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FUNERAL.

MAIL SUPPLEMENT TO THD - HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,

transport is from three to four shillings par tou per mile I am quoting the details he gavo me himealf-and the time nooupled in transit from Canton to Nadaing 30 days, and from Of the ontributions received, thanks are Pakhoi to Nauning 18 days. At present from pecially due to the Remsa Catholic missionaries Yunnon and Thibet only oplum comes bask

are compelled to extend the time for sending in The funeral of the late Hon. F. Stewart, Careery, til the 15th Dosanberand to invite further contributions on there interesting lonial Soaretary, took place on Monday morning, subjec the 3th Sept, at the Protestant Camelary, Wong ae-chong. The vorleg ft the deceased gentle

THE ADMIRALTY BOARD ON OHINESE RAILWAYS.

OCTOBER

915, 1889,

THE SIR BALRY PARKES STATUE THE ADVENTURES OF A FAMINE Chinese Tolograph Company is unable to collect

AT SHANGHAL.

HELIEF DISTRIBUTOR IN HONAN

Mr. Shi Tszeging, the energetic distributer

turn's residienenin Arbutinat Road at a quarter to many of tham working in distant provinces, for in exchange for pièce good. It has been well the first part of a Raport by the Board of Adly, and now ties, stil in its packing asso; at the of famine relief deputed by the Shangkat Silk proceed to Tiontain during the latter part of

Hon'ble Frederick Stewart, LL.D.; aged 51 died 29th September. 1889." The coin was

the Governor, Mr. J. M. Galierrez, Mr. Wolw lause Mr. C. Ford, and others who did not attach their cards We hear that owing to the large scale on which Dr. Stewart-indulge in

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Tuel of woh ?

_BOUGHT,

NOTE--It is suggrated that weighing a Fifty tal or Fifty-pound weight will give more so curato requite than weighing a one-tal or one youad weight.

What is the touch or fineness of each of the

1,000 Bus??

* ?

I

and I have stood e a solid block of pure oxide

years.

ix two and a half metres in height, is in bráno.

starvation.

sharity-but so unobtrusively that few knew of verai kinds of Silver (pure eilvor being taken which would neerus to France if they could be it to Tnagchow and purobase of materials, summoned to Beille the matter at on carly date. 1.

il outil after bis death-bis estalo will, realies a Pæomparatively small ena

PULPIT REFERENCES.

ST. Jout's Cathedral..

may grains, how many grains are bore of pure silver (1.000)?

5-How many Tarls of each of the currencies montious by you are considered to be the equis leat locally of 100 Kuping Tesla of pure silver? 6.What relation do Merican Dollars bear to the Taal commonly used locally? (100 Taels

Dollars).

What kinds of Copper Cash are used in rout district? What is a Ties, and what its al

he gavo incoherent answers to all the que

It. It seems to Western wind a great july to. have this now wastefully thrown away. The Director of the Chiaose Talegraph Company The Mercury says:The state of the Inte!

bas come to Paking to so the Ensian Minister, H.D. Coumiany, and we hear that the latter will The Shih-poo of the 29th September contains Bir Harry Parkos has arrived in Shengkai sate- promises of Mr. J. G. Pardon, Chairman of their randy response. There are still, however, known for years that Innse is extremely miralty on Chang Chi-tong's Memorial on Rall the Committee appointed at the meeting held in Guild, hes bein interviewed by a leader writer this month, bat whether in connection with tha

him of the mineities of obarity distribution in eight o'clock and arrived at the Cemetery short many mors of these, as also of their Protestant rich in minerals, iron, siror, load, tio, zinc, ways. It begins, in Lue usaal, wenner, by quote August, 1667, to carry out the wishes of the in the Shen-pa, and on 27th September appear settlement of this affair or no we are unable to prepared. The instructions lost in setting the sculptor: Professor Solar, of the distressed provinces. He sometimes travel. In the Paking Gazelle appears the following ly Iefore nine. The Central School boye joined fallow-workers, Commlar and Cuetems oflaints, eto, but none of these can afford the east of ing the Imperial instructions for this Report, or community in the matter. Very little time was in that paper some partionlary obtained froin say. But what is part cannot be helped.

Naples, at work, and the statue was folshed over thé piscession at the house, and at the Monn-and others in a position to farish, the desired caravan transport. M. de Moren claims that he Memorial, to

take refuge in some poor cabin, where he was al-

He says-On the death of a FIN KisDgsi want the Police and Gaul Guard fell in. Ho-informatios, from whom do what he hul to can redues the four chillings to three peace and

ways warmly resolved, and the women of themed Chang in the Tung being district in yond his there was no farmal xaarthelling of koer: Evil therofas I beg you allow me the thirty days to fifteen haars. The tollwoy of omanate from the Emprese, late Regent, sppn three zaonths ago. It should have arivod maneh led several tena pf in a day, and was glad to ass of matricide, reported by the Cutiiniar of

through the medium of your class; to remind motre gorge is planned to art from a placerently because the Emperor's father being at the escar, only for the round-shout manner. the picussion. The chief mourner was Mr. J. those who have received a copy of the vircular onlied Tien-An, tyou will not find it on the map) head of the Board, it would be unbecoming for which it has been sent to Bhangarstiging household were sent to sleep at a neighbour's Kings, his mile, aftor the sul perlad of

ried to Hongkong by ons of the Italian mail Matierrez His Exyllency the Governor, Sir that the scour their replios are despatched the | some distares, on the coast north of Haiphong to Emperor to issue them. The Empress be. to Bombag, ahkere it was transhipped, and while he and his helpers were allotted space on tive mourning, was betrothed to a neighboar called

The aim of the und to run about 100 miles in a north-westerly

in the world they could not stomach the ordin died without issue but loft an adoptod son named Willie You, was presentio person attended more welcome will they be by bir Aide-do-camp and Private Secretary; and Council is, on the ong band, to obtain the most dirvotion to a point on a river whore Francs has gina by reforming to the memorials of the Mari- steamera, and then put on board a local steamor. kang, or brick stove-bed, with the men They had] Chou, the father of her first husband" negotiat:-- ikern vere also prossut Mr. Fielding Clarke trustworthy information, and in the other, to treaty.rights of perigution to Langohew, where time Viceroys, of which she islaots those of from whtoh It was flutally landed. Itkas, bowever to carry their own food, as with all the good willing the second marriage Her second husband true the collection thoroughly representative of then is a French Corral, and which le 100 kilo Chang Chil-vany, Liu Ming-chuan, and Huang, arrived in excellent condition. The status, hinary ment of grass-roots and free-bark. They thon Wem-cling, who continued to live in the metres from the present.caran route. Snek is Pang-nien as by far the most practical, sppy. The sculpter was told that it was to be metres learned what they did not know before, that it home after the death of his father and was Acting Chief Justice; Colonel Crater, R. A..all parts of this vast Empire. A howover, the Bear commanding, the Troops, and staff spite of our best intention, many of these from bf. de Mores' plan and the French Gevormen ving in particular the suggestion of the Brat for high, and lett the option of selecting the pool was possible for a family of five or six partons to ordinarily person of goad beherions. Last

whom replies would be valuable may not have seen said to have agreed to it provially and pr

bage boiled in water. This diet they found in he had noser proved very violent, his mothar.... fivere; Commodore Church, R. N. and a num

accpy of the Council's Cirenisr, I venture still mised a land-grant, etc. If it is carried out, Railway from Lukow Kao down through tion, whether sitting or standing. We think support life on twenty cash a day, the food being year, however, his mind became affected, and her of Naval officers, Hen. A.-Leah, Acting further to trespass on your kindness by asking other lines will connect the harbour at Tien-An Honen to Haukow, in Hopeh, to built gradually be has done the best thing possible in choosing ma-tas (hempen bag) of turnips and drind onbe was subject to fits of sabutal delusion. As Altorrey-General; Bon: H. E. Wodehouse you to reprint holow thy series of questions to with Hanoi, and thon strike sull further north in four sestions, one after the other, within oight the latter style, and he has produed and no sven in districts not categoried as "distress at the neighbors did not like to report the case The following is a mammary of the Re of workship. The post is staple and ed." and it gave then a more vivid idea then to the authorities and have him placed in confine.

tural. The well known tigere já clathed in oon- CM Anting Colonist Trossurer: Hon. S. which replies are sought. It is requested that Whether this line is built, however, and it is but

of many of the northern peasantry.

kot, kit mother found him in a field anting like a NG. those who may and theolvas unable to answer a trifling thing of a hundred miles, the principel Brown, Farraych-Gezral; Hon.:

all the questions will send replies to as many as objection to it being that it looks too simple. port, which deals with the question Braccially-ventional frock-pont, which, however, has often they had ever had before of the abject povertyment. One day, when returning from the mat Lin Ming-obran advocates a line from Taku been condemned as inclining to stiffness, and re In Higass there are viat tracts of fine sand to raring maiman, and tried to bring him how with am-convinced that railway communication with Mitchell Innes, Acting Registrac-General possible.

I may perhaps be allowed to tention, as de Southern China via Tangking is a practicable and Tientsin to Paging. Hanug Fang-eien in fusing to lezl itwulf to the heroic style of be traversed. This cakes over on the top and her. He knocked her dorm and stranglad her. Hon. P. Ryrie, Hon. Woog Shing, Hon. C. P.

in favour of first building a "frontier railway." which the great sculptors of old wors such Chater, Hon. B. Laytor, Hea. J. J. Keswick, the great need for further infortunate.

tion, that of the nineteen provinous-to say no- Finally, as regards its winerals, the wealth of and later on others in various parts of their masters. There is nothing barsia or grand looks firm, but when the unwary traveller, Mr. A. Seth (Clerk of Councils), Mr. Athing of the large oities-of China, replies have Tongking is not open to doubt. Two years ago † terior as strategio purposes donard ; bat thinks in the prosent pieca of work; it is simply 80specially the villager loaded with food-matoriai before a farmer, who was in al adjsowat Kell Wise, Acting Paisne Judge,; and nearly all been zoonived from only saten ; and, ás illustrat the Government engineor cent cat on a special that after the frontier railway" (to which he Harry Parkes at everyone knew him, perfectly or other hardens, Features on it, he ginks in could come to her ausistance, "After his arrest The leads of departments and other ofciale ing the diversity of measurement that eriats, mission by the Freach Admir-lig and Colonial givos paramennt importance) my been built, start, anetilted and is one of his favourite to chost, and unless he abandons his load and tiene that wers hat to hizo, sad the veeant, Offion to report upon the enalfields of Tongking, line should he built from Tientsin to Tungehow sttitudes. His right arm is sodowhat thrown manages to roll out on to terra firme, as he feels stars on bis face, 20 less than tho rapid bust- M: Vizzava Acting Consal for Prazco, that even the well-recognised foot is, in the x- Me. A. G. Ronin, Consul-General for Forty-swers alrendy furnished, variously stated as egnal gave a list of other mines worked by the natives as an experimentel step. This last was, indeed, ont from his side, the fore-finger pointing the himself staking, he is ungaited and periskosing of the pulse, faanished indications of the una sarred of countrymen thas buried in a living process for the murder of his adopted mother, and to from 11 to 20 inches of English measurement. 117 in all, and among them 32 gold minus, 13 the original ides of the Admiralty; but they left arm, drawn backward; ontil the hand, miserably, though his friends are looking on and lady with which he was afflicted. Ho has heen gal and Cousal ford Brazil; Rev. Father-I am, st, your obedient servant.

sliver mines, 20 from mines, 7 oopper wines, and defer to the wishes of Her Majesty, and give bolding a roll, or despatch, rests on the bip, at eager to resone him, Many lastances hava od-condemned to death by the slow and petatal the senfance will be carried into effect in the gravo rather than shake off the heavy load on Burghignoli, Res. Father Lemonier; and

WM. BRIGHT, Hon. Secretary, 6 sine mines. Here I can begin to speak from the suggestion of Chang Chi-tang Lheir together s jastore associated with the casy DGN- China Branch, tioral Asiutis Society, my own knowledge. Ca., the Clonerusion of the consideration. They feel cospeed to stats versational style of speech which the deceased ibair shoulders, far to lose that means death by provincial capital, as the place where the offens was committed, though not 300 li distant is' large numberofthe general – public |

Shanghai, 30th September, 1859.

Société Francaise des Charbonnages du Tonkin, their honest conviction, however, that the thros diplomat was no often wont to employ. The face

place called Campha, I bare seep a "baidor. the sand of the proposed line from Luskow is considered to be an excellent bowers and the The comic element was not wanting from pasted therefrom, by unfordsible stresma. Tiss including quite a host of Chinese, amongst whom were many of the daccused's old POINTE REGARDING WHICH INFORMATION (E

rida în a bride's sedan chair for being one before the not in the case of murder, and all the stream of remarkably pare antimony, 3,000 Kino to Hankow will give hardly, more advan- expremion is wonderfully life-like. Without somidst the tragic experiences of the brave dia-nishment for not raporting lalaties to the cholars. The service was oondasted by-the-

Charrean.What are the kinds of T/Fards long with an averago thickness of 20 feet, tages to admmerce than the short line of 200 ing the status standing upriebt it is. itopossible tributors. Mr. Shi Teso-ying: kad oto-day to aathorities is the name as that of. za accessory from Tientsin to Taugehow, which is as to give an opinion as to its general effect when

morning too fatigued to go his daily rounds neighbours in the present instance would beco Right Rev. Bishop Burda and the Rev. W. Jennings, Colonial Chaplain. The inscription of Silver (the Hajkwan er Tool oxoluded) known of antimony weighing 18 tons. In the samo portant from a commercial point of view mounted on its plein granito pedestal, with s o the con plate was as follows: 470/10 your district? Plasse give rames in ful, noncession I saw a rein of oxide of cobalt as the portion from Tiestain to Taku in from a tight pediment, but from what we could see, ithin a certain fxed radios from a village on received 100 blows had they not koon entitled tu

thus (Haang-p'ing Iwao Yin), together with measuring 300 yards by 500 by one yard strategic vue. They trusted, indeed, that in their we venture to think that it will be satisfactory. the colloquial game,

a marriage having taken pison just before ha And from a lttle further north I have seen former memorial, they had endeiently exposed The cost of the status, and pedestal was about foot, this goody palanquin was the only vehicle

Commenting on the visit of the Frouch Min- -What is the actual weight in grains (487) rawurkable specimens of ceppor ore. Infinitely the imaginary character of the "Ave dangers" | £630, to which-bas to be added the cost ef éreo. javailable, and that by s piece of purs good lust the benefit of the recent Amnesty Aot. covered with wronths sant by la Exosllence grains equal to one cance avoirdupois) of the more important; however, than all these, are this hold by Chang Chi-tung to be attached to the tion. The site has not boen zelooted, thong, arrived: He often, when too tired to walk, was

al-fieles stretching all mong the east coast of Tientsin-Tungetoer plan; but thay bow to the many places-the Band, the Public Garden, and

been proposon We believe that the Committes most uncomfortable sledge, a patos being apare undecided in assigning the motive for this Forghing. For yery threxistenes of these was commands of the Empress and rabroit to the the new garden on the Ince terasbor have dragged along weted in a gatos, by pas, a ister to Tientsis, the Shi-pro says:-" People earrying out of that plan boing postponed. will not take it upon themselves to decide upon parantly intended for another purpose a wea visit, whether it be fa cameotion with the un- well-known, and many times the commandere

railway about to be undertaken. But if the For the railway already built from Tientsin the site without emiselling the wishes of the are for grain, of which there was not muchita sompleted works at Port Arthur or with the Fetch ganbuste, who had been struck by the

risit bas raforenes to the Port Arthur works? multitude of outcrops, sent home reports calling and Taku to Su Koh-senang, and for the survey community, and that museting will be aumane-Daily News.

we would remind our roaders that when iba attention to themand to the enormonar advantages of the ground for the proposed continuation of

The N. C. Daily No saya-at their NOTES FROM CHINESE NÅTIVE French Bygdiate contracted for the undertak ing they were secured by the Comptoir d'E.. PAPERS a BLOODfully worked. Atlust the company I have amounting in all to T. 1,900,000 were bornów-

Comptade Paris for the faithful carrying oal 4. In each Tail of ourney weighing already mentioned was formed two years ago load from foreigners at 3 per osat. When the meeting on the 28th alt the Committee of the

of the contract. Now, however, since this bank work a courssion obtained by M. Bavier Chauf 0.31.S.N. Company started, it obtained any Sir Harry Parkes Memorial Fund decided that

The Yannan mines derived so mechavaalag has gone tuto liquidation, this severity is no longer four, and a large number of it shares were taken from varioue provincial treasuries, of which it the best position for his statoo was on the Bank ao in Hongkong. At this time the ventory was still holds Tls: $70,000. Most of this the Admir opposite the Nanking Read, and that the per- from the experienes of the Japanese expert sa-available, while about a third part of the works leoked upon as risky and many French and alty thinks will be available towardstheextinction mission of the Council should be asked to plase

to Tokio, has been requeste inn letter received been expended. But the contract stipulate In his sermon, on Sunday morning, the

foreign oppitulists fanght shy of it. The story of the foreign lean of T. 1,200,000, some of which it on that efte; a request that no catzot doubt gagad last year, that La Stu-ch'ang, our cover still resin unfinished, and the funde have ill of the concession, if Lhad space to narrate it, they recommendshould be paid off atlatest by next will be must readily grantod he community from the committee, to apply to the Japanese that for tae terme therein agreed, the works 6th instant at the Cathedral the Rey. W

would read like a chapter of an Oriental Monte spring. The strategis failway from ang star does not change so fast as it read too, a Foreign Office for another competent metallur were to be completed, whether the undertaking Cristo." To make an indisputable legal tender to Shan Hai Kan nxt he postponed antil the there are still a large number of us who bad the giat. Our Minister, it is said, will send this proved profitable to the contractor or otherwise. Jennings, Colonial Chaplain, alluded to, the

a slip was chartered to carry 100,0 silver dol-budget is in a mere flourishing condition. When pleasure of knowing Bir Harry personally, a gentleman to Yunnan before winton, accompanied. This being the use, we do not see what else donth of the late Hon. F. Stewart, Colonia! Secretary. Speaking of the influence of good

lars to Tougking, whore the foreign population the year expires during which the sale of ofBei-good many who knew him when he was Consal

saki, to set as his interpreter.

terms of the contrast. With regard to railway, turned out armed to escort the bailook-carte oor-ni rank to raise funds for the Yellow River hors; while whatever the changes may be his by Chiness, Mr. Kin, long & resident at Naga need hesaid except faithfully carrying out the man whose virtoss on warth were often not

What relation to Copper Cash bear to florying the twenty-ve wooden cases through the Works is autherised, it is recommended that memory will always be greon in Shanghai.

A Shanghai native paper has the following we flad that the seventh article of the French Specially reangaieed of were hidden beneath Mexican Dollar and/or the kun! Tool

streets. Rafused there, the dollars were taken this expedient be kept in Lotion for another.

A Russian traveller as obtained through the Treaty of Tientsin stipulates that whenever in their humility, be said:One such good man, so, 9. To what extent are Cash Nuies (paper on board again to the Court of Anaam sad the year for Kailway Works. The noney raised by

Tientsin, under which he proposes to proceed to other public works Frouch subjects enght in he far as we are able to judgemony at host who money) ally? if used at all, please give ship narrowly exped destruction in a typhoon this means was originally a Coast Defence THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE Russian Conen) & poesport from the Total, at the fature China decides to build railways or

some encount of them.

* OF HEAVEN AT PEKING. Then they were brought back again Hai-Fond, and Bailways, whose first cbjoot is a

wei-has Ching. Shansi, thence B00 over the atrasted with the carrying eat of such der possessed the virtue of humility, of honesty, of

10-Ar Bank Notes tor Bankers" choques) phòng, where the Feuch authorities finally ac-strategiy one, are a fitting cbject to which to

FIXING, 19th September.. prairie to Kis-pith Kan in Kansub (about takings in order that they may reap the advan conscientiousness, of quiet goodness and charity for Silver used in your distrist otherwise than cepted them. Now the Société has already 1,000 devota such a fund. The railway from Tien -has recuptly passed away from us. That his as sheques?

A messenger bag just rushed in to say that Long. $7 E) and thence still further Wast to tages arising therefrom With such a clause in coolias, two engineers and a dosen master minors tain to Tangohow, ones built, waild have paid Weights-11-What weights of Catty are at work. Its concession extends over scores of so well that it would have amply made up for -zemple-has-beer-1-belcent oure seems to be

knowleged and testified to by all slawen. He known in your district. Please give the equiva-square miles, not one-tenth of which has yet the unprofitableness of tire Tientsin-Tabu line, the Temple of Heaven was cure, and on lifting II (or Kuldjs, about Long., & E). He carries the Treaty, it is hardly to be expected but that

in the direnting of the Temple. The ire con that he obtains on bis journey. The real reason has quitted this earthly sceny to the regret of which is the one brutis grammon.even leen explored. 1. sonsists of three, dis but is this exported source of profit is cut off, my bead I saw a bright lumination in the sky, in which he will enter any corrections

one generally used P

triets, Hangay Haton, and Campha, the Brat Li Hung-ebang must do his best to encourage inned to blase-nutil towards midnight, it having of his deciring to orain these observations ice, should entertain-meet ulted bopes. The those who are left behind and who knew biu, 12 What weights of Piel are konwain your two being wholly enal I have been over the the Company to keep the existing me going

begun about half past 5 o'clock. It was said by obriens. A Japanese In Chinese dress has titude of Chine, how, is towards all alike, and that of itself is a testigeons to any man's district Please give the quiralent in pounds whole of the workings twion and into every

Chang Chitangle a strange mistake in the Chinese that it was caused by the hailding also left Tientada in a cart with two mules bont looking with no greater favour upon ope nation purebsss materials from the English as she can do the same from the French if she shooges. If "Character."1 he precept of St Pral, ~ Study to avoirdujas or, in kilos. Wiich to the one une cf the galleries, and even taken pa describing the length of the proposed line from being struck with thundor (sic). In a hear on the exploration of Hu N., Provinces from than scotler, and as she can borrow money or

graphs of the misers al work. So Lau speak generally used?

13-What variatious aw kouwa from the with some confidence. As regards the quantity Ly-kow King to Hankow as 2,000. The shower of rain I wandered forth to view the con- the Amour to Shanel

The rumours reported from Hankow some the French Minister should demur about the table

of coal, it is practically exhaustible. Thoreistance is 9000, a very different thing fingration and if possible to have the report con 16 Taels 1 Catty.

are willions of tons in sight and nobody The proposal to build it in four sections. firmod or denied My worst fears were not at 100 Catting Picul.

can guess how much lies below. I have been in ud to allow eight year for the building. Bret confirmed, for I was asscred that the fretime back of thestened disturbances in the neigh-non-compilance with the article above referred 14-Does the Tse of Carrenoy bear any act a score galieries, each of them in a spill seara is very good; but ant sa big advice to make embraced a series of shops in the To Ma Chang haarhood of lekang were not without founds to, China oan in return ask why the Port Arthur the rails of native iron, laudable as the inten-With this assurance I retired, Eelieving that this tinn. On the confines of the Fang Hion and Forke have not been carried out according to retation to the Catty of commerce?

from 10 to 20 feet thick. At Hatoli there are -Capacity-15.What is the weight in The, or sover seams side by side, aggregating 54 feet of tion may be. In 1883 when the Tsung-li magnificent Temple was safe. I now learn that Hingshan Hien districts are assembled s nam contract, and where further security is to come Tamen wrote to the Governor of Stansi about the beautiful pavilion of the Temple of Heaven ber of hungry people," whose future movements from since the failure of the Comptoir d'Es UNION CHURCH. Aion Church the Rev. 6. H. Bondfield your district? What is its capacity in English works of prospecting. The "Marguerite Mine"

kilos of dry rice contained in the Peck known in coal. And yet thess ara merely the preinings, the opening of iron, mines in that province, has perished in the faces. It was airovlar, of are the subject of some anxiety to the local off, compte. We think that Leisiro, being a The taint magistrate of Hing-aban, and lists of names and the common talk among foreigners is the at Hoogay is a great mountain of ecal. As re- Chang Chi-tang forwarded a piece of iron which three tiers, and, covered with blue tiles. The clala Two of them were captured by the disman of wisdom will hardly make such demands, proached from Palm xxix. 12.-1 an stranger with thes, a sojourner, as all my fathers Length-What lengths of Footarékromh gurds quality, the prospects are equally good one of the members of the present Admiralty, Dragon Throns was placed in his builling.

The Daily Nosce translates the following coffin were Io souvinding he said-Liow grost an. 1 Serrier? Pleas-rise equivalent in The works at present have been made chiefly Li Hung gheng, at the time bad examined by brightnew of the fire was ozsendingly great, and were found on their persace indicating the exis. erect gossip"

more severe culamity than that of the Tai-bo. to kneed on sharp canina, kod basing received a influenca a single lite may have we can see from tissue-Faches taua decimals) or in with the object of discovering the proper pisce experts, who found it very bully refined and tuli the whole sky was illumiusted. This is a much tance of a dangerous secret association, Made

decimals of a metre. What are their ines or for the deep shafts, and therefore the enl Ess of impurities Rassis and Austria have to ga

almost all been surface coal. Yet its analysis to England for iron for their railways, house gats. It is almost certain to have a disastrous thousand blows with the lighter bamboo, they story from a native paper-Tho Seather Biy This time the gave evidence that in the day tire they worked tory is listery from 420 to 589 A.D.) contains a the gentle nuobicisive life that passed away on { use ?- Sunday last. No one in our colony so consistent.

17.-What variations are known from the has been excellent; it has been tried successfully their native iron is not good enough, and the effect on way construction

exercise, which confession appearing postisfac when 30 years old, and did not have to use it un- on beards French ganboat, the Arguebas: Viceroy's assertion that although Shansi iron is voice of heaven speaks. We all feel saddened in the fields, and at night met for quarter staff record of an individual who bought his cu ly shuused observation and applana; no publia

10 Ine Foot.

myself have travelled for two days it a 50 ton inferior to foreign, it will do for the purpose by thie calamityDrily Netts correspondent.

Tho Chinese Times of the 21st September tory to the magistrate, both were relegated to til he had passed, the age of 90, ancient is man was so little seen; and yet bas any one made

lanagh with high presenru engines burning it all in China, must have been made witheat due re-

BROn Wednesday at 5.16 p.m., Poking was Prison. An officer with several hundred pan is the custom in China of keeping coins in the so good also, enduring as impression upon his

18-What is the length of a Pavo

the time and keeping-60 pounds of steam up; Rection. a first contract for the sale of 500 tons A foreign iron refining plant of media sturtled by a ruddy glow in the sky towards the acamped on a hill called Chow-kia Ling to watch honse riady for use. The Fit Wen Lah recently 1- What is the length of felioms as one lata Colonial Secretary F. It is

ten to not to despatch the troops ha hohls in re-sioned by tale old custom. Ontside the St 180 Pr, the Pu, bowgyet, verite, and it as seal herbes rachel at the Margarin life to smile, one at Cheng-ting, ons magnitude in that direction. Upon enquiring finese for fear of precipitating a conflict which date of the city of Wa-sih, in this Provints of Nore-It would see that the eught this bean miley and within the last week quality will cost about The L400.000, and south of the city, indicating a fire of some thea, but the chen-tai of Ichang has been writ contained sa account of a tragio accident acu- --Kiangan bosirin the temple of Kan-yin, is n desirable to ascertain if the Li is anywhere thu gising on analysis por cont. of volatile maffer.

boys school. The eclwolmaster being onlled at Teng-buy would cost Tha. 2,300,000; amongst the native in the legality of the fire we This was all that was lacking in previous as the could not to consaped to these places were surprised to learn that it was "The Tem-it is pod many be avoided,

|ple of Heaven,” “and rather "loth to believe it, exact equivalent of 360 lost Pu

A letter from Pikin Shan complain that oa sway one day, his little pupile strayed into the Area-What is the area of a ffom known lyses to slow a cual sightly superior to Cardiff without the aid of rails benght abroad. With stil the information was confirmed, after we in your district? Please gire the equivalent in Curiendly that is eastly what the runob bont a branch line from Cheng-ting to Meng bad scrambled upon the roof at the buss and the soutages of Kiangan and Chekiang Provinces, templo, and saw there two large coffing. There English square feet, or in stare mètres. vernment Engineer, whom I have previously lion and Ping.ting, and another from Tringes for ourselves that such was the case. The at King Hisng, a little outside the Wahiang were five or six boys, and one of them proposed his work ? For you work as his cannot be me Note--It would seem that the Mow ought to quoted, foretold two years ago. Our opiniou bua to Tseh-In, iron one could not be brought to

Dr. Stewart's life, it is scarcely be strip of lui 240 P long and ! Pa wide. in his report concludes that Tongking poe-Cheng-ling and Triag.bun at all. The length fire was not quite ont at four o'clock this morn-District in the Soochow Frefecture, on the 19th that the rest should play a trick on the pedagogain ruins. Provicus to the fre Peking was visited was saddenly arrested by three native revenus festen down the lids after they had got in. No. peedful to say, does not shize with the borrowed It desirable to ascertain if the Mow is ang. sesses an immerse wealth of exoslisas com off the rasin line from Lukow Kiss to Changing sed the temple is a heap of smouldering September, a silk-laden boat brand for Shanghal by hiding in the notin, of which this boy would

where the exact equivalent of 240 ml square hustible ... viralling Aezin und Cardif Justre of a high official position; it is bright with Pic; also if the Mow in the 38mo district furios goal by its extrame purity, the absence of inning, with that of those, branch lines, would by the heaviest downpour of rain-that has taken bouts of Cheakang. Tha Soal was freighted sooner sail the done, and the last child

jointly amount to over 1,000 !

place this year, simply s deluge for about from the silk district of Sheng teeb Chen. She was hidden from view when the marter returned. according to the soil to be measured..

pyrifos, and by a development of hunt at least

From "Tring-hua near Hwai-King Fu in Hoen hour or so, flouding early, every build-was taken over the frontier into Choking and He was looking everywhere for the boys in great 2)-How is the area of land under one lote qual to that furnished by these mils Lassed

the Engineer-in-chief for his formal opinion nan to Tech-hi (to, to Trea-chew and Lnagan, ing and bone in the city, and making many there detained with her valuable cargo. Now perplexity when some one saff "Your loys are designated? Please give a table,

General 22Please give any other test nne richesse imenes," be replied. And on the 9. frontier of Shansi near Honan), the of the roads impassable. The great downpour it lag always been the custom for Share in the coffing Now yah kucn, the phrass 6 be held se honourable a post, bat brosuse ke fillformation regarding these menzares not, covered a staked his reputation--and he has one to lesa distances are also enveral hundreds of li, and be in Hongkong could not have been worse. This silk-bosts to receive a passport from the likin aliyed, has two moanings "become mandarină” that in four months from now he would furnish foro theo branch lines could be made, that delage was ushered in by a shower of hailstones face of that town, which takes them right on to or "gone into solina," although in writing, of length of rails would have to be bought abroad. of about inch in diameter, and ke pieces of Shanghai city where they pay the tax called course, the second character of each group is The oh-ti, and the Cheklang tibin stations have no different. Hardly that so soon," said the good. "I hope they will eventually at- in quantity oval equal to Cardiff.

At present Shansi iron is actually dearer than gloss, so bard, and transparent were they.

tain to it; but at present they have only begur ** In Europe ton companies would be formed to foreiga iron, and the expense of proparing wind also chopped round freza one quarter to more concern with them than a horse has with old man. exploit what has already been discovered on it and waking it into rale in China would another with remarkable rapidity. This delage a cow or with the wind that blows past his ear single concession. When it is further developed It would be a convenience to cilter sad printer the Société will need a small standing array of make the onliny stormons if Chang Chi-tang's of rain taking place before the fire burst out has Saok proceedings have made the Chinese silk the Odes and the Book of History." "You are miners and a staff corpe of engineers. As a gestion were corrigt out. The Admiralty created the belief amongst the Chinese that the merchants very indignant, as they may involve mistaking me," said the road, "I man they are the paper. f commujortions were written on one side val roof of how this luct is appreciated, in the East therafcre strongly renomwurd that both the fire was the work of Heaven, hat the foreigners them in serious loss by the breach of time-con- in the pons." "Don't talk like that," ld the

1-mey add that to-day, as I write, there are in main branch lines be built with rails imported beliors that the lighting of Wednesday morn-trants they may be the passe of.. Hongkong bayere of the 300 frane shares of ready made from abroad; before any steps are ing at three delock (when we had a short sharp the Company at:700 dollars por share per taken for the utilisation of Shansi iron for makthunderstorm with incessant desbos of hight the racemily of an alliance between China and 1choolmaster to pall open the big one in the ning) was the cause of it. It would be dan

encouragement of late given in Rais to the little boys all doad a enffcntion. Tha master oot, premius and no sellers, although there ng rails.

The Arst paation should certainly be from gerous for a nativo to bint that it was the work Jap for atual defence against Russia The Temple; but it was too late, tor those lay the mix One individual saya that it is the study of Japanese, Korean, and Hindestaniappears at once fed from the district, and the parouts ut are thousand of shares in the Colony.

If the coal-fields of Tongking turk wat as Hankow to Bin-vang in Horan, oud then of a majú. appearances promise, it is impossible to exaggradually northwards; this being a short section, fault of the young Empress, because the “is alto the Hu-poo an omicions mig. Astor Karoo the victime, in their fary, went la parauit of the

and nothing but trouble since the marriage.-Chinese Pinicer,

sach has behind it a mighty empire to protect it, him to death. PREIN. 20th September. China and England respectively. But Japan, if port of Hongkong alone there is a consumption palous country and therefore the most likely to make an immediate vetare for the outlay on its

The great topic of conversation hare is the blockaded at saa, several points on land could be burning of the Temple of Heaven. All expressaongeared, without very much dificulty, and al- I think I have now said dough to show that construction.

the deepest regret. The brilliant reflection in though when seiled at only one point, on har

be quiet and do your own busingse" would seem

to have been his maxim of life-and- along with it goalsil to men," which, if we reflect, is tho very gospel. May he rest in peace as he lived in praze:

wick-to-to-regretted that we know so little of what I may call the interior life of Dr. Stewart, so little of the movements of his mind sal cart; but aftor all, may be not have chosen

the better way when he placed himself bebind

understood.

hia own personal worth. He was a good official because he was an upright and an unselfish man.

We honour bit and mourn bis loss, not because

ed his post so well and was so worthy of our as

teea.

1 cannot pretend even to suggest what Dr. Stewart he done for the solony; indeed

it 18 with much diffidence I refer to his lif

at all, for be hosölf would have been the

#st te deprecate anything that should approach

■ public sulogg. But I may say that during

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expressed by our Correspondents.

We do not hold coralves repasible for the opinious

BRITISH OR CHINESE?

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The Hon. Socretary,

THE FUTURE OF TONGKING.

WILL INDO-CHINA BE A SUCCESS UN A PAILUBE? THE BACK-WAY 10 CHINA. THE FUTURE COAL BUPPLY OF THE FAB EAST.

By speciul arrangement with the Writer]

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of 59,000 tom par month.

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kaa -authorised the construction of a

through librer, now that the Treas

schoolmaator with a start, "I saw them slive and The Hu-pos of 29th September has a leader of the heas had lasted long enough, helped the

woll half an hone age". The man now thinking

SPAIN AND SOOLOO.

she past week I have been simply amazed to find that suck a retiring man was so widely know and so much beloved by all classes in the com. manity. Now, has sech a life boen in vain, think you? Among the mixed population of this colony is it acthing to have lived a life of quiet courteous service and irreproachable in tegrity? The indeance of a life like this rusche farther gud does more than we suppose. In this

The first explorers of Tongking saw it the there is a posibility certainly of a prosperous Chang Chi-tung's estimate of the cost of bis world of storm and passion, of moral and epiri.

A correspondent of the Comercio, writing inal disorder, it is not only the man af grout Red River, whiet rondes it froin frontier to sea and perhaps even of a magnificent future for proposed lines eems to be founded a little more the sky of the great fire was ann by many in the western coast, she was was able to beat off t aubitions and herois dering that we need. W the rest highway to and from the rast nird Tongking. Isaid, however, in beginning this lot than conjecture, and the following particulare city and at the hills. The tre lasted for more invading Tartare of the Vina Dynasty, she wontd

wealthy provinces of Southern China. This was want also those who lesson the world's woes and the dreven for which Francis Garzier and thier, that depends." It depends upon the French will show how wide of the mark it is. Taking the than six hours and was related on a large por be to match for the Raxlans if they converged from Bolos, reports the pacification of that suthorities ut bone and upon their infauon onozisting northern fine as a guide, we mas assume tion of the basvens When the heavy rain fall, on her from different points of the compass. Al island and the thorough establishment of Spanish. increase the world's fors by their patient con- rest of the brave band ei Frenchmeu Bchered the authorities su tuo spok, sud upon that alone that for a double live of rails for three thousand the your had not given way and heads the rain though Japan affects in think little of China, and authority there. For more than two centuries, tinuance in well-doing.' An bunoared oftleis! and fought and diod. To-day it is known to have As I tried to make clear in my provints letter. i from Lu-kow, Kiso to Bankow, the following bad ne extingaishitg shot. Notice was at one has braved her diapicasare in the matters of/Boaloo had been a nest of pirates and a sharp. has passed asy, but, tho infinenes of his fruit. been indved the baselas fabrio of a vision." Tongking is grievously miegoverned. Instand expenses must be inevitably incurred -Forevery sent to the Palam. The frent and Hata gates Loonhoo, Formosa, and Korea, she may yet be thorn indeed in the side of the Spanish rulers of

The Red River has been explored to the Chinese

were kept open allsight and fire engines hurried glad some day to have her big neighbour's help the Philippines. Failure attended repeated at- ful life remaine. Let us do our part as he did his, frontier and found to be unsuited to series of finding a helping hand, the Frepeli colonist le sixty mow of innd must be acquired, taking 900

defeated the pirates and brought under the and though we are but strangers and sojournots navigation for the greater part of its length, to encermiers s closed fit. The fonctionary feet at the total breadth (the rails Chanelves to the spot, but they were touch too late to be of sud such an afflazoo, although more for bar good tempts to root the rovers out until a dones

elotzed in his. Utila saority Las utterly for-occupying ? fest in the centre, and one li, of

is the duty of all the high officials to burry to

Bars the Shih-pdo. Two years ago Mr Sulten of Soolon. A fortified settlement close we may so use our opportunities as to win the both shallow and full of rapida. The future gotten the in the servant of the esláníst, that course, as the total length. Each now will dow! any avail... When official buikings catch fire, it than for China's, would be of benefit to China also years ago, when a naval and military expedition he has no other reason for existance errant to Tls. 23 to 34, so we may pat down the cost of the the spot and leave their cards. HE the Marquis glory, and honour, and incorruption with which of Toogking, therefore, if it Les one, must lie in God will crown every faithfnt and obedient lifs, another direction than that which inspired its aid and protect and encourage half-orlled and required for each li of railway at over. Tis. Tons was the Brst on the mano. Fire alarzas Mandi came to Tientsin and established himself to the chluf town was held by Spanish treopa conquest. Bat has it a folace 1bis 20.000 countryman. As it is, while the colorist is the 7,312, Thore esa misprint here; this would are quickly passed from one police station to ap-as egont for the Chiness in the parchase of arias to overave the natives. The latter, trefo square miles of varied country, which has oust blood of the new sentry, the functiemary" is make the mow worth Tis 122. One bundred other. On this occasion it was not done and all kinds of warlike materials. Through their piralical Instincta, gave no end of treable, France 36,000 men and unknown millions of the leech Day by day the ory of the French and eighty thousand moto, the total of land to be terrifie paal of thauder broke over the city about fair dealing he has won the confidence of the and broke out repeatedly into rebellion. Th franos, will it, moms day give back the lives colonial civilia goes up to hearon, "Paz tant nequired, would cont Fla. 4,200,000 old, at a little o'clock, and it is supposed that the Temple was higher officials, and a few days ago he imported troops proved too strong for them, but on this a new gun whose moohasis is marvellone. It less they felt reetive under the yoke. Isterly. and this tremors a hundredfold, or is it destined d'Administration!" Evarywhere all in the over Th. 24 per mow, and the rails laid down truck by lightning at that time, to deg on-in misgovernment and amid political world, capital is welcomed, no matter whose would cost an additional Tis. 22,000,000. In Nothing could have been more unfortunate, is capable of fring 650 rounds per minute, and when the Sultanste becams vacant by death, the rabcours for a few years, till evacuation olores pocket it comes ont of. In Tongking alone Chihli there are 15 rivers to be bridged, James The two breaks in the Yelice River, the fire in by an ingeniously patented arrangement, the nominee of the Spanish Government took the the shameful chapter? That depends. But for gold must besismped with liberty, equality and numerated in Himan there are 9, and in Hupeb the Paltoe, and now this conflagration are fourgon is never in danger of barsting no matter kingdom. The rebellion- blased bit afresh by

On ensuing campaign, which hated two years the my own part I do not see how anybody who has fraternity before it is received, and may twe, or 28 in all not counting small crocks and terrible calawities that have aflisted the begin how many rounds are fired, because it is cooled rival claimant setting himself up In the had opportunities of closely chorving Tonging must be & Frenchmen before he is allowed to water-courses. Up to Tls. 50,000 te Tls. 100,000 aing of the youthful Emperor's reign. Leaving by water as soon as it becomes unduly hot. in different parts can doubt the possibility of a labour with the rest. The anniversary of the each must therefore be added for bridges Pro out of view the wisory entailed upon millions of the 18th September the Haikwan Total Spanish forous again sam otovictorious. The Bi--I have many times son Castors Noti faceré perhaps even borand that which Garnier. Revelation est a joke when our learns in bably Tin, 30,000,00, nearly double of Chang the perpls by the inundations which are of down to Mard & Co's hong to witness an claiment and bis lackers, despairing of emoce, Soations published by the Commissioner in your droamed. paper, in which he signed himself we Comin To begin with, the most striking superficial Tougking that one of the conditions attached to a Chitaug's stimate, would be nazor the mark, cours the greatest of the lamities, no disaster exhibition of the gan, and about 3 o'clock in the have submittal onditionally, and signed a

connesson is that nobody but Frenchmen shall be it we take every possible expenes luto couatora

the dynasty. The Emperer reigns by Divine some of the houses of the settlement and frigh as a portion of the former has been caded to the have seen it, the land has bean green with trees country be the world which would make such a go soatli, it will probably cost much more than right he is Heaven's vio regent upon earth Lening many who were ignorant of the cause of sioner of Customs for Kowloon and district, and | Costure of Toughing is its fertility. Wherever umployed on it. I do not believe there is another tim; and if the live in to'start froin north and surpasses this most recent ene in its effect upon afternoon a continuous rost, was heard, shaking 1 treaty to that affect.. British Government, His, I think, act right for and in verdure clad" or severed with incuriant pitiful stipulation. Does France not know what that even.

he alone worshipes the Deity and the Templet the fring. Our reporter, went to see the firing. THE GEORUE-S. HOMER ASHORE. his to style himself as such, and in order to make crops. The enormous date of the Bed River is done in her nerds ? or is she not ashamed,

Dar Anjar vorrespondent writes, under data There sources of supply, Government anbaidles,Haasen is the emblem of his power. Had it and to his amazement a whole box of cartridges a distinction betwasz British and Chinese terr may be a vast rive-feld. but after the splendid remembering 53, in i sol au vample lo day bourses of forms will all have to been ast on fire ne in act of incendiarism na tome word wed up in as than a minute' th ritories he should have added the word Chincodoroga of last year nobody doubts this. Before to the world?

be called into requisition first of all, a substan- suppose, the calamity would have been more Armed with zooli terribly weapons, what is thereof the 21st September:-The American lurgus belore Kowloon. Without doing this person many years the chief zico-supply of the Far

I suppose it is wasting words to inroighil Government sabxidy to make an anoarag. bearable, but to be destroyed by a bolt from that an army cannot rangnina ? If the garri George S. Horner, with a cargo of petrdem may be erroneously led to think that he has ju- East any come from Tongking. And it cOLAT against suividal protection and the Tarifing beginning, for the Chinese merchants are Leaven itself, This' forhodes dire evil to theeons of China be sized with some of these guns from Now Yark, bound to Hongkong, arrived risdiction overall kowloon. berasa the portion taas other parts of the country, all the travellers

down be experienced a sharp gals of wind which so called forms part of the Colony of Hong-bare told us, show moist low-lying land equally général." but in conclusion I will say simply this not likely to come forward std invest reir Emperor and dynasty. Beavan must be angry they will be like force tigers roaming at will in here on the 14th inst leaking bally. Captain ossed the vessel to leak more than upal, but kong in which, it being a free pont, no Custom suited for rice cultivation. Already experiments 1 believe, ss every one who has locked frto the money until they see that something has been with its representative on the earth, say the the wild mountains, nobody would dare to Warland reports that on running his Easting House is in existence-Yours faithfully, have shown that wheat will grow admirably on atter believes, that Tangking offers a proper done. From Hankow to Bin-ying is 680 Chinese. The cost people have the story attack them)"

A. READER the dry uplands. Its grain is smailer and brown fatars. But I know, as everybody who has from Lu-kow Kid to Cheng-ting is 600 that a serpent was concealed behind the table on

here hood a letter from his friend in Feking Paal's Amsterdam, without any further increase, Fechow, 21st September, 1889.

wer and much heavier than in Europe. the cost looked into the matter knows, thats will never and whether the money be obtained by a sub the south part of bailling and was being pursued The Shih-poo say foreign gentleman which could be kept onder. She passed St. of cultivation is not more, while the selling reach it fong the present road. A certain por-sidy or by a loan, The 10000,000 at be forth by a dragon; hence the fire.

This catastrophe is Hikely to be used by the the other day speaking upon a salient bust is of bat on the 8th, instant when ranaing to the price is at present ifty per oant higber. Oleagi manenor of appointment for the Governar coming to make a satisfactory beginning will

General a relaxing of restrictius upon the co- one of these sections.

opponents of rallways to retard their construe publio interest. Several year Rhen China Northward with the South East Trade, the vous grain is already grown in considerablonisis all round a bundat time mure respect. quantity by the natives, who ortract the oil by

The Viensya and Governors of the Provinouation. It was remarked to-day in the Palace by had established her initial telegraph lines, the commenced to leak rary heavily and the crew one of the gioials that the proposal to build the Great Northern and the Easterd. Ertension Te had to be at the pumpe night and day. She a carious propees of their own. A large con paid by ofisis to their wishes and requeste; Six-In January at the Council of the session of land has just been taken to be above all a glad welcome to repital and enter to be traversed must notify the gentry and Tungono line was followed by the burning of legraph Companies conjointly proposed to form has now some 10 or 11 feet of water in the hold, Chirs Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, with plaatst with sugarcane, and there is so dont pries from say source; these are a few of the people that they are to offer no impediment to the Tai be gate, and now the proposal to built contention with the Chinese Telegraph Com and it is with the greatest difficulty that the the Temple of Heaven The Peking, Carette dollars one hundred sud fifty thousand for the The crew were perfectly exhausted and coolies thes siew of elisting information concerning the that many other agricultural products need only primal conditions of progress. If they do the progos of the work. It ten years, if all the Bankow i as foliaset by the burning of pany, the former to pay Asanan subsidy of water on he kept from gaining on the resol

not tome, then Fransa may prepare for the unite to further in the Admiralty hopes, tre currency and metrology of China, addressed itelligent introduction. Circular, in the form of a questivanaire, to waty

regarding it. Most probably the Sacrificial Tamen, seeing that this ram would be a great On the morning of the 18th Captain Warkaud Again, consider the quiction of opening up humiliation among the nations which the very shall be in possession of o rallway from Lu-kor is expected this evening le hava a desres privileges to be granted to them: The Trug- had to be sent from here to max the pumps. residents; as well in the interior as at the open Bouthern China. Garaler's hopes of the Bed name of Indo-China will soon entry with it to Hankow

In the words of the editor of the Courrier The Report concludes with some remarks on Tamen (Far-chong-), and the Yaman, of the help toward the main ange of the Chinese Te tu seeking for shoal wuter, in nase the lea's in- - porta-zeqnesting the to fucnist short papers Biver Tonle gen baseless, but what the river Ellaiphong in the aus now lying before me, the increased wealth and greater power of self- Military Governor of, the city will be held reelegraph lines, appointed a curtain high official | creased, touched ground and remained fatt, He

giving particulars regarding certain points set has failed to do the milway may wally op forth in the Circular. Now, at the end oflish. An interesting sebeme to effect this is To continue ze at present means the loss of defence which railways will give to China, spil poobla The latter yana hul key at lokerofists in the matter, but this official was compelled to jettison some 2,200 cas september, the time has arritet when, according at the prescut struggling against the voillation. Indo-China-it means the roms of French in recommends that high oficials of the y the hailBng Were the sanity in a state of whether he considered that Chins, with her which were mostly landed on the bezels, and on to the Circular, all replies should have been of the authorities. It is the plan of the Marquis fuses in the Far East.". But if the and other experience end of unimpeachable integrity rabellion, this occurrence would possess much va sources, was not dependent upon the the morning of the 18th na sabled to get the received, and the Council ought to be in a position de Mores, who has goin over the ground himselfcoaditions come aleat, then "le Toukinois, like should be employed, among whom it mentions wore significanos than it will do at present offered subsidy, or whether he regarded the ship alat again apparently with little or no to digest or statret the information the exp with French sogiseers, and certainly on paper any other expressions invested in scora Chow Fab and Exa Kuo-tel Chow Fah has when all the Empire at pesos. It may matter with after indifferenpe, because it was a damage. The tow boat Flanbeth arrived here plied. Uuliappily, bets small proportion of the it is an attractive one. His idea is to raperede will be handed down a title of honour by the had long experience in connotion with the mean nothing mors than a further serious drain publlo affair, hesitated and delayed, and nothing this morning (1st) and will tow the ressal to Tientain Railway, and Pau Kin-teh in the on an already Impoverished exchequer Daily site way tiled Now three years being Bataria, where she will be compelled to discharge

News corespondent.

passad and a subsidy of $150,000 le due, the and repair," pere expected have reached us, and bene, in half the ravan route between Cuntou and children of those at when it was flong.

Heyer NORMAN..Thantzia Arsenal-Daily News order thoroughly to Evonyfish our "object Venom and Thibet At front the urat of

THE CURRENCY AND MEASURES

47OF CHINA.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE** DAILY PERSS."

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