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花生

鮮製子

THE CHINA MAIL.

TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1897.

HONGKONG MARKET PRICES. Corrected to Saturday, March 20, 1897,

At 1020 Quah per Dollar Mexican;

l'ika.

花樹雞

Pico.

斑您

Highest, Lerest.

Chinasa Names.

Pomfret, White

200

Cash, Cash,

Butcher Meat.

肉食

Pomfret, Black

130

白頭 熊繩

Prawns.

Bay.

Tacon, English,

1b.

來路 猪肉|

Rock Fink,

70.

琵琶沙 石狗公

94, Amo. Sugar cured

340

·花鹿烟猶肉

Roach,

添传

200

Japun, curul

240

日本類絲肉 | Shark.

Simon, (Canton),

240

馬友魚

磁热

Buefloin prime cut, catty 140

Salt Fisk,

140

鹹雞

Corned,

·

catty 140

鹹牛肉

"

Rest,

Soup,

130

烧牛肉:

ԱՅՆ

肉

Steak,

120

牛肉

"

Skate

Str

Surpper,

Solcu,

140

160

100

沙魚

Bullock's Brains,

rel,

50

牛腦

Tench,

魚

Tongue fresh,

200

牛肉

P

curled

310

瞅牛利

14

Head,

牛頭

長成

Heart,

100

40

餓熟仔

Hump, Suit

catty

140

牛肩

Fooh

uach

00

Kidneys,

Tail,

100

21

#

Låver,. *catty

70

Tripe-(undressed) catty 69

Calves Head and Feet, sat

DOO

Hams, American,

lb.

340

Chinese,

"

English, Now,

450

Japan cured,

260

Shanghai,

200

Mútua Chop,

150

Lag,

Shoulder,

120

15

Pigs Chittings,

. catty

70

Foet,

110

81211111' 1

50.

牛湃

菓子

牛腰

Apples, (CaliforLİK), .. catsy

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牛奶

(Trentou},

****

牛肚

(Japan),

牛肚

牛仔頭脚

J

(Lanius),

花旗大朧

Chestnuts, Chi

金華火腿

-來路火腿

Carnmbuis,

auto"

日本火腿

Ground Nuts,

caity

上海火腿

Grapes,

羊眦

Lurus, Chinc,

Pool.

*+

Luchtes, k-red,

200

00

Freib,

Fry, K

160

Rak Siangy, (Saigon),

each

tuch

JAU 450

2

17

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H

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Liver,

Pork, Chop,

Corned,

50

40

+ Fais

7U

Alangestue Unges, oh,

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LALLS

11

1,

160

狀

Grech

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180 獲牌骨

kind,

紅桔

鹹豬肉

Olivou,

15t

白健

Pate-apples,

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ມ.

*

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57

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150

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Liver,

ib. 150 140

7

羊肝

Sucking Piga, Sust, Boof,

each

$1.70 81.25

擔仔

Pudding,

.-16. 110

生牛油

Mutton,

100

"

生羊油

Veal,

ontty 130

牛仔餸

14

Waluute,

Poultry.

生口

patty

100

Chicken,

Uapolis,

Drucke,

210

160

Duvus,

Eggs, Heu

ch

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120

Duck,

110

"

17

Fogla,

party 180

Greeno,

Barry

160

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31

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such

400

$3.50

400

100

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Pench, (Sweet),

Baisins, Muscatol,

Wister Chosuuts, com.

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Vegetables, &c.

Artichokes, Shanghai,, oattý

Beaus, (French),

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HAI

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慈林馬蹄 合生

榮蔬

THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF

CHINA.

STRAITS INSURANCE.

The report of the Straits Insurance Com-

report:

account, there was a heavy loss. To pro- for this loss, one handred and fifty

Intimations.

G. FALCONER & Co..

JEWELLERS, WATCHMAKERS AND OPTICIANS, QUEEN'S ROAD.

CHOICE SELECTIONS OF LONDON-MADE JEWELLERY and ENGLISH STERLING SILVER WARE.

IIIGII-CLASS GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED FOR THE EASTERN OLIMATE.

AGENTS FOR ROSS'S FAMOUS BINOCULARS AND TELESCOPES. LARGE STOOK OF NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, CHARTS, &o.

'CHINA MAIL' OFFICE.

A Foreign Officy report on the revono pany is not a document that the share- and expenditure of the Chinese Empire has holder can regard with satisfaction. It is been issued. The internuation to that the report that the shareholder has

been led to

and it cunt fail to expect, report says that the object of the paper is

karl Lo give a short account of the revenue and quato a good deal of disappointment. The xpenditure of the Chinese Empiro as bus report, in plain language, is ed en figures and raports for the three and in face of it the prosperous looking years before the Japanese war. China, quotations of to-day must spoily fall saya the report, having recently come into senis that she directors have discovered the Kuropean market as a borrower of that the year 1895, for which they paid a considerabile gras, an inquiry into the ex-dividend of ten per cent,, was a very unpic tent and elasty of her wuaurves will not fitable year; and that, instead of there be be without interest. Moreover, the result gabalus on the right side of the year's of the war must necessary entail grant | 1seri changes in China horself; either she thousand dollars are ison taken from the mast spend less on her navy and army, or reserve fund; and to pay another dividend, she must raise a larger revenis. The suures

thirty thousand dollars we proposed to to of revenus are divided up as follows taken from the dividend reserve fund, mak land tax payable in silver, the land taxing a total withdrawal of me hundred stis in grain or commuted, thusalt-tighty thousand dollars. These financial payable duty and in, the likin on merchan pulations will leave a sum of unly ten dise in transit, the maritime out thousand dollars at the credit of the re (foreign), the native Custom House, known serve, and, of course, the

unteacher que askwon, partly maritin, partly in hundred thousand on istuent reserva termal; the duty and ŝikin un native

The port substantially admits that 1895 opium, miscellaneous. The revenue from

but at the same time it alt sources

given at $14,829,000. The whad year, report considers that the land tx might be should be noted that it was a bad year for the big Companies failed to make a profit largely increased, as might also other all Marine Insurance Companies. Most of itpusta.

on their underwriting, in fact they admit- tedly lost, and merely took their dividerula from the profits on huge investments, The British and Foreign Office for instance lost on the 1896 account £34,570, and the PRICE LISES. The Straits Insurance Maritime £23,08, Company lost £23,816, but appropriated £3,250 for ukams still to come in. It is to be sure, lact it is an unfortunate one that huge cumpapits must avsionally expect and aust certainly be prepared for. But the unfortunate thing is that for the year 1895 (a your in which a loss was mader the Straits Directors should have paid away 818,00) in uain of profit-an unearned ten por cent. dividend.

CEYLON AND THE PLAGUE.

Colombo, March 6.

It will be seen by an atomeement made in another on that, the erntinuance of The Plague in the Western Presidency of India is compelled the Ceylon Govent ment to take still further precautionary uncastres in protect the island from the epidemic, which, we rege, to se hy our ROWN from fuis, is spreading outside the Bombay Presidency to the North-West Provinces. Although we have not heard of its spreading auchwaste fenen Benbay. thes import

all goods from the West east of India to Caylon is Bow pro- hibited, so that craumunication with the tsef Bombay, Katachi, Go, Mangalore, Cannanore, Telbett

Calcut, Cochin, Alerts

and Quilon is temporarily at as end. The ports on the East coast, however, from where large proportion of ur Indian rice supply comes, are still : hat the interruption to the trade between Ceylon and the above-mentioned purts will perusly affect not a few local inding firms. Thus tiovernment, however, are quite justified in taking the step they

Mahé

|

For a partial remedy, we suggest that ng dividends shall, in future, be paid until they are lenown to be earned. Thus, if the Directors adopt our advice, they will cruel their remmendation to pay a five per cent dividend for the year 1806, telling the hardholders to wat twelve months will know wher they hunger, by which tie the 18 yields a profit or only & loss. To bad! very pay dividends speculatively may well for an old and wealthy company

but

it is not a policy that is safe for such an adventure as the Straits Irratico Com-

have, especially if our propurity to kodin ny. It is indeed, very unsafe. We ash

and the dose interesarse we have with it are likely to afectar export trade with Hurope. We have heard that the import

the Directors, for the credit of this Colony, to play for safety.

We have already

liquidated, two insurance companies. We

of Indian tea intr firany has been pryori't want to liquidats a third. Safety, hibited, and it will las a string matter and again Safety, should be the policy of Copion let ware included in this embargo an insurance company- Stats Times.

through the Plague scare in Europe. Steps are being taken, we believe, to love the nown of the prohibition above referred to wired home the London press. of Crylan

ΚΑΙΣΙ

The following is the Mining Managers

Yarch, 1897-

Report for the four weeks ending 4th

30 New Prases just arrived; best makure. Also Cabin and Transposing Pianna, gustan- tood for the climate, W. Robinson & Co.

Tur Chemistry of Tus' was the subject of - a paper real by Mr David Crole before the Society of Arts. Mr Urole described the

various chemical constituents within the

Renh Hote. So. Shaft, The naistesans, which make a list of most porteu

level geing South is in 332 ft. from the tous rates-taunio, gallic, and boheieaed We have not yet out the main ore benzone, phlogluci, oxyhydroquinone.

crescat.

PRINTING

Every Description of GENERAL PRINTING carried out UNDER EUROPEAN SUPERVISION.

MODERATE PRICES.

CATALOGUES,

PROGRAMMALES,

COMPANY REPORTS,,,

BUSINESS CIRCULARS.

BILLS OF LADING.

MODERATE PRICES.

FOR SALE.

* Coast Port Orders recoive careful attention.

MINNEKFOLS

VINYL

GRA

BELL

EX S.S. 'TACOMA.'

GOOD AND PURE BEER..

FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS BREWING COMPANY, U.S.A.

chato, albaugh 2 fully expected to leave Mest tos, said the lecturer, was boris GOLDEN GRAIN BELT LAGER BEER,

done so before this. The ground in the face has changed from a regular formation to a broken distorted one. However, a few feat further should show what it is going to bu. In the drive going North there i is no change to report.

the crosscul geing wex, at 125 ft. in formation was out. This formation in

meal, because the tamin of tes then taken into the system in conjunction with album- inoul matter was converted into a leathery compound which took all the time powerful digestion to tackle. Besides the- inu, the other alcaloids found theuphyllin,, theobrimine, assamin, querc itrin, and some other undetermined ones.

tea "wero

and quartz loaders,24 ft. wide A gondaman in the audionos elicited from i

with the strike of the country and carrying good gold through. I cannot saynish about it at pauset as we have

Yonly eat through it in the driva. It is

unking a good deal of water and is right

the lecturer that four minutes was the time fordrawing tea-the maximum of theins and the minimum of tanuin were then obtained.

BOWED Dr the old original Ranh Hule workings T'LL wo then in the moonlight." saag the

豆角

30

雞茶頭

Loog,.

Bach

Brinjale, Green,

cuity

Red,

*

Brackion

"

11

110

Cabbage, Chiness com..

{

Cabbage, Shaughtd,

vath

Caulidumet,

1

Mask Doer,

Partridges, Pigeons, Pheasant,

Rice Birds,.

• Quall..

Balpoj

Turkeys, Onak,

230

Carrots,

casty

brees 800

Celory, Chincan,

$7

do

Hugish

"

... each

150

Otillos Dried,

"

X

120

Red,

13

⚫ catty 000

火雞

Hen,

19

410

32

Carry Stuff, English,

Ducumbots

Tesly. Wild Ducks,

Bob 400

冰器

Bitter Squash,

per

ૐ

上海水器

Garlic,

Fish.

海鮮

Ginger, soung,

Horse Radio, Shi,

Barbal,

Gutty

Brewin

Bombay Ducks,

O'ton Fresh Water Fish, nitp

Cart Calfab,

Vudtiali, Salt, Crabs,

Outtle Fish,

++

#1

-100 pleca 250

2 2 1 3 1 3 3 3 2

100

160

焗雞

Indiwa Corts,

Lettuve, (English),

tick

80

蓋味魚

Mushrooming Fush,

Jarry

Ukrose,

Farley, Loglich...

Onions, ga

GILED,

Shanghai,

Jagats

100 LLO

香海鮮

鏡餅

20%

洋

麻花椒

40

梅子雞

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bundle 10

Potatoes, Sweet,

Kanis

Dab

Shanghai,

上心雞仔

黃雞魚

Dace,

Dog Fish,

Hels, Congor,

JETSD,

An urican,

Focubu",

日本仔

花鹿仔

Frosh water,

200

淡味福

Macacy

"

Hola, Yellow,

File Fish,

刷皮料

Pumpkin,

Pureline,

Frogs.

Fresh Fish

Papaw,

Radish

您濕

紅鑽白仔

豬脊榮

26.3.20

dozen 20

ffice, best quality, per plezil;

$1,50

24.10

11

catty

Do

insoups,

Gudgeon,

., Common

Gurnerd,

紅雞

shaloti,

Horloge,

8pinage, (Chinese)

Spinsch

Unake Goard,

Formative,

Ixion,

Turkiye, Pand, (Enbg) -

Vigutable Marroir, i

Water Cenride,

(Long),

BAR

Wa MACDONALD,

對簡風

at 150 it, blow them and it. west of lover to his girl, who was gazing fondly on

prescut workings of the main cre chute.hun from the casement. It's much cheaper

later, I intend to open out on it and so than the gastigat, sang her fathor, the old what it is worth.

There is no change in any other part of ths mine. Fol air is giving a lot of trouble.

Bukit Koman-Things are going on as usual -There is no change to report in any of the levels, which are being tended to the usual rate. The lode maintains it usual sise and quality. The water is very hesty in this mind owing to the hoovy

Prins.

churl, who was taking observations from the basemant.

...

EATTLE-What's tho matter with Gustavus 21 He never calla any more. Hortense Why one night when he was at the house [called him the light of my life, and papa came in and said it was about time tile light was put out.

without a word

Bukit Jallis Hesar-A small shaft 7 ft. OLD Quiverful-And so you want to take by 4 ft. has boun sunk 74 ft. and a drive our daughter from us? You want to take met with, 9 ft. wide and chewing gold by If there is anything about her you want to by warning? Young Geslow Not at all; sin morter crushing, but is hardly pay warn me against I'm willing to listen.

improve.

Still when driven on ith m it. The

pa

Hongkong Tides.

EXTRA PALE.

Is Cants or Dz. QUARTS on 6 Dez. PINTS AT $13.00,

One WATERBURY NICKEL WATCH will be given away with every Two Casca Bern

Family and Fooket Cork Pallers will be supplied, and Sample Bottle given to cooUNISTA,

Hongkong, 8th March, 1897.

BARRETTO & ̧Co., Fola_Agents for the MINNEAPOLIS BREWING CO.

476

A WONDERFUL MEDICINE.

BEECHAM'S

PILLS

are aniversally admitted to be Worth a Guinea a Box.

FOR

BILIOUS

AND

NERVOUS

DISORDERS, Blok Headache Loss of Appetite,"

Sourvy and Blotches on the skin,

Disturbed Sleep,

NOW ON SALE

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WEEKLY NEWS FOR HOME.

The Greyland China Mzil,

is PUBLISHED to melt the Departure

Nisvo now started driving south"

worst of prospecting this country is that we cannot pat our heads below the surface of

Tho Tide table given below has been the ground before we have water to contend with this necessitates machinery. The compiled by the Nautical Almanas Office in steal pump so have in the shaft has as London from the results of the analysis of keep but the coining observations taken by means of an automs much as it can d water. This work is only prospecting tic tile recording machine in the Water When

wurk is decided on & Polica Basin Tsim Sha Tsui during the

pt mattch shaft will be required years 1867-9-9.,

The zero of the tale is Law Water Or And

very much heavier machinery. Hestern Ldt The No. 3. Pat is now dinary Spring Tides, which has been found

faut below completed and we are driving for the lode, to be 2

meant sas level.

of each ExoLISH and FRENOK Mari To obtain the depth of water on the tide the drive, being in 20 f. from the shaft: I

Steamer for Europe. It contains special the lace in a fow feet more gauge at the Victoria Naval Yard add 5 ft. Commercial intelligence, special tables of expect to catt

The and other information. give 70 ft. of backe above this in, and on the gauge at Lamont Deck, This will level to work.

Abenleon, add 12 it. 9 in. to the height various Reports of Courts and Meetings, Battery:This has been kept going full given in the table.

and all other new, are given in full s last Un time during the month.

Monday

they appear in the Daily issue, Jat instant, the general two-monthly chan up took place, this one closing the Com pany's Buancial year. Owing to several days being lost at the conicbcement of the your in effecting necessary repairs to machinery, these two mouths are several days short of full time, total nuutity ne the Ecush is

in 2230 tons vielding 1,833 Wed. 2 57%. 17 dwts. 12 g of smelted being Ther. 20 an average of 11 dwts. 10 g. per ton. The following are the quantities of oro crushed from the different mines

Haut, Hola

Bukit Koman

The

Kold

265 tonu.

1,000

*0,334

Crushing was resuniel again the same

aftomioon and has been continued steadily since.

As this closos i Comsay's financial

year, I congratulate the shareholders on the highly ascessful results of thio year's work.

W. Bay, Mining Manager.

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