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"stums" and the fires being drowned out. The further efforts of the engineers with the donkey boiler on deck were rendered abortive from the

list" being so great as to endanger the boiler, exploding.

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6. That although the storm was of exceptional violence, the vessel would have weathered it but for the reasons adduced in par. 5. and that all hands on board appear in have done their utmos

under, the trying circumstances in which they were placed, the Engineers especially leaving expedient untried to free the holds of water,

7. That no blame attaches to the Master, Officers, and crew, of the Kildare for the loss of the vessel, and that she was not prematurely abandoned is borne out by the action of the Master of the Iphigenia, who had every induce ment to attempt the salving of so valuable a prize, and that he declined to hazard the lives of his crew or his gessel in what he deemed a hopeless undertaking.

The Court desires to record its appreciation of the praiseworthy conduct of the Commander of the German steamer Iphigenia in rescuing the crew of the Kildare and more especially of his careful treatment of the injured men.

ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY OF

SHANGHAI,

The annual meeting of the members of this Society was held on Monday night (October 15th) in the Masonic Hall, Mr. Ewen Cameron, in the chair.: There were present:--Messre, John Macgregor, R. M. Campbell, J. Ferrier, Colin Buchanan, Drummond Hay, (Committee) Captain McEuen, Dr. Sloan, Messrs. J. W. Mactavish, Brodie Clarke, J. B. Lamond, W. G. Gibson, D. T. Black, H. A. Macroy, Alex. Stewart, J. K. Morrison, James Hall, Alex. Rubenson, R. L. Smith, F. Kennedy, J. A. Stewart, Win, Stuart, S. M. McLeish, Hector Morrison, W. G. Pirie, D. Glass, and Capt. J. P. Lowe.

The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said that they might fairly congratulate them- selves upon the position of the Society. As would be seen from the Report, the number of members had increased considerably since this time last year, and they had a balance of up. wards of Tis. 7co in the Bank. The calls upon the Society's Charity fund during the year had been neither, numerous nor heavy, which was satisfactory, as shewing that the number of their countrymen who were unfortunate during the past year had been comparatively few. The ball given on St. Andrew's day last year was a pronounced success, and on account of the exertion of their energetic Hon. Secretary it was also very successful from a financial point of view. Though the Society was in

flourish ing condition they should not be satisfied with their present success, and he trusted that the time was not far distant when the St. Andrew's Society would be able to do something more than relieve cases of casual distress amongst their countrymen-(Applause.)

Capt. Mctuen proposed, and Mr. Mactavish seconded the adoption of the report and accounts, the motion being carried unanimously.

The clection of a Committee was then pro- ceeded with, and the following gentlemen were elected to serve for the coming year:-Messrs. F. H. Bell, Colin Buchanan, R. M. Campbell, Brodie A. Clarke, J. Ferrier, P. V. Grant, Drum mond Hay, John Macgregor, J. W. Mactavish, and G. J. Morrison.

On the motion of Mr. R. M. Campbell, seconded by Mr. Buchanan, Mr. John Macgregor was elected President (in place of Mr. Cameron whose approaching return to England precluded his election), and Mr. G. J. Morrison, Vice-President. Mr. Macgregor, in returning thanks, referred to the difficulty which he would be placed in by having to succeed such a worthy president as Mr. Cameron, whose loss to the Society would be universally regretted. (Applause.)..

On the motion of Mr. Macgregor, seconded by Dr. Sloan, it was decided to celebrate the National festival this year by a ball as on last year, an announcement which met the fullest approbation from the meeting.

A brief discussion followed on the amount to be fixed as the subscription on that occasion, and finally on the motion of Mr. Brodie Clarke, seconded by Mr. Alex. Robertson a resolution was carried to the effect that the subscription be fixed at Tls. 10, and $5 for each guest, which it was shewn would be amply sufficient to meet all expenses connected with the ball.

Abearty vore of thanks to the retiring President having been accorded on the proposition of Mr. Brodie Clark the sheeting separated.-Courier.

THE CHINA, TIENTSIN AND

KAIPING RAILWAY.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1888.

The bridge work is especially worthy of comment and praise; near Chun-bang-chang in a very fine iron girder bridge, splendidly fitted together and to constructed that it can at any time be widened so as to admit of a double line of talls; anather equally good piece of work is the gider and swing bridge across the Peh-lang river, a stream considerably wider than that at Chun-bang-chang; these two bridges were erecteri respectively by Mr. Vowls and Mr. Richetts acting under the Engineer-in-Chief Mr. Kinder and are at once an ornament to the line and a credit to the engineers.

The trains are rather strongly made up, carry ing both passengers and goods at the same time immediately behind the engine is a long second. class car partitioned down the middle and having sitting accommodation along the sides of the cat and on either side of the partition; in these cars the ordinary Chinese tradesman travels; next comes a long open truck doing duty as a kind of third class, having plank seats all round and piled up in the middle with baggage, fruit, fish and merchandise of all sorts the Chinese labourers travel in this carriage" which is also supplied with plenty of tarpaulin to protect both passengers and freight in case of rain; next comes the 1st class car built after the model of the Americancars; those on the Tientsin branch are very fine and comfortable, but those on the Tangshan line are only temporarily in use and might well be improved and provided like the Tientsin cars with lavatory and private coupés; behind the rst class cars conie baggage waggons

and trucks dd lib. All the carriages and trucks are connected by Ainerican spring buffers and claw couplers and the whole makes a long and more or less imposing train.

WUHU.

Fatimations.

THE

The lanterns were mostly red, but there were occasionally others more elaborate; the effect Wuhu, about half way between Chinkiang and was very pretty even by day, and would be still. prettier by night. Every now and then in the Kiukiang, seems to be one of the pleasantesports middle of the narrow street were stood a sort LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION, on the Yargize. It is not crowded in amongst

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, Chinese houses but lies amongst hilis, and is of altars with candles and artificial flowers,

+ A.D. 1720. exceptionally rich in Pagodas, that in the China and at all the doors and at all the windows were town, just where a wide creek crowded with all the inhabitants of the village in their gala nasts diverges from the main river, being one clothes, silently waiting there to see us pass by. I never saw such a complete turn out of a village. of the grandest and most ancient looking have

As we passed by numbers of men, and boys fefiTE Undersigned having been appointed Agents for the MARINE DEPART. seen. The European community is small, one man single-banded representing the Merchant out and followed us. We passed by large lotus MENT, are prepared to issue POLICIES OF Princes of China. The Consul's house stands ponds and temples, whose admirable proportions INSURANCE at CURRENT KATES, payable either here or in London, and/or the principal Eastern upon a hill with a fine view, the Commissioner's and air of utter desolation much tempted me to

pause. But evening was drawing on, and many and Australian Ports. house on a still higher bill with a finer view;

hundreds were now following us. It seemed the Missionaries' have withdrawn themselves to

more convenient to enter our boat and push off, a distance of several miles, where their beautiful looking houses, well situated on a hill overlooking out for long legged clear coloured cranes, looking the river, and surrounded by uninhabited and fire flies, which when they flew on board our country, elicit many expressions of envy from merchant-captains and engineers, who judging by its exterior near Wahu are fain to pronounce a China Missionary's life a very easy one. But nestled in beneath their chateaux is a School, and the education of the young is probably the most satisfactory form of Missionary work, The Jesuits are building themselves what looks like a colossal building alongside its Chinese neighbours in the China town, to serve as a house of rest for those of their order all through the two provinces.

like our own waterlilies. And it is between lotus

boat turned out to be fat luminous beetles.

And now the pleasant week has come to an cad, and the water of the Yangize, flows yellow brown, as we pass by fields of millet and sorghum, quiet farmsteads shut in by trees, temples, with fine curved roofs, distant blue to them. Here is a town all agog. Blue gowned mountains, and creeks full of masts leading up Chinamen massed by hundreds here, there, and again there in each clear space by the water. to see the steamer pass by, blue gowned men and red trousered women standing out against the sky in high up Hsi-tai, staring with all their might and main. There is a wedding procession with gay scarlet umbrellas, or is it some grand Mandarin the people are wel There are frightened buffaloes, and bomely coming? For there are triumphal arches. peasants pausing from their daily tail. We seeing the outside of many public events, of many individual lives, ignorant altogether of those realities below, which make life worth living to the people we pass by, going about our own business, and wholly preoccupied by it, as they are by theirs.-N. C. Daily News.

In the lotus flowering season Wuhu must be a thing of beauty, for all around there are large lakelike ponds with firm bluegreen platter-like leaves iising out of thens, not lying on the surface covered ponds and avenues of tall, stately sun. flowers that the little European community goes Starting from Tientsin at 9 a.m., forty minutes to and fro to its lawn tennis ground upon the pass by in the steamer, as we do in life, run brings you to Chun-liang-chang and forty plains. These accustomed to China can fill up, more to Tong-ku, the train stopping only once the interstices with dirt and smells, which make

in the journey; the half hour's waiting at Tong. ku is by no means pleasant, for though a fine what might be so charmingly romantic distress- Viceroy to occupy on the opening day, the station hall of reception has been erected there for the ingly Zolaesque. is without any proper waiting room accommoda. tion for first class passengers who have to stand in the midst of a crowd of excited and anxious Chinese in the booking hall and to submit, as the writer did, to be questioned as to which is the proper train and whether it will go before the time and if one could get on if he went to meet it and as to what railways are like in Europe, &c., &c. all of which may afford a good half hour's amusement for the first time, but is likely to grow wearying with repetition.

Atam, the train for Tang-shan starts; half an hour's run brings you to the Peh Tang River, and the fine bridge already referred to; in a little over an hour more, passing Hanku ato.15 you reach Lalai the most important stalion on that part of route; here the Railway Co. have exten- sive buildings and some restent foreign officials.

Another hour's run reaches Tong Fong a small roadside station and half an hour more brings you to Su Ko Chwang where the Company have engine sheds, repairing shops and quite a busy establishment.

TIENTSIN.

We hear it is proposed, provided a guarantee is given to take a fixed quantity andually, to for use of the Pei-yang Squadron, Coal of the manufacture patent fuel at Tongshan, or blocks

On the oth inst, the Tonshan colliery (better known as Kaiping), between the hours of 2. 40. p.m. to 5.35. p.m., drew from No. 1 and No. 2 and was, if necessary, able to keep the same shafts 393 tons of coal (2.24 tons per minute), rate of delivery for five hours. Very few, if any; English or French or Belgian collieries, remarks ournorthern contemporary, can beat this.

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co., Agents, For the London Assurance Corporation,

Marine Branch, Hongkong, 20th October, 1888. (1061

NOTICE.

THE "PEIHO TUG AND LIGHTER COMPANY"

1

RE still prepared to Lighter Ships or A Steamers at the TAKU BAR, for Three Dollar Cents (3c.) per picul.

Owners of Agents of Steamers or Vessels are notify the Undersigned by telegram requested or otherwise, the date of departure of their vessels, so as to enable him to do the work quickly.

Unnotified work at the Bar will be done at the current rates of Five Cents per Picul (55),

Messrs. WILSON & Co.,

JAMES WATTS, Manager.

Agents, Tientsin.

Taku, 13th October, 1888.

CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

Intimations,

HONGKONG FOOTBALL CLUB.

HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

THE GENERl be held in the

GYMNASIUM of theVICTORIA Recreation CLUB, 00 FRIDAY NEXT, the 16th instant, at 6 P.M. Gentlemen who take an interest in FOOTBALL or who wish to become Members of the Club-are

W. H. WALLACE, invited to attend.

Hon. Sec. Hongkong, soth October, 1888.

NOTICE.

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THE MASONIC CLUB,'LIMITED.

THE

HE CERTIFICATE dated 9th August, 1886, of the Shares Nos. 221/270 in this Club, standing in the name of Mr. J. S., WYLLIE has been LOST, and if at the explan- tion of One Week from the date hereof the above - document be not forthcoming another Certificate will be issued by the Club and thereafter no other will be acknowledged.

W. F. HATHERLY,

Secretary. Hongkong, 22nd October, 1888,

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

:

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THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Twill be held at the BONGKONG HOTEL

on THURSDAY, the 151 November next, at 4 P.M.

Hongkong, 17th October, 1888,

[1066 HONG

THE SEVENTH ORDINARY GENERAL be held at the 'Office of the Undersigned at 12 O'CLOCK (NOON,, on SATURDAY, the 27th October instant.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 13th to the 27th inst.,

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Agents, CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED.

[1009 Hongkong, 8th October, 1888.

PROSPECTUS.

SINGAPORE HOTEL COMPANY,

LIMITED.

INCORPORATED UNDER THE "INDIAN

COMPANIES' ACT, 1866."

CAPITAL: $750.000 (with power to increase) divided into 7 500 shares of $100 each, payable as follow:-

Wuhu China town did not appear particularly interesting, but lovely silk stuffs are to be had there, and huge skeins of filoselle silk in various exquisite hues, or dyed to order, at fabulously low prices. And in the country round there are many objects of interest. One day we went to the Chin Shan. or Golden Mountain. In one place the creek along which we sailed was full seem to drive the fish along, much as of bifils scorraurant bonts. These uncouth looking we drive pheasants at home, before they catch proper kind and coal tar can be had in abundance, both days inclusiv . them, and finally deliver them up to their and the block fuel made therefrom is highly keepers. We lunched in a sort of little bar- advantageous for naval use, as it atows well in bunkers, or on deck when extra supplies are bour with various flowering plants near us,

carried., then landed and walked along through sweet wild rosemary and wistarin, with which Wuhu also must be lovely in its season, to some small hills near the Golden Mountain. A pheasant whirred from almost under my feet, and one of the party got enough snipe for dinner. The country to our left looked like Westmoreland with a lovely farmstead in the middle distance, further hill from which evidently an all-round and smoke rising from it. Before us rOEG a viewound be obtained, beneath us in the hollow to our right nestled a Temple. "Hills from the bottom! Temples from the outside 1" murmured one of the party. We were undecided. It is wonderful what a short time in China inclines one to this underneath and outside view, But an adventurous spirit, who had already ascended the hill, was now to be seen making his way to the Temple. So we tried for a short cut to it, and found one really rocky and somewhat precipitous, and there in the rockiest and steepest par! clusters of delicate yellow lilies glowing Lilies of the daffodil yellow but growing like belladonnas, six or more flowers on a head, and with faint delicious per- fume. We gathered our hands full, dog up some roots. admired the fine sand-like mould in which the lilies were growing, then descended on the Temple. A very sensual, jolly sort of Falstaff. figure sat as an image of some God at the cntrance, handsomely gilded and done up. Be hind on the altar the usual three Buddhas of the Past, Present and Future, and around the Twelve Disciples. There seemed nothing of special interest. But behind this Temple we entered an inner shrine, the most rema kable 1 have yet It does great honour to those who have worked seen in, China For there out of the face of the long and hard against prejudice, opposition and living rock to a height of some inrty feel or more, were carved idols innumerable, some standing out physical difficulties to complete it, and one would think there should be little doubt but that as statues, life-size,-man's life-size that is to say its obvious usefulness will induce the powers-some only. in alto relievo. On each side there that be to promote another line, and by the starling of a railway through Southern Chili, Shantung and Kiangse open up the great orchard country of Shantung and develope more fully the industries of the interior." F. B. T." in N. C. Daily News.

In about half an hour more you come in sight of the two great hills from which Tang sian takes its name, and by 3 o'clock you arrive al the terminus which is by far the neatest and best appointed station upon the whole line.

The whole journey of about 100 miles is com. pleted in 5 hours, not reckoning the half-hour's waiting at Tong-ku, the average speed is nearly 20 miles an hour and would beater but for the many rather critical pieces or dad where it is necessary to slacken considerably; when the ballast has been thoroughly well packed in and the line has settled a little more, the Company intend to run trains regularly at between 30 and 40 miles an hour,

The fares are very reasonable, $1.30 covering the expense of first class accommodation for the whole journey: the line is evidently very popular and large numbers of Chinese travel by it daily, they do not seem to fear thespeed and innocently remark "This compared with riding in a cart is quick;" immense quantities of goods going inland' and of coals, earthenware and bricks coming to the coast are also carried daily and the line is bound to be a thoroughly good pay ing concern.

NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS.

The number of kil-jén degrees allotted to the natives of each Province at the triennial examin. ations at each Provincial capital was fixed at 98 for Stechwad, but as it has been ascertained that since the first raising of land tax there, (paid per mow), the average land-revenue ex annum has amounted to Tls. 6,000,000 (Six Million Tacls) the Provincial Treasurer Sung has reported this to the Viceroy Liu Chung-lang, who has in memorial to the Throne recom mended the addition of zo ki-jin degrees, both civil and military, to be competed for by the natives of this Province. This has been granted.

This railway, the first built by the Chinese Government, and as yet the only one, was opened last week by H.E. Li Hung-chang; this was the official opening, but the line has been worked for a considerable time on its Tang-shan branch and within the last month or two regular trains have been running upon both the Tientsin and Tang-skan branches.

The whole mileage is 861 miles, with 10 miles of siding or 28 miles from Tientsin to Tong-ku which lies on the bank of the Pei-ho opposite Taku, and 581 miles from Tong-ku to Tang shan near the city of K'aiping where the Chi- nese Mining and Engineering Co. have their works, kilns and pits. It is difficult as yet to

In seven Districts (Hiens) in the Prefecture of Judge accurately the work of construction; after Klang-ning Fu, (Nanking), the prolonged drought a year's steady working the line will speak for has caused much damage to crops and provender. itself, but so far as the work can be judged at In Kos-shun Hien it is not so bad as in the present, it is of a thoroughly reliable and Batisfactory character,

The Tang-shan branch has been completed for some time and a laige amount of very heavy traffic has been carried on it already; this road is therefore very compact and runs as steadily and easily in most parts as some of the best

lines at home.

The Tientsin branch feels new as yet and the billast of roadstone has not yet firmly settled the work on this branch was rather hurriedly completed to to be in readiness for the Viceroy's projected visit, consequently it does not run by any means as smoothly as the Tang- shan branch.

The permanent way is well ballasted with broken roadstonesuch as is used for macadamized roads the rails are bull-headed flange fastened with clawspikes to sleepers: these last are not creosoted as is the case at home, it is found that the wood stands as well in its natural state as creosoted timber would; the life of sleeper here being quite equal to that of those used "on home lines, the joints of the rails are made with the ordinary English flange fish plates, bolts and washers, there is very little, tendency to slacken as the nuts and washers readily rust" their placer and hold very firmly.

Residents notice that as the foreign population increases in this microcosm called Tientsin the markets for provisions are in many respects better supplied than before, but that, also, quality is worse than formerly as regards some articles. The beef is more frequently than not supplied by the muscular, lean, and flavourless labouring ox after he has lived a long, busy, and hard life and the mutton now sent to out tables is lean, or much nutrition in it. The sheep that provide scraggy, stringy, poor meat, without succulence it come from Mongolia. They tramp the dusty roads for some weeks, it may be, and then are slaughtered on arrival. Now the railway connects with Kaiping, where sheep are numerous and in good condition, it would be well if we could draw our supplies from that place.-Chinese

Tinker.

To-day's Advertisements.

FOR SINGAPORE. HE Steamship

TH

"DEUTEROS," Captain Iwersen, will be despatched as above on THURSDAY, the 25th inst., at 4 F.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

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IN THE

were quaint figures, the one of a mythological sort of horse. The other of a bull, as far as I remember. And some way up among the figures on the face of the rock was a dove stand- ing out by itself in complete relief. "You sec dove ?" asked a Chinaman. "There were two: But the other few away." There was a rough roof. covering in the whole, and protecting the brilliant colours and gilding of the images. In Europe one would hear long descriptions of such a shrine, when the images were carved, whom by, with what intent. In China one hears STANDARD LIFE OFFICE nothing. We all-newcomers and old residents alike-came upon it by chance as it were. Two young priests with a very lowly dwelling, one. keeping of gilded images, and to a miniature half of whose courtyard was given up to the shrine of like nature as the other, were alone in charge. They looked very poor, and had very simple, guileless faces,

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Hongkong, 23rd October, 1888.

As we left the temple the setting sun was beginning to dye the distant Yangize, and an intervening lake-like expanse, all manner of beautiful tints of saffron and red. Looking back at the temple we saw a large owl fly slowly application. across it, and settle on a spur of hill running down all rocks into the alluvial plain. The contrast of rocks and mud was brightened by all the grass having been burnt black sound other six, where the cattle's fodder gave out, the foot of the rocks. Turning away again and the headmen of the villages came in I could not but be reminded of one of Mason's numbers to the city to ask for help from the evening scenes; the figures of our party standing out against the brilliant sunset, officials to feed their ploughing cattle, and for a proclamation forbidding their sale to butchers. the huge bunch of yellow filles harmonising The Provincial Treasurer Hü granted their with the yellow sunset tints, as if a bit brought request, and sent instructions to the Prefect and down-from Heaven to Earth. Gradually the necessary prohibition, and he also gave orders called forth many an exclamation. As we pushed for the distribution of food for the cattle, so that off in our boat a group of some twenty natives when the spring time comes, the season of standing on the bank watching, stood out black turning the farrow, their strength may not be silhouettes against the last bright redness, and the creek with its bamboo grove to the left, and lacking to the plough.

water no longer visibly muddy' in the twilight, looked very quiet and dream-like. It had been a fiercely hot day, and it was very pleasant to sit on the top of the houseboat and be quietly pushed along in the moonlight.

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'ONGKONG. RIFLE · ASSOCIATION.

PROGRAMME OF THE SIXTH

RIFLE MEETING,

TO BE HELD AT

KO W L O O N,

ON

FRIDAY, the 9th November, -

and

SATURDAY, the roth November, 1888.

AGGREGATE VALUE OF PRIZES.

Competitions open to All-comers.

1. ALL-COMERS.-ist Stage, distance zoo yards, 2nd Stage, distance 3oo yards... No, o shots, seven at each. Entrance fee, 30 cents at each. Unlimited entries, but competitors not allowed to take more thin one prize at each distance. za prizes, presented by the. Associa tion; aggregate value, $121.00.

2. ANY RIFLE.-Distance, 800 yards. No. of shots, ten. Entrance fee, $1.00. Two prizes.

3. ASSOCIATION-FOR ANY RIFLE DIF. tance, goo yards. No. of shots, ten. Entranco. fee, $1.00. Two prizes.

4 CADET'S PRIZE — Presented — Open to pupils of Hongkong Public schools under 16 years of age, Rifle, Rook Rifle under 40 Cal. Distance, about 150 yandı. No. of Rounds, 7 and one sighting shoot. Four prizes.

Competitions open to Members.

5. PRESIDENT'S-Distance, 300 yards. No. of shots, seven. Entrance fee, $1.00, Three prizes.

6 QUEEN'S 1ST STAGE.-Distance, 200, 500 and 600 yards. No. of shots, seven at each. Entrance fee, $1.00. Three prizes.

7. QUEEN'S 2ND STAGE-Distance, 500 and . Soo yards. No, of shots, ten, at 500 yards, fifteen at 600 yards. Two prizes.

8. QUEEN'S 3RD STAGE-Distance, Soo and poo yards No. of shots, ten at each, Entrance fee, $100. Two prizes.

SCVED.

9. LADIES.Open to Lady Members or their nominees." -Distance, 300 yards. No of shots,"

Entrance fee, none. Five prizes. Aggregates open to All-comers. 10. VOLUNTEER ACOREGATE.—Restricted to efficient Volunteers whose respective scores In: the 'All-comers' make up the highest aggregaten: Entrance fee, $1.00. Three prites.

IT. CIVIL SERVICE AGGREGATE.—Restricted to members of the Civil Service whose respective scores in the All-comers' make up the highest aggregates. Entrance fee, $1.00. Three prizes.

2. POLICE AGGREGATE-Restricted to, the members of the Police Force whose respective scores in the All-comers' make up the highest aggregate. Entrance fee, $1.00. Four prizes

13. ALL-COMERS AGGREGATRE-For Com petitors whose respective. scores in the Any Rifle' and 'Association make up the highest aggregates. Entrance fee, $1.00. Two prizes..

14. LONG RANGE ÁGÖRIGATE.--For-com- petitors whose respective scores in the Aay Rifle' and 'Association' make up the highest¦ ̧ aggregates. Entrance fee, $1.00. Two prizes.

Aggregate open to Members,

15. FARKWILL CUP.—Silvercup presented by the Civilian Members of the Hongkong Rifle Association, Open to the Officers of the 58th: Regt, and to be won by the highest aggregate, scare made in the 1st Stage Queen's. Entranon fee, none.

16. NURSERY AGGREGATE.-Restricted to com petitors who have never won a First or Second prize at any previous prize meeting in Hongkong and whose respective scores at 200 and 500 yards in the Queen's tat Stage makeup_tha" highest aggregates. Entrance fee, $1.00, Two

prizes.

17. HANDICAP AGGREGATE.-For competiton whose respective scores (with monthly challenge. cup points added) at 200 and 500 yards in the; Queen's Fint Stage make up the highest aggregates. Entrance fee; $1 Do. Two prizes. T 18. QUEEN'S AGREGATES. For competitors whose respective scores in the Queen's throa stages. make up the highest, aggregato. · 1st: Stages 300, 500 and 600 yards, and Stages 500 and 600 yards, 3rd Stages 800 and 900 yards. 1st Prize, Silver Cup presented, valse

And la connection with the above, 3 EXTRA. Money PRIZES for aggregates to

la Int, and,' and. 3rd stages

Also, A MATCH: RIPLE with 300, rounds of ammenition, presented, for the competitor whoes scores in All-comers, President's, and First!: and Second Stages make up the highest ggregate: Winner of Cap excluded from taking this prize. Entrance fee, $2.00

SWEEP-STAKES at Running Man and Vanishing Target: Open to all-comers during the meeting Any Rifle.ENTRE CH

District Magistrates under him to publish the mud began to smell, whilst mosquitoes and gusts of "THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH" posted HIS COMPANY has been formed for the $100 9 money prizes, value $100,

At Li-kia Low, a'place on the East side of the Tientsin River, three obstructive individuals named "How, Li, and Ching, whose lands are in the direct track to be followed by the railway. and have several buildings standing on them, refused to accept the ample compensation offered to them by the company, and allow the line to go through their ground. The case was argued before the District magistrate, who endeavoured to induce them to accept a reasonable offer, but in vain, and then referred the matter to the Tantal The Tantal deputed an expectant examiner to of the salt Department, Mr. Ch'en, to visit the spot and hold an inspection. The Deputy sent for Messrs. How Li and Ching, and severely admonished them, but they still stuck out for their supposed right to impede the progress of this important public work, and would not yield their landi The Deputy on the pot andered one hundred blows of the bamboo to be given to Ching, who was then put in a cangue, and allowed three days to come to terms and clear out falling which, he should receive another severe punishment. How and Ll, seeing how it Bad gone with their fellow obstructive, bowed their heads, accepted the Magisterial decision, lack daivery of the compensation money, and ylalded the right of way

The points are worked with the simple, old fashioned hand switch, a complicated system of interlocking being quite unnecessary and indeed quite unsuited for use by Chinese employés the signalling is equally primitive, a red and white hand Bag completing the equipment of the signalman who stands outside his hut and waves his signal id just the same style as those old peasants whom we see at the little level-crossing Cottages of the railways in the South of France At Important stations or sharp bends the signal fing in holsted upon a high Gag stai 2635 By The gron Aft of the line is Magle with loops as the suit each plece of single line being

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Another excursion we made was to the San Shan or Three Hills. These were higher than the others. Again a temple at the foot, but a temple of no special interest, only with a very charming shady grove leading up to it, in which CATHAY the wistaria must be glorious in the spring time. We climbed to the top of one of three hills; the view round was more interesting than beautiful. At the top of the hill was a pit said to be bottom

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No. 1165 REGULAR CONVOCATION of the less but we thought, we saw the bottom, and A above Chapter will be held it FREEMA to communicate by subterranean passages with SONS HALL, Zetland Street, on THURSDAY) more than one place in the country round. There the acth inat, at 8.30 for 9 F.M. precisely,

Hongkong, 20th October, 1888. were many beautiful ferns growing in it. And again the question, what caused it ?. It was straight down almost like a well that had been sunkThe country, people tell many wonderful tales about it, now a creare in bird flew out of the hill one day, and left that hole where it came out, bow a dragon with so egg in its mouth descended into the earth there, and the egg formed the pit, et cetera Coming back, through a rather large village, we found it en file, maung covering in the principal, Very winding street and all, the street, hung with Tantere so close together as to be simon touchingi

EOTHEN

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HALL, Zetland Street, on FRI PM precise instant, at 8.30 Hongkon

October/1888,

above ASONS!

purpose of supplying the wanted been felt for many years past, of a well-planned and well-fitted modern hotel of sufficient dimen slons to accommodate the large and constantly growing passenger traffic through Singapore, as well as supply the great demand for temporary or permanent residential chambers. ⠀ {

Singapore in the chief town of the British Crowa Colony of the Straits Settlements, and is a leading place of call and coaling port on the great steam lines of communication with the Far East. It is moreover the centre of an extensive trade with India, China, the Dutch Indies, the Philippines, Siam, and other countries, pag kund The present hotel accommodation in Slaga pore is quite inadequate, and it is proposed to acquire the fine site now partly occupied by the HOTEL de L'EUROPE, and build thereon a hotel of much larger dimensions, and greatly improved construction, and arrangement Folly: plans have been prepared and the engagentent of a first-class Manager is already accored

Prospectus and Forms of Application may be had at any of the Agencies of the Company's Bankers, the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK ING CORPORATION and the CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA AND CHILD MCCULLOCH.

detailed

A certal number of Shares will be reserved" by the Directors for Allotment to Hongkong Applicants.

APPLICANTS FOR SHARZE Will have to pay per cent extra for the difference

Exchange between this Port and Singapore, Hongkong, 16th October, 1888;

POOLS at 200, 500 yards and Sauces, Open to all comers, M.H. Rifle or Carbine,

Conditions &

1. To avoid delay, intending competitors are strongly advised to enter and obtain tickets for the various competitions before the date of the

Secretary, Hongkong Club, and preve meeting. Application to be made to the Hen

Post entries will be accepted on the round. Sights Paper or sliding wind-gauges, on above, are not allowed

Persons wishing to join the HR Association should send their names, with that and seconder, to lap Home Sec than Thursday, noon, 8th Noven

Entrance for $500 The above programme is sub

Srogrammes ill be immed ́or three week