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Saturday, 20 July 1889

  1. The North-China HeraldHutton, and Mr. A. CoxonThe Secxeraxy read the notice convening the meeting. The Cuarrwas, in rising to move the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, said:—Gentlemen, I am afraid by the comparatively small attendance of the shareholders th…
  2. The North-China HeraldRain in ShantungRain with all its blessings and prospeetive dangers has come, and come early. In this part of China, this early rain means a great deal. The later crops are well-nigh assured. And as the recent crop of wheat was a fair o…
  3. The North-China HeraldPosthumous Honours Solicited for HimLiu Jui-fen, Chinese Minister to England and France, reports the death, under painful circumstances, of one of the members of the Travelling Mission to Europe, and requests that orders should be issued for the bestowal o…
  4. The North-China HeraldThe Battle of theSm,—In a leading article of June 22nd on "The Battle of the Standards" you alluded to ' Inquirer," but Iam not sure that you intended in the article to answer my question (you ignored Sir David Bar-dour altogether). But …
  5. The North-China HeraldWheeler, and the SecretaryThe Minutes of the last meeting are read, confirmed, signed by the Chairman and passed for publication. Cash Statement for the past week is submitted, and cheques for sundry accounts are signed. Markets.—Report by the In…
  6. Letter to the Editor · North-China HeraldHow to Pass in MathematicsTo the Editor of the Nortu-Cuixa Dairy News, Dear Srr,—It is interesting to watch the effect of the Imperial Edict. ordering Mathematics as a subject of exanimation in the State curriculum for degrees. This city, the cap…
  7. The North-China HeraldRetention of Prefect 70 Superintend Mining Arrangements in KueichowThe Protect of Chen-yuan in Kueichow having been ordered to Peking for audience, the Governor asks that he should be retained in the province for the present and adduces the following reasons in support of his applicatio…
  8. The North-China HeraldApplication from the Governor of Kueichow for Permission to RetireP'an Wei, the Governor of Kueichow, states that he has suffered severely from dysentery every summer since he went to the province. "He has already received two periods of furlough and only recently returned to duty to s…
  9. The North-China HeraldNotes from Native Papersune found it necessary to remove of pillar letter box which he lished at his Yamen gate to receive petitions. Various rumours are going about Canton as to the Judge's reason for removing the box. Some said mischievous pe…
  10. The North-China HeraldNotices of BooksFifty-two illustrations by J. M. Oswald own, London: W. Thucker & Ca., Newgate Street, Calcutta: Thacker, k & Ca. Captain Hayes is so well known in a man of very clear and complete ata on the subject of the horse and vie…
  11. The North-China HeraldThe Differentiating Waste Water MeterWood, the Engineer-in-Chief of the Waterworks Ca., we have seen one of Deacon's Difforentiating Waste Water Meters at work. Mr. Wood introduced the system into Shanghai for the purpose of detection, underground leaks; an…
  12. The North-China HeraldThe Fourteenth of Julyand notably on the French Bund, was not The display on the French Concession, s0 extensive as in previous years, but it was rather more artistic. The gas jets along both sides of the Buna were dispensed with as past expe…

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