October 7, 1899.]
the bottom level, and at 22 ft. in, a strong, well defined lode was out, carrying good gold. This I believe is the same lode as was ent in the level above.
Cutting the lode in these two level adds im- inensely to the value of this end of the mine and adds greatly to the, reserves. It also assures a continuation of the lode in this direc tion, in fact it appears as if we have only to follow the lode as far as we wish.
We have now got the lode payable for over 1,240 ft. South and 830 ft. North from the Bakit Koman shaft in the No. 1 level. There is still about of this to be worked | over this level. Between the Nos. 1 and 2 levels, the lode has been proved under. foot for the whole of this great distance, aud by driving for over 1,20 ft. in the lode in the No. 2 level, and by 4 wiuzes from the No. 1 to the No. 2 level, giving 100 ft. of backs, all ready for stoping over this immense area. All of the ore broken from these levels and winzes has been crushed and has helped to make up the average of the past 4 years' crushing. Consider. ing how the staff is taken, without sorting, few gold mines can show a better result. I consider Ebis mine still in its infancy.
No. 1 South Main Engine Shaft is now con- nected with the No. 1 South Main Level at 1,150 ft. in, and most of the water from the South end of this level is going to the new shaft. This has relieved the pump in Bukit Koman Shaft of a lot of its water. I am continuing the crosscut from the new South shaft & considerable distance to the East to see if there are any parallel lodés in that direction. I intend shortly to resume sinking this shaft so as to connect it with No. level Bukit Koman.
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of the cables and about 3 miles of telephone ure finished. I expect to have all work finished on the cable line within the next six weeks;
NEW 40 HEAD STAMP BATTERY, Good progress is being made with this work. All of the buildings except a few details are finished, also ore bins for the self feeders, and the foundations for the batteries are well under weigh.
The railway for bringing the ore to the mill is finished. Small reservoir, pump shaft, aud water lobby counecing pump well for supply of water to the battery are about finished; in fact | good all round progress is being made with the different works.
and water going strong over the by wash. New Dam to supply the battery is finished The dam is over 700 feet long by 56 feet wide at the base 16 feet from base to crest of the dam, and 10 feet wide at the top. There are over 12,000 yards of earth work in this bank. There are I feet of water up to the two by washes, which are 56 feet wide. he dam when full is over a mile long and is built across a swamp through which ru 8 Sungei Koman. It will contain many thousands of millions of gallons, thus ensuring a good supply of clean water for the Battery,
WM. BIBBY, Manager.
THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.
CAPTAIN'S CUP AND SILVER MEDAL FOR
OCTOBER.
liuks, and the following returns were handed There was a fair average attendance on the
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CAPTAIN'S CUP.
Mr. E. E. Deacou Mr. C. Palmer Lieut. Tulloch, R.A Mr. C. M. G. Burnie...
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101 18
84
93
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25 entries.
POOL.
95
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94
14 80
93
9 84
91
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Lieut. Tulloch, R.A. Comd. Davison, R.N. Mr. C. Palmer
During the earlier part of the last crushing | the ore from the principal stopes was poor ow- ing to a break in the lode in these stopes this disturbed the formation of the lode, which was of great width, 20 ft, to 37 ft., the whole which had to be crushed as it was impossible to sort it. This made the yields in the earlier part of the crushing poor, during the last weeks the returns have been quite up to the average, as we are now well through the disturbed part of the lode, A new Engine Shaft, No. 1 North, has been started 1,220 ft. north of Bukit Koman shaft. half way between Bukit Koman and Bukit Jel- lif shafts. It is intended that eveutually all of these shafts shall be joined up by levels below. The new shaft is 14 ft. by 5 ft. clear of timber and is tembered with 8 in. by in. sawn merbau. It is is sunk and timbered to a depth of 38 ft. when we had to stop sinking owing to water. The erection of pumping and winding machinery over this shaft is in hand when finished a start will be made to sink the shaft again. Feed-inst water heaters have been put in ant all boilers at Bukit Koman have been re-lagged; this has effected a great saving in fire wood.
BUKIT JELLIS.
The East Crosscut at 150 feet has been ex- tended to 169 feet. Two small bodies of quartz have been cut carrying a little gold, but nothing of a payable nature has yet been got. We are now driving North and South on the quartz. As soon as I am in far enough North 1 will rise up and break through into our old prospect- ing workings, and trace the gold from them.
The West Crosscut is in 92 feet. I have stopped this as it was not looking promising.
BATTERY.
The general clean up took place on Monday last, when 2,561 tons of ere gave a returu of 1,598 ozs. 1 dwts, 0 grs. of smelted gold, being an average of 12 dwts. 12 grs. per tou of ore crashed. This is below our late average and is accounted for in a former part of this report. I have every reason to believe our next clean up will be quite up to our former average returna.
ELECTRIC INSTALLATION SEMPAM SEUTION.
Owing to the delay in getting the balance of the pipes,work on this section has been almost at a standstill. The delay caused by not get ting the balance of these pipes will consider- ably to the cost of the work on this section. If these pipes had been delivered to time the whole of the work on this section would have been finished long since. The balance of the pipes. I am informed have been delivered in Singapore, so no time will be lost after they are delivered here in getting them put together. All the rest of the work except fixing the generators is finished. All the posts for carry- ing the cables are finished and about 5 miles
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18 entries. Above tie" must be played off as the first round of the links and within seven days from date of “tie.”
QUARTERLY MEETING.
Competition for the MacEwen Cup, &c., is fixed for Friday, the 6th, to Monday, the 9th
HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
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After a series of competitious extending over finally won several months the range handicap Cup was Blair with a score of 94, being only 6 points off on Saturday last by Ar. Sergt.
competitions, and practice for the Interport the possible. This closes the Subscription Cap
Match will now commence in' erauest. There were 23 entries on Saturday. Following are the best scores.
500 600 H'cap Total
47 47
94 92 90
Ar. Sergt. Blair* Mr. Pidgeou*. Mr. Marshall* Sergt. Bowery, R.E.* Corpl. Jones, R.E.* Corpl. Hills, R.E. C. S. Wallace, R.E. Mr. Klinck
45 44 3 44 44
47 43
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89
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83
79
42 32 * Winners of Spoons.
Mr. Henry Norman was on 30th August un- animously recommended by the committees of the local Liberal Associations as candidate for the College Divison of Glasgow. There is a ma- jority of 1,145 against the Liberals. Few candi- dates enter the field of politics so well equipped in work and experience as Mr. Norman. As a journalist. Radical politicians owe him a large debt for his services in the promotion of arbi- tration between this country and America. Mr. Norman is strong on the Imperial side of our politics, and his travels in China, in Siam, and in Eastern Europe make him an expert in Near and Far Eastern questions.
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THE MACAO LIBEL CASE
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS.
Sir. With reference to the correspondence which appeared in your issue of 26th inst. anent the trial in Macao of Mr. Fernandes and Mr. A. J. Basto, the editor and the author of a para- graph in the Echo Macaense, about the irregulari. ties in connection with the issue of passports-by the Macao authorities to Chinese proceeding to the United States, in fairness to, the editor and
generally respected citizen, I may mention that to Mr. Basto, who is a well known lawyer and a public opinion in Macao is entirely in favour of the defendants and it is the opinion of the lawyers there, that there was no defamation in the para- graph in question. With a view to enlighten the public, I would crave space in your valuable paper to give a short history of the case.
As is pretty well known, the emigration of Chinese to the United States is forbidden by the treaty of 1894 between China and the United States, but the prohibition does not extend to Chinese students or merchants, pro- vided documentary proofs are produced either from the Chinese Government or from the Government of the place where they resided.
It now transpires that during 1898, 149 Chinese obtained passports from the Macao Government for the U.S. and from January to August, 1899, no less than 379 Chinese again obtained passports under the pretext of being Chinese merchants and students residing in Macao. It may
here be remarked that the passports are issued by the Colonial Secretary's office, but before they can be granted an application has to be made in each case to the Governor direct, accompanied by documents proving the identity of the applicant as mer- chant or student and also the fact that the applicant is a Macao resident. And no pass- port can be issued without the express sanction of the Governor.
The public was, however, quite ignorant of the fact that so many passports were being issued to Chinese for the United States, and it was therefore with considerable astonishment that on 12th August it became known through a Government decree in the Official Gazette ap. pointing a Committee to enquire into the work- ing of the Colonial Secretary's office, after the sudden departure to Lisbon of the Coloni+l Secretary, Mr. Bandeira de Lima. just the day before, the reasons given for the appointment of the Committee being that certain rumours with regard to irregularities in connection with the issue of passports had come to the knowledge of the Gorerument. As a result of some pre- liminary examination, a certain individual
was charged with having falsified on different occasions certain documents which enabled
Their evidence brought to light several irregu some Chinese to apply for the passports. The Committee examined several witnesses.
larities and breeches of the Itw, which became known to the public at once.
The Echo Macaense in giving the news to its readers said that the responsibility of the Government in connection with the affair was very grave indeed, as with the issue of the pass- ports it practically sanctioned a disguised and ar illegal emigration, because it was generally known that the emigrants were neither students nor merchants but mere labourers seeking admission into the U.S., and also that they were not Macao residents,
It was this paragraph that gave rise to the libel case, the Attorney-General alleging that the paper had defamed the Governor by assert- ing that he knew that the emigrants were neither merchants nor students residing in Macao. The Echo subsequently explained that when they said it was known, &o; they did not mean for a moment that the Governor knew, but simply that there were people who knew, &c,
At the trial this was the line of defence adopted, and Mr. Basto proved that there was no defamation against the Governor, as according to the Portuguese Penal Code there is no de. famation unless there is direct imputation of some dishonourable set or deed, and the paper merely said it was known,” he,
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