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THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1909.

Banks,

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ONGKONG SHANGHAITHE MERCANTILE

BANKING CORPORATION.

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Sterling

BUTOR

-£1,500,000 24815,000,000 14,000,000

OF

COURT OF DIRECTORE

BANK OF

INDIA, LIMITED.

THE CHINA MAIL.

GEO. P. LAMMERT

$16,000,000 |àvensBiend. ChristopĒT, 500,000 BRAND 1,175,000 PAD mi 662,500 REVE FEB£. 210,000

BARKEM

-$29,000,000 $15,000,000

E. Emma Eaq.--Chalwası,

"Hon. Me W.J. Chausson-Dopaty Chairman,

A. Barrett.

G.. Friesland, Eng

Lemaman, sq,

R. Shawan, Esq.

0. B. Gabbag, Esq.

-W. Helme, sag-

Hon. Mr H, A, W.

Blado.

H. E. Tomkins, Esq.

CHIKY MANAGER :

Hongkong J, R. M. SMITH.

MANAGERS

Shanghal-W. ADAMS ORAM.

Boxer Banks--LONDON AND Clover BANKING CO., LD,

HONDLORG==~İNTEREST ÁLLOWED, On Current Account at the rate of Two per cant. per annum on the daily balance.

Chr FIXED DEPOSITS 5--

For 3 months 2 per cent per spRUM,

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J. R. M. SMITH,

Chief Manager,

Hongkang, August 22, 1909,

HONGKONG BAVINGS BANK.

Borson Jety Broox Bank, Lomeres.

INTEREST allowed on Current Accounts the rate of 2% per annum on the Daily Balance

UN FILED DEFOSTER *-- For 12 Montis

1

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EVAN ORMISTON,

Manager.

·Hongkong, April 22, 1908,

YOKOHAMA SPECIE

BANK.

AUCTIONEER.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS

THE Undersigned bus received instrno. Ttions to Sell by Pablic Auction,

FRIDAY and SATURDAY, the 8th and 9th January, 1909,

mencing each day at II i, at his SALES ROOMS, DUDDELL STEZAT,

A SELECTION OF SILVER-WARE,

Comprising:-

BOTASWD 1880.

J

QARTIAL FAID-UP Beastys Fo

-- Yau 34,000,000 15,100,000

T

Box Servers, Burcsa Kurves, Caster So OFF, Disa. Fism ENITE and FORES,

*, &co, &o..

Huan Orrion-YOKOHAMA.

NAVABAKL New Tonz |BAN FRANCISCO, Rosoluzu. Bombay, HANGLOW. CHETOO.

Taxio LONDON.

BRANCHES AND ADEWOII;

Коли Eront.

SWANGMAI.

TRIM.

Itorang

PEXING NEWOHWAME

68 Por AIAUR, DALNY.

IEE bastuses of the above Bank la co-

› CHANO-CHUW,

ANTUNG TE-LING,

HORGONG-Interest allowed.

On Current Aspent at the Rate of S

ducted by the HONGKONG AND per unit on the day balaa.co. SHANGHAI - BANKING

CORPORA.

ON FIXED DEPOSITS --

TION. Rules may be obtained on apPor I mo5% per annis. plication

For 6 months...recomme

PRESENTATION TO

THE BUFFS.

Prior to the departure of the 2nd Batta lion ""The Buffa"! from Harrismith, Orange River Colony, for Hongkong, the Deputy Mayor of the Town, on behalf of the people, presented a piece of pista to the mess to mark the great apprecision of the good | Aläsrity feeling which had existed between them | Astres And the battalion during the stay of the Redford latter for three year. In accepting the Bramble

Britomart giit, Lieutenant mel Bayard, 13.8. [p Chimiza commanding the Balion, very appro- Charah priately remindede Deputy Mayor that Clio

Florn the town took its name from a former Fame lieutenant colonel of "The Buffa," Sir Harry Smith, and that one of the streets in it was called after Major Wardon, former officer of the regiment. The bat talion lefs amid mutual regrets for Berg kong,

HOW A MAMMOTH MET DEATH.

His Britannic Majesty's Ships on tán China Station

daspataki-rosnell cruiser, Tnd oAIN crainer, lab člano

ETŐ

900

900

1400

300

Corede. U. T. M. Falles Captain E. C. Hyun Capt. E. &. Erakive

Com. Hop, 3.0. B. Bridgeman

Lion Condr F. B. Noble Comdr. H. P. Beard

Camdr. C. T. Borrett

Tona, Guns | LE.P.

1700 11 8000 €360 10

9000

9700

river gunboat river gunboat aloop

720

110

1070

water tank and tog

Bloop

1070

torpedo bani destroye

960 .6 6700

Edeas. Comde Gresson

cruiser, 2nd disara

4960

10

7000

Capt. B. Nagear

Handy

torpedo boat destroyer

#76

.&

4000

Lien Comdr. BAJ. D. Gay

fare

torpeda bost destroyer

4000

Tent. Dom. Dickens

Jann

torpedo bost destroyar

280

8900

Lleut. Opudr. Freemantle

Kent

cruteur, let olsse

9000

14 22,000

Capt. G. La Marsssanz

King Alfred

draiser, 1st alsse

£14,000)

14

30,000

Capt. Clinton Baker

flush

river gupboat

616

1200

E Comdr & Tennyson

Monmonth

craiser, Est class

9800

river gunboat

180

Nightingal Otter Robin Sandpiper Snipe

fiver gunboat.

85

240

torpade boan destroyer

850

8800

river gunboat

85

· 240

L&-Com. J. Whits

river gav bost

95

720

Et Com, Tiskall

river gunbost

85

340

Et. Comdr. A. Dixon

torpedo boat destroyar

*150

6500

Lt. Comdz. D. Strath

receiving ship

4800

Commodore H. Lyon

river gunbost

180

BOO

river gunboat

720

800

Ho

Hong

torpado boat destroyOF

8900

Hongkong

Waterwitch Walding Widgeon

surveying ship

450

- Comdr," IL, F. Douglna

torpedo boat destroyer

5900

Efent.Com. J. Kiddie

river gunboat

BOO

· Elant»Com: Jno, F. Knox

river gunboat

500

Elent. Com. OoftreB-Dormer

Upper Langhe

Woodfark

river gunboat

500%

Lt. Comdr. G. R. Lávingstous > Upper Kampinis

The Imperial Russian Acadamy sent an Taka TOILET SITH, Favir Kwives and FOER3,

Tamar Costrar Drones, ASPARIOUS FORKS, Baxpedition from St. Petersburg in Feb-

ruary last to the mouth of the Yana Rivers Thindle Siberia, to secure the body of a mammoth Virago that had been found there several months before.

A few pieces of ANTIQUE SILVERWARE, On view from Thursday, the 7th January, Cataloguen will be issued.

ERME-Cash on delivery.

OB

FRIDAY and SATURDAY,

· Flag of Vios-Liinirul Bir Hedworth Lambton, Vamnanden-in-Uhlaf.

Some of the earth covering the hoge Woodcock body had caved away, disclosing the buried monster. The discoverer knew that mammoth skeletons were very highly prized in Russis, and no they banked up the earth again lest harm should, befall their prize. Then they notified the Russian authorities and the selontifie expedition was derratched.

The expedition was a great success, for

the 8th and 9th January, 1909, com-the mammoth proved to be very large and

mencing each day at 2.50 2.1., B

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his Sales Rooms, DUDDELL STREET.—

A to AsSORTMENT OF

INTEREST on deposita la sfiowed Fox & mouth3% 3 PER CENT, per annum. Daposlim

TAKEO TAKAMTOHÍ; may transfor at their option balances of

Manos r. $180 of mure to the HONGKONG AND

Hongkong, September 12, 1903. SHANGHAI BANK, to be placed on FIXAD DEPOSIZ at ́A PER OF ST. per

PUTERESTURA

For the Hongkong and Shanghal

Banking Corporation. J. R. M. SMITH,

Okiej Manager. Hongkong January 18, 1907,

1517

STYHE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,

AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA.

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ORGANEN UNDAE ÍRTERIAL DEGEEN OF 10TH DZOMUNER, 1895,

CHINESE PORCELAIN in 5-Coloured and Blue and White

Decorations,

Comprising -

VACES, REAERES, BOWIE, PLATES &.. from the Ming Dynasty, and the Kinghi, Kienlung and Yangching periods,

€1,903,050

Liaoyang

On Fixed Deportes for 12 months 4

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ƒ 16,000,000 Roables. CAPITAL .............................. 2,000,000 8h. Taela. CAPITAL conzibated by OHINESE, GOVERNMENT 5,000,000 E. Taelo Roubles 9,210,080. Reave Fown

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Poking Samarkand Baton

Khachta Balgoweit Kidn

checsk

Shanghal Koba Kooidja

Stretensk Taskkond Krasuoiarsk Krastchenize Tchita

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tions from TES. LIQUIDATUR, to sell by Public Auction,

.... on.

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Hakodate Mosto

Nagasakl

Taitalbar Verchneca.

dinek

Reserva PULID 104 *****£1,525,000 €1,100,000

Emburys Isabilist of PRO-

PETITORA

600 k

INTEREST allowed on Current Account } Bodalbo the rate of % per annum on the Daily Boukhar -balanced,

Book Calezita

JOHN ARMSTRONG,

Manager.

Hongkong, May 13, 1908,

[EDERLANDSCHE

порко

Hankow Meniden

Harbin

TUESDAY,

ous of the two most perfect specimens ever secared. Very carefully the earth was dug away from all siden till the entire animal was brought interiow just as it was when it perished in the quagmire ages ago. The earth of the swamp in which the body rasted became the pedestal on which the carcase lay as the dirt was dug away. It was frozen as hard as a rock.

Thus we have recovered the body of an

Á hérou

Capt. Geo. W. Smith

Et. Comdr. 0..0. Walcote

Lieut.-Com, Roy

Hongkong

Hongkong

Yangt Shanghal

West Birm Fangtme Hongkong“

Eb-Jomir, Godfrey

Elout-Oomdr. M. J. Speer.

Comdr. Stevanaon

Foreign Men-of-war on the China and Japan Station

Commander Badin

Eleut. Andoned

Nome.

Bag und Deswiption.

H.P.

Kaiserin Elizabeth' Leopard.

Austro-Hungarian cruiser Austro-Hungarian orniser French armored cruiser

4009

1530

Capt. Horsberg Capt. Gottfried

1830

10 1900

Eleut. Bertrand-

French culver

8490

5100

Uspt. Delzon

French gunboat

506

400

French river gunboat

160

570

French cruiser

(4210)

6300

Comdr. Roshna

French ganbost

Reserva

French gunbosh

500

Tranob gunboah

10

500 1000

Comdr. J. Garvnin

Eleut. de IdnaNES

French craiser

₤11,948

28,600

Capt. Thibault

French gunboat

141

Sam Raturen

Eleut. Combes

860

809

808

9000

$00

Thon a photograph was taken which ahows the perfect body of a huge animal whose family became extinct many Alger Also

thousands of years ago. Not a sign could Alouette Buoxzo and BRASSWADE, and IVORY be found that the animal had ever received Arge Bruix CARCINOS, &

corporal injury. He had simply died of Coronade- -On View from Thursday, the 7th January, suffocation, and frost had than penetrated Comete

Desidée. 1908.

every particle of his tones and turned the

D'Entrebat Tex:--Cash on delivery.

body into a chunk of its till science camo Estos

Keturgren to claim it.

Fronda Heart Riviers San Frandaxondoraigne has moved instro snimal shoes period of life was ages before Jacquin

Socrates was born or any Egyptian history on that we know had been written. Science Lyax

Lanche has no exact pies of the time when the Mosquet. pinmooth lived it is believed to have Oly the 12th January, 1909, rumencing at been at least 10,000 years ago

Patho 11 A.M.. at the ST. GEOROR'S CA

Stil the mammoth is a recent animal, Pistolet

Protes measured by geology for it to ly lived after the ice age and was contem-Sty poraneous with prohistoric man. A rade Takdang

Токоп representation of a mammoth carved on Tauben bit of its own ivary was found in Europe Veteran under circumstances that proved it to bare Villante been the work of a prehistoric artist.

The parts of this specimen that more taken to St. Petersburg were the hide sud Arcona

Fürst Bismarck skeleton. Skillet men were there to strip the for covered skin from the body take the skeleton to pieces and pack it away so Leipzig

Luchs that nothing should be lost.

Nioba

Hongkong Newchwang Yarny

64 Irkutak Nicolajeva Vladivostock

Kalgan Dollssita! Yokohama Kashgar 0&3à ... Kabarovsk Farla

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ESTANCIAKED 1824,

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About

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The Bank buy and sell and receives for collection Bills of Exoliange, lasges letters of deedle on ita Branches and correspond... ente in the Rast, on the Continent in Great Beltain, America, and Australie, and tran eseta banking business of every description,

INTEREST ALLOWED- Qu-Current Accozmés 2% per Anuum'os daily balanso0. Thred Deposits 18 months 43% per Anniņa.

26 munthy 47%

3 months

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J. E. VAN HOUTEN, Agent, Hongkong, July 17, 1908.

$16

IBORPORATOR BANKING

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Prieczu

BANKERS: LONDON-Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co. PARIS-Opicir National d'Escomp

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and over.

Fixed Depota. Terms on application Local Billa denoted. Special facilitier for Russian exchange. Foreign exchange on the principal cities of the world sough and sold.

H. A. STEWART, Manager;' HONGKONG BRANCH PRINCE'S BUILDINGS,

Bonggong February 15, 1908

Dentistry.

DR. HARRY FONG, AMERICAN TRAINED" DESTOL

ALECTRICAL And Eatest Improvet

Appilanosa 41, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, Hongkong, November 18, 1908.

IENT IN G

ALL THE FURNITURE & FIXTURES OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CLUB,

ANCLUDING 3-

BAK COUNTED and Fries Two FOLL SIZED ENGLISH BixARD TABLES

tu splendid condition) with all Accessorier.

Terms:--Oush on delivery. Catalognes will be issued.

GED. P. LAMMERT, Auctioneer.

FOR SALE.

Vipere

- KZULT

No sledge could carry the whole hide, 8, DO ARGE AMERICAN SAFE for Sale, and it was skilfully cut up ea that it might Take

$150.

·B. Á‹,' Apply to

Oare of Carya Mail' Office, Hongkong, December 21, 1903,

The hardest of the work was then orer,

French sub-marine French destroyer French gunboat gutbost

Beach Seriost

Freach guaboat French sub-marine French surveying-ship French destroyer

gunboat

Mench

French gurboat Fresh sorpedo-bost French anbemarle Kamash bataleebly (reserve)

French gun bon

French

gerboat

French destruyar French torpedo-depot French torpedo-depot

French gunboat

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8011

1700

Reservo

Reserve Lout, Maire.

Comdr. Ragot de la Tondha Edeas. Bodie Kárandrazn Legs, de Mainingville

Heat. Poch

Comdr, Mortánöl.

Lent. Morris

Capt. Dronet

lout, Berjot

Reserva

Bloat, Bihel Efeat. Douroull

· Balyon

kong

Eleut. Jakobi

Lleut. Enga

Comady, you HoRN Capt. Elaut. Fortsch Capt. Elend. TonsEALIN

lent, Riechers

Baron de Salut Pierre

Captain PedrosG

Ensign David Lyons Lieun, Guy Whitlock Comdr. Frank Marbla Hent, Frank McCawry Comdr. J.T. Howton Capt. 8. H. Staunton Coundr, J. HL. Sener

Yangilear Sivis

Hongkong

250

198

600

French gunbost

#76

Reserve

Garmin inst

Capt, von Hippel

Datavia

German flagship

10,690

\36° 14,000-

Usptain Wurmbuch

Saigon

Goman günbost

900

German ganboat

900)

1800 1800

Demir, Kissl

Hongkong

Count von Pozdowsky-Walner

Amoy

Gerinan owaiser

-9950.

Capt. Hecser

Amoy

Gorman gaaboat

900

1944

Domain Bolken

German walser

Capt. Langema

Genoan torpedo-bost

400

Tstarcan

L

German torpedo-bost

Tringusa

-1711.

be pieced together again without sign of Tiger patchwork. Then the boxes containing the Tang

Vaterland relies were carried on sledges hundreds of

Vozwarte miles westward to the Leua River over tho tundra snows that Ingered almost Vesuvio June.

No Lizan

German gimboat German dyer ganbosk German river gombast German river gunboak

Italian crtiner

1800 1300

Baigan

223

500

9145

Portuguese gunbens

720

U. S. torpedo-boat destroyer

U. B. gunboat'

420

600

208

U. 8, aruleor

$100

4500

U. 8. torpedo-boss destroyar

U. 8. Creder

8000

5313

7609

U. 8. cruiser

18,530

U. S. ganbost

1710

U. S. torpeda-boat destroyer

1480

$8000

Kaign G.. V. Stoweat

V. S. torpedo-bont destroyer

420

8000

Ensign C. W. NIMA

U. 8. cruiser

$600

18

77600

Comdr. B. Caparton

U. B. cruiser

$100

5400

Comör, B. W. Hodges.

U. E. gunbost

1897

1800

Comdr. R. M. Huchen

Maryland

U. B. arniser

18, B00

Capt. 0. Thoma

Monstrook

U.B. mordbea

4000

1000

Monterey

1. 8. manitor

4000

U.B. gumbot

1200

10. B-cruiser ·

13,500

U.S. gunboat

U, S. fagship

U. S. gunboat

U. B. gunbow

D. 5. fagabip

U. 8, gumbost

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THE TABLE

DATE 1.50 m.st. 60 7:50 am...Evary 30 minima, 1.50 to 8.30 mi...Every: 10 zaluate - 9:00 am, to 11.00 s.melzery 15 minste 11.30am, to 12.40 p.m. Every 15 minut 18.45 p.m. to 1.15 pm Every 10 mitates 1.15 p.m. be 1.65 p.m. Remy 15 minutes, 1.45 p.m. to 3.18 pamas rury 10 minubet 8.16 p.m. to 8.00 p.msel very 16 about 3.30 pm to 5.00p.m... Erazy 15 tafreden. 5,000.m. to 8.00 pm Brory 10 minutes

for steamer carried the boxes up the Barry Lona to Irkutak and wagons transferred Calla them to the train for St. Petersburg. At Chattanonga

Chaticoy the museum in that city the huge skeleton Cleveland was wired together, the hide was put in Colorado place, and the most perfect specimen of a Concord mammoth yet exbibited to the public is Dale

Decanter now being viewed by thousande it that

Douroz capital.

Galveston Helens

THE CHRYSANTHEMUM.

This year the chrysanthemum celebrates Panther

Its centenary in Frace, à French sailor Pennsylvania

who had been in Japanand Chion and struck | with its beauty having brought two pote

Quiros Rainbow

to Marseilles. He took them by diligence Villalobos.

Flagahip of Rese-Admisi Joseph Hemphill

It Comde. Miller Llant. D. W, Toda

Comdr. Nelson Capt. Ward Hout. H. P. Parzill Coride. E; EL WHICHE Ensigt B. M. Fawell Llant. A, AndrOME OPEN B. Milton? 1884) Commander E. Boyd

5:00

19,500

Flagship of Vice-Admiral Ferrie, Commander-in-Chief,

Flamaly of Rost-Admiral Richard-Foy, Secon

to Paris when, having secured an audience West Virginia

Wilmington with the Empress Josephine, be present ed her with the two pots of flowers hitherto unknown in France, although they had penetrated to Germany and England. The Weslminster Jacetie points out that its life in Europe as beau but a short span în toat history of the chrysanthemum. Six cen- turies before Christ Confcoins when den, ring the beauties of autumn to his followers, draw attention to its "shining glory, its delicate petals hanging around the centre in-sheaves of golden threads and its tassels on which the light of the sun has been filteral ben thousand years." A thousand years after Confucius another Chinese gardener sung of the flowers in anch accents of genius that the name of hex his bative town, was changed to that" town of the Chrysanderaum (Ohn-Heia the Cho Ban of to-day). Growery in Europe

3.45 p.m, sod 9 pm, 4 pm to 1LIF

p.m. Stery half kour,

8.00 am to 8,00 mm Every 15 minut 2,00 L

Hongkong, February 10, 1908, 898-11,45 4.2.

mones In Comment ARFFORM IN CHINA

Fannum on daily

DRING kotzme addressed to : Hál Admiral Lori Özántas BuiRETOED

11B, M.P. And an article

ORISAT

of the flower have produced

tints and colours bi hays not yet agad

ed in traducing a blue variety

SIR

Seelen of Articles on fo ¿Haxy " forging for the Ini

HISTORY

OF UNIONT

CHURON

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BONDFIELD- And DOUKS

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