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Intimations.

G. FALCONER & Co.,

WATCH-MAKERS AND

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JEWELLER S.

HOTEL MANSIONS.

NEW SELECTIONS OF

DIAMOND JEWELLERY AND ENGLISS SILVER, WARK- HIGH-CLASS GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, KARGI BELEONION OF PRESENTATION PLATE, OUTS, BOWLB, me. C. FALCONER & CO. ANG ASANTS You ROSSE FAMOUS TELESCOPES AND BINOCULARS, EORD KELVINS NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS. ADMIRALTY CHARTS BOOKS.

BOLE AGENTS FOR THE EMPIRE TYP‍EWRITER,

WING KEE & CO.,

Nos. 47, 48 and 48, CONNAUGHT POAD CENTRAL

PROVISION MERCHANTS, COAL SALLMAKERS, HIF-CHANDLERS.

MERCHANTS, &c, &c., OF FIFTY YEARS STANDING. CHIP CAPTAINS ARE REQUESTED TO GIVE US A TRIAL.

FRANCISCO TSE YAT, General Manager.

dragkong. Angst 12, 195.

MEE CHEUNG &

1117

CO.,

ART PHOTOGRAPHER, ICE HOUSE LANE, SPECIALIST IN ENLARGING AND BROMIDE WORK. Select Views of Hongkong and South China Special Department for Developing and Printing for Amateurs

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HONG KONG. CANTON & MACAO

Hongkong, unrary 27, 15024

THE

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such as:

CHINA MAIL, LTD.

ALL SORTS OF ARTISTIC JOB-PRINTING

INVITATION CARDE, MENTS, DANCE AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMER, CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS, BOOKS, PRoerec- TUBES, WINE LISTS, ETC., ETC., ETC. " Obtain quotations from,

THE CHINA MAIL OFFICE, 5, Wyndham Street,

European. Supervision

Moderate Prices.

PREMIUM BONDS

W

are the largos Tealers. In the world in these attractivo securities, WHAT ARE THESE BONDS?

They are high-class and absolute y safe securities, payable to beater, laaned by the various Governments and Municipaldes of Europe; they are redeemable at periodical drawings, either with Cats Premiams varying from £10 to £10,000, or, at the Toast, at their full nomies valion,

EASY PAYMENTS.

We sell these Boada singly or in combinations of the most advantageous ones, payable by convenient Monthly Insialmente ranging from its to £20. Write for Handbook seat poet tree. MELVILLE, 'GLYN & Co., Banker, & Rus de la Bourse, 38

(France).

Intimations.

THE CHINA MAIL.

MITSU BISHI COSHFKWAISHA "(MITSU BISHI CO.)"

COAL DEPARTMENT.

SOLE PROPRIETORS of TAKA SIMA, OCHL, MUTABE, HO70, NAMAZUTA, SAYO, SHINNEW and KAMIYAMADA Collories.

BOLE AGENTS for KISHIDAKF, MI YAO, and KIGIO-KOMATSU Ocala.

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HEAD OFFICE :-TOKYO. ERANCH OFFICES :- Nagasaki, Moji, Karatsu, Wakamatsu, Kobe, Osaka, Shanghai, Hongkong, Hankow.

SILK AND THE RAILWAY.

When a xal mail steater from Tako- | hawa, Shanghai er Hongkong, the great silk ports of the Uciant, docks & Vancouver, Tacoma, Sottle or San Francisco, a special | train scarida ready on the pier waiting bor

arrival..

It is not the privato convejance of sonto transportation king or multimilkonaire or of any of the passengers who throng the decks, nor does it tarry for the sacks or lotters from the Far East. Its conchos do not shine with the rofulgence of varnish aud plate glass. Their paint is dull and they are windowless, like express cars. The side doors toward the ship so opon.

This special, anys a writer in Harper's) Weekly, in the emperor of tains. It is re- | served for the costliest of fruight, zaw alk. When it starts castard its lading will be worth a fortune-- million and s half, parhaps two million dollars.

All the way across the Pacific these skains of precious thread packed tightly in bales of a little more than a hundredweight cach, carefully wrapped in heavy water- proof goverings, have bees locked in the

· steamer's stoel walled tressure room.

As the groat ahip's mooring Insura strain and settle into placs and the gang-

Intimations.

SAINT-RAPHAEL

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1910."

Intimations.

TONIO, RESTORATIVE, DIGESTIVE WINE

Vory palatable.

Known throughout the world and prescribed in all cases of Anœmio, Dability and Conodlascence, to young women, children and the aged. Invaluable in hot climates.

DORE : One wine-glass afiar the two princijal maaia. Each bottle of genuine VIN SAINT-RAPHAËL bears, in addition to the registered trade-mark:

{8} THE WARRANTY STAMP of the UNION DES FÁBRICANTS, 100 A METAL HEAL Miyerļising CLETRAS.

cordia!

CLETEASurpasses all others by its

purety and faultless preparation. To he taker on a lump of sugar. COMPAQNIE du VIN_SAINT-RAPHAEL. Valsace (Dröme-FranCU),

CALDBECK, -MACGREGOR & Co., Hongkong.

IT

MAGISTRACT,

is boreby notified that a MEETING of the LOENSENG BOARD wil be hald at the Colonial Secretary's Office at 4.30 P.M., on MONDAY, the 7t5 day of March, 1010, for the purpose of considering the following application under the Lic

Liquor Licences Ordinancos, 1888-1909, vis.

To transfar from one ISTDOR SIBIRMAN

to EPERAIN FISCHIL TELLARKATER the publicaa's licence to sell by rotail- intoxicating liquors on premises. No. 184, Queen's Road Central under the sign of The Globe Hotah 0. A. WOODCOOK, Secretary to the Licensing Board.

284... Hongkong, Fibruary 28, 1910,

THE HONGKONG MILLING CO.,

LIMITED.

(IN LIQUIDATION),

FOR SALE with immediate passssion all the laids comprising the HONG. KONG MILLING COMPANY'S Estat at Junk Bay with the exception of the lot on which the Mill, buildings are erected.. The property for sale includea Now Kew. loon larins Let No. 5, New Kowloon Farm Lot No. 3, Now Kowloon Island Lots Noa. 31 and 32 and Sai Kung Inland Lot No. &; the above except Sai Kung. I protesta against Inland Lot No. 5, sro situsted on the South

'SOLIGNUM,

"

side of Junk Bay about nine miles from the itaty having ses frontage of about 2 miles,

Freservative Stain for Wood, Stone and Brickwork. TYL ADDRESSES for above: IWASAKI.planks are being lowered the pursor breaks

the sunls, which he has inspected many times A Peter; fungus, dry rot, the TRTiger of insects and vermin (especially white

"Solignam really does what is claimed for Oode:-AX, ABC 6th Ed., Wastoen Unten.

day throughout the 7,000-mile voyageants) and the action of the weather. As the first passengers haten antoro, half as may be seen from the testimonisha or the Governments of India, the Sudan, etc.

In Drums and Barrels of Various Colours. a hundred labourers mass thermselves and

Prospectus and all information from

SIEMSSEN & Co., stand rendy to receive the rush of precious balan as they come sliding down to the!

(MACHNIRY DIFT.) HONGKONG, SOLE. ADENTS,

AGENCIES: YOKOHAMA: M. Asada, Esq. CHINKIANG MESSITS Gearing & pies from the deck above.

Co. MANILA: Messrs Macondray

Co.

for particulars, apply to

H. OISHI...

Manager,

Hongkong, December 7, 1909.

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with deep water. Innt Bay is well shelter. ed and recognised refuge for large ships in typhoon weather. Sai Kung Inland Lot No. 3 is situated about 400 f above the level of the sea and has a reservoir of about fire acces with a dam about 36 ft. high.. 1618 There is in the driest time of the year

The Customs officers an hardly through examining the first of the voyagers' baggago:| before the car are jammed with their costly freight. The silk must be landed in New York in five days. Even the United

UNRIVAF LED FOR COMFORT AND CUISINE... States mails will not tre faster across THOROUGHLY UP TO DATE

WITH EVERY MODERN AND NO EXTRAN the continent. Day and night the sk

MODERATE TERMS train rushes eastward, never stopping es- 196]|| 818 ceph to change engines.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

No. 1, PEDDED STREET, -

HONGKONG.

Bongkong. Janary 9, 1909,

The silk train is run a special. If a limited leses time and get in the way the

HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO, limited has to fret on siding while the

LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THE FORTY FIRST ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS

silk train wars by. Thetik special rans on no schedule except that of the greatest! speed consistent with alety. The chief despatcher of sach division listens

040

will be held at the Offers of the Underwatchfully to the new of its progress

Iron signed at 12 o'clock (noon), on WEDNES- coming in over the sires DAY, the 9th March.

signal tower and station after another. While the silk train is yer thousand miles away it is being prepared for.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com. pany will be CLUSED ferm-the-rd-inst to the 9th proxime, both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., L.,

Gosarul Bhimager-, Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., La. Hongrong, February 16, 1910.

220

THE CRINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LIMITED.

Sometimes there is a race over a 3,000- mile conto. It happens now and thon that two steamers from Eastern Asin, osch with 2,000 or more bale of raw silk in its

treasure mom, start a fur hours apart.

They have been selected by the shippers in Shanghai or in Yokohama buenise under ordinary conditions they will reach their THE FORTY FIRST MEETING of American port on, say, Friday. If they

SHAREHOLDERS in the Ceintany will be held at the Company's Cflic do the silk can be delivered in New York No. 3. Queen's Read Central, Victoria, on by the following Thunday, which is the THURSDAY, the 10th March, 1916, atlatant in the week that i desirable. 12 o'clock Noon, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accouts and the

Arrangetomats liave been made by cablefor

Report of the Directors for the year ending the transportation of the cargoes acress the 31st December, 1919.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com-continent. Rival railroads will carry them. pany will be CLOSED from 25th February. If has happened that two such silk trains In 10th March, bath days inclusivo.

By Order,

H. F. FICKMAN,

Asting Secretary.

924 Hongkong, February 17, 1910.

جود

NOTICE.

have started but an how spart, and pursu

ing different routes base swung into New Yerk neck and nock.

It is when such a race as thie is on that the silk train becomes the one'important They thing in life to the raroad men. think and talk of neking ele Tracke

NOTICE IS BERELY GIVEN that are cleared and patrolled, switches are

spiked and everything is done to clip tha necessary delays to the last second.

The milroad officials will deny that there

GIVEN-that- dated the 4th Nerember, 1969, drawn hy the HAD TAK BANK of Shaghai, China, on the HAU TAK BANK of Canton, Chian, for $40,000.00 (Foreign Dollars) payahlo 10 days after sight has been LOST and a NEW BILL of IX of the vinning of the blue ribben ui the CHANGE No. 48 dated the 7th Novem- ber, 1909, for a similar amount payable one day after eight in lieu of it has since been issud and daly bonoured and that no transaction king pinee under such origin

is any mou, but when it is over the story:

rails is told in every roundhouse and switch between the consts.

Raw silk Bluctantes considerably in price

Bill of Exchange No. 6415 will bo recngat timesand thore in Inquent heavy specu- nised by the Undersigned or by any of the parties to such Bill.

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Dated the 24th February, 1910. THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED.

Intion is it. Time of delivery is usually tho essence of the extract.

The par- chases of cargoes are usually financed by some New York bank er brust company. Every day'x delay means added interest charges. While zawk enters this: coun-

CHINA EXPRESS CO.,try fee of duty, it it usually shipped in

3, DUBDELL STREET.

bond to it destination, and is not formally passed by the Custom authorities until its

Telephone 868 P. O, Box 154. INFORT SPECIALITY Seda soñable for arrival.

growing this Olimate. EXPORT SPECIALTY:-Cigare in my quan

tity at wholesale piieun. Agents for Contractors to

IMPERIAL GIRMAN AND ROYAL DANI

PARCEL POST. SHIPPING, FORVARLING AND INSURANCE

AGENTA

PACKING & WAREHOUSING, PARCELS and cases of any size, shape. or weight at to all part of the world, Daty and all other charges can be prepaid if desired, so thatthey are delivered abso- lately from.

1489

PATELL & CO..

Exporters & Importers

For the purpose of the bankers and mor- chants it might as well reach Now York on Monday morning as the previous Friday | afternoon. It it arrives on a Thursday it' can be cleared at the Customs Ecase, **conditioned" and whipped to the manu-") facturers within the next forty-night houre. These are but a fow dithe principal reasons why the closely interwoven commercial in- terests watch the progress of the silk train across the continent and pray for its early arrival.

There are from the railroad's point of view many other reason for speed. In the first place the transportation of this freight, that is valued at mots than $125,000 a car, isaagerly sought-in-by-competing rail roads They say it mattor of sentiment and prestige, but it is really an affair of

General Merchants dollars and conts. A carload of raw silk

and

and a carlond of fint-class passengers, all the way scram America amount to about the same thing in messy, and there is more

Commission Agents not profit in handling the milk at four conte

Hongkong and

Canton.

s pound from coast to coast, the highest freight rate that is charged on any com modity.

It is an unusual thing to get together seventy-five or a hundred first-class passen- gers at 879.20 each, but if a road schiuves (Continued on Page 5.)

dow of about 250,000 gallons of water per day and an average supply of about 1,000,000 gallops a day. There are three wall built bungalows on the property, à Police Station is erected on a prominent spur commanding a view of the whole pro perty. Purther particulars of the property may ba chiained from the Undersigned to LUXURY: whom offers should be addressed too later

A. F. DAVIES, Manager.

PEAK HOTEL

than the 11th March. The Undersigned. does not bind himself to accept the highest: or any offer for the property.

HORACE PERCY SMITH,

Chartered Accountant,

Official Liquidator, 5, Queen's Road Contral

268;

Hongjog, February 24, 1910.

ADMIRABLY SITUATED AT VICTORIA GAP. Adjoining the Tramway Terminas, 1,400 feet above Sea Level PEN to the South Winds in Sommer and protected from the Nerth-east Winds in

Commanding singulärent view of Hongkong, ine Harbour and adjacent SWATOW DRAWN WORK CO, talands for forty miles.

FIRST-CLASS FAMILY, RESIDENTAL AND TOURISTS' HOTEL. Telegraph Add: Pesceful." Terms: From $5 per day Mex.

Town Office:., Das Vaux ROAD. Heptong, February 8, 1908.

THE VIENNA CAFE COMPANY, LIMITED, No. 34, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

TELEPHONE No. 924

EQ to otify the Public that modem and up-to-date BAKERY and CAFE ander Bexclusively art that LA Curly robuilt and modernized promien

Strictest cleanliness all over the pier. Use only Fiat-class Flour and other Materials. The Company has secured the services of Messrs J. Somen and A. Sokolamin for the Bakery and Confectionery Departments. The long experience of both Gerth. men in up-to-date establishments on the Continent is the best guarantee that only the best ever produced in the Colony will be supplied,

The latest sanitary improvements employed.

The Patronage of the Pabllo is respectfully solicited. Hongkong, September 13, 1948----~~~

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Hongkong November 13, 1909, 1417

ROSSIA INSURANCE

COMPANY.

ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA,

TOTAL ASSETS... Rables 73,000,000. 1180N MELCHERS & CO. have TOTIOB IS THEREBY GIVEN that bean Appolated our AGENTS in `Boog- koog...

"POLYBRILLIANT`` METAL POMADE NEVER BECOMES DRY & HARD LIKE OTHER METÁL PASIES Į

JOHN QAKEY & SONS LIMITED, "WELLINGTON MILLE" LONDON.

NATURAL

ENO'S

HEALTH-GIVING

FRUIT

REFRESHING

SALT

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"Referring to the above Notica, we have taken over the Agency of the

ROSSIA INSURANCE COMPANY.

ST. PETERSBERG KESILJ. And we are prepared to Accept Orders for FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE (European and Chinese Risks) at Current Rator. MELCHERS & 100, Insurance Dept. Bangkong, February 4, 1910.

163

NORTH BEMISH AND MERCANTILE NSURANCE COMPANY:

HOTLE FUNDS AF SIST Duncan, 1907

£18,114,524.

Authorised Capital £3,000,000 Babafbed Capital £2,750,000 Paid-up Capital £867,500 0 II-Fire Funds 3,065,374 18 UI-Ele& Anwalty Funde 14,315,942 10 8 Sinking Fund Ascount 40,000 $3 228,114,624 11 2

Bevence Fire Brazon 1,280,659 13 7

Mis & Annuity 1847.22418

Branches

Blaking Fand Account

8,183 5 0

$4,136, 158 18 11 The Acommulated. Funds of the Fin and Elfe Departments are free from Hablilty in espect of each other,

SHEWAN, TOMES & 00.,

Agents"

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