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Mails.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY AUGUST 25 1908.

** Intimation.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., Lr.

BREMEN.

IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.

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"NAPLES, GENOA, ALGIERS; GIBRALTAR, SOUTHAMPTON, ANTWERP and HAMBURG · com

STEAMERS

TO SIL

PRINZ REGENT LUĮTFÓN") WEDNESDAY,

Capt. O. Pabukë suona

Neco, 26th August.

SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, 'KQBE} "PRINZ EITEL PRIEDRICH" About WEDNESDAY;

and YUKUHAMA .................................. Capt. E. Malchaw............................

26th August.

No. 1 DOCK.

4.

Length inside 514 ft. "Width of entrance, top 85 ft.; bottom 75 it. Water on blooks, 27.5 ft. Time to pump out, 4 hours.

No. 2 DOCK.

Length inside, 875 ft. Width of entranos, top 60.5 ft. bottom 45.8 ft. Water on blocks, 28,5 ft. Time to pump out, 2 hours.

HESE DOCKS Courcicolly situated in Yokobama barbour and the attention of Captains and Bugsbeera is respectinky called so the advantages offered lux Docking nad repairing Vesssis and Machinery of avery description.

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The plant and tools are of recent patterns for dealing quickly and cheaply with work and a large stock of material is always at hand, (plates and angles all-being tested by | Lloyds' surveyors),

Twb powerful Twin Screw Towboats are available for, taking Vessels in or out of Dock, and for taking Sailing Vesselt in or out of the day. The floating derrick is capabre. of hitting 35 tons.

ANAMOY IN 1907.

Mr. Cecil V. Bowra, the Commissioner of Cantoms for Amoy. In bis report on the trade of Amoy far 1957, anyat—unga A

pora. It is much to ba hoped that no obstaciar will be put la the way of any attempt to take these riches from the soil, as it is in their ex- plakatine that the path to prosperity line for a region that is now toʻk, grout, extant barran With such persistency have recent reports and desolato. Another interesting and useful dwell upon the decadence of Amoy as the part enterprise is the telephone company which is of shipment for Formosan teas that it would be being established in Amoy. The capital A relief to be able to record "d change for the ($8,000) is put up by Lin Erb-chia, a prominent better in this aspect of our trade, Far, how member of the local gentry, and the establish ever, from such an improvement baving occurr ment of the company has benn'anthorised by ed, 1907 is only conspicuous as the year in which the Min Che Viceroy. The subscription for the Fomosan tea traffic came to a virtual end; each instrument-i-48-a-year-ad about the patient, in fact, look a serious turn for the tos patrons have registered their names. ́worse, and unless present indications are unex- The work of installation is being done by pactedly falsified, it will only remain for the Kingpo men, and, like the railway, this is coming year to celebrate the obizquies and exclusively a Chinese concorn. The opium put up the tombstone over the defunct trade dens in Amoy were closed on the 19th July, Of the total shipment of Formosan les during in accordance with Imperial Decree, and the the past season, only about gas twelfth went local Magistrate; thowed great seal in this. via Amoy, against deurly one-half ja the preces work and in the destruction of opium-smoking ding year, and it is probable that during 1908 paraphernalia. An anti-opium uociation was even a smaller fraction will pass through this opened in December. Numbers of smoken port. Tousthe end, though long foreseen, has at voluntarily sent in guarantees that they would last come somewhat suddenly. Amoy is perhaps take the association's m dicines in their house, the aldent of the Chinese ten ports: The Amoy and some also took up resicence in the assa langage has given the name der to the Western ciation's premises and underwent treatment as world. For fancy years there was a large pro-in-patients. I hose and evidences of a strong duction of tea in this district itself; that died

effort to deal with the evil; but when the ciucial" Lout, and Amoy enjoyed a prosperity lasting for test of the statistics of opium lusported in 30 years or so as the hath ur and entrepot for applied, it does not appear that there was any leas from Formosa. This, too, in its tura, no diminution, in the demand for the drug during draws to a conclusion and other sources of the year. On the contrary, not only was the production must be lapped if any of the old importation from abroad greater than it had been for many years previously, bat a large in from tes, the trade bistory of the year prescuts crease in local production is also reported, no unusual features. The weather in the There is one point in the opium question to earlier part of the year was favourable and fair which attention does, not seem to have been first crops were reaped. But drought interlased sufficiently drawo, and that is the profound belief which the great majority of this batvents of the year were poor. The clan fight Chinese undoubtedly have in its medicinal ing in the Naman and. Hwaian districts inter and tonic properties... Chinese of good fered seriously with trade; communications landing and education often assure one that were not absolutely interrupted, but many. fields were left unlilled, and trade in the dis-oplum in moderation "nourishes," that many turbed country was very languid. Business sudare such to without it, that it is only in labourers 'doing hard work would be unable to

Steams Launches of Bieel or Wood, Lighters, Steal Buildings and Roofs, Bridge alience of that port is to be regained." Apait Work, and all kinds of Machinery are made on the premises..

MANILA, YAP

NEWGUINEA) BRISBANE, SYDNEY "and MELBOURNE ...............

MANILA"

Capi, Minisen

THURSDAY,

5.M., 10th September.

BORNEO"

Capi F. Sembili

Begidning of September guaranted.

KUDAT and SANDAKAN...

For Kurther Particulars, apply to

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD

MELCHERS & COM

GENERAL AGENTS, HONGEONG & CHINA.

Hongkong, 14th August, 1908,

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

FRENCH MAIL LINES.

FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO and FROM EUROPE via SUEZ CANAL.

TO and FROM JAPAN via SHANGHAI,

STEAMERS

CAPTAINS

TO BAIL ON SHANGHAI, KOBE YOKOHAMA...ERNEIT HIMONS.Girard 31 A P.M. MARSEILLES, VIĻ PORTS ..............YARRA' misije. „Sellier ............ 1st Rept, qi 1 P.1, SHANGHAI, KÖBE, YOKOHAMA...VILLE, DE LA CICTAT.Barillon 14th Sept., P.. MARSEILLES, VI PORTS... AUSTRALIEN.Vercon..15th Sept. 1 PM,

Tenders will be made up when required and the workmanship and, material will be

The cost of Docking, and repur work, will be found to compare favourably with that with the second crop, and upon the whole the of any port in the world.

Telephone: Nos. 376, 608, or 681. Telegrams, Dock, Yokohama,” Jodes A, B, C. 4th and 5th Edt. Liebers, Scotts, A1, and Wacking. Yokohama," May 23rd, 1905,

Shipping Steamers.

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QUEEN'S BUILDINGS,

Hongkong, 18th August, 1968.

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Aug, de First half *

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The Steamers are all fitted throughout with Electric Light and have Accommodation for

■ limited number of. Saloon Passengers, and" will take" Cargo to all- Netherland India Porta -án through Bills of Lading.

For Particulars of Freight and Pasjagaj apply to

réléphone No, 375,

JAVA-CHINA-JARAN LIJN.

York Buildings, ist door,

Hongkong, zob August, 1908.

MESSAGERIES CANTONAISES

FRENCH LINE OF STEAMERS BETWEEN HONGKONG. CANTON AND KOUANG-SI

S.S.." PAUL BEAU," 1,900 tons; 1g knots."

RS. "CHARLES HARDOUIN," 19,0ns, ze knots,

The speedlest, most faxuriously appolated and punctual steamers on the line, Departure from Hongkong at xó PM. (Saturdays excepted); Departure from Canton at 5:15 P.M. (Sundays piceptod).

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during the year. is reported to have been generally dull and profits poor, and there were two or three failures of patirs banks, The grour value of trade in "1917 was Hk. Ths. 18,836,566, a decrease of about 1 million taula in comparison with that for the preceding year; but the bet valse shows a small increase over the 1906 figures: this is probably account- ed for by the value of silver, which ruled high during most of the year-ustil October, in fact, when it began to fall with lightning-like Tapidity,-and-so cheapened the price of foreign imports. The conclusion to be drawn is that apart from re-exports ie, tea, the trade remains" much as it has been for many years past. Astea was the backbone of the trade from the foreigo, and, no doubt largely from the native, point of view, there is not much com fort to be drawn from this reflection. Hope for the fature, however, lies in certain enter prises which were initiated during the year.enlightenment of the nation," The most important of these is the Chang-Heia (Amoy Changchow) branch of the Fukien Railways, which is now under construction. The subscribed, capital for this line and the Extension from Changchow to Chischer, which it is hoped to build later, is $5,000,000 in $5 shates, on which a call of '51 a share had al ready been paid. The management is vested ia three director, a commites of eight (mostly wealthy local or Straits merchants whe have taken shares), and a resident manager. The promoters and management are entirely Fukicness, and the line is evidently intended to be quite a provincial concern. The termi not at the Amoy and is at Bungaau, a place on the mainland facing the west side of Kulangen, which lies close to the new tank, installation of the Standard Oil Company. The construction

excess that it is harmful. It is looked upon as

a prophylactic against malaria and as "aptonic. in convalescence after malarial attacks. Tält alode is sufficient to account for lis general use is in fact on the same lines as that held of gla to China. The popular idea regasdlog opion

in the slums of London, where so salutary i held to be the effect of a "drop of" summat

that it is even given to the babies; or, in a

lesser degree, we may compare the smoking el

pipe of opium-by-a-Chinese to dilpking of her cup of stewed ladi o tes by a worthy British matron under the pathetic filusion that the deleterious taulike decoction is " doing her good"Whether repressive measures Mil prove efficacious against fallacies so deeply rooted in the social habits of a people remains to be seen; but it seems probabis that the real remedy lies in the gradual education mod

of the track at Sungseu began early in July and 15 li were completed by the end of the year,

Intimations.

THE

*HINA PROVIDENT LOAN

MORTGAGE CO., LD.

[CAPITAL PAID UP....................$1,250,000)

Loans on Mortgage of House Property, Goods received on Storaga, Advances made en Merchandise. Losos made on the Provident System.

(Rater and Particulars on application): THE OFFICE: OF THE *TRUSTEE; EXECUTOR OF WILLS,

ATTORNEY, & Undertaken and Executed..

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers.

Hongkong, roth March, rond,

It is expected that the whole section will be F. BLACKHEAD & Co.,

completed by the spring of 1909. The line 'will pass along the north coast of the dota of the Changchow River, past Chaitsien, Haitang and Shiwei, cross the North River, near (be" famqus bridge. Chiang-tung.ch'ing koown to foreigners a Paolam Bridge" and foally reach the east gate of the city of Changchow. There will be five stations on the line its length will be about go li; but owing to difficulties about the purchase of land, the aligument is not yeffinally settled. The con- struction présents so particular engineering difftulties, the most important item being the bridging of the North River, the work is to be done by Chiocie A native of Foocho, educated in France, is the engineer in charge of the work. Rails are to be purchased from the Haoyang fundries, sleepers from Japan, and the rest of the material from Evrope ard Audica as may be found best and cheapest

• These superb sleamers carrying the French Mall are fitted throughout with Electric Light| From the Sungsen terminus a' sicom-laudch and Fans and were specially built for this trads....... Excellent cuisine:

Canton Agents Messrs. E. Pasquist & Co.

... 5ik Sept.

1 CEYLAN .....25th Nov.

The Company's!

s Own Wharf near Wing Lok Street,

1 CORSE.........»•».........

11th Jan, 1909,

For further particulars, please apply to='/

Hongkong, 28th March, 1908.

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equipped with single berth cabies.

Intermediate class and rates of passage.

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For further Particulars, apply to

Hongkong, 15th August, 1908,',

P.. NALIN, FRENCH MAIL OFFICE.

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service will connect with Amoy. This short line is, a part of the large scheme of Fukies railways mentioned in the report for 1956. I Lis largely experimental, and it is hoped that its success will enable funds to be raised for ihs accomplishment of th, whole plas. The other [venture is the proposed exploitation of mineral depotils in the Anki district (locally, Ankhoe) by Chinese, syndicate. The subscribed. capital for this undertaking is 51,003,000, and authority has been given by the Board of Works to begin work. Freliminary investiga- tions were made in November, when it was. found that the concession contained coil and Iron in 'great abun'anco as well as lord and limestone,The venture looks promising enough,, and it is wid that a foreign engineer has been engaged to take charge of the mining operations. It is feared, however, that the new mining regulations may in terfere with the schomo and even cause it on- tirely to fall to the ground. Howeverìbil may be, thers seem to be no doubt about the mortal wealth of South, Fukien. Au'Ameri can mining engineer is reported to have ex- amined the districi, and discovered a mountain, of paguotile iron ore a mile, long, and three founds of a mile wide, which is estimated to contain over 1000,000 tons. Limestone, AMERICA galení, kaolingand, zinc blende deposits are also reperteti ed samples of tich Eers and graphite have been brought'

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