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MACAO.

by steam launch. In winter snipe are plentiful in the neighbourhood 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.

DIRECTORY.

Colonial Government.

Ou-mun-toc-ch'il.

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

Secretary General and Secretary of Lega-

tion-I. R. da Costa Duarte

Aide-de-camp to H. E. the Governor-J. C.

Nogueira Chaby

Adjutant to II. E. the Governor-Ensign

S. J. Ferreira

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE. *

Fu--cheng-sz'-shu.

Colonial Secretary-General-I. R. da Cos-

ta Duarte

Civil Department.

EWE Man-mu-fing.

Chief Clerk-F. F. Leitão

1st Clerk-J. J. dos P. Carvalho 2nd do.-S. J. de Encarnação 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.

公督總

Chung-toc cung chui. President-The Governor

Secretary-I. R. da Costa Duarte Members-The Bishop, the 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. 會公門澳 Ou-mun káng-hui,

President

The Governor

Members-The Colonial Secretary, the At-

torney-General, A. J. Bastos, Ĵr., A. A. Pacheco

COUNCIL OF PUBLIC WORKS.

President The Governor F. J. da Costa 會公程工 Kung-cheng kúng-hui. Members-The Director of Public Works, the Secretary of the Exchequer, the Secretary-J. C. B. de Souza

Attorney-General, F. Volney Sanches

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, J. V. de

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

SUPREME Court. Military Section.

TAX 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. Ull King-mat-hui.

Committee.

President-The Governor F. J. da Costa Members-The chief clerk of the Exche-

quer, the Treasurer, the Attorney- General