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No. 7287 DECEMBER 10, 1886.]

has censed; I remember in former years as far back as 1850 they used to send the des titute to Kowloon City. And if this prec tice has ceased I wish to know when it

THE CHINA MAIL.

...

cross-action. Finally, kowover, after some ceased, and the reason for it. What makes onco to meet the views of bio upirit dé Obief Justice said hu might mention that printed) the mumber of deitlin register-hundred thousand milos, and that of Locally Iva tho requisites, though examina

solved from their contraets. After the car-deration that large, numbers of the share were of those sidor ten years, loay. five hundred miles Evidently the Chief oxaritations do not bring idina: people

at this remoto corner of the island.

They postess incurable diseases or Bro in firm by old age, and who the Committee

to

The Hon. P. Ryric said it was thie par-admissions, and of these only 84 died anything like the gradual contracting of of the ordinary type, testing little or noth nesa and did not die for some days. Mr.

to absolve Messrs Lano, Crawford & Co.

period mentiunod.The Hochu's ring, merciless and implacable, and ing bayand more receptivity will certainly admissions into the French Convent bringing the Vendeans to bay as other end in disaster. The strongur races of In- Baird said that sosue months ago this man's

from their contracts with regard to water liamentary proction to read only the inar during the to deliver; and I might avail myself of thin ginal notes. dog had worried four of his shcop; and if the

opportunity to add that overy mo of tho The proposal was adopted.

vore, for the period aboca sta od, no less process had done. Is it because of theia require strong men to rule tliers, and On the rules Imving bant approved if, the than 560 and from the return furnished greater aron of the scene of operations in omnct be long governed through mera pro claim was persisted in, he would bring a

gentlemen in the fris I hara montioned

the Acting Registrar Clonerai, (which is this case, the area of Upper Burma being alicients in book-learning. Englishmen gen- came forward with great.

Colony, and theso roles had been taken from the English aleo debating, the Chinaman agreed to recept mask this question is that now there I wasfable within 24 hours to inform Mosers Act and modified to suit the citenanstances od in 6191. Of these less than Bab Vendée is not Sir Charles Bernard's extitions do not prove the East; but the Ben- out his deficiency. as compensation for his loss, and doubtless are 20 destitutes in the Tong Wa Hes. Lane, Crawford & Co. that they were ab of the Colony, especially taking into const- were of infants undot, one year, and 12 ate hure Tile looney two thouand gali generally does not phases them, though

Commissioner in Burma does not think that Our responsibility no more will be heard of the goal-shooting pital, and we connot, get rlü of thom. I ringe af the water land been: completed, Broders in the Companies registered hereing only 24, of thosa over ten years.much is to be learnt from Hoche Weis ogo which in the last resort we cannot-

were not residents but lived at, Shanghai The Crawford, the senior member of that firm, positively declined to receive any Ir is Dow agapetud by the American papera of the Tung Wa Hospital ask them to forefation and it was all I could "dauner and other. ports, and that an extension of the taliny Conventors stated to have shall see if Sir Frederick Roberts, who sete delegats by any swingly contrived massiv

prevail time was required. upon him to allow the Government at all

The Acting Attorney General moved that

able perchsen, under an assumed pane and friends to go to that Prines Alexander Bus munde consider the Hospitaly they say they have no home events to reimburse him the expenses that as the printing of the bill would release had been incurred. It cannot be said by any a large quantity of type and enable the Go

vernment printer to get on with a lot of (Alexander Mario Wilhelm Ludwig Morna-

possible langage under the circunatancia of real stato in Chiongo, Denver, The Acting Colonial Secretary-Who are have stated that the Government other work and as the bill might be ons City, and Orisha, and that he is they sent by

left absolutely and entirely to private required at any time, that the Standing part-owner of and of the largest sleep- rancher in New Mexico The Prince's

Hon. Wong Shing-They are sent by the supplying of water to the poor. Relen berenspended to enable theto bo rond

I think if iny honorable friand would enthe hill a third lime,

There was no objection to this proposal, property in America is

is under the change of people; sme of them are sent by the Require further into the mattor he would be Colonel Nuston, a woll-i

I-known attorney of

gistrar General They have no lomp to go able to bare condemned from the gentlemen and the bill was read a third tins in due Prince Alexander must be Chicago

pos

now mako. I do not think it it follow RECORD OF ORDINANCES. aessed of a truly Yankee catongas if he has to, and chant being the case the Committas whose names I have giron the statement I form managed to syntezo the pile for these have no way to get rid of them. The because we have had an unusually dry sum The Ordinance for presorying investments out of the £70,000 to which Truth referred re-

1

Bulgaria, in addition to Tung Wa Hospitol wil thus son become a mer this year that we shall havy snother tio record of the Ordinance thening uzticle on the subject of oil on the bo remembered that the Chilzais are the not do it by staying loro to maintain the

vortly. The Russian papars have accused poorlionss. There are beds there only for 114 him of dabbling in Stock Exchange specu- patients and already the destitutes occupy lations, and if disposed for otok business. his position must have given him sonic oxnearly one quarter of them. I do not know

fitable bargains.

THE FORTHCOMING REGATTA,

naked this question,

The Acting Colonial Secretary-Ins reply to the Honourable gomlyt, I have to

crews, and, judging from his tips, he must the Commandant et Kowloon,

Until the

in Hongkong will be a possibility,

WORES COMMUTTIK,

the Colony

a

of the

18.very

be a grillin of the lateat importation perhaps latter end of 1860 mendicants used to be de. HON, ME CHATER APPOINTED TO THE FUHLIC Poriginal Ordinances should bear the Govern- limit of urez that the given ant of oil and welt able are they to hold their own

ported to Kuwlcion

"B)

Quotations. HexORONG, December 10, OPIUM--New Paica, cash,... 1974 tobo

Old

nab,.. New Benares, ash... 4073 to 470

Now

Malwa, cash

Okl

500520

chiof CA 1809 of douth Cat

We are in India borause we can rule baon: Convulsions Fever, Consumption. greater store upon the experience of that Wonne, Sores, and Diarrhoon. In the Taust worthy of the generala of the Royland in virtue of the foot that we de cule. French Convent, no less than three-fourths tion, is able to tura to botter account in Wantavar sharo wo give to intives in the of the total mortality is get down as lasing Burma the lessons of the war in La Vendée, work of Governmout, English character

Bombay Gazette,

trust mako itaolf everywhere beneficently: arisen from Quinsy, while among the

felt, othoruise the raisons d'etre of our pren... other discases given, Disrrhon Consump

enco disappears. There i

hore is a vague notion tion, Fover, and Languor, take a pro-

THE RISING IN AFGHANISTAN.

at home, which wa

we may perhaps trust will It is of course difficult to get trustworthynot sway on Indian Commission, that by niasut place.]

HOTS of the progress of the revolt in Bast some art of process we can give the people HOW OIL QUELLS THE WATERS,

ern Afghanistan but it would seem that of Inuis self-government in the same way n other acctions of the Ghilzai tribe, besides the people of England. We enn de zo

by Prof. R. H. Thurston, in the November the Auduries and Tokhis, are likely to fail clearing out of the country and allowing number of the Forum Ina a very interest in their allegiance to time Amir. It should them all to do ne they planse, but we can

waters. The greater part of the article is most powerful of all the Afgian tribes. They distinctive benefits of our occupation, while one next summer. Phenomenal occurrence and for other purposes was also considered devoted to the power and formation of inhabit the cuntry bounded by Kah-i-declining the responsibility of buforging the of this kind do not occur twice running in Committes and approved af and read waves, birt stili sou expluation is given Ghilzai and Poti on the soulli, the tal-Koh pinsights on which they depend. While There is a reason to believe that we shall third time.

In the course of its progress through wired upcl; heavy batoh whoa oil is minge on the west which aparates, them we and waaleue provent India from being sous The fact is now from the Hazuras, the Sufian mountains plungo into a mad struggle anong divorio, not have rain at its proper time. It is cellent opportunities of piaking highly pro- how they are to be got rid of, so I have true that inst summer was exceptionally Committee, Mr. MacEwen made twa kug-| chily appreciated that it has a soothing on the castou cur own hontier, and the races and orceds feendency, the Go

but of course it does not follow that we gestions. He first grested ibat a doplielfout

ellest spot angry wares, but shall have another dry one next year. If we cate of the bill should be kept by the Gomu skeptical that this cire jave any are yat Kabul River on the north. This stretch of verambut of Ludin Lust in all assentinis be any beneficial country is some 900 miles in length, and carried on upon English and siktive parini have not I think myself there is no doubt cil, en in the event pfe, or from tome affect when a few gallons of oil are poured varies in breadth fruim 46 miles in the north ciples, and by English, not native,

adului vo shall ye be able to fide through the other cause, the original wept by the Begir-ever a vessel's side at sex. For the honorit summer without nigoh distress, and canonly trar might get destroyed. It was considorod

olat out shor

short, touch the borders of Kalicistan n that Prof. Thurston ·.ន11' ម៉ when a In your issue of the 6th instant, Old Bay that I think Uure is no record express my gladness to think that this is that this would be unnecessary, as the bill Wese cioubting ones wo wḍold to over 100 in the south-ha hizas, intralors."

water, har on the other. Their influance is very Steward' given tho prospects of the various that despisete Chinese were over sent to the very last year in which a water famine provided that a copy of this bill printed by of oil is placed upon the surface of } the vao.hand and, the Provinos. of Kanda the Government would be accepted as prima i sprende rapidly in all directions, forming great on all the smaller tribes, such as the jacie sviduties. He also suggested that the a filar of expecding tenuity. On reaching the Wardas. Tajiks, Khugianis and Hazaras, can cover, the film usully begins to broak that it is a tribal brast antong them that 3 The Surveyor General In recordanes ment seal. The Acting Attorney General the 'Old Stoward' will inform us what,

Hon. Wong Shing--I refer to 1850, whon with private rotice which I have given, I eail this was not done at land was up at any poitits simultaneously, forming Gila can travel from end to end of Afgha

lace work pattern.

& time the Aftor bog to move that the hou. Mr Chater be appointed out by the Acting Colonial Secretary Lauric's form in a four has to do with single Mr Hillier was Magistrate,

geographical position gives them the co Benlling. We have any good caramon

but Mr MaeKwen's suggestion was not The Acting Colonial Secretary Hat pointed to the Public Works Committee in that the Acts at home bore the Royal Arms; spread of oil becoines so great that tho lace-scan without fear of molestation. Their i

pattern breaks up, and the vil distributes mand of the

of the west important pases, from itself over the surface of the water in do- the Ghural liver northwards to the Kabul, that row well in a four, but could not sit in thore is ne record that they wore sent to place of Mr Sasson, atuant on leave.

The Colonial Treasurer--I have great adopted. They Commandant at Kozlown..

fached drops. A continguts supply of oil and they were not slow to harasa our troops. a singlo sculling boat. I will place the Ju-

wore simply put over the boundary and told pleasaro in seconding that

Its in 1879-80 on the Shutne Gurdaud in the and carried una The Acting Colonial Secretary said this gives a con was

a continually spreading nior Sculls as follows :

not to return. In souio cases they were

renimodaly

day week would be a Regatta day, the fol- sllect upon the surfred is, in some manner bills between Gandarask and Balkkak. sent to Kowloon Town, but there is no re-

PROMISSORY DATES,

lowing Friday Christmas Day, and the suz card of their being lauded over to any ono..

Taarafun, to give

to give it greater resistance to west of Jullulabad, they gave much trouble The Remorable member is perhaps canfu

fusing sick and destitute with uendicanta By Conoral, seconded by the Acting Colonial seemed about move for a longer adjourn the wave-making power, and especially to for a time. Thuy furnished a large contin- As liquids have great gent to Mushk-i-alam's and Mahoined of 1858 power was given to Secretary, a hill entitled an Ordinance to nont then ustal, when his Excellency prevent brokers. Ordinance the Magistrate to send men cuts to their amend the Promissory Oaths Ordinance, puinted out that they could only move the concity, large surface tension and small Jan's furces in Kabul, and the very sections On Landen

1869, was read a first time.

ordinary adjournment, and he therefore viscosity are favorable to the breaking of

the tribe now in revolt against Abdur native places and it was considered suffici

viscosity tabman camo

iuto collision with Sir Donald moved fant the Council adjourn until this waves while email tension and larges By Ordinance 8

... THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE. ent to repatriate them.

ziva the contrary property, and as oilsupplies Stewart's troops near Ginzi. The fatal thin power is taken. from the

away

The Asting Attorney General-I beg to day week.

His

to Mr. Excellency

un. MacEwen I this quality, giving a new surface of great

reat defensive strength of the Ghitania is believed Magistrats and vested in the Governor, move the second reading of an Ordinance to The practice sincs 1963 has been to send amend ordinance No. 8 of 1879, This ordi- dorstand my hon. friend has important suportficial tenacity and email surface tension to be $30,000 good fighting tren at least

but, luckily for the Atairs of Kabul, not mendicauts to their native villages, the cost nance has been brought forward to amend functions to fulfil on Friday nest at then also prevents the friction between wind bus 4,000 or 5,000 cun je got together | On Paris-

I leave it to the Council to make and water, it reduces the waves. The advan moru being defrayed out of the poor hut. By schedule C which forms part of Ordinance Regatta

trge of asing wil therafere in case of conten-for-offinaive operations out of their own Ordinanes * ut. 1870 the Ture Wab Hos 18 of 1879 and which

The Hon. P. Ryrie-It is usual to having sens is manifest Facts prove that it does country, owing to the endless blood-foudu tho passing

combers." Sonic hotwhen thin. They are, however, Foxy a Christmas vacation. I bag to propose that break down and prevent,

Prof. Thuraton. But be the raisons what trible are concerned, and it is juar, possible January.

The Hou. A. P. MacKwen seconded, and they may the evidence is all in its favor and that the sons of the late Mallab Mushki

shipinnaters must by consequence now no Alam may induce the various sections lu

unite the amendmen: was put and carried.

cept oil as a means of preventing disasters.

it is grot affect to crush Abdur Rah-

There is a

thab tha Amir's troops in

in Laghuna

have received a slight check, which would scend to indionts that

ave revolted. If the northern Ghilzais lave this should prove to flokt in

to be the case tha Amtr will

have to take the Commander-in-Chief, Glavalas

& later issue of the Pioneer eating the

All sorts of

Goodlad

Laurie

Turnar

1st 2ad 3rd

Thompson's crow

Juckens Cup.

Dumble Bundle.

1st

Gooithd

1st

Laurio

Claus

2nd

Fredericks)

Chairman's Cup.

Goodad's crew

1st

Gruby's crew

2nd

thu

Thia proposal

put

THE ADJOURNMENT.

not

On the motion of the Acting Atturnoy ceeding Friday the last day of the year, and as yet no: woli understood, saya Prof. Is the Langhman Valley, too, to the orth-

It has 1

Had this race bees Grat on the programme mont of the indigunt sick among the Chi-of that built and also to this Congeil do adjourn until the 7th of the cannes for this ars party explained by clannish when the general interests of tho!

I would have selected Glass, but a three of hia tuon row in the two previous racos

and only one of Goudlad's, I place them as

Love,

2ND DAY.

nese popuktion,

TES SARCITY OF WATER.

to a

inspect

to

pital was specially founded for the treat-laven fin fuss. is for the an amendment to that resolution

been found nucessary and boilers: This bas hean of the owners of

of the Hon. Mr McEves-Sic, I wish to draw done at the request of the attention of the Government to the vessels, and they have always consented to fact that there exists at present not-payment of these feee; and now we are willstanding that it is only the early yet to legaliso this. The Harbour Master has also received applications from the owners of of the dry season, great scarcity of water

unlicensed and private launches asking to all classes, and more especially aning the poorer classes of the Ordony who have the engines of their launches iuspectal, are in the way of getting their supply but there is no power to do this. Therefore

which and mountain stresing

CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING DEATHS IN ITALIAN AND FRENCH CONVENTS.

International Challenge Bico. I expect to see a good struggle between the South and English. In tay, opinion (rimble could not place a better crow, than from the hydranta aud the fresh weils charged. The owners of corbin private the table of the Legislative Council this

NOW

in the now schedule a fee of $10 will be

*

wish launches may now have the construction of

The following correspondence was lid on

afternoon

A shipmaster who will not tay this simple means of avorting threatened disasters down not deserve to have command of a ship N. Y. Maritine Register.

резов.

ix

With a profound belief in the maxim that Tokhi Ghilzai, by the way. Roland

are darrent

Old Malwa, cash,

32:48/66

Allowanos, Thels

540

Allowance, Taela

80/88

Persian, Cily, cash. 370/430

Allowance, Thols.

3248

Parninn, Papor tied... 400/400

Allowance, Taels ........... 4048.

Eseliang

HONGKONG, December 10.

Bank, Wire,

*

On darald

19.

30 days" sight,

Unauths' sight;

Credite, Documentary, monthe

On demand,

Credits, 4 months' sight,

On New York-

On demand... Credits, G0 days sight, On Bembey

Wire On demand,

Oa Calcutta-

Wire

On demand,

On Shanghai

Out Alostd. v1.

30 days' right

Gold Lasf, 100 in Sovereigna,

Temperature.

73 $30.35 0.87

(Bow), Master (2), Bramwell (3), Grimble to lay befret Counes), «sokjner the engines done under, inspection if they Dr. Hartigan to Secretary, Sanitary Bourd. that the means, which were successfully follow and all Oustes regarding the (Taken at Mesirs Palconer de la,iz Promised,

to

of

Quean's Bond

DURMA AND LA VENDEE

history repeats itself, and in the certainty.

roporto are wish it. of my hon. friend opposite the correction of

adopted for the

suppression

of one iusarred among Afghans al The Acting Colonial Secretary second- Hongkong, November 24th, 1850,

but nothing certain is (the Surveyor General), are as follows-At

Sm-I have the honour to acknowledge tien may be as successfully adopted for the Ghilzai rebellion, this time last year the water in Pokfuium ed, and the bill was read a second time.

suppression of another, the Commander in known except that the entire Ghilant coun- THE POST OFFICE ORDINANCE 1886. thes receipt of your letter, No. 223, and in Chici lang Istely told Sir Charles Hemard try is up sincs the people have killed or BARJAK

Lis reservoir was about 9 feet below the level

elosures therain referred to:- of

The Colonial Treasuror-This ordinanza, the bya wasa and at the

present moment

The latter I have submitted to the auto take a leaf out of the book of Lazare driven out the tribal Governors plant over Do it is 14 fost, showing a difference of 5 fast, Sir, is proposed in the first instance in de thorities of the Italian Consent, and now Hocks, General of the Armies of the French then by the Amir. The proximate cause which over so large an arm makes a very formes to a suggestion, from the Secretary forward for youir perusal, the Very Revd. Republie Bocha was sent to Ls Vendes of the insurrection appears to have been a considerable difierenes in quantity of water of Stats. It appears that certain European

which was tax of live rapers a bead attempted to be to put down an insurrection Burghignol's Memorandom thereon. chiefly, amongst others, Austria-

WORL A to

To the fans of rotting the infant more detrimental to the First Republic, levied on mon coming to the railway Hungary, have

itus religions

I saw him tako out last Saturday, Shepherd dried up. The figures which I

stroke.

With the above drew the English aught to win.

Ladies Purse. Gondlad & Shepherd Laurie & Master

lat

2nd

Member Cup. Major Ellis' craw Laurie's crew

lat 2nd

abored.

taki

G

The

At 14 foot below the level of the course been very much trouble mortality jathe Italian. Obővent, I am ofgascarely ford Pontbarrassing to ita in Beluokistau, ulded to a reûðal redustión | byu-iraan the reservoir contains 37. millionth forgeries of their postage Opinion, frora observation, that very little commander, the Jacuity, movement of hereditary stipends paid tu í Senior Scalls and Professional-Fonars. It callons of water, angton we have the forgers take particular enro nat to reside if anything, can be affected in this firàction | Wiper Bursa is to the Government of classes. The Derani regiment reported to

daily supply at a face that there is little in the jurisdiction of the

will try and spot the winners when the

trics closs.

American. Ca

Class' crow Sampaun's crew

Lat 2nd

en-

A Fourth MAN......

500,000

average

country whose

fact staring us in

of water in stamps they forge, consequently it is dill- monthe

supply of more than 21 the reservoir. Well, we cannot expect. calt to tako proceedings against them,

Fore they

the stamps of honey rains of inportance mack before April; becausa

only aud any rains that we de get in the meantime the countries where they do not reside. munot materially affect the supply of water. It may, perhaps, interest the members of In the vealy part of this year there was a Council to know that a brisk manufactory great asionat of distress in the Onley of our Hongkong

know may be carried on

in

ed to

long as the present system of indiseri-India at its military advisers. In one have been annihilated by the Andaria was the Air's aniform and the respect Hoole was worss uff in La Vendee only

use only stripped of the iuato admissiori prevails..

than operal Whit

Chite is in Burma or than treasure they were escorting their troph By far the greater number of infants are

who moribund prior to their reception, this e-Sir Frederick Roberts will be when he gets port and tents were taken, but privalo pro dition being the result of previous insati. had there.. He had capable and courageous perly was respected, and a for taan,

iu Charesto and Steflet, and his foolishly resisted, were killed and wounded. opponents tary surroundings, insufficient or improper

Lad a religious and a local enthusiasm oppos. The Afghan guards on the road beyond gaparat neglect.

to him rathor mora burning, wo suspect, Clinman have bean crown in to Kandahar,

on which they have had a consequence communication between the it was only at the last moment that the now, in New York. It is true that they vizhanthy and unhealthy, it would be occasions Government took active ensures to con- are only sold to stamp collectors, and if the found that no large proportion of the Thoorayo at their head, have ever shown. city and our frontier is procarious.

stamp scllectors were pleased with them healthy chass survive as is usually found in deben water in the Colung

But the Commander-in-Chief, bas thought. His Excellency-We did not condone they were very easily pleased. The many.

the wall-muszaged

Ea- Institutions in

parallel close enough to warrant ENGLAND, RUSSIA, AND THE EAST, facture of these stamps might, become very similar

bim in tearing out a few pages from

The Berlin correspondent of the Buily "Hon. Me MacEwen--Well, you supplied troublesome to us, of course, and uncer rope.

The report is slightly inacurate in stating the history of the angpression of the Telegraph says that the fact that Russin la the poor generally with water free. This the circumstancos, the measure which has

war in

in La Vendée for the instruction

THE HONGKONG & MACAO GLASS owing to an approaching water fainine; and on, and for all we has been carrian food, and were it pesible to dividu¦ than the Burines dactils oven on the rare where there are very few troops, and as a

MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

LIMITED.

A mosting of the shareholders of tha Hongkong and Macao Glass Manufacturing Co., Limiterl, was held in the offices of the

any

I think,

the infants on

on admission into two shisses,

General Managers, Mesara Rissell & Co., was indeed left to the charitable enterprise. been recommended is that all countries in that inedieal nid is only requisitioned of whom it may concern. It is a pity that making off to obtain a lasting north of tho

General Managers to close the Co's work Those present were:-Messra EH M. Huntington (Chairman), D. Gillies, J. H. Oux, D. J. Dunlop, and R. Showan (Secretary).

when any Sisters or Boarders are sick."

Bourd

Memorandum by the Very Herd, G. Bur

ghignoli.

of

Hu ndigt“ན་

The ob

Pray, this afternoon, for the purpose of I may say, of a private firm, and I beliees the postal unit adopt reciprocity in the mat- all serious cases whosher accurring Sir Frederick Roberts had to more reliable Dardanelles-ezi the ses of Mamom-has been fully confirmed from more than one confirming a resolution: empowering the that the only aesistance that the Govern-ter, and that every country in the union may at the Commuuity, Boardero, Euro-1 authority at liaud than M. Thors, trustworing source.

mont afforded to that firm was the prosecnite forger of the stamps of any

Carlyle's bet that he would find a lie a *ject that Russia has in view in to sacuto the load of a launch. I think they ought to other country. This is the chief object for posn or Chinese Orphan,

I have the honour to be, Sir, your obert vedious as the Sultan eo firmly that Iris Majesty will be no havo paid for the supply water. The which this bill has been introduced. We

of the

devar toe vesicious narrativo was par loan of the launch was acceptes, but the have also, however, taken advantage of the dient Servant, WILLIAM HARTIGAE, payment way

refused. So that really, when passing of the now bill to remedy a curions he despatch was received from the Colonial and very serious defeet which has provailed McCollum, Eaq, Secretary Sanitary

last Office complimenting the Government upon in all the post office Ordinaneta of

the la the active measures they took to mitigate this quarter of a century. They have all given Me Showan road the notice colling evil, I must say that it was very amusing the Postmaster General, the monopoly of for the mesting, and also the resolution, My reason in drawing attention to this mat- warding correspondence, but no penal danse

Hongkong, 30th November, 1886. which is as follows That the General ter is that I hope the Government will take bas beonintroducarla

Now, Sir, rulívve

thesh atress tant sa infringemen Larityt

has. The large infant mortality in the turn managers be empowered and are bereby really exists by supplying the needy persons perhaps, coms

wher it is negess

to do Convents is more apparent than real. empowered to close the fastory and works with water free of charge, and that some something to mine from this Colony, fants: the mortality among the inmates of in

smuggling with the least possible delay and thereafter careful supervision should be to sablet or lease the factory, to any other

made Chinese corset smuggled to the Convente is very low. that really occurs in The amount

sunsiderable. To give the large number of deaths, with

think i is not fair

come measures

to

the

30.350

THERMOMETER

Bo

Do

4 PM...

M 1.P.M.

Doret balb) 91,562 Do Do 1 PM 56

Do

:30,880

90,250 62 67

Do.

Maximum

$2,366

Do. Minimum 'over night. 59

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.

AT 4 YM. 20-DAY,

30.20

Baromotor

Tamperature Humidity

Force

Direction of Wind Weather

66

NE

Hongkong Cbservatory, Dec. 10, 1886

CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL

station.

REGISTER

DECEMBER 9.-AT 4 PM.

Manila...120.07]

hups forgotten at Simis when its pages were longer an independent Sovereign in his own like play-wrights, prennent leur tion

carrying out the latter's ordors. This is to appealed to. Still, Commander-in-Chief,pital, but a satrap or vassal of the Ozar, wherever they may find it, and Sir Fre-fected either by obtaining a apos north Haiphong. 30.01 derick Roberts hiuks ho has found hints the Dardanelles or a ialand in the Se17 Hongkong (30.281 and examples of the way in which to pat

of Marmors, which wou'd be

or, what is more likely Foochow dren they in Burma, in a cerning My Russia de atrongly 10: Amoy........ 30:28 64 ralous histonan's reed of the way in which Hamid, who in that case will himself entry Nagasaki..

to succeed, by entirely gaining over Abdul Shanghai..30.1 Brittany out the

Chouans were put down in

out the fortifications suggested by the Mus Wi ostock. and I Vendeu açarly a hundred years ago. cavite Guverament, Russian

L

tat intuenc Hoche,

had

n difficult Lasli Bacting itwolf

He

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DECEMBER 10, AT 10 A.M

-Such mortality is only confined to in- and feet who is tempted to accept aid, proffered by Manila.35.08, 7956 person or persons, or to recomшance worthú colony, more especially I suppose San Francisco ference in the Revenue out giving the larger nituber of admissions, no dis out-of-the way places which ser will guargutes to his Majesty the quiet | Hongkong 90.37|63| ou account of the Company with the ap private huset where I suppose consulerable.

tite and buakua a great

work over the

mount of

1980 alone is

1

bating itself i

#ge

made to

Russia will blow the Parda-

The resolution, was approved of the reservoir. It is quite trus that the Australian Ports, where there are efficient treatment, and that they were taken to thei which to operate was wild man. Hidro Aris Miuor and all that part of a

animaly.

This was all the business.

with

0

in

the

Weather

*Rain duri

11. Basometen, reduced to 83 degrass Fahren..

2. Teuesrature, in the shade du degroos, Fahrenheit:

B: Hinir la percentage of saturation, the

timidity of air a-turated with moisture being

Calph, fo at this onent paramount over the waate

faculty for bichag

Russia, and ofered by nobody else. The Haiphong.S hard in

in Burns has over aur proval of the Consulting Committee as the quantities of water ers stored for needless of the Post Office, whilst I myself always

assoyle asjon, in

in Thier nocuunt of passion of his capital, in rerum für Ay Fruin these statistica, ond can see that General Managers in the exercise of their purposes. And I might almost also include felt that I could not attempt to enforce the

which he will fitate the policy in be Focchow.. The Vendsan paisant to see a picture of the diseration may dyen advisable in the in- the fountains that are playing in certain monopoly of the Post Office

the percentage of saved children in more Burman dacoit. "His nusket was at his side, followed by Turkey, Should this fatul Shanghai.. terests of the Company,

The Chairman then said-Gentlemen, parts of the town while thousands of people His Excellency Chinese letters, are they then 10 per cent, just as in similar Institu- hid besnouth straw, or in the ground agrement be made beforo the Sultan is in Nagasaki..

tions in Europe. you have lion the resolution just read, are in want. I am sure I have orly to The Colonial Treasurer-Oltiaese letters)

hiles, It is not correct to say that, a certain the first signal of his Chiefs he hastanet to 1 pition to see through the proposals Wi'ostock.

The baremotor is still ring and gradi them, attacked the Republicans, then stofo! The object of this meeting is merely to bring this matter to the attention of

the Government for it to receive the at regard to where there are no Post Offices number of the children are received suffer- away through the woole, returned to his belles and the approno to. Constantinople ents for NE winds continue steep. The conürn the same. If it is the wish of the

to the rest of the world. With the Sultan temperature and humidity are very low and Alinus; ail fields: and gain an oated his pio e, and this situated, our dificulties in Egypt the weather fine. to distribute letters, such as the interior of ing mero or less from disease." meting to court the resolation, please tention it deserves.

The Surveyor General-I think my

thing and Ho

other places, still where Chinese are brought in ja'a hopelos dying státu:în

the Republicans found but

but an unarmed pea

me would homo much greater and with

W. DOSERDE anifest it in the usual way.

norable floud is somewhat out in his figures to crs are being sent by tons of thousands most of them the marks on their bodies sant, in whom they could not by Russia nt Constantinople trade with Nor-

Government Astronomer, that we have about 4 months apply to places like San Francisco, Singapore and show that they were under some medical means recognize assoldier' The country

Hongkong Ubservatory, December 10 world would be anbject to a Bicacovite vuto. water in the Reservoir is five feet below Post offices which could and would distribute Convents, only when they had to mate tainous, and woody, and in addition he had The British Government by sung Sir

Informed my these lettera, it is tima to put a stop to this hope to save thein, Yuuy is the, asme shot three hundred lengnies of cost to William Whits to Constantinople has thounneit, and to the level of the sus in inques, toutbs what it was last but as I Hon. friend privately, the

others in two or three days. and day to the wholesale abuse of the portal law supply to the

It is evident then that dive contract the rat this disadvantage that in lio. Sultan and to Burupe that it filly and drithm.. MEETING OF THE LEGISLA- Towns is regulated by the move up a pre

tecopa over which he wure do in the event of a I slak

give the Post-Master and alento

reality what sickness buture coin ng to the Convents. moralized by too great familiarity with the appoints the dangerous state of affairs TIVE COUNCIL.

longed drought during next summer, paths hus hitherto only possessed nomin

Medical assistringe would be (in my peculiar conditions of civil was sy had at the Golden Horn; but que consequence A meeting of the Legislativa Council was tial relief would be obtained by giving to the ally real monopoly this cause bne opinion) uf very little de rather of vu une, become plunderers and exasperatora of the of party rule is that even of this moment,

Lregret say, there is a feeling that co hold this afternoon. There were present Bastery, district water from Ty:am conduithean added to this bill. I may just say it because those children are brought in in a people whom they were sont into the

'continuity: H. E tho Avling Governor (W. H. Marsh); } the water that would go to that district is not intended for one moment to work hopeless state, and because Dr. O'Brien to vig over to allegianco to the Repubisol of enr polieg för six

together. the central that slange in an aggresive or troublesome gave all his attention to those children and Rochus first gate was to divide the w'll be reserved for the use of

The conditions of this port are satisfied himself that noting could go dean forces or a system of strong poste British Government will not hold back

indicating that the scale Bir George Phillippe, Chief Justice; Hon. district. I should also state that the Go manter.

vernment of

which prevented the pre course have requested me to such that very considerable latitude has to done,

two great divisions of F. Stewart, Acting Colonial Secretary

I looked over the Rogister of; corro pon- ake the necessary arrangements for be allowed for the forwarding of

peration

with those who haro similar in small instruction in Burma, who thors in doubts whether it will not with raw do an well for many years past. Wahne MacEwen says: I saw that they are all little combination of mosbmart, between zures: Hon. J. M. Price, Surveyor Go My Hen: friend has undo remarks that also tonsolidated, small amending ordi infants, that 48 were brought in in a hope the daooit bands. We suspost that Sir exist in the minds of exulted politicians in

now to the effect that last your during the

Vinos Bad Berlinu. neral: Hon. H. G. Thumsott, Harbour drought the whole of the assistance for the nanes, and a number of waters of detail. less state, that only cool giren out Frederick Roberts Ande mere instruction Master; Hon. P. Ryrie, Hon. A. P. Mu- poor was left is privato friends. There which I shall be able to explain in Commit a wet terse, but soon vere bruaght Inch in Loche's unthrd of forming a semicir,

entar

·THE ADMISSION OF NATIVES TO line of strong posts connected by Ewon, Hon. J. Bell-Irving, Dou. Wong again, I think, my Hon frisad has been too, have also been incloded. I beg to pro with fever, and they died of the fover

contracted out of the Convent, patrols, that no hostile

bodies misinformed

THE CIVIL SERVICE, could pass Mr McGalion ways the person deliver between then without being detected. In Times writes The subject of fe The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded, Shing, Hoa. C. P. Chater ; and Mr A. Seth that Term Your Excellency will recollect pose the second reading of this bill.

by yourself long bufare

and the bill was roid a second time. Ding the child frequently receives, email this way every vilings and hamlet was conduisms of natives to the Civil Service i (Clerk of Councils.)

the crisis

camo to make the necessary ar-

suni of money for doing Now to recupied, and as son us occupied it was it appears to be zoopona and considered ithould be neces rangemmta, it

THE JOMPANIES ORDINANOR,

vant all misunderstanding, I wish to say nry to torpor water in the town Council then went into Committee on that the mall of duty disarmed, cattle and other vained inhabi bgnCommon to be appalotad is India First of all I consulted with Mesars the Ordinancs to Amend the Companies three cants

í being solead as hostages and

The scope of the inquiry is to be a wide kopt ju hand noul avery weapon had beca given one, covering not only the admission of a Lane Crawford & Co, very public Ordinance 1863 to 1856, and the bil was three cants,

G. BURGHIUNOLI, spirited gentlemen, whose conduct I am glad passed with sono verbal insalmente On

Ta this Pro. Vicar Apostolissameed, contracting as

up..

way Hoches line slowly al tiria to the Darcanted Civil Service, bus

In the returns which follow, the Tory it out

and lotion, and the whole machinery for altauting.

over

the

Jaar

no Power can trust to paths withstanding the signa

4. DIABORION Or Wina, so two palats.

5. FORCE WIND, Lecording to Beaufort

6. SZITE OF WEATHER, 5 bine sky, a do-

het lighting, overcast, p pausing showers, we dew (ret.).

Ion. B. J. Ackroyd, Acting Attorney importior into the contral district in lighters dense. It is not proposed for one momente Convent for the month of Octothem from co-operating. That part of the Then the her. For so shall arrive in ca- tobe clonde, a drizzling, rain, fox, a gloomy, General; Hon: A Lister; Oolonin Trea-wator from the streams datside the town. With the practical rates that have found the number of deaths, publican Honofal's experience will carry in the Bast. I make bold to say that squally, z zain, a szów, i thunder, e visibility,

THE ITALIAN AND FRENCH CONVERTS,

just

Tão Culostul Sauretazy laid on the tablo correspondence raspasting the deaths in the

to have an opportunity to refer to I tried coming to the sohodale; the Acling At

Italian and Frough-Convaute.

DESTITŪTE CHINESE,

to inske an arrangement with them for the torney General said that as the schedule

asic

fLe

17. Rams;in izmhes, taulbs and hundredtļa,

SUN AND TIDE TABLE FOR HONGKONG. (From "The Hongkong Almanack" } DECEMBER.

HIGH WAZEE

•Day af

ALDTIL

9:42

10.38

13

1124

SU

M EL BILL M 8.52 6.31 $15

7.28) 6.3% 518 10.1 0.325.10 0.11a 10.14 6,335,16

∙1.49 6.35 5.17

importation of water in lighters to the town, was a very long one, and dealt only with Row Father shows that, in the Italian Om {ing bahindular force and also to the branches of the civil administra Hon Wong Shing--I have to ak this Thes informjod me that they would not be matters of detail he would more, if hon vant, 4788 persons. (of whom 490) we thinks that pharles Bernard apparently ativan lidates for the public service 0.583 11246:34 5.17

'Sir

will be p

it a country well scanrud of

All its

branches We have

havo a vivid res to meddle members had no objeazon, that only

only the foundings) were admitted from madin

plan bas bocu cepind in Gallution of the last attempt to question Is it still the practics for the shle to carry out the wishes of the Govern-

Blading 1880 up to 30th Sept. 1986, that Baria de costly as the sircumstances of

with this

the Commission in only one that Magistrate to send all destitute Chinese, ut puless they were absolved from certain marginal uotes-be read

His Excellency pointed out that under of these 8-20 died during the same period, the country will warrant Yo arait contracts to supply certain stummahin Com-

and not the except they are British-born or naturalised panses with water. Consequently I made the Standing Rules each clause had to bis of whom 3214 were infants under one year pushing forward pets. he says, and have a bastion liko

Arrangements with the Messageries Mazi road, by the clerk in extenes, but the taler old, and 522 were nearly all under five years, now nearly a hundred and filly held infumes of sentimental theories. Any British subjects, found, in the Colony by traces the Pacific Mail: Company, the said nothing as to ashedulan. He pre- and all wire brought in in a dying at ca troops and police Bit the claalis ring scheme the admission of natives to ju the Police to the Commandant at Kowloon P. & Q Company and Mossrs Hussell&sumed there was no objection to the pro European orphans, Chiusse orphans, and feature of Lucie's system does not asam to portsut and regisible administrative

destitute women accounted for 479 of the have been imitated yet. We do not see positions which depends upoù examine 1002. It seems to me that now-a-days the practice ! Co, and several other firms in the Colony pozal.

High water at Whampoa 3 hrs. 30 mins, later than at Hongkong at the Barrier 3 hrs. 16 min at the Salt Fata: 3 hrs 30 mins. at Shameen z 3 hix. 18 mitin Muon-Fall Moon, 118, 5h. TL altora

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