1882-10-14 — Page 1

No. 226.

The

For Sale.

LANE. CRAWFORD & CO.

JAVE received their supply of Autumn and HAVE received their supply of AUTTING

GOODS, all of this Season's London Fatterns

COMPRISING :—

SINGLETS AND DRAWERS IN ALL

TEXTURES.

TIES AND SCARFS, IN THE MOST FASH-

JONABLE SHAPES AND COLOURS.

SHIRTS AND COLLARS,of-FRENCH AND

IRISH CAMBRIC. · ·

BRACES, IN COTTON, SILK, LEATHER

AND BERLIN,

7

ATHLETIC AND

CRICKETING BELTS

AND. CAPS.

SWEATERS.

CANVAS SHOES,

Hongkong Telegraph.

Auctions.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned has received instructions

Todos Gadget Set by Public Auction, an

MONDAY,

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1882.

Entinations.

SAYLE & CO./S SHOWROOMS.

SAYLE & CO.

the 16th day of October, 1882, at THREE P.M. WE HAVE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING OUR FIRST SHOW

on the Premises,~-~-

ALL those PIECES or PARCELS of GROUND Registered in the Land Office as SUB- SECTION No. 2 of SECTION A of MARINE LOT No 16A, measuring North and South sides 17 feet, East and West sides 30 feet, and SECTION C of MARINE LOT No. 16, measuring on the North side 17 feet, on the South side 19 feet, East and West

4 sides 31 fect. Together with the 2 HOUSES

Nos. 13 and 15, Mercer Street.

For Further Particulars and Conditions of Sale, apply to

J. M. GUEDES,

OF

·AUTUMN AND WINTER FASHIONS FOR

MOND A: Y

NE X T

THE 2ND OCTOBER, 1881, AND

FOLLOWING DAY S.

ÁT THE SAME TIME WE SHALL ALSO OPEN A CASE

W

OF

T

FOR CHILDREN..

DISCOUNT

N

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LIBERAL

S

Y

FOK

&

C 0.

HONGKONG.

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Shipping.

STEAMERS.

FOR MANILA, VIA AMOY,

THE Spanish Steamship.

- EMUY,” Ortuzar Master, will be despatched for the above Ports, on MONDAY, the 16th instant, at FIVE

P.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to;

FIVE DOLLARS PER QUARTER.

Shipping.

SAILING VESSELS.

FOR HAMBURG AND LONDON. HE A British Ship

THE AI

"LOTHAIR,"

Boulton, Master, will load here for the above Ports, and have quick despatch,

For Freight; apply to

REMEDIOS & Co. Hongkong, 13th October, 1882, 1958

[695

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, 6th October, 1883.

[673

FOR SAN FRANCISCO.

THE

"HAINAN,"

zard instant, at DAYLIGHT..

For Freight, apply to

For Freight or Passage, apply to

HIRLEY X. C

Hongkong, 13th October, 1881.

[633

STRIPED ROWING JERSEYS AND

Hongkong, 3rd October, 1884.

то

"PUBLIC" AUCTION.

Auctioneer.

[667

'O BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION,

ON THURSDAY,

FLANNEL AND SILK SHIRTS FOR the 19th day of October, 1882, at THREE P.,

TENNIS.

on the Premises,

IN

5 LOTS THE FOLLOWING

VICTORIA EXCHANGE, Hongkong, 30th September, 1882.

FOR KUDAT AND SANDAKAN. (BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.) Steamship

THE A 1 British Ship

"RUTHIN,"

Monkman, Master, will load here for the above

CASH. will be despatched as above, on SUNDAY, the Part, and will have quick despatch.

"NOVELTY STORE."

MARINE HOUSE, QUEEN'S ROAD.

CHRISTY'S HATS, IN NEWEST SHAPES VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES TO Clear Old Stock, the following are offered for a short period at greatly reduced rates:--

AND SHADES.

&C

&c.

&c., LANE, CRAWFORD & Cof Hongkong, 25th September, 1887.

THE

Insurances.

GENERAL NOTICE.

[296

ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY,

(LIMITED.)

· CAPITAL TAELS 600,000, EQUAL..$833,333-33- RESERVE FUND...

$70,858.27-

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LEE SING, Esq.......... LEE YAT LAU, Esq. LO YEOK MOON, Esq, CHU CHIX NUNG, Esq.

MANAGER.--HO, 'AMEI.

MARINE RISKS on' GOODS, &c, taken at CURRENT RATES to all parts of the world.

HEAD OFFICE, 8 & 9, PRAYA WEST. Hongkong, rat September, 1882., - [60x

THE CITY OF LONDON FIRE INSUR-

TANCE COMPANY, MITED!

CAPITAL £2,000,000; PAID-UP......£200,000 PAID UP RESERVE FUND...

£50,000.

The Undersigned, having been appointed Agents for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against Fraž at Current Rates, GEO, R. STEVENS & Co. Hongkong, 14th March, 1882.

THE SOUTH

[165 BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

OF NEW ZEALAND..

CAPITAL, £1,000,000 (One Million Sterling).

UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS,

The Undersigned, having been appointed- Agents for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT FIRE and MARINE RISKS at Current Rates, allowing usual discounts.

GEO. R. STEVENS & Co. Hongkong, 14th March, 1887.",

[164

THE

HE Undersigned have been appointed AGENTS to the NEW YORK BOARD of UNDERWRITERS.

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

RECORD of AMERICAN and FOREIGN

SHIPPING.

Agents,

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

NOTICE.

ON THE PRAVA, IN BONHAM STRAND AND JERVOIS STREET.

BY ORDER OF the MortgaGEES. 1ST, 2NU, AND 3RD-LOTS,—All that PIECE of GROUND Registered in the Land Office as SECTION A of MARINE LOT No. 227, measuring on the North side 45 feet, on the South side 55 feet, on the East and West sides 76 feet. Held, for 999 years, under Crown Lease dated 3rd January, 1879. Crown Rent $oo, with the 3 SUB STANTIALLY BUILT HOUSES known as Nos. 24, 25, and 26, Praya West. 4TH LOT-All that PIECE of GROUND Re- gistered in the Land Office as the RE- MAINING PORTION of MARINE LOT No, 171, measuring on the North and South sides 14 fect, on the East and West sides 50 feet. Held for 999 years from 2nd Octo- ber, 1866, with the SUBSTANTIALLY BUILT HOUSE known as No. 75, Bonham Strand.

5TH LOT-All that PIECE of GROUND Regis- tered in the Land Office as MARINE LOT No. 32C, measuring on the North and South 14) feet, East 85 feet, and West 88 feet.

Held for 900 years from 26th June, 1843, with the HOUSES known as Nos. 50, Honham Strand and 93, Jervois Street. Yearly Crown Rent 29.6.0.3.

For Further Particulars. and Conditions of Sale, apply to

י

SHARP, TOLLER, & JOHNSON, Solicitors for the Mortgagees,

or to

J. M. GUEDES,

Hongkong, 6th October, 1882.

Auctioneer..

[674

PUBLIC AUCTION.

"HE Undersigned has received instructions

to Sell by Public Auction, on

SATURDAY... the 21st day of October, 1882, at THREE P.31., on the Premises,---

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEES. ALL that PIECE or PARCEL of GROUND Registered in the Land Office as the RE- MAINING PORTION of INLAND LOT No. 381, measuring on the North on Queen's

TWO SHILLING NOVELS BESANT AND RICE PAYN, COLLINS,

BY

AT

FIFTY CENTS EACH.

QUIDA,

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AT

NO V E

F. R

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THIRTY CENTS EACH. Also,

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N 0 V E L

EMINENT NOVELISTS,

AND

FOR PORT DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND,

RUSSELL & Co. Hongkong, 21st September, 1882. [640

FOR SAN FRANCISCO. "HE 100 A41 British Ship'

""ROCKHURST,"

COOKTOWN, TOWNSVILLE, BRISBANE, THE

SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA SINGAPORE.

(Taking Cargo al through rates for ADELAIDE, 'all NEW ZEALAND and TASMANIAN PORTS,

NEW! CALEDONIA and Fiji) HE Steamship

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&C.

BOUND VOLUMES oF ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS AND PUNCH FROM 1864 70 1878,

Hongkong, 9th October, 1881.

AT VERY CHEAP PRICES.

S. MEYERS, Manager.

J. ULLMANN & CO.

42, QUEEN'S ROA D..

HAVE ALWAYS

ON LAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT

OF" GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES AND CHRONOGRAPHS, CLOCKS OF ALL KINDS,

·BAROMETERS, THERMOMETERS, ANEROIDS, SPECTACLES, EYE GLASSES, &c.

BY THE BEST MAKERS, AND 'AT LOW PRICES..

GENTLEMEN'S PARISIAN MADE SHIRTS, SCARVES, AND COLLARS

FRENCH

་ ་ ་

IN THE NEWEST STYLES. BOOT S

OF BEST QUALITY.

AND

SHOE S

MEERSCHAUM PIPES, CIGAR CASES AND HOLDERS, ALBUMS, INKSTANDS, POCKET-BOOKS.

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF STATIONERY. CROCKERY WARE, TEA. AND COFFEE SETS, RIFLES, FOWLING PIECES, AND REVOLVERS.

&C

&c.

A CHOICE SELECTION OF PINAUD'S BEST PERFUMERY.**

&C., Hongkong, 2nd October, 1882.

ROSE & CO.

31 AND 33, QUEEN'S ROAD..

DRAPERY DEPARTMENT.

Road az feet and 1 inch; on the South side SHEETINGS, TOILET, AND MARSELLA QUILTS,

28 feet and tinch, on the East at the centre

[660

TABLE CLOTHS ALSO TABLE DAMASK BY THE YARD,

TABLE COVERS AND CLOTH COVERING BY THE YARD.

ANTIMACASSARS, CRUMB CLOTHS,

of a party wall measuring 68 feet and 6 in. TABLE NAPKINS AND TRAY CLOTHS,

on the West side on SECTION B of IN- LAND LOT No. 381 at the centre of a party wall 61 feet and 6 in.

AND

་

ALL that PIECE or PARCEL of GROUND Registered in the Land Office as SEC- TION A of INLAND LOT 698 measuring on the North side on Queen's Road 6 feet, on the East side 61 feet, on the West side.on Lot No. 698 at the centre of a party wall measuring 61 feet. Held for a term of 999 year.

Together with the 2 SUBSTANTIALLY BUILT HOUSES in Queen's Road West, Nos. [457 72 and 74

For Further Particulars and Conditions of Sale, apply to

J. M. GUEDES,·

Hongkong, 13th October, 1882.

“HE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY, THE

LIMITED,

(CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED....

$1,000,000.)

The above Company is prepared to accept MARINE RISKS at CURRENT RATES on GOODS, &c. Policies grantes do all Parts of the world. payable at any of its Agencies.

WOO LIN YUEN

Secretary. HEAD OFFICE, [No. 2; QUEEN'S ROAD WEST. Hongkong, 1st February, 1882. VANGISZE INSURANCE

ASSOCIATION.

Auctioneer.

[693

Intimations.

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF

CANTON

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

NOTICE is hereby given that the ORDINARY

YEARLY MEETING OF THE SHARE- HOLDERS of the SOCIETY will be held at its [8 Head Office, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, the 27th

instant, at THREE 'O'CLOCK, for the purpose of

CAPITAL (Fully Paid-up).........Tis. 420,000.00 PERMANENT RESERVE.............. TIs. 230,000.00 SPECIAL RESERVE FUND...Tim. 399,553-95 TOTAL CAPITAL and]

ACCUMULATIONя, 8th .... Tls. 940,553-95 May, 1882.............................

DIRECTORE

J.-H. PINCKVoss, Esą.

H. DE C. FORIes, Esq., Chairman,

WM. MEVERINK, Esq. A.J.M.INVERARITY,Esq. | G. H. WHEKLER, Esq.

HEAD OFFICESHANGHAL Messrs. RUSSELL & Co, Secretaries.

LONDON BRANCH. Messrs. BARING BROTHERS & Co,

Bankers, **

RICHARD BLACKWELI, Esq., 'Agent' 68 and 69, Combill, E.C. POLICES granted on MARINE RISKS to all parts of the World

Subject to a charge of 12 per cent. for Interest on Shareholders Capital, all the FROSTIS of the UNDERWRITING BUSINESS are annually dis tributed among all Contributors of Business (whe" ther Shareholders or nog in proportion to the premia paid by them

RUSSELL & Co.,

Apeals,

A

Hongkong, 13th May, 1881.

|

HUCKABACKS, TURKISH TOWELS,

FOR

BATH BLANKETS AND WRAPPERS.

ALSO, WHITE COTTON TERRY BY THE YARD,

TOWELS, WRAPPERS, AND BATH BLANKETS.

SWISS AND SCOTCH BOOK MUSLINS,

NAINSOOKS, LAWNS, &c.,

&

BCC.,

&c.

&c.

GENTLEMENS OUTFITTING DEPARTMENT.

WHITE LONGCLOTH SHIRTS WITH AND WITHOUT COLLARS.

UNDERSHIRTS, SMEDLEY'S MERINO AND BALBRIGGAN,

INDIA GAUZE, THE NEW NETTED, SILK AND COTTON,

SPUN SILK AND OTHERS.

"MEATH."

Captain Jolur" Johnson, will be despatched as

Bulford, Master, will load here for the above Port, and will have quick despatch.«

For Freight, apply to

RUSSELL & Co. Hongkong, 14th September, 1881. [626

FOR-NEW-YORK

above, on TUESDAY, the 3rst instant, at FOUR THE 3/3 L. 3. 1. American Ship

For Freight or Passage, apply to

GEO. R. STEVENS & Co.. Hongkong, 13th October, 1882,

[694

Amusements:

ALEXANDER MCNEIL"

Sproul, Master, will load here for the above Port, and will have quick despatch.

For Freight, apply to

Hongkong, 27th September, 1887.

RUSSELL & Co.

[650

Mails.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAM-

THE

DIRECTORS OF THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA COMPANY Beg to inform the community of Hongkong that they intend about the Middle of December to give a series of SUBSCRIPTION PERFORMANCES.

SIX

-AT THE

THEATRE ROVAL, CITY HALL.

The OPERAS will be

selected from the Com- pany's repertoire of 27 works by the greatest composers, in ac cordance with the wishes of the public. The LIST is now on view at

Messrs. KELLY

· AND WALSH'S, where Seats

inay be secured.

The ROYAL ITALIAN COMPANY, which has been recently augmented by the arrival of FIVE NEW ARTISTES of tried ability from Italy, will form the most powerful combination that has ever appeared on the lyric stage in Hongkong.

The Company

will visit this Colony

on their way to Shanghai

at the end of the present month when it is intended, ifcircumstances, will allow, to give one grand operatic representation, on which occasion will be produced Verdi's Celebrated Opera

ERNANI.

HALF HOSE, WELL ASSORTED IN COTTON, MERINO, SILK, &c.

UMBRELLAS AND WALKING, STICKS.

COLLARS, SHAPES OF PREVAILING FASHION. FULL PARTICULARS WILL BE DULY

HANDKERCHIEFS. CHRISTIE'S FELT HATS.

WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED OUR FIRST PARCEL OF K I D G LOVE LADIISS-2, 4-6-AND-8-BUTTONS-AND-GENTS-2-BUTTON

TRAVELLING TRUNKS."

AND COMPANY, 31 AND 33 QUEEN'S ROAD.

ROSE

Hongkong, 25th September, 1882.

Intimations.

receiving the Report of the Directors together with Statements of Accounts for the year 1881, and for the half year ending 30th June 1882. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, CLOSED from the 17th to the 27th instant both days inclusive,

By Order of the Board,

DOUGLAS JONES, Acting Secretary, Hongkong, 13th October, 1882, 24 -0

THE UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF

of

LIMITED.

ADJUSTMENT OF BONUS..

HAREHOLDERS are hereby requested to 'send in to this Office a List of their CON- TRIBUTIONS of PREMIA, from the 11th day

By Order of the Directors,

ANNOUNCED.-

For the Scries of SIX SUBSCRIPTION PER- FORMANCES the PRICES of ADMISSION will be as follows —

Dress Circle......3 Sests...

1379

[

Notices of Firms.

NOTICE.

THE BUSINESS hitherto carried on in Hong, kong by the AMERICAN NOVELTY COMPANY having been taken over by Mr. SIDNEY B. LEWIS, will in future be conducted under the style o

S. B. LEWIS & Co.

LL Claims against the AMERICAN NO-

(Signed) S. B. LEWIS & Co.,

Marine House, Queen's Road Central. Hongkong, 9th October, 1882.

1682

· CANTON, LIMITED,;

of May to the 31st day of December, 1881, in AC COMPANY to be sent. In for OTICE is hereby given that an EXTRA-Order that the Proportion of Proft for that year collection to the Undersigned, who will also

ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING to be paid as BONUS to CONTRIBUTORS the UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF may be arranged. Returns not sent in before receive all Debts due the said Company. CANTON, LIMITED, will be held at the the goth November next will be made up by the Society's Head Office, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, Company, and no subsequent claims or altera- the 27th day of October, 1882, at 3.15. PAL, tions will be allowed. when a Resolution will be proposed for the pur- pose of amending and adding to the existing "Anicles of Association of the Society in such manner as to provide for the Increase of Capital and the sub-division of Shares; And also in auch manner as to modify the existing Provisions therein as to the Transfer of Shares, the limitation of Insurance Risks; the Application of Profits, and the Investment of the Society's WINE MERCHANT AND GENERAL Capital'; And also in such manner as to render the said Articles Consistent with Limited Hability; And also in such other manner as may. be necessary to give effect to the purpORCO aforesaid

By Order of the Board,

DOUGLAS JONES,

Acting Secretary, Hongkong, dated the 4th day of October, 1882,

JAS. B. COUGHTRIE,

Scorciary. Hongkong, 22nd September, 1882,

·F. D. GUEDES.

-COMMISSION-AGENT,

No. 33, WELLINGTON STREET.

C. L. THEVENIN, [645 WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT.

HONGKONG HOTEL BUILDINGS,

HAS FOR SALE. ··

SHIP COMPANY.

TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERS TO JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND EUROPE: VEA

THE OVERLAND RAILWAYS,

1.

AND

ATLANTIC AND OTHER CONNECTING STEAMERS.

THE Steamship

0 COPTIC,"

will be despatched for San Francisco, vid Yoko- hama, on TUESDAY, the 17th October, at THREE P.M.

Connection being made at Yokohama with Steamers from Shanghai and Japan Ports.

All PARCEL PACKAGES' should be marked to address in full; and same will be received at the Company's Office until FIVE P...the day pre- vious to sailing.

who'

RETURN PASSAGES,-Passengers, have paid full fare, re-embarking at San Fran cisco for China or Japan (or vice versa) within six months, will be allowed a discount of zo per cent. from Return Fare; if re-embarking within one year, an allowance of to per cent. will be made from Return Fare. Pre-Paid Return Passage Orders, available for one year, will be issued at 'n Discount of 25 per cent. from Return Fare. There allowances do not apply to through Jares from China and Japan to Eurode.

Consular Invoices to accompany Overland, Mexican, Central, and South American Cargo should be sent to the Company's Offices, ad- dressed to the Collector of Customs, San Fran cisco.

For further information as to Freight or Passage, apply to the Agency of the Company, No. 50A, Queen's Road Central.

F. E. FOSTER, Agent Hongkong, z8th September, 1882.

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U. S. MAIL LINE.

PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

THROUGH TO NEW YORK, VIA OVER- LAND RAILWAYS, AND TOUCHING AT -YOKOHAMA AND SAN FRANCISCO.

“HE U. S. Mail Steamship

"

......... Scat ......... Stalls..................3' Seats...............

$35.00 $15.00.

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FOR EACH PERFORMANCE.- Dress Circle..... Stalls..... Unreserved Seats..

"CITY OF TOKIO," ..825.00. will be despatched for San Francisco, vid $10.00. Yokohama, on SATURDAY, the 28th Instant, at THREE EM, taking Passengers and Freight for Japan, the United States, and Europe.

Through Bill of Lading issued for trans portation to Yokohama and other Japan Ports, to San Francisco, to Atlantic and Inland Citten of the United States, via Overland Railways, to Havana, Trinidad, and Demerara, and to ports in Mexico, Central and South America; by the by the. Company's and connecting Steamers.

Through Passage Tickets granted to England, France, and Germany by all trans-Atlantic lines: of Steamers. ANT

.$3.00. .$2.00. ...$1.00. M. MORITZ,

Secretary. Hongkong, 12th October, 1882,

[689

Intimations.

BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPÁNY.

ENDERS FOR BUILDING GOVERN

MENT OFFICES at SANDAKAN are

TENDERS

Invited.

Plan to be seen and all necessary information to be obtained on Application to Mr. R. G. ALFORD, Surveyor, Queen's Road..

RETURN PASSAGES-Passengers, who have paid full fare, re-embarking at San Fran cisco for China or Japan (or vice versa) within six months, will be allowed a discount of 20 per cent, from Return Fare; if re-embarking within one year, 'an allowance of ro per cent. will be made from Return Fare, Pre-Pald Return issued at a Discount of 25 per cent. from Return Passage Orders, i available for one year, will be Fare. These allowances do not apply to through

Sealed Tenders to be delivered to the Under-farts from China and Japan to Europe, signed (who do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender) on or before THURS DAY, the 19th instant, ut NOON.

www.EM BIRLEY & Co. Hongkong, seth October, 1883.

[688 GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS

Freight will be received on board until 4 'P.M. on the 27th October. Parcel Packages will be received at the Office until 5 P.M. same day all Parcel Packages should be marked to ad- dress in full; value of same is required, fengu

Consular Invoices to accompany Overland Cargo should be sent to the Company's Offices of Customs at San Francisco

FINE ASSORTMENT OF WHITE AND RED A will be held in the HALL of the #ENGIN in Sealed Envelopes, addressed to the Collector

KANNA BURGUNDIES AN AVE

• AT-MODERATE. PRICES--mg enga A-Capital-AMONTILLADO

Madangote 1 $8.00 per doten, SHERRY at

of the best quality, you Assorted LIQUEURS FRENCH BOOTS and SHOES, PER FUMERY & [663: Hongkong, and October, 1883;

HCHOICE WINES of the best quality, at

TAS always on hand a large assortment of Moderate Prices/PARA Hongkong, and October, 1882,

EERS INSTITUTE OF WEDNESDAY, the 18th October, at 8-P.M., for the purpose of decid

Ing upon the proposed REMOVAL to more Freight, apply to the Agency of the Company,

For further information ins to. Passagezand. suitable Premises.

By request of Executive Committee,

No. 50A, Queen's Road Central Vall

JAMES, K. REBBECK,

Hon. Secreta

BE FOSTER

1664

Hongkong, 7th October, 1889,

1648

Hongkong, Tath October, 1882,