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Telegraph Codes.

ADVERTISEMENT.

Tientsin Office:

Agencies:

A-1.

A B C (4th & 5th Edns.). Lieber's.

Moreing & McCutcheon. A-1.

Details of prices and designs of the Company's various products, freights, passages, etc., may be obtained on application to the Agent and General Manager, Tientsin, or to the various branch Agencies.

COAL.

The coal produced by the Company is extensively used over the whole Coast of China, and is quickly supplanting the native products used in the interior on account of cheapness.

To suit the demands of customers, "Kaiping" coal is classified under the follow- ing three heads, viz. :—

No. 1 Lump.-Specially suited for men-of-war, where great heat and durability, together with freedom from dust and a minimum of waste, regardless of cost are assured.

It is equal to the best Cardiff coal.

Several of the foreign Navies in North China, particularly the U. S. Navy, use this grade for bunkering, and have repeatedly testified to its excellent steam- raising qualities.

It is also used, with a proportion of dust from the same seams, by the Kiangnan Arsenal at Shanghai as a steel-making coal with excellent results.

No. 2 Lump.-A first-class steam coal, comparing favourably with the best Japanese, Australian or Scotch coals found in the East. It is universally used on all the railways in North China,

Mixed with a proportion of dust coal from the same seams, it makes an excellent bunkering coal for merchant ships, where steady steaming and economical consump- tion, together with cheapness of price, are desiderata. This combination of lump and dust is taken by all the great lines of coasters trading North, such as China Navigation Co., Indo-China S. N. Co., China Merchants S. N. Co., Nord-Deutsche Lloyd and Hamburg-America Line, with the most gratifying results.

No. 3 Lump.-Makes a good class of coal for household consumption. As a bunker coal, mixed with a proportion of dust from the seams which constitute No. 2, it enjoys a considerable demand from the large Shipping Companies, and for steam raising in mills, factories, etc.

Dust Coal also commands a very big market in meeting the demands of the Chinese for a cheap good fuel for brick-burning, bean-cake factories, distilleries, etc., and for general domestic use.

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