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The Hong Kong Telegraph.

No. 66.]

Auctions.

AUCTION OF MACHINERY.

MESSRS GENATO & Co. have

been instructed to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,

on the 15th proximo, unless previously disposed of by private agreement, all THE MACHINERY of the

SAN MIGUEL FOUNDRY, MANILA.

Consisting of Turning Lathes of all descriptions, Planing Pauching, and Shearing Machines, Drilling Machines, Tools, Sets of Stocks and Dies (Whit- worth's), Tube Expanders, Boot's Blowers, Cranes, and a large stock of Plate Iron and Bar Iron, Shafts of from 4 to 10 inches diameter round and square, &c., do.

They will also offer for sale a com- plete

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30TM¤, 1881.

Intimations.

R.

V.. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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No. 219.

ALE OF THE OPIUM FARM.

Notico is hereby given, that TEN. DERS for the PRIVILEGE of PRE- PARING and SELLING PREPARED OPIUM within the Colony for the term of ONE, TWO, or THREE YEARS from the 1st of March;. 1882, under the provisions of Ordinance. No 2 of 1858, No. 1 of 1859, and No. of 1579, will be received at this Office until Noon on MONDAY, the 24th October, 1881:

Each Tender should specify the monthly payment offered for the period above-mentioned.

The Government does not bind itself SUGAR REFINERY PLANT, to accept the highest or any Tondor. perfectly now, never having been used, Should the highest Touder be less than the sum the Governor thinks a built by SHEARS & Sons, London, com- prising Copper Vacuum Pan, Doublefair price for the Opium Farm, His Bottom Pau, Engine and 2 Boilers, 4 Excclloney in Council will grant Li- conces direct under Section 3 of the Copper Bag Filters, Set of Tanks, 2 Treble Barrel Copper and Gun Metal Ordinaues, and take such further steps as may be necessary to realize a fair Pumps, and other attachments.

The plans of the said .Refining Ma-price. chinery will shortly be on view at the Office of this Paper.

Hongkong, August 23rd, 1881.

UITION IN THE FRENCH

LANGUAGE,

by Monsieur LoCIS PIRON, SEN. ; SINGING (COLTURE OF THE VOICE) by Monsieur EUGENE PIRON, JUN., 44, Queen's Road. Hongkong, August 30th 1881.

D. K, GRIFFITH & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF THE LONDON AERATED

WATERS, AND GENERAL AGENTS. 7, Beaconsfield Arcade, T. N. DRISCOLL.

TAILOR, HOSIER, HATTER,

AND

GENERAL OUTFITTER. 45, and 47, QUEEN'S-ROAD. NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

T. N. DRISCOLL, VAILOR, HOSIER, HATTER, and TGENERAL OUTFITTER, begs to intimate that on September

1st he will remove to the New

Promises No. 6, Queen's-road Central, next door to the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.

Hongkong, 10th August, 1881,

and

FOREIGN SHIPPING.

Agents, ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, 15th June, 1881.

E CERCLE-TRANSPORTS.

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SOCIETE ANONYME D'ASSURANCE: MARITIME MARSEILLE,

CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED....15,000,000 Franes. CAPITAL PAID-UP........ 3,750,000 Francs.

The Undersigned, having been ap- pointed AGENTS of the above Company, are prepared to GRANT POLICIES on MARINE RISKS to all parts of the World.

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, 15th June, 1881.

J.

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AND R. TENNENT'S ALE and PORTER.

DAVID CORSAR & SONS'

Merchant Navy

Navy Boiled

Long Flax

Crown

CANVAS.

AFNHOLD KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, 15th June, 1881,

By His Excellency's Command,

M. S. TONNOCHY, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong, 20th August, 1881. HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

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THE

Intimations.

THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN VARIETY COMBINATION.

FOR THIS NIGHT ONLY!

THIS EVENING, August 30th,

PROGRAMME:

1. Orchestra.

PART THE FIRST.

2. Act Comical "The Giants,"

WALHALLA BROTHERS.

3. French Vaulting over a number of

chairs,

MR. JOHN SMITH.

4. The Flying Trapeze, introducing sum- mersaults in Mid-Air, Pirouettes, &c., MR. JEAN VERLETTIE.

5. The Musical Clowns with Acrobatic

Foast,

WALHALLA BROTHERS. 6. Triple Horizontal Bars, a beautiful

Gymnastic Act,

Messrs. J. S. LeoroLD and JEAN VERLETTIE.

INTERMISSION.

PART THE SECOND.

7. Globe Equilibrian, the Globe Rolante,

MR. S. WALHALLA. 8. The Great Equilibrist on the Ballancing Trapeze,

MR. JEAN VERLETTIR.

9. Grand Acrobatic Display,

WALHALLA BROTHERS, and Mr. Joun SMITH, and CLOWN J, S. LEOPOLD.

The above-named Artists will give

their unique Performance in the CITY HALL, THIS EVENING, the 30th August, After which the Company will proceed to Shanghai, en route to America.

HE Dividend of 4, being $5 per share, for the six months ending 30th June last, declared at to- day's Ordinary Half-yearly Meeting, will be payable at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation from Bills and Programme. TOMORROW, the 30th instant, and Shareholders are requested to apply for Dividend Warrants at the Com- pany's Offices, No. 14, Praya Central, Hongkong.

For further Particulars sco Fland

By Order of the Board of Directors,

R. COOKE, Acting Secretary. Hongkong, 29th August, 1881. HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

HOLDERS aro roquested to ONTRIBUTING SHARE- send in a Statement of Business con- tributed daring the half-year ended 30th June, 1881, on or before Sep- tombor 30th, on which date the Ac- counts will be closed,

By Order of the Board of Directors

R. COOKE, Acting Secretary. Ilongkong, 30th August, 1881,

Prices of Admission 2 Reserved Seats,

Second Seats, Third Seats,

.$2.00

$1.00 .$0.50

Army and Navy in Uniform, Half-price.

Doors open at 8.30 o'clock, P.erfor mance, to commence at 9 prompt

Plan of the Theatre to be seen at the Novelty Store, opposito Hongkong Hotel, where tickets can be had and seats secured.

Hongkong, August 24th, 1881.

NOTICE.

L

AU TSUN SAM, MEDICAL PRACTITIONER AND DENTIST, TEACHER OF CHEMISTRY, AND WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER.

Sewing Machines and every des- cription of Mechanical Appliance aud All Musical Instrument repaired. orders executed promptly, in the best

HONGKONG AND WHAMILIA possible style, and it moderate charges.

NOTICE.

No. 107, WELLINGTON STREET HONGKONG.

During my absence from Hongkong, Afong, Photographer,

Mr. ROBERT COOKE will act as Secretary.

By Order of the Board,

D. GILLIES,

Secretary. Hongkong, 15th June, 1881. HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.

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SPECIAL NOTICE. .¦

THE Public are informed that the Scrip in the above named. Com- pany, for Shares numbered 5640, 5641, 5642, and 5643, has been stolen, and that application has been made that the saine may bo cancelled and New Scrip issued.

Hougkong, 30th July, 1881,

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AS A LARGER COLLECTION of VIEWS than алу other in

CHINA, Miniatures Painted on Ivory from $7.

Oil Paintings on Canvas from $5.

Cartos de Visite, Cabinet, and all other Styles of Portraits at equally moderate prices executed under the supervision and management of

D. K. GRIFFITHS,

Studio. 8, Queen's-road.

C. L. THEVENIN.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT, AND COMMISSION AGENT. HONGKONG HOTEL BUILDING, QUEEN'S-ROAD CENTRAL

[PRICE $16 PER ANNUM.

For Sale.

SAYLE & CO.'S SHOWROOMS.

- Great Clearance Sale.

Commencing on MONDAY, the 29th AUGUST,

and continuing

THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER.

An Early Inspection is respectfully invited. All Goods marked in plain figures at

1

GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.

Terms-Cash.

VICTORIA EXCHANGE, HONGKONG.

KELLY & WALSH

"AVE just received

H

Actors and Actresses of British Stage.

Oars and Sculls (Woodgate). Badecker's Handbooks to Paris, Italy,

Germany, &o. Badecker's Travellers' Manual of Cou-

versation.

The Slang Dictionary. The Times Agony Column 1800-1870. Stonehenge's British Sports. Mayhew's Dogs-their management. McCulloch's Dictionary of Commerce and Commercial Navigation. Twain's Tramp Abroad. New Customs publication-Opium. Rawlinson's Ancient Egypt. The Talmud.

The Koran,

Read's Engineor's Handbook. Homo Book-A Domestic Cyclopedia. The Peking Gazette, 1880 (tranala-

tion).

Chesterfield's Letters. Cannon Farrar's "Mercy and Judg-

ment."

Dictionary of Poetical Quotations. Fern Paradise-Heath. Injurious Insects and methods of pre-

vention.

Dr. Winchell's Science and Religion. Hübner's Ramble round the World. Plutarch's Lives-cheap edition. Donaldson's Rough Sketching. Confessions of an Opium Eater. The Opium Smoker-12 colored plates. Sketches in Shanghai. Oppen's Stamp Alburns.

Supplement to Spon's Dictionary of Comic Operas-" Olivette."

Engineering.

House Owner's Estimator.

Modern Alphabets.

Beaconsfield Cartoons.

Dr. Eitol's Cantonese Dictionary Vol. 3.

Do.

Do.

to complete work, shortly.

Vol 4,

"Pirates of Penzance, Pianafore," &c.

"ILMS.

Writing, Scrap, and Photographic

Albums.

Large assortment of New Toy Books,

Chess, Draughts, and Go Bang. Hongkong, August 29th, 1881.

ED. CHASTEL & CO.,

WINE MERCHANTS,

Marine House, 15, Queen's-road.

[AVE for sale ex rocent arrivals, Light Breakfast CLARETS in quarts and

Hints. After Dinner CLARETS in quarts and pinta.

CHATEAU LAFITE, MARGAUX, LAROSE, LEOVILLE CLOS DE

MAURIN, &c. &c.

De St. Marceaux & Cɔ'a CHAMPAGNE in quarts, pints and half-pints. CLARET in WOOD.

CHARTREUSE, CURAÇOA, MARASCHINO. Price list on application.

G. FALCONER & Co.,

WATCH AND CHRONOMETER MANUFACTURERS AND JEWELLERS.

NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, CHARTS AND BOOKS. No. 46, QUEEN'S-ROAD CENTRAL. J. ULLMANN & Co.

42, QUEEN'S-ROAD, CENTRAL, 42.

Importers of WATCHES, CLOCKS, MUSICAL BOXES, MARINE and EYE GLASSES, in-great- varieties, and General Goods. NB.Watches carefully repaired at moderate rates.

HONGKONG TIMBER YARD, WANCHAL

ORE

REGON PINE SPARS

AND LUMBER always on hand.

L. MALLORY, Proprietor.

Hongkong, 24th June. 1881.

Chs. J. GAUPP & Co, CHRONOMETER, WATCH, AND CLOCK-MAKERS,

Jewellers, Silver-smiths, and

Opticians.

Charts and Books. Nautical Instruments.

Sole Agents

for Louis Audemars Watches; awarded the highest Prizes at every

Exhibition;

and for Voigtländer and Sohn's- Celebrated OPERA GLASSES, MARINE GLASSES, and SPYGLASSES No. 38, Queen's-rond-Central. STAG HOTEL. QUEEN'S - ROAD CENTRA L. Good accommodation for Visitors, English & American Billiards. Tiffin at One o'clock.. Dinner at 7.30.

This Hotel is most centrally situated and within easy distance of the prin- cipal landing places.

J. COOK,

Proprietor.