1888-06-21 — Page 2

For Sale,

FOR SALE

ULEB at M M

OHAMPAGNE,

Qansta....

Coe

820 per Case of I dos.

2.

Pluta............ Dubos Frères & de Gomen & Co.'s

BORDEAUX CLANETS AND

WHITE WINES.

Baxter's Celebrated 'Barley Bree* N

WHISKY-7 per Case of 1 dos GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co. Hongkong, July 18, 1884.

0187

THE CHINA MAIL

To-day's Advertisements, ham, Saigon June 15, Rice and Paddy.

THE SCOTTISH ORIENTAL STEAM- SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED

FOR SWATOW, SINGAPORE, AND

BANGKOK..

The Company's Steamer

Para hem Klas, Captain J. FowLER, Will be despatched for the above Porta on SATURDAY, the 23rd Inst., at Noon.

For Freight or Pansago, apply tu

YUEN FAT HONG, Agents

To-day's Advertisements. u. Juno 21, 1886

THEATRE

ROYAL,

CITY HALL

THIS EVENING, Thursday, the 21st June, 1888.

THIRD PERFORMANCE

AND

CHANGE OF PROGRAMME.

WASH NORTON'S FAMOUS

WORLD OF WONDERS.

TH-E

VERDICT

OF FRESH AND PUBLIC,

"THE BEST. COMPANY WE HAVE SEEN."

THE KING LAUGH-MAKERS, THE HARVEY BROTHERS, In a New Speciality.

·ACHMED – ALI BEY, HINDOO BASKET TRICK.

THE MIRACULOUS LOCKED,

CORDED, AND

STRAPPED BOX MYSTERY,

As Performed by Meaar. MASKELYN & Cook, Landon,

A TRIP TO THE MOON!

MIRTO,

MAGIC.

MUSIC,

Priess of Admissions? Dross Circle and Stalls Pit

$2,00, $1.00.

Scats can be rosorvad at Mosers. KEILY

Hotel.

1019

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP, MPANY, LIMITED.

FOR SWATOW; AMOY AND TAMSUL

Tho Co.'s Steamalip

Heiloong Captain Fogon, will be despatched for the above. Ports on SUNDAY, the 24th Instuut, at I a.th.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, June 21, 1888.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

No. 280.

1022

JT is hereby notified that the date for the Reception of TENDERS for the OPIUM FARMS is POSTPONED until THURSDAY, the 28th Instant, at 3 p.m.

Revised Conditions will appear in the Gazette of SATURDAY, the 23rd Instant.

The date for Deposit is also extended till the 27th Instant, at Noon.

By Command,

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary. COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,

Hongkong, 20th Junu, 1888.

UNION LINE.

101

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM ANTWERP, HAMBURG, PENANG AND SINGAPORE,

THE Stoomship Bulcarres Brook, Captain

BURGESS, having arrived from the above Porta Consignees of Cargo are horoby requested to send in their Billa of Lading to the Undersigned for countor- signature, and to take immediate delivery of their Goods from alongside.

The Starter in berthed at Kowloon,

HotL, LIMITED, under Hongkong and Cargo impeding her discharge will be

Doors Open at 8:30 PM. Performance Commencez at 9 O'CLOCK.

Special Notice!

To meet the wishes of many residents here, the Managern beg to announce that there will be an

Afternoon Performance,

SATURDAY, 23rd JUNE, For the accommodation of Ladies and Children, with a specially selected Pro-

gramine.

PRICES OF ADMISSION FOR AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE: Children and Sorvanta

$0.50 Adults

1.00 Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform .50

Doors open at 3,80, Performance com- wouces at 4 o'clock.

1018

Carriages may be ordered at 6 o'clock. CHAS. DERMEK, General Agent. Hongkong, June 21, 1888. Occidental & Oriental Steam- Ship Company.

TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERS

JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND EUROPE, VIA

AND

THE OVERLAND RAILWAYS,

ATLANTIC & OTHER CONNECTING STEAMERS,

THE · Steamship ARABIC will be despatched for San Francisco, ris Yokohama, on TUESDAY, the 10th July,

at 3 p.BL

Connection being made at Yokohama

at once landed and stored at Consignees risk and expone, and no Fire Insuranca will bo affected.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded on to

ADAMSON, BELL & CO.

June 21

Nicoya, Britial barque, from Whanipoa Licsony, British atgamer, from Whampoa. Kwang Lee, Chinese str., 1,608, A E Knights, Shanghai June 15, General.-C. M. & N. Co.

Balcartes Brock British steamer, 2,000, W. Burgess, Hamburg April 13, and Singa pore June 13, General RugeLL & Co..

Phra Chula Cham Klao, British steamer, 1,011, A Bonaon, Bangkok June 15, Bice and General---YUEN FAT Roxo,

Hever, German steamer, from Whaiapoa,

DEPARTURES. Juus 21-

Anadyr, for Shanghai. Bindh, for Europe, du

Activ, for Hoihów and Pakhỏi. | Gorge S. Flosser, for Yokohama,

Ane Cathrine, for Vistoria (B.0.j Butan, for Amoy,

lanariney, for Shanghai. Pazarus, for hungle f

for Shanghai.

Mongkut, for Bangkok. Belgie, for San Francisco. Duftla, for Manila.

CLEARED,

Freje, for Haiphong. Balcarves Brook, for Shangirai. Lesang, for Swatow. Ruby, for Tioilu,

PASSENGERS AKRIVED

Pes Kwany Lee, from Slaglsi, 97 Clii- pase.

For Bulcurves Brook, from Singapore, 30 ChincgO,

Por Phra Chula Chom Klao, from Bang kok, 93 Chinese,

DEPARTED.

Por Sindh, from Hongkong: for Saigon, Mosers Chang Nui, Ho Sam, Ho Dien, Lan Chong Touz and E. M. Poallam, and 10 Chineas for Marseilles, Mr A. G. Morris. For Saigon from Yokohama, Mre Gleisal, and Me Fitament; from Shanghai, Мелато

TS' Baton and J.. Gayot For Singa pore: from Shanghai, Mrs Fabris; Yokohama,

Mr Parairn from Shanghai, Mr and Mrs Souhart,

POST OFFICE NOTICES. MAILS will close

For SWATOW, SINGAPORE & BANG-

KOL Per Phra Chom Kloo, at 11:30 am, on

Saturday, the 23rd inst.

MAILS BY VE GERMAN PACKET — Tho Gorman Contract Packet Sachsen

will be despatched on WEDNESDAY, the 4th July, with Maila for the United Kingdom, Europe and coun- trics beyond, via Brindisi, to the Straits Settlements, Batavia, Burmah, Ceylon, India, Aden, Egypt, Malta,

Registry wason at 4 P.M. Tho Mail closes at 5 1. Correspondence should be marked Pes GERMAN MAIL, or with the name of the Packer.

HOURS OF CLOSING THE

ENGLISH AND FRENCH MAILS..

Phen the Packets leave at Noon,

The following bours will be observed in closing the Mails" for Europe, &, by the English and Fronch Packote when they leave at Noon. The Money Order Office will be closed at b the day before

9.00 Posting of Prices Current and

Cireulata cosace

(Prices Current and Circulars may however be posted up to 10 o'clock. if they are tied in bundles, country by country, with the addresses all one way)

10.40 AM-Begistry cases. 10.50.-Posting

Booke, and

of Менврарога, Patterns Co1908

11.00 AM Mail closes

LATE LATTERS may be posted (from 11.10A.M.) with 10 cents late fee up to 11:30 AM, after which hour they may be sent on Board with the same Late Foo..

The Extra Stoomers of the Mamegories Maritimes Company between Colombo and Calcutta have boon withdrawn. From this date through comminication with Mindras. and Calentia by Messageries packet will be four-weekly only; viz., on the following datus of

sof departure from Hongkong June 7. August

For Alexandrin

July

Mr

MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW. Shipping

| Britsia. It is true that there are dithe | culties in the way, but none of those raised by our contemporary have go

[No. 7746-Jenu 21, 1888.

The Navegazione Generals: Itellana Cola steamer Barnida:left singapore for this port on the Toth iñas, and may be ex--

to Arrive posted

10. Cassandra leaves for Thema, Jourred to any one else, because they are instanke on or aboat tho Ast

General Memoranda. BATURDAY, Juno 29:--

4 p.m.--Performance at the City Hall. 9 p.m.-Meeting of Zetland Lodge. 9 p.m-Performance at the City Hall SUNDAY, Juno 24 2

entirely original. We have already The Glen Lane steamer Hengoe, from mentioned the difficulty about the mail

London,

left Singapore on the 10th Areomere, for excepting which special

and may be

pravision will have to be made. An or about the 21st in pected here on other difficulty is the penalty necessary The

to make the law unyielding enough to establish a absorvanes such

Cher Hamburg, loft Singa

loth ingtont, and nay bo

the

here on or about the 21st Creator, from

Becoursion trip by Bonam toestel it the freaty rests third The ok. 5. Cole stoner Oral, Iro

Blacao.

MONDAY, June 25-

Goods par Bantam undelivered after this

date subject to rent. Goods per Merionethshire undelivered

after this date subject to rent.

June 26 TUESDAY,

Q

Hoods par Glenartney undelivered after

this state subject to rant. pods por Cassa

·Cassandra underlivered after

⠀⠀

Goods

this dato mabject to rent. WEDNESDAY, June 27-

Goods a

per Stoomer Anadyr unclaimed Peter

Noon subject to rent. THURSDAY, June 28

Claire

against the Balcarves Brouk must be seat in to Messrs. Rinsell &

on or before this este. 3 p.m.-Fenders for Opiumi Fazilk Torbay, July 8

2:30 p.m. Meeting of Shareholder of The Chinese Insurance Company, Ltd., at the City Hall

Watson's Astringent Lemonade

difficulty probably will be to get the Government to take up the question,

on the 18th

Εἰσαρους, loit Singapors Lust, and may be expected hore on or

the 24th nat

about Jam

on the

from Calcutta, left

10th st., and may

on or about the 25th

from

Lana atosner Glenfruin, London, left “ingapore on the 20th in- stant, and may be exposted hero on dr about the 25th inst.

now that the Chamber of Commerce has passed on the responsibility. It is The slusest childish to say it Me Goldsmith and those on whose bohalf he speaks. hud submitted a draft Bill to give effect The Glen to their suggestions the sublect might be considered more in detail. There is little doubt, if such a draft Bill had been submitted, that our contemporary would have been but too ready to tear it to pieces. The duty of drafting ordinances belongs to the Government, and the TEE Superintendent of the P. & O. Gam- subject under consideration is one which pany informa on that the Company's Stua• may well employ the talents of those to

The Canadian Pacific Line steamer Abus

for Hongkong, ging left Vancouver on the 29th alto,

whom the Government, looks for well-mer Pekin, with the Outward Eaglish Mail, drawn and ably-framed laws. It would it Singapore for here in Wodavanday, 20th almost seom, however, that the op- instant, of 5 2.0. ponents of the simply proposal to stop

Farbour work on Sunday wore afraid The Agent of the Pacific Mall 8. 5. Co. in- of a sweeping Sabbatarian inensure after forma un that the City of Peking, with maila the oldon-days Puritanical form. There&o. from San Francisco to the 2nd instant, pre-is no four whatever of a total cessation has arrived at Tokohama, and was to sail

of shore work on Sunday, the Govern for this port at 0 p.m. to-play.” ment Gazette will ho circulated on Sun-

at excollent STOMACHIC and ventative of DIARRHEA nude commended by the Faculty.

During the

aroid all doubt Presunt севход, ful food, impure water, overfatigun and impure air. bottle of ASIATIC CORDIAL, and bottle of the Finest Old LIQUEUR BRANDY, are useful things to have in the house.

A

a

day afternoon to regularly as ever, and Somasimon even eminent politicians betray the issue of our morning contemporary considerable ignorause of the condition of will proceed us usual-on Monday morn-

ing, even if a Bill were passed to stop things in the colonies and dependonvica of Sunday work in the Harbour. There the empire. In his article on The State need be no alarm on that score, Law-of Europa in the first number of the now breaking and open rioting, to which Unteral Review Sir Charles Dilke writes : our contemporary refore, will nover What may be called the Roman or The following DISINFECTANTS are

be dream of by the Chinese, no Austrian plan of shifting from ous part of the native stevedores are perfectly in-

· REDUCED IN PRICE THE PERMANGANATE FLUID (similar to different whether they begin to load or the Empire to another the armies composed Cundy's) 60 Cente por bottle, or $3 per discharge on Sunday morning or on of the subject races, has hardly boon tried 2-gallon jar; CARBOLTO

U ACID, 75 Monday at daylight. These stevedores by us at all. Negro, Malay and Chinese Cinta por quart bottle;

chant or shipping clerk, and there will Punjauber and Goorklia troops have been. and Sther DISINFECTANTS, at usual he no difficulty there whatever Say emparatively little employed outside of

the stevedore, simply says, When you

30. Novembargo JEYE'S FLUID, OHLORIDE of LIME take their orders from the foreign mer troops have not been employed in India.

6. September 27. December

August 2 October 31.

24

prices.

Mails for Judia will be made up by the Special Quotations for wholesale quantities want begin work?' and the Europeandia; ond thoro san bo no doubt that wG

and Mrs Goldman and son. For Marseilles, from Shanghai. Mossta Kohlz and Brad-interinediate packets as formerly for trans-

meier;

from Yokohama, Mr Walls from mission to Colombo, whence they will go on Mrs Hagord,

and Mr Damentoil to Madras by the first opprtunity.

Hongkong, May 10, 1888.

Per detir, for Hoihow, 35 Chinese. Per Amoy, for Shanghai, 12 Chinese. Por Pulimurus, for Shanghai, 6 Europeans.

for

20 Chinese. angkuls. 16 Chiness. Por Mangkut

for Por Nanoa, for Bwatow, Mr J. Dickie, Hon. Seal Loang Suah, Mesara Sesh, Tan, and Li Yam Seng 3 for Ansoy, Me and Mrs

Taze

Ming. Koppard : fur Forchow, Lieut. Wong J. 3. O'Neil.

Kow, Lioat Kaw

Fan, and Mr

CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL

REGISTER.

JUNE 20T 4 P.

Wind.

SHANGRAI, unless notice to the contrary 1 Kimbali, Mr H. J. M. Carvalho, and 1 Eu- Tok: 29.65

Agents.

1017

SHIPPING REPORTS

Por Tetamon, for London, M. G. Rowlay: Per Belgic, for Yokohamon, Mrs R. E.

rupest for Ean

Miss Serlgwick, given before Noon To-Bay, the 21st Tuot.

Francisco, Mr and Mrs T. Alan and 2 children, Mrs All Claims against the Steamer Bust be Withers, Mise Withers, Mas Royal, ir E. presented to the Undersigned on or before. Thuring, Mrs A. C. Williams, and 1,173 the 28th Instant, or they will not be re- Chiness; for London, Messe F. D. Gudd cognised..

ard, A. W. Bain and S. L. Warren, RUSSELL & Co.,

Hongkong, June 21, 1883.

Not Responsible for Debts. N

Trither the Captain, the Agente, nor mers will be Responsible for any Debt contracted by the Officers on Crew of the following Vessels, during their stay in itôngkong Harbouri

ANNA, German schoouer, Captain 11. Meinschion. Siemmen & Co.

Cartoon, British barquestine, Captain Thos. Gortley-Jardine, Matheson & Co.

ELECTRA, American hargne, Capt. F. La Jonas-Chinesė,

ELLA NICOLAS, German barque, Capt. J. W. Muisterfeld-Chinese,

OMEGA, British barque, Captain A. Y. Brown. Chinese.

BULY, British ship, Uapt. E. E. Robbiris, --Mesageries Maritimes.

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS.

June 23, 1888- Chittur, British barquentine, 217, T. Gortley, Freemantle May 18, Sandalwood.

JARDINE, Marneson & Uo

Angers, British steamer, 2,077, J. Pink

Stocks,

BANKS.

The Chinese steamer Kung Lee reports: Had strong nonapon with Southerly well. The British steamier Phra Chadda Chom Klos reports: Had strong Westerly gule, with heaty beam sea in upper pass of Gulf of Siam; moderating towards Tule Obi; thence to purt, had fresh to moderate mon- soon and fine weather.

POST OFFICE NOTICES. MAILS will close!- For OIEFOO & NEWCHWANG,—

Per Heer, at 11.30a.m., on Friday, the

22nd ing.

For HAIPHONG.-

Por faris, at 5 p.m., on Friday, the 22nd ing, instead of as previously notitied.

MAILS BY THE FRENCH PACE.~~ The French Contract Packet Yout

will be despatched on THURSDAY, the 5th July, with Mails for Uis United Kingdom, Europe, and places be yond, vid Marseilles; to Saigon, Straits Settlements, Batavia, Burmah, Ceylon, the Australasian Colonica, Pondichery, Madras, Calcutta Adon, Mauritius, Egypt, Malta, and Gibraltar,

The usual weurs will be observed in closing

the Mails, o

SHARE LIST. -QUOTATIONS.

Paid-Pourro PER LART REPORT.

He w ttp.

Balances. fixeru

Nos. of Shares

Valu.

with Steamers from Shanghai and Japan Hongkong and Shanghai Bans Corp. 60,000 $ porta

All Parcel Packages should be marked to address in full; and same will be received at the Company's Office, until 5.

P.M. the

day previous to sailing.

First-clasy Fares granted as follows:-

To San Francisco

To San

Francisco and retura,

LSUHANUZA,

Temperatura:

Humidity.

.ས

Force

Weather.

Rain during

с

A. S. WATSON & Co.;; LD,

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

ESTABLISHED "40, 1841 Hongkong, June 10, 1888.

986

The publication of this issue commenced at 7:50 pm.

The China Mail.

RONGKONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1888.

replies, First thing Monday morning: ought not to wait for a pinch of hard All night, replies Sam, and the thing necessity in order to act about organising is settled. Sam's coolies get so much the forens of the Empire apon the principle for their job, and it matters little to suggested. The idea of our being able to them whether it is done on one day or another. The truth of this can be veri fied without difficulty, as we have duae, by an appeal to anyone who knows boy thing about shipping business in this Colony. In the case of Chinese junks, the price for a permit-based upon the system in vogue at the Treaty Porte In the Police Court to-day four chair coolies under which, upon special conditions, & were eliseged, at the instance of Mr James junk could work her cargo, would

sund Chinese troops to India is rich indeed, and is scarcely creditable to the author of 'Greater Britain. A regiment of our kongs would be a noble rampart against Russian invasion.

THE Rer. A. Gurney Goldsmith has naturally be less than that charged to a Cramp, clerk of works to the Public Works reason, we think, to be encouraged, hi foreign vessel; but it is very probible Department, with refusing to do duty, his crusade against Sunday Jabour in that the Chinese, who are generally Complainant said that on the 18th inst he the harbour, by the reply given to him ready enough to make a rest, will fall told them he was going to live at the Peak. by the Chamber of Commerce. Having in with the custom as easily use They asked $1 to get ehow, and he gave taken up an erroneous view of the more civilised Europeans. The cut them an extra dollar cach in consideration movement and the pronounced against cluding remarks of the writer in

total stoppage of work all over the the Daily Press, in which he tells of their husing to go to the Peak. Yester Colony which nobody has ever con- the petitioning offeces of the merchant day they brought him down from the Peak 10.52 templated for a moment-our morning fleet to go elsewhere for employment if and behaved in a most insolent manner, contemporary has informed the public they do not relish Sunday work Lora, did not keep stop and shook him all the that the Clamber's reply to the Sea are not only heartless and impertinent, way down. They did not turn up twice. man's Chaplain is precisely what might but exceedingly unreasonable

0.32

WI'setnck, 29.50, 50- N

Shanghai..29.66 14 Nagasaki. 30.65 77

Hongkong 29.62 35 79 SE Smoy29.65 87 80 SE Haiphong 29.61 90 76 sr Bolinao....29.76 8479 4 Manila..... 29.77 87 172 sw

JUNE 21.Ar 10 a.m. W'astook. 29.09 55 89 x 2 Tokio 29,69

ས།། Nagasaki..20.60 70 70 sw Shanghus 29.08 74

74190 Amoy 20.70 84 87 6E Hongkong 29.70 84 82 ENE 2 Haiphong 30.73 39 15 1 Bolinao.... 29.80 35 79 se 2 Manila 29.86 87 60 asw1

The barometar has risen in Touquin Gradients are rather steep for S. W. winds Fino, warm and rather dry weather

vaila

W, DOBBECK,

b 0.20

b

Government Astronomer,

Bongkang Observatory, June 21..

and

have been expected. But in so saying illogical, Shipmasters and oficers here during the day when wanted, and later on 0.10 the writer in the Daily Press evidently are belpless because of the keenacas when he ordered water for the bath thoy means to convey the impression that of competition, not so much because refused to comply. The case was adjourn- the Chamber of Commerce was endea their ownere ure strongly in favour of ad till tomorrow. A house boy was charg vouring to put on extinguisher upon Sunday work. Therefore an attempt is cd by Mr Thomas Chudler with, stealing this movement and to announce the proposed to be inade to compel all $20. Complainant mid that when he left pro-impracticability of stopping Sunday work vessels to stop work. The advice given his house on Monday at 8. defendant

in the Harbour and with a smack of to go elsewhere for work would apply

the lips the writer ndde, it was only to equally well to the ships as to the was there, and when he returned at 6 pai, be expected, or, in other words, I told officers commanding them." We cone found him goat. He had not won him you so. This is not, so far as we can gratulate Mr Goldsmith upon his suc-gain until now. He charged him with

1. Adres, reduce to B degrees Fahren ascertain, anything approaching to the onse, so fat, especially with the shipping stealing $30. This case was also romanded. aoit, and to the loyal of the son in inches, tenth, meaning of the Chamber's reply 48 firms and we trust he will not rest conSix shopkeepers were fined soms varying matter of fact, most, if not all, of the tent until some satisfactory arrange-

and hundredika

3. Taurasatura in the shade in degrees, Febrenkelt.

3. HUMIDIS, in percentage of saturation, the banidity of air saturated with moisture being 100.

4. DIXSOTION Os Woin, to two points." 6. FORCE OF WIND, according to Beaufort

Scale.

had cloude, d drizzling, rain, fox, glowns, 6. STATE OF WEATHER, & blue sky, de, hal, lightning, a overcast, passing showers,

dew (wet). aqually, rrain, snow, 4 thundor, e visibility

7 Raw. in inches, testhe mad hundraðibe."

Grst Dividen

JUNE 21, 1688.

osite rotations,

Quadr

126 all $ 3,710,000 $20,003.51 at 30 for 1 year

working w/e to Dec. 31,67 $159 % presi.

11. 23.65 for 27û ex div.

1980. 8,050.707% for 1886 Tla. 97 314,012.03 26%, 1836 886 246,240.04 20% atur 78. 429,367.96 10% for 1887 274, buyers, 125,771.298% for 1886 $175

...$200.00

200LET 100,000 Tle. 408,132.00

25 all

50,00 TL 250+

875,00; 8 83,43. 2015. 600,0 $

550g 300,00

280,00018 1,03 22 "28,711 Duj8. 21,031,4668 650,000 3

available for 6 months...)

North China Insurance Co, Ld. 5,000 2 Yangtaza Tusurance Company, Ld.... 8,000 £ Union Insurance Society Co.. Ld... 10,000 China Traders' Insurance Co., Ld24,000$ Canton Insurance Office Co., La... 10,000% Chinese Insuranco Lomited. 1,000 Hongkong Fire Insurance Co. Lt 3,000 China Fire Insurance Co., La... 20,000 S Singapore Insurance Company, Ld. 40,000 The Straits Fire Insurance Co., Ld. 20,000s The Straite Insurance Co., La... 30,000,$

Co.,

To Liverpool...

326.09 To London ar

330.00 To other European points at proportion- ato ratos, Spesial reduces rates granted to Vilicers of the Army, Navy, Civil Service and the Imperial Chinese Customs, to be obtained on application.

Passengers, Francisco for China or

who have paid fall fare, re- HK. U. and M. Steamboat Co., Lt. 40, 0008 embarking at

far vice versa) within one year will be Douglas Steamship Co., Limited....20,000 $ Indo-China S. N. Company, Limited 18, 387 E

allowed a discount of 102. aleance does not apply to

to through fares from China

and Japan to Europe.

STEAMBOAT COMPANIES.

MISOKLLANEOUS

Consular Invoices to accompany Cargo destined to points beyond San Francisco, H'kong & Whampos Dock Co., Ld. 12,500 $

in the United States, should be sont to the Company's Offices, addressed to the Collec- for of

Customs, San Francisco. For further information as to Freight of Passago, apply to the Agency of the Company, No. 504, Queen's Road Central

0. D. HARMAN,

Agent.

--

HK and China Gas Co., Limited:

Ney Shares...

1008 100$ 20

100% 2013 200,000 $

259;218.396.0.80 (or '16:2340, buyers. 204,003.00$ för 1886 77

17,000

17, buyers

79,499.525; for 1986 617, sellers, ex div, 75,832.63

TELEGRAMS.

[SUPPLIED TO THE CHINA MAIL"

تسمت:

(Via Southern Line)

t

THI U. & M. B. N. Us.'s sa Mogune left Port Said on the morning of the lõtá at o'clock, and may be expected to scrive in London on Monday, the 25th, at daylight. The time lapsed between leaving Singa- pore and the departure from Port Said was 18 days 3 hours,--Shanghai Menu

THE

Magicienne, that

fre new

shipping and mercantile houses are in ment has been made which will materi- from 320 to $30 for keeping incurrect favour of stepping work in the Harbour ally obeck if not altogether stop work in batanese. on Sunday, if legislative measures can the Harbour of Hongkong on Sunday, be passed whereby all vessels are placed on the same platform. This has been. invariably advanced by us and by every indispensable to the success of any other advocate of the movement as effort to stop Sunday labour in this Harbour. Therefore, when the Cham- ber of Commerce gave the opinion that the compulsory cessation of Sunday. work in the Harbour, would be unfair unless an unyielding law applicable to all classes and nationalities of vessels am the Second to the Prussian people capacity which would enable her to steam were passed, that body repeated what declares that his reign will be just, tem for supplies, and she is up an hour. Bourly round the world without stopping the advocates of Mr. Goldsmith's move-

to be able ment had been saying all along it pered by clemency that he will foster to attains speed of twenty kas would be suicidal to support any legis religion and uso his vifuris to maintain | Altogether, who in a very useful addition to lation that did not provide for an peace in order to promote the common unyielding and general observance of weal

GERMANY-EDIOT OF THE NEW EMPEROR,

LONDON, 19th one, 1888.

the first of the swift cruisers, arranged for last year, wan launched at the Teitfield Yard on 12th May, She has a displacemost of 8,000 Loun

The proclamation of the Emperor Wil-engines of 9,000 horse power, and a coal

the rule sought to be applied, because, besides being a public farce, it would RUSSIA-PEACEFUL PROSPECTS, merely place non-absorsers of an ad- The Odar has refused his saction to vantage over their observing neigh proposal to double the Army, Rocorves, de bours. Our morning contemporary,claring that the situation does not just by however, ingeniously shifts the argu-

ment on to a basis npon which no one such an overburdening of the usuces of else has placed it, and then deals with the country.

thing

about her is that she has been built in ser the navy. But the most interesting month. This is what the great privato yards of the country can do when they are called upon by the Government and what is true of the ships might be true of the guns slao Aa Sir William Pearoo said. at the launch of this very vessel, the great steel manalacturers would be willing ou to onbarè qu gun-making for Govern meut purposes if they find some sort of as Asurance that they would get orders sufficient the question of the minority forcing a The Political altuation is copaxlerod moroto secoup them for their husey initial outlay general Sunday observance upon the hopeful, and the continental Bourses are

ou plant, Git, James's Budget. great majority. This is mere foolishness, bat it provides the morning paper with the means of posing as a chominion of toleration and a mighty pillar of religious and municipal freedom. It would be religious tyranny, beerWARD BOUNDDore, April 13 202 por ahara, boyers

says, for the minority to deprive the Chinese coulie of the opportunity of 1,801.3210 % for '8734% prem, czeh

earning his rice on one day in seven upon a plea of religions principle about. 1,527.3.1110% and 23

bonus for 130 per share, buyers, fully which he knows nothing. This might

paid up 678.04 half years170

3,696.60% half yea

4,387.5.95% for 1880/7/10 % dis sellers

18.58 C

% for year to June

·420.6016 % for 1887974- 514.01% for: 1880503 229,303.18 None" 1335

SZ41

60,000 shares issued..... 31, 212 £ China and quila 6. S. Co., La... 3,5008

2021

Oo.

Hongkong Hotel Company, Lt.....

3,000 shs, issued" Ohine Sugar Company, Limited... 15,000 Hongkong Ice Company, Limited ... 5,000 3 Hongkong Bakery Company, 14 ... GOO Luzon Sugar Ortopany, Limited........... 7, 0 $ Perak Suxar Cultivation Co..

5,000 TL Perak Tin Mining & Sting Co... | 5,00LİS

Diza S Punjan Sunghie Susta

$40,000/$** HK. & Kov Wharf & Godern Co. 17,000

Rope Watson & Co. Limited 3,800 8

Manufactory Co., Ld. 3,000 A. S HK. High-Level Tramways Co, L., 1,250 Societe Francaise de Charbonnage

8,000B

20 ali 50% all

102 1 -50 x 8

5,100 £10 sil

15. Bl

1,900E 102 7.1 3,00013 100 all

10: all 25 all

#40,000

+200,000

27,320 $

Dec. 31/87 $209

1153.13 8%

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10,000

€ 9,177.3 1£

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100 l

100 all to all

100 510F1500

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of Int

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8,565

1881

91895

1860

10201

Equalisation of Dividend Fund

Hongkong, Juno 21. 1888:

NETHERLANDS INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR SAIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, SAMARANG AND SOURABAYA.

The Co's Steamship

Bantam, Capt. SCHALTEN, will be despatched as a

or about the 25th Instant.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

JARDINE, MATHESON & C

Agente

Hongkuực, Juns 91, 1888.

be the case, if the Sabbati-keepere had ever sought to do anything of the kind, and it the same rule now sought to be introduced into this Harbour did

buoyant.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Paieu Scel VANALA

d′inerals (11

THE SANITARY BOARD.

The Bow Sanitary Bourd held its first mooiing this afternoon. Dr. Ayres pre-

sided, and there vere present. Capt. Superin- May 1 tendent Deane, Ms J. J. Francis QC,

Regius, William gantride, 18 Hon. J. M. Price, Mr Stewart-Lockhart,

Hed Sea dujer Head, Krougein

Кой

Friedrich Wilhelm, 25 Tesist, 29, Bon. Wong Shinig, Me N. J. Ede, Dr. Lord

of the 1 Talin, Chancellor, Doping, Cantic, M. J. D. flumphreys and Dr. Bo June 1 dizz

Blogul Gem, 12y Arephitrite, thenshire, Sarpition, Preussen, 19.

Iramaddy

The Chairman said

that before they be

that would have to be reconstructed

not govern every upen pors in China. HOMEWARD BOUND-Steaton 7 gan to work thoré were the standing orders.

It would doubtless be regarded sea

June 30 1687

13,781.53

30/873175

sales

Notab

Tis, 18 t

nominal nominal sellers

None

Nome

LO

Sir

most marvellous charge to be brought egalost the Foreign Customs of Ching that the email minority of the Customis

··

63.% prem 265

Nano 411.47 13% for 1887 03

Payabl rearly, 20 June

Oct. 15 **** March & Sept.

prem, zater 200% prem, buyers: 40 K pram, buyers

prezz prezi

12. prez.

May 9; Cha

He 25, Vardiacus, Olymuggested that a sub-committee slicnld be more, 15; son, 2

29 Gleniyor, Melbourne, Leep appointed to revive these standing orders.

He proposed Capt

Deane, Mr Francis and dole, Bayern, June 5 ; Huphrates, Bj

bir Price: Musser, B. Moyuns, Ipatenta, 15.ƒ Ava, Glen yle, 19

Dr Ho Kai nocotided

Mr Francis suggested that in all the sub-

staff at the Ports sought to deprise the The ateamer Pekin, with the EMOLU98| committees which were formed out of the

poor Chinese coole of his rice ca one day in the week by closing the Custom Honse, or that the Customs dared to prevent enterprising and pushing ship- owners from making a few paltry dollars by stopping Harbour work on Sundays. Yes the hardship, if each it be, is the sama-only it is imposed in a country that is called ' heathen,' whila this Colony of Hongkong sometimes Besaribed as a dependency of Great

Man of May 25th; left hingapore no | Board the official members should bear the to the unofficials as they

Wednesday, the 20th Juno, at 6 am, same proportion He therefore pro- -

and may be expected here on Monday, iri the Board itself.”

the 25th June. This Packet bringa pagod that the committee should consist replies to lettore despatched from of one officiel and two thofficial members.

do's almme City of Peking, have no oficial or noticial members here. Hongkong on April 16.

Mr Price should suggested that we

With the AMERICAN MAIL of Jans Our interests are identical. I aoc no reaso leli Yokohama on Thumday, the Blai | why there should be a line of demarcation. biến, at fm, and may be expected Capt. Dease-It seems to me a dangerous bere on or about Wednesday, the 7th

classifestion,

Mr Frangipi Tung hat it exists,