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The China Rexism for July and August, 1875, la at band. It says that forty-two emaga ware sent ia to compete for the beat paper on the advantages of Christianity for the development of a State. All our learn- ed societies should subsribe to this scholarly and antorprising Reviews. It is a sixty paged, bi-monthly, repertory of what sho
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Tribrar's Oriental Record contains the ful lowing gotice of the Chino Review: This Is the title a publication, t the Grat number of which has lately reached us from Flong.
whore has bean kong,
set on foot as in Rems respects a continuation of Noten ond Queries on China and Japan, the extinction of which useful serial a year or two ago has been much regretted fu
fn Europe as well as In Chins. The prasant publication, judging by the number now before us, is intended to openpy a ponition, as regards China and the neighbouring countries, somewhat similar to that which has been filled in India by the Calcutta Bevice. The great degree tention that has been bestowed of late upon the investigation of Chico literature,
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rendering come noch channel of pub.
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Cor among whom a high degree of Chinone scholarship is now assiduously cultivated, and who are severally represented in the first number of the eier by papers highly croditable to their respective
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.OL.
(d) Vin Singapore, 10 cents.
cels and
conta.
per 2 oz
Patterns.
centa.
each.
costs.
2. This Regulation prohibits the sanding of Patterns of dutiahlo articles, unless the quantity sent be so small as to make the xample of no valne..
3-The limits of weight allowed-are-as followa :-
French
Fritish British
gunboat
HONGKONG, MACAO AND CANTON RIVER STEAMERS.
Nare
Tona Captain
Booka and Papers to British Offices, 5 lbs. to the Continent, &c., 4 lbs, Pattorne to British Officer, 51s. if with. Ichang
out intrinsic value; to the Continent,
Kiu Kiang &o,, 80%
Kiang-ping Indemnity for the Loss of a Registered Article.
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The Post Office is not legally responsible Kiungchow for the safe delivery of Registered correspon- „denca but it in prepared to make good the Pawan.
contents of sach corrospondenes lost while passing through the Post, to the extent of Spark $10, in certain cases, provided :— :
1. That the sender duly observed all the White Cloud
conditions of Registration required,
2. That the lector-was securely onclosed in a reasonably strong envelope.
3. That application was made to the Postmaster General of Hongkong immedi-
ately the low was discovered, the envelope
being invariably forwarded with such appli-
cation unless it also is lost
Yotsal
700 Ogston
Ouniri
-Butterfield and Swire
617 Benning, T. H., C. & Mr E-boat Co.
360 Holmes
169 Goggin
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WATERS, &v..
Name
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Commander
70
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70
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3.
17
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80.
TBessard
40
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300
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Sui-ting
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300
20
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3
20
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125
10
La Ping tre
50
Sad Tung-tal
60
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40.
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40
60
Yu-min
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British
Chinese
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140 Hoyland
280 Cary
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Amoy
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(*)-Between Hongkong, Canton, and Macao, Hongkong Post Office 2 cents.
Local. Delivery
1. All correspondence posted before: 5 p.mt on any week day for adtresses in Victoria will be delivered the same day, and generally within two hours, unless the delivery should be rutarded by the Contrant Mails.
2. Invitations, can generally be delivered within Vlotoria at the private houses of the addressees rather than at places of business, if a wish to that effect be expromed by the sender, otherwise all correspondence is invariably delivered at
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Hankow Hai Yuen Iraunddy *Kamchatka
King-ching
for Tientsin for Shanghai British baryae. for Shanghai
fur Slanghai
Kiang-yung *Lado
Nagoya Maru
Poutah *Peiho
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Feb. 7, 1882 MERCHANT · STEAMERS,
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Argos
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British barque British barque
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ritish burque American bargt
British
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British burque
British
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German þary up
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Belavia
Brenda
Charley
Chingtah
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Chinere
British
Bin Nanzing No. 2
Hedvig
Litchfield
for London British
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British American British Ühiness
machine:
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British
Toughin
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Japanese Chiness:
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Hongkong, December 6, 1879,
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