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THE CHINA REVIEW.

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TENTH YEAR

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Exclusive of late Arrivals and Departures reported to-day..:

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2. From Goa Works to the Novelty Iron Works.

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4. From Harbour Master's to the P. and O. Co.'s Office.

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We have instituted as an experiment VISITORS' COLUMN, which we trust THIS Review, which was intended to meet will prove successful, and be found use-HK. and S'hai

the wants of many students of Chinese caused by the discontinuance of Notes and ful. To it will be relegated from time Querics on China and Japan," has reached to time, stich itens of information, lists, its Tonth Volumo. The Herico discusses tables and other intelligence us is con those textes which are uppermost in the sidered likely to prove valuable to por minds of studenta of the "Far East" and sons passing through the City, and about which every intelligent pre

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SELECT HOTEL AND BUSINESS acquiring trustworthy information. It in cludes many interesting Notes and origin

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the Arts, Sis, Literaturo, on the

Geography, History, Mythology, Natural History, Antiquities, and Social Manners and Customs, etc., etc.,

the of China, Japan,

Mongolia,

Tibet,

into which we are now ready to receive,

List of Public Buildings.

Gurdens.

Far East generally, Rocently now de Government Holise, North of Public parture has been taken, and tho Review now gives papera on Trude, Commerce, and Bescriptive notes of Travel by well-known writers. It was thought that by extending the scope of the Rave it than the Magazine would be made morej useful.

really

The Raview dopertracnt receives special attention, and endeavours are made to present a

careful and concise record of Literature on China etc., and to critiques embodying sketches of the Bont recent works on such topics, Authors and Publishers

requested to forward works China Ieview, care of Chie

to

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The Notes and Queries are still continued

and form an important menna of obtaining from and diffusing wrong students know- ladge on obscure points.

The Correspondents' colunan alan affords farther and greater facilities for the intor

of views and discussion of various chango topics.

Original contributions in Chinese, Latin, of the Modern Languages are re- or any ceived. The papers are contributed by the monibers of the varies Comalar, the In- perial Customs, and Hongkong Services, and also by the Missionary bodies among

high degree

whom

City ilall, Library (8,000 volumes) and

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Nome.

Tons.

Captain

Ichang

Indemnity for the Loss of a Registered Article. Kiu Kiang

The Port Office is not legally responsible

for the safe delivery of Registered correspon Kiang-ping- dence, but it is prepared to make good the contents of such correspondence lost while Kiungchow passing through the Post, to the extent of $10, in certain cases, provided :

1. That the sonder duly observed all tho

conditions of Registration required.

Powan

Spark

2. That the lotter was securely enclosed White Cloud in a reasonably strong envelope.

3. That application was made to the Yotsai Postmaster General of Hongkong immedi

ataly the loss was discovered, the en appli

being invariably forwarded with such

cation unless it also is lost.

4. That the Postmaster General is satis.

fed that the loss occurred whilst the corres. 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 sender, by destruction by fire, or

shipwreck, nor by the dishonesty or negligence of any person rot in the employment of the

Hey Between Hongkong, Canton, and Marso, Hongkong Post Office.

Local Delivery.

(d) Via Singapore, 10 cents.

2 cents...

STREST COOLIES,

Scale of Hire for Street Coclic

93

cents,

20

12

8.

17.

no ono

H&L Day, 1794

century

distinguished by its

notices

of

Bours

One Day,.

gro Beside Tires Hours, ....

new books relating to China and One Hour ..............

the East, which will be a useful feature of Half Hour,

the

Renieur

if carried out with punctuality

700 Ogston

Qwvers

Butterfield and Swire

617 Benning, T. H., C. & M. 8.-boat Co.

360--Holmes

CM. 8. N. Co

169 Goggin Kwok Acheong & Sons 1890 Benning, A. H., C. & M. 6.-boat Co. H., C. & M. S. boat Co. 140 Hoyland

HL, C. & M. 8.-host Co. 180 McDougall Kwok Acheong & Sens.

280 Cary

FOODHOW SHIPPING IN PORT. April 18, 1882.

Kwangtang

5. No compensation can be paid for mere Batavia damage to fragile articles such as portraits, Chateaubriand watches, handsomely bound books, &, Chingtah

18**

CHINESE GUN-VESSELS IN CANTON

WATERS, &c.

Name

Tona.

Gune

H. P

An-lan

221 7

Clues-hing Chen-to Chien-jui

30

2

Commander

Lin Kuo chang Chinese

291

70

J. Stewart

Ching-tsing

80 180

150 2

40

300

'ang-ching

300

129

120

24

Pangchoi-hai

80

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Chinese

F. Bessand

Yu Tshan

Li Task-ming “Lin Pao-ch'un

Oh on Y

Yung fei Ch'on Hui-che Leang Yu-ling

E. J. Faunch

Chineso

Cheng Sung

Tungt 's-

Murray Chinesa Admiral- Ching

A Garceau

Chinese

7: J. Tests

Li shë

· 662

125

1:20

40

Li

Shen-chi Bui-Laing Tching-on Tching-po

200

100

Tsing-po

Yi-hu

Yu-min

Tonghin

· MERCHANT STEAMERS,

MERCHANT-STMAMEBS.

Marie Louise Bibirien

MERCHANT STEAMERS.

for Hongkong HALLING VESSELS.

for Shanghai for Newchwang for Tientain British barque for Tientain for Tientsin

Feiyuen

American Chinese Fuyer Gordon Castle. British Gwalior

British

Sin Nanzing No. 2 British

Store: Norilske

Danish

Taiwa

British

Tokio Mara

Japanese

Chinese

Hassan Hankow

Chinose

Tung-ting

Chinese

British

*Yanglaze

*British

Hwai

Hanyang

British

Yonitomo Marn

Japanese

Yang-ning

Chinese

SHIPPING IN SHANGHAI HARBOUR,

- April 19, 1882.

Gang Miramar

City of Montreal

MERCHANT SEZANTES.

for London, & „Ramlan French

British

British

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Nothing in the above Scale to affect Maile.

we are glad to notice that private agreements. all Queries" destined to It is to be

and

2 in its pages find a place in hopent that this opening for contributions

i

WASHING BOOKS. on Chinese-subjects may evoke a

a similar

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may receive the support necessary to insure be had at this Office. Price, 81 each.

És continuance,

CHINA MAIL Office

NOW READY.

PRICE, $1.00.

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Baikal By E IL PARKER. be expressed by the sender, otherwise all

Can be obtained from KELLY & WALA Djannah orrespondence is invariably delivered at at Shanghai and Hongkong, at LANE, Dorado the nearest place of business.

CRAWFORD & Co., Hongkong, and at the Fat-choy China Mail Office.

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