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latter took the lead and won with Forest second and Doctor third, a length between each. Time 3.17-3.5th-min.

Owing to the late-hour of the finish of the Gymkhana Stakes, this race is held till 30-morrow.

The programme for to-morrow's racing is as follows:-

THIRD DAY-THURSDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY. The CHINESE CLUB CUP, presented; second "to receive half the entrance fees; third $25; ⚫ for Subscription Waler Griffins of this season, 1900-1901; handicap: previous non-starters to carry top weight; entrance $5. One mile. Mr. A. Bahington's b. Sundowner,

Mr. Bromox's i-g. Confederation,

Mr. Buxcy's hr. Wood Rose,

Mr. Darius' b. Glory

Mr. David's ch. Loyalist,

Mr. Derick's b. Deep Bay,

Mr. Derick's b. Castle Peak, Mr. Dryasdust's b. Crusader, Mr. Hammonia's blk. Baron,. Mr. Hast Buck's b Croxton Mr. Hart Buck's g. Lincoln:

Mr. H. Hill's br. Bullseye

Mr. Jay's b. Aligoki,

Mr. Ellis Kelly's rn Alaric

Mr. J. II. Lewis' br. innocent

Mr. J. H. Lewis' skd, Blazer.

Sir Horace McMahon's b. Mentor

Mr, Oswald's b Scintillant

Mr. John Peel's br. Ileene

Mr. John Peel's b. Dingo.,

Mr. Roy's .g. Blue Gum

Mr. Wheelrut's br. The Giraffe

The GRAND STAND STAKES, value 3,1000; second to receive $200; third $50; for China ponies; winners of one race 3lbs extra; wingers of two races 5 lbs extra; and of three or more races 7 lbs extra; non-winners at this meeting allowed 4lbs; previous non- starters to carry 12 stone; entrance $1o. One Mile and a Quarter.

Mr. Busey's g. Rose de France, Mr. Busey's g. New Rose,

Mr. Buxey's w. Blopming Rose,

Mr. David's g. Strategist,

Mr. David's bik. St. Andrew, Mr. David's br. Tarantula, Mr. Derick's g. Tube Rose, Mr. Derick's d. Standstorm, Mr. Derick's b. Thunderstorm, Mr. Derick's,br. The Doctor, Mr. Dryasdust's g. Sinbad, Mr. Hart Buck's Esperance, Mr. Kingsto

ofka, h. Bulbul, al's ch, Ilope, abticus' g. Sunshine, Mr. John Peel's g. Baluchi, Mr. John Feel's ch. Set,

Mr. John Peel's g. Beechnut,"

Mr. John Peel's g. Kingfisher,

Mr. G. H. Potts br. Forest King,

Mr. G. II. Potts' blk.`Moriturus, Mr. G. H. Potts' g. Interrogation Captain H. M. Richards' g. Edelweiss, Captain H. M. Richards' ch. Hermit, Mr. Toeg's ch. Mödder, The CHALLENGE CUP, presented; for China panies: to be won two years consecutively by a pony or ponies the bond fide property of the sanic owner; winner to receive 70 per cent. ; second so per cent.; third to per cent. n the entrance fees; weight for inches as per scale; entrance (forced) $5. One Mile Bad Three Quarters.

Captain Bland's w. Marguerite, 10st 6 Mr. Buxcy's. Rose de France, rost rab Mr. Buxey's g. New Rose, 1st ilb Mr. Buxey's w. Blooming Rose, irst h

Mr. David's g. Strategist, 115; 7lb Mr. David's bik. St. Andrew, rist b Mr. David's br. Tarantula, 11st b Mr. Derick's g. Tube Rose, 1151 4 Mr. Derick's d. Sandstorm, 31st b Mr. Derick's b. Thunderstorm, 11st b Mr. Derick's br. The Doctor, fist b Major C. M. Dobell's g. Lute, rist ih Mr. Dryasdust's g. Stäbad, lost olb Mr. Dryasdust's d. Tit Bits, rost gib Captain Finch's d. Diána, rost (alb Mr. Tart Buck's g. Experance, rost Gib Mr. Harmann's spd. Minor, rost 12lh Mr. Kingston's ch. Polka, 11st 1tb

Mr. . . Lewis' ch. Bulbul, rost 120

Mr. Mansfield's g. Ante, uist 4b

Mr. Man field's w. Ace of Hearts, 11st b

Mr. Marshall's ch. Hope, rost 12

Mr. Nauticus' g. Sunshine, rost 12

Mr. John Peel's g. Baluchi, ristab

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Mr. John Peel's g. Beechnut, lost toll

Mr. John Peel's g. Kingfisher, frst th Mr. John Peel's ch, Set, 1 tst zib

Mr. G. H. Potts' b. Desert King, tost 12h Mr. G. 1. Potts' br. Forest King, 1st 4 Mr. G. H. Poits' blk. Moriturus, Frst 4th Mr. G. H. Potts' g. Interrogation, 11st b Captain . . Richards' g. Edelweiss, 11st b Captain H.-M. Richards' ch. Hermit, lost b Mr. Toeg's ch. Modder, 10st glb Mr. Rounsevelle Wildman's g. Thistle, rostralb The LADIES' PURSE, for walers subscribed for as Derby or Subscription Griffins; bandicap; previous non-starters to carry top weight; entrance $5. Once round.

Mr. A. Babington's b. Sundowner, Mr. Bromox's i-g. Confederation,

Mr. Buxey's b. Imperial Rose,

Mr. Buxey's br. Favourite Rose,

Mr. Buxcy's b. Souvenir Rose,

Mr. Darius' b. Fame,

Mr.Darius' b. Glory,

Mr. David's ch. Unionist,

Mr. David's b. Colonist,

Mr. Derick's blk. Farewell,

Mr. Dryasdust's b. Crusader,

Captain O. J. Flower's b. Battle-axe,

Mr. Hammonia's b. Donner."

Mr. Hammonia's br. Blitz,

Mr. Hart Buck's ch. Belvoir, Mr. Hart Buck's b. Croxton, Mr. Hart Buck's Lincolo, Mr. Jay's hr. Rheingold,

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Mr. J. H. Lewis' b. Artagant,

Mr. J. H. Lewis' b. Haphazard,

Sir Horace McMahon's h. Kisinet,

Mr. Pogosa's b. Peach Blossom,

Mr. Wheelrut's br. The Giraffe,

The "BLAKE" CHALLENGE CUP, presented by His Excellency Sir Henry A. Blake, G.C.M.G.; for Subscription Waler Griffins of this season, 1900-1901; to be won twice by Subscription Griffins the bond fide property of the same owner or owners; winner to receive 70 per cent, of the entrance fees; second 20 per cent; third 10 per cent.; weight for inches as per scale; winner of the Valley Stakes and for German Cup obs. extra, winners of any other races 5lbs. extra penal- ties accumulative up to 9hs,; entrance fee $10. One Mile.

Mr. A. Babington's b. Sundowner, iost 13 Mr. Buxey's br. Wood Rose,, lost 7th

Mr. Darius' b. Glory, 115t 5th

Mr. David's ch. Loyalist, rost 13h

Mr. Derick's b. Deep Bay, 10st.t3lb

Mr. Hammonia's bik. Baron, tost 13th. Mr. Hart Buck's b. Croxton, lost 10h

Mr. Hart Buck's g. Lincoln, rost Mr. H, Hill's br Bullseye, rost tolb Mr. R. B. Johnson's ch. Foodoo, rást z Mr. Ellis Kelly's.ro. Alaric, test rob Mr... Lewis' br, Innocent, rist sh Mr. ], IL. Lewis' skd. Blazer, tost 7h Sir Horace McMahon' b. Mentor, Jist": Mr. Oswald's b. Scintillant, fost Jom Mr. John Feel's br. légne, rost ton

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1901.

Mr. John Peel's b. Dingo, 1st tab Mr. l'ngose's . Peach Blossom, lost 4th, Mr. Wheelrut's br. The Gimffe, Fist gib The PARSER CUP, presented; second to receive $50 third Sag for China panies; weight for inches as per scale; winners of one race at this meeting 3lb extra; of two or more races. 5th extra; placed ponies allowed ah; unplaced ponies allowed olb; non-starters excluded:|

entrance $10. One mile.

Mr. Buxey's g. Rose de France, 10st ra Mr. luxey's g. New Rose, 1st th Mr. Buxcy's w. Binoming Rose, 1st i Mr. David's v. Strategist, ist 71b Mr. David's be. Tarantula, 1st Th Mr. Derick's g. Tube Rose, 11st 4th Mr. Derick's d. Sandstorm, 1st th Mr. Derick's b. Thunderstorm, 11st th Mr. Derick's br. Doctor, 11st ilh Mr. Dryasdust's d. Tit Bits, rost gi Captain Finch's d. Diana, fost ralb Mr. Hart Buck's g. Esperance, tast bib Mr. Kington's ch. Polka, 1tstilb Mr.J. Lewis' ch. Bulbul, rost 12 'Mr. Mansfield's w. Ace of Hearts, 11st fl

Mr. Marshall's ch. Hope, 1ost 12th Mrr Nauticus'g. Sunshine, tost 1alb Mr. John Peel's g. Baluchi, 11st b Mr. John Peel's Beechnut, ost tab

Mr. John Peel's g. Kingssher 11st

Mr. G. H. Potts' b. Desert King, tost 12 Mr. G. H. Patts' be. Forest King, 11st 4lb Mr. G. . Potts' bik. Moriturus, tist 41b Captain M. Richards' g. Edelweiss, rest th Captain H. M. Richards' ch. Hermit, jost gh Mr. Toeg's ch. Modder, tost olb)

Mr. Rounsevelle Wildman's g. Thistle, 10st 12th) The WALER CHAMPION STAKES, with $750 added; for Walers, winners only; a forced entry; entrance $:0; winners of two races $30 of three or andre maces $50; weight for inches as per scale. One mile

The CONSOLATION STAKES, a Sweepstakes of

$5 each with $250 added; second to receive $too; third $50; for beaten China ponies at this meeting; weight for inches as per scale. Once Round.

Captain Bland's w. Marquerite, sast 6iß Mr. Bukey's g: Rose de, France, rost 12th Mr. Baxey's g. New Rose, TIs th

Mr. Busey's w. Blooming Rose, 11stdib Mr. David's blk. St. Andrew, rist ( Mr. Derick's p. Tube Rose, 11st 48 Mr. Derick's d. Sandstorm, rist rib Mr. Derick's b. Thunderstorm, fist b Mr. Derick's br. The Doctor, 11st b Major C. M. Dobell's g. Lute, 1st th Mr. Dryasdust's d. Tit Bits, jost oll Mr. Hatt. Buck's g. Esperance, 10st 6ib Mr. Hermann's spd. Minor, 10st zb Mr. Kingston's ch. Polka, ristilb Mr. Mansfield's w. Ace of Hearts, 1ist ih Mr. Mansfield's g. Ante, 11st 4th Mr. Marshall's ch. Hope, 10th 12tb Mr. Nauticus' g. Sunshine, 10st 12!b

Mr. John Peel's ch. Set, 11st y

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Mr. John Peel's g. Baluchi, rist i Mr. John Peet's g. Beechnut, 1ost 12th Mr. John Peel's g. Kingfisher, 11st ifb Mr. G. H. Potts b. Desert King, rost ilh Mr. G. H. Pous' br. Forest King, fist 4b *. Mr. G. H. Potts blk. Moriturus, 1 1st 4 Mr, G. H. Pelts' g. Interrogation, 1150 4ib Captain H. M. Richards' g. Edelweiss, 1st Captain 11. M. Richards' ch. Hermit, lost f Mr. Toeg s ch. Modder, 1ost glh Mr. Rounsevelle Wildman's g. Thistle, rost 12th The CHAMPION STAKES, with $750 added; for China pouies, winners, at this meeting only; a forced entry: entrance $20; winner of two Faces $30; of three or more Sso; weight for inches as per scale. One Mile and a Quarter.

The NI. DESPERANDUM STAKES, a Sweep■- takes of $5 each with $100 added; second to receive $50; third 525; for beaten subscrip- tion Water Griffins of this season, 1900-1901; handicap. Half a Mile.

Mr. Babington's b. Sundowner,

Mr. Bromox's leg. Confederation,

Mr. Buxey's br. Wood Rose,

Mr. Darius' b. Glory,

Mr. David's ch. Loyalist,

Mr. Derick's b. Deep, Bay, Mr. Derick's b. Castle Peak, Mr. Dryasdust's b. Crusader,

Air. Hamomain's blk. Baron,

Mr. Hart Buck's b. Croxton,

Mr. Hart Buck's g. Lincoln,

Mr. H. Hill's br. Bullseye,

Mr. Jay's b. Altgold,

Mr. R. B. Johnson's ch. Hoodon,

Mr. Ellis Kelly's m. Alaric,

Mr. 1. H. Lewis' br. Innocent,

Mr. J. H. Lewis' skd. Blazer, Sir Horace McMahon's b. Mentor,

Mr. Oswald's b. Scintillant,

Mr. John Peel's br. 1leena, -

Mr. John Peel's br. Dingo,

Mr. Pogose's b. Peach Blossom,

Mr. Roy's i-g. Blue Gün,

Mr. Wheciruc's br. The Giraffe,

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CONCERT AT FOOCHOW.

It is a long time since Foochow residents have had such a musical treat as was arranged for them on the 11th inst, under the auspices of the F. A. M. and D.S., say the Echo. A visit from Mr. Alec Marsh of Hongkong was the pccasion of getting up a Concert. It was held in the large reading-room of the Club

being programme would have been more varied bus for the prevailing epidemic invaliding one or

more suitable for music than the theatre. The

two other of our amatcars who would have

been willing to assist, had they been able. This misfortune, however, led to our having more of Mr. Maish's singing, of which the au- dience never seemed to have had enough as it was, since each of the six songs sung by him was encored, Certain it is that Mr. Marsh's rich, musical, cultivated voice and his rendering of the songs he sung on Monday evening gave unqualified pleasure to a large roomfull of listeners. Miss. Lay's performances both on the piano and mandoline were pleasing in the extreme and Mr. Balloch's rendering of the song "Blow, Blow, thou Winter Wind" was thrilling and most successful, calling forth loud applause and an encore.

PROGRAMME.

1.--Song

Fart I..

"The Sailor's Grave." Mr. Alec Marsh, 2.-Pianoforte Solo.

Miss Lay. 3-Song ..."The King's Minstrel" Mr.Alec Marsh. 4.Mandoline Solo.

3-Song

Miss Lay.

.......“ Japanese Love Song," Mr. Alec Marsh.

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Part II.

1-Song..."A Summer Night."-

-Mr. Alec Marsh, 2-Sang "Blow Blow thou Winter Wind.".

Mr. G. Balloch......

3. Sang..." My Love is Come." Mr. Alec Marsh, 4--Mandoline Solo

Miss Lay.

"Long ago in Alcala.” Mr."Alec Marsh,

Song

FROGMORE.

A Home paper says:-Stately and magnifi. cent, amid great flowering shrubs and trees, with the sombre shadow of the cypress falling on its walls, the tomb of her Majesty's Consort, "Albert the Goud" rises from the royal grounds at Frogmore.

Built to receive the mortal remains of the ever-loved and lamented husband of Queen Victorin, no expense was spared, and its cost, with its magnificent decorations, was upwards of £200,000, a sum paid from her Majesty's private purse.

The ground plan is in the form of a Greek cross, from the centre of which rises a large dome 7oft. in height, with transepts branching

north, south, east, and west.

The building is 7aft. in length, and the same in breadth. The whole floor is supported by massive brick vaults, which are entered by a smail flight of steps.

In one of these vaulted chambers is the foundation stone, bearing the following inscrip- tion:

The foundation-stone of this building, Erected by Queen Victoria

In remembrance of her great and good husband,

Was laid by her on the 15th day of March, A.D. 1862.

Blessed are they that sleep in the Lord. Outside, the building is somewhat plain, but internally it is rich and radiant.

The approach is by a magnificent flight of granite steps, through a portico supported in front by granite columns, with an angel in bronze at each extremity, and with a ceiling of Venetian mosaic by Dr. Salviati. Above This and under the heraldic quarterings of the Queen and Prince Albert is the following bronze inscription in Latin ;

His mourning widow, the Queen, directed all that is mortal of Prince Albert to be placed in this sepulchre, A.D. 1862, Farewell, be loved! Here at last I will rest with thee; with thee in Christ will I rise again.

Through the porch, a pair of handsome brass gates lead into the eastern transept. The whole of the interior is a work of art of sur- passing magnificence. The walls are covered with marble panelling, in exquisite design, with bas-reliefs and beautifully executed fresco paintings.

The beautiful skylike blue of the ceiling is studded with gold stars, and is divided into panels by bands of golden angels rising one above the other to the reof,

The dome itself is lighted by eight windows in the clerestory, filled with stained glass, con- taining three lights each, with semi-circular heads. The building is also illuminated by elegant lamps of bronze and gold, the gift of the Prince of Wales, which swing from the arch of each transept.

The whole of the floor is magnificently inlaid with polished marble. In the centre of the building, directly under the dome and resting upon a plinth of black marble, the gift of the King of the Belgians, stands the massive grey granite sarcophagus, containing the mortal re- mains of the late Prince.

The sarcophagus, which is of Aberdeen gras nite, highly polished, has at each of the four comers an angel kneeling, with clasped hands and outstretched wings, cast in bronze, by the late Baron Marochetti,

Upon the right side of the lid lies a recom- bont figure of the Prince Consort, sculptured in white marble, clad in his Field-Marshal's uniform, and wearing the mantle of the Order

of the Carter.

The left side and the space under the sarcop- hagus are reserved for the remains of Queen Victoria,

The inscription, in gold letters on the stately tomb is as follows:-

Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, Duke of Saxony and Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Prince Conson; second son of Ernest, the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha born at the Rosenau, near Coburg, 20 Augi, 1919; married to Feb., 1840, to Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. Died at Windsor, 14 Dec., 1861.

CHINESE THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE ?

Mr. Jobannes Wishy in Afirul for December,

1900, says:

The presence of the allied forces in China may ultimately prove to be the lever that will launch the Chinese language into our very schools as part of the curriculum.' When nations wage war upon one another, they generally manage to fearn from one another as well, and the scientists accompanying the allied forces in China are already recommending the idea, in despatches to their respective govern. written Chinese be adopted, ments, that experimentally at least, as a professional and business language. Everywhere these men went in China they were astounded by the fact that the people of the various provinces, although incapable of understanding one another ver- bally, were able to communicate with ease and accurtty in writing. As this condition is exactly opposite to those governing in Europe, where the people are bunched off, as it were,

dialect districts, and where no uniformly intelligible code exisis, these men began to examine into the merits of the Chinese tongue. They seem convinced that it is the most prac- tical language in the world, and better suited. for universal adoption than any other. They are not anxious to have it replace existing languages, but they recommend it as an inter- national vehicle of business correspondence. We are not to write poetry in Chinese, nor to have our daily or periodical press infested with the crow's feet of the yellow man; but the ypewriting machines that our grandchildren may use are likely to have Chinese characters, and our business letters and advertising may, to a large extent, bave to be written according to the method used by Confucius.

"The idea is as simple as it is natural. The only thing that must be overcome, before it will work its way through. Western civilization, is prejudice. There is a widespread supersti tion that Chinese is an extremely hard langu age to learn, and the appalling obstacle is vociferously tooted in our ears that the alphabeti consists of no less and perhaps more than 50,000 characters. As a matter of fact, Chinese being a symbolic tongue has no alphabet; and as long as no attempt to pronounce it is made, the written language is by no means difficult to learn. The phonetic or spoken-language is, however, so variable, and so cut up into dia lectic phrases each province in China, and there are eighteen, having its own vernacular- that very few people, even among the most learned mandarins ever acquire a mastery over them. A Peking scholar has about as much, or as little chance of understanding a farmer in the Yun-nan province as a London dandy bas of understanding a Weish mjner; but, when it comes to writing, the startling fact develops that while the miner and the dandy would not be able to make theinselves mutually understood, the Chinese farmer and the scholar comprehend each other perfe tly, gl

“All other languages, if let alone, deteriorate or develop with comparative quickness and become a barrier, through branching out into dialects, rather than a medium of intercourse,

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annexed. 1876-Treaty of peace between Japan and

Korea.

between the nations. Chinese is the only

ANNIVERSARIES, language, possibly with the exception of the † 1842—The establishment of the Superintendent' almost prehistoric Egyptian, that may be

of Trade removed from Macao to regarded as folly developed, in that it never

Hongkong. changes, but draws the people together 1853--End of the Kafir-War British Kaffiaria around a common standard of symbolic meaning that carries the same significance to- day as did over two thousand years before Christ. Tako English-undoubtedly one of the mast perfectly developed of the so-called. civilized tongues: what a pitially inconstant, chanceable, and utterly unreliable medium of expression it is! Since Chaucer it has changed so that the ordinary reader of to-day finds it a task to pick his way to the meaning of phrases and combinations that were perfectly jutelligible a couple of centuries ago. Linguistic research shows us that while modern languages, and they are all phonetic, undergo perceptible, and sometimes confusing, changes every century, Chinese, which is the only truly symbolic language surviving, is also the only language incapable of being changed by time.

1879--The baique Forget-me-not lost in Chefoo

haitanur. 1880-British defeated at Majuba Hill. 1852-A farewell banquet given to Sir. J. Pope Hennessey by the Tung Wa Hospital --Committet, 1887--Evacution of Port Hamilton by the

British. 1897-Indian Relief Works supporting 3,141,000

persons.

1900--Surrender of Commander Cronje with

4,000 troops.

TO-MORROW.

Thursday, 28th February, 1901. Chinese-10th of 1st moon of 27th year af

Kwang-si Sun-Rises.....

öhr. 3juin. öhr. min. High water-Morning ..... 7hr. 16min. Afternoon shr. 15min. Low water-forming ghr: 30min. ohr. omin.

Afternoon ...... ANNIVERSARIES. 1851-Pitched battle in Aberdeen Bay, Hong- kong, between pirate junks and Chi- nese gunboats. 1876-Capture of the Sulu capital by the

Spaniards.

AGRNDA

JO-DAN,

creation Ground (near the Race Course.)

Cargo es China subject to rent.' Cargo ex Garlic subject to rent.

TO-MORROW,

Then what is the radical difference between the tongue of the Calestials and the speech of the rest of the world? A nutshell explanation will do. Language, all over the world, except in China, is phonetic, and relies for the creation of the words upon various combinations of a few elementary signs, arranged in the order of an alphabet. The chief disadvantage of this systern is that since the writing follows the sound, and the sound of speech is constantly changing, the written language changes at well, The Chinese method is best illustrated by an example. If you take up a city directory in Germany, you will notice, at intervals certain little cuts with numbers representing telephone. receivers. They arrest your attention, but you do not have to speculate long before you guess that the cuts signify which parties have telephones and the number you must ask for if you wish to call anyone up. That's

Annual Hongkong Races. Second Day. Chinese Instead of explaining that this and that and the other man las telephone.m.-Sharp Harmston's Circus at the connection, a drawing, a cut, a symbel telling the same tafe, iz substituted. The index finger on sign-boards saying "This way, the maritime flag signal code, the characters employed in mathematics, in natural philosophy, in astronomy, in geodesy, and in many other branches of science, are really Chinese forms of communicating ideas-so far as they are strictly symbolic, fixed signs with a fixed, un- mistakable, unchangeable meaning. When you write that a and make 4, this is phonetic writing; when you write 2414, this is symbolic writing. The brevity and clearness of this are evident. Mathematics is only a species of sign-writing; and in this fact we find the secret reason why Chinese scholars are so fond of algebra and geometry, and why they make such pronounced Success of their studies in this field. There can be no doubt that much of the progress made in the mathe- mätical sciences of late years has been rendered feasible by the adoption of carefully selected symbols; or, in other words, by adoption of the same methods as China has been using for Cargo ex fadravelić subject to rent. thousands of years. Complicated trains of ren- soning and calculation, such as, for instance, in chemistry, are presented to the mind en bloc | by a few arbitrary signs, and are comprehended at a glance as the character of a landscape is gleaned in the twinkle of an eye. When we write c, o, d. on a package, or f. o. b. nn a bill of lading; when we write 'S'instead of dollar, and a hundred other characters, we are virtu ally acknowledging the superiority of the Chinese method. And when the Londoners

Suipping.

Artavala.

PAKSHAN, British steamer, 1,235, J. Jenkins,

26th Feb.Saigon 23rd Feb., Rice.- Bradley & Co... HOIHAO, French steamer, 532, Merlees, 37th, Feb,Pakhoi and Hoihow 26th February, Genéral.-A. R. Marty. SZECHUEN, British steamer, 1,158, A, H. Hall, 27th Feb., Canton 26th Feb., General — INSANG, British steamer, 1,516, P. 11. B.

Butterfield & Swire.

Lake, 27th Feb,-Jära 17th Feb., Sugar.

Jardine, Matheson & Co. tuOMENEUS, British steamer, 4, 198, Kitay, 27th Feb.,-Singapore and Feb, General- 9 Butterfield & Swire. DALJIN MARU, Japanese steamer, 899, .T. Ogata, 27th Feb,→Tamsviz4th Feb., Amoy 25th, and "Swatów 20th, General-Mitsui Bussan Kaisha.

MICHAEL JARSEN, German steamer, 682, J. Jessen, 27th Feb,-Haiphong 3rd Feb, and Heibow 26th, Generali-Jebsen & Co. KWANGSE, British steamur, 1,200, Harris, 37th

Feb. Cauton 26th Feb., General- Butterfield & Swire

CHING PING, German steminer, 1,049, 5. New- man, 27th Feb,--Canton 26th Feb., Gene- ral.-C. E. & M. Co.

PRIYANG, German steamer, 952, R. Köhler,

27th Feb.,-Canton 26th Fel, General,- Siemssen & Co.

WOSANG, British steamer, 1,127, R. Johns,

77th Feb,→Canton 26th Feb), General— Jardine, Matheson & Co.

Clearances at the Kerboar Office. Thales, British, str.„for Swatow, Yaenang, British str., for Manila. - Tsurugisan Maru, japanese str, for Moji, Peiyang, Gennan str., far Shanghai. Reaching, British str., for Swatow,

Eastern, British str., for Macao. Szechnen, British str., for Ningpo. Polering, Dutch str., for Singapore. Ganden, British sh., for Swatow, Sishan, British str., for Amoy. Sabine Rickmers, British str, for Shanghai. Kongnam, British ste, for Canton.

Departures.

Annual Hongkong Races. Third Day. Boxing Tournament at the Theatre Royal City Hall under the maragement of Mr. C. T. Robinson.

A. I. S. N. Co's steamer Moravia leaves for Flume and Trieste via Singapore, etc. Daylight--D. &Co.'s steamer Haiching leaves Cargo ex Lightning subject to rem

for Coast Ports.

FRIDAY 1St, Manch. Diocesan School re-opens.

5 p.m.-C. & M. Co.'s steamer Esmeralda leaves

for Manila.

8.30 for 9 pm.-Precisely. Regular Meeting of

the Zetland Lodge at the Freemason's

Hall.

SATURDAY 2ud.

Noon-P. & O. steamer Paramite leaves for

. London. Noon-T. K. K. steamer Hongkong ¿faru leaves for Yokohama, and Honolulu, vin Shanghai etc.

5.15

MONDAY, 4th. pm-General Meeting of the Hongkong Riße Association at the Volunteer and Head Quarters.

write Charing X instead of Charing Cross, the Norwegians Xania' for Christiania, and Christmas is spelled by all Anglo-Saxon peo- 5.30 p.m.-Organ Recital at the Union Church. ples 'Xmas' for brevity, it only demonstrates. the world-wide want of a symbolic language."

OCEAN TELEPHONY.

According to the current issue of the Elec-5 trical Review, the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., parent of the Bell Co. has pur- chased the patents of Dr. M. I. Puppin, of Columbia University, which, it asserts, cover the art of ocean telephony, and will enable telephone messages to be sent over any length of land lines. It is added that the sum of $200,000 Has been paid to Dr. Puppin for his invention, with an annual salary of $7,500 | 3 during the life of the patents. Two of these patents were issued in June, 1900, for the inven- tion, which is described at length and char- acterised as one of the most brilliant discoveries

of Dr. Puppin. In experimenting with artificial conductors, Dr. Puppin found that it was pos sible to telephone over vastly greater lengths of cable than had been feasible before, and easily to make any desired length of telephone circuit. He has shown a design for induction coils to be introduced at appropriate intervals in a transatlantic cable, which would allow telephonic conversation to be held across the

occan.

THE PLAGUE,

Number of cases reported (Chinese...20 up till noon of the 26th | Other Asiatics o February, 1991 ......

Europeans... 0 Number of cases reported (Chinese

Other Asiatics o during the past 24 hours

Europeans......。

Total number of cases reported to date...21

Number of deaths reported (Chinese.........20 up till noon of the 26th Other Asiatics o February, 1901

Europeans...... Chinese & Other Asiatics Europeans...... Total number of deaths recorded to date...20

Number of deaths reported during the past 24 hours

NOTANDA.

CALENDAR.

FEBRUARY, Metrarological means based ¿f fifteen years! observations in 1898.

Rammeter.... Thermometer

Mumidity.

Rainfall

.30.141 -57.3

..79.0

1.76

5.15

TUESDAY, 5th.

3 p.m.-Steamer Lightning leaves for Singa-

pore Penang Calcutta, pm-Lecture by Mr. J. J. Francis K. C. in the Chamber of Commerce Roim, City Hall. pan-Yearly General Meeting of the Men

bers (only) of the Hongkong Club.

WEDNESDAY, 6th. Noon-N D. L. stentner Kautschon with mails

eic. leaves for Europe, Noon-Meeting of the Shareholders of the

Feb. 27, Tritos, Ge mua str., for Faigon. Feb. 27, Honghee, British str, for Amoy, Feb. 27, Sishan, British str. for Swntow. Feb. 27, Pneusang, Bilish str., for Manila. Feb. 27, Elita Ressuck, Ger, str., for Bangkok." Feb. 27, Thules, Britishstr., for Swatow. Fel, 27, Eastern, British str., for Australia,

Pussmugure - Arrived,

Per Daifin àlar, from Coast Ports-38 Chinese.

Per Michael Jebsen, from Haiphong, &c.— -S Chinese and 300 Pigs,

Depritd.

Per Frenang, for Minas-Mrs. B. Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. S. Hilanos, Mr. and Ms. O. Niguchi, Mr. and Mrs. 5. Yamamoto, and Miss Tsune Yamamoto.

SHIPPING KEFORTS.

Captain Riley, of the steamship Idomeneus, from Singapore, reports >-Passage commenced with fine weather, necting strong monsoon from 8 to 17" N. and the remainder of the passage muderate and fine.

STEAMERS EXPETUND.

Names.

Frame

Plassy....

Singapore

Mar. 1st

Kuunsang. ...... Singapore ......

Mar. 1st

Mar. 4th

China

Mar. 4th

Mar. 4th

Tiroshima Maru...japan. Nankin...... Singapore

Kautschow

Doric

Japan.... ¡Mar, 5th

Stuttgart.......Colombo.....Mar. 7th ............... San Francisco... Mar. 12th Empress of China.. Vancouver......Mar. 18th Nippon Maru......San Francisco... Mar. 19th

Hongkong Fire Insurance at the Com- pany's Offices. pm,—Auction of the Race Ponics by Messrs.

Hughes and Hough opposite the City fully age the manage of slipping arms to give frders in

Hall.

THURSDAY, 7lı.

Noon--Statutory Meeting of the Shareholders

of the Hongkong steam Water Boal Co. Ld., at the Company's Office. Noon-Meeting of the Shareholders of the China Fire lusurance at the Company's Offices.

SATURDAY, 9th. Noon-Ordinary Annual Meeting of the Share- holders of the Hongkong Rope Manu- facturing Co. Ld., at their offices.

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.

MAILS DUE.

Indian (Kumsang) ist prox. English (Parry) 1st prox. American (China) 4th prox. German (Kiautschou) 5th prox. German (Stuttgart) 7th prox. American (Doric} 12th prox. Canadian (Empress of China) 18th prok. American (Nippon Maru) 19th prox.

* *

The P. & O. S. N. Co,'s steamer Nankin, left Singapore for this port on the 25th inst., at 6 p.m.

The Canadian Pacific Railway Co's R.M.S. Empress of China, left Vancouver p.. os Alonday, the 25th inst, for Hongkong vừa the usual ports of Call.

Dock.

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA LOCK RETURNS, S.M.S. flags......... at Kowloon U.S.S. Jala de Luzon 13 U.S.S. flensington... Hongkong Maru.... Hur Nanyang

TO-DAY.

Avalanche

WEATHER REPORT.

Egbert

Os due at n data'at

30.17. 30.05

7

Pompey

Chowlai Karakola,

TO-DAY.

Barometer..... Temperature Humidity Rainfall.

Cosmopolit

We would direct the attention of depping them to the style in which "Steamers Expected"and" Pricers' Stufines"

now published in these column, ruit în sa during erupect

their clerks to furnish this offes, ou the forms alrerile mupi plied praiła wlth disa latarḥ amallabin Information anary date.

PROJECTED BAILINGS.

Ship.

Destination.

Date.

Akashi Maru ...Swatow, &c.......... Mar. 6th, America Mar... Sian Franciscó,'&€¦April 23rd Anping Mar...Toochow ..... Mar. 13th Bamberg... Havre, &c...

April sih Bayern

Bombay Braemar

China....

Ching....

City of Rio

Coptic

Straits, &c. ...Mar. zoth Shanghai, &c. ...... Mar. 1st. Victoria, B.C.... Mar. ath San Francisco, &c Mar. 12th Kobe

Feb. 28th

City of Peking... San Francisco, &c. April 30th

San Francisco, & April 6th San Francisco, & April 13th Loudon............ Mar. 19th San Francisco, Mar. 19th Vancouver, &c...... April 3

...... April 24th .....Mar. 13.h Mar. 1st. ¿Portland, &c. Mar. 1oth

Deucalion Doric Emp. China Emp. India Emp. Japan Esmeralda Eva Folmina

Freiburg Gaelic

Glenugle Gymeric Haiching

►

Manila.

New York Havre, &c.

Feb. 28th Mar. 8th

ĮSan Francisco, Ke May 7th

Victoria, B.G. ......Mar. 22nd New York......Qk. desp. ....Swatow, &c.............. Feb. 28th Hakain Maru...Kobe & Yokphama|Mar, 15the Hamburg........ Straits, &c. June 13th. Hiroshima Maru, Singapore, &e...... Mar. 6th Huihow........... Shanghai........... Mar. ist Hongkong Mar San Francisco, &c. Mar. 2nd Idomeneus...... Shanghai... Ixion Kaifong

Kawachi Maru

London..... Manila, &c. Marseilles, &c.

Kiautschou ... Straits, &c.

König Albert Straits, &

Feb. 28th.

Mar: th

Mar. 2nd

Mar. 8th

Mar. 6th

April 17th

Feb. 28th.

Kwangse .. Shanghai.... Lightnings. Singapore, &c.!........Mar. 5th Maizura Maru ...Tansul........... Mar. Joth Malacca

London....

Mar. 9th Marburg. Havre, &c., Mar. 15th Mazagon Bombay, &c.... Man zóth Moravia. Singapore, &c............ Feb. 28th Nippon Maru... San Francisco, &c. Mar. 28th Parramatta...... Europe, &c......... Mar. and Patroclus....... Liverpool..... ..., Mar. 16th Plassy

Shanghai

Mar 2nd Preussen.. Strails, te May, 20th Prinz Heinrich... Straits, &c. Prinzess Irene Sachsen..... Sanuki Maru Sarnia

PASSED THE CANAL Outward-8th February-Agamemnon, Ren: cleuch. 12th Feb.---Gisela, fahan, Stuttgart. Chinese-gth of ssi menn of arth year of faru, Taxialus, Trust, Astania, Neptune. Sinisia

Hudson 15th Feb-Ernesi Simon, Hakata

Wednesday, 27th February, 1901.

Kwang-sa,

Sun-Rides...

bkr. agmin Sels

Gas bår. omin. MoonMax. Declination N. ohr. a.m. High water-Morning ......... 5kr. 18min. Afternoon ... zhr. 58min. Low water-Morning ....... Thr. samin. Afternoon; wrthrosamine

22nd Febfax, Konigsberg, Kir, Oceanien, Stentor 26th Feb.Cantan, Subraon, Konig Albert. Strathde....

Homaward-8th Feb-Dardanus. 12th Felz Stuttga Hitachi, Maru. 22nd February-Achilles, | Szeahden. Norderney 26th February-Indus, Sambia, Tacoma ( Wakasa Maru

Arrivals at Home 16th February-Irene Colchas, Wittenberg, 231d Feb-Pritissan Salanie 37th February-Girelaj

Tosa Maru Victoria Yawala Mar

Straits, &c.

Straits, &c.

May asth

May 18t

June 27th

Kobe & Yokohama Mar. 1st 7 tavio, &c. ..

Havre, &c. Mar 25th London

Aprilard San Diego, &c. Mar. 30th

Straits, NovAW. April 3rd

Shanghai, &c.

Victoring B.C.

eb. 18th

Victoria, B.CAT/Ma

Victoria, B.C..