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HONGKONG VOLUNTEER

RESERYEA.

fajor, Wakaman, Commanding H.K.T.R.

TATANG.

En duty frans, the morning of Sunday

t th May to the epicof Sunday

the luck Muy "A" Coy.H" K. V. E.

Onierly Cheer Lieut. R. Sutherland: Dext for duty HLKY.C

PUPADES FOR SIT WERE.

Monday, thinstant ;--

Signalling Section: "A" and "B" Class at volunteer Beaslquarters at $.45pm Dress : Glenti fatigue,

Machine Gun Section at Wellington Barracks at 3.15 p.. Dress: Elean

esday, 8th instant: -

Li

Mounted Section at Jockey Club Sales at 5.15 p.n. yess: Drill order. “A” and “1!" Vlogs, and recruits on the send outside the Ortlerly Roomy 213 p. Dress: Drill order.

Wednesday, Sel'instant :---

Nil.

Thursday, 10th instant":

Signalling Section: "a" and "f Class at Volunteer Headquarter at Bp Dress Clean fatigue.

Machine Cub Section at Wellington Barracks at 7.15 jun. Dress: Clean Lacina.

Mounter Section at Jockey Club Stables at & 15 pin Dress: Drill order. Friday, Fith instant:

"A and B Cods stud recruits on the mutaich the, Omlerly Roomy'at 4.15 p. Howloon nad Taikoo Sections on the Pois Chound at 3.31

JA

Drill order...

Saingbay, 14th input:

$

Maching Gun Scation will carry out Frid Firing at 'Kowloon City Hange Fallin at Mornay Pier 131 p.ci. „Dress Drill order.

" PROMOTIONS.

The following notification No. 171 of Government Gazette April 27th 1917 is pablished for information: His Ex celleney the Governor has bean pleisest to appoint in Lieutemnts RE Hancock and. W. Beswick to he Leftenants and Dr. H. Balan to be a Sargon-Lieutenant, Hongkong Volun

$450

OUR STANDARD

'16 Feet Motor Boat

Fitted with HL.P. Cuille Engine which ruus on either Kerosene er Gasoline. Please arrange for å trial run,

& CO.,*

ALEX ROSS

St. Joseph's Church. Garden Road.

Machinery Omon.]

'Prost 27.0

Moss and Sermon at 10 am, followed by he Benediction of the Blessed Sactament.

34

Roman Catholic Cathedral.

Glonealy, Low Hasrat 6, 7 and 990 a.mn. Big Mass at 4.3.

5.30 pm.Benediction of the Blessed

N

Sant

TO LET

NOTICE

JBIMS TO LET Post Office Buildings &

(top floor).

די

Apply LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS,

Chartered Bhak Buikling. Hongkong, May 1, 1917.

1760

TO LET.

THE CHINA MAIL.

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE.CO.

IN WHICH ARE VESTED THE SHARES OF

THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, LTD.,

ADDI

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS

ASSURANCE CO.......

TOTAL FUNDS AT 3157 DECEM, 1914,

£23.970,387.

Authorised Capital £8,000,000)

Babacribed Capital 24,500,000

Pald-up Capital

£2,437,500

-Fire Fundinumanna. 3,837,047 III-Life & Annuity Fanda.... 17,367,590

Sinking Fund Account ......

193,930

You Can Have Soft White Hands

Soak the hands on retiring a bos Cusieurs Soap eula, slay and sub Cutheura Ota- me late tha hands Wear old glove or bandage

during night.

Sample Each

Free by Post

Address P. NEW- bury 'Sood, 27; Charterhouse Sq, Loudun, BLC Sold ovarywhere.

In a Single Night By Using Cuticura

FARES FOR PUBLIC VEHICLES.

CHAIRS.

I.-In Victoria with treg Bearers. Quarter hour.

£23,970,967 Half hour.......

One hour,

1.

Revenue Fire Branch,

Lite sad Ananity

Branches. Revenge Marine, Department... Other Receipta quammameter

381,456 Three hours.

Six bours.

2,141,593

Day (6 am to 6 pm).

25,330,8

*

10 cents.

en

WEATHER REPORT.

On the 3th at 12:9-No returns frons Japanese statione, Fressure his de creased moderately over North, anti Central Amam. Changes elsewhere are small.

$

A depression has formed over Tong king.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10a.m. to-day, 0000 inch. Tothli since January 1st, 863 inches, against an average of 12.33 inches.

Forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon on the 6th May

1-Hongkong to Gap Rock: East wirds, moderate; cloudy, some min.

-Formosa, Channel: N.E. winds, moderate.to fresh.

Stock and paid up Value.

BANKS.

SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1917.

SHARE REPORT.

MAY 7TH, 1917.

לי

tious 11.30 1.1.

Lot Dividend

aur mate

Hongkong & S'hal $125 8712

MARINE INSUE.

ANOBS.

3-South coast of China between Canton$50 $330 Hongkong and Lamocks: The same as Yo. 1.

4-South coast of Chins betweer Hongkong and Bainan SE winds. moderate to fresh.

OFFICIAL NIGHTS IN, MAY.

The following table shows the Stan- dard Time ag, which Official Night endi and begins during the month of May,

-Date Eads. Pegins. May 5th, 5.38 1231,

702 pulth 7.00

101

זי

1

5.37

"

5.35

7022

ath 5.36

70

Oth

7.08

+

......$1,00

n 10th,

7.03

ith 5.34

12th

5.34

13th, 5.33

14th, 3.33

15th, 5.30

16th, 5.32

17th 3.31

-15th 5.33

$57,239 If the trip is extended beyond Victoria. 478,940 hali Fare extra.

Between the huucs of 9.40 p.m. and 61 am, the above, fares shall be increased by 50 per centum.

The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are separately invested, and, vg|11.---Bejjond Victoria, with four Bearers, Act of Parliament, are det aside to meos

"teer Reserve, and to plaes Captain (i. KI SE ROOM suitable for an OFFICE the claims under the respective Depart. Hour,.- 0.60 cents. |

Hall Bratton, Capesin D. Lindale, and and Licattinints F. Grone and ♬ Wee Benar on the Sapernumerary List st Officers, Hongkong Volunteer Reservis all with effect from the 25th April 1917.

NOTICE.

From 1st,May to 17th November, Capa are not to be worn after 7 a.m..or before

pau Helaets, or Topees, should be invariably worn between these hours. Tores will be worn at all parades from

this date.

CHURCH SERVICES.

www

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL,

HONGKONG."

4TH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER, MAY ST.

Holy Communion (7.50 ulu) Matine (11.111]

Resputies

Apply to

DENNYS & BOWLEY" Hongkong, May 1, 1917.

TO LET

1755

MMEDIATE ENTRY, swo Ter

desirable SHOPS situated in la

House Street, opposite the Grand, Hotel. Recently reconstructed.

For rent and other particulars,

Apply to

THE MANAGER, Hongkong Ice Co., Ltd. 46, Connaught. Bond Central. Hongkong. April 25, 1917,

TO LET

Ferial: Venite, Alcock: OFFICES at 2 Connaught Fuad.

Psalms, Hayes, Matthews; Te Deum. Tale Tarle Tule gath evening): Jabilate, Crotch and eening) Anthem, "Grant to as Lord amby Hymns, 137.

Gnd Save the King.

Holy Communion (12 puon).

Evensong (6 p.)

Besponses. Ferid Psalms, Turle, Tallis,

Ribalt Magnificat,

Barnby

Sone Dinsttix, Bages (20th mom- † ing) Hymns, 29, 337, 290.

The Rishop of Victoria's engagements

for to-morrow (Sunday) are:-

-Celebrate Holy Communion at the Pen Church.

1am-leach at the Cathedral and

elebrate Holy Communion.

-Preach at St. Andrew's Kow. lyon.

On Monday next. May 7th, he is to-cone.

duct an inited Prayer Meeting in the Helena May Institute at 9 ponie

Ez Andrew's Church, Kowloon. Toly Communion at n. and at

"Morning service.

Morning Prayer at 11 dm.

Responses Ferial: Venite. As pet;

Palm, XXX. A set Palm, XXXI. Turle in F: Te Deum, Blisset Jubilate - Hayes ¦ Kyrie, Arendelsolm Hyuna, 215 (Tune 1, second, 1, 968 (Tune 527-A. & M aal 4-482

God Save the King. Evening Prayeret 6 pm. Responses, Feria! Psalmus Psalm XXX, Elvey in G; Palm XXXIII; Tallis in C; Psalm XXXIV, Tarle in

Magnificat Guías

Supe Hiittia, Wesley; Hymus 566, 392, 4 and 20

God Bave the King

Vesper Hymn.

Bauca Church, Kennedy Road. Sanday Services, May 6th. Morning, service at il .m.-Hymns,

44, 58, 21, 237, 307.

cervice ut & p.m.-Hymns,

2,271, 600,

Frencher: Bev. J. Kirk Maconichie.

St. Peter's Church, West Point.

Sm.--Holy Communion.

19-Sunday School

-Morting Prayer and Sermon.

W. T. Featherstone.

Peak Church.

Evening Servico ut 5.30.

The Gospel, Ball.

10 & 12 PIDDER STRET

lly Services-Sunday: Breaking of

Bread for Believers only 11 am Gospel Morting, & pah..

Tuesday and Thomuny, Bible study

Ladies Bible study5.30 pan!) Friday Botaniny, Prayer Medung, pm

First Church of Christ

MADONNELL LOAD

Sundays, th

kranestinys, 5:30 pm::

Scienciat.

Waslayan Methodist Churcb

gunan

Wanchai,

day Morning Service 10.15 m,

buslay Evening Survive 6:15 pm. *

HUENDAR A«ilors" Eome,

Evening, Gorpsi Mesting, 8 pm.

1579

monte of the Company's Brinessa.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

Agente.

LESSONS IN CHINESE.

M HON PAN, Chee admis versed in Hiersters, has been a lanchar to European, Official aini Merchante in ki Colony for ten years. bie bagel method of tradeing Eropeans to ps in the Chinese examination, noul to possessed of a text rate ceradense as Chinese teacher. basse a tood knowledge Mandarin and a

Those who uten learnlig the Chinese language are requested' to welta ca Chins Mal Office or direct to No. 18, Wellngton Streat, drat fuor.

[1251

FRENCH LESSONS

G. MOUSSION.

15. Morrison Hill Rosă.

Three hours...81.00 Six hours..............

Day (6 am 10'6 pru), .............

III-In the Hill District.

.

With 2 Bearers With 4 Bearers. Quarter hour.......$0;13 $0.30 Half hour,... ...0.20 One hour,... 0,30 Two hours. Three hours. Six hours. Day (6 am to 6pm.)1:56

.. 10th, 5.30

.. 20th, 5.30

"21st

3.30

2nd, 5.30 23rd, 5.30 24th, 5.20 25th, 0.29

27th 3.28

, 96th, 4,20

0.40

beth, 5.28

0,60

9th, 5.28

0:30

0,N)

14

30th, 6.97

0.70

1.00

... 100

140

31st, 527 *

200

RICKSHAS.

I-In the Idland of Hongkong if engaged in Victoria,

Ten minutes,

Quarter hour,

Hal hour, One hour... Every Subsequent hour,

זג י

ROYAL OBSERVATORY HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER REPORT.

5 cents.

MAY 6, 1917.-..

ה

OFFICES in Kings and York Building. HOUSES in Clifton Gardens, Conduit OVERLAND CHINA MAIL" charged to the East of Bay View Police

houd

HOUSES in Broadwood and Moreton Terraces.

EOUSES on Shameer, Cunton

Apply to

1

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT AGENCY Co., LT

TO LET.

NEW HOUSE in Conduit Road.

Ready for occupation.

Also1 GODOWN in Duddell Street. For rent and other particulars

Apply tu-

FI. M. H. NEMAZEE,

·

י1

1 Des Voeux Road. Bengkot. March 15, 1917.

TER WEEKLY EDITION OF THE.

"CHINA MAIL".

Note-If the ricksha be engaged within the City of Victoria, and be dia- charged outside the Western part of the City of Victoria after 9 p.m., or be dis

Station on the Eastern side of the City of Victoris after 9 pm an extra half fare shall be chargeable.

Station.

Wind

Hour

Barometer

at Sea Lovel.

Temperature.

Humidity:

Direction.

Force.

Weather.

Tostock.........] 6a.

IL-In Kowloon. Quarter hour,

g 5 cents.

Half hour... Hour, Every subsequent hour,

Mennuro Hakodate Tukio Buchi Nagasaki.. Kagoshima

20 10

Oshima...

>1

CONTAINS ALL THE NEWS

OF THE WEEK,

PRICE 25 eta. (Cash) per Copy.

1377

.9

TO LET

FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES in Gordon Terrace and, Salisbury Avenue, Komison.

A FLAT in Humphreys Buildings, Kowloon.

TO LET OR FOR SALE. Kowloon Marine Lot 48 with wharf area $8,000 sq. ft. suitable for coal storage or erection of godowns

Apply to

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

CO., LTD. Alexandra Buildings Hongkook, Feb 7, 1917.

HONGKONG TIDES.

EXCHANGE. Hongkong, May 6, 1917.. Da London--

Bank Wire

444

On demand,

30 days' sight...

"

4 months' sight,

„Credits, 4 months' sight,

2/43 ...8/413/16, ...2473

Documentary, 4 months' sight 2/53 On Paris

5.

North Chinne .........EST. 150

Unions... #100 680.

Yangtares............ 60 | 8117

FIRE INSURANCES.

China. Fire..............† 20] $146. b. Hongkong Fo... Du 1995 1.

SHIPPING.

Douging Steamshire 554 335

Stensbato ...4 15|918 26.

Indo-Chinas

(Preferred)....£D | SAN. (Dotarrod).25 3194 im

Shell Transport £199.

*Star Feat. 10 37.

REFINERIES.

China Sugars.....100 | 81134

Malabon Sugar... D. 30|$32)

Kailas

MINIONG.

£131/6 b.

Langkacs....... adra. 10 T. 171 b.

For be

Tronoh Mines 242775 a

Ural Caspians ..............d'] [31/-

DOCES, WHAK VEJ AND GODOWNS.

Kowloon Wharves # 50 $80 7.

H.K. & Whampo

Docks 50)8123

Shanghai Dooks T. 100 T. 90 &

Fins! £2-3 making £44 för 198 MU bogus

of 10/ "subb.

ject to deduction of

Income tax

8 fins making 826

se 1914 and Intern of 918/1915, Fical div, of 11% making

w/o 2915...... Interim of 350 as 1915,.

Approximate Katern needl

my last Yar's

B} p <.

for 815 making $21

1915 and special of $9. bo account 1910...

7 p.

ST and bonus 2 for

1913.... $2 for 1913rramas

J

so..

8.

“Int. of 35 kje 1918/1917

101 p

$1.20 for 1918

Interim of - 2/0 1916.... Interim ar 10/- a/c.1918,

61

Spike

-it.ale 1913 Cospen 27

$1.85 divulend † 15 eta, Bonus for ponr ending,

7p.c.

813 for 1936................

1:75 for 1816.......

∙134 p...

Final div, 5% free of in-

come tax, making 10%

c 1913-1916 compen No. 8

The. 1 for 1962

1- interim making 4/

af 1918.ne

9% for 1913

% for 1918 & bonus. 3

Fiani 32.50 & bonus 86; making $11 a/t 1916...

T. 74 zor yest ending

30-4:15

IH-Taipo Road.

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

To 4th mile-

single 75 cents...1 hour. retara...... 81.00

hours.

Naha Ishijime

Bonin Island Chefoo... Weihaiwei Hankow.... Ichang...

yuliang Changsh Shanghai. Guta aft.....

29.86 46 92.

HOTELS LANDS AND BUILDINGS

Hongkong Hotel. CO $102

Central Estate ...$100) $100

Bongkong Lands...3100 3874 Humphreys Estation 1984

Kowloon Lands ... 80) 833

West Points .......... (50) 877 d.

Shanghai lands T. 50 T. 99

Final of making $6

a/c 1918. $7 a/c 1916....

!!

Swatow

Taiboka... 3

93.80 128.78

"

Beyond 4th to 68th pl

single hours. return $1.804 Beyond 6th to 9th mile-

single 81.75... return......82.00

Sharp P Amoy

29.86

#

#

Taichu.....

Tainen

Koahun...

"

帅

29,1

11.

Beyond 9th to 11th mile--

single.....$2.00 20 ratūra .............. 250 mark. 7

...2/5 1/16 ...2/8)

On demand,

...57}

Gap Rock Fares for journeys beyond the 11th Macao mile to be a matter of previona arrange- Wachow ment in each case.

Pakhoi The fares bere set out to apply to one Ho

Roibow ricksho with three coolies from Tsim Sha Phulien .. Taui.

Tourene... C.St.Jumes Aparri ...

Canton Hongkong

Peseadores 39.80

19

29.82 129.84

COTTON MILLS.

-"

28.

E=

11

Za. 9.75

<

Credits, 60 days sight,

FARES FOR PUBLIC CARRIAGES.

Wire,

On demand,

Dorn.

On Calcutta

Wire,

On demand

nom,

"Oa Singapore- 1

On demand,

On Manila

On demard,

...114

From Slaughter House to Sailors' Home............. From Sailors': Home' to-

Government-Civil Hosen

Mupils. Legaspi... Tacloban... Iloilo Surigao Not exceeding Labudo

per passenger.

Dagupan

+4

15

04 cents.

On demand,

Credits, 4 months' sight,...336 On New York-

On Bombay-··

On Shanghai- On demand

***

20 days sight(prívais paper). N On Tokobama-

On damand

The tide-table oven below has been compiled at the National Almanac Office in London from the result of the analysis of cheervations taken by means of an automatic tide-recording machine in the old Leaf, 100 fine (per taal)... 45.10 Water Police Basin at Tsim Sha Tsui Sovereigns (Fanks Buyingrate) $8.26 a daring the years 1887-8-9.

The zero of the table corresponds with Silver (per oz)... Bar Silver in Hongkong

the zero of the sounding in the Admiralty Chinese Copper Cash Chart, which has been found to be 4 feet Chinese Copper Cents... 3 inches below mean sea level.

Bats of Native Interest

To obtain the depth of water on the

dd gauge at the Victoria Naval Yard Chinese Bub. Coinc

add a feet 4 inches, and on the gatige

at Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 feet

• inches to the heicht given in the table.

May 6th to 13th, 1917.

HIAN NATY

Beurkoo

Mwan

hizb

LOW WATE Hongkong

Hongkong Bah, Coin-

nom.

pa

Z p.a.

જામન

HONGKONG REGISTER.

pital

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

Cause ......skou. From Clock Town to Bay

View House......

From Wanchai Märket to

Bay View Hous From Bay View House to

Quarry Bay

IL-In the City of Fictaria

Quarter hour,

Half hour, One hour. Two hours, Three Four

Previas

On data'at or date nii Five atp.m.

Epu Six

$AM.

Barometer Temperature Humidity (01: 183

„Direction of】

T. F. CLAXTON, Director.

0

13p.

Final div. of 83 making

87/1916

8 p.c

d0 cents for 1315

#2 for 1916

3 p..

Final 3-25, making 85.25

B/C 1918

7 pc

% final making 12 % a/c 1916.

вре

50 T 150 b.

Shanghai Cottons T. 50T 122 b.

Kung Yik...* 10]T: 144 b. & «a. Y bgtarpool

T-55

Tia for year ending

311010

Tls, 6 div. are your ended'

300-16.

Tia. 0,90 for 1910 .........................

5 p.e

7. p.

MISCELLANEOUS.

b

China-Borneon 15 88 Light & Powen

8 p.o. for year ending.

70 centi for 1918 ...........

Bl pc

1 p.

Hongkong Observatory, May 5, 1917, Quina-Providenta" | # 10 | 48. 1. HABONETER, reduced to 32 degrees.

Fahrenheit, on the level of the sea in Dairy Farms... § $234 ́b. inches, tenths and hundredths,

2. TEMPERATURE, in the shade, in de Green Islanda 78.056 Krees Fahrenheit.

fr.

Hongkong Electrics 8 10 862 b." Hongkong I BEGIGA

3. HUMIDITY, in percentage of satura tion, the buxaidity of air saturated with maiatare being 100.

4 DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points. Hongrong Ropes 8 10 6234

5. FORCE OF Win, "according to Beu iford Scale.

STATE OF WHAtma, b blue sky, c

Hongkong Tramways 5. 89.76 h. 8.80.

18:0

detached cloud, d drizzling rain, f fog HK Steel Foundry.

'g gloomy, hlmnil, 1 lightning, o overcast,

Not exceeding

P passing showers, squal, train 1800w

per passenger:

{ "thunder: v visibility. w dew wel),

10 centa,

7. Batx in inches tenths and hun- Feak Tramways 10 89.30 dredths

extra is to be allowed for the return journ

do.

for year ending $116

80 cepts for 1916.

$3+ c 1916(£7, Bonus 75 centava oradannai

811 on a 19107 k

*ཎྞཱ།

fel final and bóngs B1,

making -

23% Einars/c 1916 Pond- ing (cents 48 per share)

for 1918/191K

70 canta for 1915

60 cents for 1913/1316

6 p.

-10

One day from

| 29,79

278

29.82

20.71.

Not exuding per passenger,

Steam Laundry Gall Union Waterbosta

$3.40

18

25 cents for 1915-1916..

12% for 1916

2. 82,

Windies

Force ******

One Four.

Two udars

Throo

0.00

020

10:00

Four

Quarter Balf hour, Une hour. Two hours, Four Five

08:30 t

-Wilism Powell wair

$8.00%

9.00

galos

230

Erve

3,00

FÁLTO 2.0.B. No. III

MOXO

Share and

TAYLOR

One day

Sizbad, open air tscapersatuks om- Lak

Hongkong, Obe

Six Une day from