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Intimations.

AH YON,

SHIPS' COMPRADORE AND

STEFEDORE,

No. 67, Praya Wen. MEIFYING SUPPLIED WITH ALL KINDS OF

COAL, WATER, BALLAST, FRESH PROVISIONE & OILMÄN'S STORES

Of the best quality and at the shortest notios,

Hongkong, May 1, 1876.

P. F. DA SILVA,

ARRIVALS, .

Jan, 28, Pau Tah, Chinese steamer, from Canton...

Jan, 28, Alphington, British barque, 353, Cunningham," Haiphong Jan 11, General, -WILLER & Co.

Jan. 28, Norna, British steamer, 606, A. G. Walker, Swatow Jan. 27, General KWOK ACHEONG,

Jan. 28, Heiloong, British steamer, 277, J. C. Abbott, Tamani Jan. 24, Taiwanfoo 25, Amoy 26, and Swatow 27, General.- DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.

Jan. 29, Stentor, 'British steamer, 1304, M. R. Whito, Liverpool Deo. 6, vis Porta of Call and Singapore Jan. 21, General

GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT, BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

TAKão and TAIWANYOO,

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To-day's "Advertisements.

FOR SWATOW, AMOY, TAMSUL AND

TAIWANFOO.

The Steamship

"HAILOONG;"

•Captalu Abbott, will be de- spatched for the above Ports on THURSDAY, the 1st February, at Daylight.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co. Hongkong, January 20, 1877,

FOR SAIGON,

The Steamship

"GUNGA,"

Jan. 29, Foochow, British steamer, 598, J. Thomas, Ningpo Jau. 26, Cotton- BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.

Jan. 29, Peng-chou-hai, Chinese g.-boat,

from Canton.

Jan. 29, Khiva, British steamer, 2000, Goo. Lee, Shanghai Jan. 26, Mails and Gonoral.-P. & 'Ö. 8. N. 06.

DEPARTURES,

Jan, 28, Fortune, for Bangkok

28, Yangtze, for Canton.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATIONS,

MAILS will close:-

For SWATOW.-.

Per NORNA, at 7.30 am, on Wednes

day, the Blat inst.

For HAIPHONG,==

Por Barque BREMA, at 3.30 p.m., on Wednesday, the 31st instant instead of as previously notifed. SWATOW, AMOX, TAMSUI, AND TAIWAN..

For

Per HALLOONG at 5 p.m., on Wednes

day, the 31st inst

MAILS BY THE ENGLISH PACkr. --- The English Contesat Packat KHIVA, will be despatched with the Malle for Europe, s., on THURSDAY, the 1st February, 2

The following will be the hours of closing

the Malls, do

Wednesday, 31st Inat

5 r.., Money Order Office alonan,

8 P.M., Post Office olosos except the NIGHT

Box, which remains open all night. Thursday, 1st Inst. ----

4.Port Office opens for sale of Stamps, Registry of Lettem, and Posting of all correspondence. 10A.M., Post Office aloses except for Late Lattern. Registry of Letter senISË, [10.18 A., Letters may be posted with LATE FRB of 18 cents extra Postage till

28, Colombo, for Saigon.

28, Ching po, for Cruise.

28, Feng-chau-kai, for Canton.

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28, San Lorenso, for Manila.

29, Yang Woo, Chinesa Man-of-war,

for Fooshow.

to

11

Captain A. GARDEAU, will be despatobed for the above Port

on MONDAY, the 5th February, at 9 pm

*For Freight or Passage, apply to

AH YON,

20, Pau Tah, tor Shanghai.

OLEARED.

Charité, for Manila,

William Phillips, for Singapore. Augusts (Brit. poh.), for Tientsin. Yesso, for Coast Ports.

m., when the Post Offics CLOSES

entirely, (11.80 A.M., Tretters (but Letters only) addressed to the United Kingdom Via Brindisi or to Singapore may be posted on board the Facket with Late Fee of 48 cents extra postage, 11.50 A., when the Mall is finally

alosad. Hongkong, January 22, 1877.

to

No., 57, Praya.

Stentor, for Shanghai via Amoy,

feb

· Hongkong, January 28, 1877.

FOR LONDON (DIRECT.) (I) suficient Inducement offera.) :

The 3/3 L. 11 German Bark

"HANSA," ›DEMECKEN, Master,' will load here, and have immediate de

For Freight, apply to

spatch.

METER & Co. Hongkong, January 29, 1877,

THE

NOTICE,

THE Office of the IMPERIal Russian CONSULATE has This Day been RE- MOVED to PEDDAR'S HILL

By Order,

́LOUIS HAUSCHILD,

Secretary,

Hongkong, January 29, 1877.

NOTICE,

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Office of the IMPERIAL GERMAN

PASSENGERS. ARRIVED.

Fer Stentor, from Liverpool, &o., Mes and Miss Brown, Mr and Mrs Redman and Son, for San Francisco; 804 Ohineno,

Per Haloong, from Amoy, do, Mr Holland, and 29 Chinere.

Per Khiva, from Shanghai, His Ex- rellenoy C, A. Sotatabkoff, Memes H. Autoll, T. Coales, J. Penfound, P. 0. Taylor, and 38 Chinese,

For Fooch, from Ningpore Chinese. Per Alphing on from Haiphong, 6 Chinese: Per Norna, from Swatow, 100 Chiness, DEFARTED.

Per Pau Tah, tor Shanghai, 8 Europeans, and 80 Chinese.

TO DEFAST. For William Phillips, for Singapore, é Europeans and 80 Chiness.

Per Fesso, for Coast Ports, 4 Europeans, and 160 Chinese,

Per Stentor, for Shanghai via Amoy, 200

THE Chinese,

HOVED to PEDDAR'S HILL.

By Under,

LOUIS HAUSCHILD,

Secretary, Hongkong, January 29, 1877.

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NOTIFICATION. COPY of the Junt LIST for 1877 is posted at the Supreme Court House for inspection Notice of any Inaccuracies, Omissions, Objections, &o, must be given to the Acting Registrar on or before TUES DAY, the Thirteenth day of February, 1877, in socordance with the provisions of Section 8 of Ordinance No. 11 of 1864.

F. S. HUFFAM,

,

Acting Registrar.

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Hongkong, January 29, 1877.

THE CHINESE INSURANCE COM- PANY, LIMITED,

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

SHIPPING REPORTS.

The Garman barque Bonito reporta 1 In the Gulf light variable winds. In the Java Sea, Pitt's Pass, and Gilolo Pass had fresh breeze, thence light variable winds and fine weather. On the 7th January, spoke a British barque sbewing N.B.P.R.; from Sam to Shanghai, 40 days out.

The German barque Cop Horn reporta Light variable winds and calms to Cape Belins, thence ib port very strong N.E, winds.

The British barque Alphington reports Strong monsoon and high confused sea the whole partage.

The British steamer Norna raporta Fresh N.E. winds and flue weather.

The British steamer Stentor reports: Strong N.E. winds and high sea from Singapore to arrival.

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MAIZS BY THE FREMOE PACKET.— The French Contract Packet AFA,

will be despatched on THURS DAY, the

8th February, with Mails to and shrough the United Kingdom and Europe, vid Marseilles; to saigon, Singapore, Batavia, Galle, Pondicherry, Madras, Calcutta, Bom- bay, Aden, dueɛ, and Alexandria. The following will be the hours of closing

the Mails, do

Wednesday, February 7.--.

5 F.M., Money Order Office clones. Post Office closes except the Nieur Box, which remains open all night.

Thursday, February 8.--

7 M., Post Office opens for sale of Stamps, Registry of Letters, and Posting of all correspondenos.

10 ax, Registry of Letters ceases. 11 A.M., Post Office olosas except for Late

Letters. ¡11.10

to

M., Letters (but Letters only) addressed to the United Kingdom Saigon, or Singapore may be posted on payment of a Late Fee of 18 cents extra postage, until

[No. 4288 JANUARY 29, 1877.

Fire Brigade Station will be repaired, provisionally, and until further notice, and, where necessary, rebuilt, at an esti Baron von Boden ss In charge of His Im Lane to Government Wharf the Praya port, tics Mr John Heard resigned. The mated cost of $55,000. From White's perial Russian Majesty's Consulate at this will be wholly rebuilt. This is the por Baron bea also been recognised as Aotlog tion which invariably suffers most during

General Memoranda. WEDNESDAY, January 5):-

11am-Sale of Sundries at Govt. Store. Goods per Amasons undelivered after "Noon, subject to rent and landing --... charges. THURSDAY, February 1:-

typhoons, and it has never yet been built Consul for His Imperial Germando Majesty sufficiently strong to withstand the tex during the absence of Mr J. F. Oordsu. Daylight.—Heiloong loaves for Swatow,rible effect of these severe storms. The

Amoy, Tamizul and Taiwanfoo.

work here is to be undertaken, as recom-THE Band of the 38th Regiment will per- Noon, English Mail leaves for Ports mended by the Praya Commission, form the following programme to-morrow "with the fall intention of its being, so

of Call and Europe.

8 p.m.-Occidental & Oriental 8. S. Co.'

Francisco.

9 pm-Meeting of Zetland Lodge. FRIDAY, Fobruary —

Steamer Loaves for Yokohama and Sanfar as professional skill, experience, and evening, commencing at 8 30 p.m.;-

foresight, can provide, a final work." The Grand March,... Silver Trumpets..... Viviani, cost is estimated at $105,400. The Overture, Anacreon,.....Cherubini. width of the Praya is also to be Selection,......... Macbeth... Verdi. increased along this portion, so as to Grd Selection,. Il Giuramento, Merondents, Valee, Terrasten Lieder....Gung'. Noon. --General Weekly Bale by Messrs allow of a roadway of 60 instead of 50

Lane, Crawford & Co.

Galop,.......... ..........Vouglier,..

Zikoff. fest, the estimated cost of this improve ment being $12,500. Praya East is SATURDAY, February 3:

also to be repaired, but as it is not exposed to the worst, affects of the typhoons or other storms, the repairs, and where necessary, rebuildings, will be done in the same style and degree of stability as those from the Gas Works to White's Lane. The cost is estimated at $20,000. The sums required for excout ing the whole of these works, plors not be

2 p.m.-Sale of Household Furniture, at

No. 34, Hollywood. Road, Transfer Books of The China Fire Lusar ance Co., Limited, alosed from this date to 16th February, inclusive. MONDAY, February

8.p.m.-Gunga leavon for Balgon... TUESDAY, February 6:-

Transfor Books of The H. K. Fire Insuring included, are estimated as follows

ance Co., Limited, closed from this Repairing and where necessary, date to 20th February, included

SAKURDAY, February 10-

Glenroy leaves for London on or about this'

data.

THURSDAY, February 15:--

8 p.m.-American Mafi leaves for Yoko-

hama and San Francisco. FaDAY, February 16:➡

3 p.m.-Bfesting of Shareholders of The Obins Fire Insurance Co., Limited, at

No, 89, Queen's Road. Transfer Books of The Chinese Insurance Co., Limited, closed from this date to 2nd Marob, inclusive, MONDAY, February 19;---

rebuilding. Ben-wall from Cas Works to White's Lane, Bebuilding Sea-wall from White's Lane to Government Wharf,. Increasing width of Praya Central, Repairs to Praya East,.. Contingencies,

Total,

$65,000

A LETTER from Macao of this morning says "An avalanche of priests has dropped down in this olty. We have at present not less than 4 live Bishops and 100 priests. The Bishop of Macao, Bishop Raimondi, Bishop Guillemin, and Bishop

G

of Singapore,-French priests from Oan- ton, Hongkong, Saigon and Singapore;. Spanish, Italian, Chinese, and Portuguese priests from different parts of China. They are all going to-night as pilgrims to San... choan in the French gunboat Talisman.” $106,400.

812,600 Tas native butohers, we hear, are so $20,000 $10,100 thoroughly disgusted with the notion of the Magistrates in regard to diseased meat, that they threaten to kill no more cattle in Hongkong, and say they will rather import dressed meat from other places. It is just possible that this silly threat may be taken advantage of to raise the price of butcher meat and it might be well for

$212,000

The Home Government, after a long and tiresome delay, bas sanctioned the borrowing of this money, at interest, from the Spesial Fund, and the debt will be paid off by means of a Sinking Fund created by annual instalments from the ordinary revenue of the Colony. It is calculated that instalments at the rate of

9 p.m.Amateur Dramatic Club Per 10,000 per annum will allow of the

formance at the City Hall.

TUESDAY, February 20

3 p.m.-Meeting of Shareholders of The Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Limited, at No. 7, Queen's Road.

FRIDAY, March 2:→→

3 p.m.-Meeting of Shareholders of The Chinese Insurance Co., Limited, at the Head Office, Hongkong.

MEMOS." FOR TO-MORROW.

Auction.

1 p.m-Sale of Household Furniture, at the residence of Mesars Heard & Co., Catue Road.

Shipping.

the authorities to look into the matter. The butabere put it that, after the meat has debt being cleared off in fifteen years. best passed, killed and dressed at the If the expenditure is met in this way, Slaughter House, It is unfair to inspect the present generation of residents will it in the Market; and as they not be called upon to pay more than their thus continually open to the possibili fair share of the cost. In regard to the

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repayment of the money to the Specialty of a heavy mulat (8100 or $200), they Fund, we only hope that something will allege that they have no security, and arise to prevent it, especially if that would rather give up the business alto something takes the shape of a com gether. There may be a grain of truth in munication from the Home Government the complaint concerning the nature of the after a reconsideration, on their part, of the matter. As we observed on Saturday inspection at the Slaughter House; and if it is simply absurd that a portion of the would make certain that no bouf ever Special Fund cannot be absolutely ap found its way to the Market except sia the propriated, for carrying out a scheme of Slaughter House, the objection would have, this kinda scheme in the execution of still greater weight. But the public must which the Chinese here will be benefitted insist upon inspection at every turn, in a as much as the Europeans, and, perhaps, matter is of such vital importance, and ultimately to even a greater extent,

à p.m.-François I. leaves for Balgon on the manner in which private piers will somewhat dishonest class of natives.

Some enquiries have been made as to especially when we have to deal with a

or about this date.

THE

be dealt with in carrying out the scheme,

and what is to be done in regard to the The Weekly Bootsman (says the Singapore proposed extension of the Praya along Times) states that there are rumours that the front of the Naval Yard. Shoald Sir Thomas Wade will not return to China,

11.80, when the Post Office CLoss HONGKONG DISPENSARY, any questions arise in regard to the and will be succeeded in his office by Sir

entiraly.

Hongkong, January 28, 1877.

Established 4.D. 1841.

1e8

香港

Shipping Intelligence.

HOME SHIPPING.

A. S. WATSON & Co.,

Edmund Hornby, Chief Judge in China and Japan. Our China contemporaries, however, think there is little doubt but that Sir Thomas will return to the land of his adoption.

former subject, they will have to be sot tled by private arrangement; but it seems to us that as the widening of the Praya will only interfere with the shore end of the piers, many difficulties are not likely to arise upon this matter. Ar 200,000 rupees with the new in

The following is taken from the latest FAMILY & DISPENSING CHEMISTS, With respect to the extension of thescription of " Victoria Empress" have been

London Papers --

DEPARTURES.

June 9, Aurora, from Richmond, U. B. to

Hongkong,

Sept. 8, MoNear, from Cardiff to Hong-

kong.

Sept. 14, Tyburala, from London to Hong-

kong,

The British steamer Foochow reports: Strong monsoon with dull cloudy weather.

The British steamer Hailoong reports: Taiwanfoo to Amoy strong monsoon and high sab, Amoy to Swatow strong breeze and olondy weather, thenos to port mo TOTICE la hereby given, that the Sixth derate monsoon and cloudy. In Taiwan-Sept. 16, Sarah Nicholson, from London to

Ordinary MEETING of the SHARE to St. Leonor, la, Amoy ill. M. §. HULDERS of the above Company will be @railer, U. S. Kearsarge, Chinese gan- Held at the Head Office, Victoria, Hongboats Ling Fong and (hento. In Swator: Sept. 16, Western Belle, from Cardiff tó kong, on FRIDAY, the 2nd March, 1877,Stra. Norna and Estepona, and Chinese st 3 o'clock p.m.,, for the purpose of re- gunboat Chen-ta B. 8. Douglas left Amoy ceiving the Report of the Directors, to. Bound North on 26th Jan. gether with a Statement of Accounts, to Slet December, 1876.

The Transfor BOOKS of the Company will be 1 OSED from the 16th February to the 2nd March, both daya inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

OLYPHANT & Co., General Agents, Hongkong, January 29, 1877.

Not Responsible for Debts.

Jeither the Captain, the Agents, nor Owners will be Responsible for any Debi contracted by the Officers or Orent of the following Vessis, during their stay In Hongkong Harbour

VESTA, German barque, Capt. R. Dirks. -Mulchers & Co.

BRIDGETOWN, British barque, Captain: E. W. Orlap, Arabold, Karberg & Oor.

FLYING CLOUty British barque, Captain H. Williams-Turner & Co.

IRENE, German sohooner, Captain Hansen-Carlowits & Co.'

HANTS COUNTY, British bargus, Captain G. W. Cochran, Meyer & Co.

CEYLON, American bark, Capt, E. Kelly, STAR OF CHINA, British ship, Captain E. 2. Blaker. Douglas Lapralk & Co.

SHIPPING.

The P&O. 8. 8. Khica reports: Left Shanghai at 8 am on the 26th January, experienced moderate monsoon and cloudy weather to Lamock Islands, thence to Hongkong light N. W. airs and fine weather with an E.S. E. ewell.

H. M. S. Thistle left Shanghai in company, destination un known

CARGO.

Per S. 8. Altena, from Hongkong to London, 24th Jan., 1877-22,000 pionis Sugar, 16 bales Waste Bilk, 370 bales Hides, 368 bags Galangal, 100 casos Star Aniseed, and 60 cases Essential Oils,

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATIONS.

MAILS will clone ---

For SWATOW & AMOY

Hongkong.

Hongkong.

Sept. 17, Palestine, from London to Hong-

kong ala

Sept. 18, A. T. Stalknechdt, from Cardif

to Hongkong.

Sept. 23, Agnes Muir, from London to

Shanghal.

Oct. 8, Belle of Oregon, from Cardiff to

Hongkong.

Oct. 5, Wegs, from Hamburg to Chefoo. Get. 8, Glamorganshire, from London to

Hongkong Oct. 18, Omba, from London to Shanghai. Oct. 14, Sir Harry Parken, from London to

Hongkong,

WHOLESALE ÅND Retail DruggISTS, IMPORTERS

Prays in front of the Naval Yard, that struck off at the Calcutta mint. scheme will not be proceeded with at The Mahomedans of the three Presiden present, The cost of carrying it out cies have forwarded Memorials to the Queen would, it is estimated, reach the formid praying Her Majesty to assist Turkey DaveGiers' SUNDRIES, NURSERY REQUrable sum of $150,000, and in view of agsinet Russia. Mahomedan Committees

SITES, TOILET REQUISITES, ENGLISH,

the depressed state of trade in the East, funds in aid of the Turkish wounded, and have been formed all over Tedia to collect the execution of the work was not re£13,000 bad bean collected up to the mid- AMERICAN, AND FRENOR PATENT MEDICINES.

commended even by the Prays Commis dle of December, viz., Calcutta Rs. 10,000; sion, unless, indeed, the Home Govern Bombay Rs. 30,000; Madras Rs. 8,000; MANUFACTURERS

ment was willing to contribute towards Labore; Ra. 32,000; and Hyderabad Rs. the cost, which the Home Government 50,000.

OF

Boda Water, Lemonade, Toute Water, Gingerade, Potass Water, Sarsaparilla Water, and other Aerated Waters

The Mamifactory is under direct and continuous European Supervision. Hongkong, June 1, 1876.

BIRTHS.

does not appear inclined to do. The The Viceroy had given orders for the Commission did not think the extension entertainment at his own expense of three of the Prays along the partindicated would hundred guests dally for a fortnight. raise the value of property in the East

of the town, or resuscitata trade there Tur following paragraph from the London sufficiently to justify the expenditure Eshe may be a piece of informaiton to those that would be necessitated by the pro- connected with the Dignitary whose actions

The publication of this true commenos posed worke, and the Colony was not in it criticises

a position to spend the sum required för 8.00 bm.

the mere sake of beautifying the place guns on his mud parapets There are real The King of Burmah has mounted 24 sud affording greater facilities for the guns, so that the 200 or 300 wooden communication between the two ends of dummies" need not be referred to. One the town. We have no inclination to of the bond fide cannon is a Krupp, of find fault with the decision arrived at, which His Majesty of the Golden Foot Is Let us at all events get through with naturally proud. He has lately amused the great and expensive but necessary into the Irrawaddy River. A few of these himself by throwing shot from this gun improvements more immediately sure shots have been well directed, and afforded

At Shanghal, on the 20th January, the wife of F. W. Galles, of a daughter.

At Hankow, on the 18th January, the wife of W. Pugh, of a daughter."

and comparatively unnecessary ones,

Nov. 12, Lima, from London to Hongkong THE CHINA MAIL.veler thing the beautifying Nov. 18, Barik, from Cardiff to Hongkong. Noy. 10, Hydra, from Cardiff to Hongkong.

Nov. 16, Benarty (str.), from Glasgow to BONGKONG, MONDAY, JAN. 29, 1877.

China and Japan, via London,

LOGAL AND GENERAL,

the Lord of the Seven Umbrelas consider.

Per FOOCHOW, at 6 p.m. To-morrow, Nov. 17, Elies Bhaw, from London to We are sure that everyone in the Colo. MANY of our leaders will be glad to learn The target now was the village on the

the 50th inst

For AMOY AND SHANGHAT.

Per STENTOR, at 5 p.m. To-mOZTOW,

the 80th inat,

for BANGKOK

Per RAJANATTIANUR42, ut pm,

on Tuesday, the 30th inst.

THE S. 8. GARLIC, will be despatched

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on THURSDAY, the let February with Malls for Japan, San Francisco the United States and London, which Will be closed as follows

NEHAMIAN GIBSon; · American' bargüe, Captain D. Bradford. Arphold, Karborg

r.. Registry of Letters bassen. Bostro, German barque, Captain Ji #2:50 M. Post-Office closes, Wesenberg, Siameson & Co,

2.80 r.M. Correspondence may be posted on board the Packet with Late Fee of 12 cents extra Postage Katli 2.50 Fint. when the Mail is finally diézed, Coffespondents must be specially digested for this route, and if not fully prepaid will be asht by British Packoi,“ Letters, &. can be posted for Caneda, the West Indies, and other places named balow, if sufficient American Stamps ara added to prepay them from Sam Francisco to destination. Ameficen Stamps are solder this Office, General Post Of,

ARRIVALS,

Jan. 98, Boullo, German barque, $24, 3. Wesenberg, Bangkok Des. 1, Blue, BLEKKEN & CO.

Jan. 28, Cap Born, German battue, dol, Matzen, Tablas Island Jan, 20, Timber, WM. Pustav & Co.

Jan. 28, Pearess, British barqlië, 780, Miller, Kobe Jan, 17, Ballast:--Gizman & Go.

Jan. 19, Vesta, German bariko, trasa

| Hongkong, Jenner 16, 1977.

Shanghai.

ny was glad to learn from the short that Bir Brooke Robertson is steadily imandalay turned out to watch the result

Nov. 21, America, from Cardid to Hong-article we published on Saturday that proving in bealth, and that he is expected

kong

the reconstruction and widening of a soon to be entirely out of danger. Nov. 28, Western Chief, from Landon to portion of the Praya, and the repair of CAND

Hongkong.

Nov. 28, Madura, from Cardiff to Hong

kong.

Nov. 28, Hannah Law, from Cardiff to

Hongkong.

No. 28, New Era, from Cardiff to Hong

kong.

Des. 4 Bendiathe, from Cardiff to Hong

kongi

Dec. 7. Galley of Lorne (str.), from London

to China and Japan

LOADING FOR OKINA AND JAPAN PORTU. A1 London-Steamers dla Sua Copal Benariy Calmumulh Cyphrones

Carrioks Chinaman, Hope Antwerp

Gadabili Mangregor:

Batting Vesselin

Windhoved Albert Victor. O, B. Bishop. At Liverpool.

Faisoolus (str.) | |--Ulysses (str.)

df Glasgow. Zendous Castle (str)

without delay, or, to be more explicit, the 28th, the Glenroy on the 27th, and the the remainder, was to be commenced Tas steamer China arrived at Shanghal on

within a few weeks. The seworks, invol.

ving as they will an expenditure of over Achilles and Amoy on the 29th January, $200,000, will undoubtedly form one of The Ningpo left Shanghai for this porì on the most important public undertakings the 27th idem, that have been carried out in Hongkong

able amusement. One struck a rics-laden dhow, which filled and sank, drowning the captain. The King was in raptures, for It appears he pointed the gun. After a Hittle, shells were tried at long ranges. opposite bank of the Irrawaddy. All After one or two ineffectual shots, the village was expled to be in famen. The inhabitants ran about like mad," in such a comical manner that the King agala had Mandalay side of the beach tempted the a hearty laugh. Then the crowd on the groious Majesty, who suddenly gave the sight-seers a dose of grape and canlator The crowd instantaneously dispersed, leave ing some 20 mep, women, and children behind. His Majesty was highly amuined, The Krupp gun fully answers his expectas from its mouth. He has heard that the English have adopted that mode of stims Be must test it for mary execution.

for many years, and the commencement Tus maximum temperature at the Peaktions. The next criminal is to be blown of them on the eve of the departure

from the Island of Sir Arthur Kennedy during the past week, on recorded in Satur will be a notable and Etting termination | day'a Gusetts, was 97.0, the minimum 82.01

to the many ofvrages de tilts performed at the Harbour-Master's Office, the maxi in the Colony under His Excellency's mum was 75,0; and the minimum 88.8. No auspices. Since Saturday we have been rain fell during the week, placed in possession of some additional Information on the subject, and as the

greatest interest is naturally felt in the a voff of an Order of the Queen in Couns preontion of the scheme, we cannot do cíl, providing for the apprehensión of de- better than lay the details of the work settera from merchant ships belonging to to be carried out, and the method by the kingdom of Hawaii, under the "Foreign which the necessary expenditure will be Deseftera Act, 1859," is published in the defrayed, olearly and fully before our

readers, even at the expense of a little Gazette of Saturdayı

repetition

himanif, which he will as soon as possible have proved tolerably successful and Hin But, hitherto ahat, shall, and grapeshot

Majesty fools quies equal to the exigencies of a Baropean wafs

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

(SUPPLIED TO TEN "'Orina Mart,”] THE HASTERN QUESTION PONIBLE PELJEJUL SOLUTION.

Loubor, 26th January, 1877.

The Sublime Porte has faced a note to

The present sea wall from the Ons In de notified in Saturday's Gateile thai Werke to White's Lane near the Coptra! | His Eggollency ik› Governor has becognised | the Representatives of the Qrest Fores

No: 4238 JANUARY 29, 1877.]

to the effect that it intends to introduce, of Its own free will, the scheme of reforms in Internal administration, c, demanded by

them.

Canton.

27th Jan. 1877. The numerous friends of Sir Brooke Robertson, or

indeel may say the

will rejoice to hear that the unfavorable symptoms that his case presented early in the wook have disappeared and that there is agatu a fair hope of his sure recovery, after this just attribution of the general esteem of the Foreign communities, It would be an omission not easily justified were the esteem and confidence of all classes of the Chinese left unacknowledged.

THE CHINA MAIL.

you will see whether pending the trans actions this relationship was varled. I have failed to find any variation. Those were some instructions for particular purposes, but no variation in the character of the parties.

His Lordship aid if they were not uns nlmons, they might spend a little more time to their deliberation, and they might come to unanimity,

German owned, opium. Any such actioning him in time. It is possible, however, would of course be a gross breach of the that the execution has been carried out Act LIV of the English Treaty, and would before this. necessitate the immediate removal of the lekin office, bag and baggage, from the Settlement, and the arrest and imprison- ment of the runners.

SAN FRANCISCO.

Decomber 15th, 1876. Although the terrible story is more than ten days old the newspapers and the people H.B.M.'s ganvessel Thistle, Commander are, for once, in accord, and little has been from Nagasaki. The Rising Sun says her mentioned but an accident which has come Pussy, strived at Shanghai on Monday, thought of or talked of during the time, departure was unexpected, and in obedi- to be known as the Brooklyn disaster. A Admiral late the previous evening.

Company informs us that the Saikio Mar, The Agent of the M.B. Mail Steamship late Nevada, will leave Yokohama for The Foreman said it was not possible Shanghai to-morrow, Jan. 24th, having on that they could arrive at unanimity to board the American mail, per City of Peking to a general verdict either for the plaintiffa Government's charter of the Nerada has His Lordship asked if they had agreedBy this it would appear that the U. S. or for the defendants:

expired, and that the vessel has been arrangements will be made for the future finally turned over to the Japanese. What conveyance of the American maile to this port, ara at prosent unknown here.

partnerships or as in this case that of the agent and the principal the former le principal and agent, has ones been estab. bound to buy as foheaply as he would do ished as actually existing in trans for himself, to use such diligence and cau- actions between these plaintiffs and those tion as a reasonably able merchant would defendants, that same relation is con. use for himself; he may buy upon the tinued as to all transations between them. terms as to payment and bonding the bar- until and unless it be shown to have been gain as is usual, or as a prudent merchant We reserve the concluding portion of duly and expressly terminated or varled or fn the absence of any usual practice would his Lordship's summing up until tomorrow. until or unless there be very clear evidence bay and pay to bind the bargalu. If he The following is the result of the case.] creating an except on. But when the is a soller he certainly sells upon credit and character of Principal and Ageut is that in his own namo, be may part with absence of an hour and-a-half returned into The Jury then retired, and after an established between persons in different all control over goods sold and receive Court, when the Foreman Informed his Foreign communities of China and Japan. countries and seperated by a sea for in exchange only the responsibility the Lordship that they were not unanimous in ende to urgent orders received from the large audience had assembled in the Brooklyn

hundreds of miles, then the agent is a factor promise to pay of the purchaser, and it their verdict. for the principal. It is a rule of Law that seems clear to me and I so direct you that an agenta factor cannot become Vendur hele equally lo like aroumstances at to the Principal except by a very distinct liberty, when he buys for his principal, agreement explicitly changing his character to pay bargain money trusting to the of Factor to that of Vendor. For instance, promise of the merchant to deliver where if I employ a man in Japan generally to it is usual so to do or where a res buy Vendor to me of that rice or any part of it under the circumstances pay such bargain and ship rise to me he cannot become sonably cautions trader would himself

auloss upon an express contract terminating, money. In my opinion, the principal au- as to the rice to be sold, the character of thorises his agent to do all things necessary Principal and Agent and creating expressly or proper to carry out the instructions as that of Vendor and Purchaser.

in this case to buy, to charter ships for and to load rice. If you find, as I suppose you will find upon the pleadings as well as upon the evidence, that the plaintiffs were factors and that they to continued up to the last, defondants are liable to the plaintiffs for all monies expended and for all losses inciTM dent to their agency as factors if the agency has been duly conducted. This auit is properly constitated to entitle the plaintiffs to what they claim if you hold that nating properly and duly as factors they have paid monius which they are in no default for not having recovered. I go further and say that even if these plaintiffs have expended monies in excess of their actual authority, still if and when their acts have been after warda ratilled or adopted by the defend- auta, then the defendants are liable. Ea- tification need not be explicit, the accepting the act fterwards as having been done for agency was created without remonstrance them within the purposes for which the with repudiation of the excess of autho- rity raises a presumption of essent which creates an assumption that ratiäcation was in the mind of the parties,

Formosa,

A CORRESPONDENT, under date of Tamsui,

What I say to you is that these Pleadings setting up the relationship of Principal and "Agent negative that of Vendor and Purchaser. These Pleadings baying the rice, in obartering the vessels and in loading them for the purpose of conveying rice to Europe, the plaintiffs were the defendants' agents.

January 22nd, sende us the following inter. bind-the-defendants to the facts that in it follows from what-I-have said that the 8504 was allowed by 6 to 1ị making, ing not seem very promising as the Chinese galleries gave way, as also the main floor of

esting items of nows:-

"The Futai, Ting Jib Chang, arrived in Kolung on the 2nd instant, inspected the coal mines, went down the East Coast to

I lay it down to you as Law that upon personally see the style in which the military these Pleadings it is not at this hearing, colonies there have been conducted, returned with the evidence in this case open to the to Kelang, and thenge on to Bangka, from defendants to contend or for you to assume which he started on the 14th on an over- that in buying the rise and in ipourring land trip to Taiwanfoo. There has been proper expenses incident to such buying or immense excitement at every place visited in chartering vessels for the rice or in by him, a Governor of a province being a loading the rise or in or about euch obart- rara acis in this island. There was a great | oring the vessels or anob loading them for demand for damaged shirtings for conver- purpose of conveying the rice to Europe, sion into banners and screens for the streets any other character except that of Principal of the towns through which he passed, and and Agont existed and I submit it to you scavengers aro even said to have been seen Vendor and Purchaser did not arise that you will presume that the character sweeping the market places,

"A week ago the Tamsuy Ting was presonted by the Government of Western Australia with a gold watch and their thanks for his attention to the crew of the Alexandra, wrecked near Teukoham at the end.of 1875.

"The Kelung coal mines are getting on famously. The whole of the permanent tramway has been laid, and the stationary engine fe now in working order."

Swatow.

tales and except you are clearl of opinion that you have clear evidence that it did arise. I cannot put my fluger on any piece of evidence tending to show that the plain- tiff, were ever vendors to the defendants.

The defendants by a counter-claim claim compensation they allege to have made to purchasers in Europe for deficiency in a Full cargo of rice in the Walton, and on aneount of inferior quality in the rice ship ped to the sample, $9,174.61 They also claim for loss on the plaintiffs not having resold rice purchased according to order, Their total counter claim $6,678.10, against the plaintiffs is $8,86L71,

The fall sum In issue between the partian amounts to a sum of $22,169.83,

The Attorney General, coussal for the defendants, did not advert to tas admis. sions in the amended answer in the plead

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they were unanimous in disallowing it. As The Foreman said as to the counter claim to the plaintiffs' claim, the item of $4,027.12 was allowed by 8 to 1 the item of $60.80, alno by 6 to 1; the ftem of $7,500-the bargain money paid-disallowed by 4 to 8; of the amount for the bags charged at 8720,

(Courier,) Business matters amongst the natives do all $4,591.02 in favour of the plaintifik. New Year approaches. A failure is report- Mr Russell applied for interest, whiched of a silk merchant, the deficiency due to was granted at the rate of eight per cent. native bankers alone being about 60,000 from the 12th May 1874, the date of the taals. There is also a report that a sugar plaintiffs' draft which was dishonored by hong near the City Gate has failed, and the defendants.

that two large opinm merchants have gone to the wall. So that altogether, as we have intimated, tho Chinese seem more embarrassed than last year. A very large profit was undoubtedly made during the past season; but more than the lion's share of it went to the country dealers, some of the Shanghal merchants being a kind of business scapegoat.

The Chief Justice thanked the Jury for their patient hearing of this gase.

The Foroman begged to express the opinion of the Jury that the scale of fees allowed for Special Juror in lengthy cases like this should be raised.

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KIUKIANG.

The Chief Justice said the subject of Special Jurors' foes would certainly have his careful consideration. He observed, however, that there was one thing ke Special Jurors they got rid of a great deal during the past week or two, in consequence would tell them, that was that by being This port has presented quite a busy aspect of unpleasant work as Common Jurora. of the number of steamers that have been Costs were also allowed, his Lordship working here together. A short time ago, observing that he believed the refusal to ac as many as five were in port either loading, cept the draft was probably the cause of lightening or transshipping owing to the this litigation, and that he knew the con-exceptionally low water. The smallest look sequences at times of such refusal to the ing, as well as the lightest draught steamers, have this year been unable to get over the bar at Hunter Island, without putting out some of their cargo; and the heavy draught boats keep below Oliphant Island. Pilots who have known the river for more than ten years, do not recollect such low water as is experienced just now,

I will now ask your attention more directly to the circumstances of this case. You have the plaintiffs' particulars of de-credit of merchants, mand and also the defendants' particulars of counter-claim before you, as to which I must inform you that each party is tied to and confined in his proof to the particulara actually delivered.

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I will take the counter claim Arst into consideration. This counter claim has two main items of which I will shortly dispose. say to you that as to $8.178 61 there is absolutely not a tittle of evidence either that any compensation whatever was made by the defendants to any one for anything in respect of the Walton or her cargo, and that were plaintiffs seeking a verdict for this sum alone 1 should non suit them but as they are defendants that course la not open to me, but I am bound to tell you

Police Intelligence. (Before the Hon. O. May.)

29th January, 1877.

A DESERTSH. Thomas Coales, foreman at the Ordinan os Store Department at Hongkong, was brought up to-day for desertion. It appeared that Deputy Commissary Arber laid an informa- tion with the Magistrate on the 17th instant in reference to the defendant's desertion, believe that the defendant had gone to Shanghai on the 5th instant by the steamer Gordon Castle; and that by clause 61 of the Army Cironlar 1876, the defendant was

We are sorry your information that the Manila Lottery prize of $80,000 had fallen to Kiukiang, appears to be incorrect. So far we have been unsuccessful in discovering the winner, either among natives or for eignera.

We shall all be sorry to see the 8.8.N.

theatre to witness the final performance of 24 the The play had almost reached the close and in America has been something fabulous

'Two Orphans," a play whose success it

in another five minutes the audience would have been dismissed, when the ory of fire arose and there ensued a panic so wild, and have pervaded the entire nation ever since. so disastrous that a general gloom seems to A peculiarly thick and suffocating smoke apparatus caused the death of many who arising from the materials used in the stage might otherwise have escaped. The theatre was so badly furnished with means of agress that the crowd became looked in the theatre

after the breaking out of the fire one of the without power to move either way. Shortly

the building, and an immense mans of human beings was precipitated into the pit lying beneath and in front of the stage. The horrors of this place when they com menced to collect the bodies from the ruins are said to beggar description. The unforta nates who perished were piled one above the attitude which betokened their desperate other in layers of three or four and in every attempts at self-preservation. For several days following the accident, the lost ones. came to identify and claim their dead. The remains were so charred and defaced by the fire that this was diflealt indeed, A young actor, Murdock by name, was identifi.

which was found encircling a remnant of a ed only by an eighth of a yard of braid, recognized as a portion of the stage wardrobe man's leg.

The funeral of those whom it was im- possible to identify took place a week after. There were fifty-six hearses in line, more than half of which contained two bodies each. The streets along the line of the funeral were draped in mourning, and the silence of the city broken only by the sounds of sobs and suppressed weeping is said to have been so impressive a festure of the soone, that those who assisted will never forget it.

We have had a small trade dollar sensation during these few days past. These pieces of coin which merchants a few weeks since refused to accept as representing more than ninety cents have suddenly risen in value. It has been quite the thing to make & collection of trade dollars and paterfamilias coming bome at night, was generally called

Charters Effected are: British barque Naworth Castle, 354 tons reg, to Channel for orders, if to London £3.2.6 per ton mugar, if to United Kingdom 43.5 per ton pugary data Continent £8.10 per ton sugar,

lay days, Douglas from Coast Ports; 19, Lea Yuenings, but confined himself to the evidence if this were a case in which the defendants and stated that he had reasonable cause to Co.'s flag disappear from the river, and trust upon to empty his packets of any coin of this:

Arrivala-Jan, 18, Yasuo from Hongkong, from Shanghai, 20, Leonor from Hongkong, in the case. He endeavoured to lead Swalow from Shanghai, Hateponas from me

conclusion that, although Hongkong: 2, Yosso from Coast Ports, the relation of principal and agent Tientsin from Shangbat; 25, Norns from existed up to the time of snipping the rice, the relation of Vendor and Purchaser com menced between the plaintiffs and defend. Ho roferred me ante upon shipment, among other ones to Ireland v. Livingston, LR. 2 Q.B. 99, 6 Q.B. St and 5 E. & 3.

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Hongkong, Douglas from Hongkong, and yet that then that relation censed and that that it is your duty to disallow this claim deserter within the meaning of the Mutiny internal carrying trade, but it seems to us always called dollers yet never represent

Norma from Bangkok.

Departures-Jan. 18, Yosso for Coast Ports, Douglas for Hongkong; 19, Pelham for Kolung; 30, Leonor for Amoy, Norna for Hongkong; 22, Lee Yuen for Shanghai,

by the defendants for this sum of $3,178 01. As to the defendants' counter claim for the

Act 1878.

Swatow for Shanghai; 23, Kearsarge (U.S.8.) Appeals 395 (11. of Lords), as sustaining upon the evidence that no rice was "pur-warrant was endorsed by Mr Mowat, acting now be transferred to the Chinese lag, to Chinese and Mexican trades having made for Amoy; 24, Xesso for Hongkong; 25, his contention. The arguments of the very chased" over and above the full carrying Assistant Judge at Shanghai, and the de-

Dougins for Coast Ports, and Hammonia for Saigon.

Vessels in Harbour.Steamers: Norna, Tientsin and Estepona. Sailing Vessels: Rubloon, Condor, and Norma."

earned Judges on that ease leave the Law in a state of doubt appalling to any Colonial Judge if he accepts the arguments of the Judges as going bayand a consideration of the very especial circumstances then under

object of the language used the arguments do not appear to me to present any great difficulty.

capacity of the vessels, and that there being no such balance of rice "purchased" thers could be nono to resell-you are restricted to the precise words of the particulars and if you think that there was no such

disallow this $6,673,10; and the whole of the counter claim would thus fail

that other Foreign flags are not doomed to description; ladies received them in change be consumed by the irate Dragon. It is only with a grimace of displeasure, they wars would absorb the preponderance of its own porte-monnaies, and so delnsive, being natural to expect that the Chinese fiag such big awkward things to carry in small

On this information, the Hon. C. May that no time can be more opportune than ing them. Latterly they suddenly and loss on balance of "rice purchased" (mark issued a warrant for the defendant's arrest. British flag on the river. For the past two investigation it was discovered that the the present for a greater display of the unaccountably ceased to circulate. Upon these words) and unsold $6,673,10, you P. C. No. 32, Bobert Taylor, proceeded to will I presume have no difficulty in finding Shanghai in the P. &.0. steamer Lombardy years it has enjoyed the largest share of the money brokers have been buying them up on the 21st inst. On arrival there, the river steamer tonnage, and assuming that with avidity wherever they were to ba the American river steamer tonnage will found, a sudden soarcity of them in the fendant was arrested on the 26th inst. at the which may be added the tonnage represented them as good as gold. Temperance Hall there. He was brought by the old and new river boats of the back in the steamer Khied, which arrived. M. S. N. Co. now employed, there would himself into high disfavour with his own Governor Grover, of Oregon, has worked The defendant was taken still be a large margin left for other flags, party by declaring one of the republican this morning,

moro of river have been opened with ports of to a democrat. call on the way, which will act as foeders to animously praising his honesty and his own the line."

people are accusing him of venality. It is much to its stability and appearance. A so weary of this political tension that they throughout its entire length, which adds Grover and Co., but the people have become Our band has been faced with stone all very interesting no doubt to Governor Russian firm is laying the foundation for turn with avidity from its column in the large premises, so that it does not seem that newspaper to read the story of the young the port is likely to be abandoned yet a maid who married a Chinese laundryman, while. the Xmas holidays shooting in the moun-hard-earned money.

come three weeks since, and, bea" sinon Two members of our community who spent absconded with three thousand dollars of his

(red), the first we believe ever obtained by tains, returned with three splendid deer Europeans. One of them has been sent to the Shanghai museum.

M. A. Dixon, Naworth Castle, Balgownie, consideration. So limiting the extent and rice actually "purchased" then you must before the Magistrate, and remanded till to- and at a time when several hundred miles electors ineligible and giving the certificate

SUPREME COURT.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Before His Lordship Chlef Justice Sir JOHN SMALE.) January 29, 1877.

The following are the Special Jurora: Messrs A. Newton, H. Hopplus, H. Cope, H. L. Dalrymple, C. Kahn, T. G. William

son and F. D. Sassoon.

Mr Russell, instructed by Messrs Sharp, Toller and Johnson, appeared for the

plaintiffe.

This case was resumed to-day at 10a.m. when bis Lordship charged the Jury. In doing so, he said f---

Te at my request that this long argument was entered on in order that might have all the assistance obtainable in concluding on the terms in which I should address you.

I now direct your attention to the parti

culars of demand attached to the plaintiffs' petition, a copy of which is before you, amounting to $12,307.92 made up in a way entirely arising out of the plaintiffs having been the Factors for the defendants.

Now, I am satisfied that you have at least as clearly mastered the facts in this case as I have done and probably better as to the transactions as business transactions. My duty is to ask you to bear in mind the general directions as to Law which I have already given to you.

I have given the fullest consideration to all the argumente addressed to me. I take Browne Another ve Alabor & Another, it that the decision of all the Law Lords in

$12,307.92

the House of Lords and of a majority of the other Judges are not inconsistent, bat are consistent with my holding upon the avi- dence in this case and especially upon the admissions by the defendants in the amend- ed answer that the relation between these evidence fully, but merely to refer you to I do not purpose to go through the defendants and these plaintiffs was that of some of the salient points, leaving you Principals and Agents, and nothing more to gather up such as you may think im. The Hon: the Acting Attorney General or loss from first to last save only that for portant, (Mr Phillippo), and Me Kingamill, instruct-asme purposes, especially for the purpose of I will begin by directing your attention ed by Mr Brereton, appeared for the de-

a stoppage in transitu, the plaintiffs have to the circumstances under which the tran fendants.

some of the rights of a Vendor against the sactions out of which this unhappy, this defendants, but that the defendants have minorable, litigation has arisen as giving s no rights as Purchasers against the plaintiffs colouring to this case. as Vendors. I by no means regret the time occupied in this argument which haarendered my first formed opinion more clear to myself, It is now my duty to direct you to ignore all that has been said by Counsel as to the Law affecting the relation between the plaintiff's and the defendants, what was said at the bar as to Law was addressed to me and not to you. I must direct you to take what I now say as the Law applicable to this case, that upon the evidence and still more upon the admission by the parties on the pleadings the plaintiffs were throughout Factors, a class of agente for the defendants. repeat myself on this point because it lies at the root of the whole case.

Agent is a generic term comprising a grast variety of specião classes, from your domestic servant to the important commis sion merchant of course very different rules apply to each class,

In this suit Messrs Browne and Gold. smith, trading as Messrs Browne & Co., Merchants and Commission Agents at Kobo, are the plaintifs, and Mr Alaber, on behalf of himself and partner Mr Meyer, mer chanta in this colony, are defendants.

The petition in this suit was filed on the 22nd October, 1875. By the parti culars attached thereto the plaintiffs claim 812,807.02. The plaintiffe by the 1st pars of their petition state as follows: That in 1873 and 1874, the plaintiffe acted at Hiogo and at Oraka, at the request of the defendants, and as Agents for them in the purchase of rice from Japanese dealers and contractors, and in and about the chartering and loading of certain vessels at Biogo aforesaid for the purpose of convey. ing the said rice to Europe". You will note

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the exact words.

By their frat answer the defendanta did not admit, by their amended an swer filed on the 15th December, they absolutely admitted, the relationship exactly

as stated.

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A STRAGGLER.

ship Antioch, was brought up for being

Charles Webb, a seaman belonging to the straggler. He was ordered to be sent on

board.

LARCENY.

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tailor, again appeared before the Magistrate Luk Achim, coolie, and Chun Yat Cho, a to answer the charge of stealing $200 from dentally left in a coat pocket. Mr Caldwell, Mr C. F. A. Sangster, which had been acci- from the office of Mr Brereton, appeared for He urged that there was no evidence against his client, who was the 2nd defendant.

*The American river steamer ton- consequently entitled to his discharge. Ife, nage entered at Hankow during

There 1870 was.. **** moreover, bore a good obaracter." being no further evidence against either Estimated Chineze tonnage for defendant, the Magistrate simply called year 77 say upon them to give security in $10 and $50 respectively for one month.

China, SHANGHAI,

(News)

The parties had been in the relation of Principals and Factors on the seeking and at the request of the defendants for some At the Supreme Court yesterday, (Jan. months with results apparently satisfactory 22nd) before C. W. Goodwin, Esq., and a to both parties, as you find from the evi-jury, William Edwards was tried on the dence of Mr Moyer.

A correspondent who has recently passed between Hangehow and Ningro, informs us that he saw the Yunnan proclamation posted not only in the walled alties, but in almost all the important towns and villages on the way. He has endeavoured, he sayd, by means of native acquaintences, to find out the feelings with which the proclamation is regarded by the Chinese, and has found that there are quits varidust some regarding

106,178 tons.

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Quotations.

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(Singapore Daily Times.) The British steamer Montgomeryshire, aharge of feloniously attempting to steal Captain Sturrock, which has arrived from Mr McPherson states that the plaintiffs four wooden boxes from the treasure room watow, imported from that port 826 had been employed as agents in baying of the steamer Hupch, on the night of the Chinese coplies for the Straits Settlements. copper for the defendants. Being in such 10th December last. The facts of the case commercial relationship sed being desirous are well known, and need not be recapitu and Malta, arrived yesterday afternoon Bank, on demand,

H. M. Troopship Orontes, from England to purchase rice in Japan to be sent to latod. Rosquist's evidence of the prisoner's (Jan. 16th) at about five o'clock at the England, the defendants on the 5th of April, identification was stronger than at the Tanjong Pagar Docks. She brings two

80 days' right, 1878, (No. 1) make enquiries of the plain- preliminary examination, and he was not Companies of the 74th Highlanders from Credite, tiffs about the price of rice in Japan (there subjected to cross-examination by the Malta for service in Singapore, the remaining Documentary, 6months' sight,... is also a Telegram. To these the plaintiffs prisoner, who was found guilty by the jury. Companies having been left to garrison Bombay, write Rico le still a monopoly of the His Lordship expressed his approval of the Pinang and the Native States. She like Calcutta, Government," and on July 81st, the plain-verdict, and cantenced prisczer to twelve wise brings three Companies of the 80th Shanghai, demand, tiffs write No. & to the defendants Rice, months' imprisonment, and ordered him to Regiment from service in Perak and the general export of this article la now be deported in default of his dading sureties. permitted and we shall be most happy to at the expiration of his sentence, for his operate for your account," Now you will future good behaviour. A Broker is usually an agent who discloses probably read this commercial language as hle principal to the party with whom he is amplifying itself into "we shall be most dealing It is not suggested that these happy to buy on your account, you prin plaintiffs did or ought to have done this cipals we Factors on the same terms as They were not brokers. They were featore heretofore," Here we have the defendants or as they have recently been more usually enlisting the services of the plaintiffs and called Commission Merchants; they deal in in due time, you and the plaintiffs on such their own names for the benefit of their prin- Invitation offering their services in buying cipals, they may not for several principalaj rice for the defendants. they are agents to whom larger powers are The defendants on 18th August by given than, so far as I know, to any other silence acquiescing in the terms of operation ela s of agents. They are agente usually say, "We hope to give you an order." In it as an evidence of Li, Hung chang's 1 will therefore assume that you start transacting business in one country for No. 8 we find defendant ordering 1000 superior statesmanship and some fast the with a foundation that in respect of the principals residing in another country, and tons of Ride for London with a limit as to reverse, thinking in and humiliation to the transactions the subject of this suit you they have the fullest authority to enable price and saking telegram as to price you hold that the plaintiffs were agents and them in a business way and according will probably say price to be paid to the that the defendants were principais and to the course of business to enter into pasive merchants leaving subsequent costs, that this agency in the words of the plaintifs the busine-a transnotions required, and incidental er enten from buying to putting admitted by the defendants was at the rato carry out such transactions, limited on board and freight to be calculated, but quest of the defendants at Hiogo and at only by special instructions if any such leaving minor details to the plaintiffs as most Usaka, and that the agency was in the there may be. In such a relationship Advisable in " our interests, that is, the de purchase of rice from Japanese dealera and between agent and principal the principal fondants own interests. Again at No. 18 contractors and in and about the chartering is as a general rule bound to reimburse to this passage occurs. We think you will be and loading of certain resteis at Hiogo, the agent all sume properly azpended by able to buy for our account a lot of a new for the purpose of conveying the rice to him in and about the agency.

crop" Again (No, 80) plaintiffs write to Europe. The maze of correspondence and Now, having pointed out to you that defendants that they have been offered all the other evidence in the cause are con- these defendants were factors, I may contracts for arrival, and add "we shall be sistent with that inference and with that repost that such factor has the full glad to know whether you care to purchase inference only; I can point to no evidence est authority to sell or buy for his in this way," shewing that buying without | by Lieut. Gill, R.Bi, was alat purposes, we that any other relationship than that of principal according to the nature of the delivery was in contemplation principal and agent at any time or for any aganey. If he be a buyer he buys in his You will lock through the correspondence, purpose existed between these parties.

own name and the privity of vendor and and sea whether the relationship of principai We hear that there is no credit whatever But it is a rale of Law that when a purchaser does not usually exist between and agent simply and without any special to be attached to the rumour that lokin is Specified relationship so that of trees or the principal and the soller, has es between instrastiga wes not established. 14, vo | 4a be loried on British, and remitted on

What a party to a salt whether plaintiff or defendant admin (especially when upon the pleadings be advisedly admite it) the Jury may and at the request of the plaintiff ought to accept, nay in every dane, (if subject to any exception, an exception not existing here) must admit.

Government of China that so much ado should be made ubent the death of only one foreigner (yangskeletres), when ten or a dozen Chinese might have been killed with out the slightest notice taken of the affair, Annis Gray has been wrecked in Chefoo The Chinese have a raport that the harbour and say that very bad weather has been prevailing in the North for the last three weeks.

steamer Hanko, en roule to take up his ap

Mr Baber left last night (Jan. 24th) by the pointment at Ukungking. Hela decompanied

believe, spending some time ill Szecbuen.

Malacos, under Command of Major Amiel Bar Silver, 17, dwta: B., The Orontes has on board for conveyance to Mexicans, England, via Mauritius and the Cape, Lieut. Gold Leaf, *** Col Lynch, the officers, and about 800 rank English Sovereigns, and file of the 1st Battalion 10th Regiment, Australian Sovereignn; ** who are at last fairly on their way home Discount .... after many delays and disappointments Government bas advised that Maharajah We are glad to note that the Home Lela and his confreres should be executed, and has not been over persuaded by falte sentimentality and hysterical sensibility, difficulty in carrying out the sentence of Rumours have been current here that a death upon Maharajah Lela, Datu Bagar and Pandak Indut of a no less formidable nature has arisen than that the authorities cannot get a competent person to hang them. This rumour arose probably from the fact volunteer his services for the disagreeabls that a native waited upon Captain Speedy to office, but when tested as to his knowledge hanging, his notions of the process were so of the details necessary to an execution by primitive that he was informed his services would not be required The rumour may be correct, but we doubt its truth, as it is more then probabls if sechts difoulty were made, which would have overcome it. We THERMOMETER-- A.M............ anticipated, arrangements would have been believe, however, that the execution WAS not tried out upon the day which had best fixed, bring to the fact that the Hajah Muda, whose signature was necessary to the death warrant, had 1 ft Qualla. Kanges for some other place some distance down the river, and there were so mane si approach.

4570 1019

Hongkong Bank, 20 a.. Fire Ins. Co., $875 Chian Eles Ins. Co., $165 China Traders' Jus. Oo,, $1800 Chiness Insurance Co., $200 Union Ins, Society of Canton, $820 North China luz. Co., Tia 875 langterm ins, Association, The, 680 H.E. & W. Dock Co., 473 dia H.K. O, & M. 8.-boat Co., $17 dis Shanghai Bream N. Co,, Tie 95 es div. Chinese Imperial Ioan, £00 Hongkong Hotel Co., #543 dia

Temperature, Taken at Meurs Faisonar á On's Fremists, Queen's Road,) Borakore, Jan. 99, 1847, Bator 10. 00:294

Do

1. M 423 80.148 Do

BO:150 64+

Do,

་་

4.F..... Do. (Wet bulb) 0 AM, Do. Do.. 1 r.N. Do, 47.M.

Do.

De. Maximum, ret Do. Minimum over night,

be invingutauces."

TEE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

HEAD OFFICE--HONGKONG.

GENCIES at all the Treaty Ports of Ahli and Japan, and at Singapore, Balon and Penang.

Blaks socepted, and Pollcies of Insurance

grated at the rates of Premium current at The above mentioned Ports.

GEZEWO UKARGE FON FOLIOT FERS:

"JAS, B, COUGHTRIF, majo na pangulo ni Boirotary, Hongkong, November 1, 1871.

LANCASHIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY,

(FIRE AND LIFE)

CAPITAL,--TWO MILLIONA STEEZING,

188 Undersigned are prepared to grant

Poonthat the Rise of FIRE o Balldings or on Goods stored therein, an Coale in Mataheds, on Gööda on board Venela and on Huile of Vossels in Hay- bour, at the trial Terms and Conditions.

Proposals for Life Assurances will be re- calved, and transmitted to the Directors for their decision.

If required, protsation will be granted on int cam Lives up to £1000 on a Single

For Bator of Premiums, forms of pro- – posals or any other information, apply to

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Balts sågents Hongkong & Canton, Hongkong, January 4, 1867.

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, THE Undersigned, Agents for the above Company, are prepared to grant In. durances at current ratea,

THE

MELCHERS & Cơ, Agents, Boyal Insurance Company,

CHINESE INSURANCE COMPANY, (LIMITED.)

po

Mak

NOTICE.

POLJOÏES granted at current rates on Marine Risks to all parts of the World. Is socordance with the Company's Articles of Association, Two Thirds of the Profits are distributed annually to Contributors, whether Shareholders or not, in proportion Be the nott amount of Premis contributoä by sach, the remaining third being carried to Beserve Fund.

*

OLYPHANT & Co., General Ageniz

Hongkong, Apri. 17, 1873.

QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

HE Undersigned, are prepared to grant Policles against Fire to the extent of $10,000 on Buildings, or on Goods stored therein, at current local rates, subject to a Discount of 20% on the Premia.

NORTON & Co.,

Agenti

Hongkong, January 1, 1874. NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE

"INSURANCH COMPANY.

Inemporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament,

Esmanlished 1809, v.

CAPITAL £2,000,000.

THE Underalgued, Aezxzs at Hongkong for the above Company, are prepared to grant Polleles agafust FIRE, to the extent of £10,000 on any Building, or on Merchandise in the samo, at the Esual Rates, aubject to a discount of 20 per cent.

GILMAN & Co

Agents.

Hongkong, July 6, 1875,

THE LONDON ASSURANCE,

INOGRFORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 01

His Majesty King George The First, A. D. 1720,

THE Undersigned having bosn appointed Agents for the above Corporation ars prepared to grant Insurances as follows: Marine Department. Policles at current rates payable either here, in London or at the principal Ports of Lading China and Australia.

Fire Department,

Follefen sued for long or short periode st furrent rates. A discount of 20% allowed, Life Department. Fallales issued for sums not excesélag $8,000 on reasonable terms.

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co. **

Hongkong, July 25, 1872,

MANCHESTER EIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY.

ME Undersigned Agents are la receipt

of fastructions from the Board of Directors authorizing them to issna Policies is the extent of 810,000 on any one first sasa risk, or to the extent of £18,000 on adjoining risks at current rates. A Discount of 20% allowed,

HOLLIDAY, WISE & 05. Hoagkone, January 8, 1875.

KANOHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF MANCHESTER AND LONDON,

THE Undernigusd have been appointed Agenta for the above Company at Hongkong, Canton, Toochów, Shanghai and Hankow, and are prepared to grant

·Insurances at current rates.

HOLLIDAY, WISK 400. Mongkong, October 14, 1868.

|

Malle.

STEAM FOR

Singapore, Penang, Point de Galle, Aden, Suez, Malta, Brindisi, Ancona, Venice, Mediter- ranean Ports, donthampton and London; ALBO,

Bombay, Madras and Calcutta.

THE PINSPLAN AND ORIENTAL STHAM TATUATION COMPANY's Steam-ahlp

KHIVA, Captain Lae, will leave this on THURSDAY, the 1st February, at Noon

--For further Particulars, apply to

A. MOIVER, Superintendent. Hongkong, January 22, LE77.

fel

Occidental & Oriental Steam-

Ship Company.

TAXING THROUGH CARGO AND PASSENGERS FOR THE - UNITED

STATES AND EUROPE,

IN COMOTION WITH THE

OENTRAL

—THE CHINA MAIL.

For Sale.

SAYLE & Co.

BTER STOCK

EG to Sollet inspection of their WIN

Rich Black Glacé and Grosgrain BILKS,

from the Best French Makers

Coloured Grosgrain and Fancy SILKS, Black, White and Coloured SATINS......

Japanese BILKS, Better and Cheaper

than ever.

Fancy DRESS MATERIALS, in all the New TEXTURES, #All" WOOL SERGES, Scotch WOOL FLAIDS, French MERINOS.

Ladies' Ready-made COSTUMES, Ball DRESSES, Opērn CLOAKS, Aar

Black and Coloured BLLK VELVETS. Black and Coloured VELVETRENS. The NEWEST SHAPES in Sik, Velvet, and Cloth JACKETS.

Children's Cloth JACKETS. Boys Burge and Cloth SUITS, all Sizes. Wool SHAWLS and Mountain WRAPS Ladies' Trimmed HATS and BONNETS, Newest Styles, direct from Paris, 20

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...

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Swansdown and Fur TRIMMINGS, Swansdown MUFFS, COLLARS and

PELERINES/

Infante' ROBES, ULOAKS and PE LISSES.

lofants' HOODS, HATS and BONNETS,

· Ladies' and Children's UNDER-CLOTH- ING,

Fancy Flannel Dressing GOWNS and Morning WRAPPERS.

KID GLOVES.

⠀ Ladies' and Children's ~BOOTS and

MILLINERY and DezsemakinG.

-UNION PACIFIC AND CONNEUTING | SHOES.

RAILROAD COMPANIES

ATLANTIC STEAMER8,

T

THE 8.18. "GARLIQ” will be dea- patched for San Francisco, vis Yoko. ama, on THURSDAY, the 1st February, at 8 pm, taking Cargo and Passengers for Japan, the United States and Europe.

Connection is made at Yokohama, with Steamers from Shanghalan

Freight will be received on Board antit 4 p.m. of Bist Instant Farvel Packages will be received at the Office until 5 p.m. same day; "all Parcel Packager should be marked to address in full; value of table: is required.

Return Passago Tickets available for 6 months are issued at a reduction of 20 per cent, on regular rates.

For further information as to Freight or Posage, apply to the Agency of the Company, No. 16, Praya Central.

G. B. EMORY, Agenk Hongkong, January 2, 1877.

V. 8. MAIL LINE.

PACIFIC MAIL STEAMBĦIP

COMPANY.

fol

THROUGH TO NEW YORK, VA OVERLAND RAILWAYS, AND TOUGHING at Yokohama, AND SAN FRANCISCO,

mm Mall

OF PEPING, Will be despatched for Sa Francisco, vla Yokohama, on THURSDAY, the 18th February, 1877, at 3 E.M., taking Passengers, and Freight, for Japan, the United States, and Europe.

Through Passenger Tickets and Bill of Lading are issued for transportation to Yokohama and other Japan Porte, to San Francisco, to porta in Mexico, Central and South America, and to New York and Europe VIA OVERLAND BAILWAYS, -...

Bole Agents for The "LITTLE Wänzen SEWING MACHINE, “

SAYLE & Co,

VICTORIA EXCHANGE, Queen'e Road & Stanley Street.

WASHING BOOKS. (In English and Chinors.) ¦ ¦

of Ladies and Gentlemen, are now ready at this Off-Pride $1 each.

CHIWA Mail Office,

To Let.

TO: LET

HOUAR No. 7, Calne Read, lately occu

pied by Mr

House No. 10, Albany Road, at prosent ocoupled by the Rev. R. & Kmv.

DAVID BASSOON, SONS & Co. Hongkong, January 10, 1877.

TO BE LET. THE Promises at present ocoupled by the International Ice Manufacturing Co.,

Limited.

For particulars, apply to

METER & Co. Hongkong, December 11, 1876.

TO LET.

THE Bungalow No. 8, Old Bailey

Stroot The upper portion of Nos. 42 and 44, Queen's Road.

Apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & 00. Hongkong, November 17, 1874.

A Steamer of the Mitau Bishi S. 8. Com- pany will leave Shanghai, via the inlandes THE Ports, about mazie date, and make close connection at Yokohama.

Intimations.

Now Ready.

CHINA BEVIEW,

VOL, Y., No. 3.

of various lines of Steamers to England,

At New York, Passengers have selection Annual Subscription, portage insluded,

Franco and Germany.

Freight will be received on board until 4 p.m. 14th Proximo. Farcel Packages will be received at the office until 6 pm same day; all Parcel Packages should be marked to address in full; value of same la required.

For further information as to Passage and Freight apply to the Agency of the Company, No. 16, Praya Central.

G. B. EMORY, Agent, Hongkong, January 15, 1877.

For Sale.

HONG LISTS.

|

26.50,

CONTENTS.

Husays on the Chinese Language, (Continued

from page $3.)

Frisblishment of American Trade at

Canton.

Chinese Intercourse with the Countries of Central and Western.. Asia in the FX- teenth Century, Part L. (Continied ...from page 187.”).

The Beater's Song.

1e18 The Law of Inheritance.

Circular, large sheet. THE AMENDED HONG LIST

In English and Chinese, con- taining the Names of all the most mportant Companies, Institutions sad Mercantile Houses in the Colony.

Price, 25 cents each; or $2.50 per dozen.

At the “China Mail" Office,

FOR SALE

Intimations.

NEARLY READY.

CHINESE DICTIONARY IN THE

A CANTONESE DIALECT. Part L., A to K, with Introduction. Royal Bro., pp. 202,By ERNEST JOHN EITEL, Ph.D. Tübingen,

&

Price: Two Dollars and a HALV, To be had from Messrs LANE, CRAWFORD

Co., Hongkong and Shanghai; and Messrs KELLY & WALSH, Shanghai,

Hongkong, January 22, 1877,

NOTICE.

THE CHINESE MAIL.

TAROM and after the Chinese New Year's

day (February 17, 1874) the Chiness Mail will be issued DAILY instead of TRI- WEEKLY as horetofore. No change, how aver, will be made in the price of subsurly- tlon, which will remain at $4 por animum.

The charges for advertisements are now assimilated to those of the China Mail The unusual success which has attended the Chinese Mail makes it an admirable medium for advertisera.

The Conductore guarantee an eventual strculation of one thousand copies. It in already the most influential native journal published, and enjoys considerable prestige at the Ports of China and Japan, and at Bingapore, Penang, Caloutta, San France

and Australia.

For terms, dro,, address

China Mall Office,

MR CHUN AYIN,

Manager.

17th February, 1874.

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION,

PENANG.

THE Municipal Commissioners of Penang are desirous of receiving DESIGNŠ for a TOWN-HALL, This Building is to be erected on the ground on the east side. of the Esplanade situate between the latter and Duke Street, and its cost is not to ex- ceod $30,000.

The Commissioners offer a PREMIUM of 6400 for the best and most suitable Design

the option of forwarding Tenders for carry- ing out the work.

HONGKONG MARKET PRICES, Corrected to Saturday, January 27, 1877.

At 1075 Qash per Dollar Mexican Faro Highest, Lowes

Dash

Bacon, English, .

כל

i, Rosat,

11

Chinese,. English

Mutton Chop,

12 Fry,,

11

#

Hend, Heart, Kidneys, Layon,

Pork, Chop,

"1

Corned,

11

Log,

1)

Fat pr Lard,

[NO. 4298.—JANUARY 29, 1877.

Potatoes, California,

. 29

catty

190 110

60 50 Scallions,

100

Sheeps' Head, and Foot, not

Heart,

19

The Designs, accompanied with all docu- Bucklag Pigs, monts, are to be sent to the Municipal Office Tosi, Penang on or before the 1st of March next, For further information apply to the Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners Uspons, at Penang,

D. C. PRESGRAVE,

Municipal Secretary.

Penang,

Municipal Office,

The 21st September, 1870.

THE HONGKONG CHINESE MAIL

THE Circulation of THIS PAPER has towing as some of le-Agents

been very much extended. The fol-

Macao-Man Chuen Shop.

נו

English

140-120 Almonds, (Bombay),

Bananas, fragrant Panti,

Common

110 100 Chestnuts, now,

$2.00 $1.78 Copoaunta

Currants,

Towls, Geeze, Partridges, Phezzanto, Canton, live, pale - $2.00 800 Shaughs!, dend TH

140

Pigeons, Quail,

60

60

20

!

Butcher Meat.

į, Song,

Ame, Sugar oured, Foochow,

·160 140 Beef, sirloin and prime out, ̈øy, 160 150 Beef Corned,

.catty 150*140 150 140 90 80

Car

450 400 Cucumbers, 300 250 Chillon, Daled,

"

Carrota, Balt Carrots, Fresh Cauliflower, Valery, Chinese, English,

» Onity

20

11

40

30

each catty

70 80

40

20

60 -40

"

60 40

#

150 100

*

EP

Mixed, Curry Stuff, English, Egg Plant,

30

40 95

» Steak, Bullocks' Brains,

150 140

Garike, (bulb) dried, Gingur,

50 40%

30

20

Groons, White

12 10

19

per set

60 50

"

71.

Tongue, fresh, each

corned..

Winter courae

35

275 250

*

820 800

Green, Sprouts

20 15

"

Green Peas, in shell, old

60

50

"

ม

Head,

600 500

160 140

young 11

40 -

"Horse Radish," S'hai,

225 200

60 40

Kidneys, Tail,

60

60

Lettuce, Chinese,

36 20

English,

head

10

22

21

ป

in Liver,. catty Tripe (undressed), patty 50 40 Calves' Head and Fest, set 400 400 Hame, American," Ib. 300 280 180 170

100

Mlut,

catty

12 15

Mushroom, dried, Onions, Bombay

750 650

110 100

Green

20

**

Parsley, Chinese,

60

800 340

"

English,

bunch

12

catty

17

170 140

*

J

Leg, Shoulder,

170 140

"

деп, Macao,

15 18

Sweet,

12 10

• is

140 120

*

Σάντα,

Pumpkini, Radishes,

20 16

doz

80

Piga' Chitlings,

catty

2015

F

Fest,

90 Shalota,

40-85

110 -100

Sesamum,

120 100

•

"

9050 Faro (U Tan)

12 10

such

60

60 Tomatoes,

80

70 Turnips, Salt,

20

100 80

Dach

10

180 140

13

Chinese.

catty 15

180TM 120

#

Water Lily Roots,

.25

17

110 100 Fams,

180 140 Water Cress,

D

bunch catty

80: 20:

840 920

each

50

40 Aleurites,

catty

80

Kidneys,"

18

.80 70 apples, Dried

500 400

1750 1000

Californian,

200 120

natty

180

+ "

Poultry.

80

. Catty

180 180

20

Ducks,

100

チラ

#sch

" cach

60 60

Нед

dom.

100

-bottlo

400 350

100

“ኤ

200 160

120

11

Datos,

bottle

· 800 400

esity

160 150 Figs, Dzied,

500 400

120 110 Ground Nuts, 280 280 Lemons,

มุม

80

45

.70

.60

-

ench

exch

110 100

Lichees, Dried, Loong Ngan, Dried, 120 Olivas, green, Panti, catty 60 50 Oranges, (Coolle) Chang,, Sweet, Sun-woey' 11

200 189

"

40) 200

60-

40 80

140 120

(Mand.) coolls

40 80

"

»

150-140

>

Kam-kwak

80

"

Cook,

eatty

600 550

29

(Mandarin)

100

80

Hen,

150 180

11

Sroatow, Sni Cheong Hong; Woh Shun Loong Hong

is Goose, Amoy,Chun Choong Hong, Mook Kok Woodcook, Street.

Wild Duck,

ench

100

80

700

Pears, Chefoo,

100

80

500

-

Pine-apples, Panti

each

50 40

Furb.

Plantains, common

eatty

30

20

fragrant

35 80

**

90 Prunes, Dried, 100

80

200

bottle

-800: 260

70 Pumeloes or Shaddock, each

Amoy,

60 60

90

+

"

140 100 Raisins, Muscatal,

90 80

t

bottle.

1b.

750 600-

200 150

100

20 Balesbury Seeds, Pak-kwo, catty

90 70

50

40 Sugar Cane,

stick

25 20

Bankowo-Yee Hing Hong.

File Fish,

60 80

Tamarinds,

catty 60 50

Choo Yae Shin Hong

Fresh Fish, Large

#

180 120 Walnuts,

"1

Japan-Mr Leong Chun Tong, Muniel- pal Office, Yokohama,

Small

90

80

Water Chesnuta. Canton,

100 80 60 60

23

Frog

740 100

#

SaigonWohang Hong.

Garoupa,

140 130 Allepice, Chinese

*bottle

200

"

Singapore.Ting Keo Hong; Fook Sang Hong

Baddock, Kwong

100 90

특별

English

I "

760 800

H

Herrings,

.70

60

Barley,

ploul

1600 1800

smoked

bor

$1.00

--- Bran

ploul

1500 1400

Live Fish, Lobsters,

ently

160 140 Butten,

Ib.

700 500

bottle

760- 700

"

80 80

Lemon

#

750 700

H

arranged for. Negociations are in progress

Oysters,

91

130 120 Capers,

220 160

ofroulate the Chinese Mail in the interior of China,

Hongkong, March 10, 1874.

with the express couriers who carry the Parrot Fish, official despatches and Peking Gasetter, to Farch,

140 133 Charcoal,

#

70

picul Tb.

1080 1000

400 850

Pomfret, Prawns

100

80

宜

"}

#1

100 90.

"..

• each.

Rey,

100

20 Cinnamon,

ontty

800-250-

160 160

Roach,

Book Fish,

·

800 400

.battle

180.150

. lb.

bottle

500 280

.pical

880 840

catty

30

25

80 770.

Gram,

picul

8000 2750

110 100 Lamp Oil,

60-80 Laloglan,

pige,

780 ***

eatty

80

BO

10

60 Macaron!,

box

1000 750

60 1 50 Mises,

eatty

750

80 to Mango Chutney,

bottle

800 800

11.

100 00 Mustard,

180 160

820 900 Nutmegy,

onch

10

B

Vegetables.

Olives,

.city

400 400 Paddy, 100 80

14

bottle pieni

250 200

1600 1800

bottle

220 180

• Catty

bottle

280 200

4.

40

200 160

+

13 Back

10

oktty

a

95

∙12 catty

10 Bago,

#

"

12 10 Salad Oll,

19

Ir

"

Hongkong, Macao,. Turnip, Beh ends

Teach

70

80

+

70

*F

12 10

Canton,--Slog Chuen Native Post Office, Luen King Street; Chat Heang Low Hotel, Luen Hing Street; Kwong Tin Fat Shop, Yan Salpe, Taal Street; Mr Sit Ohuen Fan, Tung Won

Rabbits, Kwan; Yuan Fong Shop, in front of the Provincial Treasurer's Yaman; How Yuen Teal, Bhop, Small Market Street, New City: Yee Turkeys, Cheung Photograph Shop, Honam; Kwa Houng Shop, Sin Choong, Fonam

600 500

480 400 Papaw,

950 800 Pears, Santoong,

Foochow Mr Yi Ching Cheong, Foo-Bombay Ducks, new per hundred 380 – 300 chow Arsenal; Mr Lam Kwok Ching, Mari-

catty time Customs.

Breams, Shanghai-Mr Ng Ching Shun, Marl Carp, time Curtoms; Mr Ho Yue Chuen, Mari Codfish, Salt, time Customs; Mr Chan Sing Hot, Mesars

Crabs, Jardine, Matheson & Co.; Mr Kwong Chnen Fook, Educational Mission School Cuttle Fish, and Mow Bing Sang Kee shop.

Dace, Ningpo.Mr Sung Min Chee, Maritime Eela, Conger Customs,

Penang.--You Wing Fong; Argus Office. Calcutta-Mow Bing Company.

San Francisco.-Kwong Foong Tal Hong. The above are some of the Agencies; Mackerel,

Short Notices of New Books and Literary others will be published, when they are

Intelligence.

Notes and Queries --

Validity of Chinese Marriages.

Money Loan Assocations,

Bean Cake an a Manure, Pidgin English

Books Wanted, Exchanges, do.

China Mati Ofice, Hongkong, January 10, 1877.

THE CHINESE MAIL,

TERMS OF ADVERTISING IN- TÄN Chiness Mail

NEWS FOR HOME.

The Overland China Mail.

(The side Doirland Asper la China;) PUBLISHED AT THE "CHINA Maiz" OFFICE"

IN TIME FOR THE ENGLISH MAI

Salmon, Canton,

譚

Saltwater,

Bali Fich,

Pickled,

Shark, young Shrimps,

wo cents a character for the first 100 Containing from 12 to 84 columns of closely skate, To set pant a character

beyond the first 100, for fest Insertion, and |-- half price for topadiione during the first

CUTLER PALME Co.'s woote was the sections whe

A

Celebrated Brands of WINES and SPIRITS. Apply to

SIEMSSEN & Co. Hongkong, June 28, 1876.

printed matter.

Snapper,

be charged only one half the amount of the Tits Mail Suminary la compiled from Solca, Freak first week's charge, Advertisements for the Daily China Mail, Is published Tench, half a year and longer will be allowed twice a month on the morning of the Turbot, deduction of 25 per cent on the total amount, English Mail's departure, and is a re and contracts for more favourable terms cord of each fortnight's current history Turtles, Small can be made.

of stents in China and Japan, con- from the fournals published at the various tributed in original reports and collated ports in these Countries.

Efforts have been made to establish HOW READY,

Agents for efreniating the Chinas Minall the ports and in the interior of China, al ENG-SHUI of This Bestia of Penang, Oslouts, Batabia, Manlie, the the porta in Japan, In Balgon, Bingapore, FATURAL NOIRROR IN ORA By Dr. Philippines, Australia, San Francisco, Feru B. J. Erta One Folume. Sva. Fries, and other places which Chinese frequent $1,60.

When the Lat of Agencies is completed, BUDDHISM, In HISTORY, TABORY afp it will be published. Agamta have been POFULLE RELIGION, In three Lactares, already established in most of the above By Dr. E. J. BL Spend Baltion. One placea, and in important ports taore than

one agunt has bean appäinted st esch. Folume. Svo. Pri #1:50 H *Orders will be regdived by Moman Lašų Crawford & Co

Hongkong, July 8, 1878,

KAOHUN AYIR,

MeManager. Hongkong, February 18, 1814

נ

catty

#

Miscellaneous,

60 50 Candled Orange Peel,

60 Cheese, American,

140 180 Oltron,

ས⌘

80 Coconut On,

Coffee,

140 180 Clove#,

100

140

800

120 100

Curry Powder

Firewood,

60 70 Flour,

Asparagus, Bamboo Shoote,

Hongkong, Canon, ou, and & coxapleto

It contains Shipping news from Shanghai, Beans, sprout,

# Broad, Coinimercial Summary.

50 Franch from Macao,, ́ Subscription, 50 cents per Copy (postage Best Hooty paid 56 cents.) 812 per annum (postage paid $13.80.)

Brassic Orders should be sent to Gro. MukRAY Cabbage, White Canton Ban, China Mail Olles, 2, Wyndham

Common, Strest, not later than the evening before the departure of the English Mail Steaser

Tenos of Advertising, same as in Dally China Meil

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500 4500

1100-1000

230 200

100 80

950 180

Guonen Oulur, Inspector of Marksts:

Printed and published by Gao, MURLAY

BAI, at the China Mali Ollos,*Mo, Wyndham Biroes, Hongkong,