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Local Deligery,
Carnod,
31
T
Boost,
Sony,
ין
» Steak, Bullock's Brains,
32
Tongue fresh, each 300
Shanghai, Mutton Chop,
I 1
Leg, Shoulder,.
Pigs Chitlings,
Pork, Chop,
**
Shoops'
כן
11
140
དྷྭ།ཝཾམོ
Chinese Names.
Ferch, Pike,
. outty
90
-
Plaice,
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1896.
願鱸
·花破
班
Biglest, Lowest. Cand, Cash.
Pomfret, White
180
Butcher Meat
肉食
Pomfret, Black
198
irawus.
250
來路烟肉 Ray.
50
琵琶沙
**
Anie. Sugar cured,,
360
>+
Teochow,
100
花旗烟猪肉 | Wack Fish, 福州𤈇猪肉 Reach,
70
石狗公
您
Japan, cured
210
Amion, (Canton),
140
馬友魚
屠龍扒
Shark,
50
·
cutty 180
鹹牛肉
Salt Fish,
100
H
150
燒牛肉
Skatu,
0
110
2
肉
Shrimps,
120
160
--牛肉耙
Snapper,
130
該魚
鹹
鯡僚
魚
per set
60
50
牛腦
Soles,
160
撻沙魚
4-10
Touch,
BAR
corned,
350
*
鹹牛利
Turbot,
130
左口魚
Head,.
牛頭
Turtles, small, frosh watür,
300
魚
Heart, .
360
牛心
Whiting,
. catty
長
か
Hump, Salt
catty
140
4-B
White Beit,
70
銀魚仔
Foot,
each
00
50
Fruits.
33
Kidneys, Tail,
GO
21
Applas, (California),
100
**
牛尾
catty 360
+4
(Tientsin),
Liver,
. catty
70
牛肝
}}
21
(Japan),
Tripe (undressed) catty 60
牛肚
Calvos Head and Fest, act
Bams, American,
500
lb.
300
.
牛仔頭脚 花旗火腿
31
Chineno,
920
金華火腿
Bananas, fragrant,
(brides),
Obostnuts, Chineso,.
Carambola,
+3
30
30
100
English, Now,・
480
【來路火腿
Cocoonuts,
Japan cured,
280
日本火腿
200
上海火腿
Grapes,.
150
"
Ground Nuts,
Lemone, China,
150
羊.
Pool,
11
120
Licheca, Dried,
220
catty 70 60
Fresh,
"
15
100
-
Feet,
Limes,
TA
Fry,
160
豬雜
Mango, (Saigon),
11
Head,
each
500 450
ZE
13
Heart,
50 40
豬心
Kidneys,
. paiz
70 60
猪腰
12
Liver,
Ib.
-
J
猪肝
catty 160
32
Corned, Leg,
160
ww
2
Fet or Lard,
Head and Feet, et
Heart.
Kidneys,
130
14
360
each
бо
}
ΤΟ
32
53
豬油 羊頭脚 羊心 羊腰
"Liver,
ib,
150 140
77
Sucking Pige, Sust, Beof,
. each $1.75 $1.25
羊肝 Haff
Ib.
110
生牛油
**
Mutton,
100
生羊油
befor any mail for Earope, which leaves at ncon.j
Veal,
catty 110
牛仔肉
Poultry.
生口
Chicken,
catty
210
270
"1
170
37
豬腳骨
鹹豬肉
猶眦
Mangosteen,
Orangos, Swoot,
Olives,
Ried,
Pine-apples,
Pears, (Shanghai),
(Tientsin),
Pumelo,
Raisins, Muscatol,
Pudding,.
Water Chesnuts, COM. Mandarin,
Walnuts,
. catty 120
オリ
Vegetables, &c.
Artichokes, Shanghai, catty 60
Beau, (French),
Beat Roct,
Brinjals, Groen,
白機
本地波羅 上海沙梨 天津雪梨 碌柚
蓮雞柚
味提 ̇
馬蹄
桂林馬蹄
合桃
菜蔬
上海了治竹
佛蘭西邊豆
IAR
each 30
安南芒菓
(Manila),
80
11
dozen 120
山竹子
catty 100
新會甜橙
Green,
ว
70
資橙
40
31
紅桔
exch
22
150
each
(Siam).
. Catty
"
1188888 12 ng 1 8 8 8 12 29 2 8 8 8 8 3 1 1 9 8 8
菓子
金山菓
天津平
●日本平菜
省城香蕉
山香蕉
風棨
10
楊桃
的
. catty
50
花生
桔餅
茘枝飭
荔枝
60 椁議
B**
150
21
sach
. catty
Dover,
each
140
Eggs, Hon
doz.
110
T1
Bled,
Brassica,
Duck
110
J1
Fowls,
vatty
220
Gerso,
150
Barcs,
each....
Jiff
Bamboo Shoots,
Cabbage, Chinese com..
Cabbage, Shanghai,
100
21
22
oach
Maak Door,
黃藥
Cauliflower,.
71
Beth
Carrots,
catty
Pigeons,
Pheasant.
200
白鸽
Octory, Chinese,
brace
Daited States of America.
Rico Birds,
doz.
上海山雞 禾花雀
가
English,
JJ
Chillies Dried,
+
་སྙ
DRAWN THROUGH LONDON OFFICE. Foreign Countries --
Quail
Snips,
each 120
160
類
11
Red,
260
ג!
Curry Stuff, English,
.3
Turkeys, Cook,
catty 700
AMA
Cuentabera,
Hen.
500
鮮雞味
Bittor Squash,
110
15
J
13
Toni,
. each
450
水鴨
Garlic,
Wild Ducks,.
Fair
上海水蜀
Ginger, young,
"
Horse Radish, S'bai,
92
Fish.
海鮮
Indian Corn,
"}
Lettuce, (English),
each 10
Mushrooms. Fresh,
+
cutty
Barbal,
catty 120
加魚
Onions, Bombay, .
27
Bream, Hombay Dueke, .
+
13
AB
་ཉ་
Green,
pieces 120
13
Shanghai,
st
海鮮魚
J
Japan,
Forcion Cities and Towns
Salonica. Pomero Tuugier.
Carp,
110
鰹魚
Okrass,..
$2
Catfish,
赤魚
Paraloy, English,.
bundle 10
Codfisht, Salt,
"
戲鹹魚
Potatoes, Swoos,
catty
Grabe,
100
Shanghai,
WEST, INDIER.
Antigua.
Bahamas Berbadoes. Bermuda, British QuiacD,
Cattle Fish,
Dab,
90
魚
Japat,
90
沙孟魚
American.
Dace,
00
封鳞
Foochaw,
***
Dog Fish,
鉄倒沙
Macao,
Dominics.
Eels, Congor,
海缀
1
Greciada, Jamaica.
Pompkin,
Fresh water.
250
31
淡水餸
Paratine,
Eels, Yollow,
Papaw,
剝皮洋
300
100
鮮魚
Common
3
Racijah,
Rico, beak quality, per pical,
13
250
石班
20
90
27
江
Horrings,
110
For soms not exceeding £3,
3.2.
鐵白
31
12
£7
1
Excending a but not a ding 2 &.. d.
210 16. Od. Halibut, The commission charged is as follows Labras,
27
smoked
. boz
£ 7.. 97.
. catty 100
110
̇贊花魚
Lack
250
Lobsters,
120
白蛤魚
麵雞
SIP
Shalots,
Spinago, (Chinese)
Spinach,
Snake Gourd,
Tomatoes,
Taros
Turnipa, Punti, (Long),, each
Vegetable Marrow,
.$3
៩ . .catty
catty
110
160
20
20.
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10
30
紅珠
祷茄
20
白頭
Frex
30
50
—
30
3]
30
養樂
鄉茶
梛柒花 金餅
唐芹茶
洋芹樂
·辣椒吃
KLIEN
加墨材料
風
苦瓜
子薑
30 粟米
***
生草菇
控
力機
60
洋篇
40
生越
上海葱頭
日本葱頭
**
̇洋洗薑
20
番薯任
40
上海薯仔
20
日本無仔
花旗薯仔
福州髫仔
澳門薯仔
冬瓜
།། ༄།། EE
豬仔茶
25
20
dozen 20
紅白仔
$4.80
$4,00
30
上日米
中白米
乾劔與
莧菜
絲風:
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(Long),
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ota; £6, 72 ota; 47, 84 cta; 48, 08 et £9, Mackeral,
$1.08 £10, $1,20.
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Water Crosses,
10.
西洋茶
cts; $60, er 100 rupees, 50 o10; 160 rupees, Bullst, $1.00.0
(b.) Up to $10, or 20 rupees, 50 ots; $26, Monk Figh or be rapecs, 40 oto: $65, ar 79 rapers, 60
110
for the ale dlivery of Reglatired correspon.
150
4-No Order must steaed £10 or $80 (an-
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WA, MAODONALD,
Assistant Inspector of Markets.
Printed and published by Gao, Mozmaz Bain, of the Chinn
Call Canon, 296, 8, Windham Horst, Hongkong,
1. All correspondence posted before &
[Memey orders cannot be issued or cashed on mains, when losing mauls for Europe, until noon.)
sa Saba at current rates of exchange on 1.Money Orders are issued at Hongkong
the fatowing Gowitrien aud places:- Canada.
Gulf).
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p.m. on any-week day for addresses ir Victoria will be delivered the same day In Town (Ship Stree: to Bonham Sund West, up to level of Robinson Rond) at 8 a. 10 sm, norat, 2 p.m. 4 p. 6 p.. In the Suburbs, 3 a.to., noon, 5 p., antess Chium Poris (Hollow, Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Capore, Yanchow, Kings, Hankow, vnd Shanghai). Docks, the delivery
should be retarded by the Con-
Ceylon. tract Maila,
Hawad (Sandwich Islands). Boshidors who desire to send Circa-Beitist: India (including Hammal and the Agen lara, Dividend Warrants, Invitations, Garde, cicy of the Indian Post Office in the Persian &,, all of the same weight, to addresses in ¦ Hongkong, or the Ports of China, mag deliver them to the Post Office unstamped being then charged to the sender's account. Each batch must con. Kist of at least ten.
Boxholders
may also send Pattern to the same places in the same way. En velopes containing Patterns may be wholly closed, if the nature of the contents to first oxhibited or stated to the Postmaster General, as he may consider necessary, and approved by him. Printed Circulars may be inserted in such Pattern Packets.
the posters bette
Japan Ports (Kagami, Osaks, Biogo, Kobe,
Kiote, Yokohama and Bukodute). New South Wales.
Ser Zehad.
British North Bornes. Queensland.
Siam (Bangkok only). Sonth Australia.
Straite Rettlements (Singapore, Penang and Partridges,
Ma'neral. Trenamin. United Kingdom. Victoris.
The Post Offico declines all responsibility for Unregistered Letters containing Bank Austria-Hungary. Notes or Jowellery and, shute Re-Belgian. gistration has been neglected, wILL MAKE | Bulgaria. NO ENQUIRIES into alleged losses of such Chili. letters.
It is forbidden to insert in ordinary or Registered Correspondencs (s) Current Coin (b) Articles liable to Customs Duty.
Dearoark (including Iceland and Faroe Islands), Danish West Indies. Egypt.
Franco, with Algoris.
German Empire (including Heligoland and the
Cameroons).
Holland,
Pared Post to the United Kingdom. Parcels not exceeding 11 ba in weight Italy (with Agaciss at Tripali, Assab ad
Mostowab). are received in Hongkong and st Britisb Post Offices in Chino, for transmission to Norway. tho, United
ited Kingdom by P. & O. Packot range Free Statsa. vil Gibraltar. No parcel
is sent with the ertagal inelading Madeira and the Axeros), Overland Mail via Brindisi. Parcela there- Sweden, fero arrive in London about eight days later Switnerland. than the Mail. Parcals may be sealed, but Traceraal. any parcel, even though sealed, is liable to Tanis." bo opered for examination.
Roumanis,
Parcels must be posted in Hongkong Constantinople.
the day before the depar- Kuying before 3 p.m.
of the Mail. Those arriving from the Adriaople. Const, &c., after this hour ats kept for the Peyront.
tury
following
dlowing P. & O. Ma..
Tho Portage 15 40
British Colonies ---- 40 cents per 1, and 25
Cypros. 1b or fraction of a thailand Islands.
cents quchgistration Joe, and rust Gibraltar.
which includes
ba
be prepaid in stamps. No further charge is made in the United Kingdom except for Customs dues. No parcel must be more thm 3 feet 6 inches in length, or 6 feet in greatest length and girth.
Malta Newfoundland.
AFRICA.
British Beckoucland British Genderas.
ceipt is gaven for cach mbined. A re- Cape Colony.
Gun:bia..
Natal.
Montserrat.
Nevis.
St. Kitts,
St. Lucia,
The sender must fill up a form of Customs Gold Coast Colony. Declaration, which can bo obtained free at Lagos. cach Post Ofice. No parcel can be accept- Mauriting. ed till this is completely and accacately St. Helena. Billed. The only articles ordinarily sent Soychelles, from China which are liable to duty aro Sierra Leous, Tea nui Tobacco.
Mombasa.
Tarks' Irlands. 2-Ordem on the Countrica drawn through
St. Vincent.
Tobago.
Trinidad.
O'ton Fresh Water Fish, catty
File Fish,
Frogs,
Fresh fiab,
Garoups,
Dangerous or perishable goods, articles Lamu. likely to the
injure Mails, Liquids (unless securely packed) or parcels wily crushed, the Lombox Post Office are paid loss the follow-Gadgcon- sach as band-boxes, ure prohibite-1 No Paring disonaut for which the ruinitler shoktalar.
el can be received if its value exceeds $500. All sada Orders must be expressed in British Gurnard,
A Parcel may contain a letter to the same currency:--
the Parcel itself, or an- wdress as thist
to the other Parcel
No address. other enclosures are allowed.
With regard to in ward Parcels, addreresea are requested to observe that the Parcel
(4) For sama not azcooding -£1, 12 cta.
Mail i uot opened until tho ordinary dia- (according to the currency the Order is drawn tribution of lottera, &c., is Snisked." The | in) — Postage on Pawels at home is 14 per Ib.. the Regulations are generally similar to the above, and the Parcola are sont out við Gibraltar.
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Indemnity for the Loss of a Itejistered Article The Post Office is not legally responsible
£2, 24 08:10, 56 ots.) "24, 48 cts., £5, 60-
dence, but it in propar en make good the less drag pa indio, when 150 Bugees is the Farratish, outouts oi suoli porrespondenen list while | Dimit),
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