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LINCOLN AND GARFIELD.

Two of the noblest man that over lived To hold the helm of stato in troubled sens Of wrong, chicanory, and falsehood base,

The stroke that laid, the martyred Lincoln

low

THE GOSPEL OF DYNAMITE AMONG THE SHANGHAI CHINESE, (Courier.)

FOREIGN AND NATIVE OPIUM IN

CHINA

THE CHINA MAIL.

(Revised | July Jat, 1881.)

Another for supplies, but for the purpose of Hongkong Rates of Postage. our argument we assume that each provines. The last number of the China Review applies itch), an amount less than is omituins an article on the question of the taken by the single department of Taiwan nitive umount of Indian and Chinese (Formass); hence, it is only fair to assume, Opitin used by the Opium-makers of China. that if the population of these two provinces, whose principal cities would equal in popu General's Cireniar (recently published), and,

Local Purcel Pos

Was sharp and sudden, when rest hind all but only confined to the East. But this is a The writer first quotes the Inspection the whole of that of the isled of the Rates, are given in cents, and aró, för | broad, 1 foot deep, nor weich more than

swift,

When acts and scenes of life had followed And deeds been wrought that placed

name on high, With earth's great worthies-grander far!

his

atter muting the two widely divergent es- Formosa, consume opium in the same pro- timates of the native produst the one portion as the people of Taiwan, at least 25,000 chusta, and the other 265,000 per 35,000 chesis of native opium et have been used by these two large provinces annum-preceeds

Paragraph of the Inspector General's! between them, or, that the people are smok- Introductory Nate touches the interesting ing less than they did ton years age, which subject of native opium, which the Chinese is untrary to all evidence, appear to be as willing to grow and

1. Small Parcels may be sent by Post at Book rates between any of the Post now in China or Japan, un woll KE to Maeso, Pathol, Singapore, Penang, and Malacca. They must not exceed the In the following Statements and Table following dimensions, 2 feet long, 1 foot Lotters, per half ounce, fur Books and sibe. The parcels may be wholly cland they bear Ibis Apecial endorsement, Patterns, per two ounces

Newspapers over four ounces in waight PARCEL, CONTAINING MO LEITER, but any are aburged as double, Lieble, &c., as the parcel may be opened by direction of casa may be, bat such papers or packets or the Fostmester General, t papers may be sent at Book Rate. Two

2. The following cannot be transmitted Newspapers must not be folded together s axcept bona fide Supplements. Printed or liable to be crushed (as bandboxes, Meat,

No. 6684-October 1, 1881

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Gorrespondence,

Sept. 30, 1881.

Maar, 0. 1.

A

It was supposed that the old fashioned ideas of removing a person for State or pri- vate ressous by secret and slow runs were mistake, for we regret to hear that some Orientals are commending to indulge in the luxury of blowing up disliked persons, and waging what is called "private war in ao cordance with the "Gospel of Dynamite." Here is a case in point. A few days sinvo Chinese fereale appeared in the French Mixed Court and preferred a peculiar charge o'clock on the morning of the 17th of last us India is to supply it. Respecting the again, take the Northern porta of Now~ | one, nor must anything whatever be inserted Parcels insufficiently packed or protected, Bellalupion against a Chinese. It appears that at 2

month, a

& Chinose, Then came the tragic blow; the serpout the house of themed Wang, wont to production of honie-grow, opiùm, we are average importation of Indian opium is matter may, however, be enclosed, if ibu &c.) Glass, Liquida, Explosive subita seb, Bernadina Bru

prosecutrix, and afterall volinble statistics oannot be obtained, rapidly decreasing, and ii will be seen that whole be paid at Book Rato... Prices Our Matches, Indigo, Dyestuhatever Blanchet, talon pig Olaza, šna

I-phang, the port, nearest Sze Chean, the the aggregate demand for fudian drug ma

rent may bo paid either as Newspapers of conversingla short time with the woman

Wang then province believed to be the chief produser during the tive yeurs 1876-80 only. totals Istang the heel of him that crushad it amokos his pipe he felt unwell it the and cuisumer of native spium, estimates the 6,477 pieuls between the shree parts; and

complained that

That conquer peoples vast 'midst bloodshed

than those

fierce.

He freed a nation of the vilest stain, That evor apoiled a country's fairest famu,

writhed,

And

low;

consume

Tientsin and Chetco, whose yearly

Joe

Allen, H. American, Clock & Braki Co Alvares, Delimate 1 Andrews, 2.0–1 Bailward, W, AS Baker BB SOM? MeLood? E Bar Kayn Fred 1 dardMaxiera Konani

Menfius, Many) Nicholls, Capt. 1. T Madms Carolino

Nimmo, a. (... D Oehl, F

Olsen, B. Palmer, Alfred 1 Parlab, Adwd. 1 Pigna, D. F.

Blomgren, A. 1 Bloxsome Miss, 1 Blanat, F1gd. Bobb, Daniel 12 Bozien, Geo.

When spurned from out the breast of nation stomach, and the woman kindly offered to total production of native opium at 25,000 | that Tientsin, which has to supply itzuli anda, though Written by Hand, do not bearded by Private Ship, not by Contract Bolton, J. H 1 Engineer)

bold

life

That crewhile warmed to hideous monstrous The vilest Beed of frightful, hellish biod. A nation quivered "nesth the bloody stroke, That laid the conqueror low in silent death: A nation quivers now 'neath second blow As cruel se the first-a causeloss blow.

To glory born in fivres, convulsive throes Of civil strife; baptised by Fame in bland, Most freelyahedin freedom's righteous cause, The second victim rose, to take the place

Fish, Game, Fruit, Vegetables, or is dangerous to the Mail, or likely to be Commercial Papers signify such papers come offensive or injurious in transit.

8. Parcels are as a general rule for sand for doctor. Wang would not allow chests annually: white Nings, atather Peking, with its army of opium smoking the character of an actual or personal corre this to ho done, as he said he would be lurt far away on the coast, catiuates it at official underlings, dels took on an average spondence, such as invoicos, deeds, copied Mail Packet. The Post Office Teserves the better shortly, if she would leave him alone,265,000. With sash widely divergent en 4,000 piculs a year. Dividing the total im- music, &c. The charge on them is the late right of electing the opportunity for trane After the lapse of a few minutes, he saidinates the inspector General has treated portation between the three parts, gives but as for books, but, whatever the weight of mission, and of delaying delivery in case the replies to his 7th query as so much 2,636 picula as the nunual requirements of a packet containing spy partially written the number of parools is such as to retard that he fell botter, and he told her to leare

Ho guess work; but it seems to us that some these thres large provinces, while the single paper, it will not be charged loss than other correspondance. No responsibility is accepted with regard to any parcel, the apartment. She refused to do au. insisted on hor quitting the room and have been at pains ollect Bata, and prefecture of Taiwan can casue 5,000 cents.

It teema to

The render of Bay Registered Artiels unless Registered. is that, if others have even seglected to utilize the piouls a year! loaving him alone, and on her finnly re- fusing to comply with the demand, he for- informofit to be foutul in the Customs Formosa may be taken as a fair instance of may accompany it with a Beturn Receipt cibly ejected her from the room and shut

The limit of weight for Booke and Com. About half an hour afterward catious and other reports. In treating what the present demand would be if un-ou paying an extra feo of 5 cents, ail the replies from the ports as se muy affected by native supplies, these figures door. he opened the door and sent for the woman, guesses, we think Mr. Hart has been led prove that at a low computation 51,500 mercial Papers to Forsigt Post Offices is

to her, Of him who fell by tyrant's hatsful spleen; with those words he left into serious error, and has greatly under nils of native drug must have been ased 4 lbs Patterns for such offices are limited estimated the total production of the home by the three provinces of Shôngking (Mau- to 8 ounces, and must not exceed these graun drag, which, in his calenlation, hechurin); Chihli and Shantung, always sup-dimensions: 8 inches by 4 inches by previously states as a fact that as far as about the same throughout China, and that competes at 100,000 chests 2 year, but posing that the percentage of smokers ie insbes

N.R. means No Registration. we know to-day the native opium produced each province is capable of consuming four does not exceed the Foreign impurt in quantimes the quantity required by the one tits" We will endeavour to show he is profecturo of Taiwan-in. mistaken.

course;

(As black funereal pall) the people left Tomourn its brightest hopestosorrow turned,

But the blood of martyrs shed

of

i[l

the

which

better now, I'll go

The first estimate of 25,000 chests a year, Le the full production of native drug China, is apparently furnished by Mr. Bagar, the acting Deputy Commissioner charge at I-chang. His figures are evident requirements.

and we should have

thonght

Countries of the Postal Union The Union may be taken to comprise rope, most foreign possessions in Asia, Japan, W. Africa, Egypt, Mauritius, ski America, Mexico, Salvador, Brazil Peru, Chili Venesuela, The Argentine

Honduras,

1

Browne, J. Stewart 1 Bruse, Capt Bamiller, Osto 2 Burns Hy (Seaman) 1 . Cars, Brg Bay

Foon

Be

The public are cautioned not to con.Cheung Yoong found thean facilities with a Parcel Post to Europe, &o, which does not exist.

It is necessary that the following rules bo strictly oberved,

1. No Letter or Packet, whether to be registered or unregistered, can be received for Postage if itconisins golder silver money, jewela, procions articles, or anything that as a general rule, is liable to Customs duties.

2. This Regulation prohibits the sending af Patterns of dutiable articles, unless the quantity sont be so small as to make the Trinidad, Guiana, | s«mple of no valno, sing

The helm of state he firmly grasped and host, and the woman entered the room

stood, Frepared to steer her through hor stormy when to have been a sloeping apartment. he had quitted, and slept there, for And sworn to free the land froin all her foos, At five o'clock she was awakened by the When nerveless fell his arm; but bravely still roport of what appeared to be a gun cost He hore himself, and shower full well he knew ecaled somewhere under the bed, The

From the above computation it will ba Both how to labour and to wait 'midst pain noise frightened the woman; but not to searching the

apparent that the ten un matige pinen, For brighter day to dawn; and dawn it has the extent of preventing hur

alone require-100,000 pienia of opium, For him, though darkest night shrouds thickhouse. She found underneath her bed in another room what was described as an iron

in addition to the yearly supply of 10,000

to with gloom

chesta uf case ar bomb, which had been Glled with

satisfy their of imported opium,

We haps still nine non-Treaty gunpowder. The result of this exploding

He usupplied with any Indiza Republic, moda, Labuan, with all was that one of the winloirs was blown ly more residing in an opium-growing | drug. Assuming, then, that the consu

part precinces out, the walls were shakon, the curtains were on fire, and the room was filled with district would have been in a position to tier inland is equal to that of the boast and Danish, French, Netherlands, Portuguese fellows

and Spanish Colonies, have supplied reliable data, or, at least, to riverine provinces, say, 20,000 chesta a year

Countries NOT in the Union-The chic! 180,000 sinoke. The wounu sereaued wildly on

of native picula of

countries not in the Union are the Aus witnessing the scene, and this aroused the have been able to verify the statements ench, it will require

cae into the room and made by others on this subject,~by the drug to supply the wants of these non-Treaty tralasien Group, and S. Africa. neighbours, who

ber of Cum-

̈Added to the rea, which amount, port protinger, Delegates of the Shanghai Chamber of

new to the by the Treaty port extinguished the fire and did their best was at usten reported into the lands of the wweit information shut native opium, roughly speaking, singularly confirmatory

station, well-known travellere, who have contributed provinces, qu

provinces, quenle and the case was put into police. The following day, the

from quite a different source. We still think this estimate rather under than over the mark, and, consequently, canoot share the opinion expressed by Mr. Hast that from

Hath been the seed of future joy and one So idet a nation's tenza may quiet Hopu Foint with outstretched hand to future days, When Wrong discomfited shall hide its head To other hands shall fall the task undonö; no; His mantle, heaven sent, shall rest on those

that an oficer

Who, single hearted, with boldust front and compose the excited female. The matter merce, Baron Richthofen, Baber, and other 100,000 cheste rean megat,

hand,

J. D. B.

Fight Hydra-headed ills--corruptions foul.

Hongkong, 29th Sept. 1881.

THE GERMAN TREATY WITH CHINA.

the

met a woman a

Postage to Union Countries. General Kates, by any conte Letters,

the man who lud visited her the previon which it would have been well to have cor of Mr. Drew's estimate, though attained Post Cards,

rahorated,

night and whom sho pected, and she then had him arrested. Ou

Ou boing brought before But the Chineso Magistrate who gut with the to be produced in all Ching at 12,000 piculs, hat the opinion smokers in Chica constitute

Hat I-chang is not the only port whose estimate is unworthy of admission in the the Court the man protested his innocenco. Return. Cantou estimates the sunount said French Vice-Consul, threatened the accused though Mr Ache

in his expluuntory

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a statisticul pint of view it is safe to say.

palation.

Then who have studied the question estimate the percentage at from 40 to 50 per

Registration, Newspapers,

10 cents per os

8 cents each. in cente.

2 cents each.

Buks, Patterns and 2 cents per 2 oz.

Comm, Papers,

There is no charge on redirected spondence within the Pastal Union,

S. The limits of weight allowed aro na

· Books and Papers to British Offic) 5 lbs; to the Continent, &o, 4 Iba Patterns to British Offices, 5lbs. If with

ont intrinsic value; to the Continent, Ava., 8.02.

|

Pilah, Cips J GRUB Platt, P Playfair. 6. Polisest, FARAKT

Porária, George 1 gd. Pybus, Ha

Halsberg, doha"" 19-** Randle, De (*1 Richard, E. 5. M: 1

Chieng Saa Kes 1 regd. Richardson,

Clossen, Mr H. 1

1* 2

W. 6. ER-- >1

1 Robertson, ME,1-

Cohen, W. Connell, AL

·Cordova, Jour, V. 1 Coitean, Mouse, 5:14 DareDROD, C Day, John Eden, Mr Frank 1 Edwards, James 1 Flaming, Ed Fook Who Ching 1 regd.

ward R. A. |

Rose, Capt.,AN,B,2 Roms, Capt. John F Roza, Srà M. 113 Rostro, JA F1 Fussell, Dient w.

Broke, LaVARSI Schall, L. D. 1 Sainocoliga, 7, 1 Sea, Li Ford John, D. 8 Felby, J., W. Gibson, Perer 1 Sprell, TRACKS Gol hing Dr.1 Shelton, Capt. 1- Gomes, Bygino I Silva da, B Gumeli, A. 10 10 Luba Ectaris Grant Geo., H. 2 The Bing Lantróp, A Gray, Min. In Gri-Dar esc Green, F. J. 6 Siqueira, Jolo M. 1 Grienberg, Josepli 1 Sit Alma D

Gay, W. T... 54 Smith, Robt.r Halolo, Demetris 1rgd. (Touriss). Balerta, Robt. 51 pel Smith, J. Halsey, Mrs A.A. 1 Hevaiston, W. 1⠀⠀⠀⠀ Smith, Mrs ML1/ Hamalt, BL I Bowerlay, Rev. A. 1 Haswell, W. L. 2 - Hangen, Chi, 1 Heather, J. 1 Stephens, Theo, 1: Indemnity for the Loss of a Registered Article. Hill, W. Lomi 1, Stevenaghdise änts 1

Hing Kan 1 Wm. H. 1 The Post Oftae is not legally responsible | Hingthorn, Thos. 1 Bun Chong Jan 1 for the safe delivery" of Registered corres Hoeflich, E. 1.1igd.Bas Krong Wai Ləngd.

Hopklus, Messze correpondence, but it is prepared to make good Hopkins Cruser&

the contents of such correspondence lost

bile paring through the Post, to the Horn, Wolf extent of $10, in certain cases, provided Hornstera, H.

Hoghen, John 150 Taylor Lambkční 1. Tod.

12 Thompson 1. That the sender daly observed all the Jamen, D, E,

Jones, C. PIZDA MIN, VE, ASS conditions of Registration require.

Postage to Non-Union Countria, Hawaiian Kingdom --

The official correspondence already pub w th severe punishment, and he confessed mentorandus, that he enusiders piculs 60.000 simply two-thirds of one per sent of the Hished concerning the Gormar Convention that he was the author of this explesion. He nearer the mark. We think he might have

machine said he had laid this infernal mat under with China has disposed of all doubt as to the woman's bed, in revenge of her peralatantly said 250,000 pioute, for quite ten ngs the yield of native drug was es- any independeul or isolated action on the demands fora deiter which haowed her dis- trst, it was estimated that 15, Apiculs and Dr. Dudgeon), and in some of the pro- | Registration, part of Germany in Treaty negotiations was adjourned, for the purpose of die timated to equal the imports, cent of the population (II. E. Kuo-sury-tuo | Letters, What has been obtained is the result of the where the prisoner had obtained his had been disposed of in Canton (page 18);; dusing provinces it is said that the entire Newspapers,

covering

The

and who had made it, for it had evident-and in 1879, Mr. Bredou, Commissioner at populace smoke the druge ly been maanfactured by a native artisan, Canton, staten in his Report on Trude, that uchan indepent of destruction, it appears, the amount of native epiam then produced and rever been used before by a Chinese, and in the south-western provinces alone, waa the Magistrate, therefore, thought it neces from 25,000 to 32,000 picule, and he adds Bary to

to find out who had made it, in order to that the dealers estimate the consumption of prevent the repetition of such a dreadful act native spiam in the Canton province to be as that complained of. From the

imagine it

With all these data at their disposal,

The same reason which

prevents Indian drug reaching the interior keeps the Yun- nan and Sze ohun growth from the

Coast namely, taxation. Were statisties procurable we think it would be found that Chineso opium quadruples or quintuples the Indian drug. Tmvellers in the interior are unaui-

gards commercial transactions, it was agreed ticus of this implement, we should 40 per cent more than it was ten years amous in estimating the line growth an!

all

wust sort of

O%-

10 Nono. 2*

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

Books & Patterns, 5*

3. That application was made to the West Indies (Non Union)†, Bolivis Postmaster tjeneral of Hørgkong im

Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Letters, Registration, Sp

80

None,

5

mediately the loss was discovered, the envelope being invariably forwarded with such application unless it also in lost,

4. That the Postmaster General, is catie“ Books & Patterns, 6

Ged that the loss occurred whilst the corros- Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, and pondence was in the custody of the British iji, in Torres Strails, Letters, 10; Re Postal administration in Chins, that it was Patters, 2: Fia Gail, Letters. 25; Resender, by destruction by fire, or shipwreck, person bot in the employment of the via Yannin and Sze-chuan, that ne Indian Patterns, 2.

Hongkong Post Office.

was a sort mortar loaded with a species of

a species of appears strange that the compilers of the exceeding the quantity imported. Only a the duties describe exported by them, busive bullet, and the arrangement for lietura should have ignored the results of few months ago Mearts: Sultan and Stephen- gistrativo, Jo; Newspapers, 2; Books and not caused by any fanit on the part of the

sent, of the China Intand Mission, were told it must have been highly ingenious, previous investigations made by former in-

It will be inter Ele timing subjects of any other foreign nationesting to learn the results of the search whiumbents, and that, with few exceptions, white on their journey from Bhamo to Cliina, vistration, 10; Newspapers, 2; Booka and nor by the disho, enty or negligence of any

combined action of the Treaty Powers. In an article referring to some of the provisions in the German Convention, Mitchell's Mari- -time Register comments as follows:-

In the English Treaty, in so far as re- that "British subjects shall pay on merchandise

in the tariff, but in до bo called upon to pay other case shall they or higher duties than are required of the Art. 26 acknowledges that the 5 per cent. ud valorem imposed by the Treaty of Nan kin had been found in practice, by reason of the fall in value of various articles of merchandise, to be excessive, and 3 re- vision

place. In pursuance was to take of that undertaking, a tariff of dues on imports and exports was issued, and either of the high contracting parties were at Liberty

to demand a rectification of these 'em hanged first. rates so levied at the end of ten years; but

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notice

fabricator of this tacchanical contrivance, for

has been made by the police to discover they should have made no attempt to answer

question givon them.

only estimate which we consider at The all near the mark is that given by Mr. Brew at Ningpo. He has evidently studied the subject, and pussesses a thorough ac- quaintance with the question to be dealt with. His estimate of 266,000 pieula is

thereby hange a tale of some importance to those who wish to ascertain the extent the infection of blowing up has caught hold of any criminally inclined Chinese.

upinio was used in Fauna and very little Natal, the aps, St. Bolena, and A. in Sze-chuan, from which letter province sien, via fonden, Letters, 25; Registration, the export to other parts of the empire eacced-10; Newspapers, 5; Books and Patterna, 5.

the total importation of Indian drug.

The conclusion to be drawn from the perusal of this publication is that, however nefarions the traffic in opium may be, the Indian Government only supplies on fuftuites-

Tue reporter who was requested to write supported by the best evidence quiry simal proportion of this noxious weed to the

up the death of two murderers said he'd the result of caretal intelligent

The

the percentage of smokers, even then, would be trifling.

All theso estimates are, however, based on

the supposition that the population of Chins

19

made by travellers in the producing discople of China; and, assuming that the The noble red men who sell Indian cu-tricts, whose estimates are more reliable native growth is treble the imported article, than the contradiet ry atatements sent from Canton, or the guess-work from I-shang. if no application for alteration should be riosities at Niagara Falls may be seen every nade, the scale was to remain in force for a day perusing the news from Ireland in he

Let us sev if we can verify Mr. Drew's second period of ten years, and so on, maily papers. Although far frou home, cessively,

was given of the tor- they feel a deep interest in their distracted estimate, which he has compiled from such

authorities sa Riuhthofen, Baber, and at least 300,000,000 (Dr. Happer places it ut these figures, but Mr. A. E. Hippisley, of mination of the Treaty. The tariff was and courced country. ----Norr. Herald.

Hobson made applicable to the British and Chinese

A man called out to his creditor, "Get 100,000 chests of Foreign opium in- the 1. M. Customs Service, reduces them to include the only, and did not, of course,

ported annually do not do more than supply 250,600,000). But if the percentage of non-treaty Powers. After the settlement out, you ornithorhynchus ! The mati of the Anglo-Chinese scale of duties, the departed mookly. "Who's that 1" inquired the demand of the ten Brenty sort provinces, smokers were as small as now made out, Governments of several Maritime States a friend of the speaker. An ornithorar provinces having ports where Foreign would a vice indulged in by only one or two entered into Conventions with the Ce- hybu." "How's that?" Well, Webster trade is permitted. Exorbitant taxation per cent of the populaes have mule ifeelf co

prevents the Indian drag

proient as to have aroused such interest and Malwa on the part of Chinese officials and philan lestial Empire, and those who secured defines him as a best with a bill."

***AMANTHA,” he murmured, with a pathos distance island. Of course Paintings and favoured nation treatment particpain his voice, conceded to

why do you quiver at my ars to be found in steall quantitis in every thropists at home, and bean denounced as in the advantages

and So irregular

land 2 of so oppres the curse the land Whatever favour Majesty.

may be touch Why do you shrink for my embrace, town; bul-

Laxes of the Chinese

We sourcely so; and for these reason

think: as the startled iawn trombles at the rustling sive are the inland Laxe granted by the Chinese on duties of im port or export to foreigners must be allowed of the autumn loaves?" "I've been var Empire, and apposed to all interchange we are led to the conclusion that the popula

distance, that prae- tion of China is as over-estimated as, we think to British subjects in their trading transaccitated," she said.

tically, it s

it has been found that under exist we have proved, the native production of tions with Chintis. It is confidently anti- As apprentice boy, who had not pleased iug circumstances, Indian opiums, except as opiu as been under-estimated. cipated that when the Chinese are freed his employer, one day

a luxury indulged in by a few rich men er from the heavy expenditure of maintaining chastisement, during the administration of

riet of the Empire." interior large ar

armies for the protection of their which his moster saclaimed: How long high othicials, is not to be met with in the frontiers from Russian aggresston, and her will you serve the devil?". The boy replied. coal-Holds worked by inodorn ma- whimpering: "You know best, sir, but chinery, the resources of the Empire will believe my indenture will be sure lue considerably

developed. Looking for months." ward to this expansion of trade, the Ger mans, on the expiration of the twentieth yest of their original treaty, have acted

ira

came in for B

I

INSECT-WAX. The wax insect comes from a piace called di-hang Fa and the region

of commodities from

cheste,

There are fen Treaty port provinces (as shown in the map, aeonpanying the book under notice), to consume these 100,000 sincs, leaving 321 20 10,000 chests per pro- leaving niue provinces to be supplied from at the same rate of consumption with 9,000

which they have to

Butisfy internal

wisely in placing their commercial affairs roundabout in the south-western portion of foliests,sources, Bocing that the imported Chinese sources. His lowest assessment is

on a sunder footing at the open Chinese Chuan (Kien oh'ang).

Ports.

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Savural my rinda" of man-loads are said to be ouaveyed drug cannot reach them. Reference to the anunally during the third tason from this Customs Batirns will, wa Brink, clearly place to Kin-ting Fu, where the insects are prove that 100,000 sheets or peculs are quits ONE tragic phase of the recent exsotition in placed on the wax tree. Each man curries insufficient to supply the wants of the ten if we take the average Rusis lay in the fact that the judge who pro-fim 50 to 60 oatties of insects, worth from Treaty jurt provinces, i nounced the death sentence upon Sophie Tis. 180 to Tls. 480 aceording to the demand. consumption of certain ports as yet unaffect

The chung she on which the insects form. ed by the native growth. For this purpose Pierofisk & was a companion of her child-

we canot do better than take the two ports their cases or chrysalides, and the the on hood, and once a suitor for her hand.

whose of Tansui and Takow (Taiwan),

aggre great puzzle to botanists. Must

on we

All our informants assess the percentage at from 30 to 40 per cent. Where do they opure the if the puputation is propure

drug, 200,000,000, and the highest caputation Foreign and native opium imported and produced is insufficient to supply three to his 7th in four per cent. Dr. Dudgeon, Report on the Peking Hospital (1868), gives an interesting statement of the percentage of smokers of all classes, derived from:

4 to 6 per cent, anung agriculturists in districts not producing the poppy: his highest is 70 to 80 per cent. among official attendants. Our own enquiries lead us to onfirm these figures; and wa question the Chiness with whom we come in daily contest, we should and the percentage higher than estimated in the works under aulics. Compradores and merchants are officials: still

greater their

In the last Home papers. I read the fol, which they aro eubsequently plase who gate yearly average importation of Indian great smokerson

are a

if

A smail extra charge is made on delivery,

+ There is Registration to British W. India

Islands, 10 cents.

LOCAL POSTAGE

pines,.......

and the Philip China, Tonquin, rect (d), Cochin- Japan, Siam di- Maeso, Chios,

General Local Ratea) for Bongkang,

cents.

cent.

cents.

heraz.

Letters Post Books, Par

Palists. per 2 07.

・eels and

Newspapers)

and Prices

Current

cach

CONT

5 No compensation can be paid for mere damage to fragile articles such as portraits watches, handwezmely bound books," da, which reach their destination, although in a broken or deteriorated condition.

Tavares, BirZE

polymoron

Taylor, A, 7,2

1 regd. Taylor,

Kerr J. C. 1 Thornton, S Kerr, J. D.

Karr, Meng 1 2 Tuang Chas Lam 10 Laboureur, J. B Ward Prof Bury 1 Lee Hook Maw 10 War, Bromst. 17-1 Lee, Mrs

Weber, Morten B. 1 Leonardi, Anto, 1 Win Sun thêm 1 Leong Hung Wan 1 Wat, J Lewis, John Thes: 1 Wow Hing Lin King Leack 1

Wright, T. I

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Late, FAD.

LC. Troop

Lambda-

Adam M.

Simpson

Aeolus, ..goza Latral·

Agnes Moore Agnes Muir Albyn's Late

18: Laureu 44 Leonida 21 Leona

A. Newton B Lib

Ambassador.1.reg. 5 2 Lightning Anelios Hond: Auy Franzt Ashington Asia, 1.6.

Money Order Begulations. Belle Murse

Brica Codre

1

Isschoo

11 Lotá

Lucia

Lucy

Marie

MoNear

1 Money Orders are exobanged with

Cezen 1 the United Kingdom, New South Wales,

Channel Queen 1 Queensland, South Australia and Port

Charles Robinson-1 Darwin, the Straits Settlements, Western Charlton, 28.3 Australis, and (except at Ehanghai) with Charter Onk 1

Hongkong also† Charite the Japanese Empire. issues orders on Shanghai, and vice versa

Cingaleo 2-Smell aume may be remitted between | Circea the other Ports by means of Portage Claverhouse. Stamps, eubject to a charge of one par Coldstreaza cent. for cashing them.

Coriandelol Cyclops, ..

Chili

3-Many Money Orders are supplied to Don Quixote residents at the smaller Forts in this way. E. M. Young An application for an order is 5lled up, Eden

sad is enclosed with a stamped, directed, Ellen1 and unsealed envelope to the Postmaster at Esturies

The application Fuellinen

the nearest

must be ang offles

Midlothian Oaklands

1. Omega

Oriental, ally

1 Podo,

ATHE

4 Phitous Bandlaton 1 Prince Arthur A Prospector AL Queen of the Benz 1: Rachel

Red Grate

Rörleri

Ringlander

R Pandil

Elvira Devalo

1

R. Worventar

1

Senator

secompanied with the fall amount Frohlich 2 (woluding commission) in cheque, poster G. F. Monts

Shin Chi, B.C.

A bolnay, Babu

8. Stakesber

stamps, or other equivalent of cash, and Geraldine Pagel BSL-Vincent little margin should be left for variations | Gervese, F.L

of exo

order. The Postmaster Tanzen the Glamorganshire, 10, Bumatra un

zonds it on in the envelope, and Golden Sixie

returns the change, if any, by fust oppor

6 Syim Grenenuose Tamalies

S

1 regd. Tea Cornishiro :: 1 rež.

Tiber

tanity, with receipt for the letter, if it H. McGilvery 15 Taunton were to be registered, as it always should Haitsong, 8.6. be Care should be taken to send these Hehoon applications in time, as the Money Order Highlander Offices clorer aone hours before the depar Hope tures of the mailapat A

T ∙Hindostan

Johanne

4.-No order must excel £10, or $50, lodia or include any fraction of a penny, nor will. more than two such orders be issued to the Kate Lethara Keelung, B.. same terson, in favour of the same payer. Kinng Tang (a) Between Hongkong, Danton, and Macao, by the same mail. Orders will be drew

(4) Vin dingapore, 10 sents.

2 cents.

Local Delivery

1. All correspondence posted before 6 lowing as the happy hit of the day. A huve seen hoth say they are one and the drug during the five years 1876-80 has been attendants are enturated with opium. The man about town is said to have saked a same tree, but that the one is better grown in round numbers 5,000 piculs a year. It country chair-coolies all smoke; porters to ar on any week day for addresses in well-known litterateur How did you than the other: the wax tren has to bo polled is sourcely necessary to state that Formosa great ezient. Hiver jaukinen are much Victoris will be delivered the same day, manage to get that red nose to which he once a year. In the year 1866, shortly after is not a province, but merely a department addicted to the pipe; about half the literat reusived a sort of stemmering

naral

Well, you know the truth was, the rebels had devastated Kis-ting and burnt of the proving of Fu-kien on the mainland. are said to indulge in it; soldier and not fick generally within two honra, unless the

centagu

of upium

generally be

at the current rais of the dayf and paid at the rate of the day when the advlon arrived.

The commission is as follows

Orders on the Caited Kingdom.

Up to

10

Local and

olonist Orders.. Up to $25 or 2025 cents.

2

Trumpa Valiant

Vesparian, 8-12 & Ku

to regd. Wandering Jow

Kim Soon Boat 1

Yang Wa

1. Zelica

DETAINED

J. F. de Benua, Shangbai, 1 paper, John Milter, 1 pmpor (for address).

~ Books, etc. without Uoyers.

Australasian,

Bannutie. British Med. Joukku Christian

Christian Worldry

Civil Service Supply Axsonis

this wax trees, inscot wax fetched as much Taiwan-fu is not even a large departament: sailors are its victims in great numbers. delivery should be retarded by the Contract

2. Invitations, ay ran into the garden and a lot of bees attacked me, a Tis. 100 a pecul at Haakow. From Tis. it contains but four districts, is put thickly Hence, since the drug grown had imported

Hold on," interrupted the other, 40 in the summer of 1880 it went up to Tis. populated, nor is it a large or wealthy oom will only supply a small percentage of the delivered within Victoria at the private 10 t Sugar) in the spring of 1991, De-Buruial centre, such se Tientsin, Hunkow 300,000,000 tunabitants of China, it can houses of the addresses rather than t "how many sodas were there with the B.? -It is not a bad story, but the original occur. ing nach in request for the manufacture of

ar Feochow. Now if we assume the per-pair be inferred that the population is vast places of business, if's wish to that effect

smoking red at the Meerut Club, years, and years candles for the armies.-China Review.

to be the same ly over-estimated, or that the native opium

he expressed by the wander, otherwise all 5. Un of Money Orner, Offices in the of China, and take the produced is really under-estimated. This ago, Thea about town

a cheeky

A LONDON paper says that the House of among the pup this solated, repas turent as would, soppans for the difference between porrespondence is invariably delivered at United Kingdom may be consulted at Dagilade litterateur? Was

the nearest place of busines

business Foung susign,

Commona was occupied en Wednesday, requirements of this commanding. Indien Papers:

June 22, with discussing a bill, introduced indicative of the consuming capabilities of the percentage of smokers estimated by com-the by Mr. Pesse, for the abolition of capital regions soinfluenced or affected by native petent ye-witnesses, and the results ob 8. Boxholders who desire to and Ciron- Hongkong and Shanghai,

to andreas in when there more than one Christian Der Brochet punishment. It was rejected by 175 ta79, dring, it will not be unreasonable to inferiained by culculating the average daily axlare, Dividend Warrants, Invitations, Cards, 6-Namen must be given in full (except De and un new arguments

dis onsuming at least four times as

quantity of crude drug supplied.

China

the

the

gener

No, my son, check is not better than wisdom: it is not better than modesty it

were urged by.

all of the sam

to the wiren who tells you to bloy your own of those who spoke in its favoury thist each Treaty port provines is conable ne rearly requirements of a sunker and the Rongkong” khangkok, or the Port of name) but the name of the Pays need nos

is not better than anything. Don't listed

deliver

I never be tooted upon cussion showed that there is much which is this use deportinoat of Fukien The Inspector General's publination will Offfes unstausend posture being then reprosand. It can then be paid ably

The

hom or it will world is not to be deceived by cheek, and

وتكة

and that the necessary reform in these will up wurį

Dominent required

the world my son. It appears to do so to recognizes the distintion between murder part provinces.

the

them to the Post be given if the order be aroused (as cheques

lexit ten

balch must consist of at least

Daily

4 does search for merit, and when it finds satisfactory in our present murder laws, pruvines sertainly does), which would bring be welgomed by the apologists of - the opium-

specially crossed to say Haur- theters Tready knowing that, on the best authority, the *** Boxboldemn tray, minő

7. No order can be paid till A merited Cheek never déceives not be accomplished until our criminal code l'annual to to 200.000 pisuja, de trafio, who will have the satisfaction of led to the pondere cONDEREA through Bank, and may afterwards be Federal Australian.

Only 100,00 chests For the cheeky man, bat he is the one who is of the first and second degree, and thus re- piouls are, however, Imported-com India, supply of Indiay drug is efter "alf But toure to the same places is the same way". Bi- bus mi ved it in the proper

sply the paper of a little veloped containing Patterns may be wholly order can be transfec thus enough to supply

the contents be re deceived: Do you know one cheeky man loves the Home Secretary of the frequent consequally these ten provinces need and over a million smokers, or a thint of one word if the

all your scquaintance who is not reviled necessity of practically revising the sentez 100,000 chests to satisfy their demands, per cent of the supposed population et orbibited or

General, as he may nonsider. for his cheek the moment his back is tart tences passed by Jadges and reprieving con if that consumption is equal to that of Far C

must obtain from the gogga

upproved by him. Printed Circalate any ed! Is the world not continually drawing demned criminals. Mr Pesse adduced no man, which

be inserted ba wach Pattern Packs ହା୩ distinctions Ambever, body hates.

to abandon ita regard the commumption in Taims as ex- Desalce or inordinate it may be fairly taken oxperience, Practiced

in

Tetween cheeks and merit facts of statistics which justify the belief prudyat There is no,” reason to

glare of his

brassy aupreme right to inflict cymbaline

class of oriprinals.

„AN LIPERIAL ERS HEAT OF THE JERE

ande, objete. MAT ken Queenon venirer

sou Bocinky tires of & cheeky man, my that the state can ath upon a certain amour ratinate of the equirements of the be interested in the following sentence in

our

for the hollow unking of Longus, the noisy assumption of his forward indeed, is directly opposed to this demamp general population, of Other porta feeding wint the big poro housThe thumphs of, cheek aro milly tin: 1 Svitland the death penally argi, pretestufe of Taiwan, but that only the term question

large prvances take much less than this

pparent. He borss his way along through was formally abolished some years ago;

single

the world, and frequently better people give hat the been found necessary to renew it goes to prove that the consumption of Chi-ASKE ITS way to him. But go they give way up Gaby who capital punishment is le generally believed. For example, Che com- 4 MISLEADE hand. Not because they respect the his with the plant pot particularly, but because tain occasions it is found ind

my Generally it may be said of those foreign nese optum fust be infinitely greater than

Post

should be ma Order Offon for instruc

the public a reminded that six months su additio

thing we Parcel Post be charged not with! Much Froable and dis the money will be

by parelstent attenpar order is sepe paid no

entertained. able trifles through the

arvicles af Drown,"

are poss

buy, for a man with a paint pot ached to be non-existent that upon ser bined Fearly average importation of the two fur dreamt during the tinually being refused the sandice baring

ok care of their clother

You all goods without it, and your colles

and, he is the cellar when ess you coming. Bob Buritis,

Yangtae ports of Hanker and Kiukiang

resort to it. It would be difcale to have during the five years 1876-80 is only that a genius said to me Clod favours life stronger arguarit ogamat the commulsory 4,600 pious year for the supply of the what then does this event augur? at nak and absolute prohibition of capitale provinces of Hupen and Kisngal (W) are an expression of Hesten ment than this: →

quite aware that one province draws on Recies.

apouk anges in Portage than would wild the FT ME NO

can be made or auch närbals of the

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