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THE DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TH, 1877.

BEFORE CHARLES MAY, Esqu

in the castration of sale wouare of the island, greadyelled by tejpro

The principal object for which the six banks net rough-dressing the stone. That was done coolice were sent eat to users the remaina. distrio, are determined and well armed bash- and the increasing export of cold and tin. The indignation in Cooktown and other places,

are established in Hongkont ie to draw ba at the quarry. He was fine-punching to fit in That terrible suske is considered to have been i raen and digeorg, and they would mow down revente last year was 218,905, but laorensed the anti-Chinese ory has boon raised more India and Savereither balanced of steria the tangs The work wavy could have conflentalip killed in the following master the malesrable Chinese like rattan cormatika: expenditure left a probabic deficiency of £10,134, loudly than ever, and it must be con- bills from tone, and then through London in boen dans la the quarry or elsewhere, and At the commessment of bufa monto, the French Nor, two of any such ontbrest-sould the openditure of this yone-in-estimated ab fossed that matters look very unpro- draf or ballion to Bombay and Calcutta, or witness had told him about this again and corvette Ta Cloche torte Arsa a trial shot off the Government do anything to check it, as the 8313,405, to which is to be added the interest onet of Farooka, sud the ball is enid to have stuff of polios up country is but small and tho of the main Hoe of railway account, the interret by maltanocne drawinge of rupee Hills and goin mixing. It po icke for very a remittances of ballion direct from Obine to Delendent was Hoed $10.

shot the poor make. But the islanders rejnico distance to be travelled by rein forsements very of the proposed outlay on public works, and the

dafbiercy making a total of £595,000 It is pro country like Quoersland to be addled with fading The supply of gold bullion here, being ASSAULT

very limited, silver is employed. It rarely N-Tik Ohn, tailor, was burrged by LungThe isht Nicht Shimbun writes license The whole of the colony almost without exposed to raise the difference by three prosesser, This Comprehensive Work, now in the five or ten thousand starving Orientale bagpane that shopped dollars and broken allver Alak, a cook, with sulting Lim on tao baad for opening the bank established by the nobles ception ragaria this influx of Chinese sa au anmoly-la. in the Erata on value of the nahip FIFTEENTH YEAH of its existenne, has beonThe population is aọ thìu that the burdona be remition to advantage. Not since Mayob, with his subrelle

olab was granted on the Slat instant. The bank nnmitigated evil, a pleens to be arrested by any properties, which legatimated to produc£11,350: compiled from the BEST au MOST RELIABLE of maintaining this army of paupers would 1878 when the rats fell to fte: 218, as there boon ho priester End the complainant went about to be bo onlied the Fifteenth National Bank, and means. The feeling is bot confined to theworking then 24. per acre on natide lande, which will Sornans, and a pains have heen apart to fall with brushing waight upon the small any opportunity, and in this case the local bank neagrting to his friends that be (pribor) was the premisen are the buildings reupted formerly class, it is shared by all the most intelligent faire £1.470; than 24 per cent on iusoma tax, madaa good profit by recalling a very large poor, and advaing then to beware of him. He by the Horeisha company at Kobikiskopalone people in Qasenstand, and is strongly expressad £54,000, living a margin of over $10,000 for render it COMPLETE in Evear RESPECT. scattered communities. It is feared, more moant, era it resobed Calaatta, and povering thers for apoke to him out it. The como Foralbul The opal of the company is by the whole Press of thecology. The Premier, expense of collection and error in salonlation

over, that the Chinose will form into armed with rapes bill instead. It would appear, plainant then challenged him eat to fight and 17,826,000 yen aml in divided into 178,260 theres addressing his constituents the other day, com The incomes,nder £100 are to exempted. To banda and maka descents upon the towns to therefore, that my legislation which would he prisoner) did up his head with his umbrella. F100 yeu gach. The shareholders gambar 487. plained bitterly of the refaent of the Home Co-is proposed to abolish the import duty on sheep.

protect these defaced acine from their natural Fined 50 cents.

Out of the sapital of 17,820.000 pon, 15,000,000 verament to quaefing the bill shargle au cattle, salt, sods, agricultural implements, will be advanced to the Finases Department increased prion for miners right to China, matches, blasting powder, bagzing, and some Bulas provisions and property after the deterioration in value would bas great injury to

bearing interest at the rate of 5 per goat, per and his complaint was coboard by all as other small items, and so reduce the duty on fashion of banditti in the Central Kingdom, the adul interest of Hongkong, nad spenisily to the bars and Indian tradera. Indoed, it

annum unsegured. No-fiant with suck é large here. The leading journal, the Brabane Courin tobacco by 6d. per lb., which remission will Thoso fears are, perhaps, somewhat cragg cans that the quotation of audefined coins at

apital has been establislied in the east. The applauds the Inta quarantine regulations, inaista redans the revenue by £5,550. The scheme of rated, trut there can be no doubt that the premium instead of the defaced coins at a

capital of the Oriental bank is only about on theft literal failmont, and rejoice in the pablis works ambraces an outlay. of £400,000,

belief that they will so bamper the passenger extending to every district May 2116. Chinese will not hesitate, to #beal in prefer discount deprives the boules and Indian houses

13,500,000 yezette of the advantages to which they are fairly en:

The Ministry has been dolgated on a vote of enco to starving

titled. At the present time there is a difference Witherto, however, nothing has been done, of value between and faced and moderately of apparently, even thought of, to avert the defend one of 2 per cent, and between moderately defaced coins and broken dollars of threatened disaster. Ail that has been con-13 per cent, or together St per cent. The net sidered as yet has boon the best means for the ontturn upan remittance from this side of 100 presention of further immigration. Of course loan dollars is about Rupees 21:45 or for Tis. 71.7 or equivalent 100 dollars of abopped silver it is right, in the present position of nitairs, ballion is about Burpees 220.90. If this ballice to make it known that there is no room now were purchased aile tradius to-day of 3 per for more Chinese in Queensland, bat it is a discount it abould give an outturn of Ra. 928.43. This operating in bullion remittances Fsurely never intended by the flovernment and prople of Queensland to leave ble Chinese is this ondergoney to their own resource. It may be urged that they same

It contains: THE DIRECTORY FOR HONGKONG.

THE DIRECTORY POR CANTON.

THE DIRECTORY FOR WHAMPOA-

THE DIRECTORY FOR MACAO.

THE DIRECTORY WHOIHOW. THE DIRECTORY FOR SWATOW. THE DIRECTORY FOR AMOF.

TE DIRECTORY FOR FORMOSA.

Tre DIRBUTORY FOR FOOCHDW. THE DIRECTORY FOR NINGPO.

THE DIRECTORY FOR SHANGHAL

Tux DIRECTORY FOR CHINKIANG.

Tirs DIRECTORY FOR KIUKIANG,

The DIRECTORY FOR HANKÓW.

THE DIRECTORY FOR CHEFOO.

DIRECTORY FOR TAŤU.

Tas DIRECTORY FOR TIENTSIN."

- Tuε DIRECTORY rom NEWOHWANG,

THE DIRECTORY FOR PEKING,

THE DIRECTORY FOR JAPAN.

TE DIRECTORY on FHILIPPINES.

THE DIRECTORY FOR SAIGON,

Tas DIRECTORY FOR RAIPHONG. Tas DIRECTORY FOR HANOI

THE DIRECTORY FOR SINGAPORE, THE DIRECTORY FOR BANGKOK.

With brief descriptions of Hongkong the Treaty Ports of China, Japan, and the Philip. It also inoladee's mass of useful information

ines.

kind,

anasked and ii spite of repeated warnings,

but now that they are there and with

out the means of roturning the best must be

KELLING THIRLS.

Tee Abo and Bin Ant, were alarged with being aders sad abettors in the end of a girl kidnapped from Oariton, in that they actada go-betweens. The woman charged with kit

spring the child had best given up to the Obese authorities who had applied for bor rendition. The two prisoners now before the court were contended to smo oathe hard labour.

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MORE TRAFFIC, IN GTET.8.

The remanded base, in which Wong Alina and Ohna Aho, any married women, wore sharged with offering a feunte abild, four years of ages for sale in Market-street, camo ob again.

2.0. Ip Alikesid that after the prisoners wore

zo more favourablo conditions for rasing contábas taken.

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NEW ZEALAND.

WELLINGTON, April 80th,

HURRICANE AT THE LAODPEDE. SEERD ISLANDS, M

Although bad weather, somewhat interfered trade from Hongkong as to stop it nearly, it with the Rabing Association's meeting and not altogether. And our neighbouring colonies

ved postponement of the third day's eport, hempathies with Codesland in the position she want of confidence, by a majority of three bave been desired or met with than the first and gentleman paid on a visit here second days presenter The charming weather time ago and left by the steamer Generaal Pat brought about a more than ordinarily good at- for Port Darwin" Mr. Cranford--or the Hons anderstood that the New Zealand Gron. tendance of ladies, which scoured an agreeable Dundsa Crawford as one of our papers had it Ternment has failed to obtain a raply from of what othoraring would have been a terrible mission, to enquire into the condition of the service. care to the proceedings, and made a plassere represented himself to be on a sort of official Bydney, re-modifieation of the Pacific Mall indistion to the sterner set the inexcausbis Chiness in the distrist. It did act appear, how- delay which occurred between the various cventa. over, very clearly by whom he wie Accredited; That the ladies themselves should havs zoobeer and none of the sal maala, znow anything

A terrible barricane swept pret the Liscapede in the legitimate fanation of the foreign leuke remanded on the 28ts instant, the first prisoner fully barns the masterly inactivity which die about him. After giving us a sobject for a little established in the place, and they pro fairly and the least resort, Theatro tinguished the mangement of the raees speake idle.apeculation, the gentleman in question de Islands on the 17th Marab, causing the total entfiled to any advantage which can be here one time last year $18. first volumes for their kindness and godarence. On parted as quietly aste camp..

Foss of air vesels, and six persons were drowned. so obtained. The other course of quoting un-prisoner also said that she could potat cat a regards (be racing itaall the meeting was in The wet wetson is well over now, and the at the time of the gate to vessels were lying defaced oxu at a premi 20 and defaced aurreney female living at Sey-ing-poon who know the angolifiel sateessthough somewhat roarred weather is getting scolar. Bat the blustering at anchor. The Star, barquer Jamaica, briz: par, as previously pointed out, throws the pacha bit last youth, phd seat prisoner gasby's diagreeable agsident as the fields were trade winds and the ins are threatening to inity barque; and dir sloped their cables: onas and burden of the depreciation of the onus of the child last year. The first prisoner guided wood, the conteste spirited, and the time esse makaoor lire a miserable sa they usually do and pat to sex. The barque Gingalee went nabore upon thees places winch refuse to revive that him so she first four of a house at Wai Lalent, Indeed in veral instangos, the time in the pool season. It bick Cook om duit An the Western Island, and was followed by the which is defaced, viz Jepun, Shanghai, the Sey-lg-poon, and pointed out Tam Al the made was the best on resort in this place The driven by a Cooktown breeze, to drive a tidy boys, of London, laden with 400 tons of gaanó. Streite, and Saigon. It is, in fact, neither murs woman now in Jourt. The fret prisoner asked half-inile was done by Cher Mongolias in the onschoopar to despair in a shorter time then. The ooza immediately she struck, Whol ta press than placing an import duty of at the Tam 4 where the pookat mother was. Tem Ladies' Furas in 603 see, while the best time any natural phenomenon with which I am picoes, be captain's wife, Mr. Swan, and two children were in the cabin at the time and wero present time, 3 per cent. upon the importa. Ai, replied that she had gone 16 Canton hot she hitherto wae Gleons. The three-quarters of s apquainted.

drowned together with the ship's sarpenter and tion of rise to Hongkong, and the afme effect (Tam Ai) was a friend of hers and knew all wila was ran in 1 min: 383 geos, an three occas in produced in a different way to obeek too ahont her business; the women had left word trade with India, when rupee billo fall within with her to receive the way sad forward it toona, twice by China posies Braemar and ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN two boys. So terrifies the effect Apon Latie, and once by the Japan ponie Kichap 30,

than dugune that on hor first striking it thirmat. up her dooks and banged thẻ quáno, to rise up. the bellies age, by artificially gulaming the berat Canton. The first prisoner said to her besion of that fallen and the price of Indian Dome to my Guide Art Peblive for word

faslovs the netheid. Twenty mats after cotton with it, this the cotton bayers loso in Tam As replied, "It I go with your and receive

Bodies of the drownel were washed 'ashore, one way what they demand in another direction, the money for the mother you will have to

true,

Tha It would not be muy matter of surprise should give me $2 for my trouble To this the

rightfully, mutilated by sharks. The ther

whereas this distance has never previously been

MAIL.

Finnde of a bad job The Government should be able to give them some employment. There are railrowls to be made, and other public works to be carried out. The Chinese in California constructed the railways for Desting the racine with the Eastorn States, and why should not some of the Queensland railways be made by Obiusaó labour? Or let plantations be started and employment bore yesterday morning. We take the fol.

die traxe Merof tech 20 uri and A. M. Conang'a stenmar ran by Braemar when he won the Osmaggity

up in auto. 18 shoe, and for the Trial Plate Bowen, Captain T. Miller, with dates from Hoole did the am Zistance 1 min: 14 sek. Sydney 7th, and Cooktown 17th inst, arrived

coarersion of the Saigua querenoy to matah Wilayau wie ont of nailorm at the time.extremely sti hill tae ponies had to uscendowing items from Australian poporoalan Malcolm, Hary Smith, Teabella, of New-

ton akoppastoor.

The fastest time over dous here previously was bad not pre-arrangel with the first prisoner that ehe should tell Tam di that the guild had 2 min. 17 sees Japan Naz. first prisoner was to End the woman stated to been stolen. His object in going out with the

that of Hongkong, and require, at some happy moment when Saigon rinn a singularly plen is fat, that all trusts be made payable in Can.

If merchants find it to their advantage to sell be the wother. for obopped coin or for gold leaf, yeee; bar silver, or betel-aut, by all means let them to so; bat hat the dollar as a measure of value

The one was further remanded Entil Monday nezt, the fou inat, and Tam A was ordered to find security in 810 to appear on that ding or

MAN COOKTOWN

QUEENSLAND.

BETSBAKE, May dud The ongtain of the Galing of Lorno has boon duad £20 Tor breach of the Harbour Repulatious Prom vur own Durremondent)

at Cooktowa; and in a fortner and of $20 for a 11th May, 1877. breach of the quarantine iswa The proclamation of sixteen days quarantine

The escort ban arrived at Townsville, with to be performed by all vesele striving in Qome.cver 15,000 oz of gold.

Colleen May 6th,

be given te them on these. The Chinese are, it is notorioue, good plantation hands, and there is room for a good deal of enterprise in thia direction. Then, again, the fisheries of the Colony are reported to be very rich, and they might affcrl employment to some of the ex-goktininers, under European supervision, and the legal tender be preserved until such to give a deposit in lies of bull. Ina land possessing the rerurces of Queens-time as we may suscend either in obtaining a

timo as we may susovod ofther in obtaining LATEST TELEGRAM-hand ports from China has earned 5 grent don A party of Okin land it ought not to be so very difficult to set Hongkong Mint. a few thousand Chinamon to work. They would naturally be only too thankful to so

in addition to that usually found in works of the dept employ monk at low wages, and thus the Colony might.aren profit by the failure of the The larger Directory contains the different alluvial diggings! The Gorersusut will, it Trentice and Couventione made by Chins and is to be hoped, take prompt measures both to Japan with foreign conatries, together with avert any collision between the famishing purione Acts, Ordiusuose, and Regulations re- Chinese and the European settlers, but also to lating to Commerce and Shipping.

save the former from starvation: This might

It has been stready pointed out that the vice.

of shopping multiplies and perpetuates itself by rendering further obone necessary to pre- vont recourse. So also it encourages not only the farther mutilation of coins xirady chopped, but it inducos banks which way be low in aur rendy, and who have to invade their reserve of dobarsot acount of the withdrawal of deposits. to mutilata new coine ratlier Ean let them fall at par.intc the band of others. I have known banks to have their whole state employed day and night thus destroying in succession many lakbo of dollars to meet andden contraction Tus kles, of course, was to preserve the pre- miam upon, the clean coin remaining in the

atta-Youry, S.,

'GRANVILLE SHARP. Hongkong, 29th May, 1877.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. SORELIED TO THE DAILY:Per88.

(Flå Southern Route.) THE WAB. ADYANGE OF THE RUSSIANS IN ASIATIC

'TURKEY.,

LONDON, 27th May: The Russian troops ara making a rapid murah open Erzeroom. The vanguard is at Olti, the

Amid], and the centre has commenced bom Larding the ontworks' of Kara

trade, and appears to be exercising a obook opon it. Since I wrote best the rents in quarantine have all completed their term, the steamer Bowon, the last of them, being expected hourly with fur passengers from Fitzroy faland, where they have been confined.

A party of Chinese brutally murdered and robbed a European, near Byerstown, on Sunday, 27th dltimo.

May 10th

The Commissioners from Poiladelphia to the Sydney Exhibition sto now in Brisbane

The Governor is vlaktine Ipswich

MILLCHESTER, April 30th

The case of the Galley of Lorne was ratbor a

On Saturlay Tast Ackers, an amotionner, in hard oceThe weasel arrived with over nine hundred passengers and the captain had not, 1 Charters Towers, horshipped Thaddous believe, board anything of the new regulation O'Kane, editor of the Northern Miner, for until his arrival. This ship was clean, no scurrils pablication which appeared in that diagass being among the passengers, but the paper. - A summons for sarali has been isod inexorabia regolation prevented him from which will be heard to-morrow. landing. Captain Maedonall was not un The wort left last week with over 15,000 yellow flag, and refused at first to go to have been eminoatly satisfactory, Masy or Fitzroy Island, sighty miles to the Sath the returning from the Hodgkinson,

HANGE MAYTOWN, May 8th. place appointed for quarantined. This refusal

antle, and Bessie at Bangle Bay, Beventy men were on the island belonging to the wreaked vesela, and were taken on to Fremantle by the barque Price Arthur, which wenthored the gale, In the case of the Bearis, all hands were ented. 30

EGYPTIAN FINANCE.

A correspondent at Cairo, writing on the 30th af. March, says: The organization has been working very satisfactorily lately. The large amounts received at the Osique vince ite installa tioncannot do otherwise that impress favourably the most saeptical as regarde the resources of Eypt. Altogether upwards of £1.000.000 has baan rescived since the 15th of January, and this is the most unfavourable period of the yest for tazen, The amount in band for the dipidend on the Preferred Stock (forening Grat etérza on the revenues of Egypt, due on the 15th of April, is about £320,000. There are only fifteen daya left, during whiet mora da expected to be paid over by the Railway Adu nistration. Sill it is expected by competent nathorities that there will be about £60,000 to take from the money in their hands from general revendos. This is, however, not a real deficit. The ordinary receipts of the railway administration would have been suficient to cover the scoorts das on the 15th of April. next, but for the following con--When General Marriots took over the direction of

It is further embellished with Chromoba itccomplished, we have ekown above, of note cironlation or some other demand. left wing is advancing on Dist- Bekr Kara naturally-very- ADgry, rafuied to hoist the Labacan of gold. The late prashings on the Gold short, which sum the Commissionera will have:

lithograph of a

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THE

FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS ov SHANGHAI Chromolithograph Plate of the

CODE of SIGNALS in use at the PEAK,

without great expeuse, by engaging them on public works, Failing this, the best plan will be to give some few thousands of the Chinese free passages back to their native land. The best policy will, however; be to NEW make use of them and allow them to con

tributo by their labour to the development of the resonices of the Colony,

Ales of the various HOUSE FLAGS (Designod expressly for the Work); and'

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The steamer Normanby arrived in Sydney from Hongkong on the 28th ult."

The barque Stratheden, with a cargo of cuale, left Sydney, New South Wales, for Shanghai on the 25th using.

We are informed by the Agents (Masera Jardine, Matheson & Cle.) that the stoner Glengle left Singapore for this port on the 29th

instant.

We understand when Bie Excellenay the Lient Governor visited the Gaol yesterday, he took compassion on two chair coolen there, and paid. their finde.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

29th May.

~BEFORE JANTS HUSSELD, ESQ.

"The prisoner, who denied any intention of stealing it, was sentenced to one month's hard labour.

STEALING AN UMBRELLA.

CANTON.

(From our own Correspondent)

occaalone.

ment

NEW SOUTH WALES

Mad Made SIDNER, April 90th Dering the regatta on Saturday to yachts onpsized, and a man muuzeć Blake, w clerk, was

May 1st.

Bui Azang, a coolie, wes charged by Luk Tiny, but I donjecture that they will probably. This second proteontton was generally regarded tennene

An inspector of the Government and Volon-Hi, a trader, with stealing bis-umbrella on board teer Fire Brigades wae held yesterday, with of the auton tester on her arrival yesterday, Ratinfectory resužte. His Excellency the Licar, the brella being valued at 50 cents. Gorerour was to base beca present, but was unable to attend.

TOKONAMA,

The Bussing steamer Courier left on the 22nd instant for Kobe with 470 troops.

The Kobo won are at work preparing for the Spring rogatta to come off on the 20th instauk Six Canton foure are in training,

ca for sale and other things, on which 12 thought it judicious to discharge these debts, por cent interest par sonus was ranning. He

cat of surrent revenue. There seems no doubt that in fatare the net receipts of the rawaya will auffies for interest and afoking fund on the Preferred Stook. Several measures are in coUTED of introduction affcating the.coal supply, tra and general working of the railways, which will prodnos considerable, cocnomy in expenditure. The repsipts on Logout of the Unifian, Debt: ĉo sot look as promising as one might have wished, the system of collecting tazea in Egypt is Gannot be taken as a criterion or arorigo. It such that the receipts of one period of the year is hoped that sufficient money will be eneashed up to the 15th of July to pay the dividend on the Unified Dabt then falling dua. What jos. tiñas thie bope, which is now generally gaining Recend, is the excellence of the wheat and tenan repe, Lile vetimated that this will incronre the amount of revenue destined to flow into the Debt Commissioners' bands by half a million sterling up Jaly next. The proposals of Mi Deprossoie for establishing public gambling houses on the Baden model have, I boar, bien

Was the more emphatic because he was short of Tas calort, andar Sub-Inspector Fitzgerald provisions and no rise or only very little could left on Saturday with the-following gold be procured in Cooktown. After much tele A.JB-Bank, 2,1030x 14det. Der Q Bank 28th May, On the 24tb jostank the Viceroy And Lion.cophing to Brisbane, and some rather injudi- | 3,14952, Sdvl 5gr.; Bank N.8, W.,-9,82937ffairs be found gonsiderabló amants were.

cione talk between the contending parties, he | 40wL: 28gr. tenant-Governor with their suitce went in

Immense numbers of Chinese are going about cession to the Sing que temple sat there weighed anobor and obeyed the regulation. On solemnly ratarned thanks to the god for the is return he was proceested and fined for starving, and are daily rebbing 'tants in the

breach of harlour regulations, because on the sbarrios of their owners, Icessation of rain, which they of source inter-morning of sailing be cace lose into the The Feleza machiné žas completed a trial") and thus upwards of £120,000 was paid away'

preted to be in answer to their prayers on former harbour in dashco.of orders. It was sad but orasting for the Band of Hope, 12 toast which THIEF ON TILE "JUNO!**** Chan Atong, a osuiker, was charged-with- The inundation bas con quito eqhsided in the in roppating the statement. I merely give hearsay yielded 340z, dwt, 6gen,

report that when he did this be was hesitating stealing a hat valued 28. 6d. on board of H.1.5. city, and the streets are all open to trufio again between an intention of landing ble pasyonpete Time, the property of a hor oured W. Braylin. During the inundation the soldiers had to patrol at any cost or of obeying the orders of Govern The bay proved the ownership of the straw hat, tho stroots in the Western suburb to prevent and a petty officer on board proved the tbaft, Irebberies in this quarter.});

If Captain Macdonald really entoriained any baring 100m the prisoner on the lower desk The new military officer who is second in

liberately plico it on his head and go on to commsad arrived bers from Peking on the 24th such ins, which I very much doubt, the result drowned.

would have been extremely infortunata, ss I am instuut. His predecessor bas beca promoted to the upper deck where he followed him and

aware that the local authorities had orders to fix bronze medals have been awarded at apprehended hìn;

a command in Uheliang, I understand.

Pour pirates were brought here by a Chinese resist landing by force and the means of safe tho Intereologia! arhibition, for Queensland prosecution, Captain Macdonald was further! Colonel Sir W. D. Jervois, K.UM.. bus ganbost on the 24th instans. Where they were ging the orders into effect. After the first minerala caught, or what is to be done with them. I can't ned £30 for refusing to hout the yalow flag commenced his inspection of the barbour de

soon. forfeit their beads.

hers as something very lite perenation. He Mr. M. Rach arrived from the Clarence lap bad andoubtedly refused or noglected to nomply night, to follow ap bis sallenge to raw Triskelt with the formality of the lug, but he was for the championship of the world. If the latter sufficiently pasiskied by the great loss and in- is prepared to defend his title, we expect that P. G. 174, said he was on board the Kinahan and saw the prisoner pick up the umbrella from

convenience bé mast have suffered from delay, artistes will be signed this week, and the datob sad the provocation was great. As tha shamos take place on the Farramatta River next month. among the prosecutor'a-luggage and walk away

servert no the very day be intended to sail.

May 2nd. with thHe went up to him and bocused bins of

he had agreed Go, plead guilty and forego the

Wo are suffering from heavy rains and floods. An interesting entertainment was given in

usual twenty-four bars? notics, the prosecution. The General Cordily steamer, fast from Brigrejasto the Tersperacce Hall on Monday. It was the theft, and he replied that an umbrella had targely attended, sud amongst the audience ware been stolen from him and he must have one for

arrived in Pokio a few daye ugo, in order.

penalty, which was inflisted.

oses of suspected anall-pax on board. THE GROWTH OF TOWNS IN FRANCE. From the censua of last year it appears that, a fair somber of ladios, The Ber. Mr. Henderit. In the charge-room on Barobing him he distinguished mar in the Kochi Kan. (Toen), on the other hand, asking ont for the minimum bane, has been quarantined it. Nevose

found un empty wrapper, generally need to

The case of the Thales won, however, tit rich quartz reef has been discovered: at

eralusive of Paris, there are eight towas T whap clothes in:- Thieron carry them about offer a memorandum to the government for the

May 4th, France with populations exceeding 100,000, da ateamers wrapped round their waist so that catablishment of a rest sentative assembly. In harder. She arrived, as I told you in tay leat, Upper Bingern

are preserved in godowns belonging to the or caused by her baving stranded near an island It is estimated that the revanne for the year three with raprs than "200,600, and two with when they get the opportunity of stealing en bont7,800 rifles and many cannon with a serious injury to the plates of for bottom,

in the straits. She lay in the harbour day after shows a surplus of nearly £200,000. The re. over 800,000. Of these, Lyons bends the list clothes, they wrap the plunder in it so that they lord Yamanouchi

A sad accident occurred on the 16th instant, day, pauping out the water that came in through venae from the land aalen is estimated at early with 342,800 inhabitants; Maravilles comes may not be detected, and appear like the other.

next with 318,000, and then in onder Bordeaux, on board E.B.M.& dudocious. While ssil drill har leaks, while her destination was discusand. £2,500,000

May Oth

Lila, Torlanse, Saint-Etienne, Nantes; Ronen The going on, one of the seamen fell from the The Government ordered her to Fitaroy; her fore-topskilegned, striking the sheet. anchor, maptain and officers declared that she was unft Sir W. Jervois has condamned 218.tide pits as being last with only 14900. The figures, it The French brig Dauphin which arrived bare

and thence overboard. When picked up it was to go. Then the Brisbane authorities said that being too isolated, and exposed to an enemy will be understood, rafer only to the town pro- Jon Monday evening, brought on four wgmen,

U Aivk, au old man of 60 years, was shorged found big thigh-bone was broken He was they would allow bor to loud or passengers on 208 considers others more formidable. Si per, which ofter, as is the one with. Ovalves atires of islands in the Preifin Osean. Their annos had tea cupeized. They were pioked up by Tan Acheong, master of the Fou Lunasnt to the Naval Hospital, where be now lies the uninhabited north shore of the burbour, Willism favours the enrolment of four battalions includo only portion of what is popularly

ofothing abop, Queen's Road Went, with coming is the water in a drowning.stato in lat,2,20 5,

in a yory precarious condition.“

where e gastantine camp could be formed of garrison artillery. understood by the nanies. Thus a report from into bie abop under the pretence to purchase, Daring the night of the 7th instant, there wha" These idstractions were revoked, the former The Parkes Linistry have been delested by a tha Chamber of Commerce of Lyons to the and long, 101.30. B.

and atealing a pair of browsers valued at $1.25.a heavy frost in the famous silk producing order to go to Fitsrey repeated, wid met by the large majority on the qusation of proposed finister of Agriculture and Commerce a fow The charge was proved, and the prisoner was province of Jogbin which did not thaw aatil same refusal. The vacillation on the part of the motion for the introductira of sa lentoral Bill weeks ago estimated the total newber employed in the Lyne sailk. nine o'clock am, the following day. Malberry-Brisbane Governmout was, I believe, onured by The National Loan Discount Company has of coms entenced to ous mouth's bard labour.

Heaves were much injured and rose rapidly in conflicting atatamente sent from here, one failed.

When we masinfectore at between 110,000 and 120,000, May 11th.. bnt of these only 28,000 or 30,000 azo, Found price. One bores-load. (about 900 ponads) of official persisting in his belief that the injuries the leaves possesses ng average value of 25 sen, to the vessel were more trilling than was at & motion has been labled, in the Legislative within the boundaries of the city. The grost bot the same quantity is now worth about frat represented. Surveyors were sent on assembly to catablish three companies of in majority of the manafacturing population is yen. The mountain tops are still covered with now and spring flowere and vegetables are not much behind time,

BIVNE PORTS

& Walab, Shanghai, son occupied the chuir. OnsFoo·nað)-Messrs. Hall & Holtz and Kelly.. NAWOHWANG

& Walsh, Shanghai.

Tuc steamship Thalas, which arrived bere at TIUNTON and Messrs. Hall & Holizand Kelly 4 pan. yesterday, from tooktown, after remain PAKING...

& Wish, Shangbai."

ing at her moorings a little time, steamed over to the Kowloon Docks to repair the damage NAGASANÍ...........The G. and J. Truding Co. HoGo, Osaza.The O. and J, Trading Co.

| sustained on hor passage down to Oncktows. YOKOHAMA... Fuixen Gazalte Office, MANILA...........fesare. J. de Loyzaga & Co. SAIGON..........Mr. J. H. Bloom, SINGAPORE...Meesra. fiddelow and Martin. BANCHOR Mosers, alserbe, Jullien & Co. LONDON... Me, T. Algat, Clament's Lane, LORDON..... Mr. Gov. Street, 3), Oorabill. JONEN.Moasra. Bates, Hendy-& Co, SAN FRANCISCo Mr. L. P. Fiber, 21, Merobante' His Excellency Liant. Governor Pope Han

Exobange.

neay accompanied by the Registrar-General, NEW YORK. Mesara, S. M. Pettingill & Oathe Hon. . . Smith, and Bishop Barton, visited the Victoria Guol yesterday and made a long stay therein, minutely examining the working of the gaol,

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG CURRENCY. TUNZE ZVITOR-OF-THE DAILY PREAL.”-

Will your readers bear with me whilst

I endeavour to give farther proof of sho impolicy

развойдет.

The prisoner, who denied the charge, we

sentenced to one month's hard labour,

AN OLD TELEY.

ON BUSPICION. Choong Atai, a grass-cutter, was charged with being a suspicions character.

P. C. Fister said that at one o'clook thia morning he heard a shot fred et Tow-mah-tee and on going in the direction from which the sound came he found the prince surrounded

HOUSEBREAKING

The band Shimbun says Mr. Mataoka, a

board, one gentleman from this town, and anfantry; other sout op from Brisbane,nd on their report

the vessel was allowed to land her, passengers

TICTORIA

***** MELBOURNE, April 30th. Mrs. Mina dary, a principal witacas in the

thus domiofted onteide grons proper. Of the NOTICE:

eight town Supt. Etienne has grown, and is Für uses heard in the Summary Court yes.

growing, with the greatest rapidity. At the WATSON

outbreak of the Revolution in 1789 Saint-

·AMO O., terday were all hatween Cuinere litigants and

The Choyo Shimbun extrapts the following on the north shore. A capital aito waé nelected FAMILY AND DISPERSING

were not of general interest. A witness in one

flange conturned only 9,000 seals is 1846

CHEMISTS, A

of the cases, Buddhist udeat, we sent to by aume wen who said be ad other bad catered teen from a letter from Dategori, Forsshire, and the required term put in by the Chines prissa for a month for wilful and corrupt per their steps and the ebot was fired to being backdated the to instant. This year the slimste ander tents erected for the purpose and pro- great Ticbborne see, has arrived to find Arthur so bad multiplied to 42,000 bat in the following Ava rears they decreased to 38.000, is moderate for the production and rearing of perly guarded by special constables armed with Urton. By Appointment to His Excellency the Gojars. In passing this sentence upon bim the the others who had run away.

May 4th.

in 1866 they had grown to 97.000, in 1872 to Lo Angan, carpenter at Tow-mah-tae, said silkworms, and the mulberry trees are well rifles. People now admit pretty generally here Chief Justine told him be bad disgraced his

The Premier, Chief Seonetary, Mr. Bervice, 110,000, and last year to 120,000. In the eighty- two men entered bie shop pad he naked them furnished with thick leaves. Owing to the that the same site might advantageouely be profession, a remark which seemed to afford a

ringement to some of the Chinese what they wanted. One ran away, adesses of the last year, silk-worm destere are used for quarantining passengers, at least by and Mr. John Day have been returned mopered year the population of the tow bad therefore been inglliplied fourteen times; it and encs, Wim apparently thought the witness's prisoner ran into a heap of straw and bids gouerally-supplied with plenty of capital and all oleat ships, which would simplify the ar- pound profces on one which would not be affected by Witneas fired an old piata to frighten the one futend to store up large quantities of silk. It rangemence greatly. I to sorry to say that Tuo descons of the Colling-streek Baptist bed been more than trebled since 1851; it in who ran away. There was only powder in it is expected that Enis your their business will be in braging over the Chinone when their Cheron are fikely to obtain a London minister orassed 13:4 per cent, between 1885 and 1872, i dierfice

The exec was remanded.

emjukty a prosperous. Since last winter the terer of guesantine ad ospite of standing in fill the base of the late spite of the war std in the following four yeare genitend në the rate of id's per. temperature is becu very enable and favour, upset, and a man drowned. The resoning bosta Rey. J. Martin, og ble

Typhoid fever is rather prevalent just now, gent Lille grew next most rapidly, from Lan Afung, unemployed, was charged by Hoable. Today, the 11th, the thermometer regia-sailed straight away to her with the mon they

13,600 in 1789 tv 102,700 last year. Its popo- how with entering big house, No. 90, Bertere 71 degress

bed picked up, and in same manner the mining fington, by breaking the look off the back door, This morning (May Body Her. Majasty the man was overlooked, at the loss was not know--The promise of the Belfast Shire Counciliatker was therefore multiplied twelve and a and stealing a clook and bed quilt, dan pe Empraee Dowager left the village of Fujisawa, till the Chinese fishermen next morning found wire burned to the ground yesterday morning, bal times. The population of families has been multiplied four times and over, and that of the course which has been-redeamcuded, víz. The progpostor sail ke was away from big and i axpected to arrive at Kanagawa at noon, the body extanzfed in their nets, under antpicions sirouMINBER that the Government should make defaced poixe bouse two diastes and an returning found his and will then dine as the Kobo's house; Jearing After the passengere sed cargo had been Captain Pred of the barque Frede 161, has of Lyons between twę and three times. On the legal tender, in Hongkong. While doing en door open. He was told that thieves had done it, for Tokio by the 125 train. Large numbers of taken out of the Then, the chlet engineer very been presented by the chairman of the Sugar other hand, the population of neither Bonen NOTICE To avoid delay in the execution of however, it should be clearly gaderstood that and shat a thief was in osudy. He went to officers from the Imperial Household and other ingenionely stopped to leaks, and she sailed. Company with a gold watch, in recognition of For Neuter has doubled since 1789, the growth. Orders it is particularly requested that all there is no desire to my part that any measures the station and found the prisoner in custody departments will be in waiting at Tokio to yesterday for your port, where I hope she is services in bringing bis vessel to Melbourne in Buen being alackoss of all. Taking the should be adopted to make the capping of there, The cook and bed quilt were also at the receive her. Mr. Koyama, Assistant Zeoretary will arrive infoty. Beface her departure, after she had beca disabled at Java.no oggregate population of the eight towns, it is of the Kanagawa ken, attended ul Fujisawa to Oaptain Coles vron the hourte of the Cooktown Sir John O'Shaughnessy delivered un-able foud to have trebled in the eighty-seren business communiations be addressed to the dollars penal. If the Chiveso aboneg to wear station. He did not koovite prizoner, Viem, A. S. WATSON and Co.; on

and pol the coin, let them do to, just as they P. 124 said he saw prisoner at the preso receive Her Majesty. Every bouse along the ladies by giving a very enjoyable ball on board speech that night at Belfast. He strongly adva. Il non amounts to 1,521 400 Adding HONGKONG DISPENSARY. my aaah luray globes if they please, or da sutor door, heard a look broken, and then asir roads, through which abe is to pass, in oras of his reset vocated free trade views, and mid that he would that of Paris, we may say that la round If the enforcement of sixteen days" quarantine amithilate the Vistorian, cariff to that of New Bunters nine Fromonaitice contain thres stroy any other article of import: Bario either him-aster the house. He waited to prisoner monted with the nation flag?"

nee let them pay for their amusement. The sang out ugain, when he bad bundle. Tho An experimental4ciel of a balloon was made does have the effect of checking the influx of South Wales, and put on speciño duties from a milione and a half of people, or almost prerat only legal tender of payment in the prisoner, weeing witness, dropped the bundle on the 22tiunt at the Naval drill ground at Chinese it may mitigate the salamity with which free trade point of view instead of ad valorem one-tenth of the whole population of France Colony is the dollar of Mexico or other and triad to roo. Witness stopped im and Tokio. The balloon hatt o capacity of 15,000 their countrymon are threatened in the part of datiss. He ties proceeded to show the there From what has some bien said, it will be scen that the population of the towns is inoressing" silver dollar of equivalent value, as might found the bondle to contain a cloelt and a rug.euble feet, was made entirely by Japanese, and Queensland Speaking roughly, there met be is no necessity for iborased taxation,

uch more pidly than that of the couniey from time to time authorized by the Go The lock be found ontside the door.

the experiment was conducted without any at least eighteen thousand Chineashers, and only

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Indeed, as the population of the wools of Franes varaon of Hongkong." The dollar Mexico The prisoner said he was coming from Tang foreign assistanos. The process.ofipiution was the means of earning a subsistence for half the

ADELAIDE, April 28th. has little more than kopt te ground for a con- is more tho defaced and obliterated pices of lung-chow, he saw two area tanning and the compond at 3 am, but the prossure of the number. The web quason it over, and the arba

committee of madion men has been ape siderable time back, it is evident that the strictly BONGKONG, MAY 30TH, 1877.

silver which is za sadly familiar to our eyes constable caught him.

geometer proving its finiento fire engine was in which alluvial gold can be got la narrowing than the Gainsborough frame with ite frayed- Six months" bord labour.

ingeniously brought into requisition, but even daily se the back gallics dry up. Even now pointed to settle the question of removing the raral population must be decresting, while, as towe see that of the largo towar at any rain ja then the bafloor filled slowly, and it was not thero in evident destitalon umong them, and ship British Enterprise, with me to pintangmeations That, it appears that, in TATA ON SHORE Ter condition of the Chinese in Queensland, ent canvas is a valuable pistore the image

and superscription" are essential elementa John Smith, a teames on the British ship until 3.15 p.m. that it was ready for captive" we hear ramburs from up country of large mobs Torrens' Island..

May dth, spite of peasant proprietorship, and in spite of... as stated both by our Cooktown correvalne a coin, and these being Westors Chief, was oharged by chair coolie 570 recent, though. then not sufficiently inated for wandering from place to place vainly endeavour."

Hogant arrangemente larguarantine are cost the toility with whisk small holdings of lead spondent and in the Queensland papera, is atuant, its attributes of rondy and inquestionad with refusal to pay obair hire and damaging ulangor voyage. After the first trial andanting to get a few runs indeed using the Government, about 4500 weekly

can be acquired, the same fendency to mass the acasptance, spon immediate recognition and complainant's chair,.be boisg drank. He was went up on endh shequent occasion, and the workings. Starice of robbery and violence are Kring serious. Toe distress already pre identification ag genuine, are destroyed, its fired 25 conls pad ordered to make amenda in venture wat gunsidored by those competent, to becossiog rifem most of them so doubt die dapatation from the Iren Londes urged the population in great contrer of industry is begiu- vailing among the Chinese on the Palrior comeliness is marrod, and it becomes of value 40 centa

jodge emitently satisfactory.

torted and enggerated. One however, set Government to, vel ironwork made hon Mei zing to he observable in Franos sa other com The balloon was in an enclosure guarded by week was unfortunately too trad One un Colton asid that whiles in would do his best to disrtial-aduiries. The endosos in far less.. goldfields is already cevere and wil shortly simply a silver bullim

ilver spoobs and forks, when new, Bro sclă Tam Ayuu!

na hawker,

was fined $1.for assault-alota, hat foreigners were courteously allowed happy European, in charge of mall road, encourage colonial enterprise, the Government developed than in this conntry far less eren bu aggravated, for the dry season, bas_com a say 20 per cent, premium, and when old and ing Uhan Abang, slan'a haykənin PART

side store, was found brally murdered, and must send to Boglend se long as it could encar thui the older Stetee of the American Union. in New York, for example, where bulf the menced and there will soon be a sarcity of broken they muy bo parohasel at 10 per cant.

STOKE QUTTING HULAFOR,

The Mainichi Skiphies-ways-The swell and the place robood, The tracks in the a saving of from 30 to 40 per cent. Bir kalde rendering-It impossible to carry on discount

Police-Sarjeant Stanton summoned Tangichand of Seruabim, which lies off the coast of neighborhood are those of Chines and some The Government is filing upon uses will population of the Sinto la contained in twenty- The differance dure is enormour, and in the Atan residing at No. 80. First street, for on-Yobastu, is thickly toserad with fasher and pine bandede of them are on taped close to the place, ing to join 155 Tanacetis for the defonds of the auction and more than free-quarters of this Riessed vales of the property. Yet the forven **allarial mining operations with epopza. Eveness of silver coin is la, materially less ewing the 26th inac, cousinitting a public naisance by tree, Tradition ways that some conatural while no other: Baropen lives within some oulony

Mar Beb bej which aro acting in those gounition are kiss in now banda of Chinese are wandering about, so the large quantities in which they are dressing granito in D'Aguilar-street and Well-monster is living in the foland, and no farmere miles. I fear gently that as the dry season Cestituto and desperate, and a barbarous cgregated, and the powerful and precise ington-street.

or Habermen dare to find there. A few days goes on the bolder spirits among the Chinamon. An immigrant, thong Jerved has died from operation in France, and are bringing about ranchinery which he employed for their man. The compliantosid that on the 25th instant, as one fishermen happened to pass in a bost will attempt violence, fading themselves in smallpox on board the quarantine bulk. All commit Evry advance in industrial zounder committed near Byerstown is believed facture, case, the low rate at which thea at 3 o'clock, he was eat by the Inspector on along the shore of the island. When they ap- large numbers song a small European popn the angle men and eagle women have been development Attracts Fresh recruite" from tho to have been perpetrated by ebms hunger excellent sponies of silver work are re-produced; duty to D'Aguilar-street to see what way the peared there, they were first driven if by Ln letion. In fact, gentleman who is able to make transferred from the British Enterpris country to the towns-Pall Mall Gorelle,

bas here at the distance of a fortnighde steam workmen employed there were creating stone, offensive snell, but they soos plunked up cour bhelf anderstood by the Olinea, told me that Colestands for the wike of the booty, as the Immun mutes faint, whore, moreover, if He found estaral on rough dressing there. ago to bar and raamine the plans to their in the cometa of epoversation one of the new The Government have wired for a large ab.p. Walpole, oblerving that there existed the Tichim was robbed, and tracks of Chinees were ferent cla is made, and the dismount in affected The stuque he saw had been brought in a rough wonder they rondd three a large abake, out in arrivals, an athletio lubking peneant, touched his want of wiini-Honey riflem

state from the quarry two pinden, about 2 feet in length and thren kalfe sigalioozitly nud waid they would not stayvo found in the vicinity of the victim's abode + by a great variety of circumstances.

This doceat in a-natural-result of the de Edward Mold asemcer, ut works, said he font la cironni Corenos. It seems that thirunko while rise to be had. Now if the Chinese This act, and the throatoming appearance-ement of the osin, and any legislation which was in abargo of the works at D'Aguilar-street, Lund boon killed about a month age and in body allena, lafense ideas guts 241 klogtobed

The Treaprere fiundial statement referred of things the goldfields, bare created would an all interfere with it by establishing an Eetad sock the stone samplained of, and he was greatly decomposed. The matter was on festal vangardos l overtake them the

defendant was the contractor Defatient was reported to the town hall, whenes a zamber of Europeens although daw in the particular to the large development of the mining interest a great deal of excitement, alarm, and artificial value is greatly to be deprecated,

AUSAULE, "WE

STARMANIA

“FORINT-FOTY May dra

same indecision, irresolution, and want of wre tew in the politics of Queen Anno that. hom distinguished those of the reign of George BT.; uddödan. Bat thark ik nathing new muder the to Nosid Selwyn, " non quder, 35s. grklidson