From tite "Noeru-China Dary News" or Fesruary 19, 1878
From Hongkong:—The report of the China Fire insurance Company shows a balance of $32000 on account of 1876, Out of which the usual bonus of 20 per cent. will be paid to contributing shareholders. This will absorb $2524. leaving $7,108 to be added to th" Reserve Fund. The working account for 1877 shows a balance on December 31 of $145,719 out of which a dividend Of $12 per share will be declared as Usual. A letter has been received by ihe local Government from Mr. Thomas G Knox, Her Majesty's Political Agent arid Consul-General at the Court of Siam, dated January 19 in which he announces that the prohibition laid by the Siamese Government on the export of rice from Siam was removed from that date. A yacht race for the Storekeepers' Cup brought forth the usual four competitors, and after an umusually good Face, was won by the Naomi A cricket match was played on the 9th. between an eleven of the Army and an eleven of the H.CC. Club. The latter Won by 25 in one innings. The Tarantula Society gave a fancy dress tall in the. City Hall, on the ath, which is declared to have been an unqualified Success. From meteorological observations it appears that 132 inches rain fell in January, compared with.03 inch in the corresponding month of last year. The maximum "temperature at the Peak during the week was 69, the minimum 38° at the Harbour-Master's Office: Praya West, the maximum was and the minimum 44.5°—91 inch of fell during the week
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