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Intimations.

DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA,

LIMIT E D, DISPENSING CHEMISTS.

AERALED WATER MANUFACTURERS, WINE, SPIRIT, AND CIGAR IMPORTERS.

SCOTCH WHISKY.

N consequence of the increasing and frequently IN

expressed appreciation of our special blend of OLD SCOTCH WHISKY we have entered into an agreement with the distillers whereby we are guaranteed a practically unlimited supply for an unlimited time.

Many popular brands of Scotch Whisky are said to have fallen off in quality, we can now guarantee that our own blend will be ALWAYS THE SAME. Judges of good Whisky are recom- mended to try a sample bottle.

Per dozen $10.0, Bottle $1.

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(Telephone No. 60.)

Nos. 22 & 24, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

·Hongkong, 28th July, 1890.

WINES AND SPIRITS.

BY APPOINTMENT.

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S. WATSON & CO., LD.

(ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.)

HONGKONG.

Wine Brands, all of which are of ex- TE invite attention to the following old cellent quality and good value for the money.

The same being specially selected by our London House, and bought direct from the most noted Shippers, are imported in wood and bottled by ourselves, thus enabling us to supply the best growths at moderate prices.

In ordering it is only necessary to state the name and quantity of Wine or Spirit wanted, and initial letter for quality desired."

Orders through Local Post or by Telegram receive prompt attention. PORTS. (For invalids and general use.)

A Alto Douro, good quality,

Green: Capsule

Per dark

CAMP BOL

$10 $1.00

B Vintage, Superior quality,

Red Capsule

12

C Fine Old Vintage, superior

quality, Black Seal Capsule 14 D Very Fine Old Vintage, extra superior, Violet Capsule (Old Bottled).......

SHERRIES.

CC

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A Delicate Pale Dry, dinner

wine, Green Capsule... 6 B Superior Pale Dry, dinner

wine, Green Seal Capsule...7.50

C Manzanilla, Pale Natural

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Sherry, White Capsule..... 10 Superior Old Dry, Pale Natural Sherry, Red Seal- Capsule.......

D Very Superior Old Pale Dry, choice old wine, White Seal Capsule.........

E Extra Superior Old Pale Dry, very finest quality, Black Seal Capsule" (Old Bottled)

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1.10

1.25

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1890.

THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL. Sir John Lubbock has been elected Chairman of the London County Council, vice the Ead of Rosebery, resigned.

HELIGOLAND.

July zgth. The House of Commons has finally passed the Bill regarding the crasion of Heligoland to Germany.

THE P. & S. N. Ca's steamer Verona left Nagasaki for this port at 6 pm. yesterday. CAPTAIN Leicester C. Keppel, Ints of the cruiser Constance on the China station, has been selected as flag-captain to Vice Admiral C. T. Curme, the new Commander-in-Chief at the Nore.

News reached Singapore last week by private letter from Sandakan that Mr. W. Flint, con cerning whom there have been such contradictory rumours, is actually dead. It turns cul, however, that he was not murdered, but died of fever up- Desperate fighting has occurred in Buenos country, after visiting the Dutch frontier. Ayres,

THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

(Special to Hongkong Telegraph.) KOREA

MR. BLAINE DEFIANT.

SEOUL, July 25th.

A great commotion has been created here by the appointment of the anti-English Dr. H. N. Allen-by expres desire of Mr. J. G. Blaine as Chie! Secretary of the United States Legation in this city. This appointment is considered in diplomatic circles to be an act of defiance on the part of the United States Government, as 2 protest against Chinese claims to suzerain rights over this peninsula and as an indication that America is undoubtedly hand-in-glove with Russia in her anti-Anglo-Chinese policy.

Dr. H. N. Allen was Secretary of the Korean Legation in Washington from 1887 to 1889. prior to which he was chief of the American Methodist Missionary Society in Korea. From time to time he has shown himself a strong partisan of Russia in the Korean political arena.-E., H. K. Telegraph.)

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The prospectus of the Hyogo Hotel Co., Ld.. will be found in our advertising columns. THERE will be a game of Polo at Causeway Bay to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 5.45 o'clock.

GOVERNOR DES VEUX was invited by the Queen to a state concert held at Buckingham Palace on June 25th.

A TRIAL shipment of West Australian bullocks has been received in Singapore with a view to improving the local beef supply. The animals had a good rest after the voyage and got into fine slaughtering condition. :

As will be seen by an advertisement in another column, meeting of members of the Jockey 1.59 Club will be held in the Hongkong Hotel on Saturday at 12 30 o., to arrange about Subs cription Griffins for the next racing season.

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ACTING under telegraphic instructions from 0.75 Batavi, the Singapore detectives last week arrested a Frenchman named Oitaves Jourdin, Inte of Rila, east coast of Sumatra, on a warant

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alleging against him a charge of culpable homi-

cide.

HANG on to your Purjoms. One of the richest women in Australia arrived in London lately. She is a young widow with a fortune, it is said, of £15,000 a year, and her story illustrates what "a gold mine "is the Broken-hill silver mine in New South Wales. The lady's husband paid £izo for certain shares in this mine. When he died a short time are the shares were compara tively valueless, and he thought he was leaving his wife and young family in destitution. Shortly after his death the shares rose suddenly to a price so marvellous that the widow'sold half of her | share for £190,000, and is now receiving £15,000 a year. Wouldn't she be a "catch."

THE Kobe Yuskin Nippo says: Cholera has broken out on board the Turkish Man-of-war Ertougrout which is now anchored at Yokohama. Two fallors who had been on shore the whole dy were attacked by cholera on the night of the 18th inst, and died shout eleven o'clock the same night. This having been reported to the police and the Kanagawa Kenchos consultation was held with the captain with regard to the desirability of cremating the corpses, but as the Turks never burn their dead, it was decided to bury them in the sea, which was done at the Sagami Neda, two miles from the port. For five days the vessel has been in quarantine, and with the exception of the Captain and four officers no one has been allowed to land.

ALFRED. S. DYER, the social purity crank who spends his time, in raving about opium divans, brothels and the "British India Government in alliance with bell," writes to a London contem- Pory as follows: The Viceroy Li spoke in strong and emphatic terms to me of the moral and material evils of opium smoking. He said the Central Government were most, sincere in their antagonism the opium trade, and if the foreign import were prohibited, they would at, once turn their efforts effectually to put down the home growth. But, he asked, would not the demand for a prohibition treaty with Great Britain, bring on a third opium war? We are reluctant to do so, but we cannot refrain from telling Dyer plainly that he is an tafamous liar, and an impertinent and vicious scandal monger. Li Hung-chang is far too astute a statesman to either give away his policy or confide State secrets to a fanatic, of the Dyer type. Neither in be at all likely to have made the slightest ref rence to the possibility of "a third oplum war with Great Billain." This sort of rot may go down with Fxeter Hall numskulle, but it only smuses those who know anything about the mater. Dyer and his precious paper the Sentinel are well matched a pretty pair of social purity

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NOTWITHSTANDING their prowess in the cricket field at Penang, the representatives of the 38th Regiment suffered a severe defeat at the hands of the Perak local eleven. Perak in one innings compiled a total of 127 runs, while the 58th in their first attempt only made 36 and in the second 66, Perak thus winning by an innings and 15 runs

A SMART sixteen-year-old youth was "docked" before Mr. Wodehouse at the Police Court this morning, and charged by the charming little wife of Leung Yup, "Ab Soy, with snatching her ten-dollar oml appendages, which were very dear to her as having been the cumshaw of her very first love." She was sauntering along Queen's Road West at 9 o'clock last night accompanied by her bewitching little sister, when an unceremonious youth, the prisoner, tere off her earring and bolted like a "red-shank," closely pursued by a district watchman in plain clothes, who was at the time "mashing" the fair damsels. The scamp caught a tartar," and was sentenced to six months hard labour, a whipping of ten strokes being thrown in to give him an excuse to lay off in the jail hospital for a week or two.whila doing his “time.”

WE read in a home paper that a deputation, consisting of Sir Charles Russell, Mr. Frank Lockwood, QC, and Mr. T. F. O'Connor, waited on Mr. Matthews, the Home Secretary, the other day, to present a memorial in favour of the release of Mr. Parke, who is undergoing a sentence of twelve months imprisonment for publishing a libel in the North London Press on Lord Euston. Mr. Parke has already served six months of his sentence. The memorial was of a very influential character, having been started bat a few weeks ago, and though those concerned is it confined their efforts to leading newspapers, it had received no fewer than 499 signatures. Of these, rod were the signatures of editors and proprietors of newspapers OT periodicals. The signatures also represented all shades of political feeling. Sir Charles Russell presented the memorial, explaining that he had been the counsel for the prosecution; but that he felt If his daty to support the prayer for the mitigation of the sentence. The sentence was, he believed, in excess of the offence; and especially so in view of the lightness of the sea tences passed upon persons convicted of being principals in crimes which Mr. Parke sought to expose-Mr. Matthews received the deputation with courtesy, and promised to carefully consider the memorial!

Qurs" wrote from Saigon to the Straits Times, last week, as follows:-My attention has been lately very much attracted by the perusal of two entire columns of your valuable issue of July the 9th under the heading "Protection of women and girls," as to the proposed Ordinance in Hongkong on Chinese marriages. That is a very dificult and delicate question for any legis Iative body to solve. I have carefully perused every word of the two aforesaid columns, and as far as I have been able, I have also carefully weighed and compared the opinions of different persons, and I must say that my general conclusion is that all those who appear to be striving to settle this arduous affair appear to me to be terribly at sixes and sevens with

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ways and sa place carefully study Sir George Staunton's means. Why do not these earnest people in the translations of the laws of marriage, divorce, and adoption in China, and, that done and thoroughly digested, why do they not carefully read and study the French translations of the same laws with that of numberless notes bearing on the maiter, by M. P. Phillatre, formerly Chief Com bold to say that the inquirers would find within missioner for native affairs in Saigon? I make

the information they require; but they must the scope of the two above mentioned works all bear in mind that it would take one thoroughly conversant with the English and French languages and Chinese characters at least two years to master the whole of the said information. 1 venture to affirm that the per- haps astonishing preceptno polygamy allowed in the length and breadth of the Celestial Empire" will be deduced from a careful search of the above laws and edicts. The second wife remains always, during the life of the first and principal wife, the subordinate helpmate of the first, because she must be accepted by the first wife or the marriage is lilegal. Some say she must be chosen by the first wife, others not, on the ground that she might and would certainly choose a younger sister or first cousin, which is prohibited by another law. I believe that not 5 per cent. of double marriages would be found legal, if the test of the consent of the first wife were applied to verify their validity. There is

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pressed upon our general agents the necessity of strict economy during the time the carnings are so greatly reduced. This is a matter that they are having continually before them, and to which no doubt they will pay the utmost attention, I shall now propose that the Report of the direc tors and the accounts for the year 1889 as presented be approved and passed, and if any shareholder requires any further information upon any subject connected with the Company's affairs, I shall be happy to give it him to the best of my ability.

Mr. W. Keswick seconded the resolution,

which was put, and carried unanimously.

The dividend was then formally declared, after which the retiring directors, Mr. William Keswick and Mr. Macandres, were re-elected.

The retiring, auditors, Messrs. Turquand, Youngs and Co., were also then-ananimously re-elected.

·A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the meeting.

OLD "MANN,”

The E. and C. Express of the 27th June says :-" Our Hongkong readers will be specially interested to hear that William Mano, a native of Kirby-le-Saken, in Essex, has just returned to England after undergoing many remarkable adventures in upwards of half a century. For nearly forty years Mann lived on the Marianas with the Spanish, two years being spent in dig ging for hidden treasures which were stolen from the Roman Catholic churches in Brasil by a Spanish pirate. He afterwards became captain of a "schooner, which had been stolen from

causes which have affected our business it is not not require any particular remark. The exchange very easy to give an opinion. As regards trade account is on this occasion transferred from debit on the coast, it is looking well. The to credit, owing to the higher rate, and the volume of trade during the earlier months

account comes out with a net balance of £20,000. of this year has been satisfactory; and Against that, as stated in the report, we propose if we only had remunerative males ruling, there to divide 3 per cent., on the capital, which will

3 leave a balance of £5,136, carried forward to is no doubt we should be in a position to take advantage of the increased expansion of trade,

next year, and we hope that provision will help Then with regard to the competition from out-us somewhat in declaring a dividend next year, siders. What they had been carrying lately on even with the unsatisfactory prospects that wo the Yangtze and elsewhere cannot have been a have of the net earnings of the steamers profitable business for them. We do not, there from the reduced rates of freight. I do not fore, look for an early extension of competition know that there is anything more that I on that line; but at the same time shipowners need remark upon with regard to there are 'maintaining their traffic, and to a

Company's prospects, but at all events I certain extent we have to compete with those am not inclined to take a despairing view vessels which are taking cargo at cheap rates. of them at all. I think that when this contest with regard to the coal question, we have no ·has found its natural level, whick I kope it will late information on the subject, but I do not do before very long, that we shall be in a posi- anticipate that the expenditure on coal in 1890tion to collect our usual earnings; and we can will show any material reduction upon 1889 only hope that our competitors will see the ad- However, a more serious matter which we have visability and prudence of coming to an arrange to contend with at the present time is the comment with as little delay as possible. We have petition from the war of rates which has arisen since the early part of this year. It began in the middle of February, Previous to that there was an understanding amongst the three large Com panies which conduct the coasting "trade of China as to the maintenance of rates ; and in `a certain degree it was understood that they should not interfere with each other's particular sphere of action, and that agreement had been carried on for some time. But it expired at the end of last year, and when it was necessary to renew it more advantageous termia were demanded. by one of the Companies than the other two thought it reasonable or proper to grant them. This Company's general agents did their very best to bring about a renewal of the agreement to this end either upon the old lines or upon any reasonable or practicable basis. We tried to get the parties to a Round Table to discuss the differences which had arisen in a friendly spirit; but in this, however, we were not successful. The Companies after a period of indecision took the resolution to act independently of each other, and the immediate consequente was a prompt redaction in rates. Well, that has been going on ever since, and of course this Company has been suffering greatly by it; but I can say most distinctly that action which has led to this suffering on our part has been forced upon us, that we have had no option in the matter unless we were willing to sign a complete surrender of all our rights and all our position. The general agents of the company in China, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., have made every effort to avert the tariff war which followed, but unfortunately without success. How long it is going to continue by the latest accounts from China things were I am unable to say. I am glad, however, to see getting into a more settled condition, that is the English, and his work was to carry produce to say, there were not the constant endeavours between the various islands of the group. One to cut under the other Companies that prevailed day when landing upon an island for wood, his in the first instance; but by a sort of tačit vessel was boarded by nine Spanish prisoners agreement rates had been settling down to a who had escaped from confinement, and as more remunerative level, at any rate compared Mann had only three or four hands with him, with what prevailed at the outset of the contest, the Spaniards compelled him to carry them to I think that probably the settlement will take an island where there was no government. He that direction, and we shall find as our competi-made for the Pelews, hoping to meet with some tors grow tired of throwing away money by ship which would help him out of his difficulty, will gradually increase; and whether an agree known that he had assisted prisoners to escape. accepting unremunerative business that freights for he knew he would be imprisoned if it became ment is come to or not that there will be a sort Eight days afterwards he met with the ship of of tacit understanding to continue business on Captain Halcombe, an old acquaintance, and tho that footing. I sincerely hope that will be the next day a Germán "man-of-war came to his case. Throughout it all, the care of the directors assistance. Acting upon the advice of the has been that this Company should not go to lieutenant who came aboard, Mann ran his to defend, and we mean to defend them to the in the Supreme Court that the vessel had been the wall. We have large and important interests schooner into Hongkong, where it was proved best of our ability. But it is essentially a case stolen. The schooner was ordered to be sold by in which an agreement might be come to, and auction, and Mann was given $50. He was we are not at all without hope that this may be thus left maimed and disabled in a strange arrived at before very long; in fact, the latest land, but for eleven years he picked up a telegrams received from China indicate that precarious living as a ship's watchman. Companies to that effect. Whether they have Rev. A. Gurney Goldsmith, chaplain to scamen some overtures have been made by one of the He then came under the notice of the

it is yet impossible to say. As regards the send him home. Some 30 was collected and been successful in coming to any arrangement at Hongkong, who collected enough money to Company's underwriting accout, we have been forwarded to the Rev. S. W. Stagg, vicar of fortunate in having no serious claims during the Kirby-le-Soken, and the Rev. D. Greatorex, of

St. Paul's. Vicarge, London Docks, Mann is past year; in fact, the total amount of the claims has been remarkably small, many accidents causes interruption a good business. We have been able, without any straining of the account, to transfer £3,116 to the credit of and loss for 1889. As regards the year 1890, we have the accident to the Tai Sang to look forward to. Since the report was in your hands we have had a telegram which says that the Tai Sang has been safely brought down to Hongkong and it le estimated that the expentes attending the bringing of her into barbour, and the repairs which it will be accessary to execute, will amount altogether to about £5,000, which, of course, is an unpleasant none of them rich mento contribute towards loss to our underwriting account. At the same a fund we raised for his assistance. The Rev. time it might be much worse. As to the real Mr. Goldsmith came forward then, and kindly cause of the accident we have not yet been communicated with a clergyman at home to look

letters come to hand. Sugarloaf Island, on forwarded us an Estar Standard, containing which the vessel ran ashore, has a lighthouse, a long interview with Mann, and informing uï Bad, therefore, under ordinary circumstances, that he has desired Mr. Stagg to make it knows, the accident ought not to have occurred. It il necessary publicly, that the Hongkong Tale- probably occurred during a fog, but we have no graph took up the case, and collected most of Actual Information on the point. It is rather a the £30 which Mann has to rely on. By this IN the course of bis report for 1889 Mr. Rodger,

singular circumstance that the principal casual-mail we send to the Rev. 5. W. Stagg an addi- British Resident at Pahang writes-lo the early part of the year great excitement prevailed in

ties which have affected us of late years have | tional sum of $35, forwarded to us since Mann's the European and Eastern mining Markets, and

been with our newest and best vessele, and not departure from Hongkong by a few well-wishers the shares of many Pahang Companies forined

with the old and smaller ones, which we should, in the service of the Chinese Imperial Maritimo the subject of what may advisedly be termed

of course, have preferred, if possible. We have Customs at Canton. extensive gambling transactions, since the

also been rather unfortunate in not getting the Pahang mince bad then been, so imperfectly

Lin Shing out as expected at the opening of developed that little was, or could be known, a

the Tientsin season: It was delayed four and a-half months, owing to the unsatisfactory state to their actual value. Since that period a con-

of matters in the Clyde, which affected not only. siderable amount of work has been done, and, within the course of the next few months, it should

us, but all other shipping loteresis; and, while be possible to form an approximate estimate of The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the we have been seriously damaged by the delay, the relative value of some of these mining report and accounts, said: "The report has been I am afraid the shipbuilders with whom we properties, based not, as hitherto, mainly on in your hands for some time, and I suppose, in made our contract for the vessel have been still the reports of interested speculators, and the the ordinary way, you will take it as read. Most more seriously damaged by the conduct of the inspection of selected specimens, but on the of you, I dare say, have had an opportunity of workmen in their employ. The whole state of shipments of metal resulting from actual studying its contents, and some of you, no doubt the artisans in the Clyde last year was most "The loathsome cynicism (unequalled in my working. From personal observation, and from have been comparing it with the report presented unsatisfactory, and probably nothing will bring experience) which I recently heard at Hongkong, a comparison of the reports of European and to you a year ago. It is always unsatisfactory about an improvement but a check to the trade from people professing godliness, has been an It is reported from the Prefectural Government pays miners, 1 bellevo it to be an indoubted when directors have to meet the shareholders there, which will show them they cannot have exceedingly powerful commentary to mad. upen matters entirely their own way. The fleet has the words of Christ to the Church in Sardis : fact that Pahang spotains extensive metallferous and we not able to present them with an of Nagasaki that on the rotis instant 33 new deposits, both lode and silvial, of gold and tip, account of the continued prosperity of the been maintained during the year in the usual Thou hast a name that thou livest, and art cases of cholera occurred and 20 deaths; and on but, as has been shown by the unfortunate Company's business; but, as you know very efficient order, and all the services have been dead. As there is no effect without a cause, the zoth instant 36 cases and 13 deaths. It has

karu now got a float of 31,000 tons of shipping 3 | whose grave-clothes are impiously labelled with Herring's Cherry Cordier / also been reported by the Home Minister to the experience of many European companies in the well, business is often a series of ups and downs, i kept up with the accustomed regularity, --We what is the cause of this dead thing at Hongkong,

Osaka Local Government that 115 cases of elgbbourlog States of Perak and Selangor, it and at the present moment the dewas seem

We have had and although we are outnumbered by the other the name of the Holy One r this thing, the Dr. Siegert's Angus cholers have occurred at Amakasagor, Kuma by no means follows that this fact is a necessary to be rather prevalling.

Bliters, &c.moto-ken, during the last few days, and in con- guarantee of success, It would be beyond the decidedly less prosperous year, then we had Companies to some extent, still the Company stench of whose putridity rises an offence to that owns that amount of shipping is an import | heaven, and Infects, as a pestilence, the little province of this report to express any opinion as hoped for. In the early part of the year we' sequence the Governor of Osaka has sent, an

to the ultimate apocess, or otherwise, of any had fully expected that the year would have ant one, and any decisions that we take about laboriously, gathered Church of Chinese Chris-

7. Instruction that vessels coming from that district individual company in Pahang, but it may be turned out a fair average year; but we are at its interests have to be very carefully considered, tians in the colony will be examined at Ajikawa, Kitu and Sakai, ataich generally that here, as elsewhere, such disadvantage in comparing it with the results of With regard to the accounts that have been The cause Is conformity to the European the same as those coming from Nagasaki.

success mainly depends on the local manage last year, which as you know, was an excep placed before you, there is not very much to be heathenism of this Satan's reat.. If Christianity ment, and that it is more important that an tionally favourable one. It would be more said. Notwithstanding that we have added the had never been heard of, in Hongkong, the A COUPLE of well-known jail-birds were "nailed" Eastern mi dng manager, who must necessarily reasonable to compare it with the years preced Yan Sang to the fleet in 1888 and Lin Shine administrators of that colony could not be more yesterday afternoon by Chiness detectives just be entrusted with very wide powers by the ing, and in which the difference was not so great in 1889, there has been no addition to the deeply steeped in the attributes of hell. A as they were about to step on board a steamer directors of his company, should be a capable Now as to the causes of this, they appear to be capital account. The underwriting account is living Church of the Living God must be His bound for Canton. They denied all knowledge man of business, accustomed to life fa the East, threefold. In the first place, the inactive state left with a balance of 640,000, which we con-witness against evil. It must so abhor sin, of robbery from the person of Bymaster fast than that he should possess the practical mining of trade which prevailed in the Treaty Ports, sider to be in's very satisfactory position and whether sin, whether private or public, as to Monday alght (previously reported in these experience which can be readily supplied by his more particularly during the latter half of the likely to be able to stand my probable losses rebuke it, and thus be a conscience to the com

On mually. Such witness in Hongkong-has been columns). until Detective Sergeant Haddon, subordinates, Most of the European companies, year, when the native Chinese traders were doing which may occur in the coming years. Accompanied by one of their "pals," appeared now working in this State, are engaged in the badly, there was considerable curtailment of the other side of the account, the depreciation infinitesimal. The bariler between the Church a watch which the development, and extension of mines originally banking facilities to them, and trade generally written off for this year is about what we latend and the word has been removed, the two have on the scene, and a foreigner was wearing on the night in opened by natives,-Siamese, Chinese, of Malay, was in a depressed stated. From that of course to be its normal figure. Last year being an mingled and commingled, and are now almost question was found wrapped in a handkerchief and, having regard to the machinery and the shipping interest naturally suffered. That exceptionably favourable year a much larger or wholly indistinguishable... In the House of Commens Ms. Bradlaugh fled, round the thigh of one of them. They improved appliances now available for pumping was one disadvantage that we have had to con- amount than usual was written of That, Twelve years ago a Commission sat la Hong suggested a merciful reconsideration of the were "up" before Mr. Wodehouse at the Follice water from the mines, and for getting and tend with, and another is the undoubted increase think, you will agree, was only a proper and keng to investigate the unmentionable infamics sentences. passed by the Court Martial. Mr. Court this morning, when it transpired in reducing the gres it will be a lasting, disgrace to in competion of the coast, and more particular reasonable precaution. This year, the amount that had attended the worlding of the system Stanhope (War Minister) deprecated my inter-evidence that these joharles had bese, for the European mining enterprise, if the operation of ly on the River Yangitse, where there has been is not so large, and is probably halwe shall licensed sine There can be no doubt that every ference of Parliament in matters of military past three days, the guests of some servants in the law of the furvival of the fires bout considerable development of the smalles writs off each year when there are no exceptional Christian in Great Britain hose that every ize Allevial tip vessels, both steamers and sallers, engaged in profits. With regard to the Revenue account, It was to read the evidence and Report of that the employ of Europeans at the Peak In the cause these mines to revert, as` discipline, and the subject dropped.

absence of the complainant, whose steamer, the mines in Selangor, have reverted, from wealthy the trade. The third reason is, as referred to in the net earnings as explained to the report, Commission thought that the chief actors. Deuterer, has salled on a round trip to Japan companies, commanding all the resources of the Report, largely increased expenditure spon show badly, especially when compared with the the terrible Immoralities therein disclosed would THE IRISH COMMAND.

and back, ble Worship remanded the care modern engineering scenes, to Easters gainers, coal, which alone would have been sufficient to large figures of last year, being 643953, against be for ever disgraced, and excluded from any Lord Wolseley assumes command of the forces pending the said complainant's return to equipped only with the radest and most primitive pay, about 3 per cent dividend to the share 671370, hat if is not often that the latter figure section of society in Hongkong tas laid claim

doldam. Now as to the permanency of those, is likely to be reached. The profit on coal does ! to even a semblance of respectability). Hopfart: Hongkong.

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RESIDENTS of the Peak will be surprised, perhaps, to know that several of their servants are at present "shadowed" by detectives, owing It is prepared to perform the ceremony of launch to the fact that some notorious thieves, who the new Seamens' Mission steam launch Day have done their time" in H.M. Gaol Spring at Kowloon Dock on Saturday next at whose photos are conspicuous features in the 0.10 am. Mr. Keswick has kindly consente torogue's gallery" at the Central Stallon and who Christen' the vessel. All friends interested are just now under remand and charged with in the St. Peter's Seamen's Church Mission are taking part in a daring highway robbery on the 14 1.50 invited to attend.

28th ulto, in which an intoxicated foreigner was their prey, and farther with attempting to "clear out" by the Canton steamer yesterday afternoon were guests for the past three days of the servants of two well-known and highly respected European residents of the Peak Various men- bers of the "Thieves and Burglars Amalgamated Guild" having been seen going to and from the Penk lately leads to the supposition that servants quarters up top-side are deemed by these indus. trious members of society to be convenient and healthy lairs during sultry summer months. "But, perhaps, Peak residents will not altogether agree with these "gents" or the boys who so com passionately shelter their ill-used and indefatig- able countrymen. The custom so much in vogue with oriental servants, of having a umber of shady looking customers around their quarters, of whom they say when questioned belong my fliend," is a pernicious one, and we recommend our readers to allow none bat their own employées on their premises. By so doing their property will be in greater

THE S.S. Siam, which arrived in Singapore on the 23rd July,from home, is another new local steamer. She was brought out by Mr. Tulloch $6.50 and will run between Singapore and China ports. 5.00 She has been built in Sunderland to the order 7.50 of Mr. Tan Kim Ching, and is much larger than

the S.S. Singapore of the same line,

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C Very Old Liqueur Cognac,

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D Hennessey's Finest Very Old.

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B Watson's Glenorchy Mellow

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C Watson's Abelour-Glenlivet,

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I) Watson's H K D 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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AT a special meeting of the Sanitary Board, to- morrow, the orders of the day will be:-- 1. Amendment of drainage bye-laws, 2. Report on house drainage by Hon. O.

Chadwick, C.M.G. T 3. Reports on malo sewerage by Hon, O.

Chadwick, C.M.G.

AT Bangor County Court, on June 33rd a peremptory order was made, under a judgment summons, committing Lard Charles Innes Ker 0.75 to prison for twenty-eight days for non-payment plaintiff's solicitor swore that his lordship was 9.75keeping out of the way to avoid service.

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the present receiving 73. per week from the now living with his brother at Kirby, and is for collected fund; but it is hoped that enough money. will be collected to keep him from the workhouse during the remaining years of his life,

We learn of old Mann's safe Arrival in his native place with much pleasure, but we would remind the Express, and also our morning con- temporary, which reproduces the above para- graph without comment, that old Mann would have been sent bome a penniless, helpless wreck if this paper had not made his distress public, and enabled a number of generous sympathisers

of the sun of 15 guineas due for saddlery. The safety th n 'heretofore, and the pol ce will be yet another clause, that both wives must inhabit formed, but we shall know as soon as the after the poor old, waif. To-day Mr. Goldsmith

THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play the following programme, at the Barrack Squate, to-morrow evening, commencing at 7.30 o'clock:

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"Old China

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Chota. wisaa. „Rafla.

LAST month a Rasalan expedition, says a St Petersburg correspondent, started from this city for the mouths of the rivers Obi and Yenisi under command of the well-known Siberian capitalist M. A. Siberkoff, who is using his own 1.co steamers the Obt and Nordensjold, for the purpose. The latter vessel joined the Obf at 0.40 Archangel, whence they sailed in company for the mouth of the Yenisi. The object of the 040 expedition is said to be the development of ajo commerce,

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The Bonghong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1890,

TELEGRAMS.

THE GRENADIER GUARDS.

*. LONDON, July 23rd. The Second Battalion of the Grenadier Guards bas duly sailed.

able to drop on the light-fingered fraternity the same house. After all I think that the less much easier than is now the case, for they will the Hongkong legislature meddles with this have to take to their old haunts in Tai-ping-shar, question the better, at least for the present. Sbau-ki-wan and Yau-ma-ti:

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, (LIMITED).

The ninth ordinary general meeting of the above company was held in Winchester House, Old Broad-street, London, on the 19th June, for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors and passing the accounts. Mr. J. Macandrew, chairman of the Company, presided, All the directors were present.

The Secretary, Mr. A. Cheyne, having read the notice convening the meeting.

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A FANATIC'S VELP.

In the July number of the organ of the Social Purity movement, the Sentinel, friend AS. Dyer again lets himself loose on "The iniquities of Hongkong-a call to duty." We will help the good cause to the extent of reproducing the twaddle of this blasphemous babbler without comment. He says

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