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THE CHINA MAIL.
SHARE LIST.—QUOTATIONS. MAY 3, 1889.
Working Last Di-Closing. Quo viden, tations, Cush Accorent,
[No. 5883-MAY 3, 1882.
Merchant Vessels in Hongkong Harbour.
Exclusive of late Arrivals and Departures reported to-day.
To facilitate finding the position of any vasal in the Harbour, the Anchorage is divided into eight Sections, commanding at Green Island. Vossels near the Hongkong shore are marked h, near the Kowloong shore, and those in the body of the Shirping or midway between each shore are marked c., in conjunction with the figures denoting the auctions.
From Gas Works to the Novelty Iron Works.
3. From Novelty Iron Works to the Harbour Mastor's Office.
4. From Harbour Master's to the P. and O: Co,'s Office,
Section.
5. From P. and O. Co.'s Office to Peddar's Wharf.
6. From Poddar's Wharf to the Naval Fard.
7. From Naval Yard to the Pier.
8. From Pier to East Point.
Vase's Name.
1008
708 135,000 8 18,908.00 57% *90
Steamers
$10,000,$
1268 1258147,56378 3,180.53
Strachan
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Antiquities, and Social Manners and Custorns, etc., etc., of China, Japan, Mongolia, Tibet, and the Far East generally. Recently a new de parture has been taken, and the Neview now gives papers on Trade, Commerce, and Descriptive notes of Travel by well-known writers. It was thought that by extending the scope of the Review in this direction,
the
List of Public Buildings.. Government House, North of Public
Gardens.
!
City Hall, Library (8,000 volumes) and
Museum,-Free.
HK, and China
Gina Co5,000 £ H'keng Hotel... 2,000 8 B'Long Ice Co. 1, 2008 000'S H'kong Bakery
Useful would be made more generally Public Gardous, a beautifully picturesque China Sugar Co. 6,000 S
special
The Roriow department: receives attention, and endeavdum are made to present a carofol and concise record of Literature on Chion etc., and to give oritiques embodying sketches of the Mosh recent works on such topias. Authors and Publishers are requested to forward works China Revino, care of Chine Mai
tolicy"
The Notes and Querica aru still continued and form an important caps of olaining fream and dising among students know. lege on obscure points.
The Correspondents' column also affords farther and greater facilities for the inter- change of views and discussion of various topics
- retreat und of great interest,
The Clock Tower, Queen's Read Co-LuzenSugarCo. 7,000 8
trul, in a ling with Pedder's Whart
JOANS.
General Post Offer, Hongkong Chub, chi. Imp., 1874 6,276£
German Club, Supreme Court, doj within a stone's-throw.
Lusitano Club and Library, Shelley St. Government Offis, the Secretarin:, &c.,
fear the Public Gardens.
St. John's Cathedral (Angliaan), ahove
the Parade Ground.
Roman Catholic Cathedral, Wellington
Street.
Original contributions in Chinese, Latin, the Modern Languages are re- or any of ceived. The papers are contri
muributed by the mombora of the various Consular, the tulon Church, Elgin Street.
perial Customs, and Hongong Services, St. Peter's Searïen's Church, West Point. and also by the Missionary bodies ano
whom
high degree of Chinenu scholarship St. Josepile's (IL.C.) Church, Garden is assiduously coltivatal. Amongst the
Road, near Kennedy Roal regular contributors are Drs. Chalmers,
80%,
Sailors' Home, West Point,
E. P. A. and Chint Telegraphs Co., and the Great Northern Telegraph Co, Murine House, Queen's Road. Masonic Hall, Zetland Street.
1877 16,040)£ 1878 3,899 TL 1881 8,503 TI.
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100'S 100
For hf-year ouded 3ist Dee., 1881.
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(Revised January 1st, 1882.)
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in
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Carlos Chandra Conquest
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Felicin
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Sopt.
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Mir 318 Brit
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April
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793 April 29 Yuen Fat Hong
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373 Nov. 20 Captain
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The China Redien **** has an x- cellent table of contents."--Celestial Bingite. The Publication always containssuljects of interest ta sejoutiers in the Far East and
will hold favourable if not the press issue advantageous
with preceding comparison Celestial numbers.
"Empire." number contains several articles, of interest and value.”—North-China Hanaid.
The
*
This nunh
present
muober
opens
of this periodical, s with a review of the Foreign Trade of Chinn during 1880. This is rather a now departure for a
which publication professes to be purely literary; but con- sidering the comparatively small circulation
the it enjoys at presunt amaz commercial communities of China, we hail the innova tion as likely to recommend the Reviews to thony who take an interest in the notice of few matters beyond mercantile partiva. ' North-China Herald.
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The China * Pericio forSeptember-October ains the high standard of fully maintains excellence which characterises that publi- cation, and altogether forms - ti interesting and readable number. Me- teorologists will Aud an interesting
very
Victoria Recreation Club-Bath-house and Bont-house, &c.-Praya, beyund the Cricket Ground, beside the City ITall
The Barracks and Naval and Military Store Departments lie to the post- ward, and cover a large area.
Stores, Books, &c. American and English Stores, Books, and specially selected Cigars-Mac-
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Chair and Boat Hire.
LEGALISED TARIFF OF FARES FOR CHAIRS, PİLATİL BEARERS, AND. BOATS,
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Cafes awi Ordinary Pullaway Boots. Half hour,....10 ets. Hour,20 ets. Six houra 70 cts Three homes...50 ms.
Day (from 6 to 6), One Dollar.
rable contribution by Dr. Fritsche,Free Cookies, and Snow) of Peking,"
the Anmut of Precipitation (Rain) resulta
showing
of observations made at the Imperial Rus sian Observatory at Poking, from 1841 to Notes on the Dutch Occupation 1880. of Formosa," by Mr. Gen. Phillips, contains acme interesting information, although much of it is necond-hand. The Notices of 】
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TO VICTORIA PEAK
Stigle Trip.
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Two Golics,
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New Books include a most generous and to VICTORIA GAY (TO LEVEL OF. UMBJELLA appreciative review of "The Divine Classic
of
Nan-Hua," and the Notes and Querie
are as usual very interesting North China Daily News.
A substantial and reliable Review which
all students of China and the Chinese would
do well to patronise.”—Chrysanthemvan.
The November-December number of the China Reries contains less variety than.. usual, but the fow articles are very interes tag The opening paper by Mr Herbert The New Testament in Chis A. Giles mese" treats of a question that past Tues
Garily
all missionaries.
Mr
eyes
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gistration, 10; Newspapers, 5; Books and Patterns, 5.
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Parker's "Short of China is 12 hours) Gap....
are continuerl, these travels in the
given. Mr F. H. Balfour contabarter & paper of somo length entitled "The Em- founder of the Chinese Bay
poror Cheny, pire," which will be read with genuine interest by atulents of Chinese liatory. A few short notices of New Books and a number of Notes and Queries, one of which On Chinese Oaths in Westem Borneo
and Java" might appropriately have been
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to that which has been filled in India by the Calcutta Reviere. The great degree of at-
$3.00
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2.50
175
1.50
1.00
50
tention that has been bestowed of late years 3rd Clase Cargo Boat or Ha-kan Boat of
the
investigation of Chinese literature,
and
social developments
to say
studies, has led to the
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piculs, per Load,
300 piculs, per Day,
300 piculs, per Lnit,
3rd Class Cargo Boat or Fa-kan Boat of
of lingultant stores of införin- | nd Chas Cargo Boat or Haki Boat of
accumulation of
2.
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may fairly be looked for from the members
30 piculs, Half Day,
Sampana.
of the foreign consular services, the Chinese or Fallaway Boats, per Day,
Customs carpe, and the missionary
high
body,
Bang whom degree of Chinese
scholarship - is now
ow asiduously cultivated, And who are severally represented in t
number of the Review
by
in the first
pare highly
creditable to their respective
e sutkors Some translations from Chinese novels and playaare marked by both accuracy and fresh- news of style; and an account of the career of the Chinese poet-statesman of the eleventh
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