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AGENTS:

SHIPPING.

Latest Steamer Movements.

(Baviisice of Murements reported to-day.) BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

0. 8. 8. C.

Achilles, A. Hanzo Jan. 13 Agamemnon, L. Liverpool Jan. 20. jax, L. Kobo for E.K. Jan. 95. Alcinous, L. Liverpud Jan. 37.

Antonor, A. Home Jan. 16. Antilophus, A. H.K. H. Jan. 21. Bellerophon, P. Canal B. Jail. Calchau, E. Canal H_Jan, 23, Cyclops, L. S'pore EI, Jan, 13. Dardanus, T. Liverpool Jan, 20, Duucation, L Batavia H. Jan. 8.

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., Diomed. L. Java for 'h ma Jan. 12.

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Bongkg. January 11, 1913.

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Inanous, L. H... 0, Jan. 13. Jason, P. Canni), Jan. 12. Lasites, A. Sture O, fail, 19. Machaon,

Menolaus,

Orestics.

Patricius, & S'pore for S'hai Jan, 18. Peleus, L. Shai H. Jan. 21. Purous, A. H. K. H. Jan. 23. Prim, L 8 pors H. Jan. 11. Prometheus, L. S'pore H. Jan. 13.

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Tolamon,

Telemachus P. Canal 0. Jan. 23 Teucur, L. Tacoma Jan. 54.

3, DUDDELL STREET. TELEPHONE NO. 668 Thesis, A. Pennog Jan. 15. (OrroSITE LAMIERT's Auction Rooms)

Titan, A. Tacoma Jan. 20.

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Packing and Warehousing.

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Payinants may be made in Hongkong or Destination. Baggage stored and troshipped.

Aganta for Contractors to Imperial German. Royal Danish, and Swiss Fedoral Parool Post.

AGES OF ANIMALS.

Remarkable Longevity of

Fishes.

The death of the Zo's giant python rom sente deny reminds us that the wo s and disabilities of old age wrist in the mys, terious world of time as they do with

JOHN TAYLOR," Manager.

can sit and do nothing for days on end save vink i's eye ice, insy watch the rise and bull of dynastien, and feel to older at the end of it.

C. M. 9. N. C....

Atrosa, L. Liverpool Jan, 13. Keeman, L. Liverpool Jan. 6. Kiatack, L. Barang for Tjilatjap Jan. 6. Memnon,

Moyane, L. Spore for S'hai Junt 4.) Myimid

Neleas, To Liverpool Jan, 20 Pakling, hot H. Jan. 13. Profesi, LH.Ke Rhinotau Jan. 24. Pinguey, P Canat H. Jan. 12.

Rhesus P. Canal 0), Jan. 6, Tenkai. L. H K. HǝJan. 24. Yangtze,.-P. Canni E Jan. 19.

SHIRE LINE. Carmarthenshiro, L., H. K. O.. Jan 10, Denbighshire, T H.K. H., Jan. 11. Flintshire, A. London Jan. 12.. Glamorganshire, P. Canal O. Dec. 29. Mouthshire, L. H. H. Jan. 24. Pembrokeshire, L. Y'bama H. Jan. 29.

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THE MIMEDE LIYE, One daybra whether it is worth while: but certainly for those who care to take the loss, tortoises and mussels supply a triumphant vindiccion of the poliy of conserving on's viality. Bees have great grievance in this respect. A queenAki Maria, P. Cartel O. Jun. 9." men. How long must a python lira before be, which do thing but sit about and wa Maru, A. H.K. Jan. 24,

lay og 2+

lices for three sid sometimes even for five years,

it can become a patriarchien! python, and want in the span of yours required for an electric cel parallel the bald and tooth- less stage of aan/

bo

Nirox YUNEN KAIBA.

But the wicke Him Ma though institution they are sindy Hitachi Maru, L. Suez for Port Said Jan. queen bees not fully develpod, diu of over- 5. work within five works. With the generally. Mar. L. 11.5. for S'pore Jan. 17. adoption of b-bive and

เทพบ iries for taking out the honeycombs, the Kags Maru. A. Loudon Dec. 21.

improved Leil

Kawachi Maru, P. Canal F, Jan. 231. nfotunate Hirtle creatures have been a Ramn Marn, L. H. for Kobe Jan. 18. boring mers. Furiou-ly than over an keep Kitano Mars, La Spore for Fecary Jun. pren with an e ternally renaped deficit in th

Kanagawa Maru

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1912.

TYPHOON SIGNALS

DEN LINE. Benderam b. H.K. for Nagasaki Jan. 23. Banglos, P, Canal 0. Jun. 3. Benlawers, La HK, for Nagusiki Jan. 9. Bonrents, P. Canal (. Jan. 18,

CANARIAM Pactic R-Co. "Empress of Indin, A. “H.K, Jac. 5,

Empress of Japan, L. Vancover Jan, il Monteagle, a. Victoria Jan, 21,

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China, A, ELË, Jan. 24, 201 Korça, LY'han for Honolulu Jan. 23. Manchuria, I. Vhanix for Kobo Jan. 22, Mongolia, L. Frisco Jan. 23. Nile, A. BK Ja, 35% "Persia, La Yhain for Honolulu Jan. 18.

Sibori, A. H.K. Jan. 19.

Toro Eras KASEL

Buyo Maru, Z. Gillie Jun. 20. Chiyo Maru, L'H'lulu for Y'huns Jan. 10. Hongkong Mara, L. Henolulu for S.

Am rican Jan. 19. Kiyo Muro, L. Y'hema for Koho Jan. 21. Nippon. Maru, A. Prisco Jí, 38. Shinyo Mar, L. Shai for Naki Jan. 22. Tenyo Maru, A. Frisco Jan. 23.

E.Homeward

.P.-Prated.

Outward. EL.K. Hongkong. L. ➡ Loaves or Left.

A. ≈ Arrives or Arrived.

The Editor would be grateful if Steam hip Company Agents would assist him in keeping the above colunin up to date by occasionally cutting out their list of steamura and sending same to this office with corrections and additions,

TILE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANOF SOCIETY OF THE, UNITED STATES,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., GENERAL MANAGERS, HONGKONO,

J. T. HAMILTON, GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE EAST, TUKTO.

Total Asuote Dec. 31, 1910....$494,715,929

Surplus

Dividends to Policyholders

2010

Total paid Policyholders-1910 Total Expenses for 1910 ... Gross oarings from Interost

and Renta for 1910...... Gross rate of Income from

Investments 1010 Hongkong, May 30, 1911.

NOTICE.

85,090,459

10,573,157 53,430,360 10,392,01%

21,646,52

LESSONS IN CHINESE.

STORM-WARNING/

FROM THE HONGKO

OBSERVATORY

The following Typhoon signals are hoisted on the Masthead 00 ·B günl † Hill, Kowloon, the Harbour Office, the Kowloon Godewas, H. M. S. Tamar, sed Green Taland sigual mast..

& CONE" point upwardu

A CONE point upwards and Ditu below

A DROM

A 'CONE pain down. ards and DR belo

A CONE point down- wards

L A CONE point chalet.

WORLY RAC BALL below

A BALL

indicaba Typhoo to the North of th

indicatos a Typhoo to the North-East the Colony-

Incleston Typhos

to the East du Calçay

indientes Typhos to the South-Ea the Qalemr

indicate a Typho

to the South of

Colony.

indicates Trokra to, the South-West

the clony,

indicates & Typhec

to the Weet di Colony

indicatos a Typhe

4.48"/ 72

A CONE

point upwarde and BALL below

to the North West the Colony.

Red Signals adicate that the centre

R. LI HON FAN, a Chinese graduate believed to be more than 300 miles awa

The case of the python, unfortunately, gives a little light. Be has lived fourteen seats in the Z, but there he was fully mature when be estar-d, and the Segura | hiva's banking account, and so their marta) { Miyasaki Maru, L. Suez for P. Snid Ja", 16. (be European oficials and mefchants in thi from the Colony, representative was informed at the Glenty has a an increased. Negrasthenis.

Tango Mare,

Jan. 2.

Mishima Maru, P. Causl U. Jan. 23. to my

have lived filty years or dues overs rain, is the curse of the bar Tamba Maru, L., H.K. for S'hai & Seattle ja hundred, years, ne even more, in a free, weld to-day, state "before enming to pass the autumn of which we may ibly attain comprat e Biology has disclosed nga method by his rays in Regent's Par.... Surprisingly | inmortality. Unfortunately, the man- little is known of the carnal lifetimes of attrac

attraction. It is immortality by wild creatures. Animals do not have as hat ve in drips of water have shown the

icon. Infusoris, the tiny erustur rings, like trues; such creatures as wild way. Their normal lifetime is a four hunts. tions attel tigers are not vinrable to they are taken out on a slip of glass and berration over prolonged periods, and they

be kupt in they may

in senid ainution for thirty yours Dord in

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Arcadio, L. H. for S'bri Jan. 19. Assaye, A. Penan from Colombo Jan. [il.: Ceylon, A. Lindos Jap 7.

ourse, the ages reached by creatures walerni the end of the period, their tan-u Candi S'pore for Penang Jan. 127

aximum in wild state.

lowly rechar misture, and premutly they are swimming a ont duce mure as cheerful as eve

However, it seems clear that with the

There are difficulties in the way of apply great majority of the larger himals the ageing this to humanity; but it is just pushie lims is below thirty years, and often short wu may find the man of the distant twenty. This applies to apys and bores, father or the appointed date and introdus fatore saking out his great-great-grand asses and zebras, dumestie cattle, iraffes,ing the old gentleman to the changes that lipa, tigers, hippo obami, wize, and the bar occurred during his century of desic- larger mamals generally. Sheep and 'deer ostion. flf, somewhat, below this level; mts, suice, and inhbita very consideriḥly liloir it; while elephants afturi, gresůly surprise it. There have been elephants in Indi known to have been at work for man for more than eighty years, an centenaring elephan ace comparitively "numerous. Varetheless, the average records of menu.

· gario animal- place thirty or forty as tho oral nga linsit, and it is probable that the popular ides of the ages renched by normal elephants is exaggerated..

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PATRIARCHAL MUSSELS,

Whales have the laugh on elephants by « very considerably margin. The kind that Hupply whalebone are believed to start life with reasonablu prospect of several centuries of fun before them, provided (they are not cut off in the bad at the aga Water, particularly salt water, heems to conduce to Jangeri y There are gigantic mussels and ster only with that of the Cape Verd blad whose nge. is assumed to be comparable

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ree and the big tree of California, which lite for 5000 years. Indeed, there appears no particular reason why mussels should |ever die; th ugh it" is also true that, 'cno- sidering the wort of life mussel lunile, there seems to particular reason why it: "-lincld over have lived,

Bea anerges, again, delicato and romui. tive thoughway look when wo-oo 'them in our rock pools, may actain great ago! Sir John, Dalyoli, a Septrial natordipt, captured in-1828 a sex anemone of the liver coloured sort ko coninum around our shores. Its ago was thon estimated al seven years, It flourished in Edinburgh until 1887, and wd just atraining a vigorous and suber masturity when, from anme unknown cause, it was out of in its prime. Eals hato live in captivity for 80 years ; tha age of somo voperable anlunon has been estimated at 100% op live. to be 150, and there have boon pike whose age was estimated at 200. Some of the earrod crocodiles of India, said to he ever a bundted, and agrin, arg vad estimates have been mondo of the ages of the giant tortoises of Madagascar. Cer tainly there was, till recently (and may be stil), tortoise in the garden of the On

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AGENTS

Delta, L. H.K. Ir Spore fast. 207. Hinglaya, 1. Boubay Jan. 7. illa. P. Canal H. Dec. 12. Nile, A. H.K. O. Jan. 27. Nore, L. H.K. H. Jan. 24. Namar, A. London Jan. 12. Nubis, Nyanza, A. Kobe O. Jan, 10. Palion,

Peru, P. Canal 0..Jan. 10. Peshawur,

Palawan, P. Canal H. Jan. 12.

Palermo, Saz finis,

Syrin, L. S'pore H. Jan. 17)

Sunds.

Socotra, L. H.KO0. Jan. 17. Sumaian,

Somali,

MESSAGERIES MARITIVIES Australien, 2. Canal H. Jao. 24. Armand-Rebie, A. Hon Jan. 16. Caledonien, L. H K. H. Jan. 16. Dumbea, P. Canal 0. Jun. 18. Ernest Simons, P. Canal O. Jan. 4. [Sydney, L. H.K. O. Jan. 16..

Tonkin,

Tourane, L. Marsoilles Jan. 28.

NORED TYCHEE "LLOYD, Buelow, L. H.K. H-lin. 24, Deringer, A. S'poro 0. Jan. 20. Gneiseruu, To Europe. feben, L. H.R. O. Jan. 12. " leist, A. Genoa EL Jan. 22. Luerzow, In Кагоро

P. E. Friedrich, P. Canal 0. Jan. 18, Prinz Ludwig, L. S'pore H. Jan. 16. Prinzess Alice, L. 'pore H. Doc. 4. Rana, A. Gedia H, Jan. 19. Yorck:

BANK LINE, Joserio, A. HK. O. Joo. 19 Ku nerie, 1, Cumox Dec. 22. LONDON -F. Albin, 11 & 12 Clement'. Luceric, A. H.K. H. Jan, 20.

Lane, Lambard Street E.c. T. B. Brownrteris, á. Victoria, Jan. 4.

& Co., Tatil., 163 Queen's Road, I ictory. Stveric, L. E. 0. Jan. 11. St. CLARKE, SON & PLATT, 85 Grace Silverbirch, L. Everett Doc. 11. church St., .o. G; STREET & Co., Ltd.,

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Glenstre, London March 29. St. David Street, Edinburgh, PARIS AND EUROPE, MAYENCE FREST & Co., 18 Rue de la Grange, Bateller Pari

HAMBURG HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. Ambrin, L, LK. O. Jan. 21. Aragonia, L Chemulpo 0. Jan. 10 NEW YORK-TECH EVANGELIBY Andalusi, LAI.K. H. Dec. 21.

Orrick B2, Wex and Strest. Arcadia, P. Carl O. Jan. 12.. SAN FRANCISCO and American Porte Bayern, In Hamburg.

generally-Ban & Back, Son Fran Belgravia, L. Hamborg Jan. 12.

Brisilio, L. HK. H. Jin, 12. Dortmund, L. H.K. H. Jan 20. Freienfels, P. Canal H. Dec. 20.

Fürst. Below, In Hamburg Goldenfels, P. Canal 0. Jan CEYLONW. M SMITH & Co. To Liborin. A Visdivostock Dec. 31.

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Preussen, P. Coal'0. Jan, 0. Sambi, L. Kobe H. an: 10. Schoon, A. Hou Jan. 5. Saxonia, A. Manila 0. Jan. 12. Renndin, P. Ol B. Jan 23.

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appears to lie between a short life-an; si jerry one, or linked dainees long drian out. If you whirl about singing and ana ing and improving each »bfufig minnte of i the shining bios liko skylark and night "fogales, Jou die of sonify at tho ngu af what. But a crestere like tortoise that

Sunambia, In Histaburg THE ANOT Brone, Fohow, BROCKET Besin, L. Singapore (7. Dec. 23. & Co., Bhanghai, KELLY & H Sithonia, P. Carl H. Jan. 16. Inn. Yochama, EFLLY & WALSH, Slavonis, P. Carol H. Jan, 0.

A Spezin, P. Canal 0. Dr. 31:

Bueria, PiCanal O. Jan. 19, Vandalin P. Canal H. Dec. 10,

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The above signals will, as heretofore, be aisted only when phoons exist in such positions or ap moving in cush direction that information re.arding them is so ndered to be of importance to the Colony or to shipping leaving the harbour."

URGENT" BIGYATA.

In addition to the abore, when expected that the wind máy ingresar u” full typhoon force at any moment, the following Urgent Signals will be made the Water Police Station, and ropested at the Harbour Bles:-

THREE EXPLOSIVE DONE AT INTERVAÏA

OF TEX SECONDS.

A Black Cross will be hoisted at the same time, superior is the other shapes.

NIGHT ST NATA

The following Night Fignals will b hoisted from the Flagstaff on the roof the Water Police Station at Kowloon, the Harbour Ofc Fingstaff, and H.M S.. T142.

L... Three Lights Vertical, Grean, Greis Grean, indicate, that a typhoon is believed": 20 be situated more than 300 mile from

he Colony.

II. Throe Lights Vertical, Green, Red Green, indicates that a typhoon is believed to be, aitanted less than. 300 miles from the Colony.

IL Three Lights Vertical, Red, Green Red, indiestes that the wind may be

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For the Loneli ́of Native "Craft - and passing Ucean Versois, a 'Cons will "be" exhibited at each of the following stations during the time that any of the shova Day Signals are hoisted in the Harbour.

Gap Rock- Waglan,

Cape Collinson,

This wil indicate that there is a depres sion somewhere in the Chins Sea, and that a Storm, Warning is holsted in the Harbour.

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