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A SONG OF BATTLE.
INPERATOR MILITIA BIN.
Charge, bayonets, change? But gontly, not too wility ↑
For fear they buckle fra." prod not on Cast, anden, out! But, ind you, 186 them silly!
Perhaps they'rasfer unly kept onl
Hold your revolvere rendy? If some keerels
(Bay, two or three) alusll not discharge their hall, There'll be an Araba loft for futuro quarrels ;
A genom many would not kill them all.
On, then,mmernbering that your arms are brittle!
*England aspects her soldier not to mute: For thought, stue, they cow the country littla, Yet, if they're broken, they must be replaced.
O, that, brave Athina, stalwart, strong, and Dory)
Whoever blunders, yuti are always game: And then a l'arliamentary Jaqváry
WIJ slow, ane yours hence, who it was bo blamo, -Res
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They the royal koarted women aro Who nobly love the nobloat, yet kave
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For needy, sufaring lives in lowest places.
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much has been heard of this method ofing at the machinery for the Great Expecta- propulsion because the conviction is prettytions. The most power with the lokat weight has been his desideratum. Dr. Jackson cares not a jot because engineers generally predict the failure of bis theory. He is aerenely confident that it will succeed.
YE CHRONICLE OF SAINT ANDREW,
(DEDICATED TO THE HONGKONG BI.-.
ANDREW'S SOCIETY.)
1. It came to pass, in the year one thou- sand oight hundred and fouk score and eight, in a certain city, dwelt cortain wise on from a far country beyond the grea: Tweed.
At the foot of Twentieth Strent, Southeral that the theory is impracticable..
But in the Great Fapretations, instead of Brooklyn, in the shipyard of Mr Lennox Aisetrarging a comparatively big stream of there reposes on the stocks concealed from water at such pressure as could be obtained, the guze of the inquisitive by n shed, a the stream will us ne huger than cun be-New York Herald. craft that might well be ostled 'Great Ex-forced through a nozzle one and one quarter peatations, for her inventor and designer inches in diameter. The pressure will be, it expects from her nothing less than a speed
is said, surnething like 10,000 pounds to the of thirty miles an hour. In other words, square inch-araply immense."
"Anybody who has seen anything of ha expacts that sho will prove by lang odds the fastest craft that over rode on salt wa-hydraulic inining-how the solid obrade itaall aceina to vanish before the assaults of a comparatively alender sins of water die charged under grenst preauto-knows that water can be made to exert a tremendous power. The Great Esp ctations is to have engines of 1890-Imrse pósor-tromendously powerful engines for a boat of hor size-and All naval enginere agroo that the idon is inventor says that the streams of water proposterans, that this astonishing rate of those sagines will pump through that one speed van't be attained as the inventor pro-and-one-quarter inch nozzle will be as rigid poses. Nevertheless he retains the courage of his convictions, and prupere to demo strate at Spring thst he has struck some- thing which must revolutionize the methode of propelling steam vessels or result in ignominious failure.
Think of it Thirty miles an hour would mena 120 miles a day. That is quito equnt to the average rate of railway travel, and is so far superior to the spoed attained by | ocsau greyhounds or torpedo boats that they would be simply nowhere in a
A Faco.
as a bar of steel.
If a man steikon at the ejected stream with an nxo, he says, the water will turn the edge of the weapon. He says, too, that it will deflect bullete discharged from a rise. and do other wonderful things. All this Externally there is nothing notable about physicista admit, but smile derisivaly when the little ship except that, unlike most that there in a man who expects such steant vessels built for spoed, she has abun-stream of water to drive a boat thirty miles dance of beam. Her longth over all is an hour. And people who know nothing about 110 feet, and on the water line nine about the matter must be content to wait ty-five fent, and her beam is soventy-three until next Spring, when the boat will be foot. Her draught will be about four feet, anuched and the experiment made. and she will have plenty of freoboard. Her deck plan is not unlike that of the Polen tear, except that she does not taper so much aft,
She is a staunch, seaworthy looking craft, but there ia suthing of the graphoand about hare build. Both in model and me- charist her designer has struck out boldly for a new dupertara.
The Great Expectation has a small orifer in her bow, though which the stream of rater is to be discharged in the amo man- ner as through the stern. By this mean, it is contousled, ale can be almost instantly stopped and drisen backward nearly as fast as forward. The pumps will be fed through a hole on each side of the boat.
Another peculiarity of the Great Exporta- In the sterupest of the boat, about two tions will be the absence of any rudder This feet above the baltom of the keel, is a in rendered unnecessary, it is claimed, be cireular opening about six inches in distant-sause the nozzle through which the steel-like or. It looks like the usual hole for a pro stron of water is discharged can he turned The Great to the right or left, thus making the boat peller shaft. But it isn't.
runtutions (we can call her that unai spin around like a top, muca quicker than she gets a hotter name) will have neither a rudder could do it. sido wheels nor accow propeller and en Bequentely an ahaft. To the hole in the sternpost s nezdo is to ho strehad, and water ejects through it with tremendous force, the inventor says, is to drive tha¦ boat forward at the rate of thirty miles an hmar.
In its general features this ides of mov. ing bunt by pumping out a continuous
the children of the North would none of these; for they quooched their thirst with the Dew of tho Mountain, which is the water of Fire.
15. Then spake the wise men of the esn grogation unto them, and called to mind the ancient days and the mighty deeds of their fathers. And the people rejoiced
excodingly.
16. Now it came to paas when they had eaton and drinken greatly, oven unto tho fall, that the hinges of their tongues werd loosened--yes even the joints of their knees.
17. And the ruler of the feast fled to his home, and a third part of the multitado followed, and a third remained saying,
Insurances.
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE
(No. $149,-FEBRUARY 9, 188'
Mails.
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Company, are authorized to Insurre [IHE Undersigned, AGENT of the above against FIRE at Uarrent Raton
GILMAN & Co. Hongkong, January 1, 1882.
QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE COM- PANY.
14
2. (In that year the rulers of the city did Wo thirst; and a third part cose to play Company, are prepared to ACCEPT |
that which was right in their own eyes)
3. Now these wise men asserabled them selves together, and they said one to an- other, Ge to, let us remember our brethren whom we have left.
18. And they played after the fashion of their country, and their movemonta re soubled the perogrisations of a hen upon a girdle which is hot. Yet they seemed to think it pleasant, for they shouted for joy.
19. Now. As for thom tist wore athirst, bobold their drinking was steady, but their ; yea, they also slotted for joy, and mung amazingly.
20. And they answered one to another and said, that notwithstanding the crowing of the cock or the dawning of the day, they
4. For, behold we be. In a far country, and it shall come to pass that men shall say of us, Ye ba nameless on the uarth; solimbs were not have fled from the land of your nativity, be- Cause the land of your nativity is poor."
5. This thing, therefore, will we do; wa will make a great feunt, so that the nose at whomsoever smalloth it shall tingle, und we will call to mind the ancient days and the mighty deads of our fathers.
6. So they appointed a day, and many wore gathered tugotherms wized multitude from the Land of Cakes and of Thistles. from the West and from the North, and from the Tales of the Sea.
7. And, behold, a great feast was p pared, and men in white raiment minister- Ed unto them, and a ruler of the feast was appointed, and set in the midst.
8. And forthwith to each man wad given a writing of the good things of the Trast, and the writing was in a tongue no man could understand, for the language was the language of the Crapaud, which signibeth in the heathen tongue, a frog.
should still parinke of the juice of the bar- tay. So they encouraged one another with these words.
21. Now it came to pass that, as they eat, one came and said that he bad neon strange are in the sky, but what it was he conid not tell.
22. And some said, It in the moon; and others said, It is the sun; and somno raid, Doth the sun rise in the wust ? and other said. This is not tho west, but the cast; and emne said, Which is it i for we perceiva imo in the sky.
3. And as caid, I aco nothing. Now thus name of that man was Blia Foo. He
was the son of Fill Fou, and his mother's name was Haud Foo; and his brethren, Bung Foo, Sing Foo, Greet Foo, and Daxi Foo, were speechless
9. And aune there were who pretended
24. Then each man bade his neighbour to know the writing and the interpretation thereof; now thesu were hypocrites; for farewell, umbracing and vowing eternal friendship, and come were borne home by they know but six letters of the writingen in scanty raiment, and others in card- and those letters were EAGGIS, and uvea this much was a great mystery.
10. And the dishes no man could number; the people ata mightily, as it were for the space of one hour. And no man opaka to
If (Fateful if this little stream of water, one and one-quarter inches in diameter, shall accomplish what is exported of it, any one dos sen Ost it will knock out sidewheels and screw propellera in no sito Big ships would be able to dispenss with shafts that are liable to break and propeller wheels that may have their blades ausshod. The ability
stop and turn quickly would much lessendo
the danger of collisiona,
strom of water is not & now ano. The English Government several years ago Dr. Walter M. Jackson, the inventor, built a vessel called tha: Waker Witchs, which claims to have applied his hydraulic theory was to be impelled by bydratio pressure to a Bity-fout haunch two youre age and to aud do things that would astonish the world have obtained a speed of twelve miles as Bat she proved a failure, and the British hour, the streams of water that pushed the Govarumont paid the cost of experience and launch at this cate being forced though other untions profited by the leason. Pri-hole only one-sixteenth of an inch in diarno- wat individuale from time to time have ter. This litter spray, Dr. Jackson says,
drißed a hole through « four-inch plank. ought the infontion of the ides. but a
All Summer De. Jackson has been work. complished mathing. Ta recent years nut
SHARE LIST. QUOTATIONS.
his neighbour till his farver mau wis com- forted,
IL. Aud while they ate, hohoid, there near three mighty men of valour clothed in many-coloured garments; and they bore in their arms, musical instrumenta abaed like unto a beast of prer.
speartd
12. And they blew mightily upon what the tail thereof, and straightway came there forth shrieke and sounds as if it were the bowling of the damned,
13. And the hearts of the people wore comforted, for this is that wherein their great strength lieth.
14. Aud wine was brought in vessals, but
Hongkong, Saturday Noon, 9th February, 1889.
10,441,362 30 June/S* a ex } |Aug. 27, 88172 % prem., 179% prem. 169 % prem.
3-$10 p. a. 1
ages which jingled as they went; sud other drove their own cbariote hotce, and sawW many strange sights for they found grasa growing and ditches in the midst of the way where they had not perceived them befora.
And it came to pass that in the morn- ing many lamented, and took no breakfaat brought Rate them many cunningly-devised that day; and the mon in white raiment drinks, yea pick-me-ups, for their tonguva clave unto the roofe of their mouths, and the spittle on their beard was like unto a small silver coin, even a sixpence.
[THE Undersigned, AGENTS for the above. RISKS against FIRE et Current Rates
NORTON & Oo.,
Ayenis.
Hongkong, July 16, 1887.
1340
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INCORPORATEd by Royal Charter of His Majesty King George The First, A. 1720.
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ourrout vated,
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26. But, when they thought of the pre-CALVESTON & SOUTH AMERICAN- rious day, they rejoiced again, for they said, Our brothren whom we have loft will hear of it as the feart of the New Year, and they will remember us and bless 03, sad our hearts and our hands shall be strengthened for our labour here.Bonaccordi.
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Unclaimed Correspondence, February 8, 1880.
Coville, D.
Chhub
Croman, i.
Demuan, J. L. 1
Donglas, Dr E. C.1 Eyniar
2
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Kareliffe, H
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1
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1
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1
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1
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261,119.28.1
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1 1
1
Fakner & Co., Jao.1
April 26, 88 Tls,295, buyers
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1 Popovita
p.od.
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1
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(in liquidation)
$
Cantor Insurance Office, Ed.
8
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2,800,000 10,000$
Clarke, Capt. J. A.1
Parsons,
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1
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8 3,000,000 30,000$
China Fire Insurance Co., 3.
$
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Fire and Marine Insurances.
Singapore Insurance Co., Ld.
20$
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2018 100 $
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1
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2
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I
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1
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1 reg. Whiteley, fler.
1
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1p. ed. Wagner, Misa
2 mg.
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Lawton, Miss
1
Aug. 24, 866210, buyers $210
12206
Lasson, J. F.
1 Wsidos, Cata
Wilisons, C. Walker & Co., A.GL
1
1
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1
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889, hnyera $90
100
all
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F'kong High-Level Tramways Co.. Ld.$
Mining.
120,000 1,200 5
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50
Punjom & Saughie Dua Samantan Į
Mining Co., Ld.
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Fale of
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boat Co., Limited
Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.,
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Douglas Steamship Co., Ld.
China & Manila Steamship Co., Ld. S Refineries.
China Sugar Relining Co., Ld.
Luzon Sagar Refining Co., Ld.
Wharves. Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf &}},
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da Tonkin
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Hotela.
Hongkong Hotel Co., Limited
Austin Arms Hotel & Building Co., L£}$ Peak Hotel and Trading Co., Ld.
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Cruickshank & Co., Limited
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Co., Limited.. Hongkong loe Co., Limited
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31,004_3,000
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300.
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Aug. 31, 8b 8170, nam.
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for 6 months ending
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Ablao
I
J. BioLeod
Alox. Yeats
2
Bancours
1
Kolo Maru
Benn
&
Kitty, Bk.
Bengale
1
Laiy Haroveed
2
Bandan
1
Leading Wind 1
Coronet,
4
Mayiletayler
1
1
Meteary
41
Daniel
1
Medigio
Emma T. Crowell! Вата
ionovin
1
Miki Maru, 8.8. 1
Emeralds, Sch, i
4
4
Feilang. 5.5.
Orient, 8.8.
Fashiki Maru, 8.9.1
Princeberg
Francis, sh.
1
Red Sea, 3.8.
Gastav Qatar
I
Rory, 4.8.
Bedayosha Mar
Biogloader
Honolulę
2
Riversdale, as 7
4
H. E. Toplay
2
St. Albany, as
6
Hilaris
1 Bing Bing. 1-4.
J
Six Nan, 9.1.
Hectanooga
}
1 Sanchow, a
3
Hydra, s.a.
1
Velocity, Bl.
1
Erne
1
Wenlock, BL
1
H Prinsenborg 1
Zafro, 0.3,
1111
Closing
Kanrawia
Nampaatus
*
ORICE
STEAM FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, ADEN, PORT SAID, MALTA, MABSKILLES, GIBRALTAR, BRINDISI, ANCONA, VENICE, PLYMOUTH AND LONDONG
A180, BOMBAY, MADRAS, CALCUTTA AND AUSTRALIA. N.Cargo can be, takers on through Bills of Lading for BATAVIA, PERSIAN GULFPORTS, MARSEILLES, TRIESTE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK AND BOSTON, SPECIE ONLY LANDED AT PLYMOUTH.
THE PENINSULAR. AND Omneval STEAM NATTUATION COMPANY'S Steain-ship PENINSULAR, Captain E. WYATT, with
Her Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from this for LONDON, vid BOMBAY and SUEZ CANAL, on WEDNESDAY, 13th February, at Nusa,
Cargo will be received on board- until 4 p.m. on the day before sailing.
Parcals and Spacie (Gold) at the Office int 4 p.m. on the day before sailing.
Silk and Valuables for Europe will be transhipped at Colombo; Toa and General Cargo In London will bo conveyed, viá Bombay without transhipment, arriving one. week later than by the ordinary direct route vtá Culomba.
For further Particulars regarding FREIGHT, and PASSAGE apply to the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Naviga- TION COMPANY's Office, Hongkong.
The Contents and Voice of Packages are required to be declared prior to shipment.
Slippers are particularly requested, to note the term and conditions of the Com pany's Black Bills of Lading.
Fassengers desirous of insuring their bag. gago can do so on application at the Com pany's Offics.
185
K. J. WOODIN,
Superintendent, P.&O. S. N. Co.'s Office,
Hougkong. January 30, 1889.
Occidental & Oriental Steam- Ship Company.
TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERS TO JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND KUROPE, VIA THE OVERLAND RAILWAYS,
AND
ATLANTIC & OTHER CONNECTING STEAMERS,
THE Steamship BELGIC will be despatched for San Francisco, vis Yokohama, WEDNESDAY, the 13th February, at 1 pm
Connection being made at Yokohama, with Stasmens from Shanghai and Japań porta.
All Parcel Packages should be marked to address in full; and came will be recaived. st the Company's Office, until 5 p.m. the day previous to sailing.
First-class Fares granted as fellowa p
To San Francisco
To San Francisco and return,
available for 6 months.... To Liverpool
To London...
...$200.00
350,00
*. 325.00 330.00 To other Earpean points at proportion ate rates. Epecial reduced rates granted to Ollcore of the Army, Navy, Civil Service and the Imperial Chinese Customs, to be obtained on application.
Passengers by this. Line have the option of proceeding ororiand by the Southern Pacific and connecting Lines, Contral Paci-
fio, Northern Pacific ur Canadian Parifio
OF PEKING will be despatch-Kailways. od for San Francisc), vix Yokohanes on THURSDAY, the 21st Instant, at Noon, taking Passengers and Freight for Japan, the United States, and Europe.
Through Bills of Lading issued for trans portation to Yokohama and other Japan Porta, to San Francisco, to Atlantic and
Passengers, who have paid full fare, re- embarking at Ban Francine for China or Japan (or vice versa) within one year will be allowed a discount of 10 %. This allowance does not apply to through fores from Ühing and Japan la Europe
Consular Invoices to accompany Cargo Inland Cities of the United Statos, via Over-destined to points beyond San Francisco, land Railways, to Havana, Trinidad, and in the United States, should be sent to the Demerara, and to ports in Muzico, Central Company's Offices, addressed to the Calle and South America, by the Company's and tor of Cussonis, San Francisco, connecting Steamors.
For further information ante. Freight
Through Passage Tickets granted to or Passage, apply to the Agency of the England France, and Germany by all Company, No. 604, Queen's Road Central trans-Atlantic lines of Steamers,
D. HARMAN,' ·
Agent Hongkong, January 25, 1859,
First-c
t-class
Farus granted as follows -- Tu Sau Francisco
To San Francisco and return,
available for 6 months
To Liverpool ...
To London...
***
...$300.00
350,00
325.00
330.00
Toother European points at proportionate rates. Special roduced rates granted to Officers of the Army, Navy, Civil Service and the Imperial Chineso Customs, to be obtained on application.
Passengers by this Line have the option of proceeding overland by the Southern Pacilio and connecting Lines, Central Paci fe. Northern Pacific or Canadian Pacific Railways.
Passengers, who have paid full fare, re-
embarking at San Francisco for China or Japan (or vice versa) within ons your will be allowed a discount of 10 %. This allowance does not apply to through far from China and Japan to Europe.
Fraight will be received on based until 4 p.. the day previous to sailing. Farcel Packages will be received at the ofline until
159
NOTICE,
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. PAQUEBOTS POŠTE FRANÇAIS.
STEAM FOR SAIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, COLOMBO, PONDICHERRY,
MADRAS, CALCUTTA, ADEN, SUEZ, FORT SAID, MEDITERRANEÁN AND
BLACK SEA PORTS, ALEXANDRIA, MARSEILLES, AND FORTS
OF BRAZIL, AND LA PLATA;
6 p. de day; al Parcel Packages LONDON, HAVRE AND BORDEAUX.
should be marked to address in full; vadus
of same reqníred.
Consular Invoices to accompany CargoN WEDNESDAY, the 2012 February, 1880, at Noon, the Company's 5.3. destine:I points beyond San Francisco,
in the United States, should be sent to the MELBOURNE, Commandant VENANT,
above places
1 regd. Company's Offions in Sealed Envelopes, with MATLS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE, addressed to the Collector of Customs at Band CARGO, will leave this Port for the Francisco.
Cargo and Specia will be registered for For further information as to Passage London as well as for Marseilles, and a and Fraight, apply to the Agency of the
seped in transit through Marseilles for Company, No. 8ôi, Queen's load Central,
principal places of Europe. 0. D. HARMAN,.
Agent. Hongkong, February 6, 1889,
Books, etc. without Covers Australasian,
Bankers' Magazins.
Baliarst Courier.
Catalogie of Standard Works.
C. Hegenhardts' Calender. Jande Weekly News.
Quotations, Electrical Eeries.
Chinese Imperial Govt. Silver Loan 1884 B Baking Corporation $1,394,700.14 H'kong Carpenoy, 8500 song Currency 8% per annum 30 June each year until 19903 %. prem
Hongkong Shanghai )
Chinese Imperial Govt. Silver Loan 1884 0
Do.
81,094,700.14 H'kong Currency. 8500 'xong Currency, 8 (Taping Ts.700.000, Equivalent of
11
Shanghai Tha. 767,200. Allotted at
Chinese Imperial Govt. 7 per Cent.
Silver Loan 1886 E
Do
archango of Th. 72 per $100
'kong currency, Drawn Bonds Shanghai Thela 250.7,, and Interest payabloat ourront rate!
of the day for demand bills on Shanghal.
Equalisation of Dividend Fard.
15 Chet.
nom,
.1892 5% prem.,
Dom.
Fermanagh Times. Fireside News.
| Greenook Telegraph.
German Books, £50.
Glagow Woolly Mail. Glagow Weekly Herald. Graphia. 81st March and 30th Sept.
Katholiek. each year until 31 Mch.14% pren., Nordelentsaber Lloyd.
1917
дом.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicls. Pabila Opinion. Queen.
Kasaisi Books, Ma
↑ Depreciation med Insuranos Fund,
Revue Militaire,
STOKES & YOUNG, Share Brokers,
Samples of Twood,
51. Bulqun Gaurdian,
NOW READY,
THE REVENUE OF CHINA.
234
A SERIES OF ARTICLES Reprinted from 'The Ghana Mait WITH AN APPENDIX. iais PAMPHLET is Now Beady,
and may be had at the OFFICE-OF BINS PAPER, Mesam. Lars, Chawrond & Co.'s, Meam, KxLix & WALSK's, And M., W, Brawer's.
Prip
60. Cents,
Shipping. Orders will be granted all Noor
Cargo will be received on board until 4 pmi, Specia and Parcels until 3 pm on the 10th February, 1880. (Parcels are 200 to be sent on board; they must be left at the Agency's Office)
Contents and value of Packages are res quired,
For farther particulars, apply at the Company's Office.
G. DE CHAMPRAUS, Ayeni, Hongkong, February 7, 1889.
*200*
Printed and published by GO. MURRAY Bar at the Aina Mad Ofice, Noi &, Wyndham Bizet, Hongkong