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NOVEMBER 10, 1860.

Insurances.

NOTICE.

INSURANCE COMPANY

al Rates for FERE INSURANC

clasaca of Buildings and thee;

1 remain as follows, until fur

ad semi-detached Horses (removed

Town) and their per cent.

ing, Houses (simissaprat ated) and their per cent,

downs and their

1 per cent

by special arrangement. ring rates will be charged for

Polisies dippi g 10 days per centrini

per cent.

Month

ceeding per cent."

the,

Months

ceeding per cent, milit

fonths, The full Annual Reta

of 1 per cent M

OB. 2 WALKER & Co sits Royal Insurance Company.

September 13, 1860, -

E INSURANCE OFFLOR G

signed having been appointeda for the above INSURANCE prepared to accept Marine sue Policies on any first class or, Steamers, on the usual

le in case of loss, in

ALCUTTA, BOMBAY, or Lok ROB. S. WALKER & O Jund 21 1884.

SURANCE COMPANY OF AN ERANCISCO.

signed, Agents for the above. are prepared to grant Poli FIRE, on BUILDINGS and urrent rates.

RUSSELL & Co. February R, 1867.

SEA & FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY

signed having been appointed Hongkong for the above NY are prepared to grant o SEA RISES, at currepirates,

RUSSELL & Co. - April 1, 1805,

INSURANCE ASSOCIA N OF SHANGHAI.-- granted on Marine Links to

of the world at current rates. to the usual brokerage, this etins to the assured Fifteen ts yearly profits divided pro

premium contributed.

RUSSELL & Co.

Secretaries.

Jens

1869.

INSURANCE COMPANY. BAN FRANCISCO.

igned having been appointed

hina for the above Inpu

are prepared to grant Poli Karine Risks, at the current

EUSBELL & C

July 6, 1866.

ARANG SEA AND FRANCE COMPANY OF SAMARANG,

-:,,.

signed having been appointed Macao for the above named prepared to grant Policies ne Risks at the current Rates,

RAYNAL & Co.

kust 4. 1866,

OOSTERLING INDO FIRE INSURANCE COM- RY OF BATAVIA.

ignad having been appointed Hongkong for the above ny are prepared to grant st Sua Risks on the male

SIEMSSEN. & Co.. Angust 1, 1866.

Docks,

N DOCK COMPANY OF & WHAMPOA, LIMITED,

ay call the attention of Ship Consignees and Masters of ar Establishment at Bong- ampos, for the DOCKING NG of Vessels of all classes.

g the Company have the

the harbour, Granite

quilt, and of dimensions to

360 feet in length, and

2

of water.

t

any bave erected

the Company

nery, and are prepared to

i repair marine and station-

d Steam Machinery of all

and repair Boilers of all

ery for rugar crushing and

ng, graving, and every de tory or Mill work,

a. Jetty has been completed, ch: Vessels drawing 18 fest

at any states of the tide

Jetty are Shears capable of

14.

y have also opered a Ship

e of the Hongkong Dock,

contract for the construc

or

Sailing Vessels

of any

the Company will take

1 rates.

"LITTLE ORPHANA

to tow Vessels to selly of

reasonable rates.

5, apply to

ROB. S. WALKER. Secretary

Hee, Queen's Road, Corner

ле,

ovember 1, 1869,

shed by OmakzeḤ A SMAKAMI

tott, No...2, Wyndham

Hongkong

No. 2005 NOVEMBER [0, 1869.]

STEAM FOR

Singapore, Penang, Point de Galle, Aden, Suez, Malta, Marseilles,

and Southampton; the Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta. King George's Sound, Melbourne

and Sydney.

· ALHO,;'

THE PENINSULA AND URIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMEART's Steam-ship RANGOON," Captain E. J. BAXEE, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Darge, will leave this for the above places,. TUESDAY, the 16th November, at 9.

on

PARCELS and CA800 will be received board until Noon, and SPECIE until

42. on the 15th November.

For particulara regarding Freight and Pasage, apply at the F&O, S. N. Co.'s Office Hongkong.

OUNTENTB AND VALUE OF PACKAGES`.

AKE BEQUIRED,

A written declaration of the Contents and Value of the Packages for the Overland Route is required by the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered by the Shippers to the Com pany's Agents with the Bill of Lading, ur with Parcels; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any detention, or prejudice which may happer from incorrect

new on such declaration

Chippers are particularly requested to note the terms and conditions of the Company Black Bills of Lading.

W. MACAULAY, Superintendent.

P. & 0, 9. N. Co.'s Office,"

Hongkong Nov. 9, 1869.

PACIFIC MAIL STEAM SHIP

* COMPANY.

no16

THROBON V. 9. MAIL-LINK TO NEW YORK.

Fia Panama or Overland Route

·TEAMERS of this line will be despatch-

ed as follows

Nov. Chara

19. America Dec. 18.

A Steamer will leave Shanghai on er about same date, connecting at Yokohama sith above-named steamer.

Passengers ticketed through to California, Hexico, Uentral and South America, and

by

Overland Route to principai points in

the United States and Canadas, and con- meeting with the various Steam lines for New York, to Liverpool, Southampton, Bremen, Brest, and Barre

Through Tickets issued also to New York nud Karope via Panama Route and to Europe per steamers of the Royal Mail Steam Puckat Company, the West India End Pacific Steamship Company, Limited, and The Compagnie Générale Transatlas tique from Aspinwall direct. Cunneations made at Panama with Steam lines upon the West Coast of Central and South America, by which passengers are ticketed through

Through Bills of Lading given for Freight via Centr 1 Pacific Railroad and its von- nections to the principal points in the United States and Canadas and for Freight Overland for England and the Coutinent.

Through Bill of Lading given also for New York and Europe via Panama route, and to Europe via Aspinwall Lines to porte

Post-Office Notiteations.

MAILS BE THE "RANGOON!""_

THE CHINA MAIL.

Intimations.

Published weekly. Subscription (Exclu- sive of postage) 11s. 12 per annum; payable

Post-Office Notifications. Prints, and any quantity of paper, vellum or parshiment (to the excinaion of letters 9-Should the Payee of a Money Order whether sealed or open); and the Books, desire to receive payment in the Country in Maps, Paper, &c., may be either printed, which the Unier was armed, at some other written of plain, or any mixture of the af three, Office than that in which the Order was ori- ginally drawn, the transfer will be granted,

All legitimate binding, mounting or provided the Order be inclosed to the covering of the same or of a portion thero Postmaster of the Office in which it was of, will be allowed, whether such binding drawn. In such case new Order will be be loose or attached; as also rollers in the red, the Commission chargeable upon ase of prints, markers (whether of paper which will be deducted from the amount of or otherwise,) in the case of Books, and in the new Order.

short whatever is necessary for the safe tranainission of literary or artistio watter or usually apportains thereto.

The Contract Packet RANODON" will be dispatched with the usual Mails for Europe, &c., on TUESDAY, the 16th November, at 9 A.M., and the Post Ofice will be open for the reception of Ordinary Letters, Letters for Itegistra tion, Newspapers, Books, dc, until 8 FM, on the 15th November. Letters, ds., may be posted in the night box from 8 P.M. of the 15th November until 7 A.M. on the following morning. 10.In the event of a Money Order Letters posted between 7 and 8 A..miscarrying or being lost, a duplicate will on the 16th November will be charge be granted on written application from able, in addition to the usual postage, the Payee, (containing the necessary with a Late Fee of 18 centa

particulars, and accompanied by an addi- le Intest time for posting Letters at this tional Commission) to the Ufter whicis the

Office is 8. and for Newspapers Original Order was payable. Books, or Patterns 7 A.M. on the 16th November.

411

11.-On the receipt of a similar applica

Every Book packet must be either with out a cover, or in a cover open at the ends or sides.

sealed, nor any sealed enclosure whatever; It must not contain any Istter, open or

the name and address of the sender is how- ver not only permitted but recommended, Further, late letters (but Letters only) adon, ardere will be given to stop payment so that if the cover some off, or for any of a Money Order, or to renew a lapsed other reason the packet cannot be forward- dressed to the United Kingdom tid Urder. The additional Commission in theed, it may be returned. Marseilles or to Singapore, may be last case will be deducted from the amount posted on board the Facket from 8:30 of the new Order. Lapsed Orders must be to 8.50, on payment of a lato fue presented with the application for a now of 48 cents each, in addition to the postage, after which no Letters can be received.

All

Urder.

SUPREME COURT AND CONSULAR GAZETTE,

LAW REFORTER FOR THE SUPREME AND PROVINCIAL COURTS: OF CHINA

AND

AND JAYAN

Guzette is a General Weekly Newspa par, containing Officially Revised Raports Courts, Police Cases, and Proceedings in of Cases heard at the Supreme and Consular Bankruptcy; Original Articles Notes and Queries on Legal points; Reports of Public Summary, &e, do Meetings; News of the Week, Commercial

Advertisements will be charged Tls. 1 par 10 lines, for the first insertion, and 50 cia per 10 lines, for each anbsequent inner tion.

Shanghai, January, 1807,

NEW BOOK,

No packet inust exceed two feet in length, breadth or depth; exceeding these diuren- sions it cannot be forwarded through the THE Speculations of

“THE

Post

AS PECARDS PATTERNS.

They maat got be, of intrinsic value. This rule excindes all articles of a saleabio nature, and indeed whatever may have a value of its own, apart from its more uso

a pattern; and the quantity of any material sont ostensibly as a pattern must not be so great that it can fairly, be con- sidered as having on this ground an intrin-

де

12.-But when it desired that any Sealed Boxes containing the correspondence error in the manic of the Remitter or Payee of Box Holders will be received at the should be corrected or that the amount of window set apart for the purpose, on a Money Order should be repaid to the the East Side of the building.

Remitter, or that a Lapsed Order should correspondance for places to which pre-be renowed for payment in the Country: payment is compulsory must be prepaid which the Order was originally drawn, in Hongkong Postage Stamps. application mast be made to the Chief insufficiently-stamped Lettere addressed to Money Order Office of such Country. This the United Kingdom will be sent on, application must be accompanied by an addition to the postage, charged with a size of Que Shilling in additional Commission, unless it have re-sic value.

ference to a Lapsed Order, in which case the Letters posted after 7 AM, on the 16th Commission will be deducted from the

November will not be forwarded unless amount of the New Order. the Late Fee as well as the postage is: 13.-Repayment whether of an original, prepaid.

or ronswed, or a duplicate Order, will not Letters insuficiently stamped or unstamped be made to the remitter until it has been addressed to places to which they can-asnertained that the advice has been can not be forwarded unpaid, will be open-celled at the Office on which the Order was ed and returned to the writers as early originally drawn as possible, but no guarantee can be given that such Letters, if posted after 8 r., on the 15th November will be re turned until after the mail is alose,

Postage Stamps should be placed on the upper right hand corner of the corres- pondence, except in cases where they when the Stamp or Stamps represent may be used in payment of "Late Fees," "Late Fee" or "Registration ing Fees” should be placed on the lower left- hand corner,

..

All

There must be no writing or marke other than the address of the person for whom the packet is intended and that of the sander, a trade mark and numbers, and prices of the articles; otherwise the Packet will be detained or forwarded sharged as an unpaid letter."

The Old Philosopher'

LAU-TRZE," Translated from the Chinese

JOHN CHALMERS, A., Price $1.50. ALBO, "The Origin of the Chinese" by the same author Price $1.

Apply at Mesers LANE, CRAWFORD & Co. or The London Mission House,

Hongkong, October 17, 1888,

FOR SALE

AT THE "CHINA MAIL" OFFICE.

THE following SETS of the "CHINA PUNOH" can be obtained, stitched in paper wrappers, at the rate of 25 centa per copy viz

No. Price,

11 sets complete from 11,

54

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16.

4

11

3

16.

$3.50.

$3.50.

The Patterns must be sent in covers open at the ends, so as to be easy of exami- uation. Samples, however, of seeds, drugs, 14. Payment of an Order must be ob and so forth, which cannot be sent in upen tained before the end of the Sixth Calendar covers, may be enclosed in bags of linen or Month after that in which it was drawn; other material, tied at the neck; bags so for instance, if drawn in January, payment closed that they cannot readily be oponed, must be obtained before the end of July not be used for this purpose. Non-com- 3, 7, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, and from 19 to 24. $2.25. even although they be transparent, must Also a few soparate. copies of Nos.1, 2, otherwise the Order will become lapsed, not be aud 1 new Order (for which & second Compliance with this rule will also subject the

C. A. SAINT. of the Order, will be charged) will become The Fackets or the contents thereof must mission, to be deducted from the amount packet to be detailed or forwarded as an

unpaid letter.

Lot contain any inclosure, sealed or other wise closed against inspection.

necossary.

10-If an Order be not paid before the transactions in fractional parts of a Dol- end of the Twelfth Calendar Month after lax will be conducted in the Coins pre- that in which it was drawn, for instance, scribed by Ordinance 1, of 1864, and drawn in January and not paid before the Proclamation of the 22nd January, the end of the following January-all claim 1884, and no other Coinn, Bat those to the Money will be forfeited, unless therein specified will either be received der peculiar circumstances, the Post or given in change as fractional parts Office of the Country in which the Order of a Dollar, Payment for Postage Stamps must be made, in the current Dolara of the Colony or Bank Notes,

was drawn think proper to allow it.

16-After once paying & Money Order by whomsoever presented, the paying Office will not be liable to any further claim. If Money Orders on any of the Money Orders wrong payment, however, be made owing

Offices in the United Kingdom will be granted until 6 P. ou the 15th Nov.

F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General General Post Office, Hongkong,

November 9, 1869.

16no.

to negligence on the part of any Officer of the Post Office, the Postmaster General of the Country or Colony in which the negli- gence occurs will if he see fit, require the Officer in fault to make good the loss.

17-No Money Order will be paid unless the advice has been previously received:

18-Additional Rules for greater et

SAILORS' BUME, WEST POINT.

Trustees.

G. THOMSETT, Leq., N.

In all other respects the general regula Hon. W. KESWICK, -Foners, Esq. tions of the Book Post between Hongkong

JOAN DENT, 11 and the United Kingdom will apply to the Pattern Post. Under these regulations, in order to prevent any interruption to the Patterns may, when it is necessary, be kept regular transmission of letters, a Packet of

back for the following Mail by which, the ordinary course, it would be forwarded. The decision af the Postmaster General as to the eligibility of any Packet, pattern or sample contained therein, to be for- warded under these regulations, will be final and conclusive.

The rule which forbids the transmission

through the Post of any article likely to injure the contents of the Mail Bags or Boxes, or the person of any Officer of the Post Office is, of course, applicable to the Pattern Post and a packet containing any- Articles such as

It is hereby notified that, under the au-rity against fraud, and for the better working of the kind will be stopped, and not

of Mexico and ports on the West Coast of thority of a Treasury Warraut dated the 1sting of the system generally will be made to its destination.

Central America, and South America to sa

far as Valparaiso.

May laat, Superintending, or First-Class Schoolmasters in the Army will, in future, Favorable arrangements have been made be entitled to the same privileges in regard for through passengers and freight to Ame to Letters sent by or addressed to them on riva, from Calcutta, Ronsug and Singapore, their own private affairs as are at present snd, from Swatow, Araoy and Foachow. enjoyed by Commissioned Officers in the All Freight payable in advance in Mexi Army; and all Army Schoolmistresses will can Dollars, or on delivery in American be entitled (as Army Schoolmasters of all Gold Coin with 8 per cent ad itional, at but the First-Class now are) to the same shipper's option.

privileges, in regard to their Letters, are Returi Passage Ticksts issued at a re-enjoyed by non-commissioned. Officers, and duction of apon the whole amount Private Soldiers. for the Round Vysge.

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For further information as to Passago and Fraight, apply to the Agency of the Company, Praya West.

T. A. HARRIS,

Agent, Hongkong, October 7, 1869,

Post Office Notifications.

MAILS BY THE UNITED STATES MAIL PAD-

KETUHINA:"

For YOKOHAMA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.— Per the United States Mail Packet "CHINA," on FRIDAY, the 19th Instant, at 2 P,K.

The Rates of Postage on Correspondence forwarded by this opportunity, which must in each case be paid in advance, are as fol.. lowa, viz,

To Yokohama, San Francisco and the United States.

For Latters, 8 cents per half-ounce, For each Newspaper not exceeding

ounces, 2 cents.

F. W. MITCHELL,

· Postmaster General." General Post Office, Hongkong, July 31, 1868.

the following have been occasionally posted as Patterns, and have been detained as Occasion way require. 19-Should it appear that Money Orders unfit for the Post, viz: Metal boxes, porce- are used by mercantile men, or others, lain and China, fruit, vegetables, bunches kong, Shanghai or Yokohama, for the scissors, needles, pins, pieces of machinery, either in the United Kingdom or at Hong of flowers, cuttings of plants, spurs, knives, transmission of large sums of money, the sharp pointed instruments, samples of British or Colonial Post Office, as the case metala, samples of ore, samples in glase may be, will consider the propriety of in- bottles, pieces of glass, acids of various creasing the Commission, and will exercise kinds, curry comba, and steel eu- the power of wholly suspending for a time graving plates, and confectionery, or the laaue of Money Orders.

By Command,

F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General."

General Post Offles, Hongkong, 22nd August, 1868.

SYSTEMA EXTENDED TO THE COAST FORTS AND JAPAN.

1.On the 1st October next, and thence- forward, Money Orders will be issued at REGISTRATION OF LETTERS AND HOOR PACKET this Office and at the Agencies thereof at Shanghai and Yokobsma on all the Money Order Offices in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for amounts not exceeding £10, at the rate of Exchange Curront for Each Mail, and charged with Commission according to the following Scale, viz.:-

Cente..

For sums not exceeding £3,12 Above £2 and not exceeding £ B,....24

£5

£7....42 £7

£10,....49 2-No Money Order to include a free tional part of a Penny.

5+

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kirids.

F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General,

General Post Office, Hongkong, October 13, 1880.

CHAIR AND BOAT HIRE.

Directors

Hon. H. B. GIBB,

W. MACAULAY, Esq.

G. J. HELLAND, Esq. D. SASSOON, Esq. G, HEARD, Esq. W. LEMANN, Esq.

w.

Rev. W. R. BEACH, J. J. MUKLAY, M.D. Committee of Management.

MACAULAY, Esq. H. G. THOMSETT,

Hon. W. KESWICK, Chairman,

. J. BELLAND, Esq. Esq., B.N.

DONAT

ONATIONE of Books, Periodicals, News

papers, Clothes, do, will be meat hankfully received.

A. OVERBURY,

Buperintendent.

Hongkong, October 29, 1868,

HOLLOWAY'S PILLS & OINTMENT. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.

TRIS Medicina la universally admitted known to the world. No preparation is so suitable to the climates of India and Chinn as this fine and invigorating medicine. It constitution particularly adapted to the

in of Earopean ladies, as it is never fales,

to be the most efficacions remedy

is

effects in all disesses peculiar to f ita while those who are attenuated by the de bilitating effects of the above climates will find in this wonderful remody a kind of ta- lisman whereby they may insurg a restora. tion to robust health.

HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT.. The science of Medicine has never before The following Regulations for Street-produced any remedy that can be compared Chairs and Chair-Coolies, bear date Colo-to this wonderful Ointment, as it cures It is hereby notified for general inferma uial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, ud after all other means have failed, all tien, by order of His Excellency Sir April, 1869.

wounds, sores, ulcers, and also the must Richard Graves MacDonnell, that, the There are two Classes of Street Chaire, inveterate skin diseases peculiar to the oli

mates of India and China. It is the true from this Ordinary and Special. system of registration has been, date, extended to letters and other descrip

friend of the Sollier and Civilian, se cer- All Street-Chairs may carry persons who tions of correspondence transmitted by the hare engaged them up to any hour, but fain old cores can be removed by it that Posty

in the Mails by both the British Ordinary Chairs misy not ply for hire after cannot be conquered by any other treat Contract Packets and by Private Ships, Brat gubire (& P.M.), nor Special Chairs | between this Office and each Agevoy thereafter midnight.

Rongkong, February 1, 1867.

of in Chine and Japan, viz: Canton,

Swatow, Amoy, Fachow, Ningpo, Shang- As Special Chairs are ecured for a higher hai, Nagasaki, Riogo, and Yokobams, and sum ($60) than Ordinary Chairs ($26), it also between any two of these Agencies. ia for the interest of the Public to engage letter, das for registration is 8 cante asch only the former after gunfire

The

3-Orders drawn in the United King. hama, will be paid at the rate of Exchange dom upon Hongkong, Shanghai, and one

No Letter, Book, or Packot of Patterns at which Money Orders are being issued at can be registered unless the full postage For a Packet of Books, & cents per 4 the time of their presentation.

apon it, as well as the registration fee, be 4-Alphabetical Lists of over 3,700 paid in advance in postage Stampe.

ounces.

Book Packets must not exceed tre feet Money Order Offices in the United King

in length or one foot in width or

dom, showing the Counties in which they depth.

are situated, are hung up for publia refer- ence at this Office, and also at Shanghai and Yokohama,

To the United Kingdom.

For Letters, 24 cents per half-ounce. For cash Newspaper not exceeding 4

ounces, 4 cents.

For a Packet of Books or Patterns, 8

cents per 4 ounces. Correspondance addressed to Yokohama, Ban Francisco and the United States mnat be superscribed per China," and that addressed to the United Kingdom

must be superscribed via San Francisco. Correspondezes addressed to the United Kingdom wat fully propaid will be sent via

Busz

F. W. MITCHELL,

Postmaster General.

General Post-Ofice, Hongkong, November 8, 1869.

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5.-Applicants for Money Orders must furnish, in full, the surname, sad, at least, the initial of one Christian pane, both of

If th

received up to half an hour before the time Letters, &c., for registration will be exed for closing the Mails,

F. W. MITCHELL Postmaster General. General Fost Office, Hongkong, 15th October, 1800.

Each Street-Chair carries a Number, and its two Coolies a Badge each, bearing the same Number as the Chair.

The Numbers and Coolise Badges of Special Chairs are White, (1 to 200).

The Numbers and Coolies Badges of Ordinary Chairs are Blus, (201 to 700),

When ground of Complaint arises against suy Street Chair-Coolia, the person ng grieved may either hand the offender over to the Police, or send a memorandum of the complaint and the Chair's Number to the Registrar General, 4

the Remitter and the Payeo if the Romit- It is hereby notified for general informa.

When Street Chair-Coolies are suspected ter or Payde be a Pear or a Bishop, his or- tion, by order of His Excellency Sir Richard dinary title will be sufficient, & firm, the Graves MacDonnell, that henceforward of having retained missing property, the usual designation of such firm, such as Book Packets, and Packete of Patterns or Number of their Chair should be sent to "Baring Brothers" will anffice but the Samples of Merchandize, may be trans the Registrar General at once without any more term Mesars., auch as Messrs. Rimitted through the Poat by the Mails made loss of time. vington," or the name of a Company trad-up to be forwarded both by the British

Each Street-Chair carries on the back of oder a title which does not consist of Contract, Packets and by Private Ships, its Number Board a Tariff of Fares con- the names of the persons comprsing it, such between this Office and each Agency thereof densed from the following

in China and Japan, vix.: Canton, Swatow, as "Carron Co." Is inadmissible,

Amoy, Fochow, Ningpo, Shanghai, Nag:

The Romitter on stating that the Or-

asaki, Hiogo, and -Yokohama,- and -also- der is to be paid only through & Bank, to between any two of theas Agencies, at the have the option of giving or withdrawing following rates of postage, which must be the name of the Payas; in such case, the paid in advance, viz, Order will be crossed in the same way that

LEGALISED TARIFF OF FARES FOR CHAIRS,

CRAIR BRABERA, and Boats,

IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG,

Chairs, or Ordinary Pullaway Boats.

ment.

NOW READY,

(AT THE "CHINA MAIL" OFFICE.).

-PRICE $1.00.

THE

ANGLO-CHINESE CALENDAR

MANUAL

ti

A Handbook of reference for the deter mination of Chinese Dates, during the period from 1880 to 1859; with comparative Tables of Annual and Mensual Designations, e, de. Compiled by WILLIAM FREDE RIOS MAYERS, H.M.C.3,

Intimations.

THE

CHINESE COMMERCIAL

GUIDE,

By S, WELLS WILLIAMS, LL

Published the "CHINA MAIL" Office, Liongkong.

638 PP. DENY 8YO, WITH AFFENDIA,

FIFTH BUITION, 1865, Frico, $5. Original Publishing Price, Ten Dollars,

The following is an Abstract of the Con tents of this Book

CHAP, SEO. 1 TO 4, Four Treaties with China. -Treaty with Great Britain,

Chinese Text of the same, t-Treaty with the United States. 3.Treaty with France. 4-Treaty with Russia.

Supplementary Treaty with Russia.

CHAT. 11.SEC. I rd 5. Articles of Trade with China. -Tariff on Articles of Import. -Tariff on Articles of Export.

Rules respecting Trade and Dues," Chineso Text of the same. -Description of Articles of Import. 6-Description of Articles of Export.

CHAP. -SRC. 1 to 14. Foreign Commerce with China.

Port of Canton.

4-Port of Chaude or Swatow.

-Port of Khugebau in Hainari, 4-Port of Amoy.

6-Port of Foochow

6.-Porte of Tanah and Taiwan in For

37.8.

-Port of Ningpo.

8.-Port of Shanghai,

9.-Parts on the Yangtas' and Trade in

the Interior,

10.-Port of Taugehku or Chefoo. 11-Port of Tientsin.

12-Port of Newchwang or Yangter'. 18-Colony of Hongkong-

14. Colony of Macao.

CHAP. IV. EG 1,40 5. Foreign Commerce with Japan. 1.-Intercourse with Japan. 2-Treaty between Grost Britain sud

Japan.

S.-Ports open to Foreign Commerse.

Nagasaki,

Kanagawa and Hakodadi 4-Japanese Coins, Weights and Mea-

sures..

5-American Compact with Lowcheng.

CHAP. V. SEO, ITO 7.-

Moneys, W'sights, de, in China. 1-Chinese Currency, 2-Chinese Numerals. 3-Obinese Commercial Weights. 4-Measures of Capacity.. 5-Measures of Longib. 6-Chinese Land Measures. 7-Chinese Division of Times.

CHAP. VI.BEC. 1 ro 1. Western Moneys, Weights, do L-Anuamese Mondys, &c. 2.-Port of Saigou;

3-Treaty with Siam, Exriff, &c.,

4,

Siamese Moneys, Weights, da -Netherlands India.

5- Philippine Islaude.

Sailing Directions for Panay I

6.-Malayan States-Singapore, &.

Burmese Moneys, Weights, &c.

7.

8.-Indian Presidencies,-Bengal, Ma

dras, Bombay.

--Ceylon.

10-English and French Weights, do. :

11. United States of America,

CHAP. VIL.-SKG. 1 TO 6.

Tables on Prices, Exchanges, de, 1-Comparison of Prices. 2-Relating to Exchanges. 3-Relating to Time. 4-Comparison of Weights. 6.-Mensurement of Cargo. 6--Bullion Operationís,

nese Coasts.

APPENDIX.-Coutaining Sailing Direc tions for the Coast of China, and for the Japan Islands also giving the meai:ings of Chinese Words occurring in Charts and Sailing Directions and alto a Table of Po sitions of places on the Chinese and Japa

The author in his Preface says: The tables in Chap. Vil., for estimating prices, measurement of geola, exchanges, do, have been selected from those constantly in use among the foreign merchants in China. Those for calculating the prices of tea in dollars or pence hare best copied from the more extended tables, by the kind permis sion of the

author, F. Loureiro,

Eng The tast enction of the same chaptea ou More furnished for the Guide by Patrick R. ments in Bullion," has been prepared and Harper, Esq. of the Commercial Bank of India at Hongkong, who has had much ex Author's Preface.

perience in the exchanges and movements Most persons whose avocations or studies of the precious metals Eastern Asia,

"The Appendix of Sailing Directions has are connected even remotely with Chinese subjects are wont to confess the need of

ine Pilot." a been

reprinted from the China convenient manaal of reference for the pur With short interruptions, the coasts from pose of determining dates according to Singapore to lakodati are all described in either the European or the Chinese methed it; and for the Chistese coasta, the Direc of computation; and a system of comparitions have been improved by the insertion on for the names attributed to years, of the Chinese characters for the names months, and other periods is also frequent.all places that could be ascertained," ly a desideratam with translators and readers of Chinese literature. The com- piler of the following tables has thought,

form may prove useful, although

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General Post Office, Hongkong, 23rd September, 1869.

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7.When an Order is presented through

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Above 8 oz., and not exceeding

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and the Table of Solar Terme, both

Chair Hire to Out Districts,

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Beyond Victoria and back, 50 cta per man. To Stanley and buck

Victoria lies below the level of Robinson Road, and includes all the town between the Mint and the Western Slaughter House, with the Race-course.

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of which were originally compiled by Dr. Morrison, and afterwards republished with proveniente in Williams' Commercial Guide, from which (with some alteration) they are now copied, the whole of the wat ter assembled in the following pages is for the first time made accessible to general reference.

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For Sale.

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Also..

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