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A BOILING LANTA Complaints are often othered that, Doglish Mr. Joseph Starge, of Birugham, who has trade with India daca notierslop at amfficient-come home in the Zague, relates the following) `ly rupid valo," "It a speech the other day at ~~ A discave y of some interss has been matt Manchester, Sir Bartis. Frore touched on this in the Laland of Dominicu. Drs Bresland and sutical, and showed how unreasonable are the Nhalle, Osptain Gardiner, til Mv. Watt-bre comparison mede between the colonies and out paring the steep and forest egrered “noget Easters dependency. In the case of theformor, ohind the town of Rossan, came upon a boiling England bassont out populations, and bạo the lake about 2,500 feet above the san level, and grost holk of their tradỡ from the beginning. two miles in ciromferendo, then the wind But there is no part of India which even yet cleived away for a morngat the donde, of LONDON BUEZ CANAL. trades with England to the fall.extent of its pharios ateau vith which the Axe suncovered, LONDON natural capacity, En.il however, highly is wound of water woe shén ten feet higher than matiefnelors progress has been made during the: the generalateral, and on uned by violent obalili paat pederstion, Taking the astion trade lion. The margin of the lake wasiated at bada alone, the route aro most favourable. During of sulphur, and ite orerfiwing found quit by the five year from 1849 1853 India ported waterfall of great height, 130,500,000 of cotton; during the five years from 1860 to 1878 her atton exports rose to THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE 437,000,000. Twenty years ago the value WAS ON AN RESTAge 21,823,000; daring the last five years it has been £13,000,000. The valoa of the cotton manufacturis sent from England to India ha inoreased in och tie vaamo ration From 1849 to 1853 tho verag import of English cotton goods into India amounted to £5,700,000; from 1869 1879, to £18,000,000 In other departments of commerce there has also been steady growth and Sir Bartle Frere exprise his conviction that there in no renson, so long as pince lasts, why the in- How often the onee,, to lose arenne should not go on indeänitely. It is an the door. The black bargains now with uttar mistake, be pointed out, to suppose that all the abrowdose of a white man, and is quita, the nativas of India do not appreciate the but it sut moro, jadepcndent. The fact is labour ward benefits of civilisatiome, bud never carce that people would be only too glad met," be dedared, “with say class of Indians to imploy black of any other kind of labour if who wire not prepared to earn batter wages, to they could get bad the bucks bave cont make more money, and to spend it more gantly become more exacting and lacy. They freely for their own comfort and convenience are paid too ontmgeanely for the little they do than they do before Will respect to the Indian import duty on colton goods, be held out no hope that it would apetdily be abolished. His proposal is that itabould be repince by an ionom-tnt, which he does not consider repugnant to the genius of the Indian people. In this opinion, however, he is not Bupported by the mujority of Angle Indians, and if no har man be discored of frecing English adde from import duty, we foar it will be a long time before the burden can be reqered-Globa
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Mr. George Swith recently delivered the fret of a series of three lectores the Doyal Institution, London, on "Assyrian. History.". Tug learned lecturer introduced his subject.
ALLEGED DETERIORATION OF: with some routka on the royalen) giography
BRITISH SEAMENTA of the Tigris Vokey, and other advantages St-
The increasing deterioration in the character ting it to be the best of a mighty Empire. He of British seach in general is, it is to be feared, recapitalated the fabulous accounts in Ctesias⚫ fast begriped doubt; but Mr.de Foublanque, of the foundation of such an Empire by Nians the British Consul as New Orition, in his com in his coort Semiramis, the, type of an
terial report to last year, states that, although Orientul Queen. The pureitura fériptione he remarks this tolerioration, with regtet, aue bad low or given the soup de grdee to these remedy for the abases which exist is to be Laders and Children's UNDERCLOTHING. imaginative accounts. Mr. Smith stated that foned, he imagines, in a reform af te manner. the earliest inhabitants of Assyria, so far as is in vhjcb the majority of the ships are manned, known from those inscriptions, were these Officers and iner are plaked up haphazard, and called Akkadians, Proto-Chaldeans, and by the latter Bustled on board like so much live other appellations. They waza aequainted with stook, without any further examina:Ion than bay of the useful and even some of the counting heads; before the ship is fairly ane arts, and had attained, when e Grat at sen it is found that no ma in physically nade their acquaintanos a respectable pitch unft for his duty, another does not know how of civilization. “They spéke ú. Lacanau ian- | to work, while a third has been told that the guage, akin to the Turtur, Turkish, and soyage was tu Lichurn, sad we refuses Lu work 686 Hoogling, but May, 1875, Finish A very early period they must They arrive at New Orleans, and the ship is Jave been waste of most of Western hurdly toado fast to the wharf when ronnois ABin. At an early Cate, which present re- from the sailors' boarding-housɔs visit her to searches do not as yet enable us to fix with pre-indaco the men to leave. The wages of tho aision, the primevil Emprise was overthrowa purtare £I a 'mooth more than those for which by tribes apaaking variðni dinleats of the Se--they aigual es "Liverpool, and there is th uitio family of languages. As to the cradle of prospect of a "advance" upon which these conquering Semiter the inscriptione are they may have a "spree (ually ending sileet as yet, and even as to the fact of such a conquest. Swers! scholars think Arabla was ost likely their home. The Assyrian them jelvia “sere essentially Seatic in race and language. Their divilization, however, and even the bulk of their religion, they owed to their Tarapito unapeasors, and even the great religions stories in Genoa show traces of af infty to the same indigenous belief. No Amay- tianamument of knowance renches bigberthan -3.0, 2900, but the vastead reguliaty construct- ad towers, the fine engratings and other worke of it, the alrendy developed mythology and i iterature which we find at that early period sannat possibly be Elte infusey of orization in the Eaphistes Valley, After B ránnné of the most ancient geography of the region, the lecturer spoke of the Assyrian mythology, with te three great gade, besides a crowd d lessor Des-viz, Au, spirit of the heavens, ever at reat and careless of spblutary things; Bel, the sative god of the surface of the earth and the tatolary of the Babylonias and Lily Hoa, be lord of wisdom, god of the san, of all deep and bidder things, and lord of the region of
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in the parish prison on shore. Every sort of exouse is made, every sort of ex«g. geration, persisted in to ublain &'lischarge. On theother hund, some masters and mutes, spoiled, perhaps, by worthless areas, maltreat their men, put a whole ship's company appear at the complate with complaints, no one of which is sufficiently serion for the comideration of a Daval court, bat, taken all together; appear to justify a refusal of the man to make the return voyage. Most of these pages, aids Mr. de Fon- blasque, now sorica before him. He can advise remedies and suggest compromves, but has no power to as them carried ou-Pall Mall
te
Molio, for Groers-Linest in is the best policy-Hért,
It is, methinks, au fost and Inudable forlitude to dare to be ugly; or at least to keep coraires from being abashed with a conscions. neas of imperfections we can help, and in which there is no guil-Sterl
Mr. Hvalpla Duraeli has been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to the Tost of Deputy
be dead. The subordinate gods and spiritalark of the Parliaments, recently occupied by jad each bis peculiar fundfons and his spogial Sir William Row Mr. Darmel is the only. eity and expulsary. The mythology, the poemirriving brother of the Premier, sad bas nji loul system into which these gods and genii to the present time held the post of Registrar were interwoven, posacases bennties of its own, of the Court of Chaticery.. which are quite mufficient to draw attention
Aur Berkaley, Sept. 189-Gademen, I feel it a it but has a docula interest for us, city I owe to you tespres y grifle for the grat 18 showing at early stage in the great system bebo I have derved by laing "Bursar'ı Camomik of mythologies which are made fumiliar to Fila Lapplied to your agend, Mr. Boll, Berkeley, kt oa through Greek and Roman literature and the above named Tula, for wat in the stomach, from plastic art One of the most abarming and having trind early wary zomely period, but without which I suffered exaraoiating pain for a length of time, important Assyrian myth is that of the dee deriving i buelita. Afee taking two bottle of dent of Ishtar into Eades, which is slowly your numble Pule, was quite restored by my ownal state luted to the hdnbar Leguide. Jaator was the of health. Please give this publicity for the benefit of Assyrian Venus, and the history of Tammus HST STUPARE-TO this Proprietar NORTON'S thom he may thus be afflictedI am die, yours truly, and Intstar presented a striking parallel to the
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[43 1169 July 25. classical th of Tenne, and Adonis. The arrative of the goddess's descent into the un derworld was then ammarized. The lecturer
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. annodused that he had intely lighted upon
25TH MAY, b▼RNING, M: Pana, $237, ah, alex amount to low Assyrian document germane to this sube
about 10 chesta, mud 2 desta at $572); New jeat. The drails waich be. gare of these new Benares, 550 to $552. quoted, little doing evelations were listened to with breathless in Old Palan 2505 to 85474, quotid, sellers, -Old terest. They related to the genesis of the ani- Benkires, 2560 to $565, minal, bagfooted; jene and f the human race, raam's full, the Delege, and to building of Babel. The Baby. Main, 850, with eaty alwanne. Sales lonian and Assyrian in preistoric times appear amount to about 25 chest...
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to have distinguished four era. These were the epoch of the Creation, of the Flood, of the Tower of Babel, and holy of Izdebar or Nimrod. It is not known at present on what principle they reckoned the time betwem thes svecte, for what gruz18 they may have bad for ome of the traditions. There was a very general and early tradition in the Euphrates Talley eu to the creation, ma version of which is known to me from the fugments of Berosus. O Mr. G. Smith had recently found an Assyrian O opy of another much fuller and differing in everal points from this sount of Bereans, and apparently appranabing obsey the acoust in the Book of Conants. The accumnt of the oren tion conmeaden with a description of shans before the formation of the universe. In order Hongkong, sad Shanghai Bank Shares-$21
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N SATURDAY, the 28th May, 1978, at noon, the Compasy's Steamship ANADYR Commandant GODT, with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE, and CAR GO, will leave the Port for the above places Cargo and Specié will be registered for Lo don as well as for Karasillos, and accepted transit through Marseilles for the principal places of Europe.
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A mail will alvas For Manila. Fer, Emacy, to-day, the 29th instant at 11,80 m.
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The French Mail Packet ANADYE" will dispataked on SATURDAY, the 29th inst at noon, with the Mails,
be
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· Shipping Orden will be granted till noon, Cargo will be received on board until 4 r Specie and Parsels until 'r. on the May, 1876 (Parcels are not to be lat on board; they must be left at the Agency Offee Contents and raine of Packages aro required.
Forfartbor particulars, apply at the Cox General Post Office, pany's Ofios.
G. BERTRAND,
Principal agent, Hongkong, 21st May, 1875.
until 10 am. on the 29th instast.
Getter for Registration will be received
ALFRED LISTER,
Acting Postmaster Conoral.
Hongkong, 15th May, 1875.
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MAILS BY THE "UNITED STATES" PACKET The United States Mail Packet " CHINA" will be dispatched on TUESDAY, the lab June,
of Ordinary Letters, Books, Newspapera, Lo.. The Test Office will be open for the rooeption
until 2.30 P.M
U. 8. MAIL LINE PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPART.at 3 r., with the Maila
For Tokobama, San Francisco, the United will fare for the shove Port at Noon TO THROUGH 10 NEW TORK, TIA PANAMA Statos, and the United Kingdom. DAT, the 29th inst
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Letters can be posted on board the Prokat. 20 81: Hongkong, 28th May, 1875.
THE S. 3. CHINA will love. Rongions from 2.30 to 250 P-1, on payment of a for San Francisco, vid Yokohama, Inte Feoul 12 cents in addition to the Postage. FOR SWATOW, ANQY, AND POOCHOW, TUESDAY, the Ist Jon, at 3 2.st,, taking Pas
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"YESSO,"
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For Freight or Passage, apply to
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3d 819 Hongkong, 27th May, 1875.
OQEAN STEAMSHIP. COMPANY.
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT,
- No. 17, Wyndham Sizest,
Next to Body Press Ole Taking Cargo and Passengers at through rates for
FOIL BHANGHAI 627 Bungkong, 26th April. 1875-
HANKOW. NINGFO, ing PORTS 1-
JAPAN, HI Company's Steamship
NOW READY. DOEND VOLUMES of the China Ovariand B Trade Report for the Year 1874 Price Tox Dollare,
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For Freight or Passage, apply to
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STEAM TO YOKOHAMA.
O LAZARUS AND COEEP. & 0; S. N. Co.'s Steamship
Incorporate with Shearwood and Co.,
"BOMBAY "{ BILLIARD TABLE MANUFACTURERE, will leave for the store place shortly after the arrival of the Nisam with the nat English Minits.
A. MOIVER,
'AND GENERAL FURNISHING
--CONTRACTORS,
DY APPOINTMERE, TO
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AND
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BILLARD TABLES.
Hongkong, 8th May, 1875.
Superintendent.-
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STHAM TO SHANGHAI. (Talking Cargo at through rates for NAGASAKI and BIOGOJ THEP & O. S. N. Co.'s Steambo
NIZAM,
LAZARUS & Co.'s Billiard Tables are will have for the slove place mont 24 hours now the only ones appreciated in India, after bor arzival with the next Eugfish Meuls, as a long and stealy experience extending over
A. Movka. 50 years has proved them to be the best and P. &0.5. N. Co.'s Office,
Superintenden!.
most suitable for the climate.
Hongkong, 28th May, 1875. QUBAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
FOR LONDON vử SURZ CANAL,
L& Co., have recoïved's large anaiber afi
ludit, China, Bush, Ceylon, Manila, Java, very fluttering testimonials from all parts of Straite, and Perdu, testifying to the superor THE Company's Steamship make and quality of their Billiard Tables, and
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Through Passenger Tickets and Billa of Lading are issuel for transportation to Yako hapa shd other Jagan Ports, to San Francisco, to porte in Mexico, Central and South Ameri, and to New York and Europe, VIA PANAMA and 07ERLAND, A
A Steamer of the Company will loura Shang hal, via the Inland Sea Ports, about the sam dale, and make oloes connection at Yokohams are selection of varions lines af Steamers ta At New York and Aspinwall, Pamergin England, France and Germany
Freight will be reserved on board until 4 P.. on the 31st, inatiak Parcel Packages will bat received at the Office nail 3 PM of the same day. All Parcel Packages should be marked to address in full value of same is required.
For further information na e Passage as Fraight, apply to the Agency of the Company, Praya West.
G. B. EMORY,
Acting Agent
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Hongkong. May 25th, 1875, STEAM FOR
·SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN,SUEZ, MALTA BRINDISI, ANCONA, VENICE, MEDL TERRANEAN PORTS, AND
THE
ALSO,
The Tropayment of the Portage to all the above platos by this ronte is oompalocry Correspondence, insilliciently prepaid "will be forwarded by the English Packets.
Correspondence addressed to Tokohama and the United States must be superscribed per CHINA," and that addressed to the United Kingdom must be superscribed vid San Fran
dieco,"
ALFRED LISTER,
Ating Postmaster General. General Post Ofca.
Hongkong, 1616 May, 1575.
MAILS BY THE “ENGLISH PACKET": The Roglish Contract Packet "HIN DOSTAN" "will be dispatched with the meal Maile for Europe, 2o., on SATURDAY, tho 5th June, it Noon,
Money Orders on any of the Money Order
Office in the United Kingdom will be granted
until 6-PE, on the 4th Jone,
The Post Ofice will be open til & P.M., on the 4th June.
Letters, &c., may be posted during the night in the box left open for their reception.
Letter for rogistration will he received until 10 AM, on the 5th June.
Letters may be posted until 10 Am. ơn thư 5th June, without late fee.
Lettere posted after 10 AM, on the 5th June, will not be forwarded close the Lento Fee of 18 sents each as well as the postng: - is prepaid.
The latest time for posting Lottere at this Uffice is 31 aut., sad for Newspapers, Books, or Patterns 10a.m. on the 5th Jass.
CA SOUTHAMPTON; BOMBAY, MADRAS, CALOUTTA, AND
BUS AUSTRALIA,AND HE PENINSULAR AND ÜBIENTAL STEAL
NAVIGÁTION: COMPANY': Steamship Late letters (but Leiters only) addressed to HINDOSTAN," Captain RoszLL, with Her the United Kingdom via Brindai, or to Siz Majesty's Maila Passengers, Specie, azd gapore, may be posted on board the. Puoket SATUZDAY, the 5th June, at Noon, proceeds Late Fee of cents each in addition to the Cargo, will leave this for the ahore places a from 11.30 am, to 11:50 1.3., on payment of ing to Southampton and London va-Sun postage. Jual
ALFRED LISTER,
Oarga will he remind on board until Noon, Spocks and Parcels at the office unt])2P.M. an] General Post-Office, (804
the 4th June..
well thinking their Friends and Patrons in will be despatched on or about the 5th June. China for the liberal support's long extended For Freight or Passage, apply to to their firm, wold, in soliciting further pa-
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents. 805 Kongkung, Sth May, 1876, trouge, beg to mention the following fants | -- which bave conduced to the success their efforts
“FOR HAMBURG.. HEA 1 Goran Burque have hitherto met with.
Every table is made of solid wood, well sou soned and not tempered.
Tho Cushions are constrasted on an entirely nes principle, istroduced by O. L. and Co and unlike that sdopted by English makere, and sre-munch more durable and lively than
Engüsh-mada,
umhione
rom
No table leaves U. LA and Co's promise vabil
it has been standing ready finished for over 12
T1
For Partionlars regarding Fright and Tas, engo, apply at the F. & O, S. M.Cors Offee Hongking, CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE REQUIRED.
Acting Postmaster Gezirali
Hongkong, 24th May, 1875, --
Correspondance for New Zealand vid Torres Firaita
A. considerable amount of Correspondezes
• A Written Desloration of the Content being received directed to New Zealand rió and Value of the Packages for the Overland Torres Strait is motided that the New Zon- Eonteis required by the Egyptian Government, And Post Office bas declined to receive Mail and intet be delivered by the Shippers to taj by that roste, heaos there is no alternative bat, Company's Agents, with the Bills of Lading or to forward jeb Correspondones vis Galle. with Farcals; and the Compary do not hold Persons who are notions to amil themselver themselves responsible for any Detention or of the Turre Straits Steamers to communicato Projudios which may happen from the inots with New Zealand should address their letters reotos on.such declaration.
So, to the care of an Agent at ydney. The Company reserve the optlen of forward-
ALFRED LISTER, Angalbeak. Master, will load heround at Whaming all goods shipped by their Steamers for
deling Poemaster General, po, and will have quick desputes for the above Europe through argt, either by rail, or by General Port Office Port
| Canal in their own Slexméra, or in vessels
Hongkong, 20th May, 1875. For Fright, apply to
employed for the purpoas. WM, PUSIAU & Ca if 801 Hongkong, 25th May, 1575,
FOR MANILA:
AE. VIDAL,"
Spanish Burque
“DELIA,
Shippers are particularly requested to nate the terms and conditions of the Company's Back Bills of Lading.
A. NOIVER, Superintendent Peninsular and Oriental Stein Navigatio Go's Office, Hongkong, 24th May, 1875.
months in order to ensure perfectly used Captais Basezebut, will have immediate des OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAM
aerial
Every article of furniture, also, thai loves 10. Eazanus und 00,8 Katablishment, is gun-
ranteed of Solid and Seasoned Wood,
0. L. & Co. have alwaye nady a large slack of new Cushions on their paouline prinašple,nud which can be supplied for any table, the so- camte length and breadth of the slate ted only being required,
0. La and Co. Lave always in hand a large- ates of Billiard, Pon! and Pyramid Ralla, Cues, Tire, Chalks, Olth, and every requisite for the Billard Tables
Old Cushions renewed on C. LASAKYS &
for the above Poet, For Freight or Pussiga, apply to
REMEDIOS & Co. tf.709. Hongkong, 10th May, 1875..
FOR NEW YORK HE 41 Gerrass Barque
PIRMONT, having the greater portion of her Cargo on- jgaged, will load a thie Fort und -Whampon,
and have quier despatch. For Freight, apply vo
OLYPHANT & Mà if 594. Hongkong, 17th Apríl, 1875.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO, RA 1 American Ship
PRONUN*ished Go's peonliar principle, thereby making an old and
AN ANGLO-CHINESE
at the Doily Press Office, Hongkong
OB comprehensivenom and practical service
vords which the Chinese hare of Inte years been compelled to coin to express the numerous ob jectsinmachinery photography, relegraphy, and in science generally, which the rapid advance of foreign relations has imposed upon them, are bere given an extenso. Each and every word is fully lustrated and explained, forming exor daes for students of a most instructive natură, Both the Court and Pant pronunciations are
the history of the creation), Wher big China-Frisdore Issurance Company's Sharea—given, the accente being carefully marked on
the Houvers were not raised; 9; and borgari On
€926 per share
the best principle hitherto attained. The typo
tabla na good us grow.
BILLIARD LAMPS,
Six und Right Light Lamps for Oil, or Kero. sine, the latter with buruen on the duplex pridoiple, giving slight equal to twelve ordinary
Laija
Bighteen lighs ring burner Gas Pendants, with rod to suspend over table.
the earth's ant fed act grown 3, and the doops had not yet produond their sear; 4, the Obie and Jupe Marine Insurance Tls, 83 raphy displays the suences of an attempt to
Sol Agate in India and the East for
0. LAZLEUS AND CO. Dave been appointed
1) Tik. NEW PATEKE
ELECTRIC BILLIARD MARKER, make the Chinese and English type correspond by means of which the sante can be marked chaos Tiamat (or the oceat) was the begetter of per shure, the whole of the 1:5, the water in were Chinese Insurance Company-$192 per share, in the sise of body, thereby effecting past from the dualios of the table
Hongkong Fire Insurance Company's Shares-nomy of space, ashlarimga clestrese "not
Tags:
Established, t6, a tree had not grown up, is
up and order did not exist; there were made Vitoria Fire Insurance Commoy are following facts are stibnitted for consideration. the gods uni 10, and she demigods they need
ozint: Il, and to grow 39, and the Hoogkeng and Whimpoa Dok Company's chance characters, and Medhurst's English upper expanse.and the lower expanse existadi
not founded anythmg18,aphunt lind not sprung
per share, N
lo
:$160 per abaret, Gebak
previously attained, and dispensing with those Prime Lusts, Oralngues, sud all information lower had.nut unfolded then the poda China Fire Inauguros Company's Sharen—8142 at margins and vecant apacon which have
may be obtained from heretofore characterized Chinese publications,
To illustrate the vast scope of the pork, the LANE, CRAWFORD » CO,
who hate consented to her as 10. LAZARUS & CON AGENTS
Chalmers". Forabninely contains about 18,000
and a course of days and long time passad
Share 57 per cent, dinocaut.
in great detail to subsequent formation of the
* öbares 71 per cent premium.
Beper slince
oniansand Assyrions in i reapeal was evidente
y sicilar to that of the writeroi Gereals, for they
share.
and as falling from that high estate, coord-
“HONEAR,“ 1,308 Tons Register, D. A. Carter, Commander, will load here for the ubore Port and will buve early despatos
For Freight, apply to
YOGEL, KAGEDOEN & US if 640 Hongkong, 29th April, 1875..
· FOR )LVILU 22 MANILA, HE Spanish Brig
SHIP COMPANY.
TAKING THROUGH CARGO AND PAS SENGEES FOR THE UNITED STATES AND BUROPE,
It is berby notified that the rates of postage chargeable henseforth on Letters addressed the United Kingdoms, and to places beyond the United Kingdom, when forwarded by French Packet, will be the same as those chargeable on Letters forwarded by British Toket via Deiz- JiBi.
F. W. MITCHELL
Peshwacker General. General Post Office, Hongkong,
It is hereby notified for generalinformation that, the Postage (which must be paid in ad vanced) upon lettera addressed to Prince Ed ward Island, will hosceforward be as follow,
IN CONNECTION WITH THE CENTRAL AND UNION PACIFIC AND VİZ
CONNECTING RAILROAD
COMPANIES,
LAND PARKIN
ATLANTIC STEAMERS.
THE S. S. OCEANTO will be despatched for
with
at Yalohsma with
When forwarded-vit
« Brindaina tapente sack half-puncu. When forwarded vis
Altreilles, $6 eats anob half-oDROG When forwarded vit
Southampton 25 cents each half-ounce,
Postmaster General General Post-Office, Hongkong.
DAT, the 5th proximo, at 3 P.M., taking Cargol and Passengers for Japan, the United Statra, and Berope
It is baby notified that a line of Britisk is under Connection
Mall Coutmot Psokets bas been established bei Steamers from Shaoghuni.
tween Adeo und Zanzibar, which, will connect Freight will be reprived on board until 4 ring lines, will afford a regalar meins of con -voyance of correspondance from Hongkong for en the 4th proxima. Parcel Packages will the foreign ports on the last African Coast, as redeirat at the Office until 5 P.. same day, all well as for Natal and Es Onpa Colony, St. He Parol Packages sould be marked to address lens and Axcension, nad that henceforward the mifulli value of sape is required, and
postago, which must be paid in advance; on lek Retorn Passage Tickets available for tere addressed to Zagsibar, Mosambique, Deln- Pico, Meter, will have quíos desratoh for the months are issued as a reduction of 20 per cent goa Bay, Natal, the Cape of Good Hope, and
on regalar rates.⠀⠀⠀
Ascension, will ba 20 genta for each half-ounce, For further information on to Freight or newspapers 2 cents ensh. Pasongs, apply to the Agency of the Company, Prays Went.
G. B. EMORY, maggots deting Agat 702 Hongkong, May 25th, 1675
abora Forta,
*GRAVINA,”
For Freight or Passige, apply to
DECREMEDIOS & Co.
f 74 Hongkong, 14th May, 1875.
DOWN FOR MANILA.
HE Spanish Banque
BAEBINA,"
Captain Miranda, wļi bave quior despatch, for the abova Port A
For Freight or Passage, apply to :
TOGEL, HAGEDOEN & Co.:
or 714 Hongkong. 11th May, 1975.
FOR LONDON.
THE A Opper Bargue
and Chinese Dictionary shout 100,000, whilst The acornct of the arvutin gode on to describe Hongkong, Canton and Macno Steamboat Co.'s this work conlains more than 50,000 Buglish HONGKONG, SHANGHAL AND JAPAN, D
marai Stan Navigation Company Thards, and upwards of 600,000 Chinese a barac
teru. Again, despite all the grammary and cther elementary worca as yet publiabad, the
Jeavens und the earth, winding up with to
and by whom
ALL ORDERS WILL BE EROBITED.
* DENBIGHSHIRE,”
Willhos Master will load here, at Whampoa
patok for the above Port.
"reation of resn. The philosophy of the Baby Botgkeng Gas Company's Stares-375 per student of this difioult langungo absolutely res and forwarded to Caloutta by the WARLIEST and at Macao, and will have immediate dea
quires cramples to display the varion nopli, opportunity.
describe and as a perfeat bbing of his creation Hongkong Hotel Dompany" Shares-$575 per cations and equivalents of different words which
ng to the beak of Genesis, as was planted in.
cent, discount.
SALES ON MAY 25tr 1975.
As morted by Chinese.
to travelling trader.
ture one general menning. Of these examples
is work contains more than five times" KA
A.
STORAGE
(1465
he Garden of Eden, and Sir Henry Rawlinson,
dany as any other Dictionary hitherto pab.ALS received on Atorage in Firac-alama to whom we owe so much in Assyriar siphers Black Pepper, 800 bag at 9.85, by Shu For praatial porpossess the arrangement of R, WALKEE &Co.) of about 5,000 tons Capa mont, bad bag ago, identified Elan with the
W Godowns (katoly known as flose of Mears. Kar Dunian or Gao-Dunis of the inaigtious sing to lost trader A Kar-Denim is one of the names of Baby Green Peaz. 10 pisze it, by Hop-bing the work is a complete that reference city, stated on the Praya, West Wanobi
to 4 pages anably, a person who under-AN PERANANET, G. LINSTEAD opia, perbape belonging properly some Formicelli, Shags, at $6.70, y Hog-hing to rich natives who widerstand nothing but Chi-
Bande Englih to communicate effectively 1969 Hongkong, 18th November, 187420%. articular part of the country, and tie suid
be watered by four rivers, just like den intrasis truder, in this respect the work will be found Tuorice,bundlee, at $6 by Kwong dispensable to all Europeans waiding in Genosia To Sir Henry awlinson we are also indebted for the discovery of another point in bing-chong to travelling trader Ching, and to the natives themselves it ex- Almondd, 10 biga at $3.00, by Kwong-hing: plains about fully with which vary tow hi- chong to travelling trader?-
Bron Sugar, 300 bars at 83.60, by Ting parties resident in England and interested in |lood of them are perfooly, acqtiainted. To este acut trade
China it annet but be mealpable geentionally. American Fun, 50168, 300 big, at 21.18, by It comprises upwards of two thousand large Kinz Freiko Crazelling trader
Wife Buran 10 bagk, at 606, by lang tai
he beliel of the Babyloniana 42, the opinion that there were two distant races of kind, the Bure race and the fair race. The grounds of this division of the human family are joknown but be dark racæppears to corespond to the Admites or bone Adam in depouts, while the fair race agreesyth the ones God
the mame book. Many of the legends told with: to loanl trader
warto pag
respect to the period boneer the fall of moan Ciclefish, 10 bigs, ab 523.50, by Hang-tai to
and the flood relate to those Ynces, and the traggling traðar,
Awo godu, Ha,lord of the sun, and Marodach,
China Root, 20 packages, Sh70, by Chun- tack-abonng: to travelling tenden
his son, the God of Babylon, figure, prominesio ently in the According to the ButylopiaDS, violence and strife filled the partli after the fall, XHENIX FIRE INSURANCS COMPANK, and the anger of the yods at this brought about the deluge. The fod marked the first T302 this due, contil further notice, a disa treat division in the bistory of the Villey of 1 count of Treaty percent. £0"/,) upon the by Euphraim, and it was followed, socording current local rates of premin #ill be allowed o them, by the rein of the Buerivols from upon aprangos sfected with this Company, the deluge to Babylanit, where they again set
bemselves of against the gode, and founded
„he city and ower on the site of Babylong e
DOUGLAS LAFLAIK & Co.,
by the 4gman 1182 Hongkong, 27th Jose, 1878,
DESAABUBNER & Co.,
60, Paternosnýr Row,
DAILY PAIRS OFFIC HONGKONA.
樂
ROOM WING-KER COAL SKOZ
MILLA B & UO
PLUMBERSAMA COPPERSWITHBAND BRASS.FOUN DELS, GAS-FITTERS AND BELL-HANGEI,
QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, AND NULAN LATE
1499 Hobykoze, 2511 September, 197415/
For Fraight, apply to
A. MACG, HEATON,
~THOMAS & MERCER,
wat Canton and Macao, it 698 Hongkong, 8th May, 1975.- DAFOR SAN FRANCISCO,
Britian hip
"CHAMPION OF THE SEAS” R8 Wilson, Mastery, will load here for the above Fort, and will have early despatch.
For Freight, apply to
TARA PLAVORARE RUSSELL & Co.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO *If 086 Hongkong, 5th May, 1875.
HEAL Amerions Barke
• 1385 Undersigned have bash sypointed sole
WILLYAM HRESS. Agents for the Bale of their Gooda in 1,927 Thus Register, Wm. B. Bese, Co Hocsong and Coins by Mori, J. & BTN-mander, will load here for the above. Park, and NEST, Chunrow, and Merg Day CORSA will have quick deepatob Som, Arbroathua, SAYARNBOLIL KARBERG & C
419 Boogong. January, 1907.
HE TOURISTE QUIDUA
REDUCED FETOE 33.
For Freight, apply to
VOOLE HAGEDORN & Co, tf - Hongkong, kitch April, 1873,
DE TRANSLATION
DOCUMENTS Translated from ENGLISH
into CHINES end GERMAN Or From GERMAN, CHINI, FARQt, SPANISH, ITALIAN OF PORTUGUair, into E LISH, by competant hands.
P
Special attention paid to PeOTESTS. EX- ZENDED PROTESTS, and other Dussments da taining NAUTICAL ENGINEERING, or other TRONXICAL Terme V
Terme for European languagen Fair copy, per legat followering van B1:00 Extra copies,
NE (0.25)
SFW. MITCHELL:
Postmaster Goricral General Post-Office, Hongkong,
It is hereby notified for generi information that, on and after the lit. Jancary, 1875, the Postage on Correspondence forwarded by Pri
Shop to the Strake Settlements must be prepaid at the following rates, ne
· For Leltes....3 cents per è ounce. For Papers,
...
For Book Packate)
and Packets of 10 for cash 4önmoes
The registration fee on snob sorraspend ones.
Twelve cute for each Letter, Paper. Packet,
*E WA MITCHELL,
Pasakaster General, General Post Office, Hongkong, w
Apecial agreements made for Chinese Trans lations or lengthy documents in other languages.
The Post Office of Victoria (Aratraliz) having- Address TRANSLATION," are of Digavon notice to the General Four Office in Loa
Bin 2115 Hongkong., 15th Doumber, 187
G
RDGERS. D.D.S., DENTIST)
No 7 ARBUTHNOT ROAD.
tl 247 Hongkong, Aut Danember, 1874..
FSEN WORKE
• ESSEN (GERMANY)
· SOLE AGENT FOR OHINA AND JAPAN
don that actulea of Jewellery moored in that
Colony are chargeable with Customs Duties, the undersigned considers it necessary to malo this Regulullon knova to the Pabllo; and to state that any letters or packala containing. auch articlos sent through the Post are liable with their contenta, to be forfeited.
-F.V. MITCHELL, Du Postmaster Gerenat. General Post-Office, Hongkong.
It is hereby notified that hunceforward the rates of postage which must be paid in advance,
(#1671 Hongkong, Shanghar, Golome (Germany) okuryeable on Packeta of printed papora ez!
NOTICE:
mi, patterns of light weight sent from Hongkong to the United Kingdom by the United States, TN Oder to meet Lue wishan of the Native Paukate via San Francisco, wil be as follows, Taper has been, from the commencement of the
1 Community, the Chinese fate of thì rôle
Chins New Year, joined DAILY lustond of on
alternate days as before
The Papar fosa bear Established for nearly Twenty Tesra, and is as to Editorial Manage west, pader, the Dretion of a Vell Educatele
TER Proprietor of WI-ERE Shop begs to stablished siden 1855; në Radioute'alane, and Trade, object of Natural History, Furniture, dé that he has always a great quantity of BST., do with the Ponti, and Mandarin Prolon 00AL in store for Bale Gentlemen or Ship: i contion,
form the public that hia Shop has been Containing the names of all the Artikles of BOUN SKINKER. SAN, FRANCISCO, Obines Gentleman, gives reliable commerci
zastare wishing to patronise hits, are requested Also a law coppt of the GRAMMAR of be to apply at his Shop,
Chimes Imaguage, la tao Paris, Sa 17 1593 Hongkong, Ward September 1874, -- The Daily Bran Office.
ESCALIFORNIAZZ
For & pyokot not etvoeding 1 ounce.)
For a pactes above 1 punco ust ex-~
veading 2 ounces on auttamana de ga For å prøket above / duzzas một tay
peeling konnostanu
and right onto for overy additional foar ounce und geteral information, and has the amme – Thase rates apply to Frinted Drulars, Price parition with the Native Community as to. Late Market Heports, and if printed papers Bolt Agent on the Pacife Omat for
vertisements and 'Nera or tha" Biglísk, other than Newspaper, as well as to Bookn Winchester Reposting Arms and Ammunition, Fres with the Foreign... Community, (and Trade Patterns or Sanıbles,
k De Punt's Blasting and Sporting Fowler, 1 ke Ubungo for Advertisements will be as Lereto
. V. MITCHELL, |Baperior and Pants Fore Company'a Sutity | Foros de
Postulater. Canova); General Foot Ofice, Hongkong
June Hougtong, 3rd February, 1874,