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as to how she became possessed of the skin. Possibly the bupal boost which has for some little time past been believed to have been rambling about the island in soarch of fresh pork, has fallen a victim to the wilos of the rastic huntore and been trapped at last.

ance in Council.

THE CHINA MAIL.

SERAITS AND' CALOUTTA EINE.

CANTON AND SHANGHAI LINE.

and

now been brought to a loss, I am enabled portance of opening to general trade the fullently anticipated that the substitution of gambling at fantan. There was a'uup door no doubt that a considerable impetus will draughts of the night air, and we sought to release you for a time from your attond-rich Sonth onstar Provinces of Ching, and the heavier driving machinery shortly of escape in the wool, and some of the be given to commercial transactions, and the path, headed by our guide with hie also these extensive countries in the Indo- expected from England will greatly coole gamblers effected their escape by that way by consequence to the employment of lantern. The mad is but a mogh mud vali į During the recess, several measures of Chineso Peninsula, which have lately been rate speed and cable the fainers in the eightcon of them, however, were arrested shipping.

across swampy ground, and leads with The General Agonts report as followe on many sharp twists through villages built on importance, to which your attention has in brought under the rude or protectorate of two headings to effect a juuction by 1887. From the evidence of an informer it ap

15. The masury dan, outlet-works, and poured that the first two defendants wore the Company's vaiiona lince.:-

high mounde, in the narrow dafiles of which gme cases beun already directed, will be Franca. mature by my Government, and will be conclusion permit me to thank you on my 1886, batatthough the nowreservoir may par they were consequently fined $20 each, And now, Hurumble gentlemen, in hye-wash, it is exposted will be finished by the managora of the gambling honse and

you stumble, and only avoid treading of The chartered steamera Lennox the tail of a sleeping dog by foundering submitted for your consideration at var next scoting. I believe that it is univer-own behalf, as the Representative of the hape be ready for use a year or more before in default three months imprisonment Moray continued to run during the whole into a stygian pool; and you rouse the TROSS people who are going to try wine sally road that tho public evavenience! Queen, for the valuable advice and nasist- the tunnel, it will not be possibla to avail with hard kibour. The other defendants of tho yune, but the returns of traffic have bowling chorus after all. Bada ia tho

will be best comauled by opening the anco which you have afforded me during the of the impounded water until the couple were fined 0 each, or three weeks' Impri-

way, however, it is too good to lose, and the Chinuman who hesitates is lost, no amateur warfare busy do to aid Gordon have annual session of the Council in the month recent Session, and for the zeal and nition of the tunnel unless steam-pumping sonment. Four of the prisoners paid their been most disappointing.

duity with which you havo applied your operations are resorted to, in passing the wadinca. secured the anrvices of Mr Cook, tourist of November of each your

Lang Pun, a coolin, and two others; wore Freights have boom wretchedly dull when we arrive at the dividing of the 3 thank you, in the name of the Queen,selves to the questions of public interest tor over the Tytam to the Victoria side.

waya wa nta obliged to atornly repress boon the incipient discussion as to right" and serunt, Ho wont with General Gordon to for the supplier which you have granted for which I have proposed for your consider. The temporary expedient of steam-pum charged with keeping a public gambling throughout the year; but it has Korosko, and is quite ready to poraonally overy branch of Her Majesty's Sorrige ination. It is alike ay pride and happiness ping may prove of advantage in the event house at 143 Queen's Road West, on the necessary to keep the Fook Sang' and wrong paths, and aventually rack the Fo Bug steadily running to maintain rendezvous where the somnolest boatron conduct the volunteer expedition for the this Colony. It will be the duty of my to recoguito e cordial relations axinting of the heavier boring machinery shortly to 2nd nat. relief of Khartoum. The Duke of Suther-Government to exercise a watchful per botween myself and all the member of the ho need not answering to the fullest the George Kemp, P.C. 29, ontored the house intercommunications. There has been fair

Raval Babel ensued, but nothing is eas land, who has been appealed to on the vision over their expenditure, and to prac Council. It is generally agreed, moreover expectations formed of it, tmt this is on a warrant and arrested the deferidants, improvement shows in the savings since Ecoind out an answer to our hail. The interesting than a language composed of subjost, secmis rather takon by the idea of stieg auch economy ae may he consistent with that your conduet has already fully justified point that it would be premature to discuss The place was fitted up for fantan gambling the commencement of March.

and watchmen were stationed on the roof swarow, SHANGHAI, AND NEWCHWANG LINK. equal parts of shouting and abdominal gut- porsonally conducted' war. The Countesthe efficiency of the goveral departments my efforts to procure the content of the Impotil that machinery has been tested.

perial Government to an enlargemont of the 14. Fully Eighteen months, however, bo and at the door. The first defendant, who

The 'Soo Wo and Kyong Song,' and turals of which you understand nut one, de Noailles has to addition, and give 4s yan ara burdy nach, honey se possible Un-oficial element in your body, with the for the completions of the tunnel the pro- we identified by an informer as the misa decasionally the Peohli, have been werk word. The conclusiuli, Lowever, was clear, £30,000 towards the expedition, and give ohjeet to serve as much £15,000 more should it be wanted.

forthe works whics ara tirgenty ation of the opinions and feelings of the be increased to some extent by means of other two, in default of paying a five dollar traffic. Since the commercement of the could not proceed that night, whereupon for the prosecution of the important sanitary view of securing a more ndoquate coprent sont deficient water supply of the town mayager of the house, was fined $25, and the ing this Hine, and are well suited to the that, for some jabberwocklan reason, wa The British bark faiseus arrived at Yoko-required. The report recently laid before entire community. Yon have indeed left the proposed conduit from Wong-noi-ch'ung fine cech, wore sont to goal for, three present poison the Wing Sang' and Taiwo composed ourselves to rest.

you by the Acting Auditor General shows little to be desired by the warmest friends to the Albany, (in the Upper part of the wooks.

Bang have beer. chartered from Now- And now if any captious reader should hama on the 18th Junie from Takes, and that the probablo Berets of the Colony on of Hongkong, whether hero or aliewhere, City of Victoria) which will be made to take

chwang, a trade for which their large ask why we dwell so long on theso trivial the lat January, 1885, will amount to except that, under the favour of the Su in the contents of the nullah mes on the

carrying capacity and light draft runder beginnings of a journey, the answer is that reported having experienced unsettled won-

8059,102. This sum will probably suffice premio Ruler, future Sessions may maintain way and the aggregate yield of which (not

then admirably adapted.

its interest, yad journey, terminated there. Towing along a canal through a country as ther with advares gales, having had to beat for next year's expenditure on the extra- the high character, that the loyalty, mode, including the streams devoted to the or the cutico passage, notwithstanding whish ordinary works cmnected with anitation ration, and public spirit with which you clusive use of the Garrison) is estimated at

The Taku has been engaged on this flat and as bad as a billiard table, the soil of she managed to get up in 14 days. I and the increased water supply so that it have commenced the exercise of your prive 80,000 gallons a day during the dry season heavy weather fast main topmast and fore will not be necessary before the closs of logos and the performance of your duties, and nearly double this amount during the

lino, ruaning in conjunction with one of the which is baked, caked, and salted, ia unexcit those we had brought with us in the boat. top-gallantmast, and whilst Furling the fore- 1880 to take any steps for raising the small have already earned for the ro-constructed two short intermediate sonsons following the

Chins, Merchants Steam Navigation Com-g. There was not even an match, sav close of the heavier rains and iramediately

pany's steuners as before.

After several days and night,—or perhaps rail on the 16th instant a waman fell to the lou, not to exceed one year's revenue, which Legislature of this Colony.

I now prorogue this Council to the preceding the latter. dook, Bustaining serious injuries; the un-you have already suctioned in principle.

only one, for we kopt no reckoning,—ve fortunate tann, however, was removed to It will la recollected that Hongkong is ore 10th day of next November.

The three stoners engaged in this found ourselves sailing with a fair wind up the hospital and is reported to be pro- of the very low communities in the world

The Council then adjourned.

service have done their work satisfactorily a inagnificent river, broad and deep, which but as mentioned last year, the charge ipon we were informed was the Peltang. We gressing favourably.

which is now absolutely without a Peblic Debt

tenance of the hulks and godowns required were now making for Lutai, » good-sized for the collection and distribution of cargo, town where were many sea-gong junks at is disproportionately heavy. When the anchor, Lutai is celebrated for several Company's new steamer nor approaching things. It is a largo military station waero

will be lightened.

LATIVE COUNCIL This afternoon, the first Session of the re-wnstructed Legislative Council, was for mally prorogued by His Excellency the Govoript. All the members of Council ware prosent, and there was also a can- siderable number of the leading residents, and a fair sprinkling of ladica, present by-invitation. Among those present were His Excellency Major-General Sargent,

modore Morant, Bishop kaimondi, Rev.

THE TAI TAD WATER WORKM.

Water

ALLEGED ANBAULT BY A CONSTABLE.”

Julan Prior, P.C. 6 uppunud on a su mone charging him with having on the 28th of June, assaulted oue Taxang Akwong.

Complainant gavo cvidence to the effect that he was omplayed as bar hoy at the Gerinan Club. On the 20th ulto., at 1a.m., he had just come out of an eating-house in Hollywood Road, when he met defondant, who sold his quiete and asked him if he had a paan. Ho believed defendant was and defendant handed it back and gave him a blow in the eve. Complainant asked him why he beat him and defondant took him to the Coutral Station, and on the way gave hair overal blows. Complainant was die charged by the inspector on duty.

FDOCHOW ANU SHANGHAI LING..

YANOTSZE LINE.

With regard to legislation, twenty Bills | Report by the Burnayor-General on the pro- divort but which it is intended to drunk. Complainant showed him his pass, their earnings, necessitated by the maine ked entered the river near its mouth, and

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15. In this subsidiary supply are included! as tributaries some of the nullalis at present flowing down the opposite valley of Deep into the Wong-ni-ch'ung system by an open catch-water and short tunnel under the dividing ridge at the Starley gap.

16. The original animate of the now Waterworks is 8C20,009. The expenditurs up to the 1st of the present month mounted to $179,000. These disbursements includs purchase of the boring machinery, tools and appliance for the construction of the tunnel and for the cement received from the Crown Agents; us also all salaries, wages, and cost of installation and administration.

J. M. PRICE,

Serpetur encrat,

SUPREME COURT.

· IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION, (Before the Hon. J. Ruth, Acting Chief Thursday, July 3.

Frentice,

KWOK KUM KAJ & LER' KOW,

In the ordi-

In reply, to defendant the complainant said he had three friends with him. He did not seize defendant by the arus, and le did not get the black oye by contact

with the other prisoner.

completion commences to run, this charge: 2,000 men under à General Li have been

YISTSIN AND NORTHERN LINK.

waiting a long time for the Franch to come; but a hasty porco has deprived them Tho understanding between the companies of the coveted opportunity of winning their has been maintained with satisfactory re-laurals. Officers and men are alivo cliegrin- units. The new steamer Kuu Shing is aed, fur if there is anything. Chinese soldista favourite with passongora owing to her enjoy it a good stand-up fight. But excellent accommodation and great speed. Litai is also celebrated as being the The line has also been filled by the Femminus of the Kaiping Canal, Which is six- Dorace and Sin Nancing with grant fast above the average loval of the river, eficiency.

and the lock is only opened at high tide.

Ya Chan Chei, bar buy at the Hongkong Club, stated that on the night of the 28th lt, ho was with complainant and others in an eating house, and casso out at 1 am. He heard a noise and now the defendant

In accordance with the Articles of Associa-Heru, consequently, the traveller nsually seize complainant und slap hiro. Witnesstion the following directors retire, Mears.hat to wait some time, which he can occupy asked defendant why he slapped complain-W. Keswick and J. Mandrew, who, being if he pleases in speaking through the telep. ant and then defendant called an Indian cligible, offer themselves for re-election. hone to the people at the Colliery, which in

He was dis

The Auditora, Mere Turqtund, Younga nila slistant. The telophone works to constable to arrest lisa charged at the Station.

& Co., likewise retire, but offer themselves purfection, Rustom Khan, P. C. 652, stated that on for re-cloution.

Towards the hour of high water you the morning in question he was on duty ju It has been represented by the General aurve agent concourse of craft both Hollywood Road when he heard a dis-Agents that it would be a grant convenience inside and outside the Canal; empty goal turbance in Gap street. He went there to ahureholders in Bougkong were the cum-barges towed en far to the Feitag by and saw defendant with complainant and pany to avail itself of the provisions of the steam tugs, waiting to return to the Colliory, the last witness. The latter was violent At 46 & 47 Vic. cap. 30- The companies and tooded barges bound down to Tientsin.. and defendant called witness to assist him. (Colonial) Register Act, 1883, by establish. The csual is twenty-two or twenty-shros Complainant's and the second witness' hadising a Bruch Register of Shares in that Rites long and was excavated under the colony. The Board are advised that the direction of the engineers of the Colliery. case in contact.

The onse was romsade till Saturday, the attain this object, and a resolution will be trattie is only a makeshift, the necrest ap

It is very shallow, and for purposes of sanction of the shareholders is required to 5th inst.

submitted at an extraordinary general moetproach to necemeal and cholent means ing, to be held at the close of the annual of transport which the state of the great Feng-shui question would permit. That it general meeting.

f. MACANDREW, Chairman. has developed a considerable trafic is cer- tain, for in addition to the odicial besincas London, 28th May, 1884.

of the collery, the basin of the canal is crowded with native boste landing coal. listeno, sad earthenware, and a small Tho traveller who has reached in safety Temailia has sprung up where everything is disposed to take his case for a brief spaceing the raft chandrut, An expected in hospitable Tientsin, in order to review and undesigned result of the canal has been his laundry and recover the use of his limbs, the drainage of the sarcounding country which, like enough, has lost, whether he which was formerly a useless swamp for half

THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVICA.

THE KAIPING COAL MINES.

W. Jennings, the German, French, Spauish the proposal to unite the Eastern and the proposed new reservoir is overflowing, to the defendant, a contractor, who holders at, the Third Ordinary General the watery plains of Chihlt is probably well provided for traders and trevoilers except-

and Japanese Consuls, and others.

The roads from Government House word lined by a detachment of Polies under Chief

the Council Chamber. The Guard of

Offices.

Works.

tons of the town.

on the 12th June last

MANY Turkish ladies have of late years have become law during the Scasion.

green and sent position of the Tytam adopted Western fushions of dress, and these govoral are of much public import- Water Works, 25th Fire, 1884.

1. The Tytom Waterworks, though the worso still, have dispensed altogether with ance, and received your careful attention the seil, which, according to the twenty-such are, in pertionlar, the Ordinates for signed as far back as 1873, and fully ap. fourth chapter of the Koran, ought to be the Registration of Medical Practitioners proved by the Earl of Carnarvon in 1877, for the facilitation of the business of Savings white he was Secretary of State for the worn by every biosulmuan woman. The Banks, for the rogulation of the Post Office; Colonies, were not commenced until 1883. Bultan, whe is much scandalised at the and for the re-arrangement of the Stamp The final instructions from the Calonial departures from ancient usage, has now duties; together with several measures Office for the commencement of the works decreed that all his famela subjects, under pain of a heavy fine, shall discard their amending former Ordinances which experi- are contained in the despatch No, 86 of

be 1888.

2. The object of the Tytam Works is to accursed European toantles, their crinolettes 106 had proved to be defective. It may and their Paris boots, and that henceforth confidently expected that valuable and pur- every Mahemotan eman shall shroud her manent results will be developed fram legis increase feurfold the present deficient wa head in a voil of modest opacity, and dothelation of sceli a character, based on no ter zupply of Victorin by the creation of a herself in all ways after the event fashion abstract thecrios, but on practical experience large artificial lake in the Tytran Valley of her ancestresses. The doerce soms and neither impaired by haste, nor indu- from which the town may be able to draw an abundant daily supply of puro water, somewhat harsh yok, possibly, the vuced by favour, nor impeded by faction,

With regard to Public Works; I am more especially during the dry season of husbands will not object to it, for it will

happy to be able to announce that a large the year-(October to April) when natural save them a good deal of exponec

instalment of the sanitary haprovements sources are for the most part dried up. sanctioned by you has already been accom- J. The water in the old roservoir at Pok- POROGATION OF THE LEGIS-plished. The reclamation of the anheday folum Mounting to 74 million gallons had lands at Yaumati, on the Kowloon Pen-already beeti found inantficient in 1871

བ༔ ར་ Mr H. M. Baily, instructed. by Air sula, is nearly completed; and the roela when Victoria contained only 95,000 inta-Holmes, appeared for the plaintif; and Dr nation from the sea at Caseway Bay will bitants. At the present time, when the poHo Kai, instructed by Mr Dennyé, zope be finished before the end of this year, pulation is increased to 110,000, the In both these localities, extensive areas will guacy of the old reservoir is of course the sented defendant.

This action was brought to reCOYER POBAČK“ be thrown open for building purposes more felt, and the struits to which the poor Moreover, ender arrangements with savatal especially are put for the want of this com-ion of a ti taber shop, which plaintiff alleges the defendant has wrongfully and unlawfully ownors of marine allotments in that quar moc necessary of life are known to be very deprived him of and also for 88,000 daza- ter, the constraction of sea-walls and great. embankments has also been initiated at the 4. From Fokfoolura and other minor ages. From the statements made in the Western extremity of the City; and the sources the present allowance of water petition and by Mr Baily, the plaintiffs early erection is expected of an important amounts to about 4 gallons a day per head one would appear to be as follows. Up till authigh in that neighbourhood.

uf intabitant. On the completion of the April, 1881, plaintif had been a travelling

TION COMPANY, LIMITED. Owing to the length of the negotia now Tptam Waterworks this daily allowance dealer in timber, dong business in this

a day line to a considerable extent. nearly all tho members of his staff, Como- tions with the War Offer and the Admi- ; will be increased to about 19 gallons anary cgurse of his bunaers le caine toi The following is the second annual roport

ralty I have not yet received the final taring the dry season, while during the decision of the Imperial Government of rainy season of five months, and so long as long, and was introduced by a friend of the directors prescutal to the Share-

quested him to procure a quantity of Weaborn Prayns by an embankment and there in no reason why the supply to the peculiar kind of wood. After considerable Meeting held in the Cannon Street Hotel, road in front of the Naval and Military own should not be practically unlimited. Eatablishments. But stear-dredging mu 5. Such confused notions have at one hunting in Fatehan and various other

The Board of Directors now submit to chinery has already arrived from England, time and anchor prevailed in respect of places, plaintiff managed to secure the word for defendant; and thereafter the par- Inspector Herepool and a Guard of ƒ and will shortly be put into operation along possible improvements to the existing water ties bad considerabla tranzactions with ench the shareholders Lisir report on the com- has been journeying by land or by water. the year, but now produces regular crop,

the notious foreshor An aggregate supply, that it may not be out of place here Honour, together with the Band, were length of two miles of new and improved to point out briefly, that no doubt hna cver other. In July, 1881, defendant suggested pany's operations during 1883, and annox The time may be not unprofitably employ. thus gently shaming the wealth of t tirawat up at the foot of the stair leading to main seves has been constructed in the at any time existed as to there heing amule that plaintiff shonlil start business on his list of the foet of steamships as it stood ono in collecting information respecting the district. Tho coel trafic of the canal is naxt stage of the journey through parts un conducted by means of emall steam tuga, water during the wet season, from the hills An Accutat Plaintif doubted whether he 31st December last

had the funds to do so or not, but ultimate- It will be seen that three new voseels own. The residents in Tientsin will be because for some occult reason the Chinons streets principally of the Central and Eas- Lura districta, formning portion of the can- above Victoria to meet the requirements of arrival at and also when he left Government fiation for the entire City. But in respect the only point for consideration in conroe. and plaintiff started a Timber Yard at No. 1 year-the Kind Shing, built at Barrow, the it is a common experience of travellers that eriployed in towing canal barges; thoy Honour salted His Excelleony on his orchensive system of drainage in contemp-the town during the dry season, and that ly the financial difficulties were overcolie, have boc added to the list during the past found by no means uncommunicative, but consider that inules are not propot to be of the equally vital question of private lion with an improved water supply' bas i 6, Mong Kuk, Yan-ms Ti, vtider the name Wing Sang, at Aberdeen, and the Tai Sang, | Few things are more perplexing than the think they would bu always falling into the

the Hop with some at Theas have all arrived read and confirmed, the Acling Colonial new Building Ordinance, which will be and mest suitable site for holding the very his creditors was defendant, who advanced of some minor defesis, which have now been | of alternatives is that you put yourself at is one of the must intervaling spots in

The minutes of last meeting having been to defir actfritt ponding the passing of the rough, bat whore we could find the best wood balcon an, culona of tonic datiuturea, the waveption result, however, of much anxious weighing this little ca ant is called Su-ki-cha

VERY satisfac last into the hands of the inevitable Taylor China at the present day, for it is here that good progress, and in a few months a profit tory vessels in all respects; and are doing of the Globe Hotel, the guide and counsel the traveller meets the iron horse. The Scoretary laid on the table, a despatched for your consideration during the large volume which we have at command him $500 worth ofwood. The business inado ade good, they have proved v

next Бензи

and which we require to store up for use in

of $700 was realised. Shortly after the gut service un their respective lines in lor of wayfaring non, vitu provides you trains run to and from the colliery at from the Secretary of State respecting Among other works of public impor: the dry season.

business was started, plaintif suggested that China. The Kore Shing, which is the fastest, with a comfortable bunt, places all the re-regular intervals, and we changed to have 6. There are no valleys above the town or the commission он the public works tance, the now Victoria Collage and the

Quarantine Hospital at Stone Cutters un the wountain sinpes overlooking the bar-defendant should take a share to the extent and with good passenger accommodation,

arul instructs the lowds where to ge You | opportunity of observing what was going department, and also a report by the Hon. Island aro now being actively pushed for bour anywhere near Victoris, where water of 5800 In the concern, and plaintiff under haatake Leading position on the Shanghain of civilisation at your disposal, an hour to wait which afforded the revisite

of COLLEGE discovered that 03 around us. Surveyor General on the progres, and ward; while the works in the Tyas Valley could be panded on a sufficiently large scale stood this arrangement land be agreed to, and Tientsin line, The Wing Sung made tave by this time

The immense stacks of coal waiting for with the Toi Sang, she has been placed on the land route) to Kaiping one is to go transport, the wonderful mechanical con in oozesion with the extension of the to meet the wants of the population during but a few months afterwards defendant one voyage to Calcatta, since when, along there are two routes by water (besides present position of the Taitan Water Water Supply couliana to make as favour- the dry unson, or from which the water cane and said he was pressed for money,

able progress as the difficult naturu of that thus ponded would be delivered by gravita- and insisted on being paid the $800 at once. Le Cest line, tracing as required from down the Feiba river 40 miles to Kutang trivances for the instantaneous discharger In order to satisfy defendant's claim, plain- Newchwang in the north to Canton, and near Taku, where is the Model Farra and railway tracks and the instantaneous loading On the motion of the Acting Colonial undertaking will permit. Prepacations are tion through pipes at a sufficient elevation if arranged that one of the debtors of both vessels are considered unusually well the mouth of the New Canal cut by the of barges in the canal basin are suficient

being made for carly erection of the

above sea-level to

to observa the higher por the Hop Chan should pay over the amount adapted

for this ereployment.

Kaiping Mining Company, which connects to occupy your attention for half-an-hour Secretary, a vole of 20,000 for the comple- new Contral Market. The fonds required

The Board live much satisfaction in tion of the Causeway Boy reclamation, was to defray de cost of draining the marshy 7. The only valley fulfilling these condi. he was due the firms to defendant in settio-

way is by a canal which joins the Feilio You have walked through Little latasilia fands in the Wong-ngi-phong Valley, with tions was found-after an exhaustive survoyment of the latter claim, and S660 had al- mounding that there has been no serious way by the Ping rivers; the other and to laske you forgot you are in Chimu. approved of.

about the 16th April, casualty to the fleet during the year, though just above the city of Tientsin, called the and admired the freshness and cleanliness the view to their conversion into & Public of the topography of the entire island, in ready been paid. On Park, having been voted by yon, no avoid- the Tytam district, and accordingly this loca plaintif left his business, and went to his the vessels have, of course, not enaped Now Canal, because the Grand Canal and of a town growing up in tho saidst of decay, plaint of in the Shun. Ink district, on minor accidents, which are inseparable from scine ethers are elder, and which unites and your eye presently wanders away to able dolny will take place in commencing a lity, in apite of its distance from the town, The Hon. P. Byric, the Senior Unotheiswork so desirable on sanitary and on other had to be selected as the best site for the count of his brother's illness. During their constant employment in narrow and with the before-mentioned at a point which some more cistant buildings which calls his temporary absence, defendant went crowded channels and in slow tale of forms the obtuse apex of a triangle having your tuind back to China, though not the Momber, then rose and said:-Your Ex-public grounds.

future reservoir. With respect to Public Education: The main feature of the new Water. over to Meng

Ching of the present dny What is that in- plaintiff's employés

therough efficiency, ut the expense There being usually much difficulty in posing block yonder, so subatantial and s the first session of the nowly constituted which has been laid on your table, bears dain which it is intended to build across the way prevented him from.entering the steps ( now building in SlaugLai, has made good lastraraad route is to despatch their boat in troops when they came down to project try- cellency, as you are now about to prorogue the Report of the Government Inspector, works is the granita masonry and concrete, and dispise o possession of the They have all been kept up in a slate of the Poiho for an irregular base,

and, when plaintiff himself returned, forci-

getting a Chines bridge opened after dark, trims It will Tytam Valley for the purpose of stopping and still refuses to allow plaintiff to r

The new steamer for the River Yungiaze, the practice of wary traçaiters who use the -Oh, that in the barracks belonging to the colliery for the accommolation of council, in the name of the members, I nak witness to satiafactory progress,

I think be seen that both the number of prunry the waters that find their way into let into posession of the promises. By reason progress, and the General Agents expect she advance with urfers to wait at the Clump works,Any soldiers there now! No. leave to make a few remarke

schools under Government supervision ralley. This dama, which will bo 110 feet

thereof plaintiff has lost his trade and will take her place on the line by the end of of Trees which is one little 0: overy one will admit that the progress of in the Coleny, sad thọ number of soloints high in the centre, will form a la custom, and has been put to considerable Jaly instead of by the end of October, the Kin-haing Ho Canal, and wit into the Evor been auy No; but there is a coolie at easy with a dust-disturber who will conduct you business during the session has been most attending such schools have been more than nearly 30 acres with a maximum depth of loss and inconventence. He therefora time named in the contract.

walk by a short cut from Tientsin. This over the buildings.And what way that bo Although 1885 has been by no meate a route having been selected for us, and our yonder you enquire, as your delighted eye satisfactory. The harmony which has doublad in the last ten years' It is, more 105 foot and will contain 300 million gallonsprays that defendast be, ordered to deliver provailed in this council could not be this incruse extends to the femate as well forcements of running water from the tri-up possession of the said premises, and to prosperous year for the company, any more boat sent off, we naturally prolonged out rests on a gorgeous pile a little more to the

over, particularly gratifying to observe that of still water supplemented by daily reiu-

than for the shipping interest at large dinner into the darkest hour of a dark night left in the purest Anglo.Cantonese style. excelled in any other nascibly in any as to the male portion of the community, † butary streams thut How into the valley, be ordered to pity the allegations Droughout the world, the Board are gind and then sot out with coolies, guides, and That is the Summer Pakes, you are told, part of the world; and I attributo this at the same time, it is certain that great and the aggregate yield of which is esti

day, matic by the plaintif, claimed that the that they are enabled to report a decided im-lanterns. The journey may be said to and your interlocutor locks exquiringly in advantage will be gained for the

premises were his own, and alleged that provement cored with the accounts commence in earnest on leaving the bund your face for the sign of wonder which the Hey Vic- 9. The impounded water of the new re- to the fact that the measures which Your cation through the erection higher edu-mated at about 180,000 gallons a Excellency has brought forward, and 16 taria College, and through the foundation servoir will be isoged at a level of 400 feet le cimployed plaintiff as his manager at the previous year. The balans of blue of the English Settlement, for the risk of over faile at the sign of wonder which if Government Scholarships enabling aabove the sea, a beight sufficient to include in July, 1691, that in May, 1869, working account of the steamers shows breaking your legs over the cases of instones, creation of fat can set of that beautiful votes of money which the Connell have certain mumber of promising young, mon nine tenths of the houses in Victoris, leave plaintiff suddenly and without warning nearly £27.009 at credit, out of which the bars of frem, and raiscellaneous curgres of 10 miles from a genius. You are only

have written u the deficiency of steamers which crash the buad under their the enchanted ground of the post. been asked to pass, have been shuitted by to cosaplete their professional studce in ing the small residue of dwellings situated loft his employment, and that when he

above this level to be supplied from the returned he was told he was no longer £8,570 brenght forward from 1882, and they weight, or of falling headlong into the

havo decided to appropriate £13,370 to everyone to be for the bonest of the entire Buglan

ohasing caused by the saving in of the Buch attention has been given during Pokfoolum conduit which runs along the wanted

Bidhato was then led on behalf of the depreciation being per cent, on the first embankment, is hardly sonte enough to community. Much of this harmony has the past year to the improvement of the 500 foot parallel, also been dio to the genial manner and drill and discipline of our Police Corpa, 10. The presence of an intervening range plaintiff. The further bearing was adjourned. But of the fleet (hearing out the now vessels atlund a sensation worthy of the name.

completed in 1883), or a somewhat higher Your first a

st adventure of a serious kind is the thorough business qualifications, Your which is now a very efficient body. One of mountains between the proposed now

percentage upon the redneed valuation at hailing of the grim ferryman who is to which they now stand in the books. To un convey you to the opposite shore, and Fxcellency las displayed in conducting the verable result is the diminution of reservoir and the town has rendered neces-

Jorious

Successful sary a-tunnel for the passage of the waters sed violent crime.

abis this to be done a small amount has had to whoever has had experience. of Chinese efforts have also beau monde towards the to the Victoria side of the ridge. From the

be taken from the profit on underwriting will recognize this (aracteristic of Mr Sangster, the Registrar, said he he account, at credit of which there is loft a the tribe, that they are always at the wrong presion of gambling-houses; su object outlet of this taanel which overlooks the to which the principal members of the Chi Wong-noi-ch'ung valley, the Tytam water lieved the bankrupt was not in the Colony reserve of $3,200 to nest future possible side of the river, and always deaf. One nose community rightly attach special im- will be brought into town, a distance of He askou his Lordship to lix a date claims. Unfortunately the items just speciless accustomed than ourselves, inled, to purtance; and to which the Honourable nearly three miles, through a massory sur which to hold a dividend meeting; $500 fcd absorb the entire earnings of the com-the ways of these heathon would have Member who so worthily represents in shis face conduit following the bill contours in had been lodged in Court. Courel his Chinese countrymon recently the same manner as the present Pokfoolum Mr Dennys, on behalf of a creditor, or so that the declaration of any dividend despaired of waking a responsive echo in that dull ear, and after the first hour or so salled attention, .... ........

conduit.

creditors, asked his Lardship with upon its capital must be again deferred 11. The total longth of the tunnel is the protections which had been extended to trade was very severe in the early part of ed the enterprisu. And the more readily, The depression in the Chios coating of bowling and waiting would have abandon- I have nów glanced at the interual

The odours which the raw plague wind' wafted! heads of Finance, Legislation, Public both sides of the mountain without the

a salary of 850 per month and he also got a apprehension of hostilities on the part of about our senses in fiendish play The Bank, certain commissiou on the profits of the France caused a marked contraction of smells of Tientsin ato arranged in strata shaft, with the intention of meeting some- one will deny that the re-constituted Counourable Gentlemen, it should never bo for where near the middle. The boring is be firm. He was heavily indebted.

business, and specalations in Chinese, joint which are visible in a clear day, though we cil has been a success. It may be said by then that Hongkong is the centre of in conducted by percussive machinery In auver to his Lordship, Mr Holmes stock enterprises led to a serious financial carnot vouch for the fact from personal

British power, infixouce, and commerce in 198 amme people that our new voolicist mear this quarter of the and that, 1 bere have not given us any great oratorical know on the very highest authority, the sive used is exclusively dynamite. Opera Sangater several times, and endeavoured cripple the interchange of commodities: Txe-chu-lin, which is sweeter than the Desmontary 4 menthe sight,

Fertions were begun on the Tytom side of the to get him to provide accounts. He was There was a partial revival in the latter Garden વાં Eden. displays since the session commenced, but greater inportance to this Colony than to mountain in April and on the Victoria alde afterwards informed by the people with part of the year, but inadequate fully to the organisation of these committees, that Color of infinitely larger tentorial in July of last year (1883); prastically whom the bankrupt had been staying that employ even the recuced number of vessels of a mud hut throw a fochic gliquoer strooi Shanghai, demand...

the stream It moved and disappeared j

30 days' sight, private interested in the stirring events passing now about one year, and a length of fifteen seen him aÅROD

His Lordship withdrew the protection, fident hope that the improvement visible in pisali of oara apprisod ng of the approach Sveicigns, around us, and especially in the concerns hundred and thirty fest has been com

1853 will make farther and more erident of the ferry-boat, and soon her crrival was of the vast neighbouring Empire. I go pleted, ur a little over a fifth of the whole and the case was adjourned,

progress in 1884. Their relations will announced at the stone jutty far beneath

Temperature. gratulate you on the prospect of permanent run the beginning the work has been

competing companies are now friendly, and where we were stands we

the best herself (Taken at Mesurs Falioner & Co.'s Prentsa, Peace between France and Chins, notwith kept up under continuous pressure, mon

the injurices cutting dowa of rates may be being invisible. standing some fresh disturbances in Ton and machinery working without intermis

Queen's Bond.) quit; for the outbreak of war gold home, the watches or shifts relieving each through the night, as well as by day-

crept down doo

expected to ceasa, although of course the the stoop and broken bank, walking by

HONGZONO, July 3. fall to prove a grave interruption to the other every eight houre.

competition of the general shipping interest faith and not by sight, and stepped into BanoMETER lise to bo faded; and when rates through the crazy cookie-shell which orez then re

20.070. trade of this Colony, I congratulate you

1F, IL... also on the probable prospect of, ere very 12. The extraordinarily hard and u

out the world are universally low, this rained fovisible. The current won strong, Company cannot expect to maintain them and a midnight bath in that dark flowing TasMEYER-984 Lightsen hawkers, rice pounders, coolies at exceptionally high figures, but must give river was not a thing to contemplate, with the influences of Europaan countierse and necessarily baset so heavy an undertaking, were charged with public gambling at its customers a share of the boneft aften enthusinami The boatman's caution not civilization, I have not omitted to soggost na this in a country so far removed from No. 63, Caine Roady on the 2nd ist. dant on the general reduction. Trade in to move was superfluous, for the instinct both to the Imperial Government and to the many facilitice and savantages enjoyed Inspector Quincy and Sergeant Butlin, Chinn, which has been long depressed, is of self-preservation impaled us to hold on. the British Minister at Peking that it is by similar works nearer homo, have tended with a party of polies entered the house; also beginning to revive, and if the con- with both hands, balancing ourselves in Council; The business of tas Session, which highly desirable to prese alike on the French to cafard progress during the first year of on a warrant, at 7 pm on the 2nd, and olusion of peace with France on satisfactory sedentary posturo. Hafely landed on the has lasted for more than four months, beving and on the Chinese Governments tho im the initiation of this work, but it is con- find a number of mon on the top toorters now anqussed is confirmed, there is farther shore, our lungs took in copiofe

THE PROROGATION,

business of the Council. It has boor my experience in daya gone by in this Council that there has been a certain amount of friction between the official and non-official dloment I feel confident that no recur rence of this nature will tako place dur ing Your Excellency's term of office

$8,000.

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I also feel confident you will always roccia affaim of this Colony under the several about 7,300 feet. It is being driven from fum. He slated the bankrupt had been the year, and continued with little improve- as we were near the shrine of the oven the support of this Council I think noWorks, Education, and Pulice. But, Hon-istance of any intermediate, vertical compradore to a large l'arsee firm here, atment until well into the Autuan.

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A stately pleasure-honis decran.

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(To be continued).

Quotations

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Your Excellency I believe where extent. Consequently, we are kero desply therefore, the tunneling has been in hand bankrupt had gone away, and lze had never remaining un the cootertain a con- there was fifo thare. Presently the salley God Lanf 194 lins $27.50 ·

every measure is thoroughly discussed and thrashed out before coming to the Coun ail, has rendered these displays unnoces sary. In conclusion, I consider Your Ex. cellonoy has brought this Comicil into good working order, and 1 um aure you will have

the support of all the official and non-aff cisi: members in maintaining it. state

His Excellency the Governor mid

that long, using China thrown open, through favourable nature of the rock traversed, no

the extension of railways and telegraphs, to less than the many minor dificulties the

Honourably Gartenon of the Legislativo

Police Intelligence. Before Markean, Exp Thursday, July 3.

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