權沙魚 KA
BA 製雞仔
菓子
花生 鮮茄子
Moynar. Drosaurs 21, 1896.
HONGKONG MARKET PRICES."
Corrected to Saturday, December 19, 1896, ・・
At 1020. Cash per Dollar Muzican,
Perob
.catty
50
jiker
900
花愛雞
Plaice,
300
***
Chinese Names.-
Portret, White
160
白頭
Butcher Meät.
肉食
Pomfret. Black
120
黑鱨
Prawns,
220
Broom, English,
th
Ame. Bugar oured
*350
Foochow,.
210
花旗烟猪肉 Conch
來路烟猪肉 Rock Finin
Ray,
11
50
80
明蝦 琵琶沙 -石狗公
***
Japan, ouzod
Boof sirlein & prime sut, ently 14Ŭ
ATEN
日本豬肉 Shark.
福州燃猪肉 Salmon, (Canton),
180
馬來魚
GO
鯊魚
EN
Corned,
catty 140
鹹牛肉
Salt Fish,
300
rikats,
បង
鹹魚 鮪魚
Boast,
140
燒牛肉
Shrimp,
90
Soup,
100%
●鍋肉
>
Stank,
140
22
牛肉耙
Bullock's Brains,
Tongue fresh, cach
par set
60
牛腦
Snapper,
Soles,
Tench,
120
120
牛腿
| Turbot,
100
D
corked,
360
鹹牛利
Turtles, small, frgeli water,
الالمانية
** 牌鹪
"
Head,..
500
P1
牛頭
Whiting.
Calty
Heart,
160.
牛心
Wuite Baily
31
Hump, it catty
140
牛肩
Foot,
oach
60
60 牛牌
Fruits
Kidneys,
50
牛製
Apples, (California),
catly 150
金山平菜
1)
Tail,
-100
牛
Liver,.
catty 70
一:牛肝
(Tiantain), (Japan),
天津平菜
#
-- Tripe (undraised) catty 60°
604
Butizilo, hagrant,
30.
Calver Head and Feet, set
BOD
牛仔頭脚
*
(brides),
日本平藥 音饗香籐 山香蕉
Hams, American,
15.
380
·花旗火腿
lavatcuts, Chinese,.
100
او
Chinese,
73
金華火腿
Carambois,
楊桃
English, Now,
420
-豬路火腿
Coconuts,
ensh
Japan cured
慶日本火腿
**
Ground N1,
. Catty 100
2
Shrugkat,
——上海火腿
Grapea,
Mutton Chop,
100
骨
Lemons, China,
Log
150
匙
Pael,
*****
Shoulder,.
120
**
Licheos, Dzied,
260
茘枝黏
Pigs' Chitlings,
-catty
70 60
Fresh,
荔枝
"Foot,
110
Lines,
特檬
Fky,
160
Mengo, (Saigon),
esch
乳南芒菓
Head,
caoh.
500 450
(Manila),
宋芒
Heart,
50 49
»
Mangosteen,
doren
山竹
FI
Kidneys,
. pair
猪腰
Oranges, Sucat,
catty
60
新會甜橙
21. Liver,
Ib 100
糙肝
Green,
40
青橙
Pork, Chop,
catty 190
精製骨
Red,
紅桔
H
Corned,
纖攜肉
Olivce,
80
**
白腐
Log,
210
Pine-appice,
each
02
"
Fator Lard,
140
"
猪油
Peaxs
.ditty
本地皴羅 沙梨
Sheeps' Elead and Foot, sot
360
羊頭牌
Heart
sach
50 .40
羊心
Pamalo,
H
Kidneys,
ክቡ
SI
羊腰、
27
(Siam),
Catty 100
Liver,
15. 180 140
羊肝
Sucking Pigs,
each 81.75 $1,25
豬仔
Peach, (Sweet),
Raisins, Muscatel,
Dust, Beat,
lb. 110
生牛油
2)
Pudding,
가
Mutton,
100
生羊油
Veal,
catty 130
牛仔牌 ®
Water Chesnuts, com
Blandarin,
Walnuts,
Poultry,
生日
楽蔬
Ohicken,
eatty 200
'Capone,'
250
13
Ducks, Dores,
180
22
esch
"
Best Root,
Egge, Han
doz,
100
Brinjals, Green,
豆角
鮮东源
catty SO
青藏蔽、
Duck
110
Red,
Fowls,
calty
170
Brassica,
Geest,
160
Bamboo Shoots,"
60
Пато
500
Jeff
Cabbage, Chinese Com,
20
Musk Dear
98.00
黄蜜
Cabbage, Shanghai,
Bach
Fortridge,
400
Figoons,
白做·
Canlidower,.
100
Carrota,
calty
hrace $1.00
上海山
Celery, Chioso,
廢片茶
洋芹菜
Quall®
Balpe,
100
Ohlilos Dried,
180
Bed,
Turkeys, Cock,
KRA
Han
火雞雞
Carry Stuff, English,
鸡骨料
水喝
Cucumbers,
Wild Bunki,
上海水喝
Bitter Squash,
A
Garlic,
品牌
海鮮
Ginger, young
Barbel,
Bombay Duclos, K
Oton Free Water Fish, ontá
Caryy
Cutlahy
Codifiak, Balty
Cattle Fish;
加魚
BA
孟味魚
赤魚
Onions, Bomber,
Green, Shanghai,
Japan,
Parsley, English,
Potatoes,
Horse Radish hd, Indian Corn,
120
游機
Lettuce, (English),
Mushroomas, Fresh;
牛草
" (Tentein),
esch 70
200 天津雪梨
酵柚
雞袖 甜桃 瑑禔鞋 綠蟹
Vegetables, &c.
catty $0
Artichokes, Shanghai,
Beans, (French),
Long,
Shangh
beat grality, par ploul,
98
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A MYSTERIOUS NAUTICAL SONG, Rendere of Treasure Island," that en trancing son tale by Robert Louis Steven- son, will bemember the tall, strong, heavy, hot-brown man, with the subre cut across one cheek, who appeared one morn ing at the Admiral Benbow Inn and who sang in a high, old tottering voice that seemed to have been taxed and been at the capstan bats, this refrain:
giant, in a fleaning red woolen shirt, hitched up his trousere defiantly and answered
We uover learnt is nowhore, yer honor, we allers knowed it.
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FOLURES I 20 XII,
1.--LT OF CONTRIBUTOES. 2-ÁRTIES.
9.- Reviews of Books,
LIST AUTHORS KAVLIWED,
THE FASTEST VESSEL AFLOAT, BRITAIN AGAIN HOLDS THE 'RECORD. To Mesara Laird Brothers, of Birken head, belongs the honour of having brought back to England the title of builders of the fastest vessel utious, though it is true that the vessel is destined for foreign owners. This number contains several articles
The craft achieving this distinction is the of interest and value-North China erdid
torpedo-boat destroyer No. 617, built by The China Bevice for September October
the firm named for the Chilian Government, fully maintains the high standard of Fifteen men on the dead man's chest,
which made un Average speed of 31.8 knotą excellence which characterises that publi Yo-ho-ho! and a bottle of rum,
during her official trials on the Clyde on To he had at the China Mail Offer, casion, and altogether forms 2 Very This refrain plays an important part in the 15th Oct., thus passing the previous Messrs. KEY & WALSH, MOS. LAST, interesting and readable number. Me the story, it will be remembered, but curlo- best on record of Mons. Normand's colo-rozo & Co., Hongkong; and dow teorologists will find he interesting and sity is never rewarded by a complete rider-brated Farban. This is coming very near valuable conibution by Dr. Fatache,ity of the song, and no doubt many people to the 40 miles hour, about the (sup- at the Amount of Procipiation (Latin irragine that it is purely an invention un pesod) impossibility of attaining which so
and Snow) of
of observations mowing the results the part of Stevenson, but such is not the much was written very few years ago. We
at the Imperisi Rus case. This fact can be dentistrated suy heartily congratulate the builders on their sian Observatory at Peking, from 1841 today before the dose of navigation by a stroll success, and trust tlist this may not be 上海了治竹 L800
Notes on the Dutch. Occupation along the Chicago river front, says the their last record-brealtor.-The Shipping of Formess," by Mr. Geo. Phillipe, contains T'anes-Herald, that is, if the visitor to this World.
洋流囊
行業
紅雞白仔
susse interesting information, although nautical region is lucky enough to happen
f it is second-hand. The Notices of upon a group of oldtime sailors singing at W. ROBINSON & Co., Piano and Musical much of i New Books include a most generous and their work. The other day such a group appreciative review of "The Divine Clagain was busily engaged on one of the big boats Instrument specialiste and exparta Work
tagging lustily at a hawser when one of shops and Factory, Daddell St.; Show that began to sing : 2
Rooma, Queon'a Bead Central
of Nan-Hus," and the Notes and Cheries
are as const very interesting. —North-China Daily News
Asubstantial and reliabla Review which
all students of China and the Chiene would
do well to patronlse.Chrysanthemum,
Fifteen men on the dead man's thesi
And the others joined lustily in the re-
frain
Yo-ho-ho land a bottle of run.
The November-December number of Then the leader continued:
the Ching Review contains les variety than anal, but the few articles are very interes ting. The opening paper by Mr Herbert Ya-to-hol and a battle of rum
Drink and the devil had done for the raat. And the chorus incomed
Gilber an
The New Testament in Chi
nese" treats of a question that must beco.ere was Louis Stevenson's famous song
all
Mr R.
Short Journey in Sochna
are continued, and a goodly instalment of Liese
travels in the Interior of Chios in
von Mr F. H. Belour COPTERS For they drank and drank and got, no,
papers of
some length entitled
The
peror Cheng, founder of the Chinaso
drunk,
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EXTEND VISTORIA, WITH FOUR BHANNES Chark Strast, and the listener drew nearer Blour 060 | Six hours
mysterious ballad. Three hot to catch the rest of the my
100 Day (0 to 6) The sailors tugged away stoutly at the big rope and the song was continued a
Jinrickehas, (With single driver) Quarter hour. 0.08 | Hour ******0.15 Half hour. 0.10 Every subse
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pire," which will be read with gemine Interest by abutants of Chinese history
A few short notices of Naw. Books and a
To-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
Eask from the dead man hit a chunk
To-bo-bol and a bottle of rum.
number of Notes and Queries, one of whichThe battle burst urd the men sccurst,
Western Borneo
"On Chiness Oaths in and Java might appropriately have been placed under a separate heading, complété the numbut.-H. Doty Press:
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rom!
Sucked his blood to quench their thirst,
To-ho-hol and a bottle of run They sucked his blood and crunched his
boats.
To-ho-ho and a bottle of rami
When suddenly up came Davy Jones,
To ho-ho and a bottle of rum.
Truber's Oriental Record contains the following noting of the Chino Review The present publication, judging by the number now before us, is intended to occupy a position, as regards China and the At this thrilling picture, when the lis- neighbouring countrise, soms what similar temer was all anxiety to lesin what Dary to that which has been filled in India by the Jones would de, the rope became tangled, Calcutta Berion, The great degros of at- and the blood-thirsty song was lost iii a teption that has been bestowed of late years chorus of shooks, raingled with strange upon the investigation of Chinese literature, oaths, as unch man strove to tall exactly and evcial developments, to say how the difficulty should be overcome, at studios, has led to the last matters assumed a calmer respect and You must cotae with
Both of ding viste ant stogen alinform the work and song went on 2
Bogumulation Anon, rendering
Hasty
To ho-hot and a bottle of him!
And
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Yohoho land a bottle of zums: Davy Jones had a big black key,
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Here there was another interruption, Samo translations from Chinees novels and caused by the appeargnow of an jampbibi. plays are marked by both nocursoy and fresh ous-looking small boy bearing & tip buckets Enso, 86, Ben's, England nass of stylej and an anoount of the career of The bucket was Roized by one of the millors the Chinese frost statemen of the eleventh and raised sply to his lips. After a long wTKINS & CO., 06, QUOD 1 FOR
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