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B. 2. TAYLOR, Slevidors,

· Lighters and Steam Launcher' Sapplied.

ILOILO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

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The Hongkong Telegraph.

ESTABLISHED 1881.

NEW SERIES No. 1493. =+=4x+=** THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1900.

Banks,

ONGKONG AND SHANGHẠI

BANKING CORPORATION:-

PAID-UP CAPITAL.

RESERVE FUND

$10,000,000 .$11,500,000

RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROP*TORS.$10,000,000

·

·COURT OF DIRECTORS:

N. A. Siens, Esq., Chairman.

R. SHEWAN, Esq., Deputy Chairman. ·

R. M. Gray, Esq

A. Haupt, Esq.

E. Goetz, Esq.

The Hon. J.Keswick

D. M. Moses, Esq.

A. J. Raymond, Esq.

R. L. Richardson, Esq. H. W. Slade, Esq. P. Sachse, Esq..

Cujer MANAGKRÉ

Hongkong-Sir Thomas JACKSON. MANAGER:

|. Ehangbai–J. P. WADE GARD'ser, Esq. LONDON BANKERS-LONDON AND COUNTY

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, 23 per Cent. per Annum. For 6 months, 38 per Cani, per Annum. For 12 months, 4 per Cent. per Annum

H. M. BEVIS, Acting Chief Manager

Hongkong, 4th April, 1900.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

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HE Businessofthe above Bank is conducted

Tby the HONGKONGANDSHANGHAI DANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application......

INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 3) PER CENT. per annum.

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 SHANGILAT BANKING CORPORATION,

H. M. BEVIS,

Acting Chief Manager.

Hongkong, 26th March, 1900.

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THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,

LIMITED.

Authorised Capital..

Paid up Capital....

...41934374

1,000,000

HEAD OFFICE:-HONGKONG.

Board of Directors

Chan Kit Shan, Esq. 1. Gillies, Esq. Chow Tung Shang, Esq. | J. T. Lauts, Eśą.

Chief Manager,

GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR.

Intimations.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM

FOR

NAVIGATION COMPANY,

STEAMERS

CAPTAINS

TO SAIL

REMARKS

SHAI& FPAN.Japan W. G. Wright...........About 14th April...Freight or l'assage. SHANGHAI Chusan..... T. Denny, R.N.R...About 13th April... Freigla ur l'assage. LONDON, &c...Massilia*......C. Gadd......

Noon, 14th April... Freight or Passage. ..Kahillat ......S. Tocque,,R.N.R.......About 14th April... Freight or Passage. MARSEILLES & LONDON DIRECT.

JAPAN

(Without Transhipucat).

S.S. CANDIA " ......About 19th April... Freight only.

LONDON...Malacca.....E. G. Andrew, R.N.R... About 3rd May...... Freight or Passage.

* (See Special Advertisement). (Passing through the Inland Sea).

Vid SINGAPORE and COLOMBO.

For Further Particulars, apply to

Hongkong, toth April, 1500.

A. M. MARSHALL, Acting Superintendent,

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IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.

STEAM FOR

SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID, NAPLES, GENOA,

ANTWERP, AMSTERDAM, BREMEN/HAMBURG;

PORTS IN THE LEVANTE, BLACK SEA AND BALTIC PORTS; ALSO

四拜禮

誠二十月四英港香

Intimations.

THE" UNITED. ASBESTOS, ORIENTAL AGENCY: 43

Sole Agents for the UNITED ASBESTOS COM- PANY, LTD. LONDON, DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Managers.

THIRTY OLLARS

PER ANNUM,

THE BOER MUST GO!

SO MUST INDIGESTION

IF YOU TAKE

CHAMPAGNE BITTERS.

Watkins, Limited,

CHEMISTS, AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS, CIGAR DEALERS, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

COMMISSION AGENTS,

APOTHECARIES

HALL,

66, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG, FACTORY 'MASON'S LANE.

LONDON, NEW YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, NEW ORLEANS, GALVESTON, UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL

AND SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS;

Steamers will call at SOUTHAMPTON to land Passengers and Luggage. NB-Cargo can be taken on through Bills of Lading for the Principal Places in Russia.

'PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG.

STEAMERS. WEIMAR..................................... PRINZ HEINRICH,

PREUSSEN..........

(SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.)

HAMBURG, Hamburg-Amerika Linic

SACHSEN

OLDENBURG

PRINZ HEINRICH..

PREUSSEN.

BAYERN.......

Interest for 12 months Fixed.....5% Hongkong, 20th December, 1899.

STUTTGART.........

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KONIG ALBERT...

WEIMAR

IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA, Established by IMPERIAL DECREE

OF THE 17TH NOVEMBER, 1896. *

Shanghai Tacls. SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL

5,000,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL............. 2,500,000

OLDENBURG

BAYERN

Fend Office:-SHANGHAI,

Branches and Agencies,

CANTON,

CHEFOO.

CHINKIANG.

CHUNKING;

FOOCHOW. HANKOW.

PEKING.

PENANG.

SINGAPORE.

SWATOW TIENTSIN

THE Bank purchases and receives for cullec-

tion Bills of Exchange drawn on the above. places, and Selly Drafts and Telegraphic Trans- lers Payable at its Branches and Agencies.

HONGKONG BRANCH. Advances made on approved securities.` Bills discounted.

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INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS.

per Annum. Fixed Deposits for 3 months,

"

HOLDERS

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E. W. RUTTER,

Acting Manager.

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€800,000

£800,000

....£500,000

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7,500,000

HAMBURG, Hamburg-Amerika Linie

SACHSEN-

STUTTGART..........

KONIG ALBERT...

SANING DATES. WEDNESDAY, 18th April. WEDNESDAY, 2nd May. WEDNESDAY, 16th May, WEDNESDAY, 30th May, THURSDAY, 14th June. THURSDAY, 18th June. THURSDAY, 12th July. THURSDAY, 26th July. THURSDAY, 9th August. THURSDAY, 23rd August. THURSDAY, 6th September. THURSDAY, 20th September. WEDNESDAY, 3rd October. WEDNESDAY, 17th October. WEDNESDAY, 31st October. WEDNESDAY, 14th November.. WEDNESDAY, 28th November. WEDNESDAY, 12th December.

N WEDNESDAY, the 18th day of April, 1900, at Noon, the Steamship "WE!MÅR,” of the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, Captain H. Mayer, with MAILS, PASSEN- GERS, SPECIE ind CARGO, will leave this Port as above, Calling at NAPLES and GENDA.

Shipping Orders will be granted till Noon, on MONDAY, the 16th April, Cargo and Specie will be received on Hoard until § P.M., on TUESDAY, the 17th April, and Parcels will be received at the Agency's Office until Noox, on TUESDAY, the 17th April.

Contents of Packages are required. No Parcel Receipts will be signed for less than $2,30 and Parcels should not exceed Two Feet Cubic in Measurement.

The Steamer has splendid Accommodation and carries a Doctor and a Stewardess.. Linen can be washed on board.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.

For further Particulars, apply to

Hongkong, 4th April, 1900.

NEW ROOMS

At Moderate Daily Rates.

MELCHERS & CO.,

AGENTS.

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HOTEL. HONGKONG

Hongkong, 1st February, 1900,

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

INCORPORATED by Royal Charter, 1853- HEAD OFFICE:-LONDON,

CAPITAL PAUD-UP.........

RESERVE, LIABILITY OF SHARE-

RESERVE FUND

TNTEREST ALLOWED on CURRENT

ACCOUNT at the Rate of 2 per cent per

annum on the Daily Balances. D

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

T. H. WHITEHEAD,

Manager, Hongkong.

Hongkong, zoth May, 1898,

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.

ESTADLISHED 1880,

CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED... Yen 24,000,000

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

It (2,000,000

CAPITAL UNCALLED...... ተነ 12,000,000

RESERVE FUND

Head Office:~YOKOHAMA,

Branches and Agencies.

TOKIO.

NAGASAKI.

SAN FRANCISCO,

BOMBAY

TIENTSIN.

LONDON.

NEW YORK.

HONOLULU.

'SHANGHAL-

- NEWCHWANG,

LONDON BANKERS:

CLAYMORE."

THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LD. FINE OLD SCOTCH

PARRS BANK, LD.

THE UNION BANK OF LONDON, LD.

HONGKONG AGENCY-INTEREST ALLOWED.

On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent

per Annum on the Daily Balance.

On fixed deposits for 12 months at 5 per cent

S. CHOH, Hongkong Manager.

Hongkong, 4th January, 1900.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

LIMITED

PORTLAND CEMENT.

**ex Factory.......

$4.50 Cask of 375 lbs. Net ex $2,60 Bag of 250 lbs.

SHEWAN, TOMÉS & CO.. General Managers.

Hongkong, 8th February, 1900,

SOLE AGENTS:—

THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

MANDOLINES, GUITARRAS,

LANE CRAWFORD & Co.

LYONS.

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-KOBE...

VIOLINS

CELLOS

HONGKONG,

WHISKY.

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 PAGKINGS. HYDRAULIC and SELF LUBRICATING PUMP PACKINGS, of all kinds. "VICTOR" METALLIC BOILER JOINTS.

ASBESTOS SALAMANDER BOILER COVERING COMPOSITION, of the best quahties.

ESTIMATES given for every DESCRIPTION of WORK CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT...

"SUPERINTENDENT

Telephone 75.

......THOMAS SKINNER.

ARCHIBALD RITCHIE.

DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Managers.

JUST LANDED.

EX S.S. "PRINZ HEINRICH," KUPPER'S

PILSENER BEER.

The most popular of light Beers: there is never any sediment in KUPPER BEER, it is always bright and sparkling

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.,

15, Queen's Road.

Hongkong, 12th April, 1900.

BEA

LATZ EER

Per Cask of 10 dozen Pints

Hongkong, 3rd February, 1900.

AGENTS;

!...

MIGHT BE EQUALLED

BUT CANNOT BE

SURPASSED.

$25

SOLE AGENTS:

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BANK HOLIDAYS.

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TN Accordance with the provisions of Ordi

nance No. 6 of 1875 the Undermentioned Banks will be CLOSE for the Transaction of Public Business, TO-MORROW, SATUR. DAY, and EASTER MONDAY, the 13th, 14th, and 16th instant respectively.

For the CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,.

AUSTRALIA AND CHINA,

D. W. GILMOUR,

Manager, Hongkong For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING

CORPORATION,

For the NATIONAL LIMITED,

H. M. BEVIS,

Acting Manager. BANK OF CHINA

CEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR,

Chief Manager.

For the MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA,

LIMITED,

JOHN THURBURN,

Manager, Hongkong.

For the BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,

Hongkong Agency,

LBERINDOAGUE,

Acting Manager

For the jaan 'JATUTE

HONGKONG,

CHANTREY INCHBALD,

Manager.

For the YokotaMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED,

S. CHOH,'

Manager.

For the IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA,

E. W. RUTTER,

Acting Manager

For the DEUTSEH-ASIATISCHE BANK,

F. URBIG,

Manager.

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Hongkong, 12th April, 1900.

INSURANCE HOLIDAYS.

THE Undermentioned INSURANCE

OFFICES will be CLOSED for the Tran :sactionof Public Business, TO-MORROW, the 13th instant, (Good Friday), and on MONDAY, the fith instant, (Easter Monday).

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,

General Agents,

CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE,' LD General Managers,

HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE: CO.,

LIMITED.

For the UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY Or

CANTON, LD,

W. J. SAUNDERS, Secretary.

For the NORTH-CHINA INSURANCE CO., LD,

W. H. PERCIVAL, Agent,

H. PRICE & CO., For the CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE Con

12, QUEEN'S KOÅD.

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PETER SYS' WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. THE SPRUE, DYSENTRY, DIARRHEA, HEMORRHAGE and ULCERATION

HE only remedy at present known as an INFALLIBLE and PERMANENT CURE for

of the BOWELS.

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

12th October, 1898.

THE PETER SYS COMPANY,

(Propriclors and Sole Manufacturers), 9. Okt China Street, Shanghai.

ROBINSON PIANO CO.

AMERICAN BANJOS, GUITARS,

MANDOLINES,

CABIN PIANOS AND ORGANS. NEW MUSIC, SONGS, BOOKS, &C.. STRINGS & FITTINGS.

Hongkong, 20th February, 1900..

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HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN

Centrally situated at PLUNKET'S Gar, the Peak, 1,500 feet above sea-level and 500 yards from the TRAM TREMINUS.

For Terms, &c., apply to the

GUITARS,

BANJOS,

CORNETS,

TROMBONES,

EUPHONIUMS,

Telephone No. 50,

MANDOLAS,

ZITHERS,

CLARINETS, &c.

Hongkong, and April, 1899,

MANAGER

LIMITED,

H. P. WADMAN,

Acting Secretary, For the YANGTSZE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION,

LIMITED,

SHEWAN TOMES & CO.,

Agents. For the CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO.,

GEO. L. TOMLIN, Secretary. Hongkong, 12th April, 1900.

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THE PUNJOM MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.

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OTICE is hereby given that the THIRD ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

of SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company, will be held at the OFFICE of the Company, 9, Praya Central, on SATURDAY, the th April, 1900, at Noon, for the purpose of receiv ing the Report of the Directors and the State ment of Accounts to the 31st December, 1899, and for the election of Directors and Auditors, The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 2nd to the 14th, April, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

W. H. GASKELL;,

Secretary. Hongkong, 26th March, 1900,

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THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND. MORTGAGE COMPANY,

LIMITED.

NOTICE is hereby given that the SECOND

INSTALMENT of $ per Share in respect of the 50,600 New Shares has been called up and Holders of such Shares who have not already paid this Instalment are requested to PAY the Amount of such CALL to the Undersigned at the OFFICE, of the Company, No. 9, Praya Central, on or before the 30th April, 1900,

Dated the 27th March, 1900.

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SHEWAN, TOMES & CO

General Managers