Abraham & Ca...
Tata & Ca.
N. Talati 1 Gawasjee, Pallanjee & Go.
Messrs, A. E, J. Abraham & Ca.
Total.....$410.00 The Peking Gasette of 2nd September announces that'Sun Yi-wen, President of the Board of Punishments and a member of the Tsungli Yamen, is granted a further holiday of three months on account of continued ill-health.
A telegram received by the Seoretarit from the Belmont Mines on Thursday (22nd) states:-7bh September, cleaned up $2,725; 16th, $3,000. © Amount'of ore'milled about one-half. of capacity. Dynamo has given great trouble still, Sending report by "A talogrem -received of Taesdéy from Mr. Wy A, Akers, manager at the Sheridan Consolidated Mines, reads us follows:—I wratwnd that finances much embarrassed.
your atuck. Last month's profit was $20,000," Profit this month will be $25,000. Indebted to bankers fur overdraft $16,400. Remittance will be sent on lst October $25,000.
The first ordinary general meeting of the Nutivnal Bank of Ohina, Ld., was held in Hongkdng on Thursday (22nd), Mr. D. Gillies in the chair, The chairman said that the Bank was determined to do only a pure banking, business, void of, speculation in every, respect. The ordinary routine business, was, transacted, no questions being asked,: 2 a meeting held at Uniyn Church on Wednesday essening, Dr. Kimball in the alli, i: wag unviniganly- decided, to ex-1 invitation to the Rev. J. Stevens who is at present.in England, to accept the, pastorate of the Church. The Rev. J. Stevena has been recommended to the charge by the Rev. W. Gilfillan of London, whom the Committee asked to fluid a suit able er for the Church, 'LO. the Chevalier Panza, It ter to Pekitig, arrived at Shanghai on Wednesday by the Pungchow, Mr.N, J. Anmen, Chief Justice and. Consul-General, is expected: to return to Shanghai next. week by. the Yokohama Maru, chief engineer of the Chefoo at present in Boyd's Duck, fell over the side of the vessel into the dock and sustained such injuries that he died some hours later. Dr. Jamieson was quickly in attendance, but could do nothing for the unfortunate mau whose death resulted from concussion of the brain. The deceased came out to China in 1874 in the old Calabar afterwards called the Hwaiyuen. He leaves widow and daughter at home, and has a brother who is commander of the P. & 0. Co.'s steamer Shannon, "D".Cv. S.V.C. are raising a Company of Reserves of old Volunteers and others who are willing to join, and so far the promoters have met with considerable success, These Reserves may have to go through a course of drill, and if the other Companies also raise Reserves and they are allowed to attend on field days, the turn-out will be considerably augmented, On Tuesday morning while a foreigner was showing sume Chinese what he thought was " blank cartridge containing smokeless powder, he put itin a gun and fired it off, but was horrified to find that it had contained a bullet. The bullet passed out of the room, across the back yards of the next two houses and fell in-the yard beyond, fortunately not doing any damage, though it went uncomfortably close tox Chinaman who was standing in the yard where the bullet dropped, Just ut midnight on Sunday the fireballs gave the alarm and the firemen were soon out. The fire was found to be in some houses on the north side of Peking Road and west of Shanse Road. In a short time the Mib-ho-loong sand all the engine companies, except the Hongkew company whose services were not required, were playing powerful streams of. water on the flames, which were got under in less than twenty minutes from the time the bells rang, though some of the firemen remained till 3 a.m, pouring water on the buildings, the contents of which wore saturated with Kerosene from tins that burst owing to the heat. 'I'wo houses were wholly destroyed and one partially. The damage is estimated about Tis, 500 and was covered by insurance, the property being owned by Mr. A. D. Sussoon. The houses destroyed were second-hand shops. The fire is said to have been caused by a man smoking. It was reported that © woman jumped out of an upper window, but fortun was not hurt. It was noticed that at this fire, as has been the case at several others lately, Eh ing uniforms made themselves conspicuous. One man had on his jacket the i of a bank on the Bund; another had the words "Foreign Piece Goods Guild". and the name of a German firm on his jacket.
Monday evening at an_ evangelistic service held in the hall of the China Inland Mission, Captain Bryne, the Indy emissary of the Salvation Army, who has journeyed from Madras for the purpose of collecting funds for rescue work there, made another public appearance. Her companion, Capt. Gearing, who bad als" been announced to attend, was prevented by indisposition. "If any person, attracted Ly the information that the two pilgrims wear a garb more generally associated with the native women of Madras, visited the hall on Monday ever ing in the expectation of seeing anything in the nature of what-has been termed corobatitic Christianity, they have been disappointed. 'There was little to eratify the curious, and the service partook of the usual evangelistic' character, Captain Bryne is a tall, and s: mewhat ascetic-looking wou. "Her speech is thoroughly colloquial, and at times, perhaps, not quite in accord: with the canons laid' down by Lindley Murray, but thers is Hevertheless an earnestness of manner and ction about her, that Shp jvore 9 lodse'costume, which enveloped: het-from "head to' food; the tint being'a pleasing shade of pale salmon-colour. In the course of a brief address, she announced that she and her companion were on a "financial tour," which the needs of the Army's rescue work in India required, "People," she continued, "think that it is awfully cheeky of us to come so far, from India to China, to get money to help our Indian work. But I. don't think, dear people, what you give us you will miss, We don't wish" people. to take away from their own denomination, but if you have got anything to spare, we shall be awfully glad to receive it. People in Singapore and Hongkong have been sri very kind to us, and though our collections have not been vary large, they have given, We are not going to have a collection to-night, but we shall have a collection before-we leave Shanghai, You won't be surprised if we should come into your offices with our collecting boxes, You will know us, and be able to recommend us before we come. In Singapore a gentleman said to me, Look here, I will give you $10 if you won't bring the Salvation Army here.'—{Laughter). But. we could not promise that, although we said we would be thankful for the $10." Miss Johnson, of the C.ILM. also spoke during the evening.
In Liverpool on Tuesday the cotton market was quiet; the Manchester market was firm ndon tea was firm, and silk strong.
We have to thank the Director of the Sicawei Observatory for " copy of the Bul-latin Mensuel for October Inst, "a. month of exceptional calm." This number contains the usual Review, tables, and diagrams, which make these bulletins so valuable to all who take an interest in the meteorology of this part of China, Wo have-received from Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Ca,, agents of the Can dian Pacific Railway, a charming little pocket guide, by E, R. Scidmore, called Westtoard to the Far Bast. It takes the traveller from New York to Hongkong by the Canadian Pacific route, and cental brief accounts of Vancouver and Victoria, the voyage across the Padific, the principal towns of Japan and China, including Seoul, Peking and Canton, with much" useful information as tu the sights to be seen and how to see them, We do vot know if the authoress was ever in Shanghai, but if she was, she does not appear to have been very fortunate in the acqvaintanceships she made, for she says that Shanghai aociat life is formal, exacting, elaborate, and extravagant." She adds: "No-matter how warm the former friendship may have been nor how powerful the lettera.of intro: duction, never ask a resident of a Chine port to accompany you to a native city nor talk to him about the excursion nfterwards." The book farther contains picture and plan of the Empresses, a Japanose-English vocabulary, maps, calendars, &c., and should be invaluable to travellers, A novel method of bringing home to the publi the ramifications ut the Canadian Racitie Route, has been adopted by the j management of that undertaking.—Di carding for the nonce. the-ordinary maps upon the. orthodox projection, they have issued a large map of the northern hemis phere with the C. P. R. route round the world: plainly indicated. At first the map is rather puzzling, and t to make a person feel w little uncertain' in matters bird's eye view -all round the world ae fat?
equator, everything is clear, and the utility.of the ©, P. R. route as a menus of communication is clearly indicated.
Pacific Railway, of which Messrs. Dodwell, 'The great attraction' on the Northern
Carlill & Ca. are the agents, is the wonder. ful "Yellowstone National Park the books, &¢:,' sent tis, to which''we already alluded; are & Jo loured map; and'description' of this Park, illustrate
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