THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLVIII.j
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China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Wook, do... ........................
Leading Articles:—
General Black's Farewell Address
The New Sanitary Bill
The China Tea Trade...
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 26ти NOVEMBER, 1898.
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Mr. Gwyther on the China Question.................. .............................431 The Yellow Biver ......................................432 Hongkong Legislative Council..................... Lord Charles Beresford at Shanghai Supreme Court
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Performance by the Hongkong A.D.C. The Canton Electric Light Works
AUTOWNIANETNE
News from the Philippines
Loss of the Steamer Activ..............................................................................................
The Bribory Case
Another Application for Extradition
The Formosa Camphor Trade
Anarchy in South Formosa
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Sir Henry Blake, G.C.M.G., the new Gov. ernor of Hongkong, arrived on the 25th November and was duly sworn in.
H.M.S. Barfleur, with Admiral Fitzgerald ou board, left on 22nd Nov, for the north. Admiral Seymour is expected at Hongkong shortly in the Centurion.
A General Chamber of Commerce is being established at Manila. There was formerly a Spanish Chamber, from which foreigners were excluded. In the new Chamber there will be n› distinction of nationality.
A Tokyo telegram states that the cable be. tween Formosa and Foochow, over the ownership 440 of which a dispute has long been pending, is to become the property of Japan où payment of 150,000 taels.-Nagasaki Press.
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The Nippon Yusen Kaisha's Australian Lino .............................441 Recommendations by the British Community of New-
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On Siberian Shores: Nikolaovek
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The Inter-port Shooting Match......... Cricket...
Royal Hongkong Yacht Club
"Hongkong Volunteer Corps
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New Balmoral Gold Mining Co., Limited
The Emperor of Chins
The Chinese Examination and Collegiate System
Murder of an English Missionary.. Settlement Extension at Shanghai
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Li Hung-Chang Appointed for Yellow River Work ...444 Hongkong and Port News .................................................44} Commercial.
Shipping
MARRIAGES.
On the 17th November, 1893, at the Cathedral, Shanghai, WALTER FRANZ KAHLER, I.M. Customs, Tientsin, to AGNES HANNAH FONTAINE, eldest daughter of Samuel Henry STUART, master mariner. On the 22nd November, at the Union Church, Hongkong, by the Rev. G. J. Williams, T. CHARLES CRANE, to MABEL, daughter of W. G. HUMPHREYS, Esq., of Hongkong.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS. The French mail of the 21st October arrived, per M. M. steamer Ernest Simons, on the 21st November (31 days); and the English mail of the 28th October arrived, per P. & O. steamer Coromandel, on the 25th November (28 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
The importation of Japanese yen into British North Borneo is now prohibited.
The leave of Mr. George Jamieson, Cosul- General at Shanghai, has been extended to May
next.
HE. Sir Henry Blake, a.c.M.G., the new Governor, accompanied by Lady Blake and Miss Blake, arrived at Hongkong on the 25th November.
An interesting report by Dr. Bedloe. the U.S. Consul at Canton, on Russian competition in China, especially in the kerosine trade, has been published:
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The monument to the brave officers and sea- men who lost their lives in the wreck of the German gunboit Iltis on the 23rd July, 1895, was unveiled at Shanghai on the 21st November in the presence of H.R.1. Prince Henry of Prussia, a large force from the German Squa dron, representatives from the men-of-war of other nationalities, the Consuls, the Municipal Council, and a large gathering of the general public
It is reported from Peking that Japan has
demanded from the Tsungli Yamen through the Japanese Minister, Mr. Yano, settlements both at Newchwang and Amoy exclusively for
Japanese residents.-N. C. Daily News.
Mr. Fleming, of the China Inland Mission, together with a native evangelist, was murdered at Panghai, Kueichou, on the 4th instant. Kueifu Mission, Szechuan, was also burned down two days after the Viceroy passed.
The German flagship Kaiser recently struck a rock near Samsah and sustained such damage that she had to be beached. Assistance was sent to her and she was got off, arriving on the 24th November at Hongkong, where she will re- pair. She was accompanied by the cruisers Gefion and Cormoran.
The Siam Observer hears that the long pend- ing case in which the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation sued Phra Pakdee Pata rakoro for the recovery of 131,541 ticals upon sa overdraft, and which after going through the International Court, the Appeal Court, and the Privy Council was decided in favour of the Bank, has now been settled by the defen- dant to the satisfaction of the Bank.
Mr. James Flood, the senior partner in the firm of Flood & Co. at Kobe, who recently absconded from that port leaving large liabili. ties behind him, was arrested on his arrival at San Francisco, but was subsequently released. It is believed that criminal proceedings against him will be dropped, owing to the legal difficul. ties in the way of securing the extradition of a foreigner who may have absconded from Japan.
A Tokyo dispatch states that the Government of the United States recently addressed an inquiry to the Japanese Government for the purpose of ascertaining its views respecting the annexation of the Philippines by America. The Okuma Cabinet-which was then in power replied that Japan would not protest, and the telegram of thanks recently reported to have been received by the Japanese Government the Cabinet.-Hiogo News.
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Telegrams received at Shanghai on the 16th November by the local mandarins from Peking state that the Empress Dowager is determined to reinstate Li Hung-chang in the Tsungli Yamen and that Russia has given consent to the reappointment.-N. C. Daily News.
Prince Henry with his fleet, namely, the Arcona, Deutschland, Gefion, and Prinzess Wilhelm arrived at Woosung on the 17th November. His Highness arrived in town per tug Victoria at 6.45 p.m. The crews were to be brought up in lighters to assist at the un- veiling of the Iltis monument.
H.B. Sheng, Director-General of the Ln-Han Railway, has left Shanghai for Hankow to be present at the turning of the first sod of the proposed line. It is further stated that owing to the granting of the construction of the line
to the Belgian Syndicate, a Belgian Consul has also been appointed to Hankow" in order to im- press upon the sceptical that the line is a bond fide Belgian contract in which neither Russia nor France have any interest." This statement, the N. C. Daily News says, is apparently made for the benefit of Chinese disbelievers.
The manager of the Yokohama agency of Siemens & Halske, has favoured the Japan Times with the following news:—“ As publi. shed by you some months ago in your esteemed paper, we secured a contract with the Chinese Government for the construction of an electric railway in Peking. We have now received telegraphic advice that another contract for a central power station for lighting the city by electricity has been given to us. The ground on which this building is to be erected has already been bought We bring this fact to your knowledge as we think that it will be of interest to many of your readers, both Japanese and foreign."
The Nagasaki Press of the 19th November says:-We are informed that the P. & 0. steamer Rosetta ran ashore inside the Red Light whilst entering the harbour on Wednesday evening. The vessel released itself unaided and subsequently arrived at the P. & 0, anchorage. The local Dock Company's diver examined the ship yesterday and he reports that the stem is considerably damaged and that there are about 12 feet of water in the fore-peak of the vessel. The Rosetta will not be able to repair here owing to the docks being occupied. Collision aged portion, and the vessel will leave for Kobe mats have therefore been placed over the dam.
to-day, where she will probably be docked and repaired.
Mr. W. Silver Hall writes as follows to the Japan Mail:-I have just returned from a trip Lo Yokosuka, and to the grave of Will Adams. When I last visited the latter, it was in good order, and the iron railing had been repainted by order of the captain of H.M.S. Edgar. Now, the gates have been pulled down, the pins of
was in acknowledgement of this resolution of binges stolen, and the monuments themsel. 05
Lord Charles Beresford attended the annual dinner of the Shanghai Branch of the China Association on the 19th November and made a speech in which he complained of the loss of British prestige at Peking and said the British sphere of influence in the Yangtsze valley was altogether illusory. The only solution of the China problem, he said, was for Britain, America, Germany, and Japan to come to an agreement with regard to the open door. Britain must reorganise the Chinese army.
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overthrown and badly damaged, ̈ ̈ I am quite at a loss to account for this outrage, as I am sure that no foreigner would have perpetrated it, and I have always understood that the Japanese them- selves held in high respect, and even veneration, the memory of the man who did so much for their navy, and who practically laid the founda- tion of what has since developed into their most important arsenal. I feel certain that it is only necessary to call attention to the state of things in order to ensure that it will be promptly rectified.