COMPOSITORS WANTED.--Apply at
Office "Friend of China.”
NEW GENERAL STORE
AND______
COMMISSION ROOMS. MR R. RUTHERFURD begs to inform the Merchants and Foreign Residents in China, that on Monday first, he will open the Godown in Mr Strachan's New Houses, Queen's Road; and will have for sale a General Assortment of Goode, consisting of,——
THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
Deposit and other Liabilities £350.116., -9
STATEMENT OF THE LIABILITIES AND ASSETS OF THE ORIENTAL BANK
Cash and Government Securities £285.710. 7. 3. Bills Outstanding
343.787. 8. 6 Cash credits and Loans on Security 342043, 19, 10, Dead Stock
9.812, 16, 10, Balances due by other Banks 2.022. 11. 6.
£983,377. 3. 11,
Reserved Fand Nett Stock
106.151,16,1 487.109, 6, 3
€983,377, 3,1F
(Signed) Edward Langley Acting Accountant.
LONDON, 1ST December 1845.
(Signed) G. W. ANDERSON Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Superhias Broadcloths of First Quality and va rious colours: Tweeds for Trowserings and Shoot- ing Coats Vesting of every description; Hosiery, Angola and White Cotton Socks, Kid, Buckskin, Silk, and Thread Gloves from Dent & Co; Silk and Satin Stocks, Opera Ties and Cravats; Neck- cloths; India Silk Hankerchiefs, British Printed; Dressing Gowns, English made Cloth and Dress Boots and Shoes, with a number of other Articles JST received, a small Invoice of Prime new
Published for the information of Proprietors in China.
By Order of the Bombay and China Board of Directors.
JAMES SINCLAIR JAMES MACEWEN.
for Gentlemen's wear.
STATIONERY.
Consisting of Lodgers, Cash and Day Books; Let tor Books: Drying Books: Copying Books and Paper; Memorandum and Note Books; Blotters
Blotting Plain and Ruled, Yellow and ande poobcap Letter and Note Paper; Playing Cards; Envelopes of sizes; Pencils, Quills; Steel Pens, Copying and Wri ing Inks; Wafers, &c.&c. with an Assortment of London made Gold and Silver Pencil cases.
ALSO
AND THE FOLLOWING SUPERIOR WINES, &c. Champagne iu Pint and Quart Bottles Hockhein er in 1 dozen cases.
1
Victoria, 2nd March, 1846.
FUST
Bloom Muscatel Raisins in small faney Car- tons; in excellent condition.
SMITH & BRIMELOW. Woosnams Buildings, 27th-February, 1846,
PUBLIC AUCTION. THURSDAY, the 19th March, 1846,
SMITH will fell by Public Auction, in the Premises facing the Philharmonic Society, a new and complete Printing Establishment (in one or separate lots,) consisting of Stanhope und German Presses founts of Bourgeois; Long-Pri- mer, and Pica ; Greek, Hebrew & Chineses Types, A lot of Splendid Engravings in the first Style Title-Letters; Frames, Cases, Imposing Stone, of art.
Composing-Sticks, Chases, Galleys; Printing Ink; MillBoards, &c. A complets set of Long Primer Matrice; and an other forming a collection of above four thousand Chinese Letters, suitable to cast Ty- pes for any Work in the Chinese Language; a quantity of Type-Metal, and a lot of Superior Print ing Paper. At the same time will be put up for sale all the Househould Furniture, Glass and Uro- ckery-Ware, French, German, and English Books, a patent Barometer, Dyguerrotyye (complete) gilt and bronzed Frames for ditto; two Milch Cows, three ditto Goats, and other effects, the whole be- longing to J. M. CALLERY, Esq. Chinese Secretary to the French Legation, leaving China. Full par- ticulars of the sale will be published in Handbills.
Johannisberger
in
Cutler's claret
in 3.
"
Sherry
in
1
"1
in 3
→
Sauterne
Copenhagen Cherry Brandy in I dozen cases
in dozen cases.
Pale Brandy
Byass's Beer and Porter.
Queen's Road, 11th March, 1846.
SMITH & BRIMELOW, Ship Chandlers, Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants, and Commission Agents &c. No 1 & 2 WOOSNAM'S' BUILDINGS..
HAVE for aule all kinds of Stores suitable for
Ships; such as Canvas, Blocks, Rope, Twi ne, Beef, Pork, &c. &c. Also Stores suitable for families, Double Gloster Cheese. Butter in small Kegs and Jars, York hams, Coffee, Chocolate. Preserved Meats and Soups, Sauces and Pickles assorted, Sardines Prunes, Bloom Raisins, Pearl Barley, Jams and Jellies, Ten in small packages superior Bristol Tripe, Salmon, Tongtes.
ALSO
Beer and Porter in Cask, Barclay and Perkins Stout in bottles, Allopp's Beer.
Superior Port and Sherry. Madeira in wood and bottles, Vidania, old Cognac, Whiskey in cask and battle, Cask Brancy, Cherry Cordia., and a varie ty of other articles.
Victoria. 20th December 1845,
то
SODA WATER
AND
ÆRATED LEMONADE,
be obtained at the manufactory of the under- signed.
SMITH & BRIMELOW.
NOTICE.
THE undersigned begs to inform parties indebted
to him, to pay the same as early as possible; claims on those residing in China, not paid, or är- rangments made to do so, up to the end of next May, and those in Europe, &c., up to the end of next August, (after giving due notice in the New- spapers of Names and particulars); will be put up for sale by Public Auction, and sold off to the highest bidders.
Those who have established on the East Coast of China, or elsewhere, or have left China, since 1839, are requested to send their address, and their accounts will be forwarded to them without delay,
JNO: SMITH
Macao, 18th February, 1846.
FOR
THOR SALE. –By the undersigned.
Champagne, Hack,
Beer, and Stout, all of the first quality. EDWARD NEWMAŃ. Victoria 7th October, 1845.
NOTICE.
No 1 and 2 Woosnam's Buildings, corner of Pot-WE the undersigned have formed a Partnership
inger Street.
UST LANDED, ex "Humayoon," and for Sale at the stores of the undersigned, a small invoice of prime Cheshire Cheese,
ALSO
A quantity of Danbar & Son's bottled Pal. Ale in packages of 4 dozen each ; and a small assortment of Gentlemens superior black hats.
Victoria, 10th March 1846.
SMITH & BRIMELOW.
WANTED.
-for the transaction of a General Agency, Auction and Commission business at Victoria ong H kong, under the Firm of DRINKER & HEYL
3. DRINKER. WM. S. HEYL.
Victoria, March 2nd 1846,
FOR SALE.
Joint Managers.
Blish Paint Oil.
Y the undersigned a few Jars of superior Eng.
C. MARKWICK.
Auctioneer:
Pottinger Street Victoria, 19th November, 1845.
MCEWEN & Co.
GE
ENERAL Commission and Shipping Agents
Wine Beer and Spirit Merchants. And Auctioneers Queens Road & Chizams Hong. Supply Ships, Families and foreign residents at the consular ports, with all descriptions of Stores; Salt provisions, Wine, Beer and Spirits upon mo- denate terms.
Also dry and convenient storage for goods. Victoria, 1st January, 1846.
FOR SALE. Colored Brandy. Also, JUST landed a few Hogsheads Superior Dark Dark and Pale Colored Cognac in bottle, of first quality,
MOEWEN & Co. Victoria,20th Jany., 1846. Queen's Road INGUISTS REPORTS and Navy BILLS for sale
at this Office.
Office Friend of China, 28th Dec., 1844.
FOR
OR SALE.-At the office of this paper.
Compradores cheque books.
Ships Articles, with an abstract of the merchant scaman's act endorsed on the back.
Charterparties, after forms by Chitty. Powers of Attorney, after forms by Chitty, Bills of Lading.
Chinese Tariff of imports, and exports, for counting houses.
SH
CHIPPING ARTICLES, according to the re
cent ant (Victoria 7 &z ) for sale at this
Office "Friend of China,' Victoria, 10th October, 1815. }
ollice.
39
BILLS OF LADING FOR THE OVERLAND ROUTE.
FOR sale at this office, four forms of bills of lad. ing for goods or specie shipped by the P.&O. Company's Steam packets. Ist for goods deliver. able at London; 2nd for goods deliverable at Southampton; 3rd for goods deliverable at Suez; 4th for goods deliverable at intermediate ports. They are printed after the Company's forms on Bank post.
Office Friend of China" 25th October, 1945,
THE SCOTTISH HARVEST, {From Blackwood's Magazine for December. The approach of winter is always a serious time, When the fields are cleared, and the produce of our NOTICE.
harvest has been gathered into the yard and the barn, we begin to hold a general count and reckon- DRINKER & HEYL, offers for sale, at his
Stores, superior Port, Sherry. Madeira, anding with the earth; and to calculate what amount Claret Wines, Peppermint, and Cherry Cordials.
of augmented riches we have drawn from the bosom Beer and Porter in wood and bottles, Wine Bitters,
of the soil. When the investigation proves satis- Choice Butter in Kegs, Neats Tongues, Tobacco, factury, the resul is but slightly recorded. Our an-
with gratitude, were
WO respectable as apprentices to the | Cigars, Old No. 3 and 4 Manila Cherorts,
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It is a questian of such immense importance, that we have thought it our duty to consult with one of the best-informed persons on the subject of practical agriculture in Scotland, or, indeed, in the United Kingdom. Our authority, for the following facts, as to the results of the harvest in the North, is Mr Stephens, the author of The Book of the Farm. His opinions, and the results of his observation, have kindly been communicated to us in letters, written during the first fortnight in November; and we do not think that we can confer upon the pu blic a greater service than by laying extracts from these before them. They may tend, if duly weigh- ed and considered, to relieve the apprehensions of those who have taken alarm at the very commen. cement of the cry. Our conviction is, that the alarm is not only premature hut unreasonable, and that the grain produce of this year is rather above than below the ordinary average. We shall consider tho potatoe question separately; in the meantime, let us bear Mr Stephens on the subject of the quantity of the harvest.
QUANTITY OF GRAIN CROP.
I am quite satisfied in my own mind, from ob. servation and information, that a greater quantity of grain convertible into bread has been derived from this harvest than from the last. Both oats and barley are a heavy crop, indeed oats are the bul kiest crop 1 ever remember to have seen in the higher districts of this country. The straw is not only long, but is strong in the read, and thick in the ground; and notwithstanding all the rain, both barley and oats were much less laid than might have been expected. In regard to wheat, all the good soils have yielded well-the inferior but indif- ferently. There is a much greater diversity in the wheat than in barley and oats. The straw of wheat is long, and it is also strong; but still it is more. laid than either oats or barley, and wherever it was laid the crop will be very deficient As to the col- our of all sorts of grain, it is much brighter than the farmers had anticipated, and there is no sprout- ed grain this year.
Let me relite a few instances of the yield of the crop. I must premise, that the results I am about to give are derived from the best cultivated districts and that no returns of yield have yet been had from the upper and latter districts. At the same time, I have no reason to suppose that these, when receiv- ed, will prove in any way contradictory. In East Lothian two fields of wheat have been tried, in not the best soil; and the one has yielded 4), and the other very nearly & quarters, per Scotch acre. Before being cut, the first one was estimated at 2}, and the second at 4 quarters. The grain in both cases is good.
In Mid-Lothian, one farmer assures himself, from trials, that he will reap 8 quarters of wheat per Scotch acre of good quality. And another says, that, altogether, he never had so great a crop since he was a farmer.
In West Lothian, two farmers have thrashod. some wheat, and the yield is 3 quarters per Scotch acre, of good quality.
In the best district of Roxburghshire the wheat will yield well; while a large field of wheat, in Berwickshire, that was early laid on account of the weakness of the straw, which was too much forced by the high condition of the soil, will scat cely pay the cost of reaping. This, however, is but a single isolated instance, for a farmer in the same county has put in 73 orihinary-sized stacks, whereas his usual-number is about 60.
In the east of Forfarshire, the harvest is repre- sented to me as being glorious; while in the west, there has not been a better crop of everything for. many years. The accounts from. Northumberland from two or three of my friends who farm there extensively, confirm the preceding statements, in regard to the bulk and general yield of the corn
crop.
I may also mention, that the samples of wheat, and oats, and barley, presented at the Highland and Agricultural Society's Show at Dumfries, along with the grain in the straw, were really admirable,
With all these attestations from so many parts of the country, that are known to be good corn districts, I cannot doubt that the crop is a good ono on good soil."
To rating bild Younting business for par Oil, and Turpevine in cabo, Bright Varpin, tomed to set apart whole days fur thanksgiving to gives no indications of faminere account reity.
ticulars apply to
MR. A. CARLIN.
No. 3 Stanley Street
Victoria, 9th March 1846.
THE
PORTO NOVO IRON WORKS
INDIA IRON and STEEL COMPANY, have
ready to execute orders for Pig Iron and Iron Cust- inga of every description,
From improvements in the Manufacture of their Iron, they are now capable of making Castings of the softest description and malleability, and of
Ravens Duck, &c. &c.
Victoria, 16th February, 1846.
BOOTS! BOUTS!! BOOTS!!! THE Subscriber has just received and offers for Sale, a large assortment of highly finished Dress and Waterproof Boots, Half Boots, Shoes and Gaiter Boots. DRINKER & HEYL
Victoria, 16th February, 1816.
GOLD PENS..
the Almighty Being who had blessed the labours of the year; we-to our shame be it said-have departed from the reverent usage. We take a good season as if it were no more than our appointed duo —a bad one comes upon us with all the terrors of a panic..
But there are seasons frequently occuring which vary between the one and the o her extreman; nod there are they which give rise to the most discussion, It is unfortunately the tactics, if not the interest, of oo great party in the nation, to magnify every season of scarcity isto a famine for the purpose of
great strength which can be filed, turned and boret ST Recaired, and for sale, a few superior Goli | promoting their own cherished theories A bad
with ease.
The uniform and excellent strong quality of their Pig together with the superiority of their Castings, give them confidence in the perfect certainty of ex- ecuting any orders they may receive to the entire satisfaction of those who may employ them.
The arrangements to complete their Forge are nearly finished, and they hope by the beginning of the year to supply Bar Iron of all sizes, uniform in quality and equal to the best European Marks. Castings of the following description may procured
Large Castings:-Columns or Pillars, Beams and Pipes, for Buildings, &c.
Small Castings —–Plain and Oresmental Brac- kets for Wall Shade, Lamps, Shelves, &c.
Do. Do-Railways and Balusters. Do. Do-Badagads with and with981 Posts. Hinges and Bolts for large Gates and Doors Castors for Beds, or for Tables or Boxes.
Pestles and Mortars of large and small sizes, and many other Castings of the like description too
Eumerous to mention.
Onder or Letters of enquiry addressed to their Agents
Messrs. BAINBRIDGE & Co, Madres
TULLOCH & Co., Calcutta REMINGTON & Co, Bumbay, or to the Managing Director at Patto Noro, shall be immediately attended to.
Pens, in Silver Cases.
ALSO
DRINKER & HEYL Victoria, 16th February, 1816
FOR SALE.
Dark colored chraout Pony; will suit either a A
Lady or Gentleman, and goes well in Harcem. For terms apply to
C. MANKWICK.
Pottinger Street Victoria, 33 March 1940.
FOR SALE
So much for the quantity, which, after all, is the main The above certainly
contains the general character of the weight of the harvest in the principal corn-growing districts of Scotland, and we gave no reason whatever to sup pose that worm fortune bis attended, the coqults of the husbandry in England. The next consideration
is the
QUALITY OF THE CHOP.
"Not the entire crop, but most of it, is inferior in quality to that of last year. The barley and oats are both plump and heavy, but there is a slight roughness shout them; and yet the weights in some chaes of both are extraordinary. Potato mais were shown at Dumfries 18 lb. per bushol -3 lb. above the ordinary weight. Barley has been pre- sented in the Edinburgh market every week as heavy as 56 lb. per quarter about 3 lb. more I have seen in Leith is the hands of an ensinout than the ordinary weight. All the samples of what
corn-merchant, weighed from 60 lb, tg 60 lb. per bushel, and it has been as high as 66 lb, in the Ealingorgh market. I also saw samples of Emer whey) above 60 bb, as well as good wheat from Lincolnshire.
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grain at the end of a wet harvest, unless it were u
Now auch weights could not be indicated by
good quality..
August and an indifferent September are subjects of intense interest to your thorough-paced corn law An Invoice. of Stationery, consisting of Plain and Ruled Letter Paper, Plain and Rated Footpater not that we believe the man has an ab. solete abstract joy in the prospect of coming scar Account Current, Account Sales, Office, Envelope city-we sequit him of that--but he sees, or thinks and Blotting Paper, Quills Lead Pencils, Par- rallel Rolers, Office Inkstands, &c. &e.
be sees, a combination of events which, ere long. must realise bis darling theory, and his sagacity, as a speculative politician, is at stake. Therefore he is always ready, upon the slightest apprehension of failure, to demarely with most turbulent throat, the immediate opening of the ports, in the hope dat, ecce opened, they may never be closed again. Our original intention was not to discuss the corn law question in the present article. We took up the pen for the simple purpose of showing that, so far as Scotland is concerned, a most unnecessary alarm has been ralout with regard to the produce of the barvest ; and we have not the slightest doubt that the same exageratico bas brem extended to the anter cuantry. Of course, if we can prove this, it vid follow me a matter of deduction, that is expecial enceuiry' eaide for opening the ports at prescat; and we shall foriber strengthen our position by re- ference to the prices of Loaded ginia. We stall, cah kosover, copelado, vihast a word en tan regarding the mascherana theories which, if pot food. The light osta will no dought be given to horas kasd exaccdeo, moeld plate this country at the | ccy of a fureign power; and we entrant the ac.
sendios of me readers the care, because already canty night. ate prospective position has become the subject of intense lassenst og tây Coutinest
few Deal Parad Dours.
6 foot 6 Inches, fish.
Apply to
G MARKWICK, Auctioneer,
Poplager Street Vitoria, 33 March 1910.
JUST LUPORTED, ND For Sale by C. Maxwin, Auctionsen
P-Ainger Breed
AND
A fee Hoppbrzda of Aliens' Palo Alt Tictona, February 4th, 1316
The quality is much diversified especially in wheat; some of it not weighing above 45 h. per bushel. The winnowings from all the grains will be proportionally large; although, in the case of barley and outs, had every pickle attained maturity, the crap would probably have exceeded the extra. ordinary one of 1813. But though heavy winnow. ings entail decided loss to the farmer, get human beings will not be the greatest sufferers by them the foss will chiefly fall on the poor work horses do they will be made to eat the light instead of the goat corn, which latter will be served for human
in larger quantities than good core, and the light barley will be boiled for them in mashas probably
The beans are a hassy erop in ateam everywhere, and beanstraw, when weit won, as good for