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advantage. The finest general view of the whole was of course obtained from the Harbour. "The lights," says a Daily Paper, "were seen blazing along the whole length of the Praya skirting the Harbour; while the huge 'A' at the P. & O. Office, together with the brilliant exhibition on the Messageries Impériales Office, marked the length to which the illuminations extended Westward; and a cleverly made outline of a ship at Messrs. Jardine & Co.'s, as well as a Pagoda at the Mint, both distinctly visible from opposite Pedder's Wharf, showed the length of the lighting Eastwards." Across the Harbour, the Police Station at Kowloong gave an idea of the distance in that direction; while looking towards the Peak above the City, the extent to which the light reached up the hill was clearly seen, the illumination of the Police Station at the Gap having a very fine effect. The brilliant and tasteful gas lights running round all the doors and windows of Dr. Murray's house were very imposing. The chaste, but highly effective lighting of Government House was still finer, though in another way; two thousand large and handsome Japanese lanterns being used which had been expressly made for the purpose, each displaying the Duke's cypher and the Union Jack. "The beautiful red Cross on the top of St. Paul's College shone out gloriously against the dark background, its effect being enhanced by the associations connected, no less with the emblem than the building over which it was known to be shining, though the edifice itself was not visible from the distance. On the Praya, the eye was caught by the North German Consulate, and the magnificent design on Messrs. Russell's house, in the centre of which was a large chromatrophe star, with the word 'Welcome;' on one side of which were two transparencies representing Plenty and Justice, and on the other, two representing Prudence and Commerce."
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