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The rtolai vates of exports at Nagasaki for i lastar moantol to 16,196,550, and the imports to Y11,142,002,5***
ant mattor of her telegraphic gomunica- tions, and we can fully entwas the senti.in ment. No uniriendly spirti te inlicatou by BROWN, JONES & CO. MONUMENTAL SCULPTORS.ur desire to keep in our aya hands our
comunications, which is one, y Lake that affects our indional prida 14 Liùja of penco only little loss than in war line, what it becomes a minitor of necessity to
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TELEGRAMS.
DAILY PREES SERVICE
Losnow, 16th January,
WEST RIVER NOTES,
(TEOM AV DOKIASIONAL COREESFORVENT)
It is surprising, Mr. Editor, how little anoma to be known of the West River in Hongkong, Evga is whereabouts in the minds of most people are rolled in doubt. Soma believe it starts GENERAL BULLERS MOVEMENTS Unston; athefa opine tint you must first go
CONCEALED,
to Maona tud there cönks' further enquiries A recent would-be visitor gathered from a The Censors are stopping usages controcitative sources that he couldn't got there at corning General Beller's forcs until his all, and naturally presumed itat the foriga residents in the river must, likes Topsy, bave "grewed" ore.i
mavominite are completed,
An official dispatch of the Ecem 40+ MAFEKING—A BOER REPORT,
uguness that the Boers demolished Fort to Mofcking on the 12th inst
H.M. the Queen has prissepled the American Red Crom ship Maíso with ́n Unisa Jack, which was hauded over by the Duke of Con-
ught.
A doctor attached. is the Osaka quarantine office liss boon attacked by plague. aquarit tipe official bolonging to the same office, whe was stricken by plague a short time ago, bus died from the disenso.
A Mudras order, gåted Déopinber 21nk, states that Lentunut A. B. Johnson, Ist Lancashire Regiment, having Gown salected for appoint ment as Subaltera in the Chinese Regitront, is directed to proceed at ones to Wei-Hai-Wei.
ZHE PROVINOM OF SHANTUNG,
HS. TRADE, POPULATION AND FUTURE PROSPECIE.
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Continued front yesterday's issue.), VAS BARCOAL DISTRICT,
| gælst for 363 days, and thon" one-third of thef: would have to do coarsa red millet. Wo isg then that aftur. this moderate minst the available Bran for breadstalls propre has to ba roduced 121 millions', of, large moro, Joaving neben of Romewhat under $14 millions of large me, being on anal one-fifths English neres por inhabitant. The deduction "of, oas From Tscuping the route fios to Chile fourth from the price of the whole stow us Chan, auother trade contra of importance, and an allowance for productive ground, and tho from this point or must turn of south from deduction of a still further on-fifth from tha the Great Read and travel up the Laipu remainder to pusble for us side valley to Postau soil. Yeshing, the two brendatuffe comod, reduces the actual busivet Lowas of their size in Shantung, Hare amount of grain of all sorts available Cor consune I hope no one will novuss wou of exaggeration are situated the mines whose coal has been propation down to 114 bushels per head por year, when I say that one or more steamers love nounced by experts to be the broek in North Tub is lass line ting-thirds of what an English the colony daily for Woit River ports. China. Hors also are the pottariek, the produce cousues in addition to all his wept and GENERAL FRENCH,
That's saare porta, moreover, are the victims of of which we most with daily being hauled inches, milk, butter and eggs, &u, It is ubont wocful raisesprosentation, oro eeproially in barrows all over the constry. at his place two, thirds of what a Froudland tapes and hardly General Frough continues shalling the wall informal postal circles, Wa bara vatuly also are the famous glass manutustorier of the half of what the Russian peasant reis. Of this Boer position at Colesberg
protosted that Waobow and Wenslow my provine. The tower of Poshin aul Yousting 171 sale foninthes must he corso pod GENERAL METHUEN
differmi plades and that Shameljni is not
are surrounded by fins wall and lio exactly at millet, of the remaining ligo-luths half must be 305. Those Shantaug people breath ench General Methuen continges ahelling the port of Formons. A gentleman "doing time
the head of the valley and are separated only by positions.
in the latter place ordered last spring, in a stream about afty yards broat. They prosent day, just as we do 30% of oxygen, and they moment of kortivuitoral enthusiasm, a parcel to the eye in a very diminutive manuer the acquire 24 or 3 lbs. of trust to carbonine if ve REPORTED BOER MOVEMESTS.
of seeds in Hongkong wherewith to adorn linpearance of English, manufacturing towns whend, but thny only gut 1 to 2 lbs. Selain gardan. You may think I am going to sayed from a distation, murese, indoed, than any the case with tha average moan; bọt' what of that he never get there reeds-be did, but towns known to me in China. The very inks. they arrived at the latter end of Jans, having bitants are begrimsed with the clean dirs' of journoyed round island of Forciosa and their factories Water, pure as crystal rushes bearing on a battered and other beton fabel through the sloping streets of Foshan in well indignant remarks much as
"Not Known," kept stone pared vinduets, fonding to the town “ Try Tainan," &P) $5.
a clozalinas savory, to say, exceptional in the Chinose. Empiro From Foshan wo mast I relate the following incident more in sorrow
retrace our stops down this happy valley to than in auger :→→→→
Chile Ch'wan, which, I any pork, is also the A well knowo West River resident, desiring to head centre of an oxtensive coal mining dis recaire his huand papers direct instead of cir-triet. From here our coarse lier to Tring: cuitously, used to wrappere to have printed on obo-in which is the ancient capital of the thor in igo black lettere bi name in full, province and stila dity of much importance. address, and the West River," South Chiva" Like Tsouping, it lies at the foot of this hills and the same roult would be arrived al, only Imagine his state of mind when the first von- is, I believe, considered to be the head centrs of it would leave still less con for them signment arrayed some souo weeks late, with a printed inscription, Missont to Shanghai !"
the silk trado in Shautang. At Tsingehow fu to eat noi is. Hongiore, inadaible es a large Manoby garrisou is, uphold; and, as in stod of estimating except as proving the have placed their troops, the Tartare ocenipya Speaking in terms of grain, the inhabitants of sapacite walled city of their own. From England, France, Germany and Russia baro winst proceed onward to Wei Hsion, which approximately twenty bushels of corn to est. to my thinking is the Claphaus Fanation of the The Shaating, man has only Elf as the very
It is reported that numbers of the Boers are loving Magersfontein for Kimberley and Colesberg,
BOER ATTACK REPULSED WITH, LOSS.
On Tuesday the Bours at Rensberg at tempted to capture a bill, but were repulsed by the British with the basinet, losing twenty-one killed and lify wounded.
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those who in His struggio got muncle lens than this emal share, which goes to make the abun- dones and west of the bare fortunate? The foregoing figures show that the average cost of Shantung man's broad is 'little over 20,064 and other needs it comes to abril 25,000 sata!! small cochli you súld the cost of his clothing
The Daily Mail fund raised by Rudyard Kip ANSON took the first British muan-of-war | 640,603 11. ML when the mad left. across and ariyod after terribly sufferings nt Canton. The royage was really one of the events in that period. Up to MANUFACTURERS OF
that time the sun was almost a clased AERATED WATERS. Iako in the penpation of Spain, and It is reported that the plague has brokson out A world at largo know nothing of in Honolulu and int several deaths bare oodar
reel. The authorition are taking onergetic stops. it till Captain Cook explored its mysteries. | to unpprose tko disenso. **** AERATED WATERS England had pretty well her own way in the solitary ocean tatil gold discoveries in of cur manufacture, made puder.com- California in the early fittjes shed a stant European supervision, are sold sudden light an its importance. The opon throughout the Far East and are in-ing of the Canidinu Pacific Roilway anay variably preferred on account of hire aid to have commenced a third epvel,
and now the hilaorty deserted Pusitié excellence.
became a highway amongst ntion. To Englishmen is chief intarest is that it reaches Canada on the ports and Austra Basin in the south but it should not be forgotten that it also loaves China on ABSOLUTE PURITI is gathe wast, and si rings England in our tred. The best materials only are tion with what in Europe is called the Far East, where England's interests tre still the used.
greatest. Nor is that all. To Eagland the The PRICES are only half those Far net is but the extension of that noarer Eat where England's power is charged in England:
paramount and which, at the same time, as a possibly vulnerable point demands all MANUFACTURED | the care which such a jewel neols for ita Admiral Greood ox Loved, arcival at Nagasaki { «in Wooven. - Sconta report that they found me the open door is temporarily njer) are connected provines. Besides being a large business outside. Thepoole of England, France and Ger. BY US are acknowledged by the lead-safekeeping. It is in respect to Ching and | ahip was to undergo repairs at the loal Mitani mig of tho inamy nt Grubber's Kloof, while they by telegraph; and that it is quite unessary to contre, nearly all the trade of the prince many have two aml one-sixli sous le cultivate,
The Machinory in use embodies every known improvement up to date.
WATERS
ing English makers to be equal to those of their own production.
India that an antrammelled Pacific cable is
likely to be of the highest importance, and, on behalf of both, we look with inforest al the slow progress being wide towards the realization of the project,
Sir Edward Franklaud,K.C.8., Þ.E. F.B.E., F.C.S., &c. (recently deceased),
The telegrams in this morning's issus ex- who was the most eminent authority plain the paucity of details concossing of the day on the subject, lately re-the movements of the thres large British ported as follows on the water as pre-forces on the banks of the Tugeln. The Press Censors stop all messages.containing infor. pare and used in our Factorios
mation concerning the British movements, "It possesses an extremely high proceeding which will cornnend itself as degree of organic purity and isn vary ecusible oue. Although such details " of most excellent quality for was thus necessarily withheki, yet up to the
drinking.
time of the deeprich óf that telegram` tha approaching struggle had not coinmgace, From Pretoria enures the news that the fork A.E. WATSON & CO.,LIMITED.ai Mafeking was demolished on the 12th instant, which might imply on the free of it THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
that a very serious blow had been struck at the mull isolated garrison on the westert frontier which laws vigorously and bravely cen more tram bulling its own. But the strength of Matching was not in its for that insignificant building couhl afford het a poor protection to the inhabitants of the town. Strategically the defouce. of Mafe
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The Russian craiser Pomplet Anahit Nagasaki the 9th ist, for Odeasx via porik, Facing completed her commission on this station. The Pindiair Monomak, Zabiak sud Gardannk Falso left Nagasaki the same day for Port Arthur.
It was nol from Australogia and Csonda iuly | Daily Mail. The Maloy Siates offered 300 that offers of contingents onine, says the London guides, Logos 3001am, and Hongkong Atty Kretfully declined.
inen and four Baxims: but all three were co
The Italian flagship Carlo Alberto; with Rene
ou the All fastout from Shanghai. Thỏ dag. } Bishi Dockyard, and was besice to pavused to Yokohama by way of Kobe,
Mr. A. E. Hay, who has gone to Pretorin to act as Consul of the United States, and pra tem, as the representative of Great Britain, is Lonty 4 years of age at the son of the Hou John Hay, formerly US. Ambassvilor at the Court of 36. James. On his way to Preteris Mr. A. S. Hay was to and his Christsuns in London,
While the Daily Farm Company's sted at Pofum, which had her declared infected with rinderpest, was being disinfected on Tuesday coclis apart a pot of tar on to a firs and the shed was soma ublaze. Of the 22 stile (all of which had just reseveral from rinderpest) in the shed only four vero saved, the cost hoing aromatesi.
The business of the Sun Life Assurance of Canada bat increased to such an extent in Hongkong that the Society have determined lo opon an office under the direct management of of its own officers. The operation of the company will, after the 1st of February next, bebonducted in office situated at Prays. Contral until further
Renewal paginerts must be made Lapraik & Co.
REUTERS SERVICE.
Losnow, 15th January,
ALL WELL AT MAFEKING: Maleking reported all well" on the 28th December. SIR CHARLES WARREN'S DIVISION.
The Daily Mail correspondent at Maritz- burg, 12h instant, says that General Warrsi, with 11,000 mea, marched eastward from Frere
mortained that Cole nao was desorded.
All the Colonial and irregular troops have bocu placed under General Warren's command. INVASION OF THE FREE STATE. General Wood, with a forcs of all arms, established a post at Zontpindrift, north of the Orange River, on the St's instant, and made a pontoon bridge.
· BOER MOVEMENTS.
from the south of· Ladysmith,
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cash, which in 1895 amounted to Taols of au
respectively if the cutre proles of the cultivated ares wees converted into cab, divided between Indholders of ten large mow bach' the total of the expenses forud and exh. their yearly family expossus in coals estimated.
I love this painful subject with the intimal packs of Chiu where the reigning dyodine I Love hid down to be fairly correst.
lion (which may be of use to those persons whose daly it is to agnonuos the winning numbers in the Muses and olker lotterie) that up the West River porta (incheling Nonning, where
charter a special stommer to courey news of its through it, and imports and exports nearly The Shantang is less only eno ant one filth ta portsmen to us, an arrangement that was actully at had this their destination prior to re-cultivate. Tatto fex oxists to modify all contemplated during the rent visil of an
distribution, From this highly important this. There are ports and inports, but the sxalted peronage to those benighted regions,
bel centre to Chefoo, ibu original 'oper port,' silk does not more than pay for the calice, won the journey occupiss six good des march, but to Tsing-tau, st Kinochow Bay via Keo. Mi it
Talking about steamers zemi adı me that tho West River possess song its other attractions-
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Their con only suffies for themselves, like
the besneakes pro than pay for the corn, and question whether the strawbraid, dates nud as pacalior and cariugated Ensortment of vahi pies but three and half days. From Wei vermicelli more than pay for bus cloth, paper, |oits pinyalled by steaine can find tho wido let us continus our journoy to Kiao- opium and sundries they se frem tho otilaide. The correspondent at Moritzburg.porld over. Some of the craft which plynpon them, and themes to the mouth of the bay and valor data 13th instaui, says that adviess Frota ntors would bring tours to the eyes of a Clyde our tour from a biclsory point of view is Ladysmith-hy heliograph states it is persist shipbuilder. Launches with box-like structates completed.
IS TAS PROVINOS TIME? ently reported that the Boers, since their repilat on top of them till only a foot at fanns pube on the 6th Instant, are moving their guns pears out in the sky; gigantic oblong bird-cagus
The rich province of Blantung" is a pluso wills a paddle wheel churning up the water frequently hear repoused. In this corrself bahind and a boiler reposing in the middle of Strange though it may appear a contradictory the first-class saloon; a man-of-war making four wer dan trathfully be returned. You and knot an hour under faremrable conditions and No!" and as a proof of his let us take for one and a half against the current, with a toggled that no allogt at estimating the dancy to thes round and steam sideways Scpulation of Shaabang has proved batter than carefully watched-all teary doubtless objects the fiat sigurns, and, horsfom, we take the of legitimate interest to the tourist. But our pulation at thirty millions, which is pro pifce de resistance, nar "Tambe," is a Chinens bably, it my opinion a low estimate. The junk Ettel up with a bowsprit, a beller and total area of the province, is 63,100 squaro
willies of turge now. Has it is neessory to observe that Chinese mesenrents are varidle even in the saina province. The Skantong large mow coutains ono piuth less than half an Englüh aure.
LONDON, 16th January.
THE WAR-REINFORCEMENTS
FOR THE FRONT.. It is reported that a new Naval Brigade, consisting of 720 meu, eight 47 guns, 24
wise Chapirjeve. Their export of cruckery sad glasa, to ulher provinces, exunul be vory large' and the proži en cattle raised vo-uneultivafod lands is only wish all purple have, and is not a very considerable it even in theic awo eges Now to hat and agriculter. The wenge. rent of land in the United Kingtom, Franen and Germany is Cl per nore, ir, say, 3 per cent... on the value in these wolfie fo Shoulwag the average rent of land is 15s. 4. per more, or, way, Я par cent, tu pe cent, on the cálne. Money raised in England on land costa 4 per ent. to 5 per cent pe opgi interest on fose. Mouvy raised in Shouting on land costs about
Average land in England riglin twenty-eight buskela of wheat per acre. Average land in Shantung in the best years gield 194 bushola por inhabitant. In ordinary yours only ten bushalɛ
notica to Messrs. Douglas Maximus and tas twelve-ponders will be formed ongines ia the old, sucsovated by az elegant | miles, or 13 millious of English acres, or 85 22 por ces interest on o per annum,
At the masting of the Sanitary Bosed to-day Major Brotyn will more (1) Thet the latrine in Migin Road, Kowloou, ko remored 15) That the mateso lsteins betwon Knut ford Porraco and Ormsby Teranca be removedź,” Mr. Jaings McKio will more That the publie urinal ritusted on This Western Bound
next month and dimpatohied to the frezi
LADYSMITH. Dysentery is very rife ot Ladysmith.
MAFERING:
Rauter's corresponderíub Pretoria, · 16h. nstant, anys that, the Beers claim to liave Mafeking on Frides and that Commandat.
Funnel and superior, passagor accommodation aft! Asido married word cargo Chan vessels twice hur size her owner can efort to treat this dë sorption with contempt.
Really exciting topics of paternation- sre
Now let us supposé an extromé caso, viz., that
Ali leder for publoation should ke written on one king was in a well-constructed onlyars of the Hongkong. Cricket Clah ground.attacked and demolishóð one of the forts at aturally few and far between up hore,'excontetery inch was laid down under whoot for on
de of the paper only.
No anonymously signed communications that have
already appeared in other papers sostí ha juserted.
Onders per eates copier of DIELY FREE MOULT mens before Itan, on day of publication. After that hour the supply limited." Only surglind for Cash Telegraphic Adrass Passe-A,B,C. Col P.O. Box 19. Televhens Lio 12.
The Daily Press.
Homon, Burry 18th, 1900.
which at pressut is na antignated, inanitur
works and the unyielding manner in which
ay hinga hea heli. Making out and pharious ente, berea ce entirely Delarry Topola Brilia sortie to the east-less One great standby we have, however, Lo sul be? What would it produce
fall, though its architectural beauty might he
Mee Cheung, photographer, lisa send us a impaired, by the reduction of its small fortromschruly good frumfile picture of the group. Thus, from any further details in the Beer at Government Leuse on the ocension of H.H. Li Ilang Chang'a sisit. The photograph was spatch, we any all hopefully believe that taken by special guest of the distinguished Colonel Bam-Powtan is holding his own risitor, and depicts X1. E. Li with Chinose staff It is refreshing to learn that the Buen.at
16.14. Sic. Try Blake, Hon. J. H. Stewart Tavekhart, C.M.Q, Colonial Secretary, Ma tempted to storm a hill-litherto, with the Pitzipien, H.D.M.'s Consular Sective at Canton, exception of Ladysmith, the storming busi Lieut. Viscount Sairdale, and Captain B. D. Sanders, A.D.Us. to the Governor, The the aged statesman to the colony.
According to the official returns made by the Japanese Finansial Department, the experts train the boginning of last year to the juh
imports for the man poriot reached the sum of $14,354.125 you, showing an exoes in imp the of 5,950.645 yen. The exports shes an in. cranes of 92,848,765 yea and the imports decrasso of 6,610,978 you. * compared with
ward.'
CAPE COLONY. Oficialows from General French, cate Saturday,states that a forse sent to shell the Colesberg god and bridge returned after aboil.
Iz is to be hoped that the present war in ness Ims, fallen to the lui of the British. The picture is s-pleasing scurenoír of the visit oting witkudi snoring any candaltiqu
South Africa will not have the effect of delaying the construction of the Pacific cable. The lesson afforded by the war is that our telegraph system even to Africa
Boer attack on this hill n Rensborg was repulced by the British with the hayones, a weapon that is daily growing more terrible is significance to the Boer mine.
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not equal to our requirements, The promit Boers lost twenty-uno killed and fifty ultimo arouted to 209,303,180 you, white RIDGE FOR THE TUGELA RIVER, stup thors, I'mun infor-treaty pori boul; yoù eno Cainoco in poorly aileronstareos, anusum does not consist in euiti, the callosity of the
Eastern Extension line to Chiun, while
wounded; the British Russes are not stated. barely sufficient for present citrumstances, Reusberg is a few miles south of Colesberg, would be altogether ineficient were difficul- the attack apparently was made ties to misc, and has, in addition, the ex-Goueral French's command, cessively dangerous drawback that sit only
is it laid in shallow watere capable of being lapped by a hostile cruiser, but that both
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the reds for the corresponding, period-d the preceding you. The, neport of gold qu
A SCOTTISH ORIENTAL STEAMER SUNK.
THE TAICHIOW" IN COLLISION,
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Cora, for the moro this is cut the larger & grows and, oxtondig, proteses in Hammation, and gives rise to absesses which may be followed- by serious gongenses in neurons to mon-
To thoroughly Cus: Couns, Bunions, CONG and all discs of the is, THE of the evil, which is its noor, worT. HE
forming a kind út egeist must be taken eway, XTRACTED, that is to y, the white point
The Yakobama Spocie Bank have opened a silver specie and bullio for, the samo period branch of their establishment.st. Nywith waagmoured to 14110,20 you, a decrease of 76,163,740 yen us compared with 1898, "whin northern and southern lines are actually scient Miscellous and other interesting of 22,471,230 yen. Itz spacio and balion, there. Baugkek between the Scottish Oriental tumor oath Western" on a bank holiday with sipe. Great Britain, Franeo and Germany the Sometimes hero' are suferal of these which
To today's Supplement will be found the import was 20,015264 you, a decrease
tors, ile excess of impoils amounted to larga quza of 9,57%,662 yen.
matter.
be
When the pirates favour us salia an entertain year like European country, what would in the role which govorn steum uavization on Tha Answer is simple enough. Taking tho MUDDER RIVER,
the wars. They are amont fascinating onlinary yield of fair average ground in Router correspondent at Moldor Rires, tedy bocatie it is, humanly speaking, the pastbleage gold 14th instant, says that the nmd firing of the thoroughly grasp their messing For in baskets of grair por iufiabitant; but as Nuvit in the mersing met with no rostaaco, the uninitiated might suppose that the in Shantung they are three crops in two spense he benth of the troops was għod. West River, being open, steamore can go whore yeni's, and os vel inflist yields 60 por cent, intra-
Lly like, including gong on shore.
ting whent, this raises the entire average pro- So they end, but they just bo careful to start ducónf thạ whole of tho provines to a little over 153 brushòls por inhabitnal for all kinds of grain, from the proper place. Imagine you're où trip from Canton to Wushow, and on the may not arou leaving the thirty millions of people you desire to stop at Dosing, and visit a standing ground! Tho English, Irish and Whilst geouting at Colesberg on the 14tionary friend (there aren't any missionation Bovich consume 17 busts of grain per inte simployed by Me, SCULOS SER, which has received the highest instant Lin, Thompson, R.A.; and a troopers you, but we von suppose one for the sake habitant, the tarman 16, the French 25, sat wore winged and captured.
of argument. Sorry,mys the captain, "can't the Russiaus, who I tako itato nearest to the praise from the loading European and American papers, as well as fexig Beding Medical men, Abri mad at Wednesbarg in three to Wushow and take a atasmer from there" bushels of graiu per inhabitaut, but the weeks will be shipped on Baturday to Untban you are sensible you will give up the jdm of Bhaalang 1 183 must now every inch
Visiting Dosing and your friend.
of his entry. Now, of course, all the kind But again, supposing yah do take a steam cannot be cultivatot. There must be a certain lazosh and run down. Having concluded your aBowatica Bude for mountains stand and sedation. visit you say, "Now let na return to Canton." waste moragser, river beds, lakes, roads, path, Borry," says the esptain, "mustn't; I'm in an towns, villagessed burial places-is lost being a Partionlam are to hand of a qullision which inland water boat. Take you back to Washow and disastrously large item. The proportion of aneut took place on New Year's Day out the bar ar obange!" Compared to this, enrolling on the tato ha varies in different countries. Ju fuckine (Captain Primose) and the struger dials running is child's play,
portion of winelivated land is 40 per cent, in Pritani (Céphijn Rolf). ......
The Tuickie, says the Bangkok Times, 153 Friends have. parted on this sabjeet and do. Italy and Dewark the encaltivated ground produce a unmber of Corse from the same on her way ont of the river on the usual ran to mesto blins bra boon shattered. Wast River is only 3 por cont, bat in Russia and Spain growth, which are formed in the course of time Hengkong, hon she met al came into collision dinner parties (yon, we do have such things) the cultivated ground amounts to 50 per cent, and sumpurged by too frequent entting of the with the sx. "Patasiz (Capt. Roll" ming, in from Singapore. The latter vengal struck the usually rescire themselves into azfinated debat propose to fix the uncultivated ground in upper portion of the Corn. -
Shantung at 5 per cent.; na 1 feel šuro that-nt
MR. SCHLOSSER'S process is the only one Torchion upon the port bow abaft the foreing societies Jones says, "My dear felle, least one fourth must como off the ultigated which extract the quot of the evil in a ugle chains, and he forehold filling with water sho I happen to know that you are quiló wrong.” Cennik where shš iny?”, án, however, there is very
area. That will reduce the grain proving preseperation, PAINTERLY, WERHOLT DLBEDINO, Brown, while admitting that Jones taker a little water on the bar ske, Ind not far to siule, and the greater part of ile vessel is still secabile view of most thiuge, cannot understand 1 632 millions of large saw. But then grain and in a FEW MINUTES, fining tas patient TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS out of the water. In fact the Paluni, which his strango infatuation on this obvious point. that has to beton is not the only thing that has to put on his boots and walk away Invinediately
to be rained. Tho Shantang suku wahti not afterwords wretpor isUNNVENIENCE, na was able to game on to Bangkok, was the more Robinson is firmly convient that neither Jones to fer claths, u hedding, paper, mats, repe, proved by mero than 300M) TESTIMONIALS, The boartfelt condolencer which have reached bidly damaged of the two. Her bow is oenor Brown have yet grasped the rudimentary. the mother country from the Colonies on the telly stare in right down to the water line, priaviples of the sabiech. And they are left and twine, vil for sucking and light, sugar,
Amongst them are sems from IMPERIAL danth of the brave Doraishi saktior, General dir aut the repairs required will be more vitonsiTE,
tea, tobagus, mutches, vilstoñon, a boiler; a pan Royal Fasules, Grannsaka Diploma, William Pe Symong at Glenco lava e it is believed, than what will be needed in the failing til (aowo hours" and next Lion, Chain, Noral Attuale to the Russian sicurely appreciated throughout the whole
krives, katėles, crockery, medioiues, verpuns T 98, Mineran Men: ClerovNEN, EPIYORS down to sucres that vessel to-day, and the exot
The wife of the gentlemen who applied for a Japan for home as soon as posible. Upon is of his home. We are denied the honour of extent of the douage will be ascertained.
vices of the mason and carpenter the smith and betare bome it is said that Lisut. Chagi will sheltering his body, which is like those of be appointed to the command of the Post other great hers for antay from his kindred sure I gathered from the fact that the Patani twenty years could find a fruitful fold for her her Thesis (
The furre of the collising Day in nome meadvorno baanso aho had "jawed constant for the sutton grutelier. He gonerafly wants some dzrz, now on her way home from this stations and have, therefore, determined to appeal to nli wow benzɛ what appears like a port duar in her sicquence'in consideratuz of our regulations.
who hengar the monory of the hero who gave logs. This in age of the ports of the Trickier
The winter mouth, and purfione sono alchant Co., was brutally discilled a far the P. Biarising out to his memory
Mr. A. Swanson of Messes, J. M. Ladin & his life for bis Queen and country to resist ustoliseoped into the other vesel. Of course no
to kise lurido cortainly, muvalore emu, to uero. it, I reckon it fruit my boon on the lives were last or were over really in danger. renner Ching recently by a coolie pared The Committon Lave not yst decided upon the Nakajima Sefkeli, who was employedia feeding form of the memosink, but it will, in all proba cargo. The collis cut the foreigner in two bility, be arranged that his parish church of STRIKE AT THE YOKOHAMA STEAM the weather after the manner of the reverend ground the thildes) that the
Botanßeming und the town of Salkiah simil
goatleman whose contributions from the sacions Vegolables are represental in the corn eron
Thia reocive such, promontoes as will porpotuate" bis
hoalth resorte in Shantung, Bhaasi and other is a long list of perfil indispensables for memory for many generations.
tol for although flu Shantung male che funge navunceable places in the interior of Chinao poor a people; but, there is more la whi to adorn the pages of your northern contemporary disperse with coal, wood and Bricks, rud al After careful enquiries. I have been able to though lie not a posturo land for ust, milk.
Hongkong Football Club will play the Roya Engineers. Kish-oft at half past four o'clock.
This aftornom, or the Happy. Valley the
U.M.S. Victorions arrived of Nagasaki on the 5th it. Iron Weihaiyei. The German ceni
dépondent na foreign goodwill. The Great Northern line is entirely from Germany to Vindivostook through Russinn territory, aud the Eastern Company's cable in landed at Cape St. Jacques. Though it may not be necessary for sometime to lay depeuticut cable from Fanning Ieland oreer Irene loft Nagaki on the 5tk for Forchow. the Fijis to Boraes and Hongkang it is essential that everything abould be prepared for undertaking the work.. The British Government, in its arrangements about the Pacific Ocean, has not been neglectful of the requirements of a cable from Van
A contribution list to the Mansino Jonse Patriotic Fand has been opened in Nagasaki. Up to the 11th just you 13 had been sub. sèribe It is proposed to remit the amount collected to the Tesaurer of the Fund in Haugkong.
CORRESPONDENCE.
We do not hout melves responsible for the
opinion expressed by our correspondents.}</
MEMORIAL TO GENERAL SIR W. PENNSYMONS.
couver Island to Fiji, and has acquired by Lagation at Tokyu bas byen, ordered to leave, kingdom, but most of all in the neighbourhood of a Tainiow, Mr. J. Mackay his godo morning the boy is busy skaalfying "omptles.xt farmitonsa. He has to engage the Bor AND TEZ QUET MENCAL Mes
the forebeal will a args different places jack-knife and bit him in the leg This cause of the coonble was dispute oser money. The conlis duanded jayout for putting som cattle on bound, laut if urged out that bo was not gaged by Swanson. The man Las been arreeted by the Water Police-Japan Mail.
We shall be thankful to receivo subscriptions for this out und if they are sent to, the Eight Worshipfit the Mayor of Saltash, Cornwall England, will be gintolally acknowledged.
occupation or exchange the intermediate islands with the exception, of course, of the Hannian Archipelago. Fer ita conusetions: with Borneo it has not been equally far- sighstesf, and any cable laid must be wintera more or less controlled by foreign parere. To a certain extent this eeema now Inevitable. The Carolines and the Salomon Group are now in the hands of Germany, and though, of ocurée, no nution is untitled to monopolise the ocean this fact has to be taken into considerative: As the Chinese squadron is, besides the Mediterranean, the largest and most important of our parisau.. sat fleets, it is highly important for the in tional interes: that it should be always in Louch bol only with home but with the Australian and Pacific detachments, and it cannot be allagad, after our experience in
6 Aroe at Mr. Kennedy's town depot for the A Fateh vied will take place on the Rogatis Africa, that the present system is at all purpose of cutting off a tolton brunch for comme at 5 pm on Thursday, 18th inst. Star satisfactory. We may call to notice the firewood The brook on to which he nor and Umpire, C. G. Grace. Esq.
climbed broke, as also did another branch ou apparent apathy of the Governments conta which he fell and he was daabed down to
of 49 og 60 fcob; into an earned with regard to our Pacifin lines when distanco
adjoining ravine. He was badly out about the
Yesterday morning Chinas employed at the Rost Point Sugar Bones y gob his queno entangled in the machinery and bis scalp was torn off. He was taken to tho Governïncaț Civil Hospital. The previous afternoon a matou employed by Mr. Kounody, liveryma, met with a serious accident. To bad linked
compared with the corresponding activity in head and his spine was badly insured. He was the United States with regard to their com- taken to the Hospital and is not expected to anunication with the Philippines. At the moreVER, ment, though, u possessions, Hawaii and Targ
It is rumoured, writes the Tokyo correspon- zon are of extreme importance, they are not dont of the Nagasaki Prese, that the yearly 20 vital in Canada and Australia to England. sidy of Y. 880,000 granted to the Nispen Yusen Kwaisha will be reduced by Y. 266,000 A British Pacific cable would be or per- and that the Osaka Shoson Keisha will ruceiro fectly friendly terms with the American Y. 180,000. On the sums the Treasury will -save about Y. 30,000. In 1889 the Comúga Government, and would, unless in the must trade of Chius (represented by pinoteen out of remote eventuality, be always at the service the treaty-two ports aggregated 469 million
teels aut grey to 10 million treks in 1899,
KINGSAUN, Chairman of Consilio F.A. RAWLING, Beyor, Hou. Trwa ALFRED BUEDEN, Hon. Seo. FILL-------------- -་ཡ
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of the United States, with whose develop During the same period the trade of the ports Capt. Warron ment in the Pheifio, England is, in perfect of Tientsin, Chefco and Nowelwang was 104 A launch For Mombor friends and the Press sympathy. In the face of this acknowledged millions, colloal!rely. The greater portion of will loavo Queen's Statue Wharf at 443 pm. fact, America feels that it is due to herself the tande goes to Shanghai. The 0.8 is for the rec
TAUNDRY. Early on the 2nd lost all the Japanses Inun- dry-meta, omplored at the Tokohama Steam Laundary struck, it appoare, because their de
I should properly conctals these roma with a Fow original observations on the stale of
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Commulling Reema X, Duunat1 STREET, Hongkong.
Room No. 11, First Floor,"
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ages was quicompiled with The Jupu partienist Lom your own. We have bad tekintains slopes and for beds, still the land BICYCLE, Dunlin Tyros, opturood adjustable saml for, on incrasse vl. 20 por cont, in their í díscover that our weather differa iti soy storier and chooss beyond that afforded by the WAVERLEY HH GRADE Farelle understands that an forms of way had rory eid, we have also bad it warm. Some boon nuder disoission and the directura lid
hai to provide for these and other general ex- agreed to rise the wagon by 10 per out, in days it has rained on the other hard it hou March next. This, however, does not appear been loe, the crops are deftly (thank you), panses such as boards that all in the cultivation handles, plunger brake. Wu cu guarantos
and to the basinge or uncrying of the country to have entieffed the workmen, and, taking a the Chinese say but that, if I were to write both as to fodder and corn. The pigs which
hew Bierulez. vantage of specially heavy rush of work, owing to the arrival, and departure of several mail steamers, the men lused, to tam to work unless the demands were coupled with Whats more they have going rated to the clients of the Toundry Com
nny telling than that the concern hul now
down whut the Chinese say you would have to furnish the peak have to get their share, like. prowd out all your advertjeomonts and facken wire thore must be a prnvision for paying Im on extra supplements. I will! koop what the oral taxes and local impests, na woll as for Chiuso my te myself!
Frond, beige and temple routes, for marringos,
WM. SCHMIDT & CO.
SOLE AGENTS.
Hongkong, 11th November, SH.
stopped work. Be for from his being the cm, id you over earn an hottest dollar in your and burials (destructively largo ileus), and if JAPANESE CURIOS. out contersporary informed that as the life? Meror," answered Meandering Mike anything is donent, it, for incation. Rest I have result of an emergency mieting of the directors: "Ones & workou two hoursiera dellar, int when tioned, for when ground, la routed it of the company held on Tuesday morning I got it I found it had had a plug in it, right generally takes all the pruft Set corn has twenty-five Chine washed and ironra over de lead of Je American eagle. Dato bo thought of, and forms, a charge of from worn at once engaged wildont difficulty, sad it wine ora bitarod me life."
is said that unting Today Eeracon and algbt these twenty-fivores got through the work of the fifty-three Japans why bail formerly been mployet. It noorely be expected that the title is yet anabel, but it ie atlafactory to know that the shakers bare not bad things all their own way.
HATEST NTAMBÉ MOVEMENTS. The N. Pstomer, Olengte as arrived at Yokohama and sails for Hongkong to-day
The N. Y. K. Beer Laureia Mare Aas rapidly following in the wake of the A.T.K, Ttore will also be a race on Thursday, 25th Itralian Line) left Kökkrif Moji and Nagasaki and the position she occupies that she that is, they are extending their Kphe-Newchiusinat, between a davisen crow, & Clab and a for this part gestand is expected to arrive
Gerian crow
here on the 23rd 150 should be quite independent in the part wang-Ticatsin-day service,
ha
Hessian Official "You can't stay in this country, dir. Traveller--" Thon I'll leave it,"
JUST RECEIVED.
ons to three per cont. To provide for all these things I estimate that the prodano, of
a-ölth of the onlilystol ara o per out) OIL PAINTED, AND EMBROIDERED must go at the very least. The stires.com
SCREENS, LACQUERED BOXES, tond strongly that it takes more than 20 per coat. of their produce to exolange for SEVERAL KINDS OF PHOTOGRAFIE other necessariov hul I restat this portition "Now, Marton,” said one of the party when the ground that, wore such incensether would Lad gone drop into the Maine woods ja search
oil "Have you Aparisit to Jeste Traveller" No, kit...”. Ufficial-- Then yor cannot go I give you twenty-four hours to lanke up your mind ng to what you shall do.'
of adventure, we know you're been a fanions be ononghi luft- to appert life in the bnator, and we want to home about some of the province. Other stations spend about 373 to 43 arrow-osape you've had from boars, and an per cent. onthings outside their food, but Ldo not on Young man," said the old guide, with think that the Shaating people, do, for if they dignity, if there's been any netorasiapas, the bare sad other for critters had om, ut did it would only leave them Sy bushels of grain por lukabilaut, on which they could not
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MARINOMA, ~No. 1, Bosgonistleld Arcado, Opposite the Lily all.
Hongkong, 18th January
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