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THE DAILY TRESS, TUESDAY, SHPERMBRE 18cm, 1828

The Chinese Times hears from Port Arthur. The Tammai correspondent of the Mercury,diently caused by the constant notion of the form him of any return, and to deliver to him determine. A permanent Assosiation, tap that the bade is still escamborod with much wilting on the 2nd September, 1672 Today hot sua in the water channel. As I could not the money I had collected, I told him of my da ranglily representative of the ratepayers In-water, and that, so far, all afforts made to oops the Chinese transport. Fup-Po arriven from Pilam. find my lost troazare anywhere I thought dison, which he did his best to dissuade me from.

might have dipped down the hole, and a promise of an increased lary which he held. terest, would be an effectual means of with it have failed. It is atsumed that much of Fighting had commenced with will. She carrying on the agitation. The formation the indus in leakage from the sex, and, if this brought back more than twenty braves, very my joy was great when, on paiting my ore eat to me had no effect, and be soon recognized telief should be wall founded, the work of dealing | badly wounded. They were prompily taken to the opening I perceived it about four foot that I was determined on going. The firm wore of a local Aurociation would also probably with the matter will be diffealt, expensive, and Dr. Mackay's Hospital, as admirable misalen down on a little lodge. Then there was very kind, and, on paying me my wages-in-fail, ary institution, which principally owes its existe diflculty; I could not get it up. I told me that I could obtain all any necessarios givo rise in a short time to the formation of tedionas

ence to the initiative of Dr. Mackay, a Protest quickly thought of my piekara, which I had for aap life at cost price from the marabouse. a Hongkong Association in London, com-

The friends of Mr. Matthew Faloonar, of the ant Missionary, sa excellent surgeon and brought away from the other camp with me, and, I did this, and the latter end of February, posed of former residents of the colony, who fem of Goo. Frister and Co., watchmakers and physleis. Our local medico, Dr Rennie, did stebing it-dawn to the bed of the creek, 1973, me as more; after a lapse of would be able to represent out interests jewellers, will learn with regret that a telegram bis utmost to attend to the wants of the poor started vigorozaly to break away the sides of 18 years, a gold miner at Beidigu. pitched was received from Yokohama yesterday convoy fellows. They were in most pitiful plight, the hole, so ne to get at my money. After work my tout on the new field, over three miles from directly in Downing Street whenever thoying the intelligence of Badest, The deceased their wounds not having been washed, drasad, or ing for about two hours in the soft sandstone and the oil workings, and got to work in a very were threatened by the anwise action of a gentleman had been siling all the summer, and, attended to in any way. Many of them have but lay. I could tond over sufficiently to reach my short tima A little luck at Brat made me forget quest, and, putting in my hand, I drew out, not the change, and the hard rangh life, hot, whee despotio Governor,

becoming worse, was ordered by his medical at lots in their bodies, and are sure to lose either a fondant to take a trip to Japan. He left by the limb or their lees, both of which could have the sovereign, but a bright little lamp of pare the good fortun stopped, I began to repent my P. and O. steamer Bakhara on the 5th instant bou provented by medical attendangs on the gold, which I did not want a book to tell toe was return to the works. However, I stuck doggedly and died yesterday morning. Mr. Falconer sa spot. The poor men are in a very exhausted sugget. Trembling with excitement, I slipped to the plain, and st last, bo my great joy, camo an enthusiastic kisson, and possessed many state, owing to loan of blood and propor nating into my pouch, and, heedloss of the fact that I ROTOM, not a sugget but a good quarts leader. warm friends both in the craft and in the comIt is anything hat meditable that a force of and eaten nothing for thirty-six hours, I began Inducing an aid and experienced but nearly des maulty generally. He was a member of the men should have been sent into the wilderness with renewed rigour to rand theatone in all directitute quarts miner named Cleary to some Committee of the Victoria Recreation Cinh, in hunts of the so-called savages, without the tins. On getting down about surther foot, I in with me, and taken third share in or make, which institution he took a teen interest.

slightest provision being made for the sick or pe fato the hole, which was very dampy I invested all my cash, about £200, in a small

and searched up and down the earth that I had quarts orashing machine. woanded.

This thing was..... shifted to see if what I had discovered a rather primitivo, but it servad our purpose, and only atruy or a "bersidor." The bottom from the Erst day of its nas wa mada money ra that I was reating on was of acarsa in darknes, pidly. The next four years I need not speak bat, dotermined not to be disheartened by the hout, save to my that the claim ve farther de unproductive look of the walks, I put my two veloped dering that time, and other leaders dis- bands down to it, and scooped up no armful of covered. We then took on alx men, including 4 mud and pebbles. This I olambered up to the son of old Cleary's, whom we made manerer of tap with, after some difficulty, and then, finging the concern. Then, as our look increased, so ₪d- it down. I lay, regardless of my poor worn out the number of miners we employed, until we got clothes with my body on the bed of the streur patok down to an 80 feet level with still good and my nose nearly fate the little heap. I nearly prospects. In the beginning of 1828 Cleary, my taeed faint with mingled emotions when I saw partner, died of bronchitis, brought on by his shimmering in front of me, like veritable stars rough way of living, and exposara

The Portuguese transport Imtia, Captain Gasman, arrived her yesterday from Mano

We undortland St. Andrew's Day is to be celebrated by the Bootfish community this year by a ball

There were 2,027 visitor to the City Hall Museum during the week ended 16th September of whom 14 wore Europeans

The Rov. Mr. Hamilton, the new Military Chaplain, arrived to the colony from Bagland by the P. & O. steamer Verona on Bunday morning.

A change has taken place in the command of the German ganhost Wolf, Captain-Lieutenant Credner baying arrived at Shanghai by the Braunschweig to sasume charge of her.

The piece of land north of Mr. Anton's house at the Peak advertised for sale yesterday was purchased by Mr. John Andrew for $6,000, being $500 above the upset price and at the rate of a traction over 21 cents per foot.

We would deaw sitantkan to the adverties. ment in another column arounging a mis.

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Minstrels bolonging to the 68th Ecgimons at the Theatre Royal, City Hall, on Saturday next, the 22nd inst.

TELEPHOVA No. 12′′

BIRTH

At Rose House, Caine rusd, Hongkong, on the 15th September, 1888, Mrs. SCHOEMANE, of a daughter,

[1795 DEATH

At the,Club Hotel, Yokohama, on the 17th instant, MATTON TAYLOR FALCONER, of the Firm of Geo. Falconer & Co., Hongkong. By telegram (1784

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 189.

The MAPS and PLANS have been mostly re-engraved in superior style and brought up to date. They now, consist of FLAGS OF MERCANTILE HOYEES IN CHINA. CODE OF SIGALS IN USE AT VICTORIA PEAX.il sears in Toys MAP OF THE FAR EAST.

MAP OF THE ISLAND OF HONGKONG. PLAN OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. PLAN OF MOUNTAIN DISTRION, VICTORIA. PLAN OF FOSHIGN CONCESSIONS, SHANGHAI.

PLAN OF YOKOHAMA

PLAN OF MANILA,

PLAN OF SALGON

OF GEORGE

Among the other contents of the book ar

On Sunday night a young man named Jeans, belonging to Company of the Regiment, et with a lsmaptable and sudden death. He was walking down to barracks from the anatorium, and just before reaching the second bridge post Wandhai Giap, doosived by the shadows wat by the moonlight on the narrow road, ba walke over the steep precipins at that place and fall to the bottom argest walking along the road noticed the body at the foot of the hollow and immediately got assistance. When the poor fallow was rodobel ho was quite dead, it is amp posed from rupture of the heart. The body was buried yesterday afternoon, the whole of the officers and men of Company being in atten- danoe The service at the grave was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, the Military Chap Lain, who arrived here on Sunday in the stosmar Verona Jenus was only 20 years of age and wia a native of Kattering, in Northamptonshire. He was a general favourite with his comrades.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,

[BUPPLIED TO THE “DAILY PRESS”).

LONDON, 18th September. MAJOR BARTTELŐT MURDERED. Major Barttelot has best murdered by bis carriera. ANOTHER EXPEDITION TO RESCUE

STANLEY.

A new axpedition for the relief of Stanley organizing at Stanley falls.

CONTINENTAL POLITICS. Count Kalacky visita Prines Bismarck Friedrichsrah on Saturday...

INTERVIEWS ACROSS SOME

·NESE WINDOW SILIS.

(No. L.)

WITH A CHINO-ÁUSTRALIAN,--ME X-

[Dr Huck KALYPTUS. || (Concluded)

is

He left all of hope, two more of three goldes game, for the money and intersat in the claim to hà sạn, possession of which nearly thirty thousand men who had proved to be a steady hard working were striving within a mile of me. It did not fallow, and whom I gladly, welcomil into the take me long to realise that I had struck it rich,

partnership. Not a month after this, our carp

An Anglo-Chinese Calendar, Mean of Barox. 4gain for snother twelve months, they his confiding customers experianoad tae very tannis, soid, sad the parts which secrete it to standing tilted up with me, and, sa I fell over made with tto larger tent of tas two, and in this on that meinorable night whon i went in sleep

ter and Thermometer, Rainfall, &o.

A full Chronology of remarkable events, sincs the advent of foreigners to Chins and Jepen. A description of Chinese Festivala, Fasts, do,

with the days on which they fall. Comparative Tables of Meney, Weights, &o. Beals of Boarkong Stamp Datles. The Hongkong Postal Guide for 1888. Scales of Commissions and Charges adopted by the Chambers of Commerce of Hongkong Changhai, Amey and Newchwang. Hongkong Chair. Jinriskabs, and Boat Hire. The APPENDIX consists of

FOUR HUNDRED PÄGER

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of closely printed matter, to which reference is constantly required by residents and the having commercial or political relations with the Countries subrand within the scope of the CuSONTOLE and DIRECTORY.

Tientsin, 1858

Chafos,with Addition Arliels Opinn Convention, 1886. and all others not abrogated.

France, Tientsin, 1859

Convention, 1860

Tientsin, 1885

Treaty of ComMITED,

a good deal of talk, and then all is quiet

Committee, who carry on the routine work, concerning themselves only sitb ́matters Io the neighbouring affeeting trade. colony of Singapore steps are being taken to reconstitute and roorganise the local branch of the Straits Settlements Asso- tiation. A provisional onmmittee has been

formed, who have issued a circalar in which

the object of the Singapore branch is set out

SUPREME COURT.

17th September..

IN APPEAL

BEFORE THE FULL COMET.

LETNO 19. CHAN SAT SUNO,

at and my next thought was how I should not so a was one day invaded by several gentlemos, min to hide may find, for I knew that, if I showed my ing experts from Ballarat and Malloarne. unggets about the camp, the crank would be They asked to be shown over our workings, and swarmed with sercars in an hour. I don't know on permission bring given, examined the тету CHI.hether the next step I took in the matter, leaders and nature of the quarts,

which proved in the long run the most for minutely, taking away with them a few speci Very little now comes from the Cheng Chou

funate. I had ever taken in my life, was ususel by meza. In the following wook, I received a coin. breach of the Heang-ho. The waters are flow-

my own feeling or had some loftier origin, bet et munication from a capitalist in Melbourne, ing fast through the gap, no endeavours are

any rate before I knew where I was, I wasrashing offoring me £39.000 for the property, an tehalt being made to close it, and the efisiale are]

off to my old camp to some to come arrangement of a company. 1 courulted with Cleary, and we The Nepasi and Wan-sim-ching collision case waiting for the arrival of Commissioner. Wa Ta

with the two brothers, who had treated me so at onge closed with the offer, When all arrange- is now settled, the Governor of Formost having then before any new plans are decided upon.

kindly Nearing their teat. I slowed down, as ments were completed, we were invited, by the agreed to accept Tls. 100,000 in full satisfaction Examination of the band bows clearly that if We camped on the banks of the wide and I remembered the' manner of my exit, and my bayers of the property to Scatt's Hotel, Mai. of his claim, and the claims of those who lost away the great breach is plead the waters will at pistorengas stream, and with the permission of qualms were inersaced when the nigger, who had bourne, where I received my £26,000, and my their effects when the transport was suck.-Nance seek for new catlets, north or south, and my masters, who followed my example, I come raund from the back of the canvas, caught partuar bis £15,000. In addition to this, we had 0, Daily Newa.

| mary Chinese officials are now of opinion, sa the

ight of us. Horan at me, and, catching me by the of socrse both large amounts to draw from the tamage done is irremediable, it will be beat to quickly plunged into the refreshing water, and quen, haled me into the tent with a shout, and banks, as the result of our working at the nine. When the U.S.8. Ashuelot was lost off Amay let the waters for in the present directions indulged is the luxury of a bath. When we had giving me a above, let me go. I said nothing. When this was done, I bada Cloary and Mel some years ago, there was a quantity of treasure rather than be forced to overran districts that reised, the fire was lit, and the nigger, with but preferred dogged silence till the r3banrne good bye and left for my native land on board. For a long time the purchaser of the

rack was moable to got this treasure, bat having so far, have escaped. The distress in Honan and whom I Ind usw become very familiar, told me tura from work of my masters. As for the again via Sydney and Brisbane. In Syimney I violence of the "blackman, I qulated that by ment a day, wandering round the streets looking recently been purpleData Neto, says, had no sessive, as rast numbers of people are homeless or our supper (for we ate it apart from the eight of the smallest of my nuggets, which, after foroid landmarks. They badall disappeared, how-

with a plan of the vol Anhui daring the coming winter will be e-

and utterly dealitate. No efforts have hitherto bones) that they were brothers, who had aald as sored promise that he wond return it, I lot ever, and I saw puthing by which to conjure up diffioulty in recovering $65,000.

been made to remove the suffering families to big cattle elation in Queensland in order to lica fondle in his hands for some minutes. At any remembrances of the past, except the beaut The Chinese Timer hears that the river Yang- other parts of the Empire, where, il land is equip themselves for a journey in search of boat 5 o'clock, my hunger returned, and the fal park, then on the outskirts, now in the con- Lane is, in some important places, beginning to giron to them, with seed and some toriporary

black gara me a bit of salt junk, which I de tro of the city, in which I had slept ont my FOTETEEN THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED / GEKET want in this colony is an organised boil. Of Woosung the depth of water has de help, they may retrieve their broken fortunes wealth. It was decided, much to my surprise voured greedily. The brothers returned infrst night on the Australian Continent. Ws

ereased by 3 feet, especially during the last thraa Chinese Times.

and satisfaction, not to orces the river on the next hour after this, tipd out and miserable from were in Brisbane for one day, and there I met day, but to lay back for a spel, and this occupation their ansxocossful labours. They started to in the street a tall bronzed and bearded maa machinery for the expression of public or four months. Our contemporary for the

deposit of mud and silt in one of the ill-affects of The oupales of the Quercils snertia or arranged under one. Alphabet in the driɔtest opinion. The Chamber of Commeræ ronders the Yellow Rivor, which now finde cutlet for part Chinese ask are manipulated to afford a hinok willingly indulged in for the paxt twenty-four turn me out of the tent, but the nigger told whom I recognized at ones as one of the brothers. them in bis own language something about may He was delighted of coping me, and, adjourning Invaluable service, but that body is sup- of its waters into the Yangtze,

dye, ned in Peking to dye cisth. The prlente ours. Very much refreshed by our rest, wearing a nugget, and they let me stay. I then to his rooms at one of the principal hotels, in temples on the hill rides add to their yearly got ever the Murray at daybreak next morning told thom the whole story, and they st og told such other how we had fared since we last posed to confine its attention principally to commercial questions. At times it has gone in regard to the death of a China boy who com sold to food pigs. The floor buds of the found out had been built by the blackfallow on food, and all utonsils to the spat, pog oat claims had wroceeded in buying up esveral catelo Inflammatory, placards wura posted yesterday income by the sale of score cups; the horns are on a rough raft which, to my astonishment, I proposed to me that they should shift the bent met. He and his brother, 1 was glad to leary, farther, nud at the annual general metinga mitted suicide by hanging, alleging fenl play. Acacia Sephora, so abundant in Faring are nat

all round the find, pay for the exclusive pri- stations which had trebled their value, and were d that any question of Copies of the placasts have beon secured by the to produce a yellow dye. In Europe the tannie the preceding sight. A long pole, witarilegs of working it and take squat profita of independent. Just befors. I loft bim, to catch authorities, and the authors will be preceded neid employed in the preparation of leather is tapering fat end, did duty as a paddle, and, at the discovery with me. This Iat once agred the launch that ran dowa the Brisbane River to publicpolire, fan sunitation to fortifications; against it discovered for posting them without produced by the oak and larch, bat dis tan they my request, I was allowed to take the party to, and, with no head of their long day's" graft" where our steamer was anchored, he went to one may be properly discussed. It pinst be ads, the approval of the Registrar-General. A post yield is only half the value of that obtained across with it. When I stood at the end inst over, they decided to shift camp and of his dearers, and, palling out a small bor, from the wattle bark of Australia, which is sold of the raft in that early morning, among such all its contents immediately. That sight told me to look inside it. I opened the cam, mitted, too, that great benefit has resulted mortem examination of the body is to be made.

in England for from £12 to £16 a ton. The strangs surroundings, with the marego with I slept not ten yards from my old resting and found, nestling on a bit of voel, an English from auch discussions. There is, however, The want of a properly constituted Bank at wattle belonge to the acuria order Thers is folded eras intently watching me, I would place but I had a tant over my head. estareiga. I was wondering what he meant by ewhat of continuity about the Chamber's Macao made itself sadly felt the other day Acacia pyesantha and Acacia decurrens. The not help thinking of the last time when and, for all I knew, a large forfans under showing it to me, when he asked me to examine It appears, from what we read in the Correio,that bark of both produces from 20 to 39 per cent. of I used an oar in Hongkong harbour, and won- ay feel. Before daylight next morning, we wore it. I did so, and you can guess my astonkligent action in non-commercixi questions. The Uhinaman, who went by the name of Fo Hon, tannis sold. The team is taken when the tree dering what my respected relatives would any, up and, after a hasty consultation as to the beat when I discovered, soratobed on its surface, wy PLAN OF TURG AND ENTEROOF SINGAPORE annual meeting is held, there is probably was ouerying on the basingas of mercy ohanger is five or six years old. It is quite likely that could they see me in my new life. While masing means of presenting publicity being given to own name in Chinese characters. I at quos re- but he also kept money on deposit. The other the Chinese oaks and aceias contain valuable in this manner, a log of the raft on which I was our find, we decided to cover the hole I had momberof that it was the sorroigu I had lost 41sagreeable surprise of finding him nos eat, greatest abandages will doubtless became in into the water, my feet were jammad batwear it way work not only sheltered from the heat of on the hard ground at the digging, tired out leaving behind him debts to the ameant of some future years articles of commerce, and take their and the other logs, and I was bald head down the sus bit congealed from observation. Then and hungry. He explained to me that while $40,000.of deposit money.

place aurag the exporte.-Chinese Times. wards not able to make an effort to save myself started a happy time focus. At the end of every sifting some shad in a sieven few months after I Before even the brothers had noticed my decid day we would lay ourpickings together on a beap, bad left, togoveraign hal been discovered among Two or thros nights ago a private in the ra The Railway extension from Tientsin toent, the lilaok sprang forward and with diffeal and count them. At the sad of the first months a heap of rabbish. Knowing, from my story, how giment was walking from Victoris Reers to Tungekow, which was sapotioned in principlety dislodging my legs from the planks throw one of the brothers called me to him, a day or two it had got there, they decided to keep it as a Murray Barracks, along the back path: When some time ago, has now been definitively name away from under the rift Ha then jumped after we had seat the gold to Melbourne by the momento. After my begging very hard for it, he came to the dangerous part of the road known gatired, for the pressnt at least, by the Imperial inte the river, and seising hold of my bad on younger brother, sad showed as a deposit nie he gave it to me, and I then left for the steamer as Scandal Point, instead of keeping to the Government. It is well known that Chion Fo, the left side, hurting me considerably by his for £700, with the Union Bank of Australis. So That night we had our last sight of the island right he walked straight on and was informaer Custom Tantai of Tientsin and Chief grip, regained the raft, and after depositing me was then worth £250, and as I rapidly figared continent whoze I had fared as well, and in three mediately precipitated over the bank. Jo bie Commissioner of the China Railway (cupany, fimp and wet on its surface clambered up him this up, and convorted it mentally into 1.150. If weeks Last foot in Hongkong, and won stafted - fakt he anstained very severe injuries to his bas baen exerting himself while in Poking to self, with his long hair dripping, and the blue could hardly restrain my gladness. My nirup my provont business." scull and side. He was taken to hospital byahtsin sanation for the extension, with the in-paint from big fan mingling with the stripes on partar di pet sitempt to try to restrain hia, "And those trinkets you wear on your watch some men who were attracted by his shouts for tention of plasing the works in the hands of the his body in a most ludiorone manner. From and began to be in hopas of making a comfortable chain F to be to act in concert with the parent be. He now lies thers in a very ritieni French Syndicate. Choti Fu has made himself that day forward, I looked up to my preserver fotuza. We worked on in this way with fairly Why can't you guess? One of them is tha | body at home, and generally to aid in col, state, and is prestrated with brain fever. very agreeable to the Seventh Fringe, to whom be with great gratitude, although he did not allow successful remite, and, after we had pagged out first nugget. I ever found, and the other is the

lecting and imparting information and in

submitted his plans, which were by the Prizon the least approach to familiarity from me, ou quantity of ground round the claims, took no only sovereign I ever lost?" The Japan Mail has the following paragraph, handed over to Ching Wang, Chief of the Tour-Bout of the incident on the river. I will ramble to conceal our discovery. Within a day forming and giving organized expression to translated frons the J Shimpo-A collision Yaman. The paper came under the sys of not weary you any longer with the tale of a bad a small town of tents about us, bat as we after being pressed to coma again on and have Thacking my kind best for his barrativa, and public opinion in the colour, with reference between the Osaka Shipping Company's storas ng Tang-he, one of the Emperor's tutors who our travels, except to say that the country had taken all precations befaretaud, we ware another est. I left him alone with his thoughta. to all multors of public importance, legisla-29th ultimo as the former vessel arrived at Kobe scheme to Frince Ching as being contrary to the fornery, but will take you on to the end of a hot had begun to yield very poor returns, and, har Mihmra and a foreign vessel occurred on the has no love for Chou Fu, and who descubed the after we crossed the Murray was one continual not molested by “jumpars” In 1883, our glada i The Contents of the Appendix are too numertive and administrative, as distinguished from Tadotsu (Sand). Both passels sustained interests of the people: whereupon Prinpa Ching November day. It had bean fearfully warm, and ing over £4.00 to my orgdit in the bank, 1, de ous to recapitulate in an Adrartisament, but

from the purely commercial questions with more or less damage, and some of the crew of is said to have mashed his hands of the basinese, at about half past five I hoped that as usual wo sided to go out of the partnership and mate a zolad

the forsign ship fell overboard, bat were saved Chon Fa resins at the Board of Admiralty, world car up for the night. This was sidantly set in the city of Melbourne. The brothers TREATIES WITH CHINA-

which the Chamber of Commeros is con immediately." Tho Hyogo Nesps explaing that however, and will perhaps have further appor not the intention of my employers, however, and advised me not to take this step, saying that Great Britain, Narking, 1942

cerned." The Association in Loudon, we this serious collision resolves itself in foot into a are told, bus maintained an unintercepted Japanese stemor's running down a sapan with ties to bringup the subject-Chimera Times the laconie auswer that the rigger gave to my Helbourne was under a ologd of commercial de- query was to point with finger ahead of us, and pressico just now, but I adhered to my rosolu- existacee sisoo its formation in January, making no affort whatever to save them.

two forsigners in it in Hyngo, harbour, and We Chinos Times) are very glad to losen, exclaim "plenty white feller badgeras sit down tion, and, after receiving $500 from tasu, and the devastating looda ar and Peking notwith-longa that si.” At a little after siz, the whoop on my part giving up all interat in the property, 1868, and or more than one occasion recently.

standing, that the orops are unusually heary and he had given on seeing the array was reparted, bada them scardial good bye, and left for the the influence of the gentlemen composing it

While the steamer Kungsang was meered off in fine sondition. If nothing ontoward ocopra and on looking shean I saw a rast forest of queen sity of the south. It was a great relief to Whampoa one day last week, says the Mercury, the harvest will be unusually large, and of flas tears of every description, while carried by theme to get to Melbourne, and I had a month's rest (all previous Singapora residents) and their a thunderstorm some on, and after a tra- quality. Taking the utmost possible yield as breeze once a lend buss and marmar that be before starting anything, enjoying to the fall In this snit the Attorney-Geral, instructed opportuns representations to Downing-street mendously load thunder-clap the lightning struck the figurs 10, the crops of this year in Chibli are tokened a thickly populated town. One of the the gay life that, with plenty of money in my by Messrs. Denys and Mossop, appeared to have proved of, signal service to the colony about a foot of it, end of course the horse-fagbest product that could be given. The country sized, and a hearty grip was stohanged, while riot bad elapsed, I started a fauoy store in Berke deciskin of Mr. Justico Lonch on the 27th 4.-

the track of her wainmast and married away stimated at or only one-tenth short of the beatbere bold eat his hand, which the other pocket, I was able to lead thora. When that pe make application for lease to appeal against "Locally," the circular says, "the sphero of with it never was&Bag hauled down with greater round this place. (Tientsin) is fairly dry, and the the aboriginal, prancing abont like a Innatic in straat, where I sold Chinese and Japanese goods. gust, whereby certain goods seized ander die action of the Brapah Association may be promptitude. The electric fluid passed downmilet is strong and igazons, ranging from 12 to the background, exclaimed "Bendigo; look see, I invested all my money in the business, and the trains word refeed.

The Attorney-Genral said he made this ap the back-stay, which was attached to the ship 16 and even a fast high. The yield of fruit and piggertail, look sen Bandige!" Well, we got into irst few months transactions made me very con- wide and important,-in intelligently watuh-outside, and by which the lightning was con- vegetaking this year is also very abundant, and the town at dusk, and pitoad our tants og slittle ident. Drawing a falt income from a large com- pad under the provisions of Section 18 of Ocdia. ing public affairs, in calmly and rasionably rayed into the water. Had the hack-stay been if the Chinese pescants and farmers could be clearing fronting a place called Diamond action that I had fatised for myself, I ran ange 12 of 1878. Under this Ordinance, although exemising and discussing proposed Ordin. fastened inside the ship, as all the other stays persuaded to graft their apple past, and peach Gally. After wandering round among the the shop very satisfactorily, for seven years, according to the summary procedure the time anca, io nacertaining and maring know the consequences.

were, there is no caying what might have boon trees and grape vines with stock from Europe streets of tents, listening to the drunken but at the end of that time that po- for making the application had spord, it was

and the United States, as has been done with songs of the diggers in the weatherboard riod kuwa still in Melbourne as the within the Court's Jurisdiction on the produ public wants, in pointing out where existing

The Tientsin-Kaiping railway is, the N. Condrons sucess in Chefoo, a very great sonroe hotel, losing my way, and boing put straight 1970 disaster" commence Wheat returned tion of reasonable grounds to grab the oppool. laws and regulations may press unfairly or Daily News says, already at work, two trains of wealth would be given to this province. It by Chinese digger, I turned in and went about two bushels to the acre, instead of its Under this Ordinate the power to appeal was may be harshly or capriciously administered, ranning daily betwean the two terminal points will not answer well to transplant exotic trees to to sloop. Da the day following our arrival, usual handsome yield, and the bankraptor of not subjset to the limitations of the Summary and, when public opinion has been tormed, leaving Tientsin at 30 and 10:30 am. As the this country, as the long frode, eager wirds, and the brothers inxt no time in pegging out about six very large firms led to the assignment Court. The appeal was made against the Hue is not yet officially reported as opened, only excessive dryness will soon destroy foreign varie claims and starting work on a likaly looking bit of hundreds of smaller stores and shops attached docision of the Judge in the Summary in giving expression to it with the weight goods tracks fitted with seats are at present used ties, but grafts of imported fruit tress nude on of land rejoicing in the pleasant name of Dead to the In this period of calamity, when the Court up the application of one Chan Man's Drop." Eventually our tents were shifted tusolvaney Courts were full of work, and for Sat Bang under the provisions of Ordin- Orders in Connoil for Government of H.B.M. and influence which numbers confer," for the soosmmodation of natire passengers, native trees auswer admirably well.

The fare for this third-class accommodation is.

to this spot, and the daily renting of par lires tunes were lost in a single day, my business, un atve 1 of 1893, who came forward to sak the Sabjects in China and Japan, 1883, 1877, Could not some similar Association bo25 cents from Tiantein to Taka (feng-ki end Kahlow says:-Rumours are once mers being appointed. For some weeks, placed with the luckily for ms, did not stand fiera. I was a Court to discharge or suspend the order to release 1878, 1881, 1884. 1984, 1986, 1850 formed in Hongkong. As an instaties in 75 cents to Kaiping. The native passenzor spread aboat to the offect that a group of Gar novelty and spurred on by the hops of fortune; large creditor of many of the bankrupt boxes, certain distrained articles. His first objection. Rules of II.B.M. Supreme and other Cearts which its utility might be exemplified trafilé already begins to have an sotive look, hat man financiers have taken up & Chiness loss or I worked, as did my masters, very hard and an and bad numerous debts, so one morning, with a was that when the application wax made the

in China and Japan

it is from the heavy goods traffe, the conveye negosisting for the perposs of so doing complainingly, but after that time their manner sorry heart, I gave sp the hopeless attempt to tiras for making it had expiced. His next objer- Tables of Consular Fees

tion was with regard to the procedure adopted we may take the recent imposition by fance of coal, salt, and general cargo, that the in demand in Chiga has been raised in quite a Tasy got queralens at the unceasing drudgery, thing I possesso i, and was once more, to ab in. at the tria. No rules ware lakl.down by the

Both theories are incorrect, for the money which to me and to each other okanged considerably. nake ends meet, lot my creditors have every the Government of charges for verandah chief remunerative returns are expected.

different wazeer. Firstly, the House Ministry without prospect of their efforts being rewarded tents and purposes, a paper I immediately Court in such cases for the taking of evidence. encroachments over Crows lands. In a case A meeting of the Licensing Justices was const Peking hars contracted for a 7 per cont. loan and recognized after a while that they had thrown went than old established English goods store, It appeared, however, that the learned Judge like this the Governor în Ovandil, by a stroke yened for yesterday to consider an appleation of million taals with the Hongkong and Shang-away the substance for the shadow. With this and applied for a billet as clerk, fox, during my who heard the application declined to reosice any of the pen, has power to reverse the policy for a wine and spirit licenco for Kowloon, behai Bank, for which no security has bean given feeling growing up I faced very badly and led seven years shopkeeping, I had not been idle, vies de avideos. · such 箍

Mr. J. C. L. Beach. Mr. Caldwell appeared and in reapons to which ap Imperial ediot has a regular dog's life. All the work was ovent but had stuck to my English studier very warranted in pursuing which has hitherto been followed in this for the applicant. Mr. H. E. Wodehouse, been issued. The Ministry will doubtless suon ally shelved on to me, while they sat round and steadily, and this stood me in good stend in the absence of any rule to that effect. matter, without affording the public the C.M.G, was the only Justice presect. The require more money with which to build palaces lamonted. Since we started, the nigger had now. The firm, whom I had had connections with In the next placo the order to discharge was wrong under the circum. slightest opportunity of expressing an opin-applicant's intention stated to be the and defray the vast expanate contected with the never done anything bat eat, and walk about in business, engaged as a "mining oleck the warrant.

building of a matabed on garden lot No. 55,7ng. Emperor's approaching marriage. For with his spears in the Chinese portion of the that is a clerk who coasts sooouula at the starcos put before the court. ion until after the now regulation has come Bokiasen Road, Chief Inspector Horspool, on the regalation of the Yellow River 3,000,000 taala camp, soaring my compatriots ont of their lives goldfelds. I gladly nocepted the billet, which evidence of any tender of rent, or rather there Customs and Harbour Hegulations for the dif

Berent ports of Chins, Philippines, Siam, &o, into force. The unofficial members will doubt, behalf of the police, objected to the application will be necessary, for raising which the viceroy with his hideous appearanos. He had indalged was one of great trust, and thanked my employers was no evidence of what was really a tender. The less, at the next meeting of the Legislative on the ground that a raatshed was not a suitable would not receive the Emperor's authorisation, in a new coat of paint since the accident in the for the confidence they had reposed in re tender made was on the understanding that

building for a licensed house, and in addition there

so that the deeds of this loan would only receive river, but where he get the star from I was During the next two years I got on very well, the tenant bold possession under a lease instead Council, ask for some explanation regard was the risk of fire attendant on the occupationof the vico-regal seal. Of this team of 8,000,000 never able to ascertain, as we carried none getting into my antiss quickly, and managing of as a monthly tenant. The decision of the ing the charges for verandahs, but when the such a structure. Mr. Caldwell answered these tael 1,000,000 been already taken up by the tn camp. My countrymen were coutinually pase farther the interests of the firm. I used to court in favour of the tenant paying $100 per objections by saying that the law laid down Hongkong and Shanghai Bank The loan bears ing me when I was at my work, and I Ever take long rides, accompanied by aigrer guides, month ander the lease instead of $150 per month meeting may beleldisa matter of uncertainty mobbing about the stability of building but per cent, interest, is payable in silver, and not that, although very few of them wore doing well, to the various goldfields of the solony and collect as a monthly tenant was not warranted and entirely in the discretion of the Governor, simply concerning the character of the applicant. repayable before a year's time. Later on the they were tolerably comfortable. bang their own my billa for tents, mining and cooking utensils, by the evidenos. The agroamant about the As it happens, a mesting mast be held short. Mr. Wodehonse desired to lot the matter stand riceroy is at liberty to give notice of his inten-maiters. After a little more of my hard labours, etc. in which we did a big business with the loss was a parole agreement and could not be over, as he was the only Justice presen, until tion to liquidate the debt. The loan has been denied to leave the brothers and join a Chi-goldseekers. By soma chance, it happened that, used in the assertion of a legal right. The con- it is published, or to the following. Agents --- ly to goonider the Haliwates, but at another the 29th fast, when his colleagues eight have an agreed to in Tientaln on the condition that the peas damp farther down the river. This I put for the whole of those two years, I had never tautien put forward by the person whose goods MACAO. Mr. F. A. la Cruz.” SWATOW.........Mesers. Quelah & Co.

Basou of the year monthe wight pass with opportunity of dealing with the matter. It may interest shall be alone, payable in that town. It into practice one night, when the voices of the in-ad occasion to re-visit Bendigo, but, one day in had been distrained was that he held the pro- be remembered in connection with the objections is an interesting circumstance that the Hang- toxicated diggers had died away and everything the beginning of 1873, the head of the form gara party onder a less from the assignee, but the out an opportunity being efforded the urged by the polios spainst the granting of this song and Shanghai Bank in order to be in a pu about the town was still. Packing up my little no some big accounts for pollestion at my dit lesss was not registered and was therefors in- official Meuskers of ventilating a public licenon, that a lines was allowed for a mathedition to hand over at once the entire loss to the bundle of clothes, and carefully placing the one diggings, and I at ones sat out, with mingled effective. The judgment given upon the ap viceroy borrowed the other half of it at 5 per cent. sovereign. I was possessed of to my belt, I tule feelings at the thought of saning the place plication gave the go by entirely to the question question. At present, moreover, the extent hotel at Kowloon some years ago,

The consequence wes that a species of financial away from the plase, and ran about half a mile again. Of my old partners, I had over hoard of the vallity of the less. He submitted there to which the uaticial Members represent A San Francisco paper give the following obi calamity arose in Shanghai and the interest rate along the course of a creek, till I could age the sitico my departure from the field in 1860. Warsufficient to warrant the Coach, and be require NORTHERN & Hall & Hole Co-operativa Co. public opinion on any particular question tatry notice of a gentleman who will be recuson loans rose to 12 per cent. A proposal which lanterns of China Town ahead of me. Then I When I arrived I started to do my business the Court to alter the form of the discharge of bered by many in Hongkong "Tred. Exter, a same from another quarter to take up the loan settled into a walk, and strolled into the samp, which I accomplished in about two days, and the parrant and order the release only of the pro Hora Porte and Kolly & Walsh, Shanghai may be a matter of dispute. If they were bright young writer, he had rudered the on condition of its being repayable in gold as if I had inet, arrived in the district and was then rods down from the toru, then balt perty alstrained to the valun of the $104, which NAGASAKI......Mess. The C. &J. Trading Co. able to point to an organised and iofuestial frota bis British home, died recently at the was absolutely refused. Chiu can naver looking for work, I lay, for the rest of that of woul and stone in place of the old canvas, had been paid into Court. Under these droum. KOBE-MAKA....Mesere. F. Walsh & Co.

Association as supporting the views they ex- Fabiola Hospital, after a painful illness of several bring herself to scoopt a large loan that night, with the stars for my blanket, and, next to the spot of my oki Bad, which was desort-stances he asked the Court leare to appeal.

The Court reserved its decision. YOKOHAMA Massrs. Kelly &Walsh.

weeks, his affliction being tour of the stomach, single small lomas are always being lased. morning I got up, very hopotal, to look for aod. The gold was now being discovered about MANILA Messrs. Dies Prestan & Co.-pressed their words would necessarily carry The deceased had won by his warm, hours, and As the establishment of a German Chinese job, which I thought I had only to ask for to get two miles away from the former field, and BAISONosara, Schroeder Frères and more weight with the Government. Ona of considerate nafors many friends in China. He Bank the negociations have not yet been brought However, that night found me again in my na-overything in the vicinity of where I was WAR

Dr. A. J. Bohag, BA. of the Sydney Gardes

the most important service auch an Asocias highly connected in England, having bean to a satisfactory result, although they have tural resting place, tired out and successful quite atill. Our workings on the bed of the HANOI Mr. F. Mainiroy.

a scion of the family from which the onusty ofistely made a good step forward. A short time in my quest. I did not like to break into my creek were, I saw, very deep and had evidently University, and M. of Edinburgh, has publish HALPHONG....Mr. G. Govelle,

tion as we suggest. would reader to the Essex takes its name. It was in that county that aga there appeared in Shangkat a "German sovereign, and so had eaten no food for twenty-four been "bottomed On enquiry about the brothers ed sa Interesting paper on menthel and its value BANGKOK Messrs. Ramsay & Co..

solony would be in bastening on the time he was born. At an early age he entered the Banking Association under the manager hours. I remember that I took out the little I found from some eld residents that after work in the treatment of consumption. The proper SINGAPORE Mess Kelly & Walsh,

when the colony will be placed in the enjoy. Chiun trade and went to Hongkong, where he ship of a certain Herr Booken, but it disappear gold ects to decide whether I would part withing their ololm ent they had gous back to ties of menthel which render it serviceable in PENANG.Mesure. Maynard & Co.

was a broker and an insurance adjuster for aed almost as suddenly as it had appeared. The it in the morning, if no help came. Then, tou Queensland, such with a very comfortable pile lung diseases are (1) Ite volatility, which makes ment of municipal institutions. A stop in number of yours. For some time aloo Le noted) English and Franch syndicates have sat various drowsy over to retain my holl of my sole posle his possession, while my informant told me possible its direct application to every part of this direction has been wonde the recon. Dopaty Conval for Rusia at Hongkong.pupils to China to learn the language and study session of rolus, I bave a vague recollection of that the nigger had bees killed in a whiskey this respiratory tract; (3) its great antiseptis Later he removed to Shanghai, where he asta. the habits of the people. In all probability Gerletting it drop, and falling into a doop slamber, shanty brawl a few months after I had left. Bo poser even in the gaseous atare, by which the etitation of, and the introduction of the blished a paper. Daring the Franco-Chinese many will shortly fond out competent people to When I woke up, le was just getting daylight, did not tal, sither, to tell me that big fortunes vitality of the tubercle bacillus or disease germ elective element into, the Sanitary Board. war he was a war corresponden for Judou pssoquire similar knowledge. The necessity of ma and I felt the pangs of hunger sa severely that were now being made on the new feld, and I of consumption is lowered and eren destroyed; The functions of that body are, however, came clitorial position in the Mors in the interest of derman trade and industry my mousy or not, I felt in my patse for the less of the place that I went and looked for my lorlatod or wholly removed; and (6) its power of

pare. He to San Francisco tm yrs ago. extensive and waighty representation In Chins fally decided now about whether I should spend heard so much falk about the extraordinary rich (3) ita amsthetic power, by which pain in LONDON.........Mosts. Baten, Hendy & Co. |vodāned to masters of canisation, What is ing Cait, and later beame a member of the and also of the German financial world i be sovereign. It was not there. Remembering self. With the sight of the first nugget, shows stimulating the blood vessel, and of putting LONDOS.. Mr. W.M.W, 161, Cannon St. wanted in full local control over all the Chronicle staff. His health tailing him, he weatcorning more and more obvious ach day that I fell asleep with it in my hand on the proto me by a man who was making a rapid for them into a it condition for maintaining a

to Oakland in January last, and held positions passes. Otherwise the Germans are likely to vious evening, I began su enger and anxions tame, the gold fever returned to mas with its full improving the nutrition of the tissus BEALIS, Q. Hildebrandt.111, Alexandrinen

this contioned agitation will be necessary the Times. He had some dramatic talut, and be done soon, for English and French competiat all. The ground that formet ing pillow was the exchange of a comfortable life for an arduous boravio said, and ammonium chloride, in the pro and Hvely watchfalocus to wine every among his efforts in this directicz is the dram- tion he sphere sotive and is winning ground on the bank of the amall creek, and I knew that and hazardous one, I decided to rotura to all portions 1, 2, 3, has proved sficacions is caesia opportunity of driving the wedges in little was produced in the aty nd is now being parent of stableng a German Chinese Bilk may bed. I went down to make a freel search in I was at the off before the end of the weck, foul stench of the beach, na well an Aha mesony stigation of H. Rider Haggerts, "She," which For this reason it is to be desired that the pro the soin might here rolled down to the dried up.conpation. Biding by Lant journeys to Malbume and a few applications completely remove the by little or all at once, as sirenmatanoss may} Aused in Kan Bint

Loom, bu satried lærlü sæbertatik.

this place, and perceived a grack in the woll, On going up to the hand partner's room, to in panying kendadas:

Convention, 1887. 1686.

United States, Tientsin, 1838

Additional, 1869

Faking, 1880

Gorman, Tisatsin. 1881

Peking, 1880

Hassia, Japan, Spain, Brazil, and Peru.

Netherlands

TELATIES WITH JAPAN —

Great Britain.

United States TREATIES WITH CORNA

TILATING WITH SIAM

Cores

TREATIES WITH ANAM TREATIES WITH CHAMBODIA CUSTOMS. TARIFFS

Chinese Гарадзе

LBGAL

Biamese

Cortan

Code of Civil Procedure, Hongkong

Table of Hongkong Court Fell Admiralty Rotes

Foreign Jurisdiation Act

Regulations for the Consular Courts of United

Statos in Chine

Rules of Court of Consuls at Shanghai

Chinas Passenger Aat

TRIDE REGULATIONS.

China Jspan

Sinin

Customs Solsure, China

Filotage Regulations

HONGEONO

Charter of the Colony

Eulos of Legislativa Connell

Port Begulations

Loo

Orders may be sent to Daily Free Offos, where

AMOT.Mesra, C. Gerard & Co. FORMOSA......Messrs. C. Gerard & Co. FoooHOW........Mesars. Hedge & Co. NINGPO Meers. Kelly & Walsh, S'ghai. SHANGHAI..............Hall & Holts Co-operative Co. SHANBAL... Messrs. Kelly & Walsh.

COLOMBO Messrs. A. M. & J. Ferguson. DALOUTTA... Messrs. Nowman & Co. SYDNEY.......Messrs. Gorden, & Goteb.

HELBOURNE Moses. Norton, Hargrave & Co.

BRISBANE....... Mesern. Gordon & Gatok. LONDON.......Hr. F. Algur, Clement's Lane. Lounas.Messrs. Street & Co.,50 Cornhill,

The Fudga was ut

0170.00

There was no

FARIO..Mr L.B.Rigby 89,Rus Lafayette. I munju!päl affairs of the city. To forure on the staffs of the best papers inttarly upon taks second rank there. And something, raust search all about me, but could find on trace of it force, sud throwing away all ponziderations about. Bolag saa, consisting of menthal (powdered

Street

Frchange.

BAN FRANCO. Mr, I. F. Fisher, 21, Merchants NEW YORK....Mr. A. Wind, 11, Fark Bow

Dužg¿Pruer-Ollon, Jannary, 1888,

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