MARK TWAIN ON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN..
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PEOPLE BOUND TO THE STAKE,
THE CHINA MAIL
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(No. 8042-SEPTEMBER 27, 1890.
he fact. The whole complication came long or Shanghai on Ports where there are first from Indigestion."
17) Agencies of the Hongkong Post Offios.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 1st January, 1890. +By men of Postal Moles.
And this is the way people are bound und Mother Seigel's Curative Syrop sets
them free..
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His maxims were Tall of animosity bread under his arm. But really, when to eat, a collision might have come of it: other so-called diseases are just tokens and towards boys. Now days a boy cannot you come to examino it critically, it was happily it did not Other ropes were tied symptoms of that neither more not less. Mark Twain's wit may be found in hit follow out a single astaral instinct without nothing. Anybody could have done it around him he has paine in the chest and If a man never had any trouble with his muck blography of Benjamin Franklin tumbling over some of those everlasting. B. Smith, in the Sun for August. This is how the irreverent humorist deals aphorisms and hearing from Franklin on
sides, his bowels became costive, tongue stomach, he might live for ever, for aught coated, bol taste in the month, heartburn a man woman work with death and with the great iptikusopher, tuking as his the spot. If he buys two cats' worth of
we on tell Yet how, is Mercy's name. weakness, &c. The doctors said would molto *parody of one of Franklin' peanuts his father says, Ramember what colebrated usteran Never put off till Franklin has said, my sou-"A grant a
hava to give up hin situation The great majority of people have to couldn't. There mure the wife on but he corruption inelde of the body-with tho
atomach fell of to-morrow what you can do the day after day's a penny syear," and the comfort is all work for living with bands or hand, or to be looked ant for, and
decaying food, sending only bis
through the blood to overy joint, to-morrow just na well.'
lin, was one of those per.ons. when they father quotes, Procrastination is the thief day, days in a week, wasks - în,'■ year. | ovnscious part of the time. The sia docs, Indigestion.
This party, named Benjamin Frank spin his top when he is done work, his must be also to labankan many boars in a
gone out of those pea-nute! If he wants to both, Very well. To make our living wo to do it with. But fanlly be broke, and nerve? This is what dyspep-
altogether, and was lold пр
for wook
glow but sure may poisou, just us taking so many grains of call philosophers. Ho was of a vicious of time. If he does a virtuous action, hoVery good again. But suppose wa mach say, he was tied hand and foot arsenic every would be disposition, and early prostituted his talents never gets anything for it, because Virtue had an enemy why possessed the power to enemy had him fast, and cand nigh killing Hero another case, that of a railway to the invention of maxius and aphorisms, is its own reward." And that boy is huund-tie us up with a rops when he pleased. him. calculated to inflict safering upon the inded to death and robbed of his natural rest, To-day lo ties only tho left arm, to-morrow given him up, bis 1 WEB Det battlo gestion sad dyspepsis for three years; I Bretonlorf, ru 1
One day, after
after the doctors had froman, who writes from Hurlford. H
a sufferer from indi-Bianchett, and te ganeration
aubsequent ages. His because Franklin said ones in one of his the right, while de Lics us to our bede and fall-he had hidden away in s of
he says: I have been a the next day a leg, and so on. remembered a medicine-half the simplest acte, alao, wore contrived
with a
inspired flights of malignity—
Onoc in ù
locker in a emulo-
trind how to their being held up for the
savoral doctors, bat got worse all tho How much would signal box and keeps up there a week, Hou of boys for ever-boys who might
The cost ne in hard'coab in a year ? and how seat for it gotten all about it. Ha time. At last I went to a chemist and Hayer, C..
and took a doss. otherwise have been happy. It was in
much would it be worth to us if we could month he was a well men; the ropes were Ho sold me three very expensive hotties of In less than a promised to cure ma in a week or two! this spirit that he became the son of a soap
chain him to a rock or hang him with
anent away....
If you write to him (sudrow medicine, and ail the effect 1 folt from it , and probably for no other reason: terms.
own rope i Let no have a rongis Ullastra. Aggo, Calgnith, Cumberland) he will tell was the loss of my money. Then I that the efforts of all future boys who
you this medicine was Mother Saigel's hold of a bottle of Mother Seigela Syrup, might anything be looked upon
A was was working on the Midland Rail Curative Syrup, and his ailment was indi- and was better almost at once. How sorry with suspicion, unless they were the sons
hapway as a algaalman. We all know what geation and dyspepsia. But, whilat be was I am I didn't use it years ago! With a malevolence which of soap builers.
labour aad responsibility. Well, he kept have been tied to a stake. work all day and then ait up at nights,
light look wise, and rip out a maxim, and walk day.
day He knew his business, nobody batter, over England-all over the world. A for Illness of a smouldering fire, so that all other off with his nose in the air and his cap and nothing went wrong on his section of of them we hear of; millions of then we boga might have to do that alegur eine turned the wrong side before, trying to the fine; but by-and-by his enemy began never hear of. Sometimes it is heart dis- Hopton, of have Benjamin Franklin thrown up to them appear absent-minded and eccentric. He to tie him up. Somehow he couldn't out Not satisued with these proceedings, he had was a liard lot. He invented a stove that with a 'relisle any more; when he tried ease; sometimes choumatiam; sometimes sixty-eight years old. Mother Seigel's Donelly, T.--1-
fashion of living wholly on broad and would smoke your head off in four hours by
sometimes kidney and bladder complaint doneumption ; sometimes general debility 1 waler,
and atudying astronomy at meal the clock. He was always proud of telling
someliines nervous prostration; sometimes times,
nes, a thing which has wrought affliction how he entered Philadelphia for the first
liver disorder. That is, the doctors call it to milions of boys sinca, whose fathers have time, with nothing in the world but two
by all theso hard names, but at botten it is read Franklin'a pernicious biograplay. shillings in his packet and four rolls of
indigestion and dyspepsia, and all these
tried to bo
Makes a tan beklthy, and weality, and wise. As if it were any object to a boy to be healthy, and wealthy, and wine on euch
My grandfather know Franklin and he says that he was always fixed, alway ready. If a body, during his old age, pened on him unexpectedly when he was the
or swo.
h
... Wo
got
it. He didn't want it printed. But he
is without paraliul in history, he would catching flies, or making mud-nies, or slid.union is, and havo aone iden of the ill with it, ho might na well—yes, better- give this man'a namo if you care to have lat on to be studying algebra by the 17 ing on a collar door, he would immediately at it for several years, nover missieg a There are lots of cases of this sort all was as good as tied up for a long while.
STOCKS.
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ing Corporation
Established.
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now issue
Marine Insurances.
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of)
Canton, Limited
China Traders' Ineorance Co., Ld. 18063
North China Tasurance Co., Ld. 1883 £
Yangtaze Insur, Association, Ld. 18425 Chinese Insurance Co., L.,
1871 $ (in liquidation) Canton Insurance Ofoe, Ld. 1881$
Straite Insurance Co. Id.....18968
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was taken with such n distress it took all the life out of him. Then he would have tinies when he was so giddy that every thing wont round and round like a whirligig. If this had happened when he had a signal
SHARE LIST.---QUOTATIONS.
POSITION PER LAST REPORT.
Here is
a strong ropa.
flustration. -- Mr R. B one mora
Weston, says: Loug
I am
again, but it has cured me of asthma, syrop hea not quite made me a young man norvone prostration, and a threat ailment arising from impure blood. I was too it ta labour, yet can now do my work, thanks to that great remedy. You may publish
Hongkong, Saturday Noon, 27th September, 1890.
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Antal Yield to Investors ut alority price, on basis of tast Dividend.
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dir.
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(13 p. xh. 10 Ain T 244,686,63 por cont. per your
final div.
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125 $31 268,482,127,20$
$218.02
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$104.75
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Sept. 12, 00
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7.29 31
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8.74 31
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28,711.508
417,000
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nominal
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cent, for 1587
estimated to
2.0 for 3, 19
Jan. 2, 90
$01.70
6.95
30 Sept. 89
$1178, boyere
115,000
2008 50 1,056,049 1008 2018 700,000/$
100$ 20 20,000
1008 208 11,875.91je
to 31 Deo. 1888
%int. div. 1889, April 1, 80
roid 1/10/89
$22.83
12.60
$16, sales
303,349,20 823 p. sh. for 1888
Feb. 26, 90
$182.00
0.38
[$860, sellers
i
$65.00
6.77
8884, buyers
$20,
6.17
$17, buyers
April 28, Ju
$20.00
7.00
39, setters
120 ali
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30/0/90
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$101,93
5.88
70% prem
hoyers
4,27
$76, seilore
:
18668
1,600,000 80,000|8|
Indo-China Steam Navigation
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1882 £
1,200,000 60,000 £
ses base
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8 {+)8R50,000 j
£
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5,126.13.4
|{ ́em, collug 30/0/60. 13 for Fr. end- ing 31 Dec. 1889
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Į
June 20, 90,
$31.03
$10.7.0
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4.15
[273% dis.,
Douglas Steamship Co., L
-18838
1,000,000 20,000
China & Manila 3. S. Co., d.
18828
Steam Launch Company, Ld.
16889
175,000 3,500 $ 100,000 2,000,$
60; at $
508 30
Refineries.
60 all $ 47,853.01$
55,000$
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2,709.569% for 1890
Sept. 22, 90
868.89
8.00
$48, Bellera
Mar. 10, 90
$57.09
0.77
8118, sellers
par nominal
par, nom.
China Sugar Refining Co., Ld.
18788
1,800,000 15,000 $
Hongkong Land Investment&
Luzon Sagar Refining Co., Ld. Lands and Trusts.
18828
700,000 7,000 8
100 100 all
$
Dr. $
11,873.954% int, di. for & yr.Aug. 19, 90 143.2275 int. div. ferį yr. Aug, 12, 90
$100.79
4.67
$171, acllers
$102.73
9.09
$109, sellers
Agency Company, Ld....
18898
Kowloon Land and Building
16698
6,000,000 59,ORDS
300,000 6,000 $ 1,000,000 200,875 £
1,250
$23 per sh. int.
30
100 g 50$ 1,250,000 $
508
601.041 div. For 6 months July 28, 00
874.01
5.43
1,637.16
ending 30/6/90 }
17
$91, buyers
12
101.18
to 31/12/80/
50,000!
188718
120,000 1,250 $
100 l
18
214,50
180,000 15,000 8 225,000 45,000 $
10
6 all
ali
{$
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58
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Société Francaise des Char bonnages du Tankin
mantan Mining Co., Ld.
18858
600,000 60,000 $
10 #11
Dr.
$176,0278
1868 Fos. 4,000,000 8,000 ca. 500 3,50 per
In D
1889 £ 176,000 178000 £
11
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-£1,000,000 1,500,000 £
1
17/0
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$75.347.79
to 80% RD
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Tramways.
Hongkong High-Level Tram-
waya Company, Limited }
Mining (TheBalmoralGold Wing Co., 18808 (d)Folebu Mining & Trad. Co., Ld. 1889 Selama Tin Mining Com-18801
pany, Limited DS-1
Panjon & Sunghia
20
I
DL449.681
to 20/0/50
Cr. 34,077 25 to 30/4/80)
35
L. $62,427.2% to be//moj
(e) Imuris Mines, Limited
Raub Mines
Planting, &c.
Esat Borned Planting Co., Ld. 1888 s (a)Sungei Koyati Planting Co., Ld. 18888 Chins-Bornes Company, Limited 1888 (4)Labul Pindting Co., Limited 1889 9 (8) H. G. Brown & Co., Limited 18898 The Lamsg Planting Co., Ld. 18828
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18886 Pesk Hotel & Trading Co., Ld. 16892 West Point Building Co., Ld... 18808 Bhameen Hotel & Land Co., Ld. 18898 Richmond Terrace, Estate and 1889
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Dispensaries.
A. S. Watson & Co., Limited.. 1886 $
Crulekehant & Co., Limited.. 1888
Lighting.
Hongkong Chin old issue
Gas Co., Limited { new
Hongkong Electric Co., Limited 188915
Iron Foundries.
Goo. Fenwick & Co., Limited
200,000 4,000 8 250,000 5,000 g 760,000 7,600'8 250,000 5,008 300,000 6,000 8 800,000 6,000
50 11 608-40 100s 50 60 41
50$ 23
1,308.107 for 1889
3,477.10% for 6m. end-)
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form, to 31/1280
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{{ months ending 300/50
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0.29
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814, sofen
818, sales
April 1, 90
$30.33
6.73
1861, sellere
?
$17, nom,
1864
300,000 3,000 3
200,000 4,000 $ 200,000 4,000 8 623,000 12,500 $ 100,000 2,000 8 160,000 1,000 8 50,000 1,600 8
600,000 50,000 $ 80,000 1,400 §
50,000, 5,100) £
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5,894.34
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008 35 508 40 20$ 10 100 #11
608 30
to 31/12/20
$20, nom.
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Jan. 21, 03
$39.81
812
17
$32, buyers
!
1$8, nom.
Ork
$106.00
7:00
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8200, nom.
15.00
17
$30, nom.
10 all
50 $11
10 all
$140,000 *15,000 +10,000
1,413.8814% for 1880
May 13, 90
$12.03
8.08
ナル
$23, sellers
f5% for om. ead. }
1 og 21/8/89
Oct. 1, 89
por nominal
11.11
20,000 1,900 £ 300,000 30,000 9
£11.18.10 £9.16
108
G
18898
A. G. Gordon & Co., Limited, 16898
150,000 6,000 S 180,000 6,000 $
25 - 208 20
$
1,000 $
285.81 10% for 1889 1,532,62 ut. div. of 1p.ab.for
Feb. 24,i) July 31, 89
par
821.13
Brick and Cement.
Hongkong Brick and Cement
Company, Limited..
1886$
25$17.50
508
Dr.
$27,614,40 for yr end. 57/10/2
601
$25, nom.
26.11
·60 all
46,000 8 7,696.786 % int, die,
503.16. h. fx year end.
Ang :6, 30
836.78
4.00
$88, sellern
Int81/12/89
Mar, 14, 90
15,000 g
Dr.
for year to H0/11/80 Dr.
share for 18
- 81,228,65
154.7712% for 1889
May 15, 90
$60.53 854.24 85,60
por
5.88
1976, пот.
1.96
$121, buyers
912, nom.
1810, nom.
noming).
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Par Vuise of Bonds.
Rate of
Intereat.
When Payuble.
Do.
Chinese Imperial Gork. 7 par Cent.
· Silver Loan 1888 E Debentures,
Da.
1,694,700,14 X'kong Currency. Shanghai Tla. 787,200.
8300 H'kong Currency, 86 Shanghai Teels 250.
[£$100,009% babe $400,000 $155,000 drawn on
$150,000 d. 19,
1800-18500
6% prem.
15 Oct.
1832 31st March and 30th Sept. (each year until #1 Moh. 1017 Balf yearly on 19th Ap and 19th October.
Estimated Annual Yield to Investora of
current price.. Hongkong Dollars 6:40 per cent. Shanghai Taels 4.80 per cent.
Closing Quotations.
(b) Philippines.
Six per cent.
(e) Sydney, N.8 W.
(d) Streite,
Green Inland Cament Compeur 18898
Limited,..
Miscellaneona Hongkong los Co., Limited..... 18818 F'kong & China Bakery Co., Ld. 18728. BK. Ropa Manufactory Ca., Ld. 1883 $ Dairy Farm Co., Limited...... 18868 Campbell, Moore & Co., Limited 15868 Mariabark Furniture Co., Ld. 1880ls
100,000 $,000 $ 1,000,000 20,000 8
325,000 5,0008 30,000 60016 160,000 3,000 8 -100,000 10,000 8
12,000 1,2008 10 11 75,000 8,000 9.
258
Loans to Imperial Chinese Government. Agents for the Loan.
Cainone Imperial Govt Silver Loan 1884 0
50,000 unisaged.
733,0212: pur test.$8 per Feb. 23, 20
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Bangkong Hotel Co. Mortgage Debentures 1889)
(*) Equalisation of Dividend Fund (†) Depreciation and Insurance Fand. Founder's Sheres. (a) Fast Borneo. Time Bargains.—Hanks, 230% prem. Doc. Docks, 78% prem. Dec. Iniuris, a 811 Dec. Ualls-Hongkong Bank, 2ad instalment now jasus £10.12.8 dus on 30th int.
$23, nom. par, nom.
$12, .
Iceland India.
Italy
Japan.
Lagos
Medeira
Malia
Mauritius
Natal. Newfoundland.
New South Wales.
"Zealand
Ning po
North Borner.
Norges
Ports Darwin Portugal.
Queensland. B. Helena:
Seychelles. Shanghai
Sierra Leonu. South Australia.
Straits Settlements,
Swaton.
Switzerland.
Sweden.
Tangier. Tasmanic.
United Kingdom. United States, Victoria,
Western Australia.
*
West Indion (British,
or
FREIGHT and
Tegarding
apply to the
PENINSULAB & ORIENTAL STEAK NAVIGA
TION COMPANY'S of Parloves are
The Contents
end
required to be declared prior to shipment.
Shippers are particularly requested to nots the terms and conditions of the Com- pany's Black Bill of Lading.
Pusengera desirous of insuring their bag- gege can do to ob application at the Com pany's Offico.
This Steamer takes Cargo and Passengers for MAESAILLES,
· 1667
K. L. WOOD
·Superintendent P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Office:
Hongkong, September 24, 1890.
NOTICE.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. PAQUEBOTS POSTE FRANCAIS.
STEAM FOR
SAIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, COLOMBO," ADEN, SUEZ,
⠀⠀ PORT SAID, MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA PORTS, ALEXANDRIA, MARSEILLES, AND PORTS. OF BRAZIL, AND LA PLATA;;
LONDON, HAVRE AND BORDEAUX.
N THURSDAY, the 9th October, 1830, Noon, the Company's B.B. SAGHALIEN. Commandant HOMERY, with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE, and CARGO, will leave this Port for the above places.
Cargo and Specle will be registered for London as well as for Marseillow, and ac copied f
in transit through Marsósiles for the principal places of Europe,
Roordars
granted t
Cargo will be received on boardt until é pn., Specie and Parcels until 5 pm, wa the 6th October, 1800, (Parcela uru zut
to be aint on board; they must be rent at the Agency's Office.) -//
Coutants and value of Packages are re- quired,
For further particulars, apply at the Oompany's Office.
G. DE UHAMPEAUX. dblade Lägeni, Hongkong, September 25, 1910.
1076
Occidental & Oriental Steam-
Ship Company.
TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERS TO JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND EUROPE,
VIA
THE OVERLAND RAILWAYS,
ATLANTIC & OTHER CONNECTING
STEAMERS. A
THE Steamship OCEANIC will lo despatched for Ban Francisco, vid Yokohama, on THURSDAY, Octa hos 06a, 1800, at 1 pm, Connection being made at Yokohamns, with Steamers from Shanghai sod Japan Porto, V
All Faroo! address in
at the Comas
ebould he worked to
same will be received Offico until u pam. the
granted as follows →
Francisco and retten, available for 6 months
lay provions to
First-claag Sailing
To Saq Francisco 1.1225.09.
Toăng
To Liverpool
To London
-***
993.75
586.00 830.00 To other European points at proptim
Danish, and Dutch) ate rates. Special reduced rates grated to Orders on the Countries marked are Officers of the Army, Navy, Civil
Berrios forwarded through the London Post Office, and the Imperial Chinese Customs, to
10 be and are paid less a small discount of about obtained on application. Zd in the £1, for which the remitter should allow. All anch orders must be expressed in British currency, and vannot be drawn
Passengers by this Line have the option of proceeding Overland by the Southern Facile and connecting Lines; Central Pari- No, Northern Pas
Pacifio
Canadian Pacing.
ots, who have paid full fare,
at San
San Francisco for Uhina or Japan (or otra verse) within one year wil be allowed a discount of 10%.
milovaties
fur any sum less than Cd.
3.The commission charged is as follows Railways. according to the
e currency: the Order in drawn in Up to £2, or 310, or R 200. 20 cents.
£5, or $25, or R 50
50 0.40- £7, p. 835, or 50,000 door to through Yares
does not
from China. Japan to Consular Invoices to 1000mpany Cargo No Order must
must exceed $10 or 850 destined to pointe begona San Franciato, 5x prem, (unless drawn on India, when 150, is the late nited Staten, ahould be sent to the
£10, or $50, or 1000
1500
181.00.00
nom. limit), nor will more than two such Orders Compray
Opleen, ndërinsed
the Co
For furthing information as Freight
14% prem, ba isto to the same parson, in favour of factor of Ountomi, San France,
nam. the same payso, by the same mail.
8500
() Mexico,
STOKES ++ YOUNG,
Stockbrokers, Telegraphic Address: "MONTESOMA," Hongkong.
Money Orders on the United King dom for even soms not exceeding £5 are granted by means of Postal Natos, as to which see separate notice or the Hong-
studenongkong. September 16, 1990. kong
6 DAN not
850 ‣ may be re- exoveding mitted between the Paris of China by menna of Postage Stamps, subject to charge of one per cent for cashing them; For Manny Cedera can be granted at Hong
Page, apply to the dynast of the Company, No. 60à, Queen's Howl. Ceural
C. D. AKMAN,
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Printed and pribilahed by Go MURLAY Bary, at Cas China Mai Office, No 2 Wyndham Street, Hongkong
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