1084
VICTORIA, HONGKONG,
Concise Abstract of Meteorological Observations during the Month ended 31st December, 1845.
Pinviameter Inches.
lowest 2181 No. of rainy days--Three.
BAROMETER
THERMOMETER. Mean beight 30, 06 Mean tempte. 61,2
highest 30, 25 highest 76, lowest 57,
n.
0.65
Table of the Winds.
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THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
he was acting unjustly to the " high authority', { bursements £796,,19,,2, and in all the other upon whose head he called down a multitude depart nents, with exception of the Ecclesias of facts connected with these discreditable tical Establishment and the Medical depart- transactions-facts which are universally be ment, they make a most conspicious figure. lieved facts which are the cause of regret and The gruss nineunt of these ordinary contingen humiliation to most Englishmen in Hongkong, cies and special disbursements is £9,594,,16,,6,| If, however, the Hongkong Register was dis out of an expenditure of £39,464,,12,9. We satisfied with that exposure if be thought it un pass the Ecclesiastical Establishment, which is true,if he even doubted, be was bound to take moderate enough, and there is the Revenue De some trouble in sifting the matter, and vindicat partment £8,878,17,7. Upwards of a fourth ing the veracity of his informant. If on the other of the revenne is paid for disbursing it. The Nly. North Ely. East South Ely. Wly. North Wly. hand he ascertained that Alpha's story was but absurdity of this requires no comment--we too true, he must have felt indignant at being would merely say to the Executive, put your mislead, and though he had not the courage to money in the Bank, where it will be taken good express publicly his contempt for the deceit care of, and break up your idle establishment in which had been practised upon him, it was at the Treasury office. The Judicial department is The occasion of the Moon entering on her 23 Quarter least to have been expected, that the result of costly for this Colony, but competent men could was ushered in by a violent Thunder storm: there was also that deceit, would not again have been palm- not be got to perform the important duties for auch Thunder and Lightening on the night previous With Full Moon came a sudden rise of the Barometered off as a denial of the falsehoods of a con less. But the Police department is the monster salaries £4,351,4,8, ordinary contingencies Strong Northerly Breezen and Cold. Barometer carrying temporary. a high range with dry weather until the end of the Month..
In this melancholy affair, the China Mad has | £ 5,311,11,,10, special disbursements £322,. The Market offers no variety to dilate upon differently shown better taste. It does not suit the poli-12,1. giving a grand total of £9,995,,8,7. We from our last Months remarks. Fine Large Cabbages tics of that Journal to expose official failings bear a good deal of the Scoolmaster being (similar to English) grown upon the Island come this it is the duty of the Mm to vindicate when abroad, but it is time the Gardener visited Hong- || month to maturity but as yet few are cultivated.
The Green grocers will also obtain from Capton to or vindication is possible. In the present instance kong, and in lopping the rank growth of der, magnificent Grapes, and Apples.
a vindication is not practicable, and the Mail office, we would advise him to commence prudently says nothing-in truth he does not with the police. understand what it is all about! He was pre-
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General REMARKS.
The decay of Nature exhibits at this period ja some places the sear and yellow" deaf: a very beautiful crim- con tinted leaf is however principally observed, which in-
SHIPPING AT WHAMPOA.
H. M. S. Agincourt, Captain Johnstone, Flag of
Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane. H. M. Str. Vizen, Commander Gifford,
A. A. de Mello J. Santun Amherst, Biale, Atlet Rohoman, Row,
J. Matheson and Co Hansen Audaz, Oliver, Devil. Furley,
Russell and Co Giraffe, Robinson,
Ditom, Gray and Co John Christian, Thomas, Joe Corina, Dring, D. & M. Rustomjee and Co J. M. S. Van Basel Justinn (Dutch), Rash,
Lindsay and Co Lady Amherst, Thompson,
Dent and Co Nymph, Horsburgh, Pearl, Morrison,
Rustomjee and Co
D. & M.
P. Adler (Prussian), Schult, Prins Carl (Swede), Molien, Roseanna, Crighton, Titania, A F Anson, Victor, Morgan, Wild Irish Girl, Buckton,
VESSELS AT MACAO.
Fatal Hair (Dut), Ingals, Harrier, Isabella Robertson, Kelly. John (Swede), Olterberg,
Lyra, Grosvenor, Mermaid, Gill, Preciosa (Sp), Pardo, Pylades (Dut), Tholen, Snipe, Endicott,
terspersed with the other Foliage (mostly evergreen) has a sent at the inquest-heard a paper read, which penditure for the year is £65, † Lady Hayes, Langley,
very pleasing appearance.
Sat.
4
Dis.
Fri:
Month.
L
Mon.
30 07 67
625
moderate
2
Tues.
30 30 12 61 59 60 ENE
3.
Wed.
31 30 18 60 56 58
але
N.
moderate
4
Thurs, 1
2
3
Hazy.
Duil
Bull
N. W
Do
Fine clear.
NOTICE.
Week. Branth of Barometer. Mox | Min. { Mean. Fore. | Latter. **** METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER FOR THE WEEK ENDING, 4ca JANUARY, 1846.
Thermometer
Winda
Pluvion.
Innless
Duli hry.
BEMARKS
VICTORIA,
BONGKONG,
New advertisements, will be received, until 4 O'Clock, on the evenings previous to publi. cation, viz: Tuesdays and Fridays.
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the suicide wrote immediately before destroy ing himself he was afterward requested to append this sad document to a piece of buf foonery, bearing the superseription of Omega, and he does so, with a stale joke of his own, but he has not allowed himself to be made a Cat's paw of, so far as to give an explicit denial either to us or our Correspondent.
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From this sum deduct £27.232.6.8 for public works, and there is £39.494.12,9. which is the annual expense of the government establishments. The revenue being £22,242,. 81, there is a deficiency of £17,252,4,8, to be paid by the home government, which, con sidering that this is a military colony for the protection of a branch of commerce from which they ferive a direct revenue of upwards of four millions sterling, cannot be looked upon as an excessive burden to be borne by the British go-
In this colony it has been peculiarly the duty of the public press to protect the inhabitants from appression and wrong, in so far as provernment. tection may be obtained by an exposure of That the expenses are capable of being re- such acts of injustice as are brought before duced, without injury to the efficiency of the the observation of those who are connected Government establishments, is, we think, un- We doubt however whether the with the press. This is at the best a disagree! deniable, able duty; but it is a duty. We trust we will revenue can be much increased. The inju- not be considering as arrogating that to whichdicious system of licenses has driven away we are not entitled, when we say that we many of the native Shopkeepers, aut the al- have endeavoured to perform that duty, as one most entire lack of trade induces some of the which we owe to the public. If in the perforeign Merchants to break up their establish- formance of it we are lead into errors, we are àtments. The only true way to benefit the re- all times willing to admit them, when either of venue is by the encouragement of commerce; our contemporaries point them out, but we and the first measure required, is the discon submit that in the present case, there has been tinuance of the licensing system and the removal no mistake, and we look upon the obstinate be- of every restriction upon native shipping. If haviour of the Register, in again publishing his Hongkong ever becomes a place of trade, there paragraph intended to accuse us of falsehood, will be no difficulty in raising an ample revenue after the full particulars are before him, as, to With alarge influx of Chinese and Foreign Mer- chants there would be a demand for land, and say the least of it, exceedingly ungracious.
the rent would not be nominally but actually upwards of £18,000, In the present aspect of affairs, there is no prospect of an increase to the land revenue--that can only be brought about by a sacrifice of the licensing system, and the adoption of such other liberal measures as would readily occur to clear headed prac- tical men, bad wo such at the Council boards.
We-that is the public-are at length favor: ed with the revenue of Hongkong for 1845, We are further favored with a skeleton of the expenditure. What Mr. Hume calls the " to `tal of the whole" of each department are be fore us the details have been deemed un necessary---
The first item of the revenue is Police As sessment £529,, Os 3d, or as near as possible 5 per cent upon £10,000, Now, there must be something wrong in this; as the rents assessed at the valuation of the government assessors amount to a much larger sum, even admitting that the Executive lopped 40 per cent from the nominal renta affixed by those extremely liberal Gentlemen. We therefore conclude that a portion of the assessment will be carried to the credit of 1846. 1845 was only benefit- ed by six months of the property tax, which at the rate published would amount to £1,059, 12s 6d per annum. The next item is land rent £12,067. A contemporary appears at a loss to account for the insignificance of this sum, the nominal rent according to the land sales being £18,000. There is no mystery in the matter at all. In consequence of the unfair way in which
first sale, men of straw bid and raised the lots to an absurd price. There was no penalty no forfeiture of they failed to take up their leases, and they have only taken op such as suits their convenience or they could sell at a profit. The bona fide purchaser, who either bid for the lot he had already built upon, or that upon which he intended to build, was thus fleeced in a wholsate manner by this pa rental government. The iniquities of that sale have often been pointed out by the local papers we now see the result. Conspicious on the rent roll is, For Finney, 128 4desrep toon shillings and a. groat, extorted from the pauper population for permission to fish of the rocks of Hongkong!
THE FRIEND OF CHINA public land was offered for competition at the
AND HONGKONG GAZETTE. VICTORIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TM¤, 1846:
The Steamer Corsair makes her first trip to Canton on Saturday. It is doubtful whether she will be able to get within one mile of the Consulate, passengers landing in China boats, with which, if she runs regularly, it is probable that some arrangements will be made.
The Corsair has excellent accommodations for passengers, though it is doubtful whether a vessel of her size will pay where so few people are passing to and fro. However we wish all success to the enterprise of her owner, and as the Mides is laid up for a few weeks, he will at least be able to try what can be done with
out opposition.
We were rather surprised at the appearance in the Overland Register of a paragraph from the weekly paper of the same name, which on HIGH AUTHORITY, contradicted flatly our ex- posure of the iniquities of the Military contracts, and their deplorable results. The paragraph referred to, esiled forth a letter from Alphe, to which it appeared that it was not convenient for the Register, or his friend who sits in high places, to make any rejoinder. Now, though we did not expect that the Hongkong Regider would have had the magnanimity to admit that he was wrong, we were not prepared for the disingenuous re-publication of his unqualified contradiction to a friendly contemporary, and that in a paper chiefly intended for Europeas circulation.
We have often
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
January, in 30, Privateer, Martell, Cumsingmoon! FEBRUARY,
1, John Laird, Bryant, Whampoa, 2 Paul Jemes, Watkins, Boston 3, Sultana, Wadge, Bombay.
3, Syed Khan, Smart, East Coast. 3, Ardaseer, - Bombay.
JANUARY,
SAILED.
31, Amherst, Biale, Whampon. 31, Lyra, Grosvenor, Macao, 31, Aden, King, Liverpool.
31. Mermaid, Gill, Macao anel Calcutta, FEBRUARY,
I, P. & O'Co.'s Str. Braganza, Lewis, Ceylon. 1, Mazeppa. Macfarlane, East Coast. 1, Dart (Am), Baylis, Shanghai.
1, Carthage (Am), Fox, Amoy.
Russell and Co Russell and Co
Turner and Co Fletcher and Co Dent and Co Captain
J. M. S. Van Basel C. Sapoorjee Langrah F. J. de Paiva Cumaingmoon J. M. &Co J. Matheson and Co J. A. Durran A. A. de Mello Captain Turner and Co
A. Heard and Co
AMERICAN AT WHAMPOA And Macao;
Wetmore and Co
U. S. S. Columbus (74), Com. Biddle, Bogue forts, U, S. Corvette Vincennes, Captain Paulding. Anna Maria, Millett, Congress, French, Coquette, Eldridge, Loochoo, Hatch, Medora, Cooke, Yumchi, Steele,
Russell and Co Russell and Co
Russell and Co
Wetmore and Co
Wetmore and Co
PUBLIC AUCTION.
Wloclook at on board the Bat- VILL be sold on Friday 6th Inst., it
"que “CA LCUTTA”, the Sails, Spars Rigging, Cables, Anchors &o. &c. belonging to said Barque, as also the Hull, as it now lies to
Hongkong Bay, Sale Positive.
W, S. NEYL.. Terms made known at time of Sale, Boats will be in readiness to convey purchasers on board at 10 o'clock a. s. at the Bowra's Wharf.
NOTICE
THE Firm of FEARON & SON, Macan, is this day
dissolved; and the undersigned hús removed. to Nos. 2 & 3, Wellington Street, Victorin; where he will be happy to attend to the adjustment of average claims is usual
C. A. FEARON,
Victoria, 1st February, 1846.
HONGKONG DISPENSARY, CODA WATER, AERATED LEMONADE, Aorated Chalybeate Water, (highly recomme mended, on account of its tonic properties).
Hongkong 23rd January, 1846,
JUST IMPORTED,
AND For Sale by C. MARKWICK, Auctioneer,
Puttinger Street.
A few Hogsheads of Abbotts" Pale Alc. Victoria, February 4th, 1846
VALUABLE ESTATE
HY
PUBLIC AUCTION.
MR. FRANKLYN has been favored with In-
structions to put up to the Public competition
on the 25th proximo, the whole of the Valuable property in one lot comprising.
That commodious and well built Dwelling HousÐ now occupied by Messrs Munrow & Co. containe ing large and well lighted Offices and Godowns, Servants Rooms, Stables, and every other conve Whampoa.ninence with Granite Treasury on ground floor; on the first floor large Drawing room and Five Bed rooms, with Five Grates in excellent repair.
2, H.M.S Agincourt, Capt. Johnstone, 2, H.M.Str. Viren, Com. Gilford, Whampo 2, Audar, Oliver, Whampoa.
3, John Laird, Bryant, London..
REPORTS.
Royalist, Riddles, Amoy. William Jardine. Small, Whampoa. Paul Jones on the 16th January in Dumpier Straits spoke the Mary Ams of Glasgow from Liver pool for this Pust
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5-EUSELS IN VICTORIA HARBOUR.
H. M. S. Hazard, Captain Egerton. L. M. S.Dadalis, Captain McQubar
H. AL & Vestal, Captain Talbed...
said that nothing was too small for this ExecuH C. Str. Plate, Com. Airy. tive, we now behold the proof. The next item H. 1. Tr. &. Alligator, Com. King,
Hospital and Store Ship
Those Two House) immediately below the above occupied by J. Port Esq, and R. Banoël Esq. containing large Ollices Godowns, Servants roome, Tremauries, Stables etc, etc, on Ground floor, and on First Floor, Drawing rooms, Three Bed rooms, Dressing rooms, with Large Verandahs to each; together with.
That bigbly valuable Piece of Ground adjoin- ing, and fronting Aberdeen and Wellington Streets.
The Above Houses were carefully boilt, regard less of Expense, under the Superintendence of Eu, ropeans, they are woll drained, in excellent repair, and situated in one of the most healthy and res pectable part of the Town being in and adjoining one of the mast fashionable Streets.
They are formed for a refreshing coolness, not to be found in less elevated and more crowded los calities. The whole are tenanted for this year Macvicar and Cocentain, and produce a yearly. Rental of about $2,500, which will revert to the Purchasers from J. Matheson and Co la proximo.
Russell and Co Russell and Co
is Licenses. The opium farm, which is driving H. M. S. Minden, 2nd Master in charge Camer, the native shopkeepers from the colony and re ducing the value of property, amounts to £2,384
Anglona, Lane, 15s 24. Of the other licenses, selling wices | Ardarecer, and spirits, and billiard rooms may be permit. Bonsajes Hormarice, Coates, ted to pass; but auctioneers, salt brokers, se- Calcutta, Osborne, rangs, and pawnbrokers are all objectionable Congares (Am), Doone,
The Ecenses Corsair (stem), Soames, as tending to check local trade. from Chinese pawnbrokers alone amount to Eass, Franı, £104, 19 3d. It is painful to think what a Gazelle (A.), Chase, degree of extortion, misery, and crime, must Jane (Dan), P. Borg, be caused by a tax which draws such a sam Jobs Harry, Clarke, from the impoverished natives of the colony, Lit The other items of the revenue appear to us to be reasonable enough.
Mides (Am at shr), Poor, Natches (Am), Waterman, Paul Jones, Watkins, We turn to the expenditure. Civil Govern
· Princeer, Magri), ment £14,487,3,10. This includes Ifts Ex-
Royalist, Riddles, cellency's very bandame salary of £6,000 Starling, Chape, If, upon enquiry, the Editor of the Register which it may safely be predicted will be sullens, Wadge, was satisfied that his high aathority" had not reduced ere many years pan. The whole syed Khas, Siman, deceived him, then it might have been expected table of expenditure is rudiculously draws fr that be would have attempted to disprove our up. Nothing is specifice, we bare onder this Wa Jardine, Stall, report, which he was happy to bear was en-head (that of Civil government) ordinary frissahickon (Am), Webber, peely without foundation". Failing to do this, comsagettes £1,016,,19,1 and special die Zephyr, Mini,
To zuz Capit ALIST. J. Matheson and Co This presenta a aate sad rare opportunity for in.
Captain vesting money which will continue to yield a high. J. Matheson and Corate of Interest, as the situation will always insure Macvicar and Co Tenants, and become more Valuable from yeartis
Dent and Co year. To those requiring a residence an oppor Younghusband and Cotunity now offer itself of proeming one delightful. James P Sturgis ly situated, dry and well aired--no small consider Bush and Coation in this cluante-and which will readily realize Bush and Coin Value at any future period.
Order The Piccs of Ground fronting two of the leading Marrow and Co | thoroughfares, (dimensions of which will appear Marrow and Co hereaftery is admirably, calculated for a large Dwelling or House of Business, and is worthy the attention of Builders sad others.
Wilco Lane
MIL PRANKLYN confidently invites Inspec Bleckin, Rawson and Cotion of this Estate. Full particulars can be obtain.
Wesmore and Coed on application at his Office, Queen's Road,
Dars and Col Victoria, January 29th, 1848,