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INSURANCES

BEITISH AND MERCAN

NTILE INSURANCE COMPANY.

TOTAL FUNDS AT 31ST Dacere, b £17,837,1 19,

AUTHORISED CAPITAL... £1,000,000 Subsoribad Carmat... 2,750,000 L'AID-UP CAPITAL......... 687,500

HI FIE FUNDA 3,386,720 19 1

The Undersigued, AGENTS for the above Company, are- prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE st. Current Rates.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., Agents,

Honghong, 27th April, 1907

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AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN. SURANCE 00.

T

·OF AIX LA-CHAPELLE.

[11E Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACOEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates,

REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO.

Agenis, Heig cong. 21st April, 1397

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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 1908,

FOR SALE

ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE,

FROM 1ST TILL SOTH NOVEMBRE.

CHIN

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HINESE, JAPANESE AND INDIAN SILKS, CRAPE CANTON LINEN, EMBROIDERIES, SHAWLS, LACES, CARPETS, RUGS, DRAPERY, FANCY GOODS, &c. &c.'

BARGAINS!

BARGAINS!

BARGAINS!

Kindly note that the above Articles are suit- able for presents for Christmas and New Year.

Inspection earnestly solicited.

D. CHELLARAM,

2D'Águilar Bireet. Hongkong, 1st November, 1907.

COLLECTIONS

USED POSTAGE

12749

OF

STAMPS

MIXED STAMPS,"

IN PACKETS.

ASIATIC STAMPS.

100 for 80.80.

*THE SALT OF SAUS"

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 210, 1907.

Abbey's Vescent Salt

Effer-

You will be thankful when you become acquainted with Abbey's Salt, for you will find it pleasant and effective.

Abbey's Salt conquers head- ache,constipation,indigestion, biliousness, and all troubles that come from a disordered condition of the stomach, liver and bowels.

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When you do become ac quainted with Abbey's Salt, you will probably be sorry you did'nt know about it sooner. Sold in two sizes by all Chemists and Stores, und by Watkins, Ltd, and A. S. Watson, Lid., Hong Kong..

The Abbey Fruit Saline Co., 14., 144 Queen Victoria Street, London, E..

THORNE'S

PER

CASE

OLD VAT

$14

THIR UAT WAR STARTËR SE THE LATE ROBERT THOga .OF GALINGSGATAND HAS BECHSULDAS NTA ZINCA IBJI

SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

FLATING METALS WITH A BRUSH—A NEGLECT. IN, EDUCATION-PULL NEEDED ON VARIQUI- ROADS ELECTRIC REJUVENATION OF ARTERIES—A STONE FOREST-STRONGER RIVETS-TREE-FROG. ENGINEELING-TEL- LURIUM AVÄÏILABLE—POTATO. PENCILS. In a novel electroplating process lately developed in France, the solution-which may beaty of the usual plating batha-is contained in a brush, which is connected to the positive pole of the electric circuit while the object to be plated is connected to the negative pole, and simply brushing the well cleaned object gives regular and adherent deposit. The thickness of -the layer formad depends on the duration of the brashing and the number of applications to each sbot. Larger objeofs than usual can be covered, and a surface may be plated with enteral differout metals, thus giving a varied decoration.

JAPANESE COTTON.GOODS IN

MANCHURIA.

THE COTON FABRIC EXPORT SYNDICATE. About seventeen months azo a syndicate was formed by the Oaka Mio, Kangbi and Temma Spinning and Weaving Companies for the purpose of extealing the market of cotton goods Mitsni Bassan Kaisha as selling areats, and in Manchuria. The syndicate appointed the according to information obtained by the Cooka faal, the result of the cantare so far has ben very satisfactory to its promoters

Formerly American calico had almost a monopoly of the market in Manchuria, but as the result of the operatious of the Japaness syndicate since February of last year, the zelative positions of America and Japanes aviton good* reversed.

allegd to have been The import of American calico iato Manchuria between February, 1906. and August last was not more than 6,000 bales, while imports of Japanese cotton goodsamonated to 20,300 balas The Japanese goods are also re- ported to have got the better of the rival Our physical education consists in exercising The calice of the Japanese syndicats, which was American manufactures in the matter of prive. the moles, and A. Pérès, a French physiologist quoted at Y4.45 per pieca in April of last year, points out that our senges receive only. the has gradually risen until it touched Y4,97 in training that comes through general education, August last, an advance of 10 per cent. Doring while taste aarl small are quite neglected. A now been quote at Y5.25. Dar Osaka contemporary the last few weeks the 15lb. Japanese calico has gymnastic is needed, with special training of pablishes the first report of the syadieste, which each venee. "The, acutonòsa arising from the ox-shows the condition of the Japanese calico trade.

in Manchuria creise of a single souse is often seen, and a systematic effort to develop the powers of all will cause the pupils to observe, listen, feel and sniff instead of passively seaing, hearing, too. ching and smelling. The effect of the attention and arranging the organe in certain ways is to give impressions greater intensity, accuracy and serviceablen+88,

The resistances of various roada in pounds. par toy of 2249 pounds, have been thus given by an English authority; Railroads, 1); ka. phalt, different grador, 15, 22 and 20; tramways and wood paving, 30; best macadam, 13 to 46; ordinary macadam, 50 to 60; beat gravel, 57

best dobbler, 69; bad cobbles, 245; dry, hard olay, 100; à sand road, 360; and loose sand, 560 pounde, or 25 per cent of the weight moved over it.

The recent discovery by Prot, d'Arsouval of the remarkable action of high frequen? electrical carreats in reducing the pressure of blood in the arteries seems to promiss much in

COMPARISON OF WEAVING LOOMS

-IN-OPERATION;

Companies in the Syndicate.

Osaka Spinning da Mie Spinning

Looms Lonas working working

in Feb. in Auz.

1906. 31, 1907,

1,014 2,93)

2,400

2,701

Kanakin Weaving.....

1,003

Okayas Spioning........ Femina Wear

320

700

ving

410

Total

6,153

0,770

F34

791

95

336 231 330 205

01

Compaa va outside the Syndicato.

Fuji Spinning Naigai Wata

Kyoto Cotton Rinunel Wakayama Weaving... Nishinai Spinning... Kanegafuchi Spinning ....

Total..

2,107 2,309

9,070

Grid total........8,352

SCOTCH WHISKY averting premature old age. In the apparatus Company, is also co-apied chiefly in weaving

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

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500 for $ 3.00

150

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1,75

1000

10.00

200

34

3,50

1500

25.00

290

5.35

20:0

35,00

"

275. 9.00

3090

95.00.

Aleo Stamps in bags, sata, &c., 820.

ARTISTIC PICTORIAL POSTCARDS

& all other Philatelic Goods. Inspection invited.

1145

GRACA & CO.,

Hongkong Hotel Corridor.

FOR SALE.

INLAND LOT. No. 1708.

SITUATE at North Point, Shaakiwan Road, Hongkong, (next to the Metropole Hotel).

The property contains by admeasurement 103,950 square feet. Crown Reat, $238.00 per

annum

For further particulars, apply to

GOLDRING & BARLOW, Soliciters,

19, Queen's Road Central.

Hongkong, 12th September 1907.

STORAGE.

-FOR-COAL, TImean, ko.

1494

TO BE LET, a Purtion of MARINE LOT

TNG. 285 at NORTH POINT, Suitable

for above Purpose. EXTENSIVE WATER FRONT. DEEP WATER

Al FOR SALE.

Portious of MARINE LOTS NOR, 31 & 36 on PRAYA EAST. · Approximate AREA 45,000 SQUARE FT. 999 YEARS' GRASE.

For Particulars, apply

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

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ON SALE.

DOUND VOLUMES of the HONGKONG

Jane

1907. With INDEX, Price $7.50.

On sale at the "HONGKONG DAILY Panse"!

-Offee.

Hongkong, 26th July 1907.

HONGKONG

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

BOOKBINDING.

DAILY PRESS" OFFICE.

The only office in China having Europeau

MARTIN'S

1763

SAPIOL&STEEL

Nur Ladies: PILLS

· for all Irregularities. Thouse of Ladies Lady

keep a Tax of Martin's Fille in the home, so that on the fut sign of any treguacy of His System dimely dose may be mistered Thinso the use them recommend them, hence their onurranis male, All Chemists and is, my post then t MARTIN, Chamat, SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND.

These tiny

SANTAL Caples MIDY

-superior to Copaiba, Cubebs, and Injections cure the same diseases as these drugs in forty-eight hours without incon-enience.

Each apsule bear the mame - (MIDY)

LADIES

ALE DAMIDY

For functional troubles, delay, pain and those irregularities pecuilar to the sex.

APIOLINE CHAPOTEAU!

Prescribed by the highest French Medical authorities and superior to Tausey, steel Drops and Fenny togul. CHAPOTEAUT, I, r. Vivienne, Parts

MIISU

BISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKI.

CODE WORD: “ DOCK,"

of Dr. Montier, the patient is seated within a spiral coll of wira oberged by an alternating current of 40,000 or 50,000 volts with a frequency of 500,000 or 600,000 alternations per second, and a few sittings of five minutes each have reduced the arterial pressure, as shown by the sphygmometer, from 10 inches of mercury to the normal 6 inches, the care being par- manent and the bardening of the arteries effectively arrested, The rapidity of action is found to vary chiefly with the digestion not with the patient's age.

Dr. Moutier has successfully treated abnormally low arterial pressure by means of the electric apray or effuriam, a charged metallic comb forming one electrode being moved up and down near the spine while the patient-on au insulated stool grasps the other electrodes. Ia a third form of application, relief is given to gouty and rhumatic patients by high-freqency currents. conveyed directly to the body through cun duotora grasped by the hands

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A singalir forest of stone columus at Dikiletab, in Bavaria, has been visite by Prof. De Launay, French geographer, who report, that this ruin-like formation extends over space about 1,503 feet long by-100-to-150-feet broad on the edge of a plateau in the open country, the columns befog 15 to 20 feet high and some of them a yard thick, their shape being absolutely cylindrical. They have been produced by erosion of massse-of the grey oummulitis limestone broken by jointing. A special study was made by Prof. De Launay, and he concludes that whirls in the bed of a terrent gave the columns their isolation and shape.

After a special study of the thermal and mechanical properties of various steel alloys, it has been recommended that rivets be made of a obrome-nickel steel, which is 24 times a strong as the sun metal and can be used without special precautious,

Strangest in its habits of all treefrogs seems to be the new species-Hylaresini ctric-lately describd by Lr. Emil A: Goeldi, director of the Fa Museum. Tis creature-which is marked with banda of greenish-yellow, brown and white, with conspicuong spola makes it home in the tall forest trees along the Amo, where it appropriates a cavity or a hollow in soms lofty branch, and proceeds to adapt it to the required purpose be making it water-tight.

aromatic pitch, which is slowly collected ss it drips from the bark of a resinous tree, Rains form a permanent pool in this tree-top basin, and here the frog lays its eggs, the tadpoles hatch and swim about,t en boodme transformed into perfect young tres-frogs, which in turn cook mitable places for establishing their own little lackelets.

tanght workmen Equal to Home A.. A.B.C., and Engineering Code Case The peros wood lined with a costing of

work.

IRON MERCHAN18.

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SINGON & CO.,

Steel, Metal

Hardware Merchants. Wholesale and Retail Ironmongers. Fig Iron and Foundry. Coke Importers. General Store- keepers and Commission Agents, $5 & 87, Hing Loong Street, (1st Street West of Central Market) Telephone No. 515.

PHOTOGRAPHER V

NEW DOCK NOW OPEN.

DOCK No. 3,

Extreme Length...

Length on Blooks

Width of Entrance on Top

Width of Entrance on Bottom...

722 feet; 714

961

88

Water on Blocks at Spring fide 341

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DOCK No. 1. Extreme Length...

523. Fort

513

VR

"

77

Length on Blocks

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

DOCK No. 2.

Extreme Length...

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Length or Blocks

모습에

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Width of Entrance on Top-

Width of Entrance on Bottom...

Water on Blocks si. Spring Tidy

PATENT SLIP.

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The sepiration of copper from its ores by electrolytic process has voveral advantager. The commercial product is almost chemically pare,

$71 feet, and this gives manufacturers opportunity to use pare copper or to combine it with a definite M. MUMEYA, JAPANESE ARTIST.

sed kaewn proportion of other substance. The sromide and Crayon Enlargements and

commercial copper by other processes is so sino colouring Photos and relief Photos. Views of China and Manila. Work

impare and variable as to be unsuitable for done for Amateurs; Io. 8, 'HE WORKS are well equipped with makes it easier to recorar the gold or giver many purposes. The electrolytic method Road Central Good Panorama Views of Hongkong,

LATEST PLANTS And APPLI

present in the ore and in working up the audie recently taken, on sale.

ANCES to undertake BUILDING..or REPAIRING SHIPS, ENGINES,

sladge for its valuable contents, as much BOILERS: and

ELECTRICAL telluriam bas been obtained that this metal WORK.

could now be supplied in quantity, if needed.

TYPEWRITER.

F.A. V. RIBEIRO,

Typewriting Work Undertaken, Cleane

Repaired, Overhauled. Charges moderate. inte of the Hongkong Typewriting Buroma) 10, Queen's Road Central

(First-floor),

Baitable for vessels up to 1,000

A LARGE STOCK MATERIAL always kept on hand,

and

The COMPANY has the powerful steamer "OURA-MARU” (712. tons, 700 LA.P

specially built for BALVAGE PURPOSES equipped with necessary gear, always read Sharf Notion,

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The new pencil of the Germans, in which a material having a basis of potato is substituted for cedar, is somewhat beavier than the old.

kind, but is the sime in size, form and appear- ance. It is more easily sharpened, while it can I be produced in quantity at a very low cost.

It should be noted that the Eyoto Cotton Flaurel Company nes the whole of its product places no cotton goods in their original form for the manufacture of cotton flanel," and so

upon the market. The Wakayama Weaving material for cotton fannel which is largely calico for export. The working of the loams of produced in Wakayama-aud never produces these two comprales has therefore no affect whatever upon the market of calico, either for export or for the home market,

We learn from the report that the Govern ment agreed to make arrangements to allow the syndicate to obtain money at easy rates as an exchange fund for the export of the goods. by the Government to accept 4 months The Yokobums Spocie Bank was instrusted. sight drafts at the rate of 4 per cent. on a tot amount exceeding Y5,000,000 per | Bunum and 4 per cent. on an amount under Y5,000,000 per an By this area gemant the export of calion, which occupies the mat impartsot position is Manchurian trade, was enormously benefited. Furthermore, in con sideration of the constant fluctuations in the rate of exchange, and the financial conditions in that from that date the money drawn on drafts Manchuria, it was arranged in December last

of the syndicate should be repaid in Japan. This arrangement has also greatly added to the advantage enjoyed by the syndicate of exporters, The totat value of drafts drawn by the syndicato on Manchurian daring the past year amounted to a little over Y1,970,000, but the valay of drafts drawn by the Mitgui. Bassin Kaisha. on the shipment of calico having exoseded Y5,000,000, the syndicate was able to make use of the fund at the preferential rate of 4 per

at per annum.

t with the

The report goes on to say that a most important factor directly affecting Japanese export business in competition with forsiga therefore, with the assistance of the Mitsui goods is the matter of freight. The ayndicate, Bassan Kaisha, made an arrangements Nippon Yusen Kaisks and the. Osaka Shosen Kaisha for the latter to carry cotton goods at the specially low rate of 45 sen per bale between Manchacis Railway Company was also ap Osake and Tairėn. Furthermore, the South

proached for the purpose of obtaining a reduc tion is freight for the aradicate goods, but the company was not in a position to allow a diacsant directly, as its system still remained undeveloped. However, the empany accorded certain facilities. for the transportation of syndicate goods, (Th's admission is interesting.)

The uniformity of the quality and packing of the syndicate goods has, it is alleged, gone a long way to assist the ease as of the working of the venture. The members of the syndicate carefully examine each other's goods every month. Fcora are picked out at random. and the quality 24 to 3 bales of calico produced in each mill carefully examined in respect to weight, width, length, border, &c. In addition to this examination ons bale of every quality of goods company's mil in turn, and an examisation is prodused by each mill is brought to: cãe conducted by the chief experts of that mill. This armogement was put into praction from October

has brought about s'uniformity of quality, and oaf, and subsequently improved. This system of last year. Every defect in the goods is pointed.

the result has improved on every examination until now the quality of goods produced by have become identical with the exception of the all the mills in the syndio ste is asserted to colour, the differenc in which is due to the raw material used. The last tout of the mo ceas of this examination is that the complain's who are very paricalar about defects, and are of buyers in Manekaria, and even from Chinese

always ready to demand, a reduction of price: oven for the slightest damage in the bale, have now almost entirely ceased. The goods never- thelees still require improvement in many respects, and the syndicate is carefully in- vestigating the matter with a attaining this end.

1752-1

A good example is set by the people who take care of their teeth and more.

of them every year use

Calvert's

view to

Carbolic Tooth Powder Sell Ly local Chemists and Storer.

MADE BY

F. C. Calvert & Co., Monbester, Eng

JAPANESE BEER.

YEBISU

**SAPPORO

WHOLESOME.

IDEAL AND

ASAHI"

East Brand has obtained the highest AWARD at International Exhibitions,

The largest demand in the whole of Japan.

PRICE EXCEEDINGLY

Quality speaks for itself, MODERATE.

SOLD BY-H. PRICE & CO., CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., A. CHAZALON & CO, and other leading Chinesa Wine Merchants,

Hongkong, 12th August, 1907,

THE MITSUI BUSSAN KABHA,

SOLE AGENTS.

$3.9

GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL PREMIUM BONDS.

W

E are the Largest Dealers in the World of those attractive Securities. WRITE to us at once for our Your Book giving full particulars.

WHAT ARE PREMIUM BONDS ?

They are high-class and absolutely SAFE SECURITIES, payable to learer med by the various Governments and Municipalities of Europe: they are redeemable at periodical Drawings either WITH CASH PREMIUMS varying vaox 6 To £10,000, or, at the very least, at their full nominal value.

OUR UNRIVALLED COMBINATIONS, Comprised o the most advantageons Bouds, may be pure good by convenient monthly

payments ranging from 15/- to £20, Lists of Drawings published fortnightly. Premiamas collected fres of charge.

3, RUE DE LA BOURSE...

PARIS (France).

MELVILLE, GLYN & CO.,

PREMIUM BOND DEALERS,

Exshaw's Brandies.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

PRODUCE OF FRANCE

JOHN EXSHAW

NOI BRANDY

All my labels are signed

Joheelsshanz

Messrs. John Exshaw & Co. have

to announce that in order to protect

the public against imitations of their

well-known No. 1 Brandy they have

adopted the label herewith shown.

From October 1st, 1907, all Shipments of

JOHN EXSHAW No. 1. BRANDY

will bear this label-

PRODUCE OF FRANCE

JOHN EXSHAW

REGISTERED

N°I BRANDY

All my labels are signed

Johubeshang

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