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Advertisements.

PERSEVERANCE

LODGE OF

HONGKONG, NO. 1,165.

REGULAR MEETING of the above

ADMIN the fray ABON

HAIL Zelland Street, THIS "VENING, the TỔth Instant, at 8.10 for n'n'clock precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited to attend.

Hoagkang, 16th May, rƐgồ,

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

No. 174

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SA'URDAY, MAY 16, 1896.

Intimations.

BIRTH

At Wuhu, on the 5th inat, the wiis of F. T. H. JOHNSON, Imperial Marlins Customs Service, DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & or daughter.

COMPANY, LIMITED,

VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

HONGKONG,

AERATED WATERS.

'IMPLE AERATED WATER.

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SIMPLE

I hereby noted that the VALUATION

I COLONY for 15000, will be Oren to Inspection at the TREASURY for 21 days, commencing on MONDAY, the 18th May, 1895.

By Command,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office.

Hongkong, 11th May, 1896.

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OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

FOR SHANGHAI

(Taking Cargo and Passengers at through rates for NINOPO, CH2F00, NxwcHWANG, TIENTSIN, HANKOW and FORTS on the YANGTEZE.)

THE Company's Steamship

"AGAMEMNON,"

Captain Steever, will be despatched as above

on MONDAY, the 18th instant.'

For Freight or Payage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents

Hongkong, 16th May, 1896.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

LIMITED.

(816

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUI.

HE Company's Steamship

THE

"FORMOSA,"

Captain Robson, will be despatched for the above Ports on TUESDAY, the 19th instant, at Noon.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.,

General Managers.

Hongkong, rib May, 1896.

FOR SHANGHAI.

HE Steamship

THE

"DAPHNE,"

5.

ODA WATER.

SODA

'INGER ALE

LEMONADE.

SARSAPARILLA RAS

› ASPBERRYADE, &c.

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co.'s WATERS' are made under the constant "supervision of a daly qualified English Chemist and, will bear compa- rison with the best English Manufactures.

Special terms to HOTELS, CLUBS, MREs and other Large Consumers. Any complaints should be addressed to the Manager. Hongkong, arỏ May, that.

A. S. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

WINES

AND

SPIRIT S.

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F427

ALL these are selected by our Landon House, bought direct at first hand, imported in wood [829 and bottled by ourselves, thus saving all inter. mediate profits, and eaubling as to supply the best growths at MODERATE PRICES.

Captain T. Samuelsen, will be despatched for the above Port on TUESDAY, the roth instant, $1 4 P.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

SIEMSSEN & Co.

Hongkong, 16'1h May, 1896,

CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,.

• LIMITED.

FOR SINGAPORE.

HE Steamship

THE

"FOOCHOW,"

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Captain Blerkhane, will be despatched on WEDNESDAY, the 20th instant, at Noon.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agents.

Hangkong, 16th May, 1806.

CHINA NAVIGATION COMPÁNY,

LIMITED.

FOR MANILA.

112 Steamship

THE

"SUNGKIANG,"

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Captain C. R. N. Dodd. will be despatched on.WEDNESDAY, the oth instant, at 4 P.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents.

Hongkong, 16th May. Raб.

FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND

CALCUTTA

THE Steamship

TH

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"CATHERINE APCAR," Captain J. G. Olffent, I be despatched for the above Ports on THURSDAY, the srst fastant, at Daylight.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co.

Agents.

Hongkong, 16th May, 1896,

CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

F

1837

FOR PORT DARWIN, QUEENSLAND PORTS, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE.

*HE Steamship

THE

"TAIYUAN,"

R. Nelson, Commander, will be despatched on

MONDAY, thength instant, at 3 P.M.

PRICE: LISTS,

with Full Detalls, to be had on Application. PORT after removal should be rested a month before use. When required for drinking st ance it should be ordered to be decanted at the Dispensary before belag sent out,

SHERRY-Excellent Dinner and After Dinner Wines of very superior Vintages. All are true Xeros Wines.

CLARET.-Our Clarets, including the lowest priced, are gauranteed to be the genuine product of the juice of the grape and are not artificially made from raising and currèntz

as is generally the case with Cheap Wines.

BRANDY.-All our Brandy is guaranteed to be pare Cognac, the difference in price being merely a question of age and vintage. WHISKY.All our Whisky is of excellent

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The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, SATURday, May 16, 1836.

REUTER'S MESSAGES..

RISING IN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA.

LONDOW, May 14th.

A rising of the Herreros Hottentots in South. west Africa has occurred and an addition to the German troops is necessary to suppress it.

THE TRANSVAAL.. General Joubert has been elected Vice-Presl dent of the Trangwani,

THE CHEFOO TROUBLE.

HA, the Goyer of Macao and Senhora | Haita & Costa Jelingapore on Wednesday Inst by the P. & O. o steamer Palin for Brindis! en route to Porto His Excellency will leave Foricgal about i end of September on his | return to Macao,

Ir le rumoured if the exigencies of Imperial defence may ler the Home Government to order the cany? oot of a perject bringing Tilicomslee, thhief naval station of the East | Inda Squadronato rapid railway commun!-

can with Inc.

Ishas been moured In Peking for the past few d's that HZ, 1 Hong-chang, on his arrival at Petersburg, wied to the 'Emperor to my tit his fods we not adequate to visit the der capists and chief towns of Europe and at he beged for Instructions what to do.

totakubecspilons to the proposed Pasteur etitulen India now amountito Rs. 21:448 6.0. There cu no longer, therefore, ha sny question Ia wat af fæds. A particulary noticeable Mr. Curzon stated in the House of Commans zakurre i the licis the llberality of the subscrip- that by a concession granted to a Rumian firm ion, fm regnents of the Native Army. A in Chefos certain British subjects considered ingle orps (ie 39'h Garwhal Rifics) has sent their vested righia had been infringed, and that i as zuch an 18, 250,

in consequence Sir Claude MacDonald had

warned China that she would be hold answer. I thecourteof the debate on the Defence Con able for any injury to such rights,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

bution B In the Straits Legislative Council i the yih hat, the Governor, alluding to Mr. attenbach, wald: "The Honaurble member is

ay fond of attaching autocratic power to me," happer, says, the Penang Gansits, that Mr. H.M.S. Porpoise leaves here for Singaporą, ofuttenbach is not the only person In the Colony

· ba thinks H. E, carries matters in a somewhat Wednesday next.

igh-handed maNDET,

Taz rainfall in Singapore doring the month o March was eight inches.

FL.M.S. Centurion is at Yokohama, where als” Admiral Buller in with the Alacrity.

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THE PLEBISCITUM.

the City Hall rented to the Chamber of Com Yesterday afternoon at 4.30, in the zoom in merce, the rating was opened on the Sanitary Board question now before the Legislative Connell in the form of a Bill to reduce the un- official majority to an unofficial minority. The Arrangements were made by a commities consisting of three supporters and three opponents of the B Messrs. Jackson, Chaler" and McConachie being on the one aldo, Messrs. Ede, Whitehead and Francis on the other. There wereitwa booths to the Chamber, arranged out of fapanese screens, Behind the screens in each booth was a table and on the table two boxes, one labelled Unofficial Majority," the other labelled "Official Majurity." In front of nich booth was a table at which sat a clerk to take down the names of the voters and a member of the Committee to give each woter a ticket and direct him where to go. The tickets were violet in colour and bore on each the word pleblachium." At 4.30 pm. precisely Captain Hastings, ons of the scrutineers, examined the boxes to sea that they were emply, locked them and put the keys in his pocket. At 7.30 when the poll clored for the day, Captain Hastings and Mr. A. Coxon removed the bores (4), sealed them up and locked them la cupboard of which they retained the ker. Ballotting was resumed at 4:30 pm, to-day and closed at 7.30, but we are not yet able to give the result. Over two hundred residents of all classes polled yesterday,

Doly one Chinese. gentlemen presented him- self at the booths yesterday, claiming British „nationality as having been born in India, but his vote could not be accepted as his name was Dot on the list of British subjects of Chinese birth furnished by the Colonial Secretary to the Committee. We are sorry to see no few mem- bers of the commualty taking the trouble to express their opinions on a question of this Importance.

RUSSIAN DÉSIGNS IN CHEFOO.

The China Gositis published the following as an editorial on the oth instant *--

Our Cheloo correspondent felegraphed late |·last night that Me Smalth, the agent for the Roslan Steam Navigation Company in the Est, has succeeded in obtaining the lot of ground forming the foreshore of Messrs Ferguson Company's property at Cheloo. The other firms in the place protested, but through the interven. ttos of the Ruglan Government the Chinese have acceded to the request of the Russian Vice- Consul. To further enquiries we bave ro 'elved the following reply:-The Rasalane claim to havO purchased the foreshere from Chiness owners, but have no lle-deeds, No fling has been holsted on the land. H. M. 5 Narcissus is lo harbour. The Russian battleship Nicolas I. and three small gunboats have been in port about two weeks and on the 5th-they were } laed by the Ruth and the Dimitri Donski, miking the Chefco detachment of the Russian fleet # most

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formidable one; their movements are rely

acertato.

CHUNGKING NOTES.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

ChúnOKING, 3816 April, 1896,

THE JAPANESE.

The Japanese do not seem able to ‘como to say prompt settlement with the Chinese in the matter of a concesalon, and all the diplomatic

is of both sides have failed to bring about a rapprochement. The Chinese prass one site most effusively, and to listen to their gentle volces one would think that overy advantage under Heaven would result from the acceptance of their chosen spot. They have even discovered that the flag-shut is most propitions, and certain fortune awaits the happy individuals who shall place themselves within his divine influence but in vain is the net spread in sight of the bird, for the Japanese bave been here long enough to know the best and the worst of the place, with a large preponderance of the latter. The fact is, speaking broadly, thero la no placa salisble for a concession, and they may well besitate before placing a young settlement in a position where it will have to spend a mint of money on the graard before a foundation atone can be laid or a street made. There seems also to be a disputed polat about the government or

The Chinese

w Imperial edict of the gth lnstant wired to „hunghai says (-in response to a memorial by wol-skun, Controller-General of Kokoner fongolia), praying for honours to be bestowed H.M.S. Spartan, having been relieved pona Mongolian prince who lost his life Hankow by the Esh, hus returned to Shangharungh 6ghting the Mahomedan rebels, who ad fed thither after being deleated at Staing INTEREST due on the outstanding amount of the our troops, we order that the Bourd ball Chinesa indemnity will be paid in Londonasider and decide upon the proper way of so together with one half of the second instalment>couring the deceased, as a record of our

mpathy for his loyalty. THE Chinese are going to introduce the electik light into Soochow H.E. Chao, the Governor, M. the King of Slam was expected to arrive character of the Bish Premier, as displayed in they are not accustomed, and would undoubtedly having spproved the project, a company is to be Singapore about the 13th. The Governor antioned in Council that it might be teCCLIITY formed soon.

It is expected that several of the vessels com. Postpone the meeting of Chanel on the 14th rising the Japanese dieci will shortly viticis Majesty was in Singapore then. No alter- Shanghai and the Yangtse ports. This is in of hay, says the Singapore Fra Prati, bern de la the design of the King to travel fx- conjunction with the opalog of Seochow,

Mito. He will come to Singapore in the Maha Hangchow, and Shael,

akri, the Makut Rafakumar and pomibly THE Mission steam-launch Day Spring willer vessels accompanying him. His flag will, call alongside any vessel hoisting the answering conve, be saluted, and H.E. the Governor

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In a previous issue we referred to the rome- what serious aspect which had been taken by a local squabble between the Russian and Britishgulation of the place when it is finally =ccupied. authorities in Cheloo, over the proposed acquisi- should come under the intendly wing of Chinese genially suggest that the Japanese. tion of a depot, astensibly for Messrs Shevale's administration, while they hold up thele bands In herrer at the idea of Japanere polic:men steamers, but in reality for the Russian navy, opposite Mesars Fargusson & Co.'s property, being allowed to run wild and "move 60," or Today's news from a reliable correspondent apprehend, the disorderly Chinese rabble which indicates that matters have advanced a stage would be sure in warm, full of curiosity since wo last wrote, and that the Russian agents

and impudence, all over the place. No doubt are riding a very high Horse, whose prancing is

there would be a tremendous uproar if the strict polsed in proportion to the estimated backbone

foreign fashion of doing things were suddenly or weakness of the Sallabury Government. No

Introduced into a settlement. The natives would doubt the many proofs of the inver/ebrate

be far from appreciating regulations to which

revent may interference with their dolɛ g as their own sweet and gentle matures prompted them; This difficulty is felt in older established "ports on the Yangtse, and when one, says that she people here are sa arrogant as they are ignorant and superstitious, the truth is, hinted at, if not expressed. The Japanese, so the other hand, judglog from their toeries in Korea, have' not- yet acquired the art of managing strange racce without exciting all their woral passions; so that the Chinese are justified is not wishing to place too much power in their hands, and perhaps cause a lot of unprecedented dimensions, and

not only to the Japanese, but to avery foreigner In the place.

so many questions, encourages' our RussiLD neighbours to "hy it on" all the more, knowing that when the danger polat is 'resched Blemarchelath painted to look like less » will give way with a sudden ship. The news from our informant is to the effect that the Russians, despite the activo protests of the British authori sies, are determined to inke possession of the dis- puted few yards of shfegle and beach, and to erect what building they choose thereon. The dispute is in itself a very small matter, but very Important principles are involved, and the action of Russia is quite as much calculated to imprERS

prowess vis-a-vis his European neighbours, as to obtain any very great strategic or material advantage for the Russian Steamship Com pany.

pennant, between 9 and 10.30 a.m. on Sunday, # extortułu Miu Mojesty at dinner, but there the Chinese with a failer sense of the Czar's consequent disgrace to themselves, and danger,

to convey men ashore to the rt s'dock service, I be no public oficial reception. retuming about 12.30 p.m.

has it, for a longer period than was anticipated, "ux Free Prass understands that the fee of Mr. Great Daff, second Secretary, goes home liver badges to members of the Singapore at an early date and will be posted to the parting Club has been decided upon to obviate cedain laxity noticeable in the observance of Foreign offies.

te ngulation that Members' tickets are non-

way out to

FOFFY' CULTURE,

The Introduction of the poppy into this pro-

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CHINESE Correspondent at Markden writes

"The "contratemps in Cheloo appears to TELEGRAMS dated the roth from Hankow siyat the Military Governor of Sbingkfag, H. E. that the quality of the Ningchows, which havetangs, is going to improve the currency of have risen in this wise. In January last vince on a great and ever-increasing scale is a new factor in the naiive economics, which will been settled at Tis. 46% to 53. is not equal to theren Eastern Provlaces (Shingking, Kirin and M. Ostroverkkow, the Russian Vice-Consul,

wrote to the Cheloo Total claiming on baya to be reckoned with in the near future. For average. Keemans are preferable, and theyellangchiang), by adopting silver coins, and behalf of the Company known locally as alles around this city the greater portion of

fth that view bas sent a Deputy to Shanghai | tha Russian Steam Navigation in the the soil is given over to the growth of this plant have been taken at Tis, 43 to 53.

ouchise machinery for the purpose of erect. East" of which Mr. Sheralell, of Vizdivos- and, whatever its evil qualities, by its variegsted hues and neat cultivation it given a ively H.B.M.'s cruisers Immortalit and Ratubong a mint at Moskden. The deputy Inock, is the promoter, the plece of foreshore la

front of Mear Fergusson Cal's premises and garden-like aspect to analready picturesque for the exclusive use of the Russian Company, country, Thousands of busy labourers, of all and guabort Plgmy, the German cruiserstructed to go on to Hukwang to ask the

which intended to build godowns, a landing ages and both sexes, are at present erg ged Prinxess Wilhelm, Irene, Arcona, Cormoran,"Iceroy's permission to learn what he can of the and the fronclad Kaiser, and the French croisentating operations there. The Mercury stage, etc, upon the site. The stretch of cutting the bends with their five-bladed knives,

ares the deputy has arrived in Shanghai and shore is at present generally submerged. at

and collecting the oplam when it has exuded fo Algar were at Nagasaki on the 9th lust,

i addition to the minting machinery he has high tide, is about 100 feet wide, runs & good sufficient quality. The number of canis of sex at low water, and had by opium grow yearly in this province alone would The now British Minister, Sir Claude Mandon-ders ale to buy steam-launches for use in the local custom bern regarded as a portion of the appear incredible if stated, and Indian opium vested rights of Mesars Fergusson & Co.'s seems to be doomed unless its beavy taxation ald, on the 4th took over charge from Mr.sland waters of Manchuria.

-roperty. That firm, as. Cheloo agents for can be lightened. It is trus that ́smokers of the Beauclerk, who will remain et Paking, ramar

Messrs. Jardins, Matheson & Co., bad looked foreign drug complain that the native article le after the business of the Russian Steamship got neatly so good, but the great majsity of Company for some years, and It appears to be them will soon accustom themselves to the through the connection that the Russians change when they and it pays them to do so, ciamed a tite is the plece of foreshore in ques for that is, after all, in Chinese eyes the tios, though Messrs Fergusson were prompt to criterion, is witness the dreadful rubblak, quality and of greater age than most brands THE state of the Pelho is getting wozio instead japaleable. Some qulte avoldable trouble has me it plain that so far from patilog with any - mostly from Continental sources that is being of their interest in the plece of shore to the Imported daily into this city, to the exclusion of in the market. The SCOTCH WHISKY of better, but the steamers as yet have no difean cased In this respect. Backed up by the Rsalsos, they wanted it for "their own use. beiter-class and really useful goods, simply marked "E" lo universally popular, and is culty la getting to Phangkob, the Customs articulat sporting colour of a racing stable that Celonily enough the Russian Vice-Consul's because it is cheap and gandy. It is needlear to way that the land under poppy has been. pronounced by the best local connoisseurs ilmit, where the discharging and loading takes as any individual member's support it would depatch to the Tabtai arged as an argument fo

four of his demands-they were scarcely turned from the cultivation of food-stuffs, and, to be superior to any other brand in the place. Much bitter feeling exists against the box not laeffective. A difficulty has seen

pé" as requests—the great political services as all the avaliable land has long been under wich China had received from Russia at the tillage, a growing scarcity is beginolog allway company and the mandariaw, who, xpressed in one quarter about its belog lea

to be felt Hongkong market,

instead of facilitating the transport of merchan leg's municipal number. That depends, the resciss of the war. This seems a strange ground in the markets, with a consequent rise in rates diss, do all in their power to cause obstructions. Press imagines, upon cow fndividual feelig. the bestowal of political rewards in favour of every kind of provisions, notably rice,

imera commercial undertaking that the would appear that if land continues to be The cowl does not make the monk not neussia Steamship Company professes to be gives up to the poppy at the present rate there Tax Institution of St. Joseph has commenced adgs of the kind issued ecessarily make the Cheloo Testal did not like the look of may be a deficiency of food in another year ot uit in the Befisk Supreme Court, Shanghai, in member of the Club feel that he should the communication, and was more troubled two, while the drop in prices of eplam, when it respect of a serion of a false and malicious libels,

till when ister on he received a commmics- is found to be figuratively, as well ne iterally, u own on all fours and bark.

tos from the British Canal protesting against drug in the market, will precinde the Importation written to damage that factitatlov," in the Shang-

be rights of a British firm being over-ridden, of food supplies by, those who have made them hal Mercury, Celestial" "Empire, and Union, The defendants are Me 1. D. Clark and Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memos and saddog for sermission for Messrs. Fergus Thes. W. Klogumil), editors, proprietors, printed Nethersole Hospitals beys to acknowles fron & Co, to taka over the piece of foreshore the poppy. Alamine and consequent disorganisa- A. S. WATSON & CO., LD, and publishers of the two-first sawed papers thanks the undermeatloned doontions to and fill it in er millise it as has been done in the

and printers and publishère of the Union. The und of the Hospitals:- amount claimed in damages is Tis. 35,000. Mr. Hiram Shaw Wilkłusoa, Crown Advocate, is the counsel for the platatiffs, while Mr. W. A. C. Platt has been retained for the defendants.

THERE were ten cases of pingus to-day-three SUBSCRIBERS, TO "THE HONGKONG | is the city, two from British Kowloon, three from

boats in the harbour and one each from the

We only guarantee our WINES and SPIRIT to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the Court Ports.

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Wanekone, 10th January, tűnő.

TO SUBSCRIBERS.

The attention of Passengera le directed to the TRUEGRAPH" ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY steamers Catherine Aptar und. Tallas frons)

Superior Accommodation offered by this Steamer. Ta First-class Saloon is situated forward of the Engines. A Rebigerating Chamber ensures the Supply of Fresh Provisions during the entire Toyaga.

A daly gaslified Surgeon is carried and the Vessel is fitted throughout with Electric Light

For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agents,

Hongkong, 16th May, 1895,

CHINA NAVIGATION, COMPANY,' LIMITED,

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FOR SINGAPORE, SAMARANG AND

SOURABAYA.

THE Steamship

*SHANTUNG,"

Captain Frampton, will be despatched on. TUESDAY, the 26th loslant,

For Freight, apply to

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BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Hongkong, sốth May, sögé,

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Comunions Intended for publlastión must be pacesenasled by the name and address of the witten, not ally for vublication ; but sa invidence of good filth,

Whilst the cofustas of the Honghene Tilavudh will always

Singapore. With referanes to these latter cases, the Secretary of the Sanitary Board is of opinion' that they, with the former cases reported, go far to show that plague exista fä Singapore. The Catherine Afcar arrived yester- day, and to-day x casa.is taken off her...while' the scuballon period is several days at least, There have been six or seven gases, reported from Singapore already. Inquiring as to the number of deaths from plague this yoni in relation to the number of case reported, Mr. McCallum stated that 834 cases of the, dimaer

be one for day adir diaconian by compondente a quien had been reported, of whom 768 had died, leav-

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the Keilor dowe met ja kay way had Merd von ming 66 who had secovered, or neatly eight per

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MEMORANDA.

TO-DAY-1613 May.

her the larger chrotation of any 9 P. Meeting of Perseverance Lodge,

“best median for Advertheun, Tarian ons le Sancat on appillenties.

TO-KORROW,-17th May.

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selves entirely dependent upon the profit and don of all industry may engine, The native. officials have not overlocked this, but consider their daty done when they have clipped an extra tax upon all land used for cultivation of the drug, and the elementary notions of the people regarding the laws of supply and demand are po suficiently clear to guard agavast the abuse of their new-found Industry,

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BOCIAL

adjoining lots.......... The neguladons-were further embarrassed by the appearance of an American named Smith upon the scene, as agent for Mr. Shevateff, Mr. Smith having for many years past had an intimate connection with Russian commerce and projects in Siberia, whore, it we "mistake" not, he was manager of the American house of Emory & Vladivostock, Habaroffks, Nickolaijest, and

Changking has sever had so large a number Blagovestohensk, and the scheme to hand the land over to the Ramlan direct having of foreignern within iin walls as at present, There felled, an effort was made to have it transferred are fourteen members of the French Commission 10 ME. Simfila as an Ameri:an dissen. But the lodged in ons large house, and the French Consul British Legation, thanks to the energy of Mr. and his wife in another, pending the erection of a Beauclerk, who has fought many hard hat | French Cananiate, the ground for which is belog. BESUOZ battle

with effect and courage, already arranged for. The Japanese Consol again defeated the scheme. Now the whole General and assistant, and finally Mr. Beepan,. subject of Fergussan's föresböre, which ruas no who ably representa a Commission in himself,,· fight risk of becoming an international battle He has been hen the last twenty days inquiring:

and the beginning of a regular battle of into the condition of trade, and no doubt h Rot, is translated from Chefon at Peking report will give much useful information to thos

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