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ran dered by the Eastern Bimetallic League, and further to express the earnest hope that these services will be continued in the future with
I know that it needs no words from me to bmphasise this recommendation to you and our other co-workers in our common cause.
· ́Our annual meeting was a great success, and we are now progressing in the City of London and in the Provinces in the most encouraging
Manher.
With many thanks for all your good wishes.—| Believe me, yours truly,
8. Wetmore, Esq.,
Shanghai.
H. MeNIEL.
Bebretary.
HONGKONG,
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REFORT.
H.M.8. Pique left England on Thursday for the Chins station.
The first Gymkhans of the season will be held on the 8th June.
There were 2,241 visitors to the City Hall Museum last week, of whom 199 were Europeans. The Panjom Mining Co., Limited, invite ten- ders for 750 ordinary and 1,500 preference shares in the Company.
H.E. the Governor has issued invitations for a dance on the evening of the 24th May, the Queen's Birthday.
The steamer Fokien left for Canton on Tues- day morning to take the mother and family of the Governor of Formosa to Nanking,
A temporary wharf for the accommodation of the steam-launch trame is to be constructed opposite the end of Wardley Street.
The death-rate last month was, for the British and Foreign community (civil population) 16,6, and for the Chinese population 15.6.
tance of stone breaking in the streets and states A correspondent draws attention to the nni- that as he was walking along Wellington Street on Tuesday afternoon he was struck in the face by s ohip.
Rain has fallen during the weak, but not in snimcient quantities to warrant the normal sup: ply of water being given. The Marine Court of quiry into the loss of the Pakin resulted in the suspension of the captain's certificate for six months. In the case of Hardy v. Saville Smith | judgment was given for the defendant, On
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial Tharaday a café chantant at the Theatre Royal and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge mach pleasure to those who were present, with thanks the following donations to the funds [ansignior L. M. Piazzoli, the newly elected of the hospitals:----
hop, was consecrated at the Roman Catholie athedral on Sunday morning. The annual meeting of the shareholders of Messrs. A. S. Vatson & Co., Limited, held on Saturday, was very lively, and the Chairman objected to being tinually questioned by "ten cent share
are advised by the Secretary of the Mining Co., Limited, of the receipt of Wlegram from Mr. Blaney to the effect that the new process is now at work.” It is notified in the Gazette that the Queen's May is to be celebrated on Friday, 24th which day is accordingly declarad a publis appointments of Gient. C. M. Adamson Pain in the Mashine Gun Company of gkong Volunteer Corps, vios Captain Murray, A.D.C., resigned, and of Colour-Sergeant A. M. Marshall to be Lieuten- suivies Lieut. C. M. Adamson promoted are gulettad.
Pork Guild
Kelly and Walsh, Limited Se Loi
W. H. Williams....
manufactured in Canton and shipped to Aus We hear that English shillings are being tralia, where they are exchanged for sovereigns, true that such a business is carried on it will yield which are shipped in return to Chins. If it be a handsome profit at the present price of silver, but we should think there would be a great risk ports if the shillings were shipped in large of detection by the Customs at the Australian quantities.
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It la notified in the Gasate that Vice-Consul B. Eiswaldt has been recognised as in charge of the German Consulate during the absence of the Consul,
Court on the 15th inst. with demanding more than Two chair coolies were charged at the Police their legal fare. The complainant, an English resident, hailed a chair in Wyndham Street and was received with ories of "20 centsee" from half and they demanded 20 cents before they would a dozen coolies. He went up to the defendants,
chair and was thereupon reluctantly carried to move, But complainant persisted in taking the timin. At the journey's end the defendants again demanded 30 cents. The poolie said they asked for only 15 cents. Inspeoor Mann sald there had been several complaints by residents of and Mr. Wodehouse, the Magistrate, reminded coolies demanding more than their legal fare, the defendants that the legal charge was 10 cents for half an hour, and they had no right to demand more. They would be fined $5.
for last year has been issued and shows that The report of the Victoria Recreation Club popular institution to be in a sourishing ven- dition. The Boat house Sub-Committee report favourably on the new regatta course, their opinion being expressed as follows: The an- nual regatta of 1894-held for the first time at the Hongkong side of the water-pamed off satisfactorily, at any rate from the spectators? point of view, as from the more con- venient site of the stand, on
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comfort and shelter. and a good deal of attention had been paid to firms, visitors could come and go as they pleased
doubtless have been far larger but for the deaths The attendando" would
the fixture pegessitating postponement for a day, of two well-known residents, one the day before and the other during the Regatts. There is no doubt that the new course is superior to the old toring rough water; this was experienced on the one in all ways but one, namely, risk of encoun-
hardly have been on better water. second day; however, the first day's racing could
About a dozen gentlemen met in the City Hall form a new musical society in Hongkong by Sanitary Board and the employment of the staff pa Friday afternoon to consider the proposal to schedule showing the constitution of the amalgamating the Choral Society and the working under it is published in the Gaselle. Musical Club. Mr. C. F. A. Sangster presided. There is no indication that a number of the and it was resolved, on the part of the members: sesta on the Board are vacant nor that the pre- of each Society, to merge the societies into the sent constitution, as regards the reduced mem one about to be formed. A provisional committee bership, is temporary. Mr. N. J. Ede is enters:3 new Society, Mr. E. A. Measor being elected without any indication that he is absent, and in was appointed to carry out the formation of the member appointed by the Governor” Hon. Beoretarý pro, tem.
the description of the official members the word Acting is omitted, not only in the cases of Captain Hastings and Dr. Atkinson, where it might parhaps be considered unnecessary, be- cause they are both locum tenens and for the time being discharge the functions of the holders of the substantive appoint- ments, but also in the case of Surgeon Major Wastoott, who is entered as · Medical Officer of Health," although it is understood his *ppointment is only temporary and that the office does not necessarily carry with it a sent on the Sanitary Board, as appeared from the Colonial Becretary's letter to the Board replying ference to Surgeon-Major Westcott's position. to the resolution passed by the Board with re- Whether the errors in the schedule are to be ascribed simply to ordinary official carelessness it is impossible to say, but in the pages of the Government Gazette we are entitled to look for
A correspondent writes:It is ill looking gift horse in the mouth. The sestholders of Bt. John's Cathedral are provided every Sunday with interesting notes on the collects, lessons, &c.
The Interport Ride match will, we believe, Questions where difference of opinion is permis. have to be shot over again. It appears that the mble do not call for remark; but it is surely
communications from Hongkong to Shanghai desideratum that no careless blanders should failed in some way to reach their destination be found. Some time ago we were informed and Shanghai was therefore in ignorance of the that the Epistle to the Romans was written by arrangements made and has not shot in the St. Paul to a church the nucleus of which doubt stipulated time. It seems, also, that as the les owed its origin to his!! sermon on Penti Shanghai Volunteers are now armed with the sont day. A week ago we learned that James Lee-Metford rifle, there might be a difficulty in the Less, the reputed author of one of the Catho-getting a team there to fire with the Martini- lè Epišties, was the first of the twelve to suffer Heary. As the Lee-Metford is now used at all martyrdom palpable confusion with James the brother of John, slain with the sword by Herod some years before the council presided over by James the Less. To-day (19th May) we rond with astonishment that the stone tables were replaced by worden!!! replica. Deut. ., the given authority, may be searched in vain for this startling statement.
three ports it is probable that in future matches that will be the weapon employed.
No. 4 of The Book Plate, the Journal of the Odd Volumes, was issued on Thursday only, although dated the 21st March, which would seem to show that the Odd Volumen are not up to time. Bir William Robinson contributes an interesting article on Charles Dibdin and his sea songs. His On the 10th inst the Norwegian steamer Excellency says that belonging as he did some Bygdo arrived at Singapore from Amoy and years ago to the Meray Minstrels, the Wander- Swatow with soolies, Lying the quarantine Sag.ing Minstrels, and the Civil Service Choir, he A couple of hours before she arrived one of the was led to give more than ordinary attention to soolie passengers died. His corpse was brought the subject of English music, and he arrived at into port and was viewed by the Health Officer. the opinion that, amongst many others. Charles From the symptoms, as described before death, Dibdin's songs are national in the best sense of and the appearance of the body afterwards, there the word. is a strong inspicion that the man succumbed to comte bubonic affection. The passengers were tween Canton and Whampoa with passengers, There are four steam-launches plying daily be- landed at St. John's Island, where they were two of the launches being owned by one man and detained until the 13th inst., when they two by another. There is keen rivalry between weto- released. Thirteen coolie brokers who the owners, each being anxious to beat the other attempted to board the Bygdó were arrested off. A few days ago » female passenger on one and twelve of them were sentenced to three of the boats was sitting on the rail dosing when weekszigorous imprisonment, the thirteenth, she fell overboard and was drowned. The who had already been punished for a similar is now boycotted and gets very fów passenger offense, getting six weeks. One man who as it is said she did not stop and try to pick the maseded in getting on board was detained passenger up. This may be a fabrication of the with the passengers in quarantine and was to be brought before the Magistrate when he robinmedia What would air, Ackroyd, our late Aeting Chief Justice, any to sentences like the abōva?
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opposition owner, bat the story is believed and Hongkong steamers stop to pick up people who the opposition scores, The Chinese say the large fall over board and they ask why a small launch, should not do so ↑
striot accuracy.
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FORMOSA.
from their correspondents at Amoy to the effect Chinese hongs at Shanghai havereceived advisen that owing to the uncertainty and fever of excite- ment now prevailing in Formosa, consequent on
to cross the channel to buy the new season's merchants on the mainland have decided not to the recent treaty between China and Japan,
Formoss teas. Owing to the present tension of affairs, when every native of the inland seems to be furbishing up his weapons to the neglect of agriculture and trade, the ten business which is brisk every year at this time is now almost
man to friends at Shanghai one and all report Letters from well-informed persons at For that since it has become known that Formosa is really to be oeded to Japan, unanimity of purpose amongst the natives of the island, which har to resist cocupation by the latter has sprung up never been known (or observed since Formoss had a history. This spirit of resistance has