No. 5553-MAY 2, 1881.]
REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER- GENERAL
The following report of the Postmaster General for 1880 appears in Saturday's Gazette:-
April 12th, 1881.
General Post Office, Hongkong, Sra-I have the honour to report on the China during 1880.
the
2-The main feature of interest has been steady extension of the Postal Union, until it may now he said that only two groups of countries of considerable impor tance are not included in it. These are the Australian and South African Colonius, With regard to the former, a Postal con- ferance as to amable at Melbourne in
1 group,
80,
but
THE CHINA MAIL.
12
local circumstances have enabled the Go everything, that the Post Office will not and forwarded them by the next steamer.prisonmen for fires does not appear to be mutual trade, and having formed a trouty services, the conveyance of Her Majesty's examinations of the Local Marine Board
to
HAL
a half ounce unit, some, with a quarter i certain, however, that a small Money Order with regret, by persons who ought to know one intermittant shower for the space of /eived a copy of the Commercial Reports harn that, if the Peninsular and Oriental would have been a hardship Anourting to
the
the Straits Suttioinenia.
An advice is
better.
and
confusion prevailed.
route, the very simplicity of the artango forwarded for each order issued, and action. This Office has, it is true, been vented from spreading. Groat excitement
1 of
I the average poster of newspapers, fica in norwarded to whichever the letters are not negotiable here, and thore. (19th) twenty houses were burnt at Shige-the Messageries blatitimes, the Peninsular in dealing with the various commercial
lanco' due
pro-
MAIL.
the
concerned, the system may almost be said A feeling seems to prevail at Toochow that in Japan during the past three years. It Japan's aggressive designs upon Korea will for Now York at 3. The Conference agents | Majesty's Consul has consented to report to have been too succesfil, for it nearly Hongkong people do not care very much must be something very considerable, be best frustrated by the latter's alliance at once met together, and, in pursuance of her, on duch' arrival of the vessel, at the monopolises the time of a clerk and a sure such is not the case in this Office. At that in consequence of the scarcity of copper infected with "nibbling propensities can to carry out, viz, to harus the poachers this question may be considered defi what bocomos of mails for settlement. We are informed by the Chaya Shimbun with Western nations, and that Japan is the amicable tactics they had been onlared lower rate. So far as regards Shanghai who have had to be detached from other duties. Chinese cannot be dealt with so cidents have happened, of course. To some tokens, a large quantity of comor has been scarcely be doubted. Chine herself is pre- they reduced the freight from 75 to 4bs. nitively settled, and a satisfactory arrange quickly in Money Order matters as Euro extent accidents always will happen. But sont from the mine at Bado to the mint at paring to oppose them, but Hores will for a month or two the Conference ratesment of it has only been rendered possible pens An Englishman who has an Order nothing that could be done has been know- Osaks, which establishment is now attively hardly be able to do so unassisted. Hor ruled, so long as the berth for London re-by the outery and consideration. of to cash takes the money given to him and ingly left undone, and Merra Douglas engaged in turning out one and two sen best plan is to establish commercial rela mained in the sole oooupation of the Con- the Customs authorities at this por go away. With a Chinese, the voxed Lapraik & Co. have been most ready to pincen.
port. The tions with foreign countries, and employ ference steamers; but eventually competition spirit in which my overtures were received British Postal service in Hongkong and question, What is a pound f assumes a knottyiting for hours to secure the mall: Whilst from Japan to their own country somé tima tional law forbida unjustifiable aggression,
co-operate,
Some Koreans of distinction, who went them for the purpose. Western interna became effective enough to break it down, by the Commissioner of Customs, the ready often keeping their steamers and complicated aspect. To his mind & sovereign represents the highest price he on this subject, opportunity may be taken ago on n necret mission, are on their way since such a proceeding would be prejudi: Content to last, at both onds. The manner in which the necessity for relief, Conference schenie has been a mistaks. It even at the expense of revenue, was con- could get for it after a morning spent in to thank Messre Ellea & Co. of Amoy for back to Tokio, having arrived at Nagasaki cial to the interests of commerce. Insigni was brought eat in a cloud of fine phrases coded, and the bona fides with which the haggling at the gold-shops. This office
on the 10th instant
&cant States like Belgium and Denmark, about the identity of the interests of shippers proposed measures were carried out, deserve Even when the rate of exchange is settled, has generally to offer him a fow cents other aid in similar and other matters at
port.
The press rogulations of this country To thus embled to preserve their territories and shipping: but the cloven hoof of a hearty recognition from all interested in the the difficulties are not onded. At 374 series of mail robberies at Canton. To save cussion of questions affecting the welfare of alone. Russin, iso is only separated from shipping, coon showed itself. It may not
18-It became necessary to investigate a continue to ostions acting the welfare or alone. Ruqiniso, by otole of Jayan monopoly, purely, in the interests of the Yangtze shipping trade war ander review
The experience of the year for instance, a sovereign may be represented time in despatching mails to and from that the people. Once in a while, however, an Korea by a narrow strip of sea, and her be out of place to mention that universal shows that it will be desirable to resort to by either 35.40 or 35.46. To pay the Office, they are, forwarded in locker boxes, editor, more hold than his contemporaries, juxtaposition is not without menace. Korea, regret was expressed at the setion of the the practice of local examinatichs for tempo-
by
entering ints treaty relations, with Peninsular and Oriental Company in joining navy certificates of qualification as masters, other questions. It is much to be hoped the latter secures a triling profit, Nobody servant of the Canton Oflica had provided vent to utterances on forbidden topica andabled to resist Russian swelli
France and America, will be the Conference.
mates, or engineers, Soveral cases have the result may be the entrance of these but à Chinese would go into the frictions himself with a false key, and he you editor of the Fukuoks Nichi Nichi Shimbun, as Japanese.
is pufiahed accordingly. Mr Sakakibara,
The public undoubtedly think, rightly or cocured of men, good and trusty seamen,........... It would not important Colonies into the Postal system of a cent, but the Chinaman not only does tically plundered the mail. More adroit
necessary to wrongly, that the peculiar privileges that having lost thoir chance of promotion owing which now embraces almost all the rest of them. It should be said, however, that the found nothing in the covets examined, he cently infringed the press Laws, and has allotted to Japan for purposes of trade duties other than the services for which. It is hardly fair to compel seamen to throw oven considers himself defrauded of than most Post Ofoe thioves, when he is one of those unfortunates who has re-open any now port, the plates already grest Company enjoys carry with them to their having no certificate of competency. the world,
3-In the caso of the Australasian
Chinese here are learning, as they learn closed them again with exquisite neatness, been sentenced to suffer twelve months' im would suffice. Japati ought not to derive these privileges are granted. The fact in up their employment, and make an ex- any greater benefit than Korea from a of course, recognised that these specific pensive journey to Hongkong, to pass the chaffer with them, and this does not appear He was detected by means of decoy letteri
The season for vernment of this Colony, to reduce our to affect the popularity of the Money Order posted for the purpose, and was handed over over, for several conflagrations are reported with one country, it will certainly be to the mails, are admirably performed, and that there, and obtain a cortificate of qualifica- shtward postage, by the principal route, to
aystein.
to the Chinese authorities Union tariff, thus affecting one more
Precautions as having occurred yesterday (19th). The advantage of the latter to accord similar the legal obligation the receipt of a subsidy tion which, for all purposes of Home trade, considerable, step towards uniformity. It 11.-The Money Order system of the have been taken which will probably render first broke but at about 2-o'clock in the privileges to etherealsa. This, in my places the Company wuday is thereby dis is absolutely useless.. I don't think thine is curious to observe, however, that the London Post Office is naturally looked upon any repetition of his crime impose, but ruorning at Sokoks, a small village situate opinion, is the bust method of warding off charged; but they also think that the can be any objection to the Registrar of
iore simplicity is attamed, and the easier excellant systems, but somewhat complicated have been doing his duty as an honest mau and consumed the whole of the dwellings.
as a model for British Colonies. It is an it is painful to reflect that he might possibly about ten minutes walk from Miyanoshita, aggression.
quasi-official position of the Company, and Shipping
here, in conjunction with Her the intimate relations in which it stands to Majesty's Senior Naval Officer, poslal arrangements becoins, by far more and elaborate; not more so, perhaps, than at this moment but for the almost criminal- A spectator informs us that the flames rose THE SHIPPING TRADE OF SHANG Her Majesty's Government, impose upon it examinations and issuing certificates of com
conducting mistakes are made, not only by the Public is necessary where the orders are numerous, ly reckless practice of posting letters con- to the height of a hundred feet, and pre- but also by the Departemental Stail.
a higher course of action than it has adopted petency on the distinot and the amounts forwarded in either taining money with the security of Re-ented a grand but awful spectsolo; and as
that understanding each country in Europe was treated on a direction very far from being equal. It is gistration, indulged in, it most be added the burning shingles fall in Miyanoshita in
By & recont mail from England we ro
in joining and promoting the Conference, such certificates, are provisional" and for special and different postal tariff, some with
I have been informed by many merchants local nee. In two or three cases when
where it from Her Majesty'a Consul in China for Company had refused to have anything to misfortune to have refused an applicant carried on butween
half-an-hour, the residents of that favourite 1874, which lose a great deal of their im- ource, people were forced to acquaint them-system cau be effectively
two Colonies, and be a great convenience to 39.-People scent to think that because sunnier resort bad rather a lively time in salves with the various rates of postage, and either, without the liats, duplicate linte, Bills of Exchange and Money Orders can preserving the town from destruction
in partner by the Inteness of their publica thereby lost any support, and it would have proving himself qualified, I requested the do with this Conference, it would not have privilege of examination, the chance of know more about them than they do now.
tion. Mr W. Donald Spenec, reporting on When nowspaper postige fra England percentage on commission, and other for be sent home with fair safety in unre. templu or shrine in front of Narnyn's hotel the stopping trade of Shanghai, as the done much to strengthen that attachment Senior Naval Officer to examine, and to.
malities required under the London rules. gistered Letters, therefore local Bank Notes was destroyed, and the town ignited in Acting Registrar of Shipping, makes the to, and pride in, the Company which Engisauc provisional certificates of competency was twopance by one mail and a penny by Such is the simplified system of this Office may be sent about the Town here or to several other places, but owing to the following remarin, which, though written hahmen in the Enet undoubtedly feel, I to duty qualified candidates. This stop has the other, newspapers were prepaid with fair correctness and regularity. Now that with Yokohams, with Shanghai, and with Canton or Macao, without the slightest pre-activity of the people the flames were pre-so long ago, will be read with interest dare say the Directors consider that a vast given great satisfaction.
is three-halfpence by sither postage
singularly free from cases of letter-stealing,
The regular import and export trade be- Company cannot be successfully worked on tween this port and London is mainly in the a basis of sentiment, and feeling; but they ment seems to carry it beyond the compre counts are periodically compared, the ba because, a general rule, the contents of At leven o'clock yesterday morning the hands of five steamship Companies should not wholly eliminate those elements ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICAN
to hension for the sackeful of short paid papers
which the commi
to it. Each office keeps fore if precautions are used to prevent no-muta, in the province of Shinano.
and Oriental, "Holes" the "Glen," and blems that come before them, if they wish and all the forme arrive (and the new Tariff is now a yearold) used are simplified as far as possible. the greater part of any temptation to din it collects, commission
By the City of Peking, arrived this evin- thefts of letters for the sake of the stamps,
(From Japanese Papers).
the Peninsular and Oriental of the future. the "Castle lines. Last summer these to be as much respected as the Peninsular ing we have San Francisco files up to attest that it is as far from being generally
Japanese papers state that Shidzuoka five Companies conceived themselves to be understood as ovor. Even when the thres. There would be but feir obstacles to a honesty is removed. But, onco lot the was visited on the 14th instant by a severo strong enough to dictate the rates of freight and Oriental of the most Inveoli with towing tolograms, which relate to the main of the the 2nd April, from which we take the fol balfpenny postage has been mastored, the on this easy plant, but if the London details in unregistered letters become common, largo as poaches; and though the storm other words, to combine together for the matter of perfect indifference to an official matter of home news which must now be
general Inter-Colonial 1 Money Order system habit of sending either notes or stampa storm, accompanied by a shower of hail as
to merchants in the China trade, or, in either side, shippers or shipping, for i
Conference, I do not identify
for it is 2 Benders appear to have no idea that three-be insisted on (and some Colonies insist on nothin in the next paragraph, which has minutes, it inflicted great damage to tax rates of freight. It was agreed amongst whether ono section of Her Majesty's interesting our readers. We have not had halfpence will only pay for for onces, but them) the amount of writing and of labour
could prevent the state of things only lasted the short space of thirteen parposo of maintaining abnormally high post papers weighing twelve and fourteen involved becomes with apparently every confidence as
prohibitive.
probably been induced at home by the and indigo plants.
them that the rata from Shanghai to Lon-subjects succeeds in getting the heads of time to-night, owing to the late hour at free delivery.
12.-Communications were nddrossel
great increase of the practice of sending
Tho Choya
hindun says, "We mention- don should be 32, 15s, per ton, with liberty another exction into Chancery or not, pr which the mail was delivered, to go fully 4.-Those short paid papors have proven all the Australasian Colonies requesting postage stamps in letters answering advered in a late issue that the district magis to the mail-steamers to chargo 28. Ed. extra, have shown sozu sympathy with the mer- through our files to hand by this opportuni-
ovided the methods used are legitimate.. I a serious impediment to the rapid sorting an Inter-colonial Parvel Post, such as is
their co-operation in the establishment of tirements.
trates in Gunma-ken wara persuading the and that it should he lowered equally chants in their fight against a carrying and delivery of mails. About this time worked between this Calouy and the Straits sent home in unregistered letters are not, new railroad.
20.-Bills of Exchange and Money Orders people to subscribe towards the proposed by all, whenever steamers, outside last year the English public was just begin-Settlements without any rosultant ineon after all, so vary safe as the senders profer magistrates have acted thus because the ers,
We How hear that the became known as the Conference mean monopoly, because such a
team-benefit the few at the
a monopoly would y catae on the berth in opposition. For the rost, I have pleasure in bearing expende of the many
AFFAIRS AT ST. PETERSBURG, ning to discover the French sail to be the venience. They have all declined, and all, to think them. The following extracts are
St. Petersburg, March 27.-The remains cheaper opportunity of the two, and though or nearly all, on the suzie grund-Customs from the evidence of Mr Jeffery, Contruller possible exertion to raise the sin of four wore agreed ou for outward cargons from goods are brought hore by the leading perial vault of the Church of Petropaulovski Governor had ordered them to make every Similer rates, or even higher in proportion, testimony to the admirable manner in which of Alexander if were deposited in the Ima- this is no longer
the casey the consequent
dibeulties. As the subject is still,, how of the Circulation Department, General Post hundred yen from each village, Augmentation of the mail will
London or Liverpool to Shanghai. Al steamer lines between Shanghai and Eng-Fortress, to-day. It arrived amid miros of continue for The
eret, to be discussed at the Australasian Office, London, before a Committee of the tuue requi yudin
The same paper states that the other day though it hardly lies within my province. I sort the French mail, which had once
conference mentioned above, and has also House of Commons:-- (under exceptionally favourable circum perhaps, be permissible to devote a fow
beon under consideration in Europe, it may, "We have a very great number of letters apta were made to set fice to three shall shortly notice the effect of the Con- and I have heard several shippers on artillery. The church was densely crowd- different houses in Tokio, which fortunately ference arrangements in England. The in- this side say that, although they receive a ed. The catafalque waa strewn with flowers stances) as little as kalf hour, crept up
stolen every year, in fact many more failed. The incendiaries ignited some rags trests of three important clames--British hundred or more packages by every steamer and wreaths, to an hour and a half. Then the shore paid interesting to most residents in
words to it. The subject of parcel post is
than we know anything about. Last well saturated with kerosing, but in each manufacturers, merchants, and shipowners in a year for losses attributable to the of such a line, say, as Holt's, their claims year we had 65,000 applications for instance the fire was detected before it as outside the Conference ring were directly carriers are infinitesimal. papera began to arrive, and the hour and a half threatened to become two hours. Eren Chinese or Japanese unufacture which
because there are so many little objecte
Taissing letters, and we know that the samed arty serious dimensions, and was attacked by it. The outside shipowners circumstances, it should not be difficult to Under these when the mail was sorted, its delivery was such persons naturally wish to send to their
applications are few in comparison with easily put out.
had to take action at once in defence, be the number of latters lost. much
We retarded. Everybody had to pay friend elsewhere.
cause rigid rules had been agreed to by the maintain peace and harmony. A preliminary objec- tro cents at least, and nobody had two tion as to the supposed invasion of the
lost some Manchester bage estimated
Conference lines, by which they were to be to contain about 600 letters, and we
From my own point of view as Registrar, conia ready. The difficulty has been met
forced off the berth for China by having to
to the most important event of the year has Companies
only had
is complaints. 14 to to stand crying business of Steamer
An exhibition for specimens of antique accept unremunerative freights They fore been the mccessful building at this port of by leaving the short paid over till there is time to deal with them, may be first disposed of. If the public wer
pain papers
A man takes 20 latters on the to be allowed to send carpots, overcoats,
of finding something of value in some next at Kaijenji, a temple situate at Mas the number of steamers in the China trade, Matheson and Co.'s new Yaugtezs line. Thored, ordering, with the view of restoration
fure arts is to be opened on the 1st May saw, too, that, by the artificial limitation of two iron steamboats for Mesars Jardine, and if the consequent delay in their delivery, through the post (as was once the case induces more care in prepayment, the ob when the sample post to England was some-
of them,
The robberies are in suba-cho, Asakusa, Tokio. Many of the the surplus tonnage driven out of it would are 204 feet in length, 26 feet beaan, of 763 creasing every year. ject of this Office will have been attained,
The rob kwazoku, rich merchants and others aro have to seek less remuneratite employment, regster, and engined with compound of complete security in the capital, the beries are increasing 5.The sale of Post cards has exceeded what abused), whether under the title of
(more in
in proportion
sending their valuable curios this exhibi-elaewhere, and that the beletering up of engines of 52 nominal horse-power. In laasist the Comunandant ui the City Council.. creation of a temporary Council, charged to or of Samples, the carrying com- Parcels,
than the letters.
tion. practice They were introduced expectations.
half-a-dozen favoured lines in a particular laid it would be interesting to note in a each of the 228 city districts, to be elected to these boats in my Report for 1878, The Council will consist of a member for the Hochi Shinbun remarks that M trade would react prejudicially on the car future Heport whether these boats, locally by the votes of all landlords and independ of sending valuables in letters has been because
panies might fairly object, as, in the in- it was obligatory to issue then,.b
..but
But if the
condemned by every-Judge in the land. it was not expected that more than a few stance in question, they did.
Goto having had much trouble with the rying trade elsewhere. Merchants and dozen would be sold. Some difficulty was things (menus objets) as is proposed, then
parcel post be strictly confined to small I have heard the present Recorder of Takashima mine has at length sold it to manufacturers, on the other hand, saw that built, can hold their own in profitable work-
he would never cortify London experienced in keeping pace with the de- the parcels to be carried become procisely
state for a witness's expenses in & prosecution Mr. Iwasaki of the Mitsu Bishi company the increased freights would, at a time of ing with the best Clyde-built iron steamers Council will decide by a majority vote of mand. At least two-thirds of those pur those of which Steamer Companies had
Being thus freed from the anxieties attach- chased, however, have gone to gratify the rather be rid than otherwise.
who sent the valuables through the poat business, he will once more take public in other countries; but they were more ir boats with which they compete; but, as executed on receiving the Emperor's sanc- goods, handicap them as against their rivals They are much smaller than the Home-built and the decisions of the majority will be mania for stamp-collecting, which souins to
in an unregistered letter..
I was office.. increase with the obstacles murrounding it.
ritated, I believe, by the manner than
against that, they do not carry for two tion Voters will be eligible as candidates, It is difficult to make votaries of the great
desir about to suggest that it might ha
The government are taking active mea the matter of the Conference,
months out of three a vast empty space. shie for the Committee to see the Cir. science of Philataly+ understand that Post
sures to protect the public who visit the culation Department here, when the exhibition from thieves.
In communicating the terms of the Con- Their consumption of coals compared with The Commandant fixed the time of elections Offices exist for any other purposes than to
Four hundred ference to shippers, the managers of the the amount of goods carried is relatively this measure will be provided from the Im
this afternoon. The fand for carrying out supply them with every conceivable variety
seon how utterly impossible it is to have restel. shade of
Treasury, of postage stamp. The object of
occupation at the want of fact as it was possible of responsible built steamers, and this, Finding their Postal Administration, on the other hand,
eghook on an unregistered letter." * exhibition not so profitable as they could men to do. In a most irritating manner they polled by steam exclusively, is a great eco of a 21Mr is to get rid of all odds and ends,
Mr Jeffery also explained the
to naturally is to get
desire, the Committer that stulen letters in which notion to such, crowded thoroughfares as the pranched to them their duties, and told the engine power would hardly enable them to the House o
have turned their atten- lectured the merchants of the China trado,nomy. gang
It was prophesied that their mal temporary.or
or obsolete issues, and ench like,
thing remunerative is found (undfuls of 20 bridges crossing the Sumida river. as quickly as possible,
how they
ought
to conduct their business minke headway against the summer floods of or so being taken en speculation as stated above) are generally
Some rogues in Osaka have succeeded in They forgot that, thongh men, as a rule, will the Yangteze; but prophecy in this case has family at Vintagri is guarded by police to
dealings with the pible. As late as last Parcel Post, the sender has to fill up a mere stolon Although the thieves only these coins are found to be copper guttedber of merchants were to wait upon we Boyd and Co., of this part, in due the cre- Petersburg, stating that a violent quarrel 14In the case of the existing Indian 1876, 7000 latter destroyed; and that, palming upon the public a number of coun- submit, from sheer indolence, to moderate but been borne but by events, and a third prevent the papulace from destroying it." Containing Money Orders terfeit old gold and silver evins. When cutzing, no one will tolerate nate and larger boat is now on the stocks, and+Roussakoffs father has several times at-
patronizing on his affairs from outsiders. If a is evident that the owners are well satisfied tempted
with their profitable working. year the charges on all paid correspon- declaration of contents, sometimes required reno120 of those, and word traced and over. It is said that some banas hold largo dence were made in ponce, the accounts in triplicato, sometimes also in French, convicted in 40 cases, the payess of the quantities of these counterfeit coing as a tearathip Companies in the Eastern trade
6,830 Orders must have been curity for local currency advanced. The to inform then that furnaces with corra-dit of designing, building, and engining has broken out in the Imperial family, in wore kept in sterling, and the postage He has to onclose his parcel in an outer
subjected to an amount of themtosiose hunt tot ce open, building is chip-trailers use represented aixpences, shilover to the nearest chief Post Office. If stamps
mot delay, adecimal aarias adapted to the Colonial prepay further than London, and it is all the 7,000 sums of money bees in stamps gang of counterfeiters. It adds that it does, rows in British steamers is an unpatriotic Chinese. The works are under the manage/luan, is about to resign the Grand Admiral. correspondence, from which re somo banks have knowingly accepted these fan funraces with plain surfaces, and that, have built up an immense, industry heres consequenes of which Grand Duke Con- Lings,
c. We have now got something like sending to the United Kingdom, he cannot istration would have effectively saved then. spurious coin, and are connected with on their opinion, the employment of Asiatic employing from 1,000 to 1,400 hands, istantine, who is strongly suspected of wiki-
all
031
to their
besar
A
After twenty years of existence as a
Colonial Post Office, this Department has at last succeeded in eliminating pence from its
go on.
to
ujeu-
13. To be at once effective, popular, and Bucecesful,
Parcol Post scheme requires three conditions:
(1.) Freedom from any further formali
tiea as to declaration of contents thon' may bo necessary. prevent the trane- mission of liquids, explosives, &c. (2.) One moderate prepayment to ensure
free delivery at the door of the ad- dragssa.. (3) Absoluto freedom from Custorua
duties or interference.
The
It is officially reported that his majesty the Mikado will shortly visit Urage, in the province af Sagami.
what
tons
I
day confer the Order of the Garter on the March 28. The Prince of Wales will to-
Czar.
There are continued rumors of General' Malikoff's resignation.
It is believed that tho Emperor has ordered a ukaze to be prepared, convoking the Commissions representing the people on State questions. to discuss the question of March 31-Aukase has been promulget-
Work" ent tenants. It
is understood that the
case when the witness is the person ed to the management of such a gigantinevere competition..in certain classes of The experience of 1879 shows that they can all measures submitted by the Commandant,
by
mails are going out; it would then be and thirty of the fraternity have been Ar-tip uites concerned showed as much much maalier than that in the age Clyde.perialence Rulase says the measure is part
lected
in
12
these
the statistics of 1977. These to be taken in May of the present year will, it in bu hope, Governments must be prepared to give up be remembered that we have closed one of to accept the mission to France; and it ap- of extortionate froights was made even here. but not so long as it
pass off with all the smoothness of
of routine. principle of the 8-The general of the statistics haggling about small sume, which often is, to observe carefully during one calendar
month the actual weights of sorte Such is precisely resident in China de ever, more than double what it was last
forwarded, which are multiplied by give 51. approx
Colony was very unfortunate in the fact that during the statistical month of Novem vou ber 1879 there were three departures of the French Contract packets.
dissociate himself from the government.
river-boats pro.
The
a poheme for the whole Empire, projected.
The House occupied by Roussakoff's
81-The Lanterne pub
Y
To
Messrelishes
Paris
this morning a telegram from St,
New Benares, cash,... 500
sot more to collect than they are orion The bakuce accruing to the Colony is, how our main offices, that, namely, in Yokohama. the case with the question of Parcela Poat. A aires to send home wishes his
homa s silver bracelet He Fear
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most correspondent to
receive
obodient sorvant,
AFFEEN LISTER, Postmaster General.
and a
pears as if that gentleman is resolved to inore nauseous by the sugar of this sermon, import the iron used from Europe. OPIUM-Now Patua, caah,...8590
to
Quotations, HONGKONG, May 9,
Ol
2
cash,...
J
3)
Old cash....
it free, but he considers letter rate of
postage too expensive. If there were a parcel post,
The Kioto-Osaka-Kobe line of rail carried very proper in of three or By the Treaty of Tiantain, British shipping
Now Malwa, credit. 680 Allowance, Teel...
48
currency. It
may be possible to improve it matter of frequent remark that it costs as your
more to get a parcel from London to the or tank notes, every one would have been lust; not think this that rumour is corrGEŻ.
practice, they would probably The returns of death and births in the these things were matters which must be capable of doing all the requisite work when from St. Petersburg. Measures of extrome told that ment of Scotchmen, but the Chinona are ty and Minister of Marine, immediately af
ter the departure of the foreign PrincON The general statistias taken in Noyen-country than it has cost, to get it from in the forty cases which were detected the bor 1879 may be said to have been fairly Calcutta to London. Moreover, the ad farget signature to the Order would pro- city of Tokic and its suburbs for the half-left to steamship owners to decide. In the the plans and specifications are placed in severity are to be taken against the mont successful. There has not been uns-tenth dresses will have to pay the Customs duty,
form sole club. bably
22-Table
return of the Re. For ending 31st December last, show as same way China merchants resented the their hands. A large dock, 450 feet long, Lista. as much correspondence and misunderstan- if any.
A gives &
follows: Deaths, Male, 7,222 Female, interference of the Conference steam lines is now being made by the same firm, and 16-If the Postal Union system has venue, &c. of this Department for the year: 6,153, total 13,505; Births, Male, 7,971 when the managers informed them that a in a month or two it will be possible to Geneva says that if Sophie Pisofinisi iz gon- New York, March 28-A telegram from ding arising from them as was the case with
proved anything, it has proved that to effect It had been hoped that the gross sum col- Female, 7,683, total 15,564. Abortions, system of
largest demned and executed, the Czar will perish. regular steady
eady ahipments was adinck and repair at Shanghai would still have been a little above 976. Postal Reformas on a large and liberal scale, $100,000, but such is not the case. It must
batter course of business than the alternate steamers. It is possible that we may some Admiral Enomoto has, seems, refused
flooding and starving of markets. The pill see a large development of shipbuilding
is necessary mesting of merchants was called The arrival from England of the steam- Her Majesty the Empress has visited the together to protest against it. After a ship Wuhu of 1,960 tons, a new vousel for national exhibition in Tokio.
public expression of dissatisfaction, and of the Yangtze River trade, raised the ques arrangementation anew of the tonnage of river steaners. 200,428
0,428 passengers last month, and netted were made for the 89,256 yen.
four outside steamers, which ware in due engaged the local
local carrying trade has to A nesting of the projectors of the new time loaded and despatched to China by pay tondage dues every four months at railway company held a meeting on the an association of merchants; and so As the reto] of 4 mace (about 2s. 6d.) per 16th instant at the offices of the Fifteenth sociation and Conference fought it out, ton, calculated on the register tonan
tonnage, National Bank,
until freights were forced back. Very It hitherto beau the custom to Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the only 26. The appropriate multiplior would
The Hochi Shimbun says the members
whole soon the
Conference
scheme give some relief to the large iron Bank, have
126.3, but though this Department is carrying a dutiablo article or as indifferent Mer Grder Bates of the Post Offler, &c. of the Mitau Biahi Company have en broke down the roles for the division ateamers of American type plying on the thusiastically agreed to join the new mail of the spoil, the regulations to insure Yangtze, but the messure of relief hus received the sympathy and import of the to the fact. The sender and the receiver 1877. Minutes of Evidonco. London Post Office in its endeavours to have been subjected to a great deal of delay
way company. The president subacribed the ruin of outside poaching steamers, hitherto been variable and arbitrary. The establish that multiplier, the French Adral-and inconvenienco, and the
300,000 yen; the vice-president, 50,000; ss peaceful traders were poetically termed egents of the Wuhus applied to me to order Government
the chief members 110,000; the total from by these zasgziston, and the return of
A re-survey of the vessel, with a view to Documentary, the company being 466,000 yen, upon which freight, by which the Conference spider having her tonnage reduced; but as there India, Wire, the government bind themselves to pay 8 hoped to entrap the merchant fly; were all had been no change in her build from the demand, per cout
swept away or rendered nagatory. In time of her original survey in England, I Shanghai, demand, England, though the principal steamer lines could not comply with their request, and Gold Leat, 90% fine
30 days' night, private Leve common understanding, fraighte reported her to the Customs as of 1,900 Sovereigns, LI-HUNG OHANG ON JAPAN
market, tous, on which amount the tonnage, due AND CORBA
and regulated at any given
Shares. ~(Japan Mail,)
amount of tonnage offering. Orina mer that the tonnage dues they had to pay on Hongkong Bank, 94 prom.
November
1, 15, and 26), so that Hongkong had to pay
you then the Custom House stande ready The Honourable F. Stewart, Acting to demand six or seven shillings duty.
Colonial Secretary, &c, &c., Ke.,
1879 and 1880 as if there were 30 The bracelet, therefore, finally finds its way nch maila in each year, whereas there are to England in the trunk or pockef of some either unaware that he passenger, who is
beon
Japan
(Gazelle.)
YOKOHAMA.
the Mikado will visit Otsuki Sagami, in It is officially reported that His Majesty order to be present at the sham fight which takes place on the 27th instant.
the vernacular journals relative to the
Old Malwa, credit... 710 Allowanco, Toela...... 16.
Exchange.
Wire,
3/8
-Demand,
mantha sight,
months" eighti
" 30 days, night Credita
Dr once more settled in them bo the momia The agents then complained.
-
nistration (supported, it must be admitted, has received nothing. The small amounts by the letter of the documents authoritative of Customs duties wrung from the receiver in the matter) declined to acceds to this of little parcels would probably be recouped reduction. Such a case indicates a defective many ticles. It is the duties on merchandise s over by postage gindly, paid on principle, which would be remedied by extending t
g the statistics over 28 days only, and which swell national revenue, and all that multiplying the results by 13. It is to be is necessary to protect thom is to make such kopad this proposition will be brought regulations as shall prevent the forwarding Although the statements which appear in forward at the next Portal Congress it has of merehandise in niarketable quantities formation of new shipping companies are L-Hung-Chang'e letter to a Korean gerchants will have no steamer tranny and the vessel were excentive, sad as I am of Union Int. Boo, of O'ton, 81,650 p. sh. already
been suggested
by this Office
under whatever pretext, through the post. 9-Local statisica, for the purpose of 16. The time table under the new Mail often not very intelligible, still they are tieman, to which we alluded last week, is as insist on shipping their goods, in such opinion that river steamers of the American China Traders Ins. Co. $1,600 Feb. framing the tabular information required by Contract has not yet been so adjusted as to sufficient for us to observe that the people follows Of late years Japan has adopted quantity as they may deem best for their type, with a prommade dook and large North China Ins. Co., The 1,100 per sbarn. the International Bureau, were taken during accure freedom from Sunday work in Hong-will not much longer submit to the dictation western customs. She seeks to make her interests, by the steamers which, in their open works, should not be measured in the Yangkes Ins. Assoc. TA 750 1
throughout the year. Wabave, it is of the Mitau Binhi monopoly. There are self a wealthy and power 28 days of last November, A table 1 got the Sunday free in suminer, which several small steamers and Bing vessels result is that her naerful State, and the opinion, offer them the mixtuum of com- BARIS WAY B chain steamers I consented to Chinese Ins. Oo, $50 per share.. appended comparing their results with those
liabilities having mercial advantage. In both one matter as the Commissioner of Customs and the H.K. Fire Ins. Co., #1045 per share, endex. obtained in the same way in 1879. The is something, but on the other hand it is owned by private individuals, but as a rule largely Inorail, she is casting her eyes and the other they claim the unbrazatoulled Harbour-useter on the subject, to find out China Elro Ina. 06. 2030 yer als; des
in search of statistician must indeed have the courage of rendered a working day in winter. It takes soustrated so
so badly that it is impossible to about
Bome
convenient acquierervise of their judgment from them what concession the Custom HK&W. Doak, 15 X convictions who attempts to depend on two years at laseto get a mail service to effect en insurance either upon their bottonis aition which may recoup her. Now Kores In Shanghai the Conference scheme, as were prepared to make. Both these gentle HO M. B-Boat Co., 835 prein,,
18 her nearest neighbour, and the fate of estimating what a man will eat in a year. concerned; perhaps, therefore, before ani a provinco. situate on the northern Cob China and Korest China is not with since Hamediately on its announce necessary and, after conanitation, it was China Coest Bt. Nav. Co. T. 160 p, sharo,"
en sargoes. Recognising the importantes Binkiu at 0306.8 and a 20gest to the & this fact, a few wealthy merchants in Yet
from what he consumes at one chance meal. other winter sonne farther. change may hilly & Bhis Book, but nobody would use it as a a change is being naked for in India, and with the
ships
look to her military resources, to
ment many merchants pu
at Home
their
co-operation
the
moment that
thespace above the p
nhould be made
Aprem
p. zh
mades.
sales
nominal.
The result might do very well to print in &093eft Hongkong in this particular. Such cost of this inland have combined together out means of defending hay and it is for talegraphic manta put themselves that the menure of relief ahou Home Hotel Co., 78 per share:
1 of such tording to foreign organize per forces, and to provide to the Prithway bar ands by the Customs offers on the head of books, do, will shew that the the other hand, the new time table is so as will the owners to effect insured by foreign relations are strict ab hom to load, the chartered steamers The want to be at liberty to tonu 8 to resto da skaren, 81zë për share. the whole number formarded in 1879 1 Such pride of marine sorgsand Jan have been subscribed already || „V AWAYS CAD in the clinity of ion mure reasonable view of the nisims of tone re-mesurement, as the amount to
basis
on which to victual a shipA glance the London Fost Office has therefore bean tion of at Table 0 appeaded to this report, under reminded of the views of this Increase in 1880 purports to be more than arranged as materially to diminish the ance,
Pamalt in nok in the least consonant with
Colony. On models,
heavy.
interest
be
VM Do.
Gas Coy 882 per share. Anication with the
promenadedeck, that the Korea to of encouraging the construc
and
bre-measurements needs on application by
Chins Sugar Bet. 1o, 183 hard.
Debentures, 3 and material protection of her frontiers. The obligations in London, enabled
Associa the agents, &
and that Her Majesty's Coneul Chinese Imperial Loan of 1574 of 1877 zoheme is thought so favourably sarvatice of treaties and dan appreciation of Bhasighal agents of the different Dimference measurement o
ven In certificate of of by many persons that one hundred thous their bearing. The Japanese men of war lines being merchants themestreo took a ragintay, or
tonnage given by the Ours
Temperature. malite, the fact hoing that, we farms can be allotted a Foonbow in the ld quastion of A and it is hoped that tringly built (naus ble emergent. Che would wehaust prezy mercante, non men on the good way of the sported to the Curtons on each arrival of (Tales of Meters Falconer & Co.'s Premises, a judged from ordinary observation, there has subsidised mall service between that part sailing ships will entirely supernets the or a mere community. They were in the quel The WPA was the purveyed
Esen vary
The Money Order system with some i Bangkok of the Food in dinary junk in the past trade within a very effort to aid Kares it must xót be falandos in pointing out" that so far as bear Coatoms officers, the clos
little incresse, if any at all
of the
mshort space
tains. If the governtilent guiden that distance between the two cub heteward freights were concerned, the ring: Khove the of
dack deducted, and of the Australasian Colonies comaanced minity which appears to have heen un favours were but taken from the Mitaries would render effective ald difficult. in London had fixed on much too high & the not
a dues are Last Toury has been availed of he Chinese noticed hitherto that is that Foochow in Biahl company, and that company larown oreover, of Jabout should ally hemelt figure. They rustect, with perfect true toong On this ameisot L ZUR REGute Do
with England, wins og leith Russia Korest independ for an actor seas to cos payment in the sovet masatie.
or America-or that there is far too much steamer tonnage now paid, and a drawback was inued for TEMOMETER 9 AM 81 Fire number three broke out in that ence would be gravely jouparded is allow of monopoly rate of 3. 15a, per ton Ear sertificate of registry remains unalter unfortunate of all cities, Tokio, last night well that the Korean Government should being established and kept up: Bicha mie ad for all the transactions connected (10th), and was not extinguished until one keep all this before them. A fenty has was bound to invite competition, And it did her re claim on the Lusporial Government, it a hundred and twenty as houses were can already hem signed with Japan, and other When the Conference scale we put in forse alte reuse), of 1,900 tons, but as the difficult to say why suy community in China med. It would be interesting to know asions will surely look for a similar con in November the outside steamers in port Customs should ask or subsidy from Hongkong, the total value of property desayed by fire cession. Poison is the antidote to powon, Bengue and deindie, were advertised to lom det he
There is one
00
an azbout which was hardly expect provided by its local trade with fairly reconaviation would be speedily realised. ärst. Indeed, as far as this office is gular steam communication with Hongkong
or Shanghai. But though this commuters
Since the shara was wriitan this confece
tion may possibly be valid as supporting
+ Bio i letter from a distinguished Phil
Las been postponed. gay
Queen's Road.
HONGLORI, May 2..
the promenada
and BAROMETER
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she was certified to be of 1,433
Do.
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take her, and have certi-
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