DROUGHT IN INDIA.
BOMBAY, January 6th. The want of rain in the Bombay and Madras Presidencies, in the Central Provinces, Central India, and the Punjab is becoming a very Berious matter, as not only have last season's crops failed but the cultivators are unable to so their fields in the hope of spring crops. The continued absence of rain must be the means of throwing hundreds of thousands of acres out of cultivation, and in consequence there will be a shortened supply of produce at the next harvest. Where the land is capable of being irrigated the sowings are complete and the crops look well, but in those areas where agriculturists depend entirely upon the rainfall be ground is unfit for the reception of seed. The "distress is becoming' more wide, addition spread and intensified, and "in
to the scarcity of fod there is much shortness of water, the supply of which must decrease if the absence of rain continues. is gratifying to note that in Bengal and North Westem Provinces the prospect of the spring crops are generally good, while cattle are in normal condition. A similar state of
things prevails in Burriin, and in Assam there is little or no cause for complaint. There were 331,466 persofis on relief in the Bombay Pre- silency for the week ending Christmas day. Not a drop of main is recorded, but the sowing of crops is in progress in Ratnagiri and Baroda and in irrigated lands in Ahmedabad. Cattle are dying in hundreds in the northern part of the Presidency, and in other parts they are overworked and very emaciated.
The pras pects in the Punjab in the areas without irriga fina is blank, and rain is needed all over the province. Well-water is running short, and even in the steamers the flow is decreasing. The total on the relief is 110,604, and the Cen- tral Provinces 1,026,232 persons are in receipt of relief, an increase of nearly 150,000 during the work. The water-supply is diminishing almost roughout the province. The condition of the Jd has thrown thousands out of employment and general distress continues to spread. There ave 103 public works department relief camps, and the extension of relief ineasures continues. Although the distress is not general in Central India the standing crops and pasturage are of a meagre description, and prices are rising. In Rajputana cattle are dying, and many are killed to provide fond,--Bombay Budget. :
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1900.
EIGHT MEN KILLED IN AN
AVALANCHE,
†
then, was the predicament of De Aar from the beginning of the Boer rebellion until last week.. As every man hero has daily expected attack, as no one but the Omnipotent Ruler of all des CALCNTTA, January, 2nd.
tinies can conceive why the attack has not been New received from Srinagar states that a made, and as the force'is at present making up the for lost time by incessant activity towards self fatal accident occurred yesterday on telegraph route to Gilgit. The line was broken defence, this moderate statement of the facts and a party set out from Minimarg to restore may yet prove of acute interest to the English communition. It was in-charge of Signaller at home, to whom, as I have explained to you, Scott and consisted of Lineman Rustam Khan, | I am told I may telegraph only the news of the
weather and the health of the camp. eight khalasis, and Mr. Scout's servant. With- out any warning the whole party were over- whelmed by an avalanche Two dak runners, with two postal coolics, who were 100 yards behind the party, were able to rescue Rustam Khan and two khalasis. but Mr. Scott and the rest of the men perished. Efforts are being made to recover there bodies, : --
`BRITISH BLOCKADE' OF
DELAGOA BAY.
A CLOSE WATCH KEPT,
The movements of ships at Delagoa Bay have Been peculiar (says 0. Future). Passengers not British subjects are refused permission to leave Natal for this port, no regular correspond- ence can be depended on, the supply of news papers has been stopped, cables take so long they are of no use, and no other means are available to frid out what is going on. The seizure of supplies and the which kept upon everything coming into harbour shows that something serious is on the move. On Sunday there arrived one of the finest Portuguese cruisers early in the morning. It was a curious sight to view the Tintagel Castle anchored with a British warship at her bow and another at her stern, The fact of a gunboat coming in with her and escorting her to sea, after allowing bare time to land and receive passengers, shows how effect- ual the blockade by her Britannic Majesty's Navy has become. A Norwegian sailer, as she was getting into the Bay, was sighted and sign. alled by H.M.S. Widgeon. No answer being returned and no flag hoisted the gunboat fired a Blank shot in the direction of the sailer. This was repeated, and, proving of no avail was followed by a real shot, which hit the rigging and caused commotion among the crew. The captain ran up the Norwegian flag and sought an explan ation. He was ignorant of the war. This being -sufficient, and after the ship had been examined. THE KHAKI-KOLQURED KITTEN.it was allowed to come into harbour. The Whe the Orst (Howitzer Ballery of the Royal Wigeon, the British watch dog of the barbour, left her moorings early on Friday, and went Field Artillery embarked at Liverpool for South out to meet a ship coming in-evidently a Africa the men took with them a regimental cable ship. They met in the channel opposite khaki-coloured kiten.-Daily Paper.
the Point. After half an hour's talk between the commanders, the gunboat steaned back and the other steained to the open seas. H. M. S.. Magicienne has been in and out of the barbour several times lately without attracting attention, but she arrived on Thursday afternoon and boomed the usual saluto to the port, hoisting the Portuguese fing. The salute was returned from the port. Why this new honour now?
There are troopships out at Cape Town,
There are troopships on the sea, There's an Amy Corps a-landin',
Just as fit as fit can be
They are brave and noble fellows.
But the one to show the way,
Is the khaki-koloured kitten.
Of the R.F.A.
For within her velvet paws, She has bayonets for claws, And her swearing will demoralise the foe :
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Yes, the Boers will quickly park up When she gets her dittle back up, And the khaki-koloured Ritten's on the go. You may talk of Redvers Buller,
He's a gallant man and true,
And he'll give the Boer-commander
Just as much as he can do.
But you will not see the finish
Till of Joubert tries to play
With the khaki-koloured kitten
Of the R.F.A.
Chorus-For within her velvet paws, &c.
She's a darlin' and a daisy,
And she knows what she's about. She will soon reduce the burghers To a state of hopeless rout. They will fly white flags in earnest,
And for mercy they will pray, From the khaki-koloured kitten
Of the R.F.A.
Chorus.--For within her velvet paws, &c.
-S. F. Press.
THE RIGHT OF SEARCH,
(Saturday Review.)
The Government has recently intimated to
As this account of the camp.deals wholly with the past there can be no harm in sending it to those at home, who are more interested in the subject than the enemy, who have unques- tionably followed every step in the develop- ment of this post by means of their friends in the neighbourhood. Within the last few days the situation has slightly improved. General Sir Redvers Butler's arrival at Capetown was followed by the abandonment of Colesborg and Naauwpoort, two of the many villages in which small forces had been kept it the mercy of the Boers. The concentration of these troops nt this point immediately succeeded their aban- Jooment, and
WE CAINED A BATTERY
·and a half (nine guns of the latest pattern) and 400 men of the Berkshire Regiment. Major. General Wood, of the Engineers, arrived about the same time, and instantly the commanding hills to the west and closely overlooking the camp bristled with men digging entrenchments and erecting defences for rifle fire and guns. These changes have distinctly improved die feeling of the brave Fellows who are entrusted with the care and accumulation of the stores for the many regiments which are to coane, and which are to advance from here for the prompt settle. ment of this war. We are now 2,000 strong in combatant force, and have something like a dozen guns, with the hills fortified and manned by day and night. We have redoubts of earth, of forage, and of biscuit boxes, as well as many tren ches on the level ground between the hills. We can sleep with the consciousness that we are able to make a stiff opposition to the enemy, though we still need mounted infantry. If we had such a force and 3,000 more fighting men, we might have the sweeter assurance of not being compelled to suffer very great slaughter or submit to the necessity of surrendering these stores, which would prolong the war against us for weeks were they to fall into the enemy's hands. But we are thankful for many things, among them being the knowledge that the precarious past is passed, that the Boers have inissed their best chance, and that we shall give a good account ourselves when those who are now hovering near as shat call us into battle.
We have had another change here sim- ultaneously with the improvement of our défences we have been put
UNDER MARTIAL LAW. What this form of government entails may not be understood at home, therefore I have made
NOTANDA.
CALENDAR,
JANUARY. Mateorological means based on fifteen yeard observations to 1598,
.30.159
Barometer Thermometer Humidity..... Rainfall
TO-DAV,
WEATHER
Barometer.... Temperature Humidity Rainfall...
The N. Y. K's steamer, Hiroshima Maru ↑. Dr. A. Gomi, Mr. R. G. McKerrow, Mrs. Wat- (Homabay Line) left. Burday, vii ports, for this son, and Miss Hughes, For St. Louis-Mri port on the 26th inst., and is expected to arrive | L. W. Burkett. here on the 12th February.
STEAMERS EXPECTED.
HONGKONG AND WHAMPGA DOCK RETURNS, Isla de Cuba.................................... at Kowloon Isla de Luzon
Dock.
Names.
From.
but..
LE
H.I.G.M.S. Hertha..... 11
11
*
59.7
U.S.S. Monadnoch
D
*
.74
U.S.S. Iris
T
..1.545
U.S.S. Baltimore
ir
Laos... Chusan.
H.M.S. Tweed........
17
*
Braemar
Kiangtung
10
Radnorshire
REPORT:
On Jate at 103.01.
On Jeto at
4 pan.
Hailan Trafalgar....
Porn Tatenta....
TO-DAY.
заз
30.19
57
58
--71
D. Juan d'Austria „.
Cosmopolitan
Meumuir
11
Daphne
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Saturday, 27th January, 1900. Chinese-27th of 12th moon of 25th year of
Kruang-si Sun-Rites
bhe, 43min. shr. 43min.
shr. 17min.
Sels Moon--Mar, Dec, S, 6hr, fan, “ No Interior high nor low-water, High water-dforning
Afternoon Low water-forning.......... okr. gồmín.
Afternoon
ANNIVERSARIES.
1847-The Corn and Navigation Laws sus
pended. 1859-William 1). (German Emperor) born. 1875-Establishment of Amoy Chamber of
Commerce 1883-British steamer Carisbreakr burned and
scuttled in Hongkong harbour,
TO-MORROW,
Sunday, 28th January, 1900. Chinese 38th of rath moon of asth year of
Kwang-s Sun--Aises
Sel
High water-Morning A..
Afternoon ..... Low water-Morning ....
okr. 43min. Shr. amin, Str. Smin.
bhr, zómin. Thr. 30min. Afternoon ......ihr. omin. 'ANNIVERSARIES.
1723--Peter the Great died. 1846-Battle of Aliwal Sikh loss 6,000. 1864-Piratical attack on the Danish brig
Chile, near Hongkong. 1871-Surrender of Paris after a siege of 131
days. 1875-The 74th Highlanders arrived in Hong-
kong to relieve the 28th Regiment.
AGENDA.
TO-DAY.
:
8.45 p.m.Meeting of members of Institute of Engineers and Ship-Builders of Hongkong to hear report and state- ment of accounts, at their rooms.
a copy of the regulations now posted up at the 9 p.m.-Concent in aid of the "Missus and station and the postpffice:
1. Martial law has been proclaimed in De Aar. The following camp regulations will come into iminediate operation:
2. No person is allowed to remain in or to quit De Aar without a permit signed by the
providing a haven for, and assisting, British magistrate, and countersigned by the camp
It is fair for Great Britain to prevent her enemy from getting ammunition and provision, but it is not right that this should be done to the detriment of a friendly Power (says the Delagoa Bay paper). It is unjust, when that Power is subjects who have left the Transvaal. Some of our local merchants have had a harvest in supe plying produce and provisions to the Transvaal. Deligon Bay residents have made themselves conspicuous with the landing of amunitions of war for Pretoria, ind are still anxious to serve the Transvaal on every opportunity. As there was a danger of this port becoming a depot for foodstuffs.for Boer armies, we could not express astonishment at the British having their war- ships about these waters. But to blockade, the port so as to interfere with the existence of the people in the town is another side of the ques tion. It is easy to arrange with this Govern. ment that no supplies for the Transvaal skall be sent on. Prices of meat, groceries, and bread are on the upward grade. The officials are desirous of acting in concert with Great Britain's representatives in everything that is fair, but they do not want their own people deprived of the necessaries of life. The war has seriously affected business in Lourenzo Marques.
י
THROUGH YANKEE GLASSES.
COUSIN SEZS IT.
DE AAR, November 6th.
foreign nations that a state of war exists be- THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR AS AN AMERICAN tween ourselves and the Borc republics. That it was wise so to recognise them cannot be be doubled. While there is now no necessity for belligerents formally to notify to each other that
state of war exists, it has long been the cus tom to notify the fact to neutrals. Primarily it is a matter of international courtesy, and it is 23 obligatory as such an act can be. As a necessary consequence of this intimation the
In a previous letter I described briefly the extreme youth of this most important point in the military progranune of the war and its amazing growth. I showed that what was desert ground, harboring a few sheep, less than five weeks ago, is now the seat of live camps surrounding half a million of pounds'
commandant.
3. The permits for railway officials (this is a railway centre) will be signed and issued by the heads of the traffic, locomotive and engineer ing departments; postal officials by the bead of that department.
4. Any person found selling intoxicating liquor to a soldier or to 2, native or coloured person will be immediately apprehended and The whole of his goods seized.
5. The sale of intoxicating liquor to others can only take place between the hours of 11 am, and 6 pan. This includes the sale of liquor to persons staying in any hotel or boarding
house in De Ant.
Kids Fund at Victoria Recreation Club.
TO-MORROW.
CHURCH SERVICES.
St. John's Cathedral-Communion, 7 a.m., Roman Catholic Cathedral Mass at 6an. Matias, tam, Evensong, 545 p.m.
7 a.m., 8 am, and 9.30 am. Benediction,
5 p.1.
Union Church:-Services, 11 a.m. and 6 p.. German Bethesda Chapel, West Point:
Morning Service, it alm
St. Francis Church, Wanchai-Mass (Chin.), 6 am., (Port), 7.30 am. Benediction,
5.p.m.
St. Joseph's Church, Garden Road-Morning
Service (English), 9 a.m. ·
St. Anthony's Chapel, West Point:-Mass,
8 a.m.
Wesleyan Methodist Church:-Services, to 30
a.m. and 5.45 p.m.
6. Every person keeping house or a boarding-St. house, or any one receiving into his private N. house any person to stay for one night or more, is required to obtain the permission of the camp commandant before doing so.
7 No person other than railway and postal officials will be allowed, without a special pass, out of their houses after half-past 9 pm.
8. Any person infringing these regulations will be dealt with by martial law.
This; roclamation is ordered by the major- general commanding, so that this very necess ary change tending to exclude Boer sympathis-
ers from the camp also dates from the arrival of General Buller and the instalimeni here of Major General Wood.
JULIAN RALPH in Victoria Times.
Peter's Seamen's Church:- a.m. and
6.30 p.m. P. l. A. steamer Wittenberg leaves for
Havre and Hamburg.
MONDAY, 29th.
3 p.m.-I. C. S. N. steamer Yuensang leaves
for Manila.
3. 3.15 and 3.30 p.m.-Auction sales of Crown
lands at P.W.D. Offices. 4.30 p.m. Football H.K.F.C.
Centurion.
5.15 pin-Lecture in City Hall. 8.30
H.M.S.
for y p.r.- Regular inceting of the Eothen
Mark Lodge. Shell Line steamer Cowrie leaves for Rotter-
dam and London.
H.K.V.C. ORDERS.
4 p.m.--Gun Drill at Head-quarters.
TUESDAY, 30th.
S.S. Tacoma leaves fur Victoria B.C. ̧ ̧.
II.K.V.C. ORDERS;
right of search belongs to us-a fict which is of th of stores. The letter was finished three (unities in Japan are taken from the Canadian 5.30 p.in.--Signalling at Head-quarters.
especial importance just now. The ocean be. longs to all mankind and can be used by all. Consequently mercantile ships, when out of the territorial limits of particular States, are subject to the jurisdiction of their own. For a foreign man-of-way, therefore, to invade such a ship in peace time is a irespass. Thus the right to do so on the high sens-whatever the ship, destination or cargo may be is clearly an exception to the general right of independence and property which a State possesses.
The right of search is an incident of war; and, as such, cannot of course be exercised but by the lowfully commissioned cruisers of a bell gerent. It does not extend to men-of-war, and it is matter of controversy whether it extend to the cases of mercantile vessels convoyed by their country's warships. To use force is a necessary complement of this right of certain limits; and although it is andoubtedly the duty of a neutral ship
to submit the helligerent must, exercise his rights in a lawful manner, and must confine himself to such acts as are necessary for accom plishing his purpose. Hence the ship cannot be improperly detained,, and the seatch can only be directed towards finding out what the ship is carrying. But in order to search, it may also be necessary to pursue a ship; in which case the intimation to stop is usually conveyed by the firing of a gun-called by us the affirm ing gun and by the French the semorce, Still to fire a gun is not obligatory. Any other intelligible signal will do, but it must be clear, In fact it must actually communicate the state of affairs to the neutral ship, or the belligerent will be responsible for any damage which may
ensue
THE BUEZ CANAL.
the Times :
Mr Hermana Vezin writes to the Editor of Your Special Correspondent, dating from Port Said November 17, says Just 40 years ago, in 1859, the first spadeful of sand was dug by M. de Lesseps at Pont Said us the formal com meucement of the Suez Canal
days ago, but since then three more camps have been added, and Her Majesty's property here is now worth about a million of pounds This gives the reader some idea of how what we call the "advanced base" of the greatest army England has ever had in the field is growing. How it will spread, how it will look, what will be its insurable value, inside of three weeks, when tens of thousands of troops are here, the mind hesitates. to picture, even to itself.
A week ago I used to hear casual remarks by officers to the effect that artillery were needed here, and that perfect protection required mounted infantry. Such comments were so often made that when the value of the stores was estimated at half a million of pounds, I took the trouble to inquire exactly what protection the camp enjoyed. I found that of regular troops there were none but the 2nd Battalion (Col. Barter's) King's Own Yorkshire Light In fantry, numbering about too men.
THERE WERE TWO GUNS --one a muzzle-loader and one a Hotchkiss which were intended for Kimberley, but were stopped here: because Kimberley was cut oft from communication, To be sure there were the men of the Army Service Corps and of the. Royal Engineer's, 125 mofe combatants, or less than 1,000 fighting men, with two guns. In other words, until four days ago, 1,000 men here were under sentence of death or ignominious
chosen to deliver judgment.
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TRADE OPENINGS IN JAPAN.
The following notes regarding trade oppor- Manufacturer: With the rapid introduction of all classes of general machinery, there is a very large demand for leather and rubber belting, which demand is likely to increase year by year as factories are established. There are no gulia-percha or rubber goods manufactured in the country. Steam boilers are being imported considerable quantities from England, and the demand will continue, as there is a strong desire on the part of the japanese to establish manufactories of various kinds throughout the country. The demand is especially for multitubular boilers. There are great possibili- ties for the sale of electrical apparatus, as there is sure to be a great development in the near future. There is only one electric road in Japan, at Kyoto. The use of dynamos, motors, and other classes of electrical machinery will roads in the leading trade coures ne project. There is a capital opening for lathes, drilling machines, steam hammers, planers, punches, tapping machines, and all such lines. The sale of these will be extensive during the next few years. To insure success such lines require to be handled by a specialist.
4-5.30 p.m.--Revolve Fractice at the Revolver
Range, 4-30 pm-Range Finding Class. 5-6` pun.- Band___ Practice for
Druminers. 6-7 p.m.--Band Practice.
WEDNESDAY, —3 £51.—~
Chinese New Year.
unenrolled
10 am-3pm. Volunteer firing from North
Point Battery.
4.30
5.30
pin.Foo:bali H.K.F.C. (A) v. H.M.S's
Fame and Whiting.
ILK.Y.C. ORDERS. p.m.-Trumpeter's Class at Ilead-quarters. To a.m.-Parade at Head-quarters, and Com-
mandant's Parade.
THURSDAY, JSL
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Lysemoon
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FASSED THE CANAL. Outward Joth
December Asturia, Benvenue, St. ftrome, Indus, Dart, Lootakkes, Lynrowan lysupd. 2nd January-Ceylon, Braemar, Emma Laykin, Oldenburg, Satuki Maru, St. Andreios, 5th January -- Lads, Nestor, Teenkai, Erzherzog, Ferdinana, Denbighshire, Ormazan, 9th January--Glen- turret, Tuskur, 12th January--Zzion, Calchus, Sudo Maru 16th January-Bayern, Ido- meneus, Hakatamaru, Nurnberg, 19th January --Eidsvald, Candia, Dopack, Fring Heinrich, Sydney, zindantico. 23rd January – Orestes.
Homeward-12th Jan.--Andalusia, Savoia, 16th January-Yarra, Survia, 19th January --Japan, Konigsberg 23rd January-Az muri, dfclpomene, Elizabeth Rickers.
Shipping
Arrivals. CEYLON, British steamer, 2037, C. L. Daniel, 26th Jan, London 13th Dec, and Singa- porc 21st Jan., General--P. & O. S. N. Co.
Asturia Teenkai
Saigon............To-morrow Singapore jan. 30th
Singaporean. 30th Singapore ......an. 35th
Singapore Jan. 30th
Singapore ......an. 31st
Kagoshima Maru. Moji.....an. 31st Gaelic
Japan. Feb 3rd City of London...Japan..........Feb. 4th Sikh
.......Japan............Feb. 10th Hongkong Maru... San Francisco... Feb. 13th Algoa
....San Francisco... Feb. zoth
We would direct the attention of shipping firms to the styla in which "Steamers Expected" and "Projected Sallings". are now published in these columns, and tn 10 doing respecte fully urge the managers of shipping firms to give orders to their clerks to furnish this slice, an the Tersti afrondy suje plied gratis with the fatest available Information every day,
PROJECTED SAILINGS.
Ship
Destination.
Dale.
Portland, &c. ...... Feb; 5th Abergeldie Africi.....
New York.....Qk. desp. Algoa...........
San Francisco, &c Mar. 1st America Maru... San Francisco, &c April 14th Arratoon Apcar.. Singapore, &c......Jan, goth Asturia
New York Babelsberg
Havre, &c. Bayern
Mar. 15th
......Feb. 15th
Pitraits, &c.
Mar. zib
Belgian King San Diego, &c. Carmarthenshire. San Diego, &c.
Feb. 21st
Feb. 1oth
Jan. 28th
Ceylon ........... Shanghai, &c. Changsha ...... China City of Rin
Clyde
Doric.
BUE, French steamer, 704, P. Merlees, 26th | Coptic Jai-Haiphong and Hoihow, 25tli Jan., | Coivrie Rice.-A. R. Marty. YUEHSANG, British steamer, 1,128, P. H. Rolfe, R.N.R., 17th Jan.,—Manila 24th January, General-Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Emp. China Emp. India Emp, Japan Gaelic Glenogle
WARREN, American Transport, 2,925, Hart,
27th Jan.-Manila 24th January. LIENSHING, British steamer, 1,145, F. A. | Hailong
Pinkes, 27th Jan.-Cantan 26th, Jan, General.—Jardine, Matheson & Co. HERMES, Norwegian steamer, 849, J. C. Jensen,
27th Jan-Hongay 24th Jan., Coals. Jardine, Matheson & Co.
CALÉDONIEN, French steamer, 2,089, Boulard, 27th Jan, Shanghai 24th Jan, Mails and General--Messageries Maritimes. CHINA, German steamer, 1,275, E. Schipper,
37th Jan., Saigon 22nd Jan, Rice.— | Siemssen & Co. MUKDEN, Russian steamer, 889, John Ellis, 27th Jan,Ghefoo and Port Arthur 23rd Jan., General,-Siemssen & Co. Kwands, British steamer, 1,240, A. Harris,
17th Jan.,--Canton 27th Jan, General. Butterfield & Swire.
Clearances at the Harbour Ofios.
Lienshing, British str., for Swatow. Awangel, British str., for Shanghai. Avistein, German str., for Saigon. Ainshia Moru, Japanese str., for Shanghai. Sarpedon, British str., for, Shanghai, Eastern, British str., for Port Darwin. Kong Beng, British str., for Saigon. Kai Lum, British steam-launch, for Macar,
ue, French str. for Haiphong „American Mary, Japanese sin, for Shanghai.
Saikong, British str., for Samsui. Wittenberg, German str., for Singapore. Hailong, British str., for Swatow Kiangtung, Chinese steam-launch, for Canton, Decima, German str., for Saigon. Chelydra, British str., for Singapore.
wangping, Chinese sit., for Shanghai. Pak Kong, British str., for Caston.
Departares.
Jan. 27, Bombay, British str., for Singapore, Jan. 27, Nanchang, British str., for Manila. Jan 27, Puoling, British str., for Moji. Jan. 27, Kashing, British str., for Moji, Jan. 27, America Aforu, japanese str., for San
Francisco.
Jan. 27) Chelydra, British str., for Calcutta. Jan. 27, Tientsin, British str., for Saigon. Jan. 27, Kangping, Chinese ser., for Canton. Jan. 27, Eastern, British str., for Australian
Ports,
Jan. 27, Kinshiu faru, Japanese str, for
Seattle, (U.S.A.)
Passengers-Arrived. Per-Warren, from Manila -General Wheeler and 7 others.
Peruensang, from Manila-Messrs. Ellan, Glissuan, Hennerberger, Burdon, Sibbey, Johnson Wright, and 27 Chinese.
Per Ceylon, from London for Hongkong- Mr. D. M. Graham, and Mr. and Mrs. Norion Kyshe. For Shanghai-Mr/F. J. Popplestone. For Yokohama Messrs. A. J. Melbuish, K. |–Dodds-and-E-V.-Petitt.--From-Singapore for
Hongkong-Mr. F. Green.
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Kobe
Feb. 5th San Francisco, &c Mar. 3rd San Francisco, &c. Mar. 27th' Shanghai Feb. 3rd San Francisco, &c. April 5th London..........Jan. 29th San Francisco, &c Man toth Vancouver, &c......April 4th
Feb. 14th Mar. 14th
San Francisco, &c Feb. 13th Victoria, B.C......Feb. roth Swalow, &c.
Jan, 28th | Hakuai Maru
Amoy, &c...
Feb. Ist Hamburg. Straits, &c. May 16th.
Marseilles, &c...... Feb. 9th Hitachi Maru... Holsatia .........Havre, &c. .................... Feb. 8th Hongkong Marc San Francisco, &cfFeb. 22nd ¦ Kagoshima Maru Bombay, &c... Feb. and
König Albert Lady Joicey Menelaus...... Nippon Maru Oldenburg
Preussen
Straits, &c.
.......April 4th San Diego, &c. ...Mar. 31st
[Feb. 6th
London...
San Francisco, &c. Mar. 20th Straits, &c.
Straits, &c.
|| Pririz Hainrich.....[Straits, &c. Pyrrhus...... Liverpool Queen Eleanor..New York.. Radnorshire
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Roselta Sachsen ..... Sarpedon Stentor
Stuttgart.
Sungkiang
Tacoma.
.....Feb. sist .....May 2nd
....... May 30th
Feb. Jath Feb. 9th Feb. th
Feb. 3rd
Shanghai
Japan
Straits, &c.
Feb. 7th
London.
Mar. 6th
London.
Feb. zoth
Straits, &c.
Mar. 21st
Manila
Feb. 5th
Victoria, H.C......fan. 30th.
Tamsui Maru...Swatow, &c... Feb. 4th
Thyra.... Tsinan
Valetia
Weimar...... Westphalia Wittenberg Yuensang
¡San Diego, &c. ...Mar. 6th
Port Darwin, &c... Feb. 15th
Europe, &c.. Feb. 3rd Straits, &c.
....... April 18th ¡Havre, &c. Havre, &c. Manila
Feb. 27th
Jan. 28th
fan. 29th
STAND BACK AND THEN LOOK.
"Makan," said a wise old physician to a woman' who had brought a feeble, anmmic, and poorly do veloped daughter to him for examination. “Madam, the treatment of this girl should have been begui two hundred years ago."
“Sir,” she exelnimed, "I don't understand what you mean."
Probably not, mainan," replied this student of men and of medicine, “and you wouldn't even should I fry to explain it,”
Why.
How do you beat acea pictare on the wall! by standing back and looking through your hollowed. Mrs. Coomber letter, and afterwards get a little of fist or through a tube, Well then, let us first read.
wist painters enil perspective on it and see if we can understand the lesson it toelice.
In the spring of last year, 1895," she sdyn,' I Jund an attack of pleurisy," which left me low and weak. Subsequently I could not get up my strength, d what I would. My appatito was poor, and after eating I had severo palus about ray chest, at my side, and beteren my shoulders, I had sausentar pafus in
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got my arms and shoulders-in fact all over me. Bide.or no sleep, anil felt quite worn out la the maning.
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As time went on I get weaker and weaker and was scarcely able to get abent. I came to be so low that I thought I never should be better again. 1. a doctor and took medicines, but nothing did me any.
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"I now gained strength, and after taking four Letler was na woll as ever and free from all pain, acular or otherwise, I know others who have been benefited in the same medicine. You can publiski this statement as you like. (Signed) Charlotte Wet Bnethwick,
Combre, 177, Olibary Rdid, centres are
FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
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Birmingham, Detoler 8th,
In December (1895) my sister, who live at Per Caledonien, for Hongkong from Shangxfoul, talt ma of the benefit she had derived from hai Mr. and Mrs. Morfield, Messrs. King Mother Soige's Syrup. I got a bottle fmm-Mr. Chiper, chemirt, Oldbury Ruad, and after taking it Sley, Ching, Mr. and Mrs. Rusel, Messrs. W. R. Harris, Kistermacher, Stewach, Misses found great relief. I could ent well, and food agreed- Robbins (3), Euason (10), and Chinese. From with mr. Yokohama via Woosung-Miss Roth, Messrs. Picrfer, Cones, and child, and Guan Yin Tong. From Kobe vin Woosung-Mr. G. H..da Costa, and Miss S. Suzuki. For Saigon from Shanghai-Mr. E. Suzuki. From Woosung.→ Mr. J. B. Elchary. From Yokohama Miss Karrasaki. From Nagasaki-Mr. G. Wenderse.
That is er letter plain, truthing, and well- For Singapore from Shanghai-Mrs. Coustom
written letter. But what do we see beblad the simple and child. From Kobe Mr. Oyama. Front facts as she sets them down? Is there anything Macao-Nagasaki-Mr-Watunaka From Shanghai-nggeted by that attack of party she speaks off for Port Said--ira. Mesha (2). For Marseilles Was that the beginning 7 No. Pirring in the name Prince Ye Min, Messrs. Saltarel, Debru, Kind-given to an inflammation of the spaces or cavities in blad, Sheaver, and 3 Chinese. From Yokohama which the lungs rest. When the inflammation at Mr. and Mrs. C. Aiki, Messrs. Takahashi, tacks the lungs themselves we call it pneumonia Nakagawa Y. Kakamura, C. Ohorte, T. the lamelial tubes, bronchitis; and t
are the same thing, from the same canse-namely, Tawada, Tanaka, T. Matsui, Takemara, T. Hitoki, and Mrs. Kolso. From Kobe-Messrs, future blood. When the blood is thus pollated, the Amallest provocation-a light cold-may, set up any fisaburo Takit, T. Yamada, H. Tanaka, H. Ta.
of the above allments. Theamatism (which Mrs, Coombes lux) belongs to the same group or family Shanghai-Messrs. Condrevaly, 5morygson,
mainelen. and Mrs. Angelmi. From Kobe Mr. and Mrs. Delbourgo, and Mr. Murakami. From Nagasaki-Mr. and Mrs. Besch.
Per Afukden, from Chefoo, &c.- Europeans,
steamer Queen Aleanor leaves for New Cargo ex Oldenburg subject to rent.
p.m.-67th Ordinary half-yearly meeting of
the Hongkong, Canton and Steamboat Co. Ltd., at. 18, Bank Buildings. p.m.--Base Ball-By American Naval, Officers, in aid of the South African Fund, Happy Valley,
H.K.V.C. ORDERS. 4.30 p.m.-Range Finding Class. 5.30 p.m.-'F' 'B' Company Drill at Head-
quarters.
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surrender whenever the Boers should have King exported to Shanghai, 22,000 tons of coal, 5.30 p.m. 'A'B'C' Company Drill at East kahama and Taginuti. For Port Said fram
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bottom. Fancy the letter made by hills and Fancy a capital split at the top and the space between a wide, long, level tract of sage-brush and sand, with the Cape lying at the further end of hundreds of miles of desert. Fancy the Orange River sixty miles away with 2,500 men holding the bridge over it, and a battalion of 1,000 men spilt up into five bodies of troops isolated at as many points-all, except the force at the Orange River, inviting certain destruction Remember, too, that not only the Boers of the Free State and the Transvaal were to be feared, for we are in an oneiny's country, to all intents and purposes. This is the Cape Colony of Great Britain, but it is in the spirit- of the majority of its inhabitanti, not to be
I may interest him and your readers to know that aver 200 years ago, a young Englishman called T. Marlowe, wrote: before he had reached the mature age of 95, a tragedy called Tamburance the Great, in the second party yank Heaven, to any other of which will be found, Act. V., Sec. 11 thead lines
And hore, not far from Alexandria, Where the Terrene and the Red Sea meet, Being distant less than full a hundred leagues, I meant to cut a channel to them both, That men might quickly sail to India?
HER MAJESTY'S COLONIES. Were the hills around De Aar held by our troops and fortified?. The farthest ones to the -eastward--were, ... The nearer ones, dominated by a magnificent elevation from which shot could have been fired into this camp from me- diacial guns of wood, were left to whosoever should choose to take and fortify them.-This,
Point
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUE.
The report of the French Consul-General for France at Shanghai, states that, in 1899, Tong about the quantity produced by the Australian tory to note that Tong King coal has begun to coalfields. The report adds that it is satisfac-5.30 p.m. D'1' Company Drill
6 p.m.-'E' Engineer Company Drill at Head- find an outlet at Shanghai. The Kebao mine
quarters, alone has produced an amount equal to the total importation of the colony. Its quality is stated to be appreciated by manufacturers, and, above all, for firing. The coal of agpay is becoming exhausted, it appears, and is conse quently in less demand, and will compete in the market with that of Kebao with some diffi culty. However, the briquettes made from "Japanese dust," with Honghai," have given very fair results in those industries where they have been tried. If more regular and more frequent means of transport connected French Indo-China with Shanghai, Tong-King_coal. ́would take a still inore advantageous postion in trade...
· French (Laos) to-morrow. English (Chusan) joth inst. American (Garlic) 3rd prox. 'American (Hongkong Maru) 13th prox. American (Algoa) zath.prox.
The steamer St. Jerome from Japan and China arrived at New York on the 26th instant.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s R.M.S. Empress of China: lest Yokohama yesterday (Friday) afternoon for Victoria and Vancouver. The N. Y. K's steamer 'Idsumi: Manu (American Line) left Kobe, via Moji, for this: port on the 26th inst, and is expected to arrive Where on the 1st prox
·SHIPPING REPORTS.
Captain P. H. Rolfe, of the steamship Ivan sang, from Manila, reports Strong N.E. mon soon, high sea, cloudy throughout,
and 16 Chinese.
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Doparted.
Per Esmeralda, for Manila-Miss A. Camer,
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But they
But how cones that impurity or corruption of the blood in which these things stise? I'll tell you, fa the hope that you will remember it. Instigestion, differs the bile acids in the blood, instead fermentation of fovel in the stones, torni liver, which
of removing them, poissants, dirt and Bith from the the table comes from. No we nee that in cases of stomach getting into the circulation-ind's where
*Bikin there is always what the doctor call a
Dr. and Mrs. Oltolz, and son, Messrs. Conlez, leur dyspepsia, Although this lady had keen
F. H. Smith, IL. W. New Hall, Jacob Weid. mann and G. Scelez.
history dyptic symptoms after the pleurisy, B. preticus imperfection of her digestion whether she realised it or not-laid the foundation for the pleurity, rheumatism, aud all that followed;
Now that is what we see as we stand back and
Per Chelydra, for Singapore-Mr. Windsor. Per Eastern, for Sydney-Mrs. A. W. Best, Messrs. W. T. Mitchell and R. F. Colborne.
Per Americo Maru, for Shanghai-Messrs.. Douglas Jones, Y. Hayakawa, K.Oth, and look. And this is the patient use you are to make Japanese. For Nagasaki-Mr. M. J. Marsh, of the knowledge: Take care of the condition of your For Kobe-Messrs, K. Ito, Tomone, A. Fomach, and the first day you fool anything wrong Gardiner, and Mr. and Mrs. Hatahu. For with it, resort to Muther beigel's syrup without wait
ing to find out whether you are going to be word on Yokohama Messrs. F. de Villahermosa, E
When your house takes fra, you don't wait ↑ Ralpho, and 1 Japanese For San Francisco see how bad it is likely to bet you top it immediat Messrs. Jas. Craw, Richard Pitrot and F. ly. Do ng with indigestion Greene. For New York Messrs. Graffin The old doctor was right in what he mid lip the Cash, J. H. Mahoney, Rev. and Mrs. S. A woman atout her daughter. The girl couldn't Salp Pertine, Miss Linden Perrine; and Dr.. D. H. the neglect of her ancestors, but we can do you thing Morgan For London-Count Rossi Maritint, towards taking care of operat
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