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Banks

Banks

MERCHANTLE BANK OF

ONGKUNG & SHANGHAI INDIA, LIMITED, HBANKING CORFORATION.

$18,050,000 | AbYwOnInnis. CAPITAL

· Pain-US CAFTSAL..... PRAY FUN 18 vi

$15,000,000. 14,500,000

Starlin

£1,500,000

Silver...

R LABILITY 00

PROPRIETORS --setsrespidi,

- $39,500,000 $15,000,000

COURT OF Dizacions Bon. Mr W. J. Gaesson-ChairmBO B. E. TOMKINS. Eaq-Dobary Chairman,

J. W. Bandow, Esq. | E. Shollim, Esq.

KG. Barrett, Esq.

8. Gabbay, Ea

W. Haims, Esq...

0.R.Lensmann, Eaq.

R. Shewa, Esq..

EL. A. Siebe, Esq.

H. A. W. Shade, Esq.

CHUEY MAXAQEE; Hongkong-J. R. M. AMITH,

--

MANAGER

1

Shanghal-F. E. R. HUNTER.

LONDON BANKLES-LONDON AND COUNTY

BANKING CO., Ld.

HONGKONG-INTEREST-ALLOWED.

On Current Account at the rate of Two per cent. par sanum on the daily balance.

Ox Fixed DepoSITE :—

For 3 months 2 por cont. per annum.

·GUESINEBRU do.

Paro-or

***£1,195,000

do. ,ws,v+v++,d2 bMS,00 Raszave Future of £ £30,000

BANKIS Loncan JonT STÖCK BANK, LIMITED.

INTEREST Ulowns on Current Accounts

at the rate of 2% per annum on the Daily Balance.

OF FIXED DEPOSITS 2—

For 12 months

B J

71

EVAN ORMISTON,

Manager, Hongkong. April 98% 1909.

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK.

BASESHED 1880..

CAPITAL PAID-CT. Razar FUNDS.

Ľ... 25,000,00

18,500,600

1

HEAD OFFICE-YOKOHAMA.

די די

New Yea

H

BRASGAIN AND AGENCIES

6

"

17

11

...12

+

+

Taxia. LONDON,

* J, R. M. SMITH,

}

Chief Manager.

63

TENTAN,

Kosz LTONS, SAN FRANGINGo. Hanclatus. Bohat. Shanomat. Hangrow, Charoo,

PRES Porm: Aktaus, - DALNY, EDOYANG CHANG-CHUN,

NACAJAK!

NAWORY AN

MULIN

ANNUNG. TEX-ELNE,

Hongkong, June 1, 1909.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK. THE business of the above Bank is con- dunted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORA. TION. Ruloa may be obtained an ap. plication

Horazor-Internet allowed.

On Current Account at the. Bats of 9% par annum on the daily balance,

ON FIXED DEPOSITS :- For 19 month

% per annum. For 6 months ...........................13)%.

INTEREST on doponton is allowed at 91 PER CENT. per annum. Dopositora For 3 months may transfer at their option balanson of $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND

HANGHAI BANE, to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 1 PER OF IT. per

$75.00 2003.

1

n

·TANEO TAKAMICHU

Manager.

Fonarong, Jaly 2, 1909.

For the Hongkong and Shanghat RUSSO CHINESE BANE

Banking Corporation.

J. R. M. SMITH,

Chief Manager.

1617 Hongkong) January 18, 1907. ... ....

THE UHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,

AUSTRALIA, AND QELJA.

LOORPORED BY ROYAL CHAKER 1859. HEAD OFFICI, DONDOM,

FAID-UP CATAL

www

Kiara Fuse L

PRIETOLI

..

DEGANISED UNDER IMPERIAL Danas or

10 DECKER, 1295,

15,000,000 Roubl CAPITAL 2,000,000 5. Taoli OHINESI CAPITAL: contributed by

GOVERNMENT ...5,000,000 E, Theis,

Reza FoRoubles 4,955,000.

HEAD OFFICE-ST. PETERSBURG

£1,500,000 London Office: 41, The adpaedia St., K **£1,075,000

BRANCHES AND AGENȚIES :- Andijon Kbokan Batozm Klachta

ROSERVE LIANTITY OF PRO-

-£1,300,000

"NTEREST «llowed on Current Amount, the rate of % per annum on the Daily balances.

On Fixed Deposits for 1 months d

B

**

11

3+

WK. DICKSON, Manager.

Hongkong, April 6, 1909,

Balgowest. Kaba

chepsk

Peking

Samarkand

San Francisco

Shanghai

Bodalbo.

Kouldja

Strotenak

Boukhara

Krasnolarek

Tashkand

Bask

Kwanichendzo Tebita

Calcutta

Blaoyang

Tchongoatche Chafoo Loydon Tielin Hailar Marguelan Tiectain Eakhodabe Moscow

Toltsikar

Hankow

Harbin

#

Nazacak!

64 Hongkong Irketak

Vrchneca.

dlouk Newchwang Veray Nicolajevsk

Kalgan Qullasitat

Darga

JEDERLANDSOME HANDE-Khabarovsk Paris

[AATSCHAPPLY.

ΜΑΛ

(NETHERLANDS TRADITO' SOCIETY

PAID-CT

GAZMAZ

Reserve

Buxb

EARLABEED 1824

45,000,000 (£3,750,000)

About

...FL. 5,752,834,84 (£479,407).

HEAD OFFICE-AMSTERDAM.

HEAD AGENCY-BATAVIA.

BRANCHES-Sanaspore, KonaE), Shanghai, Rangoon, Samarang, Bourabaya. Charbon, Tegal, Pecklongan, PaacorcORE Tatjap, Padang, Medan (Delly Palam bang, Kota Radja, (Acheen) Eandjermanin Correspondents at Macassar, Bombay Colombo, Madras, Pondicherry, Dalcotts Bangkok, Saigon, Haiphong, Hanol Amo Yokohama, Kobe, Melbourne, Sydnes New York, San Francisco, doo, de..

LONDON BANKE:-The Union London and Smiths Bank, Eimited."

The Bane bays and sells and rosaiver fo nollection Bills of Exchange, Lastes letter of credit on its,Branches and correspond ente in the East, on the Continent in Grea Britain, Americe, and Azetralla, and tran

BANKERS:

Vindivostock Yokohama Zelakniav Pristan

LONDON-Glyn, Mills, Curria & Co.

| FARIS—Comptoir National d'Escompte

de Paris. Banque de Paría ci do Paye Bae.

BERLİN-Mendelssohn & Do........

HAMBURG-M. M. Warburg & Co.

GEO. P. LAMMERT

AUCTIONEER

PUBLIC AUCTIONS

HE Undersigned has received instruc- Ttions to Sulf by. Fuble Auction,

on

SATURDAY,

the 17th July, 1900, commencing at li ▲m, at bis Salon Rooms, DUDDELL, STREET,—

A QUANTITY OF WINES AND SPIRITS (in lots to suit purchasers). Terma-Cash on delivery.

the view from Friday, the 16th July, 1909:

Undersigned has received instruc tions from Capt. F. A. Brows, to soll by Public Auction,

THURSDAY,

the 22nd July, 1938, commencing “as 2.43 r., at his residence Sharpe Buildings, (above the 'Hongkong" And Kowloon Wharf and 'Godown:

Company's Offices, Kowice-

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

(Particulars from Catalogus),

Taxus-Cash on delivery.

THE CHINA MAIL-

TWENTY YEARS PROGRESS

'IN EXPLOSIVES.

The whole vast held of progrese in blaat ing and military explosives for the hay twenty years was reviewed by Ostge Guttmann in the Cantur lestures dulívareil. recently in London before the Royal | Almerity Society of Arts. We quote bolow portions Astrme

Bedford Lol an abstract made for The Engineering. Bramble

Magazine (New York) In the frat place, Britomart

Ondmas it is noteworthy that, despite the great Cherub reent progress in high explosives, the use Clie

Fanto of the old black powder shows little sign of Flora dying out. In Great Britain, we are told, Bandy

Eart more than half the explosives used in

Janar 1907 consisted of black powder. Price Kost tically z progress has been made in this King Alfred"

Kinsha blasting agent since 1880, but a number of Monmouth

"Moorben: rough mixtures similar to black powder

Nightingal have been revived and are use extugsively par

Robin ip: Germany.

"Among those may be mentioned Saipa sprengealpater,' practically a black powder Takz with sodium nitrate instead of potassium Toal nitrate, potoklastite containing con! Thistle Fingo pitch and bichromato, and "onhilcite," a Waterwiboh

Whiting mixture of potassium nitrate sulphur, lamp"

3dgson black; cellulose, and iron sulphate. In Woodcock #

Voodlark Amorita large quantities of sodium-nitrate powders are used..

17

**There has been no special improvo- ment in dynamite since blasting-gelatine- was invented in 1835. This explosive and the gelatine dynamites have in most coun tries driven, kiosolguhr dynamite out of the field. Considerable advance, however,

On View from Wednesday, the 21st July, has been made in the ramoval of one of the 1909.

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer.

MILNERS'

FIRE

PATENT

SAFES

Į chief objections to dynamite, its linbility to freezing. The addition of nitrobenzine to nitroglycerin was one of the first expedients tried, but it was found that the presenon of the nitrobenzine reduced the explosivé power when used in sufficient quantities to pravont freezing. Later dinitrotoluene s used, and in 1904 the addition of

His Britannic

darpabat-rezsel oraleer, and alanı arulver, lat-class river gunboat?. river genbost aloop water tank and eng

Bloop

on the Uf

.005

Осы

Tana" Guna LEP.

Captain.

1700 11 8000

Comeda, C. T. M. Fuller

4360

10

BOOO

Captain C. Ryan

9700

Capi E. Eraking

P10

Com. Hon., O. B. Bridgumman

Hong

20

900

Lieut. Comdr. FB. Noble..

1070

"1400

Comdr, E. E. P. Hezed"

Hoogkong

380

900

Bongbong

#

1070.

(1400)

Comdr. C. T. Borrath

Wolhaiwal

torpedo

boat destroyer

360

6

Haut-Comdr. Gresson

arulser, 2nd clas

Bongkar

4960 10

7000

torpedo boat destroyer

torpedo boat destroyer-

Capt. R. Nagant

Shanghat

$75

6

4000

Ident-Comdă, B. J. D. Gay

Hongkong

6.

4000

Elent-Com. Diakona

ormisar, 1tb als

torpedo boat destroyer

280

8

5900

Lient.-Comdr. Freemantle

Hongkon

8000

14

| 29,000.

Capt. G. La Marescans

Walliwel

cruiser, Las alase

14,000

1430,000

Capt. Clinton Baker

river gun bosh

816

1900

cruiser, let class

8900

river gunboað var

180

800

river gunboat.

BIS

torpedo boat destroyas

300

6900

river gunboat

84

240

Sandpiper

river genbost

£40

είναι Funbout

140

reostring ship

torpedo boat destroyer

KO

$500

2860

river gunboat

180

800

Hver

gomboat

710

900.

- torpedo boss destroyer

8900

Kurveying ship

450

torpedo bost destruyar

5900

rivar gunboat

185

800

river gunbost

150

500

river ganboat

500

Tamar

650

360

Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Hadworth Lambton, Lommander-in-Chin!

Naw

Acheron

Alouette

E-Comdr. S. Tannyaan.

Capt, Geo. W, Smith

LeCamdr. O C. Walcott: “

Lient Com Rey

La Com. J. White..

ka-Dom. Ticks)

ht-Comdr.

A Dizon

Et.-Comdr. D. Strach Commodore H. Lyon bt. Combs, Godfrey

Elaun Cards.. M. J. Speer Comde: Stevenson, a Comir. H. P. Dougl Elent.-Com. J. Kiddio » Elect.Com. Juo. F. Knox Elant, Com. Cottrull-Dormet. Lt.-Comdr. R. Elvigatonal

Wolbafwe

Walhalwe!.. Wout Rivas Tangban Jagan

West River WRiver Hongkung-

Hongkang

Japan Upper Tangie Upper Tat Upper Tangm

Foreign Man-of-war on the China and Japan Stationi

Flag and Descripiton.

Tons. Gimi

H.P.

Dagkains,

Austro-Hungarian cruteer.

4000

Capt. Herzberg

Shanghal

Fronab armoured crafer

1830

1700

Bent. Bertrand

Saigeo

French cruiser

$420

5100

Capt. Delzon

Saigon

French gunboat

1506

400

Commander Badin

Saigon

French river grm boas

180

570

Edent, d'Estienne

Cantoa

French cruiser

4910

8300

Comdr. Rochas

Shanghel

French gunbost

Balros (Rowane)

French

gunboat

500

1500

Comdr. J. Gervais

Saigon

French gunboat

645

1000

'Eleut. de Lisuren “

Salgen

French cruiser

11,243

19,500

Capa. Thičanin

Shanghal

French gunboat

141

Balgon

French sub-marina

Heat. Comber

Salg

French destroyer

360

303

Balgor

French gunboat

Baiphong

308

French gunboat

Haiphong

French gunbeat

Freneb sub-marine

Lieut. Mar

French surveying-ahlp

9000

-Comdr. Ragat de is Tanche

French destroyer --

$00.

Lent. de la Roche Karandraon

Balga

い

French gunboat

Lieut. de Maindravilio

OpporZan

French gunboat

French

Fresh 1

190

Elent. Proch

360

300

Comdr. Martenol

Hongar

Eleat. Morris

Stigor

French battleship (reserve)

Capt. Droget

Salges

Franch gunbost

1700

Leat. Serior

French gunboas

Franch torpedo-depot

| dinitroglycerin vào trinitroglycerin explo-Kaikerin Elizabeth

gives was patented, together with a practical method of manufacturing dinitro-

Algor glycerin. The latter is now made on a large scale in Germany. A large number Argua RESISTING of other additions have boor tried, but Braix

none has beer definitely adopted for the Coronade

Cometa Dealdéa manufacture of unfreezable dynamitea;"

D'Entrocalosuz t Perhaps the main advance in explosives Eaton during the last two decades, the writer gees Esturgeon

Frande on to tell us, has boon in safety explosives for gaseous collieries and this has been Henri Riviers

Jacquin largely due to the use of ammonium nitrate. Lion This is absolutely safe in all quantities, and Lynx

Manche although it can not be used alone, a mini-Mosquet mum quantity of added combustible avoida Oly

Pelho fames of great length duration and the Pistolas

Proteo account goo on :

"Explosives containing potassium chlo- Redoutable rate were for long excluded from the list Str

Taktang of safety, explosives on account of their Takea extreme liability to explode under impact or friction. The recent advent of electro

As supplied to the principal banks and mercantile

houses.

For Sale.

FOR SALE.

Vanban

Veteran villants

DERRINGTON, PEAR ROAD No. 8. Typic methods for the manufacture of Vipere

For particulars apply to

O. SHOROETER, Exxo's ButtpGs, IIED,

Hongkong. June 8, 1909.

FOR SALE

potassium chlorate has brought the price of this chemical down to a point wharë it can be used commercially in the manufacts 751

ture of auitable explosives and a great Jaguar Leipzig deal of research has been applied to the Lacha investigation of methods of eliminating its Nioba dangerous qualities. Success has been 90 Taks

VIENNA-K. K. Priv, Doster, Credit ELECTRIC PLANT attained by the addition to the explosive Tiger

Anstalt to Handel Gewerbe, AMSTERDAM-Lippmann,

& Ch

Interest Allowed:

Hosanth

On Current Accounts at the rate of 2% per annum on the daily balances.

Fixed Depoalta. Terms on application. Local Bills discounted. Special facilities for Ramalan exchange. Foreign exchange. on the principal cities of the world bought and sold.

G. B. ADAMSON, Manager. HONGKONG BRANCH: PRINCE'S BUILDINGS

Eongkong, July 15, 1909.

aacts banking besians of every description: PEAK

INTEREST ALLOWED

-- Un Current Acestuota 2% per Aunum er

dally balancos.

Fixed Deposita 13 months 44% per Annum

Do,

Do.

6 months 4 Z

3 months 3*X

Do.

Do.

J. £. TAX HOUTEN, Agent, Hongkong, July(17.1908.

- TRAMWAYS...” COMPANY,

LIMITED,

TIME

TABLE

WEEK DAYER

7.00.m. to 7.80 Am.........Evej 30 mlamar 7.30am, be 10.00 a.m....Ermy 13 minnisi. 10,00a.m. to 11.00 a.m... Every 15 minutes, * 11.30 a.m. to 12.46 p.m. Every 15 mlagtas. 14 13.45 p.m. to 1.15 p.m. Every 10 mingtas.

1.15 p.m. to 145 p.m...very 15

mintires, 1.46 pm, to 8.15 p.m.Every 10 minutca

NTERNATIONAL BANKING 1.15 p.m. to 3.00 p.m...Every 15 minutes.

YORPORATIO

CAPTAR, PASD-UP

REVE FUND

GOLD $3,230,00% about Mex, 87 22REEZE, GOLD 13,250,000. about Max, 7,222.212.

HEAD CRTICH 80 Wall Street, Naw Tons, LONDON OPNICE THRIADNEROLE HOUR

E.a

LONDON BANKEES;

BANK OF ENGLAND, <! National Provincial Bank of England, Lit. The Capital and Counties Bank, 205, BRANCHENS & AG KIN ALL OVER THE Wons.

HE Corporation Transacts overy in woription of Banking, and Basharge busdanes, rosetves money in Current As pound as the rate of 5% per annum on dally balancos and socepts Fixed Deposits at the Collewing ratée

For 13 months 41 per cent pár annum. 5 45 per cent per annum, per cent per annuo

11

Sc. 9. QUEEN'S ROAD DENTRAL,

HONGKONG.

kong, January 24, 1908..

3.80 p.m. to 5.00 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 15.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. Every 10 zaluutas1

SIGHI DABL. 8.46 p.m. and 9 pm 9.45 pm to 11.1 p.m. every half hour,

BUNDATIar da 8.00 am to 9.00 L.m...Every 15 minutes 9.00 a.m. to 8.30 am...vary 80 minuta 9.80 a.m, bơ 10,80 km., Every 15, mirrqþes 10.30 am to 11.00 sm.Every 10 miantes. 11.15 m to 18 Noon Ever 15 minuta. 12.00 Noen to 1.00 p.Every 10 minutes. 3.00 pm2, to 6.00 pm Every 15 minute 5.00 p.m. to 6.00 pam....Every 10 minut. 8.00 pm, bo 1.00 p.m...Every 15 minute. 7:00 p.m. to 8.00 pm.Every 10 min thos.

... NIGHT CABS ar on Work Daya, SATURDA Extrs Care at 8.15, 11.80 and 11.45 p.m. SPECIAL CARS by Arrangement withe Company's Offles, ALEXANDIA BULUNGE, Down Voraz Road Central

JOHN D. BUMPHREYS & SON

Genera Managers.

WASHING BOUKS......;

English and Gvissant); "ASHERMAN'S BOOKS, for the judai

of Ladies and Klantiemen, can Dow #542% Offon-Priós, 30 Cambia.

Citera Mis Ollon, B)

CONSISTING OF —

at 2100 Volts. The Sets comprise Verteal nitroglycerine explosive, carbonite. Curious Compound Medium Speed Engines, 205 ly enough, it has not been surpassed fo. Paglia revolutions per minute, by Mesara Borzy &

le Liam

French destruyor

French torpede-depot

Franch gunboat French gunboat

10,890

float. Bibel

Saigon

Targtase. Balgos (Bon Hongs

Gap St. Jaco Sikian Ca Balgos (lemovE Hongkong

Capt.

Неряет

Cords Hornhardt

Capt. Langemak

Eloah. Jakobi

Kangissa Rijst

500

Lieut. Bisca

Arcona 'Lest Blamarok

German,erufser German Hagship

Capt, von Hippel

"

86 14,000

Captain Wambach

Kiagbahaw

German ganbant German gunboat

900 10

1900

Comdr. Külael

900

1800

Coant von Posadowsky. Wehner

Bangkong

Amoy

German cruiser

3250

Singapors

German gunboaD

900

1944

Hongkong

German cruises

2:600

Talhgtan

German torpedo-bost

400

Taingta

German torpado-boat-

-280-

Eloat. Haszy

Tsingtas

German gunbont-

900. 20

1800

Comdz. Ackerman

Canton

of some cil

f'singtan

WO 125 Kilowatt STEAM ALTER- RATOR SETS, Output. 80 Amporce

Vaterland

The first real safety explosive was

Torwarte

German river gunbosi German river ganbosa German river gamboni.

1800

Capt. Eleno. Fortsch

Canton By:

500

Capt. Lex. Touamini

Yangtase Ricam

3

500

Elaun Riechers

*Italian mulner

2145

Portuguese goboat

700

Captain Jayme Affreixo

Portuguese croiser

Portuguese gun boss

-790

Captain Pedroso

Hongkong Macz

3030

Capt. Augusto Joss da Almeida

Hongkong,

U. 8, torpedo-boat destroyer

420

8000-

Ensign David Lyoze

Cavite

U. 8. gunbeat

600

208

Heat, Gay Whitlock

Shanghal

U. §. Lagship

9710

Capt. H. K. Knapp

Shanghal

U.S. cruiser

9100

4500

Comdr. Edward

Wright

Shenkgut

U. S torpedo boat destroyer

480

8000

Eleut. Frank MoŬenry

Cavite

U. 8. cruiseY

8913

7500

Comdr, la S. Van Duter

Shanghai

Colorado Concord

U. B. cruiser

18,600

Capt. 8. H. StaanŻOW

Oralaing

gunbost

1710

Comds. J. E. Sears

Shanghai

U. S. torpedo-bost destruyer

420

8000

Hindgn G. Stewart:

U. & torpedo-bout destruyer

40

8000

Ensign . M. Nielts

U. A. cruiser.

8100

12

7500

Comdr. P. Parker

Ü. §. crniser 1,-**

310

£5

5400

Shunghat

U. S..gunboat

U. 8. cruiser

18,800

1397

1800

Hongbang

Gralaing

U. S. ma'

4000

3030

Olongapo

4000

Olongapo

Ü. B..gunbost UJ. 8. cruiser

1200

Maala

13,600

Manila

U. S. Ruubost

Zaagb

U.S. flagship

U, S. guaboat

U. S. unbor

Hongkong! Shangh

U. 9. flagship

U. 8. ganbear

Co direct coupled to Alternators by Mesars safety, though it has been on the market fo" Parla JOHNSON and PHILIPE, complete with twenty years. The composition is saltpotra Exciters, &c.,

cellulose, nitroglycerine, and sulphuret Vasco da Gams Üne HORIZONTAL COMPOUND JET oil. The investigation of nitroglycerine Re CONDENSING STRAM ENGINE, 106 safety explosives has shown that the Callac

Charleston Horse Power by Messrs BRO ETT and addition of cellulose to nitroglycerine coth

Chattanooga LINCOLEY.

positions as rye flour to carbonite or wood Channney pulp to other explosires, renders them Cleveland highly inert in fire damp mixtures."

For further particulara apply

HUNGEONG ELECTRIC CO., L.,

St. George's, Buildings. Hongkong, April 93, 1909.

CARMICHAEL AND OLARKE,

JONBUHTING ENGINEERS AND

SURVEYORS,

1, Queen's - Huilding, Hongkong.

·,, B-5, Chanoz ALLEŤ, SINGAPORE,"

CABLE ADDKEMES

JARMICHAEL, HONGKONG!

CARMICHAEL, SINGAPORE dodes Used:-Scott's 10th Edition) A.3.0. 4th and 5th Editions ; Glober'e Standard 1. Watkins: Western Union and A.L TELEPHONE NO. 290,

f

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE

ENSURANCE COMPANY,

TOTAL FOR 31 Dec, 1907 ΠΟΤΑ

t-

£18,114,824, Abhorland Capital £8,000,000 Babelbed Capital £3,750,000

"In every European country, the use of Dale

Decautar gunpowder is prohibited in fiery mince,

Ведтов Ons black powder-like misture, babbinite, Galveston however, has passed even the most stringent Estens

Maryland tests in England and has been admitted Me to the list of permitted explosives. I Monterey consists of about 64 parts of potassium Fanther

Pennsylvania nitrate, 2 parts of sulphur, and 19 pasta

Quiros

Villalobos

of charopal, with the addition of a mixture Rainbow ‡ of ammonium and copper sulphates, or Samar alternately of 8 parts of starch and parts West Virginia of paraffin wax with a corresponding in Wilmingtou crease in the other materials. Ovar a mil bon pounds were used in Grast Britain fo 1907. It has the advantage of being alow burzing and of not unduly shattering the coal The facts that, the minors are used. to black powder, and that if the bore-hole be overcharged as usual, bobbinite does not break up the coal badly, have also assisted in making it popular,”

U. 3. monitor.

+ Flagship of Bear-Admin] Joseph Hemphill

Inalosing, the writes quotas statistics of the use of safety explosives in English TF13) cool-mines, showing that in 1907, of a total

1884

Comdr. Johnston

Comdr. W. W,

Buchanan

O. Thomas Cand Miley

E

Heat. D. W. Todd Comdr. Nelson

Capt. A. Ward Eloat. B. P. Parell Comdr. B. E. Wright Ensign Thomas Withers. Blend Andenwa Capt. J. B. Milion Commander E. Lloyd

Japan

Msala

Shanghai.

+lagship of Rear Admiral Persin Commander-in-Chief, the French Chins Station

Fiszenip of Rear-Admiral Blohard-Foy, Commanding the meal defence of Indo-Chinis

of 7,704,199 pounds over 22 per cent, was HONGKONG Saxonite, which contains a large poremtage

*Paid-up Capital 2687,500 0 0 of nitroglycerine, and 14 per ognt, te Fire Funda www: 5,065,314 15 bobbinite, the remaining 64 por cent II-Elled Annuity Fanda 14,316 841 10 3 being distributed among eleven, varieties

Fund Account Binking

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