Intimations.
4th DRAWING.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Rotless to Consignées.
FROM LONDON & PORTS OF CALL
THE British
having arrived, Consignees of Cargo
Chinese Imperial Government Loan 1877, are hereby informed that their Goods are
N
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in conformity with the stipulation contained in the Bonds of this Loan, the following numbers of Bonds to be paid off at par, on the 31st of August next (1879), when the Interest thereon will cease to be payable, "this day Drawn at the Offices of the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR- roxATION, 31 Lombard Street, E.C., in the presence of Mr. GEORGE HENRY BUBNETT, Accountant of the said Corporation, and of the undersigned Notary.
were
NUMBERS OF BONDS DRAWN.
1146 Bonds Nos. →→→
being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Undersigned, whence and/or from the Wharf or Boats delivery may be obtained.
Cargo remaining undelivered after the 31st Instant will be eubject to rent,
Optional Cargo will be forwarded on, an- less notice to the contrary bo given before 11 am. To-MORROW, the 23rd Instant.
No Biro. Insurance has been affected... Billa of Lading will be countersigned by
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, August 22, 1879.
Not Responsible for Debts.
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Neither the Captain, the Agents, nor Owners will be Responsible for any Debt contracted by the Officers or Crato of the following Vessels, during their stay in Hongkong Harbour ---
·POST OFFICE NOTICES. MAILS will close:-
For BOMBAY
For Adria, at 11.30 am. To-morrow, the ... 30th inst
For
SAIGON.
Per Thales, at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday,
the 30th inst
For TOURON.—
Per Schooner Floral Siar, at 8 p.m., on Saturday, the 30 h inst, instead of na previously notified, For HOIHOW AND HAIPHONG, (with Mails for Pakbot and Hanoi).- Per Atalanta, at ỡ 'p.m. To-morrow, the
30th inst
For PORT DARWIN, COOKTOWN,
SYDNEY, AND MELBOURNE.- Per Olaf, at 5 pm. To-morrow, the 30th inat, instead of as previously noti fied. (12 cent rates.)
For SAIGON,-..
Per Charlton, at 11.30 am, on Monday,
the 1st September.
Per Tangleze, at 5 p.m., on Monday, the 1st September, instead of as pre- viously notified,
MAILS 37 THE Faenda Packar.—
AGNES MUIR, British ahly, Capt. James The French Contract Packet Peiho will Lowe-Meyer & Co.
Mancap, British 3-m. schooner, Capted: Miller-Turner & Co.
To-day's Advertisements.
· FOR HOIHOW AND HAIPHONG, (Taking Čargo and. Passengers at through rates for HANOI)
The Steamship
"ATALANTA,"
Captain J. PETERSEN, Will
be despatched for the abovs Porta on SUNDAY, the 3tat Inst., at 6 a. m.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
MEYER & Co..
su31 Hongkong, August 29, 1879.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERİES MARITIMES.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
ONSIGNEES of the following Cargo 15038afa roquested to send in theft Bills of Lading to the Undersigned for counter dignature, and take immediate delivery, This Cargo has been landed and stored at their risk and expenst.
No Fire Insurance has been affected,
Ex Yangisé.
be despatched on TUESDAY, the 2nd September, with Mulle to and through the United Kingdom and Europe, sid Naples; to Saigon, Straits
Settlementa, Batavia, Burmah, Ceylon, India (via Madras), Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Fiji, Aden, Sey. chelles, Réunion, Mauritius, Suez, and Alexandria, This is the best opportunity for forwarding Corre- spondence to E. Africa, the Cape, St. Helena, and Ascension..
The usual hours will be observed in closing
the Mails, &c.
MAILS BY THE BRITISH PACKET. ——
MEMOS, FÖR TO-MORROW. Shipping.
Noon.-Albay leaves for Amoy, &a Noon.--Olay leaves for Port Darwin, &c.
General Memoranda.
SUNDAY, August 31 -
6 am. Atalanta leaves for Holhow, &c. Goods per Guy Mannering undelivered
after this date subject to rent. TUESDAY, September 2 --
Noon.-French Mail leaves for Ports of
Call and Europe.
p.m.-Meeting of Zetland Lodge. 9 p.m.-Meeting of St. John Lodge, No.
818 8.0.
WEDNESDAY, September 3
3 p.m.--Meeting of Shareholders of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Limited, at Club Chambers.
TUESDAY, September 9
Noon.-English Mail leaves for Ports
of Call and Europe.
THURSDAY, September 11-
3 p.m.-odidental & Uriental 5. 3. Co.'s Steamer leaves for Yokohama and San Francisco.
THE
HONGKONG DISPENSARY,
Established A.D. 1841.
香港大藥房
A. S. WATSON & Co.,
(No. 6087.—Acoust ̃20, 1870,
however well officered, and the number could be added to indefinitely by the officer bighest in command recruiting from amongst the respectable men in the crowd, who will willingly doftheir best when they see that their efforts are pro- dmotiva of good." We heartily lay the proposal before the Government and the Public, and trust it will not be lost sight of Mr. Hennessy, during his trip, may have obtained information which will be valuable to bin in this connection. We sincerely trust this important matter of the thorough reconstruction of the Bri gade and the appointment of a practical man as Captat of the Fire Brigade- will receive the early attention of the Government, if, as seems to be the truth, nothing has yet been done, We had one tremendous warning; if the next conflagration finds us equally helpless, we shall have ourselves to blame entirely,
Tax Editor of the Shanghai Courier has brought himself into the condition, to which we have always known any one must come who makes his tiffin the principal meal of the day, and refuses to listen to good advice given him not to take malt or spirituous liquora with it." He has become irritable in the extreme
and cannot bear to be contradicted; he has become bilions and splenetic and lapses from argument or fair reasoning into carping uriticism and misrepresenta tions which are not very creditable to him. The pitiable result of all this is a column and a half of another lamentably
FAMILY & DISPENSING OHEMISTS,weak effusion on the tiffin question which
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGOISTO,
IMPORTERS
07
is even more unsatisfactory than his first
| attempt at laying down the law on the subject. We may state for the informa.
The British Contract Packet Cathay DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, NURSDAY REQUI-tion of our contemporary that we did
will be despatched on TUESDAY, the 9th Septembar, with Malls to and through the United Kingdom and Europe vid Brindisi or Southampton; to the Straits Settlements, Batuvla, Burmab, Ceylon, India, Adon, Egypt, Malta, and Gibraltar. N.B. This Packet carries no mails for the Australian Colonies, E. or 8. Africa, nor for Mauritius.
́SITES, TOILET REQUISITES, ENGLIF, AMERICAN, AND FRENCH PATANT MEDICINES MANUFACTURERS.
or
Soda Water, Lemonade, Tonic Water, Gingerade, Potass Water, Sarsaparilla Water, and other Aerated Waters.
not pen a single sentence in our short article on the tiffin question as to what the habits of the people of Shang hai are with regard to "tiffining." What we wrote amounted to nothing more, nothing less, than a few remarks on tiffin in the aibstract" as it were. So that the remark of our contemporary, no doubt meant to be very smartandaarcastic, to the effect that it appears to be regarded in the Chines Mail office that the Murd of a man who has never visited a place. are sounder than those of persons residing in it, loses overy iota of ite The publication of this issue commenced point and force, although it never, appar ently, was overburdened in that way. at 7.45 p.m.
We are sorry that the Editor of the Courier should, by again refer
MALL BY THE UNITED STATES PACKETT Manufactory is under direct and The United Statos Mail Packet Belgic, will
be despatched on THURSDAY, the 11th Sept., with Mails for Japan, San Francisco the United States, Canada,
Honolulu, Peru, do. will be closed as
follows:--
2.15 r. M. Registry ceases.
continuous European Supervision. Hongkong, June 1, 1876.
AME (in diamond) Nos.16/17, Or., 306 2.30 2.M. Post-Office closes, but Lettore THE CHINA MAIL.ring to this question in his issue of
Flannel, from L'don.
!
Ex Anadyr.
Mr Charles Bonnet, 1 oase Shirts, &c.,
► from Marseilles,
Ex Peiho.
Mr Anderson, 1 Trank, from London. Mears Wysing & Co., 1 case Samples, from
London. S......
1 parcel Samples, from
Shanghai. M (in diamond) } Messrs Tata & Co, 1 picul Tea Musters,
from Shanghs!.
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Countersigned,
W. W. VENN, Junior,
Notary Public,
For the HONGKONG & SHANCHAL BANKING CORPORATION,
(Signed) GEO. H. BURNETT,
2, Pope's Head Alley, Cornhill, E.C.
CHINESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT
LOAN 1877,
THE COUPONS falling due 31st THE
August current of the above LOAN, together with the BONDS DRAWN for Be
Accountant.
LONDON, 12th June, 1879,
demption, will be Paid at the Office of thi CORPORATION on and after that Date.
For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING.
CORPORATION, Agents Issuing the Loan,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
Hongkong, Auguri 25, 1879, -
#1
Ex Sindh.
E (in diamond) | Nos. 1/48, 48 cases Sheet Amoy. Lead, Or., from L'don. H.W. No. 11,086, 2 cases Flard Ware, Messrs Landstein & Co., from Marseilles. Th. R. & C. 13732/86, 55 cases Champagne,
Order, from Marseilles.
3
G. DE CHAMPEAUX, Agent.
Hongkong, August 29, 1879.
SHIPPING.
ARRIVALS.
Aug. 29, Pautah, Chinese steamer, from Canton.
¿
Aug. 29, Sourabaya Packet, Datoh barque, 462, A. Vordain, Newchwang July 1, Beans-EDUAED SCHELLEASH & Co.
Aug. 29, Jane, French barque, 282, Chabot, Saigon Aug. 12, Rico.--CARLOWITZ & Co.
Aug. 29, Spica, German barque, 915, B. Hollmann, Cardiff April 10, Coal-MBL- CHERS & Co.
Aug. 29, Volga, French steamer, 991, Guiraud, Yokohama Aug. 23, Mails and General.-MESSAGERIES MAKITIMES.
Aug. 29, Chop-chung, Chinese gunboat, from Canton.
DEPARTURES. Aug. 28, Craiglands, for Saigon.
29, Namoa, for Coast Ports. 29, Ningpo, for Shanghai, 29, Kiungchow, for Holbow. 29, Pautah, for Shanghai,
OLEARED. Albay, for Amoy, de.
PASSENGERS. ARRIVED.
Per Volga, from Yokohama: for Europe, Mr and Mrs Lostemberger and 3 children; for Hongkong, Mr and Mrs Irentsing, and Mr Leonardl
DEPARTED.
Per Namoa, for Amoy, Miss Mattle Noyes; for Foochow, Mr J. A. Barretto,
Jz.
(execpt for Non-Union Countries) may be posted on, board the Packet with Late Fee of 18 cents extra l'ostage until the time of departure.
Correspondence for Non-Union West Indies (expected the Babamas and Bay), Monte Video, Paraguay, and Uruguay Hongkong. Aug. 27 1879.
cannot be sent by this route.
HOURS OF ULOSING
THE CONTRACT MAILS,
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1879.
the 20th, have shown how true if is, (we quote his own words,) that "while the thermometer ranges from The recent great fires at Yokohama and eighty to a hundred, a man who takes a Shanghai remind us how little we our substantial meal at noon, with a moder selves have been brought to do by ourate quantity of spirituous liquor, and 11se great fire of Christmas last, to put in the customary cigar, renders himself order and make more proficient and effi-almost incapable for work for two or cient our Fire Brigades and Engines &c. three hours until the temperature be- Not only does that whole Establishment comes cooler. He goes back to his desk, require reconstructing, but we want addi. heated and distressed, just at the hottest tional aida to cope with any conflagration period of the day" and on such days, that may break out here. A correspondent (we may add,) writes ill-natured leading in our columns drew attention about a articles for the ensuing matutinal edition fortnight ago to the utter impossibility of the Shanghai Courier. of so few Europeans as we have in the Brigade, some 17 only, working such a number of engines, extincteurs, fire ladders, and general gear as the Brigade
The following hours are observed in closing Mails, &c., by both the British and
French Contract Packets ;-
Day before departure,
5 F.M.-Money Order Office closes; Post Chice closec except the Nienr Box, which remains open all night, Day of departure,—
COMMON.
7A.M.-Post Office opens. 10A.M.-Registry of Letters
Posting of all printed matter and patterns cosses.
11 A-Mails closed, except for Late
Lotters,
11.10.-Letters may be ported with 11.30 A.-hen the Post Office CLOSES
entirely. 11.40 AM.-Late Letters may be posted on board the packet with Late Fee of
Late Feo of 18 cents until
18 cents until time of departure.
OPIUM
"
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Quotations. Boxerone, August 29, 1879.
NA Patna, osah...$5271 -
Old
caah,... New Benares, cash, 505 Old
onah, --- New Malwa, gredit, 740 Allowanos Taolo,
ཡམ
Old Matws, credit, 750 Allowance Tools, Exchange.
Bauk, Wire...
demand, ...
"
30 days sight,
4 months sight,
J
3/t
3/8
·3,81 *** 3/3 Credits, 4
3/82 Documentary, 4 months' sight, 8/84 India, Wire, Tan,
221 22/2
* demand,... Shaughal, demand, ...
80 days' sight, Gold Leaf, 98, fine.... Sovereigns,
724 731 27.50 6.36
Shares. Hongkong Bank, 55 % prem. Union Ins, Society of Canton, $1,300 China Traders' Ins. Co., $1,400 North China Ins. Co., Th. 1,250 Yangteze Ins. Assoc., Th, 710 Chinese Insurance Co., $286 H.K. Fire Ins. Co., $775 China Fire Ins. Co., $190 H.K. & W. Dock Co., 16 % prem, H.K. C. & M. S.-boat Co., $4 prem, Shanghai Steam Navigation, Tis. 11 China Coast St. Nav. Co., Tls, 93 Hongkong Gas Co., $70. Hongkong Hotel Co., $65 Obles Sugar Refining Co., $159 Chinese Imperial Loan of 1874, nominal.
Do.
of 1877, Temperature. The German barque Spica reports: Light (Taken at Messrs Falconer & Co.'s Premise,
Queen's Road) HONGKONG, August 29, 1879. BAROMETER-9 .....
Da. Do. THEEMOMETER-Ə AM, AN
Do.
18...pe Do.
4. Y. K Do. (Wet bulb) 9 11,
Per Pautah, for Shanghal, 60 Chfusse. Per Kiungchow, for Holhow, 14 Chinese.
*SHIPPING REPORTS.
winds from N. and N.E. and calms in the China Soa.
POST OFFICE, NOTICES. MAILS will close:- For AMOY, TAIWAN, AND TAMSUI
Per Albay, at 11.80 am, on Saturday,
the 30th inst,
For COOKTOWN, BRISBANE, SYD-
NEY, MELBOURNE,
Per Brisbane, at 11.80 s. mn., on Saturday,
the 80th inst. 13 conta rates.
Do.
Do.
1 P.M.... 4 F.th.....
ת
do.
29.884 29.824
29.800 80
87
85
Do, 1 F.,
88
Do. 4P,.
87
81
Dr. Maximum
Do. Minimum over night
now has. Some 8 or 9 of these men are
LOCAL AND GENERAL, The next FRENCH MAIL may be expected hard
on or about Taesday next, the 2nd prox by the M. M2 sir. Iraquaddy.
on duty," and "thus the onus of working the whole of the engines, &c. is thrown on the Chinese, who are utterly in- THE most recent private. advices from the capable of even fixing a nozzle, or of Governor are that he desires to be advised understanding a manual, much less a to Shanghai up to the end of this month steam fire-engine." This is certainly not so that he will not leave that port till nex sa it should be; we all admit that jand yet there is a lack of practical suggestions for the improvement of the present state
week.
yesterday, the 28th.
of affairs. One would have thought, from We learn from the Agents (Messrs Gibb the gracious and liberal promises made Livingston & Co.) that the Eastern an by the Government at the first meeting Anstralian steamer Bowen left Singapor of the Legislative Council after the fire, for this port with the Torres Straits Ma that the Fire Department was to be greatly improved, and the necessary leader provided in the person of a practical Fire-master; but we have heard ANOTHER steams-launch for the Macao Gos nothing more of the appointment save erment has been built at the premises o this promise. More Europeans are want the Patent-slip & Dock Co. The Gatsot ed, and the first thing that will lead to a as she is named, had, her trial trip yester great many men joining-men of the
stamp that are really required-will be day, when a speed of 8 knots per hour w the filling up of this proposed appoint- obtained. She has been constructed an ment, The Japan Gazetta is led by the fitted in the very short time of sixty day fire at the Central Hotel to attempt to and is strong and well finished in ever open the eyes of the local insurance com respect. As a Guard-launch she will n panies, merchants, and fire brigades to
their almost atter helplessness in the doubtedly rival the sister boats Corve an face of an extensive fire. In the re Andrade, which are rendering some usef cent fire, says our contemporary, their service now to the Msono harbour. It sheer helplessness presented the most about time our Water Police Service he pitiable spectacle ever witnessed on was conducted on the same system,
an occasion. "Chairs, tables,`
Buch
looking glasses, bedding, crookery and
glassware, clothes, &c., were rendered We have received a copy of the Austy valueless by rough handling; those arti lasian Trade Review for July, publishe cles which were preserved were in the monthly in Melbourne. It is an admirab hands of persons who were careful of got-up trade journal of nine years' stan them from selfish motives."
"Propertying, and one which is likely to attra that might have been saved was destroy-
ed; property that was saved (from the greater attention here as trade with t flames) has not since been heard of" Australian Colonies extends from this Com Complaints both loud and long were The proprietors (Mera Charles Watt & Co made here after the great fire in Hong intimate their intention of fading apeo kong of similar losses to a very large editions during the Exhibition year, 183
In Yokohama the same
extent.
recommendation is made as we brought for the benefit of exhibitors. A very se forward eight months ago here,sible abstract of last season's tea trax the organization of a Salvage Corps whose sotions is given, which tells against t duty it would be on the occasion of a inferior grades of Canton and Macao le fire to guard or ese carried away, all prices of which had reached the low A portable and particularly valuable articles, known figure. Java and Assam, tens
being apecially careful to remove much
as would inordinately feed the flames, well spoken of; and of China kinds, Hi given mort astisfactioz "Such a corps, (saya the Gazette) in one District Teas have of the most essential things at a fire, for when the 'hoodlums' and larrikina 'find | Ir is whispered that the Hon, O. B. Plun! that everything worth taking is in the will, in addition to his appointment hands of such a force they will cease to Magistrate, have the Coronership, which make themselves officious and be content
with viewing the progress of the fire. worth £160 just now, and will be A body of this description can save more better by £50, thus making the salary property than the fire brigade itself, the two office equal to that of this Appol
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