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COMPANY, LIMITED,

The prisoner I simply asked you for a joan of THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANJE money which yon gara me, and now you try to Bake out that everything regarding the yacht is in your hands.

Mr. Wobber-That may be, if there is such a yacht.

The primousr-If there in socha yaoht! Well, she is at the hotters of the sea now. Did you lend the money to me as a frisad or sa client P-1 lont it to you as a clisat on the zo, precantations you made to me as to the purpose for which you wanted the money, certainly not

a friend!

The prisoner-No, I would not have you for a friend. (Laughter. You say I engaged you in this notion against Lloyds, which is another mistako, as it is not Lloyds at all. The retainer is made out in Mr. Rodyk's name, it was not for you at sil. I asked for Mr. Rodyk when I came to the office and not for you.

Mr. Wabber-I don't suppose. you know there was such a person in existenon. The retainer ads out on behalf of Mr. Rodyk, but it is my retainer.

!

The following is the report for prantation to the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., to be held on the 25th fhet !

The general managere laro pleasure in placing to fore the shareholders the, twentieth annual report of the company.

the usual number of fires which cocard nitidu The yours 1887 and 1988 baye heɑi zemarkable for

to the company, and the balance at oradit of $253,345.30 thene periode, zaquiting in frequoy and serious isso a mustioned in the report inned in February eat, his boon reduced by subaquant paymentaatioking to 1987 policies, leaving an amount now synilatte for apportionment of 3168,625, which, with, the approval with as followe of the Consulting, Committes, it is proposal to Jen! Benna to aloreholders on thate ozatributidos of

brainors. Ta Dividend of $18.50 per share...

$86,625.00 138,000.00 $188,525,44)

The prisoner-That is all I have to ask at pro-general managers and consulting commilles aro

With gard to investments on mortgages, the sent; I may have a few morɑ questions afterwards. Bened, from valuations made by the Rongkong and Hugh Marsheit, an employé of the Eastern Shanghai Sarvapore, that the sceneities held by the Brisssion Telograph Company, was then call company form an ample guarantee for the advances ed and examined by Mr. Webber.

You have made a march at tho telegraph office to tolograms received from Saigon from the 1966 to the 21st January P-Yes.

During that time was any telegram received in Hongkwag for Popow from Saigon -No, I found no such telegram.

Can you swear positively that u ieloca was delivered to him from the British Consul that the ere had arrived and were bring ing up £3,000?--I can war that no telegram was delivered to him or his address to that effect, F. J. Machado, Hirst olerk to the Harbour Department, way next called and examined by Mr. Webber.

Hae a shipwrecked crew arrived here from Saigon belonging to the Cooshie Doo?-Not that I know of.

If it had arrived, you would have known of it P-Yes, if it was sent by the Consul.

Mr. WabberThat is all the evidence I pro pose to call, your Worship.

The prisonor-I have two witnesses, your Worship.

made.

CONSULTING COMMITTEE,

J. T. Holliday has been nominate for the approval of The Hon. A. P. Malwon having left the solvey, Mr.

now requires to be confirmed. The present members, thoshareholders tathovarantzant and hisappointment. the Hon. C. 1 Chater,, Mouse. C. D. Bottomley, T.

T. F. Foster, and J. S. Mosos, offer themselves for re- election.

AUDITORS.

THA DAILY ALEB MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH, 1.89.

--JUEVÀNOL DECEMBER, 1688.

GENITAL Accor

AJOUTE. Aberdeen, Tomlag of Aberipan Drake, on per lant

statement rin

Kowloon

a value of Kowloon Docke

na par lank alstorent.....2, 850,788,310 Nella drain from Hungar

* Village for Armennt paid Government for

now dock road

New Dook.

Te amount expended in con- struction of new dock to dste, including cost of Pamp House, and now dwolling for Saporintaudent, lossamonata Égittan of Amount written off at six

ing kontha Fron grant froin Admiralty

£25,000

843,50

687.65

4,081,10

80,000.00

*** 140,600,72

Cosmopolitan.

To value of Cosmopolitan Dook,

saper last sintament 845,915.97. New timber abeda.

4,150.00

Now intrinas, I roos's blower

and drying store fox foun-K

2,300.00

Tngs, Launches, and Lightars.; To valuo of Pilot Fisk, as per

bart statement

25,206.00 To value of Fame, as por last,

statement 46,803.70 To value of 9alon

zožius,

leton lighter, cargo lighter and boats...........

appointed Mr. Fullarton Houdaron a aditor on To cast of material on hand

The general uanseta and conlting committee Tonery debtora. to cement of Mr. A. Veitch, and the seconds how prorated have beoa ancited by him in unajane.

息

in Mr. G. 8. Coderson and re-elections of

The election of Mr.

Mr. Cozen as auditure of the company are rosen

mended,

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., Genom: Hansgars, Hongkong Fire Intason Company, Limitat Honchung, 14th Fobrawry, 1889.

To capital samount-Paid-up capital on To Locounts payable-Sundry-onsente 8,600 shares at $50 per abare.........

unpaid

His Worship-Bafors you enter on your de-To fonso. I may tell you I am going to commit the case for trial. You can say anything you wish now, but any statement you mak- will be takon down and unfered as evidenco against you. You

are quite at liberty to reserve your defence or you can make it now, if you proter.

The Prisoner-I thank your Worship for commilling the case for trial, and 7 reserve my defence. Can you tell me when the case will be triest?

His Worship-I cannot tell you that. Tho Criminal Sorsions commence on Monday.

The prisoner was then removed from the dock,

BALANCE SEX, $ler DoomES, 1828. Dr.

& e.

400,600,00

23,737.79

6,84322

€1,031,488.08

pollented Eridand secondt-Ba

anoo of this a cont

To remove fand-Amount romerved from.

the profits of 1863 to 1986 ..

To working acequat, 1887-

Balance from last account..$252.2/3,90- Add sundry premia, ..

since collected

Le-Loss and other pay.

11,817.48

$204,100.78

90,05.78

membe Ramuneration to canrulting

committos and auditors ... >,500.00

bail being allowed as before in the mum of $1,000. To working account, 1838 Balanos of

THE PRAYA RECLAMATION.

We are requested by the Hon. C. P. Chater toy publish far the information of the Marine tot-: hole and the community generally, the follow- ing letter from the Colonial Secretary, scavoying | the decision of the Government on the question of the Prays Reclamation:

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,

15th February, 1880. Sir-Referring to my letter of 7th July, 1889, and to previons correspondenes on the subject of the proposed solisme initiated by you for reclamation in front of the Central and Westors portions of the Praya, I am directed by the Governor to inform you that ther having been submitted to

Secretary of State for the Colonies the following questiaux:-

(L) Whothor the scheme should be carried ant on the torm, and in the mannset forth su the corrispondance above referred to:

(2) Whether in view of the unpectedly large! prost which the actual survey showed as kly to be obtained by the frontage Lat-owners, the torias originally proposed should not be modified by the requirement of considerable premium in rospect of the land reclaimed; and

it

(3. Whether the reclamation should not be done on Government responsibility and for direct benefis, after paymont of the compensa tion (if any) found to be due to the owners of frontage ta

His Lordship has, after fall consideration, decided to give a provisional sanction to the first of these alternatives.

-Lord Kantaford is, however. E opinion (1) that there should be recurrence to the

Net profit for 1957

this arsonu

bank accoonte, Government bonde. mortgagas, Ke-- Hongkong & Shanghai Bank-

ing Corporation, current sccount Hongkong & Shanghai Back. ing Corporation, deposit Chartered Bank of

India, Australia, and Chirm, de posit account

Loans under deed of mortgage,

$.m

In Hongkong In Fouchow

In Amoy In Shanghai In Yokohama Invested in bonde-

$66,601.90

138,195,27

25,000,00

..1,030,59%.06.

59,001.00 20,600.00 ...... $21,403

1,500.00

176,806.90

Chinese Imperial Govern

mant loan, 1884

Chinese Imperial Govern-

ment loan, 1836 Shares in the Chian Fire In-

surance Co., Limited....... Caal in harda of general

MADACUTE.........

36,299,78

157.00

2,032.79

LIABILITIES,

32,430.3€

Hy shareholders for paid up capital By Admiralty loan 220,000 ds. Dd. Jona rapayments 1,233 19. 81.

€18,706 0.4. By aradry creditor By balanes of proft brought

forened from last account. $ 1,109.50 By prußtionsh

50.11721

sborily and all soffering from dafestire sight or way an inhabitantiorawls out te hok at my men was borne by hand across the Hormit has roonivel intelligence to the offint that the

150,000.00

10.

058.119:56

565,300.39

132,965,97

By arrangement with My whiphotary Korvan Longsholder is bound to give, fenlt masses we reached an extensive, pistaan j

The pontist, Mr. Lawrence, will visit Cantone outer it they range themselves in a snapping domand any snob sarrice of the proph. This

January 21st. yelping boud at our heels, and from overy Inpidees was repeated every few miles, and so Mr. Bayard, American Secretary of State, are notified of his intented arrival,

RA Ane ne who likes to be conspionona should Kingdom fr Six optam mugglers were detected at locate to Koren, for the look of after, overwhelm-ennveging it.

Itumes, with the tall soldier Amoricau subjects in Somen, who were reported

to have been imprisoned by the Gormans" bave i The oplum was doceated in a drum, ing, peoblers surprise that passos over each As regarda vuntry itself it was far more been released. He is now: of opinion thai tho - which they bout us they went about like itinerant fast as I come in sight is wonderfully flattering fartita in appears and slao much more. oulti-recand reparte as to the disturbed itantion in beggars

to one's personal vanity. As a role, howaver, Tatal than I had been led to expect. After Samoa are szuggorated. Mr. Bayard bolerem the face withdraws immediately and the door, is leaving the monastery we climbed till aroning, that there will be us infringement of interna baalily and silently olgod, I suppose. Jest way then slept in a fat valley, then climbed again tional rights on the part of Germany, ACROSS KOREA OF HORSEBACK. II. oficial attendanta should samand the hospitality through a succession of narrow-rooky and di-,

HEALIN, 30th January, Prince Bismarok has proposed to the. United Henry Norman

Li the middle of the village--the twenty or or table-land 2.500 foot above the son, stretching States Govoranient that a conference be held to we publish to-day the begoud of his lotters on thirty miserable thatoled dwellings hardly between two fine mountain ranges and perhaps settle thie Bargon diffioulty. Koran to the 'all Mall Gazelle and the other Sary approached. What is it?" I ask him. eplendid in their autumn tints, the air was superh

Horre, the name we came to a halt and I Cha forty miles in length. The monetaias were · ENGLAND AND NDANCE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. journals reprosoufat by him

LONDON, #21 January. and he replies with a single Japanese word, the weather porfeot, and had not lonely mo Bishop Froppol, the noted Fronch writor SEOUL, KOREA, October 1888. We will sleep. I looked at the house before me. In fact I seldom red pleasanter days firine. has complained of the actio of the sto The great ministry in the mountains is one us and my heart sank. True, I knew that Korea than four of those spent riding or walking in voranout of Chili in annesing Ea e foland fu of those chosen and built by a militant Korean did not boast a Palace Hotel, but this was rather utter solitude in Centrul Kores. The nights he South Pacifio, und also gained the apoER- neot to survo, Lourding to and, either as too mnoh. A big tumblo-lown badly that he were all bad, and I used to woader what real on of the Talands of Raratong. Gemitara, retreat for the epit or a refuge for the body. hovsl surroandjuga yard; all round this, Alails travellers think about during the lonely hour sud matin The mouke themselves do not fooie vorg warlike, far, porina and Imilocks; in the middle o.lings between dinner and sleep, when island of hun- Admiral Krants, the French Mialnter of but the situation of the monastery is an almost casspool anemounted by a dung-h, in which dred miles from a whiti faco 45 are thon- Marine, ounsiders tont. Easter Island is value- impregnable one. It can be washed by only horrible block sows were rooting opposite to sand, when instead of a day or tw lividing thom loss as a naval station. Rantega would never. one rond, a long stoep stony path, in bioha the entrance the two rooms in which iba dosan from civilization they must be ale for months hubung to the French, but they must induce thonsand might well be stopped by threeb members of the family head and had their and years, and when the revolver under their Great Britaja to surrender the other two is bind it on two sides are mountains of rock, and domestic being, and a large gunst-chamber on hand day and night is there from necessity landa, on the ground that they are a dependency ou the fourth it is ended by a very deep and one side for my on, and on the other, exactly and not from mortes. I am inclipud to think we of Tabili.. National, homener was involved; but precipitaus ravino through which dashes any fronting the most fragrant corner of the dung-de not quite appreciate thom as we ought. For at the suo tino there was zu regson to fear War, torrent. The central buildings, on the edge of hill, a smaller one for myselt. I Ola Sam flung my own part, I used to reflect luw good it would Bishop Frappel declares that the Frouch Ga- the ravine, are the sacred apartments of the open the door-about two feet by throand be to it again in the midst of the oil froos in verement is guilty of neglect and incapasity King, and they are kept in perfect preserration bowed me in. The floor was of hammered earth; the club, or to drop into a stall at the Lyceum, in allowing the Britial extension in Oceania. and lonely readiness for bis euraing.

the valla were mud, covered in spots with very or to listen once mero to "Qu'allez vous faire si Ho added that the British unmoxation of Tu- The morning after our arrival (to retarn to dirty paper; the material of the ceiling was in de nous?" But taste diffor, and I wander. busy was not an accomplished fact. 104,620,04 my Interrupted diary) I was waked by roars of concealed by the dirt and smoke of ganarations To hark beak, therefore, the chief crops grown Bishop Preppel adds that England has takon 151,303.09 unfamiliar laughter. Tracking the wands, Iand tapetriod with spider's wobs. At first, of in the interior of Karos are rice, millet, beans, adventge of French somnolers. Franeo is 12,782.94 cm pen: Captain Walker performing his conrw. I was highly indignant with Sau for snd red peppers, the second of thors murah prabonad to retrieve her blunder, as proviously sho $2,715,399$:

ablutions in the midst of a red monke and bringing me to suoad vile bota, but from the dominating and furnishing the staple food for has not hand security for the islands she has pos ddlighting them at interrals with the crative, look of genuino antbriss on his handsome the people. So far as appearances fell anything sessed in the Eastern Pacific. 1,502,500.00. The old man in the garret

in excellent baritone, of how

plasil countenance I soon gathered that this to an inexport eye, Korei ought to be rich in THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE AMEER. was. the regular Korean botel and that I minerals, and there is certainly plenty of land "Tat loose the talking pärrot,

ALLAHABAD, 2 January. had nothing else to expect. Therefore I as which would give fair if not great returns for Tao Ameer had a very narrow seaps or the And there was another jolly cow downedcopted the inevitable with what joy I could, sultivating. The village industries were few 25th December. He was inuing forward in bis 124,249.22

All round the group were the great beary-and with diffenlty crowded myself, my lag, rug, and far botwres title aplaning and a littlauir won the seppy, fruth, the ballet paaring 571,384,6ared temples through the open doors of which and provision bores into the room. Then a tin of primitive wearing of cotten cloth. The country through the back of the chair and wounding

could hp see the sciems faces of squatting, gild soup, half a pound of corned beef, two bowls of is miserably poor at present, far nobody calti slave by behind. The man's comrades mads ed gods, while already half a dozen priests were tro, nip pour tuer le ver a pipe, a faw pages of vates much more than will eapport bio, as the po efort to arrest him. He was stabbed twice bending before the altars with incones nad diary, and sleep-theoretially. 51,255.71 drum. "But some people have no roverenée,

only outlet for the surplus, and that an unavoid by the Deputy Commander-in-Chief as he stood My Korean trip has taught mo at least two, able one, is into the pocket of the wearert official, abusing the Ameer, and was then killed by the 3715,330.80. Not that the monks tremelyek unred, for half things. First that our supposed Instinctive dis-- My last day's journey of sixtess hours.brought by-elanders...

ao hour later I was startled by gunshots else bke to being personally dirig is-bosh-morely a me to the great gate of coal at eight o'nluck, at hand, and discovered the irrepressibio navign matter of local convention. At home I am as This was my first glimpse of the end of may im tor picking the pigeont off the roofs of the vory unhappy as the next man if I cannot get my agination the rooky assert, the towering bat temple in which worship was being offered, at tub at a moment's notios moraing or arening, emented walls, the huge black gatos fuoxor the urgent request of the crowd, who gathered yat after twenty-four hours of Korsa I regardably closed. Neither persoasion nor money could 391,937.69

the dead birds with the greatest eagerness, ed washing, except inst a wish of one's face and open them, as the keys of the colossal padlocks 34,939.54

Yet we had been told that the Kprean monks bande. as an artificial victus, and when I found were with the king's guard at the palace. So 811.16 1991.27 rover ate fash

that there was no clean place anywhore on which rather than return five miles to a choumak, All the buildings of As-pien are in the style to lay my coat if I took it off. I just kept it on. I rolled myself up under my rug and slept there 13,896.94 to which the traveller so soon get used in the In fact I kept it on for five days. And whether on a big stone all night, and when morning broke 2,550.00 East-retangular wooden structures with high its the nerelty or the old Adam, I don't know, and the conufry men coming to market lifted a mesting. 50.117.21 peaked roofs and richly carved carving eaves, bat by and by I grew rather proud of being the corner of the rug and saw what was ander. generally with three doors at dne side and the distinctly and indisputably diety. The duar-uath, they were not a little astonished. Then 3195,342.80 obief idol facing the largest contral entrance. hill, of course, did not come to recommend at daylight we rode into the city and Mr. Colin Reform im are sats of altar utensils and little itself to me as a bedroom balcony, but that an Ford, Her Majesty's most hospitable Consul brass tallow lamps and juss-sticks which the happily, was but a spook compared with later net me at his gate in gorgeous pyjamas, and 492,055,80 pie visitor pucokuses for a few cash and Fights experiences which I will not describe The extended the bath and the breakfast and the st his prayers. The walls are covered with silk second thing is that repugnance to certain alcome of civilization to a tired and hungry and brocade, mostly very old and time-statued; siirds is a foolish weakness which wonsible and particularly dirty traveller. 151.82 the ceiling is marvellously carved and gilded, people should immediately abandon. When I perhaps huge dragoo appearing as puc oil inft Gensan leathed cockroaches with an in- $495,348.59 and worming himself in and out of the mass ribable loathing-oven hating to touch one

KEVENUE ACCOUNT. To most of labor, matozial, and working expenses of the company's thino cala blicamonte

To increst ..........

To frs insuranos

To Crown rent

To ofßso exposes, eslarice, stationery, rout,

And petty cash at head office

To drawing office expreson and salaries .... 'To Wlegrams To profit

168,625,00

$26,787.88

Boss eamings of the company's three

establishmorta

By towage, cost earnings

By tennefer fou

$1,950,879:89

dend warranty...

A.

—————1,845,974.78

By accounts receivable-Balance of tre

minn and intocast to 31st December By steam fies engine, No. 1Balance of

tais account

beam are engine. No. 2-Balance of

this account

By Yokobanis steum fire engine--Balanes.

of this seconut

By Hakow fire engine-Baisons of tib

Bount

Et q

By Ningpo fire engiio-Balance of this By Amoy fire engine-Balance of this

account. By Swalow Are o

engine-Balapos of this

BeBount

count..

WORKING ACCOUNT, 18. Dr.

To transfer fear account-Feo collestad Te exchange aoconut-Balance of ibis ac,

during the yea

count ........

original idea of a 75 foot Frayn, which is es- timated to involve, as compared with the 65 foot Prays, an additional cusé of only $40,000) and (2) that comperaation should, to acme ox- fort, bo given to the present owners of piers, who, though legally bound to remove such piers when called upon to do so by the Government. are morally entitled to consideration in respect of that part of the scheme which principally bouafits private persons.

3-There is ale another consideration cognals to those which have elicited the viewa of the Secretary of State on the latter paint, via. with reference to the wharves and piers. belonging to the public which will require to be removed in consequence of the proposed Reclamation. The constructions in question are: Pedder's Whart, Murray Pier, Pottinger Strest Pier, Nam Pak Hong Pier, and the Har- bour Master's Pier; and it appears to the Governor that in respoet of these, the case for compensation, which by inadvertence was not submitted to the Secretary of State, is even stronger than that in respect of the privately. ovasd plors. Doducting from the total com- pensation to be given to private pier owders, the amenné which represents the Government alare of the Roclamation (which portion of the scheme is wholly for the public benefit, and therefore to that extent excluding the mursl daim above referred to) the Governor andere By commission count-For commission

By largos account-

- § 8,000.00›

A233.33

2,800.00 20.3%

Shinrice of assistants Salaries of Surveyors in Hang-

kong and Shanghai Selicitors' retaining fee******

Sept of officea

fees.... Stationary, printing, advertia-

ing, wages of shrođs, &.............. 14,57832

reinsurance seoomut-Paid for rein:

auranse during the year claras...............

By count of love-Paid for loss and

By Bra brigade Anoonat-For one-mifsharo of brigale expenses at Hongkong, and Unaobes, viz.: Shanghai std Yako. Am...........

8,420.36

130.00

By kouns on premia aud buclaimed divi-

SUMMARY OF THE "KWANG-PAO."

sufficient.

NEWS.

140.14

2,850.27

231.00

op

HENRY NORMAN.

LATE TELEGRAMS,

GERMANY IN APRICA.

BERLIN, 29th January. The Reichsing passed the East African Bill to-day. Captain. Wissmann's porty starts in a fortnight.

MR. O'HEIRN, W., REAHRESTED.

LONDON, 9 January, Mr.. O'Brien, who escaped from custody and who he's hem in hiding since Thursday, was ar rested yesterday at Manchester while addressing THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE VISITING GURALTAR

LONDON, 30th January. The Duke of Cambridge ims started on a three- weeks inspection of Malta and Gibraltar,

COMMERCIAL INTOLLIGENCE.

SATURDAY, 15th February,

UPIUM.

ON LONDON-

Quotations ar New Malwa.... THE DEATH OF THE GROWN PRINCE OF AUSTRIA, Old Malwo

VIENNA, 30th January, Rudolph state that his Royal Highness com.

The particulars respecting the death of Prince Older Malwa planed of feeling indisposed yesterday, and was Patna (New)...... abable to appasz dinner last night. Ho was found dead at 7 o'clock this morning. Austria

Benares (New)

the lamentable occurrence, and there is mourn and Hungary throughout are deeply moved at ing everywhere.

LONDON, 31st Jannary. Private accounts hint at a mystery surround. duke harlos becomes heir to the throne. ing the sudden death of Princa Rudolph. Arsh-

According to official porn the Prince Imperial

PARIS, 18 February. of Austria Blew out his brains, but the general opinion is that he was assassinated.

PARIS, 6th February. mitted suicide on kosonat of an amore intrigue. The Austro-Hungarian Prince Imperial.nom-

VIENNA, 5th February. The rebouncing of his lioirship to the throne

A female creditor, afraid that the debtor world cal, and spherical; hats like a clothes-basket, fared better if I had chosen the longer and by the Archduke Charles seemne to have been

erade bis obligations, takes upon herself to divest 3,361.70 him of a silk coat and to give him a good hiding, A bird of a wonderful kind has been on show fia the streets of Canton: the bird is immense 80.00 and weighs over thirty calties. 167.63

$

760,28

$$32,675.83

4,329.65

ment,

premature, as nothing ono ba done until the Pobility of a posthumous hair to Rudolph is

settled.

LIQUIDATION OF THE PANAMA CANAL CO. Paar St February. The Court has decreed the dissolution sa li- The value of the shares has fallen to 74 franes.

THE TIMEA "-PARNELL COMMISSION.

LONDON. 16th Janusty,

AND MALTA.

....8030 per picul, allco, of

15 cattios.

$680 per jiaul, alloʊ. of

144 eatties „§660 per picul, silve, of 4 cutties. $565 to 8567) per chest.

5424 to 545

EXCHANGE.

Telegraphio Transfer Bauk Bills, on demand Bank Bile, at 30 days' sight

Bank Bills, ut 4 months' etht... Credits, at 4 months sighi

Documentary Bills, at 4 months'

sight......

OR PARI

Bask Bills, on domand...

ON NEW YORK.→→

.3.80

Credita, at 4 months' sight.3.80

Bank Bills, on demand,

78)

Credits, 50 days' sight ...........

Telegraphic Transfor.........

218

- Bank, on demand

218

OK BOMBAY

Or CALGUTTA

Telegraphic Transfer

Bank, cn demand

ON SHANGHAI.---

Bank, at sight........

Prieta 30-days' siglat...... HOVERSIGNE

5:55

Qnctations are

A

Bongsong and Shanghai Bank Ses -1714 Union insurance Society on Canton, Limited-

per cont. proinfum, sellers.

China Traders Insuratice Cotopar

$110 hrs, sellers.

$31 per share, sales.

shara.

share.

per share.

share.

8580 per share, salós.

Stare

er share.

China Fire Insurance Company's Shares-$84- Straits Marius Insurance Company, Limited-

per share, sales.

Straits Fire Insurance Company, Limited-

$525 nom.

Hongkong and Whampoa Doot Company'

$18.

Hongkong, Capton, and Macao Stamboat Co.'s

Shares-$2 per cent, prom, uom.

Indo-China Stean Navigation Co.'s Share Ghares-126 por cent. prem, er div.

Per, nom, saliers,

of omament to the other; and half a dozen with my boot. To-day I care ne more for, a gongs and drums invite the band of the tu-ili- cockreach than for a cat. Every room I occupied ing pilgrim The interior of these techptosis in Korea was full of them-literally fall, tawitry, but the roses voness of the waalen ar hundrede and thousands and tons of thousands. chitecture, its bright colones. Es picturesquely The frat night was borrible with them, and outrived vistas of gate and gable and golgten sleep, as I said, was theoretical only, but after 15th February,

and pavilion, taken together with the wonderful that I used to pick them out of my hair and The public in appealed to in urgent terms, in a natasal situation of the place, form an impres beard or fick them off my cost like flies. They lending artiole, to lese no time in coming forward and romantis spectacle. The most puricus same to my candle till the four shorth $1 over with contribusions to encour the numberless vicidols of brilliantly painted wood, carved with a sheet of paper on the ground twenty of them sight in the monastery, awarer, is four huge from thoir pretty polished backs and if I put s tims of the juundations at Newchwang. The good deal of appreciation of the heroic human would start surveying it before I could begin people are starving, badly dressed, exposed to a face and form, which stare LL another across to sharpan a pencil. My third night in Keron rigorous cold, and without wherewithal to re narrow passage from behind the bare of two was the only other one wasted by quarters lieve hanger and to cover themselves. Subscrip and a King and Queen (the latter playing a oc there was an army of rats. They ran over great cages, & pair of war gods being on one side, were aren werse, and besides the cockroaches tions have, the writer admits, boon forthcoming, loesal mandolin) on the other. My Japanese va- my fet the moment my oudle was out, but the extent of the distresseddistrict is so great onbulary unfortunately did not permit me to they ran over my body, they cranebed at that the money so far contributed has been in make through my interprater any inquiries us to my sugur they scampared ever my bag. till their abstract thologie signifiance. The head-t taat ve in, lighted the candle again gear of the monks beggars description, and was vond night. As my only book was bald our sides again and again as a new specimen the New aber it was night well spent. Every The Viceroy has given orders that troops emerged from the dormitoris. Hats of paper, Korona choumak or inn was as I have describer, 90,313.19 should be sent down to the Yi-ebo fort on theof, wood, of bamboo, of Borsehair and if wire; sometimes littlo better, ozca, or twine very

1,279.18 Canton river to practice with the heavy guns.

hats round, square, traingular, cylindris, coni much worse. In this respect I should have Jika a nieve, like a puropkin, liks a flying drow, more travelled road. like paper bost, like three-cornered gridiron The people of the country varied very much. fastened together at the edges half of them Two villages cut of three were very friendly. affording not the slightest pretence of protection highly inquisitive and easily moved to laughter. vabels of sacerdotal rank or else simply the habitanta wou'd not come near me, work not against cold or rain or shin: but being either The third wes generally sullen and it in offspring of a disordered creative imagination reply to the greeting of the country-" Oual A man was about to commit suicide by jump- Every priest, tun carried or were a rosary of fexionant exterio! How is your bontta tonation of the Panama ('onel Co. 4560ing into a desp ditot when he was saved by his red wondes beats, polished Ince orystal by day?" and would not you return a friendly friends. The would-be nicide, borever, 9005 nsk na of them by and by privately whether my chief amusement was to get a mile or two earless fingoring. I told my interpreter toned. More than half the time I walked, and $1,356,879.89 died from the influssen, it is said, exeroised string of these eculd be pordhused as avenir. ahead of my caravan and enter a village by my Commission Patrick Dey, a Fimian life In giving evidence bom the Parnell-Time upon him by evil spírita.

He, honorer, blurted out the question to the solf, walk into the middle of it and seat myself prisoner, awore that the Irish Invincibles-re- A. poor man in Macao bought a second-hand Chief Abbat in the presence of fifty priests, and calmly on somebody's doorston as if I were per esived enormous sons from the National League To premium account-Dalance of this so-

cont for his son. White about to patch up one the hospitable and delightful old gentleman fectly at home. The atapefaction of the tires and were also supplied with the most expensiv

fustantly took of his own rosary-braslet of wes dadicions, Probably they had never seen a firearms. 308,005.24 or two bolea he caught sight of something glit specially big beals and handel is to me, mying white man before, for only three or four have Spencer, Lord Frederick Caves tish, and ait tha To interest account-Balavooof this count 123,507.31tering, which turned out to be gold leaf weighThey cannot be purchased, this is a presenterer orusand Korea, and at least two of the obnoxious afficine of Dublin Ca tle. The wit North China Insurance-T1

They were sworn to mumler Earl 911coing aboat twenty tools. The loaf was sold for Naturally before learing I wished to make him Uclone Anderson and Lient Frieberd of the 58th, nes alao declared that ho was ordered to shoot Yangtere laurance Associat

$600 and the man has now opened a shop and is scie prawout in return, but ransacking my bag went by the longer and better roats. First they intraders during the two fruitious attempts on

produced nothing whatever suitable.

4. 974 per doing well.

My re would stare from a long distance, then they the late Mr. Forster when Chief Secretary for Chinase Insaruuce Company, Limited-$165 per volver or knife I ould not spare, the old gen would drive off the dogs, then some patriarch Treland, and also during the commission of the. A woman after her husband's departure for thomas bad already refused to taste whisky, and would approach cautiously and hazard a question. Phoenix Park murders. He declared that he was On Tei Insurance Company, Limited--Tls. 148 sbread gives her daughter in marriage to a man thers appeared to be literally nothing to give I would reply with a few linos from Hakiet or ordered to murder Judgo Lawson, who would who she thought was of a good station in life, him. I recollected however, that I had bad Paradise Linet, whereupon they would all laugh.certainly have been killed if the witness hat not Canton Insurance Oos, Limited-15 par bat who eventually turned out to be a slave to embroidered in Japan, and one of these presented mouth and offer it to me, and though the cour Park inrderers that they need not stop their Honglong Fire Insurance Company's Shares some new silk pocket banderchiefs mide and Then one would remove his long pipe from his warned the detectives. Byrne, told the Phonix longing to sole family;

with many aire and the explanation (from teay was neither accepted nor returned, it suffled work for want of money. A methor despairing of the reformation of the captain that the monogram on the corner to break the ice. Invariably, they would begin her son senda him to the authorities for punish-was "good joss," safiefied him completely For by fooling of my clothes, and the different tei- joint League-Fenian meeting at Dublin in 1879. Delaney further deposed that he attended a sar entertainment we left a few dollars in the tures of these filled them, knowing nothing but Messes. Davitt. Parnali, Egun, Biggar, Dillou, 27,294,98

treasury, the amount, attrated by our autographs, the calico which is their sola wear, with infinita Brennan, and Harris were pressut; and after. A complicated case is now about to claim being solemnly and elaborately entered in the amazem.out. Especially the corduroy of taywards the Feninu centres were ordered to oesse 24,750.83 again the attention of the authorities and is great ledger of the monastery, and when at noon riding-breeches pleased them, and they would opposition to the league. The witness named 19,488.13 likely to be the cause of much ill feeling and and a mounted our ponies, a hundred of the white send to the other end of the village for an old man fuvinciblas, including Brennan, Egan, Shari less litigation. The case ispasof debt, the amount robed much-stfor priests, led by the vener to come and feel of it. Then if they wore amidan, Tynan, and Byrne, who were the leaders. being dus by sloth shop to another cloth shop.able abbot himself, cane a little way down ablo I would give them a little entertainment, Elgan, Byrne, and Tynan supplied the money.

hill with us to give as good-bye. A young boy in Fatahan lost his way and

consisting of opening my watch case by blowing sometimes to the amount of £400. Trna and After an hour's ride the path split into two on it, toraing cut my pooksts for their inspection, Mrs. Byrne provided knives and revolvers. would have been kidnapped tat for the at the halt of our leader showed that the doing a few tricks with coins, making oat's cradles The Invincible Council ordered Brady and 23,26,35 kindnes of a shopkeeper, who took the child in unwelcome moment of parting had come. Captain with strings, striking matches, and other such in- Timothy Kelly to shoot Mr. Forster, and the 525,767,89 and by dint of inquiries discovered the parents to take the Tehachiko to sea again, and I had finale. Childish end ignorant in the extrome thay King's Bridge while the murder was proceed. Walker had to make all speed back to Gensan fantile perfomances, firing my revolverman graad witness was dirested to kill anyone crossing A Boulte having taken place between a husband my week's journey before me.Au Bor-were, knowing less of the outside world than sing. Mr. Forster had arveral narrow mospes. and his wife, the man gets the worse of it somewhere," said the captain, and the best of Digger Indian Poor, too, beyond telling. I Orders were given for the mardor of Mr. Bark and ran out into the street pursued by his luck, I gripped the hand of the most charm- believe that too dollars would have bought and several others. There were many failures. infuriated better half.

ing of companions, and we waved our hats to averything (except the crops) that I eat exposed At a committee meeting of the Invincibles after each other a few minutes till the hill-side seper for sale in hundreds of shops from the time I the Phoenix Park mardera, Byrus produced a ated us. By midnight he would be on board his left Geass till I struck Sooal. The men were large sum of money, as well as duggere and re- Chins Sugar Refining Company, Limited-$211 good ship again and I? It would be absurd well-built as a rule and fairly well-featured, but volvers. Brady wanted to murder the detectives, traveller's thrill-at this moment. I had noror trip who could have been called evan moderately he preferred to murder Earl Spencer. De to deny that I experienced a new mesatiùs I did not see a single woman or girl daring my

per share, sales, bat Byrna objected without Egan's authority; Lon Sugar Refining Company, Limited-$91 | basz out of reach of white men before, and now good-locking. The daily labour in the fields laney identified the letters of Patrick Egan, Hongkong Ico Company's Bhares-$92 per

P: bare. was at the beginning of a weak's rida soross a or at the millet will ig too hard for that, and the several of them showing that Nr. Panuell had

share, ex div. country which a very few rours ago was an at women tre even more beasts of burden than the bean consalted. terly unknown and berait land, alone with men. One or two men I saw most horribly dis-

Hongkong and China Bakery Company, Limited six mon of whom I know nothing whaterer and eased with some kind of seabby elephantiasis,

∙18th Jannery.

$85 per share. with whom I could baro.communication only and one of them bothered me not a little by Parnell Commission, the Right. Hoa, D. R.

In giving evidence before the Times Punjon sad Sanghie Dita Samantan Mining through a very difficult language which my soming and poking his hand over mag shaaller Plankest, Q.C., the senior member of Parliament Perak Bagar Cultivation Company-Tls. 18 per

Company, Limited-$20 per share, sales, "interpreter knew little botter than I did, and while I was taking photographs. Only twice for Dublin University, deposed that a Catholic Yellow ses. The new sensation comse, I fancy, the middle of the night some sussk-thieves before he was murdered by gang of moon- with not a white face between me and the was there the least sign of hostility. Onse in priest denounced the farmer Carina wook Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Company, Li- from the first consciousness of the fact that all came to my room, but happened to be lying lighters.

mited $170 per share, nra. the protective and co-operative machinery of take smoking in the dark, and heard them

A. 9. Watson & Co., Limited-100 per cent. 19th January. civilization has temporarily disappeared-that coming So when with great stealth they had Sir Richard Webster, Q.C., the Attorney-Ge

premium, nom. malignant spirits while sleeping quietly, -.. na but one's own health, oe's own wits, and if they ahrt it with a bang.and soutilod like rate. to submit further evidence to the Commission Auveral men rented a few apartrapats in the worst comes, apon one's own hand. For Un the other cocasion I started out to investiralating to the "Plan of Campaign," because of temple, but the priests receiving information as reflections of this kind, however, there is no gato a big village in the dark and finally got its alleged political character. $16,366.71 The directors rocommend that a dividend for the to the bad character of the tenants reported the antidote like a pipo, and miue were acon inter- surround by a rather unpleasant and unfriendly cepted for a consultation. There were two crowd, who were gradually odging me along the

LONDON, 6th February. Before the Commission of Inquiry a witans and better one to the left. the much shorter But luckily I Cha Sam had discovered my ab that what he aimed at was the Astonomy of bat mountainous one to the right. Which see and set out to look for would I take? At this atment my chief desira manding tongan soon put matters straight: Dur- by force, and that be advocated a general rising and his com- Ireland, which could only be effectually scoured was to get the trip orse as soon as possible, so I ing the first two days I was greatly annoyed by so soon as the money and men were available. promptly obesa the latter, and an hour later we may mapous, whom I could not get along at all wore in the fret pass.

at the midday halt they would lie about fos a For three hours we climbed steadily up the couple of hours, and in the morning it was two

LONDON, 19th January. narrow pass and then through it. The road or three hours after we ware all up before I eating account of the death of General Gordon The Daily Telegraph has publisbad an inter wis merely bridle-path or the dry bed of a could get them to start. On the third morning at Khartoum, as furnished by an eye-witness of mountain stresurstrewn with stones of all sizes. I lost my temper and going into their room the eront. It appears that General Gordon was In the winter season in Paris (says the Daily directors trust that an onely day will be fund for the Two thieves play a practical joke on a trait But the pontes never slipped or oven hesitated, kicked them one after the other into the yard. kilind after having yielded up his sword to the Fee correspondent) ono often son a label, The new dock is now complete with the exceptionaller One of the thieves engages the attention and out little train wound along in single file This Faseridently what they expected, for they Mulliat, gozaral baricg the word "Chauffee," bang on to the of timing of the granite projections on the bill face of the vendor while the other runs away with about a moment's rest till dark. The mapous got to work immediately. Unless they wers

sharey roim driver's sext of cabe which are waiting on a stand and loveling down part of the readway. The Lew the fruit

sang and jodelled, bundreds of magpies few kicked they could not believe the hurry was.

Sangei Koyah Planting Company--$35, par for a fare. This announcement is sure to cam emplied the dock fear the 20 feet water loo is thres putape have given moet eatisfactory ranks, baying

obattering about us all the time, big mangy old real. Afterwards, by a similar procedure, I

LONDON, 18th January. share, row. mand the meet when the other adjacent rehi haure and twenty-five minuter on-

The man who killed a clothes seller with a crows hopped alongside, and the rare pazzers started whenever I wished. At first, in the Bamon in command of the America corrotte share, nom.

Admiral Kimberley, who has proceded to Steam Launch Company, Limited-$40 par ales have not a similar one, to show. The foot four top two hundredweights of soal

option of revolver appeared before the authorities, and her stopped and tarad till I was out of sight evenings 1 tried to learn something by inviting vision, was ordered by the United States The Hongkong Brick and Cement Company, warmer in the ordinary cab is filled with Eve

confessed his crime. He explained that the beading not to have seen me

or else looked on the other side and passed pra- the innkeeper szdan olil, inhabitant or Government to Cally protect American subjects DILECTQUS.

From laren two, with the interpreter, into my room, and and their property. He was alus instructed to Green Island Company, Limited-845 per share,

Limited 2), discount. Hosts. Fottomley and Hoppins having left the mishap was purely accidental. froelmont. It has beep proved by two deaths calong, Mesare. T. E. Davion and N. A. Babs ware

o'clock till half past three it was blazing hat and regaling them with weak whisky and water and report to bis Government whether Germany from asphyxia which have occurred this winter avibed to the vacant sets, and resolved at the Literary Chancellor at: Shao Ching several none too thick. Then it began rapidly to grow tion in the native manner by such horrible of Bamos, and to protest against the overthrow Daring the oxaminations. supervised by the my helmet with its two inches of solid pith was dry bisonita. But they urpressed their apprends was impartial in her dealings with the natives that In a well-closed carriage it is a dangerous meeting of shareholders held on the 273 February defence spainst cold. The persons who lost last, Mesars. H. leytun and P. Dodwell were naked candidates were detected who nimepresented chilly and long before dusk I had a frieze ridiceruotations, and would "git refreshingly of native government in the group. their lives had not been half an hour in the to join the board; these appointment as to be themselves as natives of that district. They are Korean respous and kigious-grooms and soldiers that I was compelled to decline to receive callers has informed the Government of Germany that

cost buttoned up to my chin, How these around," as Pendennis says, to such extent, ellele, M. Cantier, in his report on foot-warm fraud at this meeting.

Mr. Bayard, the American Secretry of Staats, ors heated with coals, says that they are a cause eiation, Mosarz, m. L. Forbes and St. C. Michaelsen

In accordance with clarise 60 of the articles of so-new to ho don't with nccording to law.

manage to escape ploarity and consumption 1 My official Risions were of little ass and lasy as the United States Government was unaware of frequent, serians, and sometimes even fatal, relize by rotation, but being sitgibis fer themselves about to be sold in order to pay his numerous down the front and s short leoce pair of trousers, would give him a dollar-s fortnight's wages in Samoa had been instructed to observe a strict The house of a deceased resident of Canton is act imagius. Positively their only garments lobsters. My camera was injured by being jolt that Mr. Klein, as American citizen in Sambe, disturbance of health, producing general languor, for re-election.

are a short Joose jacket without any fastening ad bn pouy-back, and often loond inflammation of the lungs, throat,

I told one of those that I was acting without authority American dal Mr. I Poomerker has bean appointed Chain debts, and the authorities have directed that the both of this white cotton cloth. As the tonif he would bring it safe to Hoool for me. Ho neatrality in regard to native affairs. The time or pleura, M. Gautier calls on the Prefect of for the year 1880. Paris to send a circular to the owners of saba, The accounts have been audited by Maasre. Thosing the remains of the man should be at one shivers till I can hear his teeth clotter ret less then stopped at a house and shouted the magic in accordance, with the agreement scrived at by coffin deposited in one of the rooms and contain-walks at my pony's Lead in the evening bertoped at, the offer, carried it for about a mils, was opportune for the Bamous to aleat a king, warning them that they incur the danger of Arnold and F. T. P. Foster: The directory scam baried, being prosecnted for manslaughter if deaths in mend these gentlemen for raalection.

than two hoarsego he was wet through with words Cha'm chin neiro," Carry a parola the Washington Confezone.Americe will co- what to an extensive plateau, and in the explained in my former letter, any official restoring order in Samos, on the basis of the fu perspiration. By six o'clock we her desconded stage!" The householder hastened to obey, for oporate with Great Britain and Germany in J. BALL-INV:59,

distance we can hear the dogs of a village An (as I was because of my escort) has a right to dependence of the group.

on promis collected at Hongkong, and By balance transferred as shore..

the brancho

$432,675.83

THE HONGRONG AND WHAMPOA

DOCK CO., LIMITED, BU

staads that the taxinam sam required for com- pensation in respect of piers both public and private (it being impossible for some weaks to obtain more exact figures), will be $180,000; which, together with the $40,000. above referred to, makes up a total sum of $220,000 or 10 cente par, foo's of the lot-owners' portion of the Reclamation, or four per cent, of the profit, which acording to the lowest satinate will be derived. fram the project by the frontage lot-hulders.

4lu view of the magnitude of this profit The following is the report of the Board of The paper of to-day opens with several itəm and of the exceedingly favourable conditions ac- Directors of the Hongkong and Whampas Dook of Peking news, the most important of which corded to them, his Erolleney cannot suppose Company, Limited, for presentation to the are the following that there will be any hesitation on the part of the lot-holders in accepting this small addition ordinary yearly wasting of shareholders, to bo to their obligations. For, great as are the ad bald on the 25th February Taulages to be derived in any case by the publio

GENTLEMEN-The directors have now to submit

from this scheme, the Governor has been, and is to you their report with a statement of accerute for

the l

ll of opinion that they might have been much greeter, the gain of the lot-holders being cor- respondingly low, by the adoption of the ad or 3rd alternatives above indicated (from the latter of which the Government is not even now.en- tirely peroludod), and, as there can be no doubt that one of the principal considerations which wigled with the Beurotary of Stato in giving and from this bare to be dedusted→→

half-year ending list Desember last

The total receipts for the dx months zoo $455,818. and the nat profit, after paying interest due and

got to to which has to be added the balanse beveght forward from lest srosunt...

Directorn fear........

this provisional sanotion to the oboios of the first Anailors fan...... altorsasis was the abecues of delay, from litiga

tion and otherwise, in respect of a work of 82.

3,183.80

$63,205.71

$1,500.00 ·

4,900.00

grunt public importeure, the Governor trusts leaving available for appropriation......

1614 Febrasry.

Orders hayo been given for the purchase of a large number of wilk portains for the windows of the Imperial Palace.

•

The Emperor's father, Prince Ch'an, who spraizal his lag some time back, has quite ra covered from the accident.

dinner party was given in the Russian Legation on the 13th of the moon on the oc casion of the new year, old style.

Chias and Maila Steamship Company, Limited Douglas Starship Company, Limited--$71 per

-$165 per share, nema.

Rongkong Gas Company's Shates-$130 per

share.

Hongkong Hotel Company's Shares $170 per

share.

share.

ahare.

'Two men were deprived of their quenon by whatever happens one has nothing to count up got the lour half opou, I struck a match, when neral;, and counsel for the Times, haa declined Hongkeng & Kowloon Wharf aud: Godown Co.,

Bingapore Insurance Company, Limited-$17.50

Lamited-8191 per share.

por share, nom. Chinese Imperial Loan of 1984 B-3 per cent,

premium, som.

premium, nom.

Tast you will have no diflionlty in at ones obtaiu-half-year of per ouni, or $31,200, bà paić to the sharo-matter to the authorities, who arrested eight of ronds, I Cha Sam esme up to say, the longer street in the direction" I did not want to go stated that Mr. Parno!l himself had told him/Chinese Imperial Loan of 1884 C per cent.

ing the consent of the lot-holders to the final termahalders, and a bonus of $100 to cork-bating share- now proposed, and thus enable the Ordinanes halters: that $15,000 be written from the value of them. authorising the scheme to be brought before the the now dook at Kowloon, and the balance of $1,005,5F Legislature at an early day.

carried to the new count.

Not far from Peking a large number of a The earning for the last six months are less then cient cash were discovered. There were about they have been for some years, sad the net profit la 500 bundles containing specimens of coins been greatly diminished by the large amount paid for different dynasties. internt, y loss on the Aftis Rous, and for repairs to the cuisson of the cosmopolitan dook.

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your moat obedient servant,

FREDERICK STEWAÈT, Colonial Secretary.

The Honourable C. F. Chater, do, ko, ke.

oals at some place where the driver takes re

Their osalveysuos arise from the oxide of carbon giren out by the foot-warmers,

of

The Kilipinas esse bas agais been delayed by the railway will be porihased in Japan. Supreme Court granting a further extension of time

.... CANTON NEWS.

The sleepers for the Tientain-Tang-hsing

to the defundente. However, as the odion must

be ratered to: Hongkong by the Dias March, the

trial.

AUDITORS.

Two robberies occurred in ■ gambling shop

Two of the delinquents were apprehended.

THE LATE GENERAL GOEDON.

THE SAMOAN DIFFICULTY,

Chinose Imporial Low, 1836 E-11 per cent, Société Française des Charbonnages du Tonkin

premium, adm.

-$110 per cent. prem Hongkong High Level Tramways Company,

Limited-45 per cent. prem., nom. East Eoraes Planting Company, Limited-853 Cruickshank & Co., Limited-850 per share,

per share, zoni.

Hongkong Dairy Farm Co., Limited-812) per

K

buyers.

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE,

(Fun Mussa, VALODAW A Co.'s Ruutus.) February 18th. Barometer A.M. ' Barot-1 P.X, ............... Heroader 9.36

80.20

Thermoarten? ÞMaameeste

· Übeen crater-ỡ &M, (Wet bulb)

Permitetas) 13. (Wat bulb) Ibezwommer-kr,æ. (Wet bulb)..... Thermomater.Maximum Paradyatmu (over alght)