BLUNDERS AT A SCHOOL EXAMINA- TION
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PROGRESS OF THE RED MAN
Mr. W. H, Lyon, one of the Dead of Indian The London School Bosed have published the Commissions, ports the usual rate of progress roport of the seamination of children In Sop in Indian civilisation: 02 266,000 Indians in toral knowledge: Bome of this blunders are very the United States, he says:55.137 000apy houseS comical. One child who had nothing to say 140,818 wear citizen's clothing they live 117 about the "wouzon of Caanan" except that "aho church buildings, 344 schools, 437 teachers, and lived in Jaman, was a good women, and had 11,328 scholars is cultivato 318,19% sore of something the matter with her. One compets and, and produce 400.000 bushels of oats and tor did assert that Elijah mot his death by fall 3,929,468 bushels of son, and they own 301,638 ing on post, and breaking his neck, but that horses, 811,203 horded eattle, 447.295 sheep, and was an almost renial blunder. The pupil who 214,078 hogs Doubtless these Spares are not pointed out to Saul that it was "hard for him to exaggerated, but so far they relate to industry feio against a brick may have stated an obduration, and religion, they are inainly would vious, though irrelevant, fact, or may have male to the tribos loosted in the fudin territory, a mera slip of the pon. It was certainly rathorinoladh the Charokons, Chostavy, and Cres after the zone of the Divinity suhools to talk who were originally among the most intelligent of "a grala of maustard seed, which was hidden and industrious of the aborigines, and have long in three measures of moil; and grow into a large been noted for their progress in civilisation. tron, Thio. children wont wrong. In another.
way They berayat those wonderful misson- ceptions which may lie for years in the childish mind, as Miss Martineau records from her ow
A CHINESE JOKE
experiones. For example, esto papils said, "It The San José (Californis) MerryA is not moat (naming deg's meat) "to take the few days ago, at Los Gritos, aging of festive children's bread and cast it to dogs." Even this beathaus, numbering about fifteen, punaidered is lose absurd than the confusion salt to have that it would afford them a vast amount of fun. bean produced in the notions of a Scatch child so uncouple o freight car and let it run downthe we had to learn from ocal tradition the Scotch grade, They did so, and their foudest hopes version of the Paairs in which cour the words were roalised as they saw the our rub with lightning speed ward San José, stopping this stile of the depot Jehu supposed that Sapering tendent Curtis would think it a huge joke and · send an engine down after it, but ho did not. Lis quietly informed the diauiples of Confusius tant thay might go down to San José, msh thot car
And for he shop he doth us take
This the infant lawtel, and repeated -
And for his sliber he doth a steak.
No teacher was likely to deteta blander based on ignorance of the exclusively graminivorous habits of sheep. Pupils were not allowed to at tempt wors thun sig out of eight questions, nor to answer any question in a ser not specially in tended for them.
INCIDENTS IN THE HOUSE OF .COMMONS.
the grade to its original position, seven miles, or consider themselves cischarged. They pro- ceaded toward the city to perform the task, uttaring something in their unintelligible jar. gon about the failure of Americans to appreciate Chinese joke. They rashed Los Gatos about 10.o'alock at night, sul var since have refrained ivan tuuaking a car-coupling, looking on a detached one with perfect contempt.
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After all thero is a great deal to be said to favour of a little despotism In Governments, at
·lanet opoksionally. With what a weary longilag must honorable merabare have lately called to mind that incident in the rulership of bluff King Henry in whio ho conveyed to powerful a stimu laut to the legislative Rativity of Fidward. Mon tegue by a mere touch of his hand-and-one brief is a tall, handsome man with a lithe, slender, sentences, a will they not suffer mystive figure, s ebar hlua ego a larga, prominent bill to pass?" and then laying his hand on the well-shaped nose, and a ince young enough for a head of the keeling member, "Get my bill soond Lieutenant. It is Skoboloff, the youngest passed by to-morcow, or sise to-morrow this head General in the Eussian army, the conquerer of of yours shall be off. Of course the bill Khokand. He has the reputation, evan stong was passed. What a ridiculous waste of time the tassinns, of being a madman, who would and tomper and prefal energy and parliamentary ding away his own Hia and those of his troops dignity would have been eaved if nor Majasty without the slightest regard for consequences. could only have conveyed as suggestive a hint During the war which resulted in the conquest to que or two members within the past day or of Khoksad, a Russian dotathmont of 300 mon, two Nobely could wish, perhaps, that the poor with 400 Contacks, was compelled to Tatrast ba men should have astoally-run any risk of the loss fore a superior fores of the enemy. General of their heads. So long as a man has a head upon Trotsky decided on a night attack, ad confited his honklers there is always or at least gener- his plan to Colonel Skobeloff, then his chief of alla possibility of his nequiring some little staf The utter entered into the idea with medienm of wisdom, sud, it may be some slight great enthusiasm, and proposed to lead the at- sense of decency. The loss of beads, however, tasking column himself, 24 to take only 150 forms no part in the salonations of modern Costache Skobelaff, having recounoitrod the Irish patriotism, and a very sight intimation from a Betry the Eighth would have saved a world of trouble and pleasantness, and that without imperilling anybody's hand.
Since obstructive proveediga could be thus ammutily quashed times have changel consider) parties, ont cautionsly surrounded the oneray's Thermometer ably. Tot although times may obango human say. The party; led by Skobeleff hitself, hechon or wind nature, aven parliamentary human nature, re managed to pass the onemy's outposts, who were mains on the whole pretty wnoh what it always then asleep. Then he gave the signal for the Foresting has been. It would be amusing to know how attack by ring bir pistol, und followed by his by Thonbozeler many members of the House, since it became a 150 Cossacks, he made headlong in the eccy Wet Theater House, have been pulled up for giving vent to a camp of 6,000 or 7.000 bar, shouting and yelling cartain expletive which Mr. W: H. Smith rate bio fonds, and cutting downs everything in their walker the other night manat be withdrawn, "quotation passage. For a quarter of an hour the plain, re- or no quotation." On that occasion it was Bonded with abricks and yells, and shots, the employed by Sir Patrick O'Brien, who some trampling of horses, shexts and groans, and all Then all was mileage. what anbandsomely dragged in his parish the uproar of battle. priest to lot off at Mr. Parnolia shot which Skobeleff assembled his Cossacks, and when he did not think it expedient to fire him- morning cate he found that the whole army of self: Somewhere about the beginning of the the enemy, 6,000 or 7,000 men, had disappeared,
•present century this identical aparilamentary loving on the fald about forty dead, 2,000 or expletive got a member named Fuller, if we re- 3,000 maskets and sabres, nil their catap material. member aright, into cerious troublo-into the sul baggage. But what was his astonisinaent ountody of the Sargeant at Arms, in fact. Mr.vn calling the rall to discover that he had not Faller was condusted ont of the House, apparently lost man either killed or wounded! This ex- without having quite " said his say He turned ploit shows at all events much method" in this round, therefore, snapped his fingers in the dare davil's madnessWeekly Times, Speaker's face, and called him “a puppy." As
ground, perceived that the Khukemians hail en- vamped within a tie and a half of the Bussians in se open plain, which gave every facility for the maneuvring of cavalry At midnight ho took his 150 Cossacks, divided them into three
we have said, oven parliamentary human nature,
There is much difference of opinion as to the when it gets what a Yackos would call "riled, expedience of allowing infantry to upon fire is thas shown to be at the prosent time very upon the enemy at long ranges. On the one much what it has been in the past. Tvatinothand, it is tegod that if men are permitted to Le regarded as altogether a sign of degeneracy fire at great distances they will be liable, write thab expletives which in the past worn hard at only infinting comparatively Httle daungu upen the Mr. Speaker, aro now reserved for rarers with no greater dignity than Mr. Parnell.
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It may be incidentally noticed that one curious oll fashion was called to mind the other morning by-the extinction of the gas when daylight had fairly lighted up the gaunt forms of the grim, Britons of St. Stephen's There was a time of day, or rather a time of night, when St. Stephen's taking away the feeling of moring defençaless had no gas--when calles wise the most brilling under the snomy's fire, and that, moreover, very means of illuminating the House and its prooinote, onderable damage rasy be inflicted upon the and when, instead of the touch of a bell by Mr. adversary by fire from a distanco. This latter Speaker, nothing less than a motion of the Hense, opicion is very forcibly expressed in work anly made and seconded, could dissipate the gloom recently published by two Austrian artillery of the chamber: In ear tires the ides of the officers, On the value of Infantry Bro st British Parliament solemnly moving, seconding long magra," in which it is pointed out that and carrying that candles bs now brought in"
inen will naturally take sim more coolly and CHATEAU
is almost as ridleulons us to future generations deliberately when they are at a great distance may be the spectacle of her Majesty's Ministersy from but when they are closer to tho srd a combination of both sides of the House emony, and that it will be mach. mero sy doing battle with Messrs O'Donnell and Co. for the offers to regulate and control the On the 6th February, 1717, it was made a stand firing under the Fornier than under the latter ing order "That when the Ionse, or any com condition. The Deutsch Hoares Zettung, also, in mittee of the whole House shall be sitting, and an article on the same question, recalls to m daylight bo shut in the Sergeant-at-Arms at the enormous losses sutered on more than one. tending this House do take care that candles be occasion during the lato Franes German war by brought in, willigit any particular onler for that the Berman reserves and supports from Chassepot balets which had passed over the skirmishers at This motion probably indicatos a tendency to which they were almod; and infera from these extend the hour of sitting such as has been going experiences that very great damage may be in un pretty steadily ever singe Parliament began dicted upon diataat bodies of the unemy by bys to sit at all May, in his "Parliamentary Frautomatio long-rango firing. The Hearts Zeitung, tine talls us tast in the time of Charles IL therefore, arges that a should be carefully niro o'olook was the usual hour for beginning and constantly instructed in this kind of firing business in the House, bat eren that was Inta during time of resum, in order that thug may be compared with the custom of former timas able to develop to the atmost on the field of battle Eirot o'clock was for a long time the hour for the power of the long-range weapon which they thu" commencement of public business, though saran aud; eren six o'clock was not an unusual hour of the day for the Sponker to take the chair.
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It is thus evident that from the earbest par liamentary times until now the House has oor- taued to grow more and more dissipated and "and Bohemian in its haluty in this respect; and it might be as well to take advantage of so übe normal a proceedings the fusing of two sittings into on to revert to old-fashioned times and asons, after the user of fast young man who have occasionally been known to worcane inter and later in their habita, ust at length they Have fallen back into staid respectability by the simple method of sitting up one might a few hours later than usual; and then adhering to the HOW BYYATgenonton"
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Registry of Letters, and Posting of all corre epondence.
10 AM, Post Office closes except for Late Let
tors. Begistry of Letters conses. 10.15 A., Letters may be posted on payment of -a Lato Feo of 18 cents extra Postage, nintil. 11 A.M., when the Post Oilon CLOSES sutiraly. 11.30 A., Tatters (but Luttes only) addressedZ In the Cited Kingdon vid Brindisi, or to Singaports, inay be posted on board the Packet HE Steamship "GABLIC" will be des-with Late Fee of 48 conta extra postage," mutil.
patohoi for San Faucisco, vid Yakohara, 11.50 M., wher the bail is finally closed. on MONDAY, the 1st October, at 3 PM
AND ATLANTIC STEAMERS."
SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS" LETTERS. taking Cargo and Passengers for Japan, the
Privates in HM. Army or Nary, Non-con United States, and Europs
missioned Offcars (but not Warrant Officers, Connection is unde at Yokohama with Stevic Assistant Engineer, Ganger, Boatswain, mera from Shanghai.
or Carpenter) Army Schoolmasters (not Freight will be received on board-until 4 PM Superintending or First Cirse) or Schoolmis on tim 3011 instant. PARCEL PACKAGES will be trosses may send half-onnee letters to the received at the Office until 5. PM samo dayaited Kingdom via Southampter by British Al Parcel Packages should be marked to address Packet for o20 ponny; ar via Brindisi by British in full, value of same is required.
Phoket for three panca Hongkong stamps Return Passage Tickets available for 6 months will prepay this class of correspondence exactly are isnted at a reduction of 20 per cent on re-the same as Imperial Stamps. galer rates.
For farther information as to Freight or Passage, apply to the Agency of the Company, No-B, Quarr's Food Central.
G. B. EMONY.
Agent. Hongkong, 10th September, 1877.
Soldiers and Boilers fottera are, however, charged as ordinary letters if they do net on- form to the following regulations:
1 Not to excond half an umnos. No double lotters are allowed, "
2-It from a Soldier or Sailor, his less or description must be stated in full on the latter, and the Commanding or rest sign his name, with anvas of Regiment, or Ship, ci-
TOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS. full
NOT
If to Baller or Sailor, his class or de- Nether the CAPTAIN, the AGENTE, or the seription must be stated in fall, with mamma of OWNERS, will be RESPONSIBLE for any Regiment, or Ship, de, in fall. DELT contracted by the Officore or the Crow of the following Vessels during their stay in Hongkong Harbour
ANAZI, Britah baya, Hill--Adamosos, Bell & Co, ABSENS, Danish back, Vandal-Eduard Schell
hase & Co.:
Auguers, British 3-m. schooner, Thomsen.
Meyer & Co.
CHAMBON KAMRYE, Surmese bark, Möller
·Chinese..
COMMUNICATION WITH BATÁTIA The Netherlands India Packets love Singa. por fortnightly, and are fitted to the arrival The French Packets for Bataria wait ut. of the outward P. & D. Mail from Eungs Singapore for the Packet from Chine, and run fortnightly
It follows that to forwart, Correcadenca to Batarin with the least delay, the following
In the SW. Monsoon,
CHARON RATTANA, Siamese ship, Ullrichy the best opportunities
Chinese.
GLAMORGANSHIRE, British bark, Mother-
Chinese.
Pho Daglish-Mail-- The French Mail,
In the N.E. Monsoon,
English Mail
Wyeth, Master, will lood for the above Port, Gozo HUSTE, American ship, Froman-fayer A Private Steamer a few days before the and will have immediate despatch.
For Freight, apply to
VOGEL, HAGEDOEN & Co.. Hongkong, 13th September, 1877. [1509
FOR SAN FRANCISCO. 3/3 L. II German Ship.
Treaty Ports of Chins, Japan, and the Fidlip- pices
With brief descriptions of Hongkong and the "GALATEA
It ales includes a mass of useful information in addition to that usually found in works of the kind.
The larger Directory contains the different Treation and Conventions made by Chim and Japan with foreign countries, together with Various Ants, Ordinances, std Regulations re Isting to Commerva and Shipping.
It is further embellished with a Chromo-litho graph of a
For comprehensiveness and praction service this Work etande unrivalled. All the new words which the Chinese bavá to Isté yearê been expelled to coin to express the numerous ob. A jesta in machinery photography, telegraphy, and in adisince generally, which the rapid advance of foreign relations has imposed upon them, are here given in extenso. Daoli nad ovory word la 8/114-fully illustrated and explained, forming exercises for startsms of s most fostrnative nature. Both
-PLAN of VICTORIA, HONGKONG :
FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS OF SHANGILAI, Chromo-lithograph Plate of the NEW
CODE of SIGNALS I use at the PEAK;
Also of the various HOUSE FLAGS" "
{Designed expressly for the Work);
Tand
MAPS or HONGKONG, JAPAN, 40-
to 371 to 3/113 the Court and Punti pronunciations are given, the scents being carefully, marked on the best principle hitherto attained. The typography displays the success of an attempt to make the
“The Chronicle and Directory is the only Chinese and English type correspond in the size pubilation of its kind for China and Japan of body, thereby affecting a vast economy of and it will be found invaluable in all Public space, achieving a closmens pot previously | attained, and dispensing with those vast margins Mercantile, and General Offices, A Hanghong and Shanghai Bank Share per and saanut spuses which have heretofors chaus- It is published in two forms-Complete at
gent. premium.“
törized Chinese publications.
Bank, siguk ̈· Private, 30 days' elgit
721
Taoger, Master, will load here for the above Porty and will havo quick despistol
For Freight, apply to
a
GOLDEN STE, Britisk ship, Farrell-Meyer
*Co-
Captain.
GUSTAV, German bark, Baben-Captain.
GREAT ADMIKAL, American ship, Thompson-
The French Mail.
CHARTERS EFFECTED,
-
since the publication of Moers HEINTMANN & Co.'s last Freight Circolar
HARBINGER, British ship, Jehnston-Tardius. The following Bettlements have been affected.
Matheson Co...
JAMES SuprETED, British ship. W. C. Mad
den-Mayer & Co.
JAN PETER, Ger. bark, Ewert-Siemen & Co. VOGEL, HAGEDORN & CO JYLLAND, Danish brig, Laub-Eduard Schell-
́e hass & Co.. Hongkong, 11th September, 1877. [1987
KATY WATERS, British bark, Giose-Rozario
& Co.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO. THE A: British Ship
JUBILEE,"
J. Harria, Master, will losd hero for the stove Port, and will have immediate despatch.
For Freight, apply to
* VOGEL, HAGEDOEN & Car Hongkong, Sr.September, 1677- 11336
FOR NEW YORK.
THE A1 British Bark
KIN "Yosa Tre, Blamere bark, Kofood.-Chi-
LED MACAULAY, British bark, Monkman
Order:
German ship Galatea, 1.29% tons, henco to Sar
Francisco, private terms. British schiconer AUGUST, 210 tens, hence to:
Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, privats tortas,
British brig VICTORY: 255 tona, hance to Ticat
ain and book sid Nowelwang, 17 cents per pioul, 30 lay days.
British bork KATE WATESE, 580 tons, New- chwang to Hongkong, 18 cents per picil. 25 Jay days.
French back FAFILLON, 458 tona, Nowokwang lai
Hongkong. 20 cents pur pieul, 30 lay days; German ship GUSTAF AND MARIE, 354 tone, Nowchyang to Hongkong, 20 cents per ricul, 29 lay days.
MALVIKA, German bark, Kenzen-Wieler & Co NIMEOP, British bark, Clark.Captain. QUICKSTEP, Am bark, Barnaby-Russoll & Co. ROTTERDAM, Dutoh bark, Dik-Wieler & Co. SHANEY'S BRIDE, Siamezo bark, Andressa-
Chinese.
German back A. E. VIDAL, 332 tons, Now StarLIGHT, Stamese brig, Wachtelbrauner.chwang, 20 cents per pical, 20 lay, days.
Kien-tye-loong.
· GRASMERE,” Hastings, Master, will load here for the stove STAR QUEEN, British bark, Mackintosh.-Chi- Port, and will have quick despatch:
For Freight, apply to
VOGEL, HAGEDORN & Co. Hongkong, 17th August, 1877.
FOR NEW YORK.
THE A1 British Bork
"ABERLADY,"
SUMATRA, American ship, Glongh-Order. [1268 SYDENHAM, British ship, Miller Messageries
Maritimes.
THERESE BEEN, German bark, Steffens
Siemssen & Co.
THOS, FLETCHER, Amorian bark, Pendleton-
Win. Pastpu-& Co.:
Maritimes.
J. Nicoll, Master, will load here for the above Trray, American ship, Barry, --Messageries Port, and will have quiol despatch.
For Freight, apply to
VOGEL, HAGEDORN & Co. Hongkong, 17th August. 1877- → [1269
FOR LONDON.. HE
Incidents such as those which have been 80 Union Insurance Society of Canton-2800 px For practical purposes the arrangement of 5; or, with the Lists of Reskiants, Fort Direc Al British Bark-
common of late, and with it has become the
Schafe
Chias Araders Insuranga Company's Chures
-$2,000 per share, the MT Yangters Insurance Association ~Tls. 795 por
shared W
convenient custom to describe as ces are apt to saggest dolofal ratloiations for the future of Parliament. The simplest cure for a Et of despoalency on this incunt would ha a sharp 20 throngia-om parllamontary history Chinese Insurance Company $25 per share. Never for very long la that history will one fail Hongkong Fire mancanos Campany's Shares to stumble across some every" ar other which 26525 per share. might well suggest that parliamentary lustin China Fire Lasmanes Company's Shares-3107 tions wors in peril, and let uuleeg-rome catiroly panig yar klitres vo
AgentsANAN
the work is es complete, that a reference to its tories, Maps, &, at 83 Pages enables & person who understands English to communicate festiucly with nativos. who Oriars for Copies may be sent to the Daily understand nothing but Chinese. In this respect Prea Oflso where if is published, or to the the work will be found indispensable to all Enropeans redling in China, and to the natives following themselves it splita subjects fully with which Macao........ very few Indesa of them are perfectly soquainted SWATOW To partics resident in Engleza and interested ALONE in China" It cannot but be invaluable soution- FORMÓNATI ally,
FOODKOW
To illustrate the vast scope of the work, the NINGPO
confume se 15,000 SHANOMAI
Mr. L. A de Graça. Mesure. Campbell & Co.. MASKOK Wilson, Nicholls & Co Meners: Wilson, Njoholia & Co. new Jphriost ng process cruild be devised, our Hongkong and Wharper Dool Company's
Messrs. Helge & Co legislative when's would vary soon no longer Shares-23 por, sont, discount
Mesars. Kelly & Walsh, B'ghai continue to go. róand. As hear as venn be a Hongkong, Ganton, and Mecas Steamboat Co.'s following facts are submitted far consideration: SHANGHAI Moss, Hall & Holts, Enndrod yours ago Alderman Oliver was sextShared-15 per cent, discount.
Masus Kelly & Wala to the Tower by the decision of a majority Shangha Steam Navigation Company-TI. 30 Obinsso okaracters, and Medhurst a English HANKOW and 1 Masers, Wall & Hol* and Kolly which many among the minority denounced
and Chinese Dictionary about 100,000, whilst BUTEE PORTS f
& Walsh, Susugumi per share, in terms oven loss parliamentary Shen Sir Hongkong Gas Company's Bhares 375 por this work coursina more than 50000 English CHEFOG and Mesara, Fall Holts and Kelly Tauriel O'Brien's "quntation: Sir George:
pawonls, and upwards of 000,000 Chinese obaracNWOLWANG & Walsh, Shanghai Savile Jeft the House, writes Horace Walpole, Hongkong Hotel Company's Sharos $60 porters. Again despite all the grammary and TIBITIN and Maser Hall & Holta and Kolly
protesting against thoir proceedings, and wagbuc
other elementary works as yet published the PERING & Walsh, Changan followed by some of his friends. Colonel Barro Chinese Imperial Loan £103. Ex. 4. 14. student of this diffent language absolutely re- NAGASLEL.The O, sudi J. Trading Co quires examples to display the various appli. Hrogo, OSAKA The O, and J..I'rding Co. havy que gehend sing. Of these exemples MANILA-
went farther salt in his plada that the conduet
could sit amongst them, nail walked away--and
share.
of the House, was infaziave, that an honest moon. Sains of SerZEMBER 15tk, AS INSPORTED BT Games and equirikans op different words which YORORA NA...alpen Odeefte Office
CHINESE. the House was forced to swallow no ungrateful a
«Shellach--2 cases, at $32.0) by Hing tal to this work contains more than five times ne BAIGON bolur” – It would not be difleult to show that - travelling tradur
many ay any other Dictionary hitherto pub HINGAPORT
BANGKOK
of that Ume Colonel Barrèg stimato of the Fishna-20 bog-20 bags at 300.00, by listo House was not so very for wrong, and yet the : Kwong hong-taf to travelling trader,
GEO. CROSHAW," Geo Irving Master, will have carly despatch-sa above.
|
WOODVILLE, British bark, Nielsen-Wm. Pus-
tan & Co..
MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE "COMPANY,
THE Under The Hour of Dirouters HE Undersigned Agente are in rengipt of authorizing them to issue Policies' to the extent For Freight, apply to.....
of £10,000 on any one First-class Risk, or to VOGEL, HAGEDORN & Co." the extent of £15,000 on Adjoining Risks at
[1179 Current Rates. Hongkong, 81st July, 1877,
TOR, NEW YORK.
MAHE AT German Ship.......
RYOHANNE,"
A Discount of 20. allowed...
German bark BREMA, 380 tous, Nowelwang to
Hongkong. 20 conte por nion, 22 lay days. Gorton Dr DESTROYRN, 340 tons, Nowelwang to Hongkong, 20 cents par pical, 23 lay days. Garman bark MIRADO, SM tons, Newchwang to. Hongkong, 20 centarer pica1-24 bay days Gernal hark GRORGE, 769 WMS, Newchwang to Swatow, 20 cinta per pioul, 25 lay days. Danish bok MICBELLE SELCHAT, 447, tons;
Tewehrang to Stow, 20 cents per planl German ship APK, 607 tens, Newchwang ko; Swaton, BC cents per pical, 20 lay daya German bark GUSTAV, 656 tons, Newchwang to Brutow, 2 cents per pioul, 25 lay days French bark CHARITE, 236 tons, hence to: Kyi.
phong and back, 3300 in full. 27 lay days. British shir TWILIGHT, 030 tons, hence to Sin
gapore, $1,300 in fall; 17 lay daye. British stumer AMEOTO, 973 tons, houve to Saigon and brok, 25 centa gier picul, 11:lay inya.
British stoninor GOLDEN. HORY, 1,02% fons, bence to Beigon and book, 25 cents per
Gorman steamer BELLONA, 780 tona, Saigon to
Hanghong, private törinst
***** BOLLMAN WISE & Copical, Il lay days.
magenta. Hengrong, 8th January, 1876. Bunje, Master, will load here for the above Port, BATAVIA SEA AND FIRE INSURANCE and will bara quick despatch.
For Fesight, apply to
Hong Kong, lät Angust, 1877--
FOR HAMBURG.
1102
~~~~~
COMPANY
British steamer Ninon, P04 tons, Swatow, to:
Singapore passengers. 37% per bead 11 lay deys
VOGEL, HAGEDORN & C2 TAgents for the above Company, are pre-bow-GEERS, 421 tons Nowohwang to THE Undersigned, having been appointed German bark Lars. 506 tone, Newchung, to
Swafow, 20 eants per plant, 23 lay do pared to grant Insurances as followe see jy
Hongkong, 'cunts per picul, 20 lay days, ARAMARINE RIBES
British bark BTAR QUEEN, 700 Ls. Newchwang
to Bwator, 20-osate per nicul, 33 lay dayı, German bark JAN PETER, 356 tons, hence to. Monte Video and Buenos Ayros, private STAR
ECE Al British Barker ha
***LORD MACAULAY.”
Captain Monkmand, will load for the above Port, Australia, and the East.
and will have quick despatch.
Policies of Current Rate, payablo either here, in London, or at the principal porte of India, A, BROKERAGE OF THIRTY-TIBEE and ONE. TRIED PER CENT will be allowed on all LOCAL RISKS. ____
FIRE RISKS. Tellcics granted on First-class Buildingi to an on out of $20,000. 11.
American bark EscoET, £36 tons, for Guam. "A DIORUS OF TETEST PER CENT (2013min baik l
„Cieszyć "groking?
Garmen bak ROBA BOTTCKER, 398. tons; for
Ganus.
LONDON
...MONEEN... J, Mo Loyzaga & Com
* Mr. J. H Blom.
FOR NEW YORK. Mesra. Todelow and Martin - Messrs. Malherbe, Jillion & Co. ¡la pif Al American Ship It compress apwords of two thousand large LONDON Mr. F. Algas, Clement's Lane.
LONION. Mr. Go taset, UV, Cerah. LONDON Messrs. Tates, Hendy & Co J. Freeman, Mester, will lead here for the above count being deducted at the time of the issue American ship TITAN, 1,929 tons. SANFRANCISCO ME. L. P. Fishor, 21. Merchants | Fort, and will have early despatch
APTURAMA Brekangé,
For Freight, apply to Now Yozrl ease. 8. MPottingill & Co. Fur
BUSSELL & Co. - 37, Fark Bow, Hongkong, 4th September, 1877.
OBL HA VOGEL, HAGEDORN&C Hongkong, met July, 1377.
[1130
(GOLD-HUNTER-
of Policy
RUSSELL & Ca
[11045
Hongkong 1st January 1874.
Honae of Commons has not become quite extinct Bindi Pepper 100 bage, m£67,70, by Krong, quarto pages,
If items reasonable to hope, therefore, that as it hang toi to travelling tender.
has survived- "the danger of an "Infamous ma- Dried Lily Flower-20 bags, at $1000 by jority,” It may yet liva over in period in whioùite. Frok, wo to travelling trader.
Frentent danger Bu* contempóbie misgrity-*|- Black Bassamtus 20 begnul 84:36 by Kwong- Globe
wing-yuen to travelling fraderys
TRUDNER & Co. 60, PareRNOSTER HOW.
HONGKONG 'DIKIT PRESS","OFFICE, WINDHAM SE
upon the Current Local Rates will be allowed on Laid on the barth for Tiondon nil premium charged for strane such die British bark ANTIPUDES, 572 LORS.
Proceeds to Focoloy to load for Daudin, Now Zealand Agents
109 British sohsoner CIRCE, 145 tona.