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No. 7620-JANUARY 28, 1888.]

THE CHINA MAIL.

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and the problem is solved the river will bofors the river dosed; and as some works then keep itself clear. it may appear at first sight. The forination particularly at the labourers aro tion bo My achenis is not such a gigantic task re by the spring goed progress will be mado, go on during the winter, we expect that

of these resurtoirs would neither be difficult ginning to understand their dutica. nor expensive, considering the size of the The compradoras and dealers in straw

braid, woolt, hides, ato., show a disposition quired, as the

are lower than the to combine against any reign trader who

carofally oxaminaa azport

Tas Kit Win Lu anys thus a Government The PROS AND CONE OF ATHLETICISK. -The | July (21, 1841), and Ki Kung joined Aalthy drain is worse tlion useless it is partners, on the grand that they have held Hospital.or Asylum for the Blind he been observation on the abuses of athleticism in Iling in dispatching a hasty memorial, a danger-each year the Government are themselves cut as partners. It is intended established at Peking under the tannga Me. Montague Sheatin's volume on Ath which reported that innumerable foreign adding hundreds of ya da of awers in their imt as between the creditor and the dru ment of an Englishman. We nientionaletics and Football, contributed to that ships had been dasked to buscar, inaumer mileage, yet up to the pre-ent they have the Register shall be conclusive as to the this institution so time ngo,

wonderful cycle of works on sports and pas able forsign acldiers and Clunes traitors nut taken say regular or deiled sups to constitution of the firm. times; Messrs Longines and Co.'s Bud swept into the son that all thoir tants and periodically cleanse these drains. Are we Clause 12 provides for the appointment Faze. Vtinam Viceroy reports the cnetiga-minton Library, came with all the more mint-shots, the new Presa (1), 6te. Judge on helps joined in this autor-ne Registrars. It will no dight be found undertaling. No eroaign would be re tion of the Chanta Burud-Yunan frontier force because of the unquestionat sym-boen utterly annihilated; that the sea was or will the Government Swake to its rer advisable to plans the tribes of China, bordering on the Nank'anpathy of the writer with all truly English literally covered with onspecs ; aud

registration of firma ponsibilities? Burenor Vititat frontier tribe of Burman, excroises. Shearman dosa nut deny, but, The Emperor returned solemn thanks the Brownie, in your issuu Saturday, hands and to assign bath these duties to of the land and the labour required to surubjorts to short long the pore ago, and

And of Joint Stock

Compasses in the aame river: the only na complications were threatening, and the on the contrary expresses his strong gout of the seas and announced the event to makes t timely suggestion that a remedy the Official Assignen in bankruptcy. It is evand it with a solid einbaukwent. Sol- and in one instance lately a real boycott was foreign troupe hand advanced us far os that for many rent a vicious habit

might be found by pamping water frim the not probable that his bankruptcy work will diors and forced labour might even be used attempted. It ie Nank

ko.

training was in force, and ilust, evon, in ¦ Christian Pope did when bu received the barbour to the higher loves and letting it be sufficient to fifty that no attempt hos might be formed at diffunt on out, Re in the present mood of the Chiness: the present day relined to over work themselves in their practica. On the other band he contends that the number of those who have gaingt arrang, courage, and character from the practice of one form or another of athletic exercise is legion. When forvit athletos (he adds) kiva little boy a from

2,000 workaian and three otbeds, who were in charge of them, were all drowned.

meetings, ang in boys' zucos at publie

Can

kuk.

A

is a pity

Thus

can down the drains. But we need some

the white empire. This is exactly what news of the Bartholomew minore.. dues history repeat itself and reveal the inhuman passions which often curdle the milk of human hindness in Chrali and heathen aliko.

up his time.

It will be observed

to raise the embankment. These bhains

Waces

ever

water broad marvel of

of the river.

was not carried

thing more than a temporary cleansing of been made to deal with partnership limited the river and their ages should range troussoials it is easy to conceive that a fine for these desins-something of the kind should to a single troaction. Such partnerships 10,000

range from illegal interference with trade of some Tle. e permanently done. In my opinion the ore not, it it is believed, of common occur them acres, The Blood

mised! might ontor

Manevied upon the compradores and

little above the ordinary i

walla

would have brought about a sweat reasonableness. If any foreigner should

pose,and tho. Governiñont are aku to except them would probably afford an These basins would in process of time silt find himeli thestored by an illegal com

the world. Wo Bhouki util

is known

The Chinese Times, semo weeks ago, con-

as

which would be af

.if

Tax Hu Tuo ways that permision has been obtained from the Foreign Boned for Mr. Little's steamer to take on single trip the rap ds with passengers, but without

19 gallons per head promised from rence in the Colony, and even if they were, cargo, it being understood that, even if she

Tytam will be inadequate for the by Buressful, the question of opening Changking to be soparately disenseed.

easy means of ovading.the Ordinance. up and be raised to the level of the overflow a disgraceful" apathy. THE WAY TO GET RICH

แย handling this 2 school commicitices will put

question in a manly and determined spirit.

wall; a spacios of reclamation weald bobination made to obstract, his remedy ADVICE GIVEN BY A CHINESE NEWSPAPER.

int. ELOCE ON THE JESUIT FATHERS, the rivet. Illa resorvoirs might

clear, and any Consul would get justies for to the Tiat THE YELLOW RIVER EMBANKMANY The stop lo junior miles and

they are aware that poisonous

"on-profitable to ing

and be his nation in such a cass.- garos suya thant twenty for

(From a Canton Correspondent.)

generate in these drains is evidenced by the

be drainnd below. the wall level when the China Daily

The following note appears in the North- Hohan Province, has sunt on urgent donoca and go-as-yrtt-please competitions are

In the fulfilment of its exalted functions fact that they did put a charcoal downtained notice of a brachore by D. Schra-river was low; reods, kaoliang and osiers

Nece of Demniber 12th apatch to Peking, stating that the Imperial moro beard of, athletics will be purged

some stench-traps to purify the surround-

could be grown in them,

We hear from the north that the telo. Comunionierot Li Hung-tano arrived at of some current evils When morever, as a cenaor of the public inerals, the Karging rin. But even in this (if reporta bo meier on the life and labours of Father great valuo in making mattresses and facine graph convention, which Mr Pander, an

The 4th of December hat, and ning juto training means nothing more Po ogcasionally favours its reiders with at either through ignorane or neglect-Martin Martini, a Jesuit, who published work for river imprescindita is the fatine.nounced to his shareholders, some time went to examine the breach of the Fellow than living a regular and healthy life, and River on the 9th, 2,000 bamboo raits were the daily exercise is taken to increase the piece of sound practical advice, na witness need, wood charcoal (which 18 W maps of Chins and did much good work

since as buing concluded, is prantically ex- The danger of imund to be more than useless) instes.

instead of aniraal

imundation would be vertinguished, and what life way linger in it mrength and skill, 001 see how much

s the side reservoirs, if ample, would afford will, it is expected, foceive the coup de bat the attempt was successful, and over the solis, vxcopt by his own fans Europeans may continue to think the con- larly and systematically cleanse the contemporary alleged that the Peking Ori-watar, which would only rotary to the river Foreign Ministers by th

convey stones to fill up the gap ham only on do without the following on The Way To Get Rich' claircoal If the Government would re about the middle of the 17th century. Oor

protectina

by relieving the river of surplus grace from the protest addressed to the drains. I am strongly of dpinion that og ental Society, in criticising the work, had suspe

channel after the sand and mud held in morce here.

the Chamber of Com- Jan's defence of foot-lil, when hear, Įtrary, but in the writer's view. his country- kảng (instead of being a fever den) s autor harm from athletic sports. ใบ

suspension had settled on the ground | behind TALAC Paily Neus says:-To alow the game that is manly and regards | man still have much to learn in the way of 800 rank as ne of the healthiest cities in suppressed the author's doge on the Jesuit the overfiam

and fit for Enthrift. Constituting himself for the time and the Sanitary Board would not be

Whatever may be the Eats of the Tele- which would not as a silt graph. Convention, on have

Fathers, and administered what, if this trap. Then the clean water, would help to a correctly informat, little out of no epider

contemporary i interest that is taken in Europa in the pro-Roud is of a more ungaa kind of Smiles, ho prececde to futuro them the reccnsity of wvertizing for a calf, justed oprning of the Upper Yangtze, we

fwo are told it may be, and dan

statement had been trio, was a well-merited keep the river clear.

his latitude in the master of the coup de ay mention tint Mr Han, the Austro-one at times; ite nara crop of nyridsats on the desirability of practising that muglic advising the ladies of the city not to send castigation of the Society for its bigotry. been formed, the river would be under con Chamber of Commeren, having any.

The necessary number of basins having grace. So far from the protest of the Hingarian Consul. As be directed by his is indued two aurious to be lightly- diarissed:

issed landed virtue, frogality--

their delicately-coloured dresses to the It turns out, however, that the writer of trol, then engineering works and mecha effect na that Boromwent to pay the Kuting on and Mr. Sharman does not rate its dangers

There is no getting money without in them. Oh my!!!-Yeurs, &c.

ward for fear the disinfectan ́s should fade the notice was entirely misled, and that men power wight be used to deepen the sent to that predicted for it, the h her first trip to Cagking, and at anvory low when he estimates that for every

the foye said to be excised actually appear-† would probably destroy, anyengtuceri dressed to tanech as it was ad

river bed. At present the first largo red of being informal,

Ministers hed the radical eh peer has rested that the probane who may have been harmed by footdustry and no keeping it withant thrift. bh date of that trip any be telegraphed to all thousand have benefited by it," There are many ways of earning an honest

diplomatic jaim, da he intends to be of the party.

Where accidents

body," who, wiser. are apt by

living, but the important question is how to be grave, call

works whilst in pro rest.

in tharr tions folk would no doust like lenger nada be frugal and save money. Roadurs of this

I have every reason to believe that plans ilustrating this reservoir scheme thing to do with the subject-mattor of the my light, nation than the children of neither could or would have any Several Imadreds of famished men and in their favour. On the other hand most will do well to hood our practical sugges

A shooting match took place at the M; the Peking: Oriental Society, we must in would net with the approval of the lead Convention, and, in fact, the despatch co recently in use of the men, whether they be of the Rugby or the tions, appeared stricts in Cantor, and committed every that health, endurance, courage, indgruent, Association persuasion, will agree with lim

tary rango, Kowloon, hetween the Warrant satisfaction reproduce the reply sent by Dr works which would throngly restore the

justice and with a feeling of pleasure and in engineers in the world. I am prepared not be officially received.

to carry ont by contract, or direct these. ind of depredation: they resisted the

Offers, Staff Sergeanta and Sergeants of W. A. P. Martis, of Peking, to the editor Yellow River to s safe condition, and a growing hostility to foreigners travelling magistrato in his efforts to carry out the and a sense of fair play, are all to be and ransacked all the store houses of gained upon the football field.Daily News,

the 58th Northamptonshire Regiment, and of the Chinese Times: the wealthy of the district. Ono man, who

sorresponding the ranks of the Garrison

prevent inundations in the future. These in Sit,-Iu a notion of a brochure on R. P. completed for less money than this year's Chon, was driven out and severely benton, paid anveral thousand picule of grain sterul

necesary and permanent works could be in Shantung. Une gentleman, who was

bereating on als

his journey in Shooting Club, and resulted in a victory Martini in your paper of the 17th inst.,,

city of Yen up, was freed to distribute something so

for the Regiment. The following are the charge is brought against certain members 6,000,000 lately grantul by the Govern- violence in the province, this is a disagree- every one that applied, as they threatened

flood has coat the Government, The Tls. and, taken

together with

Inany acts of violatice for non-compliance, and even the

of the Peking Oriental Society of having ment for the relief of the siff rers in Houauable sympten, French, Americans and authorities zre altroat helpless, for the

suppressed the author's loge on the Jesuit would have built reservoirs to the extent of English have all fallen under the impartial numbers of the starring ones are large,

Fathers. Shi Pao.

a million acres on both sides of the river.

animosity of the Shantungites.Chinese

Review

(1) Live plainly (2) Dress plainly. (3.) Allow yourself no indulgence in the four great vices.

(4) Da But waste good money on candles, sticks and mood money, as thos di who are for ever wrshipping (Query: what is the Kaces - Po's the logi

position?)

Chinese Account of the Opium War. The

Pogoda Library. No. 1. By E. HI.cal Parker, Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh,

1888

PELLI ESTERASES EN Roure to run

Mr Parkor is well known in the sunle. Eem. --The city of Sydney, which left San gical world as a most painstaking and inde Francisco for Yokohama on the Sist ultimo, fatigable collector of inforation on shinest has on board, the Japan Gazette believos, a troupe of actistes under the management of branch of linese literature, and Mr. Wash Burton, a professional gentleman judging from the great variety of chips thefrom his workshop scattered broad-cast

who has East before. troups is of a very varied character. In

Tho

cumparty is an Egyptian neoronaticer, where the periodicals of China and Japan,

bears the peculiarly Oriental

ital cognomen of

a

money on uusicians.

(5.) Do not patronize theatras or spend

(6)Dogs and birds for hunting and hawking are a great and needless expouse to be avoided,

Scores --

OLD RESIDENT.

SHOOTING. MATCH.

GARRISON.

200 500 600

Serybant Watts.

(9.) Fight very shy of the entire razo of Major.

TI

ed in the brochure. ́ ́és ne reproduced our contemporary's "remarks of the conduct of

T8

Land daugerona. Thebecozao; it is the

could

The populace or the literal, or some other His Obiaese, have been evincing

section

"J

in the

Quotations. A

Hosgruxo, January 23.

OM

PIUM-New Patna, cab... 4824 to 485 New Benares, cash, 4824 to 485

cash,

} The brochure is only an abstract, the I regret to ate the Chinese Government Times, શકું વેલ, dh, portions selected for publication amounting

2823 22-73 to less than a moiety of the original docu-pending auch immense sums in trying to Qr. Mr. S. Spreadborough 23 20 20-81 ment. Happily, the loge in question

repair the breach in Hoaan. The scouer

house-decoming and fancy gardening.

(7.)

in thu nato for fine architecture, Sergeant Att 25 23 25-80 one of the portions which it was thought they Joas faith in their embankments the

Sergeant Ferrior.. 24 27 20-71 to retain

better; the principle is utterly urcliable, tellors, astrologers and the whole tribe of Garrison Sg. Mj. Meredith 29 8 18-50

(8.) Have nothing to do with fortune-Battery Sung. Moj-Merson 31 30 23-81 Here it is, as it stands in the printed the wome nistters will

it is continued wizards and bezramancora, and do not call Qr. Master Sergeant Hunt 29 28 11-15 pages of the brochure.

old story of sitting on 28 17-73 Our learned Martini hiraself belonged What he happened in Honan this year

tho safely-valvo in Taoist exercisers,

27 17 22-66 to a Sargeant Ads guaBright. 30 19 2379 suciety, the influence of which upon the shivay by Lewly for a coast Staff Clerk

followed another buforo, the waters of the society. He belonged to that may occur next yent, and if one flood to a religious

previous one had subsided, the consequences Culeur Sergeant Dickson. 29 25, 3286 bodyr European coin, any or Christian would be appalling. The frenuant miseries budy. It is, in my opinion, valy doing and losses China has suffered from the have ascertained that the wanta-be seller Invent in an landed property till you

them justice when we set forth the great Yellow River embankments breaking has 94 merits they obtained by the inst

the institution and cost

sworth, which not she has struggled to reclaim, China but all

Chinese the world. Be. over they on their way to regions where as foot try inform us that the north of Honau of a white man has ever trod upon, as, for name I have forgotten}

was formerly a

ya lake, marked the river, that some sage (his Col. Sorgeant Lowrie..... 29 3 23-82 instance, in the beginning of the explora-reclaimed the land, and has been worship-On _Lootón— Sergeant King

24 16 2-07 tion of Canada, be they surrounded by ped ever since. This was all right at the Surgeant Morgan Col. Sergeant Crowley 31 25 28-84 dangers amidst the most cruel populations, time, but things would have been batter

27 26 26-70 they

we have reason to believe that his noto,dovation to convert your cash into silver orQ. Master Sergt. Williams 27 23 -18—– 68

of Achmed Ali Bay; a couple of brothers hooks afford materiala-anticient for a pretty Barneri Harvey, wi versatility La saiso

ме

DROUGHT at Haukow.

ukow.The Mupun says that on account of the long continued drought at Batkow, the country people

gold.

(10.)

داره

2

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

Cul. Sergeant Phillips...

Col. Sergeant Kendrick... Sergean: Fricker Col. Sergeant McClura. Bergeant Brown. Sergeant Southam.. Sergeant Williams.,.

Col. Sergeant Delarey

200 507 600 yds. yds. yds.

the method of their missionary work not her more than the land isi only

24 28 28-80moral standard by

Σεισ

Iam, &c.,

JOHN-FERGUSSON,

Assoc. M. Trst., C. F.

32 32 29-93 he looked back, and success was had thog hests lift alone. A few large lakes 32 23 28-3 aguas we find them, the spade in their that is most requited to take the surplus 32 22 22 failing.

Among the savages of Por along the Yellow River is just the thing 22 31 24-77 Sunts, teaching the elements of agriculture, water from the river and prevent its channel 29 27 25-60 They only, till now, have been able

ible to filling up 15 25 13-53 accustom the Indians of America to a

28 18 22-69

canners and

showing t

practic- #1 30 21-22 ally the blessing therul. What they have done to the Thaiaus of Brazil, what they have becu to the Moses and Chiquitos - not be praised too highly. Here in Peking director of the Chinese observatory. The

Jesuit Father at Martini's time

of Cologne, found-

928

a

same man, Father Schall of

Shanghai, 14th January,

THE TROUBLES IN CHI-NAN FU. (From the M.-C. Daily News Correa-

pondent.)

As the result of so mach agitation of

New Milne, 630/35 Allowance, Taels... None Old Malwa, cath, 540/50 Allowance, Tacs Nous to 8 Persian, Olly, ab 600/640 Allowance, Tals... None Persian, Papor tied 640/660 Allowance, Fads... Nose to 10.

* Exchange. Hosoroso, January 29.

Bank, Wro,

On demand

"

3 days' sight,

4 months' night

Cradite, 4»

Documen ary, 4 months sigh

On Paris

4 months' sight,

3.03

4.02.

Ou demand,

Credits,

On New York-

On demand,

s

Credita, 60 days' sight,

Bombay-

Wire

2201

2201

On

Ou demand,

On Calcutta-

Wire,

On demand,

to be of avery surprising character, a tight-complete encyclopedia of Chinese foro ning sketch artist and portrait painter, a

We are not surprised therefore to observe has a clear and undisputed title to hand it mystic puranags named Galaten, and Mr and Mrs Wash Norton, who give some kind that it is. Mr Parker's intention to isane sover in exchange for the purchaso m of drawing room entertainment.

suries of retumes under the title Pagoda found upfertile, and will not repay cal (11.) Never buy cheap land. It will be The westhor at Port Arthur has boon Library, and fully-expect that Mr Parker's tivatou. quite acuanabio during the last few wooks, Pagoda will contain a good many more (2.) Above all do not buy property parts Anow having fallen for several days The atories than the biggent pagoda in China of two or more diferent districts. If legal f which lie within or on the boundary lines starmometer was about 20. Building Fier could host vf. operations at the dock haru consequently instalment of the Pagudu Lirary is a

The present first ditficulties ise tangistrates are apt in auch

cars to declare they have no jurisdiction. been slapped, and the labour utilized in digging out the foundations for the wont uently-got-up dudegimo volume of 82. In dealing with your debtors make and east walls. that when the weather.

distinction between those who could if would and those who would admits the construction of them can be pages, containing Wei Finn's acconet of pay

If they s

pay proceeded with.

ontingent of French China troubles with England, from the (14) Exact your own to the last enah, A

could. runsons in expected in the spring to carry year 1839 down to the smelusion of the on the more important work. Capt. Calder Treaty of Nanking its 1843, us recorded in but taka not ono cash belonging to another. has arrived from England to take over the the conclog chapters of the Shing-aura-ki

Do not revive presents indiacrim duties of Harbour Master..

(Records of the military operations of the gifta you oxhust all your incomu.

inately lost,

lest in making the proper return present dynasty). Mr Parker here presents (16.) Never consent to acsan a match- THE REGISTRATION OF PARTNERS Wei Yuan's account in a free and easy fashion, translating where it suits him, ker or middle-man or to stand surety for a

If alridging where he expects the reader person. yon du consent stul succeed,

IN FIRMS small thanks round about there are obliged to dig up the get wearied, and shipping all the and fail, be yours. If you attempt A bill has been introduced into the Lead cannons for the Chiness nring sud in-foreign affairs in different parts of this your should deal of hiano will fall on { gislative Council of the Straits Settlements/tracted the soldiers how to un then province of Shastung. the English mission- the grass rods from the lakes, and after important details. whigh would ather- deying thera, to grind them into four, for wis esta ahadow of dolnere evan you tiging thrift, poor men hçcome for the registration of firma carrying on the mystery of their great success. They ry, who was altaoked nt the city of Yen-

And I think

these facts there lies think just Hy their subsistence. These roots resemble the

the we

over the few honey-combs and the old tas new in Woi Yitan's vor- given to prido and felly, evils which are Chinese storing portions of the

wealthy, whilst wealthy men are often business in the Colony. This is a measure rather lateaded to cirilire people than by chow fu, has received a certain amount of say that they a

redress. TikTaotai at grantor abundance in in

ston of that war between England and the wheel of fortune is ever turning, monstrated in longkong and which has the Father Rict, whom re msy regard shifts incurred by the missionary in his (Taken at Messrs Falconer & fo's Premises, anro to bring poverty in their vain. Thas the necessity of which has been often dr-high standard as is necessary for under the matter why premated, has given on at the capital, to whom them, to bring them up to such years of famine, for the relief of the unt

nu for tusato inhabitants. The poor people are. China which alone may be termed an opium

Christian truth.

expression of however, so numerous that these route afs var. It is rather remarkable; however, making the poor rich and the rich poor. A been siten strongly advocated is these

regret at t and in sreesired, and hug

to pay the not entleient to support all, and they are that these Chinese records appear to fully proverb says

Grost wealth is from hawon; a Cora. columns. The following extract from the in 1610, he had not only erecto churches as the founder of the Jesuits in China, diel

to Yen-chow fa and return. The compelled to borrow money and rice from with

from with the

the contemporary History na written

petency. the wealthy, and if they should be refused, by Turopean

is gotton by industry and thrift.” Singapore Free Press explains the purport in the capital of China, but Another wise saying rats: Tas best of the Ordinance :——

established con- gregations and divine services along the the Ireport a cruad- they take by force. This stalo of things Chinese Generalist. The days when a

whole way he took from the South North In Leon reported to be local authorities, defeat he suffered as a splendid victory a man learns in his life is industry.

This Bill has been drafted to meet the of the immense empire. By W but the officials are powerlets to do any

and thrift

Chrix viowe which the trading ermunity, both tianity on the philosphical By yet another proverb we are taught the famished people.

With less eating and drinking and lea at Singapore and Penang, have repeatedis

of the ing this war to Fuking, there occur indead

ancestors, by revering Confucius as one of

great

apostles

Danking and even misrepresentations of actual facts, but iu kung warned the heads of ismilies to bo

half a cash, and Sz Mak-lish traders, that they are

unable, i case of their Chinese customers, to ascertain and transferring them in full sense is baneful influence of thas

iu. the

using almost

every cate

cue of. importance

to Yon chow fn, it has beau affected by the and that

whisper of the truth reached the constantly on the watch against useless or with certainty with whom they are really Christian traditions, he won the hearts of ents of the Emperor. You cannot expect

dealiog

of the Anc not infrequently Imp the people, the sateen of the officials, and

The affairs of

Presbyterian pons that, nitre doing business for a long the confidence of the Emperor. The Bu- missionaries have had a altort rest after the perio with Ετικ under the

the impression

attack on one of their peror gave him a building of his own to live ent matters were referred to the American number. "The differ that

a particular person qï well. wealth and

of well-known and position was a member of it, paid to him an antud income. Of

Minister at Peking of it, his great knowledge and the sinserity of

and through him find on the firm going into bankruptcy his character even Chinamen spoke with Teng-Yamu. The has come that

reply as po information bo that the person in question was either never respect.

bno been receiveil froin it partuor at nil r had left the lea-years

the efficics of Chi nan fæ cogerning the

KTOW

account.

Thes

been goue by oven in the days of the im Believed by his prowess, pasir to have

war. In the offi

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Wien

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of the poor.

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at once informed the official that Bo be turned over to pluri- could be money

for table

the purposes

Telief Word Has tonie from the city Fu; where two missionaries of

of the church of Exgland are locited, that anonymous pla

farned bave been

forbiding the people.

For-rall

rent or sell property or even soll, provi

thing, owing to the pitiable condition of been gutiful reports forwarded Jur- useless spending, a man neeil not be always pressed upon the attention of the Gaveru-use, by tolerating their worship of rust News has reached Trieste from Sinyena of good many precarications, omissions and others depending.' So TungPoh's adrico ment. It is alleged, especially by the Eng the Chinese names Shangti and Tien sluts to the foreigners As this city is noar

an Extracdinary ocentrosce on board thin steavier Bilana, bound from Safonica for Beyrout. A false alarin of fine onused such

we also

a mnie amongst the four hundred passen. Mandaria to tell the wrath, the whole gers that, although the weather was rough truth and nothing but the truth, bat it is, the boats were lowered, and one of them,

find that in every forty-seven person on board,

surprising to capsized.

CHEA The loss oftio was very great, as, besides of diplomatic forgivarsation on the part of these drowned, several were crushed to Caution Virus and Imperial Commis

Victoys

with

Enther

-China, the real truth

was Waste

pendituro.

CORRESPONDENCE

THE FEVER COMMISSION..

To the Editor of the Canya Mask

Hongkong, January 23, 1888,

they

and that it not

Germans, Faber, Martin Marlini,

*

to the

death daring the panic, The alarm was meinvariably k Wei Yan, in the Colony to assist the members of tho eally imposible fur'an English merchant 1 Terolian, Adam Schall, and the Belgian Governer to order the Tantai to xantino STR,-1 WOOk it bejoves every resident before. It is also alleged that it is practi- nang his staccesare excelled three difficulties, instructionshore breu sent to the i

ng the

THE S Rusays:-1

missioners in

open s

of cash in daily rising. The reason acquired for the character of the

A

somo en

1130,

retention of

valne is the straitened state of the Imporial purple, as compared with the estimate National Excluquer, the result of the heavy deraands. The

be of

દ.

the Imperial revenue from all the

River in

provinova

of a portion of both France and America as

in Wei Yuan's account, who

form of Camu to of the diplomacy of Franer

conspicuously direct ta

hereditary

their

but

by his

of the

clearly and decile satisfactorily. It now rinains to be seen Awit satisfactorily.

28th December.

Peking

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER

AT 4 PM. 10-LAYO Barometer:

Temperature.

Humidity

Direction of Wind-

Force

Weather

314

63

78

Hongkong Observatory, Jan. 23, 1888.

CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL

Ytation,

Tokio

REGISTER. JANUARY 23. —AT FM.

and a Plit.

Temperature.

wantonly raised by a gang of thioven, who,outs fault in these

a in Puking and com during the prone, proceeded to force the safu in the captain's canin, and seized a instance, brings

out very clearly the Farer Commission' iu of £2,000.

On the trick being the fint that the failure of the interdigt rigi-rect conclusion as to the canse of the great stilution of a firm before he gives credit to hith in the province of Shunsi, Martiul is to ascertain of personal enquiry the con Verbiest. Faber rande converts for the se of the thieves jumped into bally issued

issued against the im, ortation of ́the e, and the rest were arrested. Even epicus was entirely wing to the conni Culous of sickness now prevalent in the it, for that such enquiries would give offence the founder of geographical science in tually

More than one neraber of the and would drive Chinese customers into the China, and Schall is well known threats and puranasion, the off vatce of the (Chines) Navy, and that the Commission has expressed an opinion in arms of traders of other nationalities, whe2-pointment to the presidentship of

Colony, by cora of the steataer suosceded in restoring whale spinm quatie was from the very directly (if not directly) that the Gliby state calm

terrified

buginning

iewed by viewed

the Chiuvau Guvern

аррнат to be willing to run risks which Tribunal of Astr werned passengers.

munt and all its statesmen from at simast of the drains has much to do with it, an English merchants are

that, at that time; took

The Seventh Prince has to fer recovered not prepasted to internal revelatio Iu spite of the The opinion I fully concur in -There is

Several of the scupt. a present a exclusively financial

finint of view.

place

the infidence of Jesuitiam to be considered out of danger. The and the

The Bill is admittedly an experiment, grew, especially when they declared the Espress has shown herself most solicitong the following

phaervations may perhaps and it has been drafted in such a way as to wives in favour of the auchu Govern for the bealth of the Prince, and has taken Gunble the experiment to be made on aunt, and adopted, as a characteristic sign mach pains personally to direct the attend. In the old days the many springs running limited scale and for a limited time.

of their o down the side of the hills rau their courre

ir devotion, the pigtail*:

unta the nursing and feeding of the in was not considered necessary to mako desina recently made on it to weet national and America, curtas eut characterizes few years, the. Government have covered carrying on business in Malacca, or in any responsible agent, I leave the writer of

Having produced the dog and vindicated well. Indeed, the amelioration of the Wostock. 30, to the harbor; but during the Just provision for the registration of Gruas not the Oriental Society, b myself as its Prints's condition is freely attributed to the for undertaking the works of the Yellenrmica of England but very obarquises to ortion of these hofahs in, or diverted part of the Settlements outside the tho notice to the tender mercies of the Pha Tung-li Yamên have agreed to settle jayjonij wise and practical suggestions at Hor Im Nagasaki.. Jor, Shangher.. Majesty. the financial market. The rising value of chees to Hongkong in these Chinese Annals Oniony. There has not been any rain

in Honau glad sarees to embarrass China. Thers are many interesting refer with too su, aut ned them in connection: Municipal hits of Singapore and Gourge public,

the main sepers and drains of the Town.

Whether (in bis ore phrase) he does not the clans of the Rev. Mr Reid for damages on 30.21

Longkong 30. the copper cash is partially accounted for and of these we will quote two which are withs; consequently the seculations alock in trate exceeds tive hundred dollars and whether, in the meaits he has taken in in the iluts of the leat summer, and in

for fe |

o proposal to register all trailers whose stand convicted of mare sectarian spite sustained to mission property at Chi-man-fu by the fact that through the winter season, well worth repkothiction, Referring to the of Bith must be enormous, and the only made by the Bankruptcy: Commissiou in create a false impression, he has aut structions have been sent to the Gaversion the improvements at

at the San Hai, or-

or Three

negotiations carried in between Elliot Kistea in 1840. Wei Yan writes as fol- Parent means of caps for the doxiens 1886, seems impracticable, for business may shown himself quite capable of garbling af Shantung tanrrange the matter promptly. public works are stopped, and as the Intourers, masons, carpenters

lowa Notwithstanding,

is at the upper end of the ente carried on and babilities incurred to a and ditor ing, I leave your readers to Chinese Times. an indemnity of closed nullah. do., receive no anges during the scasos, en million tools offered by K'ishen for refer you to the nullah on

As an illustration I large amount

ant without the possession of any determine, there is so much less rady cash in the epi destroyed, a port was also da Road which has

Fol-foo-lum aleck in trade. Besides, there would be oircalation. This state of the metropolitan unidad. Kishen at first thighs of

has recently market will continue until some favourable and Hongkong, and consulted Toug Ting houses adfining this nullah (especially cane at a particular time, and there would be The taining the value of the stock in n particular but the latter change takes place next year.

bjected to Amoy 23 Fairlen und Nullah Side) a few years the further belug the key to Fahion, and as to

that the Register wire considered amongst ago

the healthiest wouldvantage i Tus Shi Pro says:--Ou the 1st instant, konge his argued thist this island Hong occupied a

by a rast number of but since the potty

traders

lose registration would Majesty the Emperor was out prominent and central position in Canton closes in Hongkongi

troislands (sic)

Lakes,

nad all

while His

ceng

been

agus of amoy and probably converted in in insuperable difficulties in the way of ancuri i

Lina never been

be

anecd,

W. & P. M

}

THE YELLOW RIVER PROBLEM. PROFUSED SOLUTION.

Tientsin.

Manila 29.90 4 68

Bolinao.23.97 81-

JANUARY 28.

Wind.

Weather.

FEATURain daring

Wrostock, 30.10, 0.92 NNW 4 b Tokio ... 30.04

Nagasaki..30.36 42 63 N

Shanghai 30.41 43 831 December 31, 1887 Amoy 30.26 58 81 NF The river is now frozen solid and the icu Hongkong 30.26 63 722 20 La thickening fast. The supplies required

Haiphong-0.16 68 86 peratura ia about its lowest, between the

82 42 10

their orders

tami~

The following is part of a letter which up for local ass are usual y cut when the t Manil$0.02 0. ragon härsuback, hawas suddenly stopp-waters, sheltered from bad weather by the lieve of this nullah, dickuves I be anewor no useful purpose. Instead of this, peared in the N.-C. Dady News, purporting middle and the end of January, and if the ed and addressed by a most strange-looking (0) of Tsim-she Teni and Kvên•¦ bourhood. Sover ausent from the neigh-Bulleprovides that regia ration is only to give a slution of the difficult problem of 3 residents in the soul or in Japan who-Luzon and gradients cantique steep for man, who wore a bhis button og Lis hat and Lai

nullahs have been to if fortified by the English; troated in the same ataoner, particulndy or name. Thich is not the traders or preventing, the devastating innudations so

here a firm name is to be required where a appeared the very picture of starvation, would be a perpetual tense to Cantoo From enquiry it was discovered that this man. It is perhaps ne fleas to inform our readers at Western district, and a careful mane, and has restricted the penalty for frequently made by the Fellow Hiver had been aerring sna that for some rodressed grievance heat Teim-shu Trai stands, bere for the firm for a Commission shows that many of more than two hundred and fifty dollars Yellow River is inadegate to contain and would land it with little locs in bulk, The!

soldier in Kirin,

or perusal of the list of signatures to the peti. non-registration to cases of trade debts of

It is evident that the channel of the tain that the they would not warm weather prevails, an peninsula of Kowloon, and that the sufferers reside near the cowigence and trede contracts the subject matter of | carry off the great floods that frequently expruises af cutting and storiag en de 1. BAROMETRE, pduced to B4 Zegrina Fahren, hud whole undertaken the journey all the way to Pekwon-tai Lou is the name by which the ing, and knowing that the Emperor would be island of Hongkong, frum of old to the unit of the closud ap nullalis.

Again, you will see at all times at the

The

108 away. Ju

ng the winter, and shipt

ob

Government Agronomer.

The barometer has fallen alightly over here for ice during the stunner would soud N.E. winds. Cloudy, dazip and rather

required very

very cheap but

Y. DOPLECK

which exceeds that sumn-

ice in Then, I. Hongkong Obervatory, January 23, ho concoated himself under present, is known to the natives of the ad- handle it these drains (lug such they have 'l year outy and is toe to affix their Erm relieve itself from the sclid maiter that ou-|

occur; and the present system of impound: tain are next to thing, burs ing the river between two embankments mand for a large quantity in July has neit, and to the level of the san is inabes, the registration is to be in force for 08

To ba

renewed annually, Leaves no

tendency to euchsucement of price and hundradiba. Possible chance for the river Registered firma supered bezure him he sudenly equally remarkable that ou the now becoined a crond of water-coolies with

ong hand small tine scooping up every drop of water. nuas and sumber to their places of business tons and likes its channel. The bed of a Chinese ataresolan Jike Terg

as to premature

9. TEMPERATURE, in the shale u dosTORI, A dust storm, with a gais the N. Tabrahah. * Close to the entrance to theed "I should have foreseen the unitary, enport drūns must be Jaora er less poisoned by we to do wind way isotopanies are required the river is rising, so alan is the flood level W., provalist.

the nates

during Whole of our forte, and that, on the

by the Joint Stock Companies Acts. do by: unwarrantable struesion of His Majesty's hand, it should take us well-nigh lifty years probable cost of it is drink by the Chinees, potined to the Registrar (ulsuse 3).

gases coming out of the drain, and it'in Changes occurring in the year are to be an handed him over to the custody of the from Wai Yan history, with which so there is nick nere The wonder is that there shipa'to see that ember of partner. unedy, and what Insider oven a possible bar So far this winter we have not

of the surrounding 1704 this whe dust of the disiris, contijoed IDE | JOU, In order to any wonder

to induce

Bridge.

Whert His Masing Soon district. But is it not

that d wat on the Heavenly jesty arrived at this

him, prostrating himself on the ground and pathetic lly

on His y calling" Majesty to redrose his wrongs. For this

passage,

ore.

other

water

in

firma are

the

of Thore- 8. Hu, pricastage of seluration, the day, and the wint, without the fine yellow bandity of saturated with wosture berg I should not have written the body guard at once arrested bit arm then properly Another extract unboiled or untered. It i

had I not been able to suggest a re-

4. LLECTION OF WINE; to two points. local authorities. Returning to the palace, will bring this unties to come, affords a is unt a great deal more! Year by year elades imposes certain disabilities on un-

are registered as such, solution of the Yellow Risir problem.

bad any such continuous blow till no and the old-fashioned tireo days' gales His Majesty landed an Edict cousigning this remarkable historical parallel showing a dieenso sem on the increase, and ju my registered partners; and sub-section 2 of Free the river channel from this, leave it exons.

The difficulty, to deal with is the wilt have tot been experienced for the last to imprudent petitioner to the Board of wonderful identity of religions feeling in opinion it will ingrase until the Guvern that chuse will have the desirable effect tehind, by distr.bating it over the aljvin- Punishments for enquiry and the infliction There was a typhoon at Hongkong in ly cleanse the seware and drains of the city, sons who are aut partnera, liable as qui voirs, which would act as setting basins, rolling stock, etc, by great quod fortung heathe Emperor and a Christian Popement take steps to thoroughly and regular putting an end to attempts to render per jug lands, and impounding it there in rear got all its Tails, materials for bridges, The Chins Railway Company has now

of a suitable penalty.

DOW

5 SUNCE OF WIN, Tocorang tu berufort B. STATE OF WRATnas, & hue sky, e de rohes clouds, a drizzling, rals, vitoy, y gloomy,

kin, in heeler, luther handrelske

Pin; # Bmw 13de, a mailality, giga, y posee showers,

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