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CORRESPONDENCE.

We do nul lot ourselves cospons ble or the opialoy

dxplosed by one Correspondents.} FEVER IN HONGKONG ÄND IT

CAŬBRS.

mate

VO QUE EDEMR OF THE "BAILY PRESS," St.Having referred in your leaderof gestor. day to earth-ending ty a probable cause of the late aplamic of fear in the Western District, shonbil up glad if you will kindly allow make the following renacks antis and one subjects in comcution with it, as they may possi- bly interest you and some of your readers. I may stato that I purposed mentioning them when bo- for the Commissioners, but was not allowed an opportunity of doing an These rourke aro based on my of personal allisovratioris as rúran- given and a long resident in the above District Withost anticipating in any way the Report of the Fever Commissionera 1 vantura to think that the cause of the late opidogic of furor will ho found in oue if not all of the following

CAINEN ***

1-Earth Cutting.

The wat marahy patches of ground in ver- tain parts of the District.

3-In the defective and ineficioal sewers and house draine.

SUMMARY OF. THE

KWANG-PAO

The following is a summary of the contents of the Kwang-pao of February 28th-..

Notice of Dr. Ilapper's proposed Colleg3 repeated.

Leading AnfICLE. Leading article on the zúzores inslitation for the encouragement of study: batablialed hy the present and farmer Viserys of Canton; highs 15 landatory of the abilities of the Cantorose which, helped by those Colleges, giro good hope that in the future many lording statesmen will spring from the crowd of scholars who are outti. Tating their talents in the

Newd.

Story of a man in the Western Suburb going mad ai inttoting serious injury on himself with bitchen chopper, which be somet to think

·would prove a good diuretio

Numerous branks in the telegraph lines report. ed. Comminication interrupted ponding the lizon at Foochow, at Shoo-ksing, Chi-toning, ausd" Hangohor being copaired.

A Talist wins bar Remes by taking opinm-in cause her donth but insaciont quality" enough to frighten har relatives.

A child picks up some melted dollars peking about the ruins of a burat home. Ho is allowed by Chinos law to keep his finding

in the Pan-yn district, several hundred dollars' Tango boat attacked by pirates at Phokou worth of phunder carried off.

Thief caught trying to commil burglary in

Notice of a paper mill about to bo established in Hongkong. the explosion of a percussion en

Accident in a gunshop: a customer hurt by

DESTINATION

LONDON, VIL SU CAVAL LONDON AND HAMBURG FONDON AND HAMRURG LONDON DIRECC. LONDON LONDON

THE DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 1ựr, 1888.

HAVRE AND LONDON****** HAVRE AND HAMBURG, Ra... MARSCILLOS TIA BAGUS, ke. BREMEN & PORTS of CALE........ VANCOUVER B.C., Bar Foo,&o.. SAN FRANCISCO VIA YHAM. SAN FRANCISCO VIA XHAMALE) SAN FRANCISCO. SAN FRANCISCO

VESSEES ADVERTISED AS LOADING.

YESEL'S NAME

Diomed (str. Dorothing Thondur Raga............. Mail Taylor...

Senta Emo

Polyhymnin (str.)... Saghalion (str.), Snotesen (atr.) ...... Partlingle. City of Rio (str.)...

Gaelio (skr.) - Fret. Litchiebl Great Astniral.....

Taheran (alr.)...... Benlari (str.)...... Fushiki Mura (str.) Kougang (str.)....... Natal (str.)... Coton (str.) Tulemachas (str.)... Auchinos (alt.) ...... Zadro str.)

NEW YORK. & Paubles YOKOHAMA' VIA NAGASAKI, &o. YOKOBA WA AND KOBE- NAGASAKI TIENTSIN

SHANGHAL KOBE, &o. SITANGHAI vra Swarow SHANGHAI VIA AMOY SHANGHAã vĩả Axoy MANIT,A DIRBOT

CAPTAIN.

Bigley.............

Hongkang H. T. Meslor,,, | Hongkong CMayor Hongkong Tas. E. Turki Hongkon J. Pazno... Hongkong Piowaan... Hongkong Wm. Samators Hongkong W. Schaefer... Hongkong Finla

Hongkong A. Jaugur Ilongkong Wallace

0. C. Young J. F. Kowall. Th. Burnham.

Freeman Thouwen Sellar..... Sch Brauer Jones Lupags Talbot

FOX TLEIGHT APELY TO.

Batterhold & Swire Arlich Kurberg & Co... Aruloll, Barbarg de Co..... Carlowits & Co.... Pustau & Co..... Moloko & Co. Arnhold Karberg & Co... Biemagen & Co. Manecos Maritimes...... Molches & Co Adminson, Bol & Co..... P. M. S. S. Co.

0.4 0.8. 8. Co.,

Mollers & CO..........

Hongkong

Russell & Co,

Hongkong Hongkong

Pustaa & Co... P.&O. S. N. C........ Hongkong Gibb, Livingston & Co..... Hongkong Mitani Busan Kaishia.... Eongkong

Jarline, Matheson & Co.... Massagerie Maritiones...... Jardine, Mattison, & Co... Butterfeld & Swire.......... Butterfold & Swire ... Hassall & Co.

Hongkong

* PROGRESS IN MANCHURIA.

The Americans are indeed remarkable people. Their latest "noticu" is nies! loe. It is mady of A writer in the Chinese Times gives tho fel steel rolled as fine as the point of a nocila, and lowing necount of a visit to Kirin Manchuria is so light that a broath of uir can ainust blow it' -And now about Kirin. We reached the city away. Stool Jaco is going, they say, to revola on the afternoon of Dacomber art entered the tinnise the leon market. Patent must iron non- West Gatn and drove right through to a moat the combustible onslin for infos ball-zags,, with extreme east end. We were surprised at the baton azderline for light armor wear, will

rownose of the afraste as compared with probably be the next Transatlantic boom. those of Moukdon. Our carts were brought to

TO BE DESPATCHED

On 4th inst

Quiole despital. Quick dospatah. Quick despatob. Quick despatol.

Quick despatch

Quick despatch,

On 10th inst, al & Pist. On 76 luck, at Noon.

On 19th inst, at 4 Pa

On 15th fast, atг..

VESSELS ON THE BERTH,

THE "BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS. FOR YOKOHAMA AND KOBE. “

E British Stenmar TWE

* BENLARIG," Captain Treinou, will despatched as abere about the 4th Proximio.

VESSELS ON THE BERT !

UGS, MAIT. LINT, "PACIFIC MALLSTEAMSIQPCOMPANY, "THROUGH TO NEW YORK, VIA OVER- LAND RAILWAYS, AND Todopress ar YOKOITAMA AND SAN FRANCISCO.

UB IT.

8. Mail Stanmer "QITY OF RIO San Francis, rin Yokohama, en SATURDAY, the Bed March, at Turks. Pag taking 1-430Pangers and Fight for Japan tho Unidasil

States and Kurope.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Z0,

Ageutx Hongkong, 27th February, 1889.

OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

FOR LONDON VIA SUEZ CANAL

3rd iust, at Brat.THE Company's Beamship Oil inst., at 3 P.M.

Quick dospatah. Quick despatch

Quick despatch,

On 3ri inst, Daylight.

On or about dik inst. Os 4th inst

On 3rd inst, atqk, P.I. Quick expatch Termotros, at Nogu. On 8th inst. On 5th lost. To-morrow, at, & P.M.

Hongkong and China Bakery Company, Limited,

--$10 per shen. » Perak, Tin Mining and Smalting Company

-224 per share. Punjoin and Sanghie Dus Saazatan Mining

Company, Limited-812) per share, sellers. Perak Sugne Cultivation Conpanz-is. 18 por

share Hengkong Rope Manufacturing Company, Li-

mited-850 per share.

prebira.

"DIOMED."

Through Bill of Luling snood for raus. portalien to Yoko'kam and nither Japan Porbs. A San Francisco, Is Atlantic and Island-Cities, fof the United States, vil Overland Boilways, to Havana, Trinitvi, 'and Dometara, and to port in Mexico, Contrað and Soulk Angrica, by the

Captain Bigley, will bo despatched as ubere on Company's and ongoing Star SUNDAY, the th Marol

For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents. Hongkong, 25th February, 1888.

OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

FOR SHANGHAI VIA "AMOY, (Taking Cargo and Passengers at thrigh rates for Noro, OHERGO, NEWCHWANG, TIENTEIN, HANKOW, and Porte on the YANGTSE). THE Company's Steamship

**ANCHISES,”

Through Pussigen Ketels granted to England, France, and German, by all trans-Aplantic fines at Staameri.

First-elus Faves genului as follows pan To San Francis....$200,00 To San Francise an raturs,

available for mouths.. To Liverpool.....

250,00

..... 3.00

Tu London...... #15.00. To other European poduts it poportiossato ratos: Special reducol ratos granted to Offieres of the Army, Navy, Civil Börsice, and the Imperial Chinese Customs, to be obtained on

Captain Lapage, will be despatched i abava application.

MONDAY, 5th Troximo, For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agoats. Hongkong, 28th February, 1888. 110

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. PAQUEBOTS POSTE FRANCAIS. FOR SHANGHAI, KOBE, AND YOKOHAMA,

4. 3. Watson & Co., Limited 10 per sext. TE Company's Steamer

Limited-$139 per share, sellers.

*** NATAL," ~

Singapore Insurance Company, Limited-$21 above Porta shortly after her arrival from

per share.

Europe, Chinese Imperial Loan of 1881 E-5 par coal.

G. DE CHAMPEAUX, proximo, sales.

Agent. Hongkong, 29 Esorsry, 1854.

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. TAQUEBOTS TOSTE FRANÇAIS. -

NOTICE

pranium, nom., sales.

Chinese Impérial Lann of 1884 C-9 por sext. Chinese Imperial Loan, 1880 E-9 per cert.

premium, nom.

Passingors, who have paid full fare, re- meMicking at San Francised for China or Japan (or vice vieren) witkin as your, will be allowed disconni of 19" from Rotaru Fare. This allurcace does not imply to through fares from China and Japan to herpe

Freight will be prosivedua board andil 4 eat. the day prarions to soiling. Pavel Pelosgra will be reived as the Offles until 5 ks. kama day; al Parcel Packages shodil ba marked to. adiross in ful: value of same is required.

Commalar Invoices lo arvonijamy Congo dostined to points begunt San Francisco in the Grited States and be sont to, ka

Agent.

to this Colfoster of Customs at San Fransisco.

For farther information as to Passige and Treight, apply to the Agonoy of the Company, No. 504, Queen's Road Central.

C. D. HARMAN Hongkong,114th February, 1988.

CANADIAN PACIFIC LINE,

(Taking. GarÃO

PASSENGERS JAPAN, CANADA, THE UNITED STATES, AND EUROPE,

AND

VIA

ΤΟ

I think it will be generally admitted that the exhalations from some kinds of newly turn ed up euch und murshy' solts do cause mula- rial for, but not all The oil in this Ce ley, which, in my opinion, cankas pure malarial fever, is the top stratum of productive soil over lying the disintegrated granite and red north. Ithu Wastore Subarb. fel pretty cortaia iu yarn mind, for reasons to hastatud hereafter, Lather the distate grated granite or the red earth are the canse of forer. The top soil, however, in absorbont of wator: it is fount all over the island, on the Extraordinary case of a sox stopping bis hill sides, and in Lolors and places our streams mother selling the family astute; the clan inter and watervoursos, and is generally covered with saing the dispute is companied by her Long arptogamic vegetation, such as ferns, mus, allowed to mortgage it instead. Valuable as Lichens, fungi. Sa. It varies in depth fron n fagharing the ideas of the Chinese in regard to incles to three or four foot, and is found in "pat property.

les, and is generally overal with ratton or A povabroker made to pay $2 for breaking a stand more than 200 as there was sercely Mr. B. L. Stevenson is anders octo be hard Hoil haverer; iuto the disintegrated graults or vel with him over the amount to be alranoed ga must be dreadful, and we do not wonder that "The master of Ballantro: Fall Ascount of iTengkong & Korloon Wharf and Godown Co Commandant Such, will be despatched For Ulan Company's Offices in Seated Envelopes, addressed denylag getation. When much through thin the bend of a customer who had got into a dust room for two to pass each other. In summar it at work on a new romanas, whom full lithe is red sarth do not think any disgor neel be sono clothes he was awning.

recent traveller who saw it during the wat the Strange Mauner of bis Lite ad Death, feared

A bill collector claiming that a debtor had ounsou dashes in this "rtiest oily in edited from the papers of the late Ephraim It is zearaly thought that some, but riot all, paid shert, the disputo is settled by the latter Chion For our part we were charged with Mankalar, A.M. Isto Steward of the Darrixdoor of the residents in the listrict may have got the going to the fetople, cutting of a cock head, and the immediate surroundings of the city, as Estate." Mr. Stevenson has ales made great lover from the newly larvet up earth in can swearing-that he had paid fu fall. As there is everybody is who has visited it. Nost the progress with his "Tarry Shevat, which is motion with the building of the now villas and no penalty for false sweating many debtors in west end of the town the river Sungat, flowing understood to be a romance of the Peninsular the coastrnation of the new roads, which have other plans world probably wish for the intre from among the eastern bills, describes a curve War. In carried out during the last two years, and duction of so simpla mass of getting at of a flows westward for I think this inform than probabla.

1 considerable dis Laic difficulties.

tance. On the northern bank of this bond The New York World says 1--"It is recorded The nsual extracts from Peking Guzcits and the city is built. Looking along the river boak 4s a remrkable fout but the Rev. Dr. T. De Hongkong and Shanghai papers.

the sono is strikingly pictaranqus. Tho hoases Witt Talmage dictates his sermons to his sects. eramiantion in the Ying Yuan College,

Names of annos pudiciates at the monthly facing the sooth a built on a river bank,tary at the rate of 150 words a minute. This is and the street consists of an artificial platform oling, however, to the activity ho displays in Further contributions mounting to Tis. 203 of wood 20 feet high, built between the last 238 gestures a minute, sad over to a hair." delivering a sermon. He ean, at a crisis, make to the Yellow River Fand

and the river. Wooden bridges span the sWe hupe, for the sake of nervous wombers of atroods lending down to the, “water'ʼn edgé Great piles of magoicoot timber, floated down as congregation, that crises are care when Dr.

mer, are built up along the river side. On our

There comes from Italy the story of a prima arrival the viser was frozen ovor, and the hilla donna who has starred herself to death, giving of the farther aido were half covered with as her reason for so doing her chagrin at finding show, and the boats and kills were lying high that her growing corpalones anfitted her for the aud dry upon the beach. Even so the veneroles she had been in tho fabit of undertaking. was wonderfully fine; and in sower, when the It is to be hoped that this example will not be bro riro is live with boats sul rafts, and generally followed by primo anne, of how many the billy beyond, are clad in green, we can ima of those popular ladies would be left behind to ging to be enchanting. Buwan we delight us? A cortain measure of embonprint tara bar backs on the river and antor the city sooms a traditional accessory to triumph on the things assume a very commonplace aspect lyric stage. indeed. Frota east to west the city measT FOR about 10 t, from north to sauth a little over two. Å learned consol, in Mr. Justise. Day's Court, The streets are marrow, the houses crowded to-inthe Queen's Bench,on the 16thJunnary applied gather; men and things seemed as if they hud to his lordship to adjourn a vase until after the too little room. The rive on the south, hille on. Inuohoon time" of the Court, as the plainti the worth, at the city jammed between-shhack tolographed that he had missos his twin- is the actual state of things. The wall of to Mr. Justice Day: You should ask that the case sity, of reconleonstruation, is the lowest structure be postponed until after" the ai curment," for of the kind we have on. The walls seround the Court does not lunch; that is not ang log private compounds are for the most part of upoch in the life of the Court" (laughter). I | 16---- wood, and give a clain sombre husto evory- do not speak of what, individuals do, but then thing. The Governor-General's Yamên covórs. Court" does not lunch.

extensive aros, and consists of a series of very

་་་གགས་ fuo buildings. The famous arsenal outside the Abicancement is male of the publication of East Gats, and the powder magazine is built on Lovol by Miss Eva Ross-Church, a young the opposite sule of the river. Those works, ua sctress whose comparatively recent duuriso de-

In causation with this sabjset, 1 may state that during the whole time we were enragel non the following extensive recautions xod other works, on bich many thousands of persons were employed, little or no fever de- | enrted among the coolies-all the exenvations for which were in the disintegrated granite or red earth-iz, the reclamation of ground-at Quarry

Hay forthe Taikoo Sagar Befiaory; filling in the THE THOTAI AND THE SHANGHAT the Sanguri from the forests of the east in sum.almago is in the pulpit.

f whore at Kowloon hetween the Royal Naval Yard and in Tea-sm Wharf; the Admiralty Deck, lung-ham; and the extensive reolamations

at envidy-lowa rud Caunay Bay

· -· · --PAPER HUNT.

The upeo has

so published the following des patch from the Tastai Kung-

Senior-Consul

John Wesley one day remarked to Dr. Adam

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.

(From Marsas. Paltowns & Coja Enderton)

February 19 Harnier-3.

Barometer--| 7. "ää Haracter- ... ------

Thermomete—i PK

Thermomane --> T.X.-

Therabenster-9 a.. (Wir belt). Thermotrict of; 7,5. «Wet bals). Bemeter-kein. (Wet Tulle).... Viermometer---Mariannekked

Thegouopaler-Minimum fevver night)

30.15

.20.91

CHINA "COAST METROKOLOGICAL

SATION,

REGISTEN.

Jitk Pobrňacy, 1918, 46 3 1,1,

Wind,

Tokio......

30,24

galam 34.20

lloiteibtic-i

SHOR 370,10 21,91

Mari

0th February, 187, at $191...

111 liv

Magas

31,3

Hong SAR

sust

30.02

Manila...

The Farcineter has nees in to forth bat gradients are Efik rather aiderato för K.N.E THIS Cloudy and other ogal and damp weather previlk,

W. DOBERCK, Hongkong Observatory, 29414 February, 1888.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.

Previous Ou dois Ou date day. at 10a.m. at p.m.

I am of coure aware of the great mortality mong the treaps stationed at Kowloon in thi I have received your note of the 7th of February, early days of the Colony. On enquiry, however, stating that the members of the Paper Uunt into the chemustances it was four that the Club find subsoribed a sum of Ts. 123 and had froopswers bally housed, and the teralling and rested you to forward it to me for transmis forming the site for the barracks anil parade in to the suffering districts of Henan iv aid of ground was being carried on, the top or pre- the relief operatious. In this ast I clearly see active absorbent soil belty turned over about the seal for doing good which animales the hearts that time."

of your ebantrymen in thas, without any feeling As already stated before the Commissioners of aviona distinction, enabling the distressed thero ma soreral marshy places in the Western people to share their bounty, and I am excood District, where h water,altor heavy ingly touched and grateful. I have omitted rains, stands in pools till it either per the boro sum to louna in ald of the suffering erfale away or is evaporated. The worst districts, and I now beg forward you this place, howovor, has not baru referred to by reply, aud to beg that you ll give my best ha Commissioners, and thus is the one be thanks to the doors, The usual complicats low the No. Tank and Dr. Lower's house. Ith Vabrary, 1988, Lave noticed this wet place almost daily for yours To P. J. Hugues, E., rast, and feel pretty derain that the water, or in dier portion of it, does not come from a

The Editor of the Ha Pan remarks on the darat springo, but is duodu a luk in the large above:-The Paper Haut Club is one of the re granito water tauk inmediately above. No watervations persue under Weston atom. The te low dry the other streams in the neighbour Western guntry and merchants resident in hool may be, this little basin is always saturated Shanghai start this not in the semitry about der the management of II.B. Sung an intelli-prived the stage of a very promising artist, STATION, with water, and men, women, and children may north Shanghai by way of amusement for their gent capable man, gira employment to several Should the stary prove to be meritacions, it will be soon guldering it all the year round. Jeleurs hours in the autiana aud spring of every hundred skilled artizans and labourere, afford a signal sample of horelilary literary well aware that the officors of the Tablic Works your As injury is occasionally done to the and the work produced is declared by capacity, for Miss Bess-Church was the daughter Inki......... Departmont think othurwisa sa to the cages of folds and crops daring the proceedings, when competent judges to be excellent. The eaty of Miss Florence Marryat by her first husband, Shang ... this constant aconulation of water at this piace, the bust is over they give pecuniary compousa-is by no means the stirring business contre we and Miss Florence Marcyst, kerself a popular Awar and my knowledge of this fact has been the reation for each damage as may appear to them to had thought it was. Compared with 'wan- orolist, is, as everybody kaowa, a daughter of son why I have (from a professional point et have been done, an auran arrangement which chong-tsu, 80 miles west, the business is smal, the famous romancist of the sen view paid more attention to ft Man I otherwise us now gained the force of cestom. It so although the population is much larger. It is elkřtave doniës

timur happers, Dowever, but-some-igarant-abava all things, an official city, and the stroots- As stated before the Commission, the atherosastry folk, having this money in view, take temn with men clothed in the garments of Clarke: As I was walking through St. Enal's wot and marshy places crald be easily and ef- advantage of it to attempt extortion, and follow authority. Far too many people lounge about Cline yard I observed we weren standing piantly traineTata comparatively small sont, and the hunt with angry cries when their ropa with too little to do, and there is a low moral posita to one another. One was speaking sod the water vel into the publie somers, where it allons designe are leappointed Hande the tone about the place which applied thematies parfastig still and in silence. Just as I came gesticulating violently, while the other clood ready finds its way.

Club proposed a resolation sayingWe hayo has failed 14 raise. Much has been said about the existing yowers, arranged to compensats, as an act of justice,

up, and was about to pass team, the virago, Kirin is, howarer, to be congratulated us and their "antilation, and having read the persons whose folds, we may damage during the first of the cities of Manchuria into slauching her fist, and staruping her foot at her denew of the Hon. J. M. Price, Maasra. Bawdler our surement; but now thees individuals which Western science has been introduced rotch, that I may have something to say. imperturbable neighbour, sachirol; Speak, and Cooper. I adhere to my statement that they bobara in a way which shawa that they do not The telegraph wire links it with the round Adam," said Wosley, that was o lesson to me; are not properly and offelently ventilated, and appreciate our Bastiments. Ifigh-minded men world; a telephone his bees oonstruotad noter will be tall more utilatora, with Latham rlier those in need of it, but do not uncourage between the Governor-General's Yams and silence is often the best answer to abuzó.” charonal Alters, for filtering the unions sewer gas gread. As the suffering people of Honan are the arsenal; implements of war are being Mr. Ruskin says to- das that one of the increas-ipality and the rendering it inoffensive, as in Croydon, at prosent in great need of food, what if we turned cut by native workmen, after most aping discomforts of his old age lies in morer being Direction of wind Tondon, and other towns, are verstructed on the transfer this sum in aid of them? The audience proved Western inventions. A sten-launch allowed by novelists to stay long enough with Force of wind..... lines of the sewers themselves. I must express aid · Good! And thereupon they opened their of Chinese design and workmanship is being people he likes, after he quee gets aquainted Weather .......... roy surprise at the evidence given by the newly purass and snbscribed the sum of Tla. 120 odd, constracted, and will be launched in the spring. with them. And it appears lata contemporary arrived Sanitary Surveyor on this subject, and which they asked the British Cousal to forward All that is desiderated now is that they go on fotionist has told him, in effect, that the pablo can only attribute it to a misunderstanding. to the Shanghai Tantai for transmission to the in this path of Improroment. Catil railwaye does not approve of "insistense on one conception While on the subject of house drains; I think relief districts, and the above is the reply of aris introduced everything that has been lond, beyond the conventionally estabiabod limita." the Commissionere might have obtained some more Kang, Taotai His remark that he sees the bowover great and important it may be in itself. This is rather an oracular saying, sad; so far s and important inferreation as to their condition. zeal for doing good which ausentes the hearts of will avail but little when the struggle for Maa- it is comprehensible, seems to untrue. Trollepe, Haring had some experience of them I can un-the European merchants oud gentry, and is charts comes. In fact, if thers so intoulive Churles Roadie, Mrs. Oliphant, and others have hesitatingly assert that a very great number of exseedingly tánched and grateful, causes ve to of laying a railroad and that speedily, one written anquola with manifest approbation on thom are drains" only in come. I refar more redect upon the ancient Anying about the useless wonder why all this wasto The Chinese think the part of their readers, and in the literature particularly to those in some of the large oldness and oven. danger of amusements. But the their arsenal and powder magazine and all the of the past, if not of the proseat, Mr. Buskin private hanson, for which no one now in the Prpor Hunt Club grinces en agguaity of een rost of it maguilioeut. Aud so they are, magni should find many mame of ruliaring the discom. Colony on bafell responside. We have (in the caption and & capacity for recreating the mind ficoat trifling, if they go to further. Bat, of fort he speaks f. course of repairs, &c.,) cosa norass hours drains which places it rather on the level of high art course, all they need is timo, and all we nood is laid right through the houses when there was ap than a mere amusement, with which therefore it patienos, and the same dire necessity which forced parostly no reason whatever for their being laid should not be confused. Moreover, the merchants them to shake thementres will compat them to. On one occasion only-last year, when sapuria-and gentry of the Club fare charitable minds wise and built. tending the alterations to a large vil ich und uvides a desire to assist their fellow creatures. villa had oblamed au nuenable_raputation as be- In transferring their sit from those who do not ing "anhealthy" owing to several deaths har trose who do urgently used it, they further ing sourced in is from Terori, on examining the shew both their benevolence and their right drains we found the druiu from the servante judgment. It is out of respect for their nation quarters, chokhouses, and Chineso istrine was in this regard that wo pen the above lines inertise in the Sunbeam (which is being thorough. Carried right through the whole leugth of the commandation of their conduct, both by way of house, and the top of it (formed of locsa jointed resending their friendly act, and by way of im thin tos), within a few inches of the Boor pressing the country people with a proper zonso boards of the dining and drawing mama. The of shame for their behaviour. Daily News. druin itself had little or no fall in it; it was com pletely choked-up" with solid offcasive putri-

for nowage; the ground on both sules and the botten being quite black with sewago of a depth

INDIGO PRODUCTION IN MANCHURIA.

ULLA POURIDA.

-,-

Lord Bransoy intends to start on another long

ly overhauled) maly in the summer.

Mero notoriety is no worthy object," said Sir John Lubbock on the 18th January to the stad- ents of the Bromley School of Science and Art, and he drove the dietam home by quoting the Fold provarb, "It's the worst wheel in the cart that makes the most noise." A lesson this for windbags who love the sound of their own voles.

The Russian "idos" takes different forms in

A shapely arm is ou attractive poject enough;

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

ON, LONDON.-

3/01

Barometer Temperatore...

Rain -

Cat 6 pm.

30.00

2011

30.00 $7

ES.E.

BAROMETE rad good to 28 degrees Fahresth the lave, ofthe sea in inches, tenths and bandredthe

*2= −1XNTERSTUxa inalis elate degrees Fahrenheit. „A-HUMIDITY (A percentage ofastorātuva, the humidity of Krastumitra with invatature Janing 109).

1- Diskoring ne zag Warn two points, A-FOROR OF TAX Wire according to Beaufort Sonia. (L-STATE OF TOn Wherman: B. tổum này; C. detachar reloads; D, trigaling ruin; P, fog; 0.g

14. squally; 3, raz wing & Drerum P. posize shy, B. hail, L.light- KID; T. thunder; V. vtability; W. dne (wet)...

7-inches, trutha and Eundrathi.

W. DOBERCK.

STEAM FOR

BATOON. SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, CO. LOMBO, PONDICHERRY, MADEAS,. CALCUTTA, ADEN, SUEZ,

THE CANADIAN PACIFIC. RAILWAY"

AND OTHER CONNHOFINY KAILWAY LINES & STRAMERS.

PORT SAID, MEDITERRANEAN, AND T TUB British Steamship

BLACK SEA PORTS.

AND

ALEXANDRIA, MARSEILLES,

PORTS OF BRAZIL AND LA PLATA

ALSO.

—" PARTIJA," 3167 Tons Register, Walin Commander, will be despatched for VANCOUVER, BC, LAND SAN FRANCISCO YA NAGASAKI

KOBE, AND YOKOHAMA on THURSDAY, (ths 150) Maceh, at Thiệ9 roa

Tah followed by S. 8. ABYSSINIA” in April.

LONDON, HAVRE, BORDEAUX, DUNKIRK, AND ANTWERP.

WEDNESDAY, the 7th March,

29 Company's Steamship Coansetion will be made a Yutolain with "BAGTALIEN," Commandsat Fissoul, with Steamers from Shanghai and Japan Ports, MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE, and art at Vancouver with Pacific Coast Points by CARGO, will loave this Port for the abort the regular Steamers of the Partyte Coast, places.

SEBULE COMṛanYaydullae Stamore. Cargo and Specia will be registered for on-

Through Tawago Tickets granasi to Buy don as well as for Marseilles, and accepted inland, Fraver, and Germany by all trans-Atlantic transit through Marseilles for the principulines of Steamers places of Europe.

Shipping Orders will be genoted tilt Moon, Cargo will be received on board until 4255,, Svein Azul Parrels until 3 P.M., on the oth March, 1838 (Parcels are not to be seal n board; they must be left af. the Agency`s (Office) · Contents and valtis of Packages are

required.

For further partieniars, apply at the Coro TAEy's Office.

GDE CHAMPEAUX,

Agent!

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OCCIDENTAL ANDORIENTAL STRAN SHIP COMPANY.

Tougkong, 24th February, 1868.

TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERS TO JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES,

MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH

AMELICA AND EUROPE, VIA THE

-------OVERLAND-RAILWAYS, AND ATLANTIC AND OTHER CONNECTING STEAMERS.

THE Steamship "GAELIC" will be despatched for San Francisco, við Toko- hans, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th March,

THREE PM Connection being made at Yoko men with: Storages from Shanghai pad Jaguari Ports.

All PARCEL PACKAGES should be marked fo address in full; and same will be receivel at the Corapany's Office until Frvs P., the day pre- viota to sailing.

Kirst-class Fares granted as follows:- To San Francisco

CHAINAN.. $200.00 To San Francisco. and return? 950.00

available for 6 month To Liverpool........

To London

* 383.00 338.00

To other European points at proportionate rafen. Special reduced rates granted to Ofkoors of the Army, Navy, Civil Service, and the Imperial Chinese Customs, to be obtained on application,

*Passengers, who have paid full fare, re- Hongkeng Observatory, 29th February, 1888, ambarking at San Francisco for China or Japan (or nice meran) within que year moutha, will be allowed a discount of 10 This lowance loce not apply to through fares from China and Japan to Bloope

VESSELS ON THE BERT:

INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR SHANGHAI via SWATOW. - (Taking Cargo and Passengers at through rates for CHEPOO, TERNTIIN, HANKOW, and Ports an the YANGTZI) HE Company's Steamship

WEDNESDAY, 29tr February.

EXCHANGE.

Telegraphio Transfer Bank Bills on demand. Bank ROM, at 30 days' sight Bank Billa, at 4 months' sight Credits at 4 months' sight .....

THE .3/11 Doouaoniary Bille, at 4 woontha

sight.........

PARIB

Rank Bills, on demand

Credits, at 4 months' sight....3.98 On New York.~~.

Bank Bills, on demand, Crédits, 50 days' sight On BouRAY.

Telegraphie Transfer CALCUTTA Bank, en damand

Telographio Transfor Hark, en demand....

Bank, at sight Private, 20 days' sight

ON ERANGHAL

Quotations are

"CANTON"

Captain Bremner, will be despatched as above TO-MORROW, the 2nd of March, at NOON.

For Freight or Pansara, apply to

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.

General Managers.

1488 Hongkong, 28th February, 1988. THECHINAAND MANILA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

..8713

9,00

.75

.761

"201 2201

9201

THE

FOR MANILA DIRECT. THE Company's Steamship

"ZAFIRO,"

Captain Talbot, will be despatched for the above Port TO-MORROW, the 2nd March, at FOUR F.M.

443

and width of about three or four foot, the wander The following interesting count of how was not that two or these deaths only had ootadigo is produced in Manchurin is given by a curred, but that any one who had resided there correspondent of the Chinese Times: On leaving was left alive. There are, to my knowledge, ai-long-cheng we turned dye north along different portions of the empire; bat in nearly: many other house in the Colony in a similar the custom bordor. of the Imperial forestall it. La rather rapugnant to Western ustion. position, and others where the sewage and sal-through a wide valley stretching from the sity Thus, in the Baltic provinces Its latest ontem ON Inge water, although they disappear down at 1-tang-bo, a distance of over 100 pilosis that 40 Lutheran ministers inyo bene deprived grate, do not go into a drain at all. The and This valley was perhaps the most thickly popu- of their benefices at a mezaent's notice for for similar cases only shew, I think, the great coated district we saw. The loud is fully cultivated, what? For administering the Sacrament o osity and importanos of giving the Burveyor- and well cultivated, up to the border of and Orthodox believers. Gezerai and the Sanitary Board increased powers oven onreaching on the forbidden forest. One of inspection and of enmydling property owners of the most important products of this as of the (of old as well as row housca) to lay down good other valleys is indigo. Our attention was the bat the inspection of 150 of thess limbs, with and efficient house drains. This can only be done more directed to it here on account of the ga never a face to be seen, must be a trifle monote- by having a thorough house to house inspection, usually large number of indige tanke wo mut with nous. That is what the Italian physician who beginning with those at flus upper levels, and in this valley. Every farmer, large or small, vaccinated the Indies of the Bultan's barem bad where the drains are found, defective to conspel has got an indigo. vnt rats attached to his to put up with the other day. The latias sinod the owner or agent to relay them. Should the farm as surely as he has got a threshing door. ou one side of a screen, and in tuin ihrnst their new led Ordinhace become law, it will be oer. The plant, probably Pelargonan Chinery, grows to arme through an opening to the physician on the China Fenders Insurance Company's Shares tain to do much good in this raspect.

height of from two to three feet, end flowers other side I noted Mr. Price's remarks as to house drains fa the mouth of August. As soon as the flowers and their ventilation, and I most certainly do not appear the plant is cut down and the work of

North Olina InsuranceTla, 200 per sbaro. agree with him in his statements that the house manufacturing it at once presseded with. Some Sinners was dribbling out of Little Humiliation

The congregation of United Free Misurable Yangtze Insurance Association-The 110 por drains must to pat in order before the seworn.timass the method of numniatore is simple in Chapel on Sunday morning, when Mrs. Parkins, Chinese Insurance Company, Limited-$195 per will leave for the abuse places en SATURDAY. Until the now sewers are laid (and ventilated), how the extreme, the only thing visible being a round fall of a letter from her migration sea in the is ons to know how to lay his house drain or what pit dug in the ground. Generally, however, States, rubbel shawls with Mrs. Dobson. inclination to give it? The sawers must be laid there are four sach pits, one le simply a water you tell me who is Minister at Washington now, first. I have never known or heard of house pond and is called the shut pas; two of equal aiza Era. Dobson Paid the former lady. No, Canton Insurance Office, Limited-$75 or drains in my town being laid before the mowers parallel to each other are called tien chih; an- that I can't," replied Mrs. Dobson: "I'm not Toto which they were to discharge were cocotrust other carved tank is called the eng chik. In over well pouted ou roligions mattor." ed. Most of the sewers here are not a dospaddition there is nsually a large wooden trough, enough; the inverts should be at least ten feet called the ahui kuci, placed. between tho

----་

WM. DANBY.

I Hongkong, 20th February, 1889.

Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Shares-131

per cent, promium, ar div. Union Insurance Society of Canton, Limited-

$874 per share, er div., sales.

$69 per share.

share.

"Can On Tal Lourance Company, Limited T. 148

per share,

share, er div..

8345 por chara, en div. -

For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUSSELL & Co.,

General Managers. Hongkong, 29th February, 1838.

STEAM TO YOKOHAMA, VIA NAGA- BAKI, AND KOBE. (Passing through the INLAND Bea). THE F. &0. 5. N. Co's Steamship

- TEHERAN,”

the ard March, at DAYLIGHT.

E. L. WOODIN,

Superintendent. Hongkong, 20th February, 1888.

[]

THE

COMPANY, LIMITED.

Company's Steamship

FOR TIENTSIN.

"KWONGBANG,”

First-class Fares granted as follows: To Vancouver

Music: $190,00 To Victoria and San Fransisto 126200 To all Cometson Points in Canada Į

and thu Unital States..... To Liverpool......

Londosk

1. ...*.00

.... 305 60. To other Ebrongia. Pointa, at javoportionato rates. Special resist rates praatello Offers of the Army, Navy, Civil Survive, and the Duper al Chinese, and Tapatiesa Gustmans, fi ha obtained on application.

Consular Invoices, to mer ompany Cargo cs- ned to Points in the Unit-1 Stat, shoxlf bo sant to the Company Offees idross ad to Mr. D. E. Knowy, District Freight Agent, Van, onver, B.C

Froght will be received on Bouril til 4 PM. on the 14th March, 1988.

bould be marked to address in full; and the

All Paresis must be sent to our Offico und

will be received by as mutil 5 P.3. the day pravions to waling.

For information as to Passage or Fesight, apply to

ADAMSON, BELL & Co, `-

Agente. Hongkong, 27th February, 188.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.

NOTICE.

STEAM FOK SINGAPORE COLOMBO. ADEN, SUEZ, POET SAID. TRIESTE, BRINDISI, GENOA, ANTWERP, BREMEN, AND HAMBURG, PORTS INTIHE LEVANTE BLACK SEA AND BALTIC PORTS;

ALSO,

LONDON, NEW YORK, BOSTON, BAL- TIMORE, NEW ORLEANS, GALVESTON, ANDEOUTH AMERICAN

PORTS.

THE COMPANY'S STEAMERS WIDE, CALL AN SOUTHAMPTON TO LAND PASSENGERS AND LUGGAGES,

N.B.-CARGO CAN BE TAKEN OF THROUGH

-Diens vs. ENTRE FOR THE T'RINCIPAL

PLAURS IN RUSSIA.

Consular Invoices to accompany Cargo das, tined to points beyond San Francisco in the

YN MONDAY. to Thiks day of Marek, Tulted States should be sent to the Company's 1989, FOUR P.a. the Company's Offer, addressed to the. Collector of Customs, Steamship" SACHSEN," Captain A. Taogèr, San Francisco. ·

For further information

日

Freight

or Passage, apply to the Arency of tha.Com pany. No. 504, Queen's Road Central

C. D. HARMAN, Agsai. Hongkong, St February, 1888.

FOR NEW YORK.

THE 8/8 A L. L. American Ship

“PACTOLUS,” Th. Burnham, Master, shortly expected hore, will load boro for the above Port, and will have

quick despatch.

For Freight, apply to

Hongkong,

PUSTAU & Co.

thi February, 1988.

FOR SAN FRANCISCO.

THE 3/3-LI I Amorissa Ship

"GREAT ADMIRAL”.

113

J. F. Rowell, Master, will load here for the sboro Fort, and will have quick despateb.

For Freight, apply to

RUSSELL & Co. Hongkong, 2nd February, 1588.

FOR SAN FRANCISCO," WIE 33 A. L'I. Americni Bark

(with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIK nad CARGO, will leave this Fort asalore, CataING

AT GE80s.

Shipping Orders will be granted fill NOON, Cargo will be received on Board undil & ra Spocie and Parcels until 3 r., on the 18th March, 1888. (Parents are prof fo he sent an Boned; they must be Init at the Agency's Offies). Contante anil Vatna af ka kagyat simpieni.

The Steamer has splenudil Accommodativa alid carries as Doctor and Stewardess. For further Partiendars, apply to

YELCHERS & CO.,

Agents.

Hongkong, 20th Fobrary, 138,

FOR LONDON AND HAMBURG.

THE 383 1. I. I. derman Ship

THEONOR LUGER,”

C. Moyer, Master, will lead here for the above Forts, and will have quick despatela.

For Freight, apply to

ARNHOLD. KARBERO & CO. Hongkong, 19th Jummary, 1888.

FOR HAVRE AND LONDON. HEA I British Bark

1394

FRED. T. LITCHFIELD" Captain 0. C. Young, will lead here for the above Port, and will have quick despatch.

For Freight, apply to

MELCTERS & Co.. Houghour. 13th February, 1898.

FOR LONDON (DIRECT).

Hongkong Fire Insurance Company's Sharos INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION THE A 1. Eritish Bark Mr. G. E. Sime tells in the Era Almanack, China Fe Insurance Company's Shares-$72

per share, ex div. ·

320 nom., sellers...

821, or div. sales.

Captain BeBar, will be despatched as above

For Freight or Passage, apply to t

JARDING, MATHESON & CO. Hongkong, 29th February, 1989.

General Managers.

FOR NAGASAKI.

-199

RIALTO,

382

J. E. Paqua, Master, will load here for the above Port, and will have a quick despatol.

For Freight, apply to "

PUSTAU & Co. Hongkong, 2nd February, 1898. 1971

FOR LONDON (DIRECT)

THE

33 L 11 British Ship

MABEL TAYLOR”-

"EME,"

1770

Wm. Summers, Mastor, will loni. Kero, for tha above Porta, and will have quick; despalohy

For Freight, upply to

ARNHÖLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, 2nd February, 1898. 1270

FOR LONDON.

THE 3/3 L. L. L. Gorusun Burgao

*SENTA,"

J. Tiemanto, will load here for the above Port, and will have quick despatch.

For Froight, opply to

MELCHERS&Co.

Hongkong, 4th Fobrutry, 1858.

CEYLON

THE

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