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WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS;

OF

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ESTABLISHED 1815.

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THE DAIRY FARM CO., LTD.

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IN

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£18,114,624.

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Hongkong, 5th October, 1908.

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"BOA VISTA" (HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTH

CHINA) -MACAO.

THE Hotel is under European manage

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WM. FARMER,

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KIALAT

SWATOW.

stay

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Miss E. WII.

Proprietress

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