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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LABUAN stamp, first issue, 12c., carmine, -anased, fetched £4 mi urdu a few days ago,'

We are informed by the Colonial Secretary that Bangkok has been declared to be an infected port,

We have received a wall calendar for 1909 from Meters. Siemisen & Co, as agents for the Sun Fire Office of London..

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY DECEMBER 25 1908.

A MARRIAGE has been arranged, and will take

place early in January, between Mr. Nawton J. Stabb, of Hongkong, and Ethal Mary, eldest daughter of Mr, A. M. Townsord, manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cor |poration, London,»

CONTEMPORANEOUSLY with the beavy increase in Opium duties, the license fees for the manu- facture of chsada, its retail sale, and for keep ing a smoking shop, have been greatly enhanced as from the beginning of next year,

Ar a council meeting of the Royal Society of Arts, Mr James Black Love, MA., Tiontsin,

Mr. Quah Bang Kee, Penang, Mr. Charles H. Smith, Philippine Judiciary, Manila, the Hon. Tao Jlak Kim, Singapore, Mr. Un Yuan Hsu, n A., and Mr. Young Hes, M.R.B.I., Hongkong,

·ware'elected members.

MRS. B. C. Ross has been appointed Districtys-the Perak Pioneer. Officer in the New Territories with effect from the 6th Instant, until further notice. PAYMASTER A. Taylor has been posted for daty with the cruiser Kesi. He joins the Ken from the scout Skirmisher of the Channel fleet. A PAPER.00" Railway Development in China," by Arthur John Barry, M.lost.C.E., will ba road before the Society of Arts after Christmas. It is reported at Macao that the Portuguese stacl gunbest Patria last Singapore last Sunday for Macao and is expected there in the coursa „of sext wook.

COLONEL W. G.. Bedford, C.M.G., M., Army Medical Service, on promotion to rank been appointed administrative medical officer at Hongkong.

THE King's Exequatur empowering Mr. João «Joaquim Leiria to act as Cunsul for Portugal and for Brazil at Hongkong has received in Majesty's signatura__

THE master of the German 8.8. Looxok reports passing a sunken derelict junk with her fore and aft cods above water. Pusition:-About latitude 20 35 N. Longitude 113ˆ 8′ E.

His Excellency the Governor hes been pleas ed to re-appoint the Honourable Mr. Heweli to be a member of the Sanitary Board for a further period of three years, with effect from the 19th instant.

THE Waleupu has requested the Viceroy of the Min-Che provinces tu instruct his subordi. Inates to prevent all attempts at eurolling- edolles for emigration abroad witboat due authority from the waiwopu,

Ma. T. H. G. Brayfield has been appointed engineer surveyor for private steam-launches ander 60 tons, in place of Mr. H.L. Fletcher- absent from the Colony, during the absence on Jeave of Mr. H..F. Carmichael.

THE Chinese Engineering and Miniby Com- pany, Ld., announces that the total output of the Company's three mines for the week ending December 5, 1998, amounted to 31,071.53 tons and the sales during the period to 38,04285 tops.

His Excellency the Governor has been-pleas. ed, with the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to appoint Mr. 1, F. Boulton to be second, assistaul Director of Public Warks, with effect from the 13th November, 1908.

IT 'is reported that under justractions of the Grand Council the Ministry of Finance will appoint a first-class secretary of that depart ment to the post of Financial Commissioner io Tibet to assist the Imperial Resident af Lhansa.

Iris reported from Mukden that the Viceroy. and Governors of the three Manchurian pro vinces are conferring as to, the desirability of obtaining a lout af T'is: 600,000 from a Russian Bank, to be used in Land Reclantation work in Mongolia,

His Majesty the King has not been advised 10 exertise bis power of disallowance, with respect to Ordinance No, 8 of 1948, entitled an Ordin ance to extend the provisions of The Liquas Ordinance, 1898 and to provide for the grout -of-brewery licenses.

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Tha Waiwupu bas obtained the Imperial Seal for affixing to the letters addressed to the. sovereigns and Presidents of the various Treaty Powers in the name of H. I; M. Hauno Tong" formally informing them of his acces sing to the Dragon Throne at the successor of

the late Emperor Kuang Hsü.

M. R. Laidlaw, M. P. for East Renfrewshire, who is oon of the British delegates to the In ternational Commission on Opium at Shanghai, had intended leaving England on Dec. 5, and hoped in reach his destination in the course of sixiten days. In consequence of the postpone- ment of the meeting of the Commission, he has deferred his departure till January.

In Sydney there is a'Chinese benevolent society called "Hung Fook Tong," and it recueily built to almshouses. There being considerably | more applicants than nimshouses, 'the com-'. mistee decided that the successful would be those who made the largest contributions to the funds of the society. The sums thus handed over ranged from 21 101. to £37 58.

HONGKONG will be glad to learn that Lady Lugárd arrived in the Colony shortly before four o'clock yesterday afternoon by the English Mail Ansary. It is a happy coincidence that Lady Lugard should land here on Christmas Eve and we take this opportunity of extending to her our best wishes for a pleasant sojourn to the Colony after her protracted absence in the homeland,

SHARE QUOTATIONS.

Supplied by, Mosure. E. 5. KaDOORIE & Co, Corrected to noon; later alterations ylven under "Commercial Intelligence," page`gil

STOCI

BANKS,

Hongkong & Shanghal Banking Corporation

National Bank of China, Limited

MARINE, INSURANCES,

Canton Insurancë Oßes, Limited.

"

North Chlon Insprooce Company, Limited

Union Insurance Society of Canton, Limited

fangtase Insurance Assocyliço, Limited.

FIRE. INLURANCES.

Jhina Fire Insurance Company, Limited

NO. OF

· UHARES.

*POSITION: AS PER: LAST REPORT

· VALDE." PAID UP.

"AT WORKING. ACCOURTÁ

༢

Tis. 118,177

LAST DIVIDEND

APPROXIMATI BEFORN - AT

| QUOTATION.

CLOSING

QUOTATIONE.

$845 sallers London £81

(ra). 130,000

$125

S125

$2,005,774

(Interim of 63 for first half your ex?

3/9)=525,943 in

st x

99,925 £7

$150,000J

510,223

Ss (London,3/6) far sgay'

Saço

$50

$1,560,000 $233,757 $411,990 £125,000 THE 150,000 Tis. 303,747

BORD

$14: for 1907

$195

Tik. 103,512

Final of 7/6 making 15/- for 1907

Tis. 105

· $1,000,000

18,400

Saço

$100

$0,000

$2,506,021

Final of Srs making 545 for 1ood and Interim of $30 for 1907.

st z

$835 sales

£9,000 $100

$50

$1,000

$199,033 SAS.157

Sea and bonus $3 for 1905

S165 buyers

* $1,000,000

$20

$346,097

$372,432

$6 and bonus Sa for 1906...

$1,233,941

$118,017

**Say for 1900

Sat

$7,000

$1,935

$50

3264,638

KL.

59,067

$250,000

$387,500

£17,765

261,766

$17,0553

£20,000

£140,000

Tis. 75,000 4720,000

70,000 $100

Hongkong Fire Insurance Company, Limlied im 8,000 Saço

30,000 Sas 20,000 $50

SHIPPING,

Thina and Manila Steamship Company, Limited.... Douglas Steamship Company; Limited ...........e

fongkong, Cantos & Macao Steamboat Oo, Ld.

indo-China Steam, Navigation Co., Ld. (Preferred)}

do. Do.

(Deferred)

80,000

60,000 60,000

£5

shanghai Tog and Lighter Company, Limited. 200,000 TIL 50 Tis: so

́ ́. (Preference) | 100,000) Shell" Transport and Trading Company, Limited, 2,000,000

Star Ferry Company, Limited...

A VERY Donly accident was witnessed in Queen's Pika Tug and Lighter Company, Limited 30,000

REŽINKÁIBS

Rond Central, outside the Robe, Shamrock and Thistle Hotel, last Saturday afternoon. A young Chinaning was seen walking along the fostpalbhina Sugar Refining Company, Loiled me and while attempting to cross the road, tripped over the bridge, and fell. He struck his head vi lently in the gutter and was rendered un. conscious. He was taken to hospital with a Serious wound on the top of the bead,

4-

UNDER date the 17th inal, Messrs. Wheelock

& Co. write from Shanghai-Exchange being

acon Sugar Refining Company, Limited.... rak Sugar Cultivation Company, Limited.

* MINING..

GRA

41420,000

$5,000 547,122

683,755

Th. 450

£63817 598*

Jak lor vnas ending 10.1048

£14 lot first bullfiguur ending 50.6.08..................

(6/- for 1907 on Preference shares only ©}

|ex 1/9 11/16—33, 154/iconmaitinsieme.

Interim of Tis, if for accasst språ |ƒFinal of 1ễ making 3/- 18: 1909 and la. term of 1/- (No, 10) for a/c. 1908.................

130.50)

४.

Stoy sales

5125 s. and s.

ง

Szof sellara

אאנא *

(Tin. 48 salieru 1714 1 buyers

$24

10,000

Στα

310

10,000

$10

Tim so Tlay so

Ti 855 Tis. 42 .479

Tis.

**Tls. 6,869

Flush of The, rẻ making 'Tis, y tôr 1957.

iz

TT. 45

70,000

*$100

100

..

48 for year dealDRCLAS

7,000

$100

*Sred

7,000

'riq, go. Tim..50

iOG

Dr. $235.131

Tis. romand

Its 3773

ending pilot

•hinese Engineering nod Mining Company, Ld1,000,000

DOCKS, WAVES & GUBOWWI. Canwick (Ges,) &ˆCh., Limited

all in favour of exporters it is not surprising to jb Australian Gold Mining Company, Limked find our homeward freight market still as active as ever, especially to America vía Suez Canal where some record shipments have been going forward recently. Coastwise-Here rates have certainly started on the downward grade and the outlook for the next two or three months is not at all promising; prospects are no better in the South from latest advices ond wa are afraid it will be a case of "laying up" for some ships. COLONEL W. G. Bedford, C.M., Army Medi cal Service, who, as has been already an. nounced, has been appointed Administrative Medical Officer at Hongkong, is a medice of much experience and a great expert in linpical diseases. He has spent well-nigh twenty- nine years in the medical brauch of the army, War, 1899-1900, when he was staff officer to ‚and has the experience of the South African the P.M.O, during the campaign of that period in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony, and Cape Colony (mentioned a despatches, Queen's medal with three clasps, and C'M. G'),

A CENSOR named Shit Lü-chin has presented A memorial to the Prince-Regent protesting against the custom of high. Ministers of state dad others being required to remain on their kaces when before ine throne. The contention is that when the first Emperors sat on the throno high Ministers of mate were allowed to be seated in the Presence and that it was only later on that they were required to keep kneel

Furthermore nil Crown Ministers are generally men advanced in years whom it would be but gracious on the part of the Ruler to excuse from keeping the Kaceling posture, sometimes, perhaps, for hours.

IT has been decided by the Prince Regent and hip Advisors that there shall be no change mode in the place for granting audience to Foreign Officials and the Wenhua Chroneball sball continue to be the audience Hall as duAbg the reign of the late Emperor Japan is continuing to import cats. Recently soma thousands were sent from America. Last month 5,000 cats were embarked at Hamburg for Yokohama,. It is said 15,000 are on ordering when having audience of the Emperor. to be exported from Germany to Japan to keep down the too dumerous rats in the country. MR, Edmund Hamilton, Sharp, 79, of Parlia ment-hul, Hampstead, formerly of Hongkong and Kyoto, Japan (£ao to his old servant, Ann Jones; and, subject to numerous legacies and bequests, his estate to the Boys and Girls' Re fugee Strangeways, Manchester), left 211,400. THE Ministry of Fionnce has instructed all Government Banks to stap issuing dollar notes and silver dollars as it is the intention of that Ministry to issue one-tuel notes and silver coins' of the same denomination begiasing with the first month of next Chinesp year (January! February, 1909).

THE Ministry of War has obtained the ap proval of the Price Regent to select a large number of the pupils of the Nobles' School in

AVR have received the caste for "The Silver King," which the Kowloon Dock A.D.C. intend producing on Saturday, January 9th, and Men day, January 11th-

"THE SILAVER KING." Theld in ruth with ten who sloga On one clear harp of diven joues That mes may else on stepping stones Of their dead selves to higher things

Wilfred Denver. Mr. R. 31. Harter

Capt. Herbert Skinner..... The Spido r....Mr. J. Colin Owen Harry Coren...Clark to Geoffrey Wure ........Mr. W. J. Wilson Elich Capinhe...d receiver of stolen goods...Bir. 3. 12. Logan Crippanood Locksmith Mr. J. W. Lender

a) Jake...An old servant of the Danver's

Mr. J. Mensler

Peking to end to-Great-Britain, ils-United | Sai Dexter .............. ..........Á Detective ............Mr. D. Keki Stater, Germany aud, japan for the purposes ucy War, Ante Mr. Om

Landlord "Wizmatical" Mr. G. Beck : Futb..... studying...at the Naval Academies of those filcher

r. J.-W. Lander Binka countries and afterwards 'entering their navies

„Tradesmen .....Mesuri, Beck & Brown Brown.on asub-lieutenants for two or three years.

„A parish clerk sanoMr. O..White Yurkyn Prank Selwyn Sropio Mr. Jobo Franklin.....Mr. W. Brown Jafferpuitle..ALETES .................Ms, (3. White Lesker......A l'orter,Mu. D. Brown

•Newsboy megilmung Mr. K. Stubbs Nelly Denver Dentor's wife....., Alsa. B. M4. Baxter Skinner's wilo........... Olivi Tabitlin Dorden ....magnezijanciarMr. Jy Punchron Susy.......Waitress at the Chequers.,.Misi Ér 15, Parker Chy Denver

Edith Clelland Sed Denver.... Nelly's Children Colin Logan Mrs. Gamriage Meme incendis muziki.Mise A. Lagan

Hallway inspector, passengers, ravies, childres,

dete-likes, servantų, keja

A HOME paper says:-Mr. R. Laidlaw, M. P'. for East Renfrewshire, who is one of the Bri- timp delegates to the laternational Commission on Opium at Shanghai on New Year's Day,'is leaving, England on Dec. 5, and hopes to reach hiddestination, in the course of sixteen days. The hoo, member, who will be accompanied by his daughter, goes by the Trans-Siberian and South Manchurian Railways to Dulky, and by stuainerio Shanghai,

His Imperial Highness the Prince Regent, who so far has had no official seal, issued orders the other day to the Ministry of Rites to have one made for him without delay, The seal is to be a gold one two inches square with. the following six characters in Ancient Chin 210 writing engraved on it, angely "Chica-kuo Seh-cheng Wang-chang," or Seal of the Prince Regent. When one considers that all official seals under the prozent dynasty invariably con- Lain Mancha characters in addition to the usual Chinese, the report that the Prince Regent's new Seal only contains Chinese characters;

ngkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Ld ........ hanghai Dock and Englosaring Co., Lede semaining 551700 | Tis, 100, 100

hanghai and Hongkew Wharf Company, Limited ........

35,000

Tis, 8,000 Tis, 13,000 $32,538

$56,848)

Dr. 5179,371

Szzak

$10 sallars

411,556 Flaal of 2/6 (coppen No. 11) for year end-2

Tis, Bağ bayara

«Th, tył salbi

£1

£17,000}

$50,000

14289)

50,000

£4,871

Dr. £2,191

18,000

525

$53,600

51,716

Bongkang & Kowloon Weart and Gedown Co., Ld. 60,000

550 $50

T26,806

$5,516.

Final 05 354 pisking 3gh for 1907

Bt X

343

$40,000

50,000

550

$50

176,197

$200,000

+3848

latarim of $4 for account 1901

$90 sellors

·1121,300,000

Tis. 33:741

(Flant of Tin, at making in' all Tis. 3 for

64.X

year ending 104,08

Tis. 75 buyers

Tls.-697,957

· Tls. 75,000

Tia. 12,626

Interim of Tis. 4 (oi account 1908

Tis. 140 kalno

Tis. 115,000).

1', $5,000

Tia. 6.53*

Tis 6 for 1907 ......

$30,000

Dr.

01,150

515

$1,000

29778

Sco

809757

$1,000

514,610

5210,000

$395

Sat for year ending 30.0.07 ...- $1.80 for 1906 cursarumineaz Interim of $5 for account 1908. Interim of $34 for account igo

583 bayer

71 X

'sellers

117.4261

$10,000

20 cals for 1997.................

71%

Spi sellern

TAUSO

Tl. 2,533,0452. {Th. 70,00G

1053 TIB, 307,547

*518 for 1907 -tó

51%

535

Interim of Tls, 3 for account i908

, X

$1,543

Interim of Sa lor accdung 1908

9%

Tis, 130 sallars $46

4

i

·Lands, Hotels & BUILDINGS, pho Anglo-French Land Investment Co, Lid, säännyman 25,000

Tls, 100 71s, 100 Astor House Hotel Company, Limited (Shangbul), ..... j0,000 Sar ́entral Stores, Limited amenÕNUS SAD TALENTE 50,181 fongkong Hotel Company, Limited" par ose mundoque, as 12,000 Sta

ongkong Land Investment and Agency Do, fedi, 50,000 5100 $100 Iamphreys Estate & Finance. Company, Limited $50,000 Sto $10

6,000 owloon Land and Building Company, Limited...

*. 53ä

78,000 T 50 Tis, 50 12,500 $50 $10

nangbal Land Investment Company, Limited... You Point Building Company, Limited

COTTON MILLÉ:-

..

Lo Cotias Spinning aud Wearing Company, L.d.. 4Jogkong Cotton Spioning, Wearing and Dyclog?

Company, Limand

ternational Cotter Manofacturing Company, Ld. sos-kung-mow Canon Spinning & Weaving Có, Ld joy Chéo Conen Spinaing Company, Limited

-25,000 Tis. Tis. 50 15,000 110

10,000 - 1,75 Tx. 75

8,000 TIL 100 Tis, 100 *,000 £1,800 Tis. 100

MISCELLANEOUS Hell's Asbestos Eastern Agency, Limited.......

bina-Borneo Company, Limited... EL PA Chien Light and Power Company, Limited ...............stim

10.

special sharos, or in China Provident Loan & Mongago Calapany, Ld.... 135,000

Do.

Jairy Farm Company, Limited" PREKODISEJAN Green Island Cement Company, Limited.....................

H. Price & Company, Limited ..............

(ali & Holtz, Limited .......... fongkong Electric Company, Limited- fongkong Ice Company, Limited remystimee Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Company, Ld.'......... taatschappij tot Mijn Bosch en LandbouweX -

ploitatie in Langkat,' Limited sinas Peak Tramways Company, Limited - Peak Tramways Company (now) ..................

none

TIL 15,0,000) › Tia. 45,9395

£10,000

Tis. 100

£14) buyuru

$9.553 TIL 8,372.

Tha 5 nguded 31.10.19c 50 cents for year excing 31,7.08

The. 6 for year ended 20.9.45 (8.2). Ma,& pod.......

•Tis is for igut pres

troj-pars for 100-$1.057

-$1,39 int 1937 vezjanu

Bo`cents for 1907. “...............

51.30 for your ending -31.7. 8

Tis. 75 buyarı *-510 sulfazí

Tim. 67)

39.97 sellers

Sia bayar

To buyer

*Stag sellers

Tis. :75 000

Tis, 6,508

Tia 38,317

Tis. 30,503

8,604

·13/6 12/6

£1,500

£648

60,000

Six

$25,000

Pil..

50,000

*

50,000}

61,138

So centa.for

your

coded 28.1.00

Sto

驿%

$120,000

23.508

5101,000

35,000

373

51 X-

$12) * -..

548

400,000

$10

10

$12,000

$5.07%

Interim of 40 cents for account 1908

19,000

$10

Sto

M 21,000

$20

$30

-60,000-

5,000 60,000

523 $25

$10 Sto 25,000 GB 100GS 100

$5,000 $186,000

ROUG

$130,000 zona

Sz51

18,957

75 cents for 9 montha ending 31.53,07 52 for year ending 28.2.08

8

min

59,321

-S1 and boats so cis, in: yea” ending 29.2.08

$4,578

Interim of $4 for account. 190.......

Interim of 1 for account 1908.

Tix $47,500? Tix. 27,6033

$5,000

4th Quarterly div. of Tis, to and bonus of

Tis..17,737

Thu 10 making 3550 to data

$7,471

NIL

TIL 6,001

Final of Tia, 4 making Tis, 78 for 1907

anghai-Sumatra Tobacco Company, Limitad

itanghal Waterworks Company, Limitedisinais -outh Of las Morning Post, Limited team Laundry Company, Limited -entain Waterworks Company, Limited i «lon Waterboat Company, Limited “alted Asbestos Oriental. Agency, Limited-

Vatson, (A. 5.) & Go., Limited........ Villiam Powell, Limited

Tis. 8.493

Tis. 190,000

on

Tia 58,132

Bona

20,000 $5 3.5

1,000 Tis: 100 THE 100

··50,000.

$10 $10. 10,000 $10 34

90,000

15,000

Dr.

TIL 15,395)

Lazó

40.cante for year ending 317-8 vaca

Tha: 4.000$

TU, 301

Sixt

Tis, of for your ending 304.07 to cents for 1909 200 2000 1999

$35,000

$1,300

510

$100,000

$25,000

36,418-

$7

$3.95

Bir. O, Whilippine Company, Limited.................. Hanghal Gať Company, Limited

Stage Manager Mr. M. 11. Banner

A Shanghai Mercury correspondent writes: "I was inveigled a week or two ago in buying s citery ticket for the Kiangaan Lottery, and the drawing' having taken place on the 8th inst, a day or two ago I received a printed sheet obowing the result of couro, I gut uathing, but in carelessly glancing down the list I was struck by the fact that some thousand appeared to be lackier than others, Closer examination of the winning numbers brought out some facts that seemed to be absolutely opposed to the law of chances, and as the result of my analysis is some- seems to be significant of his Highness's be of interest to your readers, some of

what remarkabis I believe they

may Kature policy

whom may occasionally patronise she lot- This afternood (19th inst.), în_dirty weather,|tory. I was announced that there were Hongkongites were treated to a fins specimen of 4,040 prizes and 30,000 chances, about 140 America's national game-baseball, Despite in every thousand. No, 4,025. Won, the first the inclemency of the weather, a large number prize of $40,000, and sambers from 3.975 to of people, turned out to witness the play 4,075 all were drawn for prises. There were for it is not often thai Hongkong has the twosecond prizes of $10,000 each; ons was won pportunity of watching the game of baseball by 3,763 and Nos. 3,437 10 3,752 consecutively and everyone preseur pronounced the show a awon prizes. The other second prise was great success. The professionals were veritable | won by 19,356 and Nos. 19,336 to 19,386 giants, and the local team, were rather consecutively won prizas. There were twa handicapped by the superior business of third prizes of $5,000 each. One was won by their formidable opponents." It is rather on- | No. 1,202 and Nos, from 1,182 to 1,aaz conse^ cfortunate that rainy weather marred the catively were awarded prizes. The other $5,000.

proceedings, but if those in charge can see their Way 10 MITSUge 4 second match, we feel suze that it will be sa wall attended-if no better -se this sternoon's play,

west to No. 1.899 and Nos. 1,789 to 1,829 con secutively received prizes. There were no other consecutive runs, and I think shoso results ace so remarkable as to be worth noting”

*These shares are entitled to half of the profits

*25,000*

50,000 $10 75,000 SIG Tra *24,000 Tia. 50. Tia. 50 30,000 Ts, 20 Th, 20 ∙16,350 6,000

*Tis 100,000

TIL 24,830) .Tla. 75,000

Bo cants on tally paid shares and 6 cents on Y 1.5: pald shares for your ending 30.4.08.3

Final óf Tis, 9 máking in all Tis, 14 for'1907

Final of 17/6 making 52/6`tor 1909.

(Bo cents on 9,900 ord skates and $19.50 on ) 100 Fortunes bázením nr,and, 31.5,07 § Interim of go cents a/c 1908gmisesse Final of jo sta. making ou, cis, for the i 2 year andad 30th Jane, xyoà

DIVIDENDS PAYABLE :

Tia. 860 bayars

Tis 117 bayars

Tis. ray buyers

TL 437).

The os bayers

Sel bayam

Shanghal Dock and Engineering Co, Ledine

4th Yanuary, to

nied and Fablished by JOSE FERRO BRAGA for the Hongkong Talegraph Company, Limited, as the

-Qfics of the Gompès