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Local and Indiün Purcel Post.
Licensed Bravers (each).
Hour, Half day, Day,
...30 cents. 35 cents.
..50 cents.
BOAT AND COOLIK HKZ.
BOATS.
Flat Class Cargo Boat of 8 or 900
piculs, per Day, ... 1st Class Cargo Boat of 8 or 900
picuis, per Load,..........
2nd Class Cargo Beat of 600
picols, por Day,...
.......
2nd Class Cargo Boat of 600
picuis, per Load,...
3rd Class Cargo Koat or Ha-kau Boat of
3rd Class Cargo Bost or Hakan Buat of
300 pieuls, per Load,
300 piculs, per Day,
Srl Claas Cargo Boat or Ha-kau Boat of
300 picole, Half Day,
Sasnpans.
Commander Gea. W. Hill
Commander R. B. C. Brenton
Commander E. Tisdale
Commander Bickford
Commander Wm. Collins
Commodore Caming
Palici
Ear Bur H. B. M. Ships' tonnage, displacements and effective home powers are given according to H. M. Navy list.
Foreign Men-of-war on the China and Japan Station.
On a ervize
Brit. ech.
Alert.
Russ. zch.
MANILA.
In port on May 4, 1834.
Amer. sh. Boston
Beti Seawall Amer. ah. Farragut
al. Halifax Ger bye. Hongkong Gor. bqe. United States
Singapore
Yokohama Amoy Hongkong
Amer sh
Hongkong
Great Admiral Amer. ah Lodsen
Norw, bqe.
Amor
Paul Rivere
Amer, sh
Hongkong Singapore
Pepita
Span, bye.
Queenstown
Amer. sh.
Stouny Petrel Brit.bgs.
ILOILO.
Adolph
Ger
Frohlich Gustav
Name,
Fing and Big.
Tom.
Own D.P.1
Captain,
Where at.
Abrock Alert Cristoforo Colombo D'Estaing
Russian aviso ›
U. S. corvette
1084 E4L
8 300
Captain Sphun
Nagasaki
800
Coinmander C. J. Barclay
Shanghai
Italian corvette
5000
Frunch uraiser
2946
5. 2000 15
Captain Accioni
Shanghai
Captain Colombeaud
Anky
French cruiser
$700 14 3000
Captain Muret de Parmac
Shanghai
U.S. corvette
1375
500
Commander A, S. Barker
Amoy
Russian transport U. S. corvotte Russian gunboat French cruiser
1000
80
Captain Koltchari
Japan
1374
1200
Commander A, H. MeCorrinek
450
80
Commander Stark
Commander Koestan
Vladivostock Tongria
Chinu
German guaboat V. S. corvette
420
340
Lieut. Comrsander Rotger
Hongkong
Clementina Clyde
628
४
000
Commader P. F. Harrington
Corea
French irigale
6700
14
4500
Captain Fleuriain
Wocsung
Envoy
Spanish transport
1200
D. Ramon Valentin Buenaplata
Hongkong.
Freuch gunboat
100
Captain Debar
tanton
Spanish despatel-vess
468
20
Captain Jose Calderon
Russian frigate
6000
Captain Grenquist
Hongkong Nagasaki
U. S. gunboat
1375
750
Russian gunboat
Commander Moltsoff
Commander F. J. Higginson
Russian corvette:
1330
Captain Kalagaras
Canton Vladivostock Shanghai
Lurke
Gennan gun-vcsae!
716
000
freut.-Commander Aschenborn
Canton
Russian guabout
400.
80
divostock
Russian corvette
1400
300
500
Captain B. Iraahintzoff Commander G. D. B. Glidden
Shanghai
Maroury Nonpareil Phospit
9080
Captain
Frintemps
199
Captain
2100
Captain Blanodarell
Siamese Crowa Shop Hwat
400
80
Commander Boyle
Japan
Ger.
2030
Captain von Nostitz
Shanghai
Starlight
410
Macso
2300
4176 1130
2400
Captain Baux
Hongkong
Captain Emilie Butron
3200
Captain Dewatre
French corvette
1800
800
Captain Fournier
Shanghai Shanghai
Russian gasboat
Commander Mulchuusky
German gunboat
480
840
Captain von Ravu
$3.00 Duguay Train
Enterprise 2.00 Ermak
Tarex 2.50 Gornostal
Hamelin 1.75 Iltis
Juniata 1.50 La Galenonière
Legaspi 1.00 alin
Marques del Duero 50 Minin
Monocacy Morge or Pullaway Boats, per Day, ...
...$1.00 Nautilus
Nayezdnik One Bour,
20 S Half-an-Hour, ***
10 Norpa
Opritchuik After 6 P.M......10 conta oztra.
Palos Nothing in this Scale prevents private Prinz Adalbert not exceed the following dimensions, 2 feet agrements.
Razboingh long, foot broad, 1 fout deep, weigh more
Skobelaff than 5lbs., uor bo smaller than 5 in, by 2
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Postmaster General. In the Case of Parcels Ono Hour, for India a declaration of contents and Half Hour, Copies may be had at the China Mail value is required, a printed form for which Office, and at MORTE. LANE, CRAWFORD & is supplied gratis The Registration of
Nothing in the above Scale to affact Vostock Co.,-Price, 75 conts.
Farvels for India and Ceylonis compulsary, private agreements
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any
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Triomphante
U. S. gunboat German corvette Russian cruiser Russien co
cozvotta Russian unbe
gunboat German com
corvette Portuguese gunboat
U. S. frigate
Franch ironclad
Spanish corvette French oorvotte
400
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Commander Vairondi
Plain F. da Costa Cabral
PN, Phythian
Siam. bqe Siam, bge
Hongkong Yokobsnia Nagasaki
Hongkong
Vauvostock Hongkong
Annetin
CEBU
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W. W. Crato Amer. bys.
BANGKOK,
In port on April 20, 1884.
Siam, lg. Laid up
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Brit, bye.
Diamond CitySis. bqo.
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