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HONGKONG BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

BOOKBINDING

DAILY PRESE

OFFICE,

The only oflee in Ching having, Eaxy

tanght workmen. Equa, to Home Work

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Contractor: 30, D'Aguilar Street, Local and Coam Port Building, Timber, Brick

and Granite PERUSTA

Mechanics engaged, Estimates given CHEMISTS BUGGISTS, &c. THE PHARMACTIVÁN ARUSHA M ****10,5 Queen' Boid Central Family and Durensing Chonics, Wine, Spiritz and

THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY

Chemiste bad Druggiste High-ches Aera

otographis Begnister, Queen's Hond FURNITURE WAREHOUSEMEN

[PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT.} DE WOMAN'S WORLD

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SHOPPING AS A FINE ART. AND A FEW WORDS TO THE BARGAIN HUNTRE. BY MRS. ARIA,

PRE IS, THOREDAY, MARCH 14TH, 1901

"UND DAIE

make up ETSIZE part with the sweet anabilanga addition of some plain coloured crepe it your mind what you want, and I promise you Assumed as ontline fashionable. The short the average salutant will see that you got it. Chinese Mandarin conta have niso sofred miscom Then, lastly, may I entreat you not to ge fully an evening coats, but all the Eastern shopping when you feel suppish and irritable, embroideries are worth buying, being adaptable when you are over-tired, when you are not to household decorations, cuslions, mantlepfeceager for the fray. We all have our moods, covara and footstools with spedal charm, while and only on the days when we feel patient, they are also allowed to decorite simple blouses gentle, and dourteous should we submit our for day and evening wear, and blouses are selves to be fatiques and disappointments means ont of fashion, the ostensiblegantial to the detailed business of shopping, differences in their existance to day from these may we indeed substantially add to time they first put in their appearance, are the burden of others." superior make, fit, and general extravagancs and elaboration of detail.

INSURANCES

the

Life is unt all made up of laying clothes for festire occasions, and we innst have something for the work-a-day times Must we not do our shopping clothed in elegant simplicity? Most SUN INSURANCE OFFICE, LONDON we not visit in the afternoon and tasto our friends' muffins in grateful gowne? and must we not adorn the domestic hearth in the oren ing time in frocks of becoming pattern?

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It's ine day, let us go out and buy some- thing."

This is the countant observation of the average Englishwoman, even as the average Englaban is supposed to declare the excel. lenes of the weather his best excuse for the sport of killing. Well! for some woman, shop For walking won there are two favourite ping is a good excuse for killing-time. They fabrics, one face cloth, tha sibilen. The great. bars nothing better to do, so they walk up and difficulty to-day Is that having obtained your misterial it is very hard to catch a dressmaker down Reysat Street, or Bond Street, or Westworthy to make it up, and so we for the most bonne Grove, or High Street, Kensington, a the case may be, feasting their eyes upon the - ; ། banquet of besatiful fashions which is spread A CHEE & CO. Established 1850

Every Homebolt Requisits Depot far behind the shop windows, and making some ex- Fastman's Kodak Films and Accessorios;ause for purclisse at ovary step. Someone £174, Queen's Hood Central -henk

Current Rates.

Current Rates

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CHINA

JEWELLERSTEIRO vota from such procedure, and who shell of us are lucky ongh to know of the dress.pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE A 】 with facta conoisely set ont, and containing statistics of the TRADE of each Country and

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Peking

Tientain

Poitaiho

Taku Newchwang Tallienwan

Port Arthur'

Chef

Weihaiwei Liukangton Kisochian Shanghai

OF AIX-LA-CHAPELL THE Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, Ber prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

REUTER, BRÖCKELMANN & CO.,

Agents. Hongkong, 21st April, 1997 PHENIX FIRE

The Undoraigned are now prepared to Yokohama

of INSURANCE Hyogo GRANT POLICIES against FIRE at Carront Rates.

Nanking Swatow

Wahn

Whampoa Kowloon

Canton

Kewkiang

Hankow

Yochow

Lappa

Bamahui

Wachowin

Shamusi Ichang Changing Hang chow Ningpo Wenchow Santa Foochow

TREATIES WITH SIAM:

Great Britain, 1853; Francs, 1893; Japan, 1893

Bursin, 1899.

Great Britain and France, Siamese Frontier. Great Britain and Russia, Railway Convention,

1899.

Great Britain and Siam, 1899.

CUSTOME TARIFFS TRADE REGULATIONS

Kwanguhanwan | China, Japan, Sian, Corea.

Pakhai

Hoihow Lungchow Mengtss Hokow Szemno

14 Foochow

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JAPAN

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Nagasaki

Hakodate

Kobe

Tumai

Keeling Tainonta Takow Anping

EASTERN SIDERIA

Vladivostock

COREA

Wonsan

Fusau

Pingyang

Nicolajewak

Mokpoo Chinnampo Songchin

Masampo.

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DOUGLAS LAPRATK & CO.,

Agents for the Phonix Fire Offloe. Hongkong, 17th August, 1887. THE WESTERN ASSURANCE COM. PANY OF TORONTO, CANADA INCORPORATED 1851. CAPITAL.....

..£410,000.

Soul Chomulpo Kun Ban:

HONGKONG AND ITS DEPENDENCIES

FOUNDED 1710. The Undersigned having been appointed AGENTS for the sbore Company, are pre- pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at

SIEMSSEN & CO.,

Agents. Hongkong. 18th May, 1892. part go to tailers for the cloth dresses, where TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSUR they supply the material, or buy a ready-madeANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG skirt, and by bribing & dreesmaker with a future pronins of an sutive costume persuade her to

The Undersigned, having been appointed the material for the bedics on a silken make up lining, with some-little-Lace trimming. A faw AGENTS for the above Company, are pre SIEMSSEN & CO.. maker who comes in by the day and win in worthy of the uamo. By the way it is odd that

Agents. thero fictionaries are general y called "little dressmakers," for, indeed, as a rule they are Every individual woman has a different very little of dressators, The lace bodice and method of doing her shopping, just as she has the light plain silk skirt are, perhaps, the most of doing her hair and sung her dinner. One popular for home evening wear, sad either a will have all her requirements cut and dried simple glace, or fowered glacé, in chosen by the and written on a piece of paper before she young girls, while the mutrons kop to the allies forth an her mission; nother is full of comfortable charms of teagowns, making the sebulous needs, and only knows she wants backs of black satin and the fronts of chiffon, Sone yards of black something; this lady is a terror to the shop lace, or embroidery. ssistante, and generally as dissatisfied as she is satin if you are a good judys are among siisfying: the third variety of woman wants the articles you may buy cheap. You can nothing and shops for hours daily; our cousins always find a use for thom, if not at once, from Americs come auder this category, in the future, and very often oddments of black invariably spend daye sampling before they satin will coms into the market for divers purchase anything. The fourth typa of reasons at reduced prices, when they are woll lopper is she who goes shopping for the more worthy of being dubbed bargains and respectod pleasure of meeting her friends. Ton will find as such.

There are some bargains to be obtained be. the like goedplug in groups at every counter corner in the West End of London. They aides black satin, a good quality of white silk or block the pathway, they absorb the time of two salin you may always buy if you see it ruarked or three adstants who are waiting to hear cheap, and know that in this instance that old what they require, they hinder the stepwalker and somewhat valgar aduge," Store is no Fore," on his perambulating way, yet they are will come true. Amongst other bargaing worthy supremely happy, and indiferent, and seemingly may be mentioned model dresses which bear looking upon the premises us their own fireside inside the band names of some of the great corner, they will stand, or sit for half an hour artists of Paris, cut these are often to be found or so making their appointments and retailing reduced. Then again twice a year when the their "dventures with cheery affability aud rule of reduction reigns supreme in un establish- ment, well-known articles, such as Liberty little reticence.

velveteen, are marked down some shillings in price. As time has taught us the value at Current Rates: of these it is good to know when we may buy thela under reduced circumstances. Fris two are well worth buying at summer prices, and altogether the bargain hunter nool not be Bitt bar is three years old, and he likes play disappointed of her prev, if only she will go ANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

STRAITS SETTLEMENTO Navy Contractors, Shipchandlers Selling with soldiere, and he said 'mother' for a year hunting with wisdom and discretion, but abore.

Singapore, Penang. Malacca, Pror. Wellesley makery, Provision and Coal Merchants before he paid daddy. He is such a dear: do all would I advise her to base a clear idea in

MALAY STATES Praya Central, next Hongkong Hole) you think he ought to wear Russian leather her miad of what she is going to do with her

remnants before-wie-buys them.---- The logic was not very ahoes or glacé? ↑

Sungei Ujong Selangor But perhaps the longest time is absorbed in

Jelebu obrious, and the shopmen luperturbably ob serred patent leather is much wern." Again the buying of the tritte, the bos, the lace collar. to make up

NETHERLANDS INDIA

Samarang Padang have had the privilege of hearing a lady inquirs the ribbon, the belt, all of which go

Sourabain

Macassar of an assistant what fabric and colour he would the sum of woman's costume. The greatest is the

East Coast of Sumutra recommend for a dressing-gown for a ebrenic novelty amongst tries this season

or aiguilletto an invalid. He was an imaginative creature, and metal tag.

NAVAL SQUADRONS British

Rian German confidently counselled, red always looks snoer people call it, for this is the distinguishing festare of all the new Cravats, and it laces many

Japanese United States Franch fal

But why should I criticise the individual, of the newest blouses. Metn! tage look very

OFFICERS OF COAST AND RIVER STEAMERS The Book is printed from New Type specially 144 Des Your Boad when teken as a whols the world of woman pratty too when worn on a velvet cravat, or a loves to shop, and shops well, and I should cravat made of soft satin ribbon which will give

reserved for the purpose, and uniformity in every SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL 2,750,000 0-0 arrangement now greatly facilitates reference most worthy of their attention at the adornments are there made in the shape of a

PADD-UP CAPITAL...... 887,500 0 The knot, and 10 cover the sailor knot of soft ratin

2,731,183 13 ALPHABETICAL LIST of RESIDENTS present moment F.

The evening dress shall come first on the liat, this is much used. Then, too, there are metal IL FEE FUNDS.... and the woman who has fair means and is muf. clasps for fastening belts, and metal slides for

The Undersigned, having been appointed

18,500 FOREIGNERS, ficiently economical will buy herself simul- the back of the hair, thous last being extremely

taneously two evening dresses, a white undaneful in indueing the stmy locks from the AGENTS for the above Company, are pre- black. There is a new fabric for black dresses nope of the neck to a praiseworthy neatness.pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at

Most of the fashionable boas this year are of Current Bates. partaking something of the nature of pazzie,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.. something of the nature of cloth; it has the silki fur, and only a few examples of net hommed with

Agents. ness of the former and the soft grace of the latter, obezille and bearing chenille fringes are now to be

[1872 Hongkong, 22nd June, 1900. found on the counters, while, of course, the most

“L'UNION" trimmed with jet or lace appliqué laid over gold popular fur box is composed of an entire unimsi, tlesel or silver tinsel. This tiusel is the latest for being generally chosen, and the tail and the

FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LD. idol of fashion, and it is amazing to note the head of the animal being is evidence with a more

or less attractive suggestion of reality.

(Established 1828). smennt of gold and aiver with which we decorate our dress. Whole trains of silver mporter of the Best Manila Cigars 25ssus are seen with an appliqué of ince, either Fottinger Street.

thick or thir, and of the now laces show an intertbrand of gold tinsel, and very effective it Fis, too.

DAILY PRESS OFFICE, RÓMA

Proofs read by Englislimon,

STOREKEEPERS

F. BLACKHEAD & CO.

Navy

BISMARCH & CO. Chandlers, Contractors, Ship Provision and Cool Merchants Soil- maker, ReFresh Water supplied to

in the Harbour Vessels

KWONG BINH V có

Hardware, Shipchandlere, Sailmakers,

Engineer Tools, Brass and Iron Mer

Many women have a method of shopping which cells upon the sympathetic resources of the assistents. They will not buy a dannel petti cost for their little child without explaining the disposition and charm of that chill. I ones heard a lady confidingly my to a stopman "My

Hanoi Huiphong

THE Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE

WM. MEYERINK & CO.,

Agents.

1532 | Manila. Hongkong, 18th May, 1900.- TORTH GERMAN FIRE INSUR Sarawak

MACAO

FRENCH INDO-CHINA

Анди Hno Tonkin Provinces Quinton

PHILIPPINES Iloilo "BORNEO Lainap

BANGKOK

Tourane Saigon Cambodge

The Undersigned AGENTS of the above Company are PREPARED TO ACCEPT First Class Foreign and Chinese Bisks at Current Foliore

Pahang Rates.

SIEMSSEN & co.

[3] Batavin Hongkong, 29th May, 1895. NORTH-BRITISH the FrenchNTILE INSURANCE COMPANY.

AND MERCAN.

TOTAL FUNDS AT 3lar DECEMBER, 1399 £14,409,089.

43 and 15, Des Yux Road, Shipelandiers, ending them to a consideration of those 3.6.coxtunio quite a cachot. Other fanciful metsi 1. AUTHORISED CAPITAL... £3,000,000

MORE & SEIMUND, OR

Sailmakers, Biggers, Commission Agents and Guugred Storekcopere: Sola Agents for Shipowners omposition ("Grey, hound Brand") and Flancell, pace & Co. Composition

TAILORS

R. HAUGHTON & CO.

Naval Military and Court, 16, Queen's Road and makes charming skirts a bedioss if well

Upposite Kala's Curio Store, AZTUTA TOBACCONISTS

D. 8. DADY BURJOR, Loɛ FILIPINOS,

WATCHMAKERS

DROZ & Co.,

10, Queen's Road Central Rupairs of Watches and loers by deranotent European experts, At mudarterstes CARMICHAEL & BARLOW, CONSULTING ENGINEERS SURVEYORS, AND CONTRACTORS,

THE Undersigned, having been appointed

O

GENERAL AGENT for the above Company, is prepared to ACCEPT RISKS at current rates.

Claims settled direst without reference to the Head Office,

Buitenzorg

contains the names of over

Cebu

British N. Borneo

Perak

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Orders in Council for Government of H.B.M.% Subjects in China and Cores. 1885 1877, 1878, 1881. 1884, 1884, 1996, 1886 Buler of H.B.M.'s Supreme, and other Courts in China, &c.; Tables of Court' and- Consular Fees; Charter of the Colony of Hongkong, Malay States Federation Agros- meat. Hongkong Cods of Civil Procedure New Table of Hongkong Court Fags; Adælr» alty Rules, Foreign Jurisdiction Act; Ragu- lations for the Consular Courts, of United States United States Consuing and Courts. Fees: Rules of Court of Consuls of Shanyisir Regulations for Foreign Companies in Japani Chinese Passenger Act; Hongkong Licences; Trade Marks, nad Lotters Patont Foon; Port Regulations for China: New Harbour Raga- lations for Japan, &c.

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1,498, 5.60. Directory only, PP. PP. 3,104, $4.50.

It was years ago universally prononuced to be the cheapest work of the kind anywhere published, and although very much enlarged and improved in every way, the price in silver is now greatly below the enquivalent of £1 58., at which it was originally published.

It is pablished at the Offics of the Hongkong Daily Press, and can be had from, and Adser- tisements sent through LONDON

LONDON

LONDON

Hongkong Daily Prays " Office, 131. Flest Street, E.U. Mr. F. Algur, 11, Clement's Lane Mosers. G. Street & Co., Id., 5, Berle St., Lincola's Iun. W.C. Masura. 4. E. Pual de Lobɔl &.

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UNITED STATES Mr. A. I. Hart, 826, N. Carey

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PENANG our teen of the following COLORED PLATE OF FLAGSOF FOREIGN HONGS SINGAPORE

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£794

Present-baying in a plisse of shopping which meritsschapter to itself, bat for general purposes it may be asserted that leather goods take the your al- first place, and you may just now turn tention with satisfaction to the newest leather Well when the woman of my fancy bas writing-table equipments. bearing paintings of finished buying a black evening dress, which military and hunting subjects, glazed and framed she has supplied with a gold inselled bodice in narrow gilt frames! Noreliis, too, in leather second bodice show embossed designs of Egyptian character, and decked with jet, she will buy of lace and hose, and a third bodice made amongst the other popular faacios is brown or of the pauns cloth to maten the skirt, and green crashed Morocco imprinted with small geld bearing & transparent yoke of black silk guipure. Fleur de Lys. What a clificalt matter it is to bay White Batin, silk, and watered all are all present, to be certain we choose for each person admirable for evening wear, while white the one thing he or she would desire and does brocade has many votaries this soun; and white not already possess. As a general rule the ESIGNS and Speclimatkins prepared for bromide made with a trout of white lace and young girl may be safely relied upon to L

skirt gathered round the hips and opening at an article of drese, while the young man

receive gratefully any appliance and meaza to any class of Steamships. Jaunches and either side to display this front, may be pictures mote: a middle-aged woman wil be the pleased GENERAL AGENTS for the above NEW PLAN OF BATAVIA- Bight drought regels a speciality Contractor quely completed with a painted corsage, and a for the supply and erecting of any type of nicht caught beneath little velvet siraps decorat- recipient of books, or silver toilet table secon

New and second handfches for Bala,

Telegrams, CELESTE, Telephone

QUEEN'S BUILDINGS.

Hongkong

MICHAEL,

B. J. BARLOW Hongkong at Juna, 1893

HOTEL

BOA VISTA" HOTEL,

MAULO

MRE onls FIRST CLAS

Colony, Moderate

month European

MACIO distant: 50 Xong And days excepted) by

Hongkong VI Congmotion ARTS

visiting this

learing

ed with Farisian diamond buttons. In the pur-sories according to her special predilections; thase of all silken materials for evening wear lot and the old lady may be relied upon to appre me cantion my disciples against silks or sating ciate something that we have worked ourselves of inferior quality. These must be of the best, er rather would 1 advise muslin or gauze lined with glace. Dresses entirely made of lace may be purchased at a small price today. Lace lined lase and then lined again with mushin would whats sonomical, bat the thin glacé hning may better suit the tastes of the many.

Evening cloak, that's the next article, mad- m!" as the shopman would say were he leading my fancy pupil to the socomplishment of bertank You can buy these from one guinea-and net reckoning garments of fur-up to £50, and oven for one gaines you may find some thing worth having in castanere, lined with quilted silk and trimmed with white far; while the average price for an evening cloak again bearing a quilted silken baing made in the latest cost shape to cover the drew with some fanciful decoration at the shoulders and on the hood and collar in 31 guiness; but for you may sistor who are more inclined towards extra

Black satin gance would I advise a with laos hood and ohinchilla collar, and

Further extravagance fining of pale rose pink

isfied by a cape or cost made of wordazed by hand with ribbon or chenille Bowers, and then again as I previously hinted, Acape mutirely made of for is there for the oon- ideration of the prodigal. The last example of thin you will and to be of sable pointed in what fashion, Kned with biscuit-coloured bro- onde tied with a scarf of old lace, and bearing bigh collar and revers

Reoutly I mwa very soooseful evening. clock Bchieved from an old Kimone. It was perhaps little conpletons, hut lined with a woff and tone of water bine silk it was YOX! charmingly, if Incongruously, finished with This collar of duinebills and a Bring of chinchilla to the side besrin I was not, however, but manipulabed

an embroidered cushion, a footstool, & hand.. knitted shawl, or a broidered bed jackot. But, alas! I have no space to take you long all the paths which lead on the road to success. Inl shopping. But, in conclusion, I think I will make a list of "donfa" just for the guidance of my readers, so that they way avoid the sorrowS of disillusionment.

Don't buy a ready-made blouse and expect that it will fit you perfectly without alteration.

Don't during sale times be tempted to bay soiled frocks. Believe me, when cleaned they will not look" as good as new," however fondly you may fancy that they will

Don't buy a length of silk or staff without having a clear idea what you are going to ile with it, else will the white elephant become the most familiar skeleton in your cupboard.

Don't purchase what you do not require bo- cause you think it is so cheap, and do not, above all things, worry the shop assistante by

·

Bracing! Refreshing! Invigorating!

ADD A LITTLE

Condy's Fluid

THE TO YOUR BATH."

THE STARNGTHENING EFFECT 18 MAGDAL GONDY & MITŎmikin of London. Augiasi

Inslet on Baying "'CONDY'S FLUID"

Hongkong, 1st August, 1900.

"L'URBAINE" FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LD. (Established 1838.)

THE Undersigned, having been appointed Company, are prepared to. ACCEPT RISKS at current rates.

--- PLEMAIRE & CO. Hongkong, 7th February, 1901. SALAMANDER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

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THE Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, ale prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

HOTZ, 8'JACOB & CO. Hongkong, Sad April, 1900.

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DEPARTMENT, and are prepared

REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO.,

Hongkong. Hongkong, 3rd December, 1900.

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TREATIES WITH CHINA Great Britain Nanking, 1842; Tientsin, 1868; Tariff Agreement and Rules, 1858, Convention, 1860; Rules for Joint Investiga tion of Customs Seizures, 1869; Chefco, 1876, with Additional Article; Opium Con- vention, 1886; Changking ( Convention, 1891. Thibet Sikkim Convention, 1890; Barmah Convention, 1897; Kowloon Extension, 1808; Weiliwei Convention, 1898.

France-Tientsin, 1858; Convention, 1980; Tientsin, 1885, Conventions, 1886, 1887, and 1895; Frontier Trade Regulations. United tates-Tientsin, 1855; Additional

1863, Peling, 1580; Immigration, 1894. Germany-Tiestain. 1861: Peking. 1880; Kinochan Convention, 1808; Railway and Mining Concession, 1898. Japan-Shimonoseki, 1895; Liaotong Con- vention, 1895; Commercial, 1896; Now Forts, 1896. 125 Russia-St. Petersburg, 1881; Russian Land Trade, 1881; Port Arthur and Talienwan Agreement, 1888.---

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Sanitary Board Notions receive prompt at

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Portugal, 1889

TRELFIES WITH JAPAN

Mosers, W. Newman & Co. “Times of India” Office Messra. A. M. & J. Ferguson Mesure. H. M. Van Dorp & Co. Messrs. Graham & Co., Ld. .Mesura. Kelly & Walsh, Ld.

Mr. E. L. Woodin, "Bangkok Times Messrs. Ilons & Cr Mears. Pauins & Messrs. A. B.

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Co., Id. Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co. Ltd.

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Messrs. Kolly & Walsh, Id. Messrs. Sistas, Plambeck & Co. Messrs. H. Stotas & Co.

..... Messes. H. Blow &

PORT ARTHUR..Mesars. Bietes, Block & Co. FOLMOBA.....

Mr. A. W. Gillingham, Tamani COBEA

Nagasaki Press Office. NAGASAKI Nagasaki Fress Office KOBE-OBAKA..."Kobe Chronielo" Offico

Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Ld. YOKOHAMA

Messrs. Z. P. Maruyn & Co. TOKYO

MITSUBISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS,

NAGAṆAKI.

CODE WORD: “DOCK" NAGÁSAÁI. A.1, A.B.C., Scotts' and Engines vindes Deed.

DOCK No. 1 (st TATEGÁS }} Extreme Length... Length Blocks

Width of Entrance on Top Width of Entrance on Bottom... Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

23 feet.

$13

.89

77 201

371 feet

DOCK No. 2 at MUKAIJIMA.} Extreme Length....... Length on Blocks

Width of Entrance on Top... Wirth of Entrance on Bottom Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

350

68

59

PATENT SLIP (at KOSUGASA

Can take vessels up to 1,000 tone grom.

■HE WORKA are

well

equipped

Great Britain, 1894; Datice Convention, 1895, T LATTER IMPROVEMENT with the Basia, Agreements as to Corea; United execute any kind of work in SHIPBUILD States Extradition Treaty, 1886.

TEMATIES WITH COREA

Japan, 1876; Japas Supplant ntary, 1876;

United States, 1882, Great Britain, 1838 Trade Regulations.

ING and MARINE ENGINEERING as well.

sin-REPAIRING of SHIPS

The COMPANY & POWERFUL SAL- VAGE PLANT READY at SHORT NOTICE.

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