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FOR NEW YORK AND BOSTON via SUEZ. M.V. "RABY CASTLE" ....Sails on/or about 15th March.

LLOYD TRIESTINO

FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE (FIUME). REGULAR MONTHLY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE TAKING CARGO ON THROUGH BILLS OF LADING TO GENOA, ALL ITALIAN, ADRIATIC, LEVANT, ELACK SEA AND DANUBE PORTS. REDUCED PASSAGE· RATES.

BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE

LONDON

NEXT SAILINGS.

£72.10.0. €80.0.0. ··

HOME SHIPPING.

THE CHINA MAIL,

SHIPPING

TRADE IMPROVEMENT AND TONNAGE PROSPECTS.

BETTER BUILDING.

SECTION.

LACK OF INTEREST.

WHEN BERT BARRY WENT HOME.

CHAMPION SCULLER'S DEBT,

"

London, Yesterday.

London, Feb. 5. Presiding at the annual meeting Tho world champion sculler, of the Chamber of Shipping of the Barry, had a rapturous reception United Kingdom, Sir William at Waterloo on hia return from Senger said the outstanding fact Canada. to-day was the great improvement In shipbuilding. He thought that soon call for more tonnage, to be followed by improvement in freights.

The platform was crowded with friends, many of them picturesque

LOCAL SHIPPING.

TODAY'S REPORT AND

· DEPARTURES.

THIS MORNING'S RETURN.

"The arrival of vessels' recorded at the Harbour Offico to-day (Feb. 23) are as follows:-7 British ves- sels; 4 Japanese vessels; 3 Chinese vesels; 2 Dutch and 2 French ves- sele; 1 Gorman vossol; total 19 vessels.

The cargo Imported to this colony by the above number of vessels altogether fotal 11,920 tons, 5,812 tons being imported by the ported to the port. Is mostly gen- 7 British vessels. The cargo im-

eral merchandise.

The through cargo tonnage (for ports beyond) totals 26,835 tons, a vast improvement to yesterday's ping 11,220 tons.

OUTWARDS FOR.SHANGHAI, YOKOHAMA, KOBE & MOJI, the expansion of world trade would in Doggett coats and badges, amount, the British vessels ship.

M.V. "ROMOLO"

8.S. VENEZIA”

M.V. "REMO"

From Hong Kong.

Salls on/or about 1st Mar. ..Sails on/or about, 29th Mar.. ..Sails on/or about 26th Apr.

HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE.

M.V. "'ESQUILINO"

M.V. "ROMOLO"

S.S. "VENEZIA”

From Bung Kong. Saila on/or about 6th Mar. Sails on/or about 3rd Apr. Salls on/or about 1st May

NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS

FROM CALCUTTA & COLOMBO TO SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.

S.S. "UMSINGA" S.S. "UMONA"

Sails from Calcutta, lat Mar. Saile from Calcutta 1st Apr. Regular Passenger and Cargo Service to South African Porta. Through Bills of Lading issued from Hong Kong,

For Freight or Passage on any of the above Lines apply to:---

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Telephone Central 1030.

NY.KLINE

THROUGH BOOKING TO EUROPE AT REDUCED RATES.

£120, £112, £110, £102 £83, via San Francisco.

G$440, G$420, via Japan and Seattle,

DAN FRANCISCO vla Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

* SIBERIA MARU (Calls Los Angeles) Tuesday, 8th March. TAIYO MARU

Tuesday, 20th March.

*Calls Keelung.

LONDON via Singapore, Suer, Marseilles & Ports.

KATORI MARU

ATSUTA MARU

KASHIMA MARU

Saturday, 25th Feb., at 5 am. Saturday, 10th March. .Saturday, 24th March.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Porta.

TANGO MARU

AKI MARU

Wodnesday, 21st March, .Wednesday, 26th April.

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

+ MOJI MARU

SADO MARU

Tuesday,

- 28th February. Saturday, 10th March,

BOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolula, Los Angeles,

Mexico & Panama. -

ANYO MARU

Thursday, 16th March.

SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Šingapore, Cape Town & Porte

KAWACHI MARU

Wednesday, 29th February.

NEW YORK and/or BOSTON via PANAMA.

TAKETOYO MARU

LIVERPOOL via Singapore, Colombo, Port Said & Porte.

LYONS MARU

CALCUTTA via SINGAPORE, PENANG & RANGOON,

† YAMAGATA MARU

Saturday, 10th March.

Saturday, 10th Murch.

Friday, 2nd March.

NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

AKI MARU

Friday,

BHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

+LIMA MARU

Friday,

16th March.

24th February.

+ TOYOHASHI MARU

Friday,

24th February.

20th February.

20th February.

Monday, 5th March.

+NAGANO MARU (Moji direct)....Sunday,

† HAKODÁTE MARU (Moji direct), Wednesday, SUWA MARU

†Cargo only.

For further information apply to-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

Tel. Central No. 292 (Private exchange to all departments.)

M.M

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES"

MAIL AND CARGO STEAMERS TO AND FROM MARSEILLES, DUNKIRK, U.K. HAMBURG & ROTTERDAM.

From Marseilles

PORTHOS.......28th Feb. PAUL LECAT .....13th Mar ANDRE LEBON ...27th Mar. CHENONCEAUX ..10th Apr.

From Dunkirk, Antwerp, London

YALOU (Cargo) 28th Feb.

F. BENOIT (Cargo) 24th Mar.

For Shanghai, Japan and North

China

YALOU

(Calgo) 28th Feb.

For Shanghai and Japan PORTHOB PAUL LECAT

28th Feb:

ANDRE LEBON CHENONCEAUX

For Marseilles

18th Mar, 27th Mar.

.10th Apr.

1. G. METZINGER'

SPHINX PAUL LECAT ANDRE LEBON

It would be unwise to make entirely dependent on

themselves

which they had won, and carrying shining yellow cars.

The arrival of the train

WAA

greeted by a roar of cheering and shouts for "Bert," whose carriage oil fuel and he suggested a develop- was immediately surrounded by ment in the use of pulverised coal., fellow-sportsmen." -Reuter.

MIDDLE YANGTSZE.

BANDITRY & LAWLESSNESS PREVAIL.

Shasi, Yesterday. Bandita along the middle. stretch of the Yangtze River are very

Barry spent ten minutes shaking hands and then, seeing his mother in the back of the crowd, he push ed his way through to her.

Of these above Bgures, the best return for cargo imported to Hong

Kong, is shown by the 3.8. "Ryusel Maru" (Japanese) from Bangkok- 2,700 tons rice.

The highest through Hong Kong (for porta beyond) was registered from Viadivastok, Shanghai-8,200 by the 8.8, "Oostakak" (Dutch)

tons general cargo.

Carried Shoulder-High.

The passenger list for to-day re- After being photographed, the champion was carried shoulder-gistered at the Harbour Office, high to a motor coach, in which he totals:-approximately 1,000 pas- was driven to a hotel in Putney to sengers, including Asiatic deck and celebrate the victory.

cable passenger and also European cabin.

The departure of vessels from

1

Barry, in an interview, said he

active at present.-British Naval was amazed at the lack of interest this colony to ports beyond, alto-

Wireless.

(Note: From Hankow, which is about 600 miles from the mouth of the River, up towards Shasi, 370 miles above Hankow, is considered the "middle Yangtsze." Bandits are taking advantage of the present war between the Wu-Han Nation-

alists and the Hunanese forces.)

WAR SHIPS IN HARBOUR,

The following war vessels have been given as lying in Hong Kong harbour:-

Carlisle;

In the Championship in Vancouver, He was about £80 in debt and now he would have to work jolly hard at hie usunt job that of a lighter man-to clear his debta.

11 vessela, 3 gether amount to Chinese, British and Japanese figuring prominently in the list.

Shipping Aberact.

He did not know whether he could afford to give up his work for training, but he would like to British defend his title on the next occa sion. ;

POPULAR ENGINE.

BRITISH FIRM'S INCREASED OUTPUT.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1928.

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Chenglin, Yesterday. are able to report a Ambrose and S/Ms; West Wall the World,

Owing to the lawless conditions Dock, Petersfield, Hollyhock, Fox- steady development in the export prevailing along this part of the glove; In Dock, Iroquois, L1, 2, 5; business, 1927 having proved a bet-Yangtze, the Chinese Customs au- No. 3 Buoy, Herald; No. 6 Buoy, ter year than any period since the thorities (who also have charge of Hawkins; No. Buoy, Titania and Great War.

navigation) have decided to with- S/Ms No. 8 Buoy, Marazion; No. The popularity of their general draw the Chinese River Supervisors 11 Buoy, Somme, Sepoy; No. 12 purpose engine, the "Empire" from the Middle Yangtaza from Buoy, Serapis, Sirdar: No. 18 Buoy, 10-h.p. four cylinder marine motor, above Chenglin. In Consequence, Bruce; No. 18 Buoy, Ruthenia, a post war addition to their com- the buoyed channel and beacons in Kharki:' Kowloon Anchorage, prehensive range, is marked by the waters referred to can no longer Fortal, Belgol, Foreign Men-of- output figures which show a yearly be relied upon. - British Naval War; U.S.S. Asheville, Pampanga; output twice as great as that of Wireless." Portuguese, Pedro De Alenquer; three years age. Italian Sebastiano Cubuto, Volta.

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(Note: Chenglin is also above] Hankow, but not so far up as Shasi. It is not far from Yochow,)

MARINE COUNT.

Ma

At the Marine Court to-day, be- fore Commdr. G. F. Hole, R.N., Captain C. C. Dickinson, Master Marine Magistrate one caEO WAS of the 5.5. “Mirzapore" (Mc M. & heard with reference to a mistress Co.) reports to the Harbour Office, of a cargo boat, charged for un- that while on a trip from Bombay, lawfully mooring her cargo bont at Singapore to this port, he passed a distance less than 100 yards from on the 17 inst., a spar floating low water mark Between the houra upright apparently attached to a of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. of the 22nd wreckage in a position given inst. Accused pleaded guilty of the exactly as Long. 109 55'. E. and charge and was fined $5 with an Lat. 8 51'. N.

alternative of 5 days' hard labour.

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SAILINGS SUBJECT TOʻ ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE.

UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT ......

S.S. "CITY OF MADRAS”........Havre, London, Rötterdam & Hamburg S.S. "CITY OF GLASGOW”? .. Havre, London, Rotterdum & Hamburg 8.8. "CITY OF EASTBOURNE" Havre, London, Rotterdam & Hamburg

AUSTRALIA

"KAZEMBE”

SINGAPORE/AUSTRALIA

... Leaves Singapore.....

ELLERMAN LINE!

.25th March. .24th April.

25th May.

AUSTRAL-EAST INDIES LINE

7th May.

For FREMANTLE, ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE & SYDNEY. Through Freight and Paksager bookings from Hong Kong in rubjunction, with "Ellerman" Line and

athur, servicen.

BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE

8.8. "CITY OF DURHAM" 8.8. "CITY OF DUNKIRK” 8.S. "CITY OF CARLISLE”

via Suez Canal

vis Stiez Canal

viz Suez Canal

ALSO AGENTS' FOB'

ANDREW WEIR

HERVICES TO

28th Feb. 13th Mar. 10th Apr.

24th Apr.

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

SS "BIRCHBANE” MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA'

8.8. **TINHOW**

vin“ Suez Canal

For Rotterdam, Hamburg, Dunkirk

F. BENOIT (Cargo) 24th Mar:

For full Particulars, apply to......

LT. ST. LOUBERT BIE

(Cargo)

YANG TSE

4th Feb.

(Cargo) lat week Mar.

Cia. des MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,

Telephones: 0. 501 and 740.

&

Canadian Pacific

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SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP-Via Singapore,

Colombo, Suex and Fort Said. AMAZON MARU .......

...Friday, 9th March, RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saigon, Singapore,

Colombo, Durban & Cape Town. HAWAII MARU

BOMBAY-Via Singapore and Colombo.

Saturday, 24th March.

CELEBES MARU (Calls on Karachi:) Monday, 6th March. INDUS' MARU (Call at Penang) Thursday, 15th March. BORNEO MARU) (Call at Penang) Monday, 19th March. DURBAN, DELAGOA BÁY, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR AND

MOMBASA—Via Singapore and Colombó. PANAMA MARU

Friday, 2nd March, CALCUTTA—Via Singapore, Penang and Rangoon.

'KASADO' MARU

.Saturday, 25th February. VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Japan Ports.

ALABAMA MARU (from Shanghol) Monday, 5th March. 'HAIPHONG-Viz HOIHOW & PAKHOL

TAIKWA MARU

MENADO MARU

.Tuesday, 28th Feb, 10 am.

Tuesday, 18th Mar. 10 a.m,

NEW YORK-Via Japan porta, San Francisco & Paṇania.

·HAVRE MARU

JAPAN PORTS

BATAVIA MARU

YEIKOKU MARU. AMUR MARU

KEELUNG Via SWATOW & AMOY,

HOZAN MARU KAIJO MARU

TAKAO VU SWATOW & AMOY.

DELI MARU

For further particniarò please apply Tel. Central No. 4088, 4089, 4090,

Sunday, 26th February.

Wednesday, 22nd February. Tuesday, 28th Feb. Monday, 12th March.

Sanday, 28th Feb. 11 am, Sunday, 4th Max. 11 a.m.

.Thursday, 23rd Feb. 10 am. to:-0BAKA BĦOSEN KAISHA.

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WATER SUPPLY.

Level and Storage of water in Reservoirs on February 1, 1928- CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER WORKS LEVEL.

Fully Supply in all Districts on January 31st,

Full Supply in all Rider Main Dis tricts from 1st to 2nd January except Ing the districts west of Eastern Street an intermittent supply, was given 1st to 2nd January, 1928.

Intermittent supply in all Rider Main Districts from 3rd to 81st 1928 1927

January excepting 8 days 21st to 23rd Tytam

16' 6"B 12′ 2′′BA full supply was operated on account Tytam Byewash 25′ 4′′B 23′ 0′′B

of Chinese New Year, Tytam Intermediate Level 2'8"B Tytam Tuk

28" 1"B: 94

KOWLOON WATER WORKS. Wong Noi Chung, 19 03 18.8" Pokfulam, ........ 21′ 5′′B. 22′ 2′′B

[Noto: B. desaten "Below Overflow"!: A denotes "Above Overňow,”]

AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE

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20th March.

. 20th April. .18th May.

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AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE

:25th March. ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE 20th "April A,

Loading for Mauritius, Dalagon Bay, Durban, East London, Algon Bay, (Port Elizabeth) Mossel Bay w and Capetown a

Chind Through, Bills of Lading, fatued to Bélra, Quilimaine, Ibs, Port Amelia," Monar

Inhambane," Zanzibar," Mombasa, Kilindiai,, Port Nolloth, Luderits. Bay, Walvin, Bay, KS Madagascar.

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LEVEL

*

1927

Kowloon Reservoir Shek Lal Pul Reser

voir

1928

14 83 7 8′′B

[·3′ 8′′B ··1′ 10′′B.

1928

1259.44

50

280.82 1.47

Storage in miliona and AseimaiN of gallons.

Tytam

Tytom Byewash Tytam Intarmediate

Tytam Tuk EME Wong Nel Chung Pokfulum

-1927

105.90 188.45

Reception Reservoir, Level 2* "E Storage In millións and decimals

915.42-732.00 Kowloon Reservoir 217.24 281.19 10.01.11.20 Shek Lal Pul Baservoir 95.7198.36 21.75 20.40 Reception Reservoir 38.15 27.18

Total!

318,10 402.00

me type Total pili 231,403,715-1,227.84 |

Consumption of water in the City Consumption of water in Kowloon and Hill -District in millions, 'and 'də- in mfilions and decimals of zailons dur?': cimals of gallons during the month ing the mouth of January

1927

75.93 88.53 Consumption 226.04 289.09 Consumption

Estimated population 168,560 168,600 Estimated population, 408,480 418,800 Consumption per head AUKERA Consumption per hend

184 per day

Full Bupply In all, districts

celeb Intermittent Supply in all Elder | January 1927 and 1923. Main Districts West of Eastern Street: The Government Analyst's" reportal: from January 1st to 86th ineinkivali | khow that' the quality of the watG

"Intermittent · Supply in all, Rider | satisfactory, Abit

uring

Main Districta West of Garden: Fond. Total, rainfall to, January 8171987. from January 8th to 30th Inclusive, 0.81, Janzeny. 81, 1928, 18