Messrs. May, Ormsby and Atkinson' have new territory are going on steadily, and The arrangements for taking over the
been busily at work at Castle Peak Bay and the Western District during the week. I do not know what arrangements are being made exactly, but I imagine that one of the cadets jor Mr, Dyer Ball will be appointed magistrate, Dr. Thomson medical officer in charge, and some other official chief of the Police, all, of course, under the direct control of this Government.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Since my last there has been somewhat of an exodus from the man-of-war anchorage, the warships being now all bent on seeking cooler climes, On the 26th inst, the German cruiser Prinzess Withelm \eft for Kino-chou, on the 27th the Austrian cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth departed for Shanghai, and on the same day the British flagship Centurion also left for Shanghai. The Portuguese transport Ajrica, after a week's stay ort, left on the 29th inst. The only a I has been the United States gunboat Bennington from Manila on the 29th inst.
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