- A CORRÚPT PRIESTHOOD. hotel ball-roons; or in a buggy driving, (Translated from the "Fiji Siempo."), whers the hot dry climate is not hotter, Wo know nothing of the truth or false and drier, and more nervously exhausting hood
did should of roligion, and even if
Fow of them ride; none of than ordinary not
care
but it sssential to fight against the Tennessee and
would spread of a foreign roligion, and in this
reasons it
WD
13
to discuss it. But for political them walkin. an exotic in
P
I to
-motior-wo-cannot depend upon the Goveryfike, pastime for the women of
ment
alone,
to
THE CHINA MAIL.
urimo of any kind in almost unknown.' Evidently the spirit-selling trader, the do- bauched sailor, and the degenerate "beach- comber" have had little to do in shaping
times of these islandera,
They are educated," says and form a most interesting
and croquet, lawn terule, and This is the bright side of the
.cau
SETTLEMENT FOR THE FORTNIGHT.
1881-82 1880-81.
dimay, and that is the' conduct of the tation. The Amor earlier In 1847 there was from 40,000 to 50,000 of Sales nil, Stook 5,000 pitala. Tai Wo
24
30% will now state the present "condition | first, until the string remarks,
the
પ
HT
Stocks,
Nos. Flares
Value.
Paid- ชม
Reserve.
SHARE LIST-QUOTATIONS. APRIL 29, 1883.
Working Last Dr. Gloring Quo tecount. vidend. tations, Cash,
BANKE
HK. and Shai
Batk...........40,002
:
INSURANCES.
1
[No. 5860-APRIL 29, 1882.
POST OFFICE NOTICE. Unclaimed Correspondonco,
April 22, 1882.
Lote. Pap.
1258 125 $2,100,000 8 03,639,45 40 *113% -$287) | Asum(comprador) 1
fp.sh. Adamn, Al. Jag A Kea
1
`1bk.·
MoClatafle,
T. R. H McKeon, Bamnd ... 1 că,
Meckinlay, David 1 ad Mackie, Mr
850,000 FL663,714.00-11. 10.5 TL1296 or div Anderson, TL, 1 mad. Mekarchie Rev. 188 18,447,56 12% 880 p. bh. Armstrong, J. R 4 CON 381,7878 437,688.58 $144.27 $1000
475,000 $ 91,923,40 20% 1000
$32 100,378 € 677.420% 8250 tom. 823, 6428 263,403.74 976 2926 009 1003 403,632) 144,535.91 18% $8230.
1008 758 135,000 8 18,908.06 6% 1800
125 $ 1258147,6838
Hailley, Jan
Bacation, Mias I Barton, H. Book,
1
1
Bedali, Henry E. 1
Hlantrelli, boner. 1
Bonfield, John i
rgd. Mao Cheong Shing 1 Mataden, Robt. 0, 1 Makini, Capitolins 1 Manrdrat, lidne, 1 Mitchall W. (en-
Brower, Mrs J.W. Red. - gineer)
Brooks, W.
Byre, J. M.
Brown, Joseph1
Carppbell, Mas }
1.
1: Moller, F.
Moore,.Cayl
Bernard
Morange, Mon, 1.
Gordon 2 ipd.overly, Wxa. A
Coilalso, Mrs Géo, 1. ^ Ng A 'Ulian
1
Olong A Duck 1
Nowell, Thomas. I
Farial, Edwd.
Partington, J. E. 9.
Choy Wai Chaoo 1'rgd Porry, E.
Glede, C. N.
For Europe,
E bala bit balcs. United States,
ke, Re-rools,.. 20 horas nil bxx. Bombay,
50 picule nil picula, DRUGS AND SPICES-Cassia Lignes for assistance, nor upon learned monother out-of-door exercises have compar. dark side is that they onco
for social anamories only 12,000, the low gli Lab are 2,00 Lemon note 32.16. non av. 03 ni ne nere. Care, 200 Wth, Chiba kum 1,000 TH: 3,900 TL 900, to fight Christianity with, and upon it our and its crav dollars is naturally cager fall. Christians,
superiority
of Tonga Islands are now almost mate $7.10 nad 89.00 in boxes. Sales, Yangtste Ins....
350 dependence
gratified through
but, as in almost every
piculs. Stock, nil. Old Leting, is
quoted Union Is. Sue. 5008 2,300 $ 500 Now there is one thing in connection
to acquire thom, and to
them wa
uther instance,
thos
are dwindling Away.
at $7.85 in
mate and in boxes. China Tradors' with the subject which causes to great
Insurance...... 60081806.00's 6003 generation fore. mostly illiterate; the pia- them; now hut a quarter remain.
The
quoted at $5.05 in mats, and $8.30 'ton Ins. Office 20,000 $230 $ 60 general body of priests. During the longerity of the European emigrants are poor natives of the Horvos group have now be in boxes. Sales, 1,500 piculs. Stock, 8,000 Chinese Ins. Co. 1,500 1,000 2008 period of peace under the Tokugaws Gu- and Ignorant. But as they grow wealthier come a civilized that all read the Bible, pics, Cassia Buda, $10.00 per picul. HK. Fire Ins... 2,000 1,000 2003 verment, over two hundred and serenity they not unreasonably desire that their dress after the Europan fashion ko. Salos 100 picula. Stock 100 piouls.
China Fire Ins 4,000 2 years, the priesthood and society, but children should be educated.
The Still, they deerense u mber with such SUXURIES.-Fire Crackers 11 a 70 cents became corrupt. This was probably un-
everything else in the
the
rapidity that their total extinction can only
pur box. Vormilion, $1.00 per box. STEAM O'FANIES avoidable, and therefore unt to be overly schools are ran at express spoud, and the be a question of timo. The finest of all
But once the restoration scholars are compelled to crun learning Polynesians, the Marqueens Islanders, are yard; Red Check, 4/4, 12] conte, 5/4, 143 MISCELLANEOUA
Matting cont
Figo
contract, White 44, 111 HK. C. and M reprehended.
cents,
6/4, 153 cents per Steamboat.... 6,000-8 continued to become more their parents cram food-the greatest amount ut now a tenth of what they were thirty cents, 64, 174 cents: Double Extra In-IIK. & Whi'poa and mazo currupt, while the rest of the and the suost variety in the
possiblo
ible yours ago L.
In Now Zealand, community has
has shown many signs of in period. They are endlessly
we seen to civilize and Chris perial, white 44, 143 cents, 5/4, 161 cents, Dock 10,0008
"The Binaris nam- provement.
committing to
to be tianize only to destroy
4, 10 cents, Red Chock, 4, 16 cents. HK. and China Drvo:48 energy is ex-bered 100,000 in 1840: in 1874 only 46,000 54, 18) vorite, 6/4, 201 conta, per yard: Gas Co... 6,000 £ 10£10 £ the national Church. Shortly after the hausted before it leaves school, and the of them were left. At this rate their total Cargo Ginger in Syrup, (Chyloong) $5.30. H'kong Hotel... 2,000 S of
100% 100 Mandarin $3.80.. priests wete alirned by a stol is too often only the road to the extinction will occur in about 150 Feat. restoration the
Young Stem 60:40 China Sugar Co 6,0008. 100 S 100 "children rumour that Buddhism was to be abolishert.
'Thre hert. Asylum.
of parents whose As Mr Anthony Trollopu has observed, Cargo (Manhoong) $3.30. Mandarin 83.60. H'kong Ice Co. 1, 250 € 1008 100% This idom won au coted by oficials of the new brain lus lain falls for ages are suddenly will soon to gourly rafos-the-gigantio Young Stom $4.20 per cues of6.jurs. Soy. H'kong Bakery 60080860 Government who were deeply road in the stimulated to bear crop that exhausts the mon When at Tahiti
was
83.50 a $3.80 per picul Brassey
Lanzon SugarCo] 7,000 $ melt to encilledrauil
100 100 thiti Indy lore of Ch
of China and Japan, and thought
It is the same with their struck with the demeanor of
of certain
of the o practical life the visionary dreams stomachs Digestive riga, inheriting a native congregation in church.
DOANS *Some CAFTY-int of the schools. As a matter of fact the sound capacity for disposing of smoked rather elderly errand women were in the Priests had no cause for road, if they had sanga and saserkrant, are suddenly confront rowe taking notes of the sermon. I only stood firm and supported each other fronted with the soft crabs and terapia, the foural afterwards that they belong to the lika soldiers in battle array. If they had evas-backs and sabun, the strawberry Bible class, and that their ride was to adopted that course, what chance would estes, the lees, and the alles other re-after the service and repent by heart nearly more lank warns have had against them
of what Dugald Dalgetty alk had heard." presentatives ni The lubes wuld be tasted, and the is-world have called the civers of the land symptom of bund file conversion is rendered
This
novators brought to confusion, But the of Promisu. The result in Eton breakless cheering when we learn that before long pricels did not follow a policy of prudent down Os, the alimentary tract pulls there will be a converts left to exhibit con nudacity. With quaking hearts and limbs throng the untrained goeie bequeaths duct so
edifying. The people of Tahiti pulsied
by fear they leavoured to co-
are decreasing with alarming rapidity." iliate their adversaries, book how dyspeptic interior to his heirs, who, Tread
from the arlivu exorcise, the out-of-door The Sandwich Islanders, their constitutional respective forty and fifty cubic foot, they meat and contrasting them to cat life, and the early frugality enforced na received the edit
government and pious behaviour notwith--
The rate of Freight to New York, per Hongkong Rates of Postage. e, all of the same weight, to addresses in Emealo, Maduo their marriages. These were
paresite, supply further additions to standing, cannot escape from the almost steamer, £3.19. and per sailing vessel. 38/ purely matters of religious discipline, and the Ameri logi who are victims of unvarying result of conversion from their did not counern the Governant. in нау Dervousness, epilupsy, neurasthenia, informer errors. They, "like other Polynes- way, but yet the priests made no sanity, and the rest of it
ius, are visibly decreasing. "The mourn Truly their condunt was inconpuntensible, Mon We
ancient
wery
Toet
no opinions upon the questions of carry their sedara Golabio to į ful tale in told with soarcely an exception of
race in the South Pacific whose con-
1. gront extent, incipient disease. Isis, fessors? As fur as evidence goes-evidence like their beanty, part of that nervousmess tenilered these who, if they wore not which is afflicting their race Their mindy abrava
suspicion, might have been of exaggerating it in the opposite repping the x:xing nul, and a stronied by the cures of housokoeping, of
TYPORTS.
$5.95 per picul, and 380 pigs Holo elops LEA 200 pigs L.Bluve been sold at have been placed at $56.90 per picul, which for these brands are the present quotations. Other hails are quoted $5.80 to $5.85 por pent." 850.75 per viel.
Quicksilver, is unchanged at $60.50 to
BAIFFING. The rate of Freight to London, is per steamer, £3.9, and per sailing vessel, 344 per ton of
pur ton of 40 cubic feet.
LOADING AND ON THE BERTH-AL What pou--For London.None.
For New York-Non
-At
mat, Hongkong--For London-Endy-
Cyclops, sti For Now York-Jas A. Borland, Chas Stewart
str.,
RESET FOR THE GEX,
Chi. Imp, 1874 6,276 £ 1877 16,040 £
:
TE 1878 3,899 TI
1881 6,600|TI.
6,2009
5,324.71 810 1,880.61 810
150.31 85
131
1
Clons Senta, M."1 Cousins, A. W、V=8
3,380,53 4% 49% pren.
Car), F. H
**|{$180) p. ah.
Chan Log 1
7,480
*$105
$169
$800
LIA
$110
Crompton, A.,
Culleja, Antela 1
Devios G. R.
Doston and Co.,
1
1
100
Rater of Interests 8%
100) all
8
Payable June30 Do 31 Feb, 28 Ag. 81
5001
"
500 all
April & Oat Jñe16&Dc. 30
3% prem.
Sugar Deben-
tures, 1880... 500'$ 500 all
8%
Jane & Doo.
13%
fl
For half-year ended 3lat Des., 1891.
To 30th April, 1881.
For your 1860.
§ For year 1881.
EDWARD GEORGE, Skårs 'Broker.
(Revised January 1st, 1882.)
Crawball, O. J.1
1
· Pína, Zianoruto de I
Posth, FSignor 1 :
9 Potter, Mrs
Paol, F
Philips, E. A 16E 1.
Piercu, W. PA
Davies, W. H. 1 regd.Plummer, John 1
Mesars Doo, Joha
1Porfiris, G
Doughty, R. G. 1 Downes, P.V.H. 1. Duboin, Mlė. Olga 3 Dufour, Bor. S1 Duun, Capt. F. 3
Quirk, Wm. I book
Qoong-lan-Sing 1 regd. Randoll, Geo. Renny, David Robertson, Jas. | J., Erigineer f Rodgers, Meyerse
Sanches, JAM
Bartorius, Dr W. 1.reg..
Eing-Ting-Seng 1
Elder, Nisa S. 1
Elina, Brenor
:1
Satow, E., PLAD Shepard, Genl.)
Madeleins
P. F
1 Billbo, M.
1 1
Smith, Mr. 1
∙1
1
2
2
Terkeltaba, J.
1
Thomson, W. F. 5' Upels.
Thuillier, Montr
Loon
Them Tu
··1'regd,
Tian Yeo Tong 1 Tindale, J..H
Toole, Capt. B. 1
Ulio, W. M."
1
Underwood, Lienki, 1
1 Unterwood, Mrs I
Un-Wan-Kai
-Wellis, J.
I regd.
Walker, Capt. A.3 Walter, Che. 1°Ward, Prof. EAT
Webster, Mi
Iregd.
Hetherington, Mr Heruemann, C. H. 11 Warren, P. L. 1 tied harde, Emil I Howles, Wm. Jokater, James Irvin, T Irwin, Dr A. D. 1
tho Ports of Hongkong, Bangkok, or Chin, may deliver them to the Post Erelay, S. Office untamped, the postage being then By La Hong
Stone, C. H. Each Faulo As charged to the sender's account
Faría Sra, V. M. 1 Blone, Tho. A. 1 1pel. batchi mini consist of at least tau.
Field, Capt. E., R. NŢ1⠀⠀ Tanner, M. auxious beyond
In the following Statements, and Tabios
4. Boxhoblers may also send Patterns Fitzuoodle, Mrs G. led.Taylor, Lumbing Iod priusts marrying unil ending ment, but we their fou yours are getting conspicuously version las boon brought about. Even the
the Ratos are given in ente, and are, for
to the same places in the sonce way. E-Flynn, J. 1 wonder at their weakness, and deplore it for common in Amerien. The slow sententious training college established in New Zealand
Pattara, per (yn Rees. Letters per half once, for Bonka and volopes containing Patterns may be wholly Polser, J. 1 the sake of Buddhism.
Yankee of the stage is becoming rare in the by the lamented Bishop Fatteson proved to
closed, if the nature of the contents be first Ford, Miss SD.1 Thus it
about that, through cities, and the cool individual who affers the often a cemetery for the young islanders
Newspapers over four ounces in weight exhibited or stated to the Postmaster Foster, Oldham H. L For San Francisco-ceanit, str., Coptic, are charged as double, treble, &c., natha General, as he may ecosider nacassary, and Fritz, Miss Rosa:I the feats of the priesthood and the conse suspicious stranger a cigir-light stuck in the who were brought to
to it for instruction.
of Tukie, str. quent trackling to authority, the Church
use of a revolver is happily confined to It may be asked if there is any necessary DEPARTURES From Whampoa -For case may be, but such papers or packots of approved by lum. Printed Cirenbare muzy Fuller, Mies
Gertrude has been degraded by its rainisters. A Deadwood Creak Genige Eve Gulet connection between converting a savage London-None,
papers may be sent at Book Rate. Two be inserted such Pattern Packota,
Fyle, JJ. proverb
crb says that "the bine dye The women are more lovely than ever, tribe and oxterminating it. Is the
News per preach-
For New York-None..
Utst not be folded together as furnished by indigo is of a muro intetise Their faces are the faces of angels chiselleding of tho faith to be a fatal to those who
Gegaot My PARCELS-The public is reminded that Groen, J. H. From Hongkor For London-Fa-que, nor meut anything whatcaer be inserted blue than the indigo itself. We say than marble; but the pallor in mhealthy, and receive it as the scourging disces brought trocas, str., Crester, str.
1.
except bona fide Supplements. Printed there is no such thing as Parcel Post Gregory, W. the degradation of the priests which arises the liveliness of the American girls, to among them by its heedless, eroticial
Pro
For New York-Nelly M. Stade.
matter may, however, he enclosed, if the to Europe, &c. Much trouble and dieap Grosvenor, The from contaanization, is fouler than its
For San Francisco-Strathairly, etc.
whole bu piid at Book Rate, Prices Cur-pointment are caused by persistent attempta Hon. T. G source: and this is no inapt criticism. We
rant may be paid either as Newspapers or to send small valuable trifles through the Gronberg, J. 1 find priests runcing i in and out of the houses
Books.
Poat Fan, Curios, Articles of Dress,
dan-Tim-Hi of powerful
Commercial Papers signify such papers Fancy Work, and similar presents are con as if they were deities. for most of themt live in hotels orin boarding-to receive the Word at the hands of ang (By Father of Many Daughters.) aa, though Written by Hand, do not hear tinually being refused, the senders having This habit springs from the alarm created houses.. Enropo they contract dazzling soet is nearly as destruesiva as receiving it Hope springa eternel in the female brows:
the character of an actual or personal corre-often apent into in Postage than would at the beginning of Meiji and all those urges. Bat they soon fade; and while at the hands of another.
Wong user is, but always w bedrest 1 Mr Wallace,
spondence, such as invoices, deads, copied have paid the freight by steamer. No pricata look for seems to be toleration.
the English matron, and her sister of indeed, gives to the numbers of the Refor--Punch.
music, &c. Tho charge on them is the same refund can be made on such parcels of the Some of them even get the name of "gol" Canal, who lands much the same kind of tued Church an uncriviable pre-eminence Fogg has a neat way of turning a complias for books, but, whatever the weight of value of Stamps obliterated before the pricata wing
their intimacy with the life, is still in her
Her pritag, the ance beautiful in
the Pacific Islanders if the improving
the inent now and then. Seeing the elderly a packet containing any partially written nature of the contents was discovered. Then Amriencia cften a lean hysterical hanter face of the earth; but he himself shows that Miss Fangley in the street the other day, paper, it will not be charged less than 6 Degrading enince. there are numberleas subordinate priests of th resorts,
The future is not who resort to all sorts of a devious to pleasant prospect. As men of leiste depure they are closely those of a rival to tried to avoid hor, but did not succeed. cents.
Caiminion One seems pretty clear. When they met, said Miss Pangley? Oh, advance their perc enda. They frequent from the bass multitude, it is dealt to and that in that will are be few your naughty man! You wanted to cut may accompany it with a Return Receipt The sender of any Registered Article housca of il-fame in order to be thought sen wist they are to do with their money savage Bleep to gather to the fall. Perhaps cutting a pretty figure, would'nt 12ou paying an extra leo of deuts
me Replied Fogg, blandtly I should Bociable, and thus contract babits of intem. There is a limit to the number use, their attention to some of thos
the occupied shepherds will
as to Japan, Macao, Pakhai, the Straits Legats, WM nwn country-Miss Pangley tells her friend, Miss Sage- The limit of weight for Books and Cou-Settlements, Ceylon and India. They must Lewis (Alfred) meu who grow wealthy amid the lovely green, that Mr Fogg is a perfect gentleman.mercial Papers to Foreign Post Offices is not exceed the following dimensions, fent Livingstone, Sam. 1 Year Ma ide of Lo South by violating every-Baston Transcript.
foot deep, weigh more Gong Lee 1 "1 footballer than 3 in. by 2 Ludlow, A. E. principle impressed upon the minds of the
nor be exterminated aborigines. Pall Mall Gazette.
diensions: 8 inches by 4 inches by 2 in. Such parcels may be wholly closed MdArthur, Mira I
if
endorssmart if they hear this special PARCEL, CONTAINING NO LETTER, but parcel may
epened by direction of the Postmaster General. In the Case of Parcels F. J. Stand, for India, a declaration of contents and J. Harrison, value is required a printed form for which em. A Evans, K.N..,. Parcels for Indin and Ceylon is compulsory. is supplied gratis. The Registration of
matrition,
well
of
perance, fe, which we cannot bear to dwell | backs.which
head an people can spend on. Some ara evan letting their hair grow and even a modest fortunio is oumbersone and wearing laymen's clothes, which may
to carry
about in diamonds and watch called a cloak for their shameful ebains They can, of couro, always go to actions. The priests of the Honganjia
Paris; but a Tuilleries American, as this argue that these courses are lawful, because
1 Gani used to. be called
polemic if he ceasor to be an American,
may T
Frid
nothing in their creed enim founder sig at home, it is hard to see how the rich and mortitiention. Wo think the stays i of the sect had another object when re per average Republican is to spend his money
priesta
mitted
duced, and is
Commercial
then turn
MESSIRS DEACON &Co.'s Canton Market whigh-hns Report, dated 27th April, says :--- the nervousness
to encourage lust andintemperance. Though * priests may inko a thousand excuses
da to marry yun wat muut than in any animaliona,
these
for their conduct they csunet hope to escape
the wrath of their muster.
Oxiste
of he race
which will, in time, add their wory to the endless voting and electing of the time, are calculated to intorsify the trouble. But for long the gril will not liv much
Our last report was dated, the loth instant. review considerable activity was displayed During the early part of the period under Our nurket for Congous and we report a further riso
in price for hae tene of about shewed rather more quality than before, ore tael per picul. Some of the inest tens
in that respect, although in the matter of strength the crop compares favorably with Just, Season
Surison's At Macao only a fimited
is passing. Settlements are put at about 18,000 boxes
Mines is
THAMES-STREET INDUSTRIES, by Percy Russell. This Illustrated Pamphlet an Per fumery, &c., published at 6d,, may be had gratis from any Chemist or dealer in per Amery in the World, or JoHN GORNELL & Co., Loudon [ADVT.]
parts of the world, that the outlay for the machinery in all cases lands to a profitable and safe business. Catalogue forwarded free, or can be had at the offles of this paper. Barnert & Fratre, Engineers, 23c, Forston
4.168. Patterns for such offices are limited to 8 ounces, and must not excued thosa
inches,
www.w
.
Local und Indian Parcel Post
1. Small Parcols may be sent by Post.
2
Webster Mine [+]
1
Arbroath}
· 1
Whiting, Mrs
Wiford, W.
1
Willard, P.
regd.
Jones Monar,
Connal d'- Amerique
1
Wallis, P. F.
1.
Willis, Wm.
of the British Post Offices in China, as well Kellar at Book Rates between Hongkong and Just, J.
leng
Any
Williard, Ara
1 1od. Willie, Bar, B. R.
Winglee
.2
想
Wo Ches
2
Wong Quong
Lang Goo 1 regd.Yob Chow Chow,
1 bk.Young, Jas.
Zoland, H.
H. M. S.
Lily
1 ragd, letter.
upd. letter.
For Merchant Ships
I, UND
Countries of the Postal Union.. The Union may be taken to comprise SMALL Capitalists wishing to establish a Europe, all foreign possessions in Aslay usiness, should see if there is an opening N. America, Mexico, Salvador, Brazil, Japan, W. "Africa, Egypt, Mauritius, Bil District, as all information and recipes for Feru, Chil, Venezuela, The Argentine for a Mineral Water Manufactory in their
2. The following cannot be transmitted: Of course wo do not either believe in Buddhism er love priests. Permally we
the purpose of making Lemonade, Soda Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad, Guiana, have no interest in the matter, and wouldnoties. The cantry will be fertilised by
drinks is colle Water, &c., are given, previous knowledge Honduras, Bermuda, Labuan, Hawaii, with Parcels insufficiently packed or protivleil, The demand for these al Danish, French, Netherlands, Forta-or liable to be crushed (as bandboxes,
Adam M-Simpson 1 regard the decay oof that. religion with
&c.) Opium, Glass, Liquids, Explosive sub- Albert Victor 1 difference,
and cheerfully leave its ministers lived unigrants from used-ry Eurovo,"
a continuous stream of fresh-faced, simple but the bulk of the crop shews a falling of drinks is so much on the increase, in all guese and Spanish Colonies.
stances Countries NOT in the Union-The chief Meat, Fish, Game, Fruit, Vegetables, or
Matches, Indigo, Dyestulls, Ice, Amoy
Annie R. Smith⋅ 2 in the degradation they have fought. But These will singles with the lammblor mat res,
countries not in the Union are the Axe whatever is dangerous to the Mails, or Belted Will from a political standpoint, and as a mous and, since the true-horn Yankee of New
tralasian Group, and S. Africa.
likely to become offensive or injurious in
Benalder, of increasing our country's strength, there England and thu fust fairily" Americans of
trannt. positive accessity to uphold the the South are notorims for the fewess of
Cerus po jetone, this against out our policy their children, will keep up the population to defend Buddhism against all odds, but of the United Staton
Meantime the now we seu to our sorrow the very priesta od folks, without the fear of patriotic furnishing the enemy with weapons by their before their eyes, will affirm that the last and avarice. To reprunch these mon European is not naturalised in the New in fitting toxins would be almost equivalent War. At best he is a marvons edition of to abolishing Baddlzign, and such is not the gallant from whenes he our object. Although the vast majority of were it not for the now blood that is over aprang, and priests are corrupt, all Dost 5. Ang recruiting his jaded life, would dwindlo the ten thousand Churches which do this away and become extinct, Work. smiling land of the sun-rise, strely some few faithful ministers are to be found. L them some forward, and purify our national religion before the opportunity is lost for over.-Hiogo News.
AMERICAN NERVES.
papers
CONVERSION AND EXTERMINA-
•TION. The island-studded ocean on the opposito side of the globe is attracting more attention just not than it has at any time since the days of Captain Cook. Colonists are liti-
[28my82
NAMES OF VILLAGES &,
IN OB NEAR HONGKONG,
(Corrected Spelling,)
at prices ranging from Tls. 18to 27, and the street, London, M. market closes very quiet. There is a fair, the stock in Canton of good common to good natives will have to lower their quotations medium leaf and no doubt in a few days for thees
claggos, Scented Caper will be made this week, but Ap-li Chau.
Probably a fow shipments of New A-kung Ngam, market can scarcely be reported Chung Hom. the
Cheung-sian Hont. as yet. Natives have paid for medium rather over hast Season's rates and for fins.
An Chung Wan leaf fully 2 Taels above last year's prices.
pang large quantity of the loaf is much mixed Ha-wall. with old tea, but the samples
shown of Houng Long Tai
with (Aberdeen), purely new lonf seem about on a par
Hok-taui. fairly abun last Season's teas. Flower is dant
There good for the tim
ere Hok-tani Wan. tigrs of year. dues not acom any
and
we trust Hok-ün kok. that prices may open reasonably.
Hung-heeng Lo, STK-We have but little news to report
Hung -hom
Wan
in looking for the best interested in Scentedral desire to be Hok-tün..
ra-
Suicide is on the increase in the United gentile gas dovoloying the natural States, and the Americans are rather proud method of of the fact. A tendency to kill oneself in a sarees of this vast and intricate arch
The
oponing of now lines of occanic
sign of nerve-disease, and nervousness is pelas Suck in the theory of Dr. Beard; and Dr. sible to the luxurions and self- Board is the
only one of the sequeise of civilisation.communication has made much of it acces-in this article and there seems un desire War
to whom all the traveller, who, oppressed with urding the part of foreigners to he further interested
too much
auch in it this Season. Only bales have been Kau-lung langula yes of the New World Inne, can loll at ensó beneath the awings Bottled at about our quotations, and we can fee. There may be something in it.A of a commodious malf steamer, and jot down only learn of about 15-bades going forward KP Shok.
Chung
They must be free from the wholespins of oarly navigators. But the fertility and slackened and we quote a drop of $20 per | Läs P Wan.
have a
people who can afford to be nervous must remarks for a forthcoming volume amid by present mail steamer.
a good deal of leisure on their hands, scenes which still recall vivid remembrances
of picul in t
neccssity of
of finding the wherewithal for beauty of the islands have had, perhaps, of four meste per diem, and are "therefore entitled to consider what the old dramatists rather more than their duo stare of
attention. Their
capabilities call
Aung Kok Long-reda-The demand seems to have
Mun. Ma-tau Chung picul in prices market for these silks is Mautan Kol &
Ma-tau Taun sfielda for without
thout any movement and only 10 balea
Ma-tau Wai. I the megrime, like goat, a zhost genfael absorbing the superabundant chorgies of are reported as settled, and we do not look kind of trouble. Until the Amerious made enterprising settlers; and as links in the for much more business in these kinds until Masti. money we heard nothing of their nerves. chain of communication which is to bind us the now silk arrives. They were luzurea which, like diamonds, 139rs closely to the Antipodes, have been
Mong-kok. Wuste.There is no business to
Ping report. Saratoga trunks, and six-thousand-dollar enlarg
enlarged upon if not sufficiently, at
Samples of New silk may be shown in સર્ટી
gong-shin Chau. trotters, would be dispensed with. events extensively. What they are to be about 3 weeks time.
Pak-shui Wan man who cleared the forest all
some has boon foretold with some insist day, and
Export E-Export to date:To Pakifu Lam. nooned with his long legs over a log, could What is to become of those who London, 5818 bales; to Continent, 8,428 Spi-wan Tani
bales; to America, 1,108 boxes to Bom- Sai Ying-pun. Bould Colonel Hiram Y.-Bloggins, with u vaguely outlined. These are, it is stated in bay, 2,740 pieuls Tetul 14,244 bales;
The
in
mice.
San Tslu. Shai wan. Shui-tsai Po Sham Shui Po. Shay-ki Wan, Shok-o. Shek Tong.
Tsui.
Wall.
Po.
Tai-long Ha... Tai-Jung Kung.
- Mi.
Shan Tai-slek Kok. Tai-tam Tai-tam Tuk Tai-way Tai-wong kang. Tang-lung Chán. Tast Tar-inui.
Tain-cha Tsui. Тарьей To-kwa To-ti Wan
Wan
Tung-ws (Hospital),
In
Un
Wan.
Wari-tas Wong-kok Tain. Wong-ma Kok Wong-bai Chung.
Yau- Ti:
-N.B.--Documents should not be dated
not pester himself with auch tri Nor have hitherto dwelt in them has been moba boxes; and 2,745 piouis: Of Wasko, Year of Kaong-e, which is the style of] coon-skin contract on hand, indulge, but the result of civilization and 8,611 bales and Pierced Cocoons, 10. M. the Emperor of Chins, and is of nerves, any more than could that mother
Converted;
indefinite way, to be civilized and
of the Republic whose boast it was that she conversion is not very distinctly put
assuredly
which
may
by
-for Europe.
could lick her weight in wild cata: One those who propose to extend the blessings New Season's Congous to date.
The following figures give the export of course inapplicable in a British Colony. cannot well imagine an Apache squaw of both to all Polynesia and Molinesia, troubled with hysterie, or an besve with dyspepsia; and most as There are, however, materials available from Shipments of New Season's the Western
be composed a picture that will Congou as last advised. 280,628 lbs. Western, governor who devoted the display this result distinctly enough. Cap 19th April, S: S. Khira, 94,573 crning to
to ploughing his
and tain Morcaly, in his book New
on
S. S. Patrocles,... 30,272 the afternoon to the affairs o
was telle us that
food of philanthropy lies 22nd 8.8. Orestes,:11,739 The early Americans, ready in England and Australia to be poured 24th S. S. Saghalien,...202,523,
no time for out on these islanda" lying on the north and
not a nervous man.
nonsense. They did :
had
De colonisia & not go to Long Branch," north-east Australian shores
Guide,
Tho
epithet
20th
7)
1881-82
Total to date.......628,730 lbs. or Newport, or Virginia Springs, because "food," though at first sight seemingly an Shipments to same date they had not been invented and so lived unhappy, is an eminently correct,
The vue, out their days, wither vory rich nor more recipients of the philanthropic deluge, if Shipments to sue date
than the fashion of the paried there be any truth in statistics and
recent Norvousness and its attendant evils are history, will inevitably be swamped
inconscious irony the gallant explorer
The
Now South Wales,
South Australia. Straits Settlements.
Tramaxia.
United Kingdom Westem Australia
Money Orders.
"
}
Money Orders are oxchanged with the following countrica -- India
Japan.*
Port Darwin.
375,250 the
Queensland.
1880-81.
Teatles,.
18 & few
specimens of
M
ม
ingls
""
Loongkong...
1,122,444 lbs. QUIŢATIONS.
Curio, $None .No.
*None $120 10 4. 8400 Credo, No. 1
None
the outerme of later years, and since the of New Guinea gives us Civil War they have increased enormansly. what such an outpouring as he
he evidently people have grown rich, and desire to deres has already effected. No
richer. They struggle, plot, and and geap in the rase for wealth original Inhabitant of Van Diemen's Land
is alive to-day, he chseryos ; "
"the natives which a jobber in Capel compared with of Australia are perishing fast, and will toves
BIOW
street broker leads a life.
a mere be satinet.
dilettante. He cannot even afford a Fali. Mr A Re Wallace's lately published day. He may send his family to a volume on Australsain contains a collection watering place but the only relaxation of facts illustrating the consequences of he given himself is to rush out by an conversion to the rases which inhabit the express train at night, drive from the great Pacific flation in time to catch the hotel dinner, little consideration. talk Erie and Seren-thirties in the billiard room till midnight, and then, after a short hurry off to town and the faverish world in which he lives all the week long His wife and daughters know scarcely any way of spending life except dancing in close
Archipelago that is worth a caption it shows that conversion and exter
scarcely an ex-f mmation sry practically equivalent terms. The jahabitants of one of the New Hebrides, formerly reputed desperately savage, are now all Christians There has born no marder in the island for thirtien years, and
Cumchuck Tioklow, 8140 Re-realed Cumcnuak Best None Lucklow
No.1, $None
2, 8410
None None
No. 1. None
Wasto Silk
8118 Cocoons Pierced, 10-
2.-The Hongkong Post Office also issues orders on Shanghai, and vice versa.
3.--The commission is as follow:
Up to £2, or 810, or B 20....0.20 centa. 25, or 820, or B 500.40
+7
#1
£7, or 835, or R 700.00 £10, or 850, or R100,
0.80
R150 -No Order must exceed £10 or £50 Tunless drawn on Indis, when R150 is the limit), nor will more than two auch orders be issued to the same persona, in favour of
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Eles
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