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YOKOHAMA HARBOUR.

The head of the Yokohama Customs denies that Yokohama harbour is a small port. The part within the breakwater has an area, he says, of 1,570,000 tsubo (1,308 ̃àcies), which is & figure not surpassed by many of the well known harbours in Europe, where accomoda tion is afforded to a mass of shipping greatly larger than that frequenting Yokohama. The real troubles are two, in this official's opinion namely, first, that owing to want of pier faci. litics, ships are obliged to lie at anchor, thus requiring about fifteen times as much space as they would need if fastened in a whart secondly, that considerable portions of the so called harbour are too shallow to serve for shipping purposes, and, at the same time, cant not be used for building. Deepening and re- clamation are the operations most needed so far as the harbour itself is concerned, and no time should be lost in providing additional wharf accommodation. Only 58 ships cau now find space within the breakwater unless there is inconvenient crowding, whereas three times 58 could easily find space if the suggested im provements were effected.--- Jajan Mail.

A NEW PROPAGATOR OF PEST.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1900.

THE SUPREMACY OF MODERN

́ MAGAZINE RIFLES,

and precipitous mountains of South Africa.

THE END OF THE WORLD AGAIN.-

WASHING NATURE'S FACE.

THE ROMANCE OF DUBLIN CASTLE.

Round the Viceregal Lodge, where the Queen stayed during her recent visit to Dublin there cling none of the associations of joviality that belong to Dublin Castle. But gay doings were never a feature of her Majesty's Court, and the neighborhood of the Castle will not create any Dublin Castle, however, has memories that are change in the quiet Victorian order of things.

far indeed from sedute.

that prevailed at the Viceroy's Court during The wild excesses and general saturnalia

ef St. James entirely in the background, and the last century put the contemporary Court the pranks of trish court beauties--amongst others Lady Clare, Lady Cabir, and Lady Denny-kept the Dublin carricaturists busy. The ladies rivalries, battles in the theatre, and mad doings at court amused every gossip in the city, and culmination of the riotous proceedings at the Castle came with a new game introdared by a well-known beauty, and called Cutchacutchoo."

ing the operations of the South African war When the military, attaches who are follow-

return from the scene of hostilities, they will

About the time of the commencement of the bring with them a mass of information which present war in South Africa people were more in its intrinsic value in the profound effect which

or less expecting an end to the world by it will have upon the future military operations, fire, according to a prophecy. The prophet will be without a parallel. Not even the great proved a false one, and the world and the war battles of the Franco-German war, or the still go on. The foreteller of the fated fire was heroic defence of Playna against the battalions being threatened, with a deluge by the geota an astronomer; but now this earth of ours is of Russia, taught so many lessons as have been spelled out in that great school of instructionists. This is what one authority says The upon the broad veldt and amid the kopjes Pair has reached the point which immediate

development of the great glacier at the South

integration of these millions of cubic miles precedes its sudden breaking up into

At any day or hour the abup of ice may let loose all the accumulated waters whole--and start them: northwards on their of the Southern Hemisphere-four-fifths of the dreadful mission of destruction. The glaciers of Kireenland and other northern lands will at once become terribly potent to attmet these loosened and floating berge and waters, and they will came pouring across the equator & wall a mile high, bearing on their crests the gigantic fragments of the ice cap, which will be hurled against all the low-lying lands of Europe, Asia, and Youth America, burying the hundreds of faibons deep." There may be, of course, some flaw in disdaining to join, all happing about in the the theory of these savants, and perhaps one of the three exploring parties at present on the sitting attitude required by the game. Loud way to the Antarctic regions may discover it.ughter followed the overthrow of any high

born dame when she came tregontact with a Let us hope so. The great deluge mended in the Book of Genesis is supposed by the learned hair were disordered and torn, paint and powder heavier rival, and fan grew furious, dresses and to have had the same grigin, only at that time it was the accumulation of water and ice from the rubbed off, and the whole scene became a North Pole that went sweeping over the globe;

positive pandemonium so that it seems the two poles-in a see- saw way--amuse themselves by alternately and thoroughly washing the face of Nature, No wonder that she is so beautiful! Threa long, and with plague, excessive heat, the in- tened worlds, like threatened men, may live scrutable vagaries of the dollar, and other minor troubles of daily life, we really have not time to bother about the destruction of worlds and planets. The scientists do not tell us what

the war are the supreme value of the magazine The important facts established thus far by small-bore rifle, especially when used with the space in defence; the necessity of keeping the artillery throughly up to date in respect to its range and mobility and the increased im portance of cavalry in the strategy and espe- cially in the tactics of modern warfare............. But niost significant of all was the revelation of the terrible power of the modern magazine rifle in the hands of a skilled marksman who has a spade and a bandolier of cartridges ready to hand. Its great range, its accuracy, and the rapidity of fire, and the invisibility result. ing from the use of amokeless powder, enable A novel and most disquieting discovery has been make, or is alleged to have been made, themselves with a murderetis zone of fre an entrenched body of men to surround Tokyu says the Japan Mail, It was recently within which, unless there is ample cover, stated in these columns that in the sequel of it is simple side for flooding of the Castle moals after heavy rain, a

attacking quantity of dead fişlı--juna, kai, Bingyo and

force to enter. This zone, whose outer fringe dujo were found dating on the water,and were miles towards the enemy is so wide that the at- extends in open and level country fully wo engerly collected by the poor people, to whom the origin of such an incident de little lacking force is sprayed with bullets long be

fore it is close enough to see the entrenchments, matter in comparison with the supply of

to say nothing of the troops that man them. food that is brought within reach. The

On the other hand the various ranges over suspicions of the Sanitary authorities being which the attack is advancing are slaked and however, excited, investigations ware intaken, measured, enabling the defence to adjust its with the result that a bacillus closely resem

sights with mathematical precision, the attack bling that of the plague was found in the trading force, during the first mile ar more of its fish. Parts of them were then fed to healthy advance is, to all intents and purposes, fight rats, and the animals quickly sickened and died, the autopsy shuwing the veritable bacillus in their carcass. It is said to have' heen shown by investigations in Germany that crabs are affected by the pust, but this is believed to be the first instance of the disease attacking

fresh-water fish, so far as science knows. The annouвeement has paturally caused much uneasiness in Tokyo, where it is feared that the arrival of the plague must now be regarded as an accomplished fact.

GROWTH OF JAPANESE CITIES.

The Jimain is surprised at the extraordinary growth of sities and towns in the empire during the past twelve years. At present the number of cities possessing a population of over 35,000 exceeds 28. In the order of development Usa ka stands highest, with an increase of 370,000 in the petios above menubned. Next come Tojo with 2000 and Kabe and Nagaya with 176,000 and 9000 respectively. As in other chies the increase has been equally remarkable Balest statistics show that in Kyoto the increase of population in the perint urgler notice has been 80,000; a Yokobama, 20,000; in Nagasaki, 6,000; in Otaru, 50,000; in Hakodate, 30.930 The growth of Hiroshima, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Okayama, Sakai, and Kofu has been from 12,000 to 30,000. Tisto heobserved, however, that tuins in Shikoku have increased only very slightly, and the sante remark applies to localities along the coast. The population of Kanazawa, indeed, is said to have decreased by 15,000, but this is an exceptional case. As a generad rule the development of Japan is taking a south-westerly direction. With regard to the 28 cities containing over 25,00 population, it may be observed that while the gross total of population in 1687 was 3,237,824 it had in ereased in 1898 to 4,533,56, an increment of 36 per cent. The entire population of Japan in 1887 was 34,069,611 and the gure had risen "in" 1898 to 45,194,477, an" inëvease of 15 per cent. A fairly generid movement front the country to the cities and the consequent depudia tion of the agricultural districts, is manifest.

CURIOUS WILL CASE,

ing in the dark,

in

The Mauser rifle, which has found such an

able exponent of its powers in the Boer soldier, is of a later palten than that used in the Spanish-American war. It has a caliber of a little over a quarter of an inch (0.276) and fires a bullet which is 1.18 inches long and weighs 12 grains, with a muzzle velocity of 4,388 feet per second. At 40 feet from the muzzle, the bullet will penetrate 4).feci of deal. It has an extreme range of 23 miles, and its tra- jectory, or curve of flight, is so flat that the space completely swept for infantry is 1,969 fuct, and for cavalry 3,297.

Nevertheless, despite its deadly nature, the magazine rifle is a a merciful weapon, and Paradoxical as it may seem stands second only to the Red Cross as an alleviating agency of of war. For in the first place the wounds in ficted, unless it hits a vital point, are mere pinpricks compared with the effects of the old large rifles, and in the second place the impos. sibility of fighting with any hope of success in the open bas driven the soldier to cover, with the result that desperate as has been the bravery on both sides in this end-of-the-century struggle the percentage of losses has been the lightest in the history of warfare.

THE DUTCH CONSPIRACY.

would be the result if the world was to be burnt

and deluged at the same moment.

WOMEN GAMBLERS.

From time to time, throughout the world, gambling among women has flourished and de clined. Just at this time it flourishes. But if the mania is growing strong in women of to-day, it is, says vival of an old passion, for in every age women Modern Society," Simply the re have been addicted to that form of the which caused the loss of money, happiness, substance, health, and, in many instances, honour. The pages of history tell, over and over again, the story of great women gamblers, France has furnished the greater number of these, but England aus ant been far behind, while America has put fourth many whose fine has become international,

T'here scenus

It is

Sumptuously furnished recesses were fitted at the end of the grand salons, and here, behind curtains, the court ladies prepared for sport. In a moment the floor was covered with a crowd of belies and beaux-dowagers not

AGENDA.

TO-MORROW.

CHURCH SERVICES.

St. John's Cathedral:-Communion, 7 am Matias, 11 am, Evensong, 545 pm. Roman Catholic Cathedral:-Mass at 6,01% 7 4.m., 8 am, and 9.30 am. Benediction, 5 p.in. Union Church: Services, i am and 6 pan. Gorman Bethesda Chapel, Wes: Point:-

Morning Service; traẩm.

5 p.m.

St. Francis' Church, Wanchai:-Mass (Chin,),

6 am, (Port), 7.30 am. Benediction, |

St. Joseph's Church, Garden Road-Morning

Service (English), 9) aan."

St. Anthony's Chapol, West Point's-Mass,

Sa.m.

Wesleyan Methodist Church-Services, 16.30 St. Peter's Seamen's Churck:-11 m. and

a.m. and 55 p.in.

6.30 p.m.

MONDAY, 7th.

4 pm N. Y. K. steamer dzuma Maru leaves

for Victoria C. etc.

C. N. Co's steamer Shangiang leaves for Hnilo.

TUESDAY, 8th

N. L. steamer Konigsberg leaves for Havre and

Hamburg

D. & Co.'s steamer St. Regulus leaves for New

York via Suez Canal

Noon-T. K. K. stemmet Hongkong Mara

leaves for San Francisco, etc. Cargo ex Hamburg subject to rent. 5 pm--Arrival of H.M.S. Terrifile.

WEDNESDAY, 9th,

p.m. Smoking Concert in house of the

Terrible at City Hall. 2.15 pan-Special Meeting of Her Majesty's Justices of the Pence at the Magistracy. p.m.-Review of the crew of the Terrible ou

Many a belle, who subsequently became the rage of London, made her first appearance in society at the Irish Court. The lovely Miss Gunnings, who had a guard of soldiers to keep off the crowd when they walked in 11yde park at The Casile." Not without trouble and at a later date, had had their earlier triumphs

some bumiliation, however, for, like the fine John Gunning, had ruined himself, and, with ald Irish gentleman that he was, their father, out money or credit, it would have gone bard with his beautiful daughters bad not Thomas Sheridan, the manager of the Theatre Royal, Sinck-alley, came to their resque. The rich wardrobes of the theatre were placed at their N. P. S. Co's steamer Quern Adelaide leaves disposal, and thus they were enabled to be presented.

In recalling old days at the Castle, the pic turesque tribute to music on St. Cecilia's Day must not be forgotten. A full state banil was always maintained at the Irish court, with some well-known musician in command, and on $1. Cecilia's, Day all the court repaired to the ten until three o'clock, with subsequent musical cathedral, where the performance lasted from revels at the castle in the evening.

The King's birthday was held in the morning. followed by a ball at night, when Sheridan or

Brooke, or Capt. Jephson, or some other favo rite would have written an ade, 'set' by the. leader of the state band, and played and sung by a large choir and orchestras.

At midnight supper was served, and the spectacle, of the "noble" company bursting into the supper rooth has been described by English eyewitnesses as terrible, with "squal Jing, shrieking, and all sorts of noises." Ladies' dresses were then frors their person in wild villes, and the weaker ones were left more dead than alive.

to be something in the blond of French women that makes them gamblets of a A castle festival of a hundred and seventy high order Madami de Montespan won

years ago was something to be remembered, so much at bassel, her favourite game,

when in the old Beefeaters Hall" 700 people that Louis XIV. was delighted, and bor-

sat in tiers, the topmost row with their heads rowed some of her winnings. But she lost almost touching the ceiling. At eleven o'clock great deal at times, and her play grew so furious the minuets werencer and the Viceroy adjourned that in 1682 Louis abolished the game.

to the "basset" room for an hour's play. recorded of Madame de Montespan that she one night, while the King looked on at the play, risked a sum equal to 40,000 on a single card, and that the King grumbled when no one could be found to cover the bet But Madame also lost, one: New Year's night, 700,000 crowns at heca, and on another night almost £200,000 at the same game.. Madame du Barryans the most famous woman gumbler of the time of Louis XV., but with her it was only a pastime. But that other favourite, Madam-de-Pompa,

cur, went in with the sale object of winning" if she could. is recorded dit her winnings were enormous, anil that in a single night she eased the pockets of the King of 25,000 louis d'ar.

There are still some persons who pretend to believe that there was no great Dutch can spiracy in South Africa against England. To such may be recommended the perusal of the translation of a Dutch pamphlet published in 1882, just after the last Boer War The trans lation is issued by the ferment of Graham stown, Cape of Good Hope. The Dutch writer begins by saying dat proud. Eng land was compelled to give the Boers back their, land after her soldiers had been repeatedly beaten by a handful of Boers, and then goes on to advocate the formation of the Afrikanter Bond. The object of the Bond is be establishment of a South African nationality, and the preparation for the future confederation of all the States and Colonies of South Africa.

The English Govemment." says the pamphlet, Queen Marie Antoinette, according to history, keeps talking of a confederation under the was a gambler who liked to he surrounded by British flag. That will never happen." The Eng-gamblers. Faro was the popular gaine, but the Sir Francis Jeune, in the Probate Division lish "must just have Simon's Bay a naval stakes got to be so great that many a noble man recently had before him the case of Moore and military station the road to India, and had his entire estates wiped away in a single Moore, an action brought by Mr. A. J. give over all the rest of South Africa to the night. Scandal rose high, and the game was Moore, M. P. for Londonderry, in obtain pro- ; Afrikanders. The chief weapon advocated is forbidden. Nevertheless, in a short time it was bale of the will of his sister, Mare Edith Moore, the destruction of British trade by the establish being carried on again, not only in the apart who died on Aug. 26, 1899. The will, whichment of Dutch trading companies, and by ments of the Queen, but at the house of the was dated Aug. 4, 1899, was executed in a

Princess de Lamballe. At first the Queen and peculiar manner. MF Barnard, who was

those who desired to play with her went to the Counsel for the plaintiff, stated that in July of

apartments of Madame de Gremene, whose last year the deceased was struck with paralysis,

house is credited with having been the scene of so that she could only speak a few words. In

the highest continued play of ang in France. order to obtain her wishes as to the disposal of

But matters got so bad before the end caine her property, Mr. Garrett, a solicitor, had print

that noblemen would no longer play with the ed on cards the napes of her properties, and

Queen, and she admitted to her table many ou other cards the naines of her relations. The

common gamblers. Then the scandal broke deceased then picked out the cards on which

in full force, for some were caught cheating, and the names of the relations were written, and

one was even arrested for picking a pocket. indicated by reference to the cards on which the properties were specified which portions she alloited to each relative. She in the same manner appoifited the plaintiff her excutor. Medical evidence was called, which showed that the testatrix was perfectly right in her mind, and knew what she was doing, although she lacked the faculties, as Dr. Edmunds put it, of coining her thoughts into words. The testatrix sorted out the cards in a perfectly methodical manner, going over them several times. His lordship pronounced for the will, saying that the method adopted was ingenious, and, on the whole, satisfactory; but it raised the question whether it did in fact express the wishes of the testattix. He was satisfied that her wishes were fairly ascertained.

THE PROPHECIES OF A FRENCH

LADY.

buying nothing from En lishmen. The next thing advocated is the manufacture of muni- tions of war, in the two Republics especially, and the establishnient of a regiment of artillery with plenty of guns in readiness for another fight with England. Meanwhile, no land must be sold to Englishmen, and the English language, which is only a miscellaneous gibberish, without proper grammer or dic- tionary,"

must he boycotted everywhere. Therefore says the pamphlet, "we must work with all our might against the girls' schools; and the mad un-scriptural, house-corrupting notion that women are to have education in their hands, must be for ever banished out of our land." This was just after the cowardly surrender, which was dignified by the name of magnanimity, Truly the Boers were right when they said, "Now is the time, while the Glad- stone Ministry is in office."-Globe.

HOW GREENER WAS SHOT.

Possibly the most famous woman gambler of English history was Nell Gwynne, the actress who was so great a favourite with Charles 11. In that reign the manners were much the same as they were at the French Court. Nell Gwynne lost £5,000 to her rival, the Duchess of Cleve land, and in one year fost upward of 400,000, which the King paid. There had never been known so much gambling among women as was carried on in that reign. After the Duchess of Mazarin, niece of the Cardinal, had lost |

1,000,000, she died in absolute want.

as

The acknowledgert queen of American women cribed-Ex-Sergeant Major Greener, Boer Texas forty-five years ago, but early went inte. The death of the British deserter is thus des- gamblers was Lonna Paquita, who was born in sympathizer, serving with the Transvaalers, Mexico to rule over outlaws and cowhnys. The was captured by the British and condemned to little Lonna was scarcely twelve years old when death. On being asked if he had anything to she fell in with an old-time gambler, named say, he replied: The British wondered how Qualetor, who taught her every trick known to the Boers contrived to construct trenches so the gambler's art. She made her first appear formidable at Magersfontein. It was because ance in Paso del Norte. She was only a child, aught them-the art of trench-building, and it--and the rough gamblers laughed at lier But A French lady, the widow of an engineer, of was I who directed the fortification of the kopje they soon found they were no match for her, good social connexions, described as of pre- where the Gordons and Black Watch were cut and that even her teacher, Qualetor, was a ten Scutable appearance, not tall, with intelligent up." He said that he died with no qualms of derfoot compared with the child. With the eyes, and of the age of 38 years, is said to have conscience, but with the idea that, accord. passing years Lonna Paquita grew to be. disclosed her prescience of the coming events ing to his fights, he had dane his duty. beautiful woman. Her hair was as black as of Europe to a celebrated French novelist. When Greener's hour came he was com- night, she had eyes that confounded those of Teeming as the year 1870 does with eventuali pelled to dig his own grave and to stand in the gamblers who played with her, and a voice ties, the year 1900 will be more historical still, front of it to be shot. He, dug the hole trus she said. All South Africa will be convulsed and quickly, measuring his own body that it handsome a woman as one would wish to see, rect and silvery as a bell. She was as with war which will wage and gather is inten might fit well. Then, he faccil the firing line but with a heart of ice and nerves of iron. Her sity until there will be a general up-rising of the with eyes open and his hands folded on his small white hands could manipulate the cards people of the Southern portion of the Dark breast. He died unpitied by the watching with a skill that defied the watchfulness of the Continent, and this war will continue until the army, while the band played The Rogue's keenest gambler. There were many whothought year 1901, The victories of the British in South March. When the word was given to fire he it was merely luck that followed her, but the Africa will for a time make them masters of threw out his arms, and the next instant fell luck kept up ton long, aut the gamblers who many cities, but in the end the despoiled Re-backward into the grave, where the earth was knew a few tricks themselves understood that publics will, Phenix-like, rise up again, and quickly thrown in upon him, the band playing it was "art" Still, no one was ever known drive away the intruders. England's fortunes God Save the Queen." Greener deserted from to catch her cheating. Before she was twenty will thenceforward wane and, like the snow be Aldershot in 1894, and for the last six years a Lonna Paquita was in New Mexico leading a fore the sun, Irer people will drop off the face civil warrant, with his description, has been in of the earth.

gang of the worst characters of the south-west. the hands of the constables and police all Her death occured in 1875, and was tragic. Within the year 1900, ton, the oldest of earth's over. Great Britain. Greener was concerned in Some lawless acis had been committed by a Monarch's will pass away and Leo XIII, the the wholesale stealing of waste Jead and spelter body of "greasers," and search was made for Pope of Rome will share the same fate, and his from the halloon works at Aldershot, and fled them. Lonna Paquita was found to be their place will be taken by Cardina! B- The In 1894 to escape arrest. It is now known that leader, and was caught. She only laughed Russians will over-run India The Filipinos he went to America, and after some stay in the when she was taken, and proposed that a game will drive away the Americans, from their mi ng district of California went to Australia territories. There will be a general civil war and thence to the Transvaal in 1897. He was go free or kill herself. This was agreed to, of cards be played to see whether she should in China, and much blood-shed France will employed on the Rand, and on the breaking and one of the party, a gambler known the be engrossed in her xliibition to the exclusion out of the war took service with the Boers and country round, was selected. The woman lost. of everything else, and will suffer thereby in was made an officer of engineers. On being Those who looked on had scarcely time to the opportunities she will let slip that, may. Eptured he was recognized find questioned and understand this when Lonna Paquita drew a accrue to her from the world's turmoil. admitted his identity.

knife from her belt and plungedit to her heart,

But we have changed all that, and Dublin | Castle is as decornus as Buckingham Palace nowadays,

SHIPPING REPORTS.

Capt. Kent, of the steamship Zasang, from. Bangkok, reports:-Light variable winds, and fine weather throughout.

NOTANDA.

CALENDAR.

MA

Meteorological means-based en ten years'

absrvations to 1803.

Barometer Thermometer Humidity Rainfall

WEATHER REPORT.

Barometer... Temperare Humidity Rainfall.

TO-DAY,

Ou date f

10.

29.47

76

*84

29,867 76.2 84.0 15.0

39.84 75

TO-DAY. Saturday, 5th May, 1900. Chinese-7th of prd moon of abth year of

Kwang-si Sun-Rises....

shr. 27utin. Shr. 20min,

Set

High water-forning......... chr, qầmin, Afternoon ..... ohr. 7min. Low water-Morning ... shr, zimin. Afternoon Shr. gmine

ANNIVERSARIES.

1821-Napoleon. Bonaparte died. 1826 Empress Eugenie.born. 1842-British troops evacuated Ningpo. 1861-Borlase raid at Swatow 1871-The Delorts Ugarte, cunhe ship, burnt

Dear Macao.

new Parade Ground.

Cargo es. Bealarig sabyject to rent.

HIBERSPAY, roth,

for Victoria BC. and Tacoma.

C. N. Cols steamer Nanchang leaves for Tien-

- Isin.

9'p.m.

Mr. Henry Dallas Company "The Geisha" at City Hall. Marriage Ceremony of His Imperial Highness

the Crown Prince of Japan.

FRIDAY, 1ith.

2.15 p.m.- Enquiry of the death of the Indian

Soldier. Noon -. S. 5. Co.'s steamer Areataan Apiar

leaves for Singapore, Penang &c.

..

SALURDAY, 19th.

Noon P. & D. stemmer Chrun leaves for

London etc. p.1--Public Auction Sa' of Crown Land at Mr. George Lammert's Auction Rooms (13 Lotsį.

2.30

pin. - Athletic Spons (with Gyinkana varia- tions) in honour of H.M.S. Terrible at Happy Valley,

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.

MAILS DUE. American (Chimi) tomorrow. French (Salasi) 7th inst.

Shipping.

Arrivals.

Izumi Maku, Japanese steamer, 1,999, M. J. Curnow, th Mag-Shanghai. 1st May, General Nippon Yusen Kaisha. NAMYONG, British steamer, 184, Slaker, 4th) Alay-Singapore 27th April, General.- (Tunesc. TRIARTOS, German, steamer, 1,578, R-Desler, 4th May, Saigon 30th April, Rice.- Siemsson & Co. CARMARTHENSHI, British steamer, 1,878, C. 1. Burch, uh May-Kobe and Moji zgth April, General. Butterfield & Swire. HONGKONG, French steamer, 742, Pannier,

5th May,-Haiphong and Hoihow 4th May, Rice and General.-A. R. Marty. TAKSANG, British steamer, 977, Kent, 5th May, BORINN, American flagship, 9,000, C. M. Bangkok 26th April, General-Jardine, Matheson & Co.

Thomas, 5th May, Voltolama 25th April. KAGAN, British steater, 1,198 Laver, 5th May, Canton 5th May, General,-Butter- held & Swire. CH, British steamer, 1,158, Newcomb, 5th May, Cauton sth May, General- Butterfield & Swire,

Clearances at the Harbour Offer. Heikong, Portuguese steam-launch, for Macna. Tatsang, British sin, tor Shanghai. Wang, German Str., for Amoy. Meres, Brush str., for Shanghai, Meedu, British sir, for Bangkok. Lyreneen, German str., for Shanghai. Beuladi, British str, for Amay,

Kent Lrm, British steam-kunch, for MacHEN, Kalgan, British str., for Shanghai. airlic, British sir, fur loji, Tamsii Maru, Japanese str., for Swatow. Diomed, British sq., for Shanghai. long, British tr, for Swatow. Broadai yue, British str., for Shanghai Normannia, Danish, st, for Bangkok. Wachatte, British, or Wuchuw.. Pak-Kong, British str., for Canton.

May 5, Huilan, Vreugh sin, for Hoihow. May 5, Hermes, Norwegian str,, for Hungay. May 5, Atabile Bay, British Lars, for Callao. May 5, St, Irene, British ste, for Kangoon. May 5, Vanglon, British stea, for Almila. May 5, Ariake M. Japanese str., for Manila. May 5, Tsurugisan Marur. Japanese str., for

Kutelinotze

May 5. Biomed, Boyish -40, for Shanghai.. May 5, Eremon, Linnan stry for Shanghai. May Se Vrensang, British str, for Amey May 5. Airlie, Bitish str, for Kolis. May 5. Tabang, British sit, for Shanghai.

Partspan. Arrived.

Per Tebartes, from Saigo 70 Chinese. Per Tukang, kano Bangkok 152 Chinese. Per Young, Iman Singapore -2.17 Chinese Per Adzami Mara, from Shanghai---Mr. and Mrs. Schunidt, Mr. and Mrs. Benson.

Burch, Mrs. Byers, and Miss Henderson.

Per Carmarthenshire, from Japan-Mrs.

Tupovied.

Per Leongsang, for Manila-Mrs. E. C. Thomas, Messrs. A. G. Rowand, E. Arnhold, E. Spitz, Mrs. Adela Flores, Mr. and Mrs. H. Ferraz and daughter.

STEAMERS ERVECTED,

Nauces.

Duc.

Canadian ( Empress of „Jafan)-vxth-inst- American (Doric) 5th insi.

!

China ..... Agamemnon

Shanghai:

Singraeive

To-morrow to-morrow

Salazie

Singapore

May 7th

German (Sachsen) 15th insi.

Gisela

Singapore

May 8th

Baba Mari.......Singapore

May 8th

May toth

May toth

America (Nippon Maru) z3rd inst. Tacoma (Braemar) 26th inst. American(City of Rio de Janeiro) Ist pros.

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The P. & 0. S. X. Ca's steamer Soletra, left Singapore for this port on Friday, the 4th inst.,

at 10a.m.

The N. P. S. Co.'s steamer nevar, sailerl from Portland Oregon on the 3rd inst., for, Japan and Hongkong.

The 'N. P. S. Co's steamer Jonaouthshire, has arrived at Yokohama and will sail for Hongkong on the 6th inst.

The Canadian Pacific Railway Cu's R.M.S. Empress of India, left Yokohama yesterday pan, the 4th inst, for, Victoria and Vancouver.

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The P. M. S. 5. Co.'s steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, with Mais left San Francisco" for this pou on the 3rd inst., via Honolulu. Yokohama, Inland Sea, Kobe, Nagasaki and Shanghai.

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The C. P. R. Co., R.M.S. steamer Empress. of Japan, arrived Yokohama on Friday, the 4th inst, ar 8 am, and left again at noon for Kobe, where she is due frive at noon to-day the 5th inst

The P. M. S. S. Co's steamer Coptic, with Mails &c., which left hence 5th ulto, for San Francisco via Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, In- land Sea, Yokohama, and Honolulu, arrived at her destination on the 3rd inst..

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Empress of Japan. Japān Socqua Singapore Monmouthshire. Japan.May 14th San Francisco...May 15th | Sachsen

Colombo.... May 15th Hiroshima Maru.... Hambay May 18th Nippon Mar...... San Francisco...May 23rd Bracnat Portland, Or.... May ath City of Rio de Jan San Francisco... June 1st

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We would tend the atrocion of spring, firnes to Un style he which “Sonomers Expected" and "Polgte Sailings" are now published in these očmingas, nad in so doing importa fully urge the managers of shipping fees to gen des so their clerks to furnish this, fier, vn, the Trags aireslye ning e ptical rats withvate kapién sem viljilde jatve nestjón every day.

PROJECTED SAILINGS.

Ship.

Agamemnón Alcinous Ambria ......

America Mun Artatoon Apear.

Ballarat Bauber: Hayern Belgian King

Braemar China Chusan

City of Peking City of Rid Coptic ......

Daric

Desletion.

-London......

Lamian

Havre, R...

Pate

June 12th

May 15th

June 27th

Pan Franciscu, &e: June 26th

Singapore, &c....... May th Shanghhi

Havre, &c.

Straits, &c.

..San Diego. &c.

May 12th

May 24th

JJuly' izth

June 5th

... Portland, &c. ......June oth

San Francisco, Ne May 16th Enropu, &c. ........May 12th San Francisco, &c. July 5th San Francisco, &c.June 9th Sun, Francisco, &c. June 19th San Franciscu, &c. May.23rd

Duke of Fife....Victoria, B.C. ...... May 15th Emp. China... Vancouver, Ko.....June 6th Emp. India... Emp, Japan

June 27th May 16th

The Imperial German Mail steadiet Sackson, carrying the German Mails with dates froinGaelices Irancisco, &c. July 14th Berlin of the 16th inst., left Colombo on Friday Gisela ant, the 4th inst, and may be expected here Hairling. on or about Tuesday, the 15th inst

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HONGKONG AND WIŁAMPOA DOCK KETURNS. Isla de Cuba........... at

Kowloon Dock,

1897-Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty final- ly rejected by the U.S. Senate, 1898-Sister Gertrude died of plague at Civil | U.S.S. Monterey .......

Hospital 1899-"C" Co.'s Machine Gun Co, H.K.V.C.

formed.

TO-NORROW.

Sunday, 6th May, 1900,

H.M.S. Orlando

H.M.S. Robin Hinsang Siam Progress

Chinese--8th of 4th meon of 26th year of Taiyuan

Kwang.si.

Sun-Rises

Shr. z6min.

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Oh, zómin, Moon-First Quarter gar. sbuin, pan. High water-Morning ... 4hr. 13mia. Afternoon okr. 53min. Low waler-Morning... Ohr. min. Afternoon ......\phr. "Smin.

ANNIVERSARIES,

D. Juan & Austria Independent....

Devawongse... Normannia

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Cosmopolitan

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PASSED THE CANAL.

Dardanus, Glaucus, Albenga, Trieste, As Outward-25th April-Antenor, Benalder, Sachsen, St. Mary, Almond, Branch. 4th May

turia Federica.

Hamoward-21st April-Savola, z5th April Yangtze,Calchas, Parramatta, Sydney.

1874-Attack on Mr. Wood at the British 1882-Phenix Park murders.

Legation, Tokio.

1892-Peking, Fuskun collision in the 1897-Pharsala capture by the Turks. 1899-Miss Miers fatally injured while along

199īda U.S.S. Charleston,

State of Maine, Sarpedon 5th May Honflerie, Arrivals at Home-25th April-St. Mark,

Nestor Calchas

......... Yokohama & Kobe May 'oth Swatow, &c.......... May 8th Straits, &c. May 30th

Hamburg ...

Hongkong MaruSan Francisco, &c. May di

Human Idomeneus

Shanghai A ......Liverpool.

Idzumi Maru... Victoria, B.C.

Inal Maru...... fapall

Kasuga Maru...Syiley, &c... Konig Albert...Straits, &c. Königsberg... Havre, Se

May 8th

May 24th May 8th May

oth

May 25th

Aug. 9th

May 8th

Monmouthshire. Portland, &c. May 19th Nanchang..... Tientsin............. May toth

San Francisco, &c May 31st

Nippon Manu

Oldenburg Straits, &c. Patroclus London.......

Preussen...Stmits, c. Prinz Heinrich...Straits, &c. Queen Adelaide..Victoria, B.C

June 28th

May 29th

May 10th

Sept. 6th

May 20/h

Robilin

Japan

May 12th

Saclisen

Straits, &c.

June 14th

Sambia

Havre, &c.

June 20th

Sanuki Maru Sarnia

Stuttgart Shantung Strathgyle.

St. Regulus. Tamsui Mara Thyra.. Tsínan

Marseilles, &c....May 18th Havre, &c.

June 6th

Victoria

Weimar..........

Iloilo, &c.May 7 San Diego, &c....May zoth. Straits, &c. July 26th New York May. Stir Swatow, &c......... May dili ..San Diego, &c. July 8th

Victoria, B.C...... May 9th Port Darwin, &c... May 15th

Straits, & Aug. 23rd