THE OUTSIDER:
An outdder camo down like a wolf on the Sold, Láng mcret is · Conference, strong in its geht, She was put on thig berth at a rato rather dow But a fair paying freight an ruch prolly now ga.
Then the Conferenza' compaļiem kanok in their fear, They were staggered at seeing that bold stenger hero, But soon they recovered their tea artal ofsech, had determined to lower the frights for the week,
So that'twas declared that the 'conterones" make - ilhante ha but glirty all y
Flox traight, They thought that this wolf which had come there
to pr Would, like the rich man, be sent, dnipity away.
fut the outsider bu evine with her exact all spoke Weren't they red when they heard it, that enfer
ence' folk They had brought down the freights just to drive
her away,
And there she was Olled at aratò that would pis,
Bat the knowledge came lets for the mischief was dom, They of course lauled air high at thirty a ton' And the ten-merchant susilat, as by Conference he
At that sweet thirty shillines no quisbly nipped,"
shipped, Poochow Bean,
B. M. S. INVINCIBLE.' .
fa poting a recent fisit of the Auting Governor of the Straits Settlements to H. BM's Invincible, now lying in Singaporo Harbour, the Ares Preas gires the following interesting discription of the torpedo ap
handy way in which the spot for pode were picked up. A gig and steam launch were in attendance for this purpose, and a alip noose. being thrown over one of the onds, the torparto was towed alongside, tak en up by chain elings, and in a few minubos was charged, and again roady to fulfil ite mission of destruction, were it being us ad in real warfare.
It is impossible
to exaggerate the impression created by seeing one of these machines driving, like a gigantic fish, at enormous speed towards its proy. The cost of each torpedo, wher supplied by private enterprise, tad to be about £350. As manufactured by our own Government, they come to about £250 pach.
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Francisco for China or Japan (or vice versa) fatal surgical operation which hae caused cient and modern, sa usad all over the within six months, will be allowed a discount
great commotion among medical men Empire, whilst its introductory chapters of 20% from Return
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the most dininout sargeon in Cleveland, to the student.
Tho Union may be taken to comprine du practice really means, we have gathered pronouncing it scandalous. It appears that A Supplemont, arranged for being sound be made from Return Fara, Pre-Paid Re- certain particulars which, we believe, will a Mrs. King had been suffering for many and gsed by itself, and containing a Liettuassage Ordera, available for one year, Europe, all foreign possessions in Asia, with Bonie discesa of the storeach of the Radicals, an Index, and a list of bo issued at a Discount of 20% from Japan, W. Africa, Egypt, Mauritius, al interest our 'roadera. Those fow to whomy had resisted the treatment of all the Surnames, will be published, and sold in through faves from Ukina and Japan to Peru, Chili, Venezuela, The Argente damage to fragile articles such as portraits Jones, WATER 3 Solermus, M
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Salvador, Brazil, torpedoes unt their balangings are familiar objects, will doubtless pardon what they physicians in attendares. The disoas com separately.
Europe. LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.
Republic,
Jannica, Trinidad, Guiana, runy deem unnecessary details for the beno-nienced with a slight derangement of the fit of loss well-informed readers.
Consular Invoices to accompany Corgo Honduras, Bermuda, Labuan, Hawaii, with digestion, with a poor appetite, followed by Hongkong, January 15, 1889, 161 destined to porte beyond San Francisco, all Danish, French, Netherlands, Port The torpedo itself is a cigar or shuttle-a peculiar indescribable distress in the sto-
should be sent to the Company's Offices shaped alfair of iron plate, pointed at both mach, a feeling, that has been described as PUBLICATIONS y J. DYER BALL
addressed to the Collector of Customs, Sangusse and Spanish Colonies, ends. The foremost and carries, in actual a faint all gone sensation, a sticky slime
Francisco. warfare, an exploding charge of guncotron.cptiacting about the tagth, causing wing Book of SIMPLY SENTERES in the or Passage, apply to the Agency of the
a dia-
YANTONESE MADE EASY-A For further information as to Freight This in
ignited by a detonating fuzo, the grecable taste, especially in the morning. application of which is the only practical this sensation was tot removed by food. CANTONESE COLLOQUIAL with Free and Company, No. 50a, Quson's Road Central. danger in handling the Went
There are but on the nonfiary, it was increased. The Literal Translations; and Directions for other but more romote dangers to whiel we oyes then became tinged with yellow, and Rendering English Graannntical Forma inte shall presently allude, but the only one re were sunken. After awhile the hands and chinese and vice versa. Price, 82. Inter- cognised as of
I as of importance is connected with fest became cold and sticky—a cold perspi-leaved Copies, $2,50. the fuze. In practice,
with. I pince of them a sort of spear head cap filled with some preparation of phosphate of oal cium is inserted, while the space properly filled by guncotton is occupied by wood of the same weight, The head, on reaching the water, becomes ignited by contact, and, as the torpedo ronahes the end of its run, marks its whereabouts by a bright flamo”) and smoke. By daylight, of course, the flame is not so perceptible, but the smoke givos a sufficient intimation of its boality. At
night the effect of the former is very striking.
gsarcotton and fuze both the ration. There was a constant tired and
'EASY SENTENCES IN THE HAKKA DIALECT WITH
YOGABULARL’- diffie Price, $1.
languid feeling Thon followed a dreadfutwe most cordially recomtoond it.'- nervousness, with gloomy forebodings. China Review. Will be found to supply Whon rising suddenly there came a dizzy a want long felt by students of Cantonese. fading like vertigo. After a time the Daily Press. 'Mr. Baur's Notes on bowels became costier, so that it was dif- Classifiers and Grammar will be found very foult to procure a movement without a valuable. —China Mali, cathartis, Soon followed a disposition to spit up the food after eating, sometimes in aˆ formented evadition. All this de- a sour, for rangement caused--
- rerrible palpitation of the heart, wn as to make the broathing diffi
ult. Finally, the patient was unable to The Sentonces given appear to be well retain any food whatever, and there was
Contains a arcanged.'-China Mui. constant pain in the abdomen. All pro-ide range of subjecia. Chinese Recorder, From the cap to what, if speaking of a scribed romedics failing to give relief boat, would be called the atorn of the instru sultation was held, when
bea it
'An extensive Vocabulary.'-Daily was decided dc.
#kon Press.. inent, a smooth polished surface alone meats that the patient had a cancer in the sto the eye. But the mechanism at this rear mach, and, in order to save the
patient's cad at once attracts attention. The pro life, an operation was justifiable, Accord- FOR pelling power consists of the scrow, righting, un Fah. 92, 1883, the operation was and left handed, working through the same performed by Dr. Vance, in the presence shaft beating. This curious arrangement Dr. Tuckerman, Dr. Perrier, Dr. Arms, is provided to prevent any tendency to Dr. Gordon, Dr. Lapuer, and De Halli- swerve from the straight line, almost alwell, of the Police Board. The operation forting objects propelled by a single screw consisted in laying open the cavity of the haring a tendency to thear either to port or abdomen and exposing the stomach, bowels, starboard. Just forward of these propollers liver, and pancreas When this had been comes the most intricate and apparently done, an examination of the organs delicate portion of the apparatus, viz., the made, but, to the horror and dismay of the
ou
a con-
SALE at Mesra, KELLY & WALA'S, W. BREWER's, and LANE, ORAWIGED & Co.'s, Hongkong; and at Mosers. THÜBNER & Co.'s, London. Hongkong, January 23, 1884.
Insurances.
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THE Undersigned having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company are prepared to GRANT POLICIES on MARINE ISKS to all parts of the World, at current
AKNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, November 5, 1883. 855
steering ryddors per darth to the place/doctors, there was no cancer to be found. of the torpedo, and the depth controllers at The patient did not have a cancer. When right angles to the radders. These latter too late, the medical men discovered that are connected with mechanian within the they had made a terrible mistake. They torpedo, which constitutes the real segret sewed the parts together and dressed the of their construction, those who are wow I that they had made, but the poor
equainted with its construction,
wenan sak from exhaustion and died in s a being told never to divulge its details.
few hours, How
sad it must be for the The weapon we have this shortly de husband of this poor woman to know that scribed is placed in a metal open-work oradie his wife died from the effects of a surgical
ad pro
from a port near the water operation that ought never to have been The first process, us soon-perforced. If this woman had taken the in position, is to charge hoth the
(for this is Torpedo itself and the expiting apparatus what the with compressed air. This is obtained from have been
Seigel's Curative reservoir of unusual
meual ooustruction, counist Syrap, a remedy made expressly for dys ing of a number of strong pipes tested to pepsia or indigestion, has restored many
THE Undomigned are prepared to accept ond ton on the square inch, though the mar anch cases to perfect health after all other Risks on First Class Godowns at izam F. Proplu u datomy availed of is.1,500 kinds of treatment have failed. The evid- per cent. net preminu par annum.
accustomed to consider steam ence of its efficacy in curing this class of cases is too voluminous to be pablished
line for
it is in
for
she would!
evidence in favour of this dyspeptic remedy
Sold
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Passengers desirous of insuring their bag. gåge can do so on application at the Com- pany's Office.
This Steamer calla at MARSEILLES.
do not question its convincing nature; and SINGAPORE INSURANCE COMPANY Note-To next TWO ENGLISE MAILS the article has an extensive sale. by all Chemists and Medicina Vendom throughout the world, and by the pro- prietors, A. J. White, Limited, 17, Far ringtion road, London, E.,
ANOTHER VASE IN POINT.
Crofton, Christian Co., Ky., U.S.A.,..
January 5th, 1882. Dear Sir,-My daughter, Sarah F.
HEAD OFFICE-SINGAPORE.
W
TE are prepared to GRANT POLICIES -against-FIRE-on-usual terms at Current Rates.
All Contributors of business, whether Share- holders or not, are entitled to Share in the Bonus.
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1280
at from 50 to 100 tbs per square inch as 'high pressure' will be able to appreciate here, but those who read the publishers the gigantic power which this represonte. The compressing engines are curiosities in their way. The compression is obtained series of cylinders with their pistons by a alt working off the same crank. This first oründer transfers its volume of air to the second, which is only half its diameter, and this is turn transfers the air to a third orlinder which is half the diamotor of its predecessor. The fourth cylinder is in ture half the size of the third, so that when the air reaches the reservoir it has been re- Juond to one-sixteenth of its bulk. When walker, last January was confined to her these engines were first introduced, one or bed, and bad best for twelve months, was two-serious accidents occurred by the bursting of the reservoir, causing death to cine, who said she had Consumption and
under treatment of three eminent phys those in its vicinity. But, under the con- ditions of increased experience and suure Heart Disease. dectors and
all that
· NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE. die-But I areful constr
danger
which he said she was bound to die. construction, this
(to we above alluded as one of the risks run by Sprup, and after having used two and a
INSURANCE COMPANY, persuaded her to take your Seigel Curative a torpedo crew) has been
reduced to
TF1HE! Undersigned, Aurers of the Above minimum, In the Inflexible, indeed, the half 60 ot. bottles she was restored to per- compressor is on a different decks from the feat health, and said she felt better than Company, are authorized to Insure targado, and the crew of the latter would she had for five years. My daughter is against FIRE at Current Rates,
now living and enjoying good health, but run no risk even if the reservoir harsh
From the reservoir situated in the orkup had it not been for your medicine she would
have been now dead.-Yours, &c., or lowest deck, a flexible copper tube with a rapidly adjustable coupling leads to the
(Rev.) M. MELTON lowar or torpedo deck. The process of Anyone doubting this can write to Ba- charging
looks simplicity itself. The tabe is screwed into
a hole in the polished side
N.B.If you think this worth printing, of this torpedo, and in a couple of minutes please do so if not, give it to the waste the latter is charged, Bat
simultaneously basket." with this the ejecting apparatus is also eberged. This looks liko s gigantic teles
The
rah F. Walker, Crofton, Ky.
cope attached to the rear of the cradle, PRONOUNCED HOPELESS BY PODE DOCTORS.
Mr W. Bouchier, Eastover, Bridgwater,
whuch
shoots out two lengths of piping for
an aggregate of conto 12 or 14 feet, and so sends the following:-
urges the torpodo into the water. The
rush of air accompanying this process is a
Holsworth
noise
'West Quar, Bridgwater,
*December 21st 1883.
a
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COMPANY.
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Maila
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charged to the sender's account. Each A. MoIVER, Superintendent. batch must consist of at least ten, Hongkong, August 28, 1885.
Intimations.
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SUMMER TIME TABLE.
THE KOWLOON FERRY.
BEZAM-LAUNOE MORNING STAR
RU DALLY & FERRY BOAT between Peddar's Wharf and Taim-Taa Tani at the following hours
WEEK DAYS.
SUNDAYS.
-
Rehirn by Pok-fu«.
Lam
Retrirn by Aldeen, Shortest Road.
120
Four Coolies,..$1.50 Four Coolies, ..$2,00 Tares Cooties, 120 Three Coolies, 180 Two Coolius,... 0.90 Two Coolies,
By Wantrai Gap Four Coolieste Thren Coolies,
Two Coolicy
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Colonial Trade Journal, Colonies and India
Courier de Rei Die Gartenfine. Fliegende Blattor.-
Freid Prusoe. Gaceta de Madrid. Illustrera Tidende.. Journal de Charlotol-
Kaiser-i-hind. La Croix
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TO THE FEAR CHURCH, AND HOUSES IN
VICINITY OF MOUNT KELIST AND
MOUNT GOUGIL Single Trip "Return Direct, « Four Coolies, 65 cts. Four Cookes, $1.00 Thres
is Coolies, 55 sts. Threo Coolies, 0.85 Two Coulier, 45 ots: Two Coolies, 0.70
NAMES OF VILLAGES & Returning
by other
routes will
DE OR FEAR HONDENG The Return Faze embraces more than three hours except returning
(Corrected Spelling.) Aberdeen when three hours and a half will Akang Ngan. * San Trin. be allowedy hour or part of an hour above Cheung-aban Homhalta Po
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4. Bozholders may also sand Patterns to the same places in the same way name as from Gap. velopes containing Patterns may be wholly closed, if the nature of the contents be first exhibited or stated to the Fostmaster General, as he may consider necessary, and approved by him. Printed Circulars may be inserted in such Pattern Packets.
PARORIA-The public is reminded that thore is no such thing as Parcel Post to Europe, Much trouble and disap pointment are caused by persistent attempts to sond small valuable trifles through the Post. Fans, Curios, Articles of Ires, Work, and similar presenta are con
often spent more in Postage than would have paid the freight by steamer. refund can be made on such parcels of the value of Stamps obliterated before the nature of the contents was discovered.
Loaves too. Lonere IF.E. Leaves K'ioon. Leaves Ef being reftisod, the serders having
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4.15 27 THE Undersigned are prepared to graïd
450, Pozzores against the Risk of FIRE 00
5.25" Building, or on Goods stored therein, on
5.55" Goods on board Vessels and on Hulls of
B.45 Vessels in Harbour, as the usual Torms
7.15. and Conditions.
Proposals for Life Assurances will be re ceived, and transmitted to the Director for their decision.
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Local and Indian Parcel Lat
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1. Small Parcels may be sent by Fost at Book Rates between Hongkong and
Baby
inors
For every
be the
by
three or three and a half, each Coolie will Chung Hom
be qutitled to an additional payment of five Chong Wan.
Fo
wan
onts
Nothing in above scale prevents private Fin
agreements.
Licensed Bearers (enta). || Que Hour,
Half day.........35 ceata, Day, .... 50 centa
Houng-kong Trai
(Aberdeen). Hok-trul Hoz-taui Wan. Bok-in Bok-un Kok Jinrichshai
Hang-heung Lo Quarter Hour 06 cts, One Hoer,15 cts. Hung-hont Half Hour,10cts. Two Hours, cts, Kai-lung Wall For overy home or part of an hour
Ka-sz Wan. 10-conte To Pok-fu-Lam or Quarry Bay
Hau-pai ke
Shek Retara,
King Chung, Kung Kot Lap-sap Wan: Lina L
Mon Ma-tau Uhung. Ma-tau Kok Matau Tsün.
over, two hours,
To Aberdeen,...
Rotaru,
T
If an extra Coolie is emp red, the fare will be double.
Nothing in this sala preventa privato agreements.
CONTROLY AND COOLIE BILE.
of the British Post Offices in China, as well as to Japan, Macao, Pakhoi, the Straits Battlements, Ceylon and India. They mast 7:30
not exceed the following dimensions, 2 feat.
weigh There will be no Launch on Monday long, I foot broad, 1 foot deep, w and Friday, on account of coaling.
than Biba, oor be smaller than 3in. by 2
Such The shove Time Table will be strictly m
Kiny be PARCEL, CONTAINING NO LETTER, but sny 1st Class Cargo Boat of 8 of 900. parcal may be opened by direction of the picula, per Day, an Postmaster General. In the Case of Parcels | |-Lit Clasa Uargo Boat of 6 or 900 for India a declaration of contents and pisals, per Lond, value is
feature of the operation, the Dear Sir, It afford me gront pleasure by suddenly escaping high to add my estiny to the wonderful efforts pressure steam being far less starting to of Mother Seigel'e Curative Symp. For the angrepared looker op. But assuming period of eight years I suffered from ↑ the torpedo to be charged and the ejector savore cough and indigestion, with frequent all ready for its work, let us now turn to attacks of rhannatism; and for elaven first class Lives up to $1000 on a Single camstances. In case of strims of weather,
closed
If required, protaction will be granted on adhered to, except under unavoidable cinly for this special treats!
-- | dos notice will be given of any stoppages.
Mr. Andraw Wind,
the fring apparatus.
the upper
months I was under medical treatment, In a tall port on
For Rates of Premitins, forms of pro- deck, there without deriving the slightest benefit fixed
a section of "sort of
Inst four doctors magnified
was under aired me posals or any other information, apply to theodolite. With this at command; the that mine was a hopeless caso, and gave
ARNHÖLD, KARBERG & Co., officer can always determine, within me
About that time
dyente, Hongkong de Cantinar lipsite, the exact position of a vessal
had incurable,
of Seigel's Syrup, which I was in-
Hongkong, January 4, 1887.
Life.
The
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from its target or opponent. A simple duced to try, and through its use, I am electric key, communicating with a very thankful to say, I quickly got restored to and am now able to follow my usual ingenious apparatus for admitting air to the
realth, I ejector pistont, is at the same spot,-and-a-
way Bay that whenever I touch upon this drives the worrible engine feel the least symptom of my old com- of destruction on way at a a speed of plaints I at once take a few doses of the twenty
miles an hour. The eng of the Syrup, which quickly seta ma all right.` I
engines torpedo do not begin working, until, in its send you this in the hope that other suffer-
passage from the cradle; profesting trigers may be induced to give the Syrup &
is caught and cooked by a stud in the trial ---Yourz truly, framework, when they start at, and keep
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a rarvelous speed we have noted:
The practical range of the weapon appears
to be about 1,000 yards. Trials were insde
at 200, 400, and 600 yards at the practice
by the Invincible, and in all cases but
(Signed)
WM. Resdam
THE LONDON ASSURANCE
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER OF His Majesty King George The First, 3. D. 1720.
Under the cooys Corporation ars
FIHE Undersigned häving been appointed
prepared to grant Insurañess as follows
Marine Departments AFTIE MÁNY YEARS;
Foliates at current reten, payable either Whittle-le-Woods, near Chorley, here, in London, or at the principal Ports
| of India, China and Australia. December 26th, 1883 Dear Sir, Mother Seigel's medicina
Fire Department Policies issued for long or short periods at We had a case current rates;
were most successful In that fistance, solls exceeding well with us, all that try it
ther the failure to set back a small catch speak highly in its favour
in the tail of the torpedo, cr, which is more at a young lady that had been troubled probable, its being jarred opt of position many years with pains after eating. She by the impetus of exp
of expulsion, resulted in tells us that the pains were entirely taken, the torpedo merely leaving the vessel, and away after a few doses of your medicine. then floating, nons upwards, a few yards Yours truly sway. We must not quit to nation thạ
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Life Department. C5,000 at reduced rates.
Policies issued for suma not exceeding
HOLLIDAY, WIER & UN Hongkong, July 25, 1879,
NEWB AGENT, &c.
21, PARK ROW, NEW YORK is suthorized to receive. Sabsumptions, Advertisements, &c, for the thing-Mail, Overland China Mail, and China Emiest,
BAILOR'S HOME.
ANY Cast of CLOTHING, BOOKS, A PAPERS will be thankfully received at the Sator's Home, West Point.
Hongkong, July 25, 1878.
FREDERIC ALGAR, COLONIAL, NEWSPAPER & COMMIS SION AGENT, 11, Clement's Jane, Lombard Street, -LONDON.
THE
THE Colonial Press supplied with Newt papers, Books, Types, Ink Freased, Papers, Correspondents, Letlary and any Europesa Goods on London terms.
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS. Colonial Newspaper received at the office are regularly filed for the inspection of 406 | Advertisers and the Fablic.
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is required, a printed form for which 2nd Class Cargo Best of 60)
gratis. The Registration of piruls, pez aupplied Pawel for India and Ceylon is ampulsory. 2nd Class Ourgo Bost of 609 ***
2. The following cannot be transmitted:
picula, per Load,
Parocis insufficiently packed or protected, and Class Cargo Bost or Ha kat
or liable toTM be: ernahed. (68
atau Wai.
Ma-ti
Mangakak. Ngan Ping
Pak-aani Wan Puk-fu Lam
Neong-soon Ohay.
$5.00 Bai-wan
Sai Ying-put
Shamakai Po. Shu-ki Wan
Shak-
Shok Tong
Shaktong Teal Sheung Wan Shul taing Wan So-kon Po
Teci. HA
Tai-pang Mi Tal-ring Shar
Tai-tam Tuk. Kni-wani
Ti-wong Kung. Tang-lung Chat. Test Tas-mai ¿Trim-sha TruL
Trai Творат To-lown Wane To-ti
Tang-ws (Hospital).
Tung-lo Wan Un Chin
Wong kok Trum.
mong ma Kok
NBDocuments should not be dated Year of Kuong-s, which is the style of H. M. the Emperor of China, and is of colizwa inapplicable in a British Colary.
2.00
3.50
1.76
&c.) Opium, Glass, Liquids, AT stances, bratches, Indigo, Dyestuffs, Ioo, Meat, Fish, Game, Fruit, Vegetables, or 3rd Class Cargo Boat or Hakan Bost of whatever is dangerous to the Mais, or likely to become offensive or mjarious in
300 piouls, per Day,
1:50
NOW READY
ab-3rd Jinas Cargo Boat or Ha-ken Bost
$00 piculs, per Load,
#1,00
200 pisula, Hall Day,
50
THE REVENUE OF CHINA.
SERIES OF ARTICLEE
transit.
TENDIKS
One Hot
10 After 5 Pctarian
conta extra Nothing in this Scale prevents privalłe
3. Parcels are as a general rule forwarded - or Pullazay Bosia, per Day, an 11 82.00 by Private Ship, not by Contract Mail Packet. To Inls they wre formarded by the P. O, and Indian Mall Packets only, to Ceylon by P. & 9. only. No respon ability is accepted with regard to any ↑ screamenta, parcal, unter Kagistered, and then only so the amount of
The public are cautioned not to con found those facilities with a Paral Post to Europe, which does not exist Load W It is hecessary that the allowing rules be strictly observed.
MITIS PAMPHLET is Now Beady
- may be hail at the OFFICE OF THIS PAPER, Mess LANE CRAWFORD & Co.' Mesert. KxZY & WATCH And Mr. W. BREWER'
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