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Lord Enilshary defended the Siam srosty, which he mid ramyod, the possible danger of a French occupator He befeed thist an amigomont would I tend to femore all
served of a conflict between Great Britain
TROUBLE IN KOREA.
CRICKET
THE CITOKET CLUB TTAD BAUM UNITED SERVIONS. This match was oodded on Thursday
morning and citar the that flay's pricel
and Venezuela, In regard to Armenia he said played under most depressing climatic condi. wants his commission and the bauto er eum that it was unless to thresten, waliko meations, was ahaidened as a draw on Friday prador wants another for himself, and it insures which items impossible to enforen, morning, the grouad being quite unit to con
tirus the game on. It is tɔ, de- regretted »1564! absolutely curtain the trade will not much
LONDON, 12th February.tha match was over started, se it has completely Jonger continue to support both. The vice
THE TRANSVAAL | destroyed about half of that portion of the The Transvaal Government has telugraphed ground which is reserved for match pitolies of the system has had a recent illustration
Yokohama, where the comprador of orders for two anore battories of big guns to though it was perhaps dimeult to forses this
The Club torn vas a fairly strong one and the: Survies werk, with the exosption of Knox, THE VENEZUELA QUESTION AND fully representan The play oils for little com French and German dema arrested on a charge of embezzling sums
THE TINITED STATES.
ment as the bowlers from the patent found amounting in the aggregate to 70,000 you
Lord Salisbury in a despatch to Mr. Bayard don't to stand, winch less exercise any control but the case was compromised by he
was almost impossible to get a wicket. Campbell Venozuela at President Cleveland's disposal. played very patiently and in excellent style for Reusel refunding less than half the summies to place all documents relating to over length or direction and as a consonance it 156 not out, being at the wicket the whole day, If the cause had gone to trial it is very doubt"
Ho and Perry Ayasough put on 181 for the fal whether a conviction could have been
· sosend wlaket before the latter was dismissed obtained, for Mr. Chun Ya-Iso had daly
for a well played 62, Subsequently Vallings followed the recognised custom among com
and Eroles mado substantial contributions to priore, and, after ascertaining the mini-
the scors. All the bowling was handled, with little seremony from start to finish, mum price the firm was willing to accep for certain imported goods had sold them t higher price and pocketed the difference, besides receiving his legitimate commission a The case having been settled the full details of the affair have not trepired, but suf befient was published by our Yokohama contemporaries to throw into striking reliet the defects of a system which renders ench frauda possible. All the other compradors at Yokohamia were said to be greatly excited, because what Messrs. FINDLAY, RICHARDSON
PORT after removal should be rested
month before use. When required for driaxing at once it should be ordered to decanted at the Dispensary before being
Bent cut.
SHERRY-Excellent Dinner and Afur * Dinner Wises, of vory superior Vintages.
All are trus Kores Wines
|OLARET-One Clarets, including the lowest priced, are guaranteed to be the gonning product of the jues of the grape and are not artiñcially. Dale from raisins and currents, as is generally the case with Chaap Wings BRANDY-All our Broady is guaranteed to be pure Cogano, tan difference in price bing merely a question of age and vintage,
Co'anan had done they ulldo, though there ust have been circumstances which rendered.
THE KING TAKES BEFUGE AT TRE-ÉUSSIAN
·LEGATION:
The band of the Hongkong Regiment by the Information has been revived of renewed anteay of Col. Faithfull and the officers played trouble in Korea. The King has taken refuge on the ground during the afternoot and an in the Ruslan Legation at Soul and the Bus. deavoured to relieve the general glooms,
The following is the score —— ins Lave failed a hundred mon and a gun for UNITED SERVICES
the protection of their Legution.
for the protection of their Commulatos.
The Foreign Powers are taking gimilar stops
[FROM OUR
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GIÁL CORRESPONDANT WITH THE JAPANESE ARMT... Trzar, nd February.
I am now able to give you a few figures re
G. D. Campbell, K.K.R., not ext
Surgeon Mejar Jubaston, MB. b Firth
153.
"Lt. Ferry Ayscough. RW.st, Arthur, b Maitisel: 83
Hov. (1. Vallilaga, a Anton, à Greenfalit
•Capt W. V. Ecoler, H. b Lavon (i)
Surgeon Peal, IL, Lowen
Capt. Dyson, A.P.D., 1kw., b TownEST IM. Elliot B, not was...
Extra
THE CUSTOMS RETURNS.
The following table gires the amount of dues the fourth quarter of 1895 and 1894- collected by the Chiness Foreign Customs during
Port Nowchwang Tentely Chefro
1895 1894. HHkTh
349.231 280,70500 D4D,403 137122
95,38155
a high price for his sarvions--300 stelage of osah. The student bring unable to raise fas money were in danger of losing their chanse
graduation, Ee they invited the lagiu to tea-shop to discuss the matter over a fragrant |howk-ta chizagli. In's twinkling twenty or mare brawny country youths, had grappled the greedy offender, his fe cost and robe were. forn lu skrola, his cap with the button was Egone, and mixas even shoca and Kooka ba ninde his way to the prefect's tamen, to complain of the treatment he had received. The low of face from his blackened eyes and aaradahan and his tattered: toggery was simply wwIni! The prefoot thinking doghtloss that be had been sufficiently punished sirasdy, dismissed him with a caution, and refused to allow his as pallants to stand their examinations as a warning to the other studente. Teateriay, the list being zpånd his workall done, the Literary Chancellor left Inalan by boat for Kiangyin, whare his offkull, pek denen is, to spend the Chinese holi
91.933- thongding. Tchang Hankow Kiuhipug
230,126
320,557 4913,536 202,015
416,296
Chinkang
Shangany
Ningga Waackow Tocohow Ampy aistow Canton..
341152 393.SBL 1,012,665 1,618,574
322035
5.372. 3,501 894,192 112354 * 199,694 216,062
3/01,138 278,779 4462,694 495,536 Kinngohow.. 217,450 21504
Sometime ago your correspondent visited Pakholm 107,999 7 59,513049
the city of Faning. 50 miles east of Husian, în The shore shows a total collection of duns the much-neglected region of Kizngen betwea and duties of B.Tls. 5.212,540 for the last the Grand Canol and the sco. A new magis quarter of 1805, against Ha, 5,200,234 for trate had just arrived, hat was waiting voral the same period of 1834, or an increase of about days to take over the seals of office until s HT1s. 3,000, although the Formone ports lisvensky day should care, much to the disgust disappeared from the list.
Pues and duties collected at Kowloon and Tappa autod to I.T 264,087, which compared with the same.term of 1994 shows an inoresan of about H.T. 25,600. The amount collected at Lungchow and Mangtes was H.T, 5,57% showing an inerveas of nearly HT 000::
4.
SA REAL RAILROAD DEAL
„THE PEKING AND HANKOW: RAILROAD, DANA: Changliai, 716 February. ... 36)
His Excellancy Han Yiu-twinng, Trotri of Kwangteng (brother of Superintendent of the
of the old magistrate who was anxiers to: léare. be nows has Jataly come, that after"a Kilio tore than one month's tonure of ofles, the magistrate bay be degraded, and retired from his post The Chinese are joking about the almofitcky days", and about how much trouble the good maz, was at to secure one to enter on his brief core of honour,
The merchants hare crimplan of dull business, und of the rapid fustunnon in the value of the Mexican dollar. Within the last month the rullar went down rapidly from 950 cash to.800, then rose again to $20 and now has gone down. ngale below 900 mnch. A good ning hope for several days would not take the dollar at all. One who has his little worldly all in Mexicans
THE REPORTED INTENDED RISING Peking Granarios), the party appointed by their feels like asking the question which the embar
AT CANTON.
Shanghai, 10th February to-be i croserious rising at Canton after the It has bean already announced that there is holidays; and we would warns the authorities that this plans of the revolutionary Committee include attacks on foreign property by means as well in the south of China, whereby the of Jandiary fren at other parkt lt the north attention of the Chinose government may bộ The lows among the Japanese troops ---
distracted, and a cigarer fail may be falt for Number of patients recived by the
the operation of the conspirators in Kwongtang different hospitals for treatment, in- 38,788 Tho nowe of this has come to us in a vary an- elades both for diseases and wounds.
fpectoil way, but it should not be treated with 7,152 contempt and our authorities native and 4642 foreign will de well to be vigilant. The ich 21.748:
tha Clantonese and, and as it is the Chinese geyrument at which the attack is aimed, it is not intended to employ riotous miche, het injury should be done to the persons of for eignore-N. G. Daily News."
the fraud more easily traceable in bis aegarding the rebellion agaiunt the Japanese in than others. In China the foreign merchant Formosa that is, from the landing of the troops. is not threatened with the competition of in May until the capture of Tainanta mid the direct trade in the same way as his congener subjugation of the remaining, bands of soldige in Japan and way continue to indulge in in the vicinity, which, was considered finished the luxury of a comprador without fear of about 16th November, therefore the following seeing the trade thereby transferred whellylates only to the rebellion props-2616 May
until 15th November, 1895. to nativis bands, but he has to pay heavily for it. The competition in China is not so FHISKY-All our Whisky is of excellent much between natives and foreignors, as quality and of greater age than most between the different nationalities of for hmad in the market. The Scorcigners. Those who succeed must completely popnlar, and is proncineed by the best in shaking themselves free of the compra. local connoisseurs to be superior to hy door minimising the strength of his other brand in the Hongkong market.
octapus grip will be able to trade. on the best tering, and to his failure in this direc tion something of the decadence of the British merchant in China may possibly be attributed. -
WHISKY marked "E" in universally
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TREATIES-WIM-CHINA-- Great Britain: Nanking, 1842, Tientsin, 1858. Convention 1850 Chatoo, with Ad. ditional Article, Opium Convention, 1880 Chungking Convention, 1890; France-Tientsin, 1858, Convention, 1860,
Tientsin, 1885, Conventions, 1835 and 1897, United States:--Tisatsin, 1858. Additional 1868; Paking, 1880; Immigration, 18. Germany-Tientsin, 1861; Peking, 1880, Japen: Shimonoreki, 1895, Lisotung
Tention, 1805. Fortugal, Russia, Brazil, and Peri TREATIES WITE JAPAN. Great Britain, 1858, Trade Convention, 1866 United States Extradition Tranty, 1890 Mexico, 1889; Groat Britain 1894.”
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TREATIES WITH BLAM Jacluding the Now Treaty with France.
CUSTOMS TARIFFS ¦ TRADE REGULATIONS
HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 15TH, 1896
Casas cured in Fornton........... Died in Formess
Sent to Japon for treatmené ... Kiled in battle.
Seilig hospitals, Formosa... Wounded (not fatal
155 59
Wo thus find the Japanese troops wars thrown out of service through disease or wounds at the rate of about 184 a day and of that number the death rate averaged about 27 a day, Known losses among Chinese rebels.
Killed in battle.
THE WEST KIVER QUESTION.
The Peking correspondent to the N. C. Daily News, writing on the 24th January, says:
Another nitimatum was presented on the 17th
Imperial Hightown Princes, Kung and Ching-assed member of the House asked in the micilo on the Srl day of the 11th moon to secure of his apbosh Whore am I a Indood sabsariptions and organize the La-keo-ohino that bloated capitalist, the missionarybose yesterday for Canton, having in the short space ie hat a synonym for opulence and luxury vill and Hankow Ballroad Colpany, loft Shanghai life in the pinkin of some, imaginative writers of ten days secured from a Firong American and find it very hard to make both anda meet, if the Baglish syndicate of railway contractor the whole footivo Munich ones to coquette with the punt that can be taken by foreigners, vin cash market as it has been doing Intely.-N. C.
millon tasis, and he is now proceeding to | Daily Nethe correspondent. gre from Chice capitaliste the remaindone
o. the cipital required. Under the preliminary contincta entered into with the constructing syndicale the road is to be built on the 4 feet 81 inch gangs, first-clase in evory respect, and to cost less than forty thousand taels per mile. The contractor leaves on the Tubokumu Marrs to-morrow, intending to catch the Facilis Mail steemer China, sading from Yokohama: the 18th inst. Now that the preliminary riep has been taken in good earnest it is to be hoped that it will be the forerunner of a brilliant future for China-China Garetlo.
THE RAILWAY QUESTIOF.
FRENCH CLAINS.
PEKING AND TIENTSIN.
The river, kropa quite open at Taku and the Bar, and oppoúto The Farm the river agapt Fot frozon vyer this semen.
It is reported that Mr. von Brandt is infer. esting self on behalf of the promoters of a proposed German store to be started at Poking.
At the opening of the river a Belgina Cozmal is to be appointed to Tientsin It is reported "[[ that "the" gentleman to occupy the port waA"''
recently an engineer in the employ of the Vice. roy Chang Teistungen
The Peking correspondent of the N. C. Daily
The German gun-kont His arrived here fro, estimate, ter considerable numbers of wounded to the Tsungli Yamin by the British Cha News, writing on the 24th January, says
Amoy on Thursday,
Tho C. P. steamer Empress of Chine arrived
at Vancouver on the 11th inst.
There is a split in the Foreign. Club at Paling. All the Russians and French are resigned. This step has no political significance. The reason is said to be that the members had. the bad tasto not to elect any of them is offer
not to elec bearers.
d'Affaires demanding the opening of the West the Imperial Eliet sanctioning the construc- Chaylard leaves Tientsin to take up his appoint- We chronicled in a former comunication We are informed that Monsieur 10 "Conte de River. The Coinc mou the lotion of the Tintain Lakenchise railway mont ar Censul General of Shanghot on the themselves, resolved upon this stop in the Menrials have ever since kept pouring in opening of the river Monsiour Ledine, of the interests of their own revenue, and very little pressure is needed to influence them to adopt inst its canstruction The Feiko bostanen Peking Legation, will lake the position of this notion. They see that unless this is dons a strongly in evidence, their memorial it is Franca Capul at Tientsin the trade of Kwangsi, Eastern Yunnan, tres. The towns on the Paibu, which itee to waylaid outside the settlement at night by Ohi said having moved over ten thousand sigi Wa hear that foreigners are occasionally
6,760 This number, it is my opinion, should be in, creased by a thonsand to obtain a more rest were carried away by the retreating Chinger, and many when wounded crawl into the underbeah, sither to be later resumed by their friends or to dio nukrown. Others threw themselves into the streams, the bodies floating out to as I have witnessed several engagements where the Chinese were fired at while in the thickats or ou Bhareholders of the Hongkong and Bringtaithe hills and there we no opportunity to mako Western Kwangbang will in a few years fow to fujured in their river traffic without any con- ness footpads with a view to robbery. This is
a search that the number of killed might be Basic are reminded of the general runong known. The namber given consists of only which takes place at two to-day.
those with have been found dead on the field after the engagement. Adding the thousand wo find the Chinese deaths worn at the rate of
The M. M, tamer Ernest Bios left Sai gon for this port roster lay at I am.
Mr. Kato, Chancellor of the Japanese Con- salate-General, left Shanghai'om the about 45 per day. February for Soechow, to take over from the Chinese officials the now Jugators settlement at that part.
Nowa recived from Ningpo reports that agents of the proposed railway line between Shanghai, Souchow, and other cities have con- tructed with the brick-kila companies of Ninyo for all their output for 1206.C. Daily News. To-murrow morning, between 9 and 10.50 clock, the steum inneh Dayspring, carrying the Bethel dug, will call alongside any voseol hoisting the answering pourant, to convey men ashore to Lam, service at St. Peter'n (Sainonta) Charch, returning about 13.30.1
HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
southwards through Tenkin and the duties thereupon will be completely lost to them, an
pation from the railway are also alarmed. The surely a nor departure for Tientsin, and In- answer was to be given by midday on Sunday, people who are to receive no benefit fruzs the dientes need for son art of police protection the Uth. The Chinese government like other milway as they think, and their numbers are for those living outside of Municipal limits. governmentx sani somo zid pro quo and be irrepately feasted. It reported that zande to break into the godown of the Standard logion, are strongly opposed to those who are to On the 14th Jamury a daring attempt wus they avo male ita condition of opening the river to foreign trade that Great Britain do an Imperial Ediet has already been issued din Oil Company of New York in the extra con- not take back the territory ceded to her by the this there is so far no real intuestion. The taken advantage of the emprator to start ont- allowing the construction of the lice, bat of cession. It appears that the miscreants had Burro-China Convention. It should bocu to said that Great Britain, with the view of punish memorials are of different kinds. The of the ting a hola thưugh the brick wall. There were, ing Cline for breaking the teenly in relation Censure blanie Judge Hu for purloining at least it appears, swine zine or ten men engaged in to the version to France of Mungu and Italia
four bunsod thousand tools out of the tap the business, two caly being caught by the Chiangheng provinco, now demands the opening million four hundred thousand which the line is watchmen, the others making good their escape of the West River, and the retrocession of the calonlated to cost; the building of the las so over the high wall. Fekong and Tientsin Times. Barman Shan territory handed over by treaty far south, instead of making it run along the to China. The conditions have been wired toer and the bozefiting a poor tract of Lord Saksbury and an answer in daily expected country, which has no claim whatever to bave It is not likely Lord Salisbury will agree to Tangebow which will suffer severely by the amily to the loss of mich towns as
A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held at the offices yesterday afternoon. Hon. F. A. Cooper (Director of Public Worka) presided and there were also present-Hen Commander W. C. H. Hastings (Acting Captain Super intendent of Pelico), Ir. Atkinson (Acting Colonial Surgeon), Dr. F. Clark (Medical Officer of Health), Mr. N. J. Ede, and Mr. H. Mac-it, Chins will therefore lose the newly go Callum (Saorotary).
quired territory and have to open the river.
MINUTES
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The minutes of the previous meotlar war
PARIS FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
Several applications ware made for permission sell-fruit and vegetables elsewhere than in the public markets?
The Ticchi grín January, Mys --The con-
·troot for building ironclada, cruisers, and tor-to pedo-catchers has been placed in Herr H. Mandl's hands. The sum required to carry cut this contract is said to be fixed at Tls. 17,000,000. He treated several of his friends to bumper st the now club, and his friends responded with ch enthusiasm by Hach will er lebis, dres mehl hoch
*
The PRESIDENT said that all the applicants. with the exception of twe were squatters in atresta and lanes and satisfactory arrange meets could not be made with. He therefore moved that the whole of the applied itons, excepting the two recommended by the Medical Officer of Health, be refused.
Carried.
MORTALITY. STATISTICH.
TAYNTED WELL WATER,
ADJOURNMENT. The Board adjourned until Thursday wiek.
mama i klant preseky, kontaký
of a perfectly friendly character.]
THE NEW UHINA LOAN.
transfer of the frails to the railway. The
THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES,
There van bo no posable harm in drawing A Renter talegram states that no ultimate reposed for the line passes through public attention to the very inadequate sxisting
gulama naak mial), bamfitat: Pho pronto'y | military free of seme-indeed, it may be sail. 18 not densely covered with graves-au import all of the Australian Colonies, when we reflect ant consideration for the Chinese- both that every foreign! Power s perfectly yell banks of the Felho are. The lina would form a sequainted with the foots, facts which, na a junction with the proposed. Hankow line st matter of nero zational arance, Australians Tukon Bridge, where land which was utterly should quickly and thoroughly revise: The correspondent of the N. C. Daily News AS beze, Rice as imperial tribute, is it contine than Great Britain, is all told, about 540 Wring on the 24th January the Peldugalueless has already risen in the market la Defence Force, for example, of New South fold in prospect of the terminus being it upted Wales, which is two-and-a-half times bigger hundred millions of teks of the Japanes to come, will doubtless still come by the viver ninn, of whom 16 are clerks, who would pro
The negotiations for the lean of this additional FOREIGN- firms in Jart are thacatered
indemnity are still proceeding. The Chinese to Tungehove. The boats, three or four bably fight as well as the rent out though with severe comictition at the hands of
Government have had offers of gold and silver thousand in bumbar, engaged in transporting this little band doubtedly composed of native merchants, who are preparing, have
Loans from nearly all nationalities The Chi this rice will doubtles still be engaged in the best military material in the world, it is One way of mosting the difcally of slimi-
this fratio. The grandrios are situated in wutherically sheard for the duty that might. nose wish to accept the lower offer and they at the east of Peking, adjoining the canal and suldurly do thrust upon it. The Volunteers fudleed commonced, to engage, in direct offices, which has not received the attention it nating surplus or uɛclass recordsɛ of Government
the same time want to be convinced of the For the week ended 1st February the death ability of the lenders to implement their en stone road which lead to Tungchow Besides are more imposing staly na to numbers, but trade with foreign countries. The dauger desertos, either in Madrus or drown in Ludis, ato per 1,000 per, Baum was 28.5 as against gagomants Up till now the Chinese wore the opposition of the Chineso boatnou and the propor strangih dogs not much exceed 4,000 has been foreseen for a long time past and is, are Lahore paper, to keep down the 20 for the corresponding waels Inst your For Ermly haxt upon contracting only silver loanst others, there are also, wa haar, the opposition men all told, and of these only about 30 ses number of reports and records written, and trim the wook ended 8th Febcancy the death rate The state of the market and the high and intrigues of the French, who, by virtue rallitary men! The Cavalry, indeed, total up has been discussed with more or less in-thore would be less trouble in devising means was 31 per 1,000 per aunam as against 1 at rate of interest charged havo opened their eyes of the Fourier Treaty, claim to have the sole to about the umber of the famous Balaclava Contelligere by the foreign press in Japan, for getting rid of useless ruhash. It is take the corresponding period last your.
to the advantage of a gold loan, There has tight to constract railways in China. This of Six Hundred Victoria has about 400 re generally with less rather than more. Even ably safe to say that 20 per cent. of all that is printed for the Government in Indianest the Japan Mail, with its pro-Japanese views, nevor kaya bena-printed at all.
Mr. W. Crow, Government analyst to negotiating on the gold pourd gold festesent state of collapse, and the good service paper sin of 0,300 Queensland has 150- for some years pash been a strong opposition: uro, shaolutely false nevertheless in Chin's galers, and with volunteers totals up to s reported that nine samples of well water which marks, dollars, or any other thing, but not olored Chins in the Liantung retrocession, ragulas, and totals up to 4,500; South Australia has maintained the indispensability of tixe' foreign middleman in Japan and the round of the Hongkong Football Club, in the
bo Il analysed were so tainted with parities pounds. They now had that whatever they it does well enough with which to bully has about 80 regulars, and totals up to 2,600; This afternoon on the Ilappy Valley, on to as to bo unit for potable purpose, and Kkely adopt must in the long run comes to the London China. That cisuss in the above treaty which Western Australia has the distintion of two
to prove injuriors to health. advisability of the Japanese attempting to semi-Baal tie for the Football Cup HMS.
It was raped to make an order for the well Their epponition therefore to British curreney French, Fox Faderving to themales the ox Rearly 2,000 all told while New Zealand por market and be calculated in pounds starlity other trading nations, and a handle to the Tasmanis bus 22 regulars, and an army of hise given so much umbrage to Chins and regular, and totals up to 600; gallant little conduct their foreign trade themselves. Centurion will play the Hongkong Football to be closed.
has now entirely disappeared. They have, had Dissertations on his value sad virtues may The Club team will be--D. Wood, goal; PG. C. Kick-off at 4pm. Refares, Mr. King.
tempting offers of kilver on a silver basis from citire construction of railways hi China, sesses ahout 340 regelurs and some 8,700 form agreeable reading for the foreign Davies, R.A., and E. W. Maitland, becks; H
the United States, the interest calculated at 5 when properly interpreted as pointed out in volunteers Summing up, we find that the middleman aforesaid, my tickle his vanity lives: O. M. Firth, G. D. Campbell, HKE. THE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT. CO., meantime a certain Jewish financier has a cost as those of other countries Emira af Zealand, ta: 28,857 This means about 20,000
W. Slade, J. W. L. Oliver, and H. W. Looker.
per antum and the price at 971. They were your late ale leader on railways (21st Dor- Australasian Colonies have about 1,560 regulum, advised to elcse with this offer it once in the bor), only promised Franes the preference by which is meant, this engularly paid, and th and authee him with a grateful sense of his H. R. R. Hancock, E. C. Roweroft, H.KR.
if how materiale were of the usme quality and grand total, inchidag nearly 7,000 for Now peared on the sourie, bez rented house, and 18 at once begin the attack, and Easts of empted to get exclusive rights of railway, con- for Australip and Taimería, or, taking only. showing how things can be done. He offers strunfion and the working of the mines in regulars and deducting New Zealand's con to negotiate the loan at the unprocedentedly South China X1 har labs Eine-Auranite Contingentand the 22 regulars of Tasmania, we arrive low figure of 41 per cent, silver. The parention, but failed the "must" address thom, at the final conclusion tlist to defeed the fire ties making this offer lave started recent facturers being chaged into may although respective volunteer armies, the total number of selves first to French engineers sa mund great continental Colorier, and to stiffen their from Shanghai-ovorland nad we await their arrival with no smell auriety. I withhold the orginal-French text, to judge from the regulary is abent thirteen hundred. Then wen their came. How this is to be effected must translation in the tendon and Chism Express, plain foote and figures, which rostly furnish 1,306.00 | be left to the Jewish mind with al the banking seems to have been sent lo Paris. This notion their own contents. They are well known, as 1,211.5 of rich Vigne Jera. The Hongkong Bank of France, if true will retend, if not stop the already stated, to every Loreign Power that...
offer of 5 par cout, and the price S in still bo construction of railways in China Chinn must possessos en intelligence department, and it 12,444.15 furu the government and in the end is likely to without prose, if not, she must gain put be the skill or devotion of the men composing hars free hand to buy in the cheapest market maunot be justly contended that, whatever may Tineries, Trade Marke, and Lotters Patent business calculation. Greatly, as we may taken to St. Lako's Hospital and his injuries Proút án sale of pas are in the Hongkong Bs believed, in London to take it up. Thế Chi stadiet tusz pat the comtruction of her az such a Power & Japan has proved
bu adopted. The standing of the Bank in the East is known and it has secured a syndicato, is slopteral rey building. China cannot fight at the permanent regular defends forces, even 40.50 Denn Government would like better terms, but with ways to hands that are likely in the future to would take much neofunt of such so-called 476.00 the 5 par cant gold loan of the Chartered Bank This is zot no enable postion te ocoups. It tion withany Australialan objective. It is a hand be nafriendly, bo must stop all railway work. forces in prepaving an offormive expedi 22,630.08 standing in the market at 108 and the 7 par vent is understood some of the radway material as thing, perhaps, to wate, but the time has comu
alver lose of the Hongkong Bank standing my $23.07.19 at 117, the price demanded by this latter Banteady, been ordered from the United States for the various members of the great group to for the new loan does not seem unreasonable and Germany and if the railway conrhagic thoroughly overhaul the details of their netshoes, The price will bring up the new loan to a frace not to prossed these, countries may here, Lomo, and to encert the requisite means for this proper tion under 6 per cent, at which it can be fated give, however, with all reserve, it is stated that terial, uiests which certainly require a mors. thing to say. By later informisaon, while we protection of those Cast, nocamelations of ma- by manipulating the Chartered loan and raising the Bassians have taken up the building of the effective national insuranos against was tha it still further in the market. On the 17th 1 milia in as far as the iron work is concerned, 178,770,29 was announced that is biness Government the earthworks and ballanting being left to ring the possible attack of a Lostile Favor. These that given by the existing provisions for meet 751.44 bad made us it wind to accept the Hongkong This if true, will be a strange remarks are not made either in a pessimistis Bank long and the affair nus considered met the Laglung and los bustese. Pre or an alarmist spirit. We apprehend nothing practically settled. That it will came to this eventually there does not seem the least shadow parations sro proseeding for the comtruction of and we know that in an hour of red peril every of doubt, but at present, the question till the lived open; better offers are in the market And the Chinese are determined to take the lowest bifer
China, Japan, Siam, Corca,
LEGAL DOCUMENTS
own merits and importance, but they are and E. F. Mackay, forwards.
not likely to advance his interests in any
At Shanghai on the 7th February a fire broke
way. The foreign middleman vill be cut shortly after noon on the promises of the
New Chinese Cotton Yarn Mill in Yangtzapea son co
Ordore in Council for Government of H. B. M. Babjects in China and Japan, 1865, 1877, 1878, 1881, 1884 1884 1886 1886. Rules of HB.M. Supremo and other Courte in ployed only so long as he is found useful; China, Japan. Table of Fees; Tablefor when the Japanese fiul they can do of Consular Fees: Code of Civil Procedure, the work themselves at les cost they will Hongkong, with Awondment; New Table of Hoagkong Court Fons; Admiralty Rules tot continue to pay commissions to others Foreign Jaridiotion. Aot: Regulations for for doing it for them, Can the European the Consular Courts of United States in merchant, then, maintain his ground?. This Chin Rules of Court of Cansale at Shang- laj, Chiness Passenger Act; Hongkong is not a question of sentiment, but of bard Fees, Port Regulations, &c., s..
IMITED.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS.
Proper And Low Account, Star DectMBER, 1880.
31.50 33.21
Rest. The houe belonging to the mill was at Had debts after. The fire, through the promptitude of Auditor fes one got to work and the firemen arrived shortly Intorcat the employés and the brigade, was confined to Consulting Committes' f thres small house used for the storage of cot. Legal posed the fire broke out tor, which were completely gutted. Soon after
Depreciation for Novemburant December, 2595
•Bulanov soolio, probably through fright, jumped from the roof of a of the houses, seriously injuring time. He was at once
and Whampoa Dock Co., Laited Frecceds sales of surrealgrad zhards Balance of worlóng arconst
regret the supersession of the foreign tended to. The canes of the fire is at pressit The CHRONICLE and DIRECTORY, al-
dleman, superseded he will be unless by unknown, though it is supposed to bave or though printed in smaller type the formerly adaptation to the changing creamsinees bonses of the native craployes. The damage to ginated in the cookhono alljoining tas dwelling and condensed in every possible manzier, con he can maintain his superiority as an agent the buildings is covered by insurance, principally tains every year more pages.
for the particular work to be done. In as. With the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., but the interview with a representative of the British contents are not insured.-N. C. Daily News
The Taikos Sugar Refinery employées gavage and machinery st datos
of reorganization 31st Oct., 789% 180,695,08 chat past work of the kind anywhere published, Japanese merchant at present travellingust enjoyable and successful entertainment Lote depreciation month 1,805.85
The Fiza is Royal Octavo Complete with Mats and Plans, Ip. 1164, 7. Directory only pn. 796, 33.50.
the
It was years age universally pronounced the
Trade Journal Mr. HAKAR ISONG, a
and although very much enlarged and improved in Europe, foretold the rapid expansion of
in orery way, the price in slar is two greatly direct foreign trade, and, ask us to the
below the equivalent of 25 shillings, at which it system of importing through English houses was originally published:
It is published at the
2 Office of the Hongkong Daily Press.
and so be had froin, and Advartisment sent through, LONDON LONDON
LONDON PARKH
GERMANY
100,00
1,503,85
$23.047.48
BALANCE SHEET, Alar Drzewa, 1895.
ssembly Dancing commenced at 9 pm, and on Wednesday night. There was a luator avtrahemaseprozas!}} km/va
was kept up with undiminished energy till wall. only interspersed with simge which were m into the wall hours The dauers were judi, at the Treaty Ports, he replied" The ceedingly well rendered by the following gentle "foreign importer supplies the Japanese men Meuses J. Shelton, Budge, Carrio, wholesale houses through the intermedary the singing of the latter being. irresistibly Hamilton, Kickpatrick, and C. T. Robinson,
Combat an hand and ja prices
of moulectura Cement on carignant..... How viberial
$5.12.20
1,330.00
BALLOO
Catalanet coko Chels and gunuleite Machinery and general stores":
BD70.00
B31.45
89,43209
Mr. F. Algar, 11. Clement's Innoor bane. Sometimes the Lantos travel, comic. An agreeable feature of the entertain Cash
A Reddick & Co., 12, Furnitalend the importer leaves it to them or their meat was cornet soly by Mr. Badge. The
St., Holborn, EC.. Mestre. Strost & Ca, 30, Combillemployer to find buyers, either wholesale or Meesra. G.-E. Puel de Lotel & retail. The bantu makes his own selling
Cia, 55, Rue Lafayette Messrs Mahlin & Walteschmidt,
"price, thus gaining a proût for himself. Frankfort a/M.
But he also trades on his own account, and rany sall below cost en sou goods, rocnrp
NEW YORK...Mr. Henry Sell, 21, Park Row
The English importer, knowing nothing
Hangkong ofloo
·Macao vocali Hongkong us fhanghai Barke
Ing Corporation.............
loat chord," for, which he was most deservedly: cneorol, when he gave The song which teached my haust." Mr. Badge wee most ably.
00min by Mr. Tyndals Les who also gundry alebtors most admirably. The dance music was exper #cocmpanied the songs taringhout the evening' tionably well played by Mora Ferrand White, piano and violin
of the language, cannot deal direct with REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
SAN FRANCO.M. L. P. Fisher, 21, Marchanting the loss by extra-large profits on others.
Exchange CAPE TOWN. Messrs. Gordon & Gotch SYDNEY Messre, Gordan & Gotoh MEIJOURNE..Mosura. Gordon & Gotch CALCUTTA Meara, W. Nawmar & Co. Bombay Times of India Offico COLOMBO Messrs. A. M. & J. Ferguson PENANG...Messrs. Maynard & Co SINGAPORE Mesers Kelly & Walsh BANGKOK.. Mears. A Herli & Co. BAIWON...................
Messrs. His & Co. TONKIN Mr. H. Degenfeld, Ha MANILA.Mr. Jose de Loyzaga y Agad MACA, Mr. A. A. da Cruz Amor Messrs. N. Mealle & Cur FOOCHOW.......... Mr. H. W. Churchill· SHANGHAI Messrs. Kelly & Walsh. SHANOHAR... Mosers, Hall & Holtz, Limited TIENTSIN...Mesars H. Blow & Ca. Pristo Mr. P. Kierulf. NAGAHAKI...,“Mr. A. Norman.:
KUTE-OSAKA" Hyogo Nawa" Company, Ld. YOKOHAMA Meiers, Kelly & Walah:
Hongkong Duty Press Office, January, 1598,
SUPPLIED TO THE "FAILT PEESS
LONDON, 11th February THE OPENING OF TARLIAMENT. The Queen's Speech announced that th
KLÁMTÁTURE.
$,076.02
Capital, 20,000 hod 2,192 her nised ***18 809 haien fully paid at $15. DebentaredA SU
Undráwn,
$25,000.00
Down but not provested
Doa to neral Managers
Sadry wreditory.....
Balnutes of prull and Joe scourt
Loan is not yet fixed, although not far from it The nogotiators, it is understood, have
ISINGKIANGPU.
1st February
|
able-bodied Azětralian of New Zealander would rise and mest thuat peril nobly," het 1 is dread. ful to contemplate the havec that night ensue in the ranks of civil life, owing to compan tirely undisciplined mou feing enddenly callse on to enceruler regular troopa, moved, as they and Row, with the pression of a mashins în thorough working order. The remedy for this
lessened the discount poirawhat the price will. For the past month the regular smitations therefore be now slightly if wiveure of the for the BA autsai) degree, both literary 6.131.54 Agure given above, say 10% By wire from, at faillary, hayo beam, held zi Hnainte, tem is to be found in sa Ticketed expenditure ou 0.12270. Lundou of the and we lears that this 6 par miles below this city on the Grand Canal, and the permanent forces, and, it is to be foared, in
cant, loan was atauling of 109 which did Both this sity and Husias have been full of pager no other and -Colagusand. Luda, $254,105,00 Diska the price of the proposed & per cent footalidates for honom Is ir estimated that t
10, and the silver Ican at the same rate of
there were. 6,000 to 7,500 competitors for Siro, $inforest 78. At such figures the transaction iterary degres from the sites in this pre-
not likely to be a protitelde investment for the ring with their attordanta and friends
Couture, and Blund 8,000 military entiliates, 188,064.80 Banks or syndicates concerned. The Chinese owl of 25,000 or more visitors. Of cours
fool mára security in negotiating through the means harrest for the upkeeper German and British Legations as it provides
SCIENTI) IC MISCELLANY.
the day, has been subest of experiment The growth of trees at different times of by Mr. H. Thompson, the Government
"the bayers; nor does he seem to care to associate with them. Thus he retina:
38,100.00 20xt of gua-antee. The loss will 5 The oxaminations were not about the Antomologist of Tasmanis, who has contributed in the hands of the bautos, Under the
8.306.38 within the next law daya
partial exiting incidents belonging to such his results to Knowledge. Measurements were events. There was the same on story, xe taken us for a possible every three hours. "new and direct system of imparting
peater, of attempted. frands, of incompetent Of the total growth, 8} per cant. was at. *** Many willleulting have been encountered in the applitants kiring clever kraven is enter the lists taled between the hours of 6 und 9 "NA through a nativo agent, Fam responsible co principal object of the Anglo-French Treaty P
1254, 186.00 | production of peat soks at the workerah Blean and Wate their essays for them. At least cas | 17 per cert, bytween 94.15 and noon; cond the English producer or wholemte house Sam was to make more sure the establish
kult, Sweden, but it is believed that sulistentory | each ones occurred. „Aunther case was that of a 1 bef reen noon and Spiri none between 3 and "here, and I come into immediate contactment of the independence of the Kingdom of
rosuite. will be reached With experience, the greedy Hcentiate coming to grief in trying to 62; 1 went hotween 6 and 9 PM; 37 "with the wholesale or retail buyer in Slam that the United State forornment had Remember that the blood whether pund or rapurehere the mors Sbrous, moter is removed for tide into kroys and yes, graduates rostest growths in treaty-four hours were
If the blood is since the body is diseased."
method of working has been improved. The blackmail, or rather "squiere some under. par sout between 1 and 12 r.2, and 85 per on air-dried pat as- carried by rail to the works, I graduītes. Lasording to law the scholare are | Debt, belween midnight and. 6. A.M. The Japan, and also with the consumer, J. expressed a wish to cooperate in terminating clates though the organs the human body tartile neposer, fad the minder ind undergraduates. The graduates, beside banlesiae, 65 inches] geranium, & inches * know his vantsund his peculiarities the differences between Great Britain and lader will poisonous matter it spatacs disease on ile sunt de show that they are keeping up their studies Inslee
Tungs, Hears, Stomach, meg Brain If it crustant at Carled autom doal downward being required to stand examination to wattle, inglies applo, 31 inches, pear; 13 The comprador system has boon invoked enezuela. It roferrel to Armenia,course. In can of Berofula; Barvy, Erseras, Bad against almost over since the establishment and improvement of the naval defenses all kinds the slew of Clarks Blood Miture are to white beating the bottom cylinders The hot as sponsors for undergraduate who mist Transysal, and Chitral, and said that the ex- Legs Skin and Blood Diseases Pimples, and Brew of powder. The amperatura Increased downward and are still worthy of that dogreed, also
Twenty years ago, etitor Mr. J. Karley of foreign trade in the Far East, but it has was the mod portant subject to which the marvellous hands of wonderful farm have been postuly partially caked, but thoroughly widentified and guaranteed by some graduate Fowlor it took 123 tens of lest root to produce held its own and is as finely catablished torts of Parliament can be directed. “
1 effected by 16 Clarke's Blood Mixture is sold tvacy-freed from water, and la Bukily grammid to of standing. Aling sun Eron this city had a ton of sugar; but by careful election of the zure at 24 9. per bottle Beware of worthise dust. The east of this fuel in noys little less agreed to guarantee several young soon from best ronta for seed, only 8 tons are required to
thinn 22.00 per ton
day as ever it was. The tino has arrived, | The Hunse of Lords has voted the sidress.
Fruitations arbeitute?
thin Asia, but at the last moment be dunandel – la the same noue,
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