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The MAPS and PLANS have been meatly re-engraved in a superior style and brought ap to data. They now consist of
FLAGS OF MERCANTILE Horses in CHINA. CODE OF SIGNALS IN USE AT VICTORIA PRAK, MAP OF THE FAR EAST,
MAP OF THE ISLAND OF HONGKONG, FLÁN OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. PEAN OF BITISH KOWLOON
PLAN OF MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, V CTORIA, PLAN OF FOREIGN CONCESSIONS, SHANGHAL
PLAN OF YOKOHAMA.. PLAN OF MANILA. PLAN OF SAIGON.
PLAN OF TOWS AND ENVIRONS OF SINGAPORE. PLAN OF GEORGE TOWN. PENANG.
Aanong the other contents of the book we-
An Anglo-Chinese Calendar, Mean of Bacom
ter and Thermometer, Rainfall, fri
A fri Chronology of remarkable evanta since the advent of foreigners to Chiu vad Japan A description of Chinens Festivals, Teste, S
with the day on which they fai Comparative Tables of Money, Weights, ko. Bosis of longkong Stamp Duties.
The Hongkong Postal Quido for 1888
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on the 20th fast, about 9 pm, he went down to the ground floor of his house to fasten the doors, when he found defendant instis the house near the kitchen. He asked his what he was doing there, but gotting no anavor, gave hima into custody.
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An altercation takes place between a good number of wearers, but no one was injured.
Advertinascent inserted by Dr. Haning, who seems deechs to extend his clientèle by saps tisting on his merits.
opeans in India has improved, is improving, in the boxsa of Joseph Henghten, on the 20th detection for a considerable time until she is die and that this amelioration to likely to conist for an unlawful purpose evered by a kidnapper, who takes her away by
Complainant, ege of works to Mears, forse to Hongkong. tinue; that at prosué we ars without the Bird and Palmer, living at West Point, aid that means of exactly measuring the extant off this amelioration; that tence it is quite pre store reducing the rates for India to the European standard." The idea of making man pay oxira for insuranas bemusis he is robs bed if a quarter of bis-income by an adrese exchange dooms poculiarly hard. The import ant point to be noticed, however, in Mr. TATT's conclusion that the value of life among Europeans in India bas improved, is improving, and that this amelioration is likely to continue. If this be so, as we think it undoubtedly is, insurance rates must come
down. The cause of the improvement is not far to sank. Experienes bas taught Eura 4. S. WATSON CO, LTD., pests how to guard against the dangers of the climate, annitary measures have been introduced, and the local application of the science of treiens has been made more per
HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
Hongkong, 16th January, 1859.
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The constable, who took the prisonor in charge, stated that as he was taking him to the station, complainant's wife after him and gave him a obopper, which she had found.
Prisoner denied all kooptage of the chopper, lo said that sseior the door of the homes open, he thought it was empty, and having nowhere to igo, went in there to pass the night.
Seatonged to fourteen days' imprisonment with Lard labour.
KHI LING ON LAN HOP BOUBEIT. Li Chan was agein, brought up, on remand, charged with being sencerred in barglariously entering the Hang On passing and steading therefrom goode to the value of $110.
After keuring defendant's statement bis Wor- ship anutsnood him to three months' imprison- mant as a rages and vagabond.
"ATTEMPTING TO PARE COUSTERFEIT COIN,
optional, and ought to cease as an institution. It He also remarks a constant dread on the part at is open to indies who like to be called upon on the people, This we also found in places, as a theee oconelens to have a recaption and send ost nafarcurable feature, specially where they wookt dards for it in the usual way. (For one thing, shut themselves up in clone, damp, uncleaply by-the-way, I never heard of Christmas calis.) sbodes; and yet it is probable that the Chinese 5.The practice of issuing and filling ball accept these things sa the inevitable. rathor programmes before the events This is a vory more stoically than wa. I have visited the sale- better for di congerard it the practice didn't be taken, who are not allowed to die within the complicated question. On the whole it would be martem morgue, whither moribund persons must exist. It could be stopped in two ways: 1nt, if oity limits. The half-dozen or so I found there The Chinese at Macan were very much struckman, samo to an understanding amongst them. were less anxious about their dying thus then by the presence in that sity of careral Indians, elves that they would not ask for dances in was I, and yet after caes seat to this place of who went about playing on some instroments rire, dances in advance. But the onus of it all was a prescription of masts to appease the gods, advance. 2ad. it Indian resolved they would not real" un ritura Itaxpaotod. At Min, Lok there and bogging money. This was the first time, must be laid on the rest offenders, the men che but fraits did not soom to come under the lan, they thought, they had ever seen in foreign ask for dances, and not (as it generally is) on the as mos: vigorously at Macpo, for instance, where, ladies who give the dancen. Men take the beginning with the shipping of many soldiers bigger.
initiative; therefore they are to blame. But it's heavy rain on beard the transport India, A child kidnapped and kept in a house, they seldom blame each other; they prefer where they were packed like sardines and do but the father coming across it one day, took it to pour the vials of their wrath on the lids prised of opium upwards of 60 deaths resultacă who cannot very well help themselves. There and considerable excitement when they wore re- might be arbitrary action taken in the mattor embarked and quarantined. rooza with "clear" programmes and bona fide Cholera over Kwangtung during the past sum- Remarking the quite unusual provalendo of and ladies be impelled to enter ball- all up their engagements in the room but mer, we will not tarry over our native proscrip- this would take a large star of private defestivostions of the contury, bleeding, friction, and all the could be inflicted on either the man who asked or have nothing to qual that of a certain Insurance to enfores, sud it is hard to say what penalty barole doses of anything under the san, slace we
the lady who gaya & danes beforehand. Men are Company in Hourkong whien, gives na a pre- the chief grumblers agsinat the system of fillingscription of 20 ingredients, making 16 tuels, of dy How in their own hands in not asking for dan- and then taken internally with ginger (not gin- gerly) and all this to prevent or cure Cholers. 6-14-After dinner calls. A moet anwar Our subject alar insladed Quackory in Kwang; rantable tax on men in general. It is quite tang, an interesting study, but we have resched enough if a busy man goes out dining without foar limits. having to call afterwards,
back to his home.
Another attempt is made by a humanitarian to distrionts rice among the poor, but his good intestion proved futile, consequent upon
the interference of several rowdien.
Á man dutelies a thief, but recognizing in hit a relative, he restores him his liberty.
As robberies have been so frequent in Kwel
should be elased evory night at sight.
Achau was charged with attempting to phan the Błagistrate has ordered that the gates | programmon, and they mldom see that the remug which a little is fist to be blown into the nose
counterfeit coin.
Iness bold him it was a had onn und refused to 'takze it. He insisted on his ? ki az it and orent- ad a great disturbance. Wilusat gave him in
19 fact. Probably also there is less high liring,
Krok obang, accountant at the Wan Toi and the increase of marriage amengettes shop, said that on the 2nd fust, defeadans Europeans will also not be without its effect came to the shop for some t. He gave witness on the general besith. The "conditions in the dollar in Court and asked for change Wit Hongkong and Chins are much the sumie na in India sroept that the slimsts is not quite
to begin with. Is Hongkong, unför. | ohange. oly, the last few years have shown a ciation, instead of an improvement of pblic bealth, but that is due o tempor
Correspondents are requbated to forward their amo and scalzom with communications addeemed to the Editer, Lot for publication, but as evidenza of good
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Defandant stated that he lid not know the dollar was a bad no. Ho had gat it from the Kwang Hing Yun shop.
P.O. 268 aid he had ta er defendant to the shop, bạt nahody tëra knew kits-vor could ha
dix weeks' imprisonment with hard labour,
A thaft takes place in a school, the books and fornitare being carried away.
THE ETIQUETTE OF UALLING.
At a recent meeting of the Tiantsin Literary
and Debating Bosisty a discussion took plaes on Tientsin Eiquette. The Secretary read the opinions of seven correspondents; and a pro-
and preventible causes which will disp | paint out.anyone who had given him the dolls longed and interesting dkcussion took place')
beur as the (nsauitaty conditions which have arisen are rectified. There is a very genera), il pression that the exten charges for life| insurance in the Far Eat are too high, and
CORRESPONDENCE.
engrossed by our Caresspondents.)
tie Campunice doing business here would We do not hold ourselves responsable for the opinions find it to their interest to reduce them; for at high charges prevent the growth of business, in insurance as well as it every other line, there can be no dontt.
to
be given at the City Hall on the 6th February, Invitation have been issued for a Naval ball
Frises and presents to the pupils of the Vic distoria Home and Orphanage will be distributed
by Lady des Voeux to-day.
A* pick-up "Cricket match will be commegood on Saturday, at 11 am, if a sufficient number of membre pat down their asmes on the lists which are now lying in the Hongkong Club and Cricket Pavilion.
THE PUNDITA RAMA BAI AND
HER WORK.
B-P. P.C.calla. Unnecessary except on one's Intimate friends.
to
J. C. T [Dr. Thompson sends us a Chinese circular on Cholers, which he distributed extensively and with much advantage to the people of Kwang- bang, giving suggestions, and inviting to the different Hospitsin-Editors.]
THE GROWTH OF THE BOMBAY -CCITON TRADE.
0--Street aslatations. It is best on the whole keep to cus's own national custom, whatever that is; then ons is consistent, whereas trying the difficulties one is endeavouring to escape him. to please everybody is apt to land one despar in
··-D.---General style of social life in Tientsin. Among the many social institutions which Scarish her the "at home" is lacking. This is a pity, for it is the best invention of civilized The marvellone growth of the Bombay cotton man, or rather women. It commits hostess and industry during the inst twenty years, with the guest alike to so little and yet may bestow to connenent loss of trade to Lancashire, is causing trashment question is aotred by tea and coffee aplaners. That industry was started with the raoh social enjoyment on both. The great rough uneasiness in the minds of English econ and what are vaguely called "drinks" con in intention of supplying only the local markets, summer, hot in winter, and a few sandwiches and for some years at lived but a fooble existenca. and cakes. It avoids the limitations of a dinner, But in 1873-74-75 a very rapid extensi ́n took
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PREST: Washington, where the oppaita rule prevailed the frivolity of a ball, and the constraint of a place, no fewer than soventean now milla having
Sia-In your issue of the 2lat instant. I see a letter about the Peaditá Rams Bai' from Me faily agree, and so will all right thinking man Fransis, with the aim and substance of which I and women. Mr. France inviter the ladies of this colony to give their assistance to Pandite Rama Bain her single-handed mission, bet se ourding to my ideas it is quite impossible to get a sum of $10,000, sad moliody will come forward, to rive euch a large amonat one time. But if Mr. Francie will take up this charitable pur pose and circulate a list are the community of this colony, including tlus Eidisus, there is no Anaht that the 1st will be tlle np within a short titis. And I fully hope that the ladies and yeu mites in a work of such a pellathropio aharsoter tiemen of this colony will ligly give their I would venture to suggest leo, that since Mr Francis has set the bal coding, he must not panse, but do ni he can to pomote this highly fandable cansa.
Hongkong, 23rd January. 1880,
A general parade sud inspection of the Gor- Thanking you very much to insert these few erament Fire Brigade was held at their head-lines in a corner of your widely roat journal, Hor pool, the Acting Superintendent of the quarters yesterday afternoon, after which Mr. Yours truly;
"CREEN." Brigade, and Mr. Cooper, of the Public Works water supply mains at the City Hall with most Department, tested the pressure of the new satisfactory results. Two splendid streams were obtained from a single stand pipe, reaching for above the City Hall, and to about the height of the fagstaff on the Hengkong and Shanghai Bank.
MAÇÃO.
which in the summarised by the Chinese Times -- 1-Re Bachelors' Calls; it was the unanimous opinion of the meeting that the established rule in Theatsin is for new arrivals to call on the old residents, but that an exoption is made in favour of naval offers, ou whom the residents usually first call Ore speaker mentioned the interest- ing fact, sot generally known, that in the United States the custom of calling conformed to that of Europegia countries, excepting in the city of new echers calling on the old resinante, na inical party. An ideal "at home" is a function been startad in the last of these years. The
st which you ear castel without, surrendering followed a brief period of depression, partly due the China purta.
2-On the vexed question of the calls of mer. your independence, injuring your digestion, or to the general over-production of that time and diversity of opinion as to what rule actally pre-hour. There should be nothing formal in the pression caused the Bombay spinners to seek a ried peopgoing to the port, there was great spotting your ordinary habits. It ought to partly to the cheapened cost of transit between begin about nine, and be over at Cinderella's England and India. The progare of that de- all, and a to its possible improvement. tentative vote was taken with the result that it finit, un "procesciaga," uo consic," no "riano new ontlot for their goods, with the rasnit that a trade was opened up with China and Japan was carried by five to two that "It is expedient (Dancing, by-the-way, is rather an un- that the red fants take the initiative in calling spial amusement) Conversation is the main which has continuel to increase with amazing on newly arrived married people." This was also
Human intercourse, in word. Want rapidity. There are now in the city of Bombay commended by four out of seven correspondentstars to this, and one would be sorry to believe million and a half of spindles and 12,752 loots. of calture and want of sympathy are the great alone fifty-one working volten fastories, with a 3-On the question of returning calls, the there is a dearth of eithor in Tientsin. correspondants, expecially those of the fair sex strongly insisted on the obligation of returning calls, without any exceptions. The speakers implied that a mere retara of cards by a poolie formal incitation to the house was an acceptable was equivaleït to the oat dliroot"-but that a oquival at for the return call, and obviated the neisalty of busy man lasing diwe during the boars of business. The ting could only be gat to agree to the somarist bald resolution
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ITHUBIEL
LAST SUMMER'S CHOLERA EPIDEMIC.
·
They consume roughly about 30,000 (nas of pot- ton, sad omplay 48,000 oporatives, inclusivo of boga and young women. The interest of the subject is very much enhanced by the fact that | a dozen mors" faštorïas are under construction, which, when completed, will add about 250,0:0 philes to the present spinning power: In the Bombay Presidency, outside the city, there are now twenty-six working factories, containing 464.900 spindlesand 4.000 looms. These factories
The epidemio of cholera nostras which visited this colony last summer prevailed throngbentare all said to be more or less proporsie; not the Hwangtung province. In the last number
one of them saring a las dividend that 6.par
Beales of Commissions and Charges adopted, by year rond. This staterent in made on the less. Watson & Con sayistanty had their of my assertion, for not only have the Chiners herenontonant one's national customs thought this subjart says: "The Goddess of Marcy after the fashion to Royal Commissione, two re
Bignals.
strength of the fact but at you two A veri.
|dir elips get up shore unaided.
* fromustances ocnneled with them robberies a
having commercial or politioni relations with the Big wing che`r vede, she is under Telegraph f'ompany's oflens has been ccnsiders to tack' foundation, for Chiv Shồn les farther in strangers who happened to call simultaneasy.ting some in the water-jar, and all will be well." of the winority, the growth is mainly due
The Contents are too numerous to partion.
lariza in an Advertisement, but insin is- TERATIES WITH CHINA-
Great Britain, Nanking, 1849
Tiantain, 1858
Chefoo,with Addition Actiele Opium Convention, 1858. Burmah & Thibet C-vention,
1896.
and all others not abrogated.
France, Tiantain, 1858
tain
I.
HONGKONG, JANUARY 247, 1889.
Indo-China S. N. Co. H.C. & Y. 8. B. Co. Douglas S. 8. Co.
Mr. HENRY NORMAN, mongst his other Scottish Oriental 9. 9. Co. China Mer. 8. N. Co. Misestlaneous Coast Stra. | Covarise in the Far Esat; has found an ice The LIST OF RESIDENTS 207 contains breaking machine Vladivostock which he – the names of over
FOURTEEN TROUMAND AND S HUNDRED think is destined to play a most important
part in international politica. "Is in uni verselly believed that Vt.divostock in a closed port for four months out of the cwetre
The China New Year holidays will be observed isolated by impassable iea from about De-toms stations from the 29th inst. at 3 pm, to at the Kowloon Custom House and at the Ous cember 17th to April 1716. And this is re. Tuesday; the 5th Feb, at ila.m., during which garded as the natural explanation of Bussi.,'. | Period all shipment, discharge, and examination Aupposed necessity to press gradually south-
hof cargo will be suspended. ward for an open port in Korea or below it.
All mal's ought to be acknowledged in some Such, Mr. Nonman trils us, is not the case
adequsta manner. " Aman-of-war-and therefore a dogenoan
Notrastanding the support of the Pra.of the China Medical. Missionary Journal wó cent, per sanno Wages of course are mush sident and bra lady and gentleman present, the izd the following contribution
| lower than in this country, although the ingres- |be get in or cat of“ Vladivostock Harbour in
custom of Ser Year's palis was on the whole
ed demand for labour lana caused a general rims. Mix Lox, 3rd October, 1888, Case of urgent need at a time of year.
sonderand, the reason given being that the com
The average wage of ta njo «pinner is about Dear Editors After a table over many 228. por month,the best bands turning about 368. There is an Americas ice-breaking machine
mannity nad out-grosn the conditions favourable to it. The expodisney of exchanging salutations milas of the province to this head-quarters of sad the worst about 18s. The sidement from there, which on a trial trip hat wintor broke
and good wishes on the "Bink? or in the "Gar qusokory, immorality and heathenism generally: 15s. to 188. per month, and the doffar-boys from 6s. to 75. It should be said, however, that these a chaozet through the thickest part of the
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
den" as an aquivalent was generally admitted send you a fow notes by the way The motion "That New Year's calls ought to be Chins, and the conclusions we leave to you only number of operat ras employed for the sale!
Facts they are, so far as anoh are getatable is factories require on an average three times. the ice, one hundred feet long and six fathoms wide, of a pace which would take it out be-
23rd January.
discontinued" found Siva appporters and live ngemarking that in our experience, the Cholers, number of spindles in English factories. Some time ago, when I gave you the news tha ponents yond Goldobin Point, where the ice in beries just new, owing, perhaps, to the near sareeted at Chin Shan (Cams Branes, there wore
There appears to be quite an epidemic of rob umber of shops and resouces were being Ia pesation of iming at Siling up ball Colorio Diarrhoea, which has carried off 83 In order to acertain the cause of this extra- naturally more or l
program before the event was vigorously con many hundreds, has not somed to us to be of ordinary growth, the board of directors of the broken, in three orproach of the Chins New Year. It was only on four dayo.
W?
further told that Crawford
Moudry that we reported saus at Messrs. Lane, pot found wanting people who came forward demned by correspondants and spokora, with one Asiatic" type, but speutic and not particular Maceaester Chamber of Commerce, acting on By contagiers. We find it in the "wei and the instructions of the chamber, commenced in Co's, and during the twenty-four questioning the veracity of the information. Any lazy man, engendered oliques, and was unfair to First we Latios, it was decreed this year was subject. Having held twenty-throw meetings exospital. It was agreed that it favoured the " dry" for Patrucie Bay, and rape ally the bay further hours ending at midnight yesterday, besides ozo one may now see for himself and verify the trathtrangers sud guests.
tho last month of last year an ingoiry into to to the south-east, <ra pes¿ticatda baye all the or two exalt robberies from Chinese, two of
6-In the matter of strost salutations, the ad instance, one of a auber of placards I got on board was unable to agres in its report; and, to bare a particularly large mortality. As, for and examined many well informed wituisses, the watches stolen, and a gentleman, staying at Mrs. constructed those new bullings, but they are the Chambers of Commeres of Hongkong
Stanfield's boarding house, had his box broken engaged in reconstruting and extending to forme general rule. The diversity of practione, out of every ten, four or five would dis this ports were issted-one by the majority, the on the wiwis to be less inconvenisal, tu trying Shanghai, Amoy and Nowokwange. Hongkong Chair, Jiariaksha, and. Best Hire
The ke: open and one hundred dollars extracted. The the walls and reclaiming large trots of among different nationalities as curionaly illusks Emperor, if not so, I am a thief, ete. In the that the growth was mainly due to geographies? Mr. Tung brought this manage from other by the minority. The majority reported Bougkong Lighthouses Storm And Fireing of there fsets upes te whole great paint to the feat that serrupts or coulies on-ground on the foreshoro. It is said that the trated.
Two disa strongly urged the claims of the 8th or 9th month the pestilenco god will some, advantages, prezimity to the soften felds ou one The APPENDIX consiste f
of the inte untional polisi, el tiut Paciŭe is, ployed abou: the premises are probably inpli-Chinese Government was about to invite the
"at home to replace the dal dinuses, stiff masi and if at cookerowing any one knocks at the hand and to the saming markets on the ther FOUR HUNDELD PAGES
says the Pall Mall Gente convenendeni,ated and it behoves all householders or eni- salt fish dators, whe left, use three years ago cal evenings, and selfsu dancing parties. Ous, do not answer but pray, 'Kan Yam, sare The advantzy z uro partly, touch not extiru- of closely printed matter, to which frenos is fabriona, a- it is of tine is at importance, en.
ployers of labear to be on their guari. and settled themselves on the Laps island, to gentlenes arguatly commended the practice of a frem this plagne and difficulty meanwhite 17, neutralized by the fact that the cool and near- constantly required by residenta i those perilly Elaid and be Uniwd States. The Queen's Road, in the locality of the come over to Chin Shan; bt the rumour socms the host : hostess introducing to sach other one take a eup of wine and medicine, beside pated from agland. According to the report striking the bell or any brazen utensil, and nobyall aiscellaneous stores have to be import
Countries embraced within the seo. of the
ably improved during the last two evenings by the interior and in a less adsantngwona position
and asserted that such is not the custom in Tion- CHRONICLE and DIRECTORY.
no tempistim, to Aets it elsewhere." But the electric light, which has been placed over the than their present settisment, its hur bear being,
The merit of circulating this information is to "the great fall in Eastern exchange Bassi has not wale meds, Loo-break-door of the offous. The Company bare just bad moreover, rather shallow, and during abb tidens from thres Indy correspondents:-
We app and extracts from letters received of mouth or poster you will be safe; by posting minority point to the important fout, that while also given: If you communicate It by wordsiden 1978. In disenssing the ambjent, the small installation Sod up, and the whols of ang usechines are very useful thinge; they are the offoes are now lighted by electricity, in- but the smallest sampans are able to enter it.
ten copies you will save your family, and 100 (he trade has been expanding the geographical copios issued will save your neighbourhood; but if advantage has ootaally been diminishing-ings largely soph-yed to burst commages for mercedescent lamps being used inside, while that The China New Year is feat upproaching. And they areis here.
1-Bach stors should os on the ladies whom you refuse to so do you will vomit blood at die." much as the cost of transit from England to In- ahani ressel. in some of the Nuth Americe outside is the are light. The dynamo used is the arrivals of junks and forehas have been in
And among many other prescriptions which dia and to Chins and Japan has decreased to the worked by a small yas engine. A rumour bas
2-The residents ought to call on married the native fagully admit are little apt to care-extent of 56 per cent, whereas the advantage portą wḥnno valetu are frozen in winter, and of been ourront during the past week as to the saber ambers than in former years. people visiting the port, or get fling in it.
take in from the fall in the rate of mohange has been they preferring, a several told me, course they would be equally effective in cut proposed formation olan Electric Light Company From this fact on well be estimated the de Christmas and New Year calls ought to their shingles." at such a time--I have one steadily increasing. One imporant fact, how. Ling a prize for ven-of-war in times of the Telegraph Company would be, if not the
in Boagkong, and it has also been stated that cadence of Macao.
be discontinued as, although the ladies are very from some great Dr. Ws To of the Three ever, has been overlooked by the minority. peace, but if the talented writer, whose promotera, considerably interested in it. What
The publio chest can by no means be filled, pleased to as their friends it is too much of a Kingdom period, revealed by Planchotto in view When the cotton industry was started in India
tax for the gentlemon, and quite impossible for of this year's grievous plagna remarks
the natives not only did not passes the skill re- noticing, had ever truth there may be in the first part of the bat it would seem that it is judging by the them to call on all the community having We are DOW
On the way I found it very severe at Sau Ui quired for the trade; bat were loss competent sulý pictured to bimself the figure such a latter part is wholly without foundation, the month or another in pastegen heme of officers
rumour. We are in a position to state that the many thonesude of dollars that are speal one grown so large.
ty, where a form of cholera oma to bave bothon Englishmen, on account of defective in- 5.The practics of tilling up Ball Pro-gun as early as the 4th month, and in all more dustrisi training as well as inferiority of mental chine would present as she approached the machinery which has recently bean fitted up in and other Government servants. Some go on gramms before the event is very reprehensible than 1,000 are reported to have died. During and physical powers, to learn the trade. Cerse- rutward and of the track she was set to eat, the Company's premises being, solely for their leave of absence, others by order of the Minister, |and most unfair.
the 7th month there seems to have been littis or quently the industry could only live a feeble life. and found herself under the fire of a bomil» ·
noxe there. and others on sick leave. Lader the last mon I consider that as Tientsio is a small port and specially virulent, and a kind of quarantine was a would render the manufacture of the coarser At Ka Taing near by, it was until such a degree of efficiency had been attained nium-sf-war, he would hardly bara Edlen A football match will be played on the Canse- tioned head several have goto whose stortness is inhabited by people of so many nationalities, established against inoamers, many also left the yarns profitable, and when that standard of inte the mistake of supposing that any fee Bay ground, under Association rules, today, and state of health would put some athletes in the it must nessarily have a code of etiquette of place, recording to report. For these places ficiency was fairly established the trailo natura!
1 wean the Bankers teolours) and the Club breaking machine in the world can reudertes), play to commence at 4 p.m. sharp. The shade, such as, for example, Secretary Costa the Romans, people would probably conform to Fat Shan, and corpses were also buried in mat of the Indian operatives in likely to still further Cu the principle of doing in Home as coins had to be brought from Kong Mur and ly began to expand rapidly. And as the skil anfer-bound port the equal of one that ie allowing will play for the bankers-J. Arm- Duarte,
it. At present no one seems to know what is ting simply Here, es at other places, we heard increase, the chances of the Manchester spinner naturally open all the year round. A smal
trong, D.W.Gilmour. J. Gray, J. Hoffst, A. G. Captain Correia Mendon and family, Major right and wat is wrong. We at this time saam of a whole family dying and left to the worms. regaining their lost tende are very few. Wilh Stephon, F. N. Firth, F. A. Carvalho, C. Evans. Candido da Silva (retired) and family, Dr. Barato follow the code, hid down by some exalted Af Ha Teun, To Cheung, and Cheung Sha, in an almost unlimited supply, however, of highly canboat, would be afficient to blocka E. Travers, G. McNair, and W. H. Wallace boan and ra, Barahona lave for Lisbon by the rest in peace; for the versions arising from
lady in the year 1, whose, momory cannot easily Hoi Ping district, it was also agYOTE.:
skilled labour at their disposal, the Maucheater Vladivostick in the ice season, whereas if (Captain The following team will rapressut
At Lo Kwan Tong several died while labori. manufacturers should be able, by increased French mail stemmer Natal. the Club: Basis wore in presession of Port Lazare
the observation of her rules are constant.
ously carrying about the idol, whose business it effort to improve quality and reduce cost of The gunboat Eis Lims will leave to-day
Burely etignotte is not so the lay of Media was to drive away the obolers feud, and others production, to retain their trade in the finer a very considerabla, porsibly the mais pers
for Timor, conveying the prisoners accused of sad Paris, which altereth not, but may be moon after the hot trainp about town tion of the British squadron would be re-
difed to apit peaullar conditions and cream-pless to plase was OVER. the assassination of Governor Alfredo Mais. It stoos. I therefore hope some attempt will be Criors in Council for Government f. H.B.M.quired for that purpose. That Russia will
is more than a year that thess poor fellows have made
It seemed to be, is here, quite sovers in some such a fall has taken place and manst take place Subjects in China and Japan, an 1997, prem southward for an open port io Koren
Torsa rulus out of confusion.
small towns and country placed. At Tang Chun. whenever gold becomes scarce, and the fall must been confined in the Nonto Fort awaiting their 1878, 1881, 1884, 1854, 1896, 1886, 183.
People's feeliars ara bert every day by the of several hundred inhabitants, at first reported favour the Indian manufacturer at the expense as 100 4s abe considers it safe to make Rules of H.B.M. Supreme and other verts the move we think there can be not a shadow
trial, it being alleged that the prison at Daly is present absurdities: I protest against the rude almost depopnlated, we bad credible informs of his English competitor.
ness of some married gentlemen who do not and tion of the death of almost a hundred. Though not secure snough to keep them..
Whatever may be the true causes of this ra- will not return the calls of bashelors, but who very near there we were unable to get there, pid and sudden "growth of the Indian cotton on the tataly insuficient reason of want of times here, us at other times, we found more manufacture, the fast itself is of immense signt- refuse to return the courtenles paid to their wives ont be learned from the neighbouring vil-floance. It is possible that we are bere facs to and therefore to themselves. Certainly less than lages than in the stricken me, from the Chi-face with the beginning of a new industrial re- Health of Macao, was appointed to the Rio Lima ten bachalys settle here in one year; and I can- 1988 aversion to talking about the plague
not believe any man so buy as to be unable to affecting them. On inquiry they would say. American corn distrets brought to the Euro- ralution. Just as the opening-up of the great The Zedependente is now conducted by a new return so limited a number. Does the bachelor there is no pestilence, bat over youder it is poan agricaltarist a competitor with boundless editor, Sr. Joséda Silva having retired from jorna: in the first case not sacrifice his time in making found" So here, when warned against tiger natural resources at his disposal, so the develop. listic areas, leaving the editorship of the paper the call tiquette in its very sence involves kaawn to be prowling shout, he is called the mont of the Indian cotton industry may give to his cou, Br. taustarcio da Silva, advocate and it would be better to have one at all then to for tiger, which they fear to mention.
mutal forbearance, and sulf-sacrifice, and I think Big Worm and not given the proper term our manufactures more formidable rivals stil: member of the Municipal Chamber.
rivals who have at their command such a rẹ violate openly its first principles. It is not yet known when the now Governor
At Tan Pieg und at Yeung Kong we saw a 66rvoir of obeap labour as wo oannot tap. The On similar grounds I condemn the previous recurrence of the disease, vomiting and diarrhea, obeng labour in the East-now that the Enet is will arrive, and who can tell if he will ever filling up of ball programmes. It is alfogether after a cessation of several weak, but mild and ring to storm and machinery may prove come! The papers bare leag age reported his selfteh send sulanlated to destroy the fair field readily ourable. In family of twelve where greater power even than the cheap land of the Arrival at Lisbon from Cape Verde on the 18th and no favour which has been the proud priten ware attacked, all recovered under some West-St. James's Gazette.
vilege of lacies in the ball-room is grossly medicine I had previously left there. In several December. The Governor is the Rear Admiral unfale to those gentless who are strangers. of the larger places, as hero, we find guilds or Teixeira da Silva, and not Sr. Teixeira Gutima. It is altogether a mean practice.
indiyiduals issuing printed directions, and at A writer in the Morning Post tella a strange reens as stated by the Extra Oriente. Br. Te people have spase "at homes" are most en Young Kong, at least, pills and powdere gratui tale of ancient Holyrood" which he says xeira Guimaraens was Colonial Secretary of joyable institations, for friends and foes way tously given by one man to the amount of 8500 should be at one contradicted or contrast. meat and for the time feel so amiable that reen-was aid. One evidence of the large mortality Bome visitors who lately went through the Macso, and has held similar office in Portuguese cillation may be brought about. I would prefer in bere apparent in the many newly-made graves Queen of Boots' apartments there were shown India,
a talking "at home" at ona house, a zausies at on the vacant land around the town. Many of by the guide, the spemed to bare spoken a little another, dating at another, so that the literary, the tombs are here noteworthy. They are beyond his comansion, a certain passage and a the musical, and the dancere would all have the shaped like a large bake-oven, rounded over at large jutting stone like a step, and the follon. Chaos of having, as our conslas s67, "a vary the top, with a number of holes the size of the ing surious statement was than let fall. & short good time."
brlik left out at each end. Looking into these time ago, when some rûpeira, were' being made Strast mlutations from Frenok or gentlemen yon zes the large wooden coffin elevated and in a in the Queen of Scot's room, a tousmsson struck of other ustines to English ladies before intro- decayed state it may be, rather more insanitary the jutting out stone above mentioned, which duotion) should be answered or left slona, so, than when laid simply on the ground, so about, rang bollow. He had the curiosity to turn it cording to the amiability or reverse of the ladies. Shanghai, It would som. As to Cholera in up and discovered the remains of a baby wrap
treat the upper districts, at Chaton he gotta pod in cloth of gold, and marked "J." Now, -Brobelors settling here, if they want to mafers declared it a very prodtable sommer, it is well known that Mary Staart gave birth to
taken the inițiative and call, but a bachelor can minent ones have recently died. The guess is in the adjoining room, and that im diately have a Club and busiasm, or official ve sporting that at Canton and vicinity the mortality by after the birth the child was removed and acquaintance with a married man without calling | Cholers who upwards of 1,000.:
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LONDON, 21st January. SAMOA. making provision, for those dependent upon The Germans at Banca tays burned all the him in case of his death. Besidents in the American housse upon which flags were display East, however, are placed at a disadvantage ed, and some sailors Bred on a Captain and as regards the cost. It is supposed that the Leutenant of a British war vessel. climate in inimical to their health, and they bare to pay higher premiums that are charged at home. One Autociation, we observe with satisfaction, in adver tising a reduction of one half in the extra premium charged on this account, and we hope ita example will be followed by.
POLICE. COURT.
23rd January.
BEFORE HO, H. E. WODEHOVOR, ŠĮ
AN ABUNTE WORKMÁN,
Dr. Barahona was the only Nars medios practitioner hare, and as he had to leave for home Dr. Carvalho, who belongs to the Board of
its own
.
(from jyarns. With regard to the fall in the rate of
cobange, it canuel be too often reprated that
all other offices doing basives in this disby coustuot sad making use of abusive language. U Ayan, marpenter, was charged with disorder
The China New Year will pass off this those in trict. The question as it affects India wae J. Ullmaus, storekeeper. No. 74, Queen'e road, co minus its chief attraction; it seems that FORMOSA........Mr. J. G. Göte.
disconed recently at a "mosting, hold under ld his private residance wra at Baxter House. the Bishop, who is the President of the Adminis.
Bine Road. On the 28rt instant, at 7.30 am. FODCHUW........Mosers Hedge & Co.
the appices of the East India association, as he was going to business, he passed through tratige Government, reduses to grant lines for SHANGHAI...Hall & Holtz Co-operative Co.
the subject being introduced by Mr. F. Tax, the cookhouse. He saw defendant there. He the asual gambbing stalle For the gamblers to SHANGHAI......Mosar. Kelly & Walsh, NORTHERN & Hall & Holta Co-operative Co.
the well-known insurance statistician. The had been sent by the contractor to do some re-rain themselves there are tough means in the
paira Witness took him up into one of the fartan, weizing, and pak koy-pin dens. Zivat Ports and Kelly & Walsh Shanghai Ames, in a brief paragraph noticing the rooms to show him what was required to be done KAGASAKI Messrs. The C. & J. Trading Co. meeting, says;-" There is a very generat told not to, bo became abusive and assumed a days, the thermometer rigistating yesterday I make the requaintance of married people, aust However the nailre doctors fared, several pro-James I, of England and the VI. of Bootload
The weather has been cold, for the last few } Defendeut began spitting on the floor, and when impression (bst a vast improvement has threatening attitude. Witzons was obliged to morning 47 Fahr, and today 50 Fabr. taken place within the laai (ew gears in the have him ered by a constable. value of European in India, and there. Fined 82, or, in default, fourteen days' in-
KOBE-JAKA....Messrs. F. Walsh
are those who stoull contend that English-Prisonment.
KIDNAPPING 'CASER.
men rus as little riak un India as they do ju Li Afuk, convicted at decoying Chun Shun Bogland. On the other hand, it is said that Cheung into this oelony for the purposes of emigration, was sentenced, to nine months' im-
SUMMARY OF THE "KWANG-PAO.”
22nd January,
YOKOHAMA...Messrs. Kully Wa MANILA.Messrs. Diaz Fertas Co HANOX Mr. F. Mainfroy, HAIPHONG......Mr. G. Gavelle. Bina OK... Mosers. Rarassy & Cu
on his wife, undi? ke happens to make her de Dr. Wouyon remarks of Fatshan, where interest in her offspring. Now, supposing thr SINGAPORE...Messrs. Kelly & Wh
acquaintance, in which ones it certainly makes Chelors also prevailed, so it would soom to be of real child, the real James, in the infant wrapped FENANG.Mosers. Marnard &
things pleasanter if he calls. Amongst bachelors, the large place where our hospitals are, ovaa to in oltth of gold, lying under that stone, who COLOMBO Mestra. A. M. & J. Ju
formal calls seem the height of absurdity unless Hongkong, Cholers being largely attributed to was the other child who afterwards reigned su CALCUTTA Messrs. Newman -k (c
{the capsmilisted overwith new imposed on prisonment with hard labour
thers in great disparity in nga or position. the anger of the gods or to the machinations of James I. of England and VI. of Scotland? Did SYDNEY... Mosurn. Gordon & Genh. European in India, the gosiparative me
The Krang påà ̈1éf to-day gives the sub-
2.--Baried people visiting the port pannot the Cholera devil.” Varions idolatrous expedients this question over evour to the authorities? - MELIOCENE Messrs. Norton, Hargrave & Co. - poverishment of men on Sxed incomes by was wentenced to one year's imprisonment.
Chun Yeung, convicted of a similar cffense, stazeo of a memorial to the Throne presented by expect to be called on tunless their sojourn are resorted to and medical treatment little be. This will be best answered by asking how they ERISANT Meera Gordon & Gotéis
rather a long ons. Fermanently settling is loved in or sought after. Here idolatrous pro-are said to have trested the discovery. They THEFT OF GJAL. LUNDON........Mr. F. Alger, Clemen's Lane Įreaton of the rise in praes, the heavy bur
the Board of Biton sormenting the various diferent; hare the rule of Tientsin is distinctly sessions abound and the night are hideous with telegraphed at opos to the high personage in Ng Ayan was charged with stealing two tone coremonies that should be observed on the occasion, wrong and does not bold (10 far as I know) in the torches, fire-crackers, and general din. The London, whose business it is to control Holyrood LONDON.........Mesars. John Haddus & Co, den on many arising ut of adverse of coml value of 1, the property of Lo Tas of the marriage of His Majesty the Emperor any other port of China. The ordinary practice chanting of the peniess of Kwan Tal by a pro Palace. What did be? He went back word
8 & 4, BonTari St, Fleet St changes, and the gover 1 dericration in
Hing. LONDON ....Masare. Streat & Co, Cornhil,
From the evidence of the watchmen in the Full detalls are given in the document as to lor sidents, married a bachelor, to all on cession of men and boys was to me an interest-to make no fuss about it," but to replace the LONDON... Magers. Batna Hends & Co. the staminal elements of ha dietary of Eur-employ of the complainant, it appeared that pet where the musicians are to be stationed, how - who are married, and ale on single ing feature in one of them We notice the baby in oleth-of-gold marked "J" ander the LONDON.Me. W. M. Wik 11 Canon S
Tammi.magistrata rightly placed the evil and atone, and preanmably there he still lies. But opeana onside the Presidency turns, slfsoner, with about tenother men, went on board a mapy soolies are to carry the chais, what klud 8-Residente beturning calls. This is in exdered the filthy streets cleaned. Par up the the questions remain to be answered. If that is Mr L.H.Richy,66, Hu Lafayette, Braid. Hildebra Aaron adversely afset the health and longevity of bost containing coal bring off the Fraye at Wan- of obeisance should be paid the Imperial Bride. perative. It is one of ts strongest of sosial North and West rivers we also gut reports of Mary Stuart's baby, and the rightful hair, who
Street.
Forepes in India, The reacle of Mr. tantion of dreiging for it afterwards.
chai, sad threw the coal svarboard, with the ingroom, and so on... The document is not com- obligations to return call. even if you don't the anusual severity of Cholera, as at Shia was that other baby and why, when the suppas Tarr's slabente and completeinvestigations Prisoner was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonpleted, and the latter part will, it is presumed, to koup op sy noguslatanse with the Twan Ng than, Lisa Chow, eto. At the latter ad original thred up in sloth of gold, was there person. Laijes must retain each other's calls, place Dr. Swan giver reports of 30-40 daths no fass to be mado "If this is all a mare'a nest follow shortly. of all the seailable facts presented to the ment with hard inbour.
and married men the calls which bachelors make «very twenty-four hours at the time of his visit. It is high time that people who go over Holyrood NEWS
on their win. mosting is that the value of life among Eur.
there, and hears many thousands have died of should know, it, let albus those whom it may woman dressed we a man with a guste arolds, Christmas and New Year calls are entirely the plagus in the Hunan province just beyond. concern even more nearly.
PARIS
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Exchange. NEW YORK „Mr. A. Wind, 21, P97: Reve
Daily Press Office, January, 1889,
JOAN UNWELCOME VIBITOR,
Wong Cheung was charged with being found
Indian,
.