Intimations,
In the Goods of QAYTAIN LAWRENCE
YOUNG, Deceased.
LL Perrons having any CLAIMS Aagainst the above Estate are requested
to send in Particulars of the name to the Undersigned on or before, the 22nd day of Aprü, 1876.
To-day's Advertisements:
FOR SALE.
MAE Undermentioned valuable LAND Tand BUILDINGS valanan Not No. 7, eltnated at 46 and 48, Queen's Rond, the Property of the late Mr. FALCONER -
THE CHINA MAIL.
SHIPPING REPORTS. The German steamer Cassandra reports: fine weather and light 8. E. winds to Para cels, thenge to port moderate fresh and strong winds and heavy swell from N
The German barque Bonito reports: light E. wirds and fine weather throughout,
General Memoranda, SATURDAY, April 15-.
8 p.m.-Occidental & Oriental S. S. Co.'s Steamer Belgic leares for Yokohama and San Francisco.
0 p.m.-Meeting of Zotland Lodge. Normanby leaves for Cooktown and
Sydney on or about this date. Warrants against unclaimed Dividends, Bonus or Interests on Victoria Fire Insurance Co., to be presented before
this date.
The American barque Wealthy Pendleton The TWO BLOCKS of BUILDINGS reports: light winds mostly from the 8.E. occupying the finest position, are of tho with fine weather until nearing Hongkong, The British steamer Shalimar reports: most commodious description, with TREA- when had thick weather and fresh breeze.
5. BURY and ample GoDowNE; the Ground Floors are of Granite, the Buildings are first port of passage experienced strong known to be the most handsome and sub-gales, middle and latter parts strong varia- stantially built Premises in the Colony, ble winds and thick rainy weather.
The British steamer Normanby reports! Solicitors for the Executors, and are all in perfect condition and good laft Sydney 6 p.m. Feb. 26, and arrived at | MONDAY, April 3:-
And all Persons being Indebted to the said Estate are requested to Pay to the Undersigned their several Debts without delay.
STEPHENS & HOLMES,
2, Olnb Chambers, Hongkong, February 29, 1876.
order, do.
Applications for Purchase, or further ap22 Information, to be made to
JOHN NOBLE,
46, Queen's Road.
ap30 Hongkong, March 30, 1876.
"To-day's Advertisements.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO. The Steamship "LORD OF THE ISLES” Capt. Cowie, will be despatch- od as above on or about the 6th, Proximo.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
RUSSELL & Co. Hongkong, March 30, 1870.
ap
STEAM TO YOKOHAMA. (Taking Cargo at through rates to HIOGO & NAGASAKI)`
The P.&O. S. N. Co.'s B. B.
"MALACOA”
will leave for the above place shortly after the arrival of the Gwalior with the next English Mail.
A, MaIVER,
Superintendent.
NOTICE.
GEORGE BARTY FALCONER,
Deceased.
Brisbane on the 29th at 2.40a.m. At 1.30 p.m. on March 2nd, having received mails and passengers, proceeded to son and arrived at Keppel Bay at 0.35 a.m. 4th inst. Left again at 1.15 a. m. and stopped off Bowen at 5,20a.m. 5th inst. and left at 5.42 p.m., arrived at Townsville 3.35 p.m. same day and left at 4 30 p.m. From thence had light S.E. winds and think rainy weather as far as Somerset, Arrived at Cooktown 3.50 p.m. 8th inst. and left at 8 p.m. saine Arrived at Somerset 5.30 p.m. 8th instant day. Experienced constant heavy rains,
and left again at 7 a.m. 9th inet. Pamed Booby Island at 11.25 am, and experienced freak W.N. W. winds and heary head sea across the Arafura, Java Seas, etc, and arrived at Singapore at 3.40 p.m. 21st inst. Left at 6.35 p.m. on the 23rd and had light N.E. winds and fine weather as far as the Paracels, thence to Hongkong moderate E. winds and heavy N.E. swell, with thick rainy weather. Hove to off Ladrone Islands until daylight and arrived at Hongkong at 0.90 p.m. on 30th. On March 5th passed Co.'s stz. Bowen bound South, on the 7th passed steamers Namos and City of Egeter about 20 hours mail from Cooktown. Ou the 18th spoke Co.'s str. Somerset off Cape Jaski (Timor Island),
PURSUANT otter Stoutifuled "An URSUANT to the Statute 22 and 23 Act to further amend the Law of Property and to relieve Trustees," Notice is hereby Given, that all CREDITORS and other persons having any CLAIMS or DE- MANDS upon or against the Estate of GROBOL BARTY FALCONER, late of Hong. kong, China, deceased, Sole Partner in the firm of GEORGE FALCONER & Co., of Hong. kong aforesaid, Jewellers and Opticians, who died on the 5th day of May, 1875, in testate, and of whose Estate and Effects, Letters of Administration were granted by the Principal Registry of Her Majesty's Court of Probate in the month of June, 1876, to ISABELLA BREUREN FALO KES, of Stonehaven, in the County of Kincardine, Scotland), are hereby required to send in the particulars in writing of such Claims or STEAM TO SHANGHAL
Demands to M, JOHN THOMSON, Ad. The P.&O. 8. N. Co.'s 8, 8.vocate, 75, Union Street, Aberdeen, on or
"GWALIOR"
before the 80th day of April, 1876, at the will leave for the above place expiration of which time the said Admini-For about 24 hours after her arri-stratrix will proceed to distribute the Adnota val with the next English Mail.
of the said deceased amongst the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the Debts, Clatma, and Demands of which she shall then have had Notice; and that she will not be liable for the Assets or any part theroof to any person of whose Claim she shall not then have had notice,
Hongkong, March 89, 1876.
A. MOIVER,
Superintendent. Hongkong, March 30, 1876.
STEAM FOR
Bingapore, Penang, Point de Galle, Aden, Suez, Malta, Brindisi, Ancona, Venice, Mediter- ranean Ports, Southampton and London;
A£80,
Bombay, Madras, Calcutta and Australia.
Dated this 25th day of January, 1876.
ADAM THOMSON AND ROSS, Advocates, 75, Union Street, Aberdeen, Agents for the said Administratriz. Wines William Massoni..
apt
NOTICE TO CREDITORS. TOTICE is hereby given, that all CRE-
DITORS and other Persons having any CLAIMS or DEMANDS upon or against the Estate of JOHN WOTHER- SPOON, late of Bangkok, in the Kingdom of Siam, who died on the 6th day of July,. 1871, and whose Will was duly proved in the Probate Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Hongkong by WILLIAM HENRY BREEETON, of 29, Queen's Road, Hong kong, Solicitor, to whom Letters of Admini atration with the Will annexed were daly He Peninbukas AND ORIENTAL STBAN granted by the said Court on the 10th day TRUTHURAT AND ORISSA of March, 1876, are hereby required to GEELONG, Captain C. FRASEE, WE SEND in writing the PARTICULARS of Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and their Claims or Demands to the said WIL- Cargo, will leave this for the above places, tA HENRY BRERETON, on or before the on THURSDAY, the 18th April, aflat day of July next and notice is hereby also given, that at the expiration of the last . Noon
mentioned day the said WILLIAM HENRY BHERETON will proceed to distribute the Annets of the said JoHN WOTHERSPOON amongst the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the Claims of which he has then had notice; and that the said WILLIAM HENEY BEERRTON will not be liable for the Assets or any part thereof so distributed to any person of whose Claims he has not had notice at the time of the distribution. Dated this 29th day of March, 1876.
W. H. BRERETON, 20), Queen's Road, Hongkong,
Solioltor.
OARGO will be received on board until Noon; SPROLE and PAROELS at the Office until 2 P. M. on the 12th Idem.
For particulars regarding Freight and Passage, apply at the P. O. 8. N. Co.'s Office, Hongkong.
CONTENTS AMD VALUK OF PACKAGE: ARE BEQUIRED.
A written declaration of the Contents and Value of the Packages for the Overland Route is required by the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered by the Shippers to the Commy11] pany's Agents with the Bills of Lading, or with Parcels; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any detention or prejudise which may happen from incorrect- news on such declaration.
Shippers are particularly requested to not the terms and conditions of the Company's Black Bills of Lading,
Так
mЯE P. & 0. 8. N. Oo. reserve the option of forwarding all Goods ship- ped by their Steamers for Europe through Egypt, ofther by Rail, or by Ostal in their own Steamers, or in veesele employed for the purpose.
ப
GRADA. MoIVER, Superintendent.
P. & O, B. N/ Co.'s Office,
ap6
Hongkong, March 80, 1876, COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. FAQUEROTS POSTE FRANCAIS,
STEAM FOR SAIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, 18MAILA, PORT SAID, NAPLES,
AND MARSEILLES ;
ALBO,
· PONDICHERRY, MADRAS AND
01
CALCUTTA.
IN THURSDAY, the 6th April, 1878, at Noon, the Company's 8, 8. HOOGLY, Oommandant MofEMABD, with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE, and CARGO, will leave this Fort for the above places, pr
10
TO RENT CHEAP. FFICES and Godown, No. 59, Prays,
lately occupied by Messre TAYLOR & THOMPSON. Also OFFICE and GonoWN situated in the rear of the Messageries Maritimes Office.
Apply to
LAI HING & Co. Hongkong, March 30, 1876.
SHIPPING.
ARRIVALS. March 29, Cassandra, German steamer, 947, H. Langar, Bangkok Mar. 23, Rice, JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.
March 30, Douglas, British steamer, 864, Burnie, Foochow Mar. 20, Amoy 28, and Swator 29, General,D. LAPRAIE & Co.
March 30, Bonito, German barque, 624, J. F. Wesenberg, Bangkok Feb. 26, Rice and Teakwood BIESSEN & Co.
March 30, Wealthy Pendleton, American barque, 800, W, L. Blanchard, Rajang (Borneo) Mar. 17, Timber.-CAPTAIN.
March 30, Shalimar, Brit. steamer, 1596, W. Cotter, Tokohama Mar. 12, 100 tons Rice-RUSSELL & Co.
March 30, Normanby, Brit. steamer, 864, J. A. Reddell, Singapore Mar. 28, General.
GISS, LIVINGSTON & Co..
DEPARTURES.
Mar, 80, Amoy, for Shanghai.
30, Teheran, for Singapore, &c.
80, Edmond Greester, for Takas,
BO, Bankow, for Baigon. 80, Altona, for Bangkok
CLEARED. Hermann, for Manila,
Cargo and Spesie will be registered for Wh, Phillips, for Bangkok London as well as for Marseilles, and sophrense, for Taiwanfoo, cepted in transit through Marseilles for
the principal plasss of Europe.
Shipping orders will be granted till noon, Carge will be received on board until FM Spesie and Farcels until 3 P.M. on the 6th April, 1870. (Parcela are not to be sent on board; they must be left # the "Agency's Office')
Boutets and value of Packages are re
For further parietes, apply at the Company's Office.
G. DE CHAMPEAUX, Acting Agent.
Hongkong, March 30, 1876.
ape
N INDIAN BUTLER or STEWARD,
PASSENGERS.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATINOS. MAILS WILL OLOBE :-- TAIWAN..
Per CYPHRENES, at 11.80 km. on
Friday, the 31st Inst BANGKOK.--
For
Per RAJANATTIANUHAR, st. 9.80 p.m. on Friday, the 81st Instant, fastead of as previously notified.
For COOKTOWN, 'TOWNSVILLE, and
SYDNEY.-
Per CHEVIOT, at 3.30 p.m..on Friday,
the 31st Inst.
Matin will also be made up for all parts of East Australia and Tasmania. Private ship rates, ``.
For BANGKOK.
Per THALES at 8.80 p.m. To mortow, the 81st Instant, instead of as pre viously notified.
For
SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW.- Per DOUGLAS, at 5 pm, on Saturday,
the 1st April.
For MANILA.
!
Per ESMERALDA, at 11.30 am, on
Monday, the 3rd April,
For
SUNDAY, April 2;-
Daylight-Douglas leaves for Spatow,
Amoy and Fooohow.
Noon, Emeralda leaves for Manila
(direct) Goods per Candia-undelivered after this
date subject to rent,
THURADAT, April 6:
Noon-French Mail leaves for Ports of
Cali and Europe.
Lord of the Isles leaves for San Francisco
on or about this date. FRIDAY, April 7
Patroclus leaves for London on or about
this date.
[No. 8980-MARCH 30, 1870.
sary deck cargoes. One was that they eccentricities exhibited at home--such should be prohibited altogether, another as the dignified nonsense uttered by Sir that no deck-load should be allowed ex- Rutherford Alcock and the many rab cept under license from the Board of statements made by enthusiastic and Trade, and a third that extra part dues well-meaning supporters of the anti- should be levied on all deck-loaded ships opium agitation should supply to much The Bill adopts none of these proposals. material of a half digested nature for our It provides that certain deck cargoes, native publicists. But this must be ac such as cattle, meat, and several things cepted as part of the "set-off" against which evidently must be carried upon the incalculable advantage of freedom deck, shall be exempt from the opera of speech and action under our civilisa tions of the Act, but all other kinds of tion. When, day after day, one notes deck cargoes are to be discouraged by such tirades against our policy in the East measuring the space they occupy, and carefully translated and commented upon adding it to the measurement of the by our native contemporaries, this is apt ship'e tonnage. Coasters are excluded. to produce momentary annoyance, though The deck-cargo clause in the dropped Bill the apparent anomaly is one which will A glance of lest session is also inserted as a pre- doubtless work its own cure. cautionary measure. It merely renders at the notes we pablish daily of the con- it imperative on every owner who clears tents of the native papers will be well a deck cargo to insert in the log the repaid by the insight they give of the quantity and quality of such cargo. The subjects discussed and the quaint way in next clauses of the Bill relate to the load-which many of their arguments are put lino, and they make permanent the 5th and their "points" are made. The un and 6th sections of the temporary Act of fortunate and cramped action, forinstance, 1875; thus each owner is compelled to which was taken in England on the title fix his own load-line. To conduct en of "Reverend" was duly noted ; and, af quiries in regard to wrecks, the Bill feating a prominent trait in the Chinese takes up the suggestion of the Royal character, the pomp and ceremony on the Commissioners to appoint a superior class occasion of the opening of Parliament by of Judges for these duties, and provides the Queen has been elaborately described that three such Judges shall be appoint. A few days since the Chinese Mail read Yoko-ed, but only one is to be appointed in the law-makers of the United States a the first instance. They are to be called most wholesome lesson' on the impro- "Wreck Commissioners." In its con- priety of reducing the pay of Consalar oluding olauses, the Bill authorises grants officials, on the ground that a large part out of the surpluses of the shipping of the official corruption in China was office fess-which fees are expected to attributable to the small salaries of the become greater than they are in aid of mandarins! The same paper, in noticing school ships established for the training the fact that a reward had been given to of boys of respectable parents who have a junkmaster for saving life, encourages not been committed by a magistrate, and people to save life, as, apart from the who, after training, pass a satisfactory credit of their humane deed, they will examination. The last provision in the receive a reward from the Government, Bill provides for a certificate as to the health of the crews, shipmasters being rendered liable to produce, when called upon, such a certificate,
WEDNESDAY, April 19:~~-
2p,m-Quangse leaves for San Francisco. THURSDAY, April 13:-
Noon.-Eaglish Mall leaves for Ports
of Call and Europe. SATURDAY, April 15;--
3 p.m.-American Mail leaves for
hames and San Francisco.——— SATURDAY, April 22:--
Olaims against the Estate of Captain Lawrence Young, deceased, must be SUNDAY, April 30:-
sent in on or before this date.
These and many similar quriosities th journalistic writing display a refreshing mixture of the two civilizations which pervade the atmosphere of this Colony. The Chung Ngoi Son Po, in a late issue, strongly urges the Chinese to unearth the riches of the country, and sites the fact that Russia no sooner secured Bag halien than good coal was discovered, to prove the silliness of their inaction, Then follows an argument which is ver
"Have not, then, the tainly novel;- minerals reasonable cause to complain that they are doomed to le, underneath the earth for ever!" After this appeal, we shall look for a combined rising of the minerals imbedded in the Imperial earth, and better times for Chinamen, man darina and minerals generally.
Claims against the Estate of George Barty Falconer, deceased, must-be sent in on or before this date. FRIDAY, June 30;
Claims against the Estate of Diederich Holmsoht, Quering Antonio Guterres, Martin Carroll, Dora Howard, and Henry Roberts, deceased, mast be proved on or before this date. MONDAY, July 31-
The most questionable clause in the Claims against the Estates of Gustav
Tobler, Edward Parker, Edward Bill appears to us to be the one relating It will be observed Richard Handley, Kwong Tham, Lam to the load-line, Kok Choong, Lee Ab You, Leung Sow that the clause upon this subject in the Fan, Man Chan, and a Chiusman,temporary Act of last year is to be name unknown, No. 11, decessed, must adopted, and that the load-line is to be be proved on or before this date,
fixed by the ship-owner himself, No doubt the presence of this clause in the Act of 1875 has done some amount of good, but we cannot admit that it is a strong preventive to over-loading. All shipowners are not able to judge of the carrying capacity of their vessels, and we may expect no end of differences of opi- hion among them in fixing their load-
Of the three or four native journals Hnes. But what is more important, they can fix the load-line where they please published in Hongkong, the Untersat on the bulwarks if they like, and, in Circulating Herald is the most amusing. fact, some shipowners at Liverpool did Edited by a scholar who has the bom endeavour to show their contempt for bastic faculty strongly developed, and in this clause in the temporary Act by whose hands plain facts frequently swell Noon.-General Weekly Sale by Messreplacing the lead-line absurdly near the into alarming proportions and strange bulwarks. The difficulties attending upon shapes, its "leaders" often contain gross a settlement of the load-line question are caricatures of English forms of thought The most recent display very great, but we are unwilling to ad- and action.
MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW. -Shipping.
Daylight, Thaler leaves for Bangkok, Noon-Cyphrenes leaves for Taiwanfoo
(direct.)
Goods per Traouaddy undelivered after Noom, subject to rent and landing charges.
Goods per Esmeralda undelivered after
this date subject to rent,
SAN FRANCISCO.
Auctions.
Per Ship LATHLEY RICH, at 11 am,
Tuesday, the 4th April
Lane, Crawford & Co.
Per
TO ADVERTISERS.
T
For
For
YOKOHAMA & SAN FRANCISCO.- QUANGSE, at 1.30 p.m. on Wednes day, the 12th April,"
Postponed till further notice. HONOLULU.—The Back COLOMBO, MAILS BY THE UNITED STATES PACENT, The United States Mail Packet BELGIO, | -----
will be despatched on SATURDAY, the let April, with Maus for Japan, San Francisco, and the United States, at 7.35 p.m. which will be closed as follows
2 FM Registry of Letters ceases. 2.30 r.. Post-Office closes,
ALFRED LISTER,
Postmaster General, General Post Office, Hongkong, March 20, 1876.
spl
MAILS BY THE FRENCH PACKET.— The French Contract Packet HOOGHLY, will be despatched on THURSDAY. the 6th April, with Mails to and through the United Kingdom via Marseilles to Europe, Salgon, Sin- gapore, Galle, Madras, Calcatta, Bombay, Aden, Suez, and Alexan- dzia.
The following will be the hours of closing
the Malls, c. ( Wednesday, 6th April-
6.P.M., Money Order Office closes. Post Office closes except the NIGHT Box, which remains open all night. Thursday, 6th April
It is requested that all advertisements bemit that the solution of thers afforded by of its alchemical powers will be found the Government Bill is the best. The in our present issue, where a plaint sent, when practisable, by 4 p,m., to allmo of
proposition that some thoroughly compet- translation of the Queen's Speech at ent men should be appointed to deter the opening of Parliament is metamor mine the maximum load-line of vessels phosed in a most startling manner, and the early issue of the paper.
is well worth consideration. Owners Her Most Gracions Majesty is reprs- The publication of this issue commenced would surely be content to go upon the sented as moralizing in a hopeless sort
THE CHINA MAIL.
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1876.
more
judgment of such men, for there is no of way in a cloud of Slavery and Chinese reason for supposing they would be Emigration, We trust that the more biaszed in their judgment in any way, Bonsible of the vernacular journāly will and for the matter of that, if the ship correct the vagaries of their "scholar- owner were not antialled with the load-ly" contemporary while otherwise er- line as fixed, there might be afforded an deavouring to represent honestly and
Of fairly the advantages of our easy means of appeals against it. course, if the Government undertook the advanced civilization to their fellow- Is all probability the new Merchant fixing of the load-line, the shipowners countrymen. Shipping Bill has now passed both would be relieved of some responsibility, Houses of Parliament. The last mail and there appears to be a strong objec brought intelligence that the Bill had tion to take any responsibility from their been read a second time in the lower aboulders.
The Bill may undergo some important House, and that it would be considered in Committee on the following Thurs-alterations in Committee, as the House If one may judge from the have, so far, only agreed to its principle. day. speeches in the House, both at the intro Mr. Plimsoll evidently contemplates some duction and at the second reading of the amendments. In his opinion the mea Bill, and from the comments in the sure falla "lamentably short of what provement in the art of war, Press on the subject, the Bill has been would be required in order to bring respect their matchless self-conceit gives received with a fair amount of favour. about a satisfactory settlement of the way to the pressure of circumstances, and they have to tacitly admit, over and over So far as we can see, and, indeed, it was question." admitted by the President of the Board
Whatever may be the ultimate form
THE SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. DISINCLINED as the Chinese Government are (says the Press) to make progress in any
other direction, they seem, as they have ever been, sufficiently anxious to adopt every im
In this
7. Post Office opens for sale of of Trade in introducing the measure, the of the Bill, however, it must be conceded / "gain, the immeasurable superiority of the Stamps, Registry of Letters and Bill is framed to a very considerable that the shipowners have met the whole arms and armaments of Western nations.
Posting of all correspondence.
10 A., Registry of Letters ceases, 11., Post Office alotes except for Late
Lotters.
to
(11.10 M., Letters (but Letters only) addressed to the United Kingdom or to Singapore may be posted on payment of a Late Fes of 18 cants extra postage, until 11.50 ... when the Post Office Closes
entiraly.
ALFRED LISTER,
Postmaster General General Post Office, Hongkong, March 23, 1876,
apб
MAILS BY THE ENGLISH PACKET, The English Contract Packet GEELONG, will be despatched with the Malls for Europa, d, on THURSDAY, the 18th April
extent on the lines of the temporary matter in a fair and proper spirit. Mr The vast mass of the army, however, in Act passed last year, It adopts the Plimsoll certainly did introduce a little spite of all they have done to improve it, is clauses in that Act for punishing ship of the sensational element into the ques- almost altogether unacquainted with the owners for sending ships to sea in an tion in its earlier stages, and the ship new arms of precision with which they unseaworthy state, and the onus of owners naturally became somewhat re have been furnished, and would, if called proving that a ship was sent to sea in a sentful, but generally speaking, the public upon to use them, certainly disappoint seaworthy state will rest with the ships have little to complain of, and much to
statesmen of Peking. After referring to owner. Section 8 of the Act of 1875 is commend on the position taken by the the brilliant expectations cherished by the also adopted. This section gives the shipowners on the matter. seaman a civil remedy for injury from unseaworthiness, putting him within the
the fortificatione in course of erection at Woosung the Press continues: "It is "avi
operation of Lord Campbell's Act, but Ir is interesting to watch the develop- the liability of the owner is limited. ment of the native press in China and dently the design of the Chiness Governa Upen the point of the detention of un-Japan, and to compare the gradualment to be prepared, to the best of their seaworthy ships the Bill embodies the growth of the former with the eager if ability, for any future quarrel with a foreign provisions of the Act of 1878 for cirnumscribed plungings of the latter. Power. But if they put their trust in forts survey, and it also embodies the provi- Though the number of the Chinese they will find, to their sorrow, that they elons of the Act of last year for appoint journals is but few in comparison with have been leaning on a broken reed. They
The following will be the hours of doainging officers with delegated power to their Japanese contemporaries, most of torget doubtless, that if their ramparts are
ABRIVED-Per Cassa dra, Mr Stannits, 7 H. E. Count Joseph Zi hay, and Count Auguste Zichay, and 10 Chinese,
Per Normanby, Mr Burchett, i European steerage and 174 ChinesO...
Pex Douglas, Mira Stewart and family, Messte Angus, Emory, and Bacheister, sik European deck and £10 Chinesa
DEFARTED. Per Amoy, for Shanghai, Colonel Wilkinson,
SHIPPING REPORTS.
The British steamer Doliglas reporta experienced N.E. winds an) thick rainy weather until arrival in Swatow, thence to
the Malls, dro. -
Wednesday, 12th April.
5., Money Order Offer closes.
8 r.st., Font Office alases except the Nro
Box, which raisine open all night. Thursday, 13th April. st., Post Office opens
10
for sale
of Stamps, Registry of Letters, and Posting of all correspondence.
Post Office closes except for Late Letters. Registry of Letters desSSE.
detain, There is, however, provided them are fairly well conducted. So long
in the new Bill an easier appeal for as the nonsense does not spicther the stronger and better defended foreign gung shipowners against the decision of the sense of what appears in those published and ships of war have made great strides in Board of Trade, substituting for the under European supervision, we believe advance. It is, as a matter of fact, open to existing tribunal of the County Court, the fullest freedom of putting things question whether, after all, the Chiness are Court of Survey, consisting of a Judge à la Chinois is acceded and but rarely considering the progress made in Europe in and two assessora of the Board of Trade, is this liberty abused by the native
or of the lossl board of shipowners. editors or contributors. There is, how the art of war during the last ten years Sir Charles Adderley, in bringing for ever, a strong tendency on the part of actually much better prepared to most a ward the Bill, detailed what he had done the Chinese to air their grievances and Western for than they were on the last ovens. during the recess for improving and ex relieve their feelings under the ambi- | don payment of a Late Fan of 18 sente tending the staff of the Surveyora He guous garb of flowery speech and me.
10.13 A Letters may be posted on
to
ettra Postage until
entirely.
had placed a consultive body of Survey-taphorical invective and the more
11 a., when the Post Office Closes or in London, in addition to the district purely native journal published in this THE HONGKONG NATIVE PRESS, 11.50 A., Letters (but Letters only) survey staff, had put principal officers Colony sinned in this respect not very
The Chinese Mall gives a summarised res
addressed to the United Kingdom Via over ten districts which embraced the long ago. That such wanderinge from port of the meeting of the Logisistirs Breadth or to Singapore may be posted whole of the United Kingdom and the paths of journalistic rectitude are of Conacil, and notices the correspondetise on in board the Packet on payment of a had weeded out the ineffectives of the rare occurrence speaks well for the the purchase of the Suez Canal shares. It Late Fen of 45 cents ežtía postage. Staff generally, The grain-cargo clauses wholesome influence which le certainly
are continted in the new Bill; but in being exercised by the native prods of also mentions that a reward of $36 Wa ALFRED LISTER,
Russian seamen, and encourages people to Postmaner General regard to desk cargoes, a sort of compre the minds and manners of the native made to the Junk-master who saved six
ise has been effected. Various propo- population. General Post Office,
It is rather to be regretted that many save life, so, apart from the #redit of their Hongkong, March 30, 1976. apis mals have been made for skecking unneces
port variable winds and thick cloudy wea11.50 A., Posting on Board ceaser
Ia Foochow B.LG,M.S
It
Fet hoo.. In Amor. U.S.S. Tantic,
a native of Penang, is desirous of anther with rain. Engagement, either ashore or afloat, Hu simple references. Apply to this Office,
Hongkong, March 30, 1876,
Swatowi H.M.8, Lapling, stre, Foodheth, Netepons and Cheong "Hock Kiem