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INTIMATION

BOARD AND RESIDENCE

OFFERED.

THE HON

MOUTRIE BOARD AND RESIDENCE & Moderato

& CO.. LTD..

ESTABLISHED 1875,

BABY

GRANDS

BY

RACHELS,

PLEYEL

AND

KEMMLER

ROSENKRANZ.

PRICES YEUM $750.

FOR LIGHTNESS, OF TOUCH, QUALITY OF TONE, AND DURABILITY, THESE PIANOS

ARE UNRIVALLED.

A GUARANTEE

OF

TEST FOR A

PERIOD

TWO YEARS QJVEN WITH EACH INSTRU- MENT. INSPECTION INVITED.

SOLE AGENTS':

8. MOUTRIE & CO, LTD..

York Building, Chator Road.

Hongkong, 30th July, 1906.

TH

COLD STORAGE.

138-2

THE HONGKONG ICH COMPANY, LTD., have now 40,000 Cubis Feet of Cold Storage available at EAST POINT. Storos will be Open at 10 AM. und 4 P.M. daily, Sunday axcepted, to receive and deliver perishable goods,

WM. PARLANE, Manager. Hongkong, 18th November, 1901

MITSU

BISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKI,

CODE WORD; " DOCK," A.1, A.B.0, ́and Engineering Cole Dead

NEW DOCK NOW OPEN,

DOCK No. 3.

722-teet:

714

證。

901

891

Water on Blockout Spring Tide-846′′

Extreme Length.....

Length on Blocira

"Which of Entrance on Top

Width of Enizance on Bottom...

DOCK No. t-

Extreme Lengthả.

+1

523 feet.

Length on Blocks

...

104

$15

Width of Entrance on Top

LE

77

Width of Entrance on Bottom

Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

DOCK No. *

Extreme Length...

***

...

871 Feet,

Length on Block.

THE

350

Width of Entrance on Top

Width of Entrance on Bottom...

36 59

Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

PATENT SLIP.

Bultable for vessels up to 1,000

✅HE WORKS are well equipped with

Torms to a Lady willing to assist in the supervision of domestic-arrangements in woll- appointed house.

Apply

Offlce. 1701

UPPER LEVEL Care of Daily Press Hongkong, 23rd October, 1907. FIRST-CLASS BOARD & RESIDE

"BRAESIDE."

AT

LARGE AND OC

PCE.

A RESIDENCEMMODIOUS anding in its own ground, with Tennis Courts, Good Dining and Reception Rooms, Large Airy and Well Farnished Bedrooms, every home comfort. Fine

View of the Harbour; Terms moderate

Apply to--Mrs. F. W. WATTS,

"Braaside," 20, Macdonnall Road

(late of "Tang Yuon.") flongkong, 27th June, 1905, PRIVATE BOARD AND RESIDENCE

M

K 8. GILLANDERS

"CLAREMONT,"

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

1530

INSURANCES

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCAT

TILE INSURANCE COMPANY. TOTAL FUNDS AT 31st DиORME, 1935 £17,8$7,119,

B

I. AUTHORISED CAPITAL... 23,000,000 SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL... 2,750,000 PAID UP CAPITAL ANG ·687,500.00 11. FIRE FUNDS... 3,386,720 19

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

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., Agente. Hongkong, 27th April, 1907.

1461

THE GLOBUS INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

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

CARLOWITZ & Co. Hongkong, 13th August 1906.

29.

AACHEN AND MUNICA FILE IN. SURANCE CO.

OF AIX LA CHAPELLE.

SCIT

GKONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, OCTOBER 28cm, 1907.

BENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

THE A

———10ĴOMIZING MACHINE TOO MUCH LIGHT TOCIAL-TIR_DYRS-BUCÍCRESPÜL-COLORPID- RENKAPHY—A HAND PUMP TOR ARTIFICIAL BI PIKAT ON-NEW USE FO) HOTAIE EN

ABB-TÜR TIMBËR-CUTTERS' PROBLEN—A #KOVEL-TH RORY,

SHARE REPORT.

Messrs. Erich Georg Co. say in their weekly share report, dated October, 26th 1997.—Daring the week under review our market has ruled steady, but business has again been very re• striotod. The sterling demand rate of exchange en Landon olösen kt 29. 0-11-154, while rates -on-Shanghai-are-Tie-74-for-a-Bank-T/T, and Tie. 711 for a three days' sight Private Bill. Basilver in London is quoted 2840., and Console

The new atomizer of Paul Kesiner, the French engineer, is a modified ventilating fan, and for an excessively Bae spray the apparatus is a drum baring 600 or more blad es around its periphery, with a small supplementary fan at the coutre of the drum. fluids and the removal of dust from gases are among the various uses. The frid is fed into the atomizer with hot air or furnace gases, and the latter ostry away the vapor with which they quickly becoms charged, while the concentrated liquid vettles and can be drawn off. Cosreo dust readily separates when the gases are passod with water through the atomizer. Very fine dast resists welting, and for this thre atomizers are used, the first charging the gasan with warm vapor, the second sondeusing the vapor on the dust particles by cooling, and the following manner :- fins/ropriated in the

£an,

BANKS SHARES. Hongkong and Shangbais have been done it. $685 for old snd $66) for new shares, closing steady. The London rates are

£75 and £711 respectively. Nationals are

changed. The concentration of

third removing the dust, which has been thus completely moistened.

Sanshive and health are usually supposed to go together, but Surgoon Chas. E. Woodruff, U.S. A, points out that excessive sunlight bas a barminlness that climatologists have neglect ed. It ratards vegetable growth and injuriously affests animals. The best developed men are not found in the sunniest lands, dark foreet are chosen as squítaris, and too mack light is gaarded against in treating tuberculosis, etc. It is urged that city play gronn le should be shady parks instead of stunting and baths.

The death of Sir William Porkin, which occurred in London on July 14 has drawn renewed attention to the marvels of color chem istry, Sinos bis discovery of sailine purple in 1956, his proce es bda yielded 700 shades, and the resulting industries or employ 120,000 men in Germany and $100,000,000 of capital in the United States,

MEINE INSURANCE SHARES-Unioon are still in demand at $765, and China Tradors at $9 North Chinas bara buyers at Tls. 721 ex the dividend of 78. 6d. per share (making it all 15 shillings per share for 1905), paid in Shanghai on 23rd instant; the report and accounts are approved at the meeting held on 22nd instant, 1996. The balsuce at oredit of Profit and Loss Ac couat ia Tla. 161,858.36 (preceding years Tis. 291,925.59) and, after deducting an interim dividend of 7 per cent aggregating Tis. 25,945.95, paid on the 1st May last, there re- mained a sum of Th 136,019.41" (last year Tis. 245,896,08), which have been

of 71

74 per cont, on the paid up capital, making 15 per cant. in al (same as last year), a b

a bonus of 15 por soul, ups contributory premiums (shus as fast year) and the balance transferred to under- writing reserve amount, c'ong the second

for: 1006.

As outstanding risks had beou running satisfactorily, it was settled to transfer £15,000 from underwriting reserve account to the permanent sterling reserve, 1907.The balance at oradit of working ace ant thereby bringing this fund up to £125,000. to 30th June amount to Tis. 204, 424,40 (against Th, 185,5200 for the corresponding period of 1906). Turning to the balance presented, we had under assets Tls. 155,863.16 on current account and deposit în Shanghai (last year. Ths. 201,47823), TI= 225,78444; silver securities (last year Tls. 227,032,41), Tlx. 18000; mortgages on property in Shanghai (isal year 120,00), T. 6913164 Japanese Landon freehold premises securities balance, Government sosurities (last year Tis, 70,912.76). Tis:1243,93927-185,628, 0, 1. (last report showed T. 1,186,672,10==€175,983, 94.74.) balanses at branches. Th. 53 055.16 (last year Tis: 78,067.17), furniture at heat office and branches Tis 1,666.86 (last year Tla-1,84£91), and sundry debtors Tis. 28,690.57 (last your Tis, 98,21448). Under liabilities we find the The single plate process of color photography, sterling reserve fund £110,000 (last report gava. upon which the Lumière Brothers of Paris have £100,000) silvor reserva fand Tle." - 100 000 been working several years, Lacked the (anchanged), underwriting reserve aoconut Tis.

$79,832,01 (last you The, 279, 755,47), exchange stage where it is possible to take a picture is and investment Ametsation account Tis. colom upon a single plate in an ordinary camera 18,912,83 (last year Tie2,794,39), working ac with an exposure of one second or luss. The count 1906 Tie 136,013,41, working account 1907 special plate requires little more manipulation88758-Yangtees hava sellers at $170, while Tis 201,124,45, and sandry creditors Tla, than that of ordinney photography, in making antons are for sale at $250 ex the dividend of the piste the glass first receives a single layer $30 per share, declared at yesterday'a mesting of stained grains of potato starch, an intimate mixture of orange, green and violet forming a microscopic mosaic of 54 million particles to the square inch, with no racant spaces; and this color screen is protected by a cost of water- proof varnish having the same refraction. A tinal coating is of gelatine bromide emulsion made sensitive to all colors. The plate is exposed with the glass biok to the light ITUATE at North Point, Shaakiwa and the raye entering the camers are absorbed Road, Hongkong, (next to the Metropole_by_the_starch_graine of complementary color *Hotel);"

The property contains by admeasurement and passed by others.blue, for instance, being | 108,950 square feat. Crown Rent, $238.00 partaken up by the orange genius, while grown and violet pass and act on the emulsion. White light acts under all colors. Or developmen, the emulsion is black under portions reached by white light and transparent where the rays have been-absorbed, so that the colored grains showing through give a picture of colora complementary to the original. A bath of Leid

FIHE Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE

at Current Rates.

REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO.,

Agents.

114 Forgkong, 21st April, 1897,

FOR SALE

annum.

FOR SALE.

INLAND LOT No. 1706.

For farther particulare, apply to

GOLDRING & BABLOW, Solicitors,

10. Queen's Road Central

Hongkong, 12th September 1907.

STORAGE.

"FOE COAL, Timbre, do,

1494

T LATEST PLANTE AT APPLL TO BE LET, & Portion of MARINE LOT LANCES to undertake BUILDING or No. 235 at NORTH POINT, Suitable REPAIRING BHIPS, ENGINES, And for above Purpose. EXTENSIVE WATER BOILERS and Also ELECTRICAL FRONT DEEP WATER,

WORK.

A LARGE STOCK of MATERIAL' i always kept on hand,

The COMPANY has the powerful steaIDDI "OURA MARU" (712 tons, 700 I.H.P spécially built for SALVAGE PURPOSES -equipped with necessary gear.. always ready

Short Notion

HONGKONG

700

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

BOOKBINDING.

* DAILY PRESS" OFFICE.

The only office in China having European

tanght workmen Equal to

·work.

TRON MERCHAN18.

Home

SINGON & CO., Iron, Steel,

Merchants. Wholesale and Retail Irandagare. Pig Iran nad Foundry, Coke Importers, General Stors- keepeze and Commisdon Agents 36 & 37, Hing Loong Btcost, (1st Street West of Central Market.) Telephone No.515.

Afetal and Hardware

· PHOTOGRAPHER

M. MUMSYA, JAPANESE ARTIST.

Bromide and Crayon Enlargements and also colouring Photos and relief Photos Views of China and Manila, Wul done for Amateurn; He. Ba, Qubba'ge

Road Central

Good Tanomma Views of Hongkong, recently taken, on sale.

TYPEWRITER.

A. V. RIBEIRO,

Also FOR SALE,

·

permanganate of potals reveres the picture bringing out the natural colors, by dissolving out the reduced silver and blackening other parts, of the emuls on, while a dicmidophenol bath and a varṇialı give brightness to the

Portions of MARINE LOTS Nos. 31 & 36. în PRÁYA EAST Approximate_AREA calore. 43,000 SQUARE FT. 99 YEARS LEASE.

For Particulars, apply➡

GEO. FENWICK & Co., LTD. - Hongkong, 8th June, 1906.

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COLLECTIONS

USED POSTAGE

OF

STAMPS

MIXED STAM FA.

500 for $ 3.00

IN PAGERTI, ASIATIC STAMPS,,!

100 for $0.80

150

1:75

1000

M

200.13

3:50:

1500

290

5.75

2000

31

275

9.00

$000

H

FIRE INAURANCE SHAPES Hongkong, sold and are wanted"at $300. :Chinas have agalu been done at $85,

THORNE'S

PER

CASE

OLD VAT

| $14.

THIS VAT WAS STARTED BY THE LATE ROSTAT THORNE

-OF GREENOCK AND HAS BEEN SOUDAS NIE SINCE 182

SCOTCH WHISKY.

SOLE AGENTS IN

HONG KONG, CHINA & MANILLA. A. S.WATSON & CO,LTD.

1297

CLEANSE YOUR BLOOD

WITH GRIMAULT & Coo1 SARSAPARILLA

SARSAPARILLA

The original ear- sapuri, recom mended for the last years for lymphatic diseases; cruptions, boila, and all disorders of the skin.

GRIHAULT & C Íme a views, PARIE

FOR EUROPE & AMERICA, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, &0. and for PRIVATE RESIDENTS AT THE OUTPORTS. A Comprehensive and Complete Record of the

SHIPPING SHALg.-Hongkong Canton and Macao Steamboats have improved to sates and hayers at $281. Indo-Chinas are unchanged H both here and in London, while in the North Manila, as well as Douglases are tochanged, the rate has fallen to Tix. 50. China and

but without salee. Star Ferries are wasted at 521 for old, and 811 for new, after sales of the latter at 8101. Shell Transports are unchanged

and so are Waterboats.

REFINERIES Ching-Sugars are wanted-at $105 and $104, sad have sallars at the lower rate.

Lucas are unchanged, ----

MINING

and SHAKES. -- Charbonnages Chinese Engineering Shares nachnaged. Raabs are quiet at 39.

DOCKS, WRARVES, AND GODOWNB, 40.-- Hoogkong and Whxmpos Docks are obtainable At $103, while bayers offer 3102, Fenwicks and New Amoy Dook Shares unchanged. Shanghai Dooks have improved in the North to Tis, 74. Hongkong and Kowloon Wharves have seliers

at

5679. Shaarasi and Hongker Wharves are quiet at Tls 195.

LANDS, HOFEls; and BuilDINGS.—Hum-

phreys sold at $143. Other stocks under this heading unobsuged and without sales."

COTTON MILLS, Ewos have dropped in the North to Tia. 56. Other mills are, haugot. SUSPRT MANUFACTURING COMPANIES Dairy Farias sold at $ '63 and close with sellors at $161. Greg Lland Cements sold at $1 4 and S1 and are on offer at the higher rate, Other stocks under this heading are unchanged, MISCELLANROUS-China-Borges have buy.

The artificial respirator of Prof. George Pob of Virginis, simultaneously pumping gases from the lungs and forcing oxygen into them is claimed to accomplish wonders la revivingers at 310, Chins Providents sold at $9.90 ristims of drowding, euffocation, and poisoning by anaesthetice. It includes two small cylinder tubes leading to the nostrils, and plungers that are worked by hand at the normal rate of breathing, one cylinder connecting with a rabbit, "dead" from oxygen supply. A 95.00

morphine and ether, was made to run aboat in six minutes.

10.00

25.00

35,00

Also Stampa ia bags, zots, &o, &s. ARTISTIC PICTORIAL POSTCARDS &all other Philatelic (foods. Inspection invited.

GRACA & 00., 1145

Hongkong Hotel Corridor.

ON SALE.

BOUND VOLUMES of the HONGKONG WEEKLY PRE88. January to June 1967. With INDEX. Price $7.50. Office.

Or sale at the "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

Hongkong 26th July 1907. ON SALE.

D'

THE

FORF AN

HRONICLE

FOR 1907, Complete Edition Small...

1-14

... $10.00 6.00

NEWS OF THE FAR EAST is given in the ONGKONG

W

RESS,

IPRE

EEKLY

with which is incorporated. THE LAINA. OVERLAND TRADE REPORT, Subscription, paid in advance, $12 per annum Postage $2 to say part of the World

BENGER

it

The

Pure Article in its most digestible form.

"None of the numerous. Cocoas have as yel equalled Van Houten's in solubility, agreeable taste, and nutritive properties."--Health

Van

Houten's

Cocoa

Puré and Unmixed.”~~-

The Lancet,

Tu flavour it is perfect."-- Thr-fritish Medical Journal.

A Perfect Beverage. capable of ready assimilation. | and digestion."--

Medical Annunt.

A COCOA

YOU CAN ENJOY.

FOOD

#

1020-13

Benger's Food, prepared with fresh new milk, is all food.

It is distinguished from others by the ease with which can be digested and absorbed. It can be served prepared to suit the exact physical condition of the person for whom it it intended.

Benger's Food is for infants, invalids, and all whose digestive powers have become weakened through less of advancing age. Benger's Food is sold in tins by-Chemists, etc, everywhere.

59-2

and $9, and bare basers at the higher figure; an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in this Company will be held at 11 am today, when the follow- ing resolution will be proposed: "That the general managers be and they hereby are REGULAR HONGKONG-CANTON LINE authorised to dispose of the 100,000 shares of and in the capital of the Company now remaining undisposed or of any part hereof in payment

OF STEAMERS.

8.S. PAUL BEAU," 1,900 tons, 14 knots.

8.S. "CHARLES HARDOUIN 1,900 tous, 14 knots.

The speediest, most luxuriously appointed and pene al steamers on the line. Departure from Hongkong 9.30 PM. (SATURDAYS excepted). Departure from Canton at 5.15 P.M. (SUNDAY3 excepted).

These superb steamers carrying the French Mail are fitted throughout with Electrio Light and Fans and were specially built for this teada. Exellent cuisine. The Company's Wharf is at the end of Wing Lok Street (Tram Station). Canton Arente-Mosers E. Pasquet & Co. For further particulars, please apply to–

BARRETTO, & CO.,

Agents. Hongkong, 27th September, 1907,

1493

or part payment for assota to bo noroafter OF THE COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE DES INDES ET DE L'EXTREME-ORIENT noquired by the Company through the gozeral In India the intense heat during most of the

managers at each tinis and on such terms and year makes fans of some kind a necessity to the conditions as the general managers may i their comfort of Europeans, and great success is discretion deem expedient to the intent that the predicted for the new apparatus that is being said shares or such portion thereof an shall be introduced by a German firm, and which consists disposed of shall be buld by the Vendors of the Bagsta so to be acquired by the Company se of a portable fan driven by hot-sir engine aforesaid in satisfaction or part satisfaction for using kerosene as fuel. The new fan is less ruch sets and to the further intent that under expensive and more convenient than the electrio no creumatanoes shall the present shareholders fan and far more effective than the old-fashioned

of the Company or their tran foras, be or be Gome in any *pankab," or screen swung by a servant. The

Any way lable to make any contribution lamp, holding about a gxart of oil, has a small

to the Company in r spect of the said 100,000 glass chimney fitting into a larger metal shim. shares walees with the consent of the share. ney connected with the engine, and the fan, holders of the Company in general meeing Jangksts bara bug the ordinary electric fan, is burgereafter and and ablaived. upon the top of the engine. The speed is buyers in the north at Tla. 3124. Lanadries regulated by turning the flame np or down: have wollers at $6.. Other stocks under this Que filling of the lampit sufficient for more than heading are unclmoged and without sales. twenty-four hours, and the ext of running is

only one-ifth of that of the electric fan. The

Obtainable at the Hongkong Daily Press Office util includes a small stand with handles the

and from the Local Booksellers:

ON SALE.

THE FIFTY YEARS

Typewriting Work Undertaken, Cleane,ANGLO-CHINESE CALENDAR

Repaired, Overhauled. Charges moderate.

fate of the Hongkong Typewriting. Bureau) 12, Queen's Road Central

First-floor),

MAIL TABLES

FOB 1907.

Shows the dates of departure of the Mails to Europe and Americs, and the dates of thoir expected arrival at their destinations, as well as

... 30-Conta

the dates of return Mails,

-Mountod on Card

On Paper...

20

2

On Sale at the Hongkong Daily Prest Offos Hongkong, 28th January, 1907,

B雁英中年十五

whole weighing thirty pounds.

In tropical countries, like Mexico and India, the belief is common that timber is more durable if cut when the moon is on the 'wano, and in explanation it has been alleged that the ap rises and falls as the moon waxes and wane Durability tests in India have been inconclusive. As the master is of much. practical importance and the difference in

FROM 1ST JANUARY, 1861 TO 3ler DECEMBER durability is so widely accepted as a fact, it is

1913, BEING FROM THE 1ST YEAR OF THE 76TH OTCLB TO THE SOTH YEAR OF Tsurged that a systematic and garefully planned 78TH CICLE, THAT IS THE 32D YEAR OF series of experimenta ba made to settle the TONG CHI TO THE 39TH IBAS OF question. KWONG BUL

....... PRICE $2.CASII. .......... On Sale at the HONGKONG "DAILY PRESS" OFFICE, or Agents in all the Ports of the

Far East.

The Book will be sent by Registered Post (free) to any part of the World unrepresented by Agents on receipt of Money Order.

Hongkong, 3rd October, 11906. $1841

The unequal rotation of different parts of the. atmospheres of oslosti il-bodier, like Jupiterand Saturn, is explained by an Italian-astronomer by assuming the tidal action of small unknown satellites. These nest bodies would give a retrograde motion at the equator, the larger and mora distant satellites would give a deeper and slower motion at a distance from the equstor, and the soles would have the normal rotation..

WM.WHITELEY LTD.

Universal Providers. WESTBOURNE GROVE, LONDON, W. THE BIGGEST STORE

IN THE WORLD.

HIGH QUALITY."" MODERATH PRICES, FROMPT ATTENTION,

General Batistal Catalogne (Essi poruk, m soy Departmentaă List sett frwn

JAPANESE BEER.

“SAPPORO

YEBISU

AND A NEW BRAND

“ASAHI"

SPECIAL LIGHT BEER

“PEACE"

IDEAL AND WHOLESOME.

Each Brand has obtained the highest AWARD at International Exhibitions The largest demand in the whole of Japan. Quality speaks for itzelf. PRICE EXCEEDINGLY MODERATE.

Hongkong, 12th August, 1907,

THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA,

SOLE AGENTS.

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