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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1906.
THE VOLUNTEER CAMP
The number of Volunteers attending the Camp at Stonecutters Teland remain kraadily at about 140 feù the aftermson and early morning drills, sest shoug. At man remain in camp all day
All handa so now becoming ed to the somhet nuval, if antic,nditions
CHINA'S CUSTOMS.
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Comments by the Times
THE CHINA MAIL.
circumstances to be tho a solution
of this matter." Sir Robert Mart pro- poson, when he goes back to Peking, to bow nekly to the instructions of Tang
We drew attention the other day to a Bbagi and his colleague, and to avail
jhportant
emorandum thehilf of thus permission which they have urges made last May in the administraveled him to embody their vorbal urders of the Chinese Imperial Maritime in a vireuse, and place it upon record in of life which pyrround a soldier, and baveteran, which had been propired by Mr dispatches to the Busan Council and to quite settled down to camp conditions. S. Gundry, the president of the Chin the Wai wo pi The beds require some getting used to, Argointian, anti forwarded fog anbanissinn they are no had an Chíueso sleeping boaria, so the Secretary of Stats for Yureign and the Folatard as unimpressionable as Allain, with the approval of the gegen! the Celestial's pillow. A real soft father committee of that repressutative body of pillow would be a primele lusty, but a Heith whats tending with the "hinese
soldier must became senustomed to hard
thious and if a gonne vantared to bring auch pillow inte voy he would we doubtedly ho raided by bio momsades.
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that he intends shortly to organise another Antarqtie expedition.
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De Charcot, in his sapsdition to the Bouth Pole, proposes to raly obießy ou sutomobila sledges, in which most of the weight would be borns on runners, power LONDON, Belembar 18.
being applied in the ordinary way to Turkey has granted the railway co-amall wheels mounted on artea. Cap. any nontrol ing the line from 8myma totain Scott's observations having abou concession by 15 years, and ita ex ausinn stretching towards the Polo, those sledges, HIGH-CLASS HOFEL Aidia, in Anis Minor, prolongation of its the existence of a rast expanse of ice eastwards to Lakes Buldur and Engerdir. which would remove the great difficulty of The prolongation of the canoesstudio con using dogs, ought to prove practicable. widered a great eucous for Sir Nicholas Balloons may be used for dentifo 00-mor, the British Ambassador at Con-
tantinople,
parposes, but sirships, which it was re- ported would be employed, were pèver [The Times of angust 17 stated that Tur-contemplated. Dr Obaront has received the company controlling the railway from Markham. Captain Scott, the leader of key bad refused to grant so extension to great encouragement from Sir Clemsvte ayns to Ardin, and that the company's Mr Bornaceht, one of the scientific stae of the National Antarctic Expedition, and
the Baghdad railway. tected as strictly subordinate to those of the National Expedition. Dr Charont ed claims for fair treatment ware seemingly
Thus the British expedition in the Antatotic in company would apparently not be allowed 1908-4, and he then surveyed the meth- with the promoters of the German scheme, continpot the exploration of Pr to build further patil it comes to terma what coast of the Palmer Archipelag", and The tables tall us that Sir Nicholas Land) O'Conor bas, by his adroit diplomany, "**om the objections of the Porte-]
SIR FREDERICK LUGARD.
LONDON, September 18. Bir Frederick Lugard, High Commis
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CUSTOMS
While the Customs ontroversy has bonn raging excitedly for the past three anathe the Treporter Benard. Þimwolf he again
tained an alrnimble, fuel somewhat caring.
By
the swather wind darivable from the fast
If this is inloed the "hest solution which Sir Edward Grey can dupover far situation which has been created by s clear broach, not only of the loan agreements of 1896 ad 1889, but also of the undertaking
latter year, that the chief of the Maritime given to Sir Claude McDonald in the
Customs shall siways Po a British subject The Maxials and 15 pound van were again reply to that Mong-randum, was dating a British trade with Chines exceeds nur, both last night and this morning, and the mesting of the Associated Chandos of the trade of any other nation, wo shall not the new men are making vary untisfactory | Commercy on Tuesday We should be have to wait long for equally thegrant progress in learning their work.
sorry to suppeve that ir suprosents the branches of our other treaty rights in that Last night the Royal Garrison Artillery | fill Becision of Hi- Folward Ovey for wa
country. The Chinser have been trying gave an exhibition of night firing at moving do not hesitata * describe it we unanti
hold experiment by the issue the Flict. targate in order to show the Volunteers how fartery and wat The Chinn Assaltion, By a stroke of the vormilion panel they the thing should be done Pinner was bali who know the antry in which their of the great international service praided Honer of Northern Nigaris, has resigned.
have purported to revolutionize the whole, an hour earlier to give it a chance of busiarov intı yet lie and the Bovernment over by Sir Robert Hart. They have watching the puas " work anf it proved ui
(Sir Frederick Lugard has been se work sight well wopet wowing.
lowy, ponted can with grout wiped at the provisions of tan loan agree in Africa sings 1888. In 1894 be com T'he targat bra towed few Admiralty launch at a
elanznem that the mischi de dun by the tonin, o strangth of which they waded the expedition to Borgo, Nigeria. [havs boreswad barge was of wrojet, and to negotiate treaties with the untiva rulers. spread of over 20 krots and shooting song pris Molins of May, which entirely at an
explicit
fortaking that thrud Three years later he was appointed Com of the Maritime Custom service was to be under a glass of a powerfel sourch likt changed dosdmunissantion of the Maritime
Bissioner of the Hinterloud Lages, and look like a great whole trevalling at
Custome, srali) 10? be offestivaly zer edied an Englishman. The Palist purported to since 1900 be has been High Coumissinner silunce, says the N. 4. Pheity Bro high speed and "pooting. The gan laganu
Whe un Is-peris' Edict rude the English
unke twe Chinamon the heads ont of Northern Nigeria. Virtually he founded | virtue of bis peertien, he has felt it impum
the third places the e protectorate. At the amendebunt allido, no dught, to make any senteramal. quickly picked it up and made very good
had done as Deposit) Kli
It remained to Bas whether the of the year there were rumours that the and the gly indipation of his attitude in j pretios with thoir g. 1. 18 pundar. The They had made a siggration an t- the tere he would ced
If the latter Liberal Government restraining in from the Under Secretury reflects at all expansion policy. and accurately the derisions of the British Gov
though it was duped at the time that there was friction orninune, it has accended completely.it is probable that his resignation is due to We, has quinsced in the transformation the Government not annotinaine a forei effentent hy the Eddier, in the face of the poliov, Endy Logsed is better known we Waiting of our Fallow anhjeets who know Mow Flora Shaw a journalist. She in the | Chins best, and we have necupted Tung utky fo work in Nigerie portato & foll
Shani cntemptuous suggestion of a device which, while it affects to "save not ' bumiliation anthem of the the head of Mr. Robert Hart, derive their what manner of
Chinese people Now that it has herb alations" power from a device w'ije in of greatne we shall wolevine, Thog and his follows Cr ach
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of the Win Fing Canton railway is an in. intanen of the kind of foute to which hand - like me baing emerged by their Nl]Eq:-H I
control of the Maritime cut the nuri H
The Cintrone.
He and his colleague base their Izarwiga Odico mala me
pretension to abrogate the consegusion upon this fact that Kan lung is therein, describesi A great convenienes for the Volunteers
damani whatever. Ti recited in the British, whereas, in fact, it is only is a tant which has been established in Under Secretary a letter only to be ignored leased to
and the fog ramans rested in camp by the Y.M.A.A., in charge of Mr
Chirs. On the strength of this quilable, for pametime posipa wan They in it tha this man is adencouring to unge from Mol'herson. Papers, books, games, many tivvremment to apply a spreide remedy.an greint which is not yut eight yours chlies and faciliting for letter writing arn which theit knowledge and experience Duector Gerunt of Railways, the old, and which was signed by Sheng, the provided, and have already been largely tunches them in the only remedy likely to avalled of Lectures are also to be given {ferdotive, to the wit impending over
direction of the Tsung-li. Yard. Yet it ishia word, s emberlice in verbal and garrices hall. On Sunday ŋoxt ther
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strip of the harbanz and the noight-uring | in which work on "dirt might he obtained, mainland Paroslat by the sea shlight made they backed, in fale, and they counted a fine pietura nod na tha sheir plunged inen (n) the water in quick wewe on The
Thing werd van ful to explain that no silvery shown in spent the night
vsuprapopo, svog drama th Wai -u pu, slid 125.5 41
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The Volrations were preising at the katisfactory, fo the two petal Wigh face." is in exlity calculated to bring nor range with the Maxime this morning and
rande fairly good shoting. The big pan
will glan be undua fixa amestellen ipfum Raya
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will be a song arcica: op Trendnet in vegly, yet that the Distortrent have lastaén forture or Japan he the Rev. My
con blaring has sagan tion, Yap chat. Hickling on the following Friday (991) ingr.) the Ren. Mr Faren will lonture nyt
Prince Ching Note Bigoboards and on the fellowing Mo
the flotermnent In West neidering Any another song pervice will be hažā
the bout an inducing the Chenow Gorernment to give publicity this stue, thoughout China" But
{Prom Our Correspondani, this very Noto of Prince Ching's is not
AMOY, October 1, merely of inferice nuthority to the Imperia!
It would set as though typhoons are Edict, which the Foreign tiffee seanss to Jest to leave os, as the signals are continu. suppewo it will correct it is, as the Chilly being hoisted. Just now Association observad, iwelf of an "enin informed that typhoon is raging to the ently unsatisfactory tenor." That this
south of the Loochoo Group. The air here description is just, in apparent on the facu
is distressingly. hot, very like the trying of the Noto.
summer we have just passed through. For It has been published in the several days we had delightfully cool days teceu Parliamentary paper, and it contains and nights and brought out our winter gar. nothing but Prince Ching's statement that menta, but with the spell of warm weather the Imperial Flict which pinges the whale we are going back to summer clothes. Work service of the Maritime Castons, hitherto
There are many rumours of a rebellion in under the independent-control of Sir Robert a large area south-west of Amoy. A secret
Discussion as the Sanitary Board.
There were present at yesterday after. moon's meeting of the Sanitary Board Hou The 4. M. Atkinson, Hon. Mr W, Chatan, Dr Park, fo apdair Padeley » Jietat, Chi, Josling, Hen, M: F. 1. Head, MEA Sivelton Hooper, Mr 11. Humphreys M: Lan Chu Pak and M-02. (Secretary)}
.
The way homes maarten, is a Hart, under the control of Tich Liang and Tang Shareyi does it make any change in the method of gulministration.
cilin ta that which we published yester. day, was discussion which are on correspondener subanitet relative to thứ glass centuries other than Chinese
The Ching Association call for the!
We are
TORTAPER DIASTICK.
Lorpen, Septembar 17.
Besancor, destroyed by an explosion sourci The magazine of Montfaucon fort, near
by a fan of tightning, mat cined one of walinite.
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The Armourd turrat in the only part of the fort that remainí fotset All the frow bridges and other means of war bare the China Asociation and other sepasang hoon destroyed
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ARMY KEDICTION.
Loxos, September 18, the Royal Engineers, has suppressed the The War Ofce, with a view of radgeing
of 21 years. op ien of continuing service beyond a period
Those who have already com plated that period will forth.
ient rutivargent.
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VERENCE.
Losnos, Ruptember 18.
A future of the International Pesco Conference to he held at Milas is the adhesion of the Berlin Workmen's Syndi este, comprising 195,000 mambera,
French delegaton will hold a demonatza tiop in bonour of the event,
SALE OF FRENCH WARSHIPS.
LONDON, September 18.
M. Thomson, Ministar of Marine, is sol- ling or placing in the special reserva Pranch warships of insufficient fighting aloe,
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A Record of the Founding and Development of the Hongkong and Whampo Dook Co Limited.
Reprinted from the Canra Max'
solunes, the first resisting of letterprés] DOOKS, snil the scend of plates only, deals with a comprehensics subject in a comprehensive |
The various drainage systems are dealt with in order, those more partien Jarly suitable to the Fast being gone into with considerable amount of detail, especial attention being given to Shonza Hydro Pneumatic Ejector System and the Liernur proved Puenmatic Syslom
ProFifty Oenim,
ANSWERS TO CORRES- PONDENTS.
As a rula replies in a newspaper to anziens correspondents are heavy and of little interest sare to the onquirer. Thes however, will be found brimful of amose-
up!, if not of instrs ation, lo everyone,
THE WOODEN SPOON.
This a good tempered pictorial jest by a new artist in connection with the Hong. kong-Shamelini Cricket debacle. The endal skipper of the Hongkon eleven is depict- ed shouldering the only trophy"
an perk in bringing back.
C-17 ye
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A SUM IN PROPORTION.
Another of the naval sketches which ar so much attention whentheserin
first gunmanced will be found under this inding. Artists who perpetrate pictorial "bulk" on drawing numbers of our
ara gently satitised.
SPORTING.
Like quod wine the sporting notes with which Circulum 6ills his pages improve a
This the New Wear rows less now. week's budget is oven hors interesting cha nyual and it should be studied by all who directly or indirectly take part in the athletic sports which, fortunately, take up so much of ime izać lu this Colony.
BISHOP HOAREJAND THE LAST POST.
These are two poetical tributes to the memory of the gentlemen who so lately were taken from us-Bishop Hoare and Captain Barnen Lawrence. They express in felicitous words thou hts which arose its most of our rainds when a sense of the Calony's son was borno in upon us.
HIS SACRIFICE.
The final instalment of "Dolly's" thrill. story appears in this issue. You should read it. It is well-written and the interest in local.
A SHELLBACK SONG. The sailor is supposed to have at least
evidently written by one who knows, bears out the supposition.
The Hamburg correspondent of the The first of these systems has a worht-wide To be had at the Obina Mail Offes one love in every part and this song, Daily Mail telegraphs that in connection reputation and has been found especially with the German navel mapavres at Cuitable for the conditions existing in the haren thirty-six Garman torpedo bost destroyers wore ordered to try to reach the East and the particulars of its application
6 Wyndham Street.
FORMOSA:
British coset undetected by the British too many Pastern bewus is specially A RAMBLE THROUGH SOUTHERN ACROSTIC COMPETITION. feet. The correspondant adde that it is interesting. The Liernur System should reported the destropers succeeded in accom-
also be an especially suitable arrange- plishing their task..
for Easter conditions and it
society--the Fans--are said to be at work inviting the natives to rise against the Manchus. They dispose of fans which they declare will render the possessor impervious to bullet and sword. Large numbers are bills and going through a peculiar drill. said to haveficcked together, masting in the OUTDOING THE "DREADNOUGHT."
LONDON, September 12.
ment
istay to know that Mr Mainos
By G. TAYLOR, L. M. Ocateme
With WoodGVTD
[Repriated from the China Review,}
yet written,
As the acrostics get harder readers whe have entered for the competition are get- tinig keener. Judging by the results up to date the prizes given could easily be won by anyone entering now, us each light is becoming valuable in proportion to the difficulty of elucidation.
LIFE'S SEAMY SIDE.
(or another how the bleary beach-comber gets his food and his housing. This skateb supplies the information and incidentally opens up a vein which it should be profita ble to work in the future. Also it suggests a picturesque "Type."
Mr Shelter' Hooper considered that Blue Foreigy flier assures them that the abangation of the Erlier of May the
will probably install this system in one of fors elagged were too ligh. He would not † Government has been reflecting for mouths see any resin why Guferment officials how to induce the thinee lovemacy to odly unless, but they depend on their fans. four battleships, each with a displacement to treat more extensively as to the advant- The arme they have are old, and practi-M. Laubout, Chief Naval Euginaor of the districts of Ronbay. It would have Fruca, orget his Government to build bựén valuable if the muthan had been able should only be charges),75 cents for a gnwe give publicity to a worthless "assurance" spner while other residents had to pay 815g that this birt flees nor to win it plic defeated yet they have gathered in such monsters would be 65,000,000 francs
Though their object in certain to be of 25,060 tons. The cost of one of these ages of the Combined System as compared One of the Best Sketches of Formos Most of us have wondered at some time The President pointed out this the fees by purports to do, and what evints have wambers as to make the district in which (£2,600,000). mus spplies in the Colonial Cemetery, already show that it attinet, Gos, The they are operating uncomfortable. Cemeteries other that the Pytestant tidur Serretafy apounces with an air of
GERMAN BANK IN PERSIA. cemetery were, he understood.ittarleti gral sedation that the exertions of his De
LONDON, Beptember 18, swer to the, speed cominialties to whenfarciment finge, fot been beren. Tang
The Shah bas sanctioned the establish At the meeting of the. Kulanggo Muni- they were dedicated.
Shayi las graciously informest our Charge sipel Council held at the Board Room,ment of a German bank at Teberen.
Some time ago St The Hon. My Bewall and Romper d'Aires at Feling that he and his Kulang, Amoy, on the. 25th September, Germany was straining every nerve in was stated that
het rises the point that the Board himal colleague, Tiel Lang, hare given eer (Chairman), C. A. V. Pown, &, F. Gar- she was offering the Persian Governmenting at low levels when pressure arises from
present: Mesare Marshall ingresso her influence in Persia, and that verda!" instructions to their diner, I. Takatenki, L. I. Thomas W. Halona in roturn for unconvins. subordinate Sir Robert Hart. TheyWallace, the Health officer and the
power to take by-laws governing the cewaeteries, but that there were actually no
tain
seste of fresent present chargeable
the fee be reduced to 85.
•here were
THE COUNCIL,
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"KNIGHT COMMANDER” CASE.
Loxbox, September 18.
with the Separate System, as although i I been the subject of endless discussion, generally ending in farçar of the Separate armangement, it is still doubtful if the
factory what the sowage can be dealt with Combined System is not the more malin-
without themed of pumping and where there is not likely to be trouble from house flood.
Prion
50 Centa, Dana Man' Office, 6 Wyndham Stree Hongkong.
*SIR ROBERT HARTS
MEMORANDUM.'
in an exhaustive manner with the practical A Berler of Articles ore e Barre HART'S SCHEMEs for the Improve- ment of China.
heavy and continuova raitas. After dealing
construction of sewers the author goes into the queation of sewage dispont, especially of its biological tremont, and the numer
Reprinted from the China fad. To be Wyndham Street. bad in pamphlet for at this Office,
PEJZ 50 Cents,"
te cadered him to continue the Socretary, Mr C., Berkeley Mitchell. M longer considered that, it was administration of the Custouss as before" A letter was read from Mr Lian Nee Kar, sire to ask 815 for 'n grave 12 feet in task, which he is not likely to find enclosing plans requesting permission to rs. Taunt (or the purpose of building a Luisy, now that he has up longer the same close up road on his property and Foreign Affaire, sazed Russia to reconsider us,periments carried eat at the Leper
Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for house would be purchased at about all cents positing an before. Sir Robert's new chief construct another in place of it. The the case of the "Knight Commander" Anyhun af. Matungs, with the septic tank, per foot, which would be $65 for tulis feet. was kind sbough to add, in order to coin-
Secretary was instructed to refer which was sunt by the Vladivostock Squa- which he profors to call a liquefying tank People were asked to pay $15 for that plete the satisfaction of the Foviga Office, Lim Nea Kar their letter of dron, off idza, on June 24, 1994, not used in conjunction with, savein types of
withstanding the fading of the Supreme. much and which was necessary for the that Sir Robert is at liberty, it he sees it, the 27 April, 2004, and inform him that as Admiralty Council opholding the decision altera, notably the Ducat and the Stoddart, GETTING MORE POPULAR sanitation of the Colony. He inved that to calls these instructions," they have pot the authority to alter the decision sinking of the vessel was justified. Russis dealing with this work in the East, as the the matter concerns a right of way, they of the Vindivostock Prias Court that the These afford moet useful data for Engineers
DAY BY DAY. are not private. In other words, the then arrived at, but if he is prepared to declined to reconsider the case.
resulte and analysis have been most cars- Mr Humphreys did not agree. In Eng-voteran Inspector-General--the author and make a substantial offer for the privilege Resin abould submit to the Hague Inter fully gathered and collected.
Sir Edward Grey now proposts that laud the price of ground in cometories was creator of the one honest and efficient he is seeking, the Council will call meet national Arbitration Tribenal questions In Part 11 the sewage systems of CLUB WHISKY. very high. A on only died once and administration in the whole Chinese Eming of the Ratepayera and submit the same. whether the destruction was warranted by several Eastern towns are dealt with, that could afford this luxury.
pire has the permission of his newly- It was decided that leave up half payternational Law, and if not what damages while the arrangements at Calcutta, any generally recurpised principle of La- of Bombay being given in much detait, Mr Howett thought the paise was fixed appointed superiors to announce that he is granted to the Police is to be allowed to should be paid to the owner of the ship Kaschi, Rangoon, Singapore, ote, ubor, high in the days gone by because the acting under their orders, and that for the count towards their period of engagement. and cargo, Colony was then so rich.
present these arders are to go on as in the It was decided that, antil further notice, put-us far as that is practical with the meetings of the Cannett will take place at High Commissioners interwedding in every p
w
Aftor further discussion it was decided ta wiljourn the debate and refer the quan- tion to the Law Officer of the Crown for a
decision.
The points on which a decision is sought
are.as follow:-
detall of the service; from the publicationing arrests and eammosses during the past The Supt. of Police reported the follow
fortnight --
of statistics to the nomination of the staff
A BLEND OF FINEST
SCOTCH WHISKIES.
The communication expresses a hops are exceedingly useful? The munnar that Russia will accept the proposal. which the work has been produced is very
The "Kulght Commander" had a general cargo from New York, part being of railway good, the plates, which are to a large scale. railway material the commander of the ally valuable. The treating as a whole is material, consisting of bridgework. This and completely, detailed, being exoption IT
Russian equadron oursidered contraband of excellent, being a special study by one who
might release the vessel if he attempted to
and the allocation of the funds, out of ARRESTS.--Theft 2, Committing a nois, and as he feared that the Japabere has had a poetical experience of all he has. which they have already appropriated large anco 2. salaries to themselves. It might have been
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"Knight Commsuder," The British and United States Governments made a joint protest to the Russian Government concern- £100,000 compensation on behalf of their ing the inking of the vessel, and claimed
natiquals.)"
`A SÅPE ÇOUGH ·MEDICINE FOR
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navigate ber to Vladivostock he sink her. written about and it should be invaluable "Whether the Bound has power to make
SUMMONERS.-Debt 2. Assault 1, Con- His action was confirmed by the Prize to any Engineor occupied with. Munisipal bye-laws regulating the fees payable in imagined that any British Government tempt of Court 1. Using threatening langa-Court at Vladivostock, which held that work in the East. raspect of interments in all cemeteries in would have met this declaration, of which age 1, Broach of Municipal Regulations 1. there was contrabrand of Way aboard the this Colony other than Chinese cemeteries, the mooking insolence is manifest, with an am whether this Board has also power to answer which would havo taught the High make any other by-lawa in connection Commissioner that we are not children in with these cemeteries 7. Whether Ordinance the East, to be duped and alighted with 1, as amended by Ordinances 20 and 23 of impunity. The Foreign Office have given 1903, override's all previous Government no such answer. On the contrary, the notifications, regulations and contracts in Under-Secretary is instructed to tell the contortion with the supervision and control China Asscriation that, in the judgment of of the various or interios in the Colony ?" the Government, this appears in the and sterskospert,
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