'THE WEEK, Fine weather has ruled. without break throughout the week, and' Pokfuluin Reservoir is now an empty bed of mud and sand. The rain will come again, though, when perhaps least expected. It becomes overcast occasionally with all the symptoms of an impending downpour, but the sky soon clears and old Sol beams forth again with unabated vigour. This is the driest winter we have had for some years.
Major-General and Mrs. Gascoigne gave a pleasant "At Home" on Thursday after= hoon, at which there was a large muster'of' the residents, 'The annual Lawn Tennis match between the H.K. Cricket Club and the Ladies' Recreation Club took place on the 22nd inst., on the Cricket Ground, when the representatives of the Cricket Club scored aviatory by 87 to 79. 'There was a good attendance and the Band of the Hongkong Regiment discoursed sweet music' on the
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