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[No. 6458.-APRIL 4, 1884,

SHIPPING IN OHINA, JAPAN, PHILIPPINES, AND SIAM WATERS.

Taiser Lions,

Park

Bhan-on

WHAMPOA.

"Play & Big.

Brit qe. Tientsin Annam.atr.

CANTON

Destination..

Remarka

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Brit. str. Bhanghal Bri. str. Stuughal.

Holhow

Amoy and Shanghal To-day

Sydney, &

King-ping

i8th inst. Today

Singapore & Penang To-morrow

Amoy and Manila Tomorrow Manila

Bombay, &c. Shanghai

Santow

Amor; Sv.

Saigon

Captain

Play and Hiz.

TUTS

Date of Arrival,

2h Schrader. Frumman.

Ger. Brit

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atr. 1996 April

2 Thomson

Brit.

str. 1000 April

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Brit

str. 1497 Mar.

28 Gibb, Livingston & Co..

Nagasaki Saigon

8

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str. 1653 Feb

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395 Mar. 13 Russell & Co.

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Me-

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of

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British

London, &c.

Ashburno

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London, &c.

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Amer

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Nemo

Alort

Amer. sh.

Cer. bqa

Amér, bye.

Brit. bye.

Captain Cölambeaud

Commander A. S, Barker::

Hiugo Shanghai

Amoy Hongkong Amoy Shanghai

Japat

Marshall Group.

Vladivostock Tonquia

Shanghai

Adolph

-MANILA.

In port on March 29, 1884.

Alice Reed. Asteria

Crown Princo Brit. bye.

David. Fenney Amer. at New York ph. New York Qer. Brit. qc

Enigron

Glamorganshire Brit. by New York Great Admiral Amer, an

Highflyer Gerbige. Liverpool Herbert Black Amer, bya,

Hudson Bay

Oasis

Brit.

Amer, bue. New York

Prudencia Ger. Ege, Boston

Stouny Petrel Brit. toe.

Still Water

Tarlor

Titania

Brit. be. United States Ger.

Brit.pl

Brit, bqe.

Brit hoo.

TLOTO.

Amor. a

United States

Lieut.-Commander Rötzer Commander P. F. Harrington Commander de Beauinont

Captain Fleurial

.Ramon Valentin Buenaplata

Captain Debar

taiu Jose Calderop

Commander FJ. Higginson

Commander Moltsoff

Captain Kalaguras

Name.

Flag and Rig.

Tons.Guns.

B.F.

Captain

Abreck

Russian aviso

35

25 Brinak

.Alert

Cristoforo Colombo D'Estaing Duguay Trouin Enterprise

American gunboat

1084 541

300

Captain Schanz

550

Commander Barclay

Italian corvetto

5000

Captain Accioni

French cruiser

2736

15

Fronch cruiser

3000

Captain Muret de Paginas

American corvette

1375

000

Russian transport

1000

80

Captain Koltchma

American aloop

1375

1200

Captain McCormack

Russian gunboat

450

80

Coinmander Stark

French cruizer

Commander Roustan

from the centre of the Town, ...

Return,

20.,,

German gunboat

420

310

45

American gua-vozo}

Cor

French sloop

1182

375

French Frigate

6700

en

Spanish teansport

2200

DJ

French guatat

437

100

Spanish despatch-vessel.

456

260

American corvottu

1275

700

Kaptaan

Licensed Bearers (each). Hour, Half day,... Day,

...10 cents, 35 cents. ...50 cents.

Morge Nayezdnik Nerpa Opritchnik Paton Richmond Skobeleff Sobal Storck Tamega

Bussion genbost

4.00

Russian corvette

1330

Russian gunboat

400

Commander. Valrendt.

Russian corvette

1400

Captain B. Irashintsoff

American frigate

American gunboat

300

200

Lieut.-Commander Glidden

Shangbei

Hoogkong Canton Hongkong Canton Vladivostock Toochow Vladivostock Ningpa

Walla Castio Wylo

2300

14

800

Captain Ser

Ekerrott

Russian corvotte

Gersnan curvette

in gunboat

2100

14

Captain Blazoda all

Hongkong

Dakota

Guiena

Firit bqo. New York

400

7

80

Commander Boyla

Japan

9030

18

2500

Captain von Nostits

Jupiter

Gorge, Boston

Ашсу

Portuguese guaboat

410

Captain F. da Costa Cabral

Macao

Kaiser

Gorah San Francisco

Sofid

Tangou

Bussian ganboat

Commander Heck

Singapore

Ban sch. Saigon

Willy

Ger brie, Halifar

**

$3.00 Triomphanto

French ironclad

4176

14

2400

Captain Baux:

Velasco

Spanish corretto

1158

Captain Bazilio Button

Amoy Hongkong

2.00 Villars

French corvoste

2400

15

676

Captain Dewatre

Shanghai

Volta

French corvette

1300

Captain Fournier

Hougheng

CEBU,

*

2.60 Vestock

Wolf

Russian gunthoat

Commander Molchansky

German gunbest

420

340

Lieut.-Commander von Rayon ?

Vladivostock Cariton

Alice Reed Leuburg

1.75

1.50

WATERS, &c.

1:00

Tyls

Name.

Gions.

LE Indi

Commander.

60

Dispit. pated.

450

200

Lim Kwel-chung

.80

20

Chinesa

20 CHAR-jui 10 Chen-to

Obop-chung Chop-i

17

Chinese

.200

J. Stewart

China

Hankow

300

Chineza

39:0

200

Chinese

Honam

320

200

Chimere

· Lien-chf Pong-chao-hai

Thư trong hung

Hai-king-ching

180

310

Chinese

-330

200

Chiude

220

180 Chinese

800

500 Chinese

.1

19

.33 coats. Quang-on San-hing 20 13

Sai-tsing Teking.uu Teking-po

-150

100

Chiness

617 Clarke

360 Holnes

159 Goggin

O, MAN. OG

150

∙100

Chines

350

190 Calder

Powan

1800 Lefavour

-100

Chinese

100 Chineso

White Cloud

Tehun-tung

170.

Chinese

Lut Class Cargo Boat of 8 or 900

piala, per Day, ***

picada, per Lond,_..-

2nd Class Carge Best of 600

picula, por Day,...

2nd Class Cargo Boat of 600

picula, per Load, ***

3rd Class Cargo Boat or Ha-ken Boat of

300 piculs, per Day, ***

3rd Class Cargo Boat or Ila-kau Beat of

300 picula, per Load,

3rd Class Cargo Bost or Ha-kau Boat of

300 piculs, Half Day,

Ватирана,

1. Small Parcels may be sent by Post or Pullaway Boats, per Day,....

degree of literary zeal to that which was at Book Rates between lingkung and sy displayed during the lifetime of its prode of the British Post Offices in China, as well comor in the field, and that the China Erview as to Japan, Macao, Pakhoi, the Straits may recaive the support necesary to Isaure Settlements, Ceylon and India. They must dimensions, 2 feet not exceed the following

1 foot broad, 1 foot deep, weigh more than 5lbs., nor be smaller than 3 in. by 2 -Such parcels may be wholly closed

its continuance,

NOW READY.

THE COMMERCIAL LAW AFFECT ING CHINESE with special refer- enco to PABYNERSHIP REGISTRATION AND BANKRUPTUY LAWS IN HONGKONG.

long

ور

An-lan $1.00 Ches-hing

One Hour, Half-an-Hour-m After 6 P..........10 canta extra

+

CHINESE GUN-VESSELS IN CANTON

Nothing in this Scale prevents private Hoi-chong-ching agraeizonta

Scate

STERET COOLLEN.

of Hire for Street Coolies.

if they bour this special endorsement, the Day.. FARCEL, CONTAINING NO LETTER, bitty Half Day....... purcel may be opened by direction of the Postmaster General. In the Cape of Parcels Three Hours, rents aprkjourn for India a declaration of contents and One Hour Copies may be had at the China Mail value is required, s printed form for which Half Hour,... Office, and at Mesra, LASE, CRAWFORD &is supplied gratie. The Registration of

-Price, 75 cents,

Nothing in the above Scale to affect Parcels for India and Gerion is compulsory, private agreements.

HONGKONG, MACAO AND CANTON RIVER

STEAMERS.

Name

Tona,

Chiperin

Gunera

F. Blackhead & Ob

Butterfield and Bwire

Kiu Kiang

Kiang-ping Kiungchow

648 Ener

1882 Ogaton 1977 Benning, T. H., C. & M 8-boat Co.

HL, O. & -boat Op

HL, O. & M. 5-bost Ch

H., C. & M. S. boat Co.

280 Benning, A. H., C. & M. 9.-boat Co.

Amer. bge,

Amer sh. New York

BANGKOK,

Ir port on March 22, 1884, Siam, bqe. BaiLeo Cattarelia Ital bge. Chan, Kamrye Siara, bye. ∙Charley

Brit bas Siam bg. Lad up Chiest bye bge

Oiro Diamond City Sinto Excel Tibberio Swed, bqe, Hang Seng

Sium bre Kim Chye Song Siam.

Kim Soor Host Siam, leg. Bucky blocury Race Horse Soon Erst-

Printed and published by Gro. MonEAT Bam, at the China Ma Office, No. 2, Wyndham Street, Hongkong.

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