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ANESTHESIA BY INJECTION. lajecting cocaine gives local insen sibility to pain, and now Burkhardt and other German surgeons have produced general anesthesia with ether by using it for injection instead of inhalation. – A small proportion is added to an artificial sorum of salt solution. The etherized liquid is injected into the veins að a temperature of 82deg. F., and in seven

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AUSTRALIA AND CHINA,

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1858.

HEAD OF IO-LONDON. -

Paid-up Capital....

£1,200,000 Beserve Fund

£1,800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £1,200,000

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Gesier Banking business transacted

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened FIXED DEPOSIT received for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted en application.

A 8. HEWETT,

Acting ManeRHI Hongkong, 31st March_914. [1494

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION.

HEAD OFFICE: 60,Wall Street, New York LONDON OFFICE: 96, Bishopsgate; E.0.

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The Bank transacts every description at Banking and Exchange business, recaire money on Current Account and on Fixed Deposit at rates which may be ascertained on application

6. VERMEY, Manager, No. 8, Des Vaux Road Central

··FRE· Hongkong, 3rd October, 1913

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED,

(INCORPORATED BY SPRUTAL IMPREZAZ CHARTER).

Capital Subscribed

Yen 10,000,000

7,499,250

3,430,000

TAIFEH, FORMOSA.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES',

Kinklang

Bombay.

Calcutta.

Canton.

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Capital raid-up

Colon

Reserve Funds

Empire

San Francisca.

Hongkong.

Shanghai.

HEAD OFFIO

Hankow,

Yokohams.

Amoy

Shanghai

Batavia Kobe

Singapore

Bombay London

Swstow

Calcutta

Manila

Tsicho

Canton

Moji

Tainan

Nagasaki

Takow

Foochow

Ташке

Tokyo

Yokohama

QAPITAL: AND SURPLUS Gold #7,200,00

equal 21,480,000

EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING

BUSINESS transacted. CURRENT ACCOUNTS ned on the uena:

terms.

DEPOSITS RECEIVED, fixed for one yea

a cui alle application of X-rays, insient of causing akin-burne, gavo such stimula- tion that obstinate wounds healed up after a few repetitions of the treatment.

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FLASHING ROAD-SIGNALS.

The safety besson under test by the British Road Board is a lamp giving 50 to 80 flashes a minute. These are visible about 200 yards, and are intended to givu warning of danger to motor and other vehicles. The signal promises to be extensively adopted--in the British Icles and elsewhere if the trial light at Sidcup, on the road from London to Folkestone, proves as successful 25 expected. The cost of maintaining such

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Steamers proceeding vis Manila do not call at Shanghai.

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LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENT.

The E & A str. Eastern left Sydney for this port (via Queensland Ports, Port Darwin and Manits) on the 20th May, and may be expected to arrive here on or about the 13th June

A lawless emerald is said to be valued by jewellers at three or more times a much as a flawless diamond of like weight. The first emeralds are supposed to have come from India, but there is doubt as to their true identity, and some of them seem to have been the rure green variety of corundum, the remarkable 28 feet. This was decided to be ample to stone that in red gives us ruby and in stop the most agile jumper among wild blue and yellow is sapphire. Mines in beasts, but was accepted as safe only Egypt yielded emeralds, some of which after careful investigation. Stuffed among pigeons were suspended on tree branches were probably included

Tho Spaniards at varions heights, and this tempting bait Cleopatra's jewels. obtained fine stones from Mexico, Pera caused lions, tigers and panthers to and Ecuador, and the mines of Muzo in exercise their utmost powers, Tigers Colombia are now the chief source, and lions could barely leap to a boight although emeralds are found in Russia of u feet, while panthers could just reach I and the United States. The Muzo mines the prize at 10 feet. In a similar way,

yield 700,000 or 800,000 carats a year, in it was found that penthes could jump London, etc. Miss Smith; from Bombay, several grades. From these mines came horizontally 10 feet from a standing the most valuable single emerald known position, reaching 18 or 18 foot with a Mr. F. A. Redmond, Mrs. Raymond and ONG NG BANSARD REPORTS which is the property of the Duke of running start, and tigers could de just child, Mr. A. Bustan, Rev. and Mrs.

MEETINGS the Devonshire, and is a perfect six-sided about the sume. LEGISL TIS COUNCIL for the crystal, measuring 2 inches in length and 21, 21-5 and 1 inches in its three thick- nesses, and weighing 8 ounces 16 penny weights The Hope emerald, weighing

in Colombia 0 ounces, was also found

WILD BEAST INRE. ON

Session 13.

ON SALE:

of

FOUND BY THE MEMBERS.::

15

PRI

$5.

DAILY PRESH, OFFICE,

Hong us 24th February, 1914.

The hidden ditches substituted for fences in the Hagenbeck zoological park at Stellingen, Germany, have a width of

A NOVEL TUBERCULOSIS THEORY

PASSENGERS.

DANT ARRIVED=

Per Devanka for Hongkong, from

Shaw, Rey and Mrs. Calver and 2 children, Mr. and Mrs Errickson," Miss Case, Miss McVelby, Mrs. and Mrs,

The action of X-rays on the spleen is Haym, Jr. from Penang, Mr. C. the treatment of tuberculosis tried by Haddon, from Singapore, Mr. J. Bryan,

at 4 per cent, per annum or fo shorter periode, at rates which may be ascertained on application. G BILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED and TELEGRAPHIC REMIT TANCES made. LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFT, granted on all the principal cities In the World: THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT are available all over the World,

COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDI?

issued.

PURCHASE and SALE of Stocks and

A Shares affected.

TRAVELLERS' CHECKS sold and cashed

GEORGE HOGE,

4. Queen's Road,

Manager.

[1M.

Hongkong, 1st October, 1913.

Dairen

Newahwang

Hongkong New York Eng

: Keelung

Osaka

San Francisco Ets.

HONGKONG OFFICE,

B, Des Vœur. ROAD, Interest allowed on Current Accounts, Deposita received on terms which may be had on application.

KTSODZURABARA, Manager. 1648 Hongkong 19th February, 1914,

*ONGKONG AND

H

BANKING CORPORATION

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Funda-

Sterling:

SHANGHAI

$15,000,000

£1,500,000 at 2-815,000,000 Silver...

$17,650,000

$92,650,000

Reserve Liability of Proprietors 515,000,000

COURT OF DIRZOTORS.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

THE Business of the above Bank u con

ducted by the HONGKONG ANES SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Hules may be obtained on application.

INTEREST on deposits is allowed on the Minimum Monthly Balances at 31⁄2 per cout per sandm

Depositors may transfer at their option balarces of $100 or more to the HovaKoNG, AND SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 per cent. per annum.

For the HONGKONG AND SHANGRA

Banking Convoration, A. G. STEPHEN,

Acting Chief Manager Hongkong, 14th May, 1914:

Hon. Mr. D. LANDALE--ChairmILD, W. L, FATTENDEN, Esq.-Deputy Chairman.

II. Dodwell Eage IF. Lieb, Esq.

J. A. Plammer, Esq. Fion. Mr. E. Shellin, H. A. Biebs, Esq. Ad. Widmann, Esq.

CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N, J. Staub,

G. T. M. Edkins, Esq. C. 8. Gubbay. Esq. P. H. Holyoak, Esq. C. Landgraf, Esq

ACTINO MANAGEB Skaugha—V, D. Swaar.

LONDON BANKELS";

LONDON COUNTY AND WESTMINSTER BANK LIMITED.

Horozone—Interest ALLOWED. STA

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MERCANTILE BANK O

T INDIA LIMITED.

Authorini Capital Subscribed Paid-up Reserva Fand

-Barkars

BANK OF ENGLAND, and

#1,500,000 1,125,000

562,500 460,000

LONDON JOINT STOCK BINE, LAMITED

INTEREST allowed on Current Accone

On Current account at the rate of Two per cent per snapm on the Daily Balanes,

On Pix DeroBITS. ME

Faz 8 months, 24 per cent. per Anuum, For♬ mabtha, 31 per cent. per Annum, For 17 months. 4 per cent, per Annum,

AG STEPHEN,

Acting Chief Manager. Hongkong-14th-Alay, 1014

ON SALE.

SCATÁVOLUMES of the HONGKONG YPRESS, JULY to DECEMBER, FEDEL, Price $7.50

Dr. Manoukhin, of B. Pulersburg. The Mr. S. Stirling, Mr. R. Fair, Mr. B. at per osst. per annum on Daily Ralah? remarkable effects reported are attributed Raymond, Mr. J. Schurman, Col. Lock,

od on Fixed Deposits at rates which fuzes

to destruction of the excessive number of Mr. Dundass, Mr. T 6 Rae MrThe secertained on application white blood corpuscles formed by this Natson, Mr. Karadof and Rer Bro. organ

ggg Manager

Hongkong, 14th July, 1913.

A. B. LINTON,

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The HUNGRONG DAILY FERG

•Rowy czy March, 1914,