1882-11-18 — Page 1

No. 256.

The

For Sale.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

Hongkong Telegraph.

Auctions.

.. PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned has received instructions

ARE now showing a Large and Varied to Sell by Fablic Anction, un

T

Assortment of

Y

S.

Comprising: ENGLISH AND FRENCH DOLLS.

NOVELTIES IN MECHANICAL TOYS.

NEW BRICKS AND PUZZLES.

AUTOMATIC CHARIOTS AND WAGONS. ROCKING AND SPRING HORSES.

CUBES AND MOSAIC BUILDING SETS.

DRUMS, CYMBALS, AND OTHER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

CHILDREN'S TEA AND TETE A TETE SETS.

PERCUSSION GUNS AND RIFLES.

SWORDS AND HAPPY FAMILIES.

CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENTS

IN VARIETY.

&C., &C.,

&C.

LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.

Hongkong, roth November, 1882.

Insurances.

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HE Undersigned have been appointed THE the NEW YORK

of UNDERWRITERS,

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & CO.

Hongkong, 15th June, 1881.

RECORD of AMERICAN and FOREIGN

SHIPPING.

Agents,

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

THE

NOTICE

TUESDAY,

the 21st November, 1882, at ELEVEN A.M., at the GOVERNMENT STOKES,-- SUNDRY CONDEMNED FURNITURE, & UNSERVICEABLE STORES.

&c. &c.

TERMS OF SALE.—ÀS costomary.

J. M. ARMSTRONG,

Government Auctioneer. Hongkong, 17th November, 1882.

PUBLIC AUCTION

OF

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1882.

Intimations.

"NOVELTY STORE."

MARINE HOUSE, QUEEN'S ROAD.

TO Clear Old Stock, the following are offered for a short period at greatly reduced rates :---

OUIDA,

TWO SHILLING NOVELS

HY.

BESANT, AND RICE, FAYN, COLLINS, &C.

AT

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A

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F

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FIFTY CENTS EACH. UC H N 1 TZ

NO V. E L Ʌt THIRTY CENTS EACH. ALSO,

RY

AND

$

C H

NO ν E. L .S

EMINENT NOVELISTS,

VALUABLE EUROPEAN DWELLING

- HOUSES, IN POKFOOLUM ROAD,

Notices of Firms.

NOTICE.

THAVE entered into a PARTNERSHIP with Mr. THOMAS JAMES WATERS and Mr. HERBERT WILLIAM DALE (of Shanghai), | under the Name of

ALFORD, WATERS, AND DALE, Architects and Surveyors, Hongkong.

R. G. ALFORD,

Assre. M. Inst. C.E. Queen's Road, Hongkong, 13th November, 1882.

To be Let.

TO LET.

FIVE DOLLARS PER QUARTER.

Shipping.

STEAMERS.

FOR SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE.. (Calling at PORT DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND,

· Cooktown,' TOWNSVILLE, and DRISDANE, Taking through Cargo for ADELAIDE,

all NEW ZEALand and TasMANIAN PORTS, NEW CALEDONIA and Fiji, via SINGAPORE)

[748 THE Steamer

OLD BAILEY STREET.

NNo. 6, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

THE undersigned has rece Sell by Public

HE Undersigned has received instructions BOUND VOLUMES oF ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS AND PUNCH FROM 1864 TO 1878, ately occupied by PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP

Auction, on

WEDNESDAY,

·AT VERY CHEAP PRICES.

Hongkong, gth October, 1882,

COMPANY.

No. 8, SEYMOUR TERRACE,

5. MEYERS, Manager.

"No. 9, SEYMOUR 'TERRACE..

Apply to

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J. ULLMANN & CO.

the 29th day of November, 1882, at TIRES P.M.,

on the Premises, ALL that PIECE or PARCEL of GROUND Registered in the Land Office as INLAND LOT, No. 799, measuring on Pokfoolum Koad 349 feet, on Inland Lot No. 796, mea. suring 195 feet, an Third Street 220 feet, on Inland Lot 798, measuring 314 feet, or con- taining in the whole 69,955 square feet. Yearly Crown Rent $166. Together with the FOUR SUBSTANTIALLY HAVE ALWAYS ON

,

BUILT EUROPEAN MESSUAGES with GARDEN, &c., attached, which will be Sold in Four Separate Lots, also 14 CHINESE HOUSES erected on the Third Street.

For Further Particulars and Conditions of Sale, sipply to

J. M. GUEDES,

Auctioneer. Hongkong, 17th November, 1882.

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For Sale.

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SHIPCHANDEERS,

F. BLACKHEAD & CO..

STORE-KEEPERS

MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY,

LIMITED.

„* (CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED....

$1,000,000.)

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

WOO LIN YUEN

Secretary.

HEAD OFFICE,

No. 2, QUEEN'S ROAD WEST.

'Hongkong, 1st February, 1881.

ANG TSZE INSURANCE

ASSOCIATION.

AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, PRAYA CENTRAL

HAVE RECEIVED EX LATEST ARRIVALS. AMERICAN CAST STEEL SHOVELS.

PICKS.

42, QUEENS RO 'A D.

·

HAN'D 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 A N. D

OF BEST QUALITY.

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.

A CHOICE SELECTION OF PINAUD'S BEST PERFUMERY.

&C Hongkong, and October, 1882.

&c.,

&c.,

&c.

SAYLE & COPS SHOWROOMS..

SAYLE &

WE ARE NOW

SHEWING EX

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CO.

"RECENT

ARRIVALS."

DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co. Hongkong, is! Novemember, 1882.

TO LET.

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THE BASEMENT AND SECOND 'AND THIRD FLOORS of the BLUE BUILD- INGS, PRAYA EAST, Also a Large Granite GODOWN.

Apply to

"HUNGARIAN,”

Chptain Alison, will be despatched as above

- on TUESDAY, the 18th-instant, at FOUR P.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

GEO, 'R. STEVENS & Co.

· 1730

Hongkong, 4th November, 1882.

SAILING VESSELS.

FOR HAMBURG AND LONDON: HE A British Ship

THE

"LOTHAIR,"

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

For Freight, apply to

-ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co.

Hongkong, 6th October, 1882.

THE

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J. M. GUEDES, Auctioneer. Hongkong, 16th November, 1882,

STORAGE.

THE Undersigned are prepared to take Goods on STORAGE at their GODOWNS. En- trance from Praya and Queen's Road Central.

TERMS MODERATE, Apply to

ROSE & Co., 31 and 33, Queen's Road, Ilongkong, 30th June, 18827

Entimations.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF, HONGKONG,

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SUMMAR JURISDICTION.

*

Suri No. 1340 OF 1882.

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FOR NEW YORK. 3/3 L. I. I British Ship

"ĠLOAMING," Densmore, Master, will load here for the above Port, and will have quick despatch:

For Freight, apply to

RUSSELL & Co. Hongkong, 7th November, 1881. · [736

Mails.

OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAM- SHIP COMPANY.

TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERS TO JAPAN, THE UNITED-STATES,

MEXICO,

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND EUROPE;

VIA

THE OVERLAND RAILWAYS,

✓ AND

KWOK PAK AND OTHERS v. NG TANG ATLANTIC AND OTHER CONNECTING

AND OTHERS.

BY Order of the Court, the Undersi med

ALL WOOL SCOTCH PLAIDS, AT 45 CENTS PER YARD,

LADIES FUR-LINED CLOAKS FROM $12 TO $80 EACH.

CLOTH AND MATALÀSSE DOLMANS, MANTLES, AND JACKETS,

IN NEWEST SHAPES. NOVELTIES DIRECT FROM PARIS IN

(Receiver in the aforesaid Suit) will SELL MOIRE, BROCHE, OTTOMAN, AND SURAT. DRESS ŠILKS,

Auring the month of November, or on a day to LADIES SILK AND SPUN SILK HOSE IN EVERY COLOUR ESTATE and EFFECTS, the STOCK-IN- ked, all the PARTNERSHIP PROPERTY, KID GLOVES-2,, 4, 6, 8, 10 BUTTONS.

TRADE and the GOODWILL of the Partner „NOVELTIES IN CORSET LACE; AND CLASP KID GLOVES,

abiges roing concern-between bo*PLAIN TIFFS and the DEFENDANTS known by the Name of "KWONG SUI LI"# at No. 30, West Street, Tai-ping-shan.

AXES.

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HATCHETS. ENGINEERS & HOUSEHOLD HAMMERS. PATENT BIT-BRACES.

AUGER-BITS.

DRILLS.

GIMBLETS.

SQUARES.

PATENT BRASS PADLOCKS &

CHEST LOCKS.

&C.,

L.1

BERA L

COOKING STOVES.

FAIRBANK'S SCALES. FORCE PUMPS FOR SHIPS' USE. DRILLING MACHINES,

Hongkong, 16th November, 1882.

CAPITAL (Fully Paid-up)... Tls. 429,000.00. PERMANENT RESERVE......TIs. 230,000.00 SPECIAL RESERVE FUND...Tls. 290,553.95. MRS. POIT'S PATENT SADIRONS.,

TOTAL CAPITAL and】

ACCUMULATIONS, 8th

May, 1882....

DIRECTORS.

.775.940,553.95

·H. DE C. FORNES, ESQ., Chairman..

BREAST DRILLS, AUTOM: BORING

TOOLS.

INFANTS', CHILDRENS' AND LADIES' BOOTS AND SHOES IN EVERY SIZE.

&C.,

&c.j

&C.

DISCOUNT FOR CASH.

· SAYLE & CO., VICTORIA EXCHANGE, HONGKONG.

THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN THE EAST.

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J. H. PINCKVOSS, Esq. WA. MEYERINK, Esq. ANVILS, VICES, AND DRILLS COMBINED, FOR BOOKS, STATIONERY, MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, FANCY GOODS, A. L.M. INVERARITY,Esq. | G. H. WHEKLER, Esq.

HEAD OFFICE—SHANGHAI.

Messrs. RUSSELL & Co., Secretaries,

LONDON BRANCH.

Messrs. BARING BROTHERS & Co,

Bankers.

RICHARD BLACKWELL, Esq., Agent, 68 and 69, Cornhill, E.C.

POLICIES 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 PROFITS of the UNDERWRITING BUSINESS are annually dir tributed among all Contributors of Business (whe ther Shareholders or not) in proportion to the premala paid by them.

RUSSELL & Co

Agents.

Hongkong, Tzur "May, 1882,

THE

GENERAL NOTICE,

ANVILS.

VICES.

GLASSCUTTERS.

HITCHCOCK'S PATENT LAMPS,

SCROLL SAWS.

FAMILY GRINDSTONES.

BLACKSMITHS BELLOWS.

&c., &c., &

BEST WHITWORTH'S STOCK AND DIES. SCREW WRENCHES.-

RULES.

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HE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY,

(LIMITED)

- CAPITAL TAELS 600,000, EQUAL--$833,333-33-- RESERVE FUND .......................................... $70,858.27.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: LEE SINO, Esq................. | LEE YAT LAU, Esq.- LO YEOK MOON, Esq. | CHU CHIX NUNG, Esq.

MANAGER-HO AMEL.

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

HEAD OFFICE, 8 & 9, PRAYA WEST. ¡ Hongkong, ist September, 1882.

Intimations.

MR. Á. HAHN'S

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DANGING CLASSES

• HAVE BEEN OPENED

PLANE IRONS.

CHISELS.

HAMMERS.

PINCERS..

NIPPERS.

DIVIDERS.

METAL SCISSORS,

"METAL" SAWS.

TUBE EXPANDERS.

OIL-FEEDERS.

OIL-CANS.

| SALTER'S, SPRING BALANCE SCALES.

WESTON'S PATENT TACKLES,

PATENT SOCKETS. DISTRESS SIGNALS.

·HOLMES''PATENT SIGNAL LIGHTS. FOGHORNS.

SIGNAL LAMPS. -

́·LIFE BUOYS.

LIFE DELTS. BOTTLE WASHING AND CORKING -

MACHINES. &C

&c.

H

ARTISTS MATERIALS, &c., &c., &c. *

W.

BREWER.

No. 15, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

AS. JUST RECE VED THE FOLLOWING,

NEW AND IMPORTANT BOOKS. Broudleys Tunis Past and Present.

Episodes in the Life of an Indian Chaplain, The Burman by Shway Yoc. Muckleys H'book for Painters & Art Students. Fawcett's Free Trade and Protection. Proctor's Astronomical Books and Atlases. Macleod's Lectures on Credit and Banking, Bonamy Price's Practical Political Economy. Cool Orchids and How to Grow them.. Plays' and Poems of Charles Dickens. China Collectors Pocket Companion. Meyer's Complete Guide to Chess. "NEW MUSICT

Hongkong, 10th November, 1882,

J.

Roger's Traits and Stories of Scottish People, Romane's Animal Intelligence. Vignoli's Myth and Science. Lownde's Marine Insurance, New.ed. Marvin's Russia's Advance Towards India. Trollope's Lord Palmerston. Buckland's Notes & Jouings from Animal Life, Leslie Stephen's Science of Ethics. Kempe's Electric Testing, New.ed, Barne's Bookkeeping, Huxley's Science and Culture. New Art Handbooks.

"CHRISTMAS" CARDS!~}"

For Sale.

AND R. TENNENT'S PORTER.. DAVID CORSAR & SONS'

ALE AND

NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

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For Sale.

FOR SALE.

G. H MUMM & Co.'■ CHAMPAGNE.

MERCHANT NAVY"

QUARTS..

NAVY BOILED

LONO FLAX CROWN

FINTS.... ¿CANVAS

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co.

1458

Hongkong, 15th June, 1881.

JUST PUBLISHED.

PRICE THIRTY CENTS,

SPARKLING SCHARZHOFBERGERT HE

FLENSBURG STOCKBEER

MARIENTHALER BEER.

VEUVE CLICQUOT-FONSARDIN-

CHAMPAGNE.

Hongkong, 7th October, 1882.

TO SPORTSMEN.

FOR

1733

THIS D A Y

For Terms, &c, apply to

A. HAHN,

No. 8, Beaconsfield Arcade.

Hongkong, 1st November, 1883-

G. FALCONER & CO.

W

CH AND CHRONOMETER

MANUFACTURERS

BANDERA Warg

JEWELLER'S

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TYPHOON.

OF THE EASTERN SEAS By:

BREVET LIEUT. COL. H. S. PALMER, ROYAL ENGINEERS,

יו.

$az per Case, $23 per Case. Apply to

MELCHERS & Co. Hongkong, and March, 1882.

FOR SALE.

THE American Steamer

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"I'N GEDOR G" 489 Tons Register, Classed 3/3 LI. I. in Veritas, Sand Built at Gothenburg in 1873, For Particulars, apply to

RUSSELL & Co. Hongkong, 30th September, 1882. [656 THE CITY OF MANILA CIGAR STORE.

Being a Review of Pere Dechevren's Work-on- the Typhoons of the China Sea.. KELLY & WALSH-HONGKONG. Hongkong, 10th November, 1882.

C.L. THEVENIN.A

HAS-FOR-SALE.

STEAMERS.

THE Steamship

" BELGIC,"

hama; on WEDNESDAY, the sand instant, at will be despatched for San Francisco, vid Yoko.: THREE P.M.

Connection being made at Yokoha 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.M. the day pre-

Offers will be received during the present month and unless SOLD before the 1st of Devious to sailing. cember, the same will be submitted for PUBLIC AUCTION.

14th November, 1882.

RETURN PASSAGES.--Passengers, who have paid full fare, re-embarking at San Fran Any further information can be obtained from

cisco for China or Japan for vice versa) within CHUNG SHING HONG,

six months, will be allowed a discount of 20 per Translator, Supreme Court. cent, from Return Fare; if te-embarking within- [750 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 a Discount of 25 per cent. from Return Fare. These allowances do not apply to through Jares from China and Japan to Europe.

WANTED.

N ENGAGEMENT, either as BOOKKEEPER

A of GENERAL ASSISTANT, by a Gentleman, who has a few hours during the day, disengaged In case full office hours is required, arrangements might be made with a few days notice. Good references. Salary no object.

Apply to.

Consular Invoices to accompany, Overland, Mexican, Central, and South American Cargo, should be sent to the Company's Offices, ad dressed

the Collector of Customs, San Fran cisco,

For further information as to Freight or Hongkong, 10th November, 1882. [743 Passage, apply to the Agency of the Company,

No, goa, Queen's Road Central.

F. E. FOSTER, Agent

Care of this Office.

THE UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF

CANTON, LIMITED. NOTICE is hereby given that an EXTRA-

ORDINARY GENERAL MEITING.

of the UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED, will be held at the Society's Head Office, Hongkong...on WED- NESDAY, the 22nd day of November, 1882, at THREE O'CLOCK, in the AFTERNOON, when the Subjoined Resolution will be proposed:

RESOLUTION..

That the Capital of the Society be increased to TWO MILLIONS FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS by Increasing the value of the Existing Shares to $5,000 per Share. By Onder of the Board,

DOUGLAS JONES,

Acting Secretary, Hongkong,

Dated the 13th day of November, 1881. [747

CHINA FIRE INSURANCE. COMPANY, ́LIMITED.

ADJUSTMENT OF BONUS.

“HAREHOLDERS

to

Hongkong, 8th November, 1882.

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

THE

"CITY OF PEKING," will be despatched for San Francisco, via Yokohama, on SATURDAY, the 2nd December, at THREE P.M., taking Passengers and Freight for Japan, the United States, and Europe, a

Through Bills of Lading issued for trans- portation to Yokohama and other Japan Ports, to San Francisco, to Atlantic, and Inland Cities. of the United States, viå Overland Railways, to Havana, Trinidad, and Demerara, and to porta in Mexico, Central and South by the

Compatty's and connecting Stearica, France, and Germany by all trans-Atlantic lines Through Passage Tickets granted to England,

S send in to this are hereby requested TRIBUTIONS of PREMIA, from the 11th day of May to the 31st day of December, 1831, in of Steamers. Order that the Proportion of Profit for that year. to be paid as BONUS to CONTRIBUTORS may be arranged. Returns not sent in before the 30th November next will be made up by the Company, and no subsequent claims or altera tions will be allowed.

By Order of the Directors,

1645

RETURN "PASSAGES-Fassengers, who have paid full fare, re-embarking at San Frate cinco for Chinator Japan (or vice versa) within six months, will be allowed a discount of zo per cent from Return Fares If re-embarking within one year, an allowance of so per cent will be made from Return Fare, Pre-Paid Return Passage Orders available for one year, will be, issued at a Discount of 25 per cent. from Return Farc. These allowances do not apply to through färes from China, and Fápan to Europe,

Freight will be received on board until 4 P.M. on the tat December-Earcel Packages will be

all Parcel Packages should be marked to ad- dress in fully value of same is required.

OR SALE AT LESS THAN COST. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT. from the Parisian markets, Meerschaum Pipes, A for 30 LUZON SHARES, being one of received at the Office until 5 P.M. same day

OWING TO OWNER LEAVING

THE COLONY.

LIGHT RACING SADDLES complete

RACING WHIPS with Silver Mounts.

HONGKONG HOTEL BUILDINGS."

HAS FOR SALE.

Set of CAFE HARNESS with Pole A FINE ASSORTMENT OF WHITE AND RED

(Breast Plates

1 Set of SINGLE HARNESS.

The above, which are ALL NEW may be NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, seen at the "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH CHARTS AND BOOKS, KANNUR OFFICE and will be Sold a BARGAIN. MA 46, Queen's-ROAD CENTRAL [434 ||| Hongkong, and November, 1882,

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BURGUNDIES "AT MODERATE-PRICES" A Capital AMONTILLADO

SHERRY at

› $8.00 per dozen. Assorted LIQUEURS of the best quality. FRENCH BOOTS and SHOES, PER- FUMERY, & Rec

Hongkong, and October, 1887."

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IGARS of all Branda, Imperiales, Caballeros, Vegueros, Regalias, Londres, Nuevo Ha- banos of all makes, quality guaranteed. TOBACCOS of all Brands, at moderate prices. FANCY GOODS

Jewellery of Chaste Designs Sun Hats, doc, &c.

Commissions Executed.

JOSE M. BASA: No. 51, B., QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL Hongkong, 1st May, 1882--13

207

HONGKONG TIMBER YARD,

OREGON PINE SPARS AND LUMBER ALWAYS ON HAND, A

MALLORY.

Hongkong, 24th June, 1881

Proprietor

JAS. B. COUGHTRIE,

Secretary: Hougkong, aand September, 1882.

LOST:

TRANSFER DEED with SCRIP attached

two Transfers of the same number of Shares sigued by the Hon. F. B. JOHNSON. The finder will oblige by returning it to the Under signed and the holder of the other 20. Shares by sending them to the Company's Office for Trans fer to enable the numbers of the missing Shares

TRANSFER DEED for s LUZON SUCAR SHARES in the name of Mr. C. P. CHATER. D. NOWROJEE, ES! * Hongkong Hotel Hongkong, 7th November, 1882, £737

Consular Invoices to accompany Overland Cargo should be sent to the Company's Offices in Sealed Envelopes, addressed to die Collector of Customs at San Francisco.

For further information as to Passage and Freight, apply to the Agency of the Company, No. 5o, Queen's Road Central

SAFE FOSTER

Agent

Hongkong 10th November, 1882

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