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菓子

花生 鮮茄子

Moynar. Drosaurs 21, 1896.

HONGKONG MARKET PRICES."

Corrected to Saturday, December 19, 1896, ・・

At 1020. Cash per Dollar Muzican,

Perob

.catty

50

jiker

900

花愛雞

Plaice,

300

***

Chinese Names.-

Portret, White

160

白頭

Butcher Meät.

肉食

Pomfret. Black

120

黑鱨

Prawns,

220

Broom, English,

th

Ame. Bugar oured

*350

Foochow,.

210

花旗烟猪肉 Conch

來路烟猪肉 Rock Finin

Ray,

11

50

80

明蝦 琵琶沙 -石狗公

***

Japan, ouzod

Boof sirlein & prime sut, ently 14Ŭ

ATEN

日本豬肉 Shark.

福州燃猪肉 Salmon, (Canton),

180

馬來魚

GO

鯊魚

EN

Corned,

catty 140

鹹牛肉

Salt Fish,

300

rikats,

បង

鹹魚 鮪魚

Boast,

140

燒牛肉

Shrimp,

90

Soup,

100%

●鍋肉

>

Stank,

140

22

牛肉耙

Bullock's Brains,

Tongue fresh, cach

par set

60

牛腦

Snapper,

Soles,

Tench,

120

120

牛腿

| Turbot,

100

D

corked,

360

鹹牛利

Turtles, small, frgeli water,

الالمانية

** 牌鹪

"

Head,..

500

P1

牛頭

Whiting.

Calty

Heart,

160.

牛心

Wuite Baily

31

Hump, it catty

140

牛肩

Foot,

oach

60

60 牛牌

Fruits

Kidneys,

50

牛製

Apples, (California),

catly 150

金山平菜

1)

Tail,

-100

牛

Liver,.

catty 70

一:牛肝

(Tiantain), (Japan),

天津平菜

#

-- Tripe (undraised) catty 60°

604

Butizilo, hagrant,

30.

Calver Head and Feet, set

BOD

牛仔頭脚

*

(brides),

日本平藥 音饗香籐 山香蕉

Hams, American,

15.

380

·花旗火腿

lavatcuts, Chinese,.

100

او

Chinese,

73

金華火腿

Carambois,

楊桃

English, Now,

420

-豬路火腿

Coconuts,

ensh

Japan cured

慶日本火腿

**

Ground N1,

. Catty 100

2

Shrugkat,

——上海火腿

Grapea,

Mutton Chop,

100

骨

Lemons, China,

Log

150

匙

Pael,

*****

Shoulder,.

120

**

Licheos, Dzied,

260

茘枝黏

Pigs' Chitlings,

-catty

70 60

Fresh,

荔枝

"Foot,

110

Lines,

特檬

Fky,

160

Mengo, (Saigon),

esch

乳南芒菓

Head,

caoh.

500 450

(Manila),

宋芒

Heart,

50 49

»

Mangosteen,

doren

山竹

FI

Kidneys,

. pair

猪腰

Oranges, Sucat,

catty

60

新會甜橙

21. Liver,

Ib 100

糙肝

Green,

40

青橙

Pork, Chop,

catty 190

精製骨

Red,

紅桔

H

Corned,

纖攜肉

Olivce,

80

**

白腐

Log,

210

Pine-appice,

each

02

"

Fator Lard,

140

"

猪油

Peaxs

.ditty

本地皴羅 沙梨

Sheeps' Elead and Foot, sot

360

羊頭牌

Heart

sach

50 .40

羊心

Pamalo,

H

Kidneys,

ክቡ

SI

羊腰、

27

(Siam),

Catty 100

Liver,

15. 180 140

羊肝

Sucking Pigs,

each 81.75 $1,25

豬仔

Peach, (Sweet),

Raisins, Muscatel,

Dust, Beat,

lb. 110

生牛油

2)

Pudding,

가

Mutton,

100

生羊油

Veal,

catty 130

牛仔牌 ®

Water Chesnuts, com

Blandarin,

Walnuts,

Poultry,

生日

楽蔬

Ohicken,

eatty 200

'Capone,'

250

13

Ducks, Dores,

180

22

esch

"

Best Root,

Egge, Han

doz,

100

Brinjals, Green,

豆角

鮮东源

catty SO

青藏蔽、

Duck

110

Red,

Fowls,

calty

170

Brassica,

Geest,

160

Bamboo Shoots,"

60

Пато

500

Jeff

Cabbage, Chinese Com,

20

Musk Dear

98.00

黄蜜

Cabbage, Shanghai,

Bach

Fortridge,

400

Figoons,

白做·

Canlidower,.

100

Carrota,

calty

hrace $1.00

上海山

Celery, Chioso,

廢片茶

洋芹菜

Quall®

Balpe,

100

Ohlilos Dried,

180

Bed,

Turkeys, Cock,

KRA

Han

火雞雞

Carry Stuff, English,

鸡骨料

水喝

Cucumbers,

Wild Bunki,

上海水喝

Bitter Squash,

A

Garlic,

品牌

海鮮

Ginger, young

Barbel,

Bombay Duclos, K

Oton Free Water Fish, ontá

Caryy

Cutlahy

Codifiak, Balty

Cattle Fish;

加魚

BA

孟味魚

赤魚

Onions, Bomber,

Green, Shanghai,

Japan,

Parsley, English,

Potatoes,

Horse Radish hd, Indian Corn,

120

游機

Lettuce, (English),

Mushroomas, Fresh;

牛草

" (Tentein),

esch 70

200 天津雪梨

酵柚

雞袖 甜桃 瑑禔鞋 綠蟹

Vegetables, &c.

catty $0

Artichokes, Shanghai,

Beans, (French),

Long,

Shangh

beat grality, par ploul,

98

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A MYSTERIOUS NAUTICAL SONG, Rendere of Treasure Island," that en trancing son tale by Robert Louis Steven- son, will bemember the tall, strong, heavy, hot-brown man, with the subre cut across one cheek, who appeared one morn ing at the Admiral Benbow Inn and who sang in a high, old tottering voice that seemed to have been taxed and been at the capstan bats, this refrain:

giant, in a fleaning red woolen shirt, hitched up his trousere defiantly and answered

We uover learnt is nowhore, yer honor, we allers knowed it.

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FOLURES I 20 XII,

1.--LT OF CONTRIBUTOES. 2-ÁRTIES.

9.- Reviews of Books,

LIST AUTHORS KAVLIWED,

THE FASTEST VESSEL AFLOAT, BRITAIN AGAIN HOLDS THE 'RECORD. To Mesara Laird Brothers, of Birken head, belongs the honour of having brought back to England the title of builders of the fastest vessel utious, though it is true that the vessel is destined for foreign owners. This number contains several articles

The craft achieving this distinction is the of interest and value-North China erdid

torpedo-boat destroyer No. 617, built by The China Bevice for September October

the firm named for the Chilian Government, fully maintains the high standard of Fifteen men on the dead man's chest,

which made un Average speed of 31.8 knotą excellence which characterises that publi Yo-ho-ho! and a bottle of rum,

during her official trials on the Clyde on To he had at the China Mail Offer, casion, and altogether forms 2 Very This refrain plays an important part in the 15th Oct., thus passing the previous Messrs. KEY & WALSH, MOS. LAST, interesting and readable number. Me the story, it will be remembered, but curlo- best on record of Mons. Normand's colo-rozo & Co., Hongkong; and dow teorologists will find he interesting and sity is never rewarded by a complete rider-brated Farban. This is coming very near valuable conibution by Dr. Fatache,ity of the song, and no doubt many people to the 40 miles hour, about the (sup- at the Amount of Procipiation (Latin irragine that it is purely an invention un pesod) impossibility of attaining which so

and Snow) of

of observations mowing the results the part of Stevenson, but such is not the much was written very few years ago. We

at the Imperisi Rus case. This fact can be dentistrated suy heartily congratulate the builders on their sian Observatory at Peking, from 1841 today before the dose of navigation by a stroll success, and trust tlist this may not be 上海了治竹 L800

Notes on the Dutch. Occupation along the Chicago river front, says the their last record-brealtor.-The Shipping of Formess," by Mr. Geo. Phillipe, contains T'anes-Herald, that is, if the visitor to this World.

洋流囊

行業

紅雞白仔

susse interesting information, although nautical region is lucky enough to happen

f it is second-hand. The Notices of upon a group of oldtime sailors singing at W. ROBINSON & Co., Piano and Musical much of i New Books include a most generous and their work. The other day such a group appreciative review of "The Divine Clagain was busily engaged on one of the big boats Instrument specialiste and exparta Work

tagging lustily at a hawser when one of shops and Factory, Daddell St.; Show that began to sing : 2

Rooma, Queon'a Bead Central

of Nan-Hus," and the Notes and Cheries

are as const very interesting. —North-China Daily News

Asubstantial and reliabla Review which

all students of China and the Chiene would

do well to patronlse.Chrysanthemum,

Fifteen men on the dead man's thesi

And the others joined lustily in the re-

frain

Yo-ho-ho land a bottle of run.

The November-December number of Then the leader continued:

the Ching Review contains les variety than anal, but the few articles are very interes ting. The opening paper by Mr Herbert Ya-to-hol and a battle of rum

Drink and the devil had done for the raat. And the chorus incomed

Gilber an

The New Testament in Chi

nese" treats of a question that must beco.ere was Louis Stevenson's famous song

all

Mr R.

Short Journey in Sochna

are continued, and a goodly instalment of Liese

travels in the Interior of Chios in

von Mr F. H. Belour COPTERS For they drank and drank and got, no,

papers of

some length entitled

The

peror Cheng, founder of the Chinaso

drunk,

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EXTEND VISTORIA, WITH FOUR BHANNES Chark Strast, and the listener drew nearer Blour 060 | Six hours

mysterious ballad. Three hot to catch the rest of the my

100 Day (0 to 6) The sailors tugged away stoutly at the big rope and the song was continued a

Jinrickehas, (With single driver) Quarter hour. 0.08 | Hour ******0.15 Half hour. 0.10 Every subse

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pire," which will be read with gemine Interest by abutants of Chinese history

A few short notices of Naw. Books and a

To-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

Eask from the dead man hit a chunk

To-bo-bol and a bottle of rum.

number of Notes and Queries, one of whichThe battle burst urd the men sccurst,

Western Borneo

"On Chiness Oaths in and Java might appropriately have been placed under a separate heading, complété the numbut.-H. Doty Press:

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rom!

Sucked his blood to quench their thirst,

To-ho-hol and a bottle of run They sucked his blood and crunched his

boats.

To-ho-ho and a bottle of rami

When suddenly up came Davy Jones,

To ho-ho and a bottle of rum.

Truber's Oriental Record contains the following noting of the Chino Review The present publication, judging by the number now before us, is intended to occupy a position, as regards China and the At this thrilling picture, when the lis- neighbouring countrise, soms what similar temer was all anxiety to lesin what Dary to that which has been filled in India by the Jones would de, the rope became tangled, Calcutta Berion, The great degros of at- and the blood-thirsty song was lost iii a teption that has been bestowed of late years chorus of shooks, raingled with strange upon the investigation of Chinese literature, oaths, as unch man strove to tall exactly and evcial developments, to say how the difficulty should be overcome, at studios, has led to the last matters assumed a calmer respect and You must cotae with

Both of ding viste ant stogen alinform the work and song went on 2

Bogumulation Anon, rendering

Hasty

To ho-hot and a bottle of him!

And

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Here there was another interruption, Samo translations from Chinees novels and caused by the appeargnow of an jampbibi. plays are marked by both nocursoy and fresh ous-looking small boy bearing & tip buckets Enso, 86, Ben's, England nass of stylej and an anoount of the career of The bucket was Roized by one of the millors the Chinese frost statemen of the eleventh and raised sply to his lips. After a long wTKINS & CO., 06, QUOD 1 FOR

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