were those of the Kowloon Land and Build-The meetings held uring the pest week ing Ao. Ld. on the 6th inst., when the report and accounts were adopted unanimously, after Mr. Reid had suggested the erection of more houses in Kowloon, suggestion which the Chairman said would on the 7th inst., when the attendance was be considered; of the Hongkong Ice o., Ld.,
miserably thin and the proceedings most formal, the report being so good that there was apparently neither room for criticism nor need for praise; and an extraordinary meet ing of the China Provident Loan and Mortgage Ca. Ld. on the 8th inst. at which the resolutions for increase ug the capital to $2,000,000 were confirmed.
NAVAL MOVEMENTS, The anchorage la still lively with men-of-war. On the rd instant the Japanese cruiser Yaeyama arrived here, and on the 5th the German gunboat Zitis returned from Macao. The departures during the week have been:—On the 3rd the Danish cruiser Vatkyrien lett for Shan, and on the 5th instant the British battleship Barfleur (with Rear-Admiral Bruce on board) left for Weihaiwei, and the Gen cruiser Hertha for Singapore. The British cruiser Orlando will leave here for Manila on Monday.
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