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Notices to Consignees.

OCCIDENTAL & ORIENTAL S. 8. COMPANY.

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NOTICE

YONSIGNEES of Cargo per Steamship

CAELIU, from San Francisco, &e.,

are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for countersignature, and to take Immediate delivery of their Goods.

Cargo impeding discharge of the Steamer will be landed and stored at Consignees' rink and expenze,

To-day's Advertisements.

THEATRE

ROYAL,

"Y HALL,

HONGKONG.

OX

SATURDAY EVENING, September 21st, 1878.

THE ROYAL ENGLISH

∙Agant, T

Be24

G. B. EMORY,

Hongkong, September 17, 1878.

BRITISH BARQUE ADA MELMORE, FROM LONDON,

THE above-named Vessel having arcvod, Consignes of Cargo by, her are re quested to send in their Bills of Lading to the Undersigned for countersignature, and to take immediate delivery of their Goods. Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel will be lended and stored at Con- signees risk and expense.

MEYER & Co., Aperts. Hongkong, September 13. 1878. Be20

CON

CONSIGNEES NOTICE.

JONSIGNEES of Cargo per Steam-Ship OUBAN KING," from LONDON, PENANG and SINGAPORE, are hereby noti fiod of the vessel's arrival and requested to present their Biba of Lading to the Under- signed for countersignature, and to take | Immediate delivery of their Goods.

Uptional Cargo will be forwarded to Shanghai unless immediate notice as given that delivery is required at this Port. "

Cargo impeding discharge of the Vessel will be landed and stored at Consignee's; risk and expense.

No Fire Ipeurance has been effected.

RUSSELL & Co.,

Agenta, Hongkong, September 14, 1876. Be21

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,

8. 8, TIGRE

NOTICE,

JONSIGNEES. of Cargo, per 8. B. Copernic

and Euphrate, from London, in connec tion with the above Steamer, are hereby informed that their Goode are being landed and stored at their risk at the Com. pany's Godowns, whence delivery may be obtained immediately after inading.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded on, unless intimation is recolved from the Con signoes, before TO-DAY, the 18th Inst., at 11 am,, requesting it to be lauded hore,

Bill of Lading will bo countersigned by, the Underaigned.

Goods remaining unclaimed after blom. DAY, the 28rd Instant, at Noon, will be subject to rent and landing charges.

No Fiss Insurance has been effected.

H. DU POURY, Agent. Hongkong, September 18, 3378.

COMPAGNIR DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

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YONSIGNEES of the following Cargo are requested to send in their Bills of Lading to the Undersigned for counter. signature, and take immediate delivery This Cargo has been landed and stored at their risk and expense.

No Fire Insuranos has been effected,

A. DU POUEY, Agent.

from

Ex "Sindh." Meën diam. ) 1/6 Order, Scases Į Amoy, Stationery,....... London, ME 1/6 Order, 6 cases Oil, from Marsellies.

Hongkong, September 7, 1878.

Intimations,

HONGKONG WHARF & GODOWNS STORAGE.

NOODS RECEIVED on STORAGE at Cheap Rates, in FIRST-CLASS GODOWNS, under European supervision; and VESSELS Discharged alongside the WHARF on favorable Terms, with quick despatch.

MEYER & Co.,

Proprietors.

no29

Hongkong," August 28, 1878,

Not Responsible for Dabta.

Neither the Captain, the Agents, nor

Owners will be Responsible for any Debt contracted by the Öficers or Crew of the following Vestels, during their stay in Hongkong Harbour -

STRUTHEARN, British barque, Captain Wm. Anderson,—M. M. Uo,

Loare, Britlab steamer, Captain Win. McCulloch.Melchers & Co.

PARALOS, French barque, Captain Passo.-Kong Kes,

*AND**

THE CHINA MAIL.

SHIPPING,

ARRIVALS, **

Bapt. 19, Lencadia, British ship? 896;

MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW.

1 Shipping. Noon, Kwanghing leaves for Const

Porta

Mearus, Newcastle (N.S. W.) July 17, Goal Strathleren leaves for London on or about

SIEMSSEN COA

Sept. 19, China, German steamer, from Canton.

Sept. 19, Strathleven, British atramer, 1588, C. W. Pearson, Fobehow Sept. 17, Tea, &c.-DAVIS & GO.

"

Sept. 19. Melrose, American ship, 994, Plumer, Liverpool May 2, Coal---ORDER.

Sept. 18, Herat, British ship, 1400, Chan. Robertson, Newport March 26, Coal.- OPERA MESSLOERIES MARITIMES.

OPERA BOUFFE COMPANY, will produce CFFENBACH'S COMIC OPERA ́.. "THE PRINCESS

OF

TREBIZONDE,”

In Three Auts,

CAST OF CHARACTERS:

NOBLES.

Painor RATKARL...... Miss ELCIA MAY. Prince Casimir (bis

Fatber)...Mr F. HAGEMANN, - Dr. Sparadrap(tutor) Mr G. BonSON.

MOUNTKBANKS,

Cabriolo (a travelling

showman),

Mr H. VERNON. Tremolini,...

Mr J. HOLLINGS. Regina.....

Mias A. DnaEGAR. Mauola,......... ..... Mr ELSCOMBE. Zanett, ....... ...Miss OLARA STANLEY. Jocko (che Brazilian

Ape)

Master JoANNIE. Showmen, Huntsmen, &c.

NEW SCENERY. And E-ots, by Senhor Baptista.

"THE PRINCESS OF TREBIZONDE" la considered to be the finest satire on the present age.

During the Evening Miss B. DraxGAR will perform, for the first time in Hong kong,

www.

A FLUTE SOLO.

...DEPARTURES.

Sept. 19, Hail Columbia, for Newchwang.

19, Karo, for Unihow.

19, Tanais, for Yokohama. 19, Shun Lee, for Shanghai, 19, Paladin, for Singapore. 19, Tigre, for Shangbal.

P

CLEARED.' Atrathleven, for London, &e. Regent, for Manila.

PASSENGERS. ARRIVED.

Per Strathleven, from Foochow, Me Bach for London; Mesirs Thomas and Jones for Hongkong.

DEPARTED.

Per Paladin, for Siraits, 358 Chinese.

SHIPPING: REPORTS. The British steamer Strahleven reports: Experienced fresh Northerly and N.W.. winds throughout the passage.

The American ship Melrose reports: From Liverpool to Cape of Good Hope light baffling winds and calms, thence strong Westerly and Southerly winds to Java Head, and light South-westerly mon- soons to Macclesfield Bank, thenge Norther- ly winds to port. On the 25th of August, spoke the British ship Cholas, from Vardiff to Yokohama, 137 days out, in the Javo | Sea.

'this date.

Begent leaves for Manila.

Miscellaneous.

Transfer Books of Union. Insurance So- ciety of Canton, closed from this date to 30th Instant, inclusive.

General Memoranda. SATURDAY, September 21:---

Noon-English Mail leaves for Ports

of Call and Europe. Noon-Cebu leaves for Manila.

4 p.m.-Alverton leaves for Shanghai. Opera Bouffe at the City Hall, MONDAY, September 23:--

Goods per Tigre undelivered after Noon, subject to rent and landing charges.

WEDNESDAY, September 25:

¡No. 4746.-SEPTEMBER 19, 1978.,

Canton, and a far-off station may suffer euros ahould be taken to prevent stones from considerably before the issue of the mat-rolling down the hill sides to the danger of or could be notified to them." Now the human life, and that the Government should

rule that Roman Catholic missionaries

their Bishops in the provincial capitals, Creagh said that everything that could he should send all their complaints to at once take steps in this direction. Mr

who should communicate them direct to done would, he had no doubt, be done. the Viceroy, is a regulation established

years ago at the request of the French An inquest was held to-day before the Government, a request doubtless insti-

gated by the Roman Catholic ecolegiasti- Coroner (0. V. Creagh, Esq.) on the body cal authorities themselves. It was, we of an old woman named Chan Cheong Mul, believe, oven previous to the Tientsin aged 50 years, who was killed by a stons, masssere that the rule was published all falling on her head whilst walking on the over the Empire by special order of the hill-side above Kennedy Road.” “The fol- Imperial Government. At the time it

was published, some district magistrates lowing gentlemen comprised the jury -- in the Canton province, ignorant of the ears . F. Nang, A J. Lowie, and a distinction between Protestants and Ro- Chart. After hearing the evidence, the man Catholics, issued a notification to jury returned a verdict of acodental death. the effect that Protestant Missionaries. ahould henceforth bring all complaints Wrra reference to our paragraph of last

they might have to make on behalf of native converts to the notice of the Chi veuing anent the weather, the barometer nese authorities through their respective has been still giving causs for alarm, Southern Cross leaves for Manila on or bishops, who might personally confer and is now even lower then it was with the Governor General of each pro at 4 pm. laat, evening, viz. 29.68. SATURDAY, September 28-

Noon. French Mail Leaves for Ports of this notification was brought to the notice aldering the time of the year, and the vince to settle such complaints. When It behoves everyone to be on the alert son

about this date.

Call and Europe.

MONDAY, September 30:--

3 p.m.Meeting of Shareholders of the Union Insurance Society of Canton, , at its Head Office, Hongkong. TUESDAY, Úctober 1:— ́

ap.m.-Occidental & Oriental 8. 8. 06.7%

of Consul Robertson, now Sir Brooke

Robertson, that worthy official was very warnings afforded by the little monitor; touch annoyed, 28 he an infringement of one of his official led away by the placid appearance of the KAW in it and we would strongly advise all not to be privileges. No doubt he also wondered weather.

what dissenting missionaries, who had

Steamer leaves for Yokohama and Sanno bishope over them, but were each The Band 74th Highlander will perform bishop in his own estimation, would

Francisco.

TavRSDAY, October 3

do ander such a rule. Consal Robert the following programme at the Officer's 4p.Meeting of Subscribers to the son roade representations on the mat. Mess to-morrow night, commencing at 9.15

H. K. Race band.

ter to the Viceroy of Canton, and it p was then discovered that the arrange Quadrille, Macbeth...Herzog.

TUESDAY, Uctober 10-

nana and ban Francisco,

THE

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATIONE, HONGKONG DISPENSARY, hopes are entertained that such an

MAILS will close:-

For SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW.—

Per Kuangtung, at 11.80 a. m., on Friday,

the 20th inst

The Operas are produced under the Sole For MANILA,

direction of

Ma II. V NON.

Ticket to be had and Seats secured at Menara KRUSE & Cols, where Plan of the Theatre may be seen."

No Advance in the Priess

PRICES OF ADMISSION: Dress Circle or Orchestre

Stalls

Two DOLLARS. ONE DOLLAR,

Pit,

Ladies unaccompanied by Gentlemen cannot be admitted.

Hongkong, September 19, 1878. 6822

HONGKONG RACE FUND,

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SUBSCRIBERS to the HONG. KONG RACE FUND will be Held at the CLUB, on THURSDAY, the 3rd October, 1878, at 4 o'clock p.m.

By Order,

M. W. SAUNDERS, Lieut., R. A., Clerk of the Course. Hongkong, September 19, 1878.

AFONG, PHOTOGRAPHER,

by appointment, to

oca

I. K. SI ARTHUR KENNEDY, H. E. An-

MIRAL ALFRED P. RYDER, AND TO H. LE THE GRAND DUES ALEXIS OF RUSSIA.

THE

Spolous Promises being bullt espe- cially for the production of Portraiture and fitted up so as to command the best licht throughout all the Hours of the Day is Open from o'Clock am. until 5 o'clock under the personal Management of D. K. Griffith, who has introduced all the latest noveltien.

p.m

ENLARGEMENTS

AND

REDUCTIONS..

In a Superior Style at Moderate Charges,

STUDIO, QUEEN'S ROAD, Nearly opposite The Hongkong Hotel

Hongkong, September 19, 1878.---

0. 8. MAIL LINE.

PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

THROUGH o NEW TORE, FIA ›VERLAND RAILWAYS, AND TOUCHING 47 YOKOHAMA, AND SAN FRANCIADO.

TED S. Mail Stemor CITY OF

TORIO will be despatched for 8an Francia via Yokohama, on TUESDAY, the 15th October, at 3 o'clock p.m., taking Passengers, and Freight, for Japan, the United States. and Europe.

Through Bill of Lading issued for tran- Jportation to Yokohama and other Japan Forts, to San Francisco, to Atlantic and Inland Cities of the United States via Over- land Railways, to Havens, Trinidad, and

MIN-Y-DOH, British ship, Captain James M. Leslie,Olyphant & Co.

BRUNETTE, Brith barque, Captain W,

Dow.-Geo. B. Stevens & Co.

HAMBURG, German barque, Captain B. von Kroge. Eduard Schellbass & Co.

MELROSE, American ship, Captain D, Flamer, Urder.

Not Responsible for Debts of Crap

HEBAT, British ship, Captain Obas, Robertson.Jardine, Matheson & Co,

NOW BEADI.

CHINESE DICTIONARY IN THE ACANTONESE DIALECT, Parts I. and II., A to M, with Introduction. Royal 840 pp. 404-By ESHEST JOHN EIEL, Ph.D, Tübingen,

Prices Fiva DOLLARS, or Two DOLLAR

ASK A HALF per Part.

To be had from Mestre Lave, CRAWFORD! &Co, Hongkong and Shanghal; and Mear KELLY & WALSH, Shanghai.

Bonera, March 1, 3878.

Demerara, and to ports in Mexico, Contral and South America by the Company's and connecting Steamers.

Through Pariage Tickets granted to England, France, and Germany by all trans-Atlantio lines of Steamers,

Freight will be received on board until pn., of leth Ostobar. Paroel Packages will be received at the office until B p.m. some day; all Parcal Packages should be marked to address in full ; value of same la required.

Por Cebu, at 3.80 p.m., on Saturday, the

21st insti

For SHANGHAL---

For Alverton, at 8.80 p.m., on Saturday,

the 21st inst..

For SAIGON.-

Per Bellona, at 4.30 p.m., on Saturday, the 21st inst. Instead of as pra- viously notified.

MAILS BY THE BRITISH PACKET. ——' The British Contract Packet Khedive

will be despatched with Mails for the Straits Bettlemente, Batavia, Burmab, Ceylon, India, Aden, Egypt, Malta, Gibraltar, Europe, and countries served through London, on SATURDAY, the 21st Inst -N.B.-This Packet carries no mails for the Australian Colonies, & or d. Africa, nor for Mauritius. The following will be the hours of storing

the Malls, do joi Friday, 20th Inst.---

5 r.M., Money Order Office closer.

6 F.M., Post Office clones except the NIGHT

Box, which remains open all night Saturday, 21st Inst.---

7 A.M., Post Office opens for Bale of Stamps, Registry of Letters, and Posting of all correspondence. 10A.M., Post Office closes except for Late

Letters. Registry common.

to

(10.16 A.M., Letters may be posted with LATH FEE of 18 cents extrs Postage till 11 M., when the Post Office Orosas

entirely. (11.30 A.M., Letters (but Letters only) addressed to the United Kingdom Via Brindin, or to Singapore, ma be posted on board the Packet with Late Fee of 43 cents extra postage,

to

till

11.50 AM, when the Mall is finally

closed,

Hongkong, Sept. 9, 1878

MAILS BY THE FRENCH PACEZI.~~

021

The French Contract Packet Sindh w

be despatobed from Hongkong or SATURDAY, the 28th. Inst., with Malls to and through the United Kingdom and Europe, vid Mar seilles; to Saigon, Singapore, Bata vis, Galle, Australla, New Zea land, Tasmania, Fiji, Aden, Sey. chelles, Réunion, Mauritius, Suez, and Alexandria. This is the basi opportunity for forwarding Corre spondence to E. Africa, the Cape, St. Helena, and Ascension. Letters may also be forwarded to INDIA

by this Packet,

the Malls, &c.

The following will be the hours of closing Friday, 27th Inst.,

57.M., Money Order Office closes Post Office alossa egospt the Riuar Box, which remains open all night, Saturday, 28th Inst.--

7 A., Post Office opens for sale of Stamps, Registry of Letters, and Posting of all correspondence, 10., Ragtry of Letters ceaseD, 11 a.u., Post Office gidam except for Late

Letters.

(11.10 M., Letters (but Letters only)

until

3 μm. —American Mall leaves for Yoko- ment obtained by the French Govern- Uverture, ....Masaniello, dubste

ment did not apply to Protestants Our Selection,......Le Traviata. Verdi comtemporary states that "the attention Valze,Spring, Gentle spring...........Hiviari. of the authorities has been called to the Belecsion, Genevieve de Brabant fenbach. fact (of this new (1) regulation), and

Galog, ................ Mustairs, -1, Orrral.

Ms J. BUCHANAK, Bandmaster, arbitrary and impolitic measure will be removed." We can scarcely agree with the Police Court to-day Tam Aming the Register in terming the regulation an described as

acmmon informier · WAS THÉ arbitrary and impolitic measure" on charged by Captain Deane with persistent- the contrary we are inclined to regard itly entering his office although warned not as a desirable one, for under the Treaty to do so. Mr. Francis appeared to be of have certainly no right to pretend, as opinion that the office being a public one, the ordinary Roman Catholic priesta

they are in the habit of doing, to have defendant could not be charged with com official rank, and to assume the statusmitting an offence. of an intermediary political agent be

Established A.D. 1841.

香港大藥

A. 5, WATSON & CO..

*

FAMILY & DISPENSING CHEMISTS,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTI,

IMPORTERS

OF

Captain Deane said that defendant had

DaveGISTS' SUNDZIZE, NURSERY REQUItween the people and their district been warned not to come te he had no res

BITES, TOILET REQUISITES, Exelian, AMERICAN, AND FRENCH PATENT

MEDICINES,

MANUFACTURERS

07

Boda Water, Lemonade, Tonto Water, Glagerade, Potass Water, Sarsaparilla Water, and other Asrated Waters. The Manufactory is under direct and continuous European Supervision. Hongkong, June 1, 1876.

magistrates and prefects. It is, we imagine, much better that all disputes should be settled at a place where & Consul can look into the business.

He had been sonable cause to be there." awarded $5 by the Police Magistrate, which had nothing whatever to do with his (Cap. tain Deane's) fise. Captain Deane said ho

from the San Frasson Chronicle, under trespass, but for a breach of Polica regula In another column we publish an extract did not wish the prisoner punished for

the heading of "Heathen Arguments"†tions, and bound over to be of good bebe- which will not tend, we fear, to raise Univiour. This was accordingly done. ted States journalism in the estimation of

readers in the Far East. It is not sure. Thomes Ide Bowler this morning pre.

priaing that a lamentable amount of ignor.

ance prevails among American journalists sented a petition to Mr J. J. Francia, in regard to Chinese matters, for that Ac.dng Police Magistrate. He said he did The publication of this faste sommmeed evil is an universal one, and is only sarso most respectfully. It ran as follows at 7.25 p.m.

passed by the ignorance of the natives of Your Worship,-I have an eppilestion the Central Kingdom with respect to to make. On Tuesday last, the 17th instant, foreign matters We might, however, in this Court, you publicly sccused me of expect to find a certain regard for truth, making algus to a witness, per

THE CHINA MAIL.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 1878,

and a certain amount of courtesy towards foreigners, even if these happen to be IN reference to the detention of the son«His Excellency," Chin Shin Yin, who Chinese, among Ameriosa journalistą.

ta

You also gave me the lia direct in my statement that for years past I had suffered

from "Chores or St. Vitus dance, b

Magistrate does not give you the right thus Your position as an Acting Police of Mr Kwok Acheong by the Cantonese figures so prominently in this extract, lightly to deprive a gentleman who may authorities, we may state that the subject will be recognised by our readers without have the misfortune to come before you, of is now under the consideration of the much difficulty as Mr Chun Ayin, oharacter and reputation, an you have done Colonial Government. Old residents of formerly on the reporting staff of this myself in this case. Hongkong-and there are few whoss journal, and editor of the Chinese Mail. **I now ask you if on reflection you ca recollection goes further back than that Mr Chun-Ayin has scarcely yet attained retract these uncalled for remarks. of the Acting Colonial Secretary-will to the dignity of "His Excellency;" remember that Mr Acheong, who has although as a Chinese Consul he may, any fault to find with him (Mr Franols) ke now appealed for aid to the Government perhaps, reasonably hope to rise to a must make his complaints in the proper here, rendered material assistance to the position, before many years are past,

His Worship said that if Mr Bowler had

English fleet during the hostilities when his name may be very properly quarter-either to the Governor, or by A which arose at Canton in 1856, This ornamented by the title in question. It motion at the Supreme Court. circumstance may tend to quicken the is not a matter of much importance that

sympathy of our Government, as it may our native friend, whose knowledge, if We have received a miniature copy of have probably intensified the action of not Christianity, was probably fully The American Mail and Export Journal," the native authorities against the peti equal to that of his interviewers," which is one of the greatest novelties in tioner's son. There is one point, however, should be described as the "Heathen which seems to us requires some official Editor" of a paper published at Canton, typography which we have ever sent. By and distinct elucidation bafore this class but we may suggest, with the greatest typography we mean simply printing, be of cases can be dealt with in the deference, that it was scarcely com cause, as to moveable type could ever be most satisfactory manner. We allude plimentary to Mr Chuo Ayin, after mads so small as that which here appeara, to the apparently unsettled question, he had taken the trouble to tell his the work in the result of electrotyping What constitutes a Chinaman a British interviewers" much that was "povel obtained by an improved process of photo- subject in this Colony A statement and interesting" to assert that the time engraving. The miniature, which is cam- appeared in the Government Gazette permitted for the interview was not suf during the year 1868, in which Sir fioiant for Shin Yin to demonstrate the plate, is reduced so that each page of printed Rutherford Alcock, speaking of Chinese marvellous latitude of the Chinese qua matter measures only about 8 inches in claiming to be British subjects in China,lity of veracity, and enable the Chicago length by 2 inches in breadth, while the notified that no protection would be reporters to realise their utter insignifi page of the original Journal is a large letter- granted to the same unless they modified cance in that capacity" or that His paper size. The microscopic typ thus in some way their Chinese costume. But Excellency's descriptive powers ware

that notification; in our opinion, Day indigent in the class of blue-edged ad rendered necessary by this reduction in size not apply to a case where a Chinese i jectives, adapted to the sagebrush and of page does not in the least interfere with found to be a British, subject under the alkali sections." It is only just to Mr the prefect distinctness of the printing in laws of Hongkong. We have some Chun Ayin to say that we believe the every particular, as the man of a magnifying recollection of having seen a notice to veracity of most American journalists glass conclusively shows. The Journal of the effect that all inhabitants of Long-would pale before that of this Heathen

kong were declared British autots so Editor," while we think most readers of which this miniature is merely an adver- far back as 1841. But as we have not this extract will come to the conclusion tisement is suficiently well known, and verified this fact, It is impossible for the that Mr Chun Ayin showed quite as requires no notles at our hands. Whether present to base any argument upoo it much intelligence as his "interviewers"

civilization remains to be shown.

except those to and through dusti alla, It would be an interesting subject in the discussion nartated on the Chilor not the process by which this remarkable may be posted on payment of a however, for the Government here to set ness immigration question, although the typographical result is produced will become to Late Fee of 18 centa extra poatag"; | at rest, as it is' unquestionably a matter description of the interview evidently powerful agent in the advancement of 11.30 A... when the Post Office Ozones which seriously affects the interests of the does not come from the pen of an indi-

entiraly.

Colony,

vidual who bas any particular affection for the inhabitants of the "Flowery Land".

A REDUCTION OF TWENTY PER DENT on regular rates is granted to Hongkong, September 14, 1878. Beds OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY, AND MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL AND CONSULAR SERVICES COMMISMAILS BY THE UNITED STATES FACERE. SION,

The United States Mall Packet Gaelic will be despatched on TUESDAY, the let October, with Malle for Japan, San Francisco, and the United States, which will be closed as follows-gid 2. Registry of Letters cases. 3.30. Post-Oos aloses, but Letters (except for Non-Union Countates) may be posted on hoard the Packet with Late Fee of 18 cents extra Postage until the time of departure. Correspondence for Non-Union West Indies (except the Bahamas and Hayti), Coats Rica, Honduras, Monte Video, New

Cargo should be sent to the Company's Consular involten to accompany Overland

Offices in Sealed Envelopes, addressed to the Collector of Customs at San Francisco.

For further information as to Passage Company, No. 9, Praya Central, and Freight, apply to the Agency of the

RUSSELL & Co., Äpesta. Hongkong, Hepleraber 18, 1978 401A

LOCAL AND OENERAL.

Ocs weekly contemporary, the Hongkong Catholic Register, exhibits, in its last issue, a blunder, which is remarkable in a paper devoted to Roman Catholio in- treats in the Far East Bays our con- temporary: "An unusual provision has Tax Opera Company's case at the Bummary been made by the Viceroy in the Province

of Kwang tung which is not in force in Court, was further adjourned to-day, the other provinces. It is that no mis past 10 o'clock tomorrow, donary can write officially to any dan.

Tur performanes of the Somič Opɔza "Ganeriors de Brabant" was repeated last night at the City Hall Theatre by the Royal English Opera Chupany; before au audience, which, considering that the pur formance was a repetition, must be regard. ninilled as a good one. The only change in the cut was that the character of "Burgos master" was played by Mr. Elodson, whe took the place of Mir Sutton, Mr Hodann

darin or treat of any matter with a man. THERE will be a parade and Inspection of darin direct. Whatever may have been the Government Fire Brigade on Saturday the cause which has suggested such a measure, there is no doubt that it is the next, at 5 pm, at the Cross Roads most impolitie that could be invented,

had had only an hour or two in which

to prepare his part, and this fact being borne in mind, he can be very warmly con

Granada, Faraguay, and Druguay Matters which could be easily settled by At the inquest to-day the Jury expranced gratulated on the succour of his regresantas

the missionare are to be referred to their spluton that some precautionary mens | tlom. . Taken as a whole the performance"

no longer be sent by this route. Bangkeng, Septembør 17, 1878, net