Intimations.
E CERCLE-TRANSPORTS.
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SOCIETE ANONYME D'ASSURANCE" MARITIME MARSEILLE.
CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED....15,000,000 Francs. Capital Paid-up..................... 3,750,000 Franos.
The Undersigned, having been ap pointed AGENTS of the above Company, are propared to GRANT POLICIES
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY
To be Let.
TO LET,
Immedinte Possession, TOP FLOOR of No. 8, Queen's Road Central (above Mr. NOBLE'S).
J. M. GUEDES, JUN. Hongkong, 3rd October, 1881.
TO LET.
FOUSES at SPRING GARDENS.
on MARINE RISKS to all parts of Happly to
the World.
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, 15th June, 1881..
THE
HE Undersigned have been ap pointed AGENTS to the NEW YORK BOARD of UNDER- WRITERS.
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, 15th June, 1881.
C.
L..
THEVENIN,
COMMISSION AGENT, WINE AND SPIRITS MERCHANT. CHAMPAGNE, BURGUNDIES. COGNACS. SHERRIES, LIQUEURS, WHISKY &c., &o. HONGKONG HOTEL BUILDING,
HONGKONG TIMBER YARD, WANCHAL
OREGON PINE SPARS
always on hand.
L. MALLORY, Proprietor.
Hongkong, 24th June, 1881.
STAG HOTEL.
QUEEN'S BOAD
CENTRAL.
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.
G
J. COOK,
NOTICE.
LOODS received on STORAGE, at the Blue Building Godowns, Marine Lot 65, Prayer East, and ad- vancos made on the receipt.
F. PEREIRA. 215, Wanohai Olab. Hongkong, 7th September, 1881.
Intimations.
WATERS,
NEW DIRECTORY FOR THE FAR EAST.
A NEW DIRECTORY FOR CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE PHILIPPINES,
FOR THE YEAR 1882,
WILL DE PUBLISHED,
PRICE TWO DOLLARS,
ENTITLED
"THE HONGKONG DIRECTORY
AND HONG LIST FOR THE
FAR EAST.”
THE above work will be published
on the 1st of January next, at D. K. GRIFFITH & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF THE the office of this Papor, and will con- LONDON AERATEDtain a Directory for the Ports in the large portion of Asia comprised, be- tween Penang, in the Straits. Settle- monts, and the Northern Ports, inclad- ing Formosa; the Treaty Ports of China and Japan; the Philippine Islands; the British Colony of Hongkong; and the Portagasse Colony of Macao, The work |will also contain the Principal Treaties
AND GENERAL AGENTS. 7, Beaconsfield Arcade. FOR SALE.
A
DOUBLE-BARREL FOWLING-PIECE (muzzle-loading), Patent Snap Aotion, Twist Barrels, side-action Looks; in leather case, with Shot
Pouch and Powder Flask. Price, $10. Apply at the Office of this Paper. Hongkong, 25th October, 1881.
FOR SALE.
A HOWLOORS, and everything coin.
SIX-OARED GIG, good as New, Oans
plete. The boat is suitable for a House Boat or Captain's Gig.
Apply at the office of this Paper. Hongkong, 18th October, 1881.
FOR SALE.
MERCHANTILE DIRECTORY
of the World, in 3 volumes, comprising the Continental, Price, Foreign and British Portions $25.00 Select Phrases in the Canton
Language
0.50
0.50 1,00
Proprietor.
First Book of Reading Las-
sons: Part I Part II
Dr. James Batler's Catechism Topography of China
0.25 1.00
Guia do Christão
1,00
Grammatica Nacional de Aule-
to .........and
0.75 0,50
0.40
0.60 1.00
For the MEEKRE GODOWN Co..
J. M. GUEDES, JUN. Hongkong, 3rd October, 1831:
A. MILLAR & Co., PLUMBERS. GASFITTERS, COPPERSMITHS, AND BRASS- FOUNDERS, OFFICE AND WAREROOM FLETCHER'S BUILDINGS, QUEEN'S-ROAD EAST. WORKS-SPRING GARDENS, WANCHAI
T.
ALGAR AND COMPANY, HOUSE AND ESTATE
AGENTS. RENTS COLLECTED.
BROWN, JONES & Co., UNDERTAKERS. MOURNING STATIONERY, &c. MONUMENTS ERECTED. 9, HOLLYWOOD ROAD.
OFFICES WANTED.
•
OFFICES WANTED, for a term
of years, on the QUEEN'S ROAD or near it; must have good daylight. Address, stating situation, ront, and whon vacant, B. E. J., office of this *Paper.
Hongkong, 4th November, 1881.
NOTICE.
The Business of General Printers and Book-binders, lately conducted by the late Mr. J. J. da Silva'e Souza under the style of
DE SOUZA & Co.,
will henceforth be carried on under the same style by the undersigned, as Lessees of the Goodwill, Machi- nery, Plant, &c., belonging to the said Printing Office.
J. J. DE SOUZA. H. LUBECK.
Hongkong, 15th June, 1881.
Laws of Lawn Tennis Manual da Historia Sagrada Introducção a Lingua Ingleza, com um Diccionario de Vo- cabulos
Encyclopedia Elementar Resoum dalingua Franceza, Coordenados por J, F. de Gouver
Os Doz Dias de S. Francisco Xavier ou devoção de Dez Sexta Feiras, offerecida nos devotos do Grande Aposto- lo, do Oriente por J. F. Gou
Hongkong, 15th June' 1881. The Devout of the Seven Do- lours of our Blessed Indy by the Rev. Antonio Pereira, 5. J., Translated by Rev. W. Palgrave, S.J,
Evidence of the Affinity of the Polynesians and American Indians with the Chinese and other nations of Asia Ball Room Guide Grammatica da lingua Ingleze The Student of Jesus Christ by Rev. Antonio Pereir S.J.,
Ja drlim'Alina
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Half-bound.........*******
Calf... Descripção do Imperio da Chi- Da, precedida de algamas noticias sobre os Conventos de S. Francisco.o de Sta. Cla-* ra em Macao: excerpto do. Vorgol de Plautas o Floros da provincia da Madre de Deus dos capuchos reformo- dos, composto pelo Padre Mostro Fr. Jaciuto de Deus. Lente do Theologia, Primei ro Padre da mesma Provin cia, ex.Cominissario Geral e Deputado do Santo Officio da Inquisição de Goa na la. dia Oriental
between European countries and the
United States and the countries East of the Straits, together with conditions of Trade, and the Port, Customs, Con- sular and Harbour Regulations for the Ports of China and Japan; rad a des- cription of the Ports, with the latest Trade Statistics taken from the Reports of the Imperial Maritime Customs and other reliable sources,
The various Governments and Mu- nicipal Corporations will be applied to for information, and all Public Bodies
aud Companies, Bankers, Merchants, Coneals, and Professional and other Residents, will supply the necessary
matter to ensure correctness upon forms
sent for that purpose. The Naval and Military portions will be taken from the Intest published official lists and rovised at Head-quarters; in fact no pains will be spared to make "THE HONGKONG DIRECTORY AND HONG LIST FOR THE FAR EAST" a perfectly reliable vade mecum.
It is intended to make this work a medium for Advertisers at a cheap 0.20 rate, and the charge for Advertise
ments will be
0.20
$10 per page in Hongkong, and $12 at Outports.
The size of the Page will be SEVEN INCHES AND A HALF LONG by FOUR INCHES AND THREE-QUARTERS; this space will admit of a large quantity of matter and all Advertisements will be taste- 0.20 fully and prominently displayed
1.00 1.00 0.50
0.50
Blocks of any description will bò in- serted, but these must not exceed the above dimensions.
"THE HONGKONG DIRECTORY AND HONG LIST FOR THE FAR EAST" will, in order that it may, circalate extensively outside this Colony, be published at a POPULAR PRICE, and can be or- 0.25 0.40 dered at this Office or obtained from 0,50
the Agents (list to be hereafter pab- lished) for
$2.00.
'DE SOUZA & Co.
TWO DOLLARS.
There is not space in the compass of an ordinary advertisement to detail
all the mass of information it is in.
tended to introduce into the work, but
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it may be fairly asserted that no such
Directory has ever been published
NOVEMBER 12TH, 1881.
T
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.
HE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY (amalgamated with the ORIENTAL TE. LEPHONE COMPANY, Limited, as regards Telephone Lines in Hongkong and China) with transfer of Alexander Graham Bell, Arnhold White, Frederic Gower, &o, &c.
The Central Office will, if practicable, be opt to the general public so that any person can thence communicate with the Subsoribers. For this servico · non-subscribers would have to pay a small fee nccording to the time they' occupy the wire.
The Telephones used by the Com- pany are the Combination Bell-Edison, These Instruments which are far sa -BELL AND COISON'S SYSTEM.perior to all other Telephones on ac
count of their great distinctness of Permission having been granted by sound combined with easy manage- the Government to establish a Tele- ment, havo mot with unrivalled succoss phone Exchange in Hongkong, the throughout the world, and are now Subscriptions from the Public. above Company hereby beg to invite also adopted by the British Govern- ment Departments" ip England aud India.
Throughout Europe and America Telephone Exchanges have gained such
The subscription fee will to some ex- a reputation by facilitating daily inter-tent depend upon the number of sub- course and by ensuring the safety of acribers, but the price will not exceed private and pablio property, that they $150 per annum for town subscribers, may now be considered indispensable The following boundaries will be taken iu all large Cities and Business Centros.
as terminating the town, viz.: West,- Hongkong with its vast commercial The Gas Works. East-Police Station transactions and valuable property, is No, 2. South. - Caine Road and essentially a place, where a wall con. Konnedy Road, etc. Subscribers out ducted Telephone Exchange will be of side these limits would bave to pay the greatest use, and in laying this proportionally higher charge accordin Prospectus before the Public, the Com-
to the length of wire required and the pany hopes that it may count upon the difficulties to be overcome in construct. general support not only of the mering and maintaining the line. The chants and professional members of the subscription will bo binding for one Community, but also of the different year, payable quarterly in advance. Government Departinents in order to render the service as efficient as pos- sible.
The Exchange will be worked in the following way, viz.: a head Office will be established in the central part of the town provided with the best Tele phone appliances according to the new- est and most approved European and American' inventions. Each subsori- her 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 Subscriber 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, and any other connootion can be made if 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 message are not spoken to the Cen tral Office, and thence transmitted to the person to be commmunicated with, but the two wires are simply switched together, thus forming one continuous line, oger which conversation can be carried with perfect ease and privacy.
- FOR SALE CHEAP.
BOWLING ALLEYS.
WITH BALLS, PINS, &c.,
Complete.
The Alleys are 79 feet in length, and were laid down about a year ago at a cost of over $600. They have seldom been played on, and are, in splendid condition.
Will be sold a bargain.
Apply to
R. FRASER-SMITH,
Club Chambers. Hongkong, 1st July, 1881.
FOR SALE.
USTRALIAN WINES,
PORT AND SHERRY, of the finest quality, from Coolalta Vineyard, Branxton, Hunter River, N.S.W.
A
Apply to
R. FRASER SMITH,
Club Chambers.
FOR SALE CHEAP.
First Class PONY PHAETON
by Lonny of Croydon..
Apply to
M. A.
The "Hongkong Telegraph" office.
Hongkong, 24th Jano, 1881.
JUST RECEIVED.
SELECTED ASSORTMENT
All maintenance expenses of Instra. menta and wires are included in th above price, and the subscribers will have nothing to pay beyond the fixed annual charge.
The Central Office will be under competent supervision, and an efficient staff of clerks will be in attendance daring 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 maintenance of such lines at reasonable charge.
In order to expedite the 'work, sub- scribers are requested to send in their names to the undersigned agent ät an early date.
Should sufficient support not be res ceived, the Company is not bound to establish the Exchange..
A. 'SUENSON,
Superintendent. Hongkong, November 11th-1881.
Hongkong,.....
To the Superintendent
.188.
Great Northern Telegraph Co. Dear Sir,--
Kindly place......name in the List of Subscribers to the Telephone Exchange.
Yours faithfully, Signature Address
NOTICE,
AND RULING IN
ALL ITS BRANCHES. EXECUTED AT VERY LOW RATES AT THE
"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH "
OFFICE.
Account Books ruled to any pattern. Music bound in Elegant Style with Best Materials.
"TELEGRAPH OFFICE, HONGKONG.
R.
FRASER-SMITH
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT,
ARBITRATOR,
AND
COMMISSION AGENT
· Ülub 'Chambers, Honokono,
FOR SALE.
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A TABLE Showing the mean time of Rising and Setting of the San calculated for the Latitudo of Hongkong or any other Latitude if required.,
A
PRICE20 cents.
DE SOUZA & Co.
FOR SALE, NGLO-CHINESE
FOR 1881.
CALENDAR
NEATLY PRINTED ON CARD BOARD.
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FOR SALE.
either in Hongkong, or any other of MENU CARDS, SHAT CARDS ASHERMAN'S BOOKS, for
part of the East, at the price.
"Telegraph" Office, Hongkong,
October 1st, 1881,
VISITING CARDS.-
Apply to
DE SOUZA & Co.
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conts de
mon.Price DE SOUZA & Co.
Printed an1. Published by RosaT FRASER-SUITE, o No. Wellington Street, in the City of Victoria, Hongkong.
Hongkong, 28th June, 1881.
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