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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1902.

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IMPORTANT FACTS FOR BUSINESS MEN:

CROWN BRAND

ATKINS

ONGKON

WORTH CONSIDERING.

Have you ever stopped to calculate the damage which Rats and Mice can do your stock?

In a large city like Hongkong the destruction done any mercantile stock by Rats and Mice in greater than the cost of in- surance against fire and other losses.

!

A few boxes of NEWTON'S RAT CHEESE used about your premises will positively keep these pests away. NEWTON'S RAT CHEESE is prepared ready for use, and all that is necessary to do, is sprinkle about where the rats run and they find it all right. They don't die in the house, but seek the drains or vaults for water, after eating.

NEWTON'S RAT

CHEESE

GUARANTEED.

SURE DEATH TO COCKROACHES, WATER-BUGS, WHITE ANTS, &c.

NEWTON'S ROACH POWDER

Will rid a house of such in 48 hours. It never fails to give perfect satisfaction, and is absolutely harmless to human beings.

Every house-keeper should not fail to try this ROACH POWDER.

Remember it's 'NEWTON'S' and NEVER FAILS in its work.

SOLE MAKERS OF CINCHONA TONIC AND CLARADE.

WATKINS LIMITED,

CHENSTS, AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS,

APOTHECARIES' HALL,

66, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

FACTORY MASONS' LANE.

HONGKONG.

WAI KIN TAI YEUK FONG.

掷 藥 * 建威

Branches also at CANTON, SHANGHAI, HANKOW & PEKING.

THE DANGERS OF WATERED (m9 10ake when detected and brought

MILK.

before a magistrate They never know

how it happened; it must have got left !

the rain, or there must have batma

Whay article do you find is the won adulterated ? Me Alfred W. Stokes | little water in the pail. Sometimes they

a year

Bramblu

Neus,

the

emintat analyist, was asked ; say the water unsthuve got in during the recent by Interviewer for The milway jourary. One nwn, I remember,

Alacrity Nom Penny Magarom, · · Mick," replied solemnly swore in court that an never¦ **Albion Mr Stokes, Now I know six dealers put a day of water in his milk. But," Algerine Arethusa said the magistrate it has been provel ! Argonaut that sell between them in £100,000 worth of milk. Very well, that your milk contains a very large Blauben supposing the milk is wateral 3 or 10 percentage of water. How did it get Britomato

I don't know, and the man; Crnssy per cent. It is a simple sum to discover there

Cherub the amount which they would swindle I never put it there! After be was Eclipse the public out of. Watering mill; sound, acquitted in transpired that, although Fadymion not half so bad as it is. It is well he had not put water in his milk, Ar Espagla known that the chief sportolity is aarong had put his milk in water.

babies under one year, and it any surprise you to hear that n great! watered!

deal

milk

Tu

of it is due

The baly wants the richness that the milke has taken out.

A.

HAD A GOOD TIME.

Fak

Fatal Fearless Firebrand

*Glory

Goliath

J. SNELL wanted to attend a party, Handy hub was afraid to do so on acerant of Hert pains in his stomach, which he feared would | Humber grow worse. He says, I was telling my trou- Iphigenia bles to a lady friend, who said: “Chamber-hass

His Britannic Majesty's Ships on the China Station.

Cruiser. Int class'

water tank and tug

cruiser, 2nd class

cruiser, Ist eliver

-bt. Bri class est velenor Sloop

Crplein.

Couds. Segmour E. Erskine Canthin W. W. Hewett, R.X.

Colamander Walter Carry

Captain J. Startin

Costin H. Chatry Captain T. H. Henderson Lient-Com. F. M Donke

Insurances.

Strongest in

Last repartet al.

ASSETS, SURPLUS,

Ager_ Hangkome Kowchwang Shanglui

Amoy

the World.'

320 Millions.

TO

GOLD BOLLARS.

There is No Other Just song,

EQUITABLE LIFE.

DEATH CLAIKIS

PATH WITIN ONE DAY:

A per cont ......96.4 per cunt.

89.0 jer at.

92.8 per cent.

B6.8 per cent.

...47.3 per cent.

This record should appen to evoTY GER who contemplarus making provisions for his family by mess of life assorney,

F. KIENE, Manager,

Hekong.

Clasa

Tone. Gun II.P.

despatch-resis battleship. 1st class

1120

30X

12,900

36 13,500

sloop

1050

$

1100

cruiser, 2nd class

4300

30 5000

cruiser, let clas

16 18,000

3000

12 15,000

gunbait, 1st class

710

Ü

1:00

Hungkong Hongkong Heegkung

gunest, 1st class

710

1800

Focus

cruiser, 1st class

12,000

14 21,000

Captain H. M. Tudor

ang

BUG

Muster T. Passmore

11

9000

"Captam R. H. S. Stokes

Hongkong Heagkung

7350

12

$20,000

Captain W. A, Puger

Amoy

363

200

Lieut.-Com. Godfrey

Shorglas

1800

: 1070

10

1400

1897

torpedo bust destroyer

380

6704

Fleet Reserve

Hongkong

18:45

erviser. 3rd eines

* IESU

12

3200

Comdr. J. Graham

Singapore

1899

gunbout. 2nd cinns

45

989

1-Com. C. B. Beaty-Pownall

Hongkong

1900

battleship, let class battleship 1st class torpede bent destroyer torpede bout destroyer storship

12,250 15 :13,500 112,850

Captain W. A. Carter

Hongkong

1901 (liest half)...

10 13,500

Cautuin Lewis Wiotz'

Hongkong

4000

Lient.-Com. G. C. Hardy

Weihaiwe

275

#000

Fleet Reservo

Hongkong

IV10

800

Comdr. H. J. Davisn

Weiniwel

cruiser, 2nd class

3600

18 9009

2007

torpedo hast destroyer

280

ย 3000

Fleet Reserve

Hongkong

river gunboat

river gunbot

180

2

500

Lt. Comdr. G. D. Powell

Re-building

Yangue-Kiang

Hongkong

alcop

10 1400

Blangkong

battleship. 1st clasa

15,966

13,500

Captain W G. White

Hongkong

torpedo beat destroyer

S

Lt. Cm. C. P. Mangl

Hongkong

i.

aloop

1016

1400

Commander W. H. Ñichobsh

Hanketr

cruiser, 2nd cla

S 7000

Rainbler

Surveying vessel

&

450

RianJin

sloop

-10

1:00

Robis

river ganbeat

240

Capt. Harry C. Reynold's Lt. Com. Morria H. Smyth Com. D. St. A. Wake Lieur.Com. G. G. Webatur

Shanghai

Rosar

sloop

860

14:0

Sandpiper

river gunboat

240

Cemdr. D. A. W: Hamilton Lieut.Com. Murray Lockhar

Hongkong

Svipe

river gunbou

240)

2. Coudt. Worsley

Sunglai

Switc

gou-vessel, End class

B71

Fleet Resurv

Hongkong

Taku

torpedo bost destroyer

250

1500

Fleet Itoserve

Hongkong

CRICKETERS

cruiser, 2nd clans

5004

13

OPOU

Captain P. G. Stopfund

Fruchow

receiving slig

15

Commodore Robinson

Hongkong

river gunbeat

180

800

L-Coudr. R. W. Dalgety

Shanghai

1142

craiser. 1st class

14,200

14

25.000

Captain Percy Scott, C. D..

Bongkong

coast defence gunboat

3763

3

200

Temporarily employed surveying

Hongkong

наводи

$60

10

1460

Surveying ship

450

Lieut.-Com. W, O. Lyne

Hongkong

torpedo Lost destroyer

5900

coastdadanoesbip,armoured 2750

1000

Tt. Con. C. Mackenzie, D.S.O.

Flest Keserve

Hongkong

Hongkong

river gunboat

150

Lieut.-Coto. Hugh Somerville

Hanker

river gubat

530

Lient. Con Chilcott

Tac buttle is filled up with what is ain's Cole, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Kinsha supposed to be milk, and which it is hoped possesses some nourishing pro- perties. Kineesses out of ten it doesn't.

will put you in condition for the party." I Moorsen that two doses cured me and enabled me to Us bought a bottle aoc inke'pleasure in stating Mutine

have a good time at the party Ms. Snell Utter inaresilent of Summer Fli. X. Y., U. S. A. Phonix

The baby is drinking something sosis remety is for sale by All Dealers; Pique piciously like water, It cannot get the¦ Warsise Lid,, General Agents.

poncislament, and so ding, Doctors fre

quently tell mothers that wilk is too!

rich for young babira, zal consequently

the mothers adds to the already impover The ENGLISH

ished state of the milk, to the detri

ment of the innocent babe. So you sue? what a gorio as thing it is. You would laugh to hear some of the excuses wilk-

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(Instituted in the Reign of Chuen dune 4.D. #719)

CAPITAL FULLY Sca-cenco, £160,000, CAPITAL PAID Ur, £180,000. TOTAL INVESTED FUNDE EXCFED£8,459,014, TOTAL ANNUAL INCOME, £1,108,893.

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