Ann interesting ceremony was witnessed. on Tuesday on board the steamer Yangtsze, one of the regular lino of coasting steamers running between Shanghai, Hongkong and anton, of which Messra, Siemsss Ca, are the China agents, "It for native shippers to present flags to the Captains and their ships on: the conclu:
ion of one hundred - voyages on the na coast, When a vessel completes next fifty trips, other flags are pre-and this occurs at the end of coveding fifty trips. The' Yangisze arrived at Shavghai on the 14th April, 1872, so she has thus been over twelve years on the coast. She has been a very successful and on Saturday last completed "her ywo hundredth trip. Such being the case, the Canton and Swatow merchants at this port had two flags made and presented them on board on Tuesday. Both flags were made of white feasts, Siemssen & Co,'s house flag, and the other an oblong flag with a red border. "This last lad a number of Chinese characters in black on the white ground." Fei Brust happiness and peaceful waves, ones across the flag HIM sanity
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