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INTIMATION

S. MOUTRIE

THE

& CO.. LTD.

PIANOFORTE

MUSIC WAREHOUSE.

SOLE

AGENTS

FOR

AND

RACHEL, PLEVEL, ROSENKRANZ,

KEMMLER, HOOFF & HOOFF, HOPKINSON,

SELT

KOCH & KOR-

PRICES FROM SPM.

The Latest GRAMOPHONES & RECORDS always in stock.

SOLE AGENTs for the

·GRAMOPHOME AND TYPEWRITER Co., L.

8. MOUTRIE & CO., D.,

York Building, Chuter Roal.

Hongkong, 13th April, 1907.

INSURANCES

38-1

THE GLOBUS INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

THE Undersigned, having boon appointed AGENTS the above Company, are propared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

CARLOWITZ & Co. Hongkong, 13th August 1996.

TORTH BRITISH

AND MERCAN- TILE INSURANCE COMPANY, TOTAL FUNDS AT 31st Decemre, 1905 £17,897,119.

1. AUTHORED CAPITAL... £3,000,000 SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL.... 2,750,000

687,500 0 0 PAID-UP CAPITAL CA II. FIRE FUNDA...... 3,386,720 19 8

The Undersigned, AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISES against FIRE at Current Rates.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., Apie

18-19 Hongkong, 27th April, 1907. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD.

HE Undersigned having baz sppointed AGENTS for the above Corporation are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS ́against FIRE at Current Rates.

W. G. HUMPHREYS & CO. 938 Fongkong, 17th May, 1967. AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN. SCRANCE CO.

OF AIX LA-CHAPELLE.

THE Undersigned, having bean appoisted AGENTS for the above Company. Are prepared to ACCEPT BISKS ist FIRE at Carreat Rates.

REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO..

Agente

Hongkong, 21st April, 1397.

FOR SALE.

114

TWO VERY VALUABLE PIECES OF

TANDED PROPERTY Situsts at CANTON near the Houghong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company's Wharf and fasing the river. The lots contain by admeasurement 50"change" or thereabouls. Title Doods cau be seen at the Ollon of the Undersigned.

For farther particulars, apply to

GOLDRING & BARLOW, Solicitors, 14, Queen's Road Central. Hongkong, 2nd May, 1907.

STORAGE.

FOR COAL, TIMUR, &c.

070

TO BE LET, a Portion of MARINE LOT No. 285 at NORTH POINT, Suitable

for above Purpose. EXTENSIVE WATER FRONT. DEEP WATER.

Alan FOR SALE.

Portions of MARINE LOTS Nos. 31 & 36 on PRAYA EAST. Approximate ABEA 43,000 SQUARE FT. YEARS LEASE.

For Particulars, apply—

GEO. FENWICK & Co., LTD. [108 Hongkong, 8th June, 1996,

ON SALE.

A TABLE OF THE

RATES OF EXCHANGE AT HONGKONG

For Demand Drafts on London on the day of or proceding the deptriare of the English Mails; ato Table of the Yearly

Approximate Asarages for 33 Years

Price:

FROM 1974 to 1906.

Cash. On sale at the PRESS" Office, or Local Booksellers.

NOW ON SALE,

DIRECTORY

DAILY

HONGKONG

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

AUCTIONEER.

C. DH M. G: VIEIRA-RIBEIRO.

Auctioneer. Consigaments solicitad. Account Salm ronderd and settlement offected promptly. No. 8A, Queen's licad

Central, Hongkong.

BOOKBINDING.

'DAILY PRESS" OFFICE.

The Galy office in China having European

taught workmen Equal

Work

IRON MERCHANTS.

Floure

Hardware

SINGON & Co.,

Irun, Steel, Motal and

Retail and Wholesale Merchants.

Ironmongers. Pig Iron and Fonadry Coke Importers. General Store

keepers and Commission Agent', 35 & 37, Hing Loong Stree, (1st Street Woet of Central Market) Telephone No.515. PHOTOGRAPHER

M. MUMEYA, Japanese AsTIST.

Bromide and Crayan Balsrgoments and alne Photos relief Photos.

Ing colouring plotas authelin Work done for Amateur; 17o. 8A, Queen's

Read Central.

Good Panorama Views of Hongkong

recently takon, où sale.

PRINTING.

"DAILY PRESS" OFFICE Proofs read by Englishmen

TYPEWRITERS.

F. A. V. RIBEIRO,

Typewriting Work Undertaken, Chased, Repaired, Overhauled. Charges moderate. date of the Hongkong Typewriting Bureau) 8a, Queen's Road Central

(Fint-floor).

AVID CORSAR & SON'S

MERCHANT NAVY

DAY

095

NAVY BOILED

LONG FLAX

RELIANCE CROWN

TARPAULING

REPUES-STEĽRABLE SAVING AN

ELECTRIC

LIFE- KITES POR

LAME MANTLE -

COLD STORAGE FOR EXPLOSIVES - A VITAL 031" BARTH-BUILDING – PASSIN STAGE IN THE SILKWORM...

Hongkong and Kowloon the northorn port. Wharf sod Godown Company's shares sold st $81. but there are sellera now at 880, Shanghai and Hongkow Wharves are quoted Tls, 224 in the north.

LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS.-Hum- with sellers at the lower fizam. Shanghai phreys Estate sold at $10.90 and $104, closing Lands are advanced & Ted and are qunted Ts. 102 for aid and Tis, 101 for any shares. Other stocks under this heading are unchanged and without basiness,

Houg-

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 10г¤, 1907.

Natural silk is soon to basatiraly replaced by SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

wood pulp, na madder, and indigo hure bson PICTURES BY ORDINARY TELEGRAPH-upplanted by artificial products, in the opinion of the German Association of Chemias Industry. A new Belgiso Fik, tlist of Dr. NORTHERN LIGHTH IN THE LAHORATORY-Thiele, is among the liest advances. In this a (broad of 40 filaments is substituted for that of 8 or 9 in natural silk, and the thread is los tubular, «ore plinut and of better covering power than artificial silks with fower strands. Photographs and other pictures are trans-This process, like some others, is adapted for mitted

massages over ordinary making artificial horsehair. cipsee telegraph lines by the new process of Emile Fortong, & German. The picture is inserted in as electric apparatus, which automatically decomposes and registers the consecutive alaments of the imago, the resord for each element er point being a number or figure, which is perforated on a strip of paper. The and several stocks bave deteriorated further ineen Kixed at 18,89, snd $8.99) closing rather weak perforations indicate in proper order the color values te shades on a scale of five degrees or more. When the record is received through any telegraph offlue, it is taken to the second instrument, which has keys like those of a typewriter, and on striking the keys corres ponding to the successİ ve numbers, the opisrator obtains in half an hour a printed and enlarged' reproduction of the image.

SHARE REPORT.

Mesars, Erich George & Co. say in their weekly stara report, dated June 8th 1907:- Our market shows no signs of improvement, vales Tho sterling demand rats of exchange on London closes at 28. 211, while rates of Shanghai are unchanged; the three days sight Prisato rate in Shanghai on this is The. 734. Bareilver in London is quoted 3011;160., and Consols £8313/16 ar interest,

BANK SHALES. A few small lots of Hung kong and Shanghais sold at $895 and 861, the market closing quiet at 8989; the London quotation is £8. Nationals are unchanged; the Report and accounts of this Compasy, for 19, have been published, and atate that the gross profits including $74,059.91 brought for 4433-89.7 (2

31.

brought forward for 104, which, after dednot- ing all charges, leave a not profit of $121,293.09 (against $ 6,919,91 last year), which the directors propose to deal with as follows: place to roserve fund $150,9), Bud carry forward to new account the balinca of $71,291,09. Da the lat January, 1957, the capital and reserve funds will stand as follows:

Surgical grafting, still in its infancy, neward from last year, are extended with the development of antisepticus, 178 for 1906, methods, and now includes tisanes of all kiwis parts of org ms and even entire orgaus. Prof. Garrecites the successful transplanting of places of skin as large as the palue of the hand, of the tip of a tos upon a mainid finger, of a fatty tumor to replace au amputated breast, of pieces of veins and artories, and of kidneys. Bone-Capitulat 19. 81. tothe $)... £912,65 $2,147.19.00. grafting has becoms of great importance. The calls ins 28. 144. to the $1 239,160, $338,649.53.

Capital nerve fand at l

£12,295 $152,820.170. 1 the $ thyroid gland of a woman was transplanted upan

£43,906 $300,000.00. the spleen of for four-year-old idiot child, and Reserve fund fuld. the astonishing result was that nice mouths Intor tan cħid was developing ruentully and Muscle, sizew nerve and Learning to walk. tool graftings have faile

The desistor of M. Jason is a flat designed to change the course of a kite and take a tow- line to a vessel in distress. In late experiments CANVAS at Royan, France, a ling was carried to a slip

third of a mile away in four minutes, with deviations of 69 to 70 degera from the direction of the wind.

ARNHOLE, KARBERO & CO.

Sole Agents,

A. LING & CO., FURNITURE STORE, PLATED GLASS AND CROCKERY WARE, &c. &o.; and FOOCHOW LACQUERED WARE

13, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. Hongkone. 21st September, 1903

DR. M. H. CHAUN,

778

THE latest Method of 10 AMERICAN TYSTEM of DENTISTRY.

33, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. From the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

505 Dongkong. 17th April, 1907.

CIEN

TING.

SURGEON DENTIST,

No. 10, D'AGUILAR STREET. TERMS VERY MODERATE. Consultation Free. Hongkong, 21st Bustember, 1905

REGULAR

HONGKONG-CANTON

OF

OF THE

461

LINE

STEAMERS. COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE ODS INDES E2 DE L'EXTREME, ORIENT. B.S. PAUL BEAIL" 1.900 tons, 14 knots. 8.8.CHARLES HÁRDOUIN" 1,800 tons,

14 knots.

Most LOXURIOUSLY SPEEDIEST, APPOINTED AND PUNCTUAL STEAMERS ON THE LINE. Departure from Hongkong at 9.30 P.M. (Saturdays Excepted). Departure from Canton at 5.15 PM. (Sundays Excepted).

THE

Those superb steamers carrying the French Mail are fitted throughout with Electric Ligh and Fans and were specially built for this trade. Excellent cuisine.

The COMPANY'S WHARF is at the end of WINO LOK STREET (tram station),

For further particulars, please apply to

E. PASQUET & CO., Canton Agents. BARRETTO & CO., Agents.

688 Hongkong, 1st April, 1907

Mursu BISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKI.

A., A.B.C.

CODE WOLD: "DOCK,"

And Engineering Coda NEW DOCK NOW OPEN.

DOCK No. 3.

729 foot.

in

The form of centric lamp now being deve loped by the inventors of the Relion Blament ➡Prof. essoru H. C. Parker and W. G, Clark Intended for constant pressure vircuits, and generates light from a conducting film living the bore of a small quarts tube. A feature is that the quartz tube permits the partage of the short ware-length of ultra violet.

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Sua S...

£289,075 $3,248,649,53 From the balance sheet we note that note in vitenlation appear with 315440 (against 249,965 as per last report), fixed deposits, currant accounts sud hans with $903,453,70 against 8356,585.89 us pr last report, bills for rellection sad branch balances with $49,178 80 (gainst 854,141.4 as per fast report) and danits, and endorsements (bills rediscounted) Acceptances n with 322.947.66 (against $79,94971 as per last report. On the other hand cash in hands and a bankers figures with $175.8 0.78 (against $209,668.42 58 per last statement), money at call and at short notice $810,000, Government securities (£31,312 at 2s. 34d.) 8154,093.57 against $303,89.31 £31,050 at 28. 09.16, as ver last report). bills receivable, loans and advances 2,723,776.12 (against $4,025,586,82 as per last report), bills for calisation, "receiv able sad branch balances $277,782.81 (against $356,007.03 as per set report).

MARINE INSURANCE SHARES Unious dropped quite noexpectedly to eales at $:40, but a sale has been effected since at $75, and more shares can be placed at 8750. China Traders Leave inquiries at $91, and Yangtzes hare improved to bayors at $170. North Chinas have sellors at Ths. 75, and Cantons at $280,

FIRE INSURANCES SHARES.-Haugkongs remain on offer at $35, while a few small lots of Chinas fetched $84.

light, a quantity of such rays being given off by the conducting fin. The efficiency of the lamp is increased by coating the surface with thoriam eride. Under the combined influence of the heat and the ultra-violet rays, this couting glows with the characteristic in

SHIPPING SHARES.-Hongkong. Linton and cuadereence of the Weisbach mantle, and a Macao Steamboat. Sharus hare some inquiries at sus, but huiders demand a higher rate, Indo- powerful light is produced with great economy.er China and Manilas, and Star Ferries

of electric energy.

with

The aurora borealis is attributed to cathode raya by both Prof. Birkeland, a. Norwegian, aud M. Villard, a French physinis. Tu sone experiments by the former, the earth has been represented by spberical

ik

electro maguet wrapped in copper foll spread barium platinocyanide. The barium salt become kaminescent on exposure to puncil of cathode rays, and on exciting the magnet, the light seemed to concentrate round the poles and threw out auroral streamers. The difference between the two theories in that one supposes the cathode rays to come from the sun while the other assigns to them a terrestrial argiu.

Refrigeration of powder magazines is sug.

6

gested by Ch. Tellier, French engineer, as a safeguard against such explosions as that of Mentfaucon, France. This occurred on Sept, 16, and seamos to have been connected with the intense heat of the last of August, the ostreme influence of which could not reach the ma gazine through several yards of earth until after considerable time. It is contended that cooling to 45 deg. or 50 deg. F. with the apparatus now readily available would prevent future disasters of this kind.

If the moon had never been born, Prof. W. H. Pickering points out, the hightest in- telligence on the earth would not have advanced much beyond that of the prose nt deep sa sher As the original earth nebula condensed, the lighter materials were distributed quite nai- formly over the entire surface, but this are now Used missing from one hemispher, the reason reem- ing to ba as Prof. G. H. Darwin demonstrated in 1879, that a portion of the earth's crust bas been thrown off by tidal action, forming the moon. The surface density of the present con tinents is about 27, the mean density of the moon appearing to b: 3.4, or not far from that of the missing continents to the depth reached. The moon, it is computed, equals a mass having the surface area of the terrestrial oceans and a depth of 36 miles, and it is concluded that the crust, when i miks thick, must have been torn away over three-fourths of the earth. the remainder breaking apart to form the Eastern and Western continents, with Anatra - i lia and other falands, Thess cutinental and

Extreme Length...

Length on Blooks

714

#

Width of Entrance on Top

961

Width of Extrance on Bofton...

881

Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

34)

DOCK No. 1.

Extreme Length.....

523 fee!

+1

Longth on Blacka

513

PR

T

Width of Entrance ou Top Widia of Entrance ou Bottom, Water on Blooks at Spring Tide

DOCK No. 4

Extreme Length... Length on Blocks

With of Entrance on Top Width of Entrance on Bottom... Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

PATENT SLIP.

Suitable for sale up to 1,000

YHRONICLE BOILERS,

CHRONICLE WORK

to

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371 feet

350

56

53

CT

and

jaland frymate floated like great ice floes on liquid materia's of a density of 3.7 or more.

E WORKS are volt equipped with This great ruptura gave the earth's surface its LATEST PLANTS Bud APPLI: chief irregularifics with a ma difference of ANCES

BUILDING undertake

three miles betwear the levels of the continental REPAIRING SHIPS, ENGINES,

and sho ELECTRICAL plateaus and the ocean bds, and us the water contensed in the cooling depressions, with the A LARGE STOCK of MATERIAL

Pacific where most of the woen had been, the always kopt on hand.

dry land was formed that Las made human life The COMPANY has the powerful steams

possible. We may consider that without this tons, 700 LH.P. "OURA-MARU" (712 Obtainable at the Hongkong Daily Press Office specially built for SALVAGE PURPOSES change the earth would be now in the condition

of Venus; with water over its whole surf200. enipret with necessary, goar. always ready

997 Short Notion.

THE

AND

FOR 1907. Coraplete Edition Small ...

and from the Lcesi Booksellors

$1000 6.00

are offering at last quotations, while a few Sholl be Donglases cau plued at $40. Transports are quoted 4bs in sympathy with the London market, where there are sellers at 51. 6d. A Tow Uzios Waterboats changed wands at 8123.

REFINERIES. After a small sale at $115, Chias Sugars are offering at $112; this is no doubt in consequence of the reported withdrawal of England from the Sugar Consention. Luzons are unchanged.

le MINING SHARZE.- Charbonnages can placed at $475. Raubs have been done at 861. Chinese hagineering and Mining Company 8ha res changed owners to some extent at Tls. 15 and . 151 and bave further sellers at the higher rate.

Docks, WHARVES, GODOWNS, &c.-Hong- kong and Whampoa Decks, after sales at $103, 8:02, and $109, are wanted at latter figure. Geo. Fenwicks and Amoy Docks arai

Shanghai Docks sold during the worchanged.

ut

8081 usb, closing quiet bat ateady at the higher figure; the shanghai rate is Ts. 81 sellers; some business has also been transacted at Tle.

for end of August, Tix. 83 for ond of Sep. tomber, and Tle. 84 for end of December, at which latter rate, a further demand exists for

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COTTON MIL-Shanghai quotes: Eiros Tk. 65. Intentionals Vis. 51, Lun Kyug Mows Ts21, and Songchees Tix 30. kong Coltons are offering at 111!

SUNDRY MANUFACTURING COMPANIES.- Chion Light and Powers have sellers at 383. Groen Jeland 'ment Shares changed hands at 817, 8162, $10 and $16, 81.53 and $15 which latter in the Dominal closing rato. Other stocks under this heading unchanged and without sales, MISCELLANEOUS-China Providents hass

at the higher rate. Peak Tramways soldand have sellers $11. Laugkais are up to Tla, 290 in Shanghai. Watkins have fallen to acliers at $1. Other stocks andar this heading are enchanged.

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