THE HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED..
The raport of the board of directors to be prezental at the ordinary mooting of sharo- holders, to be held at the company's hotel, at 12:15 pm on Saturday, the 2nd September,
reails as follows:-
finetlemen--Inamorimiren with section 56
of the netiches of unsociation, the directors now beg to submit their report for the half-year Tendil 30th June, 1987.
ACCOUNTS
The proli on working arount anmuuted to 3114,740.90 as temporal with S03077.67 for responding paris of 1914. being an increase of $19,193.28.
the
The profit and 1-s agunt, including the Mum of 89,5192 brought forward from 31st Decomber, 181, shows a credit bdance of $105.156.1, which you? divnefors propise to **apportion as follows:--
Tu pay a dividend of 10 per cent. SIRO,000,00 To transfer to repairs and
2000,00
renewals aceMRTË,
To write off from vales of
ekotrie instantion Tereg forward to new argount
VALCE OF PROPERTY.
To cantare Int. on $300,000 -
at 3 per cunt......
$15,000.00
To lese returned in dobɔateYVA
held by. Un company To interest necont
4.024 13
'fu directoza' and nuditors' fee. ........... To amount transferred to reserve fund oing increased vaks of proportion
pe contra............. To balance, to be appropriated as follows:
To pay a dividend of 10 per
meat.....$60.600.00
To transfer to repairs and re: newals meconnt, a ver To writtet vahe dextrin iustaHaÜón -
Corward to netv
To carry appott
By bulu from Alat Pesericher.
11
Fat per cont $4.000.00
Les dividen at
Ny
Les frufer to
topall and re
fwaraeon 18.000.00
Ls written off
forfitme and
-
fixtures account 108242 res writtam off
team Jannel 4.908.ou
By rents of huges and affices, l
Imilching
30,600,00
400,00
!!, 26.10
$88,876,5×
5,000.00 194,12640
$105.120.40
Ls written f atric instal- intion
1.284.74
36.32103
8,15.un
...... 2.207.40
pudiero
...
The company's hand and buildings preport y Las been, quite recently, re-valuel by Messrs. Tätter änd Taenor, and the property account written up by the union of the additional valum ($549,375.78, the reserve find being credited with nu equivalent sum.'.
INCREASE OF CAPITAL,
The directors, propose, later on, to recommend Toshurohulders the advisibility of doubling the present capital of $6,800,909, by transferring that sum from the resorve fund to capital seecunt.
INSEE OF NEW CAPITAL
As there is urgent need of additional funds ▸te reper the overdraft due to the Hongkong
at Slapghai Banking Corporation, and to. complete the payments for the new building on the reclamation, known as "Hotel Man au early date. sions," the directors desiru, at tobtain the sanction of the shareholders to the issue of additional now capital which they hepe can to floated at a high premium.
KEPAIRS AND RENEWALS ACCOUNT.
L will be noticed that it is ppposed to phite the large sura of $30,000 so the above account.
This is considered necessary to meet the cost of extensive repairs to the old buildings which are urgently needel, and possible renewal of the bydraulic lifts which are by no means equal To the requiremonts of the present day:
By ruta ushojes met üflera. uess
bailling g
By dividerob um Flares เ จ .........
By sarip and transfer for
By amount transferred frzan property no
casin being increase of value
By pratit on hotel working account for the six months eming S0th Jun, LING.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30TH, 1905.
THE NEW CROQUET.
SHIP TRUST'S LARGE LOSSES.
We take the following report from an Croquet has made a marvellous re-appearance American contemporary :- 19,975.89 in the last few years.. The ladies in crinolines Now York, July 18-The International 3.124.5 and chignons who were immortalised by Leech Morcantlle Marine Company, otherwise known 3,500.00
and Du Maurier on the primitive lawns of our as the Ship Trasf, one of the giant corporations grandfathers would saarely recognise the organized by J. Plarpont Morgue, confessed modern game. They used to stroll about, we in its annual report yesterday to a loss of learn
with the nearest country clergyman, and $2,989.805 for the year ending December 31st languidly propel an inaccurately-made ball last. The story, ia a mest astonishing one for
wide hoop; occasionally through an extremely eat and ankle as they that can scarcely be equalled of a three-year
it deals solely in big Ugures, and tells howing off a pretty smote
an adversary inte
318,975.78
THE "LONG HING"
3
PHOTO COMPETITION FOR AMATEURS.
$220.00 IN PRIZES.
ENTRIES FREE.
CALL OR WRITE FOR PARTICOLARS,
tule
LONG, HING
& Co..
sometimes playing into a comfarded space; straggle to make the concern a paying invest-
kind ofment.
bird cage in the middle of the grass plot, which gave a cheerful tinkle when the stroke was true, aud the hnging bell "proclaimed the Co
How changed is all 10- 78 22.60 gauring sphere
day! The grass plot is a rigid lovel; its Turf as smooth and accurate as any billiard table; its limits carefully marked out with whitened lines; its hoops on shrunken an those championslip pockets which are upparontly the joy of Steventon and Roberts. And there much more to come. Stupendous Alistances divide the hoops, and these are shranken us much in aber as in size. The art of play kas developed into a serions study of its tacties which would not disgrace a Japanese A threu-ball or a four-ball break
16,102,57
114.540.50
REPAIRS AND RENEWALS ACCOUNT. For the Six Months ending 39th Fume. 1997. Dr.
to payments on account of repairs and renewals during the half-year mading Both July. 1995......
To balans
H.
1.7.9%
$10.00.
oumiander.
|
When Mr. Morgan wont abroad and scpopod into his big not a steamship company heronian- other one there, Americans did a fat of boasting about the strength of native genius and capital: Everybody was proud of Mr. Morgan and of his many accomplishments in the way of big financial deels, and the word went around the world that within a short time the entire com- marce of the word nonld foat in American botros. Now one of the biggest of the many contres of Mr. Margne is in such a bad way that there will have to ha aurother oxtension of the paried allowed for the undèr-writing of the
company.
An interesting feature of the situation is that" the New York Life Insurance Company has 300,000 worth of the bands of the company which it bought at par, while the Equitabl
has only S000 worth that it puid Society only $ for. George W. Perkins, a partner of Mr Morgan, is vien president of the Naw York Life Company at a salary of $25,000 a Committee of that company. your, and he is also chairman of the Finney
The International Mercantile Marino, was organized in Dee-mber, 1902, with a capital of 5130,000,000 divided equally into preferred and common stock, and $50,000 worth of bonds were cold at four per cral interest..
The now company, under the direction of Cloment A. Griscom, president, had a hard time earn enough to ment the dividends. of it But they worn religiously net and the company wont along without any talk of a kind "tant would injare its stook.
The steamship lines taken in by the company were the White Star, the American, tho Dominion. the Atlantic Transport and the Leyland. Nearly all of these lines had English registry and there was a large amout of English capital invested in the enterprise. Mr. Morgan had an arrangement with the English holders that guaranteed the payment of a certain divided on their stock, and when a failure to pay resulted, this English would have the right of managing the coucson.
a matter of scientific arrangement, mathe amatical calculation, and artistic achievement which sometimes results in the second player going all round the gizels without giving the first a single chance of touching the all again.
What can be done by skilful manipulation of three bails in a given space wa hero ali coon of late in Cuxton Hall. But at Ranelagh and Hurlingham you all now see four balls obey- 52450ing the behests of a fair player's wallet with an 24.00 accuracy little short of diabolical. The climax mon galloping about on penies on the ather 56,975: Hide of the cinb-bonsy bare no conception of it. They use a sort of mailet, and they strike a ball, indeed; but the delicate joys of first-rate 5678,022,60 erisquet, are not for them, and when they try it, they new very properly defeated; for a lady has beaten every player of both eozes at the new eroquet, and no doubt sus will again. Much the Inwa same has happened here as has occurred in tennis, only the changes are more startling, the It ka inuy development a little more sudden. fairly earned that when golf began to threaten very other game, about ten cr fioon years ago. Some old nail loneuralds enthusiasts determined that they would never farl their ancient Hags be- fore the all-conquering intrutier from the North. Those who could plug lawn tonu's woll made up their minds to play it better. Those who laid lavet croquet determined to develop it into a first-clussgame. Thoy base undoubtedly succred To pay the interest on the 859,010,00) worth d. Was the country clergyman thinks of it all of bonds was all the company could do. It were better. përhapë, not to ask. Any lady conki wot carn another cant, and so the player in a country croquel tournament caule English interests complained a lot and finally bent him nowadays. The implements of the new insisted upon putting one of their own men at game have izuprovei as much as its surreandings the head of the compay. They had their. have been altered. Many of the old laws, where way and 3. Crism retire aut J. Bracs teunis died an unlamented death, have been fur-Ismay was elect al president. bished up again, and become the gosue of play But the situation gat was and there was a that is perhaps less strenuous to the eye, but prospent that oven the interest on the $50,000,000 that is certainly far more accurate, and no doubt would be in default. The net earnings docrossed quite as exacting in its claims upon patience and from $4,000,53 in 1001 to $1,806, 107 in 1905 good tempore There are many women to whom so that in place of a surplus of $1,797,797 whic's the sterner joys of golf and tounis do not appeal, the books showed in December, 1903, there was are past the boyden days of hockey, but a shortage of $1.142,0 in December, 1904, who retnin abcret planears in measuring their
$3,000,000. skill of oye and wrist against a man's, in dning making a total loss in one year of nearly 50 out of doors, and in romaizing prottily drousal the whole time. For them the new croquet was invented. It supplies a long-felt want, and it is flourishing mightily in consequenes.
By amount transferred from profit and lowe
Recount, ne rre querufet in lust report 19, 10.30 $10,460,00
MR OLIVER BAINDRIDGE AT
HONGKONG.
Mr. Oliver Bainbridge, the celebrated author and explorer, on Monday night grauted an inter- viewto a Daily Press reporter. Mr. Bainbridge leaves here to lay for Shmughai, and from thence he will travel into the interior of the province of Hunan, where he is auxious to see and make a study of the designated Chinese Mr. W. Parfitt retires by rotation, but offers Jows The explorer's travels have been to the hitself for re-election:
DIRECTERS.
AUDITY
The arconuts have bon audited by More.
H. U. Jeffries and J. E Bingham (the lattor in the absence of Mr.tA. R. Lowe, da) who offer themselves for re-election.
W. PARFITT
Chairman... Hongkong, 29th August, 1905,
Accounts are as follows:-
BALANCE-SKEEI 34th June, 19-57 "LIABILITIYS,
Capital --
12,000 bures at Kiti omel (fully paid-up) 400.000,00 1.000 sort debentures
509,000.00
28 viagr freshedly the company 131,000.00
Neerve fund, as per last
account ... go
Kins added, bring inurens
in vakar of property na pin contra..
100,000.00
most remote and nacivilised parts of the world. and he has always made à point of calling upon the rulers of these countries with a view to
366,400 no Judaism.
with a
that
who
With the news of the company's loss, camo a good deal of spooniation as to why there was a ball movement in the company's stock about three weeks ago that resulted in lifting the common three points and the preferred about seven points. But when the news of the actual REVOLUTION IN COTTON PICKING.simation struck Wall Straet yesterday the com
mon fell half a point and the preferred one quarter of A point.
President fismay said that the poor showing of the company was largely due to the depression in freight rates in the North Atlantic during the latter part of 1934. While the traffic had been large, the company's ships carrying 26.51 per cent. of the total, the earnings wore allucted by the cut in passenger rates.
The unfortunats situation was occasioned." Mr. Itmay, through the maxpecta
new service to the Continent which soriously m-nazed the business of the Continental lines. The latter, in raprical, made a counter attack upon the Cavard
"Though rates have been restored to a more remunerative basis, no permanent agreement has been reached, but an adjustment way be expected at any time. The fact that a good many of the securities are held abroad gives the company an international character, and this should bring about a better understanding among the great steamship companies."
17. QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL, HONGKONG.
THE BURLINGTON, Opposite the HONGKONG HOTEL, 2, Peider Street.
20
N Order to clear all our SUMMER STOCK to make Room for AUTUMN GOODS
*
which will be displayed at the beginning of next month.
OUR GREAT
CLEARANCE SALE
FOR CASH
WILL BE CONTINUED UNTIL THE END OF THIS;MONTH..
A FURTHER REDUCTION OF 10 PER CENT, FROM THE
TELEPHONE No. 536.
Hongkong, 15th August, 1905.
MARKED Prices,
ACCOUNTANTS VERSUS SECRETARIES.
A Pot and Kettle" disenssion as to the respective rights of incorported and chartered secretaries, to be appointed to liquidatorships and receiverships, has been raging for two months in the journals of the respostive socie- ties The accountauts began it in their May issue, apparently being sore at the increasing number of chartered secretarios who were being appointed by shareholders in different
DENTISTS,
(1886
POSITIVELY THE LATEST AMERICAN METHODS OF
CROWN AND BRIDGES. FILLINGS AND PLATES.
PAINLESS EXTRACTING or TEETH.;
CONSULTATION AND EXAMINATION GRATIS.
creditors in insolvencies, comparics, and liquidator or reciver, Thoir contention was that secretaries wore a bad 154, and openly hinted that it was a common practice for such to blackmail directors and promoters. Having called the Kettle black, the Journal of the HIGH CLASS WORK. Secretarios took a milder tone, but leaving it to be understood that all coitants, whether chartared ar incorporated or unattached were The Te Journal not altogether "white" then joined in, and quoted "no loss an authority than Sir George Jessel who enec expressed an opinion that the secretary of a company as
guisant of its affairs was a proper person to be appointed liquidator." Thas made the accountants reply that they did not mean all secretaries." T secretaries replied. "It certainty does not sor even pallinte a
gros libel on the al profession
All
such contretemps se those sorve to illustrate the present day tendency of different sections
MODERATE CUARGES. Orrien Houna: 9 AM to 5 P.M.
DR. GUTHRIE & CO.,
31, QUEEN'S ROAD,
Over WATKINS Pharmacy.
· Hongkong, 29th August, 1805. [1887
of the professional community to a form of SPECIAL SALE
AT
ROBINSON'S
-OF
PIANOS. PIANOLAS. MUSIC AND MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
OF ALL KINDS
neither inore nor loss than trade anionism." Doctors, lawyers, solicitors, auctioneers, ser retaries accountants, actuaries, bankers and statisticians. each and all have their society or institute, and are constaully treading on each athers tos. Acconutants ponch on secretaries, scretaries punch on their legal brothern, bankers poich on estate agents, and so the bighor exact roll goes on, and the whole crowd fees by reason of being attached," and a Leme correspondent relates his direful monetary experience over a cetate in which he was interested. Hi dobtor became bankrupt in 1897. and a chartered accountant was rppointed trustee. ho played about with the estate until about 1900, during which
ho time
sale * collected cash-in-hand, of a house, &o; over £8,000 of which he got as his foe £1,500, his legal brethren got £2.90 and the anctionor £220, and the credi tars £1,200, or just about 50 per cant. of what was collected on their behalf. Shortly after this great exploit the accountant trusted bolted and has not been seen since. A new ono was appointed and by 1905 a further £1,000 was collected of which 256 went to lawyers. £253 states the correspondon!, "if the creditors had UPRIGHT PIANOS
to accountants and £580 to creditors.
"Now,
getting his information first hand for the work he intends publishing of the experiences ho has
Mr George A. Lowry's latest and greatest Bucountered. Mr. Bainbridge stated the native races were always particularly invention, the Auto Cotton Picker, is the sab- fascinating for bin, and he thought they had: ject : f a special article by Mr Robert Cromis, in the Manchester Guardian. Mr Cromie des. bren considerably neglected and looked down cribes the machine is exhaustive detail. but, upon, whereas they had so many wonderful as he says himself, it is difficult without the convey an characteristics which, unlese people had studied aid of diagrams or illustrations to them properly, they really could not conceive. exact in pression of complicated mechanism. We shall ouly say, therefore, that this cotton The explorer, who has tramped over the greater picker, which differs from its predecessor, Rablishment, ly the Canard Line, of a part of New Guinea, claims to be the first. man an American paper pus it, jusmuch as who discovered Jewy among the Papuens: the picks cotton, is operated by one motur man, rites and doctrines in the religion professed and four men or boys for picking, the latter by this people are strikingly similar to not necessarily expert. Each of the hands" is provided with two mechanical arme, which Our representative was favoured move on a universal joint, so they can ba viow of the wonderful collection pointed in any direction with ease. Along these of pictures Mr. Bainbridge has coliset tarnie, an endless belt runs at a high rate of in his travels, and among then he pointed, and the belt is studded with hooks. which suntoh the cotton from the open ball 548.075.78
4158575.78 out the black Jew of New Guinea and the and pass it along to the brush, which sweeps it $20552.00 ordinary nativo. One representative further off into the receptacle provided for it.
learned that the great explorer in his travels are two motors, one to drive the machine along the rows of cotton at a aleady pacs, and the 160360 05 had mot practically very celebrated man and other for the mechanisan which works the bolts. wanan living at the pro-eat time, and that It seems so simple that one is surprised a ono at esch city ho called he visited the various ever thought of it before, but often what is 105,126.46 educational institutions, where he made simplest theoretically is the most difficult to $1311,983.15 thorough examination of the work done. This is work out practically. The effect of the machine, which multiplies the on put of each person pou with a view to compiling a book on the subject, it by 4 timer, may work a revelation in cotton which no one souras to have takou up, and for pronation which will be felt around the whole In November last year the invention which he thinks there is great necessity. In world.
was tried, and although, on the whole, the experi- this respect his spoke ia most eulogistio terms
ment was a success, there were minor drawbacks of the courtesy of H.E, the Governor, who saw which Mr. Lowry felt certain he could pat right. that he was efforded every facility to visit lecat He therefore bought a plot of cotton and kept it educational institutions. He was also delighted over while he was perfecting the machine. On discussed at all, soos score will encode and a solid frame salastituted, in the centre of
this plot the cotton picker was tried last month, under the supervision of Mr. R. H. Allen, of Тепц., и United States expert of great Memphis,
In many respects the conditione authority. were natasourable, hat Mr. Alloa was able to
Sundry grailtors
Oaksimed dividends
tonglong and Shanghai Banking Cor
poration (everent necnat)
Repairs and renewals, balinro as jer
tatement. Tomun
Julit nul low sunt balance as per
statensant........
ANKETS
et
C. $
Valne of Murine Lot No. 5 und
remaining portiun Marina Lot No. 4 372,045.3 Remaining portier. of Murize
Fot No. 7.
46,108,20
740,153.5+
3,107.00
1.907.
♫
As per last apponat. Add increase in Values 32590.20
---------~1,CC5,380.00
Praga reclamation? Marine Lot
119,900.43
No. 283) cut of land, a per last account yo Ada increase in vidne ......93,749.58
Sholding thereon Hotel Mansions,” pagnols on account to dato......... Cost of thres Chisaar houses Brelions B, C, and of Jand Lot No. 80 C'est of Movion Farm Lot No. 3, Scution
A.
Furniture and Extures, as per
213.140.40
with the cordial welcome accorded him by His Excellency on his arrival. On his return to Hongkong Mr. Bainbridge will probably lecture on the conclusions he has arrived at in connec
101,780.40tion with his sthaological and anthropological
$1,000.00
studies of the back Jews of New Guinea, and it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that 30,920.3 he may then bave something to tell concerning
the supposed Chinese Jews.
lust recount .....
62,240
· Lons written off, de
Just
report
*12,4942
50,090,(10
Hinos added
.16,117.18
66,117.28
bistallation of checter light.
s per lant account.......
31.228.74
Leas writter off, as per last
report
1,299.74
Since addel...........
30,000,00 55.49
Stack of tine, crockery and glassware, te. Stock of wing, provisions, housebrle aan- arles and tationery, neper inventories Blazes in public companies. Liconaes attaching to half year to st
Docetaber, 1905
Fire insurance, unspired premašum................ a Vains of term Invacs, aa por
Ist ascount
Lees written ol', as per last
report
30,455:40 18,988.71 80,350,31 5.796.31
LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
Tu Mersey Docks and Harbour Board anthority is seeking power to expand £4,000,000 upon dock improvements. In the course of recent mooting of the boud it was stated that the trade of Liverpool during the year ending Fund had increased by noarly 400,000 tons. That was to say, the tonnage coming into the port since June last year was nearly 490,950 tons more than it was then. More than quarter of the whole foreign trade of the United 1.207.87 Kingdom eace in and went out of the purt 2.160.59 of Liverpool," said the Chairman of the hoard. ad--they were bound 68: _dock Loard to see that it was properly, provided for. The prospect wes not only of increasing commerco but also of increasing size in the
5,000.00
*,000.0
3.000.00
Sundry debtors
...... 36,101.97 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporu Lion (unclaimed dividend account) Cash in hund
There
report, and teat the probless of other pighing
success, which had long occupied the best men in the States was solved. It is believed that lon the machine is in general use not only will the coltan. crop be gathered at one fourth of its peseut rost, but that much greater quantities of e.tton will be grown, the want of labour for the picking being the chief limitation up till now. The cost of hind picking American cotton is at prosent one hundred million dollars: Mr. Lowry's machine will save seventy ave million dollars of this. So the inventor is likely to leave Mr. Androy Carnegie and ali mora millionaires far behind in the race for wealth.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report:-
: On the 29th at 7.30 am, Orders issued to list the Red Dra.
At 9.19 a.m. The typhoon is nor situated
to the South of Formen. It is moving towals West-north-west.
SAGHALIEN IS CEDED.
4
PREVIOUS TO REMOVAL.
"The following Planes are thoroughly sound"
and reliable, and are
GUARANTEED
FOR THE CLIMATE. Intending buyers should not miss this most favourable opportunity of securing one of these Groat Bargsios.
Sule Former Price. Price.
Singapore Free Press points cut-Those' Gulf of Tartary will be happy hanting. coasts of Sagbalion and the shoros of the
for the hardy Japanese xhermoL sounds who, as Kozhestrousky knows so well now, make the fant naval material in the world. This Japauco pary in its Saghalien. fisheries no ventilation without draughts. The Tientsin | SCHIEDMAYER will find a new nava! nursery for the sturdy Times reproduces from the Magazine of Con- KIRKMAN se-coing population of Nippon. Why cession merce a description of a window which might he of territors, in ruspect to Saghalien, should be substituted with good effects. The description STUART
It is no rona:--The usual box frame is dispensed with a thing that is now and once for all in Japanese which is a strong parting bead; on this bond OWN longer for Russia to possession. If Rasin wants it bally she has
lorer is pivoted, one end of which is attached to the top wash, which is placed outside the parting which only to go and take it. If she can't laks it sho shouldn't want it. Ohio might as well orgue bend, and the other end to the lower sash,
at muter what sora: folks saya happening
The drawback of the windows in general a50 OWN MAKE (R.P. Co.) - 300 in foreign houses in Chim is that there can bo
say that
ROSENCRANZ
formed a semi-voluntary committee of two oF three or oven a single one of their number of suitable attainm-uts, they would most likely have received about 76 in the I instead of 3/11, and we would have received our money in LENAN abont six months instead of eight years.
Maker
$150 $475
BETTER WINDOWS WANTED.
CABIN PIANO HOPKINSON PLEYEL
180
250
290
480
295
525
450
320 · 500
325 480
335 450
350
500
MAKE (OVER
STRUNG) 385
400
600
400
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500. 700
525 000
575
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600 750
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858
is placed inside the parting houd. In the upper
BROADWOOD corners of the top sash and the lower corners of SPAETHE the bottom one are fixed short pine, which work in
[COLLARD' -the CHOLERA IN CHINESE PORTS vertical grooves in the side frames. When
window is closed the lever is vertical, but when HAAKE the bottom sash in pulled a little way into the The Cellenes'says: Reports recived by the beard of health in room. the window is arened several inches at BACHALS....... Manila, while speaking well of the practical the middle rails and sightly at the top, which KRAUSS from of Hongkong from cholera, tall a sad will give ide ventilation borsuss the window, tale of the oudition Hankov and Shanghai. being then set at an angle, the incoming air HOPKINSON
will be directed upwards, and drive_foul and i
WINKLEMANN- Jo the former pleh tim state of affairs on
STEINVEG... accent of the dread discese is becoming alarm-heated air out through the smaller opening at 4sg, and in Shanglui conditions are not much the top. better.
Although Hongkong is practically free from- the patienes the prohibition again-t the im- poriation of vegetales from that port stil prevails and will continue to ge eq till âll danger ная раняет.
In Shanghai Been Eropeans have died during the last few days from cholere, and in Hankow the discuss has bename epidemic.
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The window may be secured in this position
في المن
by a bolt, so that it can bo luft open without GRAND (Small & Large)PIANOS. fear of intruders.
By further raising the bottom ash, the COLLARD window will be eponed at the bottom, centre BROADWOOD and top, or when raised to its fullest extent the lever will be uguin vertical, and the sashes folded unck one behind the other.
window.
The anse with which windows, even the heaviest, can be opened when balanced in this way is surprising, and the fact that it can bo Rone from one side only, makes it very con- The Crit. dr. Partur attired at Kovaroniout to work at night when the blinds aro
on Sunday, the 7th Aug., and left At 11.45 um. The barometer has fallen at 9 am.
The improved ventilation and facilities for This watter needed their serious ranch over Formoss and the S. coast of Chine, ogain at 5 pm on Mouday via Nagasaki for dow, or when there is a table in front of the consideration, for the vessels required a greater samt riser considerably or to coated Shiou, Shanghai, where she is duo to arrive at 3 am,
on Friday, the 1st Sept The typh on threatens to approach the S. 3,107.11 length, and greater brendik, and a greater
The C.F.R. str. Empress of Japan arrived at cloning afforded by this window balance reader it particularly well suited to hospitals, sanator- depth, and the engineer told them that the coast of China daring the next 24 hours, and Yokohama at 8.30 am. on Monday, the thus, achools, and buildings of this claes. Also 31,011,99.15 chief element of cost in the making of these bad weather is indicated between Hongkong Aug, and left again at 3p.m. same day for Kobe, in buildings, such as the above-mentioned, the sane to arrive at 3 pm resterday most of maintaining the sashcords in repair docks was the depth. He heard that the new and Foochow stotours lucuricmplation within the next two Owing to the existence of an area of high The Jr Crd. Lijn str. Bagor left Maji vino lossy item in the course of the year, which or three years were to draw from 37it. to 38ft. pressure over E. Japan, galos will probably, of water. He did not say timt they could not blow along the coast as far North as Shanghai Amoy for this port on the 28th inst., and may wild be entirely avoided by the substitution of Forecast:-NW. winds, freshening con The NGI. str. Jachia left Blugapore for this this balance. The balances are made entirely of 502.41 acculumodate them in the docks now. They
Bould last as long as the window framos. 3,636.15 could; but it would be inconvenient to do so at siderably during the next 24 hours; weather port yesterday morning, and may be expected steel, and as there is very little wear, they 2.381.23 certain times of the year."
here on the 4th Sept.
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. For the Six Months ending 89th June, 1935. Dr.
Te bad debts and rofunds
To crown rent .........
To ratom...SAKTI,
To fre insuNRICE..
810,19
becoming equally with rain.
ehe
Vas
be expected here on the 4th Sept.
is
$300 formerly $850
390 野
700
750
13363
COLLARD (as New)
690 Hongkong, 28th August, 1805.
DR. NEWELL WILSON,
~DENTIST.
Latest American Methods. Reasonable Fees.
No charge for examïautions. Clos hours 9 A.M. to 5 e.M
No. 2, PEDDER STREET (next to the
Genaral Post Office and opposite to the side
Hongkong, July 5th, 1905: extrance to the Hongkong ciel).
1370
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