We hear on good authority that Mr. William. Bibby, manager at the Raub mine, has finally decided to take up the shares that have been placed at his option as a part of his remanera tion. These number 10,000 and were placed by the Syndicate under offer to Mr. Bibby at 6 shillings.
This will be taken by everybody who has watched the history of Raub and have formed an opinion of the character of those who are responsible for the conduct of operations there as an indication that there is sound and satis. factory reason for Mr. Bibby's decision. That he has delayed doing so until he could nt least be able to see fer himself something of the rock formation at the bottom of the Raub pit is a fact worth bearing in mind. Had hebeen so minded he might have taken ap his shares long ere this and made a good thing ou! of them. Mr. Bibby, it may be remembered, upon his going up and seeing the place, was not inclined to endorse the sanguine estimates of Mr. Sefton, Mr. Brawn and others. He was apparently rather disillusioned, but prepared, however, to go through with the work he had undertaken. He gave no opinion at all till the pumps had cleared the pit. Only after the ex- amination thus allowed did he wire" Prospects fair" followed in a few days by "Prospects good," and now, after an interval allowing of further opportunity of testing the nature of the mine, Mr. Bibby instructs the Secretary at Brisbane that he takes up his shares. He must be perfectly aware that only one construction will be put upon this; and those who know Mr. Bibby will be firmly convinced that he intends this conclusion to be drawn.
THE CUSTOMS DIPLOMACY.
In order to appreciate justly the diplomatic activity of the Customs it is necessary to bear constantly in mind a thing by no means easy to do--that the ground work of it all is the in- capacity of the Chinese themselves to carry on diplomatic negotiations, or to effect any inter- national arrangement on a basis of working equality. Such a conception as an even bargain probably does not enter into their range of thought. They must either kill or be killed. understand submitting to They thoroughly superior force, or, what is virtually the same. thing, the apprehension of it; and they under stand even better how to trample on a weak opponent. But the whole intermediate field of nice adjustments, accommodations for the com- mon good, the give and take of civilised inter. course, whether of nations or individuals, is to them moral void, into which they cannot enter without being immediately lost. Whatever is to another's advantage must be to one's own injury is a doctrine still much too prevalent aven among Western nations, but if does not dominate their whole life; it leaves room for for the occasional reciprocity, and even intrusion of the spirit of justice in inter- national dealings. The etiquette which has been evalved by a thousand years of friction, sometimes exceedingly, rough, lumits the scope and prescribes the weapons of diplomatic con- troversy, and excludes poisoned arrows. To all that the Chinese were, and are still, practically strangers, and when thrust into the society of nations polished like pebbles by their own lu- teraction, they were as helpless as a fish when thrown out of its proper element. If we seem to harp too much on this it is simply because it constitutes the true apologia for the strange. adventures of the Customs, and the basis of its proceedings, both occult and overt, to which we propose briefly to advert.
to
Of the overt successes of Customs diplomacy the first conspicuous example was the Chiefoo Convention of 1876, in which Li Hung-chang, under the direct tutelage of the Inspector-General, obtained an important victory over the British Minister of the day, which not only redounded to the credit of the Chinese negotiator, but indemnified China for the loss of the treaty of 1869, a forgotten treaty which had been, refused ratification by the British Govern- ment at the instance of the foreign merchants of Shanghai. As a diplomatic leat the Chefoo Convention was a master-piece. Certain demands of Great Britain had been pushed the verge of war, and under the stress of threatened hostilities Li Hung-chang was dragged to Chefoo to attempt to appease the British Minister. Once there, however, the ability of his foreign advisers converted his too possible defeat into a triumph, and instead of submitting to the British scourge, be exacted from his opponent à concession which has trebled the Chinese revenue on Opium at the sole expense of British India, The revenue clause of the Chefoo Convention, which was practi- cally its whole substance, could not, however, take effect until the farther Agreement was made between the Marquis Taeng and Lord Salisbury, In 1885; neither could that become operative until the Inspector-General once more appeared on the scene, this time in propria persona,” and concluded the Hongkong and Macao Agreements of 1886; thereby fically setting the crown upon his own work of ten years previous. A negota- tion so near home as Cheloo was a somewhat hazardous experiment, but audacity, combined with good information, bad lis due reward. And here it may be noted that it is not the way of the Inspector-General to leave anything to chance which forethought can provide for, for no Chief of the Staft ever worked his Intelligence Depart. ment to such good purpose as he does, nor is there.one the foreign legations better served than is the bureau of the Customs with informa tion, at first hand, from the centres where matters of interest to China are debated.
救服
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1890.
nere were ne usual entirely at their wit's end for' means nf meeting the difficulty. War seemed in ficthe only salation, and troops were al ready mobilised for an aback on the Amur pro vinces of Russia, which wate at that time mos' inadequately defended. But Li Hung-chang, who knew the value of foreign adjutancy, bad grave misgivings about undertaking a campaign against a disciplined fee without, some such indispensable auxiliary. It was at that critical moment when..the Customs rendered him the most important service by suggesting and then carrying into eflect an appeal to General Gordan, who had just resigned his uncongenial. office of private secretary to Lord Ripon in India. Gordon answered the call with alacrity, gave and though that, i calculable genius away" China's diplomatic position by announcing all along his route that he was the bearer of the olive branch, yel his scalding.-harangue to- the Tsung-li Yamen was undoubtedly a main factor in
if
the subsequent accommodation--| between the two countries. Gordon's drastie proposals shook the bones of the whole Imperial corpus like an electric battery, and roused the Throne to serious appre hension. Other secret services rendered, at the sme juncture by the Customs poured oil on the stormy waters on the Russian side, and in a very short time all the matters in dispute between Russin and China were amicably arranged in Peking, and the Marquis Taeng was sent from. London to St. Petersburg to conclude the treaty, which, nominally at all events, got the Russians out of Kuldja, while really leaving to them the military keys of that worthless possession.
The part then played by the Customs we have characterised as hidden, and many have been the services it has rendered to the State in the like unobtrusive way. But a few years later this now indispensable adjunct to the executive government manifest-d still more clearly its' indispenanbility, and during the Franco-Chinese War of 1884-5, when the Chinese were landed by their incapacity into one hopeless dilemma after another, it was again the Customs which played the part of deus ex machinai These events are so recent as to require little detailed reference. The military successes of the French in the capture of Sontay and Bacninh exposed to their attack one of the richest and at the game time most vulnerable portions of the Empire, Canton; indeed, hadthe French followed the policy which military consideration dictated, and falled immediately with a sufficient force on Canton in the Spring of 1884, they could have quietly held China to ransom for any amount of money they pleased. A pious conqueror, perhaps, would be disposed to regard that populous and wealthy city as specially designed by Providence for such a use. This blow had at all hazards to be averted, and the Chinese being, as they always have been and always will be, ronplussed in the face of every real diffi ulty, the Customs agency was once mare brought into requisition, and by it-the-French-commanders were drawn into The peace which negotiations for peace. was too bastily patched up by the eager negotiators was broken within two months in consequence of the natural treachery of certain individuals whom we need not now particularize. Then for the first time, in the summer of 1884. the Inspector General appeared openly on the scene, and in conjunction with the Viceroy Tseng Kuo-chuan, endeavoured to make terms with the French Minister Paterbire, in Shanghai. Fortunately, perhaps, even for the negotiators themselves, their efforts came to nothing, and the famous war of reprisale commenced on August 23rd by the destruction of the Chinese fleet in the river Min, followed by ineffectual attacks by the French on various points of the coast. How it harpened that the French authorities consented to wear out their troops in Tonquin instead of making a sudden descent in force on the coast of China, and how they failed to realize the supreme value and cheap tenure of the island of Formosa, worth a dozen Tonquins, are problems which it is not our immediate business to solve; but so it was, and after six months of tedious campaigning both sides were quite worn out and ready to sign anything for the sake of peace. This psychological moment was skilfully seized by the Inspector-General to interpose bis good offices, after-witnessing many--un- successful efforts by all sorts of people to deal with this knotty question. True now to the teaching of experience, he dexterously shified the venue to Europe, and by the clever handling of a very insignificant incident of the war, the seizure of a light-house tender, brought about a settlement between the two governments, in Paris.
The Chinese Ministers in Europe being thus superseded in their functions equally with the French Minister then in China, the Inspectorate General of Customs approved itself master of the situation, and thereby put itsel in the way of still farther conquests, which followed thick and fast. In the Corean imbroglio the Customs has shown itself possessed of vitality sufficient to solve existing difficulties-again the creation of Chinese incapacity—if it is allowed free scope; but as we are writing a chronicle, and not a prophecy, we need not open that thorny question
now,
The Portuguese arrangement of 1887 was the next diplomatic enterprise of the Customs, which was also ably managed, in Lisbon, and sub- sequently ratified by a definitive treaty in Feking. This was a necessary adjunct to the important agreement respecting the Opium revenue made with the Colony of Hongkong in
1886, which terminated many vexormous addi- tion to its Revenue for which the Inspector General had been silently labouring for over twenty years?
and at last secured to China the
Had the diplomatic campaign of the Customs terminated there it would have been a sufficiently brilliant record, but there remained the two have just been effected. The Sikkim affair reflects special credit on Chinese diplomacy, as the Indian officials are usually men of grit, credited with tenacity as to their frontier rights, and they needed no arrangement of any kind to strengthen their position. Nothing probably could have induced them to make the surrender except irresistible pressure from the Secretary of State. Howsoever the exercise of such pressure was brought about, China at least has abundant reason to congratulate herself on the result, and on the high capacity of her servants. The Cu toms comes out of all its ordeals with dying colours, and proves itself capable of forming the nucleus of all that is necessary not for the lubrication of the external machinery of govern ment merely, but of those internal reforms which we maintain to be essential to the preservation of the State. Our hope for the future safety and welfare of China, in a word, rests very largely
The introduction of the Foreign Customs to the Society of Europe which was celebrated at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 may be taken assignal triumphs of Chungking and Sikkim which ite first appearance in its own character, after which successful debut the difüdence engendered by a dubious status completely disappeared, and the "Collectora" of China could thenceforth be dealt with an organism having independent functions. The apotheosis of the Indrial Maritime Customs may thus be said to have been enacted in Vienas, where its emissa ries hobnobbed with royally; and the stars and crosses, which were then showered on their heads became the veritable seeds of the future aggrandisemeat of the institution which had sent them forth as scouts in an explored country, The attitude of the Customs was undergoing a natural change, its garments of humility wore gradually dropping off, from a position of seem Ing dependence on certain influential legations In Paking it rose first to independence of, and then to ascendancy over its former patrons. The transformation was scarcely perceptible to those who were the most interested in 3tu conse quences, and certainly up till 1876, the British Minister seems not to have fully realised that the sceptre had become a mere spectre in his hands,
The Chefoo episode of course added fresh lustre to the Customs, whose power and influence became. rapidly consolidated and its grasp of affairs was widely extended. A few years later
Intimations
HONGKONG
TRADING COMPANY
LIMITED.
\LÁTE THE HALL & HOLTZ CO-OPERATIVE COMPANY, LIMITED.)
· ARTISTIC DECORATORS. PAINTERS, GILDERS, POLISHERS, &c.
* All Work Superintended by a PRACTICAL MAN of 30 years' experience,
A Large Staff of Competent Workmen always on hand,
NOTE. MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP ABSOLUTELY GUAJANTERD..
-(0)-
DESIGNS, COLORINGS AND ESTIMATES ON APPLICATION.
HONGKONG TRADING CO., LTD. (Late THE HALL & HOLTZ C. Co., Lả.)
Hongkong, 16th April, 1890
Co-day's Advertisements.
AND KOBE. STEAM TO YOKOHAMA, VIA NAGASAKI
(Passing through the INLAND SKA.) THE P.&O. S. N. Co's Steamship
"VERONA,"
Captain C. F. Preston, R.N., -ill leave for the
at DAYLIGHT. above places, TO-MORROW, the 17th inst.,
E. L. WOODIN, Superintendent.
Hongkong, teth April, 1890.
DOUGLAS STEAM-SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY, & TAMSUI
HE Company's Steamship
T
"FORMOSA,"
[3
onsignees.
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM TRIESTE, PORT SAID. SUEZ, JEDDAH. SUAKIM, MASSAWAH, HODEDDA. ADEN, BOMBAY, COLOMBO, PENANG, AND SINGAPORE.
HE Steamship
THE
"ORION" having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of opium, are being landed at their risk into the Godowns known as The Hongkong Wharf and Godowns, Wanchai, whence delivery may be obtained.
Consignees wishing to receive their Goods on the Wharf are at liberty to do so.
This vessel brings on Cargo From Calcutta & Madras, ex S.S. " NIOBE,"
►
Captain Hall, will be despatched for the transhipped at Colombo. above Ports, on FRIDAY, the 18th. Instant, at DAYLIGHT.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 16th April, 1897,
[622
From Trieste, &c., ex S.S. "IMPERATOR," transhipped at Bambay.
FOR SHANGHAI *HE Steamship
THE
"PEKING."
Captain F. Schulz, will be despatched for the above Port, TO-MORROW, the 17th instant, at
4 P.M.
1617.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
SIEMSSEN & Co, Hongkong, 15th April, 1890. STEAM TO LONDON, VIA FORTS OF CALL. THE P. & G. S, N. Co.'s Steamship
"BRINDISI,"
Captain E. Street, will leave, for, the above places, at DAYLIGHT, on SUNDAY, the 20th inst.
This vessel is disconnected from the Mail services, but has excellent accommodation for through passengers (First Saloon only) at Electric Light, Deck cabins, reduced rates. Surgeon carried; &c.
E. L. WOODIN,
Superintendent. Hongkong, 16th April, 1890.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
[NFORMATION has been received from the Acting Commandant of the Hongkong, Volunteers that ARTILLERY PRACTICE will take place from the East Battery, Stone Cutters Island, on SATURDAY next, the 19th instant, between the hours of 3.30 P.M. and 5.30 P.M., at a moving target.
The line of fire will be in a Westerly direc- tion from the Battery,
All Ships, Junks, and other Vessels are cautioned to keep clear of the range.
By Command,
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial' Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 16th April, 1890
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THE MARINBURK FURNITURE COMPANY. LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS., NeDollars (B10) er Shars is payable TOTICE is hereby given that a CALL of on or before the toth May, 1890, to the Com- pany's Bankers, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
By Order of the Board of Directors,
J. MARINBURK, Manager. Hongkong, 16th April, 1890.
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UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
N INTERIM BONUS of Twenty per cent. Aupon Contributions for the year 1859 has been declared.
Warrants may be had on application at the office of the Society on and after the 1st May,
By Order of the Board,"
N. J. EDE Secretary
1637 #arkong, 16th April, 1890. ;
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, P LIMITED. IN
wellate Foreign Maritime Customs--Chintis Aibutions for the year 1889 bas, this day Times.
Co-day's Advertisements.
LODGE OF
HONGKONG,
No. 1165, **
China got into serious difficulties with Russia. PERSEVERANCE The treaty of Livadia had been concluded by Chunghow, and as if to prove the truth of the principle which we referred to at the beginning of this article, It was a failure, being not only. denounced by the Censors, but its unfortunate author condemned to capital punishment. The rejection of that treaty led to exceedingly strained relations between Russia and Chins in con- nection with the Western frontier, and the Chi
A REGULAR MEETING of the above A REGULAR MEETld in FREEMASONS HALL, Zetland Street, THIS EVENING, the 16th fast at 8.30 for 9 O'CLOCK precisely.
Hongkong, 16th April, 1890.0
:: NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS.
BONUS of Twenty per cent, upon Con-
been declared. Warrants may be had on application at the above Office on and after the 1st proximo,
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co,
* General Agents, Canton Insurance Office, Limited. Hongkong, 16th April, 1890. **** [628
No claims will be admitted after the Goods bave left the Godowns, and alt claims must be sent in to the Undersigned before noon on the 19th inst., or they will not be recognized.
No Fire Insurance has been effected, and any Goods remaining in the Godowns after the 19th inst, will be subject to rent.
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, 12th April, 1890)
Shipping.
STEAMERS.
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THE SCOTTISH ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR SWATOW AND BANGKOK.
THE Company's Steamship
48 AM.
"MONGKUT."
Captain Geo, Anderson, will be despatch for the above Ports, TO-MORROW, the 17th inst.,
For Freight or Pausage apply to
YUEN FAT HONG, ;
Agents.
Hongkong, 14th April, 1890
Shipping.
STEAMERS.
THE CHINA SHIPPERS MUTUAL STEAM
NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. !
FOR SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA, THE Steamship
THE
"CHINGWO"."
Mails
U. S. MAIL LINE.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, THROUGH TO NEW YORK, VIA OVER.
TOUCHING LAND RAILWAYS, AND
AT YOKOHAMA, AND SAN 'FRANCISCO.
T. Stainton, Commander, will be despatched for THE U.S. Mall Steamship, the above Ports, on or about the 21st inst.
For Freight, apply to
"ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, 14th April, 1895.
"SHIRE" LINE OF STEAMERS.
(608
FOR HAVRE, LONDON, HAMBURG AND ANTWERP, HE Steamship
THE
"
"CARDIGANSHIRE,"
Captain F. Davies, R.N.R., will be despatched on or about the 27th inst.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
ADAMSON, BELL & Co,
Agents. Hongkong, 11th April, 1890.
SAILING VESSELS.
FOR NEW YORK, HE 3/3. III. British Ship
"PATAGONIA,"
THE
THE
"CHINA"
will be despatched for San Francisco, vid 17th Yokohama, on THURSDAY, the
IP.M., taking Passengers and April, at Freight for Japan, the United States, and Europe, Through Bulls of Lading issued for trans- portation to Yokohama and other Japan Ports, to San Francisco, and Atlantic and Intand Citles of the United States, via Overland Rull- ways, to Havana, Triuldad, and Demerara, and to ports in Mexico, Central and South America, by the Company's and connecting Steamers.
Through Passage Tickets granted to England, France, and Germany by all trans-Atlantic lines of Steamers.
First-class Fares granted as follows:
To San Francisco.......
Ì490
[552
| Hibbert, Master, will load here for the above
Port, and will have quick despatch.
For Freight, apply to
RUSSELL & Co. Hongkong 5th April, 1890, 1.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO: HE 3/3 L. 1. I. American Ship
"WILLIAM H. MACY," Amabury, Master, will load bere for the above Port, and will have quick despatch.
For Freight, apply to
RUSSELL & Co.
1415 Hongkong, 12th March, 1890.
FOR NEW YORK. HE 3/3 L L L British Ship
"JOSEPH H. SCAMMELL," Thomson, Master, shortly expected, will load here for the above Fort, and will have quick despatch.
For Freight, apply to
REUTER, BROCKELMANN & Co.
[474 Hongkong, 24th March, 1890.
T
Mails.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAM- SHIP COMPANY,
TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERS TO JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES,
MEXICO,... CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND EUROPE; VIA
THE OVERLAND RAILWAYS,
AND
ATLANTIC AND OTHER CONNECTING STEAMERS.
THE Steamship
"BELGIC " will be despatched for San Francisco, vi
Yakohama, on TUESDAY, the 29th April,
at I'P.M.
Steamers from Shanghai and Japan Ports.
Connection will be made at Yokohama with
All PARCEL. PACKAGES should be marked to address in full; and the same will be received at the Company's Office until Frv P.. the day fбaz previous to sailing.
EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN STEAM- SHIP COMPANY. LIMITED.
FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE AND ADELAIDE. Calling at SANDAKAN, PORT DARWIN and QUEENSLAND PORTS, and taking, through Cargo to NEW ZEALAND, TASMANIA, &G) - *HE Steamship
THE
" GUTHRIE." Captain Green, will be despatched for the above Ports, on TUESDAY, the 22nd inst., at 3 P.M.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
RUSSELL & Co.,
Agents,
1.
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First-class Fares granted as follows:-
393.75
To San Francisco...........................................................$225,00 To San Francisco and return, I
available for 6 months............................. To Liverpool........................................................................ 335.00 To London.....
* 330.00 To other European Points at
proportionate rates. Special reduced rates granted to Officer of the Army, Navy, Civil Service and the Imperial Chinese Customs, to be obtained on application.
Passengers by this line have the option proceeding Overland by the Southern Pacific and Connecting Lines, Central Pacific, Northern Paclic or Canadian Pacific Railways,
Japan to Rurope.
Passengers, who have paid full fare, re-embark- ing at San Francisco for China or Japan (or Hongkong, 15th April, 1890.
vice versa) within one year will be allowed a discount of 10 per cent. This allowance does AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN LLOYD'S STEAM | not apply to through fares from China and
NAVIGATION COMPANY.
STEAM FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG. COLOMBO, BOMBAY, ADEN, HODEIDAH, MASSA WAH, SUAKIM, JEDDAH, SUEZ, FORT (taking Cargo at through rates to CALCUTTA, SAID, BRINDISI, TRIESTE, and VENICE, MADRAS, PERSIAN GULF, RED SEA, BLACK SEA, LEVANT, and ADRIATIC PORTS). "HE Company's Steamship THE
" ORION" will be despatched as above, on FRIDAY, the 18th fast, at NoON.
Cargo will not be received on board after 5 F.M. prior to date of salling.
For further information as to Passage and Freight, apply to
DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, 8th April, 1890.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
rese
NOTICE STEAM TO YOKOHAMA, KOBE AND NAGASAKI. (Passing through the INLAND SEA) HE Company's Steamship
"GENERAL WERDER,"
i
Consular Invoices to accompany Cargo des- tined to Points beyond San Francisco, in the United States, should be sent to the Company's Offices, addressed to the Collector of Customs, San Francisco
.
|
For further information as to Freight or Passage, apply to the Agency of the Company. No. So, Queen's Rasd Central
C. D. HARMAN,
Agent Hongkong, 5th April 1896
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
NOTICE
STEAM FOR SINGAPORE, COLOMBO, ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID, BRINDISI, GENOA, ANTWERP, BREMEN & HAMBURG FORTS IN THE LEVANT, BLACK SEA AND BALTIC FORTS;
ALSO,
LONDON, NEW YORK, BOSTON BALTIMORE, NEW ORLEANS, GALVESTON, AND SOUTH
VAMERICAN PORTS.
اوم با
THE COMPANY'S STEAMERS WILL CALL AT SOUTHAMPTON TO LAND PASSENGERS
AND LUGGAGE,
Captain M. Elckel, will leave for the above Ports, N.B.-Cargo can be taken on through Bills on or about the 19th Instant, an
Chef Lading for the principal places in For further Particulars, apply to
RUSSIA.
MELCHERS & Co, Agents.
· Hongkong, 14th April, 1890.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
NOTICE
STEAM TO SHANGHAL
KANNALI” BAYERN,”.
HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION. THE Company's Steamship THE monthly Competition for the FAKIY
CHALLENGE CUR will take place on Captain T. Nergell, will leave for the above SATURDAY next, the 19th instant, at 4 P.M.) place about 24 hours, after arrival with the out Distance 200 and 300 yards, Position, standing ward German Mail. pakker in real mic 200 yards, Siuing or kneeling at 100 yards,
For further particulars, apply to
SAAT MELCHERS & Cày!
Agents, Hongkong, 14th April, 1800,
CHAS. V. LADDS
Hon. Secretary,¦
Hongkong, 16th April, 1890,
ON
To San Francisco and return,
available for 6 months] To Liverpool To Londoa..en
$225.00
393-75
325.00
......................... 330.00 To other European Points at proportionate rates. Special reduced rates granted to Officers of the Army, Navy, Civil Service, and the Imperial Chinese Customs, to be obtained on application.
Passengers by this line have the option of proceeding Overland by the Southern, Pacific and Connecting Lines, Central Pacific, Northern Pacific ar Canadian Pacific Railways.
Passengers, who have paid fall fare, re-embark. ing at San Francisco for China or Japan (or vice versa) within one year will be allowed a discount of zo per cent. This allowance dost not apply to through fares from China and Faban to Kurope.
Freight will be received on board until 4 F.34, the day previous to sailing. Parcel Packages will he received at the Office until 5 P.M. same day;} al Parcel Packages should be marked to ad- dress to full; value of same is required.
Consular Invoices to accompany Cargo'des- tined to Points beyond San Francisco, in the United States, should be sent to the Company's Office in Sealed Envelopes, addressed to the Collector of Customs at San Francisco.
For further information as to Passage and Freight, apply to the Agency of the Company, No. 50A, Queen's Road Central,
C. D. HARMAN,
Agent. unpleans, 25th March Pro STEAM FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, ADEN,
ISMAILIA, PORT SAID, MALTA,. GIBRALTAR, MARSEILLÉS, BRIN-;
DISI, TRIESTE, VENICE, PLYMOUTH, AND LONDON; ALSO,
BOMBAY, MADRAS, CALCUTTA AND AUSTRALIA,
NB-CARGO CAN BE TAKEN ON THROVÓK BILLS OF LADING FOR BATAVIA, PERSIAN GULF PORTS, MARSEILLES, TRIESTE, HAM- BURO, NEW YORK AND BOSTON.
SPECIE ONLY LANDED AT PLYMOUTH. HE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL' STRAM
NAVIGATION
COMPANY'S Steamship "KAISAR-I-HIND," Captain G. W. Atkinson, with Her Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from this for LONDON VIA BOMBAY & SUEZ. CANAL, on WEDNESDAY, the 23rd April, at NOON,
Cargo will be received on board until 4 P.M. Parcels and Specie (Gold) at the Office, until 4 P.M., on the day before sailing,
Silk and Valuables for Europe will be transhipped at Colombo; Tea and General Cargo for London will be conveyed via Bombay without transhipment, arriving one week later that by the ordinary direct route via Colombo, For further particulars regarding FRIGHT and PASSAGE apply to the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S Office, Hong- kong.
The Contents and Value of Packages are re- quired to be declared pilor to shipment.
"
Shippers are particularly requested to note the terms and conditions of the Company's Black Bills of Lading.
This Steamer takes Cargo and Passengers for Marseilles.
E. L. WOODIN, Superintendent.
P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Office, Hongkong, 14th April, 1800
CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERS TO JAPAN, CANADA, THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE,
PLA
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY AND OTHER CONNECTING RAILWAY LINES & STEAMERS.
*HE British Steamship
THE
"ABYSSINIA # 3,651 Tons Register, Captain. Lee, will be despatched for VANCOUVER, BC, via NAGASAKI, INLAND SEA, KOBE and YOKOHAMA, on THURSDAY, the 24th April, at NOON.
To be followed by the S.S. "PARTHIA "on the 15th May and S.S. “BATAVIA" on the 15th June.
Connection will be made at Yokohama with Steamers from Shanghai and Japan Ports, and Pat Vancouver with Pacific Coast Points, by the regular Steamers of the Pacific Coast Steamshly Company and other Steamers,
Through Passage Tickets granted to England, France, and Germany by all trans-Atlantic lines of Steamers.
First-class Fares granted as follows
To Vancouver and Victoria...(Mez.)$210,00 To Montreal, New York, &c. 290.00. To Liverpool
To London...
..................... 325.00 ********** 330.00 To other European Points at proportionata. rates. Special reduced rates granted to Oficers of the Army Navy, Civil Service, and the Imperial Chinese and Japanese Customs, to be N.WEDNESDAY, the 7th day of May, obtained on application.
1800, at 4 P.16, the Company's Steamship Consular Invoices to accompany Cargo des-" BAYERN," Captain T. Nergell, with tined to Points in the United States, should be MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE & CARGO," | sent to the Company's Offices, addressed to will leave this Port as above, Calling at GENOA, Mr. D. E. BROWN, District Freight Agent,
Shipping Orders will be granted till Noon, Vancouver, B.C. Cargo will be received on Board until 4 pm Specie and Farcels until 31 p. on 5th May, (Parcels are got to be sent on Boards they must be left at the Agency's Office). Con tents and Value of Packages are required.
The Steamer has splendid Accommodation and carries a Doctor and Stewardess. For further Particulars, apply to
MELCHERS & Co, Agents. Hongkong, 14th April, 1899
Freight will be received on board unili. 4 P.M. on the 23rd April ben
All Parcels must be sent to our Office and should be marked to address in full ; and the same will be received by us until 5 PM, the day previous to sailinge
For information as to Passage, or. Freight, apply to
ADAMSON, BELL & Co.
Hongkong, Sth April 1Ɛgu.
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