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THE PARTITION OF INDO-CHINA.

A TALK WITH BIR ANDREW CLARKE, As a former Governor of the Straits Seite. ments, and a one charged with the arrangement of the internal affairs of Slam at an important crisis in its history, Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Clarke la well qualified, writes representative of the Pall Mall Gazette, to express a valuable opinion on tas Indo-Chinx settlement. Moreover, he had much to do with that pacification of the southern portion of the Malay Peninsula which resulted from the exten

el our protectorate there in 1874, and be was at ong time member of the Council of the Acceded to my request, raw very courteously of India. Sir Andrew very courteously interviewer, for a conversation on an inter- estlog topic of the time, and what follows is the substance of our talk. At the time of the conversation, it should be said, he had not scen the exact terms of the new Agreement.

What I'm curious to know," said he, "is how far the Slimere are parties to this arrange ment, I hope we are not joining bands with The French in despoling them. That would be robbery," *" Ab," said 3;." that's a question of morality, I don't suppose our people bother themselves

much about that,"

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1896,

THE OVIDE MUSIN COMPANY:

THE LIFE OF A-NEWSPAPER MAN. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

generation of newspaper men at thirteen years, and on ibis polat saya :—

and wine of us who are already in the "They come and go with wonderid rapidity

for our perverse inability, to die, or for our third cycle of change feel like apologising either Incapacity to find some more profitable sphere of effort. I felt this way the other day, when (in my heatlar) a successful physician, who began as reporter, spoke very scomfully of the discover that the talents needed to earn him a newspaper man who had not sense enough to bare living la Journalism' would bring him substantial rewards in any other business or profession.. I suppose it must have been some sach Idea that was at the ront of Horace Greeley's fixed objection to paying any man

employee of a newspaper could cara more than a week; it being his opinton. that if an that he ought to strike out for himself. Con sidering the number of second and third-rate newspaper men who have made first-class cablaets, and misde (hele mask generally in the reputations in politics, have adorned Presidential public Ufe of the country, there does seem to be something wrong with the old hands at the bellows who can find nothing better to do."

expense of the present in newspaper-making, Disclaiming panegyrism of the past at the

this wilter says the fact-car not well be ignored that on the daily presa of 1895 the qualities that are required by training and experience count for less than they did even twenty years ago. He proceeds :~~~

SUPREME COURT, IN BANKRUPTCY.

Fuille)

February 18th,

RE X, F. BIRCHALL, continued yesterday, when bis Lordship went The public examination of the bankrupt was into the detalls py the assets and the possibility of realising on the same. In addition, the bankrupt furnished the Court with additions! particulars of his previous experience in the Far Exst, 13 well as further letters tanding to show Loper & Co. of Barcelona, and that they were his connection with the firm of Messrs. Villa, partners in his business here,

The hearing was ultimately adjourned for one week, his Lordship stating that unless some- consider the public examination closed. thing frath turned-up-in-the-Interval he would

SUMMARY JURISDICTION. (Before His Honour Mr. Justics Wix.) ›

AN IURIS MUDDLE.

Stephens, the attorney for the Liquidator, sixted On the caso New Imaris Mines v. J. O. Liddell for $134.38 being called, Mr. M. J.D. that he had obtained an order for substituted service upon Mr. J. McKie, with whom the defendant had been, he believed, staying in Hangking

The ballif of the Court stated that he had answered "all right."

Judging from thatenour of the criticisms of our Japan and Shangdal contemporaries and the thirty years; who bas hold places of various A man who has been in newspaper work for notices published in some leading Europeas grades of responsibility on dally journals in New (Before How, W. 3. Goodman, Acting Chief and American papers, this trio of artists are of a York, Philadelphia, Waihington, and Boston; superior calibre to any of their contemporasles who, ban been reporter, correspondent, and who have yet visited Hongkong, M. Musin was managing editor; who has assisted the sporting." born in Liege, Belgium, in 1854, and at the editor, taken assignments from the dramatic early age of eight years he evinced such remark critic, and risen to the altitude of "wrilog able talent, and much strong feclination to: bravier," may be expected to say something Conservatory where he soon gained the first editor's life. music, that his father sent him to the Royal Interesting and reliable on the subject of an A contributor to The Forum prize for violin playing and at the age of clorca (January), who has had such experience, gives became a teacher to that famous school. In as his "reminiscences." He agrees with "a 1870 Leomird, the celebrated player and com.philosophic fellow worker who fixed the terms of poser, having heard Musin, was so well pleased with him that-he persuaded his parents to let him follow his inclinations and at onça become a professional, and from that time to the present hit progress kas, it appears, been a succession of triumphs and ovations both on the continent of Europe and of America. Musin is declared to be "I don't suppose they do," he rejoined, more than an artist; be is genius. He has had musingly, "Still, fi's hard. You know when the honor of appearing before more of the I went I went up to Bangkok to catchlish the owned heads of Europe than any living violinist Then young King on the throne, I was approached-Wilhelm of Germany, Alexander III of Russia, with a view to ascertaining if we would takes and others, and on the rat. of February of this Slam under our prelectorate. When the Queen, year he appeared, by request, before the Emperor was proclaimed

Empress

of India, Sism was the of Japan. He has also played before H. R. H. the only independent native State that sent an Prince of Wales. We might quote many interest embaray of congratulation. The Indian ment was then sounded again by the Siamese Ring reports of this master's performances from a salary of more than twenty-five dollars i nerwed the summons upon Mr. McKie, who

Govern. gent, to see if it would take Slam under its egia" time nor space permit of it today, soit European and American journals, but neither " why

And

didn't our people do It?Ob, may be as well to confine this notice to they were bypnotized by that miserably absurd the criticism of a Shanghal paper dealing with

care about the North-Western frontier and

the same programme as will be rendered hero Russia. At that time the French would not to-morrow evening. have loterfered. It was just after that France porary says: "Shanghat has never before Our northerns contem- admitted Cambodia to be oNE CONCORD, AS been honored with the visit of a musician of belonging to our sphere of influence, not theirs, M. Marin's order, and Shangha!, famous for its Since then, of course, they have been egged on unconventionally, was equally delighted at the by the Germans."

took its enthusiatic plaudits with natural onslifted manner of the musician, who nature, and responded to its demands for encores perfect good in a delightfully good-natured manner. In bis hands the violin was imbued with qualities which the majority of the audience had for- gotten, or had never heard before. His execu tion and style was a revelation to the greater portion of the audience, and it is no wonder cription. bia reception was enthusiatic beyond der. never be forgotten by those who had the good His performance is one that will fortune to hear him. Madam Musia le justly termed the "American Nightingale for the has a voice of marvellous compass, showing three full octaves ranging from G below the scale to G above high C. Her first appearance in a very quiet old chanser, "La Marchande D'Oiseaux," by Jemelit, and the last Pre her powers as a vocalist of the first order; the aux Cleres, where she had faller scope for

latter had the frus-contempi of musical death manner in which she mag out F sharp in the which only great singers can sisk and snatch success from, and her effort was greeted by a wonderful and her metho alesson that will perfect storm of applause. Madam Musta's voice not soon be forgotton: Mr. Edward Scharf is a planist of an equally high order, and worthy to form the third leaf in this most musical of trialties,"

"And what do you think of the arrangement as reparted ? ""Well, what I want to know is, have we got Kedah? That will complete our control of the Bay of Bengal. Of course, besides, there are the other Slamese provinces of Tringan, Singora, Patani, and Kelantan, but they are by no means so important as Kedah. It is of immense importance that we control the Malay Peninsula and the reate to the East."

And is its valuable asset? Very, but antil roads and rallways are carried from the west coast into Tringanu and other eastern pro vinces their commercial development will be delayed. The north-east monsoon seals their coastline during six months of the year, so that practically their outlet to the world in ea the Straits of Malacca and the Bay of Bengal. But they have great potentialities of wealth, anquestionably."

But the south-west monsoon?""That does not affect the Malayan coastline. It was a great mistake, however, our handing over Sumatra to the Dutch in exchange for Eimins and the other West African place

TRADE ROUTES AND RAILWAYS. "Still," said 1, "we pretty well command the trade soute at Singapore." That is so said Sir Andrew and another point that I should like to insist on strongly is that we should try to have the railway pashed on from Bangkok to I had the whole line surveyed. It is really the route to Yunnan, a province, as you know, of sixty millions of people, where the masses are so well to do that they wear wool and furs in winter, and silk and cotton In summer. It's thousand miles, I know; but there are no engineering diMculifes to be sur mounted."

And there are difficulties elsewhere?"Yes, from Barms, we have a lot of high mountain ranges to get through, and so have the French If they start to work along the Red River."

"And about the cension of the Chiang-Hung territory, and Morg Sta to the east of the Upper Mekong "That will be of value to the French when they get their railway through the monalaiss."

And which is the best worth having the valley of the Mekong or of the Mensm The valley of the Mekong is not extraordinarily fertile at sl. Its wealth, such as it is, is in minerals, The valley of the Menam, on the other hand, is agriculturally very rich, and produces an in- manse quantity of rice and food of one sort and another."

OUR WORK IN MALAYA,

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The programme to be given to-morrow log in the Theatre Royal, under the dis- Governor, will be found in our advertising tinguished patronage of bla Excellency, the columns, and in it will be found several lems any one of which would of itself, when rendered by a first-class artist, slone be worth the charge made for admission to what promises to be a musical trest of a very high order..

THE PACFIC CABLE SCHEME.

The

1. That the Pacific cable should be constracted and owned jointly by the various Governments Interested

should be only upon territory belonging to, or That the landing-places of such cable under the control of, the British Empire.

His Lordship:-That is good enough service. How

are you going to prove the debt." Mr. Stephens-Now that I have served the welt, I must ask for an order allowing evidence attorney from the Liquitator, and his statutory to be taken in England. I have a power of declaration that a call bas been made upon the shares.

His Werthip: What evidence have you that

wherein Mr. Liddell's name is entered. Mr. Liddell it's shareholder?

Mr. Stephens-I have the share register,

correct.

Hi Lordship:-Can you prove the register is

Mr. Stephens-I have the register, but bave adjournment now I bave proved service. not brought it into Court, I will ask for an

His Lordship:-That is the proper thing to do You have proved good subsiliated service.

Mr. Stephens-Then I ask for an adjournment His Lordship:-1 adjourn the case sina dis. You can bring gp when you can prove the for a week.

****** debt.

"At a dinner of the New York Press Clab, some fifteen years ago, I listened to the grand in the country which is deliberately writen down to the moral and intellectual level of the iloquent statement that there is no newspaper

lowest class of fis actual or possible purchasers. There are a number of good people who think that in New York at least we have changed existence of any radical change to this respect ; all that. I must be permitted to doubt the If the statement was true in 1880, & is true to-day. But I confess to a rooted skepticism

about the

After reviewing the courses

FIXTURES.

hearing on the respective dates :-

Tuesday, March 3rd.

Auctions.

PUBLIC AUCTION OF

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A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN. SILK EMBROIDERIES AND CURIOS.

HE Undersigned has received Instructions

to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,

THE

TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), the doth February, 1896, commencing at 2,30 F.M.,

at his SALES ROOMS, DUDDELL STREET, (Having Just received from the North), A VALUATLX COLLECTION OF OLD CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CURIOS Comprising:

Amusements.

THEATRE

MIRA ROYAL

CITY HAL, L.

SATURDAY, the 7th March, 1896,,

GRAND OPENING NIGHT

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OF THE

FILLARD OPERA COMPANY.

W1

AND

JOHN F. SHERIDAN, ENGLAND'S GREATEST COMEDIAN,

In Consequence of the Enormous Expense

·16 FOR TWELVA NIGHTS ONLY „g

Mr. SHERIDAN is absolutely the first STAR of any MAGNITUDE'who has ever visited the East, and is recognized by the entire English Press at the Premier Character Comedian of the day.

MANY RARE and VALUABLE SPECI. MENS MING, KANGHI, YUNGCHING, FIVE COLOURS, YELLOW, APPLE GREEN, BOX PLAN at Messt. KELLY & WALSH, Ld.. KIENLUNG. and OTHER PORCELAINS-In-

Prices-33, 92 & $1. BLUE wad WHITE, IMPERIAL and OTHER DECORATIONS.

BLACK and WHITE, RED and WHITE, and BLUE and WHITE HAWTHORNS, RARE SANG DE FEIF, &&c.

CURIOS.

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A VERY FINE LOT OF SILK EMBROIDERIES,

&c..

&c., View from FRIDAY, the 29th February.

Catalogues will be issued prior to Sale. On TERMS OF SALE-AS customary.

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer. Hongkong, 4th February, 1896.

Masonic

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known of gaixotic sacrifices being made in sense of moral responsibility credited to the making of newspapers. I have principle, but to my own experience the newspaper management for what is called only selform role of conduct for an Editor was to avoid libellous matter and keep the standard of decency at about the level presumed to be that demanded by the average reader. It dows seem as if the average man and woman tan stand more in the way of salacious rerouting then they used to do. The erotic at large with extreme frankness in widely problems explored la literature, and spread out circulated novels, indicate a breaking-town of the moral censorship to which newspapers had to conform a quarter of a century ago. The one colerent theory of newspaper management is to make the kind of sbect that sells best. Now that the mementous ises which shook and nearly shattered the younger Republic are out of the way, and the issues that may shake it again have not yet taken hold on the minds of the multitude, the great editor is the man who can cater most successfully to the desire of the An Inter-colonial conference of Fustmasters-many-headed public ba startled, excited, or "And as to trade now in Blam It is General concerning the appointment of amused by his manner of présenting the dally entirely in the hands of the English, Germass, Australasian representatives on the Pacific Cable happenings of a world that can always produce and Chinese, many of the latter being British

* fair average of notable phases of wickedness subjects born in the Strails and Hongkong; but Commission to be held in London, and for other and folly," the English monopoltic three-fourths of the matters, met at Sydney recently. The Posi whole. The French have no real foterests in

of various Siem As Mr. Carzon stated some time ago la South Wales; Mr. J. G. Duffy, Victoria; Mr. according to The Literary Digest, closes with minsters present were Mr. Joseph Cook, New prominent metropolitan pewspapers, the writer, the Fortnightly Review, aumerically and. socially they are nowhere, and their tongue is A. J. Thyans, Queeuland; Dr. Cockburn, South the expression of sentiments which are not unknown. It is, of course, not desirable that Australia; and Mr. W. P. Reeves, the new calculated to fire young aspirants for journalistic the trade we have established in long years, and Agent-General In London for New Zealand. Dr. the

hongues with ardor. He says:— large loterests we bare built up, should be Cockburn also represented West Australls destroyed merely to`gratify, a split of French and Tasmania. Mr. Cook prexidad.

I can not imagine a man looking back over Chauvinism

lifetime spent in the work of newspaper offices following resolutions were adopted, subject to the with any sentiment more cheerful than that of approval of the various Colonial Governments, the measure of his success, he must recall the bumorous sadness. Whatever may have been' and recommended lo, the Australasian Com-Ideals with which he began his career with a missioners

rease of wonder as to whether it was really be who cherished them. Perhaps the same thing may be said of most other kinds of human careers, but I know of none in which there is so "We have done a good deal for the prosperity

method. It is the fashion to call Journalism Doris ..........steamer, from Saigon. violent a contrast between the professed mobility

From & pam-yuterday to 5 pm, to-day, of alm and the unblushing meanness of of those Malay States which have been ander our protectorate for the last twenty years ?---

profession, but it is subject to ORS conditions which would entitle it to the wartay

of the

Vikang.. "Yes, la 1876 the exports and Imports of Ferak

name.

Chlaklang. amounted to about fifteen hundred thousand

conduct for its members, and no tribunal to

There

Saigon. are no recognized miles of

Latimbro e LIMICON dollars.

Singapore. Twelve years later they were nearly

Canton enforce them, if there were. The most despicabls Cosmopolit...........

Canton. twenty millions: The population in the same

4 That the route from Fiji to Australia be to of men may, period had risen from twenty-five thousand to a

Swalow, without challenge, call themselves Prina Hetarich handred and eighty thousand and the same nearest convenient landing places la North New

Norfolk Island, and thence bifurcating to the Journalista, no less than the most worthy.

Shanghai, thing is true of Selangor. The Malay State Zealand and Moraton Bay respectively.

There is no more exacting and exhausting work

Aggregating 9.448 tons register. than that which conslitates the daily routine of need population, the opening up of communica

DEPARTURES. tions, capital. Hitherto the labour market

Strathalian,...........steamer, for Canton. - 5. That it is desirable that South Australis a newspaper office. It grinds the youth out of

Wulan 2700156 been supplied almost solely by Chinese, and should join the other colonies in the Pacific cable man with great rapidity, and in stealing his Halfan wou.

* Saigon. the experiment of colonication from Indis project, and having regard to their rested physical elasticity zoba bím ales of certain finer

Frister be tried. There is no objection what interests in the trans-continental line, Dr. Cock impulses that are harder to recover. And yet thang ........

burn be lavi'ed to move a proposition embodying has a charms of its own to which the most Tritos m ever to the experiment, Portions of India are the terms upon which the South Australfan i wearied of its bondsmen never" become becoming over-populated by people who ars

Insensible. To a ready and willing workers, such as the Malay Government would be prepared to join the others

gang man fresh from college, | Ver0%O ............ States require for their fall development. Under

possessing the knack of composition and not proper supervision the excess labour of the one

roubled with literary fastidiousness. It seems country could be made to supply the wants of

the ideal career. As a newspaper man the other. I cannot say, however, that I am

he can become a personage in a wonderfully South Australia is willing to join in the project thart space of time, and can at a bound Coloma

Chowfa..................ar in Kowloon ·Deck: very sanguine of seeing the system of natural provided that a guaranted, either from the cone allata what seems to him the secure Inde Bemeralda compension going on within the limits of the infbating colonics, or flatly with the Imperial pendence of twenty-five dollies a week. Ha Kong Rangismuna ampire, and for many years at least it is from Government, be given that the Snancial position may be making twice this amount and bs Namca Chion that the States must obtain their labour.

And the peninsula is rich is minerals ? of South Australia as regards the Port Darwin known to most of the men, about town Prier Heinrich "Yes, a great deal of tin, as you know, compe

line be maintained on the basis of the average before bis classmate who went fato the law is Solent for the last five yukku”” from Kedah and its island, junk Ceylon, and in om

earning enough to pay his board-bills, or the ons Prins Wilksim protectorate there is large audiferous region. That the colonies joining should contribute who took le medicine has ceased to be a charge well watered by a navigable stream, which hur

* on his parents." But as the

coll by he Martha

M yeket been scarcely touched while the agricultural

7. That in consideration of South Australia stablished reputation and one that has to be

to discera the difference between «a | Kusiyang sina beglas prospects are equally bright."

the project they would be willing jointly with ceaseless, is the badge of all professions, but the Hankow arrived at Yokohams from Tacoma on Joining with the other contributing colonies in made sitesh every day, Work, untiring and Inform us that the Northern Pacific Co.'s steamer Mesir. Dadwell, Carlili & Co. courteously Great Britain to guarantee that colony again work of the newspaper mas at forty-fire is not the acth with her machinery so much damaged hold of the whole terr'tory It is well that her lous le compection with their trans necessarily better paid work than that of the same we have the whole coast of the Bay of Bengal, continental line in consequence of the construce man at twenty-five. Twenty years of what is that she will be delayed in Japan some wK LAWW. Kant, 880 monthly, including Tants. There was a danger twenty years ago that owing tion of the cable, a poster passi to the anarchy prevaling in the native States,

called successful devotion to 8. That Sie Band Samwel and Mr. Duncas probably brought him a sense of security in his some other Fower might have found an excuse

calling Gilles should be nominated as representatives ability to earn his fot seizing some polat. Luckily the danger of the Australian colonies on the Commlision in Indiferance to the incessant changes, of the Hying, and a consequent passed Away, owing to our assenting to the connection with the Pacião cable, and that they flute world which bounds his sphere of a Prayer of the

provinces requested the peninsula to be taken under our protection, points with the Agents-General of the Austra- he has gained but little. Whether or so he be That happened when I was Governor of the flan colonies. Straits Settlements."

............. a writer ton space, he must turn out a certala

amount of copy or its equivalent for at least Bola Aguais slow Louis And Watches fly weeks in the year, and the fame of what he wwarded the highede Prisse et avand Behida) did last week la na dead as the fame of what he | did tan yases ago. For falling mental vigor

And for Volgilinder and Kökuð pla there lono place in a newspaper office ; for long. KE ARINE EGLASKOKS – AM WIPKOLAI

CELEBRATED OPERA. servies no sathing péssien;""

bas

and

remains to ba

So that on the whole, spart from morality, it

la a good thing. Sir Andrew, that we have got

On the whole, I gathered that Bir Andrew felt a great deal of sympathy with the Siamese, who were refused our protection long years ago when we might have extended it to them without arousing any one's susceptibilities.

3. That the construction, working, and main tenance be borne by Great Britain, the Dominion of Canada, and the contributing Australasian colonies, in the proportion of one-third each.

colonies.

Upan this Dr. Cockburn submitted the follow log offer

equally to the undertaking.

Mr. Reeves and Dr. Cockburn strongly pes feried at Bydney agafest equal payments by the colonies for the com of the maintenance of the Facile cable, Tray, declined voting on the question, and wished the pajustats to be on the Vrele of papules

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THE MANAGER. Hongkong, rith January, Tod

VICTORIA HOTEL,

CANTON,

(LATE SHAMEIN HOTEL, CANTOW)

pleasure to inform their Patrons, Friends ́ESSRS. MADAR & FARMER have the

and the Public Generally that, having lessed the SHAMEEN HOTEL, they have Refurnished the whole Establishment, had it vastly improved in every department, and have now RE-OPENED under the more popular Style of VICTORIA HOTEL

For further Particulars, apply to the

MANAGER

NEW VICTORIA HOTEL,

Hongkong.

-1307

Hongkong, toth December, 1897.

FUJIYA HOTEL,

MIYANOSHITA, HARONE. Four and a half hours from Yokohamed.

ACCOMMODATION, FIRST-CLASS

NATURAL HOT SPRINGS. “HE ELECTRIC LIGHT IN ALL THE

BUILDINGS

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TWO ENGLISH BILLIARD TABLES. EXCELLENT CUISINE.

S. N. YAMAGUCHI,

Proprietor. PEAK HOTEL.

OPEN ALL THE YEAR ROUND. THIS commodious and well appolated

may, Kowloos, whence delivery** HOTEL; situated at a height of 1fito feet

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Claims must be went in to the Office of the Undersigned before Noon on the and March or they will not be recognized.

All broken, chafed and datinged Goods and to be left in the Godowns where they will be examined on the 29th fastant, në 4 P.M.

No Fire insurance has been affected, and any Goods remaining in the Godowns after the 28th Instant, will be subject to rent.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before 3 7.M.' TO-DAY.

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co., Agents. Hongkong, aand February, 1896

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To be Let.

TO LET..

EBONHAM ROAD

LIVE-ROOMED BUNGALOW "RHEDA,"

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-Cosmopolitan.

~Apply to ———————

Aberdeen

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CHINA MERCHANTS' 3, N. C., No. 23, Praya West. Hongkong, sgik January, 1896.

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CHS. J. GAUPP & CO„ "HROKOMITER, WATCH, në CLOCK- MAKERS, JEWELLERS, SILVER SMITES, AS OPTICIANS. CHARTS and BOOKS, NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS.

GLABEEL

TO LET.

66 ARKSPUR, UPPER RICHMOND

Apply to

Mr. L. SIMON Banque de Pinda Chius. Hongkong, 14th January, 1798.

TO LET.

“(336*

'WO ́SIX-BOOKED SEMI-DETACHED TOWELDING HOUSES la ROXETIN ROAD, overlooking the PUBLIC GARDEN. NOW is course of Construction Occupation from

·September next.

For further Partlonlars, Apply to

DAVID BASSOON, BONS & Ca

above sea-level, has just been thoroughly re-decorated, renovated and re-furnished, and a NEW WING has been built, which commands magnificent Views of the Harbour and mainland of China.

SPECIAL WINTER RATES, (FROM IFT NOVEMBER TO SIET MARCH), One person, per day sooooom$3 to $3.50 Ons person, per wech personenú. 20.00 One person, per month........

60,00 Married couple (occupying ona svom) par

day .......... $,00 Married couple (occupying one rooms) per

mania Married couple

(occupying

two moma). par manik „Já$120 to 130,00 Extra Bed Rooms, pés möniä vahe

Extra Bed Rooms, par day

For further particulars apply to

10.00

1.50

THE MANAGER.

New Victoria Hotel Hongkong, Ioth October, tƐas.

FOR

SALE.

【APAN HAND-MADI PAPERS,

JAPAN

JAPAN PRINTING PAPERS.

JAPAN COPYING PAPERS. JAPAN WALL PAPERS.

PRICES VERY MODERATE,

ORDERS respectfully solicited by the Under-

THE MITSU) BUSSAN KAIKHA:

› Cluson's Bond Centesi,