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The Hongkong Telegraph.

ESTABLISHED 1881.

NEW SERIES No. 1320. Aл$+=** WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1899. 三拜禮 號十二月九英港香

Banks.

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE HANK, LIMITED.

'ESTABLISHED 1880.

CAPITAL(SUNSCRIBEDAND

IP} Yen 12,000,000

PAID-UP)..

·REŞEAVE FUNDA

Head Oficer:-YOKOHAMA,

Branches and Agencies,

..

KOBE.

7,300,000

LONDON. NEW YORK. SAN FRANCISCO. HONOLULU:

TOKIO.

NAGASAKI

LYONS.

BOMBAY.

TIENTSIN.

SHANGHAI

LONDON BANKERS:

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

THE UNION BANK OF LONDON, L.

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HONGKONG AGENCY:INTEREST ALLOWED,

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

Un fixed deposits for 12 months at. 5 per cent.

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Entimations,

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM

FOX

NAVIGATION COMPANY,

STEAMERS

CAPTAINS

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TO SIL

REMARKS

LONDON !......Cunton ......................C, F. Lockstone, R.N.R.About 22nd Sept.... Freight or Passage. JAPAN, &a..... Java" v ...G. W. Gordon, R.N.R..,About 23rd Sept.... Freight or Passage. JAPAN........... Candia....... W. FI. Haughton, R.N.R.About 25th Sept....Freight only. SHANGHAI „Parronatta....A. Symons......... About 29th Sept. ... Freight or Passage.

LONDON, &c... Voletta) .....C. F. Preston, R.N.R....Noun, jeth Sept...Freight or l'assage.

JAPAN..... ...............Kalilla?.................Si. de 8. Lockyer, R.X.R.4 1.M...30th Sept.... Freight or Passage. LONDON ...... Cunalia................W. B. Haughton, R.N.R.About 21st Oct.... Freight only.

(See Special Advertisement).

(Passing through the luland Sea).

†P MARSEILLES

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Agent

For Further Particulars apply to

Hongkong, 20th September, 1899.

HEA. RITCHIE, 'Superintendent.

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Hongkong, 1st August, 1899,

THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,

? LIMITED.

Authorised Capital..

Paid up Capital

HEAD OFFICE

324,374

HONGKONG.

Board of Directum':

Clan Kit Shan, Esq;

Chow Tung Shang, Esq. Kwan Hol Chuen, Esq.

D. Gillies, Esq.

3. T.. Laits, Esq.

Chief Manager,

GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR.

Interest for 12 months Fixed 5% Hongkong, 30th May, 1899.

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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,

AUSTRALIA AND, CHỊNA,

INCORPORATED by Royal CharTER, 1853, HEAD OFFICE-LONDON.

CAPITAL PAID-UP..

£800,000

RESERVE LIABILITY OF SHARE-

HOLDERS

£800,000

£500,000

RESERVE FUND

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.

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Manager, Hongkong.

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T. H. WHITEHEAD,

Hongkong, 20th May, 1898.

LJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

H

BANKING CORPORATION;:

P'AID-UP CAPITAL..

RESERVE FUND

.$10,000,000

$11,000,000

RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPTORS:$10,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS:

R. M. GRAY, Esq., Chairman.

N. A. SIEUS, Esq., Deputy Chairman.

A. Haupt, Esq.

R. H. Hill, Esq.

E. Goetz, Esq.,

A. J. Raymond, Esq.

P. Sachse, Esq:

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

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

CHIEF MANAGER:

Hongkong-Sir THOMAS JACKSON.

MANAGER:

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

On Current Account at the mate of 2 per Cent. per Annum on the daily balance.

ON FIXED DEPOSITS :.

For 3 months, 2

For 6 months, 3 For 12 months, 4

per Cent. per Annum,

per Cent. per Annum.

per Cent. per Aunum,

THOMAS JACKSON,

Chief Manager.

Hongkong, 19th August, 1899, .

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

THE Business of the above Bank is conducted

The HONGKONGANIDSSONCILIAT

BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application..

INTEREST on déposite is allowed at 31 VER CENT. per annuin.

Depositors 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, AN T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager, ·

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Hongkong, 1st August, 1895.

IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA.

ESTABLISHED BY IMPERIAL DECREE OF THE 12TH NOVEMBER, 1896.

SUBSCRITED CAPITAL

Shanghai Taels.

5,000,000

PAID UP CAPITAL .................................... 2,500,000

Bread OfficeSHANGHAI. Branches and Agencies.

CANTON

CHEFOO.

CHINKIANG FOOCHOW

HANKOW.

PEKING:

SWATOW TIENTSIN.

THE Bank purchases and receives for col

lection Bills of Exchange drawn on the ove places, and Sells Drafts and Telegraphic ransfers Payable at its Branches and Ayes cies.

د و یا تو

HONGKONG BRANCH.

Advances made on approved securities. Bills discounted

INTEREST, ADLOWED ON DEPOSITS.

per Annum Fixed Deposits for months..

EW RUTTER,

Acting Manager...

kong tsth October 1898 [13370

A

CLUB HOTEL,

LIMITED.

No. 5-8, BUND, YOKOHAMA.

FIRST-CLASS HOTEL Centrally situated, well furnished und

supplied with excellent Cuisine and Good Wines.

The Company's Steam-launch attends the arrival and departure of all Mail Steamers.

Special attention paid to the Comfort of Visitors,

Yokohama, rst Öeföber, 1895,

Telophone 75.

HONGKONG HOTEL

BOARD

E. V. SIOEN, Manager,

AND

RESIDENCE.

On Monthly Terms from 1st May, 1899.

CANADIAN CLUB."

RYE WHISKY.

Distilled and bottled by

T30

HIRAM, WALKER & SONS, Limited. Age and Genuineness Guaranteed by the Excise Department of the CANADIAN GOVERNMENT by Certificate over the Capsule of every Hottle.

Has the Largest Sale of any RYE WHISKY 'in the World.

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.,

15, Queen's Road,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. SOLE AGENTS,

Hongkong, 5th September, 1899.

Intimation.

THE LUNITED ASBESTOS BOSS ORIENTAL AGENCY.

-

Sele Agents for the

UNITED ASBESTOS COM. PANY, LTD. LONDON.

- DODWELL & CO., LIMITED:

General Agents.

THIRTY DOLLARS PER ANNUM.

PORTSMOUTH, August, 1899..

AT the Banquet given by the town to the British Medical Association,

WILKINSON'S GOLD MEDAL

LIQUEUR WHISKY

was specially asked for and supplied.

$7.50 per dozen.

WATKINS, LIMITED,

IN

(SOLE CONSIGNEES.),

1897

THE

Insurances.

NEW-YORK LIFE INSURANCE Co.

(In 313 working days of eight hours each.)

PAID TO ITS POLICY-HOLDERS

32.15

AUBRY NECONDA

$129.19

EVERY MINUTE ;

$7,761.38 EVERY HOURI]

$62,011.04

EVERY DAY;

$373,258.76

EVERY WEEK ;

$1,617,454.63

EVERY MONTH;

G. $19,409,455.61

From January 1st to December 31st.

Head Office for the EAST, SHANGHAI,

A line addressed to Mr. A. H. MYERS, Assistant Resident Manager, Hongkong Hotel, will receive prompt attention.

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & CO. and BIRLEY DALRYMPLE & CO., 11130]

Agents, Hongkong.

KUHN & KOMOR, NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE

JAPANESE FINE ART CURIOS, 2123, QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGKONG, 35, WATER STRERT, YOKOHAMA and

36, DIVISION Street, Kove, Hongkong, 15th March, 1898.

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COMPANY OF HAMBURG./

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

SIEMSSEN & Co. [42 Hongkong, 18th May, 1895.

THE

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EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

DECEMBER 31st, 1898.

Quistaning Assurance .........$987,357,134,00 Assurance Applied for in 1898... 198,362,617,00 Examined and Declined. 30,318,875.00 New Assurance Issued........... 168,013,739.00 Income

50,249,386.78 Assets December 31st 1898... 258,369,298.54 Assurance Fund.....

198,898,259.00 All other Liabilities $2,169,550,27 201,058,809.27 Surplus.

57,310,489.27 Faid Policyholders in 1888,24,020,523.42. STRONGEST IN THE WORLD. The Surplus now amounting to more thán $60,000,000 belongs exclusively to Policyholders.

The Surplus of a Life Assurance Company'. is the Fund from which all Dividends MUST be paid.

The Equitable of the U.S. has by several millions Sterling the largest Surplus of any Life Assurance Company in the World.

DIVIDENDS. lo the last 6 years the

· Equitable' paid Dividends to its Policyholders amounting to more than $14,000,090, or nearly 1,500,000 more than the Company which came nearest to it.

Apply for Particulars of the Guaranteed Cash Value Policy, to the Society's Hongkong Office.

P. KIENE,

Acting Manager. [18 Hongkong, 18th September, 1899. [1188a

HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

the Committee and Statement of Account for The past year, Electing a Committee for the en suing year, and for the Transaction of General Business will be held in the CITY HALL, on TUESDAY, the 26th instant, at 6 P.M.

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.

VICTOR METALLIC BOILER JOINTS. ASBESTOS SALAMANDER BOILER COVERING COMPOSITION of the best qualities. ESTIMATES given for every DESCRIPTION of WORK. CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT..................THOMAS SKINNER.

ARCHIBALD-RITGHIE

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271

CLUB WHISKY

$12.00

Hongkong, 19th May, 1899.

IS THE BEST.

PER DOZEN.

H. PRICE & Co.,

12, QUEEN'S ROAD.

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NEW FIRE GRATES,

NEW SEWING MACHINES,

~HAND and TREADLE.

THE BEST AND CHEAPEST ON THE MARKET.

THE MOST POPULAR IN THE ORIENT.

W. POWELL & Co.,

“SUPERINTENDENT

for the purpose of receiving the Report of

SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING,

THE Committee convenes a SPECIAL

TGENERAL MEETING of the Members

of the Society, to be held immediately after the Annual General Meeting, for the purpose of considering and passing certain alterations in the Constitution and Rules of the Society,

JAMES M. FORBES, Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 16th September, 1899. DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Managers. THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEET

PEAK HOTEL.

AND

CRAIGIEBURN.

THE PEAK HOTEL is

HE PEAK HOTEL is situated at VICTORIA GAP, adjoining the TRAMWAY TERMINUS, CRAIGIEBURN is situated at PLUNKETT'S CAJ, five minutes walk from the PEAK

HOTEL.

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

Well appointed roonis, attentive service and excellent Cuisine.

CITY OFFICE, 7, Duddell Street.

Hongkong, 4th January, 1899.

GEO. J. DABANOVA,

Manager.

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PETER SYS' WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. THE only remedy at present known me in, FLOREAGEERMANENT CURE for —SPRUE, DISENTRY DIARRHEA, and ULCERATION. Recommended by some of the Chief Specialists of the Medical Profession. Sold retail by all,Chemists and Wholesale.

Immed. Opposite P.0...1st floor.

October,

of the BOWELS.

by

THE PETER SYS COMPANY,

(Proprietors and Sole Manufacturers), 9, Old China Street, - Shanghai.

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TINGOSHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, ON SATURDAY, the 30th instant, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers, together with a Statement of Accounts to 30th June, 1899,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company: will be CLOSED from the 18th to 30th instant, both days inclusive.

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO., General Managers. Hongkong, T7th September, 1899. [1155k CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE CO.,

LIMITED...~

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS, `HE THIRTY-THIRD ORDINARY»

T MEETING SHAREHOLDERS Y

↑ the above Company will be held at the HEAD- OFFICE, Victoria, Hongkong, on TUESDAY, the roth October, at Twelve o'clock, NOON, for the purpose of presenting the Report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts to goth | April last and of declaring. Dividends.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 26th instant to the roth October, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

A. 5. GARFIT

Acting Secretary! -Hongkong, 18th September, 1899———[11894