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THE HONGKONG DIRECTORY AND.

HONG LIST FOR THE FAR FAST," | A DIRECTORY AND WORK OF REFERENCE ON ALL IMPORTANT LOCAL SUBJECTS FOR

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1890.

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DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA,

LIMITED, CHEMISTS.

AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS.

WINE & SPIRIT IMPORTERS.

CHAMPAGNE LEMOINE,

CUVEE ROYALE.

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We are sole Agents in China for the sale of this splendid wine.

It is supplied regularly to the households of HR.H., The Prince of Wales, H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, to most of the lending Clubs in patronized at the military and naval stations at home and abrand,

DEATH.

At the Civil Hospital, this afternoon, JAMES LAWRENCE, eldest son of J. P. NIVEN, of Singa pare, aged 34. The funeral will take place at [840 5P, to-morrow.

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HONGKONG, SATURDAY MAY 31. *8:0

For the past few days the local oplum, market has been greally perturbed owing to news from Canton that Viceroy Li HAN-CHANG had caused it to be announced that he intended increasing the Import

THE silk cx Abyssinia, hence 26th ulto, and from Yokohama 8th inst, was delivered in New York on the 29th inst.

STANLEY's Opera Company, according to our Straits conteingraries, don't appear to be

knocking

em

in Singapore We trust they will be better appreciated in Hongkong. WE read that the purchasers of the wrecked steamer Ulysses are sanguine of making a good thing out of thele purchase, and have got out of the bull a good deal of cargo, including a large derrick. WOODYEAR'S Circus had arranged to leave Singapore for Java on Saturday, the asth inst The many friends of Mr. Woodyear in Hong. good kong will be glad to learn that he has had a

season in Singapore.

HONGKONG, MACAO, CHINA, JAPAN, THE London and the provinces, and is also largely and La-kin charges on the drug by the sum Ld, has received a telegram from the Company's

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Hongkong, 20th May, 1890.

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WINES AND SPIRITS.

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of taels 20 per chest. It is understood that this new impost will take affect from Monday, June and, which is the fifteenth day of the Chinese moon, and will extend throughout the whole of the Liang Kwang provinces. So far as we have been able to ascertain, no particular reason has been advanced by the Viceroy for this new movement, and we are at a loss to understand, assuming the report to be accurate, the grounds on which his Excellency can justify what appears to be a direct infringement both of the spirit and letter of the treaty between Great Britain and China, as set out in the famous Opium Agreement, or Additional

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la London on the 18th July, 1885, by the Marquis of SALISBURY and the Marquis TSENG. Article 2 of this Agreement, which we belleve still remains binding on the Chinese Government, reads as follows:

"In lieu of the arrangement respecting opium proposed in clause 3 of section III of the Chefoo Agreement, it is agreed that foreign opium, when imported into China, shall be taken notice of by the Imperial Maritime Customs, and shall be deposited in bond, either in warehouses or receiving hulks which have been approved of by the Customs, and that it shall not be removed thence until there shall have been paid to the Customs the tariff duty of 30 taels per chest of one hundred catties, and 1.25 also a sum, 'not exceeding 80 taels, per

like chest as Li-kin."

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The Viceroy of Canton is credited with having decided to increase the Li-kin duty from taels 80 to taels 100, and we venture to assert that in so doing he is clearly and 0.75 most u justifiably exceeding his powers. It was definitely agreed that the Opium Agreement should come into operation six months after its signature that is on the 18th January, 1886- providing the ratifications had then been exchanged, and if they were not exchanged then, it was mutually arranged that it should take effect from the date on which such exchange took place; and further, should remain binding for a period of four years, and at the expiration of that period could only be terminated by twelve months notice duly given by either Government, No such notice has ever been given, so 5.00 that, as a matter of fact, the agreement still 7.50 holds binding, under any circumstances, 12.00 until the 18th January, 1891.

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THE Secretary of the Balmoral Mining Company Agent in Sydney, dated yesterday, stating that the drills will commence to work about the middle of June and the battery about the end of that month.

o'clock the steamt-launch carrying the Bethel TO-MORROW, moraing between 9 and 10.30

flag will call alongside any vessel hoisting code pennant C, to convey men ashore to II a.m. vice at St. Peter's Seamen's Church, returning.

about 12.30.

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OUR Sharpening contemporary learns that the survey Messrs. Kinder and Cox for the railway to Kirin will last some four months, The surveyara are furnished with a special pass from the Viceroy Li Hong-chang, and are accompanied by a high Chinese military officer. THUS the Singapore Free Press of the 23rd inst. "As the steamship Vidor was coming of the Patent Silp at Tanjong Rhu yesterday afternoon she capsized when she took the water, and fell over on her port side, filing with water alt. The vessel had no ballast in her and is very crank at all times. The Vider would be fashioned typhoon in the China Sea, fasterful sort of craft in which to face an old

LAST night a European constable dropped on a coolie in the neighbourhood of Wong-nei-chong carrying a bundle in which he found a revolver, for the possession of which the man could not account satisfactorily. When "docked" before Mr. Robinson this morning the Chinkie denied the charge, but had nevertheless to ante up a fine of $40, which his Wwship imposed, rather than face the grim alternative of six months' quod, with hard labour thrown in to keep him from wearying.

DANDITTI are by no means unknown in the Philippines. The other day the authorities sent troops to arrest one Pancho, who, with a' band of marauders. terrorised the Camarines and Albay. Their crimes werdinnumerable-ranging fram-simple "sticking-up of inhabitants to massacreing an entire family with fiendish cruelty. For at least balf-a-dozen years they had evaded capture, but the other day Captain. Narvacs, governor of Sagnay, attacked them with a party of volunteers, and slaughtered every one, dying himself in the affray.

A FEW weeks ago, says the Shanghai Mercury, a train of sixty-nine casts, each containing about a hundred new magazine rifles, left Newchwang for Kitir, and we learn that the fine arsenal at Kirin has recently been unusually busy manufacturing cartridges and shells of all sorts. The arsenal is managed entirely by, Chiness. A foreign gentleman, who has recently gone through it, gives us a glowing description of the excellence of the work done there, and of the efficiency with which it is conducted, which we were hardly prepared to expect.. THE shares of the China Sugar Refining Co. Ld., have been freely offered to-day at $178 per share, and without finding purchasers. Thzla means that since August last the market value of the scip of this Company has depreciated to the extent of $2,070,000-the difference between fifteen thousand shares at $316 and the rate quoted to-day. As we are not in the prophetic line it would be rash to attempt to prognosticate how much lower the quotation for China Sugars will go; but prospects are certainly the reverse of encouraging. And yet the price of a whiskey

'as ever.

UNION CHURCH-On Sunday next, and until further notice, the hours of service at the City Hall Theatre, will be changed to 8.30 a.m. and 6.p.m.

Certain

THE Straits Times says that certain Londoners have offered, to build 270 miles of railway in British North Borneo. We hope this is true, but, as poor old Dominie Sampson used to say, it sounds pro-di-gious.

Londoners, necording to Mt. H. M. Becher, offered to pay £100,000 for some of the Punjom Co.'s property at Pabang, but so far as we can ascertain they haven't done it yet. "Certain Londoners"-the phrase is a very elastic one-are a pack of first,

cinas frauds.

THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play the following programme in the Public Gardens, on Monday, the and prox, commencing at 8.30

March...... .*Silver Trumpets"

Jacobita". The Blue Danube" Kecelsior"

0.01.

A

Valse

Fantasia.

Dustbe

Salaction........." Romin, of all Nations".

March

PIPERS PROGRAMME,

"Donald Rain.”·

„Viviani.

Stratos.

Gasner,

„Balls.

Godfrey.

Strathspey....* Tulloch gorum ** Reol.The Hiflis of Glenorchy."

Reet of Tulloch "

March.

March......

"Te Braemar iiighlanders."

SOMEWHAT important opium case was con- cluded this morning at the Police Court before Mr. Wodehouse. Chan Lam Tong, a retired merchant, was charged with being in unlawful possession of 158 tecls of prepared oplum, with- out a licence from the Opium Farmer. Mr. Caldwell, for the defence, contended that as it was shewn in evidence and admitted, the opium was more than two years old, the alleged offence could not, even if the drug had been used for smoking purposes lately, be considered an encroachment upon the rights of the present Opiam Farmer, and he therefore, pleaded for a lenient sentence. His Worship, notwithstanding the protests of Mr. Mosson, who appeared for the Farmer, endorted Mr. Caldwell's

lightly with a fine of fifty Mexicans. view of the case, and let Chan Lam Tong down

|

IT is currently reported in well informed Chinese circles that the opposition of the China Mer- Chante Co.'s steamer Kiangkwan on the Canton river, to the Hongkong, Canton and Macue and the China Navigation Companies, has been "bought off" for the sum of $15,000 We suppose the report is true, and if so, the next question is who will be first in the field to once again milk” these far-sighted, would-be monopolists ?

IT appears that a bill has been lately intoduced in the House of Commons to amend the law on the subject of the liability of Directors of Com pantes-by providing that every statement made in a prospectus aball amount to a warranty, and that every director may be sued for damages unless he can prove that he made reasonable Inquiries and believed that the statemen's were true. This bill is in consequence of the recent decision of the House of Lords in the case of Derry v. Peck (reported weekly no'es p. 128), where Lord Bramwell laid down that if a person believed that he was stating the whole fruth and had reasonable grounds for that belief, bis statement was not fraudulent, and Lord Her- shell added that to prevent a false statement frani being fraudulent there must always be an honest Felief in its truth, and if there is such an honest belief ard reasonable grounds for that.) belief, the statement is not fraudulent. Are we not well within the mark in stating that there are director of public companies in this colony who have reason for self-congratulation that this. proposed bill is not now the law of Hongkong?

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING. CORPORATION.

INCREASE OF CAPITAL.

· ́ An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of this Corporation was held at noon to-day, in the City Hall, for the purpose of considering a scheme for increasing he Bank's capital. Mr. H. L. Dalrymple presided, and Messrs. W. H. Forbes, L. Poesnecker, S. C. Michaelsen, H. Hopplus, T, E. Davies, A McConachie, (direc

lors), T. Jackson (chief manager), Hon. C." P. Chater, H. N. Mody, J. D. Lapraik, J. J. Bell- living. J. V. V. Vernon, D. McCulloch, S. Coxon, G. S. Coxon, W. H. Ray. J. H. Moseley. Wade Gardner, W. H. Young, F. Henderson, R. Lyall, C. J. Hirst, A. G. Morris, H. 2. Tust, C. H. Wright, G von Wille, A. E. Cope, H. W. Dick, W. H. Jackell, G. T. Velch, De Westley Layton, S. I. Danby, E. H. Gore-Booth, D. H. Mackintosh, IS. A. Joseph, H. G. James, H. Scott, A. H. Chinoy, Lo Hak Piog, etc., were present.

WE regret to learn from Newchwang of the death at that part, from drowning, on the night of Wednesday,' May 21st, of Mr. John Forsyth, second engineer of the steamship Ardgny Captain Cass writes under dite the 21st inst. that Mr. Forsyth had been ashore and returned to the ship in a sampan late in the evening. In stepping out of the sampan on to the gangway ladder he missed his fooine and fell into the water. A very strong: tide was running, and as Mr. Forsyth could no swim, he was rapidly carried away and must have been drowned almost instantly. When

Your Directors have for some past had under he fell over-board an alarm was at once raised careful consideration the desirability of further and a boat was lowered from the steamer with increasing the capital of the Corporation up to out delay, but the search proved fruitless, and the full limit allowed by the Ordinance, say to when the shington left for this port the body $10,000,000; and under Section 22 of this Ordi had not been recovered. The deceased-was-nance His Excellency the Governor of this about 28 years of age, and previous to joining colony has given his sanction for so doing. the Ardgay had been for same time in the Your Directors have taken the opinion of the Douglas Co's steamer Haiphong.

London Committee on the subject and are glád to have their approval.

On dif that the Barradas who has been arrested in Manila at the instance of the Hongkong. embeazier, but his brother, who has been a Goverment, is not the Money Order Ofice resident for some time in the Philippires. The story goes that when Barradas wanted his papers to allow him to leave Maniis, he had some notion that he might be "wanted" by his Hongkong friends, so took the piccantion of being that the latter was carefully locked up. sending his brother to do the needful, the result

whilst the actual colprit disappeared. All this may be pure invention, but we are bound to say that our informant is not likely to have been deceived, and as he returned direct from Manila yesterday he was certainly in a position to learn the truth, However, the police officers, ment Across from this colony will quickly set all doubts at rest as to the identity of the Barradas now in charge of the Manila authorities, and under any circumstances the escape from the Philippines of the late Post Office clerk may be regarded as almost an impossibility.

The following notice, issued to shareholders' on the toch uit, was circulated :-

An extraordinary meeting of shareholders will be called later on, to obtain your sanction to the scheme being carried out.

During the seven years that have elapsed since the capital was increased from $5,000,000 to $7.500,005, the business of the Back has gone on steadily increasing, and the Directors" feel that the augmentation of the capital is as fully justified now as it was in 188

642.10s, each, Eastern shareholders paying for It is proposed to issue 20,000 new shares at. their allotments at the current rate of the day for demand bills on Londen, thus placing them In the same position as shareholders on the After crediting Capital London Register. Account with $2,500,000 (being 20,000 shares of $125 each), making thereby the total capital up to $10,000,000, the balance representing the premium obtained on the new shares will be carried to the credit of the Reserve Fund, which will then amount to about $7,500,000, the Capital and Reserve Fund thus Augmented, together with the Marine Insurance about Fond ($250,000), will, amount.

to

LATEST "Fashionable Intelligence from Singa. $17,750,000, and will place the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in a very strong pore- TASTVINDIA PLANTATION COMPANY.

financial position.

Mr. J. Herman de Groot bas, in addition to his appointment

smpowered also to represent the interests of the Easi-India Plantation Company there,

May auth, 1890.

BARON DA HORM, Director, East India Plantation Co.

It is intended to allot the new shares to, the holder of three old ones. Shareholders holding shares not a multiple of three will receive frac tlonal certificates in respect of each share in excess of such multiple, and one new share will be allotted to the holder of three such fractional Certificater.

Any shares not taken up will be disposed of by the Directors at their discretion, the amount received in excess of $125 each to be carried to the Reserve Fund,

· Thus the Straits Times re the foregoing :-. Baron de Hom, who is leaving for Europe shortly, has appointed managers for his tobacco estates in Dell and for the East India Plantation Company In Dutch Borneo.!! Baron de Horn!" Great Cesar, what next? Dear old Dr. Van der Horck posing as a Baron of bis own creation It is proposed 12 make £10.126 payable on so comparatively close to Hongkong is proof the 30th June, 10.12.6 on 30th September, positive that our ancient friend's unparalleled 10.13.6 on 31st December, 1890, and 10.13.6 on 31st March, 1891, the new shares to rank for cheek has suffered no diminution since he tear- fully left this sunny isle under a very nasty dividend, to the extent paid up, with the old cloud years and years ago. And now he is a Baron, and a tiger-slayer, and a racing enthu siast, owns tobacco estates in Deli-for which he never tolled, neither did he spin-and is Director of the East India Plantation Co... Go ahead. Van der Horck, and you may yet blossom out into a Rajah (like Francia) or #Dook" of the famous Battenburg pattern but don't come

It is, of course, possible that Viceroy LI HAN-CHANG may be able to justify his | and soda remains stationary and the demandas adminlerator of my pelvate Zetates to Dutch Bornes, been alleged action, although a fairinterpretation for that exhilarating beverage continues as keen $1.10 of the international compact from which ..$12

we have just quoted, shows no loop- News has been received here to-day from Mania 1.35 hole where justification can possibly to the effect that Detective Inspector Stanton come in. The Chinese oplum dealers, we and Sergeant Maclver arrived there on the 24th may observe, have as usual risen to the Inst, when they were received with due courtesy occasion. Lost Thursday and yesterday by the Spanish authorities, who assured them 2.00 the export of opium from the colony that Barradas was in custody, and held out aggregated considerably over five hundred hopes that the formalities in connection with his extradition would be got through roon enough chests, and as the ordinary daily shipments to enable the officers to get back with their 0.75 only average from twenty-five to thirty prize to this colony by the steamship Zafiro. But chests, these figures have a special signifi- it is all subject to the return of the Governor cance. This new departure of the Canton General, who is now in the provinces. Barradas Government is a matter of very consider wife and several members of his family went able importance to our local commerce, over to Manila by the same steamer so the 75 and consequently his Excellency the detectives.

Administrator will lose no time in AT a meeting of the British Mercantile Marine protecting, as far as possible, whatever Officers' Association held at 2 High Street last rights may be infringed or threatened by night, resolutions to the following effect were the Viceroy's latest device for increasing carried unanimously:-That a special general China's revenue at the expense of foreign meeting of the Association be held at the Victoria Hotel on Monday the 2nd prox't at 8.30. trade.

p.m. for the purpose of electing vice President" Also, that the rules of the Mercantile Marine Officers' Association of Australia he adopted for the Hongkong Association, with such modi- fications and alterations as may be deemed necessary." Almost all the river and coasting companies were represented at the meeting, as well as the Australian Mercantile Marine Officers' Association,

D Watson's HKD Blend of the Finest Scotch Malt Whiskies, Violet Capsule,... 10 E Watson's Very Old Liqueur

Scotch Whisky, Gold Capsule 12 IRISH WHISKY.

A John Jameson's Old, Green

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B John Jameson's Fine Old,

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8

10

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1,00

1.10

C John Jameson's Very Fine

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TELEGRAMS.

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THE SILVER BILL

LONDON, May 21st. A canvass of the Ualted States Senate shows all the Democrats but three support free coinage, 0.40 thus making, with twelve Republicans, a

majority of four. 0.40 aço NEW GERMAN CONSUL FOR SHANGHAI.

May 29th. Mr. Stenbil, German consul, at Apia, goes to Finest Old Jamaica, Violet

Capsule...ima 13

1.00. Shanghai.... Good Leeward Island...$1.50 per Gallon.

(From the Comereto.) LABOR v. LEAD..

MADRID, May 19th. The strike of workmen at Bilbao has The military occasioned a serious .conflict. authorities have sent infantry, cavalry, and artillery there to over we the strikers. The rest of the country is tranquil.

May 23rd.. All, the strikes are ended.

LIQUEURS.

Benedictine Curaça Chartreuse

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Maraschino Herring's Cherry Cordial Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters, &c.

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Letters on Editorial matters to be sent to."The Editor", and

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or use for discussion by correspondents of all queerles ing public interests, it must be distinctly understood that the Editor does not in any way hold himaalt vesponsible for opinion thus argutted.

While the columns of the Hongkong Telegraph will alwayn

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MANILA. The new Archbishop of Manila has gone to Rome, previous to leaving for the Philippines."

LOCAL AND GENERAL. THERE will be a game of Pelo at Causeway Bay, af

; at 5.45 p.m. on Monday, the 2nd prox

MarchThe White Squalluzerare

Advertisers are requested to forward all noise leida for THE Band of the A, & S. Highlanders will play Insestion in that day's laste not later than Three oʻClack as ne hot to relard the exriy publication of the paper

the following programme at the Barack Square, Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordiend for a this evening, commanding at 7.30 o'clock fed period will be continned until nouutemmanded..kunganalt

The Honghong Talgindi hoa the largest circulados of say English newspaper published is the Far Low, and is thereine the besi medium in Advertisers, Tarme can be leucus on application, The Honchong Thlagvaji's nimsher at the ‘Tulephone Contra) Each san là Bạn

Day in FanIANA”,

***Valse The Manguer to

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Godirty.

Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be allowed to shareholders paying their instalments in advance of the above dates, and 8 per cent. per annum will be charged on over.. duc calls.

The Chairman aid: Your attendance lo- day has been invited to consider the question, to Hongkong. You may get left if you do. of the increase of the Bank's capital, and, if approved, to pass certain resolutions THE Hankow correspondent of the Shanghai, which are necessary for carrying out your Mercury writes under date May 22nd decision. The circular letter of the 10th alt. The Hankow community has just suffered a has been in your hands some time, and fully great loas by the death of Mr. Hugh F. Ramsay, sets forth the scheme. Your Directors have given which took place at an early hour this morning, the matter their careful deliberation, and have Thursday, the aand May. Mr. Ramsay had come to the conclusion that the increase is been cenfined to his bed for rather more than a necessary in view of the growing business of fortnight, and as it was generally understood the institution, and that such increase will add that his illness was of a very serious nature, the to the prosperity and stability of the Bank. news that it had terminated fatally did not The necessary resolutions will be proposed one THE steamer Newchwang arrived at Shanghai altogether take the community by surprise, by one, and I hope you will see your way to on the 23rd. According to the NC. Dally For some time past he has shown signs of being agreeing to them: They are in conformity with News, the Newchuang, went ashore in a dense physically less robust than be used to be, section 22 of Ordinance Xof 1866, and in the fogo thenorth of Wall Folat, Huiton Bay, and she and almost from the beginning of his recent terms of Article go of the Deed of Settlement, the struck on a ledge of rocks, with a large fiat rock illness many of his friends have feared that he conditions of which are fulfilled. The first amidships and boulders at both ends, leaving would hardly have strength to bear up against resolution, which I will myself propose, is as het exposed to wind and rea from N.E. to S.E.it. Mr. Ramsay was born in 1838, and came to follows: That the capital of the Hongkong. Three N.E. gales were experienced, and during China about 30 years ago in connection with and Shanghal Banking Corporation be increased several days from fresh to strong N.E. winds, the firm of Messrs. Gilman & Co., in whose from $7,500,000 to $10,000,000 by the creation. which rendered the position of the vessel denger house he subsequently became a partner. He of 20,000 new shares of $125, to be issued at ous. As the settled on the rocks, one boulder pene was one of the first foreigners to take up his the price of £42 109 Easter shareholders to abode in Hankow when the port was opened to pay for their allotra nts at the current rate of the trated the forehold and considerable damage was done by other boulders near the same spot. - In foreign trade, and at the time of his death he was day for demand bills on London.” crder to float the vessel a well was built round probably the oldest resident but one in the com- Mr. G. S. Coxon conded, the damaged part, and an attempt was made to munity. After Gilman & Co. withdrew from float her on the 28th of last month, but the Hankow, Mr. Ramsay started businesscnhis own attempt was a failure. A wrecking pump was account as a merchant and commission agent, then sent from Hongkong and another well was He has always taken a lively interest in what constructed, but bad weather with much sea ever-concerned the welfare of the community, being experienced on the ist, and, and 3rd } and has been a most energetic and useful mem instant, a second attempt to get the vessel off ber of our Municipal Council, of which he has was not made till the 8th instant, though it several times been the Chairman The respect too was unsuccessful, as a boulder had made in which he was held was shown this afternoon another hole, this time in the after hold, in a very marked way by the large concourse of A third well had to be constructed, and on foreigners who assembled at the cemetery at his the 16th, everything being ready and the funeral, Seldom, if ever, before has so large an weather favourable, the vessel was floated off assemblage been seen here on a similar poca and steamed Into Amoy." On the 19th the sion. It is not too much to say that Mr. Ramsay Newchwang left for Shanghal with the wreck will be missed by almost every foreigner at this ing pump, which easily kept the leakage down port, and many persons in Shanghalt and clad Since he has been docked it has been found where, as well as in Hankow, will feel that they that the largest hole in her hull is some 6ft. long have lost in him a personal friend whose place by aft, wide and this is in the forehold Of the cargo in the ship at the time of the accident only 'some 2,000 bean cakes were saved,

Mr..Forbes proposed-That the said new, shares be in the Erst instance, in such manner as the Directors shall prescribe for that purpose, offered to the shareholders in the propo tion of one new share for every three shares of which on the 31st May, 1800, they shall respectively be the registered bolders, and that pry new shares not compted by the shareholders within the time Emited by the Directors for that. purpose, be disposed of and allotted by the Directors in such manner and at such price as in their discretion they shall think best in the interest of the Company."

Mr. Hirst accorded. format M Mr. Michaelsen proposed That payment of the sum of 43 tos per share for each of the said new shares be made as follows, viz 5-

* 610 128, 61, on the 30th day of June, 1890

It will not be easy to fil. He leaves a widow to limódio 30th Septynin and five children, for whom thedeepest sympathy10 121 60. 31st Decem

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