Intimations.
G. FALCONER: & 00, WATCH AND CHRONOMETER.
MANUFACTURERS,
AND
JEWELLERS.
Notices to Consignees. -
FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE,
T
HE 8. B. Argyll having arrivod from The above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby requested to send their Bills of NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, CHARTS Lading for countersignature to the Under
signed and to take Immediate delivery of their Goods,
AND BOOKS.
46, Queen's Road Central,"
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Hongkong, August 20, 1877.
W. BALL
CHINA DISPENSARY.
■MPORTER or DRUGS, CHEMICALS,
REQUISITES, PATENT MEDI- VINES AND PERFUMES.
I DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, TOILET
www
Prescriptions Dispensed with Carefulness, and Prompt Attention.
PRAYA WEST, HONGKONG, *** Near the Canton Steamer's Wharf.
Hongkong, July 13, 1876.
NOTICE,
A. MILLAR & Co., PLUMBERS, AND GAS FITTERS,
Queen's Road East,
HONGKONG.
September 15, 1877.
AH YON,
THE CHINA MAIL.
SHIPPING.
ARRIVALS.
Feb. 6, 44, French steamer, 2177, M. Hernandez, Marseilles Deo, 30, Naples Jan. 1, Port Sald 6, Suez 7, Aden 13, Galle 22, Singapore 29, and Salgon Feb. 2, Mails
and General,MERBAGERIES MARTTIMEN.
DEPARTURES.
Cargo Impeding the discharge will be at Feb. 6, Charles Moureau, for Tlentain. ance landed and stored at Consigneed' riik
ELMS. Growler, for a cruise. and expense.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. Hongkong, February 1, 1878, fe8 FROM LONDON AND SINGAPORE.
S. Caldera having arrived from Tthe above Ports, Counges of dog
are informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowas of the Undersigned, whence and/or from the Wharf or Boats delivery may be obtained. Optional Cargo will be forwarded to Shanghai and Japan, unless notice be given by Noon To-day.
Goods remaining undelivered after the 11th Inatant will be subjost to rent.
No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigued by
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. Bongkong, February 4, 1878. fell
FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE.
!
Trou froin the above Ports, Consignees
S. 8. Arratoon Apcar having a of Cargo are requested to aand in their Bills of Lading to the Undersigned for counter-
of their Goods.
BHIPS COMPRADORE AND signature, and to take immediate delivery
STEVEDORE,
No. 57, Praya Wen, SHIPPING SUPPLIED WITH ALL KINDS OF COAL, WATER, BALLAST, FRESH PROVISIONS & OILMAN'S STORES
Of the best quality and at the shortest notice,
Hongkong, May 1, 1876.
Cargo Impeding her discharge will be at once landed and stored at Consignees' risk and expense.
DAVID BASSOON, BONS & Co.,
Agents.
fe11 Hongkong, February 4, 1878.
YONSIGNEES of Cargo por Norwegian Berk VEGA, NonDTVEDT, Master, from HAMBURG, are requested to take Immediate delivery of their Goods from THE HONGKONG BOTEL
alongside the Vessel,
Cargo impeding the discharge will be TENDERS are invited for a LEASE of The HONG KONG HOTEL, the pre-lande and stored at Consignees risk and sent Five-yearly Leane expiring on the 81st expense. August, 1878. SEALED TENDERS to Bill of Lading will be countersigned by be sent in on or before the 31st March,
WM. PUSTAU & Co., 1878, to the Secretary of the HONGKONG
Agenta, HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED, who will supply
Hongkong, January 8, 1878, any information required.
COA L.
By Order of the Directors,
LOUIS HAUSCHILD,
Becretary.
Hongkong, September 18, 1877.
K
api
WONG HING CHEUNG & Üo.,
COAL MERCHANTS, Have always on hand for Sale ovary description of COAL at Moderate Prices."
Mr Anvor has been appointed Manager, and all Orders addressed to him at 57, Prays, or to Mr PAT JACK, at 30, Hing Lang Street, will receive immediate atten tion.
Hongkong, March 19, 1877.
Kotices of Firms.
NOTICE.
2018
MR. HORATIO GAY JAMES WHE
admitted a Partner in our Firm on
the 1st January, 1878,
GEO. R. STEVENS & Co.
Hongkong, January 5, 1878,
NOTICE,
MEYERINK has boen
Madmitted a Partner in our Firm
from This Date,
MEYER & Co.
Hongkong, January 1, 1878.
NOTICE
ap2
CHARLES DAVID BOTTOMLEY
DEST QUALITY CARDIFF STEAM
BCOAL for Sale, ex Godown.
Apply to
BATTLES & Co, Hongkong, December 3, 1877.
To-day's Advertisements.
ROYAL, THEATRE
CITY HALL. PRIVATE AMATEUR THEATRICALS,
IN AID OF THE
CITY HALL.
MONDAY, February 11th,
will be Repeated by special request the Comedy of "STILL WATERS RUN DEEP"
TIUEBI may be had from any of the Committee, at Two DOLLARS each.
No Tickets will be sold at the Doors. Committee --Commander Sir WILLIAM WISEMAN, Bart., R.N.; Captain Mocas
Medited & PARTNER in our LANE, 28th Regs.; JOHN M. FORBES, Jr.,
Firm on the let July, 1877.
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co. Hongkong, September 22, 1877.
NOTICE.
I This
this Port as a MERCHANT and COM- MISSION AGENT, under the Style or Firm of GEO. R. STEVENS & Co., who will henceforward conduct the Agency of the AUSTRALASIAN STRAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.
G. R. STEVENS. Hongkong, December 28, 1877.
NOTICE.
24V
at this Port an à GENERAL COM. KISSION AGENT.
Esq.; ATWELL COXON, Esq.; CHAS. O. COLEN, Esq.
Hongkong, February 6, 1878.
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NOTICE.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES. MARITIMES.
PAQUEBOT POSTE FRANCAIS,
The Company's Steamship
*TÍBRE,”
Comdt. DE GIRARD, will be despatched for YOKOHAMA
fot
on THURSDAY, the 7th Instant, at 8 p.m.
H. DU POURY, Agent. Hongkong, February 6, 1878.
NOTICE.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES, PAQUEROT POSTE FRANÇAIS,
The Company's Steatnship
"APA," Comdt, HERNANDES, will be despatched for SHANGHAI ENGINEERS AND BOILERMAKERS, on FRIDAY, the 8th Instant, at 11 a.m.
J. Y. VERNON SHAW. Hongkong, November 1, 1877.
myl
NOTICE.
at
this Pait, under the Style or Firm, WEST POINT IRON WORKS,
BY
WILLIAM DUNPHY & C
Hongkong.
Hongkong, December 10, 1877..
Late Manager of the NOVELTY IRON WORKS,
j810
H. nu POUEY, Agent, Hongkong, February 8, 1876. COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
fe
WH. DUNPHY,
Not Responsible for Debts.
Neither the Captain, the Agents; nor
$ 8, A VA.
NOTICE.
Owners will be Responsible for anyONSIGNEES of Cargo per B. 8. Debt contracted by the Officers or Crew Euphrate, from London, in connection of the following Fessels, during their stay with the above Steamer, are bereby in in Hongkong Harbour -
QUICKSTER, American hargue, Captain Barnaby.--Captain.
TARTAR, German brig, Captain Kaemena,
“Melchera & Co.
EENTE, British barque, Captain tour-Order,
1842, British steamer, Captain
Fox Captain.
formed that their Goods are being landed and stored at their riak at the Company's Godowns, whence delivery may be obtained Immediately after landing.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded on, unless intimation is received from the Con signees, before TO-MORROW, the 7th Instant, at 10 a. t, regnesting it to be landed here. Bum of Lading will be countersigned by the Underigned.
Goods remaining unclaimed after Web- German barque, Captain Han-xEEDAT, the 18th Instant, at Noon, will be
subject to rent and landing charged,
No Fire Insurance has been affected.
sler & Co.
fish steamer, Capt. Clanchy,
H. DY POURY, Agent.
h steamer, Captain D.
threen & Co.
Hongkong, February 6, 1878.
|
CLEARED.
Danube, for Bangkok. Douglas, for Coast Ports. Zansibar, for Saigon.. Taucer, for Shanghal.
Tutuita, for Carolina Group (Pacific Isl'da).
PASSENGERS,
ARRIVED.
Per dva, for Hongkong: from Marseilles, Mesars Toller, Carbonnier, Molle, Tester, Frascott, and Sinart; from Galle, Mi Thomas; from Singapore, Messrs Danvergne and R. H. B. John; from Salgan, Sisters François de Sales and Maurice, Mr R. P. Teurtrie, and 11 Chinese. For Shanghai: from Naples, Miss Malvina Ellen, For Yokohama: from Marseilles, Messrs le Ote. de Diesbach, Draka, child and servant, Dresser, and Scott; from Suez, Mr Got schow; from Singapore, Sister Ste. Ma thilde and Ste. François.
SHIPPING REPORTS.
None.
CARGO.
Per 8. 9. Achilles, Hongkong to London, sailed 29th January, 1878-15,873 Ibs. Congou, 58,700 lbs. So. Caper, 75 pkgs. Silk Place Goods, 1,275 pkgs. Matting, and 477 pkgs. Sundries.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATIONS,
MAILS will alone:-- For MANILA.--
Per Emuy, at 4.80 p.m., on Thursday,
the 7th inst.
For YOKOHAMA, .----
Per Tibre, at 5 pm. To-morrow, the 7th
inst.
For SHANGHAL-
Per Ave, at 10 am,, on Friday, the 8th inst. Late letters received from 10.10 to 10.30, with 18 cents late foo. For SHANGHAI, HIOGO AND YOKO.
HAMA..
Por Calders, at 8. p.m., on Friday, the
8th inst
MOS, FOR TO-MORROW..
Shipping. Daylight.-Douglas leaves for Coast Porto Nocn.-French Mail leaves for Ports of
Call and Europe.
6.p.m.-Tibre leaves for Yokohama.
Amusement.
(No. 4554-FEBRUARY 6, 1878.
Treaty became thus for a lengthened | THE Merry-Makers will only give but two period nearly a dead letter. That the entertainments at the City Hall, the fimt Chinese authorities were not justified in to-morrow, and the last on Saturday next, drawing this distinction, so far at least the Company leaving by the Opfum stea as foreign imports are concerned, is pretty clearly evidenced by the wording of the mer Articlo in the Treaty of Nanking, referred
to in the Article just quoted from the I will be seen from an advertisement in Tientsin Treaty. This Article enacts another column that the Amateur Dramatio Merry Makers Entertainment at the that "when British merchandise shall performance of “Still Waters Rün Deep”
City Hall.
General Memoranda. FRIDAY, February 8-
11 am.-Ara leaves for Shanghai. SATURDAY, February 9:-
Shang
Daylight, Caldera leaves for
bal, dze. Jato leaves for Singapore on or about
this date.
MONDAY, February 11:-
.ܕ
9 p.m.-Amateur Theatrical Performanes
at the City Hall, Goods por Calderas undelivered after this
date subject to rent. WEDNESDAY, February 13:
Goods per dva undelivered after Noon, subject to rent and landing charges. THURSDAY, February 14:-
Noon-English Mail leaves for Ports
of Call and Europe.
have once paid at any of the said ports will be repeated on Monday next on the regulated customs and dues agreeablə
to the Tariff to be hereafter fixed, such behalf of the funds of the Olty Hall. The merchandise may be conveyed by Chinese object is one thoroughly deserving support. merchants to any province or city in the interior of the Empire of China, on paying Nawa has been received from Yokohama of a further amount as transit dues, whith the total loss of the American ship Mid- shall not exceed per cent. on the night, Captain Tucker, somewhere near Tariff value of such goods." Sir Thomas Wade in the 4th Article of the Chefoo Con the coast of Japan. The vessel was bound vention establishes this right of the free from New York to Yokohame, with a cargo transit of foreign imports, by whomsoever of kerosine oil. owned, after the payment of the com- mutation charge, in the words, "that so Tax following vessels are at the Kowloon far as imports are concerned the nation-Dosk of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock ality of the persons possessing and carry-Company-steamships Amoy, Kinshan, Sin ing these imports is immaterial," but in
the 1st clause of the same section words Nanting, Esmeralda, Butuan; sailing vessols are introduced which may be interpreted Sully, Japan, Christine, Frederich; and the to mean the contrary and to give per following at the Aberdeen Dook: steamships mission to any local mandarin to impose Namoa, Holyrood, Conquest, and sailing whatever tax he likes upon British goods vessels E. P. Bouverie and Tartar. the moment they have passed beyond the limits of the treaty ports, or become the property of natives. The clause reads: In the Supreme Court to-day, the case of With reference to the area within | Chun Yus v. Burnaby for $847.30, was res which, according to the treaties in force, sumed. The defendant is the master of lekin ought not to be collected on foreign the barque Quickstep, and the vessel was The China Fire Insurance Co., Limited.goods at the open porta, Sir Thomas chartered to go to Newchwang to load for
Wade agrees to move his Government to
3 p.m.-Meating of Shareholders of the
Hongkong and Shanghal Banking Cor poration at the City Hall.
FRIDAY, February 15:
2.30 p.m.Mesting of Shareholders of
at No. 39, Queen's Road. Claims against the Estate of Dodd & Co., must be proved on or before this date.
MONDAY, February 18:-
2 p.m.-Meeting of Shareholders of the Hongkong and Whampoa Deck Co.,
Limited, at Olub Chamborṇ,
3 p.m: Meeting of Shareholders of The Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Limited, at No. 7, Queen's Road. WEDNESDAY, February 20
allow the ground rented by foreigners Hongkong. The issue was whether there (the so-called concessions) at the different was a warranty that the vessel should hold ports to be regarded as the area of 14,500 plouls of goods. After hearing the exemption from lekin." Now Iskin is oase his Lordship reserved judgment. the name under which most of these illegal exactions complained of ars levied, and by a negative process of reasoning it might be deduced from the clause in question that the right is conceded to the Chinese to levy lekin on foreign goods, elsewhere than within the limits of the foreign Settlements: The London repre- sentatives of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, in their memorial to Lord
Normanby leaves for Port Darwin, &c. SATURDAY, February 23:---
Noon-Bertha leaves for Port Darwin, &c. Derby with reference to the Convention, point out another objection to the clauso, They Bay- FRIDAY, March 1:-
8p.m.-Ocoldental & Oriental 8, 8. Co.'s Steamer leaves for Yokohama and San Francisco on or about this date.
A CHINESE woman well known in the Colony as Hung Mo Kew," or "red-haired Akew," has made herself scarce, leaving many sorrowful friends to lament her aud. don departure. She had the reputation of being very wealthy and was greatly trusted. She suddenly left for parts unknown two days before the Chinese New Year, leaving dabta behind her, it is stated, to the extent.
The effect of the proposed provision of $70,000 or $80,000, so far as is at pre- would be to impose this thx with all the sent known. authority of a special Treaty at every open
port in China. The small patches of ground
In the occupation of foreign merchants ANOTHER incident ocurred in the Supremo would be exempt, but the Chinese towne
For PORT DARWIN, COOKTOWN, HONGKONG DISPENSARY, would not esospeso that goods designed Court to-day whlok illustrates olearly that
SYDNEY, AND MELBORNE.
Per Bertha, at 11.80 am, on Saturday,
the 23rd inst, Private ship rates. Correspondence for New Zealand, Tasmanis, and Adelaide can be sent.
For SAIGON.....
Per Flintshire, is postponed till further
notice.
Correspondence for Port Darwin, Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide (or other ports of Australia, New Zealand, or Tasmania) can be forwarded to-morrow tia Batatia by French Packet, to connect with the Bata. vian Packet to Port Darwin &c. Registry ceased at 10. The Mails will be finally closed at 11
For porta south of Sydney this route offers little or no advantage; correspond- enco will probably arrive sooner if sent by French Packet of the 21st via Galle,
MAILS BY THE FERNUH PACKET, -*-
The French Contract Packet Sindh will
be despatched from Rongkong on THURSDAY, the 7th February, with Mails to and through the United Kingdom and Europe, vid Mar- seilles; to Salgon, Bingapore, Bata- via, Galle, Pondicherry, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, Aden, Suez, and Alexandria.
The following will be the hours of closing
the Malls, dro, Demo Wednesday, 6th Feb.
5 r., Money Order Office oloses. Post
THE
Established A.D. 1841.
香港大藥
A. B. WATSON & ‘00.. FAMILY & DISPENSING CHEM(STS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGINIS, IMPORTERS
07
the interpretation system of this Colony requires remodelling. The case of the Quickstep, which was postponed yester
for consumption in the immediate district could only be freed from the tax (lekin) by the payment of the extra half-duty as commutation duss, if, indeed, the Chinese officials, whose rapacity is notorious, would day for want of a Oblackew interpre not find means to levy the lekin after all, ter, was fixed for hearing at 10 am, even when the commuted rate has been paid. The result of this would be to reintroduce to-day, but although the Judge and every the nationality question in a most obfed one concerned in the suit had assembled, tionable shape, and lay the foundation for there was no Chinchew interpreter forth. endless disputes.
Past experience of the Chinese autho-coming. Attempts were made to borrow che from the Police Court and from the DRUGGISTE' SUNDRIES, NURSERY REQUI-rities can lead to no other conclusion. Harbour Master's department, but these than that they would, if practicable, take advantage of this indefinite wording, the failed. Mr Justice Snowden observed result being that the disputes and that it was extraordinary that this Court difficulties, which hitherto have been so could not command the servioss of an frequent, would be perpetuated. There interpreter. Mr Brereton said it was is no reason why the Convention
SITES, TOLLET Requisitze, EnGLISH, AMERICAN, AND FRENCH PATENT MEDICINES.
MANUFACTURERS
OF
Soda Water, Lemonade, Tonle Water, Gingerade, Potass Water, Sarsaparilla Water, and other Aerated Waters,
The Manufactory is under direct and continuous European Supervision. Hongkong, June 1, 1876,
oat
BJ
those student
should not state clearly what is in extraordinary that not one of tonded, and that it be plainly declared (1) gentlemen who came that imported goods shall be liable to no interpreters could interpret, highly paid other duty at the Treaty ports than to as they were, not as Interpreters of the regular import duty, and that course, but in the service. After more the certificate of the payment of the than an hour had been thus wasted, an commuted transit dues shall free them
from all further inland charges, taxes, or interpreter borrowed from a Chinese Hong lekin, whatsoever; (2) that the nationality arrived, and the same was proceeded with, The publication of this isrse commenost | of the person possessing or carrying such
certificated goods shall be immaterial. at 7.55 p.m.
BIRTH.
On the 4th Instant, Mrs Louis Haus- CHILD, of a Son,
Office closes except the NIGHT BOX, THE CHINA MAIL. which remains open all night.
Thursday, 7th Feb.--
.M., Post Offes opens for sa
Stamps, Registry of Letters, and Posting of all correspondence.
10 A.M., Registry of Letters ceasON. 11 .., Post Office alones except for Late
Letters. [11,10, Lettors (but Letters only) may be posted on payment of i to Late Fee of 18 cents axis postage,
until 11.50 AM, when the Post Office CLORZE
entirely.
Hongkong, January 24, 1878
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, FEB, 6, 1878,
The Opium clause in the Chefoo Con- vention, to which we alluded a few days ago, does not by any means include the whole of the objectionable portions of that document. Article 28 of the Treaty of Tientsin provides :---
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. [SUPPLIED TO THE "CHINA MAIL.") (By Southern Route)
London, 3rd Feb., 1878. The preliminary protocol of the armis tice has been signed, and there is a suspen sion of hostilities.
(L. & Or Express, Dec. 28th.)
The Master of the Rolls has continued the injunction he granted last week to Mr. Varasour, restraining Herr Krupp and his. agents in this country from exporting, selling, or delivering projectiles now on board the Japanese fronalad Focso in Millwall Docks, mado noourding to the patent granted to Blakeley and Vavasour in 1866 and 1874.
We give elsewhere the letter which has boon written by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce to the Earl of Derby in favour Russia baa agreed to "Austria's proposal of ratifying the Chefoo Convention. It for a European Conference,
London, 6th Feb., 1878. Austria has invited the Signitary Powers to a Conference at Vienna.
Mr Gladstone in the House of Commons
has the merit of not being over long, but it would no doubt carry more weight had the Chamber indicated their reasons for the course which they advooste. They appear to have been simply influenced by a balance of the views which have reached them
Major George King, governor of Masita suggested that instead of a grant of Prison, died at Malta last week, in his fifty £6,000,000, an address to the Orown, giv-seventh year, The deceased officer obtained ing the Bearance of the nation's united
"Whereas it was agreed in Article X of the Treaty of Nanking, that British Imports, having paid the tariff duties should be conveyed into the interior free of all far- ther charges, except a transit duty the fe? amount whereof was not to exceed a cer- tala per centage on tariff value, and where as, no accurate information having been furnished of the amount of such duty, support should be made. MAILS BY THE ENGLISH PACKET,—
British merchants have constantly esm The English Contract Packet Mongolia plained that charges are suddenly and will be despatched with the Malin for arbitrarily imposed by the provincial au- Europe, & on THURSDAY, the thorities as transit duties upon produce en 14th instant,
its way to the foreign market, sed on im-of wat. ports on their way into the interior, to the detriment of trade it shall be at the option of any Britlah subject, desiring to convey produce purchased inland to a port, or to convey imports from a port to an in-
The following will be the hours of closing
the Malla, 1- Wednesday, 18th instant.--
5.x., Money Order Office olosor. 6P.M., Fost Office closes except the Nzeer
Box, which remains open äll night. Thursday, 14th instant,—
his commission as ensign in the 55th Foot by purchase, Oct. 10, 1838, and shortly- afterwards proceeded to the East Indies.
Mr Gathorne Hardy insisted on the He served with the 85th Regiment in the first China expedition, and was present st grant.
Amoy, Ohusan, Chinghal (including the There is nothing of interest from the seat repulse of the night attack), Chefoo, Woosung, Shanghai, and Ching Klang He became captain, by purchase, Nov. 8, 1847, and sorved in the Eastern campaign up to October 1854, including the battle of the Alma and siege of Bebastopol, for which he received the medal with two dlarps and
·LOCAL AND GENERAL,
land market, to clear bis goods of all transit THE delivery of the French mall was begun the Turkish medal, duties by the payment of a alugle charge at 8.35 this afternoon.
The amount of this charge shall be leviable
7.M., Post Office opens for sale of Stamps, Registry of Letter, and Posting of all correspondence. 10... Post Office closed except for Late
· Letters. - Registry of Letters consON. (10.15 a.m., Zetters may be posted with FATE Fan of 18 este extra to
Postage till 11, when the Post Office CLOSEE
entirely.
reign Customs Staff Now the Chinese We hear that the Governor has definitely 11.30 ... Letters fout Letters only authorities were induced by the indefinite refused a license to the Charter Oak to
addrested to the United Kingdom wording of this Article to draw a distino
on exports at the first barrier they may Tax Lombardy, with the next English mall, have to pass, or on imports at the port at which they are landed; and, on payment left Singapore for Hongkong at 4 p.m.
beroof, a certificate shall be issued which yesterday. shall exempt the goode from all further Inland charges whatever."
We are informed by the agents (Messrs Another section provides that this Jardins, Matheson & Co) that the B. Spieces of about 200 lb. each, to be put commutation of the inland transle dues lenroy left Bingapore for this port poster shall be fixed at one half of the Tariff dues, collected at the ports by the Foday.
AFRICAN EXPLORATION ST. COLCHEŃ GORDON-Colonel Gorden, "Ohinese Gor don," has lately entered into a contract with Mezara Yarrow and Co., of Poplar, for four steel steamers of small draught Be intends exploring the Albert Nyanza and the rivers flowing into it. The steam sa are to be carried as far as possible by water, and are to be composed of several portable together on arrival at their destinations Colonel Gordon and his party are reported to be in good health. The Colonel, fo may be remarked, became a substantive Lien- Engineers, when the promotions were made tenant-Colonel in the British servics, Royal
Via Brindisi, or to Slagapore, may tion between foreign goods the property proceed to Banalala with Chinese pas-on the introduction of the new system on be posted on board the Facket with of British subjects, and goods, which, senget. Late Fee of 48 cents extra portago,
to
though of foreign origin, had passed
til! 11.00 A., when the Mall is finally into the hands of Chinese, and, the whole We understand that H. E the Governor
closed.
inland trade being practically sader will pay a formal visit to the Tung Web felß Hongkong, February 4, 1876,
native control, the frangit clauses of the Hospital on Friday next,
fo14
Oct. 1; but the circumstang-s under which he has been allowed to accept sorrico un."
for him to return to military employment, der the Khedive do not render it necessary whatever the promotion may be which at
metros.