CANTON
FROM A CORRESPONDENT
29 April IE. tho Viceroy and HE. the new Gorer- nor, Wa Ta ching, returned from thele toar or inspection of the fortifications and sabunting do.
THE DAILY PRESS, TUESDAT, APRIL 2018, 1987.
AND KOREA.
A Monkden correspondent of the Dazly News writea:-
the sentimental argument as to the increase of this has been heard of for year; without regult. | HISTORICAL RELATIONS OF CHINA influence which will acorno from, Beitish dollar. Is it not possible for the United States to make. Prestige is a valuable thing no doubt, but when such terms with these: Oriental countries for é discussing a basiness project it is will to keepTrade Dollar that will circulato freely in Japan, Loisar 02-400timent.--.
China, India, the Straits and the United States, 1 cannot bat think that some misapprehension and by the means of such international monetary must have existed in the minds of the speakersystem secure and central's larger proportion of at the Legislative Cennail an to the relative cost the commaeros of those countries! Had the 4123 of the proposed now British dollar and its most grain Dollur besa raised to 120 graine, with free fenoss at the Canton Rivor this afternoon. formidable zival the Maxion. I steel to be usinage, something of the kind might be brought
Their Excellencies left their sens lost Soo-to for granted that the latter is always at a about, day in the gunboats Frag-chno-Ariana An-asant proinfnm over what is known as ita pot valme The increase in the Silver shipments hence ta proceeded direct to the outer defensive works at the... for matting. I do not dispato that as Asia in the past few years is believed to be the times the Mexican bas boyu forced to abnormally rammit of a better understanding of the advant Bogus Forts. Or that night the largo electric high rates, but this has born due to axeptional ages of San Francisco as a shipping point, in nesrob light of 36,000 (thirty-six bhoonátul) exhdio cases, which have Roas passed away. I may genuention with somas concessions in the way of power, which was erected by Mr. J. A. Beit, lake the praszat as a fair example of the differ. handling this kind of freight. The destinations C.E., some three years since to guard his anence that exists, despite the fact of the still un to which the ane Sürer and Maxiosa Dollars marine mining - Holds, was brought into ase supplied French demand for Indo-Chin, which were cleared fram this port in 1896 were as fol.
keeps the pries of Maricars high. It may be lows:-
· and throw a brilliant beam of light on the fleetssamed that a coin cannot be struck at a less until 1... much to the gratification of H. E, the Viceroy.
On Monday and Tuesday their Excellencies were inspecting the various forte and gas at the Bogue, and some very fain target practice was made with the big Krupp gina..
cost thar 14 per cent. fur miuting clarges aud lose of interest. The opinion of all who have studiod the question is that it sonli not be done at a lower rate than this. I will take the pries of bar silver as, say, 4. porunce This rate would give the proposed new dollar en intrinsie calue of 45.125 per ounce, Add to this tho 14 par cout, seigarage and loss of interest .875, and the cost of the proposed dollar would be
Fino Markarfi Sitvur, Dollars. $2,050,160 $7,090,409 833,258 91,504 890,900 195,000
Hongkong.
-Yokohama Kingo....
1603030
7,293,100
Robe
Bolay. Caloutte FOLL Singapore. Shanghai
€0,000 1,037,799 conco 95,100 Total....... $7,702,771 89,200,725
palte
joy
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGEN OF
Monday, 25th April. EXPORT CARGOEN,
Per British barque Ene sailed on the 20th April For Londoa-1,500 boxes cassia lignes, 8,000 packages broken caasia, 200) piolagus-pré orvos, 129 packages Bro crackers, 100 packages canes 30 boxes amsantia! cil, 220 rolls mat-ing. 24 hain fibre, 128 packages sundries and sundry Government stores.
UPTUN.
3525 per pisul, allce. of
1 to 2 catties. ..8530 per ploul, allos, of $2 to 3 catties.
bine. By these mens my family will be put Patna (New)5545
in order and a reformation of manner hogun Bauares New
$560 per pisal, alios ef
12 to 3 eatties.
par chest.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE OR TO LET.
THE Property known as THE CLIFFS"
near Mount Gonga-the Peak Apply to
ADAMS & JORDAN. Hongkong, 24th February 1887.
FOR SALE.
Hongkong, 26th February, 1887.
1418
MAILS EXPECTED.
TIN INDIAN MAIL..
Tlíu straws Avinteon Aptar, with the India d. left Singapura on the 20th, and is dus here on the 27th instant,
THE AMERICAN MAIL.
Thu 0.0.stesnior Belgic, with the Amerionet mail of the 2nd April, left Yokohama on the
THE FRENCH MAIL.
[433 The M. M. steamer Saykalien, with the French
mail of the 25th Marek, loft Singapore at noon
on the 23rd, and may be expected here on or
JUST RECEIVED.
YUARANTEED the very beat Quality | about the 30th instant.
GABANTERN EVERY GIN
of One Dozen cr lees, White Crystal Glass
Bottles, Kay Beană."
STEAMERS EXPECTED.
The 0. S. . Co.'s atcomer. Waveus lati
Also GENEVER in Stone Bottles and Bitgapore on the 20th, and is due here on the POMERANZEN BITTERS.
GUNS, RIFLES, REVOLVERS, CART- RIDGES, SHOT, bo,, to., 40,
26th insmat
The O. S. 3. Co.'s steamer Anchiess laft -Singapore on-the-20th, sad is due-here-on-the
The RISING HOPE SHG TOBAOÇO from [28th instant. Nelle, (Rotterdam.)
J. F. SCHEFFER, 1461
21, 23, Fottinger Street, FOR SALE.
The Glen Lino steamer Glenogle left Singa- pore on the 21st, and is dae here on the 20th instant.
The D.D. Rhosaner' Nishe left Singapore
CHAMPAGNE "MONOPOLE at 5 pm. on the 22nd and is due hero on or about
In connexion with the question of Korea's relationship to Olins the following top of a potition forwarded in 1000 by the King of Koraz Kanghi, and taken the writings of a prisat then high in fasglu skir, may at prove mainteresting, syn sgp from the little
Fer Norwegian bark Professor Mohn, esiled. Cai be un ou application at the 80th instant.
Collotion of about 400 UNPOLISHED 3rd, and may be expected here on or aboub on the 1st April-For "Now Tork-8125 ray light it casts into the royal ways of Korea's
This potition is presented by the King of packages Bro sraokers, 1,364 rolle mating, 1,051 the Ofiles of this Taper Chaneyen (sic) with a design to settle his family packages rattan reods, 400 casos cassia buds, 377 and show the desires of his people. I your hales fides, 371 plakages oasis, 125 0185 0266. Sabject, mama anaonget the unfortunate, tial oil, 237 bates braide, 210 cases gallnuts, 123 I had a son by a concubine whom I thereupon shinaware, 20 cases paper, 21 packages enuos, 15 Kas long without an belg till at last te my great packages rattans, 50 packages proserros, 48 cases axalted. But from thía falsa stop at my aulap oazen joas-áticks, and 73 passages utorohandise piness springa. I obtigna ovon Min Shi to retire
Por steamship Ballerophon, sailed on the 23rd had made Chang-Shi quesù in her stead, of April:-For London—79,512 lbs. congou taa, which I then laformed Your Majesty. But bales oзnes, and 100 casks ginger. From Koke now I reft that Min Shi was created queen-78 half-obozie taa. From Yokobama-20 bales by Tour Majesty, that she has governed my waste silk, for Now York, and 2 cases curios. family, asistet me in snorifinos, waited upon the queen ny great-grandmother, and the queen. my mother, and mourned with a three years, I Quntations sto Or Wednesday a naval review was held on
aught therefore i have trested her honourably. Now Kalwa..
But I giolied to my imprudence for which I the second bar, in which the torpedo boata assist-458d.. as against a carat price for Mezier!
am at present extremely concerned. Now to Old Malwa.... ed. On Thursday the Forts at Whampoa wors dollars of 45-8750. This represents a difaranno It is possible that these shipments went to other somply with the desire of my people, I intend to visited, and an extensive display of submarine of something less than 3/16 per cent, whilst it destinations than those for which they were restore Min Shi to her former dignity and again Older Malms
the temporary case for the present somewhat cleared from this port. The only other fins. Silto Taduce Chang Shi to the condition of a cou mining under the charge of Mr. Betts witnessed. high price of Mexicans was withdrawn, the rer shipments from San Francisco is 1856 were Mines of 250 lbs. of gunpotten och and one of alender margin would be raore than swept away $39,947 to New York and $5,169 to Centra 300 lbs. of dynamite-nine in all-were exploded I will suppose, too, that the existing coins are America A shipment of $2,253 in Mexican by signal from the Pong-chao-hoi, and medo a sadden astra demand for curreany in the Straits F the first table. San Francisco is favourably geared the title of my ancestora, yet have served ON LONDON.-
demonetised. What would be the result of a Dollars to Honolulu is included in the total in really splendid show, as in some cases a column of With a dellar only minted in London (or Eng. situated for controlling the bulk of the Silver water at least 300 feet in height was thrown up. land) someone would be caught," and it is trade with the markets named above. There is On Friday tão Torpedo Department sud Tor-possible that a very severe preveure for money a large amount of Rilver at our control, and we pedo School was, cusp, and various interesting might be eraniad, whilst no lief could be ab- have the advantages the shortest and quickest fained nearer than London Chias and Japan route to the, great sonraming markets of the electrical experiments were carried out by life.wnld not be spoilatie, as they are at present, world. If carriers and Lasurers will only faraieb Betts and his students, A. fleet of about 100 To obrists such a risk, do the Government of proper concessious, this trado might be still jone hundred) natiro war jauks next went the Straits Settlements proposes to release their further enlarged. through their grotesque drill, which, to say the reserves, now invested in interest-bearing seon- least, is most stansing. The tone was finished rities, and hold a stock of the new dollars
by an inspection of the Mucho Forts near Canton on Saturday.
His Excellency the Vicoroy has announced his it appears to be distinctly of a vitregado cha- In the Britisk North Borneo Herald of the let pleasure at the succofnt manner in which the racter-erade in design, and presenting many iustaut, there are published two letters to the diffinities which the superücil and juperfect Editor of that paper, eas from Dr. Laya, the ad- work was carried out, and promised to into re-manner in which it has been discussed has not ministrator of Labuan, and the other from. Mr. wards to the collines and sailors of the different fully developed.
In their eagerness on the Everett, the agant at Labuan for the Sarawak departmente.
subject Singaporenus have overshot their mark, Gorernment. The paragraph referred to was to If they had stopped short of the demonetisation the effect that it was reported on good authority of axisting coins, there would have been little that. Rajab Brooke in conjunction with Gow thousand taels of alvor and for three yours A BRITISH TRADE DOLLAR. criticism to oe offered. The feeling seems to be vernor Leyk was making efforts to obtain from
that the Government should untion a per- the British Government the control of Labo The correspondent of a Manchester papermissive dollar that is a British dollar should To this statement Dr. Leys and Mr. Everett
be created, and nayeas who chose steald be at demar respectively in the following terms ---- liberty to buy silver and take it to news outab líshmont to be solned into a British dollar, which
against nach sudden demand? I imagine not. In whatever way the aches as propagala by The Legislative Council at Singapore is viewać,
writes:Many of your readers will be aware that more than twenty years ago, after a full discussion of the subject, the Government of Hongkong established a Mint, chiefly for the would circulate on an equal footing with aziating media. When it paid a lark--by reasons of å
LABUAN AND SARAWAK. ·
TO THE EDITOR "BRITISH NORTH BOR
HERALD."
in my kingdom. I, your subject, though
by my ignorance and stupidity I have dia
your majesty those twenty years and all that I an I owe to your goodness whiob, like heaven. shields and defends me. There is no affair whether public or priests that I concoal from Majesty two or thee times bout this affair. I yon which maker ina presxma to solicit Yoge an indeed ashamed to transgress the bounda of my daty, but as the rasttor concierna my family and i agreeable to the wishes of my people I thought I might without breach of respect lay it before Your Majesty.
The tribunal of Caremonies to when this petition was referred were of opinion, that ought to be complied with and ambags- dore were sent to orvate the quean with the asual formalities. But the petition which the King at mert your to the Emperor being wanting samarhat in polat of respect the same tribanal consumed him to pay a fine of
allowed him no return for the annual tribute.
Thus the old writer. We are aware that the
son or youth chosen by the Korean King as bir ancresior never got the title of Heir Apparent till sanctioned in Peking, and the Heir Apparent on the death of the King could not assume the title of King till corferred with the proper ment shows, the title of green was subject to the seremonies, from Peking. As the abors doon.
Sir,--My attention has, today, been directed purpose of coining a British dollar, but also for bigà premium on Mexicans-to have British to a short leading article, boaded “Labuan,” în supplying subsidiary coinage for the colong. Iollars misted, they would take their silver in, your issuo of this mouth, in which you secass same conditions.
was hoped by the promoters of the scheme that the new and better finished dollar would supply At all times they would bay their coins in theme of acting with partiality in my official capa-
The natural affect of the city, if not of something worse. cheapest market.
OLLA PODRIDA,
A German elomist bas írvaated a new kind
495 to 34974
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The B. & A. steamier Tannadice Joft Port MONOPOLE RED SEAL (medium dry). Darwin on the 21st, and is due here on the 30th
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GOLD FOIL (dry).
de.
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HARES.
.713 (72)
OF CALCETT
ON SHANGHAI—
Quotations are Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Shares-142
per cent. pramfum. Union Insurance Society of Canton, Limited- China Traders Insurance Company's Shacos—
$30 per share.
266 per share.
North China Insurance-Tl. 285 par share.
share.
Yangtze Insurance Association-Ti. 114 per Thiness Insurance Company, Límited-$30 per
share, ex. div. On Tai Insuranos Company, Limited-Tis. 143
pur shara Canton Insurance Office, Limited-475 per Hongkong Fire Insurance Company's Shares→→
share.
A Large Ascortmeat of Now Satan other Ware, Bronzes; Tea Services, Screens, &c.
New and Sround-hand FURNITURE at. Lowest Prices..
NOW ON SALE.
28
THE HOUSEHOLD COMPANIONS, AND STUDENT'S FIRST ASSISTANCE, Dy Dr. DEYAN, With many Additions, Corrections, and Dr. WILLIAMS' Orthography.
PRICE
In Paper Wrapper........ Neatly Bound
Apply at the Daily Press Office.
H
I M TAI,
COAL MERCHANT, has always on hand
$1.50
$2.00
.
LARGE STOCKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
0-0 AL For Sale at A MODERATE PRICE,
No. 85, PRAYA CENTRAL.
the placa of the Mexican, which, was so long the eation of a British dollar would be to cheapan Under the circumstances, I shall disregardi mediom of trade all through the Far East, from Ponnag to Yokohama The Mint opened its the Merican, far this is the only axedinta by the usual official reserve in much cases, and, with doors on 7th- Mag. 1966, but the experiment which Mexico u pay the debts she contracts in Four permission, raply, one of the simumstations" proved a dead failure. The ase dollar sin this country. If demonetisation is also indulged being that as your paper is owned by the Cont of mathetic outlet, which he urges will, if not sustain itself against the Mexican dellar, in, an incentire will curtainly be given to emagpuy, supervised by the Governor, or Govorn-brought in general negrastly diminish the which, though a plumsy, ill-tainted coin gling. By all means let as have a "permissive" ment Secretary, edited by British North Bornec horrors of war. The bullet is of a brittle sub- stance. Breaking directly when it comes in con had the advantage of being a cheaper article. British dollar. It is probable that snaj wonid Officers from the Governor downwards; and as We do not have to look far to see what secure the preferson at equal rates with the it is printed on the same page as the Govern. but with the object at which it is imed. It Mexican, but to attempt to foros is by fetitions maat Offnist Gazette anti with it ismad sa ne contains a powerfal anesthetic, proing in The Hong kong coin,specimen of which one would. I think, only end in failers and publication, your articles necessarily carry with stantaneously complete insensibility lasting for Chine Fire Insurans Company's Shares- DAVID CORSAR & SONS--
them an official weight which therwise they heart centiener, is not to be distinguished from 19 hours; which, except that the notion of the sionally still comes arom in Chica, of the siderable inconvenience to trade.
would not paSIO98, weight of 416 grains troy. 900 fas, squalling 374.1 grains of purs silver. Anybody was free
My reply is, that, as far as the remarks in death. While in this condition, the Gorman -to send silver to be coined at this rate, a signor
that article have references to me, there is not a chemist points sut, the bodies may be packed in ́age of 2 per cent being charged for the operation.
word of truth in them; and that they are not ambulanon waggons, and carried off-prisoners. partly, but wholly, without foundation.
was the cause of the failure.
A small quantity was sent in at first, not sufficiant
to pay expenses, and the reignorage was reduced
THE NILVER MARKET AND THE EAST
The San Francisco Bulletin has the following
I have little doabs but that your “good au- thority" largely responsible for the not intre quont misrepresentations regarding. Labuan and India and China bare long been known as the Branei matters which have appeared from time in, and after two years' experience the fight was
beat custerora for Silver on the globo, For to time in the Straits Timas.and other local pa. relinquished. What work the Mint had exsented mary tara toy base hour large bagers of pora, but which I have not hitherto felt called
to 1 per cent. in the hope of, attracting larger on the silver trade with India and China — amonats. Still, however, silver failed to soma
must be remembered that this session of the
I remain, Sir,
Yeurs very truly,
P. LEVE
Government Honae,
Labano, 7th March, 1887.
TO THE EDITOR “BRITIBA NORTH PORNSO HERALD."
$440 per sbare.
Ter share.
Straits Marins Tourance Company, Limited—
$30 non.
Straits Fire Insurance Company, Limited---
$20 o
Hongkong and Whampoa Dosk Company's
Shares-100 per cent, prem. Bonghong, Canton, and Manna Storboat Co.'s
Shures-$96 per cent. prem. Iade China Steam Navigation Co.'s Shares-
10 per cent. discount.
China and Manila Steamship Company, Limited
→30 per cont. discount, namins). Douglas Steamship Company, Limited-Par. Hongkong Gas Company's Shares--$125” per
share.
Hongkong Hotel Company's Shares--$200 per
sharə, saləs.
Chine Sugar Refining Company, Límited—8179
per share, sellers. Tazon Sugar Befatag Company, Limited-$63
per share sellers.
Hongkong Lee Company's Share $52 per
-share, ar diy, Bales.
Hongkong and China Bakery Company, Limited
-8110 per share, or dír
Porak Tin Mining and Swelting Company
-$20 share.
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CANVAS.
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-The Postal Guide for 1886, revised to deta will be found in the Daily Press Directory, p.38 large edition. p. 701 small edition. Th is the only antherised complete Summary of Postal information published'in Hongkong.
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Day of Departura. Noor.-Money Order Often clɔsas: - 2.00 PM Registry of Letters ceases.
ing of all printed matter and palterra versos. 3.00 PM-Maile closed, except for Late Letters. 317 P.Matters taay be posted with late for
of 10 penis until
Post-
Panjom and Banghie Dra Samantan Mining HENGLISH AND CHINESE 3.39 P.Mwhen the Past Olice closes entirely.
An ominent physician in Chicago, Dr M. H. Lookerstein, has written a paper giving quay ceant of a very remarkable mase, showing the efects of pisco-glycerino in rozuscitating life. The patient was a woman who sank rapidly, and to all apparues ded. No notion of the heart was well done, the coine were liked by the Chi-Silver, and as they sall but little the wonder is upon to refute.
could be detected; ker temparature was deg., nese and immediately they were issued they what becomes of the millions upon millions of
and every indication of death was present. On airoulated on a par with the Merican, which Silver sent to Chius, the Straits and ludia. It
the hypodermio administration of a solution of had been long in the field.
nitro-glycerine, there was first a gasp, followed should be mentioned that in Singapore, world contains about one-half its entire po-
by the other gasps ix sixty seconds. During Hongkong, and the treaty ports of China-Tapar palation, and that Silver is the exclusive ear
the second winata xix respirations wore noticed, supplies herself with her own well-uxecuted yen, Fancy of that population. The Chinoso Empire
and a weak awart-pulsa was detectedd, but no equal to one dollar-the dolars are provided has population of 400,000,000 and India and
wrist-pulse. During the third minute eighteen and distributed by the varions banks doing the Straite 200,000,000. If the United Sisters.
reapirations were noted, and a wrist-polse became | business at thone porta Ts question there wit a population of 50,000,000 to 60,000,000
avident In the fourth the palsa 1089 fora resolved itself into thank parchashav been able to absorb $25,000,000 per aunVU
above 180, and could bunted. The fans ing chanpas article. They trici dng their silver i've the past nine years, as her bus the Sir-Ey attention has been drawn to updad, the-eses rolled, the mask-related-fm-- silver to the Mint and paying the signorage of two per cent, but so the Hongkong or British Gold and paper marry, it ought not to be a Esbaum," that "Rajah Brooke is asking fortable. Mud interest has been used by thi casa, in connection with our vast eupplies of ragraph in your issue of March 1st, headed their riyer mortis, and the patiunt besama com. trade dollar did not command a premium over dioult thing for 600,000,000 people with avery effort to obtain from the British result, and it is hoped that many valuable ap. Merions, they purchased these latter in London currency bet Silver, to take double that amount Government the control of the island of plications may be Lists of the dong ko pases of and laid them down is the East at a cheaper per andum. For the past twenty yes the Labtaa" sad that "offorts are also boing supposed death. Tafa The public did not recognise any diaperity shipments of Silver from Great Britain tends to induce the Chinese traders to sign a in the coins, and it was simply which could China and India hare varied from £10,000 (in petition praying that Labuan may be handed Professor Schwackhölor delivered a lectura be produced the more cheaply. It was Hong 1987) to £17,000,000 (in 1877), though for the user to Sarawak, and visions of re-opened coal-recently to the Vienna Hygienic Samisty on the kong, which led the van then to the matter, past tou yours the amount has varied from mines and increased trade are held dazzlingly subject of bear. After giving some statistica whilst Singapore looked epashetically on. Now £4,000,000 to £3,000,000. Redwood to American before their apes by those in anthority" Or the consumption of this beverage, the lecturer Singapore has tukos ap the scheme, and Hour money, the amounts hace varied from $3,200,000 dinarily auch a paragraph would not wall for rent on to deribs ita manufacture and aduk kong, still smarting apparently under its failure to $35,000,000. For the past three years, the notice; bat, since the Herald in edited and pa teration. The birthplace of beer is Egypt A pooh-poobs the print and will not amat the Silver shipments from Great Britain to these blished, and the official portion of it almost en papyrus has been discovered on which a father Straits in their sagor barry to possess them- countries as compared with the total from all tirely written, by officials of the British Warth reproaches his son for leanging about in tararas Barzec Government, and sings the con-contra- and drinking too much beer. From the Egyp diation of the above statements might give rise tisne the art of brewing desconded to the Ethio- to false ingression, I beg to inform you that pians. While the Romans despiced bear, the your correspondent's assertions as above quoted Gerisans of the north of Europe fully appreciat- are wholly without foundation.
its good qualities. However, the refreshing China Imperial Laan, of 1884 B-8 per cent. Trasting that you will be so good sa to in-draught became more popular in the first half of sert this note in your next istue,
the Middle Ages. In the beginning caly con. vents obtained the monopoly of brewing-baar, but later on the privilage was extended to lay cur porations In Austria the first brewery was ear tablished in Vienna in 1560, and beer soon be came the favorite borerage of all olssses of so- ciety. At present the yearly production through- out the whole world amounts to 140,000,000 hec
selves of a British Tilur: The reason for this sources were as follows:- movement rooms to be the premium which bas prevailed in the London macket for enme months var the legitimate melting price of Mexican dollars. The sun for this advance in price
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From C. H. Ab eoarece $40,221,659 255,637,877 36,979,720 55,109,34 26,519 528 14,2 1,500
I remain, Sir,
Your Obedient Servant,
· A. H. Eyefer. Sarawak dyvernment Agent, Lahnan. Labann, 7th March, 1887.
tolitres. England taking the lead with 48,000,000. Professur Schwackhöfor thinks that beer fally deserves the desigastion of liquid bread," as it is undoubtedly nutritious, and lesa Eable to be adulterated than wins,
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are tolerably well known, chief amongst them The real competitors in this brade are London having been the very large domand on French sad San Francisco. The shipments of Silver account, to supply the money required in Coobin from San Francisco to Japan, China, the Straits China and Tonquin -It is likewise pointed out tha! and India for the past twelve years have been as the-Mexican is blumsy and inartistio in design and follow:-- finish, that it la of utcariain intrinsic value, and
gilner Trade Merinsa Total can be easily counterfeited. These are some of the
Ката Bellara Dollars. STAT arguments used by the prevent advocates of a 1575. § 281 278 $4,989,416 $1,820,047 $7,084,336 British dollar. It is contented that the vast 1576 2,537 256
11.05.241 5,689,508 3,848,417 trade of Great Britain in the Fur East should 1378 3048,433
...... 5,362,123 7,808573 2619)527 15,785,223 1,503,420 2,38+070 11,789,973 not be places for its medium at the morey of a 1879 5,908,319 348,872-2817911 .8.605,403 The Editor of the Herald msks the following bally governed State, noted more for ravolutiona 1380...... 2,401,239 1,000 2,911,574 4,013,833 remarks on these lettere and disorders this anything else. I would hors 1861...
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2,205,458 4,780,001 We have pleasure in giving publicity to let remark is reply to this, however, that through 12. 3,017 290
2,920,230 5,117,228 tera from the Administrator of Labeau and from all their internal troubles and internecine strife, 1984. 5,909,678 1887..... 5,505,578
4,197,370 9.7948 the Consal for Sarawak in Labeau, both of 17,750 8,049,496 14,060,721 the Mericus have raaintained the quality of 1895 7,849,091
0,931059 17,783,149 whom, in strikingly similar terma, deny. in tota their dollar. It is also argued that the British 1880 202,771
0,283,078 18,935,745 that there is any foundation for the rumours, we Gererament would be able to miet anest elegant!
published on page 44 of our lost number, as to coin (which, as far as beauty is concernad, would [ 257,108, 188 $20,340,341 $50,056,407 $187,735,004 Rajah Brouke's desire to obtain control of rapidly cust its rival from the field at a sig Thezo igures are of special interest to Cali Latman and of the support accorded His High norags of only per cent, which with an al-fornians, who see in them a rivalry that may ness by Governor Leye lowance of per sent, an interest would make some day out-rival, London in the control of this Mr. Everett'a letter is brief and to the point, atlantic trade, since they are to be constructed In all 1 per cent. Why coins should pay at Silver trade of the Orient. The far-sighted men but flovernor Lys goes out of bis way to secuse zpon a new principle, and with an catimated this rate when the Hongkong Mint was a failure who originated the coinage of the Trade Dollars of accusing as ofeting with par-pood sufficient to make the voyage from Now under similar oraditions, the Straits people do for this trale had the good of San Francisco at tiality in my official capacity, if not some-York to Liverpost in a little more than four days' not say. They propose that the coins should be heart, and but for the abuse of that coin by un-thing worze.” He further goes out of his way The steamers will not carry any freight, except stuck in 1 gaden, or at afl ovozi in England, surupulous parties who forend soras into domon to hint that he knows the "good authority possibly a few express packages. The Pocahon where tus fuo lities for minting would be greater tio circulation, contrary to the law authorizing who furnished us with the information and tas in to be an irox and steel ship, and insteed than my Singapore, Hongkong, or Caloutto. their issue, in their eager dasire for present gain that.ho (ie. the goot anthority "is the pur. of being built on lateral lines, as has always Sydney has been mentioned, but it is obviously we should have had a much better market for vayor of false intelligence regarding Labuan been the custom, she will be built upon 68 trans- too much wit the trade routes where tho now American Silver thao hasa provaised of late anal Beanel matters to the Straits Times and verse steel walls or balkheads, 7 ft 6 inches dollar would be used. Singapore has been more years, and a growing prospective denied that other local papera. In this, however, we zosily apart. These walls will have openings in them or less actively canvassing the subject for sorse would hare done much to solve the Silver ques think His Excelleney must be mistaken as we for the saloons, passages tunales. Go with eighteen months or two years. The latest ties in this country. The coinage of the Treds are almost certain that neither of the two gen. vertical longitudinal walls through them, thus entooma in the following resolution, passed by Dollar was authorised in February, 1879, and tlemen whom we quote as our "good authority making1,000 water tight compartments, of which Hanils the Legislative Council-
the first coins were made in the following July has written to any of the Straits papers on the 500 are to be belew the wafor line. Sho will Haiphong That in the opinion of this Court at Prior to that event, une Silver shipments to subject mentioned by His Excellency, nor are have 20 boilers, and the engines will be of 27,820 anor will be to the interest of trade in theso Settle China and India were mostly confined to Mer. we aware blunt they have corresponded with bores-power, sad capable of giving a speed of 22 Poochow ...
knots an hour. The dissions of the ship are agard ments and tend in the extension of British nan Dollars. The Trade Dollar law didnot have those papers on my other subjects: influence in the adjacent territories if, affor a fair trul. The violations of the law in this As to the abares of partiality and something Length, 840 feat; beam, 40 fest, dranghi, 251 Widl dur di the existing foreign currency besar try caused several intermissions of coinage, worse, if the Administrator really feels that we foot. When this ocean greyhmad commons. damonetised, and there be substituted for it a thus interfering with the enpply. The Chinese bave, mada two such charges we are surpris to run, it will be necessary for our own great British dollar weighing 418 grains, of 200 urte who are naturally suspicious of now things, and ed and sorry, but we do not admit that we have Atlante passenger lines to build boats which of page silver to 100 of Joy, which will be always opposed to changes, were quick to detect made them. We simply stated that it is re-rhall leave over the Foulonies in the shade the sole legal tender throughout the colour in this regalarity of supply possible inserver. ported Rajah Brooke in anxious to acquire if possible.
The Colonial Secretary proposed this resolueness in this currency, and so racemed their Labuan, (a very legitimate sutition and one pro- ties, and in doing so pointed out that the salient attachment to the Mexican Dollar, which they bably dating from at least 27 years back) und A correspondent writes in the Lady's Pioteka | 9001 feature of it, which ovostituted a departure from admitted was every way inferior to the Ameri- that Mr. Hays was in favour, so we heard, of riel :-To observace who, like myself, puss Esiphong... the platform on which the subject had been prs can Trade Dollar, and thus ous of the best oben Labuan, owing to its Revenue bot being expected keen sense of the ridiculous there is much to Amor viously debated, was that other soins should be ses for American Silver was lust. This condition to meet its Expenditure, being placed under the muco at some of the Dablie drawing rooms, Foshar demonetised. At the pressut time the coins of things, in connection with the prospect of a Rajah's management, and that he was backing und 1 am striving to determine which of two cipulating in the colony are the Mexican restoration to the Standart Dollar to our coin op his opinion vigorously we do not see in this diverting things entertained me the most at last | Wladi? dollar and the Japanese yee). It was rasog-age system, lod our Treasury officials to exeraissa sharge of partiality nor even of something week's ceremonial. The tiaid young lady, whos
rosted away without being kissed, and was nimal that unless some advantage of this the disocation conferred upon thera by law, and worse." nature was granted the new coin would have no drop the Trade Dollar. This was done in The same mail that brought us the two lat brought back, trembling and blushing, in the mare chance of supplanting the despised Mexican. April, 1978, upon the consumption of the bulters referred to brought also the information custody of two stalwart sides—or the no longer Than the Hongkong dollar had twenty years ago. lion provionely deposited for that purpose from one of our, "good" authorities" that "the young lady who was not nimble enough to rush
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The resolution was seconded by oni of the un- The people of Chios and India want Silver Labuan Chinese have refused to sign the patition away, but stood her ground, and resolutely oficial members, Mr. Shalford, a gentlemen coin rather than Silver bullion, but they want that Mr. Everett got ready." We fear-thers" dodged the salute every time the Viceroy noted for his business instincts. The proposal a coin they can rely upon both with repeat tasap. will not be time for us to make farther enquiries attempted to girs it, nutil at longth, he caught was supported by two other uncficial membera ply, busness, and weight. They have never had at Labuan before the time for the issue of this her fairly on the nose, and she went off rab- cos of them a Chinanay, Mr. Sanh Long Beal, any difficulty in getting supplier of Mexican Dol aumber.
bing it This kissing si Court is a most absurd who stated that he thought his conatryce tars, though Maxico does not produce as much Sinca writing the above we have bad farther practice. Lord Carlile used to like it, becanes would receive the new dollur with pleasure. The Silver es the United States. Her onin are the detailed accounts from our "good authority" ha had no witę to look pa at the ceremonial, or resolution was carried unanimously, and it was product of numerous private Mints, and they and they resolutely hold their ground after let him know afterwards that she had not been then moved that a memorial to Her Majesty be vary in fueness, finish and weight. Though the masking additional and fall enquiries on the actually asleep while it lasted; besides, at that drawn up "praying to exercise her royal pre- American Trade Dollar met with many chateapot. There must be enobantment at work; st time, poarl powder was not quite, so much in Temperature.... rogativa of coinage by issuing, as a memorial of ales in getting a foothold in Chits, it is folly to Labuan, for prossis and unimaginative traders fashion as it is now; but I am quite certain that, Humidity her Ter of Jubilee, a dollar coin for use in these say it could never have supplanted the Merican assert that the question has been raiset by Hajah as a rule, Viceroys excessively dislike the pras Direction of wind ... Bettlements. The proposal to demonetise the Dollar. A baltor Silver Dollar was, nerar inada Brooks through his agents, and that hopes were ties, and that their wires do also. Lady Spencer Force of wind other coins in the Settlements deserves atten- than the 420 grain Trade Dollar turned out held out of the re-opening of Coal Point, the usa always to saad very stiff and straight.... tion. Has it over cocurred to the worchants at the Ban Francisco Mint from 1870 to 1878, bringing of trade to the Island from the Derram with her bongast held for and her bead high that they might sare day like to have these The superior finish of the coin, itseriform weight and Trusso, that regard would be had to Chinom and a little scornful smile on her parted lips, same deflors back og din se payment for Mansad tireness, guaranteed by the Mint stamp of the customs and assistance given to traders, that the as though she regarded the whole thing with sbaster goods, the stapla clothing of all the in. United States, with a reasonable assurance of a land rents would be lowered, and the Queen's contempt, and could only be induced to emilo habltunta? And if these stine coins are to be porpetuity of supply, would have eventually made law enforced, not that of Barawak, da Thet the whan her husband's ruddy beard tinkled the demonetized, do they propens to bear the loss of the Trade Dollar the dominant currency of ove Administrator profers that Zabuan should be ladies' necks; and sent them off, shrugging pal· "out" on sscb_dollar themesives? _TI_they | 600,000,000 people. Possibly it is not yit too late | banded over to Rajså Brooke rather than to the | jably. Lady Aberdeen wre too serious for soch do not, the result would be a decrease of par- to recover the lost opportunity. Japan has its Court of Directors ho admitted in conversation, frivolities. She always looked away during tho chase by the natives. It will be many years own Silver Doller, modelled after the American, and surely he has a right to his own opinion on proceedings, or studied the flowers in her bouquet, ere all the millions of dollars which have radiated but Chisa, the Straits and India still depend on ruch a subject, and need not feel alumniated or played with the buttons upon her gloves. from Singapore in the meal course of trads the Mexican Dollar to a large extent. There when his opinion on a public matter is made But the present pretty lady received her baption | return to that colony. Little need be said of more or less talk of a British Trade Dollar, bit' public.
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