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EVOLUTION OF GERMANY.

Commander Susmana's Lectures

Reprinted.

Those who were privileged to hear the three lectures on "Tho Evolution af Germany," recently delivered in Hongkong by Com- mander A Susmann, R.N., and those who read the summaries which appeared in the lccal Press, will be glad to know that, the whole series, in full, has no

TELEGRAMS:

HOME MARKETS.

LATEST QUOTATIONS.

Ruler Service To The "Telegraph."

[London. Received April 0. The following are the latest market quotations:-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1915.

EMPRESS OF INDIA."

Purchased. by Indian Maharaja for Use as Hospital Ship.

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

Your

We have seen informed that the C.P.R... Empress of India, which was sold to the Indian Government as a hospital ship, has been purchased by the enor mously wealthy Maharaja Scind- Copper, 711/8 Rubber, 2/01 The Indian potentate has the sellers. Linsead, Argentine offered the skip to the Govern- sellers, Bombay 53/6 April-Mayment to be used as a hospital Mesara. Kelly and Walsh and is Wheats, Karachi 58, Rosafe 59/6, during the war.

Guzerat 53/6 sellers, [Brown

been published in book form by

On the corsation of hostilities, selling at 60 cents per copy. The Bathor's object in delivering Cawnpora 49/3 April-May sellers. the Maharaj will use the vessel Land, 23. Iron, 67/3. Wheat, these lectures was not so much in

as a yacht.

All the fitting expenses for its lead up to them, in the hope, 32/6. Shellac, May 61, August 63 transformation into & hospital deal with present aubjects as to 6/3. Poze, 52/6. Linteed Oil, as he says, that he might be aule nominal. Rubber, 2/4h. Copra, ship well be borne by Maharaja to put his audience in a better sollers. Coconut, 39/8.

position to judge of the problems that are being discussed at the

present day. That object should

be materially helped by the pub

lication of the discourses in a form which will enable them to be

Scindhia..

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BRITISH TRADE.

COAL REPORT.

Mesars. Hughes and Hough, in their coal report dated April 9, stata :-

and Your Family's Health

depend in a great measure on the quality and purity of the food you use.

Have You Considered absolute necessity of having your FRESH MILK, BUTTER,!

MEATS, etc., etc., before reaching you handled in a manner that will save you all anxiety?

We maintain an efficient staff under strict European supervision to ensure

Purity and Excellence

In all Branches for those who are particular; and our customers are most particular.

REDEMPTION OF 8 PER CENT.

MILITARY BONDS.

closely analysed, The subject bas RETURNS FOR LAST MONTH. certainly been treated in a most

London. Received April 10, exhaustive manner, as the lecturea

The returns for the past month deal with German history from. the earliest times down to the show that the importa reveal an present moment, and they botray increase of £8,643,603 over the a close study of the development corresponding month last year, of the German Empire in all it, while ia exports there is a debiana, 1,600 toue Chinwangtao, payment within five years from the date of First Drawing. Any

tona.

The various Agencies will commence on March 15th, 1915, to redeem the 8 per cent. Nanking Military Bonds drawn at the First Drawing.

Coals. Expected.-Japan, 45,-). 800 tons; North China, 6,500

Arrivale Marob 27th, Al- As stipulated in Art. 16 of the Loan Regulations, the 8 per cent. Military Bonds drawn at the first drawing shall be presented for Rold March 28th, Daiten Mary, bond that is not presented for payment within the said period of bacco increased by £7,651,367, March 29th, Unksi Maru, No 3,

In importa, food, drink and to 3,000 tons Chiowangtao, sold five years shall become null and void. while in exports, manufactures 3,500 taze Wakamatsu, soldunmatured interest coupons as well as the bonds, for cancellation. Holders of the drawn bonds shall hand to the agencies all the a cotton decreased by £4,421, March 31st, Daiya Maru, 2,000 If they do not hand over the unmatured coupons, the value of such

tons Wakamates, sold; March coupons shall be deducted from the principal due to the holders. 31st, Fukui Maru, 5.200 tone Moji, sald; April 1st, Wakamatsu

List of the Bond Numbers Drawn at the First Drawing of the Maru, 2,800 tons Karatsu, Hold ; April 3rd, Wada Maru, 3,900 Miike, sold, April 5th, Kenkon Marn, 2,700 tons Fashau, sold.

Sales.No sales of importance reported.

735.

phases. The book which should crease of £14.342,595. certainly be in the Lande of all who desire to view current hap: penings in their true perspective. Major General F. B. Kelly, C.B, has contributed a brief pre- face to the little book, in the course of which ho'saye:- Com- mander Busmann's excellent lectares, and all our research, shows de that we have a very powerful enemy to contend with

foeman, worthy of our steel-

bat one who seems to have omitt-

OBITUARY.

BISHOP MOORHOUSE.

London. Received April 10, The death is announced of

ed to a great extent the bitmoun the Right Rev. James Moorhouse, element from his calculations. D.D., Litt. D.. Bishop of Man- This omission, I feel sure, is going cheater from 1888 to 2003. to cost him dear. He has, too,

Storage of Explosives.

Value of Bonda

The Gazette announces that $1000 there shall be added to the condi-

and it is quite certain that Pro-CONTEMPORARY OPINIONtions of licence to store dynamite, 1000

put his country before his cause,

vidence will never allow such an

anjust cause to prevail. If it

cheddite,gelignite,

gelatine 1000 dynamite, and blasting gelatine

did prevail freedom in Europe THE AUSTRIAN RED BOOK, made under sention 10 of the

and (I would remind our tranë- Pacific cousies) ia America would receive a dangerous, if not a mortal, wound.'

BANK RETURNS.

TPUBLIC LEDGER," PHILADELPHIAJ

The following leading article is from the Philadelphis Publie Ledger-

con-

8 per cent. Nanking Military Bonds of Redemption.

Bond Numbers

Value of Bonds

Bond Numbers

1000)

3-4 $100 13-16

85-30

1000

76-77 80-87

1000 132-185 1000 239-200

· 1000 -204-205

1000 $28.384 1000 $40-841 1000 848-855

1000 528-581 1000 876-877

-1000) 3006-3009

Dangerous Goode Ordinance, 15. The licenses shall employ 1873, the following condition:

not less than two watchmen, to be Superintendent of Police, to guard approved of by the Captain

separately or together, and at euch times as the Captain Superintend-1000 ent shall order, the licensed premises, and to prevent acce98 thereto by any unauthorised person."

TU-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS,

0.

R.

Toe case of Austria, as present ed in the "Iced Book," is not con- vincing. There is no difficulty The returns of the average in showing that Servis has been amount of bank notes in circafaan uncomfortable neighbour to the tion and of specie in reserve in dual monarch or that the plot to Hongkong, during the month murder the Archduke might have ended 31st March, 1915, as certi been frustrated had the Servisu fied by the managers of the Government been more active in

suppressing anti-Austrian respective Banke are

Chartered Bank of India, Aas-spiracies. But it must not be for- tralia and China-Notos, $8,759,- gotten that the Austrian Govern 168; specie, $5,000,000,

ment had provoked fear and Hongkong and Shanghai Bank- resentment by its attitude toward

PARTICULARS AND CONDI- ing Corporation,-Notes, $22,- the Balkan peoples, and especially TIONS of the letting by Public 676,064; specio, $17,500,000. by its annexation of Bosnia and Auction Sale, to be held on Mon- Mercantile Bank of India, Herzegovinu.. A weak nation day, the 19th day of Apri', at Limited, Notes, $1,317,441; pitted against a strong one is 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public specie, $800,000.

only too apt to use any weapon His Excellency the Governor, Works Department, by Order of that comes to its hand. Austria of One Lot of Crown Land cannot be blamed for bringing at Star

Straat, in the Servia sharply to book after the Colony of Hongkong, for, a term orime at Sarajevo. The Servian of 75 years, with the option of Government was prepared to take ronewal at Crown Rents to be certain measure of punishment. fixed by the Burveyor of His at a greater crime was com- Majesty the King, for one further mitted at Vienna, whoa demanda term of 75 years. were made involving a degree of PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS. humiliation which even the weak- Joined. The andermentioned have joined the Corps and have et nation could not accept. It been allotted Corps Nos, and was perfectly plain that war would posted as follows:-No. 1795 follow and that the field of the dapper W. G. Mooney to Engi-conflict could not be limited to two antagonists. The Austrian neer Company; 1796 Private

Total Notes, $30,761,663; specie, $23,300,000.

VOLUNTEER ORDERS.

Oorps Orders issued to-day by Lieut. Col. A. Chapman, V.D.,

gtate f

J. Y. Beltran to Right Section despatches profess a desire for M.G. Co., 1707 Bugler E. Kew peace, but every reasonable pro-

posal for insuring peaco to Right Section M.G. Co.

rejected just the same.

WIL

Very

Parades. Parades for Monday, little is said in the "Red. Book" 12th inst: 5.15 p.m., No. 1 Seo- tion Artillery and Loft Section about the relations of Austria and M.G. Co., 10 pdr. gun drill with Germany at this orisis; but when Count Berchtold, in a despatch to mules at deadquartere, Remaind- er, nil,

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Island Lot 3o.

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LOCALITY

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Boundary

Measurements.

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Contents i

Square feet.

Acnual Feat.

Upses Price,

I+

feet feet foot feat

per | sale, plan |.1,864 | ab

093'2

the Austrian Ambassador at INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVI- Petrograd, Detail,On duty at Volunteer German

says that the GATION CO., LTD. Ambasador has

From CALCUTTA, PENANG Headquarters 10th to 17th inet., undoubtedly" informed the

SINGAPORE. A.K.V.B. Next for duty, 17th Ratsion Government that in to 24th instant:-No. 1 Section

the event of a conflict, Austria THE Company's Steamship.

Artillery, No. 2 Section Artillery, would not stand alone," there Right Section M. G. Co., Centre Soution M.G. Co., Civil Service Co.

"FOOKSANG".

32-62

Value of Bends

$10

Bond Numbers

| Value of Bunds-

853-1232 $5

Bond Numbers

098-1525

1001 187-248 ..10 2763-3512 5 3038-4690 100 408-102 10

5 3446-9978 6933-7812 100 1228-1268 10 9598-9972 5 06910-66887 100) 1445-1475, 10 10562-10622| G] 68350-69477 100 1010-1632 10 10867-10088) 6] 75814-76341 100 1661-1664 10 11588-11608; 100) 9038-2046 10 11965-12025 100 2101-2122 140 2210-2346 1002871-2400 100 2401 100 5001-5004

77926-78468 80566-82149 89734-84261

10 12270-12390 10, 18068:13129 | 5 85840 87429 10 18807-18367) 5). 98288-98765 10 18613-13794 5 96406-07461 10 18078-140385 99046-99578 100 5501-5540 10 14222-14404 | 5|106630-101157- 100 6401-0487 10 10076-15136 5101686-102218 1000 896-1-8900 10 6581-6561 10 15443-15500| 6|102742-103269 1000 4099-4125 100) 0005-0747 10 1910-19163| 5106068-107497 1000 4261-4262 100) 7090-7088 10 19430-19490 | 5|226181-226100 1000) 4207-4268 | 100) 7601-7527′′ |, 10] 47505-47884||0|220900-227000 1000 4271-4272 100) 7688-7708 10 62445-62824| 6|23(201-281249

8290-3516

1000) 4275-4276 100 8001-8005 10 53905-64344 | 5286186-295146 1000) 4802-4303 100 8501-8530 10 55805-57004 5249101-229118 100011783-11759 160 9426-9633 10 58145 08524) 6'245209-249828 1000 11841-11867| 100|10603-1070010 59565-60894] 5 249440-240478 100011970-12056] 100|11352-11458) 10 64985-65304 240830-249868 1000 12138-12L64| -100|11837–11993} 1067205-68024|| 5'243969-249988 1000|12210-12295|| 100|18278-13884 10 09165-69544| 5′250109-250198 100012801-12331| 106|13601-13531 10 70805-70084 | 5 250280-250818 100012029-12656| 160|19725-18755|10| -71065-71444) 3'25°479-250498 100012701-12844 100 13819-18848 10 71820-72204 6 250820-260858 1000 129:6-12952 100 13880-13010| 10|48109-48169] 6 25.000-251068. 1000 1x007-13038 1394-13968 10248031-18001 6251159-251188 1000|1:001-13087|10|18970-18978 10848753-48918) 5 251249-251278 100013115-18141| 200|14107-14211 1049780-49797|| 5 251309-261338 100 013831–18557 016201 10200 10260530-60070) 5251863-251898

100|16203-10212

5 261607-261084 100 16321-16427) 100 6002-10604 10018104-18 105) 100|19396-19716 100|20038-20114 (100) 20466-20786, 10021064-22070)

100 22606 22819 10023141-29247 100180035-30141)

10130249-80956)

100 30469-30569)

100 81310-8:425

The total value of the bonds to be redeemed amounts to $1,150,000,00 po

PUBLIC COMPANIES

PUBLIC COMPANIES

CHINA TRADERS' INSUR-UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY

ANCE CO., LTD.

OF CANTON, LTD. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

Notice is hereby given that the Notice is hereby given that the Forty-Ninth Ordinary Yearly Forty-Second Ordinary Yearly Mosting of the Company will be Meeting of the Society will be can be no doubt that the backing having arrived from the above held at its Head Office No. 2 held at its Head Office, No. 2, of Germany was the deciding porte, consignees of Cargo Queen's Buildings, Hongkong.on Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on factor in the situation. The ver- are hereby informed that their Friday, the 23rd April, 1915, at Friday, the 23rd April, 1915, at diet of history is not always that goods will be delivered from 12.15 p.m. for the purpose of re- Noon, for the purpose of receiv of contemporaries. But a fall alongside.

ceiving the report of the Directing the report of the Directors Cargo Impeding the discharge and impartial consideration of all

or remaining on board after noon of account to 31st December, 1914, account to 31st December, 1914. ora together with the statements together with the statements of the official documents that have the 12th inst. will be landed at and of declaring Dividende, &c, and of declaring Dividends, &c. Old Lady-It's a pity some been published leads to ons, ir Consignee's risk and expense, one don't ontoh that there old resistible conclusion. If Austria

The Transfer Books of the The Transfer Books of the No Fire Insurance will be Company will be closed from 13th Society will be closed from 13th Kruger

was the ostensible aggressor, Gar-effected.ww He- Ab vou mean the many could have prevented the Bill of Lading will be count. April to to 23rd April both days April to the 23rd April both days Kaiser,

war had the Government at Berlin eraigned by -- Old Lady—“ Aw—changed his been willing to listen to the pleas name, bas he deceitful old var for peace which came from mint?Punch.

London, Petrograd and Paris,

At It Again. Old Lady" This be a terrible war dootor.""

He-"It is, indeed;"

JARDINE MATHFOSN; D & CO. LTD. Hongkong, 9th April, 1915.

inclusive

inclusive. A By Order of the Board, Y By Order of the Board,

O MONTAGUE EDE, MO, MONTAGUE EDE.

Secretary, so

Beoretary Hongkong, 9th April, 1915, Hongkong, 9th April, 1915.

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