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NEW STOCK. BATHING COSTUMES,

BATHING DRAWERS,

BATH BLANKETS, CHRISTY'S TOWELS,

&c. &c, &c

COTTAM & Co,

General Outfitters.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

NEW SERIES No. 593. ¤¥=+=#★

Pants.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK,

THE Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be INTEREST on daporiis is allowed at 34 PER Cxix. per anDDED.

obtained on application.

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

For the HUNGEỜNG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager.

to

Wongkong, 1st Augnut, 1865. THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA,

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853- HEAD OFFICE LONDON.

CAVITAL PAIS-UP

RESERVE LABILITY Or SHARE.

£800,000

HOLDERE VOYANTmamóa.../800,000 RESERVE FUND.................................£350,000

INTEREST ALLOWED on CURRENT ACCOUNT at the Rate of a per cent. per Renom-on-the-Dally-Balances

INTE

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

13

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T. H. WHITEHEAD,

Manager, Hongkong.

Hongkong, 19th October, 1896,

[37 THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED.

Authorised Capital......

------₤1,000,000

Subscribed Capital.................................................€: 500,000

HEAD OFFICE --HONGKONG.

Court of Directors:----

D. Gilles, Esq.

H. Stolterfoht, Esq..

Chan Kit Shan, Eq.

Kwan Hal Chun, Esq.

Intimations.

CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS.

A CONTRIBUTIONS for the year 1895 has This Day bean DECLARED.

BONUS of TWENTY PER CENT, upon

WARRANTS will be issued on the rota proximo.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Agents,

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.

FOR

ESTABLISHED 1881. MONDAY, MAY 10, 1897.

Intimations

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM

YOKOHAMA via

NAVIGATION COMPANY,

-拜禮

就十月五黃港香

Entimations.

THE 1807 EDITION WEBSTER'S

ΟΙ

DICTIONARY

FOR SALE, PRICE:-16 PKK COPY, AT THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THIRTY DOLLARS

PER ANNUM."

FREDERICKSBURG

1

LAGER BEER.

SPECIAL BREW.

A BRIGHT SPARKLING BEER WITH ABSOLUTELY NO SEDIMENT IS THE CHEAPEST AND BEST LAGER BEER IMPORTED,

STEAMERS

CAPTAINS

TO SAIL

REMARKI

CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED. Hongkong, 24th April 1997

.1673

Bornes

|

SEAWOEL, RE

.....E, P. Bishop ..........................About 14th May..... Freight or

PLE

ESTD. 1304

TELEPHONE-

LONDON vis Coromandel ......F, H. Seymouṛ.........Noon, 20th May..... ||

BOMBAY if

SHANGHAI ...„Katsari-Hind ....C. L., Daniel About 35th May...Freight or Pastags, LONDON & ..Å£ts R. E.L. HII, R.N.R...About 15th May...Freight or. Painage.

Special {See Advertisement.

15, Queen's Road.

Hongkong, 10th May, 1807

YOKOHAMA via

Verona .........................C. H. S. Tocque,

R.N.R.J · Noon, 31st May.....Freight or Passage.

NOTICE TO SHARKHOLDERS,

AN INTERIM BONITE'RIBUTION OF I

CENT. open CONTRIBUTIONS for the your 1896 has been DECLARED.

WARRANTS wil be issued on the 30th fastint,

By Order of the Board,

N. J. EDE,

Hongkong, 15th Apell, 1897, Secretar

Masonic.

PERSEVERANCE

LODGE OF

HONGKONG, No. 1,165.

A LODGE will be held in the FREEMASONG

REGULAR MEETING of the above

HALL, Zetland Street, on SATURDAY, the 15th Instant, at 8.30 ford p.m. precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially larited to attend.

Hongkong, 7th May, 1897.

PRESEVERANCE

[764

LODGE OF

HONGKONG, No. 1,165.

AN EMERGENCY MEETING of the above

LODGE will be held in the FRIIMASONS'

Chow Tung Shang, Erq.Hazi, Zetland Street, TO-MORROW, the 11th instant, at 5 for 5.30 pm. precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited to attend.

Hongkong, toth May, 1907.

Chief Manager, GEO. W, F. PLAYFAIR.

Interest for 12^mantar Fixed;"ƒ per Cent. Hongkong, 23rd October, 1893.

TONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

HANKING CORPORATION.

PAID UP CAPITAL ....$10,000,00 RESERVE FUND$5,500.000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPITORS...$10,000,0-2

COURT OF DIRECTORS:

ST. C. MICHAYISEN, Ëx-Chafeesan.

Hon. J. J. BELL-IRVING,--Deputy Chairman,

A. I. Raymond, Esq.

R. Sheway, Esq.

C. Bearmans, Esq.

G. D. Bialog. Etq...

R. L. Richardson, Esq.

G. B. Dedwell, Esq.

R. M. Gray, Esq.

David Gubbay, Faq.

N, A. Sichs, Esq.

Gerald Slade, Esq,

CHIEF MANAGER:

Hongkong T. JACKSON, Esq.

MANADIR:

Shanghai-J. F. WADE GARD’NER, Esq.

LONDON BANKERS-LONDON AND COUNTY

BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED. HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

Ricsting Order.

No. 8 of 1897.

1764

RAGA MAHOMKD ÁLLY SHIRAZEX, zeilding

at No. 43, Windham Stkeel, Victoria, Hong- kong.

Order dated 24th Apri, 1897. Petition dated 29th March, 1897

Nottes of First General Musting of Creditors.

No, 8 of 1897.

RAGA MAHOMED ALLY SHIRAZEE, ruslding as above.

rath of May, 1897, at

On Chine coat at the rate of a per Cent, THURSDAY, the 13th, darecisely, has been

per Antum on the daily balance..

INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSIKE ;'

3 months, zi per Cent. per Annum. For 6 months, 3ì par Cent. per Annum.

For

* For 12 months, 4 per Cent. per Annum.

1

T. JACKSON,

Hongkong, roli April, 1897.

THE

Chief Manage.

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Insurances.

NOTICH/

THE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY,

LIMITED.

CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED ............$1,500,000 The above Company' la prepared to accept MARINE RISKS at CURRENT Rates on Goods, &c. Policies granted to all Parts of the world. payable at any of its Agencics.

CHAU TSEUNG FAT, Secretary.

HEAD OFFICE, No. 3. QUEEN'S ROAD WANY

Pesakona, zich Rồng, zRos.

NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

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

STEMSSEN & Co.

Hong kong, 28th May, 1895.

THE MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE

COMPANY:

· ES.TABLISHED A.D. 1844.

CARITAS

£1,500,000

fixed for the First General Meeting of Creditors In the above matter to be held at the Official Receiver's Office, Land Office, Queen's Road Central, Victoria almreszli.

No Credlior can vote unless he previously proves kis dobi,

Forms of Proof and Proxy can be obtained at

NAGASAKI, &C.,

LONDON........Socotra .]. Paine, R.N.R..............About zyik May.....Freight only.

H. A. RITCHIE, Superintendent,

For Further Particulars, apply to

Hongkong, 8th April, 1897.

N° 11 15 & 15 CENTRAL MARKET.

HONG KONG BUTCHER

PRIME BEEF AND MUTTON.

CORNEE

BEEF &TONGUES.VEAL SAUSAGES &G

Hongkong, 1st May, 1897,

THIS

PACKING

G

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

SOLE AGENT FOR

HONGKONG AND CHINA.

THE PHARMACY.

HAVE NOW A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ATKINSON'S PERFUMES AND ARE SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF

23/

WHITE HEATHER BOUQUET.

Sole Agents for VIN PASTEUR the great French Nerve Tonic. Also Sole Agents for the now well-known' JAPANESE- TABLE WATER TANSAN.

FLETCHER & CO. And CARMICHAILŊ& CO......

NUNOBIKI NATURAL MINERAL WATER,

FROM THE Springs of THE WELL-KNOWN NUNOBIKI WATERFALLS IN KOBE.

Analysed and pronounced by the Imperial Japanese Hramic LABORATORY OF Oura, to be effective in the treatment of CONSUMPTION, CHRONIC CATARRH OF THROAT and WIND PIPE, all complaints of LIVER, STOMACH and INTESTINE, RHEUMATISM, SUPERABUNDANCE OF BLOOD, &c.

APPLY TO

L. M. ALVARES & CO.,

FOR HIGH PRESSURE CYLINDERS.

Hoogzung, rich March, 1857.

AS USED THROUGHOUT

THE UNITED STATES NAVY,

AMAZON SPIRAL PACKING

HAS GIVEN GREAT

SATISFACTION WHEREVER USED.

82.00 PER POUND.

ALL SIZES IN STOCK

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

Praya Central.

Hongkong, 13th March, rgy,

Tag

IND COOPE & CO.'S ALE per cask of 4 doz. Quarts...$18.00

G.P

**

STOUT

8 Pinta

8 #7

»

...$14.00 ...$15.00

the Official Receiver's Office during Office hours. ☀ TRADE MARK.

At the First General Meeting the Creditors

4

l be asked to consider whether the Debtor shall be adjudged Bankrupt or whether they, the Creditors, will entertain a proposal for a Composition or Scheme of Arrangement. Dated this 8th day of May, 1897...

BRUCE SHEPHERD, Official Recdver

Land Office,

Hongkong.

Hong Name -- YUEN WO.

TELEPHONE, No. 135.

These brews are light in body and of low Alcoholic'

strength.

SOLE AGENTS :-

GANDE PRICE & CO.,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

[767

No. 18, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

Hongkong, nóth April, 1897,

(16

Hongkong, 8th May, 1897.

WANTED.

TOR Merchant's Office BANGKOK,

FOR izustworthy and thoroughly experienced

Book Keeper (Eurasian or Chinese).

Must be thoroughly coversant with Book- Keeping (Double Entry System), and general clerical work. A good salary to s really com- petent man,

Address, by lettes only, enclosing Testimonials,

** SIAM"

C/o this Paper, Hongkong, 8th May, 1807

NOW READY!.

1780

`COMMERCIAL AND STATISTICAL

PAPER.

No. 1-APRIL, 1807.

Being reports of meetings of Companies and Corporations for periods ending 31st December,

TOTAL FUMES AND SECURITY.............£3,480,053 || 1895.

NET ANNUAL FIRS PREMIA....♫ 757,478 This pamphlet la published for the convience

HA

LTAVING been appointed AGENTS of the above Compay we are prepared to Bocept EUROPEAN and CHINESE RISKS

at CURRENT RATES.

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co,

Agents.

Hongkong, and January, 18970

GENERAL NOTICE.

of the Commercial Community and is for sale,

PRICE SI PER COPY, ·

• at the office of the "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,"

No. 6 Pedder's Hil 4.

"Hongkong, 7th May, 1897.

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SAIGON.

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Undersigned, having juri kad balli ́a

THE ON TAL INSURANCE COMPANY,Trader War, he

((LIMITED.)

CAPITAL TALLS 660,000 || $833-333-33-

EQUAL TO **** RESERVE TUND ............... $318,000,00.- BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

de atenas

pattern, capable of Suppizing 40 tons per hour, are now prepared to foralah Ships with Filtered' Town Water quickly and et Lowest Rates,

A. MERCIER & Ca,

Call Flag- at Peak.

713).

LEE Surd, Haq. LO YEUX MOON, KUHN & KOMOR,

LOU TIOʻSHUN, X+q..

MANAGER-HO AMEL,

FARINE RISKS on GOODS, &c., taken

MAI CURRI BATAS 30 all parts of the

World

HEAD OFFICA, 8 & 9 PRAYA WEST. Kangbang, zých komombar'; 1885/--

JAPANESE FINE ART`CURIOS, ́21 & 33. QUEICH ROAD, HONGKONG, 35, WATER STREET, YOKOHAMA and

96, DIVISIOM STREET,, KOYE, goông, rjth March, 1896,

ENQUIRE AT MÀNAGER'S OFFICE HONGKONG HOTEL FOR

PARTICULARS OF

יו

REDUCED

BOARD AND LODGING RATES FOR CERTAI ‹ ROOMS.

W. POWELL & CO.

NEW

EX. "SOCOTRAPRESE SPLENDID ASSORTMENTHOLA EMMAN

MILLINERY

HATS,—FLOWERS—FEATHERS LAUNDRY

SHIRTS-SKIRTB-COLLARB÷CUTTI

Wo shall make a special chow of Jubilée spéciallil Bunglong, Its May, 1899:-

SOLE AGENTS, No. 17, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

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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 Englisk, Indian, Cólontal and Fertigu Radiways, including the Imperial Railways of Japan.

MANUFACTURERS OF

The Best Qualities of ASBESTOS and RUBBER GOODS for the VERY HIGHEST FRESSUREN, Cheaper Qualities for Low PRESSURES.

די

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

The "VICTOR METALLIC JOINTING MATERIALS for Steam and Hydranile Jolate, Manhole and Modbole Doors, &c., ara niso used on every Battleship, Cruiser, Gunboat, Torpedo. boat and Transport lá H.M. Service.

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

SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR QUANTITIES. SUPERINTENDENT....

XY]

„THOS."SKINNER. DODWELL, CARLILL & Co.,

General Agents..

FOR SALE.

G. H. MUMM & Cos CHAMPAGNE.

In cases of 2 doz. pints ......................

da

I dos quarts...........................

***-815 per cars. ****$33 do

SHEWAN,`TOMES & Cǝ.

Hongkong, 13th February "Foy,

W. BREWER & CO.

JUST LANDED

A LARGE STOCK AND GREAT VARIETY OF

LADIES and GENTLEMEN'S

TENNIS SHOES,

LADIES and GENTLEMEN'S "

HOUSE SLIPPERS, (VERY CHEAP)

Hongkong, th March, 1997..

MOUNT AUSTIN

HOTEL

1,400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL,

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TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS,

"EXCELIMUR," HONGKONG,

A, B: C. Coda.

TELEPHONE,

No. 35.

-THE TEMPERATURE IS AT LEAST 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN IN QUREN'S ROAD,

*TIFFIN AT I EM.

DINNER AT 8 PM. /

ARRANGEMENTS can be made for TIFFIN «e DINNER PARTIES la“.

PRIVATE DINING-BLOOMS.

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For further Particular apply to

THE MANAGER,C.

shout syth May-

MOUNT AUITIN, HOTEL.

Mongkong, nyth July, «Bas