October 30, 1895.]
hundred scoundrels made an attack on the house of a rich family named Hung, on the 20th | ultimo at 9 a.m. The house was very strong and well fortified. When the inmates saw the robbers approaching they fired at them and two robbers were shot dead, The villagers, in number more than one thousand, who heard the alarm given came forward. The robbers seeing that the opportunity was not favourable for carrying out their design at once retreated, and the villagers did not give pursuit. The owner of the house knew that the robbers, who were well known for their ferocity, would come again in a few days. He therefore removed all the t'ings away and deserted the house. On the 26th ultimo the robbers with a much larger number did come again. They broke into the house and when they found that it was unoc- cupied they set it on fire. The case was re- ported to the officials, but these, whose only knowledge as a rule is that of squeezing, only gave a promise, which has not been fulfilled, to
hunt out the offenders.
On the 20th instant about ten robbers broke
into a house in In-ze Lane in Canton. They not only took away the valuables, but carried away a girl about eighteen years of age.
Sometime ago Governor Ma Pi-iu sent two officers to the provinces of Hunan and Kwang- si to hire one thousand soldiers for the protec tion of Canton. They all arrived on the 22nd instant.
A few days ago a man in Honam was clean- ing a revolver and did not notice that there was still a shot in one of the chambers. He ac
cidently let it off. A girl was hit on the leg
but the wound was not fatal.
HOIHOW.
22nd October.
Following the course of events in other places, evil doers, bent on making mischief, would appear to have taken preliminary steps to stir up the animosity of the people of this miserable and insignificant island against foreigners. The foreigners here all speak well of the natives for their quietness and peaceableness-(they are timid, rather),—and the ides never passed through the minds of foreigners that the Chinese here would give them any trouble similar to that in Szechuan or at Kucheng. During the last week, however, rumours have been floating in the air that some sort of trouble is brewing. This augurs ill for the new Toatai Fong Kong toy, who only took over the reins from the hands of Toatai Lam Ho-tong a fortnight ago.
It appears that several graves at Kinng.
chow have been found to have been disturbed by unknown hauds, and it has been attri- buted to the foreigners, the ridiculous hackneyed story of procuring the boues for the purposes of medicine-making being once more renewed. However, there is this consolation,
that we are reassured by the attitude shown by the authorities, who seem to be on the qui vive to quell any disturbance that may be raised, At Kiungchow the soldiery has been called to mount guard at certain places, and the police also can now be seen doing duty about the streets. At Hoihow a guard house near the residences of the Europeans, which has been left vacant for a long time-with the exception of a stand of rusty and obsolete rifles placed at the gate during the day and taken in in the evening, like hawkers' stalls-is now occupied by a number of soldiers.
It is said that owing to the rumours in circulation the authorities have caused
an inspection to be made of the burial grounds, and in some of the disturbed graves several bones have been found missing.
The burial grounds both at Kiangchow and Hoihow are anywhere and everywhere and not
far from the habitations. The main road be- tween these two places is bordered by burial grounds on either side of it to the edges of the pathway, and as if to more forcibly call the at- tention of passers-by, many old tombstones are seen lying about promiscuously on the main road.
The Chinese merchants are very reticent with regard to any information one may wish to get out of them, and in answer to questions they only say that nothing has been heard of any in-
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
tended disturbance among the natives and that everything is going on as heretofore.
Many strange faces are now seen throughout the place, and these people, numbering a few hundred, according to some, and to others three thousand, are said to have been decoyed by coolie traders at Pakhoi and elsewhere on the main land on the other side of the Strait; anyhow, they are a lot of miserable ragged coolies with out any visible means of subsistence or regular place of abode.
So far, I am happy to say, nothing has hap- pened to mar the usual quiet enjoyed by foreigners in this dull corner of the world, and with the apparent solicitude of the authorities it is to be hoped that nothing extraordinary will take place.
MISSCELLANEOUS.
Mr. A. P. Happer, Commissioner of Customs, was to leave Shanghai on the 22nd inst. for Newchwang, to relieve Mr. T. F. Hughes, who goes home on leave.
Manila papers record the death of the Rev. Father Sainz, who was formerly well known in Hongkong as connected with the Spanish
Procuration.
Latterly he has been stationed
at Manila, where he had charge of the Chinese mission in the district of Binondo.
Messrs. Wm. G. Hala & Co., in their circular dated Saigon, 19th October, say -Rice.—Sup plies show a marked falling off as regards quantity, only 7/8,000 piculs coming daily to market; but as there is hardly any demand for anywhere, and as the weather is and has lately been everything that could be desired, the market shows some weakness, although prices are still unreasonably high. We quote at the close for No. 1 white milled, $3.03, No. 2 white milled, $2.43, 10 per cent. cargo, $1.99, 20 per cent. cargo, $1.95 per cwt., net f.o.b. invoice weight in gunnies, without insurance. Tonnage.
-Freights, in sympathy with the easier feeling. experienced by the rice market had shown some signs of recovery during the earlier period under review, and as high as 14 cents to Hong. kong has been paid for suitable boats; but at the close, prices having dropped at that end, they are ho better than 9/10 cents, with no actual demand. To-day's quotations are:-For for Java 17/18 cents! Hongkong 9/10 cents, for Singapore 4/5 cents.,
COMMERCIAL.
TEA.
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO GREAT LRITAIN.
1804-$5 lbs. 5,194,960 601,010 14,357,248
Canton and Macao Amoy
Foochow
1895-96
lbs. 5,313,781 330,015 ...11.175,408
The Foochow Echo of the 19th October says:— H.M.S. Alacrity, with Admiral Buller on board, came into the river on Saturday last, and the Shanghai and Hankow.16,836,719 cruiser Forfait arrived on the 16th inst.
The French Pigmy arrived on the 14th inst.
As no men-of-war have left this week we have now in port the Alacrity, Undaunted, Archer, Linnet, Pigmy, Detroit, and Forfait.
+
We have it on the best
16,552,629
33,685,923 30,705,877
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
Amoy Foochow
1895-96.
1891-05
lb.
9,489,7:5
lbs. 12,800,107
.6,066,651
4.62(1,555
.23,060,814
20,310,200
38.617, 70
37,742,862
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO ODESSA.
We (N. C. Daily News) regret very much that we should have been misled by reports in American papers stating in a paragraph in our columns on the 8th instant, that Colonel Denby, Shanghai the U.S. Minister at Peking, had written to his Government that China was quiet and that the Chinese officials were encouraging the investigation and cordially co-operating with the foreigh officials." authority that Colonel Denby has never written or thought of writing anything of the kind to his Government. Ever since the Szechuen riots he and the British Minister have been in an unceasing contest with the Chinese Govern- ment, so much so that the Chinese Government has written to Washington asking for his recall, as it did to London, asking for the Yokohama removal of Sir Nicholas O'Conor.
The Nanking correspondent of the N. ( Daily News writing on the 21st inst. says:—-—- A telegram received here.last night announces a serious anti-missionary riot in the southern All foreign property is part of Kiangsi. reported destroyed, and one Roman Catholic priest wounded. It is possible that some American property also may have been de- stroyed, as the Methodist Episcopal Church is doing some work in that region. Fol lowing immediately on the disclosures made by Dr. John of the revival of the Hunan crusade, the news is not at
Wo all surprising. have no right to hope for peace so long as the ringleader of this conspiracy is permitted to go unpunished. Had Admiral Buller been per- mittted to demand the person of Chou Han and to carry him into exile for a term of years a real and effectual blow would have been struck at the anti-foreign movement.
It may not be generally known, says the Siam Observer, although it is no secret, that the Siamese Government possesses a standard wah of solid silver! It was made about twenty years ago in England, and is a one inch square bar seven feet long. On one face it, bears the English measures, and on the opposite the Simese wah and sub-divisions, most beautifully and accurately done by one of London's best firms. As is known, this was replaced last year by the new wah of a double metre. In order to provide a standard of the new measures the Survey Office now has copper plugs laid in cement--as in Trafalgar Square, London, and other places in Europe. According to this standard 100 khups equals 25 metres, and the sen equals 40 metres, thus reducing the Siamese measures to a con- venient length for comparison with, and con- version into or from, the metre.
1895-26 lbs.
Iankow and Shanghai...27,010,063
1894-05
Ibs, 22,455,223
EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
1895-96 Is.
Kobe .........
.27,157,671 18,807,958
1891.95 lb.. 23,055,186 13,666,79
43.965,629
38,721,976
SILK.
Messrs.
SHANGHAI, 21th October. – (From Cromie and Burkill's circular.)—London tel-grata to the 21st inst. resort the Silk market quiet, Go'dilling 8/3, Blue Elephants 109. Raw Silk.-Bu-ine-8 done this week has been on a
small scale. The firmness of holders combined with a rising exchange arc unt for the moderate- transactions. Tsatlees.-The demand has been. of a restricted character, still some 400 balus have changed hands on the busis at Tls. 3524 for Gold Killings, and 114 3371 fr Silver Double Elephant Taysaams.-A inall basin ss djing in Green Kabings, White Kahinge; are neglectail. Yellow Silk Continue in favour and about (203 bale bave changed hands. Prices are well mais. tained. Arrivals, as per Customs Returns from the 17th to the 23rd October, are 1,695 bales of White, zbi bales of Yellow, and 4 bales of Wild Sil. Re-reels and Filatures --Some small con- tracts have been made in market Filatures, quoti- tions showing a slight rise in prices. There is no enquiry for Rteel. Wild Silk«—A spall lusi- nes is doing at previous rates. Waste Silk. There is more doing this week, notably in Tussau We quote: -To eah Wa-te 60 per material! cent. No.1 and 40 per cent. No. 2 Tls 24) average price. Carlies 1, 2, 3 assortment at Tle. 59. longees. Some business doing at previous quota- tious.
Purchases include:-Tratlees. -Black Lion 3} at Ils. 45, Blue Elephant at Tls. 431, Gold Kil- ing at Tis. 32), Silver Double Elephant at Tls 4571. Taysanm.-Green Kabing Cicada 1 at Tls. 377, do 2 at Tls. 347. Yellow Silk-ienchow at Tis 262), Kopun at Tls. 245, Wongchow at T. 195 China Filature.-Pegasus 1, 2 and 3 at Tls. 525, Tls, 515 to Tls. 505; Black Tiger 1. 2 and 3 s. 5071, Tls. 4971 to Tls. 487. Wild Silk. Szechuen Tussah Raw at Tls. 115.