FINANOIAL PROSPECTS.
THE SLAVE TRADE
"THE RUSSIAN CANAL SYSTÉM. -The Roosika Ministry of Communications hus ordered an inquiry to be made into the denal
Doleh AND AMO)
For Sale.
AYLE
THE DAILY PRESS, MO
AUGUST, 2980, 1876.
Fessels Advertised as Loading.
VENARL'S NAME
CAPTAIN
Unlon Mamoos (str.). Fansie (etr:) PRIN Peshawar (2^r.) „A muzone (at!! Diomed (str) Yeaso (str) Famendda (str.)..
£0.00
AS The beginning of sho ball-year fe, so far as
It is desirable, my the Hour, that the power of seizing slave veskola Jugwaters from which trading prospects are concerned, in quo repeat England is now oluded ekanid be extended. zanol less cheerful than usual. As the result of The inorance of the Commerce of East Africa the recent commercis diameter, the leading would also prove povedal in siding the attaina joint-stook, banks, which are so well known ment of the object to which this country in com- throughost the country, and whone shores aró a mitted. We have encoreded in securing the favourite form of investment, are obliged to mippression of the trada in Zanzibar, but with make the disagréemble punonusoment of dimi-that the work in only half done. It eriate in nished dividends for the half-year just past, other placca, as in Madagascar and in the and a total amount of loss which in all cases, Red Son, and we can only indirectly for LONDON SUEZ CANAL Mendlane (str.),,,
Pada thongh in different degrees, will seriously affect her the object we have every demon NEW YORK, Faith thedumediato fatare. The London and Wost to purane in these parts. Mr. Bourke showed minister, which stands abord of all in, captitat that we could not interfors in the Red Sea be SAN FRANCISCO via HAMAColorado (str.),
Dow
DoGrent Republic Latr. And roterze, and amount of bosiness done, cause we had nos Treaties with the Eledive or
AND..
Oceania (ukr.) begins with the most serions reduction. the Sultan of Tarkay such ng we had with the Instead of 30 per cent per annem, which was Eniten of Zanzibar, The outfor must be left SINGAPORE, BOMBAY, &o. Niwa (str.) paid at the samedatea rescous, the distribution in the hands of the Government, who are bound SAIGON SINGAPORE, &a..... Livikong (str.)... propoard in only 16 per gent, per annon, or by every consideration to do all that is possible MANILA
YOKOHAMA one-half what it formerly was. To put the to put a stop to the traffic. Many mistakes
Do mattor in a different way.the wom of £100,000 have been dommitted to the past, but fbera le
BHANGHAL... baly, instead of £200,000, will be divided some tesson for hoping that in ths fulare a rol
~~ Do. mmg the banholdere of the bank. As the petition of thena will be arúided, and liat ern-
Do proft earned, apart from the special losses nad sible adrazota may be endo towards suppr:-
SWATOW, AMOY. frauds lately inacced, won 6252,000, this meaning the trade by 000cert cutamos netion that £152,000 of the half-year's profite has fur with the Government of Turkey and the Kho melistóly been appropriated to meet these dive, od also with Portugal, in regard 20 lotus, while the remainder of the half million, Madagascar.
blob ie the maximum estímāte of these JousÁS, has been written of the reserve, to be provided Tor ultimutaly, wa assume, by the profite of tore half years, as the intention will no doubt che to restore the reserve to its former gravatam of the Empire, with the view of inureis
When we sors to the other bunka which baro made the'r apnosacements, we have to deal with ita utility for public traffic. At present the smaller figures, and the losses aunpunced are Baltio Bea is placed in direct commuzication also less ta proportion, but they are still not with the Caspian by tseans of three danists, sl usiportas! the Trion Bask announces debouching into the Volga-tbe Vyaline Volet that only the waist dividend of 7 per ceal, for bak, the fiebrin, and the Maria canal, whica is the half-your will be paid, whereas a year ago the largest of the three. The Inkes of Ladova there was also a bonus of 21 per cent, so that and Ilmen, on which natigation is dangerote, the present distribution is one-fourth less-than wing to the prevalence of sadden squalles Are it was last year at the same time. In other words surrounded by canals, and it is possible to the shareholder will receive about £105.000 more of a cual cunctating with proceed from the White Bea to the Exit by instead of £10,000, or a reduction of about the Dvica, and to the Caupian, by anothor ES5400, although the proft of the half-year onnal, which gonnete it with the Shekann apart from the croopitional lowes, was £ 133,000,
a braugh of the Volga. There are canale bg. or nearly sufficient to pay the former dividend tween uite of the Drino and the Kama, and bruce, while a considerable sum besides which facilitate direct communimation between want the credi of Profit and Lose from the the White Sea and the Caspian'; and the Dinn previous half-year. Altogether the maximam eutiroute of lousa in this case-in £100,000, and and the Dnieper, the Vistula and the Niemen, besides absorbing fourth of the current balfede, are glee suonated by saauls. Most of these porr's profits, and n slaves from previous canale, however, bave so deteriorated in the counte, they make it usessary to write offre of time that law of them are used except €380 from reierve, which we assume will be the Maria canal. The development of railways mado up in fatare half-yente. The Landon, of course, rendered the canals in many Joint Stook nesin also rodocas ita dividend and epocte apperflanna, bat they may still, it is beans by und-foarth paying 75 per cent, only, instead of that percentage plass bonus of 71. 6d. per stare, or £80,000, instead of £120,000 at the same date a year ago; and a sum of £52,000 which remains as mudirided profit is orried forward to meet all lostes
SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE from recently-failed Arms The City Bank dividend in las one-fifth less than it was at the The Jewish Chronicle leurs that Sir Moses shyne time last year, being at the rate of 3 Montefure is waking untisfactory progress on instead of 10 per veus per annum, and the bis journey to Jerusalem, On Thursday, thể slucent to be paid being £24,000 instead of 19th of June, he visited the syn-gogue" at £30,000, Tas foll amount transferred from Venise, where he was received with every da Reserve Fond to meet exceptional "lousea'is in monstration of respect and affection. Several bbie cass £35,000. The appropriation or reserva hondral persons arowded round the building i for apreial locore in these four cases that and numbers pressed towards him as he left amounts, to the inrge total of £687,000, includ. the synagogue, encerly eduking to cusp lim ing an immediate reduction of the half-year's by the band. The venerable baronet was deply
B now SHOWING eats Department
New and Varied Aesortment of
CHOICE GOUDS suitable for SUMMER WEAK,
FANCY DRESS MATERIALS, in SILK and
T WOOL POPLINS
believed, be made very useful for the conveying sace of goods, and the Govorament has deciled
take the resury slepo for thie paspoor at soon as the inquiry to completed. Pall Mall Gazzetts
d
Light Fancy MOBAIRS, Figured and Plain Japanese POP
LINS. ALPACAS
Figored TUSSORE CLOTHS Hack Fancy GEENADINES White Do.
Do.
Colored GAUZES. Printed MUSLINS.
Striped and Checked ORGANDIS WASHING MATERIALStor Ladies' Morn-
Wrappers, &c., in Printed LINENS,
· French PERCALES.
Striped and Embroidered GALATEA
"OLOTHS;
Sutin Striped and Check CAMBRIOS. BATISTE, A
Figured BRILLIANTES.
· TESSORE (LOTES.
LINEN LAWASA
Niagara Lace Stripe CAMBRICS. Satin Chook PIQUES, Striped LAWNS.
Also Ready-made, a large Amortment of
EMBROIDERED COSTUMES in all the new WASHING MATERIALS, guaranteed fast
The Newest Designs in Fronob. TRIMMED MILLINERY HATS and BONNETS,
Black Lace and White Shetland SHAWLS. Black Lino SLEEVELESS JACKETS. Book MUSLIN REGISTERED PANIDE POLONAISES, JACKETS, and
distributions, scompared what with was made suffected by his enthusiastic reception. Doters, which will be found most suitable for year ago, amounting to £171,000,, These are large Admiral Sir John Diamond, Commander of sto, and taking saly a mi estimate for the British Mediterranean Supedron, visited tola Ulimstele Manjak je
„The Latoil Styles in "Ladjes” and Ühildren's bat the losses, nust be in other cases, whore Sir Moses, and kindly offered his services. On the announcements are yet to be made, we the 2ndult.heembarked for Alexandria, on board":"UNTRIMMED STRAW and CHIP HATS perceive st once how deeply a large sbarehold- the Fonimentar and Oriental steamer Geelong, ing interest must be affected, and how disagree. Sir Moses arrived safely at Alanxandrin on the ably wherefore the new bulf your begins, 8th ult. The following extract from a lektor from
The disappointment which will be felt onght Sir Mosca Montefiore dated Fenininlar not however to be enggerated. It is in the Oriental steamship Geelong, Brindisi. July 4th very nature of much losses to aguumulate in par. 1875 As-I experienged great fatigue. from bicnior years. Oredit is apt to grow by what it railway travelling, weembarked at Veniceinstead fecdo ou, sad the simulation of good business of at this place, and have bem lavorat 20 by what is really bad goen on nobesked yielding a very pleasant rum. We left Venice on Friday all the while a false profit, until the instant ita morning at eleven o'clock, oelling en route at hollowneva je discovered, when there is a sudden Ancous, where the ship remained a few boars, collapse and large losses fre written off. Acoi- There has been scarcely a ripple on the deal one dotermines when the discovery of with a light breeze, nad it must be hoped tha bud business is unide, or when the excessive the voyage may be completed under equally vigilance, sometimes necessary to its detection, lavourable suspices. bunk God, my bailth shall be applied so that a crop of bad results has not been seriously impaired, but you will. will come in a particular year or a particular readily conceive that etul a journey, especially season. Three bad years or sensung, therefore, at this season of the year, je attended with smo ure no more to be taken so the avage, tban are detriment to my strength the oxsoptically good years äf wbich-ike share. Folders buye bud the benefit in past tires and“ will no doubt live the benefis in fature. Thes must take the good with the bad, as in all other Imsiness and perhaps, it will be rather a gain.
than a love on the whole, if an experience like
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,
OPIUM,
FOR FREIGHT AFFLY TO
TO BE DESPATCHEI
Butterfield: & Swire.
Vogel, Hagedora de Ques. Vogal, Hagedorn
Со
PM 8.8 On, TN
P. M/3.8. 00:
Kong 0, & 0. EÛës
P. & 0, 8. N. 05: Messagerien M
koog Remedios &
$P. & OB.N; Hongkong Mozzagories Mariti
{PEO, S.N.:ØƏZ
Messagarica Batterfold Swire Rongkong Douglas LáprátkTM & ©e!
JA. Mog. Heston,
For Sale.
FOR SALE.
BT GOOD TABLE CLABET, -82.50
per dozen. Apply to
RION
ED. CHASTEL VAN 17, Wyndham Street,
· 124 1281-Hongkong, 20th August, 1875.
BAJUST KECEIVED, SER ENTLEMEN'S TRENCH DOOTS UT PERFUME, from ED. PINAUD & CO. 15
SILK UMBRELLAS
Double FOWLING.PIECES: REVOLVERS
DE SAINT MARUDAUX & OOHAM PAGNE, Carle Noire and Carte Blanite, &c.,
PERAREMAAL THEVENIN, -------44, Queen's Rode, and 11, Stanley Street,
Whitely tho Premises of Mesers. G. Dunger & Co. 1183 Hongkong, let August, 1975,
FOR SALE.
On or about 97th inst JQuick Jeepuloh, Quick despitoh, -On 8th prox, at 5 PM.
On 15th prox. nl 3 p.m. On 1st pros, at 8.P.M. Or 28th inst., at noon. „On 4th ́pròz, at noon,
Quick despatch. Quiok despotahun 1984
„JQuiok daapalab.
Quink déanatab.
Quick despeitab,
On or about Stb mer. Today, at tinaari. To-morrow, at noun.
Vessels on the Berth.
· NOTICE
VOMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. PAQUEBOT POSTE FRANCAIS
HE Company'e Steamship:
TANAIS
Captain Beynier, will be despatched for SALTAR, YOKOHAMANN Shortly after the arrival of the next Fronob Mail:
O. BERTRAND, Da Principal Agent; 1289 Hongkeng, Hat August, 1875,
NOTIDE.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES
MAYMARITIMES. TAQUEBOT POSTE FRANCAIS.
NHE Company's Steamship
*AMAZONE?
THE
LOWER AND SONS Battled ALE and Captain Champanais, will be despatched fez
1 STOUT.hu
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co. #3054 Hongkong, 6th July, 1875
ELICIOUS GINGER BRANDY
DEL$ per Dezen.
SPIRITS of WINE, for lamps, SARA $3 per Dozen.
Apply to the
HONGKONG DISTILLERY: UP 1200 Hongkong, 616 August, 1825,
Skordy after her attival from Europe, le
G BERTRAND,
Fréncipal Agent 1290 Hongkoug, 21st August, 1876.
QUBAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
FOR LONDON BUEZ CANAL, THE Company's Steamship
AND & TENNENT SALE 1271
■FORTER
TREA NAGRODATID CORSAR & SONS-
Merelian Navy Navy Boiled BEST Long Flux
•Crown
CANVAS,
KVARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co.
1180 Hoogkong, 11th May, 1867.
0.
**** ESTABLISHED IN BOLD LAZARUS AND CO., Incorporated with Shearwood and Oc BILLIARD TABLE MANUFACTURERS, AND GENERAL FURNISHING CONTRACTORS,
VA
BY APPOINTMENT TO:
EXCELLENOY THE VICEROY
Book and Swiss MUSLIN EMBROIDERED COSTUMES, NE
HIS Ready-made MORNING WRAPPERS in French CAMBRIOS, BRILLIANTES, and
H.REL. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, Frenel LAWNS.
PERANG
A firge Stock of FANOY LINEN SETS, COLLARETTES, Real LAUE RUFFLE DOLLARS and BEADED FIOHUS
Beal LACE COLLARS and CUFFS, Frilled LACE COLLARS
TULLE 2nd LACE RUFELING....... Hemmed and Hem Stitched and Lace Edge HANDKERCHIEFS.
** HOSIERY SUNDAY, 22nd August, 1875,
GLOVES. and Liste Tares GAUNTLET
AND
55, 59, 00, & 61, Bentinck Streg CALCUTTA
BILLIARD TABLES.
will be despatched on or about the 27th instant.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & WIRE, Agents
1277 Hongkong, 19th Augent, 1875,
· STEAAL=TU YOKOHAMA, [AHE P, ZO.8. N. Co.'s Steamship
YAR MALACCA-* will leave for the above place L few hours after che arrival of the Peshawar with the next Eag
-A, MOIVER,
¡Superintendent P.&O..S. N. Co.'s Office,
Hongkong, 17th August, 1875, [1263
STEAM TO SHANGHAI,
(Tubing Cargo at through rates for NAGAŠARI
́and MIOGO.).
P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Steamanip
- PESHAWUR”:
will leave for the above plasa about 24. Indra after her arrival with the next English M
AMOIVER
C. LAZARUS & Co.'s Billiard Tables are P. &0.000
www.the only dues appreciate in India,
as a long and steady experience extending over 50 years has proved them to be the beat and most-suitable for the climate
10. L. & Co, have received a large number of French FLOWERS and FEATHERS.
very lattering testimonials from all parts of BASHES and SABH RIBBONS, A
India, China, Barmal, Ceylon, Manila, Java, Indica UNDEROLOTHING and BABY Straite, and Persia, testifying to the superior
W
make and quality of their Billiard Tables, and PIQUE FROCKS and ship thanking their Friends and PatronE IN Waite
Ohing for the liberal support so long extended to their firm, woold, in soliciting farther pa. tronage, beg to mention the following lasts which have nonduced to the success their efforts have hitherto, met with.
Children's PELISSES
WASHING BATSE Beg WASHING SUITS, in all eisco, › Ladies': UMBRELLAS and SUN SHADES. Ladies' and Children's BOOTS SHOES,
The receipt of advice by wire, yesterday, that the present toaches them that joint-stool bank the direct steamers of the month left Calentts ing in a trade, and one of the most profitable of (un the 19th slant, with 1,700 cheste. Putza tradea, but also liable to ups and downs like every and 1,500 phests Beonress for the Straits and other, Joab rose joint-stock banking has this port, has bad the effect or stiffening the been singularly etendy and stoccaefal for many rate for New Patas; the market for which LINEN. youre, peopicsure apt to forget this, bus while closed quiet today, at 3505 Beneran sud- nothing has happened to prevent them from Malwa are at last reported. The stock in G. relying on annonal degree of steadiness and entta, on the 20th instant, nonsisted of 950 encocas as compared with many other trades chaste Patus and Si obasta Benazes. the orguts íelich "have "oncurred' sbow that “absolute, immanity from loss is not to be reeboned among their privilege. It is no doght quite trus that some of the losses lately
For Takobama, 2,585 bege Sugar, 201 ptga roported are at first sight inexplicably benvy, and beyond the limits of what is held in some Merchandise For Hingo, 3 pkga: Merthanoia. quarters to be legitimate and incidenial to For San Francisco 10 pkgs. Silke, $7 bove fae business. But nothing in more characters Prepared Upium, 13,667 bage Bioe, 058 bags istio of an excellent organization, and the Beane, 185 bags Saver, 400 empty Quicksilver perfection of its working for a long period, than Flasks, 107 pkes. Cordage, 500 buen Hemp. exported at the last of some fault of an-bh pkys Tea: 924 bales Jute. 67 álaba Tin,
EXPORT Cargoës.
Per P.M.88 Otly of Tokio, for Tokohama and San Francisco
magnitude, arising from simu în.pkgs. Shellac, 7 pkga Cinnamon, 2,775 pkgs. noticed change of circumstances which anakes Merchandise, for Pausma, I ple. Ivory ware, 1. the old routing fees appliable, or from cont. box Silke. For Manzanillo, 54 boxes: Tô, 6 dence in individuals which may at one time boxes Silke. For fazuta, Saver Tex, 3 se have been joxided, uns as gradually rd Site, one Merahundice. For Callao, 10 pkgs, without cior grown to be unfounded, Weea, 2 pkgs. Silke, 55 pkgë. Patna Opinu, 1 should hope, therefore, that while the loaves pka. Malwa Opium, 28 pkgs Meraasudies. will have the effect of teaching many lessons to For Valparaiso, 110 balf-choats Ton. For New the directore and offers of our grant banks York, 8.170 half chests Tea, 505 boxes Ten, 50 and disonant houses, the supposition that the pkgs. Ten, 13 bules ilz, 1 pkg. Merchandise. -Josses are enough to prove great iniemanngo- ment and eroaso a ecepicion of more of the same kind to come, will, on reflection, be dismissed from men's minda. They have arisen, after,ali, in a natural manner, and without that culpable carelessness or worse whion shows something seriously amias. Their natural effect should be to make the braids of joint-stool banking safer And stendier than ever, the events arousing inorcused rigiluave and leading to improvemente in organization to copa with the circumstances of the time,
Nor should the natural disappointment to bank shareholders extind generally to sbory. bolders in other trading enterprises as it they too most parilcipate in the diminution of dividends, While some trades are no doubt Josing heavily, the ball-year altogether, cannot turn out badly for those who have dividends to receive. Bants are making bad debts because tuppens from a variety of circumstances that the accumulated sad business, of years la now being foud, ate some trader like the iron trade are also suffering from special case; but trade as a whole has undoubtedly been
Per M. M. ateamer Peal, for Coutinent and London PetAM TRA
For Continent 12,048 balls Silk, 97 bales Oc- cong, 32-ossen Silk Piede Goods, 801 balf- cheats Tan, 118 boren Tea, 1,844 pkgs, Sundries. For London 668 hales Silk, 15 canas silk Placa Goode, 8,200 boxee Toa, 1,108 halfrobeats Tea, 2,474 sheets Ton, 77 caces 82udrius. **
EXCHANGE.
40
Bank Bille, on demnol, "Bonk Bills, at 50 days' sight, 401 *Bank Billecat & months' sight, 4/1. Credita, at6 months sight...NE
sight Documentary Billa,atbmonthe
·4/14
ON BOMBAY.Bank, on demand 2201 ON CALOUTTA, Bank, on domand 2201
N SHANGHAL
Bank, sight Private, 30 days”, sight
SHARES.
per peut dieosunt
72A
VICTORIA EXCHANGO, QUEEN S ROAD AND STANLEY STREET, HONGKONG,
AND AT SHANGHAI,
BLANOGE CHAMPAGNE-
ON MONTEBELLO CARTE Quarts$15 per cass (1 dozen.) Plats, $16
discount on 25 Caste.
BOURBON WHISKEY, 312 per case (1a Jozen.)
FOR SALE BY ME WHEARD &.05. 975 Hongkong, 23rd June, 1875.
FOR SALE EAMPAGNE
HEIDECK & Co.'s MONOPOLE, China.
Apply to
DEETJEN & Q.;)
-
Bolo Agoufa for China and Japan. 144 Hongkong, 23rd January, 187625"
• NOW TO NESALĒT
IMPERIAL QUARTO.
ENGLISH AND CHINESE DIOTIONARY,
PUNTI AND MANDARIN PRONUNOLATION;
AD ANGLO-ORINESH DICTIONARY, pablished at the Daily Press Office, Hongkong.
Every table is made of solid wood, wall cog soned and not veneered
Superintendent,
11283.
Hongkong, 17th Angust, 1875.
FOR MANILA (Direct) THE 41 Spania Sobooner
"UNION"
Caplats Echevaris, will Eave immediate putol as above.
Vessels on the Berth.
Post Office Notifications.
AMARANTHAM FOR SINGAPORE PENANG POINT DE GALLE, AUFN SUEZ, MALTA, BRINDISI, ANCONA, VENICE, MEDI CEAN TERRANEAN PORTS, AND Ajust, at 5 pm
A mail will close For Swalow, Amby, and Foochow.Par Yesso, th-day, the 23rd inst., at 11:30..
For Tokolina Per Ocoun, to-day, the 23rd
SOUTHAMPTON For Swatom and A woy.-Por Smeralda, to. Omorrow, the Bich inst, ni 31.30 AM. BOMBAY, MADRAS, CALOUTTÄ KAND For Tokohama and San Francisco-Per BERNA AUSTRALIA
Oceania, on Wednesday, the let prox, at 2.30 BM,
*
JALD PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION: COMPANT's Steamship MAZHA‚"'--'Üaptain- TOMAIN, with For | Majesty's Malls, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above places on SATURDAY, the 28th August, at Noon
Carga will be received on board until Noon, Specie and Parcels of the office until 2 P.M. on the 27th Auguel
For Particulare regarding Freight and Pai wage, apply at the P. & 0, 8. N. Co's Office, Hongkong. CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PAUKAGES ARE REQUIRED, B
A Writton Declaration of the Contents and Value of the Packages for the Overland Ronteis required by the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered by the Shippers to the Company's Agents, with the Bills of Lading or with Farvels; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from the incor reatness on such declarationerne pås The Company reserve the option of forward.. fing all goods shipped by their Steamers for Europe through Egypt, either by rail, or by | Canal in their own Gleamers, or in "varasla. ( employed for the purpose.:
Shippers are partiorlarly requested to note the Locans and conditions of the Company's Black Bills of Lading,
A. MOIVER, Superintendent
· Peninsular and Oriental Sitam Navigation Co.'s Office, Hongkong, 16th August, 1875 OODIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAX.
SHIP COMPANY
TAKING THROUGH CARGO AND PAS SINGERS: FOR THE UNITED STATES
—AND EUROPE.
IN GOENECCION' WITH. THES
CENTRAL AND UNION PACIFIC AND -CONNECTING RAILROAD
COMPANIES,E
AND
ATLANTIG STEAMERS
THES. bo
THE 8. 8. OCEANTO will be despatched for
NESDAY, the 1st September, at JPN., taking Cargo and Passengers for Japan, the United States, and Europe
Cosmestion is made at Yokohane with Steamers from
Chaugbas.
Freight will be reprived on board'antil 4 PM. of the 31st inetur. Parco Puckiges will be received at the Office malu & P.M. same day, sil Parcel Packages should be marked to address in full value of sa ma is required.
Return Prenge Tickets available for 5 months are issued at a reduction of per nont on regular rutes
For farther information as to Freight or Parange, apply to the Agency of the Company, | Praya West,
G. B. EMORY
Acting Agent. Hongkong, August 2nd, 1875.
NOTICE.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES
HABTARTTIMES ** PAQUEBOTS POSTE FRANCAIS.
STEAM-FOR SAIGON SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, JUEL, ISMALIA,
PORT BAID, NAPLES, AND SA
MARSEILLES,
MAILS BY TIIB " ENGLISH PACKET,”
The English ContruotTM Packet ! MALWA” will be deanstoned with the Mails for Europe, &c. on SATURDAY, the 28th August,
The following will be the hears of closing the Mails, o
August 27th,
·༄
5 P.M. Money Order Office closes.
6 PM., Post Office clonon cxcept the MONT Box, which remains open all night August 28th,
7AM. Post Office opena for sale of Stauips, Registry of Letters, and Post- ing of all correspondence.
10 A.AL, Post Office clases except for Late
Letters. Registry of Lettera center. 10.35 M., Lettons may be posted ba parcient
ota LATE Fxu of 18 cents extra Postage 'notil
11 A when the Post Office CLOSES":
ontirely.
11:30 A.M., Letters (but Letters caly) address. ed to the United Kingdom e Brindisi
or to Singapore may be posted, on board the Pucket on payment of a:
· Late Fee of 43 ogita ezirs postage, 1150 A., Poating on Ebard ceases.
ALFRED LISTER,
Poalmarter Genovat
General Past.oe,
Hongkong, 10th August, 1376.
MAILS BY THE FRENCH PACKET
The French Mail Packet" MEIKONG" #1 he despatched on SATURDAY, ko dil Bẹpt.,. with Matis to and through the United Kingdom tia Maraeillen; to Europe, Saigon, Singapore, Galle, Australia, New Zealand, Aden, Ser chattes, Reunion, Mauritius, Juce, and Alaxan- dia.
The following will be the boare of closing the Maila, &c.—
September 3rd, -
5 P., Money Order Office closes. Post Office closes except the Nrar Box, which remains open all night..
September 4th,
17 Post Office opens for sale of
Stampa Hegistry of Letters, and Post ing of all correspondence.
10 AM, Registry of Lettore ceasca.
11 AM Post Office closes except for Late:
Lattere.
11.10 A., Letters (but Letters only) addressi
cd to the United Kingdom or to Singa pore may be posted on payment of a Late Fee of 13 cezta extra, postage, untily,
11,30 am, when the Post Office CLOSES
entirely.
ALFRED LISTER.
Postmaster Geral General Post Office,
Hongkong, 21st August, 1875,
MAILS BY THE "UNITED STATES PACKED The United States Mal Packeta “COLO- BADO” and “ GREAT 'REPUBLIC" will be despatched on WEDNESDAY, the 8 and 15th September, at 3 pm, with the Tuile
For Yokohama, San Francisco, the Waited States, and the United Kingdom,
The Post Office will be open for the resoption of Ordinary Letters, Books, Newspapers, &c., until 2,30 P...
Letters can be potted on board the Packet from 30 P.M. to 2,50 'p.m., on payment of a Late Fee of 12 conte in addition to the Pentage. The Prepaymont of the Postage to all the above places by the route is compulsory. Correspondence insuficiently prepaid wil be forwarded by the English Panketa.
BOMBAY, ST. DENIS, AND PORT LOUIS.
N SATURDAY, the 4th September, 1875, Correspondence addressed to Yokohama and atoon, the Company's. Steamship the United States must the ampercortbed per MEIXONG," Commandant Mounsur, with "COLORADO" and "GREAT REPUBLIÙ," MAISE PASSENGERS, SPEC-12, and and that addressed to the United Kingdom CARGO, will leave this Port for the above must be superscribed “vid Bat Francisco, manag
ALFRED LISTER,
Postmaster General.
Hongkong, 20th Angust, 1875,
Cargo and Speries will be registered for Los- desdon as well as for harseilles, and accepted in General Post Office,
Erangit through Marseilles for the principal places of Europe. A
For Freight or Passage, apply
Tam? NO REMEDIOS & Co. 123 Hongkong, 9th August, 1875.
THE
FOR LONDON.
MADAME Captain Asia, will-load here and at Whumpur, and will have quick despatch as above.
For Freight apply to VARVOGEL, HAGEDORN & Co.
1203 Hongkong, 5lb Angbat, 1375 A FOLL NEW YORK.
4-1 17 years British Barque
HF.
Shipping Orders will be granted till noon,
The following redused Rates of Postage will Cargo, will be received on boord unt!! 4 Y,,, take effect from this day -
Specs and Parcels antil 8 r.. on the 3rd September, 1875; Pureolo are not to be sont
Books & Leltora. Newspayors. Paterna. Cents. Conte. Cents, Vit Southampton, 36 per 1 oz. 6 6 pardos AZORES TELAND,
on board; they must be left at the Agency's | PORTUGUAL, Office.) Conteuta and value of Puolues are requited.
For further particulars, apply at the Com Brindisi, 30 por faz: 8-16 per 2 oz. pany's Office.
Via Morrelles... C. DERTRAND
Y& Southampton, 84 per 1 oz, Spar 2oz. "Principal Agent. | CANARY & MADEIBA”. Hongkong, 25rd August, 1875
ISLANDS,
S. MAIL LINE.
The Cushions are constructed on an entirely 41 13 years British Bark new pensiple, introduced by O. L. and Co., D. Lloyd, Master, will lord here and at Wham-PACIFIO MAIL STEAMSHIP. and are moob mora durable and lively than SE VOGEL, HAGEDORN & U.
Port, For Freight, apply to t and valike that adopted by English matera, por, and will have quick despatch for the above English-made qush one,
No tabla Feaves 0. L, and Coffe premisa until
it base been standing ready fughed for over 12 monthe, in order to ensure perfectly acasoned material.
1095 Hongkong, 18th July 1875.
COMPANY,
LAND RAILWATS, AND TOUCHING AT THROUGH TO NEW YORK, I OVER-
YOKOHAMA AND SAN FRANCISCO. TRES,6,BEAT REPUBLIC will love Hongkong for San Francisco, vid Yoko- bams, on WEDNESDAY, the 15th September, at 3 P.M., taking Passengers, Mails and Freight, for Japan, the United States, and Europe...
Through Passanger Tickets and Bille of Lading are issued for transportation to Take ban and other Japan Porta; to San Franciaco, to ports in Mexico, Central and South Americs,
BRITATE CONTAIN MARINE.
-SURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, A
HB Undersigned, Agents for the above Every article of forniture also, that leaves Company are prepared to issue Policies O. Lazarus und Co.'s Establishment, is quas by the QUÊ S. Coột, P. & 0. Coễn, and M. M. ranteed of Solid and Seasoned Woods' Steamers at the following Rates, leas C. L&Co. have always ready a large stock 16% discount Free of of new Cushions on their peculiar principle,
and
Fardoular
YA Brindle 34 por 1 oz. 8-12 per 2 në Via Marseilles,
V& Southampton, 29 per toz. 6. per 2 oz.. HONOLULU ÄND
HAWALL-
Via Brindisi, ...)
VA Marseillas, 36 per oz. 10 14 por 2 azi. Via Southampton, 30 per 1 oz. 8 8 par 2 oz.,
ALFRED LISTER,
Postinactor General, General Post Office,
Bongkung, 8th August, 1875.
To provide the greatest posible facilities for posting. Correspondence for Europe, o, up to the latest moment before the departure of the Frenab Puoketa; arrangemants have been made for receiving at the Post Office late lettera for 11.10. to 11.30 AM. Each lector mat bost
All Bisks, Average and to New York and Europe, VIA OVER Singapore and the United Kingdom only from
which oan be supplied for any babio, the so- Hongkong to London, Te, EZ A NYILAND RAILWAYS Fill leave Shang-a late fee of 15 cents ezira postage. ·
carate length and broadth of the slate bed only being required.
C. In and Go. have always in hand a large stook of Billiard, Pool and Pymmid Bulls, Goss,
Do Do, Silk, 1%%%%% Uber Firat-cinne Steamers at Uurrent Bates, BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
A Steamer of the Company ani, via che Inland Sea Ports, about the same The above strangement ia- intended to mest jate, and make olose connection at Yokohama. occasional emergencies, and not for the regular A New York, Passengers have selection of posting of extensive, correspondence; Should
and Getanatya
Tips, Chalks, Cloth, and every fequisite for the "ROTAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE COR.arious, linca of Steamora, to England, France it be found, therefore, that large and arma
Billiard Tablo
Old Cashious renewed on C. LATAEUS &
Co.'s peculiar principle, thereby asking an old table ai good as new
BILLIARD LAMPS
Sis and Eight Light Lampa for Oil, or Kero* Bine, the latter with burners on the duper
OR comprehensiveness and practical service principle, giving a light equal to twelve ordinary.
this Work stands unrivalled. All the new amp
words which the Chinese have of late years been Eighteen light ring burner Gas Pendantur compelled to coin to express the outaerona ob. with rod to suspend over table. jenta mmachinery photography,telegraphy,end. **
in kovience generally, which the rapid advance
LAZARUS AND Co, have been appointed
bare givan mateo, Hack and every word is of foreign relations has imposed upon them, are Sole Agents in India and the East tor
Tally illustrated and explained, forming ezer.
progressing favourably in the midst of all those. Hongkong and Shangbai. Bauk Shure$20 line stare Bread and other articles of general consumption hire been oberp; consumption bas, Union Insurance Society of Canton, now bases for students of a most instructive nature been on a large sealo, as is shown by the roventie returns and other evidence, the chemposon
*---$50 per share premiam,
2-10 91,000, për sharð, vidSSL
lie bei principle hitherto sitaine The typus
THE NEW PATENT ELECTRIC BILLIARD MARKER,
In 1184 Hongkong, lot August, 1875;+2+g
PORATION.
agoable numbers of letters are habitually thrown Fright will be received on board until 4 pr. upon the Department at the last moment, a Undersigned, Agents of the above Cor- on the 14th penzino. Parsel Packages will be heavier late fee will be imposed. portion, ate prepared to grant Policies received at the Olhos anil 62.3. of the same similar supplementary fail will be raade lay All Parool Packingow should be marked to up for Shanghai by the English and French Constr
against Fite sur Current Rates, les 20. die iddress in full, valgs 3f same is required Contract Steerers, the late letters being reno17
ed from 30 minutes after, up to balf an hour BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.ZA
For further information us to Page and after the time of closing The Inte fee will also negde patir Agende, Freight, apply to the Agency of the Company, be 13 cents. la 1185 Hongkong, Jet Angust, 1875, Prara West
10. B. EMORY, LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE S
INSURANCE COMPANY
Hongkong, Augna16cb. 1875.
*HB Undaragaed, having bean appointed Agouta of the abovó Company, are pre- pared to print Policies aguinat Fire at Current Fuates, less 20 */ discount,
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Im 1186 Hongkong, Lat Angual, 1875
ALFRED LISTER,
Postmaster General Acting Agent General Post Office,.
Hongkong, 3rd August, 1875.
"NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS.
The Postmaater at San Francisco bae giren OPIUM AND SPIRITS PARMS IN notice that lebtera despatobed from this Colony (whether through the Post Office, or na 800* signées... letters) by the Inited States-Mail Packets, will not be forwarded to ang
COOHIN-CHINAŽA:
TN Pursuance of the Ordinancen
the Governor, Intimation de son
by
os within the United States unless the proces
Both the Court and Panti pronunciations are by means of which the score can be imarked QUEAN FIRE INSURANJE COMPANY that Ship Mastera bave to make known at the Postage from Amarion to such places be prepaid of article of raw materiai, which is one of the Whine Traders Insurance Company's Share given, the acceuits being carefully marked from the vaulion of this table. most essential conditions of general profit, is no Obine and Japan Marine Insurance Fle. 90graphy displays the success of an attempt to Price Lists, Catalognes, and all information POLICIES AGAINST FIRE to the Spirits of any kind which may have been bis Bach lettera sbould either be prepaid in both
per lire.
Chinese Insurance Company,209 per share, Hongkong Fire Insurance Uompany a Shares
$490 per share, v
HE Undersigned are prepared to GRANT Harbour master's or Farmers Offees, on their in America Postage Stamps, but will le re mete the thiness and English type correspond
Arrival in Saigon, any quality of Opio ormed to this Office. in the size of body, thereby affecting a vast
may be obtained from
extent of 4000 Doliste on Buildings Deped on-board-of-their Vessels, failing which economy of space, achieving a clearness 201 LANE, CRAWFORD AND CO., Goods stored therein, at. Current Local Batea, they are liable to the Feraluce epcoified therein. By provionely attained, and dispensing with those
eubject to a Discount of 20 */, on the premia. vast margins and rent pacar which bave
(Or. 5, Oct. 1871, AM. VII., XVI., XVIL)
heretofors characterized Chinese publications,
La Feratiers de l'Opium et den Aleosla, To illustrate the vast scope of the work, the
KAKHANHAR & CIE.
China Fire Insurance Coufpany's Shures-118b
per abare.
who have consented to set se
ZO. LAZARUS & 005 AGENTS.
doubt the saues of that very weakness in the from manufacture and other wholesale trades which is now affecting Lombard street seriously. In spite, therefore, of the losses und disaetore which are now attracting general attention, we must look for manb better divi denda in etbe directions at the result of generally profitabló ball year. It is notorius, for iustuna, at English railway properly in bikely to yield a much better retain to Ita owners that it be done for a long time. The trafoa have exhibited a material in bare per out, discount, do this work contains more than 50,000 Buglish and forwarded to Calcutta by the EARLIEST eroase incidental to the growth of the pony. Shanghai Steam Navigation Company-Tis words, mnd upwards of 600,000 Chinese churwe- | opportunity, try, while railway companies are of the olur 61 per share,
Victoria Fire Inaarance Company's Sharpe
$187 per aber
Hongkong and Whampoa Dook Company's
Shares per centi discount.
and by whom
ALL ORDERS WILL BE RECEITAN
EDWARD NORTON &013, Sept, 1873, XIII.
ม
engkong and American Stamps an abuse, or posted to an Agent in the United Status.
The notice chiefly applies to the following plucca, the American rates of Postage to which ara as followe
NEWS
if 8 Hongkong, January, 1875,--- following facts are submitted for consideration; HONGKONG SHANGHAL AND JAPAN NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE Vé le Président du Conseil d'Adaon,
LETTERSSTÄT 615.–Boone, Chalmers Vocabularly contains about 15.000
Cents: Centi.. Cends. INSURANCE COMPANY, A SPOONER,
Fonall Ohinees alishuoters, and Vadhurst's English
porož. 34 purb¢ ̈ fin 106 Saigon, January, 1875
Bias
15 „ Boz. -* INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER AND
KRUPPS CAST STEEL WORKS, Peru, Obili, &s...223 03 - 10 per 4 oz. SPECIAL AOTH 09 PARLIAMENT.
• ESSEN (GERMANY) SOLE'AGENT FOR CHINA,”
Hongkong, uncon and Macao Steamboat Co. and Gainess Dictionary about 100,000, whilst
11405
which gains by the fall in coal and eron bat Bangkong Gus Cowpany's Shares-$75 per other elementary works as yet published, the REDUCED PRICE $1.2
ters. Again, despite all the, grammars soð JUHE TOURISTE GUIDEL is specially ruinous to a few. And what is trusshare.
a student of this diffionit language absolutely re-
of railway companies le true of other ender, Hongkong Hotel Company's Shares-857 per quires examples to display the various appliTras, objects of Natural History, Furniture, takinge, wbich manufacture largely articles of
general songsmption and employ soul, iron, und other tow materials in their processes, while they are not obliged to reduce the prices of the manufactured article to the consumer in pro- portion, hear real reasons for treating the ciat-stock bank dividends as exceptional, and
sen. dizaount.
das
SALES ON Auer lez, 1976;
A de réporté by Chinose. While Pepper, 30, bags at 316,60, by along to tiarelling trader.
Containing the names of all the Articles of Sea | catione and equivalent of differeal words which do with the Panti, and Mandarin Prom
haye pue general meaning. Of these example cictionary
Bhd.
Aminal Tallows 55 paskagen, $10.
by
act as the role for just-stook enterprise der- Kwong wing thing to travelling trador ing the pust half year. We should, thror Brown Jugar 500 bags, at $2.60, by won also that the sugaries of the balf year which wing-shing to locul trader
e now beginning are in this respost natin Yeling Peas 2,000 pleats, st $1.75, by Chan factory Nothing has happened to check phong to local trader
fe the last the hand-to-mouth Industries
of the country or the cooasusing power
of the moane. Coal, iron, and other raw _mutoriala ays,il anything, ebeaper, no there
sult of repent event Money, in sit likeitband, will also be sadly thonger than it is, been singe the Franco-German war. If there je any renewal or increase of depreamon 14 most be from new events of a nors startling character than any wblob have yet happened, anu which it is impossible to foresee-London Daily Norge, July The
Melon Beede, 50 bags, at $5.70, by Chen-chong to travelling trader.”
Black Pepper, 100 bags, at $9.50, by Hop-ling to travelling teader.
Formice, 80 bags, ut $7.50, by Yne-bing so. travelling trader.
Te Lung Ngan Pulp, 50 bags, at $13.60 by Tse shumta to travelling trader.
Shellfish, 5 package, at $28.00, by Hang-ti to travelling trader chicken
-White; Waz, & ploger, at 392,50, by Kwongel Look-wo to travelling trades,
fablished 1809."
F.
Hongkong, Shanghai, Dolome (frermany) “
BANANOTION
ALFRED LISTER,
"Postmaster General.
General Post Olloo,
Hongkong, 12th July, 1675.
CAPITAL £1,000,000
It is hereby notified for general information, HB Undersigned, Agente at Rongkong for TN Ordor to meet the wishes of the Native that the Postage on Letters addressed to Nor thegbors Company, are prepared to grant Community, the Chinage loss of this way, when forwarded via Southampton, will Also a few dopies of the GRAMMAR of the Follèlesagafest FIRE to the extent of £10,000 Faper bas bon, from the commencement of the henceforward be 56 cents for each balf ence shed, NZMA many as any other Dictionary hitherto pab Uuinens Language, in two Partonagy Building, or on Moreliandies in the sing, China New Year, issued pairs instead of on which may either be paid in advance, or it may at the anal nito ubject to a discount of alternate days as before the left to he collected on delivery of the Letters.
this: work ouuitalna: more than five times as
For practical purposes the Armingement the work is so complete, that a reference
The
Hasty Press Ohooon but per cent, (20 JAHR AAWRE
HP Undersigned havs, þveg appointed Bole Agents far the Sale of their Goode in
to its pages enables person who undor stands English to communicate effectely Hongkong and China by. Menure. J. & Br. Tas - with natives who understand nothing but Chi xaxt, Glasgow, sull Mesata.. DAVID CORSAR & nece. In this respect the work will be found Cove, Arbroath
indispensable to all Europeans residing in CASA ABNHOLD, KARBERG & Qu: China, and to the untives themselves it ex tf $19 Hongkong, January, 1867. plaine subjecte fully with which vory low insan o deed of them are perfectly foquemled. To parties romfight in England and interested in Uhins it cannot but be invaluable occasionally! It comprised upwards of two thousand large quarto ngesom d
TRUBNER & ɑs,
#DAILY FESIO“ Ozzies, HorGKONG,
WING KOI? COAL SHOP-
GILMAN & Co.
Agents,
tf 1060 Hongkong, 7th July, 1874.
SAVU CHINA FIRE INBURANCE:
***COMPANY, LIMITED,
F. W. MITCHELL, `
Postmaster General, General Post Office, Hongkong.
i'ne Paper kas been. Established for cearly Unpaid Letters will be subject to an additional Twenty Teara, and la, ue to Editorial: Manages - charge on delivery. meat, ander the Direction of a Well Educated. Chistero Gentleman, gives reliable commercial and general information, and has the samNG position with the Nativo Community as to Adem vertisements, and Nowa. As the Englieb Daily Freen sich, the Foreign Community. The Ubarge for advarticemente will be as berete forem ip
Hongkong, Lörð February, 1974. “
HEAD OFFION—HONGKONG, GENCIES at all the Treaty Forts of 4 Orina and Japan, and at Singapore, HE Proprietor of Wind-KEE Shop bogs to Saigon and Penang,
inform the public that his Shop bas boun Slinky accepted, and Polioļes of Insurance | ZOZNA catablished since 1865, at Endicott's Lane, and grunted at the rate of Fremige onerent at the NOW ON SĂLE. thut be has simiys a great quantity of BEST above-mentioned Portal
POUND VOLUME of the China Cowland |00AL in store for Bule. Gentlenen or Bhip. No charge for Policy fees.
CD Trade Export for £la, Trar. 1876. Price
Tou Dollaré, AND Apply at the Don, Frym Olhos, Hongkong, at February, 1875, 772
| masters wishing to patronize mim, are rpg Reated
to apply at his Shop, jat
171608 Hongkong, 23rd September, 1874,
SUNJAB, B. DOUGHTRIE, «
Longtong, at Norenber, 1973 385
The Post Office of Victoria (Australia) having: given notice to the Gestaral Poaz Offices ra Lot- dom that articles of Jewellery escaived in that- Colony are obargéoblu with Custome Paties, the undersigned considers it necessary to ingke. this Regulation known to the Pablic, and to state that any letters or packets, conterning auch errictes sent through the Post, are Fable, with their contenta, to be forfeited,
OFW, MITCHELL, SMART Postmasten Garemal Omeral Port-Ofee, Hongkong,