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Consul-General Wildman and family have left Hongkong for a four or five weeks holiday in Japan.
At the Magistracy on the 14th inst. eleven men were committed for trial for being concerned in an armed robbery on three fishing junks in Kowloon Bay on the night of the 18th May, The occurrence took place at 11 o'clock at night. Several shots were fired, and a fisherman was wounded in the foot. The robbers decamped with property of the value of $281. Soon after their departure the police patrol hove in sight. The affair was reported to them, and the neigh- bourhood was scoured, but without result. The matter was then reported at the Water Police Station, and a party of police set out for To Ko Wan. In three houses which they searched they found some of the stolen property, and the eleven men who were in were arrested,
At the Magistracy on the 8th inst. a Chinaman from Shaukiwan was fined $25 for neglecting report a case of infectious disease. Inspector Robertson's suspicions had been aroused by seeing a sickly-looking girl at the door of the defendant's house and on the 7th inst. he went inside. Before then he had spoken to the defendant at the door. The defendant denied that there was any smallpox on his pre- mises. He, however, seemed averse to the Inspec- tor entering the house to see for himself, and the Inspector had to push him aside. On going into a back room the Inspector found the mistress trying to hide a boy, who was evidently suffering from a severe attack of small-pox. The Inspector went away in order to get Bomeone to remove the boy, taking a girl who also seemed to have been ailing with him. On his return he found that the boy had been removed, having no doubt been taken away in a sampan or junk. The girl was conveyed to the Hospital where it was found that she had just recovered from small-pox.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
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The Pioneer passed Kiukiang on Wednesday, 6th June, on her maiden voyage up the Yangtze to Chungking. A telegram has been received stating that the German steamer for the Upper River has passed Suez on her way to Shanghai In accordance with a notification from the Treasury Commissioners, the rate of the dollar issued at Hongkong, the Straits Settlements, and on the China Station during the quarter commencing July 1st, has been fixed at one shill- ing and elevenpence.-Singapore Free Press.
The death is reported from Manila on the 6th inst. of Mr. William Johnston, founder and principal partner of the firm of Johnston, Mr. Johnston Gore, Booth & Co., of Manila. was a much esteemed member of the British community and had been out in the Philippines since 1871.
Commenting on the recent horrible affair in Corea, the Jopan Mail says "The Emperor of Corea now stands before the world a perjured monarch, unworthy to be again be- lieved. The whole incident is an abomin- able outrage. There is no law of morality or principle of expediency that requires the civilized world to stand a silent spectator of such horrors. We earnestly hope that Japan will not relax her efforts to contrive some effectual guarantee against any repetition of crimes so shocking. Her own hands were not clean in this matter thirty years ago. But she appreciated and obeyed the necessity of respecting the moral code of the nations with which she had established relations of friendship, and she has therefore a kind of prescriptive right to force Corea into If she succeeds, these the same civilized route. unhappy men, Kwong and An, will not have suffered a shocking death in vain. Their con- nection with the murder of the Queen-if, in- deed, they were connected with it-will have been amply condoned should their fate prove the means of rescuing their country from judi- cial barbarism.”
COMMERCIAL.
TEA.
A New York telegram of the 6th inst, an. nounces that Commander John McGowan, of the U. 8. monitor Monadnock, has been suspended EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED for six months.
A letter of a Tientsin lady, received at Shang- hai, describes how the volunteers went out to rescue the Paoting-fu refugees and brought them into Tientsin. "By degrees," she writes," about twenty wretched, worn-out-looking men and women got in here in a bad state, four wounded, one carrying a Boxer flag he had managed to Beize and stick to. One poor woman had a baby three days old; it died, but the mother is here quite safe. Poor souls, they had an awful time and have, of course, lost all their homes and be. longings. Not only were they chased by Boxers, but Chinese regular soldiers fired on them. However, they killed 63 Chinese between them, and got in with only four wounded,, but seven are still missing."
Shanghai papers announce the arrival on the 7th inst. by the Laos of Detective Grant, of the Hongkong Police, having in his custody Fritz Max Ulbricht, late Secretary of the German Club in Shanghai, for whose arrest for embez- zlement a warrant was issued some weeks ago. The prisoner was lodged in the Central Police Station and in the forenoon was brought up at the German Consulate, before the Consul-Gen. eral, Dr. Schnitzler, when the charge was formally read to him. In the afternoon, Ulb- richt was brought before the Vice-Consul, Dr. Ackermann, and his statement was taken in camera, also particulars as to witnesses he wished to have called, etc. The date of the trial proper is not yet fixed.
The public mind (native) up north is, accord- ing to a Tientsin correspondent quoted else- where, "almost inconceivably excited. No rub- bish is too preposterous for belief-the Boxers can fly, they can spit fire; even the most sober- minded, sensible Chinese are persuaded that they are immune to steel and lead. The in- fection is running to craziness." The reaction will, of course, he continues, come soon, and
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Messieurs the 'Boxers will be discredited as It is the much as they are now exalted. excitement which is the real source of danger in Peking. The mob might, by one act of indiscretion, be led into causes which would end in disaster, especially as the soldiery is a doubtful quantity. -
Yokohama Kobe
[June 16, 1900.
Hamburg and/or London:-480 packages canes and 8 cases human hair. For Amsterdam -13 cases Chinaware. For London:100 cases cam- phor. For Buenos Ayres: -2 cases curios, 12 cases blackwoodware, 14 cases Chinaware and 18 cases undr ies.
Per P. & O. steamer Japan, sailed on the 24th May. For Manchester :-218 bales waste silk. For Glasgow:-16 cases blackwoodware. For London:-2,015 bales hemp and 4 cases cigars from Manila, 10 bales duck feathers and 210 4-chests tea from Foochow, 500 boxes tea, 2 cases gongs, 6 cases copperware, 2 cases silks, 2 cases bird feathers, 60 cases bristles, 285 cases China- ware, 49 cases blackwoodware, 6 cases curios, 136 rolls mats, 16 packages rattanware, 5 boxes preserves, 4 boxes cigars, 121 bales feathers, 840 packages fire-crackers, 2 cases bicycles, 19 cases private effects and 60 bales canes.
Per steamer Idomeneus, sailed on the 26th May. For Liverpool :-4,939 bales hemp, 156 bales mat, 40 bales rope, 10 bales bambooware, 4 cases cigars and 2 packages sundries.
Per steamer Salazie, sailed on the 4th June. For Marseilles :-109 bales raw silk, 296 bales waste silk, 9 cases silks, 513 packages tea, 13 cases Chinaware and 2 rolls matting. For Lyons:-362 bales raw silk. For Manchester:- 100 bales waste silk.
The P. & O. steamer Ballaarat sailed on the 9th June. For London :-9 cases cigars from Manila, 12 bales feathers and 582 boxes tea from Foochow, 12,031 boxes tea, 20 cases bristles, 1 case bird feathers, 1 package matting sample, 175 bales raw silk, 50 bales waste silk, 1 case silks, and 1 case silks, and plated ware. For Marseilles:-197 bales raw silk, 100 bales waste silk, 10 cases hair and 2 cases curios. For Lyons:-371 bales raw silk and 5 packages tea. For New York:-22 bales raw silk. For Man- chester:-100 bales waste silk.
OPIUM.
HONGKONG, 15th June.-Malwa.-A few chests changed hands at $900 for 2/3 years old and $720 for 4/5 years old.
STATES AND CANADA.
1900-1
lbs. 21,655,97 6,192,96
2,784,893
1899-00 lbs. 2,166,218 501,527
2,667,745
Bengal. The market is very quiet. business was done during the week. $1,020 for New Patna and Benares.
Very little
We quote
STOCK.
Patna
928 chests.
Benares.
Malwa
231 400
31
Persian
2,100
CAMPHOR.
HONGKONG, 15th June. The market remains in Quota- the same position as reported last week. tions for Formosa are:-$91.75 to $92.00; sales 200 piculs.
do.
*
SUGAR.
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HONGKONG, 15th June. The prices are advanc- ing a little, holders being firm. Quotations are:- Shekloong, No. 1, White......$7.58 to $7.72 pcl.
do.
2, White... 7.15 to 7.18 5.25 to 5.30 Shekloong, No. 1, Brown
2, Brown 5.15 to
5.20 No. 1, White...... 7.80 to Swatow,
1, White. No. 1, Brown Swatow, do.
2, Brown Foochow Sugar Candy Shekloong
do.
17
"1
31
7.82
7.18 to
7.20
5.15 to 5.20 5.10 to 5.12 ..11.62 to 11.65 9.78 to 9.82
"
13
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MISCELLANEOUS EXPORTS.
Per steamer Bamberg, sailed on the 22nd May. For Havre:-1 case feathers, 1 case cop- perware, 5 cases sundries, 6 cases Chinaware, 10 cases blackwoodware, 15 cases camphor, 20 cases bristles, 41 cases human hair, 50 cases tea, 96 bales canes, 97 rolls mats and 100 packages bambooware. For Havre and/or Hamburg :-7 cases ylang ylang, 7 cases blackwoodware, 5 cases Chinaware, 8 cases lanterns, 10 cases canes, 12 cases human hair, 100 bales feathers and 295 rolls mats. For Havre and/or Bordeaux :--245 rolls matting. For Havre and/or Hamburg: and/or London:-40 cases essential oil and 3,006 cases camphor. For Hamburg:-1 case gongs, 4 cases bristles, 5 cases private effects. 6 cases sundries, 8 cases Chinaware, 8 cases blackwoodware, 10 cases palm leaf fans, 13 cases human hair, 24 bales bamboos, 100 bales rattan core, 133 bales canes, 208 rolls matting, 209 packages fire- crackers and 254 bales feathers. For Hamburg and/or Bremen:-70 rolls matting. For Ham- burg and/or Antwerp :-150 cases bristles. For
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COURSE OF THE HONGKONG OPIUM MARKET.
DATE.
PATNA.
BENARES,
MALWA.
Now. Old. New. | Old. | New. Old.
1900. $ 3 June 9 1,020 1,060 June 11 1,020 1,060 June 12 1,020 |1,060. June 13 1,020 1,060 June 141,020 1,060 June 15 1,020 1,060
$
$ $ $ 1,020 1,030 870 900/30
1,020 1,030 | .870 900/30 1,020 1,030 870900/30 870 900/80 1,020 | 1,030 1,020 1,030 870 900/80 870 900/80 1,020) 1,030
RICE.
HONGKONG, 15th June.-The rice crops in the mainland are reported favourable, and the prices are consequently further declining. Quotations
are:-
Saigon, Ordinary
11
Round, Good quality Long
$2.70 to 2.75
2.95 to 8.00
3.15 to 3.20
Siam, Field mill cleaned, No. 2
2.90 to 2.95
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Garden,
No. 1
9.25 to 3.90
White
19
Fine Cargo
4.00 to 4.05 4.20 to 4.25
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sales
MISCELLANEOUS IMPORTS. HONGKONG, 15th JUNE.-Among the reported during the week are the following:-
YARN AND PIECE GOODS.-Bombay Yarn:- 50 bales No. 8 at $86, 900- bales No. 10 at $87 to $93, 650 bales No. 12 at $91 to $96, 150 bales No. METALS.-Quicksilver.—150 flasks at $174, 565 16 at $97 to $99, 1,300 bales No. 20 at $99 to $107. flasks at $171. COTTON YARN---
Bombay-Nos. 10 to 208. English-Nos. 16 to 24,..
per bale
80.00 to $108.00 114.00 to 120,00 .118.00 to 122.00
22 to 24.
1
28 to 82,
.129.00 to 138.00
"
38 to 42,
,147.00 to 154.00