Mails. SHIMAILSTEAK
HIP CR
MITSU BISHI MAIL STEAMSHIP
COMPANY.
Mails
Occidental & Oriental Steam-
Ship Company.
TAKING THROUGS CARGO AND PASSENGERS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE, CONNECTION WITH IKE
IN
CENTRAL and
STEAM TO YOKOHAMA VIA KOBE UNION PACIFIO AND CONNECTING
RAILROAD COMPANIES
AND INLAND SEA
THE 8. 8. NIIGATA MARU, Captain
WALERE, due bera on or about the 26th Instant, will be despatched as above
26 SATURDAY, the 1st May, at Day-
light.
Cargo received on board and Parecla at the Office up to 6 pm. of 30th April
No Bill Lading signed under
AND
ATLANTIC STEAMERS.
od for San Francisco vis Yokohama, THE B. & BELGIO will be despatch. on FRIDAY, the 21st May, 1880, at 3 p.m., taking Cargo and Passengers for Japan, the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, and Europe,
Connection
banghai
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Intimations.
THE CHINA REVIEW,
THE CHINA MAIL.
Visitors Column.
We have instituted as an experiment BE widely-crpressed regret at the dis. VISITORS' COLUMN, which we trust E widely, of Notes of Queries on will prove successful, and be found use- China and Japan, has induced the pablishful. To it will be relegated from time of this journal to issne pablication to time such items of information, lists, isilar in object and style, but slightly tables and other intelligence as is con- modified in certain details,
detsilaikoma sidered likely to prove valuable to pes- The Cuina" - REVIEW, or Notes and sons passing through the City, and Queries on the Far East, is issued at in- in connection gith we have opened tervals of two months, each number oon-
AND BUSINESS taining about 60 octavo page, occasionally SELECT HOTEL illustrated with lithographe, photograph DIRECTORY, applications for enrolment woodents, de, should the papers published into which we are now ready to receive. demand, and the circulation justify, anah
matter.
The subscription is fired at $6.50 postage paid, per annum, payable by non-residents
and Publication the Arts and Sciences, in Hongkong half-yearly in advanes.
The publication includes papere original Ethnology, Folklorn, Geography, History, Literature, Mythology, Manners and Ons- toms, Natural
of China,
List of Public Buildings. Governmont House, North of Public
Gardens.
City Hall, Library (8,000 volumes) and
Museum,-Free.
Public Gardens, a beautifully picturesque
retreat and of great interest.
tral, in a line with Pedder's Wharf.
All Ufalme must be settled on board Steamers from made at Yokohama, with Eastern Religion, do, dia, The Clock Tower, Queen's Road Cen-1
Freight
before delivery is taken, otherwise they 4 pm. of the 20th May. will not be recognized.
RATES OF PA83405.
YOKOHAMA Ú NAGASAKI..
Freight will be received on Board until PARCEL PACKAGES will be received at the Office until 5 pm. same day all Parcal Packages should be marked to address in full; value
is required.
To Kos.............Cabin $60, Steeraga $15.of so
Do. $75. Do. 20. A REDUCTION is made on RETURN CABIN PASSAGES,
CARGO and PASSENGERS for Nagasaki will be transhipped to the Shanghai Mail
Steamer at Kobe,
invited is incorporated with each number.
Mongolia, Tibet, the and the "Far East" generally. A more detailed list of subjects upon which contributions are especially Uriginal contributions in Chinese, Latin, French, German, Spanish, Italian or For toguese, une admissible. Endeavours are made to present a resume in sach A REDUCTION is made on RETURN PAS number of the contents of the most recent ΒΔΟΝ ΤΟΚΕΤΟ,
works bearing on. Chinese matters. Great Consular Invoices to accompany Orextention is also paid to the Review land, Mexican, Central and South American department Cargo, should be sent to the Company's
Notes and Replies are elassified toge Offices addressed to the Collector of Oures as Notes (head references being
givar, when For further information as to Freight
Company, No. 37, Queen's Road Contral.
G. B. EMORY, Agent. Hongkong, April 23, 1880. 1721
toms, San Francisco,
1No. 8241-Apr 28, 1880.
Merchant Vessels in Hongkong Harbou
Bæclumes of late Avrwala and Departurie suporte
To facilitate finding the position of any el in the Harbour, the Anchorage in divided into sighs Green Island, Vesele near the Hongkong Alors are marked b... ness be Bowlong where by and thốn
Shipping or midway between each shore are marked o., in sonjuration with the figures denoting the secasens,
Section,
1. From Green Island to tha Gun Worki,
2 From Gas Works to the Novelty leon Works.
3. From Novelty Iron Works to the Harbour Maatería Ollon. 4. From Harbour Master's to the P. and O. Co.'s Offỏe..
Fuels Name.
Amoy
German Club, Supreme Court, &c., Bolus. General Post Ofice, Hongkong Club,
within a stone's-throw. Lusitano Club and Library, Shelley St. Atholl Government Offices, the Secretariat, &o,
near the Public Gardens. St. John's Cathedral (Anglican), atove,
the Parade Ground. Roman Catholic Cathedral, Wallington
Street.
Union Church, Elgin Street. St. Peter's Seamen's Church, West Point.
For further Particulars, apply at the or Pamage, apply to the Agency of the or Queria uroibed, to previous Notes St. Joseph's (R.C.) Church, Gorden
Company's Orature, No. BOA, Queen's ROAD CENTRAG.
Hongkong, April 10, 1880.
U. S. MAIL LINK,
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
myl
THROUGH vơ NEW YORK, FLA OVERLAND RAILWAYS, AND TOUCHIK, At Yokohama, AND SAN FRANCISOW,
THE U. 8. Mall 8. 8. CITY OF TOKIO will bo despatched for Ban Francisco, via Yokohama, on SATUR DAY, the 1 May, at 1 p.m., taking Passengers, and Faoight, for Japan, the United States, and Europe..
Through Bills of Lading issued for cana portation to Yokohama and other Japan Ports, to San Francisco, to Atlantic and Inland Olties of the United States via Over land Railway to Havana, Trinidad, and Demerara, and to ports in Mexico, Central and South Amerton by the Company's and connecting Bleamere.
Through Passage Tickets granted to England, Franco, and Germany by all trans-Atlantic lines of Stomers.
Insurances.
SCOTTISH IMPERIAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
FIRE AND LIFE
INSURANCES against FIRE granted at
Current Rates. Considerable Redue ion in Premia for LIFE Insurance in
thion
MEYER & Co., Agenta. Hongkong, June 2, 1879, 3ja80
SWISS LLOYD TRANSPORT INSURANCE COMPANY OF WINTERTHUR.
RISKS to all parts of the World.
MEYER & Co., Agents. Hongkong, June 3, 1879.
3jn80
Fright will be received on board until 2 CHINESE INSURANCE COMPANY,
p. the 80th April. Parcel Packages
will be resolved at the office until 5 p.m. same day; all Parcel Packages should be marked to address in full; value of same is required.
Consular Invoices to accompany Overland Cargo bould be sent to the Company's Offices in Sealed Envelopes, addressed to the Collector of Customs aš San Francisco,
For further information as to Pamage and Freight, apply to the Agency of the Company, No. 0 Prays Central
RUSSELL & Co, Agents. Hongkong, April 10, 1880.
STEAM FOR
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SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, BRINDISI, ANCONA, VENICE, MEDI- TERRANEAN PORTS, SOUTH- AMPTON, AND LONDON, VIA BOMBAY;
ABO
(LIMITED.)
NOTICE.
as are also those queries which though asking for information, furnish now or unpublished detaila sonoorning the mat
ter in band. It is desirable to make the
Querles proper M brief and so much to the point as
as possible.
The China Reving for July and August, 1875, is at hand.
Li
It says that forty-two essay's were sent in to compete for the best paper on the advantages of Christianity for the development of a State. All our learn. ed Boolatica
suk sribe to this scholarly
Review,
It is a
a szty
The
and enter copertory of what scho
pagod, ki lara are ascertaining about China. lecture on Chiness Pootry in this volume is alons worth the price of the Review. dress China Review, Hongkong, Northern
Ad
Christian Advocate (U.S.)
Trübner's Oriental Record contains the fol lowing notion of the China Review: This in the title of a publication, the first number of which has lately reached us from Hong kong, where it has been asi on foot se
continuation of Notes and some respecte Queries on China and Japan, the extinction of which useful gerial year or two age been much regretied in Europe as
Eas
the
NSURANCES granted on MARINE in China. Thepresent publination, judging by the uumber how before an, is intended to ocoapy a position, as regards China and the neighbouring countries, somewhat similar to that which has been filled in India by the Calcutta Neriew. The great degree of at tention that has been bestowed of late years pon the investigation of Chinese Hierature, antiquities, and social developments, to any nothing of linguistic studies, hos Tod to accumulation of important stores of inform ation, rendering some such channel of pub- DOLICIES granted at current rates 2licity as is now provided extremely desir Marine Risks to all parts of the World. able; and contributions of much interest In accordance with the Company's Articles may fairly be looked for from the members of Association, Two Thirds of the Profits of the foreign consular the
BORTIONS, Chinese Customs corpa, and the
body, missionary among whom a high degree of Chinese scholarship is now assiduously cultivated, and who are severally represented in the first number of the Review by papers
pere highly creditable to their respective authors. In a paper on Dr. Legge's She King, by the Rev. E. J. Eitel, to which the place of honour le deservedly given, an excellent summary is presented of the chronological
are distributed annually to Contributores whether Shareholders or not, in proportion to the net amount of Premis contributed by each, the remaining third being carried to Reserve Fund.
J. BRADLEE SMITH,
Secretary, Hongkong, December 9, 1878.
QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE-
COMPANY.
MAE Undersigned are prepared to grant Policies against Fire to the extent to $45,000 on Buildings, or on Goods stored therein, at current local rates, subject to
Discount of 20% on the Premis.
NORTON & Co., Agents
Hongkong, January 1, 1874,
a
Road, near Kennedy Road. Temperance Hall, specially adapted for seu-faring men, Queen's Road East Sailors' Home, West Point.
E. E. A. and China Telegraph Co., and the Great Northern Telegraph Co., Marine House, Queen's Road." Masonic Hall, Zetland Street. Victoria Recreation Club-Bath-honse and Boat-house, &c., Praya, beyond the Cricket Ground, beside the City Hall.
Hotels.
Stag Hotel, good accommodation for Road Central. Coox, Proprietor. visitors at moderate rates, 110, Queen's
Hongkong Hotel, the largest and most commodious, at the corner N. E. of the Clock Tower.-DORABJEE AND HING- KRE, Lessees.
Bicamera
Beatty Breconshire Ch
City of Tokio:
Cleveland Compton.. Danabe..
Castia
Decimis Douglas. Dougia Fazé Glenearn Glenergies.... Glenlyon
B. From P and O. Co. – Offer to Peddar's. Wh
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Georgian. of Views in the Empire, and genre Hamburg. Publishers of the Largest Collection Gastr Illustrations of the Chinese-AFONG' Hermine FROTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, 8, Queen's Highlander
James & Stone.). Road.
Nautilus General Outfitter, Hosier, Tailor, Nauti &c.-T. N. DatsCOLL, 46 and 47 Otto, Queen's Road, by special appointment Part
Paleating to H.E. the Governor.
Roderick Hay Chronometers, Watches, Jewellery,
Spartan Maps and Charts.-G. FALCONER & Co., | Spirit of the Age
Bear.. Queen's Road Central.
Travelling Requisites of all kinds, Sutter Books, &c.-LANE, CRAWFORD & CO. Twilight
American and English Stores, Books, and specially selected Cigars-Mac- EWEN, FRICKEL & Co.
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American Newspapers and cheap Re- prints, &c., choice Tobacco and Cigars. Anuta S. Ball MoonE'S VARIETY STORE,42, Carl Ritter.... Queen's Road.
Casandra... Formq... Watches, Jewellery, Charts, Binocu- Strathmore... lars, Optical Instruments, Mordan's Felo Pencil-cases, & JOHN NOBLE, agent
Chair and Boat Hire.
LEGALISED TARIFF OF FARES FOR CHAIRS, CHAIR BEAREES, AND BOATS, IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG.
gical for Negretti & Zambra. problems and arguments involved in con-
Guns, Rifles, Pistols, Ammunition, nexion with this important work. Some and Sportsman's Requisites of all descrip irenelations from
Chinese novels and plays tions.WM. SCHMIDT & Co., Gun- are marked by both mocracy and freshness makers, Eastern House of Beaconsfield et style; and an account of the career of the Un
poot statesman
man of the eleventh Arcade. century, Su Tung-p'o, by Mr. E. O. BORED, is not only historically distinguished by itable, but is aleg grace, Benido notices of new books relating to China and the Fast, which will be a useful feature of the Review, if carried out with pupetuality and detail, we are glad to notice that "Notes" and "Queries" are destined to had a hi fa pages also. It is to be hoped that this opening for contributions similar subjects rosy evoke a degres of literary real to that which was of a predo displayed during the Bfetime pessor in the field, and that the China AerieLE may receive the support poccssary to Insure. its continuance, the publication is Intend T. 856,370ed to appear every swe mouth, and will
orm a subatan tai ootavo zusgazine,
YANGZSZE INSURANCE
ASSOCIATION BOMBAY, MADRAS, CALOUTTA, AND CAPITAL (Fully Paid-up)......Tls. 420,000 PKENARENT RESERVE... Tla. 230,000 SPECIAL RESERVE FUND... T. 206,370
AUSTRALIA.
THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM TIATION COMPANY's Steam-ship KASHGAR, Captain E. J. Baker, will leave this on SATURDAY, the 1st May,
Tea and General Cargo for London will
TOTAL CAPITAL and Au:}
OUMCLATION, 25th April, 1879.
Directors
F. B. FORTES, Hsq., Chairman,
be conveyed vid Bombay without tran. W. BOYD, Eq shipment, arriving one wook later than by C. LUCAS, Esq. direct route. Slik and Valuables will be transferred to the Calcutta steamer
Galle
For further Particulars, apply to
A. MeIVER, Superintendent, Hongkong, April 19, 1880. myl Occidental & Oriental Steam- Ship Company.
TAKING THROUGH CARGO AND PASSENGERS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE, IN CONNECTION WITH THE CENTRAL and
UNION PACIFIO AND CONNECTING
RAILROAD COMPANIES"
WM, MEYERINE, Esq. B. D. Waus, Eng.
HEAD OFFICE BHANGITAI. Mesa RUSSELL & Co., Segretariesi.
LONDON BRANGU. MOR BARING BROTHERS & Co., Bankers. FULLARTÖN HENDERSON, Esq.; Agent,
B, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, B.C. Postores granted on Marine Risks to all parts of the World.
on
Chinese
THE CHINESE MAIL
This paper is HOW
leaned every day. The subacription is fixed at Four Dollars per annum delivered in Hong kong, or Seven Dollars Fifty Conta In- elading postage to Coast parts.
It is the first Chances. Newspapár user imed under purely noties direction. The chief support of the paper is of coaste derived from the native community amongst whom alo are to be found the guarantom and securities necessary to place it on a business audlegal footing.
· Ohairs and Ordinary Pullaway Boats. Balf hour,...10 ot. Hout,... 30.ci. Three-hours, 50 otz, 18ix hours,...TO cla Day (from 6 to 6), One Dollar.
blue,455 April 22 Wieler & Co.
Nelson Toger
596 April 29 Wieler & Co.:
⠀ str.
937&pill 28 Blommen. ds Cos
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CANTON
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263 April 24 Sle
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Men-of-war in Hongkong Harbor
Mag.
The British
... 61 British
Fessel's Name.
TO VIOTOLIA PEAR Single Trip
$1.00 0.85
Kestrel LUIS
0.70 Marques del Duero
MedanBe fum). Midge.....
...$1.50 Victor Emanual.
1.20
K.D.
6 British
6 h British
1.00
Four Coulins,... Three Coolies, Two Coolies,
Return (direct or by
Four Coolics,
Three Coolies,... Two Coolles,
To VICTORIA GAP (TO LEVEL OF UMBEELLÄ BEAT.) Bingle Trip
Four Coolies, Three Cootien, Two Coolies
Return (direct Four Coolies, Three
Cooties,... Two Coolles,
The
Retura Fare embraces a trip of not more than thres hoors, she
HONGKONG, MACAO AND SANTON RIVER
$0.60
0,50
STEAMERS
0.40
$1.00 0.85 0.70
Name
Tons Captai
700 Cyston
617
1890 Boun
$140
814 Degé
$600
280 Hoylant
180 Browbe
The projectors, being their estimates
For every hour or part of an hour shors upon the most reliable information from three hours, each Coolie will be entitled to the yazlaus Ports in China and Japan, an ad titional payment of dents. from Australia, California Singapore Day Trip Pook,$0.75 each Coolle, Subject to a charge of 13 % for Interest Penang, Eaigon, and Lother places frequented (12 hours) Gago $0.60 on Shareholders Capital, all the Prorre by the Chinese, consider themselves
oach Coolie. of the UNDERWRITING BUSINESS will be justified in guaranteeing an ultimate annually distributed among all Contributors creuiation of between 3,000 and 4,000 of Busines in proportion to the Premium copies. The advantages offered to advar paid by them.
there are therefore unnally great, and RUSSELL & Co
the foreign community generally will finds Agents
It to their interest to avail themselves of
Hongkong, October 1, 1870.
10280 shem
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
ATLANTIQ STEAMER§.
ITIBE & S. OOPANIC, Captain J. Mer-
will be despatched for Sao THE Undersigned, Agents for the sbore Brandsen haakohama, on MONDAY, 1 Company; are preparod t graat la the 10th May, 18809 pm, taklog.surances at current rates Cargo and Passong for Japan, the United
Stater
and
DALFE
Central and South America
with
will be received on Board unill 4 pm, of the Uth May, Paxon Par- Ages will be received at the Office until day all Parool Packages should be marked to address in full 3. vAUE
A Reduction is made on HaveÜRK FAS SAGE TROKKEN
MELCHERS & Co., Agents, Royal Insurance Company, Hongkong, October 27, 1874,
MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF MANCHESTER AND LONDON.
ESTABLISHED 1894
the Company £1,0
oh is paid up
Coumilis Isyolom to socompany D Resorto Fund upwards o
land, Mezidar, Central and South American Cargos should be sent to the Company's
Dito addressed to the Collector of Can
Annual Income
Undersigned have
The field open to a paper of this detorip. too-conducted by native efforts, but Frogresive and anti-obetructive in tone in almost limitless. It on the one hand sommands Chinese belief and Interest
while on the other deserver svorý sid that can be given to it by foreigners, Like English journals is contains Editorials with Local, Ship
ipping, ad Commercial News and Advertisements.
· Incensed Bearers (cash) *Hour,
10 cents. Hali dey
35 cents -Day,***
...50 centa
BOAT AND G001AL BIKE.
BOSTA,
fat Class Garga Boat of 6 or 800
fioula, par Day, at Cinas Cargo Best of 8 or 900
piruls, per load, and Clase Cargo Boas 02 600
pionir, par Day,
and Claas Cargo Best of 600
picule, por Lond, ma
and Class Cargo Host or Ha-kan Boat of 800
"plenis, per Day M
Bed Glass Cargo Boat or Ha-kan
Sabeription orders for either of the plasia, per Load, above may be sent
Brid Class Cargo Bost or Ha-kan Boat of 800 Agapiosis, Wall Des
GEO, MURRAY BAIE,
HOW READY.
FENG SHUI -
or Fallaway Bonis, per Dey,
Hallen How, After 6 Nothing in this foals prevepla pels
pointed
PORTLAN
BUDDHISM IN HISTORY
for the shore Company
For further information at Lo Freight Hongk Canton, Fooohow Shanghai, Lib Agency of the and Hinkow, and are prepared, to gras
or Pasango, APPE
Company RNO, 87, Quoand
G. BEMOE Hongkong, Apell 24, 1880.
710טד
Insuranses as ontrent rates,
Seals of Hite for
One Hear
HOLLIDAY WISH & Uo. Hongkong, October 18 1868,
1: Nothing in the abura Soale, to
27 Mongkong, JAN 31-1878.
と
Tching Kin Shan Kiu Klang Powan Sir J Jeejeebboy 184 Spark Tang Ting White Olond
•Total
9.00
1.50
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