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EASTMAN'S KODAKS AND FILMS.

'64, QUEEN'S ROAD.

M. MUMEYA,

JAPANESE ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER ENLARGEMENTS ON BROMIDE PAPER

AND FINISHED IN CRAYON.

ALL KINDS OF WORK DONE FOR AMATEURS. Ba QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

MAY BLOSSOM

ARE

IGARETTES WORLD RENOWNED

Meunfactored only by LAMBERT AND Bertan Lao, Lemulen, England.

KELLY &

Sanitary Enguering: A Practical

Theatine on the Collection, Re moval and Foal Disgrend of New. age: the Design and Construction of Works of Drainage and Sew- ng, & &c., by Col. 3. C. S. Moore, It

The Metallurgy of Goll, by M.

Fissler The Metallurgy of Silver, by H. F.

Costling

Vols, Illustrated

2221

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SOLË AGENTS IN THE FAR EAST

FOR THE

YOST

TYPEWRITER.

H4 M. GOVERNMENT

THE OVER

1500 YOSTS

ANIA-Dipprunnt Ties DAVE PLACED

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Fartheu Surth, by De Nursen,

The Fights with France for North

Ambrils, by 2, G. Bodley...

5.00)

The Imperial Russian Navy: It's

TO HO

28 THREE

1.01

1.25

RECORD

2.25

Scott's Stany Catalogite, 1901...

Past, Present and Future, by F. T. June.

la

Work (Travail, by

Speech making, by B. Matthews

The Anew War with China, by t

S. Lerienworth

Notes and Communtaries on Chinese

Criminal Law, by B. Alabaster a Roget'e Thesaurus of English Words

And Phrases

Onaneroin Detionary of Tende Pro

ducts, by P. L. Shamonds

JAPAN

ORDERS.

8.50

Price...

... $225.00 CATALOGUES AND PROSPECTUSES

FREE

COALS.

THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA

(Or MITSUI & CO.)

HEAD OFFICE: KL SAKAMOTO-ERO, Tokyo. LONDON OFFIE:--31. Laws STREET, B.C. HONGKONG OFFICE';- 6. ICE HOUSE STREET. BRANCH OFFICES:

New York, San Franciser, Hanburg, Bombay, Singapore, Surabaya, Manila, Arnoy, Shanghai, Haukos, Chef, Tientsin. Newelewang, Pet Asthur, Seoul, Chemale, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, Osaka. Kobe, K. Shimonoseki, Mey, Waka mateu, Koratau, Nagasaki, Kuchinetsu, Sacelo, Miike. Elzkodate. Taipeh, ore. Telegraphic Address for all the Office: MITSUL'

A. B.C, and A 1 Codes used:

CONTRACTORS OF QUAL to the Turperial Japanese Navy, Arsenals and Railway

Principal Railway Companies and Industrin Works; Here und Foreign Mail and Fight Steamora.

SOLE PROPRIETORS of the Famous Mike, Tagawa, Yautano, and Ida Coal Minca, BOLE AGENTS for Fuknmò, Hokoku, lehimura, Kanada, Kishina. Mannoura, Onour

Otsuji, Tehriyama, Tsutakuro, Yoshin tani. Yoshin, Yunokilan, and other Conl Diites.

Hongkong. August 1, 1901.

-N. INUZUKA, Muntaner

1119

Milkmaid

NDENSED

BRAND

Milk

Guaranteed

Full Cream.

Largest Sale in the World.

"HARLENE"

THE VERY FINEST DRESSING. SPECIALLY PREPARED AND DELICATELY PERFUMED. RESTORES THE HAIR

PROMOTES THE GROWTH.

ABRENTS THE FALL STRENGTHENS THE ROOTS REMOVES DANDRÜFF, ME ALLAYS ALL IRRITATION.

TRADE MARK,

FOR THE

HAIR

Fall description and directions for use in 20 languages supplied with every both

1, 3s fd., and (3 line 21. Bles) da. 6d. par Bottle, from Druggiata, etc, all over the

EDWARDS HARLENE CO., 25 & 26, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, ENG

Intimations.

JUST UNPACKED.

SAUSAGES

THE CHINA MAIL.

Dentistry.

DENTISTRY.

SUI

Bwall known make a ballad Luge Lovely Practisuns with Dr. 1ASAKATA

Tins of various kinda.

Finest WESTTHALIAN HAMS.

H. RUTTONJEE.

6. D'Aguiber Streute " 39 and 40, Elgin Road, Kowloon, Hongkong, July 18, 1901,

THE MUTUAL STORES,

WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCERS, PROVISION DEALERS, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. 8 and 10, D'Aquilar Street.

Orders promptly attended" de, Retail Price Lista may be had on appli cation.

Hongkong, August 20, 1981.

PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE BY INSTALLMENTS.

DENTAT

No. 4Queen's Board Central. Hongkong, January 1, 1898.

IE N TING,. Suspeon Dentist,

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 1901.

with 10,721,802 in the previous year. work is done at a loss to the department

Throughout the year the staff of telegraph

For Sale.

THE BRITISH NATION'S COR-

FOR SALE

THE BRITISH SUIP Celede Bunik,

„1764 tons register (now lying at Au chor near Stonecutters Island, in a damaged condition. Will to Sold by Auction un 10th October. The ship is a large carrier, has delivered 2018 tons of Cost loaded to to Plimsolis Mark, and she has also carried

B07 standard of deals.

1093

No. 14, D'AQUILAR STREET.

TERDIS VRRY, MODERATE. Consultation Free, Hongkong, April 24, 1900,

CLAUNA ATREFRY,

Master. Hongkong, September 23, 1901,

628

FOR SALE.

DENTISTRY.

MERICAN SYSTEM,

WONG HOMI,

Ethi

SURG. DENTIST.

Denne MouthATE.

COSCUTATION FERE. D, Queen's Road Central. Hongkong, October 3, 1899. 1902

WHEELER & WILSON'S

SINGER'S

APPLY TO

AND

MACHINES.

DOOLITTLE & POLLOCK

WELLINGTON SETEET.

SEND FOR CATALOGUES & LISTS. 2482

TELEPHONE No. 329.

AMERICAN SYSTEM -

or

DENTISTRY

望

39, QUSEN 8 ROAD CENTRAL, CHADWICK KEW,

(LATE OF POATE AND NOBLE.) Hangkang, July 12, 1897.

2588

HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.

Hotels.

•

PLUNKETS GAP,

THE PEAK,

near the Team Tennises. TELEFONE 56,

For Terms,

Apply to the MANAGER, -

THE

'BAY VIEW' HOTEL.

UNDER ESTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT.

RESPONDENCE.

Work of The Post Office-

Stupendous Figures

Iscs has been very largely drawn upon for men required in connection with the tele

If all the envelopes and postcards that graph service in South Africa and in addi were handled by the Marquis of London-un to thes, may have gone to the front derry's department last year were to hembers of the eponial corpe which hay a placed end to end they would ferns and loss of en muy skilled triographiste hos baen raved during the war. The temporary of paper that would encircle the glube Ave been somewhat severely foltage times; or, if you wished to put it to an-

The number of persons on the establish- other use. woukl extend over a good deal ment of the Post Office, including all head more then half of the distance that separates and sub postmaster, in 04, 132, of whom our planet from the moon. This compute 16,216 are Tousen ----Dady Telegraph, tien makes the moderate assumption that

HUSSLAND the PEAK. For the links of the chain would average three

detailed Particulars.

Apply to

DENNYS & BOWLEY,

Solicitors, Supreme Court. Hoogkong, September 28, 1901. 2007

FOR SALE.

inches in length. The Postmaster-General's own figures are too tromendous to convey

THE CHINA PROBLES,

any cract impression unless stated in Trade Losses during the Recent

some such way us this.

Troubles, During the year ended March 3 lat lost,

Some idea of the enormous loss of trade according to the Forty-seventh Annus) involved in the recent troubles In Chica Report of the Postmaster General, the may be gathered from the statistina jest

JOHN GRAHAM'S Cell Lnown to estimated numbers of postal packets del lasted by the United States. Treasury De

3.

CROWN PORT. Well-known to vored in the United Kingdom were as pactment. It appears that the value of the connoisseurs in the East.

G. C. ANDERSON,

20, Der Voux Road. Hongkong, September 14, 1901, 1909

To Let.

TO LET

SALISBURY AVENUE, KOWLOON.

Apply to

TO LET.

DOOMS, suitable for Offices on the R 741 First Floor of House No. 22, Stanley

Street.

THIS HOTEL; in piensantly situated on

THE SAMELK IN

Very 201-

TSANG FOO & Co.venient for Private Dinnor Parties, which

the Management make a speciality.

興榮

SAM WING BING,

COAL MERCHANTS,

No. 48. Des Voeux Road, Central. Hongkong. September 21, 1901.

THE

1958

CHINA AND JAPAN

Excellent Cuisine.

WINE, SPIRITs and Maia Liquons of the very best Brands only kept in Stock.

The Hotel adjoins a spacions. Marquee, suitable for Concerts, Danicee, &c. Terms on Application.

1926

J. LACOCK,

Manager. Hongkong, September 2, 1961. KOWLOON HOTEL

THIS HOTEL is situated in a quiet

thin disturbance of the City, and surrounded by a delightful Garden it is an ideal place of Residence, The building stands on an BROGALMÚ GUMFANNY, Harbour and the City of Victoria. It ie

TELEPHONE

AND

LIMITED.

NEW REGULATIONS.

SUBSCRIBERS are no- tified that when A CALL

IS MADE

and thre

TELEPHONE IS NOT

ANSWERED by the

PERSON ACTUALLY Re

QUIRED, instead of Listen-. ing until this Person can be found it is better to

give their Name and Number to anyone au- swering, and then TO

RING OFF

WHEN THE PERSON KE-

QUIRED REACHES THE

INSTRUMENT, A FRESH

CALL CAN THEN BE

MADE FROM THAT END.

For full particulars, &a., E.,

Apply to

within easy access of the Kowloon Wharves, where the principal Mail Steamers disem- hark Passengers, and from which there is a regular ferry service to Hongkong. Bowling Alleys and Billiards. The Cuisine is Excellent.

J. Y. OSBORNE,

Proprietor

J. E. DOWNS,

Manager:

Hongkong, September 6, 198), 1850

THE WAVERLEY HOTEL,

ICE HOUSE STREET, HONGKONG. A First-Class Private Family Hotel.

TANDSOMELY FURNISHED and

Hnceedingly Spacious Rooms.

Apply by letter to

Mr SETNA,

Care of This Paper. Hongkong, October 5, 1901. 2054

TO LET.

follows:-

Letters.......

Postcards......

Book packets mď circulars......

Newspapers Parcels fa eta

number

Increase

exports from the United States to China in Number. per cent.the first ter months of 1809 was $12,028,- 2,323 600,000 3.4. 955, and in the same period of last year. there was a fall in velno of 82,180,144 This, however, shows, but a slight portion of the loss, for the Chinese ports were blocked with merchandise which had to be cleared before importations could recounonce. The U. S. Consal at Chefoo

4100,000,000 (7 7:32,400,000 4,9 107,800,000 2,7 7,4 81,017,000

Total 3,723.817,000 8,8%

Going, by average, every member of the estimates that his countrymeu's lose on HUMPHREYS ESTATE & population received 50 7 letters, 10.2 post-cotton alone was over thuso milion dolists, FINANCE Co., Lt. cards, 17.9 book-jackets and circulare, 4.1 and white there was net incrise in their Hongitang, October 7, 1901. 2060 newspapers, and parcele. giving a grand trade doring the first five months of 1900 total of 19.8. Since the reluction of rates of nearly seven hundred thousand dollars, in the Diamond Jubilee year letters alone the decrease in the next five months was have increased by 29 per cont.; and a large not far short of there million dollars. The part of the augmentation has taken place records of the different Chineso ports bring in rural districte. In the same period there out still more clearly the lossen of the has been so addition of 27 per cent in the American exporter. At Chefoo, for instance, number of parcels. There is food for in the second quarter of 1000 the imports of speculation in the increases of 9.1 per cent. Aincriçan kerosine oil amounted to 2.314- in registered letters and of 18.5 per cent. in 930 gallons, in the third quarter they tell the parcels on which an insurance fee has to 5,000 gallons; the value of the four been paid that are observable in the single Imporis fell from 193,004 bels in the Frat year. The former numbered 17,729,860 peried to 19,295 in the second. At. and the latter 940,020. The express service Tientsin the value of imported sheet- was inaugurated ten years ago, and its pro-ings in the second quarter of 1909 was gress is notable, During the first twelve | 470,000 tarle ; in the third quarter it was 85, Queen's Road Central months it dealt with 103,000 packers a 58,855; and the imports of kerosino fall figure which has now risen to 801,447. Que from 713,000 tư 20,000 gallons. • This Hongkong, October 7, 1991.

of the most amazing things about the postal says the Consel, kis almost tonihilation, service is the number of packets which, for and at what is usually the busiest thing of the Tarions Tensors, it has not been found pos- year for our trade.. Wurst of all, however, sible to deliver. Thine were last year as is the record of Sewchwang, and the fact subjoined

is particularly instructive, because, to quote the words of the report, Newchgang saw 532,829 Jess fighting than Tientsin; and the only 124,300 foreign Government that interfered there

TOS. 2 and 6, ORMSBY TERRACE,

Kowloos. Immediate Entry.

Apply to

FUN HUNG,

TO LET.

1490

GODOWN, No. 52, DUBBELL STREET.

Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY Co., Ltd. Rongkong, July 4, 1901.

TỦ LEE.

Number 9.786,870

Description. Letters

1990

Postcards.

1,619,391

Book packets and

circulars

Newspapers

Parcels

HOUSE Jn RIPON TERRACE.

THE RETREAT,' MOUNT KILLET. Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT & AGENCY Co. LTD. Hongkong, August 24, 1901.

TO LET.

FUS. 1 to 8, WILD DELL,

N"

CHAI ROAD. Apply to

BANG KEE

1760

298, Des Voeux Road Central. Hongkong. August 31, 190L..

1960

TO LET.

Ingrosso.:

11,911,614 1,297,761 was Russia. The figures of the compara

29,733 "five" table for 1821 and 1200 are worth 20,308

quoting →→

827,042 227,258

Drills,

Pes

Sheetings,

1899 148,022

338 665 Ketosise oil, gallons 658,000

1900.

nil

620

Upwards of 389,000 paoketa despatoled to South Africa had to be brought back he- cause their sonders had credited the postal

25,000 aqthorities with powers of divination they did not possess, and the absent-minded United States Consul find in the report be Only one cause for estufaction does the

beggar was so far from belying his charac- has to make *The supplies furnished the ter that he sent hoge 25,000 letter which Uniteal States troops have attracted tha

WAN- could not be delivered st their intended notice and envy of all other nationslitics, destinations and bad to be reshipped to the including the merchant as well as the Capa. The total value of property found soldier an advertisement that could not in packets opened in the Returned Letter have been procured in any other mamer Office was 1891, 33. That this huge sum Whatever may have been the case in Chios, was imperilled was of wame chiefly due to we soon to remember stories of supply Almest inconceivable carelessness, For in scandals during the Sparish-American war stance, in the 345,690 packets with blank that were not of a tendency to make chor Very MODERATE TERMS to FAMI-NO. 1, STEWART TERRACE. The covers alipped into the boxes there were nationalities envious of being served by

NPRAX LIES by the DAY or MONTH.

found £251 in cash and, bank poles and United States contractors. England was Hongkong, Decücher 18, 1900. 2630 Apply to

33 in bill, cheynes, postal orders, described by Napoleon as a nation” of NEW VICTORIA HOTEL.

stampe, do, and £102 in hard in of the shopkeepers, hut it may be doubted if our real made its.

s way through finey or ja Consule ever got to the length of regarding secure wrappinge, and was found tumbling military operations as an advertisement of about at the bottom of the department's bully beet and pickled pork - Pioneer receptacice. There was a considerable

ROTISSERIE,

Aferals alu Gurte.

YHOPS, STEAKS, etc., etc., at any time, between 7.30 a.m. and li

p.m.

Monthly Tihn at Moderata Bates.

Madar & Farmer,

Proprietors Hongkong. May 1, 1699,

1787

IN

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-

MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD. Hongkong, July 16, 1901

1978

TO LET.

Unfurnished.

Apply A. G. S.

[NGLEWOOD," Upper Richmond Road, swelling of the pile of circulars and post A TYPICAL SOUTH AFRICAN STORE.

c/o 8HEWAN, TOMES & Co. Hongkong, October 2, 1001.

TO LET.

HOUSES.

2031

cards that miscarried, but this is accounted for by the activity of politicians during the genoral election, and it is difficult to believe that "anyone, was much the worse for the loss of this stuff

R. Larson, of Bay Vill, Sundays Rirer, Cape Colony, conducts store typical of South Africa, at which can be.

needle to an anchor. This store eve purchased anything from the proverbial situated in a valley qine miles from

perest milway station and about twenty- 201 eperation ve

Pelham House, 12 EUROPEAN HOSS 3, 42, 44 sevuti offisers and about 40 mes. The

FAMILY HOTEL

865

WYNDHAM STREET. M. MOORE,

Froyletoves.

THE

Peak Hotel.

CITY OFFICE,

7. DUDDELL STREET.

THE FIRST CHINESE NEWSPAPER EVER ISSUED UNDER PURELY NATIVE DIRECTION.

W. STUART HARRISON, The Chinese Mail

Manager

Hongkong. September 16, 1901. 140

WASHING BOOKS.

(In English and Chinese.)

for the re

of Ladies and Gentlemen, can ene bo had at this Office.---Prica, $1. escht."

CHERA, MANY. Cuffing.

CHINESE SCHOOL BOOKS :

I-dan Tez King.. IL-TA'in Taz Man

Translated into English

EFTEE

日字

THE LEADING CHINESE POLITICAL AND

COMMERCIAL JOURNAL

PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING

CONTAINS THE MOUT RELIABLE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM

-NORTH CHINA.

ALL TES LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM THE VARIOUS FOBTA 18 CHINA AND JAPAN.

$6 per annum delivered in Hongkong. $1250 tool Uikul Poria.

* WELLINGTON STREET HONGKONG,

ce Wyndham Street. Orders booked by ManagDE, GRINA MATI.

and 46, Leighton Hill Read.

Apply to

THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON

LAND & LOAN CO. LTD.,

tom of farmers slibina

miles from the nearest too. Larson says: D favered

miles, to many of whom

The Army Post Office is still in South Afrion, The staff now consists of weekly mail for the Army Post Ofce con Chamberlin's remedies taine on in a serage 204,0.9 letters and 110,siue in a household Hero.az 300 packets of printed multor and it is almost out of this que estimated that during the your infer

the year ended March uile of my store the

popalation. perhaps sixty. Of these, within the S16, 1901 11,551,300 letters wezo sent to i twelve months, no less than fourteen the troops and 0,200,000 were received from Cough Remedy, Taja must surely

baan. Neolowly ted by Chamberla them. During the same period the parcel record. For sale by All Dealers, WATKI sent out to the forces in South Africa by & Co. Ltd., General Agests TILLINGFLETE,' Peak Road. & pustani cunted to 184 215, the largest TILDI-

ROOMED HOUSE.

No. 8, Queen's Road, West. Hongkong, October 4, 1801. 2045

TO. LET.

Apply to

——

ARRATOON V. APCAR & Co.,

15, Wyndham Street. Hongkong. October 5, 1901,

2453

FAST, PRAYA RECLAMATION

SCHEME.

ber despatched on any une

namely, on December 1st,

91,672 About 8,745 such parcels are now

sent each wook.

Inland money orders of all kinda ramader,

ed 11,075,518, and vera for an amount eg £84,451 880-

A gigantic BusƐTERA

Office Savings Bank.

AS PROPOSED TO THE HONGKONG ed. Der St GOVERNMENT AND THE MARINE 41,009,849 LOT-HOLDERS BY THE HON, O. | £40, 616, 438, and P. CHATER.

out £38,231,378. The

The Full Details Printed in Pamphlet form. interest 29,

NOW READY:

the twelve month

of the Goverment

Copies may be had at CHINA Man Office £130,542,845.

Trice 75 Cents endhi.

Telegrams 89,576,061 Lowi

SITHE REVENUE OF CHINA'S

A SERIES OF ARTICLES,

Reprinted from The China Mai

W

ITB IN ATRENDIKS

To be bad at the Ornice or LETS PAURA

Conf., whil

Bangkok Times.

THE LEADING NEWSPAPER

And widely dronlated dire