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Bacon, English,
Beef
21
?!
Corned.
Buon.
Tripo (undressed) catty 60 Calves Head and Feet, sot 500
Hama, Americana,
Mution Chop,
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11
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Chineno Names.
心肝
-MONDAS, APRn 18, 1896.
Pecos,
catty
120
願餸
Pike.
Plaice.
15
Higkast, Torosi,
Pomfret, White
250
wwww
Cash.
Pomfret, Black
140
肉食
保險
Prawid
360
明蛾
-
來路烟猪肉 Rny.
50
琵琶沙
Ame. Sugar cured, Fochow,
300
花旗烟豬肉
Book Fish,
70
石狗公
190
"
福州煺猪肉 Roach.
Japan, cured
210
+3
日本燜豬肉
Salmon, (Canton),
260
战友魚
sirloin & prime cut, catty 130 120
尾龍扒
Shark.
..60
+
. catty
130
鹹牛肉
Salt Fish,
200
Roast,
Soup,
427
130
燒牛肉
Skata,
50
100
++
12
Steak,
120
24
肉 牛肉耙
Shrimps,
90
Snapper,
*Co
立
Bullock's
Brains,
per sot
50 Co
牛腦
Soler,
200
韃沙魚
Tongue fresh, each
300
牛腿
Tench,
魷魚
Turbot,
corned
300
1
鹹牛利
130
左口魚
Head,
500
#1
33
牛頭
Turtles, small, fresh water,
魚
Whiting,
catty
Heart,
100
"J
22
牛心
長射
White Bait,
70
Hump, Balt
catty
140
牛肩
銀魚仔
Fect,
. each
60
Бо
400
Fruits.
#1
菓子
ЭТ
Kidneys,
40
www
牛學
| Apples, (California),
catly 400
Tail,
100
-
12
牛尾
(Tientsin),
Liver
·
• catty
70
牛肝
(Japan),
"
牛肚
Bananas, fragrant,
牛仔頭脚
**
(brides),
27
lb.
360
花旗火腿
Chestnuts, Chinese,.
34
Chincao,
220
27
金華火腿
Cammbols,
TJ
T
English, Now,
500
► **
來路火腿
Cocoanuts.
each
Japan eured,
280
23
日本火腿
Ground Nuts,
CALLY
Shanghai,
200
上海火腿
Grapes,
150
-
"
*##
21
Leg,
150
71
羊脓
Lemons, China,
Peel
11
Shoulder,.
120
11
羊手
. catty
70
60
100
"
Fry,
160
www
Head,
each
500 450
11
Heart,
50
10
Lichess, Dried,
Limes,
Fresh,
Mango, (Saigon),
(Manila),
Mangostcon,
each
"
dozen
17 Kidneys,
. pais
60 70
豬腰
Oranges, Sweet,
• calty 90
lb.
140
"
MAT
Greg,
*>
catty
160
*1
猪牌骨 鹹豬肉
"}
Red,
31
Olivas,
*7,
100 150
130
et
猪眦 猪油
350
羊頭脚
. each
50
40
羊心
Fine-apples;
Posts, (Shanghai),
(Ticatsin),
Purzelo,
each
. catty 120
.exch
70
>
羊腰
35
(Siam)
cally
lb. 150 140
羊肝
Raisins, Muscatal,
F
Rich 1.76 1,20
lb. 100
JJ
Mutton,
100
calty 130
猪仔 生牛油 生羊油 牛仔肉
tr
Padding,.
Water Chesnuts, com.
#
Mandarin,
Walnuts,
བྲྀ⊕ི༅། །གྷཎྜཆྱེཙོ ཿཕྲུཚོ࿄ ཐཾ ༅ | Ëg | | Ë ༄ཙྪིཾ gg | Ëg8! | སྦྱི
金山平菜 R 天津干菜 日本平 省香蕉 山香蕉
風盛 楊桃
- 花生
鮮提子
博橙
$110
Poultry.
生日
Vegetables, &o
Chicken,
catty 230
鶸仔
Artichokes, Shanghai,. catty 50
Feochow, Ningpo, Hankow, and Shanghai). ¦ Caports, Ceylon,
250
鐵雞
Boan, (French),
130
+
»
17
Beet Rcot,
each
Ducke,
150
N
Brinjalo, Green,
catty
British India (including Burma and the Agon-
cien of the India Post Calico in the Persian Devon, Gulf).
rach 128
Red,
»
Egge, Hen
. doz.
110
Brassica,
"
Duck,
110
Bamboo Shoots,
100
fawis.
. catty
200
Goose,
160
Bares,
each
鬼仔
Cabbage, Shanghai,
Cabbage, Chinese com,.
ย
each
17
黃頸
Cauliflower,.
29
Partridges,
陽鴣
Pigeons,
220
12
白餞
Carrots,
Celery, Chinese,
. catty 50
United States of America.
Pheasant,
brace
上海山马
21
English,
*
DRAWN TULOUGE LENDOR-OFFICE,
Foreign Comtries :---
Rice Birds,
dor.
禾花雀
Chilien Dried,
"
31
Red,
460
13
Quail, Suipo,
. Each 120
160
$1
沙餓
Turkeys, Cook,
catty 700
AMA
Curry Stuff, English,
Cucumbers, .
Han,
450
吳
"Egg Plant,
"
Teal,
cach
450
本鴨
+
pair
上海水醬
TOL.
海鮮
Curile,
Ginger, young,
Horse Radish, S'hai,
Indian Corn,.
258 8 8 3 2 2 2 8 1 gså is
檸檬 桔餅 茘枝鞋 荔枝 檸檬 安南芒菓 呂宋毅 山竹子 新會甜橙
**L*#*
白機 本地波羅 上海沙梨
天津雪梨
暹羅柚 珠提乾 珠提 馬蹄T 桂林馬蹄 合桃
菜蔬
上海了治竹
佛蘭西邊豆
10
紅茶頭 ®
30
紅元
青茄
20
竹笋
80
抹茶
50
製茶
20
梛茶花
金餅
.60
40
120
Lettuce, (English);
each *
Barbal,
catly 160
Breain,
I
inf 魚
Mushrooms, Fresh,
catty
Onions, Bombay, i
Green,
Bombay Ducks,
pieces 150
O'ton Fresh Water Fish, catty
海鮮魚
F
Shanghai,
Foreign Cities and Towns —
Salonica. Fazimi. Tangier.
Cary, Cntfeh,
110
-籃魚
"
Japan,
}}
赤魚
Okroes,
British Colonies :-----
Paĺkind Islande.
WRST INDIES. Antigua. Jinbamas. Barbadore. Bermuda.
Codinah, Salt, Ocaba, Onttle Fish,
Dab,
21
681
Parsley, English,.
burdle
10
Potatoes, Sweet,
calty 30
90
燈魚
J
Shanghai,
110
沙孟魚
Japan,
British Guiana.
British Honduras,
Dace, Dog Fish,
90
黃尾麟
#
American,
"
Fooohow,
跌倒沙
海餸
37
Macao,
Pumpkin,
淡水
Punline,
黃鱔- 調皮洋
Papav
Radials,
田购
Frosh Fish,
100
鮮魚
Common
Garoupa,
#
300
石班
白合魚
DO
11
KIA
For sains not exceeding £2,
11
Exceeding $2 but not or ding £
..
+1
11
||
02. નમ. 27.90.
10. Od, Halibut,
Herringe,
1
"
180
白
"
amoked
.box
oatty 300 心您申
Tazon
110
̇質花魚
180
鮮魚
Rice, best quality, per picul,
Shaloto,
Spinage, (Chinsss)
Spinach,
Bunko Gourd,
Tomatoes,
Turnips, Pond, (Long),, each 20 Vegetable farrow,
casty
dozen 20
34.80
catly
120
(long), "
ota.; 650, or 100 rupico, BO ato 150 repses, Mullet $1.00.
(6) Up to $10, or 20 rupees, 20 ct. $26, Monk Fish, or 60 rupees, 40 at $65, or 70 repois, 60
Water Orozace,
110
4-No Order hast exneed £10 or $80 (uz. Oyatero,
350
180
整白
長節瓜
西洋茶
WM. MACDONALD,
Ariston Inspector of Marksta
Printed and published by Gro, Murnat Bain, at the China Mail Qifico, Ne, B. Wyndham Hirens, Hangkong
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1881 1989 18.82 AŠ TEST 18 22
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azal Shaughn at current rates of exchange on In Town (Ship Street to Bonham Strazhe following Countries and places:-
West,
1, up to level of Robinzon Road) At
8 Canada.
.m. 10 a., noon, 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Cita Ports (Hollow, Cortou, Switow, Amoy, In the Subarke, 3 a.m., noon, 6 pm, was the delivery should be retarded by the Con- tract Mails.
2. Boxholders who desire to send Circu- |lars, Dividend Warrante, Invitations. Cards, da., all of the same weight, to addreamer in she Ports of China, may Hongkong, deliver them to the Post Office upatampod the postage being then charged to the condor's account. Each batch must con siat of at least ten
Boxholders ay alau send Patterns to the same places in the same way. En elopes containing Patterns may be wholly closed, if the nature of the contents ho first exhibited or stated to the Postmaster General, as he may consider necessary, and approved by him. Printed Circulars may be inserted in such Pattern Packets
The Post Office declines all responsibility for Unregistered Letters containing Bank Notes or Jewellery and, where Re gistration has beon ueglected,-WILL-MAKE HO ENQUIRIES into alleged losses of much
lotters.
It is forbidden to insert in ordinary or Registered Correspondere: (3) Current Coin
(b) Articles liable to Customs Duty,
Havaí (Sandwich Islands),
Japan Ports (Nagaval, Osaka, Hioge, Kebo,
Kinto, Yokohama and Hakodate). New South Wales. New Zealand,
British Nerib Borneo.. Queeneland.
Sata (Bangkok ily). South Australia
Straits Settlements (Singapore, Penang and Music Dear,
Malacca).
Tasmania. Katted Kingdom. Victoria.
Austria-Hungary. Belgium, Bolgaria. Chiki.
Denmark (including Iceland and Faroe Islands).
Danish West Indies. Egypt.
France, with Algeria.
German Empire (including Holigɔland and the ¦ Wild Dooks, .
Cameroons).
Bollaed.
Parcel Post to the United Kingdora. Parcels not exoseding 11 Iba, in weight Italy with Agencies at Tripoli, Ausab and
Alessowab).
are received in Hongkong and at British Norway.
Post Offices in China, for transmission to Orange Free Statos.
he inited Kingdom by P. & O. Packet Portagal (including Madeira nind the Azorse). vid Gibraltar. No
Overland Mail vi
is sent with the Reamonis.
Parcela there- Sweden,
fero arrive in Londoa about eight days later Swirloud. than the Mail. Parcels may be sealed, but Transvaal.
Tunis. any parcol, oven though sealed, is liable to
be opened for examination.
Parcels must be posted in Hongkong Constendinople. before 3pm. on the day before the depar dyr. turd of the Mail. Those arriving from the Adrianopte. Onast, &c, after this hour are kept for the Beyrout. following. & O. Ma
Mail,
The Postage gib or fraction of a t
is 40 cents per 1b., and 25 Сургав. секв each succeeding
which includes Registration foe, and must Gibraltar.
be prepaid in stamps. No further charge is Kalta. tado in the United Kingdom except for Newlondland. Customs duce. No
parcol must be more
tha
3 feet
13
AFRICA.
inches in length, or 6 feet in British Bechuanaland, greatest length and girth combined. A re- Cape Colony.
Gambia, is given for each Parcel che sonder must fifi up a form of Customs Gold Coast Colony,
which can be obtained free at Declaration,
Lagen. Nauritius. each Post Office. No parcot can be accept Natal. ad till this is completely and accurately St. Helena. filled. The only articles ordinarily aunt Seychelles. from China which are liable to duty are Sierra Leone. Tes and Tobacco.
Mombres.
Dangerous or perishablo
goods, articles Lamu.
Dominica. Grenada. Jamaica. -Montserrat,
Navis.
St. Kitty. St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Tobago, Trinidad. Turko" Islands,
Eels, Conger,
1
Frosh water,
Eels, Yellow,
File Fisk, Froge.
likely to injure the Mails, Liquids (unless 2-Onters on the Countrive down through | securely packed) or parcels easily crushed the Londra Post Office are paid less the fallow Gudgeon, such as band-boxes, are prohibited. Ne Par-ing discaut for which the remitter should allow.
cel can be received if its value axoseds 500. All such Orders must be expressed in British Gurnardy A l'arcel may contain a letter to the surrency- addrous as that of the Parcel itself, or an- other Parcal to the ao add other enclosures are allowed,
address No
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8.The commissien charged is as follows Labras, according to the currency the Order is drawn
With regard to inward Pazeolo, addrevaucz are requested to observe that the Farcel Mail is not opened until the ordinary dla tribution of letters, &c., is finished. Thon) postage on Parools at home is 102. per th, the Regulations are generally similar to the abors, and the Paccols are sent out vid Gibraltar.
Indemnity for the Leas of a Registered Article,
The Post Offien is not legally responsible
For the safe delivery of Registered ocrrespon
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(4.) For sums not exceeding :-#1, 13 nto.p £2, 24 ctn.; £3, 36 pas; 4, 48 ct. 28, 01 Lobst ets; £6, 72 cta; £7, 84 cts.) 48, 08 olaj £7, $1.08; 216, $1.20.
Mackerel,
dence, but it is prepared to make good the less drawn on India, when 150 Repase to the Parrotish, upatents of such cofrespóndonos lost while limit),
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