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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1915.

Hughes and Hough

AUCTIONEZES TO THE GOVERNMENT

“ANY" "ADMIRALTY

General Auctioneers.

AND

Share, Coal and

General Brokers.

PROPRIETORS TO-KWA-WAN'

COAL STORAGE,

THE

Codes and

A B.C. 4TH & ̈ITH ŽSITIONS;"

Al. Teraz.rm: CODE,

Telegraphio Address

MEIRION HONOKONG,

FOR SALE!

HE Undersigned 1470 received instrue-

tions to sell at their Sales Rooms,

No. 8. Des Voeux Road, Cornor of Ice House Street,

One Piano Brindwood & Sons (good

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by

condition),

by Collard, & Collard, goed

ecnditina,

by Bringmand & Son, good

condition,

"by Monington & Weston, goed

sonilition.

Two Boadoir Grand Pianos by,

& Sona Plano by Kuch it Sobne," Piano by Weindenslawfe.

Apply to the Undersigned, TERMS:-Cashur

Broadwood

HUGHES & HOCOR,

Auctioneers

POBLIO AUCTION.

~TIE Undersigned have received instrac-

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tions to sell by Public Auction,

TUESDAY,

the 4th January, 1916, commencing at

2.30 p.m., at their Sales, Rooms, No. 8,

Dos Vœux Rodd, Corner of

Içe House, Street,

A LABS QUANTITY OF

VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND

BLACK WOOD FURNITURE,

ER 98 FENDER3, FIRE BRASSES, CURTAIN POLES, CARPETS, RUG.,

As Follows:-

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White Enamelled Brass-mounted Twio Bedsteads, Two Upholstered Saites, Arm- chairs and Sofas, Card Tablo, Bedroom Furniture, Double and Single Benay-

THE CHINA MAIL.

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C & B

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HM. THE KING

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..

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AS THE BEST PREPARATION OF OATS

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Chlorodyno is a liquid talien in drops, graduated according to the malady. It invariably relieves pain of whatever kind; creates a calm refreshing sleep; allays "irritation of the nervous system when all other remedies fail: leave no bad effects and can be taken when no other, medicine can be tolerate

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ENTERTAINMENT.

VICTORIA THEATRE

FRIDAY, 31st DEC., 1915.

The Thrilling Detective Drama

IN THREE REELS. -

THE CLUE OF THE CIGAR BAND.

Pathe's British Gazette.

mounted Bedsteads, Sideboard by Powell, The Big 3

Ltd., Dincer Waggon, Extension. Dising Tables and Chairs Tea and Vomsional) Tables, at etc, Dinner, Tea and Coffee Services, Crockery, Glass and E-P. Ware, 2 Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, Braas.Ferdørs, Ourtain Poles, etc., etc.

Also

Four Pianos (in good condition), Electric Reading Lamps, Ozolarga 4-Fold Blackwood Screen, a quantity of Blackwood Furniture, etc., etc., Perambulatora, etc.

(Fall Particulars from Catalogue.ja

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.

Rosgrang, Dec, 201915,

AUCTIONS.

R.

PUBLIO AUCTION.

1104

DARTICULARS and Condition of the

Letting by Public Auction Sale, to ba held on MONDAY, the 3rd day of January, 1910, 86 8 7.32, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Ezésfancy the Governor, of Two Lots of CROWN LAND ahove Rennedy Road and South of LL. 1218, Robinson Road respectively, in the Colony of Hongkong. For a term of 75 year, with the option of renewal at Crown Renta to be fired by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for and further term of 75 years.

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COME AND HAVE A GOOD LAUGH.

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Never for was there anything tee 12 nor can its marvelous properties ever be equalled in all Claes of poomers, perity on biber Imperfection of the blood from whatcer cause ulding. No Booker bist immediate dater, then pres and and posters to me essere is overcoming and expeing discer, wheresocry and in whatsoever for met with i blotches, pimples, sear?, seurer a

racròftious and grandiderswelling, discolorations, roughness and. unsightly patches; & its effects are almost magical in the treatment of gout, rheumatism/*! sciatica, tambago, peins and swellings of the fofabt, discharges, blood poison, eczema, lepra,N porlanis, bed legs and breasts, abacesses, ulcers, wrends, sores, goiter pr. Derbyshire week, this Improves the espalhealth, and quickly removes long standing

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SALVETARZO BRAIN AND HERVÉ FOOmer next insprtiam for Isdler particulaptis sent

· Bandatamped "a PETY, IN THE VETA EVE On The Free Booklet, or P.D. 2/3 for Trial Bottle et afshe

REMEDIES CO GOSPEL OAK LONDON. Unpinalpted vendors "may try to sell you something dies for azteg pet-do not accept it, but insist on bawang FIVETARZONAT caouine has the WORDE VETAZZA REMEDIES on Government bara je vje VETARZO REMEDIES ARE HOLOĽBY BOOTS. Oax GHEMSEYEVAY KRE

business alackened. In last Septembre"! company was formed in Chaton for the Farebasu of the whole of the Hang Atook nad oke whole stock of Opina thua went in the hands of the Canton Authority from the Opium Combine as the following prices: 89,13 for Patna Uluta; 38,060 for Peter Opium; and 50:300 tor Malwa Oplum. Thus the Opium business in Hong kung passes from the bands of the Uplan Combine to the Company in Canton..

YARN REVIEW 1915.

Messrs. Polishwalla and Katwall, Cot- ton an Yam Bikers of Hongkong. review the yarn trade for 1913 in the following terUIS --~-

LOCAL SHOPPING. VICTOR VICTROLA

The ideal

GIFT.

Though marked by violent durations Ever ready as an entertainer

in prices. alio year now evining to a élɔne

has been a fairly profitable one, betḥ to

foreign importers."and to satise denkers,

It will be recalled that at the elgse of

last year our market was in a deplorable

and gives a perfect

state, when the majority of the ustive reproduction of the world's dealers were knoken

very shaky,

As the Chinese Nis Year approached, however is February) some of dealers made desperate efforts to arriva | at a settlement with the ftuporter, who on their part, rather than being about a general collapse" of the "trade, du? por- force to accept the terms submitted, thus enabling some of a principal - dealers, on the resumption of business after the "New-Year-torture-with-welynn skrot. This settlement consributed in no smal degree to the more sound trade conditions which obtained during the rest of the Lyear.

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Looking at the back files of our forse mely-pireuiars we find that the lowest parat touched during the year was in Marel, when bo Tens sild between

anil $90, and best Twenties Bold between goes and $185. From the mouth j

April and wiürd, prices began slowly to recaremmi the latter part of Septem. ety when, the highest point of the year was toughed, lasst "dens" then reach-. fing 8112 and ** Twenties * $143. Dur ing the latter ninth the excitement, in the Beanbag tunset, as well as in China, tan very high. owing to reports of sheep prepa of entron. Fortunately, however, Four locul dealers were art cafric" of their feet apavoided launching out in large forward contracts, as they hud hitherto always done, when they learnt by bitter experience, the disastrous effects. of a sudden setback with large stocks on their hands still undigested. Such a set back was not long in coming, the excite- ment-baring quite subsided by the middle During the Current Year business of Detoher when prices commence! reported as under ip Messrs S. D. Sethan'steady to recede. report In Imroars Sales were reported of Almonds at $18.to $28, Aloes at 814 to- 82 Angoor at 314 to 828. Apricots at.14 to $37, Sagostida at 820 to 821, Aventarina Stonest to 89, B'Dolls at $34 to 20 Bezuar Stone as 9130 to $340, Bhesabolo

COMMERCIAL.

BUN DRIES.

„Below, we append a comparaitre table of arrivals, sales, and deliveries fr which it wil be seen that while the sales, or the current year are about the same

86 to 810, Bort at sug to-25, Bo alex those of 1914, the deliveries show an

at 8250 to 3490, Clores at 333 to 848, epeenraging improvement of more than Cornelion Stones at 2 to 88, Kingfisher 20,000 bilen. fathers at 919 to 828, Peacock Feathers at

$35 to $50, Yonnel Seds at $5 to 811. Fish Arrivals

| Mams Acat 830 to 9930, · Flour að 851 to

1011

1915.

175,000

159,000 -105,000 177,000

Gum Olibanum at 88 to 820, Halitore Sales... 199,060 At $10 to $24, Horns at 8175 to $250 and Dilisation: 7135,000 $750 to 8980: ivory at $350 to 8898, Kismis Compartire at 815 to $95, Matej at

at 810 to 821, Mask at $175 to 8300, Myramabollamsat 831 to

| $4k, "Onions Bombay at 80,90 to 82.20,

| Präyn Dust at 23 to 4. Putchal at 3100

pricer...... 10 580~ 8 97. S PO-$10. 20 $08-8115, 8115-8130.

Is our last annud review we drew

to 2140, Quicksilver at $250 to $470. Ross attention to the great strides which at 855 to 800, Rome Maloes at 86 to Japanese yarn has been making year by 344, Safflower ab 13. to 819, Safron at 85 year. A special feature of the year just to 87, Saltpetre at 818 to 833, Senna Leaves

at $1 to 815, and Sugarcandy at 814) closing in this conuertion is that Japeress to 171.

No. 20 has, entirely driven out this count

In Exron purchases were reported in of Bonbuy yarn from the local market, Beans (Green & White) at 84 to 8. Brass much so that during the past three Buttons at 845 to 860, Camphorat 878 to 305. Cardamom Seeds at 826 to 840 Canla xt 83 to 816, Broken Caasis at 87 Cassie Oil at 8130 to 39-5. Catgut $13 to $15, China Roots at $34

to 814, Comba.at 820 to 830, Drums at 845 to $80, False Pestle at $15 to $45, Fans at 815 to 880, Fire Crackers at 97 to 881, Griangat at 88 to 809, Garile at

Dry Ginger at $11 to 9134, Glass Beads at $25 to $48, Groundants at 861 to 831.1

months rot a single bale of Indian 204. has been negetiated, in the local market.

THE NEW EMPIRE OF CHINA.

The following items are extracted from Beking papers

After the promulgation of the indilate

Ininginas at $100 to $150,ifattings at accepting the offer of the Throne from 920 to $60, Munsals $10 to 8743. Papar

ar" the people, the Tu Huang Tr decided to $10 to 800, Proserice at $5 to 87. hd his Court in the Hanho Hall tem. Scales at 840 to 800, Star Aniseed at $28

to 832, Star Aniserd Oil at $180 to 8280, porarily Siber then every morning the Sugar Refined at 812 to 15h, Sugrenndy Fat $15 to 817. Ten at 825 to Big Tur-

meris at.97 to! 8111 Vermillion at 875 to $230, and Zedoar at 817 to 87

Ta-Hung Ti, ascends his Throne at 7 o'clock and receives his courtiers, besides reading and Issuing reseripts to all its portant memorials to the Throne" with his vermillion brusli. All documents of miner importance are sent to the Pao si Hsuan for later perusal.

OPTUM. Marara 8. Dethna, of Hongking in their market report this week way-

"During the first part of the Year 1915, ■" Yew asins were reported in the market, but

A proposal has been made in certain latterly, owing to the laying of a beasy quarters that as the Min-koo has poms import duty of nearly $3,500

per chest,

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In connection' with the pension made to the former Emperor, the, new Imperial House has expressed its concurrence in the view that since the constitutional forrn of monarchica government has been chosen by the people, the articles of the Special Treat- shent Agreement, which is a part of the Constitutional Compact, aliali remain pec- mandaily, valid. It shall be exabodied in the Constitution when, the same. I pro mtilgated to the end that it shall-con- timbe la full force and effects (

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