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Intimation.

Powell's

28, QUEEN'S ROAD.

GENT'S

HELMETS

FINE QUALITY

INDIAN PITH

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY MÁY 57 loo

THE RUBBER TRADE.

II-TA

THE TREES.

II. M. TOMLINSON.

favored by hators. To sonds coagulation le done by means of a rotary pit |bold" over the amoké on" two forked' sticks,

These methods," with "little variation; obtain) The Hover Braziliensis (once called the although from time to time more "scientific" throughout the valley of the 'Amaroos, and Siphonin Slastica) is a forest tree in Amaconis, methods and processen have been Imported, and large areas of forests, parsibly rich in that the rubber did not favour them. In some fer kind of rubber tres, many still be obtained from rititories a variety of rabber-bearing tres is cut the authorities Labour there, so the company down and mingled, les juices being then al prospectuses inform us, is cheap and plentiful, towed to drain upon the ground, the gum and The process of collecting the rubbar and pre-adberant foreign matter being then bundled paring it for export, is, it is generally known, together in ox Aides and exported, so crude as not to be called an sit; the sim-" pleat meats and utenaits only are necessary, And if not immediately to hand, are fasigalfic ant la cost.

|

READY FOR 'SHIPMENT,'

from the little river steamer, which periodically The rabber is stored in readings for a visit

plies down that river, as all the others, and puts Then, while rubber can command so high is to any part of the bank where a ball of gam a price, It does teem, a simple matter, to an is walking, transpon Mangos or Pafa. At! English jovestor (whan thinking the matter Mannos the rubber is graded by experts, and over with the promises of the last new company bought by merchants for shipment to Now before him) to see large and only dividends York or Europa. On the rivage where rapida for a small outlay. But others, it should occur or falls occur, as the Madeira, the rubber com- to him, have thought so bafore this boom logd, wa from the headwaters is fiat carried on statted. Naturally, there have been foreign rafts wikde of soft-wood trees, perhaps twenty rabber, enterprises is Amazinia before thitfest long and five tuns wide, kept together with -year; and sigöil Tailures. It is one affair to Gibres, and steerad by paddles. Seats for the owa a 'rubber fofest and a different one to

crew are supported on bamboo poles, and the make it. pay. Labour, too, is not plentiful cargo is fastened beneath the soat. A raft in Amazonia 't is very scarce indead; It like this, called a bales in Bolivia," will carry bas to be imported to the rubber grounds, goolb, and it is said one in eight of them is often at great cost. And if labour really broken and lost on the snags, Lower down cheap and plentiful in those fariber stream the rubber is shipped on batelaos, large rubber grounds of Peru and Bolivia, It appears, boats, sharp fore and aft, capable of carrying on the face of it, to be a most dubious position ten tons of rabber, and manned with perhaps there, and one perhaps that cannot last, when a dozen skilled boatmen. At every rapid met, it is better knowo. The rabber, in fact, is all when the river is bad, these vessels have to bought at Manaos, and Para from the native be unloaded and boat and cargo hauled ovar collectors and traders by British and American the rocks to a lower reach. Numbers of these

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Auction.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

RONGLONG AVERAGE "MARKET) PRIONS.

HE Undersigned have received instructions Corrected"

to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,

·FOR ACCOUNT DE TER CONCERNED, TO-MORROW,

the 28th May, 1910, at 11 ad, at their .Sains Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road,

comer of ice House Street, The following Saired ex S.S. TAISHAN"— 1 CLOCKS, 2 PATENT LOGS, 1 PATENT

TELESCOPE, I RULER, I SIGNAL SOUNDING MACHINE, I FLAG, 2 COM PASSES, MERCURIAL BAROMETER,,, BOOK, 1 SAILING DIRECTION BOOK;

ALSO

INDICATOR, CHRONOMETERS,

1 TYPHOON BAROMETER, WIND

AND

One NEW METAL BAND SAW and NEW EMERY DRILL CYLINDERS.

Catalogues may be had an application. TERME A METAL.CO

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Anciloneers.

Kongkong, 24th May, 1910.

Consignees.

5.5. "YARRA.".

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

NOTICE,

"May 1920, 100 str.

BUTCHER MEAT:

Shark Sa Yo- Skate-Po Yo

Shrimps-Ha

Soapper-Lap Yü.

Soles-Tat Sa Yümmes GET OUT Tench--Wan Ya, mpániaom

Tarbot-Ola How Yu

'White Balt-Ngan Yu Chal

subamazansour

Danis,

Tariles, small, fresh water-Kook Yo... »

20

22

11

Roast-Shlu

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19

22

Breast-Ngan Lem

Beef stilön & primecut-Mai Lang Pa B

Comped-Hum Ngau Yük

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Soup, Tong Yuk Steak Ngau Yuk-Pa ime

Strlola-Ngau Lau Sausages-Ngao Yuk Chaung Bullock's Brate. Kuow........... per sat Tongus frash-Ngau Lininine sach

...

» Camed-Hom Ngan- LFA s ̈„ Hand-Ngau Tầo ghuaimuki. yi Heart-Ngau Sum ................................per

20

20

SD

FRUITS.

Almond-Hung Yal

Apples, (California)—Kam San^Ping

60'

I

« Hümg, Salt-Ngan'Kin .....

18

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Fent-Ngan Kook

cach

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Kidneys-Ngan Yld..............................

Tall-Ngan Mot

Liver-Ngan Cor

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Covered English Felt merchan; and if those merchants, shrewd craft are lost yearly in trying to shoot the rapids,ONSIGNEES of Cargo from London and

in White and Grey.

FEATHER-

WEIGHT.

THE

SINGAPORE"

men of business on the spor, bad soon a way to get the stuff without intermedia ries, when it was so easily to be got, then they would have got it. But they still leave that side of the business to be Brazilians, who are the only people, it is generally admitted out here, to make that side of it pay. But there 1 80 doubt a pative owner would sali oven a paying estate for more than it was worth,

THE RUNNER Hunters.

and wherever a rapid decurà chera ashore under the woods one finds the cometery where, the deaux ox 13. Ville d'Arias, in connection with Havre ex ss. Dardagns, and from Bor- boatman who fall are placed, if their bodies are above Steamer are hereby informed that their found. The rubber, 63 Roats, and is marked Goods with the exception of Upium, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored at 'with the 'ownor's initials, is often recovered. their risks into the hazardous and or extra bazar.

·Atorning Etader, «

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Encimations,

HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB. :. THE SECOND MEETING of the Season will be held at Happy Valley, TO MURKOW, 28th May, commencing 3:30 PM.

The Charge of Admission will be $1.00 for Club of Gymkhana Club. others than members of the Hongkong Jackey

The map of the Amasons shows, along the banks, of the southern tributary stroms (the rubber world), a number of marks which ap poar to indicate towns and villages. When actually voyaging such a streae seos, at most of such points, a smating-a sort of portico in the forestwich is placed a large. and substantial remence, where the proprietor or tenant lives, with a few small palm-leal "shacks of the labourers grouped apart from it. Some statuesque julm trees are posed about. The traveller is surprised to see little evidence, of cultivation, except a few patches of bananas and a plot or two of maiza; for he may have noticed, with wanda, the astonishGREEN ISLAND ULMENT COMPANY,'

ing fartility of this land when properly

made of Rubber, cover-asked for its best, as at some plantations

ed white affords 'splen- did protection.

THE

SHIKAR

at Serpa, on the patent stream. From behind oot of the huts there will be rising a depdo cloud of whitish smoke. They are drying rub.

dous Godowas of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ld, at Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediately After landing.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless intimation is received from the Consignees batore Nooo, on the 23rd 1öst, requesting it to be lauded how,

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the the 30th May, at Noos, will be subject to Undersigned, Goods remained unclamed after

at gad landing coarges.

·

All claims must be sent in to me oh or before the sest May, or tudy will not ba recognized,

» Tripe (undressed)-Nguu To............ | Calver Head and Foot-Ngan-chal-

tan-kenk..

sat $1.00 Mutton Chop-Young Pal Kwat .........ð Leg-Young Fei, känns som 11 Shoulder-Yenog Shaug

Plga Ohltlings-Ch1 choong to

Braine-Chi Koow............pbi'set Feet-Oh! Kook............. Fry-Chi Chak „Head-Oh! Tas

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Hear-Chi Sum.

Kidneys-Oh! Yiu

Liver-Oh! Koa. ................

(Chefoo)-—The Choo' · Fing

Small-Hol Tong................ Custard--Fan Lai Chi.....bach Bananas, fragrant, Canton-Sang Shang

Heung Chin isomersanteme (bridas), Macao-San Heung Chiu Chestnuts, Chinese-Foong Loss Carambola-Young Toa

Coconuts-Yeh T... nach Grapes-Sin Tal T

Lemans, Ukina-Ning Moong..............

Amar-Kum San Ning Moong,

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Lichses, Small Stone-La! Chi Con

4

Fresh, Lal Chimenae Limos, (Saigon)-Snl Kong Ning

Moong

Mango, Maulla-Lui Sung Mong....

Mangosteens, San Chuk Tsi per dos........

..Bach

21

Mango, Salgos-Sai Kung Moong .........

21

Omnges, Tim Chang

24

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Small-Tal Kot

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Manderic-Tim K¤‡ ...........................

Olive-Pak Lam......................................................

Passion Fruit each

15 Pears, (American)--Kam San Shut Li

(Canton), Cooking--Sa Ļ!'...

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30 18

Pork, Chop-Chi Pal Kwata }}

8 Foanats,Fa Sang..............................LDEBRANÝ Persimmons, Largo,-Hung Ohletes Fine-apples, aut 'quality-Sheung Poon Ti Yaw-law.................................oach and cooking--Ching-tang Paw-law |

Fiatalos-Tel Chlum

Plami, Swatow-Hugg Lai ........................ Pamelo, Slam-Chim Lo Yau ...........each

GreenSeng Hop Tou

?Shanghai Lo Kwal spomin

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Gorned-Ham Uhu Yuk ............ón p Leg-Uha Pel montavium n' Fat of Lan-Chn Yan '.............................. Sheep's Head and Fest-Yeung Tan

14

50

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Heart-Yeung Sum............each Kidneys Yeung Yio

Sachlox Play To Order thể thấ Suất Deef Sung Ngan Yau

Walnuts, Hop Ton".........

24

12

139.

Agent,

Mutton-Sang Young Yau ..... Veal-Ngau Chef Yok..

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Hekkoog, xist May, 1910

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Sanager-Ngan Chal Yuk Tong.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform Half-price kong to be present.

The Committee invite the Ladica ul Hung.

KEGINALD F. O. MASTER, muu, Sec. and freasurer, Hon 27 sư máy, tgia.

LIMITED.

PORTLAND CEMENT.

All damaged packages will be examined on | 30th May, at 3 P.M.

No Fire Insurance has been effected.

P. THOMAS,

FROM SHANGHAI, Kobe and moji,

ber there. Such clearings, and they are met in Casks of 375 iba. net $6.50 per Cask THE Steamship. with continually on the voyage, ara the settle-

ex Factory.

The

ex Factory. SHRWANTOMES & JU!, Goutal Managers. Hongkong, 5th &agast, 190ð.

ments of the raboer on, and they kanp. the In› Bags of a50 lbs, not $8.45 per Bag mag of the country' is countenance. population of this land, where labour is so cheap and pleatiful, spreads out to much jess than one to the square imilo. Little is grown here, and nothing sa inade, sxcept rubber. Te thin world everything, ovan food, has to be im. ported, and pays a duty of Baything up to 50

FURNITURE WAREHOUSK,

GREGORY APCAR,"

having arrived from the avová Peru, ConsigdessTM of Cargo Are nereby laiormed that choir Goods will be delivered Icom alongside.

Cargo impeding fas discharge will be landed at Coasigncol risk and expense rato con hazardous andfor extra bazardous godowns of the songkong and Kowloon Waarl and Go- dowa Co., Luaited.

No Fire Laiarance has dedo effected.

per cent, ad valoreni. A high tariff wall docs LI KWONG LOONG & CO., Bill of Lading will be countersigued by the not encourage industry in dirarti, and the com- mon people are wonderfully poor in their land which could be rien in all the accessities of

Cork and Gossomer in life, and most of its luxurien,

white with puggaree.

THE TAPPING AXE, "

When ashore, une is, when essaying the forest, puzzled occanooatly by trail which mexuder without apparent purpose through the gloom, and lead one nowhore, except

GARINET-MAKERS AND ART DECORATORE,

from Shanghai, has re-opened their

FURNITURE: STORE....

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No. 39, Des VÆSK KÖLD ORMIRAL,

The only daop in tiongrong with this pain

A SMART AND USEFUL try. These are the "estradas," or paths HERS HIGH-CLASS FORNITURA

HAT.

"PIGSTICKER"

in Khaki Sille Alpaca.

reliable helme

those continually posed to the sun.

BEST. QUALITY

W

connecting the rubber tress, on a "saringal,"

of every description can be maar to er rubber estate. The workman, called a

order in any destga raquired. "soringueira," goes out with the tapping axo, an

Have baza patronised by the Hongkong Implement with a sharp narrow blado, called

Ulab, INJAKKJUZ Nimal, Faingraph. Usij the "macaadioba," and, carrying his formidable gas.ements in

Mesin, A., J. Walsoù & Us, d'arms and osadı machete to clear his way of vines, and lianas,wadm cateronco cão be made as to the the Colvay, to perhaps with his hard and neck protected]ɔapenor Workmanship and staterials of the, in "muslin against the clouds of plum and Furniture, de, suppítod, other biting fed, goes to milk his trees, Usually be is thin and sallow, and plainly avicảm to malaria, but though he looks tachura and dark, I toued him a very human. mas, most hospitable, and tender with his children. With deft upward cals he makes smalt fàcisions in the tres, and places against

for wounds the tigelinhas, futle tin cups into

which the map runs. Tas sap is not dalike, thick milk in colour and consistency. Repons ex-vary greatly as to the time when a tree will

GOODS ONLY.

WM.

POWELL,

LTD.

28, Queen's Road,

Hongkong

May. 1910

Gist give this latex), the quantity it will give, and the period during which it will be productive. I could not find out jand I advise investors to give a huge discount to the trees estimated to bo on an assato (which probably has been just barely looked as from the pulside) and the quantity each of those probabin trees will pro bably give in a your if you had seen the forests which optimistic burveyors report on so confidently you would know what I'meno,

A DAY'S LABOUR": Commonly the incisions are made in the morning, and in the caily alterapón nach little cup may be nearly fuli of the thick milky Juice. The cups are removed, emplied into a pail, and the collection is taken to the barracao to ba coagulated. With good luck and knowledge, tan or twelve pounds of rubber could be collect- ed on the day's sound.” In à clay ovan with a marrow_dos a fitn ́of certain palm nuts has boed „lighted. The seringuaïro dipa ́into the pall with a wooden paddle, and toros the, adherent sap in the depoke to evaporate the moisture. This operation is continued till he has upon the blade of bis paddle a rough balf of concRDIFÍC |ringe of setings, which is the name he gives, to rubber,The trees are first tapped high up the trust, and the worldguifio wärke downwards. He may be able to tap so trees during the day, bat that will depend on the way: the outale it

toutowa:-

Mesto. A. S. Watson & OJ., Lid, walo al

"We days pleasure in stating that Me LI -KWUNG LOONG farnished the Annexe to oge idispensary sad gava as avary satis-

(Sd) A. S; WATSON &,00,

15th May, 1891.

ORDERS panctually attanded to UHARGES most moderate,

'AN INSPECTION INVITED.

kinang, his angyti, kant,,

ad

andoragood.

DAVID SASJOON & CO., LIMITED, Agenu. Hongkong, asib May, 1910.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

POULTRY,

Okickan-Kai Chal..

05.

30

30

22

eich

Capons, Large, Small—Slo Kal......... Dacki-Ap online- Doves—Pan Kati

Eggs, Han-Kal Tan......................................por dóz Fowls, Caston-Xa?

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Hainan-Hot Nam Kal

Gedia-Ngo

+

Guose, Wild Shanghai-Sheung Hol Ye

Mark Dear-Wong Kong............each Hare-Ta Cha.......................................ní je Partridge-Che Khoo ko. 22 [394 Phokiant-Shao Kal................patr Pigeons, Cantor-Pak Kop „................... each Holhow-Holbow Pak Kup...:

FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE,

ΤΗΣ

Steamship

"ARRATOON{APCAR," baying arrived from the above Pons, Cog

Gods will be delivered from alongside. igunes of Oargo are hereby informed that their

Cargo impeding the discharge will as landed al once, at Unasıɣaces' nuk and expenso.

Cargo remaining do bored afiar 4 P.M. of the zyra instant, will be landed at coosigades'" "risk" sad expousd.

Consignees of Carge from SINGAPORE are requested to tako IMMEDIATE DE LIVERY of their Goods from alongside, such Cargo impeding the discharge of the vessel will be landed and stored at Consigadas'-risk and expanse. [

No Fire Insurance has boca affected... Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

DAVID SASSOON &' Co, LIMITED,

Agents. Hongkong, 25th May, 1910.

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Chl Obank.................

·Beans, (French) Macao-Oh Moon Pin

Beans, (French), Skanghal-Sheung Hol

Plo TAD

Beant, Sproul-Ab Cho...........................mag Beans, Long-Tau Kok

Best Root-Rung Choi Tro....................... each Brinjala, Grava-Cheng Yuan Ker...

| Belofaz, Röd-Hung Kat

Bamboo Shasta-Chook Shun

24 Gabbage, Chinese, com-Kai Chor

28

Cabbage, Red-Kai Lás Tanach

'Cabbage, (Shanghai)-Yeb Chol... Cane filioots, bunch-Kan Skun...

12 Caulidower, Large size-Tai Yeh Chol

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„bach' Caulifower, Medium size-Cheung Yeh

Chole

Caulifower, Small size-Sil Yeh Chol-En

- Carrots-Kam Shun

Galery, Chinese-Tong Kan Choy

Celery, English-Yaung Kan Chol .......

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Chillies, Dilad-Con Lat Ohio

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Rice BirdWo Fa Cheuk......dozen. Satpe--Sa Chal................. Türkays, Bock-Fo Kal Kung

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FISH.

Barbel--Ka Yu Brstim-Bin Ya.....

Canton Fresh Water Fish--Hof in Yu Carp-Li Yo

Catfak--Chik tu.............

Godish-Man Yo.......

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Red-Hang Firmenant Green Cheng Lat Chip

Carry Stuff, Kuglish-Ks Los Ghol Lia' Cucumbers-Cheng Kwa

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15

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18

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Okroef-Mo Ker AZKARAMI

17 | Parisy, English-Young Un Sä! AMES 18 Groen Pearl-Obing Talons

Potatoes, Sweet-Fan Bhayasemi

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Stanghal-S

Japan-Yat American-Ya

Foockow-Yo

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35

70

Ridsk–Hung Lo FAN THAI

12

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10

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28 Splunge (Unissim)-Paw Chol-£n

Labrus-Wong FA Y¤innamomesasias ja 18 Spinach-Yin Okai siininomi

Loach-Wa Ya......

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10

Mackerel-Oh! Yoziation |

Tares-Wa Tangarap Turnips, Pun-ti (Long)

17

Mouk Fish-Mon Yan

22

Vegetable Marrow-Chlt

Water Uronics-SA Year

Ofnam-Sang Hoo

20

Parrotfisk---Kal Kang Yo ́.

16

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