INTIMATION.
A.S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
WINES AND SPIRITS.
ALL these are selected by our London House, bought directat first hand. Imported in wood and bottled by ourselves, thus saving all intermediate profits, and enabling us to supply tho hast growths at MODERATE PRICES.
PRIVE LISTS, with Pull Details, to be had on Application,
PORT after removal should be rented a month before 20. When required for drinking at once it should be ordered to be docanted at the Dispensary before being
probably at a lower charge than would be
demanded by a contractor for ordinary
whitewashing. Probably Chinese house holders would, with few exceptions, pre- far to avoid whitewashing of any kind, and, if it were made compulsory, would get it done at the cheapest possible rate regard 16ss of quality. We think it would-be well if the now by-law wore extended to cover all Chinese houses and the servants. quarters of European houses, provided the Board la prepared to organise an establish ment for carrying out the work. The periodical limewashing of the interiors of All the houses of the colony would be one of the best possible preventivos of another epidemic of plague, a danger from which the colony cannot yet be considered alto gether free, notwithstanding our immunity Inat year. The outbreaks at Macne, Swatow, ane Hainan showed that the disease is atill lurking is our neighbourhood, and
THE HONGKONG BAILY FREES, KATURDAY, JANUAST 1820, 180).
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. (SUPPLIED TO THE DAILY PRESS,"
LONDON, 15th January, 1896. ADDITIONAL CRUISERS FOR THE
NAVY,
The Admiralty had ordered ton now onders
Yunnan-This was also in it oral oakes us strongly narootfo resembling Kwei-obou opin, and was similarly smooth plastlo muss, wrapped and marked. The opium was black throaghout, forming fairly hard, of good appearance and odour. - Lot oily to the touch...
1. Mcisture. La 2. Ash.
3. Solubility in cold water, 4. Morphine by the method despribod in the Britisk Pharmacoperia
*Thebaine
Codeine
Moisture...
Kwei You- Su
chou. Юл chucu. 1821 9-187 11-271 (938 · 161 6-612 -849 +101 334 $582* -709 -901 -9177 $763 *167 *045
-181
283 8.94 986
61-62. 30-50 4419 2423 29-7938-21 224 4:58 $13
A series of similar observations is being made in order to obtain more complete infarestisa ne to the conslitronte of Indian opisa.
It has been already pinted thas, the valan of A committee of the Manchester Chamber of mando the finish the ant powels vehicle road, with a very easy gradient Ehrougout,į bazwa payer, and bore a label on which was Commerce has been giving its attention to that the Farah, Aldbs was a uadra of Tode This will be exceedingly attmetive, and toge written is Chinoso oharacters the name of the optun for smoking purposes dess rends and or qucation of securing, if possiblo, sume woody and applied arms and saddlery to samurai, gether with the Kellett Riiga wall form a must province and that of the seller. The drag itself the smovated morphine. The Chinese Observer for the practice of pirating Bridal trade marks until Restoration, when the gradual deny popular promenade, but it might not be wise was dark brown in colour, oily to the Coach, reported that compering the above, three ar
host and strangest, the Yunoon was "moond in. in Japan. It is pointed out that the treaty of of his trade obliged him to look for more to make the road in two sostiens, seminencing granular in fracture, fairly hard, and its adoar tracts with each other, the Kweichou was the quality and strength, and the Szdobupn was the xos between Great Britain and Japan of aorativo employment, and heist commencal with the upper or longer portion from where July, 1894, contains the following prevision the manufacture of carriages, which he built both Mr. Cooper's Bue diverges from the pretend The Japanese Government undertakes hefers to order aml for hire. He prospered in the trade. read to the top, and loving the lower end, with
most inferior, although this last contains much.
·COMPOSITION Dr Cars Oexuit.... tho seesafion of British consular jurisdiction In Wan he saw the newly-invented jenrikishz in its walling and filling in until the Admiralty
on morphine than the Kwoichen varlaty, Japan to join the International Convention. its ord state, be at onos parvolved the possi are prepared to level gir site above. For this
The results are calculated in 100-party of the for the Protection of Industrial Property and bilition in store, dad, after months spout in the making of the read below world be their
driat õpingug Copyright In view of the uncertain and improving it, he eponed a workshop in Giana, opportunity, as affording & place for a large
Szechuan-In similar hokages to the proced undoubtedly distant dste of operation of this the main street of Takgo, for the manufacturs quantity of earth and store the disposal of olause, the committee has just caused a letter of his ride and se it was both com- which would otherwise be next to impossiblo ing. It was so soft that ten folds of a kind of to be addressed to the Foreign Office, calling fortalte and handy his shop was soon flooded The Admiralty nits is beautifully placed, com tissue paper had boon wrapped round to preserve Morphico the shape of the cakes. Bo much raper is an Napontine attention to this clause, and saking whether it with beden Alba-after making forbanniting a magnificent ballook over the bar
posible, under the oxisting laws of Japas, or by the vehicle, died in 1804 Au ox-official of bour and shipping on the one side and the impertant consideration in buying this opisin Papaverine. exiting agreements with that country, to the Tokugawa Government was the rst taarshipelago of islands on the other, which is as from a determination calculated on the-dried Narcino protoot the property of British subjects in trade apply the malesh top to the frilla, The directly upon to the month-wet summer opium, this paper formed 20 per cent of its
body of the vehicle was at first lacquered black, breezes, and here suitable quarters should be weight. The drug itself was black in colour, Morphine by British Plear macopain method...... marke against fraudulent imitation in Japan.
yellow, crimson, or green, and adorned in addi-forthwith provided for the Admiral upon this smooth plastic, with good odour. I contained, tion with highly coloured representations of important station. The site, however, in limited, however paper fibre tu little lamps scattered Matter insole is cold
water ....... Famagus peneties, Farriers, nators, women, birds, and, on account of the precipitous character of irugularly throughout the mass. Not oily to beaste, fish, tree, or arabenges. In a corner the grenad, to develop it well considerable the toash. In the gravimetric examination of the back was given the warr's same with amount of cutting is required. This work is attention was given to-- hia address in full. Bat of Inte' these glaring cheaply done if the soil and stones, car be pictures have gone out of fashion; and generally simply tipped down the hill, but if these bave only the car's crest is painted in gold on sober to be carried away, the cost would be altogether prohibitory, indeed it may be confidently, ne background."
sarted, from the position and surroundings of the property, that if the Admiralty site is not made in connexion with the proposed new road, it can never be fully availed of in any other way. I am advised that the upper portion of the pro- posed new road, or nearly three fourths of Ste length, which would supersede the useless and unnecessary scent and descent of 130 feet at Plunkett's Gap, could be 'mada in the careful ammer voorsiended by the Director of Pablis Works at a cost not exceeding $8,000 and that if the Admiralty aite above should be sinultaneously eat the debrie saat, ont might be advantageously utilized towards Levering the cost of the lower portion annually available for such work will be pest befors operations ann be commenced, and per haps the bottor plan would be to postpone operations until rest October, when the upper action of the proposed new road should be at Perhaps His Excelleney Sir Wm. Robinson, who is beliavait te ha favourably disposed to open ommunications with the Admiralty upon rds this improvement,, might be willing to the subject of their site, and to give to the zumerous and infincatial memoraliste some na- straxon to this offoot at the next Council meet
ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN. ing-I am, sir, yours faithfelly.
Hongkong, 17th January, 1896.
possible.
KAHLER, Shanghai: Reprinted from the Temperance Union, 1895
it behoves this colony to see that it is not to be hill at private yanis in the shortest time My Holleys in China By WILLIAM R. agin allowed to obtain a foothold hero by any want of cleanliness or reasonable sni tary precautions
The U.S.S. Detroit left yesterday for Amoy. The spanish orier Reina Cristina loft yes turday for Manila.
THE MEKONG SETTLEMENT, The fact of Great Britain giving France the disputed territory to the East of the Mekong is regarded as proof of excellent relations existing between the two countries.
THE TRANSVAAL INCIDENT.
Mr. Cecil Rhodes has started for England at Vancouver on Tuesday kist.
The C. P. steamer Empress of Japan, arrived Dr. Famoson and his officers will be conveyed an prisoners to England for trial and will then
with as it does fit.
TI is an account of three househost tours, from Shanghal to Jungshow and back a Ning from Blanghai to Le Yang ris So chow and the Tal-Ku, and from Kinking to Walin. Mr. Kahlor is a close observer and enquire and lins set down in much detail the narrative of his trips. He has also apparently been a careful coliester of in
papers, which he introduces into his pages in connection with the stories told him by the natirea while on his trips, so that we have a large sons of legotdary and folks lare. This makes good reading in small doses, though its
Morphine. This and the following alka loids by the process described.
6. Narcotine.
in
7. Papaverino.
8. Nare 9. Thebain
10. Codeine.
The realis of this ozomination are recorded
the nobompanying chart. Both chemical ond microscopical axaminations were made for the presence of starch, sugar, gum, tannic seld, and other likely impurities. The these specimens were found to be free from all foreign matter; that the Szechuan variety on amination showed was of the sarae character as the paper in which it we wrapped. all estimations, the epiam taken was freed. from this paper fibre.
JAPANESE AND CHINESE MACHINEKT ORDERS.
The British Trade Journal says-Our manufacturera are very reticent as to whis going on in regard to Japanes and Chinese arthra They not well conceal the heavy arork given out, for that is saferläunt, being too big to be hidden away in a corner. Wa have special reasons for knowing, however, that the general run of engineering industries, not only in military and marine material, but in in the rapid de. tools, engineering phrnces, and indeed all volopment of a country, are all being actively called upon, particularly on Japanese account, two Jajade officials as they worn on the eva The other day one of representatives 'mist
The now steator Dorio Taft Liverpool for 7 bended to the British Government to be dealt/teresting. itens from tho Shanghai nebre Howover, four months out of six which are tained paper fibre, which the microscopical or dopurtunts concerned
Aunt nut.
SHERRY-Excellent Dinner and After Dinuer Wines of very superior Vintages. All are truc Xeres Wines.
CLARET-Que Clarets, including the lowest San Franciscs on the morning, of the 10th lust.
priced, are guaranteed to be the genuine product of the juice of the grape and are
The Hev. Alfred Iliff will condzot a child- put artificially made from rains d's service in the Peak Church at 4. p.m.
to-morrow.
Curreala; as is generally the case with Cheap Wines.
BRANDY.All our Brandy in, guaranteed to
--bu-puro-Cogans, the differanto-in-price-
being merely a question of age and
vintage.
WHISKY-All our Whisky is of excellent quality and of greater age than most brands in the market. The ScoreH
Wusky marked "E" is universally popular, and is pronounced by the best Inon commoiseCurs to be superior to any other brand in the Hongkong market.
We only guarantee our Winer and Spirits o be genuine when bought direct from ue in the Colony or from our authorised Agouts at the Coast Ports.
A- S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. “Hóngkang, 9th January, 1996.--- 120
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MARRIAGE. ferrands at the rain, at St. Joel's Chuge, and Union Church, MATILDA KLINCK, eldest daughter of CHAR KLINCE, to Jozy JORDYCE METER, Captain of Mesra, Bredigy & 232
Co's stommer Ham,
The Daily Press.
HONKONO, JANUARY 18ru, 1896.
!
No raport of the trial of Captain Ballantyne of the steamer Flädshire bas yet appeured” in the Saigon paper.
be found in another colours.
The programme af Signoriva, Bulinfantes concert on Monday will be found in our adver. ought to draw a large audience. tisement colunas, It is an excellent one and
At Melbourne, the health authorities, with a Now te gaarding against the stead of leprosy intend that all Chinos arriving ever ses shall be medically examined before landing in the
-colour...
REVIEWS.
samonose makes it wearisome if too many pages are taker at Due. The acciates of the trips Ease proviously appeared in the Temperare Union, of which Mr. Kahlor in the editor: is reproducing them in beck form the writer might with advantage hovo applied the praning knife ant ent out a good deal of trivial mattor that encumbers hi pages. A notice of "My Holidays in China" would be incomplete without mention of the illustrations; thers no twenty six of them, re- produced from photographs, and they form a very interesting collection.
CANTON NOTES.
[FROM THE "CHUNG NOOI SAN PO."
2nd prorton hus been appointed for all the peers to elese their seal, which are not to be taken out again till 2nd Murch. All the and daring that period they will pay alten- officers will Ence one month's New-year holiday tion to public affaire, except in cases of murder, kidnapping, sericus robbery, and marriage by force. These four crimes are regarded by the Chinese Government as vary serious and nort to treason, and the perpetrators are to be decapital.
once commenced,
RABB GOLD.
It will interest our readers to have an account of the working of the Raub mine during the past year. There are fort crashinga a year, wooh including three monthly roughleus ups The latter give resulle in amalgan from quantity of stone crushed monthly. The quartery raturu gives total smelted golil form the total stone
Tho returns for 1895 are as foll crushed in the three monthe previous.
Date.
1st auch let April
2rd,
Tod's Stono. Ounces Gold.
2,560 1,052 4 wt.
1488 12 9,970 3,878
1,346 38 3,763 1,868
The Rights of Aliens in Hongkong, Compiled by J. P. BRAGA. Hongkong: Noronha & Co., 1895. A FEW months ago o correspondenes took Stamp collectors will find their requironte te pluve in the local prose on the employment of catered fer at the Hongkang Stamp Depot ts Portagues in the Fast Office. Mr. Braga has Mr. G. J. Figueirede, whree advertisement will callested all the lottars, together with the editorial comments on them, and has published them with connecting notes of his own in this arall volume, for which his fellow countrymen will no doubt thank him. In addition to the newspaper correspon lanco, the book contains official correspondencs relating to the nationality of children born of forsiga parenta in the British colonies, which took place in 1882, and also a tribute to the late Sir John Popo Hen nossy, Governor for whose meery Mr. There is to be a gymnastic competition at the Braga entertains the liveliest sentiments of Victor's Herrention Club on Thursday and Fridairation and gratitude, and whose portrait day the 30th sad 3let inst. The competition forms the frontispiece to the book. Mr. Braga will include middle and heavy weight boxing express the hope that by these pages he will and club swinging, di
kaye prosorved from the kale of oblivion the monicry of a Governor whose name is a household word in every Portugnose house in the Far East" "Halo tf oblivion roads amething like a blaze of darkness" Another curious slip occurs in the proface, where the author is good enough to say that he does not for a moment advocate the wholesale employment of aliens to the detriment or clasice if the trae-born Briton; that would A Sa-Sa and Au-Ke-Lim, who pued probably, be as impossible of accomplishment as the examination of the third degres lately and. it would, possibly, be inexpedient." The solt has just had conferred upon him the title of Hon Lam, letu u feast in celebration of his saccess, which was attended by all the local safinioncy which these words imply, and the suggestion that the wholesale displacement of officers and many San-Sz, in his house in the Britons by alias would ha erly possibly inex-village of Mak-on, near Chan Chan on the 4th pedient, were, we vanture to think, not present in Bir Braga's mind and arise unly from lo-motor morning,
ding misuse of words. On the whole, however, the o'clock, the stonm launch Dayspring, carrying the Bethel flag, will call alongside any vesse author's English is correct and he discusses his hoisting the answering pennaat, to convey men subject, which is one on which is naturally ashore to 11a.m. asrvice at St. Peter's (Benmon's) feels strongly, with moderation and geol taste Church, returning about 12.30.
We do not propose to regno on the view the valuables to the value of sight thousand vendituro, is to be seen in the fact that nearly
The Pera Pioneer, in noting the desire of the Selangor planters for lawyers, affirms that many Government officials take the angular objection that lawyers give trouble; and are therefore, a univanco.
The newly orooted hall of the Chinos Cham- ber of Commerce was opened yesterday morning with the usual dative ceremonies. Colon Chun, the military commandant of Kowloon, was resent and took the principal part in the do dication of the building,
The Tonkin rice orop. like that of Cochin. China, threatens to be a failure, owing to the want of rain. The Courrier d'Habang urges the necessity of irrigation works in order to protect the country against such dienstech.
A gentleman at Penang who had ordered four gold watches from a fina in London some time ngy daly received the parced by the Inst English reall. The parcel was registored and labelled outside "Four gold watches," being opened the parcel was fourd to contain 12 boxes of pills Gastaul of the gull watching
nong Gazetta
On
pression prevailed that everything wond terminsta peacefully.
Srd
4th
1st July
23rd Sept.
3rd Jan.
11,766 5,756 14 The average resalt value of the stone crushed the above four quarterly periods is as follows:--
1st crush (1895) 8 dwt. 5 grains por ten. Zai
11, 1
i The coffin and the family of the late Proin
vincial Treassimy will be conveyed to Tientsin by a stoáptor of the 23rd inst. A civil and a _military ufioor have been ordered by the Viceroy
to accompany them.
3rd
4th
Average 9 18
9
In
found to be most suitable for obtaining a soln. Tertaight, during which time they had beca Determination of the Alkaloids-The process of leaving Sheffold. They bad been there a tion containing the alkaloids was as follows: making a round of the principal establishments, Fifty grammes of the opium, in which the taking pomarans questions and taking abumisat notes of what they saw and heart. They havə, ained. was exhausted with warm water. The further, left hohind the considerable amount of work, and there is Httle doubt that their aunt of moisture had been previously astert- insoluble portion was gently dried und exhausted in an extraction apparatus by theans of ethyl inquiry will lead to a great deal more. A very smart, bright gut intelligent pair of a residine from which, after having bean mixul officials they word," says our representativo nischal The alepkolic solution erepented left with and, the grantat portion of the alkaloid quite ready to usar ray questions as to
what was going on in Japan, althoug could be extracted by means of a 2 por cont. sola tion of acetic zoit in water, but the last traces were they exercised judicious silence when the guts romoved only by increasing the proportion of tions seerned to touch svale point about which acid to 10 per cent, and using a gentle boaty desired not to give information. They The aqueous and sold solutions were then pre both spoke English with remarkable fluency, cipitated by ammonia; the pricipate having busily understood every hing that was addressed been removed, the liquid was shaken with amyl to them, much better even than your German who has teen years in this country. They told alsobel until all atkalaid was removed. amyl alcohol solition was then evaporated, und the residue, together with the precipiala o tained by ammonia, were treated with boiling ethylis alochol. The alcoholic solution evaziu rated left a binckleh mass of ergatals consisting chiefly of alkaloid.
The
The process for the separation of the alks loiris nos obtained is Plugge's somewhat modi- hod, hertain additions to and alterations in woude in order his pracer having hear to quantitatively separate the alkaloids in state of purity from wéolution which contains these alkaloids in a state of but nederate parity The additions to and departures from the original process are bore described as they were made throughout the superation.
A specimen of 1815 Srechaon epius been seat from Chinking. It is. in round, Aattered enkes, weighing about two pounds ach the base of each cake is a portion of the leaf of the hamna plant. It appears to be opium of good quality.
In the case of Tunma opium the sorootike and papersrine were precipitated as a gay mass which could not be washed with water, but this difficulty was got over by using a semi- saturated solution of sodium costs.
As a general result Raab atone may be taken at present as practically half-once stuff The max objeet must now be the multiplying of the working faces in the mine, the inorenas of apply to the battery, and the antargoment of the battery itself: In fact it would be possible in a short time to loop 100 hoads of stamps going, now that transport has been a grantly facilitated by the railway, which is boing extended up the centre of the consession.
The effect of this acceleration of supply, ob. trined at a great diminution in transport over 780 tons more staff had bem supplied to then to the previous quarterly crush. It is to the battery, and over 520 angoes more gold got, be noted too, that the railway as only spead in the middle of the first month of the quarter a little morphine. These were separated by dis (October 16), and therefore the full effect of solving the precipitate in weak scotia adid, alak
seid Sortion with chloroforme, disseny" the
The papaverins from each opium was dissolved in weak hydrochloric acid, and precipitated by phospho-tuolyblic acid. The precipitat was alation with baryla. water and beuzone; from the benzene the orystalline alkaloid was obtained o evaporation. The narcotine in all cases was vory puro after crystallization from benzerie.
The parsine precipitate had to be washed with a semi-saturated solution of sodium pestate Lu Yannan and Szechten opiums the narcoine except in the Kwei-ohon opinn determination. precipitato was found to containi norestine and
inst. In front of the house a theatrical per formin took place leat in the inthe the girth a band of about fifty men under pretence of hang singers and musicians got into the house and then drove all the guests and the other inmates to a corner and tied them up. They then hunted out all dollars. At last. became known, and the expressal, which would only be to re-open policemen rushed forward and met the robbers, a disagreeable and profitless discussion. Suffies who had just come out from the robbed hose, to say that the cights of aliens in Hong. The robbers fired at the policenica first. Three kong are the same as the rights of aliens of the latter were seriously wounded and one was shot dead. The scoundrels then safely absentere in the British empico and are in disappeared lane of them were red, het clit not fully aghihite in the narcoting and parcelne from
iconly. 3 forum'a ventilation of, au seniai, yr wouhata. sabjnst will however, prove interesting..t the Portugues acmmunity and to those who feel themselves aggrieved by the competition of Portuguese clerks whether in the public servica mercantile offoss. We congratulate Mr. Braga of the manner in which he has dis. charged his self-imposed task, but it is rather to Le grated that while his was about it he did 106 take the trouble to transiste the articles ha
giving them in the original. reproduces from the Macao papers, instead of
Sketches of Tobys Life. By JUKICHI INGUTE,
Yakobaras: Torando.
بی
MR. JOKICHI INDUD either writea anoom monly good English for a foreigner or has
took. However that may be, he has given a series of most readable sketches; which are respectively entitled, "The Story-teller's Hall
The Actor and the Stage." "The Wrestler and his King." “The Geisha's Calling," "For
-the last quarter's returns,
me that in their colleges at Japan the initial duty put upon them was to barn the English isnguage. That has fest to be done, for, sail the principal of the twe, we may get along with out the other tongue, bat not without English. and besides, he added, we have very many Englishmen in Japan, and there are still more Scotchraen, arhom we have in responsible posi Bone in our Government works. They tol mo that Japan was bent on a systematic and prompt development of all the territories in her passesmos, and that for a very outsiderable time. this country would be required to find tho occhanical appliances fer that purpose. When I referred to the astounding advances the Japanese had ride of late geurs, sommercially.
in military sense, thay sooned sorprised. We have been studying England and English. ways, one of their answered for many years now, and what is, now happening is hat the natural resalt of these stulies. Our young mati. have been coming to your colleges and other training institutions, and they have worked hard to get to know the secrets of Western progress. It would have hoon strange, indeed if they had worked in vain,
THE GERMAN MAIL...
The N. D. L. steamer Kurisrake, with the Cerman mail of the 16th December, arrived yesterday. The following telegrams are from the Zimen of Ceylon ---
NEW YEAR HÖFOURS,
Londen, 31st December. In the list of Now Year Honours the follow Foerages-Sir Frederick Leighton and Mr. ng appointments appear Henry Husks Gibbe
Privy Councillor-Str Richard Temple. Bernota-Surgeon General, Arustt, Sur- The Torter General drills his soldiers every
Corlington, Mumber of Parliament. The seinal average value of the gold got ohloroform residue in weak acetic cell, and shak-gen-General Joseph Fayrar, and Mr. William day on the pande ground outside the East Baub throughout the year is 76 shiling ont the narcotine with ether, haring pre-
Knights. Mr. Howard Vicent, and Justices stations inside the city every night.
He also pays visits to all the police ings per ounce. The total value of the past vlously made alkalina The marceire was the Faren und Boyley
Gate.
THE NEW POET LAURBATE.
precipitated by phospho-wolyblic acid, and removed from the prompitate by shaking with baryta water and eblarefora. The nureotip from the ethereal solutio was dissolved in dilute hydrochloric acid, prosipitated by phospho-molybdie seid and recovered by shaking with baryta water and ether,
Knight Commander of the Bath--Mr. H. H. Jobuston, Commissioner of Nyassaland.
Londen, 1st January. the Northern Province of Ceylon, has been Mr. W. C..Twynam, Government Agent for made a Knight Commander of Saint Michsol. and Saint George:
A FUET LAUREATE AT LAST.
Londpa, 31st December. Mr. Alfred Austin has been appointed Poet Laureate.
THE KAFIRS OF THE HINDU XUAL,
London, 1st Docomber.
The early extinction of the fire at the ull Victoria Hotel oo Thursday night was a for
A man who has just come back from Californis Year's got is, therefore, a trifle over £21,871, vbtained by means of chloroform, but being tuzate thing for the Insance Companies In ndition to the Northern Assurance Co.'s
arrived at Canton a few days age and sloped at & 25, 28. dollar, over 3201,380.-Singapore impare was dissolved in weak hydrochloris neki, Messis: Turner & Co. ugents) line of $30,000,
at an inn. One day some lion people get into Free Press. the inn and esized the man's box, and said that The fact of England's consenting to ró-
Messrs Sharan & Co also have a line of
there must he some illicit glass in his box which $40,000 on the block, and the Hongkong Fire
land out paid the likin tax. Thoy then took cognise the dispused territory to the cast of Insurance Ce, one of £30,000),
the sun and as box to a glass shop immed
Alfred Austin, the new Poot Luatosto, was the Mekong as belonging to France decs not at the first blush appear to redound very ring to the recent crisis arising out of the A Havas telegram of the 6th January refer
Fat- After the poor man bad buns de bore at Haulingioy, near Lects, in 1885. His bined in the glass shop for about an lear, father was a worchant and magistrate of th Thebaine was obtained vary pure from Ki he sat a military officer pissing along and borough of Leeds, aid kia mother was the sister ohou opium by means of sodinin salicylate and greatly to the diplomney or firmness of the Transvaal insident and the commissiqning of a
ho at once shouted out to him for us of Joseph Lecks, the eminent civil engineer, atsimis as ordered by Pluggo, bat with present cabinet, but when further detailsfying squadron by England as & propration
sistnice. The military officer came into the and M. for the hormgh of Honiton, of which other opiume it was necessary to purify by die. for all eventualities, slates further that the ore rectival it will probably be found that calling out of a part of the militia and the send
shop and as the thing was told to him; he he was lord of the mazes. Both his parents solving in wask acetic acid, alkalising andiamorial for the Government to favour tas Lord Saltshury has obtained some quid ing of teinforcements to the Cape had been
opened the man's bor, where there were only being Roman Catholics, he was sent to Stony. shaking out with ether.. ardar consideration. This was not mentionel
few pieces of clothing. The man told the hast College, and afterwards to St. Mary's
Finally, the separation of morplus, codeine, Kefits of the linda Kush is being signed за дно.
The territory in question had by Theuter. The Havas telegram 'added that an bad skilled assistance in the writing of his military offer that his box contained several College, Oscott From Onoott be took his und trades of narcsine and thebaine was affected by a number of English and fortiga scholars certainly'ccused, to be of very much value to
and learned and philanthropic sacieties. ring. Thas miliary offer out all the people 1556, and in 187 he was called to the form, as was done previously with the narcoins bundred dollars, a gold armlet, and a diamond dagros at the University of London in by art choking the acid solution with chloro. MARK TWAIN SAILS FOR INDIA. England since the wrongful cession by
belonging to the glass shop to the Nam-hos Bar of the Juner Templo. But the publica precipitate, then having removed the chloro- China to France, of a strip to the north
Magistrate and sealed up the glass shop. tinn, though anonymously, of a poem called form from the word solution by a gentle host, of is, as France had thereby slipped in a
Bandolph." at the age of eighteen, showed soda solution and amyl alcohold ware wided to the bent of bis disposition; and it may be ustrel the remaining alkaloids. The nyl wedge between the British and Chinese
stated on the zibority of Mr. Austin himself, alcohol kaving boon dissipated, the crystallin that he ostensibly embraced the study of the residue was treated with benzone, leuring frontiers and so left us with a detached bitkey will ficiats as Referes. Both teams Invex-tune tulling and its Professors,"" Fires and of savage country bounded by the Frepellat records, II.M.S. Centers having beaten Firemten." and "The Jlariekikka-man 'and
law only in defersuco to the wishes of his merpaine undissolved. The benzene-residus parents, and from his earliest yaara was imbued was treated with water to remove endeiny, and rived at Prahau. The expolition is expected possessions on the north, cast, and south, the 5th Company, IA in the previous round, his Valicfo." All thess subjects are treated
with the desire, and the determination, to the codeine was then obtained by shaking the to reach Coomassie on the eighteenth, and by the Mekong on the west. It had after having played two drown games with their with an intimate knowledge for which we could
devete bis life mainly to literature. The pa
aqueous solution with benzene, The portion of THE VENEZUELA PRONTIER COMMISSIONERS apponents. The 35th Company had been gener
pression of this resolve may be found in a novel the benzene residue from which the collein har already been anticunced that with regard to slly resognised as the best military team in prdly look except in a native of Jepan and at
written and published while he was yet a minor; haen washed out was dissolved in weak neetie China's wrongful cosion of territory to the Colony and iu all their matches they had the sun time with a literary ability that
On the death of his father in 1981 he wont to acid and added to the chloroform raino, also France England would not look to the latter Company, B.B., is one of the strongest tans is a brief introduction, in which, speaking of been able exponents of the association game.renders them thoroughly entertaining. There
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PETRE," Italy, quitting the tar. "The Season, u Satire dissolved in weak noetic, neid, having added. for redreas, but would make China in the Brigade, so an excellent match may be Oocidantel civilization in Japan, the writer China Mail of ou instant signed by Pedes-English Lyrics are among his poetical works Sir,-A very good letter appeared in the "The trolden Age:""Dosko the Bestard;" and pay for her breach of faith by calling itu,
trina," advocating this improvement upon the He has published these novela. upon her to surrender territory on the Bur
At the Police Court yesterday Iwo men, wenn : "The sea discrimination that aho (Japan) ground of its great, advantage during the ese frontier. The territory actually oc- charged with taking part in a robbory with showed twelve centuries ago when she imbibed summer mouths to those living on the lower
CHINESE OPIUM empied by England on the cast bank of the violence at Quarry Hay. Early on the morning Chinese literature and civilisation has stood her levels. One of the most painful defects of re of the 14th inst three men armed with revolvers in gol stead when she is brought face to face sidence in Hongkong is the extrane limitation Mekong therefore became of little use ex- entered a shop used as branch store by the with European thought and European arts and and continement of the place. On account of cept as something that might be given-to-oplam farmers and bound up the intantes, two sciences. She takes pride now, as she took the crowded condition of the roads and the
Lion elsewhere. We can only hope that
This afternoon on the Happy Valley HM.5, Center will play C. Company of the Rifle Brigade in the third round of the Football Cup Competition. Kiek off at 4 pm. Mr. E. F. Mn
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We do not hold ourselves responsible for the Copinions exposer by our Correspondents.] PROPOSED NEW ROAD FROM VICTORIA GAP TO MOUNT KELLETT RIDGE
monin by shaking this solution coining the traces of narevine and thebaine, with older, the thebine was soparated; the arcsine was then ramaved from the alkaline solution by okloroform. In the thres opiams the quantity of those traces of neresine and thebaino was very em
Observations were made with each alkaloid- isolated, in order to see that it responded to ite
ether.
decom.
Melbourne, 2nd January Moric Twain sailed for Coleatin by the Oceann which left Adelde yesterday. He will lecture in the primul cition of India
THE ASHANTEE XPEDITION-
London, 2nd Janntry. General Sir. Francie Scott and staŭf hure
ACFOINTED.
Washington, 2nd Jammary Mr. Cleveland has appointed five Venezuela Frontier Commissioners..
THE TROUBLE IN ARMENIA.
Constantinople, 3rd January, The Saltay has agreed to the Corsulet Alappo mechating at Zeiton and arranging for the ma render of the insurgenta.
TRANSVAAL
London, 30th December. The situation at Johaunwharg is more acute, and many indios and children so leaving the Band is expected that several of the lealing
The following artide by Frank Browne, FC.. Acting Government Analyst, Hong Franes in exchange for valuable considera- in number. The gang then rifled the premises then, in the preservation of her national in steepapas of the hill inolines the use of horses kong, appears in the Pharmaceutical Journ of distinction tests, and particular attention was
and took away $119 and 825 worth of opinu. dividually through all her transitions and a quite exceptional Hongkong, mourures 14th Docombor
In the Chinese provincas of Kvef-chon.devoted to the behaviour of oach alkaloid, when mines will bu shut down at once. The Burghers The police were informed of the orenrrence, and he does not regard as a reproach the charge but nine mike by four and a half, and
and active service, and the Mercantile Association Lord SanURY has obtained its full worth on Thursday night a Chinese detective arrested that she only yields to necessity and a sense of yet not one in ten, of the foreign inhabitsats Yaz, and Szechusty large quinutities of treated with pure chloroform, bergane, and have been warned that they must be ready for Quite a notable quantity of narcotine was have organised ton bodyguard to preserse and that the conflict of British and French women who have best identified as having self-proservation in adapting herself to the new and not ons in one thousand of the Chinese hus, opium are grown for native constmption. To takon an active part in the robbery. They conditions imposed by contact with Europe, anything like an intimate acquaintance with the "Legation Report on the Trade of China interests in Siamy now be terminated, ware benght up at the Police Court yesterday becas no nation with the least stains would the outlying portions of the Island This in 1804, Mr. Bouclerk, Secretary of Ifer precipitated with the uerceine, in Yunnan and order, but will take no active part in any civil is a very great less intellectually and physically. Majesty's Logatiozi Faking, writes: The Sechsen opiums. Before purification with war or rebellion. The Germans have selected As yet, however, there is no indication and remanded for further inquiries to be made. with ulaority take up another'cívilisation unless,. Indeed it is dated upon high niedies authority Customs Revenue was increased by every ding. Phospho-motohtit acid, it was noted in ouch a coramities to arrange a plan of action The
like Jupan, it recognises that its own worn
so that this narcotine melted, atubant, 60 French and German presa are strongly Anti-: the withdrawal of France from Chantaboon,
We hcps the senders of Christmas cards from cut and exhausted and it can only regain tent one of the most prolific sources of disse sion of trade with the sole aception of Indian
Native opium is rapidly disdeg, purification raised the melting point more nglish on the Transvaal question
Berlin, 31st December. Hongkong have not been treated in the same vitality by an infusing of a better and mors amongst our natire population is the want of out-opinn
Winn transferring the alkaloids from an The Gorman press encourage President THE propiged new, samitury by-law re-way as our Singapore friends. Vietin" officient substitute Paradoxical as it say door exercise. Anything therefore which is placing the high priced imparted drug, as will than 100 deg.
A roncos adinced for this is that the home. quos solution to alloroform benzeris, atlar, Kruger la resist the demands of the Vidan- quiring the limewashing of all tonemant it to the Singapore free 'reas as follows: era, the Japanese, in spite of his osgeranss for salonlated to attract them to the hill tops he seen from the various Consular reporte."
-Your Merry Christmas correorient" has, the new civilisation with which his country should be oncourged. This proposed improv houses twice a year ought to command I am po, the arympathy of a largo proportion is undergoing rejuvenescence, is at heart, a ment is certainly of more importance to the groun substances answers all ordinary require or amyl alcohol, it was found that fin washing dra, win they will adventurers and gold- general approval.
The Board having to churged on Claringtips curds Castan, it is tus veritat halgh, the notion masses who ultra right to those who live outs, and that the price is so low that any procantion of considerable importacco, doom grabber London, 1st January
this is true, committed hinders and some above, and Fubstrial rightly points out the other batter in geslity bought puly by those position of the alkaloid otherwise being probable. In consequence of a letter from the leading decided to make limewashing compulsory, year
postage
In our family at lunt the would times been carried from one extreme to another, charming change which is found in a trip who can afford it as a Inzury.
From the reusarke made during the paper, and inhabitants of Johannesburg, detailing, their Professor Attileld in his Report for 1892 however, if it wishes the by-law to be carried be.kindly-greetings have caused considerable the general trend of its progress as on the up by the Trenway, and a walk down again into effect, will have to go a step further apoyanoe left anything but gratofel whole bean in the right direction, owing to the xfa dagazine Gap The walk is one of the on the British Pharmacoposis, 1855, montions the realis recorded in the chart, the grievances and appealing for nid, Dr. Jameson, feelings in the minds of the recipients, cantorbalancing agencies of liberalism and prettiest in the world, and would be much that it had been, aberated that many hundreds quality of Chinase opíam can be wall seen to British South African Company's Admizia- and provide facilities for complying with it we, being exten gangrossly inclined this conservatism. It is nubessary to beat always mors frequently undertaken were it not for of medical practitioners, equally familiar with The Szechuan opium as sent had evidently been trator at Mashonaland, with seven inndred -to establish a linewashing department of season, and fore than usually conscions of in mind this peculiar trait of Japanese progress the most unstufuotory gradient from the the es of opium in England and India, have collected carelosaly, but it is doubtful whether the Chartered Police crossed the border on Sunday,
home claims, determined to send cards to al in posing judgment upon the phases of Japa station to Plunkett's Gap To begin with, prescribed a 10 cart. morphine ree of so much paper and paper fire in- and is wireling to Johannesburg. It its own in tiet. If any ordinary Chinese our namerons kit and in. After going the sun life and the state of Japances, foder, runs fave to desoart tranfy foot to in piel plan and a lor per oort, expline Turkin Sloatas intent to adulterate, rather, it seems as rumored that General Joubert, with a force of contractor is sent for to limewash premises round of the various heal stores, and selecting Everywhere in this ocasarsative spirit to be corner, and then to climb up again to Indian opatra, in similar does, without nonging if the juice had been collected on paper and Bears, is morbing to intercept him. Mr. Char he uses as
a rule ordinary whiting, therefrom the cat charming and suitable cards seen and profession or calling, however the level at which you quitted the tramway any marked difference in sodative effect: the the whole mass incorporated, it being too mola berlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has which from a maitary point of view is the saing tanner as your other correspondent, of its part. In the following sketches, which next find that in exlilition to the very consider further experiments with regard to the zerootis. • conjsotare. Conclusions as to the probable cabled to President-Kruger demanding that h we could find, we posted them, in apparently unkle, is free from the predominant influence. This disouragement surmounted, you same time he points out the desirabi of trouble to scrape off the juice, but this is only cabled to Dr. Jameson to return, and Lar alm physiological activity of the guns can be will do his utmost to prevent hostility and offering the naistenon of England to offout a practically useless. Large property owners and retired to rest happy in the knowledge treat of vocations characteristically Japanese able ascent necessary to roach the Aberdeen suting power of Turkish and Indian opium.
It must be remembered also, that the par drawn from the results recorded.
Sincking Futus of Chinese Opium-Extracts conceal solution of the present difficulty.. no doubt are in a position to make that we had done dar duty to our peoply this fact will be found to be especially con Magazine Gap Junction, you have to toll up and
aftorwards descend no less that mixty-fivefeat addi- centage of morphine is not the only considera-
There is no English news from the Trabarnal their own arrangements, but aller when by the last mail where we looked
for ones in a way. Imagine then our disgust epicurons."
In the sketch of "The Jípriekisha-man and tional to and from Plunkett'a Gazo.that every tion in determining the value of smoking opiam, of Kweichou, Ynanaz and Brochuran opto-day, but u Gorman telégram from Pretoria
resident in Meant Kellett neighbourhood has it has been shown that some opinma low in were prepared in the manner described by
Jobunesburg, and that three owners may not be so fortunately circum for batches of pretty specebes and thunks his Vehicle we have the following acequnt of the third congue largely, were very morphine are proferod to other containing McCallum Pharm, Jown. (5), xi, 289), and moite a revol stanced, and the ordinary householder for our wonted generosity instead, cane
yards of remonstrances for our carelessness the origin of the mail-power carriage" jenner ons bandred and seventy foot, the simple were of this altalain. A minute examination were ther handed over to a Chinarian, of een lundred more of the Chartered Company's Polios who wanted his servants' quarters lime in sending folks inefficiently stumped letters. It was early, in 1869 that this vehicle we affect of this being that instead of strolling plow of Chinese pluza las torofore boen zaade in siders la aparience as a buyer, preparer, and have crossed the Tasteal frontier.
son fus out the wires, and hɔ is therefore uncble aked would find it very difficult indeed Those of das soqmintance who valued our introduced into Tokyo, by Takayama Kosike santly along on a gentle gredient of about order to accortain as far as possible ncs only the smoker of opium He reported that the process Chamberlain announces officially that Dr. Ja friendship highly had paid the extra postage and two others, who are believed to be, its one in tiranty, which is rather more agreeable cumounts of morphine, but also of other allois employed had boon incomplete the three or or anything better than common white on the cards and merely contented then-invertors, though the hosene hae also hoan than a dead level path, you have to climb and possuing physiological activity, also its free tracts possessed a grassy taste, not observed in to communicate with him, but he has instensted the extract pepared by himself from Indias Sir. Hervulus Robinson, Governor of the Cape, The now by-law will of course zalves with enclosing the covers (thus call claimed for an American missionary. Whes pant upon an iroline af ons in sten, which is dem from adulteration, from which ranīts a
oplum. An examination of kin process showed to publish s proclamation at the Caps and s
the Transvaal repudiating Dr. Jamoron's zotion, PAV to private houses but it is proing our attention to the fut of our careless over the inventor may Inve been, there were not doightful at any time, and in the summer better idea as to its true value may be had
maks in the matter). Upon examining these we certainly the first to obtain Government par is trying to very many, especially with the Genuine speciases of the 1809 crop were that a toasting operation was included, but s ptionally as important that the necessary that where there were several in a mission for minning, it was, then, notary churious at 6 in the shade. When the obtained through the kindness of Mr. H. B. this was not in the process described, this and ordaing British inhabitanta to obey the mawashing should be done in them asuu omily, he rauch is 58 66, and des. 84. had been more dust be apported by four pr new ad to made it will doubtless by also are slabean, Commissioner of Onstoran, Hongkong, touting had not been followed in the propsas. Trasnal authorities and remain quiet. Both
mint Apust), Europeak
queoheldare pedd. Each photographic view had cost the which rasted without springs on the axle by all those who Hye at the highest levels, the from the provinces of Kwai-ohen, Yanaan, andtion of the Chinese extracts. The three extracts Mr. Hodes and the Chartered Company disavow The Daily Newe, in z urtiule, toxlay, oon- ortantly appreciate the
venience over la, 21, and so on, hoes of our friends consoting the two wheels. A few cars of gradienta from Mount Kellett Ridge being com. Szechuan respectively. The cost of those opkas had therefore been compared with a standard Dr. Janescu's action.
who had souls abors kuch petty triffes se Xmas tie description were kept on the southern paratrolytesy, and the old read will be re. varies from 14 to 11 taels for 100 taels weight patrast prepared in x different manner. As it
is secantill for purposes of eenparison that the añora Dr. Jameson's action highly reprobami. I have their servants quarters at this cate deched to take theur tunt approach to Nihonbashi, with a large flag not legatel to Chinese cooler, STROKE (83 English pounds)
trasbed periodically and if ud bold us so. Thus, you see, we have the up to attract fares. As these first were Cooper as Hghtly recognised the KutchThis was in fat oral cakes, each process skould be the same, Parther quanities ble. The Sonas suspends its furgent on Dr. donble mortisestion of having spent our dollars, monly uncomfortable to ride in, they failed importance of the monical prinsiple, that weighing one eatty (1 English pounds). Each kare had to prepared and are at present stored Jameson's nation, hat states that if the fours ∙by the
calco was wrapped after the Chinese manner in until ready for comparation, artels which the expressed in the Uithaadors' appeal are justified, then the British people will approve of his ram and of being consiteral mean into the to command public patronage. Ta Alike what lost in time is gained in power," for them began d
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