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Intimations.

DR. FENWICK'S FOOD

FOR

ALSO FOR

DYSPEPTICS AND INVALIDS.

ITH

Tis specially recommended as an article of diet for NURSING MOTHERS as it wil atrengthen and support them and at the same time enrich the Natural Milk and facrease the Supply.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1894.

When I head this letter "Dry Rot If you Kentlemen, do not agreth me in thinking it least commend itself to the majority of your lease copper te elle ancy that it will at shareholders-for reasons annexe 1. Mr. Jobn D. Humphreys, a mo. estimable citizen and a adoption of your lates: Ret and Statement of thorough man of burines, la seconding the Accounts, said that be did not think you were too highly paid; but let me ask you individually (and I will include Mr. Humphreys) whether, having INFANTS FED on this Food put on flesh rests and mortgage interests to collect, you would consider it reason able to pay 12 per cent. rapidly.

for collecting them? For that is exactly what In two and sixpenny and one and sixpenny your report and accounts amount to-in plain figures, that $29.127 is the cost of collecting bottles at $1.10 and 70 Cents,

3236,336. Now, I ask you honestly and fairly, would you not, presuming you represented your own interests and not those of a public company, consider 5 per cent, suficiently liberal per centage to pay an agent? And is it not a fact that there are numbers of firms in this colony which would gladiy look after the taterests of absentee landlords and capitalists for that 136 remuneration? Would you not do it yourselves, rentlemen, if you had a chance, outside this limited liability golden harvest?

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THE Agents (Messrs D. Sassoon, Sons & Co.) inform us that the steamer Catherine Apcar, from Calcutta, left Singapore for this put at 1.30 p.m. to-day.

SMALL-POX is prevalent in Bangkok and the deaths of two foreigners are reported. The first was that of a young bdy named Kenn, a vlalter from Singapore, and the second Mr. F. da Costa, Chlef Out-door Inspector in the Customs Service.

ONE of the small-pax cue that occurred on has proved fatal, the pittent, a blue-jacket, hased the U.SS. Concord in Yekohama harbour, baving expired in the Small-pex Hospital there on the roth last. Four caws to all hare heen reported

Gentlemen, your accounts for the past four entrusted you with, at 54 per cent (after deduct years show neit profits, na maar as figures can log the $105,000 you have wrongly taken credit define them, of 5.95 per cent. Time and I are for by writing a real estate), it seems to me at two, as Philip of Spain was wont to say, and if a simple matter of everyday business that It #nyore, four years in advance, could make a wou'd be better to wind up the Company and closer estimate than I did, when on the 13th give each shareholder hle money back'again, as THE health of the King of Slem, which has of NURSING MOTHERS AND INFANTS February, 1890, I priced 5.83 per cent, to is certainly could obtain 7 per cent. for it, if you late been causing much anxiety in Bangkok

that person am I prepared to resign my clitorial || have failed to do so chair and thevery thankless and unremunerative

bay greatly improved and he is now able to There is yet another paint which may wilk | attend to the business of the State. billet of being guide and counsellor to speculative advantage be referred to.. If you will turn so Hongkong.

Article os of the Articles of Association you will Ir is mported from Janam that the prohibition find that the Managing Directors are entitled to put upon the exportation of rice from Karen is a commission of 7 per cent, on the nett profits to be withdrawn by the Government about the and of to per cent, when they smount to 10 per when these amount to 7 per cant, on the capital. beginning of the Korean New Year; that is, a cent. When these Articles ware framed the

few days hence. subscribed capital was one million and * quarter of dollars, so that when the capital was doubled at too per cent. premium you presented yourselves with one million and ** quarter dollars upon which you have not to earn a dividend. Under the Articles of Association you have to net y per cent, on two and a half millions, or $175.000, in order to earn. your commleston; but by subscribing to your second issue at 100 per cent. premium, the bareholders actually gave you a revenue of $87.500 per annum, if money is worth 7 per cent, so that, in plain English, you only require to earn gay 500 to enable you to legally grab the commission. Could absurdity go farther than this? Ordinary prudence, it seems to me, requires shareholders to demand. If you do not consider it advisable to wind the Com. pany up, that the Reserve should be placed to Capital sccount, and the shares converted to $75 paid up, Instead of $50 as now; or thai the $3,750.000 paldi ep, you make 57′ per cont.. Article gs should be eliminated altogether. De which totals 196 875, or over 7 per cent. on the $150,000 subscribed, Why then do you not take your fall commission? Verily, my friend Mr. Jno. D. Humphreys was right when be sald $10.000 was not too large a sum to pay for laborers worthy of their hire. whilst tha Company's Articles of Association allow no less than $34.003 to be annexed. Gentlemen, with all due respect, I regret to have to conclude as I began-"Dry Rot."

I am, as ever,

Ginilemen,

AGENTS IN HONGKONG :

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED,

VICTORIA DISPENSARY, Hongkong, Fath January, 1894.

CHEMISTS BY APPOINTMENT.

A. S. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED.

屈臣公司

FAMILY AND dispensing

CHEMISTS.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS.

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Your's faithfully, Hongkong, 30th January, 1894.

R. F.-S.

TELEGRAMS.

GREAT BRITAIN AND AFGHANISTAN.

" LONDON, January 28th.

Mr. J. D. Humphreys is a managing director to public companies himself, and therefore it would be most unreasonable to expect him to decry what may be desc.lt d as his own stock. in-trade; but can you, gentlemen, lay your hands on the place where your hearts are supposed to be and say that the $4000 profit you have made as the result of your four years' working is honestly worth $10,coo per annum to attain Hongkong Directors have not bliherts obtained credit for faststing on their pound of flesh, nor of running a neck-and-neck race with the professional blood-sucking 'gulaca-pigs' of the clty of London; and It is certainly La very great surprise to me, that, under all'cir cumstances (some of which out of pure pity I retain from referring to in detai), you should have laid yourselves open to such an insinuation. It is my habit both to write and speak platoly and I see no reason to deviate from that golden rule in this case; shareholders in Hongkong are too much crushed by the weight of your united authority and influence to speak for themselves at the meetings of the Company, and I have It is understood that the Indian Government taken up their cause on this occasion because I ds practically committed to a policy for the have a duty to perform to my clients, the public. Is it really worth while paying 124 per cent. to

elence of Afghanistan from aggressions from invest money on mortgage which brings in only the North. While the Ameer abides by this 6 per cent, interest? Does anybody In Hong- agreement it is stated that the Indian Govern- kong or China invest la mortgages at that rate?ment is bound to maintain the integrity of The Land Investment Co.'s accounts, gentlemen, say that you do; but I resolutely refuse to belleve it. Your accounts say there is $2,889.464 op mortgage ind that the revenue therefrom is $172,151 These figures certainly show return of 6 per cent. per annum, but these figures are wong or I am a Jerusalem pony-and I do not customarily wrlic myself down an ass. "Dry Rot," PATENT MEDICINE PROPRIETORS AND I might even simply say rot. Any business man in Hongkong knows that mortgages are paid for at from 7 to 8 per cent. per annum ; but we may look at it lo kaother light, People do say, and Mr. Humphreys, commented on it as a salisfactory feature, that you have now ceased to write up your real estate by deblilog ft with interest and enlarging your Interest Account with the fictitious amounts thus gained.esenting some of the clauses, and also opposing That may be all right as far as it goes, but on

the suggested Income Tax. going carefully through your statements of account from 1990 up to date, I tblok I bave every reason to belleve that you have written up your property account by at least $75,000, and possibly nearer $100,000, by debiting it with interest; and so, if I deduct the larger amunt from your mortgage earnings } during the years 189:91-92, the result stil

ANALYSTS.

PERFUMERS.

VENDORS.

DRUGGISTS' SUNDRYMEN.

CIGAR DEALERS.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

AND

AERATED WATER, MAKERS.

Afghanistan.

THE UNIONIST PEERS. Ata conf.rence of Unionist Peers, Lord Sallabary's advice to adhere to the previous decision, silved at with regard to 2% Employers' Etablility Bill, and to amend The

Parish Councils Bill, was approved of.

THE UNITED STATES TARIFF BILL. There appears to be some danger that the American Tariff Bill will be sent back to the Committee owing to a large number of Democrats

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

OVERHEARD at a recent ball: The wave of matrimony here is rising so high, that it is becoming quite a bore."

Tax Kode Chronicle says that farmers in that part of the country are suffring, from want of water, no win to speak of having fallen for some weeks, A Ubaragun In Hyogo prefecture the rice mills have been compelled to cease working owing to the drying up of the streams.

As focal representatives of Clark & Co., "Anchor" cottons, Messrs. Hoilday, Wise & the principal feature of which is a likeness of a Co. have sent us a very useful desk calendar, perfect vision of loveliness, which will illuminate the sanctum sanctorum during these gloomy days of wintry darkness and depression. YESTERDAY afternoon an inquiry into the fire at 273 Queen's Road West on the 25th inst. was C. D. Wilkinson appeared on behalf of the held by Comt. Hastings at the Magistracy, Mr. Economic Fire Insurance Co. (Tongkorg agents, J. D. Hutchison & Co.) Nothing suspicious appeared on the evidence, and the premises were released from police supervision.

MELE from Malabelland. Most of the news from the Cape; if not true, is certainly "Lo Ben trovato."

AMONG the passengers arriving here to-day by the Empras of India were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stewart-Lockhart,

OVER two thousand tons of rice bave already bren received in Kobe from the country districts since the beginning of the year,

THE P. and O. steamship Ravenna, which arrived here yesterday, brought 10,000 in har liver for Hongkong, and £100,000 of the same metal, in bars, for Shangbal.

AT the Sunday School-Lady Teacher-"What muat a bo- da to go to heaven?" Please, Miss, he-cr-er Next boy?" "Erer" "You bay do to ga to heaven?" John Tosk, Jr.,He linle boy at the end of the class. What must a

must die, Miss."

then 16.900 cases of dysentery in that prefecture THE Hingo News states that there were no less last year and that in preventative and curative mertures, yes 27.000 were expended. The Indirect loss caused by the epidemia is estimated

several hundred thousands of yin. MESSES. DOUGLAS Lapraik & Co, have lanned an exceedingly handsome calendar sent out by divillers, of Lelth. Ifibe liquor is half as beat- Messrs Robertson, Sanderson and co,, whisky tifal as the girl in the picture the noble army of teetotallers will fade away to nothing.. INSTANCING the steady increase in the shipping there were 907 arrivals in that port of vessels trade of Robe, the Chronicle states that to 1893 paying barhour durs and 886 departores. The figures of 'gs were resp-c'ively 793 and 274, con A SCOTCH magistrate of the ancient town of s quently the increase in '93 is considerabic.

Dumfries has given bis legal decision that a

Well, what about the man who can't lie down man isn't drunk within the meaning of the Act if he can get along by holding on to the wall. without bolding on to the ground 7 Where does

be roll in

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THE band of the 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

will play the following programme at the Officers mencing at 8 o'clock --- Mess, Murray Barracks, this evening, com-

THE Indies, Babe, reported in last night's inue in have entamilled ssicide by taking an overdose of laudanum at his residence at East Point on Friday last, was for a number of years, and up to the time of his decease, employed as an enrine-driver at the East Point suvar refinery. He bore an excellent character, and appears to have been esteemed by all who knew him. A SPECIAL meeting of Licensing Justices was held at the Magistrary to-day. Comr. Hastings, acting magistrate, presided, and there were also present Mr. W. G. Horspool, deputy superlaten. Fal. Insel Weinberg applied for the transfer dent of police. Mr. A. J. Mar, and Mr. Chan Ya in himself of the licence previously held by B. F. Taylor at the Western Hotel, Qoren's Road. There was no opposition, and the application was granted. Me. E. J. Grist (Mr. C. DA Wilkinson's office) appeared for the applicant. THE following were six of the best scores at last Saturday's Volunteer Spoon Competion, Sergt. Hayward having withdrawn from the competition, the spoons were passed on to Sergt. Brown and Gunner Bamsey..

Scores Points.

Seigt. Hayward ................................. 80 Sergt. Brown...a

746

Gr Bamseyran

B. Sergt. Major Dupenn...... Sergt. Wylle..... Gr. Focken

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36 6. 54 B THE ordinary annasi-meeting of the Ladles Recreation Club was beld in the City Hall today, Hitherto the proceedings of this body have not the recent reference in the moraing paper to their been reported in the public press, but owing to appropriation of public lard, which was placed in the same category as the appropriation of

at to-day's meeti that something of Importance might be said The reporters consequently attended in fall force, only to be informed, hew

ver, that the meeting was strictly private: 10 against "Granny" is to come off. that we don't know when the libel action.

Overtur Clarinet Sofo Fantasia... Valio......

"La Duc D'Olonne "..... Auber,

Aria from Forester Flatw Ymrzla Rappey. Selection. The Ayuntabanka"...Cellier. Morceau de Salon.." Showers of Rico"........Lavey. ·

WE beg to acknowledge receipt of the Imperial Institute report for 1893. forwarded "with the compliments of the Executive Council, for the favour of notice," All the notice that Hongkong gets in its farty pages is a two-and-a-half line reference to this colony and the Straits! After all the exhibits sent by the Job Lots, there is not even F. 1, I. to be added to the alphabetical appendix of Sydney B. J. W. X. Q.

THE "SPERRY" FLOUR CASE.

As the Magistracy to-day before Mr. Hanslogs, Sie To Un was chuged Fa renang già bélag in possession of 832 bagy a

tende mark, in fanitation of the pite bra IME. J. J. Francis, Q.C., instruct by já, C, D. Wilkinson, appeared for the defence.

On the opening of the court Me Fijaci apologised to his Worship for having, o2ditor- day last, brusquely challenged the Court's fixed ball at $1,000, and declined to quote authority to impose ball. Mr. Hastings had bis authority calling tustead on Mt. Francis to show any reason to dispute such powers. Since then the learned counsel had looked sp the law, and found that the power to impose the sections, though less clear in the ones bill was clearly enough laid down in one of which he had based bis objsclipa.

before he went any further with the case, but intended referring to the lite misunderstanding His Worship accepted the explanailon; he had

after what Mr. Fraucls had sald the matter might as well drop.

Inspector Stanton gave evidence of the seizure of the bags in the defendant's gedown. He entered the place by virtue of A warrant directing him to seiz: "certain bags bearing a false trade mark." and the bags now in court seemed to have been newly packed took these to be within the scope of the wraat and not, as li from the San Francisco firm, so he

ard seized them. There were several other brands of fur in the place "Sar," "Raiter," and others, in large stacks. Three men were hore marks as it for different consignees-seme sewing bigs in the room. The "Sperry "bags

Q. C. S., Hk." some "Q.Y.K., Hk. There "I. Y. G., Hk. ; some "K.V.K., H.; some

about a bagfull of loose flsur on the flour, fa was a scale in the next ream. There was

two small heaps There were six bags open.

John Green, detective sergeant, give corro- baratire evidence.

the defendant elected to be tried in the Suprems Mr. Francis asked. his Worship to note that

Court.

The prop letor of the Tok Wan eating house sald that his firm used large quantities of flour. The brand preferred was the "girl" `brand, at $1.54 per bag of go pounds. (Spry & Co. have a female figure printed on the bags.) There were cheaper brands. The empty big of the "girl" brand were sold for $13 a hundred. The crae was then adjourned for a week.

THE NEW JAPAN-BOMBAY

STEAMSHIP LINE,

It frequently happens in connection with new enterprises, no matter what their nature, that not only da false notions get abroad, but miure- HOME paper thus refers to the invention of and from one clique to another until at length it presentations find their way from pillar to post been Intendaced by the ingenious invention of entails hours and som:times days of careful pneumatic skate :-"The new pastime that has pneumatic skates promises, to a great extent, to investigation to get at the true facts the case. supersede the bicice. The displays given and The new steamship service recently inaugurated the advantages of this new mode of Iccomotion collatly by the Nispos Yaren Kaisha, of have excited general admiration, and they only want to be known to be immensely popular. Tokio, and Messrs. Tata & Co., of Bombay, Wilson's paromatfe skates, unlike the ordinary Hongkong and Shargħal, does not appear to roiler, skate, can be used with perfect ease on

bave fased better than other newex:erprises as far crdinary roads and at a high rate of speed. The as misrepresentation and consequent kazy ideas. other advantages claimed for them are that

they are absolutely noiseless in their working, that of the raisondfire lor such a line are concerned. half-a-dozen pairs can be bought for the price of A useful purpose may therefore be served by one cycle, that renewals of any part can be made detailing some of the causes which led to the at an expense of a few abillings or even peace, launching of the new service la November last and that they are made on the most scientific pilacthe alms which the promoters doubtless have in

ples and that they are fully as speedy as a cycle.

shows that you then obtained an average of RTAR-ADMIRAL TYRTOFF, commander-in-chier/ public funds, by Mr. Alves, it was thought likely looked a good thing. Ikey Mo, owned by Foolam,known that the vast resources of the Penfiolar

7 1-5th per cent. per annum. As I have no pretensions to infalliblilty even in the unusually safe domain of a pracilcal accountant's analvuls, THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,I invite you, gentlemen, and also your experienced and reliable auditors, to be good

香港火藥房

ESTABLISHED AD. 1841.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.

The Hongkong Dispensary, Hongkong. The Shanghai Pharmacy, 21, Naaking

Road, Shanghal.

Botica Inglesa, 14, Escola, Manila. The Canton Diepenasty, Cantor. The Dispensary, Fanchow.

The Hongkong Dispensaty, Hankow,

The Hongkong Dispensary, Tientsin, Londen Office, 8, Fenchurch Balldings, Hongkong, 26th January, 1894.

DEATH.

E.C.

fs

At the Kaga Yashiki Hospital, Tokyo, on the 19th January, EDMUND R. HOLMES, aged

59.

The Honghong Lelegraph.

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1894.

DRY ROT.

and

AN OPEN LETTERL

To the Directors of the Hongkong Land Invest- ment and Agercy Company, Limited. Gentlemen,--When your Company was first floated I well remember how it was recklessly 'rushed' by a lily pubile un'ü 850 shares were eagerly snapped up at over 100 per cent. premium on the strength of mere remont, and what wise mon you showed yourselves to be when you captured the proverbial goose by simply doubling your capital at 100 per cert, premium, a timely smart marcavie which placed one million and a quarter dollars to Reserva without any effort on your part. As usual in this moribund colony of unscrupulous toadles and saft-hanters and cringing dead-beats, I was the only man who tried to arrest the dangerous panic upwards, mine the only pen and newspaper which gave reasonable and, as it has proved, a strictly accurate forecast of your Company as a business venture-any doubting pilgrim can see for himself by referring to the Hongkong Telegraph of the tath, February, 12go. And as notwith Blanding past experiences, the shareholders still stand awed and dumb-stricken-owing doubt lens to the imposing presence of the Hon. Mr. Keswick and his supreme audacity-I have alo; much against my will, to act the deal edits of crisis and expect, pre žene publica,

enough to check my figures:-

1890

1891

1892.....

"MORTGAGES. $7,384,780 24104 216 1,962,178

RETURNS.

$135,692

231,873 195,839

$7 847 174 $664,424 Less derived from writing up'

Property account..

$100,000

$564 424- giving a result as near as prasible of 7 1-5th per cent.and your figures abow very nearly 8 pe cent, Why theo, the sudden drop to 1893 to $172,351, or 6 per cent, 7 "Dry Rot" my explanation, until you have clearly and satis- factorily explained the actual pool los to the shareholders and the public.

And now, gentlemen, to pass to the Company's real estate. How much of its book value of $1,585,661 do you seaily consider it may be worth? The question naturally arises-Was it cheaply bought? · I am sadly afraid it was not. The Land Investment Company was floated in boom" time, when mad scraped out of Queen's Road could have been floated as a public boon at a fabulous figure, and although it was no doubt believed that valable properties werO

of the Russian Squadron in the Pacific, has just been promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, THE U.S S. Monocacy Wu to leave Shanghai yesterday to meet the Lancaster at Wonsung and then proceed on a cruise up the Yangtze. OWING to the arcertainty of affairs political In

A VERNACULAR contemporary states that the Chishima-Ravinna

appeal case will be heard

the Hawaiian lalande just now, the Japanese by the Privy Council about the middle of March with a chance, for all he could get, and, at the depression in every branch of commerce, the P.

Government is withholding passports from intending emigrants.

IN commemoration of the New Year the Queen of Stam distributed 400 ticals among the patients In the various hospitals in Bangkek, irrespective of Dailonality.

A REGULAR Convocation of Cathay Chapter, No. 116, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, this evening, at 8 30 for go'clesk precisely. Visiting companions are cordially Invited.

A MASONIC ball, under the auspices of the District Grand Lodge of ongkong and South China, as anticipated, is now announced to be held at the City Hall on Monday, the 26th prox. Vids advertisement in another column,

next. Mr. Okamura, the Japanese barrister who has the maiter expecially in hand, was to have left Yokohama in the German steamer Nürnberg on the 16th inst. With reference to the private action fastituted by 117 persons claiming to have sustained material isss through the collision and which case was recently heard in the British Consular Court at Yokesbama and decided in favor of the defendant Company, an appeal bas heen made to the Supreme Court at Shanghal. The P. & O. Co.'s counsel, however, has notified that he will not file a reply, con: quently nothing farther will be beard of the matter until the case comes on for hearing a the Shanghal Court.

Street, Kirkcaldy," The patentees are Messrs. J. H. Wilson, High view. In the first place it may be stated that the line was not, as is usually the case with steamship services. called into existence owing to the ton. SPORTING yam from Sydney Bulletin:-Ingest present available belog insufficient to meet the requirements of shippers, for it is well a well-kn. wa barker, had been let in the Way beck Handicap (C.O.), one mil, at it, solb of the Austrian Lloyds and Rabattino Co.'s-are

and Oriental SteamshipCompany-tosay nothing. and the public scenting a "dead cop," had rushed it down to 6 to 4 in a field of six. The sufficient to meet any rapid increase in the stable did not fancy this price, and decided to

Bombay trade. The fact is, according to our run hye. To avert suspicion, Foolum rushed information, that dearth of tonnage had nothing to do with the launching of the new line, the into the market, and took 65 to 40, sending Ikey Mo to event. All the time, however, one of the alleged cause being that notwithstnading the stable had been bicking the only other borsa great drop in the value of silver and general Arg-fall, Foolum stond to win 500 if Trante got & O. Co. (having of course to earn dividends on home, besides being partners with a bookmaker rates of freight, doubtless labouring under the gold capital) maintained its unreasonably high who was laying Ikey Mo for all he was worth. Ikey's rider succeeded, after a desperate finish, were not in a position to start any permanent The race was duly sun, and, true to instructions, impression that Japan.se and Indian shippers in losing by a neck. On returning to scale, the opposition. crowd hegan to yell, "Rub him out | Ob, It is stated that for a number of years the you stiff 'an, Frolum 1 &c. Fontura get a bit combination of allied shipowning interests, with aneasy, and batlly whispered his jack lo enter the P. and O. Co. as chief monopolist, has been- Foolum then got consideration of the protest submit to any terms offered them. That belarg. protest for "boring," which the latter duly did, so strong that appers had no option bat to defered until before the fast race, and, doting the undoubtedly true, it is easy to understand the t interval, succeeded in laying 200 to £100 on exchange fell sterling freights (or silver Tranto for the protest, as he conifered. It had freights calculated on sterling capital) must at H.M. TROOPSHIP Himalaya anived from

not the slightest chance of being unheld. Thus, some point become prohibitive for silver Plymouth to-day with the following reliefs for the last the bourd was holsted. It read" Protest recent years precipitated the crisis by leidig z to he stood to win some £700 (including bie share communities; and the immense advancen minde of the bank) if the protest was dismissed. At in Indian and Japanese drillsation du ring gardeon:-Royal Artillery, Heutenants Lam DOG-FANCIERS in Hongkong must bright Sweetenham, and 64 mes, 4 women and To

sustained.". barde, Corrie, and Paul second lleutenant

The Stewards had, to a basis. Both Japan and Indle are lafiitely the establishment of competition on a pure silver A little, for the police are on their track. The children. Royal Engineers, captain Wrottesley, M. B. RUTTUNJEE writes in his Shangha! exigencies of exchange cannet but ferid to

man, backed Ikey Mo. Captain Superintendent has "got a little list" of

cheaper countries than England and the dogs not yet re-licensed. Two or three delia ficutenants Kelsall and Hitching, Mr. Batchelor, weekly share report of the 25th inst.:-It was compel them, scorer or later, to be self-suppe ring. being acquired on favorable terms, stern facts

quents were fined small sums again to-day,

Miss Steward, 63 men, 7 women and 13 chlidren, but quite natural, and certainly not unlooked The P. & O., Instead of anifelpating the evil day. Mts. Wrottesley, Mrs. Hitching and 5 children, would seem to prove that the alleged bargsias THE U.S.S. Lancaster, late flagship on the Mrs. Hatchelor and r-child. Shropshire Light, infor, that some slight reaction should take place proudly relied on their haga monopoly, with the on which the Company formed fie basis no a China and Japan station, left Yokohama home. fantry, Major Collett, Lieut. Radcliffe, 229 men which marked the earlier part of the mosth. At is now in active operation with every appearance in our Stock market after the unusual, activity inevitable result that open rebellion against them commercial enterpils:-they cost $1,135,474 in ward bound on January 22nd. The Lancaster and 1 woman, Ordnance Store Department, the same time, though enquiry has been light, of turning into a desperate and long-continued 1840-, have fallen very far short of the sanguine will call at Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore and Major Clark Army Service Corps, Mr. Bremner, expectations then indulged in. The additional he other usual ports of call on her by to the Army Medical Staff, Captain Smith, Medical prices, so far, have not given way. Many struggle for supremacy. The rates of freight $450,000 worth of property acquired lace then | States,

Staff Corps, 12 men, I woman and child. Army

causes bave contributed to the present tempor. and passage fates fixed by the pool," which has probably been accured on more reasonable

Pay Department, woman and 2 children, Corps of allver, with its faevitable effect upon the that combination so handsomely that the P. & ary dulness, notably, the sharp fall in the value were in full force up to quite a recent dite, pald terms; but even that inferenes involver, in these The annual general meeting of the Shanghai of Armourers, I man and woman, days of extreme depression on allaides, more than Race Clob, which was numerously attended, was

different exchanges, and the apparent inability O., lo consideration for a virtual monopoly of an element of doubt. That the whole of the real beld at the Shanghai Club on the evening of A CORRISPONDENT sends the N. C. Daily News rupee rate at 14. 41. One thing points to some apbaldise the other two companies to such an of the Indian Government to maintain the the silk and oplum carrying trado, was able to estate held by the Company la at the present January 25th, Mr. Alex. Mcleod in the chair. the following account of the attack made by recovery in the price of the white metal, and it extent that, according to report, the "leetle sube moment a dear parchase admits of no doubt A resolution expressing great regret at the death villagers on a Roman Catholic missionary pear is that although it is at present quoted at thirty-sides occasionally ran into six figures in good whatever, as the last statement of p/s. shows of the late President, Mr. John Macgregor, and Talho in Anhal, reported in our colamts from onepence perounce, it has been found very difficult years. Now, it stands to reason, of that it produces only 31 percent; and dear as it sympathy with his relatives and the members of the Shanpao yesterday:-The missionary, who to make purchases at this rate. Banks. There the P. & O, would not have been 10

Abertat was originally, you have made it still dearer by the Ewe beng, was proposed by the Chaliman, was the victim of the stilt, was coming from has been no transaction recorded under this the Rabattico and Austrian Lloyds had they act fictitiously adding to its value an amount ranging seconded by Mr. J. S. Fearon, and carried onen ble mission at Twihohlen, and passed through heading, but the result of the working for the thought the game well worth the candle. Indeed, between $75,000 and $icorno in order to swell imously. The accounts for the year, showing a your Interest /cs. You made a false step at debit balance of Tit. 245, were adopted, the Fangyangla, and put up at the lon of a man Banking Corporation has been made public. The believed that the big company have for years the town of Huslyuen, between Taiho and past half-year of the Hongkong and Shanghai so rich has been the harvest that it is even the start, which you now practically admit, but Chaimman stating that the Stewards looked named Lo, in the southern suburb of the town. set proßis amount to about $1,235,000. It is granted rabates an you do not retrace that false step by writing off the forward at the end of the present yere to A member of the gentry, whose name is known, proposed to pay a dividend of 1 g, and to their loading supporters and that such rebaten freight to some of $75,000 or $105,000 you wrote on during the balance in hand of rame Tis. 7,000. A proposal came to beset him with a crowd years 1889 to 1897. That, of course, wou'd be'a tolt r the conditions of the St. Leger to weight scholars, demanded bls passport, declared recommended to be placed to credit of Bask of course, some of the

young place to credit of Reserve $300,000 $100,000 ls often amounted to very large sums, which trifle too thin, because it would not silow you for inches with penalties not exceeding 7 lbs. that it was a forgery and tore it up. He premises account, and the balance of some the Indian portion of them in great measure)

shippers to produce a balance sheet to stand $10,000 was rejected by a large majority. A sug asked to see the missionary books, tore them $115,000 to be carried forward to a new account, were supplying by virtue of the high rates. (probably

for Directors' fees,

gestion that a small admission fee should up and trampled on them; among them Insurancer Marins-North-Chinas and Yang of freight charged to their account Indian Had I been at the meeting of the 24th inst-be charged on "Off-days" my interest in the Land Investment, for a poor entertained, and we would recommend the Christian religion and the misionaries. After Volons and Cantons areobtainableat quotations of affairs until the financial legislation of the

was favorably being the Emperor's latert edicts in favour of the tires have been sold at previous rates, and shippers pat

it up. with such an unsatisfactory stałe working man in myosition, is a very large one, hongkarg Jockey Club to do likewise. In long, course of insult, at about 7 in the evening Fire-Straits have been reported as sold at Indian Government caused serious change so that any adverse criticisms I may indulge in recognition of his servicen as Clerk of the the door was forced, the missionary was dragged $14. Shipping-No business reported. Cargo in their relations with sliver-using countries and can at least claims to be impartial, my obser: Cource, Mr. E. H. Goe-Benth was elected an out into the street and a general attack was made Boats,-Firmat quotations. Wharves and from sheer force of circumstances, over which vations would probably have been something honorary member of the Race Club, The ballet on him: Happening to nolics one of the young Docks-Wharf shares are offering. In Docks, they had no direct control, they had to devise like this

for Stewards reanited in Mass, A. Mclod, literall coming towards him with a tub full of a sale of Shanghal Docks at Tls, 435 per share ways and means to save themselves from what Gentlemen, according in Article So of the H. JH Tripp J. S. Fearon, CJ. Dudgeon, fith, the reverend gentleman sefaed one of bis Is made public. Boyds have been sold for would seem to have threatened 'atler and not Company's Articles of Association you are. A Pond, G. D. Boning and F. J. Milland attackers and sted him as a shield. Au lade cash at Tis. 141.50, and for March delivery at very distant sala Cheaper rates of freight; entitled to set apart and receive as remuneration belag elected. The following were elected an a for your invaluable services a sums of mancy Not Ba latting Commities:-Messes, Alex. McLeod, down, trampled on, and dragged right and left, pay a final dividend of 4 per cent. for the past and, accordingly, the "pool" proving obdurate

scribable row followed; the Father was knocked Tis. 142. Mining-Qalet, Lands Hongkonga became an urgent necessity of the altered times. exceeding fan thousand dollars. Ilyon choose to H. J. H. Tripp, B. A. Clarke, J. S. Fearon, C. but he held on through it all to one of the irrati balf-year, making 8 per cent for the year.arrangements were made in India, China, and take the whole of that amount, I am not in a post-Dudgeon, J. A. Pand, G. D. Böning, Rebt. How long the scrummage listed is uncertain, Shanghals were sold at par. Miscellaneous Tapan for starting a line of steamers on somes. tion to prevent it but as money is werth 7 per foglia, F. J. Maitland, K. A. Probst, F. Ayscough, but at last she mislenary managed to get up and Gas shares are wanted at Tis: 19%, but are brid thing like a co-operative basis, which should be cent. to Hongkong and 8 per cent, in Chise, and D. W. Crawlord, E. H. Gore-Booth, F. Gove then ran with all speed to the nearest yomds to for higher rates. Losas aid Debentures-1 bound to carry cargo (supplied in abundance by you have only been able to employ the three: Graham, Robt, Macgregor, R. de Malherbe, Wavold re-capture. The affair is now before the few Chinees Government Lean Bonds E 1856 Cown angporters) at greatly reduced rates and and three quarter milions of dollars we kara • Meyerisk, B. W. Mustard, and D. M. Hamein, { lon.) mandasian,

were sold at Tis syy yʊ plas noormed interest.gulte Independently of ise syndicate's vessels, IE

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