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Intímnations.

AERATED WATER S..

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1893.

and strays of the Liang Kwang provinces who float in shoals towards this colony is not altogether so apparent as could be VICTORIA DISPENSARY. desired; but certainly we must admit that if the Colonial Office in London Insists on our providing additional board and lodging for the male scum of Kwangtung in a new and costly prison, the advocates of the Po Leung Kuk have an equally good case-but no better. If the Hongkong Police Force are not capable of adequately protecting the laws of the colony, then it is about time that expensive body were either largely augmented with efficient men, or pensioned off wholesale at the earliest possible opportunity.

-The Wateruned is absolutely

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pure,

STEAM PLANT. Of the latest and most

powerful type.

SUPERVISION. The whole process of matnfacture is under the continuous supervision of qualified English Chemist,

The PRODUCT.-Will best comparison with the Waters made by the most

noted makers in England.

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co., LD

It must not be imagined that we are questioning the possible usefulness of the Fa Leung Kuk under the new rigime: however much we may differ from certain details of the Incorporation Ordinance, the cannot be any reasonable doubt that if the necessity for such an apparently anomalous Society exists, its methods will be much freer from suspicion if they are officially supervised. But we should like to know how much farther the Hongkong Government Intends going in this Sunday School [38 crusade of spurious philanthropy at the public expensel And we think it would be interesting-to the public to receive A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. from Governor Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON some explanation of the extraordinary proceedings in the British Consular Court at Bangkok on May 25th, details of which reached here yesterday. We quote the Siam Free Press of the 26th ulta.—and the report is fully corroborated by the Bangkok Times-

VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

CHEMISTS BY APPOINTMENT.

ESTABLISHED A.D, 1841. MANUFACTURERS OF Aerated WATER'S.

UR NEW FACTORY has been recently refitted with automatic Steam Machinery

of the latest and most approved klod, and we are well able to compete in quality with the best English makere:

The purest ingredients only are used, and the utmost care and cleanliness are exercked in the manufacture throughout

"BOMBAY SODAS."

We continue to supply large bottles as hereto. fore, Free of Extra Charge, to those of our Customers who prefer to have them to ske ordi- stay alze,

Our Registered Telegraphle Address in

A Chinese woman wis p'o ecuted before Mr.

AYANKEE criticism of Mrs. Bernard Beere: **She has a head superbly polsed upon a superb

afspring." neck; the cervical archos denote patrician

Respectable QC-I am thinking of joining your club, broad. Ve admit boozen; but dere ve dnw der Berlls Blet-Mels friend, our rules are very line.

Owno to the drought experienced lately in the authorities of Hanyang; in obedience to orders metropolita prefecture of Wuchang, the local

proclamation prohibiting the slaughter of any from the Viceroy Chang Chih-tang, lained animals from the 23rd to the 25th May inclusive. SOME one has discovered that the Venus de Medici is a very imperfect type of feminine beauty. The present age possesses so many live women who are bandsomer than the renowned marble beauty that this fact has been known for erme time, but until recently no one has had the courage to express it

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Miss Terries-Doctor, I'm suffering from insamels. weeks.

Surgeon-Better relinquish business for a few Portuguese ganhost Dis, Commander Azevedo Gomez, arrived here from Macao yesterday afternoon and at once steamed over ie Kowloon Docks,

NANENO reports give splendid accounts of the cocoon silk yield of Klangning this year, and it is stated that at a mec:ing of the Cocoon Guild It was decided to open the market for the sale of this silk last Friday.

THE Canadian Pacific Railway Co's royal xvall steamer Empress of India-left Vancouver for this port on Tuesday morning lest,

NEWS BY THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL

The China Navigation Co's sicamer Chingtu, À TELEGRAPHIC despatch from Peking to the NC. Daily New Bates that the ex-Governors Capt. J. Innes, which left Sydney, via pints of of Formosa Röd Chloese Turkestan, now known call, with malls of the 16th ulto, amired in as the New Domisios, Liu Mingchuan and Lin the harbour this forencen. For the subjoined Chin-tang, are expected at "Peking from the telegrams we are indebted to our Colonial South some time during the months of July and exchanges

LONDON, May 6th. The Stafiti says that depossiors. In "the August next. This is in obedience to a mandate from the Emperor, who is anxious to have these two experienced officers on hand in case of suspended banks may regard their money and eventualities. These two officials, it is knows, Interest as sule, as their deposits are only locked have sent secret State papera dealing with the "P

"An Assets Realisation Company, is being military capabilities of the Empire, and that of Liu Ming-ch'uan embodies twenty characteristic formed in London with a capital of £1,000,000. rules to solve the question,

The company bopes to secure profitable chances. of business airing out of the financial crisis in Australia.

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We do not necessarily endorse the oplaĵosa' expressed by Correspondents in thia eshit),

Ir will doubtless gratily members of the Hong- THE authorities at Nlagpo, according tokong Legislative Council to know that Baron. Shanghal paper, are at present much szercised Carington, to his new capacity as Lord Cham over the large number of robberies that baratakan berlain, has decided that the lndividual who is place within the last month by different bands honourable within the colony" shall, in fotore, THE MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICERS' of hardened characters. No less than seventeen be recognised as an "honcurable" at royal robberies to a total valus of something like Tis levees also. 40,000 have been reported, and not a single tobber so far han deen arrested.

A PRIVATE letter from Tisatsin states that on the night of the 13th ulo, some clever thief entered into the shang-fang or inner apartiments of the Haluan Total's yards and stole very nearly Tis. 3,000 worth of gold jewellery and sycer. In addition to this sum, a valuable official necklace belongleg to Sheng Total valued at Tie. 5,000, was also stelen..

THE Band of the 1st Shropshire Light Infantry will play the following programma in the Puble Gardens to-morrow, commencing at 3 pm.

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Owing to the increased traffic between Chefoo

ASSOCIATION,

À DISCLAIMER.

TO THE EDIT OF THE "Honakow Telegraph.”

and Welhäfwei since the founding of the latter place as a Naval station for the Felyang Fleet, my letter in your issue of June 5th; but I wait StR,-I am much obliged to you for laserting the military, officials have begun building again ask leavs is trespass on your kindness and milltary road between the two points, and trans-space, to deny on behalf of the B.M.M.O.A. Day part in or knowledge of the Issut of the circular, ways-perhaps a light milway-are le contem-“ plation at no distant date.

which you state has been issued by us, warning ships' crews against pirates or thieves. Some unauthorised person must again have been using oʻar namo

Ass the Sydney Bullets What will be the action of professedly-hard-up Australian Govern ments in re the Canadian Pacific Steamship enbsidy? Will they have sufficient backbone to affront the Imperial authorities by refusing to subselbe, or will they support the scheme as a means of obtaining titles?

A FERRY boat in crossing over from Shanghai to Pootung last Wednesday afternoon was ru Into by a cargo-boat under full nail and capsized

-rescued alive, mainly through the exertions, of, a passing boat; the cargo-boat people, who caur ed the dimster, inbumanly passing on without making any attempt at rescue.

French at the British Comalate yesterday A PRIInd despatch states that the Empera Only four persons out of ten men on board veCYC morning by Mr. Sheriff on a charge of deannie intends soon to offer sacrifices at the Imperial from an examination it transpired that Temples for general prosperity to the Empire

her lawful husband at Hongkong. In the

owing to the numerous reports from all parts of seme evil-disposed person had brought her away from Hongkong and consigned her to one of the the country complaining either of too much ir too little rin. An investigation of these reports brothels. Upon a communication bang made shows that the Northern and Central province by the Hongkong Government to the English Consul, charging her with desertion from hire sufering from drought, and the Southep

provinces from too much rafn, Ausband, the local authorities traced ber, and yesterday, muck against kar will, she was sent | back to Hongkong in the Tatcheong in charge o' the Captain.

Tax tracks of the great Atlantic liners betwejn the United States and Great Britain are is accurately made out and followed as if they were built on fand the winter track belag gone distance south of the summer track because of icebergs. Over these watery roads the ocem grey-bounds travel at the speed of moderatey the American liner Paris (built in Scotland) being fast railway trains, the maximum attained by about twenty-three miles an hour, whilst the Campants is even march faster.

Ir is stated that the amount which the Korean Government has agreed to pay for the laws sustained by Japanese merchants at the Treaty Parts by the probibition in 1889 of the export of cereals is 110,000 yen, 63,000 yen belag payable within three months, and the remainder to be paid in instalments stretching over six yeRTS. he amount originally asked for by Jayan was 327,500 yam._

Two recent Sydney adets. 2----

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of a daughter. Feb. 20, 1893, at-, widow of the late Henry

September 5, 1892, at his residence, Brows streat, city, Henry

DIATH,'

THE Tientsin correspondent of our Shanghil

She evidently knew, poor- woman, he w fond ring contemporary writes on May 26th thither dear female friends are of arithmetic six ery large kanga, one of which contained the coolles in digging the New Creek exhund afolly robed Buddhist (?) priest in the attitude of prayer. The clothes and the earthenware showed him to have lived in the Ming drumit: the body when found was in an excellent state reduced to it primal dust by the action of the air preservation, but in a very few hours it is The Vicary went out to examine the relics, sid it is understood has ordered a temple to be erected

of

What legal jurisdiction the British Consu at the cap tal of Slam hid overa Chire e woman who had reser.ed from ter husband in Hongkong we are ats loss to imagine; when de erting from COAST PORT ORDERS,

one's husband became a crime in English whenever practicable, are despatched by firstw we should be glad to learn; ard siesmer leaving after receipt of order... perhaps some unofficial member of the FOT COAST FORTE, Waters are packed and Legislative Council may consider it his placed on board ship at Hongkong prices, and duty to ask the Colonial Secretary what the full amount allowed for Packages and business the Hongkong Government had Empties when received in good condition. to criminally charge a Chinese woman in Counterfoll Order Books suppiled free on Bangkok with desertion from her husband in Hongkong, and what right to have application.

this hapless unfortunate forcibly brought back-"much against her will" says one reporter; "the appeared very much disinclined to the marital state" remarks the other to almost certain misery and | at the place. abuse, and perhaps even death itself! It is surely a new policy for the Hongkang Government to undertake the role of mediator between a Chinese husband and his absconded wife, and in what manner. Governor ROBINSON will justify such action, always assuming that our Bangkok contemporaries' reports are accurate, it is Indeed difficult to anticipate. Would it be too unreasonable to assume in faceofrecent events, that, instead of the Hongkong Government, we should read the Registrar General and the Po Leung Kuk ?.

"DISPENSARY, HONGKONG."

And all signed meniges addressed thus will receive prompt attention.

The following is a List of Waters always kept

Jeidy in Stock :-

PURE AERATED WATER

SODA WATER

LEMONADE ··

POTASH WATER

SELTZER WATER LITHIA WATER

SARSAPARILLA WATER

TONIC WATER

LEMON SQUASH GINGER ALE

RASPBERRYADE GINGERADE.

No Credit given for Botiles that look dirty or gre, or that appear to have been used for any alber purpose than that of containing Aerated Waters, as such Bottles are never used again by

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Hongrong

Jelegraph

HONGKONG, Wronksday, JUNE 7, 1893,

THE HONGRONG GOVERNMENT

IN A NEW ROLE.

TELEGRAM S...

HUNGARY.

LONDON, June 6th, 1893, The Emperor of Germany and the Grand Duke Nicolas of Russia will attend the Hangalan auto no manœuvres.

REBEI LION IN IRELAND. A hundred and seventy thousand persons have been enrolled for the ster Defence Union, which has commenced by electing six hundred del gates to the Central Assembly.

IT is reported from Foochow that a band of robber armed with muskets, awo rds, and spear recently entered a large shop car the Marise Prefect's yamin, In the wis ity of the foreign Settlement, and having first set fire to attention of the shopmen, ransacked the strong the buliding for the purpose of datacting the box and silk hales in the rear of the second counter. Thirty houses were destroyed in the configration and the shop lost 20,000 taels worth of goods alone,

A TRIAL of one of the four go-ton guns con- structed at the Klangnan Arsepit was made. on Tan tea business, writes the Kobe comerpond the zad lost, ander the direction of Mr. Cornish, ent of the N. C. Daily News wader date May who superlatended their construction, and in the asth, is now in full swing, and a day or two presence of the Trota! of Sbaoghal, the Total face the larger t stogle day's business em record of the Arsenal, and other officials. It stated was reported, no less than 4.830 plculs having to have been a completosuccess. " charges changed har ds. The Japancat bedors had were fired from the buge gun, which with the been standing out for bigher prices, but anally use of 300 lbs. of powder throws a shit weigh- gave way. The quality of the leaf in said to be 18 800 lbs, with the velocity of 2,000 feet per fully up to that of former sensor. As your second, striking a blow of 32,000 foot-tons. The reader probably know, tea growers up country trial shots were fired at a target about foo yards here are now paying exmest, attention to the off, backed by a huge mound. The first discalivation of teas of higher clues, and the charge completely obliterated the target, and move so far has been amply rewarded. the missile, burring itself in the mound, literally blew away an immense mass of earth, some of the latter being thrown about eighty let in the sir. The second shot was of an equally deadly character,"

set work here. When the Gemang the

SAVE the Sydney Bulletin:-"Cabled that German Lloyds' boat his reached Bremen from Australia with 6o emigrants aboard who couldn't "Chiness of Europe," can't get work; who can ? Apropos, the current passenger-flats of the White Star Line henge to the Cape of Good Hope do not encourage the "Advance Autralia" sães. Last month the Australasian closed with a full list for the Cape, and the other lay the Damaress did likewise. Net saloon pepia on LOCAL AND GENERAL, a plexure-trip, but third-class parengers anxions to get away from the stagnancy, hope lessness, and generally cloudy outlook that now THE steame: Changon, running on the Yangtze perrades every Avenue of Enterprise this Ar the meeting of the Legislative Council river, has again changed her nationality, sub 11-continent. Nor are these people all stone held last Friday a Bill entitled The Potating the Austrian flag with that of Great broke paupers; many are careful folk who have made a litle money, but we na fe Lung Kuk Incorporation Ordinance was read a second time and committed, after

opening for it here. Ia word, the class a debate probably unparalleled in the

Australls can least afford to lon or Colonial history of any British legislature, but Into the intrinsis merits of which we need not at present enter, although that question must be fearlessly

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Britain.

THE Agents (Messrs, D. Sassoon, Sons &Co.) informs that the steamer Catherine Aptar, from Calcutta, left Slugapore yesterday afternoon Tar Sanitary Board will meet to-morrer at 415 PM. Aganda-1 Letter from the

for this port.

Yours faithfully,

H. C.A. HARRIS,

Hon. Treasurer,

B.M.M.O.A.

Steamship 'Namoa, Hongkong, June 6th, 1893.

A CONTRADICTION.

TO THE Euror or the "Honakowa Tyleɑmani? SIR,Authorized by the Committee of the British Mercandle Marina Officers' Association paragraph in last night's issus of your journal I write to any that the leaflet referred to as has not been circulated. "among all classes of the mercantile marine" by the B. M. M. O. A not, as far as is known up to the present time, by any one else, and I can only surmise that you refer to a rough proof of some "Instructions for the detection of pirates on board ship, which some Chlaese are understood to be about to hand to all Chipamen whom they maybe instrumental to supplying to vessels requiring deck, englue room, stake-bale or other hand","

Yours faithfully,

CHEŚNEY DUNCAN,

Secretary.

Hongkong, June 7th, 1893.

WANTED, A LIBRARY.

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The Victorian Goverment has remitted 'through the Associated Banks £680,000 to pro- vide for the payment of the half-year's interest on Government stoëk dus la Joly,

By the various bank suspensions, £350,000 of Victorian money for the payment of interest has been locked up.

Intelligence from Afghanistan states that the rebel Hazaras are making ralds' near Ghizala. reported to have asked for British reinforcements | The Ameer, Abdurrahman, Is alarmed, and is

from Candahar.

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The National Observer contains an article on Samoan affilis. It suggesis_that__Mr. R. L. Stevenson should be appointed Premier of Samoa. The Suney Cricket Club entertained the Australian cricketers at dinner last night. The company numbered 150. The man consisted largely of Australian viande,

Blackham, the captain of the team,

who has recovered from a severe cold lɑ his eyet, was prescut and made a capial speech in reply to

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the toast of "The Australian Eleven."

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Her Majesty the Queen will take her seit on a Throne of Indian gold at 'the opening of the Imperial Institute. All the Judges will attend the function in their rober

MILBOURNE, May 7th. In spite of threats made by the Customs which attempts are made to put contraband Department that they would seize any ship from goods in circulation, almut every vessel which arrives from China transgresses in this respect. Yesterday the steamer Chingfu was everbanded, with the result that a seizure was made of 80,000 cigars and two large carks and two cases of tobacco. The compradors was fined £15, the chief cook £10, two stewards 45 euch, and two seamen £21es each, or go in all. At Brisbane, and subsequently at Sydney, the Chinglu wat searched, and seizures of cigars and tobacco

were made,

· AUCKLAND (N.Z.), May 8th. The Agent-General cables that the recon- structed Ministry has been favourably received. in London, and that the announcement of the suplus'evoked emphatic comments in praise of the colony.

LONDON, May 8th.. The death is, announced of Maila, Dowager Marchioness of Allesbury, aged 84 years.

Sir Charles Tupper, But, High Commissioner for Canada huu. withdrawn” the statement recently made by him to the effect that the Imperial Federation League was mainly intent upon levying a large contribution on the colonies In order to support the British army any navy,

Robertsm, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, sald, in reply to a question, that Mr. James Heddart, the Australing shipowner, had not applied to the Eritish Admiralty for a subvention of his pro- posed Australian-Canadian line of steamers Mr. Robertson, was unable to say whither the, steamers for the conveyance of malls. Government was prepared to subsidise those

In the House of Common■to-day, Mr. Edmund

It is understood that the Pope's excyclical letter will indicate that the Governments, of " Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, and Spain are willing to dam, while the Russian Gavera- ment is favourable to putial disarmament.

May 9th;

Australia in the R.M.S. Ophir.

Mr Edward Terry, the actor, has miled for

To The Foren of Tur "Homescoma TrimarkII,” SIR-Can you, or any of your readers, enlighten me is to why the Cầy Hall Library Is not made more useful to the public ? At present, no books, except under certain circumstances. ara allowed to be taken out of the Library, ind its doors are closed at about 5 pm, just at the time when almost every one is leaving office. Bealdes this, those who look after the library have practically no funds to spend for the par- even the best of recent publications are to be chase of new books, and therefore very few of found on its shelves, unless as a gift. The majority of the ratepayer, at whose expense the library must have been fitted out, have no opportunity to take advantage of the scenty facilities afforded by the Institution, because nearly all of us are bay every day till 5 pm., and at that hour the Ibrary is closed. In fact there are hundrade of people who, I am sure, have never as much as touched a volume be longing to the library, and it is to them as if there was no such library in Hongkong. I wonder, then, of what carthlyuss in this library to the public at large? What is the meaning of having so many thousands of volumes burled in It, cleaned now and then, and money spent upon it, and with which absolutely nothing is dous? it to feed the moths or cockroaches? Or simply for show pidgin 7—Just to say that we LONDON papers talk about a mystery at Windsor is kept for the few very few, stragglers who have a library in Hongkong, and that the library Castle. This particular mystery, like most happen to drop in during the day? Indeed, it others, is of the feminine gender. Ti 10 indy is a big hambug, is this library-exactly in young, beautiful, and sccomplished, and never keeping with some other institutions in the ventures beyond the Castle don nains. 1 he world, Colony. it appears, is shut to the fetching mystery be

The bill providing for the disestabliment of canio she has no name and no legal strinding a

the Presbyterian Church in Scotland, which has social ego. She, however, is addt eased is "Your Highness, and is serred by a tendants

been introduced in the House of Commons by Dr. C. Cameron, Gladstonian Liberal M.P. for of rack. The mystery cannot elucidab berself

the College Division of Glasgow, has passed ite anly person holding the key. It alaaast looks and Our Gracious Queen is believed to be the

first reading by a majorly of 66.

May soth. business at the Castle 20 years ago, an if someone had started a little bat y-farming

Mr. James Huddart, the Australian shipowner, There are hundred of people in the Colont has applied to the British Admiralty, through THE Shanghai native paper Hupae gives the who are not members of the Wongkong Club, Siz Charles Tupper, High Commissioner for following account of the dlicovery of the attempt and to these, a public library, like the one they Canada, for a subvention of als proposed to bom the steamship Ngankis: On Fidday felt want. If there anything to prevent Hong-

bare la Shanghai, will, I am iure, supply a much | Australia:-Canadian lise of steamers. night, atubant 12 o'clock, as a Chinese dete ctive belonging to the French foren was search og kong having a fine library, when Shanghal, 'The press declares that the men of ika. New deparing steamzer for the Yangize ports for some which is never half so fussy or consequential as South Wales Cavalry team, who formed part of escaped criminals, he perceived a roand bill of Hongkong, can support one and a first-class be Royal procession at the faauguration of the fire in one of the alde apartments for Chinese

one into the bargain! Orfelt that Hongkong passengers, near the oxa table belonging to the cannot tolerate any kind of intellectual-re They were greatly admired.

creation, steamer. He at first took the fire to be the light of

However that may be, il certainly is very an oplum smoker's lamp and so did not mal coatlafactory that a proper pablle library- nozier examination. After a time he returned?

<3 to the pot, and, dading na siga of any human being thing which almost every other town boasts as there, he walked up to the light, which proceeded

s most useful laststation should be conspicuous from a large lighted paper taper, hear

Why is not something dore to make it more widely useful? Perhaps nobody would have grumbled about this thing I Hongkong possessed a library which every one who is fond of reading could join ; het, as it is, there is only one library which of course is not accessible to the general in Hongkong, belonging to the Hongkong Club, community.

mentary piper containing the correspondence. The Times, in commenting upon a Parlia» which passed between Lord Glasgow, the Go- in reference to the question as to appointments. vernor of New Zealand, and the Colonial Office- to the Legislative Council in that coleny, says: that the focident will form a precedent, and will! reduce the range of questions coming within the Governor's discretion to a variabing point,

May xxth.

Imperial institute, looked an ideal caviliy body.“ At the meeting of depositors with the Austra Ban Joint Stock Bank held yesterday to discuss the smeaded scheme of reconstruction, Mr. Henniker Heaton seconded Mr. E. M. Young's amendment to the effect that the mening stand

and firmly handled in the immediate future, Colonial Secretary concerning the removal of i have already sent thels consulting englucci Mr. there lay a package weighing some for "hich in Hongkang by its absence. It may not salonroed pending the receipt of a special in- The Po Leung Kuk is an Institution that the public urinal in Battery Path. 2. Mortality | M. T. Hang, to Shanghai to amperinter) the.] with a faso at one en), Examining the Pounds present circumstances, perkips, to organize a 'dependent audit.

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was established some dozen years since Returas for the weeks ended the 27th May and by a number of philanthropic Chinese 3rd Jare, 1893. 3. Application from Secretary for leave of abrence. Surveyor's reports ou residents, its chief object being, as the condition of the house-drains of Nos. By to

protection of Chinese 109 (old Nov.) Station Street and 17 to 3 alleged, the women and children from kidnappers and Reclamation Street, Yan-ma-1 and 7 to 9. Tal other unscrupulous persons - a most Lol Lane, Victoris. 5. 65 applications for praiseworthy mlasion, without the shadow licences and renewal of licences to keep swiss, hay so far advanced on li that it is expecle) that the Togaku-to agitation'la Koren afzain threatens time to time with the proceeds of these anbicrip the views' ut forward by Mr. Blair.

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new library, and therefore I beg to suggest that package the City Hall Library shou'd be turned into better use by adopting some such methods is the following

(1.) That the City Hall Library be open from 7 m. lay 01 7.30 p.m.

(2) That subscription fee be charged to those who wish to be member.

(3) That new books should be bought from tions after paying off the exus expenses, caused by lncreased work.

(45) That subscribers be entitled to take out books at any time between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. the library from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. only, and that (5.) That ́son-rubscribers be allowed to usi

no books should be taken out by them.

In conclusion I thank you in anticipation for inserting this, and hope that you will, in the interests of the many who are not members of the Club and therefore have no library of their own, take up the matter and bring it effectually to the notice of the authorities that be.

IT is reported in the North that a Syediate of Chinese merchants has been formed wish the vi of essuring better travelling Resemmotion between Cbemulpa and Srool, and that they

building of "ight steamer of three feet eight it was found to contain a lot of powder and inchei draught to run between Chensipe and explosives which if ignited would have caused Mapoo, & dirtates of six'y-five miles by yater. terribis destruction. Before the steamer started it is siga intended le place two fouramme on Saturday morning at 2:30 o'clock the affale Seoul, a distance of three miles. The baller of coaches to ply between the last named pleerand 3 was reported to the French pol ce' the steamer is Fanchong, Hoogkew, and work Taz Yapan Mall of the 31st altinio reports that she will be launched on or before the.10h of to assume a serious aspect. Recent correspan. of a doubt. In what fashion the promoters Paxnoi telegrams received in Shanghai' Hats next mơ th. The Coman Government, it is dence meations that the insurgents have and directors of this private body of that a large number of bodies have been feallay stated, has give the Syndicate the peoply of recdved reinforcements from a region Iying on unofficial police carried out their self-part the town into the sea, from Llenches fa, the side carrying trade between Chemulpe and the Russian frontier, and that the new contingani- Imposed functions does not appreciably and the surrounding commuy. The land telegraph Seoul in order to encourage the undertaking and includes several Ruslans, According to a lotter How from Niasen, dated 20th May, the Korean affect our present argument; it is sufficient service le stopped in that part of the country. Induce them to put regular, s'eamers on the

Government is taking active steps for the sup to say now that public opinion-not the Another telegram from Llenchau aistes that the

local foods have been augmented by the raah SATS the N. C. Daily News --A private etter prettion of the disturbance. Regular troops, to dozen so-called lending Chinese who are of waters from Kuangal, and shat hundreds of from Chinese correspondent living at Chenalpo, the number of seven or eight hundred, have mere backbonelers satellites of the bodies of Kuangel-dressed men, women and dated the 14th May, states that the results if the already been despatched in various directions Registrar General, but hundreds of children have floated down towards the lane revolutionary dologa of the Tung-keto policlery The same authority affins that the wport of the Influential and Intelligent Chinese merchants dated prefecture Although only a couple of at Scogl and elsewhere for the past two months Togels-do's renewed activity has agele brought and others, as well as large numbers of hundred lives have been lost in the city, flatke are more serious than would at first alght spear to Nasen a number of foreign war vessels. At British subjects and members of other country side which has suffered most from the Nearly one-half of the mor: tild amongst the the time of writing there were a Japanese mens nationalities has never been and is not disastrous foods, a number of villages and towns Japanese traders, filghtened at the threats of the of war, a Chinese, 1 American, and . English. Another letter, says that Gyo Iacht, who bad now, in spite of the fulsome blustering of the haring lost nearly four-fifths of their inhabitants. society men, have sold ent and harareturned, or

are about to return, to Japan This example bas been sent out to the disizibed districts as Royal Hon. Mr. J. H. STawart Lockhart, in favor | Ax Ichang correspondent wiles to the N. C. tho begs followed by a number of Chinese, and Commissioner, was seized by "the malcontents, either of the Society's partial independence Dally News under date the 21st ulle; that Mr. nearly al-enths of the Chitose and Japanese and is now held close prisoner by them. The of the law of the colony or lis extremely Everard, the British Consul, has been aus, any goods for export. It seems that some que

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sel “but, do not buy principal centzen of disturbance are said to be six, in thị two Pro-iness at Chanel-do and suspicious methodsof working, The osten, considerably, from fever and ague

Zenra da The Togaku-te are represented Bibleobjectof the Incorporation Ordinance is to Monocacy was to leave Iching on May 28th, has been in fault is not notifying properly the

onless fresh festructions were received. The Chinese Throne about Yarn Bhih-k'a, the as having pe altoned the Soul authorities on fire give the Po Leung Kuk a legal status, siver was fluctuating very rapidly, iisday and Chinces Resident at Seople who li sill, in points, namely, that Chinese, Japanese, and and to hand over to it the sum of filing five to six feet in the twenty-four: Egurs, mourning for his mother's death, and whose Occidentals be prohibited from reading in Stal 820,000 of ratepayers' money to help Mr. McDowall of the Customs, who was prosedi "period of retirement from public affair" will sad the thijes, porte; that the memory of the to defray the cost of amateur detective fog to Chungking, had his beat winnked at the not be falabed until the spring or eidy sommer tounder of the sect be officially, honoured that work, for which our professional police Sintan Rapids, but a part of his furniture difted months of next year, Hence Mr. Yun cannot colleges (er lantly for disseminating the Zogais are apparently incompetent. Why the ashore and was picked up, and he himself was go to Winchow to take over his Tatildably, to principles) be established in Soul; that tho One death had occurred on based the ¿donorary," "The news of thle has been expeedingly gindifying || ihst, upon/sha dispersion of the malcontenta, no called upon to provide special funds and the full crew attended the burial, which to Comune and Chisen, silke, and confidence arrests all be made. Unless these deman's beyond the ordinary requirements of took place in the Roman Catholjo cemetery oute has heen greatly restored by this nanosacement and granted, they we said to have declared that British law for the protection of the waita i side and below Ichang..

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Mr. Blair, writing to the Signst, opposed the scheme of reconstruction, and advised liquida

He considered that the shareholders ought to pay the reserve liability, and inggested that the Cort should as'te the assets in England. Mr. Andrew Williamson, of Messrs. D. John- stone, Smith, and Willamson, deposit agents, Glasgow, who is assisting the suspended banks in their schemes of re-reconstruction, combated

Only 11 depositors voled for the amendment, The scheme of reconstruction was thes adopted by an enormous majority,

AUCKLAND, May 12th. At au fofluential meeting at Wellligton 10-

night, it was resolved to erect a lasting tribute to the memory of the late Premier (he Hon, John Ballince), Mr. Seddon stated that the Premier's last wish was that he would never be forgotten by the people of New Zealand,

LONDON, May 12th. The Kempton Park May meeting began to- day, when the principal event was decided sa follows:-

Hongkong, Jane yib, 1893.

THE ROYAL TWO-YEAR-OLD FLATE of 3,000 [Here is exactly a queion for the "Odd (1400 sovs, to the winner, 300 som, to the Volumes to tackle. The absence of spable nominator of the winter, roo rave, each to library for the City Hall affair le not a lutary, the owner and nominator of the second, and hardly even a suggestion of one, Frostbitten 50 sovů eịch to the owner and binlastor of and fossilised while yet bedding is essentially third) colts gat, filll's and geldingu 8st, x1lbs a grievance which ought to claim the very first

5 furlongs, on the st;zight course, attention of the new Hterary society and it | The of Portland's bf Schoolbook, by probably's matter which would have the Wisdom-Satchel, a years, 8st. strongest possible support of Sir William The Dake of Portland's bf. Amiable, by St. Roblason. The scheme suggested by our

Simon-Tact, 2 years, Bst, zrib........ 2 pmdcot seems legible en agh, and Mr. T. Cannon's b i Melancholy, by Melanion does not call for a ~ expenditure of public Grunch, a year, 95tuminenüintiennie. 3. money; the outlay can always be kept within Owing to the fighiness of money at present, the Income, be it ferga orimall, We pinsan seven small, brokers on the London Stock Es-

ratepayers of Hongkong, should be rescued by Mr. Jensen of the Ichang · Cusions... and, in all likelihood will not do so until then, pracion of selling offices be discontinued ; and: " Job Lots!! with the lawn, and if they | change have failed. M

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work it up at all energetlandy they, will have The rebels in Nicarigna have sefsel tho ship. done something to save themselves, from cast works, and the company has asked for the | protecties of "the United Hintae Coveramenty.