FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1897.
It is halloved in Japan that Sir Ernest Satow will accompany Prince Arisugawa to England by the M.M. steamer Sydney. Mr Guard Lowther is to be Chargé d' Affaires
Tax Hou. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals bege to acknow- ledge with thanke the following donation to the funds of the Hospitals -- Lane, Crawford & Co. .....
...8 50
Tu moming about eleven o'clock, u brick- layer working at a block of new buildings
in course.f erection in Winglok Street fell
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
(SUPMIED TO THE 'CHINA MAIL']
LONDON, May 5, 1897. RESULT OF THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
tialtee More...
Velasquez... Mindtreless
1
THE TURCO-GREEK WAR. Gracce has decided to continuo the war..
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DISASTER IN PARIS..
An appalling fire les occurred at a
THE QUEEN'S RECORD REIGN
CELEBRATIONS.
THE LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS,
THE CHINA MAIL.
ITINERARY OF AN INTERESTING TRIP UP THE SI-KIANG OR WEST RIVER.
The General Colebration Committes mot (Contributed by Mr Chas. If. Thompson) For a change of air, and with the inten yesterday in the Council Chamber.
Hon.
sent were:-ons. F. H. May, T. H. Whitchen, Mr H. M. Gray, and Hon. J.
ing. The article
to which the Forms
were covered with verlure, fir trees, &c. THE FORMOSAN REGISTRATION good looking specimens of young China *
QUESTION. Some of the ravines were thickly wooded, turned out by the Victoria Collego. All
The Shogyo raises same points in con. Horo we
nexion with this question that bear quot- the boats flew the British red onsign, and and cultivated with tea, cte.
i divided into several made quite a stall feet. The junks, bow-irst met the larga timber rafta coming ever, ailed away from us, and we only down from the upper reaches, huge affaire lade, but only the last two, the third and fourth, need be noticed here. When the with huts on them, where the raftamen saw them at intervals. After getting un-
last day prior to P. Chater presided. The others pre-ion of personally ¿galing the treatment of der weigh, we made for Sam-Shai by the had lived for 6 months probably. The natives laust decide their choice of nation. Fat: Creek, and moored for the night pass is six miles long, and in the weatherality arrives, there will be dincovered so whe white refusing to be register- alongside the bank at a small village called there is a most interesting walk on the od ng Japanese subjects will also be averso leaving the island. These natives must Turg-Kow, some 5 miles from Canton. stop rocky mountain side of which we
either be shipped to the opposite coast of The next morning, at 5 o'clock, we cast off, availed ourselves on the return voyage China, ori if suffered to continue their vesi- Nga-hau, or five entrances, and arrived at beautiful forms, mosses, and tropical plants either issaa involves an embarrassing situa
For while it is easy to put into Fatakan at 10.30 nm.
tempting to the botanist, and some of the practice the shipping of such waple to Fathan is a large city of secondary im-recky ravines were exceedingly piotur. the Chinese crust, it is still easy to deal
H. Stownyt Lockhart (Hon, Secretary).
After consideration, the Committee
Transit passes covering goods intended for the interior of Chins, and also of visiting the riverine parts that it is understood aro to be thrown open to foreign merchants in
formaluted a programme for the three-days Juna next-long with the privilege of and proceded by the passugo called Ng The niches in the rocks are covered with donce, must be treated as Chinese, and
celebrations which in subject to alteration
in respect of any suggestion that say he hereafter received from the public.
Sunday, 29th June, has been fixed for a
sun navigation-firstly owing to the energy of Mr John Andrew and others), I took the opportunity the other day of con vuying a large pureed of assorted mercium-
tion.
from the third w the first floor and injured Charity Bazans in Paris, which was autond day of thanksgiving. On that day the Redise as far as Wu-Chau ir Kwang-Si, aomo portance to Canton, and how we ever esque. Huge lizards ran across the math. with natives remaining a Chincao sub-
ed by the cream of Parisian society, con Reign Celebration Committee will asaro railes to the North-West of Cantot, Vergek was a miracle, as the waterway was about the size of a rabbit was obtained, a foreign settlement.
himself overety. A foki remove him to the Tung Wa Hospital, where he now lis in a precarious condition.
LAWN TENNIS.
CRICKET CLUR TOUINAMENT.
The whole structure was utterly consumed semble in the Council Clumber and proceed in twelve minutes. Upwards of one in a body to the moaning service at St. landred charred halien basé been re-adma's Cathedral Church. Tuesday and wrered.
And even if
The list of the missing includes | Wednesdhy, 22nd and 23rd June, are to be Thursday, the 8th Afrit, with three other Here our mess-boy wont there and gather. [ in the small pools made by the waterfalls. possible those Chinees subjects and the
the Duchess of Alengon, the Countess Mun, the Marquies Gallifot and General Meunier. The remains recovered filled fourteen wag
46,
Curious sign-posta were thet shipwing pedas- trians the way over the mountain; and a
Formosa + got through the narrow, crowded, shallow and a glimpse of a fawn-colored selects, the not yet being in any city of pecial quieter set apart for |
and just over the border of Kwang-Ting.
Hbjects can be established, how will it lo Starting by the night boat to Cautee on jammed with all sorts of strange craft. Fish, six to twelve inches long, were found special quarter for the residence of Chiness Le discriminate with y precision between ed in further supplies, chicken,
natives mgistered as Japanesa ? In short. inquisitive compactions, Mr Fallarton
the c question of Faros rapistration will recognised asgeneral ludidays. Atten'clock Henderson (intent on spring out the pro-getables, terrapin, frogs, &c. The pao-
Tuesday morning, the Legislative Council ised land for himself), and Licuts, Ram, ple all gazed at us curiously as we passed, are handsune ose monument, in the not really be brought by a definite conche and the children called out Fan-Kwal-Lo shape of a four-poster bed, encircled by sion by the appointed date, that is, May 8, but serenul couplusts questions are sure will meet in the Council Chamber, and n
and then can away-even the cocks at the trues, and intended as a resting place for to arise suhequently. Japen Times. H. 8. Moberly (owe 15.1) boat W. J. May-
congratulatory message will be testchedge-Dawson and I. Daries, TA. (bent on son (ow&† 15).
hows doors crowed Fan-wai-Lo Itweary travellers, greatly attracted our et- At this seam of the year Paris is alive to Our Most Creions Sororeign Queport), all desirous of attaining Lane at least if not fortune, after a plowsut ever-
took us about an hour and a half to pass tention. There were many writings on tho The final tie in the Championship section with bazaar and other entertainments, and Victoria. At eleven 'clock, a presenting listening to the amusing yarns of was played off yesterday in the presence of an annual clusrity bazaar is tell to provide tion of an address to the queen will take Capt. Patrick, of the Porzen, we found/rough the city. Here it is, where most back part of this monument which wa a large number of spectators. H.E. the for dustitutes. This fancy fair is held place at Governinens House, It is under ourselves the next morning in the Caty saw on all the junks are made. At 7.30 decipher, as they were no doubt interest. mirais Tgpo and Tanaka, Director Mizuno
Result of squi-final, 'A' Class Single
Handicap:-
CHAMPIONSIS¡ PINAT..
gens..
Formosa)
Kaya-l
MARQUIS ITO ON FORMOSA. On the afternuer of the 18th April, Mar- of the wonderful cannon and jingal we should have been glad to be able to quia Ito, Vice Admiral Arichi, R-4- Stood that 1.E. Sir William Robinson, the of Rams-so-called. After being enter-
(of the Civil Administration Department, Governor was among those who watched
Colonal Fukushima and various that evening we anchored at Wong Ting, ing. tained in their usual hospitable manner the play with the keenest interest. The
Governor, will hold a 'receptin at that
Here, too, we first saw the curious ladder other well-known gentlemer, held the Tại- a village close to Si-Nam, and all other
wan-kwai,
or the meeting of persone who who finalists wore Lieut. Faric, R.N., and Mr
time. In the afternoon, there will by friends in the Shamoen, and ful-
boats coming after us stayed near us leverage fishing boats, showing decided
have viited Formosa, at the W. Gibson, the latter of whom, we believe,
military revies at the Happy Valley, after filling all the Customs regulations in
OF was a winner of the tennis championship
which a hymn of praise will be sung by a connection will: my freight, we left at 3.30 for autust protection. At 5.30 the next inventive genius. Two flat-bottomed sam- Shiba, Tokyo. After Director Mizuno the meeting, morning, Bunday 12th, we started, of pans are lashed together with a narrow had explained the object of Penang. It was considered that both
choir of three hundred voices, accompanied on Saturday evening, the 10th idem,, on our
Formon. He said the eighteenth century t of conflicta hetwton feudal ine wore very fairly matched, and the was the fifth daughter of Louis William, by the massed military bands. This journey westward, having previously gain, and passung to the left of Si-Nara, Matform mterrening. The base of a bam-Marquis Ito spoko on the administration of majority were inclined to favour Faric's
of the programme is to be so arnunged that engaged a inrge native house boat, called a lace of considerable commercial import udder is placed on this platform behind been an
between natione; what would the twentieth changes on account of his well-known stay. The Princess married in 1968 the Duke all denominations will be able to take part | Jiv.Tow (806 for the retam voyage), which anco, a few miles from Sam-Sini (half of tween the sterns of the samjans, next to lurids, the minuteenth century of conflicta
the town is built on the mainland, and hair the net, and to the top ring is scoured the e in the ceremony. A large number of the
we provisioned chiefly with tinned staf
great questions had not been on a small island that divides the streams) purchase of a sort of large basket fishing which was shordy to open, be! musical public have already expressed and also stored with the wherewithal to
reached the latter place at 9 a.m., and pass. not, whish is dropped into the water settled in the nineteenth century: Hew would the Turkish question end? How their readiness to give their assistance keep our spirita up- no light matter with in making this feature of the programme such thirsty souls on ward? In this tattered the Flo-How barrier, 2nd lokin station behind the boats, the and of the line the Egyptian question? How, what was
connection, for the benefit of intending (the first being opposito the Canton Cus passing from the ladder
tom House), without any trouble, in half-part of the platform where it is soured. Japan's movements as a triumphant Power
1 success. Mr Danby has promised to
to the fore called by Europeans the Eastery question ?-
also formed one of the questions attracting
When the net is to be raised, one un
as much attention of the world as the
under the patronage of the most fashion- able ladies of the capital. It is probable that the disaster occurred at this annual fate. The Duchess Alençon was fifty yeas of age. Sho was a Bavarias. Princess, and a sister of the Empress of Austria. She
the brother of Duke Charles of Bavaria, ing powers. The play, however, upset all d'Alençon, son of the late Duke Nemours. calculations. Playing a hard game, Mr The Countess Mun was the wife of the Gibaun, who fuss a fine variety of strokes, Comto de Mun, a distinguished French won somewhat easily by 3 wetts to 1. The sponker and Mouber of Parliament. Last ncore, however, is not a fair criterion of month he was elected a metaber of the the game. The winner had to work hard, French Academy.
The Marquise Gallifet take part in organising this part of geurs, I may say tere that mu and he did not spare himself, covering
was the wife of General Gallife, late the celebritions. In the evening, there
Donecessary trouble may be rated by
Sam-shiti is a small town at the junction walks slowly up the ladder until the targe more ground than the loser and it was Minister of War. Last year the General will be a display of fireworks at on ordering diluting liquids, beer, stenit.
test-stone of Japan's real merit. Whether a noticeable feature of the play that he in-attended the coronation of the Czar at St. venient spots on land
&c., from Messes Watson & Co-opposite of the North river, the West river trend.net is raised and the contents can be easily
a third man stands on the forepact of the of the world or lose the reputation che variably won prolonged ralties and long / Petersburg as French nahassador.-Eb.selectel, and the junks and other cmth the Shamaon Hotel-this saving the bolloring towards Macao, and the mixturo of the reached by another fisherman below, and Japan would rise further in the eatimation
float will be illuminated and a water proof taking a lot of bulky cases to and from
North and West rivers towing toward Can
pended upon her
her auccess or M.]
failora
Lurs in Formoss, France had frequently cession promoted as mirthe fiftieth anniver- Hongkong. We also took with us from
ton. Alter leaving this place, wo got on platform andi slackens off the rope as re-had warned depended sary of Her Majesty's reign. Hon. H. E. The following notice is issued from the Wodehouse, C.M.C., has promised to un-
Canton several lanes and three earthen shore, and had a little snipe shooting inquired. It seemed a novel labour-saving failed in her colonial policy by attempt Observatory-
own moulds, while England had gained ware tubs of fresh water for drinking pur-very was country, some birds falling in the cutrivance. These fishermon apparently to cast all her foreign possessions into her dertake the arrangements in connection
poses, as we did not care to trust the water arge fish ponds or small lakes The birds buy the right to fish in certain portions of s truble by avoiding interfor And habite of her alien ence in the On the 7th at 11.30. The depression with this item, and Hon. Commander Rum-abtunable en route. It kept quite fresh were recovered for us by natives who dis. the river, and, having selected their field
of operations, have a sort of right of way, subjects as far as possible. France was, and we used yollow river water for cooking. robed and swam across for them, on receipt | Wp were given to understand that at the
therefore, endeavouring to organise native
roops in Tonkin, following an
at example set The Hu-Tor we engaged (which bouts are
he policy toward_ for travelling about the country) was a very large, clean and comfortable one, some fiel
douce gulnes, Thors was very little vak
leging, both phiyara relying upon hard drive from the back of the
Court.
WEATHER NOTICE.
be carefully
But whenever Gibson came in to volley he was always successful. Hin play to . Farie's left was very fine, The winner noting Eastward, lies now over W. Japan.
played by far the best and prettiest game, On the China cast, pressure is inerensingeuy has promised to give his assistance.
quickly. Forecast light variable, to
On Wednesday morning, the initial probable, cooler.
sf-hour,
above enumerated great questions. Experi ally the administration of Furman w
more at
custome
and deserved to win. The score was 6, moderato N.E. winds; thunder showers steps will be taken for the commencersart chiefly used by Mandarius and their suite hare was very heavy going, the towing pach end of this gorge, Mr Woods, wls, is one of by England, and was also trying to change
6-1, 1-6, 8-1.
At the close of the game, H.E. the Go vernor, in a few humorons remarks, com- plimented the players, and presented the championship prize to Mr Gibson.
W. ROBINSON & Co., Piano and Musical Instrument specialists and experts. Work- shops and Factory, Duddell St.; Show ...Room Queen's Roid Central. ·
Comer Okuma, Japanese Minister of For- eign Affairs, has given Mr Shimamura, Minister to Honolulu, full power so settle the dispute with the Hawaiian Government in respect to thu; non-admission of immi- grants.
The regular soldier's contempt for the civi
THE PLAGUE IN FORMOSA, Mr R. Chatterton Wilcox, Secretary to the Chamber of Contuere, sends us the following latter :-
Hongkong, 7th May, 1897. Dear Sir, The Colonial Secretary in forms this Chamber that the Government have moved, a lelogram, from. H. 1. A.
to 70 feet long, 10 to 12 feet broad, and
wolf would invitae,adagascar. He him-
of the permanent memorials of the Record Reign, by the laying of the foundation stone of a Hospital for Women and Chil dren within the Government Civil Hospital with a draught of 1 fect. It is a sort of grounde and the laying of a stone to markings oblong packing care, dividable in the commencement of the Duw road from compartments with windows and doors, pirates. We continued our journey the Canton, where he procured appliances for ground that as he was now an outsider
the
of a small eenshaw or present. The walking
the pioncors of this West River tande, ha
England as regarded the ring horribly cut up by buffintoes and no-
his junk with a large shipment of goods cap administmtun of Forinos. tivos knee-deepia tenacious mud. At 7p.m.,
On the conclusion of Mamuis Ito'a we stopped at a small place called Tan Kai, tized in a typhoon, in ten fatlicus of water,
a curtain official of the Colonial near. Eo-Lik, close to a curious lookim he himself just getting ashore in the clothes wished him to explain his be was wearing. By the kindness of a
vios en Fornes, but the Mar F-Shui tower. During the right, wo heard guns firing, and of course, inngined missionary, he managed to gut back togais declined to respond to the request on
explain his views, nor was be entitled nextning, Tuesday, 15th, at 6.30, and in raising such of the cargo as the fishermen to politics it was not necessary for him to another form by saying that he wished
into your trap. dazhi. khana will bo organised, for which lons.
aft the crew's sleeping berth, &c. so that Whilst waiting the pleasure of the what, and the river widened considerably, wility retorted, I sin not a man to fall Customs officials there, as we were rather and by ten o'clock we reached a largo T. H. Whitehoad, F. 1. May and Mr R. M. it will be seen we were by no means crearly for thom, wo witnessed a disgusting walled city on the right bank (going up the THE Gorman Emperor insists upon coer. Gray have undertaken the arrangements.ed for space. Stores and articles not in The progues will include, in addition to redistely required were put in tha holds display of celestial brutality on board a river) called Shau. King or Shui-Hing, with cing Greece.-Calls dusch.
largo crowded double-decked passenger frontage of about two miles,--the largest
Kennedy Town to Aberdeen. It was re- seived to perform both these ceremonies The store
and we arranged ours as follows:-15. reca in the bows, then the
Minster at Tokyo to the following effect :-- on the one day, as on the first day the time Europeans' dining and bedroom, about 15 an hour arrived at the Ho-Lik (m) barrier. had not been able to get nt in the meun-do so. The questioner, put his words in Medici inspection unforced against is fully occupied broth in the forenoon- art foet by 10 ft. amilships, then the boy a large village as the entranco to the great time, and fished up every package. After simply to benest himself by the Marquis's in the afternoon. In the afternoon, a gya-sleeping room, next the galley, and rights or gorgo-called Shiu-Hing-Hap. leaving the psas, the hills fell back some superior knowledge. To this the Marquis
vessels from Formosan porta to Japan.'
CORRESPONDENCE,
THE NAVY LEAGUE AND HONG- KONG SCHOOLS.
To the Editor of the Chisa Marl."
Hongkong, 7th May, 1997.
races for Chinese ponies, bicycle races and under the floor, and very convenient we
lian is notorious, but one expects nome- thing better from the Victoria militia, who occasionally climb down to the ordin
dinthe public schools of this Colony by the
SIK-The discrimination made betweon ather items to attract all classes of the found these places. There were twenty-four Junk, moored within a dozen yards of us. city by for that we passed on the West River. ary level of civil life. At the late tourna local branch of the Navy League has creat. community. In the evening there will be people in all on our boat--including our all at once, two men, who had apparently There is a fine nine-storied Pagoda on the
possessed by individual public schools of
As regards the illuminations by the gea-
cuck, coolie, and linya. The boat'te steered in the bow by a huge dow, or oar, and aft, by a long narrow rudder. At lines the
Pillow only 1160c when
I'm a war Lord,
A Hohonzollern,
I can knock my sister's husband higher
a kita.
Do not detain me, For I am going
To set the streamdeta
Uf blood a-flowing
I'm a war lord,
A Hohenzollern.
I am spoiling, I am spoiling for a fight. The Tribune, New York.
not only will it be supercoded by for the best casuy, upon The Command of Chinese thostres are to be open all day and along, eni inake her travel against the eur. Bambous, do, the heary blows being The, appearance from the river of sil the ¦ of water in the upcountry crooks and water.
ing
company's vesela,
បង
Collega,
prominent
St
to an
fair pace-say, on an average, 20 to 30 miles
a day. When tracking, the tow line is
given is the interest taken by Chinese buy
ers who hope to run up market rater
bolding paddy in the interior. There is something to be also said on the growing knowledgeci native planters on the fluctua was tions in the Bangkok rice market which ava now watched, and quoted, very keeply by
Of
course, the 'avuncular storehouse'
THE
was 20,002,526,
ment in the Exhibition-budding one oficered some surprise in curdles wherein aduca fireworks, and, if possible, illuminations in
buen gambling started up, shouted at one right bank, just before reaching the town, meeting another said, I hear there was a tional affairs passess more or less a certain the harbour.
and two or three more on the hills opposite, wan hurt a littlo' while ago ? “Oh, ng' amount of genuias
ine interest. Without
other, and then que struck the other on was the perfectly serious reply, it was'nt vishing to establish any invidious compa-
the head with a hacket or something. Then ---Feng-Shui relics of a more prosperous age runn, it waa a civilian.'......The Australasian. Irison between the standard of excellence etul public, this is a master which will bender is lashed amidships. and the bow the cheat, apparently one of the passo-japparently, as we never saw any new ones, i ALTHOUGH Japanese coal has for a time Hongkong, Ithink the differential treatment left entirely to the option of the rei-
shorthand-yers, was upbraided with yells from several except one or two very small towers. They We are informed by thê Honorary
ed. The motive power is supplied by a
sailors who hustled him round the dock, used to be erected by local contributions, driven the British and Australian coals in respect of these schoots on the pars of dents.
Secretary that the Chinese have ex- from Shanghai, Singapore and ather the Navy Langue calk for some remark.
knocked him down and jumped or him, I believe, but the people seemingly now Bustress is somewhat slack locally as may markets, it seems now, says the Chugai,
crew of 12 men, who, according to circunt- The local Press announce the fact that pressad a desire to illuminate on a large
constant postponements that owing to the ruse of Japanese coal the Honorary Scoretary of the Heat scale and to erect triumphal arches. The
slunces, sail, yulow, track, or pole the boat and struck him unmercifully, with fiuto, find other uses for their superfluous cash. be seen from the
of otcamere. The reason given is that want Brit Branch of the Navy League offers prizes ish and Australian coal, but the latter is for
sickening to hear. This proved too much towns we met was by no means charming, courses prevents native boats from approa
the rice districts. Another reason about to be imported into Japan. It is the Son and The Use of the British
for the other passengers, who immediately squalid looking huts, built on piles high ching said that certain Japanese coal dealer. Navy to be Intaly wrote to a merchant in Sydney ask. Queen's Cmpeted for by the pupils of all night and special attractions aro to be rent, by keeping near the banks, at a very
the Victoria English provided. It is also proposed to instituto
interested themselves in the scale, and sup on the banks being ever in evidence, the price of superior coal fh.b. at that School, and the Diocesan School. an exhibition of curlse, and it is hoped the
and thus proventing & proper view of the College, which holds and has baid port, and found that he could get it at right inseriosition in the foremost rank Committee may be able to obtain the use passed through a block at the masthead rightful scrimmage ensued, revolvers, bam- hillings par ton, while that of ordinary of Hongkong Educational Institutions, has of the City Hall for that purpose. Mr from a cleat fixed by the side of the steers.hogs and any woapon that camo handy walls and mare tapusing edificen grade was soren shillings. It appears that been left out in the cold. If this is dus to
man, and the crew walk along the path in being employed. The passengers 5000 The Nippon Yusen Kaisha bas now urg- ed to import cool from Sydney to Hongkong,overnight prompt reparation will. Fung Wa Chuen has undertaken to carry advance of the boot, keeping step so as tɔ have way, and jumped or were knocked (shways in visw
hoped, as mudo, and St. Joseph's College at the arrangements in connection with have a regular strain ou each man, the end overboard, many helplessly talling from deck
Flocks of tome goose, all grey and inland rios tradere, This does not, how- maka so much for the boneft of the where it will he stared for the use of the accorded the treatment which the just tho anhibition. It has also been demapa of the line being attached to the leader to dock (reminding ons of pictures of old white,' were constantly sean feeding on them-Diam Free Press.
efforts of its late highly-respected promoter that a treat shall be given to the soldiers, and side Enes to each of the remunder; UCB Gorman contemporary. (Rückauf of teachers entitle it to receive, Pablie sailors and police, and also to the children in and how they escaped being pulled over
and the energy and sest of its
its prescut staf
sea fights), thents into the water or mud, banks, tended by a couple of goose-hords.
general abstract ni I entered the walls of this city by an im and deaths in Great Britain for the year marriages, births, come crawling or being dragged into the mentions an instance of the ignition of coal opinion asks for no more, but certainly in the Convents and other Homes, such as the
lower hold through the windows and whack-posing gatoway, and had a walk through 1890 was presented to Parliament the dust by the sun's rays,' says The Engineer- donunda this much, when a semi-public Victoria Home and Po Leung Kuk. There the side of the steep slippery path at times, ed unmercifully as they crept in. Then the the narrow dirty streete, followed by a other week. The summisty shows that the ing wut Mining Journal The surface body, worthy of the esteem and considera
under a heavy strain, was a puzzle to me,
coumorated population cn 6th April, 1893, works of the Maybach Collery, near tiem of every inomher of the British race, will be some men-of-war here, and the
sailors decided to continue the fight, and curious but orderly mob. I inspected the Friderichetbal, in the Saar district, ara
and the estimated popula | but of course they take care to avoid this,
The total 30,717,355. of iron. On certain girders, the case Hongkong Branch of the Navy Naval Authorities have been asked to co- chiefly of
League is,
ita engage feating dust, due to the tipping of coal on stitutions dependent upon public
attention with in
When poling, or punting, the crew divide dashed ashore in a body, chasing the pass stores as I went, and whilst walking along tien in 1885 was
number of marriages in England was. Loruperate in the celebrations. Suppor to the jigging-screens,
on each side of the bat, and, dropping engers up the village, but shortly return met our mess-boy-Achee-who actually
The births were 917.201 ging-screens, bocaine, in course of and public grant for their maintenance
It has also been decided to draw up their long basiboos into the mud, push theag, many with blood heads and other in-blushed when he saw me in such company. Fomber 488,632 were males, and 450,068 of this Lime, deposited 1/4 layer more than inch thick. Osa
f general public interest. a niechanic barning his
he of kand-while repairing a pive running right St. Joseph's College claims the Reed of the Colebrations in Hongkong in through the sorengated room forming one of mount of public favour as the College the shape of a literary memorial, azul Kev. onwards as they walk away towards Juries. They then bear tom-tous outboard He had walked overland in very quick females. The deaths were 527,920, of
Df and sclicals aforessed. Why it should be. W. Pearce, of the London Missionary feet hard on the houre, and keeping up a
the stern along a platform, thumping their and sang peans of joy at their victory time from Ho-Lik to see his parents out which number 271,283 were males and 206,646 tomates. In London, the eshitaal- After a little time, a few passengers came side Shui-Hing, and to lay in further ad population to the middle of 1896 way the south walls-the official inquiry showed precluded from.
participating in the
stores for u This place used formerly to 4,421,955. In 1801 the number was that the layer of coal dust had been formed of the competitions initiated by the Navy Sety, has promised to give his sid.
4,211,143. The total number of marriages along the whole length of the wall. Altho
Altho League is
be the Capital of the Kwang-tang Province, was 70,788, and births 295,706. Of this factory This is a very good idea, as many people cultuur yelling and grating that is curious back, and ons poor wretch who had been question for which the dust contained a proportion of pulveriz answer is now sought. Unless St.
Joseph's ;
if not musical-one young ruffian we had shot in the hend, and was covered with ed rock, the metal plates heated by the sts College be invited to enter into were disappointed at not having a souvenir making a horrible jodelling that caused blood and mud, was brought back, helped I believe, but its glory has since departed. number 60,536 wera mules, and 66,269 bad ignited it, the layer of white ash 00
of the Jubilee Celebrations.
Leaving Shui-Hing wo arrived at the females. The deaths were 81,070, and of of these public top proving that it had burnod for of the Mary Lapetation the
most profuse remarks from one of the pas a bourd by a compralon, latin League affords This circumstance for reasonable complaint.
good ground The collection of the European sub- considerable period.
fengalas. sengers particularly, and only made the mediately thrown overboard again by Wong-king-cheang barrier (4th) where are this rember 12,214 were inales and 38,766 affords, in addition to fresh proof of the of this
well be reminded scriptions was commenced to-day, and association
of the sailers into the deep merely two hulks-salt and opium-with man yell louder Whoa yulowing, half remarkable ease with which deal.dict may that for the Government Scholarship the Chinese cubesription liste will be the crow on each side of the boat working mud, and lay there prosanting a most piti. the official residenca bebind, a handsome- Hongkong Tides be brought to ignition, a possible explant-Exupations (now unfortunatoly classed issued on Monday. We are informed that long oar, they shake the craft up no end on board from the Customs, and things eitusted as it was among the trees. The compiled by the Nautical Almanso Office in The Tide Table given below has been stion of fires at similar surface works. with the defunct institutions of this. Co the Chinesa are showing great interest in
able appearance. Then four soldiers cause looking building from the water, beautifully
London from the results of the analysis of lony, the Schools qualified (and approved phors by well-known French authors has by the Governor) to present candidates the event, and are anxious to show their alling, owing to the peculiarity of the quietened down when they had arrested two nfficials came on board to search for con-observations taken by means of an autom double mastan inverted is only pos Qaren's Collega,
appreciation of the benefits enjoyed from sibie with a fair wind. The crew from unde enquiries as to the result, and learned as we thought they right perhaps think Police Basin at Teim Sha Taui during tha or three of the leaders. Un our return we traband, but were similed away promptly tie tide recording machine in the Water
St. Joseph's College
British rule during the reign of Her European point of view did not handsome that the magistrate had ordered the interest we had more wine, de, on board than wo
1887-8-1. Victoria English Solinol, Diocesan Hamo Orphanage School, Majesty. On Tuesday. last,
thusiastic meeting was held in the Bokept up twelve to fourteen hours' hard selves: the trouble was renewed on the tales if we cared to. There is a very on-
a very much," but were a serviceable lot, and led parties to make up the difference tham could consume ourselves! We could tell 2 feet below mean sea level.
The zero of the table is Low Water Or- Spring Tides, which has been found High School tamod from the Ustgistrar General's office, at which a Com- Eliunnating the
work each day that rather
To obtain the depth of water on the tide prised us. Before starting the usual vorage to Shiu-Ring, history dues not relate! joyable walk from here of some aix to seven gauge at the Victona Naval Yard ili ft. it was hard work to look on and keep calm, miles to some bugo masses of marble-7 D., and on the gauge at Lamont Dock,
thy
BJUG
A VERY Amusing collection of mixed meta-
are:
been brought together by the Retice des
Fees. The following are a few specimens:
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recognize her
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Toisa.
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notion of
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and comments of sacred vors. He roads as being now closed, it is seen that St.mittee of more than a hundred influential with ona sya, he writes with the other.
hand by the throat, and with the other to the Fontlamen eomposing
Bi-
some
484.800.
de Terrail: * He scized him with Joseph's College is made the conspicucus Chinese was elected to assist in carrying Joss pidjin' was indulged in by the crew, Finbart : His birthday presenttherlore is this representation mague out the celebrations and collection owo koop offaccidents, pirates o. ; the ritual at, of course, interference would probably i called the Marblo Rocks-with eaves in Aberdeen, add 19 ft in to the height
P
aception by the Navy Langue. To
this
spat in his face
recognised ond
Ane phrenological head, all painted in blut the bacing schools and colleges
peterend be considered as enjoying equal rights.
that subscriptions.
being 'perionned by the cook's inats-a
have meant 'destruation to our boat, or them. We all want ashore shortly after given in the table. The Hon. H. E. Wodehouse, C.M.G., jolly looking boy we parted Tommy. The worse. Our compradero coming on board leaving this phoo, and walked some five or
and marked with letters down to the by the Government of Hongkong should wake us to intimate that the Jubileo Corn Captain, Leung-Wong, a bronzed, good look. / with his pratiquo,' we got under waigh glad six miles through the mulberry Holda
thuraz
JJ Ampere, describing Egyptian legs in any and every public contest initten will be extremely obliged if mombareng Celestial, sterred the boat ait, and his to leave quali on aspissent neighborhood. on the banks, but with indifferent GUES
for the cmulation of the boys attending the of the shipping community and owners of mate stood in the bus, and assisted the giants Their feet are as large a five of public school of this British Colony.
The untrance to this narrow gorge is very so far an sport is concerned, The küls Tuina,
Yours faithfully,
otean launcher, cargo hoata, and other rudder by his manipulation of the giganticfiae, the mountains from 2000 to 300 fast how closed in again, and we went on board; EX 57: JOSEPHTAN. vessels will lend their cordial on-operation guiuw. The Ho Tou was also provided high descending shear into the water, and After going some little distance through Bat in any scheme that may be suggested to with a rank of Chinoso sposts wherewith to the river here is only about 400 do 800 the gorge, we stopped at 7.50 for dinner, so. Raniza-Tish was a sad accident that them by Mr Wodehouse for the lumina
yarde wide. The crow negotiated thậu nar happened to Mrs Higgins Flogg What tion of the Harbour and a display of fire repel unwelcome boarders, wachte Renshay--why, she fell out or- works,
We were accompanied by two large funks row and rapid passage, as they did naany carrying the goods, and also by author, by towing or tracking the boat on mann teren piece was a lamily moving PATENT Must boxes Violins (fina modnin)); \"He«Tow in which our interpantes, Me" push out pub uể tha aide of the tuo inisiki. -
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Tab, and his friend. Mr Pane
Mon.
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8th to 14th May,
Hhou Wang.
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No infixie Migh
but a fair breeze springing up shortly, we availed ouresives of it, and had a beautiful moonlight mail for a few hours, which help. edus on considerably. We stopped for WW|10| the night near a plecs in this pass usua
The hills from bare and afl the tres langed Bou-fourg af watch more amon.