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NEW SERIES No. 336.

Banks.

THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA; LIMITED.

Authorised Capital.................1,000,000 Subscribed Capital......

2 500,000

日六廿月三年二十二精光

Insurances.

ESTABLISHED 1881.

FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1896.

Intimations

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,

五拜藏

就八月五英港香

THE MED

DEUTSCHE APUTÍ

70, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

Hongkong.

THIRTY DOLLARS PER ANNUM.

HEAD OFFICE :—HONGKONG.

THE

·STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE

# COMPANY

1:

Court of Directors >→→→→

D. Giles, Esq.

ChowTung Shang Esq.

H. Stolterloht, Esq.

Kwan Hal Chuan, Esq.

1.

For Particulars and Rates,

Apply to

Chan Kit Shan, Esq,

Chlef Manager,

GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR,

Interest for 12 months Fixed, 5 per Cent.

Hongkong, 23rd October, 1893.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED,

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AUTHORISED CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED PAID-UP

......£1,500,000 £1,126,000

BANKERS:

663,500

LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LIMITED,

INTEREST ALLOWED

CURRENT

ACCOUNTS at the Rate of a per cent.

per annum on the Dally Balance.

ON NEW FIXED DEPOSITE :--

For 13 Months..................................4 per cent.

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J. W. 'R. TAYLOR,

Manager, Hongkong.

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Hougkong, 18th December, 1845.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853. HEAD OFFICE :-LONDON,

CAPITAL PAID-UP

RESERVE

LIABILITY

HOLDERİ **********

RESERVE FUND.......

LB0000

SHARE. 07

£800,000

£325,000

INTEREST ALLOWED 6 CURRENT

ACCOUNT at the Rate olja per cent. per annam on the Dally Balances

On Fixed Deposits for 12 months... 4 per cent,.

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T. H. WHITEHEAD,

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STEAMERS

CAPTADIE

TO SANE

REMARES

has a long record of'GOOD SERVICES to rofee tota FUNDS, annually increasing, amount to £8,086,403 Sig. The premiums are moderate; and all modern features consistent JAPAN.Brindist...T. Wickenden mense. D'light, 13th May.Freight or Passage. with safety have been adopted.

LONDON........Java .......................P, W. Câ58..................................................About 16th May...Freight or Pumage.

DÖDWELL, CARLILL & Co.,

"Freight or Passage. Agents.

JAPAN, &c. .....Faßan mu....T. Leigha............emma...........About 15th May.. (Passing through

the Iglind Sea)) Hongkang, and March, 1996.

[464 THE MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE | SHANGHAI..........Rosetta in...G. K. Wright, RNR ...„About 17th May.....Freight or Psamnge,

LONDON, &c,...Reven...E. Street......Nou, #1st May....... {S See Special ESTABLISHED A.D. 1884.

Advertisement. CAPITAL......................................... £3,000,000 LONDON.C...C. E. Baker ................Aboat ngih May...Freight or Passage. TOTAL FUNDS AND SECURITY £2,480,053 NET ANNUAL FIRE PREMIA......................£ 757,478

H. A. RITCHIE, Superintendent, HAVING been appolated AGENTS of the

COMPANY.

Company we are prepared to accept EUROPEAN., and CHINESE RISKS at CURRENT RATES.

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co.,

Agents.

Hongkong, and Tanuary, 1896.

139

EMPRESS ASSURANCE CORPORATION,

LIMITED.

FIRE AND MARINE.

This Day been appolated

WAGENTS, and are prepared to accept

RISKS at CURRENT RATES.

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co, Hongkong, alth April, 1806,

1942 NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG. THE Undersigned AGENTS of the above

Tunder The AGEN in Accept Firet

Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at CURRENT RATES.

SIEMSSEN & Co.

Hongkong, zith May, 1895.

GENERAL NOTICE.

134

· THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY, (LIMITED.)

CAPITAL, TAELS 600,000

EQUAL TO ****SLIDES RESERVE FUND .....................

$833.333-33- $318,000,00

BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

LEE SIND, Esq.

Manager, Hongkong: LOW TO SHOW, ES LO YUK MOON, Esq.

Hongkong, 16th September, 1895.

153

+ MANAGER-HO AMEL ARINE RISKS on GOODS, &c., taken

HONGKONG CORPORATIONCMA al CURRENT RATES to all parts of the

BANKING

World

PAID-UP CAPITAL SHOPS...................$10,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, 8 & 9, PRAYA WEST. RESERVE FUND .....................................................................$ 5,750,000 RESTAVY LIABILITY OF PROPTORS...$10,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS:

A. MCCONACHIR, Esq.-Chaingan,

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

Hon. J. J. Bell-Irving,

G. B. Dodwell, Esq.

M. D. Ezekiel, Esq.

R.-M.-Gray, Esq.

J. Kramer, Eng.

D. R. Sassoon, Zaq,

R. Shewan, Esq.

N. A. Siebs, Esq. CHIEF MANAGER :- Hongkong T. JACKSON, Esq.

"MANAGER:tr Shanghal-J. P. WADE GARDNER, Esq. LONDON BANKERS-LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED. HONOKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED

Ou Current Account at the rate of a per Cent,

per Ås.num on the dally balance.

INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSTES : For 3 months, 2) per Cent, per Annum. For mouths, 31 per Cent, per Annum. For 12 months, 4 per Cent per Annum.

T. JACKSON,

Hongkong, 15th February, 1896

Chief Manager,

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HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

THE Business of the above Bank is conductor by the RONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application.

INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 31 Pær Cor, per annum.,

Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAT BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT st 4 PER CENT, per annum. -

For the HONKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKINO CORPORATION,

T. JACKSON,

Hongkong, 1st August, 1893,

Chief Manage.

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Notice of Firms.

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. AR.DAVID GILLIES bavlog returned to MR

the Colony has RESUMED CHARGE of this Company as GENERAL MANAGER. By Order of the Board of Directors,

THOS, L. ROSE, Becretary,

Hongkong, sth May, 1805.

1976 GEORGE FENWICK AND COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE

TOTICE is hereby given that during my

Temporary Absence from the Colony, Mr. WILLIAM Ġ. WINTERBURN has been appointed ACTING GENERAL MANAGER of the above FIRM.

By Order,

GEO, FENWICK,

- General Manager.

Hongkong, 8th April, 1806,

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SPECIAL NOTICE.

Hanskano, 19th December, 1986,

HOTICE.

340

THE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY,

LIMITED.

CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED ........................$1,000,000 The above Company is prepared to accept MARINT RISKS at CURRENT RATES on Goopi, &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 ROAD WEST sekrete, hth Wuw, sh

Intimations.

NOTICE.

#

247

HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THE RE of the HONGKONG

"HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of

GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 'will be bald on WEDNESDAY, the rzih inst, at 1.30 PM., at the Roog of the CHAMBER,

CITY HALE, for the Parpste of Receiving the Report of the Committee and passing the Secretary's Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1895.

R. CHATTERTON WILCOX,

Secretary, Homekong, 6th May, 1806.

[782 OLIVERS FREEHOLD MINES, LIMITED.

AN ISSUE of B SHARES to offered to the

on

Registered Shareholders of the above COMPANY in the proportion of one B Share for every Share they hold. Every Shareholder the Register on THURSDAY, the 33rd instant, will be entitled to an allotment of one B Share for every Shark, whether A or B, registered in his name. All applications must be made os forms for the purpose, which may be obtained at the HowɑKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION on and after the 23rd lastant, and must be filed up and ledged with that Bank on or before THURSDAY, the 7th May next, together with a sum of ONE DOLLAR for every = first instalment, A Share applied for us Receipt will be given, which must be forwarded to the COMPANY in change for Scrip. No further call will be payable in respect of these

·Sharm without at least two months' notice.

The SHARE REGISTER will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, the 33rd fastsat, to THURS DAY, the 7th day of May following, both days inciative, during which period no Transler ol Sharms can be Registered.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & BON,

General Managers,

BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENT, MERS, E. RICCO & CIL,

QUEEN'S ROAD, 24

***. Hongkong, 19th Aprli, 1806.

BEG

1648

Pie Annouca i TRANSFERENCE

of their Business from HONGKONG 18

XE the Undersigned beg to notify MADAGASCAR and the conseque Winding. WE the Fuble that he have This Day PURCHASED from Mess, WING CHEONG ap of the HotKONG BRANCH.-

& Co. the STOCK-IN-TRADE, FIXTURES All Accounté AGAINST the FIRM - RES

and GOODWILL of their: BUSINESS be lodged before the 15th Mar," rögő, and

MERCHANTS and SHIPCHANDLERS, 258

the Brainees will be conducted from thì rith | Customers INDEBTED is the FIRM" are day of February, 1896, są batakolors.

FOOK CHEONG & CA,

150. 44. Prays Central,

*ALL YON.

requested to make PAYMENT an analy⋅ xe

L. CHOSSELER, Attorney for the Limidation,

For Further Particulars, apply to

Hongkong, 8th May, 1896,

$

THE PHARMACY.

TANSAN,

TANSA N.

TANSAN,

Intimations.

BELL'S ASBESTOS EASTERN

AGENCY, LIMITED.

HONGKONG HOTEL-PRAYA.

ALL GOODS SOLD BY US ARE GUARANTEED

TO BE OF

BRITISH MANUFACTURE ONLY.

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W. JACKSON, Manager.

-Hongkong, 25th April, 1896.

130

This refreshing and invigorating Table Water contains 8 per cent, more IRON CARBONATE than any Water from slimilar Spas.

605)

Sole Agents for HONOLONG and SCUTE of CHINA :----

MONTHLY BAYES FOR

MEALS

TRIDE *H AY

$12.00

15:00

21.03

BERAKWAST

**** JOLENTY

CLARETS.

FRENCH.

AMERICAN.

FLETCHER & CO. and

CARMICHAEL & CO.

AUSTRALIAN.

行 Heng Name 和

TELEPHONE, No. 135.

ofst

ALL 3 MEALS

BOOTS...

FRESH DAIRY BUTTER

TRADE MARK,

YUEN WO.

PROM $5.50 TO $36.00 PER DOZEN.

· SAMPLES AND PRICE LISTS ON APPLICATION.

Hongkong, 8th May, 1896.

TELEPHONE—75-

4

GANDE PRICE & CO.,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

No. 12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

AQUARIUS."

E420

Tis gratifying in these days of typhoid to come Across a really pure and palatable Table Water. RSTD. 1864. "AQUARIUS” is such, and curiously enough hails from "the shiny, its birth-place being Shanghai. "AQUARIUS" is so popular in China that it is proposed to open an Agency in London. We have tried it ourselves-with Whisky-and found it admirable- "SPORTING TIMES,” 3rd August, 1895.

Hongkong, 17th April, 1896.

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.,

WINE and SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

GENERAL STORE-KEEPERS AND COMMISSION AGENTS. SHIPCHANDLERY DEPARTMENT.

the product of the PaINCE OF WALES DAIRY COMPANY, India. This SIR CHAS, PRICE & COL ENGINE and CYLINDER OILS.

BUTTER is guaranteed PURE and of THE FINEST QUALITY.

THE HONGKONG BUTCHERY,

CENTRAL MARKET.

PRICE, for Single 1 lb. tin............. 60 Cents. Hongkong, 5th May, 1895.

THE

HOTEL

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CLUB HOTEL, | METROPOLE,

5. BUND, YOKOHAMA.

1, TSUKIJI, TOKYO. TIRST-CLASS HOTELS, contrally situated, wall-furnished, the Cuisine under the Supervi sion of approved French Chef has no equal, ENTIRE FOREIGN MANAGEMENT Experienced English matron in attendance.

The Hotel steam-launch with European Agent attende arrivals and departures ; avary assistance given in clearing Ingyagos and affording Information, Passengers are met at the Hallway Station.

VISITORS have the option of messing elihat"in TOKYO or YOKOHAMA, without extra chargeTHE ONLY HOTEL OFFERING SUCH AN ADVANTAGE. EUROPEAN HAIR DRESSER of the Premises.

1

Certified Guides are in sitendance at both Hotels..

THE CLUB HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED, Proprietors,

E. V. SIQEN, Manager,

YOKOHAMA,

ENGLEBERT'S CYLINDER OIL.

CRANE'S CYLINDER OIL

TUCK'S 'GENUINE PATENT PACKING.

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VALVOLINE, CASTOR OIL, &c. &c.

ASBESTOS PACKINGS of all kinds.

PARAGON PATENT PACKING. ROPE, CANVAS, &C. HUBBUCK'S PAINTS and VARNISHES. HOLZAPFEL'S PAtent composiTION, ANTI-CORROSIVE 2-4 ANTI-FOULING, ser

“STEEL VESEKLA, A

SOAPSTONE ENAMEL COMPOSITIONS tax Holda, Bunkers and Top-s308s.

FRESH

Hongkong, 4th February, 1896.

WATER SUPPLIED.

LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.

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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

PRICK

$10.50 per Case of 6 dazen Pints, $12.50 per Case of 4 dosen Quarts, Cash on Delivery.

THE SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING CO., CHINA-JAPAN AGENCY. Head Ofles :—8, D'Aguilar. Street, Hongkong,

For price and tamas, apply la

THE MANAGER.

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Hongkong, and January, 1896.

L. DEWETTE, Manager,

TOKYO.

EXPLOSION IMPOSSIBLE.

MOUNT AUSTIN HOTEL

1,400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS, -

"Excelsior," HONGKONG,

A, B, C. Coda.

TELEPHONE,.

No. 35

THE TEMPERATURE IS AT LEAST 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN IN QUEEN'S ROAD..

TIFFIN AT 17.3.

DINNER AT 8 *.M, ARRANGEMENTS can be made for TIFFIN ∞ DINNER PARTIES in PRIVATE - DINING-Roose

For further Partic

Houskana, ayik July, años.

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAKEHOLIKES.

4 CENTS spon CONTRIBUTIONS S A N.INTERIM BONUS of TWENTY FIR

the 500 1805 has been DECLARED.

WARKANTE.Will, bu, impend on the

bastante

By Order of the Basid,

THE MANAGER,

MOUNT AUSTIN HOTEL

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CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, BLIMITED.

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS. BONUS of TWENTY PER CENT, upon CONTRIBUTIONS for thể yuz, 1895 This Day benn DECLARED. ARRANTE WE belmond on the\grth'

JARININE, MATHESON E C., CANYON ÉNYŰSÁNCH OFTRIS, LIKE

ngth April, shpi.

NOISELESS.

JASTRAM'S PATENT

GOLDEN MEDAL

PETROLEUM ENGINES.

OF 3 TO 13 HP.

FOR FACTORIES AND LAUNCHES.

WORKED BY ORDINARY PETROLEUM.

*

Consumption of Petroleum ‹1 18. per B.P. and Hour.

A Worklog Stationary Engine and a Launch with a 4 H.P. Engine will be shown and full particulars be given on application,

47)

SCHEELE & CO., Hongzone,

·BOLA AGENTS FOR TUR ZAIT..

NO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER REQUIRED.

FOR SALE.

G. H. MUMM & Cos CHAMPAGNE.

In cases of a dos, plats muumin$35 per cent.

SMOCKLESS.