The Archive · 1898

NAVAL NOTES

The intelligence under this heading is meagre.. The British cruiser Bonaventure left here for Manila on the evening of the 16th inst, to relieve the Powerful, which is coming here to dock. The cruiser Grafton

Manila, and there relieve that vessel, which Will sharily follow. the Bonaventire to will then proceed to Singapore. The steamship Glenartney, which arrived here on the morning of the 19th inst., brought out two of the new British gunboats specially designed for work on Chinese inland waters. They will be put together at Kowloon docks. The storeship left here on the same afternoon for Weibsivei. The German cruiser Kaiser arrived here yesterday morning from Singnpore, and the British cruiser

19th inst. evening from Powerful and gunboat Rater arrived in the ila.

Hongkong, 22nd October.

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