Entimations.
VICTORIA DISPENSARY.
FLUID EXTRACT OF MALT.
HE use of that extremely valuable Food
THE
and Remedy EXTRACT OF MALT has been retarded by its usually vlucid condition to obviate this objection we have had prepared a FLUID EXTRACT OF MALT as easily poured out of the bottle and measured into doses as any other Fiuld,
It contains as much of the DIASTASE as any viscid EXTRACT OF MALT and is there-
for fully as active in tiene forming and diges 'tiro power.
)
Two tablespoonful of our FLUID EXTRACT OF MALT contain more nutritive and digestive value than plot of the strongest Ale or Stout, In Lib, bottles 75 cents. Per dosen $8.00. Hongkong, tath January, 1893,
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A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. WINES AND SPIRITS.
WE of which are excellent quailty and
JE 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 nated 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 state the name and quality of Wine or Split wanted, and initial letter for quality desired. PORTS. (For Invalids and general Use).
A Alto Douro, good quality,
Green Capsule....
Per But
Fer dox Сама
$1,00
B Vintage, superior quailty,
Red Capsule......................... 12 C Fine Old Vintage,, superior quality, Black Seal Cap- sale.
1,10
14
1,25
D Very Fine Old Vintage, extra superior, Violet Capsule (Old Bettled)... 18
1
1.50
SHERRIES.
A Delicate Pale Dry, dinner wine, Green Capsule...
6
B Superior Pale Dry, dinner
wine, Green Seal Capanie 7.50 C Manzanills, Pale Natural
Sherry, White Capsule... 10 CC Superior Old Dry, Pala Natural Sherry, Red Seal Capaule
10
D Very Superior Old Pale Dry, choice old wine, White Seal Caprofe..... 12 E. Extra Superior Old Palo- Dry, very finest quality, Black Seal Capsule (Old Bottled)
CLARETS.
*** 14
0.75
1.00
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1893.
BIRTH.
By a fire at Hanol last week rax native houses At Gough Hill, The Peak, on the zith fnst, Mr. C. A. TOMKs of a daughter.
ware destroyed, the European part of the town [146
being saved with some difficulty.
Honghong Jeleguaph., Zadland Sure, on Saturday, the
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HONOKONO, THUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1893,
TELEGRAMS.
1.
THE PANAMA SCANDALS.
LOYDON, January tạth, At the trial of the Directors and others, can- cerned in the Panama Canal, M. Obendoerfler,
a banker, admitted that he had made a press of four million fraces from ms. be received for promoting the issue of the lottery bonds. Other persons also made similar admissions.
THE O. & 0.. S. S. Co.'s steamer Garlic, with mails, &c, left San Francisco for this port, ein Yokohama, on the 24th lost.
We note that the marriage of Mr. John Mac. Lennan, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. with Miss Flora May Cameron, of Singapore, was to felt bare by the German steamer Bayern for take place on the 24th instant. Mr. MacLennan Singapore, where be is to act as accountant of the Bank, sice Mr. H.M. Thomseit, who is expected shortly in Hongkong.
con
Balance to be appropriated as
follown.:-
Amount to be written
5,00000 500.00
Directors Feta
off Stationery A/C....$ 263.33 Audiers' Fee inte Final D. vider d 14.per
cept, for the balf year 100 000.00 Balance to Now Account ...
35656.38
141,474 71
25° 831 42
23.406 61 195.8.9 14
36827 78
3,120.59
619.00
$5.8ja
Thus the Pinang Gassils of January rath William McDonald, the European who li charged with assault and using criminal force to young lady with Intent to outrage her modesty, was arrested yesterday afternoon on the warrant | Cr..
engineer on beard the steamer Sanitwongass. issued agalost him, and was subsequently, let ont | By undivided profits. 1898. ..................$ on bail in the sum of $300. The defendant is chief eng He was brought up at the Felice Cut this morning and remanded thil the 19th fistant, An application was made by Inspector Jennings 10 have the case tried by a Court of two Magistrates but was zalused."
WHAT becomes of all the ships ? In 1895 sixty. eight vessels, comprising 40,100 tons, salied from some port or other, and were not heard | A REGULAR Convocation of St. Andrew's OUR contemporary, the Straits Times under-record 28,500 tons were British. Of the total from again. Of the total thus patting out of Chapter, No. 118, S.C, will be held in Freestands that a petition is now being extensively tonnage lost only 1 per cent. were 28th instant, at B for 8.30 pm precisely. of the Chinese commanity to be presented to the and 47 per cent. were wood and composite signed by the lording members of every section structed of steel, while 41 per cent were of iron, | Vidsting companions are cordially invited,
Secretary of State praying that the tenure of
vessels, OTTO WIDER Acting Cortal for Sweden of the Straits Sertlements, which axpires this year, office held by Sir Cecil C. Smith as Governor of Bangkok, sat in the judgment seat recently on the only solitary subject he has under his forts may be extor død. diction. The case is one of slander brought by Me. Apcar against Mr. Hoksterd in which 1,000 Tels. damages are claimed. Case proceeding. The new series of postage stamps for the French Colonter, bearing the names of the different ter- ritories, is now i sued. The design is somewhat on the sima general plan as the old uniform series, not remarkably beautiful. The Indo- Chinn stamps have the name fa red letters at the baso. The Progrés de Saigon complains that the stamps are being sold at the Paris office of the Under-Secretary for the Coloster, thor robbing the Colonial revenue of at least two and a half millions of francs for the first year of issue, and 60,000 f. per annum afterwards, ja THE Douglas Co's well known Formosa, liner Fokion was piloted into post this morning by Captain W. Davis with flag colours, having completed her three hundredth trip. She was inutefully dressed from track to keel with The English, Austrian and German press vail-colour d bunting, the numerals devoting approve of the action of Great Britalo in Egypt.#goon being conspicuously displayed loft between the fore, and main mastThe Fokien,... which has outlived by several years" many of her larger and more powerfal rivals in the coast trade, is still under the command of a master mariner whose skili na a navigator and sailor is exceeded only by ble courtesy and the interest be takes in the welfare of bis distinguisbed employers and the officers whose good fortune it is to serve under British sailor and gentleman,
THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION IN EGYPT.
January 25th.
The Euphrates Bands the Devonshire Regl, ment, from Burmak, at Ismailla. The Tyns takes 260 men of the South Wales Borderers to Egypt. The Second Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment, from Malta, and the Black Watch, from Gibraltar, now on the way to Mauritius, are also ordered to Egypt,
The increase in the Amy of Occupation is Hmited to two battalions,
GREAT BRITAIN AND MOROCCO. The Tangler difficulty ti fjually settled,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
On the 19th insi, a large part of the town of Tbai-nguyen, Tenklo, was burnt down.
PICCINELLI, the railway employes carried off some months ago by pirates in Tonkin, is to be released on payment of $900, two gold watches
and two bales of silk.
China at the latter port.*
A SILK-WORM establishment is to be started 2.00 shortly at Nam-dish, Tonkin, by M. Bourgouin- Melffre, alded by the Government to the extent of $12,000 a year for six years. ARFOULAR meeting of the Eothen Mark Lodge, No. 264, will be held in Freemasons Hall, 1.10 Zetland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. THE flagship Imperiaute, attended by one of the small cruisers, steamed through the Ly- ee-moon Pass this morning for a cruise round the island, returning to her moorings during the afternoon,
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THR famous "Ching Liz Foo" troupe a Chinese conjurers bave arived fa the colony and will shortly give a series of performance to the Theatre Royal, City Hall, particulars of which will be duly announced. Report speaks highly of the abilities of this combination, the Press notices being of a most favorable character, and no doubt they wil receive substantial support from the Hugkong community.
A BAD Carriage accident is reported from Singa. pre, by which Mrs. Russell, wife of the Govern. was driving out to the Waterworks on Sunday ment printer at Selangor, lost her life. The lady the rgth inst, having her young child with her when the horse bolted. Mrs. Russell, with the child in ber arms, jumped from the vehicle, both sustaining severe concussion of the brain, which expected to recoves. Mr. Raseell came with his in the mother's case proved fatal. The child is family to Selangor about three years ago, when the Government printing office was started.
A LISBON correspondent telegrapható a home paper Ministerial crisis appears to have figally occured. It is stated in well-informed circles that the Blsop of Bethsaida, Minister for Foreign Affairs, will resign, and will be temporar ly replaced by Senhor Ferrelia Amaral, Minister of Marine and the Clonies; until the question of the delimitation of the British and Fortuguese frontiers in Manica is settled. Senhor Amaral has seen much service in Africa, and he is considered to be the most competent man to deal with the question of delimitation. For these reasons it thought that, it will be more advantageous bere for him to hold the two portfolios for Foreign Affairs and Marice and
THIS afternoon Captain W. N. Allison, the the Colonies,
d servedly popular and unquestionatly able commander of the China Navigation Co.'s Auite Han er Triman, was presented with a
Jan. 1, to Dec. 31, 18ga
Interest account
mem>90+ Rent accounk............------ Commission account baros 'n Scrip fees gesiesbæ............40
RESERVE FUND.
Dec. 318, 1892, to balance .........$1 250,000.00 Tan, Ist, 1892, by balance $ 1 250 000.00.
A. SHELT NGOPLE,,
Secretary.
We have compared the above statements with the books, vouchers and securities of the Com- pany and have found the same to be correct.
F. HENDERSON,
V. A. CESAR HAWKINS, Audi or. Hongkong, 20h January, 1893,
CORRESPONDENCE.
[We do not necessarily asforms the oplelona axpressed by Correspondants in this nohama.)
THE "SONS OF NEPTUNE.". TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG TAPE." DEAR SIR-Kind-y, insert the following letter
THE question of transit passes in the Two KwaDRik flag by Mr. Way Lee, a prominent member ry Sins of Neptune The Committee of the provinces, says the London and China Express; of ite Chinese community of Sydney, NSW. one of Neptune bave been able to give the seems likely, atdest, to receive the attention it deserves ; as we understand that the Liverpool, in recognition of bis courtesy to the hundreds of sum of $1,000 to the undermentioned local London, Bradford, and Glasgow Chamber of Chinese who have had the pleasure to travel charities in the following proportions
with him daring the past decade, Capt. Allton, The Diocese Home and Orphanage......$ 150. ..ommerce have also addressd the Foreign.Office in support of the letter addressed to Lord Rose- never lost for the right werd in the right place, The Alice Memorial Hospital bery by the China Association on the subject. responded to the donor's address in a manner The Hongkong Benevolent Society..... neglect of the treaty stipulations by the Govern friends who had assembled in the Trina's The French Chevent.......... We have repeatedly called attention the utter
that brought forth vociferous' applause from his The Italian Convent ........................ ment of the Southern Vice-royalty, and trust
saloon to witness the ceremary. Toasts ad The Society of St. Vincent de P t.. Association will lead to the question being taken Lee coming in for what he appeared to consider The Berlin Founding School....... that the potated representation made by the were, of course, the order of the day, Mr. Way The Soldiers and Sailors Institute......
energetically in hand,
mere than his share of the "chin-chining," The Magistracy poor.box
REFERRING to a well-known'institution in which
Hongkong is largly interested the Express af December 23rd Bays:
The financial authority who wrote the fore. going for our London contemporary most either have been afficially inspired, or he is too innocent for anything.
H. E. the Governor is to distribute the prizes at the Diocesan School on Tuesday next, at noon.
A NAVAL contemporary says:Although we THE Russian flagship Dimitry Donskoy arrived ive been unable to obtain any confirmation of here this morning from Nagasaki, homeward the statement made in The Times on December bound, having been recalled by whic
3rd that, with the intention of reducing the trooping service, all ships are in future to be TONKIN has shared in the recent cold wave. Ice sent to England instead of being recomratstoned was found in many places, a fact cutirly unpre-abroad we trust it may be true. For many cedented in the annals of the country.
ressons it is desirable that this pernicious" sistem—as Admirals Sir William Dodwell, Sir. R. Vesey Hamilton, and Sir Frederick Richards called it in their celebrated report on the Naval Marcuvres of 1888 should be abolished; but, ma they also said, it is an "economical MR F. W. Marshall left Singapore on the 19th arrangement, and, from that point of view, has its inst. for Batavia, to assume the management of advantages in peace time." be fact that it ap- 60 the Chartered Bank of India, Australla andrs to have "cheapness" in its favour will, we
fear, make it impossible for the naval authorBank of China, Japan, and the Straits given out Te official gatation of the shares of the ties to entirely do away with It, but, as all the
a few days since was 1 to 12 discount, This Sea Lords are perfectly well aware that it is not
does not mean a.fall of this amount, but only an "cheap" in the long run, and that it to directly alteration in the method of expression of the responsible for the dearth of reserves, It iscertain fficial quotation, which in truth reads o'to five ly doomed if they can have their way,
sbillings discount, a quotation, which has since An interpreter of the Chinese Minister (says the further receded to ga. to 158, discount. What Saigon Progrès) hired a carriage one night las: has driven the quotation down to this we do week, about ten o'clock, to go to Chelan, where not know, beyond the uncertainty of silver, for he stayed all nigt. Returning in the morning the Bank has not had ary exceptional losses of by the same vehicle, he gave the driver jo cents, late, and the situation is in no wite worie than
tow, in which the at other periods of this year," and of course there was Celestial, after a visit to the police station, got off best. A brief reference to the incident in the Progrès called forth two-colums letter stating that the Chinese gentleman was not a mero Interpreter, but the No. 1 attache, for some time in sale charge of the Chinese legation in Paris, and destined next year for a bigh post in the legatton Washington. He look the carriage after midnight and went to binese theatre, with two officers of the Japanese Embassy in Paris, Returning at 5 am, they offered French money to the dilver, having do dollars, and that was how the trouble arose, consequence of the distinguished official having been ignoralalously shoved into the lock. tir in Saigon. Diplomatie relations between France and China have not been broken off, MESERS. Wheelock & Co.'s Shanghai Freight
laas writing we are glad to report an advance in rates of freight to New York; cargo, however, is getting very scarce and we cannot look for much inducement for steamers to call in. For London rates remain steady with not much cargo offerlog. We hear that all the regolar linen have renewed the arrangement existing last year, which must be considered very satisfactory for all concerned. Coastwire. Everything remains very dull and no enquiries for out jde toshage, whilst from Nagauki to' Shanghai there is a demand for small craft but simamiers are not available here. For London, vid. Suez Canal;-The Telemachwa cleared
Per
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Case.
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A Superior Breakfast Claret
Red Capsule.............................$ 4
THR Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeltung urges the need for an increase in the peace strength of $4.50 the German army, and the Berlin Port says the 5.co present state of things in France polate to the 7.50 pour lity of the Government trying to divert 14.00 attention from things at home by foreign 25.50 complications,
B St. Estephe, Red Capsule... 4.50 C St. Jullen, Red Caprole. ... 7
D La Rose, Red Capsule..... II'
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16
Volnay, very superior red
12.50
THE following appears in the Straits Times of the 18th inst A Sikh who had been dismissed his regiment in Hongkong was sent back to India and recently arrived in Calcutta. He petifoned the Viceroy, but finding that nothing came of it, presented himself al Government House, and suked for an interv ew to lay his case personally before his Excellency. In this he was also unsuccessful, On Saturday as the Viceregal party were leaving the race-course, the reins of the leading boses, brought the carriage in which were seated the Viceroy, Lady Captain Herbert alighted and, securing the man, Lansdowne, and Captain Herbert to a stand-still.
Nothing was found on him. The Sikh will be sent back to his country, and his case will be enquired late by the proper authorities.
launched from Armationg Mitchell & Co.'s yard
Total....
200
100 100 ICO
100
A NIW crater for the Japanes Government was
at Elswick, Newcale, on December 20th. She The "Sons of Neptune" would like to ju k': suis is named the Yothers, is built of steel through opportunity of stating what a pleasure it has nat, has a leng.h. of 360 feet, a breadth of 46 been to them to have been able to give some fret, a mean draft of 17 feet, and a displacement-yment to the Hong ong community at mag stars, and steering gear there is a of 4,150 tons. Over the machinery, boilers, Chrismas time, especially as the Hongkong strong steel protective deck 4iin, thick
Amateur Dramatic Club w unfortunately Its unable to give the usual pantorrime sloping sides and 1 in, thick on its horisontal From the Dramatte Club the "Son of portions. The bull is subdivided throughost Neptune" bave received throughout the most into numerous water-tight compartments," mest | "čordial assistance and especially from the of these between the protec Ive deck and Hon. See, to om! they owe rrest thanks the deck immediately above it being used as also to the general public for their cordial coal but kers. The total supply of coal which supports and to the Local Press, who have given can be carried by the sila is fast 1,000 tons, special privileges for advertuing, the Committee which will enable her to have a large and excep beg to in der their best thanks." tional radius of scilon at cruising speed. It is
Belleve me. confidently expected that with the boilers
Yours faithfully, working under forced' draught the enormous. power of nearly 15,000 horse he H.M.S. Tomar, obtained, and with this reallard power Hongkong. January 20th, 1893, the speed of the stip will not fall far short of 3 konts, which will m k her the fastes THE DEATH OF VICTOR VALAZIE. cruiser aflint. The Yoshino wil be armed solely wil.quick-firing uns of the latest and most approved pattern, applied by the Fiswick firm. She will have that 6in, qick-fi ng guns and eight 4'7lo, quick-firing guns, and there wil) | bebesides an auxilary armament of 23 3-pounder quick-fi log guns, Five torpedo tubes will mis be carried. A conning tower of steel arm_gr
conning the vessel in action. all the necessary appliances for working and
E, HYDE PARKER,
The following details of meurnful interest aro translated from our Salget contemporary the Progrds—-
side of the pond rose up threateningly with a / up for several hous, the affair created a great ] the Sikh sprang out of the crowd and, arizing stands on the forecas lo, and within it are placed the poor fellow had to rely on what he might
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Fitanne die was out again worrying the life of the ducks with his shotgun, He blated away at 18.00 some ducks, and an unsten man on the other 20.00 long gun and called out: "Did you shoot at "Did any of the shot hit you?" inquired Flis- noodle.
me?"
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The immense concourse of people collected on Sunday (8.b) at the invitation of Val gratis, as they would not pay for admi xion, so get by passing round the hat after vida, on the system of payment by results on the occasion of his second balloon ascent, was horrified by the most awful sight imaginable. Babica-Dobson, Ed. H.K. Telegraph.]— after having worked like a slave flag up with petroleum to fill the balloon with hot air, took a "cooler" of champagne, and then, by no means cool or steady, bla banda smeared
"Yes, they did," said the man, rubbing his | Market Report of January 20th: 91ys-Since handed him over to the mounted police. THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST Valzzle, whose real name was Borlen or
legs.
Then you can be certain I didn't shoot at you. I never hit anything I fire at ADMIRAL Sir Nowell Salmon, V.C., K,C.B. selected to be the president of the court-martial en Vice-Admiral Fairfax, is (says the L. & C. Express) an offices whose dia inguished services and. high professional reputation render him especially qualified for such an important appoint. Pardos Par Boment. The trial will be the most important ooe
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Vintage, Capsule ........................uni 30
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that the last comf-martial or ar. Admiral was that held on Rear Admiral Wilmot, when his $.10 flagship, the Agincourt, grounded on the Pearl Rock. The result of the trial was that the Rear- Admiral lost bis command, and Vice-Admir, 1 5.75 Wellesley, in command of the squadros, 'was
superseded.
The Straits Times reports that on the arrival 2.50 at Singapore of the steamer Ban Hin Guan from Bourabaya on the 1gih inst, she was boarded by Detective Inspector Paterson and Sergeant Black who, acting upon telegraphic informatien, 0.75 arrested a Eurasian named Simonds on a charge of embezzlement alleged to have been committed in Soarabaya. Five thousand guilders. Is the amount stated to have been embezzled, what -o.ys arrested - Simonds le sald to have had in his postersion about 7,000 guild.rs to notes and enlo, It is further alleged that when arrested, 4.75 Simonds threw the money on the deck of the
vessel and said "Here, share this befrees you I might just as well go overboard
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WHAT is this? The Sand kan correspondent of the Singapore Free Pres, welting on January 9th, saya -As action brought by Mr. E. E Abrahamson against his old employers, the China Bornes Co., Ltd., for wrongful dismissal, is now before the Courts here and is, exclling conalder. able interest. The amounts starake when pat in dollars runs into long figures and it is antici- 0.5pated that the hearing will occupy some time and may involve several adjournments. Are you 1.00 listening, Harry Wicking If Abrahamson comes aling to Hongkong after falling in 1.10 Barnes, the local Supreme Court will be baslly employed for some time trying actions for slander and lots of other atrocities.. Amen 1......
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MENT AND AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED,
The following is the fourth repert of the board of directors to the ordinary meeting of share, helders, to be held at the Company's offices, Victoria Buildings, at necu, on Tuesday, 311 January, XP93 2
Gentlemen, The Directors have now to sáb. mit to you a general statement of the aft drs of the Company, and balance sheet for the year ending 31st December, 192, 23 Sexton 1
The blance of prefit and for account for the year amounted to $241,428, 71, out of which
with the cil pr pared to aloft. Mer Sim, bis assistant, told him he ought to with his hands, as a matter of safety, but Valezle replied that he was quite accustomed to going up to that state; and it was remarked that he did not take the precaution which every other parachutist lovailably takes-that of securing his body to the parachute by cards or strapk.
The balloon was released, and shot up at
THE dog scare which has made. Hongkong so ridiculous for the past two or three weeks appesis to have spread to Singapore. The Frie Pretz of the 15th inst. has the following:-
"Last night between 5-30 and to o'clock the residents in lower Queen Street were much alarmed at cries for help which proceeded from the house of Mr. Wm. Corby, the Government englacer for launches and lighthouses. The alarm was caused by the sudden appearance in yesterday and we have now on the berth the
the house of a large black dog wearing a collar Copash, sailing to-morrow and the Palinurus but no muzile, Mr. Corby's attempt to dive it an interim dividend of $1 per share his to follow on 30th instant. For New York, vid away simply increased i's fury, for the bruteready been paid. The Directors therefore once, carrying the parachute, with Valars Suez Canal The Afgray has been delayed, as immediately rushed at him, and it is said that commend the payment of a further dividend siting on the trapeze, waving his hard to Having risen bigh enough, owing to the intense cold weather we have in the struggle the dog knocked him down, but per share, making a total of 8 per cent, the crowd. expeilenced the last few days, transhipment fortunately Mr. Corby rushed upstairs without exrge arnot be loaded at ontports, and she will even a scratch. When the alarm of a mad dog not get away till sist instant. * The Tarfar, cir- calated to arrive about 2tb, will follow. Vis the guns rushed to the house and with two shots was raised, number of gentlemen with loaded Cape: Enquiries are still being made for a suller, küled the animal, the carcase of which was not but the amount of cargo is not sufficent to warrant removed up to to a.m. to-day from the dust bin a vessel being taken up, Shanghai to London, in Lawer Queen Street. It would be interesting ** per ton for general cargoj 408," for tea.
to know whether the dog was really mad,” Shanghai to New York direct 40 per ton for „Our contemporary is quite right—it would be ail cargo, Wube to Canton, in cands, per picul. Interesting to knew whether that dog was really Chefoo to Swatow, so gents por pical. Nagasaki mad or not, and it would also be interesting to to Shanghal,. 81 30 per ton steam. Settlements during the fortnight: Nil. Disengaged vessel ross-examins Mr. Wm Corby on the childish cock-and-bull story related above. Doga, mad io port:-S4 Munge, British ship, aga toss or otherwise, don't act as this poor victim is register.
edunt rémy alleged to have done, and the only conclusion senible people will arrive at is that the man was THE Kobe Herald gives the fallon dog trailsfond scared as to be utterly oblivious of what be of the article in the Nicki Nichi Shimbun which war dolog. caused its suspension by the Gprerament
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sccouut.
per annum on the paid up capital, and after be pulled a string connected with a kolle, cut writing off $68.31 from the stationery account, the cord by which the parachute was made fast there remains balance of $15,656,38 to be was still writing on the cross-har, saluing the together with the Director's and Auditors' fees, to the balloon, and commenced the drop. He carried forward to credit of new profit and lois neeple, while the parachute fell a considerable distance without opening. Suddenly it opened, and the descent was violattly checked. Valezle was seen to allp from the trapess, holding on first by both bands, than by only one hand, and fually filling from it at a height of about ato yards before the horror-stricken eyes of the mulliade.
DIRECTORK
Messrs. J. S. Moses and T. E. Davies retire by rotation, the former is eligible for se-election. Mr. T. E. Davies being absent from the Colony, Mr. J. S. Lapaik has been invited to take his place, and this appointmint now requires con-
Ermation.
BALANCE SHEET.
Liabilities...?? December gist, 1891, Paid-up capital újjemiazide$2,500,000.00 Reserve fund
When the body was found, life was áltendy AUDITORS.exiluet, only a slight nervous convulsion being The accounts have been audited by Marar, observed. The corpse was fearfully mutliated, Fallarion Henderson and V. A. Cæsar Hawkins, especially on the left side head, sims, ad legs The former offer himself for re-election, and it were also smashed; the intestines protruded, and is proposed to elect Mr. H. E. R. Hunter to place the breast bone was broken. The unfarmnata man of Mr. V. A. Chiar Hawklos who'ia shortly hid fallen on the roof of a brewery, about 35 feet leaving the Colony
from the ground, clean through a solid hours 4. J. J. BELL-IRVING,
inches quare, into the top Bor, 13 feet lower Chairman. breaking another basm, and finally seated on the Hongkong, 49th January, 1893.
Hour of a room used for storing casks. Valerie was 29 years of age, and
of Yorkshire, England. He was a Freemason. The Masonic, body of Saigon accorded him a Aulog faners, with full bosours of the Order.
The pall-bearers were M. Michel, acting 1,240,000.00 Procurus General, M. Morean, superintending Accounts payable... 617,804 89 engineer of the Mesangeries Fiuriales, M. Jan, Balance of profit and loss account. 141.414-21. of the Pablle Works department, and M. Lyon me | 16ònsay, fencing lostrocter, M. Darwel, Procurette 500,279.6 of the Republic, and Mr. Tremlet, British consal,
also took part, la ika: cer
Ceremony
besides the members of the Lodge Reveil de l'Orient, a large number of Builth residents, and many others, On the hearse were a number of wreath, one 960,178 58. from the Ledge-t while the bier was drped with Amount invested in real estate 1.517.0,6.70 the British fig. surmounted by the Minienia Forniture account
1:45 | symbols of the deceased, Stallonery account..
In concluding the story of this sad event, the 24.489.03 following sacertal, ed facts ought to be recorded," Accounts receivable Fire Insurance unexpired.
329 to dispel the conflictlog rumours now in cirs. 84.599 120.60
(5.) The unfortunate aeronaut's bands were. completely covered with kerosene oll, which xplains his inability, with all his physical vigour, to retailn bis hold of the trapesë. /.
(2) Ha refused to bave any "life.lines," securing him to the parachute.
Auth December 31st, 1893. Amount advanced on mortgɛge,
Ab We can no longer bear to speak about DR BURGRAVE, learned professor of the the affairs of the world. The heads of threg | University of Ghent, has published a remarkable hundred i they are, of course not play figures, work, in which he endeavours to prove that anybody who will take the tramble to follow They have eyes and see. They have cars and
his lastructions may become a centenarian, her They have mouths and talk. They have
His system is merely a system of renovation, hands and feet, and more. Though their aboniders re this, do they not will bear on them and is simplicity itself. The great panacca to desires of the empire? Though their for all ill which he professes to have discovered brains are coarse, do they not control the in salt, the railonal use of which, he says, legislative machinery? What responsibility is a sure preserver of life. He affirms that have they towards the Imperial House and good health is not a matter of chance or towards the people? Do they think they baye constitution; the laws which regulate beman discharged their duties by being rainly not yule are calm and regular phenomena, and all we Iv, as announced by cablegram, the trouble and asslessly clamorous by becoming frogs, have to do is to take care that they shall develop between great Britain and Morocco has been becomleg cicadas, becoming crews, becoming themselves without obstruction. According in 1.00 satisfactorily adjusted, the tension between fih-hawks, becoming fools. They cry yes his theory, alt is the great regulating agent. It France and England in re Egypt should be to the morning, and 'No!' in the evening, the bleed be too rich, salt will clarily it if the greatly relieved. It is, however, plainly evident They support on the left, and oppone on the blood be top poor, salt will strengthen it and 040 that the Gladstone -Administrailón – kas no right hand side. They, rewolwg and re-revolve, furnish it with the necessary elements, Dr intention of abandoning the rumeme leficence and lose whatever confidence they may bare Burgrave quetes several exsimples in support of 0.49 exercised by Britain in directing Egyptian had in the world, bob are they as usual, the sovereign virtos which he attributes to salt. 0.50 affairs and there can be very little doubt that Modesty and Edelity have no existence in the Formerly, in Holland, the greatest punishment Lord Rosebery's energetic and decisive measures eyes. Nattonal welfare and happiness actapy which existed for offending soldiers was to give have, at least for a time, removed serious no place la their brain-l adried they them unsalted bread. After few months of this 1.00 danger that was imminent. A was with France become as exén, and horses. If excited, they ragime the culprits almost invariably died. in bas seldom been neater a really than during the become sa wild horn and deer. If enticed, they Saxony, at the end of last century a terrible $5.co per Gallon past few weeks, and it was only the determined become an cats and dogs. Without domy with epidemie reigned solely through the want of Good Leeward Island....go per Gallen. attitude assumed by the Government in warping out ability's without timed principle. Only one wall, The Datch savant furthermore assures an LIQUEURS.
the Khedive and ordering fresh troops to Egypt measure of censure or one meed of praise suffices that suit ip ab infallible cure for consumption Dr that prevaniep, strious difficulties, And, 1, as to cause them 19 lie down or to stand up, to live or and cholera: The Russian prasists once saved To Interim Dividend of 4 per cent appears most likely, Germany, Austria, and indie to laugh or to when farociferate roaringly. themselves from a piague by putting sit in | Trály ste supporting the British policy, there will The desire of the nation' hai bego defeated and their milk, he estimates that the quantity of salt be no war on the Egyptian maidle for some crashed. The members are an komankki-dojo which every adult in ordinary health should time to come. Bet the European political sites, and are no longer necessary in this world Ball consume dally, is two birds of an ounce. In tion is so involved and uncertain that we really thaus, and eat them," (Honsnuki-doje ta 'a | conclusion, he asserts that if the world would cannct say today what tomorrow may bring kind of lamprey which is cooked after he bones only take to salt, centenarians would become A faith,
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