NOTICE:
THE Undersigned, having doooms LESSEE HOKON DAILY PERSS, and tha Buarnzes connostol therowith, will dondust the same on his own secunt from this date
R. CHATTERTON WILCOX..... Pet Pre Oge,
Hongkong, 1st January, 1878.
DE NOTICEİSS
WATSON: A ¤ ¤. FAMILY AND DISPENSING
KEMISTA,
The Harbine Mastoria. Pepartment will be, blused on Monday,
The British bark Brisbane Capt
Hadleston,
left Nowohung for Hongkong on the th
tant e
Yesterday being Good Friday, the Spanish ressels in harbour had their yards posted and Their finga at half-maste
The Britia steamer Merion reports having 00,,linokan's Honuda bark showing QDAF on the
18th instant, toering North-eat.
By Appointment to This Excellency the Go. Ton and his Royal Highness tho DUKE OF EDINBURGHI WHOLESALE ANDEETAIL DRUGGISTS REFFUMERS, -PATENT MEDICINE VENDORS, DRUGGITS' SUNDRYMER,
AERATED WATER MAKERS, SHIPS MEDICINE CHESTS REFLUTED,
And
PASSNINGER SHIPS SUPPLIED.
NOTICE. To avoid delay in the execution of Orders it is particularly requested that i business coramunications be addressed to the Firm, ASWATHON and Co., or
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· HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
NWIDES TO JORRESPONDENTS:
addressed The Editor," and theau ou business "The Communications in Editorial matters should be Manager, and not to individuals by mate
Suloient has been gail on the subject.
BIRTH
On the 1st March, at Mali villas, Woodhet, Kaker, the wife of E Turan, of a Daughter
On the 12th instant hy wife of Captain M. Young, stanship Taiwan, of a Daughter.
361 DEATH
At Shanghai, on the butt, Joaquin nos ANJOS KAVIRE, aged 59 yosER,
year.
The
Daily Press.
HONGKONG, APAL 20TH, 1878.
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THE FOREST:
STÓ TER ADITOL OF TRE: "DAIT
Bix By Instruction at uke Factstof Formoen
Hyfully
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APRIL 20, 1978.
ofritory and was found in
diar 055 bajes Billus, 62 phrate Tea 9,895 boxes | the terrible an Ifrequente droughts by which Gorong, wil nothing but blackened – rups,
Toe Sanil 160 polares Sandrics,
sharged witlican-For Lender force (a ekili, tes yours of Waite Bilk, o banda are with intent doriva, Wong Achor, the dries, and 139, helga Bilk mother 2of posession of the stikl;; nao with ; bales Bilk and 18 paskagen bor to add-on Foforonas co to detaining tin child by fennd The child was 100 boros and 700, ha
atòlan in!Chinese Bells case, and to extdone the Tasteile top resession of the prison in Hongkong. The
EXCHANGE gret that Mr. Noyes, the Ints muster of the prisoner was found guilty on the first conat | On LANDON —— Forest Belle, should have thought fit to re-
3/10 ght? 3/201 compose the good obese rendered him by the antenes or reserved
Bank fills, 40 demand. The court rose at ayunarbe to two und alat Bante Bills, at 50 days' Chincas by charging them with the burning of jourked until Tursday. -2
Biak Bills, we di montik TONüts, at 6 months' zig) 3/11 MGANJ Documentory Bille, at 6 monilg eight
LL
POLICERCOURTUZZA
18th April,
BYRORE THE HON; ORALES, MÄY::
From the moment the Twotni heard of the dis The flags at the Spanish and French Con-nator he was thost anxious to reader all djelare- alates were paterday down at half-mast on ance in his power: Mr. Noyes partly toknow.” account of its doing Good Friday
lodges this in your coinmns by rezerring to the Several Iggars wen taken before the Magway in which the Chinese gauboat has hgear on Thursday, charged with medicamy. Rapadiating in foto the statemout that the
placed at its disposal and wore ordeal to be sent to their native planes Chinese burut the venel, the Total cant help The Amerlanabip Leading Wind, which recol expressing his surprins at the conduct of Mr wo reported lad discharged her entiro oargo at Noyss, which was certainly strange and any Columbia River on the 7th February, was bore ur bat careful. All he doen ali bands y Bowers, the property of prosecutor's
left the vessel for good is to write a short note down and repaired at Westport.
of the place asking beat to tales care of the hall, whilst as proocads to Hongkong to obtain for ther samstamoo Thie lotto 58 sent sabor reohes the manduršu in course of time, and as aobody in the place in able to real it, it is for have been adised by telegram that the Ocosait of course after the news of the vessel's burn The Agents (fears. Butterfold and Swire) warded to Taiwanton to the Taqtai, who received Stazhip Company's steamer Barpedon left tog was known from Pakow. It is all know
Another very interesting lotter from a corre pondent at tehan (tho Itov, F. Masters) not hitherto published, will be found in our account of the Great Tornado on the third page.
-
ON BOMBAY -Buk, night.... 2221. ON CALCUTTA Baik, sight. 929 € FON-SHANGRA L
Bank, sight i Irate, 30 days" gight
ARARES,
Iment 40
the northern 3 prosincer
The cost
in the balance with the wall Malia people and the permanent
country to prosperity.
canes follow Jong reasons
complete the fain
inaugurated. The sam
cidal practice of dianffor
lately been Namen robberies ward committed by the
would zo scoundrels who greeted on the worna
Hon
rede of families have been rendered homeless by Kro hot stoom, and great numbers refused to dostitution. De
the umber of chong and houies damaged or busti, maskan in the city by the atoru in not known, but Tam inforniti by Chloere that mards of two sho'wand halldings have sustained moraorless İNST uryThe loss of life in variously estimated at from wo hundred to five thousand, but I beliovo that the lower #gare, in norost the mark" At pre- sent it is impossible to give s scód guess, bat regulations to insure that shevotion to property lova been most verloun for every treo hewn down another was planter enderness of the disaster of squrus Con
Belbuted to the fatal nature of Ha effent,... A gang"
proceeding in India, with the
bosalt
ant of wine fe of scientific Iowa and the Chey case both the mortality auh, thề đến
has there, as in China, reduced vist trieter
of country int
into treeless wasters writer may persons wor burned to death signing himself 4 Philindus" has contributed Fres in the Western Suburb,
to charge
grist
a very ale arhicle on Tamines and Moods I hear that the storm has also wrought similar Fin India to Macmillan's Magazine for Jin, bevonat Fatshan, but as yet to details have been Asing was charged by Jeanette Alli, walsh- man in the employ of Messrs. Howard and Com Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Shares-55 per nection b
By beween disafforestion a
which he shows very clearly the con- roosivad.
estion and drought, piny West Paint, with stealing a quantity of
ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Union Instante Society of Canto-$1,325 Plinius dos not
4 Gent, premiudi
| foods, and cyclones, me
MEADE CANTOx, Friday Morning - ployers, Sintenced to af weeks' imprisoumont in own addressed to the AMENDM
I inform you that a with hind labor
China Triders Insurance Company's Shares the digs fforestation of the Carnatic with the befalan for Chy and Bubuses of Canton, O
dreadful famines which have decolsted that Thursday, Afternoon, at about four o'clock, a sealing a plated fork, and Loang Aval, a hawker, Yaugtei Insuranos Ascociation Tls 520 per country, and we may safely ascribe to the whirlwind of the most viciene doseription, 50- was charged with rocoving the sa, kuowing share.
some dause the famines which have during companiol by two Ingh waterspouts, and torrents it to have been stolen,The case was proved, ind Chinese Insurance Company $200 per share the last two years, raged in the North of crapposite Shamsen, overturning and the first prisoner was sortoneed to seven days Hongkong Fire Insurance Company's Shares China Philiadas" thus describes the smashing to, atoms hundreds of boats and tum
of kelt und rain deson led like a thunderbolt upon
upon rice and water, and to receive ten strokes Chino Firo Insurance Company's Stores 172 As forests are cut down, the springs which Bend whisking off the roofs of sint of th imprisonment in solitary confinement, to be fed695 per share
tion of forests in preating in the rainfulae, tearing up anmerous huge trees apar tha with 4-tech secrof prisoner was sentenced. labour, for receiving stolen goods
**$1,250 per share,
per shurv
How
the water
Sugapore for this port yesterday morning fact that but a fow Chinese are able to read to twenty-one days imprisonment with, Hard Hongkong and Whatapon Dock Company courses are RedRMERENE Focal smaller edifices upon the Battlenienty tear-
In the Suprotan kurt on Thursday judgmont was given by the Fall Court for the defendants in the case of Plankel, official assignee of the
over our report until Monday. and others. Owing to press of attor held estate of Broadbear, Authony & Co., v. Melchers
On Thursday morning while some coolos wore dragging a bary track along the Queen's-road, and when opposite the Charbored orcantile Bank, one of those in front slipped and fell, and one wheel passed over his body and another over his legs. He was picked up more frightened than hurt and sent to his home.
forsign languages, particularly in smallar places, although a great number are able to converse lu Pidgin English. No doubt Mr. Moyes was wall Auggested Hielf to him at once that it would aware of this fact, engully it ought to live
BEFORE D. V. CReAGH, ESQ.
I All aid Lamm Atsk vere brought up on
ford en hoogd mport Shamnen, demolwhite ... Sharon 7 par cont premium Hongkong, Canton, and Macio Steamboat Co.'s number parts of the world have established hundred feet in with, and generally causing Obserting & bizhael through the azburb of several Bhorer-30 per share discount,tions in all parts of Sharia Sigam Navigation Company-Tla 20 the fact that the diminution of flowingwater untold deunge to life and property. The river
per share on
has invariably followed the destruction o of opposite Shamoun, after the era tu minutes Hongking as Company's Sharea-375 por Lorests.
Bte Nor has the removal of woods a rath-had passed, was pandemonium of- character of foods both in
E TANTO CON CAN description. The roofs of the German Cana Hongkong Hotel Company's Shares-$55 per Loss certain or less marked effect upon the planks, but bodies, mats, and wreck of every So share.
Laterbierre, Jantine Mestra, Arnhold, Kor Clilua Bugar. Rehuiry Coaiany, Julraited-1 per cents. The surfted of the earth (soya 1r bergs Mesers Capps, and many other bongs,
is book The Party cent premiuto,
MAREX in his
as modifed were bora almost bodily away, leaving nothing Chinese Imperial Lonn-£105.
by Human Action never in itò malum) | but, gaping rafters exposed, Mr., Limberg's Chineas Imperial Loan of 1877-2103 10%. condition pour forth such deluges of water bungalow,wse levelled to the ground. The
SHANGHAI STRAM NAVIGATION
COMFANY
The anural general meeting of shareholders.
Akure
SALOEDY APEU ISTH, as REPORTED BY
as flow from cultivated soil, Rice, vegetable of one of the British Consulate buildings fell in in the Shanghai Steam Netigation Company (CHINESE
would not only absorbs nearly twies its own mant danger of falling, the inmates removing with a crash, the wirls wall starting out in im- Gum Olibanum-20 casos, at $3.20, Min Fat weight of water, but when saturated given to impelling truler
off moisture to the mineralearth below the their effects and taking refuge in an adjoining avent house, the German Angstaff was swert that boa notyet t beon flat to the ground. The bridgs over, the wreck Vernicelli 50 bags, at 37.00. by Kwong Sang bed ofuluitauif retaine was cleared almogy completely of its balustrades -
converted Wo to tavelling trader. Tal te tanvelling truder
Served 30 cases, at 94.00, by Kworg Fook
a very considerable proportion of frain, while To make matters worse, fives were koes to spring
by Shing Chong travelling trade?
Animal Tallow 10 phokages, et The 6.5.0.0,the stumps and roots of fallen tumbar,
the
mechanical resistance to the Tua Chong to travelling trader.
flow of water
surface. Yellow Fond 200 pienis, at $1,90, by Chas noteibly intend the rapidity of a desent
down declivision, shang to local trader. to hell the meeting in or about the month of
in varions part of the rabarb crowds of tin and Shansen, was speedily covered with fortunately lid-sot afttpt to tanko gehis upon
rabarzdity of the pecusation, the hall-oil of The CHALKM mit Lording to clauso, Maycooms onges, at $40.00 by Kwong PPO cháy in all foreste incendiaries and loofore syrmed in srery-direc
a
and divert
streame which made de tousul, Dr Hause, at cos sent in a rennost, to
Society for the Suppression of the Opingerne for a four-sured, soraich race are to be this trouble and risk without the least chanoo of important accounts of the U.S. Bond Investment Meers. HEINEMANH & Co.'s Freight Cironlarratively uniform in volums; they carry but and Chatt were on the spot with s hundred troops;
have been more prudent to go on shore himself, remand charged with sending a jackoli from one and the mandarin, and speak to us personally. Maz Ayuk on the lith instant, in the up streut. it happens, tire manisrin spentan-Eng. The case wis proved, and the, prisoners ware lish besides, the captain of the Chinese gunboat eatened to three, montas inprissamont with would have gladly acted ne interpreter, as he hard labour.
now a good deal of English. Furthermore, why did Mr. Noyes the moment he saw his vessel on dire not proceed onshore and at ende opmplain to the leat outhorities? If our Chinees had any hand in the firing of the ball an immediate investigation would have had more chapes of A Hongkong, on the 14th instant of dysentery.
By the stomihip Haloong we learn that wlan establishing the truth than inquiries set on foot Captain WC, FLANGUARD, Inte Pilot at Shanghai, tho steamship Albay left Hongkong on the 12th some time, afterwards. But instead of doing inidation) was held at Shanghai, on the 12th and a Motive of Charlestown, Mass., USA., agad é inst, and was about five or six miles north of this or entering en quitost, whatever, the hustrut, Mr. P B. Forbes, President, in the
(619 Ninepins, ale encountered a raty serene party leave quietly for Hongkong,
Chair and taste were present Messrs. F. E thander stern, which lasted for soms hours. Daring this storm showers of hail stones, nearly that acording to mozeantile law in abandoned. O. Brown; C Rivington, JM. Young, RW Leaving entirely out of the question the point Bali. A G. Wood, P. Macion, and F. D. Hitch (Dicoutore), A White (Auditor), P, G. Hutbe, as luego as a pigeon's egg, as down with sexo varsel, being ownerless, any body so minded is Little, J. Mackenzie, G. T. Addis, W. H. Tapy [force. The lightning was very virid. E at liberty to burn her, the Total points out the end N. B. Hinckley representing 12,676 shares
The bathing on is to be formally uped anything worth taking-was abosta mile distant 10 of the liquidation resolution of last year, the
tkowania of. Qurious spectatore, who, however, on the lat May by a few races at the bath. A from shore Very few Clings are living in the Directors are to gubmit the Abeounts ne soon a good-many waters of the Recreation Cub love, neighbourbed, and slat inducement could there
the wrecks foreign hünge. Her Majesty's We would commend the following circum however, antisipated the formal opening of the have beer to undertake the cather, poribus ml-possible after the let January in every yair, and
ated the Vicare Lin for the immeshate se patch of stance to the notice of the Anglo-Oriental son and have been indulging in bathing for vanture of boarding the bull, and setting tre to February. The delay in the prescut instance CHARYERA EFFECTED. from smaller threads of water Rivers fed body of freeps to guard the settlempat during
wook or two past. Rowing is also reviving, and the same? Why should any one have taken all has been due to the impossibility of closing the
The following Betllevents are taken from by springs and shaded by woods are comps, the sight; and by mano o'clock Majors Yuen Trade. ln their trade circular, dated the down this afternosa,
gain. To leave the hall undisturbed trusting and of the Churn wesek, without Mesars. 2nd instant, Masers. Bus Brothers, of
that the next gale would break her up and send Newchwarg, state that the Total of that the British stasamur afarion, Captain Smith, laft would have left a better chance of some spoil it was therefore thought best to defer the pub riivate terms
The following vessels were at Tenten, when planks and timber and porbans doals, ashore Baring's accounts. These were not received American ship Extrae, 1190 tons, Manila to little gravel or sediment from the high lands to preserve order. The promptitude of His Ex
fcom Tondon till about the middle of Maron, and
New York or to London Liverpool, whence they flow, and their channels, there-ellency in this evincing a oare for foreign in- terests whilst fires were consuming large tracte port bas, recently mado e voyage to the pro- for Hongkong-Gorman bare Angostura, from and involved no trouble, postion anal after the Chiese parts of lat Ge- bark Anoura, 887 tons, we pork in fore, are subject to gradual changes-only of the native town it deserving of all peniss and salne evil prevails to a most seriums I NOITES as other example of the energy and Hongkong: German bark Guitar Bron, from The Testai, although fooling acnvinced that! tont of the poppy.growth, and that he is reallyn French hark from Haiphong; and the British at large appreciate the great zeal shown by ho capital conrail The Avants do not seem to British brig Mosquero, 198 tons, to Malbomen have pointed out the necessity of the of this torrible calamity remixin to be told, but vincial capital (Moukden) to ascertain the ex- Singaporə; Garman brig Sopitir, from Qninken; the foreign sammunities.in Formosa and China April were: known, and the fourth return of Caroline Islands to Hamburg, £2,000 in full tent in Japan, and some of the Yokohama friendliness of the present Viceroy. The details
and Sydney, 21 vs. Ed. nor ton of 50 fest
papers Japanese Gorernment cisco, $1,500 in Falls Vara
warn-0035 bá vary great, and several weeks must elapse Geruga barks ANNA NIEBEN, 603 tons, to Callaongs and the
cause have, we are glad to noti song, as she arrived at the enxut spot £1,250 fail at the same tsin and back to Hongkong aid Newchwang, draw up regulations for fae proservice of after the wage was done: End she met the 60 cants par piel, 30 lay days. British back, WILLIAM TUERER 431 tons in ing plantations and the formation of force of the hurricane, there is no doubt that she We wish the Japanese all success: ust have been instantly overturned, with hor Chefoo and back tiú Notchwang, 35 rants per pical, 85.ly days
in this excellent nadertaling, and only hope thousand or so of passengers on board. Captain German lark HELENA 572 tons, to Patant that the Chinese Government will have the tanging his vasul up to the wharf, mat fortu (Siam) and back, 24 cents per pioul, 80 lay energy, good sense, and common prudence bringing vos acut thisbet witheut acidont
mately was accomplished and to follow so laudable an example. Franch bark Sr. IDE, 388 four, to Baulan
(Blata and back, 3 cente por pioul, 33-lay TERRIFIC TORNADO AT days. French bark CORDQUAN, 453 tons to Quinhos
CANTON suit back, 214 cents per pioni; 30 Jay daye. German back ANNA, 447 tous, Nowchwang te
Hongkong, 29 cents per picul, 20 lay days. Auzican bar PuIT FITZPATEICK, 380 tons
Bangkok to Hongkong (Timber), inside tho
Coning mcasures to the damage to life; and property: must in any
• Where befcro Shainson can present a respectable' ap
alarmed at the loss of revоnue consequentatesmer Wask, from Haiphong. The Siamese and his people to assist the distressed foreigners, entailed by the liquidation of the Company hare American ship TITAN, 1,229 tons, to San Fran stay the car parking in China own pearation The steamer Tewas had a narrow
EMгIBOR praying that the cultivation of thelegraph Company informs us that the compopniation at large, but also in the minds of the on the table opon to inspection The balance Getrian brig CARL, 21 tons, Wiemponto Tien had the effect of inducing the Authoritiwhere the whirlwind originaled ten minutes:
require any explantes various expenses hark Tat Walt sutied for Haiphong on the 16th cannot deny the fact that such unfounded and be grouped a nearly as possible under a faw on the decrease in the Indian imports." A instant..
urjast accusations will be prejudicial to a good headings, and should any Shareholder wish to petition is, therefore, to be addressed to the
relationship between foreign nations anil the. The Superintendent of the Great Northern Chisse, not only in the minds of the Chinesee the details of this atosinta meneranda are drug in that province may be stopped. It guy's cable between Shanghai and Nagasaki is Europeans and americans at home. A singles T, $10,000, exclusive is batorost; and there now due ue by the China Merchants Company is, of course, notorious that the tax on the interrupted. The Great Northern repairing instance like the present one is unfortunately are about 12,000 tools, with me the funds of the stomer at Shanghai was to proceed at one to only the apt to indo much good that might have Hongkong Bank and the Liquidators 1 will nativo is very much lower then that on the spot where the rupture was supposed to have been the work and anxioly of yours
iow mv That the Report of the Directors foreign opium, end; as the consumption taken place to effect the necesary repairs, and The present friendly intercourse el seu and the Accouts of its Lina.dators for this year of the home grown drug has largely in- it is believed the interruption will be of short foreigners and Chinese in Formosa, and the per-1877, as presented, be accepted sul pussed. ereseed, the revenue from opium has sensibly
fact safety of foreigners and their properly, were Mr Wood seconded, aft never better than at the present has, and both lessenod. What the Government of Feking
parlios trust this state of affairs will continue
The UHATMAN invited questions. -- will say to this tumorial, if presented, it is
thus cadisturbed.I am, Sir your dificals to predict. To be consistent it
SUUM CUIQUE. Taiwan-in, Formosa, 7th Aprü, 1878. ought to order that forthwith all cultivation | of the poppy in Manchuria shall cease, but -Messra. Busu suggest that the difficulty will be met by the tax on the native opium being raised. After the ediot lately igued on the-
dtention..
The British bark Glamorganshire, Captain McEachern, whiob arrived here postorday, from Newchwang, made the remarkably good pasanga of thirteen days, and the round trip from Hong kong to Newbwang and back in less than two months. She lift this port on the 22nd Febrn. nry, and arrived at Newchwang on the 17th of March, just or the ice had broken ap. Left the last named pork on the 5th April, and arrived in Hongkong harbour yesterday
HONGKONG AND ORINA BAKERY COMPANY, LIMFEED.
Mr. RIVINGTON asked whether any ides could be given as to what the legal expenses, of the future liquidation of the Corynny was likely to Abel
FEARFUL DESTRUCTION OF PEO- PIRTY AND LOSS OF LIFE:
Many strange scenes took place on Shamcen In one place the cead bodies of ton Cainese werd, being dug from the ruins of Messrs Arnhold's godown; in another astrowned child was being s hald over a fire of shavings, kindled in s large jar. in order to restare vitality. Ferengi ladies were: to be soon ploking their way, amongst the rainɛ. of their houses, and trunks, furniture and all:
The Carstas replied that there would be no legal expanasa, so far as the Directors koewe at present, except the nsual estalinor to the legal adviser of the Company, and such fees as might The sixth ordinary general meeting of the savo to be paid in consoution with the claim for
Hospital Dues. The case unbolalf of the Com Haurkoa and China Bakery Company was held any was referred to a lawyer in Washington, British steamor BENARTY, 1,750 tons, Bangbros visited by a tornado, whica in the course of a stoner, blessus. Deacon, Messrs Thomas and
~There were
K
On Thursday afternoon, the 11th April Canossriptions of personal property were being burried to safe places. Amongst the suffaring Bac 20 cents per pioul, outside the Bar 21 ton, Futshau, and the neighbouring district wore hottes are also those of the Coaters Commis conta per pioul, 43 lay days. A
Maver Me Mann A, de the only friss, whi
subject however, the Government surely from Paking left Hongkong by the French mit Laue, Crawford & Co., Hougkong Henning to be paid him; but the amount would not be poul outside the Bar 20 dsats per pioul, raise, wrocked more than athensand boats, Biloy, Vogel, Sapa, Claimers, and Arob-
where to seek the equivalent of the revonne derived frean opium, and they will be slow
could not so stultify itself. But there is to stemmer Feiko He was escorted by the Go present Messrs. D. R. Crawford, staying what is the measure of Chinese inson-vernor's Prisste Secretary (Mr. J. J. Northcots) B. L. Worlin, J. MoLood, A. F. Sail, J. S sistency. The Chinese officials would not know to the Marry Fier, where a guard of honear Coz, D, Gillies, and F. Harrold,
Highlanders with the band and pipers, awaited adopted coraposed of a company of Hor Majesty 74th The following report was submitted and him. He was recolved with the usual sainte, on The Canomal Managers boy to mbmit the Sixth
saluto was find from the shore battery..
will the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1877,
During the past year the price of flour has boon se high that the banisions of the Company has not be gronky remunerative to. the Company pay a Divlend, as will to seen by the Account on presented.
large in any case,
No further questions were asked, and the motion adopting the Report and Accounts was sarriad nanimously.
MENTORT The Directora havo zow to present to the Share liqnidation accounts of the Company for the year 1677,
and ogurod a loss of life estimated at nearly ten thousand No Buropeans wero wig the killed The foreign settlement of Shmisen
have assaped acof-free are Ebuse of Messrse
eason Gray. Strange to say "the churol met with no damage Several house heats were eunk, and scores of fir trees torn up by the roots.
We are informed that the scene from the op at Canton was caught in fus storm, and more proashing steiner Powan was most interest than half the honged were unroofed or otherwisu ing. A waterspcut rose from Fati and swoph
to do anything that will oither damage the his stepping into the Governor's barge a Annd duart of the Company's Working, togather tolders the teether with an open sketch of rooipte British steamer MALARAR, 1,270 tons, Saigon to damaged; while one-third of the trods were torn towards Shameen hago shoot of water then.
Return of veitors to the City Hall Library sad Musen for the wook ending 17th April:-
Thunday
EUROPEAN CHINAR Friday Sutarday Sunday Monday Trendy Wednesday
ឱ! បទដ
335 278
Sanday
34
£35
4568
2,109
Tas following Statut. Fown the Comparative Cost of the flour during the years 1873 and 1877
1870, Foer Purchased, 234 676 lbs: sting $7,92759 Average cost 379 cents par b
1877, Fleur Fulchased, 9966471b3.costing $1,012. ---Averago Cost 3.788 Cents poz Ib.
Being a difincence of 18 per cent upon the cost. the four for the year 1877 For the your 1870.
The not proft you the Working Account amounts to $321.14, and the balanse na ramining at the cre dit of Profit and Loss Account acute to $48,19 to be carried forward to Now Accoust.
CONSULTING COMMITTEE.
The Coulting Committo-Messrs, TT Bonning 1. 1: Woodin, J. BleLead, A. #Emith, and J. Cor
butofor thonsalves for re-election.
-retire in accordance with the Articles of Association,
ABDITOR.
and payments from the 1st January, 1878, to date.
The China Merchants Steam Navigation Company have regularly, paid the quarterly instalments due un- lor the agreement, as well as interest to March 1st 1878, and forestaluante of different tune isounting in all to Toole 45,000). The strunire Nanking, and Hanzen have been transirred to the Chino Moralunte
Stein Nitabu Conjway. This coupletes the
transfer of the storm fleef, and policies, coracing all
inable proper farley in the Company's me, are the hands of the liquidator.
tarta of Capital, amuting to "faels 8 for share, Sizing the Company want inte liquidabon, four re have bron declmed, and the Dicoctors propors in futuro, to mako gumterly divafcha of the cash aseete aa.they become available
The Directors: regras to state that the plain of the Atlet. her thorities in the matter of the
Chacon's wrock Leea sustained by the English Courts, and that, under the drive of Moters. Baring Brothers & Co.'s consol, it has been decided not ta to carry an appeal to the House of Lords. The result of this unforeninate affair, including vory henry 'begal.) apparent thn dabit of Idqpistian Account.
On the 16th instant a murder was committed at Macan. The soone was the house of a well-to de Chinese family situate in a public lane, The mistress had gone out to visit some friends leaving the lotes boy and a female sortit home. During hot absenco fire man broke into the house, mured the boy, and on the female eorvant attempting to raise the alarm killed her. The Accounts have boss audited by T.. Ilustradxpanses, has been has of Tade 053.55, which on the spot. They then plandsred the house, Leg, who also retires, but is roommended for co. carrying away wish them as much of the property election as they could. When the mistress returned and saw what had taken place, she gave information to the Macan Government, and the police are now looking after the men, for whese sprehension a
ward of $10) has been offered.
LANE, CRAWFORD & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 1st March, 1378. we re-elated, and vote of thanks to the The retiring consulting committoo and auditor General Managers was passed.
As regarek the accoust fospital do rem dered by the United States Qualere, the Directors have reason to believe that the Treasury
1,000. No fent instructions, bewever, have yet the item, aut that a claim wil be reduced below Department, at Washington strook on most of
HONGKONG TEMPERATUEE
18.day days. British bark BME 778 tons, Bangkok to Hong
kong, inside the Bar 23 cents për jet outside the Bar 18 cents per pioul, in
British steamer PARSE, 1,014 tons, Saigon to
Hongkong, 14 cents per picul 12 lay days. Hongkong (Salt): 164 cents per pion 14 up. The granite bridge over the Conal was hung for overal minutes whirling round and Ipand with amcoileivable velocity ovcathe eattle- -lay, daya, M
cleared of its balustrades; the granite ante on mont. A second waterspent about half a mila German bark FAUGH BALLAUGH, 240, tors, to this Band overturned lamp posts twisted and high, and but a few yards think, then started Saigon and back, 20 cents per pical. 26 lay very object in the truck of the destroyer swoptrom Shameen and out its way like a huge snaket daysbeth
thaisands of orroxers and gun thots which barát British steamer DAGO, 1,299 tons. Niigata before it The destruation was sfeietly conned through the city, breaking under the influence of
(Japan) to Hongkong, 35-cents per pioul to the narrow line which market the deurre of forth all over the top
Altogether a more stunting shook bes favor British stentier THALES, 890 tons, to Sydney the tornada, baildings a yard or so outside ro-
and Melbourne and back, monthly charter, muning uninjured. To add to the general con- bộan naministered to the port of Canton, and the three monthe, private terme.
fusion and destension, four different fres broke foreign residents have hardly yet removered from out in the Western Suburb of Cantor simal the excitement. toumously with the visit of the storm, by which ... [shoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT:] two or three hundred houses were laid in ashes. ENCANTON, Saturday Morning. The excitement caused by the suddon and un-Since writing vestering. I liave been able to gutlur some further particulars of this unprs: proosdented salamity was tremandans. Theouleuten olamity which has overtaken the City work of recovering the bodies and clearing, sway of Bams and the district enrrounding it. The the ruins is still proceeding, thousands having loss of life would appear to be very rinch greater beon buried in the ring of their homes. The then I first imagined, and it is still very dificult to form o fair estimate, but many undeadsof loss of property cant be vetimated at prost dead bodies have been recover from the Conus,. Bolow we give full particulars of the disas for — the wrecks in the river, and from underneath the FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT rains in the City. Most of those who were killed CANTON, Friday Morning, 12th April. met their death trong the infliction df a sudden Yesterday afternoon-one of the most sudden blow by falling fibers, Aying bricks, or being and alarming disasters that has over visited this upset in bosta Many as I told you bofors, fell perb overtook it. During the foronosa, thunder victims to the great fires in the Western Sithuth NEWS FOR THE ENGLISH MAIL and lightning, the latter of most vivid deserip. Another fire, I must tell you, broke out yester tion were experienced, and about two o'clock it, day moming to Tian.street, in the Westerk commoned to rain. Between three and four Buburb, and was not extinguished until more.
olcok the sky became intepaly block, and hail than ten houses had been burned down. began to fall, some of the stones being so large as They who partiolars to add to the list of
M. M. FALCONER & CA Bentarany
April 16th Itaranota la Fameter-1.14.. BarLP.
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sale of the foreign drug or tend to stop the native production. Their interests all lie in the preservation of this munerative trade, and they are not likely, in apite of all the memorials and cdicts on the quoa. tips, to lend their influence to suppress the practice of smoking. It would be as well for the anti-opinm agitators in Great Britain to understand at once that the people and officials of China are not, as whole, husions to abolish the opium trado, Neither ein they be parsuaded that the habit of opium smoking is anything like so perai- cious as the philanthropists at home, who have had no experience of it, would fain have their Celestial brother believo. As a matter of fact the people will not give up the prattice, and the Authorities cannot afford to prohibit the import of the drag, even if they had the will. Past experience bas con- vinced the mandarins that the suppression of opian smoking would be an exceedingly
An adjsumed aquast was held at the magi difficult matter, involving a great deal of tracy on Thursday afternoon by Mr. Creagh, bour and trouble, and there is no doubt that coronor, and a jury composed of Messrs. A. Chsyne, S. J-Crutch, and J. Cook, on the body key vastly prefer pocketing the handsomet of a female child, six days old, which was s2p- revenue derivable from the sale of the drug pored to have met ita doath by being roughly BEFORE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, HON. F. Pany have been a forhow having resigned his reat Ons of the most important questions that walnute: An exocalingly high wind cams from mares done the net louent of shamed.
SNOWDEN.
at the Board- Mr. D. Fisch has been elected should immediately, engage tas attention of the South west, and when opposito Shameen and The German Consulate has suffered considerably, Director bi his place.
the Chinese Government is the process of over Honar it reached the fore of hurriane and the British Consulate hea not quite escaped DESHARGED BY PROCLAMATION... Cheang Apbung, the man charged at the Polios Ing to clause, four of the liquidation relation through the length and breadth of the wards a large watersport, was se coming from residenta were wont to take their constitutional, The CHAIRMAN next uxplained that, accord disadforestation which has been going on which broke the windows and ters of the rols of The fins bangan treat the wide and glory of several houses the settlement, Shortly after Shameez beneath whose pleasant shade the
deoensed There were no marks of violence from the Hongkong and Whampoa Dot Com election of Mr. Hitches M
centuries. The Chi-
Southerly direction working its way up the are sadly thinned, and damage has been long throwing dway more wouay on a hopeless internally. The Ever was thinset and witness pany, surrendered to his bail. The prisoner wKE
Mr. P. MACLEAN OverThat the appoint. nese use comparatively had via doubt that dasth resullied Frons that cause. Foreman boiler maker ist "the Kowloon Dook, mento. Mr. E. B. Flitch, at a Director of the provines, and in the mutham provinces and other craft, passing over Honsin; where it the uprocted 1 hes hoisting abely duble thu cause.
There were no marks of violence externally-By and the charge brought against him by Compay, bo and is hereby confirmed." Bothing but wood and charcoal tre con destroyed matsheds and damaged houses, thon geoing large trece, were carried by the THE London and China Express of the 8th health was quite saffient to cause death. Wit for the company he represented that he had
the Crowa Solicitar-The stats cf the abild's the dompany was that in engaging men M. A, G, Woop seconded,
Died. There is a grout and continual thening off, ku Bhacen, where it uppooted tornado a distance of thirty or forty yards. The motion was adopted unanimously.
firewood, and demand for
Lits
trees, damaged this oual bridge considerablyf. The granito scate along the Band bare boo supply affords
Bat wrecked inny sad turist early all the Tonses aplice, but that is a loss ersily repairable, auf. in the settlement. Finally the watersport broke is the destruction of most of the lamps by which in fast received less, as they paid over to the ing was in reference to the compensation of the demand prisoner the diffarios: It was also sought to Directors for the current year acceding to demand gous or increasing the supply be proved that he hail engaged as boiler makers claurt six of the liquidsspa resolution, it was steadily decreasing the natives take not After the hurricane and water sport, which whole or partial, vain will furnish employinant men who were not boiler makers..
thought for the dengan provided that the President and Directors should
and noter dream of
to putting themselves to the trouble of trying
Mr. Sharp (Crown Solicitor) appeared to watch handly by o drunken man, who was in 'onstody
to check it. It is saloss cartending for the ease of half of the crown-Dr. Wharry,
az idea, and it would be far better for the recalled, said that on the 16th instant he made a
SUPREME COURT
April 18th. CRIMINAL BESSIONE.
bheu received in Shanghai, and the Company's bund- 1 for $25,000 is still request, NA
The London vostruda in United States Govárn. mont Benda have realized a profit of over Tuela 37,000. Un the other hand, the legace from bad debts are logs. than might have been expected, considering the extent of the Company's for business. With the excup: tion of the above mentional "hospital nea," al known flaims of importens for or against the Com.
settled.
DISAFFORESTATION IN CHINA.
Society to rotinguish its mission before mortem sxamination of the body of the Court with obtaining money by false protondes it was necessary for the meeting to confirm the Empire for BO U TRI coal in day, I river in s zig-zag fashion, up-turning zuerpans which cannot be repaired in Sekt yearg," many of
ultino throws out a suggestion which is mess did not think that fright would, scoolerate agreed with them for certain ratos of wagon, The OHARTAN aid the only other business, a maintenance to ads of perse the over the city, wherein great quantities of gundand the settlement is, or rather was, Ughted. The well worthy of consideration by the Foreign death, as the chill was too young.-The jury which were paid by the company, but the men which seemed to come regularly before the meetinfortunately for the country, wie crackers were fired for the purpose of dispersing Lenses and godowns which have been laid” in.”
Office. It draws attention to the fact that
returned a verdict of death from natural osuses.
The band sal Pipers of the 7th Highlanders
will play in the Palic Gardens on Easter Mon
now Kashgar has practically been re-opa- quored by the Chinese there is some danger
Valle
The Attorney-General said thore was receive the same compensation for the engrant got down the trout remorselessly lasted only about ten minutes altogetace the for the builders for months, and it will be a long Wedding Bondalashor. I va looklog over the depositions he was at a loss be decided upon at the annual general meeting of become pollards, and these peettlement was strewn from end to end with of Shireen resumes the, semblance of its former charge against the prisoner really seat up, and year, 1877, and thereafter suck amount as should planting others in their places, TLAW of scene on hawas most deplorable. The little time indeed before the once pretty lttle island
Atbola lechbandar's Maxol."
Mr. ungrateful
An
treda
parade
of the trade between British India and The following is the programme :---
day night, the 22nd April, commercing at 9pm. Kashgar being interfered with, and points out staran...
in turn debris of all sorts, most of the hennes boing the need for a British Consul at Yarkand or Fantasis Sentions
Godfrey.lu could bardly make out the false pretecce Overture Taneth
At Alvar. to know etly what charge to bring, because Shareholders.
victims of the are Meatwhile another unroofed the trim gardens laid desolate, and the Though the foreign residuais escaped withonb
troes being torn down or robbed of their branches any lose of life or serious avellant, there wor Kashgar city to protect this trade. The latentrancing the following. Beolds Tutional Song, and There were a great many fraude which wore not here and a somat zuguttas and more stunted growth spengs up Looking from the settlement on the first piles mane for fatalities in Shamsen. In the godown
Dunoon"Soda, oriin kwe,” “Auld Robin Gray, 'Igle Aueer, Yacoon Bea, did all be could to add The Camshett's are comin The Winte indictable in the absence of any detenes he did it was rather invidious to propose that the Ditaker Mot. These are also cut down arous dead bodies, and from the West, a luridars (some coolies were engaged in ampooking gooda
from the cones which have fallen and maskare were to be seen floating, with namer telonging to Masara. Arnhold Kerberg and Ca--- Cecade. Jaka Baden my "Lucie Ruch encourage cobimores with India, and it was.
not wish to imputo ang fraud to the prisoner rotor should be runnsted less handsomely robbed of their branchion and nevar attain caused by a great fre was slaible Half of this was the tornado laid the building is runs over 13 Bring Auebeard Antis Laune, Withiobat the rring facia caso made out was not than before, but as la undastood the Directors Mil O'Falconnata. 'Blue ^ "The Bhas steadily ingreasing up to the time of that
Bells of Sex," "Tkocht," and "Auld Lang diotable and he had therefore not sout le any themselves did not object to the reduction; it was any size. The result that at the present houses in Shameen, have been rendered antal their heads When extricated enly two out soven chioftan's death. Whether the Chinese will-
By," with Sole for the pricipal fears.
indiotmont
not for the Shareholders to complain of their moment the hill sides of South Chins, bitable, and nearly all have sustained some dan or gight were found alive, and one of these ear/ **Beige des Nuits Lamothe. not consider it advisable to close the SalectionG
His Lordship, addressing the prisoner, said it economy. Therefore, he begged to move instead of being o
clothed with noble forests, age Memes, Stussen's and Mo. Pusiau vivors died shortly afterwards.” There many ba Un Ballo in Mechos. Teni.was doubtful whether he had committed any “That, in accordance with Clause 6 of the Live bara and furrowed by the yammer for silk godowns have been completely deinofhed, Feome further casualties, but I have not heard of country to foreign trade is doubtful they "Night Bell" ke Charke.
A.J. BUCHANAN, Banninator.
oriminal okence. Whether there was a remedy quidation Resolution, passed at the meeting of
and Mosers. Arnhold Kirberg's rodown has more co will probably prefer to reserve the Kashgar The following will be played by the Fipers - srking him in another const was another matter. March 23rd, 1877, the cuponsative of the Durents, which wash away the surface soil, fad share a similar fate. The residences of Messrs. In the Usual mord than a hundred dead bodion
He zenkt now, therefore, discharge him reators for the oxxrent year is hereby fixed at love them arid and unproductive markot for Chiave protic The Chotoo
The prisoner, was then discharged by prodEli, three hundred and fifty tacks each*** songs za 29d there a stall forest of stunted Tardina, Mathisar & Co. Wh Posta & Co., kove been found, and 4 nights are really sick. to free Thomas and Meror Gopo and Co., Arphold. Fouling. It appears that about tenty streets Convention, which still awaite ratification,
Mr. P. G. Hoang spconded, and the motion is to be soon, hue 1, is only near the villages harborg-de-Go and Deacon & Co, kavn suffered af houses have been completely swept away might be so amended as to admit of the in-
Mr. Frangis, Instructed by Mussra. Stepheus was adopted, nom, con
that troduction of a cause providing for the re-
Camel to stop the course of the god bros which and Holmes, was channel for the prisurer, The URAIPAN amouneed that this concluded abattress are to be found. It is this most, I believe, bat others have boon dam honde ananibor hopes the dow
that trees would not aged to some exten suppose of THEFT OF BROERS cognition of the trading privileges conceded
alte In-Catal.read great numbers of the houses were broke out noon after the storm In refer, Lan: Afuk was indicted for the theft of a pathe basingas the Directors had to bring before grow on, theac illa because of 'blown down, and some of the Inmates based in nos to those I armuution that they co to British traders in India by Tacoon which arrived here on Thursday afternoon, by n of shoes, the property of Lw Ayes; vụi the 14th
flourish in almost any soil if planter thickly the ruins. This morning on clearing away the cured the fret in But is tri the word at {new vessel, registered this year. She was built by March,
runs of the house of Tang: Cheng, the talog. Bay I-struet, the third at Ha Chun Tong, and Bea, and for the appointment of a British William Gray, of West Hextleped, to the unter The Attorney General, instrueted by the
Rough to another from the force of the wind. The of his assistants were deserved The Canal reborbuzie the wobo failly
to allow of the treas protocting one the bodies of that will known fruit and one the forth in Hang Yan lane, all in the Western Consul at Kashgar. Such an appoint of Messrs. Wildfoton and Co., of that port. Her Grows Solicitor, prosecuted. The jurors were
affect of this condition of the treas is most wow filled with wysokage, antonga walew dead gushed until fire o'clock yatorday morning. ment would also be useful in a political dimensions Ligth 200 foot, breadth 33 foot Mons. CV. Smith, S. Gutmann P. 8. Phil
G inches, andcasula of hold 20 feet. She in a vessel lipsu, A. A. dos Remedios, E. Barbat, J. Grant,
disastrous on the climate, causing it to be bodice were to be seen in pongiderat la number and this was partly due to the hot that genso, us the, Cousni might employ bimself of 1,036 tanksgistered tonnage and 1,685 tons and G. F. Johnson.
hotter-in-ammer and
nad drief in the winter: Inside the efty and suburbs almost incaleoishle many of the thoroughfares were obtrusted by in keeping a watch on the movements of gross, and is espable of carrying 2,000 tons dead. The jury found the prisoner guilty There
while streama "oute perrennial become, fox-state of the wildest terror and confusion, and the robbers, who had - ezthered together.
bocome tom-damage was donɔ. The natives vera-in a the bonaps that had fallen. About 80019 weight, and 30tons of cool. Her engines are of the ; were two previous convictions against hiso, and
FRIDAY, 19th April.porary torrents only causing spur debut on add to the proer for affferent frue broke loot the bonies were captured and handel JUVENILS-KOCHEBRAERKS
time nad scarcity of fresh water at another. ont is the Wartern Suburb at about a quarter over to the authorities, but the majority
****79th Highlandlors' Farewell to Gibraltar.":
Mou Must
Strathaper."
MoNaughton's Rol
Joan Haja, Fire Major. The British steamer Afterton, Captain Darsall,
ation.
* Russin in Central Asia, and perhaps be able most improred construction, of 150 horse-poster, ho yus contenced to one year's hard, labour. ^___
to impose some check on Russian intrigue, and were built by Mosure, Blair it Co. of Stook-
the meeting path den Besti
ME RIVINGTON proposed a vote of shaoks to The Carriefly antnowledged the nam plinert, and the mosting separated. D. Daily News. AAN ATAS
Gar
the Clairiana and Directors:
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCH,
tude and
oxtin
The rates for Bangal remain unchangedE at the frightful condition of to fon peluck, How these brigade Incomped with their plunder. The Viniroy The appointment would on all accounta bo a ton-on-Tees. The average speed obtained-en Chan Aya and Wong Aloj, two boyë, agen 85771 to $590 for Patus, and 9565 to 8557 for at Ching owing to the increasing known, but is suspected, and not respones to a request to that beef from the
het roysgu out was 91 Inote for hour. The respectively seventeen and ter, were charged with Eczaros For Malve ne qastation, pouding the affnere in North most judicious one, and we trust that is chart-room ind captain's cabin, am on the brage brassing into a house at Yow real, ten and steal rival of free pomies: The stools of Tatas alesulcation of the country, in time that without food reason that they are the rock British Consult a hundr structions will be given to Sir Tackas Wans Hor salcon is aft, and has assammodation for dug two boxes containing clothing. They we omputed at 2560 ohess of Bouro 850 chests, he Government of Feking reid sarnest of Inaalbares, with intent to pillars. At all tool Blumeon, Inc. 1. urget, Jony barry to to have it carried into effect. The Govern. Beran, passengers. The sin dook is laid with found guilty of larceny. There wars three pry and of Male 50 chat,
tention to the cisappearance. the forests, oyente, lands of robbers tallied forth to take muntian before His Excellenes deseryos járn lisu iron, and sheathed with wood aft.. She made the vions, convictions against the frat prisoner - 14/7 PYRAGA
It will be difficult matter to restore the advantage of the confusion caused by the far for the prophies with which he cared for the ment of Poking, though not likely to approve min from Rangoon to Hongkong, vid Singapore Bentenge reservol
riemuo and the fires Efforts were zonde te plopi irreṛty and safety of foreignere, and the fact Persteunghi Frio, for Contineri sud Lon-beuntry to ita former fertility but an offer the cause of the Sres, but they agad alcun serves to show the contract to the relations exist LE PÄCKENFIOKING,
bater shona be made it that direction by planting on checked and werdetestingu Kashger, would not, we think, offer tuy very ered by Messrs. Mayer & Co., for a period, for of spectanes, the property of
Inoce for tout lon hour. 5s hoa hoa char Chin Ayon was dienu gauty shaving ryglendon a PeriContinentia
hed until thismoen, ing between forelynars and the native officials now
strong opposition to it.
tia China Irede
EXPORT CADTOBA.
perman, Hening pleaded guilty! farning from - boxes Tan, 1.101 yaokages; Rundzio
Fer-hongan order to?
CELIDO SURPS biased to fha mranada and