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THE STABAT MATER.”

Nigh the arose, with sorrow laden, Weeping stood the Mother-malden,

While her Son in torment hung Sadly moaning--deeply wailing, Now the cruel sword prevailing

Fierced her soul with anguish wrung,

Oh how sad that spirit lowly, Blessed Virgin, pure and holy,

Mother of the Only-born. She, with bitter grief and sighing, Pitcous mother of the Dying,

Saw her, Son with anguish tort. Who could, tearless, thus behald her, While such agonies enfold her-

Mother of the Cruciled † Who could see the Christ before him, Bee his mother grieving o'er him,

And unpitying turn aside ?

In his torment she boheld him, While the ornel scourge compelled him

Others' sins to explate- Kw her son so meek and tender Forth His stainless spirit runder, Here, yet dying desolato. Mother, Fount of all affection, Lat me, bowed in sore dejection,

Share the grief and bear the rod, Lot my soul, with ardour glowing, Fence abound to overflowing

With the love of Obrint, my God, Holy Mother, plore my spirit With the wounds for my demerit

GOLD-FIELDS REMINISCENCES.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE TWO HOURS AFTER DINNER.

(Bombay Gazette, March 22:) The bad quarter of an hour before dinner has passed into a proverb with people of civilised nations; the bad two hours after it, however, have stately received the at tention they merit. Perhaps the popular notion, a special favourite by the way with youthful dinner-givers, that when persons are filled with food of kinds and with wine of sorts they are incapable of appreciating any lesser inconvenience than indigestion, is at the bottom of the omission at any rate, while every host and hostess is fearful,

No. 4813. Arni 25, 1877,

for a drive. (I always talk to a horse himself in the newspapers, and possibly consical constitutions, a dynastio despotism, signs are in the air which in Asia portand | guests, male and female, into say chains, before starting, as a matter of common having a desire to discuss the situation with the succession limited to a family con- the fall of Kings and in Constantinople light up tobacco, produce coffee, a spiri politeness) Of course I never flinched, generally with a journalist, he one night sidered by the armed caste which has placed always precade a change in the occupant of stand, and plenty of ice, and leave their sad his teeth often grazed my sleeve as he sent one of his "marry men with a spare the richest countries in three continents at its the throne, but grant another Revolution friends to their own devices. Mon and ALTHOUGH this quaint old hymn will struck them together. One day, more than horse to the office of one of the focal feet, as semi-sacred. That" with Othman, accomplished and another Sovereign placed women, who have anything in them, are hardly compare, for dignity and power, a dozen years ago, be was in rather reckless papers in Forbes, and an invitation to the Talam falls" is the fixed belief of every un- in light confinement, and where is the hope usually pleasant nuder these circumstances, with the famous" Dies free," or the "Ave spirits and snapped a little too rigorously editor to come to his camp and pass the educated Ottoman, whether he belong by of gain a statement, said to be official, at any rate they are natural. *: There is Senate Spiritus" yet its beauty and pathos catching my arm actually in his jawa, night with him. The editor didn't hesitate birth to the tribe or has been thoroughly has been published in Paris, declaring the an immense difference between thing have never been aurpassed. It was writter scarcely felt the bite, but I was very much a moment, but having given in a suflicioner adopted into it, and while a male member of next brother to be a lively and able-bodied formally in a lady's drawing room, and towards the closs of the thirteenth century, surprised. The home, however showed of "copy" to go on with, mounted the the House survives, no other ruler will be young man of thirty-three" but neither easily in the same lady's verandah or com by Franciscan monk, Glacomo Bendetti. such unmistakable signs of regret and dia. spare horse and accompanied the messenger accepted by the caste. This semi-sanctity health nor vivacity, especially when a ass pound, though we do not profess to account Before joining the order, he had practised treas that I simply said, "Never do that to the head-quarters of his chieftain, where hitherto has been the grand preservative of serted, are guarantees against brain-disease; for the phenomena of the fact. The sen as a lawyer in his native town, Tudertum, again!" And he never did! From that a jovial night was passed over sundry the race, making rivalry from below impoe while if the next hoir, by a happy chance, sation is, however, to those who incur it, but was so overwhelmed with grief at the moment, he gave up the habit of years; bottles of stolen olarat, stolen champagne, sible, and giving to the administration the is healthy in body and mind, he has been something similar to exchanging & dress awfully sudden death of his wife that he he laid back his ears, or feigned angor in stolen sherry, and stolen brandy, backed fixity and permanence which are the redeem-bred a prisoner, in ignorance of all that it coat for a shooting jacket, a rube d'homeur forsook his profession and retired into a other ways, but he never again made by heaped-up trays of stolen raisins, ing incidents of any form of hereditary mo- concerns a Sultan, to know. By a strange ioz a chemisette. The mental family Franciscan convent. In the words of a believe to bits. This, certainly, goes far almonds, confectionery, and so on; and on parohy. The opposition of cadets of the irony of fate, the tincture of merciful feeling hitherto weighted and oppressed with the writer on this subject in Masillan's beyond the temporary sorrow for an taking leave was presented with a stoles House has been rendered impossible by their shown by the bloodthirsty House in its de- terrors of the conventional little music, for Magazine:"-" Borrow did not, indeed, unintentional injury which may be referred watch and a stolen Oushmore shawl, as a slaughter, and the opposition of great Gene- sadence has proved an injury to the throne. the game of old maid," resumes its buoy make him a post; but it revealed to him to an animal's affection. What else la con- souvenir or his visit. It need soarsely be rals, or Viziers, or rebels-and Turkey has When the brothers were slaughtered revoluaney with a bound, and is disposed to an that he was one, The Madonna and her science than knowledge of wrong made per-added that on parting there were many had them all has never so much as roused tion was improbable, for sons dislike killing excess of wirth as a welcome exchange for Divine Child became the objects of his manent by a memory which forbids the expressions of "mutual esteem. When the jealousy of the throne. A Kiuprili might fathers in Turkey, as in England, and the an excess of depression. The bright Indian love, and amongst all his poetus none are repetition of the wrong ?-Bayard Taylor, Caleraft retired from the office of public wield all power and transmit it to his son, system secured permanence, and occasionally moonlight and the twinkling stars overhead more beautiful than those addressed to her, in Atlantic Monthly.

hangman, he is stated to have said that the bat he could no more displace the Othmans an heir trained to war and affairs; but now are grateful, cool, and refreshing after the It was probably in one-of his sleepless OF SELF-SACRIFICE.—But the most beau-only thing he regretted on retiring was than Bismarck could displace the Bohen- the brothers are a constant temptation to glare of korosine lights and the heat of nights when the Cross was pressing heavily tiful of all self-denial, and perhaps the that he had never, during his long career, zollerns, no more retain power in defiance of revolution, while they are never so qualified decorated rooms, and the two bad hours upon him that he wrote the Stabat Mater, every line of which oneme, dipped in his most difficult to practice, is that which is, had the pleasure of hanging a newspaper an order from the Sovereign than Richelieu in as to make revolution justifiable. The that were at first dreaded exceedingly may

hich seeme, dipped to his or ought to be, carried on in the sacred roportar-a pleasure he had always hoped defiance of Louis XII. The semi-sanctity Sultans are merciful enough to spare them, be prolonged into three of pleasure, sup heart's blood."

precincts of home. At home it is vory pro for. But Gardiner had such perfect con- still exists, and protects the family as of old, but not merciful enough to suffer them to posing that people have powers of convor- famous, and was almost immediately adoptable that, if called upon, each would be fidence in the honor of the Gentlemen of but instead of strengthening the Government, become attractive candidates for the throne. aation and know how to use them. To he ed by the Catholic Church, and incorporated willing to lay down his life for the other the Press," that he unhesitatingly placed it completely paralyses its little remaining There is therefore in Turkey none of the eure, those who have none do not much with her liturgy. Notwithstanding the

strength. The steady slaughter of the cadet fixity of European dynasties, and none of relish this sort of thing. These person, number of versions of this renowned hymn But we are not required to perform herois his life in the bands of one of them

It was not long after the Engowra affair branches, continued for generations as a State the chanee that the unfixed system may like to conceal their mediocrity under the which have appeared from time to time, deeds; if we were, and they became com

allow of the elevation of the nooded man,gle of Grundyish forinality, and, ad it la mon, probably that very fact would cause Then Gardiner mysteriously disappeared policy, has reduced the House of Othmar to a we venture to give one more the work of them to lose their influence, and we should from the scene, and Ben Hall assumed the group of seven grown males,--Murad, Hamid, possessed of the imprescriptable prerogative within the compass of almost any person's Mr J. Brunton Stephens-which, for clone. ness to the original and beauty of diction, give them up algo. Life is made up of position of leader; but the story of his Mahmoud, and three still younger brothers, of birth, yet as able to govern as if he had ability to sit for two hours on an ottoman

small things, and it is precisely in these (Gardiner's) escape from Sir Frederick besides Yussef (the son of Abdul Aziz), and

never been enfeebled by the purple.

with a stereotype grin upon the counten- is certainly superior to any English transla that it is most difficult to be self-sacrificing Pattinger and seven or eight of his troop. all these mon descend from one man, and all

ance, mediocre people probably imagine tlan we have seen. Shortly after the hymn-every-day matters which seem too trivial ers, when they had him alone in a regular are suspected by physicians of inheriting the

-that they are throwing away their gifts and was written it was "set" to a simple Gre- to mention arising with the hour and trap, a short time, previous to his retire. same family curso, a tendency to brain-

opportunities by forsaking the drawing- gorian melody, which still continues to dying with it to give place to something ment, is worth telling. Information was disease under circumstances of excitement.

room for the compound. For there are maintain. Its ground in the face of more equally unremarkabia. The constant giving conveyed to the police authorities that The disease is modified by the healthiness

worse places wherein to spend the after. ambitious productions.

way in trifles and trifling inclinations; Gardiner would certainly be at the house and physical beauty which naturally belong

dinner hour, aye, and even to dine, than (TRANSLATION.)

sacrificing personal wants and whims to of the notorious Mrs. Brown on a certain to the mothers of the House, under its

the open air compound of an Indian house each other. One wishes to go here, another night, and Sir Frederick made his arrange singular family law-by which marriage is

in the warm weather. The Parisians, we there; one wishes to do this, another that ments accordingly. It was a bush place, rendered impossible, and the mother of a

know, sometimes dine up in trees for the two wish for some new bauble, or object of at a considerable distance from any other prince is always selected for her attractive

amusement and novelty of the situation, necesalty the purse will admit of the grati. habitation, and the police arriving silently ness---but it is always latent, and is rapidly

and yet their climate is not no warm and Boation of oue only. The key to solve after dark were disposed in two parties becoming the most important of Turkish

balmy as ours, nor nearly so well suited to there difioulties, the only spirit able to meet amongst the trees, close to and command political factors, Abdul Medjid at last was

al fresco entertainmente at night. A hot- thom, is that of salf-sacrifice. This will going any approach to or departure from the almost incapable of giving an order, an

weather dinner party in the open air is far to form beauty of character to render house. Shortly the moon rose, and inourable melancholy weighing alike on his

often lively, which is more than can be home the abode of harmony which all presently the door opened, and the outlaw spirits and his brain, Abdul Aziz was in

sald generally of an indoor one and not hotces should be; giving up one to the made his appearancs, looked at the sky, many moodsa polit and dangerous child;s are also their guests, of the prologue to the worst of the entertainment is the free- other. The spirit, of self-sacrifice is one of and again went inside. This occurred. Murad showed on the day of his accession the feast, they can reconcile themselves dom of tobacco and conversation that the great beauties of holiness It is a spirit under the eyes of Sir Frederick and his symptome which rapidly developed into somehow or other to its epilogue. In India usually follows on the erfyment of mon that will sweeten happiness and lighten men, and there was now of course no doubt semi-idiotay; and now the telegrams are we have two or three ways of killing the light and a sea brees unaccompanied by troubles; and when the soul is ready about their having the lion properly caged full of reports of Hamid's "meningitis," time between soffee and carriages, but they the restrictions of a too purgatorial eti to wing its fight to its eternal home, at last. After a short interval Gardiner and the correspondent of the Telegraph, are ways sufficiently curious to perplex that quette. There are certain desiderata nebes- It will have the unspeakable consolation again made his appearance, looked quietly pro-Turk, though no doubt friendly to Jewish sage whose wisdom was thought sary, however, to the incons of thin, the of knowing that it has not lived to itself; around, and then taking his well-known Midhat, whose strongest feeling was detest-good enough to be incorporated with Solo- most rational mode of spending the bad that it has left the world happier and white horse from a neighboring phen, ation of the Sultanst and its capricious mon's. We can sit in a post-prandial ofrole, two hours succeeding an Indian dinner. batter in some degree than it found it; mounted, and, as if in reverie, rode slowly possessors, forwards this really terrible de- under punkas, in the festive drawing-room Ladies must not object to the cigar which that it has been faithful to its earthly missway, the horse taking its own course with soription of the Sovereign, terrible, we for two dreary hours, forcing conversation they dote on in the mouths of their lovers, sion. So will it listen with unutterable the bridle-rein loose on its neck. The mean, when it le remetabered that the man like asparagus, or sonndal like toadstools, but abominato within the lips of their aus- blies to the sentence: "Well done, thon direction happened to be right towards the described, though in danger of sesassination or we can prolong the agony with a little bands. Men mast not argue upon astronomy good and faithful servant enter thou into spot whore Bir. Frederick and three or four or deposition at any hour, ie while he lives musis, of which the worst of it in there is or theology, for that la fatal to the enjoy The joy of thy Lord "Argosy,

of his men, with their carbines ready millions of met-that nothing save a war frightful effort at joviality, start a round people flirt if they oan help it, for that and reigns the absolute lord of thirty always so much of it. Or we can, with a ment of the hour. Nalther must young cocked, were in ambush Surrender, called out the gallant, baronet, when the could prevent his order, say for the axter game such as matrimony" all for love, induces whispering, and whispering is a bushranger was within two yards of him mination of all Armeniane, from being and are afterwards borne down with a sense soures of irritation. Old persons, however, but Gardiner, with an ozolamation of af. executed

of the discrepancy between the game in nay firt, for they generally firt aloud, THE WEDDEN MOUNTAIN BANDITTI, fright, put spurs to his horse and took an

All the ofloora of the Palace, most of play and the game in earnest. We can and that is a source of amusement. It i Few people in Australle but those who opposite direction in a second. Sir the grand officers of State, aides-de-camp, doze if we are very old, or feign to take an doubtful whether temperance folk should were on the spot and "takin' notes" day by Frederick drew trigger, but his piece snap. colonels, generals, marshals, walked slowly interest in photographe and Chinese puzzles partake of this Edoniah bliss of moonlight, day, can have even the faintest idea of the ped, and the men sent a loaden messenger past on the way to the mosque. And then, if we are very young but, in whatever baccy, and Equor, leat they might throw sinte of affairs in the disturbed districts" apiece after the fugitive before he had got attired in the plainest possible fashion as an manner we strive to put to death those bad cold water upon it, but it la cartain that of New South Wales-notably Lambing & hundred yards away, but without offeat. ordinary Turkish gentleman, mounted on a two hours of precious time, we are sure to ladies and gentlemen who can sing a glee, Flat and the Lachlan at the time when Before they could get into their saddles to white Arab, and sitting upon a gold-em-go to bed with the impression that the without affectation or pressing, are very Gardiner and his gang of bushrangers were pursue, the bushranger was again out of broidered saddle, with his feet in stirrups of means upon the whole have been more or welcome additions to ft. Also those who levying black mall" with impunity over their reach. Inside the hat the police gold, rude the Caliph of the Ottomans. 1 less unsatisfactory. Ladies endure the pan tell stories; not the ordinary stories of hundreds of miles of country, in the midst found Mrs. Brown and the boy Walsh, had not seat his Fayaim Majesty before; at inoubas of after-dinner entertainment bet the bandstand and the billiard room, but of large centres of population, and setting the page" of whom mention has been any rate, the previous views I had had ofter than men do, for one reason because anecdoter quite in character with the the Government and all constitated authomade, a box or two of caps, some bullete, him were distant ones; and I was, therefore, they nover smoke, and for another because abnormal innocence of the place and time. rity at deflance. So long as they continu- and a few etceteras bolonging to a

the more careful now to note what manner they have their dresses to stare at. A gown Bores, dreadful in the confinement of a ed banded together the polios were utterly bushranger's equipment. The boy was

of man he was. A thin unhappy face, the is to a woman both a solace and a distrao drawing-room, are comparatively harmless powerless to effect their capture, or to put inade prisoner, and conveyed to the Forbes dark whiskers, beard, and moustache of tion. Besides this, nine women out of ten in the opener. They miss the nonistomed any considerable check on their lawless look-up; but the police were immensely which only served to increase the deadly take a real delight in assuming what is advantages formality accords them innde, career. In the matter of capture, the boot ridionled for this last addition to their long hue of the sallow cheeks which they ensomulgarly called company manners" for and hold thalt peace for a wonder, or art o was entirely on the other leg, inaaminch as list of discomfitures.

passed, a meagre somewhat round-shouldered

a time, not, of course, because the sex is sensible. A burra besby, the most irrepros they made prisoners on different occasions Under Ben Hall the bushrangers became body, a lank, lean, weakly frame--such inclined to social hypocrisy, but just to airsible creature that draws breadth, may curl of thrce sub-inspectors (Norton, Shadforth, a greater terror than ever, every other day the Ottomane. I know that in the West an in society. Ladies do not pine for the post- cence" which relegate her for the time to

were the characteristics of the Sovereign of its characteristic amiability, like its bonnets, ber nose in disdain at orgies" and "l and O'Neill), and something like score of bringing intelligence of some extraordinary mounted and foot constables,

outrage by the gang, which now received idea prevails that Eastern nations are cen prandial olgar and its concomitent soda and the place in the human family only her The wonderful exploits of Gardiner, and one or two additions. Today it was antara by birth that the saddle is their B., because the charm of these sins is no wits entitle her to assume, but no one can his career of unbroken success, coon made attack on Mr Keightley and his household cradle, their house, their home, and that known to them, but to the male intelligence see the curls alluded to in the sweet him famous, and he bossmo especially a

at Rockley, where Burke was killed, and the Grand Turk seated on a magnificent the denial of nightly joys which have be-religions light; no one is attentive to the hero in the eyes of the young native-born where Mrs Keightley had to beg her hus Arab must necessarily be the very model of come a part and parcel of existenos is very deers of burra beedy in the hum of natural station-hands, whom he was well known band's life on her knees from the rufian the Saracen monarons of old. Yet I must cruel, and no one, except perhaps a professed conversation, Altogether, the symposium before he turned out," and who of course O'Meally; her prayer was only granted on dissipate the pleasing illusion, and say at lady's man, can deam round games or a method of kiling the two bad hours is to afforded him important assistance after his condition that a messenger was despatched ones that Abdul Hamid would have been little music compensation for the loss of the be commended; moonlight, however, Tory debut se s public character.

to the bank at Bathurst with an order for if appearances are to be trusted much more tobacco and the grog, which, wisely taken, materisily promotes its success. Several of these flocked to his standard | £500 to be paid as ransom. Death was to at home in a comfortable carriage. Do I cheers but not inebristes. The music of -O'Menlly, Ben Hall, Gilbert, Burke, and be the consequence of the non-arrival of the not recollect one February morning, in Flost the burra khana la not exhilarating, but

Miscellaneouя. one or two others; all excellent horsemen.money, or of any information being given Fathers from Temple Bar to St. Paul's as there is any member of a dinner party who ther eat the hay himself nor let the ox eat

Street, witnessing the progress of the City somewhat the reverse. It is seldom that

Tar dog in the manger, that would nei- What made them more powerful, and their that could endanger the gang. The ran

can sing well enough to command attention it, has been denouneed for ages as the worst extirpation next to impossible, was their sora-money duly arrived and was paid, but they escorted the Queen to the church of the being all closely related to many of the Mr Keightley was afterwards reimbursed capital? Shall I ever forget how one, who, and silence conversation. Most times we example of selfishness that ever gaine to small squatters and settlers of the "Flat" by the dovernment. No band of Italian when seated firmly on the aldermanic bench, are treated to the bullfinch pipings of young light in the history of the world. The and the neighborhood of the "Wedden," or Grecian brigands could have performed was most emphatically a terror to evildoers ladles who have received their musical wisest men have given the subject mach To the glorious rest of heaven, who gave them shelter when they needed the business in better fashion. Then came

and a praise to such as do well, whose eye education, like their acquaintance with the thought, and have all arrived at the santa it, obtained and supplied them with in the sticking-up of Mr Campbell's place at blanched the cheek of the most determined use of the globes, from the art lessons of point of conclusion; that the dog had no An angry man opens his mouth and formation, and acted as 'agents in every Goimble, the gallant defence by himself pickpocket, and whose dignity overawed the some Miss Pinkerton of Minerva House, reason under the sun for such conquot, only

and his heroic wife; the burning of part of very oldest and most impudent tramp, clung Ulapham Road, notoriety, or our tympanum pure, downright meanness. It never occur THE wealth of man is the number of beginning with the murder of Barnes, a ballet from Mr Campbell's riffs; and their mane? I am bound to say that the imperiu an unguarded moment gave him a bass little bunch of hay for a bed, and had as Then commenced the "Reign of Terror," the premises; the death of O'Meally by nervously to the saddle, and could by no tortared with the Bull of Bashan bellows red to them, that, as a good bed is next to means be persuaded to loose his horse's of some burly fellow who, because Nature a good meal, the poor dog wanted that things he lures and bless, which he is storekeeper, by O'Meally, the most an retreat without having accomplished their loved and blessed by.-Carlyle.

sorapulous villain of the lot, this being a purpose. But perhaps one of their moss sonification of the Moslem religion neither voice, imagines in his ingratitude it was good a right to it as the ox; hence the ox Tas love of justice in most men is noth-planned thing on the part of O'Meally to remarkable actions in this extraordinary grasped mans nor holster, and that he did given him to murder barcarolles with, Often was the meanest of the two in seeking to ing but the fear of suffering from injustico. wipe out an old score: Gardiner was not period of the history of bushranging in saddle. Yet how sadly he failed, as he not much improve matters. There is first pull down his vest whilst we tally one for His best to keep straight and safe in the there is a tenor in the compang who does rob the dog of his bed. So sop bad better. MANT complain of their memory, but fond of shooting if it could be avoided, and New South Wales, was their holding posses essayed to guide that troublesome nag! It the prodigious difficulty of getting a tenor the dog. Some complain of their judgmont.

it may be said en passant that none of the eion of the town of Canowindra for four Lots of the crying oils of the times in fellows who were connected with this gang days, after first making prisoner of the sole was the old story of the Constitution over to sings a task which invariably necessitaten the tendency and disposition of girls to get from first to last, except O'Meally and constable in charge of the lock-up, and again. A bad rider and a restless horse, a much waste of time and temper, with An Indianian went into a Chicago salcon through girlhood hurriedly and get into Dunn, were of the bloodthirsty sort. womanhood, or without waiting to enjoy

securing the firearms Here they made vacillating, timorous Sultan on the throne, deputations of women kind, headed by the and asked for a gin cocktail with some The five desperate men now composing the principal hotel their bead-quarters; had and a determined, will people to be ruled hostess, to the corner in which the tenor has strength into it." The barkeeper made a She has baful, son of good. Speaking the "Weddes Mountain Banditt, with a sentry armed to the teeth walking the As one looked at that pale, nervous face, it artfully ensconest, himself; and, secondly mixture of alcohol, pepper, sauce, absinthe, on this potut, Bishop Morris says Wait their well-arranged by dit, push verandah; made every traveller join them was easy to see why its owner failed as a there is the single, which when it comes limes, and painkiler The Indianian patiently, my children, through the whole telegraph their grouts were style in the jollification. They had determined ruler. It is said that Mahmoud, the Grand at last, does not appear to have been worth drank it," says the Chicago Tribune, “and Bimit of your girlhood. Go not after your end, their numerode connections, became upon, and kept Miss Flanagan at the piano Vizier of Abdul Aziz, when once complain- the fuss and trouble made about it. We about a quart of tears came to his eyes, out of public view. Cultivate refinement were of dally occurrence, and possessed as themselves generally. Although only ave why he did not dethrone him and place come almost inseparable from post-prandial & cafe key hole, and when he had suffi. and modesty, The cares and responsibilities they were of the best horses, to be got in in number, they were not interfered with ons else in his stead. His reply was, What music in this suntry, for they are really ciently mastered his emotion to speak, he Home soon enough; When they come you that part of the country, including the races in any way during the four days these good would that effect? Murad is a drunk too agonising to dwell upon ; but 16 te hard said "How much is that Fifteen sente will meet them, I trust, as true women horse Troubadour, they could distanse the orgies- Insted, actwithstanding that Cano. urd, and Hamid is a coward; of the rest upon a tobaconless audience when the tenor, responded the barkeeper. The enstomer should. But oh, be not so tinwise as to police at any time filen is become vintra is a considerable town; but when know nothing-the experiment is too den after getting successfully through baifa. put down a quarter, Bud said: Keep the throw away your girlhood Rob not Fearself of this beautiful season, which BUOUSEETY

they had satiated themetives with this Sexo There can I think, be but littls dezen bare of one of Sims Reeves songs, change have something yourself. Then, lely spent, will brighten all your future gold decort at fangowra Rocks soon game, berately and unmolested. This dashing blunders of the past few days. The else, or when Miss Pinkerton's pupil coughs,

The daring and successful attack on the kind of pleasure, they went their way deli doubt that it is this very timid nature of expressen his regret that he has forgotten ringing the barkeeper's hand, he added t Abdul Hamid which has prompted all the the rost, and woga preles to try something That's the Brat good gin I've tarted since life.""

and then the country was fully aroused to a exploit brought out a lending article in the evidences of fear were, indeed, very olore at and believes she has got a sore throat, at sort of quick in taking hold and slow in I left home-something like liquor it's STUDIES OF ANIMAL NATURE.- have a conss of the necessity of suppressing the London Times, commenting in terms not hand. His Majesty's first object evidently the end of every atanza of one of Claribel's letting go Come and see me, and I'll give Horte who is now sot less than forty-cue gang at whatever cost, Bomething like very complimentary to the colony on the war to reach the mosque without molesta melodies. years old, and it is possible that he is a year seventy sacuated troopers wore concentrated existence of a social condition which could son, and to say his prayers; that ceremony that bind. One would need to have the whiskey that's like swallowing a frenler Life is too short for maste of you some darn whiskey that's better still of two older for thirty-eight years ago henb Forbes i barracks sufficient to sscom admit of the possibility of such a state of over, he had determined to run no more longevity of Methuselah, with the powers a whole and pulling it up in. The was broken to tas, Eo is at present onmodate a battallion were provided, and the things. 4he retired list, only occasionally being whole district was, as it were, plated in Exciting reminiscences in conection risk; and had actually arranged for a steare of somnolence that were enjoyed by the barkeeper, an hour later, asked the patrole falled upon to lead a helping shoulder to state of siege. But Gardiner and his gang with that remarkable period; when Gardeckt to be drawn up alone to the door, eo denizens of the land of Nod, to appreciate man if he had heard of an old man being his younger colleague but his intellect is still hed it altogether their own way. Biriner, Hall, and Company wess "masters of that prayers over he could step on board those Atful Ata sad atarts after dinner found dead on the sidewalk, and when the he fresh and full of espedients as ever. No Fredericli Pottinger was frequently in the situation," thicken as one writes: and coon be far away on the Bosphorus." musts of the period to subject to but officer said no, he danced a few lg stepe bords huaw bettes how to save himself, to pursuit," but-sush was the Livariable Sufficient has already bean written, how The epithate attributed to Mahmoud are nobisces obligo, and, in accordance with the and cried, Hurrah! he's gone somewhere stare effort and pablong his potets no gott the bushrangers esseped through ever, for a single sketsh and I will most unfair, Mured hering bean medically customs of good society, we must all feign els to die Jnt was over so chinning to ellp his halter, the superior swiftness of tasir Borses, condude now, to resume the subject at mad, while the reigning Bultan, not to enjoy it, and seen to ask for more when BEREELLY, Sept. 1869.-Gentlemen, Σ span the lead bog and supply the phos. Couches, and police, and stations, and some future time.

Bowardly the victim of hypochondriasis; not our ears are attentive to hear the wheels of fast it a duty I owe to you to express my phates, the necessity of which to him he traveller, continued to be stuck-up and

of the ordinary fear of mun; from which is the conveyances which shall bear us away i gratitude for the great benuật I have deci Ence as well as any "dientis." I have disarmed and pilfered in all directions." *A double-adged complicat.-E. quam. raze to do them justice, Abdul Asia even when out eyes are raring to discover the rived by taking. Worton's Camomile Filt asen him, through a rack in a board Gilbert would beard Sir Frederiek Pott landers

first indication of a general break-up of the I applied to your agent Mr Bell, Berkeley, Jenaty, used while the stable was building, inger filmdelf and his posts of troopers on

harmonious mestingai pas for the above-named Pills, for wind in he lift and lay aside with his tooth six hoses the racecouses and Cardiner, who was s

Some hosts in India with Bohemian stomach, from which I suffered excrucia which were plled stop of one another, until regular subscriber to both the local papers

blood in their Veins possibly are audasions ting pain for a length of time, haring keled enough to cat, the boolal ordinances of the nearly every remedy prescribed, but withe great Grundy a defiance, and to walk out deriving any benefit at all. After

Eorge upon the scoureted tree, Lat me, keenly sympathizing, Fool the torment agonizing

Of the cross endured for me. Tear for tear thy sorrow bearing, Be it mine, thine anguish sharing,

While I live to weep with thes With thee at the orosa abiding, With thee mournful watch dividing-

This I ask thes tearfully, Virgin, virgins all excelling, May my spirit near thee dwelling

Feel thy bitter grief its own- Share the Savlour's dark affliction, Pamion, scourge, and crucifixion,

Pang for pang, and groan for groan. Pierce me till my spirit bleedeth, Plerce me till my sense recedeth

Blood-enraptured clean away, Virgin bleat, when Time is ended Be my soul by thee defended

From the flames of Judgment Day, Christ, when hence my soul ls fleeting, Through thy Mother mercy meeting,

Be the palm of victory given. When this mortal bond shall sever, Take my spirit home for aver

#hute his eyes-Cato.

way,

be found the cats at the bottom. Then, (and paid in advance) would write regularly

I

Included, have been exceptionally fresi But whatever the caure, the fact remains that after two revolutions and three cops tit there is still no Beltan, no man claiming tupreme power by right of birth, yet com There is something, from one point of view,petent to pursue a policy, to shcose efficient

THE HOUSE OF OTHMAN. (The Spectator.)

when my head appeared at the window, he to the Lachlan Minër to correct any error almost pathetic about the present position of Fashes, to use the strength that yet renalas straight from the dinner table-driving taking two bottles of your valuable pill. I instantly gave up his leisurely, Itzarious that might appear in the reports of the Ottoman Monarchy, dying, as it were, to the relics of the fierce custo, which so their gilosta bofoke them, to the verandah was quite festored to my usual state of trunching of the grain, opened his jaws to transactione “on the road fogard under the European microscope, of paralysis nearly crushed by theer valour and content and the masonlight outside. There they health. Please give this publicity for the

their fullest extent thrust his murtle deep I may go further than this with

into the box and gravely walked back to his to Gardiner's "congestion with the Press Blowly induced by the very conditions which of death the vivilisation of Central Europe, stall with at least a quart of nata in hig wand the cireurastenge te only known to have made it graži, That Government is And and this is the terrible fact of the mouth. This hores had a playful habit of the writer and a few others, Verlay Cassatially, and setting aside for a moment situation there is neither certainty nos pros Mapping at my arm when he was intranged "jnjured” by certain strictures concerning | Say shelter abgus impossible reforms and con bability that there over will be endi. All the

institute a sort of symposium, not alto benefit of those who may thus be amleted. gather unchaerful They force, with song | ad am, Sir, yours truly, Harry And N aiderable less difficulty that is taken to get 6 las Proprietor of Nouzor's Cino. anyong to sing, or play a reitud game, thels | una Fiszs."—39/19/77,

No. 4813, APRIL 28, 1877.]

To Let.

TO LET

No. 3, PECHILI STREET,

with Immediate Posession, Apply to

LANE, ORAWFORD & Co. Hongkong, February 7, 1877.

TO LET.

FOUSE No. 10, Albany Road, at prosent Hupied by the Rev. R. H. KIDD. Bisnes Villa, Pok-foo-lum, Furnished.

DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co. ·· Hongkong, February 15, 1877.

TO LET.

MAE Upper Portion of Nos. 42 and 44,

Queen's Road

The Dwelling House and Offices No. 1, D'Aguilar Street, at present in the occupa tion of Messrs DouGLAS LAFRAIE & CO., Possession from the 1st May next.

Apply to

DOUGLAB LAPRAIK & ¤‰. Hongkong, November 17, 1878,

POSTAL RATES. [Subjoined we give the postal rate: now in force for transmission of corte spondence to all parts of the world. Detailed rules affecting the transmis sion of packets, parcels, do, will be found annexed, together with a number of miscellaneous and useful notices.].

Hongkong Rates of Postage.

(Revised April 1st, 1877,)

In the following Statements and Tables the Rates are given in cente, and are, for Letters, per half once, for Books and Patterns, per two ounces."

Newspapers over four ounces in weight ure charged as double, treble, do,, as the

paper tout au Papers or paokota of

papera may be sent at Book Bato. Two Nowapapers must not be folded together as one, nor must anything whatever be inserted except buna fide Supplements. Printed matter may, however, be enclosed, it the whole be paid at Book Rate, Prices Our aent may be paid either as Newspapers or

Booke.

N.K. mesos No Registration.

LOCAL AND TOWN POSTAGE.

Within any Town or Settle ment, or between Hongkong, Canton, and Macao, in either direction......

Letters.

Registration. Newspapers.

Bks. & Ptins,

Per 2 oz.

***** 282 2 Between any other two of the following places (through a British Uitice) via-Hong. kong, Macao, Ports of China and Japan, Bangkok, Salgón, and the Philippines, by Private Shipping

between the above by Con tract Mail,...!!

4822

882

Any públiosifor fulfilling the conditions hereafter named can pass as a newspaper

The conditions are as follows

-

1st. The publication must consist wholly or in great part of political or other news, or of articles relating thereto, or to other current topics, with or without advertise

ments.

d. It must be published in numbers at intervals of not more than 31 days, and must be printed on a sheet or sheets un- stitched:

3rd. The full title and date of publication must be printed at the top of the first page, aud the whole or part of the title and the date of publication at the top of every aubaequent page; and this regulation applies to Tables of Contents and Indicos.

4th. A supplement must consist wholly or in great part of matter like that of a newspaper, or of advertisements, printed on a sheet or sheets, or a piece or pieces of paper, unstitabed; or wholly or in part of engravings, prints, or lithographs illustra tive of articles in the newspaper. The supplement must in every case be published with the newspaper, and must have the title and date of publication of the newspaper printed at the top of every page; or, if it conelsta of engravings, prints, or lithographs, at the top of every sheet or side,

A packet containing two or more nows- papers is not chargeable with a higher rate of postage than would be chargeable on a book packet of the same weight.

A newspaper posted unpaid, or a packet of newspapers posted either unpaid or insufliciently paid, is treated as an unpaid or suficiently paid book packet of the same weight

The postage must be prepaid either by an adhesive stamp, or by the use of a stamped

wrapper.

No newspaper can now be sent through the post a second time for the original postage. For each transmission a fresh Postage is required.

.:

Every newspaper must be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not be fastened, whether by means of gum, water, realing was postage stamp, or otherwise) or in a cover entirely open at both ends, so as to admit of easy removal for examination. If this rule be infringed the newspaper is treated as a letter.

Every newspaper must be so folded, as to admit of the title being readily a spected,

A newspaper or packet of newspapers which contains any enclosure except sap plements is charged as a letter, unless the suolonure be such as might be sent at the be sufficiently prepaid as a book packet, in book rate of postage, and the entire packet

which case it is allowed to pass. •

A newspaper which has any letter, or any communication of the nature of a letter written in it or upon its cover, is charged as an unpaid or insulliciently paid letter.

No packet of newspapers may be above

THE CHINA MAIL.

Goods sent for eple, or in execution of au order (however small the quantity may be), or any articles sent by one private indivi- dual to another, which are not actual patterns or samples, are not admissible.

Patterns or samples, when practicable, must be sent in covers open at the ends, and in such a manner as to be onay of oxamination. But samples of seeds, drugs, and such like articles, which cannot be sent in covers of this kind, but such articles only, may be posted enclosed in hores, or bags of linen, of other material, fastened in such a manner that they may be readily opened; or, in the case of seeds, &c,, for the United States of America, Holland, and its possessions, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Portugal and its possessions, and Switzerland, ia bags entirely closed, pro- vided such closed bags are transparent, so as to enable the Officers of the Post Office readily to satisfy themselves as to the nature of the contents.

There must be no writing or printing upon or in any packet except the address of the person for whom it is intended, the address of the sender, a trade mark or number, and the price of the articles.

Samples of intrinsic value must not be sont to any foreign country except United States; and in the case of France samples of eider down, raw or throad Bilk, woollen or goats hair thread, vanilla, saffron, carmine, or iainglass, are cobaidered to fall under this rule if they wolgh more than three ounces; and up to this weight raw and spun silk, as well as coloured and twisted silk, may be sent to Germany.

convenience of those who may wish to post of intrinsic value, it should, If it be very POST OFFICE NOTICE. by the Pacific Route to Canada, the West important, be registered Indies, and other places named below.

For the present no large quantities of these Stamps can be supplied, nor la it undertaken that every denomination oan be kept in hand.ne

Miscellaneous Notices. Thaion Correspondence, Unpaid Letters are not received for the Indian Mail Packelaj

The Pre-payment of correspondence for the Straits, India, Ceylon, and Aden is com pulsory by whatever opportunity it is

forwarded.

Registration to Bangkola Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General for Siam has been good enough to make arrangements by means of which correspon- dence can be Registered to Bangkok, at tho, usual charge of 8 cents..

Soldiers' and Sailors Letters. Privates in H. M. Army of Navy, Non- commissioned Cfficers, Army, Schoolmas ters (not superintending or First Class) or Schoolinistresses may send half-ounce lettera to the United Kingdom viû Morales by French Packot, or via Southampton by British Packet, for one penny or viů Brindisi by British Packet for three-pence, Hongkong stamps will prepay this class of correspondence exactly the same Stamps.

Imperial

Soldiers' and Sailors' letters are, however, charged as ordinary letters if they do not conform to the following regulations !—

1. Not to exceed half an ounce. No

double letters are allowed.

2. If from a Soldier or Sailory his class or description must be stated in full on the letter, and the commanding Officer must sign his name with name of Regi ment, or Ship, &o, in full.

The rule which forbids the transmission through the Port of any article likely to Injure the contents of the Mail Bags or Boxes, or the person of any Officer of the Post Office is, of course, applicable to the Pattern Post; and a packet containing any thing of the kind will be stopped, and not sent to its destination, Articles such as the following have been occasionally posted 8. If to a Soldier or Sailor, his glasa, or as Patterns, and have been detained as description must be stated in full, with unfit for the Post, vis: Metal boxes, porce-name of Regiment, or Ship, do., in full. lain and China, fruit, vegetables, banoher of flowers, cuttings of plants, spure, knives, scissora, needles, pins, pieces of machinery, sharp pointed instruments, samples of metals, samples of ore, samples in glass bottles, pieces of glace, acids of various kluda, curry combe, copper and steel on. graving plates, and confectionery of all kinds.

Such articles as scissors, knives, rozora, forks, steal pens, nails, keys, watch machi very, metal tubing, pieces of metal or ore, provided that they be paoked and guarded in so secure a manner as to afford complete protection to the contents of the mail bags and to the Officers of the Post Office, while at the same time they may be the following countries, but to these alone; easily examined, may be sent as samples to viz, the Azores, Belgium, Cape de Verd Islands, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Hol land. Madeira, Moldavia, Norway, Portu gal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, Wallachia, and the British Colonies. Indigo cannot be sent to any place abroad.

A packet of patterns or samples rent to Madeira, Portugal, or by French packet, to Turkey, Syria, or Egypt, must not exceed 18 inches in length, width, or depth; a packet to any other place abroad inches in width or depth.

*But not Warrant Officers, vis, Assistant Engineer, nuber, Boatswain, or Carpenter.

Communication with Batavia. A The Netherlands India Packets leave Singapore fortnightly, and are fitted to the arrival of the outward P. & O. Mall from Europe

The French Paskts for Batavia wale at

Singapore for the Packet from China and run fortnightly.

It follows that, to forward Correspon. dence to Batavia with the least delay, the following are the best opportunities:

In the S. W. Montoon.

The English Mail. The French Mail. In the N.E. MODROO

A Private Steamer a few days before the

English Mail...

The French Mail.

المالية

Most countries to which Hongkong for- warde Correspondonco having joined the General Postal Union or being probably about to do so, it is necessary that the following rules be strictly observed,nkled cl

Unclaimed Correspondence,

April 27, 1877.

Azna

Lata. Paps.

Leta, Penn

1

Mellger, L. F.

Mellish, Edward 2 -- 1.

1

1

Mombert, Chas. Į

E.

Middleton, J. T. I

Netson, Geo Kerr 1

Orenstein, M.

L

1

No Latter or Packet, whether to be for Postage if it contains gold or silver money, registered, or unregistered, can be received

jewels, precious' articles, or anything that, as a general rule, is fiable to Customs Abbrecht, Miss duties.

Achan This Regulation prohibits the sending Assts, Eduardo del of Patterns of dutlable articles, unless the quantity sent be so small as to make tho sample of no value.

3. The limits of weight allowed are as follows

Books and Papers-to British Officer, 5 lbs.; to the Continent, &o., 2 lbs. Patterns to British Offices, 5 lba. If with

out intrinsic value; to the Continent, &o, & o

..:

4. The following articles cannot be sent by Fost at all: Glass, Liquids, Gunpowder,

Matches, Candles, Soap, Indigo, Dye-stuffs, or whatever is dangerous to the Mails, or offensive or injurious to persons dealing with them.

PARCELS The public is reminded that, In China and Japan, there is no such thing as Parcel Post. Much trouble and disap pointment is caused by persistent attempts to send small valuable trifles through the Fost Fans, Curios, Articles of Dress, Fancy Work, and similar presenta are cop. tintially being refosed, the senders baring often spent more in Postage than would have paid the freight by steamer. No refund can be made on such parcels of the value of Stampe obliterated before the nature of the contents was discovered.

PATTERNS.Some difficulty laexperienced in obtaining a general understanding of what is a Pattern. It is a bond fide sample of goods which the sender has for sale, or of goods which he wishes to order. It is to consist of the smallest possible quantity compatible with showing what the goods are, and must have no intrinsic value.

ji

Benary, F. H. 2° Bisset, Chas. H. 2 Blackmore, .1

1:

Caldecott, Andrew Cegend, Mont 31 Cockburn, Col. Davis, Quintin Asi Davizz Feston- Davis, Thos.

Day, Goo.

jee Framjer Descartes, Mons, 1 Dius, Ignacio Drummond, B. 1

Farquharson,

T

Thos. Fletcher, Angus, 1 Gardner, G. F. 1 Garwood, Mrs.

G. M.

1 Monkman, J.W.1

Palmer, J. A.

1

1 Fanlopolo, Joana 2 regd.

Parker, E. H. 2

Perks, Mrs

1

Arthur J.

Playfair, G.M.H. 2 Porot, Dr Benito 1

Redmond, D. S. 1

1

Richmond, Miss 1

1

1

Grat, L. Graham, Mra

C. H. Gordon, G. Hitchcock, F. A. 4 Hutchinson, F.C. 1

a prvinde

Roberteun, John 3 Ruchwaldy, L.

Scott, John regd Soc, Lieutenant Seawesing

Shaik Hoosan

Shaik Hajes

Browdeal,

· X regða

1

regd. Wm. E.

Stevenson, A. 1

St. John, Mina B

Taylor, R.

8

.1.

2. Taylor, Wm. H. I Trong Ohle & Co Thomsen, Cap-

tain P. Tai Chung Lang I Ter, Cevil Tester, David

Vessy, Miss

1

M. E. A.

1

Walker, E. R.

1

Jackson, Bj1 Jenchan, Capt. 1 0.0.j

Kemsley, Thos, I Khilury, M. To provido means of remitting amal Konlez, Paul quins of money to or from this Colony and between the Ports of China and Japan, the Lee Young, Postmasters and Agents of this Office will Lowe, K. S. in future be allowed (but not required) to purchase Hongkong Postage Stamps from Macpherson,

Gordon foreign residents.

Between Hongkong and Shanghal, or Manaleld, R. W 2 Hongkong and Yokohama, However, in Martin, Roger I either direction, Money Orders must be McDonald, Jas. Į uled.

engineer The Stamps tendered for sale must not McKay, G. 8.

MoKibera, Josephi exceed $25 in value, must be perfectly clean, in good condition, and in strips of at: least two, as no separate Stamps will be purchased. They must be presented per Bonally or accompanied by a note,

.

The Postmaster or Agent may postpone purchasing if his publlo funds in hand are in any case which appears doubtful or not sufficient, and he will refuse to purchase suspicious. He is allowed to charge a purchased.

Wedderburn,

1

Sir David Welman, T. H, 1 Winne, Mr

Wolkolds, W.

2

Woodall, Edward 1

Xavier, Ismail V.I

Young, Mr A.-4.

For Merchant Ships.

Leta. Pops.

5 lbs, in weight, nor above two feet in the Azores, Caps de Verd Islands, France, or mis-delivery of any letter, book, or other Commission of one per cent on all Stamps A. F. Stalkneicht 2

length, one foot in width, nor one in depth.

A book-packet may contain any number of separate books or other publications

Lettera containing Stamps should be Registered, and the Stamps should be secured from observation.

Abbey Cowper 1 Add £1

Albert Victor,!1 Antiocks

m

John Milton

Leicester Letty Galon

Lata. Pagai

8.8

8

་

August

Madanzar, 6.8.

1

2

Maderia

1.

Augustu

1

Madura

20

Maid Marian

(including printed or lithographed letters), must not exceed 24 inches in length or 12 packets which are likely to suffer from and Agents of sailing ships for Manila, Balgownie

To provide the greatest possible facilities for posting Correspondence for Europe, do., up to the latest moment before the departure of the French Packets, arrange- ments have been made for receiving at the Post Office late letters except those to and through Australia-from 11.10 A.x. to 11.30. Each letter must bear a late fee of 18 cents extra postage.

for any loss or inconvenienas which may The Post Office is not, by law, responsible arise from the non-delivery, mis-sending,

gistered); nor is the Post Office responsible postal pasket (even if the packet be re- for any injury which a packet may sustal

To guard against such injury all portal during its transmission.

stamping or from great pressure should be placed in strong covers; and even with this precaution no fragile article should be sent through the Post. It should be remembered that every packet bas to be handed more times; that it is exposed to considerable pressure and friction in the mali bag; and that, whenever the bag as the one of its transmission to be transferred by me of the railway apparatus, the risk of injury is much increased..

Seda

During the N. Mouroon, the Charterers Saigon, Bangkok and Singapore are requested Berchits to give notice to this Office of the departurest of such ships.

No correspondence will be forwarded by sailing vessel bat such as is specihly so Carbon directed."

Canaan Üsnkam

Corrid Correspondenes for New Zealand may be Unaries Moreau forwarded via Torres Straits when specially Chite Palmer 1 directed for that route, otherwise it will be Craig Ewan sent by way of Galle.

Cynosure Daphne., Donbighshire

photographs (when not on glass or in cases containing glass or any like substance), drawings, prints, or maps, and any quantity of paper, or any other pubstance in ordinary use for writing or printing upon; and the books or other publications, prints, maps, &o, may be either printed, written, en graved, lithographed, or plain, or any mixture of these. Further, all legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of a book, 440, or of a portion thereof, is allowed,

whether such binding, &obe loose or attachod; us also rullers in the case of The Union may be taken to comprise or otherwise) in the case of books, pens or prints or mapa, markers (whether of paper Europe, the United States, India (including pencils in the case of pocket-books, co., Coylen, the Straita, and Aden), Egypt, and, in short, whatever is necessary for the Labuan, Mauritius, Seychelles, Jamaios,

safe transmission of such articles, or usually Trinidad, British Guiana, and Bermuda, appertains thereto; but the binding, rollers, with all French and Spanish Colonies.

A similar supplementary Mail will be Countries NOT in the Union. The chief 0. must not be sent as a separate packet,

Circulars,., letters which are intend-made up for Shaughat by the English and countries not in the Union are: the Au-se for transmission in identical terms to French Contrast Steamers, the late letters tralasian Group, British North America, several persons, and the whole or the being received from 10 minutes after, up or to any one else, or to dalsy forwarding residents at the smaller Ports in this way. Elliotts

Countries of the Postal Union.

Africa (except French and Spanish Colonies), South and Central Americe, and the West Indies (except Jamaica, Trinidad and British Guiana},«

Postage to Union Countries. United Kingdom and Union Countries served through London :-

By any cher

Via Brindisi,

Foxte,

Letters

Registration,

16 8

12

8

Newspapera,

Books and Patterns, 6

Other Union Countries:-

Letters,

14

12

Registration,

€

包

2

Newspapers,

Books and Patterns, 4

100+

Postage to Non-Union Countrice.

W. Afriss, Falkland Islanda, Lagos, Gold Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Cape Verd Islands:

Letters,

Registration,

12 136

2/ 14

Newspapers, Books and Fatterns, 10

Canada, Vancouver's Jeland, Prince Edward's Island, New Brunswick, How- foundland, Nova Scotia, Honolulu (NR), and Hawail (N.R.);-- Letters, Registration, Newspapers, Books and Patterns,

8

12

W. Indies, Buenos Ayres, Costs Bios, Colombia (U.S.), Guatemala, Grey Town Hayti, La Guayra, Mexico, Monts Vi deo, New Graunda, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela (—

Newspapers

Letters,

38

0

Books and Patterns, 10

Registration

to Honduras, de Bri-12

19

tah West

Bolivia, Chili, Equador, and Peru i-

Letters,

50

Newspapers,

8

Boobs and Pattern", 19

10

Nona

None.

Registration,

Brasil:

Latters,

Registration,

Newspapers,

Books and Fatterns,

greater part of which is printed, engraved, or lithographed, may also be sent by book post

But a book-packet may not contain any Jetter, or communication of the nature of a letter (whether separate or otherwise), unless it be a circular-lester or be wholly printed; nor any enclosure sealed or in any way closed against inspection; nor any other enclosure not allowed by Rule 3, this rule be infringed, the entire packet is charged as a letter

If

A book packet may be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not be fastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, sualing waz, postage stamp, or otherwise), or in a cover outirely open at both ends, so as to admit of the contents baing easily withdrawn for examination; otherwise it is treated as a letter. For the greater security of the contents, however, it may be tied at the ends with string Postmasters being authorised to out the string in such cases, although if they do so they must again tie up the packet.

No book-packet may be above 6 lbs, in weight, nor above 34 inches in length, 12 inches in width; or 12 inches in depth, unless it be sent to or from one of the Government offices,

When, owing to a great and unusual influx of letters, books, de, the transmie sion or delivery of the lettern would be delayed if the whole mall were dealt with without distinction, book-packets may be kept back till the beat despatch or delivery,

The limit of size for a book-packet addressed to any place abroad is 24 inches in length and 12 inches in width or depth.

Receptions: No packet for Algeria, Azores, Cape de Verd Islands, France, Madairs, or Portugal, or for Egypt Syria or Turkey, when sent by French Packet, hunt be above 18 inches in length, width, or depth,

PATTERNS.

They must not be of intrinslo falue. Tufe rule excludes all articles of a saleable nature, and indeed whatever may have a value of its own, apart from its mere nee

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Echo,

Money Order Regulations. dom are issued at Hongkong, Shanghai and Benvrie

1.-Money Orders on the United King

isane on Hongkong and vice versa. Yokobama. Shanghal and Yokohama also 2-Small soms may be remitted between the other Forta by means of Postage Stampa.

3-Many Money Orders are supplied to

Edward Albroth Edward May Elizabeth Bongins Elizabeth

Nicholson

Emmanuel Jasso 1.

Felicetas

Florence

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Harbinger Hibernis, s..

4No order must exceed $10, or in- clude any fraction of a penny. Orders will.Id F. Taylor 1 be drawn, at the current rate of the dupt

advice arrived.

The following are the charges on Cor. attended with much inconvenience, and | and paid at the rate of the day when the J. D. Peters

respondence this sent

Letters, per hall ounce. Dongkong U. E.. Etamps Stamps

cent

cents.

Canada, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, Van couver's. Toland, Bahamas, Nassau, New Providence,.... 12 Aspinwall, Bermuda, Cuba, Fiji, Grænland, Jamalia, Panama, insanlarimi Hawail, Newfoundland, sundhe 12 Guatemala, Marquesas Iss

Mexico, Salvador, Tahiti,, 12 Belize, Bogota, Carthagena,

3

10

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POUVONS

|

The commission is as follows.

Orders on the United Kingdom,

· Up to £lumina, 18 cents.

48...... 30M

值

£7.54

810.72

Local Money Ordert

Up to 825.15 cents.

0.80

Maggie Douglas 4

Mary Goodall Matago Metca

Monkchester

Nautilus

New Era

2 Neuerel Baptain 1

1 Orange Grove 1

Paraguay, 8.5, Pearesa

* Penrith

Percludo

2

2

*

Prince of Wales 1

1

1 Rodive

1

Robert Henderson8 Robten

2

Rotterdam

2.

Roring Sailor 1

Sapphiro

Sarah Nicholson Signal

1

1 Sir Robert Parkds 2 Southern Cross 2 Spirit of the Age 1 Star of Chine Star of Jamaica 19 Btracathro Byringa

Taiwan, s.. 1. Twend

2 Unanima

Vanadis

Western Chief 10 11 William Fraing. 1.1 Wi, H. Deit 1 Woodlark

11 Yorkshire

Fly

For H. M. Ships.

Lata. Pap.

1

Lata, Fağı,

Victor Emanuel - 4.

BLists of Money Order Offices in the Uutted Kingdom may be consulted at Modesta Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yokohama.

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West Indies,..

time 12.

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Books and Papers.

Circulars &c., for Canada, per Nowapapers for all other places

1 Dayötunumunda 2

(not over 4 oz) each Paper, 2.

18

17

2X

37

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sie value, pa

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per docum. §. Any articles found enclosed in News papers or Book Packets (as silk starves, Jewellery, &c.) will be detained and sold.

Arrangements have been made to sell American Stampa at this Olise, for the

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Army and Navy Gazette. Engineer, Tis

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Illustrated Australian News, Dec. 20. Law Reports (8 vola.)

L'Ecko de Parlatkend, Nawelle Weekly Chronicle.

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Nisuere Rotterdamsche Goursat. Steamship Circular (H. E. Moss'). Sunday ut, Home.

Ward & Lock's prize currents Wendy Sentaust

THE GMINA MAIL.

No. 4818-APRIL 29, 1877.

8. From Pier to East Point,

Vessel's Name.

Captain.

Flag and Řig.

Date of

Tons. Arrival

Consignees or Agents.

£

MOITOA PUI

'

„Maintenas van bomis Pont:

Merchant Vessels in Hongkong Harbour.

Exclusive of late Arrivals and Departures reported to-day.

To facilitate finding the position of any vessel in the Harbour, the Anchorage is divided into eight Sections, commencing at Green Island, Vessels near the Hongkong shore are marked ., near the Kowloong shore k., and those in the body of the Shipping or midway between each shore are marked c., in conjunction with the figures denoting the sections. Section.

1. From Green Island to the Gas Works,

2. From Gas Works to the Novelty Iron Works.

3. From Novelty Iron Works to the Harbour Master's Office.

4. From Harbour Master's to the P. and O. Co.'s Office,

Section

5. From P. and O. Co.'s Office to Peddar's Whart.

6. From Peddar's Wharf to the Naval Yard.

7. From Naval Yard to the Pier.

HONGKUNG MARKET PRICES, Corrected to Saturday, April 26, 1877. At 1110 Cash per Dollar Mexican

Beef Corned,

Beef, sirloin and prime cut, cy. 160 150 Egg Plant,

catty150 140 Garlls, (bulb) dried,

150 140 Ginger,

100 90 Greens, Walte

13 Rosst,

Carrola, Fresh Cauliflower,

catty esch

20 20 80 30

PAICE Highest. Lowest, Dach. Casa

Celery, Chinese, Colery, English, Colewort,

catty

Butcher Meat.

Cucumbers,

70.40 30 20

120 -100

Bacon, English,

lb.

450 400 Chiites, Øried,

100

11

Ame. Sugar opred Foochew,

900 250

17

"}

"

Mixeil,

80 70

160-140 | Curry Stuff, English,

40

30

60 50

40

30

30

20

#

Soup,

10

1

Destination,

Remarks.

» Steak,

160 160

Winter courie

15

Bullocks' Brains,

per set

60 50 Green, Sprouts

1510

"

Steamers

· Benariy Bortha

14 Potter

Brit.

str. 1119 April 23 Ah Yon

Salgon

90th frist.

Tongue, fresh, each

corned,

14

8 h Windham

Brit.

str. 1421 April 28 Meyer & Co.

Braemar Castle

4 kayles

Brit.

Dedication

5 dBrown

¡Brit

Feronia

5 h Schultz

Ger.

str. 1089 April 20 Wm, Pastau & Co.

str. 1689 April 26 Butterfield & Swire

str. 1424 April 24 Adamson, Bell & Co.

#

門

Head,

*

Shanghai

To-day

Heart,

•

275 | 250 | Green Peas, in shell, old 820 300

young,

600 500**Horse Radish," S'hat 150 140 Lettuos, Chinese,

60

50

事务

40

30

300-250

20

•

#

Shanghai

Gadshill

4 ciRapton

Brit

str. 120. April 9Jardine, Matheson & Co.

Straits Settlements To-day

Hump, Salt.

110 100

"J

12

English,.

Gselle

3 b Ridley

Brit.

atr. 1712 April 200. & 0, 8. S. Oo,

Gunga

3 Garceau

Fah.

str. 797 April 26 op Kee & Co.

Hailoong

6 Abbott

Brit,

Bankow

5 cSymington

Brit

str. 2332 April 19 slemsson & Co.

Howsang

4 Lamont

Chi.

str. 795 April 250. M. 8. N. Co.

Imbeca Iraouaddy

4 Bennington

Brit

str. 1275 April 200rdor

5 Gauvalu

Fch

JUKD

Manzaleh Namok Norna Panay

Pau Tab Penedo Baada

4 Patterson

4 b Stock

Bett

...Pasqualial

Foh

5hWestoby

Brit

2 b Walker

4 cGyeneches

Span

str.

Chi

etz.

870 April 270. M. 8. N. Co.

5 cCain

Brit.

str.

4 h

Brit. atc.

87 Deo, 17 P. & O. 8. N. Co.

Bea Gull

5 hParay

Brit. str.

Somogon

....Choca

Span, str.

str. 377 April 27 Douglas Lapraik & Co.

str. 2400 April 25 Messageries Maritimes str. 1019 April 16 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co. str. 1000 April 24 Messageries Marttimes 862 April 25 Douglas Lapraik & Co. 606 April 27 Kwok Acheong

BIT.

Brit. str.

267 April 19 Remedios & Co.

652 April 27 Melchers & Co.:

85 April 24 Lane, Crawford & Co. -* 174 April 24 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co.

T'hama & San Foisco Mails

Cooktown & Sydney Amoy, Taiwan,

Amoy & Shanghai To-day

Marseilles, &c.

Manilla

To-day

Foot,

·

30 40 Mint, .

head bunch

10

16 10

*

Kidneys,

60

50 | Mushroom, dried,

catty

750 650

Tall,

"

Liver,

Tripe (undressed), catty 50

CookLown

Yokohama

K'loong Dock

Calves' Head and Fest, set Bams, American,

100

patty 80 60.

40 500 400

90 Ontons, Bombay

13

112. 100

"

•

lb.

300 280

Coast Ports

To-morrow

Chinese,.

180 170

S

Green Parsley, Chinese, English, Potatoes, Blaçao,

Californian,

20

60 60

"

banch catty

10 5

SO 20

80 .26

Swatow

To-morrow

Manila

To-day

"

English.

"

Canton

To-day

Matton Chop,

Saigon

#

Leg, Shoulder,

Sweet,

860 840 180 170 Pumpkins,

180 170 Radishes,

130,120 Scallions,

M-

11

doz.

འཇཆ

12

10

20

15

80

20

++

19

catty

26 20

Cos'tan Dock

Stad Amsterdam

5 Boon

Dut

str. 1720 April 27 Gilman & Co.

Shanghat

To-day

"

Liver,

13

State of Louisiana

5 Johnston

Brit,

Sunda

...Reaver

Brit.

Atr, 1216 April 24 Jardine, Matheson & Co. str. 1206 April 18 P. & O. 6. N. 06.

Amoy

Cleared

Piga' Chitlings, a

casty

Yokohama

Ab'deen Dook

Tartar

2 Johnson

Brit

str. 1468 April 9Wm. Pustan & Co,.

Shanghai & Hankow To-day

11 Footy

130 120 Shalots,

50 Sesamum, 100 90 Spinach,

85

30

120 100

40

80

-

110 100

31

Common

26 20

Thingvalla

8 cNiolsen

Dan.

str. 1677 April 14 Meyer & Co.

".

Yottung

12 b

Brit.

str. 824 June Kwok Aoheong

Repairing

›› Hload,

BO

B) Squash, bottle

80

"P

Zamboanga

14 Valenceno

Span, str.

651 April 28 Ah Yon

Bangkok

11 Heart,

anch

60

50 Taro (U Tau}

» Kidneys,

60

70 Tomatoes,

Salling Vessels

A. T. Stalkneoht

8 Schutt

Ger. bga.

8 oCarver

8 o Pearton

8

Anderson

Brit.

2b Schumachot

Slam. bye,

21 Möller

Siam, ah.

8k Elansen

Cer. bg,

é Marden

Brit.9m.80.

2 Chong Sang

Slam, sch.

Bilt sh.

Amer, noh.

Stam. bae.

Foh bg.

Brit. bye.

Brit. boe.

Brit

sh.

8 Garthly

Brit. bge.

8 Dost

Ger.

4 Ewert

4 Lanb

bg.

a b Dübrigen

2b Bender

8 Mearns

:

7 h Vincent

8 Cutle

21 Hall

9 Plumer

8 o Garrlock

3 e Brown

8 c Hansen

Span. bg.

Amer. bge.

Elanober

Amer, bge.

Neematin

Albert Russell

Arabella Argonaut Най ве

Bua Pan Carl

Catherine Marden Cheng Boon

Christian MeAusland Couran

Diamond City

Eudoxis Adolphine Evening Star

Falcon

Glengaira Hayab Hydra Jan Peter Jylland

Krung Then Lalla Rookh Leucadia

Laiterer

Mary Whiiridge Mount Lebanon Mystic Bolle

New Era

Нудиза

Polho

Rosetta Moffell

Bosing

Burik

Sophie Tereso

Thomas Lord Tulloobgorum Uzziah

Villa de Rivadavia W. A. Deite

Wealthy Fendiston

WHAMPOA Gustav Adolph

Cowper

8 fillar

Spreckelzen Valot

8 Asburn

2 b Vie

18 Finnister

8 Sawyer

4 Chrisdancen

4 o Burgeland

4. Binge

...Cebada

9 Hall

4 Mason

Farnden

7 c Carmus

& Endicott

bge. 785 Mar. 27 Siemanen & Co. 26 Siemssen & Co.

Ger. Dan. Siam, bee.

Brit. boe.

Brit

sh

Amer, seh.

19 Eduard Schellhaes & Co. 488 April 8 Siemissen & Co.

814 April 20 Melchers & Co. 896 April 12 Meyer & Co.

46 Aug. 13 Insurance Cos.

Amer. th. 862 April 16 Russell & Co. Brit, Sm.so. 680 Mar. 26 Rozario & Co.

Amer. ah. 766 Feb. 27 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co. Brit, sh 1060 April 26 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co. Brit,

sh, 799 April Wm. Pustau & Co. Ger.

261 April 25 Arnhold, Karberg & Co. bge. Amer. bge. 611 Mar, 26 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co. Am. Bm. 8o. 406. Feb. 28 Arnhold, Karbarg & Co. Russ, bae. $30 Mar. 23 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co.

bg. 210 April 25 Wieler & Co,

Ger.

Span bye. 261 Mar. 31 Siemazen & Co.

Amer, h. 1816 April 12 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co. Brit. 3m.so. 175 April 20 Wieler & Co.

London

San Francisco

San Francisco

260 April 19 Chinese

589 April 23 Slemesen & Co.

Amer. bge. 762 April 18 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co. Brit bqe. 665 April 16 Eduard Schellhass & Co.

al. 1072 April 8 Moyer & Co.

LATOS,

15.

100

80 Turnips, Balt,

20

60.

40.

20 15

New York

Pork, Chop,

catty

150 140

Phillippine Islande Cleared

*

Corned,

180 120

.13

English Ohinese

. each

15 10

Batty

18

10

Bangkok

Cleared

**

Leg,

160 140

Water Lily Roots,

40.

80

575 April 7 Kin-tye-loong

Bangkok

Clearód

215 April 27 Arnhold, Karberg & Co.

Tientato

**

Fat or Layd,

110 100

Water Creal,

bunch

20

287 April 19 Wm. Pustan & Co.

Sheeps' Head, and

not

200 April 80 Chinese

960 April 19 Jardine, Matheson & Co.

Manila

Cleared

"

230 April 19 Insurance Company

261 April 14 Chinese

254 April 16Wm. Pustau & Co.

886 April 23 Yuen Fat Hong

871 April 14 Arnhold, Karberg & Co.

Heart, Eldasys, Bucking Pig, Veal,

Bach

840 820

50. 40

Yama

catty

30

80

Praite.

Aleurites, --

eatty

60: 80

"

13

+

catty

80 70 1780 3000

140. 120

Applen, Dried

500-400

"I

Californian,

880 180

11

Rose,

#

70%

Poultry.

895 April 11 Landstein & Co,

472 April 5Arnhold, Karberg & Co.

Uspons,

catty 220 200 Chestnuts, new,

Banarias, fragrant Punt, 1

80

26

100

Ducks,

更要

cafly

180 120

Cocoanuta

each

00

60

bqo. 886 April

Higgs, Hen

dos.

100

287 April

Curranta,

bottle

400 $50

雛

Duck

100

10

lb.

200 160

Balt

120

Daten,

bottle

London

Forla,

catty

180 160

Figu, Dried,

800-4400

500- 400

$

Geose,

120 110

Ground Nuts,

Vancouver's Island

Partridges,

enoh 850 300

catty

40 30

GUSFAS,

50 40

New York

Cleared

Pheasants, Canton, live, pair

亠

New York

Plgoons, Quafl,

Bach

160 150

100 90

量

$2.00 Lemons,

Lisheen, Dried,

140 120

Green,

100 ·90

200 180

Rabbita,

800 600

>>

Loong Ngan, Daled,

400 200

Snipe,

exch

120 110

25

Mangoes,

each

100

70

Takow Mauila New York

Teal,

350 250

Cos'tan Dock

Anam,

80

25

13

Turkeys, Cock,

catty

Han

"

Brit. sch. 219 Mar. 27 Wieler & Co.

Nicolajefek

Cleared

Wild Duck,

460 400 each 400 400

860 600 Ollves, green, Punth,, catty

60

Oranges, (Coolle) Chang

·70-60

261 April 28 Brandao & Co.

"

Sweet, San-wooy s

200 100

487 April 19 Arnhold, Karberg & Ou. 809 April 19 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co.

Ger. bga. 300 April 21 Order

Fish, Bombay Ducks, new per hundred 350. 800 Bream,

catty 100 Carp,

27

"

(Mand,) coolle (Mandarin)

120 100

120-100

·

90 Papaw,

150 180

• 20

80 70 Pears, Nanking,

160 120

12

Codfish, Salt, Crabs,

15,

+

160 150 Pears, Chefoo,

120 100

catty

140 120

Punti,

50

40

CANTON

Chinklang

¡Orr

Brit,

otr.

780 April 27 Siemssen & Co.

Shanghai

Cuttle Fish,

80

70 Pine-apples, Punti

Dace,

100

90 Plantains, common

esch catty

60

20

Eels, Conges

>>

80 60

Fille Fish,

11 fragrant 60 50 Plums, Dark-red,

40 80

*60*50

Men-of-war in Hongkong Harbour.

Fresh Fish, Large

Small

130 120

79

Yellow,.

90 80

"

Green,

50 40

Frog,

Date of

Vessel's Name.

Anchor. #48.

Flag.

Class,

Tons.

Guns, H. P.

Commander.

Arrival.

Garoupa,

Herrings,

11

amoked

box

Charybdis Fly

6 British British 6 1 Marquez de la Victoria K.D. Spanish

Borvette gun vessel

1608

412

April 6

T. E. Smith

$1.00

464

120

April 23

John Bruce

ldve Flahi,

transport

1200

wadze

Feb. 23

Borrafo

Lobsters,

260 250 Prunes, Dried,.

400 180 Pameloos or Shaddock, each.

80 70 Raisins, Muscatel,

catty 140 120 Salesbury Seeds, Yak-kwo, catty

80 70 Strawberry (Young-muf),

Mecanoe

Modeste

Patino

Peng-chat-hal

Sylvia

Tojo

Victor Emanuel

ai chun

Ashuelot

6k British British 60

military hospital

2591

corvette

1405

14

950

April 19

Alex. Bullur, C.B.

Mackerel,

K.D. Spanish 60 Chinese

7 h British

Novelty Works Portug.

gunboat

transport

1200

Feb. 28

Rapello

Mango Fish,

600

400

April 22

Q. H. Palmer

Burveying vessel

605

+

April 27

W. Bonham Bat

Mallet,

60

50 Sugar Cane,

100

Tamarinda,

100

001 Walnuts,

gun verrel

444

100 Jam

8

F. Amaral

Ogsters,

140 180 Water Chesnuts, Canton,

60 40

bottle

500 250

100 80

. bottle

780

600

ib,

200 160

80

.70

70 60

⚫atick

25

·20

catty

60 50

110 100

60

8 0

British

Commodore's flag-ship

3087

2

Commodore Watson

+LISTI

* E-

American

corretta

1100

700 April 16

E. O. Matthews

Parrot Fish, Perch, Pomfret,

140 180

Exiscellaneou,

80 70 Allspice, Chiness.

#1

160 140

Englisk

Black

80 70 Barley,

FISWIL,

160 180 Bran

HONGKONG, MACAD AND CANTON RIVER

STEAMERS.

CHINESE GUN-VESSELS IN CANTON WATERS, 20.

Rey, Reach,

Name.

Fones

Captain.

Quinere,

Neme.

Tons.

Gune,

H. P.

Commander,

Fame Fei Wan

117 Stopani

II. & Wipes Dock Co.

An-lati

431

H., O. & M. Bbbat Co. Chen-jui

28

700 Martin

101 Hawkins

140 Lefevoor

White Cloud

280 Hoyland

Yotent

180 Browa

Ichang Min Bhan Klu Klang Lintin

Potat blr J. Jeejeebhoy Speck

457 Cary

617 Bepping, T.

00

1890 Benning, ABS,

H., C. & M. §.-bost Co.

EL, O&M. 8-boat Co. Tehing-tsing Kwok Acheong

Butterfield and Swite.

Ching-po

180

H., C. & M. 8. bost Co. Ching-sing

JAKOIL.

H., U. & M. B.-boat Co.

Uhua-hai

280

Kwok Ashsong

Peng-chau-hal

800

C. & M. E-boat Co. Kwok Anhoong

Quong on Shen-chi Sill-taing

180 150

180

Tien-po

Wing po

160 800

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Snapper,

400

A. Fry

60

TA Ping Tys

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H. Wade

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180

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E. F. Collin

Wan Lum Wan

H. Choy

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Skate,

FOOCHOW SHIPPING IN PORE.

*Benasty

KORURART LIBAKELS,

*Pau-lab

April 21, 1877.

Haball

Chinese

for Hongkong

Hankow (McQueen)

British

Ping-ou

Tabyan

EL O. Oxsted

Danish

Europe

for Shanghai

Han Ewang

for Bhanghai

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American

Toklo Maru

Honan

Chinese

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K. Flickinger

for Shatighal

for Hongkong

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French

Slang-chang

Chinese

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SHIPPING IN SHANGHAI HARBOUR. Klangsteat

Klang-plati

Chinese

Obineso

Lady Bowen

April 21, 1877.

Hlang-Was

Chibess

Pur Ardda

Lombardy

French

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Kanking

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British Brides

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British

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Palos

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600, 500

750 700

750

700

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400 853

800 250

160 100

700 BOD

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180 180

200 200

80

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500 289

40

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400 850

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11

MERUHANT SÜDAMENS.

British Chinese

400 400 100 B0

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Chinese

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+1

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60 70

Lamy Oil, 2014 Macaroni,

Maos,

Japanes

for London

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60 60

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Brazelds, Cabbage, Whith Canton -

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18 19

Mango Chatty, Mustard,

outty box catty bottle

1000 700

700円

BOD: 303

12 10

19

160 160

30

48

Nutmeg,

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108

Uomini,

10

8

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260 00

Hongkong,

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70

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pleni 1600 1800

50

80

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18

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30:50.

BAIN, at the Chine Mail Ottos, Nes

Wyndham Street, Booskana,

160 140 Butter,

160

200

1600 1500

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#

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180 180

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70

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120 100 Charoval,

70 60 Cheese, Anezia,

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100 110 Olove,

120 100 Coffee,