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MACAO.

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three and a-half hours by steam launch. In winter snipe are plentiful in the neighbouring paddy fields, and afford good sport.

The Hongkong, Canton, and Macao Steamboat Company runs a daily steamer (Sundays excepted) between Macao and Hongkong, leaving the former port at 8 o'clock a.m. and Hongkong at 2 p.m. To Canton there is a steamer on every alternate day, Sundays excepted. The distance from Macao to Hongkong is 401 miles, and to Canton 88 miles. Macao is now connected with Hongkong by telegraph, the cable being opened for traffic on the 9th July, 1884. The population of Macao, according to returns made in 1879, was-Chinese, 63,532; Portuguese, 4,476; other nationalities, 78; or a total of 68,086.

Colonial Government.

署督門澳

DIRECTORY.

Ou-mun-toc-ch'ü.

Plenipotentiary in China, Japan, and Siam, and Governor of the Province-His Excel- lency Firmino Jose da Costa

Acting Secretary General and Secretary of

Legation-J. A. Ribeiro Cabral Aide-de-camp to 11. E. the Governor-J. C.

Nogueira Chaby

Adjutant to H. E. the Governor-Ensign

S. J. Ferreira

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

署司政輔 Fu--cheng-sz'-shü.

Acting Colonial Secretary-General-J. A.

Ribeiro Cabral

Civil Department.

房務民 Man-mu-fông.

Chief Clerk-F. F. Leitão (acting)

1st Clerk-J. J. dos P. Carvallo (acting)

2nd do.-S. J. de Encarnação (acting) Messenger A. C. Lopes

Military Department.

Kuan-mu-fóng.

Lieut.-Col.-A. M. R. da Fonseca Clerk-P. A. Pereira Temporary Clerk-A. F. da Luz

COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT.

LÊ KI Chung-toc đúng-hui.

President-The Governor Secretary-J. A. R. Cabral Members-The Bishop, th Judge, the Commandant of Police Guard, Colonel A. J. Garcia, the Attorney-General, the Chief clerk of the Exchequer, the Pre- sident of the Municipal Chamber, the Colonial Surgeon

COUNCIL OF THE PROVINCE. TA Ou-mun kúng-hui. President-The Governor

Members-The Colonial Secretary, the At-

torney-General, J. da Silva, J. das Ne- ves e Souza

COUNCIL OF PUBLIC WORKS.

President The Governor F. J. da Costa

會公程工

AGI Kung-cheng kúng-hui. Members-The Director of Public Works, the Secretary of the Exchequer, the Secretary-J. C. B. de Souza

Attorney-General, L. A. I. Pereira

BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUction. A Ngui-hoc kúng-hui. President-The Governor F. J. da Costa Vice-President-The Bishop

Members-J. A. R. Cabral, L. Pereira

Leite, Dr. B. M. das N. A. Roza

SUPREME COURT. Military Section.

A Man-hin kúng-hui. President-The Governor F. J. da Costa Members-The Judge, the Commandant Policial Guard, the Commandant of the Line Regiment, the Senior Naval Officer, the Second Naval Officer

Civil Section. A Mou-hin kúng-hui, President-The Governor F. J. da Costa Members The Judge, the two elective members of the Provincial Council, the President of the Municipal Chamber, the Procurador dos Negocios Sinicos

Revenue DEPARTMENT. * H là Kúng-mat-hui.

Committee.

President-The Governor F. J. da Costa Members-The chief clerk of the Exche. quer, the Treasurer, the Attorney- General