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In spite of the fact that their own laws seemed expresarly designer to prerest them from embarking in any foreign marlilme commerce.

The old Japanese junks were obliged to con- form to a prescribed build and sise, much more adapted for coasting than for pea-going and by no means up to the chracter of the best Chinese _crift,, The following rate by an expert, upon the pre-steamer Janas.ac vessels, la pertinent to our subject

"In de test clars of these vessels the cabin

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1 93.

tea-kettle. The words "one cent" cctipy all the p ce on the bottom.

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Hot blast furnaces are now being constracted in such a manner as to use the heat derived it to smell the contents. rom the furnace for heating the air blows into

Bricks made of plaster of Paris and cork aro now used in the construction of powder mill, In cise of expicalon they offer slight resistance and are broken to stoms.

use of the intercostal muscles in such a way an to contract the ribs on one side ai x time. By this process and in this position the snake can run very rapidly, but only for a short time. He is qui e unable to glide upon a perfectly smooth surface, vor is he able, as most persons suppose

C0-039'S Advertisements.

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CHAPTER

No. 525.

Intimations

THE MOUNT AUSTIN HOTEL,

Telegraphic address, EXCELSION," Hongkong.

A. B: C. Code.

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1,400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

ACCOMMODATION BEING AVAILABLE,

TELEPHONE No. 35.

projects from the ship'nhout two feet on each and electric r∙ilway sva'oms, appications for in breeding of white nice for ninety-six A REGULAR CONVOCATION: of the TARIFF FROM DECEMBER 1ST, 1891, UNTIL APRIL 30TH, 1891, SUBJECT TO

slar, and there are folding widows round it which may be opened or shut as pleasure or occision may require. In the furthermost parts are the inom for passengers, separated from eachither ryg screens or doors, with the forac vered wife malu. The outer cabin is always considered the best, and is accordingly asstened to the most distinguish pusenge The ront, or upper deck (futish, and constructed of neat boards, curtly joined together. In rainy weather the mixt is let down upon the upper dick, and the sail ex-ended ever it for the or and the people employed in the ship's servieto take shelter under fi, and to sleep at right Sometimes, the better to defend the upper der k It is covered with ufw mats, which are kept far els purpose. These I but one sail, made of ca vas, and very large; and one mast, stand- Ing up about amidsh ps, but somewhat towards the stern. Tii, must, which is of the sAMO length as the ship, is wund up by pull ye, and aga Inwerel when the ship comes to anchor. The anch are of iron. Ships of this burden have conimonly thiry in forly hands to row them If the wind bits. The owe benches are towards the stern. They row in unison with the air of aio, or lane wth words, which serves at the me time to direct and regulate thels work and to e cure each other in exertion. They do not low after the European mode, extending their oars straight forward, with the blades just below the surface, but they let them fall down into the water almost perpendicularly and then lift them up again. This way frewing not only answers the same "purpose as our own, but is priformed with less labour and seems to be more adapted to circumstances, considering the narrowness of he pass ge through which ships sometimes pass, or when vessels part each other, or when the bencher of the rowers are ralped comi erably above the surface of the waler. The or are made in a peculiar manner, suitable for this mide of rowing, being not all straight hike the European Dar, but somewhat bent "

Sich were the sea-going junks of Old Japan which do not seem to compare, farcurah y with the Chinese jurks and some described in previous article. Y in these clumsy craft the japs used to make adventurous voyages 10 Formors, and even to the m: i land of China. Still it is obvious that with such vessels they could for carry on much of a foreign trade, and very soon after the advert of the Emperor they began to go in for Bitlab and America

built ships and sterners,

Practically within twenty years the J-ps have spring from these rough clumsy boate to the magnifiints of which that of the Nippon Yusen Kusha is but one. Yet this enterprising Japanese Company has now fiby first-class steamers of the top improved moder construc. tion, Corying the Imperial mails, conduct g a daily coast tvice with all the principal ports of the Fmitre, ad a werkly serves between Sharghard V le shama, and the parts of the Iland Sea and Nigaraki. They connect *! Yake hama with the American Pacific Mall and O cl ́ea al and Quental Companies, at Sharghat ard Yokolinmas with the P.&D and Mangeries Mic, and they xt nd their arms to Corea, Tinin, ad even to Rain Vidiyostock. In fact the Nippon Yusen Kisha is in many terpic's one of the most mputant developments of the age in Eastern waters, and is expressive of a spilt of competitive enterprise which was certainly not b leved la when Lord Elgin went to Yedo in 18:8. hor for many a year afterw;rds. The fis f steamers establliked under the Japanese flag wsi 1875, under the name of the Mau-Bit Scam Navication Company They began with the purchase of three powerful bonts-file New York which they re-named Jokio-Marn; the Afudras, which they re-named Kunayana-Marund the Acanthia, which they re-named Takar Maru. But these were only to keep them going until they could ret buit, in Fogled and Sc tland, a sufficient fl ́et to enable them toestaḥ fish regular we kly com- munication between Chins and their own piincipal ports. Since then the Japa«ene steam

-el has been raj idy growing

Even as we wile, it is reported that the Japanese have made formal application for leave to station a Consul at Bombay, and to open a branch here of the Specie Bark of Japan. The shipmin's of cotton from I día to Japen arc Duw arcus, and are increasing to rapidi. nala, form a sunet and important branch of Eastem trade, Fal-play

SCIENTIE C'AND USEFUL. Electrical soldering and casting of metals in now accomplished, "

silver on the sideboard,

Alumi ium, is already taking the place of A new vention eliminates the battery subsodber' end of 'el phones,

at

There is a machiehith automatie.lly torts out completed screws of any sizo.

A patent has been frued for a lock which can

be operated only by a mego tized key,

An allay of 7 per cent of gold ad 22 per cent of aluminium, 15 h most brilliant known.

Cleanliness and moderation in eating and drinking sin be best cholera preventives,

A Berlin inventor hs invented an instrument which menuates the 1,000 h pit of a second.

A chemist in Ber clims that he has discovered a system of reproducing natural color in photograply.

An engineer has recently de viurd a new elretif. cal machine by which weeds and obnoxious gras-es can be destroyed.

More than ball of the 400 street railway systems in the United States have adopted electricity as a molive power.

Among the most te ent uses to which electricity has been applied, is that of transmitting photo graphs and drawings by wire,

A French artist, M. Mary, has succeeded in photogr-phing a firing Insect. The time of exposure was only 1-1,500 of a second,

An electr a screen for doo's und windows is so arranged that an alarm is given whenever an attempt i made to d sturb the device.

The ability of electric incomotives at high speeds is much greater than that of steam loco- motives, and therefore there is less chance of

deral ment,

the bottom.

A new arc lamp has been favented which casts no shadow, the carbora being made in the form of two curver, the polat of contact being at Telephotography is now interesting Parfsfans, and the Figaro predicts that soon may be seen in Paris the image of a man smoking to St. Petersburg"

Three binad patents' an electric locomotives which have been filed since June 3, 1980, have just been issued to Them A Ell

A

Above Chapter will be held in the FREEMA- SONS HALL, Zelland Street, THIS EVENING, the 11th in ten', at-8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited, onekane, asth January, 1BOT.

to prepel bis whole body forward and in air when | VICTORIA, striking. lazy transmission of mutilations has been A curious series of experiments on the bered- made by Dr. C. G. Lockwood. By the In-and- senerations he obtained a larger and finer anima: than the original pin. In order to breed their One of the Intest practical applications of sit tails off, he selected a pair, and putting them in. a cage by themselves and clipping their tis, he islam is in making cartage window Lamer.. A large establishment at Neuhausen, Switzerland,

got a breed of tailless mice in the seventh turns out large numbers of these frames daily. generation. Then, by taking one with a tall Dr. Jules Rochard, In a paper read before the and one without a tall, and alternating the French Academy of Medicine, save that protein each generation, he finally #guls got a acid is among the actve principles that pras | bred of all-tail mice,

the smoke of a cigar under-going com- burton

The electic coada -f Spelnyi-1, Masa, heing all shder one management, ens can be li ed at the rate of $2 an hour to go in any desired direction. They are marked "special" ard pre deservedly ropole.

Five Important patents on Morage butterlen, battery plates and crits have jue bien larued to E. P. Usher the faventor of the system of storage-battery traction su ning between Millor

Hopedale, Masa,

Amos Line of Amandee, C»L, is at work on a device which will be one of the attraction a ni the

town when completed. It is a large clock, the

figures on which can be seen from the hotel, and the motive power for which will be the gear The clock will be erected at polat where will be prominent. The keyser hubbles and rises every, thirty-eight accords as regula·ly an clock work would require, and every time it rises it will take a lever that will move the bands ely thirty-eight seconds. This the clock can be made to kerp rerfect time, and will be the

A new building in Denver, intended to accom.enly one of its kind in the world. medve twenty light maruf crucing concerny, has been wired and ‹ quipped throughout for the distribution of power to the different tensets by means of electricky.

A brdefpare rock salt that has been discovered in the Colvada desert, has been found to contain the fossil remains of millions of grasshoppers and lant centipedes that fell into the salt when it was in si liquid state.

The Istest from of sterm÷hip propeller is an English invention. It is designed so that when in mation there is no wight of water on the birdes on the die and fit of the propeller, due to the pitching of the vessel.·

of bronchial diseases says that women teachers An English physician who has made a study

are object to a peculiar throat effection. He recommends that they be aught to training schools how to manage the vrice.

Few are aware that the hamsen bady falls asleen by d gr rs. A French physiologist car ceives that the sense of sight sleeps first, then the sense of taste, next the sense of smell, next that of heuring, and lastly that of touch.

British papers state that an engineer living in Glasrow has lately completed, after nineleen years' experimenting, a device for steam engines by which all steam li returned back to the boiler after doing its work in the cylinders. In several eases, it is said, he has Installed bis engine and it is at work with extraordinary results. In one car, in a textile factory, the engine with bis device is doing as much work with one ton of

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VICTORIA PRECEPTORY. REGULAR MEETING of the Victoria

A Preceptory will be held on THURSDAY,

the roth initant, at &jo for 9 pm precisely. Visiting Companions are cordially invited to

allend.

Hongkong, 11th January, 1993.

To be Let.

TO LET

iga

TOUSES KNUTSFORD Terrace, Kow-

loon. Apply to

THE HONGKONG. LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY Co., Lad, Hongkong, 1st November, 1Ros.

TO LET.

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col as it formerly did with ten tons. The NEW HOUSES I RIPON TERRACE-BOD-

problem of how to make use of the vast amount of steam everywhere blown off i-to the alr aites doing certain work, bas long occupied engineers and its thorough solution would be worth many millions of dollars, in many ways.

Mills all over the United States are Introducing electric motors for power distribution purposes. and in crowded cities no other means of ohtalol g small amounts of power will be available in a few years. The mail service of the Government will in time be largely conducted independently of steam roads. A Congressional appointment of experts, are also at work on this electric·l problem and automatic collection from city bxes to stations, and rapid forwarding between

Dr Sargent of Haryn College, in making tests of the physical conditon of John Lrge chiles will eventually be the outcome of Sullivan, used an electric I measuring machine which showed that in shiking a blow, if the fie left the arm, it would travel a mile in about three minutes.

of France using the electrical method show that The rants given out by some of the tanneries there is accomplished in aire'y bours by this method what would r que from seventeen to eighteen months by tanning in a vat, and from five to six months by procres of agitation.

Opel to the amount of ever $1,000 000 is lavested in copper ref eries use the electrolytic methed. There are at present used in them thirty-six dynamos, having a total capacity of 1,814 kellow tis, and theb" monthly output, fa 3 650 tens of metal er 43.800 tons per year.

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A stallstical item ‹ flüterest to women is that women to-day are two inches taller, on an Averave, than they were twenty-five years ago. The cause is found in the exchange of the embroidery reedle for the tennis racquet, the oat and the gymnastic apparatus of the school and college.

The aluminium nose has been invented. It's a monument to the ing; nultyfa New York surgeon. It is natural in appearance, serute, comfortable, can be blown and neda no spectacles to keep it on. Dr. Townley of Vermont is the happy man to wear the fist specimen.

The condemnation of aluminium vessels for domestic use by the Grimas chemists has been upset by the experiments of M. Baland,

communicated in the Academio des Sciences in Paris. From experiments ex ́erding over several months be concludes that this metal is not so easily attacked as Iren, copper or lend.

their work. All three outlooks have foundations nf fact, upon which to be their suppositions, and there hardly exists to-day contrivances for the reduction of labse or the convenience of mankind but what can be supplanted or improved by embodying an electrical condition in their construction. Where it will all end is, a ques tion the wirest philosopher may well ponder over and shake his gray locks to denote bi Inability to tell, unless, perhype, he may surmise the wonderful advances the indefinable set ince he call electricity has made and is likely to make. It is hut the natural sequence of the discovery of on great underlying princip' of »11 matter, and that electrielly "is but a synonym for a thousand other words and descriptions he 0971 foudlar.

#o-day ́s Advertisements.

DOUGLAS STEAM-SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR SWATOw.

HE Company's Steamship

"FORMOSA," Captain all, will be despatched for the above Port, on FRIDAY, the 13th instant, at “Day- light,

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co..

General Managers, Hongkong, 11th January, 1803

(B

"SHIRE" LINE OF STEAMERS.

The Nite has a fill of hat six inches to the 1,000 miles The eveifl corrmences in June every year and continues' urtil August, attaining FOR NAGASAKI, KOHE AND YOKOHAMA,

an elevation of from 24 to 36 feet above low

VIA INLAND SEA

water m. ik, and B. wing through the " Valley of THE Steamship

Egypt in turbulent body twelve n lles wide,

"An electrical metal-twisting machine is one of the latest applications of elecricity to the arts. The square rods or blanks to be twisted are herted by the electric currents, which heat from the inside in teao el lenen the outside, as in ordinary fire methods, and are then twisted by sections in succrsalon.

The oddest of recent p tents is that for a fab hook with a shield of bright metal, und'r which is placed a blazing focandescent lamp. A day battery in the bandle of the rod furnishes the cument, while Irsulued conductors along the pole carry it to the lamp: The fish bite at the Arrangement with avidry.

measly" bacillos is probably one of the meanest of the race. The measles b cfilus, dis- covered In Berlin by Dr. Canon, varies from one three-housandis to one' one-he usard h of an inch in length, and possesses characteristics

There are bacillus and bacfilus," but the

ham Road, near Breezy Point, No. 4, BLUE BUILDINGS. FLOORS In Blue Buildings. OFFICES-Second Floor, Praya Central lately occupied by Messrs. Dunn, Melbye & Co.)

·GODOWN, No. 14, Blue Buildings. SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES át Magazine Gap. Very cheap Rental

Nos. 4, 5 & 6, VICTORIA VIEW, Kowloon. FLOORS No. 5. Shelley Street.

No 7, PRAVA CENTRAL, at present occu- pled by the New Oriental Tank In Liquidation. “

No. 10, OLD BAILEY STREET,

Apply.ta

THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT

& AGENCY 'a.. 1.td. Hongkong, 31st December, 1802

· TO LET.

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ONE LARGE FRONT ROOM, 1st Floor,

Praya Central, 16,

Apply to

LAUTS, WEGENER & Co, Hongkong, 6th January 1803

HONGKONG HOTFL COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOT CE.

ROOMS; TO LET.

TOR OFFICES and for CHAMBERS on

HOTEL facing Queen's Read and Pedder Street. With immediate entry if required, For particulara, apply lo

R. LYALL

Secretary. Hongkong, 8th December, 1893. '. [39

TO LET

No.6 QUEEN'S ROAD (iately occupied

by Atack), OFFICES in No. 4, Prays Central (lately cocupled by Messrs. Climan & Co.).

No. 1, PEDDER'S HILL.

Apply to

Board and Lodging by the Day, one person.......

416 14.50

60.00

Board and Lodging by the Day for Married Couples occupying one room Board and Lodging by the Meath, one person 2........................... Board and Lodging by the Month for Married Coupies occupylog one room ........... 100.00

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(CHILDREN BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT.) Sating-room by the Day.........................$ 2,50) Tiffa.......................................LOKAÐ$ 1.00 Siting-room by the Month ........................................ 39.00] Dianət ingiušinisztémoin Extra Bed-room by the Day... 2,00 European Servants by the Day........ Extra Bed-room by the Month................................... 20.00] European Servants by the Month Bed and Breakfast .....................................

2,50

(Bedroom extra) curveserin Breakfast KER11299-454

75 Chinese Servants by the Day

1.50 1,00

* 20.00

SANIT

0.15

TRAMWAY TICKETS will be supplied to RESIDENTS and VISITORS at the Hotel’at reduced rates.-For further Particulars apply at the Company's Offices, 38 and 40, Queen's Road Central, or to R. ISHERWOOD, Manager, Meunt Austin Hotel

ongkong, 13th October, 1891.

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W. BREWER.

ENSHAW'S Tennis Shoes, Buckskin Tops and Stained Hide Tops, Roulemen's Dercing Pumps.

Ladies' Evening Shoes.

* Children's Walking Shoes in great variety,

Ball Programmes.

Menu Cards, Guest Cards.

Invitation Cards, - 1

Letta' Diaries for 1893.

North Chine Anglo-Chines: Date Blocks.

Christmas Numbers of T utt and Yale Tide.

Howard & Co. Dance Annual, 40 cents.

Phillip and Page's Dince Annual, 40 centa,

Enoch's Dance Anual, 40 cenis.

Comic Albums and Comic Songs, a lurge selection.

Hongkong, 4th January, 1893,

THE

W. BREWER, UNDER HONGKONG HOTEL

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HONGKONG HOTEL.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS, “Kremila "--A. B. C. Code,~TELEPHONE, No. 31.

“PROPRIETORS.

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„THE HONGK ỌNG HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED.

THE KONGKONG HOTEL-the most commodious and best appointed Hotel In the Far East, affords unequalled accommodation to travellers and others. It is situates in the centre of the town, opposite the General Post. Office and the Hongkong Club, adjacent to Pedder's Wharf (the principal landing stage of the Colony) and in close proximity to be Banks and Shipping Offices. The HOTEL STEAM LAUNCH conveys passengers and baggage to and from all Mail Steamers, THE TABLE D'HOTE, at separate tables, is supplled with every delicacy, the cuisine being

under experienced supervision.

1.

THE BED-ROOMS, with adjoining Bathrooms, are lofty and well ventilated, open on to

spacious Verandahs, are lighted by gas and fitted throughout with electric communicators, The Reading, Wiltlag and Smoking Rooms, Ladies' Drawing Rooms, the new, Bar and public

BILLIARD ROOMS (Six English and American Tables) are fitted with every convenience. A handsomely appointed GRILL ROOM, where chops, steaks, &c., are served at any hou

adjoins the HOTEL, and is under the same Management.

The WINES & SPIRITS are selected by an Expert and the BEST BRANDS only are supplied. HYDRAULIC ASCENDING-ROOMS of the latest, and most approved type convey passengera

and.baggage from the Entrance Hall to each of the five floors above. NIGHT PORTERS and WATCHMEN are continually on duty.

...

Hongkong, tath February, 1892.

R. TUCKER

Manager.

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DAVID SASSOON, SONS & C CARMICHAEL & C CO., LD.

· Hongkong, 3rd January, ting.

TO LET,

WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.

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THE Large Handsome SHOP, No. 14, Queen's Road Central, fately occupied by Dakin Bros. at Chian, Limited.

Atzo. Two Large AIRY ROOMS on the Top Floor of above.

*ENTLEMEN'S DRESS SHOES and DANCING PUMPS.

WHITE CAMBRIC TIES with NECK STRAPS.

WHITE KID GLOVES in all sizes. PORPOISE, HIDE LACED BOOTS AND SHOES. Knickerbockers, Knitted Stockings for Shooting, Cycling, or Golfing, Hand Knitted Scotch Flogering-Wool Socks.

13 Double Barrelled Fowling Pieces to be cleared at very reasonable prices,

CANADIAN DAIRY PRODUCE.

CARMICHAEL & CO., LTD.

18, Praya Central, Hongkong.

Apply to

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co, LTD.

Victoria Dispensary. Rongkang, and August, 1892

9th January, 1862,

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"MONMOUTHSHIRE," Captain Cuming, will be despatched an above on or about THURSDAY, the 19th instant.

For Freight or Passage, spply to

DODWELL CARLILL & Co..

Agents, Hongkong. 11th January 83.

FOR SAN FRANCISCO. HE A. L. Agerican Bark THE

"JOHN BAIZLEY," Shepherd Master, will load here for the above, Port, and will have quick despatch.

For Freight, apply to

SHEWAN & Co, Handkny 11th January 1893

PUBLIC AUCTION.

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For Sale.

FOR SALE,

THE VALUABLE PROPERTY, KNOWN AR

THE FAMILY HOTEL, CRx700,-

· BELONGING TO THE ESTATE OF EDWARD NEWMAN, DiczaseD.

"HE PROPERTY is situated on the East

THE PROPERTY le stiuated on the East

said to be "different from those of any other THE Undersigned bas received instructions HOUSES b-longing thereto.

baclliot know","

The ralent of the Ji,fluence a lake may exercise open climate is illustrated by the statement of M. Forel that the quantity of heat accumulated in Lake L man during the summer is equivalent to that which would be given out by the burning of $1,000 cos tons of coal, A milway tikin carrying this col would be 18,000 kilometre longer nearly the length of the earth's meridian from pole to pola.

Plafoum entera very largely into electrical work, and the report that it has been found on the Pacific Coast in such quintitles and of such quality as to make it profitable to mine, will prove of Intereat, particularly to incandescent lamp manufacturers. While placicom has been known to raistis the Uri ed States, it was of such poor quality that it could not be cllected with prefi, and up to the present it has all been shipped there from Russia,

to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,

ON

WEDNESDAY, the 18th January, 1893, commencing at 11 4.M. Sharp, at the

·CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. Coʻs ̧ GODOWNS,

No. 3, BLUR BUILDINGS, PRAYA EAST, A QUANTITY OF SURPLUS STORE S, Consisting of 1- ASSORTED SOUPS in a lb. Tins, ROAST VEAL, MARMALADE, SARDINES, RED HERRINGS, FINDON HADDOCKS, HARI- 'COT MOYENS, ASSORTED SAUCES,

A French paper lelis of a new process of tad- || DANISH BUTTER, LARD, SEMOLINA, Blog by electricity, which, it says, is being used on the skins of the stray dogs gathered into the SPLIT PEAS, FLOUR, VERMICELLI Paris pound. The electric system, it is alleged, MACCARONI, RICE, TIERCES OF PRIME transforms the skin into leather in three or four MESS BEEF, BARRELS OF PORK, MILK, days, against the alm

elgbi moniks required la BLACKING, TOBACCO, DUNGAREE and the ordinary procers, and the leather so

apned is better than that tanned in the ordinary SERGE CLOTHING, SILICATI COTTON, HAIK-MATTRESSES; HUNYADI '.JANOS Eway. It is chify, used fær ladies' fins shoes,

and is notable for its soft and delicate quailtiek WATER,

The John Hopkins Hospital Bulletin recently recent some observations by A. C. Abbott upon the bacteria found in the Interior of large ballstones which fali during the storm Apal

where

of

&c.,

&C

ALSO

ONE SMALL ENGINE, with connections. 26 h.. 90. Case was taken to excluds all SMALL IRON TANKS, EMPTY IRON organisms except those brought down from the DRUMS and CASKS, OLD ROPE, OLD tho hail was formed. The num METAL (IRON & LEAD), OLD ELECTRIC Horse racing, bicycle-racing and grogast ere ber of organisms observed ranged from 400 to some of the out-of door sports recently reported 700 to the cubic centimetre. The majority CABLE, OLD IRON BARROWS, OLD WIRE as having been carried on by the aid of the represented only a slogie species-a short, thin, ROPE, AERATED WATER and other electric light.

Man cral bacillus though several other undetermined | EMPTY BOTTLES, BROKEN GLASS, Some tinsmiths use leaden headed ualis for species were observed,

&c. Ecc roofing purposes. The last strokes flatten the Art has bens as inaccurate in its represents.

Tekųs of Salz-Caub uns delivery, head over the lole made in the tin, and leaking tion of the snake in motion as of the horse. The Ja thus prevented.

GEO. P. LAMMERT, Snake does not literally go upon his belly," A Bath, Maine, copper-worker took a small Scriplare to the conitary notwithstanding, but

naked Ancilopeer, opper cent and hammered it into a miniature" upon his side, 'and his motion rasmits from the

Hongkong, 11th January, 1899)

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ment, and comprises The HOTEL and OUT- The Land measures 20 mow a ten and is registered in H.B.M's. CONSULATE as LOTS Nos. 33, 41, 61, 65, 66 and 90.

†

Hotels

WINDSOR HOTEL,.

(in Connaught Buildings),» QUEEN'S ROAD. HONGKONG.

"HE Private Hotel heretofore carried on in TWINDSOR HOUSE has now

been

removed to CONNAUGHT HOUSE.

Cuisine under European management. Each Bed-room has its own Bath-room, Hot and Cold water. Passenger Elevator to all Floors,

Charges from $a per day upwards.

The Hotel W

The HOTEL is furnished and ready for Immediate occupation. It has been a favorite Sommer Resort for Visitors from other Ports for many yeus and has proved a remunerative Investment for the Proprietors. contains 34 Bed-rooms, à commodious Dining. room and Drawing-room, ample Outhouses,

c. &c.

ention to

Farber Particulars can be obtained on appl.

Miss NEWMAN, Family Hotel, Chefoo,

or to Meur. J. P. WAKE & E. F. OTTAWAY,

Trustees. Cheloo, arst December, 1842.

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THEY LEAD THEM ALL, THE CELEBRATED CALIFORNIA WINES, from the well-known Vineyardi of Messrs. KOHLER AND VAN BERGEN, San Francisco, and JULIAN P. SMITH (Olivion) Livermore, California.

Garanteed to be Pure and Unadulterated. Pore BLACKBERRY. BRANDY and fresh Consignments of BARTLETT SPRING MINERAL WATER by each Steamer.

Priocs forwarded os application to

· MACONDRAY BROTHERS & Co,

Commission Merchants, No. 30, Water Street, "Yokobams,

Yokohama, rath August, 1892,

FOR SALE

་

Special Rates for Families or Fermanent Boarders. Offices and Rooms to let Unfurnished, and Rooms with or without Beard, by day ni month. Apply at the Office, No. 37, 3rd Floor.

Hongkong 23rd August, 1902 TRAVELLERS HOTEL, ** No. 1a &* 18, Queen Victoria Stretti, WINES AND SPIRITS.

OF THE ́- BEST QUALITY ONLY, BEER ON DRAUGHT. MEALS ALL HOURS, FIRST CLASS BEDS.

TERMS VERY MODERATE.

H. OLIVER, Proprietor. Hongkong, 19th December, 1892. 1261 THE BOA VISTA HOTEL BISHOP'S BAY, MACAO, HIS HOTEL situated on the sex shore In one of the best and bealthicat parts of Macao, and commands an admirable view facing the South. Its accommodation is ansar passed in the Far East,

Every comfort to provided for Visitors, with an excellent Colator, and Wines, Spiritá und Malt Liquors of the beat brands.

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PEAK HOTEL.

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OPEN ALL THE YEAR ROUND, HIS commodious and well appointed HOTEL, situated at a height of sago feet above sea-level, having been Leased by the Proprietors of the "VICTORIA HOTEL," in Now OPEN and will be run in conjunction with their HOTEL in Queen's Road, thus enabling them to offer special inducements to Visitors and Residents.

SPECIAL WINTER RATES,

The Rates for BOARD and LODGING doring the Winter Months, from November ist to March 31st, have been reduced as follows 1--- One person, one month......$50.00 Married couple (occupying one room) per

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1.50

3.50

One person per day 4544202) Married couple per day.......

For full particolare apply to

VICTORIA HOTEL. Hongkong, 25th October, 1803.

1874

BAY VIEW HOTEL.

IR. OSBORNE, begs to remind the Publis

Mthat every possible arrangement has

been made for the comfort and convenience of Visitors to this popular Summer Resort. "BAY VIEW" occupies the best situation on: the Shaw-ki-wan Road, commands an excellent view of the Harbour, and is always open to the cool breezes from the Southward. Steam-launches can at any time come alongside the jetty adjoins Ing the spacious lawn.

The Cuisine Is workwalled in Hongkong, and only the best Brands of Wines, Spirits, Cigars, etc, are kept in stock Private Diapers of Tifins prepared in First-class style on the shortest notice, and Meats can be served at all hours.

Honphong, and May, 1802.

(480 THE SHAMEEN HOTEL, BRITISH CONLESSIUN, CANTON, HIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL, admirably situsted within a few minutes walk of the 'River Steamer Wharves,' is now open to receive

The Bed-rooms

are cool, airy and comfortably farnished, and the spacious Dining Room, Sitting HIS First-class FAMILY HOTEL Rooms, and accommodation generally will be

Hot, Cold, Shower and Sea Waler Bathr Large and well Ventilsted Dlaing, Bililard and Reading Rooms, and a well supplied Bat.

A amali Dairy is attached to the premises.

MRE, MARIA B. Dos REMEDIOS, Proprietress.

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HAUENSTEIN'S HOTEL,

AMOY.

Tax altosted on the beach at KULANG500,

and bas First-class Accommodation for Vialtors.

AD EXCELLENT TABLE is kept, and HE GOOD 89. "PEKIN" and S. 8, WINES, SPIRITS, and MALT LIQUORS of

the very best quality,

Terms Moderate,

TKWONG-MO

For Particulars apply to t

2D BUI KEE CHÂN

$3. Bonham Strand West. Hongkong, 14th Növejüber, säga,

Amoy, zaleple

R. HELLWIG, Proprietor

Visitors w

found equal to the best Hotels in the Far East,

The Table D'Hato is supplied with every Iney in reason, and the cuisine is in enced hands

Wines, Spiris, Malt Liquors, etc., of the best quality only.

A WELL APPOINTED BILLIARD-ROOM,

A. F. DO ROZARIO,

12: Managua).

Henghong, 1st Septembel, #bqq;