POLICE COURT.
15th October.
Feroza Mir, E. MACERAN.
LAECENT. 7
OLLA PODEIDA.
A little French girl, 12 years of age, the daughter of a well-to-do peasant pair, was dis. covered in toars. What was the matter? The birth of a baby brother had been announced, av La Awai, chair makor, was charged with event which would have sint an English girl aving stolen a jaokot, valued at $50, from auto etagies. But the young Franodon bamboo qu which it was hung and to dry from could only regard the little strangar as having como, as she expressed it, "pour partager No. 30, Prays East.
heritage." So much for the infuses of peasant ownership on family affection.
He was convicted and sentenced to three weeks' hard labour and three hours' exposure in the stocks of the scone of the offence.
Ta Apo, coolie, was charged with stealing hammer, vained at 50 cents, the property of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company at Hung Flam, pa the 12th instant.
He was convicted and dealt with in a similar
WBY.
Cheang Afoo, sook, was convicted of stealing a pound of Aust, value to coats, the property of H Company, The Bats, from the ecokhouse of Victoria Barracks on the 14th inst.
Private John White found the sust in the defendant's box.
The defendant was entenced to six wooks' hard labour each.
DLUNKENNESS.
Nearly all the ironworks at Pittsburgh, bo asidės some forty iron firms within a rading of 30 miss, are now using the natural gas, as also are most of the glass factories, distilleries, bravers, &o, and thie is creating an entire revolation ju ths laħaur viarkot of the district. The outpot! [of iron and steel at Pittsburgh in about 750,000 tons por amor, sed as it takes some 50 hrshels of anal to make one ton of iron, it follows that at last $9,250,000 bushels of coal will be dis pensed with in the yearly consumption, throwing out of employ an enormous number of minors, frame, shen, and roadmen.
M. Pasteur. who is now at Arbols, in the Jura, ihtends na scou as he returns to Paris to organite service by means of which it will be possible Alexander McDonald, asamat, was fined half a ( to prevent moduamn in animals. M. Pasteur is dollar, having best picked up in the street kolp-saxl to have discovered a sure preventive against losaly drank on Wednesday night;
this terrible malade. Before going to the Jura, he treated a little ålsatian boy. nice years old, whoss mother brought him to Paris from Alsace, where he had been bitten in both thighs, both legs, and in the hand. M. Pastour's treatment was parfently successful. This is, it is said, the
CANTON.
FEOM A CORRESPONDENT.)
14th October.
of the jonrazy, thence overland to the Kwangsi horder. His closers Tang left for a short visit to his home, on colurning from whence he
will follow H. E. Chu.
DESTINATION
TER DAILY PERIS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16ra, 1815.
VESSELS ADVERTISED AS LOADING.
LONDON, 26, VIL Šorz Caval LONDON PTA SUEZ CANAL LONDON VIA Sosz Canal.. LONDON AND HAMBURG..... HAVRE AND HAMBURG HAVRE, LONDON, ........... MARSEILLES V Szmov, &u. NEW YORK VIA SUEZ CANAL... NEW YORK NEW YORK NEW YORK............... NEW YORK
SANFRANCISCO VIA V’HAMA. BOMBAY FIA STRATTS A SINGAPORE AND PENANG KOBE AND YOKOHAMA KOBE AND YOKOHAMA SHANGHAT-PIA AMOY SHANGHAIVIA AMDY....... SHANGHAI
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TO DE DESPATCHED
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P. & 0, 8. N. Co.................. Butterfeld & Swire......... Jardine, Matheson & Co.... Carlowitz & Co....... Carlowitz & Co Arnbold, Karborg & Co.....
Hongkong
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Hongkong
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Hongkong
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Hongkong
Horno....
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Hongkong
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Honghoug
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Russell & Co....
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dest time that the distinguished sevut has EXPLORATION IN THE NORTHERN
applial his method to a human being.
A short time since thero appeared at the office
TERRITORY.
ADELAIDE, 4th September.
His Excellency Chu, one of the mountors of of the ddige. of Verons, an aged lady, still the Tonquin Delimitation Commission, Iaft hers robust and gay, who offered to recite at parform. The following telegram, dated September 2nd, a few days ago for the frontier. Ho will procodazos proposed to be given in favour of old noraseived by the Minister of Education from. by boat along the West River the first portioners, reserving a boceft night for herself. She the Government Resident in the Northern Ter koown in Verona through her career, and lately was Rosalinds Caruso, formerly an zotross wall. on scoount of her vagarable age. She was born on the 27th August, 1785, and has, therefore, just comploted her 100th year. She is still able had been able to recanatate during 60 yasra on to read without spectacles. All the savings she the stage had been devoured by the troubles sho had gone though, principally by the barntar of the Monte di Pieta and the inandations which
egurred a fow years ago.
Admiral Fong has returned from Swetow having complated his inspection of the forts and garrisons at that port.
The names of the successful datus for the Kn-fin degres will be made knows on the mara. ing of the 17th instant: · It is reported that 89 will be selected out of the 12,000 competitors.
Su, the Protect of Canton, has been premated to be the Provizcial Trmaurer of Ewangtong,
and will take over the seals of his now offes to-
morrow.
Two i muggling junks were captured the other day by two of the Ravenne cruisors in the neighbourhood of Cantsu. Eight cannon and some rites were seised in the jonks. TL
aalt smugglers are very daring and andazione; spite of repeated emptores, they go on defying the Salt Commissioner and all his service.
THE FRENCHI MAIL.
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porta hie safe arrival at Castlereagh Bay. After rilogy on Thursday Captain Carrington re an examination of the rivers there and of the coast, ha rasoled Van Diemen's Galf to explore the Alligator River. The Gaydar Elvar is ma- about eight miles beyond that for small bouts. Figable about 13 miles from the entrance, and
The country along the banks of the river co- siste chief of dense forest and jangle, the alluvial flats apparently being flooded in the wat venaan. No such river as the Hutchinson oxists. This is another mouth of the Goyder; and the said that Mark Twain will gain heavilyver marked in the phart a running parallel to by Grant's daith, as he is the principal in the the Gayder, does not exist. The Blyth River. firm which is to publish the General's biography, He bas ready received orders from the army of 10 miles from its month, divides into two cascassure for 10,000, and he arpacts to frally repubes, and the western branch is probably the snit 500.000 in Ameries and Europe. The retail River Cadell described by Mr. Lindsay. On the price în 5 dola, the share to syanis and middle-
Goydər, Captain Carrington was attacked by one men 2 dols, the royalty to the Gract family of three natives who had been on board the 75, the cast of manufacturing and delivery and feed. One spear grazed Captain Carrington's steamer, and who had been supplied with tobacco 1 dol. 53, leaving 75 c. to Twain and his part arm, but without inflicting more than a skin ner. It is said that he had to risk his entire fortune in the enterprise, bet kaplockily rasedad
|
In Hutchison's Inlet the launch was
Nish Thompson Homers Coundon .....
Goledaches
Wostoby
Pocock
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$............per case of 1 dozen quarta.
CHATEAU LAROSE, · $12............ For case of 1 dosen quarts.
PONTET CANET. $9.50........por cass of 1 dozen quarts. PALMER MARGAUX. $7.50........for căsa of 1 dozen quarte, $50 per cas of 3-dozen pints..............
LORMONT.
35...
..............per case of 1 dosen quarta,
„per cass of 2 donen pints.
ÁLIO CUTLER PALMER & C0/6
WINES AND SPIRITS.
SIEMSSEN & Co. Hongking, 1st January, 1984,
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time
FOR SALE.
CIGARS?
yon Boke FINE and at the came
to shirk the chances of loss by dividing therronaded by the natives, but no dainuity on- possible profis, and the net result to him and ourred. A thorough exaainstion is now being of 500 Cigars at Six DOLLARS sub at has partner will boa quarter to a third of a made of the Alligator River,"
million dollars.
ACROSS CENTRAL AFRICA. -
If so, ask for NUEVO HABANOS; Cases
́E, CASSUMEHOY,
Farnituro Stars. Hongkong. 17th August, 1885.
FOR SALE.
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HAMPAGNE "MONOPOLE."
-HEIDSLECK & Co.-
Do.
Do.
RED FOIL "SEC" (dry). - - GOLD FOIL DET" (extra dry).
The M. M. steamer Saghalien, from Marseilles 15th ult, vid usual ports of call, with the Lon don max of the 11th ult., arrived here yesterday who alous remained faithful to her until bor last Leaving Hossamodes in March, 1881, with an MONOPOLE RED SEAL (mediam dry) avaning. The subjoined telegrams are taken heer There exists no more cbaritable and from Caylon and Indian papers:-
yapathetic body of ladies and gentlers en flua the American colony in our great Europa towus, and it is quite certain that if Miss Tadrama had needed assistance of any sort, it would readily have been forthcoming.
The British Government has proposed to the Great Powers to take steps to restore the state que in Roumelia and Bulgaris. Tarkey and the Great Powers kara virtually agreed to a Con-
CARLOWITZ & Coll Solo Agents for Kopasek & Co. BEING, For Hongkong, China, and the East.
Hongkong, 1st July, 1885.
FOR SALE
Į1209
On 27th inst, at å F.M. To-morrow.
On or about 1562, inst Quick despatch, Quick dispatch. Quick dospotsh, On 20th inst, at Noca. Da 28th inst
Quick despatos.
Quick despatch.
Quick despatch,
Quick dapatch On 3rd Nov, at 9 r.. On 20th inst. at 1 PM On 20th inst. Quick despatch On 30thius, Daylight. On 19th inst, Daylight. On 21st inst Quick dispatab. To-morrow, at 2 P.M. Quick dospatch. Tomorrow, ut 5 r.M. On 28th inst, Daylight. To-morrow, at Hook,
VESSELS ON THE BERTH,
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR AMOY AND TAIWANFOO [HE Company's Steamship
THE
**THALES,
Captain Pocock, will be despatched for the above Porta TO-MORROW, the 17th inst, at NOON.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
́DOUGLAŇ LAFRAIK & Co.,
General Managers Hongkong, 15th October, 1885. [1833
FOR MANILA AND ILOILO. THE Spanish Steamar THE
*BUTUAN,”.
VESSELS ON THE BERTA.
NOTICE
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES -
MARITIMES. PAQUEBOTS POSTE FRANCAIS,
STEAM FOR SAIGON, BINGAPORE, BATAVIA, CO- LOMBO, ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID, MEDITERRANEAN, AND BLACK SEA PORTS, NAPLES, | MARSEILLES, AND FORTS OF BRAZIL
AND LA PLATA; *ZNO,
LONDON AND ANTWERP, BORDEAUX, LE HAVRE AND DUNKIRK
TUESDAY, tha 2015 day of Dotober, 1885, of Noas, the Company's Stearnship DIEMNAK" Commandant Vaquier, with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE, and CARGO, will leave this Fort for the shave places.
Cargo and Specio will be registered for a don as well as for Marseilles, and accepted in transit through Marseillos, for the principal places of Europe,
Shipping Orders will be granted till Noon, Cargo will be received on besed until 4 P.M., Specio and Parools, trtil 3 P., on the 19th October, 1885. · (Parools are not to be asut
on board; they must be left at the Agency's Ofoe.) Conteals and valuo of Packages ara required.
For Earther particulars, apply at the Come pany's Olive.
G. DE CHAMPEAUX,
Agent. Hongkong 5th October, 1835.
STEAM. FOR
MAILS EXPECTED.
TRE AMEZIGAN' MALL. The F. M. steamer City of Paking, with the nerė Amérionu,mail, left Yokohama on thu 14th, and may be expected here on or abvat ils 19th instant.
THE INDIAN MAIL.
The Indo-Chins steamer Taisang, with the next Indian mail, left Calcutta on the 13th, and †may be expected to arrive here on or shout the
29th instant,
STEAMERS EXPECTED.
The stormor Chipthose Carlis loft Singapore on the 7th and may be looked for here on or about the 16th instant.
The Gibb Lios slaniner Venics loft Sydney on the 28th Septembar, and may be looked for hore on ar about the 16th.instext.
The Ocean Steamship Company's steamer Patrolux lett Singapore on the morning of the 13th, and may be looked for here on or about the 10th instant.
The steamer Moray left Singapore en the afternoon of the 14th, and may be expected to arrive here on the 20th instant.
The steamer Laju left Singapore on the 13th al is dus here on or about the 20th instant.
The E. & A. steamer Guthrie left Sydney on the let, and way be expected here on or ataut the 2nd inst.
POST-OFFICE NOTICES.
SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, delayed (both of which are able to happen
ADEN, BUEZ, PORT SAID, MALTA. | GIBRALTAR, BRINDISI, TRIESTE,
--- VENICE, AND LONDON;
AURO.
BOMBAY, MADRAS, CALCUTTA, AND AUSTRALIA. N.B-CARGO CAN BE TACEY ON THROUGH BILLS OF LADING FOR BATAVIA PERSIAN --GULFPORTS, MARAVILLTA, LEESTE
BURG, NEW YORK, AND BOSTON.
When Corresparidenes has boon mis-sent er
dcasionally) all that the address need do is to noto on the corer, Sant to, or Recrinał fat 7 p.m., or as the oust may be, and forward it, without any other writing whatever, to the Postmaster-General. This should be noted on tho Brut time cause of complaint occurs; it in a mistake to let euch matters pass for fear of giving temble, course which generally gives
are trouble to the end
The Postal Guide for 1883, revised to data
Captain Goicdegies will be despatched as abore THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAMs found in he Daily Press Directory.
NAVIGATION COMPANY's Steamship TOMORROW, the 17th instant, at Fre«RORILLA" Captain W. Barratt, with Her P. large edition, p. 657 small edition. This P.M. sharp.
is the only authorised complete Sammery ef Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from For Freight or Pasago, apply to
this for LONDON direct via STEZ GANATA Postal information pablished in Hongkong. DUNN, MELBTE & Co.,
and ustal Ports of call on, TUESDAY, the Agents. Hongkong, 14th October, 1885,
27th instant, at FOUE .. 1351 OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
FOR LONDON, FIA SUE CANAL.
HE Company's Steamship
THE
"JASON," Castaia Milligan, will be despatched as absre TO-MORROW, the 17th instant.
For Freight or Faesaga, apply to ..
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agente Hongkong, 10th October, 1885.
1886
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY, AND FOOCHOW.
THE Company's Steamship
THE
"NAMOA,"
Captain Westeby, will be despatched for the above Ports on SUNDAY, the 18th instant, at DAYLIGHT.
For Fraight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.,
General Managers Hangkung, 144h October, 1885. (1852 FOR LONDON √ SUEZ CANAL.
HE Steamship
THE
"GLENFRUIN,"
Captain Norman. will be despatched as above on or about the 15th inxt. for Passengers and carries
This Steamer has superior Accommodation & Doctor and Stewardess. be appeased by
It is hoped that some inquiry will be made by the American Mizister io Parls, and serna Fuller Į particulars be given of the sad death of the clover The Independance Belge annonnons that the young violinist Miss Fernanda Tudeson. This two Portuguese explorers. Captain Capelle and young girl, only twenty five years of aro, had a Commander Ivesa, who started last year pan throat malady, and according to the French axpedition across Africa, have reached the Papers she died alone and abandoned in a little Cape after a most adventurous journey through villa our Ruell, attended by a female servant regions which no European had ever traversed.
escort of 120 men reoruited along the coast be treen that place and St. Paul "do Loanda, they THE BASTERN QURETION,
reached Quillimana upon the eastern coast to CONSTANTINOPLE, 23rd Septembsè.
the South of Mozambique, in May, 1885, after The Porte has sent a note to its representatives
having discovered the watershed whose the abroad protesting against Prins Alexander's
rivers of Central Africa flow north and seat to- acts, and invoking the article of the Treaty of Iri tha tenth article descriptive of the recent wards the sea. They travelled over 4,500 miles Berlin allowing the Turks to capress any dsor Toyage of the steamer Victoria to the islands in of territory, of which 3,000 were totally unkzema, der. Tarkieli troops are now assembled on the the New Guinea Protectorate, a secount is and they divered the sources of the Lantaba
I the Congo, which has bann so fre- Roumelian frontier, but the Balton and she given of a very extraordiasry experience which an affluent Council of Ministers postpone action in deference the party who landed from the steamer had quently referred to at recent geographical dis to the wishes of Germany and Russia,
arang the cannibals of Normanby Island. cussions. They also came upon a region which LONDON, 24th September. Surrounded by fully 500 nativos, most of them is extraordinarily rich in copper, this boing the well armed, it was by the grantest good fortune district of Yaranganga, situsted between the that the landing party escaped & fight. After Lnalabs and the rapala The chief of the the party had left the viltugo it was ascertain celd aot visit it in detail, but they think country, however, was so hostile that tay that the astirou had assembled there in sctl us this was the first visit of waits numbers for the purpose of holding a great can nibal feast. They were at the time engaged in his hostility way
tting ont large war anos, in which they were judicious presents. They also made a discovery going upon e maranding expetition, with the which may be of great use to comemores and obset of attacking soma doferciless village, science. It has often heen remarked that th killing of its people, and bringing back the much nutschief to cattle in the south-east of STILL HOCK,
venomous Atrioxa dy, the testé, which did nɔ "My wife and I," writes a correspondent of a Africa and had almost extinguished trailo bo- CHAMPAGNE Londoa paper have been in arany parts of the tween Dolagoa Bay and the Transvaal, bad BURGUNDY. world, and have had numerous opportunities of totally disappeared of lato. Messrs. Capello and BRANDY observing the macuera and customs af English vena found that this fly was still very abundant WHISKY glabe-trotters, who may be supposed to be further north, and that as had often been stated educated, and we are both agreed that they are before, it was always to be seen where there were The National Assembly hare voted fifteen abominahin. In Japan notes in English are plenty of elephants. Stanley, in the course of STOUT.. million francs for military stations. The attached to each inland passport as wilful his travels, had observed the same phenomenon, whole Bulgaria has been declared in a stata ef damage to tamples, scribbling on its shooting
and it follows, therefore, that the region exploss! ¦ ALE siege..
by the two Parfagnose travollars is rich in tror, and general destruction, pointing clearly to the PARIS, 26th September. habits of the British tourists. In Italy Italians Thair expedition was attended by grost hard- Frazee his proposed to the Great Powers to who have thrown open their beautiful gardens ships, and they lost two-thirds of their oscari make representations to Romanis, Grease and to the public have lately closed them because of before reaching Cape Town on the leth of July. Servia in order to prorgat the Bulgarian agita. the English. Io San Rome an inglish lady where they were entertained at a grand banquet. tion spreading.
and her dangaiter took a daily walk for the sold The Independance Brige adds that the two ex- purpose of stealing flowers to make their room Plorers started again at the beginning of Inst in the hotel "look" nice," "On four occasions month for Mossamedes, with the ¡utoution-of- trapped English people stealing orange blossom returning to Europe by way of the Congo. and violeta in our own walled garden."
ferenca
CONSTANTINOPLE, 24th September. Said Pasha, Grand Vizier, has been dismiss. and the Turkish Ministry has been modidad Kiamat Paxan being appointed Grand Viste Maoir Fasha, Minister of the Interior, and Ali Saib Pasha Minister of War.
ParPOPULIS, 24th September. All Russian offers holding office in Bulgaris and Houmelis kavo rosigns in pursuanes of orders received from the Russian Government. The Balgarian troops serivad here to-day.
Soria, 4th September.
CONSTANTINOPLE, 29th September. The latest advices regarding the insurrection in Albania state that the inserpants have de feated and surrounded the Turkish forcongnt to quell the rising.
bodies for the feast
A pessimistic account of the forest destruction PHILIPPOPOGIA, 28th September. in Enstera Americs is given by a writer in the Prince Alexander-in-taking motive steps to Southern Ritours, from which it seems that if maintain pare on the Maceionizo frontier. "the progress of tree destruction the Western Alleghanes should continuo at the present rate
LONDON, 9th September.
ST. PETERSADE, 28th September.
M. de Giers is on his way to Copazhagen to join the Czar and afterwards confer with Prines. Bismarck.
NOW ON SALE.
CLARETS
AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CHERRY...SACCONES "MANZANILLA" and LIGHT Day; Bottled by Sir Pano, PERING, London. PORT.SACCONES Hettled by Do
St. ESTEPXE," "CHATEAU LAGRANGE"
"CHATEAU LABOSE." "MEDUC." “82. JULIEN," Mangau, koj STILL ERBACH," 1874. from 34.50 to $16 por dozsa. VEUVELVET," "CARTE D'OE."
BEER
SCALES
For Fraight or Passage, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. Hongkong. 5th October, -1885
11809 STEAM TO BOMBAY VIA STRAITS,
THE P.&O. S. N. Co.'s Steamship
"KHIVA,"
→
The authorised List of Mails issued in Cargo will be received on board until connection with this paper is the one published TEN A.M. Parools and Specie (Gold) at the trise ench day in our Exts, which is always corrected to a much lator hour than that given | Office until TEN AK, on the day of exiling
For further particulars regarding Faxtar (and Pashaor apply to the PENINSULAE
ORIENTAL SPRAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'day the 16th fast.. at 9.90 A.. Olle, Hongkong.
The Contents and Value of Packages are re. quired to be declared prior to shipment.
hippers are particularly requested to nata Blank Billauf Laling. the terms and conditions of the Company's
N.
helow.
A MAIL WILL OLORE. For Swator and Amoy.--Per Atholl to
For Saigon-Per Carisbrooke, to-day, the 16th fast, at 3.30 F..
For Shanghal-Par Fashin, to-day, the 16th instant, at 3.3 P..
For Salgon Par Triumph, today, the 10th
For Auoy and Taiwan foo-Per Thales, to morrow, the 17th-inst., at 11.30 A.M.
This Steamer bakes Cargo and Praiast, ob 4.30 .. songors for Marseillos.
A. MOIVER,
Superintendent. Hongkong, 16th Optaber, 1835.
U. S. MAIL LINE.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
THROUGH TO NEW YORK, A OVER LAND RAILWAYS, AND TOUCHING LT YOKOHAMA AND SAN FRANCISCO.
For Manila and Hollo.-Per Butuan, to- morrow, the 17th inst, at 4.30 PM.
For Hollow and Pakhai-Per Greyhound, to-morrow, the 17 inst, at 5.00 PM.
For Swatow, Amoy, and Fonchow.-Por Nazon, bo-torrow, the 17th inst., at 5.00 p..
For Straits and Bombay-Egg Khira, on Tusy, the 20th inst. af 2,307.
MAILS BY THE FRENCH PACKET:
The French Contract Packet Djemaah will be despatched on TUESDAY, the 29th inst. THE VS Mail Steamed mirror with Mails to the United Kingdom, Barepe, PEKING," will be despatched for and places bayad, vit Naples; to Saigon, San Francisco, via Yokohama, on TUES- Straita Settlements, Batavia, Burmah, Ceylon, DAY, the 3rd November, at THERE E Indis (vil Madras), the Australasian Colonias taking Passengers and Freight for Japan, the Arien, Natal and the Cape, Egypt, Malte, and United States and Europe.
Gibraltar.
The usual hairs will be observed in closing the Mails, bo
The Post Ofoe declines all responsibility for Unregister? Letters containing Jewellery, đó, and, where Registration has be neglected, will make no saquiries into alleged. losses of auch
Through Billy of Lading issued for trans- portation to Yokobama and other Japan Ports, to Sua Francisco, to Atlantic and Inland Cities of the United States, via Overland Railways, to Havano, Trinidad, and Domerara, and to porta in Mexico, Central and South America, by the Company's ant connecting Steamora.
Through Fassage Tickets granted to England, Franes, and Germany by all trans-Atlantic lines HOURS FOR CLOSING THE CONTRACT of Stoomors.
RETURN PASSAGES.--Passengers, who have
lettora.
MAILS THE ENGLIJST MAIL. The following hours an-observed in closing for China or Japan (or vice versa) within six Maile, o., by the British Contract Packet- months, will be allowed a discount of 20 % from
Day of Departure. Return Fare: if re-ombarking within one year. Noon-Money Order Office closos.
ISLAY BLEND," "R. O. STE- will leave for the above place on TUESDAY,paid fell fare, re-embarking at San Francisc CIAL, “LAGATOLI" Bettled the 20th inst, at THREE ÉM. by MACKIE & Co., Glasgow. .GUINNESS'S EXTRAPt.&Qta; Bottled by DUBLIN STOUT CO. Bass & Co., Pale, I'ts. '& Qtai Bottled by Darlin Stout Co. LAGER "KEONTRINE."
A. McIVER.
Superintendent. Hongkong, 12th October, 1895.
OCEAN 'STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
FOR SHANGHAI via AMOT.
1935
Platform. 500 Rs. to 1,000 lbs. Taking Cargo and Passengers at through rates for NINGro, CaroO, NEWCHWANG, TIENTSIN,
HANKOW, and Poere on the Yanatske.), THE Company's Steamship
The Howe SCALE,LO. MACHINERY. DRILLING, PLANING, LATHES, &c., LOUDON Bros., Glasgow.
PAINTS, OILS, AND VARNISHES--Good-
Jaxs, Wall &Co, Liverpool. LAU DE COLOGNE, Bottled by JOHANN
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The Conference to discuss the Bulgarian quas the yearly inundation of the Ohio Valley will tion will be held at Constantinople immediately.300 assume an appalling magnitudo, and ors It will be composed of the wabassidues of the long the sounes of the river suburbs of Lonis Great Powers. Grecce and Servia, domand vill and Cincinnati with repeat themselves at indemnification if the union of Bulgaria and Nashville and Chattanooga, while the anmars Kremelia le aphold.
will become better and drier. In the Galf States the work of desiccution has made alarmı- ing progress; brooks and stream abrink from Fear to year, and warm summers expose the graval of river beds which fifty years ago ocult PHILIPPOPOLIS, 29th September hardly be tonoland by the kools of heavy-laden Princ Alxander has resolved to send a dewicels. East America is drying up; óvan in putation to are the Sultan of the tranquilitythe paradise of the blue-grass ragion the failing of the province of Rogmeliu.
of springe has obliged many stook-reisers in re- | order. LONDON, Ist Datober, mors their bards to the mountaina.” Sir Michael Hicks Beach, speaking at Sulia- hary yesterday, mid the Government will on deavour in second with the other Powers to settio Roumelia equitably end panosfully.
The tone of the Russian press indicates that the Russion Government'ia Seat on dethroning Prince Alexander.
Although paceful settlement is expected, military preparations in Grasca, Bulgaria, and Sorvin are actively.progreeing,
Turkey is mobilising 81 battalions of roserra, and is recalling the Turkish troops from Crete, SIL H. J. WOLFF'S MISSION.
CONSTANTINOPLE, 29th September, The Porte desiring the remmption of negoti- stions with Sir H. D. Wolff, his departure for Egypt is postponed.
TEH COMMAND OF THE TROOPS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
LONDON, 23rd September. Geroral Torrens has been appointed to com-- mand the troops in South Africa
OPENING OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN
LEGISLATURE.
VIENNA, 20th September.
The Anste-Hungaria Legislature opened to-day. The Empuror in his speach declared
The Qmie Civil publishes some interesting particulars with reference to the production and sale of petroleum in the Caucasus. There are aboat 400 walls in the vicinity of Baku, bat only about half of them are at present being worked.
GO DIFTSBENTFORTs described, with lists of Foreigners at anch
The above sad a great deal kasider is in the 53 Edition, 716 pagas zogibaptare.
The $5 Edition, 1,104 pages, contains in
The gross total of the petroleora, extracted dur, addition-
ing the last three years is as follows 900,000 11 MAPS and PLANS brought up to the tons in 1889, 1,000,000 tons in 1683 and latest dates and ongrared in the vory bot 1.300,000 tour last year. Nearly the whole of style.
this is converted into lamp oil of Baku itself, The full texts of the TREATIES betwŝon. abant a ponnd of good oil being obtained from Foreign Countries and China Japad Cores. the pounds of petroleum. There are 150 pe Siam, Annan, Cambodia. troleum refineries at Tohorny Gorod (the Black Town near Baka. In the course of last year, 200,000 tons of lamp oil, 190,000 tons of second- quality oil, and 500 tons of residuum were ox- ported, these figures showing a slight increase over those for 1893 and 1682. The exports ware distributal in about even proportions over the principal countries of Westera Europe.
Orders in Council relating to Chíus, &c. Rules of Supreme Court." Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure. The Now Stamp Duties. Trade Regulations. Customs Tariffs.
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In a lecture on soal, recently dalivored at Philadelphia. it was stated by the author that it is published, or to the following Agents
the United States have an ares of 440,000 square MAUAD.. miles of outfelda: 104,000,000 tous of foil ware Swazow. mined in the country laat year, mough to reÁMOV
Mr. F. A. da Cruz. Messrs. Quelo & Co. Mosers. G. Gerard & Co. - .....Messrs. C. Gerard & Co. Messrs. Haigs & Co.
a ring around the sorth at the equator 54 foot FoRMORA wide and 54 fast thick, and there is enough coal Foocnow...
that woiplète quanimity prevails among the In the United States to supply the whole world} NINAPO Great Powers regarding the intersang of for a period of 1,500 to 2,000 years. The ques SHANGHAI. European pesos.
FRAJOY AND BUEMAH.
PARIS, 26th September.
It is absolutely denied here that a treaty has been concluded between. Prabes and Barizal.
THE AFFOINTMENT OF A NATIVE JUDGE AT
LAHORE.
tion of the exhaustion of the coal bupply, SHANGHAI therefore, is not immediately important. The NORTREET anthracite coal in Pennsylvania, it is stated, will į RIVER Porta }
Mesars. Kelly at Walsh, B'għai. Mexrs. Hall & Holtz. Mewers. Kelly & Walsh.
Mesara, Hall & Holtz and Kelly
& Walsh, Shanghai
last 250 years, while the bituminous coal in the NAGASAKI Messrs. The C. & J. Trading Co. aawa district will supply the world for fifty-seven Hrone, Oskka. Massors, F. Walsh & Co. YUWce, and the United States for 350 years. The YokoJAMA,Mesara, Kelly & Co. saxe lecturer stated that it took a prodigious MANILA... Messrs. Diat Ferris & Co. LAHORE, 15th September. amount of vegetable matter to form a layer of SAIGON... Mr. F. Crettier... A monster public meeting was beid bere yes-coal; that it was estimated that the present Torgun Mr. Cl. Dupont. terday, under the auspices of the Lahore Ladian grout of the world would make layer only BANGKOK Mosers. A. Bjurling & Co. Asspeistion, to offer heartfelt thanks to the one-oighth of an inch think, and that it would SINGAPORE ...Mosers. Baylo & Co. Government for the appointment of a native take a million of years to form a coal bed 100 PENANG... Mosers: Maynard & Co. Judge in the Chief Court. Nawal Newazish vet thick--Iron.
COLOMBO...Messrs. A M & J. Ferguson. Ali Khan, o.LE, Chairman of the Lahore In cruncation with one of the Court balls re- CALCUTTA Mesa. Newman & Co. Municipality, presided All the nobility and candy bold in St. Petersburg, there was an in SYDNEK AND Mesra, Gordon & Gotoh. gentry ware present,
|teresting incident which rays much for the kindi-BenBare..
pose of the present Empress of Russia. She had MELBOURNE A. A. A. Fress Agency Co. hoasured a young ofloer by allowing him to valia LouDON.........Mr. F. Alex, Clement's Imme At a negro wedding, when the minister real with her. The gentleman was reputed a famous London....... Messrs. Strut & Co. 30 Corabili, the words "love, hondur, and abay," the groom dano, but somehow or other his essay on this LONDON... Messra. Bates, Jendy & Co. interrupted bin and a213, "Rand that agnib, sah; ocossion came to grief, The Empries and he LONDON.........MP. W. M. WU,151, Canton St, read it wance me, so's de lady ida koteh the full fell heavily to the floor. Thereupon the Emperor SAN FRANCO. Mr. L. P. Fisher, Marchants. mleronity of de mesnin'. I've been married befo" ran across the room, and anxiously enquired from
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Here is a story of Lord Rothschild-Some his wife, who had risen, whether she was hurt. New Youx....Mr. A. Wind, 21, Fark Row. ladies were discussing in his presence the dife- | The Empress replied that she had not suffered, Dasty Press Office January 1835. rence between the road and the ides), and he was but took the zem of her husband and wont for s appealed to for his opinion. The rest," said time to a retiring-room allotted to her. Mean- AND E TENNENT ALES and MARE, Gar. str., J. Hoklanan.-Wieler & Co. the bancier, "is the Spanish coin; the ideal is whils, the chagrin of the anheppy officer was
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·la still being paskod on by the Passiar Govern- dancing anothov valse with her. This time thero quest Breaborg and Wiborgara being enlarged was no accident, and the unlucky incident was and strengthvand, and great quantities of artil. promptly forgotten in the grasjons consideration lazy sapplies were sent there list work, let tai poppler Orarios.
Marchant Nary Navy Boiled Long Flax Crown ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co.
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