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There is no question that the use of any Whilst the majority of prothropista siimalant which is not necessary for the are writing and lecturing against the vila taintonnes of life, is baneful in propers Tesuiting from in gezek few afgertion to the execs in which it is taken to consider the benefits rising from it from Spirituous liquors, Lotnica, ojánu, de, ad its growth by the enltiestor, to its cousin act more at has est de nerve system, Rationally and impair the constitution. Ophun Laken tion by Chinese and others. ostinated, the benefits, direct and indirect, in excess is not worse than liquor, if indeed it is no had. Both help to urten mou's accruing from this rug are very many, in reality the ovils at very limited. We lives, with law cxcept that, while the are as yet not aware of the arguments stoker is an enemy only to himself which Dr. George Shears, of Liverpool, in in his folly, the habitual drunkard is a his £50 prisso essay has specially dwaling, sance to all be ones in contact with in his but we will first proceed to look at the good meats of theiation. 7 resulting from the articlo as a community. Passing by the question of the venue it produces to the British Government in

while

CURIOSITIES OF CRICKET,

h an interesting article on cricket and other guns, the Stapley Beriver says 1-

which is a sore subject, to many

evertheless of vital impor Jut tance just now in hehsing to make mas meet in India, thus cultivation of the puppy

Cricket is rently the only pre in (Papiery Semuiferum, though requiring a greater amount of care and labour than is

which Gontlenen have fairly vanquished requisite with must ather plants, is eagerly Players. In 1877, the 'lavery had sich an mdertaken

n by the natives of that country, lauage that they were invited to defend pracer by se badian far starps thirty-six inches by. iwelri, The price paid to all as cysted with while the wickets of the Gentlenes were Goverment, though what it is nitimately disposed at, is libam, last twenty-seven by eight. Yet the and antisfies the natives if it did they Players won in or funings.

i

THE CHINÄ MAIL.

THE LOSS OF THE DOTEREL." LECTURE ON CHINA.

Commander Evans, of the Doterel, ar- Triing M. Scott, of the Mechanics In- stitate," "bant evening continued lie lecture rived in London on May 28. He has fur- on Chin, to a large audience a Mercntile nished to the Admiralty an account of the Library Hall, Commencing at Hongkong, blowing up of his ship. It made little to ho described some of the interesting aights what is already known of the disaster, and of that place, especially souies of the pecu- Comander Evans regrets that he is not far scenes unacted in the pagan temples, able to give a more satisfactory and definite A visit to the island of Peng, detailed explanation of the disaster, which to him is inystery. He says: As regards the by the lecturer, was very interesting. In s compartment of one of the templea visited first explosion, which occurred in the, star- was sented an idol that looked like one of board gangway, I think it may have been our im sifes, and those who approached to caused by the bursting of the worship, hung a necklace of tube-roads about before we could tamdense good water, it was

the lol bemed to be there for was it got me lors, the ship having surface condensor, count of the mineral il uace in the cylin the temple the necklace of tile-roses suid at

it possible that the water may have

boiler. A

the idol's neck. About the only thugsary to bring the boiler well on -

doot A visit to the fire thonince beer, allowed to get too low m the boilor

favor of Captain Vermont in the

Explain enployed a en sulerable umber of cold water being pumped in the

I in the boiler burst.

[auf Wellesley, was next nifuded to. The the crowns of the furnaces exposed, and on Chinainen on his sugar plantation, paying If this was not the case I thin it possible them $30 a year fetus, while to the the

this goals in the start

in the starboard bunker miy have i

native Indrum he paid a year, as they become heated and generated gas, or have foursel for themselves.

The thrtain was

caused spontaneous commation. If neith much annoyed by the deptulations of wom

of these circumstances occurred, I am then then, a hide was made in a canus and keys which stote) sugar caneo cittel

To catch at a loss to account for the first

the first explosion, as there were no combustibles stowed in ice was placed inside. The monkey, upon the staghoard gangway, and there is little ld cease to devote their time to it. Be-camne claureed the foramy of the game, and mifu! its land u; or so doubt that the shet-room, Norden

hut. The monkey Jal siles, no doubt, though the total sutura ia jambaldy, even without the Brac s t ut go be was sman captured, jah Catting, and gun-cotton magazines did

ped

the

thero

W. G.

2018

the four,

is

to in sent in to the Government Eleven of amateurs cald be brought the lecturer described how helles conducted mainust.

not explate, all of which were abait the the fore-magazine, regweds depots, there is some so for private gether who wout beat the prostheir rectis at Pennug. Where, ou ac it had been opened the previous day trading, which is not lost light of by mock The match ikates In 1798, The st bat enterprising Orientals in like mum, interesting on aml Harrow auth, lix-count of the heat, they generally repaired before nom, two cases of charges for the

de the ach in the

the early evening, and after seven-pounder being taken out for short from the producer fo

toimily, was that in which Boron and are any participators in the weahl that is Shakspeare ord i Harrow, but by the uses were removed, their male friends, practics and the magazine closed. It was

4 That in hand, walked from untriage to car opened again at about

1.in. by the derived from it. In China, we will protein vain to A writer in a conteneur age and convert with the excitents gour, with returned the two cases and that opius ir chiefly consumed through the dig Mr Macgregor, Reduces from medina of the pipe in the prepared liquid's place in Els and his doings The Island of Penug was run by the Chi- closed the magazine, and I must say he was

a must careful and trustworthy officer. nese, wan worked the factories and tous- form as we

it here. As we ke

he aripa inglest have"

thus commission business. The lecturer do not think it Faible, that any fire opima-pipe as seen in China is unosan k

plotisere deals. And this id

diato alan hring given, as the cooks of the messes had been on the lower deck for the

thes a luster

the

Telowna

alires there and the ding in its erede ho va kan lave as Mrt that the natural flow of Chinese could have existed below withent an imme- hoary, the sensation Judges do not know that any after poothus }

the

statu

: ༣ས

used differentie

onen

o acetne god listoves videre, Wigation was westward, quoting tigures to slow tint 200 leit in a for days fer places very nodul.

Striley's atti

Fine indy 450 cpd to California - Alto.

he areas of pleasant, scenes, ami jances wingeonlined de cim lightawie

toest, of Hagkong, while in the same hust twenty mimates caring up the deck

ufow

D

are very pleasant. Lying other itera which smokers have a conception of unless they have l

vilently has Hay Face he Quincey. It good as of it while dreaming. Se emn

ges fooling aroul like played, he does n the man who has taken to much whisky. He interferes with note, id when he wakes up to real life he goes quietly lume. This conduct fared with Que “cont be considered mill" frequenter, immaculate; and the worst that can happen

tr the

פינג

the smoker is his

HUOM!

Mr Matthew Die totes

nachan bu era arging a Ush.

PAWON THE THAMES."

*(Broser's Megaczine)

is anticipated that

country." This last risult may be looked (« Fuller Pilch once howie ut sin thee swinging pull fat me a fresh flip 1 by the next Pacific mail 5.

pouse evit hy his retire at the We are put to the expense of his fineral,

otherwise his absence in the main is the world at large. Chinu

الجمال

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batch.

>

the enterprise

:

be re

for inspection, the anne had been returned, and wo

We Were about to go

to divisions. The boy, in which the heart, though he ga

fore magazine is on the port sido, forward, with a kick alows dow siamliptorial Hokur

n-little-abaft the foreinasty and

the damage Between the counds,

done

by

the first explosion was in the star- and d wway, bike

hits Cat

Tond gangway, a little before the mainninst. of a barbarian

Latly in the Summer evning 1 raw down I do not think it possible that the first

have emanated from with the tide.

Commander Beans has formal- As I approach Waterloo gered himself for court-martial.. ingred into his bags. But Air Arnold's the river frise the old mill, pulling really explosion could have

e nest be the hang of willow." Tas

regor Bridge generally hear the fond country y surrendered

I writing curiosikių ir negregs of Ioadshouldered wonion, clad in No date for the investigation is fixed. The tion the failure of the bel Royal

at Liverpool Surrey Militia in gets muy in their hues that would exhaust a painter's pallette, other survivors arrived at

the flagship first innings against Earl Winterton's cheturning with inerry beats from the har were ordered to go on board

Vest feds in the parish. Their lifting music Duke of Wellington. It is bi f

a report will be autists for nothing fr

of life, mul post on the cars till they have ceived from Lieut. Stokes, left in charge of ing for Morton sainst Trinity, inkur themselves mul their pastoral mate the wreck, as to the results of the diving seven wickels (one of which he nothing. A singular thing opened lately and reach. A few yards down, an ang-operations. The cause which led to the op in less in its west cusis, and as in Sand, when the Edinburgh Alnyler, resin-fingered cobbler with a leather arrest of the first engineer, who is among already there are more Celestials in the was playing He Grange Club, at the apron, and frusty stacles on a radical the unrecovered the victim of the disaster, United States, and the Cakes, rivas

salo-ricket and three men of three intent on his evening sport, u will be fully gone into. considered essential for the gend of these successive balls of Mr Hay Brown. But mindful of the harvint lasses ang or of the lie but countries, and as the Injurial Government the most inxisive of Loving fears have beea splash of my cars On the maulow

DR Philip Scharf, Chairman of the totally indifferent to the welfare of the

perlanned in the University

Nostresdied a couple of artisans, ches

Autorican Committee for the revision of the common people, or any other angie, then has forgeen "Cadelen's years, when their nightly debate with all the r absence of use who trang to the furcife had torce us to get, and Mr Colas Cabinet Ministers. Two school-boys New Testament, has exposed as humbing

a kite:

audi no Adini-the

recently boasted of by country cabins be looked upon as a very des farhod the three last wickets

three Wil

will glowing eye fly over attended

keenly to the

certain foolish Bags

papers, which published serious evil. In-parts of India massentire halk. Last year the first, Can-From the Communite's day than they do to alleged extracts from the now translation of consmad much are generally than is bentga lower also tool, diree wrokets i

in the frenu

''It is hard supped. Habitual takers- will

the paper slips run half at nee avniriapois of the crud: dreg | matc escaping by a kind of mirrus, inits dressed vow, pissing the laundry-wing from beginning to end." The "enter-

par away three irst luits of an egr the fasten the river on the struthe New Testament. He says:

il pretty prints, and the rise" was a swindle, an impious frand. per day, if they can get it, and live, in

this companions by vigorous

Rev. Dr John Hall has been saying tu titive, on it. It is and in the jorns off as several treat tube washing wudaen taking down the dried

clothes iron the poles on the meadow, chat- the graduates of a theological seminary in drunk in a weak sulition, and ran than Center's, fur the Cambridge but was

"I cannot say anything against having been saturated with the drug a

the gardena tuan who is las three wickets with show. Mr Maegre leads to the clothes akkuts. bubbles" of the country. In the cant plaur speaks of the Parse all Mas plaura plots bohind the outlying houses, with their who deliberately luvs himself out to

dealt-out to tations in Assam, „opian_js, i

exaggdes of canhudishi rricksters. natives of that province as an advance, in vri play very well; quil when Me Mine,thing their rows of beehives, and funny ju the pulpit, I do not admire. The

trees on the gable ends,

beruid the reaching of the gospel is a question of life to it use that few of the plintus stoned joy tried to bribe them to lowve the gnac, ich it the Abbgy. It lies along the and death; therefore the pulpit is no place lieu of cash. Assanese are so there will, or cat, work under sustained by the interests of science, and to shord rises bun, surrounded with the graceful for jokes Beecher, Talinage, and fas

ruition lyses, they seinfully refused leceh, chestnut and popher trees, the stimulating effects of the drug. Opis his un-English bribes, is deeply more devoted in the time worn historical

affecting fact that the acts like a charm it getting thein to work

building than to its weekly service. l other areas quil. In this instance, line, nu ticketers clit was fortul Abbey arly caught me true reverence. ing me except that. Let us live hard, work when therefore, it is uptical to the planter as it by ties mite so bene and i with the regulaty e a devotee. The pic-nd as soon as possible--then let the post- sou English suttlers in New Cale. Every night I visit its ivy-covered ruins hard, go a good pue, get to our journey's secures him labour, and tu

to the

bonin, but the enables him to work. It may be as walk for cire unstaas se adverse, tant the resque mantled choir, the grint, or horse get his shoulder out of the botlar state that notwithstanding the addiction club fell int deny. The sercury, thergoyles in quint designs, the autifully I have lived i long enough to like the

feel, Chiled wiation pillas, the elegant roodless this

fore instructed sojne savage clis ro bis pernicious

excess, the lies are so bust, healthy, and spalle of working as estate, who took to

draws near Long life is the last thing what fins become a neces they In

lying get

ardow. Whet thay rettamed to their bill, with the guns tinter and jackdaws old poster, very thankful as the exud desire. It Le tit, no one grows

may on the grass-coverel Hoor, where the voices sity with them. To prove that it takes a

cats mul friss and the praise of chris-lilor, one acquires more and more the priests long and intimate attintance with plan

painful consciousness of the difference be to even impair a man's faculties in the least,

will quide the instalise of t we will

of wie for over 30 years had actel as eximber of the dong in the head factory of Patmu Constantly aroong its fans, and inhaling its essence, the frominent vllects in his. one were that he could get no sleep. At uy rate he did not seen in need it, ur

ان

dried, are stoked in the antimury "bublary fast luwler, whereas Ar idley got ferng with gap as thy bustie with arin- New York involuntarily funny, but one

oblig

work

coolle as it

To the

if the

game with noble

nameless island homes, he presented them with lace, wickets, and balle, and dolless

terility i

the recumbent tombstones

others don't agree with that.

יי

1 mu

The

"One of the kind wishes expressed for

ne is a long life. Let anything be asked

they are will bating and howling, in the bars were wont to be heard." av to vis a woon what ought to be done and what can

tervals of devouring missionaries and thermal as the articles of faith, and have Terews of gunboats.

he done, and sits down more quietly when a stronger all over my heart thin ane gets the wrong side of fifty, to let. croel The Abbey has outlived the faitli

oilers start to do for us things we cannot

up to audi

ereals of its pious founders and who for ourselves. But it is the highest

when R the roligious minds of this century have pleasure that

inve

man can have who has (to ft the rack of this moving world, it will is own exceeding comfort) turned down Aatement issued by the National Life-be shuttow in a weary land. Here the the hill at bast, to believe that younger most pimpment sermons are preached to me spirits will rise up after him, and watch the

LIFEBOAT WORK IN 1880.

to me in the last from the tab of it; urbis Institution resecting their work dur

pre strictly, from not allowing Due brain in the year 1860 shows that the lifeboats

out of his life's experience. A stray black lamp of Truth, as in the old lamp-bearing

bird from the neighboring orchard, parchemy of Greece, out of bis hand before it

on a Barmer's top, is singing the glory expires, and carry it on to the goal with kwifur and more even feet."-Charles King- sleg.

cor which is generally cometed as not the institution were the meats of saving

7 lives and vessels during the year, mly requisite but advisable from Manatory view. For years he hut out slept more than dition to the lifeboat services, 120 lives of

wire savol from shipwreck by shure bouta an hour or so in the twenty for His cus to was to lie down at shut aidnight, his and allier seats, making a total of 697 heut swathed in clothes wet with ringar; lives preserved in 1980, for which honorary Werc marle by the and even then he did not seem to rest. At prpanmiary rewards

he sinstitution.

vino voted last two o'clock every morning, if out in his buggy for a long drive, until y gold, six silver andals and clasts, light. Yot this man, though over sixty lifteen vs thanks insuribed un vell, years of age, was as hale and hearty-took and 4,2877, in cash, for saving these

hese lives. saved by means of the pocket apparat belonging to Be Board of Trade.

There

Thititu

Shipping Intelligence. The following is corrected from the latest London und Colonial Papers, de, 4-

ingas & Rury farms, and the heart and Four Julred and thy lives were also steer Palace, sinne forty years ago, the Left.

soul of any society he entered.

negroes any good, broke up the homica

to find others, as much prepared to act for

Th

and

VESSELS TO ARRIVE.

None.

AT HONGKONU.

From

Hamburg

Liverpool

Huguenot,

6, Freeman,

Cardiff

Liverpool

• Duality all augustus Elwell,

feast wishes are commands,'

8, Hernies, 從

11, Abbie Carver,

THE JEW AND HIS BEARD. Ender the paternal government of Czar Nicholis the bussian jew was no better treated by his Christian compatriote than are his descendants at the present they, as the e following true story abundantly demon. During one given at the

turn upon. As a rule, the people who how must at number of lives sival since the establish conversation happened to

Justirit growths of hair and one of the

3, Laris opiam are allied to the same class, stament of the institution to the end of the Emperor's

governor of a distant Jan. promoters of emancipation of slaves in the

1880, either by its lifuladis or in province, remarked that he had frequently West Indies-which little stroke of wisdom specist exertions for which it has giants noticed, in the chief town of his

17, Creswell, cost England 26 millions sterling

his gover disgusted

tetea, & voudrabic Jew whose countenance Feb the planters, and so far from doing the rewanis, is 27,603. The perilous characteres

if the work is shown by the fact that in was adorned by a beari of extraordinary

it eighteen non perished plishing it

How I they had been brought up in and left them during tite storms of last winter from the engin

I should like to March. 500 bin the maintenance of the lifebate. Towarzis themselves as unfledged chicks, the widows and bags of these men the winningly at the narrator. Your population of the globe were physically institution subscribal 1,800. to bo aden

- Constituted auous-homogeneously, to to focal contributions fufied on their behalf. the durachel

govorner; and that very piglet

a speetal courier to the

pre- upeak, with ideas, tastes, and temperaments all identical, there would be little difficulty Twelve now fifunts were sent to various inci capital in which the long-beardled

Isractite resided, with n

peremptory order in arranging what we should eat, drink,

that the Hebrew

be forwarded to and avoid. But as we are all differently

he without delay. On receipt of this endowed, it is impossible to

to prescribe for all what many happen to suffu individual THE CITY CORPORATION AND THE cond, the local authorities at once One's time has to be passed- somehow.

thrust into a kibitka, and co- gendarmesy At a faceting of the Court of Aldermando unfortunate Jew to In scived by The twenty-four hours which make one day of our existence have to be got through at the Guildhall, May 31, Mr. Alderveyed post-hute to St. Petersburg. lis in suite fashion. We are

here,

Ian Finnis, the senior member of the Court, pileus protestations of innocence were

he was not even

per toks the best of it. This studious mandrew attention to a piauillet which had sternly are his family. When, stimulates his brain with hooks, and the been addressed to the alde

aldermen.in

relation mitted occasionally.

The working

Fuan, with to the 3rd

3rd Rogi (ple Build), which was vri-after two might and day for more 4. Palamu, and the assistance

fobacco e of beerand

ginally rais

ho reached his destination, from the inhabitants of the then forth, he reached

and represented the policy allicials, leaning from his escort in England and Germany, and whisky in City of London about 1579, * America. Others, whicse penchant is not the famous

order/of the governorsumed that he

andi

stations last year.

THIRD BUFFS.

**

It seemed that that he had been sent thithyr at the expirens in books or work, if they can get along with-by Genend Onlor No. 41, specially issued order out it, prefer something juoro xciting They by the War Offen on April 11 last, the Pals must be a urinal the deepest dya. seek their stimulants in spirituous liquors, were to be deprived of their ut facings, Accordingly they losed him with chains thrust him inte dungeou, having first

while at the

1316

15, Denbighshire,

17, Noarchus,

26, Laurel,

30, India, 30, Flora,

30. Kaisow,

April

John C. MuurŮ,

Clara, Ambassador, Don Quixote, Chil,

1. Elstone,

Cardiff

Cardif

New York

Cardia

Carli

Gravesend

Cardif

Hamburg

London

London

Londoni

London

Leniler:

Cardiff

Cardiff Newport New York

17, North American,

Cardiff Penarth

18, Raven,

Bristol

22 New Era,

Cardiff

26, Lucile

Cardiff

Cardiff

Canliff

7. Daniel Barnes, 9, Paul Jones, 12, Landseer,

20, John R. Woresater

opinim, bhang, hashish, and others of the sad that they would be known in the futured his hair tor Se-clipipe close and hĩa ↑ same unifer, and these latter gentry when as The Kuntien en was to be antud lard aliveit oil, confornuity with prison May. nst otherwise

engaged, spand their leisure same time the 7th Foot

By this tinte several weeks in gaubling or fighting. There is no doubt cerme City of London Regiment," or no regulation.

abova the conversation. elapsed that millions make an infious use of their particular reason and to the dislike of the

and the qugust

share of the 24 hours of each day of their latter corpe. That order, unless cancelled.tuded to Fili taken Potten alike, by

taught also he delusion. As regards at their own expense, would be spent the remainder of his days thore had 28; Stonewall Jackson,

the

pared

nicety

of

D

29, 'G. F. Muntz

5, Prudencia, 7 Hopb 10, Figaro, existence. The opium smoker las far less would come into force on July 1 next. The lady's what had been

10, Nautilus, to answer for thun very many others who Bull find the time-honoured privilege of herself and by the top complaisant governor. 11, Bella Mors,

well known to the philan- marching through the City with fed as, therfore, no questions were asked somehow, though

16, Gustav Oscar, This, as wo are bayonets and colours"

about officera

luckless Hebrew, he remained fying The thropists, are ignored.

23, Helen Marion, the mole vesus the and men of the

clingly inmured in his cell, and might have 23, Phuis, if need were, tre- bosimi

depravity of opium smoking as com-tain and keep up the old buff fatings, though not his relatives, wealthy traders, bestirred 31, Helicon,

with other insidious pastinus, a buff would in any case be still served from themselves to obtain his release. When distinction was evidenced not the Government stores to two regiments they succeeded by lavish and judicious long ago, when the Taotai here issued a the ad Dragoons and the 13th Hussars, bribery in directing official attention to proclamation forbidding the employment of The Bus had fought in every quarter of his oase, it came out to the infinite amuse- Glenroy. attendant girls in tea houses, and other the globe, and bare a distinguished part in ment of the Russian Court, that his beauti places of resort in Shanghai. The use of every campaign undertaken by the Britishful beard the motive of his martyrdom

Sumatra. no doubt is injudicions, but waiting army. What the regiment wished was to be had long since ceased to exist, and with it opilan no

allowed to keep and wear their distinctive the necessity for his further sojourn in St. Asis (*) girls in tea houses could not be allowed ous and to be designed in the new terri-Petersburg. He was therefore set at liberty, Laertes (a),

the morals plea, owing, it was said, of the young men frequenting such places torial scheine as The City of London Re- grimly congratulated upon his lucky being liable to corruption from the wiles of ginent. He (Dr Alderman Finnis) Juureil

and there, na far as he was those damsels. On the other hand, in Ja that the matter bo referred to the Privi- dod again, my warned never to Lizzie G. Troop pen, opinun is rigorously exclailed, under legos Committee, with power to confer, if convexed, the tatter ended. But the Carnarvonshire (a.) – heary penalties to offenders; but with few desirable, with the Government on the sub- Jew's beard remained an airy Court joke exceptions the attendants in ten houses aject. Bir Robert Carden, M.P., seconded against the St. Petersburg police for many Electen, (a.)

a subsequent year. the motion, which was adopted.

any

all girl.

escape,

Chixhaven New York Cardiff Hamburg

L'poel v. C'diff

Cardiff Cardiff

Cuxhaven

Hongkong Kates of Postage,

+

(licvised December 1st, 1880.)

papera may

Local Parol Post

[No. 5612-July 9, 18813

POST OFFICE NOTICE Unclaimed Correspondence,

July 8, 1881.

Lete. Tap.

1

Lote. Par

Malo Menina

1. Small Parcela may be sent by Post between any of the Post Offices in Chips or Japan, as well as to Macso, Pak hoi, Singapore, Penang, and Malacca. They must not exceed the following dimen sione, 2 feet long, I foot broad, 1 foot-

deep, nor wei.k more than alba. The postage Ahing, Jobu is 20 cents per lb., which includes Registra Aitkinson, David 1 1 Mais Menius

Allen desa lai siun except to Japan, to which country parcels are forwarded at Book Rates Regis Amoug, Willan 1 try being optional. The parcels wholly closed if they bear this special endorsement, PARCEL, COSTAINING NO LET. TRE, but any parcel may be opened by direction of the Postmaster General.

tion

may

be

2. The following cannot be transmitted Parcels insuficiently packed or protected, or liable to be crashed (se handboxes, &.) (lass, Liquids, Explosive substa: cen, Matches, lariigo, Denfuile, loe, Meat Fish, Gams, Fruit, Vegetables, or whatever is dangerous to the Mails, or likely to be come offensive or injurious in transit..

Mestre Marshall Vio. Matthews, M.

Anderson, Jas. 3 MoFarlane, D.

Modfacray, Ja Melland, F. W.

Anderson, Thos.)

1 Engineer Bar Kayn Fred. I cardicboli, Major Bengkard, Hy. 1 Bezauson, John 1 1 Blougren, A. Bond, Charles Borton, Geo.

E. M. D..

Bower, Chinese

General Michell Major

Coneral

1 regd.

Morning, Miss 1 Moore Rev. W. E. 1 Muller, Estil

O'Dillon, Miss

1

1 regd.

2

O'Keefe, Capt. · 1 O'Sullivan, F. M. I Okezun, O.

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Newspapers over four ounces in weight are charged as double, treble, &c., as the caso may be, bat ench papers or packets or Lo sent at Book Ratu Two Newspapers must not be folded together as ne, nor must anything whatever be inserted Dicept bona fide Supplemente. Printed watter rany, however, be enclosed, if the Prices Cur- whole be paid at Book Rato.

nt may be paid either as Newspapers or Booka.

Commercial Papers signify anch papers as, thongs Written by Hand, do not bear the character of un actual or personal corre- spanderas, such as invoices, deeds, copied susie, &e. The elarge on them is the same as for books, but, whatever the weight *packet containing any partially wiitton B. Parceln will as a general rule be for- Barrows, Robt

Cheong Heng

Pascal, Andráš paper, it will not be charged less than 5 warded by Privata Ship, not by ContractChambers, A. J. 1 pc. Paris, D. Eded.

Mal Packet The Post Office reserves the Chip Huck Hin 1 Registered Article right of selecting the opportunity for trans-Chony Chee Cheong 3 The erador of any

of

delaying delivery with a Return Receipt mission, and

tlenion, Th. may accompany it

the number of parceln ie much as to retard Cohen, $. 8, on paying an extra fee of 5 cents.

The limit of weight for Looke sud Com- other correspondence. No responsibility Colon, W., mercial Papers to Foreign Fuat Offers is is accepted with regard to any parcel, but 4 tbs. Patterns for such offices are limited the systom of Registration will secure the to 8 ounces, and must not exc-ed these tendere against any bat a very romote pro-

bability of icas. dimensions: 8 inchoa by 4 inches by 2 inebas.

4. The public are cautioned not to con- found there facilities with a Parcel Port to Europe, do, which does not exist,

centa.

N.. mesna. No Registration.

Countries of the Pustal Union. The Union may be taken to comprise urope, most foreigu posessiónio Asia, Japan, W. Africa, Egypt, Mauritius, all

Americs, Mexico, alvadur, Brazil eru, Chili, Venezuela,

be Argentine Republic, Jamaica,

Trinidad, Guiana, Honduras, Bermonda, Labuan, with all Danish, French, Netherlands, Portuguese and Spanish Colonies,

in

638$

Store

Braganca, A. A. 1-- Burn, Revd

Connor, Foster Cormack, Joler Cornforth, John

1*

1

1 bk. Parkinson, Dr.

Antonio

Persirs Jono

Pereira Jogo

2....

Cruz, Joans Anis: 1. Damcaville, 0.1.1 Dare, Mr... Davies, Capt. Dino, Maria

Cactanie

Phillip, Mra

Playfair, M.

Reed, J. W.

1 Robertson; M. H. 1

Robertson, R.M. 2.. Rodgers, Arthur

Rob

Rusions

1

1 rega.

1

•-1

1

Schaumbach, Julen 1 ord

Drée, William

2

Selby, J. W.

1 pr.

|

Dudfield, Capt. I

Sewall, T.

Elleguard, M.

Shaik Camros

1 regd.

1

It is necessary that the following rules Duca, R. B. 1 be strictly obs. rved.

1., No Letter or Packet, whether to be registered or unregistered, can be receive for stage if it contains gold or silver money, jowels, grecious articles, or anything that, as a general rule, is liable to Custom duties

Countries or in the Union-The oblef

2. This Regulation prohibits the sending countries not in the Union are the Aus-of Patterns of dutiable articles, unless the tralasian Group, and 8. Africa.

quantity soot be so small as to make the sample of no value.

Postage to Union Countries. General Rates, by any routa :-

8 coals each.

Letters, Post Cards, Registration, Newspapers, Books, Patterns and

Coma. PaperA,

10 cents per oz.

10 cents.

2 cents each, 2 cents per 202.

There is no charge on redirected ́aorre-

•pondence within the Pontal Union,

Postage to Non-Union Countries. Elawaiian Kingdom - Letters,

10 Revistration,

None. 2

Newspapers,

Books & Patterns, Бла

West Indies (Nou Union), olive Costa Rica, Guatemala, New Granada, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay.

31

Letters,

Registration, Newspapers,

Books & Patterns,

None.

6 Australia, New Zealand, Takmanis, and Fiji, via Torres trails, Letters, 10 Re- gistration, J; Newspapers, 2 Boka and Patterns, 2: Vin Qaile, Lett zs, 25; Re gistration, 10; Newspapera, 2; Books and Patterns, 2.

Natal, the ape. St. Helena, and Aacon- sinn, via den, Letters, 25; Registration, 10; Newspapers, 2; Books and Patterns, 6.

* A small extra charge is made on delivery,

There is Registration to British W. India

Isturds, 10 centa

Registration via San Francisco, 10 cents. CRunot be sent vin San Francisco.

LOCAL POSTAGE.

5

e), Coinin Chias €),

Tonqui (f) and the

Philippines

(f)!

4

b

(through a

Between any other two! of the following flong

British

directio

Between Hongkong, Canton,! and Macan, in 'eithe

filca) viz:

kon, Maoso, Chin»,

Japan (d) Nism direct

Letters Regis Pos News and per ib. Card papers. Pate rar, including

per kuz. tration.

per 2 oz. Regi try

cents.

cents

cent.

cents.

cents

centa.

Books

Parcels,

(d) Parcels at Book Rates, registry optional.

(e) Via Singapore, 10 cents.

No Parcel Post

Local Delivery.

1. All correspondence posted before 5 pm. on any week day for addresses in Victoria will be delivered the same day, and generally within two hours,, unless the delivery should be retarded by the Contract

Mails.

3. The limits of weight allowed areas follows:-

Books and Papers-to-British Offios, Iba, to the Continent, &e., 4 lbs. Pattern to British Offices, 5lbs. If with out intrinsic value; to the Continent, to, 8 ez

1

I

Beitz, Christ.

pr.Silva, María Á., 1

I

1

2 Siqueira, João M. 1

Smith, Macadam 1 1 bi

Smith, Mru Geo. 1. Spafford, T.

I J; 2 Strow, W. X. 1 Tavares, Mrs.

Stewart, AG.

}

Morten Taylor, W. K. 1

1 Thompson,

Mis E. E.

Thompson, Mre).

1

1

B. E

1

E. P. (Customs) 1 1 Farrah, Thos.. Flonikes, W. 1

ward R. A Fleming, Ed-1.

Fister, Frensal, Charles 1 Gin Ling Goono. Í Gounell, C. A. Grant, Jobu Green, Capt. 8. G. Hanek, H. Hamlin, Capt. Hamilton, V. Hauds, John Bingthorn, Thos. 1. Holine, Y. Hong Bi Wan Hornstern, K. Rough, Robi. Hughes, Jolin Flanderson, Dr. I Eyde, W. Jacob, Mrs R. Japani, Arthur 1 Jim, (Chluamen) 3 Joses, C. P. Koch, A.:

I

Toung Sang

Loong

Tseng A Sam Contractor

| regā,

1 regd.

1 regd:Tyn Hing Loong 1

Van Corback, W1 Villaball, C. Vincent, Capt."}

1 regd. Uhs.

Wade, H. F. + 1 bk.

1 1.

Ware, Ernest

Wu, C. W.

1

Indemnity for the Lon of a Registered Letter

The Fort Office is not legally responsible for the safa delivery of Registered corren pondence, but it is prepared to make good the contents of such correspondence at Kehler, E. Capt. 1 extent of $10, in certain caser, provided:→→ while paning shrough the Peat, to the Landi, Misa

Gabriela Lien, T. 1. That the sender duly observed all the Lim Koon Gin 1 conditions of Roglatration require.

Long, Capt. M. 1 Ludlum, T.E. 2 Macy, G. H. 1-

2. That the felter was securely enclosed in a reasonably strong envelope,

3. That, application was made to the Postmaster eneral of Hongkong im mediately the lose was discovered, the envelope being invariably forwarded with such application unless it also is lost.

1

Weber, Morten B. 1

13 pr.

10%

Wing Wo Lung 1 regd.

Wis, Lieut. H.F.1

Wood, Ber. Cbs. 1

Woollam, W. Wow Bing

·X. Y. Z.

1

1 regi.

2

1 regd.

Yip Sum Thn Yu Yay Səm Zedtwitz Baron da

For Merchant Ships.

Albyn's Tale Aminisgalor

A. Newton

Belted Will Cadra

Carrixolo

4 That the Portmaster General is satis Ged that the loss occurred whilst the corre pondence was in the custody of the British Postal administration in China, that it was not caused by any fault on the part of the Channel Queen sender, by destruction by fire, or shipwreck, Clara nor by the disbo esly or negligence of any Coldstream person not in the employment of the Cyclops, 8.8.

Daniel Baznea Hongkong Post Office.

Ne compensation can be paid for mere domage to fragile articles such as portraits. watches, handsomely bound books, da, which reach their destination, although in. a broken or deteriorated condition.

Honey Order Regulations.

Eden

Ellen Elhots

E, M, Young Espana, 8.5. Esturias Ethelbert

Fanghi Ballaugh Flodden

Freeman

Lato. Pap.

Lete. Pap.

1 Kamtchatka, mờ. Î

Landeur

Laurel Laurens'

Lilla Lota

2

·

1 Lightning

I

1

1

'Locia

1

Mozart

1 regd.Nardoo

1

New Era

&

Nord America

3

†. Vouder

Falen, 8.8. Glamorganshire. 1

Money frders are exchanged: with the Jaited Kingdom, New South Walen, | Queensland, South Australia and Port Golden State Darwin, the Straits Settlements, Western Grenavons Australia, and (except at Shanghai) will: Bardwick, s.6.

Hongkong aleo Hermes the Japanese Empire.

Hoogly issues orders on Shanghai, and vice veTER.

India

2-mall sums may be remilled between Jarra

1

the other Ports by means of Postage John C. Munro. 1

Stamps, ubject to a charge of onu par

cunt. for cashing them.

3.-Many Money Orders are supplied to

I

Northern Light 1 regd.

2 Noythene

Phinear Pendleton F

Propontis, d..

Prospector

1 Buclect

1: Regah Olclub, 5.8.

Raven Reatless

B. Worster, ., 1 Senator

Shadwan, s.8.'

Bumatin St. Vincent

Taunton

Vosparian, 8.6.

1. Wile

1 regd. Wol. H. Besse

1 1 Zodiac

Books, eto, without Covers.

residente at the ameller Ports in this 287. Apsarade Zeitung. An application for an order is filled up, Aamuded...

and is enclosed with a stamped, directed,

and unsealed esrelope to the Postmaster at Boletim Official de Ludia.

nearest

the new

mtet

issuing offer. The application Bolling and Lowe's Catalogue (illustrated), be accompanied with the full amount Bombay Samachar. (including commission) in cheque, postage Commerce Francsin. stampa, or other equivalent of cash, and a Courier. little margin should be left for varis

variations Cuskoo Clock exchange.

of

The Postmaster issues the Craz

order, sends it on in the envelope, and returns the change, by frat op

tunity, with a receipt for the letter,

be.

De Maasbode. Daily Journal of Commerce.

were to ho registered, as it always should De Opaneiker. Care should be taken to sand these Do Tijd.

Deutsche Kundschau. applications in time, au the Money Order Der Veterans Schwaben. Offices close some hours before the depar Die Poft. tures of the maila.

Evening News. Finnben.

4-No order must excest £10, or $50. or include any fraction of a panny, nor will more than two such orders he issued to the same rereon, in favour of the same payer by the same mail. Orders will be draw at the current rats of the day? and paid at

the rate of the day when the advien arrived.

The commission is as follows

Orders on the United Kingdom.

Up to £2........... 18 cents.

........... 96

»

£7............ 54

£104....... 72

Local and Intercolonial Orders.

Up to $25 qr £5......26 cents.

350 or £10...50

Francis Times & Co. Price Lästs.

Gezondheid.

Oil Dino.

Glasgow Weekly Herald. Graphic.

Hobos (Russian Paper). Hobost

Illustrated London News, Imparcial.

Lancet.

Lloyd's Weekly News,

London Commercial Salo RoomA, Londoà & China Express. Long Island Record.

2. Invitations, do, ran generally, be elivered within Victoria at the pfivate houses of the addressees rather then at plac-s of business, if a wish to that effect

6.-Luts of Money Order Offices in the be expresas by the sender, otherwise wil United Kingdom may be consulted at Machine Tools p.. correspondence is invariably delivered at Hongkong and Shanghai. the mexreat place of business,

8. Goxholders who desire to send Circu

· 6. —Names most be given in full (except

Macmillan's Magazine.

Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant

lars, Dividend Warrants, Invitations, Cards, when there is more than one Christian New Testament (Revised Version),

all of the same weight, to addremos in name) but the use of the Payee Deed not North Chins Herald, Hongkong,

Bangkok, or the Ports of China be gives if the order be grossed (as cheques Јарав, may deliver them to the Postare crossed). It can then be paid only then through a Bank, and may allerwards be Each specially crossed to any Bank,

&o.,

"And

Office unstamped, the postage.

being

charged to the sender's account.

batch must consist of at least'ten.

Orient Zeitung.

Pescock Mansfield and Britton's Instated Ca-

talogus,

Sample of Hose Bengale,

Bookish Camie Minstrel, Botheran's Catalogue of Siguation," St. James Badget,

7. No order can be paid till the Payo Bozholders may also send Patterns has signed it in the proper place. An Russian Illustrated Paper to the same places in the same way. En-order ou be transferred to another effica Badan Paper, velopes containing Pattery may be wholly on payment of an additional commission closed if the nature of the contents be first In case of loss of an order, necessity for ample of Cotton Fxhibited or stated to the Postmater stopping payment, or

the like,

eppileation General, as he may consider preessary, and should pe lande to the nearest Money Bairday Eloview

mayOrder Office for instructions... approved by him. Printed Cironlace may such Pattern

Peokern inserted in

If the order be not presented within PARDELS-The public

publio le reminded that, aix months an additional commissionill compos there is no aush thing as Parcel Post be charged; If not within twelve months, Thatched House Olab (3 Bookn)-

the money will be forfeited. When the The Daily Express. to Europe, do. Much trouble and disap-order is one paid no further clatin can be Times. pointment are dansed by persistent attempts entertained.

Cardiff

*Curdiff.

· LOADING YÒR CHINA AND JAPAN PORTE, At London.--Steamers via Suez Canal.

Sailing Vessels.

At Liverpool,

Deucalion (A.) At Cardif

At Glasgow."

to send small valtabis trifles through the Post

At Hamburg,

Cassandra (s.)

Exmorada

9. No order can be paid until the advics Bates thau Carios Articles of Dress

Bod similar

presents are con- relative to is has been reveived. tinually

being refused, the senders having. often spent more in Postage than would have paid the freight by steamers

No refund can be made or such pareds of the vaine of Stamp obliterated before the nature of the contents The discutered.

• Made out on a printed form which is supplied

cat gratia, q

dollar rate for drawing on the United King

dom in is feres at Shanghali

Verordnung.

Woolson & Co.'s Catalogue.

Printed and published by Gro Mornay BADS, at the China Mail Office, No Wyndham Street, Hongkong.

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