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HONGKONG

up a frequent but rather irregular service with the Australian Colonies, and t Nippon Yusen Kaisha maintains services to Europe, India, Australia, and the Unit States (Seattle). In addition to all these, several great lines of merchant steam run between ports in Great Britain and Hongkong, of which the China Mutual S. Co., Ocean S. S. Co. and the Glen, Warrack, Mogul, Ben, Union, and Shell lines a the most conspicuous. The Austrian Lloyd's steamers also ply from Trieste to Hor kong, those of the Hamburg-Amerika line from Hamburg, and the Navigazic Generale Italiana Company's steamers run monthly from Genoa. Regular steam co munication between Java and Hongkong has been established by the Java-Chin Japan Line. Between the ports on the east coast of China, Formosa and Hongko the steamers of the Douglas S. S. Co. ply regularly twice a week, and those of t Osaka Shosen Kaisha weekly, and there is constant steam communication with Hoiho Manila, Saigon, Haiphong, Tourane, Bangkok, Borneo, &c. With Shanghai, Tients and the ports of Japan there is frequent communication by steamers of the Indo-Chi S. N. Co., China Navigation, and other lines, in addition to the English and Fren and German mail steamers, which leave weekly. Between Hongkong, Macao, a Canton there is a daily steam service, and tri-weekly steamers from Canton as far Wuchow on the West River.