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B. F. TAYLOR,;

Strosdord

Lighters and Steam Launches Supplied,

ILOILO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

NEW SERIES No. 2083. A=4^T=8*

THE

YOKOHAMASI

Banks.

SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED 1880...

CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED....Yan 24,000,000

CAPITAL PAID-UP

CAPITAL UNCALLED,immie

18,000,000

6,000,000

RESERVE FUND ..................*** $510,000

Head Office -YOKOHAMA,

Branches and Agencies.

TOKIO.

KOBE.

SAN FRANCISCO. HONOLULU..

NAGASAKI

LYONS.

BOMBAY.

TIENTSIN.

PEKING.

LONDON.

NEW YORK.

SHANGHAI NEWCHWANG.

LONDON BANKERS:

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

THE UNION BANK OF LONDON, LD. HONGKONG BRANCH-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

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TARO" HOBSUMI,

Manager.

Hongkong, 21st January, 1902.

RANKING CORPORATION,

FAID-UP CAPITAL..............

RESERVE FUND.-

Sterling Reserve......5

(10

..$10,000,000

..$510,000,000? $14,250,000

Silver Reserve......$ 4,250,000}

RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPTORS.$10,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS:

R. SHEWAN, Esq., Chairman."

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

E. Goetz, Esq.

A. Haupt, Esq.

H. Schubart, Esq.

D. M. Mosca, Esq. N. A. Siebs, Esq.

A. J. Raymond, Esq.

R. L. Richardson, Esq.

H. W. Slade, Esq,

H. E. Tomkins, Esq.

CHIEF MANAGER:

Hongkong Sir THOMAS JACKSON.

MANAGER:

Shanghai-H. M. BEVIS, 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, per Cent. per Annum. For 6 months, 31 per Cent, per Annum. For 12 months, 4 per Cent. per Annum.

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 15th February, 1902,

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK. HE Businessofthe above Bank is conducted

GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK.

(AMERICAN BANK).

ESTABLISHED 1854.

U.S. Gold. $2,000,000 SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS S4,758,600

PAID UP CAPITĀL .................................

TOTAL

Head Office: NEW YORK.

Directors:

Samuel D. Babcock. George F. Baker. August Belmont. George S. Bowdoin, Frederic Cromwell. Walter R. Gillette. E. H. Harriman. G. G. Haven.

R. Somers Hayes. Charles R. Henderson. Harry Payne Whitney,

ESTABLISHED 1881.

電港

四炸禮

我三十月三粪港香

Mails.

THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1902.

Entimations.

BOVRIL ISN'T DEAR,

BOVRIL AT THE FRONT.

Bovril has played such a conspicuous part in South Africa that it forms ne inconsiderable feature of the story. The "Lancet" has had frequent references to Bovril in the reports of the officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps.. Nearly every newspaper correspondent has

[TER UNITED `ANHISTOS

ORIENTAL AGENCY.

Sole Agents for the

UNITED ASBESTOS CO,

LIMITED, LONDON,

DODWELL & Co., Limited," General Managers.

THIRTY DOLLARS

PER ANNUM.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

FOR

STEAMERS

CAPTAINS

REMARKS

in fact, value for value, it is one of the cheapest drinks and one of the most economical foods that can be obtained. A cup of hot Bevril costs less than a drink of whisky, and while giving a more genuine and lasting warmth than the latter, contains, in addition, the had to refer to Bovril to make his story com. LONDON, &c............ Bolidarai *...R. A. Peters............ Noon, 15th March..Freight or Passage. nutritive principles of beef worth many times piete. Rudyard Kipling and Baden-Powell (SHANGHAI ...falta ........C. L. W. Feild.........About 16th March..Freight or Passage.

have written their Bovril stories. Over 500

.56,758,600

its cost.

.

Adrian Iselin Jr. James N. Jarvic. Augustus D. Juilliard. Richard A. McCurdy. Levi P. Morton.` Walter G. Oakman.. Alexander E. Orr. Henry H. Rogurs. H. McK. Twombly. F. W. Vanderbilt

Walter G., Oakman, President.

Adrian Iselia Jr. .

Vice President.

Henry A. Murray,

+

3rd Vice President.

Win. C. Edwards,

Treasurer.

F. C. Harriman,

Assistant Treasitter.

Geo. R. Turnbull,

2nd Vice President,

John Gault, Manager,

Foreign Dept.

E. C. Meblard.

Secretary

R. C. Newton,

Trust Officer.

London Committee; ·

Arthur John Fraser, (Chairman). Donald C. Haldeman. Honorable Levi P. Monon.

LONDON OFFICE:

33 and 35, Lombard Street, E.C.

R. C. Wyst, Manager.

London Bankers:

PARR'S BANK, LIMITED.

Hongkong Office:

4. DES VEUX ROAD.

General Banking and Exchange business transacted.

INTEREST ALLOWED. On Current Accounts at 2% per annum. On Fixed Deposits:

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For 3 months 21% per annum.

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4%

N. G. EVANS,

Acting Manager.

Hongkong, 3rd March, 1902. [13

BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application:

INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 31 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 Pra CENT. per annum.

For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager

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Hongkong, 4th October, 1900, THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,

LIMITED.

Authorised Capital..

Paid up Capital ..........

(128d

British hospitals and similar public institutions LONDON..... Bombay Old fashioned beef tens and meat extracts, use and prescribe Borrit, not beef tea, dur

SHANGHAI..... Naykin whether known as such, or disguised under Bovril.

more pretentious modern names contain none The reason is not ar to stek, lovril is a of the NUTRITIVE properties of beef. Baron nourisher as well as a stimulant. It contains Liebig linself admitted this fact; there is not the albumen and fibrine, the sustaining proper- doctor to-day disputes it. Used as a nou ish- 'ties of the beer. Is this fact, together with ment Ment Extract is probably the most its absolute purity, that commends Bovril to expensive article one can buy, avril one of physicians and scientists, and proves in practice the cheapest.

i what it demonstrates in analysis,

BOVRIL

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. "VÍCTOR" METALLIC BOILER JOINTS.

ASBESTOS SALAMANDER BOILER COVERING COMPOSITION of the best qualities. ESTIMATES given for every DESCRIPTION of WORK.

THOMAS SKINNER. CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT..

....ARCHIBALD KITCHIE.

SUPERINTENDENT......

JAPAN

DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Managers.

COALS.

IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA, THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA

ESTABLISHED BY IMPERIAL DECREE

OF THE 17TH NOVEMBER, 1896.

Shanghai Taels.

SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL ... 5,000,000 Pain-UP CAPITAL .....

***** 2,500,000

Head Office:-SHANGHAI.

Branches and Agencies. CANTON.

CHEFOO,

CHINKIANG.

CHUNKING.

HANKOW.

PEKING.

PENANG.

SINGAPORE. TIENTSIN.

HE Bank purchases and receives for collec- 1,000,000 places, and Sells Drafts and Telegraphic Trans- *£ 324,374ers Payable at its Branches and Agencies,

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

HEAD OFFICE-HONGKONG.

Board of Directors :—- .

Chan Kit Shun, Esq. C. Ewens, Esq. Chow Tung Shang, Esq. J. T. Lauts, Esq.

Chief Manager,

GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR..

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

THE

DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE BANK.

Ra

INTEREST ALLOWED ON Deposits, Per Annum Fixed Deposits for 3 months.

'71

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E. W. RUTTER, Manager.

Hongkong, 1st January, 1901,

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AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

FAID-UP CAPITAL ...Sh. Taels 5,000,000 THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,

HEAD OFFICE-Shanghal

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: BERLIN.

Berlin Tientsin

BRANCHES :

Calcutta

Hankow

Tsingtau (Kiautschou} LONDON BANKERS: Messrs. N. M. ROTHSCHILD & SONS, UNION BANK OF LONDON, LTD. DEUTSCHE BANK (BERLIN), LONDON AGENCY DIRECTION DER DISCONTO GESELLSCHAFT,

INTEREST allowed on Current Account. DEPOSITS received on terms which may be learned on application. Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.

H. SCHOTTLAENDER,

Acting Manager.

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853. HEAD OFFICE-LONDON,

£600,000

£100,000 ....£$75,000

CAPITAL PAID-UP............. RESERVE LIABILITY OF SHARE-

HOLDERS RESERVE FUND

INTEREST ALLOWED on CURRENT

ACCOUNT at the Rate of 2 per cent, per' infum on the Daily Balances.

On Fixed Deposits for 12 months, 4 per cent.

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1. H. WHITEHEAD

Manager.

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Hongkong, 21st December, 1901. [96ich Hongkong, 9th July, 1901.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

SHIPCHANDLERS AND SAILMAKERS.

DECK and ENGINE STORES, of every description, of the best quality_and_at_most

reasonable rates,

Hubbank's Paints and Oils, Hubbuck's Turpentino,

Sir Chas. Price's Compound Engine Oil

Crane's Cylinder Oil

!!! Glenfield" Boiler Fluid Zynkara Boiler Fluid.

American Valvoline."

Soapstone for Topsides, &o, &c., Boot topping in two shades:

Baxters All lang flax Canvas (the best in the market).

Gourock All long flax Canvas and Grass Bleached Canvas.

Woodberry Canvas and Duck'

Ships Upholstery a speciality, attended to by experienced European Assistants. Any

kind of work undertaken at the shortest notice.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO. Queen's Road and Praya Central.

Hongkong, 3rd February, 1902

(MITSUI & Co.)

HEAD OFFICE:43, SAKAMOTO CHO, TOKYO, LONDON BRANCH:-34, LINE STREET, EC.

HONGKONG BRANCH PRINCE'S BUILDINGS, ICE HOUSE STREET.

OTHER OFFICES:

New York, San Francisco, Hamburg, Bombay, Singapore, Sourabaya, Manila, Amoy, Shanghai, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Port Arthur, Seoul, Chemulpo, Yokohama: Yokosuka, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Maidzuru, Kare, Shimonoseki, Moji, Wakamatsu, Karateu, Nagasaki, Kuchinotan, Sasebo, Miike, Hakodate, Taipeh, &c,

Telegraphic Address: "MITSUI" (A,B,C. and A 1 Codes). CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Japanese Navy and Arsenals and the State Railways Principal Railway Companies and Industrial Works; Home and Foreign Mail and Freight Steamers.

SOLE PROPRIETORS of the Famous Miike, Tagawa, Yamano and Ida Coal Mines; and SOLE AGENTS for Hokoku, Hondo, Ichimura, Karada, Kishima, Mameda, Mannoura, Onoura, Otsuji, Sasahara, Tohmiyama, Tsúbakuro, Yoshinotaní, Yoshio, Yungkibara and other Coals.

N. INUZUKA, Manages, Hongkong. 5630]

D.C.L.

OLD TOM AND DRY GINS.

THE BEST VALUE ON THE

MARKET.

$7.50 PER Doze

Hongkong, 27th February, 1902.

Telophone

No. 75.

SOLE AGENTS

H. PRICE & CO.,

12, QUEEN'S ROAD.

19525

V.O. S.

VERY OLD SCOTCH, OLD VATTED WHISKY.

A Blend of the Finest Whiskies produced in the Highlands. Thoroughly matured and has no rival in the Far East.

SOLE AGENTS:

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.,

15, Queen's Road.

WINE AND SPIRIT, MERCHANTS

Hongkong; 27th February, 1902,

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TO SAIL

...11. S. Bradshaw ....................Noon, 17th March..Freight or Passage.

.....G. J. Benton, R.N.R...About`zoth March..Freight only.

(See Special Advertisement).

PASSENGER SEASON 1002,

FOR MARSEILLES, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. DIRECT WITHOUT TRANSHIPMENT.

5.5 ORIENTAL ............. 5,234 Tons ........ S.S. "MALTA". ....................... G¤64 Tons ....

For Further Particulars, apply to

Hongkong, 11th March, 1902,-

29th March, 12th April.

E. A. HEWETT, Superintendent.

IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,

STEAM FOR

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

- ANTWERP, BREMEN/HAMBURG;

PORTS IN THE LEVANTE, BLACK SEA AND BALTIC PORTS;

ALSO LONDON, NEW-YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, NEW ORLEANS, GALVESTON, AND SOUTH AMERICAŃ PORTS;

Steamers will call at GIBRALTAR and SOUTHAMPTON to land Passengera and Luggage.

N.B.-Carge can be taken on through Bills of Lading for the Principal Places in Russia.

PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG.

STEAMERS. KIAUTSCHOU *BAYERN......... *STUTTGART.......

·⠀ (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.).

KONIG ALBERT..... PRINZESS IRENE.. PRINZ HEINRICH.. PREUSSEN.. AHAMBURG.

SACHSEN

KIAUTSCHOU

BAYERN....

STUTTGART

* Calling at AMSTERDAM,

ON WEDNESDAY, the

SAILING DATES. „WEDNESDAY, 19th March..

WEDNESDAY, 2nd April

WEDNESDAY, 16th April,

WEDNESDAY, 30th April.

WEDNESDAY, 14th May.

WEDNESDAY, 28th May,

THURSDAY, r2th June.

THURSDAY, 26th June.

THURSDAY, 10th July,

THURSDAY, 24th July.

THURSDAY, 7th August. THURSDAY, 21st August..

Steamers of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie.

"KIAUTSCHOU," of the HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE, Captain Luneschloss, with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE and CARGO, will leave this Post as above, Calling at NAPLES and GENOA.

Shipping Orders will be granted till Noon, on MONDAY, the 17th instant, Cargo and Specie will be received on Board until 5 P.M., on TUESDAY, the 18th instant, and Parcels will be received at the Agency's Office until Noon, on TUESDAY, the 18th instant.

Contents of Packages are required, No Parcel Receipts will be signed for less than $1.50 and Parcels should not exceed Two Feet Cubic in Measurement.

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

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.

For further Particulars, apply to

Hongkong, 5th March, 1902.

Hotels.

MELCHERS & CO.,

AGENTS.

HONGKONG

HOTEL.

Military Band during dinner on Baturday Nights.

Hongkong, 15th November, 1900,

HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN,

PLUNKET'S GAP, the PEAK, near the TRAM TERMINUS, Tel. 56.

For Terms, &c., apply to the

Hongkong, and July, 1900.

MANAGER.

GO TO THE

KOWLOON

J. H. DOWNS, Manager.

HOTEL,

KOWLOON J. W. OSBORNE,

Proprietor.

COIR ROPES AND HAWSERS

of best quality, in all sizes, always in Stock at moderate prices.

Apply to

Hongkong, 5th March. 1992.

DODWELL & Co., LIMITED.

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