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MEMOS, TOR TO-MORROW.
Anetion.
3.30 p.m.-Austion of Sliver &
Ware, at No. 4, Queen's Bond Central Mistellaneana.~~- Goode per dreadia pot cleared at 4 p..
on this date subject to rent.
THE OPIUM TRADE.
WHEN taking into consideration the
letter recently addressed by the British merchants interested in the opium trade to the Consul General 24 Bhang- General Memoranda; -'
bal it is well to disabuse the mind of THURSDAY, January 17:--
11's..-Abation of 120 Cases Wbleky, all pre-conceptions. Thero la no ques- So, at WagchalGodowa No. 97, Prajatlon: hore of the marits or demerits of Noon-Auction of Steam Launch Yu the trade. The matter is practically
Bum, on Board. 8 pm-cation of Booths & Murshads on all fours with the liquor trade at
at the Rios-Course.
3p.m.-Meeting of Medical Missionary Home. In each esse opinions are Society in: Chine at the Society's largely divided as to the effects of the Medical College, Canton. FRIDAY, January 18:
use of the commodity. But dealings 9.10 p.m.-Hongkong Philharmonio So
in drink hevo- been recognised by the ciety's Concert at Uity Hall.
aathorities at Hems and, in the ease opium, Chinese Government in treaties. Thus those people who bare in good
Register of Shares of Hongkong Reclama tion Co., Id., Close from this date to 26th Jan., inclusive.
Haturday, January 19:-
11 a.m.-Anction of Revenue Sahooner Feng Fei at Mesa Hughes & Hough's
Bales Rooms.
of
faith invested their capital in either of
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1907.
..... LOUAL AND COAST NEW).
There were 280 Europeans and 127 Chinese viallo to the City Hall Library and 140 Boroperon and 2811 Chinese visitors to the Museues during the weak ended 13th January, 1907.
THE RAINFALL OF 1908.
Although last year's rainfall did not as whole vary mesh from the evangel Ausweeded in breaking two records. We had the driest August and the wettest September since the opening of the Observatory at Kowloon in 1884. In August the rainfall recorded was only 3,97 A marine store dealer from Hunghom inches, the previous minimum being 8.30 fined $150, at the Magistracy this inches in 1806, while in September 30.60 morning, for ranning his store without Inches fell against a previous maximum of
sense. Defendant waaalaq further order- 18.11 inches in 1804. ed to take out allernes at once or alone
the store
The year's rainfall amounted to. 77.80 | faches, the 22 years average being 63.98 inches,
From the polat of view of the Wate
The Olty of Manile, which only five years ago was considered one of the stink Authority the rain could scarcely hay pots of the Oclent has been declared by fallen more opportunely: the later t Colonel John Van R. Hoff, of the medical summer rainfall, the later is the date department of the U. S. Army, who has recently inspected the City, to compare favourably with any of the large oftles of the world for cleanliness.
"Are You a Mason 7′′
The fast performanse of "are you
which the reservoirs gease to overflow, consequently the shorter the dry per during which we have to depend on water stored. From the roturna recet published it would appear that reservoirs are about 124 million botter off than at the same data laaj
and consequently we may fairly
pm-Auction of Postage Stamps, at these trades are certainly entitled to sont by the members of St. George get through the present dry soasožra
Afr Ges. Pranimert's Bales Boom,
SUNDAY, Jachary 300 motor?s consideration, The British merchants A. D. is given in the City Hall (20|general recourse to the intermittent Goods per Benlarig undelivered after this | frankly admit that they have no voiceulght. The attendance was large and sapp st times been expressed that
date subject to rent HONDAY, January 92 19
date subject to rent.
TORSDAY, January 25-
2.18 p.m. Meeting of His Majesty's
Justices of Pesce at Magletracy, WEDNESDAY, January 23 :—
$. p.m.-Auction of Sarraying Vessel
Rambler, on Board.. TERURfer Books of China Provident Loan
Fears have a on the question of the extinction of included His Excellency Mr F. H. May
(Offes Administering the Government) the decrease in the annual aninfall which Goods per Macduf undelivered after this the opinion trade. Bat they ask, and Mrs May, Hon. Mr. A. M. Johnston end has taken place in roount yours may the request seems reasonable enough, Mrs Hastings (in the specially reserved continue to such a point as to seriously that they should be consultod as to seats). The performance went with diminish our water supply. The average botter swing than heretofore aut the rainfall for the last 10 years was 77.36 the method in which the extinction Improvement showed was highly appreciat inches while for the previous 10 years tka that this decrease may continue till we should be carried out. They have aed by the audience, whose applease was average was 89.24 inches and it is implied large quantity of opium on hand at frequently given, All those who took par resol a point at which there will be little in the production deservo credit and ve Hongkong and at Shanghai and they look forward to their noxt production to have contracte with Indian firing for show even better resulta.
The Chinese some years to come..
it Government has intimated that
Wo are officially authorised to state desires to extinguish the trade in ten that subject to audit, the Directors of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpore years but it has commenced closing "Pios sill recommend at the forthcoming opiam divans all over the Empira. mesting a Dividend of £1 13/- per share
and Mortgage Do., Id., close from this date to 20th January inclusive... FRIDAY, January 23 şu
9.15 p.m.-Concert at City Hall. BATURDAY, January 26 :—–
11.30 am-Meeting of China Provident Loan & Mortgage Co., Ld., at Co.'s Office. Noon--Meeting of Hongkong Land Ro clamation Co., Id. at Co.'s Office.
The China Mail
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HONGKONG, TUESDAY,
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water left to store. Meteorologista however reassure as.. In many parts of the world records have been kept for upwards of 100 : years and indeed in Hongkong they extend back to 1859, and show no trace of any pro grassive diminution, but generally tend to prove that rainfall comes in cycles of dry and wet years, and the more probable assumption therefore is that, having passed through a period of comparatively dry
By making thone places illegal it will, Bonus of £1 per share; add to the years we have in store for us a period of
Reserve Fund $750.000; and carry comparatively wet ones. unless restrained, bring about the aboli-forward about $1,700,000. Further the We give below the monthly rainfall for resolved to approach the year and a table showing the yearly tion of the trade within a year or two. Directors, have JANUARY 15, 1907, This would entail great loss on the the Hongkong Government to mend rainfall since the Observatory was started;
RAINFALL AT HONGKONG OBSERVATORYS the Bank's Ordinanco Sarder to
1906 1884-1905. British merchants concerned and would provide for an increase of Capital," and will
Mean, Max. Min- 1.20 be a breach of the spirit, if not the recommend at an Extraordinary-General
8.4300 CONQUEST OF THE AIR.
February..... 2.25 -1.75 7.95- 09 letter, of the treaty with Great Britain.osting to be called later, the creation of January......1.99
40,900 new shares of $125 each, to be issued March... 2.68 3.09 11.30 17. Nor so very long since Sir Hiram All that the merchants ask is that there to shareholders at the price of £30 each,
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Maxim hazarded the opinion that within should be a gradual suppression of the st current rate of exchange in the pro
ten years flying machines would be as trade so that they can dispons of the portion of one now sbare to two old. common around London as were motor stocks they have on hand or ordered, cars at the date on which be expressed This is a moderate request and if is to this belief, We may be forgiven if we be hoped that the British Minister at fail to endorse this optimistic prognas Peking, seas that it receives the co-severe complainte of the evil effect of
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
tication. Still, that there has been a sideration it deserves. wonderfal advance in the art of seriál
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Evil of Generosity.
Professor Sir William Japp Sinclair, or Victoris Univerity, Manchester, in a apesch at Aberdeen recently voiced the numerous
The following PORTS and navigation is beyond question. The SHERRIES bottled in Europe "heavier than-air problem has been have been especially selected and it seems assured that further ad- exceptionally elrong. This morning has been interpreted with such lat
cele-
WATCHMAKERS,
and procured from the JEWELLERS and
OPTICIANS, brated Firm of
MESSRS G. G. SANDEMAN SONS & CO.
Alexandra Buildings, Chater Rd.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SPLENDID SXLECTION OF
HIGH-CLASS
solved by M. Santos Dumont and othera
5.20 14.89 1.23
April 9.79 .11.58 ABY
June
August
10.87
19.87 48.84 1.15 34.37 2.34
5,90 17.08
12.85 28.24 4.57
6.20
14.75 27.87 3.97:14.73 September...30.60 8,05 19.11 October..... 1:39 4.47 17.87
1.67 7.52 OL November 17 December. .66 1.05 4.09
YEARLY RAINFÁLL
AT HONGKONG OBSERVATORY,
Inohos
1834
75.42
1895
108.07
1836
69.17
1887
68.29
1898
101.58
1889
119.72
1890
70,93
117.17
1802
90,97
99,95
104,25
1805
46.63
1896
100.
72.89
1901
55.78
1902
960
*1903
$3.65
80.42
70.95
77.80
My Andrew Carnegie's gift of $2000.000 to the Boottish universities, He said that It is not often that applications for he had never met in Aberdeen graduate who did not denounce the influence of the. gift. It is learned from other sources that exemption from serving on the jury mest with success, unless the grounds the provision whereby any Scottish student upon which the request is based are may apply to the Carnegie Trust for ftes tude that oven some coloured students have
1993 vances in the conqueat, of the air will when the Fire Insurance case was called received ald. The practical effect of the 1894. be made by the investigators, who de Mr. W. H. Wickham-who was called gift was that most students at all the Scot vote themselves, to aeroplanes rather to serve on the jury-claimed exemption tish universities had drawn fees from tho than those who strive to perfect dirigible from service on the ground that contrast fund, many of them quandering the balloons. The two methoda, might be siderable trouble was being experienced money supplied by their parente, and concealing the fact that they received help with the electric light cables and un-from the fund. It is also assorted that the broadly compared with sail and steamless they were attended to that university professure, in slow of the ships. The former are, to a large ex-day many residents might be without students receiving these donations, have 1904 tent at the mercy of the element they light at night. The thought of the raised their tutorial fees and become less seek to harness. The latter are inde hardship which might be inflicted on earnest in performing their duties, It is declared that the Scottish student is losing the Electric Light Company's customers ble self-reliance and capacity for study pendent of the wind. So it is with, for instance, having dinner at sandor dificulties, and that the whole dirigiblo balloons and seroplanes. The table dimly lighted by the Lickering nature of Bonttish university training te former, at the best, can only beat fame of the common candle, or enden undergoing a change for the worse. against the wind, the latter can fly vouring to read by the fitful rays of an direct in the eye of the wind" to oil lamp no doubt bad an effect upon employ a nautical instaphor. Probably the Chief Justice, who granted the application, remarking that it was for 18.00 the dirigible balloon system will coa-
the good of the general public. Next
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ALLEGED ATTACK BY INDIANS.
Both Sides Convicted.
Mr F. A. Hazeland gave bis reserved decision, at the Magistracy, this morning, in the case in which Mr. P. 'W. Goldring
summoned two Indians of the 129th,
1905
1806
CORRESPONDENCE,
THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
(To the Editor of the CHINA MAIL.).
Sis,-The resting of the Horticultural Society is to be held on Wednesday the 16tle loat at 6.30 p.m. and not this afternoon as stated in your paper yesterday. Youre etc.,
LA GUIDE
Hon Sec;
BY WHAR
AND WAVE.
A collision occurred in the harbour yar
launch was towing a cargo junk round the
18.00 tinue to Bad much favour among those to be called was Mr A. H. Ough, who who look upon aerial navigation in the remarked that he thought it his duty to light of a sport, just as wind propelled mention that his firm (Messrs Leigh 27.00 vessels are, and will remair, popular and Urange) bad been retained to pro 42.00 with yachtsmen. But if flying machines pare plans of the plaintiff's premises Bajushi Rogiment for assault and Mosers today afternoon of Blackhead's Point. A arg to be of any practical utility they Ha, too, was exempted, and Mesars J. Goldring and F. C. Barios were ervas point at the time when another launch,
H. Fessen sud G. L. Tomlin (both being cammoned by the Indians, must be so constructed that they can
coming from the opposite dirvotion, ran connected with-Fire Insurance Com- His Worship said that he had decided to into the two and caused about $100 worth keep a desired course whatever the
panies) were challenged by Mr Pollock, convict all four defendants, the Indians and of damage. direction of the wind may change to be. Thas four business men were able to Mesars Goldring and Batlow in the first
condunt. The ovidance was so conflicting of Germany's yacht is henceforth to be Dumont that bo han accomplished this lieu of remaining in a draughty Court that ho had great diffedity in deciding manned entirely by German, Mr Parker, Per Case In November lest at Paris he succeeded listening to the arguments put forth by exactly what had taken place, aspecially just the present skipper, will be replaced by a
the Coungel of both sides. ..$13.00 in Lying, against the wind, 295 yards
18.00 in twenty-one seconds. This is a re- Germany's Popalation.
SHERRIES. It is already claimed by M. Santos continue their own ocupations in and second ones respectively, of disorderly A German paper states that the Emperor
MURNING GOWNS JACKETS, HATS (Paris Model) of the LIGHT DRY.. lateat Fathion, slen XMAS GOODS
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prior to the time when the alleged attack Gorman named Peters, who la captain of took place. The defendants in each case | the schooner yacht. Hamburg. The crew were convicted of disorderly conduct of the Beteor has been composed ball of markable record and it looks as if the▲ consus of the German Empire to His Worship sald he would not impose Gormans and half of Englishmen. The yacht is oue of the most magnificant afloate Brazilian, who has persevered against Dep. 1, 1905, shows the population to have fine hat discharged them with a caution.
been 60,641,378, compared with 56,367,187 Bir G. H. Morrell, on behalf of Mesere and has carried off many trophies numerous failures, is at last to reap his in 1900, an increase of 7.6 per cent. From Goldring and Barlow, applied for leave to 24,00 reward. It must be confessed, however, 1885 to 1000 the increase was 7.8 per cent. appeal against the decision, but the applies-
that his flying machine judging from The males increased more than females, tion wis refaied. 36,00
photographs, is a most clumsy and im
latter 34,760,697, the increase of sales practicablo looking object. However, the being 2,147,454, and of females only
the former numbering $9,147,484, and the
Poor woman Have you no husband to help you earn a living 11 have
" Of what nature?” feat steamship had not the lines of a P, 2,100,000. The increase of males is at husband so called, but he ideeply engaged
tributed to the falling off of emigration and in something else,"
Treating in Providence. und O.liner and, no doubt, when once the
agrost infux of fumigrants, mostly malong a pa SPEAKS WELL OF CHAMBERLAIN'S BY COUGH REMEDY.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
WEATHER REPORT.
The following notice is issued by M Figg of the Hongkong Ubservatory
"On the 15th at 11.30 a.—The barometer-
hire
has risen generally, except over E. Japan
The depressious noted. and Contral China.
yesterday, passed to the Eastward of Japan. Pressure- is highest over the E, Coast of Chink,
Gradients are moderate to alight and Trash, monsoon may be expected in the Formoes Channel and the N. part of the China
Bergman Hoogkong
fr Reintal! for the 24 hours and- ing 11 10 km. to-day, 0.00 inghas. P
Forscsat for the 24 beurs ending at noon. *** | to-morrow,
A. 8, WATSON & 00, main problem issolved it may be solved
A HABIT TO BE ENCOURAGED. now there will be enchs concentration
THE mother who has soquired the habit LIMITED,
of keeping on band a bottle of Chan of genine on the work of improvement John Main, Manager for P. J. Pater
E non and Company, Bloemfontein So.berlain's Cough Remedy, esves herself a that all winor difficulties will be over Afrios, makes the following statement for great amount of uncesiness and anxiety. the benefit of the public: Chamberlain's Goughs, colds and croup, to which children come. But we still adhere to the belief Cough Remedy has big sale here and as are susceptible sro quickly cured by its that Sir Hiram Maxim was speaking we have been handling it for several years, uns. It ousteracts any tendency of
can confidently say that we sell more of
to result in
tin pneumonia, and when giren ar ill-advisedly when be declared that it than we do of any other preparation of soon as the first symptoms of group appear, Page that kind. This medicine is especially it will prevent the attack. This remedy another décside would see sería 000 recommended for gough allah erous and contains nothing, ha feeing of perfect king and Lamooks: Satno as No, Li-
Injurious and trothera give obugh and can
be given to the it to little ones BUILDINGS,ercial deets circling in the woot-ledon litele omas with absolute zeeprity Forsals spoutley Bold be all oliemlats, and storeSouth coast of China between Hong-
by all shemith and storakeepers.
keng and Hainan : Bamo as No, 1.
AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, AND NEW CHINA MAIL" ALEXANDRA
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Hongkong, Srd January, 1908.
air over London;
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FORECAST Distalon L-Hongkong and Neighbourhood N.
to B. winds, frock; fine.
Formosa Channel: Same as No.1. 3-South coset of Uhina between Hong-