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SATURDAY, JUNKk 13, 1996,
Tas number of cases of plague reported at FRAGRANT WATERS' MURMUR tie Seultary Board OEcen has shown aThat it is only a few years since the dimlaution within the last week. On Wed- ansday there were 5 cases, and on Thursday there were 5 CABOS On Friday only one case was reported, white to-day only two
THE CHINA MAIL.
That I note the bysterical form of criticism has been once more brought to bear on the question of dogging of Chinese pri- |
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Queen's jubiles, when a large sura of no- asy was subscribed by the loyal Hong-That koogites for a statue of Her Most Grol.
oua Majcaty.
tulated on having prepared a suitable nite
the Sanitary Department, was removed to
the fovernment Civil Harpita! two days
in so short a time for the erection of the Queenly statue.
ago, supposed to be using from favor.
this is an old aubject, and has boon thrashed out (no pun) years ago. That, after the flogging was charged from the back to the breech, there was literally nothing left to discuss
has been done.
medical
A YEARS TRADE IN MACAO.. The following Is the Commissioner Customs' report for Lappa for 1895 :---
LCOLL.
The estimated value of the merchandise which passed the Lappa Stations in Native bottoms during 1896-exclusive of the goods,
the
lowest
CRICKET NEWS BY THE MAIL
To-day to developed symptoms which are That it may be said a private company of That certificato, as to whether a pri- of the Lappa Olfoe. This dudrapanoy betontable to sell the higher qualities locally borough in 1803. The list is as follows:----
auspiciously like those of plague.
Her Majesty's citizens might have suc aceded in doing this thing sooner.by a beck, let us say; but all the same the sta-
AUSTRALIAN MATCHES,
No, of A. A.
Matches, Wen, Lost, Draw,
10 2 10
3
HONGKONG BHARE MARKET. In hie Weekly Share List dated Hong-
i thing to report.
Bk. T. 14,886, On the other band,
An interesting table is published in Cricket of Bugar recoled by 35,400 pioale, Hk. Tis.
H. T 101.133: Tobacco,
60,110
of the results of malobes played by the eight kong, 13th June, Mr Erich Georg (by his Tan, Hk. Tl. 40,019; Essential Olia, Australian teams that have already visited Attorney, Mr. J. Y. V. Vernon) reports:
The market hae ruted much firmer since data B. Tla. 36,186; and Sundries, H. Tle. England. The ten other representative 139,915.
The Silk emops were superior in matodes referred to aro Lord Shfeld's of my last, and I have several important both quality and quantity; and the Tea lev
leven. in 1884; v. Lord 8befield's Eleven, chrages in rates to report.
Banks-Hongkong and Shanghals have crop, on the whole, was about 20 per cent. Lord Landesborough'e Eleven, and Floren better time in 1894. The decline of 528 of England at Lord's (testimonial match to changed bands at 186 per cent pran, for
Loades cases were reported. Inspeeter Moffat, of That the local Government is to be congra | That until our sentimental admirers of the valued at H. The. 2,909,359,, carried by pioula and the much greater proportionate Kr J. A. Mardooh) 10 1886; v. cash, and more stares are wanted at ita rate; Glack-birds can find a better incentive toke direct between Hongkong and Mass shrinkage in value of Hk. Tle. 40,619 are borough's Eleven in 1888; v. Lord Abefold's on time transactions have taken place at 103
aggregated Hk. Tia. 9,375,029, or about discipline than rattan-whipping, I fall to Hkita 90,500 more than in 1804; while due to the fact that lower prices were paid Eleven and Lord Laedesborough's Eleven in and 194 per cent, prom. for August. Na- Marine Insurances have all ruled quiet, ses that anything mors can be done than the total Eeveans onllested-Tie. 301,017- by Foreign buyers for finer Tos, and con- 1990; 7. Lord Sheffield's Eleven, Shrows- tionals are on offer at $20 without business, shows a declins of over Tls, 69,000, and equently the sales were smaller and the bary's England Eleven at Nottingham, and
and Unions at quotation I baye no- whole question hinges upon the
record since the establishment quality of the Ten poorer, it being morer C. F. Thornton's England Eleven at Bear and beyond small esles of China Tradem', Fire Insurance.-Hongkonge continue soner or offender is fit to receive corporal tween the Ravenne and the value of the for consumption in the country. The Sin-
neglected and quiet at $335. Chinas have punishment, or not.
trade is due, on the one hand, to the large or harvest in sald to have been about 40
per cent. better, owing to the absence of Aguiturt,
been in good demand, and sales have been England That, after that, no more need be said, and decrease in the Import of Opiums (675 pleuls) highs winds and typhoons, from which the
of 1884 crop
effected at $94 to 805 caab, closing firm at there in cartainly no rooms for sentiment,
a falling off in the Ravanus of representing a
crop suffered severely. The decrease Gentlemen....
latter rate. On time shares have changed Tia. 74,250; nod on the other, to an acres in the quantity of Sugar pasang sur Star Players...... BROWNIE.
hands at 698 for Beptember, in the export of severat ataples (notably Silk showing an exceen of 2,35t pigale vladations, in spite of the improved orop, la pre-North sumably due much of the Sugar being Bouth
to HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
Tle. 306,793), which, while appearing- our Trade Returns ander Experta, do not at discot to Hongkong during the plague. O, C and G.... Other Rep. Xil.'a The Long Range Cup and Spoons wers
Dutles at Lapp
the but at inland researe in Manze.
opened gloomily
(a) Original Shipments Coastwist are Total: all Rep, matshes 63 competed for over the 700 and 800 yards pay dietsaces this afternoon under fairly favour-Tenus stations. The year able conditions as to light and beat, but enough, since the war with Japan was stal valued at Hk. Tia. 2,531,617, showing on
had scarcely lifted
increase of Hk. Tie. 105,165 over the pro- Cambridge University.
Oxford University and Cantor,
(c) Coastwie Arrivals, valued at Hk. Derbyshire... na during 1894-in Hongkong members competed, this arrangement would be that time proved very troublesome to some of the when the bubonic plague
Fight competitors.
Gloucestershire no object, and that no hurry is necessary the result being a win outright of the Cup creating a panic among the Native population Tis. 2,220, $32, are Hik. Tis. 62,704 loss than Essex....
Keat for subscribing to this second monument, by Mr Johns Andrew with a creditable total which nothing could stop. It a short time in 1894. The principal decronson are
of 93; the spoons falling to Mr John An- | the place was almost deserted and most of Beabs, Ht, Tis. 30,230; Hemp, Hk. T. *** the shops olceed. The epidemiorst its course 30,016; White Wax. 9. The, 10,038; and Lancashire... especially if the site he selected any-drew and Mr A. Brown. where between the now and the old Appanded are the best score:- Podder's Wharf.
FLEET-Paymaster A. G.. Jeffreya in till well remembered in Hongkong, where for the period of his service ho was one of the social omaments, Since he has been on the Mediterracoon Station be has gone in for record-breaking at Malta, on the 4th Lay, he paid-off the ship's company of the first-clues battleship Trafalgar in the brief
tue is now on view.
That another statue would not be out of placa-foor I don't mean what a large number of my roaders mean).‹,, sup- posing that a suitable official sito could be prepared for it-to commemorate the existence of our old friend 'Tima."
BL.
COANT TRADE.
space of 33 minutes. The home paper from That one of the most beatific features of with an ametoady wind blowing which going on; and that appeared at Macao, vlous year's figured.
which no quote says: This is certainly a very creditable performance, and is on example of the quick work which the no- countant branch of the service can perform when an effort is made. We hope other paymasters will enter for this record. breaking competition."
YESTERDAY a seizure of tainted meat was made by the Falice at Yaumati under pocd. liar circumstances, A Chinese consable noticed a Chinaman labouring along under a heavy load of what appeared to be grate la two baskets on a bamboo in a street in Yaumati. The load accumed to him to be rather heavy for the quantity of grass, bo he watched where the Chinaman deposited bla load, and then wont and reported the matter to Inspector Butlins. The Inspector ordered the baskets to be inspected. The constable went to the house where the
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'Me J.Andres ««.......... Mr A. Browa
P. 6. Goodger, H.A. .....................
That, to desound from statues to posible sites and open drains, it is alleged that there have been more amella than sites of Jato, or the Prays line of demarcation. That between old Pedder's Whart and their W. Dets
Hongkong Bank the smells bars been of such a nature as to proclude the selection of any more sites for statuen-as the! statues are declared by the Faculty to be totally unable to withstand the awful Amell.
ERIE 300 yards.
CORRESPONDENCE,
POOR OLD REUTER 1'
14 B
To the Editor of theÜHINA MAIL'
Hongkong, June 13, 1896.
110
in about the same space of time and season Sogar Hk. Tlo. 57,665. A for articles Leicestershire
ending
of the year (commessing and perhaps
show ineroaace, such as Tea, Hk. The. Middlesex
Somerset Surrey
a little earlier) and under similar atmospheric 6,765; Native Cloth, Ell, Tis. 10,614; and Notta
asat Flongkang Ground-nut Oil, HE. Tha. 137,068. conditione and diecaste
Dircumstances
the year before. It was first observed in the
SHIPPING,
Sussex ... 23 least sanitary and most densely populated
whense the
The juuks engaged in the carrying trade germs were
Warwickshire Chinese quarters, whence
Yorkshire ... place,
ohirdly the
through via our Sistions number 15,535, of 760,910 oil over spread
decrease of 2,759 vessels Saratch XI.'s and Minor infected rats, They invaded some of the best tons, stowing situated and thoroughly disinfected Foreign and 63,797 tons: while thras employed in the Foreign trade (almost entirely with where
in their basty Hougkong) amounted to 1,450, of 178,500 houses on the bille, fight for eafety, they had sought refage,
had not been
FANSENDEN TRAFFIC,
County Matches
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Shipping-Hongkong, Canton, and Mactos have been salt in at $31 and 8314, olosing with sellers at the latter rate. Lado-Chinas have found buyers
in fair quantities at 866 cash and the end of the mouth, elmo of 507 for September, market cloning steady. Douglass have further improved to 801 with sales for cash, and on time shares have changed hands at $86 and $064 for Septem- ber.
Refineries-China Sugars are weak with abaras offering at $116 and no sales. Enzona havo improved with sales at $64, 255, 286, and $66) cash, otsing steady,
Mining-Panjoma have contioned dull with small sales at $15 and $151; the re- sult of the syanide clean up is not yet to hand. Balmorala have remained unebaɔged with small sales at $31 Olivers have abanged bands at A 88). B 24, and B $1 paid up at $2.90. The angic and Austra Bian Co.'s expert has reported favourably ou the two properties, and the offer reported in my laat may be considered an accepted. I at $6.30 with small Baube have been dull a
Hong
YOXY
sales. Jalibus have changed hands at $3.30.
Docks, Wharees, and Godowns, kong
cong and Whampoa Dosks bave
raled vaz with small sales at
Ia na interesting communication that I quiet and neglected wirever, with
SIR,Referring to your comparison taken, the Chiared and every care sent ballast and 819,691 tons cargo.
disease and from China 114,566, against 128.19 certain injustices and grievances undering of the to ask offer sales at $51. potter roman in statu(e) quo, 1 can freely is so refreshing to find some just cause Dinotable features of this ways to ex- and 115,894 respectively in 1894.
Other
and were found dying or dead in the wood-tons, or 221 vessein and 62,520 tous les work of the ochlings and even the roofs. In than in the precoding year. The total everal cause observed, though distsfectants jurk trade aggregates 17.25 vessels, of as 984,410 tons, of which 120,729 tons repre- That as I have been asked, in all seriousness,
servante removing these to state that the proposed series of statuos proposed for Hongkong is bathe Singapore and Dougsong versions of dead rats were attacked by the plague al- comlag todicus, and that thepropoests had Reuter's Telegram, dated the 7th inst, it most immediately and succumbed,
this occasion wors that. contrary agree to this proposal, pending the time complaint against poor old Keuter' that 1 peccavt, and
OPIUM. (a.) Foreign. pestation, the number of casce after heavy when the air is properly purified for the huston in this instance to cry
the
version Singapore
stead of diminishing, largely it As compared with the 1894 to acknowledge that reception of our Municipal Faltera.
raine, instead
г But, by the way, may ack the
the attacked wae free from the diseass and a ditalaation of 675 picula.
and
trat
pleuls-shows
Grand Total ...
113 64 72 -218
THE DISCHARGE OF SEAMEN AT FOREIGN PORTS. havo received from a British Consul ato quotation,
OF the lead- Watchsi Goodowa Cola
property, Paasdagers to China numbered 123,015, port in the Far East, attention is called to oheras for amalgamation with
deanddenly jumped to which the musrebant gosman still hasta $58, 866, 2nd $67; the scheme has not yet notwithstanding the namerous amendments
be decided by the Direstora during recent times. By corres question will
at a special meeting called for the This decrease who writes trom many years' par- | In the meantime the atook haa Chinaman had taken the baskets, and bis That in order to settle this knotty point, it Lamego is undoubtedly the correctoreased: that the iasabitsry quarter port of Baw Opium-1,500 total, the of the law that have been adopted in his open accepted by the Kowloon Co.. hat the
might be advisable to erect a matsbeth Orina Mail Bud the other papers with inhabited by the time the wall situated is noticeable, with the one exception efonal observation and and move the Offics of the Public Works whom it has became so fashionable to take alaan Foreign houses were invaded, Luichow, along the whole lice of our chi Conanlar service, deals partience in the purpose,ith sales at 556, $55, and $63. Atoppage of wages and loss of employment olasing firm with buyers, at the last rate.
have book Wangkah
enquired for in sympathy with Kowloons, but I havo heard boardi Boon as a suitable site can be prepared every opportunity elt carping at the to-The authorities did all that was possibis 10 TMARELE, viz, in the Boungeban distrid in ease of wreck or of siokusas, and s
condite Reuter, the revered Baret, &c., the of erecting hospitals, removing and principally to Shikkel, 109 picus; to Sanabres connected with the foreign
a transfers, of no neighbour, 232 abuses lating the sick, inspecting, disinfecting, ning, our searest was
houses and with the slop shop. The
Fans, Hotels, and Buildings.Lands to Kongmun, Sauui,
been cum; to shipowner usually insures his vessel at
enquired for sed small saios so that have but the fell diseass ran its Sinui
The Course regardics of disinfestants and white-Kochow-fa, 34 picule; and to Kiungo to incurs Do I as by a wreck. esman, Iventure to think that the world generally wash, such as it did the year before in fu (Hainan), 30 picuts; while the increase or her baud, auders a serious loss. Humphrys neglected. and the China Mail in particular would be Hongkong, and did not subside until the to Luichow is only 30 picule over the very is wages cease from the day of the wreck, better if it paid t
this them. If one took the victims had savemhed.
period 1894
it should be remembered, and though he is sent home (st the expense, with and (25 interfered
1795 ting out the trippings of the Jals-trade was greatly
suspicions were fully justified, for "over
150 lbs. of unwholesome beef was discover-
ed hidden beneath the grass. The meat
Department down to the foreshore, sho
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had been brought from a matshed on Chi-That of course the inevitable results of the whether they have ever come across Priorswhitewashing the houses, flushing the Right to Cheungsha, 271 pieula; to afseen por coat. above hoe value, so that affected at 3714 Hotels, West Points, and
pese territory, about 150 yards from the boundary line. At the Magistracy to-day the accused admitted the chargo. Com. mander Hastings imposed a fine of $20, with the option of a month in gaol.
W. BOPINION & Co. have 150 Pianos for Eire on Monthly Payments, also Pianos zatamed from Hire cheap.
Ward
Some sensation bus bean occasioned in Aus-
I ou bobalf of Professore Pratt, Wright-
RD and Boasett, of the Medical College, Chicage, to the effect that they bave dis- covered that the Rontgen rays are able to kill the bacteria of ohelera, diphtheria, parumonia, influenzo, glanders, typhoid, taberaniosis and anthrax,
Tux following telogram from the Colonial Bearetary at Singapore to H.B.M. Consul was circulated in the form of a Notification at Touchew on Zed in8tsal Fovoker has
for it' Sassoon's Corner, and those of other out- lats of the optira comage of the Colony were predicted in this colaman long ago; but as the warnings are not official, and the Governor Look no notice, things wont merrily on
That, und the governmental system.
Be to my virtuos over kind.
B
to my faults a little blind."
delight in pointing
for a
much-abased poor ald Boutora de-
a very
has died out. time for an official of the P. W.D. to dia Yours faithfully, cover
the difference between a high-
water front and a long-suffering
py, because in the old days
J. Y. V. VERFUN,
Agent,
sto:
declina
The
The high price of the
if necessary be
aimilar
ou
ha can
Miscelaneous-Green Islands have fur
ther improved to $173. after sales at 317
and
$174. Electrics have changed hande in
Robinson & Co.
the seaman Wars the library of the late Mr Wilkie
It is refreshing to havo nome one stand 1894, which was awelted by an exceptionally the trade in and consumption of the 30 per bardebipor accident in tho osutav | Collins came nader the hammer about five.
tho residents on the Praya up' for Reator. That respectable old gen-beconsidered satisfactory
of
collection
which
That I have known the day when such a prenadore attention to the charityison had spent itself and overal thousand small frures of the previous year.
Farming, given in an off-hand way as is tronblo and the same-may I say-fiendish of nearly four months' dril to was excoptionally high-noarly 400 picule not of the shipowner, but of the public): fair lote at $7 and 874. Ropes bave been done in this rolamd, would have revola China Mail, as the Ching Mail and other while was almost at a standstill. 20 per cent) Over the average of the fire ho in cast on his own resources notil he in demand and sales effected at 8123, 124
No preceding
1895, The chief man is bound by savore penalties to serve month. Fenwicks have found bayers at unfortunately, the Governor does not Papers seem to take in showing up the i sonder, however, had the epidemia abatea for pars & Year-which should account get a fresh engagement. Sosing that the and $125 dash, and at $126 for and of the
Opium for a certain period, it would soom only do pow, and this form of improvementuencies, I am inclined to think the fun than the people came flesking back, and io causes, however, as reported by the Opium equitable that in the event of a wreck the $261, 627, and $274.
short time all signs of the dire dealers, have been the high prices ruling smployer on his side should continue to
throughout the year and the smuggling, the trade had resumed their normal Axpect.
to do it is, but strong; "guaranteed wear, $325/385.-W. be could rican soientific circles by a claim put for. That consequently it now lakog a very long would not, as hitherto, be all on one side..lamity had been effaced and the place any from Singapore, into the lower pin-pay wages for a reasonable period and slav
It is surprising that under the adverse con- factures, which are now mainly supplied base the cost of the passago home. This Oua 'Populer Piano, handsome, full-toned,
generally afford
could take
anch & ditions commerce did not suffer more, and from that surce.
a liability Router's Telegram Co., Ltd. that it should axseed in value the total of Indian drug has given get the go yor into account in effecting his insurance.
Taken as s the Governor helped in the discovery.
of Opium,
whole, cent. sheaper Native product,
illuous or disabled 1 by That perhaps
(8.) Nati
of his employment and discharged at a years ago it was discovered that the famous frontage light give the Governor a hint tleman certainly stande in need of the
fairly profitable to all eon.
The growth of the poppy in this district foreign part. His wages cease and he re- or two, if he would only take the troublo ebivaltons defense of Mr Vernon. We and
book buyer, merely possessed cerned-producere, merobants, to look around.
fully appreciate truly English
Sugar
for manura, has gone up 50 per cnt.
whigh
bas to defray the man's hospital expenses for
farance Lord Coleridge's library, That the present Governor will probably Vertou's advocacy, in style of the Expo, siaplus-Silk, Tea, ugie bos not rusterially incrsaed during the cares to pass it only in novolisi, far from being a hoolt lover or
rili bald At wait until he has a memorial prosented up the weaker side; but we have rothe crops were abore the average, and com- year, owing to the higher quat of Bagasike certain vircumstances that the shipowner of Fresch novels and a few works of ra- Sotheby's, will certainly not to him on this subject, and than he will doubt if the matter were aaquired into, paratively steady exchanges assisted realis since the war in the North. The 1885 and passage Lotus
results With regard to the other points, my cor- R eropste reported to have given good it would be found that the diffoalliesing rewurerative prices, which, in all propose saother Royal Commission.→
Justice's literary tastes. The sale will
Eve Occupy days, Bod I the catalogue of books That though not sa over-violent admiror in serving up the daily masage from Center conduced to increased consumption of in and to have brought prices ranging from respondent refers to the evile that stize Just teilar alar on the lato Lord Obiet
of the Hon. Thomas Whitehead, I am are created at the English end of the wire. kinds of Foreign and Native Imports. In 83.50 to $4.50 por caity of jaios; the from boarding-house keepers being allowed u very far from blind to the nervices ha hus As to the trippings of the China Mail or the Report for 1994 Ideas Butanari tape crop for 1895 promises well. On rolible to give the guaranten that & Foamanah will insude the publications of learned done to the Colony.
any other daily paper, very little compune. fact that a serating of the summaries ep
presentation copies, several books of prints, That therefore I am not sorry that the tion is displayed by the general and intel-pended to the Import and Expert tables autority I am informed that the poppy is not become an expense to the British eros
seri-cynical and wholly churlish attempt ligent' public; that is the reason why the shower a decided diminution of the crade now onltivated in the Tungkun (Gavernment which it required when be is literary societies, many first editious and and to the extortion that is practised on along with original issues of well-known of your correspondent Citizen,' to hold trippinga in so very scensional.-Ed., northwards with Centon, Shuntak, Oban Teangthing(), and Paan () dicharged abroad by mutual consent him up to ridicule, has fallen entirely fat. Cá
and an increase of the trade with out distriata, and the Opium produced, specully craws through master sad mates being works of travel and other topographíoal.
Our westwarde, Sanping in the last mentioned, is said to be better preuciarily interested in the business of records-Exchange. statue is so utterly in-
ato,, which were formerly That the idea of
appropriate that even the Member of the
From Canton. In 1995 the position is than that from Yaznau, of which oenailer-
sable quantities
were imported during 185.. Chamber, who is by Dt. menna obliviona
exactly reversed the trade-northwards
MICELLAF 2018. shows an increase of over half a million
The anticipated declina in the Kermone taels, and that wastwarde a decrease of Hik. trade freed Macau intu China and its Tlo. 450,000.
cause of
of this change in
as in 1894-transfer to Hongkong, animadverted spon is no doubt the same as in 188 direction is the plague,hich has enabled the Canton in the 1894 Report, has been fully realiad,
the table prefectures (Kochon, your before. The trade with the four lower and Kiungchow) has cochon, Luichow,
of
been declared infested owing to the pre- valence of bubonis plague. A Quarantine of sine days from the date departure бо
all pas imposed on all from Fuochow will nengor stasmers. The foreign community trare rather startled on reading this and began making onquitics, says the Echa.
B
So
far from any prevalence of the deacase, not single oase would be heard of, and the public mind was soon at rest again. The telegram must have been intended for some
other port.
The Foochou Echo of the 6th Jane says:- Masters of the new season's tea were first shown on the 25th May, five days later than
Battery, must have seen through the elephantine attempt at arcasm. That it must be admitted that Hoogkung,.
I have before stated, is not vary auc- orful either in making statura er in get- ting sites for thom after they are made.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. [SUPPLIED TO THE CHINA MAIL.'}
TONDON, June 11, 1896. DR JAMESON'S TRIAL
taus, immediate
krom
neighbours
in tura,
will
the slop shops. Probably any proposal for further legislation on behalf of the ses nan would be indignantly denounced in any quarter as a finishing. blow at the shipping industry. As a matter of fact, however, not a few of the larger Brand already find it to their interext to voluntari
last year, and businere dammenosd a few That, all the same, the advocates of Muni- The trial of Dr Jameson has been ro- merchants to recover the ground lust the as will be observed from the following it mentido for their wracked or sick
days after this date in a desultory kind of manner. This week, buying ban becom gonerai bat the toso of the market is quist and the cattlements for the same number of
Inst days are much smaller than year, A spirit of cantion svidently prevails. The beat of the
up constry tese and Souhongs are eansidered preferable to last year's, and as to the rest, with the exception of ene er two districts, they are obarterized as an average crop of good useful quality. The general basis of prices is lower all round. The first direct steamer, the Glenyle, will leave on the 9th ist, eight days later than the first steamer last season.
THE Electrical World contains a long dea. cription of an aerial torpedo, which it is pre- mamed is exported to prove of practical uss ia actual warfare. The torpedo consists of a small-sized, gas-filled balloon, espable of
metalning for any length of time a
ight weight
of from 30 lbs. to 40 lbs. at an elevation of from 500 ft. to 1,000 ft, above the earth, Inside of the lower or small end of the balloon is placed a metal cylinder,
which is to ignite the gew in tlie
Lay stated period. Underneath the balloo
basket U VADO CE
€1
35
enstaining
is suspends similar to dynamite, high explosives, explode with terrifia forea on striking a hard
ON
cipal rights will be quite
willing, I fancy,
to wait until the results of the fight sumed. The evidenos continues to show
for popular rights are known, That, so far as the know from the published despatobus, it may be that the chief mavar in the matter of local popular res is, after all, the author of press which,
Popular Petition, and hare squashed the originally said to
the
until
that preparaticus were made for the raid long time before ita occurrence.
RELEASE OF THE REFORM LEADERS,
The Reform leaders have been released
on payment of sins of £25,000 each and
der pain of banishment.
Exchange,
HUNGRONO, June 18, 1998.
On London
Bank, Wire,
si On demand,
-6 5.
.. 3/29
TAN
... 2/2
... 22
JM Sex
30 days' eight, "4 months sight, Credite, Dommentary, months'aight,
On demand,
Bome do so even more generously the le ausgested above-and it is difficult to sea what unfairness there would be in making June September December Total. Inch provision compulsory on all ship On Parts--
Kerosene Import from Matao to China, to dwindle yer. Quarter. Quarer. Quarter, dunster,
1895..+
Muh
Class.
-Cacas
Chet. Gares. 18.000 11,000 13,000
Devamenecment of monopoly.
away, as already noticed in previous years, Had crops owing to absence of rain, and the xsa 4,000 interruption of the Masao market through the plague, are reported as causing a fur ther dealine during the year under review,
REVENUE,
That the public are, naturally, all egog to an undertaking to abstain from polities un-parod with the 1884 total. This dealine is
know, it
It might be well to sue pend our judgment. know what the despatch of Mr. Chamber- and whether it beare out the lein coctains,
stateman's own liess of local gov great
or accepts those which have: arnment, or
Colonial Sec- been credited to Istary
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.
Caren
dally in
Houthother rightly or bas passed a recalation in favour of arbitraly, General Cargo Duty, Inwards and Uute (Sanni. Cheungsha, Hoping, Ingentative who boarded and examined the
wrongly we cannot say. That I hear there was a bigh old time in ths
Alaria Rickmers yesterday. That
the good steamer Maria Rickmers in merely a floating proof of German onter- mysart and maintain their sharo prise, to abart in the great opening up' of China, That, fairly carried out, this is in full accordance with our British viewnoftrade,
waa felicitously proposed Jere the last two conditions as they appear in
the German language by Mr.
ia
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E. OHLMER, Commissioner of Custers. Leppa, 29th February 1896.
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HONGKONG, Jane 13, 1896. OPIUM-New Paina, cash,... 6873/890
Ola
cash,... 725 New Bonares, cash, 1973/705 Old
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11
11
New Malwa, credit, 750
м
Allowance, Teels,.., 48/52
Old Malwa, prodit,, 760/780 Allowance, Tacks,... 16/24 Persian, Olly, caahı, Allowance, Tael, Porainn, Paper tied 640/ Allowance. Laois.... 16/32
4,000 powners, and in és altoring the law as to 8,000 1000 prevent the abuses that at prosent exits la connection with the "elop shop and dis. One of the oblet fotiuences at work retard-charges abroad by matuni consent➡Truth, ing the development of trade with the pin-
THE. HARDSHIPS OF A BRITISH The collection amounted to Tls. 381,017, pipal marta drawing their supplies from here
TRANSPORT. showing, a decease of Tls, 63,189 us com is the absence of atom communicatics in.
The shooking revelations in this week's land. From Canton come 20 lanches are due to the smaller import of Upium, the towing pesenger and cargo junks This Truth of the conditions under whisk the last Duty and Likin on which exhibit a fall og all directions, and it ie solely of of HX. Tls. 14,683 as compared with the safer and quicker casens of Icoomation and draft of troops from India same hons in the figurbs for the previous year. The receipts transport that the Canton morohants are Clive ought to lead to a prompt and airingent about it-if Mr Laboucher's repro mattere Tra Commercial Congress of the Empire under other bandings have improved slight abis to supply the merisate at our very doors investigation. There is no ce iu miacing
werde,
net increase of Rs. Tle, eto.), Mersbaste and jask-owners are only showing tion in international disputes,
2,541; 10
fleneral Cargo Likin, a gain of 175. too willing to pay for the privilege, and I ship on her stripal is to be belleved-and Gold Leaf, 100 kue (per fael)
am not without hops that the obstacion in the proprietor of Truth is not the man to dovereigns (Bank'a buying rate) 6,192
choose a careless of unscrupolous agent for Silver (par oz) GREAT BRITAIN AND GERBIANY. 3,361; and Obing-t
the way may soon be overcome. on-fei, Th POREIGN TRADE-(a) imports
descriptions of the such work-the worst The uat valus of the year's trade was:
would The tone of the Gorman Press is more
Cotton Goods exhibit an advance in va lue of Uk. Ta. 148,574, the principal items Imports, Bk. Tis. 6,805,000; Exports, H. condition of Salvation Army shelters
seems to be catvied by the horrors and friendly to Great Britain,
Tis: 4,070,919,
in which being Shirtings, with au Increase of
abominutione of the transports in Mn F. Douglas Dabores. Hou. Secretary American Drill, 1,088 pied
British soldiers and their families are brought pieces T-Cloths, 3,742 pieces; 41.386
efter pieces and Chipizee,
home
service in the climate. Soldier-lite is course a reage it would be mawkish sentiment to contaise an electrical dovios, That the health of the owners and Captain for the Gopeng Sky Races, who has a lively 1,279 pieces; while Japanese Colton Fion
life, and way about him, contrives to make the for- bel has sison from 87 pieces in 1894 to 4,607
s to travel nader better mal conditions rend nicely. We subjoin
and Japanese Cotton Oloth from 3142 pieces, to 5,964 places Woollen Goods show a Even in the midst of its worst alarms B-expot Tommy Atkins (who is well known in shipping circles the official advertisement -- which
amall ingrasee amounting to Hk. lavago was not left without its morning vooditione than those enjoyed by third-class here), and that gentleman oompliment-
America, but they "Gopeng expecta everyone who has a .671, though no individual items paper, although editora, reportere, and emigrants on the beat class of lizers to should at least be well-ny its enterprise, moke to cater it
ater it and ride it, and the moko call for particular romark. In
statad by ed the new line open such as a walled embankment er substanse, action the
and upon the fact (blah surprised me) ons oues to Dasmble in their thousande call
in shouldering rifles. Thas, the editorial total value.
Truth's
confirmed by extraots representativo, meat of the the earth.
management of the
ibat the M, Rickmers is the largest and help to keep the ball, which has stuck very little change, the thore compositors seem to have taken their so to that standard, Tha
to Elk. Th. 2,082 more than in
room of the Matabele Temes was adored
sergeant's diary and corroborated by amounting easy and simple,
with revolvera, while in the composing tra forpado is described
steamer carrying the German flag which
rather of late, a romlin.
a large number of others,' seem to show ac 1834. In the distriats supplied through inventes stating that a corporal'e guend
has entered this barbar.
The Committes trast that thers is the these Stations, Japan Matches sppear to be room were Loo-Metfords standing in con-
Indifference to cat with it accomplist what would require
to ordinary humanity and eam. mon decesoy. a large firms to do by the areal methods
muskilege of a cual old fashioned Lisata opres seiring cost alt flerns, insing, guruhind gigns corners, with millilled band her
all this.
7,913 gross, viz., 240,200 to 507,613 where they be donned in
In the sergeant's diary are frequent re- now employed in siego of cities or for the scattering of large bodies of troops.
from 148,355 to were alert for untoward sounds, and the the Bickmers boat did nɔt contradlot this | Ma Bayard, in raplying to the fosst of while the Matches akow a) moment. In the plug, ofc fereness to the quality of the food provided |
decretso • cf 340,051 3,311 groas. Medicines augmented In fingers twitched to grasp something more and its daarmets. As to this the editor
20.80 I understand that a strongly worded report Barometer... 20.88 statement, bat he acknowledged the com-The Visitors at the annual dinner of the pliment paid to himself; and he did so in Savage Club, asid that some time ago there valuo fk, Tis. 24,260. Kerosene Oll fell than string and wrappers. In fact, the writes: the English language.
a hurricane sad tornado to the little off by 430,872 gallons, due to the injurious whole staff were an ready in shed blood as
At that time, by the effects of the Kerosene Oil farm, cominis. The editor esimly observes. The on the bad quality of the provisions has been Temperature"
commandiag the troops on board. In this Diration of Е That it was ovident he was not so fully sc island of Samoa,
Wind... quainted with English as he was with fomes of political controversy and polition munted on in the 1804 Report. The de- circumstances are romackable, bit the addressed to the War Ofise by the Oficer
however, morning paper is expected-gual realism.". Fali nuvigation; but be brought down the rivalry, throw plots were represented there mand for Gil to the prosion, howar
asademoed dartag the voyage, in Fore******* suffered no diminution, pud
prcyletons and are given of the quantity of abip by putting in the plea that him by armed russele, namely, Germany, Great
meat, 174 tins Wather Britain, and the been caused by a English was made in Geracay
United States. While they boon for short supplies, ceter on a syndi Is a recent communication to the Frononcluding 619 16, of preserve ID is catrsal,
Dah | Rali ...........! debating asid lately about the were bern mob. bas
The G.0, raports
ports the preserved stores to have rorival of the danger brought about by the question which had brought their forces to cates and by a temporary stoppage of the Academy of Solances, an explanation in a raw youngster hardly
Existes00 in a veteran
of a pest-boues at Lat-ohl-kok, gether, there cross a syclone which swept export of Rumian Oil for Haku owing to given of cons of the curious phenomena been of inferior quality throughout. He si. Highest open air temperature on the 192. of Nishal's
in the near vicinity of the Isiend of the ships of these three nations on to destruc- code, there can be little doubt that the pertaining to fog hores. It has beerfound experience, be called frantically
regard to the tion. One duly alons survived, and she was import into this province by other routes that, with acoustic signals or sirent, they 80 malls attention to d to his parteer
Invalids OA I and
Hongkong. pommended to run.
ammber of standing at point, allowed the ball That I have every reason to bellave the the Calliope, whose commander weRAD
at the des loyal.. Dosler,
at least equal to, if oot
that greater
not heard the the sound is act
Someone ought to be sourt-martistled for to pass
and Rated
How's that? and poor
much objected to by the colightened Inch by inch the man who commanded that total of formor years. Bumatra Oil, ro This tone is more or less distant, Guarding this, and if the responsibility rezte with the
alen this coast, and
37 any other Indian Dapatt gained bia
Indian Marino Commissioner
to ported to be of a quality superler to most to the height of the ways and on his couns to port fallen Nohola retired amid the ribald
Customs R
can be by the Gavirumest
American flagship PASSed laughter of the Gloucestershiza team out
thia Bond the side
and is pears for the deat time in our statistics, to the bearer af Hongkong.
on driftig for hitting the
tails of this dievicäitable businessOver When the Americen on the Britisher the amount of 15,878 gallons: Imports heard perfectly but when it in traforced, at once a searching faulty into all the do
the sound wankens gradually until ic tent to store. A aurious incident also ps. That, in the event of any outlying hospital
bsky uchessary to futuro let us hopa \ Forgot his OWE
his way froth dangat into cafety, he tions of Foreign Rico declined 112, (20 the
paril, his brew mad
almost
imperoeptible, when it and f not be needed now for mame time to
sed, on the bond bring Ba List them talle oats
ally left babitid, Way to miely. saho of that sheer should not desks. Ke In the value of Exporta abroad there is intensity. Experiments have be thade oazal between the Bay of Biscay and the That tale is the only commda-genes couras felt oottals that, no matter what might a pet gain of Hh Tir, 18,276 as compared with vessel by tanding it ta enprash and Mediterranean has reported it to be in. which san patailly be proposed-not fateevens, politically or otherwise, there was with the Egures of the previous feat The reeds from a lightstipin various directions practiuable as regards e public dompany, only for the protettion of Hongkong and something in common hotwan thom that principal articles ahosting an advance brat in a straight line. In one cours the while it offers no such atrategic or cum Rowlocu, but also for tas prajestion of nothing but falt play, good faith, and co-air Sle, of tot pleat, HET, tound was desdened aldent completely in a mercial advantage to fantify an sk- everyone connected with the Nonleono manood could exist between all be 206,963 Refdes Bulk 20 picule sone whose central line was about 18000ft, penditure of two or two and a half ill- Qustoranlablishme
spoke the mother tongue, (bend applause), 8, 1041 and Firepachos prop the siran, The Practitat
:.
Ir must be a long while since a bataman was out as Nichals, the Somerset ericketer, was the other day on the Abley Down ground at Bristol Roberts bowled him a good length bell, which he played to
almost on
he
his wisket. The ball eurling on, and Niobels, to make sure, hit it again bebind point to prevent it doing with a curious Lowever, say damage. Thes,
could have excused forgetfulness
which
ons
bat
The
shim, and then quietly turned to the
the bail"
* segond
time with in-
curred at the Oral, when J. E. El n Warwickabire's second innings out a fast ball from Rishardson on to his knee, from
hence it full and lodged in the top of life
pada Hill half made to take it out with
his hand, but remembered the penalty in
the nick of time, and edged it out quick-
By by bending his lego Just as Wood,
the wicket-keeper, was running up to catch that way nowadays,
Es. Dan down not often res a batsman gut
Tout
after that statement,
or the supremacal, and square it of, they care to do so,
it
That the fine old fellow who is Captain of
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ishte of sueż a danger le quite as bravo. Eritics seaman, Lond hopeat, than the bao džiađao would have been | are surrounded by a neutral sene, lo which I of live atach garric est quantify act upea str temperature on the 19th
the
of Imperial Maritims to her cartela destruction of the Horsens keually, imported bars, ap- 11t has a usta width of about 8,400 mont the Government would do well, to pon
Ou
Temperature.
(Taken at festra Falconer de Co,1a Promies, Quen's Zond,) HONGKONG, June 15, 1598.. BAROMETER BAM 10:80
Do.
12: 20,85
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bome-it portainly should be token away | Egging sod shouted the British ship on picule, owing to slightly better lajul the sound restinesio tup/ Tas commission on the proposed maritimo TRENNDWETRE
may not
to cothe island, Lamme or Lane, and every pesossary retrlotion imposed,
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