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Entimations.

THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

OF

HE SEVENTY-SIXTH ORDINARY

HALF-YEARLY MEETING SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Office of the Company, No. 18, Bank Buildings, Queen's Road Central, on

TUESDAY, the 16th Bugun, at 12 o'clock, Naon, for the purpose of receiving a repart of the Directors, ingeiber with a Statement of Accounts, deci risg a Divistend and electing Directors and Auditors,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 2nd to the 16th August, inclusive,

By Order of the Board of Directors,

T. ARNOLD,

Hongkong, 26th July, 1904.

Secretary,

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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- ING CORPORATION.

NARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING

OTICE is hereby given that the ORDI-

of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation will be held at the CITY HALL, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 20th day of August next, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Cours of Directors together with

a Statement of Accounts to 30th June, 1904. By Order of the Court of Directors,

J. R. M. SMITH,

Chief Manager.

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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- ING CORPORATION,

Hongkong, 30th July, 1904.

[OTICE is hereby given that the RE-

Corpus tion will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the

6th to the 20th day of August next (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registered.

By Order of the Court of Directors,

J. R. M. SMITH,

Hongkong, 30th July, 1904.

Chief Manager.

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HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY

MEETING NABHAR HOLDERS LY

be held in the Offices of the Company, Queen's Buildings, Connaught Road, on MONDAY, the 22nd August, at ra o'clock, Noon, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts to the June, 1904,

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1904.

Auctions,

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of held on MONDAY, the 8th day of August, the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be 1904, at 3'P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excel lency the Officer Administering the Govern.

ment, of One Loy of CROWN LAND. at lo Mun Tin, in the Colony of Hongkong for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a CROWN RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 75 years.

PARTICULARS OF 'THE LOT.

LOCALITY.

Lot No. 157.

Near Kowloon Fanu

Ho Mưa Th.

No. of Sale,

Registry No.

Boutulary Measurements.

N.

150

8. & W.

337

ft.

478

Hongkong, 30th July, 1904.

THE

Contents in

Annual Rent.

Upset Price.

73.00 67% 1,924

PUBLIC AUCTION.

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THE Undersigned have received instruc tions to Sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION,

FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,

.

on

WEDNESDAY,

the 24th August, 1904, at 3 P.M.,.

at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Vœux Road, (Corner of Ice House Street),

THE British Screw Steamer

"HOICHING,"

Built in London in 1879, Length over all 175 feet, Breadth 26 feet, Depth 14 feet, Gross Tonnage soo, H. P. nominal zoo, Cylinder 28

gines per minute 80, Working Pressure 60 lbs., 3 Donkey Engines and One Winch.

She has a Government Licence to carry 400 Passengers.

TERMS-As usual, For Further Particulars, apply to

REGULATONS FOR THE REGISTRA- | records concérning any Company at the Bureau

TION OF COMPANIES.

of Registration of this Board, for one hundred characters or less a copying fee of One Dollar shall be paid. If the copy contain more than one hundred characters, a fee of Fifty Cents shall be paid for each additional hundred characters. If it should be necessary to place the seal upon the copy as evidence, a fee or

paid in addition to the copying fees. Five Dollars for the use of the seal shall be

XIV. The original intent and purpose in establishing the Bureau of Registration is to benefit trade. Every merchant, therefore, who desires to investigate any matter, may of course

come to the Bureau for consultation whenever occasion may require, and no fees whatever shall be collected except those expressly men- tioned in the Regulations.

(Continued from yesterday.) IV. One copy of the form of share certificate which the Company proposes to issue must be presented at the time that application is made for registration, to be placed on file. This mercial Laws, must state the following facts form according to Article XXVIII of the Com.

(a) Name of the Company, (b) Date of Registration, (c) Total number of Shares, (d) Face Value of each share, (e) Shares to be paid for is how many payments and amount to be paid each time, (f) Surname, personal name and residence of each Applicant for shares, (g) The share certificate must be signed by the Directors of the Company and be sealed with the Company's seal, and must be 'numbered and bear the date of issue.

V.-Any Company, association, factory, hong, firm, ship or store, at any part of any province, having made application for Registra

XVI-If on the receipt of an application for tion in accordance with these Regulations, registration from any company, it shall appear which have been submitted to the Throne and upon examination that there is anything not in approved thereby, and having obtained accordance with the requirements, orders shall Certificate of Registration, shall thereafter receive due protection no matter whether the said Company be composed of Chinese or foreigners. Those which are not registered, although they may call themselves limited companies, shall not enjoy the benefits provid- ed for in Articles IX and XXIX of the Laws Relating to Companies.

VI.-Companies, registering, if they would begin operating, must present their applications (for registration) to this Board fifteen days before the date for beginning operations, as provided for bythe Law. Every Company apply- ing for registration must make due allowance for distance (from the Board) and the time needed for delivery of its application by post, and present its application in good time so as to avoid any delay, applications being attended to in the order of their arrival.

VII-If a Chamber of Commerce shall have been already established at the place where the Company is located, the Company's ap

in. by 48 in, Stroke 22 in., Revolution of En-plication for registration should be forwarded to this Board through the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, who shall first place the seal upon it as evidence (or indorsement) enabling this Board to take action. In places where no Chamber of Commerce shall have been established, applications may be present ed through the nearest Chamber or any guild established by reputable merchants of the place [910 in which the Company is located, said Cham

ber or Guild pincing its seal upon the applica, tion and forwarding it to this Board for its

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.

Hongkong, 4th August, 1904.

Co Hot.

TO LET.

action

VIII*Co-partnership Companies, that is, those which do business through combined

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XV-The Bureau of Registration on receiv- ing payment of any fees shall thereupon issue a receipt stamped with the chop of the Bureau of Registration of the Board of Commerce as evidence of good faith.

at once issued to have the required correc- tions made, on compliance with which a Cer- tificate shall immediately be given, bearing the seal of the Bureau as evidence.

XVII-No matter what the nationality of the merchant or company applying at this carefully translated into Chinese, which shall Board for registration, the application must be be the authoritative text, and the Certificate of Registration issued by the Board shall always be in Chinese that uniformity may be secured. the Registration of Companies, designed to be XVIII-After the foregoing Regulations for put into operation experimentally, shall have been put into operation, it will be necessary still from time to time to consider the condi tious and make additions and changes,

DO ANIMALS REASONI

INTERESTING OPINIONS OF SCIENTISTS.

In the Windsor Magazine the ever-interest ing question, "Do Animals Reason?" is the subject of an article by Charles E. Branch, Souplet and his fellow scientists in the Insti who describes the work by M. Pierre Hachet- sute of Zoological Paychology, which has been founded in Paris and is supported by the Government,

of bird migration is given:

An ingenious explanation of the mystery

The faculty of direction demonstrated by the

Intimations.

Insurance.

WORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG,

DONE BY TRYING. Nobody can tell what he can do till he tries. When a thing ought to be done the modern spirit moves us to keep working away at it until it is done. In the face of this idea theTHE Undersigned AGENTS of the above Company" are prépared to accept. First "impossible" vanishes. Where there's a will, Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS there's a way. "If we could but rob cod liver CURRENT RATER...... oil of its sickening taste and smell and then combine it with two or three other ingredients we should possess the best remedy in the world for certain diseases that are now practically incurable." So, said a famous English physi cinn twenty-five years ago. "But it will never

be done," he added. "You can no more tum cod liver oil into a pleasant palatable medicine, than you can turn the Codfish itself into a Bird of Faradise." Yet he lived to admit that in

the "impossible" had been accomplished. It WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION

SIEMSSEN & Co.

Hongkong, 28th May, 1800,-

ONE

For Sale,

FOR SALE.

sa

NE ICE-MAKING MACHINE with

GAS ENGINE complete.. For full Particulars, apply to

HUGHES & HOUGH, .8, Des Voeux Road.

Hongkong, 27th June, 1904,

LIMITED.

PORTLAND CEMENT.

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is palatable as honey and contains all the nutritive and curative properties of Pure Cod Liver Oil, extracted by us from fresh cod livers, combined with the Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites, Extracts of Malt and Wiad Cherry. This remedy is freed from the bad peculiarities. Dr. Frothingham so detested, and GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, it is precisely the splendid medicine he wished for. Use it freely and confidently for Anemia, ties, Asthma, and Throat and Lung Troubles. Hysteria, Wasting Complaints, Blond Impuri, Dr. W. B. B. Aikins, F. R. C. P., London, M. D. C. M.. Victoria University,-M. B., Home for Incurables, Physician to Toronto Toronto University,-Consulting Physician to

General Hospital, says: "I am much pleased to state that the results from using Wampole's Preparation of Cod Liver Oil have been uniformly satisfactory; it appealed to me as being prepared according to correct scien- tific principles." It increases the appetite and influences the digestion of food; it is delicious to take, will not disappoint you and is effective from the first dose. It represents the dawn of progress." At chemists everywhere.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE.

FRESH ARRIVALS.

WE HAVE SEOURED THE

courier pigeon and migatory birds has recently BY GIVING A VERY LARGE ORDER, been occupying his attention, and the results of his experiments lead to the conclusion that them to find their way over long distances, but there is no extra sense in birds that enables their visual organs are wonderfully developed, and their memories most retentive. One re- markable bypothesis advanced to account for the ability of birds to find their way over long nising on their return voyage from any place distances, suggested that they did so by recog- the varying currents of air magnetic and atmos-

CO-OPERATION

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company SEYMOUR TERRACE, 4-m-m House capital, but make no definite statement as to pheric, encountered by them on the outward | 26

will he CLOSED from the 8th to the 22nd August, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

THOS. 1. ROSE,

Secretary.

Hongkong, 29th July, 1904.

A. S. WATSON & CO, LIMITED.

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ISSUE OF 30,000 NEW SHARES OF $10 EACH.

DURSUANT to Resolution the General

PURSUANTAS WATSON & Company

Limited, hereby invite applications from the Shareholders of the Company for the issue of 30,000 new shares of $10 each at a Premium of to per cent, or $11 a share,

and side verandahs. $10 and Taxes.

Apply to--

"CHEAP," C/o this Paper.

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Hongkong, 4th August, 1904.

TO LET AT MACAO.

JOUSE No, 15, PRAIA GRANDE, well Ho

ventilated, with large and airy rooms and nice verandah.

For Particulars, apply

OMER CASSAM MOOSA, 49, Rua Central,

4th August, Iyoj.

TO LET.

Macao.

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the amount of capital so shared, must pay up in full the fees for registration as set forth

below:

trip.

In other words, they felt their way remem- bering one current after another in the re- versed order to which they had previously experienced them.

M. Hachet Souplet proved, by a simple and son, He caused a cat to open a cage, as ex- convincing experiment, that cais exercise rea- plained in the fllowing experiment:

M. Hachet-Souplet, when I visited him re- cently, produced a cage and a cat for my bene. fit. Inside the former, which was of wood with

OF THE MAKERS OF THE

"APOLLO

MASTER PLAYERS":

cat, and fastened the door with a batton. The a wire door at the front, he placed food for the IN LOWERING THEIR PRICES, AND

(a) - Every (such) Company, which at its registration, shall state that its partners do not number more than twenty, shall pay Fifty Dollars (each dollar shall be held to be equal to Kuping Tacis o 72.

In following Articles the same).

(b)-When the number of partners is more than twenty but not more than one hundred, One Hunered Dollars shall be paid.

animal's instinct would be manifested by her WE NOW OFFER (c). When the number of partners is more desire to get at the food, her intelligence de than one hundred, Ten Dollars extra sbal! bemonstrated by her efforts to open the door of

paid for every additional fifty partners or less the cage rather than springing through the wire. $365 To $850.

than fifty.

(d) If it be clearly stated that there is no

Each Registered bhareholder on the 28th day of September, 1904, applying for the New Issue GODOWN No. 6. NEW PRAYA, KENNEDY limit to te number of partners, then no matter

will be entitled to one share for every two shares registered in his name. Shares not applied for by those entitled to apply will be dealt with by the General Managers in accordance with Article 40 of the Company's Articles of Association.

Applications for Shares in the New Issue will be received by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hongkong from the

Apply to-

TOWN.

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY CO., LD. Hangkang, 28th July, 1904.

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TO LETA

1, RIPON TERRACE in FLATS.

26 September, 1904, to the 30th September, N., RIPON TERRACE.

1904, both days inclusive, and the whole amount of Sit per share will be payable on application. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 28th September, 1904, to the 8th October, 1904, both days inclusive.

The present paid-up Capital of the Company is $600,005, divided into 60,000 shares of Bro each, and the New Issue is required to increase the Capital of the Company to $900,000 divided into 90,000 shares of $10 each.

The whole of the premium received from the New Issue will be placed to the Credit of the Permanent Reserve Fund.

The New issue will rank for Dividend for the three months ending 31st December, 1904, pay. able in May, 1903.

Forms of application for the New Issue can be obtained at the Company's Offices in Alex-

No. 19, WONG NEI CHONG RO, facing

Race Course.

FLATS in MORETON TERRACH, facing

Pola frous'. OFFICES in course of erection, CON.

NAUGHT ROAD (near BLAKE PIER), GODOWNS; Praya East.

what the number may be, a fee of Three Hundred Dollars shall be paid.

(e)-If after the registration and report of the number of partners, it shall be desired to add other partners, then for every additional fifty names or less Ten Dollars extra shall be paid, but in no case shall the whole amount, original payment and extras included, be more than three Hundred Dollars,

IX-Joint Stock Companies, that is all that do business through shares, must pay up in falt the registration fees as prescribed below:-

(a)--Companies which at their registration stale that their capital stock does not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars will pay Fifty Dollars.

No. 1, CLIFTON GARDENS, OFFICES in Nos. 10 and 16, DES VEUX. (b)-When the capital stock amounts to

ROAD CENTRAL.

more than Ten Thousand Dollars, but not over Twenty-five Thousand Dollars, Ten Dollars extra shall be paid for each additional Five

Apply -

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY CO., LI, Hanburg, 27th July, 1904

$79

TO LET.

Thousand-Dollars or-less. ---

(c). When the capital stock amounts to more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars but not over Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, Three Dollars extra shall be paid for each

andra Buildings or at the Hongkong and NT STEWART TERRACE, additional Ten Thousand Dollars or less.

Shangbai Banking Corporation in Hongkong,

Shanghai, and London,"

THE

-Apply to-

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THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST.|tional

MENT & AGENCY CO., LD. Hongkong, 26th March, 1904,

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JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers.

Hongkong, and June, 1904.

ROYAL AERATED WATERS

MANUFACTORY.

PRODUCE the highest Glass AERATED

WATERS in the Far East on account of their High Class Machinery and also of the superior ingredients they use in the manufactura of their goods, and the cleanliness, &c., are all under strict supervision of Europeans only.

REPORT OF AN EXPERT.

The representative of Messrs, BRATBY and HINCHLIFFE, LIMITED, Äerared Water Engineers and Chemists, Manchester, visited our factory recently in the course of a tour amongst Eastern Aerated Water Makers, and was greatly surprised at the compactness of our factory and also the methodical way in which everything pertaining to the making of Aerated Waters was carried out. He also expressed him.

· self strongly on the absolute cleanliness of our whole establishment, which he assured us was

equal to any he had yet visited and superior to a great many. He also reported that the quality of our goods was of a first class nature, and they showed that scrupulous care wai exercised in the course of their manufactors.

Order Books and Price List. Please apply to FACTORY and OFFICE, West Polut. Tel. 367. Depôt, Ice House Street. Tel. 374-- Dr.V.DANENBERG & F.P. DANENBERG. General Managers. Hongkong, acth May, 1904.

TO LET.

"WO ROOMS on the First Floor of

TWO ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

<<

Apply to-

SECRETARY,

A. S. Watson & Co., Limited. Hongkong, 16th June, 1904.

1739

TO LET.

IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, For 18 MONTHS,

EIGHTOR," THE PRAK.

Apply to-

JEBSEN & Co.

Hongkong, #7th April, 1904.

TO LET,

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(d)-If the capital stock shall exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dolian, Fifty Cents addi. shall be paid for each additional Ten Thousand Dollar.

(c). If after the report of the amount of the capital stock and registration thereof, it shall be desired to Increase the capital, for every Ten Thousand Dollars increase or less, addi- tional fees shall be paid at same rate as pro- vided above in (c) and (d), but in no case shall more than Three Hundred Dollars be paid. original and extra fees all included.

X-The fees for registration have all been reckoned in Dollars; but, if the Captal stock of a Company be | Taals, the weight and touch of the Tael being the same as that in which the Capital is reckoned,

XI-If a Company meet with circumstances of importance which it wishes to report to thle Board, for record, or, if it present the reports required by the Commercial Laws for entry op 1959 the records, for every such document must be accompanied by a fes of Three Dollars.

WLANCHAL ROAD. Comfortable and WILD DELL BUILDINGS, No. 147, Airy Flats of 2 or 3 Room, from Saç inclusive

of Taxes.

No. 5, HOLLYWOOD ROAD, And others to suit various requirements.

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

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XII-If after a Company shall have regis tered and begun operations, a shareholder of the Company, or any other reputable merchant should desire to visit the Bureau of Registra tion to examine the records with respect to the Company, every such person shall pay a fee of One Dollar, for every examination,

XIII--Shoulda abareholder in a Company or any reputable merchant desire to copy the *Compare this Article with Laws Regarding Companies, j and zq,"

The cat immediately opened the door and se- cured her reward.

She had done to before, so I suggested to M.

THEM FROM

NEW

Hachet-Souplet that the buiton fastening the door should be further attached to the wire front with a loop of string, so that the cat could not open the door by merely pressing the but ton down. It was done, and then the cat stood on her hind legs before the cage varying CONSIGNMENT to pay the button down. That the animal was surprised, it was easy to see. She studied the door minutely, then walked around the cage mewing, jumped to our feet and purred against our legs, then ascended again to the cage, pawed the string loop of the button, and so opened the door and entered to eat her meal. This was as unrehearsed demonstration of

intelligence.

Another interesting experiment shows the lion to possess a high degree of intellect. A box containing meat was placed with the lion, and this is what happened:

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After a while he slowly approached it, sniffed PLAYER FOR $825. CASH OR

all around it, and, convincing himself of the | existence of something good inside, manifested a lively desire to secure it-instinct. He ex- amined the box all round with the closet at. tention, and, instead of attempting to break the wood, took-the lid between his teeth and lifted.

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These Players have been tested in Hongkong

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it slowly up-intelligence. And he lifted it for 6 years (at Peak included) without a until it dropped to the other side, then took the meat that was waiting in the box for him. All Single Failure, which can be said of no other without haste, but with deliberate precision. these movements were executed by the animal

This test lasted three minutes, and was carried out before myself and several assinants of the Jardin des Písatte,

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Player.

In Casks of 375 lbs.net $5 per Cask ex Factory. In Bags of 250 lbs. net $8 per Bag ex Factory.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., General Managera,

Hongkong, 1st August, 1904.

FOR SALE

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1 SCENT, Gasoline, Lamps of all descriptions from the best makers.

Incandescent Mantles,

Chimney, Globes, Sha des, &c, for Gasoline and Gas Lamps at the most moderats prices.

Lamps fixed up for Buyers free of charge.

Naphtha of the best kind kept in stock,

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56, Lyndhurst Terrace.

Hongkong, 17th November, nda.

THE WINE GROWERS SUPPLY CO.

TRADE

MARK

BARRETTO & Co, General Agents, Hongkong.

HOCKS AND MOSELLEŞ.

Per Case. Per Case.

I dos qts, ja doz. pts. Rudesheimer 1900 $17.00 $19.00 Uerziger 1900..................... 18:00 Rudesheimer Engerweg) 1897 .............$ Zeltingerburg 1900......... Johannisberger 1897-2024.00 24.00 26,00

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.......1/10 3/16

6.50

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de España, Bilbao.

Per Case,

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$12.00

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C/o This Paper.

Hongkong, 15th July, 1904.

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months' night Francs,236 LEVY HERMANOS.

26 15/16 DIAMOND AND WATCHMAKERS,

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