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The

NEW SERIES No. 367.

Banks.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF.

INDIA, LIMITED.

AUTHORISED CAPITAL

SUBSCRIBED

PAID-UP

BANKERS:

Hongkong Telegraph.

日五初月五年二十二赭光

Insurances.

THE

STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY

£1,500,000 1,185,000 568,500

bas long taken the lead in SIMPLIFYING the CONDITIONS and LIBERALISING the CONTRACT of LIFE ASSURANCE, thereby giving greatly increased Security to the Holders of the Company's Policies.

POR

CURRENT

For full Particulars and Rates,

Apply to

LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LIMITED.

INTEREST ALLOWED

ACCOUNTS at the Rate of a por cont.

per annum on the Dally Balance.

ON NEW FIXED DEPOSITS >

For 12 Month......4 per cent.

6

3

J. W. R. TAYLOR,

Manager, Hongkong.

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Hongkong, 18th December, 1895.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

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

CAPITAL PAND-UP

HOLDERS...u RESERVE FUND

*****$800,000 RESERVE LIABILITY or SHARE-

£500,000 £375,000

DODWELL, CARLILI. & Co,

Agents.

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Hongkong, and March, 1896, EMPRESS ASSURANCE CORPORATION,

LIMITED.

FIRE AND MARINE,

WEAGENTS, and are prepared to accept

have This Day been appointed

RISKS ■ CURRENT RATES.

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co. Hongkong, 18th April, 1896.

1742 THE MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY.

CAPITAL

ESTABLISHED A‚D. '188.4.

$2,000,000 23,489,053

INTEREST ALLOWED 05 CURRENT TOTAL FUNDS AND SECURITY.

ACCOUNT at the Rate of a per cent, per ❘ NET ANNUAL FIRE PREMIA...........................£ 757,478 annum on the Daily Balances.

JAVING been appofated AGENTS of the above Company we are prepared to accept EUROPEAN and CHINESE RISKS at CURRENT RATES.

On Fixed Deposits for 13 months... 4 per cent. HAV

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M *** 34

พ 3

15

T. H. WHITEHEAD,

Manager, Hongkong.

Hongkong, 16th September, 1805.

ESTABLISHED 1881.

MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1896.

Intimations,

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM

NAVIGATION COMPANY.

STEAMERS

CAPTAINS

TO BALL. LONDON, via Manila...R. L. Haddock, R.N.R........About 17th June.......

MARSEILLES..

LONDON, &c. ......Rosita nyumĠ, K. Wright, K.ŅN. .....Hoon, 18th June–

REMARKS

Fraight or

Passage. [Sec Special

Advertisement. (Freight of PassaGU, (Pasing through the Inland Sea)

JAPAN *** Verona C. HL S. Tocque, K.N.R.Noon, 19th June... LONDON

............Fapak ..........Ta Leigh insasionaAbout 27th Jana...Freight or Promgs. SHANGHAI............Pékin, sau...........J. F. Jephson................................Alkot 29th Justi...Fright or Passings,

For Further Particulare, apply to

H. A. RITCHIE, Superintendant, Hongkong, 13th June, 1896,

"

THE PHARMACY.

TANSAN,

TANSAN,

TANSA N.

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This refreshing, and invigorating Table Water contains 8 per cent, more IRON CARBONATE, than any Water from similar Spaa. Sole Agents for HONGKONG nad SOUTH of CHIKA :---

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HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co.,

Agents. Hongkong, and January, 1896

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COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE

BANKING CORPORATION.

PAID-UP CAPITAL

RESERVE FUND$5,750,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROP TORS.....$10,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS:

A. MCCONACHIR, Esq.-Chairman.

ST. C. MICHAELSEN, Esq.-Deputy Chairisan, Hen. J. J. Bell-Irving. | . Kramer, Esq.

G. B. Dodwell, Esq.

M. D. Ezekiel, Esq.

F. M. Gray, Esq.

D. R. 511000, Big,

R. Shewan, Esq.

N. A. Siebe, Esq.

CHILE MANAGER:

Hongkong-T. ‘JACKSON, EST. MANAGER:

Shanghai-J. P. WADR GARDʻNER, Esq. LONDON BANKers—Landon AND COUNTY

BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED, HONGKONG-INTEREST ÁLLOWED

On Current Accognit, at the rate of a per Cent,

per Annum on the dally balance, '

INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITE : For 3 months, zå per Cent, per Annura. For 6 months, 31 per Cent. per Anasın. For 12 months, 4, peï Cent, per Annum,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager.

Hongkong, 15th February, 1806.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK,

T

HE Undersigned AGENTS of the above Company are prepared to accept First Clan FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at CURRENT RATES.

THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY,

SIEMSSEN & Co.

Hongkong, 28th May, 1895.

31

GENERAL NOTICE,

(LIMITED.)

CAPITAL, TAELS 600,000

$833.333-33- $318,000,00

EQUAL TO"...÷¶¶¶¶¶¶¶mkat

RESERVE FUND

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

LEE SING, Esq.

LOU TWO SHUR, ENG LO YOUR MOON, Esq.

MANAGER-HO AMEL

MARINE RISKS RATIs to all parts of the

ARINE RISKS on GOODS, &c., takren

World.

4.

HEAD OFFICE, 8 & 9 PRAYA WEST. Hongkong, zech Danisher, 1978

NOTICE.

"AS

TRADE MARK. I

T!

五十月六英港香

Intimations.

ODOL."

THE "MEDICAL HALL,

DEUTSCHE APOTHEKE,

79, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

Hongkong.

THIRTY DOLLARS PER ANNUM,

BELL'S ASBESTOS EASTERN

AGENCY, LIMITED.

HONGKONG HOTEL-PRAYA.

BELL'S ASBESTOS NON-CONDUCTING BOILER COVERYING

COMPOSITION is acknowledged to be the best in the East.

TESTIMONIALS referring to above may be seen anytime at this【Office.

ESTIMATES given for work finished complete.

Hongkong, 13th May, 1896.

FLETCHER & CO.

and CARMICHAEL & CO.

ESTD. 1804

IND COOPE & CO.".

ALE

AND

STOUT

IS LIGHTER IN BODY AND OF LESS ALCOHOLIC

STRENGTH THAN MOST ENGLISH BREWS,

Hong Name:— YUEN WO.

TELEPHONE, No. 135.

SOLE AGENTS:-

Hongkong, 8th June, 1896.

Per & Dox. Quartz....................$15 Per 8 Dos. Pinis

GANDE PRICE & CO.,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

No. 13, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

W. JACKSON,"Manager,

EXTRA SPECIAL FINEST LIQUEUR

WHISKY,"

PER 1 DOZ. BOTTLES. ..$12.00. TELEPHONE-75. Fall strength, thoroughly matured by age and Very

Pure; this Whisky has by far the largest sale of

15, Quem's Road,

Hongkong, 13th June, 1896.

any Brand-in HONGKONG and CHINA.

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co., WINE and SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

FOR SALE.

2

( 0 ) {uniteteve

39

G. H. MUMM & Co's CHAMPAGNE.

In cases of a dus, pinta .....................à »«$35 per case.

da

+ » quarti „....com$33

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Hongkong, 13th May, 1895.

W. BREWER & CO.

NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS.

BRASSEY'S NAVAL ANNUAL

Catalogue Salon Illnaté 1896. Figaro Salon-1895. L'Illustration Salon.

THE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY, Rome, par Emile Zola.

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THE

LIMITED.

THE Business of the abov BEDELANGEAL CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED

by the HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may ba obtained on application.

INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 31 Pra CENT. per annum.

Depósitors may transfer at their options balances of $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT, per annum.

For the HowOKONG AND SHANGILAY BANKING CORPORAZION,

7. JACKSON,

Chief Manager.

Hongkong, 1st August, sägt.

-$1,000,000

The above Company is prepared to accept MARINE RISKS 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 ROAD WEST, Hongkong, z6th May, 1904.

Intimations.

347

Iga|| THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK

COMPANY, LIMITED.

THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,

LIMITED.

Authorised Capital. Subscribed Cardini...............

..............................................₤1,000,000 £ 100,000

HEAD OFFICE :-RONGKONG.

Court of Directors

D. Gillies, Esq.

| ChowTung Shang, Esq.

H. Stalterfakt, Esq. Kwan Hol Chen, Esq.

Chan Kit Shan, Esq.

Chief Manxger,

GEO, W. F. PLAYFAIR,

interest for 12 moniks Fizzi, §.per Cent. Hongkong, 23rd October, 1893.

Intimations.

NOTICE.

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SPECIAL SESSION of HER

A MAJESTY'S JUSTICES of the PEACE

will be held fu thế Jurners' Room, at the LIAGINTRACY, at 3.30 o'clock in the Afternoon of TO-FORROW, the 16th day of Jung, A.D. 1896, for the purpose of considerlag sa spplication

givm that su

NEXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the above COMPANY will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICE, No. 14. Praya Central, Hongkong, on MONDAY, the aand day of June, 1895, at 3 o'clock FM, when the Subjelsed Resolution will be proposeă.

That the Articles of Association be altered in manner following >--

(6) Paragraph 10 of Asticis a, which now resde as follows:—"Auditors, Secretary, *and Manager mean those respective "Offers from time to time of the **Company*, and the marginal note of the same paragraph shall be cancelled, and in Hen thereof the following mar- ginal note and paragraph shall be Inserted, that is to say, *Chief Manage "Sacratary

Mand Auditory "

Chief Manager, "Secretary

and "Auditors respec- mean the

* persons for the #time befag per- "forming the duties Mof these respective *officers."

(3) In Article 69 the words "One Thousand

Graphic Special Academy Numbers.

1) OVAL-ACADEMY PICTURES, Tourist's Guide to Japas.

Stranger's Hand-Book to the Japanese

Language.

Japanese Fairy Tales.

| Now Stock Silurian Note Paper and Envelopes. BOOKS, STATIONEPY and FANCY GOODS, WAREHOUSE-QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGKONG.

Hongkong, 11th Jana, 1836,

BILLIARDS

AT HE HOTEL.

THREE PRIZES.

FRESH DAIRY BUTTER.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

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The product of the PRIOR OF WALES DAIRY COMPANY, Bombay, India.

NOISKLESS.

EXPLOSION, IMPOSSIBLE.

SHEWAN & Co., *Agents,

1803

JASTRAM'S PATENT

GOLDEN MEDAL

PETROLEUM ENGINES

OF T' TO '13 H.P.

101 FACTORIES and LAUNCHES.

WORKED BY ORDINARY PETROLEUM.

Consumption of Puròlum 1 16, þar B.P. and Hour.

A Working Stationary Engine and a Launch with a 4 H.P.'

Engine will be shown and full particulars be given on application.

SCHEELE & CO., HONGKONG,

47)

SOLE AGENTS FOR THE EAST.

NO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER REQUIRED.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

NEW GOODS **ADEN," "PAKLING," &c. TABLE DAMASK and CLOTHS.

SMOKELESS.

NEW BARÁTHEA and ALMA-DUCK and DRILL~TROPICALS and LAWN TENNIS

FLANNELS.

THIN MATERIAL for DRESS SUITS. LINCOLN and BENNETT'S HATS,

DAWSON'S SUMMER SHOES,

The Newest Music-in the NEW PIANO DEPARTMENT, which is ready for Visitors, NEW SOFA CARPETS 'and TAPESTRY SQUARES. COOKING STOVES—" AIDRESS," "HOSTESS,” “SIGNORA” &c, STORES, WINES, da, for BOATING PARTIES,

Hongkong, and Juna, 1868.

THE

&

LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.

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HOTEL

CLUB HOTEL, ¦ METROPOLE,

3. BUND, FOKOHAMAA

1, TSURIJI, TOKYO,

Dollars shall be eliminated and there This BUTTER is guaranteed PURE and of THE FINEST QUALITY. FIRST-CLASS HOTELS, centrally situated, well-formehed, the Cuisine under the Super!

shall be substituted therefor the words *Two Thousand Dollars,"

from one JCL ROUCH for the Transier of・ (c) In Article ye the words "Chief Manager *

his Publican's Licence to Sell and Retail Intoxi- cating liquors on the Premises aliante at žcures Nos, 38 and 39, Praya East, under the sign of *THE PRAYA East Hogel," to one JOHN ALEXANDER DREWES.

WM. C. H. HASTINGS,

Acting Police Maghirain.

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Maglairacy, Hongkong, 4th June, 1896.

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY,

LIMITED.

shall be mbstituted for the word *Manager."

(d) In Article 73 and in the marginal note

thereof the word "Manager," where it decors, shall be eliminated and the words "Chief. Manager" shall bi substituted thærelse,

(1). At the end of Articles By and By there shall be added the words "of Chief Masager."

Should the above Resolution ba duly passed It will be submitted for confirmations as a Special Resolution to a moond Extraordinary. General

Dated the roth day of June, 1896. By Order of the Board,

NEVENTH ORDINARY YEARLY Ming which will be subsequently convened.

MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS In the Above COMPANy will be held-nt/the-COMTANT? | -Ornica, No. 27, Queen's Rond, an SATURDAY, the 20th Jane, at Noon, for the purpose of 959) presenting the Report of the Directors, together

THOS, L ROSE, Secretary,

with a Statement of Accormats to goth April, ARBOLINEUMAVENARIUS

1896, and electing Directors and Audioen.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 6th toʻsoth jmi, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Director,

CHAR, FÆHÁRTOM, Arting Searstarf

Sunglong, til Jana, sägn

·USED FÖR. -30 YEARS, With the Limiast Success.

Thoroughly reliable preservative for Wood mad. Słody, ngalast, while Anis, Delay, Fungus Rot and Dsupuesó,

** Bola Agents for China,

SCHELLE

2

RETAIL PRICE50 Cents per l. THE HONGKONG BUTCHERY,

Hongkong, 1st June, 1895.

CENTRAL MARKET,

J. TATAM,

PROPRIITOR.

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MOUNT AUSTIN

HOTEL

1,400 FEET ABOVE" SRA" : LEVEL.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS,

**EXCELSION," HOMOKOMO,

AB: C. Coda

TELEPHONE

No. 35

THE TEMPERATURE IS AT LEAST. 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN IN

QUREN'S ROAD..

DINNER AT 8 PM.

TIFFIN AT 1 2.3. ARRANGEMENTS can be made for TIFFIN de DINNER PARTIKA ku

PRITAIN - DINNEN-ROOMS"

For further Partiodass apply toi.

THE MANAGER,

of approved French Chef kas no equal" ENTIRE FOREIGN MANAGEMENT Experienced English mation in, attendance.

The Hotel storm-launch with European Agent attends unfvals and departures ; aviy simistance given in clasting luggngos and affording, fuformation, Passengers are met at the Railway Station.

„VISITORS have the option of: pressing either in TOKYO or YOKOHAMA, without extra CALIZE==THE ONLY HOTEL OFFERING HOCH ÄN ADVANTAGE. EUROPEAN HAIR DRESSER 'mn' the Fremises.

M

Certified Guides are in attendance at botha Hotels.

THE CLUB HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED, PROPRIETORE.

E. V. SIOEN, Manager,

YOKOHAMA,

TO SHIPMASTERS,

FNQUIRE where your FRESH WATER L by the Water Bost↑ LE FOUL WATER is the cause of much sickness on board Bhip.

We are the only Waite-Boat Company in Hongkong excinstvaly. Supplying FILTERED WATER

Call Wide *W*

1. W. KZW. & Co.,

13, Przyu Canten

L. DEWETTE, Manager,

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TOKYO.

MER CHEUNG, PHOTOGRAPHER,

TOP FLOOR OF Ice Hours, In Ice-House Road,

"8 now in 'n poultion, in his New and Com.

· modious Praisins, to actions, se kasutadors, ALL PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICED | in the Colony or is sary part of the Faz Hast,

„GROUPS ÁRD VIEWS.