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No. 7501.-DECEMBER 17, 1887]

The Indian Government have entrusted to the Abercorn Ship-building Company; Paisley, au order to construct and anginə

An inquest was held at the Mortuary this afternoon, before Mr Wodehonso, on the body of a man named Ngai Aluk, who was

powerful torpedo-boab for the harbour crushed to death in a gitarry at Wanelist by delences of Calcutta. The boat ja to be a stone fallitig on him. De Marques coid 150 feut long, to have triple expansion sur

ங்கம்: condensing engines of 900-horsepow="1 the body, which had been brought to theer, and the speed ie to be twenty-three Mortuary yesterday, bore the marks of knots per hour. There will be eighty having been suverely crushed, and death different engines for working the various

dojartments of the boat. must have becu instantaneous. Ngai Agom, stonecutter, said he knew the de- AN ALARMING FEEDICTION: An Agrico ceased, Ngai Alak, who was a coolie, aged paper, the Fireman's Herald, predicte a 46. On the 150+ but, out two Calock Errible disaster in the oil regions of the United States, if the tapping of gas wella in wituus was cutting stone on the hill at allowed to go on at its present rate without. Caneway Bay, and doccased was removing check or supervision of any sort. A fourful earth from below the stone.

After a short explosion of natural gas took place in Chains some two hundred years ago, it appears, time with das stopped to take a smoke and tearing up and destroying a large district, saw the stung was going to fall. He and leaving a largo inland con--that now shanted to decoused to clear out, but known on the maps as Lake Fu-Chang. Should auch an accident occur in the he would not do so, and the stone United States, there will be

sach

An up- full upon him and killed him. The stone hoavul, the Zeruld believes, as will dwarf the most terrible carthquako ever known. was about two feet and a balf above where The country along the gas-belt from Taledo deceased was working. There was no for-through, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky will man or head-cvolis looking after the men.ba ripped-up-to-the depth of from 1,200 The stone did not seem to be in danger which the waters of Lake Eria will come feet to 1,400 feet, leaving a chasm through

falling. Witness could not say whether or not it looked quite safely imbedded in the earth; deceased was told to go and ent away the earth from it, and he did so. The earth below the state was being cleared zway in order to get the stone out of its plave. Inspector Hennessy said he heard

howling down, filling the Ohio and Missie- sippi Valleya and Blotting them out for

ever.

.in

were

ex-

ADMIRAL WILLES ON THE NAVY.—Admiral Sir George Willes, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, speaking at 1 the municipal ban- quet in the town on November Dih, said the English ironclads being now in exces of the French the Government had ceased of the necident about 4 o'clock in the after-building them. He thought this was a wise noon of the 15th from one of his Chinese determination, but if the mone

could be coustables, and he went to the place, which got a few more ought to bo built. The Government, were now concentrating their is of the Shau-ki-wan Bowl, He saw the

attention on building ships to protect com- stone and was of opinion that it was about merce, and of these twenty-three were in four tous weight. It had bean quite course of construction, only three of which

were being built in private yards. An close to the bottom of the bill aid periment that had been made in Portstooth therefore did not fall far. The earth had Harbour showed that officers and men could

Ho been cut away from beneath it, in con be notilised in three or four hours.

o be a better for urged that there sequenes of which it fell. The men were of pastion for lieutenants, who were now very enrolow in undermining stones in the two hundred short of the proper number.. sane way, and there had been several acci-stated that caporiments had all been in.

Last year

speaking torpedoes, ho denia of the same kind. The first witness fareur of the ship but later tests had dis- was not cutting this stone, but might havored this theory. In the work that was being forwarded by the Admiralty it would been colting a rear it. The jury rebe necessary to aweep away all such ships as turned a verdict of accidental death. The the Excellent and the Vernon, and men must

ironciada. Corener warned the master of the quarts, be trained on board son going Tang I. to instruct his codlies to be nero THE TROPOSED BURMAK CHINA RAILWAY.- careful in future in the matter of cutting Mr A. R. Colquhoun and Mr Hola S. Hal- away the earth from under stones.

elt continue to press upon a aliff-necked generation their great echeme for the deve lopment of British trade in the far East by railway extension in and from Burma. This week Mr Colquhoun has been addressing the Chambers of Commerce of London and Leeds, and the Manchester Geographical Sciety. Moreover, th

the two indefatigable propagandista have published a large book with many mapsand illnetratione, in the form

Railway of a Report on the

Connexion of Burmah and Ohioa, to which Mr Hallett has attached a full and most interesting no- court of his

-Survey. The asam and is tuus Book, and

The is nothing like knowing what you want, and seeing that you get it. The advertiser who insers the following sample of his oderato disires to a country news paper sous a very clear-sighted, intelligout man, and might make a good Prime Minis-

tor :-

Wausted, Lodging, by a B.A-Advertner wishes it clearly understood that none need apply who object on principle to fall in with his not excessive requirements, which include punctuality in serving meals;

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THE CHINA MAIL.

That Melbyo' showed a true sportsman's spirit throughout, and deserved belter treatment than bo received from some of

That the way in which the computing bonts

ro etowded this your by puflug and by wash raising launches, was worse than Ihat season and was really n disgrace to civilisation.

That if the Police cannot keep a clear course, let us have an Ordinance em-

powering them to fine such sect. spoilore. the Government night thereby make quite an addition to the Treasury chest, Thist the sailing race for Merchant Ships

boats has apparently dropped out of, notice, and should bardly find a place in futuro programmes. That it has been sought to avort the com

ing Insanitary typhoon by tying up the tongue of the atorm-belt, it is to be hoped without auccess,

That our Fio Brigade arrangements here,

although efficient as compared with for mer times, are, expensive enough to be imore so..

That they might be brought much seater perfcction, did not red-tapo and Govern. ment proforment atop the way. That as Dir Brewer is thoroughly up to the work and lakes a special interest in it, he should be appointed Head of the Bri- gads, and the pay of wombera dating the fire season (winter months) should be in oreased.

That

a trained and capable mechanical engineer, with tact and 'gavey to knit the component parts into one harmoniousl whole, would be the nearest approach to a competent Fire Master we can ave. That the old war cry Shanghai versus

quhoun described the three lines comfort. I proposed to start for Hoihow the Commission on Tongking Railways had the following morning.

laid deen as of taf jumportance. It was frait we set off for Hohor at 7 am on the whiero Franch industries would find open

After a good breakfast of beefareak and intended to nisko Tong-king & market th, and by moon reached the town of Ni inga for their products into China and the

ong, where we called to the and told our atory offering

kind,

as

A1 bearin Suh Statdepuder moro favourable

He was extremoly, usuditious thin those di other nations te food and soldiers to

We are now practically engaged

i

ne

the

In view

first would

of

form somewhat erroneous impressions was making any water in the engine-room feel much better and could walk with more to how business is conducted in Bogor stoke bole. The chief engineer reported kong if they give any heed to an adver the bilges dry, Very shortly after this the theement in your nursing contemporary second officer called all hands on deck, and containing the following item; Potent my watch and I went up. When reached reclining office chairs.

the deck all was contusion among the That judging from the accounts of the passengers. My watch and I nesisted to

weather the Farthes encountered on he hoist out two boats in the port side, anding to the next Mandarin's, which I declin- with the French in a railway Fan Coe the last trip to this, and the accidents result the second officer was ordered to take durin' then gave me 100 cash and a pass objectivo, Hanmau, was now the aim

Ah Keo knew the rond The Man trade of South Western Chis. A common ing therefrom, it will be secessary to charge of them. I then went to my room port, and as was auxinus to resume our and whoever gained rechristen the Pacific Douan

"goal" and put on some more clothes, an I had no journey we started off og i at once. By enjoy a creat advantage. It was a cras That fruly half the evils De-d. E-Taylee thing on but my singlet and over-all pants: Tsuneot we reached the village of Taiwo, now or never. The boat lines for railway

then

wont at, and daw the gig on the

he where we put t predios for immederate to drinkers port side had been lowered and was full of chicken, rice, sweet potatoes, and lea. one from Moulmein, vin Rahong, to Enumao. op at a hots for the night approach to Sunth Western China were the Ah Koo mate a splendid supper of grilled. French line from Tong-king and the Britisht betalf them, the general public will be water, although still hanging in the tackle which I relished

and some passagers were in the water ince morning. mucis strengthened in its opinion that The captain called out to those in the other

I had not ad treatly,

t calon The latter was the unly one that could pos good whisky is, comparatively speaking, boats to

to pick up

these for

After eople." 1'then went

started compete against the French, and it breakfast next day & really harmless boverage.

sujoged four and assisted the other gain, an hour before daylight, wh to the mutlier county to the starboard

four great advantages over the side pr

Tong-king rout

routes, issuuch as it was tearo That Mr Dexford has shown that, with the bust, but the passengers crowding into her, ice and bulled vgs. After a wash and

Loropende its

in an attempt to get out the life until noon, when wo stopped and

thin Tong king by exo prinu of France, Germany, Norway

current wel erginent of, no 3,100 mile

mifer, and Dealer to India by miles it avoided the dangerous aud Sweden, the whole of the rest of the by the head and having a heavy list to port handed in my aport

sched the town of Ling-on, where I navigation of the China Seas, and pass- the boat to swing in board, it

1 уда

to the Mandarin jeld is dependent on the ship-building impusulat at it out. We assunget to who gave me another pasport and 600 iated country. He know as a fact that ed through a rich, ponceable, hid popu- Jade of Great Britain for its supply of swing her clear of the cheeks ence, as the sah. As the boat for Poucheong was

was the

Fronch

were not only at thi tonnage, and the proportion built by ship rolled to starboard, but before we just preparing to leave I had to hurry moment approaching French Goat iers, but Foreign Countries for last year was only could lower her and swung back with the wn to the beach and get aboard, buying were actually approaching financiers 17 per cent. of the whole tonnage added checks and singing her sightly. She "Put 9 aito, at this 11th I reached Pook, the inhabitants of the Shan States as heing

Lolling of the ship. striking the boat little ton, sugar-chue, and omger fra London to secure a start in tho

to be taken ou our way.

of their lines, Molquhoun coscribed Construction

to the Registors,

was not bedly damagul, aut vời

tried That the same gentleman shows that our End prayer assistance we would have

again to host her clear.

Had we

landed, and proceeded at once to born tradare; the province of Yin-m Hoits, which fenoted at 11 arm, hoeaid, abounded in adoption of steel for ship-building pur-saderoded, but the nailors had all rushed Throughout my journey across country I perous towns and cities.

dud in largo, busy, and prue

L'oming received the greatest kinJuess and attention cost of poses has enabled us to distance all our into the pork buits when they lets, and we

the

railway, the entire British por from-the natives, and more especially from tion would be £2,531,250, and a section only the passengers to give assistaneo, competitors; that triples pansion en- and they were not of much us. We next my guide Ah Kec

which passed throught Slamone territory would cust £2, on the starboard sido, but not

haring outfi- cient

and

aft

I consider there is a baro' chnucs of the

to the

gines mean a saving of 30 per cent. por acompted to launch the N. 2 life boat, third officer and second engineer having i Govermo TE the Indian anam, on the cost of alzations; and help we could, not got her out. By been picked up, he there wore so many cent, on the need interest et por

that the watch words for the future are to be stronger boilers, groster piston anod, forced draught, and reduction of

weights.'

BROWNIE.

VICTORIA REGATTA.

THE YACHT LACE FOR MR. CHATER'S CUP..

· CORRESPONDENCE.

WHERE IS THE SANITARY

COMMISSION:

this tin the ship's dect, sa fur as the for- junks about. ward hatch, was under water, and she was inking capidly. The captain now ordered lift

belts and boys to te distributed to passougóra and others, and sent the third oficer to blow the whistle for the recond officer'a boats to stand by us.

At the same time we tried to reach the cart rooi bu get rockeda, but the ship was sinking so rapidly, the water now being up

to the Gridge, that We new cat the tackle we could not do so. of the boats and

bado cach other good bye,

the. bitt

red for the

{quiry into the cause of the fever in the Co. appromout of India the greak desir.

the

British m work be probably the better courzo would be for the Government of India to guarantee the interest on the whold, and arrango with the Sioness Government for a drawback for the portion passing tirugh Siamese territory. To the Editor of the China Miare".

wavle Bre

ling might be constructed December 1587

in four years A resolution was adopted to the affect SIR,-Nothing apparently has yet bettlmt her Majesty's Government should be done with rufozorce to the petition for in that her Ma

with a view to their urging an Hongkong 'is now played ont-the cir. Fox YAUTS OVER 10 TN.Entrance, $5.and the next instant wo were all thrown into others are begining to think, that it is cs of conceding a guarantee to aty

lony, and untirally, the signatories and Tinio for tonnage. Cup presented by the water by the ship sinking on her about tias some steps were taken in the

port ride. When I

canie to las autface mattor. There has been some talk of a Caught hold of . bucket. Hearing the.

I sund gave him the bucket, as he had neither thin

mien, but Fife-bolt nor nay, while I had a life-bolt think our now Governor would 14 I now made for the life but No. 1, which no doubt inquire

Commission ad constitutod. Thes broken, and a uniber of Chinees passen from a medical point if view, and without wne loating seal up, with her bottom

into the question to the ttom beat of their ability, but it would be purely gers, stili living underweath. On this boat

Engineer must

the Hoi; . P. Chater.

Mr W, E. Forbes cutter, Naomi,, Mr M. Heart's cutter, Kathiver, Mr Potts &r van Buren cutter,

Arial,

Tons

30

..20

cumstances and conditions of thé, two- places are totally different, though there

· are just as 'purtymen in the one place as in the other; and I speak from ex tended experience of both places. That it is often an advantage to Re The yachts started shorty before one

Gorsels as ithers see us,' and this is how o'clock and an excellent race annuod, we appear to the intelligent outsider :-

At 2.15, between Green Island and Con- *You have a fine harbour and an eleganti-chow the yachts were close-hauled on the city, and I do not wish to disparage port took and well together, with a light eithor, but you had batter drain pretty 8.S.W, breeze. They rounded the Cow-i. quickly, or else put up more lazarettos. chow Mark-boat us follows: Your Society? well, vema to me you are not unlike the Australian diugor? you all hunt in pecks, and each pack keeps to its own range of hills-very nice no doubt, but that no your luxurious mode of living will land you in - grisf some day."

Kathleen Naomi

Ariel

Fil, B...

2 24

2 2

2 '26 2J

about to be

be prepared to constract the approved lines, ableness responsible private on torpcise which might and further thanking Me Dulquhoun and practical shape.

cular pincer calling for help I swam to hip of Media appointed, consist Mr Hallett for placing the project in such a

hardly

There

The

Quotations.

PIUM-New Patna, cash. 4784 to 480

HosaRONG, December 17.5.

11

Old Now

JJ

HOTWOS,

UNI

J

cach, 4723 to 476 cash,

Now Malwa, onsh. 695 Allowance, Paels... Nong Old Malwa, caalt... *840/45 Allowance. Tabie

None

Porsiau Oily, cash 600,850 Allowance, Faels,.. Note Peralun, Paper tied 600,680 Allowance, Tucts... 8/10

Exchange

HONGKONG, December 17.

no On London—

(2) moderate quiet in the host; (3) dry other schemes for con Assam That all the same, the public heart of Hoogtook in her kites und Huttened shoots, bend, all there, and captain asked if wo were all of the other .ka who he appears to

toast thrice daily; (4) joints to ba ronsted (not baked), and chops and steaks to ba grilled (not fried); (5) the free ase of a latch key; and (6) the absence of a oat.'

The absence of a cat is perhaps a mere touch of sardonic humour. Only a bache

for if standing could have sucks defnite

views about roasting and toasting and grilling. A man like this deserves to ob tain what he desires, and all open-minded

Upper Bu ako trested in ilus

Burina and extending railways in Berina are

have boon urged upon public attention jai Mr. Colquboun's addresses. Our ruders are familiar with the arguments nsed by Messrs. Colquhoun and Hallett. Those

gestiegen e with a clear, which has a certain nervous intensity, what an immense opportunity thers is for advancing British canuparcial interests in China, an proposed methods of pening

na to their

people will sincerely wish that he may get whatever may be the up the gates,

it

may it be s

it

thita

Bank, Wire,

On domani, 30 days' sight,

Credits, 4

months' sight

Documentary, 1

On

demand),

Credite, 4 months' siglak,

404

I found the chief engineer, and we were the aid of the Sabatery shortly afterwards joined by the second surely come to grief if they attempt the en-

gineering aide of the question, engineer and the third offices. Here wo shind also, I think, bu retained for about half-an-hour, calling to her of the legal profession on

be at least one mum- the second officer for assistance, but we got sicu, whose trained mind

un the Commis

would greatly na reply. We tried to right the bust, but Gould not

Buccead.

As the suns were break-in conducting the inquiry

the questions, &c.

into prop for Putting | ing over ns, and washing us off the boat, ly

only reason for not appuinting ou

on Erigineer and seeing the captain, chief oflicor, and Ripley not for all, I proposes we should on the Commission seems to be that the Sar swim to their boat so as to be all the first place, this is no reason, and in the

Veyor General

strongly against it. In together. All wore thou on a standing couras for and second oneineer and we reach. Second, if Mr Price is sigh a great and in-.

was followed hy the third Chung-bus mark boat with a fair wind and of the captain's bout it this time we fallible engineer and considers his work

oficer and all sail set. On neuring Clunghe a breeze did not miss the chief enginess. Some perfect, surely he should have camo oway from the Eastward and Kathizen.

timo Ister the

objection to

to being questioned by any or and who

we replied all but the old in such contempt. Ought be not ra chief kong is a very large organ, and fov

ing up for the mark boat; Ngưi and Ariel onginisor, whom we never saw ther to count an inquiry, 15 by :

waited

for daglight, believing would be able to ukamerate himself? Dovs doing he places can beat us in the practice of that folowing suit. Kathleen, being the first to the second officer's bouts to be standing it up look as if he was afraid to be thua

by for us. All daylight, however, we saw most excellent virtue, charity (and long foulthebrecen, west offitu guodgates, Naviat bothing comps wereld ge, and we counted fast the age onto salted to each ser are

and Ariel being between the winds. Ariel eighteen pamens

to i

i Wo to has been such an ex-

We extent that he cannot even brook the idea o observed the t boys of two hills, and saw by

land. We

were my getting WELK

to the boat frequently owing to over us, almost beating the breath out of Que by one the worker of the

off, Chaineet dripped

and

about eight or aine o'clock us captain ALBU 0 20

About

this time the

sens were gatting high. With a fairly good wind foom the Easter, chasing the boat to turit over at shorter

who sank as the boat, was turning over.

chus they aigued. the petition. In the blanket, as they have brou doing of late, Stunter's Island." "Arit would have About two hours afterwards, Mr Ripley;

៥៦០០ better if she had put up her vincla of the bout breare unntach for exclusion; and secondly, I think I nee

the petition thore will be loss of life and property tu

off

asked for an old Leaf, 100 An». merely passenger, draped

inquiry, and that is therefore no ground save 128; chronicle are long; and it would be well working gaff-topsail and dispensed with

whith caused her to float

keel only remind His Excellency that if the Customs' staff would remind their ber square header. When hali way up, making it very difficult to hold on. Halple Churchill, whe was the primo (Taber at ateurs Saloner & L'o. Fink launch-men that Hongkong is not yet across the harbour and about abreast About 2.p.m. Ce third officer called my auchalph Church

mover attention to a boat some two or thren ha

causing a special Committed to be Chinese territory..

of the Gasworks Kalleen and Naomi dred yards distant. As she appeared in appointed to inquire at certain War Olico HAUNTER That the unofficial members of Council went about; drie in the rear strug better condition than the wreck we were Committee but because Chinitaian. Why Hatters, was tot anly appointed ibu

possible I started off, thinking the third officer and second engineer vero following,

etitioners and confirmed by the and I called out to the steward to cutie:

That the Auxiliary Flotilla might be utilis-enue up with Nauni to windward but failed their

ed for the anppression of piracy, if our to maintain her position. The yachla round que disappearing that we were professional skill so much as Un New York-

gunboats and Police launches are not in-ed Chung-hus mark as follows →→ tonded to perform that duty.

THE DEFENCE OF THE ENTIRE -Kot the plight opinious that the That is is a pity Sir George Ferguson

value

here be na

Do tra Government earnestly to apply itself ting them opcard. The task of getting their of the

the pioneer work which has been Lord George Haul teua fatumia has done by Messrs. Colquhoun and Hallott can

we are on the ove of an arrangement with hardly be nverestimalul. They

least interesting of the Ministerial an nounceltients made at the Guildhall mas

with

the largest group of our colonies by which ach pluck and at to small sagrifice, on

enabled tae

Pablic

their own initiatitude of the problers

a special squadron, supported by colonia! mind to grasp ther

funds, will be

be added to the naval deforce which has to be solved. If a of the empire. This is step in the

o right direction and ought to prove the

tunity a

beginning of

a great oppor is allowed to slip, it will be in spita very vigorous and vory icblo ederts. great things. Thio Homs Government Sneh services as thoirs deserve some sub-

nover fail to acknowledge ita apal

ita specialetantial recognition at the hands of the responsibilities in regard to imperial de Government and of the public-Overlund. fenco: but the do-operation of the colonies Mail

of

will

has now become almost imporative; not to

much

on account Buy pecuniary.Rist ance

they can reuder, but because the origencies of modern warfare

doman

and the utinost amount of local preparation, which Dan only be carried out efficiently by authorities on the spot. The colonies frat line of defence will always consist in the

of the imperial masy to defeat power

the enemy upon the seas; but it would send superhuman vigilance to render it utterly imposible for a hostile cruiter ever to plu. sent herself at Port Philip or Fort Jackscy, -St James Gazette.

MARRIAGE IN THE OPEN AIR-The marriage of Miss Purnell, a Baltimore heiress, with Dr. Elgin Gould, a leading Washington physmiau, was recently celebrated under conditions and with

a mise-en-scene which a.em to have been suggested by the open-

air performances of Shakespeare, first at.

opted in England some time ago, and

of

FRAGRANT WATERS' MURMUR That the carnival on the water has bocu tho attraction of the week, and has been very successful.;- That the weather which is hest for the Towers is seldom gladdening to the heart of the yachtsman, and sailing races in a Jandlocked Harbour are proverbially un- certain,

That all lovers of its sport admired the dever handling of Naomi in Thursday's race, and regret that her sporting owner was not up to time at the start, so as to have finished the race before darkness set

i».

Bowen is not hare to steer his favourite Flotilla to victory.or elsewhero.

That if launches are to be alicived to rush

Kathleen Nuomi Avod

i iuto question ? Whatever Mr Prico's. sons may be for taking so muc

mucli to exclude uil Engineers iram the Comanis

trouble to, there can however bo no reason for not having one or more; and I am sure that tho or petitioners and the public will not feel na isfied without them and at least one legal *** | man.

On

demand,

Ornity, 60 days sight,

n Bonbay- Wices On demand,

Un Centra

I have also heard it stated that certain

at Pedder's Wharf.liko bulle ut a red Ward all stood up the harbour opposite intervals, Wenust missed the chief officer, ductors and engineers are not qualified be

the

first p'au,

that

Wire,

Shangha On demand,

On denn

37dny night,

Do

abould be stirred up, and asked to pat a Bug on under a big gaff-topsail kept clinging to, it was proposed to reach bar ifid not the Corongission, be nominatal TaNOT RE

few more questions stout the gans of on till well over on the Hongtong shore, the forts, as sundry muzzlo-load us have when she went about off Mesra Jardine been arriving in the Colony of late.

by

Matheson and Co'a Wharves, heading After rescuing the bast I looked round fortainly not a true course of all the

still up the barbour. Meanwhile Noort That the Home Government may rest as-

sured that this community can to have had eaten to windward and gradually their guns by hook or by arook, even if drew ahead of Kathleen now about thoy saddle posterity with the cost and 300 yards to locward.. Aathiem was first have to make thein on the spot.

to go about, Naomi standing on till well off That one would have imagined that the car. Yau-xa-ti, when she went about, ut her rying out of a soleinn obligation entered jib-topsail and hesied up for the home into with the Colony would bays bean mark with the wind well off the Kowloon more carefully and promptly attended to shore. They ruuaded the Hooy as fol by the Imperial folks than it has been. That the charge of a track of faith was warmly repelled by the Hama-Govern- ment, but that no steps scom to be taken

lows

Naomi

Kathleen drid.

B

954-

3 37 30

to show that the charge is not well. While running dowa Regatta Bay, the founded,

breeze fell light and gave the second and a single Reina Regenta aright at pro-third boats a good advantage over Naoins.

That

The Comunistan na rumoured row is cer- one all likely to do any good arriving at forer that has become and still is eo rife in

Petit, neither in is one to satisfy the-

and

the others, but could not see them, owing to the high set, which would render it im-for

i possible for us to see each other unless we re bad both been on the

a wave at the creat of a same time. As soon as I recovered

trant that manur way myself

be wrong and that our new: Governor will I examined the boat and found her in good order. I kept watch for the others, bow his desirs but only to do what is

aw then Shortly before set ; but also to meet the views of the Bigatori saw a junk, but although she was in sight ach a representative petition, by 21- a long time she never caine within bailing Pointing a really able Coremission and in- distance. The land now showed up quite resting it with full powers in the matter.

Yours, plainly, and I was in hures by Jaylight to

INVESTIGATOR."

nover

drift on to i

Early next morning, the 0th December, s Junk sailed quite close, which I hailed, and they brought their craft up to the wind and answered As we could not understand each other, and it was not daylight at the time, they proceeded on their course. By daylight I saw quite a number of junks, and I halled three, who were close by They, however, simply looked at me and

THE BURMO CHINESE RAILWAY PROJECT.

A special meeting of the London Cham- ber of Commerco was held on the 7th Nov. to hear a paper by Mr. A. R. Colquhong, Deputy Commissioner for Barms, on the Railway Connection of Burma and Chin, Mr Colquhoun said that it had been thro object of the British commercial communi

sent rask our Harbour, sink the old They rounded the mark boat of the Coamo, sailvā vn. 1 aow ped up the ratingses for the past. ty years to open up the

temple since largely imi

imitated in Anterion. The That these delays cannot well be avoided

·wedding took place in the upon air, in the

where leading members of the community if the residence of

of the bride's

are concoined, owing to the father. A carpeted platform was laid for

great de the ceremony in the contre of a noble gore

manda upon the time of commercial men. of forest trees. In the middle of the plat That Nuomi again just fed her owner's form stood an altar covered with roses and lilies of the valley while over it, suspended jugdient in Friday's race, in standing from mighty trees by ropes of punilax, was for Chung-Huo Taland, when the slant

anopy shaped like etage-rouf and

samo, gotting the ebb tide under her loc That Russia, for instance, could arrange of Hower of brightest hue. All camp platform as a deep edging

which botated her over to Cow Chothis little apnaation for us, if she cared to Homem, doubled at sune distanţă dick!

Mark Boat in splendid style,

do ao but that at present the Bear is by still docpor frings ut graceful folinge

supposed to be wearing gloves therefore plant of me p

e proportions. All through the That an excited American was heard to es- park and on the velvety award were scat

claim over this piece of mandavring,

we procrastinate, Land Grote Lot-house plants; and alte "Ain't she quite cooning now, and ain't that our French neighbours in Tonquin

play scams to have been in

old Four E's just asking her hum

have elaborated a most comprehensive the bigbent gece artistic and affective.

That our Cousius came very near beating

tariff, ranging from purasko-zind to brokon us in the International four-oars

glass, most delightful, no doubt, to the That they had two fine rowers in their boat, official mind, but admirably calculated to and only wanted two monra, but that they strangis trade and drips that of the By count upon three hearty cheers

Islande to Eingapura instead of to the when they show that they have got the

nearest port. best men. 1000 700 tons displles. That after the International raco tie stroke heavily armed of the Scotch crew was plain ively asked, Under the loaterial

Where hea Soutland found her fame! Russian

Audacious, and play old Harry gene.politan Dock as follows ;— ally, for all, we could do to prevent it,

BOSMAN The CAF

One of the first acta ef er returning to his own donir will be attend the launching of

pronalad cruiser, which since 13 been in

in process of section of the Baltic Works on

Serance the new

very power

na Famija").

tho

PROSE, will Azowa,

We won Wee, but the willi

cat which, i fungerar few years, will

Test Empire with a

summeror ning ad down and six have Imperial Navy How wonty-six sea-going

ars

again made manifest by Mr Netheriole's

Naomi Kathleen Ariel

h. B,

4 12030 4 19

Ariel on founding set her jibdepasil but

had the misfortune to get it toru by fouling the cross-tree leg. They finished in the following order :—

Noori.

Kathicen Ariel

.

ឡ

Kathleen therefore way the winner by time allowance.

LOSS OF THE 'LORNE.

and botcom boards of the boat and made

Do.

Dn.

1.8.

4.P.M..

Do.

The

Katibu

Pe. Minimun ny 1.9D2

724 92.70

30, 20 30.50

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.

4:13, 10-DALI

Barometer Temperaturu,

Bumidity Direction of Wind Force

Weather

30.18

to

Hongkong Observatory, Dec. 17, 1887.

CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL

Makin

REGISTRE.

DECEMBER 18od $4. 81, 7.

Harometerred.

sail of then, breaking off a lath and using it Shati States and South-Western China as a rudder. My progress towards the slice our commerce Burns be regarded as the was now more rapid and I was in hopes of gate to Chins, and he considered that the reaching if by the afternoon About 10a.m. bost routs for a railway between Burma and WPusto. 30.06 19

junk was close by, which I hailed, and Western China is from Moulmein to Ra Nagwak they bars down and picked ine up. I tried mount in ranges, which separata tho fall Ang

the Shangha

to

tek

in

of

others afloat besides myself, but failed. of Martaban from the valley of the River Hongkon, SU.16 Gi They

off my clothes and gave me dre

frons Balieng +

Hsen Uaiphong, 30.18 77 ones, and also water, of which was surely in the valley of the Kiver in need. By three or

four o'clock in the and thence in overal afternoon the fuul brought

&

Creation nutil Kiɛng

of

mestica.

Bolinao...29.96 83 Manila.... 28.986 68 NE

at the

fout

DPOEMBER 17T12

Force:

24

...

0.00

Hongkong 30.29 30 3 OF

35 NE 2

70 NE 2

The baronieter has riser and gradienta

xpense and Bolinso... 50.01 78-82

the

means

between Burnus s

op; and, they gave me as wuch food as I could fat, at the of

of the Yunan plateau. is resched. sama time picking out the chaicest pieces of From Kiang Hosg the line would climb Wostock, 30.06 13 70 xv. fieb fay me, and they wered plansed to ste trotor between the Shen Siste suid Shanghai..30.36 41 T

towards Ssumen, on the Nagasaki. 30.34 eat they always attended to my wants Fest. Suwo time daring the night I was China, and if

Carried further as it awakened by their hojating soil, and about be in Vin-nan Du, the capital tires hours afterwards we anchored at man, where, after giving fast and SOBIE gamehu the good me and sriwarda to the Yangtze River 10 | Haiph30.24 That truth is stranger than action is THE EXCERIENCE OF THE THIRD ENGINEER. and about half-an-hour afterwards they vernment. The ugla bo by na Wasure rather stoep for N.E. winds. The

[would be constructed at the exe fo- Manila...£9.90 83 they took under the supervision of the The following report of the wrock of the ligh. I was feeling very ill, aufering from tern China. The valley of the Irrawaddy, weather is fine, cool and moderately dainp,

brought a man to me who could speak Eff-most airest route (late third engineer of the str. Lorne) sc- 8. 8. Lorne and the hardships enduro by chills, and my logs were so swollen and at present the great channel of count of hfa escape from that ill-fated the shipwrecked crew is given by the third which he replied, 'Not there, not

steater.

Moulmely can only reached by rail from there, my child."

That be bom up bravely against a succession Hongkong yesterday by the duoclue!

Rangnen by a vory circuitous rute, In of misadventures to which a less plucky At five minutes past midnight on the 4th the same company as the Loris. He invited per Barma and to cunnast it directly with of Op- apicit might readily have succumbed, December, on my way to the engine room, me to stay in his house until I was able to that of India, he proposes, in addition, the fat and to the level of the new in ukes, fondlar

walk, and

said he would then guide are to construction of a railway across the Pand knudredthe

2. TEMPERATURE, in the sunde 1, deganistu with the koi

the range, aptain jonk tain he gave me 400

valler Yahrahëft,

Land

at the Regatta, is to be congratulated

modesty characteristio of a brave muni

engiucer, Mr Nethersole, who arrived in in any immersion that. I could trade, is left out of account altogether, and”)

who were alusping on the hatch roodiate-

walk. The man (Ah,

Key boy on the

steamer that, belonging

be

poke English told me he had been order to duvolop the Internal trade

which separates

the

W. DOREN, Government Axlectiomnes, Hongkong Observatory, December 17,

1. BAROKSTER, duiced io nx degrees Fahrens

1. Retrat rank at the gallant Bajor, the oldest stroke i

most bea-tily upon his wall-cured ane-7 That his narrative is told with an air of I felt the ship stelko, and the paadẹngers Hoihow. Previous to parch (40 of the Brahmaputra from the tributaries of 8. Ecap.ry, in percentage of valuation, the : That I think Hayllar in the prettiest sincke That the treatment he received at the is set up & cry and made for the basis. I tenta), saying is would give me more the Irrawaddy. The ruutu suggested is humidity of air sniurated, with moisture bere

hands of the Chinese in pleasing evidence / held up my hand and told thong af rights speedy Ah Kes soon as the Paškai range, and thromb the Hooi bima főn 29, wibil

1 he wished me from

Chittagong to Makra those 100 that they are becoming alire to their which somewhat quieted them went and he set about making me chicken broth, posed by Mr Crathwaite, Chief Commis e's loase I went to bed, kon Valley to in the railway lately pro duties as hosta towards those who through below and relieved the second engineer his people washing and monding my clothes sioner of Burns, from near Segain, op tushed alouds, Aritzling taim, ) [try of Rica misfortune are thrown upon their hospit, About five minutes afterwards the chief (and making men's house on the 8th goung, with a bennels to Bhumo. With a squally, s raiz, a siga, 1 thunder, 4 10 int

comfortable as possible site a Mandalay, ap cho Dieu Tien toi la ho giới ∙ality. That people at a distance will be apt to get no botter, The guptain neked if the ed a beefsteak for breakfast, I began to the trade of South Westeru China, Mr Col·

engineer cane to me and said they could a

1 day. He made some beef tes and cook reference to the French projects to secure i dew (wol)

Muhee Lo Green Kipioured const

mken Abetar le ranks third i

wife war-vessels of the total number

una sfo S Only our ow

or pockas stronger fleeta

of the lot, and well deserved the wins ha got, with probably one titre,

That pot-hunting is to be deprecated, bit

I was glad to see that the Juniors zacured

more than the usual share of Cups, and fought well for them.

passage.

to Hong

remained at Ab

Sale

5. Podca or Wisp, sccording to Feanfert 6. STATE OF WEATHEN

1. Bay, to inches, tonike and lapary fier