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SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1919.

COMPANY REPORT.

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO.,

LIMITED,

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tentlemen,-- Your Directius have He pleasury to subuis de accen- panying Statement of the Company's Accounts for the year ending 29th Paleuary, B4,

Tu pay a Bonus of 75

cents per share

To pivec to Buserve To write Plant Ac. count for depreelathes To write off. In perty Ac-

count per expreviíðan

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CORRESPONDENCE.

EVOLUTION.

THE CHINA MAIL.

ATLANTIC METEOROLOGY.

INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS, BY C.P.O.S. STEAMER.

(To the Editor of the " China Mail.")|\\

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GOVERNMENT GAZETIE ITEMS.

Those who want to may now trailerO with Alsace Romaine. It counts as part of Franes.

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AID FOR BRITISH EXPORTER.

EXPEDITE THE GRANTING

OF LICENCES,

In order further to assist exporters coupled by Allied troops,

to recover their trade in 'goods of, Another royal proclamation pro. which, the export is or has been cons hibite the importation of dye staffs, trolled and generally to ensure that

Mr. Alabaster sket for a return to openings for trade are lost tol showing how many juvenile offenders British exporters owing to ignorance under 13 ure in Victoria Jail, and the of existing export facilities, the Department of Overseas Trade, in following subsidiary puestions:

concert with the War Trade Depart ment, has made arrangements for bringing to the notice of exporters through the medium of the Press, trade journals, chambers of com- merce and trade organisations, and by special notes direct to firms on the "special register" of the Depart ment information regarding changes affecting control over exports.

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What provision is made in the Jail for keeping juvenile offenders apart tromi adult prisoners in necondines with: Frison Regulation No. 210?

Are juvenile offendwy--- to) allowed special library books and books of instruction hroughout their sentence. employed with other juvenile

offenders in workshope, instructed in a trade, and exempel twice daily with a view to their physical deve- lopment, in accordance with i Regulation 2217. "The reply quotted shows that thefe were pine boys in Jail, work in their cells and ure exercised

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Firms not already on the special register who desire to receive such information direct from the Depart- ment may apply for admission to the special register to the Comptroller- General Department of Overseas Trade Theyligence), 73, Basinghall street. E.C. 2... (Development and Intel-

The towing is the report of the Bourd of Diretors, turli the meeting Si is natural that before one j

They may also trule with such of standbehler to be held at the stars to study such a thing as Experiments of Est-class" import-parts of Austria-Hungary us Kupang's bees, St. Georges | Evolution, one would desire to know fance to avistes in connection with Building, at 4.Ser.. on Saturday, something of the eminent men who the forthcoming attempts to tly the May 17. 10-

have lent their authority to it. The Atlantis are to be inade by the blew that man is B # separate Candian Pacific Ocean Services ccation, but, in connen, with the steamer Montculm, sailing four she other animals which inhabis obis Survey Commercial Poel, London, work, evolved frcul lower The vessel is to undertake a voyage form, is a very old one. Hundreds in order to obtain metereological The Bakings of Opedit of Profit Fot

Before the Christian date to assist flying me and Jews Account available for ap-

roony Greek philosophers Leut, Guy Harris, R.A.F. is in propriation is S820,294.21), und) your rught that I cane from the charge of the project. It is hoped Directory recommend that this bef lowest form of animal life. Bub to up the gaps between the pre- allispomen of as follows: ---

these philosophers were. very un-sent, dying stops. The ship has been To pay a Dividend of

seientiße in their method of research, fitted with two winches for the flying $2.25 per share on

andi not until the nineteenth century of special kies. me at each end of 60,000 she

$133,00NYn we say that scientists began to the ship. About 18 kites in all are make serious tescurches, in the field being curried. The kites are of 45,000.00 of Evodation. Charles Robert Dar enormous size, real nuantifier, speci-te) FOOD Wim was born at Shrewsbury on the ally designed. An instrument called 12th of February, (801) On the 27th the meteor graph will be used to metafol December, 1831, he started on a collect vahiable words as to wind voyage in the Beagle as natural speeds. hunichity. temperature, 20,000! ist. He visited Cape de Verde and pressure, Sc.

other islands on the Atlantic, and then visited the South American 15.15 ust. fakagagos. Tahiti. New 10.55.89 Zealand, Australia, Tasmania. Kee

Hag Island. Maldives, Mauritius, St. 14,530,15 | Helena, Ascension, Brazil, etc. It was not at the 2nd of October, 126,056.31 1930 that he returned to England. So much had Darwin observed dur 5028.006.70bing his voyage, that when he return ed to England, he was convinced of the fact that man originated from the lowest fours of life, in common with the oster animals. But he wus not saire of his position yet. deem: ing that lingther investigation was Et will give flying men an T¥f!C6isc23Ey Patiently, did Darwin of what they may have to encounter. In accordance with the Articles of work, collecting materials all the and will fill up the spaces between Association Mr. X. Tang and time. In the meantime another the jumping of places. The ship Hon Mr. S. H.- foxiwali retire, but | Angus partur alist was making in- fitted with a wireless apparatus and Being eligible, offer themselves for vestigation by travels. This man comminications with aviators will he reselection,

Was Alfred Russel Wallace Help If the experiment is stePaLS, travelled extensively in Braxit,iul the thing will probably be Samatm, New Guinea, etc., making dene continuously on a number of investigations, In the year 1838, ships."

To write of Furnitur

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Tis pasowueltos Staf To pay to Stuff Provi

Font Fund

To murry Bermund next AccoUNE..

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Directors. Hon. Mr. D. Landale having resigned on having the Colang, Mr. J. Johnstone was in- vited to the vaerney. This up pointinent repices the continuation of sharehollers.

Auliter The Accounts have been audited by Mr. C. Bernard Hwn. A.GA.. whs resires. hurt offers well for re-election.

A: O. LANG,

Charlemag

STATEMENT OF AcgOUSTS AT FRAETARY 1910, BALANCE SuzET. DIABILITIES.

Can and Authorized and

Visual 60,000 shares Fach $ ally paid

14

"Reserve Account

Sambry Croitors ....... Dividende unchimed...

wit and Loss Account Undivided Pat

when be was dying muffled in blun- kets in the cold tits of an attack of jaga at Ternate, in the Moluccas, he

The object of the trip is to find out more about wind curtents at a

height of about 5,000 feet, sal Major A. E. Genels, the head of the Meteorological Department of the Air Ministry, to u Daily News repre- sentative. We know the average conditions over these plates for a number of years, but we are not very sure of the unit of variation during short spaces of time. It is impos. ble to have dozens of stations right across the Atlantic, so that the next best thing is to make use of the ships that are going across.

the annual fee for admission to the includes the supply of the Board of special register is £2 2a, which Trade Journal.

It is understood that owing to the

separately. They are not allowed books. They don't work in the workshops. They are not instructed in a brude. They are exercised tjus daily with a view to physical dave-necessary formalities and consequent lopent. The reply add that mine delay in connection with the obtain isus unusually big number for such ing of export licences, exporters find prisoners. In the ordinary course themselves at

disadvantage when there are only one or two at a tine.

dealing with orders requiring im- Mr. W. Lambert is appointed mediate acceptance. The Depart First Assistant Government Marinement will, therefore on, request, Surveyor, and Mr. R. Hunter as undertake to ascertain from the War temporary desistant, during the ab- Trade Department and reply by ideaence on leave of Mr. W. Russell.

telegram or telephone at the earliest Police Sergh. A. Davis replaces possible moment whether licences Sergt. Earner as Sanitary Inspector will or will not be granted for such at Aberdeen..

orders. In the event of an applicant i Messrs. J. Johnstone and A. C. being promised a licence he will be Little are appointed Justices of the enabled to deal with the order straightaway with the knowledge. Additions to the register of medi-that upon application being made prurtitions are This. Arthur Wai formally to the War Trade Depart Tak. Who and Chung Ching Wang. ment the licence will be granted. of 11. Oal Builey, und 80; Robinson Houd, respectively.

A vacancy on the Leersing Bon 'coušel by the deportare of Mr.. T.

on May 21.

Inquiries should be by telegram rather than by telephone, and should be addressed to Orders C/o Advan- give in addition to the name and tage, Stock, London." They should

postal or telegraphic address of the

concluded that species changed, and SCOUTING AND THE HOME. F. Hough, is to be filled by election Caso that the theory of the survival of the text was trie. He wrote any on his Res-, and sent it to

The return of average note circul.applicant the quantity, value and Darwin, asking him to send is to Sie

have heard it urged as an obtion for Apre was: Chartered Bank description of the goods comprised Charles Lyell, she faces geologist.jection that Scouting takes boys from $911,032 Honkong, $22.816,300, in the order and the name and their homes; my reply is, unfortand Mercantile $1,192,047 Scurity address of the ultimate consignee if nately sometimes this is so much the better." The critic is thinking of his own cheerful fireside, his owr family circle, and the pleasures. tappitality extended to mumerou interesting friends and repaint unces.

Darwin was struck with the sui harity of Wulined a conclusions to b's own. It must be bore, said that $600,000.00] Darwin had already written down 500,000 ft his conclusions as "early as 1812. 2265,798.21 We must never forget however, that 16.75.48 Dangh Wallace believal thest one species is only the results of charges In another species, and also rejected The Scout's home is often dingy. 121,01280 the idea of way's special creation, enconfortable and crowded, the as belag entirely unsupportel family circle depressing, ami the fart, he believed that man's spirit udvent of strangers infrequent and 506,1953.54 and intellectual nature," it funwelcome. I would go farther. have had anwebel origin, arst for this. Even in a good bone, there may be Sorgin we can find an adequate narrow interest, monowny and

BLUSE 321 the unseen universe of prendon rather than stimulution o Spirit.

We with exuine the truth of Mr. Wallace's argument in our sub- sequent letters-Yours, etc.,

per last Becant... Net Profit for the year ending 28th Febru- n. 1913

..........

ATS.

I'm pes 15. Land & huid-

ings as per last a/c... $655,806,71 Less paremat provided for........

depreciation

70,000.00 Exponitare during year 221,827.07 Phint & Mains necont,

as per hust ufc ........ 731,032.31 Less mint provided

for depreciation ...... 200,000.00 Esperdre during year 330,701,30|| Furniture, as per lust

1,008.55

t

Loss sent provided

for depreciation

Expenditure derring year Tools, de.. Stock of ..... Insalation Material.

Stock of

Stores & Seal Stock of Insurance. Volite of un

expted portions - of Policiess

Sandry Debtors

Cash with Agents

JOHN KESTREL-

THE "MARAMA'S "

personality. It is in these cases solemn duty to get every legy out of his home and away from home in- Huence into the stimulation of fellow ship of the large and happy Scout Cudly and under the inffuser of u Scoutmaster who will often do far more to bring out the best of a boy thau his father. The more siccess- PROGRESS..! and ideal home life will relievi the Scoutmaster of some of his work, but there is always a place for his influence and for the fellowship of the Troop, a place which a home cannot fill in a boy's life. In other The Manama put into Colombo ease the Trap almost entirely takes 134,05 1,039,48, fresh water and more stewards.

the place of hue, und Seating o Letters from passengers give a harsome sort on every night of the week 52,138.54 mwing description of the conditions just the best thing in the world." 24.169.30 ubourd. Two children have died and Seat Headgra. Guzelte.

many are ill. Those responsible for the arrangements, chiefly overcrowd.

· PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.

To Agency and Office

Expenses

To Rent and Taxes

To Insurance

To Directors' Fees

To Auditor Fees

568.55

VIGOROUS CURSES FROM PASSEN. GERS ABOARD.

as usual

The Bank of Canton intends to onvert its silver capital into goll.

AMERICAN CO. AT THEATRE ROYAL TO-NIGHT...

the goods are destined for a neutral country. In the case of orders from Allied or British territory, or from territory in the occupation of troops of the Associated Governments, the consignee need not be stated; the country of destination will, of course, need to be given. A reply of 24 words (is 6d) must also be prepaid.

Applicants are requested in their own interest to confine their inquiries to orders needing a very urgent

the more promptly can answers be given..

Mr W. R. Banvank, the English theatrical manager, will introduce decision, since the fewer the inquiries

is. American Musical Comedy Co. the Theatre Royal to-night. The company is only here for six per- formances including a matinee on Thursday. Three American musical comedy successes will be presented, each-comedy playing two perform

The opening presentation will be The Suffragettes a laugh. ng absurdity, screamingly set forth

ances

two art, that teem with bright, jazzy musical hit and to heighten the effect; a dazzling background of pretty girls, gurbed in a

variety of most daring creations. tushions The cast is made up of a company of American stage, favourites who will surely establish themselves in he hearts of the Hongkong publié. The Subagettes will play to night and Monday-"Hello Hawaii." another worry-killer will go on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, while Oh, Papi will be presentel on Thursday Mutines and night.

WEEKLY SHARE REPORT Bookings at Mourie's.

Messrs. W. Legun & Co. report on

JUST ONE LETTER.

The differeticen misprint of one letter may make is well brought out by an incident in Malaya recently.

4,600.00ing are vigorously cursed. 239,780.70 The following extracts from a letter

1,667.37 recived from his wife, written on)

bound the Maruma, speak for them. $2,006,548.68 selves, suys a writer in the Pinang tigzette:S.S. Barama, April 14, 1010. **We are niter all calling st Colombo: We had to, as everytining May setus to lave gone wrong. How Since our last report of the 2nd $16,000.00 any of us is alive only the good God inst, the local market has been du!

17,067.33 knows. We have gone through H. Wh scanty business passing. The The Food Controller made a speech 0,546.05. There have been two deaths Shanghai market. Las been practic in which he reproved the Press. 8,000.00 alrealy (children) the wards are so ally closed owing to the races. With the love of circumlocution and

400.00 frightfully packed and the port holes.

Banks--Hongkong and Shangha! indirectness that is common to offi- coli not be opened. The heat irax Backe after business at $600 have cals, he did not name the offending been fagitful, I will not say too buyers at 86921.

papers, but excepted one. He said much about things, as it would only) Marine Insurances-North Chinesi am not alluding to etc." He 4.291.90 worry you. Thank goodness I am are wanted at Tuels 220. Cantons wus reported "I am now pliuding ta 5,068.87 strong and can stand a good deal. have sellers at $500. Unions no etc." The result was that the 505,953.0 The food hus not been too had if we business has been reported and the editor of ebel wrote a slashing article,

could only get served. The dining quotations retains norina! stand the official bad to explain.. $56-1,223-04 saloon is like a mud-house and the $1.000. Yangtszes are wanted al

children's worse. We have been Shanghai, 8260,"

To Bad Debts $3,700.58, Lew Anoints written

cf previous year re-

covered $508.08

ToInterest

To Net Profit

Lt.

By Net Profit on work."

ing....

By Scrip and Transfer

Fres

travelling teyy slowly as I hear the Pite Insurances.-Chins Fires and firenien are on strike. Really it is, Hongkong Fires are nominal at $160 $564,196,20 o downright disgrace that this bout and $880 respectively.

should have been allowed to sail ke Shipping. Indo-Chines have 20.73 this. We have been treated like ellens at $148. Dougluses at S&; rattle., Yesterday, was the first time (ex. dividend of $8). Mucus Steun $50-1,229-01 the edip has been cleansed since it boats are wanted at $221 and Ferries

left Singapore. The stench in the at $80.

S. H. Dodwell and C. 2. Chater, bathroons has been almost unendur Refineries-China Sugare are Directors.

able. They are thinking seriously of slightly weaker with small sellers ut putting down 200 people at Colombo $1571 cash, with buyers at $180,

GIRE, LIVINGSTON & Co., Agents.

FOR A LAME. BACK.

lameness. HES you have raios or

in the back bathe the parts with Chamberlain's Pain Rim twice a day, moussaging with the palm of the hand for Are minutes at each application. Then damper a pices of flannel alightly with this liniment and bind it on over the sent of pain. For sale By all Chemists BLd Storokrepas.

at Government expense. If they do June. Malabons, are enquired for at I shall certainly try and be one of $85.

them."

NOW IS THE TIME.

Docks, and Wharves. Kowloon Wharvée are quiet with sallera'ut $97. Kowloon Docks are also offer. ing at $152 with buyers at $101. Shanghai Docks are wanted at Toels 26.

rheumatism sou will find nothing better than Chamberlain's Fain, Falm. Now is the time to get rid of it. buyers only offering $72. China Pro Miscellaneous-Coment are quiet Try this liniment and see how quickly it will relieve the pain and soreness. vidente. are strong: $74. Powells For sale By All Chemiata and Store: $114. Wisemans $29 and Peak keepers

Trans $8.

CAUSE OF DESPONDENCY.

DESPONDENCY is often crised by indigestion sad constipation, and quickly lisappears when Chamberlain's Table's sra takc The tablets bowels. For sain By all Christs and strengthen the digestion n more the Storekeepers.

Mr. C. L. Sandes, Mercantile Bank of India, has taken over the Honorary Secretaryship of the Royal Hongkong Golf Club from Mr.. Wodehouse.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS,

NOTICE.

AN AUSTRALIAN wishes to see AMA KIM O'HOY late · ol BENDIGO. Will he communicate wilh this Office!

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned has received instruc tions to sell by Public Auction,

on

SATURDAY, May 17, 1819, commencing at 12 o'clock (noon). at his Sales Rooms, Daddell Street

1 Underwood. Typewriter Visible

No: 3-18"

1. Bernington Typewriter Vible

No. 10-18"

1- Oliver Typewriter

No. 5-1"

Visible

1 Monarch Typewriter Visible

No 145

1 Remington Typewriter Visible

No. 11-18-

1 Oliver Typewriter

No. 181

Visib'e

1 Monarch Typewriter Visible

No. 3-18"

all in perfect working order and condi tion.

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On view from Thursday, 15 just. Terms-Cash on delivery.

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctiwweer. Hongkong, May 10, 1819.-

TO-DAY'S

NEW

ADVERTISEMENT.

A

STORY WITH A HONGKONG MANAGE 80.

(No. 358904)

Applied for Insurance

Died August 1, 1018..

LESSON. FIRST CLASS LIFE June 15, 1918)

Claim promptly paid to Widow

THE SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF CANADA.,

MWELLER

Manager.

NOTICES."

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FURNISHING DEPT.

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IN A VARIETY OF DESIGNS AND COLOURS.

FANCY TABLE COVERS.

CUSHION CASES.

AFTERNOON TEA CLOTHS.

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GLASS AND PANTRY CLOTHS.

MOSQUITO NETS,

BATH MATS.

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