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RUBBER OUTLOOK..

THE MAGYAR CROMWELL.

hathor to Magyar or Slav. He stood for the particular fatal compact with

A HONGKONG. WITCH- DOCTOR

THE CHINA MAIL.

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WEATHER REPORT.

Total since January 1st. 18 inches, ending at 10 am, tostay, 000 inch Hongkong Rainfall for the 14 hours

sainst an store of 0.3t laches.

Forecast for the #4 hour ending at

moderate.

THURSDAY, JANUARSKOMMA

1919.

THE "IRON RATION."

DAEJAN (JAVA) RUBBER-left alone to maongs their own business in their own way. For the The eighth annual general meeting of Government to stop forward contracts & fully equipped soldier who returned During four years the pick of

Count Tisza’'n asinssination on hardly.

·January Dư. 123. Ojm-No returns the shareholders of Dejan (Java) Rubs or to curtail a free market at or above to England for a short trip was forcing German chémiets have been working take anyone by surprise. . Once revolu- Mr. J. B. Wood board a tale of from Japan and Vindiveslook. Pressure ber Estate, Ltd, was held on Cotobor the minimum prices ficed would be an his way through the narrow doorway of to produce synthetic rubber ab notion began in Budapest it was almost Chinese superstition to day. A woman has decreased slightly at all reporting at London, Mr. Olive H. Maared (he abalutely fatally unwise stap for them a Manchester sramear, and an old gan- matter what cost. All they have inevitable. He was the chief of the was ill They told her of a wonderful stations; the anticyclone probably con- Chairman) presiding succeeded in doing is to produce Magyar oligarchs that emi-feudal witch doctor sure carer. She went tinues to move metwarde

to take and would meet with no support tlemen offered commiseration for soldiers. small quantition of a substance which

The Chairman said: Gentlemen.anywhers The rubber industry has who have to bear their heavy burden mixed with certain proportions of aristocracy of landed magnates without to see him. The address of this ju-ju muunt and reclaimed rubber, makes equal or parallel-in-Europe for system He worked some magic and gave her a

like to tell you at once that we have to go abroad to other countries to the 1,000 pounds and that "this included gentleman No. 6, Arthur Street.

the report and accounts as read, I should should the benefit of that assot be allowed that the Beld kit weighed little less than Following our oral custom of taking beccoes a great national asset. Why when on leave."He anderstood, he said, an unsatisfactory substitute. The atia and cynical oppression. For years cup of tea with joas candio oll in it. He only read suscens nobloved in this he had boon the grim, masterful and then demanded six dollars, and got

passed through a very critical year, and detriment of those who, like quraalves, the iroa ration. He admitted that be we are passing through another equally have struggled for over eight years to did not know what the iron ration direction, in fact, is a great improve determined opponent of popular rights, it. On aubsequent visits she paid the 10th January 1910. ment in the process of reclaiming and

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1. Hongkong to Cap Rock? E. anxious time. Most of you know the build up this industry to the benefs of was and a fellow passenger attempted to dollar. Finding her Day, bewinde moderate; cloudy, fog, mist or great dislocation caused by the war and Great Britain For the current year I enlighten him by saying that it would remaking wasto rubber, which might be useful in preventing rubber from

asked for 840, which bo said his god dripling rain.

Faraices Channel: Variabla winda/ the interference which it has amused in hope we abull barvest very nearly 10,000 | most likely be the ammunition. Thero wanted before: be would let her get well. going too high, but would have little | Germany..

All Eastern business. To keep our Ibs. of rubber and 1,700 piculs of coffee is a great deal of mystery surrounding affect so long as the natural product More, perhaps, then any other in cine, but of precious metal. She took Hongkong and Lamecks: The mme usoreps in a practically moriband market

He also required a tablet-not-of medi- South coast of China between estates going wo have had to realize our which, in normal times, ought to yield this ration. The "iron raion," which la was available at anything like a rea-dividual in Europe be was responsible silver malver and a gold fork. This made No sonable price.

for this war." In the eyes of the masses, the god greedy. He next wanted $10) Hongkong and Hainan:

-South coast of (hins between at prices far below intrinsic raines en there will be, if any, reats on factors must be distinguished from the emergency us handsome proft. What profits a carefully calculated concentrated food, The mus ar bare had to borrow froin our bankers on entirely beyond our control, for, as you and other rations. It is packed up in a now stung to revolution by famine, Gotting inquisitivä about the date of her To

our own personal guarantees, and many will see by the accounts, on considerably small tin (hence the name), and is carried misery, and defeat, he must have seemed cure, she pressed the witch-doctor, who

have to dip our hands again into our the very incarnation of everything evil said it was a diving secret and he dared

prekata to maintain the estates till larger carps-80,000 lbs, more coffee and by soldiers who are about to enter not tell. He gave her a lan to fan away

brightar days dawn." Fortunately, when 15,000 lbs. more rubber-wo realised battle. It is a breach of the regulations the pain. When st laat ber auspicion

thore botter times come our property will £1,000 less money. awoke, she told the Police. But tha

ah last be in a position to earn good pro quack had gone then.

Ats. It has taken-eight years of anxious work to get things straight, but with cers last year, and rubber Las realised permission is only given when the

troops aro well-nigh. fämishing - with -- increasing crops we hope soon to be able mediately in our receipts, but so soon as

cannot expect much improvement in to clear off past arrears and earn pab-ever the tide turns we shall be in a po- stantial profits.

sition to benefit substantially. I do not I am one of those who consider that know whether it is correct, but I bave the Government should give cur indusjast heard that coffee has recently risen try help and support by imposing in Java to about guilders." If that is so minimum price on the sale of rubber. } ;s will materially improve our prospects soldier, it works out, cormally as fol

ja a the evil system that has brought about not only its own ruin, but the ruin of half Europe.

Two alleged accomplices (defended by Mr. Leo d'Almonda) were up to day and

To balance this it has to be recogn- ized that the exporiance of the war bas resulted in the discovery of some new tees for rubber which are likely to prove of considerable importance in the future. Chief among these is the manufacture of rubber com posite soles for boots, tesorted to at first owing simply to the general Cromwellman epithet applied to him Tisza has been called the Magyar shortage of leather, but which have with acme truth as far back as 1910, since fully proved their value, and whee, as Speaker of the House, he was released on bail. are indeed now claimed to be the bullying the Hungarian Chamber. But best material for the purpoes. In he was a sort of inverted Cromwell, a other directions the abortage of ac of iron will and ferocious tempera leather has tended toward an inment, who finched at nothing that creased use of rubber and although in this country lack of petrol and

·Government restrictions have com- polled the laying up 'of most of the privately-owned motor cars not loan

would.. anbanco, Brst, the interests of the landed oligarchy, of which he was the chief, and, accend, of the principle of Magyar domination over the subject and neighbċuring rationalition.

BILLIARDS.

PALACE HOTEL HANDICAP.

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ROYAL OBSERVATORY HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER ·

REPORT.

JANUARY 9, 1819.0

Station

Vidiostock. Nomuroa.

Kagoshima.

Wind

Parimater

at Jes Loral.

∙Humidity.

Direction.

Weather.

An excellent gamo was witnessed last Hakodato) ed to the Government, in America, His party was the curiously named night in the Falco Hotel Handicap bo Tekio. Canada and Australia one of the re.Party of Work, which stood, in home tween Sergh. I. Goodman, Manchester Kocht sults of the war and the general politics, for the reactionary feudal Rege (awes 250) and E. Gumarina (owes Sagasaki... prosperity it has brought has been Magyar Junkter class, and, in foreign 130), in the semi-final of the Hotel handicap. Oshizes an enormous increase in the number association with Berlin. Since 1910 Guarins played an excellent game and as........

affairs, for an aggressive policy in of automobiles, with a corresponding this party has made the elections in seemed at che time like winning but Bonin Calend growth in ronsumption of rubber. its favour in the usual way-there was Goodman came along near the end, and Weihaiwei 6a..05 In 1914 the United States imported no secret ballot and bas had an over won by 20 points. The scores were Good Bankow.. 63,000 tons of rubber; last year the whelming majority in Parliament, man 950, Gamarias 991. The winner's g total was 180.000 tons, and but for Tisza, its leader, was dictator of chief breaks were 45, 31, £6, and 21; Changsha Kiokiang the restrictions recently imposed by Hungary, the Government it is estimated that'

while Gumarias put up 33, 94 and 21. Shanghai the consumption for 1919 would

The final will take place on Monday Getzlaf... 31.01

Sharp Pk.. easily have passed the 200,000 ton

night så 6. p.m. Goodmaa (owing 250) mark, while, as it is, the figures for

meets ELT. Mocaley (owes 30). 1917 probably be exceeded.

At home his dictatorship was ex crcised in resisting franchies reform. Even after his dismissal last year by the young Emperor, who saw clearly the need of a freer franchisa, Tisza med

his Parliamentary majority to block the path, and the eventual Reform Act was

most a farcical measure.

A workman, for example, to get the]: vate must have remained in the employ of a firm for a minimum number of

Jours.

Abroad his distatorabip worked for war in close concert with Germany. Ho was present at the pow famous council that met in Berlin in July, 1914, and decided to see the whole world adime. Throughout the war Count Tisza and

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thieves go aboard the Shek Lee ferry boat at night time and steal. One was sent to jail to-day for mix weeks.

Have the ornamental tops of your palisade been knocked off A Chinese with two bite was convicted and punist- ed to-day.

There is little doubt that given the sane freedom a similar result would, says the Financial Times, and as soon as the necessities of the wor are over it may be expected that there will be an immediate demand for tyres on the private motor-care once more take the road, as well as for other rubber goods, which will probably more than make up for the decline in Government orders · for | military purposes, particularly if the

During the last ten days the wolfram use of the acroplaze continues his party were preliminarily the war grow in peace times. It may be party; and the main bulwark in Hun-market was dull, according to the Kwang. fairly confidently expected, therefore,gary of Gerran policy. He had pledged tag Mining Association, only forty picals that there will be a big demand for himself to keep the Magyara avid for having boon, sold, at 837 a picui, rubber both here and in the United Potsdam and to use the subject peoples States as soon as the war is over and to a lesser extent also in France

and Italy. To this must be added the amount which will be required to restock Belgium, Germany and Austria-Hungary, which are practic- ally denuded of rubber, while owing to the fancy prices which Germany hpe for a long time been offering it may be presumed that there is a great lack of the commodity in all the neutral countries bordering upon the Central Empires.

of Hungary as cannon fodder. He kept his word.

The rice price in Canton has been

rising highly during last wask. But the Even after his fall from office be has reduction of price is expected owing to the the power abore the Throne, and becoming of many rice boats from the rice held topsciously to his purpose. Uuly producing districts hero, a few weeks ago he went to Burain- Harzegovina sad tried, in vain, the

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offect of sobre-rattling, even at that lata pole, Chinese lady stepped off the With two heavy baskets on a bamboo hour, upon the Slavs All the more Kongmoon best to-day. A mean fellow significant, then, was his admision on tool ber umbrella but a European October 17 last in the Lower House that we have lost the war." When policeman saw and took him. Six weeks. Tisza despaired, all was indeed lost:

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Grant said that parts of the Bowen Road fined $60 to-day, or one month. Inspector

railing had been stolen. The Gas Com pany has also lost piping. This length could not be positively identified, but accused could not account for it.

For having unlawful possession of A curious personality, Tinca combined intense religiosity with the fre-eating feet of gas piping, Young Kau was the enthusiasm for aport of an English truculence of a professional bally and

squire. Like many of the Magyar nobles, he was a Calvinist; it is probable that he was drawn by religious pathy towards the Lutheran Hobes- zollerns. He was a lover of hunting and horse-racing, and practised sincerely what many of his fellow-bobles trok up. as an affectation of things English;

Were all these demands to be met it once there would undoubtedly be not enough rubber to go round," os. stocks are by no means large any where.

In America supplies were recently calculated at about four months normal consumption and can hardly have been increased, while in this country they are believed to be smaller still. There is probably Bone accumulation in the East, whero, companies have kept their output at the factories rather than accept the very pour prices recently that for sopie years to come at least party with the Po Eun Pawn Shop some offered by the American huyers, but supplies will be no means too. plenti-weeks ago but had heart enough to rend this could not in any case be suffi-ful and good prices are likely to be back the pawa. tiskets by mail. Mrs, ciently large to have any great effect obtained in consequence. This arises Meutar had to pay something like 81,130 If the industry were left to itself from the fact that since 1911 the mito redeem, the peris and other things therefore, and buyers had to com at which new acreage was planted pete agrist each other, we might fell off steadily.

Mrs. Meurer of the Mourer Frares, Importers and Exporters, Shampoo, bas received back some of her valuables recently stolen by her family cook, ah Kum. Ab Kara pawned the stolen pro-

which were valued at ¡naveral thousan'ä

easily see rubber for a time forced Wherese the percentage of increase delines. Mrs. Meurer expects to take a trip Op-to-the-estro vagant level it touch in the area undar-oultivat-on-reacted to the United States Doxt week,

CANTON IMFORTS.

Dorlag the hat three days, December

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Coffee has been selling at about 18 to open this tin except with the 30- guilders & picut, against nearly S4 guilthority of the commander, and this

reasonably good markets and steadi-Earoly is a pound in the East. We hunger and there is no prospect of

lb. 44oz ; articles in pack, 1015, 3/4oz; ration and water, 3lb. 131/30 total (nor mal and approximate) weight carried by a private, 601b. 131/4 oz. In this way the soldier is enabled to marry all that is absolutely necessary on service, but in certain circumstances the commander inay have to incienso the amigunt of small-arm ammunition carried. Should the order be to carry 10 additional uuces the waight would be increased by cre than 8. Sometimes it is found possible to discard the pack and its coa."

getting supplied. The iron ration” cunsists of the following: one pound (nominal) ment, 12 oz. biscuit, 3 oz. cheese, 5/3 oz. tea, Roz, sugar. 13 oz. salt, and two cubes of meat extract (1 oz). to the weight carried by the private It is no fault of the rubber growers that I am convinced that if the rubber grow lawa-Clothing worn, 14 lb. 6 1/2 cz. the war upset shipping and manufacturing indesty had been an American or arais, 10-lb. 8 1/2 ox.; ammunition, alb. 9 ing facilities;'our troubles are the direct German hands either of those countries ; tools, 1 lb 91/4 oz ; accoutrements, 8. consequences of the wat, nad it is thy would have quickly built up a central own opinion that our Government ought selling organisation for marketing their to intervene and, in conjunction with produce at reasonable rates, intend of the Dutch Government, formulate such leaving it all to clance in the foolish plans as would prevent cur being unfair and short sighted English fashion. Such ly exploited by large buyers and specus central organisation need not interfere lators. Our Government has protected with the brokers or commercial agents the potato grower, the wheat and cat profit; by co-operative selling they would Bot betler prices and consequently grower, and why should they act protect more commission. No one would grudge as to the extent of fixing a minimum them that, for all the rubber companies price below which sales would be illegal would then get better prices for their An ill-advised notice was recently issued produce, and we should not see the pitiable spectacle of American merchants by the Press Bureau indicating that the buying rubber Toad. per la in the Ministry of Munitions thought it might Est-rabber which probably cost the become necessary to fix a maximum rowers is 3d. or more to produce. tents, in view of this additional weight With peace onca established we may in ammunition, leaving the totul "fight=" price (mark you--not a minimum price) look forward to some years of varying equipment" (without pack bot with for rubber and to roader imperative any prosperous times. In conclusion, I forward contracts That, in my opinion wish to say how grateful we are to our 250 rounds of ammonition) at 55 lb. 11/2 would be a disastrous move for the in Co., for the great help and assistance steal helmet and oiber articles which agents in Jay Messrs. Rosa Taylor and oz. But this leaves not of account the dustry. Rabber is about the only comthey have been to us during these ties have been found to be indispensable to modity the value of which has reced times. They have been simply dented the soldier in war, so that the weight ed heavily during the war from 38. to them. Incidentally I may say they carried by a fully equipped man may bị able to us, and we feel greatly indebted 2d. in 1915-14 to about 2. for, 1917-18, have a very substantial stake in our put at approximately 70lb.. while in the Fast it has been sold company. I now beg to more: That as low as 10jd. What we want is sad are hereby

the report and accounts as presented be udionted." a mininum price that will enable the Founger companies to live, there being no o sign of higher prices a pre was prices in view at present. We want our Government, till shipping facilities are resumed, to help the industry to the extent of advancing the more cost price of production-taking the rubber mean while as security-and we want the trade-merchants, dealers and growers

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"C. W. Jazmice, Chef Amits Hongkong Observatory, Jan. 9: 1915;

Fahrenheit, on the level of the son in I. BAROMETE reduced to 39 dogres inches, tention and hundredth

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

don, the humidity of six saturated with 3. Huawery, in partantage of satura maletare being 100.

Beadford Scale.

4 DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points. 3. FORUS

OF WIND, BCcording to

detached cloud, d drizzling ruin, t fog, 6. STATE GF WRATHER. b bins sky, c

passing showere, qualmin, mow, gloomy, h hail, lightning, oo ercast, thunder, y visibility low, web 7. Ram in inches tenths and hun. dredthe

HONGKONG REGISTER.

Barometer Humidity Direction of

Temperatura

Trurious

On to a data at it 1 p.m. E KID. 1.

20.24 20.04 29.89

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Hichostorem Temperatura 9% the flamez Lɔwant open als Temperatura on the 90-54

I. F. CLAXTON, Director, Honekez Ubservatory, Jan. 9, 1819.

ed in 1010, os even beyond. uisits highest point in 1911, it was not prospect appears, however, to have until four years later that the ex- bren already foreseen by our own pansion in the world's production Government and to be the real reason culminated. Since 1915 the trend of for the appointment of a Controller, the latter has been downward, and bri whose first action has been to issue the next four years the rate of growth 30, 37, 1018 and January 4, 1910, 43) a warning that a maximum price may will be smaller year by year, the vessels representing 23,258 tous entered have to be fixed. It seems a little shrinkage being measurable by the Cantor, while at the same time 44 vesapla hard that an industry which was drop in the percentage of new acre-20,095 tons in ali, cleared. left deverely alone to cope with the age planted As regards other Imports from Hongkong and abroad difficulties occasioned by the war sources of supply, the output from during these three days included 60 pieces should be promptly put ander re Brazi has for the last six years of English grey and 203 pieces of white straint when conditions take a tum mined fairly constant at round about shirtings; 1,711 piculs of cotton yarn, 57 in its favour, but a wild scramble for 38,000, tons per anum, and there is piens of brass sheets and plates, 9,587,500 au the available supplies with Gerlittle reason to expect any increase pieces of cigarettes. 27 piauls of cattle many-whose need is the greatest from this source, while it is possible fish, aniline dyes to the value of HK. during the years 1975-9. outbidding everyone else, would that there may be a further dimini Th. 1116 48 picuis of salt dah, 48 picus the zero of the sounding In the Admiralty raise the post-war economic problem tion uplete a higher level of prices of wheat and four medicines to the value Chart, which has been found to be 4 fot

too promptly and acutely, and would is established. The same applies to

·HONGKONG TIDES.

The tile-table kiven below has been

compiled at the Nations! Almanas Ofice in Londen from the result of the antlyais al observations taken by means of an Water Folice Essin at Tsim Sha Taul automatic tide-recording machine in the

The zero of the table corresponds with

To obtain the depth of water on the

tide gange at the Victoria Naval Yard atamont Dosk, Aberdoar, add 10 feet add a feet 4 inches, and on the grtige

4 inches to the height given in the table.

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January 10th to 16t", 1819.

not be of real benefit in the long run. the output from Africa and other of H.K. Tls 2,788,536, 636 dozens bottlos Inches balow man sa lovel It la to be hoped, however, that under sources of wild rubber, which pava of milk condensed and evaporated cream. the circumstances a generous view also kept dairly steady during the 6,840 gallons of lubricating oil, 98,233 will be taken of the trials of plants- last five years at between 12,000 and gallons and 112,089 tins of kerosene tion companies and the maximum 18.000 tons per annum. The planta oil, 288 picula of printing paper. price fixed reasonably high.

tion industry in the Middle East is 297 picols of whole rattene, 81 dozen More interesting from the inves therefore likely to remain the sole singlets and drawers, 2,10% pionis of for point of view than the immedi source from which increased supplies sugar and $ 331 gross of wood matches, ate prospects following the declara-can be obtained, and must lead more Imports from treaty ports for the tion of peace is tire outlook for future and more to dominate the crudo rub same period were 75 piculs of native years, when control removed and ber market as a whole. Even pro cloth 9918 bicula of beans, & piculs of conditions have become more or less vided that new planting is taken in bristles, 180. picals of raw cotton 205 normal again, governed only by the hand within the next few years on ordinary laws of supply and demand a fairly urge scale more then ang cals of firecrackers and fireworks, We have already pointed to some ofther five years must elapse before 100 plonis of four and wheat, me the rousons why consumption inay be the trees come into bearing, and dicines to the valce of Hk. Tis. 1010. expected to increase, and with the during the interval consumers will 31,930 piculs of shelled ground on'w, 268. growth of the motor car habit it may have to be dependent on the rels plcala of bean and groand oil, 2,244 be that the rate of expansion in future fively all additional area which plculs of rice, 145 plouls of sesraum will be more rapid than it was before will come under the knife each year seed,picals of yellow raw silk, 21a the war. If, however, to regaines and the expansion in the output per piculs of green les and 667 piculs of Daly about the same it will mean acre of the older companies, tobacco lea

CROUP.

Mr.S.W. Dattson seconded the motion which was carried unanimously, “

The Chirrann next moved the re- election of Mr. Duttson, the retiring VERY young child is reptible to director, Mid the proposition was croup.. Don't wait until this druid. Foi disesar-attacks your little one. Before, seconde! by. Mr. A. G. Angier and un-

you prepare for it. It comes in the animously agreed to

The nuditors (Messrs Jackson Pieright when chemists' shops are usually Browsing Husey and Co.) were respol sed, and this along should be a warn pointed on the motion of Mr. J. Ling. Get and keep Chamberlain's Cough Whelen, seconded by Mr. W. Fowlie, Remedy at band. It never fails, meta concluded the proceedings. sad a role of thanks to the Chairman quickly and is absolutely harmless. For

ale by all Chemists and Storekeepers.

DODGE BROTHERS

MOTOR CAR

WE HAVE CONCENTRATED ON ONE CAR AND ONE CAR ONLY, IN A DETERMINA- TION TO MAKE IT AS GOOD AS A CAR "CAN" EL MADE FOR EVERY PART, AND EVERY PROCESS THAT ENTERS INTO IT WE

HAVE PERSONALLY ESTAB LISHED A STANDARD, THE WORK DONE: AND TE MATERIALS USED IN EACH PART AND EACH PROCESS, IN EVERY CAR, MUST CONFORM TO THAT STAND- ARD. DODGE BROTHERS WILL ALWAYS GIVE TO THEIR CAR THAT OVER: CARE WHICH THE PUBLIC, EXPECTS OF THEM

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PEOPLE HAVE IMPLICIT FAITH IN THE INTEGRITY OF DODGE BRO- THERS MANUFACTURING METHODS. BECAUSE OF THE NAME IT BEARS YOU MAY BE SURE THAT THE PRINCIPLE BEHIND THE CAR WILL NEVER BE CHANGED A HAIR'S DREADTH DODGE BROTHERS HAVE ONLY ONE IDEA IN THE UPBUILDING »OF THEIR BUSINESS. THAT IS TO BUILD. IT SO SOUNDLY AND SO WELL THAT THE GOODWILL WHICH THEY HAVE WON AVILL GROW AND ENDURE FOREVER

IIS STABILITY IS BUT A REFLECTION OF THE INSTITUTION ITSELF.

BOLE AGENTS

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

St. George's Buildings, HONGKONG.

TELEPHONE NO. 781.