Last seen sitting in impossible attitudes on the verandah of H. B. M. Consul-General's private menagerie: said to be pursuing head-keeper O. with murderous intent. "Ten Cents reward, dead or alive. N.B.—No reward for recovery of the head-keeper.
Ws are informed by the agent here of the International Commercial Company that company has been formed with' a capital of Taels 100,000, half of it subscribed by Chinese and the other half by the company in question, for the pu of supplying Ningporesidents with electric light. An abortive attempt was made some years ago to achieve the same purpose under Chinese control alone. The plant then imported has been taken over and fresh plant is to be brought over by the New York Export and Import Company. A start has already been made on a suitable building fronting on the West River, and it is hoped that the company will be in a position to supply light before the end of the year. Woe understand that there are applications already for between 3,000 and 4,000 lamps.
A sprctar mooting of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce was called for yesterday' afternoon, the principal object being to hear from Mr. J. W. Jamieson, the British Commercial Attache, a statement in regard to the provisional Regulations' governing registration.of trade marks, which have recently been circulated under the terms of the British Treaty with China and which are due to come into force on the 23rd October next. Mr. Jamieson' bad kindly responded to the invitation sent to him, to give such information as he might consider, from his official position, he might be competent to give, and the members of the Chamber tumed up in large numbers to hear, if not to criticise, him. The princeps) point made by Mr. Jamieson ina long and interesting statement was that under Regulation 8 (c) holders of old trade marks (in use for} two years before an applications to register them by anyone else) would' have greater protection than they have at present. Mr. Scott criticised this and other statements of Mr. Jamieson as well as the Regulations themselves in long and carefully prepared speech. Eventually on the proposition of Mr. C. Brodersen, seconded by Sir Charles! Dudgeon, it was resolved to appel sub-committee to consider the' Regula. tions and report to the Committee of the Chamber, who would forward it to the British Minister at Peking to enable him to obtain the postponement of the coming into force of the Regulations, previously asked for by cable.
M.S. Alacrity arrived at Woosun; with mails for the P. & 0. 8. Nubia_ani bringing General and Mrs. Villiers-Hatton. The Alacrity returned to Weibsiwei on Tuesday.
Tae German gunboat Tiger arrived here last Friday and departed the same evening. here from Hankow on Saturday.
Tue German, po pathest Vorweerts arrived Tue R. M.S, Empress of India arrived at Vancouver at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 14th instant.
Tse P. M. 8. Manchuria, with the U.S. mail of the 30th ult., arrived at Yokohama from San Francisco on the 18th instant.
Tue P. and 0. 8. Malta, with the London mail of the 26th ult., left Singapore at 5 p.m. on Sunday, the 18th inst., for Shanghai.
Tue str. Richmond Castle, which left here on the 28th of June, arrived in New York on the 18th inst.
Trix C. N.S. Kinling, the China Navigation Company's new river steamer, lately e|launched in "Hongkong, arrived here
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