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The

NEW SERIES No. 305

Banks.

THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED,

Authorised Capital......

Subscribed Capital.....................

Hongkong Telegraph.

日九十月二年二十二精光®

Insurances.

THE STANDARD is out of the LARGEST and BEST KNOWN ****£1,000,000 | of the BRITISH LIFE OFFICES.

FUNDS exceed EIGHT MILLIONS STERLING. ANNUAL REVENUE OVER ONE MILLION STERLING:

HEAD OFFICE ~~~HONGKONG,

Court of Directors:--

D. Gilles, Esq.

ChowTung Shang,Esq.

H. Stalterfoht, Esq. Kwan Hol Chuen, Esq.

Cban Kit Shan, Esq.

Chlef Manager,

GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR.

Interest for 12 month. Vized, 5 per Cent. Hongkong, 21rd October, 1803.

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THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. AUTHORISED CAPITAL.£1,500,000 SUBSCRIBED - £1,126,000 PAID-UP .............................................................£ 568,500 BANKERS:

LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LIMITED.

ALLOWED on CURRENT

For Forms of Proposal and every information.

Apply to

DODWELL, CARLILL & Cap.

Agents.

1464

Hongkong, and March, 1896. NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE

- COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

TH

~HE_Undenigoed AGENTS of the above .. Company are prepared to accept Firal Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at CURRENT RATES

SIEMSSEN & Co. Hongkong, 28th May, 1895.

NOTICE.

£34

I ACCOUNTS at the Rate of 2 per cent THE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY,

per annum on the Daily Balance.

ON NEW FIXED DEPOSITS +---

For 12 Month...4 per cent,

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DEPOSITS RENEWED ON OLD TERME J. W. R. TAYLOR,

Manager, Hongkong. Hongkong, 18th December, 1895. THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,

AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853. HEAD OFFICE":-LONDON,'

CAPITAL PAID-UP

RESTRYK

LIABILITY OF SHARE.

HOLDERS..jaudazaratas RESTAVE FUND ...........................

LIMITED,

102

ESTABLISHED 1881.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1896.

三拜禮

號一月四英港香

Intimations.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

STEAMERS

CAPTAINS

STRAITS AND Rotlla S. Barebam

BOMBAY....J

SHANGHAI...Pékin ..................J. F. Jephon LONLON... Formosa.....................E, F. Bishop

JAPAN, &c. Java impium.F. N. Tillard...

LONDON, & Katar+-Hind....C. L. Danie!

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A

TO SAIL

at

REMARKS Freightor Passage,

(Calling „Noon, 4th April. Colomba if soffi- client fodacement Laffers).

......About 5th April...Freight or Passage, in5-P.M., 7ik April...Freight or Passage/ (Freight or Fasshgu;

«D'Ught, 8th April.} .(Passing through

File Inland Sex) {Sec Special

Advertisement.

cheaplana, jih 'Apell... | JAPAN, &c. «máncons W, D. Kudis.......Noon, Toth April. (Passing through Freight or Passage,

the Inland Sen)) LONDON .....................Shanghat ...........). Cowlo, R.N.R, ...About 18th Apri...Freight or Pasiago

For Further Particulars, apply to

ALF, WOOLLEY, Acting Superintendent, Hongkong, 1st April, 1896.

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THE

CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED........ CLUB HOTEL,

The above Company in prepared to accept MARINT RISKE at CURRENT RATES on GOODS, &c. Policies granted to all Parts of the world payable at any of its Agencies,

CHAU TSEUNG FAT, Secretary. HEAD OFFICE, No. 2, QUEEN'S KOAD WRIT. Hongkong, sich Mur, virt

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£800,000

******£80,000 ..£325,000

GENERAL NOTICE, THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY, (LIMITED.) CAPITAL, TAELS 600,000) RESERVE FUND

EQUAL TO ..¶ge,

$833-333-33- $318,000.00,

I

LO YUK MOON, Esq.

INTEREST ALLOWED on CURRENT

ACCOUNT at the Rate of per cent. per annum on the Dally Balances.

On Fixed Deposits for 12 months. 4 per cent.

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T. H. WHITEHEAD,

Manager, Hongkong. Hongkong, 16th September, Bot. LJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

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PAJD-UP CAPITAL ............................... ****$10,000,000 RESERVE FUND$ 5,750,000 RISERVE LIABILITY OF PROPTONS...$10,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS:

A. MCCONACH, Esq.-Chairman.

ST. C. MICHAELSEN, Esq.-Deputy Chairman.

J. Kramer, Esq.

Hon. J. J. Bell-Irving,

G. 1. Dodwell, Esq.

M. D. Ezekiel, Esq.

R. M. Gray, Exq

D. R. Sassoon, Esq.

R. Shewan, Esq. N. A. Slebs, Esq. CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong T. JACKSON, Esq.

MANAGER: Shanghai-J. P. WADE GARDNER, Exq LONDON BANKERS-LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED, HONGKONG-INTERÈST ALLOWED

On Current Account at the rate of a per Cent, per Annum on the dally balance,

INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITY: For 3 months, o per Cent, per Annum. For 6 months, 31 per Cent, per Annăm. For 12 months, 4 per Cent. per Annum.

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 15th February, 1806

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HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK. THE Business of the abare Bank is conducted

THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application.

|_ INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 34 Pzz CENT. per annum.

Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 of more to the HOMOKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT, per annum.

For the HONOLONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager

Hongkong, 1st August, 1895.

Intimations.

CHINESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT

7 PER CENT, SILVER LOAN OF 1886, E.

:

19TH HALF YEARLY DRAWING, 'NTEREST DUE and DRAWN BONDS of

the LOAN will be PAYABLE at the OFFICES of the CORPORATION on and after the 31st March, 1896,

Lists of Drawn Bonds can be obtained on application to the Undersigned.

For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING

CORPORATION,

Agents Issuing the Loan,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 30th March, 1995.

1594 OLIVERS FREEHOLD MINES, LIMITED,

TOTICE is hereby giwan that the FIRST

NOGENERAL MEETING of SHARE

HOLDERS in, the above` COMPANY will be helď at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, Nos. 38 & 40, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Hongkong, en SATURDAY, the 11th day of April next, at NOOM.

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Daled Hongkong 31st March 1896.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General ManageTE.

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THE RAUB ASTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY, LIMITED. DIVIDEND of SIX PENCE per Share

As Declared, PAVASLE OS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LEE SING, Esq. LOU TO SHUN, Esq.

MANAGER-HO AMEL MARINE RISKS on GOODS, &c., taken at CURRENT RATES to all parts of the World

MARIN

HEAD OFFICE, 8 & 9 FRAYA WEST. Hongkong, 19th December, 198g.

Intimations.

BANK HOLIDAYS.

Naccordance with Ordinance No. 6 of 1875 the Undermentioned BANKS, will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business on FRIDAY, the 3rd April (GOOD FRIDAY) `and on MONDAY, the 6th idem (Easter Monday), For the CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,

AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA,

T. H. WHITEHEAD,

Manager, Hongkong.

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For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HANKING

CORPORATION,

For the NATIONAL LIMITED,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager.

BANK OF CHINA,

GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR, Chief Manager. For the MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA,

LIMITED,

J. W. R. TAYLOR,

Manager, Hongkong. For the BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,

Hongkong Agency,

L. SIMON,

Acting Manages. For the BANK OF CHINA & JAPAN, LIMITED,

HONGKONG,

CHANTREY INCHBALD,

Manager. Hongkong, 30th March, 1896.

INSURANCE HOLIDAYS.

5. BUND, POROHAMA.

HOTEL METROPOLE,

į, TSUKIJI, TOKYO.

Intimations.

EMIL NIEDHARDT, Analytical Chemist HONGKONG, CHINA

Telegram Address :'' "NIEDHARDT

THIRTY DOLLARS

PER ANNUM,

BELL'S ASBESTOS EASTERN

AGENCY, LIMITED.

HONGKONG hotel-prAYA.

Scle Eastern Agents for SPHINCTOR GRIP ARMOURED HOSE.

SNOWDON, SONS & Co. "SNOW.

DRIFT" MANUFACTURER.

THE NEW WIRE WOVE ROOFING CO.

THE ALUMINIUM AND GENERAL

FOUNDRY Ca

BELL'S METALLIC and ASBESTOS PACKINGS are unequalled for both Compound and COTTON PARAGON PACKING, TUCK'S PACKING and all kinds of jointings kept in stock. Triple Expansion Engines.

SPECIALLY MADE CLOTH FOR FILTERS,

Hongkong, 27th February, 1896.

ENGINE AND CYLINDER OILS, W. JACKSON, Manager.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

GENERAL STORE KEEPERS AND COMMISSION AGENTS. SHIPCHANDLERY DEPARTMENT.

FIRST-CLASS HOTELS, centrally situated, well-furnished the Cuistee under the Supervi. SIR CHAS, PRICE & Co ENGINE and CYLINDER OILS.

of approved French Chef has no equal. ENTIRE FOREIGN MANAGEMENT Experienced English matron in attendasco.

ENGLEBERTS CYLINDER OIL

CRANE'S CYLINDER OIL.

The Hotel steam-launch with European Agant attends anfvals and departures; every TUCK'S GENUINĖ PATENT PACKING. assistance given in clearing luggages and affording information, Passengers are met at the Rallway Station.

VISITORS have the option of messing either, in Tokyo or YOKOHAMA, without extra charge—THE ONLY HOTEL OFFERING SUCH ÂM ADVANTAGE. EUROPEAN HAIR DRESSER on the Premises.

Cestified-Guides are in attendance at both Hotels.

THE CLUB HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED, PROPRIETORS, E. V. SIOEN, Manager, YOKOHAMA

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VALVOLINE, CASTOR OIL, &c, &c.

ASBESTOS PACKINGS of all kinds.

FARAGON PATENT PACKING. ROPE, CANVAS, & HUBBUCK'S PAINTS and VARNISHES. HOLZAPFEL'S PATENT COMPOSITION, ANTI-CORROSIVE and ANTI-FOULING, for

STEEL VENERA,

SOAPSTONE ENAMEL COMPOSITIONS fox_HOLDS, BUNKERS and TOP-SIDEL

FRESH

!

L. DEWETTE, Manager,

TOKYO,

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Hongkong, 4th February, 1895.

MOUNT AUSTIN

HOTEL

1,400 FEET ABOVE"SEA LEVEL

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS,

"EXCELMOR,* HONGKONG,

A. B: C. Code.

TELEPHONE,

No. 35+

the temperature is aT LEAST 10 DEGREES COOLER than IN QUEEN'S ROAD.

TIFFIN AT I P.M.

DINNER AT 8 PM.

ARRANGEMENTS can be made for TIFFIN ∞ DINNER PARTIES in

PRIVATE DINING-ROOMS,

For further Particulars apply to

Hongkong, 17th July, 1805.

THE MANAGER,

MOUNT AUSTIN HOTEL.

THE PHARMACY.

Now Opening out a Fresh Supply of!-- HAIR, NAIL, TOOTH and SHAVING BRUSHES. TURKEY and BATH SPONGES

SUN GLASSES, in variou's Shapes.

NIWO, MEDICINAL WATER

SOLE HONGKONG AGENTS for

and TANSAN-The now WELL-KNOWN and POPULAR JAPANESE TABLE WATER. 605]

FLETCHER & CO.

KELLY & WALSH, LD.

CIGARETTES.

SWEET CAPORAL.

BIRD'S EYE.

r385

TOFF adementioned INSURANCE

OFFICES will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business on. FRIDAY, the 3rd April (GOOD FRIDAY) and on MONDAY, the 6th idem (EASTER MONDAY) 1. JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.,

General Agents,

CANTON, INSURANCE OFFICE, LD. General Managers,

HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LD,

N. J.-EDE

L.

Secretary,

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY

CANTON, LD.

KENNARD DAVIS,

Acting Agent,

NORTH-CHEIA INSURANCE CO., LD.

W. H. RAY,

Secretary,

OF

CHINA TRADERS' Insurance Co. LD. SHEWAN & CO.,

Agents,

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YANITIZE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION,LD. GEORGE L. TOMLIN,

Acting Secretary,

CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO, LD.

WM. MACBEAN,

THE STRAITS INSURANCE CO.,'LD, Hongkong, goth Warch, 1896,

NOTICE.

1393

A BAIGIALUSESSION of HER

MAJESTY'S JUSTICES of the PEACE

THREE CASTLES.

Hongkong, 28th March, 1895.

MOOTHLY RATES FOR

MEALS

TOBACCOS.

WILL'S BRISTOL BIRD'S EYE.

THREE CASTLES.

PIONEER BRAND. CAPSTAN NAVY CUT, OUR MUTUAL FRIEND.

COPE'S BIRD'S EYE.

AT HE. HOTEL

***$12.00

15.00

20.00

43.50

BREAKFAST

MILIET

ALL 3 MKALE

DIRKER.

16

ill be bald to the JUSTICES, ROOM, at the THE HONGKONG BUTCHERY,

MAGISTRACY, ai 2.15 o'clock in the Afternoon

of

TUESDAY, the 7th day of Antil, AD,

for the purpose of considering an: application

18th May, 1896, In BRISBANE, in respect of Shares on the Brisbane-Register and is from one ESTHER OLIVER for the Transie Singapore in respect of Shares on the Singapore intoxicating liquors on the Premises situate at of her Publican's Licence to Sell and Retail Register

Noties is

Bereby given Ike Singapore' 'Jensen Nor, 12 and 13,- Qused Victoria Street, Brauch Register will be CLOSED from dik to, under the diga of THE TRAVELLER'S, HOTEL, te

dise AMÍLIA SCHWARZBAN

38th May, 1896, inclusive,

By Order of the Directors,

G. A DERRICK

Rfagsporej u1st Marsh, 1898,

T. SLÉCOMBE SMITH, Pig, Acting Pallos Magistrska,

Nos. 11, 18 and Xã Central Markst.

TRY OUR

VEAL SAUSAGE8 25 Canis 201 D.

B

OLOGNA SAUSAGES jo Cents' par BEIPPING AND COAST PORE QUIERE WILL HAVE PROMPT ATTES

JTATAM

洋 TRADEMARK. 源

Hong Name:

NOISELESS.

YUEN. W o.

TELEPHONI, No. 133.

WATER SUPPLIED.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

NOTICE.

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We have REMOVED to the more Commo-

dions Premises No. 12, QUEEN'S - ROAD CENTRAL.

GANDE PRICE & CO.,

Hangkong, 30th March, 1896.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

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OUR GREAT AIM IS TO SUPPLY OUR CUSTOMERS WITH THE VERY BEST ARTICLE AT A LOW PRICE.

THAT IS WHY WE ARE INTRODUCING

BRAUN'S "EXPORT" BEER

PRICE ---

$16.50 per Case of 6 dozen Finis.

$12.50 per Case of 4 doses Quarts, Cash on Delivery,

THE SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING CO., CHINA-JAPAN AGENCY. Head Of-8; D'Aquilar Strut, Hongkong,

For price and terms, apply to

THE MANAGER.

Hongkong, aand January, 1896.

(1918

EXPLOSION IMPOSSIBLE.

JASTRAM'S PATENT

GOLDEN MEDAL ·

PETROLEUM ENGINES

Engine

OF 1 TO 12 H.P.

rox FACTORIES AND LAUNCHES.

WORKED BY ORDINARY PETROLEUM.

Consumption of Patroleum. 2- Id. per H.P, and Hour.

A Working Stationary Engine and a-Launch with à 4 H.F. be shown and fall particulars be given on application. SCHEELE & CO., HONGKONG,

SOLE AGENTS FOR TER EAST.

NO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER REQUIRED.

FOR SALE.

G. H. MUMM & Co" CHAMPAGNE.

In[cases of a dos, pints „.......................................$35 per case.

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Hongkong, 13th May, 1Bos.

NESTD, 1864.

TELEPHONE-75+

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SHEWAN & Co, Agents.

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SHERRIES.

SMOKELESS.

PER DOZEN,

$15.00

OLOROSO, red seal (fins'nulty golden) umuus AMONTILLADO, white seal (choferst dry).................. *****$30.00 SOLERA, yellow seal (frutty golden)imum..................... $30.00 ́SOLERA, black ses! (a viry dark fruity wine, vin. 1880) + $35.00 AMOROSO, green seal (rich goldan) somammamusam : $30,00 The abers stand in the first rank of after dianer SHIRRIES and have been specially selected by our London house at very low prices for wises

much quality,

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.,

WINK UNA SPIRIT MERCHANTS.