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THE DAILY PERSS, MONDAY, JUNH 18TH, 1985.

A statement of the assets and liabilities of the colony appeare iz Boterday's Gastle. The total ansota ara $1,350,407 and the liabilities $201,748, leaving a balance to the credit of the colony of 81.143,604.

POLICE COURT. 16th June.

Broan GAP H. G. PROMBETT, R.N.

BNO PIXE|| ARODE.

on the way, ii marely does not matter winez to pondance posted here remains the same ornarly narrow isths of nipa palio loosely strang lorether by split onnè, walou give and weak oisindusly, {him whether it is addressed to Carlisle or too whatever obengod of Tarli sere made.'

Nowark so long as both are in his road. Ont 21--I do not know that there is any other fo

afle do not eat anything on the way, shel formation I can lay before the Government on threatening apparently to precipitata the pas presence on board does not lead to the consump this matter. Our Intoreats have been so well senger into the sinat bolow This proves how. tion of an bancamere seal, nor to an hour's delas delesdel, and the question so thorenghty under ever to be a mere fanoy, for the stricture not 13-Paymert according to distance is more stood in the Coloris Ofor that there in little only bears bmysly the hundreds of people that Roland Boll, assupinga saman, was charged orar opposed to the general practice of the Postal farther argument left for me to adduge. I walk upon it, but various bales of merchandis

Service. A letter from Loudon to Cornwall rontere, bowever, to suggest that the correspon On Friday night PB. Butlin found the priests no more than one delivered at Kensington, Jones he forwarded to the Chamber of Commerce beeldes, sud has over been known to fail yot the postage to Chins is the samo os that to Laai bolores reply is made.I have the bossar, to When it reaches the hats it toomes the mis dod the name rele obtains with regard to pay-he, Sir, Your Obedient Servant,

couer making the path in Took Luno bis euch, sound aaleap. The race and desertod from a British barque the night befors eiro failed.

Bontanead to a month's hard labour.

BTHA03.

ALFERD LISTOR, Postmaster-General,

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Hongkong General Chamber of Commeros

Hongkong, 14th June, 1883 The Hon. W. H. Marab, O.M.G., Colonial Boore

tary, o., do, do,

to the charge of perjury, the offence for which the man will take bie trial, it is a vary sarioaa eng, and one which is unhappily fat too common with Chinese witnesses. Wo are not inclined to think that a too serious The number of preursionists to Bisous yeater. view was taken of it in sending" it to the day by the Honam was very large, the steam with boing a roges and vagaboud. De higher court. Comparing it, however, with being well tiled. Unfortunately the weather was not exantly propitious for ite trip thitha:,

street or, thoroughfare of the "ofty, and a very another case dealt with by the same magis. We shaold imagine that the avident popularity

activo business as well as marices in carried on menta fer territorial and sea-conveyance. Wa trRIS (T. WOBBHOUSE) on Friday, we were of the return trip will induce the Company to

pay the Fraoh Post Oils the same eaten for struck with what appeared to be much in. capent the excursion. --

In the Parliamentary report of The Times of

carrying a letter to Saigon as for carrying it to The Honourable W. H, Marsh, C.M.G., Colonial upon its frail frame, the tide rising and falling below, and affording, conveniant,dralunge for consistency between the decisions in the two the 11th May we And the following restive to

John Daniels and Watter Warrell, seamon of Marseilles, and if the transit were extended to Beretary.

Illers follows correspondence between the the ones on either side. Chinamen are the life casos. The latter was a charge of snatching New Gaines, but possessing some logat in the Amerloon barque Bells of Oregon, amistad Brazil wo should pay no more, Switserl earrings and a bangle from a girl, brenght forget-M M'Carthy asked the Undor-being tragglern from their vasal, and they were chtaine the same remuneration on correspondence Treasury, the General Post Office, and the Co of the plans Badjows, Daeune, Sulas, and other

which crosses a corner of los territory sa Rass luaisi Ofles.]

types of Malays seem to be the bagora and against coolic by another Chinamas who aretary of State for the Colonies wheiber his sent on board by the police.

CHARGE 'ON' (99XRPURACY. TO DETÏLÜD, sttention had been called to the following

THE UHAIRMAN, HONGKONG GENERAL CHAM-bangers, lint the xbaps and honge are all Chiness. Chen Aho, married womas, was charged with for transporting it from St. Petersburg to

Maackaria

BEE OF COMMERCE, TO. THE COLONIAL and judging from the abundanes of all kinds of supported his charge by his own eridonos paragraph, which has appeared in mapy London

-If we pay oron the £5,000 to which the

BEDIETARY. and that of the girl. Had that aridunce and provincial newspapers: The Exobanga conspiring with saathor person not in uplody

Wares, Entopoan and native, with which they are stocked, their owners appear to be driving a stood alone, the defendant would probably Telegraph Company learns that a long ago as to defrand a single woman named Chan Alat of Soorstary of Stata has modised is boast

mand, the result will be that we akeli be taking. Jano Isat Lord Kesberley had received an $38, on the 2nd instant.

The story of the onmplainant was that two is great deal of trouble and going to a good deal bave been convicted, lint the casu wan adiatiivation as to the annexation of New Guinos.

ignoring "elo cuoi," has ensconced himself.in. journed andother witnesses were forthcoming At that time the Governorship of Queenstand women aams to her and offered a male child för of expense to conduct postal baziruss on the

thriving trade One enteradding Coles In bargalo was struck and coast of China simply for the pleasure of doing it.

BIE have the honour to satnowledge the had been promised definitely to Sir John Pope sale, and ultimately who put another completion on the affair. Hennessy, but as soon as the intention to annex $39 paid over for the infant. A wat auras w These postal duties in Chios were unwillingly It then appeared that the complainant became known to the Colonial Offies the appoint recommended, and the defendant was then is vndertaken by the Colony attirely in datorn receipt of your latter No. 959, dated the 29th will glased frost, and sealt nurteles 692 and the defendant had had a quarrel arising meat was it made, as it was well known that troduced for the purpose, and she was engaged to the views of the Heiss Government, and altins, together with a letter from the Post-hard marked "private" on the door, a bari-

Sir John Pope Hennessy was opposed to any for $2's month and her chow. The woman will venture to say that they have been carried maatar.Goueral relative to a proposed isoreneden-like office desk with well fillad pigeon hot out of some disagreement between the such anmeration, and would offer the sebrae of sined in tha house antil the 10th, instant and sut as well as, in the fang of local difenltins, eontribution by this Colors towards making inelde, and a neatly forlated little sitting lattor. and the girl hoth received cut the planters to introduce the blankets of Naw on that day she disappessed with the child, they possibly could be. It may be questioned good the loss caused to the Imperial Government rooms with punkah overhead, where, un be The letter and its enclosures were carsfully always sigar and clase of sherry, or CO..heads, and the defendant made a ebarge Guitos inte Queensland to work the plantations She got one of her friseda to help her, and ther whathar the Colony should be rewarded by a by the Portal Contract to Chins now in fores

ou the northern ahora the most determined oppori. made a search for the missing pair, and ultimately demand for three per coot, of its entire revonse of caul: against the complainant. The tion," and whattor those statements sure true fond them in a brothiol. à constabla was meat (for that is what £6,300 a year amounts to considered at a Cosmittes Meeting held on the S. ready for his European visitors, A all like the place, and Srmly believe that if bas lattor was arrested by a constable, and her, Courtney-Is the wavoidable absence of for, but while they were waiting, a man who entailing complete extination of the molest 6th instant, when the following resolutions were healthy sign of progrese is that the Chinamon Lat. That the sacpizs raronne derived from number one fature in stora for it. The Hong. the Post Offloo in question are altogether in correct. No intima out of the housu vnperceived by the complainant, London Post Odies, which is making t then concocted this charge of larcony from my hon. friend 1 have to sex that the statements clained the child as bie managed to smuggle it evating on its local postal basine: The passad

Hongkong, notwithstanding the person to clear himself from the othertion was received by Her Majesty's Government who teloved that he let it down out of the incrassing preft of over £3,000,000 annually that the rates of postage are higher than those kong immigrants especially rely upon ita suaves charge and revenga bimself upon bis op.antil Pobrzary last that the question of the window is a basket. The prisoner had the child (after defraying the lesson to which we are ponent. The defendant was very properly annection of New Guinea was likely to be slang on her back in court, and it was identidad asked to contribute) can afford to be taare charged by the French Post Office in. Shanghai Ask them why it is that the Singapore steamers

both by the complainant and for witnesses.

gaserous to us than that. Inahont hat thick correspondenca by Megories boats, being come to fall and often leave refusing more cargo. covived by any Australian Gova100

At the application of Inspector Thousun, who that, were these detalis fally explained, a bou-only $8,000 annually, it is mauitally impossible while the Hongkong as carries but a limited discharged, and the complainant was found

We clip the following well deserved tribute to bas charge of the case, a mand was granted; tribution of £1,000, or £8,500 year, lized, and for the Fost Office to beat the increased burthen freight, and they will That balong guilty by His Worship of giving wilful false the worth and took of Sir Arthur Kouardy

· KIOTOES· SEAMEN,

irrespective of ano ants, would be accepted as a which the proposed impost would throw upon it,

nd. That the question is now agitated among vasom, you saree; that Swaion Singapore:man testimony, for which he was fined $1. Her from the australasian Sir Aribar Kenasty William Houry Writ Thomas Rogota, and discharge of all claime.

14.-I any oreo, if (b) we pay the 25,000 of the mareantile community as to the policy ex be long tim have makes trade along that Sula, are two cases of porjury, oralleged perjury (for who, in Leaving Queenaland, is about to terJolm Hullil, senion, were obarged with dran. in the ons case the man is not yet convicted) minste a longard Logourable career ass colonial kerness, disorderly conduct and asxeulling the year samassed by the Secretary of Stato, T. saat subridising any line of steamere between this that Malay man. He talkes say tim can maven,

governor, received many tokens of popular lik. police.

soly see how we can be called asos to pay Colony and Europe, considering the numerous Beppose Hongkong man, bymsby on se premtes almost on all fours with each other; aod rot iny and respest on his departare. Not the lemt The three defendants and another man want rears sitos Febrasty 1st, 1560. To havo y debt us of direct and speedy steam conication all seme. Enquire, in reply, how somes it that

now available how differently have they bean dealt with gratifying was a puutasoons gathering at into a brothel in Wost-strast, where na they did of £10,000 saddanly sprang on us, of which wo

Srd.That in the event of any farther pay they do not learn the language, and get to kayw wharf of a great frowd of not behave well, they were ordered to leave, and knew nothing, and as to the running up of the steamer One man is now a waiting trial at the Criminal people consisting mainly of these clases whe not complying the police wers sent for. P.C. which our consent was not neked, is, to say the ment being required from the Colony towards the the Salt mas. Babya," they will say, "tomber cost of the subsidy, the means could only be ab- ono traub, sey man makes try lart that talkon, Sessions, and the other was fined a dollar, saldo in contact with the Governor of Mitoboil went to the house and asked the de- least of it, vary discouraging. According to NOTICE-Ta nyoid dalay in the execution of Such a punishment as the latter is uneted ont a colony, and only know him e na íncarasto fendants what was amiss, and was asked iu ro- the claim of the London Post Oss the tained either by an laoréase of the rates of post mass wenches plenty woạn, can do.". Suggest.

age, or from some other branch of the revenue officialis, who has apparently little to do with taca in most foreible terms what it was to do arrears would amant to about £90,000. Orders it is particularly requested that all for a petty assault, or an obstruction by its actual Government. The popularity is all the with bit: the sound defendant also said, "Wo 15.-Lord Kimberley points at that am-se as amps, which world enhance the taza adoption of the Swatow fashion of marrying a business commistions be achtroseed to the hawker's stall, and is surely not commen-more ereditable to Sir Arthur because it has not wes't go out till we are pat ast, and that won't sidorahlo porties of the £5,000 watch his Load-on on trade, already too onerous, and the Cham. Malay wife. "Ab! can do, only too maroles fest been won by auy offort to court public spproval. be by you" The third d-fendant and a marius skip considers the Colony might reasonably be bor protest in the strongest marmer against the that Hongkong wifen makes iazze bobberg":" Tirm, A. 8. WATSON iud Co., or

Burata with the gravity of the mase in questie had no previous experibune of such a purely were lying down, and as Mitchell went towards asked to pay will be contributed by a native proposed massare, and still more aralost ny masker can set cats era. Az ec thưy wil go HONGKONG DISPENSARY. [29tion. Another inconsistency also struck democratic Government as an Australian colony, them, Writt prished hira down on to them, and population that makes comparatively little se trospective payment on scoount of the mails,

As regards any increase in the rates of postage, en, steadily striving and patiently hoping, and ùs in the cases of three beachtom bora. and before coming to Queensland gavo frank the third defendant threw a glass of gin at him of mail communication. With great deference, I

is an argument which in this the Committee would observo that such a mos.Chinaman like they will in time succeed.. Hosz. expression at Longkong to his doubts concern with another farukule expression, and then the do not think On Thursday two of these gentry came log complete poplar rals. And en ons poist-first two defendants, sau downptains. Mitobell particular caca gaght to ho ned either for or pure would be most impolitie and majast, and one while the Hongkongites go in for odd joks, can

pof likely to have a scopessful result in augment tracking for ronds, and building, plaüting, retail. addrossed The Edités," and thom on basiness."The before Capt. THOMSETA, on a charge of the Chinees question---he bald and motor con- went after them, followed by the third defend. against the proposed payment.

being incapably drunk in the street; cealed views which were entirely at varises with ant, and the first two wore stopped by some It cannot be too often insisted or that the ciring the pastal revenue. British mail atasmara ing sundries, ko, and somehow they usage to thespentertainedby the great majority of Queens- other police. The third defendant came up, and orrastanen of Hongkong a radically different are exposed to competition from numerous forsign one man was sent to gaul for a month, landeza. Nevertheless, he suscepilad, by the erging now boys, lav us gy for them? andes- from Cross of India, Ceylon, or even the Straits Base of steam commanicalia which would be sead tie dollars boms to the old country. They and the other for three months, a rogues atriot performance of his duty and the in youred to resous bis pals, but he only shared Sastlements. We are here no native popels glad to carry the letters of this Oolong for ball are really a wonderful people.

fluence of a frank, manly, straightforward ofùr- | their fate.

The local goverotheat are not been idle. tion subsisting on a soil which has been taken the rater now charged and were an increase re- Fined 35 cabb, or in dofelt fourteen days' away from its original lords. Sack a population solved upon there would be nothing to provent csired him with distrast, en esteem which at hard labor, last ripened into a strong rontiment of personal liking."

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nhã ndûroes with communications a¿drmined to thead vagabondis, un previous convictions betegeter. in winlong from a population which re Editor, not for publication, hot ne eridanas of good recorded. The next day a member of the some fraternity was sont to gaol for a fort oxdured for a firad period will be entiseed antiaight also as a rogue and vagabond, having boer found sleeping in the street with su visible means of subsistence. This men was sober, but he had a prior, conviction for drunkenness against his name. It appeara to go that the first two were somewhat

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BIRTH.

At Victoris Foundry, the wild of Mr. Gronsverely dealt with, and that the decisions TO

FENWICK of a son, premietacol7

and CABBIE FENWI

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are not consistent with each other. It would

At Victoria Foundry, the infant son of GRB Bem that there is a want of regular eyatem

in dealing with the cases in our lower court.

The Daily Press.

Hozokose, June 18ra, 1883,

THEgrave secusations lately brought against the Chinese in New York and Chicago by the Americau papers is an indication that the anti-Chiness feeling in the United States has not died out altogether with the cessation of the immigration. It may he admitted that

The US. Begebip Richmond, with Rost. Admiral Pieres Crosby as heard, left Amoy on the 12th inst. for Shanghai and Japan.

Tho Portuguese barque, Aug, which was seld at auction on Saturay afternoon by Mr. J. a. Gusdus, realised $4,200. The purchaser was a

China wan

The Catholic Register beata that the mandarin who ordered the doospitation of Father Bechet in Tosquin was one of the bitterest enemies of the Catholic Church.

The French stener Salts and the German

the social habits of the Chinese are irrecon-teamer Welle came out of, and the British oileable with those of the Caucasians, and it in steamers Kinngchowe and Hongkong went into

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may doubtless ask to have life made at least as the pubiis sending their porrespondanos by pri as regards their part of the performance. Tsking pleasant as it would have been under the old rate steamers to Saigon to be posted there for into consideration their limited staff, and the Rize. But the Chinese population of Hongkong Europe, oparse which would deprive the Co-harakan labour of surveying and clearing has come to us, we have not gone to it. A Chilonial Government entirely of the revenue forest and joogle land, it is wonderful to mes pose lives in Hangkoag because it suits him to derived from the Preoch mal marries. do so, and if he finds life there intolerable biosush

The Committes alao dozies to point out that is what a shapeable place Sandakan has already We have been favoured with copies of the fol mail staamera either aro or are not subsidised the statement showing the division of cost and become, and what fairly good roads are provided lawing correspondence on the subject of the out of the taxes, the Empire of China, from which opportionment of the loss on the serving the for town locomotion. These will, however, noad Hongkong contribution to the Imperial loss, on he or his father case, lies open to him within a shard falling to Hongkong and Shanghai is set to be materially widened, and in many placon Cho Postal Contract:

few miles. We have only to imagine the Chi darn s£30,968, which amount the Chambersabdited, when the town comes to be laid ant, General Post Office, Lese community of Hongkong anouncing that mit should by deducted from £360,000, and the Hongkong, April 12, 1888. they would prefer to live under a Republic, or balance charged rateably against this Colony, and it is presumed that squatting and building has been allowed with due reference to special SIR-I have the bonour to acknowledge the that they objest to parliamentary government, have, do,

(Signed) F. BOLKELEY JOHNSON,

etroot and public reservas, which, if not marked recipt of your minute of the 5th Marob calling to see how natssable is the idea that any mem

out on the ground itself, ought to be shown on spon us to repart on a lengthy correspondeurs americal majority of ratepayers could be allowed

plans in the Surveyor-General's office. Asyndi whiott has passed, between the Imperial Trea- to render abertire the policy without which thes

nate is said to be in the course of formation in sury, the Colonial Office, and the General Post would have been no such settlement for them to Four dynamiters have been sentenced to penallee on the subject of contributions by the inhabit, and no ratas for them to pay

-infantial quarters in Hongkong, which has for servitude for life, and the rosi were asquitted.

its abject the levelling of the bill on which Go- verument House now stands, and the reclamation by sans of the matariel so got of the outire wed-

LONDON, 15th Jane. FURTHER SENTENCES ON

DYNAMITERS,

'AFFAIES IN SOUTH AFRICA.

The Secretary of State for the Colentas, in re ply to a question, said that a despatch has been sent to the Cape to the effect that the British Glaveroment would resume the government of Basutoland on certain conditions.

THE M. B. 8. 8. 00.'S STEAMER “BUMIDA.MARU” ASHORE.

It is with much regras we have to record the

the Cosmopolitan Dock on Saturday. The lows of the Mitan Bishi Mail Steamship Com Shei Po to-da7.

16-The Chinese community of Hongkong oroorer enjay an amount of liberty with regard

Chairman,

A FORTNIGHTS DETENTION IN NOETH BORNEO,

The approach to Sandakan from the north, to their correspondenes which probably no other whether by the Malliawally Channel, or further Government would maceds to thain. They sent by the Mindore Sos, has many atmotions prnotically allowed to send letters where they

Eastern Colonies to the Imperial loss on the now- contract with the P.&O. Company which came info force on February 1st, 1880. The papers are returned herewith.

2-Tho histers of the question, so far as

like and how they like. It is notorions that they The deep blue water, smooth me a lake, and nearly torn portion of the city site. The whole to ba Hongkong is concerned, may be thus exam riset. Up to 1877 tais Celsay nontributed transmit their correspondence safely, got it do always toned by a soft gentle breeze, the laid out on the most approved prind ples of mo thing towards the harvy Imperial loss on the livered Dar than Earopeans can, and effeat wholemme, invigorating air, full of lita-giving dam city building. This is a most nofel schoms, PO. continet (£11,000 in the year, India tas at something like one fifth of foreign postal asoza, the charming islands which dot the men and abould pay its prorocters handsomely, whilst

rates. They would feel a stṣiet: enforcement of contributing £107,301). The posingo of a balehe tnonopoly of the Post Offoe, saos se ishare and there, wooded from summit to sit will be the making of the pinen as a town and sunce, or at ano porfod eren of a quarter on carried pot in Saigen, and to some extent in with invariant green, the glacions sunsets sommerial cart. Ous at the new roada bads letter for the United Kingdom was at detteront times 1s, 4d., 18 9a, 15. 2d, for is, by the slow Singapore, far more oppressive than an appra-painted in shades and solcars that might be out of town sards a low spor into the forest to Santhamptea reato high.mtos which gas rise priation from the eates, and world. I ballings, thought exaggerated attempted on onavae,the dwelling-bonso of Me, Pryar, the Resident, to repeated complaints and whinh city be said to be glad to pay for the resumption of air the cool merginge and delicioas evenings, oves who is not enterprising in opening up have Formed a standing grievan 20.

17.I cannot recommend either course ar d. the sloop-inviting downright heat of midday, all the country, and looting suitable sites. for 3-In 1977 lase rates wore redjasto on a

nost intolerable practical complications would

former liberty.

possible that a portion of the lower aleges of American skip McLaurin will be deskodal sam pany'd steamer Sanidz-Muru, Captain Habanet, RI. dasis, this Colony becoming responsible for Both perhaps are possible, but under both the combine to render the last 24 hours of the voy both-public and private purposes. He has by striking o rock in the Shimonoseki Straits, if the additional loss thus ransed, which halt arise. A high rate of postage (c) as between the go from Chins a perfect treat after the mpegy, also established about two miles farther in the

By a misprint in our report of a gambling case at the Police Court on Friday it appeared that three defendants were sentenced to three months imprisonment, having beed proricasly convicted, and the fourth to seven months. It should have been seven days' imprisonment.

the lattor in the great citise may become in. fested with the Chinese habit of opium ruok ing. But opium smoking has no attraction for the Caucasian as a rule, and we think the percentage of Caucasian, smokers must be momething infinitesimal. In fact, we have good reason to believe that the accounte

The composite gunboat Cuckchafer, 4, Lient given both of Chinese rice and Western coCommander Hal, from Berenport, where she tamination are greatly exaggerated. It is has just boon commissioned for the China Sta. greatly to be feared that in both New York tion, arrived at Singapore, on the inst. of She is a sister slip to the and Chicago in all the great cities of her way to this part.

iately arrived gashoat Espoir. Europe there are daca of více "whoan in-

rested.

was aahore in the Shimonoseki Straits, but that no lives were lost, and efforts store being made to save ship and cargo. The Semi. da-Maru lett this port on the 8th. inst., for Namaki, which port the probably left on Fri-

modal farm, to which he has givan

and acclimatising useful products of all kinds. Beatrice bananas, Beatrice beet, Beatrice tarkeys, Beatrice potatoes, Beatrice coffee, and a number

mates and frequenters · could learn nothing The China Mail of Saturday BAYS: The day for Kobe. She was a good craft, and Captal Reste £5,000, or about doabin what we aes pay. prokats would be bound to try it There hay, a fine piece of water for exceeding Hong, which, somebody says, mesus," Beatifal City."""

is no escape from this but by Great Britain's withdrawal from the Postal Union Bixh rates of postage, too, press heavily on

of other valuable edibles are a byword amongst visitses to Eandakse, and to have sean Sandalsts without a trip to Beatrice is to have missed the great line of the place, Mr. Pryor, by the way. hes obristened the port and town Elopara, But the name does not appear to take with the natives or the public, nor will it ever be any has Hongkong. Perhaps it Mr. Pryor had selected for his bantling settlement the name

community is yet in the dark as to whom the Hubenet was one of the most axperisaced, as worse from the Chinese. The epium ok Government bas auleoted as a successor to Mr. well as popular, commenders in the Mitou Bishi ing of the latter is certainly not so provoca- INg Choy on the Legislative Council." It is now service, It is possibl, that a fog prevailed a Trossary is based, 'As far as I have boon able the poorer olaas of poercapondouts. The came, sidents in their youthfal pride call it "city" more likely to zupersede Sandakan than Vistosin

a couple of months since the Hon. F. Stewart

tive to crime or rice as the free indulgence was appointed to the sust vasated by the Hon the time of the miskap-

Babbath. Yet what is more natural, thai

that the unbelieving Chinamon should

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at home.

man and Europeans generally. LAN

while on her parengs from Nagasaki to Kobe, was the estimated at £8,150 a year. As a

mother onnetry and one of its colonies could not tamo, and barren experiences of Hongkong, interior Tolograms announcing the disaster ware received atter of fact it has not resurat that end, be objected to on International grounds, and it Then the entrance to Sandakan Bay is so fine the charming name of Bestrice, and whare be

even with a farther re-kljustment of postage on here on Saturday morning by the agont of the unit. The last conual amount to may be said that it is the legitimate solution On the right, er starboard hand, the steamer has made great progress in rearing live stook

of the difficulty, as then those who dns the mail passez elte under the steep tall odds of Bal Company and the Insurance companies inte. (1879-80) was £2,528.

The telegram reodired by Mr. Tripp,

The Imparia. Trostury, having annotioned service would be helping to pay for it. If Honghaila Jeland, picturesges in shape, and tinted

kong were St. Helens of Ascension this view was to the affect that the Sanida Maru a pontent with the P. & D. Company, would be very applicable. But let as imagine with all shades of rich burnt amber, whilst on

which the maile baro book esenswhat Racelasted proposes that this payment of about £3,000 &

the British Post Office at Shanghai charring the left stretches away, sooward the low long 30 cents on lutser i French your should be gad is a larger one of more Post que har gland whilst the Tronos outlying peninsula, green with primoral forests, than $12,000. The Secretary of State agrees Oss world in opgeng senda make up the entire through which tho Kinabatangan River finds that the valuey should pay something, bot be mail for London, and, by an almost ludicrous iter way into the sea several miles farther south, considers £12,000 out of the ŋomtion, and sug

consequenos of our Trosty obligations, the P.& froot and so far as the eye can see lies the tag at present, the old payment te garas.

5-I hero no the hoxe anticely to check

song harbour in extent, and bounded on all sides the computations made in the London on for

with forest oled bills. The settlement (the re- which the larger demand of the Imperial to check them, however, they have been found and on groster objections, apple to (d) any dievers itself on the right hand after a point or in alcoholic liquors which; alas ! is en cammon Ng Choy.

(ss might have been expected to bo corrand, I proposal to discontine using the P. & two has been passed, and the real soon brings paakata, se suggested by Lord Kimberley in in Caucasian centres of population. Gia. io.

The Gles Line new stoomer Glengarry arrived THE NEW OHURCH AT THE PEAK find it also to bo almost certain that correspon Mr. Meade's letter to the Treasacy of August / up at the main pler for "Jim Batten," as it in which he has given his farm he might have met -

dande origineting. In Shanghai, &c., has been London, absinthe in Paris, and had whiskey here yesterday from London. She is a five

Yesterday araning the saw Charoh at the properly kept out of the arconat. The 212,00 er erbal For the packets come here at all locally termed, and might rengins, after some with better success, at say rate with his country- in New York have far more vice and crime sohooner rigged vessel of 1,935, tous, and simi

is asked on nosount of Hongkong correspondonos they certainly would be used for the homeward enterprising boatswain of yars, only one is

Plantations have been taken op with great to account for than opium has in Canton or lar in build to the steamers Glenfrein and Peak was opens for cadred service, the dedecaenly.

Glenaven, basing better cabin accommodaliosion coremony being performed by the Right 6A, to the fenda we have to meat this collect letters to be posted at Singapore, or even told that the word means "bridge") a rather

All kinds of disorders would ease, grogay stmotors of huge piles, which is happily spirit in the vicinity of Sandakan Hay by con- Peking. As an instance of the animus with than tha alder hosts of the line. She is com Rev. Bishop Bardea. The building is a smalsita, append a return showing that, when all

but substantial one of brick plustered and colour-ontgniu are allowed for, the annual profit affaics if the ousamaaity of Shanghai, out of

and it certainly would be a strange condition of soon destined to be deserted for a strong and pauies and individuals to the extent of some which these accusations against the Chinese manded by Caprio A. Taylor, and made a good washed. It has an great als me to arhitectural the Peat se daring the last six years has reash of Postal contributions, could freely as westrard. The same as the pier is nested in ospital are still being formed both in Australis more finished erection a little farther to the 150,000 acres, and sassociations commendlag large are laid we note that one of the accounts ing up from Singapore.

beauty, but it is neat and well adapted for the averaged about $8,000 per nanum, and thie still the P. and D. packets at 2id. par half onto to theNow Fort Pool says thai-on-a-Bunday the The following avant of the average amount perpeeve-of-morskip-It has fons.org window (ay £1,150) is the only balanes of 39t neighbourhoud of Most street" swarms with of bank actes in circulation in Hongkong during on each side, and a larger one of similar chai ster high we can set against & glaim of £3,300 at any Union Country whatever, and the commoth, gesint and araiting. A crowd of natives and Chins for the purgess of dareloping the “Chinamenfromall parts of the city and from Ocelle-

the month ending 31st May, is published in the at the east end, and these are glazed with small ditional yearly. Moreover, most of this profit nity of Hongkong could not use them at all partially dressed in glaring red blue or grean sa agricultural resources of the country, Sugar diamond pan of plain glase Axed in a strong aries from local work, with which the Imperial Moreover, we could not refuse to make up malls rongs, oling to the broken sed ragged edges of the und tobasoo seem to be the favourite producteest wadon framework. Up to the level of the Post Office has nothing to do.

for any ovuntry except the United Kingder by jimbatton, a number of Chimamen more effectively present, and connoissons declare that vily out of towa, who make of the neighbour

window sills the walls are coloured dark bine, and 7.It follows then that to pay even the smaller mail steaner which might be here. hood a perfect hell." Now, these charges

pale blat higher up, whilst on the outside theeam of £41,000 Azod by the Secretary of State

18-And though, as Lord Kimberley points slothed and all sporting heimste or straw hats, proper oary and cultivation there is every are brought at the instance of the Catholic

alla aro of the latter shade. On sob side of will love the Octopy of Hongkong working it out, there are numerous private steamers, by press in behind, and in the centre the Einropean prospect of the production of tobacco in this Young Men's Association, and we cannot help

tLo Church aro five strong hattresses, and two Fest Offco at a souiderable lose. I should ang which mails might be forwarded, the disconti papalition form up with dogs innemerabis of country quite equal to the staple so s strengthen each anil. The door is laid with here that when the Legistative Cornsil rotelon of the P. & O. service wonia practically their beels, quietly hiding what to them in the fully grows at Dell in Sorastes. Fortanes throw the whole correspondence into the Frecob thinking that they are inspired in some degree by resentment at the leather for

tiles down the aisle, whilst the souts, all facing, for our sutry into the Postal Union in 1870 til However mash the postage were lowered, event of many a weary waiting, the serival of lare being now made in the loaf at the the east and, ou silber side ars on a nised boarded prospect was then ofearly laid before it that the holding high holiday on the Cbristian

der. The Communion Table is a small one of Post Ofies would probably ceses to be a souris next to nothing would be sent by slower sisa-the mail. Doys, it may here ka ramarkod, and latter plave, despite the ouorisons difficulties and polished word, ngntly carved, and the reading of RovRESS.

mer. The Frenok Mail would take four hours notable feature of North Borneo social life. obstructions placed in the way of alion planters On Friday night a fetai sucident bolela Chi- desk corresponds to it.

S.-That, however, was inevitable, whether we to bert; I do not suppose the Frensh Font Offee None of your wholesome hands co seful by the Dutok authorition. What then, it is new chile named Chong Tami, nine years of age, Owing, probably, to the threatening appareatored the Union or not, or would retirement would ever consent to its being sorted on board. specimens of the canine rase, which one likes to argued, must be the chances of a venture in living with its mother, a widow, in Square strestane of the weather, the congregation only about from it now do anything for me. Sol a coarse Itt were so sorted (which may be regarded as observe Sunday in the West a boliday The child pallet a jar of hot water over her, and half filled the church, which has seating apopm- foald simply eggravate our fasnoial relations out of the question; the expanse would be very see us the companions of man. Eat a set of North Borneo, whore, soil and elimsto being pare and simple? They may not show was so badly roalded that she died in the Targmodation beyond the present requirements of with other countries without improring our great, at least three times that of our present stared, manay, shiftless ours of all sorts and similarly adaptive, the Bortles and facilities of marine parting. fortnightly mail no doubt sivon, and possessing the quer peculiarity of British rule are unstistingly pload at the dis- respect for the day, but we venture to say Wah Hospital on Saturday morning. An in- the stall community, the faturo inora of position vis-à-vis with London,

9-There would seem then to be four courses sufficed for the wants of Hongkong at one time, following in packs the heels of any European pomal of the enterprising ospitallet, A strake that they are at least as decorous in quest was hold at that inafitction during the residents of the Peak being provided for afternoon befors the Coroner and Messra, K. L. The Right Bar. Bishop Burdon penduated the

but the objections I have pointed out above are behaviour as the crowds of "'Arries" on. Otte, A. J. do Rosario, and L. A Xavier sporvice, assisted by the Ray, J. B. Ust. open to the Colony, as follows

id. To ase for a re-susideration of the queso strong that I no net ses my way to recom- who rentare abroad, without reference to the of the autoustic Govorcer's pen has given North

meeding any attempt to recur to it.

allegiance dua to starship of any kind. Every Boraso, be privilege of latted to ulity associa thair Sundays out." If it be true that jury. The evidence of the mother and are of anal Evening Service was provided by a short tion by the Imperial Government.

the medical staff of the ffospital having been Dedication Berrico, which commenced with Psalm

19.-The same obalacles which prevent our genthiran zugiden will nevertheless point out totion in do, and an important, local steam b.) To pay the £6,000 asked for by the Boara- any of the Chinese either in New York or taken a verdict of occidental dasth was returned. xxv., and included the 340th hymn, "Plos tary of Siste and scoopt the loss on the Postal utilising private obesmore to any appreciable visitors with some pride a particular aminal navigation company has been established on this

extfant woold miso render Impracticablə any at- Chicago are guilty of enticing little girls

SLEVICO Yesterday the four Chinese Esharmon resoned at are thy Courta abors."

His Lordabip prefaced his common with a into their shops for immoral purposes then it from the bottom of their aptarned fishing junk

(d) To pay the £8,000 and revert to the old tempt to forward or receive mails via San Fran. as his property, and describe how, in spite basis to drain the river and adjacent felands is for the authorities to take steps to prevent once to the Folies Court for arsistatics, and brief appeal for funds to provido various 18, 34. (30 coats) rate of Pestage to the United ofsoo. If both the Freash and English Mail of present appearances, his dog can slatin most of their various products and bring these to un very well with the Pacific loo, bat so long as pointe of worth. But the fact remains the same, mual rapidly develope. Even Chinese hongs much outrage and to punish the offenders Capt. Thomsett provided them out of the Poor things hary which have not been pro Kingdom only by both British and Freash pankels were withdrawn, we might eo dogat got respectable pedigree, and possesses many other Sandakan, giving blech thereby to a trade which

Hox with fran passages to Swatew by the steamer cared. These include a cloth for the compackets in order to raise the sum required.

(d) To decline either to despatch or to receive the French Maila pall here at all they will bring The woebegous beast ie sa cosmopolitan as he is may be poon feurishing the oveted file

and take practically the whole of the correspon- sovorely. But the China in America bare, Douglas. We understand that those boste usually manic table, a lootern, a small harmoniam, we think, hardly had fair play. All the sine fah in souples, and the companion of this junk kreoling oushions, and a house for the caretaker mails by the P. & D. rackets.

10-Ivonture to offer a few remarks on the dence. The California route is open to three mangy, and he saly brightens up when he coples Limited upon their sign boards. Statistica a European afoot, and an join the wretched pack of trade are soarvely amited to a hasty skutob * Vestry co Souday, alternativos. And first (n) as to a ples for regrast objections in the Decalogue and many more tire attri- lay off our by without giving way aid to the poor of the building, which shall include a room

(L) Length of transit.

in dogging his heels. The only good sanso the like the present. They may be found plainty wretches clinging to the bottom of their inn, which can serve as bated to them, while no prominence is ever though they had been hanging on for shont and a store room for backs, o, during the consideration, I have to follow Lord Kimberley

(2) Uncertainty of both arrival and departure. dogs shaw by the way is every now and then to ret forth in the North Borneo Herall, a pioneer- given to their good qualities. It is difficult twenty-four hours. In fact, the cold-blooded weak. These were some of the things se in pointing out that the Colong Was not cou- quired, and his lordship was sure they need-cled before these eary responsibilities wore

(3) Uncertainty of commotion at San Fran jemp on board steamers at the moment of leaving journal Fall of interest, and which does Imantine. to feel any sympathy with these charges coundrels seam to have boue simply waiting for only to be mentioned, and those interested incurred, It jadeed they can be said to have begu eisoo on the outward routa,

the four survivors to be swept into the sos ic

Eighteen houte' steaming sufine to carry the against the Chinese, because there are too order to take possessies of the nete, for, as the the church would provide them, for if suy-inourred at all. Por the Mail Servias Sonating and these would always make it uzsvallshis for the plors, either for the purgess of getting away aredit to Ite prameters and printers aliko, evident signs of the fact that they are insti-Diamants as steaming off with the resounding was worth doing at all, it was worth doing at this moment not moro but less than it did bristnass carrospondence less on botter oppor from their miserable unrroundings, or to seek ated by a class the class that is most men, ike other just made up to the wreck, and rom Home the text of his sermoe nader the old contract, and the loss to which we tal if the trans pass, Marver it is doubt charge of air and at times she onions spoolais voyager from Eandards to Kadet, the hond From Hebrews 1. 25, and he preached an able enntribute is less, as will appear from the follow-ful if the trans-Pavilo boats will ran in fature may be seen of a steamer throwing overboard quarters of the Governor and Chief Executive, Bet about scouring the note.

as frequently an they bave Intely. discourse on the utility of the Christian roilgioning figures cm -

20 The Hogs Government should, I think, soek na welcome passagers, as she slowly move and courequently the mistropolia of North Borneo, interested in getting entirely rid of their

Referring to the Colonial Section of the Ams.in worldly matters as roll as in its spiritual

10 E. & O Ca. Imperial ExoMB.

be asked to remismber that thase kary demands, off on her voyage. But to return to the Simbat. The route is for the most part abo samo sa that competition in the labour markets of the terdam Exhibition, the Europeas fit says sense, and also apos the importance of maintain.

based entirely on distance, pul Hongkong in s tan. The view shoreward from theshin as the taken in approaching Bandakan, and which ban "As to the Colonial Section, the Exhibition is ing the Sabbath, not only as a day of mere rasL 1873-72130,000

very disadvantageons position as compared with le banlad alongside is rather pecaller than already been described. Whilst threading the Statea.

great success. Never hes there been betterop from labour, hat as a ony for reiiions 1822-78130 000

1878-79 €130,000 €212,306

other Uolonies. Our rates of Pontoge may be Tas proceedings at the Felisa Court during portunity afforded for a comparative inquiry into observance. The erection of this place of wor 1878.60 £117.325

a few years ago, bat when we absorve what houses, built over the shallow water on piles, wed the numerous coral patches of the Mallawally the past week or ten days have included the rarions systems of colorisation, into the we ship by those living at the Pask was an evi. 1818.61 £350,000 203,000 stradaosnaidered low when we think of what they were picturesque. Noar sthand are groups of the toled intziesto network of channels which enn sönget

thods of tropical agriculture, and into the various dance that they so regarded the Sabbath, He1833 E3 875,000 220,000

11Then again as to be principle of paring other countries are charging they must be pro- farther in the slope of the low hills fa every pussure, the towering form of the Kialbabu several cases of more interest than the modes of realising the treasures of the soil. I was the more glad to add what had been done as Lverage of petty laroentes, obstructions, the friental garden which surrounds the colonial was entirely a mosscent of the laity. With socording to stop, witch briere about the cuced big. We are, in nearly every instance, whore stred by recent felling and burning. Mountain in frequently visible at a distance of

building a veritable Tedian plantaties be born the email staff of chrey at present in the coformidable total of £19,000 silmad by the Lon. oharging overy forthing that the Convention of sssaults, &c., which usually all up each day's formed; and horo ona may mes negross, Latilios lony, it would hardly have been expected that don Post Offes, it would sem that elise the Paris will allow. The Franck Post Ofles at with a batter class of hats detted hers and there some 120 to 180 miles, andthe spectació is elrayı proceedings. Wo alluded some days since from Wan Surinam, Achsen, and Hindostan, they should come forward apoptascously and P. & O. eontrast extents to Shaugliai, bow far Shanghai and Saigouill receive a leder for in the charing, marking the homes of the various striking one even when the peak standa cleat Arrotakes, and half-wild people, some in boutes after tu murry on this work, but now that the along the lies Hongkong way happen to be, so nearly any part of the world for 2id, we charge) officals. A wil stockade and juil occupies a cut in solemn nade blue, without any setting of to what struck us as a somewhat peculiar they here built themselves, others in an great Isity bail-isken it up and built this church, long as a stoppage thats to favitable, ought not 5 Amarican travellers, secustoast to the mook on the right, and at a little distanco alsuda to improve the picture. The beat view the loft cray be mean the zertchpass nr hotel or 184 N. aide is as the mountain is approsob- decision in the Court Looking back over alroas, divided into compartments, and all exbi. it would be the dety of the clergy to help to make very much diferanos. If the voyage universal to:ill of their own country, Bad the record for the past week we find a rather biting soms of their aboriginal manera and them in every possible way. Without a place dossed at Bobakung, or the packets went out of par postage in the opposite direction fast double amusing case of the rascals falling out, with in the arkaluokkala upon the of this kind, the large number of persons living their way to some here, it would be very different that owocet. Our Registration foo Libdewater pretenden hailding bastings corrugat-od beading up Maruda Bay, bat, tarming into canal in the park the Chinese will sell to There on the heights during the hot wether would be Bat evidently the Imperial Government in tries charge to mach. And yet, in spite al iron roof, and the Government House, dia. the little oove of Kudat, the seens changes the proverbial result, leading to a committal are also in the same gardens Cine and practically without the means of public worship to maintain communication with Shunghat, and at all these somparatively high charges we kedainguished by the usual Flagstar sud Union forthwith, and the intervening low hills which for trial of one of the men on a charge of Japanese tea-house, chapel and Bible-house is Lordship stated that it was arransed to hold the puckets past come into Hongkong whether not to be 20 ans Jack Us landing, the orsay character of the jim bound Kudat Bay on the path nido quite dwart

bear-house and restaurants of all sorts, a camera sorries of the Church of England in the build-vaavail ourselves of them for Postal purpose or I-need hardly say that we mozot look to porjury and the summary punishment of the obscura, post and telegraph offes, and a fire Ing every Sunday at eight a.m., and Moncon- not. When a parson must needs go from Edin rodeation of charges as affording say hope of batten foress tailf eran more strongly upon the she giant proportions of the mountain." The formist sorrias once's mouth at 8,30 pm, burgh to London, sad is sakeḍ to deliraz a parcel Kaarons of Herage The amenat of corres. I visitor's natins, for it is found to be sountrasted of most attractive view of all is that from Abbaye other for unlawful possession. With regard sad police sales,

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