Insurances.
TANGTSZE INSURANCE
ASBUUTATION.
Capital (Fully Paid-up). Tis, $20,000 PERMANENT RESERVETE 230,000
Visitors Columa.
We have instituted as an experiment a VISITORS' COLUMN, which we trust. will prove successful, and be found use ful. Te it will be relegated from time
Hongkong Rates of Postage.
(Revised March 1, 1880.)
In the following Statements and Tables the Kates a given in cents, and are, for Lettern, per half sunce, for Books and
THE CHINA MAIL.
Local Parent Post
1. Small Faroels may be sent by Port between any of the Post Offices In China For Japan, as well to Macao, Pak-
hot, Singapore,
and Malacca, Penang They must not exceed the following limen, muss, 2 feet long, I foot broad, 1 Foot nor weigh more than Bibs. The postage
closed it they bear Registration. The parcels may be wholly
thin
special endorse ment, PARCEL, CONTAINING NO LETTER, but any parcel may be opened by the Postmaster General
SPECIAL RESERYE FUNE...17 263,268 to time such items of information, lists, Patterns, per too ounces, wight will be 20 centi per lb., which will include)
tables and other intelligence as a con- sidered likely to prove valuable to per- TOTAL CAPITAL and Ac
CUMULATIONS, 8th.Tia 913,268 sons passing through the City, and April, 1880...
in connection with we have opened SELECT HOTEL AND BESINESS DIRECTORY, applications for enrolment into which we are now ready to receive,
Directors
F. B. Fornes, Haq, Chairman. W. M. Boyd, Esq. WH. METERINK, Esq. J. H. PIKOKVoss, F. D. HITOR, Esq.
HEAD OFFICE SHANGHAI, Mess RUSSELL & Co., Secretaries.
LONDON BRANCH; Messrs BARING BROTHERS & Co., Bankers,
got,
BIOHARD BLACKWELL, Esq.,
8, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, E.C. Poziciza granted on Marine Risks to all parts of the World.
Subject to a obarge of 12% for Interest on Shareholders Capital, all the PROFITS of the UNDERWRITING BUSINESS Ace an-
nually distributed among all Contributors
of Business in proportion to the Premia paid by them.
RUSSELL & Co., Agents.
Foe30
Hongkong, May 11, 1880.
ROYAL' INSURANCE COMPANY,
DE Undersigned, Agonis for the above Company, are prepared to grant In-
THE
surances at current rates. ·
MELCHERS & Co., Agents, Royal Insurance Company. Hongkong, October 27, 1874.
MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF MANCHESTER AND LONDON.
ESTABLISHED 1824.
1.
"J
Capital of the Company £1,000,000Storling
of which is paid ap £100,000 Reserve Fund upwards of£ 120,000 Annual Income
£260,000 "
THE
THE Undersigned have boon appointed Agents for the above Company at Hongkong, Canton, Footbow, Shanghat, and Hankow, and are prepared to grant Insurances at current rates.
HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co. Hongkong, October 15, 1468.
LANCASHIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY,
(FIRE AND LIFE)
CAPITAL,--TWO MILLIONS STERLING,
THE Undersigned are prepared to grant Porozes against the Risk of FIRE on Buildings or on Goods stored therein, on Goods on board Vossels and on fulls of Vessels in Harbour, at the usual Terms And Conditions.
for Life Assurances will be re-
Proposal transmitted to the Directors ceived, for their decision.
If required, protection will be granted or first class Lives up to £1000 on a Single Life.
List of Public Buildings. Government House, North of Public
Gardens.
City Hall, Library (8,000 volumes) and
Museum, Free.
Newspapers over four canoes in ease may be, but such paper or packets or arp charged as double, treble, de, as the papers may be sent at Book Rate Two Newspapers
müst
not be folded together as one, nor must anything whatever, be inserted except bona Sue Supplements Printed matter may, however be enclosed, if the whole be paid at Book Bate Prices Oux rons may be paid either, as Newspapers or Boike
Hiraodon
2. The following cannot be transmitted Parcels insufficiantly packed or protected, or liable to be crushed (bandbox, &o.) Glass, Liquids, Explosive substances
Game, Fruit,
or
charged less than ang the opportunity for t
the
sels in Hongkong
6289 Jone 28, 1880.
Bacíanos of late:
To facilitate fading the position of any vessel in, the
Green Mand.
Shipping or taldway betwis
From Green Irland to the Gas Woc
(2. From Gil Works to the Novelty lyon: 3. From Novelty Iron Works 15 thờ Ha 4. From Harbour Masters to the Pi
Kesher's Name.
Commercial Papers signify auch papers ns, though Written by Hand, do not bear is dangerous to the Mails, or likely to be- the character of an actual or personal core come offensive or injurions in tratt spondencs, such an lovoices, deads, cópled 8. Parosis will as a general rule, he for- Contrack music, de. The sharge on them is the same warded by Frivate Ship, not Public Gardens, a beautifully picturesques for books, but, whatever the weight of Mall Packet. The Post Office rexorver
retreat and of great interest, The Clock Tower, Queen's Road Cen-paper, it will not be charg
a packet containing any partially written | right of
delaying delivery in tral, in a line with Pedder's Wharf.
the n
of parcela is such as to retard Denta General Post Office, Hongkong Club,
other correspondgard to any The sender of any Registered Article other German Club, Supreme Court, &c., may socompany it with a Return Receipt te accepted with within a stone's throw.
on paying an extra fes of 6 cents, the spate of Registration
Government Offices, the Secretariat, &,4 lb Patterns for each offices are limited Lusitano Club and Library, Shelley St. The limit of welgist for Books and Com-sendors against any but a very remote pro Decima
mercial Papers to Foreign Post Officer le bability of loss. nor the Public Gardens,
to 3 ounces, and must not exceed these St. John's Cathedral (Anglican), above dimensions: 8 inches by 4 inches by 2
the Parade Ground. Roman Catholic Cathedral, Wellington
Strect.
Union Church, Elgin Street.. St. Peter's Seamen's Church, West Point. St. Joseph's (RC) Church, Garden
Road, near Kennedy Road.. Temperance Hall, specially adapted for sea-faring men, Queen's Road East. Sailors' Home, West Point.
B. 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-bouse and Boat-house, &c.Praya, beyond the Cricket Ground, beside the City Hall.
The Borracks and Naval and Military Store Departments lie to the east word, and cover a large area.
Hotels.
Stag Hotel, good accommodation for visitors at moderato rates, 110, Queen's Road Central.-J. Cook, Proprietor.
Stores, Books, &c. Publishers of the Largest Collection of Views in the Empire, and genre Illustrations of the Chinese.A FONG's PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, 8, Queen's Road.
General Outfitter, Hosier, Tailor, &C.T. N. DRISCOLL, 45 and 47, Queen's Hond, by special appointment to H.E. the Governor.
Chronometers, Watches, Jowellery,
Maps and Charts.--G. FALCONER & Co. Queen's Road Central.
Travelling Requisites of all kinds, Books, &c.LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.
American and English Stores, Books, and specially selected Cigars-MAG- EWES, FRICKEL ́& Co.
American Newspapers and cheap Re- prints, &c., choice" Tabacco and Cigars. Moone's VARIETY STORE, 42, Queen's Road.
Watches, Jewellery, Charts, Binocu
For Rates of Premiuma, forms of prolara, Optical Instrumente, Mordan's
posals or any other information, apply to
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & C6,
Agenta, Hongkong & Canton,
Hongkong, January 4, 1867.
THE LONDON ASSURANCE.
INCORPORATED BY ROTAL CHARTER Fol
His Majesty King George The First, Ai D. 1720,
وند
יק
HE Undersigned having been appointed Agents for the above Corporation are prepared to grant Insurances as follows:
Marina Department
Policies at current rates payable either here, in London or at the principal Porta of India, China and Australla.
Fire Department,
Policles issued for long or short periods at current ratos. A discount of 20 % allowed.
Tafo Department
·Polleien taimed for soms not exceeding £6,000 at reduced rates,
HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co. Hongkong, July 25, 1872.
QUIEN FIRE INSURANOR COMPANY
TIBE Undersigned are prepared to grant Policies agalant Fire to the extent to $45,000 on Balldings, or on Goods stored therein, at current local rates, enbject to a Discount of 20% on the Promlu de
NORTON & Co.,
akgents,
Hongkong, January 1, 1874,
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Incorporated by Royal Charter and Boscial dots of Parliament.
ESTABLISHED: 1800
CAPITAL £2,000,000,
Pencil-cases, &c-JouN NOBLE, agent for Negretti & Zambra.
Guns, Rifes, Pistols, Ammunition, and Spurtsman's Requisites of all descrip- tions WM. ScUMIDT & Co., Gun- makers, Eastern House of Beaconsfield? Aronde.
Chair and Boat Hire.
Legaligen TarIEY OF FAREA FOR CHAIRS, ONATE BEARERS, AND BOATS,
IN THE COLONY, OF Honakona,
Chairs and Ordinary Pulloway Boats, Half hour,10 cts. Hoar, ...30 ots. Thres hours,.,50 cts. | Six hours,... 70 ota Day (from 6 to 6), One Dollar,
TO VICTORIA PEAK Single Trip.
Four Coolies, ** Three Coolies, Two Goalten,
$1.00
0.65
0.20
Return (direct or by
Four Coolies,
$1,50
Three Coolies,
1:20
∙1.00:
Two Coolles,
TO VICTORIA GA (TO LEVEL OF UMBBELLA
BRAT:) Single Trip.
Four Coolies,
inches.
N.R. means No Registration.
No
but
will secure the
Danobo
found these facilities with a Pares! Post to Quelle....
4. The public are cautioned not to con Europe, dra, which does not exist.
Pernambuco
Glaucos Glenfinlas Afost countrise to which Hongkong for Meath warda Correspondence having joined the Namos. General Postal Union or being probable Niigata Maru following rules be strictly observed. Fing on about to do so, it is necessary that the Perns
1. No Letter or Packet, whether to be Sex Gall registered
can-be received cris morogisters of all ver money, Soma for Postage if it contains as a general rule, is liable to Customs duties.
or
Honduras The Argentine jewels, precious articles, or anything that, | Thalas
Countries of the Postal Union. Europe, most foreign possessions in Asia, The Union may be taken to comprise Japan, W. Africa, Egypt, Mauritius, all N. America,
Mexion,
Salvador, Ohlli, Brazil, Peru, Repablic,
Trinidad, Labuan,
with all and Spanish Colonies. Danish, French, Netherlands, Portuguese Countries NOT in the Union.The chief countries not in the Union are the Aue tralasian Group, an
Postage to Union Countries. General Rates, by any route Letters,
10 cents per ox Post Cards,
B couts each. Registration, Newspapers,
$0.00 0.60 0.40
$1.00
0.85 0.70
Three Coolies, Two Coolies,
Return (direct or by Pok-foo-hum), Four Coolies, Three Coolios, ******* *** ** Two Oboljen, olan mg mà cán
The Relura Fare embraces a trip of not more than three hours,
©For every hour or part of an hour abovə three hours, each Coolle will be entitled to an additional payment of 5 cents.
Day Trip Pesk$0 75 each Cooller (12 hours) } Gag,tapi,60 each Coglio. Licensed Bearers (each).
Hour Half day
·Day
1st Class Cargo Bost of B or 350
H8 Underalgued, Auksts of Hingkong pale, per
for the above Company, are prepared
to grant Policies against FIRE
Xal Class,Cargo Best of 8 or 100
pienla, per
extent of £10,000 on any Billing, or 2nd Class Orgo Bont of 600
on Merchandise in the same, #1" the
nimal Rates, abject to a discount
per-cent
GILM
Class Cargo Boat or Kii-k
85 cents. 50 cents,
10 cents.
2 cents each.
Books, Patterns and ?
2 cents per 2 oz. Comm. Papers,, **!
There is no charge on redirected sorra spondence within the Postal Union.
Postage to Non-Union Countries. Hawaiian Kingdom - Letters,
10 Registration, Newspaper, bu Books l'atterns, 5*
None,
West Indies (Non Union)t, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, New Granada, Nicaragua, Panama, Paragons, Uruguay Lettera, Registration, Newspapers,
None.
10.
Books & Patterns,
Australia, New Zealand, Taamanit, and via Forres Straits, Letters, 12; Re-
ye Washi
2. This Regulation prohibite the sending Yottung of Patterns of dulable articles, unless the Zamboanga quantity sent be so amali sa to make the sample of no value..
follows:
are
5. The limits of weight allowed are a Books and Papers to British Olot, 6 lba.; to the Continent. 0,4 lbs, Patterns to British Offices, 5 lbs. If with tout intrinse value; to the: Conilnent,
·40, 802
Salling Vossely Ablel Abbot Amoy... Antie W. Weston.. CA LINN BALA Centennial. Chateaubriand Cilurnumi Olifton Danirlar
Indemnity for the Loss of a Registered Letter, fion The following Regulations as to the Eden Indemity to be paid in certain cases on Edmond Greider the loss of Registered correspondetion have | El Capitan, been made by His Excellency the Governor Eld undor Ordinance 10 of 1876, Section X Fabius
The Post Office is not legally responsible for the safe delivery of Registered corres pondence, but henceforth it will be pre- pared to make good the contents of such | G. F. Munte busines burrespondence lost while passing through Gesins Brond casos, provided of $10, in cortain GreciaUSING
the Post, to the
· Figaro Live S
Florence Nightingale Frank Lambirth
Guardian
1.That the sender duly observed all the Hormo conditions of
in
of Begistration require, Hongkong **** 2. That the lottor was securely enclosed. J. A. Thomsan
A reasonably strong envelope.
James
Shepherd
3. That application was made to the Josela Janinos
being
with MeNear
Melbrek Minnie Carvill
Patterns, Mapers, 2. Boors and Postinaster General of Hongkong Ime Lady Bowes
4: Via Gallo, Letters, 261 Remodiately the loss was discovered, the Magenta.
onvelope invariably for
forwarded gistration, 10; Newspapers, 2; Books and Patterns, 4.
anch application unless it also is losh fied that the loss occurred whilst the porres-Ocean's lis
4. That the Postmaster General is satis
pondence was in the custody of the British Crake Postal administration in China, that it was -Paul Mariojun not caused | by aby
fault on the part of the Pelha sender, by destruction by fire, or shipwreck,
Pizarro
Natal, the Cape, St. Helena, and Ascen- sion, vía Aden, Letters, 25; Registration, 10; Newspapers, S; Books and Fatterns, 5.
+
* A gual extra charge is made on delivery,
There is Registration to British W India
Melauda, conto. To the Bahamas nor by the dishonesty or negligence of the Spirit of the Age
and Hayti, The San Francisco route is available. Registration via San Francisco, 10 cents. Cannot be sent via San Francisco...
LOCAL POSTAGE SO
Between
(d), and the Philip Japan, Siam, Cochin kong, Macao, Chins, China (d); Tonqniu
Ušios) viz. Hong
Between any other two (through a British the following
and Macau, in either
Hongkong, Canton,
!pines
(d)........
10
(d) No Parcel Post
Local Delivery,
Letters
Regis
parosi tration
cantan
1. All correspondence parted before p.m. on any week day for addressen -in and generally within two hours, unless the Victoria will be delivered the same day, delivery should be retarded by the Oatsach
Invitations
ke, can generally ba delivered
the private housed of
ddressbee retker, that at Places of
wish to that effect expressed
the sender, otherwise all- Dorrespon
thin
Hellvered At
person not in the employment of Hongkong Port Office.
Spartan
Faffaratte
5. No compensation can be paid for mere Twilight damage to fragile articles such as portraits, W. H. Maropen watches, handsomely bound books, de, ↑ William Manson which reach their destination, although in William Rilaca
broken or deteriorated condition,
Charité
Hedvig Victory
Captain
Schide
ملة
Nalra
o Fangues a
Lincoln
Winter McDavidson
8. sohalken
t787
Daires
477 June
1100 Jane Cibb
240 Jub
Dook £6.
LEROY BOC
Blabi 14. 6. &: 06.
Span. str. 666
Bea, 589 June 19 Arahold, Karburg & Co 48m, #314 June 29 Eduard Schallbian di Co. ast, boa 668 June 9 dec
ko. Brik bqu
Joh. boe 800 Jase 11 Landstein & Co. Amer, th 1994 May 30 40. B., B. Ca... Gerbo 685 April 18 Vogel & Co.
750 Holatyror 5 Gray
Trimbach
1. e Dunbar mici. Amer.
B of Rogers:
bos 1006 June
Aner th 1124
Swed: bgs. 289. Ger. 30219
mer.sh. 2844
7e Madden
Brit
Makitimes
jens, “commencing ar
London de Hun
25th
Local Dook
Bloon Block
eltimes
Portland (Oregon)
* Ball & Co.
Toochów
hason & Co
|Hamburg
rberg de Co.
Amer, sch.
W. Ha Bay
Brit bge
347 April 19 Yegel & Gol
Honolul
1303 Mar
Now Tórk
sh. 1607 My
New York
Cos'tan Dock
Brik bqe
Brough
15. Vandervoed
Belt bqn680 Jana Grit bqe 431 June
Monte
Roaille Davey
Whiting
CANTON
Croat
Money Order Regulations......... 1.-Money Orders are exchanged with the United Kingdom, New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, South Australia and Fort Darwin, the Straits Settlements, Western Australis, and (except at Shang- hai) with the Japanese Empire. Hongkong also issues ordern on
on Shanghai,
gas and vice Chinklang 2-Small sama may be remitted between the other Forts by means of Postage Stamps, subject to a charge of one por cant, for cashing them.
3.Many Morey Orders are supplied to residents at the analler Porta in this way, An application for an order is filled up, and la enclosed with a stamped, directed, and unsealed envelope to the Postmaster at the nearest issning office. The application must be accompanied with the full amount (including commission), in cheque, postaga stampa, or other equivalent of cash, and a little purgin sbonld be loft for variations of exchange. The Postmusator issues the order, scuds it on in the envelops, and returns the change, if guy, by
by first opper sanity with receipt for the letter, if it were to be registered, as it always should be Care should be taken to aund the applications to time, as the Money Order Office oloze noms hours before the depar tures of the malls
No order must exceed £10 or $50, or Include any fraction of a penny, nor will more than two suoli orders be jasned to the same person, in favour of the same PSTÖR, by the same mail Orders will be drawn at the mrrent rate of the dayi sad pali at the rate of the day when the advios Arrived,
The commission in in follow
Orders on the United Kingdom.
Up to £18 cent
Looal and Intersolonial Orders,
ted Kingdom MAY beg, GOUAM LOLŽINE
through
Fuyew
Albatros Camus
Tobang!
HONGKONG-M.
Men
[Aug
337 June 15 Landalen & Co.
Vogel & Co Bomona Co
360 Juve 11 Base & Co.
Melcher iz Do
Co.
296 May 29 Darlowite
$75 June 11šlemssen & Do
bg. 288 Jan 28 Eduard Shellhans & Co.
700 June 27 Gland won & On. 920 June 220 M. 8. N. 06.
Harbour.
TRYCORINA FIRE: INSURANOH-
COMPAN
HEAD OFFICE E