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No. 8183.MARCH 28, 1889.j

avowal from your Campany it made by your Agent at San Francisco on the para graph intors.

I shall be glad to have your explantion as soon as possible. I am, Dear Sir, pours obodiontly,

." JOHN WILLM TY

Beerthy

(Copy SOCTA BRITISH FOLK AND MARINE INNURANCE CO. OF NEW ZEALAND, Hongkong, March 28th, 1889, JOHN WILLstort, Esq. Secretary, The Shark Fishery Company. Limited. DEAR ST.-1 beg to acknowledge the res

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CHINA MAIL.

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The dood fuit to be a serious nuisance, and information of a single instance in which

ceipt of year letter of to-day. I am isolim-alone conevinna 14,001, It Lyons therefore Majesty falt constrained to comply with the i guiadod litovary non. But we have any them, on account of the expense, is restrict. Chinese would tolerate under his head for Chinese cities are infested, yet the trait of

With regard by the rumour that the ves- ael har boon stufen and not fest, I would simply say that I do not know how people in Suu Fesncisco can get hold of the re- port, nor do I know on what such a report ia hased.

A to Captain Walker not being a white shoep, Icu say nothing, sa Iknow nothing

for or against hita.

of leaping up the quaya of our concesion yellow chair, bo bas never availet hirolf laga mpon a chair. Let politics be hanged guements,, Frequently changed. would ha to have on our territory reeid-f the privilege. His sincerity and hami and ocras to see me. I promise that the Chinese tre opsione fuo such nuen, Uccasionally faint efforts are made to expel the thing has been notually done. The ente paying municipal taxes. It is true lity are known to all the world and not to Union Jack shall wave over our house, and Their, burdonsie wadded clothes hang them by burning aromantic woods, but these explanation is simply that a Chinese doan that the tins of open auctions has been Her Majesty alone. At the commerce conversation and the best old hock shall around their bodies like so many bage, pests do not annoy the Chinese a thot particularly care whether Afty donkeys, pour damnation upon the rebels. Do not saving sawning space through which the sandth part as much as they annoy us. bray singly, simultaneously, or not at all. allowed to pass, the French applicants of ont of the present reign the Princo ro 1862, whose names and offers romain on the presented the danger that was likely to forget ud funds, neither their wives, as cold penetrates to the flesh, but they do One of the typical instances of different No Ossidental would be likely to remain That this registara of the Canton Consulate, boing aries if worthless officers should endeavour in wishes early as ardently a mysli to not mind this circumstance, the ready standards of a mfort between ouraces and tri un such a question. dond. The Anglo-Germans who, on ac- in curry Favoar with their sovereign by ad- see you, or at least to ace as quickly as pos tu admit that it is midgul. Chinese the Chinese, la fa the conception of what fouling is not confiired to any particular ahoos are made of cloth, and are always a pillow ought to be. In western lands, stratum of the Chiusse mucis! zoslo, might coast of oriminal administrativo ducing instances from history in order to aible a word of your handwriting.

persnade him to oxult his parent. It were carolpeaners, have hava bean asved a to-

'Soi gut und komm oder schreibe. porous, absorbing moisture on the sutallost pillow is a bag of feathers, adjusted to be inferred from the ironuntence that the

Duin, doubtable French competition at Canton, best, ho said, that no honours should be con-

wife of the leading statesman of China had provovation. This keeps the feet more or support the head. In China a pillow le a V. BISMARCK. would anap up-me fits when put up to forred in such a caso, and he prayed that

Iese chilled all the time, whenever the support for tish.nock, either a-mwall stool at me time in the vice-regal yamón about

The Chinese have, of tambo, a block of word, or more com- que hundred este 1 Haunted by the old songy. In good old weather is cold.

The Buddhist religion auction, in ple to turn maids for ever this might hereafter be publicly established

indeed, a kind of piled boots which only a brick. No Oscilantel could use is responsible for the reluctance of the from this city the representatives of our the rule for the future. Nothing could Colony Times."7 commerce. Of 29,000 bales of silk which bu nobler than such conduct; and it was

In England he met ronat of our distin. like many other onveniences, the use of torture, and it is not less certain that no

are designed to keep out the Usmpress, but a Chinese pillow in a Chinese way without Chineis to put an end to the weetahod existence of the parish dogs with which all are exported annually from Caston, France with feelings of doop admiration that Her

From for Boote descriptions of Dickens and

ed to a very few. The ging is true of vm- ten minutes the bags which we use for character thus exhibited is not so much ed to think that the stateurents of which you bought directly in Canto it would be dis. Prince's wah. The proposal of Wu Ta Thackeray.

We have spoken of the Chinese, as Oriental. Me J. Rom Browne, complain have been misrepresented by the aster to the Anglo-German establishmontach bug shows that the time has come when

In the evening I dined at Mackintosh's brellas as a protection against rain. They that purpose. San Francisco raporter.

Tho Lyons hung of Cuzon & Giraud has, it is necessary to publish to all the empire The party consisted of the Sturgis, a Mra are luxuries, and ago by no means regarded singular fact that the Chinese do not weave who was once Minister from the United

the Memorial previously presented by the of whom I know nothing, except that

as necessities. Chinese who are obliged to | wool. I is still more unaccountable that States to China, published an entertaining Mr Murray, the manager, is ton careful it is tru, a representative in Cautou,

Prinnc. It will then on manifest how the Thackeray kapt nyit, as I learned after bo uxposuil to the weather do not as a ralo they take no apparent interest in the feathers volume of travels in the East, adorned with and business-like a man to say that he is but this murahant who has his office in

the English consien is progont dy sasty surpasses ita dissera, wds, all dienor time to Sturgis, "I hate

think it important, certainly not necessary, which they pick inauch vast quantities from drawings of his own. Uno of these repre- acting as agent for the owners of the versul

a temase in limited in his commercial transactions aud what are the feelings of the illustrius

to change their clothes when they have the fowls which they consume. It would be sected what appeared to be a congress of He is, however, in con-

that won!"why she was an orious 1 when he is not. mon with our Agents in the Colonins, try-by the contract which linds hit to this Primer. At the anm tise a stap will be

to find the inconvariance of allowing thuir ding, by employing feathers sa lining, and was offered as a general view of Constan ing to get on the traces of the Wunder-gests, Messrs Russell & Co. Our Consul put to the secret schemes of any, who would base but yet been informed, as she seemed become thoroughly wet, and d not sout exceedingly easy to make up wadded bod. all variaties of fun and many dogs, which as hamless as a dove if nut as cine as a Minstreli

also lives in a second-class residence in desire before themselves in left berpest. The others wore Thackeray, Lord Bnce. While the Chase, admira fortune the era of the future would be litle or tinople. The sanie oil would do good the Euglish Ouncession, and is consequent positions by making flattering proposals —

I believe you have one. admire foreign nothing, since they are allowed to blow service as a sketch of many Uhinese cities. Charlisle, and weysulf ly roluced to th biliating protection N.-C. Daily News.

gloves, they have nous of their own, and away is beyond the se aven of the strict The Chinese do not appear to experienes never seen Thackeray. He has the p- golossal infant-simonth.

and while olunay mittens are not ungeonomy of the Chinese. Yet aside from any arious discomfort from the reckless регвисе of of the British police, who in the month of

white, ahing ringlety hair, aten, alas, known, even in the ux ronte north they sale to foreigners, we do not know of any and irrepressible barking of this vast army April 1888 turk ada stage of this to insotz

MOTLEY AND BISMARCK, him aftur allowing an athump! at aasaina-

with advancing years aroandish faou, with are rarely seen. One of the most annoy

use to which auch feathers ars at present of cure, nor do thay take much account of ing characteristics of Chinese Costume, an put, except that the larger ones are loosely the really great dangers arising from mad tion to be made on hire. This fusartic

There has just been issued in Londen a little dab of a se apon which it is a per-

petaal wonder how he keeps his spectacle, abgorce of pockets. The average wester-

soon from the foreign standpoint, is the tied to sticks to serve as dustera. To an dogs, which are not unfrequently encoun- carelessness is beginning to occupy the

nocidental, the ideal bed in at once elastie tered. Under agch circumstances, the rợ- tention of the Chambers of Commerce and work entitled 'The correspondence of John swear but rather piting voice, with some

ner requires a great mumber of those and firm The best example of such is per-medy adopted is often that of binding some aymliestes interested. For thirty years Lothrop Motley, D. C. L Matley's History thing of the childish nehle about it, and a

to inept his needs. Ho demands bransthaps that made from what is known as of the hair of the dog into the wound In conclusion 1 would say that the Com-there has a manifest betrayal of our of the Butuh Republic' is a housebuld work very tall, slightly suxing lig arouch

pockets in his conte for his memo.

has caused, a curious analogy to The Department of Feretgo

the characteristics of the rest 'sub' of

['woven wire," which in recent yuara has which pany is trying to trace to the end the truth interes 8.

Affairs cannot allege in its defence that it which placed the author in the fore front Enghund. His waer like that of over handkerchie's, pockets in his veet for per- of the finest hospitals in China was furnish-our proverb that the hair of the same deg randum books, pockets behind for his come into such general nas. But when end the practice which must have originated or untruth of the rumour about the Wa dering Minstrel.

has not been instenoted by its agents in of historius. During his residence in En-body ulas in England nothing original, ali | Cayton. Not one of the holders of that irortant office or the administrators of it rape he farmed the weaiutarce of the most ned down into perfect unitärmity with cil, tooth-pick, etc., as well as for his watch, with these luxuriants appliances, the will care.' The death of the dog does not bat of his fellow croatares. There was not and in other accossible positions for the kind-hearted physician who had planned Roems to be any part of the object in have failed to demand the utilisation of distinguished won of the day, and the cur- much more distinction in his talk than in accommodation of his pocket-knife, his for them, was disgusted to find that as view,-N.-C. Daily News

bunch of kepa, and his wallet. If the for soon as his back was turned, those patienta [We have much pleasure in publishing the errains raynes balonging to France. respondence that has just been published is tia white choker or black cat and waist-ainer is also provided wiha picket, a fol

One of the Bet sinistrators, whose com- the above correspondence. Our reprodue

We take from a leavour to Boswelling him a lule, but it ding foot-mila, a corkscrew, a boot-tuner, from their elastic da, down upon the papors has led to an explanation of the trace by bis numerous enemies, addressed Standard received by the German mail is very hard work. Something we said of puie of tweezers, a minuto compass, puch-door, where they folt at home! tion of the paragraph in the San Francisco i petence in commercial matters is recognised extremely int resting.

et mirror and a fountain pou, it will not Chinese hopa nearly always food and medicine. It not only gives flesh year to the ministry a report on this

to his lighted at night The native vegetables and strength by virtue of its own nutritions position of matters as far as is known bare;

yle antes everybody that fins arrived-if

properties, but creates an appetite for food interest Canton. Not svev extracts of ship with Prince Bismarck:

they are the road, he may perhaps treat

constant one of thus articks, he cant amell, and only afford sufficient illumina following: Scott's Emulsion is in my this work have been given in the Bulletin

the civilly." Mackintosh praised the de dispenau with them. The Chinese, on the Consurive. The Chambers of Cunnerce

tion to make darkosaa visible. The great scription in the Fronch Revolution

sxcellent and valuable com opinion an saci syudicates would certainly have buon

the flight of the King and Queen (which if he were presented with them, he would nised, but in spite of them, it is still true patisuts and have been delighted with the other hand, has few or uma of such things; advantages of koruscose are indeed reog pound. I have given it to consumptive interested, for the author put forward the

certainly one of the most living pictures idea, the only practica! one now, to give The Bismarcks aro as kind as over painted with ink), and Thackerayot know where to pat thera. If he has that throughout enormous areas, the results obtained. It is pleasant to the taste

a handkerchief, it is thrust into his bosom, made from beans, cottea aced and peanuts the lots in the Canon Concessium as a pro-

agreed with hian: and epoke of the passages and s also is sver—I am there all day long. It is one of

child which he sey continues to be used, lang after kerosene and can be borne by the most sensitive think to our national comperes in the those houses wh-ra ovary one does whit Ploteras Baul, "Everybody is or is sup have to cut arvand. If he has a pa- has been known, simply from the force of Knowle, Darlington. Any Chemist can

vory

of the osmopolitan Club, heartily.

stomach.-E. A. Robwax, M.D., Butter- establishment of syndical offices or banks.

thoy ressive formal company are Qua tikes. The show apartments where

on the red to be a celebrity; nobudý svor says: er of some importance carefully unties conservative inertia, backed by profound supply it.-Watson & Co. (Limited), agents

tr.macr indifference to the greater comfort of being in Hongkorg and Obina. Their living rogas, anything worth bearing; and everyone strap which coatines his

to bia aukle, inserts the papers and able to aer cleatly, as compared with being however, are

goes on his way. If he wears outside❘ able to see scarcely at all." Chiness furai- Here ight, to appear as if he had just been dia- drawers, he simply tacka in the paperture strikes a westerner as being clumsy the back, opening upon the garden.

without antying anything. In either caso, and uncomforta da. Instead of the broad children and dogs all at once, eating, drink- ing, smoking, pian-playing, and pistol-

if the band loosens without his know hanches on which our ancestors used to rence. Other depositarios of such articles with very narrow ones, and it will not be firing (in the garden), all going on at the

ledge, the paper is lusts constant oceur-reclite, the Chinese are generally content same time. It is one of those establish

are the folds of the long sleeves when turned surprising if some of the legs are loose, or ments where every earthly thing that can

back, the crown of a turned-up hat, or the are so placed as to tip off the unwary bo saten er drank is offered you; porter, uda wator, small beer, champagne har

space between the cap and the bead. Many person who resta limodif when there is no gy, or claret re about all the tiase, and

vaient, although somewhat exiguous sup- Chinese make a practice everybusty is an king the best Havana digars every minute,"

ply of ready money, by always sticking The greatest objections which westernra the dampnes and the cold. Of the radieut cash in one ear. The maiu depentance for have to Chinese dwellings are audubtedly orser in the construction of buildinga, security of articles carried is the girdle, to which a small porec, the tobacco pouch and which economiass in the foundation, we pipe, and similar objects are attached. I have elsewhere spoken. The inevitable the girdle works loose, tlie urticles are liable and permanent resula is dampness. Flours in be lost. Keys, monatuke combs, and auf earth, or of imperfectly bumed brick aru to most foreigners not only sources of great

1 rain, dear Sir, yours faithfully,

FREDR. O. DOLMAN,

deting Manager.

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As you like detail, how, I slu

who wore Almag mongh to do so, crawled:

SCOTT'S ENVISION OF FURE COD LIYER OL WIT HYPOPHOSPHITE acts both sis

and if 10 other good object has been surred, important question of the neglect of French several extracts obiely relating to his friend- Carlyle the author. Thackeray said," Carmark hima 002 as a singular excpu to the oile aro excundingly disagreeable to the that builds up the wasted body. Read the

that is on ED. C. M.]

THE TEA TRADE OF CHINA AND

INDIA. Accompanying the reports of the Com miegionere of Cactams in the book 'Tra-

whn

WL8

At Frankfurt he renowed his acquin- tance with Bismarck, establishei as the Prussian Minister there. He writes, in July, 1886-

vi

19

1898, to which we referred the other day.

tho India tea trade and the decline of the Chinese trade. Fifty years ago there was practically no tea grown in ludia. In 1838nd among tho syndical chambers. As there aro yesung and old, grand-parents and

ora Bavern tables showing the growth of listen to the demands made by the French front of the hand dining-room at gues there with his white choker at taid-

about 500 lbs, were sent to Eugland as an experiment, but it was not till 1851 that sny appreciable quantity was exported. The following table shows the growth sinca

that date-

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Ibe. 1851 200,000 1876. 22,000,000 1806 800,00 1881.31.500,000 18611,150,000 1886. ..57,600,00 1806 4,000,000 | 154. 70,090,000

111,300,00

INGA

Mach

858,284 224,84%

1864 1,191.47 20.02

189,623

iT 1 1,362,434 292,047

1974

1,444,040

1977

1,512,174 197,532

进门

1.661225

1883

1-671,602

191345

1,084,462

Tras 1,615,404

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Brick,

Pal Etical

14,907 1,287 8.734

5.112

MM 1.651.05 194,530 344,402 1657 1,576,250)

1st,2a5

99%

6780

5,120 331,1

2006.030

The figures for 1858 bave out yet been compiled, but it is foured they will show a still further declino. The following table shows the quantity of tes (in piculej, with the exception of brick tea, exported to

for a period of years.

KAR.. THES.... 1371... 1,040,8

1874...

1877..

60...

1883...

1984...

1,124,5

- 1,579,697

... 1,112,849

32,180

tingload, Árica Justin Pangkeng

£85.15)

23,0030 926.087 185,207 13:51 $1,28

999,640

88,744 250,51

124.159 70.6577 50.587 190,050 124,408 12.56 1,014,425 507,912 1582

281,244

167,0 2549 145,20

Loc, Ges 973,253 281,170 136,769 286,7k 159,972 170,760 217,084

1,304 30,464 250,0 278,047 174,500

1:2

1831

184..

... 2,015,217

19094.

1881.

DG1,216

40,537 798,610

It will be seen from these statistics that

1993... ... 1,011,

י.

Statistics for 1882 will show beaides that Indian tas is finding its way in larger and larger quantities into America and Aastra

lia.

cavior and

If the Minister of Freign Affairs will not

merchanta the latter any obtain a judicial and preceed to a division of the there le

not a single Fronch policemau Canton the Minister of Foreign Affairs will heged to allow the agents of the French syudicates to build, unless he sends our China squadron to fight Frenah commerce

led to nowed ita mising oətablishment.

--but

NEWCHWANG.

for the future harvest.

fund.

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The following is description given in another letter of Bismarck a bond

W. had an hour and a half's drive from talon to Varzin. As the postshion sounded his trumpet and wo reve up to

ing with the aristoorary.”

Horo is Dickens:---

Tuo only very distinguished literary persoa that I have seen of late for the first

time is Dickens. I met hit last week at a dinner at John Forster's. I had never ovon seen him before, for he never goos now into fashionable company. He lanka about the age of Lungielow. His hair is ot much grizzled, and is thick, although the crown of his head is getting bald. His fessures are good, the nose rather high, the eyes lackish, greyish, and very expressive. u wears a moustache and board, and and iu ex ctly the same dresses at dinner uniform which every su in London or the 9 tho inmates of a penitentiary are re- etriciad to theirs. I mention this because had beard that he was add and align hia ouatune. I liked him exceedingly Wuest sext each other at table, and I found bimo genial, sympathetic, ngremble, un- affected, with plenty of light easy talk and touch-and g fun without any effort or

CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS.

INDIFFERENCE TO COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE."

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Having become accustomed to

of ensuring a con- one at the other end.

The sudden chill

leaves of these doora admit the cold air at

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@notations HONGKONG, March 28.

OPIUM-New Patna, ossh,.. 647-

1

19

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13

Old

cash, New Bonaco, onsli, 625

Old

cart, New Malwa, cnsby. 689 Allowance, Fash... 3248 Old Malwa, cash,... 600/610 Allowance, faola... 16/48: Persian, Vily, cash 500 Aliowanor, Taels... 8/32 Persian, Paper tied 500 Allowance, Trals... 8/92

Exchange.

Hongkong, March 28.

1 bun low-

Bank, Wire,

2/112

H

On demand,

3/114

H

30 days' sight,

3/

4 months' sight,

....3/02

Dredite, 4

Documentary, 4 months' sight, 3/0

la Paris--

On demand, ...

3.78

Credits, 4 months' sight,

3.87

In Now York-

On detaand,

Orudits, 60 days' sight, Ja Bombay

Wire, Ou demand,

On Calcutta

T

Wire, Do deseand, ...

Un Shanghai-

141

18

714

72

... 34.25 $6.59

On demand, -- 30 days sight, private, old Leaf, 100 dne... ...

Invereigns,

Tamperatura.

Queen's Road)

M $0.05

1

29.97

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Do.

Do. TEKEYOKETAK~) A...

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4 PM....

... 29.96

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60

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1 P.M.... 4 P.M.... (Wat bulb) 9 ..

.... 65 69

Do. 1.M. 64 Do. 4 P.K. 64 Maximum

Do. Minimum over night

€8 42

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.

ATP.M. TO-DAY

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Barometer Temperature Damp Bull

Direction of Wind Fores

9th March. Thus in the last overland courier anil, :; | G we leon that Plexme:n arrivest in Tiennon on the lat, ur letters per lant and present courier will teach me somer than the previous urnes, Chinktang. For Of the 70 millions in 1887 63 millions ever's rays the weather has been unusually Tent to England, the balance going to Aus- mild, sad the ses began to look as if it the door, Bismarck, his wife, M, and civilised world is bound to war, as much few nucient eish; are attached to ame tralia and other pines. The following table might break at any moment. Yesterday Hall cause unt to the earings and shows the quantity of Chinase tea (in picals) and try the wind has been from the welcomed ne in the most affectionate cau

prominent button of the jacket, and onchiseunfort, but extremely prejudicail to val of this garment involves care-health. Not less annoying are the locae exported during a part of the same period: rth and is blowing with tradendous ner. I found him very little changed in

taking to prevent the loss of the ap-docs, rosting eu pirute. The double fore. There is an attempt at anox, but it appearance since 64, which surpriave me.

pendages.

If the daily dress of the onlinary Chinese ach side, at the top and at the bottom. 1,103,2 is opletely overwed by the dual which He le soo what stouter, and his face more

weather-beaten, but as 53,123

1,474,356 frous itu peciliar solaps must have mamie.

expressive and

seems to us objectionable, his noctartal Brec if the cracke aro pa ted up with stoot 29,74

1,879,497

costume is at least free from criticism on paper, a door is but an imperfect protection from the platon of Mongolia powerful is ever. Madame de Bismarck is 74,702 212,531

3,501

way 1,735,879 all the 147,810 12,75) 1,100,681 The zerometer (Fabr.), from 32 mint but little altered in the fourteen years that

the score of complexity, for he simply strips 22.379 24,201 9,077,179

bavo pussed since I saw her. They are both huming of any kind." mam yesterday or peci E this 218,744 210

to the skin, wraps himself in his quilt and that the bitter winter weather, because 1,947,978

most kind and agreeable to Lily, and she 217 Nu doubt the river wil he opon in 244,

4,217

sleeps the sleep of the just. Night dress one will shot it. It is almost im

possible to teach Chiness to keep un 15.505 2.1.14 days, tal is is not an advantage to bave feels already as if she had known them all

he or she has on. It is indeed recorded taule duer shut in winter. The notice that Confucius required his sleeping-dress which a business man posted on the out- the tre broken up to Both, as it will be her lifa. Mis a pretty gir, with boy-

to be half as long again wa hia body, It lo taking up and down all the longer, and it tiful dark hair and grey eyes-simple,

side of his office dour," Everybody shuta useless for Will the abuncist

sessels affected and like both father aud

supposed, hoover, that the reference in the doors bot You,' would be a gross false. to enter,ar thele

no carg

mother, full of full. The manner of living boats for landing or shipp og cargo. Several is must unsophisticated, as y a will think

In what we have now to say, it must be due passage is fua mbe which the Mastor hood in China, where nobody slats a deor.

wore when be was fasting, and not to an

A Chinese dwelling in winter always sp. sons have rettuned from distribut wher 1 tell you that so were marched premised at the outset, that all that is

ordinary sight-dress; but it is at all orante pears to a westerner a thesaura of discom England, America, Russia and Hongkong ing the funds of the Relief Coronition und straight from the surring into the dining affirmed of Chinese indifference in comfort certain that modern Chinese do not initate | fort, on seconut of the absence of artificial Too (after a dusty, her journey by rail and and convenience resposta nest. Oriental but him in his night-robe, and do not fast if heat. The vast majority of the people, even report that the distress har tot been caag- gerated

Much good has been done and carriage of ten hours), and made to sit Uunidental standards, the principsl object Thousands of natives who otherwise misst down and go on with the dinner, which was buing to show how totally different these they can avoid it. Even new-born babes, where the winters are sorore, have no other whose skins aro escoedingly sensitive to die heat than that modicum obtained from the have died of starvation are being kept alive, sbout half through, as, owing to a contre standards are. Let us first divet our atten but unfortunately the matter does not end temps, we did not arrive outil an hour after tina for a mutuent to the Chinese dreas.east changes of temperature, are carelessly fuel burned in cooking, and shish in con- back whenever the mother wishes to exhibit midian discomfort in the establishment, with winter and there are many points to were expected. After dinner Bismarck I speaking of Chinese contempt for for aid ander the bed-clothes, which are throw eyed to the kang. This is the point of

we have already bad ceston to the infant to spuolatera. andt 1 had a long walk in the woods, neigners, Consider in regard to helping the Chiness. Aide tot, et ir ciel t'aizera does not enter talking all the time in the simplest and mention that wastore modes of apparel have which the absurd practice occasione: is but wo Occidentals who wish to feel positive

best from some source diffusing itself into the thoughts of these poor people. Tunniest and most interesting manber about sory little which is attractive to the Chi They are patient, phlegmatic, indiffereur, all sorts of things that had happened in uese; we ate any forced to admit that the thought by competent judges to be quite grateful currents all over the body, a Chi-(faken at Meurs Falconer & Co.'s Premink,

Is it certainly sufficient to account for the very large neso kang on a cold night is a very inade, these tremendous years, but talking of them converse is equally tras. or whatever the quality way be, which enables them to bear pain, trouble and exactly as every day people talk of every appears singular that a great nation should number of Chiose who before complating quate substitute for the chimney-corner, injustice, s tenth part of which would dag matters-without any affectation. The bourne reconciled to such an annatural the first month of their existenon, die in or for the stove. In regions where coal in

convulsions. When children have grown lands truth is, he is s entirely simple, an full of custom as shaving the rent ro the decrease occurs mainly in the export bread a revolution in westoru

but as compared with the whole country, to England, where the Indian tex most en self-help, except for the moment, laissez aller that one is obliged to be saying of the head, leaving that exposed which larger, instead of being provided with di accessible, it is indeed employed a fuel, happy to one's self all the time, This is the great natura esicantly atended should be propers, they are in sume regions clad in a thoes districts are very limited, and the Bot since the Chinese were driven pair of bifurcated bags, partly Elled with smuke always sospes into the room, which taca into competition with it every they don't understand 8 is 100 lb. te which was bought in England glucky surt of mind they feel that Bsmarck--the greatest living man, and one tected.

sand, the miere iden of which: sufficient to becues grid ally. Alled with carbonic acid nut, of in 1965, 97 lbs. were Chinese and only 3 they will be fed somehow or atter. In the evening we sat about most promis-sword, and since, as already remarked the breast of tender-hearted western gas. Charcoal is very sparingly used even

the greatest "historical characters. to adopt this custom at the print of the lba Indian. In 1886 the proportion was well it cannot be helped! Can we let them It

mothers with horror. Weighted with these by those who in Mas

good circumstanova, L. sign and test 50 lbs. Chinese to 41 iba. Indian. Bir Ro., starve after keeping them through the cuously-aeme drinking tas, as hear, it

thod be no farther strange equipments, the pear thing is at and the danger from its incautious uso, like Rope belizer water: Bismarck smoking of hyalty, bert Hart says that a part of the decrosse is winter? What are they to do? They have

that from the use of coal, is very great, dea to ten for Bussis being exported direct The land or homes to speak of. No need pipe. Ho smokes very little us, and only noticed in this coune tin, than to call first rooted to ins apok, like the frog which

e animals that light tobacco in a pipe. When I last knew attention by time undoubted fact that the was "londe with buck shot. In the The horses are so decomfortablə'tist even instead of by London, but this does not ac

the particular districts where this castom pre-at home if the weather is vold the inmates count for the great proportion of Indian helped to till the ground are dead from him, he never stopped amoking the strong. Chineso thewsdvs do not recognian voile, it is common to meak of a person often wear all the clothes they can put ni est cigars. Now tells me emuld discomfort from this praction, and would Where is the labour to come from to tore his life amok a single cigar probably be exceedingly unwilling to revort

one who has not yet been ta en out of his

Are you cold l' we ask them.

'Of course, plough and manure the buida! A grand The way of life is very simple at Varzin, to the Ming dynasty tonaure. The same

earth-trousers!"

is the constant reply. They have never problem for the Celestial Government!hat the irregularity of the bus is great. Iconaderations do not apply to the Chinese

habit of Easily solved I Boild a railway from Moukaually came down stairs, as well as Lily,

Chinese indiference to what wo mean bareheaded at alenest ali going

beer artificially warmed, in an occidental by comfort, is exhibited as much in their sense, during their whole lives. In the seasons of the year, and caperially in sum den in the Yangtze or to Peking or K.rin, between nine and ten; Madanie de Ris-

mark, M—— and the

The whole ustion moves about in the houses as in their dress. I order to winter their blood seems to be like wator Suba camu in pre-mer. anywhere, but build a railway. It will pay, and meanwhile keep thousands alive, and tuiscuously and had breakfast with, as blistering beats of the smer inonths, establish this proposition, it is neces in the rivers, congealed at the surface, aud | curich China !~N.-C. Daily News, Bismarck one down about cloren. His holding uno arm aloft, with an open fan Bary to take account not of the dwel only moving with a sluggish currout un- breakfast is very light-an e sud a cop of held at avgh an angle na to obstruct a porlings of the poor, who are forced tourneath. Considering those characteris fe and then he had a merechaun pipe. tion of the rays of the sun. Those who at exit as they can, but rather of the habitatics of Chinese dwellings, it is no wonder While he is sitting there and talking to all my part of their lives hold an ambrolia in Lima of those whose circumstances enable that a certain Tastai who had been abroad, of us his secretary bands hire the piles of their hands to ward of heat, must cou. them to to as they please. The Clineso do remarked, that in the United States the In 1802 the Chinese concoded in perpe

letters with which he is goaded in his stitute baba zaost insignificant fraction of not care for the shade of trees shout their prisonera in jail had quarters wore con tuity to Europeans, as a place to which March 4fb.A few days ago the Em. retirement, and with a lead pencil about a the pupalation. While wen do often wear houses, but much prefer poles covered with fortable than his yamen! In speaking of the they tight transport their establishments, press removed from otice a Censor named foot long makes memoranda as to the bats upon certain provocation, Chinees mats. Those who are unable to afford such a Chinese absence of norvos we have already women, du fac us wo have obcurved, have fuxars, however, and who unight easily have had occasion to point out the Chinese in the island of Shameeu, bounded by the Tu Jegahou, who had presented а

their court-yard, Chow kiang (Fear River) and by u canal Momorial making certain auggestions which Meanwhile the boys. playing talifards in no other kins of head-dress than that grateful shade treo in

con- as the weather becomes cold, the Chinesa ton, Two-thirds of this territory belongs Majesty should continue to anpuristend black dug, clied Salion, is rainpaging Props the unsympathetic Western stand test themselves with pomegranates or acote hudrila together as a matter of course, in

the government of the country in spite of gaterally through the apartment and join point, ia ilended to be uraxtontal for to England; the other third, composed of

Toko 30.04- about twenty lots, is the property of the the Emperor's eccession to full power.g in everybody's conversation

of the very few, requisites for comfort, French Governcant. The English were Ehe at the same tine desired the Board of After breakfast Bismarck and I always according to Chinese ideas is a fan, tolerable, they go and sit in the street, boats loaded with auch numbers of pas Nagasaki. 30.28 not long in constructing un Shamoon a Civil Office to determine a Stting penalty took a long walk, during which he was al- that is to say, in the seaan when it and when that is insufferable, they sougere that there must be barely room to Shanghai, 30.17 50 35 Consulate, and an Episcopal Chapel, aud in for the Cunsor's offence. The Board sent ways talking generally about the events pussible to use such an accessory to com.retire to their houses again. Few houses sit or to liv. No westerniste would tolerate Amoy 80.16 65. aelling lots suitable for European commerce. in a Memorial advising what should be of the French war. I have given so many fort. It is not uncommon in the summer sve north door opposite the main such crowding, yet the Chinees do not lougkong 30.69 63 Such an appear to mind it. Occidentals like to have Haiphong: 91,02) 64 Thinking that France had not spent its one; but their statement not being and Mary that it would be foolish to at clotining, aruggling to track a heavy salt. arrangement would produce a draught, and their dwellings at a little distance from Bolinao....29.93 83

specimene in my letters to you and Susan to see coblies, almost or quita devoid of entrance on the south side. money and the lives of its soldiers to obtain sufficiently explicit, a fuller De wae vagua territory, French and Belgian met demanded. From this further Memorial teapt sending any more email bricks as junk np streau, vigorously famning them somewhat diminish the misories of the those of the neares neighbours, for ventila Manila 29.9 87

tion and for privacy. The Chinese kour. chants asked our Consular authorities to it appeared that the Censor would receive specimens of the house. The nominal selves meanwhile. Even beggars trequent-dog-days. When asked why such a con fullow the example of the English and take some fresh appointment of about equal dinner-hour was thres, bot we rarely sat ly brandish broken fana 3t is ous of the venience is not more commor, the frequent nothing either of ventilation or of privacy, Wi'ostock, 20.74 35, 90 the necessary steps to pat.up the lots in the rank with the Censorship from which he in down earlier than a quarter to four. Na uncountable phenomena of Ulinesa civi-reply in that we do not let north doors and they do not soom to apprciato thee Tokio 90:16

North of the thirty-seventh parallel of conditions when they are realised. Every Nagasaki. 30.19 — French Concesion to sustion, The Consul removed, and that his oily punishment dipure dressing or evening costume. Thin-Lission, that this people which is sappich latitude, the commion leeping-place of the little Chinese village is built on the plan of Shanghai.. 30.04 50 93 referred the matter to the MinisterofFareign would be that of being der geminal net als good and simple; wine ex- to have been originally pastoral, tenuity Obiness is the way, a rained brick-had's city without any plan In other words, moy30.11 6 82 Affaire and the Legation et Feking. That seatunoc of dismiss white actually held cellent.

certainly shows a high degree of ingenuity We cannot omit the following

in making ase of the gifts of nature, bas composed of adobe bricks, and heated by the dwellings are huddled together as if land Hongkong 30.05 6675 was thirty years ago, and a solution of thing the past. Her Majesty is very angry. 'Jack question is still pending. Our people have with the Board for their attempt to deceivo

Diy Deur,Where the daril never learned to weave wool in such a way the are sed for cooking. If there happens were excessively valuable, the inevitable Haiphonx grown tired of the systematic neglect of the herself and to serven the ofender. The are you and what do you do that you as to employ it as clothing. It is believed to be fuo tire, the cold earth appears to such is to rules the price of inud, just Bolinas 20 07 80 53 Administration, and have carried sisewhere Censorate in instructed to determine a never write a line in me I am working that in ancient times before suttun was in foreigner the nome of dissomfort. If the as in a oily, though for quite different Manila 23.18 87 76

Hete narrow curta, ezaniped The barometer has fallen and gradients. the activity and capital which they ex-puualty to be inflicted on the Presidents from more to night like a nigger, and you tro need, garments were made of one fire happens to be too great, he wakes reasons. ported to expend in Canto place, the and Vice Presidents of the Board, and a have nothing to du at all you might no other vegetable bars, such as rashes in the latter part of the night, wel zocommodations, gaheithful overcrowding, Importance of which would one day be sarere penalty for the secretaries actualy well- mealing as well as looking on your However this may be, it is certain that the ing that he is underging a process of even where there is abandust spate to nare slight. Overcast, cool and dry weather augmented by the conquest of Tonkin, employed in the case. The Censor himself feel tilted against the well of God knowe nation as a whole is at prassat abaolutely roasting. In any rout, the degree of heat had cloas at hand and at a moderate rate, prevails... but which was from the very frat im- i sammarly disissed from the public what a dronry polour. I cannot entertain a dependant upon cotton. In those parts will not be continuous throughout the A Chinese guest at a Obin se inn oujuya portant to the country which has the service without possibility re-employ.rogater correspondence it happens to me of the empire where the winter cold in night. The whole family a buddied to the bustle which is concomitant upon the The material of arrival of a long train of carts; and ful's monopoly of the silk industry. The French ment

that during five days I do not find a quarter severe, the people wear an amount of gather on this terrace Concession has remained, a vaguo piece of

evening of an hour for a walk; but you, lary old wadded clothing almost antiolent to dous which it is composed becomes infested with asleep as soon as he has bolted his DIGNITIES FOR ERINOM UK'UN DECLINED. bere, who encamped there during the riot from Wu, Ta-chéng, Director-eneral, of old frienda 1 When just guing to bad in in this ostame, if he happen to find even if the adobe bricks are | mest," Hin follow traveller from western alt, and to the lovel of the sun in inches, toniks

A child The Empress bas received a Memorial chap what keeps you from thinking of your be the bulk of their bodies ground (terrain vague), uf which the Chi-

annually removed, there no way to secure climes lies awake half the night, listening to and hundredtha.. of 1683 to defend the Europeans, took bit the Yellow Rivor; who suggests that same this moment my eye met with yours un down, in tons as utterly dublu te riso, mamaty from these unwelcome attests, the champint of three score mulos, varied 2. Taxmmustan, in the shade in degrean by bit possession. This is not all. The special dignities be conferred upon the yuur portrait, and I curtailed, the sweet if he had been strapped into a cask. Of which are fixed scenpants of the walls of all by sick and squeals that last as long as he Fahrbert.

18. Hvemeve, în parcentage of interešino, iše idland of Shamsen, formed of ground Emperor's father, Prince Ch'un

Her restorer, sleep, in order to remind you of the discomfort of such clumay drees, wo classes of dwellings Other univerzally keeps his continussed. These sounds are resting on a sand bank can only re Majesty uptices the modesty and indefati Auld Lang Syne: Why do you never come ever hear the Chinese complain. The prevalent animal infestations there are, with alterated by the beating of a huge wooden humidity of art aurats of str sist the caprice of the Pearl River by guble zeal with which the Princess to Berlin? It is not a quarter of an comfort in in the want of it. It in our : thora ais few who saem to regard parasites | of" dog.it; in not uncomưñon to see na rd. DisECTION UP. WI80, to two pollas

which most Chinese are very familiar, but cattle, and by the yelping of a large furçe - 100. 6 Donstant maintenance of quaye tu performed all duties entrusted to him both American's holiday jurney from Vienna, lain, however, that no Aughton would swbank it. The financial department af during the reign of his brother and in later and my wife and use should be so happy to willingly to arate the disabilities of such an aka pretentible evil, even if they are rs- many as Sity donkeys in one inn-yard, and 6. Fusce o zgodbe: Beantat the Foreign Affairs office, by delning to ra rears, when als herself has conducted the see you once more in this suflen life. When antice, if he could by any passibility be cugnised se su etil at all. The nota which the pandemonium which they occasion at pair the quaya, are putting the security of government. If honours have been at can 730 cume, and when will yout Inwear relieved of it. In connection with the are used to keep winged, torments at bay, Fight can be but faintly imagined. Thu spate of tas river, exposing France to have repeatedly arid earnestly begged to decline you on old Logier's quartes, and drink a tioned this tutal lack of any kind of under an even of the city population, and mentioned, that the braying of this duimals, the whole island at the mercy of a andden any time conferred upon him, he has that I will make out the time to look with heavy clothing of winter, must be seen are beyond the incans of all but a minule Chinese are not auawa as M. Huu has abed clouds, adriaaline ing to bear the responsibility for any onto them: Thaught sume time aro he was bottle with you at Getclt's, where they once clothing. Tu as it seems difficult to far knas are randly heard of ofse can be stopped by sneponding brick to quali, & BROW,

7. BAIK, in krokem, tenths and hundreliht trophe that may be produced. One mas granted the right to ride in an apricate would not allow you to pat your slender support existence without woollen under here. Bandflies and mosquitoes are inlits tail, but repeated enquiries fol to elicit

BETRAYAL OF FRENCH CUMMER. CIAL INTERESTS AT CANTON.. Under the above heading there is all article in La Geographic, of which the fol- lowing is a condensed tamamlation:-

ABSTRACT OF PEKING GAZETTE

FUNIBMENT OF THE CENSOR, T'U JEN-SHOU,

answorn and other dis-sition to be made.

which isulates it from the suburbs of Cani | sunoasted virtaally to a proposal that Heraumber part of the satne roum, and 'n blg which, however great its failure viewed du uot plant anything of this sort, but difference to crowding and noise. As soOD

Weather

Hongkong Observatory, March 28, 1889,

CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL.

REGISTER:

MAFOR 27.—at 4 P. M.

owing to the fierce heat, the yard is in the dog days, it is not atostomon to see other merely ortamental shraba. When order to keep warm Even in the depth of Wi'ostock. 29.83 20

00

MARCH 28.-

Humility.

Wmd.

W. Dossack,

Weather.

Rein Auley

Government detronomer. Hongkong Observatory, March 27, 1889.

1. Banouatan, reduced to 22 degrean Bakenns

6. Brize of WaxTERES),