Fabat, Amit 14, 1500
Vga Berpanngulines Harthu nizi ditia, which se coming one to reinforce the squadron of Prins Henry of Prosain, are expected ne Singapore to-morrow from #tolj
Tas Hon. A, Marnay, Colonial Engiosor, Simi Settlements, has been appointed to -the command of the Singapore Volunteer "Artillary, in quotesalon to Major Dunman,
The American naval and military forces in Eingapore harbour on the 7th Inah made
TELEGRAMS.
SUPPLIES TO THE "Unera Mate.")
MANILA OBSERVATORY.
THE DEPARTMENTS AND
INSTRUMENTS.
III.
THE CHINA MAIL
At
THE JAPANESH AT AMOY, ALLEGED EXTRAORDINARY DE
MANDS FOR TERNITORY. (From Our Cum Correspondent)
Avor, 11th April.
THE WRECK OF THE OLIVYN, June, 1997, harus forth with tremendous activity, redusing to athes innumerable
MARINE GOPET OF ENQUIRY, dwellings and killing hundreds of people in
the Harbour Mastor's Offee to-day the surrounding districts. This work of Fathar Corona has been favourably re-the Marine Court of Enquiry held to in ceived by soientists. The same Rov.vestigate into the aircumstances connected Father has prepared for publication an count of the Philippine sarthquakes of with the loss of the British barque Card, official No. 106,845, of Liverpool, Thonias LSST, with expatial referonos to the Thomas, master, oneleded to investigatime to time about the Japanese Settlemons benga earthquake of 21st Boptembar in
teria. that year.
MAGNETIC DEPARISSENT.
Losvan, 19th April, 1990,
(vom Our Special Carrespondent.) FIGHTING IN BAMOA, British Amarlosn force fell into an The general reader may not find much to acusado of Matalan or Ads on the fat interput him in the praeans Articles but thero Apell, and was formed to retreat. Clout.ars, I know, cnveral umiatours in Hong woman of the Bellins (Australian) cruiser kang and the Quart Ports to whom the Tauranga, two Amerissa oficers and four mere spegaration of the instruments In
There are not many first class magnetic sailora vore killed, and desspitated in this the various departments of the Manila observatorics in the world, but we cany sasume that the magnetic department of bush. The ambuscule occurred on a Ger- Dharatory will convey a clearer concepthe Manila Ubservatory is one of them man plantation, the maragor of which has tion of the scope of the institution than Certainly it is situated in a favourable
ita solentille results op to the present have been highly
The do- Captain. Batisfactory, partment is located in a separate building. Normal School, and not far from the ma-Core nd andlesed in the grounds adjacent to the
It is
I suppose you hare heard rumeurs from
THE POST OFFICE GRIEVAND The following letter appears in the di Day Nev
Sir,-In December lost there, want het ma missionary families and eight single m lorries whose lotters wither gamed through or wore sent direct feurs sola pan pound to the Imperial Post Ofos for fre warding so England. Thers would be
thirty letters week. Generally speaking they were stamped with an I. P. O. 10-cent stamp. We have now had time to mooive nave from our English friends and th me letter
that tunato of
of us have heard from Hanko has been received by on
the of us have had news telling us thanos ons are there has been an interral of three months without nows in several the in-
weeks. terval has been five or six
Two other facts are noteworthy no one who has sont letters tathe British dopulate
now domanded from the Taotel in 698,000 huma friends for the mouth;
saajority
#total of 2,500 divided an foliowa ; tran- {xince been strested for inviting the relela, anything that could be sold by so unskilled position, has frat-rate instruments, Hastings of Appeared on behalf of the Head Eill on the Sonth-onat end of the one of our letters has been received, In
sport Sheridan 2,000, hospital ship Taliaf 500, and gunboat Princeton about 800.
Waero ráquested to call attention to the ad-
vertisement of the Hongkong Branch of
NEW CHINESE LOÄN.
Philistins This may be urged an aȚI OZGUES for reproducing what may appear, at first sight, to be in the nature of a catalogue, to the work of the Observatory would be incomplet no such enumeration were
at dingy, but the latest pows on the sub-average of from twenty The Court was consituted as follows :--- Cutqmander R. Murray Hams07, R. N., jet will, I think, not only intorest the Stipendiary Magistrate Staff Commander furdgn communities in China, but may Rogers, R.N., F.31.S. Tanar: Captado cause, at the same time, a good deal of in- Williams Finch, Gurelia; Captain J. T. Davis, Chelyfrd and Captais Thomas Fraser, quistuda. What the Japanese Consul has Queen Margaret.
Mr H. W. Looker (of Mosers Deacon and English square feet at the foot of Tiger water front. Fer conturies this place has boca the burial ground of the Chinese, and on the particular picos of land demanded dividual graves, containing, it is moderate. of any being missed; also, no letters sont to the Imperial Post Office for Chinese cen- ly computed, at least 60,000 bodies. Can tres (Wesuch, Shanghai, etc.,) have been you invigine a more idiotie demand? And missed, it becomes the more outrageous when it is
VINDING.
Francs 112,500,000, for the Peking.Han- | but, at any rate, oven u superficial reference rearkgical and katronomici department official number 106,845, of Liverpool of by the Japanese thore are over 10,000 in- | alamped with Hongkong stamps, has heard
Banks.
A new Chinese gold 5 per cent last, of
kow Railway, has been issued by the Ilan the Navy Langue. It suffident number.uo do Paria et Paysafira and other French of auharibers in oblized the 88. Tal On will be chartered to convey members de- airous of witnessing Monday's ceremony at Tai-po-hu, Applications should reach Capt. W. O. H. Hastings, General Post Ofoe," by 11 am, to-morrow (Baturday).
Ir will laterest many of our readers in
PLAQUE AT MECCA. Two" "pases of plague have occurred at Mfocen.
WEATHER REPORT.
made,
INSTRUMENTS FOR DIRECT METEOROLOGICAL
OBSERVATION,
Two large standard barometern-One of them is a Fortia barometer by Cassella, the
other one is Negretti and Zambra's in proved Fortin, barometer with English and The following notice is issued from the miliciotre scales, Both were certified in
the Kew Obsorvatury. Observatory --
Other Furtin and Fornelor barometer for regular hourly observations,
Various aneroids of Father Faura and Baraçiciunometros of Father Algué
Qie Standard French thermometer. Another standard thermometer by Kitch-
has risen on the F. ongst of Chink. Pres On the 14th at 11,05, The barbincter sure is highest over N. China, and low in Japan, Gradients slight to moderate with freshening monsoon on the 8. and S.E. quaste of China. Forecast :-N, tô | 195 N.B. winda, moderate fresh; fine to
Hongkong. Batavia, and the Straits Settle ments (ays the British Rebra) to hear that Mr G. Gustavus Brady has been keep ing up his reputation as a low comedian while on leave in the old country. A thea trical entertainment was given by Mradlondy, misty.. Densidaon (late of Blogapore) in the Town Hall, Andover, on Feliquary 8, at which a play, entitled The Poor Relation," by Beatrice Horon-Maxwell, was prothrud z man Pacellent little comely in one act, in which
!
SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY. THE LONDON SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE.—DAPAT MAN- BON'S IDEA
Batch
776ntly distant from all othor
"obupivations in suite wore
she struck and
The Faess' standard maximum and mini fho made reported having, determined the clowed up, and almost at oneo | authorities.
mum thermometer.
Several other ordinary thermometers, And the maximum and minimum that mometer af Negretti and Zambra.
A standard psychrometer by Fuess, The condensation hygrometer of The photopolarimeter of M. A. Cornu. An kopiration paychrometrograph by
The mothed of procedure at the Imperial Past Office, Hankow, is, we are tolā, to dis stamps. The latters fire clusta made up inte to mail tags, the contents of unch mail is made up on a slip and the whole forwarded
Hongkong
* further to the British Post Office,
of about
The sliga sro receipted and returned to Hankow and in no case has there hoen ang report from the Hongkong Post Office different from the to the Hankow I, P. O. of the Burghers of
number of letters
We do not see how any one in the Hon. kow Post Goo can be spected-for if thero"
ero' were stealing going on them why should be confited to lettera for England
(a
(4 good inany
of our local letters, and
ton sent stamps fixed) ?
The following was the finding of the We find that the British ship Chryd, however, to be free from the which Thema Thomas, was master, the of any substation zupable of dis number of why certificato is 06409, left turbing the magnets. For this reason, Hongkong for Peru with a full cargo of
Thursday, the 30th March, 1890, Also, special care was taken when constract-rics on
That at 7 p.. dvintion
taken was ing the department to avoid the employ. ment of magnetic maturinle
from Waglay Light, N. W. W. (Mag.)
蜇 The founder of this section of the Ob about 20 miles distance, and from that time known that another condition of the de-nos. the Chinese stamp and in affix British sorvatory was the Jesuit Father Martin a fair wind was experienced uni s E. and mand is that the C i es dig stull up sl
who, before
going to Manile, visited W. course was steered up to 4 a.m. on Fri some of the principal marnotic observato-day. That from that time the ship was by the bodies thousalvor. Besides this ries of Europe. He romained a whole the wind elesu full with the yards braced the Japanese have, tande.
requisition that the owner your in Stonyhurst, England, with the up but not sharp.
That at about 2.30 celebrated Jesuit, Father Ferry. He went
on the first April afterwards to Paris where he obtained for breakers were seen right shend on both 800 houses be made to learn their the Manila Observatory & fie net of instru- hows Tha beln was put hard. ments. af
the Branner type for abazlete attempt made to wear the can property, and that the Chinese Govern- pheervations. Here he became about three or four minutes but in ment shall repiove the buildinga prior to fetters regoivud matchat ted with M. Mourcenuz vien, was for
remained fast on the Pratos Shoal. Tas handing over the ground to the Japanezo.
boats-two in number were lowered the Pare St. Maure
Leaving out of consideration the great then, for the first time, the constants of the and
B. m. shortly afta provisioned, that
altar extruments that he brought gabsequently the crow get into the busts and left the danger to the public health which will to Dimula. In 1890, another set of lastri ship's side, Inying off till about 7 a.m., sult from, diaging, up 50,000 bodies, just over the Post Ofios oficials themassivas ments was obtained far abgolyte qbaerva- when an attempt was inde to get out,
boroover think of the danger of riota un soon as the have suffer in den gun with the rest of Regions, identical to those of the Row
That Chaservatory and,
finally
the variation and this attempt was without
and the ship was then abandoned and the authorities begin to interfere with the. We do see zoom for
wrong at Hongkong instments and plutographie lus steph of the equipmost of the went that |
coming to any coadusion the Caurt la we know that it will tough them on the reaalpte returned duly lation are forwarded friends in the fact to have seen his imper. the Tropics. Hitherta masion men on alegraph of Lautrecht, for the forecast repite and lovely manipulated we memory of the master and his statements, wholesale.way.
lottara there to be no doubt, AO: logs and documentary aridanee theen la senation of the Navoted lover a mark arriving in the Einit find themselves coming thunderstorms and wonther changes
i hope you will help the Chiares through altogether from Hances Tho - zonítark ka täisir saantiaction of him in pane j fronted with Einang such as they have meter of Lambrecht fur observing ; different 307/5s, The Fathers hsfó had de. | done, theso not having lean brought away;
the medium at your paper, in resisting/are Völl, thero 200 are phasing seinperature, humidity and aqueou doing to compare their wholete magnario when the master and crow left. Vapour tankion,
observations with those ads -Mardis By
The Court is of opinion that the manier this absurd demand. The Japanese havenie patamar receptacle with hundreds-of- Would be
have shown batter
used in the Golany itself. Who was especially the chas
In our opinion shameful that they should aut of these receptioins into the mail hage gly when an othoor of a British man-a£tions, and have passed to. war commissioned for scientific work by the Prabas Shoal, more cepecially after he last is allowed to jopardise the pabila poate put on board the mail steamer tallies with British gorachment made bis onervatione his fair wind sud had to sail him ship by beuse of their incrdinate hunger for the number that geta in on the explanade of Barumbayan. He the wind, which continued heading
But what should make Hankow lettera compered bia
bia sesults with thoas of the Ob and breaking off. That Ending the ship land in China. If they can get alone of Ephassou, constrictor to Telssorens de
land without interfering with the Chinese specially liable to ho lost! I venture is Balansour, ha trattera el arcco le move toury cofall. Docsis of this indident on this other tack and worked for scroptibilities wall and good; if not, 1 think there is a two-fold attraction.
In el broaking off he should
Firat every detail Details Blut, Secretary of the Meteorological may be had in Ed Bingustiamo Terrestre her to the Northward and increased think rather foreigners hers have a sight to they have British undefood Berylos of Frango alau two German en Filipinas. On another occasion, the the distance from this known danger, expect them not in make mish demanda as can be sold for their face value secondly, phuterameters by 0.
they have Chinese defaced stamps, hare Gunther Fronah oruiner Dequacy. Proxine,
do
Toxin, which The Court is further of opinion that the will force the hinese to rahul. similar to those he 0011- visited Manila in March, 1888, had on motor did not make suficient allowanca
[Our correspondent is always well in a scepicion against non-Postal Valon
stamps
stamp colectare, That Gmongst atraated For tory at Potsdam. These photogrameters sent out by the were obtained by the Manila Ubservatory
At last an effort is to he made to pravido
boate stored for the mainland, arriving graves. Knowing the Chinese an wa doar received thora
completed eventually at Hongkong
Mr Brody took the part of the pour relation, † some teaching in Tropical Medialne fur i Lambrechinmohygroskop' and 'Wattor. these fratrucnents gro reliable in their or assisted by anything more than the rw' to moddie with their angestors in this ! further ahesis is there bitarte
John Mile. It would hévêjamused bis pid
Jamimo petl. Tuandon and Chevalleria posts 8 za vas. But Mr Evady's histxianie talungs. espoptional, and he proved himself on this sxvasion quite as capable of sustaining this
Madiant Offeurs who purpose paciising in
never son before, and the unangusnõe of a malatake in diagnoala gan lie qnally realised.
It la tó Me Chamberlain thai prodit in due for having initiated a sahome for the
· realous part, ne of singing camia conge information in London of a Bshoal for tho gharaptor; and the curtain foll with an im
parative call for the raising of it, and won tinuous applause, which, no doubt, was partly intended on a token of appreciation
play.
study of Tropical Diseases. This School in
in nonsaction with the Branch Hospital of the Seamen's Hospital Society, and one of the principal features in sunnection with it
be found almost every form of Tropical die ease, not only in Europeans, but also in
in sot,
othera Krziving
that the
the
But what
there would be IgPhed inta
Various Robfuaux apumometer and the members of seisalita asping on the suggestion resno trade hore worth sponklag af, and it lena the young athar onsports, da pali
wind-co
metara
portable Funes and Richard anemo. A Wild snomomotor, f. Scconi's néphessapor Two Finomeno nephoscopes
And
近
30
the
hor
number that comes
Sm
of the work of the clever authoress of the in that in the wards of the Hospital are to 1 Exchwa central German Observa board, one of the members of the expedition for the loeway made by the ship together formed, and therefore ha request for eve suspicion is removed by their being defaced, PRE Australian Grisket Bevor now on ita | Asiaties, Africans and West Talians, for contributing to the great international restrial of the audea' of } with the aet of the parrent to leeward port to the Chinezu protost in worthy of In the halogen days of Lossi Poat stampa way to England vomulată of. f. 2. Gregory, well an natives of British and other enterprins of determining the general eir.100 and 1897, This probably was sagging to leewand couster.onsideration. We fail to understand why it was not an unknown thing for purchasers
The scheme includia the creation of new ekuel buildings and a wing ontaining 40 beds. Provialan will be made not only. for the best teaching in pathology, includ. ing moteriology, but accommodation will be provided for the residence of students so that they may be in close proximity to their work.
J. J. Holly, M. A. Noble,. F. A. Zrodala Colonies. sad W. Howall (aw South Wales), J. The Hospital is citusted immediately be Worrall, H. Tramble, O. Moleod, F. tween the Royal Viatoria and Albert Lavor, and 4. F. Johna (Victoria), J. Dari Docks, where the great linos of steamore lug. C. Hül, and E. Jones (South Austra trading with the Tropics arcive, and many lia) V. Trumper (New South Wales) was of the cases treated in the wards are in the elected na roservo. The players were to first stage of disease and present all the leave for England by the R.MS. Ortas aspects of expat lifalz ha ha mot with in
actual practice in the Tropic búng a strong one as far as batting and felding are concerned, but some double have been expressed as to the strength of the bowling. The Sporting Life thinks that the Australians will give the best eleven which the Englishmon can put into the dold á stiff tuaki. It in expected that Wor rall will be elected captain. As unasual -interest altaobos to this visit of the Austra-
The peculiarity of this School will be that Han úricketers to England, we have made all the students will be fully qualided men, arrangements for the publication of a series and doubtles the sources of the Hospital of eight articles by Mr. W. J. Ford, the will be appreciated by medical offléers home well-known Inglish cricketer, untitled leave, besides those who desire to bo Cricket in 1899. The articles are chatty well versed in diseases peculiar to hot oli and interesting, and have special reference mates before proceeding abroad. to representative English and Australian oriskaters.
Vesakis at the Docks -At Kouskoon. – Ias de Cuba, Isla de Luzon, Hub, Henry Failing Hating, H.M.S. Whiting, Carmar
thenshiro, Esmeralda, Rohilla, -
Commopolitan-Don Juan de Austria. Aberder. (Nope).
Paris for the
was have
• Bureau des
urs The abip was of ter
apparently a dull salier and magnetism during the yours,
aticer was bly, yet only 2 points of correction was Chinese character, should wind, ulestad to write direct to the Local Post offices en- Qulation of the stmosphere all over the Terrier of the French navy
allowed, of whion half-a-point was for
of stamps, but asking the Postmaster to globe, which was to be dene principally by complate series of magustis observations deviation of the compass Points dr this particular site for their proposed settle. closing money for the face value DF reta
sider that greater exertion might have been ment; and it 16 adding insult to injury to defend them the exact measurement of the height, in the Kiosko of the Magnetic Departmentsider
hedge
their demand with the stipulations. velocity and direction of clouds.
of the Manila
and the con- made after the ship strnak. The only mentioned by our correspondent. We The Symona and Groslay min rauges,ornag of the referatch by him and thing which appears to have been done was hope the advice of the other Foreign Con. the and a temptation given to soi ployees! and others of different systems.
The Piche vaporimeter in different ably similar. Lisut. Train remark- to brace the yards aback, and, when this safe will be sought before any act of vanaf the Hongkong Post Office' to deal día. the Manila observers was left a mans failed all farther attempta seem to have aliam in perpetrated upon the Chinese
places.
The Arago Botinomaber.
A complete hygienis-meteorological ob this new y
Screens for thermometers and hygrome- ter (Montsouris and Facss types),
BELY BECORDING METEOROLOGICAL
INSTRUMENTS,
The universal meteorograph of F. Secchi, which has been working regularly in the Mecils Observatory
1869. vinca The standard Sprung-Fuess batograph Several Richards barographa of standard the This is the oceans of ton,
model minor meteorological stations of Luzon, A number of Richard thermographs. Two underground Richard thermographa. Various
ous Richard porchrographs. The Richard hygrometrogra The Richard anomoscope smemograph Tho
Barkley anemograph by Negretti and Zambra,
rand's self-recording rain-guage.
The olino-anamagraph of Garrigon-Lag-
"The universal sunshine-recorder of Whip-
The teaching staff will consist of mengha
holiograph.
Thompson electrometer, modified by M. Mascart, for the photographic record of
electricity.
Bir stations with direct and
self-recording instruments.
who have made tropical medicine the study of their lives, and will include some of the The trading bacteriologists of the day.
Her Majesty's Government impetus to the scheme by contributing a
bua given sum of
will pay and will sum of £3,550,
foes for Go- vernment students amounting to £1000 per
BEISMAL AND MAGNETIC DEPARTMENT. Annum. The total: "of the School The study of earthquakes and seismic however, will be a capital sum of £16,000 phenomena dates almost from the begin- Find
an annual expenditúm of £3005. It ning of the Observatory. The first instry- , therefore, necessary to appeal to the ments aged were pendulums of very simply Ous own uspofsetare are the best Piano, Tublic to for this climate, warranted to stand angie to defray some of the cost of the new construction. For tracing the horizontal
Cand vortical movements of
of the
ground other No class of the community ought to be instrumenta TROTT acquired afterwards for more interested in the access of this new direct observation and for recording pur School than those Europea's who, for bu-poses. Soon after the great onrthquake of Tus Chius Mutual steamer Hysm fissiness or pleasure, par some time of their 1880, which almost laid Manila in ruins, been purchased by the Apears, and the lives in Tropical or Subcropical countries. the Rev. Father Faura, Director of the femel will go on the Hongkong-Calcutta There are vast number of
diseases 10. Captin Fer, who arrived at Singa which are only found in the Tropias, and observatory, published a very interesting pure by the Lapoora, on the 6th April, the number of victimas claimed by malaria ou his way up to Hongkong to take overlons it would be difficult to compate-
ching, low prices, and easy terms. Robin- won Piane Ou.
the viollob replace to Aratoon Science has made wide strides of late, and the discovery of the polarini perasite is important. This for years PRIMNES IMPArch, but now that at 10380 SPARS e bejuk licht there in every rea. men et à huis getu tikrustdate will be
forthe ming
beat discovered Andy
Puking will be war shed in
to unearth
the conspintors. This is probably ut in vention of the ole rootkur the furthi, persecution of their opponent's
Is in reported thist Li Hung-abang before the Empresa Durager very sten kivu zerias of maps and di winge, showing the scenes of dimatrons, inundatims on the Hoshgha of which he has recently made tour of tapections, and he also brought for the Empeer, siinapsetan drawing, show-
China's borrow should be undertak All these maps, stez, have been worst
the Ministers
work on earthquakes.
Hourly microseismic observations were commenced in January, 1881, and in 1887 the Monthly Review began to be illustrated with records of the carthquakes that occur so frequently in sot part or another of the Archipelago
The antemin instruments actually, oplog- ed in the Observatory are all firmly ad
the base of a great massive
graph of three results in the Observatory.. been abandoned, and the prominent idea The variation magnets are said to be as seems to have been that of leaving the stie reliable as thoms of absolute deterinination.
We have carefully considered the evid. normal state, zadir dianal, monthly ence of the mater and others, and also and secolar changes are constantly in ao what has been advanced by the master's cordance with what is known of the laws of counsel on bis behalf, and we are unani- terrestrial magnetism; and when disturbed mously of opinion that the Chord was not they are extremely sensitive, probably hare navigated with proper sosmanlike care, and over failed in tracing perturbations of any further that she was promaturely abandon importance, and much less in registering the ed
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cemetery, and that better counsels will Frevail with our enlightened neighbours of the north.Ed., UM]
Of course, the fast (if fast it be) that here is at one and the same tim здоррот tunity's
honestly with the latters is no proof that recently, points most clearly to wilful the scores of letters have been lost, just dishonesty somewhere. And we who have suffered considerably from this dishonesty LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, aak that we he not dealt with too hardly f The Legislative Council will meet on in looking about for the rogue, we should
some wa suspect who may possibly prove inno. Tuesday, 19th April, 1899, p.. Busi-cout. We shall be very glad if Hongkong ress-Resolution by the Colonial Seere can clear itself from the suspicion, mare actually detects tary: That this Council approves of the especially if it can aid as in repeal by the Sanitary Board of the Bye- ing where the wrong
great world-wide magmatic storms. "Tha We therefore find that the loss of the Allowing is a list of the instraments in this ship is to be attributed to the wrongful Departinent:-
agte or defäults of the master, and we direct that his certificate be suspended for laws made by the Banitory Board on the a period of six months, and that he be lith day of April, 1898, under soation 13, Elliott's standard unifilar magnetometer. granted a mate's certificats during such sub-action 14, of the Public Health Or-
suspension if he's desires.
dinando, 1887, and approved by the Legis
Brunner's Theodolite. Brunner's inclinometer,
The standard inclinometer of Dover. Mascart's dealinometer for declination
Magnet
The
the photographic magnetograph.
present Director of the Magnetic Section is Reg Father Doyle, who is pre-
THE GYMKH NA.
fica has dealt eas
Post Office
The Holly to those of te who nen
ceedingly
not know that
lative Council on the 23rd day of May. Hongkong stamps; and it would:
QUESTIONS BY HON. L. R. ERLILIOs, c...
the Colonial stampe. Technically, we are of course, not in a Crown Colony (and I do of a regret that fact many of very deeply), still our letters are posted
any extra expense
to Hong only Mascatt's bilar, for horizontal foros
It is intended to hold the first Gymkhana 1695, anch repeal to take effect from the have been just like the courtesy which wo magnet.
of the season on Saturday, 22nd April. 27th day of February, 1899, the date on foreigners in Mascart's balance, for vertical foros The following is the progamme, the first which the new Bye-lawa in substitution for hers' in the East have gained such a name for giving each other, if Hong- ROOD HEM reaguot;
And the same variation instruments with FIVE FURLONG RACE; for all China ponios: Legislative Council
and event being tuned for 3.16 p.m.
those now repealed were approved by the tong had overlooked the technicstity
welcomed us to the privileges it enjoya -weight as per scale with 5 lbs added;
The least that can be done for us is that, if non-winuer at the Hongkong Race (1.) Has the Government received a copy we are asked to pay a disproportionate. Meeting allowed 1; unplaced ponies of a letter from the Director of the 31stila share of the Post Office expenses, we shall allowed 10 lbs.: penalties not accou: Ohservatory, dated the 7th March, in which have our letters forwarded to their deatiun lative. Entrance, 23. Fiat prize, 30; his cotoplains of a letter addressed by the tion.-I am, etc., Recond, $15.
Director of the Hongkong Observatory to PONY RACR; for all band file Poin the Weather Bureau of the Government of ponies; sol
so be declared as such by the the United States of America, in which the
said to occur ale heats without said passages are to Committee.. dismounting; catch weights over 11st. Observatory in Manila is in the bands of 7lbs. To be ridden by playing members men who possess, very little scientific edu-
by of the Hongkong Polo Club. Entrance, ration, and that scandal le caused 83. First prize, cup sy sonsational typhoon warnings to the nove Observatory continually communicating James McKie, Esq.; second, $15. OSCE ROUSD RACES for all China.
paring a further discussion or the magnetic variation observed in Manila, or, in other torms, La Variacion Magnetics on Manila, which will cover the period from 1890 to 1897.
CORRESPONDENCE.
A CORRECTION. THE DREW. SYLVESTER SUIT. To the Editor of the CA MAIL'
Consulate Geveral of the
United States of Amevion, Shanghai, April 10, 1899,
DEAR SIR,In your issue of April 1st, is a letter from Lewis L. Etzel in which is the following sentence.
The whole matter (Drew Ts. Sylvester) was referred from Canton to Shanghai where the United States Consal General, in whose court the suit will be heard, de- cided to postpone hearing wine die."
This statement is erroneous. The caus will he heard by me as referee as soon as the Attorneys can be ready, unless a set- titment between the parties is sooner made. Please give this tho same publicity given
JOHN GOODNOW.
being established in London that we may tower of the main building of the Observa. It is to such a' School as this which is stone pior that runs through the right look for a relief from the scourge of malaris. tory. The reason far having this pics is to the erroneous statement.Iam, cic.,
There are many districts which if this di render the observations more reliable, as sease could be slibilisted wil prove of it rises from the base through the encres. great commercial value, and it is not too much to ask that all those who are inter sated in the Tropice should come forward at all, the suberne for the establishment of the London School of Tropical Medicine.
Sur Seymour King has kindly consented. La rechte subscriptions at any of his offices
sive storeys of the tower without touching anywhere the floors of the building-
PLANO Taning and Repairs, New Munia, vation are:
The instruments for direct sciamal obser. Mandolins, Banjos, Ane stock.Robin
son Piano Co.
ter.
The horizontal Bertolly wiaroseismomo.
One vertical microseismometer. Two ordinary seismometers, one for hari. zontal and another for vertical oscillations Allison Pison, the very best One pendulum for initial movements. ¿hinson Piana Do.
One of them has Tro cryptophones. the surface of a paraboloide, raathematical Sinterior of Shan-ly traced out by the Dutch Jesuit Father nosed a great shr among the ra- Rankin, Assistant Director of the Manila
Foreign
Powers in this Observatory in 1888. Peking correspondent to the
khó Rainili Yazade in ao
will add to the.dis men thare to know
are involved in the disturb
The self-registering soismal instruments
gauge.
It is stated (writes a Peking correspondent to the N. Daily Nests) that, after all, the Lt-Han railway is likely to be constructed by an American Syndicate, the Belgian Syndicate not having sufficient capital to complete it..
NO. Daily News of the 10th April says: H.M.S. Grafton has gone up to Nanking to meet Sir Claude Macdonald, who loves Hankow to-morrow. Tho Batish Consul- General, Mr Byron Bronsp, is also going to Nanking this week to peet the British Minister there.
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hins ponies; papera in Bougkong?' weight as per scale with 7 lbs, added (2) Was this communication to the Wea unplaced ponies other than subscriptionther Bureau of the United States Govern- griffing
of this season allowed 5 lbs.ment made with the knowledge and consent subscription griffins of this acsson, non- of the Colonial Government ?
(3) Has Dr Doberek beou asked to ex- winner, allowed 10 s.; winners allow
ed 6 lbs. First prize, 250; second, 820plain his action in condemning an Observa Entrance, $3.
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GILESUT G. WARREK. Wesleyan Mission, Hankow, 4th April.
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the Steeplechase Course: weight as por tory from the Government? emale, with 10lbs, added. First prizo, (6.) In reference to the correspondence. $60 second, $20.
between the Kowloon School Committee. ONE MILE HANDICAP for Chins ponies; and the Government on the subject of the forced for all ponics entered at this meet provision of educational facilities for the ing except those entered for polo pony European children in that portion of the aud which, after oftending over raco; entrance, $3. First price, a cup Colady,
eventually culminated in prosented by the Hon. J. J. Ball-Treing; some two years, second, $25.
an offer by His Excellency Major-General Back to establish a school opon to chil dren of any nationality, to provide a teach- ing staff to charge fees at the same mate as the fees paid at Queen's College, and to For give a purely Kuglish education, which ...1/118
was gratefully accepted by the Kowloon ...Sabool Committes in September last, will
1/11the Goverment be good enough to Bay ...1/11 what as been done in the matter?
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(7.) If the acorno is being carried out, when will the teachers arrive from England í Documentary, 4ght. --* On Paris-
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The Secchi unieroneiiograph. The Secohi seismograph. The Rossi microneismograph. reaction of Gers The three-pendulum seismograph. resolute Nerone seems Omy-Milne..
the ruts at Ichonta Newman's improved self-recording tile
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