Ports. 5,507,053 5,529,963 Kowloon and Lay po vee 200,380 233,285 Lnungehow and Meogtze, 20,678 18,773
Corean Treaty Ports...... 136,268 150,487
Wo have received a copy of the Hongkong Directory and Hong List for the Far East for 1893, published by Mr. Rupert Fraser-'Smithattheofficeof the Honakong Telegraph, It is not so large as the other Hong! Directory, but it reaches over 900 pages, and has one or two special points. Tt has all the Treaties and Regulations, etc., ete, with descriptions of North Borneo, Straits Settl. the O n, and Japanese Treaty Philippines, Siam, French Indo-China, Viadivontock and Hongkong. It has other 8 und indices, a large quantity of porting Things often ing)
sea, John (bookmaker) stands 6ft, "anal opened April 10th, 1865 the resi date, however, was 17th November, 1869. On the whole it is a very convenient and ever-useful volume, hatidaomely bound in scarlet and gold.
The North-China Desk Hong List for 1893 has at last made its appearance, with its complete directories, as far as it is has been possible to make them complete, to all the treaty ports north of and including Fi chow, and a large amount of general formation. The Ladies' List, we notice, has grown to 20 columns of 84 lines each, ud the book itself covers over 250 pages.
The Marine Engineer for November last contains a description, with pictures and detailed plans, of the Sand Pump Hopper-Dredger Thyboron, built by Messrs. Lobnitz and Ca,, of Renfrew, for the Danish goveroment, which is now at work at Lemvig, and is doing almost double the work uteed by her builders. She is a twin-screw vessel, 165 feet long and St feet in breadth, and one of her great merits is that she floats on a draft of 6 ft. Gin, in working trim and on even keel, while loaded with 700 tons she only draws which are let down on the bottom, and in ordinary "sand can load herself with one of her two pumps in half-an-hour, She made a very satisfactory trial on the Mersey Bar, and "after pumping for 20 minutes the hopper was filled to within 2 ft. of the top ut the coaming, te quantity of sand deposited in the hopper being from 500 to 600 tons." Water with up to 50 per cent. of sud in it can be safely pumped without in any way choking the pipes.
A movement hus been made to close the Bombay mills for eight days (including Sundays) in the month, on accvaut of the real rise in the price of cotton, which largely shipped to Europe owing to the failure of the crop in America.
In their recent memorial to Lord Kimberley the Anc-Opium Lenguers ussd one extraordinary argument, They said that stoppage wf the trade in opium with China would "in all probability, have a very beneficial effect on silver exchanges, by putting an end to the drain of silver from Chins to India in payment for opium, thereby enabling the Chinese to substitute the use of silver fur their present cumbrous copper coinage. It would thus tend to cheek the depreciation of silver which 18 at the present time so serious an embarrass ment in the finances of India,"
The pumps which were sent to the Sydney on Sunday commenced working at 5 p.m. and by midnight had almost freed the after hold of water. Since then the water has been still further reduced and the steamer crossed the Bar on Wednesday, and is now atthe New Dock.
The Kweiyang passed the Samson in a Straits on 10ch instant, and the tug-buat wished to be reported all well." The Kaitung was wed at anchor the seeka dag onder tio Wika Di gs.
Kaitung off Squall Island, Taichow group, The Nanyang reports essing the tugboat bound south on Tuesday at noon. The Nanyang also saw a Ningpo fishing boat with foreigners on board over the wreck of the Peking.
A Chinese man-of-war is on the Lee rocks between Havkow and een there some days.
Phe Lievsheng reports passing the Samson at anchor at Matson.
The Kiangteen, having been laid up for repairs since the 12th of January, resumed her trips to Ningpo on Saturday.
The Nierstein come up to Shanghai on Friday last having got off the ground in the Feima Channel.
The Neckar, with Berlin dates to 16th January, left Singepore at 8 a.m. on Munday for Hongkong and Shanghai, The Rohitia, with the Muglish mail and 463 chests of opium, loft Hongkong at 6,30 am. on Tuesday.
The R.M.S. Empress of Japan left Vancouver on Thursday, the 9th instant, and may be expected to arrive at Yukuhama on Friday, the 24th, Silk shipped per Tukio Maru from Shanghai on the 7th of January, and sent forward by China from Yokohanis, arrived at New York on the 8th instant.
The s.8. Victoria which sailed from Yokohama on the 28: h ult, arrived at Tacoma on the 12th inst.
The s. Tacoma left Hongkong for Shanghai direct on Tuesday at noon, and is expected tu arrive at Woosung on Sarurday morning. Leiters will be received in Messrs. Dudwell, Carlill & Co,'s office fur Kobe, Yokohama, United Sextes, and Canada up t'6 p.m on Saturday, the 18:
The following vessels entered at the Shanghai Customs during January British 119; Chinese 54; German 25; Japanese 12; French 6; Austrian 43; Norwegian 3; D. 1, and Russian 1, making 225 foreign vessels and 16 Chinese Jorebas.
Many native cage boats are to be seen above the Garden bridge. Iden with goods for the interior, and waiting for the last
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.