JUNE 1845.
THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE
HONGKON
ANNO DECIMO VICIDALE REGINE No. 4 of 184
By the Honourable GEORGE D'AGUILAR, C. B., Major General Commanding Her Majesty's Troops in China, and Governor for the time being of the Colony of Bonglong and its Dependencies, with The advice of the Legislative Council thereof,
AN ORDINANOR to explain Title.
and extend the provisions of the Ordinance to Establish a Licensed Ghaut Sereng in the Colony of Hongkong, and for the better Regula tion of Lascars resorting thereto.
[9th July, 1846.] WHEREAS Certain doubts have Preamblo,
existed in the construction of the Ordinance No. 13 of 1845, as to the term "Lascare" therein uspl, and as it is deemed The word "Lascer" expedient that the provisions 10 extend to all Asia. thereof should be extended to all de Barmen.
Seamen Natives of Asia: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by the Governor for the time being of the Colony of Hongkong and in Dependencies, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, That from and after the passing of this Ordinence, the word "Lascar," shall in both Ordinances be held to include and com prehend all Searnen Natives of India, and that each and every provision made and ordained by the said Ordinance No. 18 of 1845, touching and repecting "En cars,"
"shall be and are hereby extended to all other Seamen, being Malays, Natives of Manila, or of any other part of Asia, except Chinese.
GEORGE D'AGUILAR, Major-General and Lieutenant-Governor.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 9th day of July, 1846 ADOLPHUS E. SHELLEY.
Clerk of Councils.
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THE FRIEND OF
AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1816
NOTICE. The hars of Divine service at the Colonial Chapel on Sundays are at present & past 5 A. ., and 6. M.
VINCENT STANTON, Victoria, 13th July, 1846,
Colonial Chaplain.
Our neighbours of Macao are about to be saddled with an income and property tax of tea per cent. Our contemporary of the Re gister appears to admire the liberality of the new Governor of the "holy city"-we ce only say, save us from such a liberal government.
The Custom house exactions have not en tirely been taken offen ugh of that some- what notorious departme Foreign Merel
ter
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my, and whose que old residents of China, eucon to mark bidden dangers. That the Portuguese have full power to tax residents in the settlement of Macao is undeni. ablo-the question is, will this heavy tax Enswer the purpose for which it is intended or in other words, will it raise a revenue to meet the current expenses of the Government?, This is questionable.
sufficient.
sent) he pays $100 for his house assessment, prove them; the affidavits of the creditors being and not more than $300 for his income tax.
10. When for any reason it may be impossible to There is, however, no guarantee that, the Go- vernment will not rate his income much higher put a value on the income of parties liable to taxa It may be said to the foreigner, you are known tion, there shall be imposed upon them a tenth, which shall never be less than an amount correg. We Ongth fort, ortwenty or ten thousand
inhabit, nor more than three times that tenth. dollars a year, and you are therafure mulet in ponding to the tenth of the rent of the houses they four, or two, or one thousand dollars, and a- gainst such an exaction there appears to be no appeal.
It will be observed that the Church property is exenapt, or in the language of the decree, "the property of the FRATERNITY OF THE "Most Holy, and the Convent of the Nuns of "Santa Clara and the dwelling house of its Chaplain." If, as we are informed, this includes a large portion of the best household
property, the burden becomes a heavy one on the pro- prietors or tenants of houses not owned by the church, and its effect will be to swell the re- venues of the religious orders at the expense of the inhabitants.
The new Governor of Macao is said to be a sensiblo man-he has even been called a liberal Governor. The degree which we publish may flordevidence of this but we confess we can- rst see it, though we will be happy to find that after it has been twelve months in operation our anticipations are not realized. It is evident- not the interest of this colony, that large numbers of the lower orders of Portuguese should seek an asylum here, and without put ting forward any claims to philanthropy, we may express an earnest desire that the prospe- rity of their own settlement may be such, as to preclude the necessity of their abandoning it in
distress.
MACAO-Official Department-The Governor of the Province of Macao. Timor, and Solor has made the following Decree in Council:-
I being indispensable that the Establishment should possess the pecuniary means of meeting the public expenses, I hold it expedient to decide upon the following-
Art. In the City of the holy name of God-Ma- cno a tax shall be imposed, and collection made of cne-tenth, in the manner herein set forth.
2. Subject to the tax of ten per cent shall be- 4. All farms or estates to town or country,
2. The rents, charges, and pensions, which ember these properties.
As regards such Dealers as keep open shop. the calculation for their tenth shall be made, in profe rence, upon the rent of the shop, store, or godown, which they occupy (for trade), if this be larger than the private house they inhabit.
SINGAPORE.
TIMES OFFICE, JULY ITE, I P. M. The ship Sylph from Calcutta arrived last nigin with dares to the 22nd June. A commercial Jeter gives the following Lites of Opiam-Punx 1120, Bennces 1,100 The Bank's rate of disonans had udvanced un additional i per cent-money very
scarce.
TRINGANG.The following translation of an autentic letter from the Rajah of Tringant conveys some items of news:
We wish to intimate to our friend, if he wishes to know of the state of Tringanu: On the 17th day of the month Jumalual Awal on Thursday nt A. M. (corresponding with the 14th May 1940,) a confiagration took place on the west side, and co- sumed about 1,600 houses, large and small, as far as our place with loss of lives. The houses of oar relative Rajah Moodiah and the houses of other Rajah's Sons were also consumed during the con flagration, but our houses escaped by the Will of Providence.
We have not sent any thing with this letter, with the exception of 2 pieces of Cloth and our compli ments, Dated 29th Jumotul Akur 1262. Corresponding with 25th June, 1846."
IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE. BALLY-By the arrival of the Ariel, we have been favored with some important and highly inte resting intelligence, for which we are indebted to Captain Hodgson. By this opportunity we are re- lieved from the suspense in which we have for some time been kept, by not receiving any news from the seat of war.
A desperate battle, called the battle of Bally Ba
The Bali- en-laling, was fought on the 28th of June
3. The interests, and profits derived from all branches whatsoever of industrial trade, commerce, agency, dealing, handicraft, and whether exercised by Portuguese or foreigners.
3. By the town properties, which may be 1st, or shall be occupied by their proper owners, there shall be paid 10 per cent, calculated upon the value of the beat which they yield, or which it shall be decided, by arbitrement, they are worth.
4. By sub urbani estates shall be in like manner paid 10 per cent upon the amount of their rent, or "apon what they are decided, to be worth, should they
be caliivated ou account of their proprietors
nese having well fortified their front by means of Bam- cnos. Cocoa but trees and earth, made shot proof, con. sidered themselves secure from any attack on that sila, A regular cannonading was kept up from the Dutch ship-of-war from an early hour in the mar ning which is said to have been most destructive to the enemy. The Balinese returned briskly the fire from their fortifications Concealed by the sinalte and under cover of the gun from the Dutch Corvette, the Dutch landed and attacked the Balinese in their rear, which was left comparatively unprotected desperate struggle succeeded. The Dutch and the Balinese are reported to have fought bravely. A Javanese Captain, to the Dutch Service, the first to mount the rampars, was killed. Finding the place 5 By the quit rents, charges, ani pensions, with
carried by assault, the Balinese filed in great confit- in endeavouring to which any estates, whether in or out of town may prove to be encumbered there shall be paid 10 persion; they were severely cut
escape. cent, either at the cost of the real proprietors or of the tenant, if there happen to be a contract to that effect. 6 The properties or pensions belonging to the public revenue, which may be enjoyed by persons for their lives, and those belonging to Societies, Frater- nities, or any other establishments or corporations, whose revenues are not applied to pious purposes or benevolence, shall pay the the tenth of their income. 7. Exempted from the payinent of the titthe shall be,--
1. All properties, belonging to the public re- venue, which may prove to be entirely estreated, or taken up by some department of the public service.
2. The Building in which the Layal Senate holds its sessions.
3: The property of the Fraternity of the Most Holy, and the Convent of the Nuns of Santa Clara and the dwelling house of its chaplain...
8. Subject to the payment of 10 percent upon the profits to them resulting from their professions, handi. craft, industrial trade, dealing or agency, shall be,→
§1. Medical men, Apothecaries, Advocates, No- taries, Scriveners, Solicitors, Appraisers, and others exercising similar callings.
2. The Employes of the Loyal Senate of the Mizericordia, and Hospitals, who derive alloted sa iaries from their respective funds.
So long as Macao is favored with the pre- sence of foreigners who can afford to pay a lair rent for houses, with 10 per cent additional in the shape of an assessment upon the house, and a further tax of 10 per cent upon their in- come, or supposed income-we say, so long as foreigners submit to these exactions by renting houses in Macao, there can be no question of a considerable revenue being raised. The ex- periment however is a dangerous one, From various causes a considerable portion of the § 3. The public functionaries according to the foreign residents of Canton prefer Macao to Emoluments which accrus to them, at their proper Hongkong as a place of residence during the cost summer months. In consequence of this, a glimpse of prosperity has again been shed upon the holy city"numerous houses here been rented and the influx of foreigners has diffus ed some degree of comfort among the impove rished inhabitants. The foreigners who have temporarily taken up their abode are a shrewd race, and not men who will submit to oppró-- sive taxation. Macao suits them, and they out Macao, but when the government shows a desire to dip into the pocket, the charm is broken, and they migrate to the inc Canton. Among the mauve
-a few wesliby fan
how long they will
per cent and
The proprietors of workshops, and all other establishments of art or mechanical trade, and the asters and tradesman of the said trade and handi
crafts.
$5 The ormers of warehouses, and houses of sate for toch aricies ne are made in the above tender, for godowns for as well as those of shops the sale of milline
Other Bka orticles 6. The ow of supe and commog vessels which sail on the open een or upon the rirors,
7. The
masters, boatswains, pilots, and boat masters of these vessels
are and agriculturies according to the
y acome to them from the farms of
whatever.
dealers, whether on
ashiers of mer
of mercantile
funds
The Dutch loss amounted to 30, killed and wounded; the number of the enemy slain “is not known with certainty but it is estimated that about four hundred natives were killed and wounded.
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On being defeated the Rajah opened a negotiation with the Dutch, through Mr King the interpreter to the expedition, which was still in progress when July 8th. The war is considered to the dried loft, J be at an end-all was quiet at the latter date.
We may expect soon to receive details of the war, in the mean time at will be satisfactory to our readers
learn that hostilities have terminated.
الشام
pal de Calcutie, 8th June, 1846. THE MONEY MARKET-Has experienced no improvement ance our issue of the 2nd instant; tightness continges, and such is the pressure thist business to a great extent is interrupted, sales being difficult, and the value of money in, the bazar being from 20 at 25 per cent. per annum; speculators are unwilling to operate under such disadvantage; relief, however, is soon expected—the outward second April mail however is remittance by the small, not excelling Rs. 800,000, but there is a great falling of in the ralog of imports, which with the unfavorable position of the Opium market, may render money anore available h
cent
GOVENMENT LOANS. Have experienced further deprecation under the continued pressuro on the money market, Stock paper is without al terations the premium on of the second five per cent, is 8 annas per cent lower, of the third five 4 annas per cent, and of the new Five also 4 annus par ceat, the value of ↓ indien one and to 8 anbag per dem
EXCHANGE MARKET The rates for ho- advanced tranenctions have meward bills having been considerable approved bille at 10 months date have been purchased at 2 20. per Rupee, but operations have obtained at 224d to 28 212 per Rupee,
the bulk of business, however, has been at the first quotation which applies to approved drafts; the following may be reported current.
Thesaury Bl, at 30 days sight, according to amount at Ir 218 to 18 1138 por Co. Rupee.
Navy Bills, et 3 days sight, at Ir 1140 * 11 per Co. Rapee,
Bank ditto, at 30 and 60 days sight, at, ir 11jd
Union Berl Bills at 3 dura to 6 months sight,
Balk of sight test months sight, for 2013 nove £500, nt Ja 13jd to
to 6 months pight,
onthe sight,
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aths sight
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