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fabour, and ressive two whippings of twenty-fire sirokes wuch within the first six months of their imprisonment. He (his Lordship) bail got the power bore, which they unfortantly bad at gol in England, to crder logging in cases of borglary where the burglars WTO erracd. If ever there was a caso that came boforo tin! Coart whers a man deserved to be flogged, this
s azot a caso. The prleanors had disabled: two constables, one of whom came into thu. Court anable to stand, oring to the injuries he sts tained, and the other had bis band still bandagi from the effects of the hammering he got from the fifth prisoner with a revolver. Besiths the constables that land been beaten, one of the obbom struck an old man ovor the loud and knocked him scuoles in his own house. He s sorry that such men is these could not be handed over to the Chinpauthorities and Chob the ratepayers of this Colony should harp bear the burden of supporting men who are nothing but pirates and who come over from the mainland to raid the houses of the quiet rosid ents of this plavo.
KABRING SNATCHING.
one.
SUMMARY OF THE
KWANG-PAO,"
fa peisce that to heaven the cofounas throw,
And king, the foreltand on ite thrash..id drow," I saw the solitary ring-dorp tham, And Coo, one, cop,' she tried, and.' Goo, 0x0).
400
THE DAILY FERS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25mm, 1:89,
Fares 190 por cont, prém, ex div.. Fudo-China Steam Navigation Co. Bhaten
Par, nom, gelora.
China and Maulls Steamship Company, Limitet *-* ---$168 per alinrė, HʊM.- Dongisa Blanship Company, Limited-871 per
abare.
Bongking Gas Company's Sbares-3130 por
Tonglung Hotel Company's Blares-$170 per
Hüsro):
China Sugar Refining Company, Limited-$213
por shiro, nellore, Luzon Sugar tenning Company, Limited-105
per eligro, salos. Hongkong Ice Company's Sbarce-$92 per
Pante, ex dir.
Gongkong and China Bakery Company, Limited
185 par share.
Punjen and Sughie Den Samanian Mising Company, Limited--83 to $29 per share,
Dalos
Perah Sugar Cultication Company-Tis 18 por
sharo!
A.
mited--$160 per share, nom. S. Watson & Co., Limited-100 par cont, preziato, nem. Fungkong & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co.,
Limited-$191 per share. Biurapore Insurance Company, LimiterI—$17.50
рак янаго, дом.
Chinese Imperial Loan of 1384-B-5 per cent.
premium, nom. Chinese Imperial Lean of 1884 0–5 per cent.
premium, nom. Chinos Imperial Town, 1886 · E—11 jor cont.
premian, pOLE. Société Frammaise des Charbourres du Topkis
10 por cent. prem. Hongkong High Level Tramways Company,
Limited-15 por ount. prem, nor. East Borneo Planting Company, Limited-$55 Cruickshank & Co., Limited-850 por share,
per share, nom.
bayare.
NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES. FROM HAMBURG, PENANG, AND SINGAPORE, THE Steamship
-- "ELECTRA,” Capt. P. Mollor, having arrived from the above Ports, Consiguses of Cargo are hereby requested to sand in their Bills of Lading for countersig natureby the Undersigned and to take immediato delivery of their Goods from alongside.
INSURANCES,
· NOTICE. TEEN FIRE INSURANCE
OOMPANY. The Undors/gnet, Agents for the above from! rany, are propared to ACCEPT RISKS
gainst FIRE at Current Baton
NORTON & Co.,
Agouta. Hongkong 16th July, 1987.
(55 MAN ON INSURANCE COM-
PANY, LIMITED, HEAD OFFICE HONGKONG. CAPITAL (SUBACETED), $1,000,000.
Optional cargo will be forwarded-unlose
TO-MORROW, the ad inst. notion to the contrary be givoa before Noox,THE
Any Cutgo impeding hor discharge will be landed into the Godowns of the Kowloon Pier and expenso. and Godown Co. and stored at Consignoes' risk
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have lost the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 27th just, will be subject
tai sont
All breken, chafod, and damaged goods are to bus left in the Godowns, where they will be
No Fire Insuranoo has been effected.
STEMSSEN & Co., Agents. Hongkong, 21st February, 1990.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
8. S. SACHSEN,” FROM BREMEN AND FORTS OF CALL
1300
THE above named steamer having arrived, - Consignees of Cargo are horuby informed Treasure, and Valuables, are being landed and that their Gnels with the exception of Opinm.
stored at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown may be obtained. Company, Limited, Kowloon, whence delivery Optional cargo will be landed here in Hong-
before 3 r.M., TO-DAY, the 21st inst
MAILS, EXPECTED.
THE INDIAN MAKE.
The Indo-Chins steamor Wingsong, with the Indian mall, left Singapore on the 18h, and i due boro ou ile 2503 instant.
THE CANADIAN, MALU. The C. P. steamer Abyerinia, with the Cana dian mail, left Vancouver for Japati and Hong- kong on the 6th February
STEAMERS EXPECTED. The steamar Afghan loft, Singapore on the 1SL, and is dus here on the 25th instant.
The Glen Lino stoamise Glengarry luft Singa- pore on the 19th, and is due hero on the 25th instant.
ติ
BOARD OF DIRECTOUR, FAN Hur, Esq.
LUM BIN SAño, Esq, CHAN LY CHOY ESQ. Hot CHUNK, E.
TOW CHONG PENG, EsqSingapore on the 22nd February, and is dro
The Company GRANTS PULICIES MARINE RISKS to all parts of the World. payable at any of its Agencios.
Contributory Dividends are payable to all Contributors of Business, whether they ar Shorcholdora or not.
WOO LIN YUEN Beoretary,
F1731
HEAD OFFICE, No. 2, Queen's Randi Wust,
Hongkong, 14th March, 1881. FIRE INSURANJE COMPANY, OF 1977
.IN HAMBURG.
The Shire Line teamer Flintshire left
here on the 1st March.
on the 23rd February, and ja duo bere on the The N. G. I stoomer Bormida loft Singapore
3rd March.
The P. O. extra steamer Deecin, loft Boubay on the 21st February, and is duo hers on or about the 12th March.
POST-OFFICE, & QUICES.
For the convenience of the pea Pook de livery Las buen established. Letter boxes have been placed in the tram cars and correspondonos will. Un delivered by the trafve o’slook Underague, Agents of the above ears only. Local to will be and four o'clock. Company, are Prepared to ACCEPT pondence mildroseed to the Penk may be posted in RISKS a Jurrent Rates,
the General Post OfHes up to 11.30 am, and 3.90 PUSTAU & Co.,
p.m.. or in the Letter Boos in the cars tilt time Agents.
of departure. Correrpordanes from the Peak Hongkong, 38th January, 1894. 165 may be posted in the Lister Boxor up to twelve NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY and four o'clock: Parcels for the Peak may be posted in the General Post Office only up to 11.30 THE Undoreigned baving been appointed .. and 3.3 pm. There will be un Sunday da Agents, in conjunction with NESSES. livery. Covere containing bark wotes, jewellery, proparel to ACCEPT RISKS against FIKEers of letters aro regustel to cancel their stapapa at Current Ratus..
by writing tha word "starped' across them. Hongkong, 8th Jane, 1888,
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rovince of Kwangtung, to let him know whai evory wherò elas in the city the average width 4ths Consul boldly, thinking he was now on "safe Hongkong Dairy Farm Co., Limited-$124 per kang nnless notice to the contrary. bo give TURNER & Co., for the above Company, are &c., should not be posted. Toavoid robbery send
share, nom.
sharë, nom.' '.
Sengei Koyah Planting Company-$35 per Steam Launch Company, Limited-$40 per
guare, nom:
The Hongkong Brick and Cement Company,
Limited-20, discount. Green Island Company, Limited $45 per share,
buyers.
́ HONGKONG · TEMPERATURE,
` (Pass' Musy15. PAL.COM 6' ATSTUM)
February 23rd.
Raramator--tit
Baremuster-L MINDO
29.69
Thermo pater-§.4.3. Th—17.M... Thennimetas—d Til Thermometer-Bam (Wet bulb)..... Thetriomater. (Wet balb.... Thermieterdre. (Wet baila Paz 1 2010 ThermometerMarinen ko. Tharmsister-Misimunu taver sight) 58
W. HEWETT & Co.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods stfor the 29th February, will be subject to rent. have left the Godowns, and at Goods remaining
All broken, ohaled, and damaged Goods are to beft in the Godowns, whore they will be
ad on WEDNESDAY, the 6th Mar. at 4GNIT FIRE OFFICE Claims must reach us before the 7th GRANT POLICIES of INSURANCEagainst The Undersigned are now prepared to March or they will not bi recornised.
No Fire Insurance has been offerted.. ·
FIRE at Carrent Rates. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
MELCHERS & Co, ·
Agents. Iongkong, 21st February, 1839.
17 THE BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
FROM LEITя, LONDON, PENANG, AND SINGAPORE. HB Steamship
cetzal foot, not an imaginative correspondent's bringing up the rear. As soon as we came in | Hongkong, Canten, and Macao Stenrabers Co, a white lie, nsk Mr. Consul Ford, who was with me ; sight of the King at ofhal left. His Majesty'a adoro 600ed to us from her nest in one of the side and instructed us in a lend volcó in the pre- marven mapitals. It was the vision of Omar thed of oar approach-left burn, tan steps, right Khayyam.
tam, ten stops, bow, np two stops, bow, up two worn steps, right then, dva stops, and how, all off which brought us fuos to face with the King aeross a small square tables. : Mfr. Kim nesómed i eronching position from the frat moment, Ekoa sportsman stalking a copay from behind a hedge, Seoul (pronounced variously Bool, Soul, and and never quitted it till wo were out of the royal Say-sol, and erroneously marked on almost all sight again. The first thing that ought my go maps as Kinkiton, the name, of the province) is was a three and sixponny.English loarthrug of ofty of about 150,000 people, when 500 are garing red and green which formed the cover of Chinese, 100 Jerances, and 25 Europtons and His Majesty's reception table. The second thing Americans, oroliding missionaries. It is aur was that our noble interpreter was so overgene rounded by nore or less dilapidated hal, by Gading himself in the presence that his Eog plerood by several imposing gateways, all of lish took wings and he would sourely ertionlate. which are closed at sunsent of the sound of a The King is a little man, drossel in handsome great bell, and the keys placed for the night in | dark red silk: richly embroidered with gold wear charge of the king's guard at the palace. On ing a pot hat of similar material. His hands ons side of the city a second wall encloses the he kept bidden in bis voluminous sleeves. palace sad the regal domain, and from the His face iz pale, but vors pleasing, brim- farthest point of this a story mountain rise ning over with good nature, and anh of abruptly and symmetrically to a sharp peak. his questions he chattered out with a rippling A coolie, who was convicted of snatching a pair The city is surrounded by mountains, and los porvous laugh like a girly. And each time holongkong Rope Manufacturing Company, Liquined on the 27th instant, at 4 T... of earnings from the eary of-a-Chinawomanko-the palm of one's hand when the fingers ar laughed we could 200 a large yellow bood of Thile the was walking on the Penya, was son urned operards, but this ouse, Mara-shin, is the onething he was shewing. On each side of censed to two years imprisonment with bord highest, and every night_abent, eight o'clock abim storda big solamin-faced minister suggesting labour. His Lordship sadhe prisoner, had not a beacon blazes for a few minutes from its sum. from time to times word or a proper inquiry. art the woman by tearing the earrings out with mit. Qu some hill top of the west coast, if Pour Mr. Kim, however, was a broken red. iolence, so that the esso was und an aggravat order reigns, a signal-fire is lighted after sunset The King asked something with a merry lough. every day. Another hill top further north After a short panse a faint and shuddering repeats it if all is quiet there too, and so from gurgle emerged from beneath Mr. Kim's low mountain to mountain the bonfires travel round bout head. What does he say P1 asked Ford the Hermit Land-along the shore of the Yellow of me (I was standing between them) bokind his Hen, neeroga tha frontier of Manchuria, by Land "I give it up,” I returned. "1 theok Russian Tartary, down the Sea of Japan, His Majesty," said the Gonsal, taking the bull 21st Februwy
oasting the Korean Strait, up the Yellow S by the horns, for the honour of this undierre.” A letter from Tang, Expectant Tastai, at again, and inland to the capital, fill at last the The King laughed again, as if it were an ex- sudden blaze upon Nam-chan, almost in the royal cellent joke, and asked something else. This Shanghai was, it would appear, written to Legless, tells Tis auxions Majesty that one more time. I nudged Mr. Kim and Beterred intently. sino-ting, Chinese Consul in Japan, some time day throughout his kingdom has passed in peace. Slowly in an ave-stricken fone the words orie, ack. The Taotei, a native of Caton, was prompt For a quarter of a mile in front of the palaeo Ferd looked at me beseechingly, and I whispered, Seoul Bus two wide streets, and two only. His Majesty hopes your Hing is quite well." d by philanthropic motives and urges him, con- and then at a right sugle for a tile or so, there Hopes your King's quite well, trying to koeps squoat upon the provalence of lepremy in the is a fine well-kept rond titty yards wide, while stright then. "I thank His Majesty," replied eatment is prescribed in Japan. The Trotaï is probably about twelve fest. Almost all are ground, and not having caught my words; "I xplains that he bas heard ou good authority traversed by an unsavoury gutter, sometimes aun quite well." This tune when His Majesty down the middle, sometimes at the sides, while giggled, we both giggled with him. “And so on, at the Japanese are very stenkaful in the ours every now and then you cross a kiad of canal over the usual routine questions for a quarter of f the disease, and he asks the Coast to make serer, a lingering shallow stream of water, re- an hour, when the King graciously expressed very inquiry from officient costers and to lot fose and fih. Noodless to add, therefore, that his good wishes for your dorrespondent's journey. in know what is best to do.
the atmosphere of Secul ia vary offensira to the and we retired, carrying away the impression The paper to da nostrils. The houses are bailt of wood and of a capital little fellow, rather in awe of bid ves the reply of the Consul, who informs the paper, and all thatched, for it is forbidden for a big winisters. Afterwards, with similar spaolant Tabini that a specialist, Dr. Fang, anybody except an oloial to cover bimself with formalities. I was presented to the Crown as decided to proceed to Canton on a visit. & tiled roof. The shops are segregated in Prious, a flabby-faned youth of about ninotaan, ubscrhitions would, it seems, to be in conreo sif
streets according to their wares. Thus, the bloated will dissipation, turning helplessly tu llection to defray the expeness of the doctor.
grammarket is in the wide street, and for two horrible eunuchs who stood beside him for half a mile this in covered with broad shallow what ho should say to us, bobbing up and down At the examination held at Shao-ching a few basketa full of rien, millet, hans, and many and almost slobbering in his pitiable physical ye back two hundred candidates, out" of the other seeds, among which the merghisats and their nervousness—a drewlful object, wore fit so far van hmudret, wore strongly recommended by customers walk and talk. The cabinet-makers as koka ga lo noempy a amt in an asylan for ke local anthorities.
socupy a wholestrect, the second-Land dealers an- idiots than a throne. other, and dealers in piece-goods have a row of The foreign-community at Seoul consiste, as warsheases, the gold sad silver smiths live along I suid, of about score people excluding Ja the canal, and so on. But there is nothing panese, of whom there is a long street of mer whatever for a stranger to bay. I went to a chants and artisans. Great Britain is ably re- the caviona little cabinets, but the must uxpan Ford, whose hospitality I enjoyed; M. Charles score cabinet-makers sioje to parause one of prevented by en Anting Consul General, Mr. Colin sive one I could find hot only two dollars, and Weber looks vary sharply after Russian that was not worth carrying home. Nothing of erests, and with Madame Washer contrives that gold or silver is made axept to order; the most visitors shall carry away grateful recollon- ombroidery is ahoddy: the paintings are glastly;tions of charming entertainment; the Hon the carving is beneath contempt Bere, too, Hugh Dinsmore takes daro of American in- the glory has departed
tercate and Americans; there are diplomutio ? es A stroat fall of Koreans suggests the orthodox presentatives of Germany, France, and Japan, and motion of the resurrection. Bverybody is in Commissioner of Customs. A good many mis- white robes, and even though ass has got only sonaries still stay in Seoul, although they are home at night, if he belongs to this poor excellent doctor, is pecmitted to practise, inc one suit is the world, it is clean. When he goes now forbidden to preach, and one only, an else, he retires to bed and his wife washes charge of a free hospital and any number of daily and pummels bis clothes. I say "pummele," out-patients. The Utile amanity manages Shanghai for ironing is an unknown art in Korea, wita difficulty to amuse itself, and the recent After being waslied the clino in stretched threstered sitnok was' a welcome brank in the hon on a woolen block and then willia block of wood in eich hund the woman pounds ago things looked serious for a while. All the Bat monotony of its life. At que time a low wooks it for hours. After sunset all. Sovul rings with Chinese servants loft, simply saying that the the dactylis tap-tap-tap, tip-top-tap of these foreigners wars to be killed, and they dare not sant cry of a million stridant insects. The dress loated; the Bassian Lagation was prepared for domestic voice of the night, with the incos stay; arms were brought out and cleanedì and of the women ia extraordinary, and certainly, siege, and everybody was ready to rendezvous to quote Dr. Johnson, they must have been utthere at a signal of thres eife-shots, and a rocket, infinite pains te iarent it, for by mature no one if at night. Thirty American marines, however, could be such a fool. The upper garment com.marched up one night; a number of Bussians jacket about six inches deep and reaching there Koreans were hutchered in the streets by their gists of sleeves and an apology for the byly of a followed, and although upwards of twenty fors about three inches below the armpita. The compatriots, no foreigner was disturbed. But the skirt is a great baggy pattieust attached to a beacon did not blase from Namaha that night. below where the jaskot ends. Between the two latter. bread waistband which begins about six inches I shall trout of Korean polilios in separate there is nothing nothing, that is to say, except
HENRY NORMAN. sir inches of dirty brawn skin exposing just these parts of the body which all other women in the world prefer to enaces. The effect is that house has now beer ordrail by the Indiorous exibition, these vary
disgusting. Moreover, as if to suphasize this
SATURDAY, 3rd February. Asia to make good the samount stolen.
most particular to hide their faces from
EXPORT CARGOES. tiger was killed in Hosan-hslen and fotobadanyan The theory is that a male Per German steamer Braunschweig, mailed on $200,
Kortau always looks the other way, but the mothe 17th February-For Port Said-13 cases meut a foreigner comes in sight they hastily Chius lacquered ware. For Boyrouth-3 cases draw over their faces the folds of the light cloak glasa bangles For London-1 case olgars, and 22nd February
worn hanging from the head. It is a pity they cases oigars, from Mandle For New York-15 The leading article to-day treats of the ex-bare not fairy godmothers to supply them at bales silk. For Bremen-160.casos preserves, 91 sion of Chinese from the United States. The with invisible cups. Seoul would be the more rolle matting, 10 cases gallnuts, & cases gold ulations are stigmatised in most unfair and aftretire. The Korean men, on the other hand, thread, and 3 cases olgars, etc., from Canton. are fine fellows, tall, well-built, graceful, digai. For Bramon option Hamburg-10 packages just, and suggestions are urged in a vehement fed, generally possessing regular features. They rattan, and 60 packages, rattan shavings. For nner that China should adept a polley of reall havs, too, a well fed look, although the Buonos Ayros18 onsed ourios. For Genoa-3 iation, and, at onca espel from Chinese terri. standard of physicial lising is about as low as is cases chinaware and silk, and 25 cases marchan y all residents of American nationality, and irarsal, and hopeless. And the explanation is vate effects. For Rotterdam--26 asses sundries. possible. Poverty reigns in Seoul-extreme,dise. For Copouhagon cases ourios and pri hibit the settlement of any United States to be found in ene degant word-nyaughan For Hamburg 25 bales feathers, 2 cases san- zons in the Empire.
The nyangban is the official, frere the prime dries, and 8 cases enrlos. For Antwerp-14 News.
minister to the lowert hanger-on of the palace, essos sundries, Go bales dusk feathers, 17 casos Korean suolaty consists of two plasses, those who presarves, 5 rolls mats, 1 case sundries, 3 bales work is dens by the latter, and the problem of 7 ossos preserves, from Caston, 3 cases china- ara nyangbans and those who are not, All home, from Manila, 2 casce oigars, from Manila the former is how to get most of the product of ware, from Canton, 2 casos sandries, from Can- it with least trouble. By taxes, by enforced ton, and 7 rolls matting, from Canton. short by every known or discoverable form Tebruary-For New York-300 rails matting. bribes, by threats, by "KY BBAZPA,” Fin Por steamship Strathiaron sailed on the 19th of extortion, the yangban makes the other 21 cases chinaware, 15 cases proserves, & caces support hin, Consequently the other takes silks, and 2,802 packages merchandise. good care not to earn a cash more than will keep Per steamship Melbourne, sailed on the 2011 Au
The application of a six-ts', who arrived o late for the competition, was granted by the caminers; The reason assigned having been and valid, he has been allowed to enter the hat On the 15th of the shoon, the military exami stions also came off in the Shao-ch'ing pre-
cturo.
.
A young girl is entrusted to a friend by her ther, who had to proces on business away from On his return be found his daughter ne. She was, it appara, sold for p consider le anru.
A collision tukis place between tiro boats, the aller one of which sinks. The men on board an ou shore and began to pelt the people on e other boat with brickbats and stoune, tireak
the stoorsman's head.
Two gradustos who applied for payment of the m out of the fund specially kept to most the perues of candidates proceeding to Paking examination, having been insulted by a rade fusal by the manager of this fand, a petition s been forwarded to the authorities who called mannger to accozut amt ordered immediato maent of the sum applied for.
A man who purchased oysters at Honam is fered in one of than a very pearl. The sale of a sorvaut girl haste arrest her mistress, who is kept in onstedy pending
rotarn of her husband from Shanghai. A servant girl having made it her practice to ty away properties belonging to har mistrogs i depositing it in a bonus opposite, the owner
De the 27th of this mom the marriage of the perer is to take place, and for ten days grand iminations will some off in Canton. Previous to the entry of the scholars in the amination Hall at Shan Ching, the usna rch was made of their persors. Several of the dents refused to allow the officials to carry their orders, and erez went as far as to as
It then, Ono or two of the contumasivus didates were detected and arrested.
a man returning from a dinner party in more lass high spirits, walks into the river, but for ately he was saved.
While cash were being thrown to the actors
theatre a few coins hit a man, and thus o rise to a loud altercation.
A dispute, takes place in a tea shop between astomer and ang of the masters on account of alleged snrolargo,
A farge number of carp were purchased lately not at literty by would-be performers of ritorious docda
women are
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The barometer has risen and gradienta.nra moderste for B. wind. Cloudy, wirm, and damp, weather prevail
W.DOBEBCK. Hongkong Observatory, 23rd February, 1889.
HETLOMOLOGICAL BAGISTER.
Previens de Jatn
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.
Agures for the Phenix Fire OBo Hongkong, 17th August, 1887.
GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY
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When Correspondoner has been mis-sent or cessionally) all that the addosso need do is to delayed (both of which are liable to happen
without any other writing whatever, to the note on the evor, Sent to, or Received at 7 pon, or as the case may be, and Forward it, '
Fostmaster-General. This should he sated on tho first time cause of complaint occurs; it is a mistake to lot such matters pass for fear of giving trouble, a course which generally gives. more trouble in the end.
The authorised List of Mail is --- THE Undersigned having been appointed connection with this paper is the ons: Agoots for the aboтo Company, aro twioc sach day in our Extra, which i prepared to GRANT POLICIES against corrected to a much later hour than that y com FIRE AND LIFE at Current Rates
below. PUSTAU & Co. Hongkong, let April, 1885. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY..
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A MAIL WIŁA, FLOSE,
For Singapore.-Por Benbowers, lo-day the 25th inet, at 11.30 AM.
For Saigon. Por Ashington, today, tha 25th inst., at 4.30 ..
* BENLEDL" Captain Clark, having strived from the above Ports, Consigned of fire
Undersigned, Agants of the abers Consttown Townsville, Brisbane, Syday Wednesday, tosond in their Bills of Lading for countersigur, are authorized to INSURE against and Adelaide-Per Faundice, on Wednesday, For Fort Darwin, Thursday Island, Cook.
tare by the andersigned, and to take immediate delivery of their Goods from alongside..
The steamer in berthed at the Kowloon Piera. and any Cargo trapeding her discharge will thers be landed into Godowns and stored at Consignees risk and expense.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded on, uplace notice to the contrary be given before Noon TO-DAY. the 20th instant.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining after the 25th just will be subject to rent. All claims tuust reach na before 4 P.M. of the 1st Proxima, or thog will not be recognized. A re
·presentativa· of this office will attend at the Godowns, at 11a.. on the 2nd Proximo to ex- anibo danaged packages.
No Fit Insurazoo will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
GIDB, LIVINGSTON & Co., Agents
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Hongkong, 20th February, 1889,
UNION LINE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM MIDDLESBRO', LONDON, AND
SINGAPORE.
HE Steamship
"HIGHFIELD,"
FIRE at Currant Rates.
GILMAN & Co.
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the 27th inat, at 3.30 ..
For Singapore-Per Aglaia, on Friday, the 1st March, at 9.30 AM.
For Nagasaki. Koba, and Yokohama.-Per Verona, on Friday, the 1st March, at 11.30 a.. For Straits and Bombay-Per Giulior, on Thursday, the 7th Morch, ob 11:30 AM.
Hongkong, 1st January, 1899. THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
ESTABLISHED 1870. HEAD OFFICE-Hongkong. CAPITAL TWO MILLION DOLLARS. PAID-OP CAPITAL
....$ 400,000 RESERVE FIND
MAILS BY THE BRITISH PACKET. 650,000
The British Contract Packet Shannon will CLAIMS PAU.
626,000 BONUSES PAID
be despatched on WEDNESDAY, the 27th 39,000 instant, with Mails for the United Kingdom, BISKS axepted at CURRENT RATE OF Europe and countries boyon, in Brindisi: 10 FrenIA.
the Straits Settlements, Netherlands India, Baruah, Ceylon, Aden, Egypt, Mall, and Gibraltar,
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COMPANY OF HAMBURG. The Undersigned, having been appointed Agents for the above Cospaar, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Retas.
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MAILS BY THE UNITED STATES PACKET The United States Mail Packet Arabic will be despatched on SATURDAY, the 2nd March, with fails for Japan, San Fra Captain Simpson, having herived from the abova
cinco, Jus United States, Cuuula, Hemolele; Porta, Onnaigness of Cargo are hereby requested THE Undersigned, AGENTS for fie als Poru, &c., which will be clean as follows
Company, are prepared to GRANT IN-1445 vn, Registry causes. datto and in their Bills of Lading to the Under-SURANCES to the extent of $65,000, on first
signed for countersiguntars and to take imediotass risks at current rates. mato delivery of their goods from slougsiða.
MELCHERS & Ca Hongkong, 27th March, 1876.
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with moliture bang LemDIEKCION DE ZILE WIND În can ports. A-FORSE OF TAX Wren according to Hmfort
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Visity S. and T. thandary,
** 12, đew (wet)." RAT in inched, lathe and hundredths,
W. DOBERCK. Hongkong Observatory. 24th February, 1959.
NOW ON SALE. IMPERILL, QUALTO. NGLISH AND CHINESE
DICTIONARY. WITH THE PUNTI AND MANDARIN PRONUNCIATION..
Angle-Chinese Dictionary, published st Daily Press Office, Hongkong. For comprehensiveness and practical service
compelled to goin to express the numerona ob-
hoki the nyangban at arm's length. Hence, by pases ilk picco goods, & cases punjums, 100 oes this Work stands murivalled All the now the life in his own body and enable him just to February-For Continent-91 balss silk, 51
nusy and inertness and stagnation of Korean London-7 bases silk plox goods, 10 casos esse an obvious chain of causation, the after rotten star aniseed, and 15 packages anntries. For words which the Chinese have of late pears been socisty. Any proposed change for the better tal oil, and 3 packages sundrics. lus against it the whole nyangbaz tribe, that is, everybody in Korun abore the hores of wood
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and drawers of water. And the people them. selves have failon, balow the stage at which they Now Malwa could Initiate the sole stop that would give them
swift revolution, changing depth with Old Malwa height Is there, then, any hope for Kores P "Only from outside. i
Older Malws As an illustration of the social condition of Koros, take an oreut which occurred a week bo- Patna (New) fore I reached here. There is a guild or secret Banaras (Now) soolery of the colporteurs of Korea, having welay mecohanta in the capital for its spor
A man warned in bis dream of the presence of and the army of itinerant puddlers traversing ON LONDON
rge fortune in the grounds of his house, in uted search the next morning at an early
and actually discovered a large jar con ping money.
Thrse robbery cases courred at Hain Hing one of these a mangas killed by the robbers. inn village in Haidag Shan a premeditated ack upon a house was repulsed by the polior succeeded in killing several of the burglars, To the rest managed to get away.
roclimation has been issued by the Fan-ya gistrato asking bankers to make application, the solleetion of land tax for Government. nother thief caught and kept in custody for
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the sountry in all directions for its bass. It was discovered or aspected at the palace that a conspiracy threatening the throne was hatch- ing song the members of this guild. There members, rich merchants. were seisoil, thrown fore one afternoon six of the most prominent into prisos-the barracks ofther contain or constitute the prison--and the same orening, ON energy to attend to the matter, the unlucky is when the General in command found Inisure or were quistly strangled. There is no infernal UN monsonge? about trial or conviction or sentence in the Land of the Morning Calm. So maek three letters of introduction to Korean states for law. Politics is on the same level. I have Ox BOMBAY.→→→ meu. Ons is dead, the second is in banishment at Hongkong, the third sent me his card with polite masange that he had just been appointed Prime Minister and therefore could no longer
missing child was restored to his mother by talk about polition! And another Little illamin
is abopkaspers who misda proper search.
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BRAZEN..
ating fact is that when a Korean statesman is banished or exerted for political trospassos, his wife and daughters and all bis Tomankind are SOVEREIGNI taken zu sttached as a sort of permanent était of prostitules to one of the departments of atate for the use of the Minister and his assistonta This is the country for which the Hongkong and Shanghai Bauk Shares-1713 tears of sympathy and where they are certainly, Union Insurance Society of Centon, Limited United States are supposed to be shedding per orat premium, sellersgi through some of their representatives, engaged $110 pár bare sellers.
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To illustrate the vast supe of the work the following feets are sabmitted forconsideration Chalmers Voosbulary, contains about 18,000 Chinese characters, and Medhurst's English and Chinese Dictionary about 100,000, whilst this work contains more than 50000 English words, and upwards of 600,000 Chizese sharao- tara Again, despite all the grammars and other elementary works as yet published, the student of this difficult language absolutely ro quites examples to display the various appli- cations and equivalents of different words which. have one general mening. Of these examples" this work contains more than fro timanas many, or say other Dictionary bithorts pub-
lisked.
For practical purposes the armagement of the work is so compiste, that a reference to its pages enables a person who understands English to communicato ofectively with nativen who understand nothing but Chinese. In thisrepeat the work will be found indispensable-to-all- Europeans residing in Chion, and to the natives themselves it explains subjects fully with whish very few indeed of them are perfectly acquainted.
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It comprises upwards of two thousand largo
BEOUL, KOREA, 31st October.ia a ludicrous course of political intrigue. But Chins Traders Insurance Company's Shares-parto pages
t is the City of Lobabel. A few years ago with Karas as a centro of the politics of the
w, that is, in the Bfs of a city-Korco was Puoife I shall deal in a lator letter. cating the Jopatiese people in the nets Before I lait, Bearl I had the honour of an
181 por share, sallar
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its hinges; the spacious entrance-terras Then an officer cazie for us, and in solemn single Uhina Fire Insurance Company's Bharos #34 arm solidly built of Red Bricks the Two Upper mulberry orchard; grass grows in the file we proceeded through the grounds and yards les the throne on which the king sat to to the central open parillon where slane the King Stralis Marine Insurance Company Limited are his ministers is black with mildew the holds endiente, first the offeinl our interpreter,
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