1883-05-29 — Page 1

The

No. 415.

For Sale.

ECONOMY'IN GAS.

SUGG'S FLAT FLAME burners

GIVE A

SILENT WHITE FLAME

AND EFFECT AN ECONOMY IN GAS OF

80 per cent..

they can be readily attached to ordinary

"Gamaliers and Brackets.

SUGG'S NEWEST BURNERS with Artistic shades for DRAWING ROOM and DINING ROOM.

ARTISTIC STANDS.

LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.,

Agents for Hongkong,

PORCELAIN MENU

Hongkong Telegraph.

Amusements.

THEATRE

I

ROYAL

CITY HALL, HONGKONG..

TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1883.

Intimations.

KELLY & WALSH'S

ELECTED LIST OF CHEAP

LIGHT LITERATURE.

TO-MORROW EVENING, SELE

the 30th May.

*ARCHER'S SURPRISE PARTY."

MISS LILLY DE VERE. The Charming Versatile Actress, Premiere Burlesque and Danseuse Artiste.

PROFESSOR HECTOR LACIE. The Premier Ventriloquist of the World in his Humorous Entertainment Entitled "BEGONE DULL CARE.

INTRODUCING HIS WOODEN HEADED FAMILY ·

́(FIVE IN NUMBER),,

MR. J. J. ARCHER

IN HIS OLIO OF NOVELTIES.

HAND-ETCHED MENU AND NAME Comedietta, as performed at St. James Theatre

CARDS.

LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.

S. THEYRE SMITH'S

London, entitled

"A HAPPY PAIR."

DEVOE'S NONPAREIL KEROSINE, 150 & WALSH where Seats can be secured.

Fox Plan open at the store, of Messrs. KELLY Degrees fire test, a perfectly safe Oil

John Inglesant..... The Interpreter

An Old Fogey .........

25 CENTS EACH.

So they were Married....... Harry Joscelyn

For her dear Sake.. High Spirits......

AND

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

ATLANTIC AND OTHER CONNECTING

STEAMERS.

THE Steamship

"OCEANIC,"

will be despatched for San Francisco, tắt Yoko- hania, on SATURDAY, the 2nd June, at

THREE MM.

Connection being made at Vokohama, 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.M. the day pre- vious to sailing.

..J. H. Shorthouse. The Beautiful Wretch.....

Wm. Black. Whyte Melville. Shandon Bells .................... Wm, Black

Max Adeler. An Ocean Free Lance.........W. Clark Russell. Besant and Rice. Asphodel

.....Miss Braddon. ..Mrs. Oliphant. Early History of Charles James Fox...................... Mary Cecil Hay. Paul and Virginia.......240 Illustrations." .........................James Paya. An old Maids's Diary....

......................................................... Reminisences of Thomas Carlyle ...........Voyage in the Sunbeam ...........Lady Brassey. It was a lover and his lass......Mrs. Oliphant. A Ride to Khiva.......Captain Burnaby. The Wreck of the "Grovesner "...W. C. Russell. Masterman Ready

Captain Marryatt. To Day in America...... ......joseph Hatton. Realities of Irish Life W. Stuart Trench. The Fatal Boots............ WM. Thackeray. Romance of the 19th Century...W. H. Mallock. Bab Ballads

W. S. Gilbert. Less black than we're painted...J. Fayn. „Chas. Dickens., Thẻ Black Robe

Wilkic Collins.

ollins. A. H. Miles. A Hero of the Pen.

E. Werner. ............ Coals of Fire.....

David Christie Murray. arranged by Poor Miss Finch

...Wilkie Collins. have paid full fare, re-embarking at San Fran- RETURN PASSAGES.Passengers, who Illustrated. Hard Cash.........

....Chas. Reade.

cisco for China or Japan (or vice versa) within Don Quixote (2 parts)..

Illustrated. Connigsby,

Disraeli.six months, will be allowed a discount of 20 per Gulliver's Travels....

..Illustrated. Witch Stories.......MTS. Lynn Linton. Ministering Children. Mrs. Charlesworth. The Pirate........

cent. from Retum Fare; if re-embarking within ..............Sir Walter Scott. Random Shots...................

one year, an allowance of to per cent. will be .........................................Max Adeler. Robert Falconer...... .....George Macdonald. made frem Return Fare. Miss Slimmens in search of a Husband......... The Blunders of a Bashful Man.....

Pre-Paid Return For Cash only.ana

Tassage Orders, available for one year, will be .............Jan. Payn. [.

issued at a Discount of 25 per cent. from Return Fare. These allowances do not apply to through fares from Ching and Japan io Europe. "

A Christmas Carol The Al Elocutionist

Selected Essays of Thomas Carlyle Readings of Charles Dickens,

himself.

VIOLIN MUSIC WITH PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT.

LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.

Hongkong, 29th May, 1983.

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PRICES OF ADMISSION: Dress Circle and Stalls............$2.00. Fit...... Hongkong, 28th May, 1883.

$1:00.

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Home Sweet Home....

..Henry Farmer.

Last Rose of Summer.

do.

Blue Bells of Scotland.....ín

do.

Life let us Cherish

do.

Hope told a flattering tale........

do.

The Keel Row... Swiss Air and Gentle Zitella Sounds of Joyful (Sonnambula).. Les Cloches de Corneville The Ministrel Boy

Henry Farmer.

do.

do. do.

,་་་་་

The Harp that once..

do.

Insurances.

NOTICE.

*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, & Policies granted to all Parts of the world payable at any of its Agencies,

کو

WOO LIN YUEN,

Secretary.

HEAD OFFICE,

·No. 2, QUEEN'S ROAD WEST,

Hongkong, 1st February, 1882.

GENERAL NOTICE.

Notices of Firms.

NOTICE.

[R. JÉHN ROSSELET is AUTHORISED Mo Sign Our Nume per procanation from

this date.

J. ULLMANN & Co. Hongkong, 16th May, 1883,

NOTICE.

.G. Jacobi.

A LARGE SELECTION OF OPERATIC GEMS, CLASSICAL AND DANCE MUSIC ARKANGED FOR THE VIOLIN AND PIANO.

KELLY & WALSH-HONGKONG.

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Hongkong, 19th May, 1883.

HONGKONG AND CHINA GAS COMPANY, LIMITED.

R. H. R. H. MARTIN, has been ap- Mpointed MANAGER of the above Com f106 pany and takes charge from this date.

HE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY,

THE

(LIMITED.)

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

..... $70,858.37.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LEE SING, Esq............... | LEE YAT Lau, Esq. LO YEOK MOON, E14. CHU CHIK 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, 1st September, 1882.

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(Signed).

P. RYRIE, Chairman Local Committee. Hongkong, 15th May, 1883.

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To be Let.

TO LET.

N° No. 6, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, lately occupied by PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP

4 OLD BAILEY STREET.

COMPANY.

Apply to

DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co. Hongkong, 10th April, 1853.

TO LET.

17

NATIONAL MARINE INSURANCE A with GARDEN, in Mosque Junction. The

ASSOCIATION, LIMITED.

Tre prépand to Recept RISKS on MER. “HE Undersigned as AGENTS for the above

CHANDISE by STEAMERS and SAILING VESSELS from Hongkong, China, and Japan to all parts of the world.

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For further information apply to

ADAMSON, BELL' & Co.,

Agents.

Hongkong, 18th May, 1883

TWO STOREY HOUSE (6 ROOMS)

above has Gas and Water laid on; and im mediate possession can be bad.

For Particulars apply to

W. BREWER.

T

HE

HAS JUST RECEIVED.

FOLLOWING POPULAR

VANITY FAIR.

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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 Custonis, 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, 21st May, 1883.

Intimations.

NOTICE.

(2

HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of

BRANDS. O E. Held on THURSDAY, the 31st May, at 6. P.M.,

at the BATH HOUSE.

(Signed) J. H. STEWART, LOCKHART,

Hon. Secretary, Hongkong, 23rd May, 1883.

ESTAL OFF

COURT OF

30MAY 33

SIX

KHÔNG

DOLLARS

"PER QUARTER.

Shipping.

STEAMERS.

THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR MANILA, VA AMOY,

THE Company's Steamship

"DIAMANTE,"

Captain Cullen, will be despatched for the above Forts, TO-MORROW, the 30th instant, at FIVE P.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

RUSSELL & Co.

General Managers. Hongkong, 28th May, 1883.

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FOR SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE.. (Calling at PORT DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND, COOKTOWN, TOWNSVILLE, and BRISBANE, and taking through Cargo to ADELAIDE, NEW ZEALAND and TASMANIAN PORTS NEW CALEDONIA and Fiji)

THE Steamship

Captain Thors, will be despatched as above on "NELSON," WEDNESDAY, the 6th June, at DAYLIGHT.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

GEO, R. STEVENS & Co. Hongkong, 26th May, 1883.

FOR SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. (Calling at PORT DARWIN and QUEENSLAND FORTS, and taking through Cargo to NEW ZEALAND,, NEW CALEDONIA,

TASMANIA and Fiji).

HE Eastern and Australian Steamship.

Company's Steamship

"VORTICERN"

will be despatched as above on or about WED. NESDAY, the 6th June.

Parcels (all of which must be sent to our Office) will be received until 4 PM., of the previous day... Contents, and Value of the Parcels must be declared. ***

For Freight or Passage, apply to

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Cò Agents,

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Hongkong, 25th May, 1883.

SAILING VESSELS.

· FOR LONDON (DIRECT). "HE A 1 Austrian Barque..

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THE

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF

TO B A/C CO S.

OLD JUDGE,

UGLY CUT.

SHAG CUT.

PERIQUE MIXTURE,

TURKISH MIXTURE.

TRIPLE ALLIANCE,

CAPORAL

A

SWEET CAPORAL.

VETERAN.

BRIGHT VIRGINIA.

BIRD'S EYE,

COCK ROBIN.

ALSO,

A. LARGE STOCK OF BRIAR WOOD. PIPES MEERCHAUM CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDERS, TOBACCO POUCHES AND SMOKERS' SUNDRIES.

Hongkong, 12th May, 1883.

́ ́D. NOWROJEE,

Hongkong Hotel. Hongkong, 6th April, 1883.

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TO LET.

F

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AN GTSZE INSURANCE VA

ASSOCIATION.

CAPITAL (Fully Paid-up).........Tis. 420,000.00 PERMANENT RESERVE. .Tls. 130,000.00 SPECIAL RESERVE FUND...Tis. 318,235.56

TOTAL CAPITAL and)

ACCUMULATIONS, 31st > ................ March, 1883..............

C. LUCAS, Esq.

··-DIRECTORE,

W. BREWER, QUEEN'S ROAD.

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NEW GOODS.

OR ONE YEAR from June next, the NewEX S.S. "GLENFINLAS

BUNGALOW at the PEAK on R. B. Lot

20, how roofed in and nearly completed, the property of Mr. J. ENSTON SQUIER.

For all information, apply to

"BIRD & PALMER.

-(20:)———-

CANTON, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

FIRST INTERIM BONUS of TWENTY per cent. upon Contributions for the year 188a has this day been' DECLARED.

WARRANTS may be hind on Application at the Office of the Society on and after the 21st instant.

By Order of the Board,

I

DOUGLAS JONES, Acting Secretary, Hongkong, 7th May, 1883.

CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE

COMPANY, LIMITED,

"DIO FILI,"

Bernedich, Master, will have quick despatch

For Freight, apply to

G. R. LAMMERT,

Hongkong, 26th May, 1883.

. FOR LONDON (DIRECT.). HE A. 1. British Bark

THE

"CENTURION,”-

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

For Freight, apply to

́ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, 25th May, 1883.

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FOR NEW YORK,

HE American Bark

* ROBERT PORTER,"

NOTICE is hereby given that an EXTRA-

ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING THE

of the CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, will be held at the Head Office,

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Victoria, Hongkong, on TUESDAY, the 12th Nichols, Master, will land here for the above day of June, 1883, at THREE O'CLOCK, in the l'ort, and will have quick despatch. AFTERNOON, when Resolutions will be proposed

for the Subdivision of Shares and the Increase of

& OTHER LATE ARRIVALS. Capital, and for such Amendments, and Addi-

--

For Freight, apply to

1

RUSSELL & 'Co.

Hongkong, 23rd May, 1883.

FOR SAN FRANCISCO.

tions to

to the Articles of Association as may be necessary for that purpose; also for Amendments and Additions to the Existing Articles of Associa- THE 3/3 L 1. 1. American Ship tion making provision as to Transfer and Trans- mission, Cancellation and Reallotment of Shares, WHITE DRESS MATERIALS, Meeting of Shareholders, voting power of Share

holders, Investment of Funds, Constitution of

ΝΕ

EWEST DESIGNS IN PRINTED SATEENS.

PLAIN SATEENS ALL COLORS.

1307

Queen's Road, Hongkong, 19th April, 1883. TO LET, FURNISHED, during the Summer TM, FOREST LODGE CAINE ....Tla. 968,135.56 | ROAD, (Possession early in June).

Apply to

DR. ADAMS,

F. D. HITCH, Esq., Chairman.

WM. MEYERINK, Esq. A.J.M. INVERARITY,Esq. | G. H. WHEELER, Esq.

HEAD OFFICE~~~SHANGHAL.. Mears. RUSSELL & Co., Secretaries, LONDON BRANCH. Messrs. BARING BROTHERS & Co.,

Bankers.

RICHARD BLACKWELL, Esq., Agent, 68) and 69, Combill, E.C. POLICIES granted on MARINE Risks to all parts of the World

Subject to a charge of ra per cent. for Interest on Shareholders' Capital, all the PROFITS of the UNDERWRITING BUSINESS' are annually dis tributed among all Contributers of Business (whe ther Shareholder or not) in proportion to the premia paid by them.

RUSSELL. & Co

te Agents, pop

Hongkong, 25th May, 1883

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18, Queen's Road Central. Hongkong, 23rd May, 1883.

TO LET.

SMALL DWELLING HOUSE at No. 3,

A Upper Ladder Street Terrace, Four Com modious and well Ventilated Rooms, with a large Bath Room and Kitchen attached. Water laid on.. The House commands a full view of the harbour. Rent $15 per Month.

Apply on

THE PREMISES: Hongkong, 15th May, 1883.

THE

For Sale.

FOR SALE,

American Bo

"JOHN WORSTER,"

SPECIAL LINE OF NUNS' VEILING, Board of Directors Appointment and Powers of

AT 45 CENTS PER YARD, ALL COLORS. CHILDRENS' WASHING SUN HATS and BONNETS.

CHILDRENS' FANCY SUMMER BONNETS and HATS

1

of the most Fashionable Description,

LACE GOODS IN FISHUS, COLLARS, AND COLLARETTES. CHILDRENS' WHITE MUSLIN AND EMBROIDERED DRESSES.

R OBE S.

INFANTS

UMBRELLAS AND SUNSHÅDES

B2C

&

&cc

ROSE & CO.

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Hongkong, 26th May, 1883.

Built at Medford, Mass., in 1867, as she now lies

In Hongkong Harbour, with all her SPARS,

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|

BAILS, STORES, &c., &c.

For Particulare, apply to

THE Undersigned: have been appointed AGENTS to the NEW YORK BOARD

of UNDERWRITERS. BU MENAN

ARNHOLD; KARBERG & CO.

Hongkong, 25th June, 1881, ***

RECORD of AMERICAN and FOREIGN

Agently ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, 5th June, 1881. g

FOR SALE, -de

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PRICE $1,000 ONLY. BEAUTIFUL SUMMER RESIDENCE

A MACAU, comprising BUNGALOW,

with spacious FLOWER and VEGETABLE GAR. DENS, occupying a cool and healthy situation and commanding a magnificent view. Excellent

RUSSELL & Co.,

Agents...

Hongkong, 19th May, 1883.

FOR SALE.

31 AND 33 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

SAYLE & CO'S SHOWROOMS.

SAYLE & CO.

NEW SPRING GOODS,

1

EX 8.5, “GLENCOE."

[395X7HITE DRESS MATERIALS.

EX STEAMSHIP LAERTES/54505 CONSIGNMENT, OF HOCKING'S

PATENT FRESH WATER

CONDENSERS. THE BEST & CHEAPEST EVER MADE. Capable of Condensing Three Thousand Gallons per day.

Apply to

G. FENWICK & Co.,

a Victoria: Foundry, con Hongkong, 25th April, 1883

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spring water, and sea bathing only a few yards G

distant.

For Particulars, apply to upg

PEALE JA NEVES = SOUZA.

Pharmacia Lisbonense,

Macao, 12th April, 1881/

1552

FOR SALE:

H. MUMM & Co

CHAMPAGNE. $12 per Case. per Case

Apply to 7

ELCHERS & Co. Hongkong, and March, 1882

WHI CREAM DRESS MATERIALS.

NUNS' VEILINGS in every Color.. SUMMER BEIGES in every Color. GALATEAS for Boys' Washing Suits. WHITE INDIA MÚSLINS. MULL CORD MUSLINS. WHITE VICTORIA LAWNS. BLACK and COLORED. SUNSHADES. LADIES PATENT LEATHER SLIPPERS, LADIES' & CHILDRENS' BOOTS & SHOES,

A LIBERALD

Hongkong, 4th April, 1883-

EX S.S. "GLENOGLE."

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New Patterns in POMPADOUR SATEENS. Plain Colored SATEENS in every Shade. FRENCH PERCALES in every Pattern. Specialities in ZEPHYR CHECKS, CANVAS CORSETS for Summer Wear. SUMMER PAJAMAH FLANNELS. Novelties in LADIES' SILK UMBRELLAS. Trimmed & Untrimmed HATS & BONNETS. A Choice Selection of FLOWERS. OSTRICH TIPS & FLATS in Light Colours. INKSTANDS in Great Variety.

SCOUNT FOR CASH.

SAYLE & CO., VICTORIA EXCHANGE, HONGKONG,WA: d) and (249 HONGKONG TIMBER YARD, WANCHAI REGON FINE SPARS AND LUMBER

200 ALWAYS COE HANDZSTAN

G. FALCONER & CO WATCHANACTURERS METER

WATCH AND CHRONOMETER

SETE WELTWA

NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS

CHARTS AND BOOKSEN

OL MALLORY

No. 45, QUEENE-ROAD CENTRAL [434] Hongkong, 24th June, 1881.

Bow Proprietor JAN

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Agents and Committees, and Interim Division of Profits,

A Copy of the Proposed Resolutions can be seen by any Shareholder at the Company's offices in Victoria before the date appointed for the helding of the said Meeting,

Should the Resolutions be passed by the re- quired majority they will be submitted for con Armation as Special Resolutions to a Second Extraordinary Meeting which will be subse quently convened.

By Order of the Board,

W. H. RAY,

Secretary

Hongkong, 21st May, 1883.

£398

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"GREAT ADMIRAL," Thompson, Master, will load here for the above Fort, and will have quick despatch.

For Freight, apply to

RUSSELL & Co. Hongkong, aged May, 1882,

FOR SAN FRANCISCO,

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THE 3/3 LI. I. American Bark

"PENOBSCOT," Eston, Master, will load here for the above Port, and will have quick despatch.

For Freight, apply to

RUSSELL & Co. Hongkong, roth April, 1883,

FOR PORTLAND, OREGON.

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE THE 3/3 L 1. 1. Brkish Bark

COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

'N EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of

A SHAREHOLDERS in the above Com

pany will be held at the Company's Office, No. Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong, on TUESDAY, the 19th day of June, 1883, at THREE O'CLOCK P., in order to take into consideration a Special Resolution to add a Regulation to the Existing Articles of Association of the Company, authorizing the Company so far to modify the Conditions contained in its Memorandum of Association as by Sub-division of its Existing Shares to Divide its Capital into Shares of smaller amount than is fixed by its Memorandum of Association, in accordance with the provisions of Sections XX and XXI. of "The Companies

Ordinance, 1877***

By Order,

JAS. B. COUGHTRIE,

Secretary. Hongkong, 26th May, 1883.

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NOTICE.

THE OFFICES of the Undersigned have this day been REMOVED to the 1st Floor of 43, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, above Achee's Fumiture Store.

DENNYS & MOSSOP, Solicitors and Notaries Public. Hongkong, 31st March, 1883.

LOST.

N WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON betwe

Murray Pier, and Government House A GOLD LOCKET with MONOURAM CRIST

The Finder will be REWARDED, en RETURNING the same to the

"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH? Hongkong, 4th April, 1882/

AN

#ANTOINETTE,"

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Bunje, Manter, will load here for the above" Port, and will have quick despatch.

For Freight, apply to A

RUSSELL & Ca Hongkong, 16th May, 1883,

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Consignees.

OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAM SHIP COMPANY, ».

NOTICE

“OCEANIC"

CONSIGNÉES of Cargo per Stenmally are hereby notified that their Goods are being landed and stored at their risk in the Company's Godowns at Wanchi, from whence delivery may be obtained, on Countenignature of Bills of | Lading.

Goods remaining unclaimed after the and proximo, will be subject to rent BASEBA

No-Fire Insurance has been effected.

F. E FOSTER,

Hongkong, 36th May, 1883.

INTIMATION.

Agent

CIGNOR" ANTONIO CATTANEO,

the

of the ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COMPAN the honor to inform the community that h amanged to remain. In-Hodakong and wil,ZIVA lessons in Music, Singing and the Planofort

CHARGES STRICTLY MODERATE

Address-Mestre. KE

Hongkong, 1st Marche

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