Inader, and that duty will now darol ve upon His Excellency the Viceroy.
Preparations have been made here for the accommodation of the Black Fing lasder and bis soldiers. A temporary camp of tents has been orested for the accommodation of the troops, and some houses have been taken for the rouoption of Liu and his suite on bis arrival from KwaDg He is exposted in about ten days.
The Canton peoplo bado adieu to Peng Yu- Hu with regret. He has won the respost and rateam of all classes, with the zeng tion of me of the officials placed under his orders, who found him somewhat too strict in his notions of honesty and as a disciplinarian. Amongst other things Le bas dono for the city, is the presentation of LOTUS "JARDE " to the Five-storied Pagoda.
NINGPO.
2nd January.
THE DAILY PRISS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19TH, 1888
NEWS FOR THE FRENCH MAIL.
COMMERCIAL, INTELLIGENCE.
MONDAY, 11th January. UPIUM.
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On the morning of the 741 imat, a collision took lifting the first gan commenced at 10-o'ołock | place in the harbour, happily without serious ro. a.m. on the 31st alt, and was not over till half an anits. The China Shippers Tutul 8. N. Co.'s our after noon, owing to samo delay on board leaner Ching-which--arrived-lers about the ship. When the weight of the cou-PRA 7. Trond Shanghai, was making for her boy taken off the vessel, she rom Ave inches by (bo | PetCES AND CHAMBERS, No. % in the harbour, when being rather light bow, the second gun lightening bor four inchca
QUEEN'S ROAD, lately occupied by aud be carrant yery strong she fall to moro. Among the foreigners prosent at the Messrs. JARDINE, MATHEBOH & Co. answer to her hol and drove on to the time were the Cormen Consrl-General, and the Apply to stora of the Americen corvette Oraka. The Commander of the Germuntoan-of-war Nautikes. stemmer was going dead slow at the time,
BIRD & PALMER, The Shon-pao hoa the folloring A Censor Who will exhibit Plans anil arrange floss ahu as soon as the captain saw a collision of the name of Tin Fu-Chany having memorinio snit applicants. wax piniablo levo to prdor for her lisad the Throne on the abusos connected with to go full spoed astorn and thus averted the purchase farms from foreign agenta nad a serious finster, the force of the cofision being arrested savern penalties for supplying work. so redned that the demago done to the Onakú less weapon, the Emperor replied as follows:- LONDON, 7th Jaunary.
was confined to the lose of her bowsprit, jibboom. "The Coupe Tin Fa-obang roports that the Ahmed Merktar Paalia, has given an un-and some head-gear, while the Thing we sustaized offears abarged with the purchase of foreign VIE DETACHED RESIDENCE known favourable raport of the situation in Egypt.
Cuia Rom. only lifting injury. An amicable arrangemont rifles, cannon, and aromanition for the provides CRAIGUNGOWER," There is a deadlook on the Fwamelian quativu was come to at once with the ecratuander of the make secret arrangements with the foreign traders Torus Moderato, The Powers are urging the Forte to submit to Danha fortis cupair of damages to that vessal, and buy worthless artioles for which they over
Apply to
HO KAL the proposals made for a settlement
and there will therefore be to litigation in the charge in theirascounts and so get heavy squeezen
16, Bank Building, LONDON, 8th January
matter.
and waste the rarecce. Of late the purchase of
Queen's Bonā. A now Ministry has been formed under "the
Conterning the murder of the boatwoman found foreign sims in each province has always hoon
Hongkong, 30th October, 1895. 3540 per pisul, allon. of 1 presidency of M. Freycinet, who will act us Mi-dead in a sarapan in Hang Hum Bay on Monday attended with serinos abuses and waste of vast
[to cuttien nieter of Foreign Affairs. H. Boulanger has the 8th inst, one man is now in the, custody, of sums to the detriment of the army. Hencefor
TO LET. -S650 per picul, allco. of 14 been appointed Minister for War, and M. Lock-the police, and there is at least to much evidenon ward the High Authorities taust redouble their
to 2 cattiva ray, Minister of Commerce,
forthcoming as to show that robbery was proba watolfiness. When the synus arrive, they areOLLEGE CHAMDERS (late HortL DE $5561 to 500 por chest. The Queen's speech will be read on the 21st by the mplive of the foul erims. During the to bo tosted one by one and any deputy wis
593 to 5974..
Juawicy.
past for day the police have bows carrying on a datos to try to maks up the number by worth- 520 nom
sarah of the varions pawnshops in the town, and Joss weapons is to be most severely denounced about midday on the 7th last tuny entered on and dealt with and forced to refund the original EXCHANGE.
pawusboy seeking some of the jewellery the de- price, for failure to pay which he may be ceased was believed to have been wearing up to cashiored and prosecuted; not the slightest The past week has not been very eventful.
the time of tho attack hipon Lor. Just after the favour is to be allowed to be shown him. Tha The Legislative Cornell wet on the fith instant, police came into the shop, with one of the rois forts which are built at any point must be all when the Postmaster General's report for 1885 times of the deceat, a xoan came in and osted strong and let them be craftill inspected. Aug was laid on the tufde, and Bills to regulate the pawn to jalastone bargles. These wore caroless work is to rosult in the severo panish- printing of newspapers, to repeal the sury shown to the polim, and were found to eat of the eBeer in churge The original lows, to amend the law mlating to larceny, to correspond unetly with a description the memorial is to be copial for nerasal. This De to amend the law relating to eles of roversius, deceased's daughter had provienely given of ero is to be sent at the rate of 400 a day to all and others were read à ärst time.
The test them. The girl at once identified the bangles parts for goueral information.” meeting of the shareholders in the Paujom and as hor mother's proparty, and the bat al ár- Sunghio Dua Samantan Mining Co., Limited, rested. The prisoner niinged that the hangles
CHINKIANG. was told the same day. The annuni distriba-
were given him by a un baried Afnk, who and
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No. 12, SEYMOUR TERRACE.
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DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co. Hongkong. 7th December; 1885.
TO BE LET.
38
O. 31, BLGIN TERRACE-Corner of Elgin Street and Caine Road. Possession lat February next.
No. 1, ALDANY-SIX ROOMS, OUT. OFFICES, ani GARDEN. Gan and Water laid on. Possession 1st February next OFFICES and ROOMS in Queen's Road
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was therefore greatly nor doing this point of sti cumstances it will be no matter of surprise to the quette. On his arrival, Li and the Prince had proprietora to learn that the freight revenue has undionous in the Dragon Palace together for maintained, wad prea auguented, during three successive days, and he was the man whom the past your to the extent of some £90,000-sale-- the King delighted to hour" Daring his i ty by increased ok. The pansouror returns,
LATEST TELEGRAMS. visit, presents, cutables, delakables, and other; however, show a slight dimination of £7.745; 81 things, good and-hai, dowed in like a river: In-compared with the of lush year, which is un-
London, 5th January. vitations to dinners, theatres, eto, were thick tirely owing, so far as the directora can jadge, to Tha mahal arg firing from Dongola. as kops, and thʊ Viceroy returned to this plass the interruption of träffe through Italy, owing The Bulgarien and Sorvin Governmonte have lighter by sazas thirty to forty thousand ounces to this existence of quarantine. On the whole appointed delegates to arrange the conclusion of of ayons.
however, the directors trust that the operationspaco. The principal business which neempiot the of tho yong may be ronddered fairly satisfactory M. Freycinet is forming a cabinet. Attention of the Chiunes statesmen when i was in view of a dividend of fire par cent., seccm- The Greek Government has sant & vigorous in Péking was the establishment of a nsely or paled by a bonus of two per cent. (ot 2016antnote to the Great Powersclaiming a rectification ganized Admiralty, and the dission of the of the employment of the ships in transport of the frontier ficcdat the Berlin Congress. important question whether railways should be work), which they now bcg to recommend. introduoad into this country. H.I.H. the Prince of Chun was willing to see the rails put down, and so was the Empress. Regent. There was therefore a tacit nderstanding that the iron steed should be allowed to course ita way in the limits of the Calestial Empire. Recently, howevÓŁ, three bright Censors thought the scheme a bad one. So they took it into their heads to memorialize the I nad srother heal "sport" have returned sera built, they feared thuit the foreigner who Throne concerning it, saying but if thik rond from the lakes after four days sheeting, during low all its sea-oto would one day as it as a which we only succeeded in bagging thirty heads anretient suca of transporting his arinies to of docks and pheasants. We spent three days invade the precincts of the stered City of Pol- at the lake and one day at Nu Wong, about 30ing, with natoly thoughts in his heart. This Hi therefrom. At Nu Wong wa mot six Chinese damped the enthusiusin of the noble host of hunters armed with very ancient muskets, many groot mon in the capital, and consequently factured it seats, several centurise ago. Struck donbta ora entertained whether thổ now with our fowling-pieces, they asked us to join undertaking will over to put through in. them in their wild-boar haut, to which we readily near future. The Admiralty, however, was agreed. The party divided amongst the hills in
unsionsly passed, as they think that sight of each other. Howling thou commenced it is to be the instrument by which the ab in earnest, the objects being to soure the 230-horrod wostora barbarian is to be kept at a catty boara from their haunta, but to piga ex-
proper distance in the future, and the s02- bibited their graesful forms to our anxious view board of the Flowery Tmud dafended and so getting tired we gave the thing up in dis- caroly from any invading foe. The offices of the gust. One of us had an ugly gash on the pro Head Quarters are to be in the building of the bosis which greatly disfigured that generally Shea Chi Ying, which is nader the immediate It was occasioned by ran- direction of Pringo Ch'un. prominent feature.
A grand festival hing font of some prickly bushes.
took place the other day when the halls In indomitable perseverance in commercial were drap in rett, and ongratulations of parruits the Japanese are most decidedly far enfared to inaugurate the fouling of this new perior to ong race of people in the Far East The writer learing that they had opened an 8 tablishment aere for the purpose of carding eat fon, paid a visit to their mill sad was agreeably Birprised with what he saw. Cleanliness was everywhem visible, sad the attention shown by the Japanese was highly gratifying. Our guide (as we may style him) showed us through the s tablishment. First we visited the scrting-rocm, where about 60 or Chinose womon arò cm played in extracting all impurities from the raw cotton. After feinking a baskatful the oofton lecgvysite the inspector--ons of the Japunaso who, un spproval, basit passed on to the weigh- ing room, after which it is forther passed to the machine room, where there are about 26 carding- machines. Each machine is worked lathe fashion by Chinese who plan the raw cotton in the machina, where the seeds are separated from it. After this process is gone through the cotton, is packed in ordinary bales, and then slipped to machine are capable of carding about 40 picula admits of a Curther dividend of 21 per cent, and of cotton daily shen fully employed. Besides the bonus of 2 per cent, which the director no women engaged in sorting, and the man at the me-recommend to be paid, a balance of 20,902 being chines, there are quites camber of cthor Chinese carried forward to next year. employed in packing to. The business is solely Since the-last-roport was issued one of the under the superintendance of Japanese, who two new steamers then under construction, viz., carry it on in a very creditable manner: I hear the Corendel, has completal ber frey vayage ints the intending to a sto mils on the to Calenta and back. These two vessels, as antskirts of Shangbal, hers I have no doubt risted in the last raport, are supplied with ma- their venture will be attended will the success chinary on what is known as the triple expantion principle, from which a considerable saving in A private inquiry was hell at the British fuel is erpanter. The liceaters grs glad to state Consulata here on the 31st altinto into tho mys that, so far as the exporinen of a single soyage terions disapperanza of Mr. A. Groundwater, may be considered to determine the result, the chief pilot of the steamer. Chungking, on the economy is at least as great, if not greator, than night of the 25th December. The depositions was anticipated. The second of those vessels was of the captain, soooad officer, and two quarter-launched the other day, receiving the name of masters was tallet: tres have been made the Bengal, and she will be at work in the cone
uin Porter is not new to the work, as he was on the run hosk for home with the wial and Seal, so that all the reports of distarbanes to our worthy pilot Mr. J. Smith to fill the va of a month from the present time. In versl
fer some tima A. D. C. to Graveral Surgeat when tide the weight to the Nanna's cutter did not there are so mazy wyths. Captain Leicester C andy caned by the death of Mr. Groundwater.of the reports of recent years the directors have Hongkong Hotel Corapany's Shares S&L per hour that the turret ironcled Agamemnon, I gained somewhat on her, but the bad gained; take command of the Cleopatra, is now dying (ACCONES, BERRY, PORT. I hear he will not scmpt the post for a leas sambre obbed to dwell ut considerable length sa
attached to the 2nd Battalion of the Buitstall lu ter four, and the other two boats Evypui, R.N., who arrived here yesterday to than two hundred Mericans per mousim.
The Russian arciser Kragster left Lote this pany in consequence of quarantine restrictions in
the inconvenience and loss suffered by the coz-Chins Sugar Refining Company, Lirited-546 Captain Lear, will leave this station about the too ruch in the beat and they only wiped his pennant on board. morning for Amy, and the German steamer Egypt and elsewhere. During the past your these Atalarda arrived at the sime tims from your wristina kova kao falt more or leas securely,
stitation in the Imperial capital of China, sand which has for its President a Prince of Imperial Blocd. The present state of the Admiralty is however still crude, and meal is torby dous be fore it cau answer the purpose for which it was desigual.-N. C. Daily News Correspondant.
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tion of prizes at the Hongkong Public Schoolust gone to Carton, in satisfaction of money The Chinking correspondent of the Mercury took place at St. Paul's College on the Oth inst, owing. The prisoner was formuely & street states that butween 3 and 4 p.m. on the 30th alt. E.E. the Administrats siding. A cricket cool, but for same time past be stems to have a body of natives (Ningpo men), numbering P, atoh, Hongkong Cricket Club v. Army and abandoned that calling and hate had no wards of forty, nesembled at the newly erosted Navy, was played on the 8th and 9th instant, re-visible meme of Herlikood. He heas at Yammat of the American Methodist Mission at that port, houses of the Rora. J. Langdon and G. Woodal, salting in a vistory for the latter on the first Under the circumstances it will, perliups. be and forced their way in. They tied both of the innings by 125 rank The Zarzuela Spanish thought as well if the inquest had cut been res, gentlemen's hands bohind their backs and Cporn Company gave their first performen harriedly conlaled before the police had timed thern through the public streets to the ma the City Hall Theatre on the 9th inst. A sail make endeavours to procure more complete gistrate's yaman in the aity, who, after heuring ing bost race for open boats came u oa the 6th evidenec. instant, when the Namou's cutter won. The
The raro for open boats arranged by Captain the complaint of the mob against them, had the British aorvotto Constance arrived on the 5th Burnie in unseenence of the unsatisfactory missionaries conducted back to their houses by inst, and willpay off and recommission here for nature of the race on the second day of the re- au urmed sswort. The correspondent hears shat tha Chins Station. Her now raw arrival by gatta, gan f tory successfully on the 6th the plausible souse giren for the outrage is the | the Groutes. The Audacious was recommission- instant. Boats outsile those entered at the alleged nan-taimont by the mlesiotaries of the Begatia mary and allowed to carpate and contract for the bases, and that the Unitsil Itatós Consul Eas takon prompt notion is the the flagship Audacious, left here for England vessels which sent bosts' en that oc- on the 5th inst. by the F. and O. Menaner Mension having suco left the port, the number matter. The Wanderer has it is stated, been Rutos, in First-class Godowns.
was greatly reduced. Besides this, from ordens from Sbanrtai to Chinking. various reasons one of the men-of-war's boats by the slasner Mongkat, which arrived here entered, and the mes it elf was confined On Saturday night, the 9th inet, from Bangkok, to thron boat cutters from the stomer The balance- Troutsze Insurance Association-T's, 129 per! EL. E. Seahor Rosa, Governor of Macao, arrired Names and the elips Oberon and Dartmouth, ! · Wə (H. V. Daily Neies) regret to bara to
Cute Insurance Company, Loited-$170 per hero with: his suite.
There was a uniber of other boats salling John of the London Mission at Hinakow. She The British composite sloop Daring, Com but these were puly going for some prias Leen for many years a resident in Chian mander Davis, returned her moorings in the vate arrangement. At about ten minutes to
The following is the report of the Board of Dixsotars of the Ravine star sand-Oriental Staan. Navigation Company, presented at the forty- fifth annual meeting on the 8th December:--
The directors have now to submit their forty- fifth annual report, in anticipation of the meet- ing to be held on the 8th instiat. sheets and accounts show that the net surpl for the rots, including £173, brought forward. amounts to £220,897, which, after deducting tha
Quotations are-- Elongkong and Shanghai Bank Sharee~175
por csub preminua Union Insuraïre Soniaty of Canton, Limited—
8153 or share. Obina Traders Insurance Company's Shares
Stidh por ahore.
North China Insuranos-Tls. 300 por share,
share.
share.
ed on the 6th instant.
Capt. "IL L. Pearzon, N. late commander of
zapore.
HANKOW.
notice the death, on the 29th alt, of Mrs. Griffith
Osaka to be manufactured into picco-goods. Tho interim dividend of 21 per osat, pald in June last On Tai Insurance Company, Limited-Ts.harbour on the 8th inst. She left here on Wed-tbree Captain Burgio got the boat off to a good daring come ent in September, L854. She was
it deserves.
SHANGHAI.
port. H.B.M.'s gunboat Wanderer is exported net anty in Egypt, but also at Brindisi and Mat to pay as a visit soon. Some of the officers have sailles. At the present moment there is still been making enquiries with regard to the Ching quarantine on the homeward arrival of the stean hal barrier, on board one of our local steamers. Fers at Sues, sud ratil recently there has been for -Mercury Correspondeni.
some three months a strict quarantine at Alexan dria on arrivals from Brindis. Te consequenes of the practical obstruction to the call service, Iconset by the latter rivenumstance, the directors A poculiar case of absent-mindedness no the were obliged to apply to the Pestanater Stueral part of a Chinaman has been reported to as. It to allow the mail sorvios to be carried on riz te appears a native went to one of the Banks and Suz Canal, which was needed to. It is due to drew at $500 in tesl notos. When he left the the administration of the Suez Canal Company Bank he had on his shoulder some strings to state that every effort was maks by Bat Com- cash, which broke, and the coin was all scattered pany to fasilitate the transit of the mails, sn tunt about. The man had the notes in his hand, and no delay should be incurred owing to the ohnage when he stooped down to pick up his cash, he of routs. Notwithstanding those drawbacks the placed them on the ground. Having succeeded directors are happy to state that the mail service in collseting the casit, ha went away hat forgot throughout the whole year has to performet all short his mates. When he diacovorad his with the atmost puntually, and with few and 108, be returned to nok for them, but it is hard-significant exceptions, every mail as los de
livered ut every port in adviezen of gontract date,
Daily News.
ly possary to states that he did not find them-he mileage of the your unter revier amcunted A serious accidant occurred on the Bubbling to 2,482911 miles, and this distance was run with Well Road on the evening of the 3rd inst. Ajout nacidout of any kind. It is. however, with Mrs. CO. Liddell and Mrs. Vale wars driving auch regret that the directors have now to an- home from Church they were met by thres cresce the loss of the steamships Indas, off the being driven abreast down the road. The par. coast of Ceylon. in the first work of Norenber na who were acting as Jehus were drank and The circumstances under which the ship ran intentionally or otherwise ous of the traps col-ground are not yet faliy know. This lows, hur lided with the converanos occupied by the ladios, ing secured-subsequent to the farmination of The shock precipitated thom into the road. The the financial year to which this report refara, will most flagraceful soon then earned, the offenders be made good in the underwriting acurant of eursing and swearing, and when the husbands of 86-1880, but it will be satisfactory to she pro the ladies appeared upon the scene they assumed pristers to learn that the vessel stands at a mo bellicose attitudes. The ladies were conregal to derate figure in the books of the Compacy. their homes, very much upset by the accident, but we are glad to ssy without having sustained any serious hodily injuries
All the vessels mentioned in the last raport as being engaged in the transport service have bagn. paid off, with the exception of the Pornak, the The Directors of the Shanghai and Jongkow Geelong, and the Decan, which are still under, Wharf Company have evidently lost all con-agagemont for this work. To these gay be fidence in the effioianoy of the Municipal Polise alee added the Venetia, which has brou despat Foros, for on the 5th inst. we noticed four or shed from London to convey rainforestants to five coloured mon on the wharf in uniform, and Ceylon and China her service terminating im in answer to enquiries made we were informadelistely the disembarkation of the troops af at the Company had formal a police servies of their destination. It is gratifying to the di its own, onder the control of Captain-Superin. rectors to be able to stats that they have received tandout White, late head maion of the Ewa from the naval and military commanding officers. racing stud who looks quite guy in his new wall as from the Admiralty, the highest adornments--blue uniform with silver facings. testimony as to the eficiency of the ships recout. We have now Captain-Superintendent MoEron ly employed as transports, as well as to the zral as head of the foreign division of the Municipal of the Company's afflcera engaged in that branch Police Force; Captain-Superintendent Maof the service. The castomary intimation has hamed All-or some other name that sounds been receivet from the Postmaastor-General. ant RD gwool-as hond of the Sikh divi giving notice of the termination of the present sion of the Municipal constabulary Captain-mail contracts at the beginning of 188. Saparintendent Wilson, host of the Lekin The usual charges for insurance and deprecia- runners and last but not least. Captain- tion and for repair and renewals have been made Superintendent White. Commander-in-Chief of against the working of the pear. The jamount the Hongker Wharf guardians of scrap iron and of £260,391 has been writton of the value of the cal hays Competition is good for trade, and feet for the present year, being 5 per cent, on we hope that those who pay. Municipal Rates the original cast of the ships. The sum of and are Hongkow Wharf shareholders as well195,213, being the cost of ordinary and special will approdate the honour of having to con- repairs, Las been debited to repair and renewal tribute to the maintenance of two bodies of account, but it will be observed that the balance ornamental Peelers(Juurier.
TIENTSIN.
19th Docombox.
per share.
share.
Hongkong Fire Insurance Company's Shares
$397 por abare,
די
Boned craft.
Canton Insuranes Office, Limited-$80 pursday in search of a derelict junk reported to start, abreast the Vicles Enerol, and they beat then the wife of the Bar. Dr. Jenkins, of the be lying in the way of vessels coming to this port. up against a very light N. E. breeze towards Ameriaan Methodist Episcopal Mission, South. but was unable to find any traces of the abuo the Channel Koaks, which they had to razzd. At that time it was her oarnest desire to devote The breeze freshened, soon after the start, barself to missionary work, and to be useful. in At a regular mesting of the United Service, and made the wo more interesting. Cap-any way she would in connection with it. Sto Freemason's Lodge held on the Sth inst. thuretain Wastohy sailed the Mama's cutter, and was a woman of grost natural endowments, with was mother slastion for Worshipful Muster for in the beat up against the wind le gained various sccomplishments of high order, and of
he year in cossequence of the resignation of Bru. much advantag from J. Facker, who was elected at the presiese weer-carried Leavier ballast than the others.
the fact that he strong, forvent, religious forling. ing. The choice of the lodge fell upon Wor reached the rocks a long way ahead, the other shipfnt Hr. Capt. Croiecals.
two boats being in close company. The times of rounding wore
Chius Fire Insurance Company's Shares $79
per share, Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company's
Shara-70 per cent prom. Toogkong, Cantos. and Mrs Steamboat Co.'s Indo-Ubian Steam Navigation Co.'s Shares
Shares-254 prmiure, sollers.
5 per gest, discozat. China and Manila Stevnship Company, Limited
-30 por cout. discount, nominal Douglas Steamship Company, Limited-$-18
per slurs. Hoogkong Gas Company's Shares--$130 per
share.
slinre.
per share.
2 per cent. preisn nomiwal.
per share,
Captain A. Porter, 1st Battalion The Buffs, we arrived here on the 9th Inst. from Singa. pore by the P. and O. steamer Ganges, has come hrs to act as Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency The Offiver Administering the Government. Cup
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latter and of this mouth, and will join the Modi-off two and a half minutes art of her nine China Sugar Refining Company (Debentures-terranean Squadron. Her place on this station mautes lead. The hrane and Dartmouth's
will be taken by the Linder, a double-straw boats egade a hot fight of the whole way home,! steel craisor, 2,700 tons, in gins, now being pre which was mainly decided by a trifling accident Leander is a fast and povertlerniser, bnt willing wer!== .
red for her saamissian in these waters. The to the rigging of the latter. The tires of finish
Iba a poor substitute for the floating fortress ske
is fonded, to replace.
Laton Sugar Rohang Unompany Lireitor-879 Hongkong Tea Company's Shares-$165 par
share.
Boughour and Chias Bakery Company, Trimited
-3120 per share.
Perak Tin Mining and Smelting Company
-$20 por alare. Pinjam and Supplie Dua Samatan Mining
Company, Limited—$84. Selangor Tin Mining Company-$5 per share. Perak Sugar Cultivation Company-Ts. 18 pur
share.
mited-$60 per share.
The British corvette Constance, 14, Captain Frederic Ponghty, arrived here on the morn ing of the 5th inst. from Honoluin, having ente
from the Tecilie to join the China Squadron ander Admiral Hamilton's roused. She will recommission horo at paos, her now crew having Consience is one of the C. class of correttas, si- already arrived in the transport Orontes The
Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Corapany, Limilar in all respects to the Cleopatra and Curua. Shu saluted the Admiral's lag and Hongkong and Mass Glass Manaloturing Co., the port soon after stival.
Limited. Par, nominal.
The returns of the Stamp Collector for the Chinees Enterid Irena of 1954 A-2 per cent. years 1881 and 1935 ara published in Saturday's
promium.
Gazette. The total revente onlinched in 1985 wes Chinese Imperial Loan of 1881 B-5 per coat, 8145,581.81, ascompared with $157,494 78 in 1831, Chiasso Imperial Loan of 1581 0-5 per cent decrease ware bank note duty bills out
not decreure of 33.912.92. The principal items
change and promissory asles, transfer of shares, and adhesive stampa, the latter showing o falling of of $7,983.02. A notable increase was apparent in the revenue derived from bills of lading, con- yeyances or assignments,-probate, and bills of health
premium.
premium.
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Wind,
STATION.
remaining at the orodit of that account is now. |8189,907—a satisfactory feature in the Com- pany's position, seeing that the regairements of a new mall contruct may involve a special ez. | Manih penditure under this head. The directors have: Delinao used their disgration in carrying to the credit
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In China, as in other countries, it is customary for the new comer to tirat visit the residents of profits of the year, making up the balanes of that the place, after which the latter retuy the com-ucovant to £95.906. It will be borne in mind that pliment. So strictly is thin point of tette thisaccoontis specially intended to provide in some anforest in official circles, that only great in-degree for the equalisation of dívíšends when the timacy or extraordinary circumstaneas con necessity arises, for quak: mozno. It is £bero. justify a violation of the rule, and porsons.so fore a fund to which recourse may be had under "offending are considered to haya Jowered their exceptional eirezmstarees. After debting the dignity by stooping to an act of serrillty. When, nemal and also the exceptional charges (the latter however, H. E. Li Kuog-obasy went to Peking on account of war risk), on the underwriting ue- A month or so ago, H.I.H. Prince Ch'un pait him count, the directors are happy to recommend a the high bonour of first calling, and inquiring beans of 1 per cent, on the profits of the same. how he fored ontheway, whether the journey bad In conformity with the provisions of the deed of fatigued him, oto, ote: and when the ceremonions settlement, two of the directors and the antitors had visit was concluded.and the Viceroy conducted his go out of office on the day of the present meet illustrious guest to his sedan chair covered with ing. The ratiring directors, Mr. Joseph Silver- green and draped in Imperial yellow, the Prince far Gedfrey and Mr. William Fane de Salis, ordered his basrers to move his chair away, and offer themselves for re-election, and the Board refused to get into it while the Vicoroy stood by have much plasamie-in recommending them for to see him off. The Viceroy therefore went np that honour at the hands of the proprietors. Tha to the woolies and stopped them from moving auditors, Mr. William Samuel Diacon and Mr. farther, and prayed the Prince to gat into the Henry John Daddeley, also offer themselves for chair; which boing dono, after reiterated persus-ro-dootion.
verbock-
124 bows!
The Bootes is rising. Gradiente costimue slight The Temperdute in Aigh, the humidity moderate, and the weather
W. DOBEROK. Hongkong Obamatory, 11th January, 1886.
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER
don, the two parted. The meaning of the part In their half-yearly report to the propriotota Ing cokomony is probably not generally known in June last the directors rande, the following amongst the western pablic, and a word in or observations on the condition of frado - Not planation would perliâps be acceptable to your withstanding the fact that the Government haya arometer numerous readers Whan one oftojat visits" an- recently had under charter not insa than 300,000 | Rasperature other and sores in a chair, or on horse-back, on tons of steam tonnage it is with mash ogret that Hamidity leaving the host geen him into his chair and then the directors have to state that there has been no Force of wind
Direction of wind withdraws into the house. The gnast nanally tangible improvement in the geom! saipping Weather refuses to mount while the host stands outside trade of the Bast during the last six months. Gaia .............. the host presses, and the guest negaleses after Partly, no doubt, this may be accounted for by may protostations, and at last leaves. This is the complicated state of political affairs, which when the two are equal or hovo no oficial con-his created distrust ju mest branohee of business; nection. Au immediate superior, or senior off-but, broadly stated, the fact remains that, as re- ber, however, door not ses his guest to the gate. gards shipping, the over-supply of tonnego in and the distance he conducts his guest on leaving relation to trade may still be reckoned by hut- a regolatal according to his distance-in-mak.dreds of thousands of tons. It is again with-a- It sometimes does not exceed the limits of a Vice- feeling of disappointment that the directors have roy's audienos chamber door. The ceremony of to state that up to the close of the finansial year B.LA. Frince Chun in lesving, HE. Li-Hung, so improvement had taken plase in the general thang sad his ordering his ohair to be removed zapact of shipping business. Under these cir.
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WINDAO two pn.ats. UTSECTION OF TA -Fox MY WEED Nording to Boufort Scale. -STATO TE WRACK: B. blue sky! 57. Metached gloude: Dufrisadog reinfeg Orgloony H-hal light.
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HINA.
FONCHOW.
CHEFOO.
The Chafuo correspondent of the M. C. Daily Neza writes under date of the Som December:-- 11:38. Cleopatic Commuter Schomberg. R.N. arrived here this morning from Chemalpo, where she left H.M.8. Abatross. At the time of her leaving-29th-corything was quirt at
PERING.
DOEGLAS LAPRAIK & Co. Hongkong. lat February, 1832.
[39 ONGRONG WHARF & GODOWNS.
Goods received on STORAGE al Moderato
MEYER & Co.
Entire GODOWNS to be LET
Hongkong. 3rd March, 1881.
Apply to
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FOR SALE.
(ALIFORNIAN. FLOUR,
The Finest FLOUR in the Market is
STARE & Co.'s wall known, best roller mido
STRENGTH
TRY IT.
UNSURPASSED.
"DRAGON EXTRA.”
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FOR SALE.
(120
OUR OARED GIG. SEZONY-HAND. No
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-Apply,.. Daily Press Office. Hongkong, 6th Januszy, 1886, - {101
FOR SALE.
AT WHOLESALE PRICES.
O CLARETS, CHAMPAGNE. HOCKS, BURGUNDY. BRANDY, WHISKIES. ALE, STOUT, MACHINERY, LAWN MOWERS. SCALES. BICYCLES. PAINTS, OILS. VARNISH.
Apply to
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Bank Buildings. Hongkong, 1st January, 1386.
(71
TRICHORD
FOR SALE.
COTTAGE PIANOS, COMPLETE IRON FRAMING kad
PATENT METAL PIN PIECE,
Thera has been a very aveasy feeling among the Legations lately owing to runteurs doating about of various government condracts and eom- bizations of this and that nationality. There is but one idea in the brain of the foreign Minis taza at present, that of preventing the traders and manufrotarers of any nationality but their own from transacting business with the Chineso. It is said the Fronek Planipotentiary bus. 20 other mission to China thim to fomes the Govern. ment to buy rails and railway gear from Froach factories and the commercial leasing of According to the Prockow Etko, a now publi- several of the other Logutions han. Long been bion to the operatively long list of ships built unterions. It is said, but I cannot vouch for the at the Foocho Araual the 3rd truth of it, that we of the Ministers has stepped December, when the warship Chiogking was down from his sort of diguity and made a re-15 Dollara, if required. tunnetund. She is composite built. 220 feet long, wenstrance to the Tsuy-li Yumen against the and her stern projects under water to give Rota tion enough to myport a heavy gan in blup howa The Ching-ag in the twenty sixth vised turned
being an idle of any sort. out in vertoon gears. She went down into the water as prettily as any ship could, there
NINOPO
with all the
latest raprovements. PRICE FROM $240. Payable also, by Monthly Instalments from
W. POWELL & Co.:
(1772
employment of any nationality but his own in Hongkong, 1st January, 1836.
now ontorprises in China. You can imagios
COMPANY.. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Aponta.
FOR SALE.
PURE MANILA and SISAL BOPES in Cos from 6 thread to 8 inches.
than, what a flutter there was in the dosenteHE SAN FRANCISCO CORDAGE when rumors of this concession and that a tract and the other combination, were put about. The Ministers lost their oquilibrium for a time. and Forved up their Consuls with improaches for not kesping them better informed; but the Con- sals have had the langh on their side, for it 3h Dorera bor."
torns out that the restlaumes of the whols | Wingpo is bustling at present giving dinner body diplomatic proceeded from ons very small parties to The ent-door Castrone staf gave a lea.--The "Manchester Syndicate" was in P dinuse on Cristmas day, at whiele-20 persons sathing in person, and could no usore Ledp toaving down. The dining room was very tastefully deurde in its wake than the other can help povated, as also was the table. After dianer | exading atter of roses from bis bide. Se all is evral setze Turi kang, and at midnight the pazeefal again, and ne bones broken. But why balk of the guests Tad departed, leaving there such old birds so easily "chaffo—N Č.
Daily Nine Correspondant. burbators to have a merry sime together,
Mach sympathy has been felt for the unfor
SHANGHAI,
KOREA.
A correspondent of the Nagasaki Bising Sun in Cheralpo, Karea, bases on very good at. thority that the North German Lloyds will ex bond their line to Nagaanki and Chemulpo in April nor and that the Russian steamer Baikal will also rup to that port in the spring from Vadivostock.
Besdonts at Kowloon, beware! Some light fingered gentry ready to appropriate all uncon sidered titles on which no watch is kept appear to be hovering about. On Sunday afternoon a robbery of this kiad took place from Ms J. I. Cox's bungalow. A box full of kriva, forka, and spoons, whiot had just baca cleaned, and placed on the sideboard, were, quietly lifted by
Several Japanese hitely strived have sterlud some thief who was evidently on the alert for a cotton mills, aut to all appearances are doing a shaner, mi made it eren under the very nors thriving basiness. of the owners of the property, who were not Far from the bungalov at the time. The castucato accident stained by Mr. Pearon Ass. Korea, according to the Show-pag of the thirst. has been made known to the Police.
member of the competing Stanglai Four he has applied to Chim for the restoration of Lae Attention in directed to the notice on our front gained the good will of all.
vity of Fang-Wang so the ecuntry in ita page announ dug the issue, by the Hongkong and beeri severely felt by all his friends here, and prefecture, and belonged formerly Karos. Up sudies death of Caplan Groundwater has vicinity. The place is situated in the Fung Tien Shanghai Banking Corporation, of Dabanturator £300,000 for the China Merchants' 3. N. Ca. under they were not few. He was much, respected, and to date it is not known whether China will comply authority from His Excellency the Visaroy of as an addition to a party where singing was look with the request. Chibli. The Bouds will be £150 each, bearing in- for, he could not be surpose. It will be bordas at 7 per cent, and zo tezkor wil be enter many a day be born we see his Iko again, or for tainedunder £105 feruash Debontare. Thesecuri at big-Conraer Correspondent. ty offered conarts of the valuable freehold and leasehold property of the Company valued at £190,350, and twenty-two steamers valued at The US. S Alert left Shanghai on the 5th £49055. The debeatures will be reimed at inst. for Ningpy, en route for Hongkong. Saigon. par by instalments extending from 1st March, and. Singipers The Mercury says she is ex-
The following referenco to gold mining in, 1887, to 1st September 1805, and the interest will pected to ratura to Skaughai la June, previous Korea appears in a letter to n Japanese paper be paid quarterly.
to her departure for Ban Francisco, whers the brendated by the Japan Mail:-Acting Consal On the morning of the 5th lust. batween nine vessel will be part of commission-
Mr. Oku, along with two policemen, one attaché and ten o'clock, a case of housebreaking conrred ) His Excelloney the Viceroy of Chilli has of the Conrulate, and six merchants, left. For in Graham-street. Mr. AH. Chinoy, who lives signifiel is intention of presenting unther Yong-heung, to inspect the twenty-one gold | · at No. 26, loft his house with his sou at about honorite tablet to the I-pae offer. It is to mines in the locality. It is the principal gold pite sw, and went to do some basis the inscribed with characters writen by the field in Ham-gyong-do, and two thousand Bonham Strand. Forttaately for them they Viceroy's own lad, denosing the existence of labourers are employed in the mines. Gold dat fergot to take something with them that wasnitenism among spoonbille and flounders is not deg in the monnta'ns districts, but required for their businow that morning, and qd, those in high stations and those in low. The worked out on the plains between the mountains, this asing discovered soon after they reached tablets heretofore presented to us were given by the implemente used being of the simplest coa the bones they were duing baniness with Mr. the Fu-tal of Shantong and the Governor of the struction. In winter the work is entirely suspend. Chinoy sont his son back for it. On arrival at Imperial Preferture, 2., Peking
jod owing to the burdening of the scil; which the cuss young, Mr. Chiser found the door The N. C. Daily News of the 1st iust, saya difoulty, however, can be easily overcome with broken open, and inside.several borsa opaned. No traces have hitherto been found of the body the aid of superior implerents. He also found a Chirames there, sod seized him. of A. Groundwater, the pilot, wao so mysteriously The nun, howevers drew a dagger upon him. disappeared on Wednesday evening, it appears, apon which Mr. Chinoy let him go, and he es- however, that during an interview as bad with
the Captain of the Chengking, that floor re
esped
A few days since there was a parrow scapo of proached him with having been draak and arst
JAPAN,
NAGASAKI.
6 to 12 thrual Munils ..12 Cents pur 16. 1 inch to 8 inches Manila 11. Ceats per 1b. APPLY AT THE GODOWNS,
No. 13. Priya Contral. Hongkong, let January, 1988.
HAS
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FOR SALE.
HEID SICK'S CHAMPAGNE, 1880, WarTE SEAL. $19......... per case of i dozee quarts. $30........ por caso of 2 dozen pints. GRAND VIN CHATEAU LEOVILLE. 324 per ut 1 dozen marley CHATEAU LAKOSE. $12........... per case of 1 dazén quarts.
PONTET CANET. 39.50 per cass of 1 dosen quarts. PALMER MARGAUX $4.50........per caso of 1 dozen quarts. $2.50 per case of 2 dozen pinta.
LORMONT. ............................ per· case of 1 dozon quarts. 30...........per case of 2 dozen finis
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WINES AND SPIRITS.
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FOR SALE.
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For Hongkong, China, and the East,
Hongkong, 1st July, 1885.
OSEPH
1209
GILLOTT 8 STEEL PENS.
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Bold by all Stationers und Dealora.
WINTER
TIME TABLE,
THE KOWLOON· FERRY.
STEAM-LAUNCH "MORNING STAB"
Runs Daily as a Ferry Boat between PEDDAR'8-
a big fight among the coolies employed on the for duty. Groundwater theroupon went to his The U.S. flug ship Trenton arrived at Nags. 2 furtification works going on at Shankisan cabin, undressed, put on his pyjamas, agd re- saki on the 24th alt, and the farton arrived large number of men are engaged there, and paired to the vahin of one of the ongines there on the 38th, from Jaachaam. One of the acme time sinos alarge gang of cookies went down where he wrote his will, or some document of a to seek for weeks.
crew of the Marion preidentally fall from the A quarrel onsned, and arrange testamentary tuge. He her word le the fore yard on Wednesday morning. The 30th it, ments were made for a debt. Nowa of the campradate and asked for his watch, which the staining moh savers injuries that he died proposed battle resohed Inspector Swanston at latter had in his possession for safe keeping. ahant an hour afterwards, Stakiwon Station, however, and that oloer Shortly afterwards he left the cabin, and has seat an intimation to the ring lenders of the affair Lever been seen since."
The Nagasaki paper, in announcing the sudden informing them that if any light cured he The Shanghai Courier says We learn from on the 1st December, Ray--Captain Crighton death of Captain Crighton in Juachuan barber proposed to enter a third party in the shape of a reliabls Chinese source that Messrs. Siems-left Yokohama in the Tokio Maru on the 16th pouse of armed polies. The world bo belligorcats sen & Co. here longed from the China Mer December, in the capacity of nasistaut to Capt. considered the matter, ud finally came to the chants' Stoom Navigation Company for a period Winn, in consequence of his knowledge of the conclusion that ander the circumstances it would af five or ten years, their Central and HongKorean coast. At that time he is reported to. be best to augs to u jezoeful settlement; so that kew Wharves. The wont is said to be Tls. 32,500 have been apparently a good health. The day
dent of blood spilling and many soro bones, per aourt Messrs. S. C. Farnham & Co. have after leaving pert, however, he was taken ill with War and Tsu-Tea-Tour at the folowing perhaps even lives, wer spared.
vontracts well in hand for rebauling the Central malarial fever, to which he has long been subjoot, Leurs-This Time Tabls will take effect from On Monday afternoon, the 4th inst, the body Wharf and building the Lowessmy pontoons for and the following day he became delirions, in the 20th October, 1335, of a Chinaan was found upon the hillside at and the Houglo Wharves."--The same paper which state ho rouained throughout the voyage. considerable distance abere the road between udds, ir ita azt jane The news we publish- The Doutor of the 3.3.8. Marion kindly vialted Leaves Quarry Bay and Shaukiwa by some people on ed yesterday that Messrs. Sietson and Co. had him junmediately upon the arrival of the ship at Kowloon the bill. The man had evidently not been dead lousal the China Morchants Steam Navigation Jenchuan, but his recovery was then beyond all long, and by him was found a small vessel can Company's Central aul Lower Wharves bзs not hope, and at 6 am. on the 21st Ee quietly parsed] taining traces of opinn, while round his neck a been generally credited, but we have every reason away. He was interred at Fenobaan on the 24th.40 handkerchief was somewhat tightly tied. Infor to believe that it is perfectly true."
December. tation rachid Shrukiway Station of the next. Considerable interest was munifested says the tar, and Inspector Swanston proveeded to the Daily News) in the landing of the K-bon Arm-. spot. He had the holyamorod to the Mortuary strong guas from the Madras lying alongside in a dead box, considerable difficulty being ex-Hunt's Wharf, Shanghai, on the 1st ult. Ample purinroud in getting it down the hill to the road provision had boon mude to get thdao gans ont The as of the man is at present unknown, of the ship, and the shears were strengthened to The French military medal given for servicos but he is thought to have been a travelling Chiprevent nacidout. The lifting gear consisted of in Touqula has been conferred on ten Anoumits nese hat blocker and cleauer. It is believed that two scared blocks in ons purchase and another tirailleurs
-COCHIN-CHINA,
SAIGON.
تی بیورو
7.30
1.90 ..
WEEK DAYS.
SUNDAYS.
Isavea Laayou
Leaves
Hongtong Kowloon G.00 A.M.
Hongkong
7.00 A. *BOU AD.
7.00 ..
$.00
8.30-
"
800
8.50
$10.15.
9.09... -10.90
115.
-19.00 0.
10.30
12.30 PM.
18.45 1.7.
1.00
2.00
1.30
2.0
3,00
8.01
4,10
4.30
5.25
6.15
7.00
5.
$15"
7.00.
19.30 F.M.
1,50)
There will no Launch on Monday and
The above Time Table will be strictly adhered
he went up the hill and took opium, after which purchase onsisting of the 4 and one 3-sheared. A duel took pisce at 3x gon last month, mys "butied the handkerchief round his nook to pro blocks, also one for ring Duresso, two Manila Aecnir du Tankin, botwear M. Auhuaia, Sur- Friday, on account of waling.
vent vomiting ap the deng, and lay down to be howsers respectively and 9 iurboe being omveyor, and M. Guy Ancerville, late editor of ooo stupified and dis. No money was found ployed for the two former. About one hundred the Trompete. The latter was sericualy wound upon him, but he was a man of rather respectable coolies we engaged, there being sixty man on el in the shoulder. The use of the encounter apraazarice,
„two of Coryell'a captans. The operation of 'wasa MOIRAN:
to, except under navoidable cironmstances. In
case of stress of weather, due notice will be gives of any stoppages.
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