1042 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH NOVEMBER, 1881.
SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.
GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH
THE Court will sit in Summary Jurisdiction, TCOMPANY, (unalgaunated with the
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every Friday, until further notice.
THE Court will sit in Original Jurisdiction, on every Monday and Thursday, until
further notice.
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By Order of the Court,
C. F. A. SANGSTER,
Acting Registrar.
VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT OF
HONGKONG.
HE Sittings of this Court will be held on every Monday and Thursday, until further
notice.
By Order of the Court,
C. F. A. SANGSTER,
Acting Registrar.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
NOTICE Cowest, Victoria, in the Color
No. 12, Peel Street, Victoria, in the Colo- ny of Hongkong, Merchant, having been adjudged Bankrupt, on his own Petition, filed in the Su- preme Court of Hongkong, on the 30th day of September, 1881, a Public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination and make application for his Order of Discharge, will be held before the Hon. FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Acting Chief Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, Hongkong, on Friday, the 6th day of January, 1882, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely.
CHARLES FREDERICK AUGUSTUS SANG- STER, Esquire, is the Official Assignee, and the undersigned are the Solicitors acting for the Bankrupt.
Hongkong, 8th November, 1881.
DENNYS & MOSSOP, Solicitors Acting in the Bankruptcy.
18, Bank Buildings, Queen's Road, Hongkong.
In the Goods of KwOK LEE KWONG, deceased.
ORIENTAL TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED, as regards Telephone Lines in Hongkong and China) with transfer of letters patent," for the use of improvements in Telephones invented by THOMAS ELVA EDISON, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, ARNIIOLD WHITE, FREDERIC ALLEN GOWER, &c., &c.
BELL & EDISONS SYSTEM. Permission having been granted by the Government to establish a Telephone Exchange in Fongkong, the above Company hereby begs to invite Subscriptions from the Public.
Throughout Europe and America Telephone Exchanges have already gained such a reputa- tion by facilitating daily intercourse and by ensuring the safety of private and public pro- perty, that they may now be considered indis- pensable in all large Cities and Business Centres. Hongkong with its vast commercial transactions and valuable property, is essen- tially a place where a well conducted Tele- phone Exchange will be of the greatest use, and in laying this Prospectus before the Public, the Company hopes that it may count upon the general support not only of the merchants and professional members of the Community, but also of the different Govern- inent Departments in order to render the service as efficient as possible.
The Exchange will be worked in the follow- ing way, viz.: a Head Office will be established in the central part of the town provided with the best Telephone appliances according to the newest and most approved European and American inventions. Each subscriber will be supplied with a complete set of Instruments, and will be put in direct communication with the central office by separate wires.
When wishing to use the Telephone, a Sub- scriber will only have to call the Central Station and give the name of the party he wishes to speak with, the wires are then immediately switched together, and the two Subscribers will be in direct communication with each other. When they have finished, the Central Office is notified to that effect by a Bell Signal, the wires are then disconnected, i and other connection can be made if ·
any desired, and so on. The dialogue between the subscribers is of course quite private, and can only be heard by the two parties concerned. It should distinctly be understood that the messages are not spoken to the Central Office, and thence transmitted to the person to be communicated with, but the two wires are
NOTICE is hereby given to the next of kin, and simply switched together, thus forming one
all other persons, to produce any Wills or Codicils of the above named person, deceased, that may be in their possession, betore the Supreme Court, in its Probate Jurisdiction, on Friday, the Second day of December, A.D. 1881; or if none, that the next of kin do accept or refuse Lecters of Administration, failing which, Letters of Ad- ministration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court, or such person as the Court may think fit.
By the Court,
C. F. A. SANGSTER,
Acting Registrar.
Supreme Court,
Hongkong, 19th November, 1881.
THE
FOR SALE.
THE Undersigned having yet a few
copies of the
Revd. W. LOBSCHEID'S Chinese & English Dictionary, beautifully bound up, now offer them at reduced price of $2.50 each.
NORONHA & Co. Hongkong, 1st October, 1879.
continuous line, over which conversation can be carried with perfect casc and privacy.
The Central Office will, if practicable, be open to the general public, so that any person can thence communicate with the Subscribers. For this service non-subscribers would have to pay a small fee according to the time they occupy the wire.
The Telephones used by the Company are the Combination-Bell-Edison. These Instru- ments, which are far superior to all other Te- lephones on account of their great distinctness of sound, combined with easy management, have met with anrivalled success throughout the world, and are now also adopted by the British Government Departments in England and India.
The subscription fee will to some extent depend upon the number of subscribers, but the price will not exceed $150 per annum for town subscribers. The following boundaries will be taken as terminating the town, viz., West, The Gas Works. East,-Police Station No. 2. Road, etc. Subscribers outside these limits South, Caine Road and Kennedy
would have to pay a proportionally higher charge according to the length of wire required and the dificulties to be overcome in con- structing and maintaining the line. The sub- scription will be binding for one year, payable quarterly in advance.
All maintenance expenses of Instruments and wires are included in the above price, and the subscribers will have nothing to pay beyond the fixed animal charge.
The Central Office will be under competent supervision, and an efficient staff of clerks will be in attendance during office hours.
The Company will also undertake to make private arrangements for persons wishing to be in direct communication with their offices, godowns, etc., and to take over the mainte- nance of such lines at a reasonable charge.
In order to expedite the work, subscribers are requested to send in their names to the undersigned agent at an early date.
Should sufficient support not be received, the Company is not bound to establish the Exchange.
A. SUENSON,
Superintendent.
Hongkong, November 10th, 1881.
FOR SALE.
THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHINA.
THE
A Dictionary of Reference,
By
G. M. H. PLAYFAIR.
Price-$6.00 per Copy, bound. Apply to
MESSRS. NORONHA & Co.
"" LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.
KELLY & WALSH.
MCEWEN, FRICKEL & Co.
Hongkong, 27th January, 1880.
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FOR SALE.
ICTIONNAIRE
CORÉEN-FRANÇAIS,
par les Missionnaires de Corée de la Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris, contenant:-
L-PARTIE LEXICOGRAPHIQUE.
1o Le mot écrit en caractères alphabétiques coréens; 2° sa prononciation; 3o le texte chinois correspondaut; 4° la traduction française.
II. PARTIE GRAMMATICALE. Les terminaisons d'un verbe modèle arrangées par ordre alphabétique.
III-PARTIE GÉOGRAPHIQUE.
Les noms et la position des villes, des montagnes, des cours d'eau, etc., les divisions administratives, etc., avec une carte de Corée.
PRICE: In boards, $13 per copy; bound, $14.
Apply to
NORONHA & Co.
Hongkong, 16th April, 1881.
NORONHA & Co.,
PRINTERS, PUBLISHERS & STATIONERS
AND
Printers to the Government of Hongkong, Nos. 5, 7 & 9, ZETLAND STREET,
HONGKONG.
ESTABLISHED, 1844.
Letter-Press Printing. Copper-Plate Printing. Play-bills, Hand-bills, Programmes, Posters, fe., fc.,
neatly printed in coloured ink,
Printed and Published by NORONHA & Co., Printers to the Hongkong Government.
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