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Intimation.

WM. POWELL,

+

LIMITED.

ALEXANDRA

BUILDINGS"

Deя Vous Road.

Everything for

Indios' and

Children's wear.

NEW

CHIFFON

VEILINGS.

RAIN COATS.

BELTS.

.LINEN COLLARS.

CORSETS.

DRESS

FABRICS.

NEW

GRANITĖ TWEEDS.

NAVY SERGES.

FANCY VOILES.

FOULARDS,

AND

A splendid selection

of

NEW MUSLINS

at

Moderate Prices.

GENTLEMEN'S

DEPARTMENT,

28, Queen's Road.

NOW ON SHOW.

SMART SILK

AND WOOL

SHIRTS

of beautiful quality, newest patterns.

OPEN KNIT SILK SCARVES,

LIGHT WEIGHT RAINCOATS.

INSPECTION INVITED.

༥

Wm. POWELL, Ld.

HONG KONG,

Hongkong, in March, 1908,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1905.

Entimations.

CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE.

"HE TWENTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY TANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHARE HOLDERS of the Company will be held at the Offices of the General Agents, ba THURS- DAY, the 23rd March, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December,

1904

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 10th to 23rd March, both days inclusive,

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Agents. Hongkong, 4th March, 1905.

[333 LUZON SUGAR Refining companNY,

LIMITED.

NOTICE,

HE TWENTY-THIRD ORDINARY THE

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHAKE HOLDERS of the Company will be held at the Offices of the General Agents, Pedder's street, on THURSDAY, the 23rd March, at 12.30 PM, for the purpose of receiving the Report and Statement of Accounts to 31st December, 1904.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the roth to 23rd March, both days inclusive,

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JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Agents, Hongkong, 4th March, 1905,

HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. *HE DIVIDEND of $34 per Share, for the year ending 31st December 1903, declar: ed at to-day's Ordinary Annual Meeting, will be payable at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, and Hongkong Share. holders are requested to apply for Dividend Warrants at the Company's Offices, Pedder's Street, after to A.M. TO- TORROW.

TH

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. General Managers. Hongkong, élle March, 1905.

CIGARS.

LÜTGENS, ZINSTMANN & co.

IMPORTERS.

FINEST HAMBURG Made

ROLAND VON HAMBURG

AT

$4.00 per hundred.

FLOR DE MONDEGO

AT

85.5 per hundred.

Sold in

AIR-TIGHT TINS

AT

TUNG CHONG WO, 98, Queen's Road Central, Opposite Ce-tral Market.

Hongkong, 25th January, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

LÜTGENS,

THE SINGAPORE DOCKS..

THE IMPROVEMENT-SCHUME.

If comprises the constraction of a wet dock | and the reconstruction, if the "main" wharf. [Concluded from yesterday.]

This work is not required to be undertaken all We print below, from the verbatim report of a once, the second part of the work in fact it the Singadors Free Press, the remarks of the dock has been completed, and therefore kapálą, a impossible: 1a commence until the other apeaker at the meeting of shareholders the large of um £1,430,000 as provided in that held at Singapore in connection with the pro-report was to be extended over a period of fifteen posed expropriation of the Tanjong Pagar year. I do not think you will believe, gentle-

docke.

HR. T. BRADDELL..

COMMERCIAL.

TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE,

·Salling.

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Do.

demand......

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Intimations,

YOU WANT

PROVISIONS

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4 months' sight

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2.37

America--Bank T.T, inite

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kabarthat the work will be executed in any chöffertime than that stated in this report. Our Mr. T. de M. L. Braddell said: Jr. Chair experience of the execution of public works by 1. man and gentlemen. In rising to address the Government does not lead us to place great this meeting. 1 the seconder of the conddence to the ability of the Government: to pretend to possess that intimate knowledge of faced with this necessary large expenditure, resolutions before you, I feel that I cannot carry on the work in a more sapid manner than privata "individuala, · Well, the Directors were the affairs of the company which the two per and what did they do? They reasoned with vions speakers, the Managing Director and Mt. themselves that this work was required to be Warrack, are happily possessed of Nordons is the interests of the trade of the Colony. indeed, can I hope to comment on the very surely it was a scheme which would commend able statements which they have put before itself to the fatherly consideration of the this meeting, because, as you know, those Government. But unfortunately the Govern statements have been read and reading a speech that did not regard it in that light. The ap does not make quite the same impression upon plication of the Company for funds was regard. the minds of the bearers as compared with ed by the Government as the opportunity for speech which has not been written out. But which it had long been waiting to interfere what I can hops to do is to treat the matter with and take from us the business and pro- broadly, and to bring before you the position perty of the Company. His Excellency the that the company is now placed in. The situa.Governor tells us that at first he saw no reason tion is simply and briefly this: a Bill now lies why the F. M. S. Goverment should advance before the Legislative Council and is down for this money on cheaper terms than it could be the second reading shortly, in which the go- obtained in a mere commercial bargain, but he vernment of this Colony will be empowered to says that upon consideration he recognised wrest from the possession of the shareholders that the interests of the F. M.S. were intimately all this Company's property, which they have connected with the interests of Singapore, and

offered so many sacrifices in building up to its present powerful position. The plea which were in fact identical with them, and therefore Persian Paner)"

it bad received his consideration. He then the Government put forward in justification of this measure is that the trade and interests of appeared to have possessed himself of all the information which the general manager was the Colony are so intimately connected with able to give him, and having done that, bis the welfare of the company, that it is inadvis

next step was to draw up a despatch to the able to trust to the policy of the company con- Secretary of State for the Colonies, in which he tinuing as it bas done up to the present and makes the suggestion to the Secretary of State

that

THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SHOULD

BE TAKEN INTO The HANDS OF GOVERNMENT.

OPIUM QUOTATIONS, To-day's quotanons are as follows

Malwa Now...

71

Old

Older

$1

11

Oldest

Patos New Benares New

.2%

Per chast .@ 1,100/1,130 .@ 1,150/1,180

Auctions.

@ 1,190/1,230 @ 1,260/1,330

1,160. @ 1,000

@ 870/910

PUBLIC AUCTION.

to Sell by

of the terms on which, in his opinion, the THE Undersigned bave received instructions Government might give that financial as sistance. It was based on what he called.

it

A MEASURE OF CONTROL.

Now gentlemen, the measure of control, when was examined, proved to be a very complete measure indeed. It amounted to an absolute control, to the demand by the Government that the shareholders should surrender to the

tender mercies of the Government the whole responsibility which they had reposed in their directors. To my mind such a pro- posal could only have been suggested with a view to its most certain refusal When that despatch was received by the Secretary of State for the Colonies does he act upon it? No. He views with suspicion, he entertains a doubt, as to the bona fides of this application by the Directors to the Government for finan.

PUBLIC AUCTION, .TOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,

TO-MORROW,

the 17th March, 1905, at 1 A.M., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Vœux Road, corner of Ice House Street,

A LOT OF MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES,

Comprising:- ELECTRO-PLATED TEA SET, Sheffield KNIVES, FORKS and SPOONS, JAM and BISCUIT JARS, SARDINE BOXES on E.-P. STANDS, GLADSTONE BAGS, SILK UMBRELLAS, BLANKETS, COUNTER- PANES, PERFUMERY, GLASS FLOWER HOLDERS, &c., B., &

TERMS -As usual. You will no doubt have noticed in His Excellency's despatch that he referred to a rumour which had got abroad to the effect that the Directors anticipated that a port trust would be formed. The Secretary of

That is the first plea-I think it is the main plea on which the Government justifies the measure which it asked the Council to pass. The second plea is that the Company, however well it has managed its business in the past, is. incapable of providing the necessary money to carry out those works which are required to meet the demands of the trade, and that even if it were able to raise those funds, it would only do so with a view of raising the tariff of [331 the company to the prejudice of the general trade of the Colony Those are the two pleas on which Government justifies its action and I ask you what would be the inference that would be drawn by the Government and the public of this Colony if these pleas were al-cial zsistance. lowed pass unchallenged? Why, surely, what would be inferred from the silence of the shareholders would be that they assented to and approved of this measure which the Go. vernment have brought forward, and the fur-State wires:- ther deduction would follow from that, that the shareholdersin offering opposition, admitted the truth of the pleas set up by the Govern, ment. I think myself, and I think, gentlemen, when you consider the point you will see the Importance of the shareholders instructing the directors to oppose the bill so that there in ferences and deductions may not be drawn from our inaction. The result of such inaction would be that we should be, as it were, estop ped by our conduct from laying any claim to be compensated for taking over this properly by the Government compulsorily. We should be deemed to have approved of the measure and therefore no claim by us on that account could be listened 10.

EINSTMANN & CO. IMPORTERS.

THE ALLEGED LACK OF FACILITIES. With regard to the second point as to whether the Directors have failed to provide sufficient facilities for the trade of this port, you have heard the statement made by our General Ma- nager, and if anything more were wanted, you have the reports which have been presented at [176 the half-yearly meetings, in all of which the most important of the works which have been carried out during the last twenty years. are plainly shown. And you will see from them that the directors of this company have conti nuously adopted the policy of treating the shareholders of this company and the public interests of the Colony on an equal fouting, and where the interests of the company and the interests of the public have come into conflict, the Directors have postponed the interest of the shareholders to the interests of the Co- lony.

INFORMATION has been received from the Military Authorities that GUN PRACTICE

will be carried out as under *** On MONDAY, 13th March

From Pak-sha-wan, towards entrance to Jurk Bay, at ranges of 600 to 4,000 yards, commencing at 9.30 A.M., and finishing at 11 A.M.

OD WEDNESDAY, 15th March --

From Pinewood, in a North-Westerly

THE ONLY TARIFF CHANGE.

You know that until the year 1894 this Com. pany made no change in the tariffs which had

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers, Hongkong. 10th March, 1905

OF

[340

PUBLIC AUCTION

JAPANESE SILK EMBROIDERIES AND ART CURIOS.

to Fell by PUBLIC AUCTION,

он

"In this connection I note to observation made in the fifth paragraph of your despatch, it is possible that the parsimony in regard to equipment and improvement, which is THE Undersigned has received instructions alleged with considerable force against the Committee in London in recent years, may have been due to their expectation that the Government might find it necessary in the interests of the Colony to establish a Post Trust to take over their undertaking, and their desire therefore, that the dividends on the basis of which, under such a scheme, their shares should be taken over, should be as large as possible,"

MONDAY, the 13th March, 1905,

AND TUESDAY, the 14th March, 1903, commencing each day at 2,30 P M., at the CITY HALL.

Chamber of Commerce Room, A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF

JAPANESE SILK EMBROIDERIES AND ART CURIOS,

Comprising

WALL

EMBROIDERED PÄLACE HANGINGS, PRIEST'S ROBES, TEMPLE BROCADES, OLD FUKUSAS, COURT KIMONOS, SILK VELVET PICTURES (Landscapes and other designs), &c., &c.

Very Fine GOLD LACQUER BOXES, LACQUERED INROS, OLD ZONSEI SCREENS and TABLES, &c.

CHOICE SELECTION of EMBROIDER- ED SCREENS, EIGHT OLD PALACE DOORS, with choice designs

DAMASCENE

Now, Gentlemen, I should like to know on what foundation His Excellency the Governor inserts in his despatch what was absolutely nothing more than a baseless rumour? Have the Committee been conducting itself in such a manner as to show that they did anticipate, that they welcome the interference of Govern- ment? On the contrary they resented it. The Secretary of State thought it would be well, before putting that suggestion, of which he more or less approved, before the London Committee, to invite that body to a personal interview with him. Of what took place at that interview we have no certain knowledge, but I think it is very certain that what did take place, was that the committee would not assent to such a measure of cool as the Govern ment demanded, Well, after that interview the chairman of the London Committee, Mr. W. G. Gulland, writes a letter to the Secretary of State, But one word before I proceed to - that have overlooked the fact that the Com. mittee was seriously asked to state whether theyVED really would welcome the assistance of the Government? That seems to me to be an extraordinary question from a Government

FINELY EXECUTED and SILVERWARE

A Quantity of OLD BRONZES, KAKI- MONDS.

A Fine Selection of SATSUMA and other PORCELAINS,

ALSO

2 FINE DIAMOND RING8 and 1 CAR.

GOLD RING. TERMS:-As usual,

The above, which is equal to anything that has been offered for sale locally, will be on

Catalogues wil be issued.

direction, at ranges of 2,000 lu 6,0:0 / hitherto obtained, and the change then effected which had already received an application from exhibition from Thursday, the 9th March.

yards, commencing at 9:30 AM., and finishing at 11 A.M. On FRIDAY, 17th March

From Pinewood, in a North-Westerly direction, at ranges of 3,000 10 6,000 yards, commencing at 9:30 A H., and finishing at 11 AM, If the weather is unfavourable on either of the above dat, Practice will take place on the following day.

was only resorted to as an absolutely necessary measure, owing to the heavy depreciation jä exchange and the consequent increase of the cost of labour. The directors therefore had to

the company for financial, assistance. There is no doubt whatever that it implied a very serious doubt in the mind of the Secretary of State tis slightly increase the tariff in that year but I

to the genuineness of the application. Mr. think since that year the tariff has remained sets forth very ably what the policy of the Gulland in his letter to the Colonial Secretary the same. But it is not only this Company that has had to resort to this means; every trading Company had been in the past and he also house in Singapore has bad to adopt similar gives ample assurances that that policy would measures. No company could have afforded to remain unchanged in the future. He further. carry on business in the depreciated state of the more says that the Company is able to raise currency on the same terms that they had done, the money without the assistance of Govern. ment, but having in view the interest which so that that was entirely justified. You will see that up to the year 1899 this Com; any kept well

the Government of this Colony had in this abreast and in advance of the trade of the port Government would be willing to afford the

great concern, it had ventured to hope that S It had by adopting this wise policy of improving sistance at a lesser rate of interest than the [341 the propeny and increasing the efficiency, pro

vided sufficient facilities for the trade of the money could be obtained elsewhere, port, at any rate until that date.

All ships junks and other vessel, are to keep clear of the range.

L. BARNES-LAWRENCE, Captain, R.N., Harbour Master, &c.

Harbour Department,

Hongkong, Bth March, 1905.

WAR DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS. TENDERS will be received at the lead Quarters Office, Fletcher Street, until 12 o'clock Noon on THURSDAY, 16th March. 1905, for the undermentioned SUPPLIES and SERVICES, for the period of twelve months from 1st April, 1905 3.

, Hospital Supplies and Medical Comforts. 2. General Supplies and Provisions 3. Coal, Woo, Oil, S avenging, and other

Barrack Supplies and Services,

4. Washing.

THE SUDDEN DEMAND.

THE COMPANY'S CONDITIONS. And then Mr. Gulland states the conditions You have beard from the Managing Direc- upon which the Company would be willing to for the causes which came very unexpectedly accept this assistance. He offers Boco shares to the Government at what I think anybody and very suddenly and pressure on the yeast led to the acreased who knows anything at all about the wealth of hese causes were due to the increased interest company and the enormous amount of which was taken in the trade of the Farthest capital invested in it, is a very moderate figure Fast by Europe, that brought a very great indeed, namely $300 And wecan only assume that that modération was exercised by reason crease in the number of vessels Not only that,

that the benefit the government was to receive but another very serious factor had to be taken

would be a turn for the finaccial aid given into account: the size of these vessels also in-

at the small rate of 3 per cent. But for greased. As an example of that, it is shown by the tonnage record which the Company that I think, the Directors of the company would not have been discharging their duty in keeps that in the year 1897 2,070 vessels visit-issuing shares at a premium of only 200 per nage of 3,057,087. Two years after that, in cent. With regard to the control, the measure which Mr. Gulland offered the government was 1899, the number of vessels decreased to 1,836 amply adequate to protect the interests of the but with this effect, that the registered tonnage public. It proposed two official members here of that lesser number of vessels had amounted and one on the London Board. That would to more than the whole tonnage of the 2,025 vessels of 1897-it amounted to 3,340,101 tons. have given them altogether, with the voting That will give you an idea to the suddeaness power they would have possessed from the of the pressure which the company had to 800 shares and the possession of a large ineet. The directors were generally alive to number of shares which the F. M. S. acquired sama time ago, an ample voice in the affairs of

5. Transport Service (Supply of aunches,ed the wharves of the Company of a total top-

Junks, Coolies, &c.).

6. Forage Forms of Tender and any particulats can be obtained on application to this Office either personally or by letter, addressed to the Officer Command ng Army Service Corps between the hours of to A.M. and 4 P.M

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer. Hongkong, 6th March, 1905.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,

the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of held on MONDAY, the 13th day of March,

WINES

IN:

1905.

GET YOUR SUPPLIES

FROM

A. CHAZALON & Co.

(SUCCESSORS TO

G. GIRAULT)

6, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

Opposite Connaught Hotel.

Who are Suppliers of High Class

Wines, Spirits and Provisions,

French Bakers,

Navy Contractors,

and

Commission Agents.

BRANCHES:

HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, HANKOW. Hongkong, aand February, 1905, [31

THE WINE GROWERS SUPPLY CO:

BARRETTO & Co General Agents, Hongkong,

PORT WINE.

Direct shipments from the COMPANHIA AGRICOLA E COMMERCIAL Por VINHOS DO PORTO, (Successors to DONNA ANTONIA A.FERREIRA),

Monopoly for Chins of THE WINE GROWERS SUPPLY CO.

Par Case of

! Dozen

Dry No. 1

2

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Selected Old Port $50.00

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1905, at 3 8.M., at the Offices of the Public Quinta do Porto Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND, Dry No. 3 East of Mount Gough Reservoir in the Colony Quinta da Granja of Hongkong, for a term of 5 years, with the Tawny, 1887, Vintage, option of renewal at a CROWN RENT to be | Tawny, (White Label)............. fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, Madium Tawny, (Brown Label) for one further term of 75 years.

White Tawny, (White Label) „itian. 1200 PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Foll Wine, (Brown Label)...................................... 11:00 White Tawny, (Brown Label) Light Tawny, (Brown Label) ...............

No. of Gale

Registry No.

LOCALITY.

Boundary Measurements.

H.

1. | L | X

200

A

Premium.

359 100 40,000 390 4,50

Hongkong, 4th March, 1905.

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PUBL

AUCTION.

The Tenders must be properly filled up, signed and dated, and no Tender will be noticed unless delivered upon the proper form at the the necessities of the occasion. Thay saw at this company. It therefore seems to me that “HE Daders... ¿d have received instructions Head Quarters Office by 13 o'clock Ngon_on the above date, in a closed envelope, marked "Tender" on the outside,

once that more extensive works would have to the action of the Government in this measure, be carried out in order to meet this state of and the plea it puts forward for their action is things, and they instructed skilled engineers

The light to reject any or all Tenders is to report on what was required and the best absolutely unfounded, and if we are to have

reserved. Bead Quarters Office,

Hongkong, 7th March, 1903,

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TSANG FOO & CO., COAL MERCHANTS AND STEVEDORES, 48, Des Vœux ROAD.

S

means of providing it. With the result that any regard for our interests, this bill should be

The motions were then put. Twenty-one voted in favour and one against.

from the REGISTRAR, SUPREME COURT,

to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, ON

TUESDAY,

pramisss, at No, 108, Queen's Road Central, THE GOOD WILL, STOCK-IN-TRADE, FURNITURE,

&C

TY

&

&c,

FIRM

Our Managing Director presented, he in- opposed, And if it is passed, that the very best the rath March, 1905, at TF AM, on the formed us, his report to the Company. That legal assistance to be obtained should be re- report does not appear to have been accept tained in favour of the shareholders of this ed at once. It was thought advisable, and company. (Hear, hear), there was reason for it, that it should be sub mitted to the most eminent engineers on this subject that we possess, namely, Messra. Coode Son and Matthews, and we now have a joint report of that eminent firm and our managing director, The work which le commanded in that report is really divided (or into two parts,

HIPS Coaled from alongside at the shortest

notice, and with all possible despatch. Prices Moderate. Telephone Na 319. "Hongkong, 1st October, 1994.

Subarquently our reponer was informed that the one vote against was not entitled to be re corded owing to an informality.

The resolutions were therefore declared passed.

OF THE SING as a going concern. TERMS →→AS Usual,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Government Auctioneers,

at This concluded the business of the meeting, 1 Hongkong, jid March, 190g

MELROSE WHISKY

Scotlands Best. Delicious Mellow

and Matured:

PROPRIETARS

Bowen & M'Kechnie.

1a50

10.00

CEPA RUBY RIOJA CLARET,

per dozen,

$0.00

Direct Importers of Wine, Beer and Spirits. from well-known Growers, Brewers "and Distillers. Price List on application, ***

BARRETTO & Co.. Agents,

Noz, 22 & 24, Bank Buildings Queen's Road Centrál.

Hongkong, 2017 January, 1903,