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TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1894.

THE CHINA MAIL.

terest (or even without interest, suggests Tax steamer Mogul hoisted the Japanions | Auranix is increasing among the Shanghai

pontes. the sapient native). The railwaysdag on the 13th inet. may be sold for 80,000,000 yen,

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dog smelt out a tiger. We had to take the| We then went north through Nganditfu precaution of sleeping each night with a to Kusiyang, the ospital of the province. loaded revolver at our hand, not only on On the way we niet some hundreds of young

THE CRISIS IN COREL, port and just calling at Lisbon, are allowed to land thale msils and passengers, and to Private telegrams were received in THE Kyoto Electric Light Company Las Hongkong to-day stating that the Japanem take in their ooil and then to proceed; even account of the tigera which occasionally | Minotze woman returning from their an that, altogether, the Japanese The Avenir du Tonkin of the 18th instant

Portugal has not yat resobed the absurdity Government may rely on getting

of detaining a ship, in which no disease has night, but on account of the pirates who matrons. They were dromed in the bes

are not yet quite axtirpated.

coming national contume of a heavily-plaited 100,000,000 yan very easily without reports that the Danish steamer Ask, Capt. the last half-year. There are enid to be neziral port in the event of wat

Aftor Avo days very enjoyable sail wa dark Sluskilt and tunic of the same colour, Shanghai is therefore in no danger of shown itself, in a port for days, when she recourse to a foreign loan. It may Revsbook, chartered by Marty and D'Ab. 9,023 houses using the lights.

resohed the military station of Too Bay I I was told by a friend who had been present occur to the western mind that these badio, grounded on the Dale Bank, four A Cherese nativo paper states thai Li | hostile operations, and will not nood to be only intended to stop there a few boat where a delay occurred, no „böstmen being at the festival that when in full dress there sourdes of revenue are not quite so miles from Hoihow, on her last trip, and Hung-chang has borrowed a million taals closed by the einking of ballast-boats on If it is necessary to detain Nagasaki pan willing to go up tiver at that time owing are

ars thrown from the leading foreign bank, pledging as satisfactory as this Japanese authority had to discharge some cargo before floating security, the property of the Chius Mar- the bar, as threatened.

sengers in quarantine for nice days after to the proximity of the Chiness and in ate brown over this garments of the cost and tho' whois Is disposed to imagine. Enthusiasm

chauts S. N. Co.

The British and American Concessions in leaving Hongkong, do so, but why detain namite New-Year holidays.

As I was anxious to press my way to days in the open sie, when the men and and plauk may carry an army a long again. Her hull was uninjured.

way, but money is a valuable auxiliary.

TOKUWA-MURA, Sado Island, with a loving

tilo.

as

During this Sanitary Interval, it is called, no public business and be attended to

embroidery nosne is most brilliant It is hold for thres

kilver necklaco to the ons admired, and come favourites were to be good with quita a number of these, evidently rather proud of having two or more 'strings to their bow.

Shanghai are wholly Chinese territory, and the ship alss ? This arrangement if carried Chine. I reluctantly raid good-bye to my women moet teguther and girs tokens of So far as we can see, Japan is not so we have received from Mears Kelly and care for the health of its officials, recairono liable to attack in any war with China, as out, will much interfere with the mails, and i friend M. Dupont, and selled an Comman-affection to one another, end sa chocas their thoroughly prepared for as many think, and if China follows her usual thotics she may apply a very effectual chook not only to Japanese prospects in the Corean Peninsula bat to Japanese pretensions in the Far East. Such a contingency, in the opinion of many would be deplorable.

TELEGRAMS.

(SUPPLIED TO THE "CHINA. MAIL.']

(Via Southern Line).

LONDON, July 29, 1804. TELEGRAPH CELEBRATION, A banquet was given at the Imperial Institute to celebrate the twenty-fifth an niversary of telegraphy to the Far East,

CHINA, JAPAN, AND COREA.

It is romoured in Shanghai that war has bean declared between Ubine and Japan, the castis bells being, the refusal of Japan to acquiesce in the demand of China that Japanese warships should not enter Chiness treaty porte.

THE BISLEY MEETING.

Shanghai,' a handbook which should be of considerable raise to traders, shipowners and shipmasters, Supplementary informa

will throw all business affairs We have here the strange spectacle of the Aggested going on by land. The Commandant very kindly lent me a saddla auppaasd go-a-head Japan falling back upon heree, got mp coolies, and gare mo a the utterly disoredited medieval doctrine military escort for the next sight days of quarantine, whilst the despised Chinose the Chipane frantiar. After two days w

srol through the jangla to Lankay, on

tion is given regarding treaty port regul-A DIEPENsist and doctor's residenca in osived in Hongkong this afternoon, vort of Shanghai, which is situato nearer to ranched the French fort of Trai Hut, the eastern border of the province, and so

tions, the tariff, forms, go.

being erected in Chinenfa by the American Presbyterian Mission, The building, as a consasion to Chinese ideas, in being con- structed, exterierly, on the most perfect models of gend Chinese architecture.

A szamas belonging to the steamer Ismailia brought a charge of assault against the chief officer and boatswain at Kobe, He

A TIETars telegram was received in Shang- us frightened Consul Enslie by stating that hai on the 21st inst. stating that the Ja- he intended to call thirty-four witnesses,panese Goremoset has jutimated that the

that that functionary passed on the cane to the Court at the next port of call, which may be Hongkong.

Ir is stated in a Tientsin telegram to a Japanese paper that, in the event of war between Chion and Japan, China will em- ploy British officers in the Navy and Ger- mag-offers in the Army, and that her intention has already been communicated to the British and German ambassadors in Faking.

recall of H.E. Ynan, Chiness Resident at Seoul, to China and the substitution of nome one else in his place would be acceptable to. the Japanana Government,

SEVERAL of the steamers calling in at Swator from Hongkong here taken plague patients, states our of our Norbera costera- Pareries, but the victims were one and all promptly taken to a mat-shed hospital situated to the east of the fort, and kept in strict solusion.

Tas Hochi reports that the plague at Hong. kong has had a serious ofect on the trade of Japan. The export of matches from Kobe, last month, wooording to the Nichi

hut the French hold their Concessions Fronch territory, inviolable.

The latest telegraphic inforamtion,

states:Chiness telegram», to Shanghai

Year holidays and the coolies refused to report that actual fighting has commented Hongkong than is Nagasaki, adopts the en-where we were overtaken by the New

tightened praotion of the nineteenth century, procesu. Bather than force thom to go wa in Oures. This, howovor, regairos con- firmation, and can hardly be relied on stand-nd confines itself to a strict system of in- agreed to wait a few days and I was moat epeation, thereby interfering as little with kindly entertained by the French officers at ing alone.

the trade of the part as is possible.

While thus waiting at Trai Hut, which is The following are the statistics for the situated on the left bank of the Red River, my friend M. Dopont came up with his junk and suggested I should rejoin him on the other sight day sail to laskar. To this I gladly Resanted, after writing to thank Dommandant Protes for his kind help on

twenty-four hours to noun to-day :--

Admissions

- Kennedy.

ãos Birgela.

Depot.

Vider Treatment..... 10 33

THE PLAGUE IN HONGKONG. A case of plague was discovered to-day on the promiss of the Chicos Telegraph Administration in Queen's Road Central

A patient who was found by the search-Deaths parties a few days age and taken to Ken- nedy-town, whonoo at his own request bo was seat to Lai-chi-kok,' was discovered again hiding in a house in Hongkong three days later; he was again carteḍ away to hospital, and died next day. The story is that he insisted on the Lai-chi.kok poopla letting him came back here to get his food.

XAS Total.

SUPREME COURT. IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Before Mr A. G. Wise, Acting Puiane

Judge, and a Jury). Tuesday, July 24.

A DEFAUXEING JUZOR,

the foc

the Isnd journey thus far.

From Kaniyang we made a sweep round

became a little more rowdy, especially at bring near Hunan, the people of code Siobenfu, whores at first they were a willing to allow us to stop the night, bet after we had spoken to the crowd and told them of the peaceful nature of our mission

to preach the Gospel and put the Bible in their hands they calmed down and before night the innkeeper begged me to slay yet another day. We found people a lttle way north of this who had previously bought Scriptures, and some had evidently read them to some purpose, having a falzly-

Two days: Journey áp, råvor hraught us knowledge of the Chrißilan -

Arm.

The dead body of a Chinese child was Mr J. A. Fife, who was called to serve Ar the Magistracy to day, bolore Mr H. E. Nichi, was 17,100 cases, a decrease of 5,511

cases as compared with the quantity export. I found this morning lying in the road besida on the common jury in the Chineso will wounded in the junk brought us to i Rennie, of the 3rd Lanarkshire, is the Wodehouse, the coxswain of Messrs Black-od in the previous month. The falling of Marray Barracks, leading up towards Headcane last Thursday, appeared to explain hie

head & Co. storfn-launch was food B§75 fia attributed to the prevalence of tas plague quarter House. The body probably camej rymed vere salasted for the Sessions, and his staff received us in an equally hospies of Blue River, on the 21st of

winner of the Queen's Prizu.

THE ITALIANS IN KASSALA The Italians have released many Egyp. tian prisoners, and have found immense quantition of atores destined for a Mahdist expedition against Masowab in the autumn.

(with the alternative, which he did not elest, of going to gaol for a month) for karing consistently levied toll on the various goods entrusted to him to be taken on board vessels in the harbour.

from Fletcher Street or there abquis, but it le not dertain whether death resulted from plague or not.

in Hongkong and the Korean trouble. On the aftermoon of the 13th inst. a boat belonging to H. M. d. Porpoise, white being

The figures to-day are hardly as good sailed by some of her people, capsized in the middle of the river at Shangbai. Fortun- ! ately, the cocupants were able to reach a as yesterday; but that is a more ephemeral eate pat close by, and as several steam detail The general view of the situation JAPAN and China seem to have a curious Inonobes and boste from the Porpoise and is that, with Canton and the neighbouring Wolf were quickly on the scene, the boat way of preparing for war. The other day was soon raised and taken alongside the part of the malaland permanently fofented, THE FRENCH PRESS ON THE OU.reported the destruction of a new rifle foo.ahip. CUPATION OF MASSOWAH. tory in China; now we have to report the The Paris press resent this occupation of partial destruction of a gunpowder factory in Japan. If the diplomatista can only Masrowab by the Italians.

hold out long enough the Corean difficulty might ultimately be settled by mutual 'blowing up."

(Special to the China Gazette.)

THE CHINESE ARMY IN KOREA.

Shanghai, July 20.

We have received a despatch from Tice. tain saying that the Chinees troops as dying by scores in Korea, and are hanging themselves by dozens to escape from their

Kisory,

AN unofficial report has came from Dhining

how to the effort that the recent trouble between the Roman Cathelio constituency and populate at Troubsien has been adjust

absence. Не said that after the seven ja the rest of the jargman summoned for the Sessions were discharged from farther at- tendance for that dag, he thought he was included in that order of discharge. He therefore went away, not knowing er think

any other

hip arised him to be more careful in fatore.

-DHINESE WIEM CASE.

if Professor Kitanato in right, Hong- The unit of Yu Lam Shingainat Ho Asam keng has become permanently liablend Ho Ashi in the matter of she estate of

Yu Chau, decasaud, was then continged,sperity to the Colony of Tongking. to the importation of the disease; therebɔve Oousel and jury were so on Thursday last.. there will always be a few ma-enough At 4.80 p.m. the case was adjourned to deprive the Colony of a clean bill of until Monday next,

ed by the payment of an indemnity of Tle, health--antil by some means or other one 2,000 to the Hieston, and Tis. 200 to the island is rendered quite impregnable to family of each man slain in the rist, with promise of damage money to such as were every fuvasion of the basille: That will jojored. This riot was entirely among the bo only after the expenditure of a great deal natives, and grow ont of a complication of more time and trouble, to say nothing of money, for, as Professor Kitanata showed in bis remarks published in there columne

events as between the converts and people.

THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COM- PANT LIMITED. The following report of the Board of Dirators will be presented to the ordinary half-yearly meeting of shareholders, to be held at the Office of the Company, on

Mr. C. Maisola yesterday afternoon held an auction-of Crown land st Kowloon; an inland lat measuring 18,00 square fest, near the slaughter hange in Hunghorn Bay, won pol up at an upset price of 81,800 and Shanghai, after a series of benefita' to the last Friday, the very soil of China-town is Monday, the 30th inet, at noon-

was without competition knocked down for $1,810 to Messrs Sander & Co., who it is reported intend to sect a glass factory ou the ground.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Passen SUEZ CANAL OUTWARD BOUND-Sait, June 8; Energia, Quandock, 19; Zingfield, 26; Cheribon Maria Vaterie, Stratilyon, 28; Den-If it be bras, as we have heard, that the bighshire, July 3: Daventry, 6; Sunk plagas bacillus has been found some 18 en, Sarpedon, Glengarry, Myrmidon, inches underground in the infected district Herthe, Canfr, 10; dden, 13.

of Taipingshan, we would remind the ROMEWARD BOUs:-Mer. June &; Ber- ledi, 28; Glencarn, Glongyle, Vindobong, Pakting, Malaccu, July 3; Palamed, bourne, Polyphemus, Poluto, Manila, 10; Priok, Ganges, 13.

pregnated with diseta germ; and aow the French bacteriologist, Dr Yersin, bar

the poorer olueres of Chinese have lived, or

at the very least wherever the plague has been. This is a serious matter so serious

moans of onlerging its information

now account,

It was with trun sorrow I said good-bye to the friends in Tongking, and when I ventured to express my thanks to Dupont, he exclaimed Scotch Hospita lity Certainly, I shall always remember what French

rench hospitality is. the frontier, and three and a hair days

at

in mind in

I

the

The

Ulysses, Salatiga, 6; Glenartney, Mel the soil with keromone. It was atggested and passed resolutions to the following that it is a pity the Hongkong Government Line, oving to a slight increase of passage the ridge of hills at na ulevation of 6,000 at Tilly at 52, and Shanghais

Chinese BX-

In the

33.50.

to the French fort of Baohs, where Com- One · fellow who came into the inn

young mandant D'Ecorse and his staff gave me opened the book at the 1st ohapter of St. warm welcome and entertained as at dinner, Distthew and began to stamble through at which one of the dishes was the beef of the genealogies, but I told him to turn over a bailook killed by a tiger on

on the previous to the 5th chapter, and he read aloud to a night. The Commandant showed us eun- close voice to a whole crowd of his follow dry trophies hang up on the verands of his townsmen the Sermon on the Mounk, house, such as

as tigers and leopards' skins The only word he stumbled at was Mem. and deer horas, not to speak of the tails of mon, which is transliterated and not Chinese pirates. The Commsudaut had a prehensible to the Chiness mind. Such narrow escape of his life in a close quarters dificulties as this will, however, now be attack on the latter, in which one of his removed by the use of the Annotated Heutenants was shot dead and the other Version authorised and published by the

National Bible Society of Scotland. Oilier two days

We reached Chungking, on the banks of fort Phula, where Captain De la Val and the

Apri

after a month's journey through manner, and expressed himself sorry Tongking, and other two muniba' maroz table 1 we could only spend one evening with him. through the provinces of Yuanan, Kung. Lokay, the frontier station, was reached si, Kasiahon and Szechuan. Over 3,000 on the fourth day after this, and Com-Boriptures are sold on the way, as well maudent Houstonegro and the staff of a goudly number of Christian trots cis- offiears both civil and military, gave us a oclated, hearty welcome, and the boxlis of the een of England was toasted at dinner Queen

SHANGHAI SHARE REPORT. ons evening. (I am glad to mention thĩa,

Mr B. Kuitunfes in bissbare report, dated as some friends at the coast had warned me 19 July last, payo:-Sbare business for the against returning to China vid Tongking as past week has continued moderately active, relations between France and England were and there have been but few actuations straigad.) I replied by proposing pro which are dealt with below. Banka Hong- kong Banks have again been sold at 100% pre, The Report of the past half-year's working of this institution has been wired up, showing a a mat proât of about cweirs and balf laos of dollars whigh the directors recommend using in precisely the same way asia the prerions half-year, viz £1.8tg dividend to shareholders, 9300,000 to Ba half

serve which will then stand at $4,500,000 tracking and poling up stream brought me town because of its being at the head of Maria-Hales of North Chinas at The 170-

and to marry forward the balance of

of about to Manhao, an important litio Chinese $125,000 to a new acceout, Insurances, the navigable waters of the Rad Rigor, Yangtsere at $70, Tratare at $66, and maight mention that the River bore is at an Straits at rates varying from $13.50 to $16 HARMSTON's Circus has closed its season in

elevation of 900 ft. above the sea, which is oz the dividend of fifty cents hava bezs about 100 feat higher than the Yangtze members of the troupe. The Circus starts on a three years tour in Japan, Elonolalu,

The Directors beg to submit to the Chungking and 450 ft. higher than the reported. Ia Fire-Another Hongkong

Chines at $80, sad is

sad is Straits at $18 New Zealand, Australia, Java, India and

Shareholders the Report and Statement of Irrawaddy at Bhamo. This is an important Fire share falehed $180, and business in

considering Accounts for the half-year ending 30th matter to keep

and $19, have to be recorded. Shipping. the Eart Colonel Bicks has left for announced that soil taken from a depth of a

Macao

been sold Steamboata have June last. After paying running expenses, subject of navigable trade routes to China. Amerion and Europe, to engage new

My first business at Manhao was to get locally at $25,60, and Icdo-Class fetohrd novellies, meeting the company with them foot or two lo Tai-ping-aken shows » grater asiaries, premia of insurance, repairs and

Takı Tuga pay an interim divi- in New Zealand. He says he has his eye proportion of bacilli than any part of the all other outgoinge, there remains, includ. harus to carry myself and baggage to le 26.

was told end of 5% shortly. Cargo Boate-Shang- I BOREcoly account, the sum of $120,752 19 at credit no horses were put up here.

hais have been bought at Tle 240, and Co- thing pictures which are all the anatomy of plague patients. This cannot ing $75,095.95 brought forward from last Mangtze, but to my surprise rage in London and New York at present, and also trying to engage, the celebrated reasonably be taken to imply lose than that of Profit and Loss Account. From this credited this, but found it even 80.

the Directors recommend that B there is certain danger in the soil where dividend for the half-year of 6% on the place is so unhealthy. They do 220, and in Docks the only busine

pack animals never stay hora overnight, pe at Tls. 95. Wharvas & Docks in Yeleste family of gymtaents.

Wharves, Hoogkews have advanced to Tim Capital or 896,000 be paid to Shareholders, down from the platean in the early morning is a sain authorities of the suggestion made in these Accompras to the latest advices from Jayas,

and that the balanes of 834,752.19. be and go back the same day. Hows ver, next record is a sale of Royds at Tis. 198 Man- a number of Japanese merchants of Yoko-

carried forward to

The morning I got a couple of horses, and Forgotten, Lands-Hongkong bare

bren sold columns several weeks ago about burning hams, dealing with Chinese, hali a meeting

Gross Receipts on the Hongkong-Canton andther day and a half brought me over

have been

with at Tla, 39, and again Miscellaneous. Waterworks rates made at the end of March last, ft. and down on the Mangtza plain et a hare again been sold at Tle, 167.50, this That, as no diesios of the ground could effect: That until the trouble between Japan has

sud Chine with regard to Kores ia escape the penetrating power of this oil. business shall be transacted with Bottled no in this special direction except by slip ahow samn improvement on those for the level of 450h. At Môngize, I was kindly Company advertises an interim dividend of corresponding six months of 1803. On received and hospitably entertained by 3% (12 shillings) payable on the 28th inst The O. & O. a, a. Belgic, with the AMERI- the burning of the polluted ground, after sept for cash; that payment shall be pressed courtesy of foreign specialists, whose basi-the Macao Lines, however, there has been Mr Hansook and the staff of the Chinesa la Perak Sugars there has been a great fall, CAN MAIL Of June 28, left Yokohama) the cors are thoroughly maturated with for all gouds already sold, and on failure of gess is merely with their own governmouto. ↑ a falling off, attaching principally to the Imperial Custom dry weather of early and Debentures.-Some Sumatra Debentures and a sale at Tls. 25 ia mentioned. Lean ou Thursday, July 19, at daylight, kerosene, would kill overy germ within immediate payment the goods shall be taken if the Hongkong Government cannot retain months of May and June during thei

back; that

that all

en-spring Meogize seems a charming place. ($100) have been sold at par, plus noorusd goode now in the godowne of

plague. Buating expen- and may be expected here on or about reach of the fatos. This proposal in sup Chinese merchante awaiting inspection shalt the services of a qualified bacteriologist, ses have been materially increased owing to but is the rainy season, when the plain is interest Tuesday, July 34. The N. P. a. B, Sikh, from Victoria, B.C., ported by several thoroughly practical men, he at ones entered in their passbooks and some satisfactory arrangement should he the higher price of coal and also to the flooded, the plague attacks the Chinese aud

receipts given for them; and that a commit-

enhanced cost of ships atores, insurance, carries them off faster than their friends left Tokohama on the afternoon of July had its adoption becomes all the more tee of three Japanese merobants be appointed made with those who have already been e, consequent upon a low rate of exchange, have time to bury them. No foreigner has ME WATTERS, H. M.'s Consul at Foochow 18, for Hongkong. The P. & O. a.. Surat, with the Escenary in view of the statement that to press for the payment of all money's due bere lavestigating, and who may at any the net result of the steamers working yet been attacked by this scourge, and strived in Shanghai on the 20th lush, Me LENE MAIL of Juus 29, left Singapore the deadly bacilius may live a foot and br Chineze for goods sold. A polise guard moment leave Hongkong and eo deprive the being alightly under that of the first six from what I could gather it appears to be Maasfield from Wendlow having taken

months of last year. During the half-year caused by the Chinese and their cattle be- his place. at Yokohama, the Chinese Chamber of Com authorities bere of a valuable opportunity. the Honam, Faishan and Heungsten have during the floods, and the foul water which

ing horded togather in the same hauses, on Monday, July 23, at 4 pm, and half underground. may be expected here on Saturd 5,

mercs and other important points in Meantime, as the plague.stúf continues undergone the usual annual Government Chinatown.

ite work, so do the search parties. The Sarrey and overhaul in dock. Manganese they drink.

bronzo propellers costing about $1,600 There is a large export trade in tin from soldiers have hitherto almost homopofised have been fitted to the Hengshan in place the mines pear Mengize. Opium and Obi- Was Goverment have been influenced by the credit, but they hare by no means ma- of the cast iron ones formerly in use, and peee medicine are also considerable items. Tho entertainment consisted of trying to enforce legislation and allerwise

change amply warrazis the expense incarred down the Red River one day laden with For s. s. Palinurus, sailed 21st July:--- The 0. & C. & Oceanic, with mails, &c., tableaux and musical items. The tableaux hamper one of the most important rising searchers have been hard at it for the last The steamers of the Company are now all acrobandise. The imports appear to con- For London: 4,108 pkgs. L'an, containing left San Francisco for this pert, via included He loves me, The Fales, industries of this country to give place to two months, notably Mr HLC Nicolle and in good order. The Kiungehou has been ais: largely of cotton yarn and satian. The 86,268 lbs. Boented Osper, 471 hoxes Tow, the English foel, the following particulare Me W. Blayaay, who have been emplayed folization ($10,000) has been passed to the French may soon be able to meet the de- Tes, containing 2,040 lbs. Sorta. 82 boxes

sold to be broken up, and the loan on her cotton yan is Mostly

Indian, but the containing 9,891 lbs. Congos, 61 half-chesta Yokohama, on July 17.

Nydia, Mookey Brand, Auld Robin with referance to the Bengal Collieries will The C. P. R. 8. 8. Empress of Chena left Grey, and Living Statuary. Those prove interesting at the present time (says in the Central District, at times almost Depreciation and fasurares Fand which mond from Tongking. When at Hangi, 1 Tea, containing 1,792 lbs. Scented Orange

Vancouver on Tuesday, July 17, for Hongkong, via Yokobatan, Kobe, Na-taking part included Mrs and Miss Skinner, collieries in Bengal and the works extend Bowring, the Rev. R. F. Cobbold, Lieut. Goss and Mr Pion Pong retire from the Olham for a French company. Cotton, 685 pkgs. Fire Crackers, 32 pkgs. Batians, Indian Enginering. There are about 60 single-handed. Here are also Mr C. C. now atends at $800,000. Tu eccordance was shown over a large spioning mill in Pekae; 80 csses anger, 16 cases Cigara, 305 with the Articles of Association Mr F. A. course of construction by Messrs Platt of cases M. O. P. Shells, 200 cases Eristion, gamaki, Shanghai and Hongkong. Kim H. Smithers, Miss Melow, Miss over an area of about 500 square miles.

Drewell, and Meners Ede, Noel, Wilkinson, The miners are all drawn from the Wood, and Mr G. H. Folts, all under Bosed of Direction by rotation, and being offen, tes, and sugar are grows in Tang- and 20 bags Merobandia. The O. 5. 8. Co.'s 5. z. Toucer left Singa Taverner, Mareball, Liau, and Hazelaud, Bauris, who are noted for their endurance (of the Sanitary Dapartment) and pi Gourdin and F. Henderson, also offer them ravages of the pirates daring the last few aboriginal tribes, chiely Southuls and the superintendenes of Inspector Germain eilgible, offer themselves for re-election. pg and coal is found, but what with the The retiring Auditore, Messrs A. O'D.mer foods of the Red River and the pors for this port on July 19, and

In the larger and batter may be expected here on or about who lack part in an old-time guyvite (in and ducis raised by steam power from loted by Police Bergeant. Molvor. They selves for re-election.

years, the colony has not developed so July 25.

setume) with Mrs Symes, Miss E. Smithara, minas, nelie

pidly as might have been expected. Now, The D. D. R. 5. Daphne, from Ham- and Mt Daff is credited with landing Mrs pits or shafts and inclines, and in the have the assistance of six paid sol-

amaller mines by hand labour. Twenty-five

howover, prospecia ars brighter. The of these collieries turned out during the diets,

pitales have been driven into the jungle or over the border into Kaangsi, and the pa- vigation of the Red River is well guarded by military posts all the way to Chios.

From Mêngtze we took our way east- Writing to the N.-C. Daily News, Mrward to Kaihuafa and Kuanguasin, and then through the north-west corner of coverise or not, and although there has been following account of his travels from the which we entered at Holegibsion. Few foreigners have visited the province of The Chelydra, from Calcutta and will, it is said, be introduced at the next

Kungsi, to the people wore at first rather some talk of discontinuing it, there is really Red River to the Blue-:-- Strails, left Singapore for this port meeting of the Legislative Council, to do

Haiphong, the chief port of Tongking, is afraid of us and denied us in accommoda- on July 21, and may be expected kere way with the only remaining check upon A CORRESPONDENT send the fellowing nom- no telling how soon the discontinuation may forty hours steaming from Hongkong and tion, but a little conversation span dis- ou or about July 27.

munication to an Indica contemporary be safely allowed. As long as there are I found it faster and less expensive even pelled their fears, and we were admitted to The Pi & O. Co. n. a. Jawz lati Bombay such houses. This action, it may be pre- Some time back I remember reading in your

for this port on July 14.

sumed, is taken by orders from Home, paper that the big bugo ants that neually ones which the Chinese may try to cruseal, in coming from Singapore to go round by an inn which was soon crowded with inquisi. Hongkong, than to take the direct steamer tive visitors, many of whom purchased The P. & O. &. Japun left London for and it is to be hoped the consequences will accompany the little black unt (that house so long will the searching be ass up the coast of Annam. Frem Esiphong copies of the Scriptures and gase a reversat t

this part on July 15.

nuisance) were of the same use to the sat as in order that the other 'emergency men, there is a daily steamer Berrien to Hanoi hearing to the Gospel. The only diffenity also be saddled upon this proper persons. the elephant was to us, and that they were the soldiers engaged in disinfecting and

the capital of Tongking, vid the Bamboo we experienced in the province was cross- The howls of the alleged purity party are probably slaves and helped to sya oraging cleansing, may have information as to where usually made in a single night, but as our Ritar. The people refused to ferry to Weather...

Canal and the Red River. The run is ing ona of the upper reaches of the Osuton THEO, S. 8. Co.'s stommex Zueries left having their affect all the world over for baby tians. Last night I killed & opkrouch their attentions are fant needed.

ants on house-changing or foraging Singapore on Friday, the 20th inst, and is the present; but the interests of sound and this morning I found its

stesizer grounded for four hours we were over and kept the boat on the opposite Rain

There is a weekly bank. However, by riding up streamage or party on the m due here on or about Thursday, the 26th morality are being clearly sacrificed to a submerged with these little black auto with a On the authority of an intimate friend of somewhat longer.

steamer advertised to go from Hanoi to little distance I found a place where my class of sentimental, noisy and ignorant faw of the bugs felines amongst them. Dr Auyams, the Mainichi dentes that the the Chinese frontier, leaving every Saturday home could ford, got the boat and paddled

They

had evidently just found it, and had professor was addicted to sucking his thumb. morning, which I travelled by, but found it over myself with a coolie's varying pole, Tas Superintendent of the P. & 9. S. N. agitators by a weak, vote-bunting adminis- brought up is lot of ents to carry it foray Our contemporary asks: is it likely that it could only go as far as Bunghoot and so shipped my man and baggage across. Company Informs us that the Coy's tration. What this port and garrison may whelly. I watched their endeavours for a

The people of Kangal were asking tend to some other business. About an Surat left Singspore for this port on the become when all afficient checks are re-little bile sud then left them to at- perku engaged in such dangerous faresti-third of the distance-as the water le 23od Inst, at 4 p.m., with the outward moved, may be guessed by the condition it hour afterwards I again locked sad found gations as fell to Dr Aoyama's It would was entertained in a most hospitable man about the Yunnan tin mines and what was English Mails, and is expected here about 6 reached before those checks were imposed. that they had managed to remove both the suck his Bugers? Fat in that way, we mer by M. Da Gor, the French Resident, done with the metal sunt to the quest vid KAMANAWə repeat that the Home Government Antennæ and oup leg. This interested me (Japan Daily Advertiser) -should answer, sacate the journey by land bat another so freely near Pohsehting, the bead of the

at once and I started watching them more ero making a mistake in listening to closely with the result that I think I paradventure not

D. have fairly discovered the use of there

use of there giant found two of them busy outting

July 28. This packet brings ceplies

a

to letters despatched from Hongkong What is spoken of an emphatically a pretty on May 24.

entertainment” was given in Kohe on the 10th

has been stationed at the Chinese Consulate

prevalence of the

The P. M.. ». Peru, with mails, &c., leftist in aid of the fande of the Hobs Rowing interested parties in England, and arei aupulised the work. Same of the volunteer the satisfactory result oblained by this I met as many as 24 large janks coming!

San Francine for this port, via Yoko- bama, on July 7.

Clab.

Y

District The Western

is in

E. R. BELILLOS, Chairman. Hongkong, 21st July, 1894.

hung, left Singapore for this port on Symes and Mr. Whittall assistance in per- Inst rear 1,941,706 tons of coal and man-charge of Polios Bergeant T. Moffatt, and July EU, and may be expected here on testing details. Mr Grimble saxisted in factared: 14,631 tons of soke, atilising the Exataro, Sargeant Hall The search or about July 20 The N. G. La Bisagna left Singapore for | playing accompanimente.

92 engines of 1,907 H.P. Ventilation is

I

this port on July 20, and may be expecte ed here on or about July 26.

ordinarily natural by a proper system of parties find scarcely any cases of plague

FROM THE RED RIVER TO THE BLUE.

A

J

Tae disabled afsamer Pooling arrived at Shanghai on the 21st lost in tow of the Home and went into Boyd's Now Dook.

EXPORT CARGOES.

Not Responsible for Debta

either the Captain, the Agenia, nor

Owners will be Responsible for any Debt contracted by the Officers or Crew of the following Texsele, during their stay in Honghong Harbour¿---

Japan, Italian barque, Capt. Bartolomen

L Scar, American ship, Caph Chas.

Grontaving.Ma & Co

It is believed that the registration of native iz openings, and in some see is assisted now in the Central, and not many in the The O. 8. 8. Co.'s steamship Laertes left brothels is to be finally abolished by ordin. / furnaces and fans. The lighting is by East and West Districts; but the work is of

An ordinance of work people employed was upwards of course just as hard whether it results in dia. Ismas Murray, Chungking, gives the Kuangal to the province of Kasichang. Kendall Router Bröklaman & Co.:

inst

Singapore on July 20, and may be expected here on or about July 26.

P.. on the 28th Inst

ance in a very short time.

Tas Band of the 1st Shropshire L. the faddists who oppose the C

ordinary open oil lamps. The Lotal number

20,000.

ants. I

corpse almost

low during the winter montba.

Here

LO DEO

who kindly offered wie his own horse to

French gentisman equally kind

I

sugreated

ja: I should scompany him up the river

the

Togene suggesting that it was

inte the bad dollara circulated

HONGKONG REGISTER,

Barometer Temperature

"Previous (On date si). On this dayat 4pm 10%,..

90.70 20.78 29.60

83

84

84

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Wind

Direction of

Fores

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2

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b

-0.01

· Lowest open air temperature on the sinkorenti

3. G. Fine First Asristani.

· Hongkong Observatory, July 24, 1804.

Temperature.

Hosezone, July 26, 1994. - -- (Taken at Menors Falconer di Colan

Premuus, Queen's Road, Vir

DA Min

28.09

Do

1f. M.

West River ozvigation. There BALOMETER- (Canton) is, of course, considerable jealousy bulwoon: Do. We are informed, says the Japan Daily his just, which latter offer I gladly accept the merchants of the West River and the will play the following programme at the Acts and the result will unfortunately up the sakroach and, wat is more, exactly Herald, and we believe on good authority, ed. So: Depoat and I trolled for Rid with regard to their trade intorests. TaBENOMETER➡ de Officers' Mess to-right, commencing at 8 prove the correctnem of our statements all

o'clock

MANY A Down the Dinin

Bolectie Les Man'esca Mars T” Tarikation » ln Valee

Talk A Bŝigh Hida

Wober,

too soon.

at the joints of the limbs, also wings at the that the Japanese authorities are going to sovicet. The big ants are therefore the make every steamer from Hongkong undergo butchers and probably the lords of the little the full period of quarantine at Nagasaki.. fellows, because I am almost certxía I saw HR A. Minhis has gone from Tientsin to Corease of the big follows get hold of one of the This is out-Herading Herod. Even in Por- a special sarrespondent for the London little fellows and literally divide it into two tugal, that country where qusrutins seem

with its kage zipper.

to run riot, vegels arriving from a Brasilian

Timea.

next five days together, through lovely

From Haingihulen we went to Hangifu country with its lazuriant tropical folinga bending for over the river banks,

where now rea des the mandarin "who was: There is big game such as tigers and concerned in the murder of the British The › son: opsaly boasts that ha zivar, bat they don't show themselves much) age elephants in the jungle on both sides of the Consulac Agent Margery some 19 years daylight. We only saw their paw marks father carried out the instructions of the on the sand and on one occasion my friend's Tanoan Viceroy in this regard,

in

29.71

4 R... 29.68

84

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Dac

Da

Wet bulb) 9 A.. 78

.Do.

Do. Do.

179 4P.M. 80

Dr. Maximum

Do. Minimun over night 18