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him through Herr Von Liebemin, grand "mar"" shall of the court. Cohen refused to conduct lla business in that way, and revered his con= nection with the Imperial finances. Consequently there is no ecuri bänker at present.,

One of the results of the most complete col- lapse of the case of the Times against the Parnellites, manifested itself to-day in a display of shamrock buttonaires to an extent hitherto unprecedented, thousands of men wearing them merely to show sympathy with the Irish cause., The innovation exclied a great deal of coinment.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 23. 1889.

H.M.S. Marlin arrived on Saturday from Hongkong and leaves to-morrow: far Hankow, via Wenchow, Ningpo and Shanghai.

The Amoy Athletic Sports are to take place

to-morrow.

PARIS, March 17th. General Boulanger journeyed from Paris to Bordeaux to-day. "At Blois and St. Pierre DertTM Corps be received an ovation. Three thousand. persons gathered in front of his batel on his arrival at Bordeaux and cheered him repeatedly. He addressed the crowd from the balcony, capressing thanks.

BERLIN, March 17th. Count Von Tattenbach, secretary of the Ger- man embassy at Madrid, has been appointed

·German minister at Tangiers.

A party of wealthy residents of Berlin, number: ing twenty, will start from the German capital on March 20th, for a tour of the world. They will go directly from Berlin, to New York, and thence overland to California,

CONSTANTINOPLE, March 17th

A portion of Atchinoff's Coinacks mulinied to day and chased the Russian consul off the ship, when that official tried to appease them. The most unruly of the crowd were finally removed to another vessel and scal to Odessa")

PARIS, March 18th, The suspension of Tavandie & Cie, bankers is announced. Their liabilities are several million francs.

The Duc d'Aumale has been elected director of the French Academy for the next quarter,

ROME, March 18th.

Bishop Keane presented to the Pape to-day two Washington gentlemen, both of whom had subscribed munificently to the new Catholic university at Washington. Their donations are aid to have amounted to more than $1,000,000 each. His Holiness thanked the gentlemen for

THE NORTH-CHINA INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED,

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"hard that a building erected by public-subscrip-help-Are-wa-free-in-throw this people off at officials and gentlemen,_all_in_gala robes tion, like the Union Church in Kulangsoo, can- this stage, because we have already helped them reverentially knelt three times and knocked heir heads to the ground nine times before "not be used for divine service as the public so long ? As you know, i am going in for seed-

wish, What a lesson the servants of God, (who sowing. BurI have made a careful study of the them. It was also rgreed that on 1st and 2nd Are sent to China by the hard-earned money of districts I have gone over; and I say it in no Aptil offerings of food should be made to their the poor in England and America) show to the spirit of milk and water humanity, the people steparted spirits and paper money burnt for cannot be left to themselves or to the cruel their use, and that theatrical troupes should be heathen Chinese whom they are supposed to convert 1

mercies of the Government till the barley harvest.ngaged to give performances during the whole

of these two days. But what of those the majority-whose main depended, e is Ano-liang? This question wants to be looked into. I promise you for my part Mr. Kwah, Prefect of Hangchew, on 6th April, I shall not give a second distribution anywhere sent for the recalcitrant tea-shop (restaurant) withou; at ew and independent investigation on keepers to meet him at his ramen, where they the part-e-Iresh_nssistants. But I want to faund the Prefect and the two District Magistrates: prepare the Committee for what I fear will of Hangchow, Messrs, Kao and Chu. Mr. Kwoh be found a fact, that help must be given in some made them a little speech, in which he informed measure for a couple of months vet, or the people them that although the profits of each of them will of necessity eat the seeds you give them. individually from the sale of cups of tea to their I shall certainly promise help to some of my customers mi.ht be amall, their united contribu dependents until I get the seed fairly under tions from these profits would be of such cover! Now this is a district rated at 6) oths of ¦ assistance to the native Famine Relief Funds ruin; what about-there--which-are-9/10ths?that the Government could not do with them, have many notes about this last run, but the and that happiness was sure to be their reward courier is waiting:

if they cheerfully contributed to sa excellent a cause. That the Governor had consented moreover to cease to levy the tax in a few months, and that instead of cariying out the original idea of levying a cash on every cup of tea sold, a tax 30 thousands of cash rer diem (nearly $30) would be levied from the whole body of tea house keepers. Here they kowtowed and asked to be allowed to pay Htle less than that. The Prefect then said he consented to reduce the tax to 21 thousands of casà a day, er 630 thousands (nearly £630) á month, and that they might apportion it amongst themselves as they liked. The tax would only be collected -for six months. The tea-house keepers retired in high good spirits, for the original plan had been to make them pay 1.500 or 1,6oo thousands of cark a month, and they have got off with les than half. Originally, also, no limit of time was fixed at which the unwelcome levy should terminate.

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The following is the report for presentation to the tenth Ordinary General Meeting of share- holders to be held at the Offices of the Company, Hankow Road, Shanghai, on Friday, the twenty- sixth day of April, 1889, at 2,30 p.m. precisely :-

The Directors have much pleasure in laying before the shareholders the accompanying Balance Sheet and Working Accounts of the Company to 31st December last,

1887. In accordance with the terms of the Resolution parsed at the last ordinary General Meeting this account has now been closed by transferring Taels 10,083.30 to Liability Account, and adding Tuels 20,000 to the Reserve Fund.

The total profits of the year amount to Tacls. 280,855 69 distributed as follows:-

10 per cent. upon the paid-

up capital. Tacs 115,578.61 15 percent.on Shareholders'

Contributions y 145,287.08 Addition to the Reserve

Fundi

20,000.00.

1888.The Premium Income, which showed a large. Increase during the first half of the year, has been well maintained, and the losses and Claims settled between 30th-June-and-31st- December are considerably less than the amount paid under that head for the corresponding period.. of the previous year. The amount at credit of Tacle Sog.96.37, and, after deducting losses and claims since paid and estimated in connec lion with known casualties, there is a balance in hand of Taels 578,911:76, from which the following interim appropriation of profits is Interest at the rate of 10 per cent, upon the paid up capital

P.SThe money is now in' my hands and I can get on nicely for a week. But if I spend Tis.tso on seed, what about these numerous applications for food with which I am besieged?

Icross the river on the 2nd or 3rd April; fäere | seed without money for food would be thrown ・away.

Can you give me any notion of the districte visited by brethren from Ying-liu ?

Thus take Liao-yang and Newchwang proper and fallow the river. I take charge of all on this side of the river. I am now asked to cross the river and deal with the opposite bank, and where the want ́is confessedly greater than on my own side. Shall I be trending on anyone's footsteps or helping where others have helped "I am simply besieged wherever I go, ze by people from the west of the river. In Newchwang on the 27th and 28th, the Government .Com- missioner gave a miserable dole to these people, vir: 900 cash (about 9 mace) to every adult, and the half of that (450-cash) to every child-and- the people had to walk to Newchwang for it i

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TIENTSIN.

To-day's Advertisements,

CALCUTTA.

FOR SINGAPORE, TENANG. AND.

“HE Steamship -

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order to remove the railway bridge, and a comé sultation of competent experts was called any lum to advise as to the capacity of the bridge for admitting jonks of the largest size. On receiving the report of the Commissioner the Viceroy ordered the bridge to stand, and the junk traffic to proceed under proper regulations. Forty-six of the largest junks that come to Tientsin laden with rice have so far been pasied through without the least difficulty. The bridge,

"ARRATOON APCAR," therefore, will be allowed to be completed, which cantain J. G. Olifent, will be despatched for is undoubtedly the best thing that can be done the above Ports, on FRIDAY, the 16th inst., 'at under the circumstances, for though the fecality NOON, is the very worst that could have been selected. For-Freight or Passage, amply to and the abortening of the approaches to adapt the

DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Con material, designed for a wider part of the river,

Agents. to the present site, has quits spoiled the appeat-

Hongkong, 23rd April, 199 ance of the structure, the removal of the works already so faradvanced would have been a most impolitic, concession to senseless opposition. and would have been a perpetual encouragement ta future obstructives of railway progress. "It is right to remark that the Commissioner of Cus toms was among those who were opposed to the erciion of the bridge. its present site. The argument, which had most weight with the authorities in rescinding the order for removal was that by no possibility could the work have been accomplished under six months, during which time traffic on the river must have been con- tinuously obstructed. We are glad to hear that, on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Customs, the Viceroy has been pleased to appoint Captain Lu Buch to regulate the passage of junks through the bridge, pos

During the past week the river has been full of grain-junks. About 60 have passed up by the Settlement and about 60 more are expected.. bringing the total of arrivals this year to nearly 240. There have been as usunt a few collisions in the river between these unwieldly junks and the coasting steamers, but no damage has been- dane to junks beyond the spoiling of a portion of the item filigree ornamentations-what is, we believe, nautically called "gingerbread."

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG, AND SINGAPORE. Steamship

THE

"ARRÁTOON APCAR” baving arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their goods. are being landed at their risk into the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company Godowns at West Point, whence delivery be obtained..

may

Cargo remaining undelivered after, the 29th instant, will be subject to tent. No Fire Insur ance has been effected."

claims must be made immediately, as none will be entertained after the 20th instant.

Bills of Lading will be countersigned-by

DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co, Agents. Hongkong, 21nd April, 1889.

1495. CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP

COMPANY.

Consignees are hereby informed, that all

THE

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

STEAMSHIP “BATAVIA,”

SHANGHAI,

their gifts and bestowed upon them his blessing the whole year's working on 3rst December 'was NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS.#ilway bridge which is in course of construction the Péiha would silt up as it did three years ago, HE above Steamer having arrived, Con

It is noticed that the exchange of telegraphic despatches between the Vatican and various parts of France has become very frequent of late. LONDON, March 18th., ~ Private advices from Pesth represent Emperor Francis Joseph as having greatly fallen away in flesh since the suicide of Crown Prince Rudolph, while his hair bas become almost white. He has fre queat paroxysms of grief, and this has especially been the case immediately after he held a conference with the intimate friends of the late Princess. The Empress eati arely and sparingly, is unable to sleep for days at a time, and spends many hours in silent weeping. Her case is said to greatly puzzle ber physicians...

The Times savagely attacks Commoners Archer and Clark respectively, members of Hsg- gerston and Caithness, for taking part in the welcome given to Henry George by the Radical clubs on Saturday. "George's doctrines," the Times says, “come as near to sheer spoliation as anything that has been proposed by a man with a character to lose since the French revolution."

recommended :—

A bonus of 15 per cent. on shareholders' contributions.

Interest accrued on the Reserve Fund to 31st December 10s. Fď. per share..

And the addition of Tls. 40,000.co to the Reserve Fund,

RESERVE FUND,

DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS.

On 29th March the Emperor removed his abode to the Nan Hi Palace, so as to be scar the Empress, to whom he has to pay a cere monicus visit every day. S sury.lance is kept by the gendarme le around the palace io prevent the Imperial ryp se being brukes by firing of crackers, street cries, or wrangling voices, the blowing of horns or noisy marriage or funeral processions.

At Yangchow one of the finest idolatrous processions is that of a Taoist divinity called (San-mao Chen Kün) recurring on the 3rd moon By the above addition the Reserve. Fund will 3rd day, or this year and Apul. This year a new be increased to Tls. 320,000.00.

feature was added to it by a number of blind men following the music, which was composed of the usu Chinese instruments, the gong, etc. The spectators were interested by watching the keen way in which these blind men picked up any mistake in the tune or time, and the energy of their gestures in calling the attention of the -musicians to their occasional mistakes.

The Directors and Auditors relire in accor- dance with the provisions of the Articles of Association, but, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.

By Order of the Court of Directors, .

ALEXR. ROSS, Secretary.

Shanghai, 16th April, 1889

THE FAMINE IN THE NORTH.

The Keelung coal mines consist of the follow ing :-One round pit or well [10 feet deep, and 17 feet wide at the mouth; one square pit 75 feet deep, and to feet wide at the mouth. One horizontal gallery 1: feet in breadth, 6 feet high, and containing more than 2,000 feet of railways besides side,galleries branching off it. Over 100 tors of coal are extracted per diem. There are two overseers, an Englishman named Ealie (7) The coast which were destroyed when the French thirteen bri Iges between the mines and the sea- were giving trouble, have all been repaired.

The police of Hamburg have seized several editions of the Elbe Courier, which were on sale at the news stands, on account of the recent publication by that paper of two articles on the Geffeken affair strongly condemning the action of the government in the matter. The principal motive for the selsure, however, is believed to be

The Rev. John Macintyre, Newchwang, makes a desire on the part of the authorities, in view of the following repart to out Shanghai morning the present agitation of the socialists and working men, to remove from their reach every scrap of contemporary under date the soth March

I had thought not again to give relief where socialistic or democratic literature possible

help had been already given, or where possibly and a Cantanese Mr. Chen Pin-san BELGRADE, March 18th. The statement that there was an agreement other agencies were at work." I have been forced between, King Milan and the board of regents out of this line by circumstances. I followed a upon the former's abdication of the throns that deputation to a point as north of Newchwang (proper) to find multitudes in absolute starvation, Queen Natalie should not retura to Servia, is The district is purely agricultural. It is a long officially denied. Presumably on the strength of this denial it is reported that a gunboat has straggling village beginning with a collection of houses, and then straggling along the main road heen ordered to Julia to convey Natalie back to

to Newchwang for nearly two English miles. It Belgrade:

DUBLIN, March 18th.

Look us five hours of bard walking to go from The Rev. Mr. Fanning, who applied for per- door to door with no other break than the discus- mission to visit Doctor Gallagher, of New York,sions which arose when a case of imposition was who is confined at Chatham jail, has been scented. We had as a rule only to tally the refused admission on the ground that the primes with our list, pay a sum according to the

signces of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their "Bills of Lading for Counter- signature, and take immediate delivery of their Goods from alongside,

The steamers are just now experiencing gin- siderable difficulty in reaching the Bund. The FROM VANCOUVER, YOKOHAMA, AND Tientsin reach has silted up a little, and two or three steamers "piled up" there during the past week. It has been anticipated that the bed of

but up to the present, beyond a few new forina- tions of shoals in the river bed, there appears to be' plenty of water. The main cause of the steamers not being able to come to the "Bund has been due to the low tides, the water on the bar being sometimes only 761. Yesterday (April 12th) there was only gft. 6in. depth of water. not withstanding that to-morrow there will be spring tide. There is. consequently, great activity among the tugs and lighters of both companies, who undoubtedly, find the river Peiho bigger than they anticipated ---Chinese Times.

Theis has been trouble this week about the

between the French Concession and the salt heaps. The large fleet of heavy junks recently verived from Shanghai and Ningpo crowded the riyer below the bridge and pier with a little detention in passing through,awing to the absence of proper regulation. The junk people, re erting the mere presence of the bridge, of course raade a row, and fluttered the dove-cotes of the railway directorat, who were induced to pay some black mail and help the junks through the bridge by the aid of a tug, in which there was no difficulty whatever. The work on the bridge was at once suspended in deference to this clamour, and subsequently orders were issued to remove the bridge, which will not be an easy task. The railway authorities are just a little too squeezable. The bridge, it must be confessed," is being erected in the most awkward spet that could have been selected in the whole river, just in the middle of a sharp bend, the site originally chosen for it being in the straight reach of Tzu (hu-lin, which was abandoned to please the French Consul and certain landowners in the French Concession. The difficulties of the new the river along the right bank, caused by the will leave for the above places TO-MORROW, site are aggravated by the rapid silting up of forcing and piling operations of sense of tie the 24th April, at 3 P.M.

E. L. WOODIN, foreign landowners aforesaid. It is in the Peiba as it was in early days in Shanghai: everybody

Superintendent. does what he likes with the river, and there is no

Hongkong, 23rd April, 1889 controlling authority to regulate the fancies of individual owners.

at the

To-day's Advertisements:

STEAM. TO VOKOHAMA, VIA TAKAO,

NAGASAKI AND KOBE... (PASSING THROUGH THE INLAND SEA) "THE P. & Q. S. N. Co.'s Steamship

"GWALIOR"

4 P.M,

:: FOR SHANGHAI,

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An intelligent young secretary how here, who was stationed with his chief at Cheng-chou from THE Steamship the time of the break until about September last,

"YANGTSZE," says that he, and all his fellows, considered no Captain C. Tanningsen, will be despatched for reparations were possible. The flow of the the above Port, TO-MORROW, the 24th inst, at river through the breach was tremendous and scemingly irresistible, as everything thrown down For Freight or Passage, apply to was instantly swept away by the rushing torrent.

SIEMSSEN & Co. Hang'sne, z3rd April, 899. It was not possible to put in piling worst place the water was very deep and full of whirlpools and stones, bricks, stalks of millet, THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAMSHIP bags of earth and sand, though thrown down in

COMPANY, LIMITED. immense quantities, were carried away so fast that in a few minutes not a trace would be left of a boat-load. Wu Ta-cheng, so it is ́ said,

collected

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FOR MANILA, VIA AMOY.

changed the tactics. He re-organised the THE Company's Steamship.

"DIAMANTE,"

490

soner is under punishment for breach of prison poverty and numbers of the family, and move in the richness of their apparel, and their labourers into manageable gang for use, Captain Tayler, will be despatched for the

rules.

Mr. Wm. O'Brien refuses to avail himself of the freedom offered by the Parnell Commission upon application of Sir Charles Russell, unless the condition that he will refrain from all agits

tion is dropped.

BELFAST, March 18th. The strike of the Belfast shipbuilders is rapidly spreading. One thousand more men struck to-day,

-BERLIN, March 18th, The Volks Zeitung has been suppressed by the government on account of its socialistic

tendencies.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 18th. The supreme court has decided that Princess, Hohenlohe. heiress to the Russian estates of Prince Willenstein, is indebted to the Bank of Commerce 6,000,000 roubles.

AMOY.

on. This is the worst sight of the famine I have

seen.

Kwang the Acting Governor of Kiangsts, has issued a proclamation calling attention to the sumptuary laws of the Collected Statutes of the Tatsing dynasty, which he says will henceforth be vigorously enforced as regards wearing apparel. The people of this Province, (which includes Soochow and Shanghai) are, he observes, notoriously extravagant in their way of living, striving to surpass each other want of propriety is shown in the crowded. state of flower boats and restaurants where men and women assemble together. The bright-coloured jackets and waistcoats of the young men, embroidered at neck and sleeves with flowers and other ornaments, are shocking to the view of sober respectable citizens, who know that money should not be squandered by men on such things, It is a Governor's duty to watch over the behaviour of the people cam mitted to his charge, and he warns them there fore that young men dressed in a. foolish extravagant way will be arrested and punished; and the responsibility of their fathers, elder brothers and tutors will not be overlooked.

Rice from the South is conveyed to Tientsin is well known, partly in the steamers of the C. M. S: N. Company and partly in Shanghai and Ningoo junks, which start in fleels on their Northern journey in March every year, and have been in the habit of anchoring, after they have

enormous aupplies of material ready and as soon as the river waters fell, and the lorrent at the breach became less violent, he threw down material incessantly by night and day, and finally at the worst part, whee the waters were low, obtained a stable founda tion, which he strengthened, and then, finally, built up the embankment. It is said the works have been carried on systematically, and for China, with rare honesty. The labourers get their pay, the material is paid for regularly, peculation and squeezing are severely punished when discovered, the gangs of men are fairly well fed, and a very complete system of supervision and discipline has been kept up. Respectful men. ion is made of Li Hung-tano, whose disgrace was unmerited.

above Ports, on THURSDAY, the 25th justant, at P.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

RUSSELL & Co.,

General Managers. Hongkong, 23rd April, 1889,

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SHIRE" LINE OF STEAMERS. FOR NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA, (VIA INLAND SEA). PHE Steamship/ THE

"PEMBROKESHIRE," Captain Williams, will be despatched for the above Ports, on the 29th instant,

This Steamer has superior Passenger: Accpm- modation.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

ADAMSON, BELL & Co.,

Agents. Hongkong, 23rd April, 1889

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If the Tang-wen College does not thrive it is not for want of official nurses. The Peking | Gaseste of Sunday last reports that the Marquis seg had a special audience to thank the Emperor for having appointed him to superfatendu the affairs of the College. This would allow us to hope that at last the ministerial oversight

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of the institution was placed in thoroughly com FOR SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA petent hands, but it is not exactly 10,

THE Steamship another official, Hsü Yung-yi a Vice President of the Board of Works, has received the same

reached Taku, at Chah-k'ow and Makia-kow. Last year the Railway Company resolved to build an iron bridge over the river Wan-tow, below the Rice Granaries, but the Harbour master, apprehensive lest this should cause the rice junks which arrive every spring to be too much crowded togeiber, advised the appointment, and be also has returned thanks at former Taoti, Superintendent of Customs, to

the same time, though this has not so far been mentioned in the Gazette. This arrangement select a site for the bridge above Ma-kla k'ow. The salt dryers objented a good deal, of course, in strict accordance with the dual system which forms so curious a feature in the to this arrangement, as their establishments are near the latter place, and the French Municipal on the settlement, were anxious to have a bridge Council, alive to the advantages it would confer built near the fort. The bridge is now in plo cess of construction and the rice-junks; a great number of which have arrived, hampered by the shallowness of the water and the rapidity of the current, and prevented by the piles of the bridge from going higher up the river, are anchored in a crowd near the Customs; and, as this is also the steamer anchorage, wo should not be sur prised to hear that several collisions between junks and steamers have occurred.

and some very bad ones. But all my district is Hitherto, I have seen individual cases, classed by the Government authorities as 6-rotha Land 7-tothe of calamity, whereas the district known to you through the reports of other brethren are all classed as g-10ths or nominally and the outward aspect of some villages would ruined. With us wealthy men are within reach not lead you to suspect destitution. I therefore thought to invest the great bulk ofthe Committee's money in red. But this last sight has staggered me. Within 25 of Newchwang, any in sight of the Cathedral, I saw two Roman Catholic families in a miserable den-ard I don't suppose anything north or west of the River (Liao) could exceed their misery. It was simple, absolute What is to be done with it for the next two starvation. Fever, and want, and nakedness!

months? The recipients of your relief told me candidly that at the end of another fifteen days they would once more be where I found them. That is, a woman had just hanged herself in despair and was lying there a corpse; a woman of (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

Bo winters slipped aside a ragged covering and Amoy, 22nd April, 1889 showed herself to the waist-a revolting skeleton: The steamer Zafiro arrived from Manila on several women fell a-crying like idiots over the the 18th bringing Signor Chiarini's Circus,after an sight of our money; everywhere the yellow looki absence of nearly two years. Unfortunately at of the famine fever patient; everywhere the the last moment the famous band which usually peculiar shivering, trembling fits of people who goes with the Circus left Mr. Chiarini in Manila, are on the verge of starvation. Of the above The opening performance was given here on five hours' distribution, one hour and a half was Saturday afternoon, and the Band consisted of performed after dark The people had no con na Ariston only. Considering the drawback of ception we would be there that night and nothing having no music, the performance was above therefore was put on. We popped in on the the average, and is really a treat to the pone people just as they were:-huddled on Kanga unfortunates who reside at this Port and do not see with nólying room and in some cases with no a performance from one year's end to the other." other fire than a few straws and reeds which were The steamer China left on Thursday for Deli only set abivzeto let us seetheir state. This within with about 70 of the poorest class of Chinese sight of Newchwing, where six thousand people colies, clearing out the barracoon on Kulangsoo are being fed daily on millet gruel. To do the I think it is a disgrace to Europeans that such people justice they have bestirred themscives not An Inalitution is allowed to exist among them, a little, We heard them say how the whole com withough there is no doubt that the firms con- munity clubbed together to rebuild the houses, are c.roed in hiring these coolles to go to Dell are helping, and each getting his house built in turn acting in an honourable manner, and the men are Yet quite a formidable number are still compelled engaged in the open market, receiving, I bellere, to live in dens I observed also every conceivable about $30 advance so as to enable their families kind of food, the dried river grass again figuring N t live until money can be sent from their earn- largely ar we were near the banks of the Liao. Ings in Deli. The Chinese themselves call the A woman and two biggish girls seemed to coolles going by these steamers by the expressive be eating in such respectable style that they name of "bought pigs, and they believe that were set down by one party as "grain-eaters" the coolies are really sold into slavery.

and we had nearly passed them by though Mesars. Leyburn and Harding, our energetic they were on our booke There were the tiger slayers, returned yesterday from a three-days saucers set in the usual four 1quate style

np in the country where they had been to try and a little sauce dish or two, etc. Put on (who was canonised as Tseg Wen-cheng), and shoot some tiger. They brought down one asking to be allowed, to see the food it was a native of Hunan, and the father, of very handsome specimen of the male tiger about only a dainty preparation of river grass It is the Marquis Tseng. He died in 1872. Tso feet long. It was shot on Saturday forenoon a thing I should like to have discussed by those Tsung-tang the conqueror of Kashgaria was

who have wider of famine; Hunan nian, and Vice-President of pero is a rumour of split among the Tay for my har i have been very much struck board of War iss are of the amp Province. missionaries at this port, From what i can by the depth and the intensity of civilisationThe-procession was composed of Hunan men and learn, the community wished to bave Church-of- among the Chinese us witnessed by this matter contained two yellow palanquins, each carried England service an Easter Sunday and the of formality, ceremony, order, taste, propriety or by eight men, for the pariraus to be conveyed missionaries declined to have any other than whatever you may like to call it in the matter of in a band of twelve musicians; and twenty Presbyterian service. The community. I believe, eating. A Chiosman, 1 fascy, must be very far four pairs of boards with honorine inscriptions have applied for the use of the Masonic Hal gone before he can rive" at bis food, as would with dragon banners, incense burners and other (which will no doubt be granted them) to hold loovitably be done in such extreme cases of want paraphernalia. ~ Anrived, at the Guld-house, the Church service on Sunday evenings, and I among other communities who deem the Chinese portraits were solemnly Installed in Diches, will officiate if no savages. So I say, the Commitee has to face Incense set burning, before llico, and the Vice- missionary will come

There

On the 5th March two large portraits, one of Tsdag Kwok-fan, the other of Tso Tsung-tang, were conveyed in a great procession from the from the house of Tao, a Vice-President of the Board of War, in the Kla-kitung (Street) to the Hunan guild in the Lanice Hutung: at at Peking. The celebrated Tseng Kwok-fen,

hear that one of the garden. It seems very / this question. What is to be the limit of öyr: President of the Board of War and other Hunan

"TARTAR,"

S. Bailey, Commander, will be despatched for the above Ports, on the 30th instant."

For Freight or Passage, apply to

·ADAMSON, BELL & Co.,

Agents. Hongkong, 23rd April, 1889.

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HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION,

sa CENTS.

Chinese administrative arrangements, which 24

the Superintendents are Ministers of the Tsung-11 more importance than unity of purpose. Both regard checks which neutralise action as of

Vamén, all of whose members figure in the MONTHLY HANDICAP CHALLENGE CUF College calendar as a Board of Regents. [V (AND A PRIZE OF $5. (20

We see, in an extract from a Singapore paper, referred to in a Shanghal journal, that gold comes 200 AND 500 YARDS, ENTRANCE FEE from Pahang, a Malayan state, to Peking, and is made up into the gold bars known to commerce bere" "Now no gold comes, or probably ever THE SECOND COMPETITION will take came to thle city from Pahang, or from any place next SATURDAY, the 27th April, place south of the Yangime, The Paking at 3 P.M. gold comes from places perfectly well-known Intending Competitors must send in their Mongolia, Manchuria, the Amur country, and Entrance Fee to the Honorary Secretary before, from districts around Jeho. It is said that no & O'CLOCK P.; next FRIDAY, the 26th inst, appreciable quantity is smuggled from Russian territory.

An accident occurred fo

La few days ago on the Take Bar, In which Captain Talpey, of Taku, was seriously injured. Captain Talpey had piloted the El Dorado over the Bar and left the steamer, accompanied by Captain Sherman, in the pulling, boat, of the No. 1. Pilot-bant.. Ar they came alongside the Pilot-boat, the El Dorado crossed the bows of the Pilot-boat and of steamer's gear carried Pilot-boats foremaat. The ass fell over the side and struck Captain-Talpey senseless to the bo'tom of the pulling boat. He was at once conveyed to Taku and a doctor telephoned for. Dr. Frazer went to Taku by the fire trato and found that Captain Talpey was suffering, from concussion of the brain, We beat that the injured man is going on well, and trust that he will soon empletely recover, TurnsAN A timely protest to the Viceroy by the Com- missfoner of Customs caused a suspension of

A. SHELTON HOOPER,

Hon. Secretary, Hongkong, 23rd April, 1889, *. NORTH CHINA INSURANCE (COMPANY,

DATE LIMITED."

ON and Mer larza

-Mr. B. C. T. GRAY will act as Agent of the Company at this Branch.

expense.

will be landed and stored at Consignees' risk ind Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel

ADAMSON, BELL & Co.:

Agents. Hongkong. 21st April 189

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TH

PUBLIC AUCTION.

HE Undersigned have been instructed by the Senior Ordnance Store Officer, China, to Sell by Public Auction,

TO-MORROW,

the 24th day of April, 1889, at 11'‚M., Her Majesty's Ordnance Stores, Queen's Road East.

THE FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT STORES, &c.

STONEMASONS' HAMMERS and CROW- BARS, EARTH BORING TOOLS, CANVAS, FORCE PUMPS, CARTS, WAGONS, WOOL-

LEN RAGS. CAST and WROUGHT IRON, STEEL TIN, OLD FILES, CASKS PACKING CASES, IRON DRUMS, SHOT, SHOVELS, FORGE, BED MATS, TACKLES, OLD TIMBER, WATERPROOF COATS, SPADES, LEATHER, &c., &c.

Also a quantity of

WORN OUT CLOTHING, ́Terms of Sale-Cash on delivery in Mexican

Dollars weighed at 7.1.7. All faults and errom of description, to be at purchaser's risk on the fall of the hammer. All Lots to be cleared within 48 hours.

LANE, CRAWFORD & Co,

Auctioneers." Hongkong, 23rd April, 1899.

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Intimations,

THE CHINA AND JAPAN TELEPHONE

COMPANY, LIMITED,

IST of Subscribers to the HONGKONG

TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.. 1.--“ Hongkong Telegraph" Office, 2.-Cantlie, Dr. J., Queen's Road,

Manson, Dr. P., Queen's Road. Hartigan. Dr. Wm., Queen's Road. 3.-Cantle, Dr. J., Residence, 4-Vernon, J. Y. V., Victorin Peák, 6.-C. & Telephone Co., Ld. 7. Poesnecker, L., Robinson Road. 8.—Arnhold, Kasberg & Co.

9-Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, 10.-Chater and Vernon,

11. Peak Hotel & Trading Co., Queen's Road, 12.--" Daily Press."

13-Russell & Co.

and

14-E. E..A. and China Telegraph Co, Ld. Ty-Central Police Station,"

16.-Watson & Co., A. S., Lđất

A 17-Douglas Lapraik & Co.

18.Butterfield and Swire.

2

19.-P. & O. Steam Navigation Co.

20--Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Ca., Ld. 21.Cruickshank, Wm., Pedder's Street, 22.-"China Mail"

33.Jordan, Dr. G. P., Pedder's Street.

24-Hongkong and Chinn Gas Co., Ld. 25.-H. & W. Dock, Aberdeen. 26.-Alice Memorial Hospital. 27.-Holiday, Wise & Co.

29.-Holliday, J. F., Victoria Peak. 20.-Peak Hotel,

29.- Peak Hotel & Trading Co. Craigieburn, 30-China-Borneo Co., Ld., Steim Saw-Mil 31-Gibb, Livingston & Co.

1

32.—The Hongkong Hotel, Public Telephone, 33-Hancock, W. St.John H. C.E.

34-Cruickshank, Wm., Victoria Dispensary,

36-Brodie Wm., 'Reddenco.

36-Ah Yon & Co., Bo, Praya Central

38.-Linstead & Davis,

39-Foster, F. T. P.

40-The Borneo Co., Ld.

41-Adamson, Bell & Co.!!

43-Dodwell, F

42.-Jordan, Dr. G. P., Residence. 44-Government House.. 49.-Hughes & Ezra. `46,-Belillos & Co, -47--Belilios, E. Ray 48 Do Victoria Peak 49-Carlowitz & Car Wheel 50-The Imports and Exports Ofice. 51-Morris Ray,

Kingsclere.

A

53-Judd, Walter, Cameron Villas,

52-Layton, B, Residence.

4-Webber, J. F.

55-Hartigan, Dr. W., Residence, we

56-Victoria Hotel, Public Telephone. 59-Soy Sing

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By Order of the Court of Directors,

....W. H. PERCIVAL,

„Hongkong, 23rd April, 1889, jarč

TO LET

NE FURNISHED ROOM

Apply to

CRUICKSHANK & CO., LTD.. gkong, 23rd April-1889

1498

60-Dakin Brow, of China, Ld.

·61.—Stevens & Co, Geo, R.

do Reside

Subscription to Exchange $80 per Annum. Subscribers will..abligs by, correcting their Lists accordingly,

Tongkeng

A SANDFORD Agent April 1888.