that it would be necessary to make some altera tion to the Old Rooms, to make them more suitable for the members' needs; but, on approaching the landlord, they found -he was not willing to meat their views, and they decided 10 move into mere sultble premises; which, after a good deal of induble, was done, and has since shown by the increased attendance at the rooms, that the change, together with the intro- duction of the electric light, has been much appreciated by the members.
During the year we have been very fortunato With some of our members coming forward to assist in maintaining the usefulness of the Institution.-There was Mr. Bailey's paper on "Economy in Steam Navigation," which created great deal of friendly discussion, not only at the time of reading but for a long time after wards, and the Committee take this opportunity
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1893.
in Sappermeer after six policemen had been wounded. The military were called out and charged the mob. They were repulsed, learing behind a soldier who was almost beaten to death. They then opetted fire. Two rioters were killed, five others acverely wounded and many were slightly wounded. Twenty men were
amented.
WASHINGTON, January 2nd, To-day was the quietest New Year Washing fon has experienced within living memory. The White House was not only a house of mourning, but was quarantined by reason of lofecting fever. Consequently there could have been na Pre- sidential reception aven had no domestic bereave ment forbidden it. The Cabinet officia and trading officials of the Government of course fallowed the example of the Chief of the Executive, and the entire omission of all the usually given to the occasion. With all the departments and places of business closed, there was scarcely anything excepting open bar Tooms and restaurants and closed churches to distinguish the day from The dullest of Washington's dull, Sundays.
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NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Pals has a 413-foot barometer. Birli bus 40,000 Idle tenements. Spain is Importing American vines, Rusla has the longest electric road. Vienna talks 738 miles by telephone. Laden has a fourteen-year-old-gir! barber, The currency agitation is seriously affecting commence lea
The German Army bill may be defeated in committee.
kopecks per pood,
Russia has raised the duty on cotton 20
The London Times anya Mr. Cleveland should be given time, and adds that England is in co hurry.
The death of Mme, Perugia, mother-in-law London,
of expressing how much they were ladebted to efficial receptions deprived the day of all the lie and the Tuer f only four days on the read, I at Leopold de Rothschild, is announced from
Mr. Balley for his kind assistance, and trust that during the coming year he will again come forward and give the members the beart of some of his instructive experiments on board
■hip.
The cotton crop of India is the poorest In twenty years, owing to the failure of the Novem- ber rainfall,
Dering the menth of October the rainfall in Paris, it is reported, was heavier than that of any year since 1769.
A number of M.P.' are understood to be in proceedings of Parlament.
̈0-day's Advertisements.
ZET·LÀ ́N, D
No. 515.
To be Let.
TO LET,
WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.
LODGE THE Large Handsome SHOP, No. 14, Queen's Road Central, lately occupied by Dakin Bros, of Chins, Limited.
REGULAR MEETING of the above
A LODGE will be held in the FREEMASONS
HALL, Zetland Street, THIS EVENING, the 1st February, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited
Hongkong, 1st February, 1993.
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JURY LIST-1893. N
TOTICE is beseby given thst pursuant to Consolidation Ordinance of No. 18 of 1987, 1 the Provisions of Section B of the Jury have on the rst instant, caused to be posted at LIST OF ALL PERSONS ascertained by me the chief entrance to the COURT HOUSE, a
with some ricely arranged diagrams for which the report that Mrs. Maybric, her daughter, is quite a new and eligible area of profitable favor of having an official verbatim report of the to be able to serve an JURORS.
The next was a paper by Mr. Winterburn on the Arrangement of Cylinders and Cranka In Triple Expansion Marine Engines." This paper was also very interesting, and was augmented the writer of the piper and Mr. R. Mitchell, who bad assisted him to enlarge them, were highly complimented.
The next was a Lecture on Elastic Bella, by Mr. W. S. Harrison, which was very much enjoyed by the members present the practical cxperiments especially being highly appreciated, A scheme was introduced at a Quarterly Meeting, on the 15th August, for the purpose of raising a Subscription Fund for a Reference Library, and Mr. Ġillles very generously started the Subscription with the sum of Szgo the members have come forward very handsomely and the List now stands at the respectable sum
LONDON, January and The Baroness De R ques denies the truth of merely felgning liness. Such statements, abe says, are not only false, but cruel, The Exchange truth of its first report that the woons from Telegraph Company, however, reaffirms the
which the effusion of bloed came was loflicted on Mr. Maybrick by herself with a knife obtained by ber from a prison attendant.
The Mayor of Limerick gave a banquet this evening to the Parnellite and anti-Paraclite #reland, a Natios. All the customary foart Priests. The principal toast of the evening to the Queen, sie, were omitted,
NEW YORK, January 3rd. The Evening Post to-day anys: The settle
Spain has decided to make a special Govern ment grant to assist Spanish artists in exhibiting
fature delivery of stocks and bonds has passed the works at the World's Fair.
A bill providing for a tax on contracts for the the French Chamber of Deputies.
fined.
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The next World's Fair will be held at Rome, in 1895-96, to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniver- sary of the annexation of Rome to the Kingdom of Italy,
The term of the President of France is seven
expenses,
in addition to $50,000 a year for household the native contingents trained by Indian Princes as their contribution toward Indian defence are rapidly becomlög most valuable auxillary forces.
The said List will rem in so posted until the 14th instant, in order that any person may apply by Notice in writing to me requiring that his Name or the Name of some other Person
off from the said List, upon cause to be duly may be respectively either added 10, or struck
BRUCE SHEPHERD,
Acting Registrar, Registry Supreme Court,
Honkane 1st February, 1993.
SELAMA TIN MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE.
*178
PRIVATE MEETING of SHAREHOL-
ABERS will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICE, 1 4 P.M. on WEDNESDAY, the 8th instant.
of 359%, and there are still more to come. Out I'ment of the Oregon contests makes it posible between low mud flats leads up the next marts, years. He receives a salary of $120,000 a year of 17 jun 2300 has been already sent home for the purchase of the first lot of hooks, which have been selected by the Commkice.
The Saturday Evening Concerts have been, in many cases, a great success, and the Com: mittee again draw the attention of the members to the very kind present of a Plane from Mr. and Mrs. A. Young, of Manila, without which our Concerts could not have been held; and while thanking the gentlemen who have anulated during the past year, they hope that they will continue to help during the coming year.
The election of the following officers for the year 1893 will be necessary :—
that her employers have not several more steamers of her class
this station she has certainly proved herself a most excluí vessel while sintioned here, and her late rips to Lushunkou (Port Arthur) have been regular, trump
cards. There ATC always lots of passengers coming and going be
wren here and the Liaotung province, and valu. able cargo is ready for transport, giving the preference to steamer communication, if the junk traffic can be thereby avoited. "It is so fearfully stupid by those who ese responsible for the mission that me me an can be found to tegut.rly continue our stm communication withs Port Arthur during the winter, because It affords such a fine connection between the treaty "ports" of Newchwong and Chefoo in winter ; 1 urde:stand our latest'arrivals from Newchwing to Port Arthur were
open to large Improvements ret. If the Calnere do not taaugurate regular team communication between here and the nesest port in the rich province vis a vis Fort Arthur, only about eighty miles from her, I can hut repeat the old saving quem Jupit vult perdere, prins dementit, The steamer Awang car has also done much to faster our connec Hon with the delts of the Hoang-ho, enterprise, the value of which we are only now beginning to know. At present we are only at the threshold of an simest sexhauzilible field of River, the very region undergoing a certain knowledge of the lower regions of the Yellow process of impertant changes, which requires to be followed with great attention. The Kwangchi | .... I.' W. Pobbs, the manager of the Liberi fulgoed'in such Notice. has been there late in the season, and came out Building Society at London, which recently succesfully from all her struggles with adverse failed owing over $10,000,000, is to be nice toy The principal trade of the Kwangchi bat tides, forming bars, snow, ice, wind and weather,
been, to 'He-to-yle, more commonly known to Foreigners as Tigerbead. The Yang-kloko bar Is about thirty-five miles from Tigerhead, and after crossing this obstacle, a narrow channel to give an accurate table of the vote for Pre- frequented by this modern pioneer of our coasting aldent as it should be cast by the Electoraltrade, the steamship Kwangchi, and of which College. The vote will show: Total number of pinces the market towns of Yang-kio-ko and voter, 4441 necessary to a choice, 213, Cleve- Mn-chi-ko to land's majority, 10s. The total vote for the their bust spread 20 javite, further cultivation of respective candidates will be as follows: interior of the province; especially with the Cleveland, 276 ; ·Hartlion, 144 ; Wenver, 24-
capital, Chinanfu, and the several rích mining disaicis in iis vicially, The Yellow River has indeed been called "China's Sorow; "but at the same time its delta affords the finest Geld for medem enterprise, and the navigation to its embouchure is oply in its infancy y t, like mert of our knowledge, concerning those interesting regions. By all I can hear those parts of China are most promising ones, with splendid alluvial soil,aboading in mice up-river, and capable of bringing forth all the usual crops of these latitudes, and the fruits of Earope and North America. Considering the excellent service, which this fine tile boat the wangent has rendered to the development of our trade with the marts on the delta of the Yellow River, and the useful service, which abe
It is claimed for the new magnesium flash- has rendered in our communication with Port All the lakes in France, Germany and Austria Arthur, I may say that at least half a dozent for light-houses, introduced experimentally In Germany, that is ability to penetrate almost are frozen ever and night felés are being steamers, like the Kwangchi, are wanted here organized. In most, of the streets In Vienna for our coating trade with the non-treaty ports
Opaque atmosphere exceeds that of any other. known light, theasands are employed all night clearing snów of the northern gulfs. There would be a per- from the pavements. At Trieste the harbor pre-mament employment for three or four of them sents an Arctic scene.
the very next season; say one of them between here and Tigerbead, (Yellow River delta) one between here and Shan-bal-kwan, the eval station at the east-end of the Great Wall, onthe high road between Peking and the Manchurian provinces, and future grand railway station, contralox the approche baat between bere of the Liaotung gulf; one and Sblogking (Port Arthur) and one between here and Korea, making Chemulpo the principal port of call to that neighbouring country, which is within easy reach from here, say one day's steaming. Attempts ought to be also made to build up a trade between here and the eastern and south-eastern ports of this grand province of North China, Shantung; a steamer of the Kwangchichiss would just be a suitable boat for such a desirable and most useful undertaking, and I hope we may have more of them. The Kwangchf has been ordered to your part, i am In a position to welcome her back to the leading port of Shantung
The Hon. Secretary and Treasurer.
The Managing Committee, with the exception. of Messrs. Mudie and Aliken, offer themselves
for re-election.
Mr John W. Kinghorn, Hon. Secretary, retires.
The Accounts have been audited by Mr. Andrew Johnston and Mr. W, K. Wylie, who are eligible for re-election.
JOHN W. KINGHORN, Hop, Secretary.
WM. RAMSAY, Chairman of Committee,
THE VANISHING ACT.
It is not very long since Sir William Roblason, Governor of Hongkong, announced that he would redeem his promise of retrenchment, by the peculiar course of substituting cheap Porta guese and Chinese labour for European in the subordinate branches of the Colonial Service, We made some nasty remarks at the time, which we now humbly beg to withdraw entirely; but we are going to take out naturalisation papers at Macao, and so quality for sinecure berths at princely salaries with "Vanishing Act" as finale.
to
ST. LOUIS, January 3rd. Rev. J. M. Rollins, stationed at Kobe, Japan, for several years as a missionary, has returned home is disgrace. The story came out through bis efforts to obtala employment on the local press. Rollins is a brilliant man of the Southern Methodist sect,. The charge le but he assanited andther missionary's wife, Mrs. Duke. Rollins has confessed to his presiding elder, but claims that his offence is adultery and not
assault.
BERIIN, January 3rd,
The cold is severe and is increasing all over the continent. Last night the thermometer marked 11 degrees above zero. Heavy snow is falling in the Harts mountains and the susper sion of traffic is threatened on several railways,
A whole family was drowned near Gifhorn while crossing the Aller on the fee..
VIENNA, Janu:ry arð, Violent snow storms prevalled through Austria and Hungary all day. All traffic was impeded and scores of villages are completely isolated, The South Austilen railway is impassable for almost its entire length, Express trains from Vienna for Trieste, are suur-bound between stations and the military have been called upon to dig them out. Other lines are partially crippled. All the Imperial shooting parties in Styria have been postponed indefinitely.
out France 444,000 establishments open for the The Rappel states that there are now through- sale of intoxicating liquors. In Paris alone there are 27,000.
The Russian Government proposes to give a free trip to Siberia and a residence in that hospitable region to the people who are "corner- Ing" the market in petroleum,
tarif on imports from France shall go into effect The Swiss Government has resolved that the this month. All hopes of a commercial entente between the two countries are now gone.
A disease has shown i'self at Life, in France, which is supposed to be the old historic plague, disease which has not been known in Europe west of Turkey for more than a century.
In England cheap tobacco is now often wrapped in packages contalaing graphic illustra tions of the glories of a soldier's fe, the authorities beping in this way to induce many ambitious rustics and cockneys to join the ranks.
The head cooks of Paris have formed a "Callasry Academy "in imitation of the Acade my of France. Its purpose is the preservation the members, compare notes and Invent new diab
By Order of the Board of Directors.
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W. HUTTON POTTS, Secretary, Hongkong, 1st February, 1893- [177
THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY, LIMITED.
the Company will be held at the COMPANY'S THE TWENTY-FOURTH ORDINARY CFFICE, No. 2, Queen's Road Central, Victoris, Twelve o'clock NOON, for the purpose of on WEDNESDAY, the 22nd February, at receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ending grat
MELTING of SHAREHOLDERS la
December, 1892.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the gth to the 22nd inst., both days inclusive.
By Order,
.
JAS. B. COUGHTRIE,
Secretary. Hongkong, 1st Febuary, 1893-
IMPERIAL CHINESE TELEGRAPHS.
Also,
Two Large AIRY ROOMS on the Top Floor of above.
'Apply'10"
ĎÁKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co, LXD,
Victoria Dispensary. Hongkong, and August, 18ęż
TO LET
:
FEW HOUSES in RIPON TERRACE-Bon
No, near Breezy Point
No. 4, BLUE BUILDINGS, FLOORS in Blue Buildings, OFFICES-Second Floor, Praya. Central lately occupied by Messrs. Duno, Melbye & Co.)
GODOWN, No. 1A, Blae Buildings SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES at Magazine Gap. Very cheng Rental
No. 4, 5 & 6, VICTORIA VIEW, Kowloon. FLOORS No. 5. Shelley Street...
No. 7. PRAYA CENTRAL, at present occ pled by the New Oriental Bank in Liquidation.
No. Jo, OLD BAILÉY STREET,
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT
& AGENCY Co, Ltd Hongkong,' 31st December, 1869.
TO LET,
́OUSES in KNUTSFORD TERRACE, KOW:
Apply tu THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY Co., Ltd. Hongkong, 1st November, 1892. --
TO LET.
Fraya Central, 10.
(35
NE LARGE FRONT ROOM, 1st Floor,
Apply to
LAUTS, WEGENER & Co. Hangirang, 6th January, 1803
No
← TO LET,
Q. 6, QUEEN'S ROAD (lately occupied
by Atack),
No. 3, PEDDER'S HILL.
Apply to
DAVID JASSOON, SONS & Co. Hongkong, 1st February, 1803.
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HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE.
.ROOMS TO LET.
OR OFFICES and for CHAMBERS es the Ground and First Floors of the HOTEL, facing Queen's Road and Pedder Street. With immediate entry if required, For particular, apply to
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R. LYALL
Hongkong, 8th December, 1892.
Secretary
NOTICE.
FOLLOWING RATES will be charged per and HONGKONG CHINESE LAND LINES,
THE CHINA AND JAPAN TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED,
of the art of cooking. At their monthly meetings WORD for MESSAGES from CANTONIST of Subscribers to the HONGKONG
Nobis and the Rothschi'ds to "comer" the Oving to an attempt recently made by the aphtha market, the Russian Government atends to adopt a law making the "cornering " of grain, provisions or any other commodity lilegal.
TONKIN COCHIN-CHINA. AN "AM CAMBODGE
SIAM
L TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.
25-Aberdeen Dock,
10.Aberdeen Paper Mills Office, Wing Lok St, ros.-Aberdeen Paper Mills,
26-Alice Memorial Hospital.
TO
..24 cents.
#1
11
32.
40.-
19
+43
*
For the Traffic Exchanged between Stations in China and Stations in French Indo-China
A dispatch from Trieste says all traffic that Information is wanted by the police
city has been stopped by drifts, The, theatres Sentor Andronico Fereira Alves, late head clerk
are closed and no church services will be held and acting cashier of the Trossury, Hongkong to-morrow. Flame is also snowbound, and the boro at Maceo; age about 5a; height 5 ft 6in.; wind is piling up drifts to the second-storey stout built; black hair, getting grry dark eye windows in the streets. In ibis city the snow is brows, squat nose, large mouth, round clean plled ten or twelve feet high between the roads almost sorry to say; but I hope we may tesson desathe the real situation of the people in the (only) the counting of words is as follows:-
and alde-walks, No marketmen will come to town and there is great dearth of faten pro lucts.
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shaven chin, round face, dark complexion, black moustache turning grey a little dressed in dark coat and light trousers; ugasily wearing gold pince nis (on his nose, that is not on his
trousers; wanted for larceny of $1,500.
This gentleman was in receipt of twice as much pay as an ar. inary while man gets for clerk work in the Eart. He gambled a good deal, and when such persons get to gambling, their employers' mancy is their first resort. Probably be mode away with a good deal more than is set down in the wariant now hsued for his arrest- He was last seen yesterday morning, going down frem bis bouse in Caire Road to the effice as usual. He is said to have lost his way and strayed to Macan.
Now, isn't this case enough to make any decent man sick?
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LONDON, January 3rd, The weather has been very wintry for several days and mech ice has formed in the Thames. Traffic above and below London bridge is much impeded by pack ice. The upper river in frozen
VET.
CHEFOO.
:
("SHANGHAI MERCURY" CORRESPONDENT)
Chefoo, 25th January, 183,
It is difficult with the late extraordinary weather not to commence a few lines to you with this never falling tople; but I'll be short and sweet on the subject, since you have had weather of your awn, to harp upon this everlast- NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL. | İng ating ad Höllum. But I may be perutted to say at least what that reliablé autherby on The Occidental and Oriental Ça steamship this matter, our oldest resident," has got to Ocenic, Capt. W. M. Smith, with the Americana bir dictum leithlity years ago there was exactly the same weather as now " he is old mails of the 4th January, arrived in port last enough to know, and by what he said i under- night. We are indebted for the subjoined tele- stood him to latimate that every thirty odd years grams to our San Francisco exchanges :— a similar kind of wealther was likely to occur
in Chefoo, as far as his knowledge went.
Of sailing venels we have acw only the light-yessel Newchwang, her tender the Daphne, "Newchwang squadron" in port; namely the
and the pilot boat Jeannette. They will all leave us in time to put in an appearance at the ent sece of the Lissho, ibe Newchwang river, early in the season,
LA ROCHELLE December 31st. The steamer Eyriaud des Vergnes, whilla in u fag, tati on the Chardoneizteile d'Oleron and had to be abandoned. The crew was saved.
BRATTLEBORO, (Vt) January 1st, A daughter was bornlate on Tuesday aferanon to Mis, Radyard Kipling, wile of the well-known English writer, who is spending the winter bere with his wife's relatives. The family residences of the filestiers, Beachwood and Ellas home stead, are located about four miles north of the village apon rising ground, commanding a long stretch of Connecticut-river scenery, the moun tala opposite, and the terraced village sloping
down to the river,
BERLIN, January 2nd, The serious character of the coal miners trike has feduced the authorities to send four battalions of troops and a large force of gendarmes to the scene,
The strikers now number 22,000, Many of them are armed and serious sloting is reported at several places in the district. Many were willing to work, but were forced by the sirikers to quit. The socialists
and anarchists me bebing the The Kaiser has given orders that the roling must be suppressed at any cost.
movement.
At the New Year's reception yesterday Empe or William, in the course of his address, said that the Reichstag would be dissolved unless it passed the Army bill,
AMSTERDAM, January zad. The unemployed of Zwartsluis, on Overasel, held an outdoor meeting to-day, and after listen- ing to several anarchist speeches began rioting They visited all the finest houses, smashed many windows and stoned several conspicuous rest dents of the town. When the police approached, the rioters stacked them with sticks and stones, A roter was shot dead by the police, at whom he was aiming a carbine. Two policemen were beaten into unconsciousness and many rioters were wounded. About thirty rioters wers Arrested.
Similar lots took place at Pekila and Sappers zacer. The police ware pot to fight by a mob
I
The road from here to Vei-hal-wel is still in
course of constructiv, such as It is, or is going
It is its a decided improves that on its former miserable state, I only wish it might be concluded is Cousil of the Chinese Gods to improve allu par mountain rondi, lead- Jeg into the ingerior of the Shantang Peninsula, -he large majany of which ere berely of intoler. alle bridle pult for the Shuning equivalent of muleers, donkeys, other beasts of burden, and a few solitary mule litters. I also wish some cat or other of our superior mountain streams could be led to Chefou, the principal manitorium aud watering place of Northern China during the hot season, and spat ol several excellent
iesidents in Chios, schools for the leg generation of Foreign
SHAOHSING.
("Shanghai Mercury" CorresPONDENT}
January 17 h.
A respectable family residing at Ta-mob. kino, married one of their daughters to a man called Fifty-nine (the “milk) or pet name amongst the people of this city is often given fellow, given to oplum and gambling, and the in numbers) Filty-nine turned out a worthless
father of the girl determined to lake his daughter back again. Three months passed and the girl was still at her father's house, so Fifty-nine repaired thither and demanded back bis wife... The father lidly expostulated with his son. in-law, and eventually told him that when be turned over a new leaf and know how to support a wife decently, he would be at perfect
Possibly it is impossible to form a "correct gen of the misery that exists among the Cars people. Toistet. writing in the Ruritan Gasetta, Bays (1 would be impossible for him to
famine district.
It is reported in the Journal du Jardin Acclimatation that eight or ten days before the appearance of cholera in Hamburg last summer all the sparrows and other birds left the town and abutbs and did not return until the plague had completely disappeared.
Parla is to have a new terror, dally new. paper in the interest of professional beggars. It will give its readers a complete list of bap- weddings and funerals to take place the sambday, which may be assumed to afford a good pointer for the use of begging letter willers.
is
Among the candidates nominated for the com- ingelections by the French woman-suffragisis
Mine. Jarrettost, a tailor's assistant, who was decorated with the Legion of Honor for bravery on the battlefield; several sculptors, afters and journalists, and Mme. Sam Bern- hardt Most of them have accepted.
Regilah papers report a phenomenal merrlage which took pince at South Shields. The bildge. groom was 6' feet à inches le height the bride 3 fest in hes. The three witnesses were a man without sms, who signed the marriage con tract with "pen the stock of which he held between his teeth, a woman who weighed 350 pouide, and a man 7 feet 6'luches high.
Today's Advertisements.
"MOGUL" LINE OF STEAMERS,
FOL SHANGHAI KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
THE Steamakip
TH
"MOGUL
Captain Goldfar, will be despatched as above
on at about THURSDAY, the gth instant.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
The maximum length of a word is fixed at FIFTEEN CHARACTERS,
Numbers expressed in Figares are counted at the rate of Five Figures to a word plus one word for any excess.
The same Rule applies to groups of letters.
O. MOLLER, Traffic Superintendent.
Canton, 1st February, 1893.
For Sale.
FOR SALE.
THE SCHOONER
"MONTIARA".
AS SHE NOW LIES IN KOWLOON BAY,
Length esschieburns
F175
tops.
75 feet. .....17 itet. Depth of hold..........................
**********fect, Registered Tonnage ...................75 (Chwing to recent alterations the carrying capacity of the Montlara has been increased to about 120 tons dead weight.)
The Montiara was built in Singapore, is most solidly constructed of teak throughou, with iron--| wood, frames, has recently been thoroughly overhauled under experienced European superin. tendence, and is now in excellent condition. She is very fast saller, and a most suitable vessel for the Canton kerosene trade, or would make a first-class lighter.
For Particolars as to Price, &c., apply to
R. FRASER-SMITH, 6, Pedder's Hul Hongkong, 17th May, 18ga.
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FOR SALE.
THE ENGINES AND BOILER OF THE CHINESE GUNBOAT "CHOP-CHEUNG,"
AS THEY LIK AT ABERDEEN DOCKS. 2.
«« DODWELL, CARLILL & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, 1st February, 1893. 1176
"SHIRE LINE OF STEAMERS.
T
HE Steamship
FOR KOBE AND YOKOHAMA. THE
"CARDIGANSHIRE,"
·HE Engines of the Choß-chrung_ were *** constructed by Messi, Iñaus & Co., of Wanchal, and ate of the Compound Inverted Cylinder Direct-Acting Surface Condensing type, Cylinders 201 and 38 dia, with a stroke of 26,” The Crank Shaft in 64" čia, at the Crank pin Rod is 3" and the LP. 31" dia: The Pistor and y” dia, at the journals. The H.P. Piston
and Connecting Rod bolts are a” diz, Air Pump 141" dia, by 13 stroke, Single Acting Circulating Pump 8" die, by 13" stroke, and Double Acting Feed and Blige Pump (one each) 3o diâ, by 13~ 1170
Captain E. Stacock, will be despatched as above on or about THURSDAY, the 9th instant,
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DODWELL, CARLILL & CO., :
We have occasional Shanghai steamers if not not regular ones just now. Most of thera return to your port, others take beans, or pulse, all, singlass, and all that sort of thing to the southern ports, mostly to Swarow, I believe, liberty to take her away. After this both Our mistoriane is that is winter sometimes the father and the son-in-law were cailog as. vessels cannot work wery well, became "wlad the same table when each got angry with the and weather" do not always permit. A suitable other, one beating the table, the other the stool. breakwater we baro not, nor have we docks, for The son-in-law at last dragged the old man out vessels to enter, and transact in tranquility their foto the street and they both fought for very life, business of landing and unloading, not to speak Jest then the eldest son of the old man returned about dry docks for effecting repairs. Even the from his works, and seeing his father getting the existence of a simple breakwater is out of ques worst of it, picked up one of those heavy country ton here;; we have not got it, and probably stools, arditing it high up in the als, bought never shall have it. There will be no life in our harbour, before the Guifs of Llactic Fifty-nine, who gave one loud ery, and then fell it down with a fearful crash upon the head of and Pechill, rather their treaty ports of New dead. The neighbours fearing to be involved in chwang and Tientsin, will open to trade, such a crime, beat the gong, and seized the after the frost and China New Year. Our murderer, and conveyed him to the Yamĉo, I lule friend, the steamship Kwangeht, bas have not yet heard what is to be done to hla made some brave attempts to keep our business, A per woman who gets her living by rubbing up a little, by continuing communication tin-foll, put her two little sons to fet as usual between here and our neigbouring province the other night, and, working late as she often of Shingking just across the water in a northerly did, went with a heavy sleepiness on her to bed, direction, in runnlag to Lasbunkon, which name, paying no attention to her two boys, and slept I believe, means a donkey's jaw; whether the soundly all night, The next morning to her configuration of the land, or simply the Imagion Aorror, she found that her baby-toy, of a few dos of the Natives is responsible for the choke months old, had been smothered by her big fat DN of this non-poetle appellation, I know not. Per boy of five years, and that the baby-boy must tsps old Samson may be blamed for this name have been dead when she tumbled into bed the The above Steamer having arrived, Consignees being selected, because he slew a large number previous night. She sent for her husband, who of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their of Philistines with the jawbone of a Jackass, had gone that night into the country to work, Bulls of Lading for Countersignature, and to take and, Lushurkou brings naval station, the and when the father returned, he was deeply immediata daivery of their Goods from along Celestials hopa to slay from this stronghold any affected at his bonnie little baby-boy being thusale, baard Pa maritime Philistines, who may veninte past it smothered to death. He was fond of his wife or on their road by water to Peking, where the I know.not what would bare happened to the will be landed and stored at Consigneer", risk Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel Allies once successfully proceeded before, to poor woman, for the mother's, grief at such a, and expense, apg administer à not uncalled for castigation to the time is not taken into account in general; but it overbessing Valler Dragon of ancient Cathay, was pleasant to find mutual sympathy and Bai to return to our litla Kwangeht, 31 is a pity 1. mutual affection in this Chinese family,
Hongkong, 1st February, 1893 OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAM-
́SHIP COMPANY,
NOTIC
CONSIGNEES of Cargo per Steamship
"OCEANIC
stroke.
These Engines have been very litle used and sen in thoroughly good order.
The Boller is of the Horizontal Multitubular type, with three Furnaces and vertical Dome on top. Its dia. Is soft a* by gft, ro" long, external measurements ;. Furnaces, aft. 7o dia; Dome, als by eft, high Tubes, 184 in number by 3-mediaga.it li in fairly good condition, having would last in active service for over five years. recently undergone considerable repairs, and
The Engines and Boiler can be inspected on Pcation to the Superintendent at Aberdeen Docks,
For further particulars, apply to
R. FRASER-SMITEL - 6, Pedder's HIL
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Do.
24-—Anderson, Capt. G. C., Praya Central,
East Point, B.-Arnhold, Kazberg & Co. 59.Bay View Hotel. 66.-Blackbead & Co., Praya Central, 65-Blackhead, F., Magazine Gap. IR.-Butterfield & Swire, Shipping Office. Do: Refinery Office. Do, Refinery, Quarry Bay
Residence, Peak. 42-Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Ld.,
3-Cantlle, Dr. J., Mount Kellet, 15.-Central Police Station.
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Do.
22.-- China Mail"
55.-Cowle, Dr. Alex., Queen's Gardens.
12. Daily Press,"
6a-Dakin, Cruickshank & Co., Ld.
41.-Dodwell, Carlili & Co.
17.-Douglas Lapralk & Co.
14-E. E. A. and China Telegraph Co., Ld. 47.-Gas Company,' Ld., West Point. 48.
Do..
East Point,
31.-Gibb, Livingston & Co. Ba-Government Civil Hospital. 44-Government Hausa.
6-Harriann, W. Stuart, Residence, 2-Dra. Harilgan, Cantile & Cowle. 27-Holliday, Whe & Co.
28.-Holliday, C. J., Residence. 11-Hongkong Club.
58.--Hongkong Electric Co., Ld.
32-Hongkong Hotel, Public Telephens,"
g-Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Hongkong Telegraph."
33
Da,
B.-H. & K. Wharf & Godown Co, Lá,
Praya Contral. West Point. 20-Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co, Ld, 77.-Ho Tung, Praya Central. 82,- Do. J. Bonham Strand. 67.—Hughes, E. J., Victoria Peak, 37.-Humphreys, }, D., Residence,
68-Humphreys, J. D., & Son, 38 ☎ 40).
Queen's Road,
50.-Imports and Exports Office.
71-Jardins, Matheson & Co.
China Sugar Refinery, Town_OfEce.
East Point. 21.---Jardine Matheson & Co, Kerosene
Godown.
Jaim
Do.
ga-Joseph, H. H., Magazino Gap, 23.---Jordan, Dr. G. P., Prays Central.
Do. Residence. W., Magazine Gap,
43
Wedy, J., Horse Repository,
644-- Do. Causeway Bay.
4-Laprak, J.D., Stewart Terrace. 54MacEwen, Frickel & Co, 35-Mount Austin Hotel.
5.-Nam Wo.& Co. '46.–Oplum Farm, Hay Fook.
Osborne, E 69Marshall, A. M. Mountain View.
34-Peak Hospital.
Peak Hotel & Trading Co., Lt. 19.-P. & 0, 8. N. Con 51-Ray, E., C., Office. 36 Do.
Residence
45-Ropa Factory, West Polat, Sa Sailors' Home. 49-Shewas & Co., Praya Central, 61
-Stevens, G. R., Queen's Road, 62- Do, Lower Robinson Road, -56-Victoria Hotel, Public Telephone,
16,Watson & Co., A. 8, Ld. 57.---Wickham, W. H. Realdente. 63-Woo Kee & Co., Praya West,
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