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HONGKONG

BUSINESS DIRECTORY..

BOOKBINDING

"DAILY PRESS" OFFICE,

The only office in Chian having European taught workmen. Equal to Hers Work FURNITURE WAREHOUSEMEN

A CHEE & CO., Established 1859.

Every Household Requisite. Depot for Eastman's Kodak Fifs and Accessorios

17a, Queen's Road Central,

INSURANCES

THE "ONGKONG. DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH 1903

ORTH GERMAN FIRE INSUR-

NNUE COMPANY OF HAMBURG

The Undersigned AGENTS of the above Compaus aro PREPARED TO ACCEPT First Clare Foreign and Chinese Risks af Current Bulos.

SIEMSSEN & CO. Hongkong, 29th May 1895

(27 FRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSUR- TANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

The Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are pre CHEONG LEE & CO., Farvituro Store Pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at

Current Rates.

Estoldishod over 20 years. Importers and Exporters Teakwood Feraiture, Black

wood, Jewellery, de, highest grade, best and cheapost. 8, Queen's Road

Central.

JEWELLERS

MAISON LEVY HERMANOS:

SIEMSSEN & CO..

A gente. Hongkong, 16th November, 1872. [25 SALAMANDER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

HE Undersigned, having boos appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT FISKS against FIRE

Diamond Merchants and Watchmakers, 49 | at Current Rates,

Watson's Building, Queen's Road. Also

at Shanghai, Manila, Parte und Eleito!

PHOTOGRAPILER

M. MUMEYA, JAPANESE ARTIST.

Bromide and Cragon Enlargements and alro colouring Photos and relief Photos. Views of China and Manila, Work done for Amateurs; No. 8A, Queen's

Road Central.

PRINTING

DAILY PRESS" OFFICE. Proofs read by Englishmen.

STOREKEEPERS

P. BLACKHEAD & CO.

Navy Contractors, Sailmakers, Provision and Coal Merchants, Bele Agents for

Hartmann Rabljen's Genaice Com

position Red Red Brand,

CISMARCK CO.

Navy Contractors, Ship Chandfors, Provision and Coal Merchants, Sail makers, &c. Fresh Water supplied to

Vessels in the Harbour

Í VONG BANG là 20..

Shipchantlers, Sailmakore, Provisioners, Coal Merchants, Hardwors," Engineer Tools, Brass and Iron Merchants,

14, Des Voax Roud.

MORE & SETMUND,

43 au 45, Des Voeur Road, Skipehandlers, Sailmakers, Riggors, Commission Agents and GeneralStorekeepers; Sole Agents for Shipowners Composition ("Grey- honnd Brand") and Blundells Spence & Co.'s Composition.

WATCHMAKERS

DROZ & CO.,

14. Quoen's Road Central. Repsirs of Watches and Clocke by competent European experts at moderate rates.

́DARLINGTON'S HANDBOOKS

Sir Henry Ponsonby is com manded by the Queen to thank Mr.23 Darlington for a copy of his Hand- e book!"

"Nothing botter could be wished for.”—

British Weekly. "Far superior ta ordinary guides,”---

Daily Chronicle, Visitors to Londen thould ase` `

DARLINGTON'S

A brilliant book."-The Tinaes,

LONDON. Particularly good."-Academy,

BY E. C. Cook & Enlarged Edition; | AND

E. T. Cook, M.A.

58; ENVIRONS.

NORTH WALES.

DEVON AND CORNWALL

HOTZ JACOB & CO. Hongkong, 2nd An 1900,

[29 NORTHERN ASSURANCE C)

Rates,

ESTABLISHED 1830.

SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

more vast since the beginning of life, on the DEVELOPMENT OF COLOUR SENSE-ACETYLENE very slow variation, the estimate Using 2,709 assumption that pecies have multiplied by

FLACK-INCALDESCENT LAM> FYROMETRY million years. Sir Edward contends that the SA TRAVELLING LAKE--VELOCITY OF LIGHT single phenomenon of "pelorism," a sudden — MARINE-ENGINE IMPROVEMENT AN UN- transmissible variation among plasts, en- SOLVED PROBLEM STILL A PERFECT YAciently shows that the biological estimate. is unnecessarily long. This abnormal develop- ment was first observed, inore than 150 years and has since been traced by one, observer in age in the yellow toad-fax of a Baltic island, 110 varieties of plante.********

CUIN-FILLING DONES,

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gradual evolution. Natives of remoto Pacific Our senses, it appears, have developed through

blue and black; and Dr. F. W. Edridge Green, istands are still unable to distinguish between whees investigations have covered many years, concludes that the colour sonse--which is distinct from the mere perception of light and shule

one of man's recent acquirements. Primitivo a could not distinguish colours at all. Red and violet, the colours of greatest difference in wave-length, were learned first, all others appearing gray: then green was detected in the gray fell, followed by yellow, and finally by blas and orange. In a form of trichromic colour blindness that now exists, only thien colours- such as red, green and violet--are dístingnisked, yellow being mentioned as red-green.

By the Hubour process, black pigment is made by pumping acetylene into stoel eylin THE Undersigned Agents of above Companydors to a pressure of about two atmospheres, are prepared to accept First-class Foreign and then passing an electric spark through and Chinese RISKS against FIRE at Current the vessels, the gas being thus dissociated into

TURNER & CO.

its carbon and hydrogen. The hydrogen is Hongkong, 14th January, 1913. [246 collected for any convenient use; the carbon

[ORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN

is ready for the market. Acetylene black is free from the oily impurities of ordinary lamp- black, and the demand is alre dy so great that the first factory-now rauziagio Switzerland--- is likely to be followed by others in other Countries,

NOTEE INSURANCE COMPANY.

TOTAL FUNDS AF 31ST DECEMBER, 1901, £15,722,693, AUTHORISED CAPITAL... £3,000,000 0 0 SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL.... 2,750,000 0 0 PAIN-UP CAPITAL

687,500 0 0 I. FIRE FONDS

2,695,548 52

I.

The Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are pre pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE E Current Rates,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Agents. Hongkong. 1st July, 1802.

[1796 AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN SURANCE CO.

OF ALX-LA-CHAPELL

THE Undersigned, having been appointed

AGENTS became

prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Hates.

REUTER, BRÖCKELMANN & CO.

Agents. Hongkong, 21st April, 1897 GENERAL MARINE IN-URANCE

1113

COMPANY, LIMITED, OF DRESDEN.

THE Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT TOREIGN and UHINESE RISKS.

HOTZ, s'JACOB & CO. Hongkong, 1st September, 1902. [2927 DHŒNIX FIRE OFFICE

The Undersigned are now prepared to GRANT POLICIES of INSURANCE against FIRE at Current Rates.

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & 00,

Agents for the Phoenix Fire Office, Hongkong, 17th August, 1887.

28 THE WESTERN ASSURANCE COM- PANY OF TORONTO, CANADA. INCORPORATED 1851,

..2625,719 ...£6,769,240

Cash Security

Total Losses Paid

Bigh temperatures are now easily measured with the electric incandescent lamp. The lamp, in line with the furnace backing or other hot object, is viewed through a small telescope, when the filament disappears ou reaching the temperature of the background. Au ommotra sbows the amount of current feeding the lamp, while a special estle indicatos vory accurately the corresponding temperature up to 3,630 dog. F.

The chief cause of the hostility of different colonies of ants is found to be difference of odour, and of ngos.

One of the strange features of Central Asia, as shown by Dr. Seven Hedin, is the travelling of the ancient Juke of Lup-nor, which seems to | form au'oscillatisg pendulum of the Karin river, and to pass north and south across the desert in a period of 1,000 years or more. Tho ald bed is now dry. The lake of Kara-koshnu, however, is gradually disappearing is the placo where Prjevalsky found it, and slowly creeping northward, with the prospect that it will ocapy the ancient site at no distant time. As the Jake becomes filled with mud, sand and decaying vegalation, the desert to the northward is derpaned by wind-erosion. It is already known that in the year 265 the lake of Lop-nor occupied a place in the northern part of the desert, and there are reasons for believing that when this point is again reached, the course of travel will turn toward the south. The vegetation, the desert animals, and the native fishers, with their reed huts, follow after the lake.

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An attempt to fix t'u valocity of light with greater accuracy, using the toothed-wheal

An absolate vaouam may always remain unknown; but a close approach to it has been reached by Prof. James Dewar in his determined seach for the absoluts zero of temperature, He uses no air-pump. A glass reeniver with a smali receptacle at the bottom, is filled with air, which is them frozen and falls into the lower tube. The neck of the latter is them sealed in the blowpipe flame, when the portion containing the air is broken off.

In the process of Prof. Hofrath Mosolig, mortification of the bones of the leg is cured by removing the diseased part and replacing it with a filling of iodoform, sesamoel and spormacati. Röntgen-ray pictures of cured lega fero lately shown to the Vieans Medical Society.

A curious theory is being investigated by the Paris Academy of Sciences. Human slature is supposed to be controlled by the gland in tho throat under the larynx, and artificial stimula tion of this gland is claimed to cause any child to grow to maximum beight.

BROWN, JONES & CO., MONUMENTAL AND ORNAMENTAL MASONS,

Have on View and for Sale at their

Marble Yard,

Sweet as Roses

When you think how any ordinary soap factory smells, and that in such places it is that Toilet Soaps are made, you should bear in mind that Vinolia Works are

sweet as a kitchen, and Vinolia Soap purest, safest, best for the complexion.

SPECIAL RACE GOODS.

PARISIENNE MILLINERY, SUNSHADES, GLOVES, RAIN COATS, FURS, JACKETS, WARM UNDERCLOTHING AND

HOSIERY, SILK SKIRTS,

GENTLEMEN'S DEPARTMENT. NEW STOCK OF NECKWEAR, GLOVES, HALF HOSE,

PYJAMAS, FLANNEL SHIRTS. IARGE SELECTION OF SMART AND STYLISH RAIN COATS,

WM. POWELL, LD.,

28 & 31, QUEEN'S ROAD, OPPOSITE POST OFFICE.

ITALIAN MARBLE Statuary Figures, Angels alongside Crosses

Obelisks Columus, Rustic and Flain Crosses THREE CASTLES CIGARETTES and Headstones; also

AMERICAN MARBLE Crosses, Columns and Headstones; and ABERDEEN GRANITE

Crosses and Headstones For adults and children's.grures.

CEMETERY MEMORIALS made to any design in Intian and American Barble and Hongkong Grey and Blue Grauita

Special attention paid to LETTERING IN ANY STYLE OR LANGUAGE

in imperishable, load, lead cement, gold, or black,

All work and material guaranteed to be the best and most durable.

Prices to suit the times. Designs on application.

Orders from outports carefully and promptly executed.

Offico: No. 17A, Queen's Road Central, let Floor Marble Yard:-No. 18, Morrison Hill Road, Hongkong.

Hourkony, 9th January, 1903.

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COLD STORAGE

have now 40,000 Cubic feet of Cold THE HONGKONG IOE COMPANY, L Storage available at EAST POINT. Stores will be Open at 10a.m. and 4 P.M. daily, Sundays excepted, to receive and deliver perishable goods

WM. PARLANE, Manager Hongkong. 18th Novembar, 1901. [85

CHRISTMAS

... from $1.00 0.60 ...from $1 to $5.0 ...per dozen 0.60 from 1.50

24 Maps and Plans, HE. Undersigned having been appointed method of Fisean nader improved conditions, HIGH-CLASS

6 Illustrations.

60 Mustrations;

10 Mapy; 58.

80 Tilastrations 12 Maps; 58.

AGENTS for the above Company, Ar propared to ACCEPT RISKS against FILE at Current Entes.

WM. MEYERINK & CO. Hongkong, 22nd July, 1902.

142 UN INSURANCE OFFICE, LONDON.

FOUNDED 1710. Visitors to Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, Bournemouth. Wys Valley, Severn Valley, AGENTE for the above Company, are pre- L'he Undersigned having been appointer Bath, Weston-super-ware, Malvern, Hereford, pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE a Worcester, Glencester, Llandrindod Wells, Current Rates, Llangollen, Aberystwyth, Towyn, Barmouth, Dolgells; Hurich, Criocieth, Pwllhell, Llontudno. Libyl, Dettws-y-coed, Isle of Wight, and Channel Islands should use DARLINGTON'S HANDBOOKS, 16. each.

•

SIEMSSEN & CO..

Agents. Hongkong, 16th May, 1892.

1. THE HOTELS OF THE WORLD RUINART PERE & FILE, REIMS A Handbook to the leading Hotels throughout)

the World,

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LLANGOLIEN: DARLINGTON & CO. LONDON: SIMPKIN & CO. NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

WANG HING,

JEWELLER,

has REMOVED on the 11th FEBRUARY to No. P. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL (opposite Messrs KELLY & WALSA), Hongkong. 9th Pobrasry, 1903.

MUSIC COPYING.

1472

THE undersigned will be glad to receive THE

further Orders for MANUSCRIPT MUSIC, neatly and correctly executed within a reasonable time and price.

Established 1719, CHAMTAGNE GROWERS AND

has been described by M. Porrotin. In previous experiments, the beam of light was wade to travel a distance of 12 kilometres (7,452 miles) and back, but in the recout trials it was reflected from a mirror placed at a distance of 46 kilo- metres (28,566 miles) from its source. From 1,100 observations the velocity has been found to be 290,880 kilometres (about 186.2.5.5 miles) per second, with a probable error Ives than 50 kilometres.

Roller-bearings for marine engines, Dr. P. [26] M. Tasker suggests, skonid, increase the ra- volutions from 7 to 10 per cent, or more. Ball bearings, while even further lessening friction, have disadvantages for heavy work, and aro zot to be considered for ung hat the smaller engines

SHIPPERS. Ship only the Finest Quality Extra Dry (Green Seal) -LAUTS, WEGENER & CO., Solo Agants.

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H mekane, 17th May 195

A. LING & CO., 68, QUEEN's Road Central. FURNITURE STORE, FASHIONABLE CENTRE LARPETS ELECTRO-PLATE, LIQUOR FRAMED and FOOCHOW LACQUERED WARE.

Hongkong, 31st Cetaber, 1909.

The copying will be made facsimile from M

the originals, as far ua possible.

Transposing into any key can also be done.)

Apply by letter to-

A. M. C.S.,

Care of Daży Press Offos.. Hongkong, 6th February, 1913,

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R.

CHADWICK

$265

KEW

DENTAL SURGEON, No. 39, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTUAL

Office Hours 9 a.. to 5 F.M. Hongkong, 19th March. 1902.

UNTOUCHED BY HAND.

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MELLIN'S

For INFANTS

FOOD

and

INVALIDS.

When prepared is similar to Breast Milk,

MELLIN'S FOOD WORES, PECHHAM, LONDON, ENGLAND.

of launches.

The true fishes are estimated by Drs. Jordan and Evermana ta number 12,000 species, be- longing to 200 families Of these, 3,500 species have been distinguished in the waters of North and path America

Guesses at the world's age differ widely, Sir Edward Fry points out that the physicist, reasquing from the dissipation of the earth's best, the contraction of the sun, and the action

1 CAKES, decorated... Plain Christraas Caltes... German Sand Cakes Assorted Pastry Cakes Scoteb.Buns Fresden Stollen Mines Pics

Chicken and Ham Pies Chicken and Ham Patties Game Pies

34

2.00

per dozen 2.40

from 3,00

2.40

from 5.00

Chris'mes Puddings &c., to Order. Please apply to WEISMAN & CO., 142, Praya East; ANGLO-AMERICANSTORES, 64. Elgin Rond; or ROYAL

WATER DEPOT, Ica House Streat.

Hongkong, 19th December, 1902.

MEATED

1117-1

J. REMEDIOS, FOREIGN AND COLONIAL STAMP

DEALER,

No. 39, WYNDHAM STREET, HONGKONG, Will be glad to send STAMPS on approval to any address, ou receipt of satisfactory refer

321086.

Is also prepared to purchase used POSTAGE STAMPS in Large or Small Quantities for Cash AGENTS WANTED.

13199

15 to 25 per cent. Dinaount Allowed.

THE TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED,

BINGAPORE

TO CONTRACTORS,

of the tides, finds that the earth consolidated atHE TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY, a time nearer 20 than 40 million years 820 while the geologist, from the present rate at which sand, chalk, ste, are being deposited by rivor and sees, infers limt 450 million years must have elapsed since life bogan on the globe. 'the biologist thinks the time must be wil

Heroic

measures only can check

the advance of

Cholera

Don't trifle with unknown remedies, nothing yet tried equals

Painkiller

PERRY DAVIS.

12727-03

IN PATENT AIR-TIGHT TINS,

CAPSTAN TOBACCO

IN PATENT AIR-TIGHT TINS.

THREE STRENGTHS:

THESE BRANDS ARE ALWAYS RELIABLE.

MADE, BY

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MILD, MEDIUM AND FULL.

TOBACCO IN FINE CONDITION IN ALL CLIMATES

W D. & H. 0. WILLS.

BRANCH

BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO

COMPANY, LIMITED.

148

NOBEL-GLASGOW EXPLOSIVES.

325

receive TENDERS for the Construction or Now LIMITED, Singapore, is prepared to Completion of a NEW GRAVING DOCK ut Keppel Harbour in Singapore, of the following dimensions, viz. :~~

Length..

400 feet. Width at entrance, at sill level 56 Dopth on sili below H.W.0.S.T. 20

21

H

es shown in the Drawings and described in the Specitcrtion.

Specification and Plans of the proposed Dock may be seen at the Offices of the Com- pany in Singapore.

The Company does not bind itself to recapt the lowest or any Tender.

Tenders shall be for a cost payable in Singapore, in Singapore currency.

Sealed Tondore addressed to the under- signed, will be received up the 28th day of February, 1903.

By Order of the Directors,

W. G. NIVEN, Becrutary.

The Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Limited. Singapore, 21st November, 1902. 13278

FOR SALE.

ONE NEW EDISON (LATES NO. 71)

OSCILLATING "MIMEOGRAPH, with ACCESSORIES.

Apply to-

THE ROBINSON PIANO CO., ID. Hongkong, 4th February, 1903,

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DYNAMITE,

GELATINE-DYNAMITE

BLASTING GELATINE AND GELIGNITE,

DETONATORS, SAFETY FUSE,

AND ALL BLASTING ACCESSORIES.

MAGAZINES AND DEPOTS AT

HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, WEIHAIWEI.

AGENTS-

JARDINE. MATHESON & CO.

JAPAN

COALS.

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA MITSUI & CO.

HEAD OFFICE-43, SAKAMOTO-CHO, TOKYO. LONDON BRANCH-34, LINE STERET, E.C.

HONG KONG BRANCH-PRINCE'S BUILDINGS, ICE HOUSE(STEER

OTHER BRANCHES.

York, San Francisco. Hamburg, Bombay, Singapore, Sourabaya, Manila, Amoy, Ghanghai, Chefoe, Tientsin, Nowohwang, Furt Arthur, Seoul, Chemulpo, Yokohama, Yokosuk Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kure, Shinanowki, Moji, Wakamatsp. Karatsu. Nagasaki Kaekinotsu, Sasebo, Maidzuru Miike, Hakodate, Taipeh, &c.

Telegraphic Address: "MITQUI" (A.B.C. and.A 1 Codes,

CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Japaroso Navy and Arsenals and the State Bailways; Principal Railway Companies and Industrial Works; Home and Foreign Mai and Freight Steamers.

SOLE PROPRIETORS of the Faraons Miike. Tagawa, Yamano and Ida Coal Minez; and SOLE AGENTS for Hokoku, Hondo, Kanada. Kishima, Mameda, Mannouro, Ouon Otauji.

Sasahar: Tabakuro, Yoshingtani, Yoshio, Yunokibara, and other Coals

1111

N. INUZUKA, Manager, Ilangkong,

New Meat Extract Label.

LEMCO

The genuine Licbig Company's "Yextract in "now labelled with the initials of Livlóg's Extrace of Aleat C'e, in addition to the blue signaturo

Josiebiz.

The new fabel is intended to assisk che puldio in distinguishing between the Company's Hairnet and 20 the many mutations with which the Champany Fa

my ezanosti,

LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT,

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