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The Hongkong Telegraph.

-NEW SERIES No, 4460.

THE

(ESTABLISHED 1881.)

日六十月二十年九十二緒光

Banks.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1904.

Mails.

四拜禮

就一十月二英港香

Intimations.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL

STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF

ESTABLISHED 1880.

CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED...Yen 24,000,000 CAPITAL PAID-UP INITIA 18,000,000

11 CAPITAL UNCALLED...**** 19 6,000,000 RESERVE FUND

Head Office: “YOKOHAMA. Branches and Agencies,

TURIO

NAGASAKI

LYONS.

HOALDAT

TIEN ISIN.

NEW YORK (AMERICAN BANK).

ESTABLISHED 1864..

U.S. Gold Paid up CapitAL ......................$2,000,000 9,210,000 SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS.$5,180,000

KOBE,

LONDON.

NEW YORK,

SHANGHAI NEWCHWANG,

DAN FRANCISCO. HONOLULU,

PERING,

LONDON BANKERS;

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

On fixed deposits for 13 months at 5 per cent,

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TARO' HOBSUMI,

Manager.

Hangkong, 11th September, 1993.

BANKING CORPORATION.

PAID-UP CAPITAL... $10,000,000 RESERVE FUND.-

Sterling Reserve..............$10,000,000) Silver Reserve ...............$ 6,000,000

$16,000,00

RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPTORS.$10,000,000!

COURT OF DIRECTORS:

A. J. RAYMOND, Esq., Chairman.

H. E. TOMKINS, Esq, Deputy Chairman,

Hon. C. W. Dickson,

N. A. Siebs, Esq.

H. W. Slade, Esq.

E. Goetz, Esq.

A. Haupt, Esq.

C. A. Tomes, Esq.

H. Schubart, Esq.

E. Shellin, Bay.

E. S. Whealler, Esq.

CHIEF MANAGER:

Hongkong-J. R. M. SMITH. MARACER:

Shanghai--H. M. BEVIS.

LONDON BANKERS - LONDON AND COUNTY

BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED.

HONGKONG INTEREST ALLOWED:

Gold $7,180,000 Head Office NEW YORK. LONDON OFFICE:

35 and 35, Lombard Street, E.C.

F. C. Bishop, Manager, Eastern Department.

LONDON

BANKERS:

PARK'S BANK, LIMITED.

HONGKONG

OFFICE:

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

INTEREST ALLOWED

On Current Accounts at 1% per annum. On Fixed Deposits:

For 3 months 21% per annum.

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Hongkong, 1st December, 1902.

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION.

CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS, GOLD $7,992,173-37-about £1,640,002. 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, MEXICO, MANILA, SHANGHAI, SINGA- PORE, YOKOHAMA, BOMBAY, CALCUTTA

AND AGENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD LONDON AND CONTINENTAL BANKERS:

NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND, LIMITED,

Un Current Account at the rate of 2 per Ceal. UNION OF LONDON AND SMITH'S BANK, LTD.

per Annum on the daily balance.

ON FIXED DEPOSITS;

For 3 months, 21 per Cent. per Annum.

CREDIT LYONNAIS, DRESDNER BANK, COMPTOIR NATIONAL D'ESCOMPTE

DE PARIS, &C.

For months, 3 per cent. per Annum. Banking and Exchange Business, For 12 months, 4 per Cent, per Annum.

J. R. M. SMITH,

Chief Manager,

Hongkong, 25th January, 1994.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

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HE Businessofthe above Bank is conducted

BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may bel 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 FIXEL DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT. per zooum,

For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI Banking CorFORATION,

J. R. M. SMITH,

Chief Manager.

Hongkong, 1st May, 1901,

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THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,

LIMITED.

Authorised Capital.......

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

€1,000,00

334,374

HEAD OFFICE-HONGKONG.

Board of Directors:—

Chan Kit Shan, Esq. J. Focke, Esq. Creasy Ewens, Esq. G. G. Moxon, Esq.

Chief Manager,

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

THE

ASIATISCHE BANK.

DEUTSCH

PAID-UP CAPITAL

HE Corporation transacts every Descrip- receives Money in Current Account and issues Fixed Deposit Receipts either in Gold or Siiver at Rates which may be ascertained on Application.

'HONGKONG BRANCH: zo, DES VIEUX ROAD CENTAL.

CHARLES R. SCOTT, Manager. Hongkong, 14th December, 1903. [19 IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA.

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

Shanghai Taels. Sunscribed CAPITAL .......................... 5,000,000 FAID-UP CARTAL 2,500,000 Head Office-SHANGHAI, Branches and Agencies, CANTON,

PENANG. SINGAPORE. TIENTSIN.

CHEFOO.

HANKOW.

*PEKING.

THE Bank purchases and receives for collec. tion Bills of Exchange drawn on the above laces, and Sells Drafts and Telegraphic Trans- ers Payable at its Branches and Agencies.

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

INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS,

3% per Annum Fixed Deposits for 3 months.

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Hongkong, 12th August, 1903. ............Sh. Taels 5,000,000

HEAD OFFICE—SHANGHAI, BOARD OF DIRECTORS: BERLIN,

Berlin Tientsio

BRANCHES !

Calcutta

Hankow

Tsingtau (Kiautschou) 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 Current Account.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

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

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

£800,000

... £800,000 ...£725,000

R SERVE LIABILITY OF SHARE-

HOLDERS KESERVE FUND ........................................

NTEREST ALLOWED on CURRENT ACCOUNT at the Rate of a per cent. per annum on the Daily Balances.

DEPOSITS received on terms which may be On Fixed Deposits for 12 months. 4 per cent.

learned an application. Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.

FIGGE,

Hongkong, 1st September, 1903.

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LONDON, C..........................

SHANGHAI...........

STEAMERS.

TO SALL, ON

REMARKS.

(MALTA) Noon 13th } See Special

C. L. Daniel

February

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BALLAARAT

C. R. Longden

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About 14th February

LONDON, AMSTERDAM and )

AWERP VIA SINGAPORE, { PALERMO PENANG, COLOMBO, PORT E. G. Andrews SAID and MARSEILLES YOKOHAMA VIA SHANGHAI,"

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

JAVA.

S. Barcham....

For Further Particulars, apply to

Hongkong, 8:h February, 1964.

} About 17th

February

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Advertisement.

Freight and

Passage.

Freight only.

About 23rd Freight and

February Passage.

E. A. HEWETT, Superintendent.

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IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINTE

STEAM FOR

SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, ADEN, SUEZ, 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 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 ROON

PREUSSEN.

*HAMBURG

PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG.

PRINZ HEINRICH,

OLDENBURG

BAYERN

SACHSEN

ZIETEN

SEYDLITZ

ON

(SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.1

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 Linie,

N WEDNESDAY, the 17th day of February, 1904, at Noon, the Steamship "GERA," of the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, Captain R. Dahl, with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE and CARGO, will leave this Port as above, Calling al NAPLES and GENOA.

Shipping Orders will be granted till Noon, on MONDAY, the 15th instant, Cargo and Specie will be received on Board until P.M., on TUESDAY, the 16th instant, and Parcel: 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 $2.5 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, 3rd February, 1904.

MELCHERS & CO.,

AGENTS.

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Intimations.

$30 PER ANNUM,

SINGLE COPY, 10 CENTS.

Bovril gives strength,

nourishment and sustenance. It is agreeable to

the taste, is stimulating in its effects, is easily assimilated and digested. Bovril contains blood- enriching and muscle-building properties. Some of the leading athletes of the day train on Bovril.

JAPAN

ERUGHT

COALS.

THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA

(MITSUI & Co.)

VECINI

HEAD OFFICE:-1, SURUga-cho, Tokyo, LONDON BRANCH:~34, LIME STREET, E.C.

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

OTHER OFFICES:

New York, San Francisco, Hamburg, Boru bay, Singapore, Sourabaya, Manila, Amoy, Shanghai, Chefoo, Tientsin, Nowohwang, Port Arthur, Seoul, Chemulpo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobo, Maidzuru, Kure, Shimonoseki, Moji, Wakamatsu, Karaton, Nagasaki, Kuchinotau, Sasebo, Miike, Bakodate, Taipeh, do.

Telegraphic Address: "MIT.UI" (A.B.C. and ▲ 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 Fujinotana, Hokoku, Hondo, ichimura, Kanada, Mameda, Mannours, Onoura, Otsuji, Sasahara, Tsubakuro, Yoshinotani, Yoshio, Yunokibara and other Coals.

N. ÍNUZUKA, Manager, Hongkong

C

H. PRICE &

WINE MERCHANTS,

CO.

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

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO. Steamers. All Wines, Spirits and Beers supplied

THE FAVOURITE BRAND

SHIPPERS

Gutler, Palmer & Co., London.

AGENTS

LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.

HONGKONG.

FOR TWENTY YEARS.

NAPIER JOHNSTONE'S

NAPIER

SQUARE

JOHNSTONE'S

BOTTLE WHISKY.

AXSIHM ELLOS Ents

are guaranteed.

Price list on application.

Hongkong, 23rd July, 1903.

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T. P. COCHRANE,

Hongkong, 24th December, 1903.

TO LET. "CROWSNEST" - BARKER ROAD.

Telephona

Manager.

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No. 75.

AS SUPPLIED TO THE LEADING CLUBS AND HOTELS.

O. 1, RIPON TERRACE in FLATS.

No. 4, RIPON TERRACE.

CH 'APEST HOUSES IN THE COLONY.

No. 15, WONG NEI CHONG ROAD, facing MORRISON HILL GAP ROAD, Nice

Race Course.

FLATS in MORETON TERRACE, facing

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 CO, LD. Hongkong. 1st February, 1904.

4 Rooms, Bath Rooms, Out- houses and Verandahs. Only $40 inclusive of Taxes.

WILD DELL BUILDINGS, No. 147. WANCHAI ROAD. Comfortable and Airy Flats ofzor 3 Rooms, from $aginclusive of Taxes,

And others to suit various requirements.

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

'65 Hongkong, 4th February, 1994.

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Hongkong, 2nd January, 1904,

TELEPHONE No. 135.

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,

THE MANAGER.

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Military Band during dinner on Saturday Nights.

ng, 4th Decembar, 1963.

PRICE: Per Dozen $17.00. Per Bottle $1.50. LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

THOMAS' HOTEL.

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

Monthly Boarders accommodated on very moderate terms.

For Particulars apply to

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

And there is no more Comfortable Hotel in the Far East, than the

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MACAO HOTEL.

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 CENUINE MANTLES, The Price of which has been reduced to FIFTY CENTS per piece.

BEWARE OF INFERIOR IMITATIONS!

KRUSE & Co.,

WM. FARMER, Proprietor,

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CONNAUGHT HOUSE,

HONGKONG HOTEL.

NOTICE

TO THE WEARIED.