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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

GOVERNMENT BILLS, ETC. FENDERS for SPECIE and MEXICAN

DOLLARS, current in this Colony, on the Irds. for Telegraphic Transfor Commissiere of HIS ALAJESTY'S TREABURY, Ialon, up to and for the sum of 220,00 will be reeived by the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT, watit 11 A.M. on the 30th June, 1915.

The Truders to state the total amount is No Telegraphic Transfer Pour de Sterling), will be made for less than £100.

The Tenders to be is duplicate, and in seabed savers, milrassed to the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT, and endorsed TENDERS FOR GOVERN- MENT BILLS, otc."

The right to accept or rejet any or all of the Tenders is reserved."

Copies of Forms of Tender cari bn lad on application,

Persoun Temtlering for Bills) are hereby notified that having regard to the provisions of the Acts 2 George Ill. Cap. 15 and 41 George III. Cap. 2, the acceptance of any such Tender

subject to the orprese condition that no Member of the British House of Commons shall be admitted to any share or part in or to say benefit to arise from the Contract thereby made for the allotmout of such (Bills)."

“The provisione in question do not apply to Contracts entered into by an Incorporated Trading Company in its corporate capacity and made for the graecal wuest of the Company."

J. O'HARA, Colonol, A.P... Tronary Chest Officer,

His Majesty's Treasury Office, Hongkong, 29th June, 1015.

TO LET.

OFFICE in Hotel Mannisus.

Apply to-

1714

HENEY HUMPHREYS, Alexandra Buildings.

Hongkong, 30th Jute, 1916.

(717

FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF HONGKONG.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN all

FIRE INSURANCE OFFICES will bo CLOSED for the Transaction of Pubito

Business TOMORROW (THURSDAY), the

1st July Order,

A. R. LOWE, Becrotary,

T715

Hongkong, 30th June, 1915.

MARINE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF HONGKONG.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all MARINE INSURANCE OFFICES will be CLOSED. for this Transaction of Public Brains TOMORROW (THURS. DAY, the 1st July,

By Order,

A. R. LOWE, Secretary. Hongkong. And Juso, 1915,

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INTIMATIONS

NOTICE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30TH, 1915.

THE & PER CENT. INTERNAL LOAN H

OF THE 3RD YEAR OF THE CHINESE REPUBLIC (1914).

THE

Pahlic aro hareh volila that the SECOND PAYMENT OF INTEREST of the C Internal Loan of the 3rd year of the Chinese Republic (1814) will fall dus on the 30th of June of this year. With the exception of the detailed regulations, governing the L'ayment of Interest of the Loas, which bave been published in the Government Gazelle and which have been printed for the information of the Public by all the establishments authorised. for the Payment of Interest, the following important points are her by published for general information:

1. The date when the Payment of Interest

begins:

30th Jane, 4th Year of the Chinese

Repablie.

2. The Organs authorised for the Puyment of

Interest:

All Magistrates' Yamers,

b. The Head and Branch Offices of the BANK OF CHISA and of the BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS,

c. The Reliable Agents of the above.

mentioned two Banks,

d. All Maritime Customs Officer.

3. The Methods for the Claiming of Interest, The Public when Claiming for the Interest must eat down the stared Coupons and proceed to any of the above-mentioned Urgans with tho said Coupons, Thosaid Organs after examining the said Compous will then Pay the Interest and retain the Coupons so prid. list the holders of $1,000 Bonds and of $10,000 Tlands must not out down the Coupons themselves, as the said Bonds have to be examined first by the Orgsus concerned.

The Matured Coapons can be used as cash in Payment of Land Tax. The Interest of the Coupons is expressed in torm of "Big Dollar," and if it is required to be converted Into Taels or Copper Cash, then the Rate of Exchange for different districts will bo docidod sad posted in conspicuous places by the various Financial Bureaux concerned,

The blank Coupon No. 1 of each Bond must be cut down at the lime when the Conpon No. 9 is presented for payment in ouh er for payment of fand Tax and to be handed over for en- collation together with Coupon No. 2. The Public are requ sied to road over the detailed regulations governing the payment of interest, which are obtainable at all authorised Organs

above-mentioned.

By Order, THE BUREAU OF NATIONAL LOANS

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Over

NOTICE.

HOUSES TO LET

INTIMATION

TO LET.

OUSE, No. 4, ITEEMUN VILLAS,

Apply to

SPANISH DOMINICAN PEOCURATION. Hongkong, 30th Jugo, 1915.

BY APPOINTMENT.

[601

TO BE LET.

HOLE or PART SHOP in Chater

OLE

Apply

CLARK & Co., Opticians.

(705

Hongkong, 29th Jane, 1915.

TO LET

"HOMEVILLE No. 103, Wenchai

Road. 10-Roomed House, with Small Garden. Splendid View of the Harbour. TWO GODOWNS at Wanghai, Nos, G and 8, Cross Lace (formerly occupied by Moyerink & Co.),

D. H Apply

Care of Daily Licen" Office.. [661 Hongkong, 14th June, 1918,

WATSON'S

STONE

GINGER-BEER.

The only fermented Storie Ginger-Beer

in the Far East.

The real charm of Stone Ginger Beer is the flavour produced by

TO LET.

TAURNISHED, including a splendid Piano, "FAIR VIEW" No. 3, Robinson Road, containing Rooms, with emplo. Servante partial fermentation; without this no Quartors..

Stone Ginger-Beer can be said to be genuine.

Apply 10-

DAVID SABS00N & Co., LTD. Kangkong, 1st June, 1915.

[016

TO LET.

ND FLOOR No. 1, DUDDELL STREET,

for Ofoe or Dwellings... Apply within. Hongkong, 1st June, 1915.

1616

TO LET.

BRITISH CONCESSION, SHAMEEN, CANTON.

JUST Completings Ballding of Modern Firo-Proof Structure; Electric Light and Hot and Cold Water Installation through- out. Good Office and Godown accommodation. Three self-contained Flats. Occupation end July. Inspection invited.

Apply

T. E. GRIFFITH, LTD.,

Canton, Canton, 28th May, 1015.

TO LET.

90 CENTS PEE Doz.

TRADE

MARK.

Mr. L N. Leafe left for Home yesterday. He is travelling via Siberia.

The Mata Hari, built on the Tyos for

Hongkong to other British possessions ccased as from June 30th 1914. Assisted emigration to the Dutch Indies, we learn from the annual report of the Beorotariat, continued to some extent in July and the P. and O. B. N. Company, to run August, during which months 548 coolics between Belawan-Deli and Straits ports. were passed for Muntok and Billiton, left England on the eth instant for but with the cutbreak of war this Singapore. emigration also ceased. Hence the figures given in the report are for littlo more than half a year, the total number of assisted male emigrants being 8,278 as compared with 17,004 in 1913. The war also practically put a stop to the free emigration of women and children, for while the monthly average from January to July was 1,788 that for the remaining five months of the year was only 119. So that in this case also the emigration was

The District Officer of the New Terri- just half that of the year 1913 (13,162 story in his anual report mentions that considerable development has taken place

A. Government Carette Extraordinary - was issued yesterday containing the King's Proclamation relating to trading with persons of enemy nationality resident or carrying on business in China, Siam, Persia and Morocco. The proclamation. was given in our Monday's issue in the form of a cable sont out from the Foreign

Office.

compared with 20,080). This any bo attributed, wo presume, more to tho restriction of immigration from China both at Taung Pak Long and ako in the immediate neighbourhood of Fan Liug..

by the Straits Settlements than from any

lack of inclination to emigente. The record Castle Peak appears to be a district favoured by well-to-do Hongkong Chiness; of the occupations of women emigrants. shows that the great majority of them quite a number of really well-constructed go with their husbands or other relatives house surrounded by gardons, have or to join relatives. It is very satisecently been built in his neighourhood, factory to learn from the annual report the District officer says.

how well the interests of the coolies are

through whose hands they pass

MACAO NOTES.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

A WATER SUPPLY.

protected by the British authorities Every assisted emigrant had to be registered and photographed amid this regulation proved of much practical utility in enabling who had relatives of missing men emigrated to trace them through the contract for laying the mains for the Another water supply. Ona syndicate makes it a

affer of the

Secretarias.

Two syndicates are competing for the

illustration of the cars exercised is condition that all the wells in the city afforded by the information that the shall be closed and that the water-boats arrangements made with the Straits shall conse to do business. The other Settlements Government for the repatria syndicate makes no such conditions, and the idea of forcing people to tion of decrepit coolies at the expense of as their employers enabled 233 such decrepits connect their property with the water to return to their homes via Hongkong mains is not relished, tho public may be Under similar arrange said to favour acceptance of the second during the year. Imonts with British North Borneo 315 tender. The water is to be supplied from decrepits and destitutes, of whom about the Ribeira Gran o by boats and pumped 100 had been thrown out of work by the up to a reservoir on Penhs. Hill. The

and Senado. I understand, have not yet"

from Sandakan war, returned Jesselton and were sent on a their homes accepted sither of the tenders received..

[en A. S. WATSON through the Tung Wa Hospital. In and are hoping for further offers.

Cold Waterments throughout, including

2 and 3, MINDEN VILLAS, Kowloon, 5-Boomed Houses with Tennis Courts.

FOUR-BOOMED HOUSES in Gordon Terrace and Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon,

FLATS in Nathan Road. Kowloon.

WARMING, alius Lu TAK SING, E beg to say that our late father, aline Lu Taus SHAC, a native of Ping Tuen district, Krogg Tang, who was poor when young, and who proceeded to Ipoh, Perak, and

Kowloon, and MAY ROAD, Hongkong. Seremban, in the Straits Settlements, to workOUR-ROOMED FLATS in Hanoi Hond, minsa for many years, succeeded in obtaining a

of money, which was sent back to his with possession on or about 18th August nort, native country and invested in real estate, English Bath and Kitchen ranges, Hot and Electric Light First Class Sixty Houses for Shops in Swatow and

Modern Mui Yuon district, and over Twenty Houses, Shops and Soassis, together with over Thros Water Carriage Bystem.

"PENYEHEW," Minden Row, Kowloon, Thousand

Load. Most of Agrionltural These proparties were all registered in the 6-Boomed House with Tennis Court,

Hoi Mui-yuen Magistrate's Yamen of Ching and Ping-ynen, title deada being held for them and tax rugalerty paid in respect of them.

Unfortusstoly, any late father died on the 23rd day of the Eleventh Moon last year în bis THURSDAY country

entitled to a share of the said proparty. The seventeen zons of the deconsed and enon of us is first son, named In Yerk Hon, died some tima previously and left two sons named It Hin Wan and In You Wan; the second son was named In Yeak Leung aliae Iu Kot Pang: the third In Yoak Ko. alias In Fuk Ngom; the fourth Ia Yeak Ngo, alias Iu Yam Sam; the fifth In Yoak Kai alias Shing Chal; the sixth In Your Wah; the seventh In You Fook, alias In Kai Mi; the sighth In Yesk Chow, alias In Chiu Ping; the ninth Is Teak So, alias Lou Chai; the tenth Ig Yeak Hing, alias In U Mia; the eleventh In Yeuk Ching, alias In But Ting; the twelfth La Yeak Thol; the thirteen h In Yeak Young; the fourteenis In Youk Kwai; the fifteenth In Yenk Wong; the sixteenth In Teak Cheung; the seventeenth Io Yeak. Ming; and them are also six or seves grand-

BANK HOLIDAY. INDER. Olisines No. of 1912, TO. has been proclaimed a GENERAL HOLIDAY and the EXCLANOB BANKS CLOSED for Bastons on that day.

Mongkong, 26th Jans, 1916.

will bo

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THE HONGKONG CORINTHIAN

YACHT CLUB.

GENERAL MEETING of Mombers will be held at the Club House TO. MORROW, Jane 39ch, 1915, at 6 PM;

All Members are apoially coque ted to afland,

By Order of the Committee.

A. D. GEE.

Hongkong, 21th Jan. 1916,

NOTICE.

Hon. Secretary. (687

THURSDAY, July 1st, 1915, and until TH

farther Notice. 25% Cash Discount will te allowed on all Gɔsda,

M. GAINS, Alexandra Buildings, Hongkong, 29th June, 1915.707

As we have so may near relations, it is fomed that among them there may be one or two who might secretly contract debts. All w brothers, therefore, bad a meeting and decided that no one be allowed secretly to seller to agentse pallaly, as we fear that on distant mortgage the said property. We therefore bex relatives or friends are ignorant of the fact, that the said property canuct be mortgaged or employed as security for obtaining loans of money secretly, and if any of our bratho-s

THE HONGKONG ICE CO., LTD. ahald have secured any loan on sneh security

NOTICE.

WING to the INCREASED COST of Manufactam, &c., it has been decided to raise the Price of ICE to 14 cents per th as from let July nert.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.,

General Managers.

Hongkong, 16th June, 1915.

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PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

LIMITED.

NOTICE.

PAY ROAD STATION will be Open for

July 1st.

Main and after THURSDAY,

Single Fares from Upper or Lower Terminus. 20 Conta

Season Tickets available for Three Month between the Lower Terminta on May Rud-

ths or ditors should demand the reparmen, of it from the one who is responsible for it, other wise wo wil not be held responsible for ally debt contracted.

I

Signed-In Yenk Ngo, Yeak Leung,

K Tu Youl In Teak Kai, In Youk Chow, la Tenk Wah.

A FLAT in Humphrey's Buildings, Kowloon, -Apply-ko-= -A

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE.

Co., LTD. Alexandra Baildings, Hongkong, 4th June, 1818.

(590

TO LET OUSES IN CLIFTON GARDENS,

Conduit Bend, OFFICES, facing the Harbour between the Hongkong Club and Post Office,

58, THE PHAR THE RETREAT." 21, WONG-NET-CHONG ROAD. GODOWNS, New Prays, Kennedy Towo. GODOWNB, Wandkal Bond, Apply, sto

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD.

188 Hongkong, 1st April, 1914,

[89

& CO., LTD.

ÆRATED WATER MANUFACTURERS.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT. HENRIQUE HYNDMAN, jun, and Family beg to thank their kind friends who were present at the funeral of their beloved FILOMENA MARIA FREIRE HYNDHAN, and also those who sent wreaths as a token of sympathy with 'theni 22

heir bereavement, Hongkong 20th June, 1815.

(713

Homamore Orion: 104, Dui VOUX ROAD C. LONDON OPTION: 181 Fran Bering, B.C.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, JUNE 30TH, 1915.

addition to these decrepits, we learn from the report that 14,370 able- bodiet coolies, most of whom had gone down in the first instance as assisted emigrants, and who were thrown out of employment owing to the war, were repatriated from the Straits Settlement und Federated Malay States ander special arrangements by which they were met on arrival in Hongkong and each provided with a small gratuity and à passage to is destination. So far as the reports how, the unigration of coolies from Hongkong fell off last year by 66,407. while the returning cigrants exceeded the previous year's total by nearly two thousand.

Tomorrow is a Bank Holiday.

A...KEA-WATER SUPPLY. Many of the principal streets are being opened up for the purpose of laying down iron pipe mains for sea water, for use in cases of fire in the city. It is qui: the wrong time of the year to be opening the streets, and the foul odours arising are far from pleasant. It is therefore hoped that the work, now that it has bran begun, will be exreated within the shortest time possible.

HARBOUR WORKĘ.

The arrival of the plant imaght at

Singapore at a cost of £14,000 for harbour improvement work is shortly expected. This plant includes a dredger, a tug boat, two locomotives, a steam elevator, 6,000 metres of rail, twenty wagons and other itoms. The mud lighters the Commission,

A mail for Europe via Siberia closes wat Singapore were unsuitable for

to-morrow at 9 a.m."

An Indian constable was fined $20 at the Magistracy yesterday for insubordination, A Chinese was descending a rope attach- ed to the Kiyo Maru yesterday when the rope broke, the Chinaman fall into the

Macao and it is proposed to invite tenders from Hongkong and Shanghai for such mud-boute as are required.

THE TAX ON PROPERTY SALES.

At length, after countless petitions, the Government has reduced the tax on pro perty transfers from 8 per cent. to 2 per cent. There is now more chance for tran sactions in property in the Colony. The Government has also abolished the interest

tax:

CHINESE EMIGRATION FROM

· HONGKONG.

water, and he has not been seen since. Most residents are aware, that a not

The Chief

Justice of Singapore and unimportant export from Hongkong is TO LEL

among the cvolie labour for the plantations and the Mrs. A. J. Buckull were mines in the Malay States, Netherlands passengers on the P. and O. stormer FFICES in Sr. Gong's BUILDING

cond Floor, Overlooking illacoor Indies and other places in the Southern Nubia when she went ashore at Colombo. THE inmediato possession,

Seas; but few people, apart from those

At the Magistracy yesterday, Mrs. Apply tom

concorned in the business, have any ade SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. Hongkong, 3rd December, 1914.

quate idea of the extent of this emigration, Ron, Miss Yvanovitch and Mr. D. W. Full information on the subject is Muntou were each find for allowing published annually in the Departmental their dogs to be at large without muzzles.

The Hon. Tresn Terrace reports, and this year the returns

especially interesting because they show Memorial and Affliated Hospitals bags the effect of the war to the tide of to acknowledge with thanks a donation of emigration and immigration. The Chinese

$25 from Messrs. Logan & Basto to the emigration from Hongkong last year for funds of the Hospital. ports other than in China was just one half what it was in 1913. To be exact, the total in 1914 was 76,396, as compared with 142,750 in the preceding year. The war, of course, is responsible for this reduction.

TO LET.

÷HOUSE in Kautsford

Kowloon,

Apply

In Yeuk Fook, In Yonk

83,

In Yenk Taoi, Ja Youk Ha fu Youk Ching, In Yenk Yeung

la Tank Cheong, In Yenk Kwai,

In Teak Wong Io Year Ming. 4th Juno, 4th Repablican Year. Hongkong, 24th June, 1918.

GUDOWN

TO LET.

THE HONGKONG. LAND INVEST. MENT &AGENUT Co, Læð. Hongkong, let March, 1915

£45

TO LET.

(0.6, BELILIOS TERRACE. No. 26, RELILIOS TERRACE, with entrance on Conduit Real,

[690

NO.

From 1st March."

LODOWN, No. 6, Dundell Street

Apply

A.E.AVASIA,

Care of E PADANEZ,

No. 1, Daddell Street. Hongkong, 2nd February, 1915. [214]

TO LER

THE GROUND FLOOR of No. 6, DES.

No 27, BELILIOS TERRACE, with entrance in Conduit Rood, lo very good order. ONE GUDOWN, No. 8, Barrows Street, analsi

TWO GODOWNS, in Dudd B Birook,

SHORNCLIFFE”. Our¢»n ́ Road (Bowen Row level). 6 Boums Fa-nished,

ONE LARGE SHOP In Queen's Road Central (opponite Hongkong Hotel.

"WOODBURY," No, &, Hankow Rod Kowloon.

No. 1, CAMERON VILLAS, No. 61, TEF

can be obtained en spplication at the Company* { ▼ NYEUX ROAD CENTRAL, compies PZAR, Furnished, Immedia e possession.

Ofice at the following rates:-

Goutlemen

Ladies

$90.00 $10.00

Children...

$6.00

JOHN D. KUMPHEETS & BUN,

General Managers,

Hongkong. Sit June, 1915.

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WANTED.

THIRD OFFICER for CHANGBEA,

sailing 3rd July for Australia.

Apply on Bard.

Fongkong, 28th June, 1915.

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by Madame Gaina, sho

Apply to

DAVID SAS800N & Co., LTD. Hongkong, 10th February, 1015. 1974

QUEEN'S BUILDING."

TO LET, the Bonth Wort portion of thr FIRST FLOOR, Llading Tromanry Ground Floor, istely in ponupation of th Herman Bank,

GODOWN, No. 9, Lee House Street Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST

MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD.- Hongkong, 1st Marin, IBIA

are

of

The Alies.

NEW TERRITORY AND

THE WAR, BLISSFUL IGNORANCE.

M 8. B. C. Rees, District Officer the New Territory, writes in his annual report:

The event of the year, the outbreak of the European War, bad little effect upon the Territory. There was a small panic early in August because certain New Territory junks were unable to clear for For being in possession of two revolvers the Territory, but this was due to a mis

understanding and the matter was quickly ad 100 rounds of ammunition, a Chineset right. There was at one me a rumour was fined $200 by Mr. Wood at the Magis racy yesterday. The revolvara were con

proceeds of the Nisbet-Green

At the outbreak of the war scaled in the man's zoeks, the Straite Settlements Government

The net placed an embargo on all deck passengers from China. A good deal was also equis match aavuuted to the satisfactory beard of the repatriation of colice tal of 2003, which sudi has beed or thrown out of employment, but the acted to the rince of Wales' Fund by immigration returns for 1914 can scarcely...an, de organiser of the be considered abnormal eo far as Hong-

The emigrant

In line with the taunifest disposition of kong is concerned.. reported to have been brought back to

No 3, DES YEUX VILLAS, 62, Mount to Hongkong from the several place to commumsy and in nccordance wha tu. aug erprkçes, war, tücre is to be nu so....- Kollett. The Peak (Furnished or Unfurnished), which they had emigrated either frony Lolionću by other nationalities uus- 3 ROOMS, suitable for Ollos, las Flour, the Colony or from Coast Ports is given celeration of the 4th of July (1) Quam's Bend Control

WESTWARD HO,” Braham Read by the Harbour Master as 188,827, as

compared with 160,021 in 1913.

• MERION," No. 5; TUBIRE, Unfurnished (6 Tops) Anatin Road, Kowloon

“KOGATE" No. & DES VEUX

VEUX VILLAS, 81, Paz Unfurnished).

Tricans this year.

that airships were coming from Tsing Tau but this had little effect as few por sons out here know anything about either airships or Tsing Tau. Large numbers cf notices in simple Chinese were distri buted telling the people that there was a war, but that it was long way eff, did it was at end to their own business and not. worry about things which did not concern there. The people have taken this advice and I imagine that now the vast majority f the people out here are quite ignorant

of the fact that there is a war at all.

RAUB GOLD MINE.

The following were the results of The usual receperushing operations at Raub for the four

Bukit Koman:-

Stone edrahed

Gold obtained

Bukit Malacca

in at the diskrican Consulate-Go.cracks ending 19th June. work devolving on the Secretary o Chinces Affairs in Hongkong under thall not be hvid, but the Consula e Chinese Emigration Gruinantes was muceral will be closed all day Monday, the

h of July is understood that ta because of the reduced demand for labour.S. Tring on will dress ship, bu 1. confine its celebration to that cere due to the war, but also for the reas

nony

KOUME, suitable for Ono, on the Farol Floor of No. 3, Daddell Breighter last year than previously not onl,

No.69, THE PRAX (I CAMERON VILLAS Apply to LINSTEAD & DAVIKYT

3rd Floor, Abeundés Buildings Hongkong, 16th Jane, 1915,

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that all "assisted

emigration from

Avge per ton

6,923 tona.

Stone crushed Gold obtained Avgo per ton

694 oz. *** 2.346 dwtġ.

4,807 tons. 476 029- 1.944 dwts,