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It has been truly said that it is often easier for a man to complete a round of pleasure than it is for him to make things aquera afterwards.
'A FIRE occurred si No. 16, Concession, (Kobe, on the 17th lost, a small section of the roof being burnt. The building was insured in the China Fire Insurance Company,
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THE creditors of a Melbourne "legal managér”"|| accepted the other week a composition of one penny in the As an instance of smart legal management tale is worthy of special notice," ENGLAND is no doubt a "buat-up" country, but she can still claim pre-eminence in one thing. An American contemporary admits that London has the greatest Zoological Gardens to the world.
The Wils (three.s.m.-"When you married me, did you not promise to love, cherish, and protect me?"
The Husband (sleeplly)--"Yes,"
We shall have something to say the Opium By Istest advices from the North the British Farm fiasco in our next issue.
gun-boat Swift and the German gunboat Wolf were at Hankow, the British gun-vessel THE general election for the Japanese Parlia- Peacock and the French cruiser Inconstant at ment is fixed for February 15th,
Wahu, and the British gan-réssel Redpole, at Crinklang.
In Tokyo serious fire has occurred, in which some fifty houses suffered partial or total 'destruction." 995)
GOVERNOR ROBINSON's address' to the Legie lative Council yesterday has been generally very
izvorably commented on.
THE barometer is falling steadily, and the weather is cloudy, thick, and hot, like a day to August rather than January. Is a typhoon coming?
A TERRIBLE and disastrous fire occurred. In Several Shizuoka, Japan, on the 9th inst hundred houses were destroyed, including several public buildings.
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A COLLISION has taken place between a salling vessel of Hyogo and the N,Y.K. Suminoya-maru. while the latter was on her way to Kobe. Both | camer and solling vessel were considerably damaged, the Suminays-mars taking the crew of the latter on board and towing her in to Kobe. CRANO CHI-TUNG, says the Shanghai Mercury, appears to have formed the railway stack, which the steamship Afrika landed recently at Wang kong (Wong-she-kong), to good account. The Carriages and locomotives have been put together, and may be seen freely moving about by passing steamers. Chang evidently mean business.
EXTREME pressure on our new columns prevents the publication of the list of subscribers to the Japan Earthquake Fund, courteously forwarded by the honorary secretary, Mr. W. Jadd: Of the amount already subscribed a sum of $5,000 has been remitted to, Japan, and the balance will follow as soon a the few subscriptions still outstanding are collected.
Tur Offidal Gazelis of British, North Borneo published on the 1st laitant contains a copy of despatch from the Government Secretary to the Chinese Advisory Board of Syndakan, and it goes on to relate that at a special meeting of the stid Based It was unanimously agreed that the loading and unloading of ship on Sunday should be prohibited. The Hongkong Marine Officers Association's crusade against Sunday inbour is evidently making the headway arighteous cause should doi
The Wife-"Well then, get up, light the THE Yokohama Agency of the Comptoir men, named Wilson, was brought down from and in Australin, and they belonged to Chin-
and kill that mosquito." THE Hlogo News says that there is little doubt that the firm of Colgate Baker and Co., of Kobe, are in difficulties, the liabilities being, stated al $100,000. Mr. Colgate Baker left for Vancouver
in the last Embrass. Extensive shipments of tea, combined with speculation in exchange,
·are stated to have involved the firm, BY the Lydia to-day Capt. F. H. Banno, who has commanded the Heindrich on the Ham barg-China line of German steamships for some years with marked success, left for Europe to take over the post of Marina Superintendent of the Sturgen Shipping Company at.Hamburg, His chief officer has been promoted to 'the command of the Heindrich,
Penang, in the Straits Settlements, and the Nos, 11 & 14, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. No for the Quarantine Commissioners. From
Northern Chinese Ports, including Wladiwostock,
National d'Escompte de Paris was closed on the 18th inst. The Yokohama Specle Bank bas taken over the Comptoir's business at Yokohama. WE are informed that Captain Archibald has been appointed to the command of the Empress of China, and will join her to Japan; mean while the chief officer, Mr. Pybus, is acting captain.
CAPTAIN A, TILLET, who has been in command of the Canadian Pacific Company's liner Empress of China for some time, now holds office as Marine Superintendent of the Com pany at this part.
Ar the annual meeting of the "United Mark" Lodge, No. 419. E.C., held on the agth instant, Brother John Bryant was elected Worshipfel Master, Bro.
Tyler, for the ensuing year.
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ONE of the London Missionary Society's young
Capton last Saturday night by the deemer Farskas and lodged in the local Asylum. The few months la Canton, and it is sald that over- nafortunate man, we believe, has only been a
study of the Chinese language upset his mental equillam. We don't know anything more into a raving lasatie of the most pronounced calculated to transform any ordinarily sane person
type.
We note that the China Navigation Co.'s steamer Wuchong has been placed on the berth for Mantia' direct. This is a new departure with a vengeance; but as Batterfield and Swire "rua " the C. N. Co., It is only what might have reasonably been looked for In the near future. The China and Manila Steamship Co. or Jardine, Matheson & Co. will possibly checkmate the grab-all ́policy of "Ye Scavengers" by one of these days placing an opposition steamer to the
Formosa, the Treaty Ports of China and Japan, A, S. WATSON & CO., -LD. | serumed such virulence that something very like Maxwell R. Grimble, Treasurer, and Bro: Hawkow on the Canton river.
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the Japan Daily Advertiser:--Small-pox within these last few weeks has spread so widely and
a scare has met in. Among Japanese the ravages of the disease have been very severe, but foreig. ners enjoyed comparative immunity, though as we go to press we learn of three fresh cases in which the victims are foreign residents. Wk are to a position 10 state positively that Captain John Ambrose Clarke is not the writer. of letters reflecting on the conduct of the capt-in, engineers and officers of the steamer Namchetu Mall nd Daily Prest. Captain Clarke writes: which have recently appeared in the CA
Some malicious twaddler has circulated the report that I am the author
the obnoxious allegations, but I am not. The first 1 knew them was when I saw them in print.""
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Our Shanghal morning contemporary says that the China Navigation Co.'s-steamer Pekin, having been thoroughly overhauled and strengthened, has been placed on the Shanghai- Ningpo run. Some alterations have been made in the engine department and she has been sup- plied with 160 electrie lights. It is worthy of note that there were three local steamere alongside the French concession wharves yesterday that have been supplied with the irctric light, namely the Pekin, Ngankin und Kiangtaan.
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No more Englishmen live to tell the story of Waterino. Lord Albemarle, General Whichcote and Colonel Hewitt, the three survivors who celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of the battle in June, 1800, are now dead, and the famous Waterloo fist at the British War Office has been closed.
A CURIOUS fact revealed by the figures of the recent census is that, while there are in the inhabitants each, one of between 800,000 and United States three cities of over 1,000,000 900,000, three of between 40,000 and 500.000 each, and nina of between 20,000 and 300,000 each, there is not a single one having between 300,000 and 400,000 inhabitants.).
We are indebled to the courtesy of the Inspector General of the Imperial Maritime Customs for a very interesting publication giving a reliable list of the light-houses, Eight-vessels, buoys and beacons on the coast of China,. This work has been corrected us to the 1st December, 1891, and ought to be in the hands of the masters and officers of every ship navigating the China Ses, SHOULD that much-vaunted Northern mine really prove as big a sham as it now appears to be, the Queensland Government, remarks the in the interests of honest mining, a commission of enquiry with power to Inspect the bank accounts of all Government officials and other persons who have been mixed up with its launching and puffing.
THE discovery of immense deposits of a remark- able mineral substance, not unlike asbestos in its properties, has been reported from the United Staten of Colombia. It has the colour of amber, is perfectly transparent, and cannot be bumed. Experiments made at Byrato indicate that will be of great value for the manufacture of bank-note paper, for fire-proof and water-proof men. A white varnish can also be extracted roofing tiles, and for incombustible suits for fire- from it: The substance has been named greater importance than asbestos, bucaramanguína, and it is expected to prove of
"GENERAL" Booth, who has recently arrived at Madras on philanthropy bent, says he has only seen three or four properly-cultivated plots of men. What The Bulletin wanis to see now in the plot of land that Booth coltivated. So 1st, the only agriculture which that distinguished Hebrew has done, to our knowledge, consists in cultivating the Held of human weakness, and digging it up with howls, and Irrigating it with a big collection. drums and thricks and jumps, and then growing
The Argyla and Sutherland Highlanders jeft here for home this morning by the troopship Orontes. The troper left her moorings about to o'clock and steamed slowly down the Hare manning the yards and cheering enthusint hour, the crews of the war-vessois la port tically, whilst the Band of the High landers played." Auld Lang Syne and "The girl I left behind me." On passing the Ocean Co.'s steamer Tilde, the officers and crew of that vessel united to giving the derarting guests three hearty cheers, which were taken up.. by the "Apcar steamer Lightning and other merchant vessels as the Orontes steamed past.
them. A number of steam launches followed cheers were given, and "good byes" finally the trooper as far as West Point, where farewell
exchanged.
ALL mien, and especially business men, diglika“ luy service and not a few of them make a fallen to the lot of Albert Christmann, in St. desperate effort to escape the task, but it has Paul's, USA, to present the greatest novelty in the way of an excuse for non-service ever offered in the district court of that country,
Chrislmann was the second man of the second batch of fen citiz:us who ranged themselves before Judge Kerr to offer excuses in the regular form. The Judge demanded his excuse, and the man made answer:
"Your Honor, I ask to be excused on the
ground of incapacitation. Iarna foreigner.
"Ever heen naturalized ? " queried the Judge. "No, sir."
"Where were you born?" "In Minnesola."
“Minnesota is'in the United Stater."
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PROFESSOR BALDWIN'S "Butterfly" Company at racted another large audience to the City Hall fast night, the Theatre being well filled throughout. An entire change of programme was given, and "My Wife's Relations" and the clever performances of Mesdames Delroy and Constance and Mr. James Dell were heartily applauded. The Professor was quite at home in the Cabinet stance and showed how this clever business was done; but whether the audience were any wiser after being shown the mystery is very much open to doubt. However,
Yes, your Honor, but doesn't the Bible say It must be admitted that a very large num that we are all wanderers and foreigners on the ber of thore present went specially to see face of the cant and not capable of judging our Mrs. Kittle Baldwin's hypnotic clairvoyancy, and considerable disappointment was audibly fellow men? Under that law I claim to be a of the bill of fate. It will be observed from theThe face of the Court was a study during the
Jury # notice in our advertising columns that Mrs, Baldwin will give her unique performance to-night, and no doubt it will prove a great draw. The Butterflies" will make their final appearance in Hongkong on Friday evening, fetching programma is beleg prepared.
Military portions have been taken from the are bought direct from the most noted shippers, A FEW months ago Bernard Schmitz, a rub- Sydney Bulletin, might do worse than appoint, expressed that this attractive Rem was left out/ligrim and incapacitated from serving on a
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Our estimable evening contemporary thinks that becauss the troopships Tamar and Himalaya e timed to
arrive at Singapore on the 9th and 7th of next month respectively "there will be racing all the way,”
It may be taken for granted that, on the contrary, there will be no racing at all "driving" being strictly prohibited on board Her Majesty's troopers unless under special instructions lasued in time of war or imminent disaster of some kind. The idea of troopers laden with soldima racing! Pabaw !
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SAPPHO SMITH on Admirals:-"Talking about Admirals, what does an Admiral do ? Act the frowning Providence to so many jack-tars and whisk his gold-braided cost-tails round the marble halls of the retired · pork-butcher in the stuccoed suburb The rest of the time goes in squabbling over little side-winds of ceremony number of time when he appeare, anywhere suddenly on the brink of the harbour, and that's near the sum total of his trying duties. It must he as easy as breathing to be an Admiral once you're in. You needn't even be a good sal'or, for most of the Admirals we become families with in Australia travel per Pullman car whenever they bare the chance, while the elegraph vessel creeps round the cost and the faithful newspapers report that the Admiral passed Birrenfory at 4 pm‚*
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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1892.
TELEGRAMS.
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DIPLOMATIC CHANGES
LONDON, January 23rd.·. Lord Vivian has been appointed Ambassador at Rome, and Sir Edmund j. Monson, Ministerat Brussels. Sir Edwin Henry Egerton, now ! Paris, has been appolated Minister to Athens
ILLNESS OF THE POPE.
His Holiness the Pope is indiaposed,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The U.S.S. Monocacy has gone on a cruise up the Yangtze,
A JAPANESE paper says that the steamship Hairieng, formerly the Skima Maru, is to be turned lato an armed cruiser for the Corean Goverament.
INTELLIGENCE was received in Wahn the other day of the death at Hackow of Commander R. D. B. Bruce of H.M.S. Swiff, from inflam- mation of the lungs.--
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WE are informed by the Agent of the Messageries Maritimes Co. that the Company's steamer Caledonian, with the next French mail, luft Saigon at 7 a.mato-day, for this port.
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cricketers who are coming down to play the Hongkong C. C will leave Shanghal by the
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Ext.
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1 Shanghel Mercury of the 22nd lost reparts as followes At 6 o'clock this afternoon an in portant arrest was made by Inspector Keeling in connection with the robbery of £50,000 from a bank in Sydney. The accused, who bas several allast, refuses to give an account of himself and will be brought up at H.B.M.'s Police Court to- morrow. The specific charge against him is of | stealing Ligo, and it is stated that the recused, | with an accomplice, bas been cruising about the Pacific in a schooner which they parchased with the stolen money,"
On the same subject the N. C. Dally-News sayı:--"A man describing himself as a cigar merchant, osmed Marans, but whosn real name Is believed to be Samuel Davis, was arrested by Detective Inspector Keeling yesterday, on a charge of fraudulently missppropriating goods to the value of 150 at Bydney, New South Wales. He will be brought before the Assistant Judge this morning, and probably remanded dog the arrival of a police officer from Sydney,"
Into the circumstances connected with the lesa (8-1"
of the British steamship Namchow, off Cupchi
| Polat on the Bib last,
A BAD TALE, Tom Johnson was a gentleman,
Who went out to solicit, But wheresoever he began
He always scented to malas it.
The first had always just insured,
The second gone away; And when he interviews secured,
They pleaded for delay. One promised for December
Another might in Jose;
"A third would lo Septembers
A fourth, no fixed time-soon:
The trouble was the butcher.
Would not accept his vow,. To liquidate in fature
· For beefsteaks furnished now,
Since men would not insure their lives,
Poor Johnson lost his own;
And as a warning to their wives,
His spouse put on his stans--
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TIMKs must be as bad in Queensland as they are in Hongkong. Brisbane is thus described
Scores of empty shops in the main street ; bars and billiard-rooms silent and vacant; viriting bushmen surrounded by swarming cadgers;| of the bour; heat and stillness overpowering: bailiffs and debt-collectors undisputed monarcba Ministers of the Crown either absent on tour or skulking In back siteys; even Governor Nork man, when he does venture outside Government House groands, takes the secluded small streets for his peregrinations."
We have to acknowledge receipt of Meiklejohn's Japan Directory for 1892, a useful publication that contains a list of commercial houses in Japan and Corea, the Japanese Government Departments, the Japanese
PECTage alphabetically arranged list of foreign residents in Japan and Corea, together with a mass of other lateresting information and a lithographed plan of Yokohama. This annual publication has greatly improved of late years, it is clearly printed and generally well got up, and as it is published at the reasonable price of 82, it should command a ready sale throughout the Far Eastman str
for which occasion an unusually, novel and
A SHORT Account of
of how an office boy saved the Editor of the Detroit Fres Press :-
didn't like and he was going to see the Fditer The paper had printed something Johnson about it and thump the stuffing out of him, no he said. Ar the foot of the stairs leading to the editorial den he found a small boy, who blocked his ware Editor In 7 he inquired roughly.
Can I see him ? "Yes, sir," replied the boy, politely."
Is
delivery of this remarkable speech, and without
4 You are not a foreigner, sir, but you are an instant's hesitation he remarked: mentally incapacitated from serving on a jury with your fellow-men, and are excused from
service on that ground,”.
A decorous iter from the spectators and assembled Jurors-accompanied, the Biblical foreigner to the door, and he has doubtless a few new ideas on the perspicacy of the resumed the business of cigar box making with judiciary,
ON Saturday last there was published from this office the eleventh annual issue of "The Hong kong Directory and Hong Liar for the Far East, the handsomest In appearance, most reliable in contents," and the cheapest work of the kind ever published in this part of the world. Owing to circumstances as unfortunate as they were unforseen, but principally la consequence. of the ravages of iil health amongst the members of our staff, the publication of the Directory WAE. unavoidably kept back for nearly three weeks, The same that the paper gave it to in the but experianila decai, and in future years recur neck "
"I s'pono sʊ, sir,”.
"Well, I want to. De I go up this way ?” "Air you Mr. Johnson inquired the boy, with evident personal interest.
"Yes, I am."
"Yes. What's that to you ?” "Nothing much, Mr. Johnson, but I'm your frlead."
"No, you don't say ? said the visitor, sarcass
tically surveying him, "Well, let me go on ap
of age to b
rence of this mishap will be rendered impossible. "The Hongkong Directory" has been consider- ably increased to size, over fifty pages of new and Interesting matter having been added since last year, thus; bringing up the total mamber.
The Far Eastern Treaties stairs, won't you
and Conventions have been added to and WITH reference to the complimentary benefit to the Editor's room you look into the comer by cities and towns in the Far East have Cert, Mr. Johnson, but before you go into revised, most of the descriptive reports of the be given is the Theatre Royal, City Hall, to the door and get a dray pin settin there I put been either re-written or considerably amended morrow night to Mr. W. Walshe, it will be seen it where you could get it easy. You see the and enlarged, and the statistical records, from the amended programme in another column Editor is lookin' for you and be's got a big hors lists of residents, cte, ele, have been mast assistance of the String Band of the sat desk, and when I seen them preparations I fist is not picture book, although it contains the that Mr. Walshe has secured the valuable pistol in his drawer and a hatchet layla' on his carefully compiled. "The Hongkong Directory" Shropshire Light Infantry, which will no doubt materially enhance the atractions of the enter tainment. The Scottish selections from Bount- seau's "Robert Bruce include several well known airs which are especially apropos to the recent departure of our friends of the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, and which will doubt: less meet with an enthusiastle reception. Seats may be booked at Kelly & Walsh, Ld., where
view, a plan of the theatre lu
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TO-DAY'S SHIPPING RETURNS.
Inward.
thought it was a shame for the Editor to go for a man in his old paper and ate a hatchet on him besides without giving him some sort of show. alat nobody but a office boy, but I know what justice is as well as if I was President of the United States. Go right on up, but go easy. The dray plata in the left-hand corner."
But Johnson didn't go up be cleared from the premises with the velocity of a first-class rocket.
best plan of the city of Victorin yet published but it is a vademecum for all classes, and on Its own merits, both ss a work of reference and
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compendium of generally useful information, stands unrivalled ou side Europe and the United States of America. Full details of contents, with a fist of our Agents throughout the world, will be found in our advertising columes.. Hongkong Directory" is published at the low price of $3, which brings it within the reach of allerdings guidan MESARE. WAERLOCK & Cole Shanghal Frricht Markit Report of the 22nd January Kays Samen The near approach of the Chinese New Year has not affected business to any material extent i at the time time occasions have arisen where natives, desirous of closing their accounts and returning home, have conceded a few points, and operators, in both tea and general cargo have taken advantage of the opportunity and some settlements have resulted. Coastwise -What fiule busintas has been passing, has been confined to the steamers of the three local com paster Waha to Whamros.-There are no enquiries for tonnage and our quotation is purely
MADAME Woodyear's Circus has come, been MONSIEUR HENRI BRYOS writes to the NC seco, and has apparently conquered, for last night Daily News that his compatriot, b. Griffon, the troupe performed to another crowded house. has just been charged by Viceroy L Hang-chang All the different items on the programme were to build a series of metallic bridges on the rail. carried through with smoothness and dexterity way now in course of construction from Tong, suggestive of a fixed determination on the past shan to Shanhsikuan. M. Griffon is well of the performers to make the show pan out" known in Chins by bis chef d'auurs, the work the proverbial 24 carat. As on the previous at Port Arthur, and the Viceroy, who has at last night the chief features of the evening were the fully made up his mind that the Manchuria juggling act on horseback by Lee, the superb rallway,; which is to be equally a commercial riding by Dixon and Schadel, the scrobatic and a strategic line, is to be built, has deter feats of Byssck and the wonderful series of mined to employ on fis. construction" all the contortions by little Ethel. "Victor, too, was best talent at his disposition and be is known a good as ever. The performance will be to be a good judge of man. The director repeated tonight, and to-tre a mains wil generale Mr Pethick Mr. Kinder, who be given for the special beneft of the younger is held in the highest consideration at: Tientsin, nominal For London vid Suez Canal im generation of Hongkongites. An early change | is chief engineer: Germany is to provide the Beyond the mails the O. 9. S. Co.'s Promatkaus of programme la announced,
rails, and M. Eiffel's works are to furnish, this is the only vessel on the berth ; she is advertised summer 43 spans of metallle bridging, of a total to sail 23rd fastant, but her departure may be length of nearly half a mile. - It is difficult, daya - postponed for a few daya; she will be followed M. Bryola, for one who is not an expert to write by the Tilan... -For New York, vid Suez sufficiently of what M. Eiffel has done in this Canal :-The Gharre is on the berth and line, but I should like to say a word about his will leave, on the 29th instant wild, con- Garabit visduct; one of the insrvels of modern sidering the time of the year, a fair cargo. Indostry, and one of the most beaut|fal pieces | No steamer has been named to fill the berth of ironwork in the world. Its total length after her sailing and it may be some litle In 364 mètres, of "which":"44%) mitraa te time before direct steamer is circulated, iron works Itreats on eight plers the owing to the poor chances of secmiing anfli highest 80.64 mitras, and the principal arch clent cargo. Departures for London via the is a parabolic curve of which the chord "la 165 real ports of call and Suez Canal :--Nestor mafrda. Its dimensions make it the most, im- tuis Foochon, 13th instant ; P. & 0, extra bost, portant work of the kind yet constructed in Canton, Glenaven vis' Foochow 19th, instant, France. The Viceroy. Li, who is much interested and Ningchow via Foochow 20th instant, in all the products of modern industry, and is at Shanghai to London, P. & 0, 3. N. Co., 0.5. S. the same time of a very economical turn of mind; Co, Glen Lins, Ben Line, C_S. M. S, N. Co., has deemed - it › advantageons to Conaniti.Ma: 253, periton for tea and general cargo ; through Griffen as to the firm to whom the order was to, to New York 358 ad for tea and general cargo, be given, while at the same time yielding with Shanghai to New York 354, per ton for tes end good grace to the reiterated representations of general cargo. Nagad to Shanghai $1.10 for M. Lemaire, the French Minister at Peking, and steamer and fall,... Wahu to Whampoa g cand. M. Begaure, the Freach Consul at Tientsing two per picul cominal. Settlements, datfog - the functionaries, who, it is only fast to say, are fortnight -Brdish barque, Florence Trent, 724. really solicitous to do what they can for theit (ons tugisiễ, Kachlaotsu tó Singapore, private
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