Shares.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Shares--101 per cent. premium, Buyers.
2
Umion Insurance Society of Canton
$1,625 per share ex dividend. China Traders Insurance Company's
Shares-$1,700 per share. North China Insurance Company-Tls.
1,125 per share,
Yangtsze Insurance, Association-Tis.
820 por share.
Chinoso Insurance Company, -$312
per share, Sales.
On Tal Insurance Company, Limited --
Tls. 148 per share. Hongkong Fire Insurance Company's
Shares-$1,000 per share, sellers. China Firo Insurance Company's Shares
-$300 per share, sellers. Ilongkong & Whampoa Dock Com.
pany's Shares-57 per cent prom, Hongkong, "Canton & Macao Steam
boat Company's Shares-$31 per share premium.
China Coast Stoam Navigation Com-
pany-Tls. 162 per share. Hongkong Gas Company's Shares
$82 per abaro.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1881.
The following mails may be ex- pected:-
On or about Friday the 1st July: -The French mail bearing London. dates of 27th May.
On or about Monday the 4th July:-The Calcutta mail of 18th. June.
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
June 29, Esmeralda, British steamer,
395, R. Talbot, Amoy, 28th June, ...General.-Russell & Co. June 29, Danube, British steamer, 560,
Clanchy, Bangkok, 21st June Rice, and General,-Yuen Fat Hong.
Jaro 30, Hainan, British steamer, Connier, Haiphong and Hoihow, June 28th at 4. p.m., General. Afony & Co.
DEPARTURES June 30, C. D. Bryant, American bark,
for Iloilo.
Marseilles.
June 30, Midlothian, British stopmer,
for Saigon.
PASSENGERS.
ARKIVED.
Hongkong Hotel Company's Sharos-Juno 30, Sindh, French steamer, for
$97 per share, Sales. China Sugar Refining Company, Li- mited-$184 per share, Sellers. China Sugar Refining Company (Do.
bentures)-3 per cent premium, Hongkong Ice Company's Shares-
$126 per share, sellers. Hongkong & China Bakery Company,
Limited-$42 per share. Chinese Imporial Government Loan
of 1874-(Nominal). Chinese Imperial Government Loan
of 1887-(Nominal).
On LONDON,
Exchange.
Bank Bills, on demand,
Bank Bills, at 30 days' sight, 3183 Bank Bills, at 4 months' sight, 3/8 Credits, at 4 months' sight,. ... 315 Documentary Bills, at 4
months' sight,
On PARIS,-
319
Bank Bills, on demand, ......4.65
Credits, at 4 months' sight, ...475
On BOMBAY,-
Bank, 3 days' sight,...
On CALCUTTA, --
Bank, 3 days' sight,
Ou SHANGHAI,——
Bank, sight,
Private, 30 days' sight,
..... 2251
2251
.72
728
Hongkong Temperature.
(Taken at Messrs. Falconer & Co.'s
Register, Queen's-road).
HONGKONG, 29th & 30th June, 1881. -BAROMETER-1 P.M.
Do.
4.M.....
.29.922 ..29.872
THERMOMETER-1 r.............83.
Do.
Do.
4 P....... ....85. IP.M. (Wet bulb) 80. Do, 4 P.M.
Do. ·81.
.29.960
BAROMETER-9 AX. THERMOMETER~9 AM. ........84. Do. 9.3. (Wet bulb) 30. Do. Maximum
85, Do. Minimum (ovor night) 81.
MAILS.
The following mails will close:- To-day, 30th June,-
Per Esmeralda, British steamer, from Amoy.-41 Chinose.
Per Danube, British steamer, from Bangkok-100 Chinese.
Per Hainan, British steamor, from Haiphong and Hoihow.-12 Chinese.
DEPARTED.
Juno 30, por Sindh -For Saigon, ouo Chinese. For Singapore.—Mr. R. P. Hothann, and two Chinese. For Marcilles.-Admiral and Maduwe Lessoffski, Dr. Koudrine, Mr Rodinoff, Momie, Pojalkine, Messrs Kaznezoff, Siokoff, Parker, Takawa, and Saonres.
SHIPPING REPORTS.
The British steamer Esmeralda re- ports light southerly winds to Lam- ocks, thence to port light Easterly breezes and fine weather throughout.
The British steamer Danube reports left Bangkok on 21st Jnue, had light winds and fine weather until arrival.
The British steamer Hainan reports left Haiphong June 27th, at 6.30 p.m. Two French Mon-of-War in Port and stoamship Greyhound, passed steamship Conquest in river bound in, had moder- ate Easterly winds and fine weather to Hoihow. In Port H.M.S. Magpie and steamship Kan-chi. From Hoi- how had variable winds and cloudy weather with rain to port.
China and its Missions. A very interesting lecturo was doliv. ered in St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Phillip-stroot, Sydney, last evening (May 10th); by the Ror, W. S. Swanson, of Amoy. The church was well filled. The Rev. James Cosh, M.A., presided, and introduced the lecturer.
The rev. gentleman's prefaratory
remarks: embraced an adtnission that he knew very little about the special circumstances of the Chinese question so far as it affected this colony. It might be necessary to put some ro- For Amoy, per Carisbrooke, at
striction upon the introduction of the 1.30 p.m.
For Shanghai, per race into this colony, but from a Christ- Amoy, at 2.30 pm. For Taian standpoint, the difficulty could kao, per Cleveland, at 5. p.m. To-morrow, 1st July,—
For Foochow, por Brisbane, at 11.30 am. For Manila, per Esmeralda, at 3.30, p.m. On Saturday, 2nd July,
For Swatow, Amoy, and Foochów,
per Kwangtung, at 5 p.m. On Sunday, 3rd July,—
For Saigon, per Octura, at 9 a.m. On Thursday, 7th July -
For the United Kingdom and Europe, via Brindisi; the Straits Settlements, Batavia, Burmah, Ceylon, India, Aden, Egypt, Malta, Gibraltar, and the Maur- itius, per Nopaul, printed mat- ter at 2 p.m., letters at 3 p.. On Friday, 8th July,
For Nagasaki and Yokohama, per
Malacca, at 5 p.m For Kobo and Yokohama, per
Takasago Muru, at p.m.
perhaps be more easily solved than political agitators believed. His ex- perience of China taught him that wo its extent, resources, history, literature; knew very little of that great nation,
and people. There was no greater field for industry in the world than China, and her varied climate favoured every production. If sho were hernet- Tally sealed up to the rest of the world, her inhabitauts would not be denied one singlo necessary or luxury of life. Nothing impressed him more than the undeveloped resources of the likely to be brought about so long as country. Their devolopment was not if was misgoverned as it is at presente When this did take place there would be no more migration of the people, because there was sufficient to support a very much larger population. The population had been very much ex- aggorated, though it could not be less than 300,000,000, whilst there was a verified history oxtoulling back for
2500 years: There were some out comes from the civilisation of the country which entitled its people to more respect than they sometimes got His experience of the race was, that if a man wanted to get the weather side of a Chinaman be would have to get up very early in the morning. Tho more he had lived in China the more he had become impressed with this fact. A man who went out to China with his mind filled with romance, very soon had it taken out of him. He had been conscious of the fact that a
Chinaraan had been watching bio un til he found out a weak point, and then ho would work at it might and main. He would confess that he knew this was going on all the time, and he could not get-away from the heathen. There were people in China who were his best friends and he was sure they would do more for him than anybody olse. He was told that the Chinese could do nothing but grow vegetables Why, they had a literature when our ancestors were savages upon the hills. Cufortuantely, that literature was a thousand times better 1500 years ago than it was at present, for then it had traces of pure theism, which had since been obliterated by Buddhism and other doctrines. Some countries had a good deal to learn from the Chinese. Though they did not put the hill coun. try to its best uses, except in some special parts, the level land was inter sected by a complete system of canal irrigation. Some of their publio works
especially bridges wero splendid structures. He had seen one bridge one mile in length. which had been thrown across an arin of the sea. It consisted of a number of piers over which
were thrown slabs of granite 68 feet long, 4 feet broad and 7 feet thick, three of which formed the roadway. He had seen one of these. slabs replaced, and was surprised to find that the ponderous ass was brought down on a raft and raised to its position by the tide. All thesa works were constructed in the 9th century, and now they were being allowed to decay and crumble to dust. There was no aristocracy in China but that of literature. In his district of Fook Yen there wore from 30 to 40
millions of people, and he did not be. lieve that more than 25 per cent could read or write. Their literature con- sisted of classics and comments upon the works of Confucius and others, and ethical statements as to their behaviour towards their ruler and parents, and the maintenance of the rules of lifo. This education thoroughly cramped the mind and made of this energetic race one of the most ignorant people in the world. Nothing but the revel. ation of the grace of God would ever cope with their ignorance. A graduate who had been elected to one of the highest offices in the Empire had laughed at him for speaking of any other nation or emperor. He (the loc- turer) did not take an optimist view of the Chinese, because he had seen through the outer crust of their civilis. atiou, and come upon the roltenoss of their heathenism. Idolatry was, per haps, the most innocent element of his. When one received a Chinaman's politeness one did not always have his heart. The bulk of the migration took place from two provinces. Took Yon, bis district, contained some of the bost blood, for the inhabitants of the other provinces did not soem to possess the same energy: From Fook Yen 20,000 emigrated annually. He had no hesi tation in saying that these people were going to be an important factor in the history of the world. Were they to allow heathenism to be cast over the world without Christianising them? Contact with Western civilisation had not done the people much good, but it had not done a great deal of harm. They had tried in vain to keep us, out, but what bad wo done when we forced open their ports? He had seen the barracoon in which the kidnapped. coolics were placed before they were sont to dig guano at the Chinchona Islands, where the average life was only 18 months. These men stolon, though Chinese agents did it. Ho had met a Chinese woman who had aşkod for her son and another for her husbaud, for both had boon takon away in this way.. It was tho mission- aries who wore the first to put a stop to this sort of thing, and the British Government now doterrod any ship fly- ing our colours from ongnging in the trado. Then we had forced in opium
wero
against the wishes of the people, and the only argument raised by our states- mon when attention was called to the ravages of this drug was, where are wo to get the nine millions from to make up the revenue from opium for India? He would answer, Got it where you like, but do not force demoralisa- tion where this drug has already dono enough injury. (Cheers.) He hoped this trade would soon be done away with, because the better class of people was opposed to it. The worst point in the Chinese charactor was the mannër
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Auctions.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
HE Uadorsigued has received in- structions to Sell by Public Auc- tion, on
TUESDAY,
Sales Rooms, Queen's-road, the Col- the 5th July, 1881, at Two P., at his
lection of
CHOICE AND RARE CHINESE AND JAPANESE CURIOS, lately belonging to W. R. LANDSTEIN,
Docoased.
Catalogues will be issued. TERMS OF SALE.As customary.
J. M. ARMSTRONG, Auctioneer.
Hongkong, 30th June, 1881.
WEDNESDAY, ....
the 6th July, 1881, at 2 p.m., at the Upper Tloor of No. 15A, Queens-road Central, the
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &s., lately belonging to W. R. Landstein, Deceased, comprising:
English-mado Walnut Drawing-room SUITE.
Bombay Blackwood Carved ROUND TABLE, SIDE TABLES, SOFA, EASY CHAIRS, and MUSIC STAND.
Old Canton Blackwood. BOOK SHELVES, BOOK CASES, TABLES, TEA POYS, STOOLS, and WASH- STAND.
in which woman was degraded. Until she became the mother of a son she was very little better than a beast of burden. However, be was glad to say that tho porcentage of infanticide had fallon very greatly since the introduc- tion of mission work to his district, and that 400 to 300 women in the same
PUBLIC AUCTION. province had formed themselves into a league not to crush their daughter's THE Undersigned has received in- feet. The mission was growing instructions to Soll by Public Auc- mensoly; its churches were principally tion, on self-supporting, and in that part of China fully organised. They had their own pastors, and were entirely supported by their own people. They had a strong body of elders and deacons, and constituted their own presbytery body, to say the very least, as orderly mannerod as any presbytery in the old country or Australia. (Cheers.) He Alluded to the hearty co-operation there had been between the missionaries of their mother Presbyterian Church and those of the Reformed Church of America. The work extended over a large area. The stations covered 300 miles of coast and 250 miles inland. When he first went out to China there were only two small stations in his district, and now there were 90. The Government did not look with favour upon missionaries, because they did not like them to talk. One could now go from Canton through the whole of Swatow, right up to. Amoy, Foochow, through Fook Yon up to Ningpo and Shanghai, a distance of 1200 miles, and sleep nearly every night where there was a little body of Christians, without travelling more than 25 miles a day. The greatest difficulty the mis- sionaries had to contend against was the different languages. He believed English. would ultimately become the common language of the nation. No- thing could exceed the despotism of the Government, and he feared that a persecution was impending. It was not the missionaries who were bearing the heat of the day, but the converts, for they were the objects of all sorts of suaers and obloquy. He thought that the sooner. the European missionaries finished their work and left the country the botter. If the Chinese were to be evangelised it must be done by the
OIL PAINTINGS, WATER COL- OURS, BRONZE GASALIERS, and GAS BRACKETS, and MARBLE CLOCK.
GLASSWARE and PLATED
WARE.
French-made Marble-top GLASS BOOK-CASE and SET of DRAWERS..
English-made MAHOGANY WRITING TABLES, CHEVAL GLASS, and CHAIRS..
English-made Walnut BEDROOM SUITE, &c., &c., &c.
Catalogues will be issued, and the whole to be on view on and after Taesday, the 5th July.
Terms of Sale. As customary,
J. M. ARMSTRONG,
Auctioneer. Hongkong, 30th June, 1881.
R
ECORD of AMERICAN and FOREIGN SHIPPING.
Agents,
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, 15th June, 1881.
FRASER SMITH, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT,
ARBITRATOR,
Chinese themselves. He would be very R.
much, disappointed if the Presbytery of New South Wales did not send them at least one missionary. (Cheers.)
Upon the motion of the Rev. Mr. M'Credic, Moderator of the Presby- tery, the thanks of the audience were accorded to the lecturer for his interest- ing discourse, and also to the Foreign Missions of England; for pormitting the roverend gentleman to visit Aus tralia to enlighten the colonists upon the work in China:-Sydney Daily Telegraph.
NOTICE.
The Business of General Printers and Bookbinders, alatoly conducted by the late Mr. J. J. da Silva e Souza under the style of
DE SOUZA & Co., will henceforth be carried on under the same style by the undersigned, as Lessees of the Goodwill, Machin- cry, Plant, &c., belonging to the said Printing Office.
J. J. DE SOUZA. H. LUBECK. Hongkong, 15th June, 1881.
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FOR SALE.
Price,
Mercantile Directory of the World, in 3 volumes, com- prising the Continental, Fo- reign and British Portions $25.00 Grammatica Nacional de Aule-
te
Laws of Lawn Tennis ........6. Manual da Historia Sagrada Select Phrases in the Canton
Language... First Book of Reading Los-
sons: Part T
Part II Dr. James. Butler's Catechism Topography of China Guia do Christão Evidence of the Affinity of the Polynesians and American Indians with the Chinese: and other nations of Asia Descripção do Imperio da Chi- -na, precedida de alguzas noticias sobre os Conventos de S. Francisco e de Sta. Cla- ra em Macao: excerpto do Vorgel do Plantas e Flores da provincia da Madre de Dous dos capuchos reforma- dos, composto polo Padro Mostro Fr. Jacinto de Deus. Lento de Theologia, Primoi- ro Padro da mesma Provin cia, ox-Commissario Geral a. Doputado do Santo Officio da Inquisição do Goa na In- dia Oriental
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