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Mr. J. W. N. Kyshe, a Magistrate in the Straits Settlements Service, has, it is reported, been appointed Registrar of the Supreme. Court of Hongkong in succession to Mr. A. G. Wise. Mr. Kyshe was called to the Bar in 1880. He held various clerical appointments in Mauritius from 1871 to 1877, and in 1880 was appointed Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, Penang.. He has since held various other legal appointments in the Straits,
At the Police Court on Thursday four coolies in the employ of a resident at Magazine Gap were charged with disobedience of orders. The dis- obedience complained of was that on being told to take the amah and child in the chair they refused. They expressed contrition for their offence and promised that they would the
carry amah in future if required, whereupon, & heavy penalty not being asked for, the Magistrate imposed a fine of $1 each, telling
them that they would be dealt with much more severely if they were brought up again for a similar offence.
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An impudent attempt to defraud the Govern- ment of $2 was investigated by Hon. H. E. Wodehouse at the Police Court on Thursday. On Tuesday a police interpreter took a chair to Stanley and gave chits for the payment of the fare to two of the coolies. Each of them got three other coolies and went to the Central Police Station and demanded fares for two chairs instead of one. They said, that two chairs had been taken with four coolies to each one, and there- fore they wanted $2. Inspector Baker, however, was not to be bluffed in this way, and making enquiries he found that only one chair had been taken. The two leading coolies were each fined $5 and the others $1 each.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
MISCELLANEOUS.
The N. C. Daily News understands that land has been secured for the International Cotton Mill at Shanghai on the opposite side of the river, near the Pootung Point.
A cup has been presented to the Tientsin Racing Club by Commander McAlpine, R.N., to be raced for under the name of the Swift Cup on the second day of the forthcoming Tientsin Races.
According to news received from Peking it has been suggested, says the N. C. Daily News, that the birthday celebrations of the Empress Dowager, omitted last year on account of the war, take place this coming November, but on a quieter scale, excusing the high provincial officials from appearing at Peking to take part in the festivities in person,
The Norwegian barque Mary, which left Nagasaki on the 1st September for Shanghai, arrived at the latter port on the 24th. She was blown south during the typhoon which wrecked the Satsuma and got as far as the Hieshans and had considerable difficulty in getting back. On the voyage one of the Chinese crew died, but Captain Jorgensen took the body to Shanghai at the request of his sailors.
COMMERCIAL.
TEA.
It was caused
[October 10, 1895.
increase in different descriptions of Green Teas which has taken place in the past five years :--
Pingsuey. half-chieste.
1891-1892
1892-1893
1893-1894
1894-1895
1895-1891.
1891-1892. 1892-1893.
1893-189+.
1894-1893.
160,000
162,0 0
.... 180,000
162,000
..probable 180,000/185,000
Country Tea. Local Packed.
half-chests.
159,000
165,000
170,000 199,000.
half-chests.
5,000
6.000
9,000
17,000
1893 by 1896 ..pr/ble 230,00 pro❜ble 28,000 New crop Teas have met with a bad reception in America and England, especially in America. Pingsney:The only real demand has been for these descriptions, and Tea-inen find no difficulty in realising as soon as the musters are placed on the market; prices remain unchanged. Local
Packed Teas are a drug on the market and some` are being shipped off on native account. Country Tea. The market has been nearly at a standstill, and it is difficult to see what course Tea-men will adopt. At present they steadily refuse any offer which is not sufficient to cover the advances made by the broker hongs; but the weight of Tea on offer must eventually catie a further decline. The little demand existing is chiefly for finest and choice Teas, which are in small supply. Sales of grades below finest are very slow and irregular. Some settlements look cheap, but it would be im- possible to enter the market and buy a few thou- sand half-chests at anything under last-mail's quotations.
Settlements reported since 6th instant
-clits.
à picul. 13,472 at 'fls. 17.10-10 27.75.
Pingsney Moynne
Tienkai Fychow Local Packed
7,327
7.95€
1,097
573
Total.. ..30,423 jiebts.
17.00 to 30.50
16.50 to 31.00
14.50 to 18.00
25.00 to
Total settlements from opening of the market to date :-
Pingsuey...153,981 1-chts, against 120,431 j-chts. Moyune 56,295
Tienkai Fychow
45,801
14,837
Local F'ked: 17,526
62,294
25
38,688
13,318
12,619
Total .288,443 -cuts. Total 247,553 -chts. Total arrivals to date are:-349,042 half-chests,
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO GREA I BRITAIN.
1895-96
1894-05 lbs.
At Manila on the 20th September a fire broke out on the steamer Amur. by one of the Chinese crew, who fell asleep in the forecastle, letting a lighted cigar fall amongst some oakum. The remainder of the crew, who were on deck, noticed a smell of burning, and on opening the door of the fore- castle found the place in flames. The Chinaman cause of the accident had a who was the narrow escape and in making his way out The following notice is published in the sustained severe burns. As there was a quantity of kerosine on board great excitement pre- Gazette-In future the following classes of
vailed, as the vessel's pumps were insufficient to correspondence received in Hongkong and the Treaty port postal agencies from abroad will extinguish the fire, but on the arrival of the be delivered free of charge:-(a) Correspon-fire engines the forecastle was flooded and the dence posted on the high seas in the letter box danger was at an eñd. on board a vessel, or placed in the hands of the commander, provided the postage is prepaid by means of the postage stamps and according to the tariff of the country to which the vessel
SHANGHAI, 4th October.—(From Messrs, Welch, belongs or by which it is maintained. (b) Cor-
Lewis & Co.'s circular).-London deliverios of respondence posted on board in port provided China Congou for September were 2,070,000 lbs. prepayment is effected by means of the postage stamps and according to the tariff of the country against 2,636,000 lbs. for the corresponding nonth in the previous year, and stocks on the. in the waters of which the vessel happened to be. 30th ultimo were 19,900.000 lbs. against 18,782,000 against 279,701 hall-chests to same date last year.
At a quarter past one on Saturday morning bs on saiue date in 1894. Black Tea,-Clean the Fire Brigade, under Hon. Commander W. whole-leaf Tea has been in demand at lls. li a C. H. Hastings and Mr. Baddeley, was called pie l, and the market is temporarily bare of these to a fire at 169, Hollywood Road. The brigade descriptions. Any fresh arrivals would meet with turned out with commendable promptitude, but ready sale. The price, if maintained. is high on arrival the shop, which is used as a paper enough to induce further supplies. Sales of warehouse, was well alight, and unfortunately qualities above common are very slow. Fully Foochow there was some delay in obtaining water. Ofne-third of the spot" stocks are Teas nomin-Shanghai and Hankow.15,872,87 course no water from the mains could be imme-ally worth Tls. 18 to 21 a picn', which are firmly diately obtained, and some minutes elapsed be- fore the sea water could be pumped up to the scene of the outbreak. Since the fresh water was cut off the floating fire engine has been kept ready for immediate use in front of the Harbour Master's office, but it took some time. for the water to be pumped from there to two steam fire engines in Queen's Road and then up to Hollywood Road. In consequence of this unavoidable delay the fire obtained a firm hold of the premises, and the efforts of the firemen could not prevent the place from being A shop on the other completely gutted. side of the road and the shops on either side of 169, Hollywood Road also caught fire and were considerably damaged, Fears were entertained for the safety of the occupants of one of the shops, but it was found that the people had fortunately made their escape just before the roof fell in. The shop in which the fire originated was insured in the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha for $1,300, and it may be added that the master on this occasion was not in Canton but on his own premises. The origin of the fire is unknown.
At Shanghai on the 25th inst. fire broke out at 11.30 a.m. in a block of buildings on the French Concession off the Rue du Consulat
houses
were
Sixteen and Rue Touranne. destroyed. The property was Chinese-owned, but mortgaged to a foreigner. The contents of only one house were insured. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it started in a kitchen.
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Canton and Macao
4,517,710 11,176,408
lbs.
4,116,765
14,357,218 15,860,065
31,565,991 34,343,078
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
1893-06.
held and for which, there is practically no de mand: much of the stock is only represented by muster chests and chops are bought "to arrive from the river. The Steamer Conference aš at present worked is adverse to the trade with Lon- don. In Hankow the str. Pingsuey was loading for London at £3,10s. a ton of 40 subic feet, while Ainoy.
Fooehow the Oanfa, belonging to the same line, was load- ing for Odessa at about half the money. Steamers | Shanghai are now on the berth for New York at £1.158, while the rate to London is maintained at £2.10s. Fifteen shillings a ton on Tea-costing Tls. 11 to 15 means 6 to 8 per cent on the lay down cost, beides which the export demand in London is lessened, and the market there loses valuable support.
The following settlements are reported :- Ningchow...2,195 1-chts. at Tls. 13.9 to 19 a picul.
Hobow Kutoan
Keemun
ގ
13 to 164 15 to 164
843 466 211
12
15) to
Wenchow... 654
14 to 16
....5,023
11 to 17%
...1.597
Oonami Oopack
12 to 15
"
Total 11,259 1-chests. Stock.-24,033 half-chests, against 19,985 half- chests at same date last year.
1891-95
Ibs
--
lbs.
7,967,866
10,395,668
6,066,651
4,626,555
18,787,864
18,751,678
32,822,381
33,779,901
/EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO
ODESSA.
1895-96 lbs.
Hankow and Shanghai...27,010,068
1891-95
Jbs.
22,555,223
EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
Yokohama Kobe
1895-96
lbs. 25,891,598
1894-95
23,755,483
11,965,437
14,740,662
*.632,260
SILK.
35,720,870
CANTON, 8th October.-Tsatlees and Re-reels. Green Tea. The distributing trade in America
There is no business to report in thesc. Some a pears to have been overstocked with Teas pur- chased during the excitement of last autumn, and enquiry exists for No. 1 Re-reels, Grant-reeled, as Importers also carried over stocks of last year's but the highest price offered is $537). Filatures. Teas it suggests that supplies for 1894 and 1895-Although the demand for Lyons continues good, business has been checked by the advance had overtaken consumption, though the fact was partly hidden by the fictitious demand created by in Exchange, equivalent to 2 per cent. in laying Low priced silks have consequently the war scare. This year's crop promises to be down cost.
excess of the requirements of thehown to better advantage than best cliops largely in consuming markets. It is interesting to note the and have principally occupied the attention