HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1887-04-15, Page 5BON d ,
The Colonial and Indian
Ehibi-
to 1886. •
(Essay by Thomas C. watkins.)
This island with its dependencies forms
one of .919 U91.94444 of (*teat Britain
On the coast of •Chineo, It. :is but a baby
colony yet, but, . may e'er a century rolls
over, become like India, a vast territorial
• ' possession, containing hundreds of millions
of the sons of Shem, to be ruled over,. and
enlightened - the niodern arts and
Sciences, and taught the .Purk); the divine,
• the, holy principles of the Christian religion
by a mere handful Of ' the children
° JaPhet‘• Inland • clf Hong
situated twelve miles east,
•
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in 1870 numerous varieties of birds m
their home in the, colony, ouches sparr
hawks, kites, goat -suckers, king-fisli
wagtails, fly -catchers, tomtits, m
pies, eta, domestic. fowls, peacocks, p
sante, pigeons and doves. In Marshes
paddy fields, near the Canton ...Alter,
birds, quail, teal; heron§ and snipe abound.
Thejlera Of Hong Kong ie really charm
'0444s a field of 'keenest "delight to
botanist. There are over 1,200 species
flowering plants, divided into
genera, and 125 natural, ordere, and ev
year is adding largely to the numbe
Species. There are several trees, shrobs.
plants growing over the, island which
it a romantic and pleasing appeara
when taken connection with .its---r-
wierd looking back ground of monnta
and deep gorges. Hong Kong is the natu
home Of the beautiful rhodolocia champi
the camplia, Melia, long flowered I
hibiscus." strychinos, them apple
ake Kong (Or Englieb), ;Club, the •Club Ger-
Owe: malAta. the Sneitano Cleb, and Yacht:
ors, Cricket Recreation and Amateur Drainage
agr; Clubs, Choral Society sod several
hea,. Masonic Lodges. ' There is first-class hotel
and aeconaModation for travellers, the hetels
rice being well located for affording their guests
nd.' charming views over theleattiful bay and.
Mg. harbor in front, and the wild and romantic
the scenery emonget the towering hills and
of lofty mountain. peaks stretching off in the
hte rear. - The colony has superior dock accom-
pry ,modation for the largest ships.
r of The water for Victoria is brought
and by a conduit frona a large 'reservoir
give at P,okfulani,- just -beneath Victoria peak,
running along the hill'sides for over. three
miles;"but the supply is insufficient, and
ins '
ral
oni,
AY,
and
• 63 ntheast • from ,the estuary of the gelsemium. Ferns and orchida. are ft
Canton River, and ninety. . distant abundant, Most varied and bettutiftil. '
:from Canton; which' is the cepital. of helyhnthatemefeteeneghsK. ollIgis n oTreatolYrtiertlituheti
Southern China. • The name is taken from
the chilies,: 11Ong," which Means whnle'ef4Seethere China the climate'
the island wery-damp-Anoorainer.,-,-during-thesmi
imenei.4,70,,,g_the_chineee_hy'.4" w' est monsoon and
" Kivan Tai Lo," Which meami " Petticoat autumn and winter' -during the riel:the
• . String Road," the„original pathway along m°nEic.:°n" The seasons are tberef
•the northern shore, being. somparo by the• divided into wet and drY ; the
Chinese to the string of a petticoat. • The . Wer SAisON COMMENCING MAX
'bland of Hong .ronK is sitiutted between and ending in •September, while the
22 c` 10 min: and 22 17 min. lati, :season extends from . October to A
• . tude and 1140 6 min'. and • 114 ° 18 min. inclusive. , At the beginning , of ,the y
east longitude. It is bounded on the north
the northeast 'monsoon blows stead
. by Victoria Harbor; on the .portheaat by sometimes with. • great force,
• a pass from a -quarter to half a.inile wide: continues without interruption u
known as the Ly-ee-Moon Pass on the the lst of March, then fo
oast Tathong Channel, and on the south hetns to slacken, later , on . it wav
and west by the 'China Sea, • here 'studded and kit dies away by the end
, with numerous islands. Victoria Herber, ' Durin„" very warm slimmers
Ly-ee-Moon .Pass and Tathong Channel Anstralia and, over • the . soothe
• • separate the . island from the mainland hemisPhere„ the easterly. trade wind of t
Of China; the Province of Itivong-tung:: Pacific' Ocean,. and its• northweste
which .is not the least riOtens of the Pro- boundary, the northeast monsoon is:dra
•Vinces of ,China, •-•tt haat), eiretimferenceof. Ireferal degre—Weliirther Bath than usual,•
. twenty..seten, miles, and an area Of thirty and almost on to the equator, thus giving
•. square miles, very little ofwhichis. arable longer and, cooler • spring te. Hong Kong.
land, bring to the abrupt. and reeky hills The southwest monsoon usually bets in by
•• oorapOsing the Oster part of the island. It, the end of %May. TIt• COMmences. With a
was ceded to Greet Britain,. together With Itrong breeze; but is never equal in force
• the harbor and surrounding islets;in Jana -
ive worksare in progress now to pro-
vide a mud' larger supply from the Taitam
Hills. The water is considered to be ex-
cellent when filtered.. Hong Kong is in
'constant c,ommunication with Europe,
lso Aineriba, India, 'Australia and. the coast
The parts of Chinn: and•nidat%Y.service between
ced Zing Kong and Canton and Hong Kong
the and Macao. .There are the Renting:Liar &
.is Oriental Steam Navigation Co.,, the
Messagerreir7Maratimes, the "PeaifioNail
also sauces made from various leguminous
mplarese,gwilhiocnhgis. ktAvecorYllieTrojortnanott: bn Pie Chinesess
essential oils, spacintere of biscuits- and.
other cakes made by the Hong Kong steam
bakery. Very teMpting-loeking apechnene
of preserved fruit e and ginger made. and ex-
hibited by Sun Shing, of Hong Kong, where
it is a large, and profitable induetry. 4
collection of beautiful butterffies„ moths
and needlework by the Chinese children in
the French Convent.* Needlework by the
Chinese children in Ihe Italian. Convent:;
also old embroidery. and table's and hate
'made of bamboo, very deftly braided.
, SOLL44nON OnOOKEI1P.;.,
Made in the pottery districts. • Instruments
used in croshing. and extracting essentia
oils-;. also °ninth belling apparatus, .with
specimens of raw and Prepared Opium and
opium pipes and lamps. A jinricksha,.
which is a. two -Wheeled. Carriage with
shafts • sornewliat like ‘. a :cutter; one
Chinaman. takes . hold- the shafts,
which; in common with :the rest
of the courage; • are made iight, but of
tough timber and .lianclseinely_painted:_
anether-Takeriffild'Or OWE:ex,' tlie:'oriehez
tweenthaohafts414110,1-while,-the-one-h
hind pushes, and both trot aloneat a brisk
pacer, drawing the. occupant along at about
four or five miles each hour, while he or.
she sits comfortably in the 'seat Of the
jinrieksha,which is just wide enough hold
a full sized man or woman comfortably.
The jimickaha is:built:about half the Width
of an Ordinary buggy, so that it can he
drawn through any part of the country in
those eastern climes,: wherethe roads ' are
execrable, and very few roads of any kind
that a horse and buggy could be driven
along. The people rhile,possessing great.
skill. in many of theniarafactiming art*
yet seem to lack aimed all inventive
genius.; they • do things as their. father's
did, from generation t� generation; and
probably the bnfiders of the .Tower of
abel, shipcarpenters .who --built-the'"Ark
or Noah, the Weavers,. who . wove the
loth for .Rebecea's Wedding trouifseair;
ho dressmakers who inade it; or the Mil-
liners , who made the tognes-for--.2diriam-
Adler: compinions. Who formedthe 'choir
very deftly and Speedily: l_eaving,___loope...."
the right Bide of the oarl3n awn" ii"'
eighths of a‘n inch Jong, every time he page
it through the warp; when he does 9 n a
foot long in the width of the carp*
immediately before himeelf, he passes the
wool thread from his fingers to his net
fellow -worker on his left, who ' at once
wattles it in and out ampngthe warp in the
same manner: while the first man eMPlora
himself in . cutting the loops with his ,
scissors to make the long pile on .the taw '
of the carpet. The second -man, when he
asses the thread. to the third On the le;
clips his loops as the ftrst did and so
Each works without any shuttle doing the •
work with his nimble Angers. , The fifth
i man stands at , the right end 'at
''' the loom and work e it with".11 lever; AO '
as. to drive the woof threads tightly •
together, every time the four others, work .
thewoofthread all across the piece- erY •
nice specimens of glass manufactures, m .
the Heng KoogSteani. Glass Factory, ere .." •,
shown... A dpechnen sedan chair, Rich as
are used by European ladies in Hong Ktesg -
and throughout the East Was exhibited. .
and -also '-- ---,----------.------"-7--•'----•'
. . . ,
•"*.
he-Occidental*Orientol-Stesnit-S-: '
ast Co. and several large Hikes of merchant
ore steamers constantly plying between Hong
Kong and the ports of the countries named
above. The colony made a unique and
, • most imposing exhibition of their natural
grY' productions and manufactures. ....The Hong
Pril Kong Court was thronged with crowds of
ear:EUropeans, Asiatics, Atnt3ricam3 and not a
few ,A.fricana, all admiring the • numberless
nril exotics from that far off land, Which: hay-.
ing been until. very recently a part of
Mc Chino, Preserved the' arts : and:.inodeEi.
're, of. manufacture practiced by Vie
OL inhabitants of the Celestial Enipire.
in The processes of manufacturing Very manyrn .
Of the: productions • Of Hong Kong being
flO'eXeCtly shinier to the systems in common
m use in China; added great interest to the
wn
or weight to, the northeast.,'• monsoon.
• ., ary, 1841, and the 'cession was confitroldbY- -Although- it ...b.ringa.treniendous-floods ,of
, ••• the Treaty of : Nanking in, August, 1842. rain; 'which 'kat for a • longer ' or shorter
: :Hong, Kong, and its .. dep6ndencnia • wore period, according . to the influences of. the
,. ,erected into." The Colony. of hong KOpg," otraiSarating .proeessesof nature to our-
' hYletter-patent beating date the Oth April, &mite the clouds with, a ,greater or less
'. 180. In October, 1880,a part of tlate main= 'supply of Water; it is. the .,/fineet period of
land' jutting. ifito , Victpria, harbor, and the year for 'navigating the chinpse sew
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known ' as the Kow,loon , Peninsula,: Con- bat 1 sometimes there ' are terrible: .exe,ep.,
.taining an area of three square miles, was tions, for the Period Of the southwest mon-
also ceded to Great Britain as adependeney seen is the maim for them greet,: and
,. of :. . the colony. of: Hong Kong, The frequently fearfully destructive, retolving,
acanie Rowloon is derived : from !: ?Kam',• storms; know as typhoon* , The southwest
• 'Iiing.'," the nine dragons. The adounistra-
- ±tian., of the -colony, until -lately, was -iii -,the -
r, r
...too& of: the-Goverseir,-;-,:--who; with -an
..EXecutiVe COuncikol *Re. official .members
•• . and a Legislative Council of . four :official
. •
and four unoffunalmembers: Presided, over aidinginto 'gentle breereanntil. the .f011OW-
.
.'byr, the.GoVerrior, eil.thenno.ffieitil Mein:beta, 'big spring.... The' Usual average '. rainfall is
&mgr.:- ,‘, '. ., ', ;•'' ' .. • ' '' ' ' ' eightyfiteinales,' of *hick eeventrinchee
• . .. , . . : • . . . .
. .
NOMIIIATEll.-,IIT. Tni, onowu,
. fail from the 'beginning of May to the end
.. on the . reconimendation Of • the Governer. of September.
- The thriving and beautiful
•
•
' Sir George: Ferguson Bowen, the present 'tiro' of • Victoria is, the . , seat ...of : the
.fileyernor, :has brought. about , a change.. Colonial. Government ' 'end-. the : centro
7: • Onhia .representation to the .British ' Gov- of the , trade and commerce of the.eeldny.
•:...., ornment the Councils have been remodeled. hes.amodt charming site On:: tlie Myth•.
• • ....The Executive consists of six official Mein- •side Of theisland, along :Victoria 13ay:oiand
. : boa and • the Legislative ...Council , of Six fronting ori its .inagnifie,ent halter: 'It • ex-
•, 77.7.offieitiTan4 five unofficial ., members, three tends along: the . bay for a diatan'co. of font.
• ...of the latter being by the Crowe' mike, and ' standa--mostly---on-'.-the -lower
and the otbere'electedi one by the Chamber elevations and
undulationsof the ,hillsides,
•. 'of Commerce and one' by the magietratee:', having ateepainentiliinii the. harbor. " It:
': '
•
- •
, neither' of WhOm. ; can he Government presents a Most ...imposing ' and .charming
•' Officers -: This .. island consiatainfistly, of view to the • speatatOrs. ,fte they,sairtip.,th9.
- ' abrupt and rocky hills. Thereisacontintrous .harber.frorii distant 'shores. ..TheharbOr
ringed abrupt and rocky ..hills, terminat .of .Vietoriwia the capacious 'channel of the
•,ing Ovet..a thousindfeet, above the • sea . in China Sea, lying between the tern and the
serrated, peaks, dividing, the, „Moth . of themainland of China, 'bating a length of four
island from the south; and. Victoria' Peak mules and abreedth of.: from two to three
• ' : on the West Bide and 'Mount Parker on the largest
.44 It , is ,..deep • 'enough to ,,sa_il,' the
... 'mist side arefrom1;820 to 1,.840 feot high. larges(ttvIrels, ,and could•accommodate the
. ' ' The average :width • of the island ia, only ileeta e wholeworldtarbiedeeemat iielieehit
•..` three mike, consequently:the descent from OR its ,•capacious spa
- thehille to the. see. is, Very. precipitous:a -the' sunlight.• '. bosom, as
The eaeterudivigien of , the. island is oinch w r s,
ZVI glitter liNocrthern ' sea•,:itua ' Pad&
Wider,: the-hilla-rininiog.0,q at atange,nt to Ocean tocrio—hug -Ile, deer.. channel Of th
.. the north and south Make:the extreme: Ly-eerme n palij,i, and to thet,SOuthern Sea
. ,. Width.. seiren -miles, .• The southeastern :•direct, along' .the...westerniihi narrow,
erewof ,.• bp , part of theielandle'separated by :an inlet,.. island. The town is, long andr
of the 'aea, a, mile. and a half wide, ! which ' assumes no particularform,'as the street
• *dns. up fOrthreereilee between the bib], i and. ;roads , are adapted to .the •steep an
• which beans the name of Tolitapi Bay.: Pijiyi J, varying ; skips •of tthitl .sides, and :th
. •*".-7r, ' • thia part Of • the 'island . into 1 narrow strip :of land,orming the,.'.1OWe
., ,bay separates , ,, , . . . ,
.. ' two .. peninsulas, called. the. Taitam. and I *els between the foot f the hills and th
. ,D'Aguilat Peninsulas..'. Owing to. the pre-, 'harbor. Running '' ' 064 the front of th
--7,eiPitens nature of . the hilis: .9ifiy.. are out! toven . and the . greater part. of the harbor'
;into deepratinea by the to.rrents. of water.: is the Praya, a. fine . reed fifty feet •wide
• , . which, rush down them • durmg•the.,:.... • - ,..,. 1 with a granite retaining wall •enthe bathe
.Bidet level with the reed...". Along the PiaYa
• ' BEAVIr. *A -t:' .."..;•13112451Elli. ' • ' ' .: !: and fronting the harbor,-Stand-therhouse
. • but , in ine.:4Wiiiter reason, rlien.-verY little of bosh:tees andstoro houses of:. Merchants
.'• ' . rain falls; :they are treqneritly dry: ThP.t° : shiptierS end: trader*. Behind the Pray
.... • ' le, Ire r: a. very reinarkable ,stgeptAcon.' aha parallel 46 it -is ' the Queen's Road
: ; ,rt0 61' 'kale in SOME, faW of .91.084 raVilles: running the Whelp' length of . the town
.Whie 1:A.11O.'doriht, , as • the torrents, rush0 i •Here are. the banking houses and i thes
••tiOwn •, ,ithem for ages they Wore the .0f • ethei. „ large ...:noinpanies,--.-,-,*ith th
recite away until they Mt . into , springs of yefaeen,sf. prefeeek;nal gentlemen an.d. th
•
water, Which now supply.perennial streams. principal. stere-keepere" &ices 4;?f. butnness
' .'which leap.continuously from rock to'. rock •• pert of the •eastern. and. the .whole of tile
•' down these Wild 'iOniatitic .ratiles.• H'.1ig'• westerri'portion being. entirely•oceuped hy
Kong Westly, one 'great
.thalth d'..q,an"',•Ohinese ehOpe of. evert description; The
.. thrown: lip by nonio:great d'z'rw*1611' CI ' European hcalasa 000uPY the centre portion
, nature from the. azoic strata. of . the earth,' ;ihist-• The 'steep :slopes of the Inhills start
• ' and. new Partly decomposed and washed i inimeditifely. from " the , south side . of the
'' -dawn into the valley, forming a scanty ,Roil ,....,
- - ---, ...--,-. I, .4 teen's . Road; . and the /Streets. tan in
.• ''''to nourish' the vegetables which , tele rept widens dire4tione in this part of the town,
• •b therein, but On the tops of sorkteof thehigher '•gp as ttilltilio the tome iehd et, the feet of
- hills large beds of clay are fonnd;. lu:' doubt the the hills. 4 :TWse streets are occimied, by
• ' :liating-been,fareed up by volcanic •power the Stores of traders 9414 dealers of all
..., '.
from tlic alluvial strata of the earth 'on top ! :sotto, but chiefly bx.the.. . _
. of the iinniense maga Of granite, as she'. in. ' „
• „ her ra• hty throe neat forth this ronntlitio • r • ' 1
. CIIPTESE: 4,in n:rniArt,..SizitcrtAbas: ,..
. islioit ObA liet"bespit: En11)edded in the '01......14e Bin:omens Occupy the ea:Stern side and
' 'deco poSed.gionito are huge round bould- the: higher levels of the awn and the
'. era, f Onf ten to twenty feetjn diameter, of . Chinese -reside'. in. HO western .and lower
' ' ' hard $ranite; hating thequarti, mica and 'parts, of the town. The town is well silk.
-, felspar' Well prOpottielied and Of the lea ' plied With schools,. the . prineipal of which
deseription for building purpciiietto, They are the Government Central School; which
.. ' have tail a limited Zoology in wild bnimald, , is too :smell to contain the presentninnber
Only Wild cats, .and, they are not nitmerous. of •pupils, but there is a more commodious
. In domestic' animals they hate dogs, oate, ' beildirigniprocese of erection .a pre en ;
' buffaloes; pjoi`e aha pip.' . Reptiles araAa.s. be called viat,hria —chllo.ga , the Hoeg
nun-err:WI, including pythotid aha snakep Of,' Kong Public School; or • St. Paul's College,
' different ' hinda., • . The tobto and , green ' fthaat the, ,• &Sefton of -Biotic:v. Burka).
, .:Onako (known as tho barebeo snake),ore the and a COMinittee ; St. Joseph's .; College,
• only two found to be pOitiOnetiff, . Liiardii, under' the toanegement Of.. , . Bishop
• 'iguanas; newts; bull and 'edihie frogS are Raltnondi ., aa . the Chrietian Brother*
ahtindent. ThereL-areittineree,. .quen- There are schools also supported by and
titles of ,.:insects, qpinprising . beetles Under the inenegenaelit Of -the. different
Of various kinds, JnoSqllitoes, dragon; fliell, missionary, bodieipt, Such ,as ,the PieCOSill
'...loctiats, ' ants; • wasps," tedS, biitterflies, .1.1Onie . and Orphonage, the Baso' Mission
• . Moths, spiders, centipedes, scorpions, :walla, .Sehool, the German Foundling /louse, the
WOrtrith'fite-flies, glow-worms, eta. •White tatter Mission Vernaetilar Schools for
.1,.....,a,ntaare abundant . and' toy; •deitrtictive.' Girls, and the Spanish, French a.nd Italian
• ' •Oysters, outtla fish; sea stars, jelly Ash mid. oonvolits.. Hong has, ao.Chaniber of
' coo 'anemones are plentiful in the stirround- ..COninieree and several other clubs, artiMiget
• , ing waters. Siete &Mehl:WS Were pass0. Which the most noteWorilly. are the Hong
.. . ..,,„ , ..
novel scenes, and doing
things -Still , practi&-d.";b3t the Celestials.
There waaa, Vermillion .factorl-in gong 712
Kongbf,whiCh 'fie° sinifiq Was on exhibi-
tionrshowing the entire process,pf maim:
fecture;•from-the'ravrWiterier roomi A a
Inch sang sueh sweet, trinniphant:
conga Of praise before theehildren Of Israel,
they ascended from theshere•of the Red
ea; after:, seeing PharOah and his haste
to the cases ready picked for exportation in ?
room • A map of Ile city of VictorK
showing the ,growth of the tovin' since its 1,6.„
commencement in .1843. Seniples •• of the'
coir matting inii44. by. the Chinese.
prisoners in Hong . Kong jail, • , Fifteen
specimens graiiite„with one side polished, .
taken from 'fifteen different. quarries in.
Hong Kong. A very interesting :,reodel of,
the Hong Kong & 'fflhupoaDock Company's
docking establishment. There /are two
other huge docking firmainHong Kong. It
surprises many to learn thatVicterle lathe-
:ffiurth largeet-ehipping port im•theviorld,
monsoon generally ends _witl.i,DpActbotl. a
-There-were modehrof---vaticaurclassed-ef-
hdorcWilocdpehirfotrhme dtehPetirhe .wthoerrkeitjf4tellacshd'eknftelr,'
just as fashionably, 'their sons and
daughters of the present. day do. • There
Were models of bamboo 'scaffolding,' shor-
ing the niode of building scaffolds with that
most useful wood high enough, Solid enough
and strong enough to build a chimney 140
feet high.' A beautiful model of a bamboo
bridge, exhibiting their mode of throwing
bridges ravines or watercourses was
the northwest commences at Once and cen-
times with gretiti3r,-iind sometimes, with
force. and energy, at times. bursting
'forth into a fierce gale, and at others dub-
Phinese junks andfishingboateffrevienting,
the . miters: • of Hong, .Kong, anuffiget
which vas ,nharinirig,ffirverleat,contaiii,'_
kiog,•a-profuaion:of Chinese froWers. There
were large:. stands . • OP:• floor
inatting exhibited,- by the,_Tek.:Li firm,
Hong Kong, together with the: 10Olit •for.
making the, :matting., the
island is nearly divested Of trees, there, Was
a very fair Show of cabinet wood* There.
aro great efforts now. being Made 46 pkint.
-trees over. the island, ,. which must soft
enhance theheauty:of thecolny Very kook;
,
• ,OF E*BROIAER*." •
ShoWn.,.Whieh•manifeated great Skill hi.. the
.. •
•
ert Two ..charroing • vases fent- by, the
Mikado of japan leolred.: veil. beautiful..
Orkiainentalbrass .wareTiceinprisingloinie-
hold utensils, tobacco pipe*: etc.; the manu-
facture which isoh importanthiduatry in
Hong Kong, vverd • Shown largely. , • Spiel::
'wens of ceoperW-WerkS, ropes and
bamboo ropes.coiled in native ;style, 'rite
Shown,' largely. Superler_ii.up_leniente,of
industry used by the Wealth, ;Chinese:,
being 'bettel.mede than those in ,ordinary,
✓ nio. by the poorer classes. • Specimens of
stone carving, out Out of a • 'solid •.131Ook :of
s granite, ;There was an; exact model of •
o Chinese druggist's shop in Hang ,Kong
e Presented' by. , i' -•go" medical
a praetitiOner atal berriater4,t-lar Hoeg
e Kong. At tliebeek• of :the shop the
, ling is placed; according to (custom, there,
s The -shop and: house, with their various
,outfittings; • drugs,: Medicines, lounges,..
:carpet, • nits; cooking utensils, etc.;*ere
all arranged . by: Mr,. A. Chei,,.a. Chinese
e• carpenter, who built the store, arid &vel -
e ling-heats:J.:alba,' The Wodel ,faithful
representation of. real,. business life . in.
,, China ..eteir to the Most minute details. In
r 00000;tioo. ivith.the. genie eStabliihnent,
; there. oeoilootion.of Chinese medicines,
which Were "resented . by Dr. Ho Kai
also. The riamea'of the Medicines' and
a Woe to which *ere to be applio.,Were
given on the betties. • There was le model
•.of the colony of Hong Kong made by
o A...,'Denison, civil 'engineer and ireliiteet of
9 Hong Kong, on the Seale of 300 lecet it: an
o inch, showing the harbor; with the ,I4"arroiv
PASS #11 the east;•, Which. fOrins the entrance
to the .harbor from 'nOrtheasti,. while
the channel on the•Other side Of the island, :
formed • by: Hong .iteng. ,fted. it 'email.
island . in ,the .offing, is the sontliern
entranco. to the; harbor; The Gov-
ernment .are • eolOted ;bleak; the
military and natal proppose:re& and other
buildings. white. The ted circles with black
centres aro forts. Local scenei; ' in the
4 colony Were very nicely:executed by Mr.,A.
'Fong, photOgrapher gin* tong,. Vert
• haioldoine sped:tens of silver -rate, manu-
factured by Wong .ging, Were on :eZhibi.,
tion. Samples' of 'Ore from Kivantring,
neighboring Province, by Mr.. 110, Ankei, of
hong ,Kong. Suger. from a :large sugar
reuug-ing Mennfactory Of gong 'Hong ap
peared to be Of a ,very Superior quality.
Also samples Of ruin connec-
tion with, the same company Were dis.•
pleyed; reminding people of. the, sod havoc
made'of the human.. race:4 this demon 'Of
deetruetion,and.,ite sister.destroyer, opitim
twin • demona of Misery, of ,poverty,' of
degradation and deeth-which;
faniino.slayo its thausands, War its tens, of
thousands, pestilence its htindreds Of thou-
sandat-intemperanv, the 'kingof terrore to
Out rade, the-Apellyter-front bOttertileSS
• pit, come up to dur:;•earth to destroy -niel
lir every land,te •inillioie Of once happy.:
horneit. -with want, degradation, crimes
Without. , hrolten.hearted wives,
vagabond children, strife,
the, assossin's'.. dagger, • the i•
'worwites"isebl, the'ditinkarcl'S grave for
41nOldo incalculable of our • race:
.There,Werd raw nfiteriala, such soya,
frent.which.soy aaaci for fish) lkinad9.4.
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elk:, shorn, which appeared to be Yery.
ingenious and, safe. Some curious speci-
mens of bamboo matting, representing an
'exii.of model of . Show grounds, in Hong Kong
n festive occasions.-. There was a.hand-
aorne_Model of : a ; Chinese' .pagoda and
meziastery, executed : and presented -by the
Carpenters! Guild in Hong Kong, by :their
representative, Mr A. ghee.. • Specimensof
iron panefrom the:. Hong Kong foundry.
Very handsome rattan :ware, manufactured
and exhibited by the:the Tai Long firm in
Hong Kong, Repreaentativespecimens of
brass utensils made in IlMig Kong, •a
'miecellaneons. collection Of articles made
of bamboo, ,illustrating the . variety of uses,
which the Chinese apply this article; were
exhibited by the WO''...Hop Kiln.' Chin*
plough, rake, hoe, rice winnowing Machine;
rice threshing machine and rice pending
machine were •wihibited by Mr. Chin Bee.
very liendSomeblackWeifid centre, • table;
:carved in Hong Kong, the Property of 'Mr,
F. D. Sassoon, was displayed. A collec-
tion of Chinese pigments and paint brushes
Were shownpl-CamPhor woodboxesTleath
irniiks„ Sails Itiad canter; bagerepresentin
g •
An OppreasOdEiOn4n-Law.
They tell a good story of a man in one of
the surrounding towns who cane home ,
:towards midnight decidedly the worse for ,
*ear; He •naighthave fared- pretty well
had: he not, worikhishat to bed. .Thio gate ..
him away. John said the Offended Wife,
why didn't. you take Yourhat off ?." S'h
said John: T'in• all right ; ,hoW'self
Yon are not all right, johir. Why didn't
yoUtake. off your hat ?". . Sh sh
dear; :Wish all right: I thought first,tvOnld,
bike it off, but Was '1 raid I 'might wake Op
your poor mother:" -
hoportoop. Chinese industries „Were dis-
played in quantities. • Ivory carvings were,
exhibited by the Hau Chung Yuk Bee firni.
Water color views; a silk embroidered
banner, and asilkembroidered• scroll were
conspicuous, the latter having been pre-
sented by .thOChipese merchants of Hong
Kong to His Royal Highness • the • Prince
of Wales, President of the Exhibition; '
and "engrossed and embroidered, by the Sun
Shing firm, in testireooY of their loyalty to
and 'high appreciation of British: ink in
Hong Kong. Silk embroideries shown • by
the Han Cheungtuk Kee firm. Mattinge
were exhibited as wall -decorations on the
walls of the:Hong Kong Court, and they
booked xemarkabli Well', and .hodquite
an Ornamental and pleasing effeet.' A sin-
gular,looking collection Of •
IIONG:KONG COINS'
Or IAA asurSAIIS
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'ustially Worn by the :men who carry the
dear creatures seated in there sedans. oil
paintings of Hong Kong: fruits Were very
well exeduted, and gave very correct views
of their exact appearance. , What an un-
speakable blessing the, possession of this
colony May be, in a religious point of vie*.
to Great Britain and to China, if 'Britain'a, .
philanthropists, if •Britain'e, Christians,
only take hold of the great, the grand, the •
glorious Work before them; and send forth ,
Christian niinisttirs, Who shall be .
totallers, to invadeChina, as Peel invaded
ancient Greece, and preach' temper-
ance, righteousness and a .judgment
to ...owe to that •great • nation -to .
preach Jesus and. the resurrection to that
numerous people who . know not
fiat • vast teirritory, wh-o- have never yet:
„heard of Jesus Owl. the resurrection, who
are without the holy Sabbathday,,without„ .
the Bible ,Withour Sabbath schools, with-
out
actire,:ily'irteadidt tictell-thim of -•
duty to God and their duty to their fellow-,
creatures; but with alcoholic livers, with
opium, -those twin poisons -'t °se twin
, • • • •
instruments in. the hands of Satan to curse
and to destroy the millions of that nation,',
amongst whom •thany of China's moot
learned, most most intelligent
anrnlAm.,iwilI,kund tic ae;
cursed ••
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'influence of one' or other of these:
deadly ' • poisons those sonl-deatroyine-
agent:Lot the infernal•••regiona. "Tell it .
not in Gitthr publish if =tin the streets of .,
AsOalon," that Britain --Christian, Britain
7 -Britain With her Bibles teachineher tO • •
loe God With • All her, heart, • tveher' '
alt ' •her ' • mind;
and • with all
soul, and to loveher neighbors ashersolf- . '.
that she,. the mistress of the seas -that
she, whoprides herself as being the fore-
most in the, great moral and religious en.;
the gold which theyhete- received for that
cruel poiton; Which bee sent millions of
China'ssons and delight:era to death7F:pre....„.
destruction millions • imoninillions Of her •
blood—to line their well-filled pockets , with
'ennui? TO enable 'the magnates of the '
Rapt „India CpinpanY.:10 obtain the piice of '
Bibles and treas. by the million in • nearly
For what purpose has this ninst-Chtistiam '
Of mind to refuse Meng the ilk:cursed thing.
terprisee of the world -that she:, With her
great- '•publishing; homes, ..pending forth ,
to reSeive opkinj into her territOries-'-that,', •
nations -to poison, to madden', to alive' to.
unfortunate people„.-Wh5 11S,V0 not strength
all the languages Of this babbling earth—
that .
that she should at the mouth Of the Can..
mon and at the Point Of the sword compel
the 4500,000,000' of immortal soids in .Chinit;
next to alcohol,' 'greatest - nurse • of the
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coined at the Hong Kong Mint; liOSTS dis
'plaYAKI„ SpeCialq26 of bookbinding; inchut
ing two Hong Kong directolies, published
in Hong Kong, and other *Oka published,
in, that colony; shored good workmanship
ana eihaileht talent in :the, publishing
business of this colony. In the educational
department -Were shoyvii photographs of
'students at work, pens, ink, paper and other
Material. , Also models. of • desk* chairs;
tables; etc., which showed that the , people
in that far-off dependency Of the British
Crown are making good progress the
°decagonal 'nits, and clearly and ,forcibly
manifesting that Wherever the Anglo-
Saxen race plant themselves, there 'civilize -
tion,, law, liberty, education,' • equality of
rights, beth civil and • religious, in a Word:,
freedom to do right and :Opposition to
wrong -doing are 'established, there the
temperance hahner will be unfurled, there
the Sible will be -Open ,and free for ell to
read its inestimable,.. grand moral and
religf,ousleadone, of duty to God andduty.
to our neighbors, Which so many of tho'.
race believe in , and practice in their lives.
Sone Magnificent spechnons of antique
embroidery Were exhibited by LadY„Bowen,
and placed so as to enablea contrast t� be
made between it milt the modern embroidery
exhibited in adjoining. cases. Raw silk and
silk filatures, and models of looms showing
the process of Weaving silk according to the
Chinese plan • of operations, with one
, woman' supplying the44-threacl, Whieh,
was to • appear most conspicuously
in , the • .,broche patterns ofthe
pieces of silk from one or more apoph4arui
another woman Working the lootn and
throwing the shilitte by hand. On* tho
otioLie principle it takes `Ave men to one
reato Turkish carpets; four . of
them sitting along in front of the loom
• with a scissors' in hand. Tho Man On the
right takes the wool--yarn-Ain* hie fingers,
• and wOrlia it in and out through 'ilio tvnn
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Thisinpas .pelonities.
The following' assignments are reported.: .
Ontario-Almonte, G. S. Chestermen,
furniture, ete.; Farniermille, O. Kincaid, -
grocer; Guelph, W. Hepburn & • Co.,
boots and shoos; Kemptvilie, George Code,
WOolletriiiiiinifticturef; -Kincardine, Joseph
Parr, hotel"; Markham; .Crawfoid.„&k. Co,,, '
tanners (failed); Toronto, ThornittegiAiston
wholesale woollens and tailors'
trimmings ;• Woodstock, • W. • G.. .Boyce, •
hOoks and fancy goods. ' '
• Plainly Inherited
'Tape," said fond Mamma: "do YotOmew..
that Bobby told story
"What's that ?" said papa; looking .:: •
sternly ci.i• 1304' ;," a story? Do yott. '
know what becomes of little boys who telt.
storiefi ?" (Bobby. didn't know). " The
lions and tigers eat "ism up. You niusn't
tell stories,. Bobby; it's ricked."'Hirper's.
Bazar.
A Good:Catch.
*Charley (to* his.prettY -6ousin)-Do you
know, Maud, ' I understhand that the
beautiftilgirl with ,Tholitli ith baiting her ;
trap for int) ? ' .
•PxotiSr ConsitiL--thdeed .Vithat hind of •
1:trap is it, Charley -a monk, tap?
• Frances: Hodgsen, Burnett is now 34 .
years of age, Tonka much younger.: :
A nine- foot. Coal Vein hos beenititick near 4,
the -surface at Greeley, Cal, •
The death by drowning at. Sierra Madre,
Cal., of F. W.. (It:mid Wakes, the fifth
ionsecutive case in whichjhe eldest. mole
member of his family his perished hy
drowning. ; •
It. is..Printed that 'the highest Salm* Paid
Methodist ministers iii the New,Ilettipehire,
Cortferetee is 81,500 and the ASA of a
parsonage, .while. the :average; .1riCiudin,.
liOnad rent, is 4800. , •• •
In bralda uoorui Ungtyal:NW6ev11.4..n6etabarull'ionfe uGau'Veoe, Biaitinutt
hot entightd•toolt patotoes was struck it •
a depth of potty feet'belOw the stirfSee
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