THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPHI—THURSDAY, JULY 21st, 1881.
The arrangement for an amalgama-Hongkong & China Bakery Company,
tion of the China Tramways Company with Mr. Ryrie's proposed scheme for a high level tramway to the Gap and Abordoen, which was announced in the China Mail of the 16th instant as hav- ing been completed, was formally repudiated by several of the influential supporters of Mr. Bulkeley Johnson's measure, at a secret conclave held the other day. A letter has been received, either by Mr. Byrio or Mr. A. F. Smith, intimating that on account of this repudiation, the amalgamation agroed upon must be considered cancelled. As we understand that the arrango. mont was made betweon Mr. Ryrie, and the published promoters of the China Tramways Company, we are at a loss to nuderstand on what grounds this repudiation can be maintained, and are at the same time anxious to know who the influential gentlemon are, who have counselled this. extremely uubusi- ness liko proceeding. We have no faith whatever in either of the tram- way schemes, and it now soems more probable than evor that this split in the camp will completely upset tho whole arrangements. There is a ru- mour abroad that "the professional gentlemen" are at the b:ttom of this recent trouble. We give the report for what it is worth.
LATEST COMMERCIAL
INTELLIGENCE.
Thursday, July 21st, 1881.
One o'clock P.M.
As usual ou mail mornings, our record of exchange transactions is of a meagre and uninteresting charactër. Banks are rather weaker since we last wrote, a few sales for 100 cash having taken place, and there are still shares on the market at that price. We believe there were several small lots sold at 110 for the end of.
August, but have been unable to
trace these transactions, and wo should not like to guarantee that buyers could be accommodated on similar terms. We noted a few small sales of Chinese Insurance Company's stock at 300, and two or three Hong- kong Fires are reported to have changed hands at $1,000 per share. Docks remain nominally at 60 per cent premium, and although no cash business has been donc, a few shares have been taken up at that rate for the end of the month, and there are more on offer, Hotels are offered at 115 with no buyers, but that is a matter of little surprise, as the stock is suffering from the usual reaction after an important rise. A few Sugars at 165 have found purchasers, and there are still sellers. Other quotations remain unaltered.
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Shares.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation Shares-109
per cent. promium, Sellers. Union Insurance Society of Canton- $1,675 per share ex dividend. China Traders' Insurance Company's
Sharos-$1,700 per share. North China Insurance Company-Tls.
1,125 per share. Yangtsze Insurance Association-Ts.
820. per share. Chinese Insurance Company, -$300
per share, Ex. iv. Sales. On Tai Insurance Company, Limited
Ts. 148 per share.
.
Hongkong Fire Insurance Company,
Sharos $1000 per share, Sales. China Fire Insurance Company's Shares
$295 por share. Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Com
Limited-$133 por share. Chinose Imperial Government Loan
of 1874-(Nominal). Chinese Imperial Government Loan
of 1878-(Nominal).
Exchange.
On London,—.
Bank Bille, T.T',
3/33
Bank Bills, at 30 days' sight, 3/8 Bank Bills, at 4 months sight, 318 Credits, at 4 months' sight,... 319 Documentary Bills, at 4
mouths' sight,
On PARIS,-
319
Bank Bills, ou demand, ......4..65 Credits, at 4 months' sight, ...4.75 On BOMBAY, ——
Bank, T.T., On CALCUTTA,-
Bank, T.T.,
On SUANGHAI,- Bank, T.T.,
Private, 30 days" sight,
225
225
72
720
Hongkong Temperature. (Taken at Messrs. Falconer & Co.'s- Register, Queen's-road).
HONGKONG, 20th and 21st July.
.29.806 BAROMETER) P.x.
Do,
29.770 .86.
4. P.M. THERMOMETER-1 PM,
Do.
4 P.M....
85,
Do.
1 PM (Wot bulb) 80.
BAROMETER-9 AM.
THERMOMETER-9 AM,
Do. 4. P.M. Do. 80.
.29.802
.80,
Do. 9 A. (Wot bulb) 79. Do. Maximum
S6.
Do. Minimum (ovor night) 80.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
July 20, Namoz, British steamer, 862,
Westoby, Coast ports, 19th July, General. Douglas, Lapraik &
Co.
July 20, Fortune, Siamese bark, 417,
F. L, Soderstrom, Bangkok 8th July, General-Chinese, July 20, Clara, British bark, 939, A. S.
Cutler, London 6th April, Geu- eral-Vogol & Co.
July 20, Waverley, British steamor,
401, Stout, Canton 20th July, General-Vogel & Co.
July 20, China, German steamer, 618,
- Ackermann, Shanghai 16th July,
General. Siemssen & Co.
July 20, Prince Arthur, British bark,
296, J. Smith, Nowchwang 20th June, Beaus.Captain.
DEPARTURES.
July 20, Amoy, British steamer, for
Shanghai.
July 29, Meath, British steamer, for
Melbourne.
July 20, Ulysses, British steamer, for
Singapore and London. July 20, Roderick Hay, British bark,
for Chefoo.
July 20, Latin, French gunboat, for
Tientsin.
July 21, Consolation, British steamer,
for Bangkok.
PASSENGERS.
ARRIVED.
Par Namoa, British steamer, from Coast ports, Capt. Connor, and Mr F. Chomley, European, and 153 Chinese.
Per China, German stommer, from Shanghai,-11 Chinese.
DEPARTED.
Por Meath, for Sydney, Captain and
the two Misses Cummins.
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Per Ulysscs, for Singaporo, one Eu. ropean and 126 Chinese.
TO_DEPART...
pany's Shures-60 per cent prom, --Sellora. Hongkong, Canton & Macao Steam- The following is the list of passen
boat Company's Sharos-$31 por gors booked to take their departure by sharo premium.
the P. & O. stentner Rohilla, at 4 p.m.
China Coast Steam Navigation Com-to-day.
-pany-Tis. 162 per share. Hongkong Gas Company's Sharos
$82 per share. Hongkong Hotel Company's Shares
$115 per share, Sales. China Sugar Refining Company, Li-
mited-$165 por share, Sales. China Sugar Refining Company (De- bentures)-3 per cont premium. Hongkong leo Company's Shares-
$127 por share, Sellers,
For Singapore-Dr Bleunerhassett, A.M.D., and native servant, and Messrs T. F. Ballanco and W. Gordon. For Southampton-Captain Grovo, R.N., Sub-Lieutenants Tre- vonen, Coode, Bunting and Davis, R.N., Staff Sargeon Kell, R.N., Messrs J. Powell, R. Nickles, S. Churcher, J. Buddin, A. Brodmair, and W. Cunning- For Melbourne-Mr J. Hat- bam, chinson. ̈
Por steamer Nelson, for Cooktown-- Madame and Malle. Carandini, and, Messrs Sherwin and Otto Fischer,
SHIPPING REPOR23.
Tho Siamoso bark Fortune roports fine weather all the passage with wind South-West.
The British stoainer Mamon reports. left Foochow 17th July, Amoy 18th, and Swatow 19th, and experienced moderate Southerly winds throughout the passage." In Foodiow, steaners Europe, Benaldor, and Ulysses, leaving sarae day. Passed the Company's steamer Thales in the river bound in,
In Amoy, steamers Bunny, Lorus, Plain meller, and Venice. In Swalow, steam- ers Chilton, Oraiglands, Ses-w, Pakhai, Keelung, Tumsui, Wench, Fuchs, and Chefoo.
The British bark Prince Arthur re- ports first part strong Southerly winds, latter part calms and variable winds for 5 days.
MAILS.
The following mails will close:- To-day, 21st July,-
For the United Kingdom and Eu- rope via Brindisi; the Straits Settlements, Batavia, Barmalı, Coylon, India, Adón, Egypti, Malta, and Gibraltar; per Rohillä; printed mattor at 2 p.m., and letters at 3.30 p.m. For Shang hai, por Meifoo, at 3:30 p.m.. in- stead of as previously notifiel. For Hoilow, Pakboi and Hai- phong, per Conquest at 5 pin. To-morrow, 22nd July,—
For Swatow, per Melborough, ni
11.30 a.m. For Swatow, Amoy, and Foochow, por Namor, at 2.30 p.m.
For. Kobe and Yokohama,
per Niigata Maru, al p.n. For Nagasaki and Yokohama, por Sunda, at 5
p.m. On Saturday, 23rd July,— *
For Amoy, por Diamante, at 11.30
a.m. For Saigon, por Permam buco, at 4.30 p.m., instead of as previously notified.
On Thursday, 28th July,--
For the United Kingdom and Ea- rope, via Naples; to Saigon, Straits Settlements, Batavia, Bur- mah, Ceylon, Indin (via Madras), the Australian Colonios, Aden, Egypt, Malta, and Gibraltar, por Saghilion, at 11 am.
On Saturday, 30th July,-
For Japan, San Francisco, the Unitol
States, Canada, Honolula, Peru. &c., por City of Peking, at 2.30 p.m. The following mails may be ex- pected:
On Tuesday the 26th, the English mail with Loudon dates of 17th June.
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The following resolution according to the latest home papers to hand, is shortly to be moved in the House of Commons by Major-General Bur- naby :-"That the cost of a soldier's funeral shall not be defrayed as at present, by a first preferential charge on the sun realised by an auction of his under-clothing (the cost of which has already been deducted from his pay), or from any savings he may have in the Regimental Savings Bank; but that all soldiers shall be buried at the cost of the State."
At present it is the practice to de- duct the cost of the coffins of men who die in Her Majesty's service. from their hard-earned savings, even to the disposal of their personal
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first monthly settlement of accounts after landing. This was taking time by the forelock with vengeance, a grim satire on the niggardliness of Great Britain to hor hardy sons, which, despite the serious. noss of the subject cannot fail to raise a smile, but was most certainly ill calculated to inspire the men with
any degree of confidence in their foreign service prospects; in fact, they were treated as if there was no possible hope of their ever being able to leave these stations. Nor was this all, we have even heard mon make complaint on their return to England, that the cost of the coffin which they had paid for, and which fortunately they had not required, had not been refunded to them. We have no trustworthy information as to whether, when men died in front of the enemy, and received the scant but only burial the cir- cumstances of a campaign permitted, the amount formerly charged for their coffius, but not expended, was ever credited in their gon-effective
accounts.
A still farther resolution in the fol- lowing terms is to be moved :— "Thins the customary food of a sol- dior shall be entirely provided by the Stale, and not as at present, partly by the State and partly by the sol- dier's daily pay."
This will prove a considerable addition to the soldier's income un- less an equivalent reduction in coin is made in his pay, as on the occasion when the free ration was sanctioned. The free ration consists of 1 lb. of brend and lb. of meat per diem, every other article, vegetables or gro- ceries, having to be provided by the men's mess03, Prior to this, 4 d. per diem was charged, certainly not an exorbitant price, but when the free issue was made, a reduction of nearly that amount was made in the Regimental Pay of all ranks, and, from the term "free ration," the pub- lie generally believed that the sol- dior received every article of food at the cost of the State..
P. M. KERR-FRANCO.
CHARE AND GENERAL BROKER, Houso, Land, and Estate Agent.
RENTS COLLECTED.
15, Wellington Street, Hong Kong.
21st July, 1881.
FOR SALE. -
USTRALIAN WINES,
PORT AND SHERRY,
of the finest quality, from. Coolalta Vineyard, Beauxton, Hunter River, N.S.WV.
Apply to
R. FRASER-SMITH,
Club Chambers. Hongkong, Jane 24th, 1881.
JUST RECEIVED. SELECTED ASSORTMENT of Mand' CARDS, SEAT CARDS, VISITING CARDS.
Apply to
DE SOUZA & Co.
NGLO CHINESE CALENDER
FOR 1881. NEATLY PRINTED ON CARD BOARD. PRICE:-10 cents.
*
Ty Souza & Đời
FOR SALE. 'ASHERMAN'S BOOKS,
effects, and when such is not sufficient Wit) of Ladies in Confer
to meet the undertaker's charges the balance has to be paid by the Cap- tain of the company, or troop, to which the men belonged. Wo` are therefore glad to see some action is. about to be taken by a practical soldier to put an end to such a dis graceful state of affairs. Things, however, wero mach worse than this a few years ago. In the old days of soldiering each man on joining the head quarters of the late Honourable East India Company's Service at Warley, was mulcted the price of his coffin from the amount of his enlistment bounty; and Her Majesty's troops on arrival in India, Jamaica, and the Bermuda Islands, had the sume charge made on their pay at their
mien.-Prico 50 cents.
DE SOUZA & Co. Hongkong, 28th Jane, 1881.
FOR SALE,
A TABLI Showing the motin tims of Bising and Setting of the Son calculated for the Latitude of Hongkong or any other latitalo if required.
FACE-20'conts.
De Souza & Co.
FOR SALE.
Mercantilo Directory of the
Price.
World, in 3 volumica, rom- prising the Continental, Fo- reign and British Portions $6,00
DI SOUZA & Co.
MacEWEN, FRICKEL, & Co.
CUNERAL TOREKEEPERS, &c.
HAVE FOR SALE.
Groceries. Crosso & Blackwell's, Celebrated House- hold Storca.
John Moir & Sons', Colebrated Ilouse- hold Stores.
Huntley & Palmer's BISCUITS & CAKES,
American Stores of all descriptions.
BUTTER Danish & French, Philippe
& Canand's L'ATES &c.,
CHUTNIES & CURRY POWDER, THYSSONEAU'S
FRUITS in juice.
COFFEE, SUGAR, &c., &c.
Wines, Spirits, &c. CUTLER PALMER ̈& Co.'s "CARTE
·BLANCHE HEIDSIO & Co.'s MO- NOPOLE, pts, and gts. ADOLPHE COLLIN'S BOUZY CABINET.
MUMM'S (JULES) CHAMPAGNE
pts. and its.
NEYEN'S (BODEN) BOUZY,
pts, and qts.
EXTRA SEC, quarts. Charles Heidsiecks's WHITE SEAL, pis. and qts. VEUVE CLIQUOT PON- SARDIN, pts. and qts. Theophile Roe- derer & Co.'s VERZENAY MOUSSEUX, pts. and qts..
Krug's "CHAMPAGNE, pts, and qis.
CUTLER PALMER & Co.'s CHAT- EAU MOUTON. LORMONT, pints.
and quarts. ARAUZAN (Chateau), pints and quarts.
DRMITAGE LUDON. THIBŒUF (Chateau), pints and quarts. CHATEAU LAROSE (Cureler & Adet's),
pints and quarts,
CHATEAU LAFITE, pints and quarts. IRES GRAVES, pints and quarts. BREAKFAST CLARET, pints & quarts. OLD INVALID CLARET,
St. JULIEN, &c., &c. Breakfast Claret.
Burgundy, Hock, Sherries, &c. Chambertin, Chablis (White), Liebfrau
milch Hockheimer, Niersteiner, Stein-
borger Cabinet, Rudesheimer Berg, Koninin Victoria Berg, Chateau Yquem, Grand Vin, Haut Sauterne Marsala, Saccone's Palo Dry White Soul Sherry, Yellow Scal Amontilado Sherry, Cutler Palmer
and Co.'s Sherry, Invalid Port (1818), Hunt's Port.
Brandy, Whisky, Liqueurs, &c 1, 2 and 3-star Hennessy's Brandy, -La Grande Marque Brandy, Cutler Palmer & Co.'s Brandy, Rouyer Guillet & Co.'s Brandy, 1 to 4 stars; Finest Old Bourbon Whisky, highly recommended, Kinahan's LL Irish Whisky,
Jamieson's Irish Whisky, Royal Glondec Whisky AVI Gin, Swaine .
Boord & Co.'s Old Tom Gin: La Grande Chartreuse, Green and Yellow, Maraschino de Zara, Curagon pints and quarts; Angostura, Boker's and Orange Bittors, Ee.. &o., &c.
BASS'S ALE, bottled by Cameron aup Saunders, pints and quarts. GUINNESS'S STOUT, bottled by Ey J. Burke, pints and quarts. PILSENER BEER, in quaits. DRAUGHT ALE and PORTER, by
the Gallon.
Fine ALE, bottled by MacEwen, Frickel & Co. Ali and POITER, in hosgheads.
rated Waters. SODA WATER, - LEMONADE,
TONIC WATER,
SARSAPARILLA,
&c., &c., &c.
The Fincat Stocks of
CIGARS, CAVITE CHEROOTS, PRINCESA CHEROOTS, PRINCESA CIGARS, AROCEROS, VEGUERÓS,
&c.,
&o.
“PERFECTION " All Specially Selected.
EMPRESS OF INDIA, and Best NAVY.
STATIONERY, BOOKS &c.
"Franklin Square" Library,
*Seaside "Library,
Harper's Half-hour Series.
French Novels.
Medical Works.
School Books.
. Presentation Books.
Works-of-roference-&c.- Stationery for Ladies and OfliceTM use." Direct from the manufacturers the best.
and Cheapest in Hongkong. Special ovilors in this lino excuted ono.
very moderate torms. Papers ruled to any pattern and stamped
Plain, cuneo or relief. Dies engraved to order. Office requisitos
of overy description.
Minor's Fire Proof Safos, Cash and Decd
Boxos, Brushware.
Cutlery, Crockery, and Glasswaro Builder's Hardwaro material, Sporting Gams. Revolvers and Sporting
aminunition.
Sailmaking and Rigging promptly oxo-
—entou.