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HONOKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

Corpe. Orders by Major D. Macdonald, Y.D.

MONTHLY-STAJE OF STRENGTÉ

O. Cs are reminded that the Monthly State of Strength is to reach the Orderly Room pot later than 3 p.m. on 31st inst

JDINIE.

i

Sapper C. Hath joined the Corps en 24, 7. 17, is allotted Corps No. 2101 and posted to Engineer Company..

LEATE,

Major D. Macdonald V.D. is granted months' leave, from 2nd August 1917 Pie. W., Dexter No. 2006, is granted weeks' leave, from 27, 7. 17. -

Pte. J. C. Owen X 1998, is granted

1 moath's leave, from 2. 8. 17.

Spr. G. N. Manley No. 1974, isgrantes

3 month's leave, from 21. 7. 17.

PARADES.

Monday 30th instant:--

3 p.. Centre Section M. Cal at Kings Park Range, Annual Musketry Compe p.m. Mounted Section at Jockey

Clich Stishles

5.30pm. Right Section. M. G. Co, mui Scouts

•Company at Headquarters ter unit omnes." Tets of elementary Braining

5.30pm. Boris of all units an Murray Purse Gnd wurder Corpis. Crimes, Blond and Edlingrads and Len Vorph Mende,

Tulay 31st instant :

7-am-Scouts Co-pruty 31. G. The

tachint at Hendquarters.

5.00

1.

Left Sertion M. G. 6. and

Civil Service Cony at King's Park,

Range Annual Musketry Course.

MOTORCYCLE

AND

MOTOR ACCESSORIES.

"Dunlop" & "Goodyear" Tyres

Solution

(11 sizea) Rubber Patches Tools, Lamps, Harris, Speedometers. Pamps, Etc.,

ALEX ROSS & CO.,

Thursday, 2nd August ---

4. Des Voeux Road, Central HONGKONG.

Siguiling Sectio: "A" and "By Casos vill parade at Happy Valley for Station Work. Fall in at me

TO LE

TO LET

THE CHINA MAIL.

3:00 pm. sild "0" Pluss at Volontere, Traduirters at 5.30p.m. Dres: Cican A Tennis Court in Minden Villas,

fatigue.

21.

iation. #

Machine Gun Sertion at Wellington Drmesan 3.15. party

Mounted Section at Polo Ground no adayon Dress: Brill under .. poidas; sed Augus

1

Recair on ri riekes Ground at 3.15

Prill order. under Instructor Sergt. Ocherry.

5. Stretcher Bear Sectionat NORTH Headquarters.

5 p.m. Signalling Section "3" and "Belasses at Flappy Valley. Wednesday, At August :

5.00 pm. Urutte Section M.G. Con pany at Bing Park lange. Annual Mosketry Course.

5.3m Right Section MA. L'o, at Headyters under unit Commander, Tests of elementary training. Thursday and August 1--

Foam Honts Company M. 5. Det Enent at Heath quarters."

Lets Section M. B. Co, and

Civil Service Copy at King's Park

Kanye Aural Misketry Course,

5.30 pm. Mullery Battery (Layers

and Settlers only; at "Gebbers Battery.

BRITISH & MERCANTILE

INSURANCE CO..

WHICH ARE VERTED THE SITES OF

THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE.

COMPANY, L

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS

TOTALE

ASSURANCE CO.

-

TOTAL FUNDS AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1914, £13,970,367.

Authorised Capital £6,000,000 Sabaribed Cajata! £4,500,000 Paid-up Capital .... ..£2,437,500 LI-Fire Futd

1,897,047

5.30pm. Mounted Section at Jockey-Life & Anosity Funds... 11,667,590

Club Stabics.

Friday 3rd August!

10 a cunts Company (men detailed by Corph Cassidy) at Hend- quarters, Musisetry instruction.

7.30 am. Pelchers 6" Section at Beichers Battery

6. pan. Centre Section Mali, C. at Park atgr. Annual Masketry King's Course

5.30 p.m. Artillery Battery (Gun nun- bees other than specialists) at Belchers Bastery.

5.3. Right Heation M. f." Co. at Headquarters water unit Commander Tests of lementary training.

3.30 p.m. Becruits of all unit on Mur- ray Parade Grouad under Corps, Grimes, Edgcumbe and drumls and Lee, Chrpl Bleacle:

5.30 p.m. Signalling Section "Brass nt R. A. Theatre.

Saturday, 4th August

30 pm Sesal Parade at Hrad quarters for members of the Corps. infantry) ashle to attend drills ordered on 30th instant and 1st and 3rd August. Oge N.C.. from euch unit sending/men. will attem

DETAIL.

Only 5th August. Senuts Company. On duty Eth Aust, Scouts Company On daty 7th Angst, Right Section M.G..Co.

On duty 8th August, Centre Section M.G.

14.15. Cu.

On duty b August, Scents Company. On duty 10th August, Scoots Company. Op duty 11th August, Right Section M.G. Co

Onderly Offer from 5th to tith

Lieut. Wright August,

11

HONGKONG. VOLUNTEER

RESERVES.

Sinking Fund Account ...... 128,230

£23,870,367

Rarenas Fire Branch. £2,581,458

Life and Annuity,141,593

Branches... Rovenue Marine Department... 337,237 Other Receipts

478,040

£5 $30,228

The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are set aside to meet

the claims under the respective Depart ments of the Company's Business,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

Åsents.

FIVE ROOMED HOUSE with

Kowloon

A FLAT in Nathan Road, Kowloon.

Apply to- HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

CO., LTD. Alexandra Building. Hongkout, June 16, 1917.

ני

TO LET.

EVONIA-No. 9, Peak Road. Six

Doomed Bungalow, with sardon

and tennis court.

HOUSES in Sharmeen, Canton. "Nos. 31 und 63.

Apply to

DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD. Hongkong, July 5, 1917.

ΤΟ LET.

CES at 2 Connaught Road.

OFFICES

1932

OFFICES in King's and York Building.. HOUSES in Clifton Gardens, Conduit Road.

HOUSES in Broadwood and Moreton Terraces.

HOUSES on Shamees, Canton. BOUSES TO LET. Wong-nei-chong Read.

LET. Knutsford A HOUSE TO Terrace (Kowloon).

Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-

MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD.

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

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

The Post Office will forward all corres- pordenes posted by the fastest routes.

Cctrespondence andressed to enemy

PATELL & CO. subjects in China, Siam, Liberia, Porta-

ORIENTAL PRODUCE

EXPORTERS,

SILK MERCHANTS, COMMISSION AGENTS:

Agencies in

NEW YORK,

SAN FRANCISCO, U.S.A..

Branches:--

CANTON,

SHANGHAI,

YOKOHAMA,

BOMBAY,

guess East Africa, Persia and Morocco" cannot be transmitted.

"The Services to Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire art suspended

rai O... Toi Po... ... ...10.00A.M. Cheung Chow..... 2.00 PM. Shataukok, Sha

tin and

Sheungshui... 4.00 .M. Aberdeen, Aatan,

Ping Shan, Sai Kung Sartin, Stanley... 4.30 V. M.

FARES FOR PUBLIC

VEHICLES.

CHAIRA

-In Victoria with two Bearns.

Quarter hour.

Halt bour......

One hour, min

Three hours,

Six hours.

10 con

$0

Day (8 am to 6p81.00

If the trip

extended beyond Victoria,

hult for extra

Fetween the huurs of 8.30 pm and 8. am the above fares shall be increased by 50 per centum.

·11-Beyond Victoria, with four Beaters.

Hour.......

Three bours..................... Six hours

ist. Of cents.

$100

1:80

Day 6 am to 6 pm.), 203

0.40

WEAT HER REPORT.

On th

that 11,40--No returns from

Japanese stations Pressure, has again | freiwand slightly from Hongkong to Waikaiwek: is has decreased slightly over Formos, Annam and the Philippines. An antieyeline probably covers Japan! and the depression remains central in the vicinity of Haiphong

Hongkong Rainfall for the 14 hours ending at 10 am, to-day, 1.60 inch. Total since January 1st, 34.46 inches, Against (an average of 42.75 inches.

Forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon on the 28th July

Stock and paid up

Value

BANKS

FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1917.

SHARE REPORT.

"

JULY 971x, 1917.

eftioon 11.30A.M.

Approximate Feira basod

Last Dividend

Hongkong & Shal 125 5683 a

3-South soust of Chins between North Chinae £8 | T. 140 Hongkong and Lamocks: The sama.

III.-In the Hill District.

1-Hongkong to Gap Rock: 8. E winds, moderate to fresh; cloody, rain.

2-Formosa Channel: Thumme as

MARINEŢINSUR-

LANUE

Canto

$30/$10

With Bearers With Bearers..

No.-1.

Quarter hour,.0.15.

$0.00

Half hour, ... D

One hour,

******** D31)

0.00

Two hours, ....................

0:50

9,90

No. 1.

Three hours.

0.70

1.00

Six hours,

100

1.30

Day (6a.m. to 8p.m.)1,30

RICKSHAS.

1-In the Inland of Hongkong if engaged

in Victoria.

Ten minutes,

Quarter hour,

Hal houry

One hour......

Every Subsequent hoar,

19

Unions

་་་་་་་

$100 $835 L

4South coast of China between Hongkong and Hainan The same as Yangtares 480 | #1921.b No. 1.

Interim of 29-J}-

1917.

7 final making 325

of $18 e 1918.

/ 1915 and Yoterim

Ist. div. of 18 % - 15%

at 3/8 5/16, 81.25 per. ahlure ah;1215,་་་་་ Final of 9 and bonus. of $10 ate 1915 and Interim of 830 1916 815 meking #71 for 1815 and special of $3.

$7 for 1913......

anflat

Joala div.

pe

* Palla

wat pan 1916

да

15

FIRE INSURANUES.]|

5 cents.

10

11

OFFICIAL NIGHTS IN JULI.

China Firon 90 $143 b. The following Table, shows the Stan-Hongkong Xtras .....a vu 8120 s.. dard Time at which Official Night enda

$7 and bonus 2 for

1915.

15

Tnt of 25 n/c 1918-1917.

18) p

#

$1.25 for 1918

I per

Final of 3/- a/c 1916.

Final of 40/10 1918.

#p

The

יל

Noto. If 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... on.be dis- charged to the East of Bay View Police Station on the Eastern side of the City of Victoria after 0 p.m.... an extra half fare shall be chargeable.

II.---In Kowloon,

Quarter hour.

Half bour,,M HOT,

Every subsequent hour,....... III-Tuipo Road.

SHIPPING

and begins during the month of Jay, Dougina Steamabice 350 | $55

1917-

Date.

July 27th, 5.42 26th, 5.49 #1 $9th, 5.13 30th. 5.43

31st, 5.44

Enda.

Begins.

a. 01.

21

7.16 p.m. 7.16

7.15

7.15

7.14

ROYAL OBSERVATORY

Scents HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER

10

Twenty cents shall be added

for each extra bear or part of an hour if the hirer causes the journey to take longer that. To 4th mile

single........ 15 cents, hour. return $1.CO2 hours. Beyond 4th to 8th mile

single......31.20..

return $1.50.

Sta to oth mile-

Beyond Se

single $1.5

return...85.00

Beyond 9th to lith mile

single:00

return.50

►

hours.

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

The fares bero set out to apply to one rickah with thren coolies from Tsim Sha

Tsui

.43

FARES FOR FUBLIC CARRIAGES.

From Slaughter House to

Sailors' Home

Civil Hos-

From Sailors Home to

Government pital

Station.

REPORT.

JULY 97, 1817.-8.13.,

Wind'

Hour.

at Sea Level,

Temperature.

Barometer

Humidity.

Direction.

Weather.

Force.

5)

Wostock...: 68.j Memuro Hakodate .. Tokio ****" Konhi

Nagasaki... Kagoshima, Ostima i

Naha - į Ishijime...

Bonin Island Weihniwei.630.03 Hankow ... Ichang kiakiang Changsha

Shanghai.. 29.01 Gutalaft.... Sharp Pk... :

ท

10

Swatow.... Taiboku.5.29.74 Taichu

77

Not exceeding Tainan

ད་ས Koshun.... per passenger. Terendares

IJ

04 cents.

Canton Hongkong Gap Rock Macao

Boihow

.

(29.60

16 19,78

From Government Civil

Wuchow

FOR

LOCAL AND REGULAR MAILS ·

OUTWARD.

WELK DAYS

5.00 P.X.

Hospital to Clock Tower From Clock Tower to Race,

04

Takboi

1.

10

Phulien

74. 25.

SUPDATE & HOLIDAYS

From Clock Tower to Bay

View House.

Tourane nem.

12

C.St. James

From Wanchai Market to

Aparri B

Bay View House

08

TA

9.30 ..

From Bay View House to

Quarry Bay

*08

Legaspi ....

29.74 129.71

Tacloban

II.-In the City of Fictoria

Not exceeding

Iloilo Surigao.....

par passenger.

Quarter hour.

10 cents.

Half hour.

10

One hetua

Two hours.

35

Three ""

HEAD OFFICE: KING'S BUILDINGS

Four

Canton Samsai (7.30

Regis. & P.M and Wuchow Letters 6 P.M.

500 P..

Five fix.

[7.15...

9.00

1-30 P.M...

[6.00 ↑ M:

the late SIEIS TING,

des the 5th August:

A

toy.

14, D'AGUAR STATET.

K.V.R.

Orderly Other Liect. J. Hughes.

Ow7

TERMS VERT MODERATE

Consultation free:

Kongmorni

Naman and

Sanmci

Shamchan

Next for duty': H.KV.C. =

...Except

Saturdays

5.00 r.ar. [10.00. 400 .

5.00 P.M...

One hour,.

Two hours.

Three

哪呀

Four

5.00 P.M.

0,00 ...

>

Five Six

PANADER TON NEXT WEEK..

Steamboats... 15318.

Indo-Chinas(--

(Preferred)....£5 $40 (Deferred).58101)

***Sholl" Transperta £11207. b.

"Star Ferry 10849

REFINERIES.

[China. Sognes # 1DC" | #98

Malabour Sugars..... P. 30 || $29 y

Kailas

MINING.

.......£ | 34,8 b. Langka....tars. 10/T. 13. b. & ia.

Raubs.....

Amnob Mine.

...£189.45

.....£223,6

Jcal Caspians.........21 32.

DOCKS, WHAEVES;

AND GODOWNE.

Kowloon Where, 4 66 863, để đơn H.K. & Whamp

Docks $ 8111 h. 111† 99.

Shanghai Dock T. 100 T: 0

HOTELS "LANDS

93 b.

5/- "Sinal Eaking 7/- we 1918 free of income tax Coupen 1

$1.66 dividend & 45 ̧ets.

30-4-16

h} p

Bonus for year anding.

7 ps

P. 5 f 1916..........

12 p.

131 p

$12 for 1916

Iat, diy, of 11⁄2- free of in-

some tax, making 10%. / 1916-1917 soupon No. 9

11.

for 1418 -

1 interim making 4/--

a/c 1918.

9% for 1915

18% the 1918 & bonus

Fical $2.50 & bonus $8,

making #il s/c LYIN.....

Tis. 9 for year ending

*90-4·17

Final of making $8

$/c: 1916

вре

7 P

Interim of 8/917

30 cents for 1218....

8. p.

T

$2 for 1918"

#po

Interim of $3 a/c 1917...

Tpia.

Ti pc.

c 1918

8. p.c

Major Wakerst, Commandist H.A.Y.R.

On duty from the morning of "Sunday,

HONGKONG

be 29th Juis: to the morning of San TANG YUE, DENTIST, moressor of Mació

DETAIL

onday, 30th July:

Recruits on the Cricket Cround at 5.15

A. under Instructor Sort Oxberry On London- Dress: Drill anter

A

Signalling Section: The whole section will parade at Happy Valley for Station Work Fall in at monument so fim. Crews: Clean fatigue.

Machine Gun Section at Wellington Barricks at 5.15 p.m.

Fatigue.

Drew: Clean

Mounted Sertion at Pola Ground at 0 pm Dress: Drill order. Tuesday, 31st July-

A and "B" Coys, and Recroits

FLOW SHEUNGWAN WESTERN

rak

EXCHANGE.. Hongkong, July 27, 1917.

BRANCH P.O.

Well-Dayd

Bank Wire

On demand,

27 3/18

Уведо

11.20 P.M.

(1.30.X Est

#

30 days' sight...

****277/18

1

4 months' sight,

Credits, 4 months' right,

Documentary, 4 months älght 2/8

On Paris"

On demand, *** *** **

Credits, 4 months' sight,271

Da New York-

Ou deinand

Credits, 60 days right,

On Bombey

Wire, ***** On demand,

On Calcatta

Wire, ... On demand On Singapore

On demand, On_Manila-

On demard, |On Shanghal-*

Se the road outaide the Orderly Room 15 p.m., Kowloon and Taikoo See- or the Tol Ground at 5.30 pm Tests of Elementary. Training fis Ary. Officers and N.C.0.'s will com- unce conducting the toets laid down in

•ras. 207-09 chap. IV. Musketry Ka fatione Part 1 1509 (Reprint 1912) 30 days sight (private paper) opies of the paras. referred to may be on Yokohams htained an application at the Orderly On demand

Ondemans

Goiri Le

-100 Bun(për taal) Sovereigns (Banks Buyingrats) Silver (per

Every man including exempted mem

must allend this puzade. Coy, Bar Silver In Hongkong 2012 bom orgt Major will send to the Adjztant Chinese Copper Chalan

Cause Copper Centa

onday, Int Anges a Jin fall. Lase of Native Interest

lug therein those absent, Chive Sub Cisner

SUNDAYA & HOLIDAYS

(7:30 A

1.30 PM. 17.30 AM. §.30 P-X-9.30.. 17.3.4.M. 19.30 PM:

Carrion

Tai Ping

Tung0.30PM. 9.30 PM. 9. P.M...

Shek Ki....2:30 x. 3.30 г.3. 4:30 TIM. Eonginoon 16.00 r.x. 6.00 г.x. 8.00 Pr Kumchuk ...6.00 E.M. 6.00 P.ML 6.00 P.M.

Kaukopy 600 PM. 6.00

Except Saturdays

1.00 FM;

In the case of Mails closing before p am. Pepietration closes at 5 o'clock on the previous evening.

יז

One day from 8 am to 8p.m. $1.25

III-Beyond Victoria.

Guam, 420 29.86 Labuan....

T. F. CLAXTON, Director, Hongkong Observatory, July 27, 1917.

AND BUILDINGS

Hongkong Hotel.

Central Enta 8101 ·| $95 s.

Hongkong Lands...$10 991-x. d. b.

Humphreya Esteron 18

Kowloon Lands ... 30 (833

West Pointe...# 5C 989 £ 4. b. Shanghai Lands T. 5C T. 94

· COTTON MILLS, 1. BAROMETER, reduced to 32 degrees Fahn nheit, on the level of the sea in won inches, tentha and hundredths.

L

2. TEMPERATURZ in the shade, in de grees Fahrenheit.

37 c 1916,

₫ g final makung 12 %

T 9 for year ending 51 p.e.

31-1018

Tla. € div, a: year and ed

0-5-44,。,+4-་་

"

T: 50 T160 h..

Shaoghal Cottons T. 50. T. 133 b.

10] T. 157.

Tia 0.99 for 1418

Not exceeding

3. Homony, in percentage of sturs Kung Tiki per cassenger. tion, the humidity of air saturated with

25 conta. moisture being 100.

90

One day frous sa m. tơ 6 p.m.21.60.

If a vehicle is discharged beyond the Emite of the City F Victoria half fire extra is to be allowed for the return journey...

IV-In Kowloon.

4. DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points. 6. FORCE or Wora, according to Beauford Ecalo.

Y

MISCELLANEOUS.

6. STATE OF WEATHER, b blue sky, c detached cloud d drizzling rain, £ fog. China-Borac

gloomy, bail, I lightning, o oy Cast, passing showers, a squal, train SDOW Light & Ponen ... thunder. y vinbility w dew wet). 7. Ras in inches. tenths and Nancias-Provident Ared the

HONGKONG TIDES.

Dairy Farm

Green Islands

'car 1916...

p.c. for year ending

******* 90-☎-8?

5 Sit

107.96

70 cents for 1916-

.6023.

7457.10 .

The tide-table aven below has been Hongkong Eatrien #10842 xs. compiled, at the National Almanse Office

Not 'ereceding per passenger

Quarter bour, 77 Ball hour One hour, Two hours,

$ 240.

.SU

.80

140

9.00

P

4:40

in London from the result of the analysis Hongkong low... ☎: 20 | 6153 of observations taken by means of an

2.80

Three Four Five

3.00 Six One day from Casa to 6 pm (6.00)

Between the bours of 8.3v pm, and am, the above fares abell be incressed by,50 per centum

HONGKONG REGISTER.

Barometer 1.99.820.KG) Temperature 79.0 Humidi

0103

Temperature, Hongkong, July

29.73

''Da

29.71

78

od

0:39 / CO

D. (Wet bulD2·9 LE

75

Dó (at balbr 1;PM

·Fare: os” the

Hong

sutomatie tide-recording machine in the Hongkong Ropes 10 1911 b Water Police Basin at Tsim Sha Taci

inring the years 87-8-0

The Lorg

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

below mean sea level. inches

To obtain the depth of water on the tide gauge at the Victoria Naval Fard sdd 3 feet 4inchee, and on the gange st Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 fest 4 inches to the height given in the table

July 28th to August 3rd, 1917.

Mangkang

Bongkong Tramways af. $8.25

H.K. Stool Foundry

#3 for year ending

817-18

50 conta for 1916-

#92 a/c 1916/17 Bonus

75 cents.

$11 on aft 1916

$1 final and bonus $1, making 13 STARTTRES Interim of 8% / 1927

Paak TYWAJA

(don in them) #

1400 centa

• 2 for 1918/1917

Steam Laundry darkā

Union) Waterboater

a40b

13.

25 cents for 1916/1916.;.

|191 % fr 1916,

10 pe

70 canbe for.1916.4

10 pa

154 canta for 1915/18

Jilliam Powell, aske

raphic

LOB

990

PO.B. 11,

Shire, Ed Gaveral Brokeri

11.p.: