Intimations.
NDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY, LIMITED.
PPLICATION has been made to the
GENERAL MANAGERS of this Company issue to RUSSO CHINESE BANK of longkong duplicate certificates of zoo Shares the above Company or other certificates in ieu thereof upon the Statement that the original certificates, viz-
No. 69 for 33 Shares
No. 779 " 50
ป
རྞ་6. 480
No. 550"
30 25
No. 873 #
50
have been lost or stolen.
200 Shares
It is not known if such certificates were issued by the Office of the Company in the Colony of Hongkong or by the Office in Lon- don and consequently the numbers of the Shares cannot be given.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1904.
Intimations.
THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER
COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE THIRD ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING or SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held in the Company's Offices, No. 14, Des Voeux Road, Victoria, on THURSDAY, 9th June, 1904, at 11.30 A.M., for he purpose of receiving Statement of Account and the Report of the General Managers for the year ending 29th February, 1904, and electing a Consulting Committee
and Auditors.
SIAMESE DEMONS AND SORCERERS.
(Continued.)
M. C. Hardouin continues his article in the Rue Leser-Chenoise as follows (translation These sorcerers "keep shop" for consultation exactly like the somnambulists and charlatan's of our countries of Europe; they take care not to acknowledge their powerlessness and still less to refuse the client's mite. The majority among them occupy themselves especially in preparing philtres for provoking love; this is a specialty which seems to be one of the most lucrative Row should it be otherwise in a country, where polygamy flourishes and where the situation of favourite is envied especially on account of the pecuniary advantages derived [672 therefrom? The women of the harem who as
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company
will be CLOSED from Monday, 6th, to Thurs day, 9th June, both days inclusive.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.. Geneml Managers. Hongkong, 31st May, 1904. ·
NOTICE is hereby given that if within N
-30 days-from-the-date hereof no claim or re presentation in respect of such original certi- ficates is made to the General Managers they will then proceed to deal with such application for a duplicate.
Dated Hongkong, 1st June, 1904.
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THE
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Managers.
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.
IE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA are prepared, during suspension of their Trans-Pacific Service and until further notice, to BOOK CARGO and ISSUE BILLS OF LADING to SEATTLE, WASH, VICTORIA, B.C., and PACIFIC COAST PORTS, also to OVER. LAND POINTS in the UNITED STATES
A. 5. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an GENERAL EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the Company will be held at the Offices of the Company in ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS, on WEDNESDAY, the 15th of June, 1904, at 11 A.M., when the subjoined re- solution which was passed at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on the qist of May, 1904, will be submitted for con- firmation as a Special Resolution.
RESOLUTION.
That the Capital of the Company be in creased to Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars by the creation of Thirty Thousand New Shares of Ten Dollars each.
By Order,
A. H. MANCELL,
Secretary.
Hongkong, 3rd June, 1904.
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and CANADA in connection with the GREAT THE CHINA AND JAPAN TELEPHONE
NORTHERN RAILWAY FROM SEAT. TLE. as hitherto, by the Steamers of the NORTHERN PACIFIC S. S. Co., BOSTON STEAMSHIP and TOWBOAT Cos., OCEAN S. 5. Co. and CHINA MUTUAL S. N. Co.
For further Particulars, apply at the Com pany's Local Branch Office in PRINCE'S BUILDINGS, First Floor, Chater Road.
A. S. MIHARA, Manager.
Hongkong, 20th May, 1404.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
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THE REMOVED from No. 35, "HE OFFICES of the Undersigned have
QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL to ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
EWENS & HARSTON,
Solicitors.
Hongkong, 30th May, 1904.
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Efficacious because absolutely pure English Oll. Not made of gointine,
Full directions. All Cheintsts.
Insiskamb
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HONGKONG EXCHANGE.
UBSCRIPTIONS.
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Co., LTD.,
INVITE INSPECTION OF SOME
SPECIALLY
FINE
SAMPLES
OF
UPRIGHT. PIANOS
RACHALS,
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BABY-GRANDS,
BY
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(Established 1837),
They are only 5 FEET LONG, occupy- ing the
space of a Cottage, but with the fine appearance and TOME OF
FULL GRAND.
Hongkong, 13th May, 1904.
NO CHARGE FOR INITIAL
INSTALLATION.
able by the diviners. To predict the issue, picul, in all about go chests. Holders are very. happy or fatal, of illnesses, to expound dreams, firm and ask for higher prices for the drug re- pronounce good fortune, tell the winning, num-ceived per Bailaarat, Stock is estimated at bers of a lottery, are likewise in their province. about 1,07: chests. They have for each special object certain consecrated formulae bequeathed by their predecessors; they recite these seated, with hands joined, whilst burning tapers brought by the clients, but they do not davite them- selves to any incantation or ceremony having
a diabolic character.
It is, apparently, because the art of divination thus practised exclude all superstitious idea that one finds in nearly all the pagodas bonzes readily applying themselves thereta without failing on that account in the Buddhist rules, The cells of these pious personages are often invaded by a crowd of applicants of all ages and bath sexes coming to beg the famous num. pire to this situation, and who despair of attain ber which is to come out in the drawing of the ing it by their charms alone, those who once lottery and make them gain three-fold their stake, Confidence in the infallibility of these parvenus, see themselves forsaken and wish to regain their authority, address themselves to bonzes is sometimes so great that the gamblers, some master in occult sciences whose philtres trusting to gain fortune, do not hesitate to stake will help to work the miracle. The books of on the indicated number the whole gain of a magic which treat of this subject give amongst year. These oracles are delivered gratuitous. other matters the recipe for preparing the "yaly; the canonical rules do not allow the dis- fet" philtre which is supposed in be of great ciples of Puddha to receive money from band to hand, but this restriction is amply compen- efficacy. The first thing to do is to procure
sated for by the numerous gifts which the ap- certain parts or personal secretions of the in- dividual faved, for instance, the hairs of the plicants bring and which consist of objects that noie or of the body, urine, the secretion of the can be easily exchanged afterwards for money. eyes, etc, which is taken to the sorcerer. The That is what they do not fail to do as a rule, for Iatter throws them in a mortar and pounds they can leave the pagoda when it seems good them with some young shonts of certain plants to them. employed in native medicine. This paste is inserted in a "Luk Savat," the fruit of a tree of the same name, of the size of a hazel-aut the interior of which has been previously scooped out. In this form it is sent to the person who
desires to be loved, with the advice to swallow it on a Monday, a favourable day for these sort of mysteries, but only when, after having put to the first child met these words " Pen reu jang' (is it done?) she has received thereto this an- *wer "Pen" fit is done). The "Luk Savat, ejected, must be taken again, washed care. fully, and carried hac o the sorcerer, who
Somnambulism such as is practised in Europe is not yet known in Siam. There exists, however, something approaching it: certain old women give out oracles defining illnesses and indicating the proper remedies to combat them, giving the description of thieves, exactly like tha clairvoyant somnambulists of our towns; there is at the same time this dif ference that the former say.they are agents of some "Phi" which possesses them and speaks by their mouth. The natives designate them by the name of "Phi rong" or "Fhi mot thao." Their dwelling has for a sign a small wooden
Opium, Bengal-During the fortnight prices Paina New about 575 chests at 51,300 to $1,245. began to decline, and sales are reported of Old about 250 chests at $1,310 to $1,260 per chest. Benares New about 110 chests at $1,290
$1,220 per chest. Stock is estimated of about to $1,190. Old about 175 chests at $1,290 to
2,600 chests.
Opium, Persian.-Sales are reported of about 80 chests at $900 to $930 per piral. The stock is about 2,550 chests.
Miscellaneous quotations.
Cawbazar
Raisins .Grapes...
Senna Leaves Sandalwood Oil... Rosa Oil Carraway Saltpetre
Fenne'seed Oil.. Galangal Vermilion Camphor (Chinese) Auvarcandy Apricots Kismiss Cloves... Olibanum ... Borax... Termaric
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. RIPON in FLATS.
again throws it in a mort, and pounds it with shrine of particular form. For the modest-sum NNOR RON TERRACE
some herbs and leaves of certain other plants.
Then this mixture is put into the fire and reduced to ashes. This second operation find, the celestial powers must be brought into play without whose aid the philtre will not be capable of producing its full effect With this object the ashes, placed on a covered platter must be taken one Monday to the neighbouring pagoda, and there, before the image of Buddha, the sorcerer adjures the "Thevadas," the whole cohort of the blessed
of one salung (money of the country worth about o'fr. 75)-the Siamese witch enters into diabolic possession and in that state ans. wers all the questions of the clients with the greatest precision. They are consulted especially in regard to stolen articles in order to ascertain the authors of the crime, on the subject of a distant journey to be under- taken to learn whether the traveller will return safe and sound, or as to a serious illness which has attacked a relative and the means of cur-
parents or friends are dying who have gone to a distant place, whether any accident has happened to them, the data of their return, etc.
to favour the designs of the person who hasing it; people interrogate them also as to what recourse to that intercession, accompanying these invocations with a multitude of signs above the platter containing the ashes. When this religious part is accomplished, nothing
remains but to conceal the medicinal odour and the offensive savour of the mixture by the addition of aromatic substances, and to ad- minister it to the person in view, in sprinkling the maats served to him, ar, better, by intro- N.B. A Special Charge is made for Lines ducing it in the quids of hetel which are.
of more than average length.
DESK TELEPHONES
Sets can be supplied.
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES.
BATTERIES,
CHEMICALS,
ELECTRIC BELLS,
INSULATORS,
SWITCHES
presented to him,
The philtres are not the only artifices em- ployed to inspire love; recourse is likewise had to other practices which belong to another order of ideas, and which recall the practices The gallant who wishes to make a young girl share his ardour, or, especially a woman who desires in hold under the empire of her charms a volatile husband,
of the Middle Ages
.. The people appear to have faith in
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their oracles. Why, indeed, should these in- A HOUSE in nocent people not believe them when events often confim them in so complete a fashion?
(To be continued.)
COMMERCIAL.
YARN MARKET.
In their report, dated 3rd instant, Messrs. Cawasjee, Pallanjee & Co. write-Our yarn market during the whole of the fortnight under review ruled ateady, and a good business is reported in almost all counts and descriptions at an advance of frem fifty cents to two dollars per bale on last mail's quotations, owing to small receipts and encouraging news from Shanghai and the Northern markets. Looking at the meagre stock in firs! hands it is antici pated that a brisk demand will spring up, provided the interior and the consuming dis- tricts respond to the ruling prices here. A good business is reported in No. 20, and 165, at current rates and in some instances at an advance of from fifty cents to a dollar per bale. Nos. 12. and tos, are in much request, and are still inquired for. No business is reported in Nos. 8s. and 6r. Sales during the past fort night comprise of about 2,300 bales of No. 105; 1,600 bales of No. 125. ; 1,000 bales of No. 165.; and 1,000 bales of No. 201. ; in all about 3,900 bales. Arrivals per steamers Vindobona, Kumsang, Gregory Aptar and Ballaarst of about 1,250 bales. Shipments to Shanghai and the Northern Ports amount to about 6,000 bales. The unsold stock is estimated at about 12,500 hales.
For a small additional annual charge Desk must first inquire as to the date of birth of the person on whom the magic operation is to produce its effect and inform the sorcerer. The latter, the anniversay day having come, goes to the vicinity of the dwelling of the person designated and waits until she goes out in order to follow ber, noting carefully her figure, her gait, and especially her footprints. When he has examined everything at leisure he places himself before one of these prints and pronounces in Pali certain magic words which end with these Siamese words "Chong ma," and which mean "Come." It is a sort of summons to the person who has left these footsteps to yield to the wishes of the water; then he takes a pinch of the trodden earth, rolls it in a ball and puts'tit in a paper on which is written the age and name of the person in question. The following days are employed in making with wax a statuette from 20 to 30 centimetres high representing the traits and general physiognomy of that
a person as she appeared on her sn WIRE,sary day; the place of the principal organ, heart, is filled by the pellet of earth wrap. ped in a charmed paper. That operation ended the wax image, covered with a banana leaf, is sent to him or her who has ordered it and who must go and bury it in the cemetery of the pagoda nearest the dwelling of the person in view. The spot chosen must be at a proper distance from the places where cremations are usually carried out, so that the statuette shall not be melted by the heat-such an accident might bring lamentable consequences, the least of Costor, Indian.A moderate business is re. which would be to provoke a violent fever in ported in this commodity, say, about 65 bales the person whom the image is supposed to at 533 per picut Arrivals about 377 bales. represent. But if all the formalities prescribed The unsold stock is estimated at about 1,330 by the rites be scrupulously and rigorously ful-bales. filled, the person whose love it is desired
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Estimates given for all kinds of Electrical
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ADDRESS, ICE HOUSE ROAD,
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AMICM.
Manager.
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Hongkong.frath April, 1904.
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS. TEITHER the CAPTAIN, the AGENTS, nor
N the OWNERS will be RESPONSIBLE
for any DEBT contracted by the Officers or
Local Productions:-Sales are reported of about 1,000 bales of No. 10s.; at $114 to $115. and about too bales at $116 per bale.
Japanese Yam-Business is reported of about 550 bales of No 205.; at $136 to $138 per bale.
Exchange:-Business for the outgoing mail was done, on india Rs. 1344 per cent. London at 15. 9/9 16d=$
FORTNIGHILY MARKET
REPORT.
Cotton, China-A small parcel of best Ning-
Stock nil.
to compel cannot fail soon to show that she po of about 30 packages fetched $33 per picul. has been touched by the magic operation- according to the local expression, "Thuk sand.” Besides thes sorcerers devoting themselves to diabolic practices, we and establlabed at the corners of the crossways in towns and villages, however little important, the "Mo du," a sort of diviners who deliver oracles concerning retribution. The fashion of consulting them has entered into the customs of the country to bales. Arrivals about 1,200 bales. The unsold
Yaru, Indian-During the whole of the fort night under review our yarn market ruled firm, and moderate arrivals from Bombay coupled with a brisk demand from the Interior and Northen Ports and Shanghai, prices advanced from fifty cents to two dollars per bale all round. Sales are computed of about 6,000
such an extent that nothing of serious im-stock is estimated at about 12,000 bales,
portance takes place in a family without their
advice having been previously taken. Is there
a question of a matrimonial union projected? The parents on each side forthwith hasten to
Yara. Local-Salas are reported of about
800 bales of No. 1os at Birg to $116; and about 50 bales of Ño, 128, at $136.
Yarn, Japanese-About 50 bales changed
the "Mo du" in vogue, and the affair is not hands at $138 to $139 for 20s, completely decided unless his prognostications
Opium, Malwa-Market ruled very Arm and
caatisfactory. Similarly, in the arrangements the rise in prices in Bombay had the effect of
the Crews of the following Vessel during bar for a journey of some duration to be under-strengthening market bere. Bales are reported stay in "Hongkong Harbour:
taken, mandarins and common people alike of old about so chests at $1,150 to $1,300 and [39 THONGATE, Britisß barque, A. Hutton, Master, ] never set out before the day indicated sa favour- | oldest about 46 charts at $1,240 to $1,aku per!
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THE NAUTÓH GIRL."
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Auction.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
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from the best THE Undersigned have received instructions
makers.
Incandescent
Mantics,
Chimneys,
Globes, Sha
from Messrs. A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd,
to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,
од
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AND
A Quantity of OLD ENGRAVINGS, TERMS AS Hspal,
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.
Hengkong, and June, 1904.
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