Another proclamation kis bron imued, this
ime ab Ke Yao, prohibiting gamblers from
arrying on their illicit trade.
to be simply given away at ninety shillings, We
may, however, take it that this collection, large
as it in, did not even if gonnino, contain any of the rarer ones. For, na tho atndent of M. Kop- An old lady of 70, a charitable and upright rovski's volume must be aware, some usalan raga, died a few days back at 7 in the morningstemps are so scarce as to cause the most ardent nd at 5p.m. sho resuscitated. Whon naked collector many a heartacha in his futile enden here she had been when she left this world the "ours to obtain a specimen which will pass the narrow sorating of the expert. Thems and all sfused to say.. Thanksgivinga,wers given by other high-priced stamps are forged wholesale ie family for this favour.
And with such ingaanity that only the experi Another laus nature in the form of a child pred usanoiseur and detect the koaveries. The ith an abnormally large head and distorted presence of suck impostors in the company of honest specimens is the reason why the amatour satures was born to a man namel. Ch'on and at sales finds, to his amazement, a wretched is wife was so hore Bol with her offspring aquare-inch of gummed paper going for a thou- hat she refused to bring it up. The child died sind times its weight in gold, while he can secure com starvation.
an album containing it, nud a host of similar rarities, almost at his own terms; though, inde à, for all reasonable purposes, the imitations at twopence apiece are quite as satisfactory as the tootaalities at twenty pounds. This view, hap
The fire alluded to in yesterday's issue origin ed, inquiry Las shown, from: two rats which ad been caught by the villagers and set fire fter they had been thrown into kerosene,
THE TREATY BETWEEN RUSSTÄ
AND KOREA,
|
pily for the dealers, and still more fortunately for the Inoky souls who find a fortains on their father's old letters, or in an envelops, of labels bigh have lata for forty years in me forgot.. ten drawor, is not that of the thorough-paced philatelist. He is terribly in earnest, and, as the ever-increasing library of litorature devoted to This little corner of historical research shows. the people who pander to that onthusiasm End their profit in it.
DESTINATION
THE PATLY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 2510, 1889:
VESSELS ADVERTISED AS LOADING.
VENEL'S NAME
JAPTAIN.
J. L. Parfilt
Henne....... J. Mergoli Aald
FOR FERIGHT APTLY TO
P. & 0. SN. C6,
Posted & Co....
TO DE DESPATCHE
Hongkong Hongkong
Frost....
Lothrop
LONDON, &c, VIA SUEZ CANAL | Glyds (str.) LONDON SUBŹ CANAL... LONDON: AN HANBURG ...... VANCOUVER BCA N'HARI.. BREMEN & POBTS OF CALL
SAN FRANCISCO VJA YANA: SANFRANCISCO VIA I’RAMA .....
SAN FRANCISCO ....... NEW YORK
NEW YORK. NEW YORK NEW YORK... NEW YORK-
.
GENOA VIA BOMBAY, &o,, STRAITS & BOMBAY SOURABAYA, VIASINGAPORE, SINGAPORE VIA ŠANDAKAN, &ð. YOKOHAMA TI NAGASATE, &C. CALCUTTA VEA STRAITS.....
NAGASAKI, KOBE, SYDNEY & MELBOURNE. TIENTSIN VIA SWATOW, SHANGHAI, KOBE &....... SHANGHAI VIA SWATOW SHANGHAI YEA ABOY.............. SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI" SWATÓW, AMOY, T’WANFOO. SWATOW, AMOY, FOOCHOW
On CaKOOPTAL
Telegraphic Transfer Bank, on demarid
Dank, at night SOVEREIGNS
Private, days' sight
Quotations seQzone
MHAKES
Melchore & Co.. Allar Bull & Co. PMS, S. C
Ningchow(str).... Durli Hongkong Arahold Kasberg & Co... Popa........ Batarin (st) Bayern (str.).
Arabie (str.)......... City of Peking (str.)
Conqueror Titan
Tewksbury L. Sweat Gooding
0.0.9. 9: Co...... Puston & Co..şın kəsi Carlowitz & Co... Pustan'& Co....................
Pasten & Co...
Carlowitz & Co.....
Siem 1son & Co.....
Carlowita & Co. P.&O. 8. N. Co...
Agenor
James G. Bain
Hallgerda
đi Irokanxi
Boemida (str)......
Teheran (et)...... Goalpara (str.), Memnon (str)........
Russell Durfi ......
Hongkong
Jardins, Mathesna & Co.....
Hongkong
Hongking
Williams. Golding Sellar.
Hongkong Hongkong
S. Bailey
.Hoogkong Bongsong
Lapage.
F. Schals
Hongkong
Hunter Pocock
Hongkong
Hongkong
A. Aponr (str.)...... J. G. Olitent Aucona (br). Pembrokeshiro (str.) Afghan (ets.)... Kwongsang (str.). ~Tactor (str.)...............
Fonksang (str.)....ogg Auchise (str.)...... Ningpo (str.)..... Pasawar str.)... Theles (atr.) Haitan (str.)...
Hongkong and Shanghai Back Shores-162| Union Insurance Society of Chaton, Limited-
por cent. premium.
$1024 par clares
The Treaty, dated August 8, 1888, cokoladed tween Russia and Koros, granting certain ivileges to Russian trade carried on by laud, It would be absurd to say that a collection of a besa promrigated in St. Petersburg. The old stampe has no intrinsic value. Thero is a tails are given by the St Petersberg corres. great deal of geographical, artistio, noonomic, endent for the Slanitare as follows:-
and chronological knowledge-to be derived from Razaian-trade is allowed in the ports of Chomul- art, theach, no doubt, an intelligently-written wall-arranged album of these samples of offoal Gensan, Fasan, and the town's of Seoul, primer on the geography of the States repry- Apo-naisia, and Keng Hong. It the latter cented would convey, for a shilling or two ELON-SHANGHAL-- ussian Conxal is to enjoyúvery privilegeggrant great deal more information on the subjects to Consular agouts of other trede oat cs than the majority of collectors over attempt to Diplomatic and Consular agents and frontier extract from their costly works of reference. thorities are to be from to travel all over Korea. How costly they are may be inferred from tho e local sathorities furnishing passports and fact that the collection of Mr. Philips de Fer- e bolp, if necessary, of a convoy In Kong rari ia said to contain a quarter of a million ong the Russians may buy land, build houspe specimus, and to be worth almost as many a factorios, aud bold religions service. The pounds. Mr. Philbrick is understand to havo bice and sasurement of sites are to be decided gold this wealthy Parisian virtuoso one collection the authorities of both countries jointly; and for ten thousand pounds, whilst Fir Daniel required, a Municipal Council to be es Cooper, on Australian collector, wisely lehad. Pastare land is to be assigned for ferred to the saine gentleman the fruits of six- asian pack animals and cattle for slankster. teen years howling for three thousand pounds. thin a hundred 25 of Kong Hong ng digestiem Er. Barnett's albums ars enrrently reported to
without pas have brought samething like twenty-two thou rts, and everywhere that they travel they will add ponds, and it is nothing ECONO joy the right to sell and buy anything (except dispose of a respectable.but by no means tomark- inted matter, which is tarbirden by the Korean able set of stamps for five hundred, 50 Caúton Instable Offer Listed $13) per overnment), when they are furnished through honized, or one thousand pounds. The, colise thorities. The clause operates on both parties. Aflrised to have cost, up to the year 188, in
agents with passports signed by the Korean tion made by the late Duchess de Galliera is tiongkong Fire Insurance Company's Shares
$877 per share, buyers. in Kong Hong the Russians are to enjoy free oquisition and arrangement, not less than fifty-China Fire Insurance Company's Shares-188 ade, and the right to follow any business. Same save thousnud pounds, and the valus of the threo teles, such as arma, opiam, and explosives, are thousand volumes in which it was acutained has Straits Marine Insurance Company, Lúmited-
per share, buyers. Hidden to be insported.. Others, a live stock. sines that date hoen put at thirteen thousand 1 nom.
inxtramante, money, gold and tror. agricuads more. Yet it is believed that both in tural machines, and vegetables may enter free England and on the Continent there are public dnty; everything else must pay five per cent, and private hoards very little inferior to it in sether import or export; ad valorem. Rasian interest and value. At the Paris Mint there is
...
VESSELS ON THE ORI FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG, AND
CALCUTTA
T
Stanship
"ABRÁTGON'APCA £.”
On 4th May, at Nuco Today, at 4. Quia despatch. Os 8th May, at 4 p.. To-manyzow, at Noon On 2nd May, at LP.M. Op 13th May,nå 1:2.x. Quick despatch."
Quick despatch.
Quick despatch.
Quick despatch.
Quick despatch.
Quick despatch.
On 5th May, at Noon
On 2nd Mar, at Noon On or about 30th inst. Ta-day, at Nona, To-day, at Noon. On7th May, at Youn On 29th inst Quick despotil, On 291 blat Noon.
Butterfield & Sire David Sassoon, Sons &C. T.&O. 8. N. Co Adamson: Belk & Co. Gibb, Livingston & Co.... Jardine, Matheson & Co.... Adamson, Bell& C Jardine. Matheson & Co.... Butterfield & orice.......... Siomeson & Co......... P.&O. 9. N. Ca. Douglas Laprik & Co... Donghua Laprnik & Co.....Today, at Noon
Captain J. G. Olifent, will be despatched for the above Ports TO-DAY, the 28th instant, at NOON.
For Freight or Parengė, apply to
DĀVIU SASSOOK, SONS & Co.,
Agents. DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
Hongkong, 22nd April; 1889.
LIMITED.
J.
On 30th inst Ou 24 inst.. at Noon Da 3d May, To-morrow, at £ P.M. Quick despatch.
On 28th inst, daylight
VESSELS ON THE BERTA
CANADIAN PACIFIC' STEAMSHIP. COMPANY.
ΤΟ
TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERS
JAPAN, CANADA: THE UNITED -
STATES, AND EUROPE.
VIA "
THE CANADIAN FACIFIC RAILWAY
AND OTHHE · CONNECTING. BAILWAY LINES & STEANERS. THE British Steamship
-
2,553
"BATAVIA"
VESSELS ON THE BERTH.
FOR LONDON AND HAMBURG. THE 3/3.D. I. L. Germau Bark
"PAPA,"
Hones, Master, shortly expected, will load here for the above Ports, and will have quick daapsteli.
For Freight, apply to
PUSTU & Co. Hongkong, 11th April, 1888.
FOR NEW YORK. VIIE 3/3 L. 1. 1. American Bark'
"TITAN;"
17:54
shortly exposted hero, will load for the above Port, and will have quick despatch.
For Freight, apply ta
CARLOWITZ & do.. Hongkong, 5th April, 1880.
(702
FOR NEW YORK. HE Al British Ship
* HALLGERDA,” Captain J. Mackenzie, shortly expected, will load here for the shore Port, and will have quick despatod,
For Freight, apply to
SIEMSSEN & Co. Hongkong, 17th April, 1889.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO, THE A. I. American Stip THE
1799
"CONQUEROR" Frost, Master, shortly expected, will load hers for the above Park, and will have quick despatch
For Freight, apply to
PUSTAÚ & Co. Hongkong, 18th April, 1986. ******
FOR NEW YORK.
THE 3/3 A. I. I. American Ship
1810
"AGENOR Lothrop, Maier, shortly spected, will lind here for the above Port, und will have quick despatch.
For Freight apply to
Hongkong, Uth April, 1839.
"FOR NEW YORK.
China Traders Jasurance Company's Share
£80 per share, North Chins Insuranos-Th, 310 per share. Yangleze Insurance Aecistica. Tis. 973 perFOR SWATOW, AMGY, AND FOOCHOW will be donated for VANCOUVER BC. HB-3/3 A. I. L: Amorlea Bark-
xre.
Chinese Invursnes Company, Idmited-—$165 per
there, nom.
share.
Straits Fire Insurance Company, Limited-
$18.
F THE Company's Statalip
"HAITAN."
Captain Pocook will be despatched for the above Porta PO-DAY, the 24 ind, at Noon,
For Freight or Passage, upply to
To Registar, Auld,- Cominander,
TIA NAGASAKI, KOBR, AND YOKUHA- › MA, (passing through the INLAND 6EA), on
-SATURDAY, the 27th April: at Nobs,
AUGUSTA on the 9th May. ad S. S. To be followed by the S 3. "PORT PARTIA," on the 23rd Mag
Convention will be made at Tokobama, with Stormers from Shanghai and Jopra” Porta, and at Vanconvor with Paciflè Coast Points. By the regular Steamers of the PACIFIC COAST
DOUGLAS LAPRATIK & Oo, General Managerɛ. - Hongkong, 24th April, 1889,
OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. FOR SANDAKAN, KUDAT, LABUAN,
AND SINGAPORE.
1 Korean subjects are to be judged and nana remarkable collection, and that of the Ad-langkong. Canten, and Macao 3ignmboat CoH Company's Steamship
Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company's
Bliares-73 per cont, prem.
Shares-140 per cent.rem. Indo-China Steam Navigation Co,'e Shares
24 par cont., zellers.
China and Manila Stoomaltip Company, Limited Douglas Steamship Company, Limited--880 per
-8145 per share, non.
allace.
abure.
Hongkong Gas Company's Shares--8130 per Hongkong Hotel Company's Blue-$100 per
China Sugar Helling Company, Limited-$198
per share.
per share.
Honkong Ice Company' Shares-$115 per
stare, sellors.
ed respectively only by their own authorities, miralty is famous throughout the world, while a representative of the other side is to be the Rothschild collection in Paris is so city wed to be present at the trial, to call and that the owner, with the true jealousy of the mine witnesses, and to protest against the collector, reserves the pages containing his taion of the Court Korean subjects who may take refuge in Rus friends. The market price of mything is zarost.spquimens for the delectation of special boares are only to be given up by the Rus-just what it will fatob, and it may be assam n authorities, the Korean authorities to hayeed that a case of old stampa affords, in the right to enter such houses or buildings with pleasures of the eya, and the dolight of p
the permission of the owner or the Consal session, ton, fifty, or two hundred and fty th sides sro to have the free right of narigutthetsand pounds worth of enjoyment to the rich, share, toTY:
the Tuin River. The Trusty is written though, perhaps, not very intellectual, individuals both lnguages; but in case of dispate fus who treasure them.. A rare engraving at fiften ssian version is to be regarded as hinding-hundred pounds is interesting as a choise speri-Luson Sugar Refining Company, Limited-196
Trosty came into force on the day on whi ras signed, and is to continue for fira yenız.
men of the artist, though aventy-five point a year seems to people gifted with rental perspec tive a large annuity to pay for an occasional glimpse at the place it ucouples in the portfolio TE PHOTOGRAPHIO EXHIBITION. A Louis Qstarza cabinet al fire thousand pounds cant be called cheap, nor a Raphael at segonty The Standard says The Photographic Ex. thousand pounds a poor man's latary. Yet they
are pleasant to look on, and it is certain that no ition, which was opened on the 20th ult at body las can match them. But a postage stamp Crystal Palace, is the finest that has yet been alty ponads is rare simply because its fell va d. although there has been nothing absolably wore tossed into the wastepaper basket and burat in the way of invention or discovery soon thirty or forty years ago, and prsity though it year. The Exhibition now fillathe great nave, often is, eren an enthusiast.could scarcely claice. beyond this there are special exhibits to be that as an engraving it is worth its prines a in may of the Courte. At the first glanca
is struck with the many large and fine The prices given at the recent sala are said to. beras and the admirable finish of the eag.. be the highest are paid for single staraps We Brogen lanterns for the display of photographic doubt whether thin is correct: The fiftees and les. A vast improvement in the oxy-hydrogen thirty cent Réanion stamps bring one hundred peutie; the New Brunswick five cent stamp.
Or
ht itself has also been made by the use of with the head of O'Connell, is rarely parted pressed gases, contained in wrought-iron
with under thirty pounds Tise set of four 1832 af tabes, into which the organ and hydengan Hawaiian stamps are valued at three hundred
forced with a pressure of 8,00 pounds to this! are inch. This high pressure is reduced pounds, and the four British Guians of 1850 ery nimple appliance in the jet., which is worth seventy-five pound. Then there is res on the hard lime wick, giving a set hat the 1847 Mauritius starp printed from a wood t intense light of the exact character post the ether-twopence, when firat issued, and these block-in two issues-one worth penny, and ted for lantera lenses, whilst the enlargonient the gathering lons of the lantern over there seldom met with nowadays that we believe dimenstaus brings all the availablo rays into there. Old black Brazil stamps are priced in one, hundred pounda hus been paid for one of for the clearer definition of the pictures own upon the soreon. In the theatre atalogueat from twenty to fifty shillings spiece; play was made of number of admirable sides as high as five pounds while the rodones mount the green and yellow pues of Busnes Ayres bring screen 90 fest in diameter, specially preto six ponuda, Thosermilion one frane Freuch ed in a novel manner. Ordinarily the wowan tars of the canvas has a deteriorating effect stamp of 1819 has often been sold for ten pounds. and the VR black Euglich geany stamp by combining two or thres thicknesses of which was in criculation a short time only, is vai, and finally covering the surface. with at mol of white tine paint, a smooth surface has a prepared, which produces a clearussa, brill e, and beauty of effect hitherto unattaicable as of the ware sosues and river pictures sexquisitely rendered.
Hongkong and China Bakery Company, Limited
-$85 per share.
Fun om and Sunghie Dua Samantan Mining Company, Limited $31 per share, salẹn. Paras Sugar Cultivation Company-Ts. is por
share. Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Company, J.
A. B. Watson & U., Limited-12) por çert,
premium.
mited--$160 per share, not.
Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co.,
Limited-$137 per share.
Singapore Insurance Company, Limited-$17.50
мог визго, пош
Chinese Imperial Igan of 1881 B-3 per cent.
priam, nom.
Chinese Imperial Loan of 1884 C-5 per cent.
prúmium, zam
Chinese Imperial Lown, 1886 E-11 per cent.
premium, nom. Société Françaiso dos Charbonnages da Tonkin
-$720 per share, bayera. Hongkong High Level Tramways Compang Lirafted-200 per cent, prem., nom... East Borneo Flanting Company, Limited-858 Cruickshank & Co., Limited--$60 per share.
per share.
Hongkong Dairy Farm Co., Limited-$13) per Songsi Koysh Planting Company-$55 per
dbare.
Steam Lannch Company, Limited-100 · par The Hongkong Brick and Cement Company,
cent., BOTH.
Limited 520, buyer. Greau Island Company, Limited-81k por abare,
(new issue), ellers. Lubule Planting Company, Limited-$15 per
share.
not considered dear something like the same price. But the rarest of all English Post Offa's literature of this sort is the Mulready Wrap per on Ladin paper, issued in 1940. Of these, there sru zaid to be only, six or seven in existauCO=== although twenty-so thoasand pounds worth Electric Company, Limited-$8 per share. were issued-and the last which abangad Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Com- bands brought, if our memory is not at fault; pany Limited-$142 per share
The extensive practice of photography "hy staurs will cause a very large motice of the
find the best aposimens of ovary witte they the ridiculous price of eighty pounds.. It would every article be difficult to ind-a parallel for this folly in its possibly require, with the advantage of more extravagant devolopments. Larga adans are erienced professional attendants to explain advise. The Polytechnic. School of Photo of 1805 is now saleable at more than eight of course, given for coins-an Amarican dollar phy, patronised by so many amateura of kafaya very good show indeed, and
handrod times its original value. But n collec tion of coins i, at the worst, worth the The axe cammat
The faction
share.
West Point Building Company, Limitad-460
per share, sollers.
·HINA COAST METKOKOLQ010AL
The farger BRATWA
People's Palace School also pats in weight of the metal. pectable appearance. To the minor articks always be said for a rare stamp re are many things of useful and ser may go out as it are in sable application. The little dashing mas may perfect his evil art, and it is certain that a fom lampa afford a ready means of takias collection of stamps ikea shalt of books of Foo lantaneous photographs, independent of sun- ne. Even in so small au item as a red lamp Boccaccio, or Patissier Franca's order-a
the Kazarin Bible, Bommant de la Ross, Valder Tokie parlous treasure to preserve in a house where fire They counet ba, stowed in safon warranted to inay consume or thieves break through and steal.
rela fifty thonsand pounds worth of gummed keep them unsdorohed, and in any other resp. Mazzila labels 18 sasuredly in danger. A set of imitations which might easily be sold for a five-pound role
re is one of the cheapest and best formed of a ple redglass globe for a gas jet with a metal below and a metal chimney at top to shut the direct rays of the light.
t is, however, when we araming the numerous atiful views, with their superb artistic quali
that we can best judgo and appreciate the
Section of modern photographia intenwerts would afford all the information ever bikely to be materials, and form some idea of the fest imparted by all the treasures of the Ferrari, the les which have been made since the almost Galliora, the Rothschild, the Taplin, the Hill, ent days of Daguerre and Fox-Talbot. Fifty or the Philbrick Collections-Standard.
ago photography was in its infancy and pletures then obtained with so mgoh labour so little satisfaction by professionals cas Dest beaten by the most inexperienced amateur; at the best works of the best profesionala some hardly possible to excel. There is soms cification, therefore, for the idea of giving the sant Exhibition a festival-charseter by hold. on the 28th March & conversazions to see to the introduction of the negative printing cer of the founder of the commercial and otical phases of photography.
اور کر
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCK,
Tuumanay, 25th April.- DXPORT CARGOES. Por British bark Ears, sailed on the 14th Apr-For Hamburg and London—873 bales arres, 925 packages Gre crackers, 977 rolls wat feathers, 415 packages canes, $75 packages pra
ting, 100 baskets chinaroot, 620 casos cassia, 100 bales rattan shaving, 66 packages rattan cores, 15 bales raftan ware, 17 packages coir, 200 case anal, fnda, 755 tube camphor, 8,490. bage char- -seal-168-enece-gallouts, 100 cases sturauised, 15 on blackwood wars, 397 ossos merobandiée,. contribution to the history of hamascuses uhinaware, 14 packages furniture, 100 7, the prices which a parcel of eli porings casks soy. and 20 cases scential oil.
TIMBROMANIAL
•
ps has just realised at a London auction Per steamship Laertes, sailed on the 2nd not unworthy of notice. The collection con- April-For London--767 boon tea, 18,107
ed of two hundred and eighty aiz lots los, congon,-316 rolle matting, 286 balea cocoene, most valuable being set of rare Britisk bales waste silk, and 10 cases silks. From una labels, and for these the bids ran to Manila 86 cases cigars.
res which must seem to any one not bittes the mania little less than monstrous. A
Juo four cent of 1856 exited anger com
itica, al was finally knocked down to
Quotations aro :-~~- New Malwa.........
ler for thirty-seron ponads, aut as the ohsser has bought it to sell again, this, we Old Malwa
take it, is a comparatively moderate figure.
specimen, however, had been used, soOlder Malva when a stamp "much finer," and without defacing marks of the sorter on its surface,
Patna (Now)
UPIUM.
$580 por gical, allee, of [54 cattive. ....8600 por picul, silea, of [87 catties. ..8610 por picui, slice of [1 to 2 catties, $5301 per obest. 8512)
EXCHANGE.
LONDON. Telegraphic Transfer Bank Bills, on demand Hank Bills, a 20 days sight Book Bils, at 4 Bonths' eight Credits, st & months' sight Documentary Bills, at 4 months'
sight..
put up, there was nothing left but for Benares-(New) bayer of the thirty-seven-pounds specimen aguire it, at thirteen pounds Ldvance, the corner" in four cent blae British ass was not to be prematurely broken. er thie antrip of four one cant magentes, ed in 1851, on the original envelope, from same Colony, at seron pazuda "four of one pent 1859 issue at a pound each; and s
of four cent agents, thirty-three years. gat twelve pouzda, are barely worth native, high thair prices are so much in advance vÍ it the first owner paid for them over the post- counter in George-town. Yet a book of
English stamp-On
• "thousand old issues.
ago, zevenue, law, bill, railway, and receipt
ght lay than eight gainses, and a thongand
ÚN PARIS-
Rank ls, on demand Credits, al months' sight New Yoan.— Hank Bills, on demand. Credits. 60 days' sight....
tion ten only six pounds five skillings; ON BOMBLY.
te a collection of three hundred and skraty
alan local stamps neem, to the uninitiated,
Telegraphic Transfer
Bank, on demand
2/14
..3.76
..3.83
£20
REGISTER.
Stili Agril, 1998, atrak
Дармокіним Step 1983
Hong... Haiphong.. BOBORE...
STATION.
Weck
Tukt
20.01
10.87
TABEKVAD
3815 April, 1880, w) 30
20.95
Abangla... 1078 Amy
Haiphone Belizers mi..
29.90 10.0.3
29.90
+7 | | 4 |
Tha barometer has fallen particularly in the North and gradute a moderate for B.W.winda,`-Cloudy, warm, and ~damp weather panraila.
W. DOBEROK. Hongkong Ölverentory, 25th April. 1889.
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER,
Previons On duta
On dets -day.
at I am. at p.na al 4 p..
29.9% 29.00
29179
13
uidity
Direction of wind ....
E.
.1
Tarometer Temperature
89
Force of wind: -------| Rain.........
Weather—~~~~
011
1-BAMORATER sectied to så degrees Fahrenurit at the level of the man in jachen, tuath aid Euodredths,
A-TEMPERATURE in the shade in degreta Batzenzeit,
- UMIESTY in percentage ofsaturation, the heraldity of
AJF Iaturated With molatura bang 180.
TAXION OF FUN WIND so two pointz.
6 ou aux Wind evording to Boulere Saala. 6-ETATI wa Waaraan, B. Nuo sky; C, detached
Durlacking roim
wing; oraret R.ball; Laliphat-
Gaguay, D. cum¡
5. snow T. handse V. visibility ; W. dew (wo),
A
in ipchos, tenths and hundredila,
"HEMNON,"
Captain Dorff, will be despatchel as abore TO-DAY, the 26th inst, at Noon,”
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents.. Hongkong, 24th April, 1839.
'SHIRE" "LINE OF STEAMERS, FOR NAGASAKI KOBE, AND,
YOKOBAMA.
(VIA INLAND SEA).
HE Blasmship
STEAMSHIP COMPANY and other Steawers.
Through Passage Tiskote granted to Eng- land, France, and Germany by all trans-Atlantic lines of Steamers,
First-class Fares granted as follows:-* To Vancouver & Victoria... (Max.) $160.00, To all Common Points in Canada 20.00.
and the United State
To Liverpool..... To London.
200.00. 305.00.
To other Europea Points at proportionato 1771-rates. Special reduoad rates granted to Officers of the Army, Navy, Civil Service, and the Imperial Chinese and Japanese Customs, to ha obtained on application.
“PEMBROKESHIRE,“ Captain Williams, will be despatched for the above Forts, on the 29th instant.
This Steamer has Superior Pasenger Acoo modation.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
ADAMSON, BELL & Co.
Azsuts. Hongkong, 2nd April, 1989.
(835 FOR SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, SAMA- THE Steamship
BANG, AND SOURABAYA.
"GOALPARA,"
Consular Invoices to accompany Cargo-des- Lagod to Points in the United States, should be sent to the Company's Offices, addressed to Mr. D. E. BROWN, Distriat. Freight Agent; Yan-" conver, B.C
Freight will be received on Brajd until4 PM. on the 24th April.
should be marked to address in full; and the All Paroela must be sont to our Ofles and
same will be received by da until 5 r.m. the day brevious to sailing.
For information na to Passage or Freight, *pply to
ADAMSON, BELL & Co.
Agents, Hongkong, 19th April, 1890.
U. B. MAIL LINE,
18
'MAILS' BIPROTED,
THEEKOLIE MATI..
The P. & O. steamer Pashawar, with the English mait of the 29th March, left Bingapore at 4 pm. on the 23rd, and may be expected horo on the 28 inst.
THE AMERICAN MAU
The O&O, stomaèr Arabic: with the Anteri- can mail of the 8th inst., loft Tokohama at 4 p.m. on the 23rd, and winý be exposted here on the 20th instant.
TITE CANADIAN, MAIL.". The C. P. steamer Parthia, with thờ Canadian mail, left Vangonyer on the 16th just, anlia duo. here on the 14th proz
STEAMERS EXPECTED, The stenruer Tartar ft Singapore on the 22nd, and is dos here on the 29th inst.
The Shire Line steamar Pembrokeshire left
Singapore on the 21st, and in duo here on the 28th instant.
"
The F. & A. steamine Meumwir loft. Singapor on the 22nd, and is due here on the 7th inst.
The N. G. I. staumer Formide left Singapore on the morning of the 22mit, and is dua here on the 30th
The Union Linn steatror Euphrates left, Singapore on the 24th April, and is dus here en the 1st May
The O. S. S. Ch's stannoe Anchises loft. Singaporo on the morning of the 24th April, and is due tufo on the 1st 3ng.
The P. & O. Extra'stenner Kling luft Bem- hayat.poou on the 20th April, and is due re on or about the 2nd Máj.
*USTÖBEKË. NAZTATAG
For the convenience of the public a Ponk de- PUSTAU & Oo,vory has been established. Lotter boxes are 1746 been placed in the team cars and currespondence
will be delivered by tho twelve and four o'clock. cars only. Local futes will be charged. Corras-` |pondence vildressed to the Prak may bei postes in | thó Generál Post Office up to 1130's.mo,and 1:30
or in the Latter Boms in the cars ill fi departure. Correspondence fram the Pouk may, be posted in the Liter Boxes up to Brelva and four o'clockt. Parsels for the Peak may be posted in the General Post Office nely up to 11.30 a.m. and 330 p.m. There will be no Sunday da livory. Covers eonteining bank notes, jewellery, & should not be postal. To avoid robbery send- ers of lettere are requested e cancel their stamps by writing the word 'staripol 'neross them.
+
-TEWKSBURY L: SWEAT”
despatch Gooding, Master, shortly expected.. will load here for the above Port, and will have quick
For Freight, apply to -
-PUSTAU & Co. Hongkong. 11th April, 1889.
174 BUCHS TRADE LISTS OF ALL
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ESTABLISHED 1794.
(WRITE FOR FRICE LAST.)
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When Correspondence has born mis-sent or delayel thoth of which are liable to happen occasionally) all that the addressee geed do in to note on the cover, Seat
Rementert
al 7. pan,, or as the case may be, and Forward it, without any other writing whatever, to the Postmaster-General. This should by neted, on the first time cause of complint oners; it is a mistake to let such utors pass for fear of giving trouble, a coaràs which generally gives more trouble in the t
The Postal Guide for 1858, wall-ed to date, will be found in the. Daily Press Directory, p. 389 Torgs edition, p. 753, small edition. This is the only antherised completa Summary of Postal information published in Hongkong.
.
Tự The authorisal List of Mails bestad in 1712 connection with this paper is the mis publishe
twice each day in our Extra, which is alware corrected to a much later hour than that given below.
Co.
COAL MERCHANTS,
have always on hand „LARGE STOCKS OF EVERY DESCRIT
TION OF COAL.
Adctress --Care of Messrs. KwONG SUNG & Co., No. 68 PRAYA.
froa FOR SALE CHSA
Captain Russell, will be despatched as above PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. CYLINDRICAL FUEULAR GUN. on or about the 30th instant.
THROUGH TO NEW YORK, VIA OVER-
BOAT'S BOILERS, 150 H.P. suck, with -For Freight or Passage, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
LAND RAILWAYS, AND TORONottinga, tested to 150 lbs. to the square och; YOKOHAMA AND SAN FRANCISCO. they are suitable for a vessel about 670 tons, or Agents.
would be very suitable for driving stationary Hongkong, 2nd April 1889.
FOR SHANGHAL KOBE, AND YOKOHAMA. HE Steamship
2
"TARTAR,"
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S: Bailey, Commander, will he despatched the alare Ports, on the 30th instant. For Freight or Passage, apply to
ADAMSON, BELL & Co.
Agents.. Hongkong, 23rd April, 1899.
836 NAVIGAZIONE GENERALE ITALIANA (FLORIO & ROBATHING UNITED COMPANIES.)
STEAM FOR
THE US. Mail Steamer "CITY OF engines 4 Cornish BoLSEs 10 ft. long by ft. PEKING" will be despatched for Sas in diameter, double rivetted, with 1 Galway's Francisco, via Yokohama, on THURSDAY, Patent Tons in each. 1 Large STEAM the 2nd May, at ONE P., taking Passon- LAUNCH ENGINE and BoIZE. 2 Vertical gers and Freight for Japan, the United States, BOILER. 1 Now Portable Enars & Bott and Europe.
24 H.P. by MARSHA & SONS, Gainsborough, Harisontal and Diagonal Steam WINCHES. England. 1 6-M.P. EvaINE. 1 Steam POME
for portation to Yokohama and other Jarau Farts, Through Bill of Lading sod for trans te San Francisco, to Atlantio and Inland Cities. of the United States, via Overland Pailways, to Hayano, Trinidad, and Demerara and to parts in Mexico, Central and South America, by the Company's and connecting Steamers.
Through Fassage Tickets granted to Englsad, France, and Germany by all trans-Atlantic lize of Steamers,
First-class Fares granted as follows --- To San Francisco
3260,00 To San Franciscs and return. 350.00
available for "6 months. To Liverpool
Tc London
SINGAPORE, PENANG, AND BOMBAY, having conexion with Company's bail Steamers, to ADEN, STEZ, PORT SAID, MESSINA NAPLÉS, (LEGĦORN),
325.00 and GENOA MEDITERRANEAN,
330,00 ADRIATIC, LÉTANTINE, wed SOUTH To other European points at propertionsta AMERICAN PORTa up to CazL4o. Taking rats. Special riduced rates granted to Officera Cargo at through rates to PERSIAN of the Army, Navy, Civil Service, and the GULF and BAĞDAD.
Imperial Chinese Customs, to be obtained on application.
THE Company's Steamship
*BORMIDA."
Passengers by this line have the option of pro- ceeding Overland by the Southern Fusite and
|wil_se" despatched 'sa above on WED NES-connecting Lines, Contral Pacific, Northern
DAY, the 8th May, at Noon.
At Hornay fha Steamora srs, discharging in VICTORIA DOCK.
For Furthur Particulars ragseding Freight Bud Pastge, apply to
CARLOWITZ & Co. Agerbe
Hongkong, 2nd April, 1889,
THE GIBB LINE,
18
FOR SIDNEY AND MELBOURNE. Calling at PorT DARWIN and QUEENSLAND Post, and taking through enrge for 'ADE- DAIDE. TAḤMANIL, NEW ZEALÁSD, Æo.). [YE British Steamer
TH
"AFGHAN,"
I
Pacilo or Canadian Pacific Railways.
|
À MAIL WIL, CLONE, For Skudakan. Kudat, id Laboan.-Per Memor, to-day, the 26th inst, ad USOAM.
For Stmits and Cadenitu-Por A. "Apear, fo-day, the 20th inst. at 11:50 A.M.
En Svatom, Amoy, and Facebow-Per Halfan, to-day, the 26th lustat 11.30 AM.
Por London. Per Niagahore, to-day, the 5th inst. at 10 P.M.
For Nagasaki, Krbe, Yokolama, zinil Vab- oouver Per Batavia, to-morrow, tha th
at 11.0 .8.
For Shanghai-Per Ningpo, to-morrow, the 7th inst. at 333 r.M.
For Swatow and Tientsin-Per wongseig. on Monday, the 29th inst, at 11.30 .m
MAILS BY THE. UNITED STATES PACKET.
The United States Mail Packed City of Paking will be despatched on THURSDAY the 2nd
1 Large PLANING MACHINE. 1 EMERY TOOL May, with Mails for Japan, San Fran GRANDER. BOYAN TA73 and Diss,DRico, the United States, Canela, Honolin, LINO MACHINES 1 Large Iland Power WHEEL Peg We, which will be closed as follows for Driving Machinery wit STINO 15 P.M., Registry cases, PULLEYS, and Small FIRE ENGINES. 20-30 г... Pest Offee closes, but Correspondence double soting HAND PO
any bo posted on board the Packet with Late Fee of 10 cents ext Posts until the time of departure.
ONE PLATE BENDING and STRAIGHTENING MACHINE; will admit a 7 fust Plate, Top Roller 12, Bottom Rollers 10", woighing about} BA tous.
All the above Machiney are net or as good
ns now.
For further Particulars, apply to
J.M. ARMSTRONG,
Aretioneer,
Quesa's Evad.
11207
Hongkong, 11th July, 1889:
NOW ON SALE-
IMPERIAL QUARTO.
NGLISH AND CHINESE
DICTIONARY,
WITH THE PONTI AND MANDARIN,
PRONUNCIATION.
The Post Office declines all responsibility for Usregistered Letters containing Harik Notes, Coin, er Jewellery, and, where legistration has been neglected, will make ho aquiries into alleged losses of such letters,
MAILS BY THE GERMAN PACKET. The German Contract Packet Beyer will be despataked on WEDNESDAY, the 8th May. with Mails for the United Kingdom, Europe and countries begoud, vía Brindisi; tu the Straits Settlemouts. Batayin. Barnah, Ceylon India, "Ador, Egypt, Malte, de, &c.
Registry causes at 2 ch.
The mail closes at 3 Pt. Late lotters till 3.9
with 10 cents extra postage.
The Port Ofoo declines all responsibility for Unregistered Covers containing Bank Notes,
Anglo-Chinese Dictionary, published at
Daily Press Office, Hongkong.. For ocmprehensiveness and practical service Coin, er Jewellery, and, whers Registration has this Work stands rivalled. All the new been neglected, will make no enquiries into words which the Chinese have of late years been
Passengers, who bare paid full fare, re- An embarking Sau Frenoisy for China or Jup (sice versa) within one year, "will be allowed discount of 10% from Belure Far. This ailorance does not apply to through fares from China and Japan to Europe.
sompelled to min to express the numerous ob.alleged losan of such corura. jocte in schinery, photography, telegraphy, HOURS OF CLOSING THE ENGLISH
and in sciones generally, which the rapid advance.
Freight will be recaived on board-until 4 p.m. the day previons to sailing. Parcel Packages will be received at the Oles until 5 PA same of fansign relations has imposed upon them, aro
AND FRENCH MAILS. When the Packels leave of Noon. day; all Parcel Packages should be marked to
hero giran in extenso. Each and every word is
The following hours will be observed in alosing fully illustrated and explained, forming exercises the mails for Europe, address in full; value of emo is required.
Consular Invoices to
by the English and socompany Cargo for students of a most fastructive nature. Both French Packets, when they leave at Nooz. Th destined to paints beyond a Franolaco the Court And Punti pronunciations are gizon. in the United States should be sent to the the agents being carefully marked on the best Moury Onlar Oftes will barolosed at 5PM t Company's Offices in Sealed Envelopes, addressed principle hitherto attained. The typography 2.00 AM-Posting of Prices Curront sad Cir
day before. displays the success of an attempt to make the Chinese and English type correspond in the size
Jular cesser. (Prloes Carrent and Cleenles may however be
to the Collector of Customs at San Francisco,
For further information as to Passage and Captain Golding, will have quick dispatch for Fraight, apply to the Agency of the Company,
No. 30A, Queen's Road Central.
C. D. HARMAN, Agent, Hongkong, 17th April, 1869.
the above Porta.
Fare to Sydney or Melbourne, 8120. For Freight or Passage, apply
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.,
Managers. Hongkong, 15th April, 1889.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYÓ,
།སྭཱཉྩེཏྟཱ་
STEAM FOR BINGAPORE, COLOMBO, ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID.
BRINDISI, GENOA, ANTWERP, BREMEN, AND HAMBURG. PORTS IN THE LEVANTE, BLACKSBA AND BALTIC FORTS;
AINU
TIMORE, NEW ORLEANS,
OCCIDENTAL ANDORIENTAL-STEAM- SHIP COMPANY.
TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERS
TO JAPAN, TRE UNITED STATES, MEXICO, CENTRAL AND BOUTH AMERICA, AND EUROPE, VIA THE OVERLAND RAILWAYS, AND ATLANTIC AND OTHER CONNECTING STEAMERS.
of body, thereby offering a vast economy of posted ap to 10 g'clock if they are tied in bandies. space, achieving a oferness not previously country by country, with the addresses all ons way.) attained, and digjensing with those vast margins 10.00 A.Begistry deases. and recent spaces which have heretofore charac.10.30 AM-Posting of newspapers, books, and terized Chinese publications.
pastoris conses,
To illustrate the vast scope of the work the 11.00 -Mail olosas, following facts are submitted forconsideration LATE LETTERS way to posted (from. 11D Chalmers Vocabulary contains about 16,000A.M.) with 10 cents lat jes up to 118) AM
Chinos characters. and Madhurst's English after which hour they may be sent on board
***
BY GEENAN PACENZ.-
and. Chinese Dictionary about. 100,000, whilst this the same late fo this work contains more than 50.000 English words, and upwards of 600.000 Chinese charac- PARCEL POST TO THE COSTINENT OF EUROPE tera. Again, despite all the grammars and
Sealed parceis not exceeding 1 lhs, in weight ethor elementary works sa yot published, the student of this difficult language absolutely rapor 2 feet in length, breadth, or depth, may NOT quires examples to display the various appli- be forwarded to the Continent of Europe by cations and equivalents of different words which the four-weekly direct German Packria vis HD Steamship “AKABIÓ” vil be
have one general meaning. Of these examples Bremerhaven at the rates stated below. Parcels home, on SATURDAY. the 11th May, at CINE many: As any other Dictionary hitherts pub fortnightly via Londen: P.M. Connection being made at Yokohana with lished. Steamers from Shanghai and Japan Ports.
LONDON, NEW YORK, HOSTON, BAL' dospatched for San Francisco, vít Yoko-this work contains more than Ava times ng may also be forwarded to certain countries
GALVESTON, AND SOUTH AMERICAN
POET
TEE COMPANY STEAMERS WILL CALL AT SOUTHAMPTON TO LAND PASSENGER AND LUGGAGE...... N.BARGO CAN BE TAKEN OF THROvon BILL OF LADING FOR THE PRINCIPAL PLACES IN RUSSIA.
\N WEDNESDAY, the 8th day of May,
ON omgange Steamela "BAYERN," Captain J. Morgell-wilá MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE, and CARGO will leave this Port se zbore Calling. AT GENUA,
W. DOBEROK. Hongkong Observatory, 25th April, 1869.
IINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT
the COMMERCIAL JOURNAL for CRINA, JAPAN, ko, ko Published at the Odies of the Hongkong Daily Prez on the Herning of the Departure of the English Mail,
contains the
LATEST AND FULLEST TRADE
INTELLIGENCE,
REPOETS OF MEETINGS. or
COMPANIES
To Sau Frsonises and return,
available for 6 montha
To Liverpool
$200.00 $50.00
325.00 $30.00
A receipt will begiven for esola parcel. Paresla For practical purposes the arrangement of post by marked By German Packet. AL PARCEL PACKAGES should be marked to the work is so centplate, that a reference to its Each parvel must be sealed in such a way as to scdress in full; and game will he received at the pages enables a person who understands English reader it impossible that it should be poned Company's Office unul FIVE P.M. the toy pre to communicate of ectively with natives who without detection. The under must supply a Tions to sailing.
understand melling but Chinese. In this carpoot declaration of the nature, value, and nut weight First-less Fares granted us fallowa ---
the work will be found indispensable to all of the contents, and of the gross weight of the To San Francisco
Europeans residing in China, and to the patires parcel. The printed forma for this declaration, themselves it explains subjects fully with which can be obtained at the Post Office. The parcel very few indoud of them are perfectly soquainted, must not contain any lotter, any article prohibit To partias resident in England and interesteded by Customs rules, lottery tickets, cines parts Chins it cannot but be invaluable occasion of vines, liquide (unless sourely packed) or ally.
dangerous or offensive goods, nor must the It comprises upwards of two thousand large Package be of a fragile nature. quarto pagee.
4 Vols. IMPERIAL QUANTO, Price, 300. A Large REDUCTION in PRICE in made to Purchasers of SIX or more Copies. TEURNER & CO., 60, PATERNOSTER Row.
LONDON:
HONGKONG: DAILY PRESS" OFFICE. WYNDHAM ÖT
To Londoa.....co
To other European points at proportionate rates. Special reduced ratos granted to Ofleers Shipping Orders will be irrasted till 10AM of the Army, Navy, Civil Service, and the Cargo will be received on Board until 1 P., Imperial Chinese Customs, to be obtained on Spacie and Parcels until 10 A... on the 8th application.
Paseongers by this line have the option of pro- May, 1889. (Parcels are not to be sent on Board, they must be left at the Ageney's sonnicting Lines, Contral Pacifle, Northern cooding Overland by the Southern Pacifie and Office) Contants and Value of Packages are Pacifo, or Canadian Pacific Nailways. required.
The Steamer has splendid Accommodation and carries a Doctor and Stewardses.
For Further Particulars, apply to
MELULERS &
Apunta. Hongkong, 16th April, 1889.
FOR NEW YORK
THE LATEST TELEGRAMS, THE 93 L. II. British Barque
together with the
POLITICAL AND GENERAL NEWS
of the Fortnight.
The "Trade Report" has a large circulation in Hongkong, the Porte of China and Japan, the Philippines, Siraits Settlements, &o, ko.
Co.,..
17
"JAMES G. BAIN,” shortly erpootod hero, will food for the above Port, and will have quick despatah..
For Freight, apply to
"CARLOWITZ,& Co. Hongkong, 16th April, 1889,
· [787
Passengers, who have paid full fare, ro érabarking at San Francisco for China or Japan (or, 7700 verua) within one year, will "be allowed a discount of 10. This slowance NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEETS, does not apply to through fares from China and Jupas to Europe.
A small charge, not exceeding six conta, may bo mado for Custom Ilease purposes.on tə delivery of the parcel. Recept Customs duor this is the only charge theaddresses will have ta pay
Faroels must be posted before $ PM, on the working day nezt before the departure of the German Proket.
10 Cente
3 Cents
2 Cents
RATES OF POSTAGE, Letters, per. 08. Neither the Caprazna, the AGENTS, nor the Pust Cards, each ... OWNERS; will be RESPONSIBLE for any Books, Patterns, and Commercial Consular Invoices to sesempany Cargo des- DEBT contracted by the Officers or the Crews Paper, por vs.......... tined to paints beyond San Franciscs in the of the following Tessals during their stay in Newspapers & Prices Current, oach 2 Cents United States should be sent to the Company's Hongkong Harbour
Registration.
10 Cont Offloss, addressed to the Collector of Customs, ¦ ÁRKATOON APPAR, Brit. şir, Olifant-David Do. with rotara, receipt 15 Contá Ban Francisco.
Casson, Scns & Co. -
Commercial papers signify such papers as FIDELIO, Gor: str., Brossed. Molobers & Co. though written by hand, do not bear the charac LADY HAREWOOD, Brit. Ik, Williams-Captain. ber of an actual or personal correspondence, such ONEGA, Brit, lk., Brown-Ed. Schelhass & Co. as invoises, doods, copied masis, &a. The charge ForONTIS, Brit. str., G. Heasley.Geo. E is the same as for Books, Tut sil packets of and
Storene & Co.
under á oá, weight arn charged 5 cento.
For further information ns to Freight or Paarage, apply to the Agency of the Com- pany, No. 50, Queen's Road Central,
O. D. HARMAN, Agent. Hongkong, 25th April, 1869.
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