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S. MOUTRIE

& CO., LTD.

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FOR

AND

RACHEL, PLEYEL, ROSENKRANZ,

KEMMLER, HOOFF & 100FF,

HOPKINSON, KOCH & KOR-

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The Latest GRAMOPHONES & RECORDS always in stock.

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GRAMOPHONE AND TYPEWRITER Co., Ln..

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INSURANCES

39-1

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN-

BRITISANCE COMPANY.

TOTAL FUNDS AT 31st Decpanus, 1998 €17,837,119.

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AUTHORISED Čapital...., £3,000,000 Sursoriano CAPITAL... 2,750,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL......... 687,500 0 0 11. Fizo FUNDS... 3,386,729 19 8

The Undersigned, AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Curront Raton,

SHEWAN, TOMES & 90.. Agents, Hongkong, 27th April, 1997,

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THE GLORUS INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

THE Undersigned, baving been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIDE at Current Rates,

CARLOWITZ & Co, Hongkong, 13th August 1906.

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AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN. »

SURANCE CO.

OF AIX LA-CHAPELLE.

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prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against EIRE at Current Rates.

REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO

Agents. Hongkong, 21×) April. 1897.

HONGKONG

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

AUCTIONEER

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Bromide and Crayon Enlargements and also colouring Photos and relief Photos. Views of Chios and Manila. Work done for Amateurs; No. 8A, Queen's

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Good Panorama View recently taken, on sale.

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19, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. Hongkong. 21st September. 1903

778

DAVID CORSAR & SON'S

1.

-295

MERCHANT NAVY

NAVY BOILED

LONG FLAX

RELIANCE GROWN

TARPAULING

CANVAS

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & CO.

Sole Agents

AUCTION-

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGÉES.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

MERS, HUGHES and FLOUGH Marn

instructions to Sell by Public Auction

On 'THURSDAY, the 11th July, 1907, at 12 o'clock Noon, at their Ofices, No. 9. Dus Vuena Hond Central (Commor of Jon House Street),

IN ONE LOT

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WADNESDAY, JULY 3RD, 1907.

FINDING PEARLS BT X" RAYS.

AN INTERESTING VISITOR TO FORS.

in relation to pearl

Directors of the Company In London, and immediately complied and in that lotter he stated that all he required was that the Company's representatives in Ceylon should be authorised to supply bim, a far as it was practicable, with There is no limit to the application of science live opalors so that they might continue to grow for commercial purposes, and, the latest use to Naturally, it would have been a great con

after they had been subjected to his

process. which the wonderfaling, is of great interest venience to Mr. Solomon tead to himet the in this coautry. Last month Mr. Johu I. required could have boon delivered to him at the Solomes, of New York, who has been in Caylon Bans If the company had been disposed to for some months experimenting, called at the render him assistance, nothing could have boon Engier than arriving at som arrange- Jupan Chronicle offico, and in the souren of interesting couvereation garo rome particulars taken the earliest possession of his oysters and mant whereby Mr. Folomou could hire of the history of his remarkable invention by paid the pony on the basis of acreaga which pearl oysters can be examined without being opened and those containing immature prie fatoled by onth day's exteis, ingathar. pawls can be replaced in the ves without injure

de with auch:

supplementary amonal as wanli hava to await further natural development. As will gated the company for the troubls of be seen, the system has been tried with great

delivering the oysters at 8o. Bat is the event success in Ceylon, but on account of the of the company not ageing to the cussions altitude of a local pearl fishing company, Me. ali Mr. Salomas asked for was that his might Solomon bus boen forced to seoks more pro-diately after the nuetion, and again be expressad

take delivery of the opsture be parehased imm mising field in some other per-producing his williness to pay whatever was thought Particulars and Conditions of Sala may ha₤ountry. It is not at all improbable that some fair amous! în view of the extra trouble wblab

outerprising Japa

Japanese will quickly rooogaise the advantages of the new system, and that it will be adopted in the pearl fisheries in southern Japanese waters,

THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD

PROPERTY

Registered in the Land Offies r— The Remaining Partion of Suha elion No. 1, of Section A of Marino Lot No. 95, and the Romaining Portion of Srelion A of Inland Lot No. 1319 with the Prostiss thereon known as Nos. 303 305, 307, 369 and 311, DES YEUX ROAD WEST, Victoria. The total area of the above Property is 4,36) square fect The total Crown Rent is $43.59.

cbtained from the Vendor's Solicitor, MESARS, DEACON LOOKER & DEACON,

1. Des Voux Road Central,

And from the Auctioneers Hongkong, 23th Juno, 1907.

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Two

FOR SALE

FOR SALE.

*..

NWO VERY VALUABLE PIECEJOF LANDED PROPERTY Situste, ut CANTON near the Hougkong, Canton and Macao Stoutboat Company Wharf and facing the river. The lots contain by adingasurement 50 "change" or thereabouts. Title Dsoda can be seen at the Ofies of the Undersigned.

For further particulare, apply ta

GOLDRING & BARLOW, Solicitors, 10, Qu'a Road Central. Hongkong, ud May, 1997.

370

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IN PACKETS.

ASIATIC STAMPS.

100 for $0.80

150

1.75

200

3,50

230

5.29

>

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GRACA & 00., Hongkong Hotel Corridor.

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tabia Rwa ment, furnishing Mot agreeabl method of admin- istering the only cctiin Remedy for lufenloal or

Thrend Wor

11 is perfectlysato

and mild, especi

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Children.

Sold in Battle

by aif Druggists.

KEATING'S

WORM

TABLETS.

Proprietor. THOMAS KEATING, kende

TO

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Badies

all the most beautiful

women nae

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MADELINA Parn says:

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Medicinal Skin Soap

GRIMAUẤT & C” MEDICINAL SKIN SOAP

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RATES OF EXCHANGE

AT HONGKONG

FOR

DEMAND DRAFTS ON BOMBAY

OTT

On the Day Preceding the Departure of the English Mails from the Year of the Closing of the Indian Mints to the Free Coinage of Süvar

FROM 1893 TO 1905;

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FOR SOVEREIGNS, GOLD LEAF, BAR SILVER (From 1900), and other Useful Information. PRICE: $1 CASE.

On Bale at the "DAILY PRESS" Office, or Local Booksellers.

might be involved by making him this small

enncassion.

bad

This fatter was submitted in ample time to get Mr. Solomon is an electrical engineer by pro

reply from London before this year's Fishery and up to two deya of the armmencement of tho fassion, but has for some years taken a keen and practical interest in the scientific developmout Fishery, Mr. Solomon was still under the of the pearl oyster. In the course of his quest impression that he might rely upon receiving for information with view to putting into

overy aid and encouragement from the om. practice a bold and daring scheme for co2pany's reputasy in Coylon. Suddenly, serving the life of the pearl-producing six days b for the Fishery, whos Mr. Solomon oyster, Mr. Solomon

completed at great expense all arrangedanta brought ute vas communication with Mr. William Morey, informing him that he could not be trost in any op ratious, ha recivo a formal letter the celeran Consul of tho United States in Colombo, and, through him, into manner different to any other customer, that he correspondenca with a late official of the Caglon mas buy his oysters at auction and take delivery

ng. Of

thst Government, who is now prominently connected at ton d'e'oek next morning with the Ceylon Company of Paarl Fishers, Lt.,

meant the raiation of all Me, lom and, obiefly on the adries of this was induced to go to Ceylon Betleman, he hop A appeal to Sir Stanley Bis for som

modification of threso harsh tapas was unida, aud operations. It is important to bear in said made in cain, and Mr. Solomon was forced to that these

negotiations commenced before the bug his oysters from the divers' shares out of Ceylon Government p rted with its Esheries to the duly catch, but thousunda of the pric a private company. Matters were in a trans-ised thus were conda.ed usolose owing to tional stato but this, as for from having any

their being dead or dying before they reiobod effect in the way of suspending the negotiations, Mr. Solomon's sillement on the Island of was actually used as an argument in favour of

Iprotiva. facilitating the arrangem ints whereby Carlon was chosen as the dras vaus for these world embracing operations, which, if an essful, wore to be extended to other pearl produciug countries.

commencǝ

One, therefore, cannot escape the couclation that Mr. Solom not received either just or considerate treatment at the hands of the camping, wire metho la sasm as arbitrary as Waather withorised or they are unea'lnd for. With that object. in view Mr. Solomon not, Mir. Solomon was brought to Cayton on the applied for patents for his process and certain representatious that were made that he would machinery and apparatus employed in the not by Lampsred in his operations; it was fue process and secured after the usital delays fall thor pointed out to him that it would be rather protection for his idea, not only as far as Coglanstva itageous than otherwise to be able to deal

with s countries as well. Mr. Solomon was

was led

who, регнию

luded that his outerprise did not clash or inferfere with 'thuir own-aud this was admitted from the commencem at of the nego batione-would be prepared in their own inte

vets to lend him all the assistance in their power. M, Solomen goes to Ceylon, invests his capital and is then treat d in a manor that plainly show that the company have no wel come for strangers, even tham origunt and vala- able filong, which so far from dstranling frous the camping's profits must considerably ung ment them.

is concerned, but in all other pearl-pro/h consisting of business mon

DO

What seems to be the charliah treatmsat received by Mr. Solomon at the hands of the Ceylon company is the more remarkable when the wastage of valuable material that goes ou ander the

It system is considered. presant involves the destruction of millions of oysters, The oysters have to be opened to see what is

to understand from the start that the change in the conditions under which the Ceylon pearl fisheries would in future be conducted would in

уду

be prejudicial to the operations of his syndicate, that no alteration in the method of of the faked oysters tras likely to be disposing adopted and that there was greater likelihood of his faring better aners Comp by than if the pearl shory had remained in the baude of Governmen. This assurance also led to Solomon's syndicate not pursuing any inquiries regarding the at that time, intended leasing of the Pearl Racks For, wo ure assurað, that so impressed was the yodicate with the feasibility of Mr. Solomon's Bebeme that it had almast determined to make a bid for the lease. The result, however, has proved the utter falsification of those hopos. After practically inducing the

inside them. Mr. Solomon looks into the syndicate to pitch its camp in Ceylon and

raye, opens emburk spon a heavy exporditare in establish oysters with the aid of the "X

those that have fully developed pearls and puta inga selilement on the erstwhile desert islund of Ipantive and after Mr. Solomon had been able book others in order that they may live and to demonstrate the complete access of bis develop the seed pearls within them. Not

and establish the remarkable single cystor of potential value is wasted. His entialities of his sahome, after encouraging stem seems to be tho vory rome of economy him a stranger to Ceylon, to settle and start a new industry the representatives of the Ceylon Company of Pearl Fishers, Ltd., coolly turned their backs upon

Mr. Solomon.

of

A word as to Mr. Solomon's system. Tho fundamental idea was to save the life of the pearl oyster found to contaia immature or Bead pearls. The Röntgen rays were to be utilised to ascertain this fast. Mr. Solomon invented a process, whereby great quantities of oystere conld in a commercial manner be dealt with by the "X" rays. He mcceeded in demonstrating that the application this scientific process world base no deleterious:fects apos tho

life of the oyster. His plan was to replace those oysters found to contain immature or and pearls into their patoral babitat and await developmente. The idea of applying "X" raya to determine the value of the live oyster cane to Mr. Solomon as a chance thought, but the experiments first made in New York were Lappily confirmed when theas were continued in Ceylon. The necessary exposure is of such short duration that the oyster is lo no wise injured by the process. With view to turning hie discovery. to

kim

to

combined with cleanliness and common ssase,

and it certainly seems to deserve better treat ment than that accorded it in Ceylon,

GOVERNMENT'S LAND REFORM BILL.

Royal

By. Warrant

His Majesty The King,

BOVRIL

is a true food and contains Albumen and Fibrine which go to form Blood, Bone, Brain and Muscle. Beef-teas and Meat- Extracts are stimulants only.

NEW

WATSON'S

TRADE MARK

BOYRIL is liquid life.

LABEL

FOR

E" WHISKY ·

E

QUALITY

TRADE MARK

WATSON'S Scotch Whisky

VERY OLD LIQUEUR

Alwatson

FLIMITED.

HONGKONG CHINA & MANILA.

-ESTABLISHED A.D.1841.

NOTE: THE Border and Trade Marks on the Label ARE IN GELD; THE LETTER "E" LITHOGRaphed is BLACK, 18 MESH SHADED IN Going waige THE TURKE CENTRAL LINEN "WATSON'S VERY OLD LIQUEUR SCOTCH WHISKY LITHOGRAPHED IN RAD; THE OTHER PORTIONS DE THE LABEL ARE IN Black,

THE CAPSULE ausi Bears Pacsinta SiGS VIURE.

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In the Home of Commons, 27th May, Mr. THE OLIVER TYPEWRITER CO., LTD.

Lewis Harcourt intre led the Government's Small Holdings Bil. Its main points may be thus briefly ststo

County, borough, and parish councils will have power to acquiro load compulsority, by sla or lease, to sub-let as all menta or small Boldings.

There will thus beat up a class of municipal tenants, but no pusint proprietorship.

ARE PREPARED, DURING THE STAY OF

THEIR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN HONGKONG,

Commissioner, u ader the Bard of Agricul. EXCHANGE ture, will have power to set where loval

authorities fail,

Purchase or hiring pries to be fixal ha arbi- tration, and no extra costo evapulsory sale,

Minitaum bolding inoroased from 1 to 50 acrés, not to excel 50 acres, or annual value of £30 if more than 5 acres.

Rant to tenants not to be overburdened by law

costs.

Loan repayment period for local bodies to ha astended to eighty years.

A Trousory contribution of £100,000 for the Brat year,

practical soconut Mr. Solomon had recourse to the Consular Department, U,8,A., and by this means was brought into contact with a late ofoil in the service i of the Ceylon Goveromant who, from an origins condition of attor disbelief in eu bˇmethods, was gradusl converted into su enthusiastic supporter. Mr.

Mr. Harcourt said the Bill was brought in in Solomon was urged to go to Ceylon and the hope that it might do something to arrest wast in obedience to summons in the full the depopulation of our rural districts, le confidonse and belief that he would be afforded contended that if they would be supplied, sali reasonable facilities for carrying on his oporsholdings and allotments would brs largely takon tions, even though the Pear! Fisheries had advantage of, and under the Bill he believed that pasad from the charge of the Govern- mant into the hands of a private company. to as criticism by the Opposition, but mach might be dono. The sclerae was subjected Soon after his arrival in Ceylon he sought au

ultimately the Bill was brought in, and read a interview with H. E. the Governor who first time.

referred however,

the Colonial Secretary, thereby losing an opportnuity of learn. much that would have been interesting and ing illuminating. Interviews also paakel batwaan Mr. Solomon and the local representatives s of the company, who had acquired the Pearl Fishery right for a term of yours, and nothing that passed between these gentlemen and the representative of the Americon Syndicate led the latter to anticipato any difficulties in bolag able to carry out his operations without lot or bindennee. In fact, after the lease of the Pearl Fisheries had been coucluded Mr. Solomon was still urged to proceed to Cylon and the additional advantage was pointed out to him of being able to deal with business-people, quiok to perceive the potentialities of a scheme that Gould not possibly conflict with the Company's operations

In consequence of these allurements, Mr. Solomon refused a tempting offer made at that time to some to Japan. Mr. Salom, we derstand, has had ao cocarion to complain of the treatment ho has receivet at the hands of officials of the Government Departments in Ceylon. He was treated with uniform courtesy by all with whom he came into contact and was readily granted such little concessione as waS necessary for the carrying out of his enterprise. Te Sir Stanley Bols, Chairman of the Ceylon Company of Pearl Fishers, Ltd., Mr. Solonos explained in full the nature of his enterprise, what he intended doing, and laid emphasis on the fact that their interests should be regarded ae mutual and not confioling. Mr. Solomon was invited to put his request in writing in order that bis fetter might be submitted to the

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Calvert's

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has been found such an excellent pro- tection against the attacks of these nad other insects. It imparts also a delightful freshness to the skin, and, of conesa, is powerfully antiseptic, au advantage readily appreciated in warm climates.

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"CLAREMONT,"

2 & 4, KENNEDY ROAD. Hongkong, 9th February, 1907:

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TIRST-CLASS BOARD & RESIDENCE AT "BRAESIDE."

LARGE AND COMMODIOUS RESIDENCE standing in its own grounds, with Tennis Courts, Goof Dining and Reception, Rome, Large Airy and Well Furnished Bedrooms, every home comfort. Fine View of the Harbour; Terme moderate. Apply to Mrs. F. W. WATTS,

Braeside," 20, Macdonnell Road (late of "Thng Tuen.") gkong, #7th Jana, 1905.

STORAGE.

FOR GOAL, TIMBUR, &C.

[10 BE LET, a Portion of MARINE LOT No.285 at NORTH POINT, Suitable for above Purpose. EXTENSIVE WATER FRONT. DEEP WATER.

Also FOR SALE.

Portions of MARINE LOTS Nos. 31 & 36 on PRAYA EAST.

Approximate AREA 43,000 SQUARE FT. 999 YEARS' LEASE.

For Particular, apply.

GEO. FENWICK & Co., LæD. Hongbong, 8th June, 1900,

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