8885-NCTEMBER 22, 1889.
THE CHINA MAIL
Tan Band of the A. & 8. Highlanders will less than the contuosis of a chest, but it clans which was bent in the present case. play the following programme at the Gym-tual not be forgotten that the axiont of Other two eases referred to by Mr Wilkin- the control actually established must be sor, also turned upon the construction of khang to-morrow afternoon, conneoing at gathered not from any general inferences to peculiar clauses, and his Lordship therefore 3 p.b. :-
be drawn from the history of opium or fron did not think that either had any bearing siderations of pablic policy but from the on the present case. There would be judge words of the Ordinanca itself. Judicially ment for the defendant,
with costs. the Court knows nothing of the latention words
REIND BEIMAN. of the Legislature except from the
·Silver Trumpete¡Vivian.d.
Grand March Valm
A shinter night Collior.
in Munich'
Galop Down the road... Harper,
VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB
THE REGATTA,
The following ste the crews drawn for the Youths Race in the forthcoming Ro gatts:---
M. Fredericka (St.)
B. Gonzales
1. Roja
J. Sifra
R. Gonzalus (St.)"
F. Horspool
B. Grimble
W. E. Rose (St.)
С. Ком
J. Grimes
F. Lamwert
Alegui
Bogado
M. Danenberg
THE CAMPOS 'CASE.
My Donnys said he only asked his. Lord- ship to allow the summons to be withdrawn, The plaintiff was not in Court, but he bad signed a document in presence of gentle- man in Court agreeing to the terms.
The case was allowed to be withdrawn.
CORRESPONDENCE.
2.30 3.30
there
4.30
20.1 :473
5.20
3
14
*6.90
Total in 7
62
4 hours 11.90 3 hours 9.60
מניטמן
girla)
Empire: I should not, however, omit to stats that this latter object, as well as tho higher education of the Colony, is being largely served by several other fastitutions. which supported mainly by private subscrip- tion are assisted by Government contribu tions, under the Grant-in-nid ... systems ostablished by Governor Sir John Popa Hennessy
SHIFTINO
to be strong grounds for believing that the immediate precautionary measures, so as Engineering Staff of the Department was at the aqueduct prosunt no great difficulty to be prepared in the event of the failure the time, owing to various circumstances, either as regarde litao ur cast, and are in Institution, now to be established, will
out a very urgent nood; and that it of the bank. As the Murray Barracks are oxceptionally weak, and in fact oursisted fact now neatly completed. situated near the Harbour in the bed of of de Cooper and myself, thatwn Annistaut 31.--Mr. Cooper estimates that during success, by giving a general impetus to the same valley, 400 feet belum the tank. Engineers being away on leave, de the the stores at last 30.000 gabic yards of female education, will considerably reduce which hochs some 36/00: fataliste est from okfulam seriously throwened by the line of the aqueduct. This included, thy Jonty (6,000, the grant majority
water, I water supply from Tytam was cut off, and earth were carried by these fandslips across the unteippily large, number of shik
of children in requested Mr Cooper to give police to the officer is command of the lascialips, there appeared in danger besides earth, a large proportion of bug19. The completion of the Now Building
are still without education, quartered, and I proceeded" of temporary interruption of the water sup- | granite bouldern, dislodged from the Regiment
39.. Selection... Orpheu aux afero Offenbach, by which it has expressed ilmoif. The 6th In this case Robert Rhiad, one of the forthwith to inform Bis Excellency the ply to the City. It was therefore arranged tain aides, some of them many tons is for Victoria College, as providing greatly Mr Conper (who was best quidified weight. After crossing the aqueduct the increased accommodation for pupila, to= Polonaise, by Peter Prines of Oldenburg controlling the movement of mw opium sed Captain Batman of that vessel for £24 | affairs,
Section: then with « view of regalating and grow of the Amorican chip W. Conner, Goporal Commanding of the critical state of his proquaintance with the course; of the principal laudulips,followed | gether with the additional strengs given to
Orders were at once-aued to clear froth and details) should, under
localities
ravines which travers the Pablo Cemstory the Teaching Staff, may be exposted to enacte that do puran (ith certain excope wagen and £12 as passage money from the basement flours of sen and stores.
N.S.W. Tho plain-
direction,
tion, look after the water supply, while in the Happy Valley. The bridges and assist largely in the good work, which this tions net applicable to the promet case) this port to Newcastle,
MIR RAKNYALE UNIVER
I undertook to do the best I could with the part of the boundary wall were desligad. Institution has already effected-not only shall hare
in his pression for ander his til alleged that he was taken away froma Cuco and was not
the bed of the rullah was choked, and about for the higher education of the youth, 4.The storm raged with greatest inten- stroute, roads, drag best advico availablo | 5,000 cubic yards of sand were carried of the Colony, but in introducing a learen custody or control optors in quantities loss Newcastle
on false precoce
10.Acting on the. than one chest. Now it seems impossible legally on the articles of the ship.sity between the hours of Land Bus of
Mr who for the defence, the 30th. The rain that fell during that 2 proposed to place the Land Surveyor (Mr through the Cemetery and deposited on the of European acquirements in knowledge tengely to the word Chest, in this section de Deneys, he appearing to follow his morning is an exceptional turf I give below Sampson) in charge of the work fer clear. Race Couric below (nt F. on glas) but for among the people of the neighbouring the definition of chest of opium set
ing the streets of debris. After going over tunately not a single grave was in any way in Lordship's suggestion and pay the plaintif the result in detail': above, because althung the package in
Boar month.
the City with him from east to west on 31st injured or disturbed, which the oplam is imported is naturally wages at the rate of £4 per mor
Inches, Hundredths, ending with
May and lat Jano, and giving full instruc- His Lordship said he of course made no
39-The great Roservoir at Tytam and R. F. Lammert (St.) included in that definiti. n it could not
12 30.0
tions, I received, on the eve of the second the works connected therewith suffered no A. Bure
any regard to the meaning of language havo order.
130:
day, the Sest intimaten that it was bis in-serious injury. The top of the slope of any reference to the
opiam quantities of
tention, to roriga his appointment, Mr the overflow woir, and some of the oneth the poaceision of which is made illegal
| Bowdler, for masy years Assistant Survey- slopes below the carrete dam were washed The quentity or quantities of opium in
or General, but who was, prior to my ar-away. It is satisfactory to be able to re Actual posseselon roust be the same who
rival, appointed engineer of the Praga Record that the sauner in which the Tytam thor in or out of the package, and chest,
clamation, kindly offered his services, but Water-works generally (e. the great ro when used as hore as a messure of quan
it was deemed toexpedient, except there servoir, the aqueduct, and the service tank 40. With regard to the tonnage statis lity, must mean the cantents of a chest
was an absolute necessity, to take him frous and filter beds), have stood the severe test tics contained in the Colonial Secretary's or rather the quantity a chest can contain:
in рожевать
the very important work on which he was to which they have been subjected speaks Report, it may be noted that the agregate How then could a persoa
OF -the contenta
Beveral cheats of oplam be
main continued to fall until about 6pm., stances Arrangements were made with His workmanship, and for the care bestowed on Victoria during 18881,400,410 toun To the Editor of the CHINA MAIL
when it ceased. The total rain which
their construction. with forgery. was brought before Mr
Nov. 22.
that the services of Lieat. Onlonel during the storm for 3 m. of the 29th nor the Major-General Command-thelt oons
33. It will thus be seeu
see that of the thres shows a light falling off from the returne Wodohonte, on remand, is the Police it in quantities less than a onest'? Cer-
thron for 1887-401'897 tons. In view (1) of tainly if part of the contents of a cheat
SIR,The Daily Frew, ia ita lending ar to 5 pm. of the 30th, a period of 38 hours, Chumpernuwne, R.E., should be placed, grave cases of damage resulting from the the diminished Court to-day. Mr. Wotion appeared forward sap urately dealt with and became the
shed of from China in the defauce. The following evidence was it would be rightly deemed a separate coliency, the Cvernor's proposition: that vory remarkable fall of 27,44 inches.oroureWorks Departnica. This relieved me of bauy or Military Nuliah (ino.using the Chinese Emigration in the United States the prosecution, and Me Caldwell fox subjuet of dietingt and soparate, poussin tile this, nos ingermore proposition that was 35. 11 inches, and of this quantity the temporarily, at the depomni of the Fable storm, in toro in tancus vid the Al consequined of the competitier of India and Coylon; aud of the serious checks given taken:
Nathaniel J. Robinson mid-I aus possessed of the contents: of several chests Whatever farther land they require for 30th (nearly twenty-euver and a half iackvo), ficient organization of the work needed to Nullah and culvert, the cause of tha ac-and the Australian Colonies, with the
and in this way a person who was the Imperial Government should pay for in the 24 hours anding a great dificulty, and admitted of an eftain servico, tauk) and (2) the Gloroaly
tests Military purposes in this Oblony, states book-keeper in the firm of Mosers Hughes
We fail to see by what argument this interneting to add that the total rainfall ra trust of pornire sustained I say. I cidents may be traced, in part at least, traation of traile thereby peassoned, b ratrast be permitted to express my personal to the operations of man, while on the might have been expected that the shipping and Ears. The prisoner was a clerk in the
could be supported. sams employ for about six months. I last
they go that the Crown, that is, the carded for May was 8.1 inches, and for obligation to General Edwards, Colonel other hand the great landslips along the returns would have been much more seri saw him in the office on the 10th Sup to us that where the possession is the same To Provenus should pay the inhabit the six mouths ended 30th of Juste 75 45 Stofat, C.R.E., and Lieut. Colonel Gham-line of tan Tylari aqueduct above the Hap-ously affected. But though, probably as the tember. Defendant had accuss to a safe in the contents of several chests can be rightly imperial governe show in the Inland was inches. Comparing this with the records personne for the readiness that was shown py Valley, were eutirely due to natural fault of these causes, the tonnage of Euros
tho five years ending 18-8, I find that to mist the Government, and this Dapart causes. the office from time to time. My wife's regarded
pead vessels fell from 4,007,914 to
,914 to 030,442 vně. quantity Doly natus is Lucic Robinson, she has en hundred balls, for example, would in natural acquired for the privilege of being allowed the annual average is 84.84 inches, of ment; to an exceptional emergenic
tons it will be soon that that of junks rose from 1,793,938 to 1,863,968 tons, so that account with the Hongkong and Shanghai and ordinary language be spoken of as one to defend it, is a rathor cool proposal, to which an average of 35.û luches fell in the
Tylam Water-100rka. by her and
first half of the your, while the maximam
the decrease of trade in one direction was quantity as long as the balls were together, Surely the writer of the above extract
23. Go the 29th when the first damage Aqueduct and Boson Road $ 7,300 to me with some blank cheques in it and it could make no difference in thisrespect does not mean to say that the Imperial monthly fall during these five years was
alasost entirely compensated by increase in signed. I kept it in the ante, strandy men- whether they were in a heap at the bottom Government at the instigation of the Mi (31.38 inches (a Jude; 1885) It therefore occurred to the Glenealy, dr in it was evid.Service tank and filter beds 27,000
Another. It should be noted that the chip- Milfollows that the rainfall of the past half out that the culvert was completely blocked Tylum Readr voir
retums of ping tioned. The
this Colony are very far counterfoil, of cheque No.
year very nearly equals the average annual for a considerable length by the debria of Watermaiss and subsidiary are therefore of opinion that to take possession, free of expense, moval, We are
from merely indicating the entry of steaners rocks and building material... Aa thị ròmo--
worka 893,053 i
from the book, I see the the exi
less than expccasion
a chest in Soo strendy leased to private individuals.
for the purpose of coal-supply, as is pro- dated 13th
de he held to meзnless Whenever the Military authorities hastite this fll in the corresponding period must and Вер
bably the case with the greater portion
ot Simast can
in former years, while the quantity that occupy a considerable time, my first care tomber, / Neither I ner my wife wrote that than the quantity a cheat coplain; The writing is that of the prisoner; it is as the appellants were, in possession of ongquired Land already laazed, I think I am fell in May was one third greater than that was to make such temporary provision for bot in his ordinary
paid years.
face of the streets, as to prevent, if possible, the shape of the letters.
exceeded the contents of a cheat, paid for it. I know that they have
any further damage to neighbouring build- own knowledge that the manut named they osanot be rightly, said to have rent for several large blocks of buildings in
на
7.—I have dwelt somewhat at length on ings by flooding This was effected by
hanke forming prat
protecting
ou either By Mr Caldwell-I am not in the habit filius los than one chest. Appeal allowed, alluded to meant to write that the MiliShia ramarkable downpour because, so far as the stroat I was not free from Do, work done by Military
adjoining The Aotinif Astorney General-With rotary should not be called upon to pay for I am able to ascertain from the limited ro- De to the effoot'a farther heavy Glenealy Nullah & streets
rainfall during this storm is without pre might have on the foundation of
Removing landslips and re an office bay, an office coolio and as there have been a number toy Lord.. any land they may in future require which corda scosssible to me nore, the aggregate rush of water down such steep declivities Of the dedent in the case of any storm of equal hoses. In Zetland Street, the scrront toespairs Western District,.. duration, and it is specially noteworthy up that the fall during certain hours, and p the roadway and ploughed up the bot. Minor repairs to roads
tom to a depth of 5 or 6 feet in a very short the maximam for 24 hours, appear may be permitted the expression) to breskace of time. Instructions were given se Roads throughout the Is the record. "My authorities are two stand. cordingly to watch the line of the Glenealy and outside the City and works on Hydraulics, but the data
torrent night and day, and arrangements Roads & Stresta, Kowloon Debesastily imperfect as they do not extend were made that should serious damage to later date than 1875. I would call at threaten the buildings in one street, to fli-
Lucic Pereira De Campos, who is charged said at the same time to be in possession of LANDS IN MILITARY OCCUPATION After 6 m. the storm abated, but i at the time angaged. Under there circam- wall for the quality of the nisterial and tonnage of vessels antoring tho Port of
Book. A chéque book was
of opium might by dividing it be deemed in one sense to possess such opium in quantities less than one ckest, but it seems
One
ants
thesay the least of
the power
6:30 am, of the
1.Before proceeding further it
DANAGH IN THE GLENELLY NELLAK.
ESTIMATE OF STORM DAMAGED
5,000
2,700
wife, Th Casques were signed by way of s boat or placed there in baza for retary authorities here should have Lands rainfall, and is more than double the quant of theso obstructions must necessarily City of Victoria.
aquelesing is date
in
.It
val
hand, but I know it by
I know of my tits of opium only and that quantity quite right in saying that they have always of any previous month, during these tive the parange of storm waters along the sur. Bowrington Bridge ···
BERAKS THS ESCORD.
the cheque has boon paid out to Mrs been in possession of opium in quad- Robinson's account.
with coats. Conviction set aside.
gard to the queation of costs, ander this section, and this is the first time that the question of the meaning of Section
of leaving the cheque book lying about in the office. Besides myself there is a shroff, errand boy in the employ of Mesars Hughes and Ezra. None of the last four can read English. Botwoon the 18th and 24th Sep- tember I did not fill up any cheques in the cheque book. The bank did not call on ma to wake good the deficit; I did it of my own accord.
Ohui Shui Fing, shroff in the Hongkong and: Shanghai Bank, mid-I was acting
cobvioliona
has come before the Court, and I would submit that this is not a case in which costs abuuld be given against the respon- dent, who is so officer of the Police.
The Acting Chief Justice That may be
a very good reason for not allowing lin personally to pay enata that is a matter
Colony.
Probably the writer of the article above
is not already let on lease.Yours do...
CONSTANT READER.
THE GREAT RAIN-STORM.
THE SURVEYOR GENERAL'S DEFORT.
A report by the Surveyor General on the
Are
of stous
-$ $2,000
Comotory and Race Courses 1,456 1,300 Removing landslips and re-
pairs Eastern District Albany Nullah and Queen's Road adjoining og me
1,956
7,040
394
8,107
4,884
2,000
the
large tonnage returned by same of the Mediterranean Ports. For Hongkong is ille terminus not only of the whole of the jună trade (în 1888: 1,869,988 tous) and of nearly all of the European and Americau
ships eiding
entering, but also of many lines of Ocean steamers, including $ trading to America, 2 to Australia, 1 to Calcutta, 2 to Edrops Austrauz Lloyds and Florio Rabattino). (be sit and other to Manila, Borneo, Siam, and the Coast Ports of China while of the 837,136 steam-ships of the other great lives, the P.
&O the Memageries Maritimes, the Gor-
Dosan, Glen, Shiro, 13,060 man Lloyds; the
1,800 and Ran Lines which proceed onwarde to
Shanghai or Japan, there are very 593,986 which do not leave here of the outward 18,797 voyage, and take in on the homeward, a considerable portions of their cargo. Total...i 12,783 40 Although the damage caused by the
vort the flood in another direction, or to Contingencies 40 per cent.
ahrofie the month of Septembér last. It for the Government; but I think in a case great main-stem of 20th and 30th May, was toution however to this very interestingaivide it, and thua minimize its destructive,
was part of my duty to pay money to persons who came to the bank. I received money from the compradores and took it to the party who was to receive it, I paid the money mentioned in the cheque produced to the party pro- senting it. I paid it on 16th September. The amount is $1,000. I recognise the
of this sort costs should be allowed. The laid on the tally of the Legislative Council
છું
and
the
24. Owing to the precautions taken co ing of
NAPFORESTATION, ZA
dimportant subject of enquiry, in Lotion hopes that my imperfect comparison may be supplemented (and corrected, if Decessary)
of the basements of buildings in this think cause for satisfaction that no graver 1881, is being still continued. According to
W* by those who may have leisure for investi further injury occurred through the Bood-late eform is very considerable, thers in 1 1. The work of Afforestation, begun, în gation, and access to more recent The practical impurtanon of the subject in locality, and although some dissatisfaction restita followed, and that the community intendent of the Department, 374,882 trees was expressed at the length of time the do was spared from greater calamity to were planted in 1817 and 682,025 in 1893, manifest, since we must depend on the se- brit was allowed to remain in some of the and property
Of the injuries to private the number planted altogether, baving been of the motooralogical, rõlurns for streets, it is obvious that the alight fresh-property I have not anfficient data to form 5,676,207. In so far as I have been able to curacy of
huas estimate, but it may I think be safely
2 return furnished by Mr. Ford, the Super-
Jife
prisoner. He bas come to the bank to allowed the costs of the appeal, the usual the members and the public. The affect of guidance in designing works of Ravenlonce arising from this case was assumed that (as ja usual in similar casey)udge from personal observation, a very:
receive money. I can't remember to whom I paid the $1,000 on this cheque. It was
to a Portugues. It may or may not have
been the prisoner.
fact that there have been convictions under at the meeting on Wednesday. The report this section only shows to my mind that is dated 27th July four months ago, there has been a number of wrong convie tona.
Seeing that it was called for by the Tagie Mr Potluck I would ask your Lordships lative Council, it seems strange that it to Dalley costs from the beginning.
The Acting Chief Justice-You are should have been kept back so long from
of these plants have costa. It is a matter for the Registrar. this unwarrantable delay is not only to 8-1 should add that this observations have resulted had the banks been removed the popular estimates formed under Brok failed altogether, or aro monsly stated
The Acting Asdiction.
General-It is out diminish the interset in the document but were made at the Observatory at Kowloon, before the anleert was completely clearuda impressions will prove, on investigation, to of your Lordships
miles north of two
shrubs. Ian awaiting a roport from Mr. Ford as to the notuni extent of saccess- This was affected, and the debris removed have been exaggerated. The Acting Chief Justice-I believe up.
to render certain parts of it useless. ris rainfall area. It is I think probable from Padder's Street, and Queen's Road on AUKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SERVIC A-1
with the causes of failure, before considering, submit your Lordships
In conclusion I would take this oppor- what measures should be taken under the indicating approximately the rainfall on the
tunity of acknowledging the great assis circumstances.
Lucie Robinson, wife of Mr N. J. Bo- Mr
said-I
birsan
and water supply.
of the centre of the Victo
to the serious that must
I have a small account with have power to allow coats from the begin. When, for example, Mr Brown Bays that that the requila may be safely assured a 26th Junah MANSARDE ENG the fongkong and Shanghai Bank. It honing. It is an expensive caso, and I would the repairs to the aqueduct are approach in 1eland, but it would be well to bear in clonenly Valks Thould explain that it tance I have received from the Acting]
I
2. Ta donnexion with the food in bon my custom to give my husband a set your Lordships to allow casta from the completion, the statement, although bug mind that the proximity of the steepran- was found on examination that the quapoty Assistant Surveyor: General (Mr. Cooper) cheque book with the oliequcain it sigued and beginning of the case. It was defended it the body of the cheques nol 6iled up: This the Police Court. was my custom in September last.
The
The Acting Chief Justice-1 am not sure
that we have power to do that, and even if
produped is wine ; ID other writing on the
the we had I am not sure whether we should face of the cheque is not mine, I did not have been inclined to give them in this receive the $1,000 mentioned in that gase
We give the usual order-easts of the chaquie. The cheque was zot applied to my appeal. ass in any way, either with
er without my Mr Pollock Your Li ̈rdships will soo that authority. My account has been dobited with 81,000 on account of this choque.
SUPREME COURT.---
IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION. (Before the Full Court): Friday, Nov. 26.
THE RAW OPIUM CASE: IMPORT- ANT DECISION.
TANG MAN AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS DONALD BREMMER, ESPONDENT..
MAÍN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
(Bojore My 4, G. Wise, Acting Puime Fridge: DOBARJER NOWRAJEE AND OTREES. CHEUNG
CHUNE BEUN: THE REST OXBIBLITY OF A SURETY.
This was a claim for 8800 against the
on the 27th July, is calculated now, at the end of November, to mislead the public, for the repairs, have doubtless bean com- pleted several weeks ago,
Although some of the report is old history,
we reproduce the great part of it, as many
THE RAINY SEASON OF 1889.
April over 19 inches of rain fail, and of is
A
EXCEPTIONAL RAINFALLS IN OTHEE COUNTRIES.
*
at
considerable damage to streets and
and maxima hrly fall equal to th [#hich the Acting Survey: the maxivalion made at the
* 80th
this guantity pearly 7 inches was due to a doable this quantity fall in the same apo storm on the 29th and 30th of that month of time. I can find no record dehere of e a causing co
to that at Kaw I roads,
Gouerai vis, 3.4 inches, although it appear |(Mr Quoper)
The 83,400. estimated
May was slight first half of May was comparatively dry exceeded by an
∙ly I arrived at Hongkong on the 18th of May. Kowloon Observatory in July, 1886, when sight after my arrival there was a TBTS 3.48 inches was registered in one hour. heavy thunderstorm, several buildings were Those who carefully observed the storm
·
Was
48 147
,
daring
Government,
I have the honour to be Bir, Your obedient Servant, omnes e
8. BROWN, Surveyor General
"GAOLS.
umaber of prisonera
to the
elye
for
and the fact can
POPULATION, S
aurety for a shroff who was in the employ struck by lightning, and 5.94 inches of rain will I think, agree with me, that when at Colony during its earlier years, nor by Honourable E. Stewart, LL.D. Colonial turned at the census of 1881 (180,402) 100;
aš
its
tain slopes to the Uity, render in posible, of water coming down this ravine was con- and from Lient-Colonel Ohamperswne, number of prisons to hot that was judging by the records of analogous mites, siderably augmented owing to the works in RE. during an exceptional crisis, the in the. Gaul which was that the rainfall in the City and on the.
arrival in the Colony, and come similarly fallan from 674 in 1886 to 586 18- mountain stiges above, the greater, rather fios en Building Lots 1, 40 and 1. Pealty, of which was instcased by my 5,029 in 1885, the daily average Kaving than less, than the rainfall at
Jon plan. A catch water drain had been quent inexperience of the lusaliti, and 1887 and to 631 in 1888, the tutal decrusse constructed
cted many years ago along the line the departmental organization Wi in both cases being over 20 por cent. The marked J. K on plan, to divert the water hardly an exception the officials on whom returns of prisoners tried in the Courts 9.--For the purpose of opmparisut I will from the upper slopes which would natural has devolved the superintendence of opera show also a falling off, which if it may be new quote some exceptional rainfalls rely find its way down the Glenealy Nullah, tions have exerted themselves in ntia: taken to indicate a decrease of crime is we have been at very great loss, from the of the observations coming from such an previous convictious and alan from the fact authority as the Surveyor General, are oorded in other countries. At Nottingham into the Albany Nulleb. But during the factory manner, and in one case leave bably Ins to the sererer disciplius introdu By Mr Caldwell--I sigued piz choques at of the opium being kept and deteriorating, interesting and worthy of consideration an 18th of August, 1957, by inches full in progress of the building operations referred already grinted was voluntarily given par dns to the sererar the time I signed this one. It must have. The Acting Chief Justice-It seems to s
about & bears. During my residence in and the construction of an quedan: to with a view to assisting the Department will bear
ing the emergency
an abnorival take the place of the original open drain Cyprus (December, 188) a fond, disastron, which traversed the site quid to building Overscore bave worked overtime and surprise in view of the hard
Some of the population, been about the end of August. Inever had", that although the point on which this case
2. The miny acason of the south west to life and prope any trouble hofora alnut cheques being in 'ecided was adverted to bofore the Pulica
occurred d property, all of 54 inches was
it found impossible to carry the suffered from exposure to excentive heat livelihood among the people of him, and filled up and castiel.
The case at this point was remanded till agistrate, it was not made a particular monsoon appears to have set in earlier this where whole falling in 4 hours). It intercepted water into the Albany Nullshead dowop, and there in reason to fear that the immediate neighbourhood to the Colony polut. We allow you the co ts of the ap-year than usual Boring the month of nearly that at Kowloon more than and it therefore had previous to the storm Mr Bayne's end may have been accelerated of the Province of Kwangtung of whick"- Saturdays pled.
peal, whatever that may mean.
channel, the Glenoaly Nellah, and tions are further advanced to recommend be the most lawless in the Empire. been diverted into its original discharging by the suns CAUSO, I propose when opera the extremely dense population in said to thus necessarily tended saterially to in-special casen to the favourable notice of crease the flood volume,
15. Statistice of the estimated population raE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY NOT FORSEEN.
are given in the Colonial Seoretary'e Re- 20. It is I think apparent even to a casual
port but it may be wall to point out bere that the difference between the number re- was not foreseen by the Government of the observer that the development of the City
that estimated for 1888 (215,000) ahowa an technical advisers. Situated the City Serdary, &a, &o,, &e. of the plaintiff and who recently abscondid
recorded during day ending 1" height, the downpur was not constant mainly is on a strip of ·low
increase of 34 per cent. in 7 years and were de ore 16.06 the save todoats for hung considerabowo consecutivo period, has orethang, by steep mountain supes, table that Chambers Whoy dupedia (od: 180) as the to
Land with between $500 and $300 of his em-
Note d-Since writing the above I and that the ratio of women to men which was ployers minica. Mr Wilkinson appeared for days there was an nggegate fall of 5-88 that for short periods it was exeptionally excessivu rainfal, it wo
lo 1881 is now eationsled at 1 I to The Their Lardships gave judgment on this the defendant. agreement under inches, and bure were shoners at frequent severe, so that the fall chuld have been vions that a primary element of safely was slate, that at Joyeuse (France) 31.17 joches sent disproportion between the sexes
1, it would appear ob and the Encyclopedia Britannica (ed. 1831) 2.52 This
This great, aud apparently perma- appost to-day. The appeal, it will be re- which the defendant became responet intervals until the 28th. Early in thu measured for a limited period of may to convoy the water from the various anal fell in 22 hours, at Geneva (Chambers says woold appes to justify special cantion in- membered,
(2.m.) of 29th the rain bagen quarter, or half an hour, I. have little through the habitable area by open maannes Gen) 50 inches in 24 hours, as Gibralar applying to Hongkong that deprivatim of Wodehouse, Poboe Magistrate, in a case Song) to the extent of 800 was entered in- and
from the recent seizure of 12 cheats to at the time Mr Nuwnivjee and some of (although with greatly varying intensity) the rate of fully four inches per hour. In Channels constructed slunk, the untra 53 inches in 26 hours, on the hills above protection from ccrtsin disease, which has
course of the torrenta. Instead of th's Bombay 724 ing of raw opium in the waters of the Colony, the other plaintiffs were carrying on bus, until 8 p.m. of the 3th. Appendix designing works in which it is cossary by however, the water evites hare with few Khasis bille (Anum) 30 inclies on each of Donald Bremner and a party moss in the Hongkong Hotel: and Mr show the daily rainfall for the first half of provide for a vaazimum fall, it wou'd in my exceptions been enclosed in culverts, carried are successive days. These falls if correct by Inspecter
registered hore, but bags on board: two sampens which were on this business was subsequently given up fall on 29th and Sith of May.
experience, to caloolate on a smaller fall
ed over have been converted into rowers for their way across the harbour from the and a new business commenced in another
then four inches par hver.
the discharge of house drainage, a purpose quoted. I hesitate to accept these state Fanghong side. The men on board the building under the etyle of the Victoria
10.I would here remark that it may be for s Turoii s defalca
3. On the morning of the 20th I was at beats were charged in the Police Court at Hotel and as none of the the ipetanco of Inspector Bremner with tions could be how to have taken place the leak, and such as the viclence of the argued that I am asuming that all the ins and or they are truly united, sud mente without further evidence.
water that falls from the clouds at once of the natural and straightest conse. being illegally in possession of the opium, while the business was
torrents have in numerous instances. bean ismuch as it was in less quantities than in the former place, the carried on storm that (with some others who were discharged into the water courses, and thatg been adopted; these anbterraneau) But staying at the Hotal).I hul to wait a con- I am allowing nothing fur absorption. To violently diverted to avoid interferenca wi h one chest, and the Magistrate convicted the be held Hable, his undertaking not extend-siderable time before the chair coolics this I submit that in case of a heavy ram publio or private property, and in some defendants on this charge.
ing to the new business.
would venture B the dusoght, owing to
wing to the fall occurring on ech steep slopes as those aos instead of following the line of the Mr Pollock (in the absence of Mr. Fran- His Lordship, in giving judgment, asid furca of the wind and main However we
QC.,) instructed by Me Webber, that by a memandum dated 11th Novem started about 9 am I shall not readily whch for the back-ground of the City, at calvert passes by an indirect route under a time when the all has bean saturated houses and occupied arena. Recent expe appeared for the appellants; and the Act- ber 1982 the defendent agreed to be furget the journey down. I followed the by previous beavy rains, a careful observer ristice fun afforded convincing proof that scarenly do better than quite some remarks song children, and I am of opinion that
rity to the extent of 8000 for the por ing Attorney General (Eon A. J. Losch),
all things considered, 20,
it appeared Becurity
will, I
1. I think, be convinced that, practically instructed by Mr. Stokes, Acting furanos of the duties of Chung Pusong to me a preferable rose to this frunway speaking, all the w water that
wind
departed from without the risk of serious by the late Mr Stewart, Dolonial Secretary. The children take it and ask for wome, and bir damage from food. Unfortunately some of whose deep interest in the cause of educs the good effects are apparent. I consider businang in a
building under t the style of path. During the descent the water rusb in other places, the greatest fall in 24 hours of an easy remedy. judgment of the Court in this case, the Hongkong Hotel. His Lordeti reed in sheete down the steep mountain I can and registered in 20.59 anches it
marked in passing that the Chinese words slopes, the tullake were full, and the side. Madras on 31st of October, 1346. The THE TYTAM BESERVOIR AND AQUEL/UCT,
the hotel hat beau drains and culverts of the road overflowing maximum at Kowloon was 27.44 inches, or the Court foransted
Be had to doubt that 10 o'clock. Shortly
ariting
WEK: 9g4lust a decision by Mr ble for the absconding shroff (Chang Pomorzingined almost aninterruptedly doubt that the result would have been at
inghen in uno night, and on the boon deemed expedient in England,
New Touk has 100 Bremen, Berlin haa
excord
that
of police, The opiam was found packed in Deunys contended fie, the defence that as the year, and Appendix B the hourly rain opinion be unsafe, in the light of recent down the mzia streets, and whồn thus cover) y pels are given, nor Authorities 1,003, Lond n 700, St. Puternburg 12:00:
ci,
surety could det
'ME BROWN'A FERSONAL EXPERIENCES.
road
B. B
Hamburg 850, Paris 50regular and 1,403 reserves and Liverpool 250.
SCOTT'S EMULSION OF PURE COD LA OIL WITH HYTOPHOSPHITIS, for Buckets, Varammu, and all wasting disorders of chil-
remarkable in ita raaulia, dren, is The rapidity with which children gain fesz ind strangih upon it is vary wonderful. Load the following I have tried 37. On this important subject I can "Scott's Emulsion" in cases of wasting is
TRE GOVERNOR'S DISPATCH
THR PROGRESS OF ZOUGATION "IN"
HONGKONG, AND T
Crowd FUNDOS fir the rời whó was at that time shroff in the employ A'ops the upper levels. the KUSEMA sed forthwith juta that falls in dishes the nati'al order of things cannot thus De | is a report written just before his death it is a valuable preparation for aneh casas.” ---
The Acting Chief Justice said of Mr Nowrufes and others carrying on threatened to carry us off the mountain 11-Toʻreturn to thesis of mailall the mistakes of the past are n ́t susceptibls son was evinced by the valuable aid which it fer superior to ordinary Dod Liver O
spondent
a joint
the 800
be rendered to it during the whole coure MARSHALL, M.H.0.8. E 148 of the long period of his pable service
service, Grange Road, Bermondsey, KRAB
Chemist can apply it Watson & Cas now unhappily come to an end't
most gratifying features in the prograss of
and I shall proceed to read ithin mu to designate Translator as tho I arrived at the Government Offices abous about one third greater (see note "Aut} nervice tank in the Albany NŢIAN Pho advance in Education in one of the | (ld.), agents in Hongkong and Ch
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29.—The nature of the accident to the
the contents of several chats of raw oplum ation was fiterally correct and he had! Oyereper, then in charge of streets, ainca
aftarmaris Me Bayne, tad of report,) a
already been described Some 21,000 packed in begs can be convicted of being in
12-1 may enclude my abservations on Tarde of debris wore deposited in the tank possession of opium in quantities less than no hesitation in saying that these words deceased) game to report that the gre
infancy; but the lines on which the chest, under Bec. 6 of
of Ord. XXII of applied to the Hongkong Hotel and to that dispenly culvert (which carries the star rainfall by adding, chat although the resolt during the storm. The tank averages one and ferals Education is only m
290 feet in length and is 200 feet wide, and In 1883, Mr Nourojen and his water and sepage, and traverses the centre corde of Hongkong appear to be prep Chest of Opium is deined by the only
system is moving saam to be correct, On London feet deep, 1 hes therefore go and time alone is required to reclaim the paztuare loft the Hongkong,
agkong floral building of the Uity, paselor through. Wyndham and tonal, as regards the rain which feil in s Onlinance mich an in opiam therein by merekanta in the Colong, forted and had since bus carrying on business Pedder's Straata, where several of the hour a d during periods of four preity of about 18,000 cubic yards) This | oso portions of the field which romane
3 kuuther building under the style of the more important offices, and pubile bald hore, and of 24 hours the recorded monddy lid deposit tended to reduce the pressure ontouched. We have
follow of the ordined them and contitred to act as shrofthern are sitontech had burst in several og annual rainfall, of this Culony sink inte on the sides. Azotzediate steps were taken clent Public Schools, not including the
this Victoria Hotel Chung Po Serig
Convents, which i'do: so much for the educa places. Before there was time to as sertaid insignificance compared with those of some to further relieve the pressure by lowering stated in
the preamble, which re up till 15out a mouth ago when he abscond- / full detail a walchinan" strived to report | other parts of the world. It w
Usiz rears tory to be able to record, after careful.a. penetrating into the outlying villages. The On P oites that it is expedient to regnlate and - od withi mmies belonging to the plantilla, : that the service, lank of the Tetam Water returns for Bonekoan lake in the water level in the tank. It is salistation of vilk: ODTETRIDE Schools are Documentary, 4 mouthy sus
masstagon monthly rental tination; that no sellemont Whabovar
Education code is working most smooth control the movement of raw oplum within. The question before the court was, whether works was in danger accompanied by Mr we find that the maximum the Oology, it can be gathered, that the in order that circumstances the surety who Chopar I proceeded at unds to the site. We is 481 inches, and maximum annual fall is a be detected in the concrete structure, and seldom gives rise to kay question which
of the 6th Scotion must have boat entered into this agmement was still bound arrived, there
before Roon, and 49 inches, while at Cherrapuno in Astame nor was thereʻany leakage from the tank, cannot be very to note that since
is gratifying to prohibits the passesion, of raw spam with, it teamed to his Lordship that the found that the tuboel, or gruas calvers, 454,40 feet Books on lord. PAS incline Along the law of the wrindeci estekage
than in the chest, ie, in the full defendant guaranteed perfor
the due
O demaner, the sure your Bio taches Road, Boreral landslipa took plats between approved a scheme for the stablishment ORIGE HAER Portodianid that this inference chance of the man's duties as servant conveys the water of the Albany Muliah 18001 and do a zis month (Jade, a varied under the surface of the Bowen the abɔya was written Tour: Lordship har On New York
of rain fall. The monthly and anouat rampe | the sorrice tank std mhath of the tannbi,,
of experiment, of a. Government is strengthened by the 1th Section, which to certain people who carried on busts under the Tytau service lank was back a fall at Cherrapungs is berefore more than a distance of about three miles. Of these, Central School for Girls Gintilar to the Boys On Babay
Bolel, and at the aspiration was paring over,
three were of the concrete wall of the
of formidable dimensions School, now balled the Viétoris College, portion
tention
192 aquaro
transverse area
which
have been
∙it
la dealing with the subjat of the re Dase as hotel.keuparz under the name of sod the water that should pass throne five tires greater than Hongkong,ale podurred on the steep hill rides above which has already proved no succesful.
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moval, and transhipment of raw opium the force that business was at an end. I tank, and bad washed away a TAFER refore only to
the removal or tranship that started a fresh businest achough aj of the earthen bauk on the down stresor Of the morning of Thursday, B07h the favel of the aquadbat where it overhangs Bobook which I have heard urged
yarlon objection to the establishment On Onlobits ment of chest or cheats of
the Happy Yelley M. NO, on pian;), of such
2 It may be admitted that if the 6th Section similar one, and his Lordship thought side of the wall as well as parts of the of Way, Loosented with Me Cooper (who had debris weeps forces the road and agis in the Coring of which have been suggested Osn be canalined to mean that the pose therefore that the defendan
endant's liability Bowen and Garden Reads, and had caused had noted as Surveyor Dentral during sion of raw opium otherwise than in basanjo do at end on the change of premises, considerable damage to this bines of the undveldable interval win olapsed on the duft, carrying away the roadways and by my own experience, were, in my opinion. On naligh chest in illegal thin control of the Executive: 367 Valkinson for the plaintifs refered to Engine. As the conerate walls of the tank dis departure of tos predeomage and 2 would be far more complets than if the pastaze In Collier on Guarantees, but were nok daigned, without the aid of the arrivals should have explain, irojden appetant contends, the section merely for he looked at that again he would and earthen back, to resist the pressies bids the possession of opium in quantifica that there was a particular condition or water, there was good reason for taking ally that (as His Excelleboy is away) the
the
fongua of about 121 Minds For Bitel, the Inspector of Schools (dated the superstructure of the aquedunt, for entirely overcome by an able report of Dr. wastof the foundations remained in bulk of July, 1669), which has been already wet and consequend the repairs of forwarded to Your Lordship. There appear
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