz; and 20 cents for every genus occurs will, if he see fit, require the additional 8 oz.

Officer in fault to make good the loss.

Book Packets via Marseilles, 14 cents ander 4 oz. 28 cents above for and not expeeding 8 oz. and 28 cents for every additional 8 ounces,

FW. MITCHELL, Postmaster General General Post Office, Hongkong,

9th September, 1868.

IT is hereby notified that, under the pro- visions of a Treasury Warrant dated the 7th May, the Postage on a Letter not exceling half-an-ounce in weight posted tu Honglong or at any of the Ports in Chine and Japan addressed to Egypt, or posted in Egypt addressed to Hongkong or any of the Ports in China and Japan, and conveyed in the Mails by British Packet, is reduced from Twenty-four Conts to Twelve Centz,

For Letters exceeding half-an-ounce in weight a further rate of Twelve Cents for sach half ounce is chargeable.

Prepayment of the Postage is compulsory.

F. W. MITCHELL, Fastmaster General..

1868.

General Post Office, Hongkong, July 15,

1. On the 1st October next, and thence- forward Money Orders will be issued at thir Offee and at the Agencies thereof at Shanghai and Yokohama on all the Money Order Offices in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for amounts not exceeding £10, at the rate of Exchange Current for Kach Mail, and charged with Commission according to the following Scale, viz,:-

Conto.

32

For us not exceeding £2, Above £2 and not exceeding £6,...24 £ 7,42

2-No Money Order to include a frac tional part of a Penny.

3-Orders drawn in the United King dam upon Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yoko- bama, will be paid at the rate of athange 5 which Money Orders are being issued af

the time of their presentation,

4-Alphabetical Lists of over 3,700

the advice has been previously received.

17.-No Money Order will be paid unless

-18-Additional Rules for greater secu- rity against fraud, and for the better work ing of the system generally will be made us occasion may require,

For further particulars, farms of prope

&, apply to

AUGUSTINE HEARD &Co. Managing Agents in China, Hongkong, June, 1867.

LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY,

HE Undersigned having been appointed Company, are prepared to grant Marine Agents in Hongkong for the above Risks at current rates.

AUGUSTINE HEARD & Co. Hongkong, March 1868,

B1

LANCASHIRE INSURANCE.

COMPANY.

(FIRE AND LIFE.)

CAPITAL TWO MILLIONS STERLING. HE Undersigned are prepared to grant POLOTES against the Risk of FIRE on Buildings or on Goods stored therein, on Coals in Matsheds, or Goods on board Vessels and on Hulls of Vessels in Har bour, at the usual Terms and Conditions.

Proposals for Life Assurances will be re- coivod, and transmitted to the Directors for their decision.

If required, protection will be granted on first class Lives up to £1000 on a Single

Life.

ARNHOLD KARBERG & C6. Agents Hongkong & Canton. Hongkong, January 4, 1887.

19.Should it appear that Money Orders are used by mercantile men, or others, either in the United Kingdom or at Hongposals or any other information apply to.

For Bates of Premiums, forms of pro kang, Shanghai or Yokohama, for the transmission of large sums of money, the British or Colonial Post Office, as the case may be, will consider the propriety of in creasing the Commision, and will exercise the power of wholly suspending for a time the issue of Money Orders, By Command,

D. W. MITCHELL, Pustmaster General,

General Post Office, Hongkong, 22nd August, 1868.

- Docks.

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK

COMPANY, LIMITED.

notice that the Eight all of Fifty HAREHOLDERS are requested to take Dollare on the new Stouk of the above. named Company is due on the 1st March next and will be payable at the office of the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKINU CORPORATION, where receipts for the pay- ment thereof will be granted by the Ma nager.

date.

Interest at the rate of Twelve per cent per annum will be changed after the above By order of the Board of Directors,

GEORGE N. MINTO,

Secretary, Hongkong, December 1, 1808.

FOOCHOW GRANITE FLOORED DOCK

mari

HE shove Dock has been in full working order for the last four years. Length

Money Order Offices in the United King-300 feet, width at bottom 10 fact, dopth of

don, shewing the Counties in which they are situated, are hung up for public refer- ence at this Office, and also at Shanghai and Yokohama.

5-applicants for Money Orders must furnish, in full, the surname, and, at least, the initial of one Christian name, both of the Remiter and the Payee; if the Remit er or Payee be a Peer or a Bishop, his or dinary title will be sufficient, if a firm, the

water on the sill, springs, average 17 feet,

LANCASHIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY.

NOTICE.

FROM and after this date the following Rates will be charged on short period Insurances, viz

Nói excooling }

une month,.. Above 1 mouthry

and not ex- reading throe monthe,...... Above $ in the and not ex- ceeding aix mouths......

of the Annual Rate.

Above 6 'ths, The full Annual Rate.

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co., Agoals, Lancashire Insurance Company. Hongkong, April 14, 1868.

PHENIX FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

LIVERPOOL, AND LONDON & GLOBE

INSURANCE COMPANIES.

THE Undersigned having been appointed

Agents of tro above Companies at this Port, are prepared to grant Policies against Fire to the extent of $40,000 on Buildings, or on Goods Stored therein.

DOPGLAS LAPRATK & Co. Hongkong, September 28, 1868.

NORTH CHINA INSURANCE Co."

neaps 14 feet. The Dook in ordinary TidesHE Undersigned, having been appointed runs dry to the Blocks and is pumped out the Ports of TAMSHI and KEDUNG, are pre- AGENTE for the above Company at by Steato

For further particulars as to the price of pared to Grant Policies of MARINE INSUR

coppering, &c, do, do, apply to

T. D. TULLINGHASE, Esq., Messra De Sil ver & Co., Hongkong; Messra BOYD & Co., Shanghai; or to the Undersigned,

In connection with the above is the

AND at current rates.

DOUD & Co.

Tamsui 10th August, 1848.

IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

ual designation of such firm, such as powerful Twin Berow Tug WOOSUNG." Baring Brothers" will suffice; but the Vessels requiring the services of this Tug! nore term Mesers, and a Messre. Ri- either from Matson (where a splendid an

gia" or the name of a Company trad-chorage will be found during the S. WIE Undersigned having been appointed

ing under a title which does not consist of monsoon) or from the White Dogs, cau ob-

Port, are prepared to grant Policies against

the names of the persone composing it, such tair them at moderate rates, on application Fire to the extent of $80,000 on Buildings,

as "Carron Ca." is inadmissible."

The Bemitter on stating that the Or

der is to be paid only through a Bank, to

bare the option of giving or withdrawing

the name

of the Payee; in such case, the Order will be crossed in the same way that

to

JOHN C. SKEY, Manager. Pagoda Anchorage, River Min.

THE UNION DOCK COMPANY OF

Cheques are commonly crossed when they HONGKONG & WHAMPOA, LIMITED.

or on Goods stored therein.

Insurances.

BOMBAY INSURANCE COMPANY"

AND

FORBES & CO.'S CONSTITUENTS INSURANCE COMPANY.

prepared to accept Fisks on the usual terms, LE Undersigned having been appointed Agents for the above Companies are

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co. Hongkong, February 26, 1868 NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY,

REDUCTION IN THE RATES OF PREMIUM. Detached and semi-detached

Dwelling-Houses removed. from Town, and their Con- tauts,

ܐ܇

Other Duelling-Houses used strictly as such, and their Contente,.

Godvrns, Offices, Shops, de

and their Contents,

per cent. per annum.

† per cent. per annum,

1 per cent. per annum. GILMAN & Co., Agents North British and fercantile Insurance Company. Hongkong, March 9, 1866.

NOTICE

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE

INSURANCE COMPANY. FROM and after this date the following Rates will be charged in Short Period Not exceeding one Insurance, viz

Above 1 month, and

month,

not exceeding 3+ months,

Above 3 months, and

not exceeding 611. months,... Abovo 6 months,

of the annual rate,

the full Annual rate, GILMAN & Co.,

Agents, North British and Mercantile

banj Insurance Company, Hongkong, April 7, 1868.

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament.

ESTABLISHED 1809, .. CAPITAL £3,000,000

Insurances.

ALLIANCE FIRE ASSURANCE- COMPANY.

NOTICE,

FROM and after this date the following rate will be charged for Short Period Insurances, viz.-

Not exceeding.

one month,of the Annual Rate.

Above munth

and not ex-

ceeding three montus...... Above 3 m'the and not ex- coeding six months,

Above 6 utha, The full Anaital Rate,.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Agents, Alliance Fire Assurance Company.

Hongkong, April 7, 1888.

(NOTICE.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE- INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED

THE Undersigned having been appointed Agents for the above Insurance Com- pany are prepared to grant Policies co- vering Marine risks at the current Rates. Policies can be made payable at all the principal ports throughout the World.

MORGAN, LAMBERT & Co.,

Agents. Hongkong, November 7, 1867,

NOTICE.

E

Insurances.

NOTICE.

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

THE following. Rates will be charged in future for short period Insurances,

Not exceeding One

Month,

Above. One Month

Three Months,

+ per cent.

and not exceeding per cent

Above Three Months

and not exceeding} Six Months,

Above Six Months,"

per cent.

The full Annual Rate

of I per cent.

ROB. S. WALKER & Co., Agents Royal Insurance Company, Hongkong, April 7, 1868.

NOTICE.

HE Undersigned having received extend- ed limits from THE ROYAL. INSUR ANCE COMPANY, are now authorised to tasta Policies against Finn as follows, viz.

On any one first-clase Building or un Goods stored therein in Ilongkong, $60,000; iz Maono 45,000.

ROBS WALKER & Com{ Agents Royal Insus Company of Liverpool

Hongkong, June 17, 1864.

REDUCTION

IN THE RATES OF PREMIUM Fon FIRE INSURANCE.

THE Undersigned have (as already inti THE

mated in their Circular dated 14th Oo- THE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANYtober last) received authority from the Se TEE following Rates will be charged in orotary of the ROYAL INSURANCE under certain circumstances, on PRIVATE

via:-

to

Not exceeding 3 month, of the annual rate. RESIDENCES and on FURNITURE and Fr

Above 1 month and not

exceeding 3 months,

Above: 3 months and

do.

do.

not exceeding fi,... Above 6 months....... the full annual cats,

MORGAN, LAMBERT & Co.,

ACCUMULATED FUNDS £2,233,927. ||

ANNUAL REVENUE £497,263.

THE Undersigned AGENTS at Hongkong

for the above Company are prepared to grant Policies against FIRE, to the extent of £10,000 on any Building, or on Merchandise in the same.

GILMAN & Co Hongkong, June 21, 1864-7

MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE

COMPANY OF MANCHESTER :

"AND LONDON,

HE Vadersigned, have been appointed! THE

Agents for the above Company at Hongkong, Canton, Foochow, Shanghai and Hankow, and are prepared to grant Insurances at current rates.

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co.. Hongkong, October 14, 1868,

16.

NOTICE.

MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY.

THE

viz

HE following Rates will be charged in fature for short period Insurances,

Not exceeding I'month, & per cent. Above I month and not

exceeting 3 months, do Above 3 months and

not exceding 6, do. Above 6 months...... the full annual rate.

HOLLIDAY, VISE & Co.

Agents.

Hongkong, April 8, 1868,

LONDON

ASSURANCE CORPORATION.

LIFE ASSURANCE

THE Undersigned are authorised to issue Life Policies for sums not exceeding £6,000.

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co. Hongkong, October 14, 1868.

THE LONDON ASSURANCE

CORPORATION,

tf

FECTS, therein contained.

In casos of DWELLING-Houars removed, from the Town, the rate of Premium will be Three-quarters per Cent, in place of Oris per Cent. Per Annum as hitherto charged ; and in cases of Residences, so situated, be

Agents the Queen Ianirancs Companying detached or semi-detached, the rate will Hongkong, May 20, 1938.

be further reduced to One-half per Cent: 1. The Royal's Annual Rates for FraE IN BURANCE on the various classes of Buildings? and their contents will therefore remain as follows, until further notice, viz Detached and semi-detached.

MERCHANTS MUTUAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO,

PA UF CAPITAL, $500,000. HE Underaigned having been appointed Agenta in Hongkong and Chins for the above Company, are prepared to grant -Policies at Current Rates.

OLYPHANT & Co. Hongkong, August 9 1867.

NOTICE GUARDIAN ASSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON,

ESTADLISHED 1821.

CAPITAL £2,000,000.

THE Undersigned having been appointed Hongkong and Canton are prepared to Agents of the above Company for grant Policies at current rates

OLYPHANT & Co.. Hongkong, July 17, 1868,

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

FIRE AND LIFE.

CAPITAL, £2,000,000.

(LIFE DEPARTMENT.)

Fifteen

£2 per cent, por Annum Bandera on

during the

all Profit participating Policies of Two Yoara' standing.

The utmost liberality practised in the settlement of all Claims, with the repre- sentatives of deceased Assurers.

Dwelling Houses (removed from the Town) and their Contents,

Other Dwelling Houses (simí. Iarly situated) and their First Class China House and

Contenta,

their Contente,

per cent,

per cent.

14 per cent. Other Risks as per special arrangemonti

ROB. S. WALKER & Co., Agents Royal Insurance Company.. Hongkong, November 9, 1866.

PACIFIC INSURANCE COMPANY OF SAN FRANCISCO. THE Undersigned, Agents for the above

Company are prepared to grant Poli vies against FIRE, ou BUILDINGS and GOODS, at current rates. WHING A

RUSSELL & Co..

Fongkong, February 6, 1867.

BATAVIA SEA & FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

THE Undersigned having been appointed. TH

Agents in Hongkong for the above named COMPANY arb prepared to grant Po licies against SEA RISKS, at currentrates.

RUSSELL & Hongkong, April 1, 1805. pse ugl

YANG-TSZE INSURANCE ASSOCIA-

TION OF SHANGHAI

THE Undersigned having been appointed

ation, are prepared to issue Policies upon Secretaries and Agents of this Asanoi Marine Risks at current rates of premium. New York, Bombay, Calautta, Singapore, Policies can be made payable in Londen, Hongkong, Foochow and Association returns to the assured of each In addition to the usual brokerage, this

Shanghai.

fteen (15) per cent of the profits of the year at the close of ooh. current year, are settled at once by the Undersigned Company for that year divided pro rata to without reference to England." Corfeiture of Policy from uninten

to Medical Referees paid by the ficy-holder.. Fest

the amounto premium paid by east po

RUSSELL & Co. Hongkong, March 2, 1867.

án Assurance for any sum not exceeding £1000, dap be effected with the Undersigned without referring to Head-quarters.

By special authority of the Board, Claims

tional mis-statement.

Premiunis payable Half-yearly or An nually at the option of the Ansured.

Annual Premiums for an Assurance of £100 for the whole term of Life, including £2. 10s. per Cont. for Foreign Risk, which will be deducted during a visit to or a par

THE Undersigned having been appointed THE

Agents of the above Corporation are prepared to grant Fire and Marine Inaurmament resident in Europe

ance on the usual Terms.

WITHOUT

WITH PARTICIPATION PARTICIPATION

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co. Hongkong, December 26, 1867.

ARE,

Agents for the above Company at this

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GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co. THE following rates will in fnture be Hongkong, August 24, 1864.

charged for Short Period Insurances:

LONDON ASSURANCE CORPO- RATION,

16

£3 19 8

6.

20

4 3 8

9

25

48

2 4 14

2

4.13 11

One month,

+ per cent,

5 0 0

4.19 ត

9

2

Three months,

5 8 0

514

1

T

NOTICE.

Six months,

5 17 11

64 6

6 11

€ 18 3.

11

8

0

4

60

8.10

9 8

IMPERIAL FIRE OFFICE, DROM and after this date the following Rates will be charged for Short Period Insurances, vix: Not exceeding 1 month, of the annual rete Above 1 month and

Are intended to be paid, through a Bank.

When at Order is presented through THE Company respectfully call the at- A Bank, a receipt by any person will be suf- tention of Ship Owners, Consig fidant, provided the Order be crossed with nees and Masters of Vessels, to their Esta the name of the receiving Bank, and be blightyent at Hongkong and Whampoa, for presented by some Person known to be in the DOCKING and REPAIRING of Vee- the employ of auch Bank,

sets of all classon. 8.-The signature of the Payee of a Mo-

At Hongkong the Company have the apy Order to be affixed to the Order in the only Dock in the harbon, Granite

If the Dock, solidly built; and of dimensions to not exceeding ...

place provided for the purpose.

Payee

be unable to write he must sign the admit Ships of 350 foot in length, and receipt by inaking his mark in the presence drawing 22 feet of water,

of Witness, who must sign his name, with

Attached to it there are Shipwrights,

s Addres in the presence of the Officer Blacksmiths, Boiler-makers and Machinery works, and everything necessary for the

Who pays the Order,

Should the Payee of a Money Order Repairs of Sailing Vessels or Stentners.

desire to receive payment in the Country in

The Company have also opened a Ship

h the Order was issued, at some other yard by the side of the Hongkong Dock, Ole than that in which the Order was ori and are ready to contract for the construc

not exceeding $,... ! Above 3 months and

do.

do.

Above 6 months, the full annual rate. GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., Agents, Imperial Fire Insurance Company.

Haugkong, April 7, 1868,

IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

RaptorION IN THE RATES OF PREMIUM, TNTIL further notion the following An

italy drawn, the transfer will he granted, tion of Steamers or Salling Vessels of anyual Rates will be charged for Fire pridd the Orter be inclosed to the size, de Postmaster of the Office in which it was

At Whampoa the Company have four thaurance, view

hawn. In such case a new. Order will be Decks, in which they will take Ships at

ised

which will be deducted from the amount of

the Commission chargeable upon reduced rates

the new Order.

10-In the event of a Money Order iscarrying or being lost, a duplicate will gafal of a written application from the Payee, (containing the, necessary prztinis, and accompanied by an addi| tional Commission) to the Office where the

Original Order was payable,,

The Steam Tug "LITTLE ORPHAN" can be engaged to tow Vessels to sea, or berth them, at reasonable rates.

For particulars, apply to

Or to

JOHN INGLIS,. Acting Secretary.

A. D. MITCHELL, Manager of Works Hongkong, October 10, 1868,

On the receipt of a similar applica Company's Office,, H.kong Hotol Building,

449, orders will be given to stop payment

Detached and Semi-detached

Dwelling Houses removed froin the Town, and their Coutents,

i per cent. Other Dwelling Houses tised strictly as such, and their Contente,

per cont, Godowns, Office, Shops, &e.

and their Contents, 1 per cent

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., Agents, Imperial Fire Insurance Company Hongkong, March 6, 1866

"HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co.. Hongkong, April 7, 1868.

HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

NOTICE TROM and after this date the following. rates will be charged for Short Period Insurances, viz:-

Not exceeding of the Annual Rate.

otre month,. Above 1 month

•

!

and not ex- ceeding three months,**** Above 3 o'the

and not ex roveding-six ( months,...... Above m'tha, The full Annual Rate,

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Managers, Dongkong Fire Insurance Company. Hongkong, April 7, 1868,

THE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY. CAPITAL-TWO MILLION STERLING,"

THE Undersigned having been appointed Agents for the above Company at this port, are prepared to graut Policies against Fire, to the extent of £10,0X0, on Buildings or on Goods etored theroin, A

MORGAN, LAMBERT & Co. Hongkong, May 20, 1868;::*

N.B. Intermediate ages charged propor- tionably.

For Forms, for effecting Life Assurances, and for any further information, apply to." ROB. S. WALKER & Co., Agente. Hongkong, September 3, 1864,

AMICABLE INSURANCE OFFICE.

THE Undersigned having been appointed

Agents for the above INSURANCE OFFICE, are prepared to accept Marine Risks, and issue Policies on any first class. Bailing Vessela or Steamers, on the usual terms, payable in case of loss, in CHINA, SINGAPORE, CALCUTTA, BOMBAY, OF LONDON,

ROB. S. WALKER & Co. Hongkong, June 17, 1884,

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. (LIFE DEPARTMENT. }.

INCREASE OF LIMIT. THE Undersigned have received Extended Limits, and are now anthorized to accept RISKS and to issue Life Policies for Sums not exceeding £2,000 without reference to the Head fee.

ROB S. WALKER & Co.,

Agenta Hongkong, January 19, 1889.

if

PACIFIC INSURANCE COMPANY ::

OF SAN FRANCISCO, agents in Chins for the above INSUL THE Undersigned having been appointed ANCE COMPANY are prepared to grant Poli cy covering Marino Risks, at the current

FUSSELL & Co..

rates.

',

Hongkong, July 6, 1866

SAMARAN SEA AND FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF SAMARANG.

THE Undersigned having been appointed

A Agonts in Macao for the above named Company are prepared to grant Policies covering Marine Risks at the current Rates.

RAVNAL & Co.

Macao, August 4, 1868,

DE OOSTERLING SEA AND FIRE INSURANCE COM- PANY OF BATAVIA.

SAMARANG SEA AND FIRE INSUR ANCE COMPANY OF SAMARANG, THE Undersigned having been appointed

Agents in Hongkong for the above" named Companies are prepared to ant Policies against Sea Risks on the usl

STEMSSEN & Co. Hongkong, August 1868.

TA

NOTICE NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY. FROM and after this date the following Rates will be charged for Short Perica Ineurances-

Not exceeding one

monih, Above one month

and notexceeding

montis,

Above 3 months and not exceed

ing 6 months,....

of the Annual rate.

Above 6 months... the full annual rate,

TURNER & Chi

Agente,

Hongkong, April 18, 1868, * SPAC

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