Intimations.
VICTORIA DISPENSARY,
FLUID EXTRACT OF MALT.
THE use of that extremely valuable Food
and Remedy EXTRACT OF MALT has been retarded by its usually viscid condition to "obviate this objection we have had prepared a FLUID EXTRACT OF MALT 11 easily poured out of the bottle and measured into doses a any oiber Fluid
It contains as much of the DIASTASE as any viscid EXTRACT OF MALT and la there- fore fully an active in tierne forming and diges
tive power.
Two tablespoonfuls of our FLUID EXTRACT OF MALT contain more nutritive and digestive value then plot of the strongest Ale or Stout. In 1lb. bottles 76 cents. Per dosen $8.00. Hongkong, 12th January, 1893.
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A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. WINES AND SPIRITS.
Wall of which are excellent quality and
TE Invite attention to the following Brands,
good value for the money,
The same being specially selected by our London House, and bought direct from the most noted Shippers, are imported in wood and. bottled by ourselves, thus enabling us to supply the best growths at moderate prices.
In ordering it is only necessary to mate the name and quality of Wine or Spirit wanted, and inftial letter for quality desired. PORTS. (For Invalids and gentral Vn).
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A Alto Douro, good quality,
Green Capsule........$10
B Vintage, superior quality,
Red Capsule. [2 C Fine Old Vintage, superior quality, Black Seal Cap.
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SHERRIES,
A Delicato Pale Dry, dinner wine, Green Capsule ...
B Superior Pale Dry, dinner
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wine, Green Seal Capsule 7.50 C Manzanilla, Pale Natural
Sherry, White Capsule... 10 CC Superior Old Dry, Pale
Natural Sherry, Red Seal Capsule .............remor. 10 D Very Superior Old Pale Dry, choice old wine, Wäfte Seal Capsulo...... 13
E Extra Superior Old Pale Dry, very finest quality, Black Seal Capsule (Old Bottled)
CLARETS.
Por
Cam. Quarte
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A Superior Breakfast Claret,
Red Capsule...$ 4
B St. Estephe, Red Capsule... 4.50
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D La Ros, Red Capsule..... 11.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1893.
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Ta la gented that all communications raisthag to abacatom, Advertisements, de, be addressed to the "Manage, Hoghone Trier" and not so the Editor.
Letters on Militarla) textters to be sent to "Th Kam" and [īnot to individcal members of the stačí,
Communications Intended for pebitextion art be acompaled by the name and address of the writers not actually for Whilst the cohens of the Hongkong Telegradh will sheave be open for the fair discursion by corsepondents of all questions affering public interes, it must be distinctly understood that the Balow dose not in sy way hold himself responsible for opinions the expressed. 7
publication but as eridasos of good faith.
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the Hongkong Celegraph.
HONGKONG THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1893.
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CAPT, Clutterbuck (H.M.S. Carelins) and Mrs Clutterbuck, Capt. Balfour (H.M.S. Mercury and several other Naval officers went home by the Mirzapors to-day, lastead of walling for the Tamar next week.
"On my friends, there are some spectacles that a person never forgets!" said the lecturer, after a graphic description of a terrible accident, "I'd like to know whers they sell 'eni," remarked an old lady in the audience,
THE following rules, according to the New
Orleans Times Democrat were adoppled at a meeting of young and pretty female stenographers and typewilters, and are now published for the benefit of that necessary and ornamental order of office decorsters, and for the enlightenment of Don't bleach à your hair until you have accured a position.
their employers
Don't statelyour speed when applying as more than 100 words a minute unless you can write
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Don't take more than two hours for lunch. Don't get to the office later than ir o'clock tha proper tima.is 9.
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Don't worry if you can't read your poles stenographers seldom can.
Don't ask for a day off more than five times per week.
Don't use the telephone more than six hours a day-give the firm a show,"
Don't forget to wille all your personal letters daring office hours.
Don't buy any postage stamps-the office owes them to you.
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female medieat missionary la Canton refased to treat the two classes professionally for theseason that it would injure her medical and social standing. Many of those missionaries are agrant rogues and hypocrites. [This'ls rather rough on tats, but as it is probably true we must
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Word tally bears out the testimony of the The prosperity of British shipping in the years "Saturday Review," that there is not a single 1853 and 1863 has been recorded by Tooke in person of ordinary lutelligence and strength || his "History of Prices,”. and by others. Tha who could not learn. from Work in a price of first class vestris mese, from Lix to Laa abort time how to mike A living. The per ton, and Colorial-built. ships of lower class sales of articles on Design and Decorating vona from 16 101, 10 £1 per tan, Such was in all, ages is a perfect treasure of art, besides the immensity of the carrying-trade that although our ports were now open to foreign vessels,there belog welten in a bright and stiractive style. The D cember number also gives some valuable | was not tonnage enough to meet the demand wrinkles in botantes1 amusements, for those whủ | for transport. Freights doubled, as has been like to run a hobby, without going too hard at it. | vald, nearly all round-lo the South American, Photographie and chemical experiments and West Indian, Balife, and Black Son trades. apparatus are described by an old hand, in a Amorg other instances it may be noted that manner which cannot fall to prove of great use. coal freights from Newcastle to London 1989 The mass of solid technical and scientific to 12 and 13% per ton. Genia freights information, on all sabjects connected with rose most quickly, the Odessa rate reaching practical mechanics, given in this periodical is 20s, and it was these high rates and the con in itself worth the price of less many times over, sequent long prices for wheat that gave an since the editor takes care always to have impetus to the export of grein from the United contributions from experienced and reliable men, States. whose articles are worthy to go before all the
TO FAR CATHAY,
XVII.
HISTORIC LINKS.
As a nation of shipowners we account ourselves the foremost in the world, and "behaving as sich "wo take a constant deight in com- menting on the folly of our American cousins in destroying their own splendid mari. me commerce. When we look back at the time of the China clippers, one gains some idea of what America might have been to-day in the eccan-carrying trade but for her peculiar poll i caliani. And yet we gave her the lead in her, maritime development, as well as, later on, in her backward policy, just as she gave us the lead in clipper-building. It is worth whiin gathering up the threads of thin history.
let it pass.-Ed. Telegraph.] In Nagasaki one of them openly cohabited with bis amat during bis wife's absence. On the latter's return they refused to pay the woman her wages, then due for a year, because she had broken her con tract by the mlaconduct named. In Cheloo, a a married mastonary seduced a female missionary în flagrante delicto laid all the onus upon the woman who "tempted" him. In Swatew one of them owned a number of Chinese disorderly houses from which he drew a very handsome rental. In none of these, so far as I have ever learned, did say of their colleagues take any steps to punish the malefactors,
When the traveller In China sees a particularly fine house and grounds, on inquiry he will find | world. it le be tepanted by a missionary if it does not actually belong to one of the Missions. When he meets a pompous white person carled on the shoulders of two, four or eight colles, with all the trappings and accom- paniments of rank and station, he will usually and to his astonishment that the aristocratic. looking lodiektual is a missionary, sent out specially to convert the heathen. These modern evangelists have generally their wives and fami- lies with them, occupy fine houses, indulge in a large retinue of servants, are well paid, and sup- plied with luxuries altogether unknown to them in their poorer days at home. Living and service in the Middle Kingdom are ridiculously cheap. At home the average gospel grinder is fortunate if he can afford to keep ons servant. Hundreds have none In China, there is not ons mis- bosssionary, male or female, who has less than two. The average apostle keeps a cook, a house-boy, a coolle and two chair coolles. These fin de siecle saints are notoriously close and stlogy in their dealings with their servants, and are often summoned to the consular courts at the Treaty ports for non-payment of. wages,
Alibaugh shunned by the consuls, merchants are perpetually begging subscriptions for various purposes, such as chapels in the interfor, sick Christian converts, schools, church-organs, bibles, clocks, hospitals, asylums and apothecary shops. They raise large amounts of money in this manner; bút seldom or never report the fact truthfully at home. On the contrary they usually state it as "native or Chinese contributions, and so give the impression that they have entbusiastic and generous converts. As a matter of fact their alleged converts do not give
cent a year, never did, and never will. Nearly all the missionaries engage in trade more or less, and have on unenviable reputation for not strictly adhering in their business meek apostle becomes rapidly changed in this Flowery Land into the pretentious magnate, with a predilection for "squeezing" when oppor tuny offers,
Don't clean the typewriter let the office boy or the boss do that.
Don't invite yourself to inach with the let him ask you.
Don't bother with the fanlor partner. Don't fall to own the boss,
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It was, however, when shipowning was at its worst, both In England and in America, that the Americans sont forth these biggest venture in clipper building. This was the Grrat Republic, measuring 305 ft. la length, by 53 ft. beam, and 30 it depth of hold, and regimering 3,400 tons (although originally designed to register 4,000 tons). She was one of the first vessels to be filed with double-t prails, and she had a small steara-coglue on board for working the winches, heaving (anchor, etc. The Great
LAW Erpublic belonged to
& Co., of New York, and was sent across with 3,000 tons of guano to find employment in London- making the ran to the Scilly Isles in 13 days, But she was too big for either the China” or the Colonial trade, and was taken up by the French Government as a transport. What became of her subsequently we know not.
It was in the first decade of the second half of the century that the tide of shipping began to turn, and that the new race of English clippers began to come forth-slowly and tentatively at first, but then as fast as they could be built. The story of the building of these pioneers, and of the performarces of some of the more notable clippers, has already been told in these pages, but a few links need to be picked up to bring us
Or the 1,000,000 women in Italy about 3,000,000 officers wear them as a matter of course. Eng and residents generally, they take no bists, but anexception in favour of America. United States on to the age of steam,
are employed in industrial labor and aver 3,000,000 in agriculture,
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"SONS of Neptone," farewell performance, 1.10 "Voyage of H.M.S. Albacore." to night. No
seats will be vacant by nine o'clock.
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THE ides of men wearing corsets, maya a con temporary, is not a new one. German army
lsh officers of crack regiments which sport a tight-fitting uniform either wear corsets or have their coats whaleboned to nugly. I am not, however, alluding to these pardonable instances where it is hardly possible to avoid some such aid to imposing graad tenu, but to the fact that corset weailog among fashion, able young men, and some rather naughty,
not only
becom 1.25 COMMITTEES, are admirable things, but it has wicked old
been wald "if the ark had been built by a com-log.dally more popular, but that a well-known Boad-street house is making a fortune by its mittes it would not have been finished yet,"
artificial attenuations of figures whose owners OFFICIAL returns of the recent cholera epidemie disdain the robust and well-fed appearance of 0.60 in Germany show that 8,500 persons succumbed well-dined Brtions. The man's corset a la mode is better described as a coralet. It is much to the disease, 7,600 dying to Hamburg alone,
longer to proportion than that affected by 0.75
ander the shoulder. With the present mode of 1.00 Lloyd's S. N. Co. that the Company's steamer wearing the frock coat open there is not so much Orion left Shanghal yesterday afternoon for this chance to display the skill of the corsetter to ad- port.
fantage, but the fio de alecle " Johnny" lees to display a taper waist enswathed in a well-fing NAUDIN, the "Vanishing Act" artist, is in waistcoat. The advantage is much more marked Hamburg, arranging a composition with bin evening dress, where the "camel band bas Almost entirely superseded waistcoats, the former creditors at home. Hongkong left out in the
having a tendency to assume a patriarchal cold, as usual.
aspect when stretched over a capacious abdomen, The late Duke of Clarence was noted for the tight lacing he indulged in. Lacing is said to have a beneficial effect upon men who are inclined to undue excesses at table, as after the manner of the tightened belt of the Western gentleman, down on his luck," it pots a certafo check on capacity.
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The curious Act (37) of George III, remained in force uniti 1847. It authorised the Directors of John Company to make such regulations, as they thought fit with respect to trade, to be carried in other than English-built veraria, but it made, ships were enabled to clear out from English porte to Chins, while English merchants (other than John and his licensees) could not send a British ship there.
By the year 1860 we had won back from the Americans the greater portion of the Chins tea- trade, Gren's Challenger had beaten the Yankee Challenge and the Crest of the Wave, the Stray of the Ocian, the Kate Carnie, zad the Falcon were speedling like steamers between- the Bittish Channel and the China Seas.
WE are informed by the Agents of the Austrian femininity and fits well down to the hips and transactions to the Gulden Rule. The poet and London, there to load, not for the B-fish settle.peared the Sir Lancelot (although it was not qu'il
1.35 No definite arrangement has yet been made as to the "Charbonnages," though almost every hour brings some "tresh rumour. An early settlement is expected.
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THE new Holt steamer Pyrrhus (of which a full $ 450 description was reproduced in there columns 5.00 recently) arrived to-day. In outward appearenCH 7.50 she is exactly like the tyres, recently here.
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A REGULAR meeting of the Victoria Preceptory will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock precisely, Visiting companions are cordially invited to attend.
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RELIGION IN CHINA,
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Thus they secure medicines and surgical goods from liberal manufacturers in England and America on the representation that they will introduce them among the natives and so bui'd up a special trade. As a matter of fact they use the consignments for the benefit of themselves and friends and in increasing the Income of the so-called Christian hospitals, asyloms and pharmacies, which they either own or control, In this manner normal trade is undoubtedly fojared to a very appreciable extent.
Our missionary friends limport laudazum, mor- phinc in bulk and in pflix, and other opiate pr parations, and retail and wholesale them to the natives for the purpose of caring the babit of opium-smoking. The result has been the creation of a morphloë habi', worse than the one which There are three religions in China, but praci displaced. Then to cap the climax, some of the A NUMBER of Cloghalese are now staying in Hongkong, waiting for the next C. P. R. boat. tically the three are one. The same individual men engaged in this questionable business have taken strong ground in pablic agalost the poppy 12.50 They are bound for Chicago, for the Ceylon tes
may be a Confucianist, a Buddhist, and Tacist, culture and have signed and circulated the petl. 18.00 and coffee planters exhibit at the World's Fair.
without any sense of incongruity. It is impossible tions asking the British Government to suppress AN Irishman walking through a cemetery and for Chinese to realize that two forms of belief the plum-commerce of India with Chios. It is but falt to add that many English and American reading on a tombstone the inscription "Here are mutually exclusive; they know nothing of medical missionaries have vigorously denounced iles a lawyer and a honest man," sagely logical contradictions. An individual who has this morphine Industry, but they are a small remarked, "Faith, an' there's two in that grave." imbibed the lefty maxims of Confucius will also minority to whom their colleagues helther pay
belleve, in the goblins and devils of Tacism, respect nor eved condescend to listen. Scholars and 'weźltby mandarias are not shamed to be seen on the two days of the month set apart for that purpose, worshipping the fox, the rat, the weasel, the hedgehog, and the snake, all of which in printed, placards are styled "Their Excellencies," and are supposed to influence buman destloy. They are willing enough to laugh at many of their forms of belief, but dare not disregard them. Their belief is a matter of prudence--just the same as we take out an insurance polley. They say "If the gods do not exist, there is no harm done; li they do and are neglected, they may be angry and revenge fol," All the gods may be said to be dead men apotheosised. A popular person is canonized, and from that evolves into a god. In the temple of the Five Hundred Geril at Canton, Marco "THE Dragons at the Gate" is the title of onePolo occupies a prominent position, and among of a new series of children's stories, published the others I noticed a Chloese Elijib, who wAI D.75 by Kelly & Walsh, Ltd. The book is pretilly represented as being miraculously fed by wild
bound in Japanese syte, with quaint coloured pictures. The stories, written by A. R. G. S., are monkeys. Every stare, boat, or dwelling of any partly of English and passly of japanese origin, description bas a shrine to some delty, before 0.73 amusing in their way, and the printing is clear whom joss-sticks, constantly barn. The god of and good. The litle work is eminestly suited Wealth is the favorite among the business men, for presentation.
Rala and Thunder gods among the farmers, but among the poorer classes Qui (the devil) in the most popular. They say "The good grd is too good to hurt us; it is the bad god whom we with to conciliate.
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HEER FRIEDENTHAL, the great German plano thumper who dislikes the bagpipes, declines to revisit Hongkong He goes from Bangkok to Egypt, Great Cheopsl let the long-haired rooster have full swing at the famcar flesh-pots, Amen!
THERE were only fourteen cases before the magistrate today, sad all of the most trivial 1.75 kind proof of the continuation of virtue and uprightness among the people-or, as the Chief Justice suggests, of the superior ability of criminals in dodging the police."
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Although the missionary is a fallure as a propagandist, he is doubtless of great service to the different European Governments as a political catspam. When England or France wish to foment trouble or seize a desirable location in Asia`or Africa, the missionary is the ready tool with which to do it. A few fanatics are lucited to go into the coveted territory, Naturally, the result is much the same as if fanatie Buddtist or Mohammedan came into one of the country towns in Britain or the United States to vilify and abuse the inherited Christian religion. The missionary complains of his ill trentasest. Of course his Government, with much parade of orthodox indignation, takes his side. Reparation and compromles are evaded, and the outcome of it all la that the coveted territory is finally seized. An impartial examina. ton of all wars and territorial seizures in Africa and Asia by England and France will usually find the missionary as the instigator of the original trouble.
The worst Chinese riot in 1891 was occasioned by an English missionary buying four children from their mothers. He paid the penalty of violating both English and Chinese law with his life. If, however, he had escaped, he would bave taken the ground that he was justified in his crime because in that manner he could save the souls of the four urchins he purchased from their Fagan enrroundings,
MCDONALD,
He was a beloved pastor, and he was con.. umptive. His medical adviser prescribed the Spath of France, and the Anglican clergy raised
: : CASSELL & CO'S MAGAZINES. " bim a subscription. But he was in debt and in
Worship is all a question of baner; in much R danger of being prevented from taking the French leave be desired. He consulted a bosom worakip for 10 much bearfit. They think a god Cassill's Saturday Journal for Docember, 1.10 friend and fald bare his position, File," said can be flattered, cafoled, and cheated, like them to hand by the last mails is the second monthly friend. After a day or two of reflection, he again selves, Sallors have a pattern of their junk, so part of the new series, in which this diverting 100 visited the friend: "I have decided to fils, valuing that in case of a storm they can throw it oret periodical has been considerably enlarged. The your advice. But can you lead ms 2011 find board and deceive the demon who causes the space devoted to engravings and hamerons cute that my travelling arrangements have to be storm. The Kitchen god, who ascends to heaven has also been somewhat limited, in order to a75 modified and that I am in need of that mom, at the end of the year to report on the conduct loare still more room for reading matter; but which I can restore to you very shortly. You of the famliy, has his lips smeared with taffy to the pictures have not by any means been entirely 1.00 sec, my drafts have gone on ahead" Money prevent him from reporting the bad deeds he banished, but more than make up in excellence Lent. A fortnight. later, the friend received has scen. Mock money will be paid to the god and spirit for the curtailment. Of the more 5.10 through the past a cheque for £63., "being the for real money which has been promised. The serious portions of this very varied periodical, amount of a final dividend of 21. 6d, in the state of religion in Chins today is much as it the bert are chatty interviews with William against your claim for 50 in the insolvent was in Rome in the first century it has reached Cross, the veteran wild beast dealer, of Man- estate" of the Rev. Zachariah Slitheram. The the point of decay Of Chinx it may be said, "chesters with a professional football player, with ** Gibbon remarked of Rome, that "to the London "cabbies, with Jeramo K. Jerome, with beloved pastor had gone to the South of France,
common people all religions are equally tros; Coxwell the aeronaut, with Mr. Henry Russell, is the philosopher all are equally false; to the the octogenarian composer, and with Reform TO-DAY'S HELPPING RETURNĚ, JA
magistrate all are equally useful."
#gitators of 1866. There are also exceedingly According to competent authority, Christianity entertaining tales of prison life, of man-of-war ..Inward.
has made no converts outside of those who experiences, of coroners furies, There are obtain their living through its influences many short stories, all of real interest and Mitsulonasies have a very sinsavory réputation in goed Literary, style; and thousands of small Japan and China. They are usually raised from notes, anecdotes, kes, and items of general humble sphere of Rie, mechanics or small trades. Information, selected with the very best judge people, who imaging they have received a "call" ment. Those who like to read long serial stories. Their pay and emoluments castle them to live will find Mr. George Manville Fenn's Witness In these cheap countries in a style and splendour to the Deed equal to anything ever written by far beyond their wildest hopes in their native this well known author, lands. They do a minimum amount of work and The Quivir, bually better is its pictures in their lelacre bours ape the ways and fashions than anything else, has this month quite a large of local society. Thus they dress well, wear number of short stories which are above the Jewellery, go about in rickshas or sedan chairs, average. Uncle Jace and Miss Edith's entertalu liberally, play lawn-tennis and croquet Boarder are capital stories, with admirable and frequent musical and literary entertainments, Blustrations; and among the "Short Arrows " and even go to dances Eastern society declines are sevcial good items, notably a speaking like to recognise the Portuguese and half-breeds and ness of Dr. Boyd Carpenter and a picture, of the micelenaries do likewise, The Poding | Buddhist temple in the heart of Chinny
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This was the effect of Act 59 of George III. which permitted United States vessels to clear out from any port of the United Kingdom for
The competition now was no longer between the principal British actilements in the East Indies, such as Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, Yankee and British clippers, but between British etc., with any goods which could be legally clippers alone, and the annual race was not only exported in British-bullt vessels to such settle for such freights as most inake the muu be of pre ments, and under the same regulations as appled sent-day shipowners water, but also for large to Britlub vessels. It was chiefly under the prizes, in the form of premiums to the swiftest shelter of the latter Act that American ship. ships which brought the earliest deliveries of the owners were enabled to send their ships to new toss trito the London market. By 1865 ape
ments specified in the Act, but for Colna where | 1869 that she made her famous gorday pas at the time Jahn Company held an exclusive age), by 1866 he Serica, the Arith, and the Now China WAS not men. Tarping, by 1868 Spindrift Titanin, Forward monopoly. tioned in the Act, but whether accidentally Ho. Unding, and Fury Cross, and by 1 ôg the or designedly omitted cannot now be sail, and Thermopyla and Taitsing-to mention only a it has been sometimes maintained that the few of the most famous cricks. Americans were really violating treaty-law when sending their ships to China. Capta, however, was claimed as definable ara British settlemeni in the East, being within the area of John's charter, and the Government bad not the courage to argue the point.
What they got by luck the Americans main tained by skill, and down to the first decade of of the second half of the century they took the cke"
the British ship owners, what with the effects of
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The year 1870 was, perhaps, the year of most even averages of quirk voyages among these cracks; and yet by 1870 clipper-salling was already became a decaying Indurry. But the Titanio made one of the quickest voyages on record from Foochow to London in 1871, and la that year occurred one of the most exciting and deeply interesting races in the whole history of the China trado-vis, the race heiween the Titania and the Thirmopyla. Undine, and winner by rasny says, doins the ron in 13 days. | Forward Hawin which the Titania second the --
less time than even the swllt The mafyla.
the old Navigation Laws, and the start which America had been able to obtain in the E÷xtern This was an even more mentiorable-race Face. Not until 1853 did we'really begin to (notwithstanding the steamers) then was that in feel the benefit of the frert system of trade, but 1886, when the citopers had it all their own way, in the meantime the timidity of shipown rs at and the Lakioo, Sir Lancelot, Ariel, Tasping acw conditlens bad led ton cessation of building || Spindrift, and Undive, all left the ton-ports and to a consequent scarcity of tonnage, wichitals three days of each other, and two of thera became very marked in 154 The high freights | (the Ariel and Sóladrifí) van almost neck-and- which resulted from this condition of things Beck and were docked within 7 days. were largely scoped up by the Yarkees, who, By 1872 lea-clipper eacing was practically over, were building eagerly. When the Crimean war and yet it was as late as 1874 when the broke out in 1854, there was something like a Hallows'en made her famous run from Shanghat ship-famine. Then followed the opening of our to Deal to eighty-nine days. The Hallowe'en, awa cossting-trade by the repeal of the only 100, was one of the latest born of this famous remaining clause of the old law, and the pro-breed of clippers, having been built at Greenock clamation against privaterring
The tremendous demand for transport-vessels, added to the existing demand already in excess of supply, caused such a run of freights as we have never seen since. Timber freights from Quebe jumped from 30s. to g5s per load the shipbuilders now being overwhelmed with orders. The freight for coal to Constantinople was more than doubled in 'very short time, and reached £70 per keel, or nearly £3, 101, per tons. The homeward rates from India an up from gos, or 60s. to 1805, per ion. For transports the raies went up to 30% per ton per month for sailing-vessels, and 65s. per ton per month for steamers, because France was in the market as well as England, and some of our shipowners made better business out of the French Government than they could out of our own
In 1870.
We have seen in previous articles that the Chios trade began in 1842. With occasional interludes, such sa sbe Torrington in 1846, the Gangering 1841, and the Stornoway and Chrysolite year or two later, the Yankees held the monopoly of the swift ses-carying until 1856, when the Lord of the Isles beat the Baltimore record, and brought the blue-ribbon of ocean-racing permanently back to Great Britain. Between · 1860' end" "1872 was the unrivalled reign of the British tea-clipper which now, in 1897, is as dead as the dodo, and almost as much an object of arch gelological in- terest as the stately old "East Indlaman."
Within thirty years, what a rise, what m development, and what a revolution -Fair- play.
THE WILD CAT COLUMN:
With 1854, then, began a tremendous boom in abipbuilding, which soon turned the balance the other way that is to say, more ships than
The pickings of a certain N.S.W. bankruptcy charters. The transport rates for steamers declined from 65a. to 350 per ton per month, but official exceed, the salary of a Distict Court even at the lower rate there was not employment Judge. An M.P. is about to demand a Govern for all the new boats which had been hurled ment investigation. into the water, and which, therefore had to have trades found for them. It is to ibis
At the first trial of the Australian Banking period that we owe the initiation of many of the existing Co. officials, as much as £200 was secretly but courting and, foreign lines of steamers. But aoavailingly offered in the Crown Law officem these displayed unling-versels, which had alio for a copy of the jury-panel. been extensively built all over the country, so fitte that even before the war came to an end the a was a reaction in abipping which developed later into a crisis. For the Americans, too, had been abolish all imprisonment for debt, save in overbuilding, tempted by the remunerative cases of attempted skedaddle. This Bill doesn't freight in the Californian trade, and by the year, go hall far enough. All debts, for wages and 1857 the ports of both countries were crowdedor work done under contract, should be made with vessels of all sizes and classes, for which recoverable by law. Credit would then be on there seemed no employment.
Then came the Indian Mutiny, the simultane one smashing of a whole series of English and Scatch banks, and the failure of a small army of mercantile and shipping firms.
Shipowners declared that all the big profs made daring the Crimean war and been all lost, and more also. Perhaps this was not strictly accurate, or, at any rate, not universally correct; but the plaint lent pathetic interest to the movement new set on foot for the smelloration of the condition of British shipping. The agite tin was fomented all over the country, and resulted in the appointment of Parliamentary Committed to inquire into the operation of certato burdens specially affecting merchant shipping
O'Sullivan, M.L.A,"asks N.6,W. Assembly
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A man with an overdraft paid a cortala' numi into a N.S.W. bark, specifically to meet certain cheque. The amount was credited in reduction of overdraft, and when the cheque wIE presented it was dishonoured. He sued the bank. jury awarded him 6150 damages. The bank scossfolly appealed to N.S.W, Fall Court,
Specimen of Sydney Stock Exchange humour. One member reports :---" Brokers will soon have to submit to the uncomfortable post ion of belog placed on half tations, and if the shrinkage of stocks continues they will be glad enough to satisfy themselves on ponidge and potatoes with an occational change of bacón and beans,”
One of these burdens was, admitted to be the law of the United States whib excluded British ships from the trade between the Atlantic and We trust that the democratie semion of the the Pacific ports of that country, even round N.W.S. Parlament will give strict attention Cape Hora, although American ships were to the proposed amending Bankruptcy Bill, allowed to participate, to the carrying-trade Should this be passed, a poor wretch can be between the United Kingdom and Bitish made fosolvent for is debt to the great foy possessions and dependencies fa the East. Even of the official accignces, who, by the way, net after our own coasting.irade, as well as our 68 149. for every case, irrespective of com foreign and colonial trade, was open to the on proceeds. American flag, we were still, shut out from the casting trade on both coasts of the North Nearly all the big mines of Bendigo have one American Continent, and also from what was, visiting-day a week, when brokers, stareholders, to all fatents' and'purposes," the foreign_voyage |,and speculators inspect the wo kings, and act on from New York to San Francisco, And it was their own judgment, but as a rofs every important just the profit of this masspoly that stapled the development is known on the Exchange WAKIA Americano be unt no wm of the Chian ins-tendo- | no hont of fir encuernoső · Many minor sey von).
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