TUBIDAY, NOVEksuz-9, 1591,
HONGKONG MARKET PRICES. Corrected le Baburday, October 30, 1897.
Jdi 1020 Okað per Dollar Mexican.
Platos,
Pomfret, White
Chinaan Nimen
Butcher Meat.
肉食
Pentzat, Black- PISTES,
Bay.
Book Fish,
Bacon, English,
來路烟業處
Bogah,
Ame. Bugar oured „,..
$80
J
Focshow
»
Japan, eured
日本飆装秀 Salt Fiah,
TEAMS Salmon, (Canton), 福州烟猪肉 | Shark,
明啦 琵琶沙 石狗雞 高雄
220
馬友傲
60
200
Beef, sirloin & prime cut, catty 140
Akzate,
50
J}
Corized,
catty 140
鹹牛肉
Shrimp,
150
Ronst
130
燒牛肉
Snapper,
180
立康
-Boup,
肉
φύλου,
130
沙魚
14
Steak,
"
牛肉鮮
Touch,
Bullock's Brains, .
per ost
60
58 牛腦
Turbot,
120
左口魚
Tongue tres, each 200
牛腩
cormed
310
"
Head,
500
· 17
Hoart,. Hump, Salt
FL
150
catty 140
Fuel,
cach
60
13
“Kidney",
50
Tail,
100
-
Liver,
12
• catty
70
牛肝
Trips (undressed) onfly 60
Бо
牛肚
Calves Hoad and Fout, sot
க00
牛仔頭辭
Hams, American, . lb. "
350
Carambola,
Sh
Chinese,
200
金華火腿
QPQUOTE,
macha
M
English, Now,
460
來蹈火服
Ground Nuts,
calty
Japan oured,
日本火版
Grapes
* F
Shanghal,
Mutton Chop,
n Lig
240
上海火爆
160
專業
#
100
Licbees. Dried,
Shoulder,.
120
"
גן
Pigi Chitlings,
catty
50 60
Turtles, small, fresh water, Whiting,
850
"
特價
catly
FO
長瓶
saven penca, or oven three peace an
Not Bates, Or Gates.
White Bait,
90
槪雞仔
cance. Large quantities of silver anD SL-
tracted from tin and copper crus in Eng. None of your cheap and common skates
Fruits
菓子
land as a by-product, and costing virtually
Is Bates,
nothing. The re-opening of the Minta in
THE CHINA MAIL.
WHAT RE-OPENING THE MINTS
WOULD MEAN.
Bombay, October 18. A Correspondent who has studieal the currency question with unusual care ob Jected in a letter which we published yes terday to our contention that the rooper ing of Indian Minte would have its im mediato result a repetition of what happen-
ed before, namely, the pearing into the
DATES.
Babes, or Gates, is under arrest in Chi- cago charged with bigamy. Soven women claim him as husband, says the Tribune of that city, which is inspired thereby to pros duce the following
He finds himself in sorry straits,
Does Bates, Or Gates. Ow!
1
country of the superfluous silver of America He wooed and won too many mastes, And other countries. We pointed out that the silver would be converted into
Or Bates.
into
Did Gates,
rupees in quantities far beyond the require Too recklessly he dared the fates,
of India, and the consequent detri. He married in too monte
States, ment of the currency. Only the closing of and that's why Nemely new waite the Mints in 1893 prevented the rupes.
For Bates, from falling to ten pence or less, which
Dr Gwes. would have been the ruin of Indian nawoon- | It is a very serious thing to
of any State to fall to all it the rency of e
half its original valus, or less. That is inevitable when 10. ducerments and facilities are given by the
State to convert into coin of the realm
Tassos of metal once precious bat
Intimations.
G. FALCONER & Co.,
WATCH-MAKERS AND JEWELLERS, NEW SELECTIONS OF
DIAMOND JEWELLERY AND ENGLISH SILVER WARL HIGH-CLASS GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SPECTACLES.. PINCE-NEZ AND EYE PRESERVES
G. FALCONER & Co., ARE AGENTS FOR ROSS'S FAMOUS TELESCOPES
BINOCULARS, LORD KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ADMIRALTY OF ARTS AND BOOKS.
He bought stoves, kettles, cups, and plates, 818
Did Bates.
As Gatos;
Ho had them charged, at highest ratos,
To Gates,
For Bates.
reduced in value to less than half its former! He ordered thus, at divere dates,
price. Tao danger is excessivaly great Pianos, mirror, teton-tates,
when
enormous quantities of metel on And down-town merchants paid the freights
be produce and sold at a profit for
LATEST PATTERNS OF SILVER PRIZE CUPS NOW IN STOCK.
64, QUEEN'S 2017.
'CHINA MAIL' OFFICE.
PRINTING.
Every Description of GENERAL PRINTING carried out UNDER EUROPEAN SUPERVISION,
| Apples, (California),
catty 250
(Tientsin),...
(Japan),
Bananas, fragrant,
(brides),
| Chestnuta, ChinaDA, -
:
#1
150
8 1 1 8 9 8 3 3 3 3 3 18
950
金山平禁 **** 日本平集 省擗香蕉
山香蕉
楊桃
Or Gates. Does Gatca, Or Bates.
India would re-open all the mines in the Tis Brigham Young ho omnulates, United States which were closed down after
is it an
By potent charms ho fascinates Ho'd marry the whole United States, All matrimonial candidates,
Would Bates, For Gates.
THE BOOM IN CANADIAN RAILWAYS.
Vancouver, Octobòr 6. The two great Canadian railway systoms are just now Attracting & goul deal of at- tention in London financial circles, Hap pily the size
efremstances of
both are
are apparent-
the legislation of 1893, *Under such sic cumstances India would become the wilver sink of the world, and we might at any time within the next two or three years see the rupes at eight-pence or nine-pence That would shake the credit of the Gor vernment
ent of India and the stability of this
Mr Webb maintains much ingenuity that s
ecuntry can not have too much silver or too much coin. He asks quite plausibly is i
nt. vantage or disadvantage to the people of India to have a plentiful supply of good silver or money? The question begs the jasus. Silver which has been steadily falling in value: for the last quarter of a century, is not goody more favorable than they have been for silver,' in the sense of being good in a long time past. The prospects are also.
that the vestment. It s delusion and
improvement both in the business Our correspondent oxplains the ominous of the Canadian Tasife and the Grand fact that the good price of silver is little Trunk railways, and i their financial posi more than two shillings an ounce very tion:
not only likely to be permanent, but simply; the
nations of the world princital have closed their Mints against it.
of thir
things Now that Amorin, which auught to propitiate its Silver Kings by purchasing silver for years at a price far above the market value,
now proposes to ro-open the mints irer to restura silver to its vaine of twenty years ago, how absurd it is to that what the Sherwan
take for
a se
increase.
is likely to exercise will extend be-
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WRIGHT'S HOTEL,
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YOKOHAMA,
No. 40.
The influence which this state The cheapest and most conveniently located First-Class Hotel-
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yond the two undertakings and will
have a most favorable effect on Canadian
ancial interests generally. It will be another THIS elegant now Hotel is close to the Lading Pior, and in the imosillate ridafs
which Canadian support to the favor
of the Consulates and of the Railway Station, Post sud Telegraph Officed Finë
enterprises are now regarded in Libodon,
2013
W. N. WRIGHT, Proprietor.
NEW VICTORIA HOTEL.
ROTISSERIE,
NOW ON BALK
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and will not be without a beneficial efect view over the Harbour. Bath and follotte Reous on eagh Flat, on the manner in which the new Dominion if this in accomplished loan of $5,000,000, will be received in the
The great London money market. crucial question is, why did
We published yesterday the table ro principal nations of the world close their minta to ceipts of the Canadian Pacille Railway for silvur They did so only and because the week ending September 30th, amount silver was already obviously losing its ing to 9764,000, showing the phenomenal farmor position as a precious metal. Gerincrease of 8255,000 over the receipts for many, rich in the £200,000,000 of the the corresponding period in 1690. Whils French indemnity, demonetised silver, no the receipts for last year were greater that as to make good her position in advance. those for the preceding year, yet the Com The Latin Union closed their minta to free pany's gross earnings in the period before coinage without loss of time. India should the recent general depression were largor
the same simaltaneously, instead than in those years. But the receipts for fast Monthly Boardery at Moderate Entes. have done
week exceeded those for like period by the large sum of $8100.000, a most satis.
Meals a la Carte
HOPS, STRAKS, etc., ata, at any U time, between 7,30 sm. and 11.30 p. it.
world was passed for twenty years through factory and significant fact. It is also Madar & Farmer,
Tão
stated that the current week's receipts are likely to show oven a greater corning power.
Proprietors. Hongkong, September 3, 1898. * 1736
of waiting until the waste silver of the
our minte.
whole problem is not stated when it is said that silver has faller in value because the principal
The fast must not, of course, be ignored nations of the world have demone. tised it. They took that step because they that just now the movement of the orops, foresaw the certain consequences of an ex especially in Manitoba, is exceeding heavy cessive coinage in a metal which has in and that traffic is an important factor in the
B 200 large are caused
large business and is likely to rosede in market value road is doing at the present time, ROOM being how upstairs, and Large
which the to be precious, arcoptionally more and more in the immediate future. the indications ará that the general
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larger part mint stamp, from the
The development of the Eripes oven fully three-fourths of t
ito value
椒餅
21
荔枝繁 荔枝
Limes,
Feet,
110
Mangó, (Saigon),
anch
·南芒禁
Vry
Hoad,
160
ا.
呂宋芒
cach
600 450
Hearty
80
Mangosteen, Orangen, Sweet,
+
dosen
山竹子
cally
Cu
Kiduoys,
• pair
70
F
Green,
80
50
新會謝薇
貍
Act Brando will)
Liver,
lb.
160
Red,
50
J
Pock, Chopi
.catty
180
Corned,
Ólives,
Persimmons,
100
50
Log,
190
Pineapples,
cach
Fat or Lard,
-Bheeps' Head and Feel, sot
160
1
Pears,
eatly
350
" (Tientain),
160
天津雲藥
W1
Bourt,
›, each
60
40
Plum, Red,
가
Kidneys,
70
Pamelo,
Back
80
Liver,
15***
.150 140
(Blata),
catty 100
蘿雞柚
Booking Pige,
each $1.75 81.
| Raisins, Muscata),...)
Suet, Boof,
-lb. 110
生牛油
19
Pudding,
Mutton,
100
生羊油
Water Chesnuts, com.
馬蹄
Veal,
catty 180
牛仔肉:
**
Mandarin,▾
16
Poultry.
生口
Walnuts,
60
120
·桂林馬雞 合数
Uhicken,
catty
400
Опроша
250
Vegetables, &c.
Artichokes, Shanghai, catty 80
菜蔬
上海了油性
But
Beaus, (French),
120
thoir value
#
Ducks,
180
DOTS,
each 120
Egga, Hen
..dos,
120
Duck
110
1
JĮ
TEN
13
Long,
100
#
Beat Root,
each
20
敬茶盛
| Beinjals, Green,
catty
-90
Rost,
60
Fowla,
cally
190
Brassica,
Close,
200
"
80
觱 "
Bamboo Shob##,
90
21
Harsa,
sach
Cabbage, ChinesD COM »
80
*F
Moak Deer,.
""
Partridges
400
Cabbage,
• each 180
2
Cauliflower,
Pigeons,
ม่
麻花
Phawant,
brace
Carrots,
eatty 60
事
Bloe Birds,
do
820
Oslory, Ohinese,
150
新片藝
Quad)
cach
100
»
English,
-
·辉芹茶
Baipe,
#1
150
Chilies Dried,
180
Turkaya, Jouky
catty 500
22
Red,
**
雞雞
850
Carry Stuff, Englab,
AD
נ
Etation.
"
Teal,
350
Jusambors,
Wild Ducks,
pale
Bitter Squash,
海鮮
Gaelio,
Ginger, yourg,
11
Horse Radiah, E'hai, CA
120
Barbel,
Bream,
Bombay Dreks,
cnity
170
Indian Corn,.
piece
20
"
pleow 500
Lettuce, (English),
wach
10
Mushrooms, Fresh,
catty
Cron Fresh Water Fish, satty
Onion, Bombay,
"
70
100
Carp,
Catfish,.
Green, Shangtní,
Codfish, Sali,
19
Гарап,
Crabs,
180
Okroge,
Ouftis Flah
100
Parsley, English,
Dab,
Polstone, Sweat,..
Davey
Dog, Finl
Shangbal,
_Japan,_ ›
20
bundle
10
. calty
80
Bele, Congor,
American,
Fresh water,
200
FoodLow,
Bala, Yellow,
100
File Fish,
Frogs,
250
Pumpkin, S Panline,
Frans Blak,
110
Garoupa,
Bodlah,
Gadgson,
Gurnard,
Blas, best quality, par pizal,
Common
Herrings
"
25 20
Rover 30
cntig
18.50 $5.50
33
Spinags, (China))
No Me Ho Ho Ma
#
the Central and Westen especially in
inte existence new
to the fact of it being silver; and scsrce Dominion is born portions of the
☛ Rooms. Pon PRIVATE DINNERS, “EA Entranous Ice House Lane, Queen's
a fourth to the mins mark. The value of industries and that the railway traffic which Boad, and Duddell Street. the latter would disappear
Wera
to countless tons of metal at the Pplied they will afford will not only be permanent
the deinund
-
but will
increase. steadily
There will be larger volume of traffe; it will be of reckless and well-nigh desperate
be 1989 lators in the United States. The regulation both eastward and westward a most fra. of the quantity of coin to be made in the portant matter in railway economics and minta is the rightful prerogative of the it will spread business over all sections of State, and should not be entrusted to the the system, so that we may anticipate that bands of aliens and desqrupulous rivals.there will soon be an end to the
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November lat.-17 4 1,5.
Wostook. 30.06) 60 Tokio...00: --- Kochi...... 30.31 Nagasaki. 19 Engoshimas 30.16 God.£... 30.13 66
Sharp P., 9.98 74 Amoy
Bwatow...
29.93 29.94 63
Canton 29.91 62
Hongkong 29.94 786
Vict.
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able amount of traffe for the other divePar
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Hongkong Tides.
The Tide Table given below has been sompiled by the Nactical Almatic Office in London from the respite of the spalysis of observations taken by mosna of an au tomatio tide recording machine in the Wa-
BILLIARDS.
full
Gr.ham
Mr Gatraviol
127
P. BOHM, Propriestor and Manager. Hongkong, September 27, 1807.
JAPANESE TINE ART CURIOS,
JARACA
KUHN & KOMOR,
ter Police Basin at Taim Sha Tsui during 21 & 23, Queen's Road, Hongkong;
1837-8-8
be-zero of the table is Low Water Or 1 dinary Spring Tides, which has been found
to be 2 feet below mean sea level,
To obtain the depth of water on the tide
gauge at the Victoria Naval Yard add to. on the ganga at Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 12 in. the height given in the table.
7
E
Haiphong
Bolinao... 8.78 2079 ww Manila.48.70 80
0.8, Jaster
November 2nd-a? 10 a.M. Wostook. 129.84; 40 †Ðà¦.. x. Tokio
3rd to. 9th November.
HIGH WATE
Hanghong
Мака Height
kong Mean
|Hegit
Tima
D
ft. l.
0 1
Kochi......
We m
Nagasaki Kagoshima Guzlaff... Bharp Pk, B.00 7190 A105 Swatow
Thur.
449
Erl
36.10 10 93
& DA
BL
感猕
138.85 78 70
1 B
20.97 781-
Canten
Hon.
1
Vist. Peak
Hongkong 9.0 81 81
228
Gap Rock
Macao
Haiphong. 30.0 78 Bolinao.... 29.868183
Manila
C.R.James
F. G. Frượ, doting Director, -Hongkong Observatory, Nov. 2nd, 1807.
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