Commercial.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS
Mongkong and Shanghai Bank-169 per cent.
premium, buyers.
Usion Insurance Society of Canton-$130
share, sellers..
per
China Traders' Insurance Company-$80 per
share, buyers.
North China Insurance-Tis. 290 per share,
buyers.
Canton Insurance Company, Limited-$120 per
share, sellers.
Yangtsze Insurance Association-Tl. 97 per
share, buyers.
Chinese Insurance Company-$165 per share,
buyers.
On Tal Insurance Company, Limited-Tlu. 150,
per share.
Hongkong Fire Insurance Company ~$365 per
share, buyers.
China Fire Insurance Company-$82 per share,
buyers.
Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, 37
per cent. premium, sellers. Hongkong, Canton, and Macao Steamboat Co.
-$223 per share, ex, div., sellers. China and Manila Steam Ship Company-178
per share, buyers.
Hongkong Gas Company-$135 per share, sellers. Hongkong Hotel Company,-$179 per share,
nominal..
Indo-China Steam Navigation Company:
Limited-12 per cent, dis., buyers. Douglas Steamship Company-$66 per share,
huvers:
China Sugar Refining Company, Limited-$197
per share. buyers.
Luzon Sugar Refining Company, Limited--$85'
per share, sellers,'
Hongkong Ice Company-torper share, sellers. Hongkong and China Bakery Company, Limited,
$80 per share.
Hongkong Dairy Farm Co., Limited-$12) per
share, sellers.
A. S. Watson & Co., Limited-100 per cent
premium, sellers,
Chinese Imperial Loan of 1884. B-21 per cent.
premium, sellers.
Chinese Imperial Loan of 1884 C-5 per cent!
premium, buyers,
Chinese Imperial Loan of 1886 E-11 per cent.
premium.
Mongkong Rope Manufacturing
Company,
Limited-$97. per share, buyers, Perak Tin Mining and Smelting Company~$5
per share, nominal.
Punjom and Sunghie Dua Samantan Mining Co.
- per share, buyers. Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown
Company-00 per cent, premium, buyers, Tonquin Coal Mining Co.-100 per cent. premium,
buyers.
The Hongkong High-Level Tramway Co.,
Limited-150 per cent, premium, nominal. The East Borneo Planting Co., Limited-$50
per share, sellers.
The Songei Koyah Planting Co., Ld.,—$45 per
share, buyers.
Cruickshank & Co., Ld.,-$45 per share, sellers. The Steam Launch Co., Limited-100 per cent."
premium, nominal..
The Austin Arms Hotel and Building Co., Ltd.
-20 per cent. dis, buyers.
The China-Borneo Co., Ld,—17 per cent.
prem,, buyers.
EXCHANGE
ON LONDON-Bank, T. T.
Bank Bills, on demand
..3/0
••3/08
Bank Bills, at 30 days' sight......3/01 Bank Bills, at 4 months' sight...3/of Credits at 4 months' sight 13/1. Documentary Bills, at 4 months'.....
#ight avión
ON PARIS
Bank Bills, on demand.........................
3.72
Credits, at 4 months' sight ........3.90
ON INDIA, T. T....................
218
On Demand.....
$220
ON SHANGHAL.,——
Bank, T. T.
3/11
Private, 10 days' sight ....................................721
EXPORT CARGOES.
Per Sarah S. Ridgway, bark, for New York. -4,150 packages Crackers, 2.536 rolls Matting, 35 cases Fane, 175 cases Essential Oil, ro cases Paper, 316 packages Reede, 50 casks Preserves, 8.802 packages Merchandise, 3.379 packages Tex, 320 cases Ginger, 54 bales Rattans, 300 cases Saigon Cassia, and 32 packages Personal Effects.
Per Glenearn, str., for London-507 packages Tea (10,647 lbs. Scented Caper); 50 bales Waste Silk, 127 Cases Preserves, 23 cases Bristles, 16 cases B. Fans, and 49 cases Sundries.
{
OPIUM MARKET—THIS DAY,
NEW MALWA, per picul............................................. $680 (Allowance, Taels 4 to 32), OLD MALWA, per picul.
$690 (Allowance, Taels 16 to 3a). NEW PATNA, (without choice) per chest... $580 NEW PATNA, (first chalce) per chest ...... $5821 NEW PATHA. (bottom) per chest...... $5931 New PATNA (second choice) per cliest... $575
NEW BENARES, (without choice) per chest $3571 NEW BENARES, (bottom) per chest $570. NEW PERSIAN (best quality) per pical $550 OLD PERSIAN (best quality) per picul. $500 OLD PERSIAN (second quality) per picul... $475'
CHINA COAST, METEOROLÒGICAL
REGISTER... :
4th February, 1889.---At 4 pm.`
STATION
Wladivostock Toki Niguak Shanghal
ADSOY HE Hangout Haiphong Bolinao
Manka
Tempa
Wlad
5th February, 1889.-At 10 am.
Wind.
STATION.
Wadirosinsk
Tokia et
Shaughat
ACY IN Hongkong
Haiphongguanas
Boli
Multi
WOORDE: Weather.
is not much change in the height of the barometer and gredients continua steep for north-east winds, Cloudy, coli- and Father dry weather provalis,
pas feruett vanced to faved of the mea în inches-textile und
bundredths,, s-Temperature is the shada in degrass, Fahe renkelt 1-Hamidiy to percentage of saturation the humidity of air maturated with moisture being 100, zwraction. of the wind so two polata. – 3.- Foros of the wind, according to Beulces acais. 6-müsale of Liu Weather, & Blue sky, #Detached
1 uda, af Dvizning vain, / Fog, Gloomy & Haig, 11ating » Overcast, à Pussing kroners, e Squilly, v Rala, a Beow, I Thunde• Visibility, * Daw were, gorRala” în incbas, santha und hundredkhá. A
W, Donasce.
Hongkong Observatory, 5th February,11889.2
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1889.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
(From Mess. Falconer & Cols Register) Today,
Battery to the
Thermoelerng 1,1, eramumu ka Thermometer- p.m...
Thermometer - 4 p.ft. STRANI: VALIANT! Thermometer-pa.m. (Wet buib) avanseram Thermometer-i p.m. ¿Wet buls)..... Thermometer-gji.m. (Wat bulli) ...... Thermometer-Maalmiam «PSKATTANESİ JANT LASTnt Thermometer-Minimum (over night) sada
MAILS EXPECTED.
-THE AMERICAN MAIL.
The P. M. S. S. Co.'s steamer City of Paking, with the American mail, teft San Francisco on. the 15th ultimo, and is expected here on or about the 15th instant:
THE CANADIAN MAIL.
The steamer Partid left Vancouver for Japan and China on the sand ultimo.
STEAMERS EXPECTED.
The 'Shire * line steamer Cardiganshire, from London, &c., sailed from Singapore for this port on the and instant, and is expected here on the 9th.
The Glen line steamer Glenlyon, from Lon don, lett Singapore on the 2nd instant, and is due here on the 9th.
The Austro-ungarian Lloyd's steamer Maria Teresa, from Trieste, left Singapore on the and instant, and is due here on the 9th.
The P. & D. 5: N. Co.'s extra steamer Khiva
ieft Bombay on the 26th ultimo, and is expected
here on or about the 10th instant.
The Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Menelaus, from Liverpool, left Singapore on the 3rd instant, and is due here on the foth,
Shipping.
ARRIVALS,
IFUGENIA, German steamer, 1,069, S. Vollmer, 4th Feb-Singapore 28th January, Gene- ral-Stemssen & Co.
MERCURY, British schooner, 361, David Thomas,
4th Feb., Freemantle 22nd Dec, Sandal. wood.-Jardine, Matheson & Co. MEMNON, British steamer, 824, A. Dorff, 5th
Feb., Singapore zoth January, General,→→ Butterfield & Swire,
Tinner, British steamer, 1,671, P. W. Case, gib Feb-Yokohama 26th January, General.—
P&O. 5. N. Co.
BENCLOE, British steamer, 1,196, R. Farquhar
5th Feb.-Kobe 29th Jan., General and Coals.-Gibb, Livingston & Co. DIOMED, British steamer, 1,470, Bigley, 5th
Feb., Japan 30th January, General.--But- terfield & Swire.
THALES, British steamer, 820, Hunter, 5th Feb, ---Taiwanfoo 28th January, Amoy 29th, and Swalow 4th Feb, General.-D. Lapraik & Co.
CLEARANCES AT THE HARBOUR OFFICE, Nansing, British steamer, for Manila. Diomed, British steamer, for Singapore. Porwaerts, German ateamer, for Haiphong.
DEPARTURES.
February 4, Hangchow, British steamer, for
Whampoa
February 5. Tejo, Portuguese gunboat, for Macao. February, Taisang, British steamer, for Sin-
gapore, &c.
February 5, Activ, Danish steamer, for Hol
how, &c.
February 5, Amigo, German str., for Samarang. February 5, Diamante, British str., for Manila." PASSENGERS-ARRIVED, -
Per Iphigenia, str., from Singapore.-13 Chi-
hase.
Per Memnon, str., from Singapore.—Dr. Gloss and Mr. Damas.
Per Thibet, stre, from Yokohama for Hong.
kong.-2
For London.—Meurs. Chinese. Brackenbury and Richardron,
Per Thales. str., from Taiwanfoo, &c.—Mr. Allison, and 28 Chinese,
DEPARTED.
Per Shannon, str., for Shanghai.—Miss Alica and sister, Messrs. E. S. Smith, Crawford, Salinger, and 4 Chinese.
Per Taisang sir, for Calcutta. Sergeant Major C. E. Duyer.
Per Orus, str., from Hongkong for Singapore. Mr. Hector Grant, and 1 "Chinese." " For Marseille-Mr. A. Findlay Smith. From Shanghai for Marseilles.—Mr. Lefebvre. From Woosung for Saigon.Mesars. L. Brize, E, Marrot, and Delatasse. For Marseilles –Messrs. E. Fergusion, Tseng Wing Ping, Zu Kiang Seng, Dick, Schmidt, Muramatsu, Hayashi, Schigo, Berthant, Ishida, Ashikawa, Lerogi, Appert, Nakadi, Sakay, Sugita Taru, Watanabe, and Muracur.
REPORTS,
The British steamship Diomed reports tha she left Japan on the goth ultimo, Had strong monsoon with high sea and gloomy, rainy was- ther all the way.
The British steamship Bangles reports that The left Kobe on the 29th ultima. Had strong northerly winds with rough sea to Turnabout thence to port had moderate north-east winds and gloomy weather with rain.
The British steamship Thales reports that she
HONGKONG-STEAMERS,
Continued.
BELGIC, British steamer, 4,211, W. H. Walker, 31st Jan,San Francisco 5th Jan., and Yokohama z6th, Mails and General.-O. & O. 5. 5. Co.
BINLARIG, British steamer, 2,265, Freeman, 21st JRD.,-Cardiff 4th Dec, and Singapore 14th Jan., Coals-Gibb, Livingston & Co.
STEAMERS EXPECTED IN HONGKONG:
AGENTS.
STEAMERS.
FROM.
DATS DUE.
Glenlyon. Maria Teresa,
London ...... Trieste........ London ......
February 9th
February 9th
February 9th
Jardine, Matheson & Co. Austro-Hung. Lloyd's Co. Adamson, Bell & Co.
February toth.P. & O. S. N. Co.
February 10th
San Francisco .......... Vancouver ar
February 15th February 20th
Cardiganshire
Khiva....... Menelaus...
BISAGINO, Italian steamer, 1,499. Tognasso, 30City of Peking............
January, Bombay, and Singapore zand Jan., General.-Carlowitz & Co. CAMORTA, British steamer, 1,335, A. A. Fyfe
3rd Feb., Singapore 26th Jan, General- Jardine, Matheson & Co.
CHINA, German steamer, 1,093, P. Haye, 4th. Feb-Saigon 30th January, General Woo Lee.
CICERO, British steamer, 1,930, George, 1st Feb.,--Bangkok 23rd January, Rice and Wood-Chinese.
CITY OF NEW YORK, American steamer, 3,029, R. R. Searle, 29th Jan, San Francisco 29th Dec., and Yokohama 23rd Jan., Mails and General P. M. S. S. Co DECIKA, German steamer, 965, W. Breitung,
18th Jan.-Singapore 18th Jan., Sugar. Siemisen & Co.
DON JUAN, Spanish steamer, 654, J. M. Mar- ques, 1st Feb.—Manila 29th Jan, General. DORIS, German steamer, 771, F. Raben, 1st
Brandão & Co.
Feb.,-Quinhon 27th Jan, and Touron 29th, Salt-Wieler & Co. FALABAH, British steamer, 1,065, W. B. Har- dinge, 3rd Feb.,-Marseilles 6th Nov., and Saigon 28th January, Petroleum.-Hewett & Co. FALKINBURG, German steamer, 989, H. Weber,
24th Jan.-Hoihow z3rd Ján, General Melchers & Co.
FAME, British steamer, 117, A. Stopani-Hong. |
rong and Whampoa Dock Co. FUSHIKI MARU, Japanese aleamer, 1,219, Franck, zjth Jan,—Nagasaki 19th January, Coals. -M. B. Kaishia.
GWALIOR, British steamer, 1,602, J. W. Nantes, 1st Feb.,-Bombay 13th Jan, and Singa- pore 25th, General.—P, & ̃O, Š. N. Co. HAIPHONG, British steamer, 1,122, H.-C. H.
Harris, 31st Jan., Kobe 5th January, General and Coal-D, Lapraik & Co. HAITAN, British steamer, 1,183, S. Ashton, 30th Jan., Foochow 27th Jan, Amoy 28th, and Swatow 29th, General.-D. Lapraik & Co. JOHANN, German 'steamer, 428, H. Binge, agth Jan-Macao 29th Jan, General-Wieler & Co.
KONG BENG, British steamer, 862, R. Joney, 30th Jan.,Bangkok 22nd Jan, Rice and General.-Yuen Fat Hong.
MARIE, German steamer, 704, CA. Hunde- wade, 29th Jan.,-Haiphong 27th Jan, Rice. --A, R..Marty.
|
Parthin
DESTINATION,
Bombay....... Liverpool......
...............
STEAMERS LOADING IN HONGKONG.
VESSELS.
London, &c, via Suez Canal Peninsular.. London, via Suez Canal... Diomed. London, via Suez Canal ... Deucalion...... Marseilles, via Saigon, &c. Ou
Butterfield & Swire. Pacific Mail S. S. Co. Adamson, Bell & Co.
AGENTS.
DATE OF LEAVING.
F. & O. S. N. Ca.......................] Feb. 13th, at 'noon. Butterfield & Swire...... To-morrow, 10 am. Butterfield & Swire........] February 10th. - Messageries Maritimes. To-morrow, at noon. Havre, Hamburg, &a....... Merionethshire ...... Adamson, Bell & Co..... February 7th. Havre, Hamburg, &c...... Hesperia .......... Siemisen & Co... Feb. 8th, at noon. Bremen; & Ports of Call... Braunschweig ....... Melchers & Co........................... Feb. 17th, at to a.m. Genoa, via Bombay, &c... Bissgno................................... ..........) Carlowitz & Co.............................] Feb. 9th, at noon. Trieste, via Straits, &c...... Maria Teresa ....Austro-Hung-Lloyd's Co. Feb. 16th, at noon.
Strathleven New York .....
San Francisco, via Y'hama Belgic... San Francisco, via Y’hama City of New York
Vancouver, B.Č.,via A., &c. Batavia Sydney, Melbourne, &c..... Tsinan ............ Straits and Bombay......... Thibet.................................... Nagasaki, Kobe & Y'hama) Gwalior................................ Nagasaki, Kobe, &c....................... Cardiganbire. Takao...... shanghai, via Amoy Shanghai Shanghai Mapila .............. Swatow, Amoy, &c....
Haiphong.. ......Medclaus
Achilles....... Peking..... Nanding Thales
Adamson, Bell & Co... About Feb. 15th, ...Pacific Mail S. S. Co.... To-morrow, at 1 p.m.
0. . & O. S. S. Co... Feb. 13th, at I p.m. Adamson, Bell & Co..... Feb. 9th, at noon. Hutterfield & Swire...... Feb. 8th, at 4 p.m. F.&O. S. N. Co......... Feb, 8th, at noon. P. & O. S. N. Co... Feb. 8th, at noon. Adamson, Bell & Co... February roth.
Douglas Lapraik & Co.. To-morrow, at 5 p.m. Butterfield & Swire... February 19th, Butterfield & Swire...... February 12th. Siemssen & Co................................ To-morrow, at 4 p.m. Jardine, Matheson & Co. To-morrow, at 3 p.m. Douglas Lapraik & Co... Feb. 7th, daylight.
Intimations.
A. HAHN
PIANO TUNER AND REPAIRER.
ON HIRE
PIANOS FOR SALE
Notices of Firms.
- HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
́R. G. E. NOBLE has been appointed ·
MCHIEF MANAGER of the Bank from the
1st January, 1889.
By Order of the Court of Directors,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
Hongkong, 31st December, 1888,
NOTICE.
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R. JAMES HENRY MACLEHOSE and
PARTNERS in our Firm on 1st January last.
MACEWEN, FRICKEL & Co. Hongkong, 1st February, 1819
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MR HENRYVILLE were omitted
ΟΝ
NOTICE.
N. and after the 1st February, I shall practice at, VICTORIA. BUILDINGS (basement) Queen's Road.
ARTHUR D. RODYK,`
Solicitor, Hangkong, 29th January, 1889.
To be Let.
TOʻLET, FURNISHED..
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The Peak, "Dunford," A FIVE ROOMED ¡^\ HOUSE with Tennis Court. Possession from the 15th instant to the 31st March, 1889, ar
Apply to
J. Y. V..VERNON. Hongkong, 3rd November, 1888.
TO LET.
T the Peak "LA HACIENDA," formerly
Aoccupied by Sir George Philippo.
Apply to
H. N.. MODY, Victoria Buildings.
Hongkong, rath December, 1888.
TO LET.
BUNGALOW in a Garden at Kowloon, with Lawn Tennis Court attached, situated on the Dock Bay, [37
Apply to
· Address': ejo HONGKONG HOTEL or No. 28, ELGIN STREET. Hongkong, 24th December, 1888.
INTIMATION.
MELITA, German steamer, 339, H. Merck, oth F. Blackhead & Co.,
SHIP-CHANDLERS, SAIL-MAKERS,
AND
PROVISION' MERCHANTS,
NAVY CONTRACTORS,
Jan-Haiphong 5th Jan., Rice.-Wieler & Ca METAFEDIA, British steamer, 3,454, J. B. Purvis, 3rd Feb.,-Nagasaki 29th January, Coals.—
· Takasima Colliery Co. NANZING, British steamer, 803, R. Talbot, 4th Feb-Manila 1st February, Central Jardine, Matheson & Co. OXUS, French steamer, 2,190, Gairand, 4th Feb, -Shanghai and Feb., Mails and General- Messageries Maritimes.. PAKSHAN, British steamer, 835, J. Young, 3rd
Feb-Singapore 25th January, General,- | GENERAL COMMISSION agents, Chinese,
PEKING, German steamer, 954, G) Heuermann,
29th Jan..-Whampoa 29th Jan., General,→→ Siemisen & Co.
PILOT FISH, British steamer, 161, A. Stopani~~~
Hongkong and Whampon Dock ha
PROVINCIA, British steamer, 1,095. Mackenzie,
aist, Timber.-Captain.
AND
No. 11. Praya Central,
(Opposite Pedder's Wharf),
29th Jan., Kudat 8th Jan, and Singapore SLE SEPTIMA, German steamer, 783, F. Hansen, 4th Feb-Saigon, 29th Jan, Rice-Geo, R. Stevens & Co,
TAIYUAN, British steamer, 1,500, A. Varden, 13th Jan.- Wellington, N.Z., 24th Nov-, and Sourabaya 25th Dec, General.—Bulter, field & Swire.
MASONIC BALL, 1889. "MASONIC BALL, under the Auspices of
A the DISTRICT GRAND LODGE of Hang-
kong and South China, will be held at the CITY HALL, on FRIDAY, the 15th February,
Brethren desirous of inviting Guests, are requested to send the names of their friends to the undersigned.
F. V. RIBEIRO.
Hongkong, 30th January, 1889.
TO LET, ENTRY 1ST MARCH NEXT.
N°
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́0. 3, WEST TERRACE.
Apply to
G. C. ANDERSON, 13, Praya Central. Hongkong, 29th January, 1889.
TO LET.
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[100
The Subscription is limited to $10 for Masons and $5 for each Guest invited (non-Masons.)
ALF. WOOLLEY. Hon. Sec. Hongkong, 28th January, 1889.
THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COM ROOMS in "COLLEGE CHAMBERS,”
TH
CAPITAL
PANY, LIMITED.
.$300,000, DIVIDED INTO 30,000 SHARES OF $10 EACH.
OF WHICH 15,000 SHARES ARE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC.
(The remaining 15,000 Shares have been taken
AGENT
$
up on the same terms as the Shares" now offered to the Public.)
"PAYMENT TO BE AS FOLLOWS:-
for
ON APPLICATION........................
RAHTJEN'S GENUINE
TAIWAN, British steamer, 1,109, T. H. Clear COMPOSITION
3rd Feb,-from Sourabaya, Sugar.—~Butter- Held & Swire..
TRITOS, German steamer, 1,142, A. Bleicken,
4th Feb.,-Saigon 29th Jan., Paddy.—–Eḍ. Schellhass & Co.
VICTORIA, British steamer, 1,830, Coundon, 1st
Feb.,--Nagasaki 27th January, Coals.— Mitsu Bussan Kaishia,
FOR
THE BOTTOMS OF IRON SHIPS
CARBOLINEUM AVENARIUS
PRESERVATIVE AGAINST
ROTTING, DECAY, &c, of WOOD,
VORWAERTS, German ateamer, 612, T. Bruhn, | CHR. MOTZ & Co., BORDEAUX, CLARETS.
4th Feb., Kobe 18th January, General and Coals,Wieler & Co.
BAILING VESSILLE.
ADAM W. SPILS, American bark, 1,171, A; D.
Field. 22nd Jan..-Newcastle, N.S.W., 3rd |
· Dec, Coals.—Russell & Co. ANNA Bertha, German bark, 493, H. Nielsen,
and Feb.,-Keelung 31st January, Coal.- Russell & Co.
AUGUSTA, German bark, 473, Jessen, 5th Dec.,
-Iloilo 18th Nov,, “Saapanwood.-Ed. Schellhass & Co.
BENGALE, British bark, 344, Scott, 17th Jan,
-Singapore 24th Sept., Timber.-Mal chers & Co.
COLOMA, American bark, 853, C. M. Wages, 24th Dec,Portland_(Oregon) and Nov., Lamber and Spars-Captain,
Jan.-London 2nd October, General- Melchers & Co,
ERLOINTG. Chinese bark,457, Opium Examina- tion bulk, Stonecutters' Island.-Chinese Customs.
Taiwanfos on the 28th ultimo, Amoy on the 29th, EMR, British bark, 778, W. Summers, 23rd and Swatow on the 4th instant. From Taiwan- foo to Amay bad strong north-east winds and heavy sea with cloudy and overcast weather, From Amoy to Swatow had sprong north-north. cast breeze and overcast sky with thick weather al interval., Fróm Swatow to port had moder rate north-north-west winds and overcast sky with light rain, In Swatow, the steamships Kuon sang Tamsui, Wanrise, Tornas, and Hailong.
Post Office.
A MAIL WILL CLOSE
For Stralin and London. --Per Diomid, tor morrow, the 6th instant, at 9.30 AM,
For Europe, &c, Australia, India, via Madras. -Per Orr, to-morrow, the 6th instant, at 11,00
A.M.
For Yokohama, and San Francisco,Per, City of New York, to-morrow, the 6th Instant at 0.30 P.M.
For Manila Per Nansing, to-morrow, the 6th instant, at 2.30 PM.
IMPERIAL CHAMPAGNE, LA GRANDE MARQUE. FLENSBURG STOCKBEER, ENGINEERS AND BLACKSMITHS' TOOLS AND EVERY KIND OF SHIP'S STORES AND REQUISITES "ALWAYS IN STOCK"
AT
REASONABLE PRICES.
ALL KINDS OF COALS
SUPPLIED AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
Hongkong, 1st January, 1885.
CHS. J. GAUPP & CO., HRONOMETER, WATCH, and CLOCK MAKERS, JEWELLERS, SILVER-'
SMITHS, and OPTICIANS. CHARTS and BOOKS. NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS.
ESCORT, American bark, 616, Waterhouse, soth Sole Agents for Louis Audemars' Watches;
Jan-Honolulu 14th December, Ballast.-- | Captain.
JOHN NICHOLSON, British steamer, 685,. W. Quine, 18th Dec,-Honoluin 16th Nov,, Ballast.-"aptain,
STATE OF MAINE, American ship, 1,467, Nickels, 1st Feb., Shanghai, 27th Jan, General-- Punta & Co.
For Sale
NOTICE,
JEYE'S SANITARY, COMPOUNDS COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE
"HE Undersigned have this day been
appointed SOLE AGENTS for the sale:
awarded the highest Prizes at every Exhibition and for Voigtländer and Sohn's CELEBRATED OPERA GLASSES; MARINE GLASSES, and SPYGLASSES,
E
No. 8, Queen's Road Central, : ... 1607.
A. G. GORDON & CO.
ENGINEERS, LAUNCH-BUILDERS, GENERAL and GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS, IRONMONGERS, COM- MISSION AGENTS, VALUATORS," IRON add TIMBER MERCHANTS,
WORKS BOWKINGTON, E
EAST POINT.
OFFICE:
CORNER OF PEDDER STREET AND PRAYA.
ON ALLOTMENT.
Apply to
DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co. Hongkong, 17th December, 1888. [13
TO LET,
WITH EARLY POSSESSION.
NOS. 1, 2 and 4. QUEEN'S GARDENS.
Apply to
G. C. ANDERSON, 13. Praya Central.. Hongkong, 24th January, 1889.
TO LET
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The Balance at call (on One Month's notice-TWO ROOMS, No. 13, Shelley Street, with
being given) as required to meet drafts
for purchase of Plant and other-
wise for the purposes and
the extension of the
business of the Company.
Applications for shares, accompanied by deposit of $1 per share, must be sent in to THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION on of before the 12th dày, of February, 1889.
or to
For prospectus and for forms of application for shares, apply to the
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Messrs. GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co. Dated the 24th day of January, 1889. [124
G. FALCONER & CO., {IJATCH and CHRONOMETER MANU- FOR CHRONOJEWELLERSU NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS,
CHARTS and BOOKS,
· No. 48, Queen's Road Central 606
FOR SALE...
AT WHOLESALE:PRICES.
"ACCONES' SHERRY; PORT, CLARETS. ➜ BURGUNDY, HOCKS, CHAMPAGNES. BRANDIES, WHISKIES. MACHINERY, GAS ENGINES, EMPIRE! "EMPIRE ""ALE and STOUT.
· LUBRICATORS,
SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES. COOKING STOVES, SCALES," PAINTS, OILS and VARNISH.'' BICYCLES and TRICYCLES. JUVENILE VELOCIPEDE HORSES · and
TRICYCLES. BICYCLE WHEELS for JINRICKSHAS. SODA WATER MACHINERY.- JEYE'S SANITARY COMPOUNDS."
Apply to
W: G HUMPHREYS & Ca
Bank Buildings Hongkong, 29th September." 888.
i
1-
SCOTT'S EMULSION
For Shanghal-Per Piking, to-morrow, the 6th instant, at 3.30 PM.
of these PERFECT DISINFECTANTS, and STEAM LAUNCH COMPANY, LIMITED. OF FURE COD LIVER OIL
For Takan.Pet Haiphong, to-morrow, the 6th instant, at 4-30 P.M..
For Haiphong Par Maris, to-morrow, the 6th instant, at 5.00 PM
For Swatow, Amoy, and Taiwanfpo, Per Thales, to-morrow, the 6th instant, at 5:00 PM.
`SHIPPING IN HONGKONG,
ПРАНЕЯК
APENRADE, German steamer, 1,473; Hohlmann,
21st Jan, Nagasaki 17th Jan, Coal Wieler & Ca
BATAVIA, British steamer, 2,548, Hugh W. Auld,"
23rd Jan-Vancouver - 25th Dec Yoko bama 16th January, and Kobe 18th, Gene ral-Adamson, Bell & Co.
are prépared to supply quantities to suit purchaser, at Wholesale Prices, Extra Special terms for Shipping and large Orders.ESS Sir ROBERT RAWLINSON/ C.II., C.E., Chlef Sanitary Engineer, Local Government Board
London, says M
"It is the best Disinfectant in
W. G. HUMPHREYS & Co.
Bank Buildings Hongkong, ist October, 168,
HONGKONG TIMBER
YARD, WANCHAL.......;
REGON PINE SPARS and; LUMBER
Always on Hand.
L MALLORY.
Hortong, yd September 1888.
FOR
143
R_SALE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
WATERBURY WATCHES, the Handiest, Cheapest, and ́Best A Time-keepers invented. $3. PRICE THREE POLLARS EACH §3 REPAIRS NEVER EXCEED 50 CENTS for each Watch.
Olders from 'Outports to be, accompanied with Remittance for Cost,
THE MITSUI BUSSAN, KAISHIA,
(Sole Agents in Japan and China.
for the Sale of the above Watches)
10, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,
Opposite Marine Horan."-
, 99th August, 1853,)
With Hypophosphites of Lime & Sada,
- PALATABLE AS MILK..
The only preparation of COD LIVEE OILIMạt son, by pakan melany and tolerated for a lang KAME DES
or without BOARD, Apply to
A. B.-C., clo Hongkong Telegraph Office, Hongkong, gth January, 1889.
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Insurances.
THE NEGLECT OF LIFE ASSURANCE.
HERE is no feature of our civilised life that THE
strikes a thoughtful man with more force than the neglect of LIFE ASSURANCE Hy payment of a small quarterly subscription any man of good health can secure a very largo sum to his family in case of premature death, yet hundreds of fargilles, brought up in comfort--- Perhaps in luxury are left in extreme poverty every year from the bread winner having deglected to assure his life. In the East many a mais:lives up to his focome, knowing well that if death cut him off anddenly, his wife' and children would be left almost wholly unprovided for. All this can be prevented by Lifa Assurance.
1. A
EVERY FACILITY In connection with Life Assurance Businese
anet is afforded by t
THE STANDARD:LIFE OFFICE, one of the largest and wealthiest of the Provident Institutions of the United Kingdom. Forma of application and all information will be promptly afforded on application to any of the› Standard Company's Agents, or to
THE BORNEO COMPANY, L»„ | HomeAgents Hongkong:
Hongkong, 29th June, 1888.
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207 GENERAL NOTICE,s!
THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY.
(LIMITED.), G
APITALTAELS 600,000,
$813,333-35 EQUAL TO RESERVE FUND $318,000,00
BAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LO YEUR MOON, Eng «Lou TSO'SIRIN, ELT.
MANAGER-HO AMEL '- ARINE RISKS on GOODS, zij taken af CURRENT RATES to all parts of the
HEAD OFFICE 8 & 9, PRAYA WEST Hongkong, 17th December, 1984,
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NOTICE.
"HE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY,
LIMITED
CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED.
1,000,000
ABARMENIDYAFON COMITATION!! S The abbre Company le prepared to acc
MALAKINE RISKS at CURRENT RATES ON
& Policies granted to all Parts of
BRONCHITENINGROVELOUSAFFRETJONI. ANMMIAFIQENKAPITENZIYADONGA MEL
ANDETHROAT AFFRUTIONENBAND:FALTE payable at any of its Agencies, WAITING PIJORDEZKIOLINEARIETI
· Prescribed and endorsed by the boat Ficyalalana. BOLD BY ALL CHEMISTS
Agenia for China and Hongkong Mesars, A. 5. WATSON & Co., (LIMITED) Hongkong, 20th December, 1338
OFFICE
ROAD WEET
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