Singapore Daily Times, 26 September 1877

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  • 12 1 Singapore Daily Times. VOL. XVIII. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, 26th SEPTEMBER, 1877 No. 13,287
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  • P. & O. Company.
    • 459 1 nmcis—D’Almeida Street. Gouowire— At New Harbour. Tat foJtowißg are tnc dates on which the oompuij’s Contract Mail Steamers mr be expected to arrire here in 187? OurwißO. Homwaed Tneelav 9th Jan. Wednesday 10th Jan. 23rd 24th 6th Feb. 7th Feb. 20th 21st 6th Mar.
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    • 92 1 THe steamers of this Company will be patched from Singapore for Malacca, Moulmein, Rangoon and Calcutta current yew at the undernoted Monday, Jan. 8th. Saturday July 14th. 22nd. 28th. Febry. 5th. Aug. 11th. 19th. 25th. Narch 5tb. Sept. 8th. 19th. 22nd. April 2nd. Oct.
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    • 319 1 The following are the dates on which the l steamers of the Messageries Maritimes may be expected to arrive here during the j current year Outward. Homeward. 1877 1877 Wednesday, 17 Jan. Thursday, 18 Jan. 31 do 1 Feb. 14 p e b. 15 do do 1
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    • 134 1 Agamemnon. Ulysses. Ajax. Patroclus. Achilles. Antenor. Diomed. Deucalion. Nestor. Glaucus. Priam. Anchises. Sarpedon. Stentor. Menelaus. The above steamers, having first class accommodation and carrying a Surgeon and Stewardess, run regularly every ten days from Liverpool outwards, and returning to London. Through Bills of Lading issued for all
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    • 188 1 Mail service to Malacca, Lingy, Klang, Salangore, Durian Sabatang (Perak), and Pinang. The Steamers of the above Company will leave Singapore and Penang fortnightly,—leaving PiDang immediately after arrival of the English mail, commencing about 3rd June, and returning from Singapore 48 hours after arrival. The
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    • 730 1 The Steamers of the above Company will nowply between Singapore and Bat.;, via every I fortnight, leaving Singapore 24 hours aftei the arrival of the English Mail from home. Head Office, 13 Austin Friars, London. Passage Money, First Class. From Singapore to Batavia 46
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  • Insurance.
    • 400 1 Capital, £500,000, with power to increase, o (Ist issue at par £lOO,OOO SnbBcnbed < 2nd do at 5* prem £125 00C P, fiUU (3rd do at 10t prem.£lso,ooQ] r »'l^Hisnn l wsw l ubwmU!»lfgfg!r able for the maintenance and extension of the
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    • 73 1 Capital 3 1,500,000. Paid-up 133,332. Reserve Fund 90,000. General Agents. Messrs. Jardine Matheson <fe Co., Hongkong. The undersigned, Agents for the Office, are authorised to insure goods by A. I. Sailing Vessels or Steamers to the extent of 3100,000 on each bottom, and on the Block
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    • 96 1 HEAD OFFICE, LIVERPOOL. Robert Galloway, Esq., Chairman. George C. Frames, Esq. Deputy-Chairman. Underwriters. Herbert B. Brayne, Esq., Liverpool. Chables T. Manley, Esq., London. Secretaries. James Paul, Esq., Liverpool. Anthony Radcliffe, Esq., London. OFFICES IN LIVERPOOL, 20 A 21, Exchange Buildings East. OFFICES IN LONDON,
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    • 45 1 (Berlin-Cologne Fire Insurance Company, Limited, Berlin.) The undersigned, having been appoint* ed General Agents of the above Company are prepared to take Fire Insurance Risks at the current rates of premium. RAUTENBERG, SCHMIDT A CO. Singapore, 27th Jany., 1877. u. c
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    • 50 1 Established 1710. Insurances effected upon almost every «™3 >t a! g i ro ed in .l a7 s tawmmm „„j a Local Aeonts, and paid with promptitude and liberality. the jurisdiction of Local Tribunals recopmsed. Singapore Agents. MARTIN, BYCE CO. 1st January, 1877. (n c 1
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    • 46 1 London Office, 2 old Broad Street. 1 he undersigned have been appointed Agents for the above Company, and are prepared to take risks upon cargo on the customary terms. HAMILTON, GRAY 4 OO Singapore, lSth Jnlv. 1872. (n. el DOV A T
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    • 45 1 Capital 2,000.000. rUNDS IN RE8ERVE EXCLUSIVE OF Capital 3,200,000. Agents at Singapore and PenangBOUSTEAD A CO. PiMD.FAMMMT: Limit £12,000, on a nrst class risk. Liri DEPARTMENT Limit £2,000, on one life. Singapore, 19th Sept., 1877. (n o 1 Ultra LJ
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    • 188 1 Offices. Queen Ineurance Buildings, Liverpool. Qneen Insurance Buddings, 60Graoeohnroh Street, London. Chairman of the Company, Bernard Hall, Esqre. Deputy Chairman S Hind, Esqre. j Patrick Hunter, rinaD on^on Be^er Me Lagan,Esq Deputy Chairman, John T. Fagan, Esqre. The security offered by the
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    • 64 1 Head Office, Batavia. The uudereigned, Agents for the above Company, are prepared to issue Policies covering Marine risks on goods to all parts of the world at reduced rates. They are also prepared to take Fire risks of every description at the lowest current
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    • 56 1 The undersigned have been appointed agents for the above Company and are prepared to accept risks upon cargo by steamer or sailing vessel on the customary terms. The usuad discount allowed on all risks for coasting voyages and on risks to Europe and America. REME BROTHERS.
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    • 84 1 Financial Position (1875.) Subscibed Capital £3,*****0. Accumulated Funds 1,778.,000. Annual Revenue from Fire Premiums 313,000. Life 133.000. Interest upon Invested Funds *****. The undersigned have to announce that they are the duly appointed Agents for this Company in Singapore; with authority to grant
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    • 27 1 Capital £1,000,000. CHIEF OFFICES. London 79, Cornhill E. C. Edinburgh, 31 Georgr Street. Agents for ‘"TWuWrBAU* UU. Singapore, 22nd Feb.. 1876. (u. o.)
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    • 52 1 Established 1821. Subscribed Capital £2.000,000 Total Invested Funds, upwards of 3,000,000 Annual Income upwards of 400,000 The undersigned have been appointed Agents at Singapore and are prepared to issue policies against Fire on the usual terms. PATERSON, SIMONS A CO. Singapore, 1st April,
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    • 43 1 ALLAINCE BRITISH FOREIGN LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. Capital £5,000.000 Sierlino Extension op Limits. One F rst. class risk 80,000. Two adjoining do 120.000. Three or more do. do 160 000 PATERSON SIMONS A CO. Agents. Singapore. 17th Dec., 1875. (u. c.)
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    • 100 1 Established 1840, and Empowered by Spe oial Act of Parliament. Capital One Million. Life Assurances of every description granted. Retiring Provisions combined with Life Assurance. Free Policies issued which can never altogether lapse through non-payment of pre* milling. No
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    • 51 1 The undersigned, Agents for the above Company, are prepared to issue Policies covering Marine Risks on goodt to all partof the world. t Policies payable one month after dne notice and proof of loss is given. HOOGLANDT A 00.) Singapore, 5th April, 1866. (u.
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    • 59 1 The undersigned, having been appointde A gents (by Power of Attorney dated Batavia, 19th Jnne, 1869) to the above Company, are authorised to grant and buy bills on Java, discount acceptances, give money iu loan on securities and generally tc represent said Bank at this place.
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    • 69 1 Head Office, Batavia. The undersigned, Agents for the above Company, are prepared to take risks upon cargo by steamer or sailing vessel on the customary terms. 334 o/o discount allowed on all risks foi coasting voyages, and 15 o/o on all risks to Europe
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    • 78 1 (Established 1809. (Incorporated by Royal Charter.) Subscribed Capital £2,000,000 Paid-up Capital 250,000 Fire Reserve Fund... 31st Dec., 1876... £796,747 Fire Premium Reserve 286,021 Total Fire Reserves ~1,082,768 Income of the Fire Department, Net Premiums and Interest... 916,646 The undersigned, Agents for the abov* named Company, are prepared
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    • 54 1 Bonus Year. Next distribution at the close of 1877 Policies opened this year will be included in the distribution about to be made. The Bonus of 1872 gave an addition of *1* P er cent Per annum to the sum assured. HARRISON CO., Singapore,
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    • 216 2 FIRE AND LIFE. Capital ONE MILLION Sterling. hainran —Alexander Ronaldson.Esq Vi.<i Chairman —Jas. Nicol Fleming, Esq Secretary— H. Ambrose Smith, f.i.a. CHIEF OFFICES: (50 West George Glasgow Street. Edinburgh, 17 George Street. 2 King William London, Street. C Oriel Chambers, Liverpool, Water Street. Manchester 47
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    • 104 2 OFFICES OF THE COMPANY. Manchester —Exchange Street. Liverpool —2B, Exchang Street East. Birmingham —l 2, Bennett’s Hill. London —lo, Comhill. Glasgow— 4, South Hanover Street. Bristol— 6o, Broad Street. CHAIRMAN IN MANCHESTER. JoHNToDD.Esq. (Messrs. Todd ACoston,) CHAIRMAN IN LIVERPOOL. Chas. Holland, Esq. CHAIRMAN
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    • 286 2 LONDON LANCASHIRE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Capital—£100,000. HEAD OFFICE IN INDIA—136 CANNING 8TREET, CALCUTTA, With Agencies at Bombay, Madras, Singapore, Colombo, and all the Principal Towns in India. CONSIDERABLE REDUCTION IN RATES OF PREMIUM FOR INDIA. The Directors of the London and Lancashire” have the pleasure to announce that, after dne
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    • 105 2 Capital 12,000,000 Paid-up 400,000 Reserve Fund 564,202 General Managers. Messrs Jardine Matheson A Co. Hongkong. Consulting Committee. A. Andie, Esq. (Messrs. Melchers, k Co.) J. P. Barnes (Messrs. Holliday, Wise A Co.) A. T. Manger, tMessrs Douglas, LapraikA Co.) Nicaise, (Borneo Company Ltd.) J.
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  • 133 2 Instituted 1808. Capital £1,600,000. Paid-up and Invested 700.000. Funds in Hand 1,200,000. Directors. Richard J. Ashton, Esq. Thomas G. Barclay, Robert C. L. Bevan, Pereival Bosanqnet, James Brand, Charles Cave, George H. Chambers, Henry David«on, H. Wm. Eaton. Esq. M.P. H. B.T, Farqnhar, Esq. G. Hanbnrv
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  • 35 2 The S. S. GLENEAGLES. Captain Mac Bain, due here within a fortnight, has accommodation for first class passengers. For particulars apoly to MARTIN DYCE A CO. Agents. Singapore, 17th Sept., 1877. (14 ins.)
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  • Domestic Occurrence.
    • 14 2 On the 25th September, the wife of Mr. John Hbnderson, of a son.
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  • STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26TH, 1877.
    • 109 2 Singapore. 25th Sept., 1877. Gambier f 4.724Black Pepper 7.75. White Pepper 13.50. Sago Flour, Sarawak 3.80. nominal Pearl Sago 4.00. do Coffee, Bontyne 22.50. Tin 19.37 J. i 40s. Mule twist 974. 34 lbs. Shirtings 1.60. 7 do do 1.424. 6 do T. Cloth 1.074. j 7
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    • 31 2 Mails close for Malacca and Penang per steamer Japan, at 1 p. m. on the 28th. Mintok and Palembang per steamer Ruby, at 8 a. m. on the 29th.
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    • 1192 2 (For Straits Times.) England. The Great Turf Frauds Case. London, Ibth September. —All the Detective Police Officers charged with complicity in the Turf Frauds have been committed to take their trail. America. Disastrous Fire in the United States. Patent Office. There has been a disastrous fire at the
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    • 4924 2 We make room to-day for the following interesting correspondence between Government and the Municipal Commissioners respecting the Mater Works Colonial Secretary's Office, Singapore, 16th July, 1 5 Sir, I am directed to inform you that the Colonial Engineer has urged upon this Government the importance of providing
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 536 2 #fto 2>ibfrtt«mrnts. TO BE LET. Two large rooms above the Godown of Messrs. Chib Hok A Co., suitable for offices. POWELL A CO. Singapore, 19th Sept., 1877. FOR SALE. A cottage Piano (trichord! by Vincent. in walnut wood case, secured for the climate. Apply on board the Ship STRATTON AUDLEY.”
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    • 812 2 SINGAPORE RACES. AUTUMN MEETING 1877. PROGRAMME: l3th NOVEMBER, 1877. y First Race. The Hong T-im Cup.—Value slso— by Cheang Hong Lim, Esq. For all horses that have never won a race 1 on the Singapore Course, the Roadsters” excepted. Entrance $5. Distance once round the Course. Weight for age. Scale
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    • 556 2 NOTICE. Me. John Duff Dawson has been appointed Acting Manager, and takes charge of this Branch of the Corporation on 24t.h instant. By order of the Directors, G. HARPER. Oeiental Bank Corporation, I Singapore, 22nd Sept. 1877. )(lwk.) FURNITURE SALE. The undersigned have received instructions from C. Emmbrson. Esq., to
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  • Notices.
    • 43 3 The Company’s steamer PATOEAH”, will not ply between this port and Deli until further notice. This line will be resumed in October, should sufficient inducement offer. HAMILTON, GRAY A CO. Agents Singapore, 12th April, 1877. (u. c.)
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    • 42 3 Messrs. Apcar A Co’s steamer Japan, Captain De Smidt, from Calcutta, may be expected here on or about the 29th inst. en route for above ports. For freight or passage apply to. SARKIES A MOSES, Agents. Singapore, 12th September 1877‘
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    • 68 3 TheN. I. S. N. Co.’s steamer, Generaal Pel, 1195 tons, Captain de Hart, will leave Batavia for above ports on the 2nd October. The Generaal Pel, will leave this for Batavia probably on the 18th inst. For freight or passage, apply to
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 331 3 notice. A stock of Sarawak coal to supply H. M. S. and other steamers is now constantly kept at Pinding at the Company’s Wharves about 9 miles from the Moratabas entrance of the Sarawak River, navigable to above wharves for vessels of 1,000 tons burden. Vessels can go alongside the
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    • 560 3 TO BE LET. That pleasant dwelling House at Thomson’s Hoad, opposite Seah Eu Chin’s Country House, distant 3j miles. For further particulars, apply to SEAH EUCHIN Singapore, 7th Sept. 1877. (lm.) NOTICE. On Monday, the Ist October 1877, the different Government farms of the residency of Riouw will be publicly
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  • Docks.
    • 395 4 The works of this Company are aituated within one mile of the town of Singapore and comprise the following establishments, Wharf. —An extensive Wharf capable of berthing ten or eleven vessels at one time, and having sufficient water alongside for the heaviest ships, where neither
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    • 190 4 This Company executes ships’ repairs of all descriptions in the most efficient manner under the superintendence of European Shipwrights and Engineers. No. 1 Graving Dock. Length—4ls feet. Depth of water from 14 feet to 15 J feet Width at Entrance 42 feet. No. 2.
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  • 71 4 Capital 10,000,000 Francs. The undersigned, Agents for the above Company, are prepared to take risks upon cargo by steamer or sailing vessel on the customary terms. 33$ o/o discount allowed on all risks for coasting voyages, and 15 o/o on all risks
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 235 4 NOTICE. THE ARSENAL. JOHORE. Steam Saw Mills Department. Capable of turning out 500,000 superficial feet of sawn timber per month. Vessels of the largest size can load alongside the mills wharf. Orders received for the supply of Railway sleepers, Beams and Piles. A large assortment of planks and scantling always
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    • 747 4 NEW GOODS. Sayle A Co., have received Ex: S. S. Loudoun Castle a very large and well selected Stock of New Goods for their Upper and Lower Show Rooms comprising. Millinery. —A. very choice selection being copies of the latest Paris fashions. A beautiful selection of French Flowers mounted and
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    • 659 4 .VICTORIA HOUSE. ROBINSON A CO. Milliners, Drapers, Haberdashers, Hosiers, Dress-makers and Gentlemen’s Outfitters. Have always on hand. Black and colored Silks in Gros grains and Glacis. Black and colored Moire Antiques. Black and colored Broch6 Silks for dinner dresses. Colored Foulard and washing Silks. Black, white and colored Satins for
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    • 526 4 iHisttUatwoua. JOHN LITTLE CO, GENERAL WAREHOUSEMEN; IMPORTERS OF EUROPEAN, CHINA, JAPAN and Manila Goods OUTFITTERS; Chronometer, Watch, and Clock Makers; Jewellers and Goldsmiths; WINE, SPIRIT AND PROVISION MERCHANTS. Outfitting Department. Gentlemen'8 outfiits made up on the shortest notice, fit guaranteed, and of the latest fashion. A large stock of fine
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    • 652 4 GLABBWARE AND CROCKERY. Wine glasses, Tumblers, Ac. Glass Table ornaments of all kinds. Dinner Services. Dessert do. Tea do. Toilet Sets. Chamber Sets. Hardware. Hollow ware of a'l kinds, patent and common; Locks of all kinds, Bolts; Platform Scales; Iron Bedsteads, of sizes. Cricketing Materials Ac. A Great Variety of
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    • 599 4 MASON A CO.’S HARNESS. For Salk at G. HIEBER A CO. Pony harness, plated mountings, Horse do. do. do. Pair horse do. do. do. Also. A few harness brass mounted ridin® whips. Gentlemen's saddles, Pony do. The undersigned have received an i n voice of excellent. Bordeaux wines, Breakfast Claret,
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