1897-07-15 — Page 6

Turtles, ammail, fresh water,

Whiting,

White Bait,

Apples, (California),

Chestnuts, Chinese,.

»

| 1

纖僑仔

菓子

省深香蕉

60 山香蕉

150

THE CHINA MAIL.

Thursday, July 18, 1897.

HONGKONG MARKET PRICES.

Corrected in Bakıday, July 10, 1897, At 1080 Carà per Dollar Mezican."

Pike.

Pindoo

班魚 R

Pomfret, White

280

Highest, Lowen,

Chad, Ceph

Butcher Meat:

肉食

Chinage Names Potret, Black

Prawns,

190

250

刷蝦

Hay,

ED

琵琶沙

Bacon, English,

36.

來路烟猪肉 Beach,

Book Fiab,

90

80

石狗县 寶雞:

归

Ame. Bugar cured „.

920

Foochow

220

1

福州翔排街Shark.

Simon, (Canton),

260

馬友魚

60

F

Japan, cared

240

Boef sirloin & prime cut, catty 140

日本燻豬肉 But Tish,

100

Skate,

60

Jorned,

4

• catty. 140

鹹牛肉

Shrimp,

140

Hoast,

180

燒牛肉

$Soapper,

120

72

Soup,

100

2

湯肉

Solea,

200

ADA

Steak

120

牛肉耙

Tench,

Bullock's Brains,

Tongue fresh, each

per net

GQ 50

牛腿

Turbot,

100

左口魚

250

牛國

» 300

冲鼠

TA

corned

310

鹹牛科

catty 20

13

Boad,

Вой

90

"

Heart, . Hump, Salt

Feet,

Kidneys,

150

་ J

牛心

Fruits.

catty

160

. each

60 -60

50

Tail,

100

IVOT...

catty

70

13

Tripe (undrossel) catty 60

Calves Hood and Feel, sot

500

Hama, American,

lb.

320

Chinose,

2:10

よす

English, New,

410

Japan cured,

230

1

=

Shanghai,.

Mutton Chup,

Leg,

220

180

160

Shoulder,.

120

+1

Piga' Chitlings,

· catty

70

Foot,

110

+

8 1 1 1 8 114 | 18 |

.cafty 300

(Tieatain),

"

(Japan),

230

金山干菜 天津不禁 日本平

牛牛牛花金來日上车

牛肚

Bananas, fragrant,

(brides),

40

一: 牛頭牌

Carambola,

100

金華火腿

Cocoanuts,

each 50

Ground Nuts,

catty

Grapes,.

170

Lemons, Chin

300

H

Pool,

93

椒餅

Lichoon, Dried,

"

Fresh,

Limes,

22

each

30

Fry,

160

JJ

*

. dozen

Hoad,

.. each 500 400

J

"

Heart,

50

40

.satly 200

J

Kidneys,

LADBY

prir

jb.

70

#

-

100

»

1

Pork, Chop,

Qorned,

catty180

無牌費 精肉

ول

Leg,

190

Fat or Lard,

150

15

“Sheeps' Head and Feet, set

250

Heart,

Kidneys,

cach

00 10

羊心

70

Lávez,

ib.

̇100 140 羊肝

Sucking Pig,

sach $1.75 $1.25

Buet, Boot,

Ib,

210

生牛油

"J

Pudding,

Mutton,

- 100

生羊油

Water Chesnuts, com.

"

Veal,

catty 130

牛仔肉

*

Mandarin,.

Walnuts,

+

Poultry,

生日

Ohicken,

catty 230

Овропа,

260

50

Dracks,

170

Upres,

each

140

Eggs, Hen

dos.

120

Buck

110

#

Bod

*

Bowls,

• catty

190

Brassion,

Geese,

160

Hazeny

--each.

Mango, (Saigon),

(Manila),

Maigusloom,

Orangen, Snooty

+

Grool

Clivet,

Red,

Pias-apples,

Pears,

Plum, Red,

Pumalo,

Peach, (8005),

Raisins, Muscatel,

ཕྱྀ ⌘ རྒྱུུ ! | ž ⌘ËགླབྷྱཿËgt | Ē༅, }| | gཙྪིཾ། Ëསློg⌘རྒྱཡྻུཾ༄༅Ë། ཛྫཾ

荔枝

檸檬 发南芒業 B** 山竹子 新會甜橙 青橙

|BANK OF CHINA AND JAPAN AND definite agrescisco to pay any sila mado upon him; and it be ie upheld by,

ITS CHINESE SHAREHOLDERS his own anthorities in hit refusal to

Bhanghai, 8th July-

sarry out that agreement, id agreement

In the minutes published yesterday with a Chinese subject is worth

morning of the Committee meeting on it is written on. It is hopsuse "of

Monday of the Shanghai General Chamber

Intimations.

G. FALCONER & Co.,

WATCH MAKERS AND JEWELLERS, NEW SELECTIONS OF:

DIAMOND JEWELLERY AND ENGLISH SILVER WARE, HIGH-CLASS GOED AND SILVER WATCHES. LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SPECTACLES. PINCENEZ AND EYE PRESERVES. FALCONER & Co, ABE AGENTS FOR ROSE'N FAMOUS TELESCOPES AND

BINOCULARS, LORD KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ADMIRALTY CHARTS" AND BOOKS.

of Commerca, there appears a letter from general application of the Taolai's decision that it desirabls that the Chamber of Bir S. L. Darby, the Acting Manager of Commerce should take the question up it the Bank of China and Japan, La., ring would not be in their province to interfere ing to the notice of this Chamber the recent in a dispate between Hank and its share- decisions of Chinees Courts in the matter holders; but when the Tsotsi refuses to re- of calls due from native shareholders of the cognise a document solemnly signed and Bank, and especially inviting attention to witnessed, when he entirely ignores the pr the bearing of those decisions upon the

vision, in this document that the defendant general intersta of the foreign community will be bound by the law of Euglaid, it is tim. of Shanghai. The facts of the case are well for the Chamber to interfore. We hearagreat known, but, nevertheless, Mr Darby gives deal of the perfect trustworthiness of the a brief sketch of them. The Bank has been Chinese in commercial matters; & late,

in the Mized Court two representative manager hore of the Hongkong and Shang auing Chinose shareholders for the racovery of hai Bank made a stat nent publicly once calls ande to enable the Bank to on the subject that has becoino classical

HONGKONG SHARE MARKET. In their weakly share report, dated Hongkong 14th July, Messrs. Benjenim, Kelly and Potts write:

pay

Its depositors. The persons but the Tantai's decision upsets this altoge proceeded

had signed the against

the thror.-N.-6. Daly News. usual forms of Transfer, their names had been duly ontored on the Register, and not only had all the conditions of legal lability been fully satisfied, but the de- fondants had, in addition, signed special agreements undertaking to pay ouls on that all their shares, and also agreeing,

between them and the Bank questions should be decided in accordance with the law of England. Nevertheless, both the magistrate of the. Mixed Court anal the Tootai of Shanghai declined to hear the Mr Darby goes on to mention that each of the Chinese against whom proceedinge Lave been taken has signed one or more

special agreements, in addition to the ordinary instrument transfer which

of

ought to be sufficiently binding. The

Although business has continued fairly brisk, Rates generally show a slight de- cline, with the exception of Fire shares, Green Island Coments and Indo-Chinus,

appreciated in value. all of which haver

Banks-Hongkong and Shanghai Banka ruled slightly casior, and after small have al

818

LATEST PATTERNS OF SILVER PRIZE GUPS NOW IN STOCK.

64, QUBEN'S 'ROID,

'CHINA MAIL"

OFFICE.

PRINTING.

Every Description of GENERAL PRINTING carried out UNDER EUROPEAN SUPERVISION.

the rate. The Landon quotation is un- sales at 188 per cent promiams, are offering PRICE

BL

changed. Nationals have been placed at $34 and close

$ stondy.

Marine Insurances-Unions have been taken off the market at $255, are now - quired for at 82271, China Traders have been done at 877. Yangtazen are firm in have charged hands at

MODERATE PRICES.

LISTS.

CATALOGUES.

PROGRAMMES.

COMPANY REPORTS.

BUSINESS CIRCULARS.

BILLS OF LADING.

tion taken by the Mixed Court North, with buyers at $156. Straire MODERATE PRICES.

and the Tastai therefore means that Companies have no security

for the per-

$17

and

formance by Chinese shareholders of the shares are wanted at the sanie figure.

Fire Insurances.- can bo

obligations incident to their position. The decision of the Tantai

MOTO

-Both stocks under this

used as a precedent for relieving Chinese aceding have been in strong demand.

not only to

ous Hongkong Fires have been negotiated at to the numerous

of their ompanies of which they are ro./advancing rates, up to $560, and China 1

Foreign

Coast Port Orders receive careful attention. A

shareholders, but to private in- Fires have also improved their position WRIGHT'S HOTEL,

dividuals betios polacing considerably, and tuive risen to 3107 after

purchases of shares, such transactions be ing presumably tainted with the which attaches to actual membership.

illogality

sales at

Suppa and $106.

Canton and Macao Hongkong, Steamboats have dropped to 343-owing to forced

saics. Indo-China have strength-

The same decision viewed broadly as a refusal to enforce a written agreement is ened, and have been taken off the market The capable of even a wider application, and it at 850 and $61, and close in demand at the is hardly too much to say that is throws a

latter rate. Douglas Steamships remain doubt on the validity of all written agrea: steady with probable bayers at $86.

Refineries China Sugars have declined ments between Foreigners, and Chinese, with the possible exception of those which one point, and have been sold at $148. relate to matters specifically mentioned in Lazeng have, oving to forced mies, drop Treaties.

It cannot be disguised that there has been in Shanghai generally a good steal of prejudice against the Direction of the Bank

Mining-Punjoma have ruled. verg erratic, and have been placed at various rates up to 89, closing with salas and buy-

of China, Japan, and the Straits, Ld., anders ats

at $8.15. The Preference shares have

public sympathy has undoubtedly been

with the this canuot alter the legal rights of the liquidator of

changed honda 50, 540 wid

The movement in the stock is

occasioned by the report that an American

is in treaty for the purchase of mine.

the bank; and it must be remembered that yndicate New Balmoral Preference have

the shareholders who do not pay, or are changed hands to

make calls

it

considerable extent at

to pay their auch harder for the shareholders who do 82.05. Jelebus has been fixed at $3.25.

do Raube have fuctated considerably,

ay. The onlinary form of application for

shares and transfor dead sufficiently bind after fairly large purchases at $20, are

at 827.10. every shareholder to pay all calls inwfully again quist with sellers at 827. made by the

ressived but in the case of

toos crushed,

We

shares have.

No. 40.

YOKOHAMA,

No. 40.

cheapest and most conveniently located First-Class Hotel

in Yokohama B Bates from $2.75 to $4 per diem.

THIS elegant new Hotel is close to the Landing Pier, and in the immediate visinity,

of the Consulates and of the Railway Station, Post and Telegraph Offices, Fina view over the Harbour. Bath and Tolette Rooms on each Flat,

1012

4 WONDERFUL MEDICINE.

W. N. WRIGHT, Proprietor:

BEECHAM'S

the Chinese share here, the Bank stating Privato telegram fronted DISORDERS, PR

紅槠

-

白機

esch 80

本地波羅

unity 100

沙梨

(Tientsin),

300

"

天津雷藥

not forood to

60

#

紅

anh

酥油

19

(Si),

catty

遥雞柚

#

食桃

乘揭糕 R

榮譽

·馬跑

桂林馬蹄

合機

菜蔬

LAY

30

豆俩

1

--Vegetables, &c.

Artichokes, Shanghai, catty

Beans, (French), .

12

Long,.

Beat Root,.

Brinjal, Groon,.

Bamboo Shoot

70

JJ

+ 57

.sach

+

catty

וני

70

12 8 8 1 8 9 2 8 8 182 1889

Cabbage, Chinaə cəm.

-Mark-Bear

Partridges,

Pigeons,

Cabbage,

mach

100

Qualiflower,.

170

11

Phasant,

brace

上海山

Carrots,

atty

Galery, Chinese,

Rico Birda,

dos.

English

#

Quali

sach

Chilies Dried,

130

Вобра

#

Turkeys, Cook,

⚫ catty - 480

Red,

Hops

860

Teal,

Wild Ducks,

.pair

Flab.

Barbel,

catty

Bream,

Bombay Ducks,...

100 plever 250

Con Fresh Water Fish, osity

上海水喝

海鮮

Query Staff, English,

Chraumbert, a

Bitter Bquasti,

Gaelio,

Ginger, young,

Horse Radish, Shul,

Lettuce, (English),

Mushrooms, Fresh,

Onions, Bombay,

Cary,

Catfish,

Codiah, Salt,

Crabe,

Cuttler Wish

Dab

Daco,

Conguts

*

Fresh waters

Eele, Yellow,

File Fish,

Frogs

Fresh Fish,

Garoupa,

Gudgeon,

Gumard,

100

Indian Corn,

Green,

Shang

W

Japan,

Olisin

Parsley, English, I Potatoes, Sweet,

Shanghal,

Pumpkin, Purslina,

Macho,

Badiah,

piece 30

Bich

catty

Eine, beat quality, par plotti,

Comendar

ཐ ཧྨ8 ཋ །ཋ ཋ ཙ ཎྜ བྷ ན།

干城

follows:-

that Olivery"

2,120 ountes

A

fortified itself by getting their signaturo, een done at 36, sud are now in domaad with a witness, to a

a special agreement, which runs as foll

at $61. tologram from the Mine states that 150-tons of ors erashed, realised half- I hereby request you to register me as

to the ton. The Mine is gold to ordinary shares of an-ounce of

no funds now steadily paying

here the having been remitted from

Additions to first crushing in March last.

the holder of

the Bank of China, Japan, and the Straits,

Ld., transferred to me and in consideration

itaway since

of your doing so I agrou to pay the calls in the milling machinery are Low being made,

respect of all moneys unpaid on the said sharos at the times and places appointed

are universally admitted to be Worth a Guinea a Box... THOR · ·BILIOUS AND NERVOUS

Sick Headache, Loss of Appetite,

Beurvy and Blotches on the skin,

Disturbed Bleep, ** females of all ages they are insaniahis.

For

. The 1/1jd, boxas contain 66 Plili. Price, 50 Cents & BOL

Prepared only by the Proprietor,

WEEKLY NEWS FOR HOME,

The Overland China Mail, TN PUBLISHED at the Departure of each English (arîd. FauNCH - MAIL

Steamer for Europe. It contains special Commercial intelligence, special tables of Shipping and other information. The various Reports of Courts and Meetings,

all other Dewa, KIN

full given in

they appear in the Daily imus."

The Overland China Mail, by the com

at venience

its form and the fulusas of its reports, has long been popular with residents who wish to send home a 1947 kan hotunay and

weekly budget of the news of Hongkong and the Far East Cirenlating, as it does among nearly all the old China. "handa at Home and so among

residents at the Treaty Ports and in the interice, it offers

THOMAS ERDAM, St. Helen's Hogland,pecial advantages to advertisers.

Bold Agents for Hongkong and China

Docks, Whireen and Gedora-Hong-Wizzor & Co., 56, Quaep's Road,............ 16

and much larger results may be expected by the Directors pursuant to the Articles of in the near futuro. Ansociation, and I further

agrge that all questions between me and the Bank shall be decided in accordance with the law of England. This

document was signed by the trans- force of the

of the shares in both an English and a. Chinese voraion, the English being the original, and witnessed. petition was

lodged

kong and Whampoa Docks remain unchang ed t 213 per cent premium. Wanchais have been sold at $443 ox the dividend of

Kowloon

Wharf shares have 4 per cent. been sold at $664,

kong Lands have been placed at 577. Ko

Lands, Hotels and Brildings Hong-

against him in the Mixed Court an loon Lande are offering at 80. West Points his refusal to pay the calls, and the magis caro steady at $224 Hongkong Hotels have trate was asked to set the case against Waiheen in some demand, and after sales at Fo-koe and Woo Chea-dong own for

and 849 have been done at Sto Humphroys Estate have been booked on the 23rd of Decolaber last. The

and are enquired for. trate notified the defendants accord ingly, and they sont in an answer which have been in strong demand, and only a

Miscellanens-Groens

Island

Cementa pointed out an

PUBLICATIONS.

'CHINA MAIL" OFFICE.

HINA REVIEW-pablished once in

Two Months;

OVERLAND OHINA MAIL—ÍCH SYNCY

Weekly Mall,

OBUNA MAIL-Every Day,

The Overland China Mail will be regularly ported from the Chind Mail Offs to sabe scribers, or their addresses being forwarded- to the Office,

Par Annum,

SUBSCRIPTION

** $12.00, posłaga, - 81,50 Au Quarter, = 8,00

1.80 Bingle Copys 0.80% China Mail Oldew, Hongkong,

WASHING BOOKS.

(In Zuglish and Chinese, }

for the us

of Laflar sad Gentlemen, van: BOT

GRERA MAIS Qüies.

Order for Printing and Brok-binding. be had sh this Dilon-Ezien, 31 MAR promptly executed #k MODERAZI UNAMİ KON

Ontra Matz) (OFFICE).

(1) That a citizen of the United Statesfaw sales have been affected at 8 and had been soad by the Bank in the US. $381. A. S. Watsons have changed hande Consular

Court, and, had successfully des and are wanced at $13.75. Electrics have fended himself

been bought at $7 Fenwicks have been 5 Wyndham Street (lubisid the Club,) (2) That the Chinese shareholders not done, and are wanted at 8271. Eros are only declined to pay any calla, but wantedquist with sales at Tls. 116. to have their capital refunded, on the ground

of the improper

of the Bank

W. Bosnios & Co. Piano and Murtezi Tastal declined to ask for a Instrument specialists and experts. Work the (8) That return to the Chinese shareholders of their shop And Factory Duddell Bh; Show capital, because the Treaty contained no Rocas, Qisean's Road Cantral, provision for the

mvestment o

of capital by Chinese and Foreigners Joint dedunt as

shareholdere in commercial undertakinge Under these circumstances, the Total

was not in a position to entertain a quest for the recovery of their capital while as regards the Bank's claim for the payment of further calls the Tabtal was

Hongkong Tides

CHINA COANT METEOROLOGIOAL

REGISTER. Joly 14th M

·Station

The Tide Table given below Has been compiled by the Neutical Almanac Once in Loudon from the results of the analysis of observations taken by means of an automa

Wostook 29.01 TOKIO

the tide recording machine in the West Magusali B also unable to entertain any application Felice Basin at Trim Sha Tsui

el during the

by the Bank-We cannot bat note by parazo of the table is Low Water Or Gackluft

the

with

Lagoahtoa 25

Sharp P found a level.

Amy v0.8. To obtain the depth of water on the tide

SwasuwV1 B Canton gauge at the Victoria Naval Yard add ŏ It. Ca to pay anything more to the Bankins) and on the grange at Lamont Dock, Gong 20 Again, if one shareholder gets off paying Aberdean, add 1 f8 in. to the height up Book 23,

body Bhould pay nobody

the case up the American: oftizen

the exquisite impartiality way which the Taqtai sup asks the Bank to to be a foot below mean sea

The seps of to be acting, Un nary Spring Tide, high has been

Ondinary the one hand, he will

Prested

on

them back the money they have in- the other hand he will hot ask

them to

Hated Whenferred to is 8ivan in the table

thic

his reply

to Vice tas Mixed Court GI Wer from the dafen received dapte and that I am not in a position to summon them into Court and recover the sums

| had been do? The above

I now beg to inform you

(claimed by tha Rank) and address this letter to you accordingly. This introducta a practice which cannot but, if adopted, very much

Leyed proceedings

a perion, 500 defendant

Plainti pults in a

puts in an answer

answer and nonstedge sends on the i

k

16th to 22nd July,

Haughing

Height

Тиле

Mom 10

1.10%

the plaintif Tank

Bir Nicholas Haunen, as Cool General W11210

then sends a dispatch to the Thotai asking

him to appoint a day for hearing the claim of the Bank against Wai Po-kes and another. The Tastal refuses on grounds that we find thus mummarised

** (1) His own refusal, under circumstaficos detailed in the despatch, to assist certain shareholders to obtain repayment of tho sums exponded to purchase of sharon in tho Bank

** (9) The p-chibition issued to a Chinese

in Tientair against trading in portastohip

Pear

VISITORS AT HOTELS.

HONGKONG HOTEL

Med A. van Aalet Me and Mr E. 8, Mr Edgar G. Barreth Joseph Mrs H, Bathurst and Me Q. fe Katberg Me

Berindoare

Mr G. Brookmann

Me W., Gauber

Me Goo Kirkpatrick Me W. Lange

Mr Leon

Me R. A.. Naphersi

Mar 0. Grabe Dr P. A. Nightingale Mr E. Dau's

Me and Mn

Discoun

| Capt. W, blazin

EL Monsieur Michelat

Doberly

Min Dram

Mr W. A Dut

Me Attwill

is

Mr MA K. C. Flaher

Dr. J. B. Fözler

Mr George Mudge

Me award Osborn

Me F. von der Pford

tou

Mr Argh

Reid

Capt. Goddard Deli, Bras

Mr A. EX Goald

Allee

Grease

Mr John 4, Harvey

Mr Brutal Walker Mr H. Helier Mes and Mo Wan Mr. H, M. H

Whiler

Me That Howard His Whiley

Haiphong Belizao.. 99.85 Mantin 0.8. James

29.83 84

- Huykow

Heights

July 15th;

5111

THE LANGT83

E. E PARKER,

SKETON MAPS

PRIUM.

17.50

COMMENTA

d'éling Director.

KerfootBarg. Caps Whitty,

Bir M. Alsberg

Rev, F. A. J. Gabo

Cook B. A. J. Ander Mr J. Hooper

Mr Brewin Cand and

Clarko

Mr. W. Hornby

Mr H. U. Jellies W. 8.Mr D. Kennedy

Cape FAAC Kofod

Capt. W. Vid. Got ble

Mr H. L. Delpimple Mesa Mer R. Ditoches

And family

Mr Anke

Me and Mes 1. YouRe der Heyda & child

Halibut,

(3) The fest, take foreigners have not 1 The Yang-tas Gorger and Rapide in Ro-pra besa allowed to hold share in Chince The Rapids of the Upper Yang tem

no bearing on the case of Wat Pok Chinese Contention appa

apany)