STEAMSHIP COMPANIES-MANUFACTORIES
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CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
AUSTRALIAN SERVICE
Fortnightly Mail Steamers between
HONGKONG and PORT DARWIN, QUEENSLAND PORTS
SYDNEY, and MELBOURNE,
A SPECIAL FEATURE for PASSENGERS desirous of taking advantage of the Superior Accommodation offered by this Line of Steamers is, that the First-Class Saloon and Cabins are forward of the Engines, and Refrigerating Chambers, with which the Steamers are fitted, ensure the supply of Fresh Provisions, during the entire voyage. Each steamer is lighted throughout by Electricity and carries a duly qualified Surgeon. RETURN TICKETS issued by this Company to and from Australia are available for return by the Steamers of the Eastern and Australian Steamship Company, Limited. For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents,
HONGKONG, CHINA, AND JAPAN,
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED,
HONKONG.
WORKS: Macao and Hongkong.
THIS Company supplies Portland Cement of a first-class quality, the manufacture
being identical with that employed in the dry process works in Europe.
FINENESS.—The Cement is ground so that on a sieve having 5,800 meshes to the square inch, the residue shall not exceed "1 per cent., and the residue on a sieve having 32,000 meshes to the square inch 20 per cent.”
TENSILE STRENGTH.--Briquettes of 2.25 square inch section made with neat Cement, gauged with about 20 per cent. water, kept one day in air and six days in water, do not break with a strain of less than 900 lbs. After one day in air and 27 days in water the tensile strength is not less than 1,200 lbs.
The Company is prepared to tender for the supply of Cement to any other speci- fication if required.
The Cement is packed in barrels of 375 lbs. net, and in bags of 250 lbs. net.
All communications to be addressed to
SHEWAN,
TOMES & Co.,
General Managers.
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