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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

ESTABLISHED 1881,

NEW SERIES No. 1279, Bt#Ax¶±+=**______ THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1899.

Banks.

THE

Intimations.

"OKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM

ESTABLISHED 1880.

"CAPITAL(SUBSCRIRED AND Yen

PAID-UP)

RESERVE FUND

Head Office -YOKOHAMA,

Branches and Agencies

TOKIO.

NAGASAKT:

LYONS.

BOMBAY.

TIENTSIN

LONDON.

KOBE.

LONDON,

NEW YORK.

SAN FRANCISCO. HONOLULU:"

SHANGHAL:

LONDON BANKERS:

THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LD. PARRS' BANK, LD. THE UNION BANK OF LONDON, LD,

HONGKONG AGENCY

NCY INTEREST ALLOWED.

On Current Account at the rate of a per cent. per Annum on the Daily Balance.

On fixed deposits for 1 months at 5 per cent.

NAVIGATION COMPANY.

STEAMERS

CAPTAINS,

TO SAIL

REMARKS

.T. H. Hide, R.N.R......Aboul 4b August...Freight only,

SHANGHAI Chusan .E. Street

Aboutjih August........Freight or Passage. LONDON, &c...Coromandel).F. W. Vibert, R.N.R....Noon, th August... Freight or Passage. JAPAN

Rokilla? ..............S. de D. Lockyer, R.N.R..4 P.M. 5th August..... Freight or Passage.

JAPAN, &c. ...... Canton* La.....A, W, Symed, R.N.R....About oth August.. Freight or Passage.

LONDON... „Manila,...........R. L. Haddock, R.N.R... About 17th August. Freight or Passage.

(Passing through the Inland Sea)..

+(See Special Advertisement),

For Further Particulars apply to,

H. A. RITCHIE, Superintendent.

*S, CHOH,

"Hongkong, 29th July, 1899-

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Hongkang, 1st August, 1800

THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,

LIMITED.

Authorised Capital

Paid up Capital ..

$1,000,000 £324,374

HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG..

Board of Directors

Chan Kit Shan, Esq.

Chow Tung Shang, Esq. Kwani Hoi Chuan, Esq.

D. Gillies, Esq. _____ |]. T. Lauts, Esų.

Chief Manager,

GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR.

interest for 12 months Fixed .§.% Hongkong, 30th May, 1899

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA,

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, "1853.

HEAD OFFICE

LONDON;"

CAPITAL PAID-UP.

800,000

RESERVE LIABILITY, TOK SHARE EASIE

·HOLDERS..

RESERVE FUND Gaaksp

800,000 500,000

INTEREST ALLOWED on CURRENT

ACCOUNT at the Rate of 2 per cent per

annum on the Daily Balances.

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

THE WHITEHEAD,

Manager, Hongkong.

Hongkong, doth May, 1898,-

HAL

BANKING CORPORATION.

PAID-UP CAPITAL

RESERVE FUND....

CLUB WHISKY

IS THE BEST.

$12.00

Hongkong, 19th May, 1899.

Telephone

PER DOZEN.

H. PRICE & Co.,

13, QUEEN'S ROAD.

AQUARIUS.

A PERFECT TABLE WATER.”

Per 1 Dozen Quaris $2.50 Per Dozen Pinta............ 1.75

Allowance fur the Empties vben return to our Godowns.

$1.00

0.7$

Net Price.

$1.50

1.09.

"There is no teaching in all the wide world of hygiene so valuable as the "inculcation of the idea that typhoid fever is a water-borne disease. Exclud- ing a not common liability to the air-diffusion of its germs, we acquire this 'ailment undoubtedly from water difccily, or from milk which has been. fouled by polluted water. Pure water means practically, the abolition of "both typhoid fever and cholera. Our safely abroad is to drink a pure

'Minem Water only,”---(Dr. Andrew Wilson in the "Illus. London News”):

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.;

,000,000 $10,000,000 15, Queen's Road...

· RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPTORS,$10,000,000

COURT OR DIRECTORS

R. M. GRAY, Esq., Chairman.

N.. A. SIEBS, Esq., Deputy Chairman,"

E. Goetz, Esq.,

A. Haupt, Esq., | A. J. Raymond, Esq.

R. H. Hill, Esq. | P. Sachse, Esq.

The Hon. J.J.Keswick E. Shellim, Esq.

A. McConachie, Esq. | R. Shewan, Esq.

CHEER MANAGERS

Hongkong-Sir Thomas JacksoN,

MANAGER

Shanghai-IP. WADE GARDNER ES LONDON BANKERS--LONDON AND COUNTY'S

·BANKING COMPANY LIMITED

HONGKONG INTEREST ALLOWED. On Current Account at the rate of 2 per Cent

per Annum on the daily balance,

* ON FIXED DEPOSITS

For 3 months, 2, per Cent, per Annuit For 6 months, 3r per Cent per Annum. For 12 months, 4 per Cent per again.

SEAL THOMAS JACKSON,

Chiel Manager

Hongkong, 6th June, 1899, org

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

HE Busine

by the HON

"DANKING CORI

obtained on app

INTEREST on deposits is allow

CENT. per annum,

Depositors may transfer

SHANGHAI BANK, to be:

balances of $100 armore

DEPOSIT 4 PERCEN For the HONGS

Hongkong, 1st August

HAL

Linay be

Hongkong, Sth July, 1899,

BOARD

HONGKONG HOTEL

GENERAL MANAGERS.

AND

THE

RESIDENCE.

On Monthly Terms from 1st May, 1899,

CLUB HOTEL,

LIMITED.

四拜禮

魏三月八英港香

Intimations,

UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL

AGENCY, LIMITED

SOLE AGENTS IN

HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS,

FOR THE

UNITED ASBESTOS CO., LD., LONDON,

CONTRACTORS TO H.M. GOVERNMENT.

"MANUFACTURERS OF THE-

Best Qualities of ASBESTOS GOODS and PACKINGS:- HYDRAULIC and SELF LUBRICATING PUMP PACKINGS, of all kinds.

DOWVICTOR" METALLIC BUİLER JOINTS. AN ASBESTOS SALAMANDER BOILER COVERING COMPOSITION of the best qualities. ESTIMATES given for every DESCRIPTION of WORK. SUPERINTENDENT..

„THOS, SKINNER

TH

UNITE PAN DobWELL

General

THIRTY DOL

PER ANNUM:

Auctions.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION

No 405

HE following Particulars of Bal

Land by Public Auction, to be held at the Offices of the Public Works Dep

TUESDAY

the 8th day of August, 1899, at 3 lished for general information.

are pub

By Command,

J. H. LOCKHART STEWART,

Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong, 15th July, 1890.

1993

Particulars of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Tuesday, the 8th day of August, 1899, at 3 PAL, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His

DODWELL & CO, LIMITED, General Agents Excellency the Governor, of Four. Lots of

PEAK HOTEL

AND

CRAIGIEBURN.

THE PEAK HOTEL is situated at VICTORIA GAP, adjoining the TRAMWAY TERMINUS,

1,350 feet above sea Level

HOTEL.

CRAIGIEBURN is situated at PLUNKETT's Gar, five minutes walk from the PEAK

Fine Healthy location, variety of beautiful scenery, Cool Southerly breezes in Summer with perfect protection against the North East Winds in Winter.

Well appointed rooms, attentive service and excellent Cuisine.

CITY OFFICE, 7, Duddell Street.

Hongkong, 4th January, 1899.

HOTEL

· GEO. J. CASANOVA, Manager.

ORIENTE,

MANILA.

"HE'Public are informed that this FINE and COMMODIOUS HOTEL is To-day entirely

Easter Hotel. All the latest improvements and conveniences have been added, to the building, including Electric Light throughout.

THE Publice infoANAGEMENT, and so on a par with the best managed

CROWN LAND, at Mong Kok Tsui, Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 25 Years, with the option of renewal at a CROWN- RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor to Her Majesty the QUEEN for one further term of 75 years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.

Kow-

| No. of Salt.

181 5 Regiary No.

land

LOCALITY,,

Mong Kok

T

Boundary Measurement

-N B

W.

Sqirare feet,

Anti Reas

Obser Price..

E..

·8051300] 95 17010 50 50

10 130 50 1130] 30| 50 | 5,560,

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

-NO 4217

Ban

The Premises are specially constructed for the tropics, and every attention is paid to the THE following Particulars of Sale of Crown Confort and Convenience of Guests.

Cuisine of the beat, and Prices Moderate.

A First-Class Livery Stable is attached to the HOTEL."

ACCIDENTAL DEATHS

WOULD NOT HAPPEN

IF YOU USE

SSET'S

[S040

FLUID

THE STRONGEST KNOWN DISINFECTANT.

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WATKINS & CO.

Hongkong, 12h Junė, 1899.

No SB, BUND, YOKOHAMAS

IRST-CLASS HOTEL Centrally situated, well furnished und

plied with excellent Cuisine and Good Wines.

'66,

QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

THE PHARMACY.

Land by Public Auction, to be held at

the Offices of the Public Works Department, on

TUESDAY, MARANGHA

the 8th day of August, 1899, at 3:30 PM, are pub lished for general information.

By Command,

(9948

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office

Hongkong, zand July, 1899, Particulars of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Tuesday, the 8th day of August, 1899, at 3.30 P.5, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Ex- cellency the Governor, of Two Lots of CROWN. LAND; in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years, with the option of renewal attai CROWN RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor to Her Majesty the QUEEN for one further term of 75 years

PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS. “VL.

Boundary. Bleasurement;

LOCALITE.

N

L

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Rural

ing

[L. FL. St

No

Mott Gough | 190 | 130 |113 151

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

SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF B

237

WHITE HEATHER BOUQUET.

Sale Agents for VIN PASTEUR the great French Nerve Tonic "Also Suic Agents for the now well-known JAPANESE TABLE WATER

TANSAN.

FLET

LETCHER & CO.

...and CARMICHAEL & CO.

PETER SYS' WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. THE only remedy at present known as an INFALLIBLE and PERMANENT CURE for

SPRUE DYSENTRY, DIARRHEA, HEMORRHAGE and ULCERATION

of the BOWELS..

Recommended by some of the Chief Specialists of the Medical Profession Sold retail by all Chemists and Wholesale by

12th Octobe; 1895.

THE PETER SYS COMPANY,

(Proprietom and Sole Manufacturers), 9, Old China Street, Shanghai

́HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- ING CORPORATION.

£1242

HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY,

NOT

OTICE is hereby given that the ORDIN- ARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation will

TV

LIMITED.

NOTICE.

be held at the CITY HALL, Hongkong, on THE ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY SATURDAY, the 19th day of August next, at MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Report be held at the COMPANY'S HOTEL on of the Court of Directors together with a State- MONDAY, the 21st August, 1899, at NOON, ment of Accounți to 30th June, 1899, 2000-

By Order of the Court of Directors,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 29 July, 1899. 'HONGKONG AND SHANGHAL BANK-

WING CORPORATION.

1979

for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts of the Company to the 30th June, | 1899, with the Report of the Directors, and to discuss any matters that may be competently brought before the Meeting.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company hat will be: CLOSED from the 8th to the 21st

pany's Steam-launch attends the amval and departure of all to the 19th day of August, (both Days inclusive),

attention paid to the Comfort of Visitors;

1st October, 1897.0

EV SIOEN, Mango

LADIES

well supply your every need from day to day

bu doubt it, come and try at--,

WHITELEY'S OF THE FAR CATHAY

D. FORMOSA

& Latest Novelties in Ladies Apparel.

W POWELL & Co.

NOTICE is hereby given that the REGIS. August, both Days inclusive

TER of SHARES of the Corporation

By Order of the Board, will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 5th

C. MOONEY,

Secretary. during which Period NO TRANSFER of Hongkong, 29th July 1899.......

£978a Shares can be Registered.

HONGKONG, AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED

By Order of the Court of Directors,

SARATUJACKSON, WISA

Chief Manager Hongkong, zoth July, 1899, (19800 HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LIMITED. NOTICE TO BHARKHULDERS, VAC THE DIVIDEND at the RATE of 8 per 1. Cent; or 16.20 per Share, Declared at the Ordinary Halfyearly Meeting of Share holders held this Day will be TAYABLE at He HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION 01 and after TUESDAY the ast Augusta

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

HE ORDINARY HALEYEARLY. MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held in the OFFICES of the Company, Queen's Buildings,, Connaught Road, on MONDAY, the 21st August, at 3 o'clock P.M. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts to the 30th June, 1899

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company ABER will be CLOSED from the 7th to 21st August, Shareholders at requested to apply to the

both days inclusive OFFICE of the Company for WARRANTS/E

By Dider of the Board of Directors,

TARNOLD,

By Order of the Board of Directors

Ensurance.

NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE: COMPANY OF HAMBURG,

THE Undersigned. AGENTS of the above

Company-are prepared, to accept First: Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at > CURRENT RATES,

SIEMSSEN & CE Hongkong, 28th May, 1895.

Co be Let.

TO LET UNTIL JUNE 1900

TPRAYA CENTRAL Whole or Fart of

A Rooms formerly occupied by the INSTI

TUTION OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS; OF HONGKONG...

Single Rooms from $20 upwards. Apply to the

MANAGER or SECRETARY

·At No. 2, Fraya Central Hongkong, 11th July, 1899

TO LET

Queen's Road, Central, (Intely the 1s FFICE ROOMS on 1st floor of Not

PERIAL Bank of China)

Apply to

Compradore Ofice,

ECHOCHAPFEE; Hongkong, 23rd March, 1899 ₤3988

TO LET WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.

7 QUEEN' THE SECOND FLOOR of

ROAD

Apply to

ANSER DISASSOON & CO.

- Hongkong, 33rd May, 1899.1037)4 (6972 TO LETA

EMI-DETACHED VILLA RESIDEN CES on Bowen Road (now in course erection)OVED

PROPERTY lately occupied Bowrington Saw Mills, GROUND FLOOR, 57, FEEL S OFFICES1st floor No

CENTRAL (Lately occup Messrs. MELCHERS & Co.) Apply to

THE

HONGKONG LAND MENT & AGENCY COM Hongkong 21st June. 18og,

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