TERMS FOR ADVERTISEMENTS

For space equal to 10 lines Bourgeois - i.e. half a square:

• One insertion, Tael 1 ;
• More than one insertion and not exceeding one Week, Tael 1.5.0.
• After one week, Tael 1 per week or part of a week.

If more than half a square, at the same rate per line or space. If ordered to appear more than once on front page, 5 mace extra per half square for each additional insertion.

Shipping notice on the front page, Taels 3 per week.

Contracts may be made for 3 months or longer, payable in advance.

Advertisements, upon which the period for insertion is not clearly stated, will be repeated until countermanded. Charges for is due on receipt of order. 

ORDERS from other Ports, for Subscription and Advertisements, must be accompanied by a reference for payment, in Shanghai, or they cannot be attended to, in consequence of the inconvenience of collecting small sums at distant places. All Postages incurrend will be charged in Account.

Terms of advertisements [for Chinese advertisements] : 2 dollar cents per character space H.K. type, for the first fifty characters, beyond the that number, 1 dollar cent per character space. Contracts will be made at low rates for three months and upwards, with owners of Steamers and others trading to and from this Port, payable in advance -> tarification spéciale selon la langue (chinoise), basée sur le nombre de caractères, tarif dégressif avec la longueur de l'annonce dans l'espace (surface) et le temps (durée) ; suggère qu'il y a soit des annonceurs chinois, soit des annonces de compagnies étrangères en chinois. Même temporalité des contrats (trois mois minimum)