Entertainments.
V. A
GARRISON
R.
THEATRE
THE BAND AMATEURS OF Han Majnarr's 74rx BioHLANDERS
will, by kind permission of Colonel Jaso, give a
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE
To-morrow Evening, (WEDNESDAY), December 4th, 1878.
(By Special Request)
The Performance will commence with a Comedy, in Two Acts, by PELEAM HARDWICKE, Esq., Entitled:
"A BACHELOR OF ARTS."
To conclude with a Farcical Extravaganza, in One Act, by
Mears Brovar and ĦALLIDAY, Entitled:
*THE COLLEEN BAWN
SETTLED AT LAST."
Doors Open at 8.30; Curtain to rise at 9,
Prices of ADMISSION ¦ Recurred Beats
1 DOLLAB Front Beata...................50 CENTS. Back Sesta.......25 CENTS. Tickets may be obtained from
D. WISHART, Band Bergeant, Manager. Hongkong, December 8, 1878.
POSTPONED UNTIL A DAY NEXT WEEK, TO 33 HERBAFTER NAMED.
THEATRE
def
ROTAL,
CITY HALL,
HONGKONG...
THE OPERA SEASON BEING
FINISHED,
ME. JOHN BOLLINGE EGS to Announce that he will take his
BEFAREWELL BENEFIT
In Hongkong,
от
A DAY NEXT WEEK, On which occasion will be produced BENEDICT'S ROMANTIC OPERA "THE LILY OF KILLARNEY," In Four Acts,
With all Its Startling Effects.
MISS CLARA STANLEY AS EILY.
CAST OF CHARACTERS: Hardress Cregan,.... Mr H. VERNON Danny Mann, Mr H. PHILLIPS, Myles-na-Coppalees, Mr J, ROLLINGS, Anne Chute... Miss B. DRAFGER, Mrs Crogan, Miss A. DRAEGER Father Tom,
Mr Corrigan,
Bervant......
Shelah,......
Mr PADDON. Mr MAOKINNON
Mr BEAUMONT.
Miss B. DRAGER, M18 CLARA EILY O'CONNOR, STANLEY.
Husters, dc.
TES CELEBRATED WATER CAVE SCENE WILL ER PRODUCED IN ITS ENTIRETY, WITH ALL ITS STARTLING EFFECTS.
SYNOPSIS OF SUENERY:
AUT 1.
HALL OF TORE OREGAN,
ACT II.
THE GAP OF DUNLOE
COTTAGE AT MUCKROSS HEAD.
Mr J. ROLLINGs and Miss B. DRAEGER will introduce the celebrated. Mas MACGOWAN'S REEL
ACT III,
BORN 18T,EXTERIOR OF TORE OREGAN.
SCERE AND,MOUNTAIN PASS.
Interval of Five Minutes. SCIA BED, THE OELEBRATED
SCENE.
To-day's Advertisements.
AUSTRALASIAN STEAM NAVIGA
TION COMPANY.
FOR COOKTOWN, SYDNEY AND
MELBOURNE, Taking Cargo and Passengers for all Aus- -tralasian and New Zealand Ports,
TASMANIA, NEW CALEDONIA & FIJI,
The Chartered Steamship “MECCA,” Captain Mossex, will bo de spatched on SATURDAY, the 7th Instant, at 9 p.m.
För Freight or Passage, apply to
GEO. R. STEVENS & Co. Hongkong, December 3, 1878,
FOR SINGAPORE.
The British Steamor
"ALVERTON,"
de7
ORS. DARNELL, Master, will be despatched for the above Part on BUNDAY, the 8th Instant, af Daylight.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
MEYER & Co., Agenta, Hongkong, December 3, 1878.
de
AUSTRALASIAN STEAM NAVIGA. TION COMPANY.
FOR PORT DARWIN (DIRECT).
The Chartered Steamship
"KILLARNEY," Captain O'Narza, will be de- spatched as above on MON.
des
DAY, the 9th Instant, at 3 p.m.
For Freight or Pannage, apply to
GEO. R. STEVENS & Co. Hongkong, December 3, 1878.
FOR NEW YORK. The American Ship
** FLEET WING,"'" Guzer, Master, will load here for the above Port, and will
hare quick despatob
For Freight, apply to
VOGEL, HAGEDORN & OG Hongkong, December 3, 1878.
FOR LONDON,
The A1 British Bark
**MERCURY,".
D. THOMAS, Master, will load Mam here for the above Port, and will have quick despatch,
For Freight, apply to
VOGEL, HAGEDORN & Co. Hongkong, December 8, 1878.
NOTICE.
BAVE This Day established myself as GENERAL and SHARE BROKER.
CARL DENEKE. Office, Bank Buildings,
Hongkong, December 8, 1878.
ju
BRITISH STEAMER COMMUN. WEALTH, FROM YOKOHAMA AND HIOGO,
Tagore
THE above Steamer having arrived, Con-
in their Bill of Lading to the Undersigned for counteralgnature, and to take imme. diate delivery of their Goods-from-along
side.
Cargo impeding the discharge of the Steamer will be landed and stored at Con." signees' risk and expense,
MEYER & 00. Hongkong, December 3, 1878.
Not Responsible for Debts.
de7
Neither the Captain, the Agents, or Owners will be Responsible for any Debt contracted by the Officers or Crew of the following Fessels, during their stay in Hongkong Harbour!--
GLAMIS, British bark, Captain Key,
Russell & Co.
THE CHINA MAIL.
-DEPARTURES.
Doo. 2, U. B. B. Ashuelot, for Maulia.
8, Trio, for Yokohama,
3, Olympia, for Swatow.
B, Lizzie Perry, for New York,
8, Gitanilla, for Manila. 3, Fatchoy, for Macao.
3, Belgic, for Yokohama and San
Francisco.
8, Yangleze, for Canton,
3, Lord Macaulay, for Callao,
CLEARED.
Bir C. Napier, for London. Carl Ritter, for Amoy. Cuba, for Chefoo. Aleppo, for Chefoo.
Nerma, for Otahlte (South Sea Islands.) Patroclus, for Shanghai,
PASSENGERS.
ÅBBIVED.
Per Teheran, for Hongkong from Bouth- ampton, Mr. 2. B. O. Ayres and Mr F. G. Davidson; from Bombay, Mr J. do Deln- zaski; "from Galle, Mr R. Wolff; from Penang, 6 Chinose; from Singapore, Mra Eagern, and 80 Chineso.--For Amey: from Penang, 7 Chinese.--For Shanghai: from Ancona, The Rev. E. Gallo,
Per Yettung, from Swatow, Capt. Martin, 2 Europeans deck, and 84 Chinese.
Per "Commonwealth, from Kobe, Ospt. Piton.
Fer Christina A. P., from Callao, 29 Chinese.
4
Par Yangis, from Shanghai, 1 Buropean Cabin, and 72 Chinese,
DEPARTED.
Per Belgio, for Yokohama, Mrs Bungh- man, Mrs Adame, and 4 Chinese; for San Francisco, Mr J. D. Tallman, and 180 Übinese.
Per Olympia, for Swatow, 278 Chinese. TO DEPART
Per Patroclus, for Shanghai, 2 Euro- peans, and 20 Chinese.
SHIPPING REPORTS,
The British steamer Yangtze reports: Fresh monsoon throughout. Arrived on the 3rd at 11 am. Spoko 8. 8. Menelaus from Hongkong bound to Shanghai, on the 1st inst
The British steamer Yottung reports: Fine weather throughout the passage,
Charters Effected.
The following settlements have been effeoled ----
Swedish barque Alma, 847, to Hamburg, private.
American barque Amy Turner, 981, to New York, private.
British barque. Monita, 621, to New York, private.
British ship Min-y-dor, 1103, to Ban Francisco, private.
French barque Franklin, 568, Salgon to Mauritius or Bourbon, fr, 26 per ton, 25 lay
days.
German barque Angostura, 418, Salgon to Bourabaya, 20 cents per ploul," 30 may days.
German barque Malvina, 479, to Hal- phong, thence to Touren, and back to Hongkong, $2,100 in full,
French barque Nouveau Coriolan, 308, to Haiphong, thence to Touren, and back,
German barque Brems, 396, to Batavia, Samarang and Bourabaya, privato,
British barque Fearith, 649, to Hal- phong, thance to Touren and back to Hong kong, 144 cents per pioul, 50 lay days.
German barque Tek-li, 850, monthly charter, 3 months, $600 per month.
British ateamer Washi, 266, to Saigon, $500 in full,
Portuguese Alva, 681, on the berth for Bombay.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATIONS. MAILN BY Tax Fasnou PACKET.— The French Contract Packet Anadyr will be despatched from Hongkong on THURSDAY, the 12th December, with Malls to and through the United Kingdom and Europe, vid Mär seilles; to Balgon, Singapore, Bata- via Galle, Pondicherry, Madras. Calcutta, Bombay, Aden, Snes, and Alexandria.
The following will be the hours of cloning
the Malla, dio, *—
Wednesday, 11th December.
6 r... Money Order Office closes. Font Offius closes except the NIGHT BOL, which remains open all night. Thursday, 12th December.-
74 Post Office opens for sale of Stamps Regletry of Letters, and I'osting of all correspondence,
10 AM., Regletry of Lettern ceston. - 11 a. M., Post Office oloses except for Late
Lettera
(ILIQ
M., Letters (but Letters only) may be posted on payment of a to Late Fee of 18 cents extra postage,
antil 11.50, when the Post Office Clokes
entirely.
Hongkong, November 28, 1878, do12
Shipping Intelligence.
MEMOS, FOR TO-MORROW
Amusement;
9 p.m.-Theatrical Ferformance by the Band of the 74th, at the Garrison
Theatre.
No. 4810.-DECEMBER 3, 1878.
General Memoranda. THURSDAY, December -
Daylight, Kwanglung leaves for Coast
Ports
Noop. Engllah Mall leaves for Porta
of Onli and Europe. Goods per Pei Ho undelivered after Noon, subject to rent and landing charges.
SATURDAY, December 7:-
August 8th they had still to write com- plaining that none of their applications had been granted. Now, just about a year and half after the first application was made, we are told that the issue of "some sort of Transit Pans" has been commenced at Hoihow and Pakhoi. Her Majesty's Consul expressed an opinion that certain claims made by the difference between the duties domanded Firm for excess of duty paid-16, the
by the native authorities, and what should have been paid wore the Transit Pass system in operation—were of a legitimate nature, so that there is some probability the provincial officials will not reap quite so much benefit from their obstinate dolay
Mr J. MoLeavy Brown, in his offnial report on the Trade of Canton, afforda some insight into the reasons why the
8 p.m.-Mecca leaves for Cooktown, &o, in issuing the Passes as they anticipated. SUNDAY, December 8-
Daylighterton leaves for Singapore. MONDAY, December 9 →→
3p.m.-Killarney leaven for Port Darwin. THURSDAY, December 12 :-
Noon.-French Mall leaves for Ports of
Call and Europe, MONDAY, January 20:--
Sale of the Iron Sorer Steamship Ameri
ca, by Messrs. Hughes & Legge, or or about this date.
THE
Chinese authorities have exhibited so much opposition to the issue of the Passes, "The provincial authorities admit," he says, "that, under Treaty, foreign mer- chants have a perfect right to claim the issue of Passes, but they ask why has this right been allowed to remain in abey ance for nearly 20 yeará in Kwangtang alone of the Treaty port provinces. There must be, they think, local cirum- stances of a special nature which have led merobants to abstain from enjoying so important a privilege, and they see
The followingle corrected froze the lates HONGKONG DISPENSARY, no reason why these circumstances should
London and Colonial Papers, do-
When left.
VESSELS TO ARRIVE IT YONG RONG
Name.
From,
Mar..
28, Oracle,
80, Bristolian (6.), Apr.
16, Invincible, Juns
28, Underwriter, July
16, Annie Bow,
16, Lorimer,
Liverpool Antwerp Penarth
Fortress Monroa
Newcastle (8.8.W.) Newcastle (N. B. W.) London
18, Sydenham,
31, Stant,
Antwerp
27, Pilgrim,
Cardiff
38, Abbey Cooper,
Antwerp
81, Charmer, A.47.
Hamburg Cardif
30, Bumarlids,
1, Bury St Edmunds, Penarth 7, Alfredo,
Cardiff
9, Urania,
Penarth
10, Corea 11, Lota,
London
..
Cardiff
Cardiff
16, Friedrich, Sept.
13, Excelsior,
17, James Shepherd,
17, Cilunum,
24, Coloma, Och
6. Feronia (4.), 12, Cyphrenes (a),
10, Achilles (3.), 16, Jacobins,
10, Hermann, 24, Burmese (6.);
Hamburg London Liverpool [via O'd£# San Francisco
Hamburg
London Liverpool Liverpool
Bremen London
LOADING WOB SHINA AND JAPAN FORTE. At London-Steamers via Bues Canal. Glenlyon.
Glenorchy. Glengyle.
Hopewell.
Stontor (s.) Leon (8.)
German brig Carl, 215, left for Bangkok, Alma, seeking.
German barque Ta-les, 342, left for
Bangkok, secklog.
British barque Firth of Forth, 830, pro- neade to Rangoon, under oharter effected at home.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATIONS.
MAILS will close:-
FONTENAYE, British ship, Capt. Gon, B. | For YOKOHAMA.--- Taylor-Arnhold, Karberg & Co.
Commissary, British ship, Osptain A. Moriaon.Meyer & Co.
GITANILLA, British barque, Captain Wallace.-Captain.
ALEPPO, British barque, Captain Robert Falconer.-Captain
FANNY, French barque, Captain E. M. Gouya.-Landstein & Úo.
NAPIER, British barque, Capt. W. L Bryar.-Messageries Maritimes.
FIRTH OF FORTH, British barque, Capt J. Cowper.-Olyphant & Oo.
EARL OF DEYOS, British barque, Captain James Beer.-Captain.
TAIWAN, German barque, Captain C. Jes | CAVE.-Arnhold, Karberg & Co.
CRAIG AND, British barque, Capt. W, 8. Hawkins-Olyphant & Co.
BAMBURG, German barque, Captain H. THE MARRIAGE SCEN F. vos Krage.-Eduard Sche:lhasa & Co.
Acr IV
GENERAL DENOUEMENT.
Musicat DrezurOB..........................MB F. PANIZZA, The Operas are produced under the Solo direction of
Ms H.VERNON.
Tisketa to be had and Scats secured at Mor Katse & Co.'s, where s Plan of the Thestre may be seen.
Paides of ADMISSION I Dress Circle or Orchestra
·Stalls...................... Two DOLLARI. F.................... ONE DOLLAR
Ladles tnaccompanied by Gentlemen Sannot be admitted.
Bongkeng, November 29, 1876.---
To-day's Advertisements. FOR SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW.
The Steamahip
"KWANGTUNG,"
Capt. PUNUBAED, will be de
ANNIE S. HALL, American barque, Capt. Cha. H. Nelson,--Captain,
PELHAM, British brig, Osptain F. M. Ackford.--Oapain.
SHIPPING.
ARRIVALS,
Dec. 2, Christina A. P., Nicaraguan Emi schooner, 173, F. Capra, Callao Oct, 0, Copper.-J. J. DOS REEDIOS & Uo.
Dec. 2, Hawthorn, British barque, 208, C. Mead, Nerobwang Nov. 18, Beans.-- WIELLE & OB.
Dee. 8, Maria Louise, French barqué, 425. Noury, Keelung Nov. 80, Coaldas LOWITZ & Co.
Dec. 8. Teheran, British steamer, 1670. A. H. Johoton, Bombay Nov. 12, Balle 17, Penang 29, and Singapore 20, Maila and Generni.-P. & 0, 8, N. Oo,
Deo 3, Langlets, British steamer, 182, Rohaline, Shangbal Nor, 60, General. Bienssen & Co.
- Dec. 9, Connaught Ranger, British ́ahig, 1158, Murphy, London June 18, Generali --MELOZERS & Od...
Dec. 8, Zothing, British steather, 286, spatched for the above Ports | 6. W. Goggin, Swatow Des. 2, General➡ THURSDAY, the 8th Instant, at Day- | Kwok AugsONG.
light, instead of as previously advertised." Dec 3, Commonwealth, British Stepmer,
For Freight or Passage, apply to
| 1401, Smith, Kobe Nov. 24, Rias «««METRE
06.
-- DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.
45) Canton.
Bregkong, Bopember 3, 1876.
Dee, a, Freya, German mso-of war, from
Per Bunde, at 11.30 am. To-morrow, the
4th inst,
For SHANGHAL
Per Teheran, at 5 p.m. To-morrow, the 4th inst. Late letters received from 5.10 to 5.30, with 18 cents late fee.
For SWATOW, AMOY, & FOOOHOW,... Per Kwangtung, at 6 pm. Tomorrow,
the dih inst.
For MANILA, m
Per Diamante, at 3.30 p.m., on Friday,
the 6th inst
For COOKTOWN, SYDNEY, AND MEL-
BOURNE.
Per Mecoa, at 2.30 p.m., on Saturday,
the 7th Inst
For
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. — Per Alverlon, at 8p.m., on Saturday,
the 7th inst.
For PORT DARWIN.--
Por Killarney, at 2:30 p.m., on Monday,
the 9th inst.
MAILS BY THE BRITISH PACKET. — The British Contract Packet Lombardy will be despatched with Mails for the Straits Settlements, Batavia, Burmah, Ceylon, India, Aden, Egypt, Malta, Gibraltar, Europe, and countries served through London, on THURSDAY, the 8th December. N.B.--This Packet carries no mails for the Australian Colonies, B, or ð, Afrion, nor for Mauritius. The following will be the hours of closing
the Malls, de
Wednesday, 4th December,
Dr... Money Order Office alozon, 62.K., Post Office closes except the NIGHT
Box, which remains open all night. Thursday, 5th December,
opens for sale of Stamps, Registry of Letters, and Posting of sil correspondence.
7 Aki, Post Oftoe
10 m.) Post Office olones except for Lots
Letters. Begiatry conson
10.15 asti, Lettere may be posted with LAB Fas of 18 cents extra Postage til
to
11° 4m, when the Post Offios CLOBES
entirely. (11.30 am., Letters (but Letters only) addressed to the United Kingdom Via Brindisi, or to Bingapore, may be posted on board the Packet with Late Fee of $8 cents extra postage,
Sailing Vessels.
South Müton. At Liverpool.
Bector (a) Cadiz (6.) At Cardiff.
Craig Azd.
Quotations.. HONGKONG, December 3, 1878.
OPIUM – New Patna, cash........$575
credit,
"
菌
19
Old Patna, cash,... 565 nom.
credit,
New Benares, cash, 550
credit,
Old Benares, cash, 540 nom.
oredit,
New Maiwb, Dasb, 770
aredh Allowance Taals, 38 Old Malwa, onsby --
Brodit Allowance Tools, Exchange.
Bank, en demand,
"
19
3/7+
80 days sight,
... 8/7 6 months' night,
... 28 Credits, Documentary, 6 months' sight, 3/0 Bombay, demand Rupees, 2231 Calcutta, Shanghai, detuand, 80 days',
Jig pumu.
221
21
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*
724
Bar Silver, 17 dwts. B., Broee, Mexicana,
tri
727
2
109
**
***
ere
£% a 27.70 6.46 5.48
***
617
Gold Leaf, 99 fiue ... English Sovereigns, ... Australian Sovereigns,
shares.
Rongkong Bank, 69% prom, Union Ins. Society of Canton, $1,600 Ühiná Trader' Ins. Co., $1,500 Yangtaze Ins. Aesoo, Fl. 720. Chinese Insurance Co., $340 North China Ins. Co., Tis. 1,250- H.K. Fires. Oo, $910 China Fire Ins. Co., $222) HK. & W. Dook Co., $17 % prem H.R. O. & M. S..bout Co., $11 prom Shanghai Steam Navigation, Tie 17 China Coast St, Nav: Co., Tis, 104 Hongkong Gas Co., 495 Hongkong Hotel Co., $65 Obias Boger Refining Co., 50 % Chinese Imperial Loat, 2109
Do. of 1877, £108
Temperature.
(Taken at Mteers Falconer då Co's Primus,
Queen's Road) ~ka: Rongkowa, December 3, 1878. BAROMETER- 9 AM, pie 80.328
Do.
1. F.M....
B0,250 Do.
4 P.M.
80.2°4 THERMOMETER-M
Do,
1 F.M... Do.
510
$7
142
72.8
69
to
Do. (Wat bulb) 9 a. Do. Do 1 PM
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61
Hongkong, November 21, 1878, `
11,00 4.3, when the Mall is Ezelly
closed.
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Established A.D. 1841,
香港大藥房
A. 8. WATSON & O........ FAMILY & DISPENSING CHEMISTS, WHOLESALE AND Befal Drug CISTS, IMPORTERS
OF
not continue to operate as heretofore, They plead further that, as there are special facilities in this province for de- frauding the revenue, and a special proneness on the part of the Cantonese to avail themselves of them, extra cantion is demanded in introducing a nyabem which, they fear, will lend itself readily to abuse."
That frands do occur in the issue and use of the Passes the provincial autho
Davaoiste' Sundries, Norskay Baqui-rities consider (the Commissioner asserts)
SITES, TOILET REQUISITES, ENGLISH,
· AMERICAN, AND FRENCH PATENT MEDICINER MANUFACTURERS
DF
Boda Water, Lemonade, Tonto Water, Gingerada, Potass Water, Sarsaparilla Water, and other Aerated Waters
The Manufactory is under direct and continuous European Supervision. Hongkong, June 1, 1876.
| they have the authority of the Chefoo
Convention for maintaining. Thatunfore tanate Convention 1. Some of its clauses provide for the introduction of certain new regulations in regard to the Passes, and reference is en more than one occa sion made in them to the prevention of abuses in the working of the system. The of these passes is, consequently, that it Chinese excuse for withholding the issne
would be only respectful and witbal pru- dent to wait until the proposed rules shall have been issued before taking notion, and not to introduce the system iato Hoihow and the other ports, where
The publleation of this isous commenced no Pauses have been applied for for twenty. at 9.05 p.m.
BIRTH.
On the 16th Oct., at Harbledown Lodge near Canterbery, the wife of F. D. Barnes, late of Shanghai, of a son.
years, till it can be started with all the ▼ required precautions." It in astonishing that a feeble Government like that in China dares to stave off the execution of its plain and airple Treaty obligations for a period of a year and half on suob fimsy pretences as these, and it is still more astonishing how the representatives. On the 17th Oct., at St. Paul's Church, of foreign Governments submit to be Knightsbridge, by the Rev. Herbert Barnett humbugged in such a childish manner. and the Rev. Edward Cadogan, Frank The excuses of the Chinese authorities Henry, late R. N., eldest surviving son of are, in point of fast, scarcely worth the Henry Barnett, of Glympton Park Oxon trouble of discussing.
MARRIAGE
Mr McLeavy Brown offers the follow-
to Frances Mary (May), eldest daughter of the late Benry Tudor Davies, barrister-at- law, and Commissioner of Customs, Shanging significant remarks upon the lotion
tel.
DEATHS,
At Hongkong, on the 3rd December, ANTONIO JOSE DA SILVA E SOULA, foreman De Souza & Co.'s Printing Office.
On the 18th Ock, at 15, South-street, Thurlee-equaro South Kensington, William Molay Elles, late of the Oriental Bank Corporation, aged 64.
of the native officials
The truth is, the local authorities, territo= rial and revenue, alike look upon the Transit Pass system as an evil to be staved off as long as possible, though they know well that in the long run they must accept it. The ter ritorial authorities foresee that the use of Transit Passes will seriously affect their Likin collection; and their forebodings in this respect are no doubt sorrect, though pro- ̈ bably not to the extent which their fears suggest. The Haikwan's establishment,
THE CHINA MAIL. though les interested, and therefore less op-
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, DEC. 3, 1878.
posed, would also prefer to see no change in the mode of carrying on the business of this and the other ports in the province. It is the interest of the Native Custom House that as large a proportion as possible of the goods Ir is satisfactory to learn that the pree entering and leaving the province should be sare brought to bear upon the Chinese carried in native bottoms, but when the authorities to carry out one of the plain- Transit Pass system commences, if certifi aat obligations imposed upon them by cated goods will have an advantage in the Treaty, namely, to issue Transit Pass interior over non-certificated goods and that when demanded by foreign merchants, doubted--to qualify for the privilege of the is moet onses they will, oan scarcely ba has at last met with some partially sao-protecting Pass, goods must enter or leave in peasfol results, inasmuch as it is stated vessels that pay their duties at the Foreign that the Viceroy of Canton has ordered Custom Hotise. Foreign er foreign-type the issuing of Transit Passes, more or vessels will thus have an advantage over less fulfilling their requirements, for the junks in the struggle for existence, and will ports of Holbow and Parbol Applica- naturally be selected by importers and ex tion has also been made for the issue of porters; and the Native Customs forased, RS a consequence, that loss grist will come to the Passes at Canton, but this application their mill,
does not appear yet to have met with equal success. About three months ago we published in the China Mail &
LOOAL AND GENERAL.........
lengthened resume of some bulky corre. We are informed by the Agents (šessrá spondence that had passed between a
Foreign Firm and the English Consular Gibb, Livingston & Co.) that the steamof officials relative to the issue of Transit Somerset, with the Torres Straits mall, was Passos at Hollow. By the Treaty of to leave Bingapore for this port to-day. Tientsin it is provided that "It shall be
at the option of any British subject, THE British abip Chinaman froor Shanghal desiring to convey produce purchased bound to Aydney was spoken in Pida inland "to s port, or to convey imports Fastige 42 days out, by the British ship from a port to an inland market, to Connaught Banger.
clear his goods of all transit dues by the
payment of a single charge. The amount Tur delivery of the English Mall was begud of this charge shall be leviable on exports at 8.40 this morning---
at the first barrier they may have to:
pass, or, on imports, at the port at which
Won a requested to state that, comment.
they are landed; and, on payment there ng with the English Mail of the 21st las of a certificate shall be issued, which tant, both the French and English Mailg shall exempt the goods from all further will leave, during the rest of the winter, charges whatever By the Tariff Rules, on Saturdays,
attached to this Treaty, it is further pro-
vided that the amount charged for these Ar the Marie Court to day, Michael transit passes shall be one half of the McDonald, Satunel Deeble, and PRIE Jon- Foreign" Tarif duties payable on the goods sought to be cleared
zon, svammen belonging to the British barque
One would imagine that under ettch Emily Chaplin, were charged with absent- express Treaty provisions as these a ing themselves from their abip without foreign merchant would merely have leave, and were ordered to forfeit two sist to apply for Traust Fasses to obtain and three days pay respectively. them without further trouble of Inton-
venience. Not so, however, at Hollow, THE British ship Connaught Ranger, Captála From the résumé of correspondence ie Murphy, reporta having experienced very ferred to above it appans that the bad weather during her paisage from Lone Foreign Firm in question made their
Brat application for a Transit Pass, fordon to this port. In the neighbourhood goods to be brought from Halan to of St. Paul's Zeland she lost one of her. | Hollow, en Jane Jih 1677, and that vn | ioprali ganda and esteral sally in a tiring