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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1889.
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WHAT have Brownle" and the "Maiden Libeller to say about the Ardgay now? Where ignorance is bliss, etc, etc. YESTERDAY momin a lot of mat-sheds at the Perk, to the east of the flag-staff, got off fire under suspicious circumstances. The contractor says they were worth $1,500, which is dearish for eight coolie-houses,
The Rising Sun hears that a new iron steamer ordered from England Ly the Osaka Shosen
She is said to be larger than any other steamer 200,000.
the City of Ili, Department of Kuldja, Chinese Turkestan, during the month of June last, and that the city walls, built of sand, mortar and red cartha very enduring composition.in a country where there is bardly any rain-were so badly wall cracked as to necessitate the building of a new,
COLONEL ANDERSON and our old friends of the Northamptonshire Regiment gave a big jam boree" to the All of Singapore on the afternoon of the 4th,inst, when lawn-tennis, badminton, rife-shooting, Aunt Sally, and various other games all had enthusiastic votaries. The Band
the afternoon, and the entertainment proved in
ACCORDING to a Japanese vernacular paper Russian engineers are engaged in surveying for.. a line of railway between Vladivostock and the frontier of Corea.
Kun-JEN, JUNG-HUI, TSO NIN CHIEN, the lat tera son of the late Viceroy Tso Tsung Tang and * number of other officials who are blamed for fire which occurred in the Temple of Heaven, not taking sufficient precautions to prevent the are degraded two steps of commutative ranks, while Liu Shih-yin, the head of the Sacrificial Department is similasly degraded one step and fined one year's salary....'-
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● do not necessarily endorse the opìolecis expressed by .
· Correspondents la cèla column).
HONGKONG SHARE BROKERS AND
THEIR CHARGES.
TO THE EDITOR OF The “ Horokono TeuBJRAPH.","
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known firm of operators had cleared between twenty-five and thirty thousand dollars as brokerage during one month.
Of course, something must be done by A. S, WATSON & CO., LD. the really bond fide brokers in self-defence. The proposed Brokers' Exchange should be placed on a proper baals without delay. We are told that it would have been &
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Hongkong, 3rd September, 1889.
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THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play at the Officers Mess, Murray Barracks, this Now, this was probably a mere evening, commencing at 8:15 o'clock, The canard, but nevertheless it was sufficiently March of the Peers from Jelantha".
following will be the programme :--- suggestive to point a moral that ought| Val not to have been lost sight of. The fact that the ranks of the share-brokers totalled eighty-seven members, or about | THE Indo-Chinx Co. steamer Canton, which three brokers for every principal, is that a passenger named Mr. Seth, from Cheloo, arrived this morning from Shanghai, reports history in itself, on which comment would died on board on the 13th inst., and was buried be thrown away.
at sea. The report is very brief and gives no other details to identify the deceased gentlemen; but we are inclined to believe that the person referred to was n Mr. A P. Seth, a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Cornabe & Co. of Chefoo, The "Military Mummers will produce at the Garrison Theatre, next Thursday night, manding and the Officers of the Camison, under the patronage of the Colonel Com- laughable farce "Slasher and Crasher," and Andrew Holiday's well known comedy "Check mate." The performance will be repeated on Saturday night, when "Cabman No. 93 will be substituted for "Slasher and Crasher." Doors open at 8'30, to commence at 9 p.m. THE Osaka Koron says that the leading mer chants of Tokyo and Yokohama intend forming a company, to be styled the Yokohama Direct Import Company, with the object of wresting the present import trade from the foreigners. Goods imported direct by this company will of course lay down cheaper than is the case when they first pies through the middle-man or foreigner. and this amount has already been promised.. OUR Shanghal moming contemporary of the
going concern ere now had it not been
for the carrying out of certain alleged necessary legal formalities. Rubbish! Any lawyer in the colony who knows his business-they are few and far between, we readily admit, but still there are some competent men in "the profession" could have drafted in an hour's time a set of regulations that would have met every requirement. A Broker's Exchange may not prove a panacea for all the evils existing in our local system of share
NEWS has been received by the mail to the effect that the new river steamer Sin Fatshan, con stucted in England to the order of a wealthy native syndicate in Canton, will be shipped to this colony during the present month. It is to be sent out in sections so complete that little or ne trouble will be experienced in putting the vaasel together here, and the new opposition live on the Canton river is expected to get a fair start by next Chinese new year.
Sia, Since I addreisel you on the 7th init.. on the abavo subject, I have made personally. and with the aid of friends numerous enquiries regarding the Hongkong sharebrokers' mode of acting and the following is the result :=
1-Tha, abatebrokers are entirely an irress. sary department, charged a Chinese at the ledged rules, and if a princ pal is, or thinks be in Police Court this morning before Mr. E. Robinson with having made out false returns of the rent robbed, there is no Commitee to appeal to, and defendant pleaded that he was a new comer on seven houses in D'Aguilar Street. The there but remain the law courts. and ignorant of the serious offence he had com.sequently are fought shy of. The robberies are 2-The law courts are expensive, and con-
infringed the laws of the colony. His Worship prices Probably each amount is not great, mited, and expressed his regret for having generally in unfair charges and sticking on of
out and inflicted a fine of $50 for each house, or within so the principal if he does find ten dollars of the maximum penalty-a rather ventures to remonstrate, is generally told "the severe penalty, in our opinion, considering that matter is finished and I have nothing more the accused had pleaded guilty and bad.erred in to say," and rather than go to the expense of ignorance.
law be allows the broker to stick to his plunder.
the brokers under the above system is very 3- The aggregate amount made in a year by
farge.
Tax cricket match Shanghai v. Hongkong was arranged by the Shanghal C. C, to take place yesterday, to-day and to-morrow, but we rather think the Hongkong players would stand out for at least one day's practice on the strange ground. C. A. Black, D. W. Crawford, F.A. de St. Croix, 23 The Shanghai team are :--Messrs. F. Anderson, J. Orman, W. Brace Robertson (Captain), J. D. Saunders, A. Stewart, F. P. Wickham, A., P. like decent luck the Hongkong contingent should Wood and C. E. Woodward. With anything have no difficulty in holding their own.
MassRS. BANDINEL & Co., of Newchwang, under date 3rd instant state that the new beans are said to be abundant, good and free from Insects. but owing to want of water up river, supplies are brokerage, unless it may be said with regard to 4-There are no acknowledged rates of coming in rather slowly. There is some demand some of the old stocks, such as Banks,
to 25 cents according to size to Amoy-and brokers do not reduce their brokerage so that for sailing ships to load here about rgth inst; at Whenever a share is sub-divided the 27/29 cents to Hongkong and Whampas. These the principal pays the same rates as before a rates may advance later on. Light draft steamers but on the contrary they generally attempt Shipping in port:-Elisabeth, Nicoya Perla Steamboats, Until the new capital Was of small size would obtain chasters for Amoy to double it, or more, For instance take Taku, Tamsui, Triumph, and Newchwang, raised the shares were bought and sold sa Arrivals to 30th September are 134 steamers and old bares, that is five $30 shares one at $100, SOME time since, that worthy citiren Mr. E. R.
22 ships against 161 steamers and 49 ships last Brokerage on same before 1st July was 50 cents: Belillos established an order of his own, con. year. sining of "Belly joss" decoration to he
now they attempt to charge as benis on every new share, making their brokerage $1.25 against 50 awarded to those who were instrumental in suc-THE Hu Pao says that there has been some couring drowning persons, thus competing with fighting between the Imperial troops and the one broker was to buy and sell the whole of the
cents previously, or, to make the matter clear,—if - the Royal Humane Society of Great Britain, aborigines of Formosa at a place called Steamboat Co's shares, (taking them as old), We have had he privilege of examining Lao Ku Shin ["O'd Dog hill in the previously he would have received $1 per share, or one of these choice specimens of art, and
mountain district of Ye Las. Near this $16.00, but under the new system he receives must admit that they are in every way worthy hill were stationed some Imperialist soldiers, $2.50 per share thus making $40,000. No wonder of the modest and well-meaning donor. And who sallied forth to try to subdue the abari deluded speculators lose money and ask where now we wish to point out that the boatswain of gines, but they were routed and one cel the profit, goes to I,
S the steam-launch Alice, who so promptly rescued one captain, and one lieutenant were killed during--The brokers pet robbery is on the smal from drowning a blind passenger who bad the affrey, and about too soldiers were killed and stocks, (Canton, Macaa and Coast Ports con- accidentally fallen overboard, at Whampoa, from wounded. The aborigines were exceedingly stituents, please note), as much that is done under a steamer of the Company in which Mr. Belilios happy over their victory. The matter was at ence deemed entitled to this wonderful distinction, Chien, but they had no soldiers on band to trader although he certainly deserves recognition of any assistance to the defeated party, thereupon they immediately telegraphed to the Governor
from the Throne has been sent to the (Liu Ming Chuan) for further assistance. The
same paper states that Decree Governme of asian-fu to remit this year's bis districts being flooded, ordering the Governor to have the Imperial prock nation copied and posted in all prominent places for the benefit of the people.
dealing, but by establishing a proper The capital of the association will be yen 500,000hd is a controlling interest, has not yet been reported to the Local Authorities at Ya. Lan this heading is done for the benefit of. " Absent
code of rules, admitting only persons of respectability whose financial stability is thoroughly guaranteed, and establishing a reasonable tariff of brokerages, most of the present difficulties will be fairly met. Of one thing brokers may feel quite assured, which is that unless they very promptly remedy existing abuses and "set their house in order," the Government will step in and do it for them in a fashion that may not prove altogether agreeable.
TELEGRAMS.
THE CZAR'S VISIT TO BERLIN.
LONDON, October 13th.
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TOURANE, October 14th. The Ardgay arrived here on Sunday afternoon. all right, and immediately after coaling will come on to Hongkong.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
We don't publish the letter signed "Eyes of Justice because we have not the remotest conception of the writer's meaning,
A MATCH between the under 25" and "over [5 25" members of the Hongkong Cricket Club will be played on Saturday, commencing at 11.
same sort.
the Consulate here, and Mr. J. J. Coffey, deputy NUMEROUS sheets of papers in Chinese, printed, 11th inst. says-The change in the United States Administration works another change at Consul-General, who has been connected with
it is believed, in this colony, but purporting to the Consulate for the last fifteen years, has to have been signed by all the representative stentive, and obliging, and the news that the alleged fraudulent practices of Mr. Liang, the go. Mr. Coffey has been uniformly pollie,Chinese in California, giving in minute details exigencies of the spoils system demand his Chinese Consul General as San Francisco, to the retirement after so many years' service has been detriment of the very people he had been sent to protect, have been freely distributed during the received with general regret,
last two or three days by certain persons in this colony, among the principal Nam Pak hong mer chants, and other well-known Chinese firms. The candalous way in which the charges have been rande will certainly entail a "big" libel case, and we learn this morning that the friends of the San Francisco Consul-General in this colony are now taking up the rée of amateur detectives to find out the publishers and distributors of the libellous shecis, and that a telegram has also been sent to Mr. Llang at San Francisco for a power of attorney to prosecute these persons as obtained by Mr. Liang's friends here. soon as the necesssory proofs shall have been
A Few days since, we published from a cones pondent a hear-rendlag account of some fearful strocities perpetrated in the island of Lombok by certain Arab alave-owners. We are now glad to note from the Singapore Free Press that the Dutch authorities are moving activdiy in the matter, and propose sending a man-of-war to investigate the all ged brutalitics. It is to be hoped that summary punishment will be meted out to the Arab butchers, commencing by string. ing up Syed Abdullalt to the yard arm of the war vessel without going through the formality of a trial.
present visit to Tientsin, but we venture to think
We take the following from Messrs. Wheelock & Co.'s Freight Market Report of October 11th.
land, tax, on account of many of
SUREME COURT.
IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION. (Before the Acting Chief Justice and Acting Pulsne Judge)
A QUESTION OF INNOCENCE. Dr. Ho Kal, instructed by Mr. Ho Wyson, appealed on behalf of Chan Ahoi against a con viction by Mr. Wodehouse in March last. The prisoner was sentenced to six months' imprison Owing to the change in the departures of the from a thief, and was released on ball ment for receiving Lieut. Scott watch and ring mails there has been a lapse of three weeks since our last circular was issued; during the pending this appeal. Dr. Ho Kal reviewed interval a considerable basiness bas transpired the evidence to shew that there was for both the London and New York markets and thing to indicate to the appellant that the sief, who was Lieut. Scott's boy was not
friends. A new stock comes out, say, paid up $25.00 A certain gang meet and the following shall we charge? Small Robber: 35 cents is conversation ensues:—A poor Robber saya "What
please remember out outside constituents, and enough." Head Rabber then steps in. 4 What le this? Who says 25 cents on any share? Gentlemen, nothing under to cents or a mild 4 per cent, for buying and selling
7-These rates are by no manner of means adhered to, but the extortionate broker demanda them as it gives him a lever to charge the same to absent friends," or local constituents who are #such good fallaws and do not calculate."'' If a constituent who is not “a good fellow" finds it out before he pays, the following is the sort of com versation that takes place: C. Here, my friend, you have charged me so cents, and the broker?" ageis only 25 cents." B.-Oh no, it is nothing Com It is 25 cents; I have never paid more,. of the sort; so and so always charges go centa. and have had many transactions in this, stock and through different. brokers." B."I assure you, "you" are mistaken. I would not › rob you for the world" "I will take B-"Never mind, old chap, 25 cents to you care of that, take your documents and clest." but for God's sake, don't mention it, as 1. bava stuck the other side with go cents." C.-"Ifthe and thus they part other side allows you to rob him he is an ass.”
8. One of the latest and most iniquitous-
attempts at robbery has been in Selamas, 33 paid up, market price 34. The gang made brokerage 35 cents per share, 123 per cent, on market rate
for the
9.—Bad as many of the sharebrokers are,
to inside, such property was not uncommo❝Society mom and are the dread of all store amongst Chinese.
VARIOUS conjectures (says the Shin Pao) have been made as to the object of Sheng Total's
it has connection with the telegraph extensions now being made through Kansu and Shensi The difficulties attending the initial stages of the Peking-Hankow Railway about to be constructed may have also induced His Honour to come all the available tonnage has been readily taken a proper person to possess such'a watch and buying and selling--a smalitbing, but chiêßly done forward to offer his assistance, his twenty years up,, Rates of freight have been well maintained ring. As to the fact that a monogram' wAS ON, FOR? benefit of "absent friends.” term dla Bán experience and knowledge of foreign affairs and at the close there is every indication of a the back of the watch, and an English far there are some, but not those who pose 28 rendering his counsel of the utmost value. Theris generally. Coastwise. There has been a exceptional importance of the present enterprise aimag demand for steamers to load for Kobe and requires men of exceptional talents, and as
azy suitable craft has, been eagerly taken up at it is the part of wisdom for the Government to enquiry has slackened and the principal arrivals Attorney-General to reply, as he did not think in their brokerages, and perfectly willing to there are but few men of Sbeng Taotal's ability, profitable rates From Nagasaki to Shanghal The Chief Justice did not call upon the ceps, who are perfectly honest and straights forward in their businesses, alsó, rezsonable avail itself of his services. With the willing co- have been to consumers. From Chefooto Swatow, there was any ground for any appeal at all. Ho meet principals on fair grounds; and here it may operation of such men as His Honour, the
-Owing to the enhanced price of produce at then briefly recapitulated the facts of the case. contemplated enterprise will not be excessively the former port, business is almost at a stand which were that on the 1st February Lieut be well to note that now most brokers charga difficult.
still and our quotation is more or less nominal. Scott's "boy" went to the appellant's house and 25 cents on shares above 815, and 10 cents on A
From Wuhs to Whampoa. There have been lost 816, gambling, then went to the Barracks and really too high to permit of legitimate
smaller shares, which is still a heavy percentage: being devoted to Newchwang, from whence a returned and stole kia master's watch and chalne no settlements, the attention of the regular liners and stole 840, which he also lost, and afterwards.
London, via usual ports of call and Sues Canal; that. The watch, which was worth ago, had not quite correct trust someone will take the If anything in the above is, unfairly put, or Taking into consideration the period that has a monogram on it, and the ring was not such a trouble to point it out, ajungand Freights Advanced five shilings per ton shortly advanced one-sixth of the value of the property passed, departures have been comparatively few. Chinese wear. The fact that the appellant only. In the meantime, Sir, and r after our last issue and cargo for London and
I remain, Yours faithfully, was suspicious. The argument that there wa
WONDERING: through to New York has been booked at 354, no direct evidence as to the "boy" baring
kong, 12th October, 1889. and 45 respectively. The O. S. S. Co.'s stolen it was nothing there seldom fath Instant. The C. S. M. S. N. Co. steamer to his lordship that there was evidence steamer Ajar in on the berth and sails on more than circumstantial evidence. It seemed Boyuns is advertised to arrive from Japan about that the appellant had guilty knowledge Suff THE PERING HANKOW RAILWAY the 15th instant and a rapidly filling up. clent to justify the magistrate in convicting, and The Shire lines Cardiganshira is due to-morrow the conviction would be sustained. and has secured sufficient cargo. For New York,
The Hongasas
Jonghoag Belegrape that Sheng Taotni will be removed from Cbefoc Consul, left the Gaofhere after having serébe mine lucrative businew may be expected. For and ring on which he raised 146, only to lose
HONOKONO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1889.
THE Shanghai Mercury hears on good authority -although not for some time to come and is
likely to be sent to Hankow.
As we intimated early last week would probably be the case, the steamship Ardgay has been successfully floated. She arrived at Tourane on Sunday afternoon and will come on to this port after coaling.
THE letter in another column on the subject of local share brokers and their charges is worthy of public attention, especially as at the present time the colony In consequence of the inadequate amount paid is full of scandals in connection with recent in, notwithstanding the large number of shares applied for, the Directors of the proposed share business. Our correspondent states Hongay Lime and Cement Work, Limited, have his case fairly; if not too choice in his decided not to proceed to allotment on the modes of expression he is at least candid original basis of the prospectus and will, in a cheap rook-riffe, was found on him. He was Ben liner Bentarig, via Amoy, sailed on the'gth to any other conclusion, di FISEERTne critics; na-a-mula arguing, from a foreign
exchange for Banker's receipts, return the applicants their money.
was Jelebu's gain. A thousand of the coolies ACCORDING to Singapore advices Rawang's loss thrown out of employ by the Rawang collapse were engaged by the rival tin-mine, at practically no expense, whereas they had cost the Rawang people an enormous sum. This saving was so great, indeed, that the mining and prospecting covered by, the interest on the capital. Well, which Mr. Dunman is conducting are actually we shall be glad if "Billy" can make a profitable show.
did not see how the Magistrate could have come Chinese affairs the result is mostly very poor, Mr. Justice Wise concurred, adding that he When foreigners criticise and give advice in
· Corts were allowed, terr
Se sada standpoint, content themselves with ridienling Smoke mall absurdities, such as may be found in the THE SHAU-EI-WAN PIRACY, DESIRENSIERE DELAYS the Viceroys, and in which they were reg
memorials recently presented to the Turoue The eight prisoners who were arrested at to speak on maiters, Inspector Hanson wernup before Mr. Wodehouse Shau-ki-wan last Wednesday night by Acting reports coming thro
chan «The Chinese this morning.
They
were a tough
MONTH or songo a young fellow named Thomas Mess, a formes profegs of Mr. Musso, the Italian six months for sobbery on board ship. Instead of settling down to work, or taking advantage of the excellent English education Mr, Musso had given him, he returned to his former haunts, and on Sunday night entered his benefactor's office at West Point and robbed the safe of $975, cut of $3,400 which were there. He probably did so by means of a false key with which he had previously surreptitiously opened the safe when in Mr. Musso's eraploy. He was arrested in Yes We Street, yesterday, by Detective-Sergeant Melver, who had accidentally dropped across him in the street, and followed him. The money, excepting 36, with which he had bought usual ports of call and Suca Canal The brought before Mr. Robinson to day, and dealed instant and the Glongyle is circulated to follow. sensible, and decidedly impartial. He
the charge. Mr. Musso proved the loss of the points out grievances and abuses which have
maney, and suggested that someone in his Cape -The Annie H. Smilk is on the besth Rate of freight 50r, for tea, 45s. for braid. Fig existed.for years past and which have been
as the money was only accidentally in the safe, Rate of freight for tea 337, and general sir. Ed employ had given information to the prisoner and had already a fair quantity of cargo engaged, quite lately intensely aggravated, and
having been paid in after banking hours on gives utterance in the plainest of plain
per ton of 40 cubic feet. Departures for London Saturday. The prisoner was committed for trist vis, Suez Canal-Shire liner Flintshire, via language to truths which are beyond
WITH reference to recent foods in Hankow a | Palinurus, via Foochaw, 6th instant and P. & Feochow, and ultimaj 0. S. S. Co. steamship contradiction. There is no need to beat
correspondent writes to the Shangkal Mercury O extra steamer Bombay on the 10th fastant, about the bush in mealy-mouthed fashion
here, and, as we have had heavy continuous steamship Albany via Amoy, 26thull; Ben liner ander date the 7th inst-The flood continues Departures for New York via Suez Canal The In a purely commercial 'matter of this kind;
rain almost ever since the water came over the Binlarig, via Amoy, gth Instant. Quotations It is purely a question of dollars and cents,
Concession, there is no apparent reason why it are:-Newchwang to Swatow, 33 Mex cents per and we consider that the writer of the ANOTHER prominent Chiness of this colony has water rose six inches in 24 hours, and on Sandayal, Romilal Nagasaki to Shanghal, $1.30 should at present go down. On Saturday the picul Chelos.to Swatow, 11 Mex. cents per letter referred to has shown discretion in gone over to join the great majority. We refer it rose five faches in the same time. On Mon. to $1.40 per ton of coal sett, for steamers for men were arrested; they were expressing his views in definite terms, to Mr. Ng Yung, for many years the head day it remained almost stationary. There is sailing vessels, $1.40 Settlements dariaz the and certainly had no arers, he Our correspondent's statements are who died last night. The deceased had been bourhood of the race course many houses have register, Newchwang to Amoy, 241 Mex. cents one of the two cells the Station
compradore of Mesars. Butterfield and Swire, great distress amongst the poor in the neigh Interval Cygne Britib barque, 409 tons locked up the art batch of scarcely likely to be challenged. It is not quite for some time past and so his death way been altogether abandoned. In others the per picul, at lay days Aiming Syd, Cerman lot into the other Unfortunatel too much to say that the rates of brokerage friends. He leaves behind him a large family, upper story and have had to make an exit for 23 Mex, cents per picat, lay days Bandechef it on the outside. When he eat
net qulle altogether a surprise to his numerous inhabitants have betaken themselves to the steamer, 558 tons register, Newchwang to Amoy window at the back, and anyone cou charged by the fraternity' during the and an estate in this colony and in Chios themselves through the roof Numbers of the Amrichssan Norwegian steamer, tons second search he saw the recent reign of madness which has resulted estimated at nearly half a million dollars. Sugar poor are encamped on the wall, but many of the register, Sha ghai to Kobe, $1,800 in full go window and heard them talking
is evidently a paying business, to disastrously, can only be properly
wretched hovels they have put up there are German steamer, 762 tons register Shanghai to outside, probably some of their accom partially under water. The wall near the race Kebe, Badoo in full) Wismar, German steamer, passed in a revolver. Then the shop, described by the term "extortion." It may, LAST Thursday afternoon (says the N. C. Daily course is well out of the water,, but as one goes $55 tons register, Shanghai to Kobe, $1,600 the corner bich broke his floge and doubtless will, be urged that share Kiuklang telegraphed to Hankow for H.M.B. of Hankow, the wall becomes lower, and tons register, Newchwang for orders Amoy, 23 News of the gto inat,) the British Consul at farther along in the direction of the upper end in full: Chow chow foo, German steamer, 796
H shut the docyanos
and's & Fanning traffickers need not have paid these exces-
hack to arrent who'ver, was there, Porpoise to be sent down owing to some trouble here you may see numbers of huts in which Mex cents per picul Kobe 2a Mex, cents per prisoners rushed out. He turned and sive charges unless they chose that they was out shooting and he accidently bit a Chinese miserable tenants have to keep themselves dry 332 tons register, Newchwang to Amor, 21 arrested, a man who was immleggen
which had occurred. It seem that Mr. Styan the water in standing foot deep, while the pleul, o lay days: Sea Swallow, British barque, firing two shore foeffectually and se would not have done so had it not boy, a few pellets embedding in the boy's flesh. by sitting on tables or beds. Should the water Mer cents per picul, 20 lay days Cape City, case was remanded unth suited their interests. But that a very feeble The natives immediately seized Mr. Sayan and rise another foot, the distress will be greatly British barque, 438 tons register, Newchwang It seems that the stack, if not preve reasoning. The Bite
"The Bialto" is possibly he was rather roughly handled. The British increased. The city wall is the only sierated to Foochow za Mex, cents per picul, so lay time, would have been serieon
Consul having been communicated with a spot on which huts can be pitched at a time days Mary L. Stone, American ship, 20% Shap-kwan bad char composed of only two classes, knaves and request was sent to the Total to procure Mr. like this, and if that should be submerged it in tons register, Shanghai to New York via Hang the pirates fro-men: 1 ools, so-called brokers and their victims, Styan's release. There seems to have been difficult to see what the people can do. An koir, private terms Forest, King, British ship, watch the Polos Shi and Eort's famous aphorism of getting rumours of possible outrage by rowdies on the amongst some of the sufferers from the food, bus private terms, Gleaming, British barque, 1.499
some difficulty in obtaining his release, and as effort is about, to be made to distribute relief 1,60 tons register Hakodadito No money, honestly if possible, but getting it Settlement were rife, It was deemed advisable even after the water goes down there will be lors register Burrardellet, home: charter anyhow, may be the recognised motto of listened down to Kiskiing, but when the man raised here will be utterly inadequate to relieve Pure Sedie
to send for the Porpoise. Her commander great deal of distress and any sum that can be Haristlas Americão ship, 1z03 tons the brokers but apart altogether from of war arrived there all was quiet.
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