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HONGKONG

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

· BOOKBINDING

DAILY PRESS" OFFICE,

The only office in Chins having European taught werkmen. Equal-ta Home Work FURNITURE WAREHOUSEMEN

„A CHEE & CO, Established 1850.

Rental

TO LET

TO LET

THE HONGKONG DAILY. PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 4th, 1902

TAE HEALTH OF HONGKONG IN 1901

et present docupying sneb sita exceeds that height, in which case the new building may be carried up as high in the existing one in longe as. the scale contained in Ordinance No. 15 of 1894

GODOWNS at BOWRINGTON. Cheap Principal Civil Medical Officer on the health is not exceeded. It also provides that no exist

Apply to

AHMET, RUMJAHN. Hongkong, 11th January, 1902.

TO LET

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Every Household Bequialto. Depot for OUSE Np. 33, GAGE STREET. BE TOO WAN 800,660.

Fastman's Kodak Pilns and Aocomotions

· 17a, Queen's Road Contral

JEWELLERS

TAISON LEVY HERMANOS,

Diamond Merchants and Watchmakers, 40

F1277

Rooms Apply to

́E A. DE CARVALHO. C. F. DE CARVALHO. Hongkong, 2nd May, 1902.

TO BE LET.

VILLA,” Immediata PurseBBİOD. Apply to

LINSTEAD & DAVIS. Hongkong, 24th March, 1902.

TO LET:

Watson's Building, Queen's Beadle 66 BISNEE

at Shanghai, Manila, Parla and Iloilo

PHOTOGRAPHER

MUMEYA, JAPANESE ARTIST.

Bromida and Crayon Enlargements and also colouring Photos and relief Photos, pain View■ of Chins and Marila. Work

done for Amateurs No. 34, Queen's

Road Control,

PRINTING

AILY PRESS” OFFICE, Proofs mui by Englishman.

I STOREKEEPERS

LACKHEAD & CO., "

Navy Contractors, Shipshandlere, Sail- makers, Provision and Coal Merchants, Praya Central, next Hougtong Hotel.

MAROK & CO.,

Navy Contratora, Bhip Chandlers, Prevision and Coal Merchants, Bail

aymakers, &o, Fresh Water supplied to

Veresis in the: Harbour :

WONG SANG & COMITAT

Shipohandlers, Bailmakers. Provisioners, Coal Merchants, Hardware Engineer Tools, Brass and Iron Merchants,

144, Des Vans Road, Bo

J.

MORE & SEIMUND,

43 and 45, Des Vœux Road. Shipshandlers," Sailmakers, Rigger, Commission Agents and General Storekeepers; Bole Agenta for Shipowners Composition (“Gray. Lound Brand") and Blundells

PoxFULUX,

urinals are also needed.

-VACCINATIONS.⠀

The medical report of Dr. J. M. Atkinson,

and sauitary condition of Hongkong in 1901, ising bufiding which does not at present sroced published in the Gazette. We make the followin height oro and a half times the width of |ing extraota :—

the streat on which it fronts shall be so POPULATION.

raised as to exceed that limit of height. It is The estimated population of the Colony for

There wore 1,088 births evident that resumption of insanitary buildings and 7,080 deaths, of the latter 1,582 were from be much improvement in many of the crowded and of areas will be necessary before there can plague. The birth rate was 3.6 per 1,060 as against 3.8 per 1,000 in 1800. The death rate parts of the Colony. More public latrines and was 23.5 per 1,009 as compared with 23.9 in 1900, Excluding the deaths from plague the donth-rate would have been 18.03 per 1,000. The following figures will show the comparison of the death-rate in the Chinese and non-Chines during the past two years:—

1900.

1901. Non-Chinese, 20.4 per 1000 3.5 per 1,000 Chinese,

23.77 .......24.1 PREVALESON OF BIGENHAS IN DIFFERENT

SEASON), ‘ETC. Small-poz.-This discaso was much more prevalent than in 1000, 91 exses being notified during the year as against 27 in 1900; most of MAGAZINE these cases occurred in the early part of the

year, 42 being reported in March and A Toate

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TERRACE,"

3. "MAGDALEN MAGAZINE Gar. Apply to

SPANISH PROCUBATION. Hongkong. 1st April, 1902.

66 THE

Apply to

TO LET.

KENNELS,"

(977

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. | April,

MENT AND AGENCY CO., LD. Hongkong, 1st August, 1902.

TO LET

TO. No. 3, QUEEN'S GARDENS.

Apply to

Cholera.Sevanteon CassX were imported [2081 | from Singapore on board the s.x. Cheung Chew

"In the mouth of February:

G. C. ANDERSON, 4. Pedder Street (Ground Floor). Hongkong, 18th March, 1902,

F800

TO LET.

MOP FLOOR of No.35, QUEEN'S ROAD TCENTRAL. Suitable for Offco,

For further Particulars, apply to

WING CREONG, 34, Queen's Road Central. Hongkong, 8th July, 1902,

| 1879

TO LET.

Spence & Co.'s Composition NO. 11. MACDONNELL ROAD.

WATCHMAKERS S

DROZ & CO.

?

10, Queen's Bead Central Repairs of Watches and Choks by competent European experts it moderate rates

BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.

WANTED.

AN EXPERIENCED FOREMAN for

Government Timber - Mill. Must be

HOUSES in CLIFTON GARDENS, Conduft Road. Pole Ground.

HOUSES at CAUSEWAY BAY, facing the

A HOUSE in RIPON TERRACE. GODOWNS at BLUE BUILDINGS. Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-

MENT & AGENCY CO., LD. Hongkong, 13th Jans, 1902.

TO BE LET.

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Plague. This disease was again epidemic during the year. In all 1,651 cases of plague were notified, with 1,562 deaths. The follow- ing table gives the number of casas reported in each month of the years 1900 and 1901 :---

1909.

· 1901.

***

The following vacciantions were performed daring the year--Government Civil Hospital, 644; Victoris Goal, 2,880; Alice Memorial Hospital, 772; Tang Wah, 1,952(Victoria 1826, Aberdeen 46, Stanley 24, Shaukiwap 25, Hang- hom 7, Yeamati 24); total 6,247,

THE HONGKONG STUDIO.

PHOTOGRAPHER, CRAYON POR- TRAIT PAINTER, ETC.

PHOTOGRAPHY in all its Brunches, Groups and Interiors Speciality. Selection Viswa TOP STORIES, 41 £49, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, Hongkong Hongkong, 22nd April, 1902.

(1121

MITSU BISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS,` NAGASAKI,

CODE WORD "DOCK." NAGASAKI.

A.1, A.B.C... Scotts' and Engineering Code Used.

DOCK No. 1 (at TATEGAMI.)

Now

JAPAN

COALS.

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA

MITSUI & CO.

HEAD OFFICE-43, SARA MOTO-CHO, TOKYO, LONDON BRANCH: 34, LINE STREET, E.C..

HONGKONG BRANCH-PRINCE'S BUILDINGS, ICB HOUSH STREET,

OTHER BRANCHES.

York. San Francisco, Hamby, Bombay, Singapore, Bourabaya, Manila, Amoy, Shanghai, Chefoo, Tientsin, Nawelwang, Fort Arthur, Seoul, Chenulpo, Yokohaman, Yokosuka Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kuts, Shimonoseki, Maji Wakamatae. Karatau, Nagasaki, Kachinotsa, Sasebe, Maidauru Miike, Hakodate, Taipoli, ko.

Telegraphic Address: "MITSU)" (A.B.C. and A-3· Codes). CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Japanese Navy and Arsenals and the Bate Railways; Principel Railway Companies and Industrial Works; Homs and Foreign Mail- and Freight Steamers. SOLE PROPRIETORS of the Famous Miike, Tagawa, Yamono and Ida Coal Minea; and SOLE AGENTS for Hokoku, Hondo, Ichimura, Kunda, Kishima, Mamede, Mansours,Onours,

Otzuji, Samahara, Trabakaro, Yoshinotant, Yoshio, Yunokibars, and other Coala. 151

THE

WORK

OF

N. INUZUKA, Manager, Hongkong.

YOST

TYPEWRITER

IS FAR SUPERIOR TO THAT OF ANY OTHER WRITING MACHINE.

(1) THE TYPES STRIKA DAKKOTLY ON THE PA. ER AND NOT THROUGH A RIBBON AS

IN OTHER TYIKWRITERS.

22) THERE IS NO COMPLICATED MECHANISM TO PROVIDE FOR THE WRITING or

CAPITAL E TICKS, BUT A KEY FOR EVERY CHARACTERS

(3) THE CENTRE GUIDE ENSURES PERF«CT, PREMANENT ALIGNMENT.

January, February, March, April,...

8

7.

8

14

5

54

94

100

Extreme Leagth...

May,

326

701

་་

* 520 feet,

Length on Blocks

命阻斷

513

·Jong,...

325

831

Width of Entrance on Top

++

July...

209

109

Width of Entrance on Bottom...

7.7

14

August,

80

27

Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

THE

September,

16

24

DOCK No. 2 (at MUKÀLJIMA.)

October,

12

Extreme Length...

371 feet.

2

Length on Bloaks

$50

Q

Width of Entrance on Top

Width of Entrance on Bottom...

1,087

1,651

November

December....

Water on Blacks at Spring Tide

66 53

PATENT SLIP (at KOSUGE). Cáu taka vesenie to 1,000 tons groas

*

ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE POST FREE,

YOST TYPEWRITER CO., LD., 50, HOLBORN -VIADUCT, LONDON, E.C.

SOLE AGENTS FOR THE FAR EAST-

KELLY & WALSH, LIMITED. SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, SING PORE AND YOKOHAMA.

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THEODORO VAFIADIS & CO.

This is the fourth year in succession that this disease has been epidemic in the Colony. More Europeans wore attacked last year than THE WORKS are well equipped with the is generally the case, the number being 30erecate any kind of work in BHIPBUILD. LATEST IMPROVEMENTS and con although in 1898, 26 were attacked. Most of TNGaud MARINE ENGINEERING as well them were living on the Queen's Roadde in REPAIRING of SHIPS.

The COMPANY has a SALVAGE thoroughly acquainted with the erection and G TOP FLOORS). Storing in pacity about European community. Many of these cases STEAMER, 25 TONS GROSS, FITTED

YODOWN Nos. 1 and 3 (GROUND and level and were bence more evident to the

3,500 tonn each.

were associated with the finding of rats in the with POWERFUL SALVAGE PLANT

READY 10.SHORT: NOTICE. COAL GODOWN No. 8 (room for over a dwellings of those attacked, but whether there thousand tons), Praya East.

COLD STORAGE Apply to--

THE HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LO Storage available at BAAT POINT. Stores will be Open at 10 4.3, and 4 P.. daily, Sundays ALWAYS excepted, to receive and deliver perishable gooda

of Timber-cutting Machinery. Forward coples of recent testimonials and state salary required to red bad and kn

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS

Sandakan," Honghong, 4th February, 1902:

WANTED.

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THE BIYOUR MANUFACTURING CO.,

with Chinese and English. ***

Address

PC, BOX 117.

-Hongkong, 23rd July, [#472-

SITUATION WANTED.

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YOUNG ENGLISHMAN, with three years' experience in Mercantile Firms, offers his services to any local firm or abroad at very moderate Larmas,

Apply tam 11

CLERK, Care of Daily Preas Office. Hongkong. 28th July, 1902.

(1906

CARTRIDGES.

NOBEL'S SPORTING BALLISTITE,

Absolutely Brokeless and Water-resisting

Tis. Best NizZO-POWDIE IN THE WORLD.

PRICE OF 12-FORE CARTRIDGES:

Loaded withi With Porder

MOK MAN CHEUNG, Compradors Dept.. BUTTERFIELD & SWINE. Hongkong, 2nd August, 1902.

[2090 DATO LET.

-IN FLATS COMPLETE.

·NEW `BUROPEAN HOUSE situated on the North Spar of Morrison Hill. It has a splendid view, and enjoys the full benefit of the south-west monsoon, For Particulars apply to

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have now 40,000 Cubic feet of Cold

WM. PARLANE, Manager. Hongkong, 18th November, 1901

QUAN WAH CU GRANITE MERCHANT CONTRACTORS—

Dealers in

rats were themselves the subject of plague was "not ascertained. During the first six months of 1901, 48,000 rats were destroyed. As is usually the case, a large number of the Chinese were found lying in the streets or boats in the harbour, in 1962 [this seems to be an error for 1901, EA, DP.] 308 such cases occurred. These, to a great extent, secount for the annual recurrence of this disease, as of necessity the houses from which they come are not i disinfooted. As long as this deposition of M dead bodies in the streets occurs, so long 151, Wanchai Road.

will plague continue in our midst. To try (1555

to some oxtent to prevent the yearly onset of the disaro, in 1902, in the winter months a systematic cleansing and disinfestion 6, QUEEN'S ROAD overy Chiness house in the City was CENTRAL.

Apply to

instituted... This was commencul in November G. GIRAULT. Hongkong, 3rd January, 19 12,

W. LYBAUGHT,

Hongkong, 2nd June, 1902.

OFFICES

TO LET.

at

TANG YUEN," MACDON NELL ROAD, BOARD AND RESIDENCE

and 'contiuned during following four months, the magnitude of the operations, undertaken will be understood when I state that over 3,000 Chinese hocsos were thus dealt with in Hong. kong, sad in aldition to this the Chinese houses in Kowloon were cleansed and disinfected.

Enteric Fever. There were 75 comes as

Powder only, and 1 oz. of Shot. A ROOMS. Uninterrupted View of Harbour, compared with 85 in the previous year

Primrose Cosos...$6.25

Pogamoin Cases 6.85

Ejector Bases Cages, 7.50

78.00 8.60 0.26

5 per cent. discount on orders of 1,000 and over

Apply to—

IRY and WELL-FURNISHED

Apply at the House or at FAIRALL & CO., Queen's Roud.

[1889

WM. SOBMIDT & CO., MRS

Hongkong, 3rd July, 1902

Gunmakers,

Hongkong

1839

11025

BOARD AND RESIDENCE.

GILLAN DE ES;

"GLENWOOD," 21, CAINE ROAD Hongkong, 4th April, 1902.

BOARD AND RESIDENCE. badian MILLS at PORTBOOMB, wills Bear

OMFORTABLY FURNISHED

Apply to Mrs. MATHER,

2. Pedder's Hill. Hourkonz. 1st January, 1892,

OREGON LUMBER.

THE Undemigned, being clons connected

LAND and PUGET SOUND, are always pres pared to book orders for any specifications at LOWEST RATES LARA

Lagake a pappa SIEMSSEN & CO Hongkong, 14th Tebruary, 190L,

PURE FILTERED HIGH- CLASS AERATED WATERS

THE very best obtainable. As prepared in

CHEONG LEE & CO.

FURNITURE. STORE, Established over 20 Years.

IMPORTERS and EXPORTERS, and Dealers in Forniture, Blackwood,

More Europeans were, however, attacked by the disease than in the previous year, the pember being 47 as compared with 34 in 1900. Twenty-two of these cases wer, however, imported.

Malarial Forers. --Extensive operatione have been undertaken during the year in the way of removal of undergrowth, training of nullabs and draining of stagnant pools of water with the object of diminishing the number of mosquitoes. As far as we can judge by statis- tica these appear to have been successful, the total number of deaths amongst the Chinese from malarial fever being warned as 1 in 1901, as compared with 887 in 1900,,

Bori-beri There were 377 deaths from beri bari-as corapated with 361 in 1890.

RELATIVE MORTALITY IN DIFFERENT

The months of May and June were the most

September, and December were the most fatal

Lontha.

ARBLE

and GRANITE MONUMENTS.

Estimates, Dongus & Price ou Aplication. No. 1, QUEEN'S KOAD EAST. All descriptions of Granite for Export.. Hongkong, 17th October. 1509

NOW ON SALE

IMPERIAL QUARDO

1955

ENGLISH AND CHINESE

DICTIONARY,

WITH THE PUNTI AND-MASEARIN

S PRONUNCIATION,

. For comprehensiveness and practical-service- this Workstands unrivalled. All the new words peiled to coin to express the numerous objects is which the Chinese have of late years been com machinery, photography, telegraphy, and in science generally, which the rapid advance of

foreign relations has imposed upon them, are

given in extenso. Each and every word is fully illustrated and explained, forming exercises. for students of a most instructive nature. Both the Court and Punti pronunciations are given, the accents being carefully marked on the best principle hitherto attained. The typography. Chinese and English type correspond in the size displays the success of an attempt to make the of body, thereby affecting a vast economy of space, achieving a clearness not previously attained, and dispensing with these vast margins and vacant spaces which have heretofore charac torized Chinese publications.

To illustrate the vast scope of the work the following facts are submitted for consideration —— Chalmers Vocabulary contains: about 16,000 Chi Dictionary about 100.000 whilst Chinese characters and Modhurst's English and work contains m more than 50,000 English words

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And *pplications equivalente of different words which have one

other Dictionary hitherto published.

ntains more than five times as many as any For practicalgurposes the

arrangement of the work is so complete that a reference to its pages enables a person who understands English to stand nothing but Chinese. In this respect the

effectively with natives who under

work will be found indispensable to all Europeens residing in China, and to the natives themselves indood of them are perfectly acprinted. it explains subjects fully with which very low To parties resident in England and interested in China it cannot bat be invaluable occasionally,

It comprises

ef two thousand large

SA MEMANCHESTER. Don't fail to try Jewellery, turibs, Cutlery, Flectro-Plate, and fatal, excluding plague and smallpox, October, general meaning. Of these examples this work these NEW and DELICIOUS AERATED Glassware Dining-room and other Furniture DRINKS. EXCELLENT and CHEAP Kyle Champagne, Chezryade.

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PURE FRESH WATER

8 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

Right opposite Robinson Piano Co. Hongkong, 20th November, 1901, ****

167 D

THE HONGKONG STEAM WATER 1 BOAT CO., ED., is prepared to supply ANY QUANTITY of PURE FRĚŠÁ WATER to the Shipping, both for Deck sud

Boilerseny Call Flag W,

JEW KEW;

o Manager.

A 20, Don Your Kond.

Hongkong, 13th June, 1992,

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* THE AMERICAN SYSTEM

ENTISTRY

Do. M. H. CHAUN,

Sat:

39, Das Verx ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG.

GENEPAL SANITARY CONDITION. The presence of plague in an opidemio forin for the fourth year in succession shows that DIVE radical measures must be taken to improve the sanitary state of the Colony, With this object in view a cleansing and disinfection of all the Chinese houses in Victoria and Kowloon was commenced in November and

Hongkong, th March, 1009. 1638 was systematically unzied through during the

S

TEN TING.

SURGEON DENTIST No. 10, D'AQUILAR STREET.

-TERMS VERY MODERATE

Consultation Tree Hongkong, 23rd September, 1801,

1889

ROCARBONE MR CHADWICK KEW

DMERCHANT NAVY

CANTAS

NAVY BOILED AS LONG FLATZ RELIANCE CROWN STARPAULINGA

ARNHOLD KARBERG & CO.

Fols Agents

DENTAL SURGEON,

No. 89, QUEEN'S ROAD CENERAL.

Office Hours 9 AM to 5 PM, Hengkong, 19th March, 1902.

communicate

four following months, Government also quarto pago, usa decided to abtain from England the services of

4 Vols, IMPERIAL QUARTO, Pzioa #20....... A Large REDUCTION in PRICE is made to Purchasers of SIX or more Copies. •

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for the

NOTICE.

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two experts in sanitation. Professor Simpson, MD, FRCP., and Mr. Osbert Chadwick, MICH, OMG., were appointed to advise an to what further steps should be taken to im prove the sanitary condition of the Colony, During the year the various existing Public Health Ordinances were consolidated in AP OF THE SIKIANG or WESTfull mature age insures its doo cendition in a teated and found to give 60 to 70 1h, to the

Ordinance No. 13 of 1901, Ordinance No. 30 of 1901 was prosed with a view to limiting the erection of now buildings to a greater height than the end a half times the width of the [1658, street on which they front unless the building.

FOR SALE

HE RIVER

From HONGKONG to WDCROWFU, Showing the Forts and Calling Place Opened to Foreign Trade, 1897 Published at Daily Pros Ofice,

Price 27 Ceuta Ca Hongkong, 1st April, 1887

This Beer is brewed of best Bonzer Hops and IN CHINA, All houses should be limis-washed finest Barley Malt only, and warranted not to with this Lime. It gives an odour of sweetness contain Chemicals in any form,

and killa vermin. It is a deckled check on

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olimate Beautifully bright, seductively spark ling, and perfectly pure. zku

TBLACKHEAD & CO.

square inch breaking strength, 4-1

Orders will be received and tertimonials can be toga, und prices quoted ou

Central

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