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"Apply to Facts The plans are formed, anticipating those tho olasan named having no imperity, will, when of offers who are likely to bosoro opponents. melted, be either fuo or first foo lin metal.". Going through the colonies in ner Sir The diffulty ret with in discovering the prin Charl has much that is interesting alonciples which were to guide as in the fortifion thing that is of all and esoir of them. Of they don of the coating stations showa, that we have North American Dominin ko mags That present no such system in forog, and no Cariadas a prosperous future before her there similar systoin possesed of adequate power. A san ho no doubt. Of all the lands under a tera Caiof of the Sts having to deal with such o porate climate to which British emigrants guration as coaling stations; would determine can go, Narth America is by far the most feem information accumulated in his dopart. Rressible, and mutil that contigent is comment, what foroes would be likely to be brought pletely filled it is mulikely that a great against the posts leated, and thus would judge bore they will go elsewhere. The Argentine what forls and guns would be required.” Kapublic is farther off, and is a land of Spanish and Italian openh; and South Africa hos boos tep largely peopled by Datoh and pativos; whic Australia is still more distant Coal, like the United States, tone te immigeait by free grouts of land; and "in the north-west, in A have seen, no clearing is required; so that the intonding immigrant has, as compared with these who go to other parts of the globe, the cheaport journey, and the jet penditure to face who narires at his journoy's and. The iamigeatare still for few, but hoyonon mal tiply, for Canada, producus man on the Real-on in naturally neissa there coal in which she proncos timber, and the dinn Singapors The writer of this paper has asked: population increases by natural growlb at a won-
the same question, hundreds of times from derfally rapid rate. Of five millions of pop bandreds of persons; the answer generally is in Canada, four millions are Canadian born the same, ".Ion't tell, some witty fellows Tary di feruat atate of things from that which had seen it at the Decks," and so on. Ourionslys we shall find existing in Austria. On the agh, the subject never sacs to cost any other haul, while Australia is a land almost u thonglit, although the Anding of a certsin to be frus from the ecourge of war. Food workable coal seam anywhere on the in North America re-bare to as in fact their furtanes straight off. Peopta prefes, and wild easily give thousands of wop, that there are between the people of our own ans, established to the north and to thingly, to spend their money and energy in Bost respectively of the artificial line which doubtful subject remains approved all those years Hongking & Sha
doubtful Melay jungles, although a much-les Bank I hare describal, causes of dispute which I am!st the door. The truth is, we are living as it New Oriental presently attempt to investigale.”
were on a large sealed case which, for anything Brown & Co., R. G.. TRE MIGHT NOUR BAT,
we know, many contain noteld wealth without Chips Borneo There is much in the book on the labour quo our attempting to take off the lid. Now; not to China Sagar tion and wacial logislation in Ansiralin which is go beating about the bath, the object aimed at Chinare Loan Si B.. very opportune The Victorians, the author in this paper is to try and induce the Govern- Chinese Loan 84 C.. rolats Antrary much op oard to fairmont, in so fret plans, to put down soms deep Ukinese Loan '80 L..Tla. faire-There is no general disfied of in the hores the Island tu san what it contains; the Dairy Farms Co.
Cruiskebank-&Co.... colony in the principle of interfering with iz- sonld be done by means of the diamond trilling Darvel Bay Trading. dividual liberty for the pargofoblafuing such apparatne, which brings to the surfaces section Fenwick & Co., Go a reform of hours as would be suitable to the great of all tas rocks if pass through, facilitang im Gordon & Co., A. G... majority of the people. For many years the mansely geological diagnosis and cinsification Green Island Cement! custom of Victoria has imposed with Las roof the gories from its organie romains, the two. Brick & Coment.. of hew the eight-hour limitation apen the lubenrere, energotis gaudenten in charge of Botany H. & C. Bakery of artisans sight hours a day uz forty-eight and Zoology would be in their glory in uu-Hongkong & Ga hours weck for als rulo a Saturday hudf-folding and deciphering the ancient paloosaic Hongkong Electric... lliday-in-tuken-and met by an extra half hour history of the Singapore rocks as they were H. H. L. Tramways.. on ofher days. There is tendency to bronght volume by rainme to the surface, and Hongkong Ion...... apply the eight-hour day to the tive day would not that be a red letter day in the calendar H. & K. Whart & week and the five-hour day to Saturday; without of Singapore when the Erat section of good coal
Steam Laundry.... making up for the abart day by Igor Jubeur was carried shoulder high to Cavernment House, Hongkong Rope....... upon the others. The well-organized todas. and would not orery porson of thought who lins H. & W. Dock......... such as the carpentera, plasterers, and mussoNS,
stab in the welfare of Singapore hail with Hote hose takon etap in this direction, one trade delight the commoueament, and watch with the fering to subit to a slight decrease of foratust eagerness the progress of such a schems, the Bstarday, while in most cases, however. Lå
aschine of the Frastost importance biti domand in for full pay for the Saturdy anonically and seiontifically. though for three homes less of work, and bikin Victorian workmen now enjoy the furly-five > hour week."
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esperieper of rocks, both penetically and theoreti ally sail in way.conutcies, wo most distinctly say, in all human probability, it will, but whether thick enough or good enough to work no person can tell. That coal of good quality he beca Pinwad this island it Beyond à doubt, for the. writer has dug it out of the root with his own hands, and resuy people have seen it in situ, but at that particular spot it was thin-and- pately, not an uncommon thing by any mesme in the best coal formation, and amsily accounted for by geologia; and that handrails of fossile in very way resembling the fossil dors of the mar boniferous marins have been found on the faland
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Sir Obaris Dilko is, as we know, a great admirar of Federal institutions: ONE ONE has hooa a federal age. The year 1805 sie the victory of the principle in the United States 1867-58 the new birth of Canada through the adoption of the system 1 kuro daseribad; 1870 the creation, in the German Empire, of the strongest federal raten of the Coatient v Europe; 1874 the adoption in Switzerland of a feteral Canstitution greatly improved over that of 1813. In 1885 was laid the foundation of the edifics of Australasinn federation while portions of our West Indian Crown colonies have recentlys alan beyond doubt. When all this evidence been brought togather under similar systems; was freeh, we well revolioet urging the propos and in South Africa alone of the countries in sehere strongly on the good old man, who was which the experiment has been attempted then the chief engineer of the colony, but has a complete failure-acd this perhaps only though the spirit was willing. the fuch was weak. temporary get occurred. The difficulties The subject dropped awing to the sant interest which have bean conquered in Canada by takes only to orcp up again to-day when so many federation are greater than those which the people have turned miners and inining spoon- fonders of the Constitution of the United lators in Singapore. Prony & superfcial stady States had to face. The terzitary new adminis of the ranks of the island wherever they are fered by the Canadian Confederation is as hard, it lost the following places should, i fens the territory now ruled from Was the wainion of the writer, Te avoided in trial ington. The Roman Catholic and Protestant boring: Ist, the southern edge of the island populations are more nearly equal in strength amongst the ranks on which culoanism has than is the case in the United States, and the fact bien playing sul lavoe 2nd, Bukit Timah; that nearly a third of the people speak a different this is an igneous intrusive mas, quito tongue from the majority, and have a far dif- devoid of exal or fossil of any kind. This ferent history, prevents the creation of a home-hill, worer (which is now but the ghost of generus nationality such as is found aorass the what it has boon) may contain metalliferous border. On the other hand, the very fact of the veins, and might be explored for such in the existence of the United States, in i enormous gullies round abort first. 3rd, two to three miles power, upon the Canadian frontier, bus furnished around Bukit Timah, for the rooks thare will be the necessary reason for a Canadian federation, aiderably damaged and captured. With this to the saccess of which combination-to-pra-single exoeption (Bakit Timah), the rocks of the vent-absorption" is the kay, and which was hur island are purely sedimentary, sad exactly the riad into existence ou the Lapse of the Recipro-lass of rocks in which coal is found. It mast be city Treaty at a moment what naty Americans stated, homarar, that there may be posodrooks in were expecting application for admission to the many places which we have not seen; moreover, Hai from wast they looked on as a bankrapt it is very difficult to fud places in these regions Now Mat
must be borne in mind that tertiary strata form Old Malwa..... where the old country rooks are exposed, for it Last year's New Malwa ..$530 24 to 3 .....8540 23 to 3 in Europe. Notwithstanding this, bowever, we Patna (New) $485 per chest. over the old rocks much more rapidly here that Older Maiwa....
$510 2 to 9 firmly believe that on a mora substantial explora Depures (Now!..$485 top of the island it will be found that the Bukit Timah rooke are the only igneous rocks to be found on it and hors it may be as well a note that all bering should proceed from cast.
colony.
At the same time, fo sess little immediate pro- spect of imperial Confederation—It cannot be Buil that the idea of imperial unity has made rapil progress of a practical kind. The idea is far from modern. It was pointed out as regards Canide by Adam Smith, and pat forward by Mout gomery Martin in his history of the colonies published before the present nigu, to which, if in perlings worth notice both her Majesty the Queen and Mr. Gladstone were bers. It is useless to underrate the dif sabaori calties in the way. Dir. Boaloy has written of England proving able to do what the United States does so avily, that is hold together in federal union countries vary rate frota pach other Dut the territories of the United States with the exception of Alasks, which has no po building stone of great beauty and durability palation, ara contiguous territories; and ever ales abounds in it. This is a substance Singa
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the east or nearly so. In clos Baromalee 4PM....20.11 Theraí. 4r.. (Wot bulb) 38 sarnestly to the consideration of the Govern-Thermon, 1 r....61 ment of the Colony. In the present skǝtch we have been speaking only of the carboniferous system as an economic repository of coal, bat
Profar Sealey seems inclined to exclude pore stands greatly in need of a statement India from ensideration. He thinks that the which every person of taste here: will readily British Empire of the future will be far stronger i anderse.
1han what he calls tho ecuglomeration of ross which we call Russia." But the vast majority of the people of Rasais speak on tou rue, and the Rnasiga territories are contiguous. I. Lou, think that the British Empire of the! future will be stronger than even the Russian Empire, powerful se that is; but its strength
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will not be promoted by attempts to force general menting, inform the shareholders on Haiphong the Australian colories into su imperial nater January 30th that they contions to Yeonive Boligo... for which they are not prepared. It tuay be farones ble reports from Kabang; and that from Manila conce that in Australia itself thero may ens of their lodes now being worked samples of Auping psibly come a okage in the direction of ploser pro have intely come forward, and been sout to. The Maritime Provinces of British Captain Williams, the company's consulting North America rejected by largo majeritis the engineer, to assay, and his report is entered confederation resolutions but a short time be Their mixing captain, John Penrose, when fore the Dominion became a single Power; and forwarding these samples, writes as follows:- New South Waler and Qonaland may possibly Driving on Simon's Lode is resued. I have come to see their interest in union. If such taken the sien of Maskolyna's, which is a little changes should take place at-home es my put smaller, as we are short of labour at present. Windivostok an end to Irish disaffection, one enormous dif- Last month's driving by three man, course of Tokyo fionity is the way of ologer union will have been lode going east 3 ft. 10 in, uros extting behind Nagasaki removal, for in Australie the Trish dificulty-the sad 8 ft. 8 in.; total. 6 ft. 6 in. I am sending Amoy
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Temperature of the empire is the creation of a body of men hard, very compact, and of very high percentage Direction of wind...
hose duty it would be to consider the questions of ore. I took grout earn in selecting six average Force of wind raid and to work out the answare. The pro- sarapies of this is stoas.
Wouther
HONGKONG REGISTER.
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Previous Oz date On dato
day pm at 10 a.m.; st 4 p.m.
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20
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than for any other State, and yet we are the No. 1 sample produced squal to......10
15
only Power spanding rast soms upon defanos.
(to the ton of stone).
Bighest open air taepsiaturo um the St Lowest open air tɔmpo
who have ae Gezioral Staff. ▲ General Staff No. S sample produced equal to... reed a Chief at the head of it, who in
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7
(to the tumul stone):
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our country would be, wo he is in France, the No. 3 sample produced equal to...... 6
`ghthand man of the Minister of War, whils
Berusny he is the adviser of the Emperor, No.4 sample produced squal to......11 ab commands in chief bimself, as well of the
[to the ton of stone).. Minister of War. The duty of a General Staff. No. 5'samples prodsand equal to....10 2 is to teach the art of war and advise on all mat-
(to the ton of stone).
te the ton of stone.
0
1-BANDYTER Tech the 5th
degrees Par. at sea
TEMPERATDAN lai tha thuđe in degne Fahrouhelt -Hater in perbeninge of saturation, the humidity of | sir saturated with molature being 100.
DISECTION OF DI Wage to two peaks.
5-Touch THE WIND BOOording to Baufort Scale. G-STATE DE, THE WEATHER: B. Blue sky; 13 detached clouds: 1. Arizeling in B. tory G. gloomy H. hall; L. Lightning, G. overene; P. ping smera ghally B 10 min 9. snow; T. thunder; V. vis:Wlity; W. den (wet),
W. DOBERCK Hongkong Observatory, 6th March, 1890.
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