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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1895.

last resort the aggrieved partles et valde $ro per 1000. This the Customs thought too several hours of valuable time to lodito a low a valno and put it up to $20 per 1000 bulbs. complaint to one on other of the papers In This exasperated the shipper and be told the the-FarEastcruelly to the VAT TMI Hackwan gents that they could take the is just why I now we at length to you-flot at Afr price-$10 per rooo. The Custom in my own interest and in behalf of several took him at his word and ara' now the merchants of this port who have a serious happy possessor of 25,000 marcistas balba Ol gileraude which we desire to ventilate. It relates causa, rather than brank off his connection in the abstractiveness of the Customs-an old with England, Tone Cheong burrled up and sora bera us aliewhere in the Far East got 25,000 mara bulbs from the country and which bas become well-high intolerable on these he had to pay a duty at rate of $20 per In respect of the export trade in narcissus bulbs, thousand, although their market valus was, as trade which has developed considerably in indicated above, considerably less than $10 per recent times and which, bat for the offensive thousand. perversity of Customs officials, would doubtless Increase enormously.

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acte in what I consider a very sacred Lily." "spec" it seems to have turned 00), for she bulkes

Recently the Chinese Customs officials have arbitrary manner re the export of nárcissus, or bulbs, which are shipped from here at this season of the year, to Europe, the United States of America, Hongkong and the northern ports of Chinn. To give a rough idea of the number of merchants engaged in this trade and as preot that this is the season of the year in which class bulbs are largely exported, I beg to refer you to the following Express" issued on the 15th instant:

EXPRESS.

The undersigned, merchants and shippers of narcisses or Chinese Sacred Lilly" bulbs to Europe, the United States of America, Hoogkong and the northern ports of Chine, are prepared to | sell bulbs at the following prices;

Picked bulbs of oxira sizes, which are valued by the Customs at this port at $10 and $24,, for $16 to $18 thousand.

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Ordinary assorted slat bulbè, valued by the Customs at $20, for $10 to $13 thousand.

Smaller size bolba, valued by the Customs at $12 to $14, $4 to $5 a thousand.

Any quantity of bulbs can be supplied at above Tales, fres of expenta, such as bost hire, packing, As the balbs are grown some filty miles up country, and owing to the difficulty of transport and other sbstacles, latanding purchasers wilt

The 35,000 balbs bought in by the Castoms at $10 per thousand are reported to have been forwarded by Customs Officer Hadley to Shanghat on spec. And an awfully poor are, we hear, pot in demand in the Model Settle ment and so it is possible that the freight to Shanghai amounting to $34 will be a dead loss. and that the Customs will be lucky if they dispose of the bulbs this side of 1896 at a fraction over $10 per thousand.

"And he ?'"

"Ah, bat Ho.. he... Well, you know him. Lielen DOW. I made bim strong as far as such wild folly admitted. Imade him popular as far auch manners allowed. I showed him tree Bulgarian piler, but he wanted. Ferdinandish | policy, Ruvia treed us, and an became our enemy, Turkey had enslaved us, but now became our friend. Raxsts at Constantinople menut Bolgaria Russia province. The Turk at Constantinople meant a steady backer of Bulgaria until such time as Bulgaria was ready for Constantinople herself. Ungrateful ? Of course it was ungrate fal - Were nations ever grateful? Was Austrle eratafal in 54 for what Russla had done la 487 Or Italy in yo for the work of France in 5

· But Ferdinand was duil nad vain, and—wilt der Domnheit kamalen Goiter selbst vergehens, He wanted the Tear to ask him to dinner; ha wanted uniforms and orders, and God knows what rabbish, He was disloyal and impossible. I resigned fifteen times, and be cringed to me. At last the burden of his blame that I had taken and his own intrigues sickened me, and I resigned for good."

government, weren't you?"

But you were rather a bruto, in your ways of

"Yes, of course I was a brate, for I had to manage brotes. I love the Bulgarians as my children, but I are that they are children. Some of them were scoundrels, and there were other scoundrels, and more who were not of this fold, and so I that them.”

"And since your resignation ?*

Not only have Chinese exporters to pat ap with moat annoying difficulties in respect to the valuation of their goods by the Customs officials, bat are from time to time treated in a most offensive, bullying manner by lidowalters and others who hare sometimes actually gone so far as to throw their applications to pass goods, and the documents, down on the floor; of the Examination Shed. So far has this contemptuous conduct been carried that a Since my Godine. I've never left my petition has been forwarded to the Commis. house for fear of my He, though I care little for kloner protesting against it and at the same it. I've been near death too often. You know time pressing for a fair settlement of the it was only by mistake that they abot Behcheff dispute about the value of the bulbs. The Instead of me as we came out of the ice-cream answer of that precious magoste way that the shop alter a Cabinet Council. And that Prince bulbs were valued at last year's prices and that

would like me dead, and he'll have me dead. slthough bulbs are dearer up country this Why, when I resigned, be recalled all the year that they were last season be would brigands who had fled from my police and gave adhere to last year's prices" If shippers them houses rasad mine--here, where we sit, were not contented with the Customs valua- And their throats are hot for my blood. And tion they need not ship balbe! This reply now be's faked up Ministry he calls Con. of the Haekwan TIJER

Hell. Moreover, ware a goose as he, Conservatives ! Why there I to do so at the present fancture I should prob- aren't three thousand of them to all Bulgaria, ably be asking for mare space than you and to make that lot you'll have to count the are likely to be able to give mo., I therefore, cats and children. He way made millions of in my own behalf and those who are associated corrupt money. I'm & pauper, and be knows it, with one in this trade, now beg to leave the matter I've had to sell presents from the Sultan and entirely in your hands, thanking you in anticips-other noblemen and gentlemen to pay my tion for kindly favouring me_with_sprca for the weekly bills Ho-saya-1-manipulated-the-elec vendlation of what i can but consider a very loss. Very well; fast election I stood for my serious grievance.

own Tirnova where every street dog would have Yours faithfully,

plumped for me.. A cordon of patice was round the polllag-booth all day, and so man voted until arrived a special trafa of God knows who from God knows where, and

passe pers unanimously returned my opponent."

*It does sound rather bad, but you have been infernally bitter, baven't you? For instance. what you said of Prince Ferdinand in the Frankfurter Zellung would have vaxed a saint of God's ?"

ONLY FOUR TO MAN THE PUMPS.

Dan, dear! When you come to think of it how closely related things are; how one thing brings up aren't they? another. Idens are like a lot of beads on a string,

question in course of discussion between twa Powers is mottled, and settled in favour of France: they even constitute a violation of a défialis understanding given to this country. Two your ago, it will be remembered, France made a claim on Slam of all the territory tying eastward of the Mekong.. The whole claim was unwarranted, but that was rather Slam's affair than ours. The part of the claim that affected as was tha tez- ritory north of Luang Prabang, Our Government

A letter I have just been routing makes ma represented that the Shan States, which we took remember what happened to ma one winter about over as dependency of Burma, extended easi

- twenty yours ago. The story is too long to tell hero, so ward of the Mekong along the Southern border

Fil merely give you'the tall end oflt. I was supercargo of China; so that to claiming them France waS

on a bark bannd from London to Bio. A trummidone demanding what did not belong to Siam bat, to hours after it ceased thors were four men and no gals, lasting five days, wrecked ns. Porty-eight ur. France acceded to our representatious so far as to exclude from her demand on Slam atom left on the vessel. The captain had been kilod teritory north of the eighteenth parallel of North and the rest of the ship's company (save us four) a falling roar, throw of the crow washed overboard, bys intitude. In the territory between that parallel went away in the long best with the first and second and the frontier of China a Buffer State was to males. We were taking in water through a look at be marked out, separailag Upper Burma and the rate of six inches an hour. Working with all our Tongking. Our Commissioner, appolated for might the four of us could pump that out in forty this purpose, has but just returned to Landos, minutes, but we must do it every hour. It and the French Commissioners are expected awful work. For two days we kept is up, without shortly in Fails. They have come to na "gree sleep. Then we stopped, took to the quarter bost ment. It is quite plain therefore, that this tert- and shored of. The sea was quiet-ne wind. tory, still la dispute, ought to be left alone by

While we lay to within a mile of her the shin threw both parties.

up her now and went down stern first. We wors

Now what is the effect of this Franco-Chinese Treaty? The city of Seaman, which is now to be opened to French trade, French subjects and French telegraph wire, lies, as we bave untd, a few miles east of the Mekong. Were the Buffa State, therefore, constituted in the sense intended by the agreement of 1893. It would be impossible to approach to, except through the Bader Stato. This would not be French territory, and France could neither trade nor run a telegraph linu through it, except by arrangement with England, Therefore what the Treaty comes to is this. France is definitely going back on her obligation She is treating as French territory what she definitely resigned two years ago-territory whows nitimate destination is at this moment in course of sertleinent batırass her and us. It is intolerable that this Treaty should be allowed

that Francs should have established a fortided post, as we are informed, to this very leveltory It la, further, Intolerable that France should still occupy Chantaboon in defiance of her promise in evacuate when the Franco-Slamesa Treaty was carried out, We have now at the Foreign Office an Under-Secretary well acquainted with these questions and keekly Interested in them. Now or never is the chance for Mr. Curren to show what he is made of Glabe.

picked up the next day by a Danish brig."

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Now the odd thing is that the lottar which reminded me of that, axperience has nothing whatever to say about ships, Please help me to find out the mescolation".

The Indy who writes the letter any that in July, 1881, she got a bad fright. Bxsolly what it was she don't toil. I wish she did. Anyway it so upset her that she didn't get orar the of it

effecta yours. After thai her appetite fell off she lost all for nine

real relish for food, and what she did est only made trouble instead of nourishing her. It gav her pain In the pit of the stomach and foulously enough) between the shoulders. She mys her spas and skin presently fared yellow sa buttwroup. Her how and abdomen swelled, and her foot the same, the latter so much so that she was obliged, to have, her alone Imada larger, ich.

have to give as timely notice to enable us to } for it speaks volumes feed not enlarge upon servatives, who darea't tay Bo even' to such to pen without protest. It is intolerable, too, in so much pain I had to be propped up with pillows.

import the same,

TOKO CHEONG.

KIM FNG FOND,

KIM KIEN FONO. KIM LIKONG BO.

KIN GIOK- FONO,

KIM FONG SOON.

Merchants & Skippers

of Narcissus Bulbs. The present trouble i due of subordinate officers of the Customs fixing, for purposes of assessing ad valorem export duty, the value of the balbs at 50 to 65 per cent over and above the market price of the roots. This the exporters strongly object to and therefore forwarded petition to te Acting Com- missioner of Customs (copy of petition enclosed) praying him to exerclee reasonable discretion In the matter and furnishing him with reliable information on the subject. That lofty official has practically ignored the prayer of the petitior, for instead of personally investigating the matter he bay placed absolate reliance on the values furnished him by mare or less inexperienced subordinates who know no more about. the fe the moon," And it is worthy of note that the high and might Commissioner not only relies on bis underlings' valuation but he also ignores the sworn declarations of exporters to United States Consolar invoices which are worded as follows

A SHIPPER OF BULBS.

THE CRISIS IN BULGARIA.

INTERVIEW WITH M. STAMBULOFT, Among the broad, low streets of Sofia Ls one in which the white villa-houses are more spartely act, although it is withle a half-mile of the heart of the capital. And here, in a house more modest then the modest, I found Stambuloff. I had told some of my irlands that I was going to see him, and they told me I'd carry my lie in my hand, wherest I laughed. But I soon found that the warning was serious, so I took the precaution of sending word of my intention to that if anything unpleasant happened to me something quite as unpleasant would certainly kappen to them. And I received an assurance and went. Lurking at the thievish corners of the street were soldiem who might have been and gendarmes who might have

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS,

MAILS DUE: American (City of Paking) 1st prox. American (Chisa) 3rd prax.

French (Melbourne) zid prox. Tacoma (Evandale) 3rd prea. Indian (Lightning) 5th peox. Tacoma (Victoria) 14th prox.

·Canadian (Empress of Japan) 16th prox. American (Belgie) 20th proz.

THE Agente (Memm. D. S11000, Sons & Co.) inform us that the steamer Lightning, from

this part.

"I got little slags at night," she myi, Hand"waa for weeks together I could not le dorn in bed. I had a dey, hollow cough, and bad night sweate. Then chambers set in, and my bowels became aloerstad. I was after En dreadful agony for farty-sight hours að time Then I would have a chil sa thenghas brokat of sold water were poured down my back. I joi to low I could no longer sew, kult, or do any housework or look after my children. My sister had to some and help in the hones.

"Everybody said I was in a decline and musi die. What I suffered for eight years tongue sonot tall. The doctor could do nothing for me. He sald' my complaint was complicated and bad to deal with. In 1880 I went as an outdoor patient to the Shrewsbury Infirmary, but only got transient relief."

The writer is in good health now, but why did her cus remind me of the shipwreck ? Let's settle that first. The asociation is easy and natural. Just see. The ship sank because we four men hadn't the strength to pamp out the water sa fast as it came in. Twenty man might have got her into part. It is the last straw that breaks the camal's back's the last unaupplied noed that makes poverty abject and desperate.

These bodies of ours marry the seeds of diassas with them all the time-chially the poisons created by But long 4 nothing extraordinary happena wa Imperfect digestion, made worse by auralens habits.

manage to scrape along in half-and-half sorb of Yat we've got in our blood stuff that any of

to set it naro. While the liver,

Vidneys

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up country price of bulbs than does "the man the people at the Palace, with the saggestion Doctar cost what cost it might. Let him come Calcutis, left Singapore yesterday afternoon for dieses is made of, only waiting for so

No. ***NCE

(Form No, 138.).

If the firm of..........of AMOY. CHINA, do solemnly and truly declare that I am the Porchaser of the merchandise in the wild Invoice mentioned and described ; that the sald Invoice it is all respects correct and true, and

"Bitter! Would not you be.bliter ? Listen again. After my resignailon I had three or four harmless friends one night to dinner. About ball-past sine they started home. There were police all around the house, for no reason'given: no one to go out, no one to came in. That night my daughter was dying. I asked for the doctor.

between poilcemen with fixed bayonets, Not s bit of it. The orders are Goal. I am dying myself, dying of diabetes. A little air, a little peace, might help me. A German care, the doctors say might save me. May I go Certainly not. What not? Because you maya.

man, that Prince d'estime. And here and thus Bal don't think I blame the

gendermesan of montusios, and I felt sorry for | I made this country: 1 more than made that:

been

Stamboloff already. To my ring the door was opened for an fuck, bet beld will hanging on its slipped in, and beard it barg heavily behind chain. After parler it gaped wider, and I

the furniture was not of the prettiest or best. I me. The rooms were small and simple, and was made at AMOY, whence said merchandise

looked vainly for the opulent fazary of the is to be exported to the United States that sal voluptuary wherewith his enemies revile him. invoice contains a true and fulf statement of the

A few prints, many signed photography of great time when, the place where, and the person

men, a rifle or two ready to hand, and the from whom the time was purchased, and the ordinary out of Clapham vills. And the actual cost thereof, and all charges thereon little man came in. Very small, blackballet that no discounts, bountles or drawbacks headed, sparkle-eyed, qulet, or rather sell contained in aid invoice but such as have been actually allowed thereon; that no different pressed than quiet, soaked in authority Invoice of the merchandles mentioned in saldo of nature and of habit, and orderlog the coffre as he might an execution. Never Invoice has been or will be furnished to any one excited, yet his eyes and all his being changing and that the currency in which said invoice is made out is that which was actually paid for with his subject till you saw him in the setting

ald merchandise. And I further declare that it

he described, now in a storm of mad revolt and is intended to make entry of said merchandise blood, now at his dying daughter's bedilde, now at the port of......... the United States af

anarmed alone artesilag Paulisa when the America

soldiers feared, now quelling the peevish Prince or willing the howls of the Sobranie. And

ing of talkers. His French was bad if you like, bat for the matter of that so was mine: and incision, I myself have never heard his equal, xa for fire, aptness, Bush, illustration, vividness, indeed I think that I have never been more deeply impressed with the power of personality in a single man.

(Form No. 140)

Purchaser.

I, the undersigned Consal for the United States of America at AMOY, China, do hereby certify that at Amor on this.......A.D. 189: the within invoice, No to which are mentioned and described, certalenan amounting,ith the charges thereon, to the total sum of $...........was produced to me by .................a person, who thereupon declared in writing in my presence that entry of said merchandise was to be made at the port of ******** the United States of Americs.

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I do farther certify that I am satisfied that the person making the declaration herato annexed in the person be represents himself to be, and that the price stated to said invoice represents actual market value or wholesale price of the merchandise described in the said invoice in the principal markets of the country at the time of exportation, excepting as noted by me upon said invoice, or respecting which I shall make special communication to proper authority. Witness my hand and seal of office at AMOY the day and year aforesaid,

He told me much of his early life, of his hopes and his despair, of the squaild fallure of 1875, and of bis saldier days of 1878 down to the crowning mercy of Bulgarian freedom, And then I asked him of more modern times, of where things were to-day, and of how they got

there.

that Prince. Do you know how I caught him "Well," he raid, "that Prince. You know and made him? After Alexander's abdication (Ab, yes, As was a man. Did you read that article in one of our papers merely saying what Alexander was and did, and not mentioning Ferdinand once by name? Why, the silence as to what he wasn't and didn't way the morS damning. Ferdinand raved over it)—well, after Alexander's abdication I didn't know what to do. I had a free hand, and first offered the throne to Charles of Roumania. That would have stopped Russia for ever. He was game, but Austria forbade. Then I went to the Sultan, and As far as can be seen at present the Customs told him that if he'd incorporate Macedonis with have fixed a certain value and mean to stick to Bulgaria, retaining his troops in the former pre

gire up Princes, and

Consul of the UnitedStates of America.

you find me. ̧ been ready, I am ready now to fmetimes Balgarlans. I love them always. I havualway

biler?" Only-only, do you wonder that I am sometimes

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may be expected here on or about the gth prox. THE Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Dardanus left Singapore this morning for this pors, and

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#KEPPING RETURNI.

From 5. Pine passerday to 5 p.m. to-day.

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Foockcow. Namoa 120921280

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Arra Bay Swatow, Shanghal Abplag. Shanghai. Chinklang, Chinklang,

"I shall die. I am spent, and I shall die whether they give me time to do it naturally or and I know that I could save and make my not. There is danger and trouble all round us, country, and I know that there hermaphrodites cannot. There is Russle, Macedonia, Turkey. Russia is the lion creeping algher thai walts to eat us when this drowsy nodding Prince is fably fooled. Tarkey is the heavy arknowledgeable weigh of backing behind us. which, for her own Aggregating 13,787 tons register, dear skin's sake, must back as to the cat.

DEPARTURES. Macedocla is ourself, and will be, and must be unless this idiot, ignozant rodomontade of woolly Nanyang...teamer for Canton. agitation fizzles away the force which might Lesyuan siguient have moulded a nation. I shall work, still body Zaire..................................... and soul, for my Bulgaria while I live. But 1 | Oldanturg.......... shan't live long."

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He was justified of his faith. He is dead under Guthrie. as vile and traitorous and cowardly a deed as doers of that deed awalls, we trust, a deep and Ancona our generation can boast of, and for the ultimate | Choysang a deserved damnation. I saw hims hours and hours long, and if I do not give bis words in Cassovia he said with force and felt like fire. He played every case, I give, I do belleve, the sense of what | Smilkisiasa. opon a different scene a different part any that good, strong, men, so greatly daring, so greatly wa English know at home. But of doing, so immeasurably wronged, I think you will not in this century find such another. Pall Mall Ganette Special Commissioner,

POOR BUFFER ).

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Singapore,

Canton, Дарав.

Shanghal

Hollow. Hollow.

Aggregating 17,812 toņa register,

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The German steamship Doxar left Bangkok on the 23rd tastant, and "had fine weather and fresh breeze.

The British steamship Benaider left Foochow d the 38th Instant, and had light variable northerly winds and rain.

The Chinese Government transport Cass left Chinking on the 26th lastant, and had nerth's east breese and thick ralny wwither, ›

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The British gunboat Radbreast left Asping, and Takso.on the 28th instant, and had strong Sonik-easterly and north-ansariy, winds, and Confused swall with much rain in the Formosa Channel

The British steamship Namoa left. Toedhow"

that figura regardless of the fact that they'wili ; vinen, 207 Bi75ng to the Macedonians equal divil frivat French influence upon Slam two years ago, on the 25th Instant, and had light variable winds

probably utterly crush out of existence in a year; rights with

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ecrselves, we'd

make him our actual and effective Seserala. He thought a loog i time, and then gave me a diamond

muffbox ; so I came home again.

him,

something

is keep us fairly free-that is, don't let the load gat too beary-we say, "Oh, yes, I'm tolerably well, thank you." Little pains and unpleasant symptoma bother ne sow and then, but we don't fancy" they mesu soything.

Br-and-by something happens, & gold, tog hearty la mial, a night of dissipation, an sfilation through death or loss of property, a fright, as in Mrs. Huser's 0186, 8o. Over we go. The last straw has trukel m. One loose spark has blown up the burst of powder. The kidneys, liver, skin, and stomach strike work, and we must hers help right sway or perlah. Allof which means the explosion of latent indigestion and dyspepala polsons in the blood.

Thers! Len's it plain why I thought of the ship? Now for the cousinsion of the indy's story. She sys: “In 1899 I first heard of Mather folgel's Curative Symp. Half a bottle made må feel better, and by keeping on taking it I was soon strong and wall se ever. (Bigned) Hm. Ann Buace, The Park, Worthern, near Shrewsbury, February 22nd, 1893.”

If there were only a way to sero sinking ships as pertain and trustworthy as Mathar Balgel's medicina. is in the case of sinking human bodies, what a blessing is would be to poor fällor.- Adet)

Intimations.

BUSINESS NOTICE.

COAL MERCHANTS AND CHARTERERS, NO. 44, PRAYA CENTRAL

HE Undersigood having started is

Business as

--COAL and TEA MERCHANTS,

STEVEDORES and

STOREKEEPERS,

are prepared to Supply Steamers with

COAL STORES, & moderate prices and respectfully solicit the Patronage of the Shipping Community,

at

"WING, CHEONG & Co.,

No. 44, Praya Central. CHUN WING TONG,

A YON,

Menaging Pariser.

Business Manager.

Hongkong, 1st August, 18952

Franch trade is, by hypothesis, in its infancy in with nothin all be Amery Left: Amoy on M

DENTISTRY.

FIRST CLASS WORKMANSHI

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MODERATE-JEES:

Tion6

WONG TAIFON G.

Surgeon Dentist, (Formerly articled Apprentics, and lattedy anslatant to Dr. Rogers),

·HAS REMOVED TO

* THE BANK BUILDINGS,

QUEEN'T ROAD, (Opposita Hongkong Hotel), CONSULTATION FREE Hongkang, 17th July, tƐos.

Franco has lost no time in taking advantage of her position as the ally of Rauta in Peking and the putative saviour of China from dis memberment. She has put on the screw, if not after the large and Imperial fashion of Russia, at least with promptitude and effect. The result is the Treaty outlined by the Liberti yesterday and published in most English newspapers this morning, Nominally, this arrangeraant is intended to regulate the commercial Intercourse of Annam and Tongking with Southern Chica: It begins with the same device as was used to

the establishment of French

Auch consule. A these newly opened districts in Tien-hang and the 291, and hadi frank, north-east, winds with Holkow, the chief port in the laland of Hainan thich heavy rain to Burstow, Left Swatow on we may conclude that these two consulates a tended quits as much for political as for emamer Mendosa these had moderate north-nort

cint: the 29th, and had fresh, sorth-east winds to cial purposes. For facilities of trade pure and west winds and cloudy weather with eart-south- simple three new routes are opened. Helbow saat swell throughout In Foschow the steam- over the Tongking border, is opened to French steamships Neiter Falloon Glasr, Nere is to be made an open port. Long-chow, just ships Wesang and Kwang-mo. In Amey the Annantie merchandise. And Solapur 4, and Cheras, steam likewise opened to French trade and the settle.

ships Aweihin, Chingtung, ment of French rubjects. Further, the Treaty HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS gives Finch agencies priority in working the Dexteros in Kowloon Dock; mines of the three Southern provinces, reduces

............ the Customs dues, provides for an extension rallways, presumably into Chins, and for the Naggys Mars. # establishment of a telegraph line to the aforesaid Empress of India Sau-man. Obviously M. Hanniaux has made CA good use of his opportunities. We ourselves Tainan made a

a trenty

last year to establish communica- tion between Burma and Yandan, and experts declare that the route thas opened up is Imapas M. Bonoda Jitiales captialist of Tokyo, sable even to goat, Evidently France has" | spplied to the authorities on August 15th, wakig won a trick hers.

for a charter to courtinct a large shipbuilding Now the advancement of French trade is a dock at Hakodate with a capital of 1,200,000 yıl. perfectly legitimate exercise for French dipid- The proposed dock is said to be much larger macy. 34 this Treaty did no more than secure than any of those al Yokosuke, and the designs exclusive commercial advantages we should provide that vessels of over 10,000 tons can be LYNDHURST, Bill 2-m, ship, Capt. Martin- have no objection to make to it. But to make a docked there; The plane wers, referred to the Treaty with China is one thing, and to seize that Haval Department. Y mam mannd that in case | | P.N, BLANCHARD, Amn. bit, Capt, Blanchard

Hi Gibly Livingston & Co. occasion to try is jamp Great Britain, is quite of suck sul important difcerned bein

Capt. We queigć zech to effect. They netung Mar^2}

or two a tinds that with fair treatmest, not to kay encouragement, would doubtless have trebled quadrupled very rapidly to the great advantage of lbs merchants Interested “At last I had to send a commitasten to Ger- In the trade and the Castors revenue alike. But many to hunt up a Prince at any price. They the Curioms people are of course well off. The pottered about a good deal, but drew all Courts Castome zaveste of Chins is far, in excess, of the blank, and were sitting rather disconsolately in expenditure, so there is no actual read for the Vienna pot-house when

• fostering of trade in any way. The Customs call Warmer, an acquaintance of one of them, a major whom we'll barang the after, offre for. over as,

as dry as possible, and the latter, of We're looking for Prince to reign over us, in Yunnan, a few miles east of the as Course, being sufficiently shrewd to detect the and casset find one. Frince ? be cried, why polley of

of these arbitrary individuals, naturally I've got the very thing to the barracks just round resent, sometimes bitterly and even offensively, the corner. Come and look at his potats. They their action and protest against what they want and found Ferdinand, and finally passed reasonably consider unfair treatment. In the

and

so the business began. I ought to say case I am now ventilating the treatment is very that the Major came firing in a few days later, unfair for the Treaty provides that "sticles not saying that he had got a much better Prince on anamerated in either list (the List of articles of approval ; but then it was too late," import and expos) nor in the list of duty free Well, and when you'd got him P goods, will pay an ad valorem duty at 5 per cene him, I slaved for him. He was ignorant, he was

#When we'd

got him I served him, I hacked calculated on the market value” and so bulbs are, as a matter of fact, of no more, valnoob, avec ca/ But, for Bulgaria's sake, I swore to the shippers this year than they were last he should be a success. Whatever Imbecilles year, indeed are of less value, they consider he committed, and they were thick as stem the Customs are not levying-duty on the true leaves, I vowed they were wil my fault and took "market value.

the blame. I made my countrymen spit on me to Another case worthy of note in this, connec-save his name and fame. Wenterer ifon may be set forth brief as follows:- had I gave him all the credit, and proved what Tong Cheong, the principal bulb dealer, a wonderful man he was. Again and again applied to the Customs in the usual way to risked not only my stallen but my lie to halp ship 25,000 bulbe 10 England by the kim j and if I love thủ life now, as I'm more god qualky and valued by the shippst: 60 Mion from his responsiblity:

SUCCESS

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Cosmopolitan

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THE PROPOSED DOCKS AT HAKODATE,

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Nor

NOTICE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS,

Nelther the CAPTAIN, the AGENTE, nor the Owners will be RESPONSIBLE" for any DEBT contracted by the Officers or members of the Craws of the following Vessala daring their stay la Hongkong Harbour s

ANNANDALE, Belt. str., Capt. Milne-Showan &

Com

FRED. P. LATCHFIELD, Amer, bk., Capt. Chad.

bourn Master,

Geo. 8. HOMER, Amer, be Capt. Hamson

Arnhold, Kirberg & Co

Benledi. They wath dị, the ordinary, nisaỷ thân libaly to, it will be for this midons to shield || another. And this is what the ternis Wa have:/ by Cik privšia žraš at% 17% prys, Donstruosad. But Hamssen & Co.

Entimations.

THE CHINA AND JAPAN. TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED..

7

HONGKONG

TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. 40-Anderson, Capt. G. C., East Point, 24-Anderson, Capt. G, C., Praya Central,

8-Arnhold, Karberg & Co. 66-Blackhead & Co, Office. 65.—Blackhead, F., Residence, 9.- Bradley & Co.

19-Batterfield & Swire, Peak Residemon. 36d-Butterfield & Sure, Refinery,Quarry Bay,

18-Batterfield & Swire, Stipping Offics. 36-Butterfield & Swlto, Sagar Ožios. yc.—Caldbeck, Macgregor & Co. 42-Canadian Pacific Railway Co.

-Cumichael & Co. fos-Chan Sul & Co.

Chee Ties, Residence, 22.-China Mfait Office. 72-China Sugar Refuery, East Point,

China Sugar Refinery, Town Offloa 11.-Club, Hongkong.

71.

1:6-Club Lusitano,

ra-Club, Peak

89-Compradore, D. Lapralk & Ca, Off 83- do. 75.---Cousing

J. B.

do

* 13—Daily Press Office. 85.-Dairy Farti, Office;

Fox-foo-lumi, 67.-Dairy Farm, 11-Darby, Wề

73-David, A. T., Residence, {66.--David & Co.

.25 --Dock; Aberdeen.

20-Dock Co.

· Ba--Dic Aŭrimsan. Residence,"

Dr. Bell, Residmos.

- Kariéraco;

2--Drs. Hartigen, Centile, & Stahuan. 33.-Dr. Jordan, Cince. 43--Dr. Jordan, Residenos.

Stedman, Residence,

17-Douglas Lagwalk & Co.

Co

Elect Co., Residence,

74-Fletcher & Co.

¡---Geï Co, East Point, 47-Gas Co., West Point, --31.-Gibb, Livingston & Co,

6-Godown Co, Olice, 31.--Godowa, Kérosine,

7.--Godown, Kowloon,

33--Godown, West Point,

4

-Government House,

298-Hanson, W. Stuart, Residencs.

95-Haskell, D., Residence,

113-Him Kée & Co.

17.--Holiday, Wise & Co.

101.-H., Canton & Macao S-bant Co., Omar. 102.- do. doi do.

do.

9-Hongkong & Shanghai Bank.

84-Hongkong & Shanghat Bank, Mess.

1-Hongkong Telegraph Office, 13-Hop Hing Hong, —26-Hospital, Albert Memerial:

80a-Hospital, Government Civil,

3-Hospital, Peak 33-Hotel, Hongkong, Pabile Telephone. 35Hotel, Mount Austin. 56-Hotel, New Victoria, Pabllo Telephan 29-Hotel, Feak.

·

8a--Ho Tung, Bonham Strand. 77-Ho Tung, Praya Central.. 59-Ho Tang, Residence,

37.

& Son, Office.

J. D., Residenes,

& Exports, Ofics,

644-Kenn Take.

J., Causeway Hay,

64-Kennedy, J, Horse Repository.

10%-Kin Fat Hong,

86--Kirch, H. H., Résidence,

120,-Kirch & Co.

70-Kramer, J., Residence.

91.-Lamke & Rogge.

90.

93-Lamke, J., Residenon, 197.-Land Investment Ca,

97-Lane, Crawford & Co, 89-Layton, B., Offee.

do. Residence, 121.—MacCallum, J., Residence. Fo6-Man Chena Ysto.

98.—Man On Insurance Co.. 118==Marty, A, R. Ita-Melchers & Co.

5-Nam Woo & Co. 110--Naval Hospital. Xog--Naval Yard, 45-Oplam Farm 119-Opium Factory,

10-F.&O. S. N. Co, 69.-P. & O. Meza, Peak,

Police Station, Central, E, C., Residence,

51-Ray & Davies, 103-R, E. Guard Room,

Jag.-R. E, Mess,

45-Rope Factory.

4-Rumsey Condr., R‚N., Raldonga

52-Sallory Homs.

94-Sassoco, M. 3. & Co.

99-Schallbass & Co,

49-Shawan & Co.

31-Siamese & Co.

100-Sperry Flour Co

61-Stevens, G, R., Office 62-Stevens, G. En Roadence,

14-Telegraph Companies. 21-Tomes, C

A,, Kesklengs, Station

C

93 Aung Ko

51-Webster, L., Residanan. 76-Walley, W., Kandance. 3-Wickham, W. H. Resid The-Woolley, A., Often. 30, Woolley, A. Residence, 83-Wo Kes & Co.

-Ywent Fat Hong, Bonhams

Yun Lazz-Kesi

PRIVATE TELEDR Dock Co., Kowloon, Hongkong Tierak Jardine, Matheems är Ca Mr.Com the to t North China Insuranon Cő, Tramway Company.

In case of FIRE ring up No. 15. The Exchange is open day sad night.

W. STUART HARRIS Hongkong, 24th July, 1895.

AN APPEAL.

THE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN CONVENT, CAIR ROAD, Begs respectially to APPEAL to the Rendeme Hongkong and the Coast Portay for their ) he will be pleased to recsére a key d patronage and support, and desíase te vind Kinds NEEDLE WORK.

Gentlemen's Skirts made to neder, an and Collars renewed on old onAS,

Ladies and Children's

› can be supplied, if requi

The Superiories will also be mang

say

Wes

PAYTH, OF Gia ExVezOPSE to Books ier than Chidren of the Pier

sto tanght by the Sisters,