THE CHINA MAIL.
(No. 1543-May 15, 1868.
Name
THE
CHINESE COMMERCIAL
GUIDE.
By S, WELLS WILLIAMS, L. L. U Published at the "CHINA MALL" Office, Hongkong
638 PP. DEMY 8YO, WITH APPENDIX VIFTH EDITION, 1863. Price, $5
Original Publishing Price, Ten Dollars.
The following is an Abstract of the Con-
tents of this Book:-
CSAF. 1-SEC. 1 To 4.
Four Treaties with China.
1-Treaty with Great Britain,
Chinese Text of the same.
2.-Treaty with the United States..
3-Treaty with France.
4.Treaty with Russia,
Supplemsutary Treaty with Russia
-char, 11.8zn. 1 to 5. -
Articles of Trade with China. Tariff on Articles of Import.
2.--Tariff on Articles of Export.
Rules respecting Trade and Dites, Chinese Text of the same. Description of Articles of Import. 5.-Description of Articles of Export.
CHAP. II-Sc.-1 ₪ 14; Foreign Commerce with China! 1.-Port of Canton,
3.-Port of Chauchau or Swatow.
VESSELS LOADING.
Destination.
Vessel's Name Flag &
Rig.
Consignees.
Intended Despatch
UHINA & JAPAN PORTS
SHANGHAI
Windward
am, ah. Olyphant & Co
OTHER PORTS—
MELBOURNE & SYDNEY Dayspring
Do. Do.
NEW YORK PORTLAND.
PUGET SOUND... SAN FRANCISCO
Do. Do.
Do.
At Whampon,
Br. bk. Russell & Co Atrevida Br. bk,Rozario & Co. 1, .... Woodburn Br. bk. Borneo Company ...Josune Alice Fr. sh.Order
Sarah March Br. ab. Russell & Co ...J. L. Dirumuck Br. sh. Russell & Co ...Reynard Am. sh. Russell & Co
Wm. Chandler Br. sh. Bosman & Co. ...Midnight * Am. sh.Olyphant Co
MEN-OF-WAR IN HONGKONG HARBOUR.
Guns.
Shipping in Harbour.
Early
HONGKONG
U on Pedder's Wharf-WC., from Peljar's Wharf to Gibb's Wharf.-W., Westward of Gibb's Wharf.-EC, on Pedder's Whaaf,
to the Military Hospital.E., Eastward of the Hospital-A., on Kowloong aide.
Vessel's Name and Where Anchored.
Captain.
flag and
Tops,
Rig
Lase of Arrival
VOL. XXI
Consignees or Agents.
Destination.
Intended Despatch,
STEAMERS.
1888
Aden
Arratoon Apcar
Elit
WC Andrews WC Smith Wishait
Brit. atr Brit
Ellora
Formosp
WC Murray WC Boskio
Kan Ka Keo
WC Yeaton
Raiver
Tigre
E Bolton WO Boileve
Yearo
WC Ashton
Flag.
Rig.
Captain.
SAILING VESSELS.
3.-Port
Kinagehan in Hainan.
Adventure
British
4.--Port of
Amoy
5-Port of Foocbow.
7.--Port of Ningpo,
6.--Ports of Tanushui and Taiwan in For-
·tabaa
Cheng-tsing
Chinese
Transport vessel gun-boat
Amaranth
W Fabeiur
1793 Frae. G. Suttie, Cour.
Archer
WPower
Atrevida
W Bisset
3...... Bessard
Belvidere
Don Antonio Escano Spanish
steamer
Don Pedro Martinen
Bertha
8-Port of Shanghai
Flamer
British
naval hospital
Attached to Melville
9.-Ports on the Yangtaz' and Trade in
the Interior
Forfait
Fredch
་ ང
stouiller
10.-Port of Tangchau or Chefoo.
11.-Port of Tientsin.
Manila
British
gun-boat
12-Port of Norchwabg or Yangtsz...
14.--Colony of Macao.
13Colony of Hongkong.
Maumee
U. States steamer
800 Cushing, Lieut, Come.
Daylight
CHAP, 17.SKO, 1 TO 5.
Melville
Foreign Commerce with Jupun,
1-Intercourse with Japan.
Petino
British
Spanish
naval hospital
steamer
...... Bernard, D.M.1.9. &c.
1200 Patoro
Dayspring
Deorfoot
W Favacho
WMoran
WSmitti
Middleto
WCarlin
Eleanor.
2-Treaty between Great Britain and
Ellon Food
Princess Charlotte British
Japan.
receiving skip.
14......Commiodore Oliver Jones
Energie
3-Ports open to Foreign Commerce.
Estaffette
Nagasaki
Principe Dom Carlos Portuguese gun-boat
4
Caminha
Everest
Kanagawa and Hakodadi,
4.Japanare Coins, Weights and Mea-
Starling
British gun-boat
8 230 Dent.
Flying Cloud
Frisch
gures.
5.-American Compact with Lewakow.
Watchful
British yun-boat
CHAP. T.SEC. 1 TO 7.
Moneye, Weights, de, in China,
Wenzol
British gun-boat
8.....Harbor Tender to Comm.
235 Richards.
George Groshaw
Henri IV.
1.- Chinese Currency.
2.Chinese Numerals,
MEN-OF-WAR AT CANTON,
8.Chinese Commercial Weights.
4-Measures of Capacity.
Measures of Length.
Fee-loong
6.--Chinese Land Measures.
7-Chinese Divisions of Time.
Hai-ching
Chinese
gun-boat Chinese Customs' cruiser
5 ...... Edwards
Folsom
Java
Jeanne Alice John L. Dimmock
CHAP. VI,820. 1 To 11
1.Annamese Moneys, &o.
2-Port of Saigon,
Tariff, &,
Lesmons
Western Monsys, Weights, det.
Madras
HONGKONG, MACÃO AND CANTON
Minerva
W Steinike
W Wupper W Carreras
Sailing Directions for Panay I
1. Comparison of Prices.
3-Relating to Time.
4-Comparison of Weights.
3-Treaty with Siam,
Siamese Moneys, Weights, &o.
4.-Netherlands India.
Philippine Islands.
6.Malayan States-Singapore, &c.
7. Burmese Moneys, Weights, &c.
8-Indian Presidencies,-Bengal, Ma-
dras, Boubay..
9.-Ceylon,
10 English and French Weights, &c.
1.1.-United States of America.
CHAP. VII.SEC. 1 To 6. СНАР.
Tables on Prices, Exchanges, &e,
2.-Relating to Exchanges,
RIVER STEAMERS.
Natura
Nellie Abbott
Novialle
Nesutan
Verset
Flag,
Tona. Captain.
Owners or Agents,
Nnuaлu
Orestes
L'aledonia
British
227 Steward
Riach & Co
Orphous
Dragon
Do.
P. & 0.8. N. Co
Fate, (110 1.power)
Doi
117 Stephenson
H. & W. Dock Company's Tug
Fire Dart
-Do,
380 Cerrall
II., C. and M. Stern-boat C.pany
WAndrews “WC Olibaris
Kin Shan
Do.
456 Haskell
Kiu Kiang
Do.
617 Beuning
Lintin
Do.
69
Little Orphan
Do.
46 Beuning
H., & M. Steam-boat Co.
H., & M. Steam-boat Co.
Acheong
Union Dock Company Tag.
Peruvian
WC Thompson
Queen of the Sear
Poyang
Do.
379 Laid up
H., C. and M. Steam-boat C.pany
Rachael
EReid WTerth
Prince Albert
Do.
Q. Acheong
Reynard
WEmery
Spark
Sir J. Jeejeebhoy
Speo
White Cloud
-Do.
101 Godail Amor, 140 Wilson
Do. British
Q Acheong
Thomas Hunt & Cat
San Lorenzo
W Lebeema
Graves
Tliomas Hunt & Co.
Sarah March
280
H.,
O. and M. Steam-boat C.pany Sea Ripple
Span. bg Brit, Brit bk.
Stad Assen
St. George
Tek Lee
WC Kerr
EMorton
WPringle WBuer WPetterson
Duit. bk. 444 April
Siam. bk.
Ramb. bk
25 Ordor
Chinese
594 May
Le Saulnied De la Cour
.....Johnson, Lieut. Comr.
Bob Tail Nag
Carmarthenshire
Chillingham Cintra Cutty Sark
Isaac da Costa
Paramatta Pepita
W Hower WWagner WCGrebam
WHemsworth WDunn
WC Ronaldsoa W Neill. WC Angles
Woepkes
WC Clarke
EUrquhart KTutein
EC Alexander
W Monillot
WKallio
WC Anderson WMoutior WWenchell
WiStoward EJordan KJackson
WCC babys WO Rager
W Conception ECrowoll
812 May str. 970 May C-Chi, str. 200 May Brit str. 1579 May Brit. str 675 May Amor atr. 313 March Brit. str. 777 May (Feb. str. 1700 April Brit. str. 580 April
N Gerbk. 400 May: Amer. sh. 908 May Brit. bk, 457 April
170 May
Amer. a 1821 March Pubg 230 Aprif Brit. sch
$11. Brit. ¡Brit. bk. Port. bk. Sigut.
Siam. bk. Brit. bk.
Brit. bk.
Brit bk.
813 May 452 May
352 May 475 April
490 May
480 May Amer, sh 1012 May Feh. br. 278 May Dut bk. 424 May Brit. Bli. 571 May
Brit.
233 May
Brit. sb. 670 May
Fab. sh. 750 May
Dutk 600 May
Prus. bk. 300 March Froh, sh. 1209 March Brit. sh 1047 March
Brem. bk. 300 May
N. Ger, bk.
299 May Span. bk. 273 May
Brit. sh. 1191 May Amer. bk.j
432 May Brit. sh. 715 Fob. Anior, sh
900-May 150 Day
Bawa seh
Siam, bk. 381 May
Amer. sh. 1067 May
Brit. Lk 370 April 266 Bay Span. bk Amer. b. 1076 April
bk. 442 May Brit.
Brit. bk. 288 May Amer. s. 1029 April
220 April
&P. GO.S. _N. Cu
11 Gibb, Livingston & Co
5 Captain
PO.. S. N. Co
14 P.10 0. 8. N. Do 244. Heard & Co
Jardine, Matheson & Co 29 Massageries Imperiales 22 Douglas Laprak & Co
Melchers & Co 13A. Heard & Co.
6Rozario & Co
20 Captain
29 Wo. Pustau & Co
7 George Holmes
1Holliday, Wise & Co
Chinese
5 Rozario & Co
19 Russell & Co
1Jardine, Matheson & Co Douglas Lapraik & Co 84. Heard & Co
Wm. Pustau & Co Borneo Company 11Gilman & Co-
2Bourjau, Huberer & Co
31 Arnhold Karberg & Co 11 Order
26 Bussell & Co
2E. Schollhass & Co
78iemsson & Co
13. & O. S. N. Co
20lyphunt & Co
16 Turner & Co 14 Russell & Co.
Melchers & Co
Chinese
14 Pacific Mall S. S.' Co
2Borneo Company.
Russell & Co
17 Russell & Co
7 Remedios & Co Russell & Co
Saigon, Suez, te. Swatow, Lo
Melbourne and Sydney
April 15, Ada Newcastle, N.S.) Coal and 100 tous May 16, Glenr May 16, Mond,
De
May 16, Lente At
16, Wemyss
10, Nellica
Cle
Energie, for Tata Java, for Swato.
Shipp
The British at N. S. W., reports winds and calms,7
crossed the Line o
17th, 10 a..
AGENTS FOR LONDON:-F, A
Lombard Str Cornhill. C
burn Hill, E. AUSTRALIA, T
ZEALAND bourne and S SAN FRANCISC
generally: Francisco
CHINA: Sator
GILES & Co.
Ca. Shangh
nila, Ù. KAR
sh.
28 Chinese
350 May 393 March
15 Chinese
Melbourne and Sney Early
Takn
bg.
IA. Heard & Co
C. Ger, soli. 207 May
Bourjan, Hubener & Co
Saigon Nowohwang
Gazelle, for When Yesso, for Swatow Glenro, for Saigon
4 Borneo Company
7rder
Portland Sau Francisco
Saigon
Early Immediate
Remedios & Co
|Tatsui
E. in China Bea
wind till arrival in days out.
Buder
For Singapore, Per Arrutoon Ayc 21st instant, AT 4: For Shanghai
18th JPS
6 Russell & Co
18Russell & Co.
Remedios & Co
San Francisco
For Manila,-Ž day next, the 18t
Manila
Puget Sound
Suu. Francisco Early
Early
For further
tisements, do
New Ad
THE 41 BRITH
183 April
30 Jardine, Matheson & Co
319 May
The Colleen Bawn'
Wallen
Brit.
350 April bk. 386 April
30W. Postau & Co
4Arnhold Karberg & Co
Chinese Advertisements.
Undline
Brit.
sh. 796 April
29 Jardine, Matheson & Co
Iloilo
London
FOR Will le instual
For ply to
Hongkong, May
Villa de Rivadavia
6-Measurement of Carge. 6-Bullion Operations.
APPENDIX-Containing Sailing Direc tions for the Coast of China, and for the Japan Islands also giving the meanings of Chinese Words occurring in Charts and Sailing Directions; and also a Table of lo- sitions of places on the Chinese and Japs-
Coaste,
Ziese
The The anther in his Preface tables in Chop. VII., for estimating prices, measurement goods, exchanges, &c. have been selected from those constantly in use Among the foreign merchants in China. These for calculating the prices of tea in
dollars or pence have been copied from the
啟本
more extended tables, by the kind permisYKS
sion
Tast
of the author, P.
Loureire, Esq.
The
section of the
the same chapter, on Move-
ments in Bullion," has been prepared and t furgisked for the Guide by Patrick
R.
of the Commercial Bank of
Harper, Esq., of India at Hongkong, who has had much perience in
of the
ex-
in the exchanges and movemonte procious
metals in Eastern Asia, **"The Appendix of Sailing Directions has been repruited from the Chins Pilot," With short interruptions, the coasts from. Singapore to Hakodadi are all described in it; and for the Chinese coasta, the Direc
tions have been haproved by the insertion
of the Chinese characters for the names of
all places that could be ascertained.”
Orders may be sent through any of the
CHARLES A. SAINT,
China Mail Agents, or direct to
(Late A. Shartree & Co.)
China Mail Office, Jan. 6, 1888.
For Sale.
BY, CHARLES A. SAINT.
The Hongkong Signals,
containing a plan of the Signals and flags.
uned at the Signal Station, Marryatt's nu-
meral code, and all the regulations in
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belonging to and frequenting Hongkong,
PRINTED IN COLORS.
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13 Remedios & Co
20 Birley & Co 12 Wm. Pustau & Co 30 Bosman & Co.
Olyphant & Co
Foochow
San Francisco
The F But
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For Freight or Hongkong, May
FOR
The
WHAMPOA.
SHANGHAI.
Merchant Salling Vessela, from or for European, Australian and American Ports, in Harbour on May 9.
of 1,550 Tons Reg at Focsbow and be the Clippers. Th for one day only,
Applications for mado immediately! will be granted to be room on arrivát plication, and acco Thoir Cargo.
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Versel's Name.
Captain. Flag & Rig. Tons.
Date of
Arrival,
Consignees or Agents,
Destination.
Intended Despatch,
Parkman
Brit, bk. Brit Bh. Prus. Bob. N. Ger. bg. Brit
299 May
15 Borneo Company
Hamburg
812 May 289. [April
11 Douglas Laprak & Co
London
29 Russell & Co
Tientsin
8Carlowitz & Co
Brit,
bk.
299-May
New York
Early
Stegmanu
Lorange
Meinhard
Ital. bk. 256 May
bg. 131 May
Cientsin
Morison
Brit.
str. 612 May
Swatow, &c.
Brock
Aiser
San Francisco
Providenza
Nattini
Ital.
al1.j 564 April
必校 Sultan
Howard
¡Brit.
bk.
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Locke Eldridge
Green
Warden
MaDonald
108 May. bk. 307 May
N. Gar. bg. 218 May Nor.
sh 838 May
309 May
8Aug. Heard & Co
7Borneo Company
11B. Schellhass & Co
Siomesen & Co
10 Jardine, Matheson & Co
13 Douglas Lapraik & Co
14 Olyphant & Co
Remedios & Co- 3Order
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Consignees or Agents.
619 May 942 April 407
Nicolson ¡Brit. sh. 1072 April Ross
Brit. bk. 259 May McQueen Brit. .bk. Bossack Brit. sh. Jack
Brit bk Thomson Brit. sb. MuMillsn Brit. sh. 780 April
784 May
12 London
Newcastin,.. W. -4 Londou 23 Liverpool
25 Cardif
Loudon
Sydney
26 Cardiff
26 Cardiff
24Newestle, ...
London
Jardine, Matheson & Co Captain
Gilman & Co
Gibb, Livingston & Co Order
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Hougkong, May
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Petersen
N. Gor. bk.
410 April
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Brit. bk.
204 April
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