Miscellaneous:
THE
CHINESE COMMERCIAL
GUIDE.
BY B. WELLS WILLIAMS, LLD
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CHAP. I.SE. 1 ro 4
Four Treaties with China...
L-Treaty th Great Britain,
Chinese Text of the same.
Treaty with the United States.
3.-Treaty with France... 4.Treaty with Russia.
Supplementary Treaty with Russia
CHAP. I.SEC. 1 TO 5.-
Articles of Traue with China.
Miscellaneous,
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[No. 1887--OCTOBER 30, 1688,
SHIPPING IN HARBOUR
HONGKONG,
Consignees of Vessels will greatly oblige by forwarding corrections of errors in the following list,
Exclusive of To-day's Arrivals, Departures, and Clearancen.
O. on, Pedder's Wharf.-W., from Pedder's Wharf to Gibb's Wharf. - W Westward of Gibb's Wharf. —EC., on Pedder's Wharf to the Military Hospital.-E., Eastwaid of the Hospital.-K., on Kowloong side."
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Kan Ka Kea
Kwang Tung Lightning
Mars Noma Intended Suwonada. Despatch Yenna
West Indian Yung-hai-an
WC Jones W Jayue WC Cuming EMiller WO Morison
atr 1707 October. 27Messageias Imperiales
313 October
403 October
Heard & Co
Must by Lia & Co
Amer, str. 1021 Sept.
Livingston & Co
20 A, Heard & Co Đâu !Cetober 1ẸP. & D. S. 1. Co Amer, str. 1802 October 22A, Heard & Co
Amor, str. 677 August 30A. Heard & Co Brit.
atr. 1804 October 18 Jardine, Matheson & Co Amer. str. 447 October 10 Russell & Co
East Coast ¡Calcutta, &
Shanghai, do,
Shanghai
2-Port of Chauchau or Swatow,
Destination.
Fessel's Nurse Plag
Consignees,
Rig.
3-Port of Kiungchau in Hainan.
4.--Port of anny
5.-Port of Foochow
JHINA & JAPAN PORTSam
6.-Ports of Tamshai and Taiwan in For-
SHANGHAI
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--Port of Ningpo.
Do. NAGASAKI
...Suwonsila
Yesso
C. Jurgensen
Am,strA. Heard & Co
N.G. bk Laudetem & Co
Br. str. Douglas Lapraik & Co
LONDON
Do
John Lidgett
Br. sh. Gilman & Co
Vessel's Name and Where Anchored.
Captain Flag & ftig. Tons.
Merchant Sailing Vessels.
Date of Arrival,
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Oct. 31, gil, Br Chefco, Oct., Gen
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31, Edward Ma
1. Tariff on Articles of Import 2-Tariff on Articles of Export. 3.-Rules respecting Trade and Dues,
Chinese Tazt of the same." 4.-Description of Articles of Import, 5.--Description of Articles of Export.
CHAP. 10. 1 TO 14.
Foreign Commerce with China.
-Port of Canton.
Merchant Steamers.
East generally.
EDITED BY N. B. DENNYS.
眾號週
Vessel's Name and Where Anchored
Captain.
Mag and Big.
Tons.
Date of Arrival.
Internied
Consignees or Agents,
Destination.
Despatch,
知先支承已意地
1868.
PRICE $6 PER ANNUM.
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Brit
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WC Barlow
Brit.
str. 1900 Uctober 26 Messageries Imperialos str. 1570 Sept. BP. & U. S. N. Ĉo str. 1538. October 23 P. & 0, 8. N, CG
Bombay, &c.
Brd, a.m.
WO Bovis
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Amer. str.
WO Pitman Rodger
Brit
Brit,
str. 818
Brit:
str,
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S.
Walker & Co
Advance
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Alardus
Alert
Ann Adamson
Annetts
Ascendant
August
WTame
W Crocker
K Popp WC Abbott
FButton WO'Flaherty W Gerdes WBookrenter
N. Ger. sh. Brit, ach. Brit. bk.
bk.
Brit. Brit. bk, Siam, bk
185 October 3John Bard & Co 496 October 10 Douglas Lapraik & Oo 386 Uctober 1B Carlowitz & Co-
Consigners or Agents.......,
Destination.
Remarks
1868.
Siam. bk.
336 October 15 Chinees
Amer. sh.
906 October 5 Bosman & Co
Manila
and San Francisco
813 October 20W. Pustan & Co
517 Sept 2R. S. Walker & Co
Singapore
470 Sept.
14 Chineso
Br. sh. Jobo Burd & Co
Bessie Searight
Caroline
WC Cheetham
Brit, bg.
131 October 24 John Burd & Co
WC Paulsen
N.Ger, soli.
266 October 16 Bougjau, Hubener & Co.
Am. sh. Bosman & Co
Catharina Jurgensen Chanticleer Chom Vo Lang Conqueror
W Petersen
N. Ger. bk.
234 October 3 Landstein & Co
¡Nagasaki
WC Jenkins WBloom
Brit. ab.
789 October 2urder
Chi. ach.
176 August 20 Chinese
Croix
Douglass
W Minchaw WRobert
Siami. 670 July Feh sh.
W Morrison
Ubineso
Yo0 Sept. 24 Captain
Brit. Bb. 540 Supl 9 Bosman & Co
N. Ger. bk. 275 October 18šiemsson & Co Brit. sh. 1076 June 18 Chinese
San Francisco
Early
8-Port of Shanghai.
8.Purta on the Yangtez and Trade in OTHER PORTS—
the Interior.
10.-Port of Tangohau or Chefoo,
11.-Port-of Tientsin,
12-Port of Nowchwang or Yangtse",
13Colony of Bongkong,
14,-Colony of Macso.
QHAP, 14-820. 1 To 5.
Foreign Commerce with Japan.
1futercourse with Japan.
2.--Treaty between Great Britain and
Japan.
3-Ports open to Foreign Commerce.
Nagasaki.
Kanagawa and Hakodadi,
4.--Japanese Coins, Weights and Mea-
aurea..
5-American Compact with Lowchow,
CHAP, Y.-BEC 1re 7"
Moneys, Weights, dc, in China.
Chinese Currency.
2.Chinese Numerals.
3-Chinese Commercial Weights.
4.Measures of Capacity
Measures of Length.
6.Chinese Land Measures.
7. Chinese Divisions of Tine.
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Western Moneys, it eights, do.
L--Anungicso Monoys, izn.
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NEW YORK
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Br. bk. John Burd & Co
Br. bk. Arnhold Karberg & Co
Dan. bk Bourjan Hubener & Co
N.G. bk 4, Heard & Co
Br. k. A. Heard & Co Am. bk. Olyphant & Co Br.sh.R. S. Walker & Co
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MEN-OF-WAR IN HONGKONG HARBOUR.
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W Richardson WHoyar
504 August 19Üldinese
Brit. sh. 716 October 31Russell & Co
Brit. bk. 307 October Thomas Howard IN. Ger. bk. 216 October 22 Arnhold Karberg & Co
Edgar Ross
Render
Esperanza Exonian
WC
W Whitburn
Brit. b. 360 October 17Order
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Name
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Rig.
Captain.
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Golish
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Silvra
Brit.
bk.
270 Jatobar 18 Sietsson & Co
Brit.
*b.
N. Ger, bg
Islam. bk
003 October 8Morgan Lambert & Co
365 October 2e Bourjau, Hubouor & Do
642 August 19 Obineso
3.-Treaty with Siam, Tariff, &c.,
Oravina
Siamese Moneys, Weights, dzu..
Bouncer
4Natherlanda India.
5.– Philippine Islands,
Drake
Sailing Directions for Panay I.
6.Malayan States Singapore, &
Farfait
7.-Burmese Moneys, Weights, da
8.-Indian Presidencies,--Bengal, Ma-Flamer
dras, Bombay.
8.--Ceylon.
Grasshopper
10-English and French Weights,, &re.
11-United States of America.
Hardy
¡British
gun-boat ¿British ligun-boat
French steam-sloop
British naval hospital
British gun-boat
British
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Hackmatac
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Span. by
246 October 15 Remedios & Co
Brit. sob.
125 October 16 Gibb, Livingston & Co
Indian
Indian Warrior
W Struckman WYoung
Brit. bk.
369 October 19Chinese
Stam bk.
Jalawar
attached to Melville
Jate
Jajan
9 230 In ordinary.
Japan
Josefita Almira
K Reina
3 230 In ordinary.
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CHAP. VIE-SEC. 1 To 6.
Meeanee
British
ship
2219 Hospital abip
Tubles on Prices; incharger, de...
Louisa Luisito
1.--Comparison of Prices,
Molvilla
British
naval hospital
Geo. B. Hill, D.I.G.
Faiza Canevaro
WC Collinson WO Leashown WC Cucullu Demoro
2.-Relating to Exchangéa.
Magi
3-Relating to Time.
Perseus
British
4.-Comparison of Weights.
Princess Charlotte British
Salamis
British
steam-sloop receiving ship
Paddle-stesiner
14 955- Stevaus
Martha
Shenandoah
Unadilla
U. States steam-sloop-
. States gun-boat
Mary Matador Maud Holen Merida Mexicana
Mildred
Moonlight
B1.
amer. Uk
5-Measurement of Cargo. 6-Bullion Operations.
APPENDIX-Containing Sailing Direc tions for the Coast of China, and for the- Japan lelande; also giving the meanings. of Chinese Words occurring in Charts and Sailing Directions; and also a Table of Fo- sitions of places on the Chinese and Japa nese Coasts.
The author in his Preface
The BAYB tables in Chap. VIL, for estimating prices, An-lan measurement of goods, exchanges, de, have Chun-to been selected from those constantly in use Ching-sing among the foreign merchante in China Chin-hai
Those for
for calentating the prices of tea in Fei-luong dollars or pence have been copied from the Spy more extended tables, by this kind permis Sui-tsing sion of the author, P. Loureiro, Esq. The Tion-p last section of the same chapter on ments
More-
in Builion," has been prepared and furuished
For the Guide by Patrick R. Harper, Esq., of the Commercial Bank of Indis at Hongkong, who has had much ex- perience in the exchanges and movements of the precious metals in Hustern Asia.
"The appendix of Sailing Directions hay been reprinted from the China Pilot." With short interruptions, the coasts from Singapore to Hakodadi are all described in
it and for the Chiness coasts, the Divor tions have been improved by the insertion
of the Chinese characters for the names of Dragon
all places that could be ascertained."
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China Mail Agents, or direct to
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Brit sali
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342 October 18 Wi. Pustaa & Có Fol. bk. 471 October Frederic Degener
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