The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser, 17 August 1889

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    16 1 The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser. VOL. 11. Malacca, Saturday, 17th August, 18S9 No. 85.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      891 1 •fcv RILEY HARG HEAVES &C Singapore insurance T3owell co., auctioneer. Merchant Road, COMPANY, LIMITED. X g INO SINGAPORE. Authorised Capital $4,000,000 Subscribed Capital 3,000,000 KIM GUAN &CO j En^ineerB Boilermakers, Bridge Amount Paid up 600,000 offic< anJ Sale-Rooms, Commercial Square Builders, Iron and Brass Founders 0 149, First Cross Street,
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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 17TH, 1889.
    1932 2 Last week we published the annual report on tne Forests of Malacca. Omitting the extensive Reserve in the district of Jus, the demarca tion of which lias not yet reached completion, the area comprised in the several Reserves, on which the report furnishes some interesting notes
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      494 2 NOTICE. IT is notified for general information that the STADT HOUSE is not available for general visitors, who can obtain quarters at the Rest House on application to the Superintendent of Works and Surveys. By Order, R. V. BOSWELL, Acting Snpt. of Works and Surreys, Ma’acca 10. 8. 89. NOTICE.
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    Letters To The Editor.
    1779 3 The Piee. t Sir, On the night of the 13th instant, three respectableEurasuius were enjoying tbeinsjives by walking in the pier, wuile r>ttin4 iii the midst, an! on a sullen 1 were stopped by a native constable j frain goiug forward. When questioned tJ tadi constable
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    HOME CRICKET.
    257 3 Harrow beat Eton by nino wickets Sixty-four matches have been played between thsse two greit Public'Schools siuce 18J3, when the first tncounter took j place. Ten mitches have been drawu, 1 and of the others Eton claims 27 wins, aud Harrow 27. j Tne Charterhouse team beat Westminister
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    THE WORLD'S COINAGE.
    216 3 An cstimite of the world’s e ‘in ige. bas-?d o i the report of the D >putv-Master of th Mint, shows an increase of between seven and eight million in ns compare I with J-h 7. The total for the former yeir is put down at £’>8,05.i.2.i9.
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    NOTES FROM THE SINGAPORE PAPERS.
    548 3 (Free P veto.) The ceremony of the cutting the f sod of the Ulu Selangor extension, iangor Government Railway, announced to take place on the 19th instant, nt Kwala Lrnnpor, is just notified as postponed to the 26th inst. Mr. W. E. MaxWoll. c. M.
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    FROM THE PENANG PAPERS.
    316 3 inanj Quzetln.) The Municipal Cjnrnissioners have not bean slow to act upon the hint given them by Delti, in the columns of the Singapore hej Press, and advocated by that paper an 1 ourselves, rega 'ding the advi«ab iiity of taking means to counteract the budclfe
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    A PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS.
    175 4 Algeria is suffering from a plague of locusts and from cyclones. A hundred Zouaves have been sent with dry straw to Aumale to destroy the invading insects. They make war on them by spicading the straw on the ground where the insects alight, and setting it
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    THE METRIC SYSTEM.
    335 4 At a recent meeting of the French Academy of Sciences M. de Mala r ce, speaking of the exteusion of the metric system of we g!its and measiin s. gave s uie interesting figures. In ls*&7 the aggregate population of the countries in winch the metric system
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    MALACCA MARKET PRICE LIST.
    394 4 AUGUST 17th, 1889. Beans. Long per Kati, ets French j Beef le Beef Steak 15 Bamboo Spout 3 Betel Nuts per 100 8 Beans, Flat pet* 100 6 ,< Biscuits, Sweet per kati 3" Do. Common Blaehan 1- Bread Fruit Brinjals Bread per loaf 4 Cabbage,
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    249 4 Arrivals Departures. Flag I rj Vessel’s name Captain and jtons From P Consignees. Q Hig j For b Aug. j AugJ 11 Sappho Wahl 8rt.5.5.329 Singapore 11 Klang Kim Guan &Co. |W ill o’ the Wisp Angus do 166 Klang j Singapore do iKian Ann Fields do 101
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    COMMERCIAL
    164 4 Free Pres*, 15th August. PRODUCE. Tin (iaml)ier jy do. Cube Xo. 1 13 do. do. Xo. 2 t ij.jji Pepjvr, Hlack (ordinary S 'pore) ~22. do. White tFair L W—So o) 3.V Xutm.-ijs (110 to the lb.) D). Mace tManila) 10l* Cloves Amboina 32.2!» Rally Coffee, (native packed) Tapioca,
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      64 4 H.J. M ARTYN, JR. 2 Bkach Street, Penanq. COMMISSION AGENT. CIGAR, WINE and SPIRIT, MERCHANT. Provisions of all kinds, cheaper than anywhere else and guaranteed of the best. Ask for his celebrated Medoc Superieur. Per case, 48 Quarts $lB •> 72 Pints 816 BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. See this is written
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      192 4 NOTICE. The undersigned has in stock for sal* Manila Cigars, “Maria Christin Madras Cigars. Apollinaris Water, in glass or Btone w ties; Johnson’s stout; Kaiser beer, light i n quarts and pints; Kaiser Bock-bier i quarts Green-cross beer, in quarts Ham a bout 81ba each Claret, St. Julien, M,. doc,
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      212 4 RESULTS OF THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT THE DURIAN DAUN HOSPITAL OBSERVATORY, FROM 10th to 10th August, 1839. 2 S TE MrK TC RE. I IIYGROMETRY. Month 5i State c ="5 am) «5 c ~z s s4I of the i e S g. B 2 S.-T. 'I ate j! ij;
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