GROWTH OF HONGKONG.

ME most erroneous notions prevail as to the condition and prospects of Hongkong, which never were so bright as now. It has a large surplus re- venue, a population wonderfully growing (86,000 at the present moment), and a trade, the importance and amount of which few places in the East sur- pass. 'With this extension of commercial relations in China, those of Hong Kong must extend, as it is the Head quarters of all the great mercantile es- tablishments, the centre of steam communication with every part of the

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