2
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 8..
Post Office revenue for 1865
Excess of Prafts on Remittances from Shanghac in 1884 over thees of 1865,
Amount due to London Office ou the 1st March, 1865, pay the Colony ander the changan of Keeping accounts,,ie -
1004.
10,553.
624.68
General in England and the Peninsular and Oriental Sten Navigation Company under which the::
If such was the case when there were stops one way or the other, bring him ap
system of fines for overtime and premiums for time two Regiinente here, it will become abso-suddenly among the slums and stenches of saved on the voyage which was then in speration lute dishonesty, if the claim be persevered an unmistakeable Chinese town disily
built and friable as touchpaper!
on the line, between Point de Galle and ydaey.
was extended to all the services for which then after the reduction of the Garrison. Company en ander contract with the Post Offe
I incl Return alewing the number of days ailowed for the greyance of the Mans from
Suth auton" and "vig London to Hongkong
Marseilles, the time each suyage decipled, and he adhère of day's last ur gained trun which it will
be seen that during the year 1863, 3 roi's arrived
There is one other point of very great
Is there then no help for this? Aro IFR migment to the Colony, which seems to powerlessinourown Colony and vo our own have escaped the observation of overy land to lay down the law for the Chinese, bely; and that is how will the prospects that if it suits them so well to leave their Hungkong their das date, 13 before their time, of the Mint be effected by the withdrawal own homes to come and live among us, and stir they wern die here at the of the Troops; that is success depends they must adopt our own style of build- voyages 24 ing were gained and it entirely on its security nobody will ques-ings, and conform in every way to Euros the hour to be, S., Yoer most eledieu: Surant. TW. Mr. LL,
tion, and that its situation afforde ooie, is
pean ideas of cleanliness. Why permit of Pitmaster Generit.
proved by the piracy which recently took their jeopardizing daily both public and place under its very walls-Unless it is private property around there with the properly protected, nobody will entrustsy and inflammable material their hones
6,#39.90
$79,374.74 which shews a decrease of,966.37 in the ordinary Calonal Resence of 1805, e compared with that of This decrease may be accounted for in humerus ways, such as the turnars flie French, Past es das while main, the Revenue by the extension of the French line of Packers from Shanghae to Yokeliama. the extended operations of the Shanghae Lecil Post Officend the depressed state of Commerce in China and Jap
The Imperial. Pustal Revenue collected in 1863 1 $1,200.7.54 in exeus of the Imperial Revenue of 1964.
have already pointed out the Imperial portion of £s ausordance with our expressed inten-dollars or specie to its care, pad to assure are un ap with, and driving away respect-
Revalue collected here last year ng been
TAX PAYERS AND TROOPs.
somewhat more importance in the eyes of people at home than beretofore. Several other interesting details of the working of this branch of the public service are given in Mr Mitchells report, and he notices in strong terms the annoyance, inconvenience, and loss to the revenuo caused by the practice now in vogue of Blegally sending Juliers by private and instead of pesting them in due form. We do not se that this proceeding is likely to be as the law is done away with so long rowerless to euforce pomalies; and we nay add that he aim at doubt the wisdom of too severely enforcing the regulations. existence; as the law will most surely ie uroiled so long as the present some- hat high rates of postage are kept op,
ing it exactly, using it however to be but like in effected by the intended reduction of the and the trouble and expense of prosecu-exes it still shows best the bongkang boste per Troops stationed here. The difficulty of contributes a sum of not less than say £60,000 per tion, while useless to check the practice,
procuring anything like relable infuria will only be an additional tax oo the re- venue of the establicaneus, and on the
tion regarding military details has preclud- ed our doing so ee this; but having taken fine and energy of an already sufficiently
much trouble to institute enquiries, we hard worked branch of the publie service,
car vouch for the accuracy of the sub While speaking on the subject of the
joined statemente. rates now charged by the Post-office for the transmission of letters we would draw our readers' attention to the fact of the Postal come being emsiderably in excess [of the actual expenditure of the depart-
ment.
The balance is at present absorbed into
7.18.5 the Isterial share of Revenne col- tion we proceed to make a few observa- that object, it was originally intended to septed in London on outward with must of course betions, as to how this polony will be have had a Captains guard of some 50 greater although I have not the menus of ascertain-
men over it.
work weil
amma in aid of the Pastal subsidy.
The altered system of keeping the Accounts of the Department above peterea to has been found so far
The expenditure for the year 1865, so far as the varne has ferme a charge upon the Colonial Govern ne, amounts to 23.412.50 or $992,51 in excess of that of the previous year: winch is partially accamted for by an addition to the Staff at one o fer who was appointed nur the 10th February, 1865; at $72 per at this does not however include the cost of the new building, or the shig the English Mail Contraet, which disnursements are not made through the Department,
The Staff of the establishment now consists of
1 Postmaster General. 1. Assistant j
1 Chik
Change Taker, and
5 Surtera,
1'Compradore,
1 Head Coole,
9 Ordinary Coolies, and
&
able householders with the unsavouriness and state ofalmost universal squalor they live in, from the highest to the lowest ? However much the Colonial policy of Fran-
This arrangement cannot under present circumstances be fried out, and we hear that the building of the Guard House hace and lolland day be at fault, there is been suspended.We should much like to one lesson we may always learn from them with advantage, and that is the almoçar- know what is proposed to be done to weet the difficulty. The promised time for bitrary way in which they insist uniqu all their foreign towns being built commencing operations is very near, and
Fio conformity with the characteristic The point to which we will primarily delay mentis lose of revenue. We do not ulvert, must necessarily be that which believe that even a Hongkong Gloverum most concerns the tax-payers of the place, would propose to entrust the safety of the namely the antrual contribution of £20.000 contents of a Mint to Hindoos and Las- towards the cost of the Garrison. That ears, and where Europeans are to be prom this demand in the first installee was most cured we cannot opine. Sothat we may unjust, we hope to prove below; but that as well prepare ourselves for the adjourn fis continuance hercaiter would be inipiment sine die of the opening of this much tons cannot be doubled. The fact of the vaunted establishment. In conclusion we
the Colonial Treasury and its usual desti- nation is to pay for roads and bridges which are annually, washed away, or for and there are agencies under its control, viz.: at Legislative Council having acceded to the express a hope, that as the Legislative
3 Neamer,
Candy Swati, Amny. Fonchowno,
Ningpoi
Shanghaie,
Nagasaki, and
dess of the mother country. Le droit da pins for is a far more sui- table motto to go upon in this place,
than our Eve and let live" The Chi bese who own buildings in the Queen's" Rond are mostly men of wealth who cau
easily afford to build better habitations and would do so immediately they were driven to it; nor would there be any great ship in this rale, for it inst eventual- come to that ere long.
the support in fat and laziness of the over-
demand, is only to he accounted forty Council will meet on Tuesday, some in-ly fed Chan gang werthies who are so toys,
the pressure brought to bear by the Cold dependent member will procure for the. It must be said that the Praya is cer- our public spicuously underworked in
nia Office on the official Members there-community more exact intelligence on the tainly a very great improvement to the rest streets. It is a pity that it has not yet
of; for if what is whispered be true, one various points monted in this article, or the Town of Victoria; indeed it would struck the minds of the authorities that'
of such holding a high Government posi which so deeply interest every gesidente aliost perfect were it not for the cox- the surplus might very usefully be direct- fes the cruse of Shanghus, the Colonial Government com- tion; who had the honesty (or as Down-here, by requesting his Excellency the tious obey of the Naval Authorities ed to increasing the staff of the Post Office tributos a partion of the Packet Agout' Sulary, the ing Street would say the audacity) to vote Acting Governor in the first place to lay in refusing to give up the sea outage it which would have the effect of accellera-est being paid by the Imperial Por: lice, which
Departurut also jing's the salaries of each of the other against it has received a caution to be on the table a copy of the despatch re-ings to su pertmaciously about the Buck ting the delivery of lettera by the inward Parket Agents; all other expenditure at the Porta
ceived some maila ago, stating that one yard; however we understand that thera mails and diminish the time before Uffice also keeps an account with the l'est Cities at
being borne by the Colony the Hongkong Posture submissive in future.
With these preliminary remarks we will Regiment was to be withdrawa, and then
is a prospect of this with sexed-question departure for closing the outward nails. Mucas, and the same instructions are issued to the
itice of Mayao, as are given to the British Packet proceed to lay before our readers a fos asking for information on the following being shortly. settled by the present Ad For the fiformation of such of our Agents, businessary of the Posunester of Macro is facts, as to how the Troops stationed here subjects viz. us to whether any induation miral, us be is bue of Liberal views and readers as may not be in the habit of delayed by the Partiguese Government, which gives
security to this Department for the revanine received are employed, defining as far as practicable ind been received of the intention of the reading the Government Gazette we re-here- with the exception of Sorghi, Pakar the Limperial and Colonial Services. The Colonial office to abandon or lessen its
Agents are all Officers in Le British Consular print the Postmaster General's report Service. hereunder,
POST-MASTER GENERAL'S ANNUAL REPORTS.
His Fxcellency the Acting Governor, directs the publication to the subje-d Annual Report of the Hongkong General Post Ofice for the Year 1865.
GENERAL POST OFFICE. LoveKONU, 2nd February, 1866. SIR,In transmitting for the formation of His Excelleney tho Acting Governer this my Sixth Ar- Report of the Kovence and bapenuturo and general working of this depasta bing that the
dik year 1505, 3 have the hon. to pet cur, that, all ough the figers shew that the serene which the
not prejudiced by too long a residence is
tro, call fhuatep. We shall then have an
Sails are also sent to the Legation at Pekin, and Principal duty of the Troops here, is to demand for a yearly eontribution, towards broken rauge of quays and carriage to alati suls at various other l'orts, bat protect the various public buildings and military expenses, whether any protest drives all the way to East Point which no with the exceptions indicated, there are no regularly stores; To do this there are near a dozen had been made against the reduction of doubt will be carried on ere long past the guards, only two of which, (those ate Garrison and lastly, what steps it Government House and the Treasury) dun
appointed or paid Packet Agems.
The new building was opened to the Public on the 12th September last, and it has been found in all respects efficient to meet the increased requirements of the Colony,
On the 5 September last I issued a new bode of regulations for the guidance of the Officers of the Departnient, and these were publishs in paurphist
form.
I am unable to report that any improvement has taken place on the subject which was toughed up in my previous report ha to the illicit conveyance of correspondence by the British Commet Packets be wean Hengking and Shangha un the contrary,
by letter of the 26th July bust. No. 48, will have
be said to be for the benefit of the Colony. The remainder, with one or two exceptions" are for purely Imperial purposes; such us the 3 or 4 mounted over the Magazines and at the Naval yards,
The above constitating the main duties of the Troops, it will be perceived that
was propased to take to protect Mint.
L
HONG
Mint.
the
HONGKONG. TRERE are two questions which require the early attention of the Publie of Houg hugs first, are we Europeans living amo
The second question about the existence of a Surveyor General appears to as rather difficult to answer; if there is one, why in the uume of Heaven doesn't he pay closer attention to the duties that recessarily de- valve upon him. There is one very im portant item which he is supposed to have that is the thorough drainage and cleanli-
Colmíal Governguem ae aired in the year 1665d you of the coutimines the practice, and the only advantage Hongkong derives in the Chinese, or are the Chinese supposed to entirely under his immediate control, and
als of a defect in the Colonial Law which places the
sonicwher less than it was in the year 181, yet shut Sanny subsidized by the Crown without the sum pass if the Law with effect the Musters of Vessel
apparent diminuzios is to a great extent sodquite for
by the altered system of Accounts which was bremzla into speration, the 1st March last, inder winel
Aut under Contract to erey Mai
exulange for its £20.000 per annum is, (ir be living among us. The second question respective of the mural effect produced on indirectly arises out of the first, viz. ; have
The loss to the Puble, and the inconvenience the Chinese by their presence) that of we a Surveyor General for the Town of ness of the town and listhoroughfares; such the profits on the Revistance made to London-kave ensed to the Department by the cmtinuation of this two guards af a few men each. But as Victoria in name, for we certainly do thing as superficial drainage should be what is our experience, unknown and get not been creditos to the Post jice, as was the case system, ens hardy be overestimated, and notwith-
if we stroll past. the. Murray Burrucks, To commence with our first query. It
Morrison Hill really is high time that, something defi-Spring gardens, and so on to the foot of On each side of the road there is a nito should be settled before the propor tions of the city of Victoria become so
manageably large, and the Chinese se continued dark looking pestiferous streams ment preponderates to such an extent, that oozing out from the Chinese House which we shall not only find purselves completely in itself is suficient to breed fevers of the outoumbered, but put voted by Chinese most malignaut description; in the mort-,
in foamer years, and as these fout March to Dreat-standing every endeaver has be made by the there are Military Establishments here in not possess one inj deed? ber 1861 amounted to $1,653.05, it is proper, for. Officers of the Post Office, to counteract it, it has the sake of comparison, to add das zum to the Ker been found, in the present state of the Law, to be addition to soldiers, we must hext take vene actually relived in the year just closed the practically impossible to offices any improvement, profit on exchange in the Remittances of Rayande from Shanghae, was $624.66 less than it was in 184.
The revenue collected at the Packet Agency Shang bae on loose let rs (i, fotters carried outside the Meis). In the year 1864 manned to $.456.18, whilst that received in the year ju5 was $1,612.91 only; this reduction of severe is sensited by 6 arrangement which buils there for the masters of Vessels arriving at Sangline to deliver all their toess letters at the Local Post Office; these firmerly were taken to the British Packet Agency, and it is proper to remark that the Somers of the Pe insular Hud Orinovi Company are not exceptions to this role, al thongh the Messgeries Impiales Packets deliver the correspondence carveyed by them, to the French Post Office at Shanghue,
To in the Ladeny's share of Revenue for the past year, the change in the mode of keeping the Accoats has made it necessary to dedans from the total res venue receivel, toont remitted to the General Post Office in London, and for the rane cause it bet came necessary thus the debt amounting to $6,849.98
The compulsory use of Postage Stamps in the to ousideration, the object for which payment of postages bath here tid at the various they are maintained, which we do not Packe: Apcies at the Ports of China and Japan hesitate to say are entirely Imperial is stiffusal to be an advaunge, the Stamps now in use however, although of 10 separate values, and not There is fistly the Major General and introduction of four additional kinds, viz: a. 15.centus Staff. This cannot by any process Stkuip, a 32 cent Stump, a 5.5 tent Stamp, and a 480 of argument be considered chargeable cent stamp wonlu be received by the Publie's a convince.
wholly suitable to the prevent rates of postage. audib
to our taxpayers, for he is commanding influence and chicanery in every useful ogs especially the stanch is so intolerable
Towards the close of the past year the time for posting correspondents for the Mails by the British the Troops in China and Japan and were
Lontinet, Packets was extended trom & P...on the evening prior to the Packets departorenal ..
none of M, Forces anywhere in these measures brought forward for the progress
that early risers who desire to “eat” a few mouthfuls of fresh air on the Hace
Most of our readers will probably smile course or elswhore, are obliged to canter or
on the morning of Fer departure, and a box fut, the Yogins but bere, no officer of such rank of this important British Colony, receipt of Correspondence has been kept upen during would he sent to command ancli; a sniall the sight; this box however except for the oan of
persons who fearty the Quice just after the closing of Charis There is next the Alilitary the Window na 6 rt bag been almost in dienEP.
at the bare ilea of such a question being drive past at the top of their speed, hold-
$108,989.08 hue en received for Postage Stamps Sture Department which would have to put of course this is not only a strictly ing their noses for fear of being sickened, sold during the year 1865.
The Last Sinre of the Pottage on Mao kept up to almost its present strength European Town, but it is intended to be portable tabs wafting equally abroxious received from Louion during the year 1965 were the whole of the Troops withdrawn a model in every way for future Chinese exhalations attack our olfactory nerves dun-to that offer, by the Parket Agents at the Purus anfanted to £1,241.13.0 or £44,14.6 in excess of to-morrow; as it certainly has ten times Rulers and Architects to build their citics on all sides, and yet there is no necessity
the Colonial Rovere from the same source in the previous yer. 158,01 Newspapers and Prices Carrent, were sent
as much.
in Chins ad Japan should be taken over by the
work to do with the Navy as with by, instead of the bitherto clamped up whatsoever for all this, except that it al Colony, and it is therefore also accesary compar ing the Cornual Revenus of 1845 with that of 164,
During the year 1863, 230,073 Letists and the Army. And then there is the Com- and gingerbread streets on alleys of their ways has been a Chinese custom from titas to add that saw to last year's revenge,
The differences between the ante: dutstanding in the Mails by the British Packets to Londou, and missariat, more imperial than any of the country!" Is it so? Let us take our immemorial. due to the Colony at the end of each of these years 9,870 Letters un 5,136 Newspapers and Frices would be a very robertem to add tour delicetarent, were sait au the Malls by the French others for it is, so to speak, the Agent from, ne tir chee night zone, the inst year Packets to London; no account is taken of the of the British Treasury, through whom all revenne int as in the year 1964 this wasp naiber of letters and papers revived at Hongkong, down inclusive of the unsol postage mys on land in the Mails by either she, English or French its monetary transactions in China and 901 Registered Letters were received from Lor Japan are conducted, and by whom all dis de, and 079 Registered Letters were dispatched bursements on acconut of it, for Naval, to London during the Year 1865.
Diplomatic and Consular Services are made.
at the Fucket Agencies, and in 1965 the suma die at these Agencies is properly estimated without t Stamps o barit, the difference ander this hear cart, with way proper degree of certainty, be
contrasted.
The comparativo necount then stands thus: Ton 1 amount of Revente (poral ang Colonia) colleted during the year 1865,
$192,143.03
Imperial portion of the e (£27,207.18.51)..............
... 139,935.64
leaving Colonial portion 61,237.03 As against $86,541.1 revenue of 1864, the difference being hands up principally, by Prodit ou remittances inade to London in 1864, the corres panding item not being, included in
Iackets.
1933 Ship Alais (e. Mails carried otherwise than by the subsidized Packers) were received at the Jingkong Post Ofen during the year 1865, and 1, 0 Sip. Mais were dispatched during the same period.
leading thoroughfare Queen's Road for There can be no excuse whatever urged a sample; it has doubtless been originally against proper drains being laid dowo say fairly designed and laid down, it is broad where in the town on account of its being and straight enough for all purposes, but entirely built on the slope of a hill thấy what a betorogeneous mase of buildings would always have sufficient fall into taù we see on both sides of this Oxford Street sen to prevent thoir, being choked up t
time. of the East as it has been facetiously call my
We submit to our readers that we have ed; no wonder a stranger is very much Let as trust in conclusion that the infa proved most, conclusively that the de-puzzled when he gets there and when he son of new blood and rulers into the Co- Thuting the past year 1,269 Oficial Letters on mand made by the Colonial Office for is fondly beginning to imagine himself long will tend somewhat by their eser a civilized European City, tions and promptitude to dissipate the most disproportionate, and therefore exor- and is quite struck with the elegance, and bitberte mistaken notions people have beca bitant, unjust, and in the manner of ita solidity of the almost palatial residences forming at home about the confirmed in euforcement arbitrary.
the undiness of the Office were received, and 794 letters tupmitted in reply, this is exclusive of printed Tina Hills, Letter Bifle, Returns, &c., and.
si numerane Unofficial applications for information
made in Memoranda and Notes.
In the mouth of Noveraber last an agreement was entered into between His Lordship the 'ostipastor
£20.000 a year was, in the first instance once more
of our torchant firme, to find that a few salubrity of the Hongkong climate..
VOL. XXII. N
The Chin:
HONGKONG. THURSDA
BIRTE
At Shanghae, on the 43 TATE of L
MARRIA
Att John's Cathedral March, by the Rev. Joh
Chaplain, Jons E. Warte, to
DEAT
Died at Nantes, (France) c SOCI
GASTON DU CHIAN, U rosas of Bragoons, Kulghtof brother of M. Henri de Ches part.
On the 18th January Inst Einpargh, sell 85, Ju, w Inurobeat Edinburgu
At Shanghas; the 5th Ms the fangs, RNET BANE 7, o Ball, Balive of Devonshire.
At Hongkong, on the 11th Daughter of C.3. Bolton, aged
dary:
At Macau, on the 11th inst wounds received from the 05 RDAL, of the Freach Barg At Birmingham, on the Beloved Wife of Mr J. W. Gibs Edgbaston, lu the 40 year of he On Board A..PLS. Akaike FIRL BATS, (oker), 143
At the Seaman's Hospital, March Haus PÈZERSEN,
Tax installation of Si MACDONNELL as Gover
au event which has lo ward to with feelings munity, and the past nessed it may well be portant in our local pintuent is calculate tisfaction to the inhabi on many grounds, not the fact of so long a pe sines Hongkong has Governor of extensi
where. Africa, the W Scotia have each cous
an insight into the d with races alien, but regulations; and it ma that he will as succe administration of this which he has hitherto
The inauguration o tive head, whether it corog or Colonial Go variably marked by a
part of the govern
the
to imply that they
ence of abuses, but ra
fo ring them forma get them reformed. Me hitherto been borne
dislike to create perso
From a disinclination i ing needlessly officio ciroqmstances, brong more especially if the with a desire to afford ties for such proceedi
That Sir RARU
for long become perfe sabjects requiring gra revision and new regu
be doubted.. It may our readers to give s
more important mat
the public are greatly measures which will 7 new regime; so that to
as a stand point, peop
any future time to re the present condition wish to certain wha place.
The subject which first in order as affu comfort, is the sanita kong as modified or of the Surveyor G
The present condition
of which have neve
which from the defec
it seems impossible
diate investigation.
in their present state,
offensive to the olfac
nos qnly be a public
bably go far to encoun and other discuses i dence in Hongkong months.
The water upable to deliver they water on account of too amall, a large g when not required, t when wanted while f -portant uses to whic
that of flushing th voirs are wholly usele The roads, upon = alone seems generall nevertheless been a s expense. Their cons finnest nature; poss