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called quack spadicine, which are gonemily cure ali and worthics, and I should be glad to see then swept out of existence with the bosom of destruction. Your preparation however, in an exception, and is
One of my brothors doubtedly useful. took it with considerablo benefit; and to be candid with you, I only laughed at him and said, His faith had hoaled him." was very ill myself this year with Congested Liver, fudigestion, &, and after much persuasion by my brother, to please him, I consented to try Mother Seigel'e Syrup, and I am bound to say, that in spite of my prejudice and nnbelief, it did a more good that anything else. I am better in health now, but not quite well, and proba bly nover shall be again, as my heart has become weak, although I am considerably under fifty years of age. I mention my cao to you, thinking it might be of some into- rest you I remain, faithfully genes,
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Tela. Tap. Abramovitz, L. 2 Achal Alcido, B.
1
Latile, Lan Subaya
Lawrones, Mis
Leto-Fa
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1
Loo Lung Kee 1 regd;
Topper, Eliel 1 regi
Love, J. H.
1
Loscher, Dr L.
1
4
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1
Marents, Ices
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2
Marsden, C. R. 1
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SCIENCE AND WAR.
Government would Protagoras' trust not The London Spectator, counmenting upon to conquer the world, and compol the the latter of a correspondent, niguing Pro-world to tail for its own benelit alors? It is to a Government of educated natives of tagoras, who discusses the ultimate future India' that he would ontenet such a fane tion? Upon his hypothesis, the method
Newspapers over four ounces in weight of war, ays
must be so easy that a single man or a
are charged as double, treble, &c., so the The twofold nation that war will ul-small group might become masters of it;
enau many be, but such papers packets of mately be stopped by some discovery which and where then would be the security of
paper, may sont a Book Rate: Twe will nako a ball a toy fearful a duper for mankind! We cannot conceive a wore
Newspapers must be folded together as humka hoings to encounter, and that sach frightful calamity for mankind than the
one, nor must anything whatever bo insorted a discovery must be of mixed benelik toisenvery of any means of spreading death
except hond fidd Supplements. Printed mankind, has been provalent for the last wholesale, capable of being used by a fear,
malier may, however, be suslosed, if the forty years, and has repeatably helped to and without muttal danger te thotselves, induce inventors to give the best of their Even without supposing then as visique at
whole be paid at Book Rate. Prices Our rent may be paid nithor as Newspapers or thoughts to weapots of destruction. Thero
Books.
Indemnity for the Loss of a Registered Article. aza comista crun Bow nut ciccicians who they might be, their blunders would be an.
Commercial Papers signify such papers
The Post Office is not legally responsible give most of their time to such studies, endurable, their bonovolant tyrannios mad dersing; and, in a very short time, they
though Written by land, do not bear for the tate delivery of Registered correspon- chemist experimentier in asphyxiating would become drunk with power, and their rich are all, we are told, as yet she would dig. They would not be
the character of an actual or personal corre dance, but it is prepared to isku good the spondence, such as invoices, deeds, copied contents of such correspondence lost while too fussy for maand the leairwinns
better than Marons Auraline, surely; ane seaking, men hem methods of firing can if he had possess this power, Christianity
15-Cargo can be taken on through Bills music, fe. The charge on the is the same passing through the Post, to the extent of
Fonnatain Paal for books, but, whatever the weight of TION with inconceivable rapidity, and others had died. Protagoras, says that the
of Lading for BATAVIA, PERSIAN || 13 GOLF PORTS, MARSEILLES. packer containing any partially writters 510, in certain case, provided --
1. That the sender duly observed all the Cary, S. B. Sa way of arking the current as power-world
Cheong Yuen Chan conditions fal art as deadly as the lightning world would then fear to do wrour, hecause I Have NOT BEARD A SINGLE COMPLAINT.
cold srunge Liuself; Baldock, Herts, January 4th, 1883.
of Registration required. TRIESTE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK paper, it will not be ebarged ices than 5 it would be ap Centemen. Forhan
conto. AND BOSTON.
That the letter was securely onclosed Chew Hong employed always siend. thomsetvestas will hau truas the power of vengeance,
Tha Bender of any Registered Article
Chang in's reasonably strong envelope. Return Roccipt challenged, by the argument by Provengence to the death, to every man who propriate to state, that it gives mo great
Chon Thi 3. That application was made to the Chong Young 16 regd-Pauli, Miss LE PENINSULAR AND URIENTAL STEAM may accompany it with really quite se.thinks himself wronged? Does he really be pleasure to push and såranco the sales of tagoras, anil They lamently fansy that if they could youre that every dy sanitard is a good man your medicines, on acount of their worth.NAVIGATION COMPANY'S Steam-ship on paying an extra for of b cents.
Postmaster General of
& Üo. Hongkong immodi The limit of weight fur Bouke and Cem-stely the loan was discovered, the envelope Clare, F. leaf in Gods out of a vial or out of a or that the tyrant, the spiteful man, and have not had or heard a single complaint NUONA, Captain R. G. MURRAY, with
Her Majesty's Mails, will be despatched mercial Papers to Faroigiz Post Offices is being invariably forwarded with such appliar, E. B. electric buitury, wat ly would war cette, int the right would alsaya win. The into the greply man will not leap at the now about your medicines since I have auld wowor! As a matter of fact, he will be them, but, on the other hand, unbounded Me Urquhart was, wo hy.ieved with ; twico as restly as the good man, for, unless testimony as to their worth, therefore I from this for LONDON direct, vid SUEZ 4 lbs. Patterns for anch offices are imitou cation unless it also is lost.
dimensions: 8 inches by 4 inches by noveli This twofold idea; and in a of which we rouddlest overything but the human atas strangely alters, it is not the can with confidence bring them to the CANAL and isual Ports of Call, on to 8 ounces, al just not exceed these
Cargo will be revived on board until inches, ges who will get rid of the inner reluct-public notice. During 1812 1 Bold 113 THURSDAY, 2nd July, at 4 p.m.
10 am. on the day of mailing. name, he represents a great cogier leading use to ase this power of diffusing death doxons of the Syrup, and 7 dozen Pills. a small army of the for against Cost of even in a good cause. One does not scek This I think, taking into accouns chat the
Parcels and Specie (Gold) at the Office until 10 am. un cho day of
of sling. my Hering capitaliste, and estrepius, an executioner among saints, nor have the inhabitanta ara under 2,000, and there are
For not ideal in slunce and darkness Prelatives of their victims yet blown ap the two other agents in the down, will give you
throu taguas ipagines,
paymasters of the dynamitards, We do a good idea is to how it is appreciated
here.-Faithfully yours,
the wronged m
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a kind of jat of electricity thrown upon their arms, not had that those who now was de
sources of science either talk or net, The conquerors me conquered by a difused electric linek. It
It is more thrus proble law of luva It would be possible. by that some of the chemists who instruer the blowing up. Livo
darce rooms dynamiters are penstated with this belief, Paris, and Now York,
put an end the last which certainly has strong hold over
4. the dynamite war: yet acientific reporters, who, whenever they thing dynaanitards think of, is the fear o describe some American invention which is to sun flouts to the bottom, or destry pries, such as Protagoras mes whole regiments at once, almy's add that the victims
turlud
ready
ar of
wrong would handi inflict. There is the crucial case
enough
but
W. Sheppard Pole (Pl. C.).
H. J. Ezzard, Pat. Med. Vendor.'
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PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP
COMPANY.
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AT YOKOHAMA, AND SAN FRANCIBUO. THE U. S. Mad Steamship UITY OF JO DE JANEIRO will be despatch- od for San Branews, vin Yokohama, with the option of calling at Honolulu, on FRIDAY, the 3rd July, at 3 p.m., taking Passengers and Freight For Japan, the
the new discovery will tend to help an the dy to his hands. The dynamitards slay day when wae will be impossible, and the the incent. Tuo inore could avengo reign of maler will be perananntly unds that wrong. Nevertheive, the dynamituris livs, and drank champagne. So far from The idea is a hopeless illusion. There is looking forward to the discovery of auch a not the slightest outainty that any invel mothod of war with excitation, wa should tican, however terrible, would put an end to regard it with horror, as a calamity which war; while there is almost a certainty that othing but the direct exertion of Al- if mich invention word purivetusi, si mighty
* Falkland Is. power cuid proveut from again to- would grievously Lcrease the miserising the world to anarchy. That sealinin of mankind. Taken in the lamp, men will try of the feeble at wel moaning against Goruny. fase any means of destructign whatsover, the violent and, the wichel, which we cal if ales they poses it themselves, live taclory, would be paralysed and helpless; inca pistols, and they will tight ass and any un solentile unongh to under- bratekerchief. They ne not afraid of death, stand the way medio, al calle bat only of death without a chance of vito use it, would trule through his hall, tory. King The lore of Abyssinia asked
powering BİKVES. revenotte mambor uong his concions, when the rocket-sticks full | Nor are we prepared to say that the world
has no such phins of isery to j at his feast, if he could be rambly
for things like those, and through. Denamite is not much, becauso in pure despair of defeating intensity of its action diminiales in science with unionitie werpions, ille
such rapid proportion to distance: bitself; but if he also hd possessed there will be sanje, great catastrophe with rockets he would have fought "m
Prussiatt soldiers of yet before the instinctive, lextor
United States, and Baropo, not
mankind jest dynamite down, and English sailors, will face shells without
there - hay te, chemical com- shots to throw back but when they have bitations before which dynamite is weak. malle, auy free the enemy's shells as
The work may jut bravely as they did the old round want
triumph of the wicked, at the maniacs war are changed by geiunes, of distraction, or jio police
the purely callous. bat war is not extinguished. Suppose it Why should it soupe, any more than Kasi true that able chemists and mechanicius gardal, where all notes died! Protagoras' could invent a method of throwing an will my that society will resist. Ah, but sphyxiating vapour on a sleeping ray, that is for war to go on and he assumes what would be the result i Fast, the sdo that to be impossible. tion of some protective corung, such ironclad huis for stoeping in next, the adoption of a method of camping which spread the army wer a surface to grout or too uneven to be reached; and next, the uau of similar mechanicians and chinias Huxley would As the assailing force. march with his fishermen to shoke Tyndall with his Alpine climbers. War would then consist mainly of efforts to obtain adranta- gecus positions, from which showera of
even
to face a
OVER THE SUNSHINE OF EX. 1ETENCE HANGS A BLACK CLOUD.
With the meertainty of life is minglet the dark mystery of death: While, on the one hand, wo catch the welcome sound of new breath of life that tells of an additions
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Bronco. F. 1 Beadle, Proff Campbell, P.
1
1
2
2 Murray, Wiliam 1 1bk. Ogdan, B. D'Orsay 1 Legl.Oliver, Hou. B., 1
(of Dunedin
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Clayton, Miss C.1
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Dwane, Jehn Pride, C.
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and generally within two honra, online the Fight will be received on board until 4 cense. Forlorn-Lopes would be
doomed 7. Sums not exceeding $50 may be re- Among chemists or mechanicians as easily as ono forth, and every mortal man is
Mɛila soldiers,
Packages will be received at the office until enoru.dus nemads would
din! Bat, though we cannot prevent mitted between the Ports of China by .. the day previous to sailing. Paroalderary should be retarded by the Contract 2. Invitations, & cat generally be 5 p... same day; all Parcel Packages be paid to the now warriors, and nations can we postpone death The question is means of Postage Stamps, subject to a would fight each other as briskly as over.
momentous, even if it concern the pro charge of one per cent. for eashing then should be coarked to address in full; valute delivered within Victors at the private Tour Coolice,..$1.50 Four Coolies, .. 82.00 Kowing, 8.8.
mes of the addresseee rather than at Three Coolies, 1.20 Three Opolies, 1.60 Lender We do not helove that if Captain Warner's Iegation of life but by a single tour, inns. or Money Orders can be granted at Heng
of amme is required. pretensions lal proved correct, and he ha
and he had much xy every insiuet pempts us to fight kong or Shanghai or Ports where there are
places of business, if a wish to that effect Two Coolies,... (1.90 Two Coolies,... 1.20 Lord Colling
By Wantsoi Gap. killed flocks of soup at a low-we rather the boldest batts we can for this glorious Agoncies of the Hongkong Fost Office.
he expressed by the scuder, otherwise all General Post Oface,
correspondence is invariably delivered at on the evidenos, that ho did this boon of existance. The promptings of in- fancy, on the
would Dy from
stinct are in the spontaneous voice of Hongkong, April 1st 1895. an engines throw ACUATHICA
the nearest place of business. more than mature, and it is our duty to obey. But! ing naphyxiating ponra they fly from engines throwing solid there still remains the question, can dealb death in the slaps of shells. Indeed, be postponed by a single hour? Yes; for they would by rather less, for painful the world works in obedience to certain wounds are mom feared than death, and laws; nad a study of these proves that those the vapour would inflict
The following Rules regarding signalling painful wounds.
who have the judgment and the will to buckle on the shield, which nature places at the Peak are published for general in- That, however, is comparatively & detail. We cappot
set limita
to scientific slaughter, ready to their grasp, may ward off the information. nor can we affirm that mai: will be found sitious attacks of the implacable enemy of
old ripo
the vital to encounter death in every shape; nor is life, until, in thore any reason for orting into any faculties gradually decay, and the Angel of speculation sc vague. We have inuch solid-Peace glides softly into war pressuce, lead.
coveries.
it no
dis
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110t b from any
age
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Government Notification.
No. 06.
HARBOUR LEFARTMENT.,
FREDERICK STEWART, Ading Colonial Secretary.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office,
ap SIGNAL STATION, VICTORIA PEAK, BONGKONG.
2. The Commercial Code of Signals for all Nations will be used at the Station.
the
made sur
to have all the cities of India enddenly, there is a giddiness, a sort of j Signal and Symbol W be kept up until
Consular Invoices to accompany Cargo destined to ports beyond San Franciscs should be sent to the Company's Officos in Sealed Envelopes, addressed by the Collector of Customs at San Francinen.
For further information 8 to Passage and Freight, apply to the Agency of the Company, No. 504, Queen's Road Central
F. E. FOSTER,
Agent.
Tongkong, June 24, 1885.
Insurances.
LANCASHIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
(FIRE AND LIFE.)
3.
Boxholders who desire to send Cirou- tare Divider Warrants, Invitations, Cards, de, all of the same weight, to address in Hongkong, Bangkok, or the Parts of. China, may deliver them to the Post Office unstarpod, the postage being the charged to the earder's socOUNĚ. 1070 bateli must consist of at least ten.
- CAPITAL,-Two Micios STERLING.
100
THE LONDON ASSURANCE,
INCOMFORATED, BY ROTAL CHAUTEY OF His Majesty King George The First, A. D. 1720,
Each
4 Boxholders may also send Patterns to the same places in the same way. En velopes containing Patterns may be wholly cload, if the nature of the contents be first exhibited or stated to the Postmaster General, as he may consider necessary, and approved by him. Printed Circulate may be inserted in such Pattern Packets.
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Paxons. The public is rominded that there is no such thing as Parcs Post to Europe, &. Much trouble and disap. ointment are caused by persistent attempts sand mail valuable trifles through the Fost. Fans, Carios, Articles of Dress, Fancy Work, and similar presents are con- tinually being refused, the souders having often spent more in Postage than would have paid the freight by steamer. No refund can be minds on such parcels of the PAO of Stamps obliterated before the nature of the contents was discovered.
Local and Indian Purte Fest
Four Coolies...
Three Coolies,
Two Coolies,
...$1.15
A
ELT
0.95
*++
... 9.80
TO THE PEAK UMURGH, AND HOUSES IN VICINITY OF HOUNT KALLET AND
MOEST GOUGEL Single Trip
Return Direct. Four Coulies, 66 cts. Four Coolios,..$100 Tiro Coolies, t cts. Three Coolies, 86 Two Coolien,45 cta: Two Coolies,... 070 Returning by other routes will be the sanic as from Gap.
The Return Fare arabraces strip of not more than thras hours except rotuning by Aberdeen when three hours and a half" will be allowed.
For every hour or part of an hour above three or three and a half, each Coolie will be entitled to an additional payment of five cants.
Nothing in above scalo prevents private agruments.
Licensed Bearers (each), One Hour,
,10 cents. Hall day,..... .......36 cents. Day,...
41
......50 canta.
Finricksha Quarter Hour, 05 cts. One Hour,...15cts. Ball Hour, 10pts. Two Hours, 25 ct. Forevery hour or part of an hour 10 cents.
oter two houYR, ...
Tu Pok-iu-Lam ur Quarry Bay, ...20
Return, ... To Shaukiwan,
To Aberdeen,.
Return,
Bourn
Wm. M. Gilrary
14-8
Books, etc. without Covers
A vón do Christão. A Revelação,
à India Poringaeaa. All the year rol. Belgravia (London Magazine) bas. Goo Gordon (a Stoctele Chegno Book, Conibill Magazine. Commercio de Portugal. Daily Light on the Daily, Poth Glasgow Weekly Mail.
alps to Health.
Meso di Maggio.
La Gazetto da Dimanche. La Naziora.
La vie Parigione. Le Figaro.
Le Bien Public.
Methodist Recordar.
Niveleonth Century.
O Cinute. Oxuta.
Reaper,
Samples of Black Cloth. Seuples of Plain Cotton ftalina.
NAMES OF VILLAGES &c.,
IN OD NEAR HONGKONG. (Corrected Spelling.) Sazi Tsün. A-kung Ngam.
Sbai-van Ap-3 Chau.
Shai-tsi Po Choung-shan Hom. Нош Wan,
11
...35 ...50
Chư
11
+1
Fe.pang
Ela-wan
If an extra Coolie is employed, the fire
1. Small Parcels may be goat by Post ́at Books Rates between Hongkong and any of the British Post Offices in Chins, as well as to Japan, Macao, Pakhoi, the Straite will be double.
Nothing in this scale prevents private Bettioments, Ceylon and India. They mast
dimensions, not exceed the following dim 2 fost agreements." long, 1 foot broad, 1 foot deep, weigh more than 5lbs, nor be smaller than ia, by 2
in.
Such parcels may be wholly closed
BOAT AND COULE HIRE. BOATS,
or ground to go upon, and that is the cor- ing ns, as it wezo, in a gentle shumber to Hongkong, 17th February, 1863. tainty that an invention which could deal regions beyond the shadow of the tomb. out death wholesale, and be managed by The Feli over makes his first
Fell Destroyer
1823 Fest above Sea Level. one man or a few, must increase the mis proaches in many forms, but none are more
him 'Protagoras' ery of the world.
1. The Union Jack will be hoisted at the than that of a deadly foo oras asanges favoured by throughout that such a discovery must fall now preying upon the vory ritala of Modern Mast Head when any vassel is heing into the right hands but where is the Society. What is this los! There are few signalled. evidence for that? There is no saintliness among us who have not been or are now to inherent in chemistry, no marzy naturally some extent its victims. Would the reader
3. All Signals made by vessels in the Undersigned are prepared to grant born of mechanical skill, no special meral know if he, too, is under the ban of this
POLICIES against the Risk of FIRE on fosight appertaining to electricians. The frightful scourge Let hire ask himself Offing will be ropeated.
4. Whan Signaling to Man-of-War in Buildinga ac on Goods stored therein, on bad are as clever us the
"Good, if they are whipthor ha experiencse any of the following Harbour or in the Oding, a White En- Goods on board Vessels and on Hulls of not sa far-sighted, and would have even
even symptoms:
the natal Terms in mastering the more interest
There are pains about the chest and sides, sign will be hoisted at the Flagstaff, and at Voseots in Harbour,
and Conditions. What if men we shade worse and sometimes in the back. The mouth the Mast Hoad of the Man-of-War. than the modern dynamitards, one degree has a bad fasto, empecially in the morning; G. When a Steamer, or the sake of a Proposale for Life Assurances will be re fearer to the nid poisoners who were, as and there are feelings of delaess. Tas up. Steamer, ie sighted, the Compass Beating ceived, and transmitted to the Directors compared with their victims, men of science, petite is poor, a sort of sticky stime collects at the Yard Arm, and Distance off at the for their decision.
If required, protection will be granted on got hold of these prodigious engines of about the teeth, there is a feeling as of Mast Head, will be hoisted. If, when the destruction? Would they resist the temp-heavy load on the atomach, and sometimes vessel is made out, she is not a Mail Steam-first class Lives up to £1000 on a Single tation to use them; and if so, why a faint, all-gone sensation at the pit of the er, the Vessel's Distinguishing Flag will bo Life.
For Rates of Prominna, forms of pro- stomach, which food does not satisfy. The substituted for the Compass Signal, and it Certainly it would want of temptation, for they could hold the eyes are sanken, the banda and fast become will be kept flying until the Ship anchora posals or any other information, apply to world to ransom, and make all the quieted and feel clammy. After a while a The Distance Signal will be kept up afteon
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co., men and women in it their unresisting cpnght sets in, al fins dry, but attended in minutes after the Steamer:
Agents, Hongkong & Cantor. 6. If the Steainer is a regular Mail slaves. The Indian suvaal,' Proageras the enurse of a for months with expecto-
Hongkong, January 4, 1867. says, would march out and destroy the Rus-ration of a greenish colour. The sufferer Steamer a Gun will be fired, and a Ball over man Chinese Army in Bilance, without feels constantly tired, and sleep scams to the English, French, or American Ensign, battle, and in a night. Grant it and if attord him no rest. Nervousness, irritality, with the Distance off at that time, wil bo so, they would only have to point to the and evil forebodings follow. When rising shown at the Mast Head The Compass bo hauled down, dead army proetrate at their feet. What should save whirling sausation in the head. The bowels The Ball and
The Distance Signal! the citizens any more than the invading become costive; the skin is dry and hot at the vessel soldier What would there be to prevent times; the blond becomes thick and stagnant; will be kept fying for half-an-hour, and the whites of the eper uw lingud with yot changed at each successive half hour to show usual luxuries, and all beautiful remen to low; the urine is county and high coloured, the Distance off at those times. When the be their property in ransom for the rest depositing a sedimentatur standing. There ve is between Green Island and the Their consciences Why should they be is frequently a spitting up
Signal will be hauled down. If the Mail more conscientions than the remainder of times with a sour taste and at other at North Point of Hongkong the Distaned propared to grant Insurances as follows :--: valuo is roquired, a printed form for which 2nd Class Cargo Boat of 600
Policies at current rates, payable either warriors, or than sweetish taste. This is often attended with Steamer is not in the Harbour when it is mankind, or that other maring? Lilly palpitation of the heart or impaired vision, too dark to distinguish flags, a red light will hers, in London, or at the principal Posts Panels insufficienty packed or protected, 3rd Clase Carge Boat or Ha-kan Boat of the average was like other men, and those who stormed with spots before the eyes, accompanied by be exhibited at the West Yard Arm, or a of India, China and Australia. Badajoz were the countrymen of Prots great prostration and woskres. All of green light at the East Yard Arm until abe
Their knowledge Knowledge these symptoms are in turn presont. Kis anchors.
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7. River Steamers will not be signalled. Inspires no mercy, or we should not as thought that nearly one-third of Gatling gune against strages so readily population has this disease in some of its The approach of other Steuers from Macao and after all, their knowledge only be that varied forms. Medical men have mistaken or Canton will be made known by showing Brili, the poisoner, on a greater scale; the nature of the malady. Its true risus is the National, or House Flag and Syrabol
And
at Yard Arm. or Indigestion; for which a cor why should they so it hotter? The protaia remedy is to be found in Mother:
Dyspepsia
8. If a Flag showing that an Officer of gress of science will not make men less
airsty of power, laes groedy of money, less Saige's Corative Syrups medicins which high rank is on board an incoming vessel, a Instici. Still lees does it make them less has won in both hemispheres a confidenos similar Flag will be shown above the Ball, opinionated, or less convinced that rosis founded only on its great virtues. The or the Flag alone will be hoisted at the tance to their opinions is resistance to Hyrup can be abtained from any chemist or Mast Hend.
9. The Popes now-a-days are medicine vendor, or from the proprietois, the moral law.
will be notified by their proper decent people enough; but fancy a Pops A. J. WHrs (Limited), 17, Farringdoning Fees Approach of ben-of-War and Sail-
Symbols National Colours,
and Flags, at the Quarter of the Yard, or at the Yard Arm
THE Note. The Distances of vossals will be estimated from the Peak, and will be made by means of tho Nunerals which are attach- ed to the lotters in the table of Flags,
gores,
who could will death to thousands! How Road, Lundor, E.0. many Fresch Deputies would survive ten days? We do not bellove that any such seerst could now be possessed by one Government alone-though we admit some- thing like happened in the cases of the discovery called Greek fire, which was kept
of the
with a
Dar
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY. TOUR PREVÁBATION IS AN EXCED"TION,
The Pharmasy, egent Road, 'Great Yarmouth; Deo. 28th, 1883, Dear Sir,-Your medicine must be a
to the last secrot in the hands of Constan- great success. You can quite understand tinople alone-bat suppose it were, which that I have not much opinion of what are
Ensign will
anchors
H. G. THOMSKIT, K.,
Harbour Master, &G
AE Undersigned having been apponiteo Agents for the above Corporation are
Marine Department.
if they bear this special endorsement,
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PARCEL, CONTAINING NO LETTER, but any let Class Cargo Boat of 8 or 900
piculs, per Day, ... parcel may be opened by direction of the Postmaster troneral. In the Case of Parcels 1st Class Cargo Bast of 8 or 900 for India a declaration of contenta
picule, per Load, and
picule, per Day, is supplied gratia.
The Registration
Boat of 600 Parcols for Judia and Carlon is compulany.
2nd Claas B.....
picule, por The tallowing cannot be transmitted: or liable to be crushed (as bondbozey, 300 picils, per Day, Fire Department.
&c.) Opium, Glass, Liquids, Explosive sub. 3rd Class Cargo Bost or Ha-kan Bost of
300 piquis, por Load, stancos, Matches, Indigo, Dreature, Ice, 3rd Class Carge Bost ur Ha-kan Boat of Policies issued for long or short periods at Mont, ah, Game, Fruit, Vegetables, or
whatever is dangerous to the Mails, or 200 pioula, Half Day, Life Department.
likely to become offensive or injurious in
Встрата. Policies issued for sums not exceeding transit. £5,000 at reduced ratos.
current rates,
HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co. Hongkong, July 26, 1972.
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496
-THE STRAITS INSURANCE COM- FANY, LIMITED.
IHR Undersigned having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company are prepared to GRANT POLICEES on MARINE RISKS to all parts of the World, at cuarent estas.
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, November 5, 1883,
Heung-kong Tezi (Aberdeen). Hok-tani. Hok-taui Wan. Hok-ün. Hluk-in Kok.
Hung-beung Lo. Hung-hom
War.
8.00 Kai-lung
Kas Wan
Kau-pui Shek.
200 Kau-lung
2.50 Kung Chung.
Kong 175 Lapaap Wan.
Kok.
Idas Blus,
1,50 Ma-tau Chung,
Ma-tau. Kok.
Ma-tan Wai.
100 Matau Trün.
50 Ma-ti
One Hour Hall-an-Hour,.. 10 Pok-fu Lam. Bai pran Taal After & P... 10 cents extra.
20
Mong-kok.
Ping.
Chau. Was
3. Parcela are as a general rule forwarded or Pullaway Bosis, per Ilay, by Private Ship, not by Contract Mail Packet. To India they are forwarded by the P. & O. and Indian Mail Packets only,
to Ceylon by P. & O. only. No respon Nothing in this Scale prevents private Sai Ying-pun.
sibility is accepted with regard to any agreements. parcel, unless Pregistered, and then only to the amount of $10.
STREET 000LIES.
.35 cents
Scale of Hirs for Street Cookies. 4. The public are cautioned not to con- One Day... found these facilities with a Parcel Post to Half Day...
Three Houre, nacionamõisataquen12 Europe, &c., which does not exist.
It is necessary that the following rales One Hoar, be strictly observed, men d
Half Hour, «cimierungskets No Letter or Packet, whether to he
Nothing in the above Beale to affect 855 registered or unregistered, can be received private agreements.
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Shara-shui Fo. Shau-ki Wan,
Shek-o.
Shel
hek Toug Shek-eng Teui. Sheung Wan. Shui-tsing Wan. So-kon Po. Tej-kok Tuvi. Tri-tong Ha.
Tai-long Kung. Tai-pang Mi.
Tax-ping Shan. Tai-shek Kok. Tai-tam. Tai-tam Tux.
TRI-WAD Tai-wong Kung Tang-lung Chau.
That Tez-mni. Trim-shs Trui TRO-pai Trai
To-kve Wan. To-ti Wal Tung-wa (Hospital). Tung-lo
Wan..
Un Chan
Wan-tea
Wong-kok Tein. Wong-un Kok. Wong-nal Chung. Yau- .
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