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TO LET

TO LET

OFFICES At 2 Connangi & Rond.

OFFICES in Kings aval York Building. HOUSES in Clifton Gardens, Conduir Farul.

HOUSES in Broadwood and Moretou Terraces.

HOUSES on Shamcen, Cunton. THE RETREAT No 5, The Fisik

Apply to

1

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST.

MENT & AGENCY Co, Lĩạ.

TO LET

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↑ OUR-ROOMED HOUSES in Gordon Terrace and Salisbury Avenue, Krwlowt.

A FLAT in Humphreys Buildings Kowbou

TO LET OR FOR SALE. Koskou Marice Lot 48 with "WHATE ure 39,600 49, ft. suitable for coal

nge of crection of godowns.

Apply t HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

CO., LTD.

Alexandra Buildings.

Hongkong Feb 7, 1917.

11

TO LET IMMEDIATELY,

ARGE OFFICES. Contrally Sitanted

ALEX. ROSS & CO.

Machinery Office Phone 27.

OUR AGENCIES :—

•

Napier, Ford and Rajoubile, Motor Cars. Brooke, Chille and Scripps Marine Motors, Triumph and Italian Motor Cycles. Royal and Corona Typewriters, Duresco Paints and Colourwash, Optimus Stoves.

Jeyes Fluid

Carboty Stationery,

Turner Oil and Gas Engines,

Simpson and Lawreng Yacht Fittings Dunlop Tyres,

General Accident Motor Car Insurance.

KING EDWARD HOTEL

Central Locatzpa.

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Best of Food and Service.

TELEPHONE 373. TELAGATHIC ADDRESS:

*VICTORIA.

J.-WITCHELL Brunger.

Liia Queen's Raul. Fitted with electric PATELL & CO.

Ight, telephone and sub, exéblanga

Apply ---

No. 21.

The Fast Office will forward all corres pondence posted by the fastest routes.

Correspondence addressed to enemy anbjects in China, Siam, Liberia, Purts- guess East Africa, Persia and Moroo cannot be transmitted.

Shall It Be Hair or No Hair

Cupleura Soap

shamiroom ro crist by ligho touches of C picura Ome→ men to the

scalp sklu are KRONÉ OČÍ NOLĪVa.

WEATHER REPORT.

On the 14th xt 12.30- Pressure Ins decreased considerably over Japau and increased copsiderably over the lower Yangtre Valley. It has increased slightly elsewhere.

The depression over China has moved eastward and is now central over S.. Зарим

At anticyclone has formed over N.E. China

Strong, monsoon is indicated along the

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1917.

SHARE REPORT.

MARCH 14TH, 1917.

Stock and paid ap

Last Dtriderd

11.80 A.M.

Value.

and rats.

Ratu Carod

Jour

div..

BANKS.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours Hongkong & Shai $125 8675 15.

They send so

Arrest falling

cast coast of China.

bair and pro-

mote a heal phy scalp.

ending at 10a.m. to-day, 0.00 inch. Tutal

since January 1st, 198-inches, against an

"

Bundles from Dr Do Add. Newbery & Sons, 27.harterhous

Landon, NC. Buld everywhere.

It Is Up to You And Cuticura

FARES FOR PUBLIC VEHICLES.

CHAIRS.

10 cents.

I-In Tictoria with two Bearers. Quarter hour, Half hours Que bour,.

The Services to Germany, Austria Three hours

Six hours. ***

average of 4.14 inches.

41

MARINE INSUE.

Forecast for the 24 hours ending at

ANGES.

acon on the 13th March

Cantons.........350 | 1970 1-Hongkong to Gap Rock: 'Bight winds, freshening from E. or N.B. later; North Chinas £5 T. 150. dine to cloudy.

#100 $890 m.

2.Formosa Channel: The same as

Caiona..

Yangtates....

.60 $235

3-South coast of China between Elodigkong and Lamocks: The same sa No. 1.

Youth coast of China between Hongkong to Hainan: The same as No. 1.

OFFICIAL NIGHTS IN MARCH.

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

1545

Date. Co Casa Man Once Importers-Exporters Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire ore Day (n, to 5 p.m.). .................$1.04

70

If the trip is extended beyond Victoria. half taro éxtra

* Ends.

Hongkong, March 2, 1917.

O

TO LET

FFICES, ad Floor, St. Georga's

Boudings,

'Apply to-

! SHEWAN, TOMES & C.

Hongkong, April 7. 1918,

י

TO LET.

NO.41 Eglin Strert

NO

511

Apply to

PERCY SMITH. SETH AND FLEMING.

Hongkong, Jct. 31, 1918.

1197

Commission Agents

.HONGKONG.

Branches

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL YOKOHAMA, JAPAN... BOMBAY, INDIA.

China ---

HANKOW.

SEANGHAI,

CANTON.

suspended.

-HUGAL AND REGULAR MAILS OUTWARD.

WERK-DAYS

...,5.00 P.M.

FOR

Tsi O...".

Thi Fo......10.00. Cheung Chow 2.00 PM.

Shatakok, Sha

tin and

**Shrungshwi ... 4,90

Aberdeen. Aptau,

Ping Shan,

Sai Kung,

Santin, Stanley.. 4.30 r ..

9.30 4.30.

Between the hours of 8.30 p.m. and 6 a. the above Fares shall be increased by-30-per-centu

Mar. 14th, 6.23

15th 6.9) 16th, 8.19

17th, 6.18

13th 6.17

94th, 612

" 25th, 611

.5.3.

Begins."

6.43 p...

FIRE INSURANCES. || China Fires....... 20 $185

Hongkong Yirs... ou 63624 b.

SHIPPING.

Douglas Steamships 350 $99 5.

Steamboats

Indo-Chinas

.........$ 15{$18) ».

(Preferred) £68 (Deferred)...£3198 1.

Shall Transporte_££103:

Star Ferry : ....... 10 | 532"

EEFINERIES.

China Sugar:00 $121 B.. Malabon Sugars... f. 30 $33.

641

6.4-4

6.44

SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS

Beyond Victoria, with felis) Beavers.

10th 6.16

6.45

Hour

.............60 celts..

20th, 6.19

6.46

21st,

6.46

Three hours....

81.00

send 8.13

5.46

Six hours....

Day (6 m.in. to 6 pm.).

150 ! 200

≈3rd, ૐ. 13

6.49

.5.47

6.47

III. In the Hill Diarriet.

" 26th 8,10

D.

6.47

27th 6.09

6.47

Quarter bour......80.15 $0.30

28th, 6.0%

6.49

Half hour,.** 0.201

10

29th, 6.08

6.48

One hour,

0.30

0.00

+2

30th, 6.0%

649

Two hours... 0,50

31st, 6.06

6.48,

MINING.

Three hours....... 4,70

1.00

Kailane......

.....£136.

Six hours,

......... 7.00

1.50

Day (6a.m.top.m.)1.50

2.00

500 P.31:

M.

A Beatrern With 4 Bearers.

0,40

̈ ̈Final of £9.8/. making 10-43 24:

«E4-11 for 1996 and

bonne of 10 sub- ject to deduction of lacome tax

#

5 dinal making

ực 1914 and Interio of $15 P15, ....... Fical div. of making 9/2016...... Interim of $30 x.n 1915.

Final of 815 making $18 for 1914 and int. of 88 wal accoun: 1915....

87, and bonus 2 for

1914. 1827 for 1914

31 final making $8 and 88 bonus, making 314

11/1915-16

81.25 hr 1916. ....

totorim of 3/1916... Laterim ot 10/1916,

DJ.

7 pc.

& D..

by p..

Lista/ct918Campen 27 i

$1.68 dividond & 45-éte.

7p.c

Bonus for year ending 30-4:16

bilpr

$12 for 191

10 p.

P.33 for

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and THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE CO.

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TOTAL FUNDH at 31st Decensor, 1914,

£23.976,367.

Authorised Capital £8,000,000 Subscribed Capital £4,500,000

Paid-up Capital,437,500 13-Fire Funds

m-Life & Annuity Fezdo... 17,567,590

Baking Food Account

(7.30 4.30.

Canton, Samsui |

and Wuchowegis.r.m.

MACAO ...

Letters

(7.15 A.M. ***11.30 P.M. [6.00 P.M. Except (Saturdays

Kongmont

Naatan and

Saumei

Shanchun.....

5.00 P.M.

$10,00 4.5. 4.00 .35.

5.00 .. 9.00.

One bour,

Every Subsequent hour

.10

.30 ..20

3-Kon.

RICKSHAS.

9.00. In the Island of Hongkong if engaged

"in Victoria.

Tex minutes,

L.00P...

Quarter hour,

Half hour........

ROYAL OBSERVATOKY

Langkaca.........gdz. 10 T., 181 2.

...........₤1 $2,35

HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER | Kanda....

REPORT.

MARCH 14, 1017.-2.m.

5 cents.

· Wind

flour.

Barometer

sa Hon Level,

Temperatura.

Humidity,

Direction.

Weather.

11 11:

ΚΑΙ

30.05

.50.19

29.87

29.80

23.59

99,90

99.90

BAW

20.10

..30.28 3400

**

I

Tronch Mines.........£120/- Ural Caspiana ...........£1 | 99/-

DOCKS, WHARVES] AND GODOWNS.

Kowloon Wharver 8 50 sez

H.K. & Whamp

Docks.............# 50 | 91261b,

Shanghal Dock 100 | 81

Final div,.5% free of in- come tax, making 10% a/c 1918-1915 coupon No. 8

Tis. 1 for 191>

interim making / Le 1916. 9% for 1915

% for 1916 & bonus 22

Final $2.50 & bonus. $6, making $11 / 1916.9

Te 70 year ending

904.16

FROM SHEUNGWAN WESTERY BRANCH PO.

WEEK-DAYS

(7.30 AM.

telf the ricksha be engaged within the City of Victoria, and be dis charged outside the Western part of the City of Victoria after 9 p... cr be dis charged to the East of Bay View Police Staticu on the Eastern side of the City of Victoris after 9 p... an extra half fare shall be chargeable.

II-In Kowloon. SUNDAYN &

HOLIDAYS Quarter hour.chin 17.30 x.. Dalf hour, ...

Hear,

Macao.30 PM. 8.304.- Canton.30 2.21

1.30. 9.30 P... A.M.

10.30 P.3

Lute and Annuity ·

Branches...)

3,837,047 *128,930

£23,970,347

Tai Ping.. *#381,456 Tung.30 PL 9.30 P.M. 9. M. 2,141,803 Sbck Ki......30 .M. 8.30 P.M. 9.30 P.M.

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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 Butomatic tide-recording machine in the Water Police Basin at Tsim Sha Tsui during the years 1887-8-9.

The uro of the tablo corresponds with the zero of the sounding in the Admiralty

Every subsequent hour, .....................

Wostock... 630.26 14

680,04 Memuro Hakodate Tokio Kochi

5 cents, Bisaki... "

15

10

III-Taipo 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-

Oshima....

Nab Ishi'jima

BoninIsland Chefoo ・Weihaiwei.. Baakow... Jcbang...

Biukiang Changsha

Shangbai 30.18). 41 97 İNKOW Gatalaff

30.11 40 100,xxw Sharp Pk. Amoy

+1

13

30.07 58 91

1.29.88 0491

Swator... 8.-

44

Taichu

29.92 64

Tainan.....

29.88 70 sa

31

29.88 ea

single........75 cents....1 hour. return...... 81.00

bears. Beyond 4th to 8th mile-

single81202 hours. retprá81.50............4 Beyond 6th to 9th.mile- single81.76. return.....82.00 0.5

Beyond oth to 11th mile- single.00 return......82.60.........

Fares for journeys beyond the 11th mile to be a matter of previous arrange. ment in each case.

The fares bere set out to apply to one rieksha with three coolies from Tsint Sho Taui.

FARES FOR PUBLIC CARRIAGES.

Chart, which has been found to be 4 foot From Slaughter House to 3 inches below mean sea level.

Sailors' Hom0 denie

To obtain the depth of water on the From Sailors' Home to Government Civil Hos- tade gauge at the Victoria Naval Yard

pital add 3 feet 4 inches, and on the gaoge at Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 foot From Government Civil inches to the height given in the table. Hospital to Clock Tower From Clock Town to Race

Couse From Clock Town to Bay

View House

March 10th to Sist, 1917.

Taiboku....

5.28.88 66 90

*** 19

29.69 70

Canton 89.98 67 100 Hongkong 29.91 61 97

Gap Rock....

Масло - Wuchow. B. Takboi Blaibor Phulien Tourane ... C.St.James Aparri

Dagupan... Manila......

Legaspi...

Tacloban...

Iloilo Surigao

Not exceeding Labuan ver passenger.

29.89

HOTELS LÄNDS AND BUILDINGS Hongkong Hotels... 50 $102 Central Extacon "1.18100] 892

Hoogkong Lande...₤100 331. s..

Humphreys Ratatos € 10 BBź sa, Kowloon Lands ...# 30] #33

West Polate... 50869 b.

Shanghai Landa T. 50 T. 92

COTTON MULES,

Ewos

10

Final ní 3 making $5

3/0 1916 $7 a/c 1918.

Final div. of 334 making 87 / 1916-19. 50 cents for 1916.......... 32 for 1915

Final 83-26, making 85.25"

afe 1918.

8% final making 12%

/ 1916

...T. 50 T. 140 b.

Shanghai Cotton T. 50 T. 117 b.

Kung Yik...... 10 T. 12 b.

Yngtagpool T. BIT. ö

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tis. 9 for year ending

31°10'18 ........................ Tiz. 6 div, are your ended. 30-8-16.músmontaákva

Ta, 0.00 for 1938

Light & Powers...

Bp.d. for year ending

29-2-06 12

China-Borneos......8 19 48 h.

72 eta for 1915.

584.70 b.

#10 #8.10

€ [$24 m.

T. F. CLAXTON, Director. Hongkong Observatory, March 14, 1817 Osina-Providents

1. BAROMETER, reduced to 32 degrees Fahrenheit, on the level of the sea in Dairy Farms inches, tenths and hundredths.

TEMPERATURx, in the shade, in die- grees Fahrenheit.

a. Buxinity, in percentage of saturs tion, the humidity of air saturated with moisture being 100.

04 cents.

04"

04

1:10

Therious

day. On Latest on date st

6 Am.

12

Barometer".

29.85

Temperature

72

20.01 64

20.01.

-.74

Humidity

85

76

HIGH WATEX

Heartong Met

Time

Height

LOWE WATER

Hongkong

Min

Time

From Wanchai Market to

Bay View House. From Bay View House, to

Quarry Bay

DA

Ben iford Scale.

W

Wind....J Force.......

bib

15134

*II—In the City of Victri

3

Weather.....

悲

Rain

0.00 .0,00

0.00

1++

No iplarion

Wabas

per paistener.

10

Quarter bour,

10 cents.

P passing showers, g squal, rain, e sow, thunder..v visibility, w dew (web), :

Bod

13 No fatedor

water

Hall hour....

10

187

- 740

One hour.quely része

Two hours,

Three

Direction of

س

Bigbol open air temperatnes on the 1516 78- Longst open air temperature on the fich..64

T. F. CLAXTON, Director Hongkong, Observatory, March 14-1917.

wed.

ma 20

110 20 é

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CCRESC

Four

Fivo"

Six

Green Talande

10 $11.95 . Hongkong Electric $ 1049

* cents for 1918.

13 for year ending

31-7.16

60 cents for 1915

| 83) for 1915Asie.

Hongkong lces ..............■ 2c | 8160 ~'.

#2 on /e 1916

4. DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points. Hongkong Ropes....10 129

5. FORCE OF WING, according to Bangkong Tramways 5/ $7.10 b.

0. STAKE OF WEATHER, b bine sky, c

detached cloud, d drizzling rain, i fog, E.K. Stoel Foundry

Not exceeding & gloomy, hail, 1 lightning, overcast,

One day from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. 81.26

Temperature. Hongkong, March 14, 1917.

Beyond Victoria.

Not exceeding

21.07

1 P.ac.

29.95 One hour,

23 cents.

4P.M.

110

В

Dom,

A FAMILY NECESSITY.

... 107;

E with Chamberlain's Fain Balm at

AVERY family should be provided. BAROMETER

Do

... $8.50

al times. Sprains may be cured in much

Do

Do

Pili

74

D. (Wet bulb) Bále verden

29.94 Two 1ODTE,

te Four

178 Ti

Throo

€5 Six

70 One dey from

Frits of

2 days sight(prisate paper)

O.. Yokohama

"On demand,

-Leaf, 160 Eno (per tael)

Suvereigns (Banks Buyingrats) 38.00 n.

S.Iver (paz oz) (kod me

silver in Cineko Lupper, Cash 2

in longkong Chinese Copper Centa Jlate of Native Interest #bugkong Babi Coin (unkn

. 17 nom.

less time when promptly treated. Lame THERMOUTIK BAN

back, lame shoulder, pains in the side and chout and rheumatic rains are some

of the diseases for which it is especially valuable. Try this liniment and became

quainted with its qualities and will never wish to be without Yo sale by all Chemists and Storekeeper

1 Day (Wah bulk)-1-P, Metastassage

Do. (Wa buib) 4 EM

Do, Minimum (over night) re

81' firial and bonus $1,

making

29 % final / 1918 (cents 48 per share) ....

$10

10 $9,80

do. (now) 1 (81

7% for 1915/793 A

25 cents für 1915/1918.

7. RAIN in inches tenths and bub- Peak Tramways dredths

extra is to be allowed for the feturn Steam Laundry ... 63 journey,

[191 % for 2016 siding

51 p.

7 pc.

5

41 p.6.

101 P

10 ឆ 11

81 p.c

42.p.4

感薯

IV-In Kowloon

Chien, Waterbeats.21 1016 b.

Not exceeding per passenger

70 orals for 1915 ...

40

80

WADMORS

William Powell .

1410 pa

28

1:40

Quarter hour, Half hour,.. Une bours Two hours, Threes Four Five

2.00

she One day from 8 am to 8 pm 5.00

Between the hours of 8.30 p.m. and G

60 cents for 1913/2314..

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