No. 7001-JANuany B, 1886.)
The N.-C. D. Neies of the ist instant says: The Dartmouth, however, got into diffical -No traces have hitherto been found of tins in setting sora of her sails by acciden- the body of A. Groundwater, the pilot, tally unresting some of her stunsail who so mysteriously disappeared on Wed halyards. Towards the finish the wind
the winning post is fullore si
THE CHINA MAIL.
uesday evening. I appars, however, that again fell very bight and the boats pasted | 90: not only possiblo, but also easy for every shipwreck, there is no probability that any. gether. The remedy lay in thlunds of the brush after the plate has been dipped in a wasa msindered by some person or persons
during an interviewhy had with the Captain of the Chitoghing, that officer reproached Win with having beer drink and aufit for duty. Granii water thoroupon wont his debin, sundressed, put on his pyjamaha, and repaited to the cabin of one of the engenoem; where he wrote his will or some dusautont of
He Atostatnentary nature then want to the compradoro and askel for his watch, which the latter had in his pos- ccasion for safe "keeping. Shortly after-
seen since,
AFTAIN Robert B. Forbes, of Boston, has recently suggested to the United States Hydrographic Office a new could for vessels
Namou Oberon Dartmouth
shr.žinio: Osed. B. 20%, 3,20
ing boat prize thas gone to the Names.
carm
regret. If there were a sort of Interna that a letter may arrivo here mostly three 22, The attention of both the British but it has now been discovered that the the boat. A jade bar drop was the tional clearing house, say at Berne, and it weeks before a parcel posted about the and Frosch Post Oloua lins beon callad to black scale, which is black oxide, ects up a thing found in the boat
cartoon has cock Post Office axing, time. The addrsace meanwhile is the inconvenience caused by the English galvanic action with the metal itself, and Inspector Perry aid that was all shaid köpp accounts with that clearing convinced his parcel is lost. Exceptowand French mails arriving, as they did du this caused the corrosion. The renady is evilanco ho had at presont
Tovolving steel “The Jury returned & vordiot that deceased house, and with that only, it would then ever by sore casualty, oh as firu orring all the first half of the year, almost to brushing with a quick Union country to exchange Money Orders parcel will be lust.
French Post Office. As the reprosentation weak acid bath, and the process adus about wakowi with every other Union country
13. The Money Order extensions and to it was made by its owit: Agente, not by mne abilling par ton to the cost of a ship, 4 Toa very great extent the above Big the Caroel Fost system roviewed above tale office, it is not known what view has so that, if proper care is taken to
10. Keep the gestion has boan realized...
but the evil has The Internas bare of course adden very considerably to been taken of the subject, i
Police Intelligence. evil has platon properly coated, a steel ship can tional clearing-homas, however, is not at the work of this Department. On the for the present disappeared.
now be rendered practically indestructible.
(Before A. Wise, Dan) Berue, but in London, and the system of
of other hand a proposal has been submitted 23. Perhaps more serious incon- Anuthor objection was the ductile qualities. As can be seen by the time it was a very Through Money Orders (as they are called) to the Imperial Post Office to lighten that voniones to the community is the frequent of steel, which it was foured would prevent
Wednesday, Jan. 6. efore thing between the Oberon bille Dart adopted there has admitted this Dolony to work by the abolition of the present.com-departure of the American mail on the steel vessels from being se rigid as iron
LARCENY FROM THE PERSON, second place and both did their money order relations with nearly the whole plicated system of accounts kept between same day as the mail for Totope. This is ones and cause them to work. Experioned month for
of the Continent of Europe, the United this Othco and London. The Postal Uniona nost unfortunate arrangement, and one line shown this fear to be without fuunda- Che Arik, saulic, of Taugkun, was very beat. All three of the bonis wero States Canada. Dormida, the South and regulations have practically swept away that surely cannot bo absolutely necessary sion and also that thereise reduced risk of victed of stealing, bundle of clothing wards he left the cabin, and has never been remark bly well handled, The Rogates Boil West African Colonies, Cyprus, Egypt, the ail Postal accounts with office countries. In the Post Office its results are very try total loss from etranding or collision with value 88, from a woman named Chan Bou
West Indies,
Iceland, Madeira, Mauritius,
tius, but the old-fashioned system of accounting. The verandaks and the windows are steal ships, which will enable them to be Kic, while she was walking in Qureon's Newfoundland, 8. Helena, the Seychelles, with London has been retaimell. It has blocked up with Chinose purchasing stamps ensured at more favourable rates than iron Road East, at 7 pm, yesterday. Defend and New Zealand. Chinoso in New Zea been pointed one that the frente be- and posting their letters, Europeans find ones. It has now been conclusively shown un enized the bundle from under com
builders that a Clydo
that a steel posel can be
ATED ran away, aftorwerda and send money erdors here though Lon- tween the total bainates for one year and it almost impossible to get what they want for the same price sa an so one of over the clothing to knobber BAR
all A another, oven taking oxtreme cases, doos and, two days' work being comtéshed into built i The members of the Legislative Council boon arranged by way of Indin, and the cheaper for the Colony to pay that sun the desirable cars sad accuracy. ning vessels, one of iron and one of steel siglic of, was stopped by Wang Sam, P.0. money order exchange with Frause he not amount to £150, and that it would be one, nother mail au bo despatched with equal dimensions. Thon, say you have two who escaped with it. The defondant, who was pursued by complainant and not lost from the United States tu porta in Japan renssembled after the Christmas and Now same means has been adopted for the ex-annually than to keep elabúrato accounts The trans-Paciso ateamers sessed for both the same tonnage, and costing 1200 He was zonionded to six montba and Northern China. His suggestion sub- Year's recess, this afternoon. There were change of money orders with Goa In ad- of a charge of twopence half-penny on this some weeks to bring mails from San samo prico to build,the stoel veasal will
dition to these, conventions for the direct lotter and
on that The ques Francisco.. The affect on the outward carry about sevgi por cont. mote cargo stantially is that vessels leaving American.
it is hoped, be settled by the moils to int poris during the months from August to present. E. the Officer Administering exchange of orders have been entured into tion will
port was very tmarked; as far that the other if both are built to Lloyds be as the Chinese community is concurred rules or other known standard. In the Norauber inclusivo, and arriving on the the Government (W. H Mama), President; with Hawaii and North Borneo.
the two offices. Chius coast during the reason of the Bis Honour Sir George Phillippo, Chief
14. The aering of
of Postage Stamps in use north best monsoon, could accomplish the voyage in a shorter time by the way of Justice; Hon. F. Stewart, deting Colonial
has been re-arranged so as to consist én Cape Horn than by the route round the Seorotary; Hon. E. L. O'Malley, Attorney
tirely of docimal values. The desirability of having only one issue of Stamps for both the Hydrographio Ofice on this point, Genaral; Hon. A. Lister, Colectal Treasurer:
Postal and Roverud puitpress has not been Cape of Good Hope, The researches of though not conclusive, show apparently Bon. J. M. Price, Surveyor General; Hen
lost sight of, but certain difficulties most that this voyage can be made in Cape p. Ryrie; Bon. W. Keswick: Hon. T.
be overcome before this can be brought Horn in about fifteen days less than by the Jackson; Hon. F. D. Sassoon; Hon. Wong ald passago north of Australia and in about twenty five days loss-than by the passage Shing south of Australia.
MEETING OF THE LEGIS- LATIVE COUNCIL.
MINUTES.
The minutes of the last meeting were rand and confirmed.
don rather than not send them at
entire
sixpence on
thó
hard labour.
-RETURNING FROM DARIHMENT
ia Fung Atuk, an old fener who wa
5. The following table shows the number tween theon of Union princip correspondence aliniet cuased to be posted. | dase vf, læo similar elesinera the gut Lanished from the Colony one 1st inst
a
of Through Money Orders which have been forwarded by way of London since the system was commenced a year ago. It will be seen hot impracticable it would be to maintain soparate ayatom with gach country whilst the amount of business is so sinal, md yet that the total amount ramitted it in-
considerable.
Country,
Bunker Thegount
Orders drawn.
about.
15. Mr Loirin. the senior clark" in this are sent otherwise than thronut they thon there will be loss drive hor;
WANTA
Difco, rotired on ponsion after thirty two 3. £15.11.06 good service. Mr Hutchison, Acting 6 29.01 97 Assistant Postaisitor General; obtained an appointment in Corea, before the return 27.0.93
from leave of absoner of Mr Travers, whom 2.00.05
ho had replaced, and the Department was 176.01.09
impos 8.17.11 a loft without Assistant. T
sible
too highly of the way, in which the
10
1.19.11 was carried on daring the
[ARE]
It would seem to be certain that Chinese curssiderably mut
· Mure, while tonnage dues, hava again discovered some way of smug-
same. Again, you ca build a vessel of a cy, and admitting the charge of int gling their correspondence into the United Portage bil, coal, stezes, cla, remain thaas arrested yesterday by Inspeolor Quin- states, or else the vigilanes of the Onstonis reducca sizh of steel to carry the saute dend from banishment, was sentenced to twelve, offers has been relaxed. The outward waight: this meam, & miller first cent and months' hard labour muils for San Francisco are nothing like and for a steamer less cost for engines and what they were a year ago. No doubt the boilers, as less horse-power.
danber of letters are sent,
the Post
coat and ema cho erualler vessel. expenses for Ofice. The inward tails from San Far high speed passenger atesters there Francisco are at present being brought by is generally a limit of draft, their dead
Co. only, the weight being generally machinery and cool, the steamers of the O Pacific Mail steamer not bringing any. so that the material which tends to increase I have the honour to ba, Sir, Your obeths weight carrying capacity may be turned to account to give an increase of dient Servant,
speed.
ALFRED LISTER, Pustinaster General,
We are entering on the ago of steal, and there is little doubt that Gros Britain will maintain her superiority in the competition
4.00.05 interim by Messrs Rocha and Machado, CANTON SHIPPERS & THE RIVER in spite of Germans or any others.
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES.
TSZ-FA GAMBLING Laung Tani, a hawker, was convicted on the avidonge of Inspector Staunton, P.C. Wood, and two informers, of keeping an agency for dealing in this Taz fn lottery at No. 4 Stanley Street, and was fined $20, or on month's hard labour,
SUPPLYING TOBACCO TO FRISONERS. Su Achat, a chair coolfe, was fined $10 with tha alternative of one month's hard labour for giving some cigarettes to a prî- soner who was out in the streets in the chain-gang yesterday.
Belgium, Canada,.. Denmark, Tanz is very reason to believe that
THE FORTMASTER GENERAL'A REPORT.
Kgypt increased facilities for trade will shortly be
The Acting Colonial Secretary laid on the Gar
Gormany, established between Japan and Europeah table the report of the Postmaster Geral Holland, countries and America, a negotiations or for 1885.
Italy now pending at Madrid, which if successful
THE NEWSPAPERS AND BOOKS' LAW. Mauritius, will effect this desirable result, The, Mar.
The Attorney General introduced a bill Natal, ........ quis Bachisuka, on behalf of Japan has to regulate the printing of Newspapers New Brunswick,.. been negotiating with a view to remove the and Books and the keeping of Printing Norway, objections raised by Spain to the ratification Fresses within the Colony. The object of Portugal, of the preliminary arrangement road by the ordinace, he explained, is to re-enact Sweden the Treaty Powers at Tokia laet
year?
·for a a modification of the Japanese Customs an ath of this existing ordinances on the United States of America...2 subject of 1844 and 16 of 1860, ns it is West Indies (British) ¡................... I duties, the duty originally died by tresty, thought expodient to re-enact, and also to of 5 per cent, ad vaforam on articles of all embody certain provisions of imperial legis
Total..... ,,100 kinda being considered inequitable and prelation contained in the Imperial Auts 6. The sale of Postal Notoe has kept up are now practically the postal arrangements ceipt of your favour of 30th inst. treating Jury consisting of Messrs O. W. Wheelers down of ono. Li Tong-chan, with others Bot
interests and credit. and
7 9.18.00
83.14.00 6.00.00.
£398.05.05
at
judicial renty Powers have agreed 33 Victoria, chapter 74, sud 44 and 40 | during the year. They are a great_con
Nearly all the
them
of
Which
oldlig.
ceived:-
Hongkong, 31st December, 1885.
The following answer to the Canten Ship: THE MURDER OF A BOATWOMAN. pers' lettor of the 30th ultimo has been rop inquest we hold at the Mortuary yesterday afternoon at 4:30 by the Acting Dear Sir,Wo og to noknowledge re Coroner, Mr N. G., Mitchell Tuner, and a on the subject of the New Tariff of our roR. D. Ruter, and E, 0. Barradas, upon prativo Companies
the body of Loung Ayau, the beatwoinas We are, doar Bira, yours faithfuży,
who was found dead in a boat on the (Signed) TOS. ABNOLD,
Secretary, FL. P. & BL. 8. B. Onelore at Hungham on the 4th inst
(Signed)
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents China Navigation Óo:
THE PUNJOM AND SUNGHIE, DUA SAMANTAN MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.
“The first general meeting of the above
"MORE. JUHTIVES'
URIME
(Before N. G. Mitchell, Innes, Beq.),
ES JUSTICE—A PREMIUM ON Chiu Atai, coolie, Wong Akin, boatman, and Li Ainui, the wife of eccord duiendauk, were charged with breaking into the go. in custody, and staling six-con bags of Pepper corus, valge £300, on the 2nd and 3rd inst.
Wong Wan-hing, a godown man employ ed by L Tong-chan to look after a go down at No. 1 Henny Lano, deposed that about 9am. on the and inst. he looked the produced and left the place to go and get door of the godown with two padlocks
2.17.1who were entrusted with the duty of saper 5.00.00 vising the routine of the service. Daring 5.10.00 this time a period of International Statistics 24.13.03 Decurred (the month of May) the compli ented details of which were dealt with satisfactorily.
16. An International Congress assemblod Lisbon in February last for the purpose of revising, oxtending and perfecting what is impossible to lay down of the world. It is Victoria, chapter 60. He also statuzi that
venience at ther
the smaller Ports, where Money the two ponderous Coldmer record modifications satisfactory to to mo
and this was the Best bill of the first instalment Orders are not to be had. The steady de- the proceedings of this conference, or even Japan; but the Spanish Government have of bills which have boon drawn up under cline in the value of silver has, however, the rovised Conventior, which formed its boon desiroue o
aaabtaining
somewhat more the direction of the Commission for the re-introduced some difficulty into the systems. principal work, without "5" fooling of era as those preliminarily vision of the law, favourable tecua
It in absolutely necessary to offer these
appointment. Regulations art that agreed upon for sugar, wines, liqueurs, and The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded, notes for sale at a fixed rate of exchange, would have been better abolish
bilst
De Marques deposed that shortly after If Imiters are brought to tobacco,
to aan- and the bill was read a first time,
3 o'clock on the afternoons of 4th the body which of coure must not be more than of the few changes that have been made,
of deceased was admitted to the Mortuary conful imue Japan on her side will, in ad-
-USUBY ZAWE, AND INTEREST.
trifle abers the rate of the day, Bat, some are of questionable utility. The entry dition to
to the fivo open ports, place others
Witness made a general orammation of the at the service of European and American The Attorney General must introduced whatever rate has been fixed, exchango has of the Australian and South African commerce, alea Tant subject to cortain A Bill to repeal the Usury Laws and always slipped down lower, thus necessita Colonies tuto the Union seems little nearer
body; be found some water and blood run his most He returned in about half as bing
of from her mouth. The lips wors arel hour and saw a quantity at to fix a legal Rate of Interest," He ex-ting frequent re-adjustment of accounts and than it
peppercorns it was five e years ago. The vexations conditions) trading passports for the inte
Teny to much trouble. rier, thens being sow given to Europeans plaved this the bill is merely to consoli~) tending this entered the Posial Union, Commerciale retained, nå is : and noodless distinction between Printed an
nose was also swollen and the face found that 16
the upper one particularly so. The scattered about in the street near the livia godown and of pepper corna-wars- entering the building - date ordinance 7 af 1844 and certain pro... 7__Siam has :
Tas chest was of a reddish colour. only on grande o health or for scientific vision, in 17 and 18 Victoria, chapter 90, and a properly organised Post fiffion has frivolous, regulation for
compulsory ex
he had left there were missing He then research. L. & C. Exprésa.
which were in 1836, extended to this Co. | been opened at Bangkok ander ao dirve change en Postage Stamps. The Company, called in conformity with the morning he mado a pist-mortem examina-locked the door again and went and report-
recur provisions made under Ordinance No. 1 of unit congested. The vessels of the brained the matter to the Man Shun Hong.
tion, Both lungs, kidneys and spleen were H. Tue Poking correspndont of the N.-C. D. louy. It wil place the whote law on the tion of R. H. Suudet Para Chow, Nong period of Statistics has been made his 1877, Section 38, was held in the Compa. were dilated and there was soma blood on the
subject in one short ordinance, and will Ya Thu Chow Fa Blanormige
gee Swang-overy tires instead of two years, by this
To Wing, a shop coolie in the Mac Stian Nous writes:-Thrs has been a very repeat those mentioned.
Krom Bhung
is real boan. Moreover canal
he was unicniy fouling amoy the Legations Intely The Acting Colonial Secretary having no Wotalej, Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, asateurt of zositiplication advocated from the ar's Ofico, at No. 4, Clab Chambers, surface of the brain. The body presented shop, gavo evidence to the effect thist
A kind of unrecognised agony,
the 2nd the first by this Ufios has been adopted. The D'Aguilar Street, this foronnon. Those cluded from appearances that some sub look er the stolen bags of
the signs of death by suffocation. Be consent out about 10 am. on the inat, to owing to ramours hating abit of various conded, the bill was read it fasting. Hongkong Post Offer used to be maintained results of 28 days observations are to be present were -Hon. F. D. Bandion (Ohair- stanes bad been placed over her month From information obtained he went to
13, instead of multiplying a A new ordinanos entitled A Bill to
mas), D Gillies, A. Melver, W. H. Ray,
Praya West, near the P. &O, Wharf, where nose to prevent breathing. The nose ra thie and that nationaity. There is but one
Hongkong
and where a
that Woodir. O. Wilson, G. C. Cox, A fatty Decossed's ago appeared to be containing pepper-earns. Ho asked the first present, that of pretuting the traders and Embezzlement was also introduced by the lutter could be registered
improvement,
the
ayatom this Colony fle stated that the is in every wat Post Ofices which may as for manufacturers of any ationality but their Attorney Genomi
gol from, but plates the chain of
mails in the year, sixty
Vaucher, E Georg, W. Legge, deceased came by bor death by natural
instead whereas there A
of replying the man own from transacting business with the new ordinance embodies certain provisions
Fronch
Asis, at
at lest from are but alty-two.
Chater and A. O D. Gourdin (Sore. Chinese. It
and ran away taking refuge in a onoh Plenipo of the Imperial Acta 31 and 32, chapter 116, now be said to encirclo
Adon to Chida
Hakodate.
17. The foe for The gradual opening
Registry of Local cor tary). which provide for the punishment of lar ten jar
than
Lau Ahon, P.O. 302, deposed that on the shop in Wing Lor Street, where witness ceny and embezzlement. These provisions of Cores has of course led to x considerable respondence has been reduced to 6 cents,
The Secretary having road the notice th lost about 11.30 sm. he was at Hung caught him and handed him over to a
ham and saw a crowd of people on factories;
private watclaman. He then returned to railway gear from aged several of the This bill contains the recommendations of
8. Perhaps the evout of the year most taimp sa the too of Zu, charged at home for --- The Chairean word- the commercial leaning of
chure. The other Legations have log buen notorious, the Commission on one branch of the legis. interesting to the public has been the es Registration. It is hoped that this in macka
tablishment of a Tarcal Post with the crossed facility will tend to check the habit At this meeting there is no particular
O wharf, has stopped com
commendation; that is to say, it is a por it, that
ashore and deceased, was lying ou
in the boat, ou the fore down from his seat of digit and made a tion of an Imperial Statute not in force lands. This service is as yet in its in- letters Boure years ago the Postal spatern era to be transacted, it is only held in cand made a report. He saw the best come
in the Colony which the Connmission fancy, but the following figures will show of the United Kingdom was seriously formity with Ordinance No. 1 of 1877, which part of the held, crouched up with a mas mark which was upon those remonstrance to the Tsaug-hymes against thought it desirable to introduce and ex-
that it in likely to be largely availed of --- deranged on account of the thousands of provides that a meeting must be held with over her. She had a handkerchief stuffed godown. the
employment of any natioality but his thought it
overth and a piece of OUTWARD PARCELS.
in her mouth, a
string round own in new enterprises in Ohi You can tend bere.
But I may take this The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded, imagine, then, what a tuttartre was in the dosecute which ramours this con- and the bill was reads first time.
totais
was
he
of pepper-cures
government contra and combinations of THW LAW OF LABORNY AND EMBEZZLEMEST.in the Consulate General at Bangkok, wh12 Whan doa mila and H. G. Jamoa, (Directors); and ised. The heart was somewhat pair the first defendant carrying two bags. idea in the brain of a foreign Ministers at amend the Law relating to Larecny and stops were sold or Cory Sereare within the month 11 would pay each, E. A. Caticia, J. C. da Qanbai | tween land 40. He did not believe that defendant where he
said to
has no other assion to
and
to
BK
com-on
J.
CEL1989.
the
bage
topped the
-to force the Governmet to buy a have hitherto not applied to this-Colony, increase of correspondance for that country, which, at presant ratus of exchange, is the calling the meeting the following-ro-shore watching a boat a little way of the the Prayn and saw the second and third.. is auid, but I cannot rock br the truth | Istion which will be introduced on their reUnited Kingdom and several West Tiangwarding bank holes in unregistered business of much interest to the sharehold-in people said there was a dead defendants with a host alongside the P. &
of the Minktar 10
A
J
Mal
42 74 164.-3. 0.5
of
B
in the real and fourteen other
in the bust. He went to the Sergeant pod with the two hyn of pepper corns
all marked T.H., the
from
the
Li Tong Chan, the master of the Han hun Hong, 16 Bonham Strand, Houtifed
letter which arrive in London every moru- four months from the date of the reisler neck, together with another handker the 16 baga of pepper-corns an his property. ing containing Postage Stamps Peopletion of the Company the shareholders of tied tigi Pha hody was worth $300 and stolen from his godown. S
coni-
Were very
Another
was tied round
her
Shen
of a
string
Send five shillings' worth of atomps for that reports lately received froin theen put into a dead box and taken to Yong Aio, watchman No. 6, testified to
of
Date ofiber Net Total declares
weight.
Poetegs
Parsala,
value,
acering to Colony.
46
02
150 219292 2.6 109156, 105, 7:10. 88 168.108.16. 6.) 6B 128 102, 9.11,
15,90
:46.
advertised, Send thirteen for this
rtzen stamps that A sorter or postman who stole bundle of letters at random was certain 9.00 find several of them containing stamps, 10.90 This Office has had to straggle hard not to 28.90 suffer in the same way from the persistence 21.60 with which residents at the Ports, chiefly 19.10 Canton and Swatow, will, in spite of all remonstrances, pay their soul bills here
cpsaion and that contract, ad the other THE CUSTORY OF INFANTS. combination, were put about. The Minis A bill was introduced on the motion vi tura lost their equilibrium fea tieto, and the Attorney General outilled “A Bill to Oct. 19 roused up their Console with broaches for send the Law relating to the Unstody of not keeping them bettor inforod; one the Infanta which makes provision for the Nuv. 10 Conant's have had the laugh q
q their aide.
custody of infants in accordance with the "p".24 for it turns out that the restlencse of the Roglish law,
pruccaid from ons
perm,
01:10. 5
opportunity of pany's angintor any difficulty in making the necessary road satisfactory
that he did not anticipate ma-ti Station, Ho
one could
y
Got think that
way I was
With a hankerchief state Police the
or pathway to open up communication with fed in her mouth in the
I breathe
and
arresting first defendant_on
on a charge of the pepper-corns
Water the Company's mines. The services of a he believed that the handkorobial and to the stront of the second and third de-
constabla 425 gave evidence as.. and competent overseer had been eng ged to atring round her nesk were tied sufficiently fendants in a boat containing foutoon superintend the making of the neces
necessary Pre
tight to choke her. Deceased's
pepper corns hands were bags of for receiving the machinery, for not tied parations Total 603 · 327 16:5754.19. 2. § 105.40eaus of bank notan gant in unregistor working the mines and awartaining the tied. Thors were bruises on both fore- Jat the request of do the Prayas ed covers. Chinese do not steal bundles best route for mail communication. Rough rose and at Buout Bà in. on the 4à him and than he ran away but was arrested.
arms Blood had been coming from the
her throat was black, had some
He the spot passed
been
T
Deo, & whole body diplomat Mandater Syndi- the Acting Colonial Secretary, the bill was
The motion having boon seconded by 22 Ary small flea. The cato was in Peking, in
sad could read a first time. no more help leaving canardin its wake ttar of than the otter can help exṛng attar roses from his hide, Bo dis peaceful again, and no bones broken. But why are such old birds so varily chaß"?
SAILING BOAT KOE.
Owing gʻto the number of preta which took place in the Race forpen sailing boats on the second day of tulate Regatta it was decided to sail the ra over again and this afternoon the evel took place. The course was from a lin drawn from Messrs Scasoon's bucy to Meaars Dou
BALES OF REVERSIONS,
A Bill to amend the Law relating to Sales of Reverddons, emboying the provi sions of 91 Victoria, chapter 4, was alan introduced by the Attorney General-and- read a first time.
Christmas and New Year Midl",
INWARD PANELS.
Data.
of
Parcala Weight
Talde
M
20
Μον
3
AFPORTIONMENT OF RENTS.” Tho Attorney General also introduced Oct. 6.
Bill for the better Apportionment of Rents and other periodical Payments, mabing provisione corresponding to the In- perial Act 33 and 34, chapter 36. It was read a first time,
THE PAYMENT. OF ALLOWANCES, Finally, he introduced A Bill to em power the Colonial Treasurer to pay other
Allowances in Person's deceased
71
Att
Fiat defondant was that w
pepper-corns in the street and of lettere at haphazard, they select those estimates for the necessary plant ar
picked them up The witness Le BaRaulted
Wing that feel tempting and nafortnuately it is machinery had been received from leading and the boat was not there the He
The second and third defendants stated: enclose bank notes in letters who suffer, from which it is calculated that the cost of 9 o'clock. When be
1 be passed the is taken at such plans and machinery will be considers to bont was formed, at about half-paar tong Postage the correspondenge of others
their beat for 50 cents to take ten bags to Derang to Colony the
Five of the boat was not there. There were no care a passage boat in the harbour. I
not only or even chivay the people that firing of engineers in England and Australi ho to is breakfast und came bank at that a man, not first defendant, engaged
where
one time it sevmind to be rapidly becoming ably leas than was at first, sad the ar sails in the boat, but it must have drifted coolies, whom they did not know, s
21.00 24.70
Organized
Dinos
thora
'sinall
by
First defendant was And 86, in default
the rule that even a sample of calico fir quantity of o
of ore had been obtained fròn pat into a latter marked it for im- Company's mines and shipped to London 102 (208 14.92, 0.03$ 20.50 dieto theft,
for the 106 170 104. 2. 2.
Cassels' new Patent Chlorination expan which would be manned three weeks hard labour: sec.nd and third" 102 206 18. 9. 7.
18. The whole work of a Pest Ofhos is a purpose of testing in a practicable they wind or tide. The boat was a threw fourteen bags into the beat
maker
froma will or two persons. The wind the supposition that ordinary Proccas, which, if it on 17′′ 102 340, 141, 6.7 letters will contain nothing of intrinsic or decrease the cost of obtaining gold. It is time and the tide was from the same directs in each for their good behaviour for prove successful, will the Shaukiwan side, about 8. E at the defendants were ordered to find two sure- Total., 602-935 ib. 2021.17.4.$116.40 inmediately convertible value. If it were expected that the whole plant and restis. When he first saw it the boat was twelve months, in default ons week's hard
certain that overy letter would contain a chinery will be at the Company's mines by
by floating insboro
labour. each letter as posted would the month of November text, and very
George Sauere, P. have to be entered on a lie, and to be re-abortly after that it is hoped the working about 11.45 on the morning of the dik
will
Quotations. bo in full swing dorded throughout its entire transit, just
In fact up to the C. P. C. 302 reported at the Bangla
HONGKONG, Jamiary Gi
• Christmas and New Year Mall,
havo chiefly beat theas: Bamboo-ware, 9. The contents of the parcels sent home
drapery,
bank
note,
stated that
Old
glas. Lapaik's carving, olineso to that OPIUM Now Fatas, cash....
as a registered arti
article is. The number of present time everything is progressing Station that there was wornat supposed Del Rocks, and back, Onl three boat small Squra due on account of Fay or cipara, clotlung, sundkerchiefs standing shiny. If therefore a portion of of the 5000 shares offered to the public have herch and found the boat stranded. The of the SS. Namod, anile by. Captain; hands of the Colonial aver powers cur-script, mats, acessed war, Post Oiige a responsibility which it untiños Aimes HP, application for nearly teni
entered, these were the opesailing boate
The bill is one which will place in the insects, jawellery, Ince,
d'Oyleys, fans, fernsoft,
responding to those which were placed in
and the Oberon, sailed by Farrell, the England ander the 1
His Excellency-Tho
the public
patterna,
I persist in throwing on the been taken
of the Im. pipes, porcelain, suga, seeds, stelle, mid to take the oncept, they must be left the arr
$90
and gauze, silver, skins, sticks, tea, toga,
watches.
not enable it to:
10, endeavour has been
of decerned was covered with two number having been received; } with
ived body
boards and i
N-FISCA
wat, She was lying except that
her head on one side of the best and spoken of by persons who are but her stomach was warm.
She was blind- to esta competent to judge of such matters and the folded and a handkerchief was in her mouth. 12, and
thu
been made t
son of the, Captain of the al Of the perint Act 31 and 32,ole of these or The contents of parcala sent from hom An ende favourably of the Company is most her feet on the other. She was quite dead. other eleven entries on the casion of the dinences are on the recommendations of have bea-Acontraments, acius, books, 3 An steamers arrive here at ang and rectors are Batisfied with the position of Over this was a string fied behind the head
a system of this kind cannot be carried the Pany's affairs. I may mention that the mouth and nostrile and electro-plate, feathers, legs, Bowers, fruit, VERY strictly, RE least withaith & application to the Secretary in exchange in knot behind. A third hanikerelief
Regatta, most of the vesselwhich com-the Law Revision Committee.
The Attorney General Yes. paled have since left the rbour, and
thres regular deliveries, al
sy
bab
Out
UFC
Covering
this was
was another handkerchief
is now ready and may be obtained
for the vit answers fairly
Letters of
and Banker' nate that, as general
The Chairman said there was nothing and knotted round her ankles, She had
haberdashery, "instruments, jewellery for the slacker days when no contract maila Remity was tied over her eyɛa and a cord wha lied.
€6240565
New Renares, cash,.r. 687 10540
Cab... 625
Old
Now
Maiva, cash, BA0/640 Allowance, Taals... 24.0:48 Old Malwa, cash, 550 Allowance. Indle...... 33 48 Persian, Oily, cash... 475 @ 500 Allowance, Tails Persian, Uncily, Allowancu, Thels
Exchange HONGXosa, January 6.
Boulabost otherwise a top changing The Attorney General gave notice that data, medicine, jnery, music, needle the ends before the Canton Malk | More to add, but if ang gentleman had any of the loaves of the two outer jackets Bank Wire,
Damand,
ake, cards, clothing, cosmetics, cutlery,
1 increased bels, lace, lacups, lamp wick, leather, me
arrive. It is unfortunate
four jackets or, and her right arm was out work,
perfumery, platographs, afternoon patterns
have to leave for their zule, pictures, price lists, milk and velvet, statio-
the boat table linen, telescopes, top, watches 18 in. They are not back till mor questions to ask he would be happy to an Witness had Barned pisce that
and th
the awer them,
come from Shankiwan.
30 days' sight 10. The following table shows the nam
half-dozen letters from Canton may not be No questions being asked, the Chairman ber of Parcels despatched to and froin the distributed till after dark. It is really it. Wanted those pragur for their attendance, fialierman belonging to buat
Tung Arun dépeed that he was a
4 months sight, various ports of Ubina, all the rest were to possible to make the whole arrangements and the meeting separated..
Credili, At the
Stankiwan Песвавад, aud from Hongkong-
his tiny handful of
Loung Ayau wes Documentary & months' sight, Office
co depend on sprrespondence, Cantu
his wife and lived in a small boat which India, Wire Those ho may have felt
abe plied
that ΣΟΥ will
dema Shanghai,
aggrieved about Capteu letters
hed for hire. We did not perhaps
she had any quarrel with any one at Shau- Shanghai, deman accept this explanation. During the
the war Heibow
30 days sight, private kiwan, and did not know how much money the inconvenience was particularly marked,
H. M. S. Audacious whipmight have
3.
The bill was read a first time.
ANOTICE OF SECOND URADING,
her crow. Captain Burnie, his steam- he would move the second randing of these. Jacob, scosupariied the conting boats bills at next meeting.***
AÐIGURNMENTE,
On the motion of the Acting Culness cretary, the Council adjourned until
A capital start was afford at 2.30 day week.
mall three boats bing-down
THE POSTMASTER GANERAL'S
of the harbour, with alig Easterly
The following report was presented to Canton,
and satisfactorily performed duties of starter, umpire mud judge.
to eastward on the Borong side REPORT FOR 1885.
brociu till opposite the No Distillery the Legislative Connel, by command of Blaaso,... when they struck zornost harbour His Excellency the Officer Administering Swatow,
towards the Channel Rockare reach the Government, this afternson:: ing this the wind had fronhozo a little. The boata rounded the Rooks ige follow-
Amoy Foochaw, GENERAL PORT OFFICE, Ningpo, Hongkong, January 1st, 1886,
ing.order
Nenot
4 hrs. 39 0 sec
Hongkong
and
Hapkow
Outward Piresli. Dyward Parela,
199
Totalsmeer** 182
3
280
as it was never known whether the steamer was to be expected or not.
STEEL VERSUS IBONATE
A correspondent sends us the following
520 The Franco-chinese-its trial as a material for ship construction on the 1st and she was then all right, Sorermigns,
wife,
Quem's Road)
16 32 510/525
1032
For the last ten years steel has been on she had in her buat. Ho say her about 6 Guid Leaf 99% fine $20.00
identified the handkerchiefs and cloth war was
was not a
Temperature produced a belonging to his Pleased (Taken at Masers Falconer & Co.'s Premises, and has now attained much a position of deg! period in Postal matters. дарру
The re
Tung A
ng Amid, the gular packet service to
Shanghai was monstrated superiority that for ship work said she knew nothing of the death, She the suspended, malls being carried by iron bids fair to become a thing of the past last saw her mother sire about eleven days BAROMETER 94,K,... .. $0.260 private ships which viften atarted after a
7. Lago, She knew some of tho very altort fularval On one occasion that no distant data. ---
owned. She bad a pair of property she
Fade-stone ban Mr. Denny, of Dumbarton, Me Martell, gles, four gold rings and a pair Shanghai mail had to be sent up nasorted.
pair of jou carrings she believed the jadestone eat- authiers.
Fakhoi suffered from the same
if
Sir, I have the honour to report on the H. M. Fleet, British Postal servico in Chins during 1885 Uberon
2. For several years past the Annual | 11: This opportunity may perhapur de Correspondence for Formous wan forwarded of Llages, and other eminent authorities produced to be one of her ho Counseli
48150 22
Report of this Department has been con- taken of explaining that a parcel for China dificulty, and for considerable period have conclusively shown that steel is theg
hacer Berching the Rocks the Obn's boat, monood with a romark on the absence of can be posted at any Post Ofkes in the notat
· but: bir short while material wo must rely on in the futursid not know if deceased had any Tao- which then held a good lead ofle Dart anything of 154ortance to recont. The United Kingdom, at the rate of 100, alb, // mouth, had to make a short to which what eventfulerer, been socis, and that it will be conveyed under Be tow, and arrangements were in readiness pose reared, and, secondly, badause it is
year under revie has,?
blockade.was raised at Swist, benuas it is better adapted to the pur LSVAIL The adopted gunughter of des giration to, and delivered free at AD to tenneport the mails overland Fot.comwecolzby, more profitable to use than 3rd a pose that amounOS TE
'ou the orzzing of the
won barbour.
was by herself in the bout.
1PM
30:100
30.180
Do
THERMOERTER-9---**
Do?
(Wet balb) 9. M.
4PM56
De
Maxitoum 63°
add losived for Money Orders on Continental ward Pavater will lead to a number) both on their upward and downward pasiones can be used, the result is that less bangle ou a pair of jadestone
will be found 193 1
Jong lead from the other two ti, bethenol, Er the United States, &, and of these false alarus about losies which ages, which mach airplines the couregando weight for a given thickness is used in butt: She then had no to the bow aba Humidity
20.18.
Allowed the Dartmouth to come to up to 3. The Money Order relations of this of the Poris mated in the last paragraph, taustaly they were not called into requision in her beat in Shaw Li-wan Barbour. At
at about 8.30 h BAW A
scalling decursed
Do. Minimum over night 57 her in rounding the Books roepingtonston. In the Fustal Report for 1973 tisk, to day the plane in Chius, to which several weeks widering the relative prics of frue and steel boat in shani wan
Coleby have underde vory marked ex or that it can be forwarded at the sendertim Ningpo was blockaded daring To see this way appear a paralos, con night deceased usually stayed in her own away after clearing the Rocks theamou's the following was
there is commonly rident that the fa
She coold
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER; bost, splendidly handled, set a kites Application are not infrequently re
21 The French parkete pow call st Kobo Unt as steel plates of a larger size than itu, see that
Barometer Bad made tracks fur homeith
Countries,
not know where deceased spent Temperature i would wertainly not be worth are always being raised from time to time of male to flat Pure The mails for straps sad laps, a less amunt of rigetting that tween which, on the run hond o wiele to keep aronets with those countries abent every kind forespondence The Japan were sent on with fair regularity is required and a shorter time for contric came by her death"
Direction of Wind for the sake of, perhaps, one order every Parool mail leaves Landen only fortnight throughout the year, no serious Santion
tion, with a
1a sving co the item of labour.
Sørgt. Søders recalled, stated
Fores Interesting race, musued, each buccess three months archanged with carb, yet ly, and even then poques out by way of for want of connecting strame
Que serious objection to steel was the he found the body of deosed there was Weathe Hively gaming and regssing chother, such applications are always refused with tibraltar. It in quilo possible therefore taken place,
foot that it corrodea more rapidly than iron, no favaliery opon her, at any money in Hongkong Obserrakuy, Jan. 9, 1886.