Pails contains at present about 241,380 foreigners. Including 38,000 Germans, 18,oco English, and 3,000 Americans.
The French scholar Bartélemy Saint-Hilaire is soon to undertake, at the age of eighty-eight, a biography of Victos Coquine
Preparations at Odessa and Crimean ports for the naval mar caries of the Russian Black Sex flect on a huge scale are now in progress,
In his recent address to worklogmen Mr. Gladstone said he rejoiced to see in focressed number of labor representatives fu Parliament,
At the close of 189! there were 11,118,000 basket willows plasted along the Australian rallwaye--au average of 1,156 per mile of road.
Prince Gustave Adolphe of Hohenloke, since 1863 Cardinal Priosi, will resign ble offices at the Vatican and will return to Germany to live. Professor Wiggins, the Canadian weather pro- phet, hat retired from business and says he will predict no more earthquakes, floods or cyclones.
Mary Anderson-Navarro's reminiscences of the stage, on which she had so remarkable a career, will be ready for publication in the early autumn.
At the age of sixty years Emilio Castelar has announced his final retirement from public life. He has been the great leader of Überal thought La Spain.
Pope Leo XIII attributes his long life and general good health to the regularity of his habits and his abstinence from anything but the simplest fare.
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The progress of the Illumination of the Dask Continent is indicated by the fact that 700 locomotives now cast the rays of thelk headlights through the glom.
A strong effort is being made in England for a law that all ships must carry enough navigat.| Ing officers to give them four hours on and eight hours off duly,
As an indication of how the slave trade survives in Afric», it is stated that last summer a caravan of to cob camels and 4,000 slaves lefi Timbuctoo for Morocco,
Tail feathers plucked from the feriwal, a rare and beautiful Indian bird, form the plume worn on State occasions by the Prince of Wales. It is said to be worth £1000.
The London Statist says the liabilities of the Australian banks that have falled this year,
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY,”
Dr. Falb, who has made a special study ef earthquakes and the weather, says Of all the rainy months of this year September wil stand out as the month that hai beaten the records it will prove exceptionally, even abnormally wet."
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, who has jest made a gift of his fine chatern and grounds, vained at over $2,000,000, at Reichenau fa the Styrlan Alps, for consumptive hospital, is the senior member of the Vienna branch of the Roth child family.
Work on the mighty telescope for the French Exposition of 1900, which was to enable us to see the man in the moos, has points of funds for want of money. The principal man in the enterprise was the late Baron Reinach, of Fenema notoriety,
Mr. Isabella Brd Bishop, the well-known traveller and writer of books of travel, is the first woman to deliver an address before the British House of Commons. She was summoned there to tell what she had seen of the Christians in Turkish Koordistan,
Guy Boothby, the Australian traveller, who has just completed the remarkable feat of cross ing the continent of Australia, bas arrived is London accompanied by his" private secretary, C. T. Longley-Taylor, his sole companion an this momentous Journey,
Ted, Duke of Sotheland is anxious, it lt
stated, to sell Stafford House, which is one of the most magnificent mansions in London. The property, however, is not very valuable, as the lease has only thinly yearn to run and theo, it will revert to the Crowo.
The White Star los has given an order to London ship-builders for the construction of a steamer Foo feet long, which will beat anything afloat, The Gotal, 8,000 tons, another new vessel for the same line, will, be launched at London about the end of June..
The new Italian Penal Code bar made some grave innovations in the matter of crimes and punishments. It has done away, with capital ponishment and replaced it by hard labor during life. It has caused the erection of special asylums for alcoholic culminals,
General Booth has passed over his son, Lieutenant-General Bramwell Booth, and has nominated his daughter, La Marechale Booth
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Emperor William's second son, Prince Eltel Frederick, will enter the army on his tenth birth- day, la July,
Queen Victoria bay a regular signature for her letters to her sons and daughters-in-law. It is: "Always, your off ctlenste mother, V. R. T."
In Landon the arrests for drankenness are at the rate of one for every 175 inhabitants in Birmingham, one for 153; la Manchester one for 7x, and in Liverpool one for 50,
In 1889 the Imperial Postoffice of Russia handled 187,816,000 letters, 23,012,000 post cards, 12,330,000 registered
To-day's Advertisements.
A.E. SKEELS&Co.,
Telegraphic Address *SOBRINGS," Hongkong, (A.B.C. Coda 4th Edition.) AUCTIONEERS, VALUERS &
-GENERAL MERCHANTS, No. 17" PRAYA CENTRAL,
31. Moos, principal of one of the agricultural Under Messi's, Douglas Lapralk & Co.'s Offices.
samples of merchandiseckages and schools of Switzerland, is to visit Virginia in June with a view to ascertaining its desirability and advantages for Swiss settlement.
Cardioal Vaughan has ordered a prayer for rain Inserted into all masses celebrated in Eng. land until rain falls. Then a Te Deum is to be sung without waiting for another official notice.
Marshal MacMahon, as President of France, is now, at the age of eighty-six, suffering from the first serious illness of a lifetime. He has been prostrated by a severe attack of the influenza.
Mr. Froude is now in residence at Oxford and in delivering a course of lectures an "Englisen
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Messus. A. E. SKEELS & Co. under take Sales Privately, or by Auction, of any class of Goods or Property. Prompt Settlements Guaranteed. Immediate Cash advances on Goods for Auction.
Cargoes received for Storage Insurances effected.
Hongkong, 18th April, 1893.
PUBLIC AUCTION
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A LARGE QUANTITY OF
Seamen in the Sixteenth Century," These MISCELLANEOUS PROPERTY.
lectures are "public," and attract very large audiences.
Emperor William of Germany has decided not to call the Prussian Reserves under colors this year. He says that he does not wish to keep the men from the polls next month or to laterfere with their harvesting.
The champion long-distance walker of Franco, Lardeux, has announced his intention to chal- lenge two competitors to walk to Chicago by way of Siberis, the Ice-fields and Alaska, the winner's purse to be 20,000 francs.
The English Home Secretary has ordered a series of Inquiries with the view of protecting the interests of people engaged lu nobealthy occups- tions, such as are carried on at chemical works, potteries and quarries.
The British Admiralty, says the Army and Navy Regliter, has just adopted the new wire. wound, quick-firing, six-fuck breech-loading gen
དྷཱ ཙ '.' AUCTION MART. 17, PRAYA CENTRAL, on SATURDAY next, the ist July, 1893, AT 2.30P.M.
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The following Lots will be offered at 3 o'clock Sharp 4 Sporting Rifes, a couple of Valuable Polsters, 8 months old, 3 Jinricksbas, a Cavalry Swords, a Sets Billard Balls, and coantity of Saddlery and Harness. See Expresses.
On view on Saturday AM,
A. E. SKEELS & Co.
Auctioneers & Valaitors.
Repository Sale Rooms,
17, Praya Central, Hongkong, 29th June, 1893.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
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Including those to shareholders as well as the Clibbom, to succeed him in command of the for the navy, The new wespon is forty calibres HE 'Undersigned has received Instruction-
public, exceed $50,000,000.
M. de Giera, Russia's G O.M., though mentally vigorous, cannot support the weight of his body and bas to be wheeled about in a chair, Hle weakness is all in his lower limbe,
Ben Jeans has been d'passenger cendacter an the Great Western Railway of England for fifty years, has travelled in that time 3494,452 miles, and has never met with an accident.
P.tt's voice is very badly worn. She no longer attempts to sin?' such florid passages as she did ten years ago, and she cannot get up to ber former brilliant high notes at all.
Zure bar's new Sultan-the fourth in five years-Hamid Bly Thevain, has with one excep- tion, survived all the de cendants of the filly brothers and sisters of his grandfather.
The Egyptian National Asserably will meet shortly, and the question of the English accupa»|| tion, which the Egyptian nation undeniably wants continued, will be fairly discussed.
Most of the transportation of passengers in Havana, Cuba, is furnished by" little horses bitched to a victoria. There are 3,000 of those rigs in that city and but one horse-car line.
It is estimated that about one million acres on the Atlantic and Baltic shores of Europe have become, slice the destruction of the forests, A moving desert of sand dones, rolling faland.
The profits of the National Bank of Mexico last year were 227 per cent, and the directors have declared a dividend of 14 per cent, which allows them to add a large sum to the reserve fund.
M. Raspail, a French naturaflat, affirms that last summer 15,500 nightingales, red-ibroats, flycatchers, warblers and so on were caught for fe bien purposes in two forests in Mennis and 'Motelle
Well, Grand Rabbi of Algiers, who has been collecting money for the relief of the sufferers from famine in that country, has received a donation of $1,000 from Baron de Rothschild, of Faris.
It cost Lord Hartlogs no less than $15,000 in legal expenses to secure the quashing of the sent. ce pronounced upon him for improper conduct toward a young woman in Regent's Part, London
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The Meteor, the racing cutter belonging to Empero William of Germany, le to have a mixed Crew (11 scuson-balf German, ball English- whereas last year she was manned entirely by English men.“
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Salvation Army, and explains himself by saying that women “ make the best rulers."
Mrs. Fenwick Miller, the only woman ever nomlasted as a Fellow of the English Institute of Journaŝials, graduated from the Women' Medical College of London” in 1873,, and "drifted in among the other Fellows while she waLÉ meraber of the London School Board.
The Globe, ■ brig of 329 tons register, was recently in the "Liverpool "docks, unloading = cargo. She was built in 1836, and has been in constant service for fifty-seven years, but s aurvey showed her to be sex-worthy, and apparently good for many more voyages.
Seven Large Gemma fire companies are engaged in surveying the American field pre- Imioary to entering They propare to issue ùj int policy, guaranteeing jointly and severally, and not, as în Americanfi'e agencies, each com- pay for self. Funds aggregate $100,000,000.
An English gentleman pald $5,000 for a single kiss in Vienna the other week. The Marchione Pallavicziai, was one of the most beautiful booth- tenders at a Charity Fair, and the Englishman offered to give the sum named for one kiss. 10 was accepted and the klip delivered on the spot. Lady Derby has inaugurated a popular sub- seription in Canada to purchase a wedding gift for Princes Victoria May of Teck. Individual | subscriptions are not to exceed $5, and it is pro- pored that the present shall be a handsome Canadian aleigh, with fur robes, bells, barnes, An undergraduate who was recently sued at Oxford for a bill of £12 pleaded "Infancy" in defence. As his father (Lord Hesley), testified that the youth had incured debts to the extent of £5,000 in a year, on an allowance of £1,500, the baby was a pretty stiff one to plead, but it
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In England there is an organization known as the Rural District Nalog / stódiation. The nurses are in training two years at a cost of gago. Eách nune has a salary of $125 to $150, with board and lodging anda donkey cart in which to go the rounds of a district of 2,000 to 3,000 in habitants.
James McKevitt arrived in New York on May 2011, after spending eleven years in a British dungeon. McKevlit, was sentenced to fifteen years' Imprisonment on a charge of attempting to blow up the City Hall in Liverpool on May 10th, 189t. Four years of his time were remitted for good behavior.
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long and weighs seven tong.
Queen Victoria's first experience in an elevator was at the Imperial Institute in London the other day. There are no elevators in any of the royal palaces. The Queen is said to have been delighted with the " lit?
It is reported that Count Tolstol intends to visit the World's Fair, and will bring over with him a party of young Ruslen nobles, who are to investigate American agricultural methods and the system of irrigation to use In the West.
On May 13th 1894, will be celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the birthday of Pope Pius IX. It is proposed to mark this festival by placing in the chapel in Rome in which his body Ren a representation of the Sacred Heart in preclaos mosaic,
Emilio Castelar, the old Republican leader of Spain, has come to the conclusion that the Spaniards are not yet prepared for a republic: While he is stili a Republican, he gives up the contest against the monarchy, under the convic- tion that it is the only practical form of govern- ment for Spało.
The Imperial yacht. Rohingollern, which recently left the docks at Stettin, steamed twenty-two knots an hour on her teal trip. The Emperor has sent this dispatch to the ship. builders: "By this great work you have placed in my possession a vessel which, at least tem. porarily, is the fastest one in Europe," love their offices at 9 o'clock at night, and The editors of morning papers in Germany the papers are in press at 11 o'clock By 12 o'clock, even the printers have gone home; and when General von Molike died at 11 o'clock at night, there was, only one. Berlin newspaper that had a line about it in its issue next morning, Engineers from London are in the hills of Wales with the object of propounding a huge scheme for supplying the metropolia with water. The scheme which finds most favor is one by which the upper valley of the Dee will be converted into a lake nine miles long, submerging miles of country together with the whole of Bala town, four good-sized villages, six_graveyards, five churches, ten chapels and the Bala Theological College,
The Maharajah of Bhownugger is the lion of the hour in London. He is an oriental potentate who has travelled from India to England to attend the opening of the Imperial Institute, and to fulfi à long-cherished destre of paying personal homage to the Queen and Empress. The aliroz constructed by Stepbenson south During the past yeu 26,000 persons visited | He is an enlightened young man of thirty-five, of Live spool and opened for traffic in 1833; Shakespeare's Irthplace, among them 6,000 who is considered one of the most benevolent of emained in use almost as the great inventor American The Trustees have bought Ange the native rulers of India, having spent $3,000,000 Left It until a few weeks ago, when a new loo❘ Hathaway's cottage for $15,000 with $2,500 | in charities. was constructed.
worth of furniture.” The garden of Shakespeare's The (Jucen of Portugal will shortly arrive in birthplace has been planted with all the flowers Jarls and will stay for some days with a relative, | and trees mentioned in his plays the Count of Barl, who recently purchased Queen Victoris has the most prodigious idea, the Vila Malmaison, in which the Empress not only of her precedence among monarchs, Josephin t lived and died.
but of the antiquity of her family. She has in her keeping a genealogical tree, showing that he is descended from the early Lombard monarchs, thus outdating the house of the Hap barge, Hohenzollerns and Savoy.
It is worth recalling, Paderewski having sufled away from America with $175,000 or so in his inside pocket, that the piaulst was unknown three years ago, and at his first concert in Lon- don' the receipt were only $50.
The long-excted deathblow to the further propagation of Roman Catholicism in Russia has at last been dealt, by the promulgalan of akase by the terms of which all Reman Catholic schools, as such, are abolished.
The tercentenary of the birth of old Izaak Walton is to be celebrated in England on the 9th of August next, The spot is Stafford. Representatives from all English magling clubs are to attend this merry making,
mended by phyfanteed pura'
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#accom. | Tokay wines
and found that fifty of these samples were not pure wines,
Ludwig Daxe, who died recently at Christianis, Norway, was a writer of distinction. For twenty years he was an active member of the Storthing, and was several times Minister in the various Radical Cabinets. Daan was born in 1829.
The poor of Carcas, Venezuela, are greatly alarmed at the scarcity of provisions in the markels, and the high prices at which they ars sold. The attention of the Government has been called to the matter, which is a very serious
one.
There is just now a revival, of the Napoleon crase in Paris and the authors, playwrights and the makers of babago souvenirs in the shape of images, inkstands and like objects are all occupied with this diminutive figure of "the first Bonaparte."
Frances Wolsalay is the only child and heiress of General Lord Wolseley, and before he would consent to accept a peerage, he stipulated that the title should descend to his daughter and her descendants- favor seldom granted to the English nobility, though there are a great number of Scotch and Lish peerages which descend in the female line.
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The Princess May's trousseau will be made entirely of British and Irlab made goods, Sheffield's loyal Blish worklogmen resolved to thank the Princess "for the much- needed example of having her work done by Englishmen and Englishwomen and theft brothers and sisters in Wales, Scotland and Ireland,"
Slr Evelyn Wood and other English Army officers recently witnessed a tent at Aldershot of the advisability of guns using cordite a compared with bitck powder. It was found that at long ranges it was almost impossible to discern the position of guns using the smokeless powder, whereas those using the old explosives were exilly seen.
from H. M. NAVAL STORK-KKÉPIR,
to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, ON: WEDNESDAY, the fih day of July, 1893, AT NOON,
at H. M. Naval Yard, SUNDRY NAVAL AND VICTUALLING CONDEMNED STORES,
Comprising ! OLD IRON, CHAIN-CABLE, STUFF, CANVAS RAGS, HOSES, CLOTH. ING and STORES,
joze,
&c.
PAPER
TERMS OF SALE:-As customary.
J. M. ARMSTRONG,
Auctioneer. Hongkong, 29th June, 1893.
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For Sale.
FOR SALE.
"MONTIARA,"
“HE SCHOONER
THE
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*AS THE NOW LIES IN KOWLOON BAY. Length ny
....75 feet Beam CTI
...T7 feet. Depth of hold.ataan
****** 7 feet. Registered Tennagɑ ............................75 tona. (Owing" to recent alterations the carrying capacity, of the Montlara has been increased to about 130 tons dead weight.)
The Montlara was built In Singapore, la most solidly constructed of teak throughout, with fron. wood, frames, has recently been thoroughly overhauled under experienced European paperin- tendenco, and is now la excellent condition. She is a very fest sailer and a most initable vessel for the Canton kerosene trade, or would❘ make a first-class lighten.
For Particulars as to Price, &c., apply to
R. FRASER-SMITH,
6, Pedder's Hill Hongkong, 1st May, 1893.
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FOR SALE
THE ENGINES AND BOILER OF THE CHINESE GUNBOAT "CHOP-CHEUNG,"
AS THEY LIE AT ABERDEEN DOCKS.
*HE Engines of the `Chop-cheung were contracted by Mesir, INGLE & CO., of Wanchal, and are of the Compound Inverted Cylinder Direct Acting Surface Condensing type, Cylinders 201 and 38 dia with a stroke of 55 The Crank Shaft is 63" dis, at the Crank plz and you dia at the Journals The H.P. Platon Rod is 3 and the LP. 31" dia. The Piston And Connecting Rod bolts are a dia, Air Pump Pump 8" dia, by 13′′ stroke, and Double Acting 143m dia, by zs stroke, Bingle Acting Circulating Food and Bilge Pump (one cach) 3 din, by
Scorz's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites is a combination of two sost valuable remedies, in a palatable and easily digested form, having great healing and strengthening properties, most valuable in Consumption and wasting diseases. Read the following: I have found Scott's Emulsion of great benefit in the treatment of phthisical and #crofalous discasca. It is extremely palatable and does not upset the stomach-thus removing the great difficulty experienced in the administra
The Boller is of the Horizontal Multitabalar tion of the plain oil, D. P. KENNA, LR.C.S., Surgeon, St. Vincent's Hospital, Dabila. Any type, with three Furances and vertical Dome on Chemist can supply it; A. S. Watson & Co, top. Its dis, is soft, a" by gift, 10" long, internal (Limited), agents in Hongkong and Ching measurements Furnaces, aft., 7 dias Dome,
Advt.
Co-day's Advertisements.
"BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS.
FOR LONDON YA SUEZ CANAL. *HE Steamship
"BENVENUE," Capiala Thomson, will be despatched on or about the 4th July,
For Freight or Pausage, apply to
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co,
Agents. Hongkong, 29th June, 1893.
stroica.
These Engines have been very little used and are in thoroughly good order.
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Intimations
CARMICHAEL & Co., LD.
EX S, S. " GLENSHIEL,”.
RAIN COATS & UMBRELLAS.
WATERPROOF 1100TS AND SHOES.
Hongkong, 1st June, 1893.
TENNIS SHOES.
· SEA BOOTS in all Sizes.
- CARMICHAEL & CO., LTD.
15, Praya Central, Hongkong,
OUTHALLS
25
(sa
MOSQUITO ONES
The only remedy which has been found effectual in securing inmunity from the attacks of Mosquitos and other venerious insecta.
By burning one of GOUTHALL'S MOSQUITO CONES
Room before going to bed,
PERFECT REST & UNDISTURBED SLEEP ABE INSURED, sa the fumer from the Cone drive away, stopify or kill all Insect life, thus rendering Mosquito Curtains' Quite Unnecessary..
Then Cones are composed entirely of Arematle, Plants carefully selected for 'their fiecticidal properties, and ahhỏugh destructive to immecta, they are quits harm to men and animals. The odour when burning is very agreeable, and hence they may be used to fumigate skk rooma, i
, the most delicate invalid can support the fragrance.
Manufactured Only in the Laboratorias of
Birmingham,
Southall Bros. & Barclay, ENGLAND,
Sold in Boxes of 24 Cones by all Chemists and Storekeepers ; and by
A. 8. WATSON & ̈00, Hong Kong, Shanghal, and Trosty Porta
Notices of Firms.
NOTICE.
AR. SIMON ABRAHAM LEVY has been
Hotels.
PEAK HOTEL.
OPEN ALL THE YEAR ROUND,
HIS commodions and well appointed
HONGKONG and SHANGHAI from 1 Januy,HOTEL, situated at a height of 1,250 feet
1893.
E. D. SASSOON & Co. Hongkong, 16th June, 1893.
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Auctions
PUBLIC AUCTION
07 VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, SEMI-GRAND PIANO, &c.
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HE Undersigned bas received instructions from WILLIAM LIGOR, Esq., to Sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION,
ON
SATURDAY, the 1st July, 1893, commencing at 2.45 F.lli
At Lykmoon COTTAGE, KOWLOON,
The whole of his
FURNITURE,
HOUSEHOLD
Comprising
above sea-level, having been Leased by, the Proprietors of the "VICTORIA HOTEL" IS NOW OPEN and will be run in conjunction with their HOTEL in Queen's Road, thus enabling them to offer special inducements to Visitor and Residents.
SUMMER RATES.
One person, per day.................................
$4.00 One person, per week_.................................... 35,00 | One person, one month.............$70 to 80.00
Married couple (occupying one room) per
day ............
7.00 Married couple (occupying one room) per
week. ..................... ¿ever0195975
45.00 Married couple (occupying gas room) per
month... FARODNA CU rubátorais 120.00 For full particulars apply ta
VICTORIA HOTEL
Taas:
Hongkong, 11th April, 1803. !
THE STAG HOTEL, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRALA
THE HOTEL OF THE EAST FOR WEST-ENDERS,
FALL FURNITURE. ENGLISH-MADE CRETONNE COVERED DRAWING-ROOM SUITE, by Maple, Chippendale FANCY and BLACKWOOD CHAIRS. LARGE OVER. MANTEL MANTEL CLOCKS, ORNA B
DEST LIQUORS procurable in the Market, MENTS, Fine PAINTINGS & ENGRAVINGS,
good ACCOMMODATION and CIVI Very Fine NANKIN INLAID and CARVED LITY. Come and see how we have transformed SCREEN with FIVE-COLORED PORCELAIN the old "STAG." PANELS.
ONE MAGNIFICENT CANTON SILK EMBROIDERED SCREEN, MOUNTED |- BLACKWOOD.
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· WILLIAM WATERS, Proprietor. Hongkong, 17th March, 1893..
WESTERN HOTEL, QUEEN'S ROAD WEST.
OLD "BEN" PRESIDES.
ONE Very Rare FOOCHOW LACQUERED THE WHATNOT.
SEMI-GRAND PIANO, by Apollo, Dresden, In Splendid Condition.
ONE Very Handiome CROWN DERBY TEA SET, CARPETS, RUGS, LACE and
REVERSIBLE CRETONNE CURTAINS, A QUIET AND COMFORTABLE HOME
FOR MEN OF THE MERCANTILE MARINE,
TION.
EXTENSION DINING TABLE and CHAIRS, CARVED TEAK SIDEBOARD with GLASS BACK, DINNER WAGGON, CARD TABLE, The very best LIQUORS and ACCOMMODA Handsome PICTURESQUE, DINNER SER VICE, ELECTRO-PLATED, GLASS and CROCKERY-WARE, CUTLERY, LAMPS, &c. HALL-and-HOLTZ-MADE BED-ROOM SUITE in SATIN WOOD, IRON BED. STEAD, BRASS MOUNTED with SPRING Ed HAIR MATTRESSES, MAHOGANY and CAMPHOR WOOD WARDROBES, COUCHES, DRESSING TABLE, MARBLE TOP WASHSTAND, &c.
BATH-ROOM REQUISITES, PANTRY and KITCHEN FURNITURE, RICKSHA. CHAIR, ROLLER, LAWN EVENING MOWER, &c.
PLANTS-IN-POTS,
Catalogues will be fanned prior to Sale. view from Noon on Friday, the 30th June.
TERMS OF SALE |—As customary,
GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer.
Hongkong, 24th June, 1893,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
On
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They come as Strangers but leave as Friends,
BEN, FRANKLIN TAYLOR,
Proprietor. Hongkong, 28th March, 1893...
[359 THE SHAMEEN HOTEL,
BRITISH CONCESSION, CANTON,
THIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL, admirably River Steamer Wharves, is now open to recotine Visitors.
- situated within a few minutes walk of the
The Bed-rooms are cool, alry and comfortably furnished, and the spacious Dining Room, Sitting Rooms, and accommodation generally will be found equal to the best Hotels is the Far East,
The Table D’Hóta' la supplied with every luxury in season, and the cuisine'is in expers. enced hands.
Wines, Spirits, Malt Liquors, etc., of the best quality only
A WELL APPOINTED BILLIARD-ROOM,
JOHN C. FOSTER,
Manager,
Hongkong, 1st September, 1892.
44" dia. by cft, high 1 Taber, 184 in number by 3a ex, dia. - It is in fairly good condition, having recently undergone considerable repairs, and would last in active service for over five years.THE following Particulars and Conditions of HAUENSTEIN'S HOTEL,
The Engines and Boiler can be inspected on Sale of Crown Land, by Public Auction, application to the Buperintendent at Aberdeen to be held on the spot, on Docks,
For further particulars, apply to...
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R, FRASER-SMITEL,
6, Pedder's HIL.. Honekone, 1st Mar, toz-
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NOTICE.
- NOW READY 1
THE "BOKHARA" DISASTER, FULL DESCRIPTIVE REPORT of the [745 ABOKHARA DISASTER
HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
ED. ROBINSON,
Hon. Secretary.
"MONDAY,
the 3rd day of July, 1893, st 4 P.M., are pub- lished for general information.
By Command,
GT. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 17th June, 1893.
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Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Pubille Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 3rd day of July, 1893, at 4 PM, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Boundary Meanire-
Registry Localityments.
Steamers in the same Typhoon, the Normand. € No. disaster, &cy &c.
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According to list year's census, there are twelve cities in France with a population of over 100,000 inhabitants, namely: Paris, with 2.447,000; Lyons, 418,005; Marsellies, 401,000;
With all Particular, Reports of Interviews Bordeaux, a52,000 Zallo, 201,0001 Toulouse,
with SURVIVORS, the Cruise of the Thales, 150,000) St. Etienne, 133,000; Nantes, 122,000 Havre, 116,0005 Roubaix, 185,0005 Rosen, will be Shot for os SATURDAY, the and the Porgies, the MARINE COURT OF THE SHORT RANGE CUP and SPOONS official reports of the Chief Oficer, the Aucone, 112,000, and Rheims, 104,000,
Hor. John Ballance, the recently deceased 1st July, Ranger, 200 and 300 yards-Time,INQUIRY and a FINDING, experiences of other Some seven thousand members of the British Premier of New Zealard, was born in a cabin in 3 P.M. volunteer forces have served continuously and Glenavy, near Lough Neagh, Ireland, and served efficiently for periods of from twenty to thirty, with an iron-monger till he was twenty-seven three years, and it is proposed to bestow a medal yours old. Thirty youre ago he went to New or badge on them for long service and good Zealand, and after time was engaged in conduct.
journalism, from which he was called to various The drought in England is unusually prooffices, and finally to the Premiership, longed. In London 11 has continued for nearly eighty days, the total amount of rainfall for the last eleven weeks being only aga lach, or considerably less than one-seventh of the average.
Empress Augusts Victoria has sent to Father Ces Lozzi, librarian at the Vatican, through Herr von. Balow, the Prussian Minister to the Vaticana costring, containing twenty-fost diamonds, and as imperial initiale în lylifante | and rubler,
The betrothal of Princess Bay will probably knock altogether on the bend the projected union of her brother to the Hon, Nellie Bass, daughter and heiress of Lord Burton, alace it would be contrary to the notions of propriety in such matters that the Queen of Englans should be sister-in-law to the daughter of a “bung." Miss" Haas will eventually inherit.. between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000, while the young Prince of Teck has got a farthing that he can Bail his own and is heavily in debt,
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