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for not permitting it. It altifying the gearding his comrades from surprise at the THAT WILY CHAASZE, OR HARTEuro always tree! When I returned to my Toard entirely.
prico a risk and privation to himself-or firing and being fired at, keeping his heart up and his sights earstally adjusted-to-namərt hín olsim to manhood and patriotism."
The PRESIDENT-If you wish for any further murahing sad ecuator marching out the Lil information, you can apply to the Government And I have not the slightest doubt your applica tion will be entertained. That is the proper onaree to adopt. If you demand of me as Str viyor General, as ofa right, certain information, I refuse to give it. As Surveyor General £ lasse nothing to do with the Board.
Me, Francis said the Surveyor General was right in that bat he maintain that the Sanitary Surveyor could only approve or die approve of plans en sanitary grounds, and proposed & motion to that effort.
Dr. Ho KAY Beconded.
TIENTSIN.
has been heard of from Chungking la Szechuan, Mr. Eeckhill, who started for Tibat list winter, on his way hack.
Letters reapived this week from Kores by the Owari Mars repeat that the Tastries of the King and Government are utterly empty and Kr. FRANCIS-I should like to ask whether insolvent: the Castoma revenues have been abolen likely to remain so, se the country has hoce TES this objection has been withshawn and the plan for maddied away by the thieten native officials, now approved.
The PARSIDENT-Redly, Mr. Fracis, I and of credit there is none. The foreigis om. must osl' you to order. The rale of debata Iployés, atleat and nehore, are in bad case, as they called attention to appears to be more barrean are owing. The King, the Government cannot get any pay, and to some of them long ed in the breach than in the observance.
and the officials constitute a scandalous priyanco,
Mr. FRANCIA We are really in Committeo and the econor all are swept away the better. the whole time.
The PRESIDENT At any time you can move in the Tlontain River, and is apparently The process of silting up still continues to go into Committee. In fact I think it would going on farther down towards the Uppor be fur batter if we had etways a small Comics, Forts Beach, where the staters Dow Amitron to settle these matters of detail.
tide during the past work show that batwren discharge their cargo. Boundings taken at low
Gin. of water; through the East Reach; 6ft the new Colisgo sad Tientsin Bend there are 5ft.
threagh Arina Beach, 6ft 6in. A 12ft. tide from Everlasting Bond to Double Berd. of: at the Bar consed & 14in. rias at the Band, so that the depth of water in the Tientsin Bough.
Mr. FRANCISIt is not a question of detail at all; it is a question of principal.
On the notion of Ur. Ho Kat the Board then Fun in to Committee.
Tas PRESIDENT said be considered Mr. Fra eis wation sanocessary. As a Bacitary Board both members and officials should be stated by suitary principles. He had no tear high tide was 6ft, fin, and from that point suspect that soy officer was not so gridud, and therof ra, although the motion was a bailes one, he did not intend to vote oa it at all.
The marian was then put and carried, the Vic President being the only one rating against it: Me doors was then invited to take a ment at the Board and in raply to Mr. Ede said fait of 3ft. 9in. in 500 yards approved in the first plan was sufficient.
Mr. FRANCIS-Bat there can be up question ta.La greater fall would be better for keeping the drain oloan?
MT. COOPER-Fort purpose yes, but there are other things to be consistered
Mr. Con-Bioce this latter was written bas permission been given to adopt the second net of plans?
Bfti
the Arsenal Foach could not have been over
Nins Forts Reach, which is cos of the bout Steamers are compelled to lio in the Upper ronches in the rim, just above the village of Pai-fang-kas situated about twelve miles from Tontain: The customs ruthorities have put down ten mooring posts, and has connected the Customs cruiser, the Foam, is stationed there, village with Tantsin by telephone. The with three officers on board. Since the 14th and everything is being dege to accelerate their alt. twenty-three steamera bave been doard, discharge and despatch.—Chinuas Times.
PEKING.
Mr. COOPER-No, not that I know of.
·Mr. FRAYS-Why, if it was not on mui. Mary grounds, did you refuse to pass the plans?evere indisposition of His Excellency the
MY COOFER-Te save trouble.
M. FRANCIS-You are not paid for that. Mr. COOPER-1 I had approret the plans they would have gone un constructing a drain which know would not pass the Surver General.
With much regest we learn of the somewhat Marquis Teng. It is wonderful that, with their habits and the restrictions imposed on them. Chinuso officials are able to maintain such good health as they do. Their duties are often arduous, and they never get a holiday unless they plead illness, which inespacitatea, then M. FRANCIE-A Sanitary Surveyor to this from Engines As for healthy recreation, frosha Board bare you anything to do with the Sir-air, and the other esentials to health among veyor General
Europeans, the Chinese are ontire strangers to
bero.
Mr. Coorn---No.
AP. FRANCIS--Have you referred to him in this matter:
Mr. Cooenx-Not christly. Mr. FRANCIS made a remark which was in- sadible at the reporters table.
The PRESIDENTI do not thick this is a proper place, Mr. Franois for you to thresten officers of the Board. They are servants of the mark bara a corporate body, and therefore no private individual member has the right to threaten them or express his opinion of them.
Mr. Frács-Then how is an opinion to be expreased.
His Excellency the French Admiral, M. de is Jaille, is sow in Peking staying at the French Tagation. His Excellency her Lee, of course, entertained by the diplomatie body in town, aud at the diuuer at the Russian Legation it was remarked that all nationalities says French and Kussian were excluded. H. E. M. Courany is
most admirable postprandial orator, and eloquence is a strong point with Fronch officers else. The complimets exchanged waald hare bsn worth bearing, on such a favourable ocea sion for developing the idea of an slianos, the Mung on which these two strang's bed-fellows"
The Active Rearsznia-By formal com.at presout repose.-Chinese Times. plaint to the Fresident.
Mr. FRANCIS-The President has no pwer; he is simply the month plus of the Board.
YOKOBĄMA.
After some further dicussion Mr. FRANCIS proposed that Messrs. Bird and Palmer be in-
On the railway line behind the des Works t formed that the Satitary Surveyor had been azar. Shiba, Tokyo, oni onday night, the directed to approve of the second set of plans if 29th ult, was found the lifeless body of a man, there wasnot sanitary objection to them, but that ppareatly a merebunt, of sheat 50 years of age. connection with the main drains oorld bosanotion-and evidently been struck by a train and ed only by the Surveyor-General's Department.
killed Dr. flo. Kar seconded. Carried.
There was also some correspondence front Messrs. Danby and Leigh, but it was agreed to postpone ita consideration till the next meeting. the papers in the meantime to be circulated.
RCAVENGING CONTRACTS.
The report of the Sat Committee appointed to report on tho conditions in the letting of these contracts, was read and approved by the Board.
The Board thea adjonruel.
VOLUNTEERS AND THE DEFENCE OF HONKONG.
valus of Volunteer affort. The writer is in
pressed with the conviction that the present
stale of tension on the Cantinent cannot on
The dispute between Chinese and Japanes merchants hero ia reference to weighing an aupling of goods has been settled by arbitra. tiou, the Caino having consouted to cense the Practies of deducting for samples and the Ja panas having made concessions in the matter of weighing.
mutilated remains of a man vere found in the On Blonday morning, the 29th it, the
being discovered about 10 kous away. The man Hase tunnel of the Tokaido railway, the bead was employed on the railway and it is supposed that he was killed by a passing train on Sunday. His watch, money and other things bad all been stolen when his bady was discovered.
The beat has been much greater in the Capital: during tho past few days than at this time last For when the thermometer only registered
FELT REVERSES.
Which I wish to rerant, And my lang gaga is plalu. -That for ways that or dark. And for trioks that ara vaim The wily Charge is peerlar, Which the same I am tray to maintain. It the gall I reall
Which was played upon mis Be not common to all And to avery Obalyze, Welt-aules are most proved by exceptions, Which the lame may be common in t Is was early in May
That we met in Shanghai, Which his manner, was gay And bis spirita were high; His name there's no reason in stating And a kind of revenge might imply. Twan with manner slato That he amounto be
And prosanded to stale
All the prospects of Tai, And he hold forth rosasta vision Or profits, most pleasing to see.
For he quoted me rates.
And proceeded to show,
How the market would go Giving figures and dates,
When he offered me shares in the business
If seamed like a sin to say "No."
So he went to Baskow
While I stayed in Shanghai
And be wrote me Ningshow Was the ticket to buy,"
Then he showed me the probable total· Of profita,soundingly ligh
Which the same seemed to me Very easy sud grand,
For this pidgin" of tea
did not understand,
And the knowledge I've tataly scquired Hus bsen bought with my balance in hand."
Now the deals that were made
By that rocklees Churcze
And the prices he paid Were quite frightful to 848 Till at Lust I gr
frightened, and wrote him
To" ship iuno farther for me.
Whier be wrote me to say
He considered it raugh
To go back in this way,
But he'd purchased enough. And now he must herry to Louden, To see what became of the staff. Which his reasons agered fair Yet, in spite of them. I Was a victim to care Till the end of July,
When he wired to some facts about auctions Which showed me that Tea as alie.
For the tale that he told Dushed my hopes to the ground, Since our tens had been add
With a loss to the pound Of 28. or more and my debit He hoped would be vendily found."
Which I know that bad isck. Must occasional come. And that when a tonu's stuck Tie ro-nee to be glumi
But the guile I allude to is riling Especial when played by a chan
For I afterwart fourd,
When the "males" I did e That this twopence a pound Was including a foe
For tasting and ono for inspecting, And the same to my partner from me.
Then hisobarges" and freights
Were most startling to me.
Of returns or rebates.
Not a sign could I eva,
And I noticed a trifle for godown
Which the same I had thought to have free.;
Which is why I remark And my language is plain, That for ways that are dark And for triuka that are via The Wily Chinasze is poentiar, Which the me I am free to maintain. -N. C, Daily Newse.
THE EARTHQUAKE AT KUMAMOTO,
the 9, 30th and 31st July, while this year it states that between 1 aan. and 12 midnight on Tagraphie information from Kut. 78, 8, and 83 degrees centigrade respectively on pablished in the fficial Garette - the 5th inst.,
THE DUTY ON INDIAH, GILYBE FRATES
LONDON, 27th July.
The editor of Boalangist paper, Le Can corde, bas hean arrested and the loss of the paper xezrobot: 9.
BONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
Pana-5420, FALCON * Cola Riga)
Ang With.
32,10 .99.45- 19,51
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CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL
EVATION
REGISTER.
15th August, 18009, NA ↓ P.46.
room befora Innving the hotel, I found that the two, bada hich wore in thi partout, had all In the Home of Lords last night, Lord Noelh across the floor until they camo elose together, brooke in maring for the pizduotion of the cor- We then got chairs and sat outsile all the right, respondence that bad taken place relative to and with the foursong of thin-Indies, English import dutier on silver plate of Ladian and the aries of the tortified children, manufotora, dwelt on the crits attending the we had a busy time of it, trying to restore duty in question. Lord Crawld that he fully calm antongst the little oras. One lady gread with Lord Northbrook that the duty was had ropafod fainting the daring the night. in every way hurtful and mid that he wonid for the shooks réourted again at intervals, and leave Mr Godhen no peace until be had repeal. with great violonce, weking the ohairs on which ed it and modified the lows relative to compulsory we war'a sitting out on the side of the mountain all marking, sad to fucilitate the import inte anything but easy to sele on to the second England of Indian silver, plata. ahook occurr-id at ab helf-past one, the third THE BENCH GOVERNMENT AND BOULANGIÓM- about two hours later, and the fourth at half- paat sig. We heard very litlig beyond the
PARIS, 7th July, General Boulanger stands for upwards of one trange and uncanny rambling of the ssttb, and indeed autony at to-morrow's elections for the we could see nothing, as thick mist sprang up Councils General. ovor the mcnutaie in the early morning, Dar ing the night. however the stare shone out at fully, and the sky st ipforvals looked clear enough. We noticed a very strong. sulpbarena smell during the night, and in the morning w saw that a number of fresh hat, sprint come into existence since yesterday. In the lit the ket lake before the hotel, where the spring annelly sako their prosence known by a fow bab blea on the aerface, tive or six persers, throwing up a spent of hot water to a height of about six feet, testified to the working of some unusual. force below and the earth all round was cracked with fissures. Wecould see nothing of Kumamoto or the corrounding country through the zaistnight and considerable soitament prevails. The Japonezu did not seem to be very much dis
arled or fghtand. As the Indice wory ro much upset by the terror of the night and could not be induced to stay, we all mude pour minds to leave. Unzen and the Hotel Stimoda at once, where landlord regretted the earthquake very much indol for obvious reason, and as soon as we could get our things together we all start-
A raid has been made by the police on Paris 19.57 od down the mountain side for Nagasaki, where newspapers for having published soort evidence wo szrived without any more serioas mishap in the. Houlanger, can, which was stolen from than a spul on the road to one of tho party, tho the Government prompters, wheel of whose 'riokahs came off.
DISCOVERY OF A RICH SILVER
MINE IN HOKKAIDO, -
A native correspondent souds to the Japan, Gateite the following account of the discovory u a rich silver mine:—
FARI, 28th July The light of Justice has proclaimed Woodook
unless Boulanet, Dillon, and Rochefort Teklen appear before the authorities in Paris within ten days they will be declared ratole And their prey party will be confiscated.
The result of voting in 1200 cantons has yet to be received.
Wholesale erarohies are being made for copies of tho Boulangist organ La Concorde.
Large crowds are parading the streata to-
OBRIGAR-
INTIMATIONS.
THE STEAM LAUNCH COMPANY,
- LIMITED.
NOTICE
osmplated
MOR the greatercouvenises of the Public, Oleo of the Company to romain OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND ON SUNDAYS, where Launokee car he obtained upon applica tion to the Compradors who is in Charize.
LAUNCHES ALWAYS KEPT UNDER STEAM off Peddar's Wharf, and are at the Service of the Pubila for prorading to and from any Vassol in Harbor.
SCALE OF CHARGES.
Day Services Night Servioss. Smal Largo. Small Large
Laung Lach Lenuch Launch
33 $3 SL
For lat Hour For Erd Four.. For every sub-7
sequent Hour j
Rates for Pienic, Shooting. Bu
Parties, towing Youale sunt Car: -
3+
Excursions to Macau, Canton, or other alrea
19.5
way he arranged the
14th Aug, 1969, at 10 ....
Pedler's Street, Piaya.
Wood,
--FAZIUN,
kl
'PARIS, 29th July. tar stond for about 400 santons in the elections
According to the latest information Boulanger ... 29.31 for Councils-General, hold yesterday. The ruthl
Magreaki... faras to baod show that the Gonerai, bas boun elected in 10 cantone and defeated in 47; returna of 1,000 cartons are still to be received.
THẾ WAR IN THE SOUDAN.
CARO, 28th July. ments has effected a juuction with the forvar The chief Maka-el-Mir with a reinforce- nuder Wad-al-Njumi.
CAIRO, 27th July.
29.77 20.64
Anbu:
At 4.19 p. on the 15th directions were imed to holat the South Cane, and at 1 on the Fit to hefat she Balk, The centre of Hin typhoon is probably stated near Hola ad meing Westward.
W. DOREROK Hongkong Observatory, 14th August. 1689.
NSTAORGLUGICAL REGISTER.
The Borderers have been ordered up to Assonar.
CAIRO, 28th July, Wad-Al-Njumi tas struck his map and is Dow marching at the head of his continedonicler foreas in a northerly direction
General Grenfell will shortly take field-with
one British and two Egyptian brigades.
SANTES FLAGUS.
SIMLA, 16th July,
South of the City of Furohirs, in Shiribishi territory, at a point where the river dividon into two branches. The Inzkurs and Iskinosawa, aud familiarly known by the name of Fatutsunto (two branches. is situated the Furuhira mine. It was first discovered on the 10th of July, 1885, by three wood choppara. Ten days afterwards; A telegram from Therapie, via Fuo, alates they applied for permission to work the that in consequence of what is supposed to be an nino. A charter was granted in February putbreak of plague, ten days' quarantine wil of the following year, and on the second he applied against all arrivals from the coast of of March operations, were commencal. Saroity Assyr between Last and Soleya in the Red of epifal, hovorer, compelled them to Sea, to be performed near Jeddah. abandon the enterprise when y a depth of 13 fent, by 15 feet wils, had been reached.) But immediately their chichur had expired an offese of the huido Mining sought and chlained the permission of the dis coverers to work the mine and the refised the charter. Work was recommenced on the of May, this year, under the suparistendguns oë j Mr. Kooo, a car neer, and the bine, has already proved to be of a most fertile, character. Thir teen veins have been streek and it is expected that more will bu fourd. It is also stated that the precious metal lies it the bed of the river. Fire pits are now boing worked by the company. One of these, the Shachioli (Grampus) was found to be very rich in silver when poly adopte
noises in the bead of 23 years standing TU THE DEAF-A person cored of deafness by simple remedy, will send a description of it frou te any person who applies to Nicholson, 21, Bedford Square, London, W. C., England. [1184
LA CMM #KOLAT. INTRL (BENG8.
WEDNESDAY, 14th August. EXPORT CARGOYS,
Par steamship Menalaus,ailed on the 8th
of 30 feet had been reached. When analysed the August:-For London-43375 lbs. Soented bint yielde were found to contain 1 per cent. of Cuper tua, 15,120 lbs. Soented Orange Pocos silver, middle & per vent and common, per tea, 18-case bristles, 25 caska prava, od 4 cent, silver and 444 per coat, gold. The prices Packages sandries. From Manila 85 Base at present gnated are $520.9588-10 per tu for cigars, and 2,000 bags coffes.. best, 822355.08-10 per ton for camion. We Per steamship Prometheus, sailed on the 10th carnot expect that the ontpat will continae so Angust-For London-1,470 lbs. Congou tes, sbundant but if experienced cagiacers were omits. Sonated Caper tes, 540 lbs. Ecante played it wookl not be diffent ta maintain en Orange Petos, 50 bales weste silk, packages average of 5 per cent. Taking the averara price - 100 packages palm-leaf fans, & puck per ton of tha valputs to be 3243,71.6 8-15 and ages chinaware, & paakagus jou sticks, and 295 erpenses $25.00, which in to be quite a sulf-bales waste silk.
rient sam, tas not proht per ten wool! Le $21871.6 3.10, about ten times the actual ex- pendi ure. The starsesful working of the mine
UPION.
Quotations ar
is largely due to the praiseworthy efforts of Mr. Hori Mtatai, President of the Hokkaido Mining New Malwa... Co., who resigned his outriai past sa a director of the Hokkaido Government in order to diligently Old Malwa devote himself to the working of this enterprise
*The Hokal Mining Co.,I wo told, intend Older Malwa
to invest $20,000 during this year in opanection
the wine area is worked the amount of gold Bebars (New) with the mine and it is almost certain that when Paine (New) #lone will reach a value of $500,000 or $600,000
ether wines on which they are ready to spend UN In addition to the Farnhire mine the Company have also under consideration the working of
THE FRENCH MAIL.
The above in the title a small pamphlet for- warded to as yesterday. This sketch is unoay wus, but it is unt difficult tagaves the authorship has registered 85, 84, sed 80 degrees. Strange (Le and inst. thirty-five earthquakes, two of them $70,00 The writer had some mifitury as well as thorough to say, on the 31st, the hottest of the three being rather arse, wore experienced. Ous of local knowledge, and his endeavour in this bref days, bait fell in Uinomiya, only about 28 rim shooks ruptured the ground i no less then report compiled by a competent authority and The above is only a hurried translation of a chure is to demonstrate the necessity for nilitant from the Capital-Japan Gazette, twelve places. From statements pablished in the I forward it to yea at the time, balieving that Kynsku Nichi Nichi Shimbua and the Saga when thus country is truly opened it will be Saimbun it appears that on the morning of the gratifying for forriguora to know that after all THE FLOODS IN SHANTUNG. day when the savions earthquakes occurred (the Japan's roscarocs are not exhausted. finns much longer, and he is also seizal with thr
The Shanghai natire committes for the relictably cool, indeed was such as we experience in 28thalt) the weather st. Kumuoto was arrow- idea, so often put forward, that we may have to of the sufferers in Shantung bus received the fol- autumn; but at twilight the sky was clothed by meet a combination of France and Russia. Or loving telegram from Mr. Sic dated Shantung, A dark cloud, tinged, with a pale reddish colour course it is better to be prepared for the worst August 5th
and the atmosphere became quite closa. Ateboas that may kappeti,and honcaiu concerting measures
11.10 p.m. a noise as of thunder was heard The M. M. staaimer Iravuaddy, from Mar- The villages in the Hul-in district where in the direction of South-east, and simultansons eillon 14th alt, with the London mail of the for the defence of Hongkong it way perhaps be owing to heavy rams, 16 foot deep it parts; dry As the nature of the shock was uncommon the The subjoised telegrams are extracted from relief has been distributed have been inundated, ly a strong earthquake muvement commenced. 12th idem, arrived here yesterday morning. an well to contemplata nebeoutingonsy. A weiber will in rove matters, but the mountain inhabitants, som dressed and ibora with little austier of fact, however, we buto no quarrel with torrents are new worse than before. In Pu-tamore than Nature's inanty attire, rushed from Ceylon and Indias papara France, the Egyptian question not being one of district ranch rain, on the 5th July the various their houses, a number of them only to be crush- which either nation would be willing to make a
ripare overflowed and united their waters Atsd to death. The town presented a terrible casus bolli With regard to Russia, our relations with that country have been improving, of late youry and ought to go on improving, for there is pla.ty of room in Asia for the legitimate aspirations and sims of both Power
to work hard and bleed freely,
Each stepping where his sourds stood
The moment that he fell,
Mis
A. G. GORDON,
Sarretary
Hongkong, 17th July, 1869.
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......................... per caso of dozen piats.
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- seduced từ 32 denes Fahrbeit thaleral of the 10 sa inebes, tantha and hundredtas,
2.TEMPRATO ide in degrees Fahrenheit.
HOME in percentage of saturation, the humidity of ale traded with.
DIPFOTION fare being 100,
E OF SIN WLP to two points, AYOL OF TAX Cording to Henfert Scale. 8.TATE OF THE W Be sky.tached
B.tg .xlocmy; hail, Light.
"Matictaling raja shower; 4.qually; B. CN;
9. v. thunder; V. weiblity: W.dew (wet). -Bar in Tnches, tenth and burdreds,
W. DOBERCK. Hongkong Chrystery, 14th August, 1889,
NEWS FOR THE FRENCH MAIL:
HONGKONG.
WINES AND SPIRITS.
SIEMSSEN & Co. Hongkong, Ixt Janasry, 1894
125 M×3. KORFF'S ACADEMY OF MUSIC
MRS. KORFF of the Balin Conserva
Vitary, has opened an ACANTH OF USIC at No. 3. West Terrace, where she will be happy to receive Pupils for the PIANOFORTE and SINGING.
Mira Koury is assisted by Wille. MAILLARD, who will give instruction to Beginners, ra KORTE taking charm of more advaned Papil
Papils attended at their regimens it desired, and arrangements made for Classes,
No. 3, WEST TERRACE, Hokamora. Hongkong, 3rd AprL 1839.
[692
MAN LOONG of CANTUN LAS ALTES DU
hand for Sale BOS PRESERVED MEAT, SOY, &c. Price moderate.
Sale of PRESERVES, &c., of Cax LOONG The undersigned is also entrusted with the
MAN LOONG, Csator
The weather still remains unsettled and mach cooler than is usual for the time of the year. On the 13th inst. the Harbour Master notified an- other typhoon in the China see, moving westward. CHOP. The typhoon went to the south of Hongkong canaing squally weather for the past two days. 1064: Things in evory line just now are exceptionally events worthy of nate. quiet in Hongkong and there is a dearth of The statutory meeting
BOARD AND RESIDENCE.
of A. G. Gordon & Co. Limited, was hold on the East, has PRIVATE BOARD and RE 12th inst. when an interim dividend of $1 perIDENCE.
MRS. STAINFIELD, 55, Queen's Rust share was declared. A meeting of the Sanitary Hood Accommodation, well furnistet Room Board was held on the 14th just, when the anat a moderate rate, jeot of drainage in the Hill districts was discus-
Bed
It is notitied in the Gazette that Dr. F. S. Toogool, a sistunt surgeon in the Government Orvil Hospital, reported his arrival in the colony on the 25th altimo. ..8560 per piral, alles, of The stamp revenue for last month amounted [2 to 2 catties. (to $22,278, being an increase of $.41 on the 8800 per ticul, allee, of revenne collected in the corresponding month of 14 to 5 cattios. st year. The principal ingreso a in shere $610 to 825 per pical, transfers, which awonated to $5,456, ne againet. fallos. of 24 to 5 estties. $721 in July last year.
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THE ENGLISH ROTAL NARRIAGE. San-chz Kow (Three-forks" Ma wau, Pal-soeus. The first shook was soon followed by chaug, Nan-lia, Chwang, Wali Cavang, and several smaller and two severe ones With the Dukedom has beer gazetted. He will lancaforth
LONDON, 28th July The appointaiset of the Earl of Fife to a Si-ctwang west of the city there are floods, break of day the dull cloud recent off to leave take the title of the Dake if Fife. The marriage rentyr more villages recently submerged.the sky covered with yellowish litt patches of the Duke with Princess Lotus of Wales was for more of the people bare fled Must im- The san rase, at 8 am, 129th), the sky was again solemnized yesterday at Rockingham Paince portant now to get families to remove fro averest, the thermometer rose to dog and from Chapel. The ceremony passed off most brilli Our pamphleteer shows that there would, to write to you fully. I am in charge of this work of the vibrations seems to have been from couple as they drove era to the Duke's hotte places in danger. when we suceed in this will time to time there were slight shoke. The course ently. Enormous crowds heartily cheered the eds of an attack on the island by as enomy, bela Tei-tung District" urgent need for a large body of Volunteers working energetically to induce the people was the first one, when even unusually strong Shortly before this last calamity, Mr. Sie was from South to North. The most overe shock
West to East, the rents in the earth running at iclimond, where they spend their honeymoon. ❤all capacition, sad that they would be called upon to move in from their dangerous holdings out-bonses were almost displaced from their fozade
HR MORFEY AND ROYAL GRANTS. side of the Pu ti, large Goverament letos or tina stones. This was quite ueffelent to rounen Monday next objecting to kay increase in tho
LONDON, 27th July. Mr. John Morloy will bring forward a motion Banke amhankorents, and inside of the minion, or the soundest sloeper and Acon filed the giraste bardens of the people without an assurance that.
Hoagrong & S'hai. people's dykes, which they had built themselves with a motley group of horrified and di-tressed en farther grants will be made to the Royal China Borneo.......... The rich alluvial soil left by recent foods had people. The scene is said to hare bean bogoad Family, Tha Gladstonian Liberal getsrally
New Oriental ............... ageras patriot, but that may daunt the feeble tonyted them out to these perilous places, to anything words san convey, Old honses and will give their support to the motion.
China Sagar... ezerl The author's general nouslasions are which at first they only want to work for the day, those not very strongly built ware brought to given a follows:
returning at night to their homes and families the ground with sufficient force to kill.
LONDON, 30th July.
Chiness Loan ?8€ C..) bubled the comparatively powerful protection of and other me to wound, numbers of took place on Mr. Moley's amendment to the Dareel Bay Trading. "A local paper recently put forward the state the 'With the usual want of forethought of persons.
In the House of Commons last night, a debato Craickelwok & Co......
Chinesa Lown 88 most that another battalion and another battary the poor, thoy had finally built their huta on, tight of 98th ultimo, there wire underground House afterwards divided, with the result that Gordon & Co, A. G... In Saya, at about 11.30 on the raport of the Hogel Grants Committee; The Fenwick & Co., Dec... were needed for the proper defence of the station, and removed their wives and families out to the and few will doubt that they would be desirable fields where they worked at the peril of their prolonged vibrations from 3 E.E. to N.W.W221 votes, 55 having voted galost, whilst only Hall & Holts Co.. nade" as of many cannons and then ensued the amendment was rejected by a majority of Green Taland Cement additions; bat do the writer and his renders lives, to are themselves the trouble of a daily dwellings leaning over at inclinations varying 134 voted in favour of, the aseadment. Sie V.HI. Brick & Cement. var consider the state of our most important tramp of a few li in and out to the sewna of their from 70 deg. to 80 deg. acenapanied by the Harcourt and the leaders of the Opposition voted H&C. Bakery fortified harbours at home; how minerally pro. lebones. Mr. Sié calmuleted that at the cost of loud ersaking of posts and of walls. The ground with the minority. vided they are, how liable to sudden attack, and It. 300,000, alimsting each family at four quiered so that pedestrians stabled and feti how very important to the Empire ?
| Hop dong khi Đào persoas. nd the cost of removing jet chrone. This shook we are told continued for
$25 $100, cales 360 230 ct. pm, nom. H Blootrio Light$2 $8
$100 $170, sales & buyers
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a chance of glory that should animate the cour.
ACCOUNT BY A EUROPEAN VISITOR.
THE SHAR'S DEPARTURE.
ANOTHER 18ISH MEMBER IN PRISONED. Doctor Tanner has been suntenced to ens Stephens in May last, and to three months' for defying the Court.
THE GRAIN OROTS,
Austria they are mostly a complete failure, and
LONDON, 28th July.
that in Renmania they are poor, whilst from Advices respecting grain crops state that in
THE EASTERN MAILY DELIVANT.
LONDON, 26th July.
H. Dairy Farm
H.
K. Wharf & £t.
&W. Dock....... Steam laundry... Hongkong Rope Hotela
Austin Arms user Bongkang Hotel... Do. Dobentar. Peak Hutal Insurances
Cantan China Fire China Tradere
Chinese Incurnace. Hongkong Fire.... North-China Singapore............... Straits Fire! Straita Murine............... Union
Land & Building-
Yangtare
About four years ago all the Artillery force family at The 20. the whole of there people about 4 minutes. During the night there were of the Queer at Osborne yesterday, and after Longkong Lee of a large bome station, defending one of the amounting to shout 50,000 or 60,000, cold-be two other quakes the lost being the most seva78.
The Shah of Persia had a farewell audience. H. L. Tramways most important dockyards, was sealed to mar brought in to a place of safety behind the fi. The greatest disorder and fright prevailedwards started for Faris. one of the sea-ferts, making no allowance for Teinz-elling. Cang-Fit, Ta'i-tang, Pin-chow, alata were helpless, children created, women conaltis! Besides this fart there were two-tai, and L-tsin were all considered as dau- fainted, and the night of turrez was passed in j other large rou-forts nearly as big, sacerat az all gerous districts, a belief of the truth of which the open air by this unclad mass of humanity month's imprisonment for salting Inspector oges, and chain of forts on the laid side extend the recent disaster has afforded a melancholy dreeding and hoping.-Japan Gazette ing twelve or fifteen miles, three of them large confirmation. A telegram im Mr. Sies ool- works requiring sonsiderablo garrisone, Moro-league Mr. Yen, received only a law reka be ovor, all the forts ware of old design and by no for this most recent inundation, announced that meas so modern as the works here:
The Mercury interviewed a Shanghai re there about a thensand families had already been president The was stopping at the Elimods Hotel, was not a single modern brotch-kading gan vailed upon by the advice of himself and Sit Unzen, at the time, who has given the following mounted there in the spring of 1887, and very and were ready to more in behind the t'i if details of his experiences I was sitting road possibly there le not now the Artitiory farce sisted with money. The Total Shong at Ching in my bed-soon in the hotel on the night of Canada reports are good. from the list appears to be of the same strength foo reported that the water was rising rapidly. an it was four years ago.
the earthquake. It was so unusually close and Over Tis. 1,000,000 have already boun giion oppressive night for Unsea, and considering the All the principal home fortresses are man-in etarity with no result bat to keep the people great height of the site, over 8,000 feet above ned by skeletons and rely to a very large extent alive in a place of danger from weak to week, a lovel. A most terrific noite startled meat about on Volunteers, so it seema bardly reasonable to and the expenditure of Tha 3000 whieh Sid 11.99, and all at cace the farmilere, eta, began Raikea, Postmaster General, in reply to`n ques In the House of Commons this evening Mr. expect the Empire to provide a fall garrison and his callongues were doing their best to col- here at present where, too, conditions seem so lect, would have produced prematent resalts and ad under my feet. My test thought wasto saton to further reduction from lat January in the to more about the room, the four of which away tion mid that Frasse aud lady, had consented. favorable to Volunteering; indeed, kut for the probably obrinted the necessity for further calls the lap, which was sliding off the table, fest it rates charged for the transit of the Eastern necessity, of comparatively secure strategical for charity. pivots for the navy, it is probable that the old
should fall and set the hoas on fire, and add a n mails across those countries, and that the trains country would not have done so much as she has
horror to the night for I have had experienos of between Modan and Brindisi would be as done until she had put her home defences in order.
a darthquake before in Mawils, and realized what celerated. Government, he said, had, under The Economist hopes that in the carrying out had scurred in a moment I grized the lamp, consideration the queation as to whether the One would think that, tu a sanil whito po- of Mr. Goschen's schets for the replacing ofert bl it out, and then went to the door, the day of deportace of the Australian mails from pulation in controt wik inferior races, super light gold the desirability of substituting silver postz of which I had to hold to prevent myself Adelaide should be altered to Wednesday, a fluous energy would naturally find a vent in coins for a considerable portion of the light half from falling. The lone was regularly oscillating, change which would involve the departure of learning fo fight--as it sippears to at Shanghai sovereigns will be continually kept in view. It ind it was only owing to its being early satirely the mails from Boulay being altered to Sunday Burely it would da no great barms to the able is glad to learn that the Treasury Eave alreadycoastrusted of bambous tied together, with this fustend of as at present, Government were, bodied Hongkongite if on the few drill even taken measures to increase the circulation af plaster on the walls, that it did not come down huwever consulting the Tad Office and the ings in the year fatigue compelled him to bed silver. With this object in view. they have ir a moment the whole place was ina commotion, principal merobant connected with Eastern and forbade his wooing fortune at the harrolear focted an arrangement with the Bank of Eug and the ladios, who are mostly in a terrified trade with a view to obtaining an expreuken of and customary per: Be that as it may, it has land, whereby sliver will be conveyed to apesadition, as well they might be, for the opinion on the subject. been sought to show. thas to enstiro a proper de- plicants for it free of charge At present the sea-ation was a troly horrible ons, rushed ont fones of Hongkong against a very posa bla at. Bank make a borgo of bs. per cent, when it from their ropune with their children, all orsom tack there would be an opportunity for shall we sends siree to persona est of London, but nadering in fear. Many of them were only just say every thlod-bodied Englishman in the place the nas arrangement this charge will be met wakaued fr in their beds. There were in the that no progress had been made in section s'hi H. Wharf
either to the batteries amid the blinding otherwise, and the person applying for the coin hotelet the time Mr. and Mra A.J. Rocks, Mr. with the proposed new Government dock at Bir John Goret, replying to a question, said glars and appalling crash of the bursts of will get it free of charge. Seeing how large a afens and her two daughters, Mr. B. Walker Bombaydar ships of Her Majesty'e Navy beyond Shanghai Water beery shail, the visions whirr of the hail profit the Trasury makes out of the silver all from Shanghai, and two Mizes Middledyke the salsotion of a site, Lord Cross, he said. had.. of anohine-gun bullets and the hurtling rush coinage, it can wall afford to make this sorces from Nagasaki They stl ran vet into the ball offered to contribute a maiety of the scat, but of the shrapnel volleys-in the gused boata ension, which should go some way towards most and quickly perauided them to get out into the the Admiralty had not yet accepted the ofar dark nights with al: benous remoret, observing ing the complaints that have been so frequent open air, the landlord of the hotel niso urging in the montime the Bombay Port Trust bad ata respectful diztunes the motions of the from lately an to the difficulty of obtaining silver coin, that they would be safer ostaide, and kindly offered to contract a dock which the Indian leviathans bat progared for desperate haud-to-end especially coins of small denominations endeavouring to comfort them, by edding that Government boulder would be sufficient for all band fight at any moment with their boats, through the country banka
they had felt only the first shock, and that there. Indian needs.
CARO THE DOCK AT DOMBAT.
Londos, 26th July,
H. Land Inventui't Kowloon and JAY. Peak Bailding.............. Hiobanand Terrace. Shanghai Land
telug Wout Print Buildg Imom Bugar Cale Charbonnages... Jelcha Fumfom Selames
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$25 $30
$18.50 $25 eum now call
860 $85
S$81, nules & hayers Ta 50Th 28
210 $130 $1 $14
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$60 $168, mom. $125 79 p. et p
$255. etdir., sellers
$100 $240, buyers $500 $501
$16 $26
350 $140
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$28 280 $200 $168, OKI, *$40 $985
240 Tie, 940
$20 $16
HTS DIS
$20 $234, bugar $26 $10
425 Tls, 98
$50 3188,ake & layer
$9322
$7 $10, salon $100 $200 Th 20Tla. 35 840 360 $100 $112
$13.58 2050, Dom..
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The Harbour Master on the 18th inst. trans- mitted to the Chamber of Conimares the follow- ing information-Typhoon in Chios Seamoring Westward," At for o'clock pm, the coas AS hoisted at Teim Tsa taui Point i dicating that the typhoon was passing to the southward. The weather during the day was rathar gusty at in tervala, and frequent heavy showers of rain fall. Towards evening it moderated, and the cost went down, but later ou strong gusts of wind, ar- panied by rain, war experienced intermitten y. and continued throughout the following d The oantro of the typhoon is presumed to be situated near Hainsa and moving westward.
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Tolcanio sctivity among the bills of whisk
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