Straits Times Overland Journal, 11 February 1880

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. E\\l. NO. ItM). SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1880. Prick 4<>
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  • 847 1 W EDNESDAY, 11th FEB., 1880. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. ore, 11t_ February. 1880. 4.52_. lOdo. Wa fair <i nali ty 15. 3.32 A 19.L2_. II Flak. oVlo. i.ld. I .o; 1 20 lares Opium 7>a(>. a On Londou Bank 4 m/s 3 U»{. Private ♦> 3/10. (a; Oe indi. Sank d/vi
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  • 165 1 Government Gaze tte 6th February. in h following new notifications apn I >fe ller/Majfsi a raeious continuation has :i to the following Ort di uauc. Ordinance No. Mil. of 1879—" An OrdinfcuVe to eousolidate and amend the Law i elating to Pilots and Pilo» tage." Ordinance No. \II. of 1879—"
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  • 627 1 Christmas Examinations at Raffles Institution. The following is the report of the Examiners in Chinese: Office of Protkctok of Chinese, Singapore, lotk January, 1880. Sir. Having held the annual examinaj lim of the Chinese class connected with the EUAes' Institution on the' loth instant, j we hare the honour to
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 177 1 VmX, JB x Co's. steamer Oriental, f Fro in Rangoon Messrs. I bhepherd. tiaui Peuaag: n and L. Wray. <^r Japan, 9th inst. J. Cadoneu, R. Hehdiug, R. Teidt, H. Eggers. H. N. lire, John Velge. Mrs. A. J. i v and Master F. Holniberg. f" C«»'s. steamer Mecca, V
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  • 840 2 -first Annif tiemont, and it may our readers to recal iicumsf if its foundati to enable them to contrast now with then. On the Oth of IVbn $19, the British CommissionStamford liatiles, Lieut.-Gov- Bencoolen and Col. Farquhar formerly Resident ot Malacca, obtained umongong ol* Johore, Abdul formal
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  • 443 2 The Perak War Expenditure and the Military Protection OF the Colony. I mil more definite information is received, it is perhaps premature to make any comment upon the news that the Home Government will notify tbat the Colony has been debited with §350,000 for the exp. thos Perak War, but
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  • 1117 2 Tut: medical more perhaps thau any other establishment in these settlements justifies a charge alleged iu dispraise <>l nearly all Government establishments, that, namely, of a constant -tendency to increase in cost, without any counterbalancing 1 increase in efficiency or usefulness. The subjoined table will exhibit at
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  • 224 3 iftnual General M the aits Branch of the Royal Asiatic- Socie- the KitHes Library at 5.30 i the Mih January LBBO. The\ Vch.^B Mlosi M..\ i'.elent.) Kdwi"^\)eks ilUonn. 'Treasurer. ;fa< Memners an.l Visitors. of th last meeting were •onfirrned. lemen. reeommended il were elected members, ds,
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  • 1500 3 The Council's Annual Report for 1879. The Straits Asiatic Society has now completed the second year of its existence; and notwithsta iding some difficulties inseparable trom its position, its work has been carried on during the year ls7'.» iu nocordanee with the original programme. There were last year 8 application,
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  • 1683 3 At the last Annual Cea.eral Meeting of the Society held on the Llth of da; ary 1 S7i>. there wa- a balance in th of the Treasurer to the amount and the amount oi' Subscription then outstanding wa- s?2 and ties of the Society at that date amouv
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  • 1440 4 (It 18 requested of our contemporaries that, in reI producing these translations, t_ejr original appearance j in the S a *nay he acknowledged.) "Surabaya, l_th January.— Mr. Hardy, a sugar planter, at Wonoh Asseh, lately caught a tigress by means of a trap Tht said gentleman has
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  • 2333 4 'it is raquaated >f our ron temp at, in reproducing these t mrmlatioai, their orifinAl appeal in the Strati* I uikv he fccknowledgr Mention \va> late Straits Times of tin John Munday. a a expert, in J gold mines on he Wt matra inland from Padl lie
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  • Correspondence.
    • 431 5 >'■ E Daily Sue, In the G -nd dan nary lSSt)— apj Major Dmilop, Inspect lice, notifying the numbe hours wherein the Chine* e lass may fire off Cracker* in ■treets here i. e. when the pub are to be given up to the uubritl
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    • 370 5 lo tli- < ror of 1 Si.j{. 1 not our worthy Ins :eiviiig just i hard measure at the hands.; Mr Fra a. \V. 11. Head, Dr. Lit tbe public ally as repr ir paper with reganl to his grant for nat ive ting the tiring of
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  • 867 6 ¥To the Editor of the Daily Times. iv It is possible that other people besid (Jamma" may hold the opinion, s a certain amount of propriety llowing tbe various natives who congate here, 1 presume, for their own adto carry out the customs and practices of their fatherlands.
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  • 198 6 WEDNESDAY, 4th FE BUT AIM Rear Admiral Duperre on board, loft the roads at daylight this mornin^ Saigou and the China Station. We arc informed that the closing of Hie Synod of French Roman Catholic Bishops will take^place at rj o'clock this evening m the French
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  • 480 6 iK. tin; Administrator ent» \tltniral Joote a( dinner i at Government House. annual presentation of pritt o\s of the Raffles School who listinguislu'tl themselves will take to- morrow at the School at noon. United Stat* iin frijj Jeroga, Commodore Schufeldt, arat Penang yesterday, antl will for Singapore
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  • 178 6 v pent mance was _»iv ag, of a gi_r dd jutl inclnd puddin of suga ting to tb d erage kno ally as t be iudefst was pittdied lieadloii. by way, perhaj mare producing compound of ti tbat has laid heaw under our little its
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  • 351 6 IK total return ot s Library and M i eek ending Friday, was 1 H K P. (>. >tcamer L ondon mail- ot tb, ialle at o p. m y >e expected here on Ki id* Inquest uas held J v st., at Sungie Brie, in/ (1
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  • 159 7 match was played een the Civil Service ph Co. against the Army The former side winning mimeneed batting and 6*l obtained before the Ist t fell. From the undermentiont will be seen that the Army itf *^^p|rjx runs to the bad on the Ist nn_H_-u?s HriCK AN'D Id i
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  • 814 7 PI I be re mem Ham Jervoisj .M.G. in re--3 in ZuluWay arrived rkong. The pe has won e public of and a still den rewards impany will A Lesson Hall Theatre Gum li will shortly arrive and, doubt 1 others will follow hi> exifunple. The Kling
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  • 863 7 Ihi: influence of the Chinese in this Colony has been fairly proved to-day. This is the Chinese New Year's daVJ and not only is it observed as a Government an.l Rank Holiday, but not a Merchant's ofiice ox- store is open, and Solitude reigns in the Square.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 80 7 SHIP PING INTELLIGENCE. 3rribate. Weduesday, 4th February. British steamer Pontianak 99 ton*. Milnes commander Pontianak _aid Feb., consignees Lee Keng Yong au 1 Brotl British ateamei 'Mecca" 9 Thoui Cslcnttu 18th Jan., consignees Hamilton G American ship Leading Wind 1.20S t<JDB, Hint m ander, Cardiff -loth Oct. British ship --sir
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    • 1249 8 tbate -Cm r i-/7 r U T Ha; British b.i inn 1-74 tons. Ha mander, Penang 3rd 1 tees Bun Hin Co. Glasgow Uth Au^ Ifillan Woo British steamer ".Ruby 149 tons, Fox commander, Falembang I steamer Rajah BrooV l 3rd Feb., consignees Wee Bin <* Co. n under, Sarawak
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