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they extended the principle of representative institutions to the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, because of the predominant num- bers of Dutch people in these places. If he might venture to prophecy, it seemed to him that the government which the Colonial Office was likely to impose upon them in the immediate future would be somewhat upon the lines of the government of a Crown colony. It seemed to him that in view of the component parts of the population of these two republics it would ob- viously invite disaster to confer representative institutions upon them at the present moment. As Mr. Jones had pointed out, it was only in very recent years-some seven or eight years ago-that Natal had obtained a representative Government. He was sure they felt very much indebted indeed to Mr. Jones for the observa- tions which he had made upon this very in- teresting subject. (Hear, hear.)
Lieut. HOBSON said that in connection with the difficulty of handling the Dutch population in South Africa, he would just like to point out that they had a similar colony, or a very similar/colony, in America. It was inhabited, fair amount of as they all knew, by a Datoh population, and it had become one of the most prosperous parts of country. The Dutch had become their best Americans, and in this section of the country the most successful business men, farmers, and politicians bore old Dutch names, and there were no more
loyal Americans and none who had more of the strength of what they might call the common Anglo-Saxon or British stock than this Dutch element. It would seem to him that with this example it was just a question whether a generous policy might not be the best. A white man might not be forced into a particular regime, and particularly that kind of stock which was found in South Africa and had shown ita virility in such a marked manner.
The proceedings then terminated.
HONGRONG.
Forty additional recruita (Marines) for the Hongkong Police Force arrived by the Glenfarg on the 27th inst.
be- A Chinawoman was summoned to appear fore Mr. Gompertz at the Magistracy on the 29th inst. for a breach of the Women and Girls' Pro- taotion Ordinance. His Worship considered the case proved and informed the defendant that she had rendered herself liable to a fine of $500. Hitherto he had not imposed heavy peanlties, but purposed dealing more severely with these cases in future. The defendant would be fined $150, or three months.
At the Magistracy on the 29th inst. a China- man, residing at 46, Third Street, was committed to take his trial at the sessions for offering a bribe to a public servant. The prisoner had been served with notice to remove a cockloft, and he went to Sanitary Inspector Hogarth and offered him $5 with a a view to induce him to overlook the matter. Mr. Hogarth detained the man and forwarded a report to No. 7 Police : Station, whereupon Inspector Baker sent. Ser- geant Sullivan to take the prisoner into custody. The Hou. T. H. Whitehead, Manager of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, sends us a copy of the following telegram which was received on the 29th inst. from the Lon- don office of the Bank:-" At the approaching meeting of Shareholders the Directors will re commend a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, free of In- come Tax, that £25,000 be added to Reserve (which will then stand at £125,000), £10,000 written off Premises, and £13,250 carried for- ward at, undivided profit."
At the Magistracy on the 24th inst. a private in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers named George Chris tian was sent to prison for seven days for steal- ing $1.00 from an American blue-jacket. The prisoner had been drinking with the prosecutor and some more American men-of-wars men, the latter doing all the paying. At night they went into the Stag, Hotel, and the prosecutor asked the prisoner to have a drink. The prosecutor put down 85. The prisoner picked $1 up and told the prosecutor to put the others into his pocket. This was noticed by the bar-boy and the manager, who called in Sergeant MacSwayed. When searched $7,30 was found in the prisoner's possession, and he was unable to give a satisfao- tory explanation as to how he esime by it.
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We are requested on behalf of the Directors of the Tung Wa Hospital to state that the name of the donors of $300 to the Fund in the list published last week should be the Nippon Yushen Kaisha, not the Mitaui Bussan Kaisha. Up to noon of the 27th instant there have been eighteen cases of Plague and seventeen deaths from this cause in the Colony since the lat January. One osse and one death occurred between noon of the 26th and noon of the 27th | instant.
At the Supreme Court on the 27th inst. His Honour A. G. Wise gave judgment for the plain. tiffs with costs in the case Palmer and Turner v. Belilios. The plaintiffs, Messrs. Palmer and Tarner, architects, claimed from the Hon. E. R. Belilios the sum of $275 for professional services.
Mr. Hid Black, the champion trick-cyclist of the world, assisted by Mr. L. Jenkins, gave an exhibition of trick-riding and bicycle-polo at Bay View yesterday afternoon. In spite of the unfavourable state of the weather a good atten. dance was secured and the entertainment passed off very successfully.
At about ten p.m. on the 24th inst. P.C. Wright was walking along the road between Hokun and Hunghom when he met two China- men carrying swords. He stopped them, and getting no satisfactory explanation took them to the Police Station. At the Magistracy on the 26th inst. one of them was fined $55 and
the other $'5, the second defendant alleging that both the swords belonged to the first de fendant.
His Excellency the Governor (Sir Houry Blake, G.C.M.G.). accompanied by Viscount Suirdale and the Hou. F. H. May; inspected the Police Force in the compound at the Central Police Station on the 27th inst. The men were put through the manual and firing exer- cises and different formations, after which His Excellency called the Inspectors before him and addressed a few words to them. He said the men looked very well on parade. They were very clean, well turned out and fairly well drill- ed. On the whole they had acquitted themselves | well, bat he hoped that the next time he in- spected them he would find that the Inspectori know their work better. He thought the In- speolors ought to attend drill at least once a week. Acting Captain Superintendent Badeley was in charge of the men.
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[March 31, 1900.
The only cases of Commanicable Disease in the Colony during the week ending 4th March were three cases of small por (one in Victoria), and three deaths from the same.
On Saturday night, the 24th inst, Mr. W. D. Braidwood of Victoria English School, was presented with an address by his old pupils, prior to his departure for a holiday at home.
A woman residing in Bai Wan Lane commit- ted suicide by poisoning herself on Monday. Her husband had spoken about bringing a concubine. home, and this seems to have upset the deceased:
The Bishop of Victoria held a confirmation at St. John's Cathedral on the 27th inst. The candidates numbered between 40 and 50. In his address the Bishop deprecated Sunday picnics.
A boy employed on board a ship in the har. bour was sentenced to six months hard labour at the Magistracy on the 28th inst. for stealing a pair of boots. He has previously served two terms of three months each for stealing,
As the Fuksang launch was proceeding to the New Territory with passengers, etc., she got ashore at about eight o'clock on Sunday!
The lanuch Tailee, noticing her morning. dilemma, took up about five passengers and brought them to Hongkong.
The Hon. Robert Daly Ormsby is appointed Acting President of the Sanitary Board during the absence of Dr. Atkinson, and Dr. J. A. Lowson Vice-President, vice the Hou. F. H.
May, C.M.G., whose appointment is cancelled during the absence of the Hon. Stewart Look. hart, C.M.G.
A Tokyo telegram states that Rear-Admiral Mori, Harbour Master of Yokohama, has been ordered to visit Shanghai and Hongkong on offi- cial business, and Mr. Uchide, Chief Inspector of the Government Commercial Navigation Bureau, has also been ordered to proceed to Bombay and several Australian ports.
Mr. H. E. Pollock has consented to act as Hon. Secretary and Treasurer of the Missions to Seamen in this port. Subscriptions may, we are informed, be sent to him at his chambers in Wyndham Street. Magazines and papers/ for which the Mission is always grateful, may be a pair sent to the "Star" Coffee House or to the Institution in Kowloon.
H.M.S. Victorious left for home on the As she was steaming out of the 26th inst. harbour H.M.S. Centurion emerged from the Docks and those on board gave the departing It is anticipated that the ship a hearty cheer. crew of the Victorious will be transferred to the Revenge at Malta and be taken home by her.
Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co. inform us that they have received information that the Directors of the Yangisze Insurance A ssociation will recommend at the General Meeting of Shareholders the payment of a further dividend at the rate of twenty per cent. for previous years and that Tls. 34,000 be carried to the reserve fund.
The organ recital given at St. John's Cathed. ral on the 26th inst, by Mr. A. G. Ward attracted a large congregation. Mr. Ward played several pieces with his usual skill, but the vocal con- tributions of Mr. A. G. Marsh were the prin- cipal feature of the programme. Mr. Marsh gave most finished renderings of "It is enough,” (Elijah) and "The Sailor's (trave,"
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At the Magistracy on the 29th inst. Mr. Gom. pertz held an enquiry into the circumstances con- nected with the death of Sing Po Hing, the Chi- nese girl who resided at 25, Hollywood Road, and who was found drowned at Shaukiwan the other week. The father of the deceased said he was a teacher and formerly resided at 25, Hollywood Road. The deceased was 20 years of age and had been to school about ten years. At the time of her death she was studying English in the forenoon at the Belilios Public School for Girls and the studied Chinese at his own school in the afternoon. She liked learning English. but was a little slow in learning Chinese. His object in giving his daughter a good education was that she might ultimately open a girls' school. She had not been suffering from any ailment during the last six months, and had not seen a doctor during that period. He had had occasion to reprimand her for being idle in her studies in his school on the 13th inst. She had The Russian battleship Petropavlosk, which not done some compositions set her by her Chi-arrived here on the 24th inst. from the Straits, is nese master, and he told her she was not only described by Mr. F. T. Jane in his book on wasting money but her time. That was all he the Russian Navy as one of the three most said. He did not strike her. On the following powerful ships in that navy. She was launched in February 1895, and is a sister ship of the morning she went out after nine o'clock, pre- sumably to go to school. As she did not return Poltava and Sevastopol, all of 10,960 tons. She at half-past 12 he went to look for her and sent carries four 12 in, guns, twelve 6 in,, and thirty- his wife up to the Central Police Station to six quick-firing 12, 3, and 1 pounders, besides 4 He was afterwards informed above water torpedo-tubes. Her average speed report the case. that the body of a girl had been taken out of the in trial was sixteen and a half knots. She coafed
at Pulo Wey and is bound for the north. water at Shaukiwan, and he went to the mor-
Mr. Alec Marsh, the well-known baritone, tuary and identified the body as that of his daughter. He thought his daughter was asham-sang the solo anthem "Why do the Nations" ed on account of his scolding her and took her at St. John's Cathedral yesterday morning. He was heard to great advantage, in spite of life in consequence. She did not threaten to do
Had she done so he would have taken climatic conditions. It is announced that with precautions. He could give no other reason why the assistance of several amateurs and Mr. A. she committed suicide. He was willing for his G. Ward, he is to give n grand evening concert, in St. George's Hall, on April 3rd. This evening daughter to get married, supposing any proper Mr. Marsh will be the soloist at the organ person had come forward. She had never said anything to him abont getting married.-Other recital given by Mr. Ward at the Cathedral evidence was given, and His Worship returned He will sing the aria, "It is enough," from a verdict of suicide by drowning while of' Elijah, and Sir A. Sullivan's song, "The
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