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Introducing

A symposium of sweet song and sustained

screechets,

And such nice creatures in the show,

Aud the show is not "abofal."

It's the best of its kled la Hongkong.

That's a big day, is it not?

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1897.

Intimations.

MARRIAGE.

On the ayth alt, at the Presbyterian Church, Singamare, by the Rev. Wm. Mung ROBERT DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & MCEWEN LITTLE, Resident of the West Coast, Brillak North Borneo, eldest son ol, the lata COMPANY,

VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

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Robert Little, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.S, to Rusy HUNTER, eldest daughter of Alexander D. Campbell, & Bellevue Crescent, Edinbergh,

AERATED WATERS.he Hongkong Telegraph

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SIMPLE

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DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co.'s WATERS are mads under the constant supervision of a duly

It is true, though, and we are commersals for qualified English Chemist and will bear compa-

truth.

Instantaneous "catch-an" of our Impersonations

of pecaller people,

Complete capture of the convocation by ory.

amusing performers.

The clever company consistently causing

cachication.

And the heart of the manager pulsates with a

great joy.

Prices as Usual,

Box Plan at Messi, W. RODISON & Co.'s

Music Warehouse.

Smiling 11 9.15 P.M.

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THOS. P. HUDSON. Hangkang, 8th April, 1897.

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THE CHINA AND JAPAN TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED,

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HE Company's Steamship

THE

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Captain Hodgins, will be despatched ft: the above Port on SATURDAY, the tolb fostan xt Daylight.

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tison with the best English Manufactures.

Special terms to HOTELS, CLUES, MESETS and other Large Consumers.

ACCORDING to Bombay papers received yester. day, Dr. Yersin is only in possession of a limited supply of serum, sufficient for the treatment of about 50 or 60 plaque cases, and on this supply being exhausted it will be necessary for him to return to Annam for more, owing to his assistant, left in charge of his laboratory at Nha Tra98, having died.

To be called from breakfast to kill a 12-foot python is not an everyday occurrence in Sing apore. It was, says thò Fria Prasa ol_and" | Apill, the lot of Mr. D. S. Carmilchael to do so to-day, a large python being discovered, on the look out for bass by his sycer. His snakeship. got a charge of shot instead of a plump

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THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.

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MORTALITY RETURNS.

The death rate of the calony for the work ended March 17th" was given in the mortality returns as belog 15.2 per 1,000.

ADJOURNMENT, The Board adjourned until sext Thursday weck.

THE DIAMOND JUBILEE.

SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING,

ANNUAL INSPECTION.

The members of the Hongkang Volunteer Corps assembled on the parade ground this afternoon for their annosì inspection, attendance at this parade was compulsory to secura "efficiency" there was a good musler and the men, in Khaki dress and helmets,

A meeting of the Permanent Memorial Cons- looked very smart and soldier-like. The new mittee in connection with the celebration of the badge at the Corps, worn on the helmets, greatly forthcoming Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Improved the appearance of the beadgear, was held this afternoon in the Board room of the Heugkong and Shanghal Beak, Quson's The Corps fell in on their own parade ground Road, The Hon. C. E. Chater presided and 113 strong: the officer and one non-commis Mr. R. K. Leigh, Mr. Gorskom Stewart and Dr. aloned officer on the Staff; 4 officers and 77 | Thomson were examined at great length regard- non-commissioned officers and men in the Fielding their respective schemes for Improving the medical college, and then the meeting was A RONTGEN ray apparatua sent to Bombay by Battery; officer and as non-commissioned Queen's Staine, a road round the island, and a Great Britain has mada pacific overtures to the Tagoro ražas of Calcutta has been tried on officers and men in the Maxim Gun Carp; adjourned till 5 p.m. to-morrow. Greece to enable the removal of the present plague patients with, it is said, good results. The total strength of Corpa 160 of all ranks enrolled deadlock. It is balleved that the bleskade of paifants were subjected to the rays for half an and 13 signallers and a trumpeters not yet an the Plions will depend upon Greece's answer.

hour and it appears from a letter received from the Roll. The Powers at the falilative of Russia have B whay that every patient so treated recovered. natlic! Greece and Turkey that the aggressor The theory is that the rays destroy the plague will never be primlited to profit by a victory, geimu.–Rangoon Times,

MOMOKONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1897.

REUTER'S MESSAGE,

THE EASTERN CRISIS.

LONDON, April 6th.

Mr. Balfour has notified 'he foregoing to the

House of Commons, adding that Great Britain

will not hesitate to teka pest 'ʼn the bleskade.

Slr Willem Hárcont, afar Mr. Balfour's. statement, gave notice that he would move an Any complaints should be addressed to the address to the Queen requesting he not to

Manager, t

employ the forews of the Crowa against Grzece 1379a or Crete,

Hongkong. 1st March, 1897.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

H.M.S.' Grafios was at Amay when the steam- HONGKONG | ship Hailcong left there an “be 6th lust TELEGRAFH" ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY THE number of persons on relief works in the REMINDED THAT ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS || frmina districts of India on 13th March was

3,216,301, MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE.

COLONAL HICKSON, of the Buffs, succeeds Geocis! Clive-Justice a Gran Offer Com- manding the Troops in Carion,

NOTICES TO CORRISPONDINTS.

It la requested that all communications ralating to Subscriptione, Advertisements, &c., be addressed to the "Manage, Hegheny Taligraph" and not to the Editor,

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Letters on Editorial matters to be sent to "The Editor" and | for the Diamond Jubileo demonstration.

set to individual members of the amf.

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Why the coming of the Hongkong Telegraph will always I open for the Gair diacalon by correspondants of aël question s affecting pobile interests. It muát be distinctly understood that the Editor does not in any way hold himail) rasponable, kur opinions thus expressed.

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CERVALIER Antoine de Konstk! at Penang chaiming everybidy with his hilllieni rendeling of every descriptan of the music written for the pleoo.

From the 5th to the 11th ultimo he deprctares from Bombay, on account of the pic que numbered 8,493, while the exodus at the later date was

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PERAK'S MEMORIAL.

| At a meeting of the Perak Jubiles Commlites, held on the 27th alt., it was "decided by a Inrgu majorky that the permanent memorial should be His Excellency the Governor, who is Honorary the institution of scholarships to enable Parak Colonel of the Corps, was present on the Volun boys to go to Singapore to continue their studies teers' parade ground and marched on to the Briand compete for the Queen's scholarships. The gade Parade Ground at the head of the Corps. proposal for the erection of a clock tower found only three supporters, and the suggestion as to appears that even in Madras public works The Major-General and bis Staff received agens the founding of a Pasteur Institute, a thrown are apt to collapse. The tower of the Newral salate, the band of the West Yorks playing over as impracticable at the present time. It la Museum buildings there, which was only the usual eight bare

estimated that a sum of $10,000 will be needed. for the memorial approved of by the meeting, recently constructed, has sunk two inches and there are indications of the crushing of some of

copy boys in the State. the bricks composing it. The Museum has con sequently been closed to the public, and it is

feared that the height of the tower will have lo ba: reduced.

Txx Dentiche Dampfsebifir-Rheders! (Kingsin Line) has augmented its fleet by another now large cargo and passenger steamer, which on being launched was named the Dells. This new vessel is a sister ship to the recently built Wally of the same employ. The Della, which was built by Blohm and Voss, has the following dimensions 48712 by 46t sin, by stit. 3. English, which gives her a dead weight capacity of 6,600 tons. The englues will develop 2,400 fadicated horse-power, The new steamar han for twenty-four first-class accommodatien Passengers.

OUR Hainan correspindent laforms us that the calm made by Mr. Marty agaleat the Chinese anthorities of Halzan, on the grounds that they used their incence to damage the business of the plaintiff in favour of the Chinese charterers of opposition steamers on the Hongkong, Hainan and Pakhel route, is shortly to be re-opened in Klangchow, the officials of the latter place having elved fastractions from the north to proceed with and settle the case. It is to be hoped that this case will now be gone into in business-like manner, as it has already proved costly and vexatious affair. The claim is for $5000000.

Terr Badges of India prevented at the Viceroy's Council on the 19th March shows a deficit of nearly two crores. The Budget provides for a deficit in the coming year of nearly two and a halt crores. Railways show a loss of one and a-half crores; opium of over

one and

The march past was gone through in very good style and the batteries were afterwards marceuvred by their respective officers for about

half an hour.

attained

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FINANG'S PROGRAMME. At a meeting of the Penang Committee, held in the Town Hall on the 19th ultimo, the following wow approved

The following programma, subject to altern- tion, was drawn up for the two days :--

FIRST DAY...

& a.m-Saltable prayers to be offered in every place of worship in the Settlement

10 am to 6 pm-Sports on the Esplanado, 4pm.-Presentation at the Town Hall of Addresses from all nationalities in the Settle ment,

At the conclusion the Major-General address-

$100 to be given to the Leper Asylum; $50, ed the men. He said :-Volunteering through Lunatic Asylum, Singapore; $ago far 6,000 out Her Majesty's dominions has long slace medals for School Children, $50 for extra ita majority. It is no longer rations at Pauper Hospital, $1,000 for Chines an experiment, Ít is a 'success. No gracial Chingay procession, and $150 each to the officer Inspecting a Corps would now Mohammedan and Tamil communities for pro venture to address to any body of Volunteers || Cessions, $100 for extra rations to the troops, and words of praise which had not been deserved. | the balance $550 for unforeseen contingencies. He would be laughed at if he did. I con- gratulate you on the work done to-day, ground very difficult to move on. But it It has been very well done and ovar not what you've done here to-day and what you in the lace of the enemy would do that is In question, I am satisfied with you in that respect ica. I have seen you at practice both at Stone ́cutters' Island and at Deep Bầy on the last occasion. I don't know if one of your Sergeants had special instructions to make a vacancy in the Generals list, bet one of your shells burst over me, I got out of that very quickly, but not so quickly as the Chinese boy who was holding my pony. I have only one farther remark to mike. Till recently you were commanded by a ver able and enthusiastic officer who has now left the Colony, There has been a change, and I congratulate myself upon having seen leem the first mame of I met him that Sir John Car-reach the Esplanade, rington had strong soldierly etiacis and way just the man to succeed Major Pemberton; and I am very gied that at my first suggestion His Excellency the Governor appointed his.

The Corps than marched off the ground, the West Yorks' band leading, and were dismissed on their own parada gound.

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Among those present were Admiral and Lady Buller. M. Black, Mrs. Gordon, the Hon. T. H. Whitehead, Mr. J.; Francis, QC, Mr. Gray and a great many other ladies and gentlemen.

SANITARY BOARD.

Ms. A. McConachie left to: London yesterday by the Empress of Chium. Sir R. A buthpo Colonel Nepese, and Capia'a Davey Ire pla proceding to London by the same steamer.. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL G. Barrow, who succeeds Colonei King Harmen as firal Deputy Secretary In the Miltary Department (fadis), is expected to join his appointment in Simis this month. Up to the hour of gelag to fress Sir Cinada crore; and land revenue of nearly two MacDonald, who Is expocted here by H.M.S.a-half crores. The current year's famine ja Narciswi, had not arrived. He may to hers responsible for most of the falling off. The to-morrow forzados, if theresairer le not delayed | Secretary of State raises a loan of three outside by fog.

and a-half millions sterling, and draws -thirteen milons of Council Bills. An Indian loans Announced of four cores at three per cent. The Famine Minister concluded his speech by declaring that India is for the time being in serious financial difficulties, esased by The famine. When that calamity and the plague | read and confirmed. have passed, India will be found in a strong financial position.

WAN BEUNO, & Cook, "faced the marie" at the Magistrsey this morning ice stealing a box from ktorant lo No. 23, Lyndhurst Terrace. The lac's of the case having been proved the cook was "sant in " for 4 months..

DR. CANTLIE, Writing to lead in Bombay recently, said :-"I hope Bombay will soon be free of her troubles. Plague cannot cease unill April It always Pats seven months in any town in which it is epidemic.

AT the City Club at 9 o'clock to-night a 5-pin hawling match wit bs played by the two mom. bers who 'ed' for the Championship and

Ma. Tre Tsan Tairon employé of the Public Works Department of Hongkong, has invented and presented to the British War Office a bel met specially designed to prevent sunstroke and beat apoplexy In the tropics. Yesterday he received a letter from the head of the Army Cloibing Department, thanking him for the sample on behalf of the War Office and stating that for the present, at any rate, no change la contemplated in the military head-gear. The lovestor is a young Australia, and British subject, of Chinese parentage, and be was educated at the Grafton (N.S.W.) High School and at Queen's College, Hongkong. The Invention first occupied his thoughts In 1891 and It took satisfactory shape last summer. He has given the War Office the secret of his discovery and claims that it can be advantageously applied to hats, boo's, water bag, bottles and medicine chests in the tropics. Mr. Tie Tsan Tal baskot at the disposal of the British authorities in the hope that it may be a boon to our troops en service in the tropics.

7. Am.-General Illumination throughout the town, Chinese and Hiada processions will, pass through the town and round the Repla

nade.

SECOND DAY,

10a.m.-Regatta of the Kaplanade. 46.m.-Duck hunting and walking the greasy pole.

4.m.-Addresses.in Town Hall.

6 pmA Mohammedan procesitan will

9 p.m.-Fireworks on the Race Course

No permanent memorial yet approved.

THE FIRST GYMKHANA,

The following is the programme god sauries for the Gymkhana which commences xi 3 45 p.m. on Saturday, the roth inst.:--- HALF MILE RACE; I pelas $50; and 8:201 weight for inches with ylbr. added ; winners in 1897, once ribs, twice or aftener rolbs. In addition subscription griffins and band fide pola ponies allowed ylbe entrance $a. The Han, F. H. May's bay Toculo, xxit iba: » Mr. J. Thompson's dun Chin Chin, 1181 416 Mr. Master's g. Magpia (late Arthuilis) risi gib Mr. B. P. P's ar. Polo, 11t Blb Mr. Hart Back's ch. Voltigeur, 11st Sib Mr. Cox's g. Saucy, lost alb Mr. Harusit's g. Wakefal foe, rost gib Dr. Noble's Crabapple, 1st 8lb Hos. T. H. Whitehead's g. Sport, 115: 4ib, Hon. T. H. Whitehead's ch, Fandango, tist zilb The minutes of the previous meeting were Lt-Col, The O'Gorman's r. Morrison, zost raib

Capt. Lovesband's d. Harkaway, fost zalḥ The FOLO SCURRY; priza $40; about è maila ; for bond fida polalpanies; rist. 7lbs'; entrance

A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held this afternoon. Hou. F. A, Cooper (Director of Public Works) presided, and there were also present Hon. F. H. May (Captain Super intendent of Police), Dr. Ayres (Colonial Surgeon), Dr. F. H. Clark (Medical Officer of Health), Mr: N, J. Ede, and Mr. H. McCallum (Secretary).

MINUTĖS.

SMALL-POX IN JAPAN.

A return from Hlogo showed that from March 8th to and there had been 19 new cases of shiall- pox there and 14 deaths.

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The Hon. F. May's ch, Red-fire, 11st 7lb At Yokohama on Fabrawy 25th there were15 Mr. Wood's gr. Iron Duke, 11st 7lb Cases and deaths and on the two succeeding Mr. Hermit's g. Wakrizi Jor, 1rat yib' days there were it cases and no deaths and 3 Hac. T. H. Whitehead's ch. Fandango, irst yib essen und 1 death respectively.

Capt. Leverbands ch. Hakaway, Irát zib- The return from Nagasaki stated that there || Capt. Barry Draw's Whipford, 11st yib had been 51 cases and 12 deaths from March SEE FURLONGS HANDICAP; 1st prize the en Ist to toth and in the same pested Moji had 6 Cases and deaths.

MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SHIPPING.

car. The prize goes to the scorer of the highest aggregate of six gamer. THIS morsing a servent on board the Heung shan was brought befare Cap Hastings charged with sicaling a $50 fate from the chief officer, Mr. Thomas Dobson. A well-or sed sentence of 4 months was awarded the unjost steward. THE Queen bas approved the nomination of Sir Frederick Fryer to be the Bist Lieutenant- Gavelor of Burma. The appoinment will take effec. from 'the date on which the Legislative | patented bla Invention, but has loyally placed it / colony from písgue from Bombay and small-por Mr, Hermit's g. Wakatal Jos, tu Council for Burma is created, probably the ret of May,

the terms and conditions of the Company's Bill SHERRY.-Excellent Dinner and Alter Dinner ascribed the aura of Rs. 10,dog to the Famine

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trance fees with so doliare added ; and $at i 3rd vares stakes; entrance 81 ; but if last la after noon on 6th April 33 vaiva. At the last meeting the quarantine regulations Mr. B. P. P's br. Poig, 11st gibs) In force la parts of the United Kingdom, were laid. Mr. G. H. Potta' g. Gleniffer, rest 515 upon the table, and to-day they were submited Mr. Lawia w. Sinful, 21st b with a minute by the Medical Officer of Health Lt Col The O'Gorman's d. Morrison, test 4ib (Dr. Francia Clarke). In the minute be sald be Capt. Loveband's à Hauteaway, fist sib ad persistently advocated the system of inspecMr. C. H. Thompson's Ottoman, sent alb tion at shipping laid down in the English regulas tious as the only rational mesos of preventing Mr. Madica's ch. Harmes, 1st alb the fatroduction of infectious diseases into the Mr. Hasterag. Mapple (late Arthurile) 110 olb colony, and only last month the Sanitary Board M. Mastel's Yarmouth Blesia, fost zab

Mr. Cox's g. Saucy, fort glb had recommanded the Government to adopt this Hos. T. H. Whitehead's g. Sport. so-called quarantine for ibe protection of the from Japan. He had siso referred to the same procedurs in his last annual report. At present the Health Officer for the port was unfortunately TRI Penang Garaile mys: Mr. Taw Kos, of

antirely independent of the Sanitary Board Hen, F. H. Mar's ch, Red-ëm, 11st 4lb Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney, F.R.S., gave a lecture arrangotsent. What was gently bestreder Hart Buck a ch Vollgen, zzet zib Messrs. Talk Hoe & Co., Rangoon bus Ar the Royal Institution, London, last month and this cannot be regarded as a desirable Captain Barney's gr. Humbug, ristilb Captain Barney's gr. Baccural, 11s zib on The approaching return of the great swarm the appointment of an additional Medical Officer Fund. We believe this amount is the highest of November mateors. He began by describe for the post and that both should be attacted Mr. Anton's gr. Visitant Ti, sist sil subscribed by any Chlasman la Berase, the ing how Adams discovered the orbli in which, in the Sanitary Departments Assistant Hon. T. H. Wainhead's, ch. Kingscots, izat zib

·Stalts, or Hongkong.

they move. As the meteors only became visible Medical Officers of Health, each being required. Capt. The Hon. G. Harding'sg, Quilos, xxst xib on entering the earth's atmosphere, when they to do six hours' duty per day as Medical Inspe The LADIES' NOMINATION; two prices's round course; four minutes allowed; he who pames LIEUTENANT-COLONEL J. DERAKAJ URS, Comtecame incandescent from the resistance offered clor of Shipping, so that any vessel entering the

the port nearest to the time limit to wing no Priced, are guaranteed to be the genuine mandan, Mysore Imperial Service Lancers, by the air to their rapid motion, all that could port between 6 am and 6 p.m. could be

watch to be cauled by a competitor; entzance product of the juice of the grape and are not Officiating Military Secretary and son-in-law of be ascertained by observation was the direction Immediately bearded and the passengers and of their movement. It was pointed out by Pro- crew medically inspected and free pratique - artificially made from raisins and currants, Her Highness the Makaran! Regent, has been fessor Hubert Kawton, of Yale, that there were granted if none were suffering from Infections The Ham, F. H. Maybach. Red-fire at is generally the case with Cheap Wizes.selected to represent the State of Mysore at the five different orbits which would explain their disease. It was zot the class of work that Capt. Lush'i gr. Thank You, nom, by Me.

Rurasey. Diamond Jubilee la Jars.

appearance at intervals of 33 years, and be medical man was likely to take up permanently BRANDY-All our Brandy is guarantevilo be

suggested the possibility, though he scarcely and he recommended that such assistants be Mir, Master's gr. Yarmouth Beater, nom. by Mrs. pure COGNAC, the difference in price being NUMEROUN robberies from houses closed in thought it practicable, of sealing which was the appointed for three years at a progressive suis M. Maria's gt. Major, nom. by

Bombay on account of the plague are reported, tras one by exlculation of the perturbing in of $150 $, and Bato per month with quarters,

Mastor The thieves sppear to have been reaping a rich Buences exercised by the various bodies whose No dificulty would be found in getting good

attraction would be felt. This calculation was men on such terms. In reply to the Captain Capt. Barney's p. Shuapoel, nom. by Mri.

Harkarn harvest, the closed houses supplying a fiat field just what Adams succeeded in making, and in so Superintendent of Police, Dr. Clark wrote « Forbidden City" did in Hongkong in 1894. for their operations, fist as the houses to the doing he had to solve an entirely new problem further minuts to the affect that he did not think Capt. Welman

in dynamics Dr. Stoney proceeded to show the supervision of persons landed from Infected Mr. Nagent's d. Philatelist, som. by Mrs. Carey

Mr. Nigel's ch. Unknown, that while the eseteors that actually entered the vessels would be impossible if this scheme wire earth's atmosphere were mostly burnt up these properly carsted out. At present it was Impos. Capt. Koold's Little Cab THE Bombay Presidency plague statistics up to March 6ih proras follows 5-

that only passed near the earth were slightly rible, so we had nothing similar to the provisions Gordon's Caynham,

MIL Drury deflected from thels Course and hence entered of Article 15 in the English regulations. Nor Mr. Drury nam, by Mr. Cares. Dextka, 1990

alteration in their orbits and periodic times. In could they be carried out unless we Medical Mr. Lewis Sinful Town and Leland of Bombay 8,664

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abserving the November metoseg on their retain Officers were provided for the port and all 680 Poons City honoreesusitargate

in 1899 and 1900, Leverrier's hypothesis that vessels boarded by one or both of them." With 2,210 Karachi Cliyiniziat

1907 they first entered the solar system in 196 A.D. Le proposal ke would advise the appolat

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Uranus should be borns in mind. The fact that exercise control over the sanitary condities of THE Surprise party Is silli göing "well and the malears were not yet, as they undoubtedly ships and the boat population, the latter being would be in course of time, drawn out into ä a matter that at present did not receive the |strong" at the Theatre Royal and last night another large audience Elled the house, Theontinuous band extending all round their orbit attention it merited. If the junks were to be was favour of their recent origin-that was," medically inspected each officer would require vasions performers lavoked wil meelted applause, recent from a cosmical point of view and a very Chiness interpreter and he had beured out the and the comic specialities of Mr. Hudson and accurate determination of their orbit might cost of the scheme as follows so Zwo Medical enable the hypothesis to be verified. --Adams Inspecials (average pay and quarter), $6,000 Mr. and Miss Goutlay were the source of cons had to work from very rough observations, but per Annum sons Port faspector of Kalshades tissons merriment. The other talented artláta every effort should be made to obtain more (svečava psy)" $1,000 por sueum repeated their formar success and recalls were precise ones. These, the lecturer suggested, team, $400 per annum fetal $7,400. The undeniable in every instance," To-night a change might possibly be secured by photographic present expenditure amounted to $12,700 per ni programme is komonsend and ike last performs means, since a camera directed towards the annum and by the expenditure of lose than in region of the sky whaze the meteors were known | additional „ojca & year the celony could be pro sace will be given on Monday, alter which the to be might rersal what was quita lavinibis to tectad from the introduction of viruleni laiemaleres {d Company goon to Shanghal,

the cyk

merely a question of age and vintagu. WHISKEY--All our Whiskey is of excellent quailty and of greater age than most brands

in the market, The EcoTCH WEDKEY

marked "E" is university popular, and is pronounced by the best local connoissenta to be superior to any other brand in the

· Hongkong market,

We only guarantee our. Wixes and Sprizs

to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the

Coast Ports.

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