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Captain.
Flag and Rig
Tona.
Date of Arrival
Consignees or agente,
str. 366 Aug. 12Douglas Lapraik & Co 789 Aug. 14 diemasin & Co.
12 Wieler & Co.
str. 159126lemsson & Co.
11 Yuen Fat Hoog
Dailination:
Remarks,
Vessel Name.
Eteamsica
2 b Fairtlough
Brit
str.
781 Aug
5 Hansen
Ger.
eir 1514 Aug.
BP. & O. 8, N. Co, Melobera & Co.
Straits and Bombay 19th inst.
Amoy, do.
To-day
5b Lightwood
Brit
4 Fickmeler
str. Ger.
5
Voega
Ger,
460 air.
Aug.
15 Adamson,
Bell
Oo.
Yokohama & Hingo]
5 el Patrick
Brit
¡Ackermann
Ger.
str.
648 July.
Shanghai
Kloon Dock
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sir.
645 | Ang.
764 AgYuen Fat Hong
Bangkok
To-day
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Talbot...
inter
Brit
str. 1292 ang.
13 Siemsson
& Co.
Auday
Brit atr
Tur Paying
Brit str.
Amoy, do
5 bAbbott
Brit
Shanghai
-
Farer.. Chalic Faelic Gezvane Balloong Hsinan
str.
120 jaug.
Brit
str. 1713
60.
Nicolijetak
Brit
str.
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Tn Hongkong The Tweed A Tiber
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395 Ang. 16 Russell & Co
A.K. & W'pos Dock Co.
509 Aug. 18 Douglas Laprak & Co.
Ang.
NB. N. Co.
0.8. 8. Co.
417 Aug. 15 Siemssen & Co.
277 May 18 Douglas Lapraik & Co.
Aug. 11 Along
str. 278
str.
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ate. 674 Aug.
11 Douglas Laprnik & Co.:
Annam.str. 1000 July 7Captain
Brit
Brit
str. 1247 Aug. 13 bb, Livingston & Co.. 800 Aug. 14 Datterfield & Swire 1478 Ang. 12 Vogal d
& Co.
Brit. str. Brit
Rasmusen..... Dau. Wagner... Ger.
761 Aur. 13 Siemen & Co,
28 July
str. 778 air.
78 aug.
Brit str. 648 108
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7 hirvine...
2 bGoggin
Carrer
de Souza...
4 Anderson
£ 1 Henne...inerar
Timpe Atherton Trickey FkKetels...
Pedern
30 Stomasen & Co.
Biemmsen & Co.
9 Melchera & Co.
210hica Traders Insurance Qu
48 Nor. 24
93 Joly Captain
501 . 14. N. Telegraph Co. 886 Aug. Jardins, Matheson & Co. 288 Aug. 14 Kwok schoong & Bona
Amer, boe 988: July
Port
18 Douglas Lapraik & Co.
ab. 653 Aug. 14 Brandao & Co.
Amer. oh. 1995 July
Gex. bge 443ug. Gor. baa
360 Aug.
674 AUR
Amer. sh. 1704 Jens Ger bge.
Brit
Siam, bqa
438 Aug.
183 Aug.
469
Bris, bqs. 939
939 July Belt bqe 30 A
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Bussell & Co.
TWieler & Co.
4 Wieler & Co.
11 Rus
Russell & Co. Russell & Co.
10 Order
Yuan Fat Hong
20 Vogel & Co
7 Eduard Schellbuss & Co.
99 Vogel & Co.
Melobers & Co.
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Norman
Sequeira....
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3 Lautrup....
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Dan bqs.
{Ger, bqo'
Gor, bqs
685 July
365 Aug.
12 Tack
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695 July 24 SiemBOD
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931
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6 Vogel & Co.
4 dl Summers
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12 Captain
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Aluet. 19
20 Melchers & Co.
612 July 25 Arohald, Karborg & 06.
Aust bge. 275 dag.
Brit, bqe 632 Jaly 30 Melchers
Beit ab. 1828 June
Brit hqe 472 Aug..
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bae.
& *
Dow
308 Aug. 11 Landstein & Co. 937 July
12 Michaelsen...Siau, bqe. 570 Mug
Braybrooke Bri.bktine. 162 g. 726 Aug.
& Oo, Chinese Turner & Oo.
To-day 20
To-day
Y'hamado Fcisco 17th inst
Kloon Dock
Hoihow & Haiphong to-day
171b,daylight
17th inak.
Tu-day
Hothow, da
Cosat Ports
Foochow
Shanghind
Shanghai
Today
Bloon Dock
Saigon
117th mak
Valparaiso
New York
Cheloo & N'olwang San Francisco London
New York
pines
Tientsin
Havre and Hamburg Ohefoo
San FranciscI
London . Foochow
London
Portland (Oregon) Cleared
Rejang
London
New York
London
Natal
4 Yogel
Aug.
9toly
Ghot.
7 Whitney...
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105.
4 diemason & Co. 15 Order
Best
18
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Amer, bgr. Brit. Amer cob.
Arnhold, Karberg & Co. ab. 1000 June 26 Russell & Co.
81 Fob.
W. R. Ray
Now York
Channel for ordere
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2 Betterman
Whyte...... Reunie
4 492 July
636 July 19 Chinese
Bril
ab. 1745 Lag. 8arabold, Karberg & Ou Brit, bqa 923 June 18 Vogel & Co.
|Bangkok
London
London
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... DBD. McIntyre..... Bril bye. Dahme Storm....
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222 Aug. 4 Wieler & Co.
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464 Aug. 13 Arnhold, Karberg & Co. bg. 318 Aug. 16 Melchers & Co, bg. 234 Aug. Siemon & Co.
Tientsin
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¡Tientsin
CANTON
Chinktang Larch
Tong Tiog
Or Collage Hegg
Brit.
str.
Brit
Brit
little margin should be left for variations Chun-tung....
of exchange. The Postmaster issues the Kak.....
799 Aug. 13 Siemsson & Co. str. 914 ug. 11 Butterfield & Swire
str. 1068 Aug. 14 Jardine, Matheron & Co. ate 316 Aug. 80. M. 8. N. Co..
Men-of-war in Hongkong Harbour.
Ab'deen Doak
Vessel's Name.
Anchor- கரம்.
Flag.
Class
Toms.
Guns E. P.
Date of
Commander
Arrival
6 h 5 k
Chineee British
gunboat gunboat
160
40
Aug 15.
Ya Ti-hau
320
3
840
June 19
0.' D. Spanish
Transport
June 19
Mariano Torres
6 k
British
military hospital
2591
bk
British
gunboat
+65
190
Joly
6
British
gunboat
458
00
July 28
German
Man-Of-WAL
2300
Aug
5 k British gabboat
360
$40
June 18
British British
Commodore's flag-akip 3087- turret-zbip
960
June
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3rd Class Cargo Boat or Hakan Bont of 800
picals, per Load,
3rd Class Cargo Boat or Es-kan Boat of B00
piela, Halt Day,
Sorgani
ar Pallaway Boats, por Day,
One Hour, Balf-ru-Hoar,
2.00
2. Invitations, &o, can generally be 2.50 delivered within Victoria at the private 1.7 houses of the addressees rather than at places of business, if a wish to that effect 156 be expressed by the sender, otherwise all correspondence is invariably delivered at 1.00 the nearant place of business.
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8. Boxholders who desire to send Urea, 60 lack, Dividend Warrants, Invitations, Cards, do, all of the same weight, to addresses Hongkong, Bangkok, or the Ports of $1.00 Chine, may deliver them to the Post Office unatamped, the postage being then to the sender's account. Each charged batch must consist of at least ten.. After 6 P.M......
4. Boxholders may also send Pattern Nothing to this Scale prevente private agro to the same places in the same way. En
velopes containing Patterns may be wholly closed if the nature of the contents be first exhibited or stated to the Postmaster General, as he may consider necessary, and 3 cents, spproved by him. Printed Circulars may be inserted In such Pattern Packers
menta.
10 cent extra.
1 FLEET COQLIES. Scale of Hire for Brest Coolt.
One Day,....
Balf Day!
Thres Bours,..
One Hour,.. HY HOUT...ak.
suprea sauti
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at the current rate of the dayt and paid at the rate of the day when the advice arrived.
The commission is as follows
HONGKONG, MACAO AND CANTON RIVER STEAMERS,
Captain
WATERS, doo,
Lt. Com. M. La Bridger: YOD Blaue
Commodore Cuming
CHINESE GUN-VESSELS IN CANTON
Zon, Guns H. P.
40.
Commander.
Lán Kno ch'ang
J. Stewart
F. Bossard
To y han Leung Yin-ting
B. J. Faunch
Chow Chot Li Ping dye
Chincte
Chinese Admich Ching
A Garceau
Name.
Tons
.....Owners
Name
An-lan
221
Iohang
£6.
23
Orders on the Caited Kingdom,
........ 18 cents. Up to £2.
...... 98
Kin Shan
700❘ Ogston
407
Butterfield and Swire
H., & M. E-bost Co.
Chen-to
241
|Chien-jul
80
60
Ching-sing
180
410
72
Kid Kinng
Kiang-ping.
-617
Powin
Benning, T. B., O. & M. 8.-boat Co.
860 Holmes
1890 | Osry
Chan-tang
160
Lung-bang
120
Q. M. 8. S. Co.
Spark
140 Lafavour
H., O. & 1. B.-boat Co. H&M. 8. boat Co.
Hua-shan Li-the Peng-chon-bal Quing-on
ben-chi
Nod-taing
280 Hoyland 180 McDougall
H., C. & M. S-boat Co K. Acheong & Sons
Tobibg-on
Tebing po
Teing-po
Fi-lu
Ya-min
Local and Intercolonial Orders.
Up to $25 or £5.25 cents."
Volani
250 or £10....50 5.--Lists of Money Order Offices in the White Cloud United Kingdom may be consulted as Hongkong and Shanghalangnga
6.-Names must be given in full (except when there is more than one Christian name) but the name of the Payee, need not be given if the order he crossed (at cheques are crossed). It can then be paid only through a Bank, and may afterwards be specially crossed to any Bank,
FJOCHOW SHIPPING IN PORT. Ang, 4, 1881 MERCHANT ZENÁMEKS.
Bontedi
7.No order can be paid till the Payee Europa
An hiss aigned it in the proper place. order on be transferred to another office
"for London
for Colonies SAILING VESELE.
for Adelaide.
British barque for Dunedin
on payment of an additional commission Catherine Marden
a case of loss of an order, neocrity for Lee Yih stopping payment, or the like, Application | Bio Grande should be made to the nearest Money Order Offlos for instructions.
*Buyer Glamis Castle H. C. Orstod Hankow
Himalaya
*Larch Lido
Telegraph Repairing Str,
Empress Humboldt
Jase Woodburn
Linde Mitchell
2258983988998**
MERCHANT STEAMERS,
Chicass
for New York
British
British
British
Hiroshima Mara Kiang-plan
арала
Britica
Queen
of India Quickstep
MAI Marionethshire
Nlogpe
Chinese
London v. Tehar Blver Baris Britan
Pautah
Chinees
Frenab
British
Weltby Pendleton Whe
British
Who
Hrita
British
Beitth
Caroline Behn
Frenali
Deux Freres
Lord. Foochow French barque
Foxhonna
Bellsh
British bri
Borge Pake
British
SHIPPING IN SHANGHAI HARBOUR
Aug 4 1881NA MERCHANT STEAMERE,
AMAZING
&If the order be not presented within PARCELE The public in reminded that, six months an additional commission will there is no such thing as Parcel Post be charged; If not within twelve months, Nothing in shabore Seals to stent private to Europe, &c. Much trouble and disse the money ill be forfeited. When the
pointment are sensed by persistent attempts order is one pad no further alaim can be Ardantiene to send amall valuable trifes through the entertained.
9-No order can be paid until the advice Post Fene, Curios, Articles of Dress,
Work, Faber and similar presents are con relative to it has been rossired. tinually being refused, the senders having of ten spent more in Portage than won'd
WASHING BOOKS.
(In English and Chinese.)
TASHERMAN'S BOOKS, for the uso bare paid the freight by steamer No of Ladies sul Gentlemen, can now refund on he made or anot parcela of the value of Stampa obliterated before the nature of the content was doY8Led.
be had at this Office, Price, Beach,
OBINA MATIYOffice
Msds out on a printed form which is supplied
Blick balla Deucalion. *Djemash Eldorado Fatehoy
Tel Yuen
Printed and
A doller rate for drawing in the United King
adora. Is In fotos at Shanybai,
MAKRONANT BAILING VESSELS A
Since left port or arrived at Blangkout
HOVENT BAUF * 18 (28*
Chinese
barque