the foreigners with. whom they came into contact could be alternately d and bulled into conforming to the wish of the Chinese, the latter weie hat confirmed in their instinct of unspeakable superiority and invariably acted upon this theory, until compelled to do atherwise, by the capture i Peking. Since that time, although less than a generation has pissed away, great changes have come over China, and it might be supposed, that now at length foreign civilization and foreigners would be appreciated by the Chinese at their full value. No very extended or intimate acquaintance with the Chinese people is needed, however, to convince. any candid observer that the present nornial attitude of the Chinese mind, official and unofficial, towards foreigners, is not one of respect. If the Chinese do not feel for us an actual contempt,
they do feel and often entirely and unintentionally manifest a feeling of condescension. It is this phenomenon with which we have now to deal.
The first peculiarity which the Chinese notice in regard to foreigners, is their dress, and in this we think no one will claim that we have much of which we can be prond. It is true that all. varictics of the ongnini costume sceni to us to be clumsy, pendulous, and restrictive of 'personal liberty, but that is because our requirements in the line of active motion, are utterly different from those of any, oriental people.
Whea
we consider the oriental modes of dress as
adapted to orientals we cannot help recognising the undoubted fact, that for orientals this d ess is exactly suited. But when oriental, and especially Chinese, examire our costume, they had nothing whatever to admire and much to excite criticism, not to say ridicule. It is a postulate in oriental dress that it shall be, loose, and shall be draped in such a way as 10 conceal the contour of the body. A "Chinese gentleman clad in a short rack, would not venture to show himself in public hut numbers of foreigners are continually seen in every foreign settlement in China, cind in what are appropriately styled monkey jckets The foreign sack-coat, double-breasted, frock-nnat, (not a single button of which may be in use), and especially the hideous and. amprphous abortion called a 'dress-contare all equally inc imprehensible to the Chinese, par ticularly as some of these garments do not pretend to cover the chest, which is the most exposed part of the body, made still more exposed by the unaccountable deficiencies of a vest cut away so as to display a strip of linen.. Every foreigner in China is seen to have twn buttons securely fastend to the tail of his coat, where there is never anything to button, and where they are as little ornnniental as useful. If the dress of the male foreigner appears in the average Chinese to be essentially irrational and rídiculous, that of the foreigh ladies is far mere.30. It violates Chinese ideas of propriety, not to say of decency, in a great variety of ways. Taken in connection with that freedom of intercourse between the stars which is the accompaniment of occidental civilization, it is not strange that the Chinese who judge only from traditional standards of fitness, should thoroughly mis- understand and grossly misconstrue what they see. Foreign ignorance of the Chinese languagels a fertile necasion form feeling of superiority on the part of Chinese. It makes no difference that a foreigner may be able to converse fluently in every language of modern Furope, if he cannot under- stand what is said to him by an ignorant Chinese coolic, the conlie will despise him in consequence It is true that in so doing the coolie will only still further illustrate his own ignorance, but his feeling of superiority is not the less real on necbunt of its inadequate basis. If the foreigner is struggling with his environment, and en- deavoring to master the language of the people, he will be constantly stung by the air of disdain with which even bis own servants will remark in an audible aside, "Oh, he does an understand when the sole obstacle to understanding lies in the turbid statement of the Chinese himself But the Chinese does not recognize this fact, not if he shruid do so, would it diminish his sense of innate superiority. This general state of things continues indefinitely for all students of Chinese, for no matter how much one knows, there is always a continental area which he does not know. It seems to be a general experience, though not necessarily a universal one, that the foreigner in China after the preliminary stages of his experience are passed, gets little credit for anything which he happens to know, but rather di credit for the things which he does not know. The Chinese estimate of the value of the know- ledge which foreigners display of the Chinese Janguage and Chinese literature, is frequently susceptible of illustration by a remark of Dr. Johnson's in regard to woman's preaching, which he declared to be like a dog's walking on its hind legs-it is not well done, but then it is a surprise to find it done at all!
Foreign ignorance of the customs of the Chi- nese, is another cause of a feeling of superiority on the part of the Chinese. That any one should be ignorant of what they have always known, seems to them to be almost incredible. Many Chinese unconsciously adopt toward foreigners, an air of amused interest, combined with depreciation, like that with which Mr. bigtimer regarded David Copperfield, as
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1888.
which it, involves can be used more agreably lay. One man went mad as soon as the themes other ways, it is not strange that the freigner, were issued, and began to cut himself with broken. ven in his own eyes, makes, but a poor figure pottery or anything he could find, regardless of in comparison with a ceremonious Chinese. the streaming blood. Another went mad and Compare the dress, bearings and action of a began to cat ditt. On the second day another Chinese official, with long flowing robes and candidate began spitting quantities of blood, and graceful motions, with the awkward genuflectionsesently died. Each candidate, of course, was of his foreign visith. It requires all the native in a separate cell, and owing to the rapidity with politeness of the Chinese, to prevent them from which a number of additional cells bare lately
In this con- been run up, there was no properly flat raised | aughing outright at the contrast. nection it must be noted that nothing contributes place to sleep, and a number of the nien so eff clively to the instinctive Chinese contempt rolled off on the damp ground; one was bitten for the foreigner, as evident disregard which the by a poisonous snake and died. latter feels for that official display so dear to the oriental. What must have been the inner thought of the Chinese who were told that they were to behold the "great American Emperor," And who saw General Grant in citizen's costume with a cigar in his mouth, walking along the open street? Imagine a foreign Consu, whn ranks with a Chinese Tootai, making a journey to a provincial capital to interview the Governor in order to settle an international dispute: Thousands are gathered on the city wall to watch the procession of the great foreign magnale, a procession which is found to consist of two carts, and riding horses, the attendants of the Consul being an interpreter, a Chinese acting as messenger (ting char, and another as cook Is it any wonder that orientals gazing on such a scene, should, look with a curiosity which changes first to indifference, and then to
contempt ?
The particulars in which WC consider nurselves to be unquestionably superior to the Chinese do not make upon them the impression which we should
And expect, which we could dusite. They recognize the fact that we are their superiors in mechanical' contrivances, but many of these contrivances are regarded in the light in which we should look upon feats of sleight of hand curious, inexplicable, and ageless. Our results appear to them to be due to some kind of supernatural power, and it is remembered that Confucius refused to talk of magic. How profounilly in different the Chinese are to the wonders of steam and electricity practically applied, an army of disappointed contractors who liave been in Chinn, have discovered. With few, exceptions the Chinese do not wish, (though they may be forcell to take) foreign models for anything whatever. They care nothing for sanitation, for ventilation, nor for physiology. They would like some, but by no means all, of the results of West- ern progress, without submitting to, Western methods, but rather than submit to Western methods, they will cheerfully forego the results. Whatever has a direct unmistakable tendency to make China formidable as a Power,' that they want and will have, but the rest must wail, and
if there were nota Zeil-geist, or Spirit-of-the-Ags, superior to any Chinese, other improvements might wait long. The Chine do not appear to be much impressed by the undoubted ability of individual foreigners in practical lines. Saxons admire the man who 'can' 'and as Carlyle was so fond of remarking, they make and call to the Chinese amusing and perhaps amazing, him King. The skill of the foreigner is and they will by no means forget nor omit to make demands upon it, the next time they chance the lateinner in this reasset info regard for foreigner as a mydel imitation, it is probable that the idea does not even enter the skull of one Chir ese in ten thou sand. To them the ideal scholar continues to be the literary fossil who has learned everything, forgotten nothing, taken several, degrees, has { Wi
hard work to keep from starvation, and with claws on his hands, several fuches in length, cannot do any one thing, (except to teach school) by which he can keep soul and body together, for the Superior Man is not a Utensil
Western nations taken as a whole, do not impress educated Chinese with a sense of the superiority of such nations to China. This feeling was admirably exemplified in the reply of His Excellency Kuo, former Chinese Minister to Great Britain, when in answer to a question, Dr. Legge had told the Minister that in his Dr Legge's opinion the moral condition of England is higher than that of China. After pausing to lake in this judgment in all its bear Ings, His Excellency replied with deep feeling, am very much surprised." Comparisons of this sort can not be successfully made, in a superficial way, and least of all from a diplomatic point of view, They involve a minute acquaintance with the inner life of both nation, and an ability to appreciate the operations of countless causes in the gradual multiplication of effects. Into any such.com. parison it is far from being our purpose now to
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enter.
It was once thought that with Western inven. forks, stockings, and planes, were shipped to tions, China, could be taken by storm; Knives,
China from England, under the impression that this empire was about to be 'Europeanized. If there ever had been a time when the Chinese Empire was to be taken by storm in this way, that time would have been long ago, but there acver was auch time. China is not a country, and the Chinese are not a people, to be taken by storm, with anything whatsoever. The only way to secure the solid and permanent respect of the Chinese race for Western peoples as a
showing.
NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS.
At Hangchow a poor man who had failed in store-keeping and grown very hard up, the other day found a small pearl on the street, and taking it to a lady's ornament shóp tried in vain to selj it for 100 cash. He tried again, at another house, and got 3oo taels. The purchaser sold it again for over 1,000 taels.
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Within the Magistrate's district of. Yungkin lien, in the prefecture of Wenchow, in Chekiong province; there is a gang of armed brigands who have of late months committed many robberies with violence and carried off many people to hold to ransom. The General at Wenchow, Chew Tsing-shan, has now concerted measures. with the Commandants at Thichow' and Chu chow, and several hundreds of soldiers have been sent out in separate parties on the roads to capture the banditti. In addition to this, from the Wenchowe garrison have been detached 200 trained troops to proceed to the place to help in the capture. These 200 men have already been selected, and will be equipped and started as soon as possible after they have received their pay on 20th Sept., being the mid-autumn term,
About 30 to 40 from Foochow there is a mountain forming part of the Ko Shan range where a foreigner last year built a house in foreign style. The literati and gentry petitioned, the Viceroy of the Province, Yang. Shih-tsuan, in opposition to a foreign house being allowed in that sacred, mountain, and the Viceroy has replied, referring in the withdrawal of the Com- missioner of Customs last year from a foreign house he had built there as a summer retreat, and is retum to the native authorities. He was astonished at the people letting a site again for another foreign house so soon, and asked Chang Taothai to report on the subject. It is, he says, not a place, whigre foreigners may live, as at a Treaty Port, and so as soon as the necessary infamation is obtained, the case is to be settled in concert with the Consul in strict accordance with Treaty,
At Kotang, on the Poyang Lake about 40 from Kukiafe, there is a life saving Association led the Tsih-shran Tang," which used to Life-mats called "Red Boats "on the lake teks in distress, but whose funds are the present manage, that its revenue, which is en naladministered, and, in fact, embezzled, by considerable from rents of houses and lands, is all engrossed by him except a little which is spent on fice burials, autumn-masses for the dead, and processions in the seventh moon; and the lifeboats no longer do their duty. The local entry have asked the magistrate to look into the books of the charity, as they are eager to re- institute the life boat service on the lake; quite. men and women, all of whom were drowned, lately a ferry-bont having been capsized with 20 which could not have happened had life-boats been at hand. About To of the bodies were
recoverest, and taken to the T'sib shan Tang" but the manager refused to do any thing towards their burial. The management seem to think more about accumulating dollars than" accumu- lating virtue " ("Tsih-shan"),
At Shun.teh Hien, Kwangtung Province, a
To-day's Advertisements.
FOR KOBE (DIRECT). HE Steamship
THE
"SEPTIMA," Captain Hansen, will be despatched for the abave Port, on WEDNESDAY, the 3rd instant,
For Freight, apply to
GEO. R. STEVENS & Co. Hongkong, 1st October, 1888..
At $-1.3-
NORIDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
1978
NOTICE
STEAM TO YOKOHAMA, KOBE AND NAGASAKI
(Passing through the INLAND SEA.) HE Company's Steamship THE
"GENERAL WERDER,"
Captain W. von Schuckmann, will leave for the above l'orts, on or about SATURDAY, the 6th
For further particulars, apply to
instant.
To-day's Advertisements.
THE "GIBB" 'LINE, '
FOR SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, ¡
VIA FOOCHOW, Calling at QUEENSLAND PORTS, and taking through Cargo for ADELAIDE, TASMANIA, NEW ZEALAND, &c.
HE British Steamier
THE
" TARTAR,"
| Captain Bailey, will be despatched as above
on MONDAY, the 8th instant, at 4 P.M.
Attention is directed to this Steamer's com fortable Saloon and State Rooms, affording excellent Accommodation for First Class Pas- sengers,
Fare to Sydney ne Melbourne $1,50.. For Freight or Passage, apply to
GIBH, LIVINGSTON & 'Ca.,'
Managers. Hongkong, 1st October, 1888
1913
THE GIBB" ÍINE.
FOR SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA SINGAPORE AND JAVA. Taking through Cargo for ADELAIDE, TASMANIA, NEW ZEALAND, &c. "HE' British Steamer
MELCHERS & Co.,', Agents. Flongkong, 1st October, 1888,
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NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYDİ-
THE I
NOTICE.
*HE
STEAM TO SHANGHAI,
Company's Steamship
"NECKAR,"
Captain H, Supmer, will leave for the above place about 24 hours after arrival with the outward German Mail,
For further particulars, apply to
MELCHERS & Co.,
Agents, Hongkong, 1st October, 1888.
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NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
NOTICE.
STEAM-FOR
GENOA,
SINGAPORE, COLOMBO, ADEN SUEZ,
PORT SAID, BRINDISI,
ANTWERP, BREMEN & HAMBURG, --PORTS IN THE LEVANT, BLACK
SEA AND BALTIC PORTS;, Also, LONDON, NEW YORK, BOSTON,
BALTIMORE,
·
NEW ORLEANS, GALVESTON, AND SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS.
THE COMPANY'S STRAMERS WILL CALL AT SOUTHAMPTON TO LAND PASSENGERS
AND LUGGAGE.
N.B.-Cargo can be taken on through Bills of Lading for the principal places in RUSSIA.
ON SUNDAY, the 28th, day of October, 1885, at 10.A.M., the Steamship "NECKAR," Captain. H. Supmer, with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE & CARGO, will leave this Fort as above, Calling at GENOA, Shipping Orders will be granted till Noon, Cargo will, be received on board, until 4 p.m., farmer had some splendid orange trees, of which. Sacche and Parcels until 3 p.m., on the 27th October, 1888. (Parcels are not to be sent on he was justly proud. The virtuous Luh Langboard; they must be left at the AGENT's Office) gained approbation in old times for stealing Contents and Value of Packages are required. oranges for his sick another, but had it not been:
The Steamer has splendid accommodation and for the excuse of filial piety, he would have
carries a Doctor and Stewardess. deserved catching and castigation like any other
For further Particulars, apply 10. petty thief. Thieves had been at our farmer's
MELCHERS & Co., orchard, and he offered a reward of $z to capture
Agents, them. One night he was himself crouching amongst the trees on the watch, when a man came in, and starting up, he recognised in him a certain very rich and very avaricious neighbour and acquaintance, who had in return for (enforced) contributions to defence, obtained the honorary rank and title of Court Kitchener, and therefore presumably ought to have easily got enough to eat during the day time. The capturer insisted on his paying a fine. The rich miser grumbled louilly against this, and the neighbours began to collect, hearing the altercation. It was only on the farmer insisting on putting in practice as an alternative the local custom of beating a thief four dollars and allowed to depart. that the miser was persuaded to pay down his
To-day's Advertisements.
THEATRE
ROYAL
CITY HALL HONGKONG.
SATURDAY, the 6th October, 1888. AMATEURS of ST. PATRICKS
VARIETY
ENTERTAINMENT for the Benefit of the Widow and Family of the Late CORNELIUS PEREIRA, Assistant Warder, V. G., who lost his life in the execution of his duty with the Chain-Gang.
Under the distinguished Patronage of H.E.. Sir WILLIAM DES VEUX, K.C.M.G.,
Governor of Hongkong. HE. Lieut-General CAMERON, CB, Com: manding Troops. Hongkong, China, and Straits Settlements.
Major-General GORDON, Superintendent of
if mentally saying perpetually," So young whole, is by convincing abject lessons, and in T. HALL, and MEMBERS of the 58th, sir, so young! This does not apply detail, produce effects which cannot be matched LILY MINSTRELS. will give A GRAND usually to all stages of one's experience`in' China, for experience accumulates more or less by the civilization which China already pos- rapidly for shrewd observers, as foreigners in seases. If this conviction cannot be produced, China are not unlikely to be. Still, whatever the Chinese will continue, and not without the extent ofone's experience; there are multitudes, to feel and to display in all their relation of details in regned to social matters, of which: to foreigners, both condescension and contempt.
N. C. Daily News. one must necessarily be ignorant, for the reason that he has never heard of thein, and there must be a first time for every acquisition. `-
Foreign inability to do what any ordinary Chinese can do with the greatest ease, leads the Chinese look down upon us. We cannot eat what they eat, we cannot bear the an, wo cannot, sleep in a crowd. in a noise, nor without air to breathe. We can- not acull one of their boats, nor can we dy "Yi Yi to ong of their mule teams, in such a way that the animals will do anything which we desire. It is well known that the artillery department of the British army on their way to At Han-ning Blen, Si-ngan Fu, Shensi pro- Peking, was rendered perfectly helpless near vince, the river has overflowed, bursting the Ho Hsi; Wu, by the desertion of the native dykes and flooding the surrounding country, carters, for not a man in the British forces was The inundation occurred so rapidly, that the able to persuade the Chinese animals to take country people in escaping had no time to take a single step! Inability to conform to Chiness a change of clothes or provisions with them, ideas and ideals, in ceremony, as well as in- and several people were drowned, both mea and what we consider more important matters women, with many doge and poultry, The causes the Chinese to feel a thinly disguised Governor of the province is exerting himself pontempt, for a race whom they think will actively to repair the damaged public works and not and cannot be made to understand succour the distressed people. "propriety." It is not that a foreigner cannot make a bow, but he generally finds it hard to make a Chinese bow in a' Chloess way,
Outside the Chang-i gate of Peking at Ts'ai their depredations. They recently made their Hu Ying, a gang of robbers used to commit
Yu-as gate, and tried the same game, but 200 appearance suddenly at Ma Kia Pu outside, the villagers assembled at the best of the gong, and attacked the gang to such good, purpose with hay-forks and sickles that they fled several i several priests. Taken before the major: inside leaving many wounded behind them including the Changi gate and strictly questioned, these prisoners divalged the names of the receivers of the plunder which they had disposed of, whe
Victoria Gaol, Hongkong. Colonel CRASTER, C ́R.A." Colonel D. G. ANDERSON, 58th Regiment. Doctor AYRES, Colonial Surgeon, and Officers
of the Garrison.
PRICES OF ADMISSIÓN :— Dress Circle......... ........$2.00
·Stalls. ...
Fit
1.00
*** 0.50 Men in Uniform half price to Stalls and Pit.
Tickets can be obtained at Messrs. KELLY & WALSU, LIMITED, where a plan of the house can
scen
Accompanist......Mr. W. GOLBORNE." Stage Manager... Mr. P. P. WARNER; R.A. Secretary, .Mr. F: J, SMALL, R.N.D.Y.
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:
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CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP' COMPANY.
TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERS TO JAPAN, CANADA, THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE,
VIA
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY AND OTHER CONNECTING RAILWAY LINES & STEAMERS,
HE British Steamship
THE
"ABYSSINIA,”
3,651 Tons Register, G. Lee, Commander, will be despatched for VANCOUVER, B.C. and SAN FRANCISCO, via KOBE and YOKOHAMA, on SATURDAY,, the 6th October, at THRIE P.M.
To be followed by the S.S. "ALBANY" on the 25th October, and S.S. "BATAVIA" on Jgth November.
Connection will be made at Yokohama with Steamers from Shanghai and Japan Ports, and at Vancouver with Pacific Coast Points by the regular Stearners of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company and other Steamers.
Through Passage Tickets granted to England, Steamers. France, and Germany by all trans-Atlantic lines
of
First-class Fares granted as follows:-
Te Vancouver and Victoria...(Mex.}$160.00 To San Francisco......
175.00 To all Common Points in Canada Į
and the United States....................
.....230.00 To Liverpool
300.00
To London,................................................... 305.00: To other European Points at proportionate rates. Special reduced rates granted to Officers of the Army, Navy, Civil Service, and the Imperial Chinese Japanese Customs, to be obtained on application.
,"GHAZEE,"
Captain Scotland, will be despatched
on or about the 8th instant.
As above
Altention is directed to this State Rooms, affording excellent Accommodation for First Class Passengers.
Fare to Sydney or Melbourne $150. For Freight or Passage, apply to
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THE CHINÁ ENGINEERING
COMPANY,
98;
Contractors or A ents
FOR
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of RAILWAYS.
NARROW-GUAGE and PORTABLE RAIL-
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ROAD TRAMWAYS and WIRE-ROPE
MOUNTAIN TRAMWAYS. WIRE-ROPE MOUNTAIN MINERAL
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The ERECTION and MAINTENANCE of
TELEGRAPHS.
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The CONSERVANCY of RIVERS and the
CONTROL of FLOONS.
The DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION and DEVE-
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BREAKWATERS:
The IMPROVEMENT and DEEPENING of
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The CONSTRUCTION of FORTIFICATIONS
and LAND DEFENCES. The TORPEDO DEFENCE of RIVERS
and HARBOURS.
FLECTRICAL and CONTACT
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The DESIGNING,” BUILDING and ARM- ING of UNSINKABLE ARMOUR- CLAD FLOATING BATTERIES, PAST CRUISERS and TORPEDO BOATS. MUNITIONS of WAR, GUNPOWDER
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The DEVELOPEMENT of PRODUCTIVE
INDUSTRY. The OPENING and MANAGEMENT of
MINES.
MINING and MINERAL DRESSING MA-
CHINERY.
IRON or STEEL BRIDGES, ' WHARVES
and GODOWNS.
FIRE-PROOF BUILDINGS.
The ESTABLISHMENT of FACTORIES, and
MILLS.
IRON and STEEL WORKS. ARTESIAN WELLS, DEEP WELLS and all
PUMPING MACHINERY.
Consular Invoices to accompany Cargo des- | BRICK TEA PRESSING MACHINERY. tined to Points in the United States, should be SULPHURIC ACID WORKS. sent to the Company's Offices, addressed to Mr. D. E. BROWN, District Freight Agent, Vancouver, B.C
Freight will be received on board until 4 P.M. on the 5th October.
All Parcels must be sent to our Office and should be marked to address in fully and the same will be received by us until 5 P.M. the day previous to sailing.
Fox, information as to Passage or Freight, Apply to
ADAMSON, BELL & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, 1st October, 1988,
36
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG, AND
SINGAPORE.
THE Steamship JAPAN "
THE
anying arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their goods are being landed at their risk into the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company
EARTH and ROCK BORING MACHINERY. The CONCESSIONS for PUBLIC or PRIVATE
WORKS. ENGINEERING MONOPOLIES or SUB
SIDIES,
TUBULAR FLOATING.DOCKS. MACHINERY of every description connected.
with Engineering and Industrial Enter `prise in all its branches, SURVEYS made and Estimates and Plans submitted for proposed works on terms to be obtained on application to
H. SMITH BIDWELL, Secretary, Temporary Offices:-MACAO, Macao, 1st October, 1888.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
THE following Particulars of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on.
MONDAY, 1 the 8th day of October, 1888, at 4 P.M., are published for general information.
FREDERICK STEWART,.
Colonial Secretary..
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, tat October, 1888.
1979
Particulars of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on MONDAY, the 8th day of October, 1888, at 4 P.M., by Order of tis Excellency, the GOVERNOR, of One Lot of CROWN LAND, in the Colony of Hongkong, fur a term of 999 Years.
No. 61
Registry
Locality.
No.
N.
S.
E
feel.
feet.
i
feet.
Inland Lot Robinson Road (Peel
Sticet steps) 103
100
5,500
26
660
feet
མམ་ W. Boundary Measurements. Contents in Annual Upset
Square ft.
Reat.
Price
$
19
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
THE following Particulars of Sale of Crown spot, on
Land by Public Auction, to be held on the
TUESDAY,
(980
the 9th day of October,, 1888, at 5 P.M., are *: published for general information.. - By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 1st October, 1888.
Particulars of the jetting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on TUESDAY, the 9th day. of October, 1888, at 5 P.M. by Order of HI Excellency the Governor, of One. Lot of CROWN LAND, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years.
Rural
Building Lot
No. 63
Magazine Gap
237 345
202 240
54,123
200
5,410
'
Registry
Locality.
Sale.
N.
S.
feet.
feet. Feet.
feet.
,:
$
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PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.
E. Boundary Measurements. Contents in Annual Upset W. Square ft. Rent. Price.
NOTICE.
JEYE'S SANITARY. COMPOUNDS
COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE Undersigned have this day been THE appointed SOLE: AGENTS for the sala of these PERFECT DISINFECTANTS, and are prepared to supply quantities to suit purchasers, at Wholesale Prices, Extra Spécial terms for Shipping and large Orders, plea
Sir ROBERT RAWLINSON, C.B., C.E., Chief Sanitary Engineer, Local Government Board London, says
"It is the best Disinfectant in URG,”
W. G. HUMPHREYS & Co. Bank Buildinga. Hongkong, 1st October, 1888.
1976 NOTICE
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NOTICE.
HE.
INTEREST AND RESPONSIBITITY of
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West Point Godowns, whence delivery may be SE SHELLIM in our Firms here
-obtained,
and the difficulty is as much moral as physical, The foreigner feels a contempt for the code of ceremonials, often frivolous in their appearance, and he has no patience, if he has the capacity, to spend twenty minutes in a polite scufle, the termination of which is foreseen by both sides with absolute certainty. The foreigner does not wish to spend his time in talking empty nothing for an old half day. To him, time is mo
· but it is very far from being so to a Chinese, for in China every one has an abundance of time and very few have any money, No Chinesa has Ever yet'learned that when he kills time:, live at Pao-ting Fut. An armed force of military' Conductorship of Me MORAN, will play during claims must be made immediately, as none will § holes G it is well to make certain that it is the time has been sent to Pao-ting Fo to make arrests. which belongs to him, and not that of some que _elas""With this predisposition to dispense as "At the recent literary examinations in Poochow much as possible with superfluous; ceremony | the candidates" seem to have, had a pretty hard because it is distasteful, and because the time take of it. Thies died of llisers after the desi
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the interval W
Docks
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→ROM iba sst of November next, the SHANGHAI BUTCHERY will be prepated to supply BRAWN, LARD in BLADDERS, FRESH and PICKLED ENGLISH PORK SAUSAGES, &COA
ALSO, DEBUG MAN BEEF A JOINTS and CORNED, BLACK PUDDINGS, PORK and GAME PIESA
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