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JOHN WHITE'S ANNUAL

SHIPPING REVIEW.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11т¤, 1905.

action of our Government, promptly stopped. There have been numerous forced salos during tho year of second-hand stasmors, some quite modern, but at no great morifles in cont

The past year has been a repetition of itsith the cost o now tonnage; the pe cute predecessor in the suprofitable employ mout it of good second-hand stormera is about to per has on the whole supplied to shipowners, and it cont. lower than twelve months since. A large is to be forced adeo tu shipbuilders, although the number of Admirality resunds and old liners lattor have received a sensiderably larger has been sold for bresking up. amount of orders than the state of the shipping tradeat the commencement of the ye

year promised, and it may confidently be sail

bas your has warranted Although a been proceeding in the East, nlmost throughout the year, engaging a considerable amount of tonunge locally and for conveyance of conds from this country thus withdrawing seals froin ordinary trades, the supply of tonnage has in

evory

wor

tho

|

Fears:

Japma

1000

100-

KIDNEY POISONS ROB THE

*SUFFERER.

V

1000 1041 1002

OF HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND LIFE. United States of America £ 1,067,495 979,950 1,180,038 1,244,025 1,114,167

The kidneys are the most important organa Santh Amori a £1,172,286 808,743

922,503 1,140,474 of the body, because they filter the blood. 811,800 British Porsenalons:-(Australia, Canada, India) When they are well, they drive all liquid poisons £2,895,351 2,634,018 2,708,45) 2,740,0,4 3,470,699 and waste out of the body. But when they are

China- of Ger-

aiok, the whole body is sick, beosuES the #423343 499,980 316,819 420,194 665,794 poisons left in the system,

Dizziness, pains in the back, nouralgio 384,186 336,030 £ 609,4014 | 234,318 434,454 Total experts to all markets

homatis Gred fealing, dropsy towelling of £11,381.507;19,170,003,10,931 644;11,140,168;12,570,187 | the year.

diabetes, bad blood, iußammation of the bladder, sleeplessness, nervousness, head- THE INDEFATIGABLE GUILD. noties, &c., come from the blood's impurities which the kidneys should hare taken out, The Marchant Servics Guild have been in Good health can only be obtained when these correspondence with the Secretary of State for vory important organa sro well. The blood

administrallen of the harbour of Fort Lou, of poison in Mauritius. The Guild,

Doan's backache kidney pills heal the kidneye placed in the

airontier been in excess of the demand, the coat per cent, have advanced to size steators. In other trades, steamers have thColonics offering various criticisms as to the must be fresh, clean and pure, with not a taint

and invites he reflection: what would have been the condition of the freight markot had the vessels which has been occupied in supplying the trafle occasioned by the war been thrown en to the quand markets? Fortunately, the

wero

of

cartito dimention

it.

Tho CHRONICLE covers the notable events of the last half century in the Far East together with the Toxts of all the most important Tresties. concluded with the countries Eastern Asia, the various Customs Tarifis, Trade Regulations, Consular and Court Fees, Hongkong Stamp Chambers of Commerce, Scales of Commissions Duties, Pestal Guide, Signal Codes, Chinese Festivals, Tables of Money Weights, and Monsares, and other Commercial Information noleding-

TREATIES WITH CHINA

;

Great Britain-Nasking, 1842 Tientsin, 1858; Tori...Agreement and Rules, 1858 Convention, 1860; Rules for Joint Investiga- tion of Customs Seizures, 1869; Chefoo, 1876, with Additional Artiole, Opium Con vention, 1985; Changking Convention, 1891; Tibet Sikkim Convention, 1990; Burmah Convention 1597; Kowloon Extension, 1899 Weihaiwoi 1898; Convention, Commercial, Shanghai, 1902; Emigration Convention,

Convention, 1860; Tientsin, 1865; Conventions, 1886, 1887, nad 1825 Frontier Trade Regulations. United States:—Tientein, 1868, Additional Peking, 1880, Immigration, 1801,

1861, Poking, 1880;

3904

Jary craps in Indis have thenghout the year running to the Far East was occasioned by the especialy of the smaller type, innst have getting their vessels into the astors in and help them to work noturally and to remote France-Tientsin. 1858;

The review of the past year is not encourag-

out that they were compellen Barbour, pointed ob-olately all disease-brending impurities. They ours diseases by curing the kidneys, This which made their positions very dungerens kidney medicine will save you from Bright's at the time they were going out, ipecially searched for contraboud of war, which calmit- not for to soak and it is in shipowners' one that their representations have sell Doan's Backache Kidros Fills, price 29 for / Germany :-

should bad weather arise. The Guild have been disosse, dropes, and diabetes--will bring roa

For the book to good health. informed by the Secretary of State for the

Commercial, 1903, All the chief chemiets and medicino-deniers

action,

on

been

of the Argentine have also provided craps to be stopped; and although there har The trails of this and other ecnntries as benz co the notice of the Officer administer: I bor, or 13/3 for & boxes: or the medicine may

ings to

#E

of

Govonment of Mauritius With

regard

1888

Kioskention, 1898; Railway and

Mining Concoзsion, 1808.

to cortain articles appearing in the Mauritias be had, post free on receipt of price, direct from Press which the Guild forwarded it was stated the proprietors the Foster McClellan Co., 8, Japan-Shimonoseki, 1895; Linoturny Coa

Fention, 1885; Commercial, 1896; Now Porte, that the Officer administering the Government Wells-street, Urford-street, London, England,

opinion that it would be a mistake to who will also send a Sample Box Fit Russia-St. Fotorsburg, 1591; Russian Land

1898. Supplementary Commercial 103. attack too much importance to them as ho was

one who writes for it and mentions this paper.

73-17 satislied that Lieut. Scroggs was doing all that he possibly could with inadequate resources, Further, it was said that there is no doubt that improvements are needed at Fort Louis har bour. It required dredging, and a dredger has born ordered by the Government, and it was expected to arrive before the end of the

Ses incident 6s, 6d, to Gibraltar was paid by [of the chief foreiga and colonial markets, as the Admiralty. In May, when freights from well as the total exports to all markets for avo the Black Son were at their lowest, 68. 6d. was paid to Genoa Prosent rates out to the Mediterraneau aro study in consequence of the very low freights bomowards. Rates out to the Baltic ware low throughout the season notwith-standing the low rates homewards. The Baltic trade

by the

competition Working expenses of steamers have been unprofitable state porn to be kept in an madarate. Coals bave kopt at a moderate pricoman

man and Scandinavian owners keeping their throughout the year, oxenpt in April, when the stoamera in it, the same as the Spanish owners Jarga shipments for our Government and the do in the North of Spain trade, in which trade demand for the Far East advanced best Carlif rates have boon miserably low the who coul to 178.; the price at the commynosmant et A large number of atestors have been the your was 14s, and at the clow 13s. 6d. employed on time charter, especially in the Far Insurance rates have been lightly lower than fast, but boing only cargo boats no extravagant in past years Rates for war risks, which at

mates have been paid. a. per ten on the gross commencement of the year for all risks magister being about the highest paid for fair en

par cont, atul, considering the few upturns boon fixed at low rates, from a. 10td, to 38.371 must lusve proved remunerative business on the weight, which owners have doubtless for underwriters.

Soins dislocation of trule of the regular Huessccepted as preferable to running the risk of on voyage charters which many atminora, provided retara employment for a large portion uncertainty created by the interference of the incurred. of the steamers sent out to the Far East, which, Rassing Government in having liners stopped and

bat to anyone acquainted with shipping the early in the year, it was unticipated would find ated in the Maincu caso.

Here, return cargoes very scares. The largs cropa | Govenmuust ·

were by friendly but in our canso is

own power to bring about an improvement. causing the objectionable proceed. tonange from ment for an immerse about

depressed the River Plate, inded, these two markets beau some irritating incidents, notably the the past quarter, there are signs of improve quarter there are signs of improvo- India and. Argoline-have widoubtedly savet Caichan, Allenton, an

and Knight Commmider cases mont, and a development of trade is curtain to Leon the situation which otherwise would have

it cannot reasonably be considered the interfore. take place in the Far East after the war, much deplasble. The United States, which, until anos with commeren las heou as grost us might beyond the trade of past yours.

Those causes the last thems yours, was the mainstay of the have been expected, considering the provo ation mail this extension of ocean currings, which freight packet has practically had as crain to naturally create by the continued supply of Boiler Messers make possible at moderat export, and the Black Sea, Acoll. Danube, and material that appears to have reached the belli- freights, must produce a change in the sult Baltle, has a most disappointing and suprugerents, and, allowed the abundant expenditure of the truling of steamers, if owners will restrict fitalie arkets.

the state of the that has taken place during this war. Considering

the supply of tonnage mere in propertion to tho freight markt. it is surprising the building

demand. sards have been so well arcupied. At the lose the previous year, many yards were getting vory bars of work, and the gonoral feeling of hipowners was to refrain from increasing their flents, but the low prices builders were prepared to Pecel to ITO work early in the year indred many foreign owners to give cut eriors, and many Enlish owners, evidently from a fear of not wetting in at the lowest prices, also con- tracted, so that by the end of February most yard wor

well were fably

ployed. Owners apparently soon realised, will the difoulty of omposing their oxading tonnage puitably, for new steamers was not and orders Inscame scares; this induced bailters infor in the year to tender at still lower prices, but further contracts were attered into sparingly until October, when other inflnonces in the steel trade crued steel ship plates to advance to 12. G., which, again, from the fear of not gos. ting ships at the lowest prices, induced sover:I owners te poatrací, and a considerable amount of work was placed during the last quart of the year. The-factor in the past year's orders appears to have been the fear of a rise in the coat of ships, and not the prospect of a rise ia freights. The production of the put your of merchant shipping in the United Kingdom about 1995,000 tona, practically all steamers, sailing slaps only representing alout 19,000 tons. This production is about the same year's tonnage, about 1,077,000 tons have be

of

French

Whilst Russia and Japan have been engaged in a political war, with, nufortunately, a most diastrens serifice of human life, a commercial war-probably less rational although fortun utely confined to financial sacritice, in which English. American, German, and interests were cons-red-has been carried on for a good part of the year between the Sinta hip Companies engaged in the Atlantic trado. The aim of this latter war, beyond giving a pass sue at din perhead across the Atlantic to emigrants, is not apparent; it has not resulted in 20

fewer litics remaining in the trade, and must have involved very heavy loss of money. which it is understood falls principally up the German Companies; this contest is now suled, and it is to be hope that some benelit will acerus to shipping generally in causing under principles to bo nepted, such as arbitration, to settle such disputes

any

Frights-The Russo-Japones war hun ers- ated earleyment for a large number of steamore in coavoyance of cool from this country to the Far East, but has not necessitated the usual engagement in war of vessels for transpert of troops, therefore the employin-at has benefited tramp toumage only.

NOINE

BRADFORD MARKET.

Messrs W. & C. Dunlop's Bradford Market report, dated January 2nd, raads us follows:

In the year which has just closed the trade of this district has passed through a trying time, sud although 1904 cannot be described exactly 19 a bad year, there have been many cireum. tances which have told against its boing a very protitalls one to the rude generaliy. Indeed the circumstances are very much the same as those which iufiu-nced business in the pro-. ce ding

yoar.

as in 1903. Or the utter to the British owners to send stenniors from the Moon arcoptionally fine Register, which is the smallest addition singlowing month; rates wore weaker May te for the falling off in the home demond.

1887. The production of the year inches the

From

wireh

ferranean in

in ballast. From Bombay B. was paid in

in January, which advanced to 16, the

tons gross July, and advanced again to 19s, for White Star stoamer Baltic, ft 39 bonis in September, and are now about 15s, 6d diffealt to keep looms fully employed, and in

prompt rogistor, having a

accommodation For phout passenger of all classes, and the Cand steamer From Kurraches rates were similar, rauning Caramiz, of 21,000 Tons groes, removed last year from the British Regi-tor about ) ton steamers un 16,0 tons sailing ships, which includes vessels sold to foreigner. The removals show a large decrease in the tongs of some previous years, in con- 6CH119767 foreigner. The renovala in 1835 were 722,18 tons tea and 173,645 tons saily and in 1900, 741,860 fous afern and 193,195 tons sail.

of

tous

lines have been

Con.

thair

tho

E

ON SALE NEXT WEEK.

THE

year, when additional moorings would be providDIRECTORY ed. The Secretary of State remarks that considerable farther improvementsinvolving any expenditure must necessarily wait until the Colony is in a better financial position than at present, but the Merchant Service Guild may be arsured that all possible consideration will be given to the matter.

INSURANCES

L'UNION OF PARIS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED

THE Undersigned, having been appoinaa AGENTS for the alute Company are prepared to accept Risks against Fire at current rates,

SIEMSSEN & CO."

91 Hongkong, lat January, 1904. AACHEN AND MUNIUR FINE LA SURANCE CO, OF AIX-LA-CHAPELL. ·

THE

AGENTS for the above Company, are Undersigned, having been sppoint-e: prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FILE

Current Rates.

KEUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO.

Aga Hongkong, 21st April, 1897

118

FORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN-

NOTLE INSURANCE COMPANY

TOTAL FUNDS AT 317 Ducaмner, 1998, £16,898,650,

Authorised Capital... £1,000,00 SUBBCHIBED CAPITAL.... 2,750,000. PAID-OF CAPITAL ...... 697,600

į

AND

FOR

CHRONICLF

CHINA JAPAN, COREA, INDO-CHINA

SIAM, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. MALAY STATES, NETHERLANDS INDIA, PHILIPPINES,

BORNEO, NC.,

WITH WHICH ARE INOVEPORATED THE CHINA DIRECTORY

AND

THE HONGKONG DIRECTORY AND HONG LIST POK THE FAR EAST FOR

1905.

'THE FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL Ireol

Trado, 1881; Port Arthur und Talienwan Agreement, 1898. Portugal,

1889

Commercial Tranty, 1904.

FINAL PROTOCOL, made between Chins and

Eleven Powers, 1901.

TREATIES WITH JAPAN

Great Britain, 1984; Duties Convmation 1835

Russia, Agreements se to Cores; United States Extradition Treaty, 188

Britara (Alliance) 1902

TREATIES WITH COREA

Groat

Japan, 1876 Japan Supplementary, 1876, United States, 1992; Great Britain, 1895; Trado Regulations

TREATIES WITH STAM

Great Britain, 1858 and 1899, France, 1893

and 1904; Japan, 1993; Russia, 1999. Great Britain and France, Sirness Frontior, Great Britain and Russia, Raway Convention

1899.

CUSTOM: TARIFFS TRADE REGULATIONS China, Japan, Siam, Coros.

RECENT CHinds LegioLATION, Revised Regulations for the Construction of

Railways sig Chizo,

The DIRECTORY covers the whole of the ports and cities of the Far East, from Nather- fands Tatia to Siberis, in which Europeans reside. Not only is the Directory as full and complete each case as it can be made, but each ColonyTemporary Mining Regulations in Chica, Fort, or Settlement is prefaced by a DESCRIP TION, carefully revised each year, most of

Experimental Regulations for the Registration

of Trade Marke

in

‚which will serve as securate GUIDES FOR THE

TOURIST, giving every detail in connection with the pinces, their History, Topography, &n, dei

The Information in these Descriptions, cou sisting of a bundred interesting articles, packed with fucts concisely sat out, and containing statistics of the TEADE of each Country anð Fort, would alors suffion to all a large volume,

Royal Octave-Completa with Fourtes Maps and Plans, pp. 1,750, $10.00. Directory only p.p. 1,300, $8.00.

The Directorias and Descriptions are of

The Undersigned AGENTS for the above Chefoo Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIBE at Current Rates.

SHEWAN, TOMES & 00.,

Agents. Hongkong, 18th June, 1904.

THE WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY OF TORONTO AND LONDON, INCORPORATED A.D. 1851.

MARINE BRANCH.

CHINA Wuhu

Shansi

Canton

Whampoa

Kowloon

Lappa Samahni

Kangmaon Wachowfa Kwangchauwan Pakhoi

Holhow

Langchow Mingiza

Hokow

Peking

Tientain

Kew kiang

Poitaiho

Hankow

$

Taku Newchwang Dalay

Yochow

Ichang

Port Arthur

Hange

Weihaiwei Kiaochan Shanghai Foochow

Ningpo

Wênchow

Santu

Foocko

1889 Chinking

Nanking

Amoy

Swatar

Szemao

JAPAN AND/FÖLMOSA

Osako

Moji

Nagnaki

Hakolate

Shimonoseki

Tamsal

EASTERN SIVERIA

Vladivostock

Nicolajowsk

COREA

32

Scoal Chomulpo KIDBAN

Wousan

Mokyoo Chinnamp Songchin

AGENTS for the above are prepared to THE undersigned having bean appointed accept risks at current rates.

ALEX. ROSS & CO. Hongkong 28th April, 1904

BOARD AND RESIDENCE

FRANCAISE PENSION

AND RESTAURANT, 49, POTTINGER STAFET, TENUE PAR MME. L GUIOU.

Tokyo Yokohana Hyogo Kobe

Fusan

Keulang Tainantu Takow

Anping

·HONGEONG AND ITS DEPENDENCIES

: Tonrave

Saigon

Pingyang

Masampo.

MACAO

FRENCH INDO-CHINA:

Hanoi Haiphong Tonkin Provinces Quiphon

Annem Hue

[231

Manila Sarawak

PHILIPPINES

Iloilo BORNEO

BANGKOK

Wool has steadily advanced throughout the TeDr. at times by loups and bounds, and the price of the raw material has buon always ahead of that of, the manufactured article, roddering | profitable business extremely dificult Employ mat in many of the leading industries of the country during the greater part of the year has been scanty, which has affected the spending parer of the wago-earning classes, and incomes dopording un dividende from investments in Tho main support of the freight markot many important undertakings have shrank, throughout the year have been the homeward, which has affected another section of the com: Indian and River Plate trades. A very ingemunity. The lone tra la consequently and steady trade has prevailed from India been discppointing, and considerably below the especially Bombay and Karrachee, inducing average, despite the siluulus it received from summer and antemu The Export tende, however, shows satisfactory extent compensated expansion and has to

Manufacturers have found it extremely

order to do so have aften been compelled to were from 18. to Be, and are now about Juis

sccept prices for geoids much out of proportion Calcutta rates have varied from 21e 3d. to 20s to the day's cost of the raw material. Spinners 34. on deadweight, except in May, a portion of the year, but during the last two or

have

experienced u dingging trade for a great I. they declined to 13, G.; for jate booz frem 20s, to 30s, From Burmah rice three months the prospect of still bigher wool freights have varied from 208. to 20s. 31. A las causal

users of Yarn, which will provide of the decrease in the sales toonid:rable trade has bean done in rice from and other good dual of buying by Continental II. FIRE FUNDA 3,856,961 12 3

for employment Burmah to Japan at from 129. to 18s, and are

spindles for some time to come. now about 138, 60. From Java from 228, tid. to Mills in the heavy Wollen district have been Very 2 9d has been paid. The River Plate has actively employed for some time on blankets

clath for Japan. important contracts for actions to the fuss angered a very large hout of tonnags. At and rappo

given the commencement of the year, from the upper

e year is the great advance which has taken during the year, and certainly ausley ports of the River Plate, 21. was current, of special fraturo to be noticed in a retrospect supplies more liberally for the requirements advancing to 228. in February, after which rates place in Crossbred Wool and the kindred des of its clients, whether pa-rangers or merchants, gradimaily doclined to 15., rising again is criptions of tas grown. This is due to the fact an the ereuntile Marina The Cunard Angust to 19h, and are now about 18% to 18s that during the past eight or nine years the Company have placed contracts for two teaters, according to position. This trade promissen production of wool throughong the world has for their Alantic service of plesa on ta q0000 to employ a large tonnage for the coming crops. beon steadily falling, whilst the consumption has tons gross registor. with

very large passenger A singular trade has arisen in the importation been at all events stoody, if not incres-ing, and ba fitted accommodation, to ba

with turbine of maize from the River Plate to Rasian the critical situation has now been arrived at

The Back Sex ports, and also to the Adriatic, wher consumption exceeds supply, engines of a spod of 25 knots per hour. Hamburg America Company have ordered from for which a number of atomers are heon How this position

to be mut by the tradeT German builders

remains to be seen, but the probability is, that a atsamer of $5,000 tons gross chartered. North America hus repeated the rogister, to carry 3,600 passengers and 14000 exponienes of late years, very little grain if wool appreciates still further in value, chomper

en 17 knots.

The carge, but to stearn i

being exported. Cotton from the Atlantic fabrics made from cotton will where practicable Hamburg America Company have at 11 ports paid 21. 30. to 278, d. Pitala pine from be substituted for all-wool goals. Bradford lans

time building, in British at present

the Gulf

Gulf ports

75 to 824. 6d, very inadequate already done this to some extent and at the tinon!al yerd 15 steamers 117,850 to

uk

rates for a hard trade. An increasing number present time many beautiful, fabrics made register, which when built will

of steamers are being engaged in the trade to entirely from Egyptain cotton, and with a fleet, up to 141 Fumers of 711,5 tons net from the West Coast of Anurion; the large sorcerised finish, are being turned out by loma which formerly were employed on either all-wool register. The Feniz ular and Orisutal Co-carrying of steamers has made it possibls to

or mixul fabrics. pany have ovensteanses building of 58.000 tons undertake this long voyage at freights that register, immediately following

| recoat | would formerly have been considered inadeqanto addition to their flent of stampers representing for a sailing ship. Freights from the Azoff, $2,000 tons. Other lines, especially those Black Sea, Danube and Mediterrancan have engaged in the Indian trade, aro making large bean unremunerative throughout the year with additions to their sets.

the poor cutward rates that və boon currant. Tarbine engines have mai rapid progress in From the Azoff a. to 11a. 3d., the later only the favourable opi iou of engineers, and, as ut the close of the season. From Odessa 6s. 6il. stated, have been udspted for the Cueard fastest to 10s, with frequent long turns for loading, Atlantic steams; also for other Atlantic From Danube 8a. to 128 94. From Gree and liners and for a number of other vessels. Mediterranean ports ora froights have been bad Agother year will doubtless provide proof of the and with the courtitions of charter imposed in relative advantage of these angines over the this trade can only have left a very small reciprocating type, and should the favourable

margin for the carriage. Baltic homewards opinion formed be confirmed, a great revolution rates were very low throughent the sea; as must take place in the productions of many of low as 73d por

and 19s. our eucine-buliders for fast vessels, for which Petersburg to London was accepted st per standard alone opinion at present appears to consider deals from two Finnish ports to Hr. turbines advantageous.

Outward freights barn varied considerably

of the year, in Shipbuilders' prices are approximately thu At the beginni

of the same as at the beginning of the year, except for prospect of

chartered a number of steamers Cardiff to Hongkong paying up to 2, and at the same time 25 was paid to Vladivostock. in shipbuilding has and more could have hen obtained later, bat not varied considerably since last year. Steel the war insurance preminus have prevented at the beginning of 19.2, the lowest point over ship plutes wore, at the commencement of the owners entertaining this rerago, except for reached, this wool, once the staple of the trade,

2. a. per ton; they subsequently general cargoes. year, £5

to 90s. has been wonched 443. per lb. The advance is enormous, advanced; but in August, American maaa pail. The bulk of the contracts for carussian por lb. below the average of the last 20 years.

sto but even to-day's price of 1231 per lb. is lid. facturers sold plates to our builders at Vladivostock have been given by the

μαν tou; prices lavo

avo again advanced, and see new Government to German owners. The Ipte Mohair and Alpace have remained fairly £5

The amount of new work given oat Cardiff to Hongkong declined later in the year steady in price through the greater part of the his prevented shipbuilders oftaining that re-to 12s., aud to Japan to 16s.. sad in May sourcely Fear, but some advance has taken place during duction in wages the reduced prices of ships au outward cargo was obtainable to the Fur the closing months. would have justified In February the Clyde East. The demand for tonnage has since The year closed with a distinctly belter out- shipbuilders and boilermakers, and in Novem

become active, and the current rate is 10s. 6d. look for business in nourly al branches of the ber the North-East Coast shipbuilders, ench Hongkong, 18s. 6d. Japan. Out to Bombay at trade, but the stack of wool is stall, and this obtained a concession of & per cent. in wages the commencement of the year lus. 61. was coupled with the diminished production already of their men.

paid Colombe, 1 s. 3d; Aden, 10s.; Cape Town, ruferred to, may have considerable influence on Our ship and engine builders have not been 11s. 6d; but with the improvement in freights prices in cho your now opening.

from India those cutward declined

rotes but in other branches of shipping there buvo

fia, Canada und, India, show a very been several and serious strikes, notably at is. 98. Colombo 58. 64. Aden; 11. marked increase; South American Marketi striking proof of the absolute have also taken considerably larger quantities; foreign ports; the strike of seamen at Marseilles, Cape Town: which is estimated to inve cost £1,200,001; of absence of combination, nougat owners when to the United States shipments have b-on on seaman at Barcelona; of ship labourers in Forn, they cannot muiuluin better freights at a level about the same seals as in the previous two of dock labourers at New York and Buenos for such carriage as these voyages years. Chine and Japan taken together show a represent Freights out to the River Plate satisfactory increase, but it is probable at a A considerable number of second-hand bave the whole year been much too low, portion of the figures credited to Clins min steamers have been bought by the Jaguceso for giring to the eval shipper the advantage the reality relate to goods ultimately destined".or

blocking ap Port Arthur, for which purpose on racket. These uniward rates have varied from one cocasion alone eight steamers of over 20,000 s, Ga. to Ts. 6d., except for a short time when tous register were tank. The Rassion purchases the homeward rates were depressed, they went

basu confined to three cargo steamers and up to 8. 34. luve been fast mail stermers, the latter Miterranean have fluctuated considerably, as Outward freights to tho

evidently intended for cruisers for molesting low as 45, 4jd, was accepted Cardiff to Goron, meutral traders, but whose mission was, by the da. 9. to Gibraltar. At the timo of the North

AgO COILO POSson which enn bu placed at lower Admiruitlications in the Far East, the

lar Agares. Some builders whose order books are Fatisfactory asking lightly higher prices.

The cost of production

for which

up

In Morino wool there has been very littlo fuctuation in price; taking 60's tops as an example the variation from 2-pur . has not exceeded 25 per cent. to 3 per cent. either way; the closing price, however, is the highest of tho Jear.

stod ut

Crossbred wools bave followed a vory different course, having advanced at adily throughout the year, but the lower qualities have felt the edvance most, which is to some extent due to the heavy purchases of blankets and army

The se dotha already referred to.

Fears 40's Crossbred tups ate

Jd. per lb. (the TV E lowest point on record), a year ago they Wor at 124, and to-day they are bem at 10d. per b. which shows that they have more than doubled their price since January 1st, 1902,

Home-grow weeks of strong staple, in sympathy with Colonial Crossbreds have also (much to the satisfactivicu. the British farmers

FIEST-CLASS COOKING BY A FRENCH COOK. Terms: $3.50 per day, Feduced Terms for an Extended Stay. Hongkong, 13th January, 1905.

"TANG YUEN.” BOAT ING ESTABLISHMENT.

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