is an overflow often at many points causing the most extreme misery in wide areas. The whole plain slopes more or less decidedly to the north- east, and the nearer dny place is to the fatal spot where these many water-ways unile, radiating toward a common centre like the ribs of a fan, the more certain is it that such place will be more or les remedilessly drowned. In addition to the general slope of the country to the east and north, there are great depressions, in which from time immemorial there have been marshes and lakes. The great rond from l'eking to the south passes directly through one of these wide lakes, on a causeway of earth, which in some form seems to have existed from very ancient times. The northern branch of the Ta Ch'ing river is crossed on a bridge at a city called Hsiung Hsien, and from this paint southward ler a distance of about 10 miles, the read is a raised bank, impassa ble in times of flood, and often extremely dangerous and insecure for a long time after such flood. Every few bridges are crossed, to the total number, it is said, of twelve. Those who are familiar with the tedious delays at Chinese ferries, are always glad to see a river that has a bridge, or even twelve of them. But let him not rejnice too soon lest it happen to him as to us,
And the
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1828.
Yen, to the north, and the state of Chino to the south, in the "ancient days when China wis. divided up into a multitude of pely kingdoms, all in a condition of mutual hosulity, ane to another. In those days, and long afterward too, the centre of the narrow causeway through the wide marsh, was a barrier and a military frontier, not lightly to be passed. It was hy this route that the famous Young Lo, an of the founder of the Ming Dynasty, made his way to the north, to see if he could win-territory from the Tartars, who had their headquarters in the ancient capital of Kublai Khan. The father of Yung Lo had passed him over in the order of succession, and had bestowed the throne on a grandson, named Chlen Wan, sending Yung Lo northward, that his presence night not embarrass the new administration. I is popularly believed that Yung Lo's father allowed him but a trifling force with which to venture on his northward sail but his son was fully equal to the exigency. Gathering his scanly retinue, he told them that they were to take a long and dangerous jouracy, and that those who wished to see their friends and relatives once more, might send for then, and have a shut visit in the camp. Fully appreciating the kind thoughtfulness of their young commander, each man sent for all the friends he could think of and when they were fully gathered, the prince informed them that it was his intention to avail himself of their kind assistance in his im pending attack on the Tartars, whether they Whatcan't thirsted for the enterprise or not!
the gigantic works required, for så radical cure. The whol surface of the great plain is intersected by obsolete channels, now only filled in time of overflow, called by the Chinese "dead rivers." It is to their persistent habit of marking every soch course on their maps, giving ali the connections above and below, as well as all the lateral ramifications, that the general unintelligibility of Chinese maps so far as regards water courses is due. The timely rains. of last autumn led to the planting of an amount of wheat, which certainly appears to be much above the average. From Peking to the atter most bounds of the province or hundreds of milcs, the eye frequently rests on one vast succession of wheat fields, often not a single patch being left for crops which must be got in before the wheat is ripe,. Yet the lack of tran sportation is sach, that even this extensive crop which promised to be an unusually fine one, will not enrich the growers, but only make flour a notch or two cheaper than usual. Cheap tran. sportation, adequate control of rivers, and a good government, are the present needs of China.-N. C. Daily News.
E. FUTURE OF JAPANESE TEA.
Our Yokohama contemporary the Tapan Mail translates the following interesting article from the Affixichi Shimonu": -
By lately published statistics. on Japanese tea
we observe that the value of the ten exported in 1881 amounted in mund numbers to yen 5.Sigoon. In 1895 the amount reached pen 6.85400; and the follświng year yen 7,723,000 The talal amount of our exports in 1886. was 47.997.000; of which yeu 19,000,000 was reached from the silk trade. We sex then what an impartant position among our staple country has products Ien holds. Every its staple articles of export. England its woollen and chiton cloths, and America is wheat flour, but in no country but Japan do one or two articles constitute more than half of the produce exported.
of
Co-day's Advertisements.
PIANOS FOR SALE.
A.
PIANOS ON HIRE.
HAHN,
PIANO TUNER AND REPAIRER.
(1)-
WING to the increasing patronage to the PIANO Tuning Department of my business, Lam obliged to give up 'Store-keeping" from the 1st of September next. During this month August, I will, therefore, SELL REDUCED PRICES ALL BRASS, WIND, and STRING INSTRUMENTS, etc. Special arrangements have been made for the SALE of TOYS and FANCY GOODS at an average price of so cents cash. The Store'will be kept open daily till 8'P.M.
[761 Hongkong, 1st August, 1888.
STEAM TO YOKOHAMA, VIA NAGASAK! AND KORE. (PASSING THROUGH THE INLAND' Sea.)
ZETLAND
LODGE,
A LODGE will be held in FREEMASONS
+
"MALWA".
No. 5.
REGULAR MEETING of the above- HALL, Zetland Street, THIS EVENING, the the 14th August, nt Daylight, 1st August, at 8.30 for 9 O'CLOCK precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited.
Hongkong, 1st August. 1888.
THEATRE
OR
1738
THE P. & Q, S. N. Ca's Steamship wil leave for the, above places on TUESDAY,
EL WOODIN Superintendent, Hongkang, 1st August, 1988.
STEAM TO SHANGHAL HE, P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Steamship
"PESHAWUR”
ROYAL TH
CITY HALL, HONGKONG, TO-MORROW EVENING,
AUGUST 2ND, 1388. THE AMERICAN MUSICAL COMEDY
THE ANDRIGER MUSICAN
Directors
4.
"JOHN F. SHERIDAN, Mr. PEMBERTON W. WILLARD.
Will appear as above in THE FAMOUS MUSICAL COMEDY IN THREE ACTS, ENTITLED –
FUN ON THE BRISTOL,"
CAST OF CHARM TERS.
The important position that tea occupies as a soure of national revenue demands that great attention should be paid to its cultiva tion. We are sorry to see that this is lacking. From the statistics supplied by the Tea Associa tion we gather that during the past four years there has been a general falling off in the prices realized for various teas. The subjoined table shows the prices nt which teas from principalem O'Brien................................. localities have been selling:
SeneGa, Tani, and Mikawa,
1536. * 1955, r287.
aloved
QUALITY BA..... First nedan...... 135 to Ne ad glium... 7 to 1.5 Conation inelium 21,4 40,
A
plavestan alame Save get anotats 22ute jas 25 105 TA3 10 28.3 37.510 25.0
25th to 19.5 to A Misa.
Sendinti... and to aqua agit to abut proteja 1860- Goranom meslina beteg 290 2900 to -- izola 14.0 13.0 to 140
Shiracut and Katusa,
Sport mein „, aquirat ajonayo anotou to 18,0 Conectin below 22,0.75 509 9in (9 140
YAMASHIRO And Out.
Best..
Second racing, 1, 27aško 293 20uly 23,5 – 10 - Caramoan medium
Jacarut
to
Widow O'BRIEN-His- work renowned ari- ginal creation..... Mr. JOHN F. SHERIDAN.
MAUDE HARE. Dora McAllister Miss VR-A PATEY.
G. WHITEFORD, - Bella Thompson Count Menaggio.........3. 1 M, IMAND,
A. SUTCH... Captain Cranberry... Thomas Cranberry...... CHARLES FISHER, Richard Sparks
WHIFFEN-CRIPTS. Jerry Thompson John Loves
H. HASSAN. HAIMES.
Acr L-HOME OF WIDOW O'BRIEN. ACT II.-SALOON OF STR. "BRISTOL," ACT III-NIGHT ON THE OCEAN. In Act II. n condensed version of "IL TROVA
TORE" will be introduced,
Conductor......Mr. J. A. ROBERTSON, SATURDAY, 411 August, 1888, "LES CLOCHES DES CORNEVILLE.”
Prices $3, $2, and $1. Plan at Mesara, KELLY & WALSH'S, LD. All communications to PEMBERTON W. WILLARD, Hongkong Hotel.
[748
Hongkong, 1st August, 1988
4
BANK HOLIDAY,
N accordance with Ordinance No. 6 of 1875
the Undermentioned BANKS will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business on MONDAY, the 6th instant.
to hit upon the exact time, when after the usual intrival of fifteen or twenty years, the bridges undergo repair. In some countries this would be done by a concentration of effort, in a single night, so as not to interrupt traffic, or one half of each Inidge would be renewed at a time, with the same end in view. The bridges are far too, parrow for the adoption of the latter plan, which, be cured, must be endured," and this band of however, it is safe to say, never entered any marauders so adroitly collected, marched to an Chinese skull. There is an ornamental postal in easy victory. When they had got as far as the the city of Hsiung Hsien, which affirms that this southern edge of the great marsh, they came upon a city called Mao Chop, which refused to is the kate way to "nine provinces," but if it were the gateway to the whole universe, the repairs open its gates to the young adventurer, who did pot wait to besiege it, but passed on to the of the bridges would be conducted exactly as they are now, and presumptively ever have been.capture of the Tartar stronghold, which did not The thick layer of earth is dug away from the heavy long hold out. When this was made secure, the planks, the piles are removed, and the highway prince returned to consider the case of Man "to "whe provinces," at once becomes impassable Chou, which he captured, and reduced to ruins for carts. But, as the saying goes, there is no by causing each soldier to carry off one, brick river that cannot be crossed, and now comes the from its extensive wall, leaving a mere bank of opunity of the keen-scented boatmen who earth which still stands to mark the spot have long foreseen this state of things, impending. Singularly enough, the name has not been and have accordingly mustered their scows for changed, and the place isnominally a Chun cily the occasion. Each cart must be laboriously to this day, though in reality nothing but n lowered into some leaky punt, the animals must straggling market-town, noted for nothing hot a be led by some devious and mysterious route, great annual market held in the fourth moon, the and the traveller is treated to a boatride in the completeness of the display at which has passed midst of his land journey. In our case this lasted into a widely current proverb. It is not easy, for an hour, the route lying through broad however, to see what should give otrasion such an unfavourable expanses of clear water, and again through a so large a fair narrow and tortuous channels, which are ia situation, for the place is low and just on reality the lanes between different farms. The the edge of the region of intertainable It should be noted that the young enforced transit by canals affords an excellent swamps,
prince, who captured Mao Chou, and sub- uppertunity to see details of agriculture, which this singular compound of land and water dued the northern Tautars, returned to Nanking, requires. There can be no doubt that the lakes his father's capital, with much prestige, and we Firstme en... Tonka ya 27.1 10 99,3 minane jestess Pinkerton Hawkshaw... J. MANNING, or marshes of which this is a sample, are far are not surprised to hear that re lung (1403) he mare productive in the way of supporting succeeded his nephew, and became emperor, as population than so much dry land. The average remarked, taking the famous, style of Young. Lo. First dium. 27 019120 27,000 15,000 225 depth of the water cannot be great,
It was he who removed the national capital to greater part of the territory, as is usual in such the now city of Peking, near the site of that cases, is covered with a dense and beautiful known in the Yuan Dynasty, and it is his tomb growth of the Arundo Indica, the seed of which which surprises the traveller with its magnitu-le its medium az 150 10.9 10 11.3
in the celebrated Mirg. Tombs" northwest of the Chinese make such excellent use in wear- ing mats. It is valuable not only for this Peking. He was a great nian in many ways, purpose, but is employed also in the con- and we should have been sorry, if he lind not struction of light-and easily portable fences, succeeded in correcting his fatlier's mistake. in which are everywhere seen protruding from the passing him over, in favour of a nephew, surface of the water, being intended to serve as The traveller in China, inexpert (like ourselves) 2.0 24.0 2900 20.0 18.0 10 10 barriers against the escape of the fish which in the details of local lare, knowing that China have inadvertently got among them. In many has a great antiquity, is apt to suppose that he places the cormorant fishing, so often described shall constantly stumble on relics of a long by travellers in China, may be seen, and where faded past, reaching back at least 1,500 67 2,000 the water is shallow, á common way is to take a years. In a few exceptional instances, and in basket, which has no bottom, and give it a certain limited regions, this will no doubt be the sudden downward thrust into the mud. If any case, but not often. It was therefore with fish are enclosed, they will not be long in making peculiar joy, that we heard, that a trifling village their presence known, and can be readily taken called Kuan Chang P's a short distance south In a good fishing ground, the number of fish of the city of Jen Chiu, is the traditional site of rapidly taken in this way, is surprising, In some the first so famous meeting between Kuan Yun parts of the marshes, enormous flecks of ducks are Ch'ang, the honoured god of war, Chang Fei, reared, which, when settled in one spot, occupy and Liu Pei, in the troubious times of the Three as much space as an ordinary Chinese village. Kingdoms (about.A.. 185.) The very site of Many little villages seem to have been built the "Peach Orchard" where they took their almost in the water, but they are probably a little immortal oath of brotherhood, is still pointed out, honour of the above what experience shows to be the high water and is decorated with a temple mark. The foundations are generally of brick historic, event, albeit as our, simple-minded and the gently sloping roof suggest boats, informaat observed, the peach-trees are all gone after which the houses seem to have been now In still another way, were we reminded modelled. Every farmer. in this region, it is of the vital existence of the remote past. At needless to say, must be aquatic in his habits, every Inn, we were assailed with enquiries as to and must own and constantly use a boat, or he the exact time of the arrival of the "Holy Man," cannot reach his land at all. Where the water by which was intended the preacat lincal des. is shallow, the soil has been gathered into beds, cendant of the Sage Confucius, who happened like those in a vegetable the beds being the garden, the surface to be making his usual visit to Peking. To the above the level of the untutored foreigners, it certainly appeared water. These beds are thickly planted with the singular, that even a "holy man should select indigo plant, which is one of the leading produc- so long, so dusty, and so fatiguing a route to tions of such a region. The only manure which the Capital, when he could have gone nearly all this soil, rich with the decomposition of veget. the way by boat with comparative comfort. It is able matter, seems to require, is one..which is not to be explained by the contempt which ac very easily got in abundance, viz, mud. All cording to the classics, the "Superior Man the narrow channels are filled with mud-cows, feels for comfort," or tranquillity. On the gathering the cheap fertiliser for their water contrary, it is an ancient and venerated indigo-farms. Each scow is provided with a custom in China, that when a person who pair of long bamboo poles, which are set on the is demonstrable "holy" tures up, he should be edge of the craft, and which work like a pair of welcomed, not only with cordiality, but that Scissors. At the end of this bamboo scissors, cordiality should take the form of a testimo which is under water, is a pouch of cloth madenial. To some extend this is true of all distin- to contain a large quantity of mud. By a guished travellera in China, when they pass dexterous sweep of his scissors, the boatman through the jurisdiction of local magistrates, and plunges the bag deep into the water, and then why not of the traditionally "holy man"? His with a skilful Jerk he gathers it full of ooze, and retinue must have been a large one, (we had by an easy swing brings it over the side of his unfortunately no opportunity of seeing it, for scow, inte which it is emptied. Each bag-full he inns preempted for his use, in some of which is examined to see if it contains any fish, and if we were kindly allowed to tarry for a night, this should be the case, a push of the beatman's were numerous. About ten miles south of Ho toe lands the fish, in a different compartment of Chien fu, a prefectural city surrounded, as its the cow The mud is deliver d at the
name (which is the equivalent of Mesopotamia) edge of the indigo plot and distributed implies, by rivers, is crossed by the small stream, evenly over the surface by means of a sim- already referred to, often termed the Tru Yn, or ple drag. When the indigo is well started, it FIsla Het bo. It rather resembles a canal than requires incessant irrigation. The means by a viver, and its exiguous supply, always much which this is accomplished so easily, is an ex-reduced by the use made of it for irrigation in the cellent specimen of the ingenious simplicity so upper part of its course, is reduced in the spring common among the Chinese. Three poles are to a minimum. Sill it floats many boats on its thrust into the water, at the edge of the bed to scanty waters, and is an important outlet for a be watered, in the form of a tripod. This makes wide region otherwise not easily accessible. Within recent years, this little stream has be firm support for a trough, by which the water is.poured into the required channel. An upright come well known as the outlet by a new and pole firmly planted in the water, supports two artificial channel, of the troublesome Hu To smaller ones which act as a sweep, to the end of river, which through the mountains from
comits which is affixed the bucket, by means of which an amazing amount of water can be delivered with great rapidity. The whole apparatus is movable and can be pulled up and fixed in a new place, in less time than it has taken to describe it. Besides the reeds already mentioned, and indigo, the marshes yield a kind of rice called fao-íru, and a plant known as chi-mí, which has the singular property of enabling him who cats it to remain in a sort of temporary torpor as regards his bodily functions and is therefore in much request among officials who are to be presented to the Emperor, and whe are often kept in waiting for a great length of time, during which they dare not attr. The lotus is also cultivated as well as the water chestnuts and other useful plants.
A
of
.
For the CHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK OF
INDIA, LONDON, AND CHINA,
JOHN THURBURN,
Manager, Hongkong, For the CHARTERED. BANK OF INDIA,
AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA,
TH. WHITEHEAD, Manager, Hongkong." For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
Test
to above 38.3-to- Firt medium..... 37,00 150 35,510 140 Jyoto 35.5 79.9 10 32.0 Second medind... 10 23.0 29.0 52.5 91.5 26.5
This table shows that out of about twenty different varieties of tea some have fallen in price so per cent, and that there is not one but has decreased in value pore than to per cent., and all in the space of four years. We hear also that, probably owing to the rapid construc- tion of railways, the wages of the cultivators and pickers often have had to be raised during the past year. This is said to have affected some ten districts so seriously as to make it impossible for them to send tea to Yokobama at the current rates of sale. This state of things is something more than a com- mercial difficulty among a certain class of traders: in that it materially affects the national revenue, it is a great national misfortune. In endeavour. ing to forecast what will be the future of our tea trade, we are forced to the conclusion that the only chance of success seems to lie in the pos sibility of our tea taking the place of coffee in western markets, of of its gaining ascendancy over the Indian and Chinese teas. Neither these things is likely to happen. Hence we cannot but have dark forebodings in reference to the future of the trade. The fall in prices is not to be attributed to deterioration in the quality of the tea produced. The TeaAssociation organized under Government auspices has paid considerable at- tention to the quality of the tea grown and has adopted various rules bearing on the production and preparation of ten. This has, we are as- sured, been a safeguard against any wide- spread falling off in the quality of the article grown, in fact it has resulted in a decided im- provement in this respect. The cause of the decline in prices is to be attributed to over-pro- dection. By referring to the various annual reports of the Tea Association, we find that, in the course of ten years, that is between the years 1878 and 1988,
has been brought to the notice of the the amount produced has doubled itself. Doubt- less the same thing has taken place in China I Government that bathing parties frequent and India. The demand for tea in the West has. Stone Cutters Island without being duly certainly increased during this perled, but not at authorised to do so; and, as this is an offence the rate of production, and hence the present within the meaning of subsection 3 of section 6 disparity between supply and demand. It seems to us that the only remedy for this state of things of Ordinance 12 of 1856, persons who do not. the taste of Possess permits from the Colonial Secretary for. lies in paying closer attention
landing upon the Island are requested to obtain foreign consumers, reducing the quantity of the them without delay. varieties produced, confining our efforts to the
By Command, production of those teas that are in demand, and endeavouring to reduce the expense of production as much as possible.
Co-day's Advertisements.
EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN ́STEAM- SHUP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE AND
ADELAIDE.
Shansi-as already mentioned, with destruction (Calling of PORT DARWIN and taking through in its touch, for it overwhelms all the lands that Cargo to QUEENSLAND PORTS, NEW
"ZEALAND, TASMANIA, &C.) it covers, with its dreadful burden of fine sand, produced by the grinding up of the rocks in theTHE Steamship
THE Ta Hang mountains. Of late years, His Ex cellency Li Hung-chang has interested himself in this river, and has had an old river bed excavated for about 30 miles, Jend ing the turbid waters by a new route to the great joy of those who are freed from the ever present threat of ruin, and to the keen anguish of those who have now been brought into the track of a ruin to which they were formerly strangers. The new channel, strangely enough,
TANNADICE," Captain Shannon, will be despatched for the above Ports, on THURSDAY, the 9th-instant, at DAYLIGHT.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
RUSSELL & Co,
Agents, Hongkong, st, August, 1888.
LIMITED.
[753
bas practically no banks to restrain the waters CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, in coun of flood, from a general des astation, and this great lack is explained by the fact that it is useless to have such embankments in the lower
FOR NEW ZEALAND PORTS.
pait of its course, when experience shows that THE Company's Steamship the river generally breaks in the upper portion toward the Shansi mountains. If any constraint
"WHAMPOA,"
During the intervals of bis farming, the cul- tivator of these water lots has leisure, to fish for weeds, which, when dried, furnish all the fuel be requires. In the midst of the marah, laa market-lown of some size, where several firms at all is to be exercised over such a violent Fawcett, Commander, will be despatched as engaged in the shipment of indigo have their disturber of Chinese peace us the Hu To river above, on SATURDAY, the ith instant, at bead-quarters. As a large fair was soon to be has always shown itself to be, it is hard to 4 PM beld in a neighbouring town, many boats were sce why the relief should not be of a radical The attention of Passengers is directed to the anchored, uploading a variety of goods from nature and not a mere temporizing. It is not Superior Acróninadation offered by this Tents, though the unitary trafficls apparently at all unlikely, however, that the distinguished Steamer which is situated amidships upon the trifting. This marka town is called Chap statesman who has already on hand enough upoer, deck.
Kau,
and is itself a relic of a mighty past problems to overwhelm half the cabinets of In the midst of the village, stands a plain wooden Europe, either feels unable to decide what is the portal, with an inscription, intimating that this best thing to be done, or, what is qulis as was the ancient boundary between the state of probable, has no surplus revenues to Invest in
·Pel
tor Freight or Passage, apply to
DUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
USE
·Hongkong, 1st Angust, 1888, M
For the COMPTOIR D'ESCOMPTE DE PARIS,
CHANTREY INCHBALD,
Agent, Hongkong.
For the NEW ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION,
LIMITED,
E. W. RUTTER,
Manager, Hongkang. Hongkong, 1st August, 1888.
(758
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
[759
FREDERICK STEWART,
Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 31st July, 1888,
·HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEET
13
will leave for the above place about 24 hours ofter her arrival with the outward English Mtail.
'E. L. WOODIN, ' Superintendent,
13
Hongkong, 1st August, 1738,
- STEAM FÖR - SINGAPORE. PENANG, COLOMBO, ADEN; PORT SÅD, MARSEILLES, MALTA, GIBRALTAR, BRINDISI, PLYMOUTH, AND LONDON; AL200
MADRAS, CALCUTTA AND
AUSTRALIA,
N.B.-CARCO CAN BE TAKEN ON THROUGH BILLS OF LADING - FOR BATAVIA, TRIESTE, Hamburg, - New YORK AND BOSTON,
|
Entimations.
HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACÃO, STEAMBOAT COMPANY,
LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
FORTY-FOURTH. ORDINARY.
THALF-YEARLY MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Office of the Company, No. 7, Queen's Road Central, on FRIDAY, the 3rd August, at 13 O'Clock Ngon, for the purpose of receiving a Report of the Directors together with a State- mert of Accounts, declaring a Dividend, and Electing Directors and Auditors..
will be CLOSED from 218 instant to 3rd The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company
August, inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
T. ARNOLD, Secretary,
Hongkong 14th July,'1888; .
[703 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING. CORPORATION:
NOTICE given that the
ORDINARY HALF-ŸEARLY MEET- ING of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Corpora-" tion will be held at the CITY HALL, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the Twenty-fifth day of August, at TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON, for the purpose of, receiving the Report of the Court of Directors. together with a Statement of Accounts to 30th June, 1888.
By Order of the Court of Directors.
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager, Hongkong, aych/July! (988 -
[743
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION. :
OTICE is hereby given that the REGIS- NOTICE is of the corporation will be Closed tram the 11th (SATURDAY), to The 25th day of August next, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of Shares can be registered.
By Order of the Court of Directors,
"T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager. Hongkong, 27th July, 1988.
| SPECIE ONLY LANDED AT FLYMOUTH.
THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM
NAVIGATION
COMPANY'S Steamship' URZAPOKE" Captain R. Harvey, with HerrHE Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from this for LONDON direct, VIA SUEZ CANAL and Lusial Parts of call on SATURDAY, the 17th
August, at NOON. ".
ING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held in 'the Offices of the Company. No. 14, Fraya Central, on MONDAY, the 27th Instant, at
3 F.34, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, and a Statement of Accounts to joth June, 1888.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 13th to 27th August, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors
D. GILLIES, Secretary. Hongkong at August, 1888.
1760 THE. GIBB" LINE. „
FOR SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. Taking through Cargo for QUEENSLAND PORTS, ADELAIDE, TASMANIA, NEW ZEALAND, &c.
THE British Steamer
THE
"MOGUL,"
Captain Johnson, due shortly with 'part Cargo from Japan, will be despatched as above or or about the 15th instant..
Carga will be received on hourd until 4 P.M. Parcels and Specie (Gold) at the Office until 4 P.M., on the day before sailing."
For further particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE apply to the PENISULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S Office, Hong
kang.
NOTICE.
(742
CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED,
HE CERTIFICATE No. 1,374, dated 30th THE
June, 1885, of the Shares Nos. 4516/4525 in this Company, standing in the name of MR. GEORGE LEWIS, of Shanghai, has been LOST, and if at the expiration of One Month froni the date hereof the above document be not : forthcoming another Certificate will be issued by the Company and thereafter no other will be acknowledged.
Dated 21st July, 1888.
The Contents and Value of Packages are re- quired to be declared prior to shipment.
Shippers are particularly requested (o.note725] the terms and conditions of the Company's
Black Bills of Lading.
E. L. WOODIN, Superintendent,
P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Office, Hongkang, 1st August, 1928
FOR NEW YORK. THE 3/3 L. I. I, American Ship THE
-W. H. CONNER," --
2
Butman, Master, shortly expected, will load here for the above Port, and will have a quick despatch.
For Freight, apply to
Hongkong, 1st August, 1888,
PUSTAU & Co.
1755
Intimations.
NOTIFICATION.
CUSTOM HOUSE, Kowloon, 30th July, 1888.
NOTICE, the rd, August (étis Moon and OTICE is hereby given that FRIDAY 26th day), being the BIRTHDAY OF HIS MAJESTY
THE EMPEROR OF CHINA, will be observed as a HOLIDAY at the Kowloon Customs and Stations. All Examination of Cargo and Clear. ance of Junks will be entirely suspended on that date...
F. A. MORGAN, Commissioner of Custoins.
750]
THE
HONGKONG HIGH · LEVEL TRAMWAYS COMPANY,
LIMITED.
THE Public are respectfully informed that the
T PEAR ATRAMICALLY for OPENED for Public Traffic on WEDNESDAY, the 30th May.
ཀ'ཏི
WEEK DAYS.
The CARS RUN as follows between ST. JOHN'S PLACE and VICTORIA GAP
8 to 10 A.M. every quarter of an hour. .12 10.2 P.M. fialf hour,
4 to 8
» quarter of an hour. SUNDAYS. past 12 to past one every quatier of an hour, and from 4 to 8 P.M. every quarter of an hour.
Single Tickets may be obtained in the Cars: Gentlemen are requested NOT TO SMOKE in the Middle Compartment..
Tickets for 30 trips up and 30 trips down, First-class, at $12.00; and Tickets for six trips
· JAS, B. COUGHTRIE, Secretary. IMPAIRED VISION. LAWRENCE & MAYO'S PERFECT PEBBLER
Åre clear, cool, & preserving to the Sight.
MR
*R. LAWRENCE is now in Hongkong and may be consulted at the HONGKONG HOTEL Room No. 20) daily from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. (CONSULTATION FREE).
SPECTACLES Vs. BLINDNESS.
The symptoms indicating failure or irregulari- ties of sight are frequently too long disregarded and either from ignaraucé or feeling of diffidence, the aid demanded by nature is withheld until serious mischief has been caused to the sight," often resulting in blindness.
The following patients out of many hundreds barent they have derived from the use of pur have sent unsolicited acknowledgments of the Pebble Spectacles -
The Earl & Countess Lindsay, Queen's Gate, London, S.W.
Lady Kemball, 79 Queen's Gate, London, S.W. Lady Emily Digby, Coventry, England.
S, R. Groom, Esq., F.R.G.S., Barrister at Law, : Singapore.
The Hop. E. E. Isermonger, Col. Treasurer, Singapore.
R. Huddle, Esq., Deputy Master Attendant, Singapore.
Dr. Richard Bowman, L.R.C.P., Singapore. J. R. Allan, Esq, Singapore. Surgeon General W: Collis, M.D., India. Major General Sir M. Biddulph, C.B., India, Surgeon General A. E. Dale, M.D., India.. Major General Murray, C.B, India. Brigade Surgeon J. A. Scott, M.D., India, &c. For protection against sun and dust our Luculent Glare Protectors are strongly recommended ·
by the leading Ophthalmic Surgeoni.. : MILITARY MEN, ENGINEERS; PERMANENT Way Inspectors, and those whose occupation compels them to be out in the heat of the day, will find these Glasses favaluable. By their use the eyes are kept cool, and dimness of vision, inflammation of the eyes and IRRITATIVE FRVER, consequent on over-exposure to the glare, are prevented."
LAWRENCE
MAYO,
AND OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS. (Opticians to the Principal Ophthalmic Suṛ- geons in England and India.)
Coupons and Reduced Tickets may be obtained OFFICES-OLD BOND STREET, London. at the Office of
-MACEWEN, FRICKEL & Co.,
General Managers.
VICTORIA EXCHANGE,
50 & 52, Queen's Road,
Hongkong, 27th July, 1888.
1539
THE HONGKONG' AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE Company is prepared to Tranship Cargo from its Godowns at Kowloon or West Point to any Steamer in the harbour, and to bring Cargo across from Kowloon to any place on the Praya at the usual rates,
By Order,
ISAAC HUGHES, Secretary..
Hongkong, zoth April, 1888.
[428
THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON
`WHARF AND · GODOWN COMPANY,
LIMITED
[534
3 & 4 HARE STREET, Calcutta. 12 RAMPART Row, Bombay. Hongkong, 24th July, 1888,
BOWRINGTON FOUNDRY,
· EAST POINT, HONGKONG.--
A. G. GORDON & Co,
G. GORDON & Co. are prepared to undertake every description of ENGINEERING and SHIP-BUILDING
WORK, bath afloat and ashore, on most reasonable terms.
PUNCTUALITY;, "AND" FIRST CLASS WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED,
ESTIMATES FURNISHED FOR THE CONSTRUC
TION OF STEAM- LAUNCHES, REPAIRS -
TO THE ENGINES AND BOILERS or
STEAMERS, CASTINGS,..
Sty
- Hongkong, 1st January, 188E,
Attention is directed to the Steamer's comfort. 011CE is hereby given that all Vessels AND R PORTEK
able Saloon and State Rooms, affording excel- leat accommodation for First Class Passengers..
To be followed by the 5.3. “DELCOMYN on or about 31st inst. We
For Freight or Passage, apply to
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.,
Manators.” Hongkong, Jat Augus, 1888,-
1757
discharging Bombay Cotton and Cotton Yarn, at the Kowloon Wharves will have frec Fatehge for 14 days from "arrival," after which a RENT of 3 Coats per Bale per Month will be charged.
ISAAC HUGHES, Secretary,
*Hongkong, 7th November, 1887,
AND R. STEŃNENT'S ́ALE AND
DAVID CORSAK & SONSUZ
MERCHANT: NAVY.
LONG FLAX CROWN
ARNHOLD KARBERG &
>Hongkong, 15th June, vaa