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Docks
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(G of Vessels of all classes! the Company Bay Res kilt, and of 1350 feef-
there Are Ship
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No. 1986-OCTOBER 19, 1869.].
PAUIFIC MAIL STEAM-SHIP
COMPANY.
Via Panama or Overland Route,
Post-Offee Notifications.
TT is hereby notified for general informa- THROUGH 3, 8. MAIL LINE TO NEW Yogg. tion that bettcaforward the Portage chargeable on Book and Packets of Patterns addressed to the United States of Americs transmitted via the United Kingdom will be as follows, vizag V
SOUTHAMPTON.
TEAMERS of this line will be despatch-
ed as follows
Chine,
America,
Nov.
Dea
19.
18,
A Steamer will leave Shanghai on or abont same date, connecting at Yokohama with above-named steamer.
by
Passengers ticketed through to California, Mexico, Central and South Americs, and,
Overland Bonte to principa! points in the United States and Canadas, and oon Backing
with the various Steam lines for New York to Liverpool, Southampton,
Breat and Havre. Bremen,
Through Tickets immed also to New York and Europe via Pansies Route and to Europe per ateamers of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, the West India and Pacific Steamship Company, Limited, and The Compagnis Générale Tratasclan- tique from Aspinwall direct, Connections Fade at Pausina with Steam lines apon the West Coast of Central and South America, which passengers are fisketed through Through Bills of Lading given for Freight vis Coutr 1-Pacific Railroad and its con- noctions to the principal points in the United States and Canadas and for
for England and the Conte Oferland
by
Under 4 cunos
12 cents. 4bove 4 ounce and not ex-
coeding 8 ounce,
Above
uunes and not ex-
reeding 12 ounce,
Aboro 12 ounce and not ex-
eceding 16 ounces, Prvey additional
TEK CHINA MAIK.
Post-Office Notifleations.
Intimations.
Printa, and any quantity of paper, vellum or parchment (to the exclusion whather sealed or open); and ahaadoka, M. Pabinned weekly, Subscription (Kralu Maps, Paper, te, may be either printed, sive of postage) Fla. La per aunum payabis waitten or plain, or any mixture of the in advance. three.
9.--Should the Fayes of a Money Order eiro, to receive payment jy the Couplry in which the Order was issued, at scrue other Office than that in which tho Order was eri- ginally drawn, the transfer will be granted,
All legitimate binding, mounting or provided the Orler be inclosed to covering of the same or of a portion there- Postmaster of the Office in which of, will be allowed, whether such binding drawn. In such case a new Order will be
be loose or attached; as also rollers in the markers (whether of paper issued, the Commission chargeable upon Case of which will be deducted from the amount of short whatever is necessary for the safe
cheb as of the new Order
agree transmission of literary or artistic matter or 10.-la the event of a Money Urdar usually appertains thereto. miscarrying or being lost, a duplicate will be granted on a written application from the Payee, (containing the necessary particulars, and accompanied by an addi It must not contain any lofter, bar or tional Commiston) to the Office, where the sealed; nor any sealed enoldsure whatever Original Order was payable the name and address of the sender is how- 11.-On the receipt of a similar applica-ever not tuly permitted but recommended, tion, orders will be given stop payment so that if the cover conia off, or for any of a Money Order or to renew a lapsed other reason the packet cannot be forward- Order. The additonal Commission to theed, it may be returned. last case will be deducted from the amount đây now (hrikt (Ripped Orders must be presented with the application for a new
MARSİ Under 4 ounce, E 10 cents. Above 4 ounce and not ex-
Sexting 8 ounce,
82, Above 8 ounce and not ex
ceeding 12 ounce,
48 Above 1 ounce and not ex.,
seeding 16 glucan GMT For overy additional 4 oz, 16 Prepayment of the Postage is compulsoryOrder. in each case.
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General General Post Office, Hongkong, June 18, 1868
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FT is hereby notified that, under the pro- vinine of Treasury Wartrat dated the 7th May, the Postage on a Letter not Son York and Kurope via suams route, exceeding half-an-otice in weight boited and to Europe via Aspinwall Lhes to ports in Hongkong or at any of the Parts in
Throngir Hilla of Lading given also for
13.But when it is desired that any error in the name of the Remitter or Payen ahould be corrected or that the amount of Money Order Aluld be repaid to the Robitter, or that a Lapsed: Order should be renewed for payment in the Coufung in which the Order was originally drawn application must be made to the Chief Money Order Office of such Counity. This application must be accompanied by an additional Commission, unless it have to
Every Book packet must be either with out a cover, or in a cover opon at the enda or siden.
Ne packet must exceed two feet in length, breadth or depth; exceeding these dimen sions it cannot be forwarded through the Push "
REGARDS FAITERNS,
They must not be of intt naic value. Tuis rale excludes all articles of a saleable nature, and indeed whatever may have a value of its own, apart from its mere usa
as a pattern; and the quantity of any material sent, ostensibly as a pattern must not be so great that it can fairly he con sidered as having on this ground an intrin
sic value.
There must be no writing or marke other
of Mexico sad ports on the West Coast of China and Japan addressed to Egypt, or ference to a Lapsed Order, in whick case the than the address of the person for
far as Valparaiso
Commission will be deducted from
sibourt of the New Order,
the sender, a trade mark and numbers, and
·SÚPREME COURT. AND CONSULAR GAZETTE,
AND
Intimations.
THE
CHINESE COMMERCIAL
GUIDE,
BY S, WELLS WILLIAMS, KLD
Baratas õlava Vive” bilde, Hongkong,
LAW REPORTER FOR THE SOFBEHR AND PROVINCIAL COURTS OF CHINA HE Gazette isa General Weekly Newspa Jaya per containing Officially Revised Reports of Cases heard at the Supreme and Consular Courts, Polipe Cases, and Proceedings in Bankruptcy Original Articles; Notes and Queries on Legal points: Reports of Public Meetings; News of the Wooky Commiswold AG RIFIN Summary, do, don
Advertisenients will be charged Ti 1 par 10 lines, for the first insertion, and 60 ots, per 10 lines, for each subsequent inser- tion.
Shanghai, January, 1867.
NEW BOOK,
HE Speculations of!!..
The Old Philosopher'
LAU-TATE" Translated from the Chinese
BY
JOHN ORALMERS, A.M. Price $1.50. ALSO,
The Origin of the Chiness" by the same author: Pris f
Apply at Messrs LANE, URAWFORD & Co. or The London Mission Bonas, Hongkong, October 17, 1868.
FOR SALE
any of the Ports in China and Japan, and 13. Repayment whether of an original, prices of the articles; otherwise the Packet AT THE "CHINA MAIL" OFFICE.
Cents.
will be detained or forwarded charged as an unpaid letter.
The Patterns must be sent in covers i
Favorable arrangements have been made conveyed in the Maile by British Packet, for through passengers and freight to Ame reduced from Twofity four Conte to Twelve rics, from Calcutta, Pegang and Singapore
For Letters exceeding half-an-ounca in And, from Swatow, Amoy and Fooohow.
All Freight payable-in, advance in Mexi. weight a further rate of Twelve Cents for celled at the Office on which the Order was open at the ends, so as to be easy of exami. m paper wrappers, at the rate of 25 centa
each halt ounce is chirgeable,
can Dollara, or on delivery n American
Gold Coin with 8 percent additional, at hipper's option. -
Tipkete inguod at 6 TU- Return duction of upon the Whois mount for the Bound Voyage..
For further information as to Pussage and Freight apply to the Agency of the Company, Praya West.
TA HARRIS,
Hongkong, October 7, 1860-
Agenty
Post Office Notifications.
Prepayment of the Postage in compulsory.
W. MITCHELL Postmaster General, General Post Office, Hongkong, July 15, 1868,
3
It is beroby notified for general informa tion that henceforward closell mails for the United Kindom will be made up at this Office and forwarded to London by the Un- ited States Mail Packeté via San Francisco
Correspondence intended to be forwarded this route must be addressed via Ban Francisco gia phapor
Letters Newspapers, Booksand Patterns, in-will be liable to tie saune fates of postage as those sont by the British Mail Packets via Southampton viajosell 37
1. It is hereby, nouified for genera formation that, the Contract between the Government of Mauritius and the Union Steamship Company, for the Conveyance. Month between Ceylon and Maurition, and between Maurition and
Natsi, haring, terminated, the correspon- dence for Mauritius will be forwarded from this Offoe in the Mail for Aden, from
whence it will be sent to its destination by the French Mail Packets leaving Aden for Bennion and Mauritius on the 23rd of each Month
2 No altoration has been made in the rates of Postage on correspondence: ad- dressed to Mauritina,
2. As the communication with Natal and
by
For Letters, 24 coats per half-ounce For each Newspaper not exceeding 4 ounces, 4.cente.
For a packet of Books or Patterns, & cents pur 4 ounces.
The Postage must in all cases be paid in advance; correspondence not fully prepaid will be sent via Suex.
F. W. MITCHELL,
Postmaster. General --
General Post Offico, Hongkong February 1, 1869
-
or renewed, or a duplicate Order, will not be made to the remitter antil it has been ascertained that the advice has been can. originally drawn.
THE following SETS of the "CHINA
PUNO can be obtained, stitched.
No.
nation. Samples, however, of seeds, drugs, per copy vizi and so forth, which cannot be sent in open covere, may bo enclosed in bags of lines or 11 seis complete.from 11 other material, tied at the neck; bags do hộ 24- closed that they cannot readily be opened, even although they be transparent, must
4
Also a few
16.
16.
ور
Price.
$3.50.
$2.50.
$2.25.
-14-Payment of an Order, must be ob- gained before the end of the Sixth Calendar Mouth, after that in which it was drawn for instance, if drawn in January, paypent must be obtained before the end of July,
separate copies of Nosil, 2, otherwise the Order will become lapsed, not be used for this purpose. Non-com- 8, 7, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, and from 19 to 24. and a new Order (for which a second Compliance with this rule will also subject the
04. SAINT mission, to be deducted from the amount packet to be detained or forwarded as an of the Order, will be charged) will become unpaid letter.
SAILORS: HOME, WEST POINT. The Packets or the contents thereof must cemery, 15.If an Order be not paid before the not contain any inclosure, sealed or other-
Trustees A end of the Twelfth Calendar Month after wise dosed against inspection.
order to
prevent
.:
that in which it was drawn, for instance,tions of the Book Post between Hongkong
In all other respects the general regula Hon. W KESWICK, FORBES, Esq
JOHN DENT
H. G. THOMAETT; if drawn in January and not paid before
| Ezgi, A., M. the end of the following January all olan and the United Kingdom will apply to the to the Money will be forfeited, unless, Pattern Post. Under these regulations, l
Directors. under peculiar circumstances, the Poet regular transmission of "lettora, a Packet of Hon I. B. GIBE,
interuption to Office of the Country in which the Order Patterns may, when it is necessary, be kept G. J. HELLARD, Esq. was drawu think proper to allow it.
hack for the following Mail by which, in G. Hao, Esq. the ordinary course, it would be forwarded. W. LEMANN, Esq.
The decision of the Postmaster General
16. After once paying a Money Order will not be liable to any further alain. If by whomsoever presented, the paying Office
a wrong payment, however, be made owing to agente on the part of any Officer of the Post Office, the Postmaster General of the Country or Colony in which the negli gence occurs will, if he see fit, require the Officer in fault to make good the loss...
17.—No Money Order will be paid unless the advice has been previously received.
18. Additional Rules for greater seen
as to the eligibility of aur Photo, pe fur or sample contained therein, to be for warded under these regulations, will be final and
conclusive.
The rule which forbids the transmission through the Post of any articlo likely to injure the contents of the Mail Bags or Boxes, or the person of any Officer of the Post Office is, of course, applicable to the Pattern Post and a packet containing any- the Cape of Good Hope, is thus out of the
the following have been occasionally posted thing of the kind will be stopped, and not Bout to its destination.. Articles sali's correspondence for those Colonies, unless marked to be forwarded by Private Ship, will, in future, be sent in the Male for
19. Should it appear that Money Orders as Patterns, and have been detained as
viz: Metal boxea, for the Post,
POICE- „London at the following rates of Postage,
es in regard are used by marcantile men, or others; lain and Chius;
fruit, vegetables, bunches which must be paid in advance, viz ş---
to Letters sent by or addressed to them on either in the United Kingdom or st Hang- their own privato
rato affairs are t Upou Letters sant by way
needles, pins, pieces of machinery
o
thority of a Treasury Warrant dated the lating of the system generally will be made It is hereby notified that, under the au-rity against fraud, and for the better work- May last, Superintending, or First-Ulans as occasion may require,
will, ja fatare, Schoolmasters in the Army wil
be entitled to the same privileges in
of Southampton,... 40 cents each oz. Army; and all
Mareciles,............ 543,
When sent by way of
Newspaper via Southam-
Newspaper vid Marseil.
*
Book Packets vid South-
クラ
ampton.............................. 10, under 4 oz, 20 cents, above 4 oz, and not ëx- cending 8 oz; and 20 cents for every additional BioNJ
Book Packets, vid Marseilles, 14 cents "Under 407 29" cents above for and-not exceeding & p.; sod 29 cemta for every additional 8 ounces.
W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General Ceneral Post Office, Hongkong, 9th September, 1868.
Its hereby notified, by order of His Excellency Bir Rihard Graves MacDon- bell, that henceforward, the rates of Pos Sagechargeable on Packets of Printed Paper or Patterns of light weight seat from Hongkong to the United Kingdom When forwarded via Southampton, will be
For a Packet not exceeding one
ounce in weight,
a 2 cents, Packet above one and
дв
as are at present kong, Shanghai or Yokohama, for the cuttings of plants, spurs,
W. MACAULAY, Esq. D. SARSON, B
Rev. W. R. BEACH, J. J. Munny, M.D.
Hon. W, KESWICK, Chairman. Committee of Management.
W. MACAULAY, Esq | H. G. TROMSETT, G. J. HELLAND, E. Esq., .N.
DO
ONATIONS of Bopka, Periodicals, News- papers, Clothes, &o., will be most: hankfully receivod.
A, OVERBURY,
Superintendent,
Hongkong, October 29, 1868,
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS & OINTMENT. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS,
HIS Medicine is universally admitted enjoyed, by Commissioned Officers in the transmission of large sums of money, the sharp pointed instruments, samples of known to the world. No preparation is so to be the most efficacious remedy Army Schoolmistresgen will British dr Colonial Post Office, as the case metals, samples of ore, samples in glass suitable to the climates of India and China may be, will consider the propriety of in-bottles, pieces of glass, acis of various as this fine and invigorating medicine, It breasing the Commission, and will exercise kinds, curry comba, copper and steel this particularly adapted to this constitution the Power of wholly suspending for a true graving plates, and confectionery of all of European ladies,
It is never failing kinds.
its effects in all discases peculiar to females, while those who are attenuated by the do bilitating offbols of the above climates will lind in this wonderful romady a kind of ta laman whereby they may insure a restors. tion to robust healtli,'
be entitled (as Army Schoolmasters of all bat the First-Claes now are) to the same privilegon, in regard to their Latters, are enjoyed by non-commissioned (alcers and Private Soldiers.
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General. General Post Offé," Hongkong, July 31, 1868.
L-On the lat October next, and thence- forward Money Orders will be issued at this Office and at the Agencies: thereof at Shanghai and Yokohama on all the Money Order Offices in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for amounts not
the issue of Money Orders,
By Command,
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General."
Goneral Post Office, Hongkong, 2261 August, 1888
REGISTRATION OF LETTERS AND BOOK PACKET EYRIEMS EXTENDED TO THE COAST FORTS
AND JAPAN,
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General. General Post Office, Hongkong, October 13, 1869,
CHAIR AND BOAT HIBE,
2
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT. The science of Medicine has never before The following Regulations for Street-produced any remedy that can be compared Chairs and Chair-Coolies; bear date Cafo to this wonderful Ointment, as is cares It is hereby notified for general informua ial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, ud after all other means have failed, all wounds, - sores, ulcers, and also the most tion, by order of His Excellency Sir April, 1869. exceeding £10 at the rate of Exchange Richard Graves MacDonnell, that, the There are two Classes of Street Chairs, mates of India and China. It is the true inveterate skin diseases peculiar to the cli Current for Each Mail, and charged with system of registration has been, from this Ordinary and Special... Commission according to the following date, extended to letters and other descrip-
friend of the Soldier and Civilian, as cer- Scale, viz.
Cents,
All Street-Chairs may carry persons who tain old sores can be removed by it that tions of correspondence transmitted by the have engaged them up to any hour, but cannot be conquered by any other treat- For sums not exceeding £
Poly in the Malls by both the British Ordinary Chairs may not ply for hire after ment. Above £2 and not exceeding £ 3.24 Contract Packets and by Private Ships, first gunfire (8 r.), nor Special Chars £74.42 between this Office and each Agency thereafter midnight.
Hongkong, February 1, 1887. £7
£10,...48 of in China and Japan, viz.: Danton, Swatow, Antoy, Foochow Ningpo, Shang- 2.-No Money Order to include a frao hai, Nagasaki, Biogo, and Yokobama, and tional part of a Penny,
also hotwoan any two of these Agencies.
The fee for registration is 8 cents each
EI
"
12
3-Orders drawn in the United King- dam upon Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yoko-letter, o bamay will be paid at the rate of Exchange No Letter, Book, or Packet of Patterns at which Money Orders are being issued at can be registered unless the full postage the time of their presentation
upon it, as well as the registration fee, be Paid in advance in postage stalo not two ounges, Money Order Offices in King
Bdim, showing the tomates United ung received up to half an hour before the dime
The Blaita. Aretusteds are hung up for public refer fixed for closing F. W. MITCHELL,
·Postmaster General..
For
and of drable those estes when forwarded
ria Marroilles
- Pockets-of-greater weight than two ounces will retrain enbject to the same rates as are now chargeable, vig
Boats for every four ounces when for 741% warded via Southampton, and
warded vid Marseille
12 cents for overy four ounces when for
4-Alphabetical Lists of over 5,700
ence at this Office, and" aiso at Shanghai and Yokohama
Letters, do, for registration vill
General Poat Off 5.-Applicants for Money Orders must Hongkong, 13th October, 1889.
furnish, in full, the rame, and, at leas
the initial of one Christian name, both of
A Special Chairs are secured for higher sum ($60) than Ordinary Chairs ($25), it is for the interest of the Public to sugage. only the former after gunfire,
Each Street-Chair carries a Number, and its two Cooliea a Badge cach, bearing the same Number as the Chair.
The Number and Cooties Badges of Special Chairs are White, (1 to 200),
The Numbers and. Coolies Badges of Ordinary Chairs are Blue, (201 to 700).
When ground of Complaint arises against
Street Chair Cooke, the personag grieved may either haud the offender over to the Police, or send a memorandum of the complaint and the Chair's Number to
the Remitter and the Fayes if the Remita 1t in heruby notified for general informa-the Registrar General,
When Street Chair-Coolies are suspected ter or Payee be a Peer or a Bishop, bis or- tion, by order of His Excellency Bir Rishard This alteration will apply to Frinted dinary hille will be sufficient, if a firm, the Graves MacDonnell, that henceforward of having retained missing property, the Cirulars, Fries Lists, Market Reports and usual designation of such firm, such as Book Packets and Packets of Patterns or Number of their hair should be sent to alf printed papers other than Newspapore," Baring Brothers will suffice; but the Samples of Merchandize, may be trans-the Registrar General at once without any
Well as to Books and Trade patterns or more term Masers., auch se Messrs. Bi-mitted through the Post by the Mails made loss of time.
vington," er the name of a Company trad-up to be forwarded both by the British ing under a title which does not consist of Contract Packets and by Private Ships; ite Number Board Tariff of Fares son
Ench Street Chair carries on the back of the names of the persons composing it, such between this Office and each Agency thereof densed from the following. 36" Carron Co. is inadmissible.
in China and Japan, viz,: Canton, Swatow,
E. W. MITCHELLA
Portmaster General General Post Offló Hongkong, 12th August, 1869:
It is hereby natined for general informa.
tion that under the Provisions of area.
aury Warrant, which will come into opera
NOW READY,
AT THE CHINA MAIL" OFFICE)
PRICE $1.00.
THE
ANGLO-CHINESE CALENDAR
MANUAL
tf
Handbook of reference for the detor mination of Chinese Daten, during the period from 1860 to 1869; with comparative Tables of Annual and Mensual Designations, de, &c. Compiled by WILLIAM FREDE RIOK MAVERS, H.M.C.S.
· 638 PF. DEMY ŐVO, WITH SEPENDIX.
IBITION, 1863, Price, $5. Original Publishing Price, Ten Dollars.
The following is sir Abstract of the Con- tents of this Book
CHAP. 1.÷8EU. 1 karta Four Treaties with China...... 1.Treaty with Great Britain,
Chinese Text of the same, 2.-Treaty with the United States 3.--Trpaty with France. 4-Treaty with Russia.
Supplementary Treaty with Rusmin
UKAP. 17. T-SEC. 1 TO B.................. Articles of Trade with China. 1.-Tariff on Articles of Import." 2--Tariff on Artiolos of Export. 3-Bules respecting Trade and Dues,
Chinese Tart of the same." 4-Description of Articles of Import. 6.Description of Articles of Export.
CHAP. II, 386 1 to 1EXAS Foreign Commerce with ChinagyA 1-Port of Canton,
2.Port of Chauchau or Swatow and 3.-Port of Kiungehou in Hamán 4-Port of Amoy.
5-Part of Foochow
8-Forte of Tamshui and Taiwan in For
musa,
-Fort of Ningpo.
7-
B-Port of Shanghai,
--Ports on the Yangtan and Trade in
the Interior.
10-Port of Tangahau or Chefso, 11.-Port of Tientsin.
12-Port of Nówchwang of Yangtas 13-Colony of Hongkong. 14.-Colony of Maoso,
APIVSEO, 1 TO 0, "
·Foreigh Commerce with Japandreo 1-Intercourse with Japan.
2.-Treaty between Great Britain and
Japan.
3.-Ports open to Foreign Compierce.
Nagasaki.
Kanagawa and Hakodadi, 4-Japanese Coina, Weights and Mea-
-sures,
5.-American Compact with Lewchowg,
CHAP. V.-SEO, 1 ro 7.
Monaya, Weights, de, in China, 1.--Chinese Currency. 2.-Chinese Numerals.
3.-Chinese Commercial Weights.
4-Measures of Capacity. 5-Measures of Length, 6-Chinese Land Measures. 7.Chinese Division of Times:
CHAP.VI. BEC. 1 vo.11. Western Moneys, Weights, to 1.Annamças Moneys, de 2.--Port of Saigon. 3.-Treaty will Siam, Tariff, &
Siamese Moneys, Weights, &c. -Netherlands Indis.
5.- Philippine Islands.
Sailing Directions for Pansy L
6 Malayan States-Singapore, &c. 7.-Burmese Moneys, Weights, &c. 8-Indian Presidencies,Bengal, Ma
dras, Bombay, 9-Ceylon.
10.English and French Weights, & 11-United States of America.
CHAP. VIL-SE¤, 1 To 6. Tables on Prices, Exchanges, dt, 1.-Comparison of Prices, 2-Relating to Exchanges. 5-Relating to Time.
4. Comparison of Weights, 5.-Measurement of Cargo. 6.-Bullion Operations.
APPENDIX-Containing Sailing Dire tions for the Coast of China, and for the Japan Islands; also giving the meanings of Chinese Words occurring in Charid and Sailing Directions; and also a Table of Po sitions of places on the Chinese and Japa nese Coasts,
The author in his Preface saysThe tables in Chap. VIL, for estimating prices, measurement of gooda, exchanges, do, have been selected from thees constantly in use among the foreign merchants In China. These for calculating the prices of tos in dollars or pence have been copied from the more extended tables, by the kind son of the author, P. Loureiro, Esq.
permis- last section of the same chapterion Move
The ments in Bullion," has been prepared and farnished for the Guide by Patrick R Harper, Esq of the Commercial Bank of India at Hongkong, who has had much ex- Author's Preface.
perience in the exchanges and movements Most persons whose avocations or studies of the precious metals in Eastern Asis. are alunected oven remotely with Chinese subjects are woul to eonfess the need of a been reprinted from the Chinis Pilot. The Appendix of Sailing Directions has convenient manual of reference for the pur-With short interruptions, the coasts from ofther the European or the Chinese method is; and for the Chinese coasts, the Direc pose of determining dates according to Singapore to Hakodadi are all described in of computation; and a system of comparitions have been improved by the insertion son for the names attributed to
The Remitter on stating that the Or. Anióy, Foachow, Ningpo, Shanghai, Nag-Legatised TariPP OF FARES FOR. CHAIRS, nonths, and other perióds is also frequent of the Chinese charecters for the names of
asaki, Hiogo, and Yokohama, and also
der is to be paid, only through, a Bank to between any two of these Agencies, at the have the option of giving or withdzawing
the narce of the Fayse; in such as the following rates of postage, which list bo Order will be crossed in the same way that paid in advance, viz Cheques are commonly crossed when they Not exceeding 4 oz
on on the 1st October hert, correspon are intended to be paid through a Bank.
dence addressed to Constantinople will be. forwarde at the following reduced Rates
Above 4 ok, and not exceding
When an Order la presented through.
of Postage, which must be paid in advance, fcient, provided the Order be crossed with
a Bank, a receipt by any person will bosuf Above 8 oz., and not exceeding
1lb... the name of the receiving Bank, and be presentert by some Parson known to be in Above I Th., sud not exceeding the employ of auch Eanjur a shone and
For LETTERS --- conta each half-an-muce weight For NewsAPERS, PACKETS OF PATTERNS
AND. BOOKST
CAL
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cuts.
8-The signature of the Payee of à Mo. Every additional † lb., ............. 12 Gey Order to be affixed to the Order in the Special attention is directed to the fol- centereach two onnees up to half-pound, place provided for the purpose. If the lowing rules and regulations tehlel will be And 3 cents for every additional half-pennd. Payes be unable to write he must sign the strictly enforced!-
W. MITCHELL, receipt by making his mark in the presence
Postmaster General,ofa Withless, who must sign his name, with General Post Office,
his address in the presence of the Officer Hongkong, 23rd September, 1885.
who pays the Order,
AB BAGARON BOOKS.
A Book Packet may contain any number of separate Book Almanacks, bisps of
CHAIR BEARERS, AND BOATS,
IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG,
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Chairs, or Ordinary Pullaway Boats. Hall hour,... 12 ets. Three hours, 50 eta. Hour,20 cts, Six hours,78 cte Day (from 6 to 6),.. One Dollar. Night Fares (after 8 P.M.).19 ote. extra
Chair Hire to Out Districts, N Beyond Victoria and back, 60 cts. per mati. To Stanley and back.
Victoria lies below the level of Robinson Road, and includes all the town between the Mint and the Western Slaughter House, with the Race-course,
60
Licensed Beater (each)
Hour,
Half days
Day!!!
... #ents. 20 centa. 30 cents.
ly &
all places that could be ascertained...
CHARLES A. SAINT, (Late A, Shortrade & (2.) Ching Mail Office, Jan. 6, 1868
desideratum with translators and readers of Chinese literature. The com- piler of the following tables has thought, Orders may be sent through any of the socordingly, that their publication in a Ching Mail Agents, or direct to' convenient form may prove useful, although much yet remains to be done for the slabo ration of comparative calendars, eta that should leave nothing to be desired, With the exception of the Upélical Table of Years, and the Table of Solar Terms, both of which were originally compiled by Dr. Morrison, and afterwards republished with improvements in Williams Commercial Guide, from which (with some alteration) they are now copiod, the whole of the mat ter Basambled in the following pages is for the first time made accessible to general reference.
Published by O. A. SAINT, China Mail Office, Hongkong.
For Sale.
The Hongkong Signals,
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the Principal House Flags, belonging to and frequenting Hongkong.
PRINTRY IN COLGES, Price