Ar the farewell performance of the Bandmann Opera Ca, at Yokohams all the Indies in the company were presented with largo boxes of French bonbons, tied up with yards of pink satin ribbon, while attached to each was a pretty spray of flowers. The pri 1 iso received numerous bow hanced up to Miss Corlasa being almost too heavy foi lift, MIN Ne was ofa nichi cigarette case and match-box inlaid with good.
'Tux pilot chart of the North Pacific Ocean for June, for which we har 8 usual to thank' the American Hydro: graphic office, under tow from i peake Bay to-ing dry-dock Dewey on her passage
Olongapo, Luzon, P, I. The voy: was commenced on the 28th of December 1905 and after coasting down to Norfolk, the long voyage across the Atluntic was made to the Canary islands, which were touched at on the 18th of March, and the last date marked on the pi the 19th of April when the Do the chart itself, Ayorm#n successful demonstration of the Minimax Fire Extinguisher was given opposite the Race Course on Saturday afternoon. The Minimax toy which works only unc jo conditions. A serious fire 158 bales of straw matting in the a. Peiho at Taingtao was ssu fully put out by one extinguishers recently. No less than 120,000 have been soli within the past twenty-seven months and testimonials have boon received of 1,790 cases in which actual fires have boon put out by the Minimax extinguisher. window for a fow days Sim Tatton Syaes' b. 0, Spearmint has very quickly followed up in the Epsom Derby by carrying off the Blue Riband of the French Turf—tie Grand Prix do Paris—a saccossful in 1886, the year in which the famous horse Ormonde won the triple event—Two Thousand Guineas, Derby and St. Leger.
Last Sunday, being Trinity Sunday, the gentlemen of the Cathedral choir wore surplices for the frat time. Many od that caasocks would be robes, choir, also, should wear distinguishing
We have received from the China Trading and Transportation Ca. a price-list of flags of all nations manufactured by the Bonner Fahnenfabric of Bonn/Rhein, for which the former firm are solo agents in China. As coloured illustrations are given of the flags of all nations the Pamphlet is useful also for reference Purposes. The price-list is printed in German, English, French, and Spanish.
Tue report of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha presented at the thirty-second half yearly meeting at Tokio on the 28th ult, shows that the Company now owns a fleet of seventy-five vessels with 8 gross tonnage of 253,936 tons, and ten more ships of more than 1,000 tons each are building.
Tae report and accounts of.the Morning Post, La." for Presentation at the fourth ordinary meeting of shareholders, which was to beheld on Weduestay, sets out that during "the frst half of the year there was " loas of $526.42 but the lat half of the year's working produced Profit of $2,154.50. emall profit the directors ha their fees. i shares amounts to 330, the paid-capital in February amounting to $130,985.00. The balance-sheet shows total loss on the working of the com-riy up to date of $41,934.89. The directors are now engaged carrying out scheme for the reduction of expenditure, and for certain changes in th business of the company, which they do lieve will be attended with benefit to the shareholders, Tae Chinese Engineering and Mining Ca., Li. inform us that the total output of the Company's three mits for the week ending the 2nd inst., amounted to 20,211.78 tons and the sales during the same period to 20,481.92 tons Ar the Supreme Court on Monday, before Mr. Justice Bourne, the plain. tiff in the suit of the Shanghai Horse Bazaar v. Sloan, asked to have it withdrawn, as someone had called at his office that morning and settled the account. Leave to withdraw was geanted and half the boaring foo was re-
Ar the German on Tuesday morn Consular Court icuous place, at 6.45 pom. on the 8th instant.
Ar the Japauess Consular Court on Consul-Gener ta, of No. Tuesday morning, before Me. Kitaki,
Runge Road, charged with having assaulted a collis by kicking him on thi 6 p.m_ on the 28: h of April, in jinsan Road. T) defendant was sentenced to ten days' imprisonment and to pty a fine of Yon 15), which was to be paid within two days and handed over to the complainant.
Ar the Mixed Court on Monday before Mr. Kuan, magistrate, and B. Twymin, Asso-sor, Wong' >h-loh, sing! rasfoo. Thibet Road, forfeited his bail, $30, for driving 1 licensed pony and carrings win Nanking Rod on the 10th inst, t" the common danger Moh Tsung-ming was for three weeks for cased clock, two cotton gowns two razors value $13 from No. 46, Pakhoi Road on the 9th mat, and Yue seat fapriaon month for stealing Ching-hsi, single hawker, Sinz, was 8 box containing a quantity of phos-chorus, value $72 from No.7 Honan Road on the 8th inst.
H. M. 8." Atacerry returned to Woosung on Sunday.
'H.M.S. Buaients, the American gun-hoyt Villalobos, and the japanese cruiser Sumida wore at Hankow on the 8th instant. H.M.8. Britomart, the Italian cruiser Marco Polo, and the German gunboat Vaterland were a: Chinkiang on the 10th instant, Tux American gunboat Eloano left Shanghai on Sunday.
Tar French torpedo-boat-destroyere Franciaque, Frondo, Sabre, and Rapidro left last week, Tar French cruisers Montcalm, Gueydon, and Dupetit Thouars arrived here from Japan on the afternoon of the 10ch instant, and the French torpedo-boat-destroyer Fronde returned to Shanghai on Tussday, Tae Frofich torpedo-boat-dest Tae German gunboat Luchs returned to Shanghai on Friday.
Tax P. & O. intermediate str. Jo from London, left Hongkong for Shang. hai at 6.30 am. on Monday Tar M. M.S. Tourane, with the French mail of the 12th of May, left Hongkong for Shanghai at 11 on Tuesday and is expected to ari at Woosung on Friday morning.
Tus R. M. 8. Emprose of India amt at Hongkong at 1 p.m. on Tuoada; Tax R. M.8. Athenian arrived at Hongkong at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday, Tus R. M. 8. Empress of Japan loft Vancouver on Monday afternoon, the Lith inst., for Yokohams, and is expect. ed to arrive at Shanghai on the 0th inst, Tue G.N 8. Minnoerta, with mails, left Hongkong for Shanghai ae 1 p.m on Tuesday, und is expected to arrive st Woosung about 7 p.m. to-day The tender carrying up mails and pas-vengers Ie expected to arrive at the P. & O. jetty about 9 p.m.
Taw P, M. 8. Manchuria, with the rican mail of the 25th of May, ived at Yokohama on the 10th inst, Bho is expected to reach Woosung at ig daylight on the 18th instant, and will be dispatched for Hongkong on the 20th instant, The tender Victoria will leave the P. & 0. jetty at 5 p.m. on that date to convey passengers and mails to Woosung.
Tax 0. & O. 8. Doric loft Nagasaki on Saturday, the 9th inst.
Y. K. 8, Chiyoda Maru loft Nagasaki for Shanghai on Saturday and arrived at the Wayside Wharf on Manda; Tar P. & O. 8. Delta with the London mail of the 18th ult. loft Singapore for Hongkong and Shang. hai at noon on Saturday, Tar American mail ex R. M. Empress of India, dispatched from Seattle, Wash., on' the 2ist of May, was recsivel at the American postal agency here at noon on Saturday.
Tax American mail ex 0. & 0.8. Done, dispatched from San Francisco on the 17th of May, was received at the American postal agency here at noon on Saturday, per RIN. 8. Empress of Indi Taw stra, Oanfa and Spezia passed the Suez Canal outwards on the 8th instant.
Tue strs. Indrawadi; Manila, Poly-nésien, and Lougsor passed the Sues Canal homewards on the 8th instant,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.