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THE CHINA MAIL.

STEAM FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID,

* MALTA, GIBRAŬTAR, BRINDISI,

TRIESTE, VENICE, PLYMOUTH, AND LONDON:

ALSO,

AUSTRALIA.

BOMBAY, MADRAS, CALCUTTA, AND N.B.-Cargy om be taken on through Bills of Lustig fin BATAVIA, PERSIAN

TRIESTE, HAMBURGO, NEW YORK AND BOSTON.

GOLF FORTS, MARSEILLES

THE PENINSULAR AND GRIFFIAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY's Steam-ship TYDASPES, Captain G. SavaNER, with Her Majesty's Mails, will be despatched froin this for LONDON, rid BOMBAY and SUEZ CANAL, on TUESDAY, the 10th November, at 4 p.in.

A VILLAGE. RUSHBEARING. enkt. Finally, the patient was unable to The little village, or taller town for retain any food whatever, and there was Arubloside (Anns sitis) was an old constant pain in the abdonian. All pra Roman settlement, and possessos a charter scribed romodies failing to give relief a con- of its own, with the privilege of holding a that the patient had a cancer in the ste sallation was held, when it was decided market-wan en fête. Ondly and merrily peated the church bells; the market-place inach, and, in order to save the patient's

life, was crowded with residents and visitors,

an operation was justifiable. "Accord- and a stranger might woll indeed having on Feb, 22, 1883, the operation was wondered what could have brought to performed by Dr. Vatico, in the presence gether so large a number of parasols and so of Dz. Tackermans, Dr. Porrier, Dr. Arme, Dr. Gordon, Dr. Lapuer, and Dr. fall. expectant a looking throng. Out of curio sily the stranger adds himself to the crowd, well, of the Police Board. The operation consisted in laying open this cavity of the and waits an anever to his silently put abdomen and exposing the stoniseli, bowels, question. As the town clock chimes G p.m, a band

heard in the distance, and liver, and pantoross. When this had been Boon their comes down the main street of done, an examination of the organs was the town à procession of young children-ride, bat, to the horror and dismay of the boys and girlscrging devices of wooden doctors, there was no caucer to be found.

The patient d'not have a can

a cancer. When frauuwork, covered with rushes, racsa, too late, the edical mon discovered that and flowers. Loading the procession is thing had made a terrible mistake. They sweet-faced country Inesis of eleven or twelve years of age, carrying the church-sowed the parts together and dressed the wardona rashbearing, a plain, upright woud that they had made, but the por piece of wood, covered entirely with the woman sank from whaustion and died in

for hours How it out ho for the groen enes gathered from boy bearing husband of this poor winnin to know that follows a bomia blue-eyed boy bearing his wife died from the utfects of a surgical device in the shape of a hat, whose strings his wif

with oporation that ought never to have bean are formed of white the hours or frame tholy adorned with performed. If this woman had taken the the white water lilies. Crassos of all loss proper remedy for dyspepsia (for this is hung on moss-clad stafla, ovary, shape and what the disensa roully was), she would darice which the ingenuity and taste of the have been living to-day Saigel's Curative ladies of the parish could design, and which Syrup, a rearedy made expressly for dyn the richness or delicacy of groom house ox- pepsi or indigestion, has restored many otics or the native flowers of the full could such crass to perfect health after all other kinds of trestincnt have failed. The ovid- adorn, appear, borno the long ling

by

of school children who form the procession..

ence of its bificaay in curing this class of When at length the garlands have all been 30s ia too voluminous to be published brought into the market-place a halt is hero, but those who read the pubiiehors made, the rushbearings are all placed in evidence in favour of this dyspeptic remedy not question its convincing nature; and this strent, and a gay scene it is which the the article has su extensive ads. Sold town for the next ten minutes presinta. The vicar looks na proud of his school by all Cheriists and Medicine Vendors children in their holiday attire, standing throughout the world, and by the pro- beside their festal garlands, as though oach Prietors, A. J. White, Limited, 17, Fur- one were a meraber of his own family. ringdon road, London, EC. Visitors who witness the spectacle for the first time admire no lose the ploturosque- ness of the scone than quaintness of the custom. Bere and there is an artist on- deavouring to catcle the general-effect by means of a rough pencil sketch; but the children are taking up thair crosses, the band cominences the first bars of a march, and the procession begins to muvu onwards towards the church. Jarl is reached the children carry their floral offerings into the sacred edifice, and the doors are locked to all others for a short time, whilst the garlands are deposited in the chancel aisle and windows. This done, foot health, nad said she felt better than nccidental & Oriental Steam-1

When the church.

the congregation is admitted into the and join in a short service, consist- vlwich, ing of prayur, hymn, and brief address, The hymn which is sung is known as The Bushbearing Hyout, and, as descriptive of the origin, as well as the reason for the conmemoration of the custom which is bo- ing celebrated, is worth quoting:..

Our fathers to the house of God,

As yot a building rude, Bore offerings from the towery sod

And fragrant rushes strowed.

May we, their children, ne'er forget,

Tho pions lesson given,

But honour still, togellier mot,

The Lord of earth and heaven.

*Sing we the goat Creator's praise, Who sends us sun and showers, To chcer our hearts with fruitful ilage, And desk our world with flowers. *These of the great Redeomer's grace,

Bright emblems hero are seen! Ho makes to smile the desert place

With flowers and rushies greon! The rushhearings rentain in the church over the Sunday until the following Mon-

ANOTHER CARE IN POINT.

'Crofton, Christian Co., Ky., U.S. A.,

TaBurry GW, 1822.

Dear SirMy daughter, Sarah Wilkor. Last January was confued to her bed, and had bean for twelve mouths, was

phy under treatment of three eminset cians, who said she had Consumption Heart Disasse. The doctors and all that su hur said she was bound to die. But I permaded her to take your Seigel Carative Syrup, and after having used two and a half 60 cr. bottles she was restored to per-

she

had for five years My daughter is now living and enjoying good health, but hid it not been for your raedicine she would- have been now dead.-Yours, L.,

((Rev.) M. MELTON Anyone doubling this can write to Sa- rah F. Walker, Crofton, Ky.

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PRONOUNCED HOPELESS BY FOUR DOCTORS,

Mr W. Bouchier, Eastover, Bridgwater, souds the following.

West Quay, Bridgwater,

*Decounbar 21st 1883 Dear Sir,-It affurd me great plegare to add my testimony to the wonderful effects of Muthur Soigel's Curative Syrup. For a

suffered

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Aakwith, GA 5

Bell, Joline

Kennedy, B.

1

1 Kilby, Mira R.G1 Kimerilug, J. 1

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That tho Postmaster General is

1.

Leoway, MB. A ragd. Lenkert, 1 Lindsay, G, R. Leston, T

MacLeod, J. F.1 Martin, Suk

Molay, Alex.

T

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A. McIVER, Superintendent. Hongkong, October 29, 1885.

Ship Company.

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1914

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QUEEN'S ROAD, lately occupied by Mtaars, JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.

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despatched for San Francisco, vinoons, TENNIS COVAL, A., & Yokohama, on SATURDAY, the 14th

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Apply to: the S.S. OCEANIC on THURSDAY,

JOHN D. HUTCHISON. from 26th November, at 3p.m. period of eight years severe cough and indigestion, with fromontis Steamers from Shanghai and Japan Connection being made at Yokohama,

Hongkong, September 17, 1885.. attacke

rheatin a; nod for cloven months I was under medical treatment without-deriving the wightest benett. The last four doctors I waż under assured me that mine was a hopelese anse, and gave me up as incurable,. About that time I heard of Beigel's Syrup, which I was in- duced to try, and through its use,

(Signed) WM. RENDALL,'

APTER MANY THARS.

am

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day afternoon, when the children again thankful to say, I quickly got restored to Frassisco for China or Japan' (or vice versa) maut and boar them through the town lo a field, where, an ordinary school treat is health, and am now able to follow my al given, and so ends the Kushbearing Festivalxcupation. 1 may say that whenver I of that particular pear. Speaking trora fel the lenat symptom of my old com memory, we believe it was the Conqueror plaints I at once taka a fow doses of the who granted certain of the Ayiosford lands Syrup, which quickly sets nie all right. I too Eason to be kuid by him on condition send you this in the hope that other suffer that he did soup the grantor's bed-charaber as may be indund to give the Syrap a to strewn with green rushes. When Henry trial.-Yours truly, IIL, King of Frence, demanded of M. Daudelot what especial things he had notic ed in England during the time of his negotiations there, he answered that he

bad seen but three things, which were that the people did drinks in bootes (black jacks), eate rawa fab (yuters), and strewed all thair best room with hay, by which he meant rushes. With regard to the custora of strewing the inside of churches, from the churchwarden's accounts of St. Mary. st-Hill, London, of which parish he was restor, Brand quotes the following : 1504. Paid for 2 bardena ryshes for the strewing the nowe pews, Sa.

1493. For 8 burdens of

frules for ye n

Money Orders. 3d. At Grasmere the Kushbearing Festival was commemorated thie

1.-Money Orders are issued at Hong. year three weeks later in the season than usual The kong and Bhanghai ba the following coun patron saint of the ancient Grassmore trios and places -

NEW

Whle-le-Woods, near Churley,

'December 20th, 1883 'Doar Sir, Mother Seigel's medicine solls exceeding well with us, all that try it spak highly in its favour. We had a case of a young lady that had been troubled many years with pains after eating. She tulla ma that the pains were entirely taken away after a few doses of your medicine--

B. PEEL

Yaura troly,

Amoy

church is Oswald, and the vicar of the harish, after consulting the desires of his * Azores 13.

determined upon

Parishioners,

your

Saint Oswald's Day for the Eashbearing Festival. In almost every respect the

festival is observed here in the same manner

Be at

at Ambleside; but the church being Tory centre of the village,

siluate in the

the custom at

to

Ledy

*

Belgium. Bermuds. Canada.

+ Lagos.

* Madeira.

Newfoundland

Mauritius.,.

* Natal.

New South Wales

Cape Colony..

Cautoa.

Cerion. (Constantinople).

Cyprus. Denmark Egypt. Falkland Is. Foochow

* Guabia.

(Gibraltar

at Grassmers is for the skildran meet together in the churchyard, and plans their rostbeatings on the wall of the churchyard, where they remain for about half an hour, to be inspected by the crowd of people who are collected there. Farquhar entertained a large number of Iriends at Dale Loxige to a garden party. * Germany, Mr Gilbart Farquhar was thero, and Lady+ Herschell drove her phaeton over from Wray Castle, is pretty resilience ou this shore of Windermere, which the ex- Boligitor General has taken for the season. When the rush boarings were collected, Lady Farqabar and her guests walked Beroes from Dale Lodge to the church, and * Honduras, (Br.), many remained to the subsequent service.

—J. C. Shupherd, in the Queen..

* Gold Coast

Haukow Hawaii Bachow Hongkong, Holland,

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Indis

* Italy

Japan.

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Seychelles." Shanghai.

* Storra Leone

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Swatow.

Sweden.

Switzerland"

Tasmania United Kingdom. United States.

For further information as to Freight or Passage, apply to the Agency of the Company, No. 504, Queen's Road Central,

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Hongkong, November 4, 1886.

1917

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TESTERN'Half of 'MALINE HOUSE- VY SHOP or OFFICE and GODOWNS. HOUSES, Nas. 3 and 4, BEACONSFIELD ÁROADE

1909

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Cocan-China, Tonquin, and the Philip pines:-

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cents.

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(d) Via Singapore, 10 conta;

By Wantsui Gay.

Three Coolies,

Four Coolisé, es 1481.75

Two Coolios,...

TO VICTOXIS GAṀ.

Single Trip.

Four Coolies, 60cts. Three Coolies, 50cts. Two Coolies 40cts.

•Return by Pak fr|

Lam.

.1.40 * 1.20

Returns Direct. Four Coolles,..50cts. Three Coolies, 75cts. Two Cookies,..60cts. Rotirn by Aberdeen, Shortest Boad.

(e) Between Hongkong, Canton, and Macao Four Coolies, $1.50 Four Coolies,

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Malls, TO BE LET.

No. 4, RICHMOND TERRACE. Comfortable DWELLING HOUSE, cool commanding picturesque views. A in Sommer, pleasantly situated and COURT

TENNIS

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Christian Loader.

Collection of British Anchora (Cara Hosta). Consorzio Nasionele.. Daily Free Fras Daily News. Daily Graphic. Brening Balleti. Brening Gazette. Gacela de Madrid.- Herald and Weekly Free Press, udspozdart Journal. Irish World Journal de Saune et Loire. Jornal de Cuzmario.

Journal de St. Petersbourg. L'Opinione

Trovatore,

Univers

Lloyd's Weekly Newspapers, Manchester Guardian, Missionary.

Nation..

New Publications. Nineloth Century. Northern Witnese.

approved by him. Printed Circulars Quarter Hone, Moti. |One Bour,... ots. Notands."

-The Post Offlos doclines all responsibility for Unregistered Lettors containing Bank: gistration has been neglected, WILL MAKE NO ENQUIRIES into alleged losses of such lotters.

Half Hour,...100ts. Two Hours,,,25 etz, Forevery hour or part of an hour 10 canta. To Pok-fu-Lam or Quarry Bay, 20

over two hours,

Return

Ports, to San Francisco, to Atlantic androposala for Lifo Assurances will be re. Notos, Coin, or Jewellery and, whern Re-To Blauziwan,-*-*-****

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coived

and transmitted to the Directors Inland Cities of the United States, via Over- for their decision land Railways, to Hayuno, Trinidad, and

If required, protection will be granted Demerara, and to perts in Mexico, Central first class Lives up to £1000 on a Single and South America, by the Company's and

Life. Stuamora

cho.

Passage Tickets granted to England, Franen, und German trans-Atlantic lines of Steamtors.

RETURN PASSAGRA-Passengers, have paid full fare, re-embarking at Sau

for China or Japan (or vice versa). Francisco within six months, will be allowed a discount of 20% from Return Fare; if

if re-embarking within one year, an allowance at 10% will

For Rates of Premiums, forma of pro posals or any other information, apply to ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co., Agents, Hongkong & Canton. Hongkong, January 4, 1867,

100

THE STRAITS INSURANCE COM- PANY, LIMITED.

To Aberdeen...

Returns

Heturn,

U Crunte.

Mert

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Panorama of the Rhia Presbyterian Journal, Pattle Opinion. Reform

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Semaine Religieuse:]

St. Jamer Budget.

...60 It

an extra Coolie is employed, the fare will be double:

agreements.

Nothing in this scale prevents private

BOAT AND DOOLIE HIRE,

BOATS.

1st Class Cargo Bost of 8 or 900

pleats, per Day

be made from Return Fart. Pre-Paid Re-E Undersigned having been appointed y Mail. Parcels may be asaled, but 1st Class Cargo Bost of 8 or 900-

of

tura Pacaago Orders, available for one your,

Astars for the above Company are will be issued at a Discount of 25% from preparo to GRANT POLICIES OF MARINE Return Fare. These allevances do not apply RISES to all parts of the World, at current

through fares from China and Japan to rates,

to

- ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, November 5, 1888.

856

NOTICE

*.

Victoria

Europe Western Australia Fraight will be received on board until 4 *West Indies (Britisip.m. the day previous to sailing. Parcel FATAL MISTAKE IN AMERICA.

Danish,and Dutch). Packages will be received at the office until The Cleveland (Ohio, ·U.S.A.) Press, of.

2-Orders on the Countries marked are 5 p.m., same day; all Parcel Packages Fab. 23, 1880, publishen an account of a forwarded through the Lohilon Post Office, should be marked to address in full; value QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE COM. fatal surgical operation which has used and are paid less a small discount of about of sane is required.

a great commotion among medical throughout the whole country, Dr. Thayor,

10

$9.00

3rd Class Cargo Boat or Ha-kan Best of‹

500 picais, Half Day,

Sampana.

Spectator.

St. Nichols.

Standard

Times of India.

Weekly Alta Cali

NAMES OF VILLAGES &,

IN OD NEAR HONGKONG.

(Corrected Spelling.).

2.00 A-kung Ngam

Apli Chan, 2.50 Cheng-shan Hom.

Chung

$1,00

Hom

Heung-kong Teat berdeen).

50 Hok-tani Wan.

Hok-in.

Hos in Kok

San Trun Shaf want Shai-tani Po. Skam-shui Po

Shau-ki Wan Shek-o

Shek Tong Shok-tong Teni Sheung Wan Shui-tsing Wan, Bo-kon Po. Tai-kok Taui,

Tat-long H

Porcel Post to the United Kingdom. Parcals not exceeding 7 lbs. in weight are received in Hongkong and at British Poat Offices in China, for transmission to the United Kingdom by P. & O, Pasket m Gibraltar. No parcel is seat with the Overland Mail via Brindisi, Parcels there foro arrive in London about eight days later than tho

parul, oven though soled, is liable to

pienis, per Load; be opened for examination

2nd Class Cargo Best Parcels must be posted in Hongkong before 3 p.a. on the day before the depar 2nd Class Carbo Bost of 600

piculs, par turd of the Mail Those arriving from thenicula, per load

176. 175 Chung Wan Comet, &c., after this hour

our are kept for the 3rd Class Cargo Boat or Hair Boat of Fo-pang. &0. following

Mail,

990 plouts, per Day,

1.58 Ha-wan The Pastage is 25 cents per fb, which 3rd Class Cargo Beat or Ha-kau Beat of includes

Registration foe, and must be pre- 300 pionie, per Load, paid in stamps. No further charge is made to the United Kingdom except for Custome duce. No parcel muat he more than 3 fast & inches in longèli, or 6 feus in greatest lengtli and girth combined. A receipt is given for each Parcel or Fullaway Boats, per Day, $1.00 Hung-hung Lalang Kung

One Hour, The sender mast fill up a form of Customs.

Half-an-Ho Declaration, which can be obtained fres at

After 6 PM

10 cənts extra, each Post Office. No parral con to accept.: ed, till this is completely and accurately

Nothing in this Boslo prevents- private 938 filled. The

Agreement. articles ordinarily sout only from China which are liable to duty are Tea, Tobacco, and Gold and Silver plate.

er perishable goods,

articles securely sucked or plass, Liquids (eniess Half Day securely packed) or parcels easily crushed. such as baud-boxes, prohibited. No Parcel Thrio Homes can be received if its value cre

exceeds $950, A Parcol may contain a letter to the mos

as that of the Parcel itself, or sidres a other Parcul to the same address. No other

are allowed. The Post encloentes Office accepts no responsibility beyond the ordinary compensation of 810 in case of the loss of a Registered article. Parcels are not forwarded in the Mailbag, hub packed in bores.

PANY,

undersigned are prepared to accept Risks on First Class Godowns at cent, not premium per anum,

men

Consular Invoices to accompany Cargo allor. All such orders must be expressed destined to ports beyond San Francisco. the most eminent surgeon a Cleveland, in British currency.

should be sent to the Company'a Offices in

24. in the £1, for which the romitter shoul

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pronouncing it acandalous. It appears that

3. The commission charged is as follows Souled Envelopes, addressed to the Collector per Mrs. King had been suffering for many (according to the currency this Order is of Customs at San Francisco. years with some discase of the stomach drawn

For farther information as to Prage Company, No. 601, Queen's Road Central

which had resisted the treatment of all the Up to £2, or $10, or £20,0,20 cents.and Freight, apply to the Agency of the

A

physicious in attendance. The diseasa comp menced with a slight derangement of the digestion, with a poor appetite, followed by

a pecalier indescribable distress in the sto

nuck, a feeling that has been described no

a faint all gune' sensation, a sticky slime

,, £6, or $25, or R 50,040,

or $35, or 1 70.0.60

31

£10,

or $50, or R100,.....0,80

R150,... 81.00..

-No Order must exceed 10 or 850 (enless drawn on India, when R100 is the

collecting about the teeth, pausing a dis limit), nor will more than two such Orders

agreeable taste, especially in the morning.

This

be issued to the same persou, in favour of sensation was not removed by food. the same payes, by the same mail but on the contrary, it was increased. The

eyes then

then became tinged with yellow, and 5-Bloney Orders on the United King- were aunkon. After awhile the hands and dom fer soms not exceding £o are grated fest became cold and sticky a cold perepi by means of Postal Notes; as to which see ration. There was a constant tired and separate notice-or-the-Hongkong Postal

a dreadful Guide.

fealing

Then followed

suddenly

feeling

shan with gloomy forebodings.

6.Suns not exceeding $50 may be re-

C. D. HARMAN, Acting Agent Hongkong, November 4, 1885.

FOR SALE.

AND

· 1918 (

QUESE, DISTANCE, AVERAGE SPEED TABLES, FROM LONDON, via Tun SUEZ CAVAL

INDIA, CHINA, JAPAN, ŠOL

20

WITH

-NORTON & Co., Agents. Hongkong, May 19, 1881- NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY.

THE Undersigned, Adents of the above Company, are authorized to Tasure against FHCE at Current Rates

GILMAN & Co. Hongkong, January 1, 1881. ...

SINGAPORE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

HEAD OFFICE SINGAPORE.

14

E are prepared to GRANT FOLICIES against FIRE on nsual terms at Current Rates.

there came a dizzy aitted between the Ports of Chins by VARIOUS OTHER TABLES AND NOTES, WE uke vertigo. After a time the means of Postage Stamps, subject to a bowola became coative, so that it was dif- chargo of one per cent. for cashing them;

A

Boult to proeure à avement without a ur Money Orders can be granted at Hong- cathartic

Soon followed a disposition to kong or Shanghai on Ports where there are To be obtained at the

spit up the food after eating, sometimet in Agunties of the Hongkong Post Office.

a sour, fermented condition. All this de-

to

are

BREET COOLIZE. Scale of Hire for Street Coolies One Day...

One Hour,

20

Kaung

Chúng

433 centa

真

Hall Hour

private sgroements:

Nothing in the shore Beale to affect

NOW READT

THE REVENUE OF CHINA.

A SERIES OF ARTICLES Reprinted from The Chind Mail With regard to inward Parauls, addresssos are requested to observe that they will not,W LEI AN APPENDIX for this present, be dealt with at and mor

200 mp Wart Liat Muni Ma-tan Chung. Martau Kok Me-tan Tan

Ma-tau Wai

Mong-kok Ngan Ping

Ngong shun Paksi Wa Par-fu Lam Sat-war Teal

Chart.

Fang Mi

Taiping han

Tai-shek Kok

Tel tam Tük.

Tat-van

Tal-wong Kung. Lang-lung Chat. That 182 uni

To-kwa Wan To-ti Wan.

40g-a (Hospital)

Wan Un Chau

Wan-tani

Wong kok Tatu Wong-ma Kok

tai Chung

Sai Ying pan Yarma Alone

N.B. Documents should not be dated Year of Buong-n, which is the style of H. M. the Emperor of China, and is of

All Contributora of business, whether Share will the Parcel Mail be opened, until the PAMPHLET is Now Ready) course inapplicable in a British Colony.

holders or sct, are entitled to Share in the ordinary distribution of letters, &,, is Воль

finished. The postage on Parcels at home

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W. A. GULLAND,

+ Small remittances can be made to those

CHINA MAIL' OFFICE, Messrs. LANE, CRAWFORD & Co. FALCONER & Co, Hongkong, September 2, 1884. #1475.

ADAMSON, BELL & Co.,

Agents. Hongkong, July, 1855,

y similar to the above, and the Parcels will

rangement caused a terrible palpitation of places by means of Postal Notes. Beg separate thy hearty se to make the breathing diff. netice on the Pastel Guide,

is 10% per lb., the Regulations are general

1239 | be sent out viá Gibraltar,

and may be had at the OFFER OF THE PAVES, Messrs. LANE, CRAWFORD & Oo,1, Messto. KaLLY & WALE'S, And Mr W. BREWER

* 50 Conte

Printed and pahlinked by Gizo, Murray

Bars, at the China Mai Office, No. 5 Wyn'danan Stront, Hongkong,