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OCTOBER BREW: Just to Hand, SHANGHAI BREWERY DRAUGHT ALE & STOUT, also in plats, bouled.

Fox prices, etc.

Apply to

COTTAM & Co.

·9, Pedder's St.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

NEW SERIES NO. 514 ¥=+=★★_

HBANKING CORPORATION.

ONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

PAID-UP CAPITAL ...............

RESTAV FUND

$10,000,000

Insurances.

THE

STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE - COMPANY

...$ 6,003,000 | ḥas a long record of GOOD SERVICES to

Raszyn LIABILITY OF PROP TOR3...$10,000,000 refer to its FUNDS,. annually increasing,

"COURT OF DIRECTORS:

A. MCCONACHIE, kaq.-Chairman.

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

D. R. Sassoon, Esq.

Hon. J. J. Bell--

|R. L. Richardson, Esq.

C. Bearmano, Esq.

G. B. Dodwell, Esq.

R. Shewan, Esq.

M. D. Esekiel, Esq.

R, M. Gray, Esq.

N. A. Slebi, Eq.

CHET MANAGER: Hongkong-T. JACKSON, Esq.

MANADER: Shanghal-), P. WANE GARDNER, Sq LONDON BANKERT-LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED, HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED On Conent Account at the rate of a per Cent, per Annura on the dally balance, ̈ ̈

INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSTER Fur 3 months, 2) per Cent, per Annois. For 6 months, 38 per Cent, per Annum. For 12 months, 4 per Cent, per Annum.

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 9th December, 1846,

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HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK, THE Bains of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION: Rulez may be

obralnet on application.

INTEREST on 'deposits is allowed at 34 PER CXMT, per annum.

Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $too or more to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANE to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT, per annum,

For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

T. JACKSON,

Hongkong, 1st August, 1895,

Chlef Manager,

amount to £8,0356,402 Sig. The premiums are moderate; and all modem features consistent with safely have been adopted.

For Particulars and Rates,

Apply to

TON

ESTABLISHED 1881.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY

Entimations

5 1897.

五拜證

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM

NAVIGATION COMPANY.

STEAMERS

CAPTADS

DODWELL, CARLILL &'Co., ̄ ̄| JAPAN, &c. ........F826.J. Chellow, R.A.R.

Agents. Hongkong, and March, 1896.

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SHANGHAI „Rohilla.

THE MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE

.F. Cole

TO SAIL

REMARKS

Freight or Passage About 6th Feb... (Paning through

the Inland Sas:)

LONDON, &c. ...Mirzapore...). F. Jephson ... Noon, rith Feb...

.COMPANY.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1824.

CAPITAL

£2,000,000 JAPAN.

757,478

TOTAL FUNDS AND SECURITY.......1,480,053 NET ANNUAL FIRE PREMIA................

Ancona...............W. D. Mudia

„About 7th Feb...Freight"or Pansage. Sprement: [See Special .

Freight or Pamage. .................Noon, xath Fab... (Passing through

the Inland Sea.)

HAVING been appointed AGENTS of the LONDON.Can G. Cabút, RNR...About 5th March. Freight or Passage.

Company we are prepared to accept EUROPEAN and CHINESE RISKS

at CURRENT RATES,

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co.,

Agents.

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....

Hongkong, tad January, 1897. NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG,

T. Company and prepared to accept First

THE Undersigned AGENTS of the above

CURRENT RATES. Clan FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at

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

GENERAL NOTICE

For Further Particulars, apply to Hongkong, 1st February, 1897,

·R. A. RITCHIE, Superintendent,

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO., SHIPCHANDLERS,

DECK AND engine-rooM STORES OF ALL KINDS.

UBBUCK'S FIRST QUALITY PAINTS and OILS.

0138 H'

зада

THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY, (LIMITED.)

CAPITAL

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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853.

HEAD OFFICE LONDON,

CAPITAL PAID-UT............

RESERVE LIABILITY Or

HOLDERS...¶22¶åke

RESERVE FUND *********

TAELS 600,000 EQUAL TO ................................................zen,

$833.333-33- RESERVE FUND.........*** $318,000.00.

LEE SING, Esq.

Lo Yxux Moon, Esq.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

MANAGER-HO AMEL

MARINE RISKS on GOODS, &c., taken

SHAXI- ******««««£800,000

-6350,000 World,

'NTEREST ALLOWED ca CURRENT ACCOUNT at the Rate of 3 per cent, per

annum on the Daily Balances. ...

On Fixed Deposita lac xa month.......... 4. per cent.

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6

П 3

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T. H. WHITEHEAD,

Manager, Hongkong. Hongkong, 19th October, 1896,

kit THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED.

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Authorised Capital ***ཝཿཔཿཔཿ****མརྫསྲབས"(Tyt&mno

Subscribed Capital...

HEAD OFFICE :—HONGKONG.

Court of Directors :-)

D. Gillies, Esq.

ChowTung Shang, Esq.

H. Stolterfolt, Esq,

Kwan Hoi Chuen, Esq.

Chas Kit ShD, 2

Chief Manager,

GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR,

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Interest for 12 months. Fixed, 5 per Cent, Hongkong, 23rd October, 1893.

For Sale.

CURRENT RATES to all parts of the

HEAD OFFICE, 8 & 9, FRAYA WEST, Hongkong, 17th December, TURL.

NOTICE,

rag

THE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY,

LIMITED.

CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED......$1,000,000 The above Company is prepared to accept MARINE RISKS at CURRENT RATES on GOODS, &c. Polleles granted to all Parts of the world payable at any of its Agencies,

CHAU TSEUNG FAT, Secretary,

HEAD OFFICE, No. 2, QUEEN'T Road West, Hongkong, with Way, 1704.

Intimations.

130

THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED.

17 DURI

NOW READY!

THE PROTEST AND REMONSTRANCE

of the

SHIPPING INTEREST

Against the imposition of LIGHT DUES

FOR THE SAKE OF REVENUE; together with the whole of the correspondence that has recently passed between the GOVERNOR and the SINIOR UNOFFICIAL" MERBER OF Couwet and the Hon, T. H. WHITEHEAD and the GOVERNOR on the subject of

SPECIAL LIGHT DUES ! · and the correspondence between the Liverpool Steamship Owants' Association and the Board of Trade on the question of Light Does, the Departmental Committee's report on the

MERCANTILE MARINE FUND, and Sir GEORGE BADEN-POWELL's letter to the Times on the Mercantile Marine Fund, Fair. play's comments thereon, and a report on excessive Light Dies levied in the Bosphorus.

Printed in handy form for transmission by the Mall or for ready reference.

FOR SALE

|

URING my ABSENCE and until farther.

notice Mr. MOWBRAY STAFFORD NORTHCOTE has been appointed ACTING SECRETARY.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

A, SHELTON HOOPER, Secretary.

Hongkong, 16th January, 1897.

N°

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THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY. TOTICE Ls hereby given that the

INTEREST of DAKIN, CRUICK.. SHANK & Co., LIMITED, in the Business heretofore carried os br them at THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY CEASED and DETERMINED on the 14th instant.

Outstanding Accounts of DAKIN, CRUICK- SHANK & Co., LIMITED before the 14th Instant will be PAID by the Undersigned who will also Collect and Receive "all Accounts DUE to the said Firm,

The BUSINESS will be carried on is: the fatare under the Style of "THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY"

For "THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY,"

1. R. CAPELL, Manager. Hongkong, goth January, 1807.

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SIR CHAS, PRICE'S ENGINE and CYLINDER OILS.

EAGLEBERTS CYLINDER OIL.

INTERNATIONAL

NOISELESS.

ANTIFOULING

FOR SHIPS BOTTOMS.

五月二英港香

·Intinzations.

OB PRINTING. THIS department of the

Hongkong Talegraph Having been replenished with a large assortment of type, orders can now be executed quickly and in iba, best style.

Address-6, Pedder's H Hongkong,

THIRTY DOLLARS PER ANNUM,

BELL'S ASBESTOS EASTERN AGENCY, LIMITED.

sobË AGENTS FOR:-

IMINIUM & GENERAL FOUNDRY | NEW WIRE WOVE ROOFING CO. SYN, LD,

GRIPEL'S STEAM TRAP. S JWDON, SONS & CO., "SNOWDRIFT.", BERGER & SONS LTD, PAINTS AND TURTON BROS. & MATTHEWS' STEEL

VARNISHES.

GOODS.

W. WILSON CORBETT (SATURN & SCANDINAVIA BELTING), AQUOL, the great firo and damp resisting Paint for inside or outside

work..

ASBESTOS goods of the best quality always on hand.

W. JACKSON, Manager.

Hongkong, 16th January, 1897.

UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LIMITED.

SOLE AGENTS IN

FOR THE

HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN AND THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, UNITED ASBESTOS COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON, PIONEERS OF THE. ASBESTOS TRADE.

Contractors to H,M. Government, and the Principal English, Indian, Colonial and Forden Railways, including the Imperial Railways of Japan.

MANUFACTURERS OF

COMPOSITION | The Best Qualities of ASBESTOS and RUBBER GOODS for the VERY HIGHEST PRESSURES.

This Composition has bean Supplied to all the Navies of the World and all the principal.

· Steamship Companies, INNUMERABLE TESTIMONIALS.

WATER SUPPLIED.

CALL FLAG "R"

FRESH

-Hongkong, rith November, 1896.

EXPLOSION IMPOSSIBLE.

JASTRAM'S PATENT

GOLDEN MEDAL

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PETROLEUM ENGINES

OF 2 To sa H.P.

FOX FACTORIES AND LAUNCHES.

WORKED BY ORDINARY PETROLEUM.

Consumption of Petroleum 1 lb. per H.P. and Hour.

A Working Stationary Engine and a Launch with a 4 H.P. Engine will be shown and full particulare be given on application.

SCHEELE & CO., HONGKONG,

SOLE AGENTS FOR THE EAST,

NO PROFESSIONAL, ENGINEER REQUIRED.

MONTHLY RATES FOR

COT18

MEALS

“BREAKFAST.

AT H.K. HơTEL

75.00

co

450

ALL § ́MKALS.

SMOKELESS.

Cheaper Qualities for Low PRESSURES.

The "VICTOR" METALLIC PACKING has been adopted by the Lords of the Admiralty for use throughout Her Majesty's Navy.

The "VICTOR METALLIC JOINTING MATERIALS for Steam and Hydraulle Joints, Manhole and Mudhole Doors, &e, are also used on every Battleship, Cruiser, Gunboat, Torpedo"" boat and Transport in HM. Service.

"SALAMANDER" Non-conducting Composition for Bollers, Hot-water Tanks, Pipes, da. IN TWO QUALITIES,

SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR QUANTIFIES. SUPERINTENDENT.iyonascutaxassesses.or..mna....THOS. SKINNER.

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DODWELL, CARLILL & Co., General Agents,

FOR SALE.

:(0)

PORT WINE,

THE CELEBRATED GUEDES 3 GRAPES" BRAND, ;

In cases of r dez. Bottles at $34 per case.

Hongkong, 17th December 1.

~-~~~-~~-~- SHEWAN-TOMES-

Solo Agents.

120

THE HONGKONG BUTCHERY.

THIS WELL-KNOWN ESTABLISHMENT

RE-OPENED!

RE-OPENED!

NEW

St

B

Hongkong, 16th January, 1897.

RE-OPENED

Trg

THE TEMPErature is AT LEAST 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN IN

- QUEEN'S ROAD,

TIFFIN AT PM. -

DINNER AT 8 F.K.

ARRANGEMENTS can be made for TIFFIN or DINNER PARTIES in

PRIVATE DDONS-SLOOSER"

For further Particulars syply to

THE MANAGER,

MOUNT,AUSTIN HOTELĄ

ng, 17th July, 1809.

AQUARIUS.

A PERFECT TABLE WATER

Allowance for the Empties when returned to our Godowas, Per I dozen QÜRKİF $1.75

nel price. Per r dosen Pints $.50

$0.50 $1.00 "There is no teaching in all the wide world of hygiene so valuable as the faculcation of the iden that typhoid fever in a water-borne disease. .....

Excluding a net comsion flability to the air-diffusion of its germu, we acquire' this aliment undoubtedly from water directly, or from milk which has been fouled by polluted warer. Pare water mosus practically the abolition of both typhoid fever and cholers. Our safety abroad is to drink a pars Mineral Water only.".

(Dr, ANDREW Wisow in the Illustrated London News)

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co., GENERAL MANAGERS.

THE PHARMACY. :

O

N the 15th JANUARY for the transaction of business as heretofore under

ENTIRELY

MANAGEMENT.

In making this announcement the Undersigned respectfully INVITES INSPECTION of his remises, and, while expressing gratitude for post favours, respectfully solicits the con- tinuance of Patronage.

For THE HONGKONG BUTCHERY CO.,

* Hongkong, 15th January, 1897,

per C. CAMPBELL.

W. POWELL & CO.

FIRST DEŽĪVERIES OF

LADIES' WHITE STRAW HATS,

NEW FLOWERS, FEATHERS AND RIBBONS.

TRADE MARK.

Hong Name - YUEN Wo.

TELEPHONE, No. 135.

W. POWELL & CO.

IND. COOPE & CO'S. PALE ALE.

In the product of a high class English Brew. Bottled in Shanghai without preservatives of any kind, It retains all the characteristics of a light draught Bitter Ale

Per cask of 4 doz, Quarts..... ..$13, per dos. $3.25. Per cask of 8 des. Fištu. .....$14, per dos. $1,80, FULL ALLOWANCE GIVEN FOR EMPTIES.

SOLE AGENTS |

GANDE PRICE & CO.,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

No. 13, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

Hongkong, 19th January, 1897,

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W. BREWER & CO.

HAVE NOW A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ATKINSON'S PERFUMES AND ARE SOLE | The Grey Man, by Crockett

MANUFACTURERS OF

WHITE HEATHER BOUQUET.

Sola Agents for VIN'FASTEUR the grest: Franck Nerve Tonic. Also Sole Agents for the now well-known JAPANESE TABLE WATER

TANSAN.

FLETCHER & CO

CARMICHAEL & CO,

The Seven Seas, by Klojing

SOME SPECIAL NEW BOOKS.

$1.30)in and beyond the Himalayas, by S. r. HAZELL'S ANNUAL, 1897.

WHITAKER'S ALMANACK, 1897.

1.20 Stories of Everyday Life la Modern Chlam 1:20

by Walters......... 1.20 Fifty Years Reminiscence 'In India, by The Buddhist Praying Wheel, by W. PollockmanÜnsa

Taqalsara, by Marlon Crawford.......... Rodney Stone, by Conan Doyle Doctor Nikols, by Bosthby

Basiskin Cloak, by Boldrowood.

Life of Brian Houghton Hodgson, by Sis..

WWW.Hanterannomos

With the Jungle Folk, by 1, D. Camingua, 100 | How to Train a Race Horse, by Warburton B.c

AT THE

"HONGKONG telegraPH" OFFICE, PRICE: to CENTS PER COFT.

Orders can now bo atiended to by the

233)

MANAGER,

Hongkong Telegraph Office,

6, Pedder's Hu,

KUHN & KOMOR, JAPANESE FINE ART curios, 11 & 13, QUEEN'S ROAD, HOKOKANO, 35, WATER STRKET, YOKOHAMA

And

36, DIVISION STREET, KOBE.

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

Intimation.

MOUNT AUSTIN HOTEL

1,400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS,

! ExCREATOR, " Howɑxoxo,"

A, B, C. Code.

TELEPHONE,

No. 35.

ESTD, 1884,

TELEPHONE

Hongkong, 15th January, 1897.

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