Summer Rates will be charged from 2 May to 31 October.
For the convenience of families and others, a large portion of each ship's accommodation has been reserved for Egypt, so that Berths can be definitely engaged at once, as if the voyage were commencing at Port Said. Plans can be seen at the Offices of the Company's Agents.
The through Steamers for Marseilles and London are intended to leave Port Said after the arrival of the 11 a.m. train from Cairo, every Tuesday. A steam tender will meet the train to convey passengers to the ship.
The Brindisi Express Steamers leave Port Said directly the Indian Mails arrive. Passengers can go on board the evening before. The Fare is £9 to Brindisi. The cobined Sea and special train fare has been reduced to £22.9.11 Port Said to London via Brindisi or via Marseilles. During the Monsoon season the express streamer usually reaches Brindisi on Thursday afternoon, the special train starting at 8 pm and arriving in London at the very convenient hour of 4.56 pm on Saturday.
For all further information apply to the Company's Agents,
Messrs. THOS. COOK & SON (Egypt) Ltd. CAIRO.
GEORGE ROYLE, Esq. PORT-SAID.
Messrs. HABELDEN & Co. ALEXANDRIA.
F. G. DAVIDSON, Superintendent P. & O. S. N. Company in Egypt SUEZ.
REDUCED SUMMER FARES FROM MAY TO OCTOBER INCLUSIVE.
OUTWARDS to AUSTRALIA.
R.M.S. "Oroya" will leave Suez about August 25 | R.M.S "Ortana" will leave Suez about September 3.
HOMEWARDS to NAPLES MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, PLYMOUTH, LONDON, TILBURY
R.M.S. "Orentes" will leave Port Said about August 15 | R.M.S. "Omrah" will leave Port Said about August 29
Egyptian Government Officials allowed a rebate of 15% off the above fares.
Return tickets no longer issued, but passengers paying full fare in one direction allowed abatement of 1/3 fare back if return voyage be within 4 months of arrival, or abatement of 20 o/o if return voyage be made within 8 months of arrival.
Agents. Cairo:—Thos. Cook & Son. Alexandria : —R. J. Moss & Co.—For all information apply
Wm. STAPLEDON & Sons, PORT-SAID & PORT-TEWFIK (Suez) 31-12-904
Special Reduced Rates During Summer Season,
OUTWARDS to COLOMBO, TUTICORIN, etc., and RANGOON. Departures from Suez.
S.S. Warwichshire 7,966 tons, leaves about August 17.
S.S. Staffordshire 6,005 tons, leaves about August 31.
HOMEWARDS to MARSEILLES and LONDON. Departures from Port Said.
S.S. Cheshire 5,708 tons, leaves about August 23.
S.S. Derbyshire 6,636 tons leaves about September 6,
FARES from Port Said to Marseilles £6.0.0, London £17.0.0, Colombo £32.10.0, Rangoon £37.10.0.
Agents Cairo: THOS. COOK & SON. Suez & Port Said : WM. STAPLEDON & SONS, 31-12-905
FAST BRITISH PASSENGER STEAMERS
GREECE - TURKEY LINE.
Express Steamers leave Alexandria every Wednesday at 4 p.m. for PIRAEUS, SMYRNA, MITYLENE, and CONSTANTINOPLE, in connection with Orient Express train-de-luxe for Vienna, Paris, and London.
PALESTINE - SYRIA LINE.
Fast steamers leave Alexandria every Saturday at 6 p.m., and Port Said every Sunday at 6 p.m., for JAFFA (for Jerusalem), CAIFFA (for Nazareth), BEYROUT (for Damascus), TRIPOLI, ALEXANDRETTA, MESSINA, continuing in alternate weeks to LARNACA and LIMASSOL (Cyprus).
RED SEA LINE.
Steamers leave Suez fortnightly on Wednesday at 6 p.m. for JEDDAH, SUAKIN, MASSOWAH, HODBIDAH, and ADEN ; and in the intervening weeks for PORT SUDAN and SUAKIN direct. Calls will be made at TOR (for Mount Sinai) as required.
N.B.—Deck chairs provided for the use of passengers, excellent cuisine and table wine free.
Steamer plans may be seen and passages booked at the Company's Agencies at Alexandria, Cairo, Port Said, and Suez, or at THOS. COOK & SON or other Tourist Agency. 31-12-904
For LIVERPOOL calling at MALTA (Messrs. JAMES MOSS & Co. 31, James St, Liverpool, Managers.)
*Second class accommodation only, unless specially reserved.—Fares : Alexandria to Liverpool, 1st, £14 Single, £25 Return. 2nd, £9 Single, £15 Return.—To Malta, 1st, £5 Single, £9 Return, 2nd, £3 Single, £5 Return.—Return tickets available for six months.
S.S. Ramses now on the berth, will sail on or about Tuesday, August 29, to be followed by S.S. Seti.
Through freight rates on cotton, etc., to Lancashire inland towns, Boston, New York and other U.S.A. towns, obtained on application. Cargo taken by special agreement only.
Passenger Tickets also issued inclusive of Railway fare through to and from Cairo. Particulars on application to
R. J. MOSS & Co., Alexandria, Agents. 26-12-905
Established 1836. Capital £1,000,000. Reserve Fund £650,000.
THE IMPERIAL FIRE OFFICE united with THE ALLIANCE ASSURANCE, Co., Ltd.
1, Old Broad Street, LONDON—Estabished 1806.—Total Funds exceed £10,000,000.
31-12-905. Policies issued at SUEZ by G. BEYTS & Co., Agents.
CAIRO-ALEXANDRIA TELEPHONE.--Rates as follows P.T. 5 for each 3 minutes, or fraction of 3 minutes; P.T. 10 for over 3 up to 8 minutes communication.
PUBLIC CALL-OFFICES : Cairo, Central Office, Opera Square, and New Bar; Helouan, Central Office, Maison Purvis ; Alexandria, St Mark's Buildings, Egyptian Bar, I. Castelli & Co.; Ramleh, Central Office. San Stefano Casino 30.4.906
Steamers leave SUEZ and PORT SAID fortnightly for LONDON or LIVERPOOL direct.
(Electric Light.) SALOON (Amidships) FARE £12. (Latest improvements.)
S.S. ARRACAN 5800 Tons will leave PORT SAID about August 20 for Liverpool.
S.S. Mandalay 5800 Tons will leave PORT SAID about September 3 for London.
S.S. Irrawaddy 7890 Tons will leave PORT SAID about September 17 for Liverpool.
Due in LONDON or LIVERPOOL 12 days thereafter.
Apply WORMS & Co., Port Said and Suez. THOS. COOK & SON, (EGYPT) LD., CAIRO ;
G. J. GRACE & CO., ALEXANDRIA.
(EGYPT), LIMITED, HEAD OFFICE—LUDGATE CIRCUS—LONDON.
CHIEF EGYPTIAN OFFICE — CAIRO, near SHEPHEARD'S HOTEL.
Alexandria, Port-Said, Suez, Luxor, Assuan, Haifa, & Khartum.
GENERAL RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP AGENTS. BANKERS.
BAGGAGE AND FORWARDING AGENTS.
Officially appointed & Sole Agents in Cairo to the P.&O. S.N. Co.
RESIDENTS IN EGYPT proceeding to Europe for the summer are requested to apply to our offices for information respecting their Passages, where steamer plans may be consulted and Berths secured by all Lines of Steamers to all parts of the Globe; arrangements can also be made for the collection and forwarding of their baggage and clearance at port of arrival.
CIRCULAR NOTES issued payable at the current rate of exchange in all the principal cities of Europe. Cook's Interpreters in uniform are present at the principal Railway stations and Landing-places in Europe to assist passengers holding their travelling tickets.
Large and splendidly appointed steamers belonging to the Co. leave Cairo thrice weekly, between November and March, for Luxor, Assouan and Wady-Halfa in connection with trains de luxe to Khartoum. Moderate fares.
FREIGHT SERVICE, Steamers leave Cairo every Saturday and Tuesday for Assouan and Halfa.
Special Steamers and Dahabeahs for private parties.
Special arrangements for tour in PALESTINE, SYRIA and the DESERT, Lowest Rates.
Best camp equipment in the country! 10 12-904
MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAM SHIPS.
SAILINGS FROM SUEZ, LONDON and CALCUTTA LINE.
Calling at ADEN, COLOMBO and MADRAS Outward, and MARSEILLES (GENOA and PLYMOUTH optional) Homeward.
Fortnightly Service in connection with the Co's Indian Mail Lines and monthly with the East African Mail Line between ADEN, MOMBASSA and Zanzibar.
OUTWARD.—S.S. Manora ... August 18 | HOMEWARD.—S.S. Golcanda ... August 19
Queensland Line of Steamers Between London and Brisbane.
Calling at Colombo, Batavia, Cooktown, Townsville, and Rockhamptom.
The S.S. .................. will sail from Suez on about ..................
From Port-Said £2 less Homeward, and £2 more Outward. Second class, two thirds of 1st Class Fares.
Agents at PORT SAID, for the London, Calcutta and Persian Gulf Lines, Messrs. Worms & Co.
Agents at PORT SAID, for the London and Queensland Line, Messrs. Wills & Co., Limited.
Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son and the Anglo-American Hotel & Steamer Company, CAIRO & ALEXANDRIA.
For further particulars. Freight and Passage apply to G. BEYTS & Co. Agents, Suez. 31-12-905
(HENDERSON BROTHERS,) LONDON, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW.
Booking Passengers and Cargo through to Ports in India, Europe & America
First class passengers steamers. Sailing fortnightly from Suez.
Saloon Fares: from Port-Said, to Gibraltar £9; Marseilles £9: Liverpool (all sea route) £15; London (all sea route) £ 12 London via Marseilles £15.5.0. Passengers embarking at Suez £2 more, 10 % reduction for officers of army of Occupation and Government employés. Through tickets issued to New-York (via Glasgow). Fares on application.
Agents in Cairo, Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son. Port-Said, Messrs. Cory Brothers & Co., Ltd.
For further partienlan of Freight or Passage apply to G. BEYTS & Co., Suez. 31-12-905
Mail and Passenger Steamships. Regular three-weekly Service from
HAMBURG, via ANTWERP & MALTA, to ALEXANDRIA and vice-versa,
admitting
goods from all chief German Railway Stations on direct Bill
of Landing to
ALEXANDRIA and all chief ports of Egypt, Syria, etc., at
favourable through
rates of DEUTSCHE
VERKEHR (traffic).
EXPECTED AT ALEXANDRIA.
S.S. Samos August 23 from Hamburg and Antwerp bound for Rotterdam & Hamburg.
S.S. Tinos August 23 from Hamburg bound for Beyrout.
S.S. Rhodos August 31 from Hamburg and Antwerp bound for Beyrout.
For tariff and particulars apply to ADOLPHE STROSS, Alexandria, Agent.
15-2-905
GERMAN EAST-AFRICAN LINE - REGULAR MAIL-SERVICE FROM PORT-SAID
OUTWARDS. To ADEN, ZANZIBAR, DURBAN, CAPETOWN and intermediate Ports.
HOMEWARDS. To NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES, LISBON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG.
Splendid accommodation for passengars of all classes.—First-class steamers, fitted with all recent improvements. stewardesses and doctor carried—Low passage rates.
For all particulars, apply to FIX & DAVID, CAIRO, Sharia Mansour Pacha
First-class Hotel. Situated in Rosetta Avenue, the finest quarter in the Town. Two mintes from Railway Station. Close to Conservatory and the Opera House. Lift. Electric Light Throughout. Perfect Sanitary Arragnements. Magnificent Ball, Reception, Reading, and Music Rooms. Bar and Smoking Room.
HENRI CHAMOULLEAU, Proprietor.
45
FINE TERRACE ON THE AVENUE. - SPLENDID GARDEN. - OMNIBUS MEET ALL TRAINS AND STEAMERS. 28-26
NEW FIRST-CLASS HOTEL, OVERLOOKING THE HARBOUR & OPPOSITE CUSTOM HOUSE
Open all the year round. — Well-appointed Bar.
MODERATE CHARGES. SPECIAL TERMS FOR RESIDENTS 1190A2-5
Full South, Electric Light, opposite Esbekieh Gardens, Large Verandahs, Moderate Charges,
CHAS. BAUER, Proprietor.
The Hotel is beautifully fitted up and is in the most central part of Cairo. Terms for pension fare at the rate of ten shillings a day. Special terms for officers of Army of Occupation. 24,882-31-10-5
OF LONDON
Established 1821.
CAPITAL PAID UP AND INVERTED ONE MILLION STERLING.
Annual Income . . £895,000.
Total Funds . . £5,200,000.
Agents far Egypt and the Sudan - HEWAT & Co., Alexandria.
24336--17-6-905
LONDON. Founded 1710.-Total sum insured in 1902 £487,600,000.
Agents : LEON HELLER, Cairo, and BEHREND & Co., Alexandria. 16-1-906
072 Established 1720. - Agents: BANK OF EGYPT, Limited 189103
The undersigned agents are authorised to issue policies on behalf of the above Company at moderate rates.
IMPERIAL OTTOMAN BANK, Alexandria. OTTO STERZING, Cairo. GEORG. MEINECKE, Suez. 3112905
Incorporated A. D. 1720.
Chief Office: ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, E.C.
FUNDS IN HAND EXCEED £4,500,000 CLAIMS PAID £40,000,000
21281-216905
By the 10.15 p.m. train between Cairo and Alexandria and vice-versa a sleeping car is attached every night. Supplement 30 P.T.
Restaurant and Sleeping Cars on Luxor trains:
A Restaurant car and a sleeping car are attached to the 8 p.m. train from Cairo every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday and to the 5.30 p.m. train from Luxor every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
Railway and Sleeping Car tickets can be obtained any number of days ahead at the office of the International Sleeping Car Company in Cairo Station. 1st class Cairo-Luxor P.T. 200. Sleeping Car supplement P.T. 75.
CAIRO-KHARTOUM SUMMER MAIL SERVICE.
Mail delivered Khartoum, Sun. and Wednesday evening, and Cairo, Mon. and Friday evening. *Dining and Sleeping Cars.
(Société des Entrepôts d'Alexandrie)
Bonded Warehouses
IN ALEXANDRIA, CAIRO, PORT SAID, AND SUEZ.
Special Departments for clearing and forwarding and for a luggage and parcel Express Service.
Goods delivered against cash for account of shippers. 1-6-906
KHARTOUM: CAIRO Office, Sharia Kasr-el-Nil.
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT. Six days White Nile Tourist Trip dep. Khartoum Tuesdays. Steamer plans may be seen and passages booked at all Cairo Tourist Agents. - Special Steamers for private charter. - Trips arranged and transport of goods undertaken to all places on White and Blue Niles within navigation limits.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. Shipyard for construction of sternwheel steamers, barges, stream, motor launches, etc. Contractors for supply and erection of all classes of machinery, buildings, irrigation pumps, etc.
SOLE AGENTS FOR Dudbridges Oil Engines from 1 to 25 B.H.P. as supplied to Sudan Government. Seamless xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Weekly departure during Winter Season by the
Luxurious First Class
Tourist Steamers VICTORIA, PURITAN & MAYFLOWER.
Regular weekly
Departures to the SECOND CATARACT by the S.S. INDIANA.
THROUGH BOOKINGS
TO KHARTOUM, GONDOKORO AND THE WHITE NILE.
Steamers and Dahabeahs for
private charter. Steam Tugs and Steam Launches for hire.
FREIGHT
SERVICE BY STEAM BARGES BETWEEN CAIRO AND ALEXANDRIA.
Working in
conjunction and under special arrangement with the
"Upper Egypt Hotels
Company."
For details and illustrated programmes apply to "THE ANGLO-AMERICAN NILE
STEAMER and
HOTEL COMPANY."
OFFICES IN CAIRO: Sharia Boulac, "Grand Continental Hotel Buildings." 31-3-06
Regular Service from ALEXANDRIA (Passenger and Freight) to NAPLES-MARSEILLES.
SCHLESWIG will leave ALEXANDRIA at 4 p.m. July 26, August 30, September 20, etc.
The following steamers are intended to leave PORT-SAID:
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS APPLY TO THE AGENTS OF THE
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD at Cairo, Alexandria, Port-Said and Suez.
OTTO STERZING, Agent In Cairo, Opera Square.
C. H. SCHOELLER, Agent In Alexandria, Cleopatra Lane.
Messrs. THOS. COOK & SON (Egypt) LTD., and CARL STANGENS REISEBUREAN are anthorised to sell tickets in CAIRO and ALEXANDRIA, 31-8-905
Alexandria-Brindisi-Venice-Trieste.
Weekly Express Mail Service. Steamers leave Alexandria every Saturday at 4 p.m. arrive at Brindisi, Tuesday a.m. in time for express to Paris, London, Naples, Rome. Arrival Trieste Wednesday noon connecting with Vienna Express (Trieste-Ostende through carriage) and expresses to Italy and Germany.
Fortnightly Service: Alexandria-Brindisi-Venice-Trieste
(Departures from Suez) To Aden, Bombay, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hong-Kong, Shanghai, Yokohama, Kobé about August 4 and September 4. To Aden, Karachi, and Bombay accelerated service about August 18. To Aden, Karachi, Bombay, Colombo, Madras, Rangoon, and Calcutta about August 18.
East African Line.
To Aden, Mombassa, Zanzibar, Beira, Delagoa Bay, Durban, about July 4 and August 3.
Syrian-Cyprus-Caramanian Line.
Steamers leaves Alexandria on or about July 3, 17 and 31.
For information apply to the Agents, Alexandria, Port Said and Suez, Thos. Cook & Son, Ld., Leon Heller, Cairo Agent, 4, Sharia Maghraby, (Telephone 192), Cairo; F. Tedeschi, Helouan.
Special passage rates granted to Egyptian Government officials, members of the Army of Occupation and their families.
31-12-905
Frequent Sailings from ALEXANDRIA to LIVERPOOL, also Regular Services from LIVERPOOL to ALEXANDRIA and to ALGERIA, MALTA, LEVANT, BLACK SEA, and other Mediterranean Ports.
Excellent Passenger Accommodation. Stewardess carried. Liberal table and Moderate Fares for single and retnrn tickets.
The S S. Falernian due on or about the 7th inst. will leave for Liverpool in a few days.
CARGO taken by special agreement only. Through Freights quoted for the UNITED STATES and INLAND TOWNS in GREAT BRITAIN.
For passage or freight apply to the Agents, BARKER & Co., Alexandria. 2061-17-10-905
SALOON FARES:—Port Said to Malta £4.10.0. Marseilles. £8.0.0. London or Liverpool, £l2.l0.0. Colombo, Calcutta, Bombay or Karachi, £35.0.0. Special rates for steamers not carrying Doctor or Stewardess. For further particulars apply to
CORY BROS. & Co., Ltd., Agents for CITY Line, Port Said: W. STAPLEDON & SON, Agents for Hall Line, Port Said ; or COOK & SON (Egypt), Ltd., Cairo. 23788-28-8-905
Regular sailings from Liverpool, Glasgow, Antwerp and London to Alexandria. Frequent sailings from Alexandria to Liverpool and London. Through freight rates to Inland towns in Great Britain also to the U.S.A
Passenger accommodation (first class only) amidship, fited with electric light throughout. Stewardess carried. Fare £14.
N. E. TAMVACO Alexandria agents 22176-20-2-905
CAPITAL: L. 2,500,000. RESERVE (ENVIRON) : L. 862,000.
Gouverneur: Sir ELWIN PALMER, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.
Siège Social au Caire, Succursale à Alexandria, Agence à Assiout, Assuoan, Benha, Beni-Suef, Chibin el Kom, Damanhour, Fayoum, Khartoum, Kéneh, Mansourah. Minieh, Port-Said, Suakin, Sohag, Tantah, Zagazig, Mouski (Caire) et Londres (4 et 5, King William Street).
La National Bank of Egypt reçoit des dépots à termes fixes, fait des avances et ouvre des comptes courants sur titres, valeurs et marchandises. Elle s'occupe de l'achat et de la vente d'effets sur l'Etranger, de l'escompte, ainsi que de toutes opérations de Banque. 31-12-904
Societes Reunies Florio-Rubattino. - Services Postaux. - Departs de Juillet.
G. NUNGOYICH
are on sale at the Company's establishment by Grand Contental Hotel, Cairo, and at Walker & Meimarschi's, Alexandria.
Purveyors to H. H. the KHEDIVE.
35750 Patronized by the Duke of Connaught and the Archduke Otto and all the High Life of Egypt. 18-4-80
PURVEYORS OF THE FINEST COLONIAL
MEAT, GAME, POULTRY, BUTTER, FISH,
etc., etc.
The Company have opened a shop in the NEW MARKET, CAIRO, Nos. 39 & 40, where the goods imported by them can be inspected and purchased.
Telephone No. 1. 5. xxx-xx-xx
FIRE AND LIFE.
Largest Fire Office in the World.
HASELDEN & CO., Agents, Alexandria.
R. VITERBO & CO., Agents, Cairo.
PHOENIX ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
(ESTABLISHED 1782);
HASELDEN & CO., Agents, Alexandria.
31-3-906 FRED. OTT & CO., Sub-Agents, Cairo.
(SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME)
CAIRO, 28, SHARIA-EL-MANAKH,
(OPPOSITE IMPERIAL OTTOMAN BANK).
I. —Installation of complete Water supplies for drinking, agricultural,
and
industrial purposes by means of artesian wells.
II. - Deep borings for prospecting purposes in all conditions of soil by
means of the
"Express Boring System."
24,437-12-1-905
Cairo Branch
General Agent: Gustav Grob, E. E.
Electrical Machines & Materials.
Kasr-El-Nil Street, Suares Building, Opposite the Bank of Egypt.
P.O.B. 855.
Telephone 811
85240-15-1-906
Ramleh-Alexandria
15 Minutes by Carriage or "Palais tram from Sidi Gaber Station.
The most charming Sea-side Residence in Egypt.
First Class Family Hotel with Every Modern Comfort.
Unique Situation on the Beach.
Lovely Garden. Lawn Tennis. Large Terrace. Electric Light. Sea Baths. Own springs. Perfect sanitary arrangements. Stables for horses and carriages.
Moderate Charges. -- Special terms for Government Officials and Officers of the Army of Occupation.
252-17.1.906
G. RUNCKEWITZ, Proprietor.
One of the finest and most up-to-date Hotels in the Metropolis. Situated in Sharia
Soliman Pasha, the very centre of the healthiest and most fashionable quarter. Stands in its
own grounds with garden and lawn tennis groundsat back. Over 350 rooms and 5 saloons.
Magnificent sallè à manger. Handsome covered promenade verandah, 80 yards long. Highest
class cuisine, electric light throughout, and lifts.
English comforts. Rooms and apartments at prices to suit every one.
For further particulars apply to
GENERAL MANAGER, Cairo
Soda Water, Lemonade, & Ginger Ale.
As Supplied to King and Royal Family.
Agent: - John B. Caffari.
NB.- This whiskey is the same as supplied to the Red Cross Society, London, for use by the invalided troops and hospitals in South Africa, to the House of Lords and Hous of Commons.
Table d'Hote Luncheons & Dinners Served on the Terrace.
ORCHESTRA PLAYS 6 TO 11.30 P.M
DELIGHTFUL SITUATION - SEA BREEZES.
BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING.
REIMS.
SOLE AGENT IN EGYPT AND SUDAN,
NICOLA G. SABBAG
ALEXANDRIA, 2, Rue de la Gare du Caire
Telephone; No. 559.
24528-15-3-905
de provenance directe et de toutes les meilleures marques
Nicolas G Sabbag
IMPORTATEUR GENERAL
FOURNISSIUR DE S A LE KHEDIVE et de tous les grands Clubs et Hôtels d'Egypte.
2—Rue de la Gare du Caire—2 ALEXANDRIE
Adresse Télégraphique : SABBAG Alexandrie
Téléphone No 559.
246081-26-904
Old Bourse St., Alexandria.
Greatly enlarged and improved. New Chef. Unrivalled cooking. English specially catered for
2063-14-1-906
Travellers generally, but especially Invalids and Children should not be without Howie's sterilized milk or cream. It is invaluable. Address Howie & Co., Hygienic Dairy, Shoubra Road, Cairo.
26029-25-5 906
Brewers, Burton-on-Trent and Romford.
Pale Ale & Double Stout, specially brewed for export.
Agents: Messrs. John Ross & Co., Alexandria & Cairo:
48047 30-2-904
Cairo and Alexandria
The Perfection of Quality and Value.
In Sterling Silver, "Welbeck" & Silver Plated Goods
Provisions, Wines, Cigars, Crockery, Brushes, &c., &c., at
Price List on Application.
16-11-904
26045-80-9-5
Economical & Reliable.
60 Years' Reputation.
For Home-made Bread, Cakes, Pastry, Scones, Flour Puddings, Meat Pies, &c., &c.
It is Packed in Tins or Bottles, and will keep for years in perfect condition.
Supplied by Store-keepers and Grocers in Cairo and Alexandria.
Manufactory--1, Bunhill Row, London.
Wholesale Agents: Crosse & Blackwell Ltd., London ; C. & E. Morton, London; Walker & Meimarachi, Ltd., Cairo; J. B. Caffari, Alexandria.
LONDON, PARIS ALEXANDRIA, CAIRO MALTA, GIBRALTAR, TANTAH, AND PORT SAID.
Subscribed Capital JS1.500,000
Paid up '' £ 500,000
Reserve Fund... 500,000
The Anglo-Egyptian Bank. Limited, undertakes every description of banking business on the most favourable conditions.
Current accounts opened with commercial homes and private individuals in conformity with the custom of Bankers.
Fixed deposits for one year certain received at 8 per cent. per annum. Deposits at interest for shorter periods are also received at rates to be agreed upon.
Letters of Credit for the use of travellers are issued payable in all parts of the World.
Approved bills discounted.
Bills, documentary invoices, etc, collected.
Drafts and telegraphic transfers issued payable all over the World.
Foreign exchange bought and sold.
Advances made upon approved securities and upon cotton, cotton-seed, sugar and other merchandise.
The purchase and sale of stocks and shares on the London Stock Exchange; and on the local and Continental Bourses, undertaken.
Customers can deposit their valuables, bonds, etc., for safe custody in the Bank's fire-proof strong-rooms, and the Bank will attend to the collection of the coupons and drawn bonds so deporited as they fall due.
Mercantile credits issued.
Annuities, pensions, dividends, etc., collected.
All farther particulars and information can be obtained on application.
The officers and clerks of the Bank are pledged to secrecy as to the
transactions of customers.
GENERAL DRAPERY ETABLISHMENT.
(Central Tramway Station), CAIRO.
P. PLUNKETT, PROPRIETOR.
DIRECT IMPORTER OF BRITISH AND IRISH TEXTILE MANUFACTURES.
LADIES' SUMMER STOCKINGS.
IN SPUN SILK at P.T. 20 per pair.
LISLE THREAD, in plain and lace open-work, in black, white, tan and usual shades, to suit boots worn in Egypt, from P.T. 5 per pair.
Every pair is marked "Au De Rouge" which is a guarantee that the Color is absolutely fast and stainless.
Bulkeley (near Alexandria.)
Bamleh's Fashionable Hotel.
Patronised by the Elite.
Full Pension from P.T. as a day. Visitors from Catre alight at Midi-Gaber station.
24446-24-5-905
G. AQUILINA, Proprieter.
Under this heading advertisements are inserted at the following rates :—
The address is counted. The advertisement must appear on conseontive days for above rates to be obtained. 50% extra is charged for advertisements not appearing consecutively.
– A useful business directory containing addresses of all important business firms of Great Britain the Continent, and Egypt. Circulating all over Europe and America. Price— One pound Sterling. Post Free.
sent post free to all first class Hotels throughout Europe, America, the Colonies and Egypt. The best reference book for travellers.
Arabic lessons given by an Egyptian tutor to Europeans. Apply M. Shefik
"Egyptian gazette" offices.
Advertising Agents- The best public advertising sites in Alexandria
belong to G. Vestri & Co., Advt. Agents, St. Catherine Square.
Special rates for permanent clients Moderate terms. Prompt despatch
Apply for French, Italian, Arabic, German to the Berlitz Schools,
Alexandria (26 Rue de l'Eglise Copts); Cairo Sharia Kamel. Most rapid
method. Trial lesson free. Evening classes at Alexandria, P.T. 60 per
month.
A grand sale of the entire stock of groceries, wines, and spirits at
wholesale prices, will be held at the Alexandria Store Boreman &Co.,
during the week, owing to the space being required for the extension of
the tailoring and furnishing department. Cash only.
Blick Typewriters, No. 5 9, No. 7 11. W.T. Emmens, 99 Rue Attarine
Alexandria, Address, Post Office Box 35
On demande un secretaire comptable, pour Hotel de 80 chambres. Il faut
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It is the opinion of many thinking soldiers, who observed with discernment the trend of public feeling after the war in South Africa, that a golden opportunity was then lost by the Government, and that, if we had possessed a leader alert at the time to observe and resolute to seize the chances that were offered, the British Army would not now have been in a situation which we have all to deplore. Instead of being the Army accura-tely described by Lord Roberts as unfitted for the purposes of a great war, it would have been a force engaged in embodying and training a new Army based upon the universal training of the nation. What is it that gives the British Empire its weight in the councils of Europe at the present time—upon what do the groupings of foreign politicsnow chiefly turn? That weight is gained from, and those groupings turn upon the strength and efficiency of a great Navy built up and organised to a specific and known purpose, with the effort of a consistent and unchanging policy. Wherein, on the other hand, lies the weakness that endangers our position, and that menaces us with the gravest danger that can ever threaten any State? State weakness lies in the failure to provide an Army adequate for the enormous demands which may be summed up, as a standard of strength, in the defence of Afghanistan against a first-class military Power—a defence, be it remembered, to which we are pledged. Bismarck is credited with having made the cynical but sagacious remark that "les faibles sont faits pour etre manges par les forts,; and little as we may like the brutality of such statements, they are demonstrably and palpably true. There can be no further excuse, therefore,for ignoring the Empire's need, which, as Lord Roberts said at the Mansion Housed is the sufficiency and organised efficiency of the armed forces to undertake a prolonged war in support of our national interests against a great Power. This we may describe as the root problem now before the Government. It cannot be solved in the imminent breach. It must be solved now, once and for all.
Ministers should not cherish any feeble illusion on this matter. Their proposals have so far touched only the outermost fringe of a great subject, but their opportunity is not altogether lost We do not believe it to be the settled mind of the British public to reject a doty assumed by every other great people. Englishmen are awakening to the national need. Let the Government, therefore, go to the country with the great demand. They will, at least, have acquitted themselves of a supreme duty, and have brought universal service into the domain of practical politics. They have a case that is unassailable. They have endeavoured without success to make an Army out of what we already possess, and, failing, they ask for more. They have the teaching of all history, and all experience to prove that only the strong are secure. It is not a vast standing Army that we require. Invasion we do not contemplate, but, with a trained nation, all fear of descents on our shores would disappear. If we had the Army of our need there could be no questioning of the attitude of France at the present hour. France and England, equally strong at sea and on land, could defy aggression, and impose peace upon the world. With an Army based upon universal service we should possess that power of military expansion which would enable ns to mobilise reserve after reserve, strengthening and reinforcing the regular forces in any part of the world, until the will of the nation was enforced.
Though Lord Roberts has given the weight of his high authority to the demand for an army capable of indefinite expansion, as he told his hearers at the mansion House,
neither the Royal Commission nor other endeavours have so far had any real effect. We do not desire to see Army matters made an affair of party politics, but it seems to us dangerous to wait for any slow movement of public opinion, and we see no other way than for the Government to take the country into its confidence. They can admit their errors as readily as Lord Roberts admitted, at the Mansion House, the he made in recommending Mr. Brodrick to open three years' recruiting. The primary consideration must be the Regular Army, brought up to adequate strength by proper treatment, with the great reserve of officers upon which we insisted last week, and the importance of which Lord Roberts has since enforced. Then would come the universal training of the people, and, as the Field-Marshal said, a necessary part of any scheme would be the training of all boys and youths, up to the time of their reaching the military age, in drill and rifle-shooting. The subsequent training would not be burdensome. It might take the form of periods of embodiment in a reorganised Militia, after which men would be drafted to the reserve of the Army, with liability to serve in great national emergencies. Lest it never be forgotten that these reserve troops would not be put,in the field at the first outbreak of war, They would be embodied for training, and be despatched to the front as reinforcements, just as the Japanese have despatched their reserve men to Manchuria. There would be a great demand for officers, but the organisation of the men would be easy. The system could be in-troduced gradually. It could begin with training in schools; it could be continued with boys' brigades and cadet battalions ; it could be extended by embodiment in the Auxiliary Forces ; and afterwards, if necessary, could be completed by definite territorial organisation with permanent cadres. The opportunity now arises for placing this great issue before the country. It is not conscription that is required, but merely a system of individual training throughout the nation, and we hope the Government will recognise and proclaim the necessity.
It is expected that Article IX. which refers to the question of indemnity will come up today. It will probably be necessary to refer the matter to St Petersburg.
Russia by accepting Articles VII. and VIII. surrenders every vestige of ambition in Manchuria, and closes the door upon her scheme for possessing Dalny, upon which she spent millions, as a port free from ice.
She retains only a non-military line connecting her European possessions with the maritime provinces ou the Pacific.
The Conference discussed the article relating to the indemnity all the morning, but failed to arrive at any agreement It was therefore laid aside and the question of the surrender of the interned warships was proceeded with. (Æ.)
The Conference has agreed to Articles VII.
and Vlll. in reference to the Chinese railway, with the exception of one point which requires special study. (Reuter)
Article VII. has been adopted, and also
Article VIII. which leaves the railway joining the Tran Siberian at Vladivostock to the Russians. No agreement on Article IX., relating to the reimbursement of war expenses, has been possible. (Havas)
An Imperial Decree authorises the Minister
of Finance to issue an internal loan of two hundred million roubles at five per cent (R.)
Admiral Krieger, commander of Black Sea
squadron, Admiral Vishenevetzky, second in command, and the captains of two warships which took part in the mutiny, have been placed on the retired list. ( Reuter)
The Sultan of Morocco has rejected the demand of the French Minister for the release of an Algerian chief who has been brought to Fez in chains. Serious developments are possible. (Reuter)
The British and Russian detachments have had some slight casualties in skirmishes with the Cretan insurgents in the districts of Candis and Retimo. (Reuter),
The Channel Squadron has arrived at
Ymuiden, where it has been feted by the Dutch authorities. The Queen will entertain the officers at dinner this evening at the chateau of Loo. (Renter)
The Cotton Conference sat 8 hours yesterday
and adjourned till to-day. (Reuter)
DEPARTURES.
Le paquebot Perseo de la Cie Florio Rabat tino parti bier poor Gênes avait à bord:—
Lieutenant et Mme Penga, M. et Mme Azzopardi, F. Errante, R Kirchmayer, W. H. Calkrop, Gilda Mongelluzzo, Q. Castellani, Bavastro et sa mère, G. Giraldini, L. Dorgon-gnio, G. Remando, Halifa Guardi, P. Achkar, Père Vincenzo, Mme Pressi, E. Pressi, J. E. Dull, Maria Eliesco, Tecla Pesarini, M. Soriano,
L. Parid et bébé, chey. G. Parvis, H. Turkian,
M. et Mme Gallo Mauro, et 58 passagers Sme classe.
found in the Bab el Sharia district of Cairo during to-morrow night and at dawn of the 20th inst. will be poisoned by the police.
A native woman has died at Mahmedsba, near Cairo, who claimed the great age of 120 years. Her grandson, who is alive, is eighty years old.
The Plague.-—Yesterday's plague bulletin reports the admission into hospital of two new cases at Alexandria. The first of these is a native woman of the Labban quarter, and the second a native boy from Minet el Bassal.
25 vessels passed through the Canal on the 14th and 15 inst, of which 12 wore British, 3 German, 2 Dutch, 1 French, 1 Austrian, 1 Danish, 1 Italian, 2 Russian, 2 Turkish. The receipts for the two days were fra. 640,148.19, making the total from the 1st inst frs. 4,570,793.23
Alhambra Theatre—A matinée will be given at the Alhambra Theatre on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, when Le Contrôleur des Wagons lits will be represented by the Della Guardia Dramatic Company, and this will be followed in the evening at 9 p.m. by Othello. To-morrow night Odette will be given.
The August Skye Meeting will be held to-morrow afternoon at half past three on the grounds of the Alexandria Sporting Club. The meeting promises to be a very successful one and some close events are anticipated. The entries for the various races will be found in our issue of last Monday.
We hear that an affray recently occurred at Beyrout in which one man was killed on the spot and two severely injured. Something like a panic occurred among some of the merchants of the town, but order was quickly restored by Khalil Bey, the energetic Albanian governor of the town, and no further disturbances are anticipated.
Several of our native contemporaries state that the War Office is considering selling all its property, including the Barracks and Military School, at Abba'sieb, to M. Empain and Boghos Pasba Nubar, and constructing new barracks etc. behind the Polygon. No decision is to be made till late in the autumn. We give this information under all reserve as to its authenticity.
There has been a great and appreciable change in the weather at Cairo lately. For about a week the intense heat, which was experienced in the beginning of August, has given way to a much pleasanter temperature, and the nights are especially cool and refreshing, the difference between the day and night readings of the thermometer being as much as 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
A European woman, of the name of Mrs. L. Demech, whilst bathing at Mex yesterday afternoon, was suddenly seized with an attack of syncope. Her daughters, who had accompanied her, and several other bathers went to her assistance and succeeded in getting her ashore and into the bathing cabin, but unfortunately she never recovered consciousness and died in half an hour. The body of the deceased was taken to the Deaconness's Hospital for the holding of an autopsy.
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Anomdeh, ignorant alike of reading and of writing, recently wished to fine a villager who had committed a contravention. He therefore asked a fiki to fill up a form, which was to be sent to the mamour. The fiki was almost as ignorant as the omdeh and copied the printed report form without filling up one of the blanks left in it for the name, date, contravention, and amount of fine, etc. The mamour was not a little amused by the receipt of this product of the omdeh's ignorance and the fiki's smattering of knowledge. ;
A month or so ago a protest appeared in our columns against the granting of boot-blacking licences to other than native boys. Attention chiefly drawn to the large number of Greeks, many of them big, hulking specimens of their race, who adopted this calling as a method of living, and the Greek Diplomatic Agent has since turned his attention to the matter, A number of cases were investigated and the Cairo authorities arrived at the conclusion that such an occupation was unfit for men who were themselves in some cases "undesirables." The necessary steps were taken and the boot blacking trade is now confined entirely to native boys in Cairo. Will not Alexandria follow Cairo's example? It is not a pleasant sight to see a large number of strong and able-bodied men wasting their lives in a boy's work of cleaning boots, and Greeks, Italians, Arme-menians, Levan tmes and Natives are to be of Alexandria, in very large this calling. The remedy we hope to see the authorities act upon our suggestion.
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AN OFFENSIVE Effendi.
From further details that we have received it appears that the recent affray between an Italian gentleman and certain employée of the Customs Administration was caused by the brutal and offensive conduct of an effendi, one Ali Sabit, who attempted to force his way into the bedroom of Mme Baiocchi, an Italian lady, who had come to Port Said for a change of air, and whose relations, with whom she stayed during the day, had found her a furnished room in a pension in the Rue Eugenie. Some Englishmen staying in the pension quickly intervened, and suppressed the effendi, and the husband of the insulted lady hastened down from Cairo to demand an explanation of his offensive and ungentlemanly conduct. The effendi answered his questions with such insulting nonchalance that M. Baiocchi boxed his ears, whereupon a number of porters and nondescripts fell on him, and beat and bound him. M. Baiocchi complained to the Italian Consulate, which, very properly, protested most vigorously, and was supported by the Italian Diplomatic Agency, and the effendi has been reduced in rank. He is said to have been transferred to Alexandria, while M. Baiocchi is reported to be bringing an action against him, and against the Port Said Customs.
CAIRO KHEDIVIAL BOURSE.
We are informed that the Council of Administration of the Cairo Bourse, in conjunction with the Association des Courtiers en Valeurs have decided upon the erection of a new exchange, failing to find for renting suitable and centrally situated premises to accommodate the large and constantly increasing number of members, which at present is about 250. The cost of the new premises is estimated at £60,000 to £80,000, inclusive of the cost of site and furnishing. The present bourse buildings in the sharia El Maghraby, which belong to the family of the late Mr. Ed. Manuk, are held on a six years'lease of which two years are expired, but the committee have the right of vacating them during the unexpired period on giving one year's notice, or paying rent for that period. At we have mentioned in a previous article no site has yet been acquired for the new bourse, and no decision is expected to be arrived at regarding this matter until the return from Europe of the principal interested parties.
CORPORATION OF Western EGYPT, LIMITED.
Mr. David Milne, B.Sc. (Agric.), of the University of Aberdeen, has been appointed agricultural chemist to the corporation, and leaves London on the 26th instant for service in the Western Oases under Mr. H.J.L. Beadnell, F.G.S., P.R.G.S., the corporation's manager in the Oases. In addition to his great academic attainments Mr. Milne is said by Professor Traill, professor of botany, etc., at Aberdeen university, to have "a knowledge of the practical side of agriculture suoh as few that hold the degree of B. Sc., (Agric.) possess."
THE NILE FLOOD.
Following the publication of the report of Mr. Webb in this year's probable low Nile, the Ministry of Public Works requested the Ministry of the Interior a few days ago to issue the necessary instructions to the Moudir of Gizeh Province and the Moudirs of Upper Egypt, as well as to the Inspectors of the latter Ministry, to give every facility to the officials of the Irrigation Department in carrying out the requisite measares for the protection of the crops, and also to take the same precautions as were taken during the low floods of 1899 and 1902, in both of which years a "bad Nile" was declared.
THE ROMANCE OF A NATIVE MARRIAGE.
Some of our readers will probably recollect how, about this period last year, Cairo was roused out of its usual summer apathy by the news of the elopement of the daughter of a native notable with the Editor of a well-known vernacular daily paper, and her marriage without the previous consent of the father.
The incident caused quite a ferment in Cairene native circles at the time, on account of the social standing of the parties concerned, and culminated in the Mehkemeh Sharieh refusing to recognise the marriage, on the ground that it was contracted without the knowledge of the bride's father which, according to Mohamedan law, was necessary. This judgment was appealed against, but was upheld by the higher Court. Further interest was revived in the case a few months back by the report that both the lady in question as well as her mother had left the paternal roof and sought refuge in the house of a Princess of the Khédivial family. Within the past few days a report was circulated that a reconciliation had taken place between the Sheik Ali Yussef, the editor of the vernacular sheet referred to, and Sheik El Sadaat, the lady's father, who, it was stated, had at last given his consent to the marriage.
It seems, however, that such is not the case, as although the Sheik Ali Yusref had obtained the assistance of friends to bring about a reconciliation, the father remains inexorable and still refuses his consent.
The following is the menu of the dinner to be served to-morrow evening on the occassion of the small dance:
Consomme de volville glace
Truite de mer a la Parisienne
Coeur filet Boeuf Catalan
Pilaff au foie gras de Strasbourg
Asperges d'Argenteuil en branche
Dindomnean roil casserole
Salade de saison
Poires voilees a la Melba
Gatean Princesse
El Kaimakam Kennedy Bey, R.E., Director of the Works Department, arrived at Port Sudan on the 29th ult., from Khartoum, via Suez, by the Khédivial Mail steamer Dakahlia, on inspection duty, and will shortly return to Cairo. i
Mr. Kerr, acting Moudir of Suakin, and Dr. Ibrahim Fehmi, acting S. M. 0. Suakin Moudi-rieh, have been paying a visit of inspection to Port Sudan, where they found everything satisfactory. They returned here on the 4th inst.
Binbashi P. C. Lord, R.E, returned on the 8th inst, by the Khédivial mail steamer Missir from England, and left the same day for Railhead to replace Bimbashi Newcombe, R.E, who is at present surveying the Pott Sudan line.
A Post office branch has already been opened at Port Sudan, and steps will soon be taken by the Railway authorities to commence the Port Sudan line. The Sudan Government Railways Administration has handed over all the lighthouse material to the Works Department, Port Sudan, who will probably invite tenders for its construction shortly.
It has been decided to build a special Government hospital which will admit cases of both sexes. The plans have been approved, and the cost of its construction is estimated at L.E. 7,000.
The ES. Edenhall arrived here on the 5th inst from England with a special consign ment of coal for the Sudan Government Railways, Suakin.
The last few days here the weather has been almost unbearable. The sandstorms have been so thick that the sun was hid altogether, and the hot winds have blown as if from a fiery furnace. Yesterday the day was much worse, and a European workman of the Suakin Railway recieved a sunstroke and was taken into hospital. He died a few hours later.
SHIP ON FIRE AT Suez.
(From our Correspondent.)
(By telegraph.)
Suez, Thursday, 8.45 p.m.
The British steamer Gibraltar arrived here at five o'olook this afternoon with a bad fire raging on board. The cargo of the vessel is almost entirely sugar. The flames have completely destroyed the bridge saloon and done a great deal of damage to the engine room and the main deck amidships. Assistance was im mediately sent out to her, and at the time of wiring the flames are almost extinguished.
The S.S. Royal Prince left Malta yesterday with passengers and general cargo, and is due to arrive at Alexandria on Monday.
The Ellerman S.S. Flavian from Liverpool arrived on Wednesday evening.
The Ellerman S.S. Sardinia sailed from Liverpool for Gibraltar, Malta and Alexandria on Thursday and is due here on the 1st Sept
The Moss liner Nitocris sailed yesterday at noon from Malta, and is due at Alexandria on Monday morning with passengers, mails, and general cargo.
The Khédivial express mail steamship Prince Abbas will leave Alexandria at 4 p.m. on Wednesday next for Piraeus Smyrna, Mitylene, and Constantinople.
H.H. The Khedive leaves Paris next Wednesday for Vienna.
M. Raymond Lecomte will not resume his functions as first secretary to the French Diplomatic Agency, having been transferred to the important post of adviser to the French Embassy at Berlin. The congratulations of M. Lecomte's many friends of every nationality will only be tempered by their regret at his departure from Cairo.
Milhem Bey Chakour has arrived at Alexandria from Cairo.
Mr. Verschoyle is inspecting the Delta Bar- rage today and will probably return to Cairo to-morrow.
Lieutenant A. E. F. Ham, 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire, has been granted sick leave until November 14.
The marriage of M. Mauro Gallo and Mlle.
Dina Horn took place yesterday very quietly at the house of the bride's parents.
General Mesheshia, the head of the new Abyssininian Mission to the Sultan, is expected to arrive here next week from Jerusalem. The Persian Chargé d'Affaires has paid an official visit to Ato Haile Meriam Pasha, the chief of the first Abyssinian Mission, 'who is staying here at present
The Quarantine board at its meeting of the 8th inst discussed the question of quarantine, in the case of arrivals from Egypt. After a long, debate it was decided to reimpose four days quarantine with disinfection and the destruction of rats and mice, on arrivals from Alexandria. It is really most unfortunate that these mea-sures, which do great harm to trade, and; impede all communication between Egypt and; Turkey, should continue to be enforced.
CONSTANTINOPLE TO BEYROÜT.
To THE Editor or the Egyptian Gazette.
Sir,—For the benefit of the public, I hope you will be kind enough to give this letter of mine a place in your paper.
On my way from Europe to Constantinople I purchased from Cook's office at Vienna a first-class ticket for the Austrian steamer that was to sail from Constantinople for Beyrout on the 1st August, and, according to the published tariff of the Austrian Lloyd Company, I had to pay 303 france (£12.8s. 2d.) for my ticket At Constantinople I met a friend who wished to accompany me to Beyrout, and so I had to get another first class ticket tor him, for which I paid 235 francs at the Austrian Lloyds office at Constantinople, and received ticket No. 547, and in exchange for Cook's Vienna ticket (sea 8,002 No. 12,263} I was given ship's ticket No. 548. I was very much astonished to find such a great difference between the price of the " first-class ticket charged at Cook's office and that charged at the Austrian Lloyd's office, and brought the matter at once to the notice of Cook's agency in Constantinople. I found than Cook's agent was not astonished at this inexplicable dealing of the Austrian Lloyd Company, and he has made a formal complaint to the Company's local office, and reported the matter to his head office in London.
The S.S. Thalia was to sail on the 1st inst. from Constantinople and we arrived on board an hour before she sailed. The poop deck which is supposed to be reserved for the first class passengers was, soon after the departure of the ship, invaded by the second class passengers, and later on was intruded upon by the third class passengers as well, no notice being taken by the officers of the ships. The grievance increased as the ship continued to touch at' the intermediate ports and take more passengers, but it arrived at a climax at Alexandretta, where the vessel shipped 500 sheep and four boatloads of oxen (100 to 150). The sheep, being placed in a higher category than the oxen, were accommodated on the deck under the "bridge, used till then'by the second class passengers, and the oxen, being classed lower, were given the place of third, class passengers.
To find room for the second and third class passengers there was no place on hoard the ship, except the narrow deck space on the sides by the first-class dining saloon, and the poop, and so they were freely admitted there.
Not to speak of the sickening smells caused on board by the presence of several hundreds of four-legged second and third class passengers, the first class two-legged passengers were squeezed out of the breathing space in the poop, and had to pass the nights and days in the smothering atmosphere of their cabins, for which, even in the twentieth century, electric fans are considered superfluous by the owoers of the ship.
I hope the public will take note of this, and that any unfortunate traveller, who may by circumstances be obliged to travel by the ships of the Austrian Lloyd Company from Constantinople to the ports of the Syrian Coast, must be prepared to face the experiences of the writer —I am, 8ir, etc.
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A. C. C. v. MR. BARTLETT'S XI.
A TE 201
This match was played eyesterday and re- sulted, after a most exciting finish, in a tie, each side boring 165. The AOC XL, took first innings and made a good start, the first wioket patting on 65 runs, but at 106 six batamen had been dismissed. Some vigorous bitting by Dawson at the close of the innings brought the total to 165. Moore and Bobert- son had the best bowling figures, the former getting a great deal of work on the ball.
Mr. Bartlett's XI. began very badly, Corporal New being the only one of their early batamen to give much trouble, but with seven wickets down for 87, Bergt. Burke and Pta. Sides got together and soon gave the bowlers great trouble, hitting with the utmost freedom and vigour. Seventy-seven runs were quickly added, when Pte. Sides who had just reached his half century was caught by the wicketkeeper. Sergt. Burke got a single off the next ball, and in trying a second run Mr. Bartlett was run out. The cores were now equal, and off the next ball Sergt. Burke in trying drive obstructed, and retired for a very fine innings of 68 which included two sizes and nine fours. Pte. Sides hit a six and six fours in his 50. This is the second very close finish on the A.C,0, ground this summer, the Club having previously proved victorious over the garrison by the narrow margin of one run. The following are the full scores and bowling analyses :-
A. C. C.
Mr. H. B. Carver, b. Moore...
21
P. P. Graves, b. Robertson... K. P. Birley, b. Moore...
K. Macauley, o, Bartlett,b.Robertson F. de Rougemont, b. Sides...
W. L. Peal, b. Moore
E. Henley, o. Sides, b, Robertson...
8. J. Dawson, not out... F.-G. Freemain, b. Bides... N. Cheesman, b. Moore... W. Lucas, run out...
39
B.
88
82
8
11
0
98
Total...
165
Bowling analysis.
0. M.
Pte. Sides
9
Sgt. Burke
8
Mr. Bobertson
Capt. Moore
Mr. Jenkinson
MR. BARTLETT'S XI.
Capt. Moore, o. Henley, b. Carver... Mr. Strange, b. Graves..
Cpl. New, b. Carver
Major Arbuthnot, a. Birley, b. Peel...
Mr. Jenkinson, b. Peel... Sgt. Barke, Lb.w. b. Carver... Capt. Bingley, o. Henley, b. Carver...
Mr. Robertson, b. Carver... Pte. Sides, a. Peel, b. Carver... Mr. Bartlett, run out... Pte. Parker, not out... B. 2., Lb. 8, w. 1...
Total...
Bowling analysis.
Mr. H. B. Carver
Graves W. E. Peel
Laoss Dawson
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165
0. M. R. W.
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Calendar of Coming Events
August.
ALEXANDRIA.
Fri. 18 San Stefano Casino. Children's
Ball. 6.15 p.m.
Mex. Prinea's Restaurant des Bains. Roumanian orchestra,every after-
noon. Sundays, morning.
Windeck Hotel Orchestra. 6 to
11.30 p.m. every day.
Alhambra Italian company Cirano di Bergerac. 9.15 p.m.
Sat. 19 A.B.C. Skye Meeting 3.80 p.m.
Sun, 20
August. Fri. 18
Taes. 92
in
Alex. Swimming Club. Members meet Customs Gate 23. 4.30 pm. San Stefano Casino. Small Dance.
10 p.m.
San Stefano Casino. Concert 10.30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
08 99
Bebekioh Gardens. Performance.
by British Military Band. 9 to
11 p.m. Esbekisk Theatre. Italian Comedy Company. 9:15 pm
Theatre des An deurs. 9.80
Theatre des Nouverabia. 9.30 p.m.
Alo
Parision. English Troups. 9.20. led M 01 Gardeer Deftish Military Band. 9 to 11
Babe
Le dernier bulletin de la Chambre do Cou. merce Française d'Alexandrie contient un a' tide très întérôrisaut sur l'Importation e Egypte. Il attribut l'infériorité des import: tions françaises à l'indilïérence et à la timidité injustifiée des commerçants français. La temp est loin oh le négociant égyptien pouvait inspirer des craintes légitimes. Aujourd'hui pe i de pays au monde offrent autant de séouri|é que l'Egypte. La prospérité et la bonne foi y font chaque jour des progrès. Voici-à ce propos comment le bulletin résume la situation actuelle:
1 La population égyptienne augmente cha que année dans des proportions considérables par suite de la meilleure hygiène qui pénètre rapidement chez la classe indigène, et par l'im migration incessante provenant de la Syrie, de la Turquie et de l'Asie Mineure.
2 Au contact des Européens, l'indigène sent naître chez lui des besoins que, jadis, il igno rait II recherche une nourriture plus choisie, des vêtements plus confortables, et remplace son mobilier rudimentaire par devrais meubles importés d Europe.
3 La récolte du coton, qui est ici le baromètre de la fortune publique, se présente exceptionnellement favorable ; il est trop tôt encore pour fixer un chiffre a l'égard du rendement espéré, mais, dès maintenant, les gens compé tenta affirment que les estimations I03 plus optimistes seront dépassées. Etant donné que les aunées précédontes plus de cent millions de francs, représentant un bénéfice, restent dans le pays et augmentent son fonds de roulement, ou peat dire que la campagne prochaine augmentera considérablement cette prospérité.
4 Les faillites, qui sont l'indice de la situa tion commerciale d'un pays, sont, en Egypte, plutôt rares. Eu 1904, ou en a compté 157, soit une moyenne de 13 par mois, pour uno popu lation qui dépasse 12 millions d'habitants. En Europe, dans une ville de moyenne importance, ce chiffre est souvent pins élevé.
Nons pourrions ajouter que la moralité commerciale est en voie de progression et que les échéances semblent mieux respectées.
Pour les Entrepreneurs
Une affaire intéressante va venir prochai nement devant le Tribunal mixte du Caire. Il s'agit d'une question de principe qui tou che üe prés tous les entrepreneurs. Le mi nistère des Travaux publics reçoit continuel lement des oppositions aux paiements qu'n doit taire aux concessionnaires des travaux, oppositions motivées par le fait que l'opposant doit toucher une somme, souvent pas même spécifiée dudit concessionnaire. Far mesure de prudence, le ministère dès lors ne paie plus ce qu'il doit à l'entrepreneur, qui souvent, pour une dette assez douteuse de quelques livres se voit retarder le paiement de plusieurs centaines de livres. Or un de ces entrepreneurs a assigné le ministère des Travaux publics devant le tribunal mixte du Caire demandant qu'il soit tenu responsable des conséquences du retard, l'opposition simple d'an prétendu créancier ne pouvant pas avoir la force d'une saisie. La chambre interna tionale de commerce s'est déjà occupée de la question, et elle a adressé à ce propos on mémoire au gouvernement.
Ministère des Travaux Publics
L'adjudication du 25 juillet 1905, relative à la construction d'une maison poor le Directeur de l'Ecole Moubtadayau, au Caire, a été ap prouvée en faveur de M. Michel Sabatelii, au prix de 2.952 L.E. 675 millièmes.
L'adjudication du 29 juillet 1905, relative à la construction d'un bureau pour l'ingénieur en chef du Fayoum, à Medinat-el-Fayoum, a été approuvée en faveur de M. Socratis Pisani, au prix de 2.018 L.E. 824 millièmes.
L'adjudication du 1er août 1905, relative a la fourniture de pierres et à l'exécution des travaux nécessaires à la défende du fleuve et des canaux dans les provinces de Meuoufieh et Gharbieh, pendant one année prenant fin le 31 juillet 1906, a été approuvée en faveur de MM. Khalil bey Soliman et Bayed bey Yassin au prix de L.E. 5.150.
Les sommes ci-dessus no sont pas définitives, elles seront arrêtées lors de l'établissement de la dernière situation de l'entreprise.
THEATRE ALHAMBRA
Hier soir on donnait le "Contrôleur des Wagons Lits." Bien que les rôles ne fussent tenus que par des artistes secondaires, or peut dire que la représentation dans son ensemble a été bonne.
Il nous semble cependant que lorsqu'il s'agit de pochades, il serait préférable de donner le texte original des auteurs italiens on français, la traduction étant souvent défectueuse.
Ce soir "Cyrano de Bergerac "
Il y a nu relèveront marqué sur les ban
ques. Le Nationale rebondit de 27 3/16 à 27 3/8 l'ancienne et de 27 5/32 à 27 5/16 la nouvelle, l'action Crédit Foncier de 818 à 822 l'Agricole de 13 31/32 à 14 1/16, et la Land Bank de 9 3/8 h 9 7/16. Senle U Banque d'Athènes est en baisse de 50 centimes à
également la Daïra de 28 A 28 1/16. les Markets de 24 a 21/3 et l'Alexandria
L'ensemble du marche est plus ferme. Demain, marche ferme.
Vers la moitié du mois, nous avons eu du réveil et aussi bien dius les farines dores que dans os tendres. Pour les dures ou se limite encore au disponible, les prix actuels étant plus elevés que d'habitude. Nos importateurs, craignant quelque brusque détente, préfèrent attendre encore, avant do prendre des engagements sur l'éloigné. Quant aux tendres, il s'est déjà lait des marches de quelque importance, mais la plupart de nos fariniers s'abstiennent encore, nourrissant toujours l'espoir d'une prochaine baisse.
A Marsoillo, le marché se maintient ferme ; mais, en réalité, il parait que les farines dures seulement fassent la hausse à la suite de la demande actuelle, tandis que les tendres ne seraient qu'entraînées dans leur mouvement ascentionneL Noua clôturons comme sait : Gruau D selon qualité Frs. 18 à 20 —, Farines tendres selon qualité Frs. 21 à 23, 50 et les sortes intermédiaires suivent en général les écarts habituels.
gomme arabique
Le stock à Khartoum est presque épuisé ; il n'y reste plus que quelques centaines de cantars entre les mains des négociants qui ne vendent pas au-dessous de P.T. 77-82 le cantar, suivant qualité. Va la récolte déficitaire de cette année, il est à prévoir sous pou une nouvelle hausse. L'exportation do Khratoum du 1er au 15 juin s'élève en tout à cantars 7.010. Le stock au Caire s'élève à 2.600 sacs environ de diverses qualités et les prix varient de P.T. 95-97J avec tendance à la hausse.
On estime que le stock existant ne suffira pas à couvrir toutes les ventes à livrer faites sur les marchés Européens ; par conséquent il faut s'attendre à uno hausse très sensible. Les exportations de Suez poor l'Europe du 1er au 15 join, se sont élevées à 1.820 sacs soit Kgr. 270.000.
British Chamber op Commerce.—We would draw : the attention of manufacturers and marchante to the work of the British Chamber of Commerce of Egypt which was formed in 1896 with the sole object of assisting British trade in this country. The services of the Chamber are always at the disposal of any member desiring information on trade matters generally, including the question of appointing suitable agents. As no fee is charged for such advice, it is obviously in the interests of all British traders here to become members, especially when it is remembered that the annual subscription is merely the nominal one The latter payment also includes a copy of the monthly Journal issued by the Chamber Home enquirers can obtain farther particulars from our London office, 36, New Broad-street which acts as agents to the Chamber.
Dü PORT D'ALEXANDRIE
ARRIVÉ»
16 août
Newcastle ; vap. ang. Hoyle Bank, ton. 2150, à Moss & CO.
17 août
Beyrouth et Port-Saïd ; 14 h., vap. franç. Niger, cap. Camugli, ton. 2266, aux Message ries: Maritimes.
Swanéea; 16 j , vap. ang. Castlegarth, cap. E. Lord, ton. 1673, à Barber & Son.
Rangoon et Port-Saïd; 1 j., vap. ital. Francesco Ciatopi, cap. Maresco, ton. 2588, à Luxardo.
18 août
Chio et Rhodo3 ; 1 j. 1/2, vap. ott Eleni, cap. Camirus, ton. 564, à Ismiridi.
A'exandrotte ; 2 j. 1/2, vap. ang. Milo, cap. Burnett, ton. 683, à Minotto.
Blyth ; 16 j. 1/2, vap. ang. Dromonby, cap. Evans, ton. 2353, à Barbes & Son.
DÉPARTS 17 août
Messine et Gènes ; vap. ital. Perseo, cap. Orengo.
Syrie ; vap. franç. Portugal, cap. Galletti. Londres ; vap. ang. Cajo Bonito, cap. Farrell. Consta ntinople ; vap. hall. Akillea, cap. Diha,
surlest
AVERAGE TIME occupied in transmission of Egyptian telegrams from England to
Alexandria on
OUTWARDS.
Between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Cairo time)
Delay dye to bad working English landlines.
Closing Prices, to-day at 1 p.m.
Furnished by
CONTRATS
Fluctuations de 9h.3O à lh. p.m.
Cotons F.G.G.Br.
Dans la matinée ; prix plus haut pour août tal. 15 1/4 a —/— ; plus bas pour août 15 1/8 a—/—.
Graines de coton
Dans la matinée ; prix plus haut pour août P.T. 55 20/40 a -/- plus bas pour août 55 5/40 a -/ —.
copie de la dépêche
DE L'ALEXANDRIA GENERAL PRODUCE ASSOCIATION
à la
LIVERPOOL COTTON ASSOCIATION
(Cours pratiqués ce jour à la Bourse Khédiviale à 9h. 45 a.m.)
Marché quiet
Arrivages d'hier et de os jour, à Minet-el-Bassal, cantars
(Cours pratiqués ce jour à la Bourse Khédiviale à 12h. 45 p.m.)
Marché quiet
Cotons —Clôture du marché du
Etat du marché de ce jour, cotons : Calme
Les arrivages de ce jour se chiffrent par cantars
Grains de coton.—Calme
Blés.—Fermes
Qualité Saïdi.—Cond. Saha P.T.
" Béhéra: " " "
Feves.—Soutenues
Saïdi :Disponible:
Fayoum : disponible :
Qualitè Saïdi. Cond. Saha P.T.
Lentilles.—Meme situation
Disponible: Rien
Cond. Saha P.T.
Orges.—Soutenues
" Cond.Saha P.T.
Maïs.—San changement
Disponible : Rien
" Cond. Saha P.T.
Graines de coton.—Total des arrivages depuis le 1er septembre 1904 jusqu'à ce jour, Ard. 3,612,842
Contre même jonr en 1904 :
Cotons.—Total des arrivages depuis septembre 1903 jusqu'à ce jour, 6,461,956
Graines de ooton.—Total des arrivages depuis le 1er septembre 1903 jusqu'à ce jour Ard. 3,550,622
Cours de la Bourse de Minet-el-Bassal Coton FG.F.Br.
Coton: Nou relie réoolU.—Novembre a obtenu à Von vert a re 14 3/8 pour 80 raffermir à 14 7/18 et 89 cilmer do nouveau. L'entrain manque.
Réoolte actuelle : Août a oavert à 15 1/8 ; mais lee affaires y sont très rares. La olôture d'Amérique a été une déoeption pour les haussiers.
Grairuj & Mi&n : Nouvelle réoolte.— Pas d'affaires, mais soutenue.
Réoolte aofjol'o — Marohé calme pour l'août qui débite à 55 1/4.
rtm-Saidi; Nouvelle réoolte.—Marché nuL
Dépêches particulières du 16 Août 1905
PRODUITS Egyptiens
LIVERPOOL
Coton: Etat du hiarche - Sontenu
Disp..—F.G.P. : 8 (sans changement)
Futurs Septembre : 7 35/64 (2/64 de hausse)
LIVERPOOL
Graines de coton -Sontenues
Feves - Fermes
HULL
Graines de coton.—Sontenu
Feves. - Cours nominaux
LONDRNS
Graines de coton - Fermes
COTON AMÉRICAIN
LIVERPOOL
Futurs oct.-nov..: 5.62 (4 points de baisse)
„ jan.fév. : 5.66 (5 points de baisse)
Disponibla :5.70 (7 points de baisse)
NEW-YORK
Middling Upland: 10.50 (10 points de baisse)
Futurs oct. : 10.29 (16 points de baisse)
„ jan. : 10.45 (19 points de baisse)
Arrivages du jour, balles 6,000
Contre meme jour, l'année dernière, balle 2,200
Exportation du mois de juillet 1905
Pesant cantars 401,307.71
N.B.--Dans les expéditions pour l'Angleterre sont compris balles 4,738 à destination des État-Unis.
COURS DES VALEURS A TERMS, CLOTURE
Escomptes---Paris
*Less one per mille brokerage.
Issued by the "Association des Courtiers en Valeurs d'Alexandrie".
Clôture d'aujourd'hui à 12h.45 p.m.
DÉPÊCHE D'OUVERTURE
LIVERPOOL, 10h. a.m.
Américain
Futurs: oct.-nov. :
,, jan.-fev.:
(Clôture de la Bourse Khédiviale 1h. p.m.)
Cours de l'Association des Courtiers en Marchandises
ADVENTURE ON A CONSUL GENERAL'S JOURNEY.
Some interesting glimpses of the manners and customs of the natives are afforded in the Report (issued by the Foreign Office last week)
By Mr. Alexander Hosie, Consul General at Chengtu on his journey to the eastern frontier of Tibet. He passed along the great highway connecting Chengtu, the capital of Souchnan, wi'h Lhassa—the road on which pilgrims, eager to look upon the face of the Dalai Dima travel ;
some, by continuous genuflections and prostra-
tions, taking years to reach their goal.
it is a road barred by numerous mountain passes, whose lofty passes inspire terror io the breasts of the superstitions wayfarers, who at each successive crossing give vent to their pent up feeling in muttering the well-known prayer, 'Om Mani Padmé Hum' and with jouyous shouts of 'Hla solo, solo !' lay each a stone as a thank-offering to the gods on the Obo, Hla Dzi, or cairns which dot the sum-mits represent the offerings of many weary
travellers.
There was an enormous traffic on the road, especially as far as Shuang-lio. Wheelbarrows laden with passengers, many of them asleep in spite of the jolting, trundled along. Huge bags of rice and black pigs were being similarly conveyed, the latter strapped in pairs on their backs, joining their squalls to the squeaking of the wheels. Horses and oxen were also engaged in the rice traffic, and there were porters with medicines, salt, timber, and fowl of every age.
Mr. Hosie one morning caught up a middle aged man with dishevelled locks, accompanied by a poor child of five or six in a similar condition of filth and disorder, "I addressed and asked him what he was doing and where he was going. He replied that he was a native of Chihi who was visiting the Sacred Mountains of China, and was bound for O-mei Shan. I pitied the child, and said so ; but the man persisted in saying that the infant was fond of the roving life. They were moving along very ei slowly, as the child could not possibly walk at any pace. The man said he was not a priest, Buddhist, or Taoist. I offered him some money to help him on his journey, but this, to my surprise, he declined, not quite indignantly, but with needless reiteration, saying that he accepted money from no one, but that he and the child managed to subsist as best they could. It seemed to me that the man was either insane or trying to wipe out by sanctity the memory of some great crime."
Our traveller had many troubles with the inns at which he stopped. In one his bedroom contained the parts of two beautiful coffins, intended, in due season, for the landlord and his wife.
Most Tibetan families with any pretensions of affluence keep a lama, or priest, on the premises to perform by proxy their religious duties. "He usually lives in a small room on the flat roof of the house, where, in seclusion, he chants his sacred books and beats a drum, the servants of the household attending to his wants in the way of refreshment, and carrying out the other religious duties, such as the burning of incense on the housetop in the early morning, and the changing of the holy water or butter in the metal cups placed before the idols in the special room or shrine allotted to
them."
Presents were freely bestowed on Mr. Hosie during his journey, but he had to pay for them. He stayed once in the house of a Tibetan chief "whose good lady brought presents of tea, milk, and eggs. The eggs I accepted and paid for in more than double their value, but, as she did not appear satisfied, I added as much again, with a resolve to accept no more presents. I should have stated that the military official at Ho-k'ou sent me on the previous evening a melon, three cucumbers, two cabbages, and a couple of turnips, for which, of course, I had also to pay. The chief's wife was got up for the occasion. She had a silver plate as big as a bread plate resting on the top and another attached to the back of her head. She also wore long earrings of silver, inlaid with coral."
The power of the priest was apparent on every side. "The lamaseries are gigantic trade concerns, and their practical monopoly account to a great extent for their wealth ; but they have other sources of income. The personal belongings of every Tibetan layman fall, at his death, to the lamasery. A Tibetan in financial difficulties goes to the lamasery, which is only too willing to lend at exorbitant interest. Failure to pay interest and repay the loan, lands the debtor and his land in the hands of his creditor, and whole families become what is called 'Lama sen poh haing'— Lamasery people—in other words, slaver."
Mr. Hosie expresses admiration for the Tibetan. "But," he goes on to say, "if one admires the man, how much more the woman ? ln a land where each family devotes one, or even two, of its sods to the priesthood, female infanticide is unheard of, and woman is a very valuable asset She is the life, the main spring of the Tibetan household. She milks the cattle before they are sent out to graze in the early morning, and on their return in the evening. This done, she slings the empty wooden water butt, some 2 1/2 feet long by 18 inches more in diameter, on her back, and runs off to the nearest stream for the days water supply. She prepares the food, she weaves the cloth, and she attends to the many other duties of the household, besides engaging. when necessary, in the usual outdoor work of the farm. Where, too, there are no male members in a family, or when they are otherwise employed, she accompanies the transport animals as a driver, and sees that they are properly cared for."
ENTHUSIASTIC SPBECHB8.
Appended is a report of the speeches delivered at the Guildhall :
The Lord Mayor : Your Excellency, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen—I feel confident that in submitting as the first toast at this historic gathering. 'The Health of his Gracious Majesty King Edward, with that of her Majesty Queen Alexandra," I suggest a sentiment which will meet with the warm appreciation of our gallant visitors and the affectionate regard of his Majesty's devoted subjects. It will always be remembered that it was King Edward's visit to France, soon after his accession, which intensified those feelings of mutual esteem and goodwill between the people of two countries. (Cheers.) That his Majesty takes the keenest interest in the presence of the magnificent French fleet at Portsmouth is evident to us all, and I am certain that our distinguished guests will join us in drinking his Majesty's health, with that of his gracions Consort, with all that regard and consideration which, we know, are entertained for them in every part of the world. I give you with deep respect "The Health of his Gracious Majesty the King and her Majesty Queen Alexandra." (Cheers.)
The toast was heartily honored, and the National Anthem played.
The Lord Mayor next said : I now rise to invite your acceptance of a toast,which will be received, as it deserves to be, with unlimited enthusiasm by this distinguished company— "The Health of the President of the French Republic." (Loud cheers). It is just two years since we had the honor of receiving M. Loubet in this ancient hall, and of tendering to him the respectful welcome of the citizens of London on his auspicious visit to the British capital. Since then, the President—equally with our own King—has done everything in his power to increase the feelings of friendship which have existed between the two nations. (Cheers). I ask you to drink his health to day, not only as the first citizen of that great Repu-blic of which all our guests are sous, but as one whose interesting and distinguished personality and brilliant career have greatly impressed the people of this conntry, I propose "The Health of the President of the French Republic." (Cheers).
The toast having been drunk, and "La Mar-seiliaise" rendered.
The Lord Mayor said: I have now the honor to propose the toast of the day—' The French Navy"—(loud cheers)—with the health of the admirals and officers who are our most welcome guests on this interesting occasion. (Cheere.) In the name of my fellow-citizens, I tender to our gallant and distinguished visitors the warmest salutations of the City of London, and I assure them that their visit to us will be a lasting memory iu our national and civio history. (Cheers.) I convey to them the sincere thanks of the City for the truly fraternal reception which they so hospitably accorded to the admirals, officers, and men of the British squadron on their recent pleasant sojourn in French waters—(cheers)—and I trust that during their visit among us those attentions will be so cordially reciprocated that they may be tempted to come to England again at shorter intervals. (Renewed cheers) The French and British Navies have in the past so often been united, both in peaceful demonstrations and in active alliance against injury and wrong, that they know by this time the importance and advantage of friendly and harmonious cooperation. The presence of our gallant visitors here to-day, will, we feel sure, tend to cement and intensify the happy relations which prevail between the two nations—(hear, hear)—and which, ever continuing, will contribute to their mutual prosperity in those glorious paths ot peace and progress in which, by God's blessing, they may be permitted to tread. I give you ''The French Navy," and the health of the French admirals and officers, and I will ask Admiral Caillard to favor us by replying. (Load cheers.)
Admiral Caillard, who met with an ovation upon rising, said :
" L'accueil si bienveillant que Sa Majesté le Roi a bien voulu faire à l'Escarde Française et les sentiments de cordiale amitié que nous ont témoignés nos camarades de la Marine et de l'Armée Britannique, avaient déjà r\mpli nos cœars de souvenirs ineffables. A ces souvenirs précieux viennent t'ajouter aujourd'hui ceux que nous laissera votre magnifique réception ; et c'est avec nue profonde émotion que j'adresse mes pies vif? remerciement? au Lord Mayor, aux hautes personnalités qui m'entourent et à tous les citoyens de votre grande et noble nation. L'Escadre da Nord est heureuse et fière d'aVoir été désignée par le Gouvernement de la République Française pour participer à ces fêter inoubliables; et de l'autre côté de la Manche, qui, loin d'être une barrière, doit être on trait d'union des deux pays, la France entière est sensible aux marques de sympathie que vous prodiguez à ses marins. Je fais des vœux pour que les liens de oordiale amitié qui existent entre noe pays se resserrent encore. (Cheers.)
The wish of our hearts is for the entente cordiale, both for the good of our two great countries and for the greater welfare of man kind. (Cheers )
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'JACK" AND "Mathurin."
Portsmouth has quite suddenly becomes French town. The tramway conductors' straw hats are encircled with tricolour ribbons, the Town Hall looks like an Hôtel de Ville on the National Fête day, and all Portsmouth and his wife are on the tiptoe of expectation. They want to see the Frenchmen. The mottoes, mostly on banners strung across the streets or in shop windows, are not all worthy of record. One is, however, and it runs as follows : "Touts nos cigarettes sont fait par la main du meilleure tabac de Turc et havanè et sont guarantee de convene a toute fur-meure de cigarettes."
French everywhere, except at the Post Office. There a notice is posted on one of the doors to the effect that this is the "entranoe for the Channel Fleet and Cruiser Squadron's mails." It has hardly been posted on the door when two vaguemestres turn up. They look at the building and one of them remarks : "This most be le postofees "Effectively, it must be," replies bis comrade. Then, of a sudden, their eye fetches the notice, and both of them ejaculate : "Nous y sommes." They are taken in charge by a crowd which surrounds them, and offers them everything from a cigarette to an invitation to a prayer meeting. They accept innumerable cigarettes. They are the vanguard Later on the Mathurins begin to pour into the' town, "in tow" of friendly bluejackets, who assure them that the "ongtente is all right, wee wee," and show them about. Very well do they get on together. In one shop, where threepenny packages of cigarettes are being sold to the poor foreigner for a shilling, Jack interferes forcibly and successfully, explaining to the vendor of tobacco that they do not want to spend all their money in tobacco. "They are' ere to drink our 'ealths," he says, and at an early hour of the next day Jack and Mathurin are "cruising" together all over the street, which is long, but not broad enough. They stumble over a peel of some kind into the road, and then pick themselves ap. "Vive l'ongtente!" says Jack; "Vive le Roi Edouard:" says his companion. The Frenchman kisses his cicerone on both cheeks, and his friend slaps him on the back and ejaculates : "Good old crapow !" The "ongtente" is almost spoilt by this allusion to a certain "Johnny Crapaud," but a deus ex machina comes to the rescue, and all is well. "Me will go to glory," says another Mathurin, and an intelligent Marine interprets that he wants to go to the "Glowar," and he is accordingly conveyed to the Gloire.
If the sergeant is the backbone of the British Army, the sous-officiers and the warrant officers occupy the same position in the two Navies now fraternising. They are a fine lot of men, They meet at the dinner table, they visit the Vernon and Whale Island, and all the time they compare notes, and intelligently at that At the dinner at the Central Hotel the speeches are not "lip-talk," for they come as unmistakably from French and English hearts as they do from French and English lips. Mr. George Jeans, chief gunner, drinks to the health of the "gallant President Loubet and of the whole French nation." He is glad to see "such a fine lot of comrades of the sea." Mr. Mulligan, a rollicking Irishman of the purest Milesian type, assures the guests that although they are men of war they are men of peace, and that never will there by any clash of arms between them. Mr. J. Manners gives expression to equally peaceful sentiments, and all of them are rewarded with a triple banc, our English "tiger." The French form of applause takes the shape of a dapping of hands in one, two, three, thrice repeated. If they have understood 'tis because Mr. Charles Pallot, another gunner, has translated the speeches for their benefit sentence by sentence. An intermmezzo happens during the dinner. There is a skirl of the pipes, and a fife and drum band more or lees harmoniously playing together "Bonnie Laddie." They are followed by a crowd of English and French sailors bound for the Empire Palace of Varieties, where one of the best entertainments it has been the fortune of the writer to witness is provided for them. It is up to date, for the visitors am shown a counterfeit prient meut of themselves entering the motiohall. They are very enthusiastic over the show, and vow that it is better than in Paris, where they say that there are "too many women who cannot sing, but no comedians like the English." The biograph reproduces the French and British warships, and the French ships are loudly commented on thus : "The Gloire, our best orniser ! The Admiral-Anbe the ship, such a bon capitaine ! Ah, here is our Bouvi-nes, avec lee hommes qui passent à la bande (dressing ship) 1" They leave the music-hall to go back on board and then comes a shaking of hands, which would tire out the occupant of the White House in Washington. Men, women, and children eeem to be anxious to grasp a French hand. "You are such a polite nation," kindly says a French aoua-offioier. To the ladies, old and young, who press forward they say by way of greeting : "Oh, yes. English meet, fore he's a jolly good fellow I They have been taught this by some wag, and conscientiously do they repeat it Two French sons-officiers play a prominent part in tbe festivities. One is M. re Roland, who sincerely believes that "Brest and Portsmouth have created a strong and endurable entente oordiale, owing to King Edward and his gracious Queen." The other is M. Levecher, an old sailor, a very old sailor, who, when on Whale Island, shows one and all how guns were handled in the old days. He is a link with the past, but full of life, and he sings a few comic songs, which "bring down the house," which would not understand them but for his gestures. Whale Island excites genuine admiration. They have Toulon, but Toulon cannot be compared with Whale Island, çer tainement non. This is not a mere vain compli ment. It is "Justice" to say this. 'There is no harm in telling la vérité vrais." Mr. George Wright, the oldest torpedo gunner in the British Navy, does the honors of the Vernon, and he and the other veteran, M. Leveoher,
'exchanged notes," and discovered that the sea is as small as the earth, and that they met "out in China" once. Altogether French and English have met in a manner which will have a lasting effect. It is an entente cordiale. O
Eridia is situated about fifty miles west of Keneh, a large native town on the Nile, some fear hundred miles south of Cairo, and was chosen as a mining site by Mr. C. J. Alford in his 1895 expedition.
A supply of water is obtained from an old well which was reopened by the company last year ; Qiia supply' could be supplemented if required from several rock pools near by ; there is every reason to believe that this was the well used by the ancient Egyptian miners.
Geology.—The vein lies in what maybe termed an island of "green" rocks in a sea of "red" granite ; the "green" rooks consist of an igneous mass of gray granite, intersected in all directions by dykes of greenstone. In places the doleritic greenstones so largely predominate that the granite can hardly be observed. In association with these veins or dykes there occur veins and coatings of green epidotes, and where there is much of this mineral the surrounding rock is much decomposed, and seems to show signs of sol-factaric action. The red granite consists almost entirely of quartz and pink felspar, while the grey granite is of the hornblende biotito variety. The greenstone is believed to be olivine dolerite. The junotion of the pink and grey granite is generally aline of softness, and consequently is often hidden by being at the bottom of a wady, but occasionally a perfectly sharp junction may he seen. In other places great metamorphism is observable, and it is hard to say where one ends and the other begins.
In the grey granite there are also dykes of dark red quarts felsite ; these are not nearly so common as the doleritio dykes, but they are generally of great length and persistence. In the pink granite there are a large variety of dykes, the commonest being the quarts felsite or porphyry, less commonly the dolerite, and occasionally some very beautiful porphy-ritio rooks. These dykes are nearly all harder than the surrounding rocks, and so stand up as great ridges and walls. As regards the relative age of these rocks, a place was observed near Eridia, where the evidence semrd especially dear : at the jonction of the pink and grey granite, a quartz vein running in the latter was completely cut off by the former ; further along the junction is a lensshaped mass of quarts felsite separating the red acd grey granite, and having apparently come up between them. The dark green stones seem to out through everything, but occasion ally they are out by the quarts porphyry. This, then, gives the order as follows, beginning with the newest (1) Dark doleritic greenstone : (2, Quarts felrites and porphyries (3) Red granite. (4) Dark hornblende biotits granite. It is only in the latter that the quartz veins carry gold, those in red granite being invariably barren. The main veins run for close on a mile nearly due north and south, and over the entire length have been worked by the ancients, some of the upper slopes being still open fer a depth 6f 30 ft. to 40 ft., but the lower ones are filled in. with rubbish. The dip averages 80 degrees and the quartz has been taken ont to a width of over 4 ft in some plaoes, the walls being left perfectly clean and smooth. At the north end the vein lies between firm walls of granite, hut at the southern end one wall is of intrusive greenstone and the sides show considerable signs of motion and crushing. The quartz varies from being fresh, unaltered and hard, to broken and decomposed ; the richest quartz was found to be stained a dark red heather colour along the cracks, due to an oxide of iron. At the extreme south end of the vein this hematite forms a considerable layer on one side of the quartz, which is much decomposed, the rook on each side being full of pyrites.
Method of Working.- practioally all the quartz has been removed from the vein to a considerable depth, below the surface, so that although the rich chutes could not be found by assaying, it was very evident, from the amount of stuff thrown put, which were the rich places and which barren. Therefore two shafts were sunk, one vertical in the rock, one along the vein through the old workings, and crosscuts were started to out the vein at two points between the shafts. The vertical shaft has so far proved the quicker and cheaper, as the other shaft in the old workings has been considerably delayed by the rotten nature of the ground, and had to be lined with masonry for the first 60 ft. In the inclined shaft two sets of rails were put in and self-tipping trucks need. The workmen are chiefly fellaheen, but a fair number are Bedouins of the following tribes : from the north, Masse and Soubahi ; from the south, Ababdeh and Bishareen. They are generally paid by piecework, at the rate of one piastre for 6 in. drilled, the average earning for a good driller being eight piastres—Is. 8d. per day. The rates of pay per day are as fellows: Forge boy, P.T. 4 ; unskilled labourer P,T. 6 ; skilled labourer P.T. 8 ; carpenter P.T. 12 ; overseer and blacksmith P.T 15.
The Native Miners - The natives are, as a rule, very willing and quick to leave and soon become excellent miners. The Bedouins are particularly fearless and may always be relied
upon at a pinch Occasionally, contracts were given at rates varying from 15s. to 1 per foot, driven 6ft. by 4 ft in the granite with dynamite supplied free, and measurements were taken once a week, but the former methods was found more satisfactory,although involving extra work in measuring up every day. The rate of advance in the cross-outs varied from 2 ft. per week in the hardest dykes to 9 ft. per week in the granite. Three shifts of eight hours each were employed in most places, and the holes were blasted once a day, as a rule just about sunrise, this being the coolest time of the day, and the ventilation consequently heat The temperature in a drive 20ft long at a depth of 60 ft averaged 90 degrees,and as the temperature of the air above ground was gene-rally over 100 degrees during the summer efficient ventilation became difficult To anyone going underground the temperature seemed far higher than above ground,owing to there being a slight percentage of moisture in the air underground. In assaying, the following charge suits well :—Ore 500 grs. red lead 250 gra., argol 60 grs., iodium carbonate 800 grs. The gold always ocours free and is often visible. Where there is much galena and pyrites the value is generally low. A very good approximation to the vaine of a sample could always be obtained by panning a 5 lb. sample of the ore crushed to 20 sieve and judging from the length of the tail.
The following letter has been addressed by Mr. E D. Morel, secretary of the Congo Reform Association, to Lord Lansdowne
My Lord,—On June 28 last I forwarded to you Lordship extracts from a letter from the Rev. A. B. Scrivener, at Bolobo, dated May 10, to the effect that the native witnesses summoned to Borna to give evidence in the trial of Lieutenant Massard, whose arrest the Com mission of Inquiry caused to be effected subsequent to the evidence laid before it at Bobbo, and who were sent down last December, had not yet returned to their homes. Mr. Scrivener pointed out the hardships entailed upon these people by this enforced detention, and also mentioned that one of them had died.
Your Lordship was good enough to say, in reply, that a copy of my communication had been sent to his Majesty's Minister at Brussels.
I have today received a further letter from Mr. Scrivener, dated June 25, to the effect that the native witnesses aforesaid were still detained at Boma, which, it may be pointed out, is hundreds of miles distant from their homes round Bolobo. Mr. Scrivener says
"The Basengele witnesses are still at
Borna. Yet another death has occurred amongst them, and I fear, from reports, that another has died since my correspondent last wrote me. Some of them are eking out their rations by cutting firewood in the neighbouring jungle and selling it. I wrote to the Director of Justice on May 10, imploring him to use his best endeavours to release them and send them back to their homes.
"For their relatives the suspense is most trying. All sorts of unfounded rumours reach the latter, and whole villages are wailing for days. The other day men came here at noon from a distant village, having walked all night, to ask for confirmation of some rumour. I mention this to show the great unrest this miserable business is caus-ing. The suspicion with which the natives begin to look upon me for the part I took in sending down the witnesses is very distressing."
I venture respectfully to suggest that very earnest representations are called for in connection with this matter, which is not the first of its kind it has been my duty to place before your Lordship. It is one in which the personal reputation of the members of the Commission of Inquiry is morally involved, together with the good faith of the British missionaries, in the eyes of the native population. It is merely necessary in this connection to point out that the British missionaries gave every assistance to the Commission, and, folly trusting in the power of the Commission to secure just treatment to witnesses, encouraged natives to lay their greivances undeservedly before it.
The impartiality displayed by the Commissionners in hearing the evidence laid before them disposes of any suggestion that the treatment which has since been meted out to native witnesses would have their approval were they on the spot. But in, the events which have taken place since its departure, proof is supplied of the powerlessness of the Commission to inculcate elementary notions of the requirements of justice among those into whose hands the fate of the native populations of the Congo has been committed. If even native witnesser,needed for the prosecution of judicial inquiries into peculiarly atrocious cases of crime, alleged against white men,and, therefore, supposedly under the protection and guarantee of the law, can he treated thus, there can he no cession for surprise that the system of forced rubber production, and all the horrors which that system entails, should still be—as is reported from reliable and true worthy sources—in full swing in the Upper Congo.
If it were the deliberate intention of the executive authorities in the Congo to discourage further evidence of atrocities being brought forward by the natives, and to create in the mindes of the natives a feeling that they have but increased their miseries by taking the advices of British missionaries and testifying before the Commission of Inquiry, no policy could be more fittingly calculated to bring about those results than the one which is being followed at the present time. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's obedient servant, August 6, E.D. Morn, Hon. Sec.
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Notice is hereby given that it is essential that shareholders should exchange their letters of allotment at once for either Share Warrants to Bearer or Nominative Certificates.
Applications should be sent direct to the Company's offices No. 6, Rue de l'Accienne Bourse.
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Messrs. RUSTON, PROCTOR & CO., LIMITED, Lincoln. Fixed and Portable Steam and Oil Engines, Corn Mills. Paten Tibben-making Thrashing Machines.
Messrs. PLATT BROTHERS & CO., LIMITED, Oldham. Cotton Ginning Machinery.
Messrs. JOHN FOWLER & CO., LIMITED, Leeds. Steam Ploughing Machinery aad Sundries.
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Messrs. CAMMELL, LAIRD & CO., LD.. of Sheffield. Steel Ralls, springs, buffers, &c. — Patent sand blast files.
Messrs. MERRYWEATHER & SONS, London. Steam and Manual Fire Engines.
Messrs. F. REDDAWAY & CO., LD., Pendleton, Manchester. The Camel Brand Belting, etc., etc.
Ratner's Safes.
THE ENGELBERG RICE HULLER. Gilkes Vortex Turbines.
Messrs. A. RANSOME & Co., LIMITED, Newark-on-Trent. Wood Working Machinery and Appliances.
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Chatwood's Safes in Stock.
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EN DATE DU 15 FEVRIER 1880.
AVIS À MESSIEURS LES ACTIONNAIRES ET PORTEURS
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Par décision de l'Assemblée Générale du 8 Juillet 1905 le Capital du Crédit Foncier Egyptien a été porté de 100 millions de France on £4,000,000 à 200 millions de francs ou £8,000,000.—par la création de200,000 Actions de 500 franca on £20, libérées de 125 francs ou £5,—qui, sous réserve de l'exercice des droits de préférence attribuée par l'article 4 des Statuts aux porteurs des Actions anciennes et des Farts de fondation, seront remises à la Société Egyptienne de la Daïra Sanieh en paiement partiel de la cession de ses créances sur les acquéreurs de ses terrains.
Oes droits de préférence ont été réservés au prix de 810 fraud par action de 500 francs libérée de quart (soit, en déduisant les 375 francs restant à appeler, 435 francs, prix convenu avec la Société Egyptienne de la Daïra Sanieh), jonissaaoe du 1er Novembre 1905, savoir :
(a) A cononrrence de 100,000 actions aux porteurs des Actions anciennes dans la proportion des titres possédés par eux, soit à raison d'une action nouvelle pour deux actions anciennes, sans attribution de fraction:
(b) A concurrence de 100,000 notions aux porteurs des parts de fondation dans la proportion des titres possédés par eux, soit à raison de 50 Actions nouvelles poor one part de fondation on 5 actions nouvelles par dixième de part de fondation.
Le prix à verser, fixé, ainsi qu'il est dit plus haut, à 810 francs, moins 375 francs restant à appeler, soit net 435 francs est payable comme suit :
Francs 125,-an moment de la demande, Francs 310,—du 25 au 30 Sepftembre 1905.
Si ce versement n'est pis effsotué à la date du 30 Septembre 1905, le Crédit Foncier pourra, à son choix, soie user des droits spécifiés par les articles 6, 7 et 8 des Statuts, soit rembourser le premier versement de 125 franos.
Les demandes seront admises sur plantation des Actions da 20 au 31 Août inclusive-ment
Au Siège Social an Caire,
A Alexandrie au Crédit Lyonnais,
A Paris ... à la Société Générale pour favoriser le développement du Commerce et de l'Industrie eu France.
a la Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas,
au Crédit Lyonnais, au Comptoir National d'E*-
compte de Paris,
à la Société Générale de Crédit
Industriel et Commercial.
A Bruxelles à la Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas,
à la Société Française de Ban-
la et de Dépôts la Société Française de Banque et de Dépôts.
A Geneve.... à la Banque de Paris et des
Pays Bas.
Les Parte de Fondation devront être déposées dans les même délais pour l'exereice du droit de souscription:
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Au Crédit Lyonnais à Alexandrie,
A la Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas i Bruxelles.
A la Société Francaise de Banque et de Dépôts a Geneve. 25320-17-7
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Ouverture de comptes courants contre dépôts de valeurs;
Emission de traites et chèques, émission de lettres de Crédit, paiement par télégraphe sur les principales villes de la France et de l'étranger;
Garde de titres;
Recourvement d'effets sur l'Egypte et l'étranger;
Le Crédit Lyonnais reçoit des fonds ou un compte de dépôt et délivre des bons à échéance fixe aux taux suivants:
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