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223

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buyers

On demand,...

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burors

$0 days sight,

73

19, sellers

$16, Balen 630, nominal

Gold Leaf, 100 fino. Sovereigns

North-China insurance Co., Ltd...5,000 £ Yangiare Insurance Company, Id. 3,000 Union Insurance Society Cay Ld.... 10,000/3 China Traders' Insurance Co., Ld.... 24,000€ an Insurance Office Co., La... 10,000 Chua Insurance Co., Limited. 1,5 Hoogkung Fire Insurance Co.; Ld... 8,000}$" Thama Fire Insurance. Co., Ind........ 20,0008 Singapore Insurance Company, Ld. 40,0008

The Straits Insurance Co.,led 30,000€

To-day's Advertisements. The Straits Fire Insurance Cor, Lad 25, 0.05

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned has received instrue Tous to Sell by Public Anction, ens

SATURDAY,

STEAMBOAT COMPANIES,"

K. O. and M. Steamboat Co., I. 40,000|8 - Douglas Steamship Co., Limited....20,000 $ indo-Oaina B. N. Vompany Limited 18,387 2 60,00 shares in....31, 212

Tia, 23.65 For

200£TL 100,000 Tls. 206,132.00 1886 fis. 200, seller..

26 all 250$ 853 2503 1,000 3 20

$23

1,059.767% for 1880. 107 31,012.00 $6) p ah. 8883 per share, me and sellers 187,624,16 20% annu72

sellers

125,771.298 % for 1881 $225 per share, sellers 328,667-46 $27.60 for '83821 11

91,738.44$ 6 for 1855 880,

£ 50,0). Tia.

208

114,08 60,098

200

50% 188,00€ 20,711.5 8 508-1000,000 $ $12,500$

494,404.00 10% for 169723, sellers

100% 20 100% 23 100% 3vis

17,000

713.46

200,000 $

75,882.02

20 all

60 61

0,009 170,000 127,320 $

it

10

the 9th July, 1897, at 2 p., at his Bales ins and Manila S. 8. Co., Id 3,500 100 all Roms, Queen's Head,...

SUN'DE Y JAPANESE WARE, Ee,

cholarship is now asiduously cultivated, and who are severally represented in the first zumber of the Resin by papers Lighly creditable to their respective authors Some translations from Chinese novels and plays are marked by bath accuracy and fresh- mods of style; and an account of the career of the Chinese poet-atatoman of the eleventh century, Su Tang-p'o. by Mr. E. C. Powr, is not only historically valuable, but also distinguished by its ferary graou. Beside notices of new books relating to Chirs and the East, which will jo a useful feature of the loving, if carried out with punctuality and detail, we are glad to notice that SATSUMA, KANGA, INARI, Erore, and Notes and Queries are destind le TOKIO VARES, JARS, PLATES, BOWL, IN- and a place in its pages also. It is to be CENER BURNERS, TEA And COFTER 82TS, Fog-ABELL WALE, ENAMSILID WARE, Goin hoped that this opening for contributions or Chinese subjects may evoke a similar and SILVER INLAID BRONZE, KAKIMONOS, degros of literary real to that which was EMBROIDERIEA and EMCEERED SCREENS. displayed during the lifetime of its pred messor in the field, and that the China Revista may receive the support necessary to insure

•·ita erentiatiannet

NOW READY.

PRICE, $1.00.

&o,

comprising

TERMS OF SALK.As ansteraty.

J. M. ARMSTRONG,

Autioneer Hongkong, July 5, 1887.

NOTICE.

1288

KIAGRELANEOUS H'kong & Whampoa Deck Co., Id 12,500 3

123

DK. and China Chas Co, Lunited. 10, 100 2 --

New Shores,

}|| 1, 3002 ungkong Hoto Company, Lt... 13,000

,000 shs, issned

ません

977.81 £

10 7.10

100 all

Bugar Company, Limited... 15,000) Hongkong Ice Crapany, Limited. Hongkong Bakery Company, Ld....

10

5,000

28

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8,000

7,00K

Kir

5,000

50 mil

5,000 $60

WIF

- 40,000 $ *- -- 10 all

ou Sugar Company, Limited Perak Sugar Cultivation Perak Tan Mining & Sting Co. Panjon & Sunghie Dus SamstanĮ Mining Co.is) BK. & Row. Wharf & Golown Co. 17, 000$ 'koug Rope Manufactory Co., Ld. 3,0001 A. 8, fatson & Co., Limited... 3,800 HK. High-Level Tramway Co., Is, 1,250 #

IVANS,

COMPARATIVE CHINESE FAMILY LAW A CLUB must be sent in on or before Quiness Imperial 1884 8.,

REA PARKER.

Can be obtained from KEY & WALKE at Shanghai and Hongkong, st LANE, CRAWFORD & C, Hongkong, and of the China Mari Oftipe

11,420.48 % hair yuu 104 % prem., buyers

Dec. 31/60 $48 per share, nominal 11513

8 % 4387.6.97% for 1883 10% dis., sallers

140 discount **

4,260.1216 for 188181; cash, seliers

%. 1,427.3.110% anil 190 per share, bayers, fully

boons for

paid ap 66 half year 200

nominal 1,381.41

*June 30 188"

buyers 13,781.53 12v for 18648139

12 % for 188 150 514.581 % læve 188|$110.

189,305,18 Nono -1869.

Nour

Ou Bombay

On demand,

On Caloutta

23.00

29,900 29.870

Temperature {Laken at Mears Falconer & Co.'s Premises

4 Queen's Road) BAROMETENDA

1. Pen 4 P.M.

12. Do. 4 PM

THERMOMPTEX-9...

Di

Do.

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29.830

80.

80

81

81

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SUN AND TIDE TABLE FOR HONGKONG. (Aron The Longkong Almanack.) JULI

KIGH WATER.

ex dy,, nominal

Tie 18

None

$20

None

819, sallers

Day of Morm 47 Month M

Kises.

Bete

None

8145, allera

H. M.

8.10.10.14

5.21

XX. M. 6.47.

8:48 10.55

5.21

6.47

9.24 11.32

5:22

6.47

6.47

10 39

5.29 6.47

840 per share, nominal 2,780.05/13 for 182060 ", prom," buyme

12% prom

100 all

*60**

· 100 all 1008

5,000/8

50

Rate of Int

G. H. SWALES,

-Secretary.

#1207 Hongkong, July 8, 1887.

Mar 1834 o..

1888 ..... Chinese Imp, (Ch. Bank Loan) 1888

Equalization of Diridand Fand,

8,565 T 500] "■1] 3189 500] All

T700,000 TL 250 27904

500

·Pajudis. June16kDe:31

Do 12. March & Sept Jan. 18

% prem

¿ pren.

prem.

+ Depreciation and Insurans Fund,

* At debit,

ALL ACCOUNTS against the MASONIC

18TH INSTANT, at 4 pm, or they will not be Recognised. By Order,

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PAMAN med Willian Adamson was charged at the Police Court to-day, with disorderly conduct Queen's Road and with assaulting Ko Hang Tak, a Chinese mercbant. The complainant, who is a tier- chant in Bonham Strand, said that yester day about four o'clock he was passing in his rickshalung Queen's Road". Control when the defendant, who was along with two other sailors, without any provocation whatever, came up and kicked his ricksha and almost upset it He got out and es monstrated and the man became very query. ralsonie and abusive. The seaman WAK #ned 85, with the option of 14 days' bard labour.

The pyrotechnic display given on board the 0&. steamer Garlic last night, by say afcelebrating the Glorious Fourth,” was a ry pretty feature of the day's re- joicings. It lasted perhaps a little too long, having been read over the best mct of two boum; but some of tho fireworks, especially the representations of the golden chrysanthomuto, with coloured centre, ware very successfully let off and exceedingly pretty. The rockets and other things were very good. We believe they High water at Whampoa 2 hrs. 30 were of Javanese mako. A Committer got mins later thau at Hongkong; at the up the entertainment, of whom it ismaid Barr: 3 hrs 15 miti. : at the Salt the Third Offer (Mr Metcala), the Chief Flats: 3 hrs. 30 ming. at Shameen!

Steward (Mr Thonia) and the Chief Store-

9.58 80.7 བྱུ་ 0.87 11.7 6.23. 6.47

Shra 15 mins.

Moon-Yull Moon, 53. 4:11m. afternoon, keeper were the principal worker,