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HEW ADVERTISEMENTS

BANK HOLIDAYS.

IN Acordance with

IN

Government Ordinance, the EXUHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the TRANSACTION & PUBLIC BUSI NESS on TUESDAY and WEDNES DAY 17TH and 18 FEBRUARY (OHINA NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS).

Hong Kong, 12th Feb. 1931:

NOTICE.

CRAIGENGOWEB.C. O.

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DINNER DANGE will be held at the OLUB. HOUSE on SATURDAY, 14TH FEBRUARY.

Lir will: CLOSE on FRIDAY, 197, FEBRUARY.

R. BASA,

Hon. Booretary.

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ROYAL HONG KONG YACHT.

CLUB.

INTERPORT.

HONG KONG » SHANGHAI,

W

WILL be Sailed on SUNDAY, FEBRUARY, 1931, 15TH

First Gun at 10.05 A.M.

Will Members requiring Tiku at the Club kindly notify the Undersigned before 12 O'CLOOK NOOK on SATUR.. DAY NEXT.

C. E. L. GHIST,

Hon. Secretary, SAILING OMMITTEE, C/O WILKINSON & GRUT.

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HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.

INTERPORT PROGRAMME. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21st. SHANGHAI H.K. CHINESE, CLUB GROUND, KICK orr. 3 30 P.. Booking at MOUTRIE'S, Opens FRIDAY, 18r.

PRICES

82.20.

COVERED STAND............ UNCOVERED STAND... $1.10. (Including Tax).

MONDAY, FEBRUARY: 2220. SHANGHAI 2. UNITED SERVICES,

CLUB GROUND, Kick or 3.80 P.M No Booxine, PRICES:$1.10, 60 Cents & 40 Cents. (Including Tax)

W. E. HOLLANDS,

Hop. Secretary.

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THE STAR" FERRY Co., LIMITED,

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS: " NOT NOTICE 18 BEREBY GIVEN the THIRTY-THIRD ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of this Company will be held at the Office of MESSES. JARDINE, HATHE SON & CO., LTD., on THURSDAY, the 12TH FEBRUARY, 1931, at 12.90 P.M., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with Statement of Accounts for the Year

T

onded 31et DzogDER, 1990.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, the ten. FEBRUARY, 1991, to THURSDAY the 12 FEBRUARY, 1931, Both Daye in clusive,

By Order of the Board of Directors,

F. H. CRAPNELL,.

Secretary...

Hong Kong, 2nd Feb, 1931

DON'T

MEASURE LYSOL

IN A SPOON-

THE NEW

SOLID FORM

IS SAFER AND

MORE

CONVENIENT!

Lysolats

(LYSOL TABLETS)"

CONSTITUTE THE

SAFE WAY TO USE THE WORLD'S FINEST ANTISEPTIO AND DISINFECTANT

CARRY SOLID LYSOL ON YOUR TRAVELS-BOTTLES ||

MIGHT BREAK.

BOLE AGENTS

A. S. WATSON & Co.,

LIMITED.

THE HONG KONG DISPENSARY

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE COMPANY,

LIMITED.

NOTICE 18 REFER, ORDIN TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

ARY GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the HONG KONG HOTEL, Hong Kong, on TUESDAY, the 24TH FEBRUARY, 1931, at 11.80 A.M., for the purpose of receiving, the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for.. the Year ended 31ST DECEMBER, 1930.

The TRANSFER BO KS of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, 16TH FEBRUARY, to TUESDAY, 2411 FEBRUARY Both Days inclusive.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers; Hong Kong, 9th Feb, 1991. [800

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HONG KONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED,

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.

that the ORDINARY YEARLY GENERAL MEETING OF HONG KONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED, will be held at the Offices of Mesana. - JARDINE, MATHESON & 00, THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD., Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, the 27TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1991, at LIMITED.

18 O'CLOCK NOON, to transact the TOTICE IS BEREBY GIVEN that Ordinary Business of the Company.

AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO the TWELFTH ORDINARY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS GIVEN that the REGISTER OF will be held at the Registered MEMBERS of the Company will be Office of the Company, No. 10, DOLOSED from FRIDAY, the 13TH, to VozUX ROAD CENTRAL at 3.00 PM. FRIDAY, the 17TH FEBRUARY, SATURDAY, the 21 FEBRUARY 1931, Both Days incisive 1981, for the purpose of receiving the

Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st DECEMBER, 1030

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company ill be CLOSED from BATURDAY, 14TH FEBRUARY, to SATURDAY, 21ST FEBRUARY, 1931 (Both Days inclusive), during which Period No Transfer of Shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

KAN TONG PO

Chief Manager,

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Hong Kong, 4th Feb., 1931

NOTICE.

THE CHENG DAILY Nguiar

A

WO NEWS Newspaper, makes ita Appearazce mana Adrarliaments will be Babacription at $10 For Year 31:40 Per Month and 6 Cunts Por Copy for Kowloon. All Hong Kong and Communications to be addressed to the CHUNG WO PRINTING PRESS, Las, 66, Quiun's Hoad OESTRALASIAN

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By Order of the Board,

W. F. SIMMONS, Secretary.

Hong Kong, 8th Feb., 1931,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1931.

WEATHER REPORT. is engaging one's energic But what apico could be added if one' Yesterday's weather report, fore-lived in the area concerned, or east and remais, issued by the even if one's colleagues had that Royal Observatery at 6 p.m., privilege. The Peak is a long way ́atatedim

off, and from thoes heights the city is very small and its inhabitants no bigger than ants. On the Peak

*News and Views *

SUMMARY OF NEWS

Local.

A strong anti-cyclone is central over NE, China. Fresh to strong monsoon will continue along the S.E. Coast of China and over the itself, distances are considerable, given in an article by Dr. Jolm F. weed ns essentially a tropical or Mr. Colin Mackenzie, late of the N. China Sea,

Local Forecast-N.E fresh ; overcast.

DEATH.

MACKENZIE At his residence,

United Terrace, Kowloon, on the morning of February 11, COLIN MACKENZIE, manager of the Colonial Dispensary, in his 41st year. Deeply regretted. The cortege will pass the Monu- ment at 5p.m. to-day. [316

Canada's Tobacco Crop, Aummia Cure,.

Remarkable results following the It is somewhat surprising to learn

Telephone Company's report and Pago 0. One thinks of the fragrant treatment of pernicious anemia that tobacco is one of Canada's dividend. with hogs stomach tissues are crops.

The death occurred yesterday of

Page 6 Colonial Dispensary. osperially when a chair is still the Wilkinson (director of the Labora sub-tropical plant, growing under

The Fairlea School held their winds, normal means of transport to theory for Clinical Investigations and the shadow of palms and bamboos. Rescarch, Manchester Royal In- A Canadian trade circular statce a main rond. No wonder, Theatre firmary) in the British Medical While it can be grown in a limited, annual speech day yesterday when Royal audiences are apt to be Journal. Of 133 patients treated way in many parts of Canada, it is, Mrs. Teo gave away the awarde

Pago 6. Grall 1 It is astonishing that they 92 per cent are perfectly well and as an actual fact, commercially

the majority are doing their full-grown only in three or four did Judgment as reserved in the keep up as well as they do. On the time work. A further six per cent. tricta. Of these, two are in Quebec, Szo., Yap Steamship caso, at the Page 7. other hand, this isolation of a big are much improved, but still suffer one in Ontario, and one or two Supreme Court.

The New Chinese restaurant at 28," from varying degrees of nervous in British Columbia, In Quebec proportion of "British ́· money "" helps to keep us, respectabis. We impairment. Dr. 1. F. Wilkinson, cigar and plug tobacco are grown. Dog Voeux Road, Central, was who is only 39, has been conducting In Ontario, commercial production opened by Sir. Shon-son Char Pago 7. have none of Shanghai's gaiety, even his investigations for two years. is confined to Essex, Kent, Elgin, yesterday.

Plug tobacco is

The summonses against four though, as The China Truth tells According to the Registrar-Gen-and Norfolk.

eral's return for 1929, deaths in grown in Essex and Kent and fue

the us again, the indifferent million Britain from pernicious anemia eured or cigarette tobacco in Keht, Chinose newspapers under

missed. many of them profer numbered 1,955, of which 807 were Elgin and Norfolk. Cigarette or Censorship Ordinance has been dis- eiros.

Pago. flue cured tobacco production is of to reside in dingy and smokymales and 1,148 females,

recent development and, promises A traffic summons against Mr. Queen's Road West whence they A Motto for Merthyr.

to become a very important indus- A. W. Hodger of the P.W.D. for can go to the bright lights of Hong The Stipendiary Magistrate of try. There is no doubt that Canada disobeying a trafie signal in Gar- Page 7. Koug Montmartre within a few mo- Merthyr Glamorgan, has announ- will soon be able to grow practical den Road on January 31, failed. ments of rickshaw ride. If we cad that he will have no merey only all it needs of this kind of to

the wayward motorist. Perhaps bacco. The quality is very good. Mr. G. W. Brophy of Messrs L. had no Peak night clubs and all Merthyr will now follow the ex- The Dominion is beginning to ex E. Gale & Co., arrived at Kai port tobacco to Great Britain, send-Tack. Aerodroms unexpectedly yes- the rest of that pestilent and ample of Solsey, which exhibited dreary nonsense would become notice at the entrance to the ing now about 5,000,000 pounds n terday morning and after staying

year. Ontario had in 1929, of all M few hours left for Canton kinds of tobacco; about 31,000 acres sound economic propositions. Long. **Drive slowly and,' see our

in crop, in Quebec about 10,000 may we keep our dullness and that

acres, and British Columbia about staid atmosphere of an English

300 acres. Total yield will, prob- Cathedral Town for which less

ably, be found to be in the neigh-Amewhat heavy landing on Tues- day afternoon as a result of which. bourhood of 40,000,000 pounds.

the plane was damagod. Page 7. worthy folk are pleased to mock

Messrs. Nam Hing Loong were. us. If the wealthy Chinese move

fined $4,000 for infringement of up the hill and further away from

ANTHEA PENSIVE.

the Liquors Ordinance. It was a "Hong Kong Montmartre," so

plained that a clerk who was in When Authen is in thoughtful mood, charge of the department concern- much the better for them and for

Madonna's face above a shrine,ad in the summons had absconded. With purity and love, imbued. us all.)

Editorial and Business Offices: 1

Ice House Street. Tel. 30251. Night Editor (Wanchai Office):

Tol. 24511. London Office: 53, Fleet Street,

B.Q. &

The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, FEBRUARY 12, 1031.

THE PEAK.

1.

As

The

town?

всепегу.

Drive fast-and tee our magis

trate!!

*

In view of the fact that Wales in the land of wings, the notice may tako the following form:

Though inwardly you canil,

Be meek as any lamb; And with discretion travel.

For this in Merthyr (Glam.).

Silly Talk About Youth,

Is not more beautiful in line. And so she stands with downcast

over,

So

A holiness about her clings, great, one looks up to the skies Waiting to hear the sound of

wings..

JOHN WILLWYN.

Pago 9.

The Premier of West Australia, Sir James Mitchell, in the course of a statement, declares that if the Commonwealth attempts to impose

policy of wholesale inflation, West Australia will reconsider its position in the Commonwealth...

Page D.

Pago 7.

Flying solo in the Flying Club's seaplane, Mia S. Browning made

Pago"7: Fauja Singh, an Indian many!!! lender, who was plaintiff in Summary Court action, was held by the Paian Judge to have com mitted perjury and was ordered to be tried before a Magistrate. Page 7 To-day's wireless programme.

Sport.

Latest Cables.

On

there

Page 2.

Pago 10.

were

January 31 4,804,000 unemployed in Germany..

Page As the result of raids made or

the 10th intt., 31 Communists were

Arrested at Tientsin. Page B (Continued on previous column.)

Local Notes and Events

THERE is plenty of unconscious

It is high time that the voice of humour to be found in a little

protest was raised against this con- article entitled "H. K. Drops Exclu- EDUCATION IN THE AIR.

tinuous public chatter about the sion Law, which appears in China' Truth. The author expresses the Ir the average Englishman living younger generation, says a corre spondent to a London paper, who hope that "the Hong Kong Goy in his own land is not a mine of goes on to say that there had the ernment will adopt an enlightened interesting information upon every previous day, been' a' positive orgy policy, as in the present instance, conceivable topic it will not be the of discussion as to the decline in our boys and girls of the spirit of so that the Chinese may be treated fault of the British Broadcasting adventure. He adds:-Mr. L W. on equal footing as the aliens in Company. The year was started Taylor, of Darlington, in opening

A dealer in foreign cloth was Headmasters, accused the youth of

Racing notes (by "Morning their midst." There is delightful well, and early in January econo the conference of the Association of irony in the fact that Chinese mic experts of the thres political England of an armchair attitude ta-shot yesterday at Benares. Page 9.

The rumours of a revolution in Dew") and training times.

Page. 10. people who do not live in this small parties broadcasted their views on wards life. Sir Arthur Yapp con- Russia are described by the official

There is n possibility of a Crich- British Colony should feel sore the subject of unemployment. Ac tradicts this gasertion. And the news agency. as pure nonsense,"

sole result of this public debato

Page 9. ton-Ewin return scrap next month. about the Peak, when their tradi-cording to the official schedule they will be to render our boys and girls The Foreign Relations Commit. Full details,

Page 10. tional policy has been to reserve the were to analyse the causes of un-self-conscious and self-important tee of the U.8. Senate has made

"Little boys,"

In the last interport soccer trial wo were taught, "should be seen and not heard commendations for improving the yesterday, the Probables defeated whole of their own country for employment and offer their ideas as

An excellent precept. But if they trade with China and restoring the the Navy by four goals to two.

Pago . themselves, only allowing foreigners to the solution of the problem.

Page 10 Teams for Hong Kong-Shanghai to live in what were once extremely the speeches were to start at 0.30 get into the habit of thinking that price of silver."

their eldere are morbidly interested Chinese reports state that an unpleasant little ghettoes. When P., what was given inust have in their mental and moral develop explosion occurred in the Fushun Interport match on Saturday and on Sunday, Shanghai-Services team on Tues a renascent China possesses Colonies been potted politics with a venge ment, they will become morbid and fines, Manchuria, of her own we do not think that ance. The task was like speaking introspective themselves. I do not when 3,000 Chinese miners were day."

observe that the youth of to-day aro underground, and it is feared that the principles of the Kuomintang on the doonomie history of man either more or less lazy than we the death-roll is very heavy. will have so much altered human kind, from the garden of Eden to were ourselves, They are accused nature that the governing officials January, 1931; but it is astonishing of watching football instead of play. ing it. Yet what proportion of i will forbear to set aside pleasant how much a speaker can get into football. crowd are under thirty sites for themselves, from which twenty minutes something about And observe the youth of England, foreigners and natives will be ex 3,500 words or three solid columns the clerks and typists, when their train je deloved by fog. See how cluded. The Peak district was none of the Daily Preení:

they run! There is no slackness Nearly every day, at 7.25 p.m. {'there. too pleasant when it was founded. Mosquitors and snakes had a firm there is to be a talk on some éduca grip of the neighbourhood and to tional subject, and typical pro- this day have not been finally grammes show such items as expelled. Govorament House, Month in the North," by Mrs. M. Bishop's House and Headquarters A HAMILTON, and The Week's House were all on the lower levels Work in the Garden," by the Royal A few British residents asked for Horticultural Society. The method a European compound, they were of taking the census is to be de given it and they made something scribed, and those interested in of it just as others created the English literature are to be regaled pleasant Concessions of to-day out with a series of "talks" by Mr. J. of equally unpromising material.C. SQUIRE, the critic. An interesting All the other bill-tops in the literary experiment will be a com- Colony are available for similar bined effort by six of the best-known Chinese reservations, equally mag- living writers of detective fiction nificent and equally exclusive. If to produce a serial for broadenst English people like to make a reing. While à Committee produced plica of Eastbourne on the top of that glory of our language, the A Recital of Concerted Musictain, has very kindly consented to is not often that sich Jules Verne.. nhill usually swathed in mist and Authorised Version of the Bible, will be given at the Helena May present the prizes. There will be liko ideals are realind, but in the extraordinarily inaccessible, there as a general rule committees do not Institute on Thursday, February the usual subscribers competitions case of the Dreadnought, the ideal seems no logical reason why they write any better than they conduct, at 5.30 p.m. (Organised by Mrs. on that day, in which all members has actually been surpassed. Hong Snowdon-Jones). Tickets as usual, should not be allowed to indulge military operations. The beat his Please book teas in advance from who have paid their subscription will Kong Daily Press, February 12,

bo entitled to compete. It is hoped 1900. that as many members as possible | Looking Back 50 Years, their eccentricity. If a group of torians in England by putting their Matron 22100.

will endeavour to bo present and The following is the thirty-first Chinese had wanted to carry out heads together produced that monu A member of the crew of a fish-so help to ensure a successful day. Report of the Court of Directors a similar project no doubt the ment of dulinces, the Cambridge ing junk was burnt to death on

of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Government would have done all Modern History. One suspects that Monday in Aberdeen Harbour as Hope springs eternal in the Bank to the ordinary yearly gon- in its power to help, asking, of a single Father Brown" story the result of a tin of kercsene be human breast, and despite trade de- eral meeting of shareholders, to be coming accidentally ignited. The pression the faces of most retail held at the City Hall on Tuesday, course, the customary levy of land would knock end-ways all the efforts man died in the Government Civil merchants bare have been brighter February 18, 1881, at 3. p.m.To value taxation in return.

of the choson, six 1

yesterday,

since the arrival of the two tourist the Proprietors of the Hong Kong- liners, the Bolgenland and the Em-and Bhanghai Banking Corpora- press of Australia on Saturday was tion. Gentlemen, The Directors announced. The Indian Silk Stores have now to submit to you & gon are hunging out their greeting eral statement of the affairs of the cards, the sellers of Chinees crafts, Bank, and balance sheet for the are decorating their windows with half year ending December 31 last. drawn-thread work, mandarin gar The net profits for that period, in- ments, jades and ivories, but cluding 803,325.25 brought forward Lane, Crawford's have, perhaps, from last account, after paying all. been even more alive to the pos- charges, deducting "interest paid The jury returned a verdict of sibilities of advertising. Their win and due making provision for bad "Accidental Death" on Monday at dow decorated with tartan and

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· HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

MERTING of the BHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation will be held at CITY HALL, Hong Kong, on BATURDAY, the 28TH FEBRUARY, 1931, at 11:30 AM for the purpose receiving the Report Statement of

of the Board of Directors together of Accounts for

alat DzokwDER, 1950

in 3 THE REGISTER of 8BARES of the Corporation will be ULOSRD from MONDAY, the 16 FEBRUARY. to SATURDAY, the 28TH FEBRUARY, Watch Parind No Transfer of Batem can be registered...

NOT ORDINARY YEARLY

Year

By Order of the Board of Directors,

V. M. GRAYBURN. Chief Manager. Hong Kong, th Feb., 1031,

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A dinner in honour of the British For the 24 hours ended February, community are so full of royalty.

thiroo,'casca of and racing It was no ordinary Economic Mission is to be given thors were by the Hong Kong Chinese General diphtheria and one case of small event in British naval history, and Chamber of Commerce at the Kampox. For the week ended February it does not depend for its interest Ling Restaurant on the 20th inst. there were two cases of upon the mere fact that the new diphtheria, three cases of enteric warship happens to be the greatcat Wong Shing was yesterday sen- fever, two deaths from cerebro in the world. The Fleet Annual new and valuable publication, by. tenced by Mr. Butters at the Kow-spinal fever and forty deaths from and Naval Fear Book of 1906-1 loon Magistracy to ten weeks' im- pulmonary tuberculosis.

the way, from the Westminster prisonment for the theft of 840,60,

It has been arranged to hold the Press-describes the event the the property of Tang Yau, a, mar- ried woman, living at 1032, Canton annual prize giving of the ladies' sensation of the year. It is bare- Road,

acetion of the Royal Hong Kongly three years since that a vessel. Golf Club on Tuesday, March 24. on similar lines was discussed as Mrs. D. J. Lewis, last year's cap an ideal for the Britih Fleet It

But that is a digression. Every Many of us will, however, agree. with the modification of local law, Wednesday there in to be the usual The Craigengower C.C. are hold and not deny the spice of truth talk on "What is happening ing a dinner dance on Saturday next at the Clubhouse. The charge in the assertion that the hope of Parliament, proceded by short is 82.50 per person and the list will increasing land values in the Peak addresses on "How Parliament close to-morrow. This is a farewell Area has something to do with it. Worka" It is evident that Eng function for the President, Mr. B.

W. Bradbury? Few landowners and builders would land still holde to ARISTOTLE'S Say- ing about man being a political fib at the idea of putting up new animal There is also plenty of houses for the many rich Chinese dance music and jazz on tap, from

the rest to quote the very apt words of our contemporary.

1.

foot.

eternal

difference in exchange between the who would relish to live on the one station or another, but the the Central Police Court, at the ferna, with small figures wearing the and doubiful accounts, and for the..... Peak as a social distinction from general standard of the musical inqgest on Li Fun, a dockyard hand, kilt and Inrge and small bottle of rate no which the dividendis who was killed on January 2 at the Meish Whisky guaranteed pre declared and the current rate of programmes is high. People are getting to realise that classical Royal Naval Dockyard, as the war strength is enough to melt the the day, amount to $465,048.48, of music is really the best and most sult of a 7-foot steel plate falling heart of the most obdurato Pussy which, after taking out rebate on Bills not yet due and remuneration thrilling music once you have got on him,

to Directors, there remains for ap propriation $200,608.07. The Direc- tors recommend placing 2300,000 to the credit of reserve fund, which ́ will thon Band ár er 60,000 mate carrying lotward the bat

The Peak has been both a draw. back and an asset in the life of Hong Kong. It is certainly a dis

to hire so far from the 1960s The administer It is possible no doubt to take a deep interest in the lay out of Kowloon and the drainage of Wanchai, if either of those tasks

ftwork of the

csterday on Majesty the

to know it, and, thanks to wireless and gramophones; people A woman defendant was yester are becoming familiar with the day tied by Mr. Lindsell at the Looking Back 25 Yezis,

Central Polico Court $10.000, or; i. musicians CARTS for y del mune wo bowl and I had Our telazzRAT tubes and while some of 416 for having repression 18d bouncing that Htt solider items may raise Brailer taels of illicit Kwangai opiumi. It King had launched the new battle there is little justification for tho was stated by the prosecution that ship Dreadnought at Portsmouth Archbishop who said thai brond the oniurs was smuggled ashore en Felruary 10, deserves more nt eating would make idle minds from Wuchow steamers to the de- tention than it is likely to receive fendant's house in Sai Street. just now, when the minds of the idler still

.

88,580.50 to the credit of the new

profit and loss account-long,

ong Daily Press, February 1881.