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́=FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1918

SHIPPING

P. & O. S. N. CO.

ROYAL MAIL SERVICE

UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT

TO

MARSEILLES AND LONDON,

TAKING PASSENGEN and Caroo! TO

STRAITS, COLOMBO, INDIA, AUSTRALASIA, EGYPT, 20.

Steamers to.

Leave Hongkong

Culembo

Noon

Connecting Mail Steamer from Colombo.

Dus Marseilles

Due London

When Passangers change Stainers at COLOMBO

LONDON LETTER.

THE CHINA, MAIL:

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

LONDON, June 7.7

THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.

Acommodation in the connecting Steamer from COLOMBO is definitely reserved in it is to be hoped that the conference

Blongkang at the time of Booking.

On the Australian Route Tickets Interchangeable with Orient Line.

SAILINGS DIRECT TO

SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE AND YOKOHAMA.

8. 5.

Leave Hongkong About

Padaung we may travel by Railway in Japan babween Porta of Call free of charge.

Non-

SILVER A DOLLAR "AN OUNCE FOR 30

YEARS.

The following letter from Mr. Moreton Frewen, a well-known' authority on the

INTIMATIONS

subject with which it deals appeared in MITSUBISHI SHOJI

the London Financial News" of 27th. Alay. The "Ficancial News" called special attention to it.

KAISHA, LTD. (Mitsubishi Trading Co.) COAL, GENERAL IMPORTS nád

EXPORTS.

SOLE PROPRIETORS OF

TAKASHIMA, GOHI. MUTARE,

`KISHWAKE... KUSHIKOTANI,

HOJO, NAMAZUTA, SATO, KANADA, SHINNEW, KAMIYAMADA, BIBAI, and OYUBARI COAL MINES

AGENTS FOR SAKITO COAL

Head Office :-TOKYO.

SEEPPING

PACIFIC MAIL S.S. CO.

U.S. Mail Line

OPERATING THE NEW FIRST (LASS STRAMKESHA

" ECUADOR.” “VENEZUELA * And = **COLOMBIA,”

14,000 Tons esch.

HONGKONG TO SAN FRANCISCO, vis BHANGHAI, KORE, YOKOHAMA and HONOLUĻU.

The Sunshine Belt.

The most Comfortable Route to America and Europe.

Ballings, tram. Hongkong at Noon.

8.8. "ECUADOR".. 8,8. "COLOMBIA" 88 "VENEZUELA'

---

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14th, 199 -WEDNESDAY, Soph. 11th Iškay- ................WEDNESDAY, O. 9th, ¡ISTR

These Steamers hare the most modern equipment including overband. alectric fans and electric lighting ALL LOWER BERTHS and large comfortable Staterooms (All single and two berths only).

The Safety and Comfort of Passengers is our first consideration. Special care le given to the exisine, and the attendance an passengers canes be surpassed.

just begining at The Hague as to a further "exchange of prisoners will result in the release of many were of our poor fellows who have been reficed almost to shadows by the vile Buches. Tond Newton, who has been in charge of this matter, has Fit up an explanation that has ens perated the public to a high degree, for we are all sick and tired of the traditions and hide-bound regula- tions of the permanent officialdon by which w? have been ruled. So there has been some very plainction on behalf of silver for nearly twen

r years That this generation will never

is a safe prophecy.

The question of oxchanging our German prisoners --ke--the-British

On 18th September last, silver touched Finterned in Germany is a sore one $30 per ounce, at which price the silver at this time, for we are beginning the rupee was worth rather more than is. 8d. To-day, at a trife less than to look askance at the hesitating and 491, the rupee is worth is. ed., and allowing for freight and insurance home tender methods of our Föreign Office.perhaps a penny, lee. But for Lord Whereas the Germans have been Reading's absurd attempt last Nov- ember to bay the American silver pro- proved to have tortured, starved and duct for se cents an ounce to supply the maltreated our men, we have been critical needs of the Government of oddling, or Huns with, sloppy enti-India, we should by this time have had silver, merely because of "demand and mental humanitarianism. The power supply at id. which is the rupice of reprisals on the German mind has owing to the outery in the

at Sold

and in the "New York only fitfully been applied. Thenitore Bun by perfectly disinterested

"ilver dea! the Reading

Writers, was aborted. and we now have dollar silver silver at a dollar an conce I I shouki parhaps explain that when the silver situation was set out last December in those columns and in the "New York Sun Branches and notified, the fovernors of the mining and the Far-Western press, was thes States (most ably led by Governor Boyle, Nagasaki. Karatan. Wakamatan. Meft, Representatives - of Nevada) went to Washington, and on their representation the price at which Kure, Kobe, Osaka, Tsuruga, Nagoya, the Government there sold its Bland Tokohama, Tokyo Hakodate, Muroran, dollars to the Government of India was arranged at 6 dollar an ounce The Otarn, Vladivostock, Paking, Tientzia, present writer pressed insistently for Dairan. Tsinanfi, Hankow, Shanghai, H price 15 cents higher, and explained the Taipeh, Hongkong. Canton. Haiphong. advantages of the higher price to A Financial

Committee in the India Offes Mania, Singapore. Calcutta, London FAR-OF CAPITAL... Boyle could do at Washington in this However, a dollar was bes: Govercor

and New York. the very first effort of international

the

INTERMEDIATE STEAMERS Trashipment speaking indeed, and Ton Newtou see silver lower thna a dollir an ounce

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE MAIL STEAMERS,

WILL LEAVE DIRECT FOR

MARSEILLES AND LONDON, Calling at SINGAPORE, ORT SWETTENHAM, PENANG, COLOMLO AND PORT SAID,

CARRYING 1 and 2nd SALOON PASSENGERS AT REDUCED. RATES.

STEAMESA

PROPOSED SAPUSOM I

Leare H'KONG

abect

Lov S'ronz about

Dua b MARILLES

Due

of calling

LONDO bout

לנוגוגל

THE INTERMEDIATË: SERVICE IS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED.

I

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALE STEAMERS. AllCabins are fitted with Electria Fans free of charge and ench Berth Furnished with an Electric Reading Lunsp.

Owing to the War in Europe Steamers and Sailing dates are liable to be cancelled or altered without notice.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

Canaigrees are reminded of the necessity to apply to the Company's Agents cegarding arrival of consignments expect 1cf which they have received documents or advice.

Any damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for carination by the Consignees and the Company's Surveyors. Messes Goddard and Douglas, at 10 a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. All claims must be prosented within for days of steamer's arrival bere, after which date they cannot be recognised. No Claims will Se admitted after the goods have left the Godown.

For Farther Information, Passage Fares, Freights, Handbooks, Dates of Sailings tc., apply to

P. L. KNIGHT,

Acting Superintendent

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

(JAPAN MAIL 8.8. CO)

SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

DESTINATION

Shanghai, Kobe &

Yokohama Nagasaki, Kobe Yokohama Shanghai, Moji &

Kobe

STEAMER & DISPLACEMENT

HI

SAILING DATEX

Inaba Mara, 12.600 tons SAT., 17th Aug., 11 am [* Iyo Maru, 12.30 toas WED., 4th Sept., 11 a.m. (Tango Maru, 13,500 tons SAT, 17th Aug. 11 am |*Nikko Maru, "0,600 tons SAT, 14th Sept., 11 am.

Taisho Mara, 5,090 tons SUN, 28th July.

London or Liverpool via S'pore, Colombo, Delagoa Bay & Cape Town Melbourne via Manila Zamboanga, Thursday Is., Townsville, Brisbane, & Sydney

New York via Shanghai, Kobe.

Yokohama, San Francisco. Panama Canal ·

Bombay via Singapore, Malacca,

& Colombo

Calcutta via Singapore, Penang &

Rangoon

{'Omitting Shanghai and/or Moji.

any

will be accomgeuded at The Hague by Sir George Cave, the Home Secretary, and 24 distinguished General. The trouble is really that the War office is against a geomplete exchange-all our prisoners for all of "Theirs -no" dombt on the ground that we work thereby release fiermans it for service. But the [French and Italine, have bu ne Sach quals about their country men, and moreover, if we release more than we receive, the halange of disadvantage in feeding them will be against the Germans,

Cable Address P Hongkong:IWASAKI".

Canton, Haiphong "IWASAKISAL". Codes:-AI, A. B. C. 5th Ed.,

Western Union and Eestisy's.

Tickets are Interchangeable with the Toyo Kisen Kaisha and the

Canadian Pacific Ocean Services Ld For further information, rates, literature, sobedules etc, apply to

COMPANY'S OFFICE in Alexandra Bafidings,

Chater Road.

Tacarrow# 141

BANKS

BANF8

HANDEL

TONGKONG & SHANGHAI

TEDERHANDSCHT NE BANKING CORPORATION.

RESERVE FurDĞ

£1,500,000/$15,000,000

$15,000,000

MAATSCHAPPIJ

(NESSKLADE Trading SocÈTT)

Eperationen 1824.

Sterling

Silver

19,600,000

Reserve LaakHINT OF PROFEIETUKS sutarty

$34,500,000 $14,000,000

AUTHORISED 75,000,000= (£6,250,000

CAPITAL

FAID-DZ

COCET OF DIRECTORA. Hon. Mr. P. E. Holyoak-Chairman,

It may have seemed an anpatriotic act on the part of those of as who tried to upset the 85 cents an ounce purchased proposed by Lord Reading--but was it? We have now stabilised the previous Agency for THE OSAKA MARINE G. T. M. Edkins, Esq.-Deputy

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פזרה!

to

which gives the Government of India sixteen penny rupee at eighteen ponce,

couple of millioris sterling more annually that is not a fiftieth part of the benefit from its sales of council bills here. Bub the great rise in silver has brought For to India. Ever since the war broker the Government of India appears to have been obsessed by the absurd idea how hest to keep the price of silver down, instead of allowing it to rise tiamboyant In this it has utterly failed, and the higher exchange rate for the rupee, the tael, and the Mexican dollar will now gloriously expand

f *

export trucies

800,000,000 of small customers.

We shall pre- gently, kee China which has been Germany has about 4,090 civilian

in the years past buying our sovereigns prisoners," as: against about 20,000 with 8 taels, buying them with 3 tais

in which case China, will be 8. voracious Shall at red Germans in England. Ger- customer for our fabrick, and wo many is understood to be willing to build up rapidly a vast China. trade. Bat while that is England's advantage equal from the rise in silver,, what of India! exchange rank for rank an total of military men, but will not man and America Quite the contrary. Doug the lose anything by reason of nur schunge any civilis unies in mass silver in 1915 was lower than 93d, a —that is, we to give 90.000 Genoa ounce, and is now or 25d. an for 4,000 English.

ounce higher Mr. Barrison's estimates" E silver bullion in India brought up to date show that there is about 390,000,000- of silver in those hoards. So that the advance of sed. an ounce in silver in cer F301,050,010 to the stored thrift of three has added, while they slept.

years the poorest of our fellow citizens of the Empire!

U

"So frightfully re

civilians suffering at Rubleben and elsewhere that public opinion is entirely in Lavour of this unequal exchange, The vast mass of our people would be delighted to get all the Huns out of England, and the only people to really squeel under such an arrange ment are the Hun prisonens in our keeping, for they have been having a fine time, literally eating their heads off."

*

AINH -

& FIRE INSURAVUR CO., LTD.. OSAKA.

Particulars, apply to

S. KAWATE, Manngir. “S No. 14, PEDDER STaxar, Horatore,

-MARTIN'S

SA PIOL & STEEL

SALOON PILLS

A French Ramady tovall TYTRENLANILIBAL Thounia » Ladies sinayı kap a ben MADAKTA TIDE SA the bounk, ku thac in lõm desk le of way locularity of tu System a timely dega may be acoulastuend Trees wich se the rereiden patch cha banca lhalt inn KAMŠANA, GA AR Carriers anch› Simnas mad ibuna

Istorehead (ha.. Wold, de maat, hoe MARTIN, Chemist, Houthampton Hug

MARTIN'S

APIOL & STEEL SERPILLS

METALS

Let us visualise this colossal donations of all kinds, especially for shipbuilding so relutanetly accepted by the India and engineering works. Largest and Office- donation shout ten times best assorted stock in the Colony. greater than India's National War last year. Great Britain's prose annual income is estimated at £2,500,000,000; India's at £300,000,000 The advanes

Chairman,

R. H. Dodwell, Esq. E. V.D. Parr, Faq, C.S. Gabbay, Esq. A. Plummer, E, Hon. Mr.

.D. Landale, Hon. Mr. E. Shellim.

W. L. Pattenden, Esq.

1

-

-Chier MaxaGINE,

Hongkong-N.J, STABB, Esq.

MANAGER!

· Shanghai-A. G. STEPHEN, Esq.

LONDON BANKNES-LONDON COUNTY AND WREMINSTER BANK, LIMITED.

HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED.

Ou Current Account at the rate of Two per cent. per auqua on th daily balance

" OF FIXED DEPONITE —

For 3 months. 24 per cent. per annum.

19

13

整

M

N. J. STABB,

"Chist Manager.

"Hongkong, March 22, 1918.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

THE business of the stove Bank is Touted of the HONGKONG

AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR-

GAFIZAL

RESERVE

FUND

50,000,000= (£5,000,009

-1.1,595,451 — (2 906,730) HEAD OFFICE---Á KÖPEKEDAN, „Branches at

The Hagga

Robber dam

HEAD AGENCY-BATAVIA,

Branches at

21

BANDJARMASIN. BLIDOING,

CHERISON,

Dr

DJDEJAKARTA, Kota Bandas MAKASSAR MADAXY PADANG, PALEMBANG, PEKALONGAY PRAND PONTIANAKS

RABOOK,

SAMARANG,

SHANORAL,

SINGAPORE,

SOURARAIL

SORBAKARTA (Solo)

TERING

Throat (Del?

TELOK BATONG, TILATJA

Correspon-toute st. Bombay, Colombe, Rigon, Haiphong, Hanoi, Amoy, Voks Mada, Pondicherry, Caloutta, Bangkok. hama, Kobe, Melbourne, Sydney, New York San Breaction, đại ti

LONDON BANKES The Unter of London and Smiths Bank, Limited.

The Bank buys and sale and receives Bor collection Bills of Exchange" lancio Letters of credit on a Branches and Correspondents in the But, as the Continent, in Great Britain, Americi and Australia and beasts brafting business of every description.

J. F. VAN RIES,

"Manager.-

Hongkong. Sept. 23, 1917.

FORATION. Bulos may be obtained on THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE

SINGON & CO. application

INTEREST on deposits is allowed on the minimum monthly balances at 21 PHONE 618. PER CENT per annum. Depositors

WAI KEE.

in silver presents Fadin with a whole

(ESTABLISHED A.D. 1880). year's gross income. If we press for BING LUNG ST, ward, if we do not weary in well-doing- because of nasty things said of us in a nasty Press, then this nightmare of the silver market, now for forty years handed over to the manipulation of a small

tha group of silver speculators-from

and the atter breakdown nightmare the world will have been avoided. For it cannot be too often put gold standard" firanes mechaniste on record that unless we send Inuin silver enough, she will drain our gold reserves dry. Roughly, the present te touse a storm, for the men mostly position of the silver market is as fol- want to settle at home, and not où lows:

LAND FOR THE SOLDIERS.

Another matter for present critic is is the scheme for directing the emigration of soldiers to different parts of the Empife after the war. way this is being done is likely

of

Our

the terms the Government-at premiues 160,000, oz., of which

Gross production from the world's

The Silversmiths take 150,000.000 oz. India reeds and will need 180,000,000

FLAG & SAILMAKZE,' No. 128, Des Yeux Road Central, Top Floor, ECNGKONG

Telephone No. 1833.

BANK

*BANK, LTD.

ESTABLISHED 1880.

may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND ACCEQRZINO CAPITAL...Yen' 48,000,000,00

SHANGKAI BANK. to be placed on Pam vs Capitan... FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT. - Raamera Fund, ..

per saum.

For the Hongkong and Shanghs.

42,000,000.00- 23,100,000.0B/

HEAD OFFICE-YOKOHAMA,

BRANCHES AND Ammerta A

NEWSWANG

New Yoax 'Oraza'

PAKIN

Banking Corporati.

N. J. STABE...

Chief Manager.

BOMBAT

Hongkong May 14, 1918.

617

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CALCUTTA

[396

CHANGCHUT

THE

CHARTERED BANK INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

OF

DAIRER (DAL)

Randcon

Faiotza (Muxdax San Franchos

HANKOW

SEATTLE

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER

1853... BRAD OFFICE, LONDON,

HONOLULU

Smirant

HAT

KAI YO

Kon

BOEKARATA

£7,200,000 £2,000,000

$1,200,000

LONDON

·LOS ANGELAN

TONS MANILA NAGY

STORY

TORTO

„TENANIU

TARPTAU

subsidiary currencies, say BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE

QZ.

Atrics news and will need 80,000,000

94

Other 0,00,000,0z.

Tequired groos 440,000,000`oz Silver deficit, z80,000,000 oz.

CHINE,

sent offers "The laws being chiefly made by landowner and lawyers, the suspicion exists among the sokliem that the landowners want to retain ail their great pleasure estates and will try to shunt thein either into farm golonies on remote moors or Practically we must call on North SUBSCRISED CAPITAL... France 45,000,000

unionies" overseas. America to furnish us with 280,000,000 A Cr VARTAL to the

****22,500,000 ounces more silver. It will require Against this they are kicking. They silver at an ounce for many, many(1/3 of the Capital, ie, Franes 15,000,000

subscribed by the Government of say they have earned a part of Eng-years to fill this Curtain gulf, and until land and mean to have it. It is it is done our trades will be severely the Chinose Republic).

FOR DATES OF SAILING APPLY AT THE COMPANY's

OFFICE,

uwuy

*Wireless Telegraphy.

HONGKONG-VICTORIA B.C. SEATTLE

VIA

Manila, Keelung, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokkaichi, Shimidzu & Yokohama. the magnificient and splendidly equipped Operated Passenger Steamers Fushimi Maru," Suwa Maru,” Kashima Maru" and "Katori Maru,,, each of over 20,000 tous displacement

Next Bailing from Hongkong:

* Suwa Maru, - WEDNESDAY, 14th August, at 11 am

Fushimi Maru. WEDNESDAY, 11th Sept. Omitting Manila Eastbound

For further information apply to

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA,

B. MORI, Manager

handicapped by the "crime of 1873."

HEAD OFFICE!

There is further and all important: Ohairman of the Board likely therefore, that alter soine tur- moil, measures will be introduced to reason for silver at the old. exchange of Directors ANDEZ BETHELOT

rate of three table for a sovereign and General Manager......... J. PEENOTTE. ensure the purchase of stull bold that 15 to 1 tatio from which silver was ings at fixed prices all over the so wantonly degrund in 1873. Dyer is the aby product of both lead and, copper country and the settlement of mines. Give us silver once more at le, an ource and we shall immensely expand soldiers on them on easy terms.

both lead and the production of

copper. two metals of great industial import- ance whether in Peace or War. "Dearer silver means cheaper lead and copper and spelter, and immense activity in the mining, smelting, and reduction of these important metala..

COUGHING INTO CONSUMPTION *Only a Congh" but stop I while it is ONLY a cough,

you

WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND

The finest preparatios' madd for combating severe cong

GURES Any congni inat le "only a cough. Very pulambie" OF ALL CHEMISTS

PRIUA SI 2024 225

BABY'S GREAT-DANGER

74, Rue Saint-Lazare, PARIS, BRANCHES : PEKING;

SHANGHAL” TIENTSIN, HONGKONG.

'BAIGON, HAIPHONG; YUNNANFOU..

BANKEES E.

FAID-UY CAPITAL

MILETY OF PEO- BESKY FUND REKEITI

FRIXTOES FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Geners] Fanking business transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for 1 year or shortar periods at rates which will be quoted on application.

T. C. DOWNING,

Manager. Hongkong, May 7, 1917.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED

In FRANCE Bociété Générale pour Authorised Capital

favoriser le Développement de Subscribed Commerce et de Industrie en Paid-up Francs

Reserve Fandom

In LONDON: London County & West

mineter Fank,

In NEW YORK Redmond & Co.

Correspondents in the chief com mercial centres of the world.

water burr Telegraphie Address CHIBANKIND.“ evert allowed on Current Accounts

BANKERS.

£1,500,000 1,125,000

582,600

630,000

· BANK OF ENGLAND. LOSTON JOINT STOCK BASE, LIKITED,

བ*་་་

Brary description of Exchange bus transacted.

DURING EOT WEATHER; More little ones ne during the hot weather than at any other tim of the cholers Rear Diarrhava, dysentery, infantum and stomach troubles conte without warning, and when a medicine is it at hand to give help promptly the short delay the frequently means that the cblid has passed beyond sid: Baby's Own Tablets the Canadian children's and Fixed Deposits in Eccal Currency.

TNTEREST allowed mode = Current rersedy; should always be kept in homes and in Gold. Terms on application.

Every description of Ranking sod Accounts as per cent per andur where there are sung children Exchange bunces transacted. Wri on Daily Balance and on Fixed Deposits, occasional dose of the Tables will poola facilistes for French.exobanger, at rated which may he ascertained, on

M ROUET DE JOURNELappifcation.

Mánager Mi

pravim stomach

trouhin

ne if the treble cimex sudd-nly the prompt use of the Tablets may save the baby's life. They are sold by medici denlure, or y mail at 60 tente a vial, From The Dr. Williams Medicine Ca 56 Szocha Band, Shanghai.

HONGKONG, BRANCH: Qaben's Buildings

Tel 2440 By Chater Bcad: Hongkong, April à Lékárny 1206

SEIOSK

Internt allowed on Current Accortada. Deposite received for fixed periode ae rates to be obtained on application.

EISHI ONO Manayor

Hougtong, 11 March, 1918,

NOTICE

HIGH-CLASS PRINTING

BOOK BINDING

DONE

THE CHINA MAIL OFFICE

BOOKS & FAMPHLETSASPEDIALTY

Prospectusos,

CHAMPKIN, ** Antino Maarom. Hoi Cheena Rod Central,

O8 1917

Clean

rinted.

Pronty and prompt deliver