No. 8700.~DzoĽMUCK 15, 1990;]
THE REGULATION OF FARGENORU BOATS..
Mr Ryrie asked the following questio¦— In view of the danger to 1 fe autol by Built yonele carrying in cutside. waters large uumber of panget, whether it is the intention of the Government to apply to steam-by- ches and small ve sols of ander 50 tona, trading between Hongkongan Canton at Macao, the same rules and regulations as govern the ar- dinary river steamers, and if so, when'?
The Acting Attorney Goueral-I have to state that an ordinance amending the Mer-
-ment into a larger expenditure then was
ever contemplated,
THE CHINA MAIL
Mr Kyrie-It did not use to be, Mr Whitehead-If the $3,000: commita The Surveyor Geuoral What case is then to the large scheme for $180,000, I move
that it be left ont Hum. member referring to 1
Ir Whitehead-The Ciril Hoapital staff quarters, Victoria College
The Surveyor Ceneral The additional expenditure on the Victoria College was not ping to a departure from the plans but owing to the foundation having turned out
great down than was anticipated,
..
Mr Whitehead-Ought not a condition to ufficial Meurbera of Council to be gentlemen | war no reasonable ground for the detention. Suger off." Ü’Kecío got up and held bin de miede as to the United Kingdom reducing? of alrevd intelicut, and pussersing no poli- The Government had adivitted the validity fint over the steward a face as if to kick The Chairman--I don't think we can tical or partisan desire to oppose 1 Govern- of the judgostit of the Court of Surrey bim Winew anid. “Ospiñia. dou's klok mcdo o condi too. We may make a recomment measure except on its morita, is for by payment of the dusts of the caso, and him when he's down.' O'Keefo then let The Chairman--1 bave expressly statedmendation or a procent.
the Imperial Government to submit such the grounds for the payment of these costs the steward up and ordered hits to ba put that it does not. Not a part of the $180,000, The question was then pat to the veto measureates may be deemed necessary in a were identical with those for the payment in irons. The steward was not drunk. It can be spent antil detailed reports have and carried unnimously.
frank and open manner. Opinions may of of compensation, The Court had declared was a very hot day) and he could not got.... heap received as to the whole scheme. Mr Whitehead-The unofficial members course differ and occasions will no doubt that there was no reasonable or protable drunk.
have an addendum to hand in later on. arise when officiale in s Crown Colony may, cariss for the detention of the ship, and the His Lordships-He could' get Arunk on a
The Committee then adjourned,
through the necessity of their position, bo Government were therefore liable for com- hot day, couldn't he?" arrayed on one side while the Non officials panation. The Coorly of Survey was the Witness I don't know where ho could i will be found on the other.... But in
only authority competent to decide whether get drink I know I couldn't get any› kong this contingency rarely happens, and there was or was not reasonable, canao for Edward Edwards, A. B. aid he heard le still low likely to do so if the full and that detention, and that Court having the steward call for hop, sus eaw hin clear invention of Government is enbuiitted found that there was not, the defendant flying on the deck.. Capt. O'Keefe was to the Un-ocial Mombia, instead of au was precluded from bringing any further standing alongside with lila foot raised over
of the engo, which, however uninter evidence or that point aspect Chairman's Cup. The race will probably tionally, way distort the true object of the
the steward a fnco se if to kick rim. The Attorney-Gonurul said the only plait M'Cabe called out Don't kick him while lio betwuon Duer's boat and Skott's boat, the hourur to be, my Lord, your whether the judgment of the Court stopped allowed to get up and was put in front. was on to which ho need addreis himself was he's down, Captain. The stowned was then Mer-For the actual cost being inform the Council on this matter. It af. and if Duor rows with his usual pluck and Lordship's most obedient, bumble aotrant; tho defendant froin denying curtain facts. asid "I don't think it's right for yan lo
Kai-What do you mean? The Surveyor Gen ral-Frarision was not made in Cre estimates for such a bad fruition
Bir Chater-But surely that would not make the large difference between the esti- wated end the refuel cost.
chunt Shipping Cosalidation Ordinance of 1870, which governs this matter, has hoon under ceisideration for some time. It is now practically completed and in the course of this week will be sunt to the printer. This Mr Ordinator will heat-with-in-matter-men-double treble the ustimated cost? tioned in the question of the kien, member, cannot be and will deal with it, I trust, lan batisfac-j tory manne
The Surveyor General-It accounts for neuely the whole,
SUPERANSTATION POND AND THE CROW
AGENTE.
THE REDUCTION OF POSTAGE. The Colonial Secretary read the latter of the Chamber of Commerco with reference to the proposed reduction of postage and asked the committee to come to some deci. sion,
Mr. Whitehend If a reduction is made here wild for much less to Iinly, less than it now does and if so how France and the United Kingdom.
NOTES FOR THE REGATTA. Junior Sculle-Skolt should win this oily,
Ir
The Surveyor Genoral-It was not from
The Chairman-I am entirely unable' to fucts India, Australis and all the Calonics and I
questieri.
dolorcitation ho should about win.
any
the work was introoned.
I have
Hong
F. FLEMING „Ladies” l'urst.—The Naval crew will pro- The Right Honourable 14 Kautsford, bably wins
0,0.M.G., &., Stc., &c.
derrian Cup.-This is a very opon affair,
alteratio in the plans that the cons of fata and intivaed on each half oz letter but I should not be surprised lo sco. Dun- į
The Acting Attorney General--Thore
The roof another circumatiner, The Chairman-I de not think we are in order in discussing the Victoria
Mr Whitebeni nekod the following qua- | w a tion: --
table a abatement showing how the
190
ship
drunk.
· ប The Georror had referred matter to me like this, and I don't think you're the the Court of Survey. What did he refer to right Captain here. O'Koufe said “ You'ra this price or re not losing eight of Me Whitehead-If we reduce our rate to
"dd "har: Fin-master here, and-1-pan- them? The question as to whether the
was aute
aufe or unsafe. That was the only do what I like on my own vessel. The if we continue to pay 3.093 to the
puint on
on which they had to decide. The stuurá, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ovuntries I
work to do,
and as it was a For Court decided that the ship ras safe, but ideal of was not drank. His hand a great be yory large loses not only are. we shall be
ON THE REDUCTION OF
was a hot day expressing it as their opinion that there ha POSTAGE, garde ettere sent from here but in ragarden's crew get in first.
no reasonable causo for her detention went Cross-examined-I have never even the American Cup.--Fury good crews are to the treaty porie in China,
The Following letter was addressed by the beyond the functions of their ofice. There stoward The Acting Attorney
General aid ho did coming out for this me. I dubt if all Cimber of Commcies to the Government was nothing in the Ordinance to low that - John Cox, formerly minte of the winte see why we should pay any thing to Hickley's men can stand his short, power-in reference to the proposed reduction of it was Egypt, anless Egypt represented what was
ful but rather fers alroke, and therefore the postal rate te fut Lucember, 1990. of
13th D
to declare whether there was some rum and tobacco having been atulan, pail to the Ceral Company. Letters now: I think the race should lie between Hender were not gont appoin Egypt
son and Skött, and I pick the latter's buat Sir, I have the honour to acknowledgeable cause for the detention of and the steward was called and O'Konfe The Chairman-Shall se divide the for choice.
reevint of your esteemed communications both Government were not heard told him of the theft. The stoward said I
before the Court. The only thing they' did dare qucation into two parts---Shall we reduce,
of being dr and if an, to what extant?
Senior Stulls. If Skött enn steer straight of 10th Nuvgiober and 11th December lar-was to pat a certain section of the Ordinestone to prove it, "O'Keefe aconsed the
ng reference to a suggested reduction in unou into uporation, Mr Whitehead-Until we havo received
For Kace,-I don't quite know who is the Officer Administering the Government not shirk the the Guvernment callstoward out of the onkin, “The steward
portal rates, and requesting His Excellency Hie Lordship suid information as to how much less we shall The Chairman-This was iko enbject of pay to Egypt and the other countries, going in. If Daor and Taylor face the might be furnished with the views of the vessel by of stopping the was very insolent and refaked, to gont cost in Hongkong Currency Dollars per jail on the lable of the Council. Etmarely see how we can come to any con- į starler, Keecliorg alonk in the race.committeo of this Chamber, with regard to survey.
1. Will the Government fay en lo question of the new water Supernation Fand which existed The Surveyor General-The Resident Engineer cannot depart from the plane without the authority of the Government.
The vote was agreed 10. The next stoni wa tao Pook Water tho estimated cost of which is $20,000 already apent and to be spent next year.
in the Colony previous and up to 1857 was disposed of, what was the total amicum: 16 ercdit of the Fuial at the time of its suppression. Why-
by whore order was it put an and
how much of die fund 15, and how was repaid to the Subscribers of it.
end
-2. Will the
the Government lay on the
$7,000
was curried out entirely by Mr Chadwick,
The rote was agreed to.
SEWERAGE OF VICTORIA.
table a statement Brewing how the of all article,
and atures goods, purchased and forwarded to long. kong by the Crown Agents for are in connection with the various Publio
dating Works 190, the cost aid abipping and other charges.
apent toxt year. Colonial
Secretary-- With ro.
aten this item as to the previous The work
The estimated total cost of this work is 282,000, of which $40,000 have been
re has a very good chance of winning.
"Sur Part of the business of the Court Crus, said O' Koefe complained te hininbout
drunk. Then bed langjingo was used by both, and O'Keefe ordered the
e!
dusen baro toinclude all commissions, spe: t and 867,000, it is catimated, will be ing any mora than we shall in pressing this two boats, Scotos and English, and I dost pomaly of heavy with the judgment in a onto to which they were not hetward suit T.won't. O'Keefe said
To Actingestion, I have to state
ference to the that the Supera nuation Fund which existed in this Colony
Talca of
the
to give
The
40 Chairman-The game romark applies Whitehead-It is unfair that the permitted to sick his own men, I think he ous that commends itself for aduplicu. At er auch an appearance as the commenced to fightand both fell on the
rise in an Imperial "p to 1857 had its plane carried out on Mr Chadwick's ratepayers should be unt of pocket for the will win. The Scotch are unable to securo the same time my committee, with the he that this slip did no otkuchan
by tub
Act which was paled
by the 21th and 21st Victoria of the 30th January 1857. In consequence of that repeal, a refund was made to eubscribere From the 30th January up to the time the knowledge of the repeal of this Act arrived in the doug, The whole matter has becu regulated
Act. The
Mr Keswick askod if the large sum was for noe draing on irely.
The Surveyur General-I am not in a position to spenis officially, but I auder stand that the $282,000 is for the improved drainage of the City of Victoria.
The Chairman-From West Point to East Point and extending to the level of the Ro
by an Impland, and all the binson Road,
sions were paid in
Com- moneys were paid quarterly into the missariat cheat for tomittaus to Bagland. existence in this Colony. With reference to the second question as to the cost to the Colony of the goods sup: plied by the Crown Agents in 1890, I regret
..
Me Keswick-1 ao aware of the City of Victoria and where it is. Although I know Chadwick spent an immense signat of me on this drainage question, I doubt
public
Fury much if
if the Clearly understand
transaction.
The Chairman.If it is taken out of the phoket in one way it goes in in another. You have a redned rate of postage.
Mr Ho Kai-Not if we lose on the letters from the treaty perte.
The Chairman-I don't · hink we can 'do more than make a representation. I don't think we have the means here of influenc ing the Postal Union.
Mr Whiteberd-Wonld the Secretary of
Capt. Davidson and Kengody, both being unwell, and thus lose the two best ten, but no doubt they will make a galant effort and the race will be a close one under any circumstances.
OLD OAR
DESPATCHES RESPECTING INCREASED MILITARY
CONTRIBUTION,
to
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,
Judge.) Monday, Dec. 15,
·BEADLE T. O'KEEFE-ACITOS OF MAHAGES
· FOR ABSAVIT, TE
David
and
Y
here.
sale-re
am owner
it on the Court of first, but ultimately went." O'Keefe did not take the steward by the iron. Ho Otherwise the battle will be between the the proposed change. clusion.
The
Attorney-General said he did not did not touch him. ut
all. The Chairman-We are a very small Hongkong Bank and Lane Crawford & Co..
My committee desire me to stato, with deny that. His point was that the Govern Cross-examined-The rough lagitage. unit of a large body. The whole of India,
I. ka and although
know the talent believe in reference to the contemplates diminution
ment were not heard at the Court of continued after they got on deck and the Straits, the Australian Colonies are the former, I have a different opinion.
of rates of postage by the maile between concerned, and you may be sure that all
Garri
ai Cup The Naval Crew,
this and Europe, that in principle, as being Survey, and they could not be bound by O'Keefo ordered the award to go forward. Thers will only be rnational Rage.— Juter these powerful countries will not be want.
benefit to
to trade, and doing
theparty. Int
the appeal in the mea of Thomson D. you refus to stop replied "I do.
recognise tre as inaster of of postage mattor to the attention of the Imperial think it is quite decided who is to
is to row. If
the English mails than Farrer, Brett. L. said that if a ship the ship by being charged the English boat and he is there of other entries, the alteration its postal authorities at Home.
Hickley strokes
steward again refused to go forward, for auspicion the owner must
1 O'Keefɑ mado a rush os hitt and they the the consequences. There was no evidence to meagre information before then, are unab e
Re-examined-I don't know whether bring appearances and they wanted to express nu opinion upon the policy of evidence on that point, and he main sined O'Keefe was the legi master of the ship at the change as it will affect the finances of that they were not bound by the judgment the timo. Capt. Williams signed on the the colony. The colony's pustal establish ment appears to leave a small proßt, while of the Court of Survey and were not articles at Past Jackeun. I am not aware the calculations submitted as the result of procluded from questioning that judgment that the articles have been altered. Capt.
of
His Lordship reaorred, judgment.
Williams
dacharge h algnet my the contemplated reduction of postage
For the would
probably sweep away the profit and result in Jona in this branch
master of the schooner Santa Crus of public revenue.
everne Bay (Before Bir Justice Fidding Clarke, Puisue. Formerly she was a British ached the ments with
particular item of
the is Amexioan. I was in command of the Government House,
Postal revenue is saidled, say Contribu State give ur information by telegram of
vens-ion 23rd July, and I producs n the an
e subject if we agree to reduce the rate
Hongkong, Sept. 10, 1800,
clearance from to show to six cents,
the Spanish authorities in My Lord, I have the honour to acknow. tion towards P. & 0. Subsidy and Shard
of other Countries, would seem to
which The Chairman-I think it would he ledge the receipt of Your Lordship's Des that the colony is already more heavily
I am
Ins Captain. In the recognised afternoon of the 23rd July I Loticed that it should be for the miting necessity there is for it. I know in muny
to wo copies of correspondence
benefits derived Bry dr Whitehead-When solarge an amount which has passed between the Colonial mails. It also, strikes my committee that John on, Siekia and Master's office) ap
that damages for assanli Me Godge (of Messrs taken from my cabin. I called the steward part of the drainage is
is deficient, very deficien:, but I is in gaestion I think the cost Office and the War Department on the want to know if this large sum to be ex-of
the telegram would be justified. subject of the increased Military Contribu- 5909 rectification should take placy in the poored for the plaintiff, and Mr Basting to prove it. I enid there was no use hay.
the Assistant Pust- paytenis as stated We should
this Colony know then where
wet notice with un by this
manter's Report, paragraph No. 17, which (of Messrs Wetton and Beacon's office) for ing ang ironble about it and I urdered him
The following
en deck, which he
to do refused to
at firat Af Gvidenes en carried on, if it was commenced in are; at
and
•present wa don't kno
terwards he did go. I went on decks mitte view of the reclamation.
we can't fix. a rate of postage ao an to paragraph of Mr Watter to the shows that each letter by English maile the defondant.
charged at the rate of bd. por half was given
s and was earprised to find The Chairman If the Reclamation cover expenses unless we know what the War Ufice of the 23rd of May, in which he ounce contributes from that amount 3 Cd. William Beadle, cock and steward on or two
icles him, stand aid What t
the top of the compacion schema hnd never been breached, this oxpenses are to bes
statos that Your Lordship desired him to
at Fort Jackson in Teb last and left under looking at
aning would have boon ricecstary.
The Chaleman-As wo are not informed add that the litera! unauer in which the to the various countries through which is beard To Nante Gritz, said he signed articles Mr Keswick, I should like to know whe- to the contrary, wo must asume that the Un-oficial Members of the Legislature met pasos, leaving a positive loss to this colony sport of me. Williamare near here Go way forward, He mid Ti
met which it will have to bear, not for its own
a month Set Tong and Choi Wai, otherwise Choir this apost is likely to be final or expenses will be ns thur ware before. It the demands of the Imperial Government mail watter only, but also for tint of the arrived at Yap in March and lay there for go when I please. Who in lure you
a constitutional crisie to be avoid. sabled a whether further estimates will be necesie of oarse desirable that these foreign
com anyhow? You never called us aft to tell th. Opt. the vessel in
Merch sary, because the undertaking of works at countries should reduce their charges, ed, and that it would be politie, in Your renty. Pets in China, if rates are redundant a
It seems reasonable to expect that the man to make any conces Lordship's opinion,
·Caps, O'Keefe
him to the present time which further prospective but I do not see that there is any
to go forward or I would put him whole of the loas caused by the postage voyage was made under Co April 4 us you were captain yot. I again told
WIDiams 1708
forward. Be refused and told me to The Acting Attorney General moved the works may render unless is But to may prospect of that from the despatch. sin which it right by possible to meet reduction should not attack to this only to the Pell w Talanda. Capt.
Wa ashed together and I ba We rusl second reading of it bill to rupaul an ordin-mind an economical mossato at all for this I sippose the teiogram suggested would be their views, ance for the catablishment a Civil List Colony to adopt.
to this effect:If the reduction is made by I entirely agree with Your Lordship that but that a modification of the sine paid on board. On 23rd July while the vessel come of.
WAR lying at this Pellow Islands Capture we both streck of the anno time. That ordinance, he said, provided that a The Surveyor General--I think there lauf, what reduction will France, Italy it would have been politie in the circum-to Egypt...
0.220. Ecofe cailed witness aft about 4 p.m. and We closed and both fell on the deck; I was 0.530. said he had lost about 4 lbs of tobacco and on the top and held him down. McUabe, sum of £28,200 be set apart for the use of an doubt whatever from the tenor of Mr Egypt and the United Kingdom maks in the stances had the War Office given some con Italy....
0.37d. that ou had been taken from his who wa My own opinion is adoration to Your Lordship's very reason-Trance
eidet hint up, ng standing by id the. Colony for the paymont of certain
it ia
1.674. demijohn. He asked witness if he knew Captain, and I let him up supposed to include the whole cost of the
Cross-examined I am AD ries. On account of the frequent changes work.
that will cover expenses. It need not they suem to take advantage of the made in the salaries and in the offices Mr Keswick Is it the ease or not that be a final reduction. If we
Having recoured to a raduce Council's liberality by the ordinanca had become obsolete, and theater on public works now. fu progresa mag the rate to seven cents now, that need not different line of argument to that conveyed skrovlú if possible form, part of the cohesie upe for sale You Re who has citizen. I am not aware. I was committing present scheme of increasing the salaries canso this sum of $2×2,000 for the sawczage | prevent us from reducing it still further in their diciation in Your own when the proposed reduction is discussed ho had seen the was witnesa by owner. I did not kneel on the steward's
The Barveyor General-I think it in a torther reduction at Possible to make pa'ch No. 8, of the 20th of
it not
that the Government is at prenout unablo What this larga expenditure is for and the rathor a long telegram to send Homo, would patch, No. 148, of the 25th of Jaly, trans: burdened that 16 from facao particIn this case the plaintiff claimed 81,000 some tobacco and some rum bad, béen :
to accede to the terms of the Hou, member's parts of the city at the present time, the question, as it doule with matters in England the adjustment of which will not reach this Colony until the end of February.
He Excellency, however, has no objection being cansed by tho now works now:
to place at the disposal of the hon, mein- ber the accounts that have been received for the last quarter.
NATURALISATIONS.
Ordinances for the naturalisation of Lai
Toun, were read a first titor.
HE CIVIL LINT.
the concluding
Her Majesty out of the getieral revenue of Chadwick's reports that this amount is chorges we now sa telo of postage bio suggestion. But far from doing this United Kingdom.
Bala
uf civil servants would render it still more obsolete. There was no reason why the Ordinance should remain in the Statute book. In a Crown Colony the rights of servants would be just as secure by annual veces.
civit
The Bill was read a second time and passed through committee, a claag being added that it was to come into force on the 1st January 1891.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE,
A bill to amend the Public Health Ord- inance 1887 was read a third time and passed.
of Vlatoria to be insuficient?
cladis all.
of engineering
of the ro
way
is desiralite
10
the
ת
of
souie rum
Ulti
i tho face
O'Keefe
toak
and told him this. ho aid *I dare
polite and
he fe
-forward
AL
a
American
3,694, anything about it. Witness said he did out
taken It Witness quid fe
nil did nut know; brunch of English law in being owner of bate take a glass "of a British vetac I was not the registered the future. It might bu
fast. Withons some redaction in the present wine. O'Keefe thon, caught We get this infor- That espatch, as does the letter from charge, oven if it be possible only from the the throat and held him for a few seconds. chest after we fall on the deck together. mation
should we learn that a reduc- the War Office of the 14th of July, unques. Imperial share, the whole cuts of the con. He then rushed witness out of the cabin. His linger did get info niy-mouth, but he Bir Keswick With all dus deference to tion is going to be made by France tably refuse to the sapunt of upon this colony. The policy of other na the steward of a vessel ? O'Keefe repded,
garri on in templated reduced
postage sesle will fall Wiress said Is this the way to treat shoved it there himself. the Surveyor General, I think it does not. Italy and
United Hongkong was in 1863;
His Lordship, in giving judgment, said The Chairman-The drainage of the new Kingdom. tealing is this,
is this, that if we contribution thien paid and to the revenuetious, who, with far less trade interests in I'll treat you, you con of a bitch, Praya is i included in the cost of the ro- were acting a our own account we of the Colony in that year, and it then go China than fereat Britain, and who subsidise When witness got on deck O'Kenfo told this case two versions are given, as there clamation: All that has to be done is to might be justified in talegraphing and rafs on to compare the state of things at that mails to the East, oppours to be to bear the hism to go forward; witness said he would vergcially when considerable period an
entire cost of such mail communications if be feed. O'Kesto then knocked carry the present sewerage system across in these points in that way rather than by period with what exists at present
themselves.
elapsed aires the cvente in question down But the real purport of that Despatch the land, reclaimed and the expense of that writing, but seeing there ara a sumber of
According to the plolutiff's nas him où committee would also suggest that and knull bie chef and die aspecially when a considorable period has will be met from the Reclamation Faud.
and body and bit his hand cured. other countriçainiotested Themist courteous was to make a demand for a further confer value of the present postage stamp 'Keefe their gat up and was going to kit statement his behaviour was perfectly Mr Ho KaHow about the loveli
ią to make a small reduction now and tribution on the ground that circumstances
and his language respect- The Survapor General-That is a matter if we And that France, Italy and Egypt are rendered it necessary to increase the gur could tea temparary measure-be altered witness, when one of the orey, Peter Matt and unudurute, while the captain's
to. second with any unit that may be de Cabe, cried Don't kick him while no en reducing their charges we could make a risu here. detail. There is
language was of the most violent and This is clearly shown in the first paraided upon by simply printing on the dowu. O'Keefe thou ordered witness to abusive description. On the other hand, His Excellency naked what other day ginecting difficulty in arranging the level or Whitehead-I think that would be graph, where Your Lordship addresses me stamps at present in uso, fur, bold black be put in irons, which was done. In abous actording is the defendant, ha spoko
cow included in. Mr this wook would be convenient to the the estimates for the new Praya Of taking a A leap in
in the dark.
on the subject of its additional garrison figures, the new aps be worth considering to bo takell off and rsked witzees not to to politeness while the plaintiff we
value that may be decided
ided an hour's time O'Keefe ordered the iron in terme that were moderate almost unofficial mete bors to have a meeting course the house drains required for The Chairman-No, we should know ex-required by the furtifications recently may He was afraid that next Monday
created at Hongkong and their arma belher, in the Fatare, the denomination say anything more about it. Witness auf. it would be dangerous to take a sitting as carrying off oowage from the new houses actly where we were him.
Mr Whiteboad-Can you givo as roughly ment,'
of the stamps for Europesu male should forec for some days from tus effects of the showering abuse on him. I think thero has been a lite exaggera it was possible that the Mail might arrive
an estimate for the last three years of how Again in paragraph 7 Your Lordship be altered from local currency to sterling saule. O'Keute, was a man of violent on that day by which the Governor vás ex-
Mr Keswick That is what I thought. - wa stand as regards. the postal department says, "The cost of this garrison (ie. the This would, in a great measure. overconte temper. Witness never stele any atment Lion on both sides and that the truth lies hotwoon the two statomania Thero pected. It was necessary to finish one or
tho loas
from exchange tobacch The Chairman-There note 49 pagas on what has been the gross revenue and ex-inture garrison) will be about 280,000!, a
or pront
war in the defendante mind a suspicion two important mattors now before the
Mr Godgo-Capt. O'Keefe had frequent
the against the
inst the plaintiff with regard to ·diaTM Council. He, suggested that they
hia kutje Mr Cooper's should
in a recent Gprocument Gazette tenditure; has there been a profit or a loss year and will consequently be nearly thren tious falling upon the Guverament and -containing
Mr Leigh's
tinter report,
in working?
se great as was the expense of the cause that incidence to his with those who visits from butives, had notes,
of some tobacco and ruu. appearance. mout ou Thursday or Friday.
Colonial The Chairman-I see that the revenuo garrison in 1863 when the
COD. are mainly interested.-I have &a
How did bo treat them i report, Mr. Chadwick's report &c.
have not the slightest doubt that was Mr Keswick The jacus number of for 1889 was, $142,000 and the expenditribution was fixed."
(sd.) F. HENDERSON, Secretary, Mr Hastings objected to the question, the defendant's mind when he called the excuse me for not having it all cure for 1890 is put down at $116,000, that the 10,00 % which the Gulony will
In paragraph 39-Your Lor ship remarke Hon. W. M. Deane, M.A., O.M.G., Acting and it was disallowed.
plaintiff into the cabin, whether he w on my mind. $40,010 is eaid to have been that would show a profit of 26,000.
Colony Secretary
Cross-ozamined.There is no Spanish Mr Whitehead-I think the general feel. pey to each of the next three years is only
Governor at the Foliews There is a Spanish justified in it or not. An altercation en- lued after the plaintiff come this cabin. already expended on this work. Where
utt ing is in favour of reducing the rate of one seventh of the cust and for whati
the garrigun
or at Yap. I did not report this I don't believe that part of the plaintiff's Governor at The Surveyor General-da I am not in postage. I think if the information was while the remaining six sevenths, Ed,000,
matter to the Spanish authorities. I did
the defendant seized atory where he His Excellency--I believe it is the cue charge of the drainage works, I cannot seked for we zuight be in a positions by nezt will still be tone
the mother country.
Be the to not. report it anybody till 1 oute to him by the throat and pinned him to the tom of the Opuncil to adjourn over the
Could anything perhaps
Hongkong. Nobody suggested to me to
and then told Boor, nearly strangling him and Derby, but I do not think it is the custom speak officially. The sum put down, I meeting to vote, and by that time
Funtioned paragraph,
these proceedings. Nobody sug him to clear out of the cabin,
Mr Rpris- these are the Regatta days. His Excellency-Which is the more in- portant, the Council meeting. or the Ru gatta.
Mr Ryrie-The Council might meet on Saturday.
at may bo built on the Praya formn separate walter.
thin
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SUPREME COURT.
·IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION;:
in
That is
to adjourn for rogatias, dat perlups of understand, is for the work now in pro. we could get information as to the working larly from this laster, more partic(Before Sir James Russeli," Chief, Frestice.) briostat aolicitors to go to. Capt not the way a man would speak to another
can afford to do more than the House of gress, which comiats chiefy of drains for of the department for the last few years.
Commons,
It was agreed to adjourn to Saturday at
11 01.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
A meeting of the Financo Committee was
the upper levels of the Western district, a work which is being very actively pruse- cated. The amount provided is to pay for the works already contracted for.
· FA Antwer
years to
--
Monday, Dec. 15.
KWOK LOK V. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL ‚' This was an action for damages for the
than that the Itaperial Government intima- The Surveyor General-I don't think ted that they intended during these three
Williams told me the name of a firm who was nearly strangled, and I have no Captain Williama did nit doubt that part of the etury is a gross ex of solicitors. expond £280,000 per annum on could possibly gat We in time. Although the charges might be an increased garrison out of which they re
detention by the Government of the Pasitako to pay my costs Everybody aggeration. 10 100% go the length of be- ̈ ̈ and access to the saloon. There was Mr Whiteheads this work being done longed negotiations
reduced it will he only the result of pro-quested the Colony to contribute £1,000?
3. But now the War Offled fakes a dif- for a eurvey on the 5th February, 1889 no drink kept in any other part of thieving the defendant's version of what took
plare in
in the cabin, shat is that they did not by contract or by measurement?
ferent lite. The letter of the 14th of July By consent of both parties certain issues in vess
Datives el vessel. The Captain used to soud The Surveyor Genaral-It is
Me Whitehead The United Kingdom insinuates that the increased contribution connection with the snit were tried, all being
to the saloon to help themselves to come into confact at all. I think the eri- might make a reduction at all avonta.
1dence, preponderates in Mr Robinson, instructed by Blusars Cald
hon the I was not drunk whor Captais
mediately after the steward.
hold after the Council meeting, the Acting done by contract. Colonial Secretary presiding
mittee approve of the extraordinary es
at the Captain came on deck im
I don't think
Mr Whitehead-Ountracks for a fized that would be decided instantly: Ouluny's revenue has considerably go the Attorney-General appeared in person of the sun and felt weak and sick. Tan serault was committed in the cabin, ·
timate for the new water, maius und dis-THA azWELAGE OF ZONKÉÇU AND YAU-MA- ticipate that the same results will accrue Feara was never carried out. 298 respect to the detention of the steamship drunk on board the ship. srticles ward the Captain made a rush at the
With regard to the role of $20,000 for as regards India and the Colouiegas accrued These might havo been very good reasone--whether the judgment of the Court of at Port Vacuson as master of the Santa siff and struck the back fit the head.
is not asked for so much because we are to
THE WATER AND DRAINAGE. WOENS
કણન
The Chairman proposed that the Com-
The Surveyor General—I believe ao. The vote was agreed to..
tributary system of Victorin, the total cost
30th
Grain
wick had been laid on the table on the Bowerage system was required- en . The Chairman-Is that not false arith-tho Legislature. I duubb dot that the Cn. to the titre of the steamship Puig on the and run and witness. If the struck in the face, but they all seem to now carrying out his recommendationi; there had practically been each letter won't the loss be the greater the at times prepared to give to proposals Chor of the steamship for provisional then came on deck and they damnat, the plaintiff and deliver bin, and
at by Mr
The Choir entirely Mr Chad-
Mr
wick's doing the whole of this.
The
119
indeedy
I ask you to vote the sup required for
Bob Cu the gobeme abould bave
May and this date.
to be used
Tanto
The Surveyor
voor General Speaking from than to
the reduction, Arguide I can't do better
which not
the estimates
Mr Whitehead-Is there any possibility
supply of water found.
tinue the
practically to loss
The Chairman-It is proposed to con
from with a
Bon of water the test must bo misde
we can redaca it further we may do so.
rate he recommended
Mr Keswick moved that the seren cent Mr Chater sonded.
The Chairman--The question is that
The Chairman-Yes, very good,
apsen cents be recommended as the postal
raja on each half-onnes letter,
Mr Whiteheads the Government have
decided to carry out
out Mr Chadwick's pra-
dosirable to submit a a resolution to the Council for the adoption of the scheme.
The Chairman I do not think so. The Council had already
votad
A sum for the expendituro during the ourront year, and
Chadwick
neral reported on this schems 7
Chairman-It
have reported in The Surveyor Cuneral-The drainago and works have been taken out of the hands of the Surveyor General,
WATER BOFFLY OF EDWLOON,
The Chairman-Thelargeum of $180,000
heard but the Committee is not saked to pass that
The Surveyor Gedtral-The amount
I
luxan.
next year. If there had been any objec;is put down as the total cost of this scheme, Í'animously in favour of a reduction. Bigational as it was on Your Lordship's the ninth section of Ordination 8 of aud cogs of bitcase and was regards what happened afterwards about it in. the interval between the 3th scoat, only @ LAM?* expert more serious question as to the extent of part, more than in remark that it was peeve that a nip was in a defective conds that and the other be would do this attach much importance to the fact of the voted for water and drainage for this year memory, tone experiments have already refer you`vo H: Bercombe Smith's the Colupe naturally matter of this and unfit to proceed ho
It is not true that 1 plaintiffs finger getting thon an important matter serious damage to human life, the ship have been trying to rain slimtiafaction inficted. Nor do I attach much importance JAPAN dhatever may
RAZ dine to the and next year comes to about a fourthi of been trade-a well suck and an abundant Me Chater--Soven cents or Olice provious to the Despatch being surveyed. Under zob-section of the of ibus & Tire have Inuggested to any to the plainti's being put in dróna.
of Mr Chadwick's plans being departed Before we can be perfectly secure against loss and if we and afterwards thot as would have enabled Your Lordship to Murrey, Sub-Section 2 and if it ap-mates in the South Sanch That made at hi
Fittan should bara been represented to Ordinance, the Governor was regulations against supplying drink to induced which I
e experiments during the dry se
A QULUTE if officers? The Chairman-Mr Castwick remains as of a supply
The
consulting engineer for this Colony, for forurterer General -The experiments which he is allowed £300 a year. I do not think the Resident Engineer would be justified in departing from his plane.
Mr. WhilehendPlans have been do parted from before, leading the Governs
had butler be bagun at once or we shall be
in to the wet season again.
Mr Byrio- Is the water good?
Lavo
by
bir
Mr Whitehead-Why should we be asked tod sines the year 1565, aud because an Mamages from Goverment with Captain bever spoke to me about my being committed afterwards. The mate says that to di cide this instantly?
and the question remains whether it intention, then announced, to incrass the to recover Tae Surveyor General-I think they an- Mb
Military
Contribution at the end of
when the cook hesitated about going for Williams said ba
The plaintiff of which is put down as $200,000 887,003 Buzgham, the Chairman said the report at Hutne, namely, that the incresas in the for requesting the Colony to increase its
On 23rd July, in the afternoon, saya ho was struck the of which huse been spont und 371,000 of had not been stinted. It was found that postal busines will make up for the reduc- contribution, and had they bean straight the Guvernirent, was conclusive as against withers was in the cabit when Catain or the back of the neck, and in that he is which is to be spent next year The some of the old sewers were too low, and ation in rate.
*sed forwardly
and undisguisedly submitted to the defendant to deterrains the question na O'Keefe complained about some tobacco corroborated by Captain Williams The this papers on
sabject by
Chad- new
been stolen. 'Keefe other witnesses say the first blow the recount of the growth of the village. As fo metic? If there is a loss of so much on official Meinhots would have given them beh February, 1889, secondly, to determine called the 10th May, and the Government weze.
that in partial consideration which they are the absence of any reasonable or probabis cabin
as he did at all on to the present time, and mcre letters they are i
for the detention by reason of the there was a row. Whitehood-Is this the sum arrived the sun of 313,000 was to be spent to The Attorney General-The argoment emanating from Her Majesty's
condition of the village head-Has the S Office ought not to be
detention on
on the on the other side is that the Post ment,
5th
fighting and the steward was knocked down. Fow February, and thirdly fighti But these Fere not the
to determine the grounds (upon |
question of liability of the The staged ade an attempt to strike the. If that was the c ofce, and that by reducing the post-
which the Council ware maked to vote the Governor to make compensation for loss or
Captain in
in seif defence
alter the Girat, binek about is not in his dopartage the benefit to the general com additional money. The real reason was, darings by reason of the detention. The out wizes did not think Le bit UK punishment, which is the result of a plaintiff and strike hizo, that was sals and pats, would: at mut have bowent, The Resident Engineer and Me munity is so great, indirectly that they can and there can be no attempt to dieguise it, first point was whether theading of the The stewardess siterwards put in irons at kot. If it is true that he did rush.
bar any loss that may accrue,
that the garrison would be increased Court of Survey was binding ou
on the Goy by the Captain's orders, Witness W
saw than
a act of temper
not an act of punish Mr Whitehead-Let fix the rato so'na
rato so as during
the three
years particularly referred ernment et whether the Attorney General mark of N blow which
he also
this), d I have little doubt!
explanation of the abole innover
The I shall b
you in the of substantial increase this
was reasonable and probable ground for the teeth on his first place to say whether we recommend a
within
decention. There was no question, he willing and attentivs man. Witness never "language on both sides, but the defendant not farther allude to the un-thought, as to the Court of Survey being aw him drunk. O'Keefa frequently con unfortunately, lost bis temper and zasile a reduction at alli
4. I will noted period. The vole was then taken and was ne fortunate errer which was contained in the competent authority to declare the fit plained of the crew and called them hood-jrash at this man and gave him a
to Your Lordship's Dapatch, nes or untress of the resul Under The Chaitraan-We now come to the
always telling thom that if they were only
to sea without Cross-examined It detained for the purpose of being among the grow
to bring actions sgainst O'Keefe, He was no doubt in a violent The Chairman-No loss. In fixing that written,
By the Court an aware, that there state
then
think was rate we should be protecting the resonus Your Lordship in sach unmistakable terms powerad to refer the matter to a
by the Captain'
action
Ja roshing aret blow, I think state the
ounds upon which peared that there was no reasonable or criminal offences there has "exsugoration" as to flip e demand
and was to be made upon probable ground for the detention the Peter Melabe,
abe, A. B. said the first thing effects of the injury. I am eatreflect that on the tax-payers of this
this country.
Governor was liable to pay compensation to be knew about the row, was when he saw assalt a committed although out one of 5. I venture to say that by far the best the owner. The obvious constructing of nstre woman rash out of the catio berea vory serious character.
claim The . way to avoid a constitutional crisis, or in the words if it appeara was if it appears ing. He haw O'Keefo Inock down the 81009 in tao aireuinstances is ridiculous. desd any other Governmental difficulty in to the Court of Survey and the Court of steward and knock on his chest Then the There will be judgment for the plaintiff fur I this Colony, where I have found the Un-! Burvey in this case bad stated that there steward sing out* Golp, has biting my1.825 and comte
I had no liquor that day. I had a tosich
said this Buit
Pusty. The iss Battled to be tried wors Edward Survey which sat on the Pasig by order of Cru
first
not ziek
O'Keefe and the
fa, bo presen rop tę my-1
mind
that the Captain
rusli
commanood that this was what
the
rise to the is ridiculous administration of
Judicial
year or W
to, whereas there seems to be little change might bring evidence to show that there on the fada, and The stand we believe there was a certain amount of b
· BAW ·
the steward had get rent ut
the marke
of
that CEED.
Angor
hard
1879, wherever there was trason to be-
the
tended to mislead
no doubt they were both fighting. I don't ing into the defendant's
mouth. There was no substantial injury
to Court
Ind