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Butcher his
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·Baasa, English, ̈ ̈ ̈
Ame. Sugar súred ..
Foochow
Japan, cured
Boot sirloin & prime out, catty 140
Cntsy $40
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沙魚
̇鯇魚
左口魚
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THE CHINA MAIL.
THE PROPOSED BRANCH BAIL
WAY THROUGH RHANGHAI When some two months ago wa wrote thout this Woosung-Shanghai, tailway it was pointed out that the station Cat Shanghal, altested outside the Hoogker boundary to the westward of the Natth Hosan Road, world þa le
·lald out sufficient- large to accommodato passenger- Booda traffic
to Soochow and beyond, And that
at as a special conveniones for Shanghai goods trafia a branch line would be built from the Sangini station to the willa and
and factorios on the titor Bank. In the opinion of the
the Chase
authorities the extension
be bome in mind Lakk fish fosedly, and liberal treatment of the Chitrost in this mattor may do much to secure that exten sien of the Settlement which we are Dów, working —N.-J. Dally Nem.
HONGKONG SHARE MARKET. In their wookiy share report dated Hong. kong 17th November, Mssrs. Bonjamin, Kelly and Potta write:-
Business has again been considerably
interfered with owing to our Cricketing Visitors, and there are very few changes
Intimations.
G. FALCONER & Co.
WATCH-MAKERS, AND JEWELLERS
NEW SELECTIONS OF..
DIAMOND JEWELLERY AND ENGLISH SILVER WARE
HIGH-CLASS GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES.
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF BPHOTAULER PINCE-NEZ AND EYE PRESERVI FALCONER & Co., ABB AGENTS FOR ROSS'S FAMOUR SELESCOPES AND
oport in the market, but rat u, with the exception of an advanco in China Sugars, G. are slightly lower.
Banks- have ruled
Soochow is very rightly looked
Hongkong and Shanghai Bauka work of great importance, and they are anrious that this should he Lastened at 179 per cent promium. The London very quiet, with only small sales
much sa
to the
branch ble, and in addition
line to
to the mills and rate-is unchanged, Nationals have been 818
bought at $23, and are still enquired for.
Marine Instruaces.With the exception of a sale of China Tradors at $71, there is no business to report in stocks under this heading.
Hongkow, the Railway Administration of a branch the construction contemplates line to the native city, which will also afford access to the godowns at Kinleyen of the Chips club 5. N. Co. nd by
Fire Insurances.—-Both Hongkong and facilitate
the
quanti
China Firos are quiet, with probable which are stored at sellors at quotations.
drew attention to drawback to the
ties of Halve proport of the large i
the fact
also
to the Shipping, Hongkong, Canton and Macay that the great ang waste | 920), and for December at 8. Indo- have been placed at $29] and
ation of the station at
silty of access froin all parts of the Chiras are a shade uusier, sad have been
Settlement, sowing to there being no roads
Icading to it that ate nut very narrow
and which are not already congested with
the pedestrian and vehicular trafilio that passes through them. Ausone who has to use any of tho ready to the north of the Road and he fully aware that Nooking
this is to exaggerated statement, and if
there
DE
sold at 851 and 851, closing with sellors
at the Istior rate. China and Maullas are obtainable at. 876.
all teamships
have been done in small
11 lots at $575. Rories China Sugars have continued
to advance, and have been placed at nutss
up to $161. Luzone have xison one point,
market at 844.
much obstruction to traffic at and have been taken off the mat
the present time, how much more wil!
wto
-Panjons have boon dealt in
onsdorable extent at $5.00 and ga
thore be when they have to boar the extra and close with further buyers at the latter
which the railway
This is a!}
will orestorate Balmoral
ia a weighty subject that will have to rate.
$105. New
aro in
in demand at be dealt with by the Municipal Council and ference shares ha Ordinary and Pra changed hands at $1.40 the ratepayers, if access to the station is to and $1.50 respectively. Jolabus have
have been booked at 82 and $2.10. Raubs have been negotiated et rates batecen
28 at the and 9935.
be obtained only through the existing roads, and necessary inprovements can can only be carri
be carried out at greus expense to the community.
A telegram from Singapore stotes
telegram
s of stond has been
is 1,750 ounces of These cireuinstances should lead the rest of the cloin pi
smelted gold from 2,450 tous foreign residents to carefully consider crushed. Olivers B have improv
improved to the scheme of the branch line to the File"
and buyers. A native city which the Railway Admin received stating that the mill has been istration propose to
to construct,
at stated and is crushing in first-tato stylo.
FIS it
offers a way out of the difficulty that Great Easterns leave bou done at $2,90 would
of the
HOM and
- 83.
spare the pockets
for thig munity. The route proposed branch line is from the station through Hongker to a point opposite the Gas il the which would oortside, or boundary of the Settle land which the
for
the Railway mistru
to acquire.
tion would be able to
The
Docks, Wharves and Godowns---There is
no business to report in stocks under this heating, hat Kowloon Wharves have drop. ped one point, and are offering at the rate.
Lande, Hotels and
Buildings Houg koug Lands are still offering at $75. Hu-
West
uld then cross the Soochow Creek by a Estata hava
iron bridge, and it is proposed t that through the English Settlement it should be built
negotiated Points have boon taken off the
market at $215. Hongkong Hotels have been been sold aud ar wanted at 848,
at a sufficient elevation, over the Defence
Cotton Mill-Ewes have been sold Creek.
On reaching the Maloo the line
at 1a. 111. Internationals have declined to would erose
Toad by a that
a high levels. Hi bridge, and immediately south of the Ma- loo, on the property belonging to the few
Miscellaneous-Green Island Cements
have hardened, and sales have been effect
Roast,
Snapper,
Soup,
Sales,
160
Steak,
牛肉粉
Tonál,
Ballook's Brains,
per settu
Turbot
120
Tongue frash, sach
250
Turtles, small, fresh water,
* 960-
J
corned
310
#2
Whiting,
catty
70
長期
the
Head,
540
White Bait, s
銀魚仔
Hearty
100
Hump, Balt catty
140
菓子
Fest,
60
"
Kidneys,
牛腰
Apples, (California),
catly 200 180
GUTE
·Tall,
100
-牛用
(Tiantain), (Japan),
天津不集
Läver
رو
Getty.
70
Bananes, fragranty
Tripe (undressed) catty 60
(bridos)
|.ཆ$
日本平高
省城香蕉
40
Calves Hoad and Fest, set
500
Chestnuts, Chinese,
180
Hama, American,
Ib.
360
Osrambala
100
Chinese,
English, New,
Ground Now,
事
Japan oured,
Shanghai,
Multon Chop,
Leg,
200
Lemona, China,
160
茶餅
167
Lihees, Dried.
400
荔枝飾
Shoulder,
120
#1
Fresh
一枝
Pigs' Chitlings,
calty
TO
Lime,
檸檬
Feet,
110
1#
Mango (Sizon)
160
Fry,
Head,
each
500 450
Alangosteen,
Heart
Uranges, Sweet,
calty
*THE
Kidney
pair
50
:薯橙
Liver,
lb,
160
Pork, Chop,
catty
180
21 Ollyes,
Bei,
100
白醬.
Cornod,
Persimmons,
Legs
190
Pine-appl
esch
Fat or Land,
100
Pears
catty
沙梨
Sheeps' Head and Feet, set
350
頭牌
(Fiontain),
100
Heari
oach
60 40°
Plm, Bed,
Kidneys,
70
羊眼
Pamelo,
eacli
80
Livery
Ib.
150 140
羊肝
(Siam),
catty 100
Sucking Pigs,
each 81.75 81.25 #F
Suut, Boof,
ib.
110
生牛油
Eaining, Muscatel, Pudding,
麻糖
Mutton,
100
#
生油
Veal,
osity 130
牛仔隆
Water Chesnuts, com
Mand
40
Poultry.
生日
Walnuts;
Vegetables, &e.
-Chicken,
·菜蔬
Capone,
250
Artichokes, Bhanghai,
catty
Bastis, (French),
Ducks,
DUTED,
ench 130
Long,.
100
豆角
Eggs, Hea
doi.
130
Best Boot,
ecch
20
Duck
Brinjals, Green,
catty
30
S
Fowl
eatty
180
Red,
60
190
Geese,
Brassica,
50
Диге
700
Bamboo Shoots,
BO
Mask Deer,
Cabbage, Chiesa com.
30
selstedt Administration have
it would be an innanse gain, both in time aud expenue, as from the Malee station they could easily reach the new Rifle Range, and, best los, the station would bo within very convenient distance of the Drill Hall in the Maloo now building at Tho Rail
Hongkong
1Feat Height
Law Warin, Hongkong
Mean
Height
Tims
to
13
-0 8
ǎ 21 4
2 4
11 N4
20
9
T
$11
Partridges,
Osbbage,
100
Pigoons,
Califowor,
300
line without serious consideration. If they | Mon 17 27 12 a debarred from the Defence Creek route Tax £58 15 thers would be considerable difficulty
6 21 a
7 1 &
Pheasants
brics $1.50
Batty
60
Bise Birds,
Celery, Quino
Quall
Chilles Dried
180
Snipe,
Turkeys, Cook,
Her
Corry Blai, Engli
Teal,
Wild Dooku,
Bitter Buana,
Barbely
Brea
Bombay Dach
O'ton Fresh Water Fab,
"C5FP]
Untisky
Bodfish, Balt,
Chemba,
Cottle Fish
Dab,
Daco,
Dog Fah
Esla, Cangor,
Baix, Yellow,
File Fieb,
Fresh Flah,
Garoupa,
Gudgson,
Herrings,
18 5 8 8
天津雪梨
桂林海雞 合機
jos family on which stands a dwelling housed at $30 and $15 for the Old and New
and also stables usbil as supplementary a respectively. A. S. Watsons have been commodation for the Horse Faraar. it is fixed at 12. Electrics have been done at proposed to erect a high level station which $10, and are still offering. Tanwicks are
enquired for at $38)
would serve as
as a convenient point of strival
and departure for foreigners and others to and from Wobsung, travelling by rail Soochov,
etc. The Ins would still f
-follow the course of the Defence Creek, and for a distance of about one hundred and fifty yards beyond the station it would abut un the Race Course, until that point of the Creek was reached where the strip of land to the Municipal Council intervenes ones between the Creek and the Race Course, Thence the line would continue along the
Creek until past the boundary of the Settles meat,
and the mute then towards the
native
Hougkong Tides.
The Tide Table given below has hean compiled by the Nautical Almanac Oilica in London from the results of the analysis of observations taken by means of an m tomatic tido recording machine in the Wa
Tsim Sha Tsui during er Police Basin hero of the table is Low Water Or-
1887-8-9,
The zero
dinary Spring This, which has been found to be 2 fest below mean sea level.
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concerned.
gauge at the Viatoris Naval Yard add B ft.
'BICE, Thure can be no doubt that the exec-74., and on the gauge st Lamont Dock, Ytion of a station close to the. Malo Aberdesu, add 12 ft. 0 in. the height givan
bridge
CGR
獅
材料
No Mo Mo Mu He
would be an immense boonto in the table.---.-
foreign residents of Shanghai, es it would
save them a long and inconvenient journey to the distant central station ontside the Volunteers Hongkew boundary. To our
proposed route for the branch
19th to 26th November,
From Water
1 a
1020
10
* 10
65, X 12
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in Axing a course by which the Sinz and Wed 24 m 25 Babbling Well Roads would be crossed. Ther * and it is certain that no point sould be fixed for this anywhers
pear the the Settlement, 20 that foreign residents would be deprived altogether of a sta tion that was conveniently situated. Thart- fore the Defence Creek rosto is undoubtedly the bean and
only way of tapping
the English Settlement. It can hardly be
1 that this proposed route would interfere
with the Race Course, for, as shown above,
it would only border upon it for a very short
distance, and it would be possible
to shut it of
it of from
section
the Course nt ' that!
ty
the erection of
by the planting of trees.
Statiou.
REGISTER. Novembor 17th.--AT 4 F.3
Wind.
fence or Wibstock.
Takio
But before the Defence Creok route is Kochi...
actually deci
decided open it is neccssary
that
in two very important points the interests
of the Settlement should be safeguarded. Gatstaff. 30.27 68
One is that it should be made perfectly Sharp Pk. 80,10 65 clear that the Railway
within property
Settlement should he Nabila to taxat the Amoy .02) 67
and Swaton....29.87
1228.87 88 that the Council's rights and authority ấp: Cantons **
29.85 57 Longkote 19.74 679
Prak
the respect should be fully thout this"; ""Viol:
There can be no question"
and to avoid any possibility of misleko Gap Rook 29,65
it should be arranged for the assessment Macso.....
to be made and the rate of bution Haiphong, 29.94 60
fired by consultation between the
Council and the Railway die leie is oom J., Jane
the Municipal Gelinao... 29.84 84 Administration Manile. 9,88.34
before the work
mended.
building the of
1000 again it is absomely
November 18th.
noosssary that some Court of Appes, should wastock, 30.14 2366 be settled upon which would have poter to
decide disputes that might aris Le. Tokio......
any
tween the Council and the Railway Adminishi tration. It would never de to have such Naga
reforred to the Med Court, but him
It would not the impossible
to" constitute
GREA Sharp PR. 10.1
Swałow
the Consular Body & court such as desired, Amoy 10.0
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-། time thers need be no
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arrsuged in dread
Council
Vich Por
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is, doinitely settled it is nearly the duty of the rafopayers to take.
that will sasure the integrity of our an alphan
being proserved, and al government
sot likely that the Railway Administration
by
Bolna,
will raise any eations objections Rater 0.5.Jäu- know that such a course will be carried out unflinchingly and thoroughly,
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