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SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1927.

P.&O.-British India

Apcar and

-

Eastern & Australian Lines

(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND).

MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.

TAKING CARGO FOR

STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF,

WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA,

AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND

QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT,

CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE

PORTS, EUROPE, &c.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS.

(Under Contract with H.M. Government.)

S. S

Tons

From Hongkong About

ALIPORE

MACEDONIA

ג

Destination

July | Straits & Bombay July

Marseilles & Loudon

Marseilles, Lonilon, Antwerp & Hull Straits & Bombay

5,273 21st

| 11,120 : 23rd

KALYAN

9.144 | 27th

July

NYANZA

7,23 Brd Aug

KASHGAR

RAWALPINDI

9.405 6th 16,819 | 20th

Aug. Aug. 8.165 Brd Sept. 14963 | 17th Sept.

Marseilles, London & Antwerp Marsiilies & Lundon

9.114 1st

Oet.

DEVANHA

MOREA

XHYBER

MALWA

Marseilles, London & Antwerp

Marsailles & London

Marseilles & London 15th Oct. Marseilles & London

Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Csastantinople. Piranus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

TAKLIWA TILAWA SANTHIA

7236 | 14th July 10,808 | 22m · July 7,754 12th Aug.

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta › Singapore, Penang & Calcutta Singapore, Penang & Culcutta

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS' (South)

ARAFURA TANDA

ST. ALBANS

6,000 20th July Manila, Sendakan, Thursday Island, | 6,056 2nd Sept. Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, & {4,500 | 20th Sept. Melbourne, Regular monthly suilings from Hongkong to Japan and Hongkong to Australia,

The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., atermers will also call at Shanghai, tollo, Cebu, Kelambugan, Tawao, Timer. Darwin, or other poris en route as inducement offers.

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Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-

Zealand. Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

The P. & O. Royal Mail ateamers to London via Saez Canal.

The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London via the Cape. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton Lontion via Panama Canal.

and

BRITISH OUTP}

www.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BOARD OF TRADE REİT

FOR 1924.

CONSTRUCTION AND REKS.

Shipbuilding is dealt with the sixth pretiainary report is by the Board of Trade in regar the Third Census of Production24), which has just made its eur iance.

The report states that thtal vatus of all work of constion and repair carried out in shild

MARINE INSURANCE.

LLOYD'S UNDERWRITERS' ASSOCIATION,

TIME BUSINESS.

CONSIGNEES.

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.

From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO,' ANTWERP LONDON, STRAITS & PHILIPPINES.

THE "BENVRACKIE”

At a meeting of members of Lloyd's Underwriters Asaceiation heid at Lloyd's, Mr. F. J. L.. Fish, | · chairman of the Association made HE Steamship reference to the loss which the As- sociation had sustained by the death

Cargo are of one of its oldest and most hon-

red members, Mr. Percy Janson. hereby informed that all Goods are He was sure, he said, that all would being landed at their risk into the

CONSIGNEES

5

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE

AND

AMERICAN MAIL LINE

JOINT TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE

A Regular Weekly Sailing

TO SAN FRANCISCO OR SEATTLE.

ing yards in Great Britain ing like to associate themselves in re-hazardous and/or extra hazardous THE "PRESIDENT LINERS

the year 1924 may be estim as cording un expression of sincere Godowns of the Hongkong and Kow- 551,225,000. New construnal and profound regret at his passing loon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., work on steamers and metips in the prime of life. Mr. Janson

year,

of steel in 1924 was

valt at was a gentleman par excellence. Whence and/or from the wharves £31,814,000, about one-si: of lle was a natural-born underwriter. delivery may be obtained.

No claims will be admitted after which 5,008,000) was in sect and one of the kindest and most of vessels wholly built withhat generous of men. His death, in ad- the Goods have left the Godowns. dition to being a great grief to his and all goods remaining undeliver- For the United Kingdom a relatives and friends, was a greated after the 16th Inst. will be sub- whole, the total value of sets loan to Lloyd's. Mr. Jonson' was ject to rent. completed and of other we of for several years chairman construction und repair in 7 is Lloyd's Underwriters' Association. must be presented to the Under- of All claims against the steamer

estimated at approximately37,- and latterly for several years was 091.000, the corresponding ure its honorary treasurer. Mr. Valen- signed on or before the 30th inst., for Great Britain only fatne tine had kindly stepped into the or they will not be recognized. year 1924 being, as stated ove. breach and undertaken the duties £1,225,000..

of honorary treasurer (Hear, hear.) Scheldt Navigation.

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godor'ns, where they will be examined on the 16th inst., at 10 a.m.

No Fire Insurance has been effected.

Bills of Lading will be counter- 'signed by

TO SAN FRANCISCO VIA HONOLULU,

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

"THE SUNSHINE BELT"

PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

PRESIDENT MADISON PRESIDENT JACKSON PRESIDENT MCKINLEY PRESIDENT LINCOLN

.Tuesday,

.Tuesday, July 19th

Aug. 2nd.

.Tuesday,

Aug. 16th.

.Tuesday.

Aug. 30th.

Tuesday,

Sept. 13th.

Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Tuesdays.

Value of Repair Work, In the year 1924 the vat of Mr. Fish proceeded to give a re- repair work carried out amited view of some of the questions which to £16,652,000, or about er had been dealt with by the com- cent, of the total value of allrk mittee of the Association during the carried out in shipbuilding s. last few months. He mentioned, while in 1907 the value of iradong other matters, that an ar wark was returned as £8,370, rangement had been come to he about 25 per cent, of the ustimd tween British Underwriters and |total value of all work done int Dutch Underwriters, for the in-

yenr.

provement of Time business in the The returns made for their respective markets, and that such 1924 on schedules for the enxiactorily for the benent of all the arrangements were working satis- ing trades by shipbuilding who were also

Fron: With re- SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES

marine engins Underwriters concerned.

River! have been summarized separat. gard to navigation in the The total output of marine mac-Scheld, he statel that they had communication with various ery and other products shows been i these returns was as follows: authorities, and it was understood

Product Value. Products. 1924. Total Marine machinery- Engines-

Steam reciproenting Steam turbine ... Internal combustion Boilers Other marine machinery All other products in- eluding other machin- ery, iron and steel castings and forgings, etc.

Iron and steel structural

work Repairs

work

and jobbing Work in progress at the

end of the year

Total

year

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Agents. Hong Kong, 9th July, 1927.

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

that the International Union had THE Steamship vas taken 4p the question vigorously

£

with de Belgian Government. who

in

HONG KONG TO EUROPE SPECIAL LOW RATES.

Via San Francisco or Seattle,

£120 £112

DIRECT CONNECTIONS WITH ALL ATLANTIC LINES

Choice of railway lines across United States and Canada with liberal stop-over privileges for Sightseeing. Ask for information. Following are suggested Itiner- aries:-

Hongkong

Vis

Connecting with Beamskip

From i X. York

Arriving at

CONSIGNEE NOTICE.

July 13

Beattle

Ватикана

July

"PAUL LECAT"

Aug.

Aug.

10

Jaly 19 San Francisco

Beattle 28an Francisco

Seattle Aug. 14 San Francisco Aug. 24

Бетілсад

Aquitania Majestic

Aug. 10 Aug. 20 Aug. 24

Sept.

Mauretanin

Olysapla

Seattle

Barengaria

Aug. 308an Francisco Sept. 7 Prattle Sept. 13 San Francisco Sopt. 21 Seattle Sept. 27

San Francisco

Hamoric

Áuitani

Majestio

Oct, 161

Cbrg-6'buptn

Lorinthun Olympic

'CL, 92 Oct. 29

had anointed & Commission to in-DRINGING CARGO from Marseilles, vestigte. He added that it would&c. also Cargo from Bordeaux ex 2,263,0 probály be a long time before s.s. "Ville d'Amiens." 1.270.0 steama ceased to go ashore CONSIGNEES are hereby inform- 1,915,0 large umbers, but something was ed that their goods with the 1,061,0 beingllone.

exception of Opium, Treasure and Letters of Indemnity. 545,0

Valuables are being landed and The had been, he anid, long con-stored into the Godowns of the tentias business in relation to let-

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ters indemnity and clean bills of HONG KONG KOWLOON WHARF indi and he was glast to say that& GODOWN CO. LTD., KOW LOON, whence delivery may be 3,240,00 they ad at last obtained conce obtained immediately after landing. sionfrom the steamship companies| All claims must be sent in to me Value of whic would. he thought, very work done larg meet the trouble.

£

The o

or hefore THURSDAY, the Chaper of Shipping, together with 14th instant. or they will not be the verpool Steam Ship Owners recognized.

4,000 Asstation. had recommended to DAMAGED PACKAGES will be the members (1) that agents at examined by the Company's Sur- 1,390,000 purbi discharge and owners veyor. Messrs. Goddard & Douglas shop be informed of the accep-in the presence of the Consignees 7,225,000, tan of such indemnity, and (2) at 10 am. on MONDAY, the 11th

thebe shipowners should, on ap-|July, 1927. 18.959,000tidion, disclose to them the ex- No Fire Insurance will be effected Leas work in progress at.

pce of such lettera of indemnity by us in any case whatever. the beginning of the

uld a claim arise. That was a

J. LIMAGE, Total value of gouda

5,297,000al in the right direction. On he subject of Institute Clauses for made and work done. 13,662,00Builders' Riska, Underwriters were

Output. und Repair.

trongly urged to improve the con- The form in which the statemenditions under which they insured of output in 1924 has been obtairconstruction risks. With reference ed, though necessary for the sepal to the large number of theft claims ate ascertainment of the prode at Constantinople, Mr. Fish men- tion of shipbuilding yards a tioned that in one case the thefts marine works in the census ye on the worked value of several ship- readers dificult any comparison merits worked out at something like tween outpat and exports. Tan average of 45 per cent.

Agent. Hong Kong, 5th July, 1927.

WARSHIPS IN PORT.

North Wall Basin, Wanderer; South Wall Basin, Aphis, Moorhen The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New ships and boats exported were co Underwriters were further warn- and Faulknor; East Wall Basin, pleted ships and boats, and the cted of the extra risk involved in re- Subs. L2, L3 and L19: West Wall rent relation of exports to prod gard to all shipments in Turkish Deck, Vindictive; In Dock, Wishart, tion is, perhaps, seen best in waters by reason of the salvage Wild Swan and Marazion; Taikoo comparison of the tonnage exp-operations in those waters being Dock, Foxglove; Buoy 8, Titania; ed with the tonnage launched. now almost a Turkish monopoly Buuy 18, Ruthenia; Buoy 19. U.S.S.

The

gross tonnage of veals Referring to the work of the Tech- Helena: Buoy 25, Kharki; Foreign launched in Great Britain d nical and Clauses Committee, which Men-o-War, U.S.S. Helena, Northern Ireland in 1924 was alat was now constituted રી standing of 1,475,000 tons, including 11600 committee of representatives tons built in Northern Irish yus. Liverpool and London companies The ships and boats exported impe and Lloyd's Underwriters, he said year had an aggregate tonnagof the Committee continued to do a 162,000 tons, ar 11 per cent. ofhe large amount of most useful work of recorded tonnage of vessels laugh- which it seemed there would

never

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

* NOVARA

TARA

SANTHIA

RAWALPINDI

DEVANHA

TANDA

MOREA

KHYBER

6,983 12th July

8 a.m. 6,322 14th July

7 B.M.

July 22nd July 5th Aug.

7.754 18th

10.619 8,155

Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama

Amoy, Shanghai, Kobe & Osaks

Maji, Kobe & Yokohama Shanghai, Kebe & Yokohama Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yckobama Moji. Kube, Osaka & Yokohama Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama Shanghai, Boji, Kobe & Yokohama

0,050 0th Aug. 10,053 19th Aug 9,114, 2nd Sept.

*Will not take passengers northwarda,

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice.

-WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.

Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer.

All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Parcels measuring not more than 24 ft. x 2 ft. i 1 ft, will be received at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.

For further Information, Passage Freights, Handbooks, etc., apply to:- MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.

P. & O. Building, Connaught Rd. C., HONGKONG.

Agents

ed. In 1907, the vessels laurled be an end, and they were grateful in Great Britain and Irelandjad to those members who gave so much an aggregate gross tonna of valuable time to the matters dealt about 1,650,000 tons and the pels with. exported were recorded as gre gating 576,000 tons gross, of peri cent. of the tonnage launded in

the year.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

Consignees of Cargo ex a.s. "Paul So far as shipbuilding frds In Great Britain are concertd the Lecat" are reminded by the Agent value of the work done of ships to send in their claims before July not wholly constructed in 124 and 14, or they will not be recognised. of ships wholly constructe in 1924) was £34,573,000, while thealue of the new ships and boats falls and

at

ex*

BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE. less than this; the preine figure output of the marine engine works

fittings, machinery and bders) ex- United Kingdom represented near- ported. in 1924 was £5,52300, The ly a quarter of this sum. export figures relate to to United

The net imports of new ships and

valued Kingdom as a whole, and herefore their machiners were include ships, machineryand fit- £102,000 in 1924, and at £21,000 in tings made in Northern Ish yards 1007. and works and exported

The net output of the shipbuild- It would appear fri these ing yards to which the first state- figures that the exports from the ment relates amounted to £22,222,- United Kingdom repreafted ap- 000, that sum representing the proximately 10 per cent, the new amount by which the total value of construction, as distinct from re- the work done (£51,225,000) pair work, done in Gred Britain. ceeded the cost of materials used The proportion to the hips and (220,003,000). The net output per machinery constructed Inhe United, head of persons employed was £161 Kingdom as a whole was of course, in 1924 and £98 in 1907. The net cannot be stated until he output operated by shipbuilders in 1924 data for Northern Ireld can be was £6,638,000, being the excess of made available.

the £13.662,000 shown in the last Marine Machiney.

statement over the cost materiala The marine machiner construct- used (£6,012,000) and the value of ed in works in Great Britain in work given out (£612,000). The 1924 was valued at £7,04,000, and net output per person employed in the machinery exported from the these marine works was £160.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE

"

'BLUE FUNNEL” LINE.

(OCEAN 8.S. CO, LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL S.N. CO., LTD.,

AND

AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE

(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.)

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG.

S.S. "CITY OF CHESTER" Via Suez Canal

S.S. "HELENUS"

S.S. "CITY OF BEDFORD".

$.8. "MENTOR"

Vip Suez Canal

Vin Suez Canal

Via Suez Canal

S.S. "CITY OF NORWICH" Via Suez Canal

14th July, 31st July. 14th Aug.

28th Aug.

11th Sept.

Steamers proceed via Suez Canal or Panama Canal at Owners' Option.

Subject to change without notice.

For Freight and particulars apply to:-

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE or THE BANK LINE, LTD., Hong Kong. Hong Kong & Cantoni JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., Canton.

AUSTRAL-CHINA NAVIGATION CO.,.LTD.

K

$.S. CALULU wills

"

hence on the 4th August

for

SYDNEY, MELBOURNE & ADELAIDE via

Maalla, Sandakan, Halikpapan, Rabaul and Samaral

DODWELL & CO., LTD.,

Agents. Queen's Building. Tel. C.1030..

POLAR CAKE

ITS QUALITY-

THAT COUNTS

BOOL, G Sept. 17 Sept. 21

Oct, 1 Oct. &

C'brg-'bmpta Aug. 18 I'mth Gorg Aug. 20 Chrg-8' hmpto Aug. 30 brg-3'hmptn Sept. 9 P'mtb-brg Sj. 12 brg-Sbmptn Sept. 23 Obrg-8 hmpto Sept. 27 C'brg-8hmptn

Det. 7 brg-hptr Oct. 11

Obrg-Simpt

Ogt. 21

Obrg-'mpta Nor. 4

TO SEATTLE AND VICTORIA VIA

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

"THE FAST SHORT ROUTE"

PRESIDENT GRANT..

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND PRESIDENT PIERCE, PRESIDENT TAFT PRESIDENT JEFFERSON

Wednesday, July 13th 7 a m.

.Wednesday, July 27th.

..Wednesday, Aug. 10th.

Wednesday, Sept. 7th.

Wednesday, Aug. 24th

Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Wednesday.

TO EUROPE AND NEW YORK. VIA MANILA, STRAITS, COLOMBO, SUEZ- PORT SAID-ALEXANDRIA-NAPLES

-GENOA--MARSEILLES,

Thence to BOSTON and NEW YORK. FRESIDENT HAYES..........Tuesday, July 19th 6.00 a.m.

PRESIDENT POLK

PRESIDENT ADAMS

PRESIDENT GARFIELD

PRESIDENT HARRISON

.Tuesday, Aug. 2nd 8.00 a.m. .Tuesday, Aug. 16th 8.00 a... .Tuesday, Aug. 30th 8.00 8.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13th 6.00 s.m.

Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Tuesdays.

TO MANILA.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN

July 11th

6.00 p.m.

PRESIDENT HAYES

July 19th

6.00 a.m.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND

July 19th

6.00 p.m.

PRESIDENT MADISON PRESIDENT POLK

.July 25th

6.00 p.m.

.Aug. 2nd

8.00 a.m.

.

For Passenger and Freight Rates apply to

THE ROBERT DOLLAR CO

GENERAL AGENTS.

Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building, Ground Floor

Telephone. Central 2477, 2478 & 795.

THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "MANIFESTO" HONGKONG.

Codes Used: A1. A.B.C. Fifth Edition; Engineering: First and Second Edition;

Western Union and Watkins.

DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS,

ELECTRICIANS.

S.S. “TAIPING.”

Speed 14.77 I.H.P. 4090 D.W. 4215 tóns.

Built and engined by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd.

Please address enquiries to the Chief Manager:

R. M. DYER, B.Sc., M.IN.A, Kowloon Dock, Hongkong.