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BER 10, 1869,

No. 2036 DECEMBER 16, 1860,1,

jeca Goods.

oule) Caasia

naware. mokers, ves.

Jangles.

Beads.

PACIFIC MAIL STEAM SHIF COMPANY.

TESQUOR U. & MAIL LINE TO NEW YORK, Via Panama or Overland Route

TRAMERS of this line will be despatch

ed as follows

Déar 18.

Post-O@ce, Notifications.

THE CHIA LÀ

Post-Office Notifications.

be loose or attached; sa also roller in the

short whatever is necessary for the safe sive of postage) Tis, 12 per annum ; payable case of prints, markers (whether of paper

>> Intimations. or otherwise,) in the case of Books, aud in

Pubianod weekly. Subscription (Exclu- emission of literary or artistic matter or in advance. Every Book packet must be either with out a cover, or in a cover open at the ends Or sides,

It is hereby notified for general inform9-Should the Payes of a Money Order tion that, as an experiment, Mails will be desire to receive payment in the Country in made each homeward British Contract Packet, to Office than that in which the Order was ori-sually appertains thereto.

up at this Office, to be forwarded by which the Order was issued, at some other the United Kingdom and to places beyond drawn, the transfer will be granted, the United Kingdon via Brindagitially

provided the Order be inclosed to the Letters nowarapers intetided to Postmaster of the Office in which it 12.00 in 16 forwarded in these Mails must be special drawn. In mithi case a new Order will be sealed, nor any sealed enclosure whatever; Feb. 12

ly directed ba

It must not contain any letter, open or Marol ∙12. lais

they will be liable to the April!! 12, b

of age which will be deducted from the amount of the name and address of the sender is how- MAYI 12.

the new Order.

aver not only permitted but recommended, 10.-In the event of a Money Ordero that if the carer come aft or for any miscarrying or being lost, a duplicata all other reason the packet cannot be forward be granted on a written application from ed, it may he returned. the Payee, (containing the necessary breadth or depth; exceeding these dimen particulars, and saccompanied by an addi-

No packet must exceed two feet in length,

Original Order was payable. tional Commission) to the Office where the ons it cannot be forwarded through the

Asierica,

Japan,

1870,-

Jac.

parcels Sundries,

China,

America,

OTIFICATIONS.

Japan,

China,

Avierat

ENANG AND CAL

Japany

Juno 11. Jaly 12.

China,

America,

Japan,

China,

Packet CHINA on ist just, at 2.30.M. ATOW, AMOX-and Per 4207, will closer Friday, the 17th in-

of at the time previ

PENANG AND CAL

Packet GLENART- day, next, the 21

VICE, on Saturday,

at 3.30 g

Mail for Manila

will close at 4.80

the 17th instant. -

Saturday, the 18th

or general informa rward the Postage Packeta of Patterns States of America nited Kingdom will

AMPTON, PUL

224

hot ex-

ot ex-

4.02..

48

hot ex.

B4

-41:

402, 16

ntage is compulsory

W, MITCHELL stmaster General,

1868.

of general informa closed mails for the

ezmade

up at this London by the Un- via San Francisco, ded to he forwarded ddressed via Ran

Booksand Patter

ne rates of postage: Fitish Mall Packma

per half-onnee

not exceeding, 4

or Patterns, 8 cente

all cases be paid in not fully prepaid

V. MITCHELL, master General,

1869,

PATCH-

s and Calcutta

},

China, on Toer

at 31

3p.m.

id Foochow For

instant, at 8 am,

eviously notified.

and Caloutta.--

et Glenariney, on

stant, at 3. p.m. United Bervice, on

at 4 P.M. que Santa Ana,

Tuy on Saturday,

IONS

cember, 1869.

$587

$22

4/5

Rs. 220 R: 201

Baak, Tla. 74.

10p. a prem. 7 prem, -

9. prams.

*** 28.05719777

...4.63

a 10 p. C 444 p. share

·6 pc disc

31 pa prem 17p. prest

America,

of sued, the Copumission chargeable" upon

A LETTRE

Addressed to the United Kingdom, not August 12,

reseding half an ounce in weight, 38 cents for every salitional balf an ounce, 38 cents Sept. 12.

Addressed to the United States of Ame October 12, Now 12.48 cents for Pory additional half an rio, hot exceeding half an oulice in weight, Dea. 12.

ounce, 48 cents.

A Steamer will leave Shanghai on er same dates, connecting at Yokohama about same with above-named steanera

FOR KVERY NEWSPAPER.

Addressed to the United Kingdom, not avery, additional Newspaper, not exceeding

ounces, 8 cents. exceeding 4 ounces in weight, 8 cents; for

4

ticketed through to California Fan Central and South America, at Hexico, by Overland Ronto to principal points in

United States and Canadas, and con-rin, necting with the various Steam lines for Bremen, Brest, and Havre.

Addressed to the United States of Ame not exceeding 4 ounces in weight, 10 cents; for every additions! Newspaper not exceeding 4 ounces LU cants.

IL-Un the receipt of a similar applica- tion, orders will be given to stop payment of a Money Order, or to renew a speed last case will be deducted from the amount Order. The additions Commission in the

presented with the application for a new of the now Order. Lapsed Orders must be Urder, 32 GTA V

New York, to Liverpool, Southampton The Postage must by fully prepaid. Un- should be corrected or that the amount of

Through Tickets issued also to New paid or insufficiently paid Letters, &c., will York and Europe vin Panama Route and not be sent via Brindisi, Book Packets to hope per steamers of the Royal Mail and Packets of Fatterns will not be for-

Bes

12-Bat when it is desired that any error in

in the name of the Remitter or Payee Money Order should be repaid to the Remitter, or that a Lapsed Order should be renewed for payment in the Country, in which the Order was originally drawn,

Post

AN REGARDS PATTERNS.

They most not be of intrinsic value, This rule czcludes all articles of a saleable value of its own, apart from its mere use nature, and indred whateverly Haro

material sent ostensibly as a pattern inuat as a pattern; and the quantity of any ot be so great that it can fairly be con sic value. sidered as having on this ground an intrin-

than the address of the person for There must be no writing or marks other whom the packet is intended and that of the sender, a trade mark and numbers, and pricez of the articles; otherwise the, Packet

cket Company, the West India warded via Brindzasar MITCHELL, application must be made to the Chief will bo detained or forwarded charged as

Pacific Stbandship Company Limited,

Postmaster General. General Post Office, Hongkong, November 21, 19m, d

covers,

may

open

Intimations.

THE

CHINESE

COMMERCIAL

GUIDE.

BY S. WELLS WILLIAMS, LLD

Published at the "Crina Maze" Office, Blongkong.

SUPREME COURT AND CONSULAR GAZETTE, LAW REPORTER FOR THE SUPERMR ABD PROVINCIAL COURTS OF CHINA

AND JAPAN THE Gazette is a General Weekly Newspa per, containing liially Revised Reports of Geass heard at the Supreme and Consularahas. 10 280ugionoj.

Queries on Legal points; Reports of Public Courts, Police Cases, and Proceedings in Bankruptcy Orjinal Artinis; Notes and 638 PP, JEMY 8VO. WITH APPENDIX. Meetings; News of the Week, Commercial Summary, do, do,

Advertisements will be charged Ts. 1 per 10 linos, for the first insertion, and 50 ots por 10 lines, for enak aubaoquent inser tion: Low Chiswis Shanghai, January, 1867.

NEW BOOK,

HE Speculations of

The Old Philosopher'

LAU-TEZE,"

Translated from the Chinese

-"BY

JOHN CHALMERS, A.. Price $1.60.

ALBOS

**The Origin of the Chinese" by the same Apply at Messrs LANE, CRAWFORD & Co. author: Price $1. or The London Mission House

Hongkong, October 17, 1868.

FOR SALE.

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

(No

11 asta complete frou 11:

The Compagnie Générale Transatlan, s from Aspinwall direct, Connectionn

Money Order Office of such Country. This an unpaid letter. made at Panama with Steam lines upon the

The Patterns must be sent in vevers. application must be accompanied by an West Coast of Central and South America,

additional Commission, unless it have re-open at the ends, so as to be easy of examni. by which passengers are ticketed through

ference to a Lapsed Order, in which case the nation. Samples, however, of seeds, druge, Through Bills of Lading given for Freight formation that, the Contract between the amount of the New Order.

1. It is hereby notified for general in Commission will be deducted from the and so forth, which cannot be sont in gutel Pacio Railroad and its pop-Government of Mauritius and the Union

be enclosed in bags of linentor Bastions to the

principal potuts in the Steam-ship play, for the Conveyance or renewed, or a duplicate Order, will not

nion-Repayment whether of an original, other material, tied at the neck; bags so Talled States and Canadas and for Freight of Mails once's Month between

closed that t they cannot readily be opened, Utland for England and the Continent. of Malta oust 3 Month between Ceylon and bo made, to the remitter until it has been even although they be transparent, must AT THE CHINA MAIL" OFFICE.

Through Bills of Lading given also for Natal, having terminated, the correspon-celled at the Office on which the Ocder was pliance with this rule will also subject the

and ascertained that the advice has been can-

not be used for this purpose. Non-com New York and Europe vis Panama route, dence for Mauritius will be forwarded from originally drawn.

d to Europe vis Aspinwall Idnes to porta this Office in the Mail for Aden, from

packet to be detained or forwarded as an of Mexico and ports on the West Coast of whence it will be sent to its destination by taimed before the end of the Sixth Calendar

14-Payment of an Order must be ob- unpaid letter, Central America, and South Americs to the French Mail Packets leaving Aden for Mouth after that in which it was draw;

The Packets or the contents thereof must farm Valparaiso.

not contain Beunion and Mauritius on the 23rd of each for instance, if drawn in January, payment

any inoloaure, soiled or others wise closed against inspection Month.

2. No alteration has beon mole in the otherwise the Order will become lapsed, must be obtained before the end of July, rates of Postage on correspondence ad- and a new Order (for which a second Com- Ireased to Mauritius,

of the Order, will be charged) will become regular transmission of letters, a Packet of mission,

to be deducted from the amount order to prevent any interruption to the 8, 7, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, and from 19 to 24. 15. If an Order he not paid before the back for the follow ng Mail by which, in SAILORS BOME, WEST POINT, end of the Twelfth Calendar Month after the ordinary course, it would be forwarded.

Patterns may, when it is necessary, be that in which it was drawn, for instance, The decision of the Postmaster Goneral kept

it drown in January and not paid before the end of the following January-all claim to the Money will be forfeited, unless, 40 cents each 3 oz. under paouliar circumstances, the Post Office of the Country in which the Onder was drawn think proper to allow it..

Favorable arrangements have been made dr through passangers and freight to Ame rizs, from Calcutta, Penang and Singapore, and, from Swatow, Amoy and Foochow

1

All Freight payable in advance in Mexi 3. As the communleation with Natal and oan Dollars, or on delivery in American the Cape of Good Hope is thus cut off, the Gold Coin with 8 per cent ed itional, at

for those Colonias, unless correspondence shipper's option.

marked to be forwarded by Private Ship Return Passage Tickets issued at a re-will, in future, be sent in the Mails for dustion of 1pon the whole amounts London at the following rates of Postage, for the Round V. yagu

which must be paid in advance, via For further information as to Passage Upon Lettera sent by way and Freight, apply to the Agenoy of the Company Praya West.

T. A HARRIS,

Men Agent. Hongkong, October 7, 1809.,

Post-Office Nothications."

MAILS BY THE United States Mail Pac-

© KBF-'* AMERICA.”--

for YOKOHAMA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. →→

Per the United States Mail Packet "AMERICA" on SATURDAY, the 18th Instant, at 2 PM.

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

To Yokohama, San Francisco and the 151755 United States.

O

at For Tortore, & cents per half-ounce

For Puch Newspaper: not scanding &

ourices) 2 petita,203

For a Facket of Books, 6 cents per

ounces.

4

Book Pachete must not exceed two feet foot in width or or one f

in length or depth.

To the United Kingdom,"

For Letters, 24 cents per half-ounce

For each Newspaper not exceeding 4

ources, 4 centa.

Yokohama,

For a Packet of Books or Patterns, 8

cents per 4 ounces,

addressed to Correspondence San Francisco and the United States must be superscribed farmer, and that addressed to the United Kingdom funst be superscribed via Siju Franco Correspondence addressed to the United Kingdom not fully prepaid will be sont via

F. W MITCHELL

Portmaster General,

da18

General Post Office.

Hongkong, December 9, 1869.

Its hemby notified, by order of His Excellency Sir Richard Graves Mason: Hell, that henceforward, the rates of Los- chargeable on Packets of Printed

+ Paters or Patterns of light weight aent |

of Southampten,

When sent by way of

Marseille

}

6.

"

Newspaper via Southam-

Newspapers via Martell

Book Packets via South-

ampton,..... 10 under oz., 20 cents, ahore 4 oz, and not ex- ceeding 8 oz ; and 20 conte for every additional 8 oz.

Lecessary.

&

Eu all other respects the general regula and the United Kingdom will apply to the tions of the Book Post between Hongkong Pattern Post. Under these regulations,

Price.

25 $3.50.

1>

31

4

11

+

$2,25. Also a few separate copies of Nos.1, 2,

C. A. SAINT

15 16,

23 $2.50.

Trustees

37

JORN DENT,

as to the eligibility of any Packet, pattern Hon. W. KESWICK, warded under these regulations, will be or sample contained therein, to be for final and conclusive.

اور

FORBES, ESQ. H. G. THOMSENT,

HBQ, Bx Na

Directore

The rule which forbida the transnasion through the Post of any artiole likely to Hon. H. B. GLEN, 16. After once paying & Money Order injure the contents of the Mail Bags or G. J. HELLAND, Esq. by whomagever presented, the psying Office Boxes, or the person of any Officer of the G, HEARD, Esq. will not be liable to any further claim. If Post Office is,

however,

be made owing Pattern Post; and a packet containing any wrong payment,

course, applicable to the W. LRMANN, Esq. to negligence on the part of any Oficer of thing of the kind will be stopped, and not the Post Office, the Postmaster General of sent to its destination: }

the Country or Colony in which the negli-

Articles such as gence occurs will, if he see fit,, require the

posted Officer in fault to make good the loss.

17.-No Money Order wi be paid un the advice has been previously reveived.

18.-Additional Rules for greater seon

Book Packets vià Marseilles, 14 cents under 4 oz; 28 conts above for and not exceeding & oz; and 28 cents for every additional 8 ounces.

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

9th September, 1868, ----

It is hereby notified for gezäral Informa- tion that under the Provisions of a Trea ury Warrant, which will come into opera tion on the let October next, correspon- dence addressed to Constantinople will be forwarded at the following reduced Rates of Postage, which must be paid in advance,

FIZ.--

For LETTRES:

20 eants each half-an-ounce weight. For NewsraraRS, PACKETS OF PATTERNS, AND BOOKS:

2 cents each two unnces up to half-pound, and 8 canta for every additional half-ponnd.

F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.

|rity against fraud, and for the better work-, ing of the system generally will be made aa occasion may require.

19Should it appear that Money Orders are-used-by mercantilo men, or others, either in the United Kingdom or kong, Shanghai or Yokohama, for the At Hong- transmission of large sums of money, the British or Colonial Post Office, as the base may be, will consider the propriety of in- creasing the Commieaton, and will exorcise the power of wholly suspending for a time: the issue of Money Orders, By Cupumaud,

F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General. General Post Office, Hongkong, 22nd August, 1868. REGISTRATION OF LETTERS AND BOOK PACKET

SYSTEM EXTENDED TO THE COAST PORTS AND JAPAN.

the following have been occasionally

W. MACAULAY, Esq. D. SABBOON, Eng. Ber. W. BEACH. JJ. MURRAY, M, V,

Committee of Management. Hon. W. KESWICK, Chairman.

as Patterns, and have been detained as W. MACAULAY, Esq. G. THOMSETT, unft for the Post, viz: Metal boxes, porce

C. J. HELLAND, Esq, Esq., R.N. lain and China, fruit, vegetables, bunches scissors, neetles, pins, pieces of machinery, Dampers, Clothes, Et, will be most of flowers, outtings of plants, spurs, knives,

ONATIONS of Books, Periodicals, News- metals, samples of ore, samples in glassfully received. sharp pointed instruitesite, camples of

inle, curry come, copper and steel bottles, pieces of glass, scids of Various graving plates, and confectionery of all

kids,

F. W. MITCHELL Postmaster General, Hongkong, October 13, 1869.

General Post Office,

Hongkong, October 29, 1863.

A. OVERBURY, Superintendent.

HOLLOWAY'S PILLS & OINTMENT.

HOLLOWAY'S PILLE...

HIS Medicine is universally admitted

THIS

FIFTH EDITION, 1863, Price, $5,

Original Publishing Price, Ten Dollars.

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

chie 15 are 1 ra đ Four Treaties with China. 1.-Treaty with Great Britain,

Chinose Text of the same. 2-Trosty with the United States. 3.Treaty with Franco 4-Treaty with Russia.

Supplementary Treaty With Russis

PLA

HAP. 11.-SKC. I ro 5. Articles of Trade with China, -Tariff on Articles of Import. 2.Tariff on Articles of Export, 3.-Rules respecting Trade and Daes

Chinese Text of the same 4-Description of Artines of import. 5.-Description of articles of Export

WAP.IN/SEC. 1 o 14.

Foreign Commerce with China, 1-Port of Canton.. 2.-Port of Chanchat or Swatow, 5.-Port of Kiungebau in Hainan, 4.-Port of Amoy.

6.-Port of Foochów,

6.-Ports of Tamahni and Taiwan in For

7-Port of Ningpo.

B-Port of Shanghai,

9.-Ports on the Yangtar and Trade-In

the Interior,

10.-Port of Tangchau or Chefor. 11.--Port of Tientsin,

12-Port uf Newelwang or Yangter, 13-Oolony of Hongkong. 14.-Colony of Macao,

CHAP, 17-SEC. 1 To 5.

Foreign Commerce with Japan. 1.Intercourse with Japan. 2.-Treaty between Great Britain and

Japan.

?.

3.-Ports open to Foreign Commerce.

Nayasaki,

Kanagawa and Fatodadi, 4.-Japaussa Coins, Weights and Mea

5-American Compact with Lowchewg,

CHAP. V.---SEC. 1 76 7

Moneys, Weights, de, in China, 1.--Chinese Currency. 2.-Chinoso Numerals. 9-Chinese Commercial Weight 4-Measures of Capacity. 5- Mosques of Longth

-Chinese Land Measures. 7.-Chinese Division of Túmés,

CHAP, VL-REC. 1 To 11. Westerni Moncys, Weights, de

to be the most efficacious remedy-Annamiese Monoys, &c.

known to the world. No preparation is so suitable to the climates of India and China'

CHAIR AND BOAT HİRE, The following Regulations for Strent-as this fine and invigorating medicine. It Chairs and Chair-Coolies, are published for general information.

of

is particularly adapted to the constitution of European ladies, as it is never failing its effects in all diseases peculiar to females,

gin' while those who are attenuated by the de-

lisman whereby they may insure a restora find in this wonderful remedy a kind of ta- bilitating effects of the above climates will

tion to robust health.

No Street Chairs may ply for hire after midnight; they may, however, carry their

Should articles of a higher value than this fares as

as long as required. Each Chair is secured for a sum of $60. be lost in any Chair, there will be very General Post Ofice,

little

Lope It is hereby notified for general informa Secority.

their recovery through the Hongkong, 23rd September, 1889,

tion, by order of His Excellency Sir

HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT. When loss of property in any

Street

The science of Medicine has never before 1.-On the 1st October next, and thence Richard Graves MacDonnell, that, the Chair is anapected, its number should be forward Money Orders will be issued at system of registration has been, from this forwarded to the Registrar General. ut once produced any remedy that can be comparů this Office and at the Agencies thereof at date, extended to letters and other descrip-without any loss of time.

to this wonderful Ointment, as it cures Shanghai and Yokohama on all the Money Past, in the Mails by both the British any Street Chair Coolie, the person ag

tions of correspondence transmitted by the When ground of Complaint arises against woands, sores, kloers, and also the most after all other means have failed, all Order Offices in the United Kingdom of F Great Britain and Ireland, far amounts not Contract Packets and hy Private Ships, grieved may either band the offender over inveterate skin diseases peculiar to the cli exceeding $10, at the rate of Exchange of in China and Japan, viz: Canton, the complaint and the Chair's Number to friend' of the Soldier and Civilian, an ver-

Agency

there to the Police, or send a memorandum of mates of India and China. It is the trut Current for Enok Mail, and charged with Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Shang- the Registrar General. It must however tain old sores can be removed by it that I

to the

Scale, viz.

For sums not exceeding £2,

Cents.

12

42

£10,....48

Above £2 and not exceeding £ 5,24

13

£7

2. No Money Order to include a frac tional part of a Penny,

between this Office and each

also between any two of these Agencies.

The fee for registration letter, &c.

8 ceute each

No Letter, Book, Packet of Patterns can be registered unless the full postage upon it, as well as the registration fee; be paid in advance in portage Stabips:

Letters, Log for registration will be received up to half an hour before the time Bred for alusing the Mails.

F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General, 4-Alphabetical Lists of over 3,700 General Post Office, Money Order Offices in the United King-Hongkong 13th October, 1888. dom, showing the Counties in which they

3-Orders drawn in the United King dom apon Flongkong, Shanghai, and Yoko When forwarded via Southampton, will be banda, will be paid at the rato of Exchange at which Money Orders are being issued at the time of their presentation.

as follows:

For a Packet not exceeding one

ounce in weight,

2 cents.

conte,

For a Packet above one and not exceeding two ounces,...

and of double these rates when forwarded via Marroilles.

Packets of greater weight thou two nees will remain subject to the same rates are now chargeable, viz. : Bcente for every four ounces when for warded via Southampton, and 12 conts for avery four ounces when for warded via Mareillest

This alteration will apply to Printed Circulars, Price Idets, Market Reports and all printed papers other than Newspapers,

well as to books and Trade patterns or aples

F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General General Post Office; Hongkong, 13th August, 1869.

It is hereby notified that, under the aa- thority of a Treasury Warrant dated the ist

I can inflict only a reprimand, but neither fine nor imprisonment, without the testimony may be supplied by any Ühinese who wit of an eye withers of oath. This however nessed the Ofeios, if accredited by a con firmatory hote from his

Persona who are inconvenienced by the congregating of Chairs near their premises should notify the Registrar General, who will, if practicable, establish a Chair Stand" in the nearest convenient place, and as far as possible enfores the Ordinance in regard to it.

cannot be conquered by any other treat

ment.

Hongkong, February 1, 1867.

NOW READY.

(AT TEXOHINA MAIL" OFFICE.) PRICE $1,00

THE

ANGLO-CHINESE CALENDAR

MANUAL

Au attempt will be made to enforce the are situated, are hung up for public- refer

It is hereby notified for general informs Queen's Road, more especially in the even

ordinary Rule of the Road, along A Handbook of referencs for the deter- ence at this Office, and also at Shanghaition, by order of His Excellency Sir Richard ing. It is requested that all Persons riding period from 1950 to 1809; with comparative mination of Chinese Dates, during the and Yokohama n

Graves MacDonnell, that henceforward in Chairs or driving Vehicles will co-opeTables of Annual and Mensual Designations, 5.-Applicants for Money Orders must Book Faskets, and Packets of Patterns or rate with the Polico by observing the Rule &c., &c. Compiled by WILLIAM FREDE hurial, in full, the surmatae, and, at least, Samples of Merchandize, may be trans- of keeping the left side. the initial of one Christian name, both of mitted through the Post by the Mails made Rach: Strest-Chair carries on the back of RIOR MAYERS, M.C.§. the Remitter and the Payne; if the Remit ter or Payes be a Feor or a Bishop, his on the forwarded both by the British its Number Board a Tariff of Fares con- dinary title will be sufficient, if a firm, thu between this Office and each Agency

Contract Packeta and by Private Ships, usinal designation of such firm, such se in China and Japan, viz.: Carton, Bratov, Baring Brothers will suffice; but the Fouchow, Ningpo, Shanghai, Nag-

anch more torm Messrs.,

Messrs. Ri

sanki

Hiogo, and Yokohania, and also pington, or the name of a Company trad bettreeu ang two of these Agencies, ul tho ng under a title which does not cousist of following rates of postage, which must be the names of the persons composing it, suck paid in advance, viz. as Carron Co,”-in inadmissible.

Not exceeding 402,............

6 conte. 6-The Remitter on stating that the Or- Above 403, and not exccding der is to be paid only through a Bank, to 8012 Bave the option of giving or withdrawing Above 8 or, and not exceeding.

1 b the name of the Payee In such case, the Order will be crossed in the samo way that Above 1 lb.

H

AM

and not exceeding

36. 11

May last, Buperintending, or First Class Cheques are commotily crossed when they Every addition, te u. Pań.

are intended to be paid through a Bank,

Bohoolmastore in the Army will, in future When an Order is presented through

dansed from the following. LBGALISED TARIFF OF FARES FOR CHAIRS, CHAIN HEARERS, AND BOATS, IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG,

·Chairs, or Ordinary Pullaway Boats:7: Half hour,....12 eta. Hour,. ....... 20 cts. Three hours,..50 ots. Six hours, 76 cts. Day (from 6 to 6), a

One Dollar, Night Fares (after & F..)... 10 ota. extra

Chair Fire to Out Districts. Beyond Victoria and back, 50 cts. per man. To Stanley and back,

60

Victoria lies below the level of Robinson Special attention is directed to the fols the Blint and the Western Slaughter House, Road, and includes all the town between be entitled to the same privileges in regard to Letters sent by or addrassed to them on a Bank, a receipt by any person will be suf-wing rules and regulations which will be with the Race-course, their own private affairs as ats at present Bcient, provided the Order be crossed with strictly enforced :

1869.

Premdash

bi

AS REGARDS BOOKS.

Licensed Bearers (each).

8 cents. 20 cents. ...38 verita

Hour, Half day,...

Persone who make short excursions out of

Day

enjoyed by Commissioned Officers the the name of the receiving Bank, and be A Book Facket may contain any number Army and all Army Schoolmistresses will presented by come Person known to be in of separate Books, Almanacks, Maps or

entitled (ss Army Schoolmasters of all the employ of such Bank

Prints, and any quantity of paper, vollem but the First-Class Dow are) to the same 3.The signature of the Payee of a Mo- or parchment (to the exclusion of letters privileges, in regard to their Letters, areney Order to be affixed to the Order in the whether sealed or open) and the Broke, the town shanid understand that they are quite eyed by non-commissioned Officers and place provided for the purpose, Private Foldiers,

If the Maps, Paper, de, may be either printed, at liberty to pay by the hour they prefer to do Payse be unable to write he must sign the written or plain, or any mixture of these EW. MITCHELL,

receipt by making his mark in the presence three, of a Wines, who must sign his name, with All gitimate binding menting or and Ohinery, or of these Regulations, an Copies of the above Tariff, in English his address in the presence of the Officer covering of the same or of a portion there be obtained on application at the Registrar

of, will be allowed, whothes auch binding General's Office, Part- who pays the Order.

Postmaster General, General Post Office

Hongkong, July 31, 1808

2.--Purt of Saigon.

3-Treaty with Siam, Turift, &, Siamese Moneys, Weights, dre. 4-Netherlands India.

5- Philippine Islands.

Sailing Directions for Paney.t. 6.-Malayau Staics-Singapore, &c. 7-Buxnese Moneys, Weights, c. 8-Indian Presidencies,Bengal, Ma

dras; Fombay,

9.-Ceylon.

10-English and French Weights, de... 11.United States of America.

CHAP. VIL-SEO, 1 To 6. Tables on Prices, Exchanyes, &c. 1.-Comparison of Prices. 2.Relating to Exchangea. 3.-Keluting to Time. 4.--Comparison of Weights, 6-Measurement of Cargo. 6-Bullion Operations.

APPENDIX-Containing Sailing Direc tions for the Coast of China, and for the Japan lalauda; ako giving the meanings of Chinese Words occurring in Charts and Sailing Directions; and also a Table of Po- sitions of places on the Chinees, and Japa Dese Coaste.

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The author in his Preface saga The tables in Chap. VII., for estimating prices, measurement of goods, exchanges, &c. have been selected from those constantly, in Ba among the foreign merchants in China, Those for calculating the prices of ten dollars or pence have been copied from the

ion of the author, P. more extended tables, by the kind permis last section of the same chapter on Move mente in Bulibu," has been prepared and P. Loureiro, Esq. The The

furnished for the Guide by Patrick R. Harper, Esq., of the Commercial Bank of

•Author's Preface.

India at Hongkong, who has had much az- Most persons whose avacations or studies perience in the exchanges and movements are connected even remotely with Chinese of the precious metals in Eastern Asia.

"The Appendix of Sailing Directions bas subjecta are wont to confess the need of a been reprinted from the China Pilot, convenient manual of reference for the pur- With short interruptions, the coasts from pose of determining dates according to Singapore to Hakodadi are all described in sither the European of the Chinuse method it; and for the Chinese coasts, 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 of month, and other periods is also frequent all places that could be ascertained.? ly a desideratum with translators and readers of Chinese literature. The com- piler of the following tables has thought, Orders may be sent through any of the accordingly, that their publication in a China Mail Agents, or direct to convenient form may prove useful, although ration of comparative calendars, etc that much yet remains to be done for the elabo

should leave nothing to be desired, With the exception of the Cyclical Table of Years, and the Table of

of Solar

Terms, both of which were originally compiled Morrison, and afterwards republished with by Dt. improvements in Williams Commercial they are now copied, the whole of the mat Guide, from which (with some, alteration) ter assembled in the following pages is for the first time mare accessible to general reference.

Published by 0.. A. SAINT, China Mail Office, Hongkong

........., CHARLES A BAINT,

(Late A. Shortfeds & Co.) China Mall Office, Jan. 6, 1888,

For Sale.

The Hongkong Signals,

Alio

the Principal House Flagdı. belonging to d frequerting Bongking

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