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BANKS

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

THE Business of the above Bank is ound to ted by the HONGKONG AND SHANI- HAI BANKING CORPORATION, Bole may be obtained on application.

INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 3. PER CENT, per annum,

Depositors may trauster at their....opti ». balances $100 or more to the Hongkong KUD 3HANGHAI BANK to be plaond or FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 Pxa CENT, por auna.

For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHA

PANKING CORPORATION.

H. E. R. HUNTER.

Acting Just Ma aone.

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Hongkong, 30th May, 1902

DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK.

CAPITAJ. FULLY PAID UP... Sh. Tasis 7,500,00

HEAD OFFICE—BRANGNATIO BOARD OF Dianorou", BRRLIN.

BLANCHES-

Berlin, Calentte, Bankow, Paking. Tientsin, Triantu, singtas, Kolm, Yokohama, Singapore.

Founded by the following Danks and Bankers :-

MOENIELJOME SHEHANDLusa (PaxuSHIBODE

STAATSBANK) Karðlei

DIRECTION HER DIBOONTO"}

ÚRJELI CHAPT

BEUTSCHE BANKE

9. BLEICHROEDER

BERLINER IM

BANK KE HANUM. UND

Skorhan

GEHALLSCHAFT

INDUSTRIE

ROBERT WARSCHAUEN & CO.

*88་

ELABOAN & Co.

J

Frick Fort a/3.

M. A. vay Rothschild &

SOERNE

Jacon S. H. STERN

NOGDDRIFTSCHE BANKEN HAMBURG, Hamburg. BALL OPPENHEIM, JH, &C. Koeln,

BAYERISCHE HYPOTHEKEN-UND

BANK. MUENCHE.

BANKS

HONGKONG ORANGRAI BANK.

PAID-UP CAPITAL.......................$10,000,00 RESERVE FUND--

STERLING R¤вxv@.....$10,000,000 SILVER TESERYE 9,500,000

-819,500,000 {"UWAMBYK LIKHILITY OF PROF*TOR: $10,000,00TM

Odost or Dinmorone.

A. MACPT, Esq.--Chairman Hon. Mr. C. W. DICKSON-Deputy Chairman. E. Gonts. Esq.

N. A. Siebes, Esq.

C. R. Lenzmann, Esq.

G. H. Modhurst, Esq.

D. M. Nissim, E. A. J. Raymond, Esq.

Hon. Mr R. Showan f. A. W. Slade, Esq. H. E. Temkins, Bay.

CHIEF MANAGİR Hongkong-J. R, M. SK47H

ACTING MANAGES - Bhaugna-W, AFAMI ORAM.

LONDON BANKE-LONDON AND COUNT

BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED.

1.

HONGSONG INTEREST. ALLOWED. On Current Account at the rate of Two par fit. per Annam on the daily balance.

ON Fixed Deposits. For 3 months, 2) per cont. par Ananu For 6 months, 94 per cent. per Annum. For 12 months, 4 per cent. ir Aunum.

. F. R. HUNTER.

Acting Chief Ma.mum- Hongkong, 30th May 1900

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY Bisr, 1906.

THE BUDGET.

41. And when sccount is taken of the almost | completo displacement in recent yours-of the Briefly put, the chief points of the Budget werker China tea by the stronger Indian aud are that there is a realised credit balene with the tax atd. will probably be as light as Ceylon toss, the actual burden on the consumer £3.666, 60 on the loancial year 1905-4 and unif not lighter than, it has ever been before, and stimatal sarplus for 1996-7 of £3,074,000, The I am glad to think that there is no part of the former u posses automatically to the rodne United Kingdom where the relief will be more tion of the National Debt. Its proposals were to abolish the dxport duty on coal, reduce has folt than in Ireland, (Hoar, hear.) The cost of the reduction for the year I estimate at taz ou tea by a penny and that on stripped fe

£920,000 bacco by twopance halfpenny a pound, to adil..

We must makis a subglantial addition to the half a mile to the Sinking Fund, make s grant of £135,000 te DACOAsitious school procision for debt redemption: and for this districts, and improve the postal and telegraphin | purpose I propost fest to draw on my own --

plus, the estimated surplan of 1906-7, to the services. It is thus sumatarised: ···

extent of £500,00) und te tako another THE PAST YEAR, 1905.6,

500, which will bring an additional con €1497)tribution for the year towards the redemption

HOSTROVY

of the debt of 1,008,00'), from u different source. What is that source? By day protocol of Sept. 7, 1901, China agreed to pay to this aggrieved Powers, of whom we were ous, an indemnity of £3,466,000 - $90,000, Haikes The, by annual payments, with interestent 4 per cunt, for 39 years from 1802. The Britis, share of this way Tla 50,62 1545, or 17,593,08, being 113 por coat. CELOK of the total. Of this 1 million goes in settle- 141786,000 mout of private and railway claims, and the free

| balance due to the British Goverumaut, Colin and innisfruta,

payable

Trevenus... Expenditure

Surplus (to be used for the r duc. tion of Debt aud charges in connection with capital ainoaut in the past year)

THE CURRENT YEAR, 19.6-7. Estimated revenue on existing

basis of tax jon Estimated expenditure

Estimated surplus

:

SEW, PROPŪNAIS.

Coal fax repealul, from

Nov. A Reduction of Id, on tra.

from July 1 Reduction of Be Special schoal relief funds Postal changes

Tobacco duties resize!! no loss of revenge anti- cipated.

INTERNATIONAL DANKING Baisuce for conligencie

“YORPORATION.

C

!

Piscal Agents of the United States in Chins the Philippine Islands and the

Repúbke of Pana Smerluk

CAPTIAL

WRCHBEI..

LONDON BANKERS: Mens. N. M. Rothscute & Sos. THE UNION OF LONDON AND SMITH'S BANK, LIMITMI).

'Deutschen BANK (BERLIN), LONDON AGENCY DIRECTION Dar Discovco ÚSSELLSCHAFT.

INTEREST allowed. Current Acconst. DEPOSITS rangired on terms which may be learned on spplication. Feary description of Banking and Exchange base transwtad,

HUGO SUTER,

Hongkong Ist Mng, 1906,

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"OKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

ENN

YORU

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED 1980,

VAPITAL BUENORIEND ... YHD 24 109,000

CAPITAL PAID-US ..............

CAPITAL. UNCALLED

SPECIAL RESERVE FUND

Tokyo

Osaka

London

***

-ANSA AFTHORISED...

...Gold $30,000 doe CAPITAL PAID

UP...

...Gold $1,250,000 RESERVE FUND

...Gold $3,250,00 HED OFFICE: Now York. LONDON OFFICE: Threadneedle House. E.C. Branches and Agents all over the World LONDON BANKERS. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND, LJMITED. UNION OF LONDON AND SITUS BANK, LIMITED,

11ançado

3+2+ 50 G 185,000 1195,0224

[AL CHANDRAI There is a balance tow at the bank, which has never gat. rachel the Ex- chester, on bi novomat of 17259, vớ; and with the further instalments to come in we may reckon on a total of 1790,000 from thần noured for 1906 7. Having regard to the origin of this indemnity and to ba

1100 no

purpose to which this and the neceeding instal- Imments can by fretter put than the repayment of (debt. (Closers.) The result will be that the

12 mángh, total provision cade during the year for the **** | reduction of the doudweight dobt will be about C131566 | 213,500,000, and that the reduct on is the grow espeto liabilities of the bitate ought to amuual income-tax, and

for the year to nearly 2,095,00), a large, but, in the efronstacos, by no means av oguntivo

m. (Hear, hear)

Nothing faken of the nothing is taken off sugar

Thrus post deliveries a day are promised in most parts of the country.

The War Olles suvel quiâ,000 during the

75.

E of alechel for industrial purpeans to be farilitated.

No change in ber, spirits, and sugar,

Au inquiry foreshadowed into "pletion of Imperid and mal expenditure.

System of borrowing for uasal aunt military works by stopped.

1.4

Chane Hor of the Fixeloper said, in quart

In the House of Comunon na April oh, the

A principal esass of the dorrease in "xoi, estimated and natural, is of course, this refuction of the ton duty from d. to d. Although awa fict

As usual, nobody spots satisfied with the Budget.

A HONGKONG MARRIAGE

DISSOLVED.

JUDGEMENT IN KHEEG r. SARVA.

The Kobe Conci, in the petition for divorce by G. W. Bhrig agafast bus wife sul in the action for the surrender of his chilt, granted the divores and valại that the child should be

of Basking an Exelanze nasiess, receives suboting in pissing there has been a surrondorni as claimed for grauling the

JATUSH JANEN COMPANY BANK. The Corporation Innses övery description my in Current Account and ants Fixed Deposits at the following ratiss-

For menthe B per cent. per unumi, For i For H

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H. PINCKNEY, Manager. Queen's Rond, Central, Hongkong, 20th September, 145.

HE MERCANTILE BANK

21,000,000

3.500.00

THE

10,300,000

1,000,000

HRAD O__)

-YOKOYAMA.

BRANGUES AND AGENCIES.

Kobe Nagasaki LOUS Now York

San Francisco

Shanghai

Dalay

Port Arthur

Newchwank

Honolulu

Bombay

Tintain

Peking

Ghafon

Btukden Tio-ling

LONDON BANKERS.

TH LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LIMITED PARR'S LANE, LIMITED.

THE UNION or Lasnos· AND BESTED

BANK LIMITED.

HONGKONG—interret · ALLOWED.

Où Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent

per anarya on the daily baknuća.

"Ön fixed deposits for 12 months 57% para tom

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41. -3- TAKEO. TAKAMIÇHİ,

Manager.

Hongkong, 27th March, 1906,

THE

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THE BANK OF TAIWAN_LIMITED

(INCGEPORATED BY SPRCIAL THERRIAL CHARTER

CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL PAID-UP-

................................ Yo 5,000,000 2,500,000

HEAD OFFICE: TAIPER, FOR NOBA.

Amoy

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:

Kobe

Anping

Narsiaki

Frochow

Osaka

Keelung

Shanghai

Taica.c Tamezi Tokio Yokohamn

HONGKONG OFFICE:

3. Das VEUX ROAD. Interest allowed эл Current Ascount. Deposita received on tarms which may be learned

on application.

8. SHIGENAGA, Manag Bongkong, Jat. November 1904.

1999

EDERLANDSCHE HANDEL

MAATSCHAPPIJ

(NETHERLANDS TRADING. SOCIETY). ESTABLISHED 1824.

PAID UP CAPITAL FL: 45,000,000 (£3,750,000). RENEKAR FUND FL 5,040,0}}) (247,000).

HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM. HEAD-AGENCY: Batavia, Branches-Singapore, Penang, Shanghai. Rangoon. Semarang. Sourabaya, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Passenen, Tilatjap, Padoug, Medan (Deli). Palembang, Koto- Radja, (Achern) Telok-Swake. (Acheon) Kandjormasiu.

Correspondents 1. Macassar. Benday, Colombo. Madras, Pondicherey, Calcutta, Dangkok, Saigon, Haiphong, Hanai, Amoy. Yokohama, Kobe, Melbourne, Sydney. Now York, Szu Francisco, &e., &c.

LONDON BANKERS:- THE UNION OF LORUON AND SMITH'S 'BANK, LIMITED.

The Bank bays and seller and receivna for collection Bills of Exchange, issues letters of credit on its Branches and Correspondents in the East, on the Continent, and in Great Britain, Americs, and Australia, and transacts Banking Business of every descriptico.

INTEREST ALLOWED.

On Current Accounts 2% per annum on daily

brainneon

do. do.

Fixed Deposits 12 months 45% per sonum.

4% 6 Ho.

do. 3. 2o.

ila. 31 L'ENGEL, Agent.

Hongkong, 1st March, 1906.

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LIMITED.

INDIA Authorisno CAPITAL ..............£1,500,000 1,125,000 SUBSCRIBED EYE FAID-UP.. MASSALZONE 050-

Reserva FuND.

Па кака:

135 000

inero se in the consumption of tos of 10. lbs or nearly 4 per cent over That of 10-5, the yield of the duly has fallen; and the nat loss to the revenno is £1,442, the fall having been from € 272,000 to KOK NZOLONEL

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Ta ginng its reser dicoren, the judgment states that it is plain from the testimony of Mr. J. Lyons, a witness, that the marriage botwoon the petitioner sod reponderd was effected in due form at Hong- kong on September 9th. 1904, through the median of the witness, so that the respondent was the legitimate wile of the petitioner. The fact that the respouloat frequently mast tha no-respondent. I Rippal, who represented him-

in Che

hoass of of us her uncle and was living the puditioner sines July 1995, fully established by eridones of witansirats, Tamada aul Naboshima. The petitioner was horn in Prussia, as shown in Echiblt No.6, s that her

isa Geman subject, and according to the law of his country, adultery, committsa by This was his wife forms a cares for divares- admitted by the respondent. In Japanese la the case is the sms, The petition for the divorce is reasonable and the chiar of the petitionor is therefore granted.

Ten, which, like suga has become to the of our people a prime necessity of life. is more happily circumstance It is tra that the duty was reduced last your fr td. to lid but it is still by far the highest is proportion to its valu of all the tras levied on articles of F food apart from alcohol. I have had the percentages takon out of taxation on the ralaos of articles charged with Customs duty in the year 1995, and they work out as follore: Cocoa, 13 cuni.

per coffee, per esat, sugge, 30 per cent,: toa, 90 per chut.

And if you take the cheaper qualitie of tea the percentage, of course, would be much higher. A reduction, howover suull-and the Committen will sen that any reduction 1 propuse must be small-in the tea duty bas, us compared with other ramissions of taration, sovural distinct advantages

of its own. In the rat place, tos, being an article which does not undergo, as tobsee does, after juportation, more or less laborafe processes of afastarehitimate and manipulation, the inwaring of the taxono intercepted or delayed, bat goes almost direct to the (Hear hear) He the consumer. benefit at once, or almost at once, either in a lower price or what is often of greater im- portance, in an improved quality of the articl (Hanr, hear.) During the decade 1890, when the duty was at its lowest point--anuels, 48.lifetime, A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd., Sole Agents.

LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LIMITRI INTEREST allowed on Current Accounts at the rate of 2%, per sunum on the Daily balanc

ON FixяD Daposite

.81%

For 12 months..

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E. ORMISTON,

Manuger

Hongkong, 26th March, 1906,

T

[HE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA AND CHINA,

INCORFORATED UT ROYAL CHARTER, 185

HIMAD OPPIOs-London,

CAPITAL Pati>-UP..............

* £800,00 KESALVE LIABILITY OF

HOLDERS.A campai RABARYS FUND

BHANZ-

„£800,0

£975,000

INTEREST allowed on Current Account st Le rate of 2*, per sunum on the Daily balance Chy Fixed Deposits for 12 months 4 per cez

歐

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"T. I. QQUIRANE.

Manager. Hongkong, Toth May, 1906.

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DR. M. H. CHAUN, THE istest Method of the AMERICAN TYSTEM DENTISTRY.

37, DEB YEUX ROAD CENTRAL. From the University of Pennsylvanin, U.S.A

1003 Bongkong, 4th September, 1905

MARTIN'S

VAPIOL STEEL

for Ladies. PILLS

French Bamrady Zow =k} [zpogutarišiam Thommazı (A. MË Ladies koys' ben of Starlin a Piẩm in the houza es that on wha braingia nếussy: Torogvdaridy of the System a timely dany ang *sartarod 2 Trăm nhớ u to uncanad làm

MARTIN, COWYMI BOUTHAMPTON,

03

the

animal consumption incrassed by 550 4,00 || pounds, or an ararage of 1000 ponads, a Daring the five years, 1901 to 19457, shán

year.

an ex

A

out E tan ig

the duty had been raised-to-lid and sood-for-ann year at sd, the consumption increased by Be 22 thing over 90 pounds, or an average of sout-thing less than 2.100,000 poard: a row. og a direct relation between the daty and the consumption, (Heac, bear.) Again, cefsive

the on ten injures duty

producer as wall as the consumer--thear, bear)-anl tlas Coxe. as I think my predegasssor pointed on last year, the producer in nine cases one of our fellow-subjects developing in India or Caylon the roources of the British Empiro (Hear hear Acd, let me add, it is not ausatisfactory to be able to show that a small, but at least a substantiel, reduction on tea is possible without attempting or contemplating rovolutionary change in our system of fres trade and without requiring the ronzumr to submit to a more then countervailing sacrific

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The reason for the judgment in the claim for the surrender of the child is that the respondent Mrs. Ebrig) did not appear before the Court to def the and judgment was given in default, thus Court sssuming that the claim was

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Bp wialities for the Skia are the sandy of a

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"THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS,'

HAS BEEN AWARD

in a new or added fax apon some other beresity The Royal Prussian of life, such as corn or moat. (Laughter and cheers! I

reduced by

R

(hat propose

State Medal, 1902

AND THE

the duty shs be penny, from 61. from July 1 of present year. Gold Exhibition-Medal,

the (Hear, hear. Resinctions of, 05 imposi

the ten duty have been usually reductions or impositions of 24. in the pound

tions eu.

at a time; bat, apart from the fact that I have not means to suggest, so large a reduction.

the

let mo remind the Committee that the duty

Düsseldorf. 1902

GRAND PRIX, St. Louis, 1904.

will then stand at a lower figure than it has Annual Sale 30,000,000 Betdes

reached for a quarter of cantary except during the years from 1890 to 1900, when it stood at

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at least every morning and evening.

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a, M.-Intosh Whisky.......

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'ORLDIT Jos 5 per cent.

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Energy & Endurance

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