ACTRERERAM from its correspondent at Singapore in the "China Mail" of the Tate the occupation of Pretoria by Lord the greatest enthusi Daily Expr Sew York cor pondent. telegraphed on the sh ult There was much of international interes: by the Ameri Tue Russia gunboat Gilyak a here on Wednesday morning from Sa and went to a Leith in the Upper Reach. She is a steel vessel of 963 tons displacé- ment, length 20)ft. and beam 37ft. Her in hented horse-power is 1,000, and she was built at St. Petersburg in 1897. Herarmament consists of one 4°7 q-f., fire 3-in., two 2-6 and four 1° guns; she has two torpedo tubes, and a speed of 12 knots, Yue German gunboat Jaguar was at Chinkiang on the 5th instant.
Tue s.s. Ragnar (Norwegian) was docked at the Old Dock on Thursday.
Tue bark Lucia, bound from Singapore to Shanghai, was reported by the Russian ganboxt Gilyak on the 2nd instant in Lat.
21°39 and Long. 116° all well."
Tne €.MLS. Hsinchi, which arrived on Wednesday (6th) from Tangku direct repens thab when leaving Taku Bar on the 4th instant there were 2L warships off died of plague on board the P. & 0. 8. Coromandel, on voyage" between ongkong and. Si we.—The Crown Prince of Prussian is to make Oriental: tour, including India.—The [following telegram from the Colonial Secretary, London, has been received by the Acting Governor, Hongkong June. The Queen commons me to express her appreciation of Hongkens's congratulation on Lord Roberts's entry into Pretori the China Squadron. steel-sheathed slow ment, in AL W. Bam She takes the pi "the Rattler. The Rosaio was hi Sheerness in 1898 at a cust of tion, The gorgeous jecurated with 4 ind Japanese fi felistered colours the ing, to the Queen
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