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HONGKONG YOLUNTEER. CORPS.

Corps Orders by Captain J. H. W. Armstrong, Y.D.

·ENATYEKH CORTANT.

Detail of duties al Lyconian from 17t5 tö 31st August 1917 is posted a! Hend·} SUMPTATS. "'

FARADES.

WEDNESDAY, Sånd instant :--

A p.m. Right Section M.G.Co. and Scouts Company at Hendurters undec anit Commanders, Tests of Elementary. Training.

Tuesday, 23rd'instant :--1,

7.10a.m. Scoute Company Detachment at Headquarters,

PRICES

1 gal $3,05

$

$15.00

17

M G.

" $100.00

7.30 am. Belchers 6 Section (Layers eiss only) at Belchers Battery,

5.30p.m. Artillery Battery Layers And Setters only) at Belchers Battery

5.30 p.m. Monated Section at Jockey Club Stables

Furney, Sith instant :-e

720 11g: Belchers 55" Section (ltange Tükera chiss, and (fiün “Numbers "as detailed, only) at Belchers Battery,

Gum

3 p.m. Artillery Battery Numbers other than specialists) at Belchers Battery

ter

Right Section G. Co. At flendiquar

under naic Commander. Tests of

Elementary Training.

Recruits of all units on Murray Parade- Ground under Carpls. Grimes Elmonds, And Edgcumbe and Lee--Corp). Meade. Signalling Section "A" and "B"classe at Happy Valley (Heliöemple and Flag | Station work\*.

Paturday, still,instant:--

7.10 am. Sronts Company - {uishy! detailed by Sergy Major Ranisay) at Huarters, Musketry instruction.

4.30 p.m. Special Parade at Tent: parters for members of the Corps (Thtantry) unable to attend drillsordered en the 20th, 21st, 22nd and 24th instant Ons X.0.41. front each unit sending meu will asteni.

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DETAIL.

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“THE BEST OF ALL”

JEYES FLUID

ALEX. ROSS & Co., (Sote Agents)

4. Dis Vaux ROAD, CENTRAL, T

HONGKONG.

THE CHINA MAIL.

CUTICURA SOAP

BATH FOR BABY

Is Soothing,

Cooling and Restful

| WEATHER REPORT.

On the Slut as 11.35-No returns from Japanese stations. Pressure has de creased considerably at Woihaiweï" and, increased elsewhere, especially over Formosa and the cast coast of China. The typhoon is situated in the Yellow Sea to the south of Shantung

--Hongkong, Rainfall for the 14 hours ending at 10a.m. to-day, 0.04 inch. Tutal since January 1st, 69.79 inches, sgninst an average of 81.95 inches.

Stock sad paid up

PRICES

Igal #2.35-

$15.00

TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1917:

SHARE REPORT.

AUGUST 21ST, 1917.

Q'tiona 11.50 A.M...

Last Dividend

and data."

Approximate | Patura based

ca lait

dir, :

$100.00

If there is any skin trouble, touch it with Cu ticura Ointment after the bath. He can't sleep and eat if he has skin troubles.

BANKS

Hongkong & Shai #171 $500

- Forecast for the $4 hours' ending at

noon on the sand August :-)

Iaterint of £2-3%- #/0

1917..

#4 pic..

PATELL & CO. POST OFFICE NOTICES.

ORIENTAL PRODUCE"

EXPORTERS,

SILK MERCHANTS, COMMISSION AGENTS.

Agencies in

NEW YORK,

!#

SAN FRANCISCO, USA.

- Branches

On duty th instant Centre Section X. G. Be

Oluty 1st instant Scouts Company, On duty and instant Scouts Company. On duty 22 intent High: Section BL. (i. to.

Ois duty 24th instant Left Sen. 3. (1. Co. and Civil berries Co.

On duty sath instant Centre Section M:fi. Co.

Onderly Officer from 19th to 25th inst. Lieut. J. D. Danhy.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER

RESERVES...

Major Wakeman, Commanding H.K.FY.R.

DETALL

On duty from the morning of Sunsiný the 19th August to the morning of San day the 26th August . K. V, C.

Next for duty A Coy. E. K. V. f. Orderly Officer Litut. E. Evan Jones,

PARA DYSO

Thursday, 23rd instant

-Kerrits on the "Cricket Cronnd at. 5.15 p.m. under Instructor Sergt. Uxberry, Dress: Drill under...

Signalling Section: "A" an! "B" Classes will parade at Happy Valley for Station Work. Fall in at monenient and "C" Class at Volunteer

IL

Headquarters at iy pm Dress Clean Fatigu

Mounted Section at Polo Ground at 5.30 pm. Dress: Drill Onder FRIDAY, 24th instans

"A"-and "B" Coys and Recruits on the rond outside the Orderly Room at 5.15 pn. Taikoo etion on the Polo Ground At 5.30 p.m. Kowloon Dock Section at

Kurwloon Docks st.3.15 pm. for Tests

of Elementary Training Musketry

CANTON,

SHANGHAI,

YOKOHAMA,

BOMBAY.

HEAD OFFICE: Kiso's BeILDINGS'

HONGKONG..

SILIMPOPON (SEBATTIK)

T

COAL

*HE Undersigned having been appointed AGANTS for the COWIE HARBOUR CUAL CO., LTD.. ate prepared to quote prices for best quality SILIMPOPON COAL trimmed into Bankers at SEBAT- TIE or SANDAKAN (British North Borneo

+

SILIMPOPON COAL compares favour- ably with the better grades of Japanese | Coal and gires good results on 9867 moderate consumption.

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

The Post Office will forward all corra pondence posted by the fastest routes.

fi

cannot be transmitted.

1-Hongkong to Gap Rock: S.W. winds, moderate; fair to cloudy.

MARINE INSUR-

* ANGES. 4-Formoes Channel: The same s9 Canton.......... 90 $920 8. No. 1.

Sample Each Free by Post-South coast of China between North Chinar ST 110

With 32-5. Skin Book (Song, tó elnarıms ¦ and Olutment to hosk). For samples addres

post-cueil; F. Newbury & Sons M, Chees Lerbouse big, London, Zubi everywhere.

7 final making `$75

wực 1913 and Interim

al $18 n/a 1915. Ist, dir, of 15

of 15 %-15/- at 3/8 3/15, $125 per share a 1916. Final of $90 and boons of 810 a/c 1916 and

Interims of $30 : 1916

#15 making $91 for

TYPHOON SIGNALS.

New Local and Non-Local Storm

Hongkong and Lamocks.: The samo za No. 1.

4-South' const: of China -between Hongkong und Eainen: The same as No. 1.

Union******

................” $100 $810

Fidgtone

60 197

ROYAL OBSERVATORY

Signal Codes wete introduced at BONGEONG, DAILY WEATHER Hongkong on 1st July, 1917, in place

of the old Local Code, and the China Coast Code.

REPORT.

AUGUST 21$ 1917.-.III.

Wind

Station.

Correspondence addressed to enemy The principal change in the "Local subjects in China, Siam, Liberia, Portu-Code is that the new signals will show guese East Africa, Fersia and Morocco the direction from which the gale is expected, whereas the old signals showed the position of the typhoon. The latter will be indicated, as hereto- fore, by the Non-Loca: Signals. The WTestock. 6.30.0 new Local Code is given below:--

Memuroa. Hakodate. Tokio

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

LOCAL AND REGULAR MAILS

OUTWARD."

WEEK-DAYS

Fo

Tai O ....

SURDAYS &

HOLIDAYS

Tai Fo... Chénog Chow

Shataukok, Sha-

tin and Sheungabai

... 3.00 P.M. ...10.00 A.M. ... 7-30AM

3.

9.30 AM.

---

Aberdem. Antau,

4.00 r *.

Fing Shan,

Sai KUD Santin, Stanley.. 4.30 v M.

Macao

(7:30 AM

5.00 P.M.

Canton Samui Regis. 3 P.M

and Wachow

Letters 6 P.M. (7.15.4. ***11.30 P.M. fe.00.P.M. Except (Saturdays

5.00 .. F10:00 1.3. 4.00 ..

9.00 a..

5.00 P.M.

5.00 P.M. 9.00 L

Steamers, calling at SEBATTIK or Kungmoon SANDAKAN azclusively for SILIMPO PON COAL (either cargo or Bankers) are axempt from payment of all Port charger.

At Senattik Steamers are berthed along- side the Company's wharf where there is a minimum depth of 27 to 28 feet at low water Spring Tides,

Prices and all other information Charts of Sibuko Bay (Sobatcik-Har-

application to the Agents.. concerning, the Port can

Namtasis ad

Sanmei

Shamchun...

FROM SHEUNGWAN WESTERN

BRANCH P.0...

WEEK-DAYE

Le

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BRADLEY & CO., LTD..

Agenta Cowin Harbour Coal Company, Limited.

foz

1027

8.30.M.

DAY SIGNALS.

Oshima Nob...... Labijima

Hour,

Barotaeter

at Sea Level.

Temperature.

Humidity.

Direction.

LITT'S Porco.

_1: 1 } } + ] + Weather.

1 Redcone, point upward, will Rochi

mean a typhoon exists which may Kagoshima

Sagasaki -" possibly cause a gale at Hongkong|

within 24 hours. 2-Black cone point upward-Gale Munin Island

Websiwei 6 a7.60 TI expected from the North (N.W. to Hankow XE);

3--Black cone point downward-Gale

expected from the South (S.E. to 5.W.);

Sharp P... Black drum-Gals expected from my *** the East (NE to S.E);

5-Black ball-Gale 'expected from

FIRE INSURANUES. Ohio Fires 90 $135 Hongkong Firma su 1500

SHIPPING. Dongle Stonice 150 $35

Steamboate... 16818

Todo-China-

Prolerred)...£5 240 (Deferred)...25 Sil

"Shell" Trabaporta £11080

**Star Ferry 10 $29

REFINERIES.

China Sugars.........$100 | 906

Malabon Sugar....... 2. 30 $20 b.

MITTED.

Kailanı

Taiboky 3.199.0

38.73

Langka Ra

14

Hongkong

Peseadores Canton

Tainan **** Koshun.....

12

29.7 BI 99.68

Ba

zdra. 10 T. 13 b."

**£182.56 m."

Tronoh Mines £95/6

Ural Coplanan

ET32/

17

A

W

the West (N.W. to S. W.) 6-Two black cones, top one point down, bottom one point up,-Gale expected to increase,

Gap Rock 7-Black cross-Wind of typhoon how force expected (any direction). Pakhoi Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by Boibow three explosive bombs, fired at intervals Tourane...

Phulien A.

James of 10 seconds at the Water Police C

54

Station and repeated at the Harbour Dagupati 6 & 29,76

Office.

Iloilo

Gnam

Labuan

Manila The signals will be lowered when it Legaspi is considered that all danger is over. Tacloban.... The Day Signals will be displayed at Surigao..... SUNDATE & the masthead of the storm signal mast

HOLIDAYS

on Blackhead Hill, tha Harbour Office, Macoo1.30 PM. | 7.30 AM.

(7.30 . H.MS. Tamar, Green Island signal mast, 11.30 T..

the flagstaff on the premises of the Canton 19.30 PM. ƒ7.30 AM.

17.3 A.2. 9.30 P.X.

19.3 P.X Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown, Company at Kowloon, the Tung.....0.30 P. M. 5.30 P.M. 9. r.. flagstaff on the premises of the Standard Shek Ki......9.30 PM 9.30 PM. 9. PM Oil Company at. Lai-chi-kok, and the LL ELECTRIC TRANS Pa Entrance, Rongmoon 16.00 P. 8.00 p. 6.00 ragstaff near the Field Officer's Quarters

Electric Lifta, Faos and Lighting Kumchuk8.00 P.M. 8.00P.M. 6.30 PM. at Lyemuu. European Battua and Sanitary Fittings

Dress Drill Order except Kowloon Dock KING EDWARD HOTEL Ti Ping

Section wirel ay parade in plain clothes.

Every man including exempted men- bers must attend this parade.

OFFICIAL NIGHTS IN AUGUST.

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

Date, Aug. 21st, 8.61

22nd, 5.51

Begins.

A

Ends..

15.

7.01 p.m.

**

+61.59

24th, 5.52 25th, 6.52

23rd 0.31

28 42 2606, 4:33 97th, 5.54 282, 5.34 29th,

1st $54

EXCHANGZ.

0.52

6.54

BROT

6.54

Hongkong, August 21, 1917,

"Os London.

Bunk Wire

On demand,

P

20 dage sight...

4 months sight,

I

"Overlita, 4'months' sight,

Documentary, + montla” sight 2/1

On Paris.

Out demand,

Cedits, 4 months' sight, -415

On New York-

On demanal,

Urulita, 7 day's sight,.

1. Ou Bombay-

On demant

On Calcutta

Wire

On demand

da Singaporo On demand,

On Manda-

On demand,

On Shingoai-

Wire

“ Ues demand

30 days sight (private

On Yokohama

On demanda na

Zilver (per

(per DF)

Dom

1354

Gold Leaf, 100 fina(per taul).

Bereigns (Hank's buyingrate) $6.80 1.

Bor filter in Hongkong

Chinese Copper Cash

Chinese Copper Centada,

Rate of Neidve Interest: "Ultrcsa Buba Coin Si

Hucking Sub Doin

A

Central Location.

Hot and Cold Water System ihroughont. | Kaukong 18.00 P H. 6.00 P.M. 6.00 PM

Best of Food and Service.

TELLPHONE 373

TEZZAFKIO ADDZEM-

VICTORIA.

* WITCHELL, Manager.

LESSONS IN CHINESE.

ME 13 HUS FAN, A tintense grantirez versed in Herature, has been a teacher to Karopezu Officials and Merchant in a Colony for ten years. He has a good metud of training Earopenne ta ps in the Chinesa examination, and in pover! of rate Certifionie sa a Chinese tenéber. Usa basho a good knowledge uf Mzudarin and itakka. Those who intend learning the Chinese languags ire regnerad to write oja "Chờm Minil" Office or direct to No. 152. Wellington Strant ¿frei foor

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FRENCH

(1251

LESSONS

G. MOUSSION, "

15. Morrison Hill Road.

HONGKONG REGISTER.

Un date at On Asta at

Previous day

Parometer

29.13 23.50 $2.70

Temperature

#8 Humidity .81 D Direction of

Window

WAW CALM Force Weather Bain.

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0.26

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AP. CLAXTON Director Hongkong, Obsrevy tors, Aug. 11, 1917.

"Temperature. Hongkong, August 21, 1917.

BAROMETER

Do

Do.

19 AN

Do

Do. (Wabato) 9. Up (Wet bolb) 1.r.m...

D. Maximum Ein

20.66

Except Saturdays.

In the ears of Mails closing before 6: am. Registration closes at 2 o'clock où

the previous ex

THE CHINA MAIL."

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ba addressed to The Editor

Correspondents must, forward their | names and iddresson with any communica

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faith.

All matter" for publication should be written on one sida of I the paper only..

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Bate of sabecriptive to "China Mall" is 138 per annum; per quarter and per men-

Dem "pro rata',

The China Mail' is delivered from to subscribers in Hongkong sad Kowloon,

Postage to Charged at the rate of fifty

tants per month." -

Orders for extra copies of the Cam MAIL: should be sont as soon as posible a the supply is limited. Cash 10 ctx, Credit 20 eta..per.copy, "

NIGHT SIGNALS, (Laups.} 1.-White, white, white. 2-White, green, green. 3.-Green, white, white. 4.--Green, green, white. 5-White, white, green. 6-Green, green, green. 7.--Rod, green, red.

The Night Signals will be displayed, at sunset, on the tower of the Railway Station, on H.M.S. Tamar, and on the Harbour Office flagstaff They will have the same signification as the day signal

Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by explosive bombs as above, in the event of the information, conveyed by this signal being first published at night

Signal No. 1 is intended as a warning to "Stand By" and watch for the next signal. When it is hoisted after a black signal has been displayed it will mean that, on account of a clunke in the truck of the typhoon, or for some other reason, aga is no longer expected from the direction indicated by the I signal, and that another black signal may pas- sibly be hoisted later.

SUPPLEMENTARY WARNINGS. When local signals are displayed in the Harbour, a Cone will be exhibited at the following stationa-Cap Rock, Waglan, Stanloy, Aberdeen, Sau Ki Wan, Sei Kung, Sha Tan Kok, Tai Po

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T. F. CLAXTON, Director' Hongkong Observatory, Aug. 21, 1917. 1. BAROMETER, reduced to 32 degrees Fabrenheit, on the level of the sea in inches, tenths and hundred tha xrees Fahrenheit.

2. TEMPERATURE, in the shade, în də

a HUMIDITY in percentage of stars tion, the humidity of air maturated with moisture being 100

DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points. 5. FORCE 07 WIND, according to Ben iford Scale.

6 STATE OF WEATHER, b blue st detached cloud, d drizzling rain, f fog, g gloomy, h hail, I lightning, o overcast, p passing showers, a squal, r ráin vanow

thunder, visibility w dew welk

Bar in inches, tenths and hun-

dredtha

HONGKONG TIDES."

pr

7 pc.

1915 and special af 32

vi amoune 1916

11 pa

| $7 and "bodus #9 for

1915.

$97 for 1915

Int. of 33 u 1916-1917.

16j p.c

$1.25 for 1916

Final of 3/-/e 1916...... Final of 40/-aft 1915) ........

of final making 7- we 1918 free of income tax Coupon 29....... $1.85 dividend & 45 sts, Bonva for year ending. 30:4:18

819 for 1916....

P. 5 fon 1912..

Int. div, of 1/- free ofin- come tax, making 10%

s/c 1916-1917, coupon No. 9

Tls. 1 for 3416

17 interim making 45-

1916..

8% for 1913

18% for 1916 batus 12

DOCKS. WHAEVES-

"AND GODÓWNS.

"

Kowloon Whappe__#_51%)$74_

H.K. & Woampe

Dock.........$. #1115 h

Shanghai Dooks, 10.8

Te, 9 for Fear. ending

30-4-17

HOTELE LANDN AND BUILDINGS

Hongkong Hotels.......☎ 5. - $100 Central Estaner ...$10 gì đ

Hongkong Lande...$10 $88. Humphreys Heras 20201 Kowloon Land 30 839 ..... West Polots.# 60 $70 b ShangbaiLand". 60 T. 99.

COTTON MILLS.

Exce

7.50 2 182

Shangbal Cotton T 50 T. 134

Kung Yik..

The tide table given below has been compiled at the National Almanse Office Y in London from the result of the analysis of observations taken by means of an automatic tide-recording machine in the Water Police Basin st Trim Sha Tsui

67-6-8,

zero of the table corresponda with Gains-Borge

in the Admiralty Chart, which has been found to be feet Light & Powa tha zero of the sounding in 3 inches below mean son level.

Interim of 8 & 1917.

Final of $3 making 'B6

AD: 116.....

Interim of $34 s/c 1917...

50 cents for 1318.........

$2 for 1918

Interim of 83 s/d 1917...

6% fox maling 1%

No 1916.

Tla. 9 for year ending

31.10-16.......

Tia 6 div. ac year ended.

50-6-18.

10 T. 18 d.

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51 par.

7 p.

12 p..

14 P.

15 p.:

8 pa

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107

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容量

p.c. for your adding

28-2-00

8 p.c

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12 p.

To obtain the depth of water on the tide gauge, at the Victoria Naval Tad Oina-Providents add 3 feet 4 inches, and on the gang Dairy Farme at Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 feet

inches to the height given in the table. Green Islanda

August 22nd to 99th, 1817.

HIGH WAZER 2 Bangkong

- Low WATER

Bangkong

Msan...... · Haight

11 45■

4.6

4.1

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80 Coder A.B:0. Stb háátions and

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Tele how No 22 S

signal from lighthonier

The object of the code is to give at last 24 hour warning of a gale (Forca

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80 cents for 1916

1821 a/c 1916/17-Bonus

75 cents 142 interim a/u 1017

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at interim a/c 1917egi

10. p.c

Interim of 9% a/c 1017

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HK Steel Foundry

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by Beaufort Scale, or 40-45 m.p.b. in the case of typhoons, forming in the Uaim Waterhouse.

mean velocity by Dines Anemometer) and also warnings of expected changes in the direction, and force of the wind Owing However, to the uncertain move-

vicinity and travelling rapidly towards Hongkong, or of a located typhoon increasing its rate of progression | Wataone ... absormally: h

Wism Powell

In the now Noo-Local Coda the out of typhoons aid to insufficient approximate velocity of the storm telegraphie observations. It will occasion-centre will be shown, in addition to its ally happen hat

displayed witheart

5 may be direction of molim, and the position of Buthe centre will be giron in degrees of courting of latitude and longitudo. The timo at Hongkong, or even Cap Reck, but the which the warning was issued will also raverse is not likely to im

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