oliveira, Ras, he first morning' ing, at 200 yards, resulted, we believe, a tie, so far as the first eight highest scores euch side were concerned; but some these who got into the first eight on Tuesday morning fell off at the longer rai id taking the acores of the wight mi beat in exch team, Nu, 3 were the victora by 6 points at 200 yards and 18 more at 500 yards, making twenty-four in all, 'The lowest' score fur No. 3 Ca. was 45 (Priv. Gould, 52; Priv. Oliveira, Genriemex,—I nm instructed by the Shanghai Wat Company, Limited, to acknowledge the receipt of two letters dated respectively the Lith and Sist May last, and bearing iguatures of fif-y-six Shareholdere, ing some 2,700 shares, As many appended to both one feature and request for the nighai, it will perhaps be must con-jet to reply to them together.
Directors are persuaded of the with which you disclaim all feel hostility to them ur dissatisfaction with the efforts they have made to promo: the prosperity of the Company and the terests of the Shareholder suppose, are they i ing ref-ction that mental in estab li which has largely cui reused comfort, ce nce and security of the entire population of Shanghai, and which extends a fair prospect of being remunera-
DEFENDING THE CHINESE TELEGRAPHS, To the Bditor of the Noxrs-Cniva Datty News, Sim,—May I call the attention of the public through your valuable paper remark made at the recent public mesting, 1 which a certain Me. Kingsmill has gous 80 far ne to insinuate that the Manag the Imperial Chi tration allow seed in for tearism ly to their intimate friends; complaining also of the unreasonable delays that occur on messages, I admit that messages at times have been subjected to delays, but of however without " reasonable explauation, Land-hues in Chins will always have their deadliest enemies, such as lightning, which frequently knocks down poles, heat lightning, which disturbs the goud king of the lines daily during the summer, freshets and inundations, in Spritig and Fall, which cause many tens of poles to be washed down and the lines to come in contact with the earth, Again T may men
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