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The Hongkong Telegraph.

NEW SERIES No. 4468,

THE

(ESTAB

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$30 PER ANNULE,

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Banks.

Mails.

Entimations.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF

ESTABLISHED 1880.

CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED ..................... Yen 24,000,000 CAPITAL PAID-UP minama £6,000,000

NEW YORK (AMERICAN BANK).

ESTABLISHED 18641:

U.S. Gold .....$2,000,000

CAPITAL UNCALLED 5,000,000 PAID UP CAPITAL nimium RESERVE FUND

9210,000 SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS.55,180,000

Head Opret -YOKOHAMA ZO

Branches and Agencies.

TOKIU.

NAGASAKI.

LYONS.

BOMBAY

TIENTSIN.

PEKING.

KOBE.

LONDON.

NEW YORK,

SHANGHAI.. NEWCHWANG,

SAN FRANCISCO. HONOLULUI

LONDON BANKERS:

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

THE UNION OF LONDON AND SMITHS BANK, LD.

HONGKONG BRANCH-INTEREST ALLOWED, On Current Account at the rate of a per cent.

per Annum on the Daily Balanco.

On fixed deposits for 12 months at 5 per cent.

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JE

TARO" HOĎSUMI, Manager.

Hongkong, 11th September, 1993.

Gold 57,180,000

Head Office-NEW YORK. LONDON OFFICE:

33 and 35, Lombard Street, E.C.

F. C. Bishop, Manager, Eastern Department.

́BANKERS; PARK'S BANK, LIMITED.

LONDON

HONGKONG

OFFICE:

4, DES VEUX ROAD. General Banking and Exchange business transacted.

INTEREST ALLOWED

On Current Accounts at z% per annum, On Fixed Deposits:

For 3 months 21% per annum.

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E. F. GROS, Acting Manager,

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Hongkong, 1st December, 1902,

(21) INTERNATIONAL BANKING

ONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

H BANKING CORPORATION.

CORPORATION.......

PAID-UP CAPITAL............................................$10,000,000 CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS, RESERVE FUND.-

$16,000,00

Sterling Reserve...........$10,000,000 ? Silver Reserve......$6,000,000) RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPTORS.$10,000,000 Court of Directors:

A. J. RAYMOND, Esq., Chairman.

H. E. TOMEINS, Esq., Deputy Chairman.

Hon. C. W. Dickson,

N. A. Siebs, Esq.

E. Goetz, Esq.

H. W. Slade, Esq.

A Haupt, Esq.

C. A. Tomes, Esq.

H. Schubart, Esq.

E. S. Whealler, Esq.

E. Sheilim, Esq.

- CHIEF MANAGER :

Hongkong). R. M. SMITH. MANAGER:

Shanghai-H. M. BEVIS.

LONDON BANKERS-LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED. HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED:

On Current Account at the rate of z per Cent. per Annum daily balance.

OF FIXED DEPOSITS: For 3 months, 2 per Cent. per Annum. For 6 months, 31 per Gent, per Annum. For 11 months, 4 per Cent, per Annum.

1. R. M. SMITH,

Chief Manager Hongkong, 25th January, 1904.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

"THE Businessoftheabove Bank is conducted

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THONGKONGAND SHANGHAI BANKING 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 5100 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, J. R. M. SMITH,

Chief Manager.

Hongkong, 1st May, 1903.

GOLD $7,992,173-37-about £1,643,003. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS AUTHORISED GOLD $10,000,000=£2,055,000.

HEAD OFFICE:

1, WALL STREET, NEW YORK...

LONDON OFFICE:

THREADNEEDLE HOUSE, E.C.

BRANCHES AT

SAN FRANCISCO, WASHINGTON,

FOR

LONDON, &c..................

SHANGHAI........

STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

LONDON, AMSTERDAM, and y

STEAMERY.

(MALTA.

TO SAIL ON

3. C. L. Daniel Noon, 13th

(BALLAARAT......

C. R. Longden

A'WERP VIA SINGAPURE, PALERMO ALTO PENANG, COLOMBO, PORT E. G. Andrews SAID and MARSEILLES YOKOHAMA VIA SHANGHAI,)

February

About 14th February

About 17th February

REMARKS.

Sce Special Advertisement,

Freight and

Passage.

Freight only.

MOJI and KOBE. (Passing through the Inland Sea), }

S. Barcham.................

About 23rd 5. February, Pasinge.

Freight and

For Further Paniculars, apply to

E. A. HEWETT, Superintendent.

Hongkong, 8th February, 1904.

**

IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.

STEAM FOR

SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID, NAPLES, GENOA, ANTWERP, BREMEN/HAMBURG;

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

MEXICO, MANILA, SHANGHAI, SINĜA- | LONDON, NEW YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, NEW ORLEANS, GALVESTON,

PORE, YOKOHAMA, BOMBAY,

CALCUTTA

AND AGENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD LONDON AND CONTINENTAL BANKERS:

NATIONAL Provincial BANK OF ENGLAND, LIMITED,

UNION OF LONDON and Smith's Bank, Ltd. CREDIT LYONNais, Dresdner BANK,

- COMPTOIR NATIONAL D'ESCOMPTE

DE PARIS, &C.

HE Corporation transacts every Descrip

receives Money in Current Account and issues Fixed Deposit Receipts either in Gold or Silver at Kates which may be ascertained on Application.

HONGKONG BRANCH: 20, DES VIEUX ROAD CENTAL.

CHARLES R. SCOTT, Manager. Hongkong, 14th December, 1903. [19

AND SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS;

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

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

STEAMERS.

GERA...

SEYDLITZ

ROONTES

PREUSSEN

PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG

*HAMBURG........

PRINZ HEINRICH,

OLDENBURG.

BAYERN

SACHSEN

ZIETEN..... SEVDLITZ

(SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.)

SAILING DATES. WEDNESDAY, 17th February. „WEDNESDAY, 2nd March. WEDNESDAY, 16th March. WEDNESDAY, 30th March, WEDNESDAY, 13th April. WEDNESDAY, 27th April. WEDNESDAY, 11th May. THURSDAY, 26th May. THURSDAY, 9th June THURSDAY, 23rd June. THURSDAY, 7th July

* Steamers of the Hamburg-Amerika Linio.

IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA.ON WEDNESDAY, the 17th day of February, 1904, at Noon, the Steamship

ESTABLISHED BY IMPERIAL DECREE OF THE 17TH NOVEMBER, 1896.

Shanghai Tacls. SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL ..................... 5,000,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL

Head Office-SHANGHAI, Branches and Agencies, CANTON.

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CHEFOO

HANKOW.

THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,

LIMITED.

Authorised Capital......

Paid up Capital.cayrami

**£1,000,000 334+374

HEAD OFFICE:—HONGKONG.

Board of Directors —–

Chan Kit Shan, Esq. J. Focke, Esq.

Creasy Ewens, Esq. G. C. Moxon, Esq.

Chief Manager,

GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR, Interest for 12 months Fixed ...........5 % Hongkong, 4th February, 1904.

THE

DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE BANK.

PEKING.

PENANG.

SINGAPORE. TIENTSIN.

Bank purchases and receives for coliec

tion Bills of Exchange drawn on the above i places, and Sells Drafts and Telegraphic Trans-

ers Payable at its Branches and Agencies.

HONGKUNG BRANCH, Advances made on approved securities; Bills discounted.

INTEREST ALlowed on DEPOSITS.

3% per Aunum Fixed Deposits for 3 months.

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PAID-UP CAPITAL ............Sh. Taels 5,000,000 HEAD OFFICE-SHANGHAL

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: BERLIN.

Berlin Tientsin

BRANCHES :

Calcutta

Hankow

Tsingtau (Kiantschoo) LONDON BANKERS: Messrs. N. M. ROTHSCHILD & Sons, UNION OF LONDON AND SMITHS BANK, LTD. DEUTSCHE BANK (BERLIN), LONDON AGENCY DIRECTION DER DISCONTO Gesellschaft.

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

H. FIGGE,

Manager. Hongkong, 1st September, 1993.

TO LET.

O. 1, RIPON TERRACE in FLATS..

No. 4, RIPON TERRACE.

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B. W. RUTTER, Manager.

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Hongkong, 12th August, 1903.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853. HEAD OFFICE:LONDON.'

CAPITAL l'AID-UP........... RESERVE LIABILITY OF SHARE-

£800,000

.....£800,000 £725,000

HOLDERS +99MISIA (9 RESERVE FUND...

·NTEREST 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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T. P. COCHRANE, Manager. Hongkong, 24th December, 1903.

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TO LET. "CROWSNEST” — BARKER ROAD.

CHEAPEST HOUSES IN THE COLONY.

HILL GAP ROAD. Nice

No. 15, WONG NEI CHONG ROAD, facing MORRISON 4 Rooms, Bath Rooms, Out-

Race Course.

of Taxes,

FLATS in MORETON TERRACE, facing houses and Verandahs, Only $40 inclusive

Polo Ground. OFFICES in course of erection, CON

NAUGHT ROAD (near BLAKE PIER), GODOWN No. 34, BLUE BUILDINGS, GODOWNS: PRAYA EAST,

No. 10, MACDONNELL ROAD.

Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY 00, LD. Hongkong, 1st February, 1994.

WILD DELL BUILDINGS, No. 147, WANCHAI ROAD. Comfortable and Airy, Flats of 2 or 3 Rooms, from £25 inclusive of Taxes,

And others to suit various requirements.

S. A. SETH, Land and Estate Broker, Dairy Farm Co., Ltd.

(65) Hongkong, 4th February, 1904.

"GERA," of the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, Captain R. Dahl, with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE and CARGO, will leave this Port as above, Calling st NAPLES and GINDA.

Shipping Orders will be granted till Noon, on MONDAY, the 15th instant, Cargo and Specie will be received on Board until 5 P.M., on TUESDAY, the 16th instant, and Parcels will be received at the Agency's Office until Noon, on TUESDAY, the 16th instant.

Contents of Packages are required. No Parcel Receipts will be signed for less than $2.50 and Parcels should not exceed Two Feet Cubir in Measurement.

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

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,

For further Particulars, appl, to

AGENTS.

MELCHERS & CO.,

Hongkong, 3rd February, 1904.

Intimations.

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LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

THE FAVOURITE BRAND

SHIPPERS

Cutler, Palmer & Co., London.

AGENTS

LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.

HONGKONG.

FOR TWENTY YEARS.

NAPIER JOHNSTONE'S

NAPIER

SQUARE

JOHNSTONE

BOTTLE WHISKY.

AXSIHM FILLON FUNDS

AS SUPPLIED TO THE LEADING CLUBS AND HOTELS.

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HONGKONG HOTEL.

Military Band during dinner on Saturday Nights.

PRICE: Per Dozen $17.00. Per Bottle $1.60.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

Hongkong, and January, 1904.

THOMAS' HOTEL.

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THE

Bovril supplies to the body the

nourishment it requires, and makes

good the muscle, tissue and energy spent during the hurry and worry of

the day's work. The very embodi-

ment of strength and sustenance in

a digestible form is Bovril.

BOYRIL

JAPAN

COALS.

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA

XMITSUI & Co.)

HEAD OFFICE, SURUGA-CHO, TOKYO.

LONDON BRANCH:-34, LIME STREET, EC.

HONGKONG BRANCH-PRINCE'S BUILDINGS, ICE HOUSE STREET.

OTHER OFFICES:

New York, San Francisco, Hamburg, Bombay, Singapore, Bourabaya, Manila, Amoy, Shanghai, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Port Arthur, Seoul, Chemulpo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Maidzura, Kure, Shimonoseki, Moji, Wakamatan, Karatsu, Nagasaki, Kuchinotsu, Bazebo, Milka, Hakodata, Taipeh, de,

Telegraphic Address: "MITSUI" (A.B.G.. and A 1 Codas).

CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Tapanese 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 Fujinotana, Hokoku, Hondo, Ichimura, Kanada, Mameda; Määnoura, Oncura, Otsuji, Sasahara, Tsubakuro, Yoshinotani, Yoshio, Yunokibara and other Coula, C)

N. INUZUKA, Manager, Hongkong

H. PRICE & CO.

WINE MERCHANTS,

12 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

Picnic parties furnished with wines, etc., at

a moment's notice.

Contracts made

on special

terms with

Caterers, Committees, Messes and Captains of Steamers. All Wines, Spirits and Beers supplied

are guaranteed.

Price list on application.

Hongkong, 23rd July, 1903.

Telephone

No. 76.

TELEPHONE NO. 135.

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KUPPER'S PILSENER

BEERS.

THE LEADING BEER IN THE

FAR EAST.

SOLE AGENTS:

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

15, QUEEN'S ROAD.

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Hongkong, 3rd February, 1904.

FIRST CLASS HOTEL, most ceatrally situated; Well furnished and Airy Bedrooms.

Monthly Boarders accommodated on very moderate terms.

For Particulars apply to

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NOTICE

TO THE WEARIED.

THE MANAGER.

There is no nicer place to spend a few days in quiet rest, than MACAO.

And there is no moro Comfortable Hotel in the Far East, than the MACAO HOTEL,

WM.:FARMER, Proprietor.

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INCANDESCENT GAS LIGHT.

The attention of consumers is drawn to the fact that the Undersigned, being Sole Agents for DR. AUER VON WELSBACH Co., VIENNA,

THE INVENTORS OF INCANDESCENT. GAS LIGHT.

ARE SELLING THE ONLY GENUINE MANTLES, The Price of which has been reduced to FIFTY CENTS per piece.

BEWARE OF INFERIOR IMITATIONS !

KRUSE & Co.,

CONNAUGHT HOUSE,