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BANKS

THE

YOKOHA LIMITED.

ТОКОНАМА SPECIE BANK

CAPITAL PAID.UP

RESERVE FUNDE

Yen 24,000,000 11,550,000

Oxak Lvens

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES.

San Francisco Honolulu

Tokyo

Kobe

Nagasaki

London

Now York

Bominy

Shanghai

Chefoo

Tiontain

Nowelwang

Dalny

Autung

Lioyang

Tioling

Chang Chun

Hunkow Peking

Port Arthur Mukden

HEAD OFFICE-YOK HAMA.

OK NO-INTEBEST ALLOWED.

On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent. per annam on the daily balance.

Un fired deposits for 12 months 57 per annum

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3% TAKEO TAKAMICHI,

Manager.

Hongkong, 6th April, 1907.

560

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL

MAATSCHAPPIJ.

(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY).

ESTABLISHED 1824.

- PAID UP CAPITAL FL. 45,001,000 (£3,750,000}

RESERVE FOND

BANKS

ANKING

NTERNATIONAL BAN

CORPORATION

Fiscal Agents of the United States in China, the Philippine Talande, and the Republic of Panama, CAPITAL PAID UP... Gold $3,250,000, about Mer. $5,000,000 RESERVE FUND

Gold 3:3,250,000, about Mex. $5,800,000 HEAD OFFICE: 60 Wall Street, New York. LONDON OFFICE: Threadusedle Hous, E.C. Branches and Agents all over the World

LONDON BANKERS:

BANK OF ENGLAND. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLANI

LIMITRI), THE CAPITAL & COUNTIES BANK, LIMITED,

BRANCHER and AGENT all over the World,

The Corporation transacts overy description of Banking and Exchange business, receives money in Current Account at the Bata of 2% per annum on Daily balances and accepts Fixed Deposita at the following rates:-

For 12 months 44 per cant. per annum. For 6 For 3

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No. 9, Queen's Road. Central, Hongkre. W. M. ANDERSON, Manger.

Hongkong 24h July, 1997.

1289

AND SHANGHAI

TTONGKONG B. 5,000,000 2417,000 H BANKING CORPORATION.

HEAD-OFFICE: AMSTERDAM. HEAD-AGENCY BATAVIA

Branches-Singapore, Penang, Shanghai,

Sausrang, Surabaya, Cheribon, Pocalongan, Pasoeroan, Tjilatjap Padang, Medan Doli, Palembang, Kota Radja, (Achosa) Bandjormasin.

Correspondents Macassar, Bombay Colombo, Madras, Pondicherry, Calcutta, Bangkok, Saigon, Haiphong, Hanoi, Amoy Yokohama, Kobe, Melbourne, Sydney, Now York, San Francisco, &a., &c.

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LONDON BANKERS!-

THE UNION OF LONDON AND SMITHS RANK, LIMITED.

The Bank bays and sells and receives for collection Bille of Exchange, issues, letters of eredit on its Branches and Correspondents in the East, on the Continent, and in Great Britain, America, and Australia, and transacts Banking Busines of every description.

INTEREST ALLOWED.- On Current Accounts 2% per annum on daily

nu,1uchod.

On Fixed Deposita 12 months 44% per annum.

do. 6 do.

4%

3 do. 33% do.

do. do.

J. L. VAN HOUTEN. Agent, Hongkong, 8th June, 1 *7

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EUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK.

DEUTSCH-ASI

CAPITAL FULLY PAID UP...Sh. Taals 7,500,000

HEAD OFFICE-SHANGHAI.

Волго от Дтвистояв, Виваля.

BRANCHES,

Hankow, Tientsin, Peking, Tainaafa, Tsingtan Kobe, Yokohama, Singapore.

Berin, Hamburg. Calcatta,

Fouaded by the following Banks and

Baukers-

KORNIGLICAN SEOHANDLUNG (PRBUSINE STAATSBANK) Berlin.

DIRECTION DBX DiscontO-}

GESELLSCHAFT

DEUTSCHE BANK

S. BLEICHZODA

BERLINER

HANDALS

GERBILSOHART............

BANK LURE HANDEL UNU

INDUSTRIN

ROBERT WARSCHAURE & CO.

MENDELSSOHN & Co.

M. A. VON ROTHSCHILD &

SOEHNE

JACOB 8. H. STERN

Berlin.

Frankfort a/M.

NORDDEUTSCHE BANKIN LAMBOBO, Hamburg SAL OPPENHEIM, J., & Co., Kosin, BAYSBISCHE HYPOTHEKEN UND WECHSEL-

BANK. MUENCHEN.

LONDON BANKERS: Mosure. N. M. ROTHSCHILD & Son; THE UNION OF LOND R AND SMITH'S BANK LIMITED. DEUTSCHE BANK (BELIN), LONDON AGENCY DIRECTION DES DISCON #SELLSCHFAT

INTEREST allowed on Current Acconi, DEPOSITS received on terma which may be learned on applio.tion. Every description of Banking and Exchange business trauslotod.

F. JUNG,

Manager. Hongkong, 7th January, 1907.

THE

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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA

AUSTRALIA AND CHINA

་་་

PAI-UP CAPITAL

RESERVE. FUND-

Court of Directors.

310,000.000

THE BONGKÔNG DAILY P} ES1. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6er, 1907.

FUNNELS AND FLAGS.

THE PROGRESS OF THE TURBINES. After the completion of the first tu bie driven vessel, the Tarbinin, in 1837, the pro- gress was slow during the five amasseding year but has rapidly increase during the last four Tear. The total power of marine turbines of the Parsons t pe now completed is 385,000 boree-power, and may be summarized in the various classes of vessole as follows:--

f lessure steadiers... Cross-channel str... Yachta

irl

Ocenu-going stry. War Tessels

18 200

... 1-49.900 19,100 91,300 106,900

The power of marine turbines of the Ritsan. Courli and other types completed in about 12,00 horse-power. The consimption in th Turbi it was determined by Professor Eving in 1897 to be fifteen lb. per oquivalent indicated

* Mr. Colloy also remarkail upou the serious effect the Ring system had upon the time of transit. This had been longthened under the Ring system, the Ring Lines fixing their time. table on the basis of their slowest line of boats. Ie was known that certain quick boats were detained in dook one or two days after loading for fear they should arrive sooner then other lians in the same Ring.

Dealing with the merchants' grievance that some of the Ring Linos acted as merchants sud, commission agents, and sompated against them. Br. Colley instanced cos), corrugated iron sheets and ship plates as some of the goods for which the steamship companies had received orders. The companies were retaining deferred" rohuley for from 'six to eightsoo months Rum roughly calosisted at nearly £1,000,000. So it practically means," added the witress," that we who retain travelters and study the market are fading capital for the shipowners to undersell us."

As to the means of improving the position from the shippers' point of view, Mr. Colley attacked great importance to two proposta... of gouds compulsory, and to make deferred to make publicity of the rates and classification

obiles illegal.

In reply to Mr. Darry, witasse said he thought publicity would do away with a great The deal of the friction and many of the evils. general impression was that the bulk of the trouble was caused by the mystery.

The Chairman: Do the German shipownorz publish their rates and classification to tbs world at large?-N pot generally. They supply them to the chambers of commerce, who are responsible for the distribution being restricted to German firme,

horse power of reciprocating engines; this figure Las been somewhat improved upon in the larger fast classes of Lurbine Test, and by the ad lition of arising farbe the consumption at the eruising spaels of war vessels has been brought to substantially the каше figure д with recipeceat ng propelling mechinery. Iu fost pleasure stoamers and cross channel boats economy of the turbine has been found to be fire to Alteen per cent apperior to that of similar vesela with triple-expansion reciprocation an gines, and about twenty-five per ount saperior to rogsels with compound paddis ongines, so that superior spoeds are rendered possible. Many minor advantages are also obtained, such as lots cubical space, reduced consumption of oil and

and reduced work for the staff. Turbing Mr. Maddison: What motive have the ship. stores, vessels have some characteristic qualities which

owners in not publishing these schedules?-I require to be learnt before they can be cannot conceive why they mike such a mystery handled in the best and most economival of it, unless it is to keep quiet the enormoãos Way.

This has heen especially noticeable in profits they must make. The general impres the six years' work of the King Edward and sion in that if eve pthing was known and pu STERLING RESERVE $10,000,000

the five years of the Quson Alexandrs, aud itblished, the craferences would be weakened SILVER RESTEVE... 11.00000

is found that less coal is now used and a better that they would have to reduce their fancy rates -391,090,000

to commercial rates, RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROP'ros 10,0.0,000 speed is maintained that during the Brst year. In cross-channel boals and in war restola, the power and economy of the revarsing turbines is much greater then is the case of the earlier turbine renols; ad this enables nicker rancurring to be carried out will reduced boiler power and with saring in coal, Turbines have been found squat or superior in soonomy to reciprocating engines for speeds down about sirteon kno's, and in some 1508) to where large and comparatively costly turbines have been fitted, such as in" yachts, down to about twelve to üftaen knots. But the solution of the problem for slow vessels undoubtedly lies in a combination of reciprocating sagin

ідея and tarbines, the former to deal with the high pressure part of the expansion, and the latter be low-pressure pset, covering a greatly in- oroared total range of expansion. Such a com bination, it is estimated, willffect a saving of about twelve per cent in coal, in an intermediate liner of perfifteen knots speed, over the best quadruple -expansion rooiprocating machinery, and with a reduced weight of propelling machinery: and in a large verol of ten to twelve Leot's spoed saving of fifteen to twenty per coat in coal consumption over the best triple expsasion reciprocating engine. In some cases tharsi will be an increase of capital cos', which it is estimated will be recovered in less than three years by the increased earning power of the vessel, but in the large vessels there wil: by little or no increase iu suck cost. - Engineer ng

G. H. MEDunst, Esq.-Chairman. Hon.Mr.HENRYKESWICK,-Deputy Chairman A, Fuobe Esq.

E. Shellim, Esq E. Coots, Eng. A. Haupt, Eng.

C. R. Levaman, Esq. A. J. Raymond, Bay." |

R. Shewan, Bag-

H. A. W. Slade, Esq. II. E. Tomkine, Esq.

CHIEF MANAUME

Hongkong-J. E. M. SMITH, Esq.

HANACHR

Shanghai-H. E. R. HUNTER, Exq LONDON BANKA-LONDON AND COUNTY

BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED,

HONGKONG INTEREST ALLOWED.

On Current Account at the rate of Two cont. per Annum on the daily balance.

ON FIXED Depoairs

For 3 months, 21 per sent. per Aaaam. For 6 months, 31 per cent, por Annum. For 12 months, 4 per cent, per Auaum,

J. B. M. SMITH,

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 11th June, 1907.

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HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

THE Business of the above Bank is Conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORA TION. Rules may be obtained on application, INTEREST on deposita is allowed at 31 Per Cant. per annum.

the

Case o

contributions

from

Depositors may transfer at their option balancer $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 Por Cent, per annum.

For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHA

BANKING CORPORATION,

Mr. Francis Harold Collay, on behalf of J. F. M. SMITH

the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, submitted Chief Maonger. statement showing how Shipping Rings and

22 Hangkong, 12th January, 1907.

their systems of rebites had led to the restriction of the shipments of English NEDERLANDSCH-INDI8CHE manufacturers. If, he said, a travelior for an

HANDELS BANK, (NETHERLANDS INDIA COMMERCIAL BANK

ESTABLISHED 1883.

Authorised Capital Fl. 15,000,000 £1,250,000) Subscribed Capital FL 10,090,000 (Paid-up) Reserve Fand

FI. 1,623,850.19 (2135,757)

HEAD OFFICE: AMSTERDAM, Son-OrrIce: THE HAGUE. HEAD AGENCY: BATAVIA.

BRANCHES at: Singapore, Sourabaya Samarang, Indramajoo, Bandoeng and Weltevreden.

CORRESPONDENTS at: Cheribon, Tegal, Pesalongas, Macassar, Pontianak, Palang, Medan, Penang. Rangoon, Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Colombo, Karachi Djedda, Bangkok, Saigon, Shanghai

BANKERS:

{THE WILLIAMg Deacons Bank, Loudun:

SWISS BANKVEREIN. Paris: COMPTOIR NATIONAL D'ESCOMPTE DE

PARIS. Berlin: DEUTSCHE BANE. Brussels: BANQUE DE PARIS ET DES PAYS

Ная.

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTA 1853, Vienna: UNION BANK.

HEAD OPPIOR-LONDON,

Rome: BANCA COMMERCIALE ITALIANA.

PAID-CP CAPITAL

Shortly to be increased to £1,203,000 RNYRRVE FOND

Shortly to ho increased to £1,473,00; RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIE

£800,001

£1,075,000

TORS. ANCAK ZA

ERGO 000

INTEREST allowed on Corront Account!

THE BANK buy and sells and receives for collection Bills of Exchange, issues Lottare of Credit payable in all important places of the World and transacts every description of Banking and Exchange business,

INTEREST ALLOWED. On Curront Account at the Kate of 2% por

on the Daily Balances. On Fixed Deposits: 12 montba 4% per annum.

lp.

6 do. 81% do. 3 do: 3%

at the rate of 2 per cent. per sonum on the ann Daily Lalances.

On Fixed Deposits for 12 months 4 per cent

for G 31

for 3 JOHN ARMSTRONG,

Manager.

Hongkong, 16th May, 1907.

do.

J. BOETJE, Manager. No. 16, Dos Voor Road Central

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THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LIMITED.

THE

THE BANK OF TAIWAN LIMITED

INCORPORATED BY SPRCIAL IMPERIAL

CHARTER

JAPITAL SUBSCRIBED JAPITAL PAID-UP

Yan 5,009,00€

3.7503

#

HEAD OFFION: TAITES, FORMOBA.

AVIHORIBED Capital ... £1 500,000

L

SUBSCRIBED

PAID.UP

1,125,0 562,0.0

RESERVE FULD

150,000

BANKERS:

Amoy Anping Foochow

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:

Kobe

Tainan Tamuni Tokio Yokohama

Swatow

LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, Limited,

INTEREST allowed on Current Accounts

at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the Daily balance.

ON FIXED DEPOSITS:

For 12 months For 6 For 3

4 per cent.

3 per cont

71

2 per cent.

EVAN ORMISTON, Manager.

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Hongkong, 30th April, 1907,

Nagseski

Orika

Shanghai

HONGKONG OFFICE,

3, De Veux Road, Interest allowed on Current Accoun Deposita revived on terms which may be on application.

D. TOHDOW, Manager. Bangkong, 5th April, 1907.

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Then you attribute some dark motive to the a aference and do not put it down to the traitional stupidity" of the British ship- or do aut impute any motive. classification is subjent to great ra i tion, and I think it is really a case of moving themselves the tromble of a ustantly keeping the lists up to

dato

Robert Maclaren, senior part or of the firm of The second witness of the day was Me

Robert Maclaren and Co., iron founders and depated to give evidence by the Glasgow Cham cast iron pip manufacturers, who had been

be is a director, the Scottish Federation of ber of Commeres and Manufacturera (of which Iron and Steel Makers' Association, and the Scottish Iron Manufacturers' Association. Mr. Ma laren said his view was that deferred rebates were in restraint of trade, and thereby in- jurious to it and the interests of the country, gateral contracts in which his own firm wee With regard to South America he mentioned interested. One of these bad reference to 25,000 tons of cast-iron pipes for Autofagasta. His important work, est, freight and insurance frm were preparod to submit toalers for this paid to the destination, which would have worked out at about 84 por fon cheaper accepted, but than the offes which we

Gorar

As they found the buyers work brand to the conference by honry rotates on other cargom shipped during the previous £2 or 18 months, they submitted only a f.o.b. off. The result, MORE COMPLAINTS,

said Mr. Maclaren, was that their offer W8 Comercial Intelligence raporta:-The Royal accepted for one-third only. The offer of Commission an Shipping Kings again met another Glasgow firm for ont ird also was Glasgow. last week under the presidency of the Rt. neopted and the remainder was lost Hon. Arthur Cohon, K.C., when the great In other case, respecting pipes to be delivere! mass of evidence already accumulated and at Rio, the witossi ed they had a rate of showing ess for the British manufacturer's freight about 13. per ton cheaper than the bestility to the Shipping Rings was supple-lines quoted, but, unfortun italy, the firm mented by important

of merchaate through which they were noting Sheffield and Glasgow.

found it ascessary to add several thonanda of pounds to

the rebs'es which

The they would lose by using their offer. result was that that order was

Jost, three- For fourths of it going to a algien firm some yesen biok the line engag-d in the India trade had given a preference to tha east coast over the west cost, the reason being, Foglish house gold iron for delivery at certain Mediterraness ports he feand that he was unable of course, sans disagreement between one of the the east east auf the other to compete with Continental houses. Inexplana. liner trading

In connection, with a contriot for tion Mr. Colley said that there was a fixed rate lines. from Antwerp to each port for iron. If, how. Calcutts in 1992 he fouad the lines were giving

a extra 5 par cent, discount from Middles ever, this iron was shipped from Antwerp by a Belgian manufacturer be was allowed rebat, brough, a much woree port than Glasgow. giving him an advantage over the same iron Another evil result of the rebate system was shipped by an English firm, and over English that plause like Dundee, which formerly would iron shipped by any firm, English or forsign. gather up a cargo and send it direct to This

about E. per ton, and rapre India, wera robato

12W forged to send their to Glasgow nud thom sented the margin of profit obtainable on such goods

by the shipments. As a consequence, the whole of the lines at much incra sad rates. Proceeding, Mr. trade had to be done through Belgian houses in Maclaren said that he was strongly in order to obtain the rebate. Shoald an English favour of the lines, and had always given them preference of 2 or 3 par coat. of freight because of their regular sailing, and the con- quential saving of storage, but under the rebate ayalam they forced not a preference of two or three, but nearar 50 per cant differenes. Farther, it was idle to say that the rebate system was noessary for them. They were all formad and prospered without it, and all the coasting trade round Great Brisia was carried on by lines, but without the deferred rebots system.

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firm obtain an order and the name of the on- signes became known to the Belgian hona”, all future busidam was obtained by the latter.

For another instructive example of the mis- chievous results of the king system Mr. Colley turned to the South Brazil trað-. Daring many

years of open competition in the freight market all goods, except fine and valuable goods, were, he said, carried from English ports to South Brazil at a rate of 154. Since the shipowners in the trade bed formed a Ring with rebates the rates had been gradually raised from a minimum of 30 to 50s. for the same class of gonds, with extra charges on bus sod expensive goods. Al The present date these rates were so profitabi that Continental embers of the Ring would fetch goods from Liverpool to tamburg or Antwerp free of all cost, in order to earn the profit on the freight from Hamburg to South America, which was the same as from Liverpool Bhippers were always supposed to have had a free band as regards shipment by sailing vessels, but, said Mr. Colley, one of the Bing trading in South America had issued a circa'ar styling shipment by sailing vessels as a breach of the Ring's rules, punishable by confiscation

of rebates.

KILLING A TRADE.

Mr. Colley also drew attention to the Harana tade, which until a very recent data had been regarded as open.

Within the last year, had been advensed to 27. Bd. As the however, the rats on stationary, los. per to stationery trade had been very heavily out into by American paper, pone, and stationors' goods, this last imposition, which practically doable the freight, bade fair to kill the Engliek shipments.

The Chairman: You do not suggest that ist the interests of the British shipowner to destroy a trade?" That is a thing we merchants counot understand," ceplied the wice, "but we are at present absolutely at their mercy. owing to the rebate system,”

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Bir Hugh Bell: Have you considered why shipowners adopt rebates?--It is an ingenions form of greed.

Bat an the shipowsers are binding themselves to sailings on particular days to particular ports, it is not surprising that they should take mesas to secure to themselves all the cargo for those ports? -Apart from the passenger Inert it is a common thing for bate to miss a asiling. The rebate enables the shipowners to barge almost any rate they like, as for instance in the case of Java, whore the rates for machinery used to be:-For pieces and ♬ (wo tona 35,. pieces two tous and under thre tona, 378, 6d.; whereas aw they stod as follws:- under ent. 50s. ; under 40 owt. 60a.

Mr. Austin Tayler: Do you think a large bulk of orders has been lost to England ad

alternative cours) of going elamboro for the plpas could not have been taken. Mr. Philipps, however, ignoring this vital difference, asked if witness wished to deny shipowners "a right you have exercised yourselves ?"—"I da unt object to their arranging rates," the witness

but the regined, bat

arrangement should begin aud end there. They should not tie up one thing broanse of another'

Farther examined, Mr. Maclares submitted that where a freight war was in progress, us was the case in some of the instancia he had quoted, the conferences should ther reducs their rates or allow the slippers a free band to make the best forms in the opon market.

By Mr. Barry: It was a common occurrence for liners to 'charte tramp steamers and take advantage of the lower freights,

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THE GLOBUS INSURANCE COMPANY) OF HAMBURG.

THE Undersigned, having been appolata

AGENTS for the above Company, ars prepared to ACCEPT RIKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

CARLOWITZ & Co.

29 Hongkong, 18th August 1906.

AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN- SURANCE CO.

OF AIX LA-CHAPELLE

THE Undersigned, having been appointed TH

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The Undersigned, &GINTS for fla`abore Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Currant Rxton,

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how very many serious illnesses develop from susall allments? The digestive and secretive organs become slightly deranged, and unless the cause is removed, the trouble becomes aggravated, and lasting sickness is almost certain to follow. The secret of good health is to right the wrong in its early stages, and no better corrective is known than

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gone to the Continent owing to this sga'am? THE OLIVER TYPEWRITER.

I do. In view of the difference of rate it is a wonder the steel works of Scot and have anything to do at all.

Mr. Owen Philipp wanted to know if witness had ever heard of manufacturers in the pipe trade combining to Gx price for special contracts, and asked whether the Glasgow Corporation on one occasion had placed an order for tubes and pipes abroad on account of combination of manufacturers against them. Mr. Macinran agrest that that was the fact, and that he had been cone met in anou combinatione, but there were no rebites. If the manufacturers devised on the Shipping arrangements hal bien Ring model, the Glasgow Corperation would have had to pay so much mera on nooount of the pipas parolased previously that the

Continuing, Mr. Colley said Ring companies wade a great mystery of what their rates were, and, would not supply any schedule of classifica tion. A merchant who wanted to know the

How To DE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com. freight for an assortment of goods had to apply plexion, Mrs. Eller's Crême Charmante. Lait and specify almost every article. Continental Charmant and Special Skin Tonic and Poudre firms were not in this position, and their | Charmmute will enable you to do it, Her travel'ers could goote rates chargeablo on Spacialitios for the Skin are the stay of a shipments without having to refer to their Lifetime. A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd., Sole Agents European ofice on every occasion,

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Hongkong, 24th July, 1906.

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