To-day's Advertisements
PUBLIC AVOTION.
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THE grad. We recited to THE Untarsigned have received inatene. ØTTICES, to sell by Fablia Auction,
on
FRIDAY,
the 19th Jazzary, 1917, at 12 noon,
at their Sales Rooms, No. 4,
Des Voeux Road, Corner of
Ice House Street,
SIXTY TWO CASES
22570
Tante- nadal,
PICKLED ONIONS.
HUGHES & HOOR,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, Jan, 17, 1917.
TO LET
TO LET.
14
FFICES on 1st Floor, No. 3 Queen's Road Cerral no present in the bocupation of The China Fire Insurance Co. Ltd.
Apply to
CHTSA FIRE INSURANCE Co., Ltv.
Hongkong, April, 1916.
TO LET.
LATS in Ewe Mess' No & The Peak apply Property "Office
JAUMUS, MATREON &.CO, LTD.
Hongkong, Sept: 1, 1918.
"
TO LET.
0.42 Eglin Street.
No
Apply tom
901
SCRIPPS.
NEW YORK TO PETROGRAD "THE MOTOR THAT DID IT."
ALEX. ROSS & CO.,
WEEKLY
-リ
Sole Agents. ESTIMATES FREE. Des Votux BoAD CENTRAL
NEWS FOR HOME
THE CHINA MAIL.
The Overland China Mail
FULL REPORTS.
LATEST INTERLLIGENCE
-Order before you leave, so that you may receive it while at Eoms. Price #13 per annum, including postage.
CAN BE MAILED FROM THIS OFFICE.
THE CHINA MAIL, Lo., Wyndham Sreek
New Life For
Your Hair
In Cuticura
The Soap to cleanse the scalp of dandruff, crusts and scales, the Ointment to soothe and heal fuching and Irritation. Nothing just like these fragmat, super-creamy emollients for the skin and scalp.
Free Sample Each by Post
For from sample sach address post-card: P. Nawbary & Bona T, Charcarbours Sq. Leaden. Sold everywhere.
FARES FOR PUBLIC VEHICLES.
CHAIRS
1.-In Victoria with two. Batrers..
Quarter hour,
Half bout.
One hour,
10 cents
20
50
.་བ་བ་༦་ སྐ-་་,!【f Day (6 am to 6 pm.),$100
Three hours, wat
Six hours.
If the trip is extended beyond Victoria: half fure extra.
»
Between the huurs of 9.30 pm, and 6 a.m. the above fares shall be increased by 50 per centum.
IL-Beyond Victoria, with four Beastra,
Hour.........
WEATHER REPORT.
On the 17th at 11.20-No returns from Japanese stations. Pressure has de cvenser moderately from Vladivostock to Focchow, and slightly over Formosa arki N. Luzon. It is nearly stationary elsewhere.
There is probably a depression over N. Chipa, and an anticyclone to the east of Japan.
The monsoon is interrupted to, the north of Amoy. Moderate monsoon is indicated over the China Sea
Hongkong. Rainfall for the 24 hours. ending at 10 am. to-day, 0.00 inch. Total since January 1st, 0.34 inches, against an average of 0.49 inches.
Forecast for the 24 hours ending st noon on the 18th January :--
1-Hongkong to Gap Rock: E or variable winds, moderate; fine, fog in morning.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1917,
SHARE REPORT.
JANUARY 17TH, 1917.
Retär
Stock and paid up
Q'stona 11.50 A.M.
Laut Dividend
ndidato.
Jour'a
div.
ву
Valge,
BARKE
Hongkong & Bal $125 $700
MARINE INSUR ANGES.
Cantonizē 50|85773.a North China......£5 T. 180
Union8..........................
#10011900 .im
--Formoss Channel: NE. winds moderate.
3-South coast of Chins between Yangtzen ..60 $235 Hongkong and Lamocks: The asTOM DA Fot..
4-South coast of China between Hongkong and Hainan: The more se KE
OFFICIAL" NIÖFTS IN FANUARY.
FIRE INSURANCES.
가
Chins Fires 20 $165. Hengkong Free ...a vu) $575
KHTPYING
Douglas. Stamships 850 | 8115 11 Steamboate.§. 15 8207 b.
The following table shows the Stan- dard Time at which Official Night ends and begins during the mouth of Jean-Indo-Chinis:- ary, 1917-
(Preferred)25|343 1. (Deferred)...£5 #739 b.
£2.5 interim
87 final e 1914 and Interim of 18 e 1915. Fical div. of 15% waking £7 % de 1916. caro Finsk of $20 od boner $30/ 191 Izteria of 890 we 1915........ Final of $15 making $38. for 1914 and ins of $8 UM. com* 1915...
$7 and beats for
1914. ****
$2 for 1916 hastan
181 Smal and sã boaws, making $14 s/o 1918-16 $1 for 191b... *N
16/- for 1915 ...........
10/- Bonas
8 for 1914 mensen
Bj.c.
(11) pr
4.
tp.a.
Date.
Fade.
Jan. 17th, 4.53
Eegina. #.13 m.
I p.0
18th, 8.53
6.14
19th, 1.43
6.11
9/9 1815 Conpan 25
20th, 4.53
6.10
8.53
6.18
22nd, 8.53
18
**Shall " Itseaports £1109/-
"Star Ferry
10858=
5- /c) 1916 Coupon £
33rd, 6.53
8.17
0.60 cents.
6:33
6.19
$1.63 dividend- 45 coum. Bosna for year ending 30-4·16
HP
2/3+
1/39/16-
/3
Three hours.....81.00 Six. bours.................. 1.30 Day (8 am to 6 p.m.)....... 2.00 -In the Hill District. With Bearers With 4 BearL Quarter bour,.....80.15
25th, 6.53
8.18
REFINERIES.
90: 6.11
*and* 0.52
Aen
China Suga...@ 100 } $123 —..
| $12 for 1910 ..................
10
6.31
AJ
Malabon Sugars.... P. 50 $57 mm.
85 to 1915......
11
$0.30
30th 0.51 21st, en
6.5%
4.73
...3/3 13/16
3/4)
Half hour, 0.90
0:40
MINTYG.
One hour,......
0.30
0:00
Two hours,
0.51)
0,80
Three hours, ...... 0,70
1.00
...317
Six hours.......... 1.00
1.50
Day (am.tosp.m.)1.50
201
ROYAL OBSERVATORY HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER REPORT.
1/u/e 1915/78, Compens
No.
Langkacagdrs. 10)T. 214 s.
Th, 1 for 1930
Raube...
...54.
RICKSHAS
Tronoh Mines
-Ural-Casplaza.
EL BR.40
E111/4
| S/-/e 1916....
1320.
PERCY SMITH,
SETH AND FLEMING.
Hongkong, Oct. 31, 1918
TO LET-FURNISHED..
3 MOUNTAIN WLEW, Pest.
1197
Apply to
"HE. POLLOCK,
Prince's Buildings. Hongkong, Oct. 24, 1913.
1173.
2nd Floor," St. George's
TO LET
F
Apply to
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. Hongkong. April 7, 1918,
611
POST OFFICE NOTICES.
Particulars of outgoing and incoming Mails will not be advertised in future.
The Post Office will forward all corro- pondence posted by the fastest route.
The rates of Postage un letters to the Chinese Post Offices are now follows: To Cantong Fatehan,)
4
Chan Chuen and 2 cents for koutou. Whampoa
cance or fraction To Other Farts of 4 cuts for cach
China
thereof.
Correspondence addressed to enemy subjects in China, Sam, Liberia, Porto- guess East Africa, Fersia and Morocco cannot be transmitted.
#!
The Services to Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire are suspended.
EXOFANGE.
Rongkers, January 17, 1917.
On Lendon-
On demand, ***
Bank Wire
.
30 days' right
4 monthe right,
Credits, 4 months sight,
Documentary, & months sight 9/4
On Paris-
Of demand,
Credits, 4 months" sight 28
Ou New York-
Os demand,
Credits, 60 days sight, ....
On Bombay-
***
Wire, ...
On demand, On Calcutta-
Wire, - ** On demand
On Singapore
On Manila
On demand,
Or demand;
On Shanghai
On demand
166 nom.
...971
It
...108
70 LET.
MOUR-ROOMED HOUSES ia Gordon
FOR
LOCAL AND REGULAR MAILS OUTWARD.
WZIK-DAYS
... 5.00 P.M. Tai lo......10.00 .. Cheung Chow... 2.00 .. Shataukok, Shu-
FOUR Gvenue, Tai O ...
Kowloon.
TO LET OR FOR SALE.
Kowloon Marine Lot 48 with wharf ares 25,000 sq. ft. suitable for coal storage or erection of godowns.
Apply
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE
CO., LTD.' Alexandra Buildings. Hongtong, Nove 24, 1916. -
... 4.00-PM.
tin and. Sheungshui Aberdeen, Autau,
Ping Shan, Sai Kung Santin, Starley.. 4.30 P.M.
30 days' night(private paper)..
On Yokobama-
On demand
I.-In the Island of Hongkong engaged in Victoria
166 nom.
Ten minutes,
Quarter hour, miszer
2001
Gold Leaf, 100 fine (per tack)...kl.10. Sovereigns (Banks Buyingrate) $5.65 x. Silver (per oz.)
SERDAYS & HOLIDAYS
22.30A.M.
Bar Silver in Hongkong* "Chinese Copper Cash... Chinese Copper Cents.... Rate of Native Interest Chinese Sub. Coin..... Hongkon Sub. Coin
18.%p.n. р.д.
*
per
Hal bour,...PIONATIN One houry
Every Subsequent hear
JANUARY 17, 1917.—a.m.
$ation.
Note-If the ricksha e engaged within the City of Victoria, and be dis charged outside the Western part of the City of Victoria after 3 p.m., or be die WPostock... charged to the East of Eay View Police Memaro Station on the Eastern side of the City Hakodata
Tokto fare shall be charges bie
of Victoria after 9 p... an extrs half ****
II-In Kowicz
Quarter hour,.........
Half hour, Bour,
a......
Wind
Hour.
Barometer all Elem Ierval.
Temperature.
Humidity.
Directk
Weather
Forca,
630.22 24
5.
5 сеп
15
90
1
agasaki... Kagoshima. Jahina 1000) Nah
Vilpa coci Bogin Land
DOCKS, WHARVES AND GODOWNS.
Kowloon Whirret 350 $85
H.E. & Whamper"
Docks..............$.50 197
Shanghai Dooks T. 100 T. 88 Hongkow Wharfı 'T. 100 T. 95
HOTELS LANDS
$3+ for 199
$5 to 1913
The 7+ to your ending 30-4-18 medfon Ta 3 ter 1915
AND BUILDINGS
6.
0.07
Hongkong Hotels...
$116.
15% kall year 30:8-18,
4.p
Central Estate ...$100 $100 s...
87 a/c 1915.....
I p.4.
Interim div. of Si -----
Să sents for 1915'
#21 for 1916
Interim od
"
#
AGENTS.
LONDON:-WILLIAM BLATER, 42 Greal Bell Street, W.C., F. Alas, 11 &
Every subsequent hour, .................... 10
III-Taipo Road.
Twenty centa shall be added For each extra hour or part of an hour if the hireru the journey to take longer
than
To 4th mile-
single 15 cente....1 hou7, return $1.00 hours Beyond 4th to 6th mile-
single 1-81.20....--- bours retar81.50........4
12 Clement's Lane, Lombard Street, B... Browne & Co., Ltd., T. B LC.
Fictoria 163 Queen's Road,
single 81.75 prom CLERK, SOX & Phacori Beyond 6th to 9th rile
G. STREET & Co., Ltd. rutura... 200 church of RDON & Gorca, 15 St. Beyond 9th to 11ta mile
Groes
crack-
Bride St., La. RozEET WATSON,
180
single return......50
.$9.00 .------
Walhalwe!. Hanków .... lobang .... Okangas ∙Kinklang...
Starp Ph... # AmoyB Show M Talboka... 6 1390. Taloha
+1
Kombud. 1
·Fusendforms.}.. Cambon com
Hongkong Lands....$100) #3$ b. Employs E
Esteves 10 86.90 %.
Kowloon Lands§ 20 | 324 a. Wout Pointe ..8 50 350 Shanghai Land T. 50 7.9
6%imbering to 1916......
•p.o
if pit.
TO LET
FFICES at 2 Connaught Road.
OFF
OFFICES in King's and York Building.
HOUSES in Clifton Gardens, Conduit
Rood
Macno
(7:30 AM. Canton, Samsui
and Wuchow Begia. P.
Letters 6 FM. (7.16 ..
5.00.P.M.
9.00 A.M.
30 Combill, GORDAN
(1.30 FM.
Gap
Korgmoon...Except
(8.00 PM.
outdfdays & Namtou and
Sanmei......... 5.00 .34 £10,00 4.x. 14.00 .
5.00 P.M.
Fices Birist, C. MITCHELL & Co, Shore "El, Holborn Fiaduct, x.C., D. J KITHIR & Co., & Whitefriars J...
5.00 F.M. 9.00A.M. SOUTLAND:-FIXD, L Bmort, 8 North
St. David Etreet, Edinburgh.
: PARIS AND HURUPE, MAYESCA FREAK & Co., 18 Rue de la Grange, Batchi, Poria.
Fares for journeys beyond the 11th Pathol....
1.C., MATHIA & Crownza, Ltd., 10.mile to be a matter of previous arrange-
ment in cash case. 11, 12, New Bridge St., 1.C.
Macao Wachow9a.
*
The fares here set out to apply to ore ricksha with three coolies from Tsim Sha Tsui...
FROM SHEUNGWAN WESTERN
Holbow... Pholies Tormas. O. B. James Apari Dagapan ... MADUS...... Lagepl Tacloban... Lollo Sergio.
6
Fox
BRANCH P,O. WEEK-DAYS
HOUSES in Broadwood and Moreton Shamezun.........
Terracos.
E
No. 21 Wong Wei Chang Road.
HOUSES on Shamcen, Canton.
-Apply to
THE HONG KONG LAND INVEST.
MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD.
HONGKONG TIDES.
The side-table given below has been ompiled at the National Almanac Office in London from the result of the analysis of observations taken by means of an automatic tide-recording machine in the Water Folire Basin at Trim Sha Tsui dering the years 1857-8-8.
on the
The sero of the table corresponds with the zero of thesounding in the Admirsity Chart, which has been found to be 4 feet 3 inches below mean sea level
To chrain the depth of rater Side gange at the Victoris, Naval Yard sdd 3 feet 4 inches, and on the gunge at Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 feet 4 inches to the height given in the table
January 18th to 24th, 1917.
Low WAZKI
cisco,
NEW_YORK:-T, B. BROWEL, Ltd. Bolian Hall, Fest And Street, New York City. SUNDAYS &
HOLIDAYS SAN FRANCISCO and American Ports 17.30 A.M. generally:—BEAN & BLACK, Ban Fran (7:30 AM 8.30.1.20 F.. Macao1,30 PM
7.30AM. [7.30.34.
9.30 r.M.
19.30 r.: Canton 19.30 P.M. Tai Ping
Tung.30.M. 9.30 PM 9:30 PM Shek Ki......9.30 P.M. 9.30г.. 9.30 P.M. Rongmoon .6.00 P.M. 6.00 F.M. 6.00 PM. Kumchuk...6.00 r.. 6.00P.M. 9.00P.M.
Except Kaukong .600 F.M. 6.00P.M. €.00P.M.
Saturdays.
In the case of Mails closing before 9 am. Registration closes at 5 o'clock en the previous evening.
HONGXONG REGISTER.
Barometer Temperature Haight Engidity
Direction of
Previou
st
On a to date st
p.m.
30.15
30.10
69
$43
"74
83
BOUCHOW :-BROCKET & DO. AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, AND NEW
ZEALAND:GORDON & JOTUB, Ms bourne and Bydney. CEYLON-W. M. & Co. "Tex
APOTHECARIES Co., Columbo, BINGAPORE, STRAITS, &:-KRLLy
& WALES, LED., Bingapore. PHILIPPINE ISLANDE:-A, S. WAR
29 & Co., Monia. SHANGHAI-Messis, KILLY & WALAN
17. J&PAN-Mrs. Kelly & Walsh, Lzd..
Kobe and Yokohama CANTON-PATELL A UO.
THE CHINA MAIL, LED,
Wyndham Street, Hongking.
Temperature.
FIRES FOR PUBLIC CARRIAGES.
From Slaughter House to Ballora Home` ́******* From Bailors' Ecme to
Government Civil Eos.. pital
From Government Civil- Hospital to Clock Tower From Clock Town to Racs
Cope, 1024 From Clock Town to Bay
View House
From Wanchai Market to Bay View Home ................
•From Bay View House to
Quarry Bay...
*Not exceeding Der passenger",
04 cents...
144
04
10
·༦ ཡུ སྐྱ རྩ་
II-In the City of Victoria.
Not exceding per passenger 10 centi
Quarter hour, Half hour
· One hour. **graving “Two hours; on
Three inte
Foor
Bix
70-
One day from 8 am to 6p.m. $1.25
III-Beyond Victoria.
Hongkong, Jahnary 17, 1917.
Wind Force Weather Bain
9 AM IP.M.,
30.16
Da
4 226
One hour.
Two hours.
> 0.00
Dok
Forir
Do, (Wer bulb
en the 16th..
DoTen Bulb
58 St
the 17th. 36.
Hengkong Observatory Jan. 17, 1917
Labari 19
T. F. CLAXTON, Director. Hongkong Observatory, Jan. 17, 1927. 1. BAROMETER, reduced to 39 degrees Fahrenheit, on the level of the se in inches, tenths and hundredthe.
1. TEMPERATURE, is the shade, in de grees Fahrenheit
3. HUMIDITY, in percentage of antura tion, the humidity of air saturated with moisture being 100..
N
4. DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points..
6. J'OBCE OF WIND, according to
Beatford Scale..
6. STATE OF WEATHER, b blue sky, e detached cloud, d drizzling main, I log,
COTTON MILLS. EGT. 50 T. 14 Shanghai Coston 50 T. 114
Kung Xik.......... 10. 144
Yogtapoor
T&T. E
- MISCELLANEOUS.
China-Borneos... 1233 L.
Light & Powers.
China-Providente Dairy Farmer.# “¢ [825] Green Islanda, ini.§ 10. $11.65
"
2019
Henging Hectrics 8 10 883 Bongleng lem.... 218160 Bouging Repen... 10 234 Hongkong Tramways 5.7
gloomy, b hail, Ilightning, o overcast, H.K. Steel Foundry
Ppassing showers, a squal, rrain, a snow,
immer. v visibility, w dew (vat).
7. Bar in inches tenths and, ben dredths.
extra is to be allowed for the retura journey.
Tis. 16 for year ending Tia. div. a.sym ended
·30-5-16."
Tis. 14 for 1915,overommes
10% p.
72 eta, fug 19ibomacompa
16 p.9. fes year ending
70 sent for 1915
$3 for yous ending
37-7-16" 50 cents for 1915"......
means
| #21 for 1915/1916.......
£5 on s/o 1918 #1′′iktirimi 1916............ 7% interim a 1910
£6) par na
p..
Peak Tramways... 10 $1
・
7% for 1915/1918
Steem Laundry
IV-In Kowloom.
Union Waterbosta 10 15
25 cents for 1816/1910..
191 fɛr 1915.
Not exceeding fi per passenger
40
Witwas
# 1000
170 semba for 1910 aner ·
.80
Willem Powell....... TEBER..
60 cents for 1913/1714.4
1:40.
5.00-
2.40
1.90
legraphio Adri *MJALTO.
buyer -MOXON & TAYLOR:
700
Quarter hous Not exceedingBalf hour, per passenger. One hour,
65 Five
Be One day fromé a m. to paL $130
centa.
Two hours,
Three
Four
Five
One day from 3 uriî. tö16 nr: #6.00:
If a vehicle is discharged beyond the
m
limit of the City of Victoria half fare | by 50-Te
the hours of 8:30 and
*.---tellers."
Telefoone No. 990 F.0.B.Sc. 111, Share and General Brokers,
ove Eres shall the morossed Prime and bished for Tax Caixa Man. Umky Vy Batm
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