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market, and when the Hongkong dollar offered itself na a rival to the Mexican ther and by calculation that paring 874.4 grains of dne silver plus 2 per cent, scignorage for one Hongkong dollar was almost, invariably more costly operation than buying Mexi- can, in the London bullion market and | bringing them out to China. The public in Hoogkong recognised un difference in value between the two contending coins, and as the new local dollar proved the more costly, it naturally had to fight a losing battle. In Fot, the fatal mistake had been madó of putting too much fine silver into the naw
the Hongkong dollar could not compete with the Merion; with 370 graine only, it could hure swept its adversary from the field."
of the various dollars:--- The fillowing figures show the relativo values Gr. Ana silvar.
THE DAILY FRESS, TURSDAY, JULY 2792, 1884
The young man Dundell, or Spencer, charged Mr. A. M. Apost, was yesterday semmitted to with obtaining opiew by means of fraud from take his trial at the next Criminal Sossions of the Supreme Court.
The Jiguen Gazetia mya :-Gónaval Count left. Yokohams on the 18th fast, in the steamer Saiga, Minister of State for the Navy, and party, City of Peking on an oficial tour to Enrops and (We America
Conta Ito, Inouye, Matenkalk, und Oyama, Admiral Easmoto, Mesɛra. Sano and Yamas, several high ooists in the naval and civil service, some of the foreign ministors, &o., EUROPRLY CHINZEE.companied the party to the Shimbashi Station and Yokohama Count Saigo is to visit the Unitat States, England, Germany, Austria, ant Italy, and his tour is expected to ananpy bar,
Return of visitors to the City Hall Muson for the week ending thth July, 1885-
Monday ...... Tuoday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday... Sunday
..... GTA
480 510 314
hono
306
2,003
On the occasion of a lecture on "British- Grown Teas, delivered in the Indo-Colonial
months.
CORRESPONDENCE.
do not bold ourselves responsible for the opinious
expressed by one Correspondants.
THE AMOY BUND.
the sale, so that the publio may not be pirt to ідеовтелівцев, I am told that in case of any
dispute on the part of the fishmongers and their
refusing to sell, the Farmer will have to forfait one quarter of the year's rent, and the Gorgen ment be at liberty to rescind the contract and come apan bis sooncitios.
·Several” eligible purcala of ground, hear the Publis Gardens are to be sokl by pable quesion, on Thursday, the 20th inst. by order of the Go vernment.
NAVIGATION OF THE UPPER YANGTZE.
Your ablo articles apon the navigation of the Uppor Yungésze and the 'roporta of sisenssive British Consular Agonta who have rysidelin Szechuan, show the inducements offered to mar chsets and others to establish steam communion,
tion with Changking The attention of the Man to this subject in May st by Mt. Alexander chester Chamber of Commerce was agaio brought Hasis, who read to the Chorba paper entitled The Trade of, Western and South-Wostori China" It is a matter of great regret that, is attracting so much notics at home. we should whilst this subject is fresh before our mizils, and rosive nowa of a missionary disturbinen at
It is published, or to the following Agents:dour. With 874.4-grains of pure silver Exhibition by a Ceylon. Ten Flauter, Dr. Watt. movezeste sy if they were those of a royal par- hundred hal-chests or two hundred boxes of ten Fors. The asptain alleged that the steamer re- ohuen estimates the number of junks trading :-
Orler ay be sent to Daily Press Offles, where
MACAO...........Mr. F. A. da Cruz, SWATOW
AMOY
FORMOSA
FOOCHOW.
Messrs. Quelch & Ca Messrs. C. Gerard & Co. Massra, C. Garard & Co. Messrs. Hedge & Co. Mosses. Kelly & Walsh, Sghai. Monera. Hall & Iolta Mears Rally & Walth. Mears, Hall & Bolts and Kelly
& Walsh, Shangh
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY FRESS." BIR-Some three months ago a "Municipal Notification dated 30th March, 1888. by Mr. J. MeLoavy Brown, the Commissioner of Customs, in his mapacity of the Chairman of the Municipal Council, was oirealated to all the foreigs arms in
It is rumoured that Captain Names, officers, The Loudon correspondent of the Japan Mail this port notifying to them that in accordance writing on the 2nd May, saysThe Marquis with a resolution passed at a wasting of rats and drew of the Portugas atsamer Dilly were Tseng, who is shorty to leave us, is at precont payers on the British Concession, held on the all sont to prison by the Governor of Timor iu making a tour through varione manufacturing 26th January, 186, on sed after the let April conséquena of disobeying his order to sail at Chung-king. districts in England," and terest thors. The newspapers chronicle his en exol cheet of opinm as well as on every one:
creating much for 1886. wharfage duas of tan vente would be levied once upon the arrival of thosteaner from Singa. Mr. A. Hoxie, who spent three years in Sze. of the comic section of the Exhibition, resonage; bay he has hitlerio avoided meeting landed and/or stored on the British Concessint, quired come repairs before starting, but the 30-five and save theseand, and the cargo carried by nually between Ichang and Brechnen at between forred to a controversy which had taken plaos on public bodies, or placing himself in a position 1 As the Custom onse here is situated in the votuor insisted that she should leave at once, them at not less than 243,000 tons. He says Rovar the subject of the theory as to the load lining of airing a honek. Some other time I may take midst of the British Concassion, it was evident and on tas captain' rofusing to okay him, the ty shillings is a low estimate for the carriage of a tes oleets,, and the consagreat injury to the occasion to say a few words about the general that none of the opium or tea chests would autocrat issued an order for the incarceration of fan of cargo hetween Tebang and Chang-king. contents. He had stone bad an opportunity of impression he has made in England. There is, sapa the wharfage dues, as it could not but ba establishing his theory by demonstration; and, I believe, sincere magret here that, he is going, landed before it is oxamined by the Custaim the entire ship's company in prison.. Untor. This means that the grass carrying receiple ctwithstanding the adverse criticism of a Cal more capoeially as he leaves the Burmah question officer at the jetty. No sons were set forth tunately the Lisbeh Government too often an-The overage value of foreign goods sent under
amount to about one million pounds sterling, - catta professor, be believed that it would eventual oper. But one goath and another cometh, and in the notification as to the lovy of these wharf-trast the administration to some Naval or Mili-transit pasion to Szechen for the five years end- y be found to be correct, though, no doubt, just as the Chinase Minister lonves. anothor starga dues, but it was intimated that the fands stary officer who has been accustomed to Enving his ing 31st December, 1834, amounted to £7500 damage might in some instances have been from the East of the first magnitude risan ahnya collected would be utilised for the improvement caused by using improper kinds of wood in pack the horizon, and makes his presence felt. This of the Bund on the Conversion, and for keeping lightest word instantly obeyed, and the oflcialser traffle which is condnetel between Sanhua There is sten "a regular pasten- Our Singapore contemporary proposed a rowing. The whole process of tes fermentation Bir George Bowna, who is ubiquitous. He it in neat order, so as to make it worthy of the brook no opposition. What we want is Civil and the lower Yangtere in socially enustrusted British Diller, weight 416 grains Troy, 890 required further and mors complete investigation pervades every place, as the Emperor of Brazil name it bears. No objection was raised by any Governors, who are not quite se imperions and bonts." I have liaso rasiters to the considere SAIGON Messes. Searcador Frères and fine-270.24 grains fine silver, that is, con-mical procoss, and the und of a Professor of plete without him. The last pises he appeared in view of the Council was so landsble and I so there is a large number of West Coast myself to a low rourke upon the ditionis of
than it had yet received It was, in fact, a cheid when in England, No assembly is com- ogo against the levy of the duas, as the object autocratic. minic 3.777 grains of pure silver less than Chemistry was as much needed in the manufac-was at Drary Lane Theatre in the small hbors the Mexican Duliar, or 1.02 per cent. worse,
tre of tea as in that cf bear, vinegar, or in the of the morning, at a supper given by the entor- while its metallin worth would be slightly rocas of dyeing. A mecaher of the India prising Augustus Harris to Colonial dignitaries." Medical Department is reported to have sap- more than that of the Carolus or Pillar Dolported Dr. Watt's view. Murnover, ho remarked lar. The expense of coining the new Dollar that if tea could be brought within the means of the poorer toilers of India, it would be an. sy per cent.-would be thrown on those inestimable boon. Many a time he had by a few for whom it was coined; and as the process cupa of tea warded off a warious attack of farer. As a restoratire, it, was invaluable. That was discharge of medical dalies.
SHANGHAI SHANGHAZ NORTHERN C RIVER Porte }
NAGASAKI.Masers. The C. & J. Trailing Co.,
TOGO, ORAWA.Mans. ♬ Walsh & Co. YOKOHATA MANTLA
Meyers. Kelly & Walsh.
Messrs. Dinz Purses & Co.
Gardes.
Torquay.......Mr. Ch. Dupons. BANGKOR Messrs. Ramsay & Co. SINGAPORE.....Messrs. Suyle & Co. Paxx.Messrs, Maynard & Co****-- Cox.osteoMonors, A. M. & J. Ferguson. CALGUMA...... Mowry: Nowmen & Co. SYDNEY AND?
Messrs. Gordon & Gotel. BRISBANE 5 MELBOURNE. Mosses, Norton, Hargrave & Co. LONDON. Mr. F. Algar, Clement's Laus. LONDON......Mesars. Strost & Co., 34 Cornhill LONDON.........Mesars. Bates, Hondy & Co. LOYDOX M. W. M. Wills, 151.Cannon St. BAN FRAN CO..Mr. L. P. Fisher, 21, Merchants'
Exchange. New York....Mr. A. Wind, 21, Park Row.
Daily Prese Umoo, January 1896,
INTIMATION.
SILICATED
CARBON
FILTERS
WITH MOVABLE BLOCKS
- POTO
PURIFYING DRINKING WATER.
A.
S. WATSON
LIMITED,
$
CO..
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
Hongkong, Ist May, 1856.
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Torusora JELY 27TH, 1926.
the Singapore Chamber. Our neighbours in the Baits have been suffering from
scarsity wss experienced at Sigon fast year,
Weight Graine Troy, Украдена Коп........ 410 90 Age Hongkong Dollar...416 9:30 Merican Dollar...4186 898 Carina Dollar-414
744 --374-4 ==374.017 370.1.6
which circumstance points to the
cost price.
disil contracts of China and Jojian will be made. The subject has not only, we understand, heen India Offcos, but to the War Ofies, Admiralty, submitted by the Post Office to the Culobial and
and other Government departments."
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
(FROM "KANGHAY MEEOURT."]
LONDON, 18th July,
UNIONISTS,
THE LIBERAL PARTY AND MR. GLADSTONE.
The Liborals are urging Mr. Gladstone's withdrawal from politics as the sole mess of rouniting the party.
POLICE COURT.
26th
BEFORE MR. N. G. MITCHELL-INN.
.
DLONKEYNESS, ETC,
CHILE BOREING.
LARCENY.
SUN SHINES.
MACAO.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDAND]
20th July
THE ORIENTAL BANK ESTATE COMPANY, LIMITED.
sterling.
tion of the mercantile community.. I shall limit
the formation of internal nirigation with Chun-
king, as described by Mr. Hosia in bis report, and add a few words atunt the vessels and min ahinery suitable for his work.
Ist. The current in the gorges during sight
the causes in the Inttar caso being given be sterling exclange for the British dollared its value all the time that it has been strokes of the rattans, and the soooad was bound money having boon voted there is no reason way his function un trastne for the oroditura to be. due to the seotional aran of the vosal. This ro
the withdrawal of silver (1) for the disburs compared with the Mexiena.
kets The rapes in the East has virtually main- deprosiating in this country. To the Bombay er Calcutta manufacturer it is worth to-day 2s, the same as it was eight years ago, because, its purchasing power is the samn, but to the Lan-
worthy the support of all interested in in trading juuks anchored off the Prata Graude, But, strange to say, eir, that though T than three caths have now elapsed since sad another batch in the Laner Harbour. I hear the publication of the notification, and long that the reason for their appearance here, is that the duos for the months of April, May. and
the Chinese Authorities stationed on Malow The following extret from Mr. Hosie's re- Juus have already boon collected, no moveme has book made yet by the Municipal Venooit how (thy Custom Honso opposito the Barra Fort, port will elucidato analiers-
"Lohang lies at the eastern end of a series of to give a practical shape to the resolution passed near the entrance to the Inner Harbour require gorros which, with considerable tresks, extend by them. In fact, the Baud remains as it was double latin from them. I presuras it has boon a distance of one hundred miles as far as tha of minting would involve a delay of ten to his experience of thirty years in India -100LORD SALISBURY AND THE LIBERAL tokin runners and the Chiuse. veedors and low-obow before uploading in the harbour. This as that native boats encounter díffioulties. six months back, tas exclusive property of the the practice for those junks to pay lekin ut Ma-city of Kuei-chou Fu. It is within this 100 fourteen days after the bar aftver (the raw
bawkers who are daily seen there busily puran. material) bad been paid for- doley which
Thees diffionlties, which are of two kinda, vary is bows to me, and seems most astonishing state according to the seasons and according to the The Japan Guzelte says:-" About thirteoD
ing their vocation in small sheda raised by is avoided in the case of shipping-Maxionos tenders appear to have boon' submitted for the Lord Salisbury is trying to arrange a Coalition them to protect themselves from the heat of the of affairs. That the Park Authorities should state of the river. At low water, that is to say, to the East-interest for this period must conveyance of the malls from England to China, Ministry; Lord Hartington refugees, bat the sun or inglesancy of weather. I say exclusive have allowed the Chinoys to collest lekin from during the monthsaf December, January, Febru also be taken into account in reckoning the Japan, and Australis. If that of the Canadian Duke of Argyll, Mr Goschen, and Sir Henry property advisedly, for last year a virgalar these juaks lying in our harbour is certainly ary and March, fhocoln asof the Yangtze, which,
Paolo Railway Company is accepted for the James consent.
signed by the Secretary of the Municipal Cǝza- price-sny srather per cent.-in sit about China and Japau service, it is said that they will
oil was mat round to all the foreign erchants very strange. The Chinese were apparently not up in the garves, un emargine from them pours oring to the cbstraction of the channel is croped
1 per cent, thus bringing the cost of the establish a fortnightly line of atomers between
bere asking tasm to remove from the Band satistied with the old lekin, but have insisted into the wider bal of the river, forming Vracovor, Hongkong, and Shanghui, via Yoko-
within a month averything belonging to them, on doubling it and bass they are races and in one places a rapid of considerable proposed Dollar just under the metallic hane. As they undertaken to transport-mails
such as broker chains and anchors, heats Ffted not inclined to pay it the junks in the importano, This rapid lies at the eastern ond value of the Mexicat.." The weak point in passengers, torpedo-boats, and other naval and
which the local manicipal rules would inflict aner Farhour cannot go out, and those and is caused by a sudden delivity in the bud f up for repair, &ọ., under the penalty of a dne
of the Mi-tsang Gorge, 33 miles from Iohang, connection wits this schomo ia that, whilo military armament and stores, from home ports to British Columbia within twelve days, their the new coin could no doubt to.mads legal vessels would arrive at Yokohama nearly a
upon those disobeying this order, which, it is lying at the Frais Grands cannot outer the river, on the centre of which, at very low experincus to say, was promptly aboved. But unless they submit to the squeeze. I am also water, two ridges of rock appear leaving a tender on British territory without any dif. fortnight, and Hongkong and Shanghai about a
[AY CHINESE TELLOZAPH.)
It is a strange anomaly that no measure seam focul lust the junks lying in the enter bar-parrow channel betwe. Besides his arrow to have ever been devised by the Municipal boar cannot leave Portuguese waters as the Chi-each wide. between the contral rocks and tha ficulty it would not be calculated to make its weak, earlier than the mails are now gonerally
PEKING. 24th July.
passage, however, there are two channels, one on anded at these places by the P. and . ronte,
Council to remove from the Bund those lekic wity in China, where persone who bad to re- pia Brindisi. The Company will also, it this CHINESE OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS. Fars and Chinese vendors and hawkers with raisons are on the watch for them. I wou banka Fortunately at low water the erront ceive payment in silver would naturally pre-privilege is granted to then, envy British By Imperial Dofree of the 23rd inst. the Tao. their dirty, alterad sheds, which cause mack der how it is Sr. Rozs does not toke steps to pro- on the gorges, where fore is to possible truk., for the coin which contained the most pure military and naval officers of the active list at tai of Shantung has been appointed Tantei ofre nuisance and form much more formidable test against this increased impost on trade ring ground, is sluggish, and the unwieldy native metal. For some time past, however, Mexi-railway receive sufficient support from the
obstacles in the way of the improvement of ho Moreover, if the directors of this Shanghai, and Shing Sum-wei, the Superinton Bund than ever was the ease with the broken
fcol sure that if the matter were referred to the Then the river is high, that is during th
craft are either ruved or siled through theyp. cin dollara bave commanded a promium over British Government they will be glad to place out of the Chinese Telegraph Administration chaios, anchors, va The Council compost as Viceroy of Canton some concession would be remaining eight months of the year, the racas and A Shipment of theas Filters in three useful their metallic ralne plus the cost of aniating, on their steamship route ships of an improved Sorvico, has been appointed Tautai of Shantung this body is of several of the intelligent mom made and the stoppage to trade avoided. Sir rapidsare altogether obliterated, baing onvered to bore of the foreign community here may at Robert Bazi has been horo on a visit for a depth of thirty or more feet. The effect of this kied under Admiralty supervision, which should
PERING, 25th July. cCabe excellent auxiliaries to the Navy, both as sizam has just been reveired by the Dudersigned clusion that a British dollar of the sanic transports and as armed artisers to supplement
Shaa Yu-lien, ex-Total of Shanghai, has been astice, and the sooner they mend their way trip was not more for business parposes than there being, as I said, no towing pathfind it
be quite unaware of this glaring pics of in-
several days, and I wrach dosbt whether his iso, on the other hand. is to strengthen the cur rent in the garges, against which the junk-- of the managetout of the Bund the batter, weight and fineness as the Mexican would the Fusitie Squadron in war time. For these appointed Provincial Judge of Kiangsu.
the Joint for they will how no cause of complaint for plassùrs. Perhaps evonte may show. reasons, and the far more significant one Hi Brzèliancy Shao is a Member
vory difficult to make head way. The section of meet a ready demand. The proposal of the that the Canadian route is the fastest and Commissing new sitting in this Colony to con
if suy of the japorters of opium or tea ever
300 miles of river that lies barween the Gorgus Singapore Fran Preme was really to debase the shortest to India and China in the event of sider the best means of collecting the Chinese refund to pay these das-which is out beyond revarus ca opium without detriment to the in fulfilment of their original aim. vio, the in
aut Chung-king presenta na di Menity to naviga. the range of probability-alleging the non-i
tkin. The time required to navigate a juk curroney, to an infinitesimal extent certainly, the Suez Cant being closed or seriously in
borrupted during war and on other occasions, the terests of Hongkong-ED. D. P]
between Ichang and Chang king depends upon but nevertheless to sanfficient extent taiaspire toudor specially referred to is entitled to the best
provement of the Bund, as the pring enusa of
the slate of the river. In winter twenty-five or our coatomparary itself with doubts as to consideration. We are glad to learn its Imperial
their refusal. Let us, therefore, hope that the A notice of the registration of this commny thirty days are usually required, while at high asporta are regarded with the utmost importance
Council will no more postpone this question of appeared in the Investors Guardias of Maroh water, say in July. six to fight wooke are 10 whether it would command acceptance by those through whose recommendations the
the improvement of the Bund to a remoter date, Litt last, which was rapendumt in the local sidered a fair passage. The down journey on outside British territory. In the latter
but will, patting aside their apathy; soon devise napers of Ceylon and Manritina, nad eloited cuples from six to twelve days. Here we have was to be made legal tender and brought
acme measures to give a practical effect to the from them favourable comments on the objects clearly painted out to us that the difficulties to into circulation by the fact that the Banks
resolation they bava se wisely committed to and prospects of the enterprise. Local difettiosaarigation are limited within the 100 miles he paper: for many her will surely regret to see cannes cd with the transfer of the properties tweet Ichang and Kuei-cho Fe. The two and other importers would profer the now
iis excellent scheme hopelessly callapa-n from the off-ial liquidator of the Oriental Bank shiof difficulties are:- dollar on account of ita cheapness; that is
scheme for which ven facds are available at Corporation to the Company caused delay in the The Financial News recognises in a pamphlet
William Andrews, seaman, was fined 50 pentsaed, not through any lack of zeal or sapport execution of the provisional arrements between montas of the you. to say, if a Bank had co-repay a deposit of issued by the Mazohnster Branch of the Bi. for having been tuk and incapable in the streets from the ratepayers, but through the want of the savoral parties, and these doenmants actually 20. The rapids, and uncovered or slightly $1,000 unde in Mexican dollars it would be Metallic Langus, entitled The Silver Question on Sunday
prompt action from its vary origisitors. Charles Gow, sonten, was fired 75 oanta for
bear date of the End Joue. The prospects in levered rocks daring the other four months. to its advantage to discharge the debt by discussion of the silver question. The Man-dryckenues and disorderly conduct on the same letter in the interests of the foreira com
and the Cotton Truta" a distinct advance in the
Hoping you will kind give insertion to this viting sabaariptions to the share carital has Let us consider these diffenities weparately. therefore now bonu issized. We have n› hésita. The current in the gorges the Chines bortmou paying to the depositor a thousand cons of chester man, it asys, are doing more good than day. tesy value then a thousand Merian dollars,thor ore perhaps aware of by taking the question for having been belplessly drank in the streets.
John Wanikon, KƐaman, was LƖso fined 50 cents
munity of this port, I remain, yours chadiently, tion in core mooling it to the native of my verona by dint of mate mumlar pore-the into their own hands, and trenting it as a dow
MAKE BAY WHILE THEulers, as affurfing the opportunity of soaring frstand post simple of our "primo morts" The 41 West Villa, Houskone. or the card instant the Io a recent issue our contemporary sys-mestic affair. Before they did this, they left it
Martin Lawler and Willian Ballard, 200men.
a sound and revonnerative investment. In the grestion now may be put: canewe take a stomator Wife of FINLAY Trauhast, of a Daughter.
first place thes Directorate is exceptionally stmur. propelled by paddle wheels, or serową, with lig 340"This ply has been open to attack during in the hands of theoretic neonomists and bankers, were each fued 75 cents for drunkenness and
Amoy, 19th July, 1888,
as it constats entirely of gentlemen of largə fa- assistance ci a submaged oable in places. if the last six months, but has not been op that of ection manufacturers. The sanomist
who point of view was entirely different from disorderly conduct at the Sailors' Home."
|social and planting experieneo in the mast, and necessary, where the Chiness boatman take their posed; while, on the other hand, bankers of handled it simply as requinted stealing twe bangles from the person of a child
it would have boon impossible to get together a junks, by manual labour, tugging at the end of Li Un, a boy of about 16, was convicted of
beard better qualified in every way to manage a bamboo rope 5" leng bened experience, who thormighty theories and maxims of curmney anthoritise, named Chan Su on the 26th inst., and he was and be applies to it all the accumulated
the affairs of such a company, or in other words The general opinion is we can. Most people understand the technical phase of the ques But the cotton mauufacturer is not troubling sentenced to a flugging of twelve rattan strokes.
to comuusad the confidance of the investing soept this supposition as a hypotheds in the public, Then, for obvious raw the cardiganssion of this subject. I do not, is the tion, has given their adhesion to it." Linwelf about currency: he thinks that if a G-
The new Governor of Macho, Sr Cesta, is ex-pady has been able to make a good bargain with golden ruls with engineera is never take ang- However this may be, it is to be hoped ourlocarerament is good for anything at all. it should Leung à Ngov, scolio, was sent to gaol for a peoted here on or about the 8th August be the it for purchness. The old Oriental Bank low sodearons to show some of the advantaros in the official liquidator for the "quants saloted by thing for granted" I sbell, however, simply be able to regulate the coin of the realm. The fortnight for stealing a frying pan from a work- We understand that the subject of a British Chamber of Commerce will not found pinch he feels is in quite another place. His men's shed at Mong Kok Tani on the 25th inst text outward French mai, and Major Souza is its doors rather more than two years ago, and faveur Da steamer making the passage to dollar is again engaging the attention of the Mexican dollar is wall established as the East notably in aer Trdian Empire, thers the rules of 320, the property of sa sotor named here same time this waak for Hongkong to attend enfen, ten, and winchom extates in Carlon 1859, says in bis report. As far as my experi
The business is to manufactura cotton gonda for the be coinage of an inferior dollar.
Tu Aebing and an Abing wors charged with going on behalf of the Government, to Hongkongs that time it hold margadas no other Chungclog. Lleutenant Dawano, who surveyşi Chamber of Commerce on the invitation of standard of value in the Far Es, and to go cotton factories tarving out gonds like his and Chan Tak Un on the ith inst.
East, which he is paid for in rupees. In the stealing a box containing clothing and motay to to receive the Governor. H.E. Sr. Raza will leave liens oras a considerable number of sarar, the river between falang and Kusi-chou Fu is
and Mauritius, for the up-beap of bish it on tho a per part of the river aburo below the stand sed would he as disastrous selling them also for rupees. They are his com
to his private affairs and then rotaro bere in was ablately escortial to provide funds out of Icheng extends, the death of water is not scarcity of Mexican dollars, and the same Hongkong Mint. Moreover, it would in destroyed faircompetition in all rape-using 10
as goine above it proved in the base of the/petitors, and he has no objection to air com- box of clothing to the Tung Hing Theatre, and before he isras he will give orders for the work to do this was immediately obtained from the goar, as there was seldom less than ten fathorns." The Art oefondant was ongaged to carry the time to receive his sucus. We trust that the itqnidated assets of the bank, and authority moulty to ba appeahended, at any time of the petition with them; but this silver question has he slipped off with it. When arrested he said trodnes the inconvenience of a variation in
the second defendant had the bor.
of clearing the harbour to be commenced. The Bet, at the same time, it was closely no part of question of power, to overcome the resistan
Court of Chancery by Mr. Woltan as liquidator. Propelling o vessel galust the current is simply The fizal defendant was sentenced to fifteen over in 220 to be of good behariour for twelve the work should be delayed, and His Excellency coms & sugar and caffe planter, and, thereforo.sistance mathematically represented by a months.
well knows it is one of pressing necassity. he was naturally desirous of finding moans to rurging co-efficient of resistance for differnat Unfortunately our excellent Colonial Secretary realise the estates, and claims apon estates, which water uses, multiplied by the area of the largest ment ons. The difficulty at Sigon has The U. 3. corvette Alert (4), Commander Bar-cashire manufacturse it is worth only 1a. 5d. or boiling and preparing opian without a permis consequence of his health not being good. Heavor, that during tlus last for years the staple offered by a square-ended vessel (say a junk), as
To Tes Yau, junkmaster, was fired SIU for Br. do Menezes is also about to proceed home in formed so erosiderable an iom in the assols immersed cross-section lu feat.
placed at his disposal. Everyone knows, how. Taking the co-sficient value of the resistance bean promotie met by the issue of a French day, left Yokohama on the 15th instant for Sax Is. 6d, because ho has to convert it into sovereigns frora the Opium Fartner on the 25th inst
at that ruinous rate of exchange and pay all his dollar coined at the Paris int, and sued
Aro, barber, in default of paying a similar as strendy sent in is resignation. He will bear indastrice, both of Ceylon and Mauritius, hare eas co-efficient of resistance of a modern stasmar debta in sovereigns. This is a very grace ques-fine for unlicensed posession of the drug, was with him the good wishes of his friends here for been passing through a crisis of unparalleled constructed on wave lines with her bow linss he by the Banque de l'Indo-Chins, in concert
tion, hat it is ons of trade rather than of cur- sent to guol fer six reaks with the Ministry of Finance. From the leat
rency. The currency-mongers have thrown ne
his speedy restoration to health. He has a severity, and for a while it was imposible to ing a part of vorad sines and her stern lines Cheng laut, colis; Li Sing Ki, hawker; and himself very popular in the short time ho as properties, especially of the extent in question, and its proportion of bow and stern lines.
secure purchasers for either snrat ne coffee cycloidal, varias with the wave line of the resul light on it whatever, and nevar will while they Shia Awo, acok; were charged with possession of report of the Bank named we gather that
look at it caly from the cureaney point of view. about 130 taels of prepared opinm without a par
exempt at a rair.ons sacrifice, and hence it w The co-efficient values in the following`ozam. the initiative in the matter cime from that
that is what the Mauchester bi-metallists are now It has to be hailed as a tra question, and mit from the Opion Farmer on the 26th inst His Excellency the Governor bas given por doomed advisable to maintain those in the ples are institution, which, presumably, expects to
doing.
The dosedante ware stopped by aroine officers mission to Mr. Chaag Kong-sang to establish a hands of the liquidator in a state of efficiency, Vessel Square-ended 1 go-ef. of R. make a profit by the business, but seeing
near the P. and U. wharf on the Praya West as large trocracker factory somewhere in Coelho polley has been fully justidad be ita rantts, for and await the advent of better times. This wiso
Wave line 6 to 111 of R. they landad from a page boat just arrived that the new coin is of higher intrinsic vaine
The repart of the Banque de l'indo-Chino for from Sam Shui Po. The third defendant way
10, 1028 of 1. do Amaral street, and propor conditions were the liquidator's books prove that notwithstand-
The barso-power required to propól a square than the Mexican it is hardly likely to prove Adamson. Bell & Co that the Castle Lins the first months of the year, the demands for they wera seized the second defendant was found
We are inforzast by the Agents (lessrs. the circulation of notes payable to bearer daring to call to the other two to couts ashore. When souidents.
last year states that thara was a diminution in Soul to come ashers first, and after looking round, made with him to secure the prevention of ing the exceptioant depression in the proluce foot of flat-ended rossel through the water at markete, combined with adverse crop returns, the the ente of 10 knots an hour is 8.76 Lorse-power. a success, unless it can command a premiz steamer Flamis Castle, teos London, left Siagu-repayment of the botes having coma on the one to be carrying prepared opium slung in bladders inserted inviting applications for a teacher and a working in the interval, and, therfore, it is only horsepower, for a steamer with wave-line 10 to In the last issue of the Boletim notices were has salested, bars realized a fair profit on their with a Face line 5 to 1 would be decimal 963 estates, or at least such of them as the company The horse-power required to propal s steamer over the Mexican, which is improbable, pore for this port last night.
band from the Treasury of Contin-China, which round bis waist, god the first a quantity in some seeing that the Hongkong dollar failed on
drew on the Bank for its cash requiremonts in The Agent informs us that the P. M. stastner Tonquia; and on the other hand from the Engr feudact was heard to tell the other two not to 300,000 Rais aach. Tam afraid it is only threy. more remunerative in the future. They hava, which is about 1-35ta of the power nasury to tins under the back of his crat. The third desoboolmistress for Timor at a yearly salary of reasonable to assume that they will prove stat would only require decima 245 horsepower, this point. The report, however, states that City of Rio de Janeiro, with dates from San lie anke, which wanted Mexicar dollars to sard In consequence of the withdrawal of silver Francisco to the lat instant, has arrived at Foto China in view of the Chinese Government
say anything abort kim.
ing money away to engage persons on such a pit boon to a large extent substituted for coffee me Ara of cross sention iromered.
in fact, saw boogno marketable, for tes has tow or propel a square ended vessel with the ahove alluded to the Bink had hed to make | kohama, and will sail for this port to-day.
The first and second defendants said they were Ioans. Notos were also Landed in to be washed maroly engaged to carry the opium; the bird face as this, equal to something like $30 per on the Ceylon estates, and the new product Frequent shipments in Sugon of Mexican The Vloeroy of the Two Kwang has received to stall oxtant by Annemis. To meet these denied all knowledge of it or of the other two atli. Is it Tikely that any ustad tehory has proved a triumphant saccess, whilst in navigable river is much greater than the pean Furthermore, wo know the surface-velocity of demands the Bank had, often under ourous con- s telegram trou Peking stating that the Em-ditions, to make frequent shipmedis of Mexican dolara. "under conditions often onerous, peror will assume the Government on the 15th
will consent to bury themselves in a place like Mauritius a redaction of 25 per cent in the velocity. Allowing the surface velocity of the and hence the decision to issue the new ento, day of the Lat moon of the next Chiness year; strike of French dollars.
dollars.
It was therefore determined to The first and second defendante were fined Timer for such a consideration? If the Govora working expenses renders sugar growing thare Yangtze to be 8 miles an hour, the bottom vela- $50 each is default three mouth hard labour, ment do fiad persons to take the posts they are are now current. Nevertheless, the sante is would be 5.6 miles, which would be in favour of a profitable enterprise evan at lower prices than ity would be 3.3 miles, and the mean valosity abh in same w17 is expected to be less ie, the 7th February, 1887.
The portion and the third $500 or three meats. All three of the report roferring to thesu *coins one so the shipment of Mexican
were committed to gaol.
not likely to secure capable instructors, sad ua-Auences operate to render Mr. Walton anxious the deeper immered vessel which is the steamAT. The Japan Mail says that the captain of the has already been published. In accordance dollara. Ia considering the coining of a n+ Nippon Yneen Kaishi steamer Susuna Maru, with the request of the French Govern-
COUNTERPAIT COINS.
Jess they get efficient persons the money will to reallas, and, therefore, as we have aid, the When the river was high, a scrow steamer would Britian dollar, however, we have the lessons the 10th ultion, was recently examined bafora Haiphong on the 1st April, 1885, and the move.attoring a counterfeit coin on the 25th inst
company has been abis to negotiste with him on Fong Atang, Macksmith, was charged with simply be wasted.. which was wrecked off Namerigawa, Kazusa, da ment a branch of the Bank was opened at
more suitable for the narigation than a stern advantageous terras. The gaubual Tamara la I am tok, shortly to
wheel boat. of the pus to goides and can avoid the Marine Court of Jugulry at Tokyo and found ment during the remaining nine months of the
Tho defendant went to the Lai Un opium receive new boilers and a thorough overheid. June, 1825, and they consist of abat 10,000 hores, other difficulties.
The Ceylon estates will be faken over on 30th I-shall now make a few remarks upon the the pitfall which wrecked the Hongkong guilty of committing an error of judgweat in the year amourled to 7.525.993 fr., which is consi-hop on the 24th and tendered a dollar in pay: She will leave here for Hongkong for that pur: in all, incleding about 9,000 anos urine teme of
ment for some opiam, and the coin being found
Wher the river is low, and the rapids exist Mint. As to the existing currency, as he discharge of bis daty. His vertificate was ausdored very satisfactory for a commencement. Straits Times remarka-"At present, fer
The report, on this subjost, proceeds to be sad, it was returned to him. The next poss some time next month, and it is expoated which a considerable portion is now in bearing, and rocks are exposed, or dangerously near the The Moose Fish Farro was, according to the combur had already reached 1,874,000 fr, the tendered a doller in payment, which was also two months. The gunboat Rio Liza has just rears it may be taken for granted that they will as Lient. Dawson says in his report, "A thorough circulation of our notes, which on the 31st De-day he came for opium again, and once more she will be absent, undergoing repair, for ahonthey are emphatically progressive properties, surface, this would be by far the most dangerous wirrent dollars, the culsoy bas almost wholly Independente, leased for $14,210 per annum on facross in the deposits without interest- and found to be a bad one. He was then givan loto completed her repairs, and she will take the place field very hantsome rebarns in the future.
aud as they show a profit during the last tw sud anxious time for navigatues until at least, to depend upon Mexico, a State ptorious the 24th instant to Mr. Antonio José da Fone in the cash movement, and the transactions mustody.
detailed survey is made, and the changes of the For her unsettled condition, and upon Japan, secs. This is the secord farm, if we mistake which seem to bo establishing themselves becoin was sad, was bound over in his own re-
The defendant, who said he did not know the of the Tumega kere daring this wook.
The Mauritius estates aggregate about 11.000 vicur at the different seasons watched and notol without no neeurity whatever that the amphuing the Wei-sing Farm to Mr. 31. A. Jos Re-believe that there exist in Tonquin import-cognisinpes of 250 to be of good behaviour for General of 1,317,500 Reis for a public drain. Onrquipped sugar plantations in the colony, capable beads in the winter months, when the river is
pot, leased to a Fortagnese lately, the first tween our new colony and China loud us to
Another grant has been made to the Surveyor. eres, and comprise some of the finest and best be competent persons. Sucha survey could only ply will be adequately kept up either in medios. In former days all the monopolies used aut sources of business to which the pacifier month.
of producing about 8,000 tons of mugar por an at its lowast." The rocks are obstacles we know drains are all more or less in a horrible condi aum. The directors are confident that these also how to remove, but it might happen that, at oor- quantity or quality. The result is not only to be in the hands of the Chinese,
tion of the country will not fail to give a con- Kwok Afan, described as a gambler, wetion, and have long wanted attention. Br. Horta can be pronatly worked, and though the com- siderable impulse. Together with these faots charged with a similar offence.
tain times of the your; owing to the shallowuss that Britain loses in influence and solid ad. A writer in Truth, describing the London the Chinese immigration into Tonquin, which I The defendant went to the Fak Shang pawn. † is the right man for the work, and I trust te paxy will not in all casen obtain orclucivo pass the water over some of the rapids, navigation vantages arising from not having coin of Picture Galleries, sers that the show at the Con has been important for some timo past, seems to shop and endeavoured to redeem some articles will do it thoroughly and improve existing ones ment, and even if the right of redemption should conld not last long.
sion of than it will core control of the manage would be altogather stopped. This, however, her own circalating in this part of the world;tinental Gallery in New Bond Street includes a be, in that country, a sign of prosperity, which plodged there, to do which ha tendered a counter as well as contruct the proposed new drain. I in some instans be grurgised hornsfer the com but also that the Mexicans are dearer, more Us Soavenie de Tonkin "-- pile of grinning less than a year nestly $500 Chinese, mostly he had done so.tim
horrible pictars by M. René Vauquelia, entitled out not be overlooked. It is estimated that in feit dollar. It was said this was the third time
During the low water period, stern-wlicel ves- am sure it is amoreyiwe have escaped epidemics, pany would necessarily be paid its claims in fall sel might be suitable. Altimagh I am aware badly minted, and more open to counter akulls, to some of which part of the ich still merchants, have arrived to establish themselveste huare in the stocks.
Sentenced to tres montis, bard labsar and for some of the drains smell fearfully, especially at a considerable proat on the purchase.
that stern-wheel alsamers can be constructed to feiting than a Britisk dollar would be." Berry, the author, according to the artist's view, of Cochin-China this Chisses population mast adbores, stesented by the head of M. Jules in the delts. If we consider the circumstances
The liquidator has stipulated in his agreement sted 18 miles an hour, they have no advantage with the company for the retention of a consider- Beside the actual money gain or less on a
I am glad to ssy the Government havo at Isstable interest in the extates, inaumuok as hart of
over screw steamers, unless where the water is of the Tonquin fasou.
serve, during the period of installation at least, Pang Ling, owser of the Wing Tai steam-recognised the desirability of establishing an ofthe parchase consideration is taken in fully es
very shallow. Stern-whoël vessels are noé nével- corrency there is the question of prostige, According to the fiji Shimpo, a saw of you the ecosary intermediary between the French launch, was summoned by A. P. 8. Harkin on a
The first practical steam-bost use a and considering that three-quarters of the 58,000 has been remitted to their families at home merchants and the native cultivators. On the charge of allowing his Isuzuh to ply in the bar for the registration of births, marriages, and paid ordinary shares, and this shows his mistern-wheel-bout built for Lord Dandas in 1801, total Foreign trade of Obina is with Grest by 1,180 Japanese ouigrants to Hawaii, who left other hand it must not be forgotten that the boar without a certificated master, contrary to deaths. This Department ought to have beenfidence in the future of the undertaking. The and named the Charlotte Dundas. She was used established many redrs ago, but better late than is payable in wash, inaking the total prion, plate sucess. The Charlotte Dantas had one {amount so payable is £106.866, whilst £152,900 sa tag on the Forth and Clyde Canal with com- Britain and her possessions, it is certainly Japan in January and June last year. Those port of rice to China, whish, as in Cochin-China, Ori, 8 of 1870
from Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, and Kumamoto is no doubt destined to become one of the pris The defendant admitted the offence, and he never.
£259,626. The capital of the company is 566,700, dis wheel woar the stern, driven by a direct remarkable that we should not ourselves Prefectures are said to be the most saving, and cipal elementa of businus in Tougao, it has was fired $20, which be paid.
The Salt Fish monopoly was put up to auction divided into 60,000 7 per cent. camalative pre-acting burizontal engine, with a connecting rod supply a coin for the conduct of this exten-in applications for permission to go to the Sand-in consequence of the want of security which the in thous Prefectures any people have since sent not yet been possible to regularly establish sive trade instead of being dependent upon wich Islands at their own expense.
Lau Akuro, coole, was charged first with dress on Saturday, when there was a lively compoti-ference shares of £5 each out 286,700 ordinary and crank. The arrangement of her mechanism agrienltural population of the interior has hithering a pig in a place other than the Slaughter tion, the farm being finally knocked down to invited for the whole of the former and 120,000, at the present day" (Bonkine). Submerged shares of £l sach, and subscriptions are now was such as would be considered creditable a country like Mexico. The authoritiee
te laboured under. When the nativo cultivatore House, and secondly with having in his passion Mr. Fonseca for $14110 per annum for a term of the latter The large shareholders in the de salles for towing on, suck me are wand on home are, however, scarcely likely to the Police Court yesterday afternoon, n the predious, reap their crops, they will not be
Charg Achi was before Mr. Mackson again at isel steurel that they can, without fear of de- the carcase of a pigia soundition unfit for hu- of three years. This is an increase of $4.110 fanct Oriontal Bank Corporation will danbiloes the Danube between Pressburg and Vinna,
sown food. be influenced by a sentimental view of oharge of piracy, murder, &c., within the juris fong in giving great extension to the cultiva
over the old rental. The Government are to be avail themselves of the opportunity now afforded and on the the between Awesig and Han Inspector Quincy stated that on the 34th he congratulated on the i-rrvas gained, and some them, by subscribing to the share capital of this burg might be of great assistance at the hae now got as far as his third witness for the pro-Kaited to their personal nesa in the Erst place is whether a British socation, and the whole afternoon was taksa up promulgation of the decree authorising the ex-
Lastly, the and in thekitchen he saw the defendant with the
have sustained in their former holdings, whilst themselves, carcass of a pig gut in two. He knew the pig and doable the man given if properly managed. It the genersi pablis will also be glad to secure propeller. The chain cable between Pressburg the same time by means of their dollar could be coined on such terms as the crew of Use junk the prisoner is aleged to obstads to the development of the cultivation. conses. In baoke he found the pig's antrails farmer will succeed in marrying out his threate
in examining him. He was another member of port of rioo from Tonquin has removed the last not been glaughtered, but had died from antaral romains, however, to be sou whether the old af and promising investment.—Investora" and Vispa is laid in lengths of 100 fost, connect- to mrke headway in competition with the hare attacked in this case, and ke gare evidence As to the European houses established in. Ton- and also a butcher's knife, he also found a store He has rowed he will withdraw all his fabing
Guardian.
ed with shackles. The weight of the otsin is 24 Mexican Some months ago the subject was, which in the main was corroborativa of that quin, the uncertainty which arists as to the point such as could be commonly found in slaughter exhaustively treated by the Singapore Times, given by the first two wire. The first on the cost which will definitively be selected as houses. Witness considered that the pig was junke-over 200 in number--and the shopkeepers of Karaia" and Faoteris Buddhism", which barges loaded with a thousand tons of cargo. If The new novel by Mr. A. P. Stonett (author | kid down in the river. The Danuba taga tow & against the priscaur apne his rearst thus the principal port in anak sa to prevent the com- naft for human food. the writer cf the articles being evidently, bows some sigzie of progress, and if all continues pletion of the extablishment of those houses or
have alas promiaad to move to a new place, but has been already announced as in preparation, i were impracticable or incourexiest to attach The defendant said he was going to eat the I have confidence that the new Farms will be published immediately. It will be called hauling drame to the steamers themselves, ope au expert. The failure of the Hongkong to go smoothly the end of the case for the pro far reaching enterprises. There is reason to caroses himself.
secution wil aven-ho-seen. There are various hope that this question will abortly be settled: Mint was thus explained: The Banke other cases against the prisoner, but possibly the local trade demands with one voice that it labour. Also sox haars' pubbe expoms in the men and junks ready for business by September.play a large port, though the scans is laid in These tags might be proiltably employed in Fined $200, or in default six months' hard made his arrangements, and will have his own story in which hosmerism and psychic attributes cipal rapide to asist steamers at those points. Uafted," sad will be in two volumes. It is a cisl towing tega might be stationed at the prir. naturally buy their coin in the cheapest they will not be proceeded with.
stocki
The Government made fair pouditions befors English society of the present day.
rendering assistance to native boats. It ist be
ments in Tonquin in eonnection with the war, and (2) to meet the Chiuean Govern.
at
Francisco.
The French frigate Turenne (14), Captain Dupuis, left Yokohama on the evening of the 12th instant for Hakodate.
The members of Chiarinia Cirous and Mena gorio arrived in Yokohama on the morning of from Shanghai, the 15th inst, by the steamer Yokohama Maru
pended for six months.
Refendants.
OPIUM CAS39.
BREACH OF HARBQUE” XEGULATIONS.
INWHOLDCOME MEAT.
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the question, and the point to be decided/diation of the Emperor of China. Mr. Caldwell tion of rloe, which ap to the present has been want to the georind floor of No. 28, Market-straideanta believe the movpoly to be worth company, of resouping a part of the losees they rapids, especially to vessels that could assist
| mhall be,”
tons per mile, and the cost of it was £50 a mile