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INTIMATIONS.
HONGKONG TRADING CO. LD.
(Late The BAD. & HOLTZ C. Co., LTD.).
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THE DAILY FLEST, PRIJS) OCTOBER 24TH ICO
The Mayon volcano in the Philippines huka { principal invresses in the various dopart-giren on account of the raining of the
character of the institution on its transfer on in eruptive on the 30th Septembe
ashes worn shot le a great height. The scop The Governor in 1875 recaívod $24,000 to the new building and not or account of tien ceased when the typhoon came on. and 31:440 entertainment allowance. The the increased cont of living. The Medical present salary in $24,000 and 34,804 en- Department is also excluded from the increase tertainment, allowance. In the Balimsies for reasons stated in the Secretary of State's ENTLEMEN'S—AJLOVES for next year the mdary is put down despatch, but it must be admitted the salaries | at $25,000 and the entertainment al- of the gentlemen engaged at the Civil Hos- lowance at $7000, making a total of pits appear rather meagre for professional $18,000, as compared with $25,440 in 1875, men.
Fall Assortment of
UTFITTIN.O
for
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and $28,800 in 1890. The increase here at the Police Court the two Magie. appears to have been fixed arbitrarily, no trates get the advantage of the 35 per cent. doubt in accordance with instructions re increase, the salaries being raised from ceived from the Secretary of State, and falls 53,840 to $3,184, The Magistrate acting as connderably below the 86 per cent received Coroner, however, draws only the same pay by some other officeri. The salary of the
A telegram line basu ressived at Mamila from London to the effoot that the Inding place of the telegrapkin cabts wii, probably be transfer- red from Baliuso, to Manhas. This would pres went the interruption which now wants when
so frequently, happens, the landlines in Lusse era blawn down,
GOOD& Colonial Secretary it rained, from $2,200 to get the increase of 35 per cent, on the 1975 The matinger was doing his best to get the reefs
· BY APPOINTHUNT,
At the meeting of the Kaub Australian Syndicate, Limited, bald at Bri-bane on the 8th aft, Mr. Bob Philip, the Chairman, mid the rosult of the Best crushing had, perhaps, boan a disappolatinent to the pubile, as very araggorat.. tors did not think is way bed. Two-and-a-half ad opinions had been indulged in, but the direc one to the ton was a very fair rölara con- as the Coroner drew in 1875. The feat clerk | sidering that poly ona anal fins of roaf in twenty square milon of constry had been worked, opened up, and to enable him to accomplish thin re miners had been sent him from Australia. The funds at the company's disposal, would amount, when the gold was sold, to about £4,500, and it was intended to spend this money in would be necessary for about four months but thoroughly prospecting the property," No mill If developments justified a larger plant than that now at Raub, machinery would be purobaned and calle monde, to pay for it. The board bad been offered £10,000 for 10 acres of the con- cousion but had not thought it rise to discale any of the property for the present
A. S. WATSON & Co., LIMITED Colonial Treasurer is raised from $960 to/4mount is arrived at therefore does not ap marked suocer, and the coalies are prosperous.
(ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.).
HONGKONG,
We invite attention to the following old landed Brands, all of which a expellent quality and good value for the mousy.
The same being specially antested by our London House, and bought direct from the most noted Shippers, are imported in wood and bottled by careelves, thus enabling as to apply the best growth at moderato prices.
same affect
Mix. Francis said that by the afflarits be thought be had overcome the objections to his motion which their lordshi,« had rai ed on the"
account. He quickly passed examinationa Although sich prompeoting work is inturally unre- | The Marine Lots when pat up for sale bythe night Oriental languages-Hindostani, nerative in itat, ruinable expenditure in thle Gérerament had always fetobed memo igher Pareiza Arabic, and others. He spoke direction stat always be rogarea produs and had been subjected to much
apost in the improvement of such propertisuna thong : and knew thoroughly twenty-nine lang ang an id though we have so far been a rezante in the higher Cec roots than the Inland Lobs owing bath Enropeso, ení: Oriental, not counting intrinso, vadas of renita obtained, thes in reason to to such free scuous to the son and the advantages dialents As a horseman, aro-demen, and hope that we may strike richer ground any day on the resulting therstrom, and it was ilways understood shot, he became unsurpassed, and received from many porazies in sourse of further examination.
that no buildings of any stars could be inter- During the fire yarn in view, it may resonably sodbetoon such late and the sea Mr Franea a Arendt de points tomshisiedlenin-
be expected that Pahang wit reire, the Zærker ship. He published in 1853 n system of attention which the exploitation of a mineral wealth Evigh's affidavit supported Mr. Byria's. He baycnot exersice, which, was adopted by the demarven, and, on the reg val of the internes which has stated that Marina Ints bad always'boon sold at. Borse Guards Taring tities when be flagged daring period of gendral degression, should at a higher rato than Inland Lots owing to the was not on, sutive sarvias ke was serving his son be stimulated by the sanzanos of access at Performer having access to the sin. The present country, humanity, solence, and alvilization that these great felds for mining enterprise possess
Jam Ilwolf or in the nighbencing mines, it will be seen reclamation Robame wapld. seriously Saterfere in other ways, by opening up lauda hitherto an intrinsic value which tay not at present be it would convert the lot into an Inland Lot, and with the owners of Marine Lot 82 sdmseh na unknowa. He made an expedition to Mesas | rosogulised." and Medios in 1863. His. talents for mixing. This proposed by your directore sick to Initiate any would' deprive the owners of free access to the with and siamlating natives of all countries. fresh wine operations on an extensive sa bat to sea. Mr. Thos. Howard's affidavit was to the but specially Oriental characters, and of contine the work of prospecting in the strict sense of this term, un sagrouted by Mr. Bisher in his report- becoming as one of themselves, without anyone with this view our sin at the mines has bosa vys eyor doubting his origin; his perfect know Juced to a minimum, so having taferred their ledge of their language, and his being gifted services to the P. Som Pohang Gold Company, and by nature with an Arab hond and face, from, ustimates which have been propared we post occasion. The fact that Mr. Eyris, Was a favoured his first great, enterpriss. He next or to carry out the proposed programme to ex fenata not for the paislio but for a number of
paaditare of shout. 32,000'nt Furjois and $1,000 ak explored Barre, in Moslem Abyssinia, and Sanghia Das per month, which we shall be able towers of the property was fully calabl shed. went to Sotna.Tap in Bast Africa. He met for nine months without sling span ves for The-nies paint hofore the Court was as to the commended the expedition, taking with him farther capital aroo in defwall of raportent of repay-interpretation of the torm Marina Lot-It the gallant Spoke and Lionfonents Herns and ment et disbursements by the new company,
wan abundantly proved by the affidavite pat in In the slataniect of secounts the expenses of our that a Marine, Lot meant either a lot bordering Stroyan. The explorem were attacked in the own operations and of the tablement at Penjom un the sets or Praya or rondwar night by the nativo, All fought their way (3) Al have been so divided as to how sentipy brately through the enemy; Captain Barton for soat of the latter of $17,801.97. Te is bas to be, which bordered on the seashore. Such lood aid Captain Speke were both desperately added, though not yet sztered in soocanta, a sum of always commanded a bigher, prezïum and a wounded, and poor Etroynn was killed, while about $18,000-the valeg of machinery and plant to higher prown rent in consegnaree of its Horne'e fate was to be studiohed. In the taken over, and in reimbursement of these amounts proximity to the sea and the rights attalipd- Crimes he was chief of the, staff to Gearai it was agéed the Loudan Company that wo should thereto With referance to the suggestion Boatson and he was the principal organiser of not yet besa paid by reason of safetal doppion thrown out by Mr Justice Clarks at the leat
been of depression in the irregular cavalry, Lord Palmerston was the Pahang macket on which our cffe boot is dependeat hearing, as to the public having a right of way going to sand Captain Barton to rabs a large for resourses in London, but was promised a nero a public road to the sea, he unid submit. body of Kurdish horse, when pease was pra-arly settlest and var director will continue to that a Marine Lot holder had a greater right to claimed. In 1856 ho set out for his grast explonious of lie lake regions of Central Africn, again taking with him his comrade in arma and travel, Speks, who was afterwards in his torn commander of a subsequent expedition with Grant. Then it was that Barton dia- overed Tanganyika. The expodition was sbsent three years. In 1890-Turlan went to
Meanwhile it is satisfacocy to know that funds to the extent of one farthing he was entitled to the United States, visited California and Salt have been sent to the mines for, bureaut naquirements Texist the evasion of hịp legal rights. What the Lake City, and travelled during that expeilion the Jai Book, where the work now being car-Gerarquent nor proposed to do would enter tion 25,000 miles. In 1861 when the Indianed on at the expages of the new company, and the the property moles suitable and much less Army changed hands his military carterers con ta korn that sack will now be profitable. It was quite possible That, on the
tinted with rowed energy. Nevessary addition to for the spear Kasi Rut sill want to the papa to deal with. Use escant increain of him Fernando West Coast of water, ebabs order by Mr. Muahor, and before Afrion The Bight of Biafra, 60 miles in long the lower lerelt will be again asossible, from extant, was his jurisdotion. He did gay discovered will soon produce, material for some which it is expected that the rioler variou of ora late- arrice here for three years. He thoughly rataron of gold. explored from Bathurst, on the Gambit, down
Dar operations at Sanghie Das beyond those of Reclamation Ordinance being ultra viros, be ta San Paolo da Losada in Angola, merched imploration not haring shown praftable cents in the would cat to the learned counsel's remembrance up to Abeokuta, and ascended the Cameroonhape of outpat of Tin-cre from the deposits so far to the fact that it had been held in Australia, Mountains. He visited the cannibal Mpang. Pap, the treat catlay, has been reduced in India and Africa that the legislature had power wa, the Fans of Du. Chailla; he want to that direction, and it is proposed for the famoze to
confine the work bare, at Panjon, to prospecting to pass auch a law as the one in question. Beain City, unknowa to Europe sincs the only, stal estimated most of not more than $1,000 tioned were representative assemblies which the Mr. Francis said the legislative bodies men-- death of Belzoni; he ascended the Congo Rivi, per month. and explored the Tallalah Rapids, the Ele Mr. HM Eschise roturned from London to sing. Legislative Council of this Colony was not. phant Mountains, and the whole line a lagoons spore in the middle of Jals, and fine since been to the Mr, Jabios larks sail it was not a r-prosen- between Lagos and the Volta rivers. Then he remained several weeks at Fenjom making the mace.
of which he has made a toll jespecting. He tatiro assembly in Natal. was sent on a dangerous missions three ary arrangements in alteration of the staff and had not power in such a case as this they had The Chief Justice said that if the legislature months mission to tie King Dahomey, programms of operations contingent on the transfer with presents to indous Klug Galele of the Julla Plack, after which he visited Sanghis abolish his "onstons." Captaru Burton was become to Hongkong and presented his |Dan pod inspected all the workinge af the compassion. then transferred to Sao Paulo Brazil), where report, à copy of which you receiro Kr Beohor is The Chief Jastios auid that some sections of ho was active and neofal for tous years. both now managing the Panjom Pahang,” and this on the coast aad in the terior. He thorough-pany's properties jointly good by which the Reclamation Ordianes seemed to him to be ly explored his own province, which is larger they will have the continued bane of his services very strong, such as taking away certain rights, tamm France, the gold and diamond mines of Mr. T, Ok Brodle having resigned his sest at the slene, bat still the law had been passed and lot with an advanta reous division of his remuneration, the compensation to be decided by the Governor Minas Gerais, canned down the great river Board in conseguen of his departure from the Colony, holders were bound by it. San Francisso, 1,500 miles, visited the Argent becomes necessary to alost some one is nie stand.
ine Republic, the River La Plata and Paiz guay, for the purpose of reporting to the Foreign Office the state of tho Paraguayan War. He groaned the Fampes and the Andes Chili and Fera, and visited all the Facißo Coal Returning by the Straits of Magellan, Buat Ayres, and Bio to London, be fond himself appointed to Damascus. While bold- ing that position he explored, various parts.
1st UCTOBER, 1680, To 316 MARCH, 180. of Syria In 1873 the commlats of DamasonsARENIG was reduced to a vice-consulate, and Captain To cost of estates Burton was recalled. In 1872 h4 sol ́ost for To Rabinery and plant, construction,
buildings at Pinjom and Barza stan forland, and thoroughly studied and explored it, returning the same year to find himself Tom-launch Flori
To atoom-launch Mande... posted at Trieste. In 1876. Captain Burton Tassen 8an Tuws. vizátor Midian,
wrote an
Arram Te lighte
very effort boobtain it abordy be represented on the board in Landem by the published. Prening for the sake of argn.
The prepondem ting interests of this company will over the road to the sea that the ordinary - arrival thers-ie December of Mr. W. 03. Brodient that the Government, as they had a right (Chairman) to satisfr. Ewart, their other repro-to du, had ræsumed, posesssion of a certain road- seatative, and that board will be further strengthen way, the Marine fotholder's right of access to Even al- by the dialtanou rotors to England of Mr. J the ses would still remain affected panding some menthe in Fabang. Ashion Bell, a most abla director, who has been though he could not show that he was damaged.
$9,720, that is, by 35 per cent. The Asulary, but has the value of the quarters sistant Colonial Secretary, an office which deducted. This is one of the cases where was not in existence in 1875, gets an in. the scheme seems to work somewhat hardly, crcede from $8,860 to 33,600, while the the quarters having been given originally for AUTUMN AND WINTER WEAR,
Chief Clerk gets the full bencilt of the the convenience of the service and not as a 35 per cept, his salary being raised addition to the salary of the office. The HONGKONG TRADING CO., Lo.
from $2,400 to 88,940, and that of the Chinese clerks in the department get an 123 Clerk of Council, an office anually held increase at the 20 per cent. rate. In the Hoogkong, 21st October, 1890. WINES AND SPIRITS
by the Chief Clerk, from $980 to $1,296. Folice Fores the Captain-Superintendent's The first, second, and third clerks get increato alary is increased from 85,040 to 35,520. at the rate of 20 per cerit,, these officer boing In 1876 the enlary was 98,540 and $1,200 In his last annual report the Protestor of unally filled locally. The salary of the from the Special Fond. How the present tion of Indias labour into the island has been a Imigrante st Jamaica Mays that the introdue
1,996, and that of the First Clerk and pear, as it is less than 95 per cent on the contented, thrifty, and camimalating manny in Cather from $1,920 to 32,592, the second total of 1875 and more than 35 per cent. ea however, a Tory different story to tell. H
in the Savings' Bank Of the Chinose be hus, clack and third cleik receiving increases, on the salary without the allowance from the writes The period of indentares of the Chi the 20 per cent. acale. The Surveyor Special Fund. The Depoty Superinten lentesc imtuigrate has expired, sud shop buvo re General's department does not come under a 1875 got $3,120: the amount put down for where individuals are making good time lead to wived their certificatus, with a fawr axcopticus. the new scheme, except in the case of one next year is $2,640. The office is now revived their employers. Excluding about 100 of these or two junior officers, the salaries having after being out of existence for a anmber of people, who were a marked contrast to the rest, been re-arranged last your. The Water and years, and therefore it will be held, be said to have been wages. The bulk of the the experiment of Chiness immigration ounot, In ordering it only neocassey to state Traianga department has only just been presumo, that the reference to 1876 Chinese were turbulent crust to one another, the use and quantity of Wiño or Spirit maute constitated, so that there are no increases in doce not apply in this case. The first and did not show any disposition to carry out the terms of their contracts. Many deserted individual salaries to he noted there. Mr. clerk and accountant in 1875 got $1,440; and went to Colo, defying the efforts of the CHADWICK, the Consulting Engineer, while he is now so roceive $2,424, which shows an police to prevent them, and very few now gewain in the island. Had the money spent by the in Hongkong received £100 per month and increase of de per cent. The present salary in planters in their introduction been, afilised for Per Bobin England is to receive 2900 per annum. 81,120. The increase way not be more than East Indian immigration instead, much greater 910 $1.00 The next dopartiment is the Post Office, where the gentleman deserves, but soins explanation becent would have scared to the colony."".
the Postmaster General receives an increase seems necessary. The second clerk also gots The disaster to the Ertograć, mays the Tinez. from 18,840 to $5,184 and the Assistant an increase which amounts to nearly 75 por Deccarily recalls to mind somewhat similar dis- esters which have cosarted in our own ssevios ; Postmaster General from $2,400 to $3,240, cout, on the 1875 salary. The salary put and probably, among these, beses most resemb other officers in the department receiving down for the Superintendent of the Gaol Iance to the loss of the Eurydice, in March, 1674 increases on the 20 per cent, scale. The next year is 14,830, a compared with with a crew of 500 inen sad boys The Barycies
was off Dunnosa, neur Vestnor, on her retou- increase received by the Registrar General is $3.350 in 1-75, an increase of some, 43 from Bermuds, and was suddenly struck by o a small one, the salary put down for next per cent. The $720 house allowance grant squall, which was attended by a brief but blind. ing mowstorm. She had been visible from the 0.60 year being $8,184 as against 85,040 for the ed to the Superintendent a short time bore, and when, in a few minutos, the severity present year, but in 1875 it was only ze is pov amalgamated with the salary of the snowstorm abited, she had d appeared. 83,840, and 35 per cent. added on to that This house allowance ought properly speak. The loss of the Dupin n, in 1950. off Capa Finisterre, and the loss of the Wasp, in 1887, gives the amount now fixed. The Assistant ing to have been deducted from the increase, in the China ans, re both of them due Begistrar-General gets no incresse, his being as in the case of the first clerk in the Mato glaring faults of acustruation, from which
and initial leter for quality desired.
Orders through Lal Post or by Telegram
receive prompt attention. FORTS. (For Tuvalite and genura? um)
Per dos
Ca
A Alto Donco, good quality,
Green Capale
B Vintage superior quality.
Red Capsule..............12 C Fes Old Vintage, wap- erior quality, Black Seal Capsele
14
D Very Fine Old Vintage. extra saparior, Violet Capsule (Old Rolled) 18
SBERRIES.
$
1.10
1.25
1.50
A Dalicata Fole Dry dinuar wino, Green Capsule Superior Pale Dry, dinner
Wine, Grown Swak Cepsake. 7.50 0.75
Saturd Sherry, White Capaulo...... 10 1.00
C. Manzanilia, Fals
CC Superior Old Dry, Fzio
Natural Sherry, Red Seal Capsale
10
1,00
Very Superior Old Paly
Day, obore old Wing,
White Seal Capsule.
12
1.10
E Exten Superior Old Pal
Dry, very finaat -quality,
1 dos.
Black Soal Caparle (Oid Rolllad
1
For Case.
Quarts.
$1
CLARETS.
A Buperior Breakfast Claret,
125
3 dot.
Finta
34.50
an office created since 1875. The first and gistency, which would have brought the ancond clerks get increases at the rate of 35 salary on the new basis to 38,816, or more per cent, and some of the junior officers at then 81,000 less than the amount it is pro 20 per cent.
posed to give. It is true the Superintend: nt had quarters in 1875, but those quarter are still available. The 3720 hours adlow,
The Harbour Master Bad Assistant Harbour Master wore opeointly excluded
simply as an indulgence, because be prefer red to live outside the Gaol, although the
Pax Came. from the benefits of the new scheme was given to Major General GORDON
by the Secretary of State, and the salary of the former consequently remains at $4,800 as in 1875, while that of the Assistant the intersts of the sacries as well as the Harbour Master is only $240 belter, being Gaol Relations require that he should now $2,640, to which it was raised some ve inside The Warda, on the other little time ago, as against $2,400 in 1875, and gets an increase of less than 20 per In these amounts the sume formerly drawn cent, although this is an office usually filled by these officers separately as Superintendent by a candidate from England within the
B St. Batapha, Bod Caprile... 450 6.00
Red Capsule..
C St. Julisa.....
D La Ross
BRANDY
7
7.50
11 12.00
Par doz.
Cace. For Bot.
A. Hennessy's Old Pals, Red
Capsalo
B. Superior Very Old Cognac,
Red Capsule
"O Very Old Liquear: Cogneo
Bad Capanla
D. Hany's Finest Very Old
Liqueur Cognac, 182 Vintage, Red Capinle
SCOTCH WHISKY.
A Thorne's Blond, White Cap-
Bale
B Watson's "Ganerby
Mel
low Blond, Blao Capsule,
$12 $1.10
14 1.28
18 1.50
with Name and Trade Mark, 8 -0.7%.
C Watana's Abelour-Glenlivet,
Red Capsule, with Name.
and Trade Mark
D Watson's HD Blend of
the Finest Sostoh Malt
Whiskies. Violet Capanla., 10: 1.00- Watson's Very Old Liqueur
Scotch Whisky, Gold” ap-
IRISH WHISKY,
A John Jameson's Oid, Green
Сврачк
B. John Jameson's Fice Oil,
Green Capele..........
12
趄
0:75
10 1.00 C John James's Very Fine
Old, Green Capsule... 12 1.16 GENTING BODORON WHISKY, Bos old, Red Capsule, with Numelco
10. 1.00
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theory age of the Estogrul is almost exorgh to show that she mast kaya, bèon, free. Both the Captain and the Warp were new tassels, sad their sad fate bed koon predicted by many skilled waren before they set forth upon the Toyogos which proved fatal to them. The other great wavalcastrophe of zooat times the sink- ing of the Gresser Kurfurst, in which 300 mon perished—was brought about by a collision with another irozoled-the Konig Wilheim-end so belongs to a falally different character of rais adventure. It is perhaps, in some sense consol ing to think that the weck of a mighty ship has bon au incident of her legitimate, strife with those slements which man cannot always expect to conquer, and that it has not be consid either by the perversity of inventors or by the errors of those who were cesponsible for the direc lon of hor scurso. Howe r brought about, the loss whiol has bafolle vor sites of the Crimea war will command univeren, sympathy in this comtry, and especially in our own Duval servica, In the course of an netiole in this Review of Re- views Lord Wolseley lass delivers himself on the Chinese The Chinese are the coming uation. The-Chinese vill, -I think, overran the work. The battle of Armageddon will take place he tween the Chinese and the English-speaking hoes. Thara will be store, another war between France and Ciermany, and it will be about the bloodiest war or series of wars which we have seen in Europe. But some day a great [general, or lawgiver, will srica in China, and the Chinese, who have been molinsless for thres centuries, will begin to progress. They will take to the profession of arme," and then they will barl themalves upon the Russian The P. & C. steamer Olyde left Bingapore for Empire. Before the Chinese armi s--as they this port on 22nd inst. at 5 pm. with the out-possess every military virtue, sro etolidly indif ward English mails.
J
The French gunboat Inconstant vezired here yesterday to join the French squadron on the
Eins station.
B. M. 8. Mutine. Mercury, and Rattler arrived pre peterday from Japan. The former will shortly leave for Singapore en route to England to pay off
The Regimental band. by kind permission of Colonal Chater and Officers of the 1st A. & Highlanders, will play in the Poblis Gardens ou Monday, commencing at 8.30 pm.
The Agents (Mesara Bussell & Co, inform ns that the Golon Lips steamer Gay Mannering from Antwerp, left: Singapore for this port yesterday and may be expected to arrive on the 20th instant.
Under Artiole to of the Articles of Association, Mr. Wm. Wattan and Me. David Gilles retire from the Basel, but offer themselves for re-election.. Mea. F. Handerson and B. Lyall, who arasligible for re-election.
The annexed Accounts have been andibed by
WE G. BRODIE,
Chairs.
Hongkong, et October, 189). - ---
Testamp mill plaut. To sow wall plant: 'I'n water.whee
To instruments and tools at Punjom sud
Honstant
To stores in
To faritent office
To furniture at mines and Sunghie Tina ... 30 Hongkong and hangbai Esak, red
deposit masiv sammen me Tomah Fakan agric
of bis travels in that country. At the close of the year, 1877 he started again for Midiau, parsing to organisaa new oz tion and partial exploitation of the nines which he discovered there." "The secand ex- pedition lett Butz, Deo. 30. 1877., and tarned there, on Apr 19, 878. During four months of hard travelling and voraging they lost only one soldier, who died of ever They brought home soms twenty-fire To Malay Pahang Concussion Company - tons of geological specimen te vo illustrate the To sundry, debtors ganerai geological formation of the land; six - To suprast, medmegawong
es of Colorado and Negro-ore five cases of Tomocouue regeirable suspeng thnological and nothropological collections Togalda haud produced by tribute minars
To cash at mines
a la carn such & Midisaite winx, inmoriptions in Na Ta petty cash batlan and Cute: remains of worked stones. To James Morrison & Co. Lon fo fragments of emelted metala glase and To opium at xinesam sk prtery; upwards of 200 skatches in al and To pink antting ... water colours, photographs of the chief rafas, To Pasjon Pahang Gold Company, (Llated)
To balio stock kecount. including catzoomba, end of a slasainal temple, To lice stock apparently of Grosk art; end, Bually, mape and plave of the whole country, including thirty-two rained ofties some of whose names can be rew'ored by consulting Strabo and Ptolemy. besides sketches of many ateliers By capital where perambulating bands liko. the gipalem By Syme & Co.
Balance
LIABILITIKU.
of ancient and modern times sania to have By Malay Pontumis Prospecting Campasy concied en simple mining operations. The By Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, account caravan consisted of eight Europezna, three
Egyptist offers of the staff and two of the By soonte payabla line, twenty-five soidney and thirty" minors, tan mules and about one hundred camels. In 1882 Captain Burton and Commander V., L. Camoran undertook a journey of exploration
WORKING ACCOUNT.
Dr.
prospecting........
To solarine and wages, Europeann -and native overenure : To roads and bridges....... To aying expen
in the country lying at the back of the Got To balanse from last account Coast Colony Captain Burton has written To mining exploration sotme thirty volumes, which describe his travels. Captain Burton bad revived the gold medals of the French and English Geographical Societies-Captain Burton had since published a translation of The Arabian Nights" and other works. He was knighted two or three years ago in appreciation of his long and emitent services as soldier, consul, explorer, and author.-ED. D.P.]:
of the Gunpowder Depot and Collector of meaning of the Secretary of State's despatch. Light Dues are included, having been amal. These and similar inconsistencies will doubt. garasted with the salaries. It certainly less be explained by the Acting Colonial seers rather bard on these officers that they Secretary when the Estimates come on for should be left out in the cold. When Cap disession. The Sanitary Superintendent 24. 2.00 (ain MċEVEN held the office of Assistant also receives an increase, but this is indepen Harbour Master he had the appointment of dent of the 1875 basis, as the department Assistant Superintendent of the Fire Brigade was not ther. in existence. as a make-weight, but Captain Hastings bas nothing beyond the bare salary of bla office, which it must be confessed is hardly suff- cient for him to maintain his position opon. Formerly, we believe, this officer was allowed to retain the fees paid for examination by
terent to death; and capable of inexhaustible masters, mates, etc., but now these are paid
endurance--the Russian will go down. Then the Chinese armies will march westward. They into the Treasury, so that out the whole Cup- 1.10 tain HASTINGs appears to be considerably
will overran Indie, sweeping us into the ses
will belong to thom, and then at last | worn off than his predecessor, notwithstand
English, Americans, Australians, will have to ing the small nominal increase in the salary,
rally for last desperate confish. So certain de and seeing that the general increRee of 35
regard this that I think one fixed point of ou per cent has been granted in consideration
policy should be to strain avery serve and make every sacrifios to keep on good terms with China. of "the increased cost of living" his position
China in the coming lower. These peoplo- intelligent, aclive, ingenionej en it dastrious that appears, still harder. As a roatter of fact
at twelve onleok at night you can hear the the two Boarding Officers and principal
hammer of the smith in the forge--have for the Light-heaper get, with the value of quarters
last 300 yeay's been ruled by the simple mellesl of having all the more active, capable, and pro and medical attendance free, mere salary
gressive heads shorn off by their Tartarzaleszy than the Assistant Harbour Master. The
that is a simple, literal fact. The Government ather officers in the department come in for
of Chins has been curried on by the meth d of the increase and we note that it is reckoned
telligenon, activity and energy. You bive no act only upon the salary but upon the value
ides of the assssorsa that were carried on us of the quarters in the case of these officers. There has been further fighting between the When Commissioner Leh was asked whether it part of the regalar government of the country. Good Leeward Island...$150 per Gallen.who have quarters provided. This seems to Spanish and one of the tribes in the Carolines was true that he hud, in three years, boheaded LIQULURS.
be in accordance with the Secretary of State's The Spanish had seven killed, including an off 60,000 men, be replied, "Oh, surely many more Benedictine Maraschino Coracoa
Heating's Cherry Cordial despatch, but it hardly seems reasonable, and nineteen wounded. while the enemy than that P So long as this arstete prevails, Chi-abandoned his intection to visit Stamboni and
loss was a hundred and fifty. Chartreuse
Dese progress is impassible. But these rade Dr. Biegert's Angostura Officers who have not quarters bave to pay in
The Spanish stemmer Romulus, after picking Tartar will not always be able to control the Palestino, la conséqueno, it is supposid, of the Bittersased house rent now a compared with 1875, the ruthrie and towing her to fails, picked nation. Another Miness might change it, or a cholers spidemic. It is also rumnered that the “NOTÍCH TÔ VOLÉESPONDENS. but this is not the case where quarters are at eight wee from a Japanese junk which had Mohammed, or a Napoleon. The whole system proposed journey in the East will not take place Only a nasutionctions relating to the news columns provided by the Government In the case bera wrecked on the Cagayan out. The junk very nearly rent under thirty years ago owing to the Czarius dreading the prolonged
bred been carried out of her cours while on a Gordon saved the Empire. From the point of Correspondet te are riquested to forward their unse of the Portmaster General, whe also enjoys verage from Formon
slew of bussoit; Gorern did right, but the race parting d was by nu wease so clear as some people imagine. THE AB CONTING HOMR BULE M.P.. and address with communications addressed to the quarters, the increase has been reckoned on Editor, not for publication, bat as evidence of good the salary only and not on the value of the play the following progesome at the Barrack dynasty. Their chief not only declared that he York to welcome Mesra O'Brien and Billen on The Band of the 1st A. & 3. Highlanders will The Taopings very Dearly overthrew the Tartar Great preparations are being made in New faith,
all latter publication should be writes on un quarters.
www.Christian, but always styled himself in his Rgaure this evening, commencing at 7.50; —— eiled theppar in li
The nert department we come to taking Light of Foot
Late proclamation as the Uterine Brother of Jesus their arrival in that city, Lancers.......The Old Gmed” en Oro Christ, and was a progressive roler. He sholisa there in the order in which they also "Soßen". Crowe. ed epiam smoking, and showed himself in umuy Telephone No, lá. Įstand in the Estimatës, is the Oleerya- Quadrils ..
Cascelles de morospects in sirance of the Government. But
•Fair"... Willame. There were no constructive cepaolties in the Tae-
Karier. tory, which is unaffected by the new Galop Eonlotte
pinga. They destroyed every place over which sobanie, having bean forged since 1875. The following team will represent the Cinb they passed like a crowd of locusts I was sent to In the Stamp Office the collector gets day and to-morrow
in the mateb Club r. Gere.son, to be played Nanking, and ferm there fg Bankow, 600 miles up the Yangtze King, to obtain information an increase of 85 per cent, and the frez
concerning the rebellion, in that the British Government might be better able to decide which side to support-The Pall Mall Budget of the 16th alt has a cartoon illustrative
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and second clarks increases on the basis of 20 per cent on the 1876 salaries, In the
In his despatch on the increase of official esse of the Superintendent of the Botanical
A grist number of grass fires bare occurred within the past few days in all parts of the Colony, cand by the Chives worebipping atontting off every head of more than average in- the tombs of their aurestore. No serious dam
ge has been reported.
*
A. J. Lasch (Capt.)
Dr. Atkin
C. 3. Dozan
S. L. Darby
E. Drary
J. H. Esoki
E. W. Maitland, F. Lastland Wanton C. Platt
T. 8. Evita
to
~Frjonds. of Lieut. Metcalfe," of the North-
|of the "only General's" ramerks, in which a
stretching his claws over she globe. grim locking Celestial mandarin is depicted
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. {SCIPLIED TO THE "DAILY FRES,"
LONDON, 21st October
LIO RECOGNISED,
England bas mlated the Day of the Brasilian
!...
[TROM SINGAPORE PAPERS]
LONDON, 14th.Ostábor. THE CZAREWITCH AND HIS PRO- JECTED TOUR IN THE EAST. His Imperial Highness the Czorewitoh bas
"{FROM TAL:*.COMERCIO."|
Maxnin, 10th October... SPANISH POLITICS.
To stamp mill wurking. To dam and water supply
To transport, machinery, &.stozni. To saw mill working pe
To Fanjom offer exps:sss
10 police.
To Hobel and Hospital expanaca. To allowances
To gonarsi arpenses. Algun To advancer written and par To pastai soffionn Ta Pyritos shipment
To depredation on old stores
writion of...
'To'auditors' fees
To belauna espouses @reebeljite
To diebursemente at Sunghie Das
To szpaces Isazah anda
Te surveying expeares
To traveling exponent.
To stationery, kolining
16.57
173.81
170.16
.381,40
$3.00.85
108 32
$2.274.39
1,584.00.
Te head offos rent, and arponsen · 3,113.08.
Te legal expenses...
Tu conuutissiON...... To exchatiye..
To insurance,
By profit on staren sald The Liberals bave organis, dan active slectory profit on opium sold campaign ja favour a Bagante, beginning in prossede sale tin
By guld conTVÍ Aragon and Ostaloala,
By Intarset By transfer fees. By godown reak
Balazu
THE CATHOLIC CONGRESS The Cathollo Congress has mot, twenty-nine prelets have addressed an enthusiastic message to the Queen Regent.
THE PUNJOM, AND SUNGHIE DUA SAMANTAN MINING 'UOM
PANY LIMITED.L
The following is the report for presentation to the shareholders at the fifth ordinary yearly meeting to be Held at the rooms of the Chamber
the 27th instant. at noo
of Commerce City Hall, Hongkong, on Monday,
The directors have now the plesanzo to lay before you the count for the hall your weding 3166 March, 18909, from whilsh it will be on that the expenditure on working account was $25,816,50 at Punjem and
834845 at Sanghia Dong ole
The figures represeat the cost of exploratory and doing work dosa during that period, dalely on the
senare miles remaining to us at Penjou, hovo zelow of which is giran in our Manag report handed to you Derewith.........../
E.&O.E.
900.80 3:001:00. 84.52
60.30
787.00
150,000.00
eve of growth front of this built, the Goverarent ight, within afty fast distance, erect a six-storeyed building. Franois's argument at the lhat hearing as to the The Chit Frelich said with regard to Mr.
not the power to marry out a railway or tius; way. sway the rights granted by lease.
Mix. Francis vaid there was no power to tako
Mr. Francis said he questions whether be Couranti, considering what their powers were, bad any right to pare such an Ordinanes,
had power to regulate as far as Crown lands was Mr. Justion Clarke huid if the Legislators concerned which he presumed Mr. Francis would admit-uld the Queen by granting a
·lease interfere with that power?
Fransis said that the power of the Council was distinctly limited. They were simply delegated to act by Her Majesty. In the latters patent constituting the Cology there ww-tim 51,969.59 power reserved to Her Majesty to revoke any 1,000.00 act of the Legislaturo and to make certain lawa 2,500,00
by proclamanttou His argument was that $1,000.00 1,209,07
there was no power in the Legislative Connal 3,623.5k or la the Crown to take away the rights under a
178.76 loass offer it had been granted by the Crown. 2,181.03 The Cunch wid the question was one of some importanes and they would therefore take time 3,091.97
to vonalder their judgment.
8,558.3
$90.68
2,049.60
90,000.00
1,155.00
11.08
3,3414
9.160.10
846.50
9.37-
1,149 58
.106.77 400 0
60.4,50
200.10
POLICE COURT,
33rd October.
Before Box. H. E. WorÜHOURS.
STEALING PUMP RODS,'
Chang Shop and-Ng Emug, streskonper on 17,803.27 board the French steamer Haiphong, ware
21.88
599,730.00
1759.
charged with etceling three brasa piston rods for 247,211.61a pawp vrive, valus $10. on the 22nd inst.
Mai Cheang, P.0. 308, said about 6.30 p.m on $627,784 60 | the 22nd inst. he met the first defendant in Well. tog ton Street carrying something in a bundla which was very beary. Witness questioned him and found the articles produced. The defendant 350.40 said they were given to han by, the storekeszer of the steamer Haiphong to sell. Witness then 24,748.811ook the defondant to the Station and afterwards
150.00 the second defendant was arrested.
Andro-da-Andrea, ahief-officer of the steamac $627,734 60
BORGAR | Haiphong, said the rods were the property of the Mesagerins Maritimes and bad been taken e.from the stemmer. Wildeen could not say when, 229,786.55 | or in what manner they had been taken away.
The first defendunt said he received them on the Tassel from a person who said he was the sturckooper, but the second defendant was pot the man.
$
J'he scoond defendant denied the charge. His Worship sentenced the first defendant lo a month's band libon and dismissed the eburge
gainst the sesand defendant.pang guma
LARCÈNT
Wong Bing Un a respectable looking China- man who called himself a mandarin, was charged with stealing a gold walch and albert, valued $600, the property of Ah Tu, on the 19th Septembar last
The complainant, a trader of Maoxo, said he osmo to the Colony on the day in quoation 25815.80 and went to lim is basedinte boms on the 15100 rays. At night his but was opened and the 9,855.45 watch and obain stolen. He made enquiries bat failed to recover this property and lift for Hnos. Some few days afterwards be received 2,109,17 letter from a Chiunt. who said he would [return the watch on payment of $300. Further Fetters passed and the Chinamas visited witness at Macao, afterwards returning to Hongkung and again visiting Macao. Arrangements were come to between witness and the China-". man (the defendant) and they journėpwi to Hongkong, where on payraent of the sum de- 8,841 12 manden, the watch and chain were to be restored.
In the act of Bially coming to a settlement the $2405126efdank was arrested by Wong Fat, a Chinese
duteolivo:
-722,70 His Worship remanded the caso £}]] Saturday 4,18470 for Pulics oxide..or.
€190.70
...09.00
8,12,49
07.00
· 270710
207.341.07
$875,000.00
A. O'D. GOURDIN, Sacretary-
Hongkong, Blat October, 1820.
SUPREME COURT. ·
rd October.
· IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION,
«BETÓRY TEA FUEL COURS
·RYRIR O TRE. ATTORNEY-ÖERF BAZ.
CORRESPONDENCE.
* Ae do not hold dsrusiven responsible for the opinion. expressed by our Correspondenta.7
THE SUNDAY LABOUR QUESTION.
TO THE EDITOM OF THE "DAILY PEKIR", DEAR BIB-Perarit me to correct an evident slip of the pen which occurred in "Koms Trader's excellent letter on this Important question (the Sunday Rest Quastion)" in your columns to-day. Your correspondent says the Hon. J. J. Keswick stated it would be dange rous to have fifteen thousand. Chinese coolies lute on Sunday, eg. four days in a month, whereas the words on this subject attered by | Mr. Koasjok (ne reported in your issue of the
The hearing of this mation to restrain the 18th Instant] man en follows —"Do you not lovernment from Alling in the Harbour in front of the City Hall was resumed.
Mr. Francis, QC instructed by Mosare Dennys and Mossop, was for the phduti
think the Government should weigh carefully the effort of throwing upon the Colony my 150,000 workmen who have nothing to do one day in each seven P. Do you not think it a serious rẻ-
salaries the Secretary of State directed that and Afforestation departypent there a Play will commence at 2 p.m. to-day (Friday) the increase should be at the rate of 35 per pears to be an error in the calcula. By kind permission of Colonel Chater and Off cent on the 1895 salaries in the case of tion, the increase being $76 short of play to worrow afternoon.
the Band of the A. and B. Highlanders will offices usually filled by candidates from Eng 35 per cent on the 187h salary. Here, land and 20 per cent, in the case of other again, it would seem that no increase amptonshire Regiment, will regret to read the offices. He went on to observe, however, has been counted on the value of the quar-following, from the last lesne of the Penang that where the office has been created or ters. In the Legal departments the Chief Jne Gas aerusistant. Superin talent STATUS OF THE BRAZILIAN REPUB
Metcalfe, our: Acting Superintendent reconstituted, or its salary raised once or ties has been exluded by the Secretary of of Police, has bear advised to go home without oftener since 1875, the inte should þe üred State from the benefits of the scheme, and the [delay owing to illness, which is said to be summer according to the merits of cash case, regard Paine Judge only gets an increase from to the Police Force Heat Metcalfe has Republic.
| affection of the brain. Aloss his appointment being had to the date of creation or of $8,160 to $8,400, the reason being the same rendered himself very popular be every one, and DEATH OF SIR RICHARD BURTON, constitution or of increase of emolument, in the Harbour department, namely, that while we have room to regret bis Iaving us, we
Sir Blchard Burtan is dead. and to the amount and character of the the salaris bere must not exceed those of hope that the trip to bis native country will be
the means of speedily restoring bim to health.". [By the death of Sir Richard Barton Fagland duties. But the full amount of the in the corresponding offices in Singapore The
has lost as of her most gifted and heroios, eresse above mentioned in to take effect Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Interpreter, the meeting of Egislative Council to be lost on The following are the “orders of the day* for
A distinguished soldier, an intrepid explorer, only where the plarics stand as they stood and other officers get incremees on the 85 Monday next ef.3 p.m.
a marvellone linguist and an sccomplished it will be understood that a double motive was in been lod with regard to the interpretation that Mr. Keswick would like to general public writer, he rendered inertigable services to view in crying out this tirtant work in of a Marine Lot, a desired by their lordships, to believe would be thrown out of work owing to in 1875. In his minute on the Estimates per cent. scale, but the rearrangements of Financial Minuten.
science and his country which ware poorly avitably involving commides expenne firstly, to The affidavits were fibd by the plaintit, the granting of Bunday rost to British captele 2.--Bopert of the Finanse Committee (No. 19.90.) requited by the tardy hastotal of a too bom-extend over the greator area of our consolens the Hon. P. Ryrie, Mr. K. Lalgb, architect, and offers in this so-called Christian port,- this read at the meeting of the Legislative Coun-offices which have taken place since 1875
--Becond reading of the Supplementary Appro mon decoration u. fitle The following wedge of their minorst Forgarden which 1 and Mr. Thomas Howard, machaut. The Uod-be-praised basis in a vast heathen desert!
hitherto been almost entirely confined to the minsy cil on the 20th inst. the Acting Governor render it somewhat difficult to see how this priation Bill, 1880.
aketch of bis career is from Mon of the inafuded in the h-aika big lately dispout and affidavits were to the affect that the plaintin, N.B. The road to Heaven lys through Hong said every endeavour bad been inside to exact amount sot down have been arrived
TimeBorton, Captain Biebard Franci sesondly, to retain our dinimas over the entire area by bad boen a resident in the Colony for thirty-five kong!)
Congratulating Home Trader” on his manly, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Nettarville placing errelves in position to domand from, the years. During that time he had bow largely rarry out the principles enunciated in the at. The salary of the Inspector
Burton, of Tuam, Galway, was born in 1891, Falang Government the latest possible extension of interested in land as so owner and a represent satspoken exposition despatub, but if in some cases the intentions has been increased from $8,000 to $4,050.
He began life at Oxford, and was destined for the Propecting period of our lease, which was about tire of owners. The lenge of the lund upon and hoping his example will be followed by the Quaro, but he enrced a much after her sad on the past art of which which the City Hall stood had been granted for others, who won't mind risking a cold duner
would have had to relinquish all uneclected ground. of the Secretary of State have not been car-Those of the masters in Victoria College
military service that his father pronted him, In both directius the obices has been successfully trip of 999 year and the land was registered on Sunday" or the "baycott" of shipowners, ried out, or if there are others which would having been readjusted this year are not
a commission in the Indian Army, and most acomplished, and whilst we now burd's goal know- as Marine Lot 82. Land in thir olony wasiways so long mit remains their power to crash ost seem to deserve more indulgence then has affected by the present increase, though
him ont to India în 1842 at the end of the 3dge of various parts of both secesions which divided intá Marine and Tuland Lats the-spirit of independenos, and the fanste ten- Afghan War. He was nineteen years in the lately banks of or maps, the director hare te arine Tat was one, that bordered on the essi noy of John Hall to claim liberty of thought been granted to, thom, it will doubtless understand the gentlemen corostued do
Bombay Army, eight years in active service rent flag of having obtained for you or on the Praya or roadway which burdered on and speech in his right on faithfully
sacurança, that your waive tiles thereto, mil
A BRITISH SAILOR. beenmpetent to effect rectifications here consider their total exclusion altogether
obiefly on the staff of Sir Charles Napier, who remondiupati for uptrer period of 5 years on the the sea. It was always mederstood that the soon discovered his morils, and turned them to payment of a moden, to yourly bar.
Hongkong, 23rd October, 1500, after. It may be of interest to note the just the previous inerens having, he
Schools
M...
* 4.—Second reading of the Appropriaálon Bill, 1991. Third ring of the Bill entitled "Au Ordin- › spend Ordinance No. 8 ́ot 2878, entitled The Langorous Goods Ordinance, 1978.
6. Third reading of the Bill entitled "An Organice
te amand The Follos Foros Consolidation. Ordinax,
1937
7-Committee on the El entitled "An Ordin- age to provide for and regulates Panelon Fand for low and children of Public Offcers of the Colony 8. Committee on the Bill called The Squat 9.-Committee on the Fill entitled "As Crding
tan' Ordina; 1699,"
to give further Puwers in Companies with respect. to the alteration of their Memoranda of Assosiatlen.”
Mr. Prapais said that three affidavits had sponsibility ?" It was 159,000 Chinone not 15.000.
owner of such lot bad from nooosa to the s
f the tru» state of affairs.