that the arrangement was as good a one as could be made at the time, although many large shareholders had strong objections to this enterprise, which owed its existence to English and Chinese expital, being placed in the hands of a German firm. The meson Mr. Ewans gave for appointing, Messrs. Amold, Katberg & Co. was that they had been the Company's best customers, which I for one did not consider
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1892.
THE FATSHAN KEROSENE SEIZURE.
* TWO CHINESE VICTIMS RELEASED.
A Fatsban correspondent writes:-The two men seized in the Wan Wa Hoog, Fatsban, in
Car
CHOLERA.
clear off his stock of goods and close up his CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL business with all reasonable despatch.
"It was In 1873, as has been said, that the Indian trade began to be relieved of, John's monopoly, and it is remarkable that in a very short time the value of the trade of the private adventurers exceeded that of the Company. Thes" in 1814, the Imports from India were
the private traders; but in 1815 the Company's share was only £3016000, and the private trade had increased to £5,119.000.
sufficient reason, but as the majority of share. / December løst have just been released from to the sufferer's chest, felt his polvo, and studiozpiera, in some term or other, has carried off | £4,208,000 by the Company, and £4.435,000 by
bolders did, the appointment was made.
I am told that the Comar that at Green thoroughly Germaniked, so to speak;thatat Island, as of course is the case in the man ment in Hongkong, the 'German element la supreme in everything, nearly all the old hands having been quietly got rid of to make room for fresh importations from Germany. This perhaps wouldn't matter so much if the Works were if there were any prospects of abare paying, or holders getting some return for their investments; but as "Deluded Shareholder" ys, the stock of cement is increasing and the promise of the General Managers at the last meeting that ready sale would be found for all the cement the
prison in Canten, after nine months imprison- with that seisure, it will be remembered the worth of merchandise, etc.; and also all the officials carried off several thousand dollar business books, and these were used by the officials to find out who had purchased goods from the Wao Wa Hang; and then these persons were forced on pain of imprisonment to pay the officials large sums of money. Many of them who are indebted to the Wan Wa Hong, refose to pay now as they say they have paid the Chinese officials.
ment, for no offence whatever. In connection
The reason of the seixare seems to be this:
went to Hongkong, where, as a physician naturally would, "be" made a tour of the hospitals. He told bis guide, a medical student, that he wanted to see everything except cholera
Europe has this year been devastated by an cutes-there he drew a bardd-and-fant line. The epidemic of the lerrible plague which was round of inspection was as enjoyable as any though, according to the flatterlag words of thing of the sort can well be until the two cime mod, ranitarians, to have been almost to a man who was tridently dying. The physt. entirely ahollihed from civilised countries: clan's curiouity was roused. He placed his
thousands and tens of thousands, eyes in the pupils of the are. When the doctor stood England, in spite of the "latest thing in drains," up agaio, his compasipo sɔket him what thend in suiking contrast to the assurances of case was, "I never saw a similar one," replied doctors that it is only cholerine, or diarrhea, o would not lead me to a case of cholera, I should the American; "but if I did not knew that you something cle not fatal say this was choices" "You're right," said the guide coolly whereupon the physician reshed out of the hospital, and afterwards took quinine until his bead nearly burst. He caught neither cholest nor the student, though be tried very hard for the latter.
All sorts of remedies have been tried, but no real cure or preventive has yet been procinimed by the authorities. Quacks have allemsted to tackle the scourge, and have been given a fair chance for in these days of Sequah and his kind, it is admited that sometimes non- profeimonals inay be right; but still the cholera The Quiver's Intest issue is much the same goes on. Eren now, the approach of winter has as usual, if not moje so. Those estimable per.
not yet entirely stopped the fearful mortality. JOB who go to church twice on Sundays will find this number exceedingly interesting to read kong, whose genuine philanthropy is tindoubted
Mr. Ho Amel, a well known citizen of Hong. during the sermon, or in between whiles. More.
has a medicine which has never yet beca proved perusal even according to the actions of the to Western science, which has a great deal to thea of reveral famous crypts-Canterbury and the Chinese materia medica; for though Philistines. There is a well-illustrated descrip- learn, as is almost daiversally admitted, from the St. Stephens principally. One of the complete fatter contains mach that is absurd, it also stories, "The Station-Master at Hellon," is not contains some really valuable t compounds, which at all bad, and the miscellaneous items are very re destined some day to beused by medical men fair.
Silover the world, Mr. He Amel has submitted his remedy to the local analysts, who report favourably; and he is sending it to Europe, through the various consuls, for farther official tests. Any person can citala samples on writ.
REGISTER,
7th October, 1892-At 4 pm.
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8th October, 1803-At 10 am.
This Mastration of iña beneficial results of unfettered trading had no leffect at the time. In breaking down John's China monopoly, although the shipowarts of London, Belstol, Rull, and all the chief porta petitioned for the removal of all restrictions fa the East, so that they could compete an even terms with foreigners,
It wat lodeed galling to see Chinese ports open- to foreign ships, while no English ships, unless they bare John's flag or permit, could enter. The petition of the English shipowners was followed Chamber of Commerce; but without avail for bene from Scotlurd, beaded by the Edinburgh other twenty years.
It is needful to recall that down to the can-
1814, all the trade with India and China WAB confined to ships of
350 tons and upwards, and that with, China to ships in the actual employment of or owned by the Eastche... India Company. Trade with Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, and Penang, was carried on under licence granted by the Board of Control
All perasy ascertained from the books to bare received goods by transit pass from the factory could turn out has not been fulfilled. Wan Wa Hong in Canton were individually
Deluded Shareholder's" remarks on the warned that if they ever did it again, their shops over, it contalna ¡several frems which will repay.) to fall: It is composed of materials not known celment of John's commercial charter In Secretary will be warmly approved of by shero would be seised and goods confiscated. holders generally, and I may say that this suble bas heen a good deal talked about by those largely interested in the Green Island Cement Co. What this Mr. Suidter dees for the wages the Company pays him nobedy can understand, Ore would think be might find something to Occupy his time usefully in looking after things at Green Island or is hunting up orders for cement, instead of leading around the Hongkong Club verandah My occupation calls me almost daily to Kowloon, and lately I have frequently met the Secretary of the Cement Works over there, apparently superintending the petroleum tanks now being constructed pear the Cosmopolitan Dick. These tanke belong to Melara. Arnhold, Karberg & Co., but that is rá reason why the services of the Secretary of the Green Island Cement Co. should be made use of for their private business.
I would suggest to Deluded Shareholder" that he should make a canvass of the share holders and ascertain how many votes can be secured to make a change in the management of the Company, and then a private meeting could
Work is this month particularly useful for amateurs, and the large number of people in the Far East who have more time on their hands than they can use, should be strongly tempted to take up some of the pleasant and and
profitable hobbies touched as in Cassell's practical working to him.
Was Wa Hong, and so the business of this firm No one dares, therefore, to purchase from the in Canton, which at one time was bringing in a considerable profit, bas been entirely destroyed. The Lekin Office is Conton undertook itself to trade in kerosene, and finding it a good thing. claimed to have been allowed Govemment monopoly in this trade. Of course this was untrue, but they easily frightened the Chinese dealers
out of opposition. The Wan Wa Hong was one of those that stood in their way, they proceeded to crush it in the manner already described They pretended that they thought the Wan Wong was a Chicero and nota foreign-place; then that they thought those goods had been smuggled; then other excuses were invented in order to gain time until they had destroyed the offending business. The mandarins have now. releared the men who were in prison, since they can now be of no service whatever is connection with the Wan Wa Hour, which has had to give up
business; then they have also, as compensa
men's journal. It is sufficient to mention a few of the subjects How to make a phonograph," “Artistic Iren work" "London Fire Brigade Work Lion Bride modelling," no end of designs for various kinds of screens and panels, small boat building, photographic wrinkles, and. so on. Engineer and practical mechanics can- not fall to arquite a mass of valuable technical knowledge, which may mean hundreds or even thousands of dollars to them; for, as Copper Jock very truly said, it is necessary to keep up
can give so much all-round Instruction as Work:
TO FAR CATHAY.
II.
JOHN COMPANY IN CHINA.
It is of no use to inquire which of the European nations first discovered Chlos, for it follows from what bas been said of Chinese trade in Rurope. Their goods were at Alexandria and Rome before the Christian. Era.
Besides Chins, John also retained the mono- poly of trade, with Java and the Eastern Archipelago, which the shipowners were most anxious to open up, as well as to get rid of the. enerous enndi lan which forbade a Üritish vessel to proceed from South America to India without fire: traching aport in Great Britain,
but
John's charter was tho despotle to be endored, yet it could not be get over at the time. Moved by the petitions and protests of the ship- owners and merchants, the Government of the day at last tried to get John to listen to reason, and Invited bit to make some voluntary con- cessions, such as the right to free-traders of direct trade from the East to the Continental ports of Europe; permission to allow home. formation of a tea depot in the Eastern Archipelago, so that free-traders could obtain supply, even if they were excluded from China; permission for the free-traders to send a certain, even if small, tonnage to China every year; and permission to send super-cargoes with the fee vessels to Calna to amperintend the sale of outward and purchase of homeward cargoes.
be held to discuss matters and decide faaliy❘tion for the value of the goods seized and for the To date in all such matters, and no publication "prehistoric timen that the Chloese discovered } ward cargoes to consist in part of tea; the
What to do and how to proceed. Like many others I am heartily sick of the shocking way this Company has been messed about.
Apolrgising for the length of this letter,
1 am, Sir,
!
Yours faithfully,
Hongkong, October 8th, 1892,
T
H. WAF.
"HE LATEST WAR SCARE.
An Error OF THE HOOKING Telegraph,"
518-It has occurred to me that quite an unnecessary amount of Importance has been attached to a Reuter's message, dated London,
loss of a profitable trade, sent in to the Consulate In Canton, (1) the business books they stole, and which are, now that debts have been repudiated and business crushed, of Ittle or no value; (2) part of the goods they carried away, damaged and only saleable at a great loss. They have retained for their own use the kerosene, upwards of hundred dollars in cash, clothes, beddlog, furniture, and ether effects which they found useful or easily saleable,
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THE JELEBU MINING AND
TRADING CO., LTD.
Your Directors submit a statement of the Company's Accounts for the period from 3rst
We have seen it stated somewhere that Western traders reached Canton "as long ago as the third century, and we are not in a position to dispute the statement. But it was the thirteenth century before Marco Polo resched Pekin,
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--Harakaste recuced to level of the sea le lachan, tenth and hundredths, Temperature in the shada în degrona, Fabu balt Hamidity, a percentage of saturation, the bemidity of air saturated with molate belag von Direction - of the wlad to two points. 5-Force of the wlad according t
Beaufort scale, dedisse of the weather, a Blodsky, € Detached donda, of Driending rula, / Foz, a Gloomy, à Hai, 2 Limming, & Overcast, Paning Sewws, z 5qmily, Rala, ZHOW, I Thunder, Viabelry, Der 9). 7-Rola la lack “mantha and hundredth
W. Domach.
Hongkong Observatory, 8th October, 1892.
HONGKONG REGISTER.
Naromater Temperagats. Humidity Direction of wind... Forte ***** Weather
But John would not budge. The prefits of the Ral
January, to 21st August, 1892, being the first. there waan regalar trade between Constantinople i chloese trade were only too welcome to him fast
half of the fourth year of the Company's existence by Chinese Calendar.
Since last report there is no material change the number of mincs at work. The labour force has increased by sy men, and is now 1,373 man in with...”
The British Acting Conant-General expects the proprietors of the Wan Wa bong to accept these damaged remnants of goods forcibly. stolen againut every treaty right, as fall compensIn 6th September helfe dhe Stralisation for all losses susisined, and refuses to paper, to the effect that "A British man-of-deliver up the business books which are lying war will be despatched to Vladivostock with at the consolate, unless the proprietors will Instructions to demand the release of any accept these books and goods as a full settle Canadian sailors & held prisoners by the Russian ment of their claim. authorities in connection with the seizure of the sealing vessels." say advisedly that the im
I porlarce attached to this alleged mesinge la out of all reason, for it should by this time of day be well known to the general public that the channel brough which the British wou'd bring lawless East Siberian Government
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THE VANISHING ACT.
Once again we have to record a bolts "Only once more, love, only once more," sings the poet,
of to patent double-shu: for which Hongkong
Jantly celebrated. The latest exponent of the art of acoating is pobody very much-only one of our beloved Deatscher friends,, named Nandin. Rumour. says he had $8,000 worth of debtor's prison waiting to receive him. If that is all he owed, Hongkong har the best of the bargain; for it would be well worth the money to get rid of the rest of the Germans at $8,000 a time.
The quantity of mineral produced and delivered during the period under report was :-680 piculs ors and 188 pirule tin against 8,424 picula Pre and 1,512 plculs tin for the previous half-year, and against 5,740 plculs ore and to pleuls tin for the corresponding or first-ball of last year.
According to Robertson, the historian of India,
the seventh and China well-enablished lo century. But it was with the western provinces of China, and was conducted overland-the bales of silk being conveyed by caravans to the Oxo rent down stream to the Caspian, and then partly by land and partly by water to the Exlse.
nen, so he stood to his rights, adhered to the letter of his band, and insisted on his pound of
Retribution came later, when he wanted the hard reset out t
monopoly he had for two centuries exercised over the trade of Chine, Japan, and Siam, as well a over India and the islands of the Indian seas was cancelled for ever. In fact, John lost his buslocks just when it was becoming more profitable than it had ever been or was ever expected to be.
"The overland trade between Western China and Russia in still canaled on, bat a new era diward after the Portuguese struggled round the Cape of Good Hope in 1497-although these enterprising Dons confined their operations to the Indian Peninsula at first. They got event-
ally to China, for they had a settlement at it was at bigh-water mark. Thus in 1814 the During the last twenty years of his monopoly Macao by the middle of the 16th century declared value of British exports to Indix and which the poet Camoens was banished by the
China wat 3113,000. In 1831 the declared
Previous De date [«day 4 p.m. } it to ma
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W. DOVERCE. Hongkong Observatory, 8th October, 1892.
To-day's Arvertisements.
'DOUGLAS STEAM-SHIP COMPANY, . LIITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY & TAIWANFOO. "THE Company's Steamship
"THALES,"
by the Chinese,, who do not as a rule make | thjak...of this old post-almost the only one China ard £2,576,000 was to India. The ship-Captain Hodging, will be despatched for the
otherwise have been delivered in time for in- &clusion in present accounts.
On Inquiry at the office of Merra. Naudin Co, we learn that he disappeared on the gib. He had been in business under this style for about two years, and was previously about ten years clerk in a German firm in Hongkong. He was not a subscriber to the Telegraph that is what we lose by our disfavour among the Father. Ianders--we hold none of his chits,
The outstanding advances at the Company's own mines and the leans to independent mines ampánted on 31st August, to $31,281 exclusive of irgs written it as bad and doubtial debts during the half-year. These outstandings are larger than usual for the same reason as above stated, wiz; that owing to scarcity of water, are washing has been kept back and conarquenily many mines have been unable to reduce their debts by delivery of ore.
**High-favour'd Oros) thaj on the futting verge Of Old Cathay, in shades saquast erad, plazad, Saw, with the poet's form, thy pavement graced Studious bleyta eple height to urga,”
Long before the days at the first John Company, English traders were trying hard to make business in the Far East,
1813
1.314,000, and In 1813 * into the United Kingdom in 1814 included 3.559.000 The imports from India and Cha 1,850,000 lbs. af estṭan, 26,000 602 ibs, of tea, and 1,116,000 lbs of silk. In 1834 there were Imported from China stone 32,000,000 lbs. of tex and 582000 lbs. of silk, and from India 33,000,000 lbs. of cotton.
But Jobs had by bis obstinacy and com- mercial arrogance provoked against him all the martime and mercantile influence of the king- demi nor had he managed his trade in China with judgment-Fairblay,
། ་
THE SACRIFICE OF LIFE,
As pointed out inn previous report the results for the first-half of each working year must always compare unfavourably with those of the officisis to book would be “the Farelen Office with evident reference to the monotonausrepell. second-half, as it is only at the end of the full Governor of Gon for cilticising the Government valzo was £1424.000, of which 1845 000 was 15 St. Petersburg. Explanations would, in the
year that an exhaustive cleaning-up-is-ahmed-ated the conduct of the officials. It is curious to first instance, be sought through the British Ambassades. Should the Ambassador fall to
special efforts to show results or bring their Portugal has produced-representing civilizatoriments from India to China were obtain the desired explantions and whatever
operations to a primi at the close of their first and letters in the Canton river more than threedot
Ball year. Mining parrations and requits have aatisfaction be might be directed by Lord
most of "The Lasiad," and two centuries later Rosebery to seek, then it is within the bounds
during the closing months of this half-year been more years ago. It was there be wrote the retarded by droubt, & being found impossible loss of John's representatives to the East co- British of possibility that
squadron would be despatched to Vladivostockpot
to clean large quantities of washdirt at some of shrined the money of the exiled poet in the merely one solitary gunboat, however good her
the mines, the ore resulting from which would famous Grotto of Camoens armament or brave her gallant crew might be, But at the same time it is bigbly improbable that such a course would be pursued until the Intervention of a third Great Power had heen sought and obtained with a view to the avold, ance of action (however necessary it might arem) calculated to cause a sudden and disastrons breach of the peace-an Anglo-Russian war in which one or more of the Continental Powers would most assuredly be quickly involved.
To despatch a gonboat to Vladivostock to "demand the release" of half a dozen Canadian poachers would be a most undiplomatie course to adept, even with the Russian Bear, and I am, after a lengthy sojourn in the Far East, FRAME CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER. “ reluctant to believe that the Home Government -unless adopting a bellicose attitude with a The trial of James A. Frame for the murder view to creating popular 'excitement and dis- of George Lemon was concluded at the American tracting attention from home polities and the|| Consulate-General, Shanghal, on the rst inst., British naval authorities are not aware before Mr. J. A. Leonard, U. S. Conani-General, that Vladivostock is practically impregnable, | who was aslated by Messrs. W. R. Eastlack, and that a shot or two from the-guns at the A. 8. Fobes, Rev. Ges, R. Loehr, and Rev. entrance to that port would quickly dispose J. A. Silaby, as Associates. of any warship we have on the China Station, were she to come within range of the crossfire that can be directed on any spot within a radus of a mile from the forts at the narrow entrance to Peter the Great Bay. The Ides of this war scare, created by what I believe to be faulty translation of a Reuter's cypher measg, almost too judicrous to justify serious comment, for it is regsonable to assume that the
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THE HONGREW MURDER CASE,
After Mr. Wilkinson had addressed the Court for the defence and Mr. A. P. Stokes for the prosecution, the Court adjourned from 11.35m. until. 3.p.m.
Frame to stand up and delivered judgment as On resuming, the Consul-General asked follows:-
James A. Frame, it is not necessary for me to speak at any length to you. I will simply say you have had as fair x trial as could be ofbly given you, in belog prosecuted with great moderation and defended with zealous- ness, and the Court has endeavoured to arrive at a perfectly fair judgment in
your case. The Court finds verdict-in which all the Assessors concur that you are not guilty of murder, an charged in the complaint, but that you are guilty of manslaughter, and I adjudge and six months in the uzol of this Consulate and sentence yes to Imprisonment for one year General from this date, and to pay a line of
version of the Reuter published here a couple of days ago is about correct, namely, a request bas been made by the Canadian Government that a British man-of-war, now on the way to Vladivostock, may be directed to enquire into the recent selgure of Canadian scaling vessels by * Russian crolier," although even that would be A very unusual coune of procedures for la desling with Russia we are not negotiating with a third rate Power of the Corean, Fijian or Sandwich Island type, but, on the contrary with a great milltary and very warlike sallon that we can hardly hope to conquer single-harded, but which we might possibly wound in a vital part and | 8100 ultimately (after a long and bloody struggle) to "a cestklā ̃ervent subdue,
Of course a way, no mistter where, would do a great deal of good in many ways fade, owing
to long-continued pence, has become stagnani, and the excuse therefor is wagusly described A and set down to
general depression.”
pre-
CASHELL AND COMPANY's MAGAZINES,
The Saturday Journal for September con- So that anything tending to stir things up taics a number of items more than usually and break stunder the bends that appear to interesting to readers in Chloe Evidently the be fairly throttling trade all the world over Far East is becoming more closely are is one would be more or less of a God-send at the the great Erm of publishers. There ment juncture. But there would be losers as well anjele which most be specially important to all as gainees, and that is just what we in, the Far who are in any way concerned in Eastern ship- East who have important Interests at stake ping capable writer dealing ably with the in Far Cathay, have to consider-should we quest of Lascar sallors: The series of profit by the war or should we lose? Husias Secrets of the Prison House" is o
During this half-year the Company have for the first time undertaken to supply all provisions and necessaries to the miners which in the former peried was done by a Chinese contractor, This explains the hem of $20,053 for storce la stock for sale to miners, and also the heavier expenses under the heading "addi teens tapped the new strangers necessitated the building of an iron godown and furnishing of
store at Jelebu and the purchase of land and erection of a transit go down and rice at Serambin. This store business has thus far worked satisfactorily and the profi's are larger than the commission formerly returned to the. Company by the cons.
-bactor.
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The Levant Company managed to set up an overland trade of a sort with Indis-bringing home wondrons fabrics and curtostilen obtained at Agra, and even in the Malaccas. Then, the Muicory Company did not confine their opera- tions to Rols and Turkey, but opened up relations with Persia, and so with the native traders who came to Perals from India and China. So long ago as 1589 the Levant Company tiled to turn their overland into an oversos trade, and obtained, in answer, to memorial to the Crown, permission to send ships to Jedia. They sent same, and probably also to China tor, for the example of the Dutch way by this time stimulating English maritime enterprise greatly.
Thousands of lives are morißced annually becaDES
mankind are not educated in the first rudí. ments of hygiene and life-preservation. Simple ailments are neglected. The dobility Increases, and
some fatal disensa altäcks the victim, and all lea pleasure departs, existence becomes a burden, life a trouble, and all because mankind la es apatheile and regardless of the algas natura sends that the vital strength & declising. All cases require immediate attention before it is too late, and a course of Clements Tonis invariably has the effect of im- Then, in 1600, the East India Company was already related. Their first charter gave them daughter of Bergeant Brown, Albury, N.B.W, writes incorporated in circumstances which have been mediately restoring perfect hesith. Mrs Brown,
a monopoly of the trada'ta 'Asia and Africa | on June 15, 1991 - The following particulars of beyond the of Megala, and therefore my case are faralabed on behalf of the amleted, included China. At first the Company had to trusting they may be the means of restoring others compete only with the Portuguese sed Dotch,
to-health-For eighteen months I was extremely but by-and-bye they had to compete with English traders as well, who proved extremely difficult to debilitated, the doctors being of opinion that I had deal with,
After paying all charges, making fell allowance for depreciation of hcoses, plant, and fortiture, and writing off all losses and doubtful debts, there remains at the credit of Profit and Loss account the balance of $45.74 Out of this your Directors recommend payment of a divid
outgrown my strength. My dissaan in known la end of 10 per cent for the half-year, being at the The: late of Captain. Sandys, who was con-medical ciroles au anamix or poverty of blood. Fains' rate of 20 per cent per annum, which would demned tu 1634 to sell, at an enormous loan, a lovaded all parts of my body, I aufered from absorb $22.500, that am of $15,000 be placed ship and cargo he had fitted out for trade on bla, general languor, extreme wankusis, Untlessness, to reserve lund (which will then stand at $55,000) WB Ecco la the East, did not deter adven defection of spirits, Indigestion, fickle appetite and
seals into and the ire balance of $3,404, then remaining but eighty years before that, King, Jamer 1 bad disturbed sleep. My body presented a bloodlous be carried forward.
The entire revenue fram tin mining during the granted a special license to Sir Edward Michel Appearance my lips were pale and the skin like max. half-year has accrued from the working on the borne and others to trade to Cathay (China); I was under several doctors who prescribed for me doubt that this system gives the best result of of Courteu's Association (the story of which has imagined that my constitution was breaking up, and Chinese tribute system and there is now no Japan, Korea and Cambaya. Then the charter but their treatment did not alleviate my dokness, I, any teled by this Company. It is intended to ale bien told in our sketch of John Company), the disease progressed I became more nervous and extend this system as much as possible.
in the time of Charles 1 covered the right ta The working of the Australian miners, whose made to Chlon, as well as to Goa and Salabar, hysterical. My sufferings were also greatly increased arrival at the mines was mentioned in the last *It is enerally believed that John's commercial by a shock to the nervous system received last year, report, has so far not been a success, and it has monopoly in China was much more valuable when a railway carriage in which I was sented caught been necessary to write off 16,826 as loss on | than his coomerțal wapopoly is Įndla, and fra. When my case was most critical and gave this account. The som so written off includes that this was the reason why when fudla was, serious apprehensions to my friends and myself. I passages, transport, and all initial expenses, in 179%, perfally spened to the Free-traders, started on a course of Clements Tonie, which I took, which were heavy. It must be admitted that China was all strictly reserved to the Company, in conjunction with Dr. Fletcher's pilla. The fri the Australian siz has worked well and that Bat at what stage in bis career John brgan to two bottins effected a great improvement, and I could the want of better resulta la to a great extent due fad China a profitable market does not appear.
relish my food again, and my general weakness Directors think it the early to finally pronounce con encement-though a humble one of the twelve bottles of Clement Tonic, and my pale face to circumstances beyond their control. Yuur To the reign of Charles II. we may assign the and herraumos vanlaled altogether I took sbont the experiment a fallure, and they intend con- tes trade, for in the year, 1657 an order was is now replaced with the bus of health, and my tinuing it for another six months, and trust to addrdased to Tobn's agent af Daziams to send recovery is as complete as it was speedy." D. W. bave better results.
home soo cheats of team the best he could: get, Carter, Esq, of the same city, also writes: "During Your Directoss regret to state that the Malacca Bat for tea it is probable that John would have the past twelve months I have suffered from a general
above Ports, on TUESDAY, the 11th Instant, at Noth
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DENTAL PRACTICE, HAVE the Day resumed my Hongkong
DENTON E. PETERSON, D.D.S.,
No., Connaught House, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong, 3rd October, 1892, 20 1755
SIEN TING, SURGEON DENTIST,
No. 10, D'AGUILAR STREET.
ar, to please our Canadian cousing, at the pre- also is the biographical pictur. Continued, as venturo has also resulted in a loss. All operar... had to retire from business-filly-or-a-hundred-}-break down-of-the-system, and being of a-bios TERMS VERY MODERATE-
these hard times
developed afterwards for political administration and consolidation. And thus one may say that but for the development of the China tostado, might not have had our present Indian Empire When John's restricted charter was renewed
disposition, I suffered acutely from indigestion and its train of distressing effects, most particularly sick hondaches, Biz bottles of Clements Tonle and a few I shall always be glad to ceilly acomdingly?? boren of Vletober's pills effected a radical ours,'and-
substantial than the grievanon fa terpect the uple, bits and the useful wrinkles, their | William Donman, lately in maligned in 181g, extending the privileges of free-trade to | Hypophosphites, la prescribed by Physicians all
Scorr's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with
of well tions there have been stepped. The sum of years before he did, and if he had mured from sent time would be a big risk for the New known men, which includes Chat with $6,000 bar been wikten off, leaving a balance business he had rot then the power which, ac Cabinet to undertake, and the carsa ball to Mr. L Tools There are over a dozen tili at debit of the account of 34.133 which it is catch onih the House of Commons in complete stories, Mr. Arker's Chinese Image expected to recover by proceeds of about 300
Dust, I
think, be more belog good specimen. Of the smaller items, tons in grade tin tip in the Company's posses
Mr. to "a few sealers up North. But the name is Legion; and the whole magazine is well "more"--the more of
to up to its reputation as the best all-round publics office and left the Company's service on 19th Madras, Bombay, and Fenang the trade with over the world. It is a remarkable remedy for Siberian pasto
of the Company's operations. in Jeleb cover a possible Central Asian checkmate is of tion ever sold for sixpence courte very adroit, though probably transparent One Saturday Journal yarn about Hongkong Jaly. Mr. L. W. Money, who has served the
since its incorporation, has been served to him for another period of 31 years, and very palatable Read the following enough to skilled diplomatists of the De Giers is too good to be lost. We would like to bare
must try it again, if, as it has been alleged, he writer on #Pes Avorions" saya s—A certala
Mr. John Finlayson has Joined the board of bas really sent a gunboat captain to demand the | New York doctor's horror, is coolers." Olber release of a few fishermen said to be imprisoned, disasses, deadly and contagioni, he bas battled Directors in place of Mr. Arent Reid, who but who are probably only held as witnesses at with ; but up to a year or so ago he had never reigned on his departure from the colony. Vladivostock,
**/1P. JoaqUIN, - Į sen a case of cholers, nor did he wish ta ses
Directors Youry, etc.
JORN ANDERSON, HUTTENBACH Bucs, & Co.,
Osanesi Agonio,
type. Lord Rosebery will And, I fear, that he ↑ names, and it is probably not hard to guess, Lampe manager in specession to Mr. Dan. The incompatibility of ton dealing with political I have much pleasure in stating that I have tried
ong, October 7th, 1898.
VIATOR,
the Aalalla; terror, mod; la" point of fact, he (! would hate travelled thousands of miles to gerow of its reach, Ahom that sims. be
Government and inflitary conquest was, how Scott's Emulsion in a case of impoverished raped with soch success during the great blood, with scrofulous discase, and, found is to chartes sontroversies of 1832 and 1833, that, by be very efficient preparation. It was taken AD Act of William the Fourth's Parliament, it without the least difficulty ***A TEMPLE was enacted that the Company's trade with PEREDIS, 23, Lordship Park, Sjoke Newington, Chins should cases on the sand April, 1834, that N Aby Chemist can supply it. 8. Walion the Company's commercial change. Should & Co. (Edisited), agents in tongkong and China, then tarminado, and that John shond thereafter, Llanh
Consultation frou. Hongkong, 27th September, 19ga
DENTISTRY.
FIRST CLASS WORKMANSHIP AND MODERATE FEES,
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Suigeon Dentist,
Farmerly articled Apprentice, and latterly
resistant to Dr. ROGERI),
REMOVED
HASO
THE BANK BUILDINGS,
ROAD A QUEEN'S (Opposite Hongkong Hotel).
CONSULTATION #E Hongkong, 67th July, 1991;!