10
Hoehl
gout americaîn
OBTAINABLE FROM:
THE SINCERE CO. LTD..
Hongkong, 16th February, 1914,
Perfume OPA-SOL
ral Essence y Alcohol
For Catalogues apply to:
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TE, 1914,
Extra Dry
COMMERCIAL
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
ON LONDON!
Telegraphic Transfer
Bank Bills, on demand
February 17th.
Bonk Bills, at 30 days' night
...1.107
1/100 1/11
Bank Bills, at 4 months' sight...1/11-dr Credits, at 4 montheight/113 Documentary Hils 4mthght1,11
ON PARE-
Bank Bills, on demand........
.240$
Credits, at 4 months' sight..
.245
ON GERMANY
On demand
.1957
ON NEW YORK:-
Bank Bills, on demand
46
[36-222
Credits, at 60 days' sight
ON BOMBAY
.1412
142
SUB-AGENT FOR HONGKONG.
DR.
TETZNER'S
BIRCH-WATER
FOR THE HAIR.
FORMADONT
FOR THE TEETH. PERFUMES
are the best obtainable anywhere.
Telegraphic Transier...
Bank, on demand..
ON CALOUTTA :-~~-
Telegraphic Transfer......
Bank, on demand.
ON SHANGHAI:-
Bank, at sight...*****
ON MANILA-On demand-Pozos-94
Private, 30 daya" sight
743
ON YOKOHAMA:On demand..
931
ON SINGAPORE—On demand
FELUCCA
ON BATAVIA:-On demand
.115
ON HAIPHONG :—On demand
..14% pm
ON BAIGON ---On demand
ON BANGKOK-On demand SOVEREIGNS, Bank's Buying Rate...$10.40 GOLD LEAF, 100 fine, per taul BAR SILVEE, per DZ,
SUBSIDIARY COINS.
.854.90
..26
per cent.
Chize: 6 Chinese... 10 Hongkong...20 Hongkong
20 cents pieces... $1266 discount.
$12,80
$ 4.60
... $ 8.35
[36-52
HUGO C. A. FROMM,
Hongkong, 16th February, 1914.
EMPEROR
HONGKONG.
FREDERICK SPRING.
A DELICIOUS REFRESHMENT
WHEN TAKEN PLAIN OR MIXED
WITH WHISKY, BRANDY, WINE
·LOQUOD Date
January 30th.. January 31st
Dur
Dilb
MASPERO
FRERES
Mafrika Talkesla
CAIRE ECYPTE,
ROFREREST
BEATON ROUGE
EGYPTIAN
CIGARETTE
STAKES.
FELUCCA 3.
SPECIALS 2,
BOUTON ROUGE 1.
ALSO STARTED 12 OTHER.
[25
MAILS VIA SIBERIA..
February 14th. February 16th.
SHARE LIST. QUOTATIONS.
HONGKONG, 17TH FEBRUARY, 1914.
STOCKS.
CREAM.
MILKMAID THICK
RICH
CREAM
THE CREAM THAT CAN BE WHIPPED, BUT CANNOT BE BEATEN.
NO. OF
VALUS
"SETVES.
EFTERN PAID CLOSING QUOTA-ON HAIS UP. TIONS CASH, OF LAST
DIV'D.
(boy,
OR FRUIT JUICE.
For Agency apply to:
Hongkong, 16th Feb
1914.
BANKS,
HUGO C. A. FROMM,
Hongkong & Shai. Bank Corporation China Borneo Company, Limited .... China Light and Fower Company, Leth... .......... China Provident, Losn't Mortgage Co., Lu COTTON MILLA, --
120,000
$125 all
8071, 1 div.
60,000
Sid all
L'don £32.5/8 57 p..
$11, buyers
8. p...
50,000
50,000
200,000
$1 al 84, sellers $10 all 29, sellers.
It is simply PURE CREAM.
7ipe
HONGKONG.
FOR
TER
Boitow,
Saigon....
Baigun
*Straits and *Caylın
Kaifong Tanon Maru Phranang Nyanza
STRAITS, BURMAI, CEYLON, ADELAIDE, WESTERN AUSTRAJJA, INDIA, ADEN, EGYIT and EUROPE via NATLES
Goben
POST OFFICE NOTICE;
A New Mail Train Service via Tientsin and Pakow for Europe (via Siberia) will be closed
at Surughal every Wednesday evening, at 5 p.m.
his I rain will connect with the Trans-Siberian Express conveying the Mails sont via Daly on Wednesday morning.
The Empress of Russia, with the CANADIAN and AMERJOAN MAIL ex Siberia, is due to arrive here to-day, at 8 am
The Kleist, with the GERMAN MAIL, left Singapore on Saturday, the 14th inst., at am, and may boarpected here to-morrow, at daylight,
The Liangchow, with the MAIL FROM LONDON (via Siberia) of Saturday, the 31st ult., is due to arrive here on Friday, the 20th inst.
siphong *Pakboi, and Saigon... Mathilde
Esiphong, Pakhiol and *Saigon...
DATE:
Wednesday, 18th, 8.00 a m Wednesday, 18th, 8.00 a w Wednesday, 18th, 8.00 a m Wednesday, 18th, 8,00 ▲ Wednesday, 18th. 8.00 a m Wednesday, 18th,
Printed Matter and Sam
plea...
Registration
8.30 &
BwoCotton Spiz'g. & Weaving Co.,L Hongkong Cotten Spinning Co., La.. Dairy Farm Company, Limited, DOCKS AND WHARVE
F'kong.&Kowloon Whar! & G. Co.,Ld. H'kong, and Whampoa Dook Co., Ld.. Nor Amoy Dock Co., Limited....
'bai, Dock and Engineering Co., Ld S'hai, and Hongkey Wharf Co, Ed.... Green Island Cement Co., Limited... Hongkong Electric Co., Limited... Hongkong Hotel Company Limited
[36-32
20,000 Tls, 50 all .125,000 40,000
$10. $7 ali
850 all
Tls. 136, buyer $3.10, buyers
$30, buyers
Sp
12,000
$50
8,000
60,000 50,000
50 all $74), buyers 10,000 16 all
*81 55,700 Tls. 100 al,56 36,000 Tla. 100 all T 104, bager 400,000 $10 ALL
86.65, buyers 60,000:
$10 all 346, sollers
all 8125, buyers
$84, sellers
5pc.
Contains No PRESERVATIVES.
Makes splendid ICE CREAM.
Excellent with steral and tinned fruits, fruit salads.
Packed in 3 sizes of tirs
3p.c.
71 p...
4 p.4.
Manila Metropole Hotel, Limited Hongkong Toe Company, Limited.. Hongkong Rope Manstechiring Co., Ld.
15,000
Ps, 10 all
$95, buyers
26 cts: per 4 oz. tin.
"nett
11}
You can get it at:-
P8, sellers
£7.2
5,000
$25 a
60,000
$10 all
$190, sellers
56 p.
823
H'kong&South ChinaSteam Fishers.Co.,Ld
15,000
LANE, CRAWFORD & Co. THE FRENCH STORE. H. BUTTONJEE & SON. THE SINCERE Co.
Hongkong Stool Foundry Co, Ld. Hongkong Tramway Co., Lad, INSURANCES ---
15,000
$10 all $10
325,000
5/- all
7/6
Canton Insurance Office Co., Limited China Firo Insurance Co., Limited... Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ld, North-China Insurance Co., Limited Union Insurance Society, Limited Yangiace Insurance Association, Lad LANDS AND BUILDINGS.—
10,000
20,000
8,000
$250 $50 $323, buyara $100 $20 $157, seilora
63 P...
10,000
12,400
$250 $50 $395, bayers
£15 £5 Tis, 138, bagore $250 $100 $840, buyers
61 p..
12,000
Registration,
8.30 A Kowloon
B.O....
Letters...
8.00 & 1 9.00 AM
Haimun
Swalow
་་
Philippine Islands...
Taming
Swater, Shanghai and *North China
Takeany
Shanghai, *North China, &*Japan via "Moji
Aubria
Wednesday, 18th, 10.00 Ar Wednesday, 18th, 3.00 PM Wednesday, 18th, 5.00 MINING -- Wednesday, 18th, 5.00
H'kong. Land Invest. Agency Co., Ld Hongkong Land Reclamation Co., Ld. Humphreya' Estate and FinanceCo., Ld Kowloon Land and Building Co., Lad. Shanghai Land Investment Co, Ld..... West Paint Building Co., Limited Maatschappij tot Mijn, Bosch-on |
Landbouw exploitatis in Langkat
25,000 150,000
50,000
$10 all
6,000 78,000 Tls 12,500
50 all Tls, 91
all i
$100 $75, $200
$10 a
$3), z. div. sel.
$50 $50 $45, bugars
$100 $60 $195, bayers @
$112
61 p..
5 po.
$50 all $66, bayes
Si p4.
25,000
ds. 10 all Tls. 35, buyers
TRY
Boihew, siphong, Pakhoi and Saigon Shanghai and North China
Hongkong.
Bangkok
Pakhoi, Kaiphong, nad Saigon...
Japan via Kachinotzu, Victoria, TRoom,
Vancouver and Seattle... BLINGHAI, NORTH CHINA, JAPAN vi
NAGASAKI, UNITED STATES, SOUTH AMERICA And CANADA vis VANCOUVER
(EUROPE VIZ SIBERIA
To make connection with the Dalny stesureT leaving Shanghai on Monday, the 23rd inst,, at 10 am.].
Straits, India vin Calenţta
Shanghai and North Chius
Japan via Kobe
Fuhu Fooshing Bellerophon
..
Thursday, 19th, 10,00 A M Thursday, 19th, 20,00 -- Thursday, 19th, 10.03 AM Thursday, 19th, 10.00 AM Thursday, 19th,
Chinese Engineering and M. Co., L Heawood Tin and Rubber Estate, Ld Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Lud Tronoh Mines, Limited
1,000,000
200,000
000
Peak Tramways Ca, Limited
000
Philippine Co., Limited
,000
10 all $5
Palpos et Papeteries da Tozkia Sociste des
13,200
$50 a $20, sallecs
Empresa of Asia
Begistration ... 10.00 A
Kowloon Registration
B.Q..
REFINERIES.—
China Sugar Fedaing Co., Limited
20,000
$100 all $942, buyers
Letters
9.00 AN 10.30 A
Luzon Sugar Refining Co, Lámitad STEAMSHIP COMPANIES, -
7,000
3100 all $31, sellers
*Shanghai and North China-
Shanghai North Chius, Japan
Naga
CUROPE via SIBERIA)
Hanoi
Levat
Anhui
Solveig
Chovsang Kleist
Thursday, 19th. Noor Thursday, 19th, 1.00 PM Thursday, 19th, 3.00 M Thursday, 19th, 4.00 M Thursday, 19th, 5:00 PM Thursday, 19th, 5.00 PM
Chins and Manila Steamship Co.,L Douglas Steamship Co, Limited. H'kong.. Canton & Masso 8,8, Co., La Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., Ld50,000 pret.
30,000
$25 all 89), eslləra
20,000
350 ML 3341
5.0
80,00
315 all $296, bavers
$60,000 def
13o make connection with the Dalny steamer haring Shangbai on Monday, the 23rd inst., at 10 am
Shell Transport & Trading Co., Lt. 2,500,000 Star Ferry Company, Limited South China Morning Post, Limited Steam Laundry Company, Limited STORES AND DISPENARES.
25 all $77, JL'don.
Bal£115, £1 all 105
£1 all 41/-,. sellera 2/ all 2/6, buyers $183.10, sellers 21 all 39/-, bayėra $10alf $10
$10813 $0.93, sellers
King Georgell
IT
SCOTCH
WHISKY
THE TOP NOTCH OF SCOTCH.” PRE-EMINENTLY PURE AND
OF EXQUISITE FLAVOUR.
EDINBURGH.
THE DISTILLERS CO., LTD.,
SOLE AGENTS:
GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.,
WINE MERCHANTS,
6, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL HONGKONG.
31 pr.
TELEPHONE No. 135
Swatow, Arbor No Poochow
Korror, Yap, Uli Saipan, Trak, Ponape,1
Kusaia, Jelait Naaru, Rabaul, and Syduey
Batching
Germania
Friday,
Powell, W., Limited Watson & Co., A. S., Limitad 20th, 10.00 A❘ Union Waterboat Co. Limited
20th, 11.00 AM
Fara Rubber in London
PHILIPPINE 18 ANGAUR YAP
FRIEDRICH WILHELMSHA
FEN, RABAUL
HERBERTS-
Print Waldemar
Saturday, 21st, 8:00 AM
HOHE MATUPI,
SAMARA,
Loans.
Chinese Imparial 1,836
Amonst.
AUSTRALIA TASMANIA
AND
NEW ZEALAND VIA BRISBANE
Japan vis Moji, Victoria and Tacoma
Philippine Islands
Tacoma Mari Tususang
Straits, and India via Calontta
Kumsany
Philippine Islande!!!
Buchi
ON SALE
AT THE
Shanghai sed North China
Foocitou
MEUKOPS, VIA STRERTAN
To make connection with the Topu Train
leaving Shanghai on the 26th inst, at 8 p.m.) Swatow B
Haimun
Shanghai and North China
Salow, Amoy and Foechow
Bangsorg Raitum
ޔ
SHANGHAI, NORTH CHINA, JAPAN via
NAGALA EI, HONOLULU, UNITED
STAZEE, SOUTH AMERICA 271. CANADA
Korea
vis BAN FANCIFCO
(EUROPE via SIBERIA)
Shanghai and North China
Philippine Islands
Shanghai and North China
Izanycho Teamin's Luckno
Australia, Tasinanis and New Zealand via Empire
Thursday Island “
Specially superscribed correspondence only.
Saturday, 21st, Nook Saturday, 21st, 100 P Saturday, 21st, 1.00 F M Eaterday, 21st, 300 Saturday, 21st, 5.00 ¥ v
Sunday,
22nd, 9007. 23rd, 5.00 PM Monday,
Tuesday, 24th, 10.00 M Tuesday, 24th,
Registration 1000 A M (Registration with late fee of 10 cents up. to 10.30 AM.) Registration, Kowloon
B.O. at Letters
930 AM 11.00
Tuesday, 24th, 3.00 P Tuesday 24th, 3.00 PM. Thursday, 26th, 3.00P Friday, 27th, 9.00 AM
Interest.
For Tls. 787,200. Tis, 250 7% p. anum
VERNON & SMYTH, Share Brokers.
HONGKONG DAILY PRESE
OFFICE.
NEW AND UP TO DATE
PLANS OF THE SI-KIANG
OB
WEST RIVER.
PRICE ONE DOLLAR.
Giving all the Important Towns en route from CANTON to WUCHOW
Hongtong, 5th April, 1913.
ON SALE
A TABLE OF THE
RATES OF EXCHANGE
AT HONGKONG
FOR
DEMAND DRAFTS ON BOMBAY On the Day Preceding the Departure of t English Mails from the Year of the Closin of the Indian Minte to the Free Coinage o Silver
RATES
FROM 1893 TO 1909;
ALSO
FOR SOVEREIGNS, GOLL: LEAF, BAR SILVER (From 1900), and other Useful Information. PEICH E1 Cash.
On Sale at the" Dairy Ruzes" Office er Lool Fockeaders.
TO-DAY 11.45am-Hongkong Race Meeting-3rd Day. TO-NIGHT
9.15 p.m.-The Mead Allan and Caerniavsky,
Co. at the Theatre Royal.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS.
Saturday, 21st Feb.
Hongkong Race Meting Off Dry.. 9.16 p.m.-Three Episodes by Tio Amateur
Dramatic Club at the Theatre Royal.
Wednesday, 25th Feb.---
1230 p.m.-Hongkong Hotel Co.,Ltd., Meet-
ing of Simreholdes.
Thursday, 26th Fab.-
Neon-The Kowloon Land and Building Co.,
Ltd., Meeting of Bhareholders. 9.15 pm. Three Reisodes by The Amateur
Dramatic Club at the Theatre Royal.
Tuesday and Wednesday, 3rd and 4th March - Hongkong Hortioural Society Flower and Vegetable Show at the Botanic Gardens,
Thursday, 5th Mar.
11.30 am. The Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf Godown Co., Ltd., Meeting of Share holders at the Olices of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.,
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40,000
$10 al 13, buyers
6,000
$25 all $20, sal, & sel.
20,000
35 all 841, bayara
15,000
$7 all $9, zellera
4 pic.
90,030
$10 all 877, sellers
50,000
$10 all $20, sellers.
53 p..
Valas
3/1 per lb.
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