No. 6878 AUGUST 18, 1885.1
to the Meas Room at the Coutral Station, half your, or ay 23 por cant, per annum. where several of bie concades wore tollent-. It should be noted, however, that the 8 od to wish him bon voyage, and was than per cent dividend declared for the six presented by Mr Cradock, senior Inspector, months, although a handsome returu, pre with two very pretty gold rings, one for sents but a partial view of the Company's himself and one for Mrs Rivers, as part- prosperity. An exomization of the accounts ing tokens of good-fellowship frogn his bry. will show that considerable sume ata being ther Insposters in the Colonial service expended upon the permanent improve.. A few appropriate words were spoken on the ment of the property, and that much of this Occasion and all prosent united in wishing money is being paid out of the earnings, the rompleat a pleasant trip home and long. In addition to the $272,222 spent on the life and prosperity on his retirement from new Admiralty Dock, a sum 818,002 has the service.
baen expended upon workshops and now appliances. This is a sunad policy, and one which is certain to command itself to the shamholders. The samo tendency to
THE CHINA MAIL.
Tan Captain and First Officer of the British brig Arges, which was wrecked six miles outside of Nagnaski, en, the 32nd ult. ar rited at Shanghai in the Teilung from Japan on the 8th instant. The argo, the fercury heats, was completely broken op during the recent gale.
House, was sunt to goal for six-wooks. wont of Accounts for the half-year ending of a chair-coolic employed at Government 8th June, 1880
The total receipta for the ex months are 8661,071,50, and the not profit, after paying interest doc and all charges, apunte te n
to which bas to be added the balance brought forward from last nocount a - ****
Directora Ener from which have to be dedi
Auditors foun
8141,328.05
making available for appropri
atión:
8144,259,01 The Directors recommend that a divid-
R.
ly had boen grossly deceived. fad what I had leat roy hand to unwitting.
Our work is to sayo, not toguin; to pu- rity, not to poison.
THE OPENING OF SOUTHERN .. PANCHINA WALIMU
A propos of our article the other night on the subject of the opening of Southern China to foreign trade, we give below extract
farm
teristic of the financial administration of
millions, the value of foreign imports pas I
There is therefore a balanos of some of got the boys in as 200 as I could, and tod through the native customs. Do thir
who wrote to the manager of the paper to say the customs formers-the men CHINESE FINANCES.
sonding a special messenger that I could ar purchase the right of realizing the taxes duties according to their pleasura, The Financial Neues of the 3rd July not supply more hops, and to our superinly contains the following statement, which tondents to stop sale of papers and supply the transit regulations not being operativo in the meantime we rofrain from comment-of-boys. These are just the facts, and I at Canton. I lately printed out that one can only add that no one tugrets more than hindranes to trade, and the cause of the 0,683,98 ing upon :----
I do the unfortunate position in which wo Agansial depletion of the provincial
treasuries, was due
due to the largo extent to The Chinose Government loans placed have been placed 8149,009.01 this year in London have been a great
which the provincial revenues, by means of tho foreign enstome, now find their way. A conacional correspondent of the N-0.
auces, the Savon par Cont. Joan, issued
to Poking an ablo article in a lato number D. News, writing from Tisatsin on the 3rd ⠀⠀
in March last at 98, being now quoted at
of the China cvic, which I have SİRC3 instant, conizms the statement mate in
110, and the more recent Six per Cent 3,750.00 Toon standing
scen, dealing with this subject, makes out Cat" д
substantial premium the letter of our correspondent Panurge
of more than 1 per cent. Chinese credit
good use that the foreign oustoms ars not responsible for this to the degreɑ bevally- which appeared two nights agn, that Shao,
must therefore be considered as good enough
beloved, but rather that it is due to the The-t'ai of Shanghai, had applied for
to enable the Gerorament to borrow money. the post of Inspector General. He says:-
at 6 per cent. This appreciation in oredit
disappropriation of funds and, tha system Shao, Tao t'ai of Shanghai, has applied for the Inspector Generdship of the Ous-oud, for the half year of 6 per cent, or seems to have been sudden, and in the light
of farming taxes, bali peculiarly elmarad tom His application was accompanied $75,000.00, be paid to the Shareholders, of the statistics furnished by Mr from one of Mr A., B. Colquhoun'e lettera Uhine. Without going so far na the writer,
H.B. Contul at Pokin, sic). past the electric light has existed," we can strengthen the solidity of the Com by many recommendations in his favour from and a bonus of $15,000.00 to Contributing | O't extraordinary. According to Me i to the Times. The article is worthy of the there is doubtless truth in what he says. |
Shareholders; that $15,000.00, be written somewhat
The Hongkong Chamber of Conteres is pay is apparent in the steady course high officials. He candidat amo fuct of his off the cost of the Cosmopolitan sed Kos- OConer, the rate of interest which the most attentive consideration interesting itself in the question of opening The river next in importance, both to southern China, and now that those in pursued of writing off vacione sums application for the post and the strong aup koon, Docks, respectively, $10,000.00 from Chinese Government has lately had to pay
the value of Aberdeen Ducka,
has been either 10 or 9 per cent., and you
somewhat understand the from the stated valitos of the Compsport he has a $5,000.00 from the value of the steambir London luveston rush to lend at 6 per cent. foreign truda aud, to his horses of this power oor, out fact that the policy of and that the ny's property. No less a eum than 800,000 change.
however, may be made fome, leaving a balance of 24,259.01 te be. Following is a list of the loans which Mr. Sikiang or Canten River. The basin forms, to grasp
O'Coner gives a aade since 1981, prior stream occupies nearly the whole of the exclusiveness must give way,
Kwangsi and Kwangtung provinces, besides true interests of China lie lathe encourage is written off the stated value of the several Minister of France, se Monsiour Patonstra carried to new account
part of Yunnan and Kweichnu. A recent mert of foreign commerce in the country, docks and steam-tuges, and all this is done will probably soon be promoted to scine The accounts have been audited by loans having begu paid of in full
exploration in southern Chion has shown and its development, bringing about closer -Нагорела ровь or Washington. while the hurdsome dividend stands un-
that light-draught steamers could ply on the relations with Western Fowers, a good 007g-for-about-four hundred miles, more opportunity offers for placing the questor touched and the bonus to contributors
than halfway
way to its navigation limit at Po-si, of the trade of southern Chinn on a new amounts to $15,000. It is a pleasing duty.
371 the Yunaan frontier. The navigatinn foting Statesmon like Li Hang Chang, 6,600 might at no, ustravagant cost be greatly whose views, from personal interviews, to have to draw attention to an account
improved. By merely clearing which appears to display so much activity
botter tow Shansi, who comes to Canton sa vicsrey, as well as excellent management. While
quite aware that the best safeguard paths in certain parts, and providing there are quit where they do not exist, much wight be against the aggression of any power is the Hongkong possusaya two prosperous, com
reaches of the river opening the country to foreign trade of all done on the "hare fu the capital, tot is to be hoped that among the reforms mercial institutions like her local Bank and
It matters electrical Shanghai is far and away ahead of Hongkong. For sour years not say flourished, there, and the telephone
has proved van oralified success.
latest development of the use of the tele phone has made us very envious of the happiness which it must afford the Editor of car contemporary the NO. D. Neues
hie laat acquisition The telephono was gestomday. (7th inst.) connorted. with the Band-stand in the Gar dons. The transmitter is a swinging, one, and the apparatus is placed near the ceiling out of reach. The music last night by the Town Band could be distinctly heard in our office, and wo never hoard it sound so woll, even allowing for the burr of the Elec-its lomi Dock Company, it may well be said tric Co.'s machine"
ant. He has a chance, and the
Tao
Diavel -tang recommended M..
-Mesara Thos. Arnold and H. W. Davis
To
To
and
A Malyze, Chairman..
CAPITAL ACCOUNT ------150x15mberists.
as per last stateront
Less & witou-off last
per last statement...
Lesaamount written all last value of Hobson Dacia s
6 month... 4
$218,473.10
19478,10
.......
∙Kowloon
550,174.04 --- 18,000.0
3894.53
674,194.04
extension of Saw Mill und
new Joiners Shoy,
To amount expended since last statement on net WoTH Shops, Travelling Crane, hew Factory Engine, and Boiler, new from hear legs and ateari purdian..
1 letters from Peking, dated Saturday: high oficial told me this morning he At that date, according to appearances, Dr Martin was by far the most favoured candi- Te value of Abordner Docks date. Bat my friend added, with an air of the dean wisdom of the Delphio oracle, "Often appearances are deceptive. As the saying was too profound for me, I naked n told me there was a strong under. Hathon the meaning in common but plain words. current of feeling in favour of making a Chiness official hond of the Customs, that she can claim a place among the im-with the foreign Commissioners to assis: hio and also that the Chines's willero long possess all the posts of the Customs Scorcamen from the far North will be in-portant dependencies of the Eripirs. terested to learn that a work entitled
(foreign) service. Inverness before Palways, by Miss Ishal TEEN-U. D. New hears that the United Status man-of-war Ossipee has repaired, Andoreua, daughter of the late Feter An-orders to proceed to Nagasaki as soon as derson, one of the authors of Anderson's possible.. Guide to the Highlands,' is now in the press. From the prospectus of the work we should imagine that its anecdotes, its old time stories, illustrative of the mangers and cus- tome of the place, and its record of the changes which have come about during the past half contury, will prove of the greatest interest and value to Invernossians. We shall be happy boshow any of our readersinterested the prospectus, and to receive orders on behalf of the publishers, Messrs A. &W. Mackenzio, Celtic Magazine Office, lover
Ticas.
uz Goransteamer Iphigenia left Shanghai on the morning of the 8th instaut with Captain Aschenbom, four officers, ton petty officers and one hundred and twenty men from the Nautilus and is, who have just been relieved by crews brought out in
the same steamer,
UNDER the Title of A New System of Lifa Insurance, an English contemporary makes the following announcement: The pro- pristor of T-Bits hereby agrees that be will give one hundred pounds to the text of kin of any person who is killed in & zailway accident provided a copy of the TEE warm weather which we are now on current issue of Til-Bits is found upon him joying has naturally enough turned the or her at the time of the accident. This Sensational journalism of a new sort. thoughts of many of the tollors on the As a provocatlys to murder it is only es- lower levels towards the cool altitudo.ofound to baby fusurance, which it is now the Pens, and people are getting curious aid causes thousands of cases of infanticide
in London every year.. toknow what progress is being made in the proposed means of getting there and basky Fix, the Peak Tramway. From recent eu quiries into the matter we learn that the schouse is developing quits as rapidly can be expected. In a very short time shares of the new Company will be placed upon the market, and property-holders at the Peak, and all interested in the success of the schemo, will be able to secure ahid on board 19 cases of rifles of the newest tangible interest in the undertaking, which pattern, (250 rides in all) with a large nat
bar of cartridges, and a stock of caps, pre-. the old class of riles in their. certainly promises to pay a-good" Bainably for on the batisy The difficulties which porrassion--as many we hear as a million existed betwem the promoters and the and a half of caps all of which goods have been confiscated. The shipper here is be- Government have been satisfactory overleved to be a wealthy Achinese. come, and the contracts, boin for executing weat
"Gemm
Some fifteen days ago, says the Penang Ga sette of the 27th ultimo, the 8. 8. Canton belonging to Ai Hong was seized at Aches
LOSS OF THE GERMAN BARQUE *WILLY.
22306
To amount erpended in the contrac Hon of Admiralty Dock, including the whole of the Material and part of the Labour on the new Iron Caisso0..
Cosmopolitur..
To value of Cosmopolitat
Docks as per laat statement 420,285.57
Loss oust written off
12,000.00 Zas months,
Messru Wielor & Co. lindly inform na that they have received a telegram from Manila informing them of the loss of the German barque Wally, Captain Heane, on Flery-Cross Rest. No loss of life ocurred, to amunt expaded on new all hande boing saved. The Willy 768 a reel of 860 tons register. "She left here on the lat Joly for Havre and Hamburg.
CHINESE PASSENGER REGULA- TIONS.
dwelling for forergen...
Tiz and Launches. To coat of cattraction of Pilet
Fier To vride of Far as per last
staterne...
To value of eight Beala
Lanches o
To value of Light and Boats To audry debtors.
UABILITIES.
Capital and i
fună la p
of Canton, Limitest Lon Recount By Hongkong Fire Ince Company, Linvited (Loan ne
By Union race Society
Mr H. M. Baily, the Secretary of the cost of materials on band Chamber of Commerce, has sent us for publication copies of the following Gerty chanbolders for rail sp respondence, un the subject of the conflict butween the omigration laws of Singapore and Hongkong. As our readers are already: aware from the statement made in our columns on the 101 inst., the Government of the Straits Settlements, intend, if they have not already done so, to issue an Order in Council by which deck passengers be tween the Cries Treaty Forts and Sings
for snuggling arts and ammunition, compare will be allowed to be carried daring tray to Froclamation, and was taken to one monsoon, as is allowed by the Hong Oleleh by a priza grow. The Court there kong laws. In another column we repro levied a fire of 50,000 grs. (fifty thousand duce the form which the urder is likely to guilders) and ordered the vessel and tako to be held, punding payment. The Cantos
cargo
the necessary local works and for the supTREAL has been some good practies with ply of plant and uschinery from home, are the new Brennan torpetto of late on the being proounded with, and there is little Medway, and one of the best displays was doubt that within a very short time work on the occasion of an official inspection. In will be actually commenced upon the line the presence of many distinguished nava and military officers. The experimental torpedo was worked by team-engine in
selected for the tramway.
Copy
By China aire fastrade Co..
Limited Loan account)... Ereliton
By balance at must brought farvand put inst scout...
By. Troit
11,305.00
10,000.00
12.103.57
40100
LEL ... 141,835.05
Brezus AçoMENT.
Working Expenses at the three Docks
To cost of Labor, Material and
To interest
To legal expensi
To Fire Insurance
To crown rent...
To office expenses, tony,
telegrams, and party.czTA
by grom carnings of the three By brangs not burnings...
transurfer. feitelia acordance with par. By nelaimed lands for 10 of Articles of Associa- tion, Bonus from Insurance willets, ko
HONGKONG GENERAL CRAMBEN OFTEN
Hongkong, 4th August, 1885 Sir,With reference to this Chamber's latter of 8th May laat addressed to the Cole nial Secretary respecting the inconvenience experienced by the conflict between the Emigration Laws of this Colony and those of Singapure, I Lied further to slate that, in the opinion of the Committee, the Legislature of Singapore, in framing regula tions overtaling the law of Hongkong, is asking beyond its powers, for the following
asons
and
The Regulations governing this Colony and the past Ports, as to the number of passengers allowed to be carried on Chine passenger ships, are framed by the Governor under powers conferred apos
of
THE Shin Pao of the 28th July discusses the fort at Sheerness, and ran a long way ongkosengera Act 1855 (18 and 19
up the harbour, following and dodging him by the
la
In 1981, 1,964,000 Shanghac ise, at8 per
Of this in 2,740,000-tacks still remains
THE BOY PLAYER
In 1993, 2,000,000 teal, at 3 per cent., kay Bolt revuo pledged as dealty, and loan repayable within three year, t In res, 1,240,000 Love, at per
Security act zuentioned in 20- In 1864,rovingiora.
crat...
Security, Marlme Custome
Of this lose only the Taterial Govara- Lappians to bavS Boen paid owpie de
meet up to prostat dale.
In 1981, 2,300,000 tada, at 10 per aut, say Recurity, Maritime Customs, Loan r
payable in 10 yam.
In 1835, 3,000,000 faols, at toper cent, my
Secrby, Maritime Customs.
In 1635, at 9 per cent
Security, Idariidae Customs.
In 1985, 4,000,000 thangluo tack at it per
Total Perigo Debt...
Becurity, Mariána Customs,"
500,000
$35,000
1,500,000 hannol at the rapide, making tho have recorded, and the late governor of
1500,000
50,000
The road from
he
Posi might be greatly shortened, and with about to be instituted will be the amalga a properly organized service of river patrel, motion of the Canton native customs, with 750,000 such as I have decoribed as oxisting on the that of the foreign. If the merchant and
to their
merchandise Yangteze, renduring life and property manufacturer object to
trado important
might b 1,000,000 secure, an
boboing, shut out from the interior, if they developed. I do not wish it to be inferred object to their goods being forced round roo that I anticipate any large volume of trade five times the necessary distance in order
Govora-
3. provinco, 1 Now there a stringo discrepancy be by this route from Tunanu. The Taiping to reach the neighbouring E 22.222.00 twoan this official report and the facts set rebellion, the Yunosh Malomedan ineur must press upon the minister at forth in the prospectuses of Chinese loans, rection, and later rebellions, which disturb and, through him, the supreme which seems to call for explanation. Ined the south of Chirain 1878, have ruined the rent, the necessity for this reforman the prospectus of the Severi per Cont. transit trade and commerce of the comuiry important step in the opening of soutter Loan of March last, issued by the Hong along this waterway. The extinction of
itself, which once found its way to Canton China- this para 419,26,67 kong and Shanghai Bank, was
Dead Letters- 1850.60 graphThe total Imperial customs revenue this traitic and the crushing taxes levied ab the namorous enstotis barriers have im for the year 1983, by last return of soverished the people, and hitlerio mander, Alexander, Kate., Aix lu Ohapelle, ....... («, ); } published by the Inspector General of
of its onor, Blanchard, Capt., Hongkong, er impossible,
e the resuscitation Customs
aointed to Haikan tacto 18,286,000, equal to about £3,450,000 and that not many years ago; populous and Bouncek, M. Francais sterling, and the only charge f
thereupon is for opulent cities. By throwing open the river Brown, W., Hongkong,
$1,250,000.0
Hongkong,
the interest and redemption of two small local to stea navigation, and by carrying out Chan huk, Hongkong,..... 64,867 silver loans amounting to about £970,000 the reforms indicated, much may be done Erers, E. 0., Hongkong,
arr., Neapod, Italy Hecht, Herrn., 15.15.61 aterline. This certainly does not agree however to develop the resources of the Figueiredo, F. P. A., Hạ
Mr. O'Conor's report. Omitting the south. The first step should be the free $2,225,514.79 loan based upon the security of the salt tax, navigation of the river, the creation of a Hoyland, Capt., Hongkong, is treaty port at Wuchau, situated some one Lawlon, W., Hongkong.. or the loans for which no soourity and afty miles up the river from Machado, Francoru specially plodged, and granting, tos, that hundred out of the 10
10 por
of 1384, of the Canton, and the centre of a rogion which Narcus, José, ceat on
wd, J. M., Hongkong... should develop an important trade, and nominal amount of $1,500,000, only form of the Bative customis servico. Williams, W., Hongkong.....
(8) Posted at Shanghai, was-paid over to the Imperial Among the uificents of the Canton River , and that the Government is
The above letters have been returned which can thus be opened is the Pe-king, casponsible for this sum, it only 15,000.00 still uppent, nonrding to Her Britaanle or North River, draining the country lying from various places at which the addresines north of Canton. This stream.icannot be found, or have been refused. If 100.000.00 Majesty'e Consul
KRA.76 the insub of the loan of March last, the Mari miles, and passos through a productive opened and returned to the writers.
tims Customs duties had been already country with important mineral daources General Post Office,
14,000.00
120.000.00
148,030,01
would
at Pokin, (sic) that prior to direct for over ons landred and fifty not claimed within ten days, they wl, be
pazzaent of principal and inter- pledged for est of loans. amounting to £2,65 1,000, and use are other rivers in southern China $284.70 not merely for two small local silver which would prove highly valuable arteries
finding it loans amounting to about £970,000, as of trado, such as the Han, which drains an ita de stated by the Hong Kong and Shanghai important fact of country, Bank. There is a coutlet of fact between buuchure of watow. The Min Aliver at
Fu-chau also offers inducements. $40,the two statements which appears to us to
The impulse which would be given to call for explanation
Again, the Hong Kong and Shanghai trada by the opening of southern Chins is Bank placed the Customs revenue off one that cannot be estimated. The data £3,450,000 per sanam, while Mr O'Conor, are altogether too insuficient, so that once Big value of knowledge regarding *£*£##06=-4pending me out of the last 10 years
Onsions
82.80 296,00
·7,194.55
16:110.08
16.
may be roughly put down a £3,000,000 or to the commercial community-a subject. sne,071.50 per annum. This is a small difference, on which I have laboured more than ones in my letters-in forcibly illustrated, Bui 15.30 perhaps, but it is worthy of note,
D. Lira e
Police Intelligence. (Refare H. E. Wodehouse, Est.) TreadAny, ugust 19.
6.000
What we should like to know in whether 3 know enough from our information re the loans recently placed in London are not garding southern China, and from the ex- old lenne dressed up in a new garh, and ample of the Yangtze, to fuel assured that valuable development would take place, py.miscued at a a reduced rate of interest. The a vala
Hongkong, 8th August, 1885,
Quotations Honacong, August 13.
OPIUM-New Tatou, ash, 572)
12
静
New Benares, cash, 552
"Old m cash,
New Mahwa, cashygu
500/510.
Allowaca; Tesis
21 14.40
Allowance, Taula
24940
Persian, Oily, cash. 500/61U
"
Allowance, Taela 24@48
Persian, Paper tied,
530/540–
Allowance, Tels.
2448
Exchange.
Demaud, Wirs,
25
30 days sight
3:62
4 months sight in
#
loans of 1885 uticed in the above profitable alike to the Chinese Government Bask, *ING MOP $547,816.65EDA
table correspond somewhat with the Hong and the foreign merchant and manufac What the Yangtze has been to turer Kong and Shanghai Bank's statement, ap Shanghai, the Sikiang, when opened to posing them to have not been placed in full, while the 10 por cant. loan fur trade, will, thought on a scale commen. Credits;
Joer surate with the importance of the regions Documentary 4 monthe" sigha!, Mr O'Donor 35 £1,500,000 recorded by issued in. 1384, hat not taken, bears a traversed by the two rivers, prove for Oan-India, Wire,
demaid n and Hongkong もった the suspicious resambiance in amount
1 had occasion, to draw your atten March last. If the two be identical
to whether barriera drawn parallel to the coast z would be a curione enquiry as to
to Sovereigns, the differuice in the rate of interest goes to the Kanglaze made it practically imp
impossiblo Bank. So also with the Nine per Cant
ALLEGED HIGHWAY HOBBSAY. ON THE KENNEDY BOAD.
Cheung Awing, 24, tailor, was charged
by 12th inst
the occupation of Port Hamilton, by Eng-team-pinnate with remarkable precision Vic, e. 104), au Imperial Aut which, in the laud. England has incurred the charge of and giving the utmost satisfaction to the opinion of arbitrary action in taking presession of the spectators. Taluckily the inventor under-
of an
on another exscizion; but after gaing some
of the
Committee the
Hongkong are rendered pore
Acting Colenial Sceretary.
when
This
to
In rariewing recently the condition of Shang
Shanghai, demand
30 days sight, private.
Saven per cent. Loan issued in London in the fact that the cordon of customs Last 99 HD
remarkable.
RATION.
Cont
tion to
and
not my intention to
bus
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southern China BAROMETER
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CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER.
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"Wind
I has no power to omite, Dith being a rogue and vagabond on the the Gorerament or to the ve £1,000,000 for foreign bradu "to permead more than
Dana re great watseway. It island without consulting the Corean Go took to repent Lie experient, and hurried passed in that Colony, the Edward Ray, a boy of ten years of age, alluded to by Mr. O'Conor. Does this ten miles inland from the seaboard and the (Taken zit seara Falconer & Co.'a Prezi - Bsment, which would no doubt have legged Preparations were made to send the torpedo irisons of which cannot, it is
Ba-the as to he was walking along the Kennedy Road cently seemed 3 Woes the questions he return here to this general proposition
Cause the discrepancies between officials already on the tapis, and
question of chieb in by himself when the prisoner and two it to her, or given it as Hongkong and distance a wire fouled, or something glan Affort an Imperial, Act in suchgtied, stated that on the 12th inst at 3p.form part of the Sir.
went wrong, and the torpedo first plunged render it practically of no effect,
in Masao have been yielded by China. The downwards and then sprang out of the fast proves to be the case, a long as the ther Chinamen came down from the statements from Chins and financial atateaideration of the merchants of Hongkong
regulations framed by the Governor of hillside and ran after hit with sides de tents in Londen are, to say the least, and the ministry at Pekin, and as it is one TunaMOMFFEN A. K...
He ran away
the hillside a their hands. the by
which is sure to develop into greater pronsi- strength of the island was well known to for water and came to a sudden stop.
sad called out to some other boys who
(Perhaps some of our correspondents may be within the nart few weeks, I would action of the Legislature of
which are of eigners, and Kugland, despairing of Corca'
Under these circumstances, the Commit joined him and then they turned and be able to give the required explanations
notes for polats
of t as affecting the subject tho
of ability to reorganize her military power en SATE the Shanghai Mercury :---Port Hamil-
tee would respectfully suggest that the chased the Chinamen. They caught the
southern China. As an illustration of the to ansura its afety, forestalled Russia ton is sacred soil in the eyes of Admiral opinion of the legal adviser of the Glover prisoner but the other twe got away.
took place near the second-bridge on
working
and of native customs system, and
the England with her vast colonial empire can Dowell, on which no other foreigner than went should be obtained upon this import road. Witness would know the other THE PALL MALL GAZETTE' SEN-
of the killing. taxation to which forsign caught, did enjoy her position only by a policy of peace a British Tor is allowed to settle. We aut point.
I have the honor. to Sir, your most two men. The
goodate subjected in the south, I may The prisoner, be
Hot resist. obedient servant,
Under the heading Champions of Inno-mention au instance which has recently at and content, and by special devotion to learn that a week of two ago a foreign re-
Geargo Aitken, oleven years of age,
tracted some
notice.
In 1832 goods to the (84) P. By
Lepared that at 6 pm on Saadady, the cence the St. James Budget published a lealue of about £25,000 were seat under honesty, just ce, and friendly relations with ❘sident in Stanghai sort through his Con- But a petition to the British Admiral,
1th August, he was walking along the from Mr C. II. Chovana, the Becretary ofsit pass from Hankow to Ewei-lin-in, friendly states; so that her saddon and saking him for permission to open a general
Kennedy Road by himself, when three ter from unauthorised occupation of Fort Hamilton Store in Port Hamilton as auch an The Hon. F. Stewart, LLD,
Chinamen walked past bin. As soon as the House Boy Brigade, which, more than in Kwangsi provinte. Now, if you gl
Kel at a map of Chine, you had got past they turned round they Copy must surprise all the states of Europe. The establishment ought to prove of great con- venience to the British feet in those walors
and caught hold of witness and maized a sything we have seen in the home papers, in-fu is situated on the Kwei, a branch of Japanens papers say England represented However, the foreign applicant was
COLONIAL SECRETARY OFFICE,
wetoly
which he was wading, from him confirms the accusation levelled against the the Canton River, and, roughly, soan thres Hongkong, 8th August 1985. the helplessnew of Cores to China and sug formed, a day or two ago, that his roquest
and ran away. They ran towards the East, Pall Mall Gastle of having overstepped bundred and twenty miles from Canton, and, Bay, four hundred miles from Hong could not be granted. Whether the Britük
Sir,In reply to your letter of the 4th gested that Fort Hamilton would be better Admiral, when refusing to give permission, instant, respecting the conflict between the
and the affair occurred at No. 2 bridge, the bounds of ducenoy. Mr Chevens says kong. Why were these goods not sent Belinas Witress could not identify the men and Rus Bospecting
Bir-My attention has been called to direct from Hongkong to Kwei-lin-fo Why Manila f her hands than in Russia's China, an- did so on account of his
could not say if the prisoner was one of
paragraph in your insus of yesterday bear were they forced by a very costly and cir Haiphong. able to distegard her new treaty with Japan, sian spy concealed in the person of the Emigration Laws of this Colony and thos
transhipped Amoy 201 a treaty obkained on nocent of the French shopkeeper, or whether he feared that he of Singapore, I am directed by His Excel-
would soon have to send to Shanghai, sklonoy the four Administering the Govern the throo
Will you kindly
the Yangtaze to Hankow, and thence shanghai, 29.7. paper on Monday last. the Attorney General the question seems caught the prisoner and should know the the boys of this institution selling & horrid seaboard to Shanghai, thenes difficulty agreed to let England check Busing the local branch of the LO.CT: toment to inform you that, in the opinion of Joseph N. George, 17, deposed that being the above heading, with reforenes to caitous route from Hongkong along the 27.7083.
up
under transit puss, the Tung-Nagasaki 29.97 The card was remanded till the 20th inst. allow me to slate the facta? but befors woll-
Lake, sore four hundred miles across Wostous 29.8472.0-| - sia's designs on Coras. England is perhaps send over one of its energetic members as to ba phish Government shall regulate the other tau mend
a reformer, we leave to conjecture,
terms and conditions under which passen-
doing so to say that I trust that the A malol for Rossia". If she were unsuccess
known character of this institution will country to their destination? Why were ger ships miling from China shall be from China ful fo Afghanistan, Russia would send ships The Ides of March,' writing from Tentain allowed to carry passengers from
Tong Sau, master of the Taisang shop, preclude the thought that we would allow these goods sent two thousand miles with and Hongkong regulate suol
our boys to engage. in from Vladivostock against England's ports
atate direct? The answer is
is simple enough tạ to the N.-C. D. News, says But the Co-The authority to
suoti traffe is 101 Prays Central, sppeared on a charge of did we know it; and wonable two transhipments instead of four hundred |
keeping kerosine on his premises contrary the not the remotest ules
taxation. In lately ought to Hongkong 20.79,82,092 NE in the south sess, or try to cut off the pass- say
conferred upon Hongkong
to minanes 8 af-1973.
of ber China trade, 1 nge through the Suez Cast It would boten affair is not settled. On the contrary, -
2 and $3 and if the It is still causing a very great, denture by the tenet Act be revilence want to prove that daten nauseous matter the paper contained as of
Fer-082-101 B
with dant had kerasine stored amongst other hope it will lo accepted
Agurus shown in the qualeurs returns, Shanghai. 29.8, 50.091 82
Nagasaki 90.07 as serious as the French affair, if Raouble and anxiety to the Chinese Govern- local you made by the Hongkong Legisla gooda on his prataises and also that he had On Friday last one of the sts of the notice the fact that, not baly na the Any 29,78,84€78.
questions on Monday, Tuesday, not comprise the whole foreign trades of baromethesians along the Cores. The proposal, thereforey suited the prison, in spite of hu ples that he was) ture under the above authority, the of over Bity casos stowed, on & best under the journşi'in question called on me in retarende derforeign trafe' and' coasting Wustook 140.8170.011+ interests of Chins, Cores, and England quite ignorant of the contents of the Treaty Fions way to adjust the difference would Canton Whert. A family lived on the bost Weseay in the following Week Ching but that there was an enormitrast
the
ordinance of Singapore conflicted with
harried our costs and those of Japan and ment The Coraan plexipotentiary is now the laws
ILLEGAL STORAGE OF KELUAINE
to
and
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Btation
Temperature
28.7391.078 er
AT 10 AUGUST 133 Manila:59:3282.080 saw
Bolimo..
$282.08
the
trade,
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3:26
Germany is said to be about to ask for and no sighed. Hamepeats itself; Chung seem to be for the local Government at sud a fire was kept up on board, making, ropy to an inquiry, that the no figures are available. Now the bulk of humidity ste moderate. The sky in general.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most en illegal storage plan Defendant was island. Germany is next powerful to Eng. Hou was rested in the same way, and the Singapore to amend their law very dangerous, and the boat was used as
Treaty of Lavodis was annalled. The Co-
obedient mirvant,
confiscated, land, and her possession of an island would rean King is adopting similar tactice, being
(Sd.) FREDERICK STEWISE, guided
detin Colonial Secretary, unquestionably
more resolutely
how many boys we could supply funk traffic in the south, regarding which southeru gast. The temperature and soothera y elanded and the wind moderate, but
food $50 and the kerosine found was articles, of which there would be three for corta brought intoned early this morning it reached the force of x
were to help o on legislation for the protee China, especially Krangting, are tion of young girls. I had not the shadow by junks, and are passed a steamers. duration
suspicion, but that the subject under time duty than when con lower mari-fresh gale herd, a rain squalia of short convictions recorded against him, pleaded greatest propriety and even if I had had with the subject that junk-imported goods Fong Akum, a coolie, with eight previous consideration would he treated with the T is asserted by all having any acquaintance
guarantee the safety of Cores and the trade and postal hand than his na of the Pacific. While she stood sloof from carnently hoped here, that Russia will The Hon. P. Ryrie, Vice-Chairman, Hong-ACAY BY AN OLD OFFENDER other nations Corts was exposed to the old as she did in the dispute with China kong General Chamber of Commercs, &o, designs of Rusia and Japan. If all the nations which have made treaties with bar now take flands, Basis will be failed.
Tis prosent condition of the Hongko
gurerer Bussia found, hemelf able to |
80,000 men on the frontier of ] 53} Gotes, she could certainly snap her fogers
of
contrary, 14 overwhelming
evidence that they are
DOPEROL Guvernament Astronomer. Hongkong Observatory, August 13.
to a charge of stealing a pair of shoes, this auspicion, the respectability of markets at this reduced rate of 2 BADOMETAR, reduced to 82 degrees Fahren ed at $160, from a carpenter named spar up to the present would have pre-lilandarmiited however to reach thin bota-Okita” and Japanse The central (ZBE- HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA | Chiu-Acho, on the 12th inst. be rented it talang aby holand. On the reshingly fazer beit, and toʻllis feful of the sex in ingles, tasCha in Bike Machi alltan tactice The following in the report of the Board for banishment meanlle, to be detained and desire to hain, forward, one of the 25 If this be 80. Rud' the general 3. Temperaturs, in the shade in degenen,
Hils Worship recommended the prisoner. Combined with this a deep sympathy subject to the order von Müllendiren PERMSTRONG COA of Directors of the Hongkong and Wham-Comm ARCESPOR
figure
whose have thocked and
of course Here 29 DOCK CO., LIMITED,
possible nut to do Russian por Dock Company, Limited, to then, husey
Pan Ataun, *
articles some
s to be entiraly shut out team the interior and hundredths,
Fahrenheitz CLS of the Governor in most important al questions of the day markets
ted me to
than portatement that junk borne imports can, Hunters, in percentage of tatuation, Ge sucre really to assent, haps I otherwise should, to find boys to soll never riach the inland markets may be humidity of air tiarated with molauto bring
only in
in Kensington, but accepted is indisputable, the foreign man. 1013 Whampoa Dock Company revealed for Madness. Ja confarting
unemployed, admitted steal the paper murhout,
facturer, and mechant hare sau for 1-Dutorica on Wain, le tue pont the published sobom for the half year Petals open Cores he worked singles half-yearly Meeting of Shareholders, to bo
uf clothing, vaine 84, be Pimco and
5. Fongs of W2), according to reguleri complaint. daniel, and acted nos enlly Dhis Japan hot on the ofour of the Company, No. 14, longing to i thankesper in the Queen's, and the vasers delivered at the me value of the foreign import trade of Buds
ware to be ready at 12 an ended on auth June lest, most be
6. SZARE GE, WEATHS, I the Ourash, people, but the Kincar And lets and
viction for larceny was also proved against three boues. The boys were in readiness, Canton, a registered by the foreign quatonis, this me Praya, Hongkong, on Monday the 17th Road, on the 18 h ins à previous con off wall, though I and August, 1835, al 3.30 p'clock; p the prismeer and he was now dentensed to arrived, without any question, they ware Bubs and, and with reason I believe; in oqually stain, é sove, & datoer
An hour: Bad, directly the papers fin-soundi bgūros ir 1; million sterlinghur Lightning, covered 2 phi niz kovan we to how when I may hit
All interestad
highly matrefactory.
gross receipts for
period
(hard inbonzi
o'clock,
12,80 to 1
handed to the lysand despatched at once.
( loud Au;
as it been Unter To the Shareholders of the Hongkong Hai surrounded by enemies and Whampos Dock Company Llanted.
Desotors have now to In Ashing a lagkamith, convicted of Nat till the last boy was gone and I take a reality to be greater than that of Shanghai, gally r ufany startling and
submit to you held with a State, latesting A Jacket worth 25, the property paper to read, and then lawas horried to which amounts to roughly for millions. Para in izobes tenth and