No. 7239 –October 15, 1886.]
BY CHINESE OFFICIALS. The Chinese authorities in the vicinity of Hongkong have again been committing a reckless violation of international law by forcibly carrying off frota the Colony a pri-
Tur Bhah of Persia appears to be a model | A MAN KIDNAPPED IN HONGKONG: fatherly. Hovoreign. The ladies of Teheran recently aunt a deputation to him to com phin of the cafus which are springing up there on all sides. Tary set forth that their husbands spent too much of their time thero, and that the consequence was decrouse in the development of family
drinostic hourth.” Thờ next day his Porsan Matuty ordured all the safes in his kingiam to be alused. Truth.
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE DEFENCES OF HONGKONG.
In the course of the debate on the vota to complete the aura of £2,560,000 for the supply, manufacture and repair of wartilia stores, which took place in the House of Commens on the 7th inst, wrote that the
attention. Towards the end of the discus- sin, Dr Tauner, a impulsive and en
"Chorgetic young Irishraan, called attention to the back-
wickedy and some of them had no tracce loft ; it was not much an impression as any body would care to worry themselves wits. I think you ought to agree to this matter. I can make an order if you do not..
M. Bowles-I am simply following my client in objecting to the arbiter.
His Lurtship-In case all parties cannot
during the coming fionncial year, and the the bestowal of rewards upon varione of- quire into the anastiafactory condition o prosent Morobere, Meusra Ryrs, Dalrymple, ficers who have rendered signal service is the gold, silver, and copper now in circuin Ronson, Bottomley and Darby being the work of pasification.
tion; and whether the scope of the said eligible, offer themselves for 19-election
Commission would include the consideration accordingly,
A CONSIDERATION FOR BI-METALarcin transactions and elementary educa
us to the advisableness of facilitating com. LISTS.
Cm intoducing a decimal currency into The fencer draws attention to a point this coun
md India. country and
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
In
life and able to the happiness of the soner of whom they had been in parsnit defences of Hongkong received coue little ogre, the Court has power to appoint an ing willing to sorro the Gonoral agents in the currency question too readily forply to the hon. member, I have to say
de notast it up in any of their houses.
cial harbours, and this saense to have rouser one or two of the members to think capccially of the condition of Hongkong, for Captaine
l'arbiter,
Auditors-Under clade 110 of the Articles of Association Mossra, A. Coor and A. P. MngEwen rutine, but bo-
and Consulting Committaa have pleasure in At Breies-Would your Lordship ay recommending them for re-election as gotten by bi-metalliats, v., the cost of pro- polut ano for
Auditors to tho Company. Be A, Coxda during silver, and discusses the pros and Mr Mossop-It there is one for such par- being absent from the Colony, the General cons of the factor in the following skilrel ty, then we must have's third party. Agents and Consulting Committee appoint Hi Lordship Is it really worth it? It ad Mr G. S. Coron to act on his behalf.
Ac- does not seem to be a large matter.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.,
General Agents, carding to the provisions of the Code, Mr Bowld, the Court Ims power to interforu
Cantos Insurance Office, Limited, if there is any misconduct of the arbiter, Hongkong, 14th October, 18 6
마
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR 'ENDING S1ST DECEMBER, 1883. GIA RILATURS
$2,800,000,00
Price and Colomb, both noted for the in- and you have 15 days to appen). I think terest they tako in reforming the procedure you should agree upon un'arbiter. It would be much better than the Court appointing
for ever time and whose arrast seemed to be so important o matter that a reward of $500 wa offered. The prisoner is said to MB George Augustus Sala has given anbe one of the ringleaders of the Sani Hppward state of the defeners of our commer- account in Tinsley's Magasine of his Gest ox;
Di, one of the Triad Saciation. He lives in perience of a pankoh Be made the na quaintance of the machino on board the P. the Kowloon district; it is alleged, not &O. steara-ship, Massilia, at Williamstown, far from Hung-hom, from which cen- tho port of Melbourne. He notes that though in summer the climate of Austra-
tre he carried on lus incigues in Ha is hot enough; in all conscience, to make China. It appears that on Sunday last this a punkaha awent boon,' and the Australians inna was indhead to leave his retreat of the war,authorities and in the fortifica-ona It is a very panr objecting simply to are quite familiar with the invertion, they in Kowloon and pay a visit to Lap-awan, tion of our paling stations, immediately say that you do not want a man who does The raises sums to be that there are nowhere, after transacting some business, he started to nale questions bearing on Hong-understand Chinese. Is the defendant coolies to do duty as pankah-wallsho nad o wished to return to his heine on the other boug
Mr Bowles having consulted with the whits pankah-piller would demand £1-5 a
defondant, said the latter objected to Mr week and his tucker. It is also que ion-ide of the water. The emissaries of the
Ribeiro, becauso, not knowing Chinese, ha able whether a white man would in a froo Chinese mandaring who had been leading
would not be a proper judge of Chinese and independent country like Australia him this little dance accompanied him on
characters. undertake such menial employment for any wage that could be offered, and there board one of Toh Kee's launches which trade might be difficulties in the way of f adminis- between Hongkong, Hung-hom and Kow- tering discipline won ho dozed. It восе to us that imported coolie labour would 1000 City. Nothing occurred during the solve the problem. The Australiaus par- haps roombla the people of Bombay in being indifferent to the sweet boon of the punkah.
Captain Prico desired to know whether the fortifications of Hongkong wars com- pleted, and when the guns for them would be sent out.
Mr Henry Stafford Northcote, an Under Secretary of War (Financial), said that with
first part of the voyage to arouse the susregard to Hongkong, the works were picion of the alleged Triad Society Chief in an advanced state, and it was hoped that The lattuch inado its way seemingly toward they would be realy next year, when the Hung-lim, but in crossing the bay the guns would be sent out.
case suddenly altered her usual ecurse, SAYS Truth of September 9-If the an- periority of English sticket over Australian and to the surprise of the numerous passen had needed any further proof it was amplygers for Hung-hom, took a course direct forthcoming when Lord Londesburough's team gave the Colonial eleven such tresor Kowloon City. This at once aroused mendous leather hunting at Sorborough the suspicion of the man, and, dreading
wook. while Australian asto nemitted in extenuation in the worst, he sprang into the water, and comparative
tack.
best
་་་
of their
This brought to his feet the Secretary of State for Wat bunself (Mr W. H. Smith), who said he was unable to give the exact information asked for, but, as his hou, and gallant friend was aware a programme had been laid down for four years, and that would be adhered to.
hcra?
His Lordship anid he would settle the
in Chambers. ∙malter in
c040 was
tors
no
the
contractors weret forfeit 8200,
Capital shortet...
Amount paid-up Outstanding Dividends, Harj a Carritutions not yet Batroof Bariding Armount...
Reserve Food,..
Zens Dividend of 10 percent, puik tholes and Bonus of 20 per ecut, to Conkiston of Prin......
ARKITA.
591.88
230,023.8
217,022,9
manner-
that Fur Bajesty's Government, having considered this matter with great cars, ve decided to appoint a Royal CommiKALÓN to inquire into the recent changes in the relative values of the precious metals The Bi-metallints of late have driven this
will not inquire into the consideration into the background for the stondition of the gold, silver, vory simple reason that at present it is the and copper now in circulation, or will ik feaat powerfal of the influences détermill include the considerations to the be within the scope of the Commission to ing the value of silver. The bi-metallic position is that the existing stocks of the advisableness of facilitating commercial precious metals in the world are so great transactions and elementary education by that their exchangeable value inter se is introducing a decimal orrency into this virtually uninfluenced by the relative cost country and Imlis. The Goverument aro of obtaining now supplies. They assert, indistinctly of opinion that that is avory ahors,
that the exchangeable valua of silver bold ausumption, and that so far from 100,000.00 and uf geld is determined by demand und feciktaling elementary education or com
not by cost of productioo. This in porfeet-meros trussetibns the introduction of a ly tras as rogards the present monetary decimal coinage might have a directly con crisis. But the cost of production remains trary effect. Ihopatobe able to state to-night. 24,000.00 an essential alament in the problem, and it the names of the Commiss oners, and soon wow, would be a great mistake to omit to take to lay on the table of the House a minute
it into account. What wo
$800,000.00 2,200.00
Slaghat Banking Corporatlan 4,3.08 Whsther he presenti aut to know is of the Treasury setting forth the causes of
Cast, on Current Arenat, Hongkong and
Fixed Deposite:- ̈
Hongkong and Shangland Banking Uni-
porati..... Chartered Bank of India, Australia and
Mortgagus....
ud ovement Block, ( i per cent. Love, per.com, L, cuitesc Emperial Government Loan, 1864 Claes Imperial Government Loan, 1985, Interest accrued but not yet payable...
1835), Indian Government Stock, (4 per cent, Twar;
1813-49
91
SUNRING ACCOUNT.
Re-derscance
Feed
Transfer
By Losses and Clains under Policies.
Exchunge Charges, including Survey Foos, Agenta'
Expenses, & Chrumissione,
Enlance as above, .......
THE PORTUGESE OLEN TROUBLES. Achoung gat judgment against Mr Da Cruz.
Last wook a Chinaman named Loung. the manager of the Portugese Club, for $30 for which he hold an 1.0. V. Another {uction for ad for swack to sou it
was then mentinued, but the
Captain Culemb, then desired to know parties could come to terms. The dispute whether the guns, were ready for Hong-and all the diferitis atiso out of a con- kong; or, if not, whether they would be liquidators of the Club on one side and Mir
into batreon. tract that was entered:
the
ready as soon as the fortifications were com-J. J. fia Silva e Souza and the plaintif on To Fett Fremia riveted Les Returns and plets.
the other. These it appears, signed t deed
Interest agreeing to take over all the proper. ty of
of the Club for 3800, Le bs paid in 10 unthly instalments of one och Enlig to were to take
nod punetital payment, the liquida
scanion again of the pop- randthec porty a which had to be paid as wiinstalment, be which the rent was due. There was also
ides the earnings during the
the mouth for
another stipulation, that, in the event of the property being seized on account of the de- fault of the hirers, the latter were to be held responsible for the wholes
$800 being not be sent to our coal depots or to our made. The plaintiff, it will be remembered, said that his fellow-contractor, Mr Silva u colonice.
Souza, gavo hin a document releasing him from this bargain, as the Chinaman was unscquainted with the nature of the con- trast. The plaintiff thereafter considered Nimelf
simply a servant of the Club and brought the present action to recover: $50 for two months
abroll
The da party to the bargain and contested his clain. fendant, however, Bill looked on him as a
Mr Holmes, who appeared for the dẹ. journed from last week to see if the parties fendant, said this was a case which was ad could come to any settlement. They had been unable to come to any agreement. If the defondant admitted that the plaintiff
In the course of the same discussion, Captain Colomb asked for an assurance that
high, has now culminated in a boat: On arriving at Kowloon City, he was the gage not approved in the Navy should ; able on dumand, alla, Spay
stive ill succes, that same of their tried to swim away from his captors. The beat balemon are not with them, there carlatter, however, were not to be so easily be abaniutely no question of the triumph of cheated of their prize, and got the launch English batting over the very strongest Cufonini bowling, for the present side in people to lower a small boat into which cludes all the best Australian bowlurs, and they went and made after their man. They was, at the oatsot of the tour, looked upon
being AS superabundantly powerful in at con captured him and brought him on
Yet tho
tho scoring against them by our board the launch, where he was now openly teams, which has
ruled
excondingly
made fast and guarded in the cabin of the an innings that is, in many ways, phenomenal. In the place, the 658 made by the Scarborough xide in the largest aver
ever scored
against Australian bowling via this
In s country. seoind, it was made in fairly equal proper. tions
the whole elevon, no ut man by obtaining a hundred, and only one less than It is doabtful if cricket records cas prodec another score of over 600 with. oat a century in it, and it is certain they cannot show record of an innings in which every individual scores over fifteen. In fact, the instances of cloven consecutive double-figura scores are of the rarest,
BUCTO.
taken on shore and left in the tender arma of the Chinese authorities. The Jaurich quickly departed and lauded the Hang-hom passatgers at their destination after giving them a longer sail then they bargained for, This whole history seems to point toa compli- nity between the Chinese emissaries and the owners of the launch; the latter, however, declare that their hands were forced and that once on the passage they wore compelled
which only
Q
The Secretary of State for War assured the hoa, and gallant gentleman that that would not be dono,
THE SATTAMENTE ATT
Fokien. And evidently the remonstrances after three months travel at Quang-tri, in then made bave had little deterring effect the province of Dory-tri, where fatigue com- We hope a less doubtful apology will ha de-pelled him to stop for several days.
wages 38
then
was employed it would cause him to take
up a position which would make him liable
epresentlow price of silver istard. the appointment. of a Commission, and
in- inquiry.
g to make silver-mining an depromable in the terms of the reference regulating their
dustry, and whether, on the 125,000.00 URYCHLE
tornational arrangements designed to restore 15,000.00 silver to its old position would wake silvoz- 50,000.00 mining
extremely at exceptionally 113.182.44 able. In the former case we should expect agentual dimination in the annual .to find a 49,767.11ut 18,167.23 put of silver ore. In the latter a
grea:ly 180,000.00 increased supply. That cuch of these cono- 155 tingencies would have its effect on the ex- 20,790.88 changeable value of siver is easy to par- ctive. Suppose, for example, that in con- $914,997.87 atquence of the general introduction of 5,262 bi-metallist and a kiss in the price of silver to do. 6d. the sunce, silver-mining should receive such an impetus that thổ aunust
12.07
$060,275.89
20.02381
$9,275.03
Quotations
HONGKONG, October 15. OPIUM--Now Fatau, cash,...... 620/21}
Old
cash, New Benaros, cash.........” düố Qld
Now Malwa $20 ::
Allowanco, Taols................ 43/64 Old Malwa, cash,........... 540 Allowance, Thols 40/04 Persian, Oily, cash ... 370/470 Allowance, Taola... 10/32 Persian, Fapos tied........ 100/500. Allowance, Taols...... 16/39
Exchange.
HongKong, Onfober 16.
$50,114. production, increased from 10 millions to 22.311.62 27 millions sterling. What would be the result? The result would be a rapid en- 34.9.45 UTGI
Morgenent of the currencies of the world and a rapid rise in general prices. As the fortunes of gold and silver would ex On London-
together gpothesi be inseparably linked by the bi-metallic law, the increased produc tion of silver would have the same effect a similar increase in the production of gold, and we should have the phenomena of the gold discoveries of 1843 repeating themselves.
We have compared the above statements with the Hooks, Vouchers and Becurities and found the ins quite corroat.
A. P. MACETS Anditore." 3.9. Coxu
MJEIMATE US TOMLING ACCOUNT TO THE SÜFR. REPTES, 1988.
To Promium Account,.
+ Interest Account
Exekinky Acumint Transfer Fees Account,
By Losses Accommly
›r
Re-insurusice Aesmut
• Charges Account. Commission Accou
Dr.
Estimated Balanco at Credit,.
E.&O.E. Hongkong, Ceiber 14th, 1868.
600.00
$ Prices would everywhere rise vory Fa-On
pidly, and persons with fixed incomes would 20.00nd their means diminishing daily. Very F6.00 possibly the repetition of these phonomom $765,200.00 Would suit the industrial requirements of
the
Hank, Wire,
JJ
On demand,
30 days' sight,
4 months sight,....
Credits, 4
27
Documentary, 4 months'
Paris
On demand,
Credits, 4 montha' sight,
On New York-
On demand,...
Credits, 60 days' sight,
WITH
1. world. The point merely is that this
4.000,00 eontingency should not be encountered Ou Bombay- 36,300.00 without deliberato foreknowledge. It is 1200.00 incumbent upon those who are responsible On domand, 401,904.00
On Calcutta- for our inance policy for the future to as- 508.10 certain hatorehand the present position and prospects of the silver industry, and to
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.,
- General Agents, Canton Insurance Oer, Limits
THE SAVAGES OF FORMOSA, The following appeara in the translations
for other servicon set he was inte avtad of the N.-6. D. News from the Peking twe summonses and instrooted
to contest the claims. The plaintiffimate-Guratie
diately on getting judgudnt feat week: ap:
*His
or villages
M
On demand
of the effect that the On Shangha
value of the metal
form sane estirabout would erert.
improvement in
which they wish to bring
C
hot of the industry. 1s
there Aby
being
2:4
ADY
|
On demand,
30 days' sight,
Cold Leaf, 100 fine
of silver Sovereigns,
for instance, of
4.10
714
$32.26.
a large number of new (Taken at Messrs Falconer & Cu's Premires,
BAIONETER
Temperature..
9 AM.....
Queen's Readin
25.120
30,075
Do Somo
4P.M....
30.040
THAKOMSTER-9 AM,
78
Do
1
recent
1PM..
78
made
Do
79
149
Da
(Wet bull) 9AM..
71.
Do
Do.
Do. $PM.
Dn
NOTES FROM-ANNAM. A correspondent of Le Courrier d'Halp long writes as follows from Hao-You have heard of the journey undertaken by the to obey the orders of the men who had Dong-Khanh (King) through the provinces Tax Straits Times of Monday, the 14th in- stant, give the following account of a fire embarked along with their game. This of Quang-tri, Quang-buh, and Dong-hot in Singapore About midnight on Satur-conduct on the part of the Chinese is of The moral effect of that journey has been day a bire breke uut in a large block of go- downe from No. 119 to No. 182 in Have. Corso another open violation of Treaty obliuiderable. In Annam the King never
produced as lead? Is there any
any chance of a lock Road, partly owned by Mr Kong Cheowgations. The Hongkong Government have, used to go out. The sight of the King, the
mines being opened or of the price of silver and partly the company Chay Guan Bag accordingly, ordered an investigation into outward shows of a royal cortege and a no-
hird 1-At present than being risen by one-third i & Co., of
of which he is a partner. The build ings were let out
everal the matter and are in soutiunication with ferons Well-armid assort of honour, has
July 20.--The whole of this day's subject. The last intelligence From Anse
very littlo evidence available on this out is godowns to several relate in town, Europeane and Chinese, the Chiness Authorities. The last act contributed to give the people a very high plied for a writ of exceution, which ho bad
is occupied with a Memorial. from. Lin amoget whom are the Borneo Com
to do, i but it was a very arbitary Ming-chann, Governor of Forna, ration, so far as it goes, is reassuring Limited, Rantenberg Schmitt & Co., violence of this nature was the at-idea of France, the powerful friend of Dong: the
porting the detaile of a series of operations of the less profitable mines, it is said, are is Lordship said ha gaya. judgment tratagairiar the savages in different parts of the likely to As the tempted seizure of the famous "Chang Khan. It is regrettable that the bad scar
be shut up, as the MuAlister & Co., and Katz Bros.
he had island during the
in the price of silver has phat groat portion of the goods stored was mat- Chi, for
half-hearted son bas prevented the King from following weet againat defendant becausa.
spring
resulting in fall
ithic working suprofitable. This looks na. ohes and gam dammar and such 15 in apology was made by the Governor of 1up in journey and has caused him to stop received the money as "port"pay avent-of" "the submission of numbers of savage-clans bottom was being touched. AT
rental he Bammable stuff it is
he should have giyen a receipt for be wondered at is not to that the fire
so much te nespunt instead of giving an Restineri alarming
At the
ort, which is duction in the visible supply of silver ore the candlesion of his report, quickly proportions. It was frst seen by the watch
IO. The penalty which the defendant too complicated to nominarias with any brs would alone tend to raise the price of the Maximum.. 19 man of Keng Choo & between
said he was entitled to plan would revity, the Memorialist offers the following metal in the London market. Hitherto
the fear has Loun that the re
minez great guirs to be looked into and meantime he observati, na
of houses 156 and 157. The European Con.
would aljourn the base till next Tuesday The aborigines of Formosa atables turned out quickly (and were moon manded in this case and a speedy restitution Military operations have been hagun and advise the plaintiff to yet legal advice."
have been too profitable to be extand
Americs longitudinal range of over 700 , occup
eariously affected by any fall in the price of the prisoner made. Possibly the man and the three forts of Bang-Me, in the pro-
the centre of the island, their territory of silver
of silver within laita which would save since of Dang-tri lave just been occupied.
being contiguous all along with the land of it a titla. to be oslled' a procions metal. There is word of sort of reorganisation politico-military, but I give you this with
was stated that the inhabitants. More Several years the civilised Chinese This was an action brought by Januario than 1,100 cases of murder are committed and gold was es 30 to 1. If that were trae, raitted ratio between the cost of producing silver all reserve,
Borges against Mr R. O. Harley, manager by these aborigines every you clore continue to yield ample returns on capital Annam half pacified cannot remola etor.
ble silver mines would the most prostable of the of the Victoris Staan Lannery Company, gands take advantage nally in
in the equivocal situation of a country for 17 days' wages a
at 80 cents per day, less by this belt of country to make organized even if silver fell to 33. an ounce. To dia. where the authority of the king is only 30 cents cash advanced. The plaintiff said expo
expeditions therefrom for
purposes of long King Thuyot and his partisans will be Laundry Company as collector and the molass make defensive operations against the half og foud, Et La probable that before he was employed in the Victoria Steam lagu, while local ballies of the lettered as the details of this question requires pursued with energy. The regular French pa
savages a pretext for the levy of money for chaetond to the attain auf Annamite for 17 days' work. Mr Hurley said he en- the support of troops, and set the authori
ployed every At
12th Certain rate!
per day ties zo completely at defarce that they can but did not pay not give effort to their commands, and taxa
in command of this
region other et each
PARLIAMENTARY JOTTINGS. save themselves trouble and simply eat and Wo observe from home papers received. from the work. looked on when n
hon murders were committed by by yesterday's mail that the following qua he was he present, but the Memoristist came to tone on subjects of interest to but on Tuesday, the beginning of the bony part the island supported by a large force of the Far East hate bren put and aurrered in
on the
Co
spot with their engines and hoses.
alarım
סנים
apot
auit to this Colony.
Mr Hong Lim's angine was first to open on seized well deserves his fate, and Hong the fame as it
as it was kept loss to the
from the Fort did not go kong would be well rid of him, but such The of till the lames were raging throughout the block, sending up a column of lurid Means of capture as was adopted is at in smoke that would be seen miles away. From the very beginning it seemed hopeless to get it under, and efforts were directed chiody to ocnfining it to the block. At
M. Blancsube, the Deputy of Cochin about & o'clock sin. on Sunday morning the Hangs bogan to
to weaken and by am. China, in his address to his slectors, speaks they had done their worst. Nearly all among other things of the contract of the inside was completely gutted by the flames.
THE MESSAGERIES' CONTRACT.
Chasseura faithful subjects armed"
„BORGES . c. CL,--$13.50,
pany were
hins the amount hasclaimed.
overa
and
bri-
a pu
mature. As we have already said, it is as information of avery minute and careful yet not available. But it should be pro curable by the Royal Commission, and the question is une which deserves to take a
Yesterday matches strewed the streets and Bessageries Maritimes, and the intentions under our care, will advance and soupy all to freili stances of ion cannot be properly adjusted. L'ortruely prominent place in the inquiry.
the citadels, which will be afterwarde guard but once a partisane of the young king,
floated about in the river and its branches of the Chamber of Deputies thereanent. Ledsolely by the Annamite Chasseurs and the the case were theso-The plaintiff who was the author the example of trying
The
all around the scope of the fre. Some of He says Another question has appeared the goods were insured and some not. Singapore Itaurance Co., and the Norwich to you worthy of attention, that is the re
and Alliance are the heaviest losers. The newal of the contract of the Messageries
still
Scent of a
the
day
SUPREME COURTA
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. (Before Mr. Justice Russell. } Friday, Oct. 16..
M. BAIN TAM YIK KIU,
ha
had absented himself the
a collectos employed by the Taundry Con-el
round pany to go
and wait Corpora On Monday, the
to
The Singapore Insurance Co., ant of this discussed with urgency at the reassembly the Chinese Mature Dept and Mr the plaintiff was entitled to his wages as he exhalation and inhalation would be attend.
amount, la only in for $6,000. Josera will be the North British and Mer of the Chamber. As far as I am concerned
The
heaviest
candle and the Hamburg Magdeburg In
ing the
was the total absónico of
old well-known black helets of our our port:-Going aud coming back,sis.
Mr
His Lordship aid it seemed to him
was upon a daily tenure.
Volunteer Fire Brigade. Anulb.r was the first-class cabins, ir second-olaas bins, The 2 you suggested is unwilline rockring.
the House of Commons
TUB OPIUM TRADE..
FORT HAMILTON,
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.
AT 4 P.M, TO-DAY, Barameter
90.01
Temperature. Humidity
Direction of Wind
Weather
Force
Hongkong Observatory, Oct. 15, 1887
CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL·
tation.
REGISTER OCTOBER 14—AT & P. M...
139.89
OCTOBER 15,- 10
1 b -N. Haiphong. 30.95 01
or Hongkong 30.107761 ENE 0 0.02 30.17-7864 4.
Shangbai: 30.25 66-73 Eve Nagamki
Yostocks. 20,95 41 100 — 10
ed by numerous ailments How, tou, it (7th) Dr. Tanner asked the Secretary of how resisted while internal maladica romain toti was to be abandoned whether it was inay be asked, can inault from without be State for the Colonies whether Port Hamil seized and the British ensign hoisted eight aperadicated ?
con months ago; and what were the reasons advanced for its being abandoned.
Sir J. Fergusson: No decision has been taken to abandon Port Hamilton Ithasbeen occupied by Her Majesty's naval forces sinve May 19, 1885,
paid by the month aud that the calculation Bir Hurley said that the servants were per day was only a matter to facilitate the
The proposals of Shao Pao-cheng, lie His Lordship-If plaintiff had been sick Governor General at Nanking, for the paci- have paid him the full month's wages? of a far reaching order, but unfortunately booth as days in a month, would you destion of the aborigines showell perception
he hid to Mr Hurley-No.
·His Lordship sail he thought the tenure been there anytime, and to abandon the UNGE AFFAIRS IN 'MAURITICA
to leave Formosa before he had to back in vier the Japan auxiliary line nuutained, with as consented to get.. But unfortunately Dust be considered as a daily one. It was dithen the Memorialist crossed over to
The barometer his fallen in the South and risen in the Notti Gradienta ars rather steep for N. E. winds. The tempera- ture and the humidity are rather low and the weather is overcast deven
W. DOBEZOR In Answer to De Tanner, le Stanhope
Government Astronomer. said Thave already informed the House
Hongkong Observatory, October 15. that the position of affairs in the Mauritius being still under consideration I hoped that 1. Baxowars, reduced to B2 degrees Fahren
raine smouldered all · yesterday and are Maritimes. The convention entered into
Mr. G. P. Owen, the
Haiphong, 29.86 of the Fire Brigade, and between that Company and the Ministers
of the week, he was absent and also on Wed-troops, he was unable to ignore the murders
Hongkong 20.99 Amoy ... 30.04 Police also worked indefatig of Posts and Tele.raphs, Marine, Colonies
nesday he did not put in an appearance. He committed by these savages which were ably daring the time,
Foochow got no explanation of the plaintiff's ab- brought to his notios by the gentry and On the following day the same paper and Finance was laid on the table of the
sence til Thursday when he saw in the people, The whole of Formes may be tary for Foreign Affairs whether, in the
Mr T. W. Russell asked the Under SecreShanghai. 30.18: 68 says:-More detailed information has poras Chamber just before its adjournment. 4s Farther mention was made to-day of this papers that he had been hauled up for likened to a human body, and the country agreement with China with reference to agasaki..
and assaulting the police of aborigines which prevents sontinuity being detak to band with regard to the fire of Saturday certain clauses must come into foto from action which arose out of a claims of dania about two or three days later he refused to communications has an effect upon the is Burmali, the trade in opium botsban Bur
Wostock 0.09) 47 night and Sunday morning last. The total amount of insurances alected is $75,000, the 1st of January next, the project will began for alleged breach of an egresmen take the plaintiff back and to pay him his land similar to that which would be urah and China is mutually prohibited. '.
under which defendant was the lessee of
duood by a stoppage of the blood and pulse tains no stipulation in regard tu
Sir J. Forgusson The agreement con-Bollnad...39:881 82 up to 81st August 1886 claim for wages. Mr Mossop
of the heman body, wherein a want of free of Messra
and Mos the appeared for In.I have asked and obtained that the follow Bawies
(from the
office
Mamers Wotton surance Co.'s. One prominent feature during reservations were made in favour of and Dessin) appeared for the defendant
said--With referendo to unfortunately we cannot agree,
want of a Balvage Co, for roving crying
We abs and six beds, third class; that there be to undertake the arbitration. Chinamen get away with a lot of property
saked
We which they fished up from the river as it reserved for the going 100 tone and the ad, other printer in the same establish
he also is unwilling to ad was thrown out The fire is even still return 200 tons for the needs of our com- then applied to Me Ribeiro, fureman Bmonidering away.
merce. I would have well wished to see printer to Messrs Kelly and Walsh, and he
Mr Bowles does not consent. I would ask for at from the case of a boy, cook or coolis CRICKET MATCH.
the journey-modifed so that the steamer your Lordship to make an order appointing or other servants who were engaged by the Formosa, there were thres matters which
month. ericket match was began this afternoon Loft from Manila instead of Hongkong, hi
If they were off work for a day or he considered to be of paramount import Mr Bowles-My client objects. He says to their work would be done by somebody snee, viz the defences of the island, the between two elevens A to L M to Z But the Colony would have required in
Mr Ribeiru is a friend of Mr Bain's, but his alra and nn deduction would be made, pariication of the aborigines, and the re
I might be permitted for the present not theit, and to the level of the was in inches, fentha The latter team went to the wickets first that case to have doubled ita servisa to chief reason for objecting is that the arbiter The plaintif could not claim for the balance gularisation of taxation were costat answer questions calculated to prejudice and hundredthat the sh
dispute. It is, howevor, 2. TEMPERATUR, in shade in degrees, and managed to make the splendid score of Manila, and I had no authority to accept should be Burnelody who understands the of the mouth but he thought he was entitled last of these two meastizes were compare either should say that the onfor Fahrenheit.
read the
asy of execution, but the enl tively a speaking, casy
fair that? enly parthsation of the aboriginier was considered tunate state of affairs in the Mauritius 6. Hoxmiri, in percentage of extration, the 200. The other claven acomod powerless this new sacrifice. I could not again asia see what damage, if any, had been Ps to the 17 daya less thé 30 cents and also to
Bumidity of a sinzated with moisture being the terminal before the bowling of Mr E. 0. Smith and that Saigon should become
would not
accomplishment by the off-stated ang batare Mr Clifford Lloyd 100 to it. I ambmit that Mr Ribeiro
impossible dials and people. when light failed seven wickets had fallen point of the great line. The Company be a proper party. Only one who under
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, tained that the certain temperament of
4. DIRECTION Or Wop to two points. stands Chinese could be able to judge of
Dr Tanner zaked the Secretory of State would have been placed at Shanghai the matter. We have suggested for 17 runs...
Mr Lo
LIMITED.
5. Fonds. We, inording to Beaufort the
vages was such as render
Colomies as to
whether disturbance
Soale civilisation
a matter of nor their for the
Attended Savariably Flay will be resumed to-morrow at two and Hongkong in a situation of iufe Keo Sun of the Wai Saw Yat Po
The following in the report for, prengna- others maintained that the mountainous fearance as an officiul in story Plether in tached dogie, dibargarin, flag, gloves, o'clock.
riority too marked with regard to its His Lorship The other side might say tion to the shareholders of this Company nature of the country and large which he has been appointed hali lightning, overcast, passing English, German and other competitors, thing in la freighta for silk, tea &c., for which we That is the wort of objection utryman;' at the fifth ordinary general meeting, to be numbers to be dealt with were on: 20. Mauritins an amendment to the Address equally, 7 rain, s'enow, Ethunder, v visibility,
is general-held at the Oflices of the General Agents, to preclude all hope of success, pointing expressing confidends in Siz J. Pope Han are not yet in a position to offer compensa ly beld.
TO TUS VAST AS THE theng a reasy was passed by a najority of the re
of reara in sorios of Mr Moseup Mr Bain does not even know on Saturday, Oct. 23rd, 1888, ut noen:-
members, and whe
and whether ·ad tion. It would have been necessary to aug Mr Ribeira. Batas Mr Ribeire has been 30
aind the governnt, signed The General Agents and Consulting in supp these predictions, the Memoria- by 6,000 of the i
of their opinion. La spita, address of
had been re mont the subsidy, which the metropolis or 30 years in this colony, and knows well Committes have now to submit to Share however, would not consent to do and which we the business, sth Chinese and English, I holders the final soconuts for the rear list has been happily able, with the dopere ceived at the
1880, and an open Statement. of the fire when Ying-ow, and tha Tautai to i
late Financial Mr E. Stanhope; I snnot think it likely promote the interests of good government sent year's working to the 30th September. tion sectires an economy of three million His Lordship - You must have anras ras-
The net protit on the Working Account Lin Chao-tung, to bring over 400, villeges in Mauritius that I should auswor thass into sabfection in the space of half year questions (Hear, hear.) I must decline to gonabis objection. You would accept the ous of 1985, after providing for all outertanding without the addition, of a single polaior to quaw se questions which have as their object I mentioned,
8350,023.81 Qat
Out of in force and two millions for 1987 when is consent to interfern in the matter. The same but the gentleman would not
023.81 has been paid for the dividend his force, or any increase of expenditure. either to support or attack Sir J. will only be partially in force. I think it objection sa to aci Bagish printer not know of 10 to Shareholders and bonus of 20 Over 70,000 peoples of the Chi-ibu zogin Mannesy at the ops hand pe Me Oliford will be accepted without great opposition, Ing Chinese characters would apply to him to Contributora of Premis: The balance have pmbraced civilisation, and oder 20,000 Lloyd on the other.
Ession of of $33,009 it is inter
Fand
the
The following are the scores
J. H. Hawyer, o Care, b Jackson, ........
A de Carlan, o Graham, b Dick.
4. Pac, Jackson,
Major Riddell, & &b Tick,.
W, P. McLean, 1: Jne Bory-
·EL X. ZMP Fun,' & Care, d Dick
Captain Hardley, Pak
En. O, Buth, e Kayllsz,
W. Bruse Robertson, not
k. P. Makes, o Haylaz, b
J. D. Baunders, Jackson,
A.
Total,
Nám.
Wides
30.
W. Dick, Smith...
Mord, e Semilan,
MeLo
M. D. Graham, Ramsey, b.Ma Lán
A. H. Jackson, o Blakes, & Brit.
.H. Grape, b Smilk,
Collinum, b Amith,
The pot cat:
could not do in its place. The new conven-
franco for the year when it will be antirely
Chinese language, who could
done
Here a
in
Chinaman. He will do every favour of his own
thst
do not think we could get a better man..
Mr Bowles-Wo object to the man,
corts.
sum
of
tion of Shen
Commissioner of
expended
country
Presentative
Bad
Me Clifford Lloyd's ap
6 STATE OF WHATS. blue sky, e de
dew (wall.
7. Bars, in inches, tenths snit hundredths.
SUN AND TIDE TABLE FOR HONGKONG. (From The Hongkong Almanack;)
H WATER.
BIN
Month
The question is whether the impression of 1
my of land, earlier bro
earlier brought under cultiva
De Tannor: Doss the right ho
M LA
Aft Eiser M EM
Bete
M.
11.22 10.45 658 5.98
hon
gentle
0.10 11.11
5.50
#6.32
18
16114
5.09 5.31
of the
Reserve
mising
the
but since
10
2.25 5,69 5.5
The Estimated position of Orking
olalmode
20
21
0.22 4.6- 1.175.34
8:0
5,80
76.0
after
Fin
I esteem myself happy in having been the type was really legible or unt. I could Oredit intended to place to the tiondoned, have been re- man decline to answer the question 15-
of accepted, and I hope that the Chamber that the last impression ta bezont | Account offer and claims as well as pestilential zumuter, season has now set in, hear
ав
'that paper was
oinss of cubscribers.
shle to get the reserves I have spoken judge wyself and anybody could see clearly Reserve to 8188,000.
will accept a proposal. I have made to es- fot aach an impression a
Local known
present year, tablish a service. between Pondicherry and
Such & for all out to Bombay, with service from the port of Make; paper as that I would not read. Life is too Commissione and Charges, shers a balance so the, Memorialet ordered all the troops to return to their respective catamente which was so neeful to us during the war shut to waste time trying to distinguish at credit of 8694,006.
at the end of the 4th moce, there to rest until the autumn, when operations will be recommenced
The Memorislist than proceeds to solicit
of 1870, during our troubles with Chinn, such characters It is an obvious thing Consulting Committee Under Section 15 and which might become the only port of that nobody would care fo read such of the Articles of Association 5 Morbers victualling for our ships coming from Franse paper. It was not reasonable to suppose have to be appointed to serve with the
Indo-China.
would; none of the fine lines were Chairman on the Consulting Committee
they
Mr E Stanhope I am, of course, in the There are still more than 100,000 sarages bands of the Houss, but as far as I and on- different parts to be dealt with, but the corned entirely decline to soever. (Hear,
THE CURRENT QUESTION 6th.) Mr Montagu asked the Chauveller chequer whether a Royal Com- mission would be appointed to consider the silver question whether, if such Co mission were appointed, it would also in
of the
Bigh water at Whampoa : hrs. 30 mins later than at Hongkong at the Harrier: 8 hrs 15 mins at the Balt Flats 3 hrs. 30 mins, at Shameen 3 are 45 mins. N
Moch Full Moon 131, 11h. Im morn-