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CROWN LAND SALES.

WHALE HUNTING.

At the offices of the P.W.D this afternoon the following lots of land were sold by public suction

Inland lot 2,068; area. 11,580 sq. ft., annual rent $100, upset price $3,040; was sold at latter price to Dr. Gordon,

New Kowloon Inland lot 63; ares 52,938 rq. ft, annual rent, $1,588 to Portuguese.

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captain in oilers and sou'wester blood stains.The gunner said the and a black pipe e with a stem an word and I gave the whale his inch loog, upside down in bis quietus We let him flat for mouth and clumsy, sharp pointed the time being and started alter

Some Notable Errors. Norwegian sea-boots on," found another. This time when he me. He grinned. I grinned the got near enough the gunner let

The best laid schemes of stamp tion that the United States should Mr. Myron T. Herrick's sugges beat I could back at him. He said, me have the first shot. The whale A correspondent to the N. O. authorities and manufacturers will erect a statue to Ferdinand de In the course of his travels, the mornin' in a Norwegian accent, was about 40 feet away. The Daily News writes as follows: Hon. Mr. Chase S. Osborn, former I replied 'good morning' very bra- harpoon struck him too near the

oft-times go wrong and produce Lesseps at the Atlantic entrance Governor of Michigan, who was vely. He asked me if I would have tail to do much damage but it member I had the plea are of have a carious fascination for the jest of an eulogistic article in the Through the kindness of a errore," or freak stamps, which to the Panama Canal is the sub- recently on a visit to Hongkong, some coffee and I replied in the held fast. The next chat hit visiting the House of Repress collector. There in scarcely a Matin by M. Stephane Linzanne has undergone many thrilling affirmative. He offered me oilers him abcnt four feet back of tatives at Tokyo.

stamp factory at home or abroad who, under the beading The experiences. One of them be re- and a sou'wester. I was barehead-the jaws, not far from the counted last year on his arrivaled and could get no wetter and lunge. This did the business cient in Japanese to follow the there curiosities in the albums of

As I am not sufficiently profi- which has not planted some of Statue of Friendship," says:— Inland lot 2,060 area 7,32 eq: He says:-

st Port Shepstone, South Africa. nothing would keep one dry, so and I had killed the whale speeches I can only give you my collectors as permanent memorials counterpart of that which thou- "The statue would be the I decided to remain as I was. As Then while he WRO ft. annual rent 50; was sold t

lashed impressions of what I saw.

of a workman's momentary lapes, sands of navigators have soluted "I have just returned from a soon as day broke a ruddy-faced alongside and the other was The Houses of the Diet are situ- and where "errors"

" have a on African soil at the entrance to apset piece of $110,, to Su Bang second trip on an Indian ocean young whaler shinned up into picked up and also lashed, I grew ated at the seat end of Hibiye market value so far above that of the Suez Canal. Shing

steam whaler. The first trip was barrel, full length strong barrel, sad. Perhaps it was the seasick Park about a quarter-of-an-hour'e the normal stamps, it is not surentaries, hence other navi- a blank beyond being interesting. fastened to some stooky little ness which returned in redoubled walk from Shimbashi Railway prising that some orrors are gators, when they leave the heay yielded crosstrees about 15 feet above the form. Perhaps it was the taking Station. They are very unpre-suspected of having been done ng bosom of the Caribbean Ses three fine whales, between day-leok. This was the lookout and of such a splendid life; the defeations wooden buildings which," accidentally for the purpose of for the peaceful waters of the light and dark, one of which the barrel his orow's nost It whip-struction of such a magnificent but for the sentries at the gates, catering for the demand. Lisbil- Panama Canal, will point out the harpooned. It was a blue whale ped back and forth like a crazy creature. But this is a way of might well be mistaken for Gov-ity to erratic production is per bronze silhouette on come hill The British Government has and three different persons mea pendulum with the balance men. Mankind takes toil of all ernment schools. The office at haps greatest in the lithographic and remark among themselves: ment that it will not allow results, viz: 72, 81 and 36 feet. was quite certain his was the Then God takes toil of man after was fret shown was little better an ample range of bistorio errors incarnation of the most marvel- intimated to the Chinese Govern suring it obtained three different weight off. The captais said he things and gives little back the side entrance into which I production of stamps, but there is That man was not only change of the torminus of the must confess my measurement only boat out. This turned out giving him go much, so much." than a third class waiting room among recess-printed, surface lous spirit of enterprise the world Belgian Transcontinental Ril made it 86 feet long. My work to be true. It was bad weather

at a country station and was printed, and embossed.

has known, but also the author... way. Hai-chow, in the north of was probably inaccurate as I bad for everything, but whales. They

|orowded with applicants for Considering recess-plate printed of the most formidable material the Province of Kiang-su, being never killed or taped a whale enjoyed it and gambolled on the

tickets of admission. On receiving errors first, our own country has revelation in history. He bored. regarded as unsuitable, the com- before. Anyhow, it was big billowe like calves in a green

Messrs. Wheel and to the necessary pass and signing a few notable examples, though through continents united oceana pany had tried to obtain Chinese enough if not a record. The whale panture. Seemingly they did not consent to change the terminus is the biggest living animal and expect to be buated on a day like coal market report, dated Shang- my name, I was conducted bs & in every instance the producer's and marked land and one most polite usher to the visitors' fault is a minor one. It is only the ineffaceable stamp of his to Tang-chow, in the south of the rivals in bulk the greatest antede. this. It wasn't long before the hai March 19. states:-

gallery and given a front ent. ithin the past ten years that genius. He served the intereste provinco, and only 60 miles north luvians. 1 hated to even think of lookout Fang out There she Japan. This market has re-

Sharp Work at Question Time. copies of the penny red stamp of of humanity and furthered of Shanghai.

killing of such a tremendone and blows. The boat's nose was mained very dull during the past

There are 381 members in the 1841 have been found with civilization." The Russian Government hay-admirable monater, and only pointed toward a huge bulk about two weeks and as the winter saa House of Representatives and the lower, light hand corner ing waived their objection to the found inspiration to do so in the half a mile away. It would son is now drawing to a close we most of them were in their places letter, missing,

Я variety SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL construction of a branch line of fact that whaling is a legitimate disappear in the trough of the sea expect the market to become before I arrived The Speaker, known as "lettered B only." The the Peking-Mukden Railway from industry and that there are many and then bulk large on a towering easier; there is not much the Hoa, laks, took the choir B figures in the left Chin-chow to Chao Yang-fu are whales with no immediate dangor silver-crowned anticlinal. enquiry for new business bat expected also to consent to the of their extinction, coupled with "To make the direction we deliveries are recovering slowly. shortly after oue o'clock and basi- lower corne and an

ness began with the questions. have appeared in the other corner. A special meeting of the construction with British capital some vanity because few people had to take a course quartering the There is now mo e water in the The questions were put by the The error occurred on plate 77, Municipal Commission was held of a much-nceded railway from have bagged a whale, and aleo WAVOS. The whaler twisted, surrounding creeks and as the members from their places and end was noted shortly after the at the Municipal Office, Singa Peking to Jehol, while the British fired by romantic boyhood me plunged, dipped and the sea water is rising in the Yangleze, were answered by representatives plate had been brought into ase, pore, on the 19th, inst ·Mr. and Chinese Corporation should mories of whalera and their daring ran hissing roaring, gurging over transportation facilities are im- of the Government from the plat-so it was sent back and corrected, J. Hallifar presiding certainly secure the right to conadveatures which still dwell in me and by. Ordinarily the speed proving.

form. The right and left wings, the corrected plate being re-re stract the important railway from

Cardiff Col. No news!

The only business before the "It was nearly 12 o'clock at might have been eight or nine

both in opposition to the Govern-gistered as 77 B." Another meeting was the consideration of Faabua Coal. Nothing special Nanking to Changehn, the capital night, when I swung over the side miles an hour; HOW WO WOTO of Hunan.

of a smart and smelly little whaler going about five in order to keep to report, but it is expected that ment, provided most of the ques-error which went without correc. a resolution to the effect that th

tion during the life of the plate proposals in the letter to the The Brussels correspondent to after having been brought along-on top. If the whale decided to the export can be resumed after

It seemed to me that members on which it occurred is the 11 Government of the 20th February the Financial News states that re-side by a Kefir bostman, who ran away he could go at a 30 April a less cont will then be were allowed much more licence stamp of 1870 lettered in the four last be withdrawal, and ha cent dispatches fro.a Peking soulled me silently against the mile an hour clip. Bat he required for consumption in than they are in our Hours of corners O.P.P.O. instead of application be made have alleged that the conversa- gentle ripple of the harbour waters. didn't run,

nesred Michuria.

Commons, one member often O.P.P.U.

Legislative Council for authority ,between

aad the the British Everything was dark on deok. him he

This market has been the dul asking more than one question. A stamp of considerable rarity to issue a loan of $2,500,000 & Ambassador and the Chinese Ragged sende chased each other ship's engines stopped for ten Government have led to the across the face of the particularly minutes. No sooner was head lest of all, says the N. O. Daily to the answers of the Government, of Mauritius, inscribed "Post projected 4 per cent. loan of and replying sometimes heatedly is the 2d stamp of the 1848 issue per cent, being a portion of the cancellation of the Belgian option beclouded moon in frantio haste way checked than we broached to News, in their commercial com-

The Speaker held the reins Paid," in contradistinotion to $4,500,000 of which $2,000,000 granted for finishing the railway to join a gathering blackness in in the cradle of the deep and menta for last week. For various lightly, but one could see by his the famous earlier (1847) was sanctioned by the Legislative which is to be constructed across the lower heavene. An alarmed the way the little graft rocker reasons new business is practically alert manner and keen eye that isang insoribed, and known as Council on October 17th, 1913; Obins, towards the estuary of monkey in a blackly wooded blaff was a caution. During the pur-impossible, and even clearances he was a man eminently suited" Pust Office." But scarce as the and that the Board was prepared Yangtze, near Shanghai. There near by soreamed humanly, pro- suit I forgot my seasickness. Bat are very unwisfactory-although for his exalted position: stamp is, the error in which the to accept an offer of 88 per cent, has never existed what is called bably frightened by the clanging now it aime back plentifully as almost all the goods from previous

Mr. Saburo Shimada, of the value 2d is spelt" two pence" is neit, exclusive of brokerage, for Belgian option." There was of eight balls on a big five-master we floundered. After about ten purchases have been cleared to a Doschai Party, made one of his more than ten times rarer the said sum of $2,500,000. signed on Sept. 24, 1012, a con- not far off, batokening the advent minutes wait the mate at the very large extent.

animated speeches which was His Majesty the King The resolution was vention between the Chinese of the midnight watch. My Kaffir wheel shouted to the engineer At all the auctions the ten carefully listened to by all sections has a unique blook of five the chairman who is moved by Government and Compagnie ferrymen disappeared in the en- and we started to go again. This dency was toward lower prices of the House,

of these 2d stamps, one of a question said there wES There was practically, Generale de Chemins de fer et gulung darkness wisha Kayiwana time we headed almost half way

The orderly way in which busi-thie fiv being the prvos Chine, N'kos, good-bye chief' in Chikar-around in another direction. The change in the quantities pat ness was conducted, the calm de error. The early stamps of New tions.

nothing binding in the negotia Tramways 81 authorising a loan for the pur-angs, the only words he had captain explained that the whale "p at all the auctions. iboration of the Government re-South Wales, the Sydney Mr. Syed Mahomed pose of constructing the Loung-spoken, indicating him to be a bad gone down, headed that way The Kung Ping was dull with presentatives, and the many yet View" and "Laurented Head" esconded the nomad. Alsaltoft Ising U Hai Railway, which Mashona or Makalanya, nearly as and after descending as far as lower prices on the average. The correct deportment of the mem-issues, present somewhat similar was unaminously agreed to. would connect Lanohow to & far from home for him se I was he wished would come up and on Ewo was also dragging. At the seaport in the north of Yangtaze. because he had probably walked the way up would swim in the Yuen Fong, grey shirtings and gave me a most favourable errors, mainly consisting of let: ters or words amitted or misspelt. impression. slightly lower The site of this harbour has not a thousand miles.. Not a sound, course we were going. This was jeane fetched

A Dingy Hall for Japan.

New Zealand. bas given as a The Fiaro understands that

Albania's Stamps. been chosen yet; but, anyhow, not a light on board. I had interesting and I again forgot my prices, while Mexicans and shret there can be no, question of an jobtained permission some days/stomach in order to, watch thengs were steady. Offwhite the Hall itself. in which this pictorial stamp, the first London have arrived at Munich, The What shall I say, however, of modern example in the 24 the new Albanian postage stamps, option, as the loan has already before from the captain to go and performance. Meanwhile the goods, shirtings, abestings sad august 28sembly meats. I was produced editions of which had design includes a portrait of been partly floated (in April, he had told me it would be wize gunner took his place on the little Irishes were lower, while Mexi-greatly disappointed with it. It the name of Lake Wakatipu spelt Sander Beg, the Albanian

on board the night bow gun deck and held on as cans fetched slightly higher is a poor imitation of a European "Wakiupu." Other errors of before as he would leave port wave after wave swept over him, Vicet black Italians and Parliament House. In shape, recent years produced by an Albanian independence, Belgians own still another rail at 2.30 a.m. Noiselessly Itcuttled When a particularly large one Venetians were weak, while arrangement, lighting, etc., it is eminent London fim were the way concession in China, the down an open hatch, swinging came he would duck bebind the Turkey reds were a shade better.ali right, but it has a dordy Virgin Islanda stampe of 1899,

stout of woollen goods damleta were profitable experience. A letter cross Obing from l'atung-fu in deck astern. Feeling around I him closely and worked my way higher, and lastinge steady especially in the lobbies are panof," "halpenny, and half- offering him such a sheet reached the north of Shansi, to Chengt, stumbled against a bench, but to as near him as I could find a Clearances of auction goods, shabby and of inferior quality. Lony." The same firm, xerarded him from a small pince in Con the capital of the Szechuan did not make enough noise to place to hold on to. I had scarcely though not satisfactory, are fat. The dark crimson gallery draper as the most careful and efficient necticat, and he set out by the Province, where the French rail awaken anybody. I could bear gotten into position when the

Messrs. Wheelock and Co's thick with dust and the stamp manufacturers in the world first train for the place. The way will end. The concession, heavy breathing and now and then whale bobbed up within 50 feat

members' desks covered with allowed a single sheet of the bi owner was found, and the desler was signed,on July 22, 1913.

Curling up on the and the gunner let fly. There was freight market report, dated black funeral looking cloth, coloured 741 stamp of Tongs offered him 8100 (£20) for the bepch as comfortably as a man a boom and a great thrashing Shanghai March 19, states:-

Our homeward freight market

There is no pleasing harmony of (1897) to pass with the frame in sheet. Had he offered a quarter. of 53 can carl on such a thing, I following. I saw the harpoon must have gone to sleep at once. speed through the air and hit the in much the same state as when cours. The only bright spot is verted, so that the stamp shows of that sum he might have so

the reporters' desk with its ortho-King George 11. of Tonga upside without further trouble, but the Olaremorris and Ballintobs, was thrown violently through the air almost as the boat and was nearly ground-nut season being practic: it. In a land where art and clean. There is always a risk with a vender hesitate and ultimately

The mail-cer running between The next thing I knew I was mark. The whale looked as big fast writing, the seeds and fox green cover. Ob, the pity of down.

larger offer made the prospective attacked recently by a band of and landed against something as long. Down he went and, out as ove and bone not being liness are cardinal virtues, why bi-coloured stamp that the paper decline. The dealer, knowing, men and a sum of nearly £200 harder then I am. We were Not all the line was taken. He are consequently between seasons style he tolerated ? for the second impression, and bargaining, cleared off. Mean- hoiled the line. It was exciting, available until about Jane,we should this travesty of western way be fail into the press wrongly that in such cases it is no use was carried away. The money, crossing the bar and the stout wont dowa, about 1,800 feet. when cargo is more or less scarce. it is said, was intended for the little ship was lurching, careening. While this was going on the gun- Advices from Hankow are that would a little high class Japanese United States present some of the returned home to learn that her How much more becoming the 1869 and 1901 issues of the while the good wife of the owner payment of old-age pensions in hurdling, rolling, leaping, now the district.

standing on its stern. I hung toner reloaded and let me take his about 10,000 tons of seeds still art, have made this dingy cham: rarest, examples of recess plate husband had just declined $100 the side of a bunk with one hand place. The gunner. geta two remain in the interior, but owing ber! How much more chars printed errors of this kind for what she considered to be and struck a match, thus locating pounds for every whale he kills, to the depradations of robbers teristic of the nation would it be Of the 1880 issue, tbrest of the worth no more than 100 cents. the hutchway. With a great effort,

I told him I would give him who still infest the seed districts, if a typical Japanese housewife denominations got into circuls She soon made it clear that she quit for I was fast sickening in the threa pounds for every whale I the country people are afraid to were admitted for a day or two tigh with the centres inverted, was not going to stinky, stuffy air of the pig-sty missed. Even at that he refused dispose of their holdings for hard with her pail and broom: Why vis, the 15 cents with the minin idly by while $100 alip hold I climbed on deck. Note too to let me shoot at first until he cash; doubtless this sime state should not the whole setting of ture vignette of Vanderlyn's througho loft Yokohama on the 28th Mar. between stanchion I held on while I paid did not have to wait long. Upina, which would account keeping with the charming de Columbua the 24 cents with for you; hitoh up the horse, and

The C.P.R. 8.a. EMPRESS OF RUSSIA 8 on. With one arm around a bad a harpoon safely fastened: 1 of affaira exista in other parts of the country's legislators be in painting The Landing of fingers.

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ell Davy Jones, all I owed him came the whale. I remembered some measure for the slow move corative art of the people they Trumbulle Declaration of Input for the station The O. P. R. a. EMPRESS OF ASIA and some to the fishos

that the guoners of our navy ment in exports represent? Should a Japanese dependence and the 30 cents, old misre will go... was 1320 miles from Yokohama on the 27th March of midnight, is due to orzive well. I have been seasick on all made their record shooting in the quote: This market is Raskin ever cross the threshold which beare a composite design who had seven hours to wor at Yokohama on the 3131 March at 8 am the seven goas, but I realised at war of 1812 by firing on the down quiet also but there are signs of of the present House his criticisms of an American eagle upon the a return train to New York, wor and will leave Yokohama on the Siat Mutorice that I had never really been roll of the ship. The whale was Northern Ports are now fully open un early improvement; the

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shield of the United States, sup-found, and got the stamps at ported at the sides by American his own price. He daked his flage The 30 cents, is the rarest customers $10 (22) each for the its normal condition is priced at he was ready to buy them back of three errors. The 13 cents in stamps, but it was not long befor

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The 1. G. M... PRINZESS ALICE *018ick before. While one would fall 50 feet away, but looked and the water in the Xongteze is 'carrying the German Mails with dates not borrow' to be seasick it does big as the ocean. I swung rising slowly and there is frora Berlin of the 4th March left singa- not worry me nor often put me the boat started to pitch down- certain amount of traffic for re In Japan it is not lawful for pore on Sunday 7 a.m. and may be ok off my feet. The affair soomed to

The N. D. L. SIGMARINGEN lof: devolve into a confest as to wheward I cut loose The har-gular liners from the River Potter woman to attend a political meet 78 used, but £50 is asked for afat double thef amount, and to and may be expected here on or about the for a while it verily seemed that struck the whale just at the water report improvements in the con- into the House of Representatives cents is valued at £1 used, while centre is between £7 and 88%

poon fung Advices from the ing.

hai on the 28th inata.m. and way be ex morning broke on a wild and I felt pretty good myself and an advance in rates has ability, but it did not even get conta there are probably-only two kinds of errors already

The H. A. L. S. SACHSEN left Shing I was flopping both ways. The line. The gunner cheered me ditions of trade in that market the other day, to remove this dis the error costs: 240. Of the 30. In addition to d

posted here on or about the Blet fasi.a.mall bumps and mountains of Again

ain the big fish sounded and already taken place, the rate from through Committee Mr. Shindo unused copies known to collectors among recede plate printed carried the line out very fast. He Saigon, to Hongkong having gone said that the beautiful manners M Worthington, of Cleveland, there are also to be voted may be exproted here on or about the huge waves washing the decks of only went down about 800 feat up from 14 to 23 ponts, so that it of; Japanese women would be hea one, and Mr Dudley Pickman, of the correct design det Apell, red, and compor the little steiner, from one end and there wasn't any too much a devoutly to he hoped that we corrupted if they wont in for of Boston, has the other pore for this Post on the 30th March a hold on with all my might, up we get almost alongside. By of depression in the China coast: the Japan Chroneile; hed of the a sheet of the 1 cent City of Al- from the normal stamp

The P. & 0, a3. NAMUR left Binga- to the other, compelling me to ims to re-load. When he came have come to the end of the period politics He may be right, myn

Concerning a. and is due here on the 4th April was clinging thus when the this time he was threshing the ing trade which has already men have certainly not stood the pens inverted stamp. a New York to perforation Day

wator furiously and I could as lasted far too long.

dealer had an ainusing and

The 2a. DUNERA from Yokobama and Kobe left Moil on the 28th March and snowy foam and

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