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stand why it should have been assumed. especially as he frequently rends it himself HIS Review, which was intended to mesti by the freedom of his referencos to his the wants of any students of Chinese pursuite and his associates. The work it Dansed by the discontinuance of Nzies and Half consists of nothing hut & collection of

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gives papers on de, Commerce, sad ions. They over a wide field

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The Notes and Queries are still continued tiny were fightin and shout a

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annum, portage included-yable in adutton for such, but unfortunately lest it from her new cart on the way hoone on the vigil of the ceremony. At the church gate of her leas, in explanation of the homelier the next moming she told the good prist fate she would be obliged to servo. "Mary, I shall get the mutton back in All cur learned societies should sub-fu. When he had called the bauns for the thao if it has been leest in the parish," sai

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1806.

HONGKONG ́MARLET PRICES. Borrected: La- Baturday, September 10, 1896.

*4 1020 Cash per Dollar Mexican,

PASOR

Bijlen. Larna

Perda

satty

PIRA

Pisine,

Chinese Names,

Pomfret, White,

260

白灣

Butcher. Mest.

肉食

Pomfret, Black

120

Bacon, English,

lb.

Ame, bugar oured;

320

Foochow

151

Japaa, oured.

IDO

Beef sirloin & prime cut. catty 140

Y

Corned,

eatly

140

Roast,

140

22

Soup,

100

Stock,

· 140

Bullock's Brains,

per set

00

Tengum fresh,, sach 350

coffed,

350

Itead,

500

Huart, .

100

Hump, Balt

casty

140

Fent,

..oach

80

Kiduaya,

50

13

Tail,

100

Liver,

catty

70

Trips (undressed) eatty 60

Calves Head and Foot, sot

600

Hama, American,

1b.

320

280

Chinese,

་་

English, Now,

· 400

Japan cured,

250

13

Shanghai,

180

Mutton Chep,

150

Lug

1.00

Shoalder,

120

22

Pig Chillings,

70

10

Frot,

LIO

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來路烟猪肉 Book Fish 花旗焖猪肉 Kogsh

*Tawur, Ray

明蝦

琵琶沙

石狗公

Bainion, (Canton), 日本猶肉 | Shark,

E扒 鹹牛肉

- CSU 馬友魚

60

Salt Fish,

Skate,

50

燒牛肉

Shrimps,

140

湯肉

Snapper,

200

魚

牛肉耙

Soles,

160

牛腦

Tench,

摊沙魚 魷魚

牛腩..

Turbot,

130

左口魚

斷牛科

Turtles, amsi, frenli watuay (at 200

魚

牛頭:

Whiting.

Calty.

長

403

White Ban

牛料

Fruits.

牛肉

菓子

牛腰

牛尾

Apples, (California),

(Tenisin),

160 - catly

100

天津平

牛肝

فول

- (3) Spamma),

BATA

*#

Banas, fragrant,

牛仔頭脚

íbrides),

30

****

山香菜

花旗火腿

Chestnuts, Chinese,.

160

金華火腿

Garambola,

80

楊桃

Cocoanuts,

cach

50

來路火腿 : 日本火腿

Ground Nuts,

catty 100

花生

上海火腿

Grapes,..

189

鮮提子

Lemonis, China,

68

檸檬

**

羊眦

St

Peal

豬餅

15

**

Lichiees. Dried,

249

荔枝黏

猶藏

Fresh,

荔枝

Limes.

樓梯

精脚

Slaugo, (Saigon),

Bach

女南芒菓 -

,, Fry:

160

搖雅

(Manila),

**

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Heart.

such

500- 460

60

1

,, Kidneys,

• pais

J

Liver,

Ib.

140

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catly

100

14

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#T

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190

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160 140

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110

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100

Yeah,

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紅桔

發牌背

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80

白曬

鹹豬肉

Pine-apples,

each

50

本地菠蘿

猪眦

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catty BO

羊腰

羊肝

130 猪油

350 羊頭牌

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沙梨

» (Tientsin),

100

19

天津雪梨

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60

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19

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40

12

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120

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蕖蔬

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200

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100

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ÜFINIONS OF THE FEESS

soribe to this scholarly and enterprising time, he went on. And the mother steve-Northern Christian Advoriti (US)

of this good girl has lost the leg of mutton

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The China Review ****hus an ex cellent tablo: contouts.Celestial Empire Ths Publication always contains subjects interest to sojourners to the For East and the present issue will hold favourable if not, six, the mutton has been found who was going round the world without advantagedar comparison, with precodingFaix I dunner, sit, but it's found, for 1 China into Thibet, and over the Himalayas "And who found it sat bis reverans.oney, spoka nirity of walking though numbers.Celestial Brapire.

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"This number contains several articles cains along the road and it wasn't there."

of interest and value '-- North-China Zerald. tions, the following being told of the inhabitants, and calculating tist the rising Of Irish society there are any offer. the way he expressed it) on the epitable The China Review for September October barnisa Brummell, Lord Allen, who was these were before the war. After that we!

ground' would lake him a week to cross

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going, the candy crapsied the box into the cycling

Wei hai wd to Chomulpo and relilled it

thence to Chefuo, all in ten days or so, These Maying Valuable contribution by Dr. Fritsch, doctor's fingers always smell so of pulse." in the depth of the Manchurian winter. ม the Anvant of Precipitation (in and Show) of Poking," short the rehnits

of observations made at the Imperial Russ 上海了治竹

sian Observatory at Paing, from 1841 to Notes on the Butch Uccupation 佛西邊室 1580,

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In this connection may be muntioned the Strange to say, we have not seen any Comecent ef an Irish servant to whom the report of her having interviewed any suther told the

the question whether he ate vegetables, Please put in something of the sort, Annie!

of Brummell's story

*зply Emperors in this part of the world.perties end at the same time being of an Uh, yes, I tras a sin it didn't choke hits,' said Faddy. American writer, mentioning the plague in I once ate a pea.'. Arrah, It is never too late to mand. Another The author was in Australia in the early Hongkong in 1804, said the city was the New Books inclzas most generous and day, sad rolatu many remarkable - capital of Kwangtung Province. The war A, S. WATSON & Co., Hongkong.

okdents connected with his sojourn in the itself was a fruitful cause of

use of offence the appreciative view of "The Java Ulasio young colony, ayong which the reader British press spoke of ironclads st Seoul, of Nau-fu," and the land will be sited by the story of a dog that and all mannerisimilar absurdities; and the wo as anent very terening for Chose picland poketo, by the account of the American edition of the Benito of Reviews Dvity Ac

A substantial and shable so which fendant

Hictive whe sent messages

tar. His published a picture of Tehoto, in Korea, distanou by breaking off not long ago. And now we have this all students of Cana and the China would farya and letting them float down the river, eminent literary luminaries starting from do well to patrikrystallen am

aud the tale of the abandoned god London to yela wound the world, with November-Drember anser of chim tha; yielded the author ader, at his souls cursful preparatory studies of its the Creme Frio Restaus kas varloty slut frst ses ching, an excellent retum, by the geography that they consider Kobo and manat, but the few articles are exy baro-way, for the writing suin that he paid for yogo are sotas distance sport. Simul

The opening paper By

Harbor

the pisporry. The stories that the author taneously, our attention is directed to pro The Textement in thi

tell of his political assoumtes will doubt amusing but deplorable cases of treet: of a question that suht kuvua

iguere less brvo attractions for many readers.in quarters where it becomes a serious bo of rest

AND great stportance in the pa: He anaw Figott, and prides himself (as offence. Brooke's Guralicas's standan al all saisaiguide Parker's Short karaca da Socis ethors do) on having been the first work supposed to be revised and brought

up to date, dostibes Hyogo an to suspect him of his velebrated forgery; are continued, and a goodly instainer of and he was on friendly terms with Famell, thems travels is the sterior of Chia is of whats he relates

д.

Give M Me F H. Balfour conduce a Partall was not prosent when Pigott

port

On

the souli side of Niphess island, Japan, to be opened to Europaans on January 1600 1603 This of

of course was written a fow

paper of zome length suited "The SE broke dort in als dress daatnination. I decades ago, and still remains unaltem tu perur Chory, founder of the

the Chines 1. met him

coming

pire," which will be read with goals of Court, and told him. He was as at the iron gates of the interest by students of Chinese history

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of the

to be Authentle for reference at the present subsequent exditions of the book, profesaing A few short notios of New Books and an area had told him I had drone time. And the American edition of the

Encyclopedia Britanniaas

22. Baye number of Notes and Queries, one of which a farling, but said, "Well they

Bot

Hiogo, or Ou Chinese Oaths in Weatery Forcee him ponal servitude," and passed on.'

indist him for perjury, but I shall get

Fiogo, a seaport town of JR. pan, in the island of Nippon and province and-,Java" might appr priately havo ben

Tint the author knows scanti Idzami Sea, or Bay of

of Setiu, on the western shore of the placed under a separate heading, complete hape are then he cares to

of Usaks about forty the number.K. diely Press,

aupublished Listory of Ireland may be easi uiles south-west of

Kisto, with which it Tresher's Great Elecont contains they surmised, and severed glimpses of politi. ss land railway communication since 1874. following notice of the China Reviscal movements behind the scenes present It was opened to foreign counters in 1880, The present publication, judging by the themselves in the course of his long string and since that date it has risen with the number now balore us, is intended so of anecdotes. He also throws light on his maritimne siburb of Kobe (the Gate of God) scrapy a position, as regards China and the own impulsive character by more than one to be a place of

of 50,000, or, scarding to neighbouring countries, some what similar violent episode of essentially Hibernian other authorities, 80,000 or 30,000 inhabi in that which has beets filled in India by the quality. The author has seen many countants. I harbour, formerly dangarons, Calcutta Review. Dus great degree of attrios, and ban been in contact with a varie has, by the construction of a costly brank- 上海蔥囊 tention that has been bestowed of into years ty of people in widely-different walks of water, been ordered one of the most

upon the investigation of Chinese literaturo, life. His antiquities,

and social developments,

experiences have been more serviceable in the king

kingdom. to Hay varied than those of most people, and he is It would be streat to see this 'oostly nothing of Linguistic studies, has led to the so rarely gifted that the humorous side of breakwater which makes the port # accumulation of importans seres of inform them is that which has lived longest in his wonderfully serviceable. We are

reflection. It is fairly obvious that the waiting to see it, and we shall have to wait, printed page is not his best medium, but it

it may be for yaurs and it may be for

ation, rendering some sugh channel of pub Ucity'

as is now provided extremely desir atle; and cantributions of much interest may ficly be locket or irout the ammbers of the foreign consuler secret, the Chinese Customs sirgs, and the missionary body,

Hung whose a high degree of Chiners. scholarship a nov Assiduously cultivated,

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