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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1891.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS,

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A REGULAR meeting of Diligentia Lodge of Instruction, will be held in Freemasons' Hall,

felerisquoted that all communes relating to back Zetland Street, to-morrow, at 5 for 5.30 p.m. Advertise, dr., be addressed to the age, gone Telegraph" and not to the Mcitor

Letters on Biljovial matters to be sent to “The Editor" and isot to individual members of the staff,

Communications intended for publication must be' sccostpanded by the ER and addoms te he welters, not wechy

philation but as evidence of good faith.

What the column of the Honghong Telegraśk will slypyt | been for the fair discussion by compondants of silqadda affecting pable Interns, it must be distinctly adapted the the Edite doos pot, in any way hold himself esposable

oplafona thus expressed.

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TO ADVERTISERS.

· Advertisers are requested to forward all notion fatundað ke Insertion in that day's impe not later than Thrme d'Cloch se në Not to retard the early pobileation of the paper.

Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a Bral period wil be continned tintil countermanded.

The Honghong Telpajk, ban the largest drusletion of any Engish newspaper pahlabed in the Far Ea, and is thefore the beri madlum kr Advertisers, Tarman can be learnt où application. The Houghing Puiggraph's, member as the Talephone Cuneral Enchanga No. 1.

Hongkong Lelegraph.

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precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited.

AN inquiry held at the Magistracy this afternoon Into the circumstances connected with_tha'sud- den death of the late Steward of the Club, Mr. Bond, on the lath ultimo, was adjourned for a week in order that the Government Analyst, Mr. Crowe, might have time foralsh the Magistrate with a more detailed report of the contents of the deceased's stomach, which appears to have contained polsas. Doctors Cowls and Marques, the barboy and the boy who took a cup of te to Mr. Bond shortly before he was taken sud- denly ill, were examined at length, as also the deceased's step-son,

THE other day some Continental journalists were pointing to the remarkable all record over the Canadian route from Yokohama as an fodication of Lord Sallsbury's desire to show Britain's growing independence of the Som Canal

as route to the East. The iden was, of course, far-fetched; but it is likely to gain strength from the fact_that_the_War Office bas "fact requested the Canadian Pacific Railway Company to submit propossis for the conduct of British troops over the line from the HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1891. | Atlantic to the Paclic. Should the proposals

TELEGRAMS.

CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND,'

LONDON, November gibt. Mr. W. L. Jackson, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, has been appolated Chlef Secretary for Ireland, Sir John E. Gorst replacing him at

No 12 12.24, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. | the Treasury.

LONDON, HONGKONG AND AMOY.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. THE steamabips Ancona and Nampa went over

to the Losmopolitan Dock to-day,

WE

or

THE U.S.S. Art was at Amoy when the lavile attention to cur first suppiles taifan (Capt. S. Ashton) salled thence for

Swatow, and Hongkong on the 9'h Inst. AN Emergency meeting of the Victoria ceptory will be held in Freemasons Hall, Zelland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock precisely, Visiting Brethren are cordially invited to attend.

CONFECTIONERY

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AND

CHRISTMAS GOODS

RYCRIVED BY THE LAST MAIL..

JORDAN ALMONDS, NOUGAT, BUT- FER SLOTCH, ASSORTED TOFFEES,

be acceptable It is intended to test the route towards the close of the present year by the treasit of troops from the Station at Halifax | (Nors Scotis) to the naval station on the Pacific coast, where troopships would be available to complete the Journey to the East-L. & C. Espress.

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We have great pleasure in announcing that the representation of "The Prophet of Hebron," to Italian Convent will give on November 12th a

which the general public is invited, a small con tribution of ga per bend being requested for the ampport of the Orphanage and School Convents are not in themselves institutions that meet our approval, so that it is with so much the more lucerity that we commend this effort to benefit

the foundling establishment, a charity that must "ppeal to all of whatever race, standing-or creed. Moreover, the musical attractions of the Italian Convent melodramas are of an intrinsic value which in such a desolate out-of-the-way Pre-wilderness as Hongkong is always highly appre- clated by all who can be touched by music. From the neatly engrossed programme forwarded to us it would seem that the Oratorio is a most imposing work, something on the lines of John the Baptist." There are five acts, and thirty eight scenes, the prose being in English and the songs in Italian. The subject is chiefly the love affairs of Herodias and the Tetrarch, in which John came to grief. The performanca com- mences at 5.30 pm. to-morrow, and for the sake of this most deserving charity we shall hope see a large audience.

so a number of "red conts" are gring to take it au of the. Tilgraph for publishing the letter in last night's issue which referred to Malax General Digby Barker as Humpty Dumpty. All right, bays, come on I We have hundreds of Highlanders 'ready to meet you on evan, terms, and of that won't do, why we will step in the arena and

THE ART OF CLIMBING DOWN.

A COMEDY IN THRIE ACTS.

Prologuia.

Humpty-Dumpty log.

I am the very model of a modern major

general;

I know the way to deal with all your galavances

ephemeral,

With Jugginses like Goodman, Stewart-Lock-

bart, Mitchell-Innes,

I can always jump on grumblers, and I dont

ree where the sin is.

My advisers Heaven appointed, tell me what

I ought to do

the screw

And then they do it for me, while I pocket all Of

military General and civil Acting Governor

And when I put my foot down there is nothing

'could be stubborner,

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I fully understand, you know, that I am not

expected

To vary the proceedings so inseparably con

nected

In every clime, through every time, with run-

ning the Crown Colonies, Which are to Fogland's empire what to many

flowers pollen Is;

A useful innilution for the spreading of

vitality,

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To benefit the parent flower; but as to the

morality

Of making a pretence to ask the pollen's own

opinions

And then to calmly follow the dictates of all

the minions

Who suck the honey, and grow fat, and deaf

to all remonstrance

Till the victims view them with despair, and

loathing, and abhorrence -Well, as to that, I must repeat, there's

-Eaught for me to say.” Such is our Constitution, and there is no other

way.

Act. 1.-CommETCI. Hongkong is a very fine place. It is the third port in the world in point of tonnage Des Many ships come to Hongkong by preference, Voeux pays No. (Ob, give us another 1-Ed.) because it is a free port, and presents such un- equalled facilities for shipping. There are no duties, nor harbour dues, nor light dues, nor regulations to bother you; no nuisances in the share of excise officers smelling round and creating trouble; no customs people boarding the vessel and delay ng the proceedings Hill you wish you bad

коне to anywhere else to the world instead; no, everything is free and unhampered, and so boudreds Shanghai, er Singapore, or other places. That is the life of Hongkong, which has absolutely not a single resource in itself disconnected with disadvantages. The post is not so central as the shipping. There are, on the contrary, many Shanghal, it could never figure prominently as a railway terminus for a comprehensive system of commercial lines, and the colony is established on such a singularly (nappropriate site that it is the laughing-stock of the commercial universe to build a town on a hill sloping up at about 60 deg., with hardly a yard of level ground on

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of the port bas long had one felter on the they should not be the first to suggest anything. oplum restrictions. It is necessary to raise. to ih ir Sovereign. Such an net, on their part, money somewhere 10 pay this Military Monstro. † wou'd be regarded as outrageous, for it would sity, and the only way to get it is by an optom virtually amount to dictation, and there is no

That la nominally only an impost on

dictator in Slam but one-the King himself. H. M. Chulalongkorn is wiser however, Chinese, and professedly does not interfere with European commerce. Now, is this true? Is it in his day and generation than his less actually so? Ewo, Taikoo, Kio-chong, all of civilised predecessors and he hax allowed one you, answer is the opiam farm, with its exclad High Officer, Prince Sawaati, who was highly officers and its searchers of ships, is the Chinese educited at Oxfaid, to live and move and huss Customs Station in our midst, a harmless thing, bis, being after receiving from him a memorial affecting only the Chinese ? Or is it a camber on the subject of polygamy in which the young. some, deadening, suffocating Incubus, worse than man-a Siamese patriot, if ever thers was on the whole revenue service of England? Do you proposed that His Majesty should adopt find that your commerce la uchilodered, as do certain ways and means of ab lishing the you daily and hourly Imprecate, the whole pernicious custom of poligamy in his dominions, preventive service, and do you on every little adually. Now to appreciate the good reaso point in the active business of getting your ships and patriotism of Sawasti it is nec'enry to state In

and out, meet the Imperial Incubus or our that the King himself has at least fifty so-called own Oplam Octopus blocking your path, stifting wives, and that all the princes, noble and gentry your activity, bearing down the most buoyant consider marriage such a suchess that they havo and prosperous bustness, hampering aggravating quite respectable harems. It will therefore be ofttimes, entered the marriage state and have and plunderlag you at every end and turn- which is it? Speakout, and say what you think of clear that Sawasdi must have plucked up the latest step-the granting of a new eplum farm Considerable courage to address the King on such a subject, for H. M., to issue Dera la farther extension of usurped authoritywider that connection, would have to begin to uproot contract with mare comprehensive powers; a

going to do you any good? If so, then we fire sapping the life of the nation and renders the and more deadly grasp of your shipping-Is this this crring evil-evil which is, inter alla, wrong, we will gladly apologise and correct our majority of those who are virtually the pillars statements, as soon as it shall be shown to us of the Male aa indolent, corrupt, immoral, that the shipping trade experts see no ground vicious and impotent as it is possible for men for our remarks; but until then, we will be—in his own palace, depriving himself of orge the victims to assert themselves, and what is, doubtless, a source of some amusement. we will lead the way in a crusade against But sensible as was the advice it has not yet the opinia nuisance itself, against its immediate been needed, and polygamy, profligacy, peculation cause, the desire for a large revenue to protect and Infinitely worse practices are conspicuous other people's ships, and against the root of the features of the social condition of Slam whole thing, the focapacity of our ruling powers

to this day. Prince Sawastl, coming back and the utter irrationality of our Consthation, to his native land. from Oxford and primed (Curtain. Great Sensation)West, was quick to perceive the necessity for with the learning required in the Great great social reforms in his country, add, at considerable risk to himself and his relatives, did his duty honestly both in the interests of his Sove elgn and fellow countrymen. Ha le patriot, and as such should find favour at Court and be protected, if need be, by the foreign Ministers acredited to the Court of Slam. The recognised Queen of Slam is named Savangwadhang who was born on roth September 1862. The Crown Prince, named Chow.fa Mabavajiranish, who was born in 1877, promises to turn out well, He is a bright little fellow, and is rapidly acquiring as good a knowledge. of the English language as his father can boast of, from his English tutor Mr. Morant,

Amongst the most important of Government departments are:-the Ministry of War, Foreign Affairs, Finance Public Instruction, Pablic Works, Railways, Posts and Telegraphs, Medical and Hospitals, Law and Justice, the Army, Royal Navy, and the Treasury Department.

Act II.—RevenuE...

At present, and until the Military Monstrosity can be killed, Hongkong must produce a big revenue. To refuse to pay would be rebellion, and then there would be fun. But nobody will refuse at any rate nobody will come forward to lead the rebellion, nor even promise to follow sach-leader. So-the money must be paid, and it must first be got from somewhere. To openly impose duties would rola the shipping: trade, and Hongkong would at once fall to the level of Macao.. Singularly, even the Powers of Heaven and Earth have the sense to see this, It is remarkable, but they do see it. Having seen it, they proceed (instead of giving up disguise is the most foolish thing they could the mad design) to disguise it. And that have found even they, the very by-word of perversa folly. They decide that the various branches of revenue, which all must ultimately come from shipping, as the life of Hongkong by Chinamen. That is to say, the Government itself arose from shipping, shall all be farmed'

DRAGERS, PRALIES, and a large selection running two of their launches between Hong. landowners, started away recently in cross of ships come here Instead of going to deal more than we could. We will sell you this

THE S'eam Lausch Company have commenced

of PURE CONFECTIONERY from the leading to 7.30 dam, and from 8.30 a.. to 6.30 kong and Yau-ma-ll every half hour, from 6

Manufacturera.

CADBURY'S SPECIAL CHOCOLATE

CREMES,

LIME,

FINE, APRICOT, CHERRY, GUAVA, and other FRUIT JELLIES in great

variety.

p.m.

This is, we think, a wise departure on the part of the Directorate. The launches start from Pottinger, street wharf and the bamboo pier at Yau-ma-ti opposite the Harbour Office. We hear that, with a view to upsetting the

proverbial apple cart, some shipowners are moving to be allowed to work, carge on Sua days without the permit now insisted on, provid ing they pay the piper, grelieve the captain, the entire day. Don't they wish, rorian it? Comment vous pories-vous, Mart Blan?

M.

Masaks. Leontieff and Fairine, two South Russian Avia in the saddle. The starting point la Tiflis, and the objective point Saigon. From Pacific, San Francisco, and New York, | China the travellers will return to Russia via-the Leontieff is a lieutenant in a guard regiment He is a little apprehensive that the British Indian authorities might suspect blm and his companion of being engaged on some polical mission, whereas their journey is simply a pleasure trip round the world. M. Leontief thought that by mention being made of the nature of their journey the Indian frontier authorities would be bave no political mission is positively assorted. They have, in fact, so idea what route they will take from Teheran. They would preferably go

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herediary, but the Ruler is invested with the The Government lann absolute monarchy and says to the Chinaman “Here is a lucrative branch

power of appointing his successor. A Council' of Government, a department that pays like a gold mine; now, we English are too careful and exercises legislative power, while a Canncil of just, but you would be able to squeeze a great State also assists to "keep the pot boiling" of Ministers, over which the King presiden,

than it would be worth to us, and we will lege

In the Land of the White Elephant. For Government department for 10 per cent more administrative purposes the Kingdom is divided into two classes of provinces subject and depen to the extent of another ten per cent; thus you reserves all the rights of succession, of appeal late so that you shall be able to suck the faicedent states. In the dependencies the Government will profit, we will profit, and if the poor fiols and relations, either commercial or politica complain of having to pay 20 per cent more with foreign nations. There are 12 provinces. Official Majority in the Council and we will than they ought, well, we have a fire and large in the Malay peninsula, and 44 in the much jump on their cheats like a load of bricks. So the Chinaman takes it on, and everything follows a astang d. The first branch was the biggest

officers, engineers and crew from, work during | advised of their coming, That these gentlemen the whole island to build, where there is not they do there things better in the Straffe,"

talked-of Laos country Lao-chien and 39-Lao- kuo, and 9 Cambodian.

An officer writes to know "whether bumboats | across Alghanistan "If there wOLD BOY IGASONable / on every side by a perfect labyrinth of traps for you to emulate the Straits the Officials at least another millon may be added, or say

can be prosecuted for sinuggling liquor on board ships contrary to the orders of the Master or TOM SMITH'S CHRISTMAS CRACKERS. Chief Officer." You can't "go for the bam

boat, but you can knock spots out of its pro- prietor if you go about your business to the proper way. Summon the man for "boarding or approaching the ship without the captain's

COLOURED OPALS mounted in Plush,

representing favourite subjects.

A large assortment of ENGLISH and JAPANESE CHRISTMAS CARDS, of hand some and artistic designs, suitable to all tastes, and at moderate prices.

permission,"

THE Scottish Oriental Co.'s steamer Talchow

(Captain R. Unsworth) has returned to Hong- party entered into with the Canadian Pacific kong from Vancouver, her consting charter

stood, resume duty on the Bangkok line as soon Company having expired. She will, it is under as she has been "touched up" by the deck company, She is now in the Hungham Con- valescent Home,

THAT dear old lady—the object of adoration by an entire nation of bundreds of millions of barmless and peace-loving people the Empress

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. Dowager of China, Young Kwang Su's grand.

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

Hongkong, 1st November, 1891.

mamma) celebrated the yotb. anniversary of her debut in this wicked, wicked world, to-day, in Peking. God bless her i China Town is not an ffle-the populace have plenty of business to 15 attend to, and no time for puppet shows.

chance of their coming out alive on the other side! The travellers are equipped with Kodak cameras, and will keep a fournal of their progress M. Leontieff approximately calculated that the whole journey would occupy about nine months The travellers expected to meet Colonel Wells (of the Indo-European Telegraphs) and Color Littledale at Tiflis, and in that care they will proceed together in the saddle as far as Teheran.

OUR excellent friends the Hongkong Trading supply everything, at the lowest possible rates, Company bave started on a new crusade. They

contracted to supply poetry by the yard. Here from a plano to a toothpick, and they have now the latest ebullition from the busy bee hive in Queen's Road:

You ask me the reason I wear a Felt hat:

Tis for lightness I wear it, what think you of that?

unbearable climate ever invented, and sauroinded room to swing a cat, with the nastiest and most

advantage of its freedom from combros tariff navigators and nesis of pirates. Yet the one regulations, customs watchers, and burdensome dues, has counerbalanced all these natural disadvantages and made it the third part in the world, Des Vœux said so.

In some Colonies they have lots of farms for they have Spirit Farms, Pawnshop Farms, Lottery Farms, and an on. Here they are

Ricksha Farm. Then what happened? The said so and so they started out to establish a coolie rose in bis thousands, the horny hauded tons of soll-dear me, sons of toil I meant shouted with a great shout, like the Israelites st. Goodman said so. Jericho, and the Government fell down flat. Mr

(Here endeth the Second Lesson)

Act. III. Sanitation.

to say it lan't, to call it a fins place to live in Hongkong is unhealthy. It is all very well

need not dwell on the details of its condition, for and so on, but it is unhealthy, all the same. We

to Happy Valley, and try to find a tombstone the Happy Valley records are sufficient. Go with years carved on it. You can't

But you can find something Justas instructive, You can see some dozens of mournful mona ments, mutely testliying to the hundreds....pi deaths in one fatal year from a scourge that has left a terrible car scross the fe of Hongkong bistory. And when you return from the Happy Valley you can read the reports of debates on proposals for the provention of that same scourge in the future, and you can soc how Mr. Goodman in the name of the rulers, of the land deprecates any such prevention on the grounds of expense.

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The King's revende, that is to say the revenue of Sim, has been estimated at £2,000,000 which is derived from land taxes, spirit, opium, gar Farms and the Customs receipts, which, lattes bling and lottery, mining, fruit, and firhery are not "farmed. In addition to the £2,000,000, which provincial Governers, and "men is office" three-quarters of a million, for the picking i derive from the people with a view to making two ends meet. The expenditure of the country is less than the revenue, and there is ne foreign debt of any magnitude at present. The population probably amounts to 10,000,000 0. whom fully one half ars Chinete, chiefly from Hainan, though there are large numbers of Indians in the the country. With the exception Annamites, Malays, Burmans, Cambodians and

Slamere very freely, the other nationals do not of the Chinese, who inter-marry with the amalgmate to any apprecible extent and thus it comes about that near Bangkok itself vilinges of Burmans ard. Annemites are to be found living in separate communities, preserving the own Taskguage, manners and customs. They are said to be the descendants of prisoners of war captured very many years ago.

s'avery and after abominations which are a Before going into particulars respecting

disgrace to the Government, it may be at well. for us to come to a thorough understanding: cap cing the geographical position of Siam, for although most busress men have heard of the danger which not only results to us from they Stani, fw Englishmen prasp the fall extent of

situation of the kingdom, but also from to, maladministration of the state which renders t certain eventualities, fall a prey to a direat unable to protect fiself, and thus might, in

drive into another litle wa Power that practically forced the Barmer's war (as in '85aand:appears to deem it expedient to

Very well then. Now, by thus giving your colony a tremendous advantage which the rest of the eastern pons have not and never may have, you distinctly get the bulge on the other fellows. The next step is to make a mess of it. That is easy enough. You see that the port is some. Well, the port is willing enough to go flourishing and prosperous, so you say "Give me

itself and the leads of creation at home. But shares, even to divide the profits equally between the said lords prefer to divide the said profits between themselves, and leave the Colony out of it. Quite right. If the Colony is fool enough to make money honestly, it deserves to have it taken away. So the Lords of Creation (by the way, I forgot to mention that Downing Street in Creallop, put the Colony under a con stitution so framed that the sole power is in the hands of a Governor, preferably one who never heard of Hongkong before, and especially one who possesses a maximum of that genius sa akin to insanity that people can't help making nasty remarks every time. Then you give this Governor absolute power-subject of course to the afore said Lords of Creation, bai to nobody else-and you put with him a few hopeless lunatics as to see their brothers and their wives.die, willing Englishmen submit: Englishmen sie willeg officials under him. Then you my to the colony There is nothing mean about US." So the Stale. Chinamen submit to nothing. They to die themselves, rather than cause trouble "Tell us what you want and you shall have it to the Government and the Secretary of colosy goes to great trouble, and dads out its know what they want (though often enough best representative men, and elects them to go it is a sufficiently suicidal want at that la of Cambodia three months ago, the veture of to the Governor in Council and spends mostly their will) and what they want they insist on the protected King of that country (la violation all its spare time and a lot of office time in having, be it good or bad, They insist on of the treaties), and the occupation of his getting its view properly set forth. Then unhealthy houses and pernicious conditions of dominions. A glance at the map will demon Ikan you have them You bars them on s life. The Government has tried to mend them atrate the gravity of the French mora fa the direc *THE HONGKONG DIRECTORY AND and arrested a few days ago, and is now chained THE London & Chino Express thus dots piece of string: You just tell them they are as in its own clumsy wooden way, by Intro-

to a large stone at the door of the Magistrata's boots sole in the East in the cost unmitigated nuisance, and order them to pay ducing byclaws for Kanitary bonding of 000 felon indicated step which brings tacir frontier Jamen in the city.

A placard, close by, Intimates popular Yanks in the East in the current their money and say nothing. They poor weak and what was the result P. The colles objected, capital, in which King: Chulalongkom dweils close up, so to speak to the very gates of the that he is to be released when he has cashed the number of Lippincott's Mr. Edward Bedloe knee'd fecbio-minded simple-headed idioty, calm. threatened, squared up-and the Government notes issued by him, which are said to be of the contributes a short account of "A Tifin with i value of $2,000. He attributed his losses to Total The writer does not libel the know-pay up and say no more, until some other put its tall between its legs, slunk off, and dare entheredadangos estado de THIS Valuable Werk, with many NEW advances made to texmen who were unable to

of anticipates the queries "What's a tifin 1. and gain, and again, and again-oh, it is wearying | of shameful meaning, was in the gentle words peainmala nozih of the fourth parallel of latitude. repay him.-Foochow Echo.

Who's a Tactal He tells us succinctly that a see how innocently these poor fools go on

and exasperating beyond all expression to of Digby Barkere van geta bihapatn tiffa is a noon-day meal, but he draws a very

"A Summer of Awakening Master wide distinction between the European and allowing themselves to be played with, per- mitting their only too reasonable expostula-

(FINIS, SLOW MUSICY the Chinese tiffin. The former he describes

Lions to be time after time mowed down like the victims of the mitrallituss. But so it is. The which combines all the bad points of Hongkong Ministerial ditratileuse opens firs JOTTINGS ON STÄMÄN HEVC an English breakfast, a French dinner,

every time a motion le brought forward la Comell,

dd polufe and an Oriental suppor As given by and one by one the People's votes are knocked

in Chinese official it is arepart entirely

Move PMTU the ceremony observed by

NOW

We hear that there is some likelihood of Mr. Chan-u-fat's resignation of the post of Manager of the Tai Oa Shipping Company not being READY.ccepted at the extraordinary meeting of shareholders to be held on Monday the zud fnstant; as, apart from the mocess with which the new Canton river liner has been run by him for the past half year, ba is, it is generally admitted, the right man in the right place. THE proprietor of one of the native banks who falled and decamped last year was discovered

(PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY,)

HONG LIST FOR THE FAR EAST!!

FOR 1891.

ADDITIONS and IMPROVEMENTE,

IS NOW READY.

Orders for Coples of THE "HONGKONG

So light in its weight that no bead-ache I rue, So light its exponie that it wesss me out two ; Solight is its colour that it never looks dusty, So light though I treat it, it never rides rusty So light in its fashion, lis shape and its als Se light in its turning, its twisting, and twining, Se light in its beaver, its binding, and lining ; So light to a figura, so light to a letter, And, if light my excuse, you won' light ons better.

HONOKONG TRADING CO., LD, Hatters and Outfitters.

AN engineering journal commenting on the pro- posal for the Linking of Telegraph Lines between India and Chins, says that this subject has long PRICE THREE DOLLARS. engaged the attention of the Supreme Govertas generally, heavy and cumbroos affair, ment, but through frivolous excuses pot forward by the Foreign Office at Pekip, this question has been so long delayed, Bat owing to recent outragen and mischief committed by the Calpe

orged on the Colonial Government the necanly for a connection, and the Indian and Hurts Governmente ate likewise pressing the demand, The line is now laid to Memein, almost tip to the Burmo-Chinese frontier, and as the Billas Government are always ignorant of what trane spires in southern China the importance of this connection cannot be over-estimated.

DIRECTORY" may be sent to the following is the British Minister in Pekin has strongly | aut ginaria. The method of invitation, thé / off until there lo a Government majority,

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Hoxakond,..Mr. W. Brewer.

...Mextra. F. Blackhead & Co.

Messrs. Heuermann, Herbst & Co. -...Mesars:-Kelly &-Walsh, Limited.

...Meats. Lané, Crawford & Co. ...The Hongkong Trading Co., Ltd. ...Man Yi Tong, Hollywood Road. MACÃO.........Mesirs. A. A. de Mello & Co. AMOY and

Mr. N. Maalle.

form of acceptance,

This system, then, works admirably for the

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|¦no very remote datomvide the brutal invasion.

CLOTHE KINGDOM OF SIAM ZEROGOZZ Comprises nearly the whole of the Malay

With the Bay of Bengal on the one side and the Gulf of Slam on the other until, travelling northa ward the British possessions of Barzan and the confines of China are reached. How much of the tomtries contiguous to the northern boundary will be English, Chinose, or French is masaiter for future settlements that is to say, it will be decided at such Hine as jone, al the three Powers aforesaid finds is convenient on necessay THE KING, HIS DOMINIONS AND OCTENMENT. to put a stop to what is rapidly becoming

His Majesty the King of Sism is styled insufferable, naisance the blastering of the the guest in beeping the appointment, are reining of hongkong commerce. But it is come in his own language Pradar Semdsick Pro French, the Impotence of the Siamese, and the subject to rules of etiquette compared with which manded that all the money Hongkong cas

Paramandr. Makak Chulalongkorn ~ Klois, inroads of the half-breed Chinese ruffians whom the roles of the most polita society in this country raise shall go home to pay for soldiers and but be le known to foreigners as King the Frenchy fall in Tula Tonquin And are mere simplicty itself. As to the time, the guns to protect bome ships and some firms Chalalongkorn. He is the son of the 39th Annamare, on the eastern and north eastern efter fells us the number of courses is anywhere trading to impar, or in Shanghai, orte Ausfalls Ruler of the Kingdom and ascended the boundaries, hils Cambodia is due South, between fifty and two hundred. This state-

money shall be spent on making Hong: throne in 1868. His Majesty, who is certainly Siam therefore, occupies the heart of Indo meat prepares the readers for the further one, kong a place where life is worth living, and the best king that ever sat on the Chakri Chins and is surrounded on three sides that the Chinese nobility retire regularly to where business may go on--oh no! Hundreds of throne, was born on the asar September 1853 by great nations which may or may not be as THE history of the recent Bergal geld mining vomitorium in order to make room for the next things we want, but the people who own the and is, therefore, now 38 years of age of good merciful as they are mighty. On the west is a where the Company formed under the name of that the Tastal piles your plate fall of food their protection, and we cannot do anything else. intelligent countenance the moarth looks well fange to Singapore, the Southernmost-limit of mania seems to have repeated itself in Siam, instalment of the least! We are also told trade of the port demand that we should pay for height, for a Siamese, with high, forehead and chain of mountains, which cues la - an unbroken "The Gold Fields of Sam has been compelled every two minutes, and the guest is turn is We must pay, and we have not even the ordinary when in fall semi-European costume in the Malty peninsula, some of whose peaks toe to suspend operations. The history of the expected to do the same to him. The writer common sense to raises shout like the Straits and numerous foreign decorations on his bidants to a height of 7,000 feet;, while one of them, to Company, a told in report recently tells us that on one occasion he covered a lot of Ceylon. Well, it serves us right. You metchants. Amongst his people and counters at State the Mary, peninsula, reaches 8,000 feet, On one, ciculated to strengthen the feeling that sweetmeats. The official bowed, smiled, and kong ia golog down fast; many of your number himself well, is dignified without being exacting which forms the grand watershed of all the rivers isted is 8a7s Indion Engineering, and oysters on bis host's plate with a quantity of you traders of Hongkong, mark this Hong. functions he looks every inch king, carrier the east thers la, another range of mocisteins gold mining, at least in the East and Far East, ate away as if nothing sousual had happened, have been utterly ruined within the last two

on despotic, and certainly commands the pro that flow into the Gulf of Tonquin and the China is a delusion and a soare. The usual stories of The meal is given with the most costly accom-year and more will be; many of your most foundest respect, especially of the obsequious Sea on the one hand, and the Melasm river PARIS and Messrs. Amédée Prints & Co.

the almost fabulous riches that lay buried and paniments, and the writer gives some ides prominent and most esteemed clitsens have gone Boswells who pertinacional cling to hit the other. LONDON...!

only awaiting to be dog were propagated, and of the comprehensiveness of the man, which Bred 1 mention names and more contiers' apron-airings, and to whom reference Exports in whom they had the greatest cop includes the three great dishes of the Mongolian will go it le your own dolog, your own fault will be made later on. All wisdom, as in the Stam, is the Meinam, near themonth of which the

The largest river in the country, the Nile off fidence confirmed this view, and a Mining epicure, birds'-neat soup, abris fe, and devil entirely, your own billed faith in never-turning days of Solomon, is supposed to be centred in city of Bangkok is sinated, I flows through *THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Engineer" of high repute was enraged to Raha Whether or not it be true that the Total rock linze vil fatal-ihat persuades the person of the King, hone can know as much the northern and eastern parts of the kingdom,

Podder'a Hill,

realize it! The outcome is a sorrowiul report is often an unmitigated scoundrel" those who' you (kinge will canad-You are fools 1

as ke, and although his Minister may sigally receiving many large stiuantar but some parts wil veritable svidence of the "waak diet" | rund Mr. Bedine's paper will give him orødit for And now the one stiracion of Hongkong, long acquiescendein pispolicy, and schemes of ripe of this mighty siver is so blocked with rocks and Hongkong, Innuary ngth, 1891

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administration and commercial development yn i neturaote thaj ihr navigation is very difficili and

FORMOSA...

FooсHOW—,,,Mr. H.-W. Churchill,

SHANGHAI

& NOWTH-

EN PORTS JAPAN...

Means, Kelly & Walth, Limited,

Shanghai.

Mesirs. Kelly & Walsh, Limited,

Yokohama. BANGKOK Rev. S. J. Smith, BINGAPORE, Messrs. Sayle & Co., Limited.

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