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OHOICE.

Amontillado Sherry

$18.00 per dozen.

450

H. PRICE & CO.,

12, Queen's Road.

No. 12,700

The China Mail.

AGENTS FOR THE CHINA MAIL.

ONDON --F. Aman, 11 & 12, Clement's

Love, nabard Street, EC, STREET

yo, 20, Carnkilt. Gentex t

the landgde Cients, EC. BATIA,

The V& Co., 8, Cuinon Street, E C.

號八月二十年三零百九千一英

Business Notices,

ESTABLISHED

1845.

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1908.

Business Notices.

日十二月十年作癸

Fine Old FRUIT.

PORT

$17.00 per dozen.

H. PRICE & CON,

12, Cheen's Road.

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month

Business Notices:

W. S. BAILEY & CO. BELL'S ASBESTOS EASTERN AGENCY, LIMITED, GREEN ISLAND CEMENT 00."

SAME DEACON &C & 10 Engineers, Shipbuilders, Boilermakers,

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PARIS AND EUROPE :- Mayusen, FAIRE & Co., 18 Ku de la Grange

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NEW YORK-THE CHINESE EVASCLLJET

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AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, AND NEW ZEALAND-GORDON & GOTcu, Jet- bourne and Sydney.

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bestos Cloth, Tape, and Boiler Door Joints, metallic or non-metallic-Habbor and Vegetable Fibre Valves for Air and Diroulating Fumpe. Gauge Glasses, Packing In bags of 250 lbs net, $2.85 per bag, ex Factory, rings of Asbestos, Rabber sud Woodite.

FACTORIES-HONGKONG AND MAGLO..

Bell's Asbestos Non-condusting Composition for covering Boilers, Steam Pipes, etc. fanly best quality kept). Bollers covered with Bell's Composition repay_cpense of

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Hongkong, December 4, 1903,

DANCING.

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Asbestos Paciel Cocka, Stop Valves, and Gauge Columns. other engineers' requisites always in stock] Lists and Prices on application

BRADLEY & CO., Managers,

Bell's Boiler Freservative speadily removes oxisting scale sud prevents arrosion FIRE ULAY WORKS.—DEEP WATER BAY BONGLONG

Hougkung

Steam Gauges and

OFFICE, 6 Des Vaux ROAD, opposite King ward Hotel entrance.

LAND CRANTORD & C

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND CHRISTMAS and

MACAO

STEAMBOAT CO., LTD., AND THE NAVIGATION COMPANY, Lro.

Hongkong-Canton Line.

HONAM, 2.363 tons, Captain 1. D. Jones,

48 POWAN, 2,328 tons, Captain G. P. Morrison, RN.R.

FATSHAN, 2,960 tons, Captain A. W. Dixon.

HANKOW, 2,073 tons, Captain C. V. Lloyd.

H.A. KINSHAN, 2,960 tons, Captain J. J. Lossiua.

CHINA

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For further particolare, apply to

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IE11

VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

Dakin's Aniseed and Licorice Cough Balsamı

for

Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, and Soreness of the Chest Price 50 cents and £1.00.

CRUICKSHANK'S COUGH REMEDY,

XMAS TOYS and GIFTS. A valuable remedy for Influenza, Colds, Bronchites,

2141 Departures from HONGKONG, to CANTOS daily at 8 a... (Sunday Excepted), and FANCY LEATHER GOODS in Great VARIETY,

MRS DONALDSON (Daughter of Fra

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Hongkong, December 1, 1903.

2112

PURE LINSEED OIL

Awarded Bronze Medal at the Paris Exhibition, 1900.

Gold Medal at the Indian Industriel Exhibition 1898, 1800 & 1901.

MANUFACTURED BY

5.30 p.m. (Saturday Excepted).

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SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.

Hongkong-Macao Line.

8.9. HEUNGSIAN, 1,998 tons, Captsia W. E. Clarke. Departures frora Hongkong to Macaw daily at 2 p.m. Sunday excepted:

from Macao to Hongkong daily at 8. m.]

Do.

Canton-Macao Line.

8. LUNGSHAN, 219 tone, Captain T. Harlin.

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CALCUTTA,

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large Consumers

throughout India, the East, and the Colonies.

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Sole gents,

HONGKONO. Cable Address LocLEY, Hongkong. Hongkong, July 22, 1903,

MINERAL

1519

ASSAYS & ANALYSES.

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THE

THE YANGTSE VALLEY COMPANY, LTD., baring its own well-equipped Labor atory, is prepared, in'erder to assist in the Mineral Development of China, to do Aasay work of all descriptions, Quantitative Analyses, and to classify minerals for Mine cweers and others.

Minoa as well as Minerals of Economic raluo purchased and consultations arranged by appointment.

Turas moderate.

Address:--THE LABORATORY,

Cable Address,

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*YзNCES, Shanghai.

5:1 October 1801.

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15

HONGKONG CANTON & MAÇAO STEAMBOAT CO' LD.,

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Or of BUTTERFIELD AND SWIRL,

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THE

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A FIRST-CLASS HOTEL IN EVERY RESPECT.

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:

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Telophone 418.

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