On the-80th ult. the shareholders-of the local River Steamboat. Company -had their hulfyearly meeting, when; the report and accounts (a summary of which shas-already been given) were unanimously passed... The Chairman in his speech said the satisfactory results of the past six months had been achieved under some disadvantages, owing to the-lengthened withdrawal of the steamer Héungehan "from the line for repairs. - The repairs: to -the Powan owing to the recent collision: proved to -be comparatively small. The Praya reclamation had: ddvanced sufficiently for the Company to' commence: the erection of a new whurfas nearly as: possible on the site of the old one, and'the material for it had been ordered.
The annual meeting of the shareholders in the Kowloon Land and Building Company was held on the Ist inst. The Chair: man_had little to add to the repark: The position of the company had, undergone, no change. All the houses are occupied, the rents. had been somewhat. increased. and there. seemed a good demand for houses in Kowloon. The report and. accounts were passed unanimously and, other formal, busi-
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, In matters naval there is nothing of moment to record. '. The arrivals during the. week have been:—British gunboat Rattler from Manila on the 30th ult., the cruiser Algerine le} from Pagoda Anchorage on the. dist alt., the cruiser Undaunted from Weihaiwei: on the Ist inst. the, cruiser. Bonaventure: from Manila on' the 2nd inst.; the flagship Centurion returned this morning from. Manila; and a gunboat has also just come in, The German cruiser Gefion went out for cruise on the Ist inst, and returned yesterday. The new British river gunboat Sandpiper (a strange-looking little craft) took up her buoy in the man-of-war anchorage onthe 80th ult. No doubt she ill prove must useful, but she is not much to look at: I hear the - Victorious, which is: shortly to go-home,.-will be-replaced here bythe battleships: Glory and Goliath of the Canopus class, and the Vindictive: and Endymion, both new cruisers, will also, come to joitr the squadron.
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