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No. 21. Co CHINA Main Office. Hongkong, March 9, 1917.

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FUR-ROOMED HOUSES in Gordon

Terraco and Salisbury Avenue,

Kowloon

A FLAT in Humphreys Buildings, Kowloon

TO LET OR FOR SALE. Kuwoon Blarine Lot 48 with wharf #rch 21,000 sq. ft. suitable for coal stage or erection of godowna

Apply to

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HUMPHREYS ESTATE. & FINANCE

CO., LTD.

Alexandra Buildings.

Hongkong, Feb. 7, 1917.

10 LET

FBS, 2nd Floor, St. Georga's

dslidinga.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co."

apply to

Hor econg, April 7. 1918,

ALEX. ROSS & CO.

Machinery Office Phone 27.

OUR AGENCIES:-

Napier, Ford and Hupmobile Motor Cars, -Brooke, Caille and Scripps Marine Motors,

Triumph and Indian Motor Cycles, Royal and Corona Typewriters, Duresco Paints and Colourwaah, Optimas Stoves,

Jeyes Fluid,

Carbotyp Stationery,

Turner Oil and Gas Engines,

Simpson and Lawrence Tacht Fittings. Danlop Tyres,.

General Accident Motor Car Insurance..

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Hongkong, Oct. 31, 1918

L197

On London.

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THE CHINA MAIL, L... Wytdham Street.

"FARES FOR PUBLIC

VEHICLES.

CHAIRS.

-In Victoria with two Bearers.

Quarter hour.

Half hour

יי

One hour, roar.

Three hours,

Six bours

... 10 cents.

.... 70

Doy (6 to 6 pm)...$1.00:

If the trip is extended beyond Victoria,

half fare extIZL

Between the hours of 8.30 p.m. and 6- am, the above fares shall be increased by 30 per centum,

WEATHER REPORT;

On the 5th at 12.19-No returns from Japanese stations. Pressure has in- creased considerably over NE. China, and slightly long the const from Shanghai to Hongkong and over the Philippines.

The Anticyclone is central to the north of the lower Yangtze Valley.

Fresh monsoon is indicated along the east coast of China and over the China Sos

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours

II-Beyond Victoria, with four Bearers ending at 10 am to-day, 0.00 inch Total since January 1st, 1,50 inches, against an average of 341 inches.

HOUT

Three hours ----- Six hours...

Day (6 s.m. to 6 pm.),

A

MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1917.

SHARE REPORT.

"MARCH": ST, 1917.

Reta

Stock and paid up

Valia

tiona

·11.30 A.M.

Lab Dividend "

and date.

divi

BANES

Hongkong S'hat #125 | 6697 1,

MARINE INSUR- ANOES.

Forecast for the 24 hours ending at Cantonā 50 | #575- noor on the 8th March :-

North Chinas ........£5 T. 100

... 180 centa

.81.00

...... 2,00

III-In the Hill District.

With Bearers With 4 Bearers.

Quarter bour,... 18. Half hour,

20.30

1-Hongkong to Gap Rock: N.E winds, fresh; same drizzle.

Union

#100 | 1900

www.

0.40

2.-Formosa Channel: N.E. winds.

One hour,

0.30

0,50

Two hours,... 0,60

9,30.

atrong.

Tangtsson unil 60|#255

Three hours,

0.10

100

Six hours, ........ 1.00

1.30

Day (6am.tosp.m.)1,50

2.80

.

0%*) ***

RICKSHAS..

In the Island of Hongkong if engaged

in Historia.

Ten minutes,

Quarter hour,

Half hour, 324200418

One hour,

Every Subsequent hour.

.... 5. conts.

.35

}

90

Note-If the ricksha be engaged within the City of Victoria, and be dis- charged outside the Western part of the City of Victoris after 8 pm er be dis- charge to the East of Bay View Police Station on the Eastern side of the City of Victoria after 9

faro shall be chargeable

II.-In Kowloon..

extra balf

Quarter bour................................... 5 cents. Half hour,

Hour

Every subsequent hour,

15

14

20 10

*

-South coast of China between. Hongkong and Zamoska: The same sa Na 1.8 2

4-South coast of China. between Hongkong to Hainan: The same as

No. 1.

OFFICIAL NIGHTS ÎN MARCH

The following table shows the Stan- dard Time at which Official Night ends and begins during the month of March 1917-

N

Date Mat. 5th, 6.30

Ends.

Begins, 8.40 p.m.

6tb, 8.59

6.40

11

ฟ

7th, 6.99

6.10

8th, 27

t

6.41

ath, 6.28

CAR

10th, 6.25.

€,43

11th,

6.25

8.43

19th 6.94

6:43

13th. 6.23-

6.22

6.43

19 18th, 8.80

6.44

18th, 8.19

6.44

17th, 8.18

6.4-1.

18th 8.17

6.44

20th, 86 21st 8.12

19th, 6.16

6.45

6.15

E46

6.14

6.46

8.13

£46

6.47

FIRE INSURANCESĮ

China Fires

20$155

Hongtong Free Du|#387}

SKIPPING.

Douglas Steamships 550 | 3106 5. «

Stamboats...............$ 15|819

Indo-Chinas :-

(Preferred)...£5 | BALİ

s (Dafarred)...£501 b. 129. a.

** Shall " Transports £1108/-

ד –

"Star Furry" # 10, 193

REFINERIES,

China Sugars.......₺ 100] $112 b.

Malabon Sugam........-P. 30|#33

Final of £9-8/- making £4.11 for 1836 and bonur of 10 aub ject to deduction of Income tax

37 ana making $25 w/4.1 and Interim).

of 918 / 1915. ......

Final div. of 15% makin

27

1916

1915

Interton of $30 10

Final of #15 making $18 for 1914 and int of $8 cccbant 1915

$7 and bonna 42 for

1914.. 837 for 1914

3

8 p

31 Anal and #5 beans,

making ¥14 a/c 1913-16; $1.95 for 1916

11

P

Interim of 3/- a/c 1916... Interim of 10/01918,

Ber 81 p.6.

9/-ipta/o1918 Ceppon 27

$1.85 dividend 45 cents Bonus for year ending 30°4°28 *ibs******འ ཾ་

$19 for 1930.gi

P. 5 101 1918

bilp

101 p.

OFFICES

ab 2 Connaught Road.

OFFICES in Kings and York Building,

HOUSES in Clifton Gardens, Cénduit Food

HOUSES in Broadwood, and Moreton Terraces

HOUSES on Shameen, Canton..

Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST.

MENT, & AGENCY Co., Lim,"

''

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE.

INSURANCE Co.

IN WHICH ARE VIBZED TEE STABEN OF

THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

Courass, Irp.,

N And

THE" RAILWAY PASSENGERS

ASSURANCE CO.

Hongkong, March 5, 1917.

9/41

2/4 3/16

.../45/18

30 days' sight.... Dri 4 months' sight. *** "Credits, mon the sight,.../4 Documentary, 4 months" eight 2/5 On Paris-

On demand, ..* *** 325 Credits, 4 months' sight,...338 Ou New York

On demand,

www

Credits, 60 days sight, ........

On Bombay---

Wir

J

On demand,

Ham.

Un Calcutt

Wire,

On demand On Singapore On demand,

In Manila-

On demand,

On Shanghai-

On derland

SLOM

st

.991

...1111

...DOI.

30 days' sight(private paper).......

On Yckobama

On demand,

-

..... 1094

Gold Leaf, 100 fine (per tael) ... 48. Bovereigns (Banks Buying rate) $8.46 m. Biver (per oz.)

Bar Silver in Hongkong Chinese Copper Cash.... Chinese Copper Centa... Rate of Native Interest Hongkong Sub Coin ...

AL-FUSE AT 31at Dec13, 1914, Chinese Sub. Coin

£23,970,367.

TOTAL

1-Authorised Capital £6,000,000

babscribed Capital £4,500,000

Paid up Capital ...............£2,437,500 fl-Fire Fundi....... 9,897,047 IT-Life & Annuity Funds... 17,567,590 Buxing Fund account...... 128,230

Revenue Fire Braneb.

223,970,567

2,361,466 Life and Annuity |

2,141,583 Branches............... Bevens Marine Department 337,299

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37 5/18. 18% sem.

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THE CRINA MAIL.

NOTICE.

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Particulars of outgoing and incoming Mails will not be advertised in future.

The Post Ofice will forward all corres pondence posted by the fastest routes.

"Correspondence adaressed to enetay anbjects in China, Siam, Liberia, Portu- gume East Africa, Persia and Morocco cannot be transmitted.

The Services to Germany, Austria Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire are suspended.

LOCAL AND REGULAR MAILS "

OUTWARD.

WELC-DAYS SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS

FOR

Tai O ...

... 5.00 2.M. Tai To.....10.00 Cheung Chow... 2.00 P.K. Shatankok, Sha-

tin and Sheangshui Aberdeen, Autau,

Ping Bban,

Sai Kung," Santin, Stanley.. 4.30.M.

"III-Totoo Road.

Twenty cents shall be added for each extra hour or part of an hour if the birer causes the journey to take longer than

To 4th mile-

single... 75 cents....1 hour. return $1.00

hours. Beyond 4th to 6th mile-

single...81.90 hours. return1.30........4 Beyond 8th to 9th mile-

single...$1.75 .................... return.....$2.00

Beyond 9th to 11th mile— single ......$2.00 return.....82.50

Faces for journeys beyond the 11th mile to be a matter of previons arrange-, munt in cach case.

The fares bere set out to apply to one. ricksha with three cooltes from Taim Sha Tsui.

9.30 A..

||

FARES FOR PUBLIC CARRIAGES.

gend 613 E3rd, 6.13 24th, 612 25th, eir

$.47

6.47

6.47

#260b, 6,10

27th 6.08

28th 6.08

6.48

29th 6.05

0.48

30th, 807

4.43

31st

8.06

8.48

ROYAL OBSERVÄTORY

MINING.

Kailas.........£1 [367-

Langkace........gdrm:-10] T. 17 b.

**£1 || $2.35

Raeba

Trunch Kines....£130-

Ural Carpiaca...£12.

DOOKS, WHARTES · AND GODOWNS.

Kowloon Wharibe '60 $33

HI. & Whampo

Docks @ 59 #125 d.

Shanghai Dooks T. 100 T. 83

HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER | Hongkow Wharte T-20) T. 851

REPORT.

1:

Not exceeding ver passenger.

MARCH 5, 1917-..

04 conta.

From Slaughter House to

Sailors' Home ................ From Sailors" Home to Government Civil Hos- pital

4.00 PM

04

From Government. Civil Hospital to Clock Tower From Clock Town to Race

Couse.....

04

10

5.00 P.X.

From Clock Town to Bay

View House

12

(7.30 1.

Canton Samadi Regis. 5 r. and Wackow Lotter F.

(7.15 A.M. Macao

***11.30 P..

PH

Koogmoom Communications relating to news abould 478,940 be addressed to Tas EDITOR.

their Namtau and Correspondents must forward

Sanmei Dames and addresses with any communica tion addreened to the Editor, nos pocomsarily for publication but as evidence of good | Shamehun. aith.

£5,329,229

The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are separately invested, and, og Bet of Parliament, are set aside to mret the claim under the respective Depart ments of the Company's Busintas,

SHEWAN, TOMIŠ & 00.

d'gents,

HONGKONG TIDES.

The tide table given below has been compiled 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 Folice Basin at Tsim Sha Tsui during the years 1887-5-P ̧ ̧.· ̈

The zero of the table corresponds with the zero of the sounding in the Admiralty Chart, which has been found to be 4 feet

inches below mean ses føvel. Eq To obtain the depth of water on the Side gange at the Victoria Naval Yard

written on one aid, "of the paper only,

All matter for publication should be

Letters relating to business should be "addressed to THE MANAQUI.

Rata of subscription to “'ġbina Mall” in 136 per annum ; per quarter and per man- som "pzo zata".

The China Mail' in delivered free bo subscriber in Hongkong and Kowloon.

Fostage la. Charged at the rate of fifty | cents per month.

Orders for extra copies of the Cumta MAIL should be petit as soɑn in possible sa the supply is imibed. Caak 10 et, Credit 20 etc., per copy.

J4

From Watichai Market to Bay View House ......................... 19.00. From Bay View House to

Quarry Bay

(6.00 P.3. Except Saturdays

$.00 2.M.

5.00 P.36 (10,00 A.M.

4.00 .3

5.00 F.ZL

9.00.4.3.

FROM SHEUNGWAN WESTERN BRANCH F.O.

WEEK-DAY! SUNDAYK đ

IL-In the City of Victoria.

Quarter hour, Hal hour, One hour. Two hours. Three Four

Five

11

Six

Wind

Bout.

Baromebar

at Sea Level,

Temperature.

Humidity.

Directi

Voree,

Wostock-6 29.93 Mamaro | 51 Hakodate.. Tokio

Nagasaki

Kagoshima Orbia.... Naba Ishi'jims

Not exceeding Chefoo6

Ponialsland

Weihaiwei.. Hankow Tchang

per passenger. | 14

10:cents..

10

20

..

80

One day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 81.25

III-Beyond Victoria.

Not exceeding

Gutalaff Sharp PI... Amor Bwato Taihokua

Taichu

Tainan Koshun

per passenger Feseadores

$5 cents.

Canton. 8. Bongkong..

Gap Rock..

3.30.

HOLIDAYS:

(7:30 A 11.30P.M 17.30 Three 19.30 PM. Four Five

One hour,...

Two cours,

76

W

Six

00

Wachow..... Pakhoi

P.

One day i

from 8am.to.6 p.m.31.50

Hoihow

.

17.30.M. 11.30 Pik.

Canton 30 P.M. £7.30 a.thi

9.30 F.M. Tai Ping

Tang....20 P.X. 9.30 F.M. 9. Shek Ki.....0.30 PM, 9.307.x. 9.30 Kongmoon .8.00 PM. 6.00 г.M. 6.0. M.

Rata of subscription to the "Orarland Kumbuk...8.00P.M. 6.00 China Mail" is $12 per annum : postage.

0.00 .

$1 per sonum extra. Single copies twenty Kaukong 600 E.M. 6.00 PM. 6.UCF..

ve sents onch.

Alterations and additions to Advertise ments on Pages 2, 3, 6, and.. 7 should

be sent to the Offes, No. By Wyndham Birset, not later than 13.80 sănă

T

If a vehicle is discharged beyond the Phulien 7. limits of the City of Victoris half fare Tourane extra is to be allowed for the retara C.St. James journey.

Aparri Dagupan.... Manila Legasp Tacloban Surigao

per passenger.Iloilo

IV-In Kowloon:

Except

Not exceeding

Saturdays.

"

Quarter hour,

40

In the case of Mails closing before 2

Half hour,

.60

Une bour,

Two hours,

140

Three

W

Four FIVO Sik

240

2.80

3,00

HONGKONG REGISTER.

Previo

Alterations and additions to Advertise am Registration clows at 6 o'clock en ments on pages 1, 4, 5 and 8 should be the previous evening. ent na sot later than Fp.mk

då feet 4 inches, and on the gauge "New Advertisements should be' anna in

at Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, adil 10 foot) inches to the height given in the table.

March 6th to 12th, 1817.

HAD WATER

Hongkong

Low Ways

Hongkong

before 2 pan, .-

Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a fized, period, will be continued until douxternanded, 27

Telegraphic Address "Mazz" Hongkong. Code: A.3.0. 6th Edition.

Telephone No. 22,

Tax Cuma Man, Exmizar

VISITING CARDS

PRINTED AT

Mail Office,

Barometer Temperature Hamidity Direction of

Find.

Force

0.09

Labuan

**

13948 13853582 182

18288:1:31

HOTELS. LANDS AND BUILDINGB

Hongkong Hotala... 50 8107 6.

Central Datacom $100 | 893

Hongkong Lands.....$100 | #91

Humphreys Fatacon # 10 864 bu

Kowloon Lands .....@ 301833

West Points

501870 8.

Shanghai Lands - T. 30 T. 99

EROS

Final div, &% free of in-

come tax, making 10% a/ 1815-1918 coupon No. 8

TII for 1910 ̈ ̈ ̈

· 1918..

for 1913

6% for 1916 & bonts #2

Final $9.50 & bonus 88,.

making $11 a/c 1918,.. :

Tia. Tå for your ending |

80-4-16

Ta, 3 for 1915.

Final of 3 making 36

/ 1818.

87 / 1918....

Fixal div. of 834 making

$77/c 1916.

50 cents for 1918 winonjes $2 for 1915

Final $3-25,making $5.25

a/c 1915. 6% interim afo 1918..

COTTON MILLS,

in 7, 50] T-145.

Shanghai Cottons T. 50 T. 116 b. 116

Tis. 19 for year ending 31.10.18EABATO 100

Th. 6 div, x/e year ended

30-8-18,

Tix. 0.90 for 1918

Kung Tik..

10 T. 13

MISCELLANEOUS.

China-Borneos...... 12 38 .

Light & Powers

$184.80 b.

108.20

0,00 0.00

One day from 8 am to 8pm 5.00

Between the hours of 8.30 pm, and a. the above fares abali. be increased by 50 per centowy:

BEST MEDICINE MADE

better medicine can not be made

T. F. CLAYTON, Director

O ins-Providenta

Dairy Farmacie 6 £24.

Green Islanda..... 10 $11.20 xs. Hongkong Electrica 810 819 .. Hongkong Ices 22 | 4160 Hongkong Rope.# 10 €39 Hongkong Tramways of $7.30

ELK Steel Foundry

Hongkong Observatory, March 5, 1917. Peak Tramways

1. BAROMETER," reduced to 32 degreen | Fahrenheit, on the level of the ses in

aches, tenths and hundredths as t

2. TEMPERATURE, in the shade, in de sreen Fahrenheits

3.HUMIDITY, in percentage of satura tion, the humidity of air saturated with moisture being 2000700 63 AM

4. DIRECTION or Won, to two pointa” FORCE OF WIND, COording to Benaford Scale

6. STATE OF WEATHER, blue sky, e detached cloud, dirivaling rain,

gloomy, h kail;ghtning, overcast, passing sho thunder.

{w dew (wol)

A than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ¿lé relieves the lungs, opens the secretions, Ride expectoration and asuinta nature in restoring the system to a healthy condi tion. “Benides, it contains nữ épintos and is veriacity malo to taká" For sale deedth" by all Chundets and Storaknejazz-

hasa teithin and bra

Steam Laundry.

Union Waterbosta

72 cta, Inc IBio.....

16 p.c. for your ending

10 centarfur 1918 m.

$8 for year ending

31:7-18 EDT

60 cents for 1015

22 for 1918/191e.

$900 / 1216

$1 interin 1916,

23 % final / 1913 (centa 48 per share).

NATE Limited

30.00

62

::10|#154 |

7% for 1916/3932)

25 vents for 2015/1918...

19% 1916

70 cepte Jur 1918

60 cant for 1913/191)

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p.a

34 p.c