THE CHINA MAIL.
No 7622 JANUARY 25, 1688.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT FOR 1887 PRESENTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCLE, BY COMMAND OF HIM EXUBLLÉNCY THE GOVERNOM,:
GENERAL POST OFFICE, Hongkong, January 3rd, 1888.. Bir-I have the honour to report on the British Postal Service in Hongkong and China during 1887.
rench-
altogether, the services of the postman who should go ont with correspondence being ladispensablo indoors,
The directions us with the organisa. tion of the Hougkong Office should now be developed are these
NA
Administration to the way of sanding tast letters and laying other traps for Prat Ome thieves de noy do ro harm than good Every time a letter car for is convicted; die public begin to think that new, at list; they wony sacid money letters with safety. They
Undeceived. So
So for at least
2.There is not much to record, nor(e)
any useless slow of an attempt to make it indeed, as far as Hengkona is concerned, can
so. Such attempta only fontor a disastrous there be much in the way of progress: in
illusion, and intensify the evil they are in- record until the Department crasss to be crempel by a wholly inadequate building.
tended to cure, To countenance the pro- The finalts of development of the service in time and opporinaity, but the atlier two attempt to put down thefts by detective The third of thead has been waiting for misuus sending of money letters, and yot the existing structure. have been fully reast sve absolutely dependent on the provision measures, is like planting a ed, or can any mar
marked improvement of
a: HOXIORK Wued) organisation be expected until room is probe improved without a Chinese staff at least public have it in their power to cut the
ment of a larger building. Local delivery cannot and then aulpping at
ACÍA CIR. The vided for larger staff and
and moro extended opentidas conning of space has troon cable of what we have at present Thore weed at the seat by coming to send
uuregis riod as far in the Hongkong Post Office that additional Chinese. Instead of adding to the the refusal of this Department to make suy is not room in this building for a single tored money lotters. It la believed that any modification of letail which necessitates a shelf, a small table, or indeed any placexisting overcrowding, it should be abated. enquity into alleged enses of theft of 1- to put anything, has become all but humps it is worse than dess to collect war registered money letters his reduced that aible the space required is more than the means of delivering i
respondenco
from steamers unless there are class of correspondence very considerably.
at least as quickly for feet, suoli a modification is quite im as the steamer agents can deliver it then-tinal person from bonding money in un- If these remarks should doter one addi- possible.
selves. Similarly, this not work a toamn-launch to advantage of their object. And, if they do not deter this Department could registered covers they will not have failed without two Europeans to relieve each him, the loss of his money very apuedily will other in the duty of landing vogels on arrival. They would have to live on the premises, for which
Ingenuity could
(6) The improvement of local drivery. Pent (b) The collection of correspondence front where the subordinates are concerned, it will sicer be safe to send not all, bukur ding of money or valuables through the Post un- contract mails, by means of a steam-registered, and it is believed to be at m An enforcement of the monopoly of the
launch belonging to the Department the kindest puid the jd est course to avoid Post Office with regard to autward correspondence, more particularly Chinese,
3. How little the staff of the Post Offies has growa with the growing necessitics of the service may be, scon from the following statement of the Hongkong portion of the staff of this Department, in 1876 whom the presont writes trak charge of it, and in 1887, respectively :--
1876.
Hongkong Stay only..
1Postmaster General.
1 Assistant Postmaster General,
1 Accountant.
1 Money Order Clerk.
2 Marino Officera.
arrange in the present building In fact Umost every attempt improve the service in any way is blocked by the sus conci- tion, more room,
9.
To fully develope the interna}. Poștal service of this Colony there will bo neaded ere long four small sub-offices, viz., onu at the east end one at the west end of the town, one at Kowloon and one at the Foak eat convenient
Chinesa Assistants for Marine Officers. Piller hex sill also have to be establish
& Clerks.
Senior Chineso,
Postion.
8 Caulius:
* Boatmen.
35.
Total salaries, $20,400.
1897.
Hongkong Staff only.
1 Postmaster General.
1-Assistant Postmaster Gonorņi.
1 Accountant
2 Money Order Clorks.
3 Marino Officers.
leading to these suburbs on the routes All, this would pay its own expouses and more, but it is uscles to attempt it without a sufficient contral staff to receive and distribute the correspondence.
10. International Statistics, to regalate the payments for sea and territorial con- voyance of mails during three years, wer taken during the first twenty.cight days of November, and, as far ng ta koow up to this date, with regularity and success.
11. Tho date at which this Report has to be sont in makes it impossible to detail the Royaume of the Departons for 1887. which will not be definitely ascertained for there will be same improvement on the Basenus for 1886, which was follows
2 Chinese Assistants for Marine Officers, no months to come. Probably, however, 7 Clorlu.
3 Senior Chipuss
7 Postmen,
4 Bouton.
37. Total salerius, $22,740.
banjeswomanës, it njɲzara from the above that during been an increase in
the staff of twe
twelve yours and in the annual - expenditure of $2,340, or aut quila 3200 a tton This factes more
oney order
accounted for by the
Gws Revenue, 1880, $134,734.72.
Sitere of United Kingdom;$78,379.es Shero of other countries,.....7,865.91 Chaviyance of Mails,
Working expenses,....
6.973.12 33,186.49 ..8,379.38
x
Balues,
$131.73172
12. We are ceased tu expect a profit ou
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22. As it appeared dotbifal whether the direct route via Aden for, correspondence as satisfactorily as formerly, experiments for the South African Colonies was working
were made by the despatelt of test covora, as to the real time occupied in transit. The result was as follows Att
Via Loudon To Cape Colony, 50 days. 76 days To Natal,
7 days. 60 days. therefore now forvarded exclusively by Correspondence for these Colnica is way of London.
Vid Aden.
23. In view of the inconvenience caused the departures of the steamers of the Pacife Mail Company and Occidental and Oriental Steain-ahip Company on the same days as the Mails to: Eacope, the two Companies promissd that they would, in arranging their Schedule for the present year, do all in their power consistently
with the rule they line found it to observe, to avoid a reposition of the it necessary conflict of dates. The offices of the Companies have been so for successful that, in their Time Table for the arst half of this year, there are only two coincidences
Sood
24. It would be very disirable if the oc- casional despatch of the German Packet oa the same day as the French Packet could also be avoided. It deprives the public of auch of the advantage of a
Supplementul s opportunity to be obliged to make use if it within a few houses or me at all..
Dory with prepaid rep.
Book Circalin, Erices Carent, do
1-28,900
2,900
બ્બાનું નuire
55.000
Mails.
APPENDES
APPROXIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1997.
REDETE De Received TOTAL.
Total Ingrass Decrease.
STEAM FOR
ASINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO
ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID, MALTA, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAE BRINDISI, ANCONA, VENIUE, TRIESTE, PLYMOUTH,
AND LONDON:
ALNO,
BOMBAY, MADRA CALCUTTA, ND
23. The outward Feoneh paoket ow re main here only twenty-four a arrangement causing a astard straty on the strength of this office, which has culy a fow N. houre of
of daylight to get the whole pit for Shanghai sorted and pucked, amidst the numerous Clasactions always aising from the recent arrival of u cvstract mail. Ou onn aceasing the newspair.
AYA
****eamer
Cargo cargubjn hen or. Uwough Fals of Lading fu-huATAVIA, PERSIAN GULF PULIS, MARSEILLES THIESTE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK AND BOSTON VA
Terchant Vessels in Hongkong Harbour.
Archinte fate Arrivals and Ipartures reported today
To facilitate finding the position of any sewer in the Harbour, the Anchorage in divided inte eleven-actic, Green Jaland. Ventole near the Booking here are marked near the Bowlany hand, ha Shipping or midway between acelt hoze are marked e, in conjunction with Le figured cenoting the sections..
Section
1. From Greou Island to the Gas Worka
2. From das Works to Jardine's Whart,
4. From Jardine's Wharf to the Harbour Master-Otice.
4. From Harbour Master's to the P. and O. Ce's Oflaz
6. From P. and 0. Co's Office to Peddar's Wurf.
From Peddar's Wharf to the Naval Yard,
Section
7 From Naval Yard to Blue Buildings, From Blue Buildings East Point,
9. From Kellett'e Island to North Poin
10. Kowloon Wharter
11 Jardino's Wharf.
Vote Nove
Steamers
Abyssinia
Amigo
Ashburne
edy of the
Captain
Flag and Rig
Tuns
Date of Arrival,
Consigners or agents
Destinations
Femarks
Loo Hundewadt
10 Walker 3 Reynell
Ashington Atholl Changcha
Danube Diariante El Dorado
China
Fashiki Mara Fushun General Werder
Clacksburg... Haitan
Coulter
Ylliams. Uldsrep Unsworth
McCaslin
Rujno
Thompson Croad:
10 Schue mann
Nanshan.
Ningpo Palamed.
Pilot Fish
Protos
San Pablo Bos Gall Yangtase..
Balling Vessels
•Aldon Besse
Allie Rowe, Bananeira
Bas Pan Charon Wattana Coloats
•Doretia:
Spence
9b Schultz
hAshton
Roura
Jo
Gand
Extrom
·Jackson
Blackburne
JackBott Stopnimi Sorensen..
5 Rend
Brit
Bri
str. 2040 Jan. Ger str. 720 Jan.
at
2 Adamuson, Bell & Co. 20 Chinen
1018 Jan
Brit str.
809 JL
24 Butterfold & Swird 20SiCo.
Singapore
daizon:
'o-morrow
Brit str.
29 Oct
21 Adamson, Bell & Co. Laid up
For sale
Brit. str. 1464 Jau.
26 Butterfield & Sivire." '* *-*
Gerstr.
618 Jan.
22 Molchers & Career
1G-Morrow
Brit.
Jan
124. R. Marty
Haiphong
To-marrow
Brit. str.
514 Jan.
9 Russell Ko
Manila
Brit tog str,
000 Jan
26
5 Jurdine, Matheson & Co
Shanzhal
Boon Dock To-irorrow
Dan
str.
674 Jan
19 Jau
fairhorg
str.
1504
Shanghai
8tr. 1262-Jan
str. 1093 Jan
Coast PORTR
1219 Jan
24 Dongles Steamship Co,
2 Arrhold, Barberg & Co.
17 Mitaci Busan Keisha
250 MN/ONE
Co
Tranship Co.
Japan. str. 2020
- Britar. 1495
C. Lesbirel... Stading
O'Brien Phillip
k
Jorgenson.
Gill FIZATO
kefozel Fattie N. Baugs
Bange John M. Bizikio.3 Faulkner
hu working of the Post Chico. That there shanghai múl wasion of the } HPROTE-ONLY HANDED AT PLYMOUTH. John D. Bream D C3yna:
lork, by a clerk for purcels, but by my day files Lareni. Kenshin aring the year the which three Cntract Math, a day HE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM) Kitty
aditional Marine Olicer,
This latter
inorunge in the rock, pit because its an
was
found to be in conjunction with the travelling and constant change of olimato, too
Bovere for only two officers, Two Marine Offcars died at their posts Even with three, one of whom is always doing three months shore duty, the strain on health is very perceptible.
in still balanes the good is mainly following pargels have born dealt with (not nocount is kept) -
including led perculs, of which no sonrate
By P. 20. Pkt... 5,195 By German Pk 216 106
Inwards Outward, Total,
3,831 9,026
391
6,410 3,997,407
red That was on August
up
Puckett left
20. It is feared that, under the now. P. and contract, the lay of the outward. Packet hore will also be only twenty-four hours.
On
Plinio
Brown
Campbell
Extoa
this Cluny, and two were expected to FENILA WUR, Captain, wil bedwateland Mary La Ortahing
NAVIGATION COMPANY'S Steam-ship Mannel Biddinỡ cEstival in arrive. Fortunatoly on arrival not with Her Majesty's despatched. take place till the following morning
from this for LONDON, BOMBAY Penobscot and SUEZ CANAL,
TUESDAY, the 31st January, at 4 p.1.
Cargo will be received on board until 10 am. on the day of sailing. TY
Parcals and Specie (Gold) at the Office antil Noon on the day of Bailing.
Ton, Sille and Valuables for Trope will be trufslipped at Colchabo; Gon-
CATRO
for London will be conveyed.
be
28. It will be nocessary to make pro-] PerusvLARRAGE, apply to the
Vision for
13. The largest Parcel Mail was int 27. If the sorting of nails for Bhangbai despatched on November 8th, the Christ-fla to be continued under these circumstan 5. This light increase in the personnel of-mas Mail, by which 320 parcels, weighing ces, somo reinforcement of the staff will the Departament, obtained, as is always the 631 b. not, wero forwarded. The next inevitable, but this is a subject which can oral case, with the greatest difficulty, has been largest was that despatched on November be well considered when the question of the vid Bombay without transhipment, arriving nothing like sufficient to keep pace with 22nd, the New Year Mail, by which 265 surte der or otherwise of our Post Offices one week later than by the ordinary direct the growing wants of the community. parcels, weighing 467 Ib. not, were for Nearly acaguant from 1865 to 1876, this warded. The largest inward Parcel Mail settled. No ducision on this int Itas yet
in Ching in the Chinese Government le roule vid Colony in the latter year took a fresh consisted of 408 parcels, weighing 832 lb.
Colombo. departure, and has been increasing steadily
been arrived at by the Imperial Government. FREIGHT
For
Particulars regarding ever since. Stoomer trafle grows every don, one for containing reprints of booke 1. Two parcela were confiscated in Lon-
And: and year, new Forts have been opened in our
SIGAN NAYIGA- neighbourhood, now nail lines have been copyright in the United Kingdom, the other Post Office in case we retain the control The Contents and Value of Packages are
ce-organisation of the Amoy TON COMPANY'S Ulice, Hongkong. established The Franch Packets, which for containing eigars which it was attemp of it. It is impossible to continue work required to be declared prior in 1875 brought ten or twelve half-empty The cigars wero address to a lady, pro- manned condition.
tod to s
emuggle under a false declaration,
it much longer
shipment bags of
in its presont of correspondence, now bring from
under Shippers are particularly requested to ninety to a hundred full ones, our largest bably to dirt picion of the real nature Postal Agent at Amoy dépond upon pany's Wack Bills of Lading
The duties of the note the terms and conditions of the Com rard mail in fact, which, unfortunately of the concata of the parcel,
the incessant sind constantly increasing Passengers los rous of insuring their bag necomsarily, arrives unsorted, in 1875 we 15. The exchange of Parcels with the steamer trille of that Port, and hase Kugu can do so on application at the Com had Money Order relations only with the Contigent by German Packet is steadily
been mach addøð. by the United Kingdom, and the duties vers though slowly increasing. At first only mout of direct stam communication be
the establish pany's Offico. siteaded to by a cork who was expected to four or five parous wore seat or received tween Amoy and Manila, perform his full share of ordinary Postal by each mal now the average is about Amoy and Batavis. For Mauls alone stea- P. &O. S. N. Co.'s Office,
and between Orders with ne: ezchange Money Twenty. A box covas Gight parcala mers loave Amoy on the 'avocage every three
4 the world, nod the
· Hongkong, January 20, 1868. days. The Postal Agent has, during the duties are discharged, with daily increasing
works wall.
at the city, the continuous attention
two clerks, who hate to bo detached.. from all other datios. Parcel Post ha been introduced within the last two years, and, whilst it is most useful and successful, ccassial, daily demand
fur
"pca.
of the
in 1875
ing
.
vas lost in the past year, collected and soucunted for Ri
16. The reduction of pratage on coast
Risito Santa Filomena...3k Mendigun
...4k Payne... Tarapaca
MoArthur Theodor Buger
Meyer Walter Siegfried
eLawrence
Char
30.
Ger. str. 330 15223rd Quam & Co.
Bris.
Co.
Wan, dedioMBOLL & CO. Brit
Bir 1530 Jan 28 Butterfield & Swico Brit. tug 161 Sept. 27H K & W. Dock Co. - Gert str. 1150 Jan. 19 Eduard Scheilings Amer, air. 4016 Jan. 190 &0. 8. 9. 06. ——, Amer. str. 48
China Tradera Tusurance Co. Brit. at
25Siemssen & Co
814 Jan.
Amer, 813 Dec SANDER June. Brit a 1862 Deci Sism. Lgs. 074 Jan Sism. bqo. 606 am. Amer, to
Malchers & Co. Wieler & Co.. Russoll & Co.
30 Chinesd
2 Cloness
852 Dec. 27 Matehere & Co.
Siam bg. 200
*300 Sept. 14 Chiness
DEZASTRE NOT A Pustau & Co. Brit Lo
12 Winler & Co. 775-Jan 23
Welchiors & Co.
19 Order 11Ordor
Reit be 510 Jan 15 Connives & Co Gor. bao, 1007 Tou., Am. butin, baz (Dec Awer, bas 102) Jan Brita 1778 Oct. 11 Carlonita & Co. Brit, bac 809 Aug 20 rder Spani qe 992 Jan. Remedios & Co. Amor.. sb, 1605 Dec. 315 Order Brit. by 970 Oct. 31 Ordor Amer, be 1006 Dec. 14 Adamson, Boll & Co.
sh 1133 Jan. 13 Captain Italian
Brit. bge 1192 an
Jan. 8Order-
panach, 448 Jan. 12 Chinese
bye 404 Jan. 11 Gibb, Livingston & Co.
sh 1075 Dec 31 Melchers & Co Brit hge 394 Dec, 17 Chinese
Bombay e
Shangbai
Swatow
Shangha
To-day
To-morrow. For sald
Koot Dock 27th inst. Koon Dock
Awoy and Shanghai To-morrow
Safegu
San Francisco
San Francis Laid up
San FranciSCO
To-morrow
Lat prox K'locn Dock.
New York.
K'loon Dock
Laki up
Her Britannic Haferty's Ships on the China Station.
gumboat 2nd clas
Captain Henry H. Boya____
out. Com B. R. Adakas Liout Lout Cran, Denison
Nams.
Nig
Tons,
Guns. IF.P. Captain.
Where at
Alverity Audacious Cockchafor
despatch-vessel twin-core battle-ship
1400
↑
COLO
20%
$150 4330
genbos 2nd class
465
476
ons
Constance
cruiser 3rd close
2380
14
500
Cordelia
cruiser Bed "eluss
2380
10.
1420
Com, R. Blair Maconochie Capt. Robert Hastings Harris Liat Coup H I Butela Capt L. Koppel, an
Hongkong
Hougang
Centon
Hoogkong
Hongkong
g. 3rd class ast defe- co860
In
EL WOODIN,
Superintendent,
Espoir Firebrand Lerotno? Leandur 105 net Morlin
gunboat 2nd clas
400
croiser 3rd class cruiser 2nd class
1420
1470
Captain Chas J. Balfour
3700
| 6000
2nd class
1050)
Captain ML 3: Dunlop 2 Coniraander. Marek
Whampoa Naginaki
Kebe
sical 2nd class
30
4
430
Lieut. Cr V M. Maturin
1200
Commander J. H. Marün
Orion
3des armoured 48704
4040
Captain T H. Royse
Ship Company.
Rambler Rattler
surreying vessel. gunbont let claas
330
Cotinuador W. U Moore
670
1200
Lieut-Com W, Mait Dougali
ernisor Ora olas.
1970
Captain W. C. Kalke
ausor 3rd class
1420
LACO
VIA THE OVERLAND RAILWAYS,
TO JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO, CENTRAL AND
Splent Swift Freed SOUTH AMERICA, AND EUROPE, Victor Emið
Wanderer
Captam Arthur L. Alington
torpedo mining lanngħ
160
gap vero i'd class
760
#1010
Commander A. CAB. Bromler
g.b. 3rd class coast cooace receiving clip
860
350
In reserve
6157
14
Bloop
*926
700
Cramer Maxwell, A.D.0. Commander Cup, G fard
Hongkong
| Hongkong
Wivera
coast defenceship,armoured: 2750
1450
SOME TAND
of
and local parcels effected one time sinet venue to the amount of $0.49.6). He is Occidental & Oriental Steam-
patched 5,303
has been the sans of attracting a consider-
7.837 worth
Alle business in the iranemission of such received 4,881 He has des-
Letter and
a total of 10,184
percule; which are now carried at five centa Registered articles, every oneof which teed. TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERS Batellite
pour including Registration, de
ed individunt attention and necessitated several
point of distribution for.
sday, Sundays included
ch places i much
STEAMERS..
it formen segons addition in the guneral is hoped ere long to have Parcel adve work of the Ollice, and to the
The total number Post Arrangements in force with the prin- an average of 28 Bagistries each day, includ eral entries in books, This givus of letters, papers, & passing through cipal Australia Colonics The Victorian ing the Hongkong Post Olce
1876Government, which, as
ch, as controlling the P. Registered but sometimes as many as 125 probably fell short of 900,000. The &0. lins from Melbourne to Colombo, is Manila by one aleamer. The Agent le Articles be despatched to total for 1887 is eatimated at 2,200,000 proposals of this Office, and it is hoped that Notes to the amount of $1,302, Hu have the first to be consulted, has uoxepted the dealt with 325 parcels, and has sold Pestal The work-
Department i got through, and that with extreme the
erstem may be at work within two or dealt, pressure and difficulty, by long and savoro three montlis. Aa exchange of parcels by two Ohiness who cannot read English, with ATLANTIC & OTHER CONNECTING
without any assistance except that hours of duty, by excessively hard work, the direct Torres Straits steamers was pro over 200,000 articles of ordinary correspon
officers lense-as-560 manual labent which, in most other places,lation of that Colony does not permit of its His would be performed by men at twenty-five loption. Tomui, Kalung Taivanfoo, and Tako,THE Steamship SAN PABLO will be shillings a wook
18. A direct exchange of Parcala with the service of which But it is when the Chinese Staff of the Canada via Vancouver has also been pro- correspondence and attention to detail. It Yokolason on WEDNESDAY, the lat Office is considered that it is seen how composed. The Canadian Post Office replied month is a suficient miary to pay
despatched for San, Frangimu, vir сап scarcely bo
be thought the pletely inadequate is the provision of hands, that when the mail service between Vas month
that 80 February, at 1 pm... in comparison with the work to be done. Cover and Hongkong has been put on a
Connection being mado at Yokohamn, In the Local or Municipal Post Ofies of permanent footing the question will be
= gentleman, who has other daties 443 with Steamers from ghai and apar attend Shanghai, which undurtakes
to, for the amount of work, reports the reception and distribution of local cor
rtakes nothing bat aldered.
sponsibility,
care, All Parcel I It has been respondence, and of that exchanged by that, exclusive of local exchanges, 3,407
Pookages should be marked to PART 12 molved in watchtoldas, and
in paragraph
op such an Office as addrans in full; and came will be received is described above. Al through the year, at the Company's Office, until 6 p.m. the steamer with certain Ports immediately parcels passed through, this Offico in the base been continually on the verge of a day previous to sailing corresponding with Shanghai, the work ia of many of thess, were of considerable insure service to undertake a mat: the wick course of the year. Although the contents arried on by the following Chinese staf
desdlook at Amoy carised
atural reluctance of officers of Unnatural under the superintendence of two Faro trintsia value, no parcel has been Flusty
has any local parcel been lost. Thos Senior Chicose
10.reasda of which is out of proportion to the pay
M. Consul
17 Postmen and Coolies.
2 Rickshaw Coolin
4. Beatmen,
-26"..
renporidence of that Bottlement is
19.
involves
the good offices of ♬.
of the Con
& discount of 10 from thin
is not far to susk. Although parcels are not in prevailing on mombora of his staff to take To techuically considered on Registered Arti the duties as a personal favour to himself ches, rol practically and to all intents and purposes, they w/ Registered Forsous ds such a dead lock beon prevented. who talk the staff that makes ene sad and the Amor Ollica continues to bo worked Officers of the Army, Mary, Civil Service Comète almost
to how they mover. AS The Municipal Post Office at Shanghai is lettera, it only sorres to call attention completa roorganisation will be allow who have paid full fare, 201
from Hongkong it is hoped that its and the Imperial Chinese Customs, to be Dat register their
on application. one of aeren Post Offices by which the boy that upwards of ging thousand parcels, year under report, to induce a more general embarking at den Fe
to them, would do well to consider the fact
29. Arrangements were made, during the dealt
Francisco for with, and it is furnished with ticinitysiz it containing such objects as watches propaginent of the correspondence which it Japan (or vice versa) within one year will bo Lucis
Chins or
Jaguar Chinese Tag Hongkong Post Office does sale marked on them, have been transmitted sid
rings, brascleta, &e, untle the cont
contents and
the custom to sand bete by steamers pat-
This allowance varion the whole of the Postal work of Hongkong, safely urder Registration during the year, necessarily of a stringent kind, but it was and Japan to Rurope
side the mails.
does not The
to through invasores taken ware
apply to
Marion inward, outward, and local, prepares and whilst it is believed that nearly every latter intended to relax passes on the mails for all China and Japan containing such objects and posted without This was attain as a the end destined to points beyond San Francisco, Nation
Consular Invoices asts as a centre batween those countries and Registration has
to accompany Cargo Hordj This was accor
Accomplish the Straits, India, America and Australis her
not necessarily ed before the setting in of the inst
the United States, should be sent to the inevitable
es Company's Offices, addressed to the Collec by this Department- and
and the sending of lettors on board steamers was For further information as to Freight
to, and less the Post an it
prevent the stringent rules introduced,
Company, before
No. bla Queen's Road Central of unregistered parcels, fefter-steal complaint was made. This Office, at any any It is kept ap and rate, is no longer periodically flooded with
HELMAR 0. D. HARMAN perpetuated by the
here, not the Pusta!
SE
Nautilos
Flagship of Admiral Sir R. Vesey Hamilton, K.C.B. Commander-in-Chief
Tientsir
Singapore
On a cruis
Nagasaki
Hongkang Hongkong
Hongkong
For B. B. M. Ships tonnage, displacements and effective hors powers aregiver according 1-11. 11. Naya
Foreign Men-of-war on the China and Japan Sta is
K
Russian cruiser U. frigate German cruiser French czubni Russian frigate
gunboat
Trench gunboar
Soorvotta sloop Russian-gundosi,
Captain Kühn
500
320:
Commander Jewell
Captain Mickstedt. Lieut. Copiander Fourt Caplan New Flue
Neny Commander Marrin Commander H. Glass" Commander
der Moltsoff
Captain vou Capton
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by the not
First-class Fares granted as follows To San Francine To San Franciato and return, available for 8 meaths.
Alsout
Russian gumbot
fo other Kurones
If ate rates Spacial reduteed rates graated to Brooklyn.
350,00
$33.00 338,00 European points at proportion-
Aragon Aspia Aurora Bismarck, Btholoman Dias Bebre
Spatilah oruide
BOD 1908
Captain Parenga
Nashank
French gunboat
3470
450
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Manila
German
Austro-Hungarian cruiser
Haiphong
1430
Captain Fruz Muller,
Whampoa
cruiser
2800
Portuguese volte
400
Capt da Uosta
Cabrel
Hongkong
1100
Captain Menselice
3000
1200
Varola
9100
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Dmitry Dourkoy
ganboat.
476
400
Hongkong
8000
Lient. Contender Alärtel, Capla
Servdlo
Haiphong
US corvette German gunboat French
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1976
900
Кобе
145
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1170
1370
1410
455
765
7600
1330
200
2400
1160
420
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Rapido
2200
32270
Sicut Corander Fordlovs
1456
Hongkong, January 24, 1860.
NOW READY
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Sophie Tamega Tejo
23000
€900
1000
465
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$2100%
410
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Terenne
PRICE $1.00
Tartulk
Russian cervette
1330
OMPARATIVE CHINESE FAMILY LAW
Vipere
French gunboat
2460
Viliaz
229303
BY EL PARKER
Yostock
Russian günhnat
German unheat
Portugue
gunboat
PADS
sorte both the English and French mails for rice, but still somewhere which had been all one foreseen for or Custom, San Francisco. Perseval: Shanghai and i furnished with tapety so if it were the possible to prevent they put a stop to DS PT Panago, apply to the Azunoy-of the / Plavier
Chinese
The amount: passing through Shanghai may be taken,
with fair
ant of correspondence of registered money lectora
acoscacy, to be about hair of thất
passing through Hongkong The whole ing would disappoleons referred to in i wapata correspondence, nor will the whole-
**Postal work of Shanghai is
is performed by
by 18 Europeans and 48 Chinese, that of Hongkong the last by 17 Europeans and 30 Chinese More the malves, but also porasty do wrong sale transmission of sich unpaid
Correspon but also persuade others to do dence through the Post be allowed to be Over the only two really heavy mails for a If only Shanghal are sorted in Hongkong senders
money letters were stolen, the resumed, sanders might wel be left to 7.The Municipal Post Offer at Shang- auquences of their own cara ke con. I have the honour to be, Sir,
caralessness but
hai can, unturally, establish hourly, dalinfortunately the letters of Innocent peo veries and effect them wide great regu- ple are bilen on the chance or on the sup unity and satisfaction to the public. The position that they contain money Hongkong Post Office affosts with diffinity 21 It may be questioned whether the throp deliveries a day, with an extrs dalie detective very after dark when necessary are whenken by muny Postal
• Kleven Legistered, Latins are balered to have been
thare is a rush of either inward or outward deterod by a axplaats pa board bar Forsens on muil work, delivery has to be suspended December 20th
Your obedient Bervant,
ALISTER Postingster General.
The Hou, FEEDBLIK STEWART, Colonial
Becratary, den, ka, do, see
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