1887-08-04 — Page 3

No- 7477, AvGUST 4,

THE KEROSENE. DUTY-IN KWANGTUNG

-(From our Canton Correspundent, mis

CORRESPONDENCE.

COMETS AND THE EARTH.. To the Editor of the Cuasa Main,!

Stag Botel, August 41887. DEAR BAR-I was very much surprised last night, when I read in your paper

THE CHINA MAIL

|in the ordinary course, and levied upon after the abandonment and acceptance of goods which came into the hand of Ho abandorment, except so fir is they repres Trung from the defendant. It turned out ented the underwritura. I also hold that that theas grade were not the property of the property in the slip sud the chattels be the defendant, but Ha Trung paid up the longing to her veated the underwriters, claim on behalf of the defendant, as he had from the 12th Jane, 1844 on the aufurity business relations with him and debited him of Cimmell and Sewell F. N. Gad with the amount in the beginning of 1886 and Leatham and Terry 3 B. and P. 47g that no comet hat mingled its gaseous the defendant came the colour, and mov. See Addison on Contracts of Marine Insur matter with the parth's atmosphere, ored the Court by Gmunol in set aside ance, page 713-See also Arnold on Insur words to that import. It will likely be in the whole proceedings on the ground ance.The plaintif had no proports in the teresting to you, and alss to others, to be of irrigulinity, and the Court aftorship's chattels after the underwritere socept. sanday, made aware that the Earth pasted throli hearing Counsel aut aside the whole pro-ed the abandonment, and aliliongla idio das Bu some part of the air of the Great Comet coodings and the defendant undertook fondant might have been estopped from

Henday of 1861. Several distinguished ostronomers to defend any action brought against denying plaintiff title, yet the plaintif Monday, came to that euclusion.

him in the ordinary way ffedee, the recognised the underwriters' claim to the Banday, frasis writ of March 1886 which has only dufendant over and over again, and allowed anlay, bon heard now. The reason for the far this firm to pay over the proceeds to Gilman ther delay was that the parties were out of&C without demur On the gmund there Thursday, the initsdiction, and that a commission for foro that plaintiff had no property in the Patios the examination of the Capt of the Mari rock, and mi right therefore to the pros borough had to be sent to Singaporo, From cada dismiss the plaintiff's claim with cost the evidence now taken it appears that the It is not necessary to refer to the salvage steamship Marlborough was insurat in Lonet of the defendant Els anys it is various decal companies. A Hongkong firm, ed upon to offer an opinion. called the Man Ynon Ling of which Mr Ng Li Hing is, the manager outed as agents for the stemmer at this port, and Mr Ng L

Banday

Thursday,

DATEN OF ARRIVAL OF Chirwa MAKER, (By Aritish Pusat

Feb.

2001 Feb

7th March... 3th March: Alle Apri 17th April.

May,

(By French

10th MRS

16th Fele

tot Mach 25th March,

fricand April Wednesday 4th day. Weduwday, 18th May.

We..

Zuid Sad May.

Today, 17 May

Packet.

Tuesday, 14th

oh are considered good inaccurate, that croep into the Pre, gen←- -

that

by a better servies by the P & Ó Comps-for prico is a fist of the iltering, conde | ments, as tabulated above, renched Lunden ny's stammers. To show that the Fronch Dens of the China Tea trade. Prices range on the 28th ult, the latter being siz dape packet ervice was suporine to that of tloss from Old to la-8d-por-ibma

Jig advános of due date: The Jupes ndvicsa British packet serviss, ho referred to the Mears Beach and Junea's Toa Report, were received on the 4th ult, na San Carman, Ang. 3rd, 1887.

statement from the Post-Ofice for the last dated June 23, states that samples ex Francisco. The next homeward mail, ex four months, which, he was, brought out found at Hankow, were placed on the and U. steamer Rosetta; froin Shanghai The accompanying proclamation speaks

clearly the Advantage ne the mail naming market early on Moulay, the 27th inst.thy, Hongkong 2nd, Singapore 10th for itsplf and proves how grossly ignorant

by the French packet to Marseilles. The 33 000 packages were on offer, of which June, was depicted frans Alexandria on of the first principles of political acornmy

acatament is ne follows

9,100 sold at auction, at prices ranging the 28th ult, and will reach Landon on from Gad, to le. 3d. By private contract the 4th mat, eight days early........ the five gentlemen are word, games

6,000 half-chess changed hands, the sales The question of milways in Chinn-con- affixed to the proclamation That such

Thesday, Tod maisting mostly of dre Keemans, from sidering the field that is upon does not to- men should have charge of the decal

Inceday, 2nd Fus,

3 to 18 Gandens ohop cefro the attention in this country that the Tuesday, th March. arrangements of a province like Canton

So for lissery has proved subject cogiainly merita That is judged Tuoday, Paul Marth." " will accimat for much stagnation of teada

Trowlay, 6th April. disappointing, with the exception of by the desultory paragraphs accurate and or any smount of commercial retrogression The tax on tercsons, is in the first plavo

I laid down upon a Circumpolar Mag of

s large quality of fine rally in the provinces, fost people now accessed opter the pretence of its being the Northern Hemisphere (constructed by

of the first fem dagis to know that China as income way given dangerous and causing muels loss by fires, myself and afterwards photographed) the

arrive, is to be transhipped the in her adhesion to the fact that all thea if 13 invented again-in order to pro visible orbit of this said celestial visitez for

Tusaday, 1st Strachanles this day 4,448 pasilages realised ways are useful, but they are still very tect the trade in native oil. This last addi-a period of 57 days from observations taken

Today than. Std. to 18, 23-July 1-Up to date about aceptical on the subject, and there are few tion practically puts a stop to legitimate by the Rov. R. Mait, Radcliffe Observer,

Tuesday, 12th Azr...

two-thirds

of the cargo has been sold, who might be exposted to keep themselves grade whilst dmuggling is carried on in and late Editor of the Admiralty Banual

Today 20th Apell. 19,000 hasing boen auctioned.. Prices informed who is so. That there are no big Tuesday, 20 May, broad daylight, The Commissioners have of Scientific Enquiry. The following note

Tuesday, 24th May.

have given way slightly for common Tess, concussioner to be given away may be stated good common grades 6fd. to 7td. showing for the guidance of those at home, but that incompetence and are obliged under the splendid comes burst suckdenly on the view

pamages the maile per the Pand O-Com sales privately. Medium Komun sold to-rantirad froin Europe goes without saying, cover of "picusible language to bea; an this evening. I saw it first about 10 o'clock, gaoniinious retreat from the pastun they and immediately prepared to obsertai

pany were, in the aggreats, before time diy at 1s, to 18, 1., and are about one and theso may be wanted at any moment. have-sund, Nothing, therefore, is midfie appearance notwithe anding the string.

thirteen days; and on eight passages the penny, down tron brening rates. Finest The great stumbling block with the Chinone about the dangerous nature of kerosene nor unplight, was most brikiant, the naked

tine thirty-nine day the average of the Express of 1st July,

mattor ha heh surmountod. It is only P. & O. Company, baby nearly 11 days. to cover tits loathsome venality that lurks

time that is now required. before time, and of the Franch nearly fre beneath. By fair trade and honesty China with the Moon rather than any atlier abam on 30th Jane, and ran on the rocks The following letter lins boon forwarded days before time. On referendu to the.

NEWS BY THE FRENCH might indefinitely increase her revenus, joct. In fact the dismaler of the coma was about 2 hores aftawards at Hainan head. ¦ to the Postinastor-General --

fotoguing table of dates it would be found but so long as the allows the sources of in about. 30 winator - The tail streamed verti- Mr Ng Li Hing, who was a passenger, wint

MAIL come to be tampered with by local authocally upwards and near midnight could be back Hoihow for assistance, and sew the the uncareigaud bankers, merchants, and faible a mail earlier that could be done by

London, June 20, 1897, Sise that correspondence with Chorow. We take the billowing talegrands from the rition so lng must she content herself with end considerably beyond Folie which defendant and the defendant sent boat engiged in the Tudia and China tirs British packet service, argutiro wook Ceylon Observer brought on by the Fretch an impoverished treasury.

it passed over. Its length on this eren- and went himself to the scone of the wreck Manjula Tseng is coming to succeed Cheung to 120 degroos by most careful observers, mained there two nights, and mados China wail contract now before the House Raikos, Postmaster com, wis was to EARTHQUAKE IS RATTY AND SOUTH BUHOFF, There has been report here that thing was varias estimated from 100 to 100 what tolp he could give. He rendes, dasira most respectfally-to-address being thus gained. He had mentioned steamer Djemal, which arrived this

*10* yuu ou -thy snbject of the East Inday and these facts to the Right Hon. H. Chcil fumring Quí Tungar

a Viceroy.

fu, the tulescope of the heliometer there arrangement with the Captain that he of Commons, in which we take the utmost give them des annsideration The now London, July 18th-Slight shocks of appeared a nucleus of an elliptical shape, should set as agent and silver, for the con-

contrast of the P. and O. Company would earthquake wore felt yesterday morning in with its major axis a little inclined to the cerned, and a large quantity of goods, pact vertical, that ie, dirested nearly towards of the cargo, were salved. He also salved

namely, 311-5th koutan hour. The be certainly better than what was stated, Egypt, Malta, and Italy, the Sun The superscribed in only an abridgement of very many interesting notes chors, chains, ship's furaiture and apparel,

knota: and he thought hoth services should a lot of articles belonging to the ship, au-

serviso to Bombay was at the rate of 123 by that scientific gentleman. The comet of

be equalised, and not less than 18 knots

This

then tonicas their own ignorance and was made by him 1861. June. 39 don, but that, the cargo was insired in according to German law, but Lain not a Prosiding, Mr Talleon said on gight exceptional value, but stiff difficult to make all the maturial and tho, enginoons will bo

the native trada, Tha. exeusá is too tigers. the condensation of Koht about theng, went to Hoihow to meet the Waw THE FASTINDIA AND CHINA MAILmails, per the French packet wore hofors 4 andes ca in regnent l-zucon, and China tha principle...in connection-with... the:

وانان

** KRHOBENE PROCLAMATION,

July 18th, 1887.

houd was so great, ne so bear comparison brosegh and to arrange about cargo &c.. there The veal left Hoihow about 10

fity ag the farin tax. This year-the farm- Guillemin's Heavens, and Kirs Samerville's tax is altogether $63,600, It has been ordered that a lekin of 40 cents is to be.

work.

it

intercat.

AGITATION AT HOME.

made on the part of a section of the Honer We obsery that an attempt has been,

the contract recently entered into between Commons to prevent the confirmation of

•

As we have previously announced, some changes are shortly anticipated in the repre- aentation of China abroad The Midistan

to London is at present also Minister to Brussels and St. Petersberg, but the shangu

aishment of the office at St. Petersburg cutemplates the resumption of the resta suntation at Paris, tmrapted during the Franco Chinese disputes, add the zelin- by the Minister in London, wlis will in future serve for London, Paris, Brussels, and Roine. The Minister to Berlin will in

vid and bruters buty and The Hague. future tako charge of Chinese interests at."

and will continue to reside at Berlin. as at THE STATE OF AFGHANISTAN:---

present. The Minister at Washington - Bombay, July 19-A telegram to the mains accredited likewise to Peru aud Bombay Gazettefrom Fort Chacaan ayathatit at Berlin is stated to be H. E.

Spain. The successor of Hau-Ching-Chang

CHOLBEA IN ITALY. increasing there wore te acisums and 25 Catania, July 18. Cases of cholers are

deaths bere on Sunday.

Haug, who

It is proceed that Chang Shiu Ying the farmer of the kerosene lakin monopoly has petitioned saying, -------•That wo; the merchants, have farrued [1861 was not the only one-the Earth-passed and these were takon tỏ Nothow and place the Government and the P. and Q. S. N.

the keroiene lekin monopoly for several through, for it is-balioved that we passad in godowns there. From the correspond. Company for the conveyance of thoso mails, He had been yesterday going over the mat

it that on the 14th June 1804 firm that the Maxdorough bid stranded China servise, diverting the latter id: Gan- of their steamers, and lie agreed with the is reported from Kandahar that the Ameera is known as a great, literary man, but has defendant wrote to the Man Yuon Lang.

tho Indin from time in the Glen Line commanding several and becomes total wrock on a rock off fixed and loried. Upos Envestigation, 181832 striking the earth and to illustrate the. Ng Li Hing, their representative, they had fatatements have ben made which might less than 13 knots, Captain M Bash had Horat deported in a body and started for Europeans or European muistoms

In order to dispel fears of the comet RáiDam-Head, and that on the request ofada and the Pacife: on the other hand statemont that the servic, should not be reginiont of a thousand Ghilzais garriaoning not hithurro had any special knowledge of- found that au cach box of kerosene there nature of these bodies, M.-Arago publish began to act in the interest of the ship and the mail service hitherto carried out by the although he was now retired from service Herat sent his cavalry after the desertere farmers will leave here in July for Eastern lead the House of Commons to suppose that made forty voyages through the Canal, and Kandahar early in July the Governor of Humburg, June 28.Soine young German a lokin of 41cents, and now a lakin of 84 comets in the Annuario, of. 1852. Heargo-and they suggest to the Man Yuen P. and O. Company has not bemïgatisfactory altogether his opinion was of considerable and captured and killed 200. The Amber Africa, with a view to start a plantation is already a custome-duty of 20 cents and of an orcellont and popular treatise on

telegraph to owners. On the fith. tents to be added for searching and showed that the result of the calculation Jung toy wrote that, the steamer was to the public, and that theofor, they should value from his large experience in connec-ordered cavalry and infantry to pursue the Arresting funds, making the levy amount to was, that the passage of the comet ought to beginning to break up. Me- Schomburg on he ontrusted with the work.

With regard to the 81.44. But komsena is bought in Hong- pracovda littlo, within our-orbit, and at a left for Hongkong about the 18th Juno, route, we would venture to point out that it there were monsoon allowances stipulated poya lg generally disquieting; 40,000 tribes, Germany, which only was relieved last.

tion with the China radu. Thon in this mutineers, who were caught near Kandahar undertaking in the Stabelt-aultanate. Ex- to the Dauding Pacifio contrast besides 11 1-6th hots to Crian and every one of them destroyed. Frontier come drought has been prevailing all-over paratively out and if a box of kerosene is four terrestrial radit met tap-tainly, or whoat hat Mr Schomburg's firm continued, the tato for the Suez-Canal route to Chiau pany had no stipulation for tonouns, and "Afarghur,

at 81.5 per box, so the levy is com- distance from that ourve, which is equal to and also the captain of the Marlborongannot be seriously considered an, sabati Ene. The Canadian Puolific, Railway Con- merah, reparted on has mistgrad. at night by a volemus rait The trade un red the river has been sarafactory during the 81.44 is lost. Rauggled

Therefore riace 37,000 miles; that on the 29th October Fairing operationa

week. Our communication with the East Disputes secti bavo areon between an alternative route or for a rice today Canadian Government offered to pay

London, July 24-The Crimes Bill has the following reasels dyricu, 6.5, Bar- however, is still small, only represented by -1867) the foren to

all and b be inclutted within

ber, arrived from Singapore, &, and

last winter the pt 1838, a portion of tabulcsity of the the plaintiff and defendant as to the Japan there may be a good deal to be said £20,000 a year, thus reducing the $100,000

the quantity of snuggled goods has been

Egy

Earth's orbit might |

but that comet:

26-grid of its

starbit

till the

nificant peramma and not having, much-prom-and-besides, thureumet and that of Gan bert

owners of the steamer wrote to datendant

THE CRIES PILL..

PARLIAMESTÄRY BYE-ELECTIONS.

for

It has buan oilicially announced that all

the mails from the strandu misil alesmer

crew of the Foglish ship Gladstone.

Quotations. HONGKONG, Atypest 1....... OPIUM New Patus, cash,.. 4972

ม

93.

·ON New Beuros, cash,

470

··Old-

mash, 4775 New Malwa, cash,... 625 Allowance, Trolova^46/$£- Old Milulwa; cash, 550770 Allowance Cela-32/68 Persian, Oily, cash 110′500 Allowance, Taele... Rent Persian, Paper tied 500/540- Allowance. faela Nang to 104

increased. karosy has been-packed the the Earth would not ar charger for warehousing and carriage of its-faspor, but oven to this extent down to £80,000 Herbappened to, jue ban passed in the House of Lords, Rezataly and transforred in lots of 4Q or | morning of 30th November, of more than o salved cargo, and also as to the salvousWould be noeossary to have some further some of the officials connected with the ser- 50 boxes at a time from Shaki in the dis month after balconully that arge, which they made 33 per cent.experience-of-ita working in the injuries, and they told him that they wore Leadway July 20. stcs. E Jeffrey Airlie barque, McNab, sailed for Chic

the most improved kind, if our Government stokd face of the Rt. Hon. G Sela Oder have been saved, except on bag of in the district the Earth would be more than twenty mit. The plaintits agent, with Mr E. Bowles, months before a confident opinion could be quite willing to build five new steamers of Conairvative, has buen elected for Hasing- trict of Houngahat,

expressed-on-its-efficiency na a mail route... Shatap in

went to Holbo and they settled that of Namhoi, and Shuatlong in the district of tons of Frock leagues for fifty millions of matter, but nothing was done in reference mail service to the Eachas been conducted ally proposed. He thought it was the duty defeating the Liberal candidates Mr Richard

With regard to the manner in which the were willing to accept their offer as origin- Booth, has been raised to the Forte letters from Yokohama and a box from Tungkoon. When we, the merchants, asked British miles) distant from the cost the then why they did nut bare the lakin paid He adds that if the comet, instead of would soon that the underwriters of the hesitate to say that very general satisfaction dominions. They showed an amount of on: tion the Et. Hon Solater Bouth was elected Bavaria, has been awarded by the English. to the ship's chattels, and for the reason it by the P. and O. Jo, in the past, we do not of our Government to support their own Eve, by 732 vales (at the General elec-out a captaining parcels. Captain Reesing, of the Hamburg-Americatr Packet kerosene vaa for the use of the foreign- 20th October, had not arrived there till the claimed those things as their property has been felt by the mercutie carterprise commendable in every dogruo, hay-without opposition: At the olection in Government a splendid, marine binocular for the kelosyne, they replied that the crossing the plane of the ecliptic, on the ship

community honga; but how can the foreign-hongs we

1355 his mistity was 1679. ropaning of the 30th November, it would (vee terms of settlement, 15th Angost,

s of money which these important mails have...

haen in building this transatlantic railway acrosa property in the salved worked, na liking to the intimate con

The Marquis, of Dermarthen, Con- glass, for having rescued the shipwrecked Bo-much- kerosene as 40 ar 50 boxes every hase, undoubtedly raingled-its atmosphere 184) The plaintill's counsel' stated that which theelect regularity sud-systent with ing expended twenty-fire millious

to Vaccouver. He thought there might be servative; has bean elected for Brixton by a day. It is evident that this was done with with ours, and perhaps even have struck the plaistute thotselves were part buction betwoon, the trades India and some reduction in the time occupied by majority of 738 votes in place of Mr Erneal

articles because they the intention of carrying on s amuggling. na? The Barth is considered in euire dan-

insurers, but of this there is no proof, and

Chins we would Lately the transportations of muggled order if danger thora bo, from this comet the offenco go to shew that they had any attempt to separate, the mail sorcies tract specified thirty hours for the passage the General election the Conservative depremte, most strongly those coming through the canal. The con- Buggality appointed to. a Magistracy. [At gene are guarded by ruffians armed with and that of Bucke's thar from sny other.

abandoned the ship to the, anderwritera ac rifles. We, the merchants, have only 4 The compt of Encks crosses the orbit of the

of stemmers through the canal; but by the majority was 1411.S au early date as a total loss, and that the covaring these trades.

The Government have boon-blamed for recent introduction of the electric lighting, policemen or the search; how can they dara | Earth sixty timus in the course of a

Mr. Skophone, Conservative, haa cautney, En Geht against their uneinies? Daring and there is cortainly a pogibility of Iteanderwriters had accepted the 4th not having selected a tender at a higher the passage could now be performed in bon-elected Hornsey in place of Bir this half year we have supplied a deficit of coming into collision with the Earth; but ment. Ou the 26th June, 1884, tho' rate of speed, but we have no doubt that from fifteen to sixteen hours, and heJames McGarel-Hogg raised-to the-Peerage," 40,000 or 60,000 thels; and we, being sig- the probability of its cong 30 is very small, that the Hougkang agents had forwarded the Execative, when considering the several did not at why they should not have by a majority of 1,988 potent the tenders Bert in, gave full I consideration to the tire sivulated to litoon or sixten trend, plecten lost rear dir-J. M. Hogg party, will not be able to supply the de-are so extremely sure that. Itilo danger is their letter of the raters to the the practical advantages, if any, to be ours in the P-and-O. Company's con- was cleated without eppisfion

At the Marlborough. They ficiency ven if we sell all our property and to be apprehended, even although, & con- Frock of the three was insured in gained by an increased speed in relation to tract. By encouraging this Canadian tumil olection in 1880 he had a majority of 1320

what would undoubtedly, be its relatively roats, it would be as cap alternative one. be stripped to the bone.

over the Liberal Candidate, Lord Kensing tact were to take place Gambart's is a small, London by various inderwriters and weigher-soat. In solecting a tender which They paid a considerable sun for taking ton.] Now it is evident that if unsures are insignificant comet without a tail, or any have legraphed to our London agente

COLLISION OF MEN-OF-WAR. -ralaed:Moreover, it is found that the ke distinguishable by the miked eye,

it sou autot 35 shall be finediately appearance of said uroloon and is not reporting the loan, aid abandoning the movie of the marcantile commu- their mails from France at the present time,

nity by providing the most conveulent daye and they also quid a considerable sum te Landon July 20,--Toe--turrst-ship-Ajuv wreck. The owners then state that they Ma rosene gold in the vicinity of Pe-kung, along

M. Arago, gave the comforting assurance encloss a letter to tie Captain asking him to the week for the London arrival and de- Italy. In 1886, the total cost between collided with the froncad Devastation to the vicinity of Nain-hung, (i.e, placus in

London and Brindisi for the Eist Indian of Portland un Monday: the latter was that the calculation of probabilities shows make a doclamtion before the Consul as tore of the railsvi, Monday morn the Northers part of Kwang-tung) is trans that of 291,000,000 chances, thom is only the circumstance of the loss to be sent the one we had and Friday evening on and Australian mail amounted to 507,834, badly damaged and proceeded to ported from Shanghai and Kiukiang—this one unfavourable.

the other (which is what we believe the new - irrespective of the cost of transit from Calais month to be deoked. to the underwriters as a proof of contract will

TRS AND THE is evidently dose 15 avoid the oxtra lekin-

givé), the flovernmerk, in our to Marseilles. There was paid to Trance THE CONSERVATIVES THE UNIONISTS.. In proof of the racity of comets the sub-

Course in the 284,044, and, £48,840 to Italy. The coat

Zonám, July 90. —kt a wvesing of Con- fendant's. good affices the plate and gling of kerosene cannot he stopped. Now star Arcturus was men through the tail

interests of commerce, while in On the 26th Juno, of the Stale they offected an economy of £50,000, and the Australian to about Lord Salisbury announced that to order to taure is only one way, that is to reduce the Donati's comet at a place where the tail of the skip.

1884, Messrs Gilman & Co. ns lelain, which will probably pat a stop-to-was 90,000 miles in diameter. This comet Loss stated an express-in-Hongkong over £:00,000 per annum as impared with £48,000 The Atlantic steamers carried the meet the views and retain the support of smuggling, so we, the merchants, ste forced has a period of 2100 years. Halley's comet,

Hongkong the old contruct. It is quite clear thers muils by weight Se pas pound-for-lettors the Unionists, Government had cersented to request that this extra tekin. of 8t-cents with period of 76 years, will be due i inviting tenders for the salvage of the would be no practical utility in a delivery and 3d for papers. By encouraging this to ataond the Irish BL1 by admitting the On Paris

steamer, and Mr Schomburg seems to have which your Excellency wished to levy on 1910, that will be in 23 years more, pat himself in comminication with Mezure the mail Sabrday afternoon of Sun-new route they would reach China and revision of judinal rents pending the intro oach box 2. kerosene for gene u 10 bit, it appears that when in aphelion, or

day incrning

Japan nach quicker than by the old route,daction of the Land Purchase Bill, and that and at From Dr Halley's determination of its or Cilman & Co. na agents of the underwriters,

**It has also be stated that the duration and they would be nearer Shanghai, Hate it would also drop the bankruptcy clauses.. corts and levied by our firm, which will is greater distance from the unit ca as par latter of 3rd July 1884 confirmed in of the contract is adverse as the public kow, and the northem ports, where the The invoting generally concurred in accept- probably, result in an increase of oullection not be less than 3,000,000,000 miles din leter of 18th July 1894, asking for instruc interests, but here again the resulting largest quantity of lea was shipped keing these concessions, but there were some of lekin and day will facilitate managatant from that luminary; that is, seven

tions. It appears that Messrs Gilman & Co. ment of affairs. In this case we are willing times the distance of Uranus, according to defendant-what to dc, but the lotter dias explained by you in your speech in Grant present, because he considered there

wrote on the 11th July 1884 instructing the as explained or in connection therewith, was glad that they had Mr John Lyall tow dissentients additional sum of $37,000 svery the same zatronomer;

(Landon & China Eeprass of 1st July)" this comet in possing year for appropriating the money for coast through its sonthern node, came within the reach them till 20th September, and in Parliament on Thursday, would seora to defence and fer suarching and arresting length of sun's semi-diameter of the orbit had been loyds sponts wrote that justify the decision which the Government better about the Chins trade than he did, Lieut. G. Gas, lale of the Flying Wish, On Caleutia.

de

Ports.

of 84 cents, so it appears that the mugscribed is self evidentlu 1858, the bright, and they commend to the judgment, lepted a winterests of the India-China. mail came to about servatives at the Carlton Club yesterday

rosting funds, abonid. ba

to

pay an

af

purposes, thus inaking a total suur of of the Earth, that senin 140,000 rules :

uary 1885

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they

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was no man in the north of Scotland knew

arrived

at; and bearing in mind the fact having been connected with the ten trade has been appointed to the "Eydrographic requested by the Salvage Associa that this P have always given the forhirty years. In ounotasion, Mr Tulloch Department at the Admiral On Shangha $100,000 (at 97 senté ton dollar), which will and he remarks: Had the Earth been articles saved from the ship and to settle the for, and that the subsidy which they will opinion in favour of this new service in the was paid out of commission at Sheerness to get an account of the public higher speed than that contracted rotored to the very strong expression of The Champion, unarmoured corvētte, be paid according to regulation and addi-then in that part of to thit nearest that claims for salvage, and they ask to be for tional pruption will be made for inter-node of the comet, their mutual gravitation ishod with the partianlars of claim. That receive will, according to their published leading articles in the various papers in the on the 35th ult., after six yours service on cahiry moon; but if anything should happen, must have caused a change in the plane of letter was answered by defendant on the of their revenue, we do not consider that

acconate, only amount to about one-tenth country-(applause).

the China Station, we should be allowed to withdraw from the Earth's orbit, and in the length of our 20th January, to the effoot at a quality there is the least doubt that the company,

Commander George A. Gilard has been this business. If we should be favoured year; and if u large a body with so rapid of the goods had been sent to Hongkong both for the sake of its prestige and its

*This is perhaps-a-fair enough statement

appointed to the Wanderir, vice Orford. by your permission we beg the proclama & Dotion wore to strike the Earth, a thing two months ago,&e. On the 30th March en tions might be soor, issued and orders givan | by no means impossible, the shock might 1826 Maiara Gilman & Co. seem to have general revenue, which is dependent to its from Mr Tulloch s tant-point-that of Churchill, promoted to the rank of captain. )

merchant receiving letters from the Far from the lat-ins.

Commander Gilard's appointment dates to all the lokin stations

efficiency, will continue as in the past the effect that reduce this beautiful frame to its origin again written for acoonnis, and on 10th give the public service the advantage of any East; but it is only right that the other hereafter the lokin for searching and arrest-

The Cleopatra, 14, Captain 1 Keppel, jaz w be laxied by our firm 20 as kezroid.We may rest assured that the Creator, ef för $331,18; and asked for instructions abontprovements in chips and machinery which side of the picture should be-given. which recently returned from the Ohina!

April, defondant seutati account and cheque

merchants at Home have cause to com Station, Jas pakt off at Devonport on the have supplied the fosses during these to clash against each other like billiard Pa Jons. On the 16sts April Moriscoelution, we woud venue plain that the Roglish end-takes-two the 640 was commissioned at Devon- few months, und if proclamations cookt halls, notwithstanding what has already the underwriters, but objected to excessive your predecessor, Lord John Mannere, the East have equal-if-not-more-resson-to- & On asknowledged the cheque for evince a copy of a memorial addressed to or three daya mero on the passage

Home than the French Mali, merchants in port in August, 1890,-and re-commissioned be issued a day earlier so shall been addeeed.

a. Hongkong in December, 1883. spared the losses that would be in The number of cornets whose return may called on them tu reduce them to something up this subject in 1879, the views coll cumplain about the outward French Milieutenan-Commander W.-H. Maitland UHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL

charges, and on behalf of the underwriters

The Battler, &, mcrow colppo ito gunboat, Acurred in that time. It

tained 10. which are equally to is well known be depended upon, are nice in number, like what they indigstad. On the 27th the situation of to-day, and are entirely on which always takes three or four days, and Dougall, finally sailed for the Chipa Stition that your Excellency has a a for the and a list of them is given in Lockyer's April the defendant wrote justifying his dorsed by a merchants and

on the 2nd uit, aft

aftur bung datained for over a week at Spithead, awaiting orders"- The Rattler continued her voyage from Gibraltar on the 28th ult.

chaos,

a topetition of lerying. We, the merchante auch glorioua nebs has not ordained thèm

attachment to the people, may we be permitted to report wal- ers clearly and reverently wait for your favoured permission when wo will be over grateful"

it is found that Upon receipt of this crders had been given and preclamations had been issued that all the lakin stations should levy 64 cents on each box of keroseve for searching and arresting funds, but sinco ...this extre lekin on kerosensweat into effect, the amount of smuggled goods has been increased and the collection of lakin mall lekin atators has been very limited. The statements ucfered by those merchanta are very reasonable, and the affairs should

Elementary Astronomy, page 124.

JOHN AMBROSE CLARKE, Teacher of Officers and Marine Engineers.

SUPREME COURT. IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. (Before Her Honour Mr Tutice Russell,

Acting Chief Justice)." Thursday, 4th August

GHOIN KHO T. SCHOMBURG,

R

Sho

solencé and experience may effect.

We have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient sorrants,

N. M. Rothschild and Sons; David Sassoon and Co.; Frederiek Huth and Cor; T. A Gibb and Co.; Fruhling and Goa- chen; &c., &

sometimes nearly a week, more than the French Mail,

ARRIVAL IN LONDON OF THE NEW SEASON'S TEAS.

Of Indian-Ten the selection offered so for of the new crop is not up to standard. Tresteamer Afoyune, Captain Hogg, own-Little desire is manifested on the part of

ed by the China Shippers Mutual Steat buyers to operate, and a low standard of

Temperatur

Humidity

Direction of Wind D Force

Weather

Bongkong Observatory, August 4, 1887.

Stalion.

REGISTER.

AUGUST 3-AP.

Wond

Foochow 29.56 64

Klamidity.

Wysther.

Rain during

0.07

5.03

AUGUST 4. — 10

10.08

0.32

fem'a charges, and refusing to modify them. On the 8th May Messrs Gilman & Co. acknowledged that letter, and again protested against the charges and domandad further aboque. On the 22nd May the defendant writes that before replying to that leter of the 7th May he wants to know if Mears Gilman & Co.

At a musting of the East Todien and Navigation Company, arrived on the 26th priver is ruding Fun Ceylon Tea of good baze given instructionate Gob Sir Ko to China Section of the Lincon Chamber of alt in the Royal Albert Docks with the quality and properly mauafactured brisk Mapila 20.83 86 73 sw sue him, and on the 25th May Messrs Gif Commerce, it was resolved to approve of Erst cargo of new season's Teas, after a competition exists. Prices are quoted Haiphong, 29.01 93 man wrote disclaining such instructions the contract having regard to the manner quick run from Hankow. This was the lower for indesirable kinds, and the small Hougkong 23,00 64 but asy that he had called on them toy and spirit in which the P&O Compay date given by at her probable three of breaks do not command attention,

Amoy 29:00 65 ho was about to do so, and is all we has hitherto curried out the mail survice, arrival. Her cargo consisted of something.There is marked change in the fines of Shanghai. know about the matter this was doubt. The Manchester Chamber of Commerce over 50,000 packages, or more than 3,000, the Silk market. The extreme depression less Mr Ng Man Kwan)., Qu Judgmont was given to-day in this care, Messrs. Schomburg & Co. wrote Gilman & acleet Committee. The Liverpool Chamber made every arrangement, and the gates arap sud be an abundant one has beco

Nagasaki, 39.10 June asked that the contract be referred to a 000 h. weight. The dock authorities having caused by the sports from Italy that their

Wl'ostock 39.62 be changed so as to enable them to be easily in which the plaintiff sought to recover Cor-in-further anavor to the letter of 8th of Commerce also made the same request, being open, she sleazed rest unto the relieved by the later accounts, estimating managed. Besides saking the permission $1,000, the balance, after deducting charges, May and 20th May, stating that they could and they also agreed that the Government dook immediately on arrival "She was the production of Silk an less than Inst Manila... 29.03 88 70wsw1 of their Excellencies the Viceroy and the of money received by the defendant for Governor and distributing orders to all certain goods and ship a chattels saved from not reduce the charges, and referring to Mr should give every encouragement to the alongside the quay and comffenced to disyer. All is not yet finished, but the Haiphong places, it is proclaimed that all the dealers the wreck of the an Mariborugh of Hai-Ng Man Kwan, as repression-Gon Bju, o, Canadian Facific Railway for the convey charge her cargo at 7.10, and within ten latest tolegrame tend decidedly to increase Hongkong 29.74 81,78 in kerosene should know that the extra man Head,

auing them for 880, after allowing for ance of mails and passengers to the Mast winstes samples of the Tes left by train for this defolepsy; many estimates putting the Amoy 29,71 84 89 SE the cheque to

to Mears. Gilman & Co.; and lekin on kerosene for searching and arrest- His Lordship and The plaintiff is on the 11th June Gilman Co. wrote that was come to by the Aberdeen Chamber her rou se

A resolution similar to the last mention London. The following à a synopsis of supply as likely to the 10 to 20 per cent. Focabow.. ing funds in to be levied by the merchant Singapore merchant, and was the owner of it only remained for them to send the whole of Commeros where the subject, was intro-Left Hanke...10.20

less than that of last year. Deliveries Shanghai.. 29.55 82 89 NW Chang Shin Ying, the farmer of the kero the stearnship Marlborough, wrecked at correspondence home, but at the same time duced by Mr James Tulloch, a gentleman

to 30th Juno-078 ...May 19 Canton; total.

China, 68 Japan, Nagasu 20.56 sene lekin annopoly. Now an extra, lekin Hainan Head on the 12th June, 1884. aaid they hoped the underwriters would to whose enterprise is largely due the great

Woaaung 11.30 AM.

Wi'ostook, 29.59).73 | 88 - May 21

1,442 bales. of 10 cents is to be levied on each box of The defendant is a German merebant trad-give them instructions to sus as the salvage scaleration that has lately been made in

1.10 p. Singapore *...

The three henteuants of the Chinese The barometer has risen except in May 29 keraseca, as all the kerosene dealers shoulding at Heihow. The plaintiff claime 81,000 and charges were excessive: They further the forwarding of mails to and from the

9.15 AM

Navy who have been for a long time serr-Wisdivostook. Gradients conticne steep -", Perici.

... June 10 follow the order and pay the lekin, no balance of minnies received by the defendant stated that they were not party to the north of Sootland,

Arrived at Suez...

-- 8.40-A24.

June 14320 Our Own Davy, and by the special for 8.W, winds owing to the typhoon now concealment, and smuggling allowed and on account of the sale of

certain goods and

Left Port Said...

8.30 -

June 15 Permission of the Admiralty late complet disappearing in the North. The tempera- if there should be any crafty merchant who ship's chattels which were saved from the proceedings taken by Ng Man Kwan...Iu Mr Tulloch, in the course of his speech, Arrà at Gravesend 5.15 r... June 3a ed a long course of naval gunnery instructure is nigh, the humidity moderate, and makes a circuitous route around the lekin wreck of the steamship Marlborough, and reply to a further letter of the 2nd May said:This question in regard to the And dogkereson

6.45 P.M.

June 25tion on board of the Excellent an other overcast and squally weather prevails. stations so as to snuggle and has not a lekin which had been wton-fully detained by him. this year, Biosers. Gilman & Co. rete China und Indian mails had

gannery school ships, have now obtained

W. DOBERCK ticket and a searobing and arresting bar Ho also claime interest Latization in this relative to the accounts, and Mr Macon me for considerable time, soeing taken 80 days 3 hours and 25 minutes, whereby these officers will continue their Hongkong Observatory, August 4.

that they had recited no communications

brought to the minds of commercial It will be seen that the Moyuns harthusainction of the War Odice to a scheme

Government Aatrimoner, ticket from the merchent perfecaned to will themakh his ageut commenced prosecd-witness box that the underwriters had cat tisk conducted service required longer time

theng Shin Fing master has host rury protetod. The plain ochie of Messrs. Gilman & Co., stated in the that the pails brought by the Brinding all detentions,

practiesi studies at Woolwich Arsenal. es a proof, the

Now season's Tea mamples were offered. They will spend their times wholly in the

-I-BAROMETER, TOdiced to 89 dagrose Fähren. usaal, in order to stop suggling and the

things here in May by taking a manishedá pardon allowed. The am-1-passing through the culmy. The writ, How the end of the plaintiff's case for a non-suiteman mail steamers. There was 10 rea-7 Beveral catalogues were issued of.zales to be fed to pay special attention to the methods persons who stuggid shad bb versly against the fefendant who happened to be taken any further pescuingereed were not than the malls Brought by this Wash and early on the morning of the 27th, and ranuracturing dopúrrusents, Gad ara directoit, and to the level of the sea in Luches, colon

and hundraddles going to take any. Mr Johnson applied at -playés and shu palicotñen of the mild marever, weia.not intvwi on him, and then the the proned that the plaintiff lind-show- pasion, why the English maithold during the day. The market opened ↑ of gun construction and mõanting practised Fabrookeit.

chant shall not demand any extra money plaintif had recourse to a writ of foreign no right of action. I reserved the question those either of France or Germany (apnoos as of yore on the part

services afoult” bə "or" "gu terior kind to without the last graitement danger there, and to cheana fotme, preparation, from the kerosene declara lest disturbancer attachment, alleging that the defendant had and gave Bir Schomburg as opportunity of planes). Seeing that many of these steam-cargo is mixed fot, nothing especially Hioga 21; Shanghai 21 Poochow 17

ઘઉં dealers to

to and fitting of fuies. should be oceated.

secure drst tons. As regards quality. the property within the colony, that the canst explaining his charges on path.

Latest Mail Advices: Yokohama May 23, All should obey with a trembling respect of action arose within jurisdiction, and

ers were built in our

thay and not trespass against this order, he obtained judgment under the writ in the After considering the correspondence 7 ought crisinly, to asn their mails, at al fine; still, on the whole, from frst Impres Rongkong 26. The F. sed O. misil, vui

Signed Froggaron......Naaberce of defendant. The property on of opinion, that ao das aus S Commissioners of Judge WONG which that judgment could operate did not the vessel was abandoned to the under more especially when they were paying 100 years to meet the demand. from the trade, hamn 8th, Shanghai 14th, Hongkong the Kwang Tung Belt Comic amount to more than 85, but she plaintiff's writers before the 25th June, and that they per cent more for the postage of their fet The Teas generally, pokies more strength Singapore 26th May, and the French mail beshet londs, & frissling, rain, ffog, a gloomy, General Lekin Grain Intendent TEE. agent was very natite, and managed to accepted the absudortant, and that there tors than other France, Germany, ut Bol but are not fine, or whista broker described via Marseilles, ex Massageries Maritimes, Lightning, overrunt, pasti, abowers,

Offect Expectant Tao Tai. Lau, obtain that the judgement should operate as is no evidence to support the statement that gium. It they paid double rates, if there the things are proditura. To sum it steamer Jag alien, with week's later des (wa), Issed July 18th,

an ordinary one, and took out execution as the owners had any interest in the vessel unght to be any advantage, it ought to be the Chinese have produced in article more advices from China and the Straits Settle

1887

on

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3. ToMeguri, in the alade in agre

d. Komory, in dervantage of saturation, the

DIRECTION OF WIRD, to two points, bumldity of air sasur ted with moisture being 100

5. Forum or Wisu; "Beording to Beaufort

4. STATE OF Ngatuba, & Dina sy, a de-

jantly, zain, now, thunder, visibility

7. Buy An Anckar förülü in) hundredthey