The Straits Times, 11 June 1870

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    16 1 The Straits Times. VOL. XXVI. PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 11th, 1870. SATURDAY EVENING No. 1.2f1C»
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    STRAITS TIMES
    24 1 Mil RDAY.JUKEII, 1870. IRKET QCOTATIONB. lira 3 IS 11 90 10 31 I 311 I in J.!'.'. ..1,-.7'. ,2.074 t02.10 2 10s.
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    PENANG vs. SINGAPORE.
    1092 1 ring ivernor s speech opening of tlie Legislative m the ultimo, alluding to the makes some statements at our hands, if other reason than as indica--1 the -tate of' public feeling i a separate gOVP nang. I, .-ays that paragraph in the speech a1 the disbursement of
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    COAST LIGHTING.
    2251 1 Tiii. following interesting remarks on coast lighting in this quarter of the world are translated from the N. B. HmmidMai. Within the last few years coast lighting in Netherlands India has been incontestibly improved. In this department people cannot be satisfied by the mere procuring the means for
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    536 1 HOOBT of Proceedings oi the Legislative Council, held in Singapore on the Bth June, j^7(l. I'm -i 1 1. His Excellency the Governor. His Honor the Chief Justice. Thellun'hlcthe Colonial Sccrctarv. M Acting Attorney-! Iciieral. Treasurer. Acting Auditor-* iciieral. W. 11 Bead. F. S Hrown. i, n W>
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    MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.
    1217 1 Mim Iks of Pi»>owMiingf ofthe Municipal Commissioners on Friday, the 20th .May, LB7O. 'iiilhitixx'nnliTx PftMUi, The Hon'l.lf Capt Shaw, Present W. 11. Read. ft. Wood, Em. \v. a. Scott. Tlie Minutes of the last meeting were read ami confirmed. Cmettn. A letter htm read from tbe Colonial Chaplain,
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      153 1 THE STRAITS TIMKS. WCIKLI BdITIOK. I i Ball Yearly I i v 5 A D nade known r lo J I'.-nxls iona ill be office ;:ls<> in OBKHILL, it\ in j in the co] tired, else all 11 co interinanded, :i_-ly. •••■1 to e pr iprietora edi 1 1 r_v
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    SHORTHAND REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1893 2 BMI May, 1870. 11l- KIiNOR. nor The Chief Jo The iTov'l.i- The Ofloer OommaadiagH. vi The Hoii'l'lc'l'lie Actinic i! mial SeereUiry. t'ble The Acti.iL,' AitoriievGcneral. The Son'ble The Treasurer. n'l.leThe Acting A.uditoT-Oea«raL The Hon'l.le \V. II nY 1 Brown. The Hon'l.le T. B The
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    News of the Week.
    22 2 MONDAY. Cm JUNE. H. If. S. I), nfal, Cupt. Miller, from Hongkong 24th May, arrived ben Saturday afternoon.
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    15 2 i The Sarawak steamer BojalUt, Capt. Harris, from Sarawak :2nd instant, arrived hen yesterday afternoon.
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    17 2 The British steamer Japan, Capt. Cornelius, from Penang 2nd, and Malacca sth instant, arrived here this morning.
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    24 2 Tiik British steamer Dannie, Capt Hopkins, from Liverpool I 7 1 1 1 April, via Port Said, Suez, and Penang, arrived here yesterday afternoon.
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    36 2 Thk )cean 'oinpany's steamer Priam, ("apt. Butiin, from Liverpool LBth April, via Port Said, Suez, and Penanv; ■Ith instant, arrived here during last night. Prom Liverpool, for Hongkong, Miss Hill, Me its. Wm. Schubert Allied Bayley.
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    56 2 Thi Priam came through the Canal on a draft of water of :J<> feet .j inches. She was altogether, <>i days iii the Canal, at Port Said, ami Sue/, first awaiting the French mail steamer, and afterwards awaiting eoais at the latter port, but experienced no JilHcult^ what* ever in
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    139 2 TliK P. &O. steamer Ofitta, ('apt. Tomlin, from Bombay, 26th and Galle ;suth May, and Penang 4th instant, With the 'London mails of 29th April and 6tn May, arrived bete at 11.80 m. to-day ami will leave again for Hongkong at 8 K. to-morrow. The following is her list of
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    284 2 U\ the BoyalUt, we have advices from Sarawak to the 2nd inst. On the 1 8th ultimo, an attack was made by a Urge force of Dyaks belonging to' the same tribe as the Batang Lupar and Upper Kapuas, on the Silm Fort, situated 60 miles from the mouth of
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    572 2 Tin: Javmteht Courant of the 18th May jjives the following particulars of the wreck of the Italian coolie ship Itii'hi, ("apt. Waragm: On the evening of the :!lst April the Italian ship folia, ("apt. Nil in Waraga, from Macao Havana with ~>-l-i Chinese coolies, stranded near Anjer. She arrived at
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    TUESDAY, 7th JUNE.
    46 2 Tin: home papers received by th e mail yesterday, announce thai! the xti/i, surveying ship, Commander WChinmo, which has bden fitting out ai DeVOnport, would be ready for s about the l")th ult., and would come to this port via the Sues Canal.
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    55 2 Ox Sunday night, between nine and ten o'clock, fire broke out in a row of attap houses (tn the Bukit Tunah road, near the third mile stone, and six of them were destroyed in a few minutes. Only four of the houses were occupied, the inmates being Chinese shopkeepers. The
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    79 2 The Agent of the ftfessageries Imperiales Company here has kindly forwarded to us the following letter received from the Company's Agent at Galle:— I have the pleasure to send you a copy of a telegram which I have just received iVoin /'•.<■./ mlnn, dated evening of 87th May "The Pt&o
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    101 2 Ox Saturday morning, about balfpasi -'5 o'clock, a Bu^is living on Blakan Mati was awakened by the bursting in of his door In four Chinese, who rushed into the room aimed with spears and tridents; one of them struck him mi the head with a trident, knocking him marly senseless,
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    111 2 Tin. condition of the unfortunate Chiwomen who are brought to the Settlement from Hongkong ami elsewhere, and placed in houses of ill-re-pute, should engage the attention of Government. Within the past few da\s, several of these poOT creatures have fled From the houses where they were kept prisoners, and sought
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    107 2 SfjStwM of the oth May enys "'The petition of the residents in the Straits Settlements t<> the House of Lords, which is in th" hands of Earl (trey, lms nut been presented, owing to the recent decease of the noble Earl's brother General Grey. It will, however, come before the
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    112 2 Tin; Ceylon Obterver says the "the advertisement, which has appeared in our columns for tonnage for the conveyance of troops from Ceylon to Labuan. has been withdrawn. We hear thai orders have been telegraphed from England to the Commodore to the effect that he is to take the reliefs to
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    247 2 The Englitkman of the -Ist May, thus drily comments on the dismissal <>f one and the appointment of another Deputy Commissioner of Police Euun rur ■1 i »l i that Capi tin \V. B. ])ir«h. I).;. my Gonunisaiouer of Police, has been summarily deprived ol his appointmeat l>y Mr. II":,';.
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    WEDNESDAY, 8th JUNE.
    61 2 W I have been kindly favoured *ith the following later telegram than published l>v us on Monday London, 2,1 tA May. -Telegrams from Toronto of yesterday's date the troops have repulsed the P< on the frontier. An American Marsha] had arrested General Nidi. The failure of the
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    THURSDAY, 9th JUNE.
    20 2 Tin: steam tug FuA~le, C&pt Qibl from London ~Mh March, via. ?V Canal, arrived here this morning.
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    51 2 On Tuesday morning, a collision oe. curred between a buggy driven by a M.ila v syce, and a hack caiauge, -th of the hack entering the breast i horse, killing him on the spot. shock was so great that the hack fell back helpless, and was sent to hospital at
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    42 2 We have received from the Clerk of Councils a copy of the papers laid before the Council on the m!i ii oontaining copies of the correspondence between the former Government sad Tan Kirn Seng, Esq., concerning the waterworks which we reproduc day.
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    57 2 T.\<r night, Head Inspector II ward, from information received, to a Chinese tavern in Smith Bridge Road, and arrested a Chin. of having stolen certain jewelrj OB hoard the ship time since. On searching the h Mr. Havward found some pawn ticket* concealed under the fire place, which proved to
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    79 2 Mit. Biacß, the new Colonial v tary, assumed liis duties this morning, an<l ("apt. Shaw, who has been in"; the duties of Colonial Secretary since the death of Colonel Macpl return* t<> Malacca in the Colonial steamer Peiio this afternoon. 1 will relieve Mr. C. J. Erring, the ditor-General, who
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    165 2 On- Monday and Tuesday aften a Cricket match mi played on the Esplanade, ln-tween the ->. (japore Criekd Club. Tin- Singapore Clul boat, and sent their opponents I the vnekats. Owing to the departure on Wednesday morninjj, opportunity of finishing the mat not afforded. The following score at far as
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    FRIDAY, 10th JUNE.
    27 2 The next outward French man be brought on by the M. sl PeiAo, and is due here on Tuesday n< the 1 lili inst
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    28 2 DtBUfG Wednesday ni of a Ifalay in Orel unl H gbriously entered, an I rahte of aboul *•">" i* .ltic bo the insecure fa»l window, which could from outside.
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    19 2 between some > rival Chinese secrel societi yesterday, new the ground ai Tanjrlin. The; I pointed btick>, mm of Am
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  • SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
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      508 3 Saturday. 4th June. I 24* May"" n 1 ::7IM) kOa 111. Hongkong Hiap.;,,,,,. IM tons. X ;i( ,«lah. So.u-abaya Ist Sunday. stl June. Mnt.sh steainei Danube. .VJ7 tons. Hopkins commander. Liv. pod vw Sue/. A Pcnang 17th April. „,,,si „,ees ;,.M,rie A Co Sarawak st.amer Boailiat 151 tons. Han
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      Departures.
      231 3 Saturday, 4th June. North Gamut bwHfUB Joseph Haydn. Haupt, for London. Dutch Khooner Sena Soon, TTaoonrt. lor Pontianak. Dutch schooner Hap Eng. Naeodah. for Samuraug via Rhio. Monday, tith June. P. A O. stcanior Orissa. Tomlin, for Hongkong. British bwvat Nuiutisiil.'. Deas, for Hougkong, Tuesday. 7th June. Dutch steamer
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
    795 3 Ship's Names. Captains. Fijlo and Rio. Tons.' 1 MEN-OF-WAR [carat Lord C. Scott iI.MV. steamer 580 AJceriae Grey H. M. steamer K H. Fredrich Pituer Austrian corvette l-'i" STEAMERS. M,.hr Pearce British steamer 110 Knt. rprise D' Almeida British steamer 81 C1.,.w Phva Orton Si.iin.s.' steamer
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    VESSELS IN DOCK OR LYING AT WHARVES.
    44 3 1 Taujong Pagar Wbsirf. •> Victoria Dock <; J:u-dine. Matheson and Company 8 "SN barf. I P k O Wharf ®°n Accord Dock 4, Borneo Company's Wharf 8 Government Wharf 5 Patent Slip and Dock Company V At Johore.
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      387 3 iHisirrHanrou& 'ARE ;\ll 1 BRIDOE8.) r Rki, n and narked the Faculty Utenu- dicine at r. In lynsed Dtal to J renovator of is invaluable. may always 1 with Br arilla' I eof much debility. r.i. 1 have freely Ua' myself with and suooeaa.— J, Half-pints and Quart^r- ge |-v
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      91 3 iflisrrUanfous. D. NICHOLSON A COMPANY Woollen, am. Manchester Warehousemen Wholesale and Retail India. Colonial ani> Fokkk.n Outfitters, ST. PAULS CHURCHYARD, OOMTH 09 ('HKAI-si LONDON. Established 1843. Pat<ern S ,^Silks. W.H.llens.Muslins, Cam■ncs X, „,,st free to any part of the world 1. Ist. ,1 pages, post free. A great aav», K
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      94 3 Intimations. FOR SALE. Bouehe s Champagne in rta uud pint* *12 per dozen. d<>. Veizenay") in quarts"),., do. Sillery jand pints] lll do Also, Chawner and Newmans 1 HarnbsB and Saddlery. Double Horse Harness %o s i nglc T> do i>ki do. Pony Harness $•>(> Saddles with furniture SB, 810
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      115 3 I-ntiinations. CONSULAT IMPERIAL DE FRANCE A RINOAPOUR, Le public est inform.' rm'une adjudication po»ir k fourniture dea bants et de la ranne necessaires an service des subsistences en Coehinehinc pendant I'annee 1s; 1 aura lieu a Saigon le 4 Juillet, nrochaln On puun-a ]>rendre connaissane<> do eahier des charges et
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    18 4 m ,l jn the arm from one of The police quickly in;iiul arresl the comH which the others
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    79 4 thai th. 1 1 tckiiei Carriages is proseof the ordinance. i carriage <>'\ ner w.->s iv police court for all i run without a license, several proi iiiitliiiLT old cushions in after examination with i cushions having i two or three have been brought using anii badly shod, and the
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    SATURDAY, 11th JUNE.
    9 4 < 'apt. mi and Malacca ;!iis morning.
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    6 4 a lOth inst., arrived g and
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    19 4 ;i .-•from Calcutta 27th, Moulmain 4th, Penang i 1 1 »tli inst., arrived ruing. Lorrain, W. 7th .M. K.
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    41 4 some Kurong at a large tiger on i Service Hotel. a broom into the the tig and comnd another !i the broou away.lmt t the man's hand between I er Europeans i|iiick- atiion away, hut Itadh lacerated. He was for treatment.
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    134 4 w< re held on Thursday, I H. M.'s (■■roller the first on the -c child some seven ho was drawned in a Pagar. The jury re- accidental death. on the body of a Chi- i. ii was found floating Singapore River, lt Id was less than I had died from
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    238 4 llustration of some of Sue/ Canal to bj two samples of i implea of cttoii yarn tary of the Chamber per steamer Danube, the very cotton which ■\< to Liverpool from Bomr previooa voyage. The Bombaj on ti..-' I:2th PcI.uiiii bales of cotton, .1 on the 22nd jo \\;i S
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    65 4 W] extrad the following notifications from yesterday's Ooremmemt Gazette: Her Maje-ty having been psaased to appoint .lam.- Whehr W lf,, r l{i r ,.l,_ Bsquire, to be Colonial Secretary Straits Settl«inenl and that OfAeer having arrive,! in the Colony, has BSSIIIIIUI] charge of his appointment from this date. By His
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    39 4 James Wheler Woodford Birch, E mfc i bi Her Majesty itS Settlements. V. as this lav swon. in Member of the Kxecutive and Legislative Councils. Bj Hi- Excellency's Command, J. W. W. BIROH, < '■olonial s, ■,-,■< fairy. Colon, -To. j
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    55 4 ■uev the Qovernor havini appoint the Eonltle .1. W. W. Jb -i^ the Peace for the. bl onaa's name led to the Co.nmi--i. i of the Peace, in conformity with the provisions of A. t XVI. of 1867. By Hi- BxoeUency'a Command, J. W. W. BIBCH, I S en lurij.
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    60 4 Hi- Excellency the Qovernor has 1 n pleased to appoint the undermenti >ned I i 1. Members ..f the Board of Visiting .1:: ticca at Singapore, iin.br the provisions of the Prisons Ordi- ii of 1870:— TheHoii.W.K.S o.t. 1 TheHo, .W..\.l.imso 11 t<> take effect fr 3rd June. 1!-. His
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    54 4 The Riglit Hon'ble the Secretary of Stote f..r the Coloniea has been pleased to extend for six months, boa the '.'th Jane LB7O, with half salary, the leave of absence to the Bbn*bk Thomas Braddell, Attornei < kneral Settlements. By Hi- Excellency's Command, J. W. W. BIBCH, v ■•I'lT'l. Colonial
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    79 4 'ir.t of the average amount of Notes in circulation at the Branch of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of [ndia,Loßdoß and china. Singapore, for the month ending :'>!>t May, l-70. rendered in accordance with the t.-rms of Her Majesty's Boyal Charter of Incorporation. Notes i-s,ie,l 1845,190 Bullion in reserve v in
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    IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
    104 4 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEM ENTS. Division of sin.;apoki:. Th. :',<<>>, ,ln, tfMay, A. 1> 1-7". Th.' Court .loth hereby app >int the Senior Magistrate oj Bettleaients, th.' Commissioners of the <'..i;rt of Bequests :r Singapore, the Hagiatrate of Police of ad the Registrar and hi- Senior
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    601 4 Thi following telegrams, though not of later data than those received by th.las 4 mail, will ho found to contain information that has not yet been published here L9M M<ii), (AfUruoom.) The Hank of England Returns for the week ending yesterday show the following results: Reserve of Not- E10,750,000 Bills
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    761 4 l'i\\\<; is raffering, ju-t now, from a quarrel between tin- bakera and the Toddy fanner regarding toddy for reaat, in consequence of winch the bakera have refused to make bread unless allowed to obtain toddy from their own ir.,-. A misunderstanding on tins bum poini arose in Singapore some three
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    473 4 Thk T-.i>i.Y Cask— The farmer of the toddy lie ime I has can 1 .me excitement among the bakera in Penang by indicting a crowd of them f..r having toddy, used in the manufacture of their bread, which had :i purchased or procured from him. The case only reached a
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    STRAITS BETTLEMENTS.
    1709 4 STRAITS BETTLEME NTS. Papers laid bef.. r tin- Legislative Council by command of His Excellency the < tovaraor. NH .11-NK. 1870. Copies "f CoiTcsj.oiidence betweon the Indian Govt-niment and Tan Kirn Seng, on the subject of introducing water into Singapore. No. 5 of 18S8. ri.ni H. SOBTBBsn M >.i ki:n/ii
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    120 4 BbSosMH/a nSi. Thii medicine has resisted every teat whfeli time, prejadic*, and vested interests could imi>..se upon it. and it at length sfamls forth triumphant as the most reliable remedy for those aaraßfrvin.'tits of tin' system n ooansoß at the change of Masons. When the air crows Cooler ainl the
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    142 4 Maravii.i.a COOOA.- P•" Th-ruiifast. The flliihr says Vari" t* 111)1. irters and mamrmctuma bare attempted to attain a reputation for their pr*pan«d Cocoas, l.nt we doubt whether any thorough raoi been achieTed until Masai s Tmylor Brothers discovered the extraordinary qnaJitied of Maravilla' Cocoa. Adaptijn» their perfe.t system of preparation
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      772 5 <f>. conipnnp. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY OrncM -D' Almeida Street nowN8 At [few Harhour. MAIL SJ^il LINKS. 7 I TllK espected date of arrival of one of the Company's Contract Mail Steam Sin Singapore in connection with the service for the year 1870, as approved by Her Ma-
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      840 5 p. vSr (P; Company. NOTICE. A Written Declaration of the contents and value of Packages for the Overland Route is required by the Egyptian Transit Administration, and arast be delivered bt the shipper bo the Oompany'a Ageat with the Bill of Ijiidin^. or with the Piircelsjand the Company do not
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      803 5 ittisrrllflnfou*. NEWEST GRAND STATE-LOAN-LOT-TEP.Y. GITARANTiJKIiiind Controlled by the Governnient in the amount of: 120 MILLION FLORINS OR 200 MILLION FRANCS WHICH IS TO BE REPAID BY 4M.<h>o PREMIUM PRIZES. In five yearly drawings, ia the manner thai every second month Drawing takes place, at which wQI bedrawn prizes of 80
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      773 5 iHidrrlUmrous. THE ROAD TO HEALTH AMI LOX<; LIFE. Secure. l by HOLLOWAYS PILLS. Impurities of Blood. Tv selecting the most ii i ,|iropria te medicine foi a particular aOment, there may be some dilliculty unless one can he found to purify. regulate, and improve the quality of the Mood. Th.c
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      834 5 iHidrrllantoud. OAKEY SONS EMERY BLACK LEAD MILLS. Black fairs Road, London, England. Oakky'k BILTBBIOTH'S Soap non-mer-curial for Cleaning and Polishing Silver, Electroplate, Plate Okas, Marbles, &c., Tablets tid. <>\k;:y's WbUJBOTOB K.vifk POLISH. Packets :id. each; TiiiH t;,1., Is., lis. tkl., and 4a. each. Oakky's brDIABVBBBB Knife Boards from Is. <id.
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      664 5 iHiSrrllanrous THIPERFECnONOFPREp^ MARAVILLA COCOA. S.,le Proprietors— Ti The Oocoe or true Theobroma of Lin, digenoua t., South Am, i villa is a favour, d poi having secured the exch unrivalled Cocoa, have, by t!,. plication of their soluble elaborate machinery, produce undeniably the perfe tion of pi th; t it
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