INTIMATION.
being to encourage foreign, trade in order to secure for herself n factitious commercial importance.
The following spratastore Court with fent from the lab January Tasetted. PA Honont Registar And Accountant, 32.
The declared policy of facilitating trade to be First Clerk of Court and
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED by the Red River route does not appear of Court and Clerk to the Palena Ondas
ESTABLIERED A.D. 1841.
WINES AND SPIRITS contradiction, but we now find the Indipen
ALL these are selected by our London House, bought direct at first hand. Imported in wood and bottled by murseiro, thus saving all intermediate profits, and anabling as to apply the best growths at MODERATE PRICES.
Delegates are about to be sont inta Chhun By Reuters St. Petersburg correspondent, by a group of leading Russian manufacturers, in order to arrange for the establishment of Russian commercial agencle, and to stay the country with &w to ascertaling vint Husing producta would be most suitable for
PAmeric
PARES MONDAY, JANUARY 27TH, 1898.
Hongkong, die treaty fork of China and
PIRE IN QUEEN'S EOLD WEST
YEA WOMANS AND TWO CHILDREN MIELINO.ES
CRICKET.
This was the second meeting of the Cricket Club with the Pol Club, and upon this occas in the latter iscended in reversing the
An are nellent commal casethorp thể thao holdare has been content for the Rith Densins ban the order of the day belog Dissolution of the Company transfer of the assets to a now Company
deas Dapule with reference to the above
At 11-26 on Bastryday night the Fire Brigade The Governor of Mac has addresses theted onto a fire which hat origiasted on the Justice, and Mr. C. J. Xavier to be Second Clerk rully despatch to the Poringuese Consils at first flour or 205 Queen's Road, West, which is
This Indo Chino Francales interviewed M muted by Chiness doctor. The fizeroen, antine deyision that you arrived at in the dust an Japan alanin Macasar, Sourabaya, Batavia Hon Commander C. H Hastlige and Monter This result was chinay due to the Daptis is the well-known explorer and the Singapore, Bangkok, and Esigon, requesting Budeley, were quickly in attendance, and in an batting of Endles and Aston, who made $3 original concessionaire of Kebao, who is them to child as complete a census as possible hour they stoooided in extinguising the flames. 50 &nspeolisey Daring their partosbig member of the Board of Directors and is st of the hututal, born of naturalised Portuguess. The when if the building, bbwayer, was barat rus dame at a great pace, ne may be judged procent in Tonkin on one of his periodical exbents in their respective jurisdictions on the to the gisund, so that the datunge on Trong the Eset that 180 sworo made in so vidi Lath February next the date on which the sferable. The road floor was booupled by hour and a half before tulir. venus of Macho is to be taken de regarde der interns, kerosing, and was bred Hongkong and Singapore the proposed eun-fer $1,500 with the Northern Assiranos Co. mersion may have a hoaring on the legal (Messrs. Turner and Co., Agents), the first foor status of some of our fellow, residents of Por-by the doctor, and the second floor was used as a chance at the wicket Partiyal and A very successful ball, given by the Gomaa tuguegersos, many of whom are ben born in dwelling horse. A-wman and two children are and Biriss sklonte at Casten, took place on the the colonies and are entitled to the rights of missing and it is feared that they were burnt evening of the 34th January. The assembly British subjects if they shoods to cisim then to dailie. The policy is searching the debris, rooms, in which the ball was hold, wore, as nacal If they return themseltes as Portagens aabbat this will take a long time we the roof of the
their claim to be British subjects
completed the walls will have to be propped up when the work in undertaken by Mr, Lungete it would be in offect a renunciem of huliding fell in, and before the search can be most tastofully decorated with evergreens and
so as to allow of the work being procceded fiage, adding considerably to the success" of the
with in safety entertainment ag
however, to be vory effectively carried out in practice. A short time ago the Hanoi Chamber of Commerce drew attention to the repeated and unnecessary examinn Libu of packages, dangling the contents and causing unnecessary delay. This complaint drew from the Customs authorities an official importation
dance supporting the complaint by facts and figures. The grievance arising from the opening of zino cases containing matches and tobacco, whose contouts consequently suffered from exposure to the atmosphere, has it appears been removed, but our con temporary says that is not all that is required,
General Heino Chen-chiang, Commandant of and goes on to deal with the question of Huchun or Shanghai bod garrison, & military officer well known to foreign officials there, las charges, remarking that if those are heavy the . O: Daily Nous states, been shiored sul trade will desert the route "Actually, if dismissed the service by an edict of the 17th "the information supplied to us is correct, instant. He was donorsed by the Viceroy Chang for drawing pay for a considerable am "the land route by Kwongsi is hardly murder of men not on the regimental rela
costly than that by way of Tonkin, though ht it is much longer." As a sample of the charges imposed our contemporary takes a
tobacco. The transit duty is 2 per cent,, or SHERRY-Excellent Inner and After $14.55, but in addition it has to pay plumbage Dinner Wines of very superior Vintages duty at the rate of 19 cants per package, which gives $18.20 (the discrepancy of 80 CLAVET-Our Clarita, including the lowest cents is rict accounted for), and other smaller charges, including dock and godown fees
PRICE LISTS, with Full Details, to be
had on Application.
PORT after removal should be restol a
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The appointment of Mr. Bronan as a Special Commissioner for trade, mys the Paking and Tenisin Tehar, is a step which will give. satia- faction to all British merchante in Chino, Mr. Brenn's wall known abilities appear to fire- eminently at lam for his new post, and wo tenst he will exert them to the full in bringing hints closely to the Government the fact that the mere present money value of our trade with Cisna is no criterion of the shero of their at tention which the subject should command. If he can surend in impressing upon the Govern met that China must become, in the near future of more words as a market than, say
REPORTS OF ANOTHER RISING. AT CANTON:
We learn that in all the large ties of Kwangtung placards are pested offering $2,000 raward for the arrest of the Isador of the Ista attempted rebellion et Canton, who is still at large.
It is undeniable aid M. Dupuis, that
As a general rule, are much less concerned with The innings of the Clab wes chiefly remark the situation is grave." The Paris quirkeb is able for an itcellent innings of 80 by Jonatan, peming tarongtraorists, and financial eyndlesti, in the compilation of which shery was duly ans
the real character of an enterprise than with Powell were the only other batenes to render the speculation to which it may give rise I do wonca aseistases and the innings closed for 187 hot censeal my messiness, for it is to be feared or 50 ans to the bulge that our Company may be ruined by unscrapa- Ghing in a second time in a falling light the lot pedijatore Added to the generally time was called. Hancock, and Lowson the the criste through which the Company limit is Feak Club had lost wickets for 25 runs when desired position of the Paris market there is latter is something more like, his old form passing. Our bossury is almost empty and at borledescossafully for the Peak Clah his moment, in consequence of mistakes mado whilet Sarcombe Smith and Shelford: divided here, we cannot well our coal in sufficiently large the bowling honours for the GlabA quantition to over the worlding expenses of time By the kindness of Major, the Hot. I. Not Company. In August last Kebao delivered and the Officers of the Base Brigade the band three thousand tons of briquettes to the Mos of the regiment played a very pleasing elec, eagerles Maritime Manufactured ander do tion of maste upon the groand during the plorable conditions these briquettes proved afternoon Te The following is the score and analysis W. Knax, Pawal, bhilfert binderd
Hanocos, Pead, Campbell D
Anton, Stolford 49 Jahnstat,
b. Vallinge
It is common talk sunongst the Chinese that. there is to be a rising on a more extensive scale. Capt. Eodita, b Shedbr
Rom Thonison, and b Shelford 11 J. R. Giochi, b. mithe
month before use. When required for
The Hangohaw correspondent of a Shanghai patite paper stales that it is rumoured in drinking at once it should be ordered to be
Hangokaw that some foreigners have petitioned docanted at the Dispensary before being consignmont of a hundred pakages of the Haugehow nathorities for permission to the whole of frios, he will have done his after the New Year ONLIN
constract & hot road from the farmination country a great servics. We hope, teo, he will The Paking authorities, in view of the LA Lason, b5 th
be able to show, what our competitors are not slow to see namely, that an cance of lain to
deo is worth a tou later on.
sent out.
All are true Xeres Wines.
of the Japanese Settlement, Chu yo' tano, to Shiktapta for cerveniuncu in travelling to the beautifal lake Sibu. It is said that the request will not be granted by the Hangohow authorities.
priced, are guaranteed to be the game and statistics $3.64, the total of mis Fand begs to acknowledge will thanks the January has been damaged et route. It appears
product of the juice of the gropio avid aro not artificially made from raising and currents, as is generally the case with Chongs Wines:
DRANDY-AU oer Brandy is guaranteed to the pure Cognac, the difference in price being merely a question of age and
------vintagro
WHISKY--All our Whisky, is of excellent quality and of greater age than most
cellaneous charges amounting to $25,26, or twice as much as the laty properly' so cailed. When cases contain fragile articles tho frequent handling to which they the course of the are subjected in observanes of Customs formalities results in serious foss by breakage, laps and mirrors arriving at their destination in ingmonts. This, it is said, discredits, the Rod River route to the advantage of the
The Hon. Treasurer of the Edgar Bellof following donation
Messrs. John D. Humphreys & Ben $50 Rt. Rev. Bishop Burdon Dr. J. M. Atkinson
Brought forward
Total up to date...
95
10
8
طبعه
$1,067
The Changing correspondent of a Shangs hai ustre paper states that the American Consul at Tentein travelled overland to Szechen to gottis the case in connection with the Chengin riots, and after several consulta tions with the Visszor a conclusion was arrived { as commonation for damages caused to the American missions. The Auxrican Consal loft Szochten on the 2nd inst. Referring to the oleims put forth by Great Brisaiu no decision has been arrived at...
brands in the market. The Scoron
Land route (by which we understand our Wisky marked "E". ia universally popular, and is pronounced by the best contemporary to mean the Fakhoi route),at by which China should pay 30,000 taels local connoisseurs to be superior to anywhere these in charge of the goods Jaza the constantly under their eyes and where olive brand in the Hongkong market.
the Customs charges, notwithstanding the squeezing propensities of Chinese officiale, are less than in Toukin. Our contemporary, after lamenting that Haiphong is not a free port, concludes by remarking that there is some talk of extending the plorabage systein, that is, marking the packages, to cotton yarn. This frank criticism of the administration of the Hod River route, from a French source, is at interesting. If the Chinese were to build a railway from Pakhoi to Nanningfa
We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony or from, our authorised Agents at the Coast Poris.
-D. P. Sholio, DIE Out
P. Al. Daster 6 E, STAIN Major Moore, run out
24 and Elic
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Shelford, HN,
quantity of arms and ammunition distributed through the southern provinces and the general pals Fergus, & Smith reports of risings to take place, would not wisely The Customs Postal Department informasit they promptly sat some popnler and firm the Shanghai papers that the overland rasil which was despatched from Tiesteln on the 6th Viceroy to set their house in order, that the courier was pacing during henry snowetorn on the night of the 13th over a bridge some 500 t north of Chinkiang, no a village unlled Lilohebung to the south of Chehshoufa (Shantung), when the bridge. frail streetare url already deep in anow, gave way, precipitating man and mule into the creek below. In the darkness it was some time before the mar could climb the bank, with the result tant the mail bags got. saturated.. On his arrival at Chinking what could be done was tone to dry the-mail walter, but some of the covers fell to pieces, the Chinese portion hoing specially damaged, and the foreign letters being much discoloured by the dye from the rod address bands
the Chinose cOVOLJ,
The sailing ship Avoca, which, it will too membered, was some time ago left-in domes by her crew, was sunk by Captain Wilkinson, of the Mylomene, on the 1st Inst. in 1st 8 degrees N. and long, 10 degrees, we learn from the Singa pore Free Press. The appearance of the ship. The Colonies and India contains a portrait was said to be something terrible to contemplate: and a notice of the career of Dr. J. W. Caher masts had all gere by the board, her hams rington, C.M.G., 0.0, the late Attorney General of British Gruuns and new Chief Justice of Hongkong "Dr. Carrington holds commission as Major in the British Guiar Militia and is described as one of the Lost liked men in the colony. Hongkong is to be ecogra
tuled on obtaining as its Chief fastino so able lawyer as well as a man who will add dignity. and lustra to the important post which he has been so deservedly selected to fill."
Shalford
THE WEST RIVER QUESTION.
•We regret to form that the prospects of the opening of the West River are not now con- silazed no bright as they wore a short time ago. Smith Chinese who previously assorted positively that Powell the river was to be opened now aver that it is Campbell not to bo oponed. It is suggested that the Chinees Valling Government have been promised marat support in quarters where the opening of this trade route is not appreciated also that the little difficultics England has had with America, and Geriasny baro encouraged the Chinese,” in obstractive tactics, but sooing the turn them difficulties have taken any encouragement derived from that soon mitat have been shart. lived.
BULKHEADS.
2847 18.21
319
Second Ennings, 234921 MRIN 14,
SOA THE GLUB -
T. Gombe Emith, Low, b Lowest 6.D. Campbell, and b Hancock MAA SAN Ber. R. Vallings, blanov Surgeon Pead, R., Eccles, b Lowron). Surgeon-Blajor Johnston, A.MS; b Havesek G. Fereiral, BB Bancosk Captafe Baker Jart, b Hancock... Lugnt. F. A. Poslu, RN., b Lov Captain Grafton, RN, e Skeldon; b Loweon wa
T. bbelford, K.N., not out.
Extres
The recent address of Admiral Makaroff tu were all twisted and bent and her plates were the Chamber of Cammerce on the minimising of Lowson balgad and buckled by the intense heat of the the effects of collisions at son, and the refer Hancock
Gillingham burning jate. The ship was commistely gutted, ences made by His Excellency and Mr. Whitles with but very little, wator in her. As the doing to bulkheads and their testing, invests the Devils lict was not worth salving, and as she was heridas a danger to vessels bound that way, the carpen- question of watertight compartments with
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almost incombustible That unfortunato do livery has done as the greatest harm, given oer ola bailame, and driven away our customists. That is deplorable, for just at the mament when it is necessary to realise immediate profits 8 we have to wait six months, perhaps a year even, to allow our coal to be rehabilitated in public favour This rehabilitation has already comummond. Our coal, and especially one. helquettes, which are better manufactured than formerly are loss desplied in Hongkong. Mesra Shewan and Do. of Hongkong, pro prietors of the Cement Works at Mono, hava made alterations in the fansons at their works in order to ti Kebao coal exclusively, the trials mails by them having proved satisfactory. and economics). The consumption at those Total 21 worka alone is some 500 tons a month, Messrs. Batterield and Swire have made serious trials Wickete of the Kebao coal at their angar refinery, and they also are going to alter their farrases Immediately. The consumption there will bo something like 4,000 tons per month. At Singapore the tiu smelting works. CLEA Kebao ooal and are well satielled with it. Finally, tha Franch Naval authorities are now satisfied with our briquettes, Captain Cavalil, Commandant of the Naval Division of Cochin-China, baving told me whom I was in Salgon that these which had lately been sup plied were of orcellent quality and a good ta those manufactured in France; he has made a vory favourable report to the Government in which he proposes to use this briquette for the arsenal and the ships. At Haiphong the nstal workshops and the guntoste greatly appreciate our boalety. The present production of Kelan is about 12,000 tons per month, and would be sufficfont Cover our working expenses if we can find openings for its salo; it can be easily ipcressed in large proportions when the Wicket Present bad are attaching to the ocal time appears and our enstomers came back, What we want at Kobso is a good comicorical agent, speaking English and au courant with this place of business; he should travel about the Far East to rehabilitate our coal in popular estimation and be would soon find openings for it To-day, I repeat, our briquettes are excel- the dust, there are plenty of industries in the Far East to afford's ready market for it It The following is the seventh report of the is not real that is liking at Rebao, In the Cay "day mine alone, in the portion boing worked at it was time well spent to get rid of snch a formaid Mr. Whiting was of opinion that the testing General Agents to the onlinary meeting of gent thare is workable coal for more than abis obstacle to navigation. He deserves the with bose nocording to the rouognised method shareholder to be held at the Company's office, twenty years to come. The capital of Kebao thanks of his brother navigatore, if he reisos was ficient and mt bulkheads in all Victoria Buildings, on Monday, 3rd February has hoon afortunately frist eraldus, has no other wward.
firet clasa stormers waze reliable. It so Gentlemen, The General Agents now renit is vagant and unremunerative expenditure, has Jappound that at the moment this discussion The Shanghai Megistrate having, received
harbour which afforded an example of what balancesheet for the year ending 31st December, 180, be seated. For srample, besides M. For- The net profits for the year, inclosing the amouet tal, now on love, there are six engineersE effect that the raisance can really be placed on bulkheads, brought formand from the previous year, amount to at Kebao when those would be amply refl proclamation to the French dinistar in Peking. And sent a petition The On Sun, fast-class steamer fresh from the 53,914.76, and, after Writing of directors jind abdi cient. To sum up our tradenry is amply, one to the Teangli Tamen in which he stated that hands of the builders and on her first voyage,tor's fact, it is proposed to pay a dividend of 60 esas production does not for the moment well, our have the situation. Add to this the crisis on the. cording to the thirty terms in the Treaty of while satering the harbour struck a rock and royalcite, and to carry forward the balance of $894.78 working expenses are not covered, there you Panco Between France and China, made in the martes reat in her forehold. The reasol has credit of now fit and loss an
Paris Bourse, the sudden fall in values, and you 8th year of Hambeng, all the laws that were four holds separated by thres bulchesda Tha DIRECTORA passed. in opposition to the Boman Catholio balkhead separating the fore-hold from the No. 2 The Bee J. J. Keswick and Mr. J. Moses hay will understand the folly of our shareholders. It is well known that the hills along the religion should be abolished. When the book held proved insufficient to prevent the water finding left the colony, the Hon. J. Bell-llog and I greatly fear that advantage will be taken of of the laws of the Taching Dynasty" was ing its way into the latter by leakage and its Mr. M. D. Ezekiel have been invited to jot the it to deal usa severe blow. However, the enter The delivery of the English mail was began Sougari, aid particularly thoso sa Liria and Sanalen, have long yielded considerable quanti-
The Hon. C. Canter and Hou, J.J. Bell-Irving is a good one and I have the greatest. at 8.15 pm. on Saturday.
ties if gold to the squatters who surreptitiously reprinted in the 18th year of Kwangsa (1891) cely kaps down by the Dock Company Board in their plecs respectively, a
the laws which were opposuil to the Catholic pump the vessel's own appliances would
The Indo Chino mentions in a separate The appointment of Mr. M. D. Ezovial requires paragraph that in consequence of the changes The Amateur Dramatic Club adverlico per- it is reported, says the China Gazette, that Tec- therefore begged of the Thing Yamen to inrush; and had a similar bole been made, in
wash the sands in the mountain stroams. Now religion were not abolished The Minister have been inadequate to cope with this relling by tubation, but offer themselves for re-electio confulence in its future.”
confinestion.
in the Robes Mining Co. all the employer with- formances of "Trial by Jury" and "Creatures tai Son of Kirin has represented to the Viceroy abolish the paragraplrezutained in the Hook of the vessel at sen, where she could not have the advisability of working gold mines in the Lawe of tho Toching Dynasty" which was been banshed, she would inevitably have
The counts have been audited by Mr. Fullarton out contracts are to be discharged on the 2nd of Impute" for the 8th and 10th Febrary.
As it was, the water reached Henderson, who how retires and offers himself for February. This will affect twenty-eight Euro. region, raising the noosary capital be joint opposed to the Roman Catholic faith, so as to foundered.
peans, 1896, WILLIAM INNEN, late Master-1;-0SN; C62 [-now-charge-the-same-rate-fox-nach class of riska given permission, and has ordered an inspection further states that the idea of the mission.tensive damage to the carge of sugar. The in: |
At Chinking, saddonly, on the 37th January, formed at Singapore and every company will stook companhus. It is said that the Viceroy keep the terms of this Treaty, Tho preclamaa height of 31. in the No. 2 hold and did ex-reelection, ARIANN
tion of the district whore it is suggestel to open to mines
Despatches, roseived from Amey, says the N. C. Dully Neos, report that the new laotei Chon Lion, one of the naw men" from Pe- king, is an advocate for the opening of mines, bailding of a railroad, etc, within his juridic tion. Beteral dopaties were sent by hiru into the adjacent hills, near Chunnckov, to prospect for coal and iron and have recently returned with glowing sccounts of the minis there. Thie progressive Tanti has recently petitioned the high provincial authorities in Fooshow upon the subject of a local railroad from Amoy to
A. §. WATSON & CO., LIMITED. THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Hongtong, 9th January, 1896.
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and establish an honest ndministration of the native customs service the Chinese route,: there is every reason to believe, would command the bulk of the traffic.
a
We are glad to hear that Signorina Belia fante, has decided to give another contort the St. Androwe Hall on Thursday, the 6th proximo, and that she will again boussistol by Beveral of sur local nateurs. On this occasion
tor of the Bylomene was ordered to kick away special interest at the present time. It will be THE WEST POINT BUILDING CO, lent, our emrogued coal sells readily, and as to
the scaccek from the vessel's site. It would thus remembered that Admiral Makaroff contended. Captain Willingad lost about seven ar sight be to fill the compartments with water, while not take many hours to complete the sinking that the only efficient test of bulkheads would hours over his praiseworthy task, but doubtless
KLIMITED;
The German cruiser Frane arrived horo the programme will be restrictel to ballad items instructions from the high authorities issued was going on there was a steamer big in the you a statement of the lure of the Gurrant basin endurted-- Great economics may, atill-
pastorday from Hainan.
and a somber of the choicest of thö old. English melodies will be prescuted a largo The P&O steamer lichilla left Eqmbay for audienes will doubtless assemble to hear the accomplished Hignorina again. The St. An- this port on the 23rd inst
drow's Hall is witdunt doubt mere milable thin tha Theatre for & encert of this description"
The N:P. steamer Hankcarrived at Tacoma on the 24th instant.
HRTH At Bowringten, on the 26ths ink, the wife of A. G. Gornos, of a daughter.
DEATHS
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A Fire Insurance Association has benc
stoavior Kutes, aged 39 years.
At Shanghai, on the 18th January, 1896, Thomas Brown, aged 33 years.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, JANUARY 27TH, 1896..
THE Tonkin, papers are at present devoting a good deal of attention to the transit trails of the country, the posibilities of its dle velopment, and the cueron charges and harasements imposed upon it. Whatever the wealth of the country may be in itself, says the Indo-Chine Francaise, Tonkin should be considered above all as an admir able trade route giving access by the valley of the Mekong, and especially by thnk of the
At & French Cabinet Connoil, held on 26th Desember, the boundary line between Sion and the French possessions in Indo-China wa finally settled.
Bacter's agent at Bangkok has taken Jogal proceedings against the Biom Observer for alleged piracy of telograta. The damages are laid at 6,500 ticală.
-Assorting to a tolegram received from Lachow, says the Shenpo, the former Governor of Formos, Liu Ming-thuen, dled on the 11th Jangary at his native home.
It is notified in the Gazelle-thin Burgeon-
Captain James Caulio. Hongkong Valentest Corps, has been granted twelve months leave of absence from the 8th February...
An amended rule under the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, relating to the transhipment shipment, and landing of dangerous goods, is pablished in Saturday's Ganotte.
and
Fupehow.
arts preaching in China is to promote the qurance on the cargo was $100,000 and the chim, wolfare of the people and that they deserve every
protection At the conclusion the Diagistrate ordered the publishers to sholis the undesired paragraph-Mercier
-THE REPORTED CESSION OF
LAPPA TO GELMANY.
PORTUGUESE GLAINS.
we understand, will amount to about twenty per cent. The bulkhead proved of some value, be! cause without it the vessel would probably net have been able to keep allost for the short els taxes she had to proceed to reacls a safe beach; The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering but the case is strong evinance in support of Company, Limited Govan, have launched a Adraad Makaroff's contention that the only sera stommer nained the Wong Roi, built to reliable test of whether a so-called waterfight. the order of the Scottish Oriental Steamship compartment is really watertight or not is to fill Compay, for whoin eleven stapiers have it and try its already been built at Fairfield. The vessel has and ja of the following divisions-Length agro register tanange of about 7,800 tous between perpendiculars, 200 ft. broadth of beara, 38 ft. depth moulded, 22 ft 0 in. The By a special edich of the 17th January wired Temel will be fitted with surface-condensing, triple-expansion engines, having three inverted to Shangani, Tiny Khang lan, the sound orders, 29 in, 3 to, and 57 in, in diameter This Extremo Orient, efter reproducing a successor of the late Marquis Telug, who arrised list November in Paking, has been respectively, all adapted for a stroke of 3 ft. 0 in translation of qez note on the reported ceision The high-pressure, cylinder is fitted with a appointed a Court official of the hth grade as piston valve, the intermediate and low-pressure of the island of Lapps to Germany, says a boken of the Imperial appreciation of the piers are fitted with elite valves all worked. This statements we have trainiset, though services of his father Up the death of the
gour, and controlled by steam reversing gear. leen very grave. It is generally known that letter a few years ago the Emperor conferred by the anal double countric Hak action valve vague and looking sonbrmation are neverthe the rank of Assistant Under-Secretary of the The crankshaft is built, and, together with this the village of Lappa was founded by Portuguese Board of Punishments upon the young Martunnel sand propeller shaite, in of wild stool, priests and that worthleve a detachment The propeller blades are of manganesa bronze quis, Thin now edict, however, will enable him to save about six years in late of cuniority Steam will hot strolled by two anglended in Petting officialdom.-N. C. Daily News.
boilers made sutirely of steel, one having thres The following appointments, relating to the corrugated fornacs, and adapted to work at
160 th, pressure per sare inch. Hongkong Regiment, are notified in the London to de
The following is a copy of the letter, which Garette Major H. Faitfail, T.S.C. Wing Commander, to be Commandant, with the loos! the optain of the steamer Strathnewis sent by hunk of Lieut. Colonel in China and Hongkong
of trooper sad o fire station there, China never having maintained a garrison there a established definitive guvernment. At various Macao and quite recently lagte hospital was tamas assistance has been sent there from erected on the shore. When in 1957 the Portugues Chinese treaty was concluded i which China recognised Macao as a Portuguese
A. BILLTOW HOOPER, Becretary, to the Hongkong Land Investarint
And Agency Coal General Agents The Weet Paint Building Co Lamited. Hongkong, 17th January, 1890.nove MAHALANCE-Sixer to uz DECEMBER, 1897
31st Dec 1835, WABILITÉES. Pallanty capital autonome s
kabataan pay an amení jen iad. 549,000.00 Amounts payable diy
€37.74
Co, Lda, mortgage on the Company's property 110,000.00 The Bonghong Lead Luvestment and Agency Balance of profil nad kes account
91et Dec, 1985, Cost of property
Accounts receivable
To fire in
PROFIT AND ES
1st Dec 1995; *
To charge Voy
Crown rent and natas
To miniminte Agents To eles to be approprísind
Directe
^Auditor's fee
500.00
7,600,00
·Balanssé to be ozirźed to new acutunë 194.73° Divriend of a cents per abars
ver
Jan, 1895.
the colony and its dependencies was reserved for dis. Doe, 183
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT AND AGENCY COMPANY,
BULIMITED.
The following appears as a leading sticle in the Shanghai hercury, Some of the statements
was said at the anhun) meeting, which hail not and criticisun must be read in the light of what
6,044.78
taken place at the time the article was written:-~ 610,182.5% We have received the report and balance. Bheet of the Hongkong Land Investment Co. for the year 1895 and cannot my we think much 1830.85 of it. The earnings, after deducting expenses, 608.31 amecent to $212.419.50, which, upen ́s capital and cesurve of $5,750,000, returas $619,422.37 than per cent to be correct, of per caffer The amount ieres ed en mortare 30612624 and it predeces 8155,762.36, or 6.15 per cent. The amount 163.23 invested in property is $1.797,730, and it pro- $47.57 luom 356,657.14, about 31 per cent or to ba $,609;16:
24.78 Correct, 8.15 per cent. This seems a wrotchet 126.21 reform and we can only hope the Shanghai Lacid Investment Co. is doing very much better. Wanohoe the shares of the Hongkong Land Investment Co. are quoted practically below Ter, their value, on capital and reserve, being 9,944.72 528, and on their market, vains they should be a Aifa 6 per cent inrealment. The Company her $12,134.17 - borzowed $443,681, and has a cuah balanes of 91,850, with which it proposes to pay lig stórs,
€1.05
292,138.17
THE KEBAO, COAD MINES.
$ auditors, and final dividend, the whole 2013.01 amonating to $115,500; it will have to borrow another lo or more. There are. 19,953.03 50,000 shares of $100 such, upon which only 50 per share is galled up, the resorve af 125 per are being promium upen new isas when the Company doubled dis capital. It has been ander agitation for some years, but shareholders in Hongkong are a puny lot and nover like facing the music of directors muelings, to transfer the reserve of $25 por abare to capital account, vail, up the remaining Sub, and thas make the shares fully paid and, seeing that the Company cannot possibly borrow the five laos it
Red River, to Yunnan, which is itself an open door to the rich province of Szechuon
An Grdor-in-Council is published in Satur. and the Thibetan region. According to the day'a Gazelle exempting Chinese who held Independance Tonkinoise, the principal object annual er special passes from the obligation to of the establishment of French dominion in carry lights when out after twelve o'clock at
night. Toukin was to open to French trade the rich provinces of South China. The Indo- The Austria gubat Albatris, from Aden Chine dwells on what it considers the vast via Loebin, arrived at Colombe on the 9th January an her way to China. She is a gun ..possibilities of the route nad the prosperity test of 650 tons gross and 917 tens register, whilst ga employed, rice Major and Brevet the sailing ship which spoke the disabled steamer Possession, the delimitation of the frontiers of By lanci brought forward
Lint Colonel B. G. Barrow, LSO., appointed in lat. 19.40 N. long. 145.30 W, 10th November: which is to come to Marseilles when the and carries fire gun.
to the Staff; Majer J. M. A. Rotalick, LA.C.1 reby inform you that on Oct. 20, in tilement by a mired conmission of officials. By resis valuable products of Yanan, Szechuen,
Wing Commander to be Second In Command: 14 N ont long. 167 W the tail end representing the tre countries. Portugal at Eyestlp foor Indo-Chine Francatie is the title of a new,
shaft broke, without any warning, outside tha that time claimed tappe, urging her traitoral Kweichow, and Kwangsi are brought down daily paper established at Hanoi by . Le Laisut WC Dr Woodstock, L.SC., Wingateru post, thus propeller falling clean of. The rights and the necessity that she should have tho Olour, to be Wing Commander, vico Major brask is a short, elsan pne, Anah with the end island for the safeguarding of the interests of Macan and the defence of the city China on her the Red River and shipped direct to that Vasaur who was formerly the proprietor HT. Faitbfall: Liont. M. LE Ray, LE, of the stern tube. I have been doing all pose did not singute the ilalaus put forward, but
editor of the Independance Tonkinoise. port. The construction of railways to sup-
Wing Officer, te bo Adjutant, rice W. C. M. plement the water carriage is urged, and "The Empress of India arrived at Shanghai Woodcock: Lieut. EL C, Berger, 18.0, able to koop in the track of steamers, but have
Since the nooldent a distance of over 800 miles oission, the status quo to be preserved in the importance of promptitude in the et 18.30 pm, on Saturday and left again at 5.30 Wing Officer, to be Quartermaster, vico R not been fortunate enough to see any, an yot loft flum for the rettlement of the mixed com has been covered in the direction of Vancouver the moantims. How then could. China coda matter, because France is threatened with Pm the same day for Hongkong, where sho
Telaed, and shall endeavour to keep in the track Lappa to Carmany and how could the It was reported in our Canton Notes from of this Company's steamers. There is plenty lattor take it, in view of this state of affairs, disosing the affairs of the Kebsc Coal being has obtained at leas than 6 per cunt, which is a being outflanked at Yunnanfu and fore-may be expected to serve about 8.30 u.m. to
the Chang Nga San Po on Saturday that the kidnapgor who some timo igo killed a city of our and other stables on board, so that without gravely offending against the principles Go The Indo-Chino Francais (Emoi), after dead loan to shareholders of one-third per coat, thory is not any fem of starring while Loof international law and, in the case of Chins, mentioning a report that the Company at while it can make at least 53 per cent, it would be walchman who was affecting his arrest was cargo late. The Chinego passengas are now committing s-breach of th agrement that ab enddenly mapped payment at Fate, reproduces a good thing forshareholdere resident in Shang exented on the 22nd inst. Wo learn that the living entirely on the cargo; they have so far ought to hold sacred and seriously prejakcing an article from one of the journals referred to, in bal, to take up and agitate the question. At heat of the uzininal was exposed at one behaved very well. All on bamit are good ation which is her eldest friend and from which the prospects of the Comally are represent there a false glamour over the of the iznding sloges between the steamer health. A sailing ship is coming in sight, and whom she has over, received fronts, injury, presented as most unfavourable. The ordinary Hongkong and Investment Co. The dirgo- wharves and Sheracer for some hour on the I will try get this on board of her here or evil of any kind a shares, which in Fdfra 1881, reached tors pretend they are declaring a dividend The Bunke at Singaporis have reduced the int and was surrounded the whole by has been some very bad weather end we have another power were in peretion of Lappa value of 1.550 francs, And fallen to 60 francs, of 8 per cent. Thoy. Are not doing any. rate of interest on cartent daily balances to one crowd It was afterwards removed to another been disabled, and all rongir it the shim Mause would be completely at its mercy unl and the fandom and float thing of the sort. Their dividend of $4 per cent. Other interest rates are as follows: locality for exhibition there. The photograph
be reduced to a complete in Portugal, at meeting bald oz file Bard November the money shareholders have furnished them with, fur twelve months 3 percent, siz mouths 3 of the docapitated, man-which as previously behaved splendidly, lying in the trough of the being unable to protect elf would soon 1,325 france to 20. fra I was abed that per bara is out port cant upon the reported the eitisone insisted on: having taken zulling heavily, but shipping no water therefore, neither could nor anght to russent, shareholders hind supoluted committee of threo and if the matter ware placed in its true light it We are now 800 miles from the cost to the transfer of the plant, which she herself to consult with the director on this measures might, onane them to wake up a bit and get more por vent, three months 2 per cent.
the rate we have been going 1 hopo la rosuli
claims as of right, to Germany or any other to be taken to protect the interests of the thas 31 per cent matern from their propertion. power, And Chinn could not allow the transfer, shareholders and the existence of the Company, Anyway, a sound and progress of por cont.. or not only mist she respect the rights of the or A ormular el published his stock would have mors attractions for luvastors. and neither Book or cause the annihilation of thongkongned seed to rotect the idene of in those days of difletly in Toding gilt edged 24 seeneiland is return more than & per tea...," and the Portuguesa doleny, but it is kotle for the restore
stalled at Chungking. The Chungking route via Lackai, Yunnania, and Suifu, can, it is contended, compete with the Yangtze route, and when it is exploited it will be impossible for the rivals of France to "exclude her from the market of the south and west of China. It may be re- marked that there has never been any iden of excluding her from those markets o all existing routes are as open to
morrow,
From the Indo-Chine Francoise we learn that the lighthouse on Norway Island is nearly com- plated and it is expected that the light will be exhibited about the end of February; it will he Tible at a distance of thirty milos.
to ensure that the real criminal was executed
The appeal, which in being prosecuted by and not a substitutowas pasted on board am her as to any other antion. The idea of Clau Tsing Fet, who received a sentence of hung beneath the sags containing the her.
saven days' imprisonment at the Magistracy
exclusion is exclusively French, the great for using incuting language in Court, will be & qurtons. case is reported from Singayon aim and object of our Gallic neighbours lad at the Supreme Court on the 5th February A cortain Jow has lately cart away his wife Who, however, succested in getting being to shut out all trade but their own
Profesor D. P. Todd, of Amherst College maintenance order against him for $15 from the countries which fall under their
US, will be sont, to Yeso, Janan, to obserza per month. It has been freely reported auiong administration. An exception, however, is the solar eclipes next spring. He will sail from the tribes lately that the husband intended, been made in the case of the Red River route, San Francisco in the sehtoner yacht Coronet, in with a view of grading this order, to leave the number of Jewish matrons ast down around the on which the transit trade is to some attent command of Captain A. C. James, of the Now colony. With a view of preventing thus, a
Club
house and maintained a strișt surveillance of encouraged for the time being. How long York Yacht Cl
the premises and the anxious husband had per
itted to the police, who do not see their way to interfere, as the enterprising Jewessee are at ang any materaction to the falls or fiatrung the palio peace in any way,Straits Times, M
that policy will be continued it is impos
WIN C. Daily News) learn how that the works to a French syndicats, of which i de
near it in three weeks failing seting's steamer Wo are in safety out hero, but it will not be 10 olose in on the land. There are 165 passengers (Chiuse and Japanese) on board and 35 crow The Strathnevie was towed into Port Townsend on the 26th December, S
INTENDED RECONSTRUCTION OF French Amansial journals have recently boon
THE ENGLISH MAIL
sible to my, nor do '<we think its contrust for the transfer of the Hayzog Tron force to remain indoors. The matter was 9 BUSSIA AND TURKEYS HWA be converted into a great peril for China. Centerpisahan äireidy cost marly ten million linh mail of the 27th December, arrived in
original adoption was due today Marteau, the author of the Wong canl liberal minded view, So much, had scheme, is the respresentative has actually been been said of the importance of the Red gred For ways that are dark," eto,
The Horean correspondent of a Shanghai native paper states that the King of Kores
River route that when the conquest of
The stringency in the stierfesh, the Tonkin was completed it was deemed desir
urdinary currency of the Chinese, he vorited able, to show to the world that there really has granted the request of a number of Cli- is a revival of a very helent mode of sting pere to establish Chinese Settlemgat at Hon up for the abaezod of realy money The Was some trade upon it, also that trade cheng, for the benefit of Chincer comineres, Governor of Booghow, has issued perion for should be diverted from the Wes River. It is anticipated that the settlement will be the place of hugh to be taken by steps af baboo stamped with the number of canh khey repro.. sent, as a lamporery, expedient for meeting, the eto as far as possible. Just as Frades has etablished et Nantak.
ed her protectomie over the Roman Co- This afternoon on the Happy Valley the dionity The Finsnoial Trescuter of Spuchon sions in Chian as a meapr of poli- Hongkong Football Club will play B Compong, hus Recordingly inusd a proclamation permut ggrandisement, although as a nation.Bick off at 4.45 pm. The following willing the money changers, upon giving proper
Chins herself that Tortugal, should retain The consular states that in 1995 the Com, there would to far greater posibilities of a fally possession of Loppa than that any other nation pany hard 4 more than thirty or forty paid up stook going to a premium than there are should bave it, especially a great power. For thousand fous of coal, but there is story for one which has osli of $50 per there hang- REUTER'S TELEGRAMS tugal never has made nor will mako war in the to believe that will nodlat Testing over the beads of investors.
aighbourhood of Meco sud in case of China 90,000 tons in 1898 While recognising that being involved in war with another power would the quality of Kebeo coat is not of the Brit [SUPPLIED TO THE “DAILY PREAH."
preserve the neutrality she has hitherto observed, - order it as noid that it is appreciated by the LONDON, 3rd Jandury,
Would Germany or any other great power naw, and by certain industries that time is
The F. & Oruleaner Raverns, with the Eng established at Tappa do the mine. We very required to create new macksta, nid the time REPORTED ALLIANCE BETWEEN.
much doubt it, and in a few months Lapps might is now aahautod and the unpiful, adib.:: Tha
The Pall Mall Gazelle statis dat Riista oed
Saturday: The following telegrams are from Portugal on her part in responsible for the trance. In order that this fam chould not be
ANKARADANIY MAVE-TRADEL DEPEATED, exey have concluded an offensive and defen present situation. She has had slenty of time lost for over in a comedy, Monication the Ceylon and Rangoon pep siva tresty day to Enitely oocopy the island, for which the Hoard propese that the Company should be
London, 8th January, PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AND THE has bad bandans resson and justification, zoonstituted on a new bad it is proposed
been catsfronted with the pansexity of entarlag capital of 1000,000 frames in syroute the and seliros under Major Edwards defonted, EXTENSION OF THE MOFROE and had she done as she would mot now has the Company should be forstedt Alices have been reserved that the Bikhr DOCTRINE bs upon an archiemis diplomation campaign to shares of 100 frezosch, Fifteen thous Zaraf, the Nyassland Blave-trader, at the be- President Clarolond haagamonneed the petallish her rights. This she must now da of the shares would be ofered to the holders
be done would be to sell Macao to whatever Company and the road long Ave. then and to reclution for, the exterior of the Monroe and promptly for otherwise the only thing to the www thewad dedim kharer if he oft glazing of Notymisen doctrinn, to be misshinrous and antigel power would pire anything for because with tres boldes at the fire then und founders are
„Germany established at Loppa our colony might in the clà Company Pyt
maider Itzalt tead.
continues the Paris journal, le, the middle Steenbafiog of the sirenler which in the A înry is Philadelphia Lage warded $5,000 tulog of ampatect Deraza, Juuston
saked - how it can de datinges against the International Navigation only Theory Handma Company Log þarmanent injuriad received by bat Maloma, Horace Leon board the trouser Barlin aimed "tast there is no thread geadrises are bean, received of
se methquake in the Peralad Aravince through the stoward's upesting a tureen of het when the scup over him the pentore from Southampton to New York
LONDON 4th Benary THE UNITED STATES AND THE VENEZUELAN QUESTION
The Hou Richard Olasy, Bocestary of State, play for the Club:-D. Wood, goal EW guarantees to issue this curious form of lumboo has advised Venozols to re-open negetallone lf is not imbued with any religious Maitland and PAG. Darios, HA, boks HW money We have soon suplé, a strip of with Great Britain in re the boundary o so with regard to the made Looker, JW, L. Oliver, and Wlade, bamboe abarty two inches long, hearing the British Cure
Lalves; C. Firth, G. D. Campbell HK.R., characters equal to 200 large, nou teraped outh-western Chien, biving no . R. B. Hanbook, EW Townend, and E. F. with the me at the insping bank or money
phanger Ching Gazette) Aji , she is willing for the timeMackay, forwarte, **
WHEN TRANSVAAL.
Jahantesburg is still in an softled condition
WOW Toning, 9th January The dank is announced of Sir Julian Gold-
London, 19 The death is abrowsed of Lord Bokbpz. DISARTROUS IAITHQUAKELIN PRIBIA.
1 kan wadon eloven hundred inh that periabed and one thousand house were destry
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