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Budusive of late Arrivals and Departureort reped to-day,
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[No. 6408.-Mar 22, 1884.
SHIPPING IN OHINA, JAPAN, PHILIPPINES, AND STAM
WATERS.
section.
Section
1. From Greau Island to the Glas Works.
2. From Gas Works to the P. and O. Ca's Factory.
5. From P. and O. Co.'s Office to Poddar's Wharf. 6. From Feddar's Wharf to the Naval Yard,
File Name,
Daniel Shun-on
WHAMPOA
Flag A Blg. Gor, bye. *Annam.att.
Dastinali.
3. From P. and O. Co.'s Factory to the Harbour Master's Olico, 4. From Harbour Master's to the P. and O. Co.'s Office.~
7. From Naval Yard to the Pior.
-8. From Flor to East Point.
Vessel's Nurne.
Captain.
Flag and Rig
Tons:
Date of Arrical
Consignees or Agents.
Destination.
Remarks
Amoy
CANTON.
Brit
str. Newchwang
Kwang Leo Brit
Ningpo Peking
Bboomors
Brit
Brit. str. Shanghai
ste, Shanghai
Ancona
5 Murray
Bril
atr. 3081 May 20. & 0. 8. N. 0.
Ozoro
„jšpan.
str. 527 April 21 Remedios & Co.
Europa, &c. Maria
To-day Kloon Dock
3 Thomson
Brit
2 crick
Brit.
str. 1000 May 14Gibb, Livingston & Co. sur 1156 May 15 Adamson, Bell & Co.
Saigon
4 Jarvis......
Brit
str.
902 May
10 Thea. Howard & Co
5 Marquez
Span,
str.
151 May
22 Brandao & On.
Amoy and Manila
ks, Asblou......
Brit
BIT.
952 May
14 Douglas Steamship Co.
5h Hutchison
.....Bet.
str
305 May
22 Kussell & Co.
6 hiStopani
Brit.
str. 117.
H.K. & Wpa Dock Co,
5th inst.. 24th inst To-morrow Tug Plying
Kiang-ping
MACAO, Chi.
4 Brock.
Ger
str. 1416 May
17 Wieler & Co.
cJackson
Brit.
str. 1522 May
21 Butterfield & Bwico
2 McKinlay
Brit
sth 1309 May
12 Jardine, Matheson & Co.
jõ WGoddard',
Brit
13 kWoone
Brit
12hScrivener
Amoy, &c. Shanghai
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The China Kevicefer Sutealer-October fully maintains the high standard uf exellence which characterises that publi- an altogether forms nation, Interesting and readable number. Mo tourologists will find an interesting sted valuable contribution by Dr. Fritsche, on the Amount of Precipitation (Hain and Snow) of Peking," showing the results of observations made at the Imperial Rus siaa Observatory at Peking, from 1841 to 1880. Notes on tho Datch Occupation of Formosa," by Mr. Gee. Philips, contains Bome interesting information, although much of it in second-hunt The Notices of Now Books incluido a most generous and appreciative review of The Divine Classic of Na-Hus," and the Notes and Queries! Rre as usual very interesting."-North-China |
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The November-December number of the China Revicul contains less variety than Ban, but the few articles are very interos ting. Tho opening paper by Mr Herbert
A. Gils on "The New Testament za Chi- ney" treats of a question that must necen- sarily be of great importanes in the ayes
all missionaries.
of
Mr E. H. Parker's "Short Journeys in Szechu
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LEGAMERU TARIFF OF FARES FOR CHIES,
CHAIR BEARERS, AND BOATH,
IN THE COLONY OF HONGKOŅU.
Chairs und Onlinary Pallaway Boats. Half hour,....10 cts. Hear,20 cts Three hours,..50 ots. Six hours,..70 cts.
Day (from 6 to 6), One Dollar,
TO VICTORIA PEAK.
Single Trip.
Four Coolien,
Three Coolios,
'Two Coolies,
Four
Coolios,
Two Cooliea,...
Centur Ceylon Concordia Don Enrique, Esmeralda
Margarethe Frank Curvill
Martha. Melrose Navesink Nicoya Roderick Hay Spartan Twilight.
Brit.
Wallace Webber
hJones
Drummond
str. 277 May 21 Douglas Steamship C. str. 81 Nov. 28., & M. S.-boat Co. Brit str. 1801 May 21 P. & O. 8. N. Co. Brit. str. 681 Mar. 13 Captain
str. 1516 May 20P. & 0. S. F. Co. Brit Etr. 862 May 18 Yuon Fat Hang Fap. str. 1294 May 18 M. B. M. §. 3. Co. Bri
str. 2200 May 18 Cribb, Livingston & Co. Aust. str. 1813 May 20 Molchers & Oo Brit. str. 997 May 21 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Aar. str. 2113 May 210. & O, S, S. Co. Amer, str.
China Traders' Insurance Co. Brit str. 1390 May 17 Russell & Co. Brit. str. 1800 May P. &O. N. N. Co.
$20 May 20 Douglas Steamship Co. 876 May 20Chinese
IATA
303 May 21 Wieler & Co.
Amoy and Manila
Saigon London, &c.
¡25th inst. To-day
Fo-day
To-morrow
str. Canton
AMOY.
In port on May 10, 1884. Anglo Indian Brit be
Chateaubriand" Brit. boe. Foochow Faugh Balaugh Ger. 3m, a, Taiwanfoo
Gor. bqe. Ger. bae.
Galveston
Hana
Cos'tan Dook Louise
Swatow & Bangkok 25th inst. Nagasaki and Kobe To-morrow
Trieste, &e.
28th inst. Stow and Shanghai To-day.
hann&SanF Cisco 80th inst.
'saki & Yokohama 24th inst. Swalow, &c.
Hoitov Sydney, da. Bombay, &
Cos'ten Dock
125th inst
24th inat To-day 24th inst.
Thorese
Ger. schi.
Ger. bqe.
FOOCHOW.
In part on May 10, 1884.
Kwangtung
MERCHANT STEAMERS.
British
Hongkong
MERCHANT #AILING VESSELA.
bg.
Gor. Brit. bqe.
Elve Hilda Jerfalcon
Brit.
ach.
48
5 elfeims...
Mahorcich
3 hirvine
tä kReed
7 1. Haydon Budd Nantes
roccok
Brit
str.
bBrown
Brit atr.
Pipor
Gor,
str.i
Hunt
Brit...
atr. 1109 May
3 Butterfell & Swire
..2 Mouls
Brit
str. 1340 May
11P. 40. 9. N. Co.
8 Schilát
4 KMöller
Ecculstone Williams
4 3Offerson ...
329 May 10 Chinoso
481 April 20 Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Russell & Ca...
651 April 27 Arabold, Karberg & Co.
bqo. 1007 May 14 Arnhold, Karberg & Co.
ક 1480 April 9tussell & Co. Ger. th. 2228 Feb. 17 Arnhold, Karberg & Co.
Brit bge. 863 April 10 Rassell & Co. Amar. sh. 043 April 19 Bustell & Co.
New York
Ger.
ah.
1255 April
Russell & Cɔ.
Ger, Sm. sc.
335 May 21Molohors & Co.
Bia, 3r. Bc.
......Brit. bgc.
Goe. bio.
468 May. 16 Wieler & Co.
3 kBarstow
Amor. bge.
047 April
Honolulu
Clausson MaAlistor Jauger..... Muller.
Ger
bqe.
Singaporo
Brit.
sh. 1312 April
2Morris & Ray
K'loon Dock
Custolo
Ancona
SHANGHAI
In pert on May 17, 1894, 'MEBOHAFT STRAMERS,
British
Cardiganahite British London, do
Hongkong, &c.
Britisk
Keelung
Djembah Franch
Đong, do
Glove
bqo. 788 April Carlowitz & Co.
London
Haeshin
Chinese
Foochow
der
Bayro and London
8 CP
4 Chapman
Poppe..
Brit
(San Francisco
Ichang
British
Now York
McPherson
Victoria, B.C.
Bates
c Weeks
Amer. bge.
Foster
Brii. bge
725 Mar. 20 tassell & Co. 504 May
Arnhold, Karborg & Co. Nicholson. Brit. be. 290 May 20 Turner & Co.
Invo
Kiang-kwan
Kinng piau
Kung-wo
German Nagasaki Chir.co
Bankow, &c.
Chinese
British
kiraly.....
Werland
Portland (Oregon)
Tientsin
iNow York
Nagoya Maru
Japanese
Nagasaki; &c.
Ningro
British
Hongkong
Brit. bga 626 April 18 Laac, Crawford & Co. Brit je. 362 May 18Order
Oresten Oxfordshire Priam Kloon Dock Shaughai
Sikh Store Nordisko Danish
British
British
Now York, &c.
British
London, &.
British
British
Hankov, &c. Nagasaki
Walls Castle............Kounett Wandoring Minstrel...3 Sievewright
Amor, bge. 749 Mar. 31 Russell & Co. Amer. eh. 1263 Juna 8Order
Her Britannic Majesty's Ships in the China Squadron.
Commander E. H. Gamble Captain J. P. Maclear Commander Joan Hope
Strathmore British Verona
British
Yung-ning Chinese
Yokohama Hongkong,.
Wenchow
MERCHANT BAILING VEBBELS,
Thi. bạn
Siam, bqo.
Name
Rig.
Tona Displt.
Guns. I.H.P.
Captain
Where ut..
Chaingtah Doretta
Albatross
composite scrow sloop
Audacions
double-scrow iron frigate
940 4010 14
840
Commander Obas. Hicks
Wahu
4330
Captain R.-E. Tracey
On a cruise
Chutapivn
Curvette
2880
14
2340
Captain A. T. Povlett
Hongkong
Dloupatra
corvette
2900
14
2010
Captain H, N. Hippislay
Corea
Cockchafer
5inboat
465
4
470
Llant.-Com. Robt. L. Groome
Duração
carvotto
2383
14
2540
Captain Anstruther
Chefoo Shanghai
Daring
composite sloop
940
4
920
0.85
$1.00 Espoir
Eats (Tender to Flying
double-screw gunboat
300
3
340
Commander Lawrence Ching Liout-Com. Henry E. Roper
Hongkong
Fs)
gunboat
430
4
45%
Hankow
Hongkong
Flying Fish
Aloup
940
4.
810
Гарми
double-acrew gun-vessol
€40
400
Shanghai
gunboat
460
470
Lieut.-Commander McQuhae
Hongkong
double-screw gm-voseol
767
1050
Commander Geo W. Fili
Pakhtoi
1.30 Merlin
gunbent
430
Commandor R. P. C. Brenten
Focchow
double-acrew gun-vessel
465
470
150
Commander E. Tindale
Tientsin
Pegasus Sapphire
campesite porow sloop
1:130
970
Commander Bickford
Singaporu
El Capitan Friedrich
corrotto
1370
2300
Captain J. B. 2. Fullerton
Yokohama
double-screw gun-vessel
794
1010
Commander Wm. Collins
Amby
Tweed
double acrew gunboat
$60
$10
In reserve
Hongkong
Vietor Emanuel
receiving ship
3087
Hongkong
$0.60 0.50 0.40
Vigilant
paddle despatch-vessel
835
1230
Keelung
Wavern
turret-ship
1.800
1460
In reserve
Hongkong
Zephyr
gunbeat
4:30
.530
Tient. Com. Chas. K. Hope
Singapore
...$1.00
0.85 ... 0.70
Return (direct or by Pukka Lami).
Three Coodies,...
0.70 Fly
Foxhound
..$1.50 Linnet
... 1.00 Midge
TO VICTORIA MAP (TO LEVEL OF UMBRELLA Swift
Four Coolios,
Three Coolies,
SEAT.)
Single Trip.
Two Coolion, ...
Alaturn (direct or by Pok-fu Lain),
Four Coolies,
Three Coolien, ...
Two Coolies,...
Marso
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aro continued, and a goodly instalment of 3 conte. these travels in the interior of China is given. Mr F. H. Balfour contributes a paper of some length entitled "The En-" peror Cheng, founder of the Chinese E1- pire," which will be road with genuine interest by students of Chinese history A few short notices of New Books in a mber of Notos and Queries, auton of which "On Chinese Oaths in Wetteru Borneu and Jara" might appropriately have been placed under a separate heading, cumplate the number... Daily Press.
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The Return Fare embraces a trip of not more than three hours.
For every hour or part of an hour above three hours, each Coolie will be entitled to
Abruck an additional payment of 5 cents, Day Trip Peak, 80.70 enca Coolie. Albatross (12 bears)) Cap, 80,00 each Coolie.
Jinrichshu
Quarter of an hour or less, Half an hour, one hour,... Trou hours,
*K
Alert
Commodore Cuming.
Licut-Com. Maxwell
For H. B. M. Ships' tonnage, displacementa and effective korse powers are given according to II. M. Navy list.
Foreign Men-of-war on the China and Japan Station.
Captats.
Gitanilla Reporter Solider
NAGASAKL
In port on May 10, 1884.
Brit. byo. Amer. ah. Hongkong Brit. bg.
HIOGO.
In port on May 15, 1884.
Amer, sh. Gor. 3. Be
ab, Brit. bge.
Lord Dufferin Brit. Queen Emma
YOKOHAMA,
In port on May 10, 1884.
B. F. Watson Amer, bqe.
Black Diamond Gor. bqe.
Lucia
Mario
Brit. boja. Gor, bgc
Brit. be.
Mary C. Bohm Ger. sch. Omer Oscar Bu yar
Pectolus.
Alczt
Ger. bqe.
Amer. th. New York
Brit. sch. Rums, sch.
Brit. bqo. Hayre
MANILA
In port on May 17, 1884.
Bon Seawall
Cochin Farragut
Amet, ah Bestan
Amer, xh. New York Brit. Amer, sh
sh...
Great Admiral Amer. sh Lodsen
Queenstown
Narw, bgo. London Amer, al.
Span, bqo.
Amorah. New York
Stonny Petrel Brit. bya.
Cristoform Colembu D'Estaing
5 sts. Enterprise ...10
Daguay Trouin
Ermak
16
FABUX
...25
Gornostai
35.. 50
Hwaelio Itis
Bix hour, One day (12 hours), Per trip to Shaukia or Pokfulam,
from the centre of the Town, ... 20
Retur,
...85
Per trip to Aberdeen, from the cen-
tre of the Town....
Return,
A
25
...40:
Juniata
La Caliosonitru
Legaspi
Lutin Marques del Duero Minin
French cruiser
French cruiser
U. S corvette. Russian transport C. 8. corvette Russian gunboat
Commander A. H. McCormack)
Name.
Flay and Rig.
L'ons.
Guna.
H.P.
Where at
Penstope
Russian aviso
1681
8 200
Captain Schans
Nagasaki
Austro-Hungarian gunboat
570
3
Commander Wontry Tosef
En route Hongkong
Rose Satlara
U. S. Curve
541
4
800
Commander C. J. Barclay
Shanghai
Italian corve..
600
3000
Captain Acciani
Shanghai
2230
15
Captain Colombeaud
Amoy
3700
SOUD
Captain Muret de Pagnac
WODSUDg
1375
900
Coinmander A. S. Barker
Nagasaki
1000
ва
Saptain Koltohan
Japon
1976
1200
Yokohame
450
B0
Commander Stark
French cruiser
Commander Roustan
Vladivostock Touquin
Corman gunboat
120
340
Lieut.-Commander Rötgur
Shanghai
U. S. corvetta
828
100
Commander P. F. Harrington
Остеа
French frigate
$700
4600
Captain Fleuraiti
Chefoo
Paul Bivere
Spanish transport
1200
-
D. Ramon Valentin Buenaplata
Hongkong
Pepita
Franch ganbeat
437
100
Captain Debar
Macao
Sparish despatch-vessel
458
260
Captain Jose Calderon
Russian feigate
6000
Captain Grenquist
Hongkong Nagasaki
U. S. gunboat
1375
750
Commander F. J. Higginson
Carton
Morge
Russian guncoat
400
80
Commander Moltsoff
agtecmonts.
sund Patterna
Licensed Hoverers (euch). Hour, Half day, Day,......
...10 cents. 35 cents. ...bo copia.
Nayezdnik Nautilus Nergia Opritchuik PROS Pring Adalbert Razboitik
Russian corvette
1360
170
Captain Kalageran
Gorman gun-vessel
716
400
Lieut. Commander Aschenborn!
Russian gunbest
400
.80
Commander Valrends
Vladivostock Nagasaki Canton Vladivostok
Adolph Gustav
FLOILO.
Ger.
sh. Halifax Ger. qe United States
Russian corvette
1400
Captain B. Ivashintzoff
Chefoo
U. S. gunboat
306
500
Commander G. D. B. Gliddon Ningpo
GARD COTeito
3380
Captain Mensing
Kassina corvoits
1362
Captain Hiltobrand
Nagasaki
Nagasaki
Skobeleff Sobol Stoneb
Russian corvette
2100
Captain
Blanodarati
Russian guaboat
400
80
Commander Boyle
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