The medals for presentation to the val and Military garrison of Hongkong in commemoration of the Coronation of ing Edward VII have arrived here and will be distributed next week. The medals were made by Messrs, Edmonds and Ca., Baker Street, London, and are of bronze; and have given every satisfaction to the Coronation Committee. On the obverse are bust representations of the King and Queen in their Coronation robes, and the words " Edward VII, R. I., Alexandra R." The reverse bears the Hongkong emblems, a view of the Peak and the Harbour, a tea clipper and junk, and an English and Chinese merchant with packages of tea in the foreground, and the inscription—"Hongkong, 1902. Sir Henry A. Blake, G.CMG.. Governor. To commemorate the Coronation of their Majesties the King and Queen." The medal is one and a half inches in diameter and each is enclosed in a case bearing in gilt letters "Hongkong, 1902."
New Line of Ships for Hongkong.
'The China Commercial Steamship Ca. intend starting a new line in March next between Hongkong and Mexico, calling en route at Yokohama, Honolulu, and San Francisco. The service will be' monthly and the steamers will carry" passengers and freight. Mr. J. S. Van Buren, late agent of the Pacific Mail Steamship Ca. here, has been appointed agent in Hong-
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