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COTTAM & Co., GENERAL CONTILIARS, &C.

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The Hongkong Telegraph.

NEW SERIES NO. 533 · BA#★#=+=#*

Banks.

Ensurances.

THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, THE MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE

LIMITED.

£1,000,000

COMPANY.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1834

£2,030,000

****£757,478

Authorised Capital. Subscribed Capital..............$00,000 TOTAL FUNDS AND SECURITY...-1,480,053

CAPITAL

NET ANNUAL FIRE PREMIA.......... HEAD OFFICE --HONGKONG.

Court of Directors

D. Gillies, Esq.

Chow Tang Shang, Esq. H. Stolterfoht, Eng. Kwan Họl Chuen, Esq. Chan Kit Shan, Esq. — √

Chief Manager,

GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR.

Interest for 12 months Fixed, 5 per cent. Hongkong, aged October, 1893..

SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION,

PAID-UP CAPITAL

...$10,000,000 RESERVE FUND pemeramumaaru$ 6,500,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPTORS...$10,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS:

ST. C. MICHAILSýn, Esq.-Chairman, --- Hon. J. J. BELL-IRVING.—Deputy Chairman, C. Hearmand, Esq. | A. 1. Raymond, Esq. G. D. Bining, Esq. R. L. Richardsan, Esq. G. B. Dodwell, Esq............] D. R. Sassoon, Esq. R. M. Gray, Riq

R. Shewan, Esq.

A. McConachle, Esq. N. A. Stabs, Esq.

CHEY MANAGER :

Hongkong-T. JACKSON, Esq. MANAGER:

Shanghai-J. P. WADE GARDNER, Esq. LONDON BANKERS-LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED, HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED

Qa. Current Account at the rate of 2 per Cent, per Annum on the daily balance,

INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS: For 3 months, að per Cent, per Annum. For 6 months, 3ì per Cent, per Annum. For 12 months, 4 per Cent. per Annum.

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager.

Hongkong, 27th Fet.uary, 1897.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

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"HE Business of the above Bank is conducted

THONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Roles many ba obtained on application.

INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 31 Pas CEST, per annum.

Depósitors may transfer at their option 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 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI "BANKING CORPORATION,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 1st August, 1895. (

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

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

CAPITAL PAID-UP

RESERVE LIABILITY Or SHARK-

HOLDERS..uapane

RESERVE FUND ......................

INTEREST - ALLOWED

HAVING bera appointed AGENTS of the Company we are prepared to accept EUROPEAN and CHINESE-RISKS at CURRENT RATES.

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co.,

Agents.

Hongkong, and fanuary, 1897. NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG,

THE

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*HE Undersigned AGENTS of the above Company are prepared to accept First Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at CURRENT RATES,

SIEMSSEN & Co. Hongkong, 18th May, 1895.

GENERAL NOTICE

ESTABLISHED 1881.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1897.:

FOR

Intimations,

PENINSULAR AND RIENTAL STEAM

NAVIGATION COMPANY.

STEAMERS

CAPTAINI

TO BAN

REMARKS

LONDON........Conton innut. G. Cubitt, R.R......About 6th March..Freight or Passage. SHANGHAI, &c. Ceylon.J.-R. Lendon, RY.R....About &th Mir....Freight or Passage. SHANGHAI ...............Roșetio. F. N. Tillard .........................About 7th May....Freight or Passage.

LONDON, &c. ...Rohilla .......................F. `Cole `.............. ........Noon, 11th Ma........

(See Special

Advertisement

(Freight or Fassage. JAPAN....W, D. Mudie Noom, 12th Mat (Passing through

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七廿月二英港香

Intimations.

JOB PRINTING, THIS department of the

Hongkong Taligraph Having been replanlahed with a large assortment of type, orders can now be executed quickly and in the best style.

Address 2-6 Pädder's Hill,

Hongkong.

THIRTY DOLLARS

PER ANNUM.

BELL'S ASBESTOS EASTERN

AGENCY, LIMITED.

VARNISHES.

́SOLE AGENTS FOR:-

GOODS.

I

ALL MINIUM & GENERAL" FOUNDRY | NEW WIRE WOVE ROOFING CO.

S/N, LD. SNOW DON, SONS & CO., "SNOWDRIFT."}

GEIPEL'S STEAM TRAP. BERER & SONS LTD., PAINTS AND TURTON BROS, & MATTHEWS' STEEL

W. WILSON COBBETT (SÅTURN & SCANDINAVIA BELTING). AQUOL, the great fire and damp resisting Paint for-inside or outside

work.

Aspestos goods of the best quality always on hand.

W. JACKSON, Manager,

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LONDON.......Java mania), Chellow, R.N..................About 18th Mar.....Freight or Passage.

For Further Particnises, apply to

HA RITCHIE, Superintendent. Hengkong, 26th February, 1897.

Hongkong, 16th Januse,, 1897.

$833.333-33-

THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY, (LIMITED.)

CAPITAL, TAELS 600,000

EQUAL TO *** RESERVE FUND

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, LXE SING, Esq.

LO YEUX MOON, E14. LOU TO SHUM, Esq."]

MANAGER.--HO AMEL 'ARINE RISKS on GOODS, &c., taken I CURRENT RATES to all parts of the

MARIN

World.

HEAD OFFICE, 8 & 9 PRAYA WEST, Ha ghore, srth Decausber, 1880.

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THE

.

NOTICE,

ROSBA CH

THE BEST NATURA), TABLE WATER IN THE WORLD. Invaluable or dyspepsia and Indigestion,'

"Remarkably tres from egenic Impurities. Its flavor is decidedly more agreeable than that of any Éistral Water which I Bave ever tasted. It in naquestionably the best of skind, "

ESTD, 1884.

*TELEPHONE--75.

$1,000,000 || Springs at Rosbach near Homburg,

"HE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY,"

LIMITED..

.

CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED

The above Company is prepared to accept MARINE RISKS at CURRENT RATES on Goons, c. Policies granted to all Parts of the world payable at any of its Agencies,

CHAU TSEUNG FAT, Secretary. HEAD OFFICE, No. 4, QUEEN'S ROAD WEST. Hongkong, sfth May, 1901.

Amusement.

If you have lost SYMPATHY you ar

exiled from light:

WELCOME RETURN

WILLISON'S CIRCUS.

THE SHOW OF SHOWS.

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Solid as the Reck dl Gibraltar, it has gained the topmost rang in the Golden Opinions-of-the Hongkong Pabile.

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£800,000

FAREWELL PERFORMANCES MONDAY, 1st March,

TUESDAY, 2nd March,

OUR NEW COMPANY.

...

15, Quim's Road,

Sk CHARLES CAMERON, M.D., FRCSL.

CALDBÉCK, MACGREGOR & Co.,

SILE AGENTS.

Hongkong, 27th February, 1897

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO., SHIPCHANDLERS,

DECK AND ENGINE-ROOM ¿TORES OF ALL KINDS.

↑UBBUCK'S FIRST QUALITY PAINTS and OILS.

HU

SIR CHAS, PRICE'S ENGINE and CYLINDER OILS.

EAGLEBERTS CYLINDER OIL.

INTERNATIONAL

ANTIFOULING

FOR SHIPS BOTTOMS.

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COMPOSITION

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

Steamship Companies.

INNUMERABLE. TESTIMONIALS.

WATER-SUP PLIED.

3

FRESH

CALL FLAG "R."

Hongkong, rrth November, 1896,

......................£800,000 | Under the Patronage and in the Presence of

ON CURRENT

ACCOUNT at the Rate of a per cent, per

aninum on the Daly Balances.

On Fixed Deposits for xa months... 4. per cent.

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6 "

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******

T. H. WHITEHEAD,

Manager, Hongkong.

Hongkong, 19th October, 1896,

For Sale.

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CYCLES! CYCLES! OYCLES !

ALL THE RAGE}

ALL THE GO!

*Cheap at any Price? Is the verdict of all Cycllats who have tried the

"DEFIANCE"

Sustable for Laning and GENTLEMEN,

HE Undersigned have received a Small

Consignment of the Famous

"DEFIANCE"

Bicycle and are offering them for Sale at Prices 'withid the reach of everybody,

ALSO 1

Also f

Azo1

SAFES SAFESİ SAFES ! of best japanese make and just the same as those that stood the test of fire admirably in the great conflagration at Kobe about a year ago.

FOR SALE

AT MODERATE PRICES 'and are equal to and cheaper than English

Safes. · From a feet to a feet 6 inches.

Cycles and Safes now on View at

L. M. ALVAREZ & CO. Over A TAX'S STORE, Queen's Road. Coutral.

Hongkong, 6th February, 1899. .

His Excellency. The Gare, nor

of Hongkong,

SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G. TESTIMONIAL BENEFIT

tendered

BERT WILLISON,

AT.W.ORA.O.B.M.M.,

The Popular Proprietor.

Several well-known lecal Gentlemen Amateurs have kindly volunteered to perform In the Arens,

WEDNESDAY, 3rd March,

-POSITIVE FAREWELL-

$20 will be paid to the person

$20

whose letter is first opencil by a Committee of appointed gentlemen, giving the correct fatérpretation of the missing words

after Mr. WILLISON's name AT.W,O.R.A,Q.B.M.M.

Another Event

LOCAL HORSE LEAPING CONTEST ridden by Owners or Gentlemen Jockeys only, For a MAGNIFICENT SILVER CUP Presented by Mr. WILLISON

and now on.view:at.

G. FALCONER & CO'S

Secure your Sexts early for the FINAL THREE NIGHTS

of the Show that has delighted Millions in every Country, every Clime. Hongkong, 25th February, 1897.

Masonic,

ZETLAND

.

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LODGE,

No. 525, E.C.

REGULAR MEETING of the above

A LODGX will be held in the FREEAPONS

HALL, Zelland Street, on MONDAY, the rat March, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely," Vidiing Brethren are cordially invited to attend. [256 | . Hongkong, aged February, 1897,

Entimation.

MOUNT AUSTIN HOTEL

1400 FERT ÁBOVE SEA LEVEL.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS,

"EXCHISION," HONGKONG,

A. B. C. Code.

TELEPHONE

No. 35.

THE TEMPERATURB IS AT LEAST 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN IN

QUEEN'S ROAD.

TIFFIN AT, P.M.

'DINNER AT 8 PM.

ARRANGEMENTS can be made for TIFFIN or DINNER PARTIES in

PRIVATE DINING-ROCHE

For further Particulars apply to

THE MANAGER,

· MOUNT'AVITIN HOTEL.

"Plengkouz, nythj[ufy/1Reg.

1348

NOISELICS.

TRY. THE

SPECIAL

WHISKEY

EXPLOSION IMPOSSIBLE.

*T H.K. HorEL

JASTRAM'S PATENT

GOLDEN KEDAL

fas

PETROLEUM ENGINES

*OF TWOʻxa' HP.

· 7oz"FACTORIES AND LAUNCHES,

WORKED BY ORDINARY PETROLKŮM.

Consumption of Petroleum 1 18. pir. HP, and Hour

A Working Stationary Engine and's Lamach with a 4. H.P.. Engine will be shown and full particulars be given on application,

SCHEELE & CO., Hoxeroxe, SÕLM AGENTS FOR THE EAST.

NO PRÓFESSIONAL ENGINEER REQUIRED.

THE PHARMACY.

SMOKELESS

HAVE-NOW A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ATKINSON'S FERFUMES AND ARE SOLE

MANUFACTURERS OF

WHITE HEATHER BOUQUET.

· Solo Agents for VIN PASTEUR the great Franck Nerve Tools. “Also - Sola Agents for the now will-known JAPANESE TABLE WATER TANSAN.

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 Foreign Ratiways, including the Imperial Railways of Japan. MANUFACTURERS OF

The Best Qualities of ASBESTOS and RUBBER GOODS for the VERY HIGHEST PRESIDIES, 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 Hydraulic Joints, Manhole and Mudhole Doors, dc, are also used on every Battleship, Cruiser, Gunboat, Torpedo boat and Transport in H.M, Service.

"SALAMANDER" Non-conducting Compasliten for Bellers, Hot-water Tanks, Pipes, &c. IN TWO QUALITIES.

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SPECIAL QUOTATIONs for quantities. SUPERINTENDENT.

........THOS. -SKINNER. DODWELL, CARLILL & Co1, General Agents.

THE HONGKONG BUTCHERY.

THIS WELL-KNOWN ESTABLISHMENT

RE-OPENED!

RE-OPENED!

RE-OPENED!

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

ENTIRFLY

NEW

MANAGEMENT.

In making this announcement the Undersigned respectfully INVITES INSPECTION of his Premises, and, while expresslog gratitude for pest favours, respectfully solicits the com tinuance of Patronsec.

For THE HONGKONG BUTCHERY CO.,

4.

Hongkong, 15th January, 1897.

per C. CAMPBELL.

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W. BREWER & CO.

· JUST LANDED

A NEW AND LARGE STOCK OF

BOOTS AND SHO E S,

OF THE BEST QUALITY ONLY FOR

LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN

ALSO FOR

BOYS AND GIRL S.

Hongkong, 13th February, 1897.

FOR SALE.

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G. H. MUMM & Cos CHAMPAGNE.

In cases of a dex. plais ça...$35 per casa,

de, I dos quasi.....ISTOUPILM

Hongkore, 13th February, 1997,

TRADE MARK.

Hong Name YUEN WO

TELEPHONE, No. 135.

do

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,

Agrotu

P. D. C.

A RARE OLD MELLOW SCOTCH WHISKY,.

SOLE AGENTS :—

PRICE :—$10 PER DOZEN,

"CLUB.

$11 PER DOZEN,

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GANDE PRICE & CO.,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

No. 13, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

Hongkong, 10th February, 1897,

W. POWELL & CO.

NICE SELECTION OF

FANCY WORK.

KMBROIDERIES,

NEEDLEWORKS,

ARRASENÉS,—SILES, EMBROIDERY WOOLS.

FLETCHER & CO. CARMICHALL

Kangkang, #and February, 1947)

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WOOL. WORKS,

W. POWELL & CO.