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TUBIDAY, NOVEksuz-9, 1591,

HONGKONG MARKET PRICES. Corrected le Baburday, October 30, 1897.

Jdi 1020 Okað per Dollar Mexican.

Platos,

Pomfret, White

Chinaan Nimen

Butcher Meat.

肉食

Pentzat, Black- PISTES,

Bay.

Book Fish,

Bacon, English,

來路烟業處

Bogah,

Ame. Bugar oured „,..

$80

J

Focshow

»

Japan, eured

日本飆装秀 Salt Fiah,

TEAMS Salmon, (Canton), 福州烟猪肉 | Shark,

明啦 琵琶沙 石狗雞 高雄

220

馬友傲

60

200

Beef, sirloin & prime cut, catty 140

Akzate,

50

J}

Corized,

catty 140

鹹牛肉

Shrimp,

150

Ronst

130

燒牛肉

Snapper,

180

立康

-Boup,

肉

φύλου,

130

沙魚

14

Steak,

"

牛肉鮮

Touch,

Bullock's Brains, .

per ost

60

58 牛腦

Turbot,

120

左口魚

Tongue tres, each 200

牛腩

cormed

310

"

Head,

500

· 17

Hoart,. Hump, Salt

FL

150

catty 140

Fuel,

cach

60

13

“Kidney",

50

Tail,

100

-

Liver,

12

• catty

70

牛肝

Trips (undressed) onfly 60

Бо

牛肚

Calves Hoad and Fout, sot

க00

牛仔頭辭

Hams, American, . lb. "

350

Carambola,

Sh

Chinese,

200

金華火腿

QPQUOTE,

macha

M

English, Now,

460

來蹈火服

Ground Nuts,

calty

Japan oured,

日本火版

Grapes

* F

Shanghal,

Mutton Chop,

n Lig

240

上海火爆

160

專業

#

100

Licbees. Dried,

Shoulder,.

120

"

גן

Pigi Chitlings,

catty

50 60

Turtles, small, fresh water, Whiting,

850

"

特價

catly

FO

長瓶

saven penca, or oven three peace an

Not Bates, Or Gates.

White Bait,

90

槪雞仔

cance. Large quantities of silver anD SL-

tracted from tin and copper crus in Eng. None of your cheap and common skates

Fruits

菓子

land as a by-product, and costing virtually

Is Bates,

nothing. The re-opening of the Minta in

THE CHINA MAIL.

WHAT RE-OPENING THE MINTS

WOULD MEAN.

Bombay, October 18. A Correspondent who has studieal the currency question with unusual care ob Jected in a letter which we published yes terday to our contention that the rooper ing of Indian Minte would have its im mediato result a repetition of what happen-

ed before, namely, the pearing into the

DATES.

Babes, or Gates, is under arrest in Chi- cago charged with bigamy. Soven women claim him as husband, says the Tribune of that city, which is inspired thereby to pros duce the following

He finds himself in sorry straits,

Does Bates, Or Gates. Ow!

1

country of the superfluous silver of America He wooed and won too many mastes, And other countries. We pointed out that the silver would be converted into

Or Bates.

into

Did Gates,

rupees in quantities far beyond the require Too recklessly he dared the fates,

of India, and the consequent detri. He married in too monte

States, ment of the currency. Only the closing of and that's why Nemely new waite the Mints in 1893 prevented the rupes.

For Bates, from falling to ten pence or less, which

Dr Gwes. would have been the ruin of Indian nawoon- | It is a very serious thing to

of any State to fall to all it the rency of e

half its original valus, or less. That is inevitable when 10. ducerments and facilities are given by the

State to convert into coin of the realm

Tassos of metal once precious bat

Intimations.

G. FALCONER & Co.,

WATCH-MAKERS AND JEWELLERS, NEW SELECTIONS OF

DIAMOND JEWELLERY AND ENGLISH SILVER WARL HIGH-CLASS GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SPECTACLES.. PINCE-NEZ AND EYE PRESERVES

G. FALCONER & Co., ARE AGENTS FOR ROSS'S FAMOUS TELESCOPES

BINOCULARS, LORD KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ADMIRALTY OF ARTS AND BOOKS.

He bought stoves, kettles, cups, and plates, 818

Did Bates.

As Gatos;

Ho had them charged, at highest ratos,

To Gates,

For Bates.

reduced in value to less than half its former! He ordered thus, at divere dates,

price. Tao danger is excessivaly great Pianos, mirror, teton-tates,

when

enormous quantities of metel on And down-town merchants paid the freights

be produce and sold at a profit for

LATEST PATTERNS OF SILVER PRIZE CUPS NOW IN STOCK.

64, QUEEN'S 2017.

'CHINA MAIL' OFFICE.

PRINTING.

Every Description of GENERAL PRINTING carried out UNDER EUROPEAN SUPERVISION,

| Apples, (California),

catty 250

(Tientsin),...

(Japan),

Bananas, fragrant,

(brides),

| Chestnuta, ChinaDA, -

:

#1

150

8 1 1 8 9 8 3 3 3 3 3 18

950

金山平禁 **** 日本平集 省擗香蕉

山香蕉

楊桃

Or Gates. Does Gatca, Or Bates.

India would re-open all the mines in the Tis Brigham Young ho omnulates, United States which were closed down after

is it an

By potent charms ho fascinates Ho'd marry the whole United States, All matrimonial candidates,

Would Bates, For Gates.

THE BOOM IN CANADIAN RAILWAYS.

Vancouver, Octobòr 6. The two great Canadian railway systoms are just now Attracting & goul deal of at- tention in London financial circles, Hap pily the size

efremstances of

both are

are apparent-

the legislation of 1893, *Under such sic cumstances India would become the wilver sink of the world, and we might at any time within the next two or three years see the rupes at eight-pence or nine-pence That would shake the credit of the Gor vernment

ent of India and the stability of this

Mr Webb maintains much ingenuity that s

ecuntry can not have too much silver or too much coin. He asks quite plausibly is i

nt. vantage or disadvantage to the people of India to have a plentiful supply of good silver or money? The question begs the jasus. Silver which has been steadily falling in value: for the last quarter of a century, is not goody more favorable than they have been for silver,' in the sense of being good in a long time past. The prospects are also.

that the vestment. It s delusion and

improvement both in the business Our correspondent oxplains the ominous of the Canadian Tasife and the Grand fact that the good price of silver is little Trunk railways, and i their financial posi more than two shillings an ounce very tion:

not only likely to be permanent, but simply; the

nations of the world princital have closed their Mints against it.

of thir

things Now that Amorin, which auught to propitiate its Silver Kings by purchasing silver for years at a price far above the market value,

now proposes to ro-open the mints irer to restura silver to its vaine of twenty years ago, how absurd it is to that what the Sherwan

take for

a se

increase.

is likely to exercise will extend be-

MODERATE' PRICES.

PRICE LISTS.

CATALOGUES.

PROGRAMMES.

COMPANY REPORTS.

BUSINESS UIRCULARS.

BILLS OF LADING.

MODERATE PRICES.

Coast Port Orders receive careful attention.

WRIGHT'S HOTEL,

No. 40.

YOKOHAMA,

No. 40.

The influence which this state The cheapest and most conveniently located First-Class Hotel-

in Yokohama. Rates from $2.75 to $4 per diem.

yond the two undertakings and will

have a most favorable effect on Canadian

ancial interests generally. It will be another THIS elegant now Hotel is close to the Lading Pior, and in the imosillate ridafs

which Canadian support to the favor

of the Consulates and of the Railway Station, Post sud Telegraph Officed Finë

enterprises are now regarded in Libodon,

2013

W. N. WRIGHT, Proprietor.

NEW VICTORIA HOTEL.

ROTISSERIE,

NOW ON BALK

INDEX

and will not be without a beneficial efect view over the Harbour. Bath and follotte Reous on eagh Flat, on the manner in which the new Dominion if this in accomplished loan of $5,000,000, will be received in the

The great London money market. crucial question is, why did

We published yesterday the table ro principal nations of the world close their minta to ceipts of the Canadian Pacille Railway for silvur They did so only and because the week ending September 30th, amount silver was already obviously losing its ing to 9764,000, showing the phenomenal farmor position as a precious metal. Gerincrease of 8255,000 over the receipts for many, rich in the £200,000,000 of the the corresponding period in 1690. Whils French indemnity, demonetised silver, no the receipts for last year were greater that as to make good her position in advance. those for the preceding year, yet the Com The Latin Union closed their minta to free pany's gross earnings in the period before coinage without loss of time. India should the recent general depression were largor

the same simaltaneously, instead than in those years. But the receipts for fast Monthly Boardery at Moderate Entes. have done

week exceeded those for like period by the large sum of $8100.000, a most satis.

Meals a la Carte

HOPS, STRAKS, etc., ata, at any U time, between 7,30 sm. and 11.30 p. it.

world was passed for twenty years through factory and significant fact. It is also Madar & Farmer,

Tão

stated that the current week's receipts are likely to show oven a greater corning power.

Proprietors. Hongkong, September 3, 1898. * 1736

of waiting until the waste silver of the

our minte.

whole problem is not stated when it is said that silver has faller in value because the principal

The fast must not, of course, be ignored nations of the world have demone. tised it. They took that step because they that just now the movement of the orops, foresaw the certain consequences of an ex especially in Manitoba, is exceeding heavy cessive coinage in a metal which has in and that traffic is an important factor in the

B 200 large are caused

large business and is likely to rosede in market value road is doing at the present time, ROOM being how upstairs, and Large

which the to be precious, arcoptionally more and more in the immediate future. the indications ará that the general

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appreciable part of their crease. There is also other satisfactory BuzzOUGH and Wants' Tantza) being added value from their being legalisad as mono transcontinenal road, and that is that the

feature in the bustness of this grosto the Hotel. they do not detivo the large

larger part mint stamp, from the

The development of the Eripes oven fully three-fourths of t

ito value

椒餅

21

荔枝繁 荔枝

Limes,

Feet,

110

Mangó, (Saigon),

anch

·南芒禁

Vry

Hoad,

160

ا.

呂宋芒

cach

600 450

Hearty

80

Mangosteen, Orangen, Sweet,

+

dosen

山竹子

cally

Cu

Kiduoys,

• pair

70

F

Green,

80

50

新會謝薇

貍

Act Brando will)

Liver,

lb.

160

Red,

50

J

Pock, Chopi

.catty

180

Corned,

Ólives,

Persimmons,

100

50

Log,

190

Pineapples,

cach

Fat or Lard,

-Bheeps' Head and Feel, sot

160

1

Pears,

eatly

350

" (Tientain),

160

天津雲藥

W1

Bourt,

›, each

60

40

Plum, Red,

가

Kidneys,

70

Pamelo,

Back

80

Liver,

15***

.150 140

(Blata),

catty 100

蘿雞柚

Booking Pige,

each $1.75 81.

| Raisins, Muscata),...)

Suet, Boof,

-lb. 110

生牛油

19

Pudding,

Mutton,

100

生羊油

Water Chesnuts, com.

馬蹄

Veal,

catty 180

牛仔肉:

**

Mandarin,▾

16

Poultry.

生口

Walnuts,

60

120

·桂林馬雞 合数

Uhicken,

catty

400

Опроша

250

Vegetables, &c.

Artichokes, Shanghai, catty 80

菜蔬

上海了油性

But

Beaus, (French),

120

thoir value

#

Ducks,

180

DOTS,

each 120

Egga, Hen

..dos,

120

Duck

110

1

JĮ

TEN

13

Long,

100

#

Beat Root,

each

20

敬茶盛

| Beinjals, Green,

catty

-90

Rost,

60

Fowla,

cally

190

Brassica,

Close,

200

"

80

觱 "

Bamboo Shob##,

90

21

Harsa,

sach

Cabbage, ChinesD COM »

80

*F

Moak Deer,.

""

Partridges

400

Cabbage,

• each 180

2

Cauliflower,

Pigeons,

ม่

麻花

Phawant,

brace

Carrots,

eatty 60

事

Bloe Birds,

do

820

Oslory, Ohinese,

150

新片藝

Quad)

cach

100

»

English,

-

·辉芹茶

Baipe,

#1

150

Chilies Dried,

180

Turkaya, Jouky

catty 500

22

Red,

**

雞雞

850

Carry Stuff, Englab,

AD

נ

Etation.

"

Teal,

350

Jusambors,

Wild Ducks,

pale

Bitter Squash,

海鮮

Gaelio,

Ginger, yourg,

11

Horse Radiah, E'hai, CA

120

Barbel,

Bream,

Bombay Dreks,

cnity

170

Indian Corn,.

piece

20

"

pleow 500

Lettuce, (English),

wach

10

Mushrooms, Fresh,

catty

Cron Fresh Water Fish, satty

Onion, Bombay,

"

70

100

Carp,

Catfish,.

Green, Shangtní,

Codfish, Sali,

19

Гарап,

Crabs,

180

Okroge,

Ouftis Flah

100

Parsley, English,

Dab,

Polstone, Sweat,..

Davey

Dog, Finl

Shangbal,

_Japan,_ ›

20

bundle

10

. calty

80

Bele, Congor,

American,

Fresh water,

200

FoodLow,

Bala, Yellow,

100

File Fish,

Frogs,

250

Pumpkin, S Panline,

Frans Blak,

110

Garoupa,

Bodlah,

Gadgson,

Gurnard,

Blas, best quality, par pizal,

Common

Herrings

"

25 20

Rover 30

cntig

18.50 $5.50

33

Spinags, (China))

No Me Ho Ho Ma

#

the Central and Westen especially in

inte existence new

to the fact of it being silver; and scsrce Dominion is born portions of the

☛ Rooms. Pon PRIVATE DINNERS, “EA Entranous Ice House Lane, Queen's

a fourth to the mins mark. The value of industries and that the railway traffic which Boad, and Duddell Street. the latter would disappear

Wera

to countless tons of metal at the Pplied they will afford will not only be permanent

the deinund

-

but will

increase. steadily

There will be larger volume of traffe; it will be of reckless and well-nigh desperate

be 1989 lators in the United States. The regulation both eastward and westward a most fra. of the quantity of coin to be made in the portant matter in railway economics and minta is the rightful prerogative of the it will spread business over all sections of State, and should not be entrusted to the the system, so that we may anticipate that bands of aliens and desqrupulous rivals.there will soon be an end to the

Lean parta Gazette.

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CHINA QUAST METEOROLOGICAL

REGISTER.

November lat.-17 4 1,5.

Wostook. 30.06) 60 Tokio...00: --- Kochi...... 30.31 Nagasaki. 19 Engoshimas 30.16 God.£... 30.13 66

Sharp P., 9.98 74 Amoy

Bwatow...

29.93 29.94 63

Canton 29.91 62

Hongkong 29.94 786

Vict.

Yt. Peal

Gap Rock

able amount of traffe for the other divePar

of the systems. With this change situation, it should be both practicable and judicious for the management to gradually reduce its rates and so further stimulate business-Daily News Advertiser.

Hongkong Tides.

The Tide Table given below has been sompiled by the Nactical Almatic Office in London from the respite of the spalysis of observations taken by mosna of an au tomatio tide recording machine in the Wa-

BILLIARDS.

full

Gr.ham

Mr Gatraviol

127

P. BOHM, Propriestor and Manager. Hongkong, September 27, 1807.

JAPANESE TINE ART CURIOS,

JARACA

KUHN & KOMOR,

ter Police Basin at Taim Sha Tsui during 21 & 23, Queen's Road, Hongkong;

1837-8-8

be-zero of the table is Low Water Or 1 dinary Spring Tides, which has been found

to be 2 feet below mean sea level,

To obtain the depth of water on the tide

gauge at the Victoria Naval Yard add to. on the ganga at Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 12 in. the height given in the table.

7

E

Haiphong

Bolinao... 8.78 2079 ww Manila.48.70 80

0.8, Jaster

November 2nd-a? 10 a.M. Wostook. 129.84; 40 †Ðà¦.. x. Tokio

3rd to. 9th November.

HIGH WATE

Hanghong

Мака Height

kong Mean

|Hegit

Tima

D

ft. l.

0 1

Kochi......

We m

Nagasaki Kagoshima Guzlaff... Bharp Pk, B.00 7190 A105 Swatow

Thur.

449

Erl

36.10 10 93

& DA

BL

感猕

138.85 78 70

1 B

20.97 781-

Canten

Hon.

1

Vist. Peak

Hongkong 9.0 81 81

228

Gap Rock

Macao

Haiphong. 30.0 78 Bolinao.... 29.868183

Manila

C.R.James

F. G. Frượ, doting Director, -Hongkong Observatory, Nov. 2nd, 1807.

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