cleansing and similar sanitary works, is generally raised by local taxation, and only occasionally as sometimes in the case of capital cities- national funds contribute.
. In Great Britain, the Urban Sanitary autho- rities of each town (generally the Corporation, or, in unincorporate towns, the Local Boards of Health established for the purpose), are empowered by law_to_borrow money the credit of the rates for capital expenditure on new works; and loans on the security thus afforded are sometimes granted from the public funds; it being a condition of such borrowing powers that a sinking fund shall be provided, so that annually not only the interest, but also a part, repayment of the capital shall be borno by the revenue of the current year, Money is also advanced by Life Assurance Societies, who have to find employment for their large reserve funds, and who-unlike bankers -do not require a speedy return of the money lent, although they generally stipulate that the loan shall be repaid by annual instal ments in a prescribed number of years. Al- though in the majority of cases such financial arrangements have proved successful, the ques tion has been raised, and will probably receive considerable attention, whether the system is in English towns equitable. As the taxation falls exclusively on householders, and at many of the houses in English towns are held on short leases, the freeholder, on the expiration of the period of the loan, reaps all the advantage of the improvements to which he may not have contributed anything. The drainage works of London are for purposes of construction and management divided into two distinct classes, the main drainage and the local sewers. The raain drainage has been undertaken by the Metropolitan Board of Works, a constituent body formed for the purpose, although it per- forms 'many other functions. Most of the money for the large arterial sewers, reservoirs, and pumping stations which compose the main drainage system has been raised by loan as just described, and the security is considered so good that as much money as isrequired iscasily obtained at a sale of interest of 31 per cent, per annum. The taxation for paying the interest and repaying the principal of the loans (except those raised on the special security of the coal dues) is levied as a rental rate over the whole metropolitan area which is benefited; but the duty of collection is entrusted to the authorities of each separate parish or district, who are called upon twice a year to contribute the quota which is due from them... It is endeavoured by periodical assess ments of value to make the burden lie equally, so that a similar rental rate on all districts may represent a real similarity in taxation. The local sewers of the metropolis are constructed by the authorities of each parish, or group of parishes (called districts), from fundi raised in a similar way; the duty of the local authority ending when the sewage reaches one of the main arterial sewers. The street-cleansing and general sanitary works are also managed and paid for, by cach district separately. The plurality of authorities who thus direct the municipal affairs of London often a cauSÉ of great inconvenience: there is a want of uniformity in the management; the expenditure, is unduly great; and reforms or improve- ments much needed are rendered almost
impossible.
Most provincial towns in England are able to borrow money at rates varying from 3 to 5 per cent. per annum, there being various secondary reasons which in the minds of investors render such loans worth a slightly higher rate of interest than the inetropolitan loans: the latter, being of larger amount, are more widely distributed and are better known; the growing value of the security is more apparent trust funds may be legally invested in the stock; the interest is paid quarterly; and transfers can be effected in the metropolis. For these reasons the stock can at any time be easily disposed of a point always regarded by investors as important, apart altogether from questions of security, The English system of providing funds is adopted in many of the colonies, but as local capital is not so easily obtainable at moderate rates of interest as in England, outside aid has often, to be invited; and in the case of large towns, municipal loans are issued by the per mission of the Colonial Parliaments, and are
generally well regarded by English investors. Ja deciding upon the methode of drainage which are best suited to any particular locality considerations of economy affect the question in various ways. The truth of the proposition that sewage should be given to the land is universally acknowledged, and sanitary engineers in all countries. would willingly conform to such a law of nature, and not only thus find a means by which they can be rid of the sewage, but at the same time make its disposal a profit instead of an' expense. Differences of opinion amongst engineers on this point have been magnified because of the very different sides from which they approach the question and from the want of experience, or trustworthy data. Some in their carnest desire to utilise the sewage, and in the very sanguine hopes they entertain of success, are apt to risk failure in the primary and more important sanitary task. The size of large cities, the crowded population, the manner of convey ing the sewage, the absence of a regular water supply, the method of purification, the want of suitable land, the difficulties of applying the and the very low value it possesses sewa when diluted by street drainage) in proportion to its bulk are obstacles which, singly or fogether, have up to the present time, in the majority of cases baffled the ingenuity of those engineers who bare sought to make, sewage Irigation profitable.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1889.
often also spoil the wells of the locality. The evils of such a system are reduced to a minimum when the gutters are well 'flushed; and in towns possessing an abundant supply of water, a copious and continuous flow along the street gutters tends to render them innocuous. In the case of towns situated 'on low-lying or marshy: 'grounds, surface and subsoil drainage is a matter of great importance, quite apart from
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THE SUNDAY LABOUR QUESTION. To Entron or tux “Bongong TeligrapH,"
I had the honour to present to His Excellency the Governor, petitions from the Merchant Shipping Community and from certain
Co-day's Advertisements.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,,
Intimations.
SOCIETE FRANCAISE DES, CHARBON- NAGES DU TONKIN.
TOTICE is hereby given, that the FIRST
NMEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS, will
be held at the Company's Office, Hongay
May, at Noon,
Masonic.
ZETLAND
No. 535.
LODGE
REGULAR MEETING of the above
the more difficult question of house sewage residents ashire connected with the shipping, NOTICE has been received from the (Tonquis) on FRIDAY, the Thirty-first day of LODGE will bo-held in FREEMASONS'.
Although in the great majority of cases
requesting that the Government would take into where improved systems of drainage are
consideration the question whether restrictions established, the two kinds of sewage are treated together the rainwater and street gutters help could not be placed upon the sxcessive Sunday ing to flush the drains which convey the house labour on band ship in this harbour. Another, sewage-it is the opinion of anme engineers that-petition was also presented with the same object, the two should be kept distinct, so that the house and signed by other residents of the Colony. sewage, no longer diluted, shall retain its full value as manure; and in countries subject to heavy rains it is impossible to provide for rain- water in the sewers." The separate system finds its chief justification in those cases where the sewage has to be lifted by pumping (and where, therefore, it is desirable to reduce the bulk' and weight), and where she semige is allowed to flow on to lard in a crude condition,
At present, house-sewage is disposed of in various ways. The old fashioned middens and cesspools are still used in a vast number oftowns. and cannot be too strongly condemned. In some cases the cesspools are periodically or
The reply of His Excellency has been published. He states in conclusion that it is quite passible that his "arguments may be open to reply and he says "I will not therefore keep my mind closed and am still willing to hear the views of those who have pinions to the contrary,"
It therefore now rests with those who'desire "the abolition of unnecessary Sunday labour to state their answers to the objections raised. The advocates of the movement propose a Harbour Regulation to deal with Sunday labour in a similar manner as the Custom House deals with it, eg, in Dombay, by inflicting a penalty equivalent to a day's demurrage.
occasionally empiled, and their contents buried
The greatest objection to this appears to be in waste lands, or taken to agricultural land that it would seem a drastic measure to impose for manure,
or thrown into the sca; in
upan vessels under the Chinese flag. And such others they are never emptied, and when
vessels might refuse to pay the penalty, would work, and the captains consequently would have- full others are used in their stead. In towns
to be severely dealt with. This objection I have where the means or dispositions to construct sewer are wanting, or where the absence of a noticed because it is advanced as a very serious one. I leave others more capable of doing so regular water-supply would reader removal in a liquid form difficult, or where the inhabitants, than I am.to answer itel merely call attention to from their Ignorance or prejudices, would be the fact that, as I have stated, the captain alone likely to neglect or misuse the arrangements will be the responsible party, not the coolie! It' necessary to water-carried sewage, then these is not advocated that coolies should be punished ruder systems must be made the best of. In most for Sunday work: but that the discharging and towns a regular organisation exists for the removal loading of cargo on board steamers and salting vessels should be brought under the same con- of ashes and other house refuse, and by an extension of the same organisation to the "dry.ditions as it is in ather British putts. If any earth" and "pail" systems it is attempted to opposition is expected from steamers under the romove sewage matters from houses in a solid Chinese flag it may he remarked that the captains or semi-solid forth; but, to render such methods
and officers of these same vessels will be found successful and inoffensive, every part of the (naturally) promoters of no-Sunday-labour, and it hins not been shown_yel that the Chinese Apparatus must be properly designed, ench
merchants would not willingly fall in with a detail in the operation suitably arranged, elaborate precautions taken for cleaning and
rule which would benefit their officers and which deodorising, and the supervision must be constant and vigilant.
The difficulties which generally binder the adoption of these systems are none the less because they are made up of details, for the minor inconvenience of periodically entering private premises, of carrying and carting offen sive matters through the streets, and of dispas. ing of them promptly are-it the English standard offdecency and comfort be considered --very great; yet in towns without water supply and closets after the English fashion, such a carefully-organised system of periodical removal may be the best. Such systems, however, find their easiest application in villages or small towns. So much depends on the local circumstances of each case, the size of the place, the situations of the houses and offices, the supply of suitable earth or other deodorants, facilities for removal, contiguity of agricultural or waste land, and other essential conditions, that the plan cannot be recommended for general adoption in large towns. These who defend the pail and cart method not merely as a substitute under certain circumstances for the water carried, system, but as superior even where there are available sewers and abundant water, are apt to overstate the disadvantages of the latter; but the anti. cipated evils need not arise if proper attention is paid to ventilation, and if there are the same care and supervision as have been bestowed in those towns where the pail system is cited as success- ful. It is the misuse of the water-systems which alone enders them open to condemnation, it must, moreover, be borne in mind that all other methods of dealing separately with house sewage can only be adopted as pup- plementary, and not, as a substitute for the water-carrying of sewage, the liquid sewage of R town almost always containing the largest share of impurities.
The facilitics which a regular water-supply affords for the removal in sewers has caused
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prevailed universally in a British port.
The rent crux of the whole matter is the fact that Legislation in favour of those who are deprived of their Sunday is at present practically unprecedented, except where thos: who are deprised of their seventh-day rest can take the law into their own hands. And whereas many shipowners and agents feel and admit the burden that is imposed upon those on whom they depend for the navigation of their ships, any good endeavours that they might be willing to make are nipped in the bud by the 'keen
ness of competition.
Now that this subject has been so well venti. lated and discussed, and all are agreed that the cessation of Sunday labour is an inestimable, boon and that unnecessary work should not be forced upon those who are unable to resist it- it is hoped that the matter will not be permitted to slip into oblivion, but that sufficient reasons
MILITARY AUTHORITIES that ARTIL | LERY PRACTICE will take place from Lyc mun Redoubt, TO-MORROW, the 3rd instant, at 4 PM.
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The fire will be in a direction lying halfway between Cape Collinson and Slope Island.
All Ships, Juoks, and other vessels are cautioned to keep clear of the range.
By Command,
FREDERICK, STEWART, Colonial Secretary." Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, and May, 1889.
FOR SHANGHAI HE Steamship
THE
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BUSINESS To receive the Report on the state of the Mines, and to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors.
The owners_of_at_least_Twenty... Shares-to- bearer, in order to have the right of attending. the above Meeting, shall deposit their Shares either with the Undersigned, or with the Chief
Visiting
HALL, Zelland Street, TO-MORROW, the 3rd May, at 8.30 for 9 P.M. precisely, Brethren are cordially invited. Hongkong, 26th April, 1889.
Manager of the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAL T
BANKING CORPORATION, not later than Fifteen
A Days before the Meeting, and there' shall be [529 delivered to thein a card of admission to the
Meeting,
By Order of the Board of Directors,
ALEXANDER LEVY, Secretary,
"
PEKING." Captain G. Heuermann, will be despatched for the above Port on SATURDAY, the 4th inst., at 4 P.M.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
SIEMSSEN & Co. Ho glone, 2nd May, 1889. THE, CHINA AND MANILA STEAMSHIP COMPANY. LIMITED,
FOR MANILA,`via AMOY,
THE Company's Steamship'
4 P.M.
"ZAFIRO,"
T530
Captain McCaslin, will be despatched for the above Ports, on SATURDAY, the 4th instant, at
For Freight or Passage, apply to
RUSSELL & Co.,
General Managers. Hongkong, 2nd May, 1889, UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY
CANTON, LIMITED.
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THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED. ISSUE OF $1.250,000 NEW, CAPITAL IN 12,500 SHARES OF $100 RACH
APPLICATIONS are invited for $1,250,000 New Capital in 11,500 Shares of $100 rach, which is being raised for the objects and business of the Company, as defined in the Com- pany's Memorandum and Articles of Association, and in pursuance of the Special Resolutions to
and confirmed on the 23rd April last, that effect duly passed on the 6th April instant,
Insurances.
1508
DARD.
H I STAN
SCOTTISH LIFE.OFFICE OF 63 YEARS 1 STANDING, AND ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST OF THE PROVIDENT INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
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Assurance Contract may not fail to be fulfilled for a quarter or even half a century after being entered into, it will be readily understood how important it is to the Policy- holder that the past record as well as the present management of the Office, should be of the highest possible character. The Standard has a long record of past good services to sefer to; its Funds, annually increasing,, amount to £6,800,000; and all modern lentures consistent with safety have been adopted.
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THE BORNEO COMPANY, LD.,
Agents, Hongkong.
NOTICE.
HE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY
LIMITED.
These Shares will be issued at a premium of THE $50 per Share,
A First Call of $50 per Share will be payable on Application, and the Balance of $50 per Share will be payable in such amounts, at such times, [523 and on such conditions as the Board, may determine. The premin will be payable on Allotment,
OF
NOTICE URING, the temporary absence of the act as SECRETARY of the Society,
Undersigned Mr. W. J. SAUNDERS
By Order of the Board,
will
Hongkong, 2nd May, 1899.
· N. J. EDE, Secretary.
HONGKONG CLUB,
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N EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of the CLUB will be held in the CLUB LIBRARY, on MONDAY, 13th May, 1889, at 12.10 P.M., for the purpose of confirming the Resolution passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting on the 25th April, 1889.
By Order,
Hongkong, 2nd May, 1889.
will be continually advanced in its favour and all objections be successfully mel.
Apologizing for trespassing at such length ST. JOHN upan your space, and thanking you for inserting this letter,
I remain,
Yours faithfully,
A. G. GOLDSMITH. Hongkong, May 2nd, 1889,
WHY HE DID NOT GO TO THE
HOSPITAL, 1:
HE COULD LEAP THROUGH THE AIR.
My object in writing is two-fold: to express my gratitude for a great benefit, and to tell a short story which cannot fail to interest the feelings of many others. It is all about myself, but I have remarked that when a man tells the honest truth about himself he is all the more likely to be of use to his fellow-creatures. To begin, then, you must know I had long been more or less subject to attacks of bronchitis, a complaint that you are aware is very common and troublesome in Great Britain in certain seasons of the year. Some. months ago 1 bad a very severe turn of it, worse, I think, than I ever had before. It was probably brought on by my catching cold, as we are all apt to do when we least expect it. Weeks passed by, and my trouble proved to be very obstinate. 1 would not yield to medicine, and as I also began to have violent racking pains in my limbs and back; I became greatly alarmed. could neither eat or sleep. If I had been a feeble, sickly man, I should have thought less strangely of it; but as, on the contrary, I was hearty and robust, I feared some new and terrible thing had got hold of me, which might make my strength of do avail against it. I say, that was the way I thought.
such methods to be adopted with too little regard to the ultimate disposal of the sewage; and where in countries like England, with increasing population, it is allowed to flow. in a crude state into neighbouring streams rivers or rivers, the pollution of the (especially those of small volume) has become intolerable. Even where the discharge is so arranged as not to inconvenience the inhabitants of the town, the nuisance is only removed to those who live further down the river, who in many cases not only suffer discomfort, but find their supply of drinking water fouled beyond enduranco. Sa glaring has the evil become in England, that the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act has been (1876) passed to forbid the discharging of crude sewage into rivers; and the sea, in nuisance, is cases where the sewage is included in the prohibition. Although in England consideration for the vested interests of manu- facturers has prevented the same 'interference with the fouling caused by trade rcluse, legislation has been directed towards a reduction of this
Presently I could not even lie down for the evil also, and if, to avoid infringement of the pain all over my body. I asked my doctor what law, manufacturers discharge their trade refuse besthought of my condition, and he frankly said, into the public sewers (thus casting upon the am sorry to have to tell you that you are community the burden of disposing of it), the gething wortel This so frightened my friends, same Act of Parliament provides for their con- as well as myself, that they said" Thomas, you tributing to the expense. As such a legislation must go to the Hospital;. It may be your only has occurred at a time when the drainage of chance for life!". town's has been enforced by other sanitary enactments, urban authorities have found them- selves in peculiar difficulties. And as the drinage of a district must eventually reach the rivers, purification through the natural filter of land, or by artificial means, becomes necessary.
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C. H. GRACE, Secretary,
1525
OF HONGKONG,
No. 618, S.C.
Where no Allotment is made, the deposit will be returned in full, and if a less number of Shares is allotted than is applied for, the excess of the deposit will be credited in reduction of the amount payable for premiura. Failure to pay any premium when due will render the allotment liable to cancellation and the payment made on application, to forfeiture,"
Applications for shares should be forwarded to the Company's Bankers, the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Hongkong,
together with the amount payable on application
on or before the 3rd May next. Forms of application can be obtained at the Company's Registered Office in Victoria Buildings, No. 7, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Hongkong,
where a print of the Company's Memorandum and Articles of Association can be seen,
The TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED from the and to 9th May next, inclusive.
ÁLEXANDER LEVY,
Secretary (pro. tem.) Hongkong, 24th April, 1889.
CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED.......
$1,000,000,
The above Company is prepared to accept MAKINA RISKS at CURRENT RATES on.Goods. &c. Policies granted to all Parts of the world payable at any of its Agencies.
WOO LIN YUEN. Secretary
HEAD OFFICE, No.1, QUEEN'S ROAD WEST," Hongkong, rst February, 1881.
Visa
GENERAL NOTICE,
THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY, (LIMITED.)
CAPITAL TAELS 600,000, $833,333-33-
EQUAL TO RESERVE FUND m.in. $318,000.00,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LIE SING, Esq.
LO YRUE MOON, Esq. LOU TSO, SHUN, Esq.
MANAGER-HO AMEI.
'ARINE RISKS on GOODS, &c., taken at CURRENT RATES to all parts of the
M'
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THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT
D G E AND AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED.
SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL.
N EMERGENCY MEETING of the above Anamed Lodge will be held in FREEMASONS' HALL, Zetland Street, on SATURDAY NEXT, the 4th instant, at 8.30 for 9 PM. precisely. Visiting-Brethren are cordially invited.
Hongkong, 2nd May, 1889..
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THE HONGKONG BRICK AND, CEMENT
! COMPANY, LIMITED,
NOTICE is hereby given that a Call of $5 payable on the 25th day of April last, and that all
per Share in the above Company was
persons not having paid the amount of their CALLS will be CHARGED INTEREST at the rate of $8 per cent, per Annum from the due date until payment, in accordance with the Articles of Association.
Hongkong, dated the first day of May, 1889. W. I WALKER, Secretary, 527] THE PUNJOM AND SUNGHIE DUA SAMANTAN MINING COMPANY,,
LIMITED
TOTICE is hereby given that the Share-
NEW SHARES to which they are entitled in respect of the Shares of which they were the registered bolders on the date of the confirma- tion and in pursuance of the Specist Resolution passed on the 4th April, 1889, and confirmed on the aoth April, 1880, must accept the same and Pay the sum of $10 for each New Share so accepted to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, at Hongkong, on or before the 20th day of May instant, after which date the New Shares which shall not then have been accepted will be deemed to be declined.
Forms of acceptance and Banker's Receipt may be obtained on applicatlon at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank or at the Company's Office, No. 9, Queen's Road,
NOT bolders who are desirous of taking up the
Dated and day of May, 189,
By Order,
But I didn't want to go to the hospital.. Who 578] does, when he thinks he can possibly get along without doing it; I am a labouring man, with a large family depending on me for support, and I might almost as well be in my grave as be laid on my back in a hospital, unable to lift a hand for months, or God only knows how long. Right at
· A. O'D. GOURDIN,
Secretary.
Intimations
WANTED.
PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO in a good central
Offers to be sent to
position.
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MR. D. K. GRIFFITH, Room gr, Hongkong Hotel. Hongkong, 26th April, 1889.
ROOMS WANTED,
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PAID UP CAPITAL
..$2,502,000.
1,250,000.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Hon. J. J. KESWICK, Chairman. Hon. C. P. CHATER, Vice-Chairman. Mr. E. A SOLOMON.
Mr. J. S. MOSES.
Mr. S. C. MICHAELSEN.
Mr. G. E.. NOBLE,
MR. LEE SING.
Mr. POON PONG.
BANKERS.
THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
THE objects for which this Company is
Hongkong and its dependencies the purchases and sales of Property, to advance monies on' Mortgage, to undertake the Management and Agency of Estates, and generally to carry on any business in connection with Landed Property.
The fullest information can be had on applica tion at the Company's Offices, No. 7, Queen's Road Central.
ALEXANDER LEVY, Secretary (pro. tem.)
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Victoria Buildings, Hongkong, 20th March, 1889
ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION IN LIQUIDATION.
A
NOTICE TO CREDITORS..
PAYMENT OF 6тH DIVIDEND.
STII DIVIDEND of 6 % on all claims against the Hongkong Branch of the ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION, which have been approved by the Court of Chancery will be paid at the Offices of the NEW ORIENTAL BANK CORFORATION, LIMITED, on and after MONDAY, the 18th March next
Creditors are requested to apply to the Bank for their Dividends and to produce the letter they hold from the Official Liquidator admitting their claims in order that the payment of the 6th Dividend may be endorsed thereon.
PAYMENT OF FINAL DIVIDEND IN
ADVANCE UNDER DISCOUNT, ¦
THE
world.
HEAD OFFICE, 8 & §, PRAYA WEST. Hongkong, 17th December, 1885.
To be Let.
TO LET.'
ROOMS in "COLLEGE CHAMBERS,”
No. 4, SEYMOUR TERRACE,
From 1st June. No. 17, SEYMOUR TERRACE,
From 1st July. Apply to
DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co.. Hongkong, 2nd May, 1889.
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TO LET, A GODOWN, (WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSIÓN)... TPPER FLOOR No. 3, Blue Buildings.
UPPER
Apply to
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, 1st May, 1889.
TO LET, FROM IST JUNE.
No. 18, ELGIN STREET.
Apply to
Isaa
L. KIRCHMANN, No. 4. Ladder Street Terrace. (518
Hongkong, 30th April, 1889
TO LET.
No. 51, PEEL STREET.
Apply to
EDWARD GEORGE,
5. Queen's Road. Hongkong, 16th April, 1889.
TO LET,↳ WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.
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NOS. 1, 2 and 4, QUEEN'S GARDENS.
Apply to
G. C. ANDERSON, -13. Praya Contral Hongkong, 14th March, 1889.
TO LET
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HE Official Liquidator, by arrangement OFFICES &t No. 18, QUEEN'S ROAD, naw
Co, Ld, in Liquidation,
SAML. J. GOWER,
with the Assets Realisation Co., is prepared
such payment, IN FULL DISCHARGE OF THEIR CLAIMS the Dividend of 5% payable in the year 1890, UNDER A DISCOUNT OF FIVE TWELFTHS PER CENT,,!
Creditors who are willing to accept payment of the Final Dividend, lees discount as above are requested to communicate with the Under- signed BEVORE THE END OF THE CURRENT MONTH
E. W. RUTTER,
The climate and the local circumstances in most foreign towns differ so widely from those in England, that the system of drainage and the methods of procedure usual in English towns cannot be applied. In countries subject to alternate dry and rainy seasons the arrange The arrangement of houses and streets in the ments for street cleansing must necessarily European manner, with, an established water this point I had a thought flash across my mind REMISES suitable for a FIRST CLASS to pay in advance to Creditors willing to receive. be different from those in England, where supply, being accepted, it may be assumed that like a streak of sunshine in a cloudy day. 1 periods of more than a few days without removal in a liquid state is in the majority of had heard and read a good deal about Mother riid, are rare. An insufficient or irregular cases the most preferable method available, and Seigel's Curative Syrup, and I resolved before water-supply is also a great cause of difficulty, the following are bilefly the means necessary to and where no regular waterworks exist, their the proper cleansing and drainage of a town consenting to be taken to the hospital, I would construction either. In conjunction with 'or` as The streets must be properly sloped, and try that well-known remedy. On this I gave preliminary to the drainage works is an eisential channels provided for conveying the rain water UP. the doctor's medicine and began taking the Syrup. Mark the wonderful result | I part of any complete sanitary scheme. The through gratings into underground drains, the had taken but three doses, within twenty- house fittings and sanitary appliances are in openings being prop tly, provided with stench- most towns not of English origin of an Insuffi- traps or deodorisers. Proper regulations must four hours, when I was seized with a fit of coughing, and threw up the phlegm and be made for the periodical removal of ashes and mucus off my chest by the mouthful. The Syrup clent and backward kind, and the inhabitants have generally standards of comfort and decency other house refuse; and for the removal from had loosened and broken it up. Continuing with which would be unendurable amongst an Engilsh, streets, markels, and slaughter houses, of filth, the Syrup, the racking pain, which I believe
Modern travel, and the garbage, and rubbish. speaking people. compansons-o disadvantageons to themselves Every house must be provided with suitable came from the bitter and poison humours in my blood and joints, soon left me entirely, ani. I feft which such intercourse forces upon foreigners,
like going to sleep, and I did sleep sound and are leading to the fatroduction of English systems abroad; but the expense, which such
quiet. Then I felt hungry, with a natural systems involve, generally forbids their adoption
appetite, and as I ate I soon got strong and well: I felt I could leap through the air, with when only increased comfort or decency is the anticipated benefit; and it is the occurrence of
delight! epidemics, or a permanently high death-rate, which finally induces the adoption of improved methods.
The liquid sewage of a town consists of the surface and subsoil: water resulting from the rainfall, which brings with it the street sweep ings and other surface impuritice and the sewage from houses, stables and factories Where no proper system provalis, the street drainage is generally allowed to flow, along open gutters, into which often the house slops are emptied), and thence by ditches outside the town into tas sen or the nearest river. These open conduits are not only offensive to the sight and smell," bet tou
domestle fittings, and means for the conveyance of sewage into proper drains,
Sewers of proper shape and size, to which the house drains must communicate, must be con- structed in every street; converging into larger arterial sewers, and there must be a sufficient water supply to ensure a proper Row and periodical flushing
The liquid sewage must be conducted either (a)-Into the sea beyond low water mark, (8)-Inte tidal or other rivers of sufficient volume to carry away the sewage without excessive pollution,
(c)-Directly on to land and disposed of by imgation, p
(d)-Or into precipitating tanks for treatment by chemicals; the effluent, more or less purified, passing directly, or after filtration through land, into a river, or the sea; and the residuum-more or less effective as manure on to land.
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In a week I was able to go to my work again. It doesn't seem possible, yet it is true, and the neighbours know it. There are plenty of witnesses to prove it. And; therefore, when say I preach the good news of the great power of Seigel Syrup to cure pain and disease far and wide, nobody will wonder at me.n dvd,
THOMAS CAMMING,
75, Military-road, Canterbury,
Kent, WAKO Mother Seigel's Curativa Syrup is for sale by all chemists and medicine vendors; and by the Proprietors, A. J. White, Limited, 15, Farring don-road, Londe EC, Moglande Aéste
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H. & H.. c/o Hongkong Telegraph Office, [514 Hongkong, 29th April, 1889.
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
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INTERIM BONUS of twenty per cent upon contributions for the year 1888 has been declared.
Warrants may be, had on application at the Office of the Society on an after 1st May,
By Order of the Board,
N. J. EDE
"SecretPY"
Hongkong, 16th April, 1880.
G. FALCONER & CO TATCH and CHRONOMETER MANU- WA
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H. N. MODY, Victoria Bulldings, Hongkong, Fath December, 1888.
THE HONGKONG BRICK, AND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
THIS
HIS Company is now prepared to Manufac
ture Machine-Pressed Building BRICKS superior quality, in WHITE OF RED CLAY. Also SPECIALITIES, such as STRING! COURSES, WINDOW HEADS, RIDGES, | CÓPINGS, AD, TILES, EARTHENWARE DRAIN PIPES GULLIES, CESS-POOLS and other SANITARY FITTINGS,
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Bank Buildings, Hongkong, 13th April, 1889.
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