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To-day's

Advertisements.

ZETLAND

ULODGE',

No. 52, E.C.

A REGULAR MEETING of the above LODGE will be held in the FREEMA- SONS HALL, Zetland Street, TO-NIGHT, the rat instant, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited to attend.

Hongkong, 1st March, 1899.

-BIJOU THEATRE.

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RECLAMATION GROUND, WEST POINTI-

Last Night but

THE

SPANISH-AMERICAN

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, MARCH 189

- Intimation.

ROYAL Hongkong Yacht Club, Club Race. No 9 March 5th, 1899, Course No. 4, 12 miles, Club Race No. 7 to be resailed March 4th Course No. 1 starts 2,15 and 2.30-p.m. HOCKEY match, Club z Navy, tomorrow 4.30 A. S. WATSON & Co., Club ground. Club team:-Messrs. Millword, Anton, Cox, Hooper, Pinckney, Wodehouse, Roweroft, Thorsbill, Wakefield, Campbell, Loring.

LIMITED.

IMPORTERS OF HIGH-CLASS

SHERRIES...

Per do. Cas

B-SUPERIOR PALE DRY, dinner wine, Green Teal Capsule........ ...$10.80 C-MANZANILLA, PALE NATURAL SHERRY, White Capsule..

12.00

12.00

CC-SUPERIOR

OLD

DRY, PALE NATUR.

OF

3

OF

PAL SHERRY, Red Seal

Capsule...

D-VERY SUPERIOR

OLD PALE DRY. choice old wine. White

•cal Capsule.......... E-EXTRA SUPERION

OLD PALE DRY, véry. finest quality, lack Seal. Capsule (Old Bottled)... 20.40

WAR...

Jerusalem, the Fillipino Donkey.

&C

Story &c.

"Let'em all come.”

NEXT SATURDAY,

FAREWELL MATINEE..

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Hongkong, 1st March, 1899. HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DỊCH COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

“ÖNTRIBUTING

SHAREHOLDERS are requested to send in a STATEMENT of BUSINESS contributed during the Half Year ended 31st December, 1898, on or before „the 15th instant, on which date the Accounts

will be CLOSED.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

THOS. I. ROSE, Secretary.

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Hongkong, ist March, 1899,

OLD BOILERS, &c.,' FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TENDER.

Y

T KOWLOON DOCKS. Two 8 4" by 10' 3" A by thickness of shell plating. Each with two 38 by 7 furnaces and 164 3 exterior, and 21 interior diameter brass tubes each 7 ft. loag.

One steam reservoir 7′ by 3′ 6′′ by #", steel, with a breeches-piece of brass attached.,

20 new brass boiler tubes 3"exterior diameter and 7' 3" long.

Three cast iron Main Stop Valve Chests with brass stop valves and spindles.

Apply to

заба

J. KIRKWOOD,

1. M. Customs,

Kowloon,

CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, :

LIMITED.

FOR TAIWANFOO.

'HE Company's Steamship

THE

"WUHU,”

Captain Benson, will be despatched as above TO-MORROW, the 2nd instant, at 4. P.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agents,

Hongkong, 1st March, 1899.

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CHINA-NAVIGATION COMPANY,

LIMITED.

FOR SWATOW AND SHANGHAL

THE Company's Steamship

*TAIWAN,

Captain Harder, will be despatched as above on SUNDAY, the sth instant, at Daylight

For Freight of Fassage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD_&_SWIRE Agents.

Hongkong, 1st March, 1899.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

“HE, P. & O. 5. N. Co.'s Steamship THE P

"PESHAWUR,”

FROM BOMBAY AND STRAITS.

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Consignees of Cargo by the above-nained vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the. Goods are landed.

This vessel brings on Cargo

From Persian Gulf, ex B:1.5.N. and B. & P.

S.N. Co's Steamers.

Goods, not cleared by the 7th instant, at 4 P.M. will be subject to tent.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in any case whatever.

All damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns and a certificate of the damage ob- tained from the Godown Company within ten days after the Vessel's arrival here, after which no Claims will be recongnised.

H. A. RITCHIE,

Superintendent.

Hongkong, 1st March, 1899. ***

Auction,

Make To be Sold by PUBLIC AUCTION,

* at KOBE

on the

4th March.

̧P. & O. S. N. Coli 5.S.

THE P. &

"BRINDISI "

[s

}

14.40

B; C, and CC are excellent dinner Wines and suitable for invalids, and delicate stomachs and Eare after dinner Wines of a very superior vintage. All are true Xores Wines.

THE Joint Telegraph Companies announce that telegrams for Manila if to be delivered during the same day should reach their office by 4 p.m., as there is at present a difficulty about delivering messages the same evening if received-at-a-later-hour...

OUR Ambassador at Rume has informed the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs that the English Government have decided to partici. pate in the conference to be held in London for the compilation of a catalogue of the scientific literature of the various countries,

We notice that even the dogs of the Royal Welsh wore, the leek attached to their collars to-day, and mightily proud of the decoration they appeared to be. The Chinese were appa- rently greatly tickled at the display of the Welsh national emblem, and we heard many. remarks passed upon the "joss pidgin" of the "foreign devils." ANOTHER portion of the expedition belonging to the Pekin Syndicate left Shanghai on the 24th inst. per s.s. Poyals for Hankow, includ- ing Captain Purvis and Nathan, R.E. The Commandatore Luzzatti with his secretarial

staff being now the only representatives of the Syndicate left in Shanghai, which is the head quarters of the company in China THE aged Viceroy of the Kwang provinces, Tan, is again imploring the Emperor to allow him to resign his office, owing to his age and infirmities. A similar request recently made was peremptorily refused by the Emperor or rather the Empress Dowager who ordered Tan to take two months leave and administer to, himself some four taels weight of the best "Sample bottles and smaller quanti-Imperial ginseng, which were forwarded to ties will be supplied at proportionate him from the palace. wholesale rates.

We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Ports.

A. S. WATSON & Co., Limited,

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.-

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

he

jougkong

ACTIONS for libel are really undertaken on the most trivial of gounds, At Edinburgh, two in dividuals, who had been charged with house-

breaking, but had been acquitted, sued a Gas report of the trial the language of the paragraph gow paper for libel on the ground that'in its'

proceeded on, the assumption of the guilt of the prisoners, and gave the impression that they were guilty of the charge of which they were acquitted. The jury at once found for

the defendants.

It is reported that a hungry rabble over a thousand strong recently broke into the resid once of a rich nun in Cheka districi, near Mingpo, and proceeded to help themselves to its contents. It is said the lender of the robbers, who appear to have formed themselves into a sort of society, has been arrested.

WE are informed by Messrs. Lutgen Einst man & Co., General Agents of the Great Enst ern and Caledoniän, Gold Mine Co., Ld., thata telegram has been received from the Manager at the mines as follows :—" Only a small quan. tity crushed, owing to breakdown in inachinery, mostly fines, poorest part paddock, Bo tons, 50 ois, does not includio a tons rich concent rates, will recommençe immediately." SUGGESTION and zumour are again admit says n Shanghai (paper, as to the removal of the Chinese Court from Peking to Nanking, from the Northern, to the old Southern capital, as the nashes imply. We can only repeat that there seems no inmediate intention to carry adduced in its favour, but at the present there out any such change. There are reasons to be

is one considerale deterrent. Such a move would be tantamount to the abandoment to the whole North of China, and we know who is willing to occupy it in that case. For the reason that it would play into Russia's hands too openly, such a move could not be contem-

HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE

*SALE OF RACE PONIES

COMPANY LIMITED,

* The following Race-and-other poniča were The thirtieth ordinary general meeting of the sold of public auction yesterday, opposite the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd was hold City Hall, by Messrs. Hughes and Hough, to-day in the offices of the General Managers, auctioneers. The auction was wall attended, Messrs Jardine Matheson and Co., Ld. The and some of the ponies fetched fair prices, Hon. J Bell Trying presided. The other Ultimatum, the winner of the Valley Stokes gentlemen present were-Hom CP Chater, at the recent race meeting, realizing 2360. Mesars I. H. Lewis, S. G. Bird, A. J. Raymond, Captain Hanbaly had eighteen ponies knocked G. T. Veitch (Secretary, A. McConachie, G. G. bought, we should imagine, for pola. and C. H. Thomson (Consulting Committee, down to him, costing, about 2,300 | Anderson, G. H..Potts, R. C. Wilcox, T.A.C Hawkins, D. C. Campbell K. A. Chinoy, Ho Fook," 1. M. 5. Alves, Lo Cheung Shiu, Holan Tung, B. Byramjee, J. Goosnian and J. R. Michael.

Variery

Hawbee

Montebello

Queensberry:

The Wizard

Queen's Gardene Stmightaway

meeting

The Secretary read the notice convening the Cream pony, linck Black pony hack Yarmouth Blogte The Chairman sald-Gentlemen, with your Amur permission. I propose to take the Report as rend Although the result of the 1897 working,

Obi as compared with the previous year-shows-3

Greif "Alder: diminution of profit to the extent of $35,000 and we are consequently not in a position to

Strathinist return to Shareholders so much dividend, I. Strathdoon trust you will agree with me in considering Red Rog, the statement now presented, as not an unsa-: tisfactory one. The percentage of Charges Ministrel

Traveller.. and Commissions on the premia income shows, a reduction of 4 per cent while the amount set aside for Bonus to contributing Shareholders is considerably less owing to the larger proportion of business being now done on net terms. You will doubtless approve of the appropriation Cmschopper to the Reserve Fund, which Fund I may state

Jim Crow is larger than ever in the history of the Com pany, exceeding what it stood at in 1893 when we unfortunately were under the necessity of Reveller Waggles withdrawing the sun of $60,000 therefrom. The ANOTHER correspondent, says the Singapore principle of placing annually to Reserve, the

Hector.... Free Preas of 20th instant, waxes indignant maximum amount allowed by our Articles over certain exhibitions of a tricycle propelled of Association will I hope continue to The have the approval of shareholders. by petroleum on the Esplanade on the evening balance at credit of the 1898 working on 31st Mainstay of Saturday and Sunday. The motor cycle is December, owing to increased premia and in. said to be not only a object of alum to horses, terest, is somewhat larger than the previous but a source of danger te traffic of all des year notwithstanding heavier losses.

claims paid as shewn in the account are ver criptions, as the machine was careering round $20,000 in excess of 1897, and since then losses the Esplanade at a great pace, far in excess of to the extent of $14.609 have been ascer that attainable, by the scorcher who sanktined, but at late we are only in this respect

in a worse position_than at the correspon into insignificance for the time being. The

ding period last year by $5,5oo. Our principal onterprising cyclist, but night hat any losses have been increased in Shanghat, due it is suspected in many cases to incendiarism which it is impossible, to guard against, and and it is a matter of much regret that the native authorities at the northern port appear not to attach the same importance to visiting

plated at present,

attached to his machine in which he favoured his friends by giving them a rule. Two Euro, penn police were on the Esplanade, and our correspondent asks why they were not moved

interfere

Tsat Taorat, it is reported, must vacate his post at the latest within three weeks front date in favour of Li Kuang-chiu, Thotai-designate of Shanghai. A Chinese official of high rank, who arrived from Nanking yesterday says the

C. D. News of 24th inst, gives the following 15th instant Viceroy Lia received a special as being quite reliable. He states that on the telegram from the Grand Secretary Jang Lu in forming him that "as Li Kurang chiu was specially appointedly the Empress Dowager to Shanghai, he (Jung Chy-strongly advised the Viceroy Liu to make no further delay in sending Lịto Shang-

The

-crimes of this-nature-with-the-most-severo-

punishumem, as in other port of the world. Gentlemen, I have no further remarks to make, but I shall be pleased to give any further in formation which any shareholder may, desire. before moving the adoption of the report and

accounts,

proposed the adoption of the report and ac-

No questions being asked, the Chairman

counts.

Mr. McConachie said—Mr. Chairman, the

Concession Blizzard

Fortunatus

Grey Griffin Wood Rose... Tube Rose...... Tourist....... Silver Spray Woodcock Grey Griffin Mulatto. -Wildfire-

Silver Bell

Dun pofty hack. The Prince Starling, polo pony Banker, pelo pony... Ute

Chestnut Griffin.:

Earl Marshall.. Grey Polo pony..... Mullet, pole pony Black pony, hack Grey Fony

Silver Link, polo pony Bay pony

yinge

25

360

report you have just submitted must, I think, THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,

considered by all a satisfactory one. It is

of last year, but still it is a very good one, and true the dividend is not quite équal to that, in addition we must not overlook the fact that you are able to strengthen the reserve fand by

LIMITED...

The following is the report or the Directors: to the eighth ordinary annual General meeting of shareholders to be held at the offices of the

A CHANGSHA (capital of Hunan) dispatch gives hai and retain from keeping Tsai Chun there, 8228524 which in my opinion is a wise Bank, Victoria Buildings, Hongkong, on a glawing account of the profits made last year which was against all precedent and very dis- policy. The balance carried forwardno 1898 Saturday, 1h March, at noon te

by the Steam Launch Company of that city, the pleasing to the Empress Downger." ir so dividends paid to shareholders having amount happened that Li Kuang-chiu was in Nanking ed to a little over 25 per cent of the capita at the time of the receipt of the above telegram,

account is lager by about $8ooo than you were able to carry forward to the 1897 account; which considering the bad times Fire Insurance offices have been having is most satisfactory: Lion of the report and passing of the accounts.

Carried.

Eclegraph Owing to the bright prospects before the Cous-baring come to pay his reh year obeisances to With these marks, I beg to second the adop. $4.523-23 brought forward from last year, are

pany, the Board of Directors, who are all mem. bers of the Chiangslia gentry, intend to extend HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1999. considerably their operations in the near future, two more serviceable steam launches having been recently ordered through Hankow agents.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

FRANCE.

LONDON, February 27th. Acting under the instructions, of M. Dupuy the Paris Police have raided the residences of A number of prominent Royalists, seized a voluminous correspondence and letters from The Duc D'Orleans to his supporters and the residence of his Secretary.

THE SOUDAN.

N.D. C. News.

A WUCHANG private letter states that, owing to the reaction caused by the coup d'état of September in Peking, most of the enterprises having for their aim the improvement of Hunan province have been temporarily stopped, and amongst them is the suspension of all work on the Kueihsing coal mines which, from the first, gave such promise that transporting agencies were established both at Changsha and at Wuchang. Quite a large sum has already been expended on the Kueihsing inines and it is to The. Dervishes have recently fired on a gun-be hoped thint a progressive Governor may soon. boat going to Fashoda,

come and re-open them-N. C. D. News. MESSES. Eyre and Spottiswoode announce the issue of a new indes to the Times, which will be compiled by Miss Nancy Bailey, and published under the title of Exiley's Index to the Times" It will be issued every month; the first number appearing early in February with a complete index to the contents of the paper during the preceding month. At the end of each year the contents of the preceding twelve monthly issues

The Khalifa is believed to be 160 miles front- Omdurmann..

GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA.

The Times says that the Chinese Govern. ment cannot be allowed to ignore Sir Claude Macdonald's protests, and that the British public are entitled to demand that no arbitrary administrative changes shall be tolerated which will affect enterprises in which British Capital has been invested mainly on the virtual recom. mendation of the British Government

WEATHER REPORT.

The Observatory report says On the 1st. at 11.goa. The barometer has risen on the E. coast, pressure now being highest over N. China. The depression is probably moving Eastwards in Japan. Gradients slight in moderate on the China. coast. FORECAST!— Moderate N: E. winds; cloudy, misty.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Gazette Extraordinary, published yesterday, gives the revised list of Special and Common Jurors for 1899.

WE have received a copy of The Karan Weekly Repository-a-small.journal published. In Seoul and containing local news. We wish the new publication every success,

H.M.S. Powerful will, we understand, leave for Manila on Tuesday next, while the Dona venture will shortly go North to relieve the Hermione.. The Victorious is at target practice and has not gone to Manila, as reported in the

his superior officers, and so Viceroy Liu told him to remain at Nanking for orders.. Accord ing to die Chief Secretary of the Viceroy, H.E.pointments of Messrs. S. G., Bird and C. H. confirmed, and that all the members of the inmends soon to issue the regular formed notice Thompson to the Consulting Commitice be to Li Thotai “to procged with all haste to his

Consulting Committee be re-elected.: new post," in which case this official should

Mr. Campbell seconded, “***** Carried. take over his seals of office from Tsai Chún by the middle of March next.

THE ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS.

were present

Getxlemen,The Directors have now: the sure to submit to you the accounts and balance sheet for the year ending 31st December, 1698. The gross profits, including

$197,799.15, which, after deducting all charges Mr. GFC. Anderson proposed that the ap.amounting to $136,435.20, leaves tie niet profit of 361,373-86. Instead of paying a dividend, the Directors, as stated last year, propose to Fund, which will then stand at $170,870,50, place this amount to credit of Capital Reservo

leaving only $4,689.50 to be added to this. account to bring it up to the proposed amount Chuon retire in roution from the Head Office of $175,5600 Mr. Lauts and Mr. Kwan Hoi: Board, and Mr Buitery from the London Committee, and being eligible for re-election offer themselves accordingly. The Accounté at- The Chairman Dividend warrants will be the Head Office have been audited by Messrs. J; H. Coy and W. Hutton Potts, and in London by Messrs. Deloitte, Dover, Griffiths and Co., Chartered Accountants.

Mr. Ching; proposed, that Messrs. Fellerton Henderson and W. H. Potts be re-elected

juhliters.

- Mr. Wilcox seconded.

Carried,

set out to-morrow,

8TH CLUB RACK.

ST. DAVID'S AV PARADE.

Welsh Fusiliers, according to old established ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB,

To-day being St. David's Day, the Royal

custom, were paaded at the headquarters and marched throuh the town with band playing and colours flying. The pande Was com. manded by Lieut-Colonel Mainwaring and sixteen other officers. The full strength of the parade was between four and five hundred. The regiment looked particularly smart as it marchel down Queen's Road and returned to Barracks by way of the Praya, cach man wearing a leck in his helmet in honour of the patron saint of Wales, Fst cane the pioneers, lohking yery trim in their white aprons with the barsting grenade upon chera and then marched Billy" the regimental gent, looking exceedingly priced of his well groomed, snow white coat and gilded lions,

them came Colonel Mainwaring at the head of The band of the regiment followed and behind { bis,men.

CHAN KIT SHAN,

Chairman.

Hongkong, gik February, 1895.

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANU-

FACTURING 00., LTD."

This race was sailed on the 19th of February in a strong cast wind. The course was (No. 8) the following bants started at 1.5 and 1.30, A class 1. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. B class 3, 10: 11:12. All the boats were reefed, some double reefed. In the first beat up to Lygemun mark the Waid The following is the report for presentation Marion shewed some of her old form and went to the shareholders at this Afteenth ordinary away from the rest of her class, Erica being general meeting to be held at the office of the second and Chanticleer a good third. Active was General Managers on Wednesday, 15th March, going very well at first, but soon fell behind on at noon-Annexed we have the pleasure to the tin down in Kowloon Rock Bandle would have imen the better with another 6 inches of lay before, sharelolders the annual statement of accounts made up to the 1st December, draught. The Sybil was quite out of it in such 1898 The het front including the balance weather and soon fell behind. In the second class Perne made the pace, with Ladybird brought forward from last year, amounts, to $93,502,96, which it is proposed to appropriate close al hand.

bouls-kopt the as follows The same order down to Meyers after

which Erice gained on and then, passed. To place to Reserve Fund... $33,730,00 a dividend of 20 per cent 50,000.00 second jib for her third one. The wind was account Maid Marian on the latter changing her To carly forward to next; year's Į

4:862.96. as much as the boats could stand on the The year has been a very difficult one owing run down, and one boat was seen to to the war and political troubles in the Philip give a clean pair of heels to a steam pinnace pines interfering with the supply of hemp, but going in the same directions, s

The line was crossed at the finish as follow, nevertheless the present result is the best on

record A CLAYS, TRANG VALDY Erica.4 31.

8 10 Marka First

CONSULTING JMMITTEE

faid Marian4 33 41 4 Secondtion, Messrs. Gillies, Lewis, Raymond, and

In accordance with the Articles of Associa Chanticleer

Third Shewan retire, but offer themselves for rai Sybil

will be re-arranged in consecutive alphabetical | The Queen's colour was carried by Lieut. order, and issued as one single volume, entitled Lieut. Johnson, and very proud Hongkongites Greiger and the Regimental colour by "Bailey's Annual Index to the Times." Sub- should feel at the presence of a regiment scriptions will be received both far the monthly with such a battle record. The regiment was and the annual issues, together or separately, formed up at 10.30 leaving the barracks at 10.45 to the tune of "The Brigade Camp" which is AN excellent choice has been made by her always played on leaving barracks with the Majesty, says a home paper, in the appoint Men of Harlich," the well known Welsh air, colours. Returning to the parade ground ment of Earl Beauchamp as the successor to always played on arrival at a destination was Viscount Hampden in the Governorship of performed by the band. The colours were then New South Wales. He will probably be quite marched to the Officers Mess, accompanied by the youngest of Governors, but, he has given one company and the band playing the regi

mental march "Grenadier Guards. The Payne ample evidence of his fitness to take a pro-

reminder of the day was observed as a general Ladybird -minent-part-in the direction of affairs, and he holiday and beer was served out from the į Dartmo

is as diligent in public duties as he is capable, canteen funds. The Mount Austin and Kow- Although he is not yet twenty-seven, he has loon detachments were also paraded. been Mayor of Worcester, filled county by the youngest members eating the leck. A The day is celebrated at the various messes offices, and became in 1897 a member of the dinner is to take place according to custom at London School Board. He is a peer of broad the Officers Mess to-night, when Billy, the and liberal views, of great sympathy with goat, will be led round the mess room by the Bonito popular education and social reforms, and smallest drummer boy who for the noncs is Active

supposed to be in command The young M what is very desirable in so English a colony-est Lieutenant Mr. Ball-Acton, will eat the leck to the accompaniment of the drums. The leek will also be eaten. by the visi- ́ fors and junior officers. We are privately informed that the leek obtainable in Hongkong, although expensive, lacks delicacy of flavour, but is pronounced by the Royal Welsh to excell in pungency.

A. St. David's Ball will be given by the Sergeants' Mess on Friday next.

The

a strong Churchman.

1 DECIDEDLY, the Postmaster-General is a-going it, says the Pall Mall Gazette. After Imperiat Penny Postage we are to have the private post box in one's own house, office, or place of business. This is an excellent concession to the wholesome-if once deemed revolutionary ---doctrine that the Department was made for' IN reference to the distribution of relief to the Department. From the 1st

the public, and not the public for the

rebels in Kuyang, Anhui province, noted in moderate annual fee will give you your private these columns, says the V. C. D‚News, a tele-box and tivo collections a day, or more if you so fine an animal, graphic dispatch from Nanking state that Tls, 180,000 was recently received in that city from Peking for relief distribution and that this amount and one locally raised by the Governor of Anhui amounting to another Tle 100,000 will be sent by the end of this month to the scene of disturbance - to buy the people back Izita to their allegiance."

gont, we may remark, was presented to the Regiment by Her Majesty the Queen and joined at Malta some three years since. From of February ahis sleek appearance a martial carcer.seems to have agreed with him for seldom have we seen

as she now lie in Nagasaki Harbour. Built in 1880. by WM. DOXFORD & SONS at Sunderland.

Length 360 feet, Breadth 40 feet, Depth 33 | town, Gross tonnage 3,688 tons. Effective Power of Engines 2,800.

Capacity of holds 4.550 tons of 40 cubic feet. The Engines are in excellent preservation and the vessel, with some repairs, could be pui in thorough sea-going condition, or she could be converted into an Admirable Halk or Receiving Ship. FA

Private offers for the purchase of the vessel will be entertained in the meantime, For Further Patticulars, apply to

HA RITCHIE,

Superintendent,

Hongkong, 28th-February 1899

like to pay for them. This is a great improve ment on the present arrangement, by which the prices are so highas to be practically prohibitory to private individuals; and, what is more, it seems that letters placed in the private boxes will now be deemed to have been legally posted which is a distinct and legally imporant advance on the present state of affairs, -

THE BOOM IN TIN.

A Redruth telegram says the recent heavy advance in the price of tin is causing excite at Redrulli in day Delcoath in-fetched ment in Comwall At the fortnightly stiction against £58 a year ago, and several prices were 124, above last formich?'i, figures

4:34 12

4 5416

D. CLASS.

Third

election.

AUDITORSKE The accounts have been audited by: Messrs, Second,Amold and Henderson who are recome

mended for fe election, 70, 7

ASHEWAN TOMES Co.

General Managers, Hongkong 38th February, 1899, 60

···50 34 10 Marks. First

6-45 4 5 35.45 The total marks scored to date are

A CLASS.

B CLASS Erica.anuni 47.

·Dars Chanticleer; 26

Ladybird Sybilne 14.

"Payne Maid Marian ...

Princess obt, 3.

A NEW FRENCH TELEPHONE,

According to La Vie Scientifique, the Minister of Commerce lias: brem kexperiment. ur new telephon BRITISH SHIP OWNERS AND THEPierre Connein, an inspector, of egraphs

NICARAGUA CANALVER Paris. In order to secure patent rights the

ator has withhold all internati regardin

anical construction of

Topht little that can be. eated from experiments, aihado unitate would

the telephone 3 was “capā jag pounds with greatly increa

but wilk a loss in clearness ents the receiver having been ser to the ear, not a single intelligi. be heard but the greater the the receiver and the car the Bound reproduced. The first der been remedied. When the exe nade with this instrument, meh king in the streets, anillough yards distant from the rect

At a meeting of the Executive Council of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdon held at the offices of the chamber, 5, Whitting the ton-avenue, Leadenhall-street on Wednesday, Scop Mr. Edward Pembroke, president of the cham-- of rep bor, in the "chair, the following resolution, a phonic copy of which was ordered to be at once for the expe warded to the Marquis of Salisbury by the brought. secretary of the chamber, was unanimously ble word agreed to That the Executive; council distance of the Chamber of Shipping of the United clearer was Kingdomi respectfully urges her Majesty's Go-. fect, it is sale vernment to maintain the Clayton-Bulwer | periments Treaty of the year 1850 between the United and wonton, States and this country with regard to the Nis more than too caragua Canal, unless and until, satisfact guarantees be obtained from the Goveran of the United States providing for the abs and also securing that no prof neutrality of the; proposed Nica shall be granted to the vessels of pay "over those of any other nation?