| WESLEY'S THEORY OF EARTHQUAKES. The suas of earthquakes,' said John Wesloy, 'ir sin."""
How he reasoned it out is not cany for the Average sincer to 500. The lies of sios a resulttag from the violation of moral is is tremiando as physical convulsion' an earthquake- nongenes in the eyes of modern aciones. The rerats is more often true. The case of a dent of sin,' said Hannah Mars, "is bile, That wo cat are through. Bile poisons the brain, and the brain is the organ of the metal. It Is contain that all the earthquakes that ever look this wicked world never did half the damage that is done every year by slacpy stomache sad faxy. livers. Generals have lost battles, statesman have doen beaten in diplomacy, woxicuton havo been brown out at jobs, clergyman have prench- ed poor nazmons, and hasbands and wiyos Lave The
ANCESTRY OF GENIUS. Mr Galton, the cofentist who has made such intereating explorations in anthropo logy, finds that the best solentials come from a comparatively puro and unmized rece. Mr Havelock Kilis, in the March number of the Atlantic Monthly, on the other hand, makes out a strong case for the claim that in works of imagination, as poetry and art genius most abounds in the descendants of mixed races. Selecting the twelve most emininot British imaginative writers of the present generation, the author finds that not one of the dozen is pure English, white ten of the twelve show marked traces of foreign blood. He fade, upos careful in vestigation into the ouoestral stock, similar conditions in Germany and France. explanation given is that the combinations of cross-breeding give scorelion of power and produce alartling mental compounds which faepinato, by their uniqueness and eccentric singularity.
iB
Mails.
THE CHINA MAIL.
STEAM FOR STRAITS, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA,
INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT, ⠀ MEDITERRANEAN PORTS, PLEMOUTH AND LONDON.
Intimations.
THE MIKE JOAT, MINING COMPANY.
AB: MIKE COAL
[No. 9481—ADREL 29, 1898.
Hongkong Rates of Postage. Postmaster Caneral of Hongkong immedi- gives more trouble in the eird.
9. That application was made to the giving trouble, a course which generally
In the following Statements and Tabios ately the loss was discovered, and within a pridan the Bates are given in centa, and are, for Year at the most from the daty of Posting 1. Circulars, Dividend Warrants, Inviku. Letters per half ouace, for Booka and at the Postmaster General is satis sions, Cards, Patteras, Bills, Almanson, Patterns, per hor ources
poli fiad that the low occurred whilst the corres- - du, for addresses in Hongkong or the Posta Cont of dark radiah colourations Poskal daninistration in China, that it was uniform, ales and weighs any be soak, co
Newspapers over four ounces in weight pondence was in the custody of the British of China, in batches of not less than o Steam purposes, it has been pronounced to care may be, but such papais or parkett of not caused by any fault on the part of the the Post Oflce unstamped, she postage, st OG THE BEST AND THE MOST ECONOMICAL OF papers may be rent at Book Fate Trasender by destruction by fire, or shipyreer, the rate of one cent cach, being paid in ALL TEŻ JAPANESE GOALS,
Nowspapers must not be folded together as nor by the donorly or negligence of any cash or charged to the sender's accodinK. Its esport is increasing yearly, and the one, nor must anything whatever be inserted Hongkong Post Chilled box holders for the delivery of considerable person" "not in the employment of the Special accounts may be opened with nons opinions expressed by several of THE except bond fide Supplements of the same LARGEST REQULAL CONTUMRRA are in tenth paper and the same date. Printed rast. §. No compensation can be paid for mere nambers of such articles mony of the EXCELLENT QUALITIES or Tam ter may, however, be enclosed if the damage to fragile articles such na portraits, 2. Such carers, when addressed to plecss" Coat.
whole be paid at Book Rate, Prices Our watches handsomely bound books, other than Hongkong or China, must be
which reach their destination, although in prepaid two cents each in Newspapers or
as Kerala.
ATTENTION 15 called to the following ront may be paid either us NOWP a broken or deteriorated condition: Nor on tore, NGANE PANA
whe Coal thair Bunkorn direct from the Undersigned —
touch of vot complaint The cast of society. qontrolled far no reason under the san but a Through Bills of Lading issued for BATA ADVANTAGES 6 Shipownors and Osptatus, Books can never lie quiet with such a force as bilions- uess under it. This is not a runaway metaphor it is hard, cold fact, mad the man who don't
know it has never tried: to do business with
Our correspondent coaliança; At itot-I took
VIA, PERSIAN GULF, CONTIN- ENTAL AND AMERICAN PORTS.
THE Starship AUFLEJ, Captain W. D. TWOBSTER, RANAR, onvrying Her Majesty's Mails will be despatched from this. for LONDON, vid BOMBAY, on THURSDAY, the 11th May, at Ndon, tak ing Passengers and Cargo for the show Porte.
Parcels will be realvad at this. Of until 4 p.m. on the day before anding. The contents and vâ'u of a'l packages ara.
a
ounces each in walght. Patterns, Almasa,
&o,, must be under 4 ounces each in weigh's Houvier articles will be alergod ordinary
raton
Dominercial Papera signify such papers nesount of alleged losses of tho Comitents of B. Circulars, o., must got he, though Written by Hand, do not bear Registered covers which have reached their the character of an actual or personal corredestinations. Nor on account of any spondence, such as invoices, deeds, copied arielo for which the addressco has signed noticenic, & Tho charge on them is the same reculpt.
4. Envelopes containing Fatterns, de as for hoolas
"The sender of a Registered Article for a
Mutsent or Delayed Correspondence. may be wholly closed if the nature of the When correspondence has been missent contents be first exhibited or stated to the Union Country may obtain an acknowledge. ment of delivery on paying an esku for of or delayed (both of which are liable to Postmaster General, as he may consider s 5.cantar Dhappen ccossionally) all that the addressse cessary, and approved by him. Printed dir The limit of weight for Books and Com Dood do is to note on the cover, Sent to calare may be onalcaad in pattern packets.. mercial Papers to Foreign Fest Officer is of Received at 7pm, or as the case. Addresses must be complete. Th 4 Iba Patterns for each offices are limited may be, and forward it, without any is to say, on sell covers as are solde to 8 boness except to Austria, Holgiam, other writing whatever, to the Poutmaster drogued to honde of bonden the addressee's Bulgaria, Congo Free State, Costa Rica, treneral. This should be acted on the first reidence or place of business must be Egypt, France, Greece, Guatemala, Hawaii, mistake to let such matters pas for fear of be returned to the sender for address
time cause of complaint ocente, it is a added. Incompletely addressed covare will
Durg, Mexico, Portugali Roumanis, Balva- Holland, Hungary, Italy, Biboria, Luxem
Froshness of the Cool Uniformity of quality. Freedom frein imparities. Supply in any quantity on shortest Quick despatch. Best of woight, eta, dla...
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHIA.
Role Agents Bongkong, October 1, 1992.
THE OHINA & JAPAN TELEPHONE
COMPANY LIMITED.
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS
KONGKONG TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.
TO THE
25.--Aberdeen Dock.
A
1714
Teonyaan scams to have been very nearly another man when the second man's skla looked. equally of Danish extraction on the one hand yellow, or asked a loan from a friend when that and of Plantagenet ancestry on the other,friend was labouring under a sharp indigestion,
Writing of a imax years ago 2 lady says with a strain of Freach blood. intermingled, Swinberne pretty oqually divided between her skin because frat rollow and then of a saffron the Celtic and Scandinavian race stocks, hte. Her breailing was dificult and short, and William Morris is predominantly Woleh, ahe folt mach an in the chest and sides. Har but with Anglo-Danish intermixture, Hos. Appetito failed, of cours, for Nature mayer calls for food what she is not in emdition to use it, Eetti is 25 per cent. English and has a
Sulla trio of erstenanec must be taken. The northern straits in bis Italiaŭ origis. Robert lady took it, digested a bit of it, and entered Browning would soarsely have a more com great distress from the presence at the rest in plex racial ancestry. His great-grandfather the torpid stomach. We tearcey need say that wan of West Saxon stock, modified with old her sleep was broken, and mind and body weaty British blood, and married a Creole wife.weak, and sat el tone. Now what sort of life is Browning's mother was Gerrard on one side this to lead? What is anybody good for while and Scotob on the other. The author finds in sub a state as that? What was would you give a servant who was always so ?" (Phat would that very few of the English poets d the
The Fou wager on your cyn success in business day are of pure English stock. majority are of Trish, Gaelio, Welsh or Cor. you had to pit yourself against other people's nish rade, with varying intermixtures. In sharptors, while you had to fight with a prison. Franse the commingling of races is reported caked bead and a stomach that refused ite ne still more remarkable in the production breakfast? Not a crooked eixpence. of literary gontas Alexandre Dumas has to my bed. The doctor said my liver was negro blood; und Flaubert, Iroquois blood. wrong that I had thus jaundice. As kis medi-ragnired. Victor Hugo belonged on his father's ine did so good, he advised me to go to the side, to the fair and powerful Germanic hospital objected to this, and ho anid, • Try zace of Lorraine, and on his mother a change of air, then, sud see what the will do to the terms and conditions of the Oom-56.Blackhead & Co., Praya Central. sido to the dark and stooky race of Kratops Zola is the son of an Italian mathematician, and has French, Italian, and Greek bloed in his voins. Ibsen is nearly ns mach German as Seandinavian, and has Bootch blood in his make-up. Napolcos was the result of the mixture of the Tuscans and Corsicans, Boulanger had a Scotch mother: Mr Ellis finds that the German distinta which produced that nation's crop of posts showed marks of Callie blood, and that the English districts most productive of poets were along the Irish, Welch, and Soutch berdors. The Anglo-Welsh and Anglo-Irish descendants whom Galton found to be toast adapted to science, Mr Ellis finds to be meat prolife of imaginative genius. Gladstone two bottes more I returned to Birminghan claims to be pare Seoteh, but the Atlantic's quite well and have had no attack of the disca VIA INLAND SEA OF JAPAN AND 14. E. & A. Uning Telegraphi Co., Ld.
dor; Servis, Bisun, Switzerland, Tomis, GANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY'S United States, to which placed 12/02 (350 grammes) is the limit, and must out excenă
ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP LINE,
by 4 inches.
·Countries of the Posta Unica. The Union may be taken to comprise all civilised countries except Capo Colony,
Silk and Valasbler, all Cargo for Franice, and Tes for London (miler orrangement) will be transhipped at Colombo into a sleamar pretending direct to Marscifles and London; other Cargo for London, do, will be conveyed sii Bombay without tranship-10.-Aberdeon Paper Mills Office, Wing these dimensiona 12 muches by 5 inches
Lok Street. ment.
20Alico Memorial Hospital, 104.-Aberdeen Paper Mills, 24-Anderson, Capt. G. Ú.j Praya Contral, 40. Do- 20. Praya Last
8.-Arnhold, Karberg & Co.
B 69.-Bay View Hotel. 65.Blackhoe, F., Magazine Gap. 18.--Bitterfeld & Swiro, Shipping Office.
Do. do. Itefinery Office
do, do, Custry Bay, Do. do. Residence, Peas.
42. Canadian Pacific Railway Co. 3-Cautlie, Dr J.,Mount Kellet, 15. Contral Police Station, 22, China Mall' Office.
Shippers aro particularly requested to
for you. So I want to my old home in Fair- ford, Gloucestershire. This did no good, and Ipany's Bills of Lading. comsuited another physician, who attended mo for some time, bat failed to help me. My friends now (hought I was in a decline.
I didn't eat enough to foeil a bird, and began
For further Particulara, apply to
K. H. JOSEPH,
Superinterulent.
315,
30A, SD.
793
U.. S. Mail Line.
to dospair. Gradually growing mors feble nud£0. 8. N. Úo, a DEce, lingered on at July, 1800, when au acquain miserlo, with no expectation of bettor days, I
Hongkong, April 27, 1893. tande arged me to fry Mother Seigel's Syrap. The rondenes my friend soomed to have in this medicine made much an impression on the that I sent my nies laar miles to get fl. After taking the first boife I felt bettor weight appeared to be lifted from rap client, I began to relish my food, and fell better in overy way. I will colade by saying that when I had used
contributor discovers that Gladstone Was Syrup years before. (Signed Sanon HAWKES, since. Iza only worry I did not know of the descended from the Saxon lowlandora of of a Lion Inn, Longmore Street, Dimming his father's side and from the Celtic high-home."
on
landers on his mother's side, two distinct Here is certainly a lesson for the day, Pro- races whom avvident threw together. The baily thers is not one persoa it a thousand who finest towering of imaginative genius he has not suffered from what is oled a billons Ende net is the pure fair races of the ex-attack,' and map are more or lega léliona all tree North or in the pare dark raves of fly he to The symptoms are these: Favred South; but in the crossed Celts and Teutons tongue, head-aciu, dalues, and scopiness, of Lorraize, in the crossed Gaels and Saxone yellow eyes and skin, spells of dizziness, hot of the Scotch lowlands, in the mixed breedehands and gold loet, bad taste in the month, leza of appetite, hrakan sleep, nervousness, loss
of Normandy and Tuscany and Swabia, and of inclination in sxertion or work, low spirits, in the crossed dark and light bleeds of Logirritable tenger, the gulping of a nanseating land's borders. The author pertinently wind or gas distress after eating, and wander- adds that cross-breeding is only one of the ing paine aud aneasiness all over the bedy. several fartars. Were it otherwise it would These things signify liver complaint; and the be common to find imaginative genios com canes is indigestion and dyspepsia. li long monly shared by an entire family of aegtorted there are plenty of were consequences brothers and sisters.- Minneapolis Tribune,
WILLIAM DID.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
HONOLULU.
PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG.
City of Peking, (via) Nagasaki, Inlaud Sea, Kota, Yoke- hams & Honoluln); Chine, (via Nagasaki,
and
THURSDAY, MAY 18.
Kobe Inland Sea TUESDAY, May 30, Yokohamis Peru, (via Nagasaki,
Honolulu).
Inland Ben, Kobe, Yokohams and SATURDAY, June 17. Honplain)
to follow. The succurs of Beigele Syrup in. S. Mail Steamably CITY OF
curing this malady is due to the fact that it goes
FEKING will be despatched for SAN
straight as cr arrow to this very root and source FRANCISCO, NAGASAKI, KOBE
55.
Cowie, Dr Alex., Queen's Gardens
Ď
12- Daily Pros' Office. 41.-Dodwell, Carill & Os. 17.-Douglas Lapraik & Co.
E
G
47.-Gas Company, Ld., West Point. 4.Do. do.
What Point, 31-Gibb, Livingston & Co. 80. Dovorament Civil Hospital. 44.-Government House.
G-Harrison, W. Stuart, Residence. 2. Dra Hartigas, Cantic & Covic, 27-Holliday, Wise & Co.
28.-Holliday, G. J., Residencë, 11. Hongkong Club. 58.-Hongkong Electric Co., Ld. 32.-Hongkung Hotel (Public Telephone).— D-Hongkong & Shanghai Backlog Cor
poration.
I-Hongkong Telegraph' Office. 81-Hongbong & Kowloon Wharf de Go-
down Co., Ld., Prays Central Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Go- 80-Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co., 68-Humplirays,
"down Co., Ld., West Paiat,.
of it the paralysed digestion. INLAND SEA, YOKOHAMA, and HONOL, Praya Contral
. Whatever may be the trae theory of earth-
His poetic soul had gone out to the girl gaakes we may in a great wave of ineffablo devotion.
She knew that he loved hor, and she was content, but the love she had in her mind was not of that misty, immaterial kind which feeds on moonlight aud clothes itself in the pink and white garaiture of the flowers.
Still she did not seek to make discordant tha melodiona music of his tender plead- inge,
On the contrary, she rather encouraged him in it, for she knew the time would come when the poetry of his passion would read more like do advertisement for second. band furniture on the instalment plan.
So, thus pacouraged, he came at last to the point of proposal.
'Trane,' he said, with deep, pathelio, soulful, urging intensity: I love you. May I lay my heart at your foot ?"
The time bad come when the girl must speak.
She had no wish to lose this loyal lover. but she know the beginning of the end of the beautiful romance had arrived
She
gave him her hand.
Postage to the United Kingdom,
Lettora
Port Cards,
Registration,
Duoks, Palletes and Comm. Papers,
7 cents per oz
3 cents osohi
7 cents.
2 cents per 8 oz.
Postage to Union Countries.
General Rates, by any routs Lettera,
Post Darda, Registration,
Newspapers,
10 centa per 3 oz.
3 Doute usch,
∙∙10 conts
3 cents sach.
Books, Patterns and Petegas
Comin. Papers,
2 cents per 2 oz.
There is no charge on redirected care- spondence within the Postal Union,
Postage to Non Union Countrica, Cape Colony Letters, 20;- Rogkira- tion, 10; Newspapers, b; Books and Tat tama, 5 por 2 da
LOCAL POSTAGE. General Local Rates for Hongkong, Macao, China, Cores, Japan, North Borneo, Siaro, Straits Settlements, Cochin Uama, Torupin, nd the Philippines
5
Letters per oz, & conta (6), Post Cards, each, 1 cent
Books and Patterne, per 2 oz, 2 cents. Newspapers and Prices Current, exch, 2
cente.
Registration, hi canta.
(e) Between Hongkong, Canton, and Macao $ cente.
Local Delivery.
1 All correspondence pested before 5 p.m. on any week day for address In Victoria will to delivered the same day. Street to Bonham Strand
ears of one thing, anyway LULU, -da THURSDAY, to 18d May, Queen' Son,,30 & 40, In Townvel of Robinson Road) at S
amely, thin bile in the blond, erising from an arrest of the digestive function, in the hotted of at the interios of ils earth ever scattered over suora sorrows, pain, and death than all the powers its surface.
Intimations.
OURE FOR ASTHMA!!!!
GRIMAULT'S
Indian Cigarettes.
Asthmatic poopts who suffer from Oppression in breathing, stilling een- sations, Hoarseness, and Loss of Voice, Nervous Coughs, Laryngitis, Calds, with Wheezing, Bronchitis, Insomnia, Catarrhal Affections and Diffeulty in Expectoration, aré promptly relieved by these Cigarettes. GRIMAULT & CO., Paris. Sold by all Chemists. GRIMAULT'S
Ne, Wiliam,' she said carnestly, o Matico Capsules
caunot,
William turned pala. He had boon so hopeful. The sunshine of her preference had never been clouded before What could it mean?
Ho tried to speak, bat his tongue refused to do its office.
You cannot,' she went on Aruly, 'be canea this carpet cost $8 per yard, and if you should lay your heart at my feat at least a width of it would be ruined, and we
AND INJECTION.
Renowned Physicians prescribe Grim- ault's Matico as the most active and at the same time, the Lost inoffensive remedy in the treatment of Acute and Chronic Discharges. These Capsules, 10- liks Copaiba, have not the inconvenience of producing Nausea.
Ja
MATICO INJECTION is used in recente, would never be able to match it again,NATICO CAPSULES Chronic Cases. Let your hourt koop right on at the old stand, William, a
William did.
A SUBJECT FOR THOUGHT,
It is no simple matter to state in terms at all precise what forces afo directly connected with the production of haic and happy old age. More Bartainly is involved in the process thru mere strength of constitution. Hrally surroundings, contentment and active, temperate and regular habits are most valuable alīts. Hard werk, 19 long at least as it is not carried beyond the limit necessary to permit of the timely repair of warn tienos, is not culy harmless but a conducivo circumstance. It is in fact, by living as far sa passible a life in accordance with natural law that we may expect to reap the appropriate re ault in its prolongation. Great care abocid ba Lalon to protect the system against the changes which disease makes thezon; coming misery casts its ludowa before it and intimates ils approach by variona 'signs, as a tosling of general weakness, neuralgie pairs, nervous headachios and rising of sour wind from the stomach, buck- achs and lumbago, fullare of verilty and graduul domination of moutal power and similar symp toms, all tend to show that general debility is increasing in the patient's system. Back per- sons should take notice of the experionco of Bra C. Whittington, 11 Coventry Place, South Mel- hamma, who for some years was afflicted with excessive Noirdus prostration, and who writes:
moze
GRIMAULT & CO., Paris. Sold by all Chemists.
For Sale by A. WATSON & Co., Chinists.
SCOTT'S EMULSION
Of Pure Cod Liver Oil and HYPOPHOSPHITES of Lime and Soda
in andorral and prescribed by leading phy. vielas, because Loth the God Fiber Okt und #sporhozplžies arɑ the recognised Agents is the card of Courtonprion," It is us piladable un mik, and this taxes ng ritanious as pixin ojl
Scott's Emulsion perfe
Fusion. It
is a wonderful Etests Producer. His tho Best Temech for CONSUMPTION, Scrofula, Bronchitis, Wasting Dis- sagar, Chronic Congho and Colds.
Ask for Scott'a Emcision and take roothoz. Sold by all Dhamista, ~
SCOTT & BOWNE, LIMITED, 47 PARFINGUON ST., LONDON, EC.
I have beca suffering over four years with mises in my heal, cand by a fright a few days after confinement, Daring the whole of this time the least excitement would make n very mervous, and it was with great dealty that I could do my houseboat work, and have scarcely ever had a proper night's rest, being continually disturbed with terrible dress. tried, many raedies and was also under medical treabsent, but nothing did any good until a friend recom- mended Cements Touic. I took a large bottle and have much pleasura in testifying to the good it has done me; the noises in my heal ara ro- mored and 1 can rest at night now, and a fully convinced that Clements Tonic does all that is
(In English and Chinese.) claimed for it, and I recotemoud is to all I come it contact with, suffering I have deuo. of Ladies and Gentlemen, can now 117ASHERMAN'S BOOKS, for the uxo Clements Tonic in sold overywhere. Offices and Laboratories, 219 Beckpit-street, Melbourne, be had at this Office.-Pelos, $1 each. and at Brdzoy.
Quina Mask Office.
Sate Agents for China and Hengkong: Massm. A. Ś. WATSON & Cã, In.
VY
WABERING BOOKS..
at 1 p.m., taking Passangers and Freight for Japan, the United States, and Europe. Steamers of this line pass through the | INLAND SEA OF JAPAN, and call at HONOLULU, nad passengera are allowed to break their journey at any point en rozito.
Through Passage Tickets granted England, Fesnee, and formaty by a trans-Atlantic lines of Stewhere, and to the
37-Humphreya J. D., Residence, 77.-He Tang, Praya Central 82.-Do. do. Bonham Strand. 67.--Hughes, E. J., Victoria Peak. 60-Imports & Exports Office, Passa West. 71,-Jardino, Matheson & Co. (China Sugar
J
Refinery Office), Proya Central. 72.--Jardine, Matheson & Co. (China Sugar 21-Jardine, Matheson & Co. (Keresine
Refinery), East Point,
Oil Godown), East Point. 30.-Juseph, H. H., Magazine Gap.
Jordan, Dr G. P., Praya Central.
principal oition of the United States or Canada. Bates may be obtained on appli-25.
43.-- Do.
K
cation.
da Residence. First Class Passengers have fall holes of 03-Judd, W., Magazine Gap. Day of the Uroclaut Routes, including CENTRAL PAO FIC, SOUTHERN PACIFIC, UNION PACIFIC, NORTH.64-Kennedy, J., Horse Repository.
do, Causeway Bay. ERN PACIFIC, and DENVER and RIO 64 Da GRANDE RAILWAYS.
I, They can also travel over the CANADIAN "PACIFIO 4.Lapraik, J. D., Stewart Terrace.
M BAILWAY, on payment of $10 in addition-MacEwen, Frickel & Co., Queen's Rd. to the regular tariff rote.
Particulara of the various routes can be 35.-Mount Austin Hotel. had on application.
Special rates (Grst class only) are granted to Missionarios, mombers of the Nav, Military, Diplomatic, and Civil Services,
to Europeat: officials in service of Chins and Japan, and to Government allicials, and their families.
N 5-Nam Wo & Co.
0 46.-Opiuma Farmer, Han Fook,
West, up
.m. 10 m., noon, 2 p.m.4 p.m. 5 p.m. Ir. the Suburbs, a., con, &.p.m., unless the delivery should be retarded by the Con- tract Maila
2. Boxholders who desire to send iron-
are. Dividend Warrants, Invitations, Cards, &o, all of the same weight, to addresses in Hongkong, or the Ports of China, mug deliver them to the Post Offico unstamped sender's account. Each batch must con the postage buing then charged to the
sist of at least ten.
3. Boxholders may Mo send Patterns to the same places in he same way. Ea
elopen containing Patterne may be wholly closed, if the nature of the contents be first xhibited or statel to the Postmuster General, as he may consider necessary, and approved by him. Printed Circulars may be inserted in such Pattern Packels.
1893.
1893.
THE FAST ROUTE BETWEEN CHINA, JAPAN AND EUROPE,
FIA CANADA AND THE UNITED STATËSE WA (Calling ut SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & VICTORIA, B.C., TWIN Sonny STEAMERS—10,000 HORSE POWER
· PROPOSED SAILINGS from HONGKONGLE LASA: EMPRESS OF INDIA.....6.000 de WEDNESDAY......Sid Moy. EMPRESS OF JAPAN 26,000 do. „.............WEDNESDAY... 24th May, EMPRESS OF CHINA...........6,000 do, ..........WEDNESDAY....14th June,
THE STEAMERS of this Lino pass through the famous INLAND SEA of JAPAN,
Tand call at VICTORIA, B.C., to land and anbark passengers
The Mountain Soonery on the Canadian Pacific Railway surpasses that of any other Trans Continental Route.
Passengers booked to all the prinsipal potato in Caneda and United States, and sisa through to Great Britain and the Contingat of Europe at current rates, with passengers' choice of Allsofio Ligu
RETURN TYCKET.—Time limit for prepaid return ticket is reckoned from date of re-embarking at Vancouvor.
Special Rates (first-class only) are granted to Missionaries, members of the Naval, Military, Diplomatic and Civil Services, and to European olliciala in orice of Okina or Japan.
The Canadian Pacle Railway is the only Trans-continental Line extending from the Proto to the Atlantic Seaboard, and running its own Bleeping: Unaches through without shange. The Diuing Care and Mountain Hotels on the Route are owned by the Company and their appointments and cuisine are unexcelled
The Steamers on the Pacific and all Day, Sleeping and Dining Cara are comfortably hosted by Steam during the Winter Beason.
For further information as to Passage and Freight, apply to.
Hongkong, February 20, 1999.
E HOLLOWAY, General Agent.
BHARE LIST-QUOTATIONS -Arniz 29, 1893,
[Nes"of Stacks.
Valua · Lait Shares,
DANIA.
Hongkong and Singhal Bank Corp 80,000 $
Now Issue...
Bank of Chine, Japan and Straits, 99, 875
*1,200 £
National Bank of China, Limited... MARINE INSURANCEA.
up
Closing Cuotations,
Cath
126 all 110% prun, buyers
10€ 1.15 $1, aollari 12 120, nom.
10 £ 8.10361% dis, sellera
Canton Insurance Office Co., Ld..... 10,00 Ukins Traders Insuranca Os, Ld... 24,00 € 63.338 25804, sollers
261 8U $112, buyers North-Chips Insurance 03, 15,00 £ 2002 6T 105, ex div., bayers Straits Insurance Co., Ld. 30,00. 8190$20$13, sollers Union Insurance Society Co., La... 10,00 250 25 182, sales
Insurance Association, L1 8,00. 5 10 a $98, Yang taste.
buyers FIRE INSCHANCEB.
--10:
momi: - 13220, Hellerz 1092 3151 steady
Caina Fire Insurance Oo, L 20,009 Hongkon Fire Insurance U., Zd... 8,08126 Siraits Fire Insurance Co., Ld...............20,000 $
·PIKK AND MARINE INSURANCES
Hkong & Whampoa Dock O L 12,50K 5
STEAMBOATS.
China and Manila B., Co, L1..............5,000 The Post Office dooliues all responsibility Dongles Sceamship Co., Limited 20,00 for Unregistered Lesters containing Bank. Cain, Ind. 80,0 Notes
Tado-China B. N. Company, Lamite 60,0 £ or Jewellery and, where Re Steam Launch dompany, Limited.. 2,00 ristration has been neglected, WILL MAKE China Mutual 8: N. Go.
NO ENQUIRIES into alleged lesson of auch letters.
It is forbidden to insert in ordinary or 20.-, M., Mountain View. (b) Articles liable to Custoins Duty,
Registered Correspondence (a) Carrout Coin
E.
P
3.-Peak Ilospital. Through Bills of Lading Issued for tran-29-Peak Hotel portation to Yokohama and other Jagus 19.-P. &0. S. N. Co., I'rzyn Central, Ports, to Sir Franciscy, to Allantic Sud
R
Inland Cities of the United States, 1.-Ray, E. C., Office. Overland Radway, to Havaux, Trindad, 34-Do. do. Residenco and Dounerars, and to peris ia cxico. Central and South America, by the Com-45-Rope Factory, West Poiut. pany's and connecting Stexaniz,
*
62.-Safiore' Home, Praya West. 40.-Showan & Ce, Praya Central. G1-Stevens, G. R., Queen's Road. 62,- Do. do. Lover Robinzon Road.
56.-Vistoria Hotel (Public Telephone).
W
Fraight will be rucolved on board until's p.m. the day provous to sailing. Pare Packages will be rossived at the cdico un 5 p.m., same day; all Farsel Fackage should be masked to address in full; roku of same is required.
Consular Inyolcea to accompany Carge festined to points boyond San Francisco 16-Waison, A. S., & Co., Queen's Road, In the United States, ahould be ant to the 57-Wickham, W. 11, Reaidonce. Company's Offices in Sealed Eurozes-Wan Ken & Co., Praya West. addressed to the Collector of Custonus at Saz Frat.cisco.
For further Information as to Panag and Freight, apply to the Agency of th Jompany, No. 79, Queen's Road Central, J. S. VAN BUREN,
Agent.
Hongkong, April 27. 1893,
The Greyland China Mail,
Parcel Post to the United Kingdom. Farcels not exceeding 11 Its, in weight Aro received in Hongkong and at British Post Offices in China, for transmission to the United Kingdom by F. & 0. Packet vid Gilmaller. No parcel is sent with the Overland Mail via Brindisi. Parcels there. tre arrive in London about eight days later than tho Mail. Parcels may be reafed, but
i
Doy
DEFISERIES.'
20,000 £
(new Issue): 20,000 £
Ostaa Bug Company, Limited...... 16,0x Guzan Bugar Company, Limited... 7,00 ||
WIADYES.
2,600 $
HK & Kon Wharf & Godown Co. 20,00 8 Wanchal Warehouse, and Storage)
Company, Limited
LAND AND BUILDING,
Investment and } Hongkong Land
50,000 Agency Company, Limited,........)
hewloon Land and Building Cota- 6,008
∙pany's
aty parcel, even though scaled, is liable to Humphreys Estate & Finance Co... Les be opened for examination.
West Point Bailding Co., Linaited.. 12, 6005
Parcels must be posted in Hongkong before 3
3 pr. on the day bufore the depar ture of the Mail. Those arriving from the Coast, de, after this hour are kept for the following P. & O, Mail.
TRAMWAKK
HK. Figh-avo Tramways Co., In 1,2006
- MUNING, :
Jelebu Mining & Trading Co., Ld. Panjom Mining Un, Li Bulama Tin Mining Company, Limited................
126 all 73% prem.
16 all $20, sellera
51 all 36, sellors
10 al 12, din., buyers
513520, nom.
10 30 29ollora £5}££; sellers 10££s, sollers
10 al 18140, buyera ∙10 at:
837
nem,
50 all 842, sellers 100 87,541, nom.
L$601955, sellera 58 $171, buyers 1 al 337, non
$825, uoni
all $65, buyers
So, ex divales 482-3872, sales 140 ca 13 ct.pellars
8130 cm., eller
50 F 500 890, sales
4,50$
60,000
38.--Yuan Fat Hong, Bonham Strand.
tmn 3 foot 6 inches in length, or 6 feet in Bb Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ld. greatest length and girth combined, Are Societé Franciso des Houilleres ceipt is given for each Parool.
The Postage is 25 cents per lh, and 20 centa each speceeding or fraction of a th which includes Registration fee, and must be prepaid in stampe. No further charges The Balmoral field M'ing Co., La mide in the United Kingdom except for New Imerie Minas, Limited Cestome duca No parcel muss be more
115000
25,000
Socisté Francaire des Charbon- ungos da Tonkin,
8,000 F
La,000
75000
200.00
de Tourane
8,000 F 500 F 27
$20, sellers
PLANTING, ETU.
7,60 $
1661, huyors
In case of FIRE ring ap No. 15. The Exchange in open day and night.
W. STUART HARRISON,
Manager.
243
702
NOW READY.
Tol. XX-No. 5,
▲ WZJKLY JOURNAL FOR THE FORE MAT
TS PUBLISHED to suit the Departure of each Exutasin and FRANCH MAIL Steamer for Europe. It contains special Commercial intelligence, special tables of Shipping, and other information. The Farious Reports of Courts and Murlings, and all other news, are given in fulla they appear in the Daily is.
The Overland China Mail, by the con venience of its foren and the accuracy and fulness of ita reports, has long been popular with residents who wish to send honica wookly budget of the news of Hongkong and the Far East. Troulating, as it dosa, among ourly all the old China 'hands' at Home and also among residents at the Treaty Parts and in the interior, it offers spoeld advantages to advertisers.
The Overland China Mail will be regularly posted from the China Mail Office to sub- scribers, on their addresses being forwarded to the Office.
SCESCRIPTION: Per Annum,
M Quarter,-
-
The sender must fill up a form of Custo Declaration, which can be obtained free at Chirus-Borang Ompany, Is
1- ali 20 cents, buyers 17/6E 110 cents, buyers 13/4 86, ellers
30
dach Fest Office. No parcel can be accept 9.0. Brows & Co., Limited....... 6,003 Giull 30, buyers ed till this is completely and accurately Austin Arms Hotel and Building) filed. The only articles ordinarily sent from China which are liable to duty ara Hongkong Hotel Osmpany, L.
Tea, Tobacco.
'CHINA REVIEW Dingorous or perishable goods, articles
CONTAINS
The History of Hongkong, The Copper Cash Current in Amoy Loi Aborigines of Haman and their China and Comparativo Philology, China's Place in Sociology,
Notes and Queries,
Miscellaneous Notes. Notices of New Boo Collectanes Bibliographica Books Wanted, Eichinger, &c. To Contributora.
HNTEIN, INC.
Company, Limitedroammi
·3,000 xhs, t
DISPENSABLES,
LION KING.
$,000 $
508504, sellors
"6,000 $
BO
320, buyers
9144, sales and sellers
332, sallora
30 31
8100, buyers
·all:
likely to injure the Maile, Liquick (unless acurely packed) or parcels easily crushed, A. 3. Watson Co., Limited...50,000 8 such as baud-boxen, are prohibited. No Tar Dakin, Cruickshank & Co., Ld. 50,000 5 col can be received if its value oxoseda $250, A. Parcol may contain a letter to tho samo HE, and China Gas Co., Limits 1. 7,0 Spaucher Parcel to the same address,
address as that of the Parcel itself, or an- Hongkong Electric Co., Limited..... 30,008
NOW PUBLISHED. BUDDHISM: ITS HISTORICAL,
THEORETICAL AND POPULAR
ASPECTS,
ERNEST J. EITEL, PH.D, TUBING, THIEÐ 'ÉDITION, REVISED, WITH ADDITIONS.
812.00, postage, $1.00
5.00, Single Copy, 0,30,
0.25
Prico,
China Ma Ollee, HongkongA
$1.60. LANE, ORAWFORD & Co.
No
other enclosurez are allowed,
With regard to inward Tarcals, addresses are requested to observe that the Parcal Mail is not opened until the ordinary dis. tribution of leitora, &c., is finished. The postage ou Parcolt at home is 10d. per lb., the Regulations are generally similar to the above, kui the Parcels ate sent out vid Vibraltar,
Indemnity for the Loss of a Registered Article." The Post Office is not legally responsible for the safe delivery of Registered correspon deace, but it is prepared to make good the contents of such correspondenco lust while passing through the Post, to the extent of
10, in certain cases, provided:-
1. That the sender duly observed all the conditions of Registration required.
2. That the letter was accurgly enclosed
in a reasonably strong envelope..
BRICK AND ARMENT,
Green Island Cement Co., LL. M. 20,00|8) Hongkong Brick & Cement Co., L. 4,00
MISCELLANEOUS. V
Campbell, Moore & Co., Limited... 1,2X s
& Co., Geo. Fenwick Labited
6,008 0018 Hongkong Bakery Company, L Hongkong Dairy Farm O
3,00 8 Hongkong Ios Company, Limitoi... 5,00 8 F'kong Ropa Maanfactory Co., Lt. 3,028
* Founder'a shares
LOANS
Amount
tuoss Emporial 1885 Tis,
DEBENTURES.
Hongkong Hotel Mort. gage Debantures, 1889 ƒ
Kale.
15812.50 34 buyon
10 al 14, sellers, 25616, uples E0860, nom. 30 al 184, buyera
1:49, buyers
26
£0 al 192,ellers
Interest,
Quotation,
The 100 7 panqui 19 % prem, buyers
prem
500
Printed at the China Mail Qštvo, No. 4, Wyadham Street, Hour