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龇四廿月四年八十壹百九十睿英

ESTABLISHEI

BUSINESS NOTICES,

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1918.

BUSINESS NOTICES

OLD VAT w. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.

No. 4. SCOTCH WHISKY.

SOLE AGENTS. A.S. WATSON & Co, Ld

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS

•

HONGKONG. T-6162

NOTICE.

XY EUROPEAN Nan ASIATIC of INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Centro Police Station between the hours of 9 4.3. 0 1 PM. and 3 P.M. to 4 P.M. dally.

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All persens, with sertain exceptions, whe remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them solivos under the REGISTRATION cf PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918. Forts of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at a Police Stations.

The Fanxity for sen compliance is a fine pot exceeding $50,

NORTH BRITISA & HEROANTILE "INBUHANUR 00,

WEMON' ARE TOOTED: THE SHARES OF

OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, LED..

And

THE RAILWAY PARSINGERS

ASSURANCE 00.

TOTAL FUNDS AT 312 DECAnser, 1914,

£23,970,367.

I-Authorised Capital £6,000,000.

So besribed Capital 24,600,00

Paid-up Capital £2,437,800 11--Fire Funds

3,897,047

THI-Lite & Annuity Funds... 17,367,690

Sinting Fund Account .....

Ravenue Fire Branch

128,231

£23,970,967

£2,381,468 Tilo and Aundity

2,141,693 Branche...KLLOKI Rosanna Marias Department... 37,99 478,940 Other Reenipte

£5,339,998

The Accumulative Funds of the various Bennakes are separately lovested, and, by Act of Parliament, are set aside to weet the daima under the respostivo, Depart ments of the Company's Burinces.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Agenta

PEAK TRAMWAYS KOMPANY.

LIMITED

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAY

7.98 1.0 to 8.00 am..Every 15 minutes. 8.00.m. to 10.00 a....Every 10 minutes. 10.00am to 12.00 & Every 15 minutes. 11.30am to 12.45 p.m...Every 16 lancar 12.45 p.m. to 1.15 p.m..Eray 10minutes. 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 p.m...very 15 minutos. 4.4 p.m. be 2.15pm.Ery 10 minator, 2.10 p.m. to 6.00 pm Every 15 minuter. -6,00p.m. to 1.00 p.m...Every 10 miontze, SIGHT CARE

850 pm and 9 pm, 1.80 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. every half bour. 31.00 p.m. to 11.45pm. ery quarter af

an betr

7.30..BURDATE

40.30a.m. to 11.06 Every 10 minuta. 11:30a.m. be 12 Noon Every 15 minute. 12.00 anon 100p.m...Every 10 min

L80p.m to 5.30p.m... Every 15 minutes, 6.30p.m. to 8.90....Every 10 minutes. 15,00 p.m. be, 6.30 p.Every 15 minnte, 1,3p to 8,00 p.m...Avery 10 minuter. NIGHT DARNs on Wook Days.

SATURDAYE

Txter Oar at 19 might SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Company's Oce, ALSZANDRA BUILDINGA" De Vosax Road Conical j

Bean and punch biokota avaliable for all sats no sirendy full vonning at the

me stated in the Company's time tables,

but zot for special care, can be obtained on application at the Company's Offic

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS.

KOWLOON - BAY.

Steam and Motor Vessels,

Steel Building Work of every Description, Castings, Forgings, Repairs and Supplies.

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS.

JUINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MAGAD STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that the following revised Passage HERng & Conson will come into four on 5th March, 1915

Saloon, Single

Return

and Claas, Single

Deck

Dayboats.

NightƐoats.

$5.00

$7.00

8.00

12.00,

2.00

1.80

ta

1.00

.90

In addition to the above, for the convenience of the travelling public a specia 1st Class Return Ticket at Hongkong Currency $11, and Chinese Currency $11.50 availably one way by Railway and the other by the Company's vessels will siro be inned..

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

Sailings:-To Canton daily st 8 s.m. (Sandays excepted) and 10 p.m. From Canton daily at a am. (Sundays axcepted) and 4 p.m.

SERVICE

HONGKONG, CANTON &, MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.

HONGKONG-MAUAO LINE. Seining-To Macao daily '8 a.m. (Sundays 9 am) and

2 p.m. (Sundays 1 p.m.).

From Macao daily' at 7.30 am. and p.m. (Sundays 3 p.m.).

"

Further information may be obtained at the Contrary's Orria, Hotel ManaiDDS, or from Hans. Thos. Coox & Son, Booking Agents, Hongkong.

OUR GIANT

LAVENDER

[11

TALCUM

Is rapidly becoming as popu lar as our well-known Laven- der Water. Blended with the Purest and Softest Powder, is the Sweet Fragrance of Laven- der, and the Effect on the Skin.

is Delightfully Cooling and "Soothing.

1-lb. Size Price $1.00.

A. S. WATSON

CO., LTD.,

HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

Tel. 16

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING GOALS.

Established 1883

-MANUFAUTURERS OF.

PURE Manila ROPE

STRAND

to 15 CIRCUMYTRINCE,

GABLE LAID

4 STRAND

8" to 18"

·8" to 10" GIRCUMFERENCE

CIRCUMFEREN

Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 feet in length

Paleus, samples and full particulare will be forwarded on application

Shewaby

•Hongkong, April 11, 1912.-

Tomes & Co. General Managers,

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.

(NOW

RECONSTRUCTED)..

ANGIN EENS and.

Bo Beach Eichst be red utaver thirty

has been made to Bank

payment then

of 900 Feat

De Compridare ordar 195

HEETS & FOR

TAIKOO DOCKYARD

BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

THE "THIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY. --`

OF HOLLKONG LTD.

-Tastrimit App. -

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AGENTS:- BUTTERHELD A SWAtce

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4

YEE SANG FAT CO..

Just Arrived

SMART

午戊次年七國華中

SUMMER SUITINGS,

Linen, Cotton, Silk, Alpacca, and Serge, etc.

We have an Up-to-Date:

TAILORING DEPT.

Fit Guaranteed

Price Moderate.

YEE SANG FAT CO.,.

34, Queen's Road Central.

OVERLAND CHINA MAIL

MAIL DAY)

|-5- Quin Maine- maa Wesku Naw of Hongkong and thei

Far East

Pelosa (lucind ng Pindign) bu pare at the world. (12,

PRICE $3.00 Per Month

THE

TO-DAY'S

WAR.

TELEGRAMS.

/ Reiter's Serence to the Chino Mail.

THE BRITISH BUDGET.

LARGEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

INCREASED TAXATION

PROPOSED.

POSTAGE RATES RAISED;

LONDON April 29.

Mr. Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer) introduced the Budget in the House of Conunong this after

noon..

Air. Bonar Law reminded to House bow small the advances to the Dominions had been kept throughout the war, showing their [grest desire to conduct the war out.

of their own expenditure,

The Chancellor intimated that the expenditure was £2,072,197,000, and- the venue including additionni taxation, was £842,060,000, leaving £2,130,152,000 to be covered by borrowing. The additional taxation proposed would be in a full year equivalent to 68 per cent of ther pre-war tax revenue. He had ob-

A preliminary statement issued, tained list of the assets of the shows how the Revetme compared nation, divisible into thres, cate- with the Estimate for 101-1018, gories: Firstly, the balances with our agents. for debts and not loana Famely:-

Amount Increase. due by the Allies, and, foodstuffs Custoins:....£71,261,000 £ 511,000 bought, £375,000,000; secondly, land. securities, buildings and ships. Excise ......

98,972,000 3,822,000

€97,000,000; thirdly, stores and Estate Du-

materials of all kinds, £100,000,000, 2,671.000 making a total of 2572,000,000.

300,000 Furthermore, we could at the end- 15,000 of the war count upon the Excee Profits Tax producing an additional £500,000,000. The total war re- ́ venue raised up to the end of last year was £1,044,000,000 and at the end of the current year it would fits Duty 220,214.000 20,214,000 be, £1,688,000,000. The financiat

285,000 strength of the country after five.

ties, &c... 31,674,000 Stamps 8,300,000

065,000.

Land Tax...:

Income-Tax

and Super-

·Tan .......

Excess-Pro-

Land Duties

Total

Re- ceipts from

Peceipts -

239,509,000 15,509,000 |

685,000

years of war would be greater than any body could have imagined. It Taxed..... 613,040,000 48,340,000 constituted amazing testimony to

the financial stability of the nation.

GERMANY'S FINANCES

from other

Sources 64,196,000 25,205,000

Total Be-

ceipts from

Ban

all Sources 707,235,000 88,635,000 The total Expediture provided for in the 1017-1018 Budget £2,290,381,000, and the Supple

amounted mentary Estimates £47,725,000"

to

The Estimated Expenditure was £2,787,031,000..

The German war taxation, it the Estimates were realised, amountech 'to £365,000,000

against oKT"- £1,044,000,000. Their taxation : was. insufficient to pay for the interest on their debt. If we were placed in. Germany's position, he certainly would think that bankruptcy would not be remote.

THE CHANCELLOR'S

PROPOSALS

The votes for the Army, Navy taxation, sa could be borne without

Our duty was to levy as much Air Force and Munitions in 1918-1919 weakening the conduct of the war are merely a token, The other The Excess Profits Tax would not estimates of expenditure in 1918-1919 be, increased because we could get no more from it, and possibly we would get less

An

Civil Service 464,020,000,

Mr. Bomar Law proposed to make increase" of £2,805,000)

postage on Home letters, also to" Cystems, Inland Revenue and America, India and the Dominion

Excise £5,578,000), an inercase $324,000.

of

3jd., and postcards id, yelding £3,400,000 this year. He proposed to make the stamp duty on cheques Post Office £26,141,000, an in- 21" yielding £750,000 this year,

realising & nullion for the full year..

INCOME TAX -FURTHER.

"INCREASEIZ

crease of £161,000/-

Consolidated funds for Services

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD. £14,000, an increase of £19,000,

PORTLAND CEMENT

hi Casks of 875 lbs. st.

Bar of 250 lbs, net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

GENERAL MANAGER?

THE HONGKONG HOTEL GRILL ROOM

JEL TAGGART

MANAGER.

THE PEAK HOTEL

SIPBUILDERS, BOILERMAKERS, BRASS and TRON

dops is the tablishment is guaranteed. "Wa 1,500 Feet above Sea Level CWYacosea kwo" Blipways, and own; 2000mmodate any ash

Czezakz. Hongkong, beTelep

Hot

15 Minutes from Landing Stage,

Under the Management of

Mrs BLAIR.

STATEMENT BY THE CHANCELLOR,

The stunted expenditure that will be charged against capital is The income-tax would be in- creased by a shilling, yielding £710,000, or a decrease of £248,000

£11,250,000 this year. -Income Old Age Pensions £12,083,000,

under £500 and Service pay would Ministry of Labour and Insurance, not be affected. Regarding the fete 29,610,000

double income-tax within the Empire” Education £12,325,000.

he proposed to adopt the principle of his predecessor, namely, that ar extra shilling should not be charged when the double "far equalled: 0 Mr. Bonar Taw, introducing the The allowance respecting children Budget, and it was the largest in would be extended from $700 to the history of the world. He re £800 The super-tax MATUTO THE ferred to America a financial assist would be da. 6d. instead of 8s. Ed. ance to the Allies and said his and the arsction of the super-ax anticipations in that respect bad would begin it incomes of £2,500 be fulfilled but, despite that, the instead of £8,000, vielding British advances to the Alliex lasten 250,000.

year amounted to £504,000,000. The yield from Tobacco this year while the total of the American would be £7,500,000. There would

advances to ourselves and others be a small additional duty on mtelies, yielding 4000,000, also ant were $950,000,000

Mr. Bonar Law said he had been aditional 11. 8d., on each cwt, uf in communication with the Ameringar, yielding this year 612,400,000. can Secretary, of the Treasury con

A LUXURY, TAX cerning these complicated peac tions He had made suggestions The Chancellar announced & Luxury which, if adopted, would lessen Tax, following the French example, considerably the British burden, and asked the House to appoint while not increusing America's total Select Committee to frame schedules obligations defining the articles. The tax would Quoting figures of the revenue be at the rate of 2d in the shilling. and expenditure, of last year Mr. Mr. Boner Law concl Bonar Lawstated that the deficit pressing his consi amounted to £1,980,860,000, which House would exam was covered by borrowing Turning with a full realisation to the present year, he said that the eramates of the Votes of Credit for Gover the year were £2,050,000,000 The denly expenditure was £6,090,000

If the proposed arrangement with America was effected loans to the Allies would he £800 000.000 and

le Dominions £50,000 5007