The Chairman-That is all the basincas before tae mee.ing. I thank the gentlemen present for their attendance, and have to inform them
that a confirmatory meeting will be held about three weeks hence, of which due antice will be
The meeting then adjourned sins dis.
'givan.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1891.
by the nativity of President Pellegrini and the yally of the troops. Quiel has been restored.
Ex-Empress Eugenic lef to-day for San Remo. Empress Frederick and daughter and the Princess Margaret are actively engaged in sight seeing here. They leave for London to-morrow. Ex-Empress Frederick to-day walked in the garden of the Tuilleries ard drave on the Bais de Boulogne receiving everywhere respectful gre-ting She afterwards vivited an exhibition of art. This evening she dined at the British "THE EMPRESS OF INDIA", HONGKONG C. C. Embassy. Derine the day many prominent persons called at the German Embassy to pay their respects to the ex-Empress.
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CRICKET.
The Journal des Dièats in a yllent article on the Ferpin que inn, warns England that in throwing off the mask too, imprudently abe might as well declare & protectorate at once, widing that such vintailors of leders are dearer than any victory such as Tél-el-Kebir.
NEW YORK, February 19th.
A Lordon special says the, Bank of England continues to realize on the assets of the Barings. This policy has a tendency to ease the financial situation and in the end will lead to cheapness of money.
The match arranged by telegram between a team selected from the passengers by the new Canadian-Pacific Boer Empress of India and an eleven of the Hongkong Cricket Club was commenced on the Cricket Ground yesterday afternoon in capital cricketing weather and an a wicket that played admirably throughout. At the beginningofthe game the attendance of spectators was not large, but after tiffin an immense crowd assembled, the ground being thickly lined with interested watchers of a contest that proved somewhat one-sided. Our visitors placed a strong eleven in the field, including such well known plevers as Rodriguez the M.C.C., and Halton
The Ginces receivert a 'cahlegram from their once a shining light in the Lancashire County Lima correspondent to-day that the revolutionists team, in addition to several others whose namerasptured. Iquique no February 17th. are not unknown in cricketing annals at home.
ST. PETERSBURG, February 19th. Hongkong, although moderately represented
A fire broke out yesterday in the apartments had still a formidable batting contingent, but the
of the Empress, but the flimes were promptly bowling element was palpably weak.
Going first to the wickets, the globe. extinguished and only slight damage done. The trollers" would have made a sorry show bar personally directed the operations of the
firemen.. for a grand exhibition of batting by Rodriguez, who went in first and carried his bat, right through for a capital tinnings of 8s. which
included one. 5. ten 4', four 2's, and singles, Rodriguez gave one or two chances, but on its merits the innings was deserving of ali praise, and needless to say the batsman was mast
DUBLIN, February 19th, " William O'Brien and John Dillon were trans-
ferred from Clonmel jail to the Galway jail this morning. The inhabitants of Tipperary got wind of the affair assembled in crowds at the station and enthusiastically cheered the prisoners
as they passed.
Bishop McGovern of Dromore has addressed-
berrilly cheered on returning to the ravillon when the last wicket fell with the total at 137 Hulton and Wond succeeded in reaching double letter to the clergy of his diocese, warning the figures, but the others seemed all abroad with in hiul not to attend the proposed Parnell meet. the bowling-they probably had not got backing at Newry. He treats the Parnellites In a their cricketing legs after such a lengthy sojourn | vivage manner and says the meeting is a wanton on the ocean wave. The Clob bowling was not insult to religion and a laudation of a crime particularly strong. Dunn's curly slows proving branded with the especial curse of heaven. most effective and accounting for 4 wickets at a cost of 47 rune, Barff, who was not in his best form, secured two wickets for 10, Dumbleton one for 23, and Campbell, who ought to havr been put on much earlier, as he is usually a very effective change bowler, two for 3 runs.
The Club, with what seemed on paper a remarkably soft thing, scarcely fulfilled, the expectations of their local admirers, and hut for Dunn "coming off" would have probably collapsed, But Dunn, as he generally doen, did * come off," and when he was bowled by Bevan who has the queerest and most laboured over- band action we have eversten in a good bowler, and Bevan evidently is an effective trundler with the tofal at 291, he had scored off his own bat the grand total of 187, which was comprised of three 6's, thirty-three 4's, one 3. half-a-drzen z'e and singles. Denn gave several chances, but his defence was all but perfect, and hig hiting exceptionally hard and admirably timed and placed. We think he got dismissed foolishly Bevans had just been put on for a change, the light was very deceptive, the bowler's delivery Was puzzling and he was dead on the wicket, and why, after carefully playing the first four balls of the over, Dunn should have logged out at the fifth in the way He did, we' don't pretend to explain, but it was not discreet. However, he did sleg and was clean bowled, Lesch exhibited his customary correct cricket for 34, and Sercombe Smith, for once in a way playing a defensive game, stayed with Dunn while the score was raised from 207 to 592. None of the others did anything, but we really cannot understand on what grounds Coxon was given out" leg before." The ball, a bit of a twister, seemed to hit him at the top of the thigh, quite beyond the wicket. but he had to go all the same. At gunfire the Club bad totalled 303 for the loss of 9 wickets Sercombe Smith being not out with 37 to his credit, and Harif with 4.
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BRUSSELS, February 19th. The reserve forces of the Civic Guard have been called out in the Charleroi district in view of the threatening state of affairs caused by the workmen's demand for the passage of a universal suffrage faw. The workmen's general committee regards this as a menace, and has addressed a manifesto to the militia asking them in refusa, ta her aiders to take sides with the workmen and to resist what it terms the Government's attempts to bring about a civil war.
MADRID, February 19th.
At the Cabinet council to-day, is referring to the negotiations with America, the Premier an nounced that he had obtained a reduction of duties on minerals, and was now negotiating for the free admission of tobacco into America from the Spanish West Indies.
BERLIN, February 19th... Herr Leurssen, the sculptor, who modeled the bust of President Garfield, died suddenly today from apoplexy. When the news of his death was communicated to his wife she was ro aver- come with grief that she was seized with con- vulsions, and shortly afterwards died in a fit, in spite of the efforts made to save her life.
VIENNA, February 19th,
did great damage. Houses were unroofed and A terrific storm at Presburg, Hungary, to-day trees were torn up by their roots.
The storm
was followed by an earthquake, which caqsed, two large fires. One of the hulldings burned was a girls' college, and several of the inmates were badly injured by jumping from the windows.
CORK, February 19th.
The National League has adopted a resolution declaring Parnell to be the sole leader of the Irish people. A person who discented was hustled out of doors until the resolution had been adopted and then he was re-admitted. Timothy Healy has refused to advance a sum of money. for the McCarthy cause.
On resuming play this forenoon the "not out" of last night quickly got "set," and deñed all the bowling efforts of their opponents. When the tiffin bell rang their wickets were silli intact Sercombe Smith having totalled 69 and Barff 44. After tiffin the Club's Innings was quickly brought to a close. Sercombe-Smith falling stop a straight one from Rodriguez after scoring 74, with the total at 399, Baiff carring out his bat for a hard hit 59. Bevan and Woodbridgement. were the most successful bowlers for the vizitori
In a minority of 272 the Empress of India players had to face a hopeless task, and ther made but a poor show against the bowling of Dunn and Campbell Rodriguez (az), Sidney (17), and Halton (22 not out) reached doub'e figures; the rest did nothing, and the innings closed for 83, leaving the Club victore by an Innings and 179 runs. Duan bowled most effectively, capturing no fewer than
seven wickets.
CAIRO, February 19th. the appointment of Justice Scott as official France has intimated that her protest against adviser of Egyptian Government is that it implies arefusal to apply the economies resulting from the recent conversi in of the Egyptian debt to the reforms proposed by the Egyptian Govern-
TORONTO, February 19th,
Edward Farrar, edlior of the Globe, in replying to the Premier's charges of treason says that the facts are briefly these: "Last summer as American friend, not in politics, asked for certain Information regarding the North Atlantic fishery question, and also asked him to state from an American point of view what line should be taken to bring about closer relations. He claims that he wrote the pamphlet in bis private capacity, and only expressed his personal views. He vouches for the fact that not a single copy was circulated in Washington. Farrar to-day said that he had nothing to add to the published E. Rodriguar, not eats cand b Dunn letter. There was nothing in this American 5. Bilacy by Furf & Darde, Dann 17. correspondence that could by any possibility be oflarda, b Campbell...construed into treason. He did not appreherd arrest, and thought the change was brought by the Premier to distract attention from the trade
LONDON, February 20th.
The following are the scores :——
EMPRESS OF INDIA"
SECOND INIMA
FIRST CANINOS,
G. H. Woodbridge, a Coxon, b
Darn......... m
C.
Baran, c and b Dunk
Rale, & Dune
• Dunk
Halton (Capt.). Bard
Capt. Manhail, run out
Tarmbury, cand b Dumbleton
t. it. Wood, and Campbell,
R Cach, Campbell
H, Euler, b Dugg
Extras
Duan, b Campbell a Dun potenciar
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•
b Duga......
-2
1b Dun
I
1 Horie
De Loring, Dana
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Totally
DONGKONG CRICKET CLUB, Free TemAS.
Cant. Dumbieta, Baranga Ieut. A, J. Camphal, Lb.w., & Woodinlöge Capt. Dunn, Havas
Maj Hannay, Hulten, Woodbridge
Lieu Bayla, b Bevan (n
A. 1. Leach (Cap, a Hulton, b BAR
R.
Garde, e and b Hulton...men
E. M. Loring, Beran sta
T. S. Smith, b Rodrigues
GS, Cano, 1.b... Woodbridge manu
Starff not ......
Total..........
Tot
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
situation..
'An official dispatch to the Chilean Legation states that the revolution is confined to the rebel squadron, and the troops at Tarapita. The greater part of Chile is quiet. and the regular troops and national
guard are supporting the Government. The accuracy of this news is doubted among commercial firms.
'Areceiver has been appointed for the Hansard Publishing Union (limited) on application of the Debenture Corporation, which advanced $1,250,000 to the publishing house. A petition Baking for the winding up of the affairs of the union was presented at the same time.
up high-priced bouquets at her performances, and generally acts as if he were truly a love sick swala.
PARIS, February 2181.
The Figare says:-Bishop Freppell, the well known clerical member of the Chamber of the Pope a letter signed by the Duc de la Deputies, who is on a visit to Rome, has handed Rochefoucauld. De Cassagnne and forty-five The Journal Das Ebats expresses the bope. members of the Right in the Chamber of Dein the interest of Europeans generally, that puties in support of their contentions. His holi Canada will.not surrender the United States, ness deilures that since he accepted the republic whose dream is to extend its economic hegemony he saw no reason why any Catholic should reject to the American continents. fi. On two points, he said, no misconception was possible. These points were, first, that the Government must be acknowledged; and secondl that the church must hold aloof from political parties,
NEW YORK, February 20th. The Turf, Field and Farmssys editorially : Haggin's death will prove a loss to the breedin and racing community. He had his father's fondness for the horse, and in the event of having outlived the latter he would, no deubi, have maintained the establishment at Ranche del Paso.
Transite urante, widow of Graera: Barrundia, killed by Guatemalan officers on board the American steamer Acapulco, has, it is said. announced her intention of asking the United States Government for $1,000,000 indemnity for killing her husband,
Papers in the suit have been served on Secretary of State Blaine, They recite that the widow and minor daughters, Victoria, Anna, Maria, Antonia, Dolores, Luz and Octavia, and married daughter, Teresa Barrundia, wife of Ramon Bengoches, demand $1,000,000 from the Government for General Barrundia's murder,
They declare that in his message of December 1, 1800, Presidert Harrison admits that it was by the arder of Minister Mizner that Barrundia was apprehended, and that this led to his being murdered by agents of the Guatemalan Govern- ment in the same message, the papers continue;
it is uncor ditionally affirmed that Minister Mizner stepped his authority when he issued the order and acted contrary to all established.prece dents in similar cases.
"If the order had not been official," it, is argued, Mizner wou'd ant have notified the Secretary of State, nor would he have stipulated that Barrondia's person should be respected and that he should he tried only for political offences. Maner acted throughout as Minister of the United States, and it is evident that if he had the responsibility the Government must be responsible to us in an indemnity for the irre- parable toss this official has caused us.”
BUENOS AYRES, February 20th. An attempt was made to-day to assassinate General Roes, formerly Minister of the Interior, The would-be assassin is imprisoned.
A stage of siege has been declared here. A
force of artillery has been brought to the capital from Zrase, and the troops at Palermo are held in readiness for an emergency. The public has become much alarmed.
LONDON, February 21st, Sadler, who was arrested and charged with the murder of "Carrotty Nell" or Frances Coles, is not Jack the Ripper. It has since been proved that four of the Ripper's series of murders were committed when Sarfler was at sea. The
Patrick Brooke Kilwan, convicted in 1852 of killing a man on the island of Ireland's Eye and sentenced to penal servitude for life, has just been released.
Mis, French Sheldon sinris for Africa on Monday. She will go by rail to Naples, thence by steamer to Madura and then to Zanzibar.
More than 5,000 persons were run over in Landan's streets last year. It must be said to the credit of London cabmen, who are the most dexterous drivers la the world, that nearly all the accidents were caused by the drivers of covered vehicles.
It has been a long time coming to the surface, but it seems certain that natural gas has been discovered at Cleveland in boring for salt. The
owners of the land refuse to sell at any price.
The Prince of Wales, the future head of England, is just now engaged in 'dodging an Interview with his royal mother. It appears that the baccarat scandal until Thursday, after her the Queen was not made aware of the details of
Prince, Henry of Battenburg, who has suffered a return to Windsor Castle from Osborne, and that
brother-in-law and the future Klag, was the good many slights at the hands of his royal medium for communicating the facts to her Majesty.
The papers in this city fiercely denounce the French artists for sending pictures to the art exhibition to be held in Berlin. Forty-five artists have already agreed to exhibit their works.
ON THE UPPER YANGTSZE.
Of all ways of travel surely boat fravel is the most luxurious. It is accounted roughing It. That means that there is no bother about toilets. the easiest bouts and gloves, the warmest and mosicomfortable of clothes. But that seems to be
the whole of the "roughing" ofit. For naturally
each boat traveller takes care to start with a favourite chair and a comfortable bed, and it is he cook's business to provide the most recherché of little repasts whenever wanted. What else. is he there for? Nor do seujiit and pheasants taste any the worse because the supply of fresh but perfectly well-built house, or a bont air is unlimited, and the cabin as cosy as nothing. floating in water. warmer than the sur rounding air can be. We have a sleeping cabin and sitting cabin each oft. 4in. by: 7ft 7in, the former well warmed by a most con veniently arranged kitchen adjoining with a plenti- fal supply of warm water for our travelling bath. Thas our only drawback is that the wind is always favourable, and whereas our fan-han has to pay us two tacks a day for every day over the agreed-upon aa between Ichang and Chungking, every day under.
we have to pay him two taels a day extra for Nevertheless it is always pleasant to sail before the wind; and boat travel inke thus is the delight of travel in essence divested of all its exauis of tiresome fellow- ravellers, dust, steam, rush! Yet there is rush ing though in the Yangiste Rapids, but rushing, of such another sort! We ran upon a rock our first day in the gorges, and did not seem able
a that night light of a Chinese candle, by the hikering of damaged rice showed clearly where it was, and a little bit of cotton with some tallow made it all right. After that our mast creaked so alarmingly that we shortened sail, but that also was soon made right, the sole of an old shoe being nailed over the cracks. Old shoes seem to have lasting power. We sailed on again before the favourable wind, that has carried us from Ichang to Kucichow-fu, all through the Yangtze gorges, in less than a week, Perhaps some of our good fortune is owing to the three jose-sticks burnt at the stern. They also, were stuck in an old shoe, or rather straw sandal this me. Perhaps old shoes have a meaning like so many other things in Chios, not understood by people unimbued from their cradles with the Profound truths of féng-skud
But if he had
police are not certain he killed the Coles woman,
Our voyage seems like a dream of childhood but are making a strong case against him.
realised, a dream inspired by many readings of the Sinbad's marvellous voyages. At chang they Colonel North's dog. Fullerton, won Waterloo Cup to-day. He was a favorite from
were making meity over a disappointed globe. the start. His dog Simonian won the Waterino trotter, who had been to see the Gorges, and came back disappointed, because they were not Purse. Though North's influence in the city has departed, he is coming to the front strong in perpendicular! Whether he insisted on their sporting circles.
descending perpendicularly to their winter water line, or their summer water line, not seldom, 60 feet apart, deponent said not. cons on to the Bellows Gorge surely even he must have been satisfied. The great Szechuen road, the one new road I have seen In China, Is simply hewn out of the face of the apparently perpendicular rock that there arches over it.. Thefe on the southern side also are the square holes in the rock, memorial of Chinees: daring, which the celebrated General Meng Llang caused to be made, so that in the night he took his soldiers, on pieces of wood stuck into these square holes, a. rude but strong wooden ladder up the face of the clit, naturally supposed to be inaccessible, and surprised the enemy, thereby conquering the kingdom of Sho. There, also, are the caves where men gather salpetre at diary heights, climbing up to them by paths that ronke one bot to look at. Further on are the iron pillars on one side,, and apposite the holes in the rock between which chalas were fastened so as to prevent the rebels from coming down in their vessels to attack the province of Hupeh, And then as we leave the gorge we see the temple to the memory of Lia Pel, who was there cncatoped, and stain when Meng Liang made his marvellous night attack. This Forder-land teems with Queen Victoria has of late evinced much memories which the Chinese do not quickly anxiety as to the moral welfare of her eldest son.
forget. In Kuelchow there is still a tablet to the The baccarat story has agitated her to a
wife of Liu Pel, over the well at the back of what serious degree, not only because of the glaring is now the Prefect's yameo, where she drowned evidence of the bad habits in the Prince, but herself when her husband was slain nearly also because it tends to make the Frince2,000 years ago. But it is New Year's Eve, and ridiculous.
even the 'boy' says it is Impossible for me to go into the city to see it to-day,andon to-morrow's festival it would be cruel to trouble our good" soldiers to escort us. For weare travelling with that great luxury, a gunboat, that is also a life boat, na escort, and the soldiers, an in all this admirably organised lfeboat service, e excellent fellows, whether for handling an parry for keeping back the crowd. They seem positively to delight fa carrying the camera, or in posing for a foreground, evidently admiring their own clothes very much and being very anxious to know if we can read the characters upon them. But for this gunboat, which shile faster than our qua-tie and can put us asbore anywhere, we should have been deprived of nearly all out interesting walks, for our boat has sailed on and on even into the night: Sailing through the never-ending Wasban gorge ever following White Wings before, a beautifully appointed junk, that had kept just ahead of us all day, and seeing our first sunast since we started, saffron in the west, was veryꞌ niogical. It seemed Impossible ever to go back again! to one's friends. ́ ́ Why not sail for ever, slace one has once discovered the Ideal Life ?
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One of the Great Eastern Railway Company's channel mail steamers came into collision this morning with the steamer Queen of the North Sea. The latter sank soon after. The crew of the Queen of the North Sea were drowned.
The recent trials of the Zalinski gun at Sheerness were conducted with much secrecy by the War Office. If the trials were successful the gun is to go to one of the Australian colonies The agent bas gone back to the States under the impression he has been badly treated. The effort to get resuls of the trial were unsuccessful,
but it is understood it was not favorable.
The Earl of Albemarle is dead. The Guards' Club has had under lis conaldera- tion the charge of cheating at cards made against Colonel Sir Wm. Gordon-Cumming, Bart. It has been decided not to call upon him to resign.
The motion for the disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales was defeated in the House of Commons, by a majority of 32. There was only a small attendance of members, Mr. Gladstone supported the motion, and explained that what was impossible in 1870 was now feasible.
Mr. T. D. Sullivan, M. P. for Westmeath, and In the House of Commons, this evening, Mr. Mr. J. R. Cox, M. P. for East Clare, who are Morgan's resolution in favor of the disestablish being sent out by Mr. Justin M'Carthy, with a, 'ment of the church in Wales was rejected by a
view to explaining the position of the Idah vote of 235 to 203. The announcement of the Palamentary panty, sail at once for Australia, large vote in its favor was greeted with loud Mr. O'Brien, M.P., condemns. the hostility of apposition cheers. Gladstone made a speech of the Catholic hierarchy to Mr. Parnell's leader- considerable length, which was greeted with ship much applause, in favor of Mr. Morgan's The steamship Sreman, Sadler, who was
resolution. remanded for further examination on the charge of
-BERLIN, February zoth. having murdered the woman koown as "Carroty Emperor William, at a dinner given in his Nell" in Whitechapel, has written a letter to a honor this evenlag by the Brandenburg Diet, member of the union to which he belongs. In sild he was aware that much he had recently his communication Sadler asks his "fellow- | dong had changed many of his people. It was unionists to get the newspaper press to watch necessary, however, for them to confide in tim the case, declaring the police are quashing with a view only to the welfare of the whole, cvidence favorable to him with the object of
hurrying his conviction. Sadler denies buying or selling the knife stained with human blood which the police claim to have traced to his
me,"
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CITY HALL, HONGKONG.'
THIS EVENING, (SATURDAY), the 28th March,
Mr. GEO C. MILN supported by
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first siz-months of 1890 and $689.63 paid on account of the Patience collision case there remalos a balance at Credit of Profit and Lost Accuuat of $1,283.30 and it is proposed to deal with this amount as follows:-
$1,000 written off Extraordinary expenditure, and the balance of $280.3010 be carried forward
to new account.
The Working Account for the six months shows a profit of $2,762.43 which is an improve- ment on our previous reports.
BUSINESS.
The Day Ferry Service between Pedders' Wharf and Kowloon is steadily increasing, and your Directors are considering the advisability of having larger aad more commodious Launches for the requirements of the trade.
Hiring and, General business show a decided Improvement on the corresponding six months of 1890.
DIRECTORS.
Mr. A. G. Gordon has resigned,
Messrs, Kwok Trze-chong and Chee-kum retire by rotation in accordance with the Articles of Association, and Mr. He Fook has been invlied to fill the place of Mr. Kwok Tac-chong, who does not offer himself again, Mr. Chec-kum being eligible, offers himself for re-election.
Mr. H. J. Holmes having returned to the Colony has been invited to again Join the board. His appointment with that of Mr. Ho Fook
MISS LOUISE PARIDAN AND THE require confirmation.
COMPANY,
אן
Shakespeare's Great Tragedy "RICHARD "
Mr. G. C. MILN as Richard, Duke of Gloster. Miss LOUISE JORDAN as Lady Anne.
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY.
Act I. "Now is the Winter of our discontent" DEATH OF KING HENRY.
Act 11.
THE FUNERAL PROCESSION. THE FAMOUS WOOING SCENE:
Act III.
THE CORONATION.
Act IV.
AUDITORS. Messrs. R. Lyall and L. Downes retira and offer themselves for re-election,
J. W. NOBLE,
Chairman.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT 31ST DECEMBER, 1890, Assets.
Value of y Steam-launches.$48,691.51 Extraordinary expenditure.... 1,513,õs
-$50,305.11. Sandry Debtors$................... 7,781.77 Accounts in the hand of Solicitari....... 894-55 Hongkong Hotel 6 per cent, Deben-
tares (1)
Furniture...+10
Preliminary Expenses Account........ Cash on Hand ............................. Coat on Hand
Stationery on Hand..........................
THE TRIUMPHANT MARCH,
THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD, Subscribed Capital:---
Act V,
THE DEADLY BROADSWORD
COMBAT.
and
"
DEATH OF RICHARD.
WEDNESDAY, the 1st Apill,
"ROMEO AND JULIET.” .- Popular Prices:~$2 and $1. Soldiers and Sailors Half-price to Pit.
Box Plau at Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Ltd.
Doors open 8.30, Commence 9 prompt. Hongkong, 28th March, 1891.
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But there are other moments, and moments'
"FOKIEN," of repeated, when all is excitement and action. Wild shouts and wavings of arms encourage the Captain Davis, will be despatched for the steaming trackers. The water boll round the above Ports TO-MORROW, the 29th instant, at
# on toʻ ́| Daylight. bows. The drum sounds. A man springs
For Freight or Passage, spply to an almost impossible rock-it, is climbed at
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, & Coy least twenty times nearly every day and dis- engages the tow line, on which our lives ar
General Managers. And Hongkong, 28th March, 1891. depending. The camera is, at full cock!
1503 thea a saller reaches in front of it, and the
THE STEAM-LAUNCH COMPANY, moment is lost! But the bost bangs fire, and
LIMITED. one tries again. Here there are women tracking, wamen with their hoof-like feet and loathly trousers, giving delicate little pulls that surely an REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
to the not advance the boat much. Now and so diers dre
FOURTH ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING straining arms! Now we are through that sining and hooking, with crimsoned faces and and Rying along in the eddy
OF SHAREHOLDERS to the
to be held at the tug of war at the next rapid The trackers are
Company's Office, 9, Praya.Central, running ahead like a pack of beagles 1. A pide ravine becomes visible with a grand
Fateway relatibly recalling Coleridge's like cliffs that have been rent asunder." Then wo gaze at TUESDAY, the 31st March, 1891, at 4 p.m. caves, squared, and with fresh looking laddera banging from them, and understand that they are pisces of refuge for the husbandmen id the houses opposite to retire late should danger threaten. Certainly they appear able to stand every siege there but that of hanger-M C Daily News.
preparatory
The German loan which has been placed upon the market is being largely subscribed for. The subsidy recommended by the Senate of the United States of $3,000,000 towards the construction of a cable between San Francisco and Honolulu is being opposed in the House of Representatives.
The Economist commenting upon the motion of Mr. Howard Vincent in the House of Com- ference to consider the establistment of a system en favour of summoning a colonial con- of differential duties and the formation of an Imperial defence fund, blames Mr. Goschen, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for not taking firmer stand in relation to the matter.
1 Wilson, the secretary of the Seamen's Walba, who was summoned in connection, with the docle strikers, for inciting people to riot, has been
tilal There is another Dunlo affair on the deft, Earl Craven wants to marry Miss Geraldine Ulmar, who has been wrecking the hearts of bald beads and first-nighters for two years past. It is stated at the clubs that he is dead gone on salonumą – the lady, Hela with her constantly. He kaude
In our time," he added, when disloyalty and other vices steal through the world, when octane of printing-ink and paper aro lavished to embarrass and darken everything, you must. possession.
bold with me. remain calm la the hope that Advices from Chile, by way of Buenos Ayres, you will follow represent that negotiations between Balmaceda The rumors on the bourses of Berlin, Paris and the insurgents are reaching satisf.ctory and Vienna, to the effect that Emperor William results. The insurgents were recruited by a has been advised by his physicians to go to multitude of workmen who made their escape Italy for several months because of bad health, from Valparaiso. The members of Congreanare | are emphatically denied. gathering with the view of holding a convention,
PARIS, February zoth.
PARIS, February 19th. Fx-Empress Frederick of Germany is the A dispatch from Buenos Ayres anya a plot la roughly enjoying har vist, taking long walks replace Celndálí la power was nippić iu văn bực..., and visking the shops, con-
committed for
(Tebe continuidi).
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'The Directors beg to submit to the Share- holders the Report and Statement of Accounts for the half-year ending 31st December, 1890,
ACCOUNTS71 +!
After paying all running Expenses, Salaries, Repalis, and all other current cut-goinge include, l'ing the items of $593.58 standing në debit of the
Liabilites.
2,000 Shares at $50........................$100,000
of which 830 on each Share has been paid up...................
6,000.00
35.00
924.40
21.14
4,013.00
70.00
$70.045:57
«$60,090.08 .... 8,765.27
Sundry Credito........................ Balance of Profit and Loss Account... 1,290.30
$70,045-57
WORKING ACCOUNT FROM 1ST JULY TO 318E DECEMBER, 1890, INCLUSIVE. Dr.
Profit and Loss Account
Cr.
›$ 3,761.48*
3,767.48
2,500.52
2.00
Net Earnings of Steam-launches to
Transfer Fees Interest Account neskusamayanach 70,00 Net Coal Earnings ..............................1905,
62,05 27.81 Net Earnings on hired Launches.com
2,763,48
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT 31ST DECEMBER 1890. Dr. Amount brought forward from last
statement............................................................$ 69158 Collision Expenses Account common. 689.00 Auditors Fee cermmteisvas 100,00 Balance forward
1,280.30
Amount brought forward from working
account......sudas
R. & 0. E
· 2,763.48
aman$ 2,762.43 $ 2,762.48
A. G. GORDON & Co., LP, Managers. We have compared the above with the Books and Vouchers of the Company and have found the same in accordance,
R. LYALL
· Auditors. PUN HÊM B. LACRY DOWNER,} - Honghong, 13th March, 1692,
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