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A ROSE BONG. Why are red rossa. rod ?

For roses once wore white. Because the loving nightingales

Sang on their thorns all night, Sang till the blood they shed" Had dyed the roses red li Why are white roses white? For roses onco were rod. Because the sorrowing nightingales

Wept when the night was fled,- Wept till their tears of light Had washed the roses white! Why are the roses sweet?

For once they had no scent. Because one day the Queen of Love

Who to Adonis wont, Brushed them with heavenly feet That made the poser sweet'! -R. A. Stoddard, in Scribner.

CHARITY.

Only a drop in the bucket,

But every drop will toll': The bucket would soon be empty

Without the drops in the well. Only a poor little penny,

It was all I had to give; But as pannies make the guiness, It may help some cause to live.

A few little bits of ribbon

And some toys--they were not new ; But they made the sick child happy, Which has made me happy, too. Only some outgrown garments-- They were all I had to spare; But they'll help to clothe the needy,

And the poor are everywhere.

A word now and then of comfort, That cost me nothing to say; But the poor old man died happy, And it helped him on the way,

God loveth the cheerful giver,

Though the gift be poor and small; What doth He think of Ele children

When they never give at all?

GRAINS OF GOLD.

A MAN cannot win golden opinions by an exhibition of his brass.

THERS is De Abed for a muu to deceive himself, when so many friends are ready to practice déception.

anything more than the bodies of its occupante. In this day, when education la striving hard to become universal, It cannot be shut up in schools, academies and colleges. It shines for all, and if its rays do not enter the sacred seclusions of the home, it must fall 12 conferring Its largest blessing upon society it its integral parts.

THE ANTARCTIC REGION. In a lecture recently delivered by Sir Wyville Thomson at Glasgow he gave an interesting account of the latest visit to the Antarctie zone that made by the Challenger and some considerations as to the probable structure of the unexplored Sonth Polar region. We make the following extracts

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topped, and showing little evidence of change of form and all day, on the south-

THE FIRST: MAN. MLADA SLEEPING CAR EXPERIENCE, Some repairs were needed to the engine

BY BRET HALTEZA

No. 4319-MAY 5, 1877,

something)But why was he popler ez an ondertaker WSPOM en horizin, berg after borg rone solentnly when the train reached Reno, and while

The One Man (lasily)-Well, he wan out of the water at first a white line only, most of the passengers were taking a philo Western road. After that first plunge into sorter soothen 'em in a kinder keerless way

It was, in a Pullman sleeping car on a kinder popler with widders and widderers the blue bounding clit growing in height sophical view of the delay and making unconsciousness which the weary traveler slung em anthin' here and there, sometimes as we ran southwards hordy a little themselves as comfortable as possible in the takes on getting into his birth, I awakened outer the book, sometimes outer himself, ez we crossed the Antarotle circle, solite dépot, in walked a native. He wasn't a to the dreadful revelation that I had been a man of experience as hed had gorror. Bed, lator we reached our most southern point, native Indian, nor a native grizzly, but a lat. 66° 40′ 8. long, 73 225 E., exactly native Nevadian, and he was ragged out in asleep only two hours. The greater part of they may (very cautiously), lost three wives 1,400 miles from the South Pole,

imperial style. He wore a bearskin coat a long winter night was before me to face hisself, and five children by this yer new was advancing, and as there and cap, buckskin leggings and mocensing, As the season

with staring eyes.

disease dipthery-out in Wisconsin. I Finding it impossible to sleep, I lay there don't know the facts, but that's what got waz no special object in our going further and in his belt was a big knife and two wondering a number of things: why, for in-around. south-aproceeding which would have been revolvers. There was lightning in his

The Other Man-But how did he lose his attended witli great risk, to an unprotected destruction in his walk, and as he sauntered stance, the Pullman sleeping car blankets ship, since, while the temperature of the up to the red-hot stove and scattered to fire squares ont out of cold buckwheat cakes,

were unlike other blankets; why they wore popularity P surface-water moged between -1° 67 and bacco-juice over it, a dozen passengers looked and why they clung to you when you turned -2°0 C. (29° and 24°4 F.), very close to the pale with fear. Among the travellers was freezing-point of sea-water, the temperature a car painter from Jersey City, and after why the curtains before you could not have over, and lay heavy on you without warmth; of the air fell to -4144 C. (24 F.), and once surveying the native for a moment, he cooly been made opaque, without being so thick or twice the water began to show that inquired: sludgy appearance which we know gets so Aren't you afraid you'll fall down and to sit up all night half asleep in an ordinary and suffocating; why it would not be as well rapidly, converting in a few hours an open hurt yourslf with those weapons?

passenger car as to be awake all night in a pack into a doubtfully penetrable barrier- "what" gasped the native in as-Fallman. But the suering of my fellow Captain Nares dealded upon following the tonishment. edge of the pack to the north-eastward,

passengers answered this question in the towards the position of Wilker "Termina-

negative. tion Land,"

From our most southern point the aes

whole of the horizon to the south-east was

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After spending about a month at Ker- guelen Island, making meteorological and other observations, and selecting a suitable spot for the observation of the transit of Venus by the English astronomical party la the following monson, the Challenger left

**I suppose they sell such outfits as you've Christmas Harbour on January 31, 1874,

got on at auction out here, don't they?" and on February 6 we reached the desolate

continued the painter. little group of the Heard Islands, and on

W-what d'ye mean--who ar ye the 7th continued our course southwards.

Barly on the morning of the 11th a large was tolerably dear of los for at least 20 whispered the native as he walked around My name is Logwood," was the calma iceberg was observed bearing south-south-miles in a south-westerly direction. The the stove and pat on a terrible look, east about elx miles of. The berg was closed by a chain of very uniform and sym-reply," and I mean that, if I were you, I'd table-shaped, the top perfectly flat and metrical flat-topped bergs, all about 200ft.rawl out of those old dads, and put on some covered with a dazellung layer of snow. The high above the water, one upwards of three decent clothes!?! perpendicular ice-cliffe bounding it were of miles in length, and several between one live a minit!" exstained the native as he "Don't talk that way to me, or you won't La delicate pale blue, apparently perfectly and two miles.

clear, with some caves and slight recesses,

hopped around. "Why, you homesick coyote, where the blue was of a deeper shade. The During the next week we were making I'm Grizzly Dan, the heaviest Indian fighter height of the borg above the sea was 219ft, our way slowly to the north-east, along the in the world! I was the first white man to and its extreme length by angular measure-edge of the pack, sometimes dipping into scout for Gen. Crook! I was the first white ment was 2,202ft; so that, supposing it to it a little way or crossing outlying loose man in the Black Hills! I was the first be symmetrical in shape, the contour of the patoben.

white man among the Modocs!”. visible portion being continued downwards,

"I don't believe it 1" flatly replied, the its depth below the water may probably

painter. "You look more like the first have been about 1,500ft. to 1,800ft. In the

white man down to the dinner table!" afternoon Lord George Campbell observed during his watch a large piece come off the side, dashing up the spray, and we after wards saw a quantity of fragments floating

of.

The native drew his knifo, put it back again, looked around, and then softly asked: Stranger, will ye come over behind the ridge and shoot and slash till this thing is settled ?”

"You bet I will!” replied the man from Jersey, as he rose up. Just pace right out and I'll fallow1"

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The weather changed during the night of the 23rd, and at daylight on the morning of the 24th the wind was rising fast, with a cloudy sky and frequent snow-showers. We were very anxious to get a haul of the dredge in this position, and Captain Nares had it put over in the hope of getting it up before the weather became too boisterous. The wind and sea rose so fast however, that it was found necessary to shorten the operation. The dredge was got in safely, but as we anticipated, it was empty, and had probably never reached the bottom. During the forenoon the weather got rapidly worse. The snow became continuous, and was so thick blinding clouds of singularly beautiful wheel-like crystals, which stung the face as if they were red hot-that we could scarcely see the length of the ship. We tried to get under the les of an iceberg; "Go right ahead-I'm not a married but while reefing an eddy saught the shipman replied the painter. and dragged her towards the berg, which "But you've got relatives, and I don't she fouled, carrying away her jibboom. want no law suite to bother me just as At 8 pm, things wezo nearly as bad as they spring is coming." could be. The wind was blowing from the south-east by bast, with a hurricane force

Every man in the room jumped to his feet in wild excitement.. The native started for the back door, but when he found the ear painter at his heels, with a six-barrelled Colt in his hand, he halted and said:

"Friend, come to think of it, I don't want to kill you and have your widow come on me for damages."

You see, be introduced some things into The One Man Well, that's the question.

instance, a way as he called it, of manniper- endertaking that was new. He hed, for lating the features of the deceased.

lating?

The Other Man (quietly)--How mammiper

a corpse is ?

The Other Man (in palpably affected sympathy)-Shof now!

aggressive thought)-Look yer, did ye ever The One Man (struck with a bright and notiss how, generally speakin, onhandsome

With the, recollection of last night's dinner

The Other Mun had noticed this fact. The One Man (returning to his fact)- weighing on me as heavily and coldly as the blankets, I began wondering why, over the Why, there waz Mary Foeblest as was whole extent of the continent, there was no daughter of my wife's bosom friend-a local dish; why the bill of fare at restaurant mighty pooty girl and a perfequing Christian and hotel was invariably only a weak reflex-died of scarlet fever. Well, that gal-I of the metropolitan hostelrica; why the en-" was one of the mourners, being my wife's trees were always the same, only more or friend-well, that gal, though I hed❜nt, par less badly cooked; why the traveling Ameri-haps, orter say-lying in that casket, fetched can always was supposed to demand turkey all the way from some A 1 cstablishment in and celd cranberry sauce: why the pretty Chicago, filled with flowers and furbelows waiter girl apparently shuffled your plates didn't really seem to be of much account. behind your back, and then dealt them over Well, although my wife's friend, and mea your aboulder in a semicircle, as if they owner well, now, I was disappointed were a hand at cards, and not always a good and discouraged, one? Why, having done this, she instantly retired to the nearest wall, and gazed at you scornfully, as one who would say: "Fair sir, though lowly, I am proud; if thou dost imagine that I would permit undue fami- liarity of speech, beware!" And then I began to think of and dread the coming breakfast to wonder why the ham was al ways cat half an inch thick, and why the fried egg always resembled a glass eye that visibly winked at you with diabolical dyspep- tic suggestions; to wonder if the buckwheat cakes, the eating of which requires a certain degree of artistic preparation and delibera- tion, would be brought in as usual one minute before the train, started. And then I had a vivid recollection of a fellow-passen ger who, at a certain breakfast station in Illinois, frantically enwrapped his portion of this national pastry in his red bandanna handkerchief, took it into the smoking car, and quietly devoured it en route.

"Yes, siri Well, you see, this yer onder- taker--this Wilkins-hed a way of correct- ing all that. And just by manniperlating. He worked over the face of the demised outil he perduced what the survivin' relatives called a look of resignation-you know, a sort of smile like. When he wanted to put in any extrya, he produced what he called- hovin reglar charges for this kind of work— & Christian's Hope."

The Other Man-I want to know I

"Yes.. Well, I admit, at times it was a little startlin'. And I've allers said (a little confidentially) that I hed my doubts of its being. Scriptooral or sacred, being, as you know, worms of the yearth; and I relieved my mind to our pastor, but he didn't feel liks interferin', ez long ez it was confined to church membership. But the other day, when Cy Dunham died-you disremember Oy Dunham P

A long interval of silence. The Other Man was looking out of the window, and had apparently forgotten his companion completely. But as I stretched my head out of the curtain I saw four other heads as eagerly reached out from other berths to hear the conclusion of the story. One head, a female one, instantly disappeared on my looking around, but a certain tremulousness of her window qurtain showed an unabated interest. The only two utterly disinterested men were the One Man and the Other Man,

The One Man (detaching himself languidly from the window)Cy Dunham ?

The 12th was misty with a breeze force 3-4 from the north-west by west. Many Icebergs came in alght from time to time, and quickly became obscured in the mist, The position of the ship at noon was lat. 8236 S., long, 80 E.

Towards evening we passed close to a vory beautiful iceberg. One part of it was rounded and irregular in form, putting us in mind of the outline of the Sphinx, and another portion, separated from the first by a Escure, and the sas dashing through be- tween them, was like a fragment of a colossal cornlos. As the sun sank the ice took a most lovely pink or mauve tint, and

making some observations which I think are Lying broad awake, I could not help I LOVE auch mirth as does not make when we came close up to the berg it show.

not noticed by the day traveler. First, that friends ashamed to look upon one another,ed out veined in a wonderful way with

"I'm an orphan, without a relative in the the speed of a train is not equal or continu- next morning.Izaak Walton.

lines of dcop cobalt blue. The ice was per-

world !" shouted the Jerseyite.

ous. That at certain times the engine ap- Well, the law will make me bury you,parently starts up and says to the baggage ing. He may d claro himself to be of were passing at this time seemed to be high; the temperature bad fallen to 6 11 and it would be a week's work to dig a grave train behind it, Come, come, this won't

A MAN's opinion of himself goes for noth-fectly pure and clear. The borge which we in the equalla; the sea was running very sound wind when making a will, to have breaking up very rapidly some large C. (1) we were surrounded with at this season of the year. I think I'll do! Why, it's nearly half-past two; how in lawyers prove directly the opposite con-

fragments had been detached from this one icebergs, which we could not see for the break a rib or two for you, smash your nose,

h-ll shall we get through? Don't you talk dition after death. It is hard for a fish shortly before we reached it, for a quantity shoets of blinding snow, but we could hear gouge out your left eye, and let go at to me. Pooh pooh! delivered in that

rythmical fashion which all meditation ns man to die without leaving doubts of his of debris was floating at a little distance. the dull boom of the surf dashing upon that!" sanity.-N. O. Republican.

sumes on a railway train. Exempli gratia. The pieces washing about in the water very thom, When the gale was at its height soou lose their edges and angles, and get

tain to look over a moonlit, snowy landscape, One night, having raised my window cur A LAWYER who does not believe in law, rounded and shortly disappear. physician who does not halieve in medi

The 13th was a fine day, with a light

as I pulled it down the lines of a popular cine, a clergyman preaching doctrines which wind from the north-north-east, and occa

comio song dashed across me. Fatal error. ora false to his own convictions, these are alonal snow showers. There were some

The train instantly took it up, and during victions or perfessions. Uster get drink "Yes, Cy nover hed hed either con- drudges of a lower order than an Irishman large tabular ledbergs along the southern

the rest of the night I was haunted by this and go round with permiscous women. carrying bis hod of bricks up the ladder.—horizon. In the afternoon we passed close

awful refrain: Fall down the bel-lind, James F. Clarke,

to a beautiful berg, vory irregular in form,

pull down the bel-lind; somebody's klink Sorter like, the prodigal son, only a little all the curves and shadows of a most

link. Oh, don't be shoo-shoo! Natural- more go, ez fur oz I kin judge from the fanks splendid blue. The lower portion of the

ly this differs on the different railways. On ez stated to me. Well-Cy one day petered out down at Little Rock, and was sent up side of the iceberg next na formed a long

the New York Central, where the road bed. steep slope into the water, and up this

quite perfect and the steel rails continuyor for interment. The fammerly, being epe the surf ran with every heave of the

ous, I have heard this irreverent train give proud-like, of course didn't spare any money 1, taking in its course the glorious blus

on thut funeral, and it was now between: F

the words of a certain popular revival hymn you and me about az shapely and first- he ice and ending at the top of the

after this fashion: "Hold the fort for I am lass and prime-mess affair ez I ever saw. gvis in a line of glittering foam.

Slankey, Moody slingers still, wave the Wilkins hed put in his extrys, He had put wish swash back from klinky, klinky klon onto that prodigal's face the A 1 touch-hed ky kill." On the New York and New him fixed up with a Christian's Hope. "And another thing," softly continued Haven, where there are many switches and Well-it was about the turning point, for the native. "I never fight in a hot room. I the engine whistles at every cross road, I thar was some of the members and the pastor used to do it years ago, but I found it was

have often heard: "Tommy make room for hisself thought that the line out to be drawn running me into the consumption. I always your whoopy! that's a little clang; bumpity; somewhere, and that was some talk at Dea- do my fighting out doors now."

bumbity, boopy, aliokitty, alickitty, clang.'

con Tibbet's about reg-lar conference killer !" exclaimed the painter, who had his star-light night, coming from Quebec, as we which made him onpoplar."

meetin' regardin' it. But it wasn't that "I'll go out with you, you old rabbit-Poetry, I fear, fared but little better.

slipped by a virgin forest, the opening lines of Evangeline Hashed upon me. But all I could make of them was this: "This is the forest prim val-eval; the groves of the pines and the bem-locks-locks-looks-looks- loooook!" The train was only slowing' or braking" up at a station. Hence the jar in the metre."

Goethe said that the thought of endless Ufe was sometimes oppressive to him, because there must be a period when farther progress was imposible. But he was reassured on this point when he looked up to the stars. The post felt that in revealing auch depths of space to him they hinted at intellectual distances which no soul could out-travel. In the same spirit Kant said, “Two things fill me with per- petual awe--the moral law and the starry heavens."-John Weiss.

"That suits me to a dot!" said the bow, and we were drifting directly upon it. and some of you shut the door to the ladies we saw the loom of an Iceberg on the lea-painter. Gentlemen, please stand back, As there was no time to ateam ahead, room!" Captain Nates went full speed astern with the four boilers, and set the reefed main topsail aback, and under this sail the ship fortunately gathered stern-way, keeping broadside to the wind, and we drifted past the berg. Towards evening the wind fell little, and we moved about all night between two bergs, whose position we knew, keeping as much as possible under their lee till daylight

On the morning of the 25th this storm, which was one of the most trying and critical episodes in the whole voyage, was entirely over, and the air was calm and clear. We pushed a couple miles into the pack to the north-east. We were now about fifteen miles from the position of Termination Land on the chart sent by Lieutenant Wilkes to Captain Ros. The sky was clear to the southward and east ward, the direction of the supposed land, but there was nothing which could be taken even for an "appearance of land." A

"I was the first man to attack a grizzly bear with the bowie knife" remarked the native as he looked around. "I was the first man to discover silver in Nevada, I made the first secut up Powder river, I was the first mun to make hunting-shirts out of the skins of Pawnee Indians. I don't want to hurt this man, as he seems kinder sad and down-hearted, but he must apologize to me." fight without taking off my coat, and I don't see any nail here to hang it on," said the native,

I'll hold it--I'll hold it shouted a dozen voices in chorus,

"I won't do it!" oried the painter. "Gentlemen, I never

coat off

The evening foll grey and slightly misty, with a number of icebergs looming through the mist. One or two of us were standing on the bridge about midnight looking at what seemed to be a low bank of white fog coming down upon us, when all at once a universal grating and rasping sound and sensation seemed to pervade the ship, and looking over the side we found that fustead of mailing in open water we had passed into the edge of the pack, and, as far as the cyo sounding taken close to the edge of the could reach to the eastward, the ass was pack had given a depth of 1,800 fathoms, closely covered with blocks of ice of all and there was no trace of land debris on sizes up to 6ft. or Tit. in length, among any of the icebergs. We were forced to coa-you. I never fight around a depot, though. which the ahip ground her way. A cold-aluds that Lieutenant Wilkes had been in looking moon struggled faintly through the error, and that there wasno land in this posi- cloud and mist and showed the pack vaguely tion. We now ran on steadily in a north. for a mile or ahead, covered with a light easterly direction towards Cape Otway, and on March 4 we passed a low irregular iceberg, the last we saw during our southern cruise of 1874. We sighted Cape Otway on March 16, and on the 17th we anchored off Sandridge Pier, in Hobson's Bay.

iceberga looming right ahead of us and on either bow, and the masses of ice becoming larger and forming a closer pack as we passed inwards from the outer edge.

"That's another deadly insult, to be wiped out in blood, and I see I must finish go out on the prairie, where there is a chance to throw myself,"

Where's your prairie, lead the way!" howled the crowd.

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One

WONDERS OF THE BEA, In the Indian Ocean, many feet below the surface of the water, grow woods quite luxuriant as any jungles or thickets we read of in South America. Some of the trees grow as high as two houses piled one ou another. They are called by a hard Game" perocraten." The roots resemble coral, and from the slender stefa grows a cluster of very long leaves. Other trees grow almost as high, and end in one single huge leaf that is about the size of our forest trees. Bushes-green, yellow and red fog, through which we could just see several are dotted here and there; and a velvety carpot of diminutivo plants covers the ground. Flowers in all the tints of the ratabow, ornament the rocks, and large leaves of the iris, of dazzling pink and red,

The necessary ordeze were given, and we float among them; and sea-anemones, 68 veered round and slowly passed out of the beds in the moss. Blue, red, purple and about beyond the line of wash-ice for the large and brilliant as cactus flowers, forms pack and into open water; and we bung green littlo fiab dart here and there; and short Antarctic night.

On the following morning there were los-which have a gertal weight. We have no "I never go into a fight without putting red gradual settling back of the car body to a between the bushes glides, like a serpan bergs all round us, some of them of very evidence that this space, which includes an paint on my left ear for luck; and I haven't state of inertia, which, of course, every the long, silvery ribbon-fish.

Thus, beautiful it is in the day; but fine forms. One which we saw all day on area of about 4,500,000 square miles, nearly any red paint by me, and there isn't a bit in when night comes on, and you suppose all the port quarter was gable-shaped with a double that of Australia, is continuous land. Reno." creatures gone to bed, the landscape grows glorions blue Gothic arch in the centre, The presumption would seem rather to be Bore lovely still. Little grabs and medu-and a separate spire over 200ft. high. It sas light up the sea the seapen quivers was like a gorgeous floating cathedral built with green phosphoric light what was of sapphire set in frosted silver. brown and red in the day is changed into All day the pack could be seen from the by an extension of the ice sheet, One thing "I took a solemn oath when a boy never

all these glittering jewels the moonfish bright green, yellow and rod; and amongst floats like a silvery crescent.-8. S. Visitor,

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THE HOME ATMOSPHERE. The most important thing in a home in ita atmosphere. I do not refer to the com- mon sir, however essential that, in in purity, may be to physical health. There

Although in the present state of our

the region included within the parallel of knowledge it would be rash to form any very definite opleion as to the conditions of

70 S., still there are some indications

native, as he leaned against the wall. I "It wouldn't do any good," replied the always hold a ten-dollar gold piece in my mouth when I fight, and I haven't got one to-day-in fact, I'm dead broke.".

"Here's a gold piece!" called a tall man,

fully replied the native, shaking his head, holding up the metal.

"I'm a thousand times oblegged," moura-

that it is, at all events, greatly broken up, ded the our painter, reaching out for the "Are--you-going-to-fight?" deman- a large portion of it probably consisting of bear skin cap. groups of low islands united and combined

Another silence no expression mor re- fection from the face of the Other Man of the least desire to know what ultimately settled the unpopularity of the undertaker. But from the curtains of the various berths several eager and one or two even wrathful faces, anxious for the result.

of interest)No, you're foolin' me!

The Other Man (with an intense expression

appear before my Maker to-morrow, yeal sho The One Man (solemnly)-Ef I was to was the widder of Barker.

take just laid hisself out. protested the Indian killer. Your wouldn't recalled that once I had endeavored to im

I had noticed a peculiar Eolian harp-like

The Other Man (lazily recurring to the

settled to rest after a hard run-an almost ary that ran through the whole train as we lost topio-Well, what made him onpoplar? The One Man (quietly)-Extrys, I think sigh of infinite relief, a musical sigh thatthat is, I suppose not knowin (cautious began in Cand ran gradually up to Fnatural, ly) all the facts. When Mrs. Widdecombe which I think most observant travelers have lost her husband-bout two months ago→ noticed day and night. No railway official though she'd been through the valley of the has ever given me a satisfactory explanation shadder of death twice this bein' her third

friend suggested to me that it was the of it. As the car, in a rapid run, is always marriage, havin' been John Barker's wid- projected forward of its trucks, a practical der

poetical traveler would reject. Four o'clock the sound of boot-blacking by the porter is not talk to him? But, fortunately, I faintly apparent from the toilet room. Why

The Other Mau-Woll, I swow! remembered that any attempt at extended combe, she put up a big funeral for the The One Man-Well, this widder Widde- conversation with the conductor or porter Was always resented by them as implied dis deceased. She hed Wilkins, and that onder- Just spread as far as the eye could reach, a mass of the area in very great, and that it is always want me to go back on my solemn oath, press upon a conductor the absolute folly of combe's old friends, a doctor up thar in deck stretching away to the east and south we know, that the precipitation throughout to fight without painting my left ear," loyalty to the company they represented. I

in the ways of Providence one of Wlade- himself. Onfortunately-perhaps fort natly ragged glittering blocks, one piled on the in the form of snow, thermometer never top of another. The ice-blink, a beautiful rising, pren in the height of summer, above would you"

a midnight inspection of tickets, and had and characteristic phenomenon, was very the pero of the centigrade noale.

"You're a cabbage, a squash, a pumpkin been treated by him as an escaped lunatic. Chicago, comes down to the funeral. Ha goes up with the friends to look at the marked above the pack-a gear band of

The curious question naturally arisen dressed up la leggings!" contemptuously re- No, there was to relief from this suffocating deseased, smilin' & peaceful sort of heavily white reflection rising some 12 above the Shall we ever be able to roash the South marked the car painter, as he put on his coat. sud insupportable loneliness to be fed smile, and everybody sayin' he's gone tu horison, and frequently bounded above by Pole 1. With our present methode sud ap- "Yes, he's a great coward," remarked seve. then. I raised the window blind and looked meet his reward, and this yor friend turns dark rolled cloud.

out, We were passing a farm house. Around, short and sudden on the widder pliances I should think that the answer tal others, as they turned away, The 16th was clear and calm, with a light must be an unhesitating negative Except.

light, evidently the lantern of a farm hand, actin in her pew, and kinder enjoyin, as is in every family another subtle, Islad from the south-east. There were in possibly somewhere in the rexion where drops of red paint shrieked the native tint of rose in the far horizon. Morning, corpse, and he says, says be i

"I'll give ten thousand dollars for ten was siung beside barn Yes, the faintest wimen will, all the compliments paid the visible, but constant force which maken numerable icebergs in all directicut somie Rosa penetrated, in 1842, to the parallel of Oh! why is it that I have no paint for my surely, at last. and moulds character. As there is a with their blue olids entirely visible from 78 81, to the south of New Zealand, or eat when here is such a chance to go in and fashion in dress and a coloring in art, the bridge, and the blue waves lapping about Graham Land, where Captain DallmaTM+ kill "

What did you say your husband died of marm F and a style in speech, and a tone in musia, about their base, sad springing up into in 1878, sontiated the explorations of Cap- so the home life has its distinctive assures and rodesses in lots of dealing tain Biscoe, shore asema to be no accessible

Consumption, she says, wiping her A big blacksmith from Illaois took him ere vacant sestian, yawning occasionally, eyes, poor critter Consumption gallopi Atmosphere, which is the product of many foam some only rising shove the horizon lead of fandi and Rosse southernmost by the neck and run him out, and he was and conversing in a languid, perfunctory consumption. sombining causes, and which educates more and slowly developing their variet outlines, point is upwards of 700, and Graham Laud teu no more for an hour, Just before the way. They sat opposite each other, and Consumptin bedd," sez he, bein' a pro- fectually than miles or presepte There and for is time deltiding us into the Idea 1,200, miles from the pole. The remainder in started, and after all the passengers cocasionally looked out of the window, but fane kind of Chicago doctor, and not bein whatsperorapete All things that they were low-sloping gently from the of the outline of the Antarctic continent had taken seats, the first zuni was seen always giving the stray impression that they ever under conviction, Thet man diad of whatsoever sro viewed through it. Habits water, and that it might be possible to last appears to be a perpendicular cliff 200ft, to on the platform. He had another bowle were tired of each other's company. As I strychnine. Look at that face. Look at All thouggen, allt ska under fit controls upon them. All the very large bergs, and 200ft. in height, without shelter, and with kife, and had slee put a tomahawk in his looked out of my curtains at then, the One the contortion of them facial muscles. That' All thoughts, all idend, all undertakings note of them were one or two miles in a heavy pack broken up and kept in motion bolk There was red paint on ble left eat. Man said with a feebly concealed yawn: strychnine. Thet's risers Cardonicus (that'e draw their support from its frigid elements length, were table-topped, evidently retain by frequent gales amoring outside it during his eyes solled, and, in a terrible voice, ke As icicles are formed in winter, oing their original-position.

Yes, well, I reckon he was at one time what he said he was always some eslfishness grown and hardens, under e

the greater part of the year, and bounding called out:

as popular an ondertaker er I knew.". profane)," About 10 o'clock in the stening our at a vast expanse of glacier surface, a great pressure. The worldly atmosphere inausta

The Other Man (inventing a question rathet is his last sulle. It's a Chriation's Why, doctor," says the widder, thek a sharp and biting winter in every home tation was called by the officer of the watch part of it subject probably to high winds

ther than giving an anerer, out of some wherein its blighting rigors are allowed to to very beautiful effect of light. There and to almost incessant falls of snow:

resignation" languid social impulse)But was he thin We have now learned that the Worth

yet cadettukota Christian-hed be fined Zeign, Hard-hearted people are brought had been a dne erimeon silnest, and now a up in the atmospheres of worldly homer, dark curtain of cloud had sunk, almost to Fole, if not actually accessible, is much

the church fr There is an intellectual atmosphere. So the water's edge, leaving between it and the more diffouls of access than we imagined, far as it goes it is beneficient. It quickens a long open line of the most vivid fame even with the long roll before tis of the mind, develops power, supplies substantial colour, broken hare and there by an leburgs gallant wen who have strained through themes for thought and talk. It gives a which according to its position, took a rosy many years the resotiroes of hitman, skill certain dignity to a home above anything glow from the sky, or merely interrupted it and bratory to the utmost le fruitless at which bare material splendor can impart. with its cold grey ouillas.

temple to attain the barren issile ; and we A home without books, pictures, news- During the forennon of February 16 we can only anticipate disasters multiplled a papers, articles of verty and pleasant rides passed on undes sall through splendid hundred-fald should the South Pole ever datirishing his tomahawk around his hand in to gladden the eye, la mu huuo si pll for double chain of leeberga, most of theta Aahla. Į pastino e prej of rifaley egzong the unions, | the wilder madET

Where is that man Logwood Y. Let him tone out here and meet his doom

"Is that you Count me in!" replied the tar painter, as he opened a window. He rushed for the door, leaped down, and was palling off his overboat igalt, when the fative began to retreat, calling out

autentsen secunds. I never fight with long Pli get my hair out and be bad here in Bair. I promified my dying mother not to

We had stopped at a station. Two men

| had got into the car and taken seats in the

The One Man (reflectively) Well, I don't know ez you might call hit a purfessing tion. I think Dr. Wylis hed him under Christian but he Hed-yea, He had convic conviction. Et least that was the way I got

# from th When the train golled away he was seem

A long dreary pause. The Other Man (feeling to was inrinkini tu kim to w*].

+9

Hell is full of that kind of resignation That be blowed; don't tell me, ses he It's pison. And I'll" Why detà miy skin, yes we and yes it's Joliet Wall now, who'd hey thought we'd been nig onto an hour?

their berths Bay look yer, stranger

Two or thres datious pesengers frosti Old man! What becade of

But the One Man and the Other Men bad Vaninsed

No

No. 4319.MAY 5, 1877-

To Let.

TO LET.

0. 3, PECHILI TERRACE, ELOIN STREET,

with Immediate Possession, Apply to

LANE, CRAWFORD & Co. Hongkong, February 7, 1877.

TO LET.

HOUSE No. 10, Albany Road, at present

occupied by the Rev. R. H. Bisnee Villa, Pok-foo-lum, Furnished. DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co. Hongkong, February 15, 1877.

TO LET.

1.

E Upper Portion of Non. 42 and 44, Queen's Road.

The Dwelling House and Offices No. 1, D'Aguilar Street, at present in the occupa tion of Messrs DOUGLAS LAPBAIK & Co.

Apply to

Any publication fulfilling the conditions hereafter named can pass as a newspaper.

The conditions are as follows:-

1st. The publication must consist wholly or in great part of political or other news, or of articles relating thereto, or to other current topics, with or without advertise-

manta,

2ad. It must be published in numbers at intervals of not more than 31 days, and must be printed on a sheet or sheets un stitched.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Goods sont for sale, or in execution of an order (however small the quantity may be), or any articles sent by one private indivi- dual to another, which are not actusl patterns or samples, are not admissible.

Patterns or samples, when practicable, must be sont in covers opon at the ends, and in such a manner as to be easy of examination, But samples of seeds, drugs, and such like articles, which cannot be sont in covers of this kind, but such artioles only, may be posted enclosed in boxes, or bags of linen, of other material, fastened in such a manner that they may be readily

convenience of those who may wish to post by the Pacific Boute to Canada, the West Indies, and other places named below

For the present no large quantities of thead Stamps can be supplied, nor is it undertaken that every denomination can be kept in hand,

Miscellaneous Notices.

Indian Correspondence. Unpaid Letters are not received, for the Indian Blail Packets,

The Pre-payment of correspondence for the Straits, India, Ceylon, and Aden is com

3rd. The full title and date of publication must be printed at the top of the first page, opened; or, in the case of seeds, &., for pulsory by: whatever opportunity it la

and the whole or part of the title and the date of publication at the top of every subsequent page; and this regulation applies to Tables of Contents and Indices.

4th. A supplement must consist wholly or in great part of mattor like that of a newspaper, or of advertisements, printed on a sheet or sheets, or a piece or pieces of paper, unstitched; or wholly or in part of engravings, prints, or lithographs lustra tive of articles in the newspaper. The aupplement must in every case be published with the newspaper, and must have the title and date of publication of the newspaper printed at the top of every page; or, if it consists of engravings, prints, or lithographs, at the top of every sheet or side.

A packet containing two or more nows papera is not chargeable with higher rate POSTAL RATES.

of postage than would be chargeable on a [Subjoined we give the postal rates book packet of the same weight.

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co. Hongkong, November 17, 1876.

uaw in force for transmission of corre

spondence to all parts of the world. Detailed rules affecting the transmis sion of packets, parcela, o., will be found annexed, together with a number of miscellaneons and useful notices.]

Hongkong Rates of Postage.

(Revised April 1st, 1877.)

In the following Statements and Tables the Rates are given in cents, and are, for Lettera, per half ounce, for Books and Patterns, per two ounces.

:

A newspaper posted unpaid, or a packet of newspapers posted either unpaid or insufficiently paid, is treated as an unpaid or insufficiently paid bock packet of the same weight

The postage must be prepaid either by an adhesive stamp, or by the use of a stamped

wrapper.

No newspaper can now be sent through the post a second time for the original postage. For each transmission a fresh postage is required.

Every newspaper must be posted either without a cover (in which case, it must not he fastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, sealing wax, postage stamp, or otherwise) or in a cover entirely open at both ends, so as to admit of easy removal for examination. If this rule be infringed the newspaper is treated as a letter.

Newspapers over four ounces in weight are charged as double, treble, &c., as the case may be, but such papers or packets of papers may be sent at Book Rate. Two Newspapers must not be folded together as

A newspaper or packet of newspapers one, nor must, anything whatever be inserted except bona fide Supplements. Printed

which contains any enclosure except sup- matter may, however, be enclosed, if the plements is charged as a letter, unless the whole be paid at Book Rate. Prices Cur-enclosure be such as might be sent at the zent may be paid either as Newspapert or book rate of postage, and the entire packet be sufficiently prepaid as a book packet, in which case it is allowed to pass.

Books,

N.R. means No Registration.

LOVAL AND TOWN POSTAGE,

Within any Town or Settle ment, or between Hongkong, Canton, and Macao, in either direction,......

Between any other two of the following placea (through a British Office) viz.--Hong kong, Macao, Forts of China and Japan, Bangkok, Saigon, and the Philippines, by Private Ship,...

Between the above by Con| tract Mail,

Letters.

Registration. Newspapers.

Bks. & Pttaa.

Per 2 6z:

282 2

22

8824

Countries of the Postal Union. The Union may be taken to comprise Europe, the United States, India (locluding Ceylon, the Straits, and Aden), Egypt, Labuan, Mauritius, Seychelles, Jamaica, Trinidad, British Guiana, and Bermuda, with all-frenoit and Spanish Colonies. -

Countries NOT in the Union. The chief countries not in the Union are: the Aus tralasian Group, British North America, Africa (except French and Spanish Colonies), South and Central America, and the West Indies (except Jamaioa, Trinidad, and British Guiana).

Postage to Trion Countries. United Kingdom and Union Countries served through London:

By any other

Letters,

Pia Brindial. 16

route.

12

Registration,

B

Менорареть,

2

Books and Patterns, 6

4

Other Union Countries:--

Letters,

Registration,

12 #

12

B

Newspapers,

Books and Patterns,

Postage to Non-Union Countries. W. Africa, Falkland Islands, Lagos, Gold Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Cape Verd Islands -

Letters,

Registration,

26

12

12

6

B

Newspapers Books and Fatterns, 10

Canada, Vancouver's Island, Prince Edward's Island, New Brunswick, New- foundland, Nova Scotia, Honolulu (N.R.), and Hawaii (N,R.);—

Letters,

Registration,

Newspapers, Books and Patterns,

20 12

16

12

0

W. ladies, Buenos Ayres, Costa Rica, Colombia (US), Guatemala, Grey Town, Hayti, La Guayra, Mexico, Monte Vi deo, New Granada, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela — Letters,

Newspapers,

Books and Fatterns,

Registration

to Honduras, & Bri-

tish West Indies,

38

84

情

4

A

12

112

Bolivia, Chili, Ecuador, and Peru

Letter

Newspapers,

50

8.

6

Books and Pattéru», 13

10

Registration,

Novo.

None.

Brazil:-

82

Registration,

Newspapers..

Lettere,

Books and Patt: ras,

the United States of America, Holland, and its possessions, Belgium, Denmark Grecos, Portugal and its possessions, and Switzerland, ia bags entirely closed, pro- vided such closed bags are transparent, no as to enable the Officers of the Post Office readily to satisfy themselves as to the nature of the contents.

There must be no writing or printing upon or in any packet except the address of the person for whom It is intended, the address of the sender, a trade mark or number, and the price of the articles.

Samples of intrinsic value must not be sent to any foreign country except United States; and in the case of France samples of aider down, raw or thread silk, woollen or goats hair thread, vanilla, saffron, carmine, or lainglass, are comidered to fall under this rule if they weigh more than three ounces; and up to this weight raw and span silk, as well as coloured and twisted silk, may be sent to Germany.

forwarded.

4.

Registration to Bangkok. Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General for Siam has been good enough to make. arrangements by means of which correspon- dence can be Registered to Bangkok, at the usual charge of 8 cents.

of latrinsic value, it should, if it be very Important, be registered.

Most countries to which Hongkong for- wards Correspondence having joined the General Postal Union or being probably about to do so, it is necessary that the following rules be strictly observed..

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence,

May 4, 1877.

Lots, Payo.

1. No Letter or Facket, whether to be registered or nnregistered, can be received jowals, precious articles, or anything that, for Portage if it contains gold ornithing that Abbrecht, Miss 11. as a general rule, is liable to Customs

duties.

2. This Regulation probibits the sending of Patterns of dutlable articles, unless the quantity sent be so small as to make the sample of no value.

3. The limits of weight allowed are as follow

Books and Papers-to British Offices, ̈6 lbs,; to the Continent, &c., 2 Iba. Patterns to British Offices, 6lba. if with- out intrinsic value; to the Continent, dc., 8 oz, 4. The following articles cannot be sent Poat at all: Glass, Liquids, Gunpowder, Matches, Candles, boap, indigo, Dyo-stuffa, or whatever is dangerous to the Mails, or offensive or injurious to persons dealing with them.

Soldiers and Sailors Letters. Privates in H. M, Army or Navy, Non-by commissioned Officers, Army Schoolmas- ters (not superintending or First Class) or Schoolmistresses may sond half-ounce letters to the United Kingdom via Martellies by French Packet, or via Southampton by British Packet for one penny; or vit Brindisi by British Packet for three-pence. Hongkong stamps will propay this class of correspondence exactly the same as Imperial Stamps.

Soldiers' and Salora lettera are, however, charged as ordinary letters If they do not conform to the following regulations -

1. Not to exceed half an ounce. No double letters are allowed.

2. If from a Soldier or Sailor, his class or description must be stated in full on the letter, and the commanding Officer must sign his name, with name of Regi- ment, or Ship, da, in full.

The rule which forbids the transmission through the Post of any article likely to Injure the contents of the Mail Bage 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- thing of the kind will be stopped, and not sent to its destination, Articles such as

8. If to a Soldier or Sailor, his clasa or the following have been occasionally posted as Patterns, and have been detained as description must be stated in full, with unfit for the Post, viz: Metal boxes, porce-name of Regiment, or Ship, &c., in full. lain and China, fruit, vegetables, bunches of flowers, cuttings of plants, spurs, knives, scissors, needles, pins, pieces of machinery, sharp pointed instruments, samples of metals, samples of ore, samples in glass bottles, pieces of glass, solde of various kinds, surry combs, copper and steel en. graving plates, and confectionery of all kinde,

Such articles as scissors, knives, razors,

Every newspaper must be so folded, as forks, steel pens, nails, keys, watch machi to admit of the title being readily in-nery, metal tubing, pieces of metal or ore, provided that they be packed and spected.

guarded in so secure a manner as to afford complete protection to the contents of the mail bags and to the Officers of the Post Office, while at the same time they may be easily examined, may be sent as samples to the following countries, but to these alone; viz., the Azores, Belgium, Cape de Verd Islands, Denmark, Egypt, Gormany, Hol land. Madeira, Bloldavia, Norway, Portu- gal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, Wallachia, and the British Colonles, Indigo cannot be sent to any place abroad.

A packet of patterns or samples sent to the Azores, Capa de Verd Islands, France, Madeira, Portugal, or by French packet, to Turkey, Syria, or Egypt, must not depth; a packet to any other place abroad must not exceed 24 inches in length or 12 inches in width or depth.

A newspaper which has any letter, or any communication of the nature of a letter, written in it or upon its cover, is charged as an unpaid or insufficiently paid letter..

No packet of newspapers may be above 6 165. in weight, nor above two feet in longth, one foot in width, nor one in depth.

To provide the greatest possible facilities for posting Correspondence for Europe, &c., up to the latest moment before the departure of the French Packets, arrange. ments have been made for receiving at the Post Office late letters except those to and through Australia--from 11,10 a.. to 11,30A.M. Each letter must bear a late fes of 18 cents extra postage.

*But not Warrant Officers, viz., Assistant Engineer, Gunner, Boatswain, or Carpenter, -

Communication with Batavia. The Netherlands India Packets leavo Singapore fortnightly, and are fitted to the arrival of the outward P. & O. Mail from

Europe.

The French Packts for Batavia walt at

Singapore for the Packet from China and run fortnightly.

It follows that to forward Correspon dence to Batavia with the least delay, the following are the best opportunities --

In the S. W. Monsoon.

The English Mail. The French Mall, In the N.E. Monsoon," A Private Steamer a few days before the

English Mall

The French Mail,

The Post Office is not, by law, responsible for any loss or inconvenience which may arise from the non-delivery, mis-sanding, or muls-delivery of any letter, book, or other postal packet (even if the packet be re- gistered); nor is the Post Office responsible for soy injury which a packet may sustain

To guard against such injury all postal packets which are likely to suffer from stamping or from great pressure should be placed in strong covers; and even with this precaution no fragile article should be sent through the Post. It should be remembered that every packet has to be handled several times; that it is exposed to considerable pressure and friction in the mall bag; and that, whenever the bag has in the course of its transmission to be transferred by means of the railway apparatas, the risk of injury

much increased.

A book-packet may contain any number exceed 18 inches in length, width, or during its transmission.* of separate books or other publications (including printed or lithographed letters), photographe (when not ou glass or in cases containing glass or any like substance), drawings, prints, or maps, and any quantity of paper, or any other substance in ordinary use for writing or printing upon and the books or other publications, prints, maps, &c., may be either printed, written, on- graved, lithographed, or plain, or any mixture of these. Further, all legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of a book, &o, or of a portion thereof, in allowed, whether such binding, dro. be loose or attached; as also rollors in the case of prints or maps, markers (whethe, of paper or otherwise) in the case of books, pens or pencils in the case of pocket-books, de, and, in short, whatever is necessary for the safe transmission of such articles, or usually ~apportains thereto; but the binding, rollers,

&c. must not be sent as a separate packet. A similar supplementary Mail will be Circulars,--.., letters which are intend-made up for Shanghai by the English and ed for transmission in identical terms to French Contract Steamers, the late letters several persons, and the whole or the being received from 10 minutes after, up

to half an hour after the time of closing greater part of which is printed, ongraved, or lithographed,-may also be sent by The late fee will also be 18 cents. book post.

But a book-proket may not contain any letter, or communication of the nature of a letter (whether separate or otherwise), unless it be a circular-letter or be wholly printed; nor any enclosure sealed or in any way closed against inspection; nor any other enclosure not allowed by Rule 3. It this rule be infringed, the entire packet is charged as a lotter.

A book-packet may be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not be fastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, sealing wax, portage stamp, or otherwise), or in a cover entirely open at both ends, so as to admit of the contents being easily withdrawn for examination; otherwise it is treated as a letter. For the greater security of the contents, however,

may be tied at the ends with string Postmasters being authorised to cut the string in such cases, although, if they do to they must again tie up the packet.

No book-packet may be above 5 lbs. in weight, nor above 24 inches in length, 12 inches in width, or 12 inches in depth, unless it be sent to or from one of the Government offices.

When, owing to a great and unusual influx of letters, books, &e, the transmic. slon or delivery of the letters would be delayed if the whole mail were dealt with without distinction, book-packets may be hopt back till the next despatch or delivery.

ww

The limit of alle for a book-parket` addressed to any plase abroad is 24 inches in length and 12 inches in width or depth.

Exceptions. P packet for Algurla, Azores, Cape de Verd Islands, France, Madeira, or Portugal, or for Egypt, Syria, or Turkey, when sent by French Packet, must be above 18 inches in length, width, or depth.

PATTERNS.

The above arrangement is intended to mest occasional emergencies, and not for the regular posting of extensive correspon- dence. Should it be found, therefore, that large and unmanageable numbers of lettors are habitually thrown upon the Department at the last moment, a heavier late fee will be imposed.

REVISED TARIFF OF CHARGER ON COK-

RESPONDENCE FORWARDED BY THE

ABGVE PACKET TO CANADA, THE WEST INDIES, SOUTH AMERICA, &C. Letters, &c., can be posted for Canada, the West Indies, and other places named below, if sufficient American Stamps are added to prepay them from San Francisco to destination. American Stamps are sold at this Office.

No Information can be given respecting letters which pass through a Post Office. except to the persons to whom they are addressed; and la no other way is official information of a private character allowed to be made public. & Postmaster may, however, give an address if he has no reason to believe that the person whose address, it is would disapprove of his doing so.

Postmasters are not allowed to return any letter or other packet to the writer or sender, or to any one else, or to delay forwarding it to its destination according to the address, sven though a request to such effect be written thereon.

Postmasters are not bound to give change, nor are they authorised to demand change; and when money is paid at a Post Office, whether as change or otherwise, no question as to its right amount, goodness, or weight can be entertained after it has been removed from the counter.

Postmasters are not bound to weigh any letters or other packets for the publlo, but they may do so il their duty be not thereby impeded.

The charge for Registry lo 8 cents in Hongkong Stamps, and 10 cents in U. S. Stamps to those places only the names of

The practice of sealing letters passing to which are printed in Italics. To all the and from the East and West Indies, and other places named correspondence cannot other countries with hot oilmates, with wax be Registered through, but only to San(except such as is specially prepared), is Francisco (8 conta.)

attended with mach Inconvenience, and The following are the charges on Cor frequently with serious injury, not only to

the letters so sealed but to the other letter respondence thus rent

Letters, per half ounce. In the mail, from the melting of the wax and Hongkong Badhesion of the letters to each other. The

Stan.ps Stamps

cent public are therefore recommended, in all, such canos, to use ofther wafers or gum, and to advise their correspondente in the coun- tries referred to, to do the same,"

condo

Canada, British Columbia, New Scotia, Brunswick, Nova Prince Edward's Island, Vani couver Island, Bahamas, Nassau, New Providence,... 12 Aspinwall, Bermuda, Cuba, Fiji, Greenland, Jamaica, Panama,........... 12 Bawall, Netufoundland,.......... 14 Guatemala, Marquesas Is,

J

8

10

Metico, Salvador, Tahiti,... 12 Belize, Bogota, Carthagena, Costa Rica, Coraços, Grey toun, Guiana, Honduras, Martinique, New Granada, Nicaragua, Sunda Martha, Turva Iland, Venezuela, West Indies...... Hollvid, Chill, Ecuador, Pers, 19 Brasite Argentine Confederation, Bue hos Ayres, Paraguay, Uru güay

121 Books and Papert,

Circulars do, for Canada, per

102, ammondü 2. Newspapers for all other plates

(not over 4 oz) eath Papir, 2 Books, &o, for all other places,

par & oddaji

They must not be of intrinsft value." This rule excludes all articles of a saleable naturs, and indeed whatever may have a value of its own, apart from lia meteuse as a pattern; and the quantity of any material sent ostensibly as a pattern must not be so great that it can fairly be compapers sidered as having on this ground an intrin

sic value.

Pattern and Sample Post to colonies and foreign countries is restricted to bond ide trade patterns or samples of merchandise,

15

17

31

PARCELS. The publia is reminded that, in China and Japan, there is no such thing as Parcel Fost. Much trouble and disap. pointment is caused by persistent attempts to send small valuable trifles through the Poat Fane, Curios, Articles of Dress, Fancy Work, and similar presents are con- tinually being refused, the senders having often spent me freight a thin. No have paid the freight by steamer. refund can be made on such parcels of the value of Stamps obliterated before the nature of the contents was discovered.

PATTERNS.-Somodificulty is experienced in obtaining a general understanding of what is a Pattern. It is a bond fide sample of goods which the sender has for sale, or of goods which he wishes to order. It is to consist of the smallest possible quantity compatible with shewing what the gooda are, and must have no intrinsic value,

To provide means of remitting small sums of money to or from this Colony and between the Ports of China and Japan, the

in future be allowed (but not required) to Postmasters and Agents of this Office will purchase Hongkong Postage Stamps from foreign residents.

Between Hongkong and Shangbal, or Hongkong and Yokohama, however, in either direction, Money Orders must be used.

The Stampa tendered for sale must not exceed 825 în value, must be perfectly clean, in good condition, and in strips of st least two, as no separate Statops will be purobased. They must be presented per sonally or accompanied by a note,

Anna

Achan

Assis, Eduardo del

Androw

s

1

1

1

.1

Bocary, F. B. Bosing, Mrs S. E. 1 Bisset, Chas. H, Blacknoro, G. Caldecot, Cegond, Mons. 3.1 Cockburn, Col. Davis, Quintin A. 1 Davis, Thos. Davur Faston 11

jec Fremjee Day, Geo. Descartes, Mons. 2 Dios, Iguacio Drummond, R.. 1 Farnham & Co., )

S. 0. Farquharsou,

Thos. Fletcher, Angus 1 Gardner, C. F. 1 Garwood, Mes ≥ 1

M. Gordon, G. Graf, L. Graham, Mrs

Green, W. Hitchcock, F. A4 Hutchinson, F.C.1 Jackson, R. Jameson, A. Jenchan, Capt.

u, H.

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Lets. Fope

Mekiborn,Josephl Mellish, Edward 2 1 Mellser, L. F. Membert,Chas.

E.

1 Middleton, J.T. 1

Monkman, J. W. 1

Nelson, Geo.Kerr I

Orenstein, M.

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Palmer, J. A. I

1 Paulopolo, Joana 2 regd.

1

Parker, E. H.

Perks, bra

Arthur J.

1

2

Playfair, G.B.H. 2 Pollard, Mr Porat, Dr Benito 1

Redmond, D, S. 1

Rico, Mrs Moses 2 Rielmond, Misz 1 Robertson, John 1 1

Kuchwaldy, L.

Scott, John regd.Sab, Lieutenant 1

Senwesing

Shaik Hoosan.

Shaik Hajes

Snowdeal, Wra. H.

2

St. John, Miss B

I

Irogd.

1

1 regd. Stevenson, A.

1

1

1

Taylor, R.

Taylor, Wm. E. 1

2 Trong Chie & Gol

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Tester, David

2

Turner, Cecil

1

T'easy, Miss

M. E. A.

1

Verner, Mrs M. 1

1

Wailer, E. H,

1

1

Wedderburu,

Sir David

2 Webman, T. H. I

1

Winno, Mr

1

Wolkelda, W.

2

Woodall, Edward I

1

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1

1

Young, Mrs A, I

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Lots. Pers

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A

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Monkchester

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2-Small sums may be remitted between Daphnc the other Porta by means of Postage Denbighshire. Stamps.

Echo

2

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The commission is as follows:-

Orders on the United Kingdom.

Up to £2....

18 cents, Bo...

36

T:

"

£10.. .72

"Local Money Orders,

Up to $25,15 cents.

80............80

Florence

1

1

1

1.

I

Gastonnio Gaston Apjer Giamena Glamorganshire 1 Golden Horn 1 Gryfe 2 T. Pearson

Hanush & Mary 7 Harbinger Hibernia, s.6.

Rhoda

Roving Builor

Sapphire

Surah Nicholson

.1

1 Sir Hobart Parkes 2

Southern Cross 2

Spirit of the Age 2

1 Star of China

1:

Star of Jamaica 19 Stracathro Syringa

Tarivon, 8.5. Tewksbury L.

Swart

1 Tweed

1 Umnin

2 Vanadis

I

fi

Western Chief 10.11

William Fruing 11

Wm. E. Deita

Ida F. Taylor

1

1

Wm. Phillips

Woodlark

Yorkshire

For H. M. Ships,

Lata. Pop.

Lets, Page.

Tamar

Victor Emanuel

B-Lists of Money Order Offices in the United Kingdom may be consultod at Magpic Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yokohama.

5. a tegle

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27

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Arrangements have been words to roll American Stamps at this Ofice, for the

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Made out on a printed form which is supplied

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preminum in all cases,

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Arify and Navy Gazetto. Cassell's Magazine. Die Gaztelande,

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Nioneve Rotterdamsche Couranİ, Steamship Circular (H. E. Mons') Sunday at Home,

Uber Land und Meer. Voczuge Preissour

Vessel's Name,

Captain.

Steamers

Bertha

Bombay Braemar Cantle Cairnsmuir

City of Peking

Cyphrones Douglas Feronia Flintshire

8 b Windham 5 c Smith Ayler

Manila

Yokohama

Bankow

4 cSpowart

4 h Tanner

4 o Wood

5 b Pitman 1Schultz

3 Thomas

Glenlyon Gungs Hailoong Hankow

6 Wallace

is Garceau

5 Abbott

Hankow

In bros

Jusz

Montgomeryshire

Nelson

4 c Bomington

Brit, Symington

¡Brit

4 h Stock

Brit.

3 Sturrock

¡Brit.

atr. 1275 April 20 Jardine, Matheson & Co. str. 1019 April 16 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co. air. 1146 April 28 H. Kler & Co.,

London

Salgon

5 b Staples

Brit,

Niogpo

Case

Brit.

Noma

2 Walker

Rajanattlanabar

9 b Hopkina

Brit, okr

Sösda

4 b

¡Brit. str.

Sea Gull

GhPercy

Yokohama

Sunda

5 Rooves

Wash!

Yottung Zamboanga

1huntas"ནནསང

Cooktown

4 Valenceno

Saillug Vessolo

A. T. Stallknecht

3 Schiltt

Gor. bge.

559 April 23 Stemssen & Co,

Salgon

Albert Russell

18 c Carver

Amer. bqe.

America

2 k Holdt

Gor.

ah.

762 April 13 Vogel, Hagedorni & Co. 1210 May 18lemssen & Co.

New York

Cebu

Arabella

8 c Pearson

Brit. bge. 665 April 16 Meyer & Co.

London

Aurora

3 c Milne

Brit. bqe,

295 May

3Chinese

Catherine Marden

4 c Marden

Brit. Sm.be.

287 April 19 Wm. Pustau & Co.

Takow

Charité

12 h Borvé

Feb. bqe.

255 May 2Carlowitz & Co.

Charles Maureau

2 h Quatresous

Foh. e.

363 April 29 Landateln & Co.

Newchwang

Charlotte Andrews

4

Place

Brit, bqe.

366 May 1 Rozario & Co.

Cheng Soon

2 h Chong Sang

Slam, eoh.

300 April 80 Chinese

Сортал

8 Millar

Amer, soh

230 April 19 Insurance Company

4 Weydemann

Ger. bge.

3 Gran

Gor. bge.

8 cAsburn

2 b Holze

.

sh.

2 h Vie

3 c McEachern

8 Finnister

Brit.

2 h Grolg

Brit.

18 & Snow

8 c Deat

!Ger.

4 cwort

Ger.

Brit.

8 Cutle

8 Garrlook

Brit

3 eGrafe

19 dBrown

8 с Норве

4 Burgeland

... Mason.

Span. bg.

Amer. bge.

8 c Banobar

Amer. bgo.

Valot Neemann

Fch. bg. 254 May Ger. bqe. 300 April

Ellen Riokmura

Emma Evening Star Fabluà Falcon

Glamorganshire Glangafra Hannah Law Helena Hydra

Jan Peter

Lalla Rookh

Leucadia

Loiterer

Mary Whitridge New Era

Nyasza Picciola Rosetia MoNeil

Rosine

Kurik

St. Josephi

Terese Thomas Lord Thoon Kramont Tullochgorum Villa de Rivadavia W. H. Deitz Wealthy Pendleton

WHAMPOA Eudoxie Adolphins Gustav Adolph

¡2 b Hender

Boblearns

7 b Vincent

8 casyor

8 Dumont

Cubada

8 Hall

12 Vorrath

4 c Carmus

8 Endicott

45 aug. 13 Insurance Cos. Amer, sh. 862 April 16 Russell & Co.

Brit, sh. 1060 April 25 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co.

sh. 709 April 7Wm. Pustau & Co. Ger. bqo, 288 April 28 Sietsen & Co.

Amer, bqe

Am,3m. sc.

611 Mar. 25 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co. 406 Feb. 28 Arnhold, Karberg & Co. Russ. bqe. 830 Mar. 25 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co.

4 Carlowitz & Co. Foh bqe. 289 May

251 Mar. 31 Siomsson & Co. Span. bqe, Amer. th. 1316 April 12 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co. Slam, bqe. 474 April 29 Siomasen & Co.

Brit.3m.80. 175 April 20 Wieler &Co.

261 April 28 Brandao & Co.

San Francisco

340 May

New York

Halphong

sh, 896 April 11 Wm. Pustan & Co. sh. 1290 April 28P. & O. 8. N. Co. Amer, bqe 609 May 4 Arnhold, Karberg & Co.

bqe. 785 Mar. 27 Siemaren & Co. bqe. 536 April 26 Siemsson & Co. Brit, bgo. 814 April 20 Molchem & Co.

sh. 896 April 12 Meyer & Co. Amer, sob.

Manila

THE CHINA MAIL.

Merchant Vessels in Hongkong Harbour.

Exclusive of late Arrivals and Departures reported today.

$

To facilitate finding the position of any vessel in the Harbour, the Anchorage is divided into eight Sections, commencing at Green Island. Vassois near the Hongkong shore are marked ., near the Kowloong shore k., and those in the body of the Shipping or midway between each shore are marked c., in conjunction with the figuras denoting the sections. Section.

1. From Green Island to the Gas Works,

2. From Gas Works to the Novelty Iron Works.

3. From Novelty Iron Works to the Harbour Master's Office.

4. From Harbour Master's to the P. and O. Co.'s Office.

Section.

5. From P. and O. Oo, 's Office to Peddar's Wharf.

6. From Peddar's Wharf to the Naval Yard.

7: From Naval Yard to the Pier.

8. From Pier to East Point,

Flag and Big.

Tons.

Date of Arrival,

Consignees or Agents,

HONGKONG MAKKET PRICES. Corrected to Saturday, May 5, 1877. AC 1110 Cash per Dollar Mexican,

Patch. Highest, Loreti,

No. 4919, Max 5, 1877,

ostly 20

Carrots, Salt Carrots, Fresh, English catty Cauliflower,

40

20

each catty

80

30

70 40

Colery, Chinese, Cath Cash Celery, English,

Qucumbers, 450 400-Chillos, Dried,

Mixed, 300 280 160 140 Curry Staff, English, o "

80. 20

100

80 70

Bacon, English,

Butcher Meat

.. lb.

#

11

"1

Ame. Sugar oured, Foechow, Boef, sirloin and prime out, cy, 160 150 Egg Plant, Boef Corned,

catty 160·140 | Garlio, (bulb) dried,

40

60

40

17

Roast,

150 140 Ginger,

30

"

Soup,

100

20 Greens, White

10

角

Destination,

Remarks.

Steak,

160 150

Winter courG

20

71

60

15

10

17

80 60

21

10

Brit, atr. 1421 April 23 Meyer & Co. Brit str. 749 May 3P. & 0. 8. N. Co Brit, str. 1424 April 24 Adamson, Bell & Co. Brit. str. 1120 May 3Holliday, Wise & Co.

1P. IL S. S. Ca.. Amer, atr. 6079 May Brit, att. 1280 May 4 Gibb, Livingston & Co. Brit. str. 864 May 6 Douglas Lapralk & Co. Ger. str. 1089 April 20 Wm. Pustan & Co. Brit. str. 1240 April 30 A. McG, Heaton Brit.

str. 1378 May Jardine, Matheson & Co. Foh.

str. 797 April 26 Hop Kee & Co.. Brit. str. 277 April 27 Douglas Lapralk & Co. str. 2332 April 19 Slemssen & Co.

Hankow

Cooktown & Sydney 8th Inst.

Amoy, Taiwan, do at daylight

5 b Hunter

str. 894 April 28 Jardine, Matheson & Co. str. 701 May 18lemsson & Co. 4Kwok Acheong

Brit. str. 606 May

Brit. str.

933 April 30 Yuen Fat Hong

37 Deo. 17 P. & O. 8. N. 3o. 85 April 24 Olyphant & Co.

Brit atr, 1205 April 18 P. & O. 8, N. Ca. Brit, str. 205 May 1Landstein & Co. Brit. str. 324 June 9 Kwok Acheong Span. str. 651 April 26 Ah Yon

Cooktown

Cooktown

Swatow Bangkok

Swałow

307 April 28 Melchers & Co.

2 Wm. Pustau & Co.

Brit. bq8, 871 April 14 Borneo Company, Limited

Slam,

635 April 28 Kin-tye-loong Brit, bqe. 985 April 23 Yuen Fat Hong

Brit. bqe, 466 April 80 Kier & Co.

Bullocks' Bralus, ⚫ per set

60 Green, Sprouta 275 250 Green Pesa, in shell, old 320 800

young #1

18819 & 1282 881 9888 g 1 legs 1842 9222 8 8 8 8 11 8 9 8 1 888 88888

" Tongue, fresh, esch

7th, 10a.m. Malls

corned.

"}

"

21

Head,

12

600 600**Horse Radiah,” S'hal,

"

300 250

าง

Ab'deen Dook

Heart,

150 140 Lettuce, Chinese,

20

$1

"

Y'bama & S. Felsco Mails, 15th Saigon Coast Ports

})

Hump, Salt

110 100

12

English,.

Fect,

50

40 Mint,

In Dock

Kidneys,

60

1

60 Mushrooms, dried,

head bunch catty

10

15

10

"

Tail,

100

11

90 Onions, Bombay

19

12

Liver,.

catty

80 60

Green

20

"

Ab'deen Dock

7th inst

Hams, American,

lb.

To-day

at daylight

i

K'loong Dock 7th inst.

Ühinese,. English. Mutton Chop,

►

"

Tripe (undressed), ostty 50

500, 400 Calves' Head and Foot, not

300 280 Potatoss, Macao,

Californian, Sweet,

40 Parsley, Chinese, English,

60

·10 bunch

760 660

60 100

60

180 170 860 340

catty

วิธี

30 20

30

26

19

190 180 Pumpkins,

Leg,

190 180 | Radishes,

2

Shoulder,

140 -130 Scallions,

"1

Malle

Liver,

130 120 Shalots,

1)

Hoihow & Haiphong at daylight

Pigs' Chitlings, a

casty

60

Repairing

Feet,

50 Sesamum, 100 90 Spinach,

11

30

Txy,

110 100

Common

"

doz catty

12 10

20 15

20 30

35 20

30

120 100

40 30

20

35

"

Head,

90

Bo Squash, bottle

80

" Heart,

exch

60

50

Taro (U Tau)

20

19

"

Kidneys,

•

80 70 Tomatoes,

120

11

Cleared

Liver, Pork, Chop,

Ib.

100 80 Turnips, Salt,

20 15

>

1

. catty

150 140

"

Chinese.

catty

15

10

Corned

180 120 Vegetable Marrow,

90

"

"

13

Leg,

150 140

Water Lily Roots,

40

30

常

"

Fat or Lard,

110 100

Water Cress,TM

bunch

20

**

9

Yams,

Sheeps' Head, and Jeet, nok

340 820

Hoart,

andh

50 40

#

Kidneys,

#

Sucking Pigs, Voal,

catty

80 70 1750 1000 140 120

11

=

Aleuritas, Apples, Dried

Californiati, Rose,

20

30 catty Fruiti

catty

600 400

60

250 150

70 60

•

Poultry.

P.&O. Wharf

Bananas, fragrant Panti,

30:26

Callao

Capons, Ducks,

catty

catty 250 220 Chestnuts, new,

120 110 Cocoanuts

100

. each

Eggs, Hea,

. doz

100

London

Currental,

London

Duck

100

*)

•

Balt

120

,

Manila

Dator,

New York

Fowls,

catty

180 160

Figs, Dried,

"

London

Goese,

120 110

"

Ground Nuts,

Partridges,

·

Pheasants, Canton, live, pair

San Franciscu

Manila

Cos'tan Dock

Pigoous, Quail,

each

"A

each 350 300

$2.00

150 140 100

Guavas, Lemona,

⚫ bottle

Bb.

, bottle

50

400-350

200 160

*** 500 400

500 400

catty 40

80 50 40

60

140 150

"

Green,

100

80

90

Now York

Rabbits,

..

Snipe,

• Bach

Haiphong

Sauda' Slip

Lisbees, Dried, 800 500 Loong Ngan, Dried, 120 110 Mangovs, ·

200 180

400 200

1

Teal

350 300

11

487 April 19 Arnhold, Karberg & Co, 809 April 19 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co.

8an Francisco

Turkeys, Cock,

catty

ba, Anam, 650 600 Olives, green, Punti,

each

70 60

73

20 26

catty

60

Keelung

11

Her,

27

1Carlowitz & Co.

Tientsin

Fish,

21 Eduard Schellbass & Co.

Tientsin

CANTON

Ühine Foyer

Akermann Croad

str.

¡Gex. str. 648 May

Obl

920 May

48lemsson & Co. 30, M. §. N. Oo,

Shanghal Shanghai

Wild Duck,

Bombay Ducks, new per hundred 350 300 Bream,

catty 100 60 Carp,

+

each

450 400 600.--

Oranges, (Coolle) Chang »

70

20

陟

Sweet, Sun-woey 19

360 300

39

(Mand.) coolis (Mandarin)

120 100

→

120 100

25

90 Papaw,

150 130

>>

70 Peaches,

60

"

Codfish, Salt, Crabs,

Ib.

catty

160 150 Pears, Nanking, 120 100 Pears, Chefoo,

140 120

120 100

Cattle Fish,

80

70

"

Men-of-war in Hongkong Harbour.

Dace,

100

"

Punti, 00 Plae-applos, Punti

60

40

.

sach

100

60

Kale, Congor

80

"}

Vilo Fish,

60

"

60 Plantains, common 60

fragrant

•

catty 30

20

40

SO

Vessel's Name.

Anchor

egt.

Flag.

Olues.

Tons.

Grins. H. P.

Date of Arrival.

Commander.

Fresh Fish, Large

JF

130 120 Plums, Dark-red,

60

50

Small

30 80

23

*

Yellow,..

60 40

Charybdis

6 0

British corvette

1506

April &

T: E. Smith

Frogs,

250 200

Green,

50 40

*

?>

[J

Carlew

6 k

British

gun vessel

774

Hal Ohing

6 0

Chineso

gunboat

+24

LaLiso

6 &

German

corrotto

1300

mi w:

3

100

May 4

E. J. Churoh

April 30

Kwa Teng Sing

Garoupa, Herrings,

180 160 Prunes, Dried,

bottle

300 250

1

400

Moy 1

Ditznar

Magpie

Gh

British

gun veszel

774

May

2

Charles Vernon Anson

smoked

Mecanee

ok British

military hospital

2501

Modeste

Nassau

Patino

Sylvia

Tamar

Tejo

Victor Emanuel

6e British British 7 h

K.D. Spanish 7 1 British

7 0 British

Novelty Works Portug #_r British

corvette

1405

14

350

April 13

Alex. Buller, C.B.

Live Fiab, Lobsters,

100 .box $1.00

datty 140 120

-

Raisins, Muscatel,

80 Pumeloes or Shaddock, each

80 70 Galesbury Seeds, Pak-kwo, catty

100 80

.bottle

760 600

Ib,

200 150

80 TO

surveying vessal

695

4

150

May 1

R. H. Napier

transport

1200

Feb. 23

Rapello

surveying vessel

April 27

W. Bonham Bar

Mackerel,

Mango Fish,

60

160

50 Strawberry (Yeung-mul), 19

Sugar Cane,

70

60

⚫atiok

26

20

troop ship

4857

May 5

W. H. Liddell

gun. vessel

444

100

Jan. 8

F. Amaral

Mullet,

100

90 Tamarinda,

.. catty

60

09

Commodore's flag-zblp 2087

2

Commodore Watson

Oysters,

Parrot Fish,

At Casten

Ashuelot

American

Corvette

Fly

British

gun Vessel

1097 464

700

May

4

Geo, H. Parking

Peroh,

60 70

120

May

5 John Bruce

Pomfret,

140 180 Walnuts,

140 130, Water Chesnuts, Canton,

160 140 Allspice, Chinese.

110 100

17

60

50

Miscellansons.

bottle 200

Black

80

33

Prawne,

""

701 100 130 Barley,

ני

English.

#

750 500 pioul 1600 1500

HONGKONG, MACAO AND CANTON RIVER

Fame Fei Wan

Kin Shan

Kiu Klang.

Lantin Powan

Sir J. Jeejee bboy Spark

457 Cary

617 Benning, T.

69

101 Hawkins

140: Lefevour

280 | Boyland

H., O. & M. 8.-boat Co. Quong on Kwok Asheong

Bhen-Cill

H., C. & M. S. boat Co. | Sul-tsing E., O. & M. 8.-boat Co. Tuking-ring Kwok Achrong ·

STEAMERS.

Name.

Tons. Captain.

Owners,

117 | Stopani

H. & W'pos Doel Co.

700 Martin

E., C. M. 3, boat Co. | Chen-jul Butterfeld and Swire

CHINESE GUN-VESSELS IN CANTON WATERS, &0.

Ray, Roach,

160 140 Bran,

+

17

160

Butter,

#

Name.

Tons.

Guns. E. P.

Commander.

An-lan

+491

7

J. Godsil

28

1

TO 00 Cheese, American,

Icbang

Ching-po

180

videon

H., C. & M. S.-boat Co. | Ching-dlug H., C. & M. S.-boat Co. Chun-hai

280

Kwok Acheong

Feng-obeu-hat

000

1890 Benning, A.

180

150

180

White Cloud

Yutes!

180 Browne

Tien-po Wing-po

: :සසය පහස

+44

Snapper,

400

C. H. Palmer

60

Li Ping Tye

Saipo Fish,

70 Onnamon¡ .

110 Citron,

90

Cloves,

H. Wada

Soles, Freeh

Stewart

00

Bezsard

O. De Longueville

180

Lath Man Wo

Tench, Turtles, Satall White Bait,

60

70 Coffee,

"

130 100 Coconut Oil,

400 850 Curry Powdes,

plout

1080 1000

ib.

400 850

catty

800 250

160 150

100 500

*

bottle

180 160

ib

230 200

battle 500 280

40

30 Firewood,

Vegetables

Flour,

April 9a, 1877.

FOOCHOW SHIPPING IN PORT,

Gleneärn

MERCHANT

BIBANERS,

MAROLLANT STEAMERS.

Asparagus, Bamboo Bhoota, a

tin

450 400

Gram,

-100

80 Linglon,

British

Sindh

French

Beans, sproti,

·20

$2

14 Lamp Oil,

Foooho

*Ningpo

for Swatow

Genengles

British

Tabyas

Chinese

Globarthsy

British

Tunaits

Brithh

Broad;

Ja

80

70 Macaront,

for Hongkotig

French from Macao,,

00

H. O. Orsted Hankwang

Danish

MËRUKANT GAILING VINSDLU,

}

50 Mace,

Chinese

April 28, 1877.

SHIPPING IN SHANGHAI HARBOUR. Bayang

Honda Kiang-chalig

British

Flying Send

British sthooner

Beet Root,,

Per Ardita

British barqtte

Bitter Squash,

+

each catty

15

140

Chinelo

12 Mango Chutney,

Mustard,

ptoul 400 850

80

picui 3000 2760

box

9080

1(25

1/35 1000

cutly 750

bottle

catty

40

pkge.

750

• catty

Childre

British Barque

MERUHANT STEAMERS.

Kiang-was

Chitest

British

Anchises

Klangyung

Chinese

Burle

Appin

British

#Lombardy

Batut

Trolia

Dhintung

Chinese

Loudoun Castle

British

Conquest

British

Nanking

Aftezifan

British

Salkio Marn

Europe

Japanese

Flours Castle

British

Kestrel Monoesay Palos Bobol

Folyama

Chinops

*Sluge left port, or sriyed et Hongkong Surprise

Ville de Lille

#. M.gailboat H. M. gun-vessel E. M. għin buat V, S. sorvatta D. Ai gutbout Russian gunboat French sunkest

Brazalos, Oabbage, Whits Canton

12 10

Nutmeg

30 25

Olives,

500 800

-180 · 160

each .bottle

10

250 200

Udimon,

10

8

33

Hongkong,

each

70

80

"

Masady...

70

Turnly, Bohl each

10

8

11.

red for pickling!!

50 50

W. QUINCY, Acting Inspector of Markets.

30 Printed and published by Gro, Mussay BAIN, at the China Mali Ofigs, No. 2, Wyndham Street, Hongkong,

E. F. Collins.

Wan Lum Wan

E, Choy

Rock Fish,

Salmon, Canton,

Salt Fish, Shark, young Shrimp, |'Skate,

180 120 Candied Orange Peal,

"

100

"

Ly 120 100 Capers,

Lemon

(J

ploul

1500 1400

15.

600 600

-bottle

760 700

"

750 700

200 220

50

70 Charoval,