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INTIMATIONS

MOUTRIEN

& CO. LTD..

NEW SEASON'S MODELS

JUST ARRIVEDI

BABY GRANDS

AND

“TU LEE

TO LET.

MACDONNELL ROAD.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRES, MONDAY, TEBRUARY 17TH, 1908

COMPRADORE'S DEPARTMENT, Nippon Tusan Kaisha. Hongkong, 3rd Junë, 1905,"

188

TO LET AT CANTON.

TIGHT BOOMED HOUSE.

SHAMEEN,EN

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A.B. $9. Care of Daily Prass" Offloo. Hongkong, 23rd January, 18. .231

TO LET.

COTTAGE PIANOS L The Peas, unfarnished, from the middle

BY

BLUTHNER, RUD. IBACH,

RACHELS, PLEYEL,

CHAPPELL AND ROSENKRANZ &c.

INSPECTION INVITED.

SOLE AGENTS:

8. MOUTRIE & CO., LD.,

York Building, Chater Road.

Hongkong, Tath November, 1907.187-4

TO LET

TO LET.

HOUSE No. 41, Wyndham Stresi, trom

March next.

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H. M, H. NEMAZEE,

9 Padders H

Hongkong, 6th February, 1908.

TO LET

TO. 5, MORRISON HILL.

No

330

SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY

PLANTS. FITTED

∙BLOWING AWAY LONDIN'S FO0-1, No

axerted against 100 square foot and this relation is constant for all Ast_formon, however complicated. Knowing that his 20 ·ROGAL CONDITIONS ----

honestructure may be exposed to an 80-mile wind, au engineer must add 20 per cent to the pressure COMBINATION OF WASIU— BROHIYERS FOR The reason appears to be thee the large body WEALTH IN on his test model for that of his larga structure. LIGHTNING WAVES - AN -ÚNGINAWEZING REKOR--COMETS: FOLLOW THE SUN,

more thoroughly reduces the pressure on the lee side.

PAVAILABLE METAL'S USER ***

The possibilities of selective breeding of The abnormal orbite have led some astrono plants to resist adverse conditions have beamers to believe that contets come from beyond. almost entirely overlooked. A. F. Woods, of the solar system. Late resenceles have con- the United States Buress of Plant Industry, vinced M. Foret, the French astronomer points out that we lose the benefits of a destrue. otherwise, and he conclude that all recorded": tive drought,

a cold wave, an epidemic of comets are as much a part of the sun's family disease, or a crop fallare by neglecting to ave the fow plants, left, which might supply wood

as are the planeta.

ity making them proof again thỏ causs that would give progeny, having some peculiar. of the general destruction, Will-resistant catton, wilt-resistant cow-pass and flir, and cor-peas and flax resistant to nematoda or root: | knot have originated in this way. Olferid thickly populatet regions having been forced to ODOWN No. 3, NEW PRAYA, Kom-wheats have been developed in the dry parts of STO Torything, drought-resistant darum

A HACIENDA East, Mount Kellet, or end of April next. For particulars apply to the undersigned.

C. H. GRACE, Care of Beersiary's Oos, Hongkong Club,

311

Hongkong, 5th February, 1908

nedy Town.

TO LE..

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HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT

& AGENCY CO, LD. Hongkong, 1st February, 1908. 360

TO LET

FROM 18T MAT. OWLOON MARINE LOT 48, Yamat, Area 85,200 square fost and with 255 fset Ben Frontage. Especially saited for Storage of Coal, Timber, &a.

Apply to

2:41

HUMPHREYS ESTATE &

EINANCE CO., LTD. Hongkong. 18th January, 198

TO LET.

THE Top Floor of No. 2, Wyndham Street T

lately vaosted by the Hotel Baltimore, suitable for Club or Boarding Howe,

No 7, PEDDER'S HELL

First Floor of No. 6 Queen's Road, Central comprising Six Large Rooms and Oathouses suitable for busiress Pre miao or Dwellings,

od spied by FORD, BORNEMANN & CO.

no

Bossia and Axis and around the Mediterranean drought-resistant alfalfas and other forage orops in the same region, cold-resistant alfaifa in Biberia, cold-resistant winter-wheats in Russia, and other special crops. We may bare like good things without waiting for the stress of necessity. The cold-resisting quality of the trifoliate inedible orange can be combined with the fruit qualities of the tender Tweet orange; the diasass-resistant quality of the citron with the fruit quality of the edible melons; the rust-resistant quality of the dueam wheat with the berry of the blus starm; the cold-resistance of the wild crab with fruit of ear fluer apples, and so on.

While annon Bring for breaking up hail etonde has proven a failure, Signor Moggiora, Italian, believes it would disperse fog. He attributes the persistance of London's fog to stagnation of the sir, and concludes that six air miles from Westminater would dissipate the heaviest fog in twenty minutes. The cost

SHARE REPORT.

THORNE'S

PER CASE

OLD VAT

$1.5

THIS VAT WAS STARTED BY THE LATE ROBERT THORNE OF CREENOCK AND HAS BEEN SOLD AS HE SINCE (8)

Mesars Erich Georg & Co. say in their wookly SCOTCH WHISKY.

1999.—Race holidays have stopped the business. share report dated Hongkong, 15th February, almost completely, and we have consequently very few transactions to report to-day rates rate of exchange on London closes at la being nearly unchanged. The sterling demend 11-1/164, for a Bank T/T, and Tle, 747 for a thres daya

while

rates on ebanghai are Tls. 743 sight Private Draft. Barsilvar in London is quoted 28-164, and Console £87-1/18: The Bank of England rate of discount remains at 4. of while the market rate of discount is 31 per cent...

BANK SHARESA few small lots of Hong kong and Shanghais sold at 9720 for old and $715 for new shares, at which rates shares are on offer: London quotes £80 and £795 respectively. Nationals are unchanged.

MALING INSURANCE SHARER-Unfous told and base buyers at 3850. "North Chings can a placed at Tls, 25. Other stocks under this heading are unchanged.

FISE INSURANCE SHARE-A fow Hong- konga sold at 8335. Chinus remain on offer st SHE

SHIT ING SHALER--Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat shares can be placed at $29); Indo Chinas have improved slightly, and niss have been reported at 366, 867 and $68 for fattar rate they close steady, Shaughal quotes proference and deferred shares combined; at sales at Tls. 31 for oud of next month, while London quotes preference shares at £1. 6. Od. and deferred rares at £3. 01. Od. Union Water-

quote the stock 810 salière or the dividend of 50 esate per share paid to day. Shell Trans ports are quite at 46, London quoting ellers

unchanged and without transactions. " at 46 9d. Other stooks under this heading,

at 8110 and 111, and have buyers at the latter REY NEBINS-China Sugars have been done rate, Lusons are unchanged.

Second Floor of No. 81, DES VŒUX of ten projectors would be about 825,000, the boats sold at 810) cum dividend,undwa now

ROAD CENTRAL; above the Olios of DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD.

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96

DAVID SAS300N & Co. LTD. One FOUR ROOMED HOUSE at Prays Hongkong, 6th February, 198 East near Eat Polit.

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JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LED, Hongkong, 21st Optober, 1907,

93.

TO LET.

Oo, facing the Cricket Graand,

FFICES on Top Floor No. 2, Connaught

"No. 10, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL 1st floor.

HATHERLEIGH," Condait Road

A HOUSE in CLIPTON GARDENS, Conduit Road

BLUE

OFFICES in YORK BUILDING. GODOWNS in PRAYA EAST, BUILDINGS and Ne,:10B., Des Voeux Rosa next to the HongKong Hotel,,^^ FLATS in MORETON THEBLON Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY 40., LTD Hongkong, 1st February, 1908.

86

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. J..

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-66 ENGGESFORD (Farnished) No 14,

No. 71, WYNDHAM STREE P.

GLENWOOD CAN® ROAD, suitable

PEAK. Contains 6 E00218.)

TO LET

OHOR OF NO. 14, DES VOUX ROAD FFICES and ROOMS on the let and 2nd CENTRAL, (formerly occupied by Messrs SHEWAN, TOMs & Co.).

HOUSE, No. 11, SEYMOUR ROAD, new

painted and colour washed.

Une FIVE-ROOMED BUNGALOW, "THE NRUX" No 84, Mount Gough, Peak, Garden and Tennis. (From 1st April next).

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THE COMPRADORE DEPT, JARDINE, MATHE-ON & CO, LTD.

Conkanght Bond Central. Hongkong, 1st February, 1908-203- TO LET:-*

expones of discharging them, vary slight.

Calotum being now & commercial product, its posalbilities were considered in British Asso ciation paper ty Arthur E. Pratt. It is volatile, silvery white metal, about as hard as

alumiaan, melting at 800 C., having a spicille gravity of only 1.52, fairly malleable, and a cations will probably depend ohiefly ups ita good gouductor of electricity. Its useful appli powerful action as a reducing agant and in the refining of metals. It reflder impare metals like copper, giving solid castings, by radusing oxides and sulphides, by eliminating distalvad ganes, and by asiting with certain impur. ities to form less deleterious compounds; bat in excess the calcium itself causes brittleness. In alloys, the only promise of calcium seems to depend upon its Lardening ROM 15th February, "FAIRVIEW,"

No 1, ROBINSON ROAD; splendid situary and its effect in giving increased tion, with fine view of barbout); Six Big Roonis-Apply to L. B...

Care of Daily Prose Oilca. Hongkong, 5th February 1808, 312

TO 'LET.

obemical activity.

The problem of utilising the vast accumula tions of dust from the screening of cosi ba been solved by a French chemist by mixing the fine coal with beetroot pain and resin,

and

MINING SHAREs - Charbonuages are un changed. Ranbsold at 23 and 97 and have

in the north at The 15 Enginearing and Companys abaros can be placed probable buyers at the higher rate. Chinese

kong and Whoopos Docks sold at 808. but the

Docks, WHARTES, GODOWN &c.-Hang market closes qalet at the figure; Fenwick, Shanghai Dooks are armar, Shanghai wiring a as well as New Amoy Docks, are unchanged. quotation of Tia. 8. Hongkong and Kowloon Wheres are quoted $55 old sud $59 for now shares, at which rates business has been done. Shanghai and Hongkow Wharves are quoted TT, 218.

LANDS HOTELS AND BUILDINGB-Hong kong Lunds are unchanged at $101, whil Kowloons have dropped a point and are for sale at $32; West Peints are quiet at $48, and phrata Estates changed owners at $10 and Hoogkong Hotels bare buyers at $14. Hom. $tor and continue in request at the lwarfigars. Shanghai Landesrequoted Tls. 108.

for a Bearding house or Club. Containing 26 ÅRGE OFFICE ROOM on First Fleer forming into briquettes. The fuel thus pre- Bhanghai gives a quotation of Tis. 75 sellers,

Booms

BEACONSFIELD ARCADE, Fine Offees

and lung Ro

No. 18, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, Top Floor, (evor Caldbook MacGregor). OFFICES in Queen's Road Central. BELILIOS

ROBINSON ROAD,

TERRACE

HOUSES,

GOOD CENTRAL GODOWN, No. 3, DUDDELL STREET

LADBROKE, No. 9, CONDUIT Rosd,

9 Roome, Furnished or Unfurnished from

15th April, 1908 Large Servante. Quarters and full sized Tennis Court.

No. 3 DUDDELL STREET Shop" and lat Floor,

No. 6, DES VEUX VILLAS (Prax). No 57, PRAYA GRANDE, Macao,

Appy-to-

LINSTEAD & DAVIS 3rd Floor, Alexandra Building-

Hongkong, 13th February, 198

TO LET

IMMEDIATE FORAMSBION,

ODOWN No. 101, Psays East.

Apply to

68

CHATER & MODY-

Viotoris Buildings,

Hongkong, 17th January, 1908,

TO LET,

212

THE ROOMS on the first floor of No.-34, THE

QUEEN'S BOAD CENTRAL, (oppo- site the General Post Office) The Rooms are light, spacious and well ventilated. Very Moderate rent. Immediata Posassion.

Apply to

YED SANG FAT & 00

Same address, Hongkong, 23th January, 1907. -270

TO LET.

20:59, CÀINE ROAD.

Nos. 27 and 31 SEYMOUR ROAD.

Apply to AWE

BAM

WANG CO., LTD.,

81, Queen's Road Central

·Hongkong, 37th November, 1907.

N

TO LET.

190.

-

10. 2. CHANCERY LANE. GROOMED HOUSE ficted with Electric Light., “Central Locality, |-|-

**STILLINGFLETE" Peak Road. SIX. ROOMED. HOUSE with, Fine View of Harbour.

"HARPERVILLE" Garden Road, SIX- ROOMED HOUSE fitted with Electric Light and full use of Tennis Court.

Apply to

PERCY SMITH & SETH,

Accountants & Auditors, &c,

5, Queen's Road Vertial. Hongkong, 10th February, 1908.

ot No. 16, DES VŒUX ROAD,

Apply to FERD, BORNEMANN,

No. 16, Des Voeux Road Castra Hongkong, 23rd January, 1903,

TO LET.

16$

A immediate possession

UCTION ROOMS No. 2, Zetland Street, Nos. 9-and-4, AIRVIEW," RONSON Roan Kowloon:

WOODBURY GARDEN ROAD. "ROSEN EATH," KonLoos,

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LEIGH & ORANGE 1. Des Von Road. Hongkong, 10th February, 1908,

TO LET.

FFICES in Alexandea BUILDINGS.

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0

SECRETARY,

A. S. Watson & Co., Limited. Hongkong, 23rd April, 1907.

F

TO LET.

[91

FIRST Class European Boxes, furnished or unfurnished Loobiel Terrace and Humphreys Aveñas, Kowloon

Apply to➡(TAM, TSZ KONG,

Care of Hip On Insurance, Exchange and -- Loan Co., Lad., 42, Bouham Strand, West Hongkong, 1st October, 1907.

A

TO LET.

94

SIX ROOMED HOUSE at ELLIOT CRESCENT, Robinson Road. Farnished or Unfurnished.

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FI D'ALMADA ■ CASTRO, -

83, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong, 22nd January, 1908.

TO LET.

lou

4 and 5-ROOMED HOUSES in Kowloon.

COMMODIOUS SHOP in De Vaux Road Central, Hongkong. Immediat's possession. Moderate rentals,

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HUMPHREYS ESTATE &

FINANCE CO., LD

Hongkong, 18th January, 1908.

TO LET.

117

pared barns freely without crumbling, giving intense heat with practically no smoke. The beetroot pulp in the waste from the manufacture of beet anger, and hitherto has been practically ing method of lengthening out the continuance useless This invention ofers snother promis of our full supply

The work of oratorn and singers has been found by Dr. Narage, of Paris, to vary greatly with the pitch of the

the voice. The bass voice in

Corron MILLS. Without sales and un- changed, except Los Kang Vows, for which and Ewos, which are up to Tis: 58..

BUNDRY MANUFACTURIN COMPANIES,— Chins Light and Powers sold at $5, and Hung. have been done at 2111 and $113. closing with kong Electrics at $14) Green Island Cements

at $25. Other stocks nader this heading sro sellers at the higher rate Ropes are wanted unchanged and without sales.

MISCELLANEOUS, -China Providents have at latter rate. China-Borneos fatohed $103, and baen Bred at $3 and 832, closing with sellers have further ellers. Langkala are quiet at Tia, 420, after falling from Pls, 450 to Tie 410; et a great disadvantage, and in the same hall it | A. §. Watsons are for sale at $101. No change requires seventeen to sighteen times as much other stocks under this bending.

work as the baritone or tenor voice to give the same impression, Powerful, desp voiced men ara more fatigued by the same oratorical or musical performance than more delicate men with volbes of higher pitch, or than women and children.

Two new meteorological instruments, the invention of Prof de Guillon Garoin of Barcelona, give promise of usefulness in coua. tries, like England and France, which are visited by thunderstorms from the sea or from a direction that can have no weather station to give warning siguals, What he calls the cerannograph takes advantage of the faot that even the feeblest lightning fash generator electric wares, A receiver equippe with a Morse telegraph recorder registers every dash not more than 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) away, and thus shows when a thunderstorm is in progress within thai disisnos. To distin guish between two or more storms coming simultaneously he has designed another. apparatus, witch he bat named the ceraane. phone. This seems to be a modification of the ad-speking, telephone and not only enables the observer to detent slarms af even greater approaching or receding, distance bat may show whether they are

The presure of the wind, which in calonlalaï so barefully by builders of bridges and other large structures, proves to be greater in actual experience than in the tests on all models, Wind of a certain velocity, for instance, gava 18 per cent. less presence when striking a single agaste foot of surface than when

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