From tHe "Norta-Cuma DatLy News"
or Sepremper 2, 1877
From Hongkong:—The China Mail hears that Mr. Ng Choy has accepted the engagement of the authorities to proceed to Foochow to pro-secure the "Porter" case. When that case is over, it is probable that he will embrace this opportunity to extend his trip to Tientsin and Peking, as he has received a special invitation from a great official to go to Tientsin to pay him a visit. Mr, Ng Choy is very much sought after by the high Chinese functionales everywhere; the Viceroy of Canton also solicited a special interview with him, but he has to postpone accepting it for the present, We also hear that Ng Choy has been offered the post of Secretary of Legation at London, but that he has declined it. This speaks well for European training, and for future intercourse. A live Mermaid or Merman, the Mail is not quite sure which, has been captured in the vicinity of Hongkong, and that as soon as the body can be properly prepared it will probably find a resting-place in the City Hall Museum, There appears to be no chance of preserving it alive. It is said that the same kind of animal (or fish) has been captured once or twice before near Ta Vu Shan or Nantao, As a high price has been put upon the article by the lucky finder, it is perhaps doubtful, whether the Colony will be able to retain it as a permanent resident,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.