No. 8518-MAY 3, 1690.7
THE German steamer Sommerfon, oổ, tha Deutsche Australiacho Dauptecaiff-talerts Gesellschaft, is the pioneer of a new lif steamers to call in at Singapore every month from Australia. The steamors start from Hamburg, call in at Antwerp., -and- then
go on to Australia, returning to Europa Singapore, and occasionally Colombo.
Tng
Tho
of gall prulucad amount
India ha steadily increased in recent years. actual refuru for 1889 was valued at nearly £104,00), 'ns compared with only £134,00 in 1888, £54,000 in 1887, £130 in 1886 and £24,00) in 188 This is undoasted solnfaery great progress At the same
org on a fast year's develop Sutput will probably bo greatly
arvested in the current your
Ir some that attention is being given to the coast of British North Borneo on a suit able field for the 'poart shellfishing indus trg. The Following extract is from a latter received by a firm at Thursday Island from one of the leading London brokora, The Torres Straits fishors roferred to are prebah ly from the North-West-It ha come our knowledge that Home Torres Straits fishers have been applying to, the British North Bomen Company for leave to fish on # coast of thst Islan, and we think it well to call attention to this new ground, as we have seen some of the boldest and Aucat shell from there, and think it Jikely to have grand opportunities."
M. Porcival Sponger, the well know Atrouantan Parachutist, arrivat in Singa pero the other day pers. Hing Sang from Calcutta, and intends during liis etay. in Singapore to give one of those aerial per. formances which hara caused auch tion among the hundreds of thousands of spectators who have witnessed them during
A SOLO 1-
A cortain point and was travelling in a given direction; and there their power, to follow the movements of the atorm usually ceaiud,. That this information was circulated by the Harbour Mastor hero at a very small cast That now we are told thers is depression in the Pacific, North or South of the Colony, or in the North or South of the China Son; and then we are kept on the tenter hooks for days.. That the improvement of the old ayatom
over the new la clear,
That the confusing ultra-scientific aspect. Bought to ho given to the matter is all moonshine, bucigno the taxpayers want nothing more than plain practical in formations such as merelients and sailors can use—not so called apientific sounda, moaning nothing.
・Tartar."
THE CHINA MAIL
That H.I.M's Plonipotentiary bas appar- ently a most undiplomatic disregard for Trealy rights and favoured-nation clauses, but a thorough diplomatic contempt for 'traders." That trade in his mind is probably asenciat- ed with bides and tallow, great factors in Russian commerce, but the handling of which tonds not to elevate the mind or load to neble deeds.
That from these figures the intelligent student my gloan much valuable in formation.
I don't inva
THE WORK OF THE SANITARY BOARD.
laid on the table at the raceting of the Sani,
The following very interesting rep it was
tary Board hold yesterday afternoon:—
Sanitary Board Room, Hongkong. let March, 1800. GENTLEMEN, În submitting the first au
view to making the prda at position clear, the Sanitary Dejartment, I feel that, with nual report concerning the work done by
a short resne of the work done since the Board was first constituted or, even better
the
CONTRACTS.
HUGH MCCALLUM,
ran. Supt, The President sad Members of the Sani
tory, Board.
Quotations BOKAKONG, May 3 CPIUM-Now Faina, cash,.. 4824
Cld
"
ور
New Bebares, canh, 477h
done gently and enquiries regarding the place. I made up the books, sore of them looked, and bears the appearance of having is death registration are all deaths re... | Telegraph Convention were invariably re.were put into box kept for that been rid hot, plied to at least civilly, even if somewhat propose and others were left on the
Be gratered f. The fact that buriale can only pleto a register showing the sanitary con- In 1387 a beginning was made to coER- That in scratching the Russian Miniator know if the cash bo k is here: I took all I were entirely gutted, and No. 74, which aures that this part is practically natufar roammed, and when completed will form a
diplomatically
Loounter. I produce the books I don't the fire broke out, Nos. 70 und 2, which prednotion of a registration certificate in work fell into abeyance, but has again been The three Hangs adjoining that in which take place lu specifiod places and on the diion of each dwelling in the Colony. The the Chamber gertataly verified the truth could. I don't know who was the last to suffered a good deal of damage from fire torily performed. The total bumber of valuable register if only viewed as a means of the old proverb about disclosing, su to bed there were any lights on stand that No: 70 is insured for 820,000 relied upon as being corroot. In registenment,
I put out the lights in the chop.aud water, are all insured, the first floor: I did not go up. I awoke and No. 74 for $6.000 with a company for tion the causes of death gives are in
Wo utter deaths occurring annually may therefore be of saving labour to the officers of the depart- between one and two o'clock a.m., and saw which Messis Schellhass and Uu, are agents, main of the nature of guess work and this fire in the store room at the book of hand that No. 72-ie insured for $7,00 with must contiene till & Chunere medical service the past year in the working of the various Nothing of importance transpired during at for. When I saw that, I went and mpany represented by Musara Dunn, for the Clary provided Fairly antie- contracts, and as a whole the works has been to the insurance policies, some money Melbys and Ce and all the books I could got. There were
faolory material for the formation of such done satisfactorily. others aleeping on the ground for but not
a service at a razonable cast will soon in the saine room with toe. I was the first
be available. I refer to the young mon to awake. I don't know what caused the
now being trained in western medical That Hides naturally suggested to the I went out of the shop, and did not return.
nature of the papalation. In a normal po fire. After getting the books and things
seinse in the local school.
The
second Czar's representative the classical re.I woke up the two men on the ground floor
point in the index is the
That if, in addition to this end the Timo That the statistics published year after your upstairs.
ference to the Fator.
before going; I did not alarm the others
palation there are, within certain limits, a Ball, minnal volumes can be compiled,
There was only one stair
Exed proportion of children, youths, young, by the Imperial Customs are very care case. The staircase leading to the Brit by all mean let the soientific world have.
iddle-aged and old of both sexes, In the fully compiled and form a most valuable and second floors was in the middle of the them, but not white the warnings are a
colony the majority of the population come ruoard of trade farce and the Time-Ball is a triumph of
floor was at the back. I saw no fire on
such a population, the death-rate should be building, and that leading to the top
inls sex largely predominating. With fairly within the heading young, with the immability and official obstructivendas, That the double cable is also a doubtful
the ground for. It was the goods piece of expense, although the improve.Tant he will note with pleasure the in place that was
remorably low ore approximating to hat were burning on the firm for. The
that of a garrigno e especially as it is inent of a system of foreciats and storm-
fire was abes 10 the warnings, already serviceable and unaful,
greased consumption of Soap, buc moura kitchen. I could not say how long the fire ill an vatine of the sanitation of the Co-gustomary with all nationalities in the co- over the alarming incrane in the conmight have been burning. I to nolony sinou tia foundation, would be of can Juny, for these in ill-health to tey and Thit the branch of the Peak is a good idea, That'he need not be told Opium is a drug the books and my life. The goode where buy the tune at my disposal/Bowever, instead of a low there is a high
might in worth paying for,
sumption if Beer and Spirits.
attempt to put it out, as I had to look after biderable value. This I intended giving, return to the countries of their birth. the firo was constated of hemp and hides.
of the work being done death rate, high even if the population was The hemp was in balus and the hides in hope, fiwever, to be able to give sizcha a normal ano. bundle. There were other goods of a mis-
resuund in next year's report. As present I callanious character.
Causes of the high To crbin the tra Causes of the death rate is clearly a primary object for must content ingelf with reviewing at The lights used were conc suly as pissible the matters dalt with those on whom the management of all mat kerosene lips. There lamp in the staircase on cash floor, and during the past year.
Was a hanging
tere having a direct bearing or sanitation those were kept burning ait night.
this heuch of the Board a work, but I desire frequently asud. To many min le the word falls. I hore use the word sanitation in its There
DRAINAGE WORKS. Į The Surveyor's quarterly reports deal with which unfarwantely for can mities, it is ruo gease and sat in the limited sense in ground finor and the other on the first floor. That with punkats in full blast, the pince I did not look to sue if the lamp on the technical section f this in ortant matter patio conveys a vague notion of disi-
to make a few observations on the non- becomes a veritable whispering gallery, ground for was burning when I awoko. but with the whispers rendered quite Wher saw the firo so strong I ran taget The object of the drainaga by-laws is to go. cavenging disinfection and disposal That it would be interesting to know why nothing to do with the later it whenithy habitations. Such an object oughly because they tend to secure a compa-
inaudible
the books and things. The fro
sedure had
that dwelling i usa will be of the riuad. Although these are all import Bant pratical matters to sanitarians, it is dratuod Observatory of mateorological instru-
to perinit of their forensic eloquence is always attitudinal
distance away from
buing ments (self-recording, by the way) and That few. Judges can address the har er jury more about thirty then alsoping in the place architects and tenants, but unfortunately regarded as a first hetuesity to a huail
either of them: There secure the hearty co-operation of wamera, tienly pure atmosphere, which for five minutes without ocking their that night. They were all on the sound so far, in most instances this
Fightly Formosa and the Coast Portes caugint, wigs like Hilanwm's bonnets, and a third and ground four. There was nobody the Cis. So far na I. can ascert in wholeaume food and habitable dwell
Баз not heal existence. barrister can speak without slevating his sleeping on the first floor. I so 16 books
A pure water supply, gown dreea-improver.
a tails to the height of an exaggerated belonging to the shop. I don't know if has the working of the drainage points
important On theae are all the books. They are all blows has arisen from a conviction
in public Banikation. The for this year.
There are eight other the by-laws are defective and appiod 1030 nubes of datas recorded from certain On Caletta
attached s.bular statements show the dichnisly. How far this conv ction is justi
hat basit fortembar d we want and formerly got telegraphic reports long before signs of weather-disturbanco are noticeable here.
That tho desire to consider the tàpaying public, or to serve the community by furnishing practical and useful inf tion, has besa entirely lacking all along, and the Directiir of the Observatory has even dictated to the Government, instead of bearing in mind he was Ber vant of the Ho, gkong Government and the Clony.
telegraphic communiontion with Manila,
bis Indian tour. It is said that Mr. Spon-That if Dr Datatok, with a fully-equipped cor will also give balloon ascents and pars chute doanta at Batavis and other Dutch town,
Hongkong, Shanghai and Nagasaki, the desideratum of course being that the places visited hava facilities for supplying the gas required to inflate the ballion, although If necessary . Sponcer la pre pared to unsaniacture the necessary $3 plies of hydrogun ja the abse co of a gas company-Singapore Free Press.
with one good: Europeas and several clark, gire us the meteorological infor-
mation we require, he should inake room, for a man who can. That the Grenwich Time-Ball was for years dropped by an ordinary workman with a mallet, and in these days f electric regulstore our Time-Ball, ought navor to have ceased to drop. A That if the cordial en-operation alluded: to in the report existed, it liss not been turned to much account for the benefit of the public.
in the market, and that Pig Iron fails fist in the North, but he may ponder over the mutable nature of things when informed that Stunt Jeans have boon sapplanted by Gray Damestics. That anma of our local luminaries seem to find great difficulty in overcoming the peculiar iconstio properties of the Court
Honso
sem only two of these lamps, a on the
Hat
This pat I
inca
nearly equally
That the ope ing of Chung-King with the bu: they belong to the ling Cho, fable is a question quite beyond the scope/taps of disasses for the past five years,
right of running steamers barred' is a heavily handicapped privilege.'
BROWNIE.
THE EAST BORNEO PLANTING
COMPANY LIMITED.
An extraordinary meeting of the share holders of this Company was held to-day.
on
my
hitherto have met with sore disappoint That I know Father Dechevrens of Shank Mr B. Layton presided, and there were also Bept. All the books in court were taken obt sin na larga a rotura as possible for thy include a bustereological examination of
TDeli Courant of the 29 april reports a steady rise in the price of tobacco at Medan to an unusual height for ordinary kinds, even for samples showing much broken leaf. The improvement takes in also produce from Cerdang, where planters ment, and hope again dwells Bow upon cheering prospects in that quarter.
Long- kat goca shoad likewise, and comes well to the fore. Experience there shows that the Field either remains stationary or advances by Joaps and bound Deli enams next, but has shot forward to a good extent. So far, plantero laro ovory reason to be Balis. fed with the outlook. Importers, tog, ruh their hands with joy owing to the rise in the dollar, which has gone up as reinarkably as tobacco quotations.
such air.
book on the day of tho Brenti tiea, The first care of architects is to ovTA-3 of donths ja far less for the past Fyar tus
New Malwr, cash,, 590/530 Allowance, Faolk 24/48 Old Malwa, caal, 340/380 Allowance, Thol... 18/48 Eersian, Olly cost $20/590 Allowance, Tsel. 1648 Puraian, Paper tied 530/540 Allowance, faole... 16/48.
On London-
Fxchange. Hongkong, May 3,
Bank, Wire,
►
**
Uuuemend,
30 days' sight.
4 months sight,
Orodite, 4 On Parin
19
Documentary, 4 months'
On demand,...
33
Mighty
4.11
Credits, 4 months sight,
Ou demand, ...
On Berlin- On New York
Odomsud, Credits, 60 days aigh,
Bordbay
Wire,
On
Gemand,
Wire, On demand,
On dandy
30 days aight, prii overstre Zold Last, 100 fine
12.20p, tael
$6.05.1
Temperature.. (Taken at Mera Falconer & Co.'s Premises, Quaten dacks) TANOMETER
10.
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which is my father's shop. Ho ling gone homo and he left the brake wirk of this report, but I desire to record fad te diagrarelationship between the Un Sha hai—
accompanying them throw us. The business carried on by my uncle
opinion that active opposition Itas partaken some light on the consists in buying and salling gonds on of the nature of carilling at legitimate re- during each month of the past year. Wäh death-rate sud the meteorological conditions ommission. The consignment book is not
gulations and has ariahed on the want of Among those
Kowloign produced. I don't know where it is. It is probably in the box on regarding the first principles of what consta-ing to rise and fall of the level of ground the part of property owners gard to rainfall, a for a atious for record. the ground floor where the books were
tulea n
in properly-drid dwelling.
water are desirable, and also periodical The first care of hai and Mr Keipping of Yokohama years
property owners is to analysis of the ground air, auch analysis to from the counter. None were taken from before the name of Dobarok was ever present-Mesera H. L. Dalrymple, H... the bus. I was afraid to wait to take any money they have lurested in their propar- heard of, and their laborious roamarohes Tennant, W. H. Ray, C. B. Hurton, W. from the box last a tho into meteorological matters are published
It will be observed that the total number et plate their clivats hounen un expeditious y for the previous four years. It has fte Do and bal known, though Dr Daberok Judd, S. L. Darby, L. Hallward, L. box. I have not seen it since the fire. It as possible and witli a
in the affects to to ignorant of this.
Ozorio, Noronha and Allum.
a minimum trouble That I will back Father Decharrens to
a book showing what goods were stored to themselves. The first care of conuently breu observed that after the abate
ment The Chairman This moating is called in in the promises and in ther godowns. I tructura is to finish their undertaking at the
of auch an outbreak of a virulent disneRMONAIRE give points and a beating to our scientifle accordance with a resolution passed at a proked up the books in court in a shear least possible cast, these are all pwerful epidemic, the denth-rate for the summunity Betonot only on meteorological unite moeting held here on the 14th of The
ense as had assumed the character of en money in the anfoamounted to batwe u
factors working Agast due care but on almost any scientific subject he
being likes to name-his favourite ono (astro-te the subject of that meeting. W/8700 and $800, I only took $200 or 2 taken in the construction of houis-dran in which the epidemic occurred has for some
last month. There is no ezcasion to go nomy) in particular,
What I took was in notes. I left the rest Owners, architects and contractors naturally time afterwards boon below the average That General Palecar'e momorandum is a for the East Borneo Planting Company of the safe, The safe was locked. I don't: This is the key to most of the oppositi n to
met with a view towards raising debentures because I was in
We have
hurry. I had the key view any regulations which way cause ad-dauth-rate. The supposed reason forthy of THREE is at least one young man in the
ditional trouble and expense with aversion.
int the epidemio has pieco of prejudiced specist pleading. Malay Native States, who is prepared to Flins the i
e intelligent
Before being able
those whose shipmasters hava dies
to issue these debentures know whether I relooked it
I it after taking out
the epidemio give in emphatic megative to the recently
"proved his Altements, and the pubko
here on the whole a more propnundal question, Is Marriage a Fai- Jure He is auxious to back his opinion
and the duller akippers whom he adeta ordinary meeting when the formation of the in the enfe. I did not open the drawer of
cancel the resolutionis pissed at an extrait. The insurance policies were in a huddle it should be estimated at its proper value.
Ic is really tunnis who have most
nother population than oxisted previous to "Tie occurretice. I am inclined to think so superciliously to look down spun are now East Borneo Company was gone into the anke. There was a thing of value intake in the efficient enforcementer by
himself as material for expert. offering
not quite so foolish as to fail in estimating That company having fallen through.
that tlija 18 more the reason of ment and extends an invitation to eligibla his remarks at thair correct value.
I the
the drawers.
The money and the policies entry lawn, for is the low death-mate for
the past year dameals, through the columns of a Penang That Dr Dubarch's explanation of his failure now beg to propose the first resolutionere in the same part of the safe. The first cars to preasted health and also that than that it
ja due to of their families and servants. Forinnately sanitary conditions, although the latter have improved contemporary, to join him in a practical
That the relations passed at the extra money was in a basket. I put the demonstration of the soundness of his views.
• to report the October at run will doubtless ordinary eoting of shareholders held on policies and the money in a bag that with regard to hopes drainage, they have We (Singapore Free Press) willindy give
be much more satisfactory after he has the 13th day of March, 1890, and confirmed hanging in the room and find it strong lever waiting to by fand Joid of and to doubt something to do with it.- been placed in direct communication with at the extraordinary dieting of Sha ehl-round my guiat. Then I tok the books of it hmly and persistently. The lever is, it is greatly to be hoped they will my held Fiatalous patio con fair candidats in. That his millenniam may be expected to sit they we acteby cancelled.
pablicity to his appeal, ae pussi- Bongkong and the Peak.
ders hell on the 29 h of March, 159 from the anter and wrapped them up is Singapore desirous of sharing in the good follow soon after this direct oursica-
Mr Judd seconded and tho potion was father shop were wrapped. I ala 1k with their as a bat the dwellings fossed ther a dillienli time if it during the past shanghai (30,05) 62. prospho
young gentleman in Govarient rubri
Wanted: A young wife. A young gentle- mas in Goverment employ, with good prospects, wishes to correspond with a young Lady with a view matrimony. She must be good-lo-king, well seer-mplish:
ed, and not over twenty years of age, Photos will be exchanged. Address, X. Y, Z., c/o Pustmaster Taiping, Zarut,'
Tax plantera in Deli favour direct cordia immigration thither from China in Naibar- landa steamers, but do not see their way to gain that end, owing to the want of Datch Consuls in the emigration parts there. The emigration agents require consular sep port to get un at all. The German Censuis
That the Acting Registrar General has avidantly a little of the weg in his com- position.
[and call for subscriptions, it is necessary to the Jaquey I have the Boy, I produce 100 drainage by-laws and it is very desirabi» iPrevious to indifferent
with
as you know they were I rgely taken up in reference to the issuing of d --bentures. the roum on the scension of the lust meet Directors do and they are hereby sathe- I beg now to propuse: That the to rid to borrow the sin of Sa, by the
That he reference to the donirs whics
possesses the Asiatic to attempt
THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT INSPROTONS,
29.74
CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER
May 2
Owing to the comparatirely recent l'ostock, 30.01 49 change in the low hader wirch these Ta
füicely have to work they have had Nagasaki 229.98
soften the hearts of the overseera with ertation and isavo of Debauturos: providing a hurry 102 ke it all. I took all the ought to bellings drained as this fix are the required potiosa on
"presenta" was very delicately put, That it is not easy to realise the hoan that is done by ach an ordeal, unless the subordinates referred to do really give way to this temptation, and forget to re-
rs, etc.
turn the cigars,
That the Superintendent of the Fire
iu
drains.
Hunddily.
-9%
1949 80 00
Wind:
a piece of cloth in which the books of the insist on hardlords clving a wire warranty
are in a proportion. Tenants Frollo de pad sut ad vine verin. The reason why I left so much money in families arising from defective house-house to house inspection has bean Bulino 29.78 83 766
injury to the
of themselves and to wipe yo the safe was because I was in hurry.
draine, Laudlords will then realize that attempted.
Manila.. because it was too big to go into the big as their own city advantage did not take the basket with the mony
Wul regard to the abatement of nuisances Anping...20.80 19 it would help matters The money was all in notes. I was in to their
greatly if I had When were real 25 this,
Day 3AT 10 ̧Á.M. Things to the Tang Shweg Shon shop where architects will soon porceive that for the the proper personis imuisdiately a anisauer WI Calock, 30. 11:41 GO ceeding the sum of $50,000, with interes for the payment of principal suns pat or
renhed till puxt day. The master
Bake रा their own reputations, in theris discovered, reporting the step taken at Cokio...... 30.12-
Nagasaki.. 30.12 at the rate of $12 per cent per annum.
case there next day and I handed the words their capital, goat design and work-the first meeting of the Boord, Unless this Debentures to be in such forms and to be things over to him. The two fukis who manship in the cuts-ruction of house is done or something equivalent to it, shanghai 20.984
were on the ground four were sleoing to secure healthy habitations. secured in such manner and to be issued to
thi really uf first importance any nuisances will exist for some weeks Amoy 20.60 68 03
before they can be dealt with
Haugkong by the the front part of the alp. When I awoku such persons and on such terms as tho
The foregoing remarks are made in the Board at its nestinga and irritazion to all
Haiphon Directors think expedient.
they were still salu it, budete hope that tention will be dirpeted to concerned will be the result. It should be Bolinao... 20.81-8365 after had taken of Mr W. B. Ray seconded and the motion ate. I woke them by calling out fire points a bich I believe to be of great in-clearly and distinctly understood that each
anila..... was carried.
raid not see whether they took anything purtane, aud winch are either not generalition in which the preriscó hoacanjica |
Auping....88 184 householder is responsible for the cou The Chairman I do not think there is of German vessels being chartered for to
I oft the shop first. A coolieand nooky k or not properly appreciated, and coole traffle. Were the planters to routine
satisfy the claims of policy-hulders before
will be
issued redeemable in two years at ped me to
Tuns sial spirit. themselves to Netherlands Tresets, this help alt snapicious circumstances are fully the rate of 19 per cent. hope we shall
Shung Shan shop.
responsible. I take this rumork because -The Book was sleeping
I have reason to believe there in a provalent would fail them, owing to Amoy being sposed of in a criminal or civil court, have a large fumber of applications. Some on the ground flour, and a árvant was also
idea that the Board and its officers are in only port
with a Dutch Coneal. That part
then so
so much the worse for that Insus thing like $30,000 has teen already sub- steeping there I wok both of them ap There are matters which ató deāli vith has ecme into disfavour for emizretion a ̈pur.
suce office
I attach a tabular statement abowing the inferior qulity of the That it is hardly necessary to make provision acted, and 1 have no doubt the rest will and the servant ran upstairs to rease the by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon in his sure undefined way responsible,
One of the evolies came down quarterly reports. 1hare ever a few ra- nember of prosentativos instituted by the people. against such stupid proceeding, as sug bed on Mo: day fortnight to conDrm the stairs and I asked him and the cork to mark to make on these sithjects. The first susitary ficals from 183 to 160 in grated by Mr Wodehouse.
of public mirkola is secure that elusive. It will be obroved that during and no less than half a million of guilders That this community must have learnt outions passed to-day. On the resula- telp me. I have been in the shop three object
years. I have been sub-accountant since perishable articles of food are tions being confirmed, wo eball at once isans a nouidcative asking for subscriptions last year. My wagas are $3 2 month.dition it for humanis constimption and that the past year there have been comparative
and that
ly few prosecutions. I have no share in the profits. to these debentures.
which they are o dd" are places Kwa Hing said-I am cook in the Sing in such a stato na to preclude the food from dnes not arise from the fact that there have Cheong W, and have been there sin buildings, the necessary supervision cannot
coming contaminated. With the great the fact that I fourth a dificulty in seeing.
been no onuses for prosecutions, but from last year. The cook house is on the frat bu
Brigade is to be congratulated upon his
report, and upon the hearty, approval he bus recorded of the Inquiry Ordinance.
lend them every uid, but only ou condition | That if any Insurance Company eloises to | anything more to bu said. The debentures and to curry the books to the T in no sense are they made in a controver} is kejt and in vacint premises the owner is.
in tile
poses owing to coolies hailing from thones. The quence is that other ports gain, preferenco,
fall in consequence to Gurman versola, which ply holwees. Deli and cligible Chineze havens. The stationing of a Dutch Consul al Swatow would meet thegrity-s me- what, hat the Home Government will nos hear of it-Deli paper.
'FRAGRANT WATERS! MURMUR That the Report of the Observatory. Com
•
with pleasure of the aueness of Me J. D. Humphreys at the Shanghai Ruces na this worth. own fully deserves all the victories he achieves.
bo subscribed. Another meeting will be
THE FIRE IN BONHAM STRAND WEST.
INQUIRY AT THE MAGISTRACY.
Mr Wodchoues opened an inquiry at the
נת
the
MARKETS AND SLAUGHTER-HOUSES
I glopell¦ ¦ Weather.
LUOD
150.37
20 W. DOBIECE,
· Director of the Oba rtulary.. Hongkong Observators, Alsy 3, 1800,
(For remarke nea heading 4 Typhoon.
Bascimany reduced to 12 degrocs-Fahrma heit, and to the level of the ass in inabos, Lenkla
Tassazuan, In the a
·8. shade in degrees
faturenbait.
9. Buzz, in percentage of saimension, the umidity of als saturated, alth moisture th
This circumstance
100%
4. Diazorian or Wren, to two paiola.
5. Force of Wino, secording to Besalust
5. STATE OF WEATHER, 3 blue shy, "a để for Canking took phren atam, and be satisfao: rily exercised, bus with tho nowy way clearly to bring comparata Led clouds, d driesling, so, ficg,'s gloom"," trivial matters before, the Board while had, light ping, e passing show, utters of importance were preading for a tally, in overfart i fusing the settlement. In 1883 the Inspectors were clearly given to understand that their nin ufficiency would not be judged the
by number of convictions they ubtained in the
5 p.m. I was sleeping on the ground fror on the night at the fire set vant named Sung was sleeping there
A
en
markets huddinge effectusi supervision over the sale of perf hablo articles of food should i ot caly be practicable but also compare
A subject inti- mately connected with public setja
That Mr F. A. Morgan, in post of Commissioner of the Kowloon Customia, has done good service to China and Great Britain, and even Hongkong, as by his fact and judgnient he has prevented any ill fealing from arising over the ticklish Magistracy this morning into the circa- too. The first I knew of the fire was hur Opium Convention.
second floor. I board the Just witness alsu
mission, new that it has seen tho fight; That thero 18 every reason to boliera bices connected with the fire which co-ing ope of the servants shooting from the their proper musgoment is street-howking. Palice Court for bresalies of the sanitary] bens, although what there is in it of That H. E. Lued by his successor,curred yesterday morning at No. 68, BH calling. I went and naisted the last wit Street hawking is to some considerable ex-laws, and I mention this now to show that
is rogarded as a thing without a back-
gristle confirme what has been formerly
zvid.
That the evidence of Dr Doberck was
naturally defensiva,that it was also, in
places, rather offensive and aggressive goes without saying,
That the omission to check that evidence
by the statements of Mr Figg and the other assistants, was a plain failure of daty on the part of the Commissionäre,
That to give the Director all tho say, when;
its trial, was a proceeding which moy
have come natural to the officials on the
-Commision, but we aurprising action on
Policy
will be
Chang has reverted to bam Strand Weat.
the top
they are
the coming day, fill the Chinese have 818,000 on goods, $1,500 on clothing and Tung Shung Shan shop. The books which anmber of licensed hawkere endear to me way in,at mensura net in
they
companies bonestly, That it has often been rewarked Chint the
comfort
this.
hawker found
To
the
Bam, in inches, tentbe and hundrede
POST OFFICE NOTICES. MAILS will close-
Pur Falkenburg, at 9 am, on Sunday,
BANGKOK.
the 4th inst
Per Peking, at 9 am, on Sunday, the
inst.
AMOY & MANILA.
Per Diamante, at 3.30 pm, on Monday,
the 5th inst SAIGON
Per Lenzox, at 4.30 pm, on Monday,
the 6th inst
A. B. WATSON & Ca., LIMITED;
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY COSCEEE,
NOTICE is hereby given that à. S. WATSON & CO., LasTED, carrying on BUSINESS the BONGKONG DIC
Veronis, in:
the Colony of own personal knowledge, Hongkong, and in many other Ports and
užicial,
Hung
mess it retroving the barke Socio of the tent a convenience to the poure notwithstanding the large number of pro his old policy of fighting the foreigner tooth Mr Wotton, who vas present in the books were in a box and others were tied of the papers and is the means of giving serutions instituted in the past, there haver For SAIGON.-- wad nail in matters commercial, and the interests of the insurance offices concerned, up. The box was on of the coun-employment to over 2,000 people.
Under
der has been history of the Uhiusa Merchants' Steato said he represented the Laneck Fire Insur ter. The books that were tied up were un tolerate its continuar-ce, but care should be In dealing with the tenants of Chi-For
the lighiost straining after these circumstances, Jt seems expedicnt to such Navigation Company is about as bitter sauce Co. (Messrs Schellhuss and Co., agents, the top of a chair in the accountant'e room,
proceedings by the
by the sanitary ficials. comment on the tire capac ty for such with whom the contents of the premises ile onlled out to me to assist him. I found exercised that such toleration does not nese tenement dwellings, it has to be marlare as could woll be found..
wars insured for $10.
$10,000; the General Life him in the act of packing up the books in assume the character of encouragement, borne in mind that in many cases That it would be batter were the great and Fire Assurance C. (Messrs Renter, a cloth and a ner. After packing up the hawker's licenes contemplates that the
Chinese statesman to make use of the Brückelmann and Co., agents); from whom boke T and the last witness and a servanter ter
holder will perambulate with hig
thereof
nan to town-life and that For foreigner and gain
gain bis goodwill against the master of the premises huil a policy of leit the clup. We took tits busts to the wares. As a matter of fact a considerable
dwellings in this town suc this Leence into a to equat may generations in the districts from
at they and their ancestors have dune for For The bust witness took the frath on public thoroughfares and thereby estab which they came. This is the real cases of man Inerrance, Ca, (Mesars Dunn, Meibge coquter. small details of life taken together make and Co, agents), with whom the contenta the box. I saw him do so. He was in fish permanent atala This is objection goat of our sanitary difficulties, and it
able a were insured for $10,000, hurry and I could not say if he tank all the
inasu.uch as it
aurions the working of the Observatory was of That the authorities concerned (I peither eat and ropuer, in the Sung Obeong Wo which he wrapped the books from a drawer shopkeepera (rate-payers), dealing in the practicallo, in every house in the Colony,
or mar especially in the Tropics of the premises w
Kwan Lin said.--I am sanatant account tooks out of the box. He took the enth in butsuction to traffic wil is cufair to small exists not only in tenement dwellings but, know not care who they are) might note shop, No. 69, Burbra Straud West. The in the counter. It was out on the cou
we wares ng the hawkers, The remedy through serrauts as householders know oughfares widen they came our calef thor hours consisted of four storeys, including for that night when I went to bed. There is simple and oney of application. Let their cat although perhaps they do not clearly, recognise the cause This social they can.
Bunhum That the Commission was like the play of That the Gentle. Coalie monopolises the the ground floor, with an entrance, frum is a kind if press, all the bones are put every policenta dy aucun every difi-ulty is not paceliar to Hongkong, it is
Strand.
The ground Boor
beat con- thare. They are not left lying on the and let the licanes of the hawker befels thrung out the world wherever the sido sila in our main strests with his sisted of a shop. In the front part of the counter. The accountant has been away cancelled after the third conviction for this stato neoras itself about the health of PENSARY, beatoos, bales of goods, and many much fest floor was the sleeping-place of the in the country for about ten days and Can less savoury artities; and that the mauwgar, and at the back, were stored lust witness has been noting the bim, office and squatting by hawkere on the acquired by observation and by inquiry of places in Chics and, elsewhere, have regis dense Sikh does not take this least notice who slept on the first floor. On the in the back part of the first- ing kalio atrauts will soon conse. To artist ja putible it is komoly felt intered in the said Colony their Trade-marks nierty and olive, zalous but rather various goods. The manager was the only The fire when I got up was
the accomplishment of this I have made
Ghigo, New Leverpool of what the G. . does in this way, second and third flors were the sleeping don't know what caused it. My idea Arrangements to send a weekly return to
The A
centres of civi-Age to MADICINES, PROPESORY That I often wonder whether the pollicemen places for the fukis and visitors. The is that some one had gone to the stire the apt. Supt. of Police showing the fized life, and it the
there have S, RATED WATSER, FIXxruses, Liquors, Cigars and otter WINES, SPIRITS, of Hongkong get any instruction as to dock house was at the back part of the first during the day for gonds and had streets in which hawkera have been serious difficul to
Kwan dropped a spark. It could not have hear
observed aquatting,
with the ARTICLES SUPS, the Bimiress in With regard to blaughter henses I dearobe wondered at that serious dininity should Labels Wrappore, Brando, ur Marks affixed
dwellings of the. working classes. it is not to var
Various
and also âs to the more money.
medal might be tried as a stimulant Ping Chow. The accountant That for Meteo ological purposes ane That when one now gune are in position at Cheak bati
He did not sleep in the shop. There was no fire there after the rice was of Ordinance 17 of 1887 A salcit senanted by Asiation in the newest town of or colourable imitation of the me be made Eeropean astant la sua de fa unes Stenu cutter's Island we shall be happy I slept in a room behind the shop, on the cooked at Bre 'clock. of figuspa would but take second place r nearly se
ground floor. All the others belun ing to His Worship said he thought it would be Dawber of it and proper slaughterhouses.
Empire or for timely indication of approaching That an enemy, however, has only to shoot the shop are tokh and they slept on the well to defer taking farther gridanos until to meet the requirements of the Colony auch importance in the British Em That what the Commissioners say on the
ever and nut of these 16 atquish second and third was in the he had unde an inspection of the promisis. shall be provided by the Govertues and and nitund at one of the mirat dia not Porn the be made by say Person or
skop e.use after five o'clock. The doors were not at present engaged in searching the rams can lead to no practical result. Every effort d
bay
I was cloned shortly Inspesie Hennessy sail the price were sta" Until thusa slaughter-housus are pro- pointe trein the centre of modern ciri Lassen, will mixedlidete 3 taxe legal pre
mark on their management odluck thenæequanse arport that was of the That no prize is offered for the solution. we went to bed then. I was Tint the udviniblity of the Shanghai shop then. The master went out after rica, to have lost their list in the building an admistedly inadequare, and badly fured, buen and kio. Instead of late, the man eploying, or paruiting to be used, or but slaughter-houses promiscuously at the Board floors have bottles, or boxes, or otherwise using, or Chamber setting to the Diplomatic at six o'clock, and was not thers then, H. Mr Wottog skid he wished to have a real mengument la imprecabanding manner in which they have endeavours, marked by the said A. 8. WATSON
für alie pallent, and dawsary employed any labels, wrappers, brands, or Budy copies of their despatch to the did not som
enme back again. He Cina Association may perhaps be open key of the satin befus is He gave me the opportunity of ex mining the books which rea
At tho, prosens tin, this testa ed and endeavour to carry on their duties | Co. LIMITED, and Fimo obtain damages
the part of the unofficial members.
Hamlet, with the part of Hamlet out-
ted.
That some of the recommendations mede
by the Commission are gond, but som
warnings are given to Shanghai sod Maulla at a gare not to be spared. with this houry expense of our Obserra tory and staff,
A
York and
Chi
That it in eray to propose the speading of their duties, and think that a Batalios Boor. The manager is my Luk caled by aty fire in the cinkus. I simply to quote the first two lines of action a experience with similar - dvelling to the same, and that I say untringement.
storme,
bath himself and the accupants.
vided
AYON & Oà,
fzation. I make vlade
Michand
a for an ini a to refrain him tiew to indio ting how onreasonable or them frum ambling, of
to be affixed to any
Arst point of inquiry is outishiy (not in That the reason it plai; posed bill, between nire and ten the employees were missing, and were supposed is to ide to do the best possible with things ad unjust miny of the accusationia thrown frame or allowing to say
secord with what practical men fost in this stares one in the free,
That all the witnesses called (slipmatters
and others) must have been intelligent
in the eyes of the stupid Hongkong com munity only-not from the Puhnerian puint of view or they declared the Ob- Bervatory bad not improved our atozum.
That were formeils told by the stichtite
fathers in Monils that a atorin had passed
Gility
canas had been recovered.
bocapas to question, bus a precious exchange of somebody might be making for money His Worship adjourced the inquiry ID
xt 10 their nesto
segone to the some ten days ago,
.
༢
A MONTALIER STATISTICS.
desarve praise
Dated this 14th day of May, 1880.
WOTTON & DEACON, Solicitors for the mil
and it is most regrettable cironmstands in reap cos therouk our esies gare at least some pret xt for The Rodotintant was not there he had FeitaNG, ME YEVA EN
dex to the state of the public health of the that the value of their work is not, better
a It is therefore important to appreciated that That is a true spru one obo.sion a anht The bus not yet isturned at the site is The ants referred to by the Ars: witnes carstaly souriain the teno va posar the buprated by ctims, comparatively smal
wer administered, bus eren that was shop was slowed I was the only offelsi ini ho was dug out of the ring to-day. It is, ndez jieelf. The first poips in the index their own countermen.
000
A WATSON & Co, Käitch,