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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LII.]
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China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
Leading Articles ~
The Crisis in North China
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62
The Relief of Peking-and Afterwards
63
The Sanitary State of the Colony
64
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company
04
The Crisis: Telegrams
65
Hongkong Legislative Council
66
Supreme Court.
Hongkong Sanitary Board
Occasional Notes
The Crisis in China,
Imperial Decree
The Reception of Li Hung-chang
A Day School for Kowloon..
The Health of Hongkong
The Light-Draught Gunboat Argus
Indian Famine Relief Fund...
Hongkong Jockey Club
Canton
Swatow
Correspondence
Commercial
United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Limited
Hongkong and Port News
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 28TH JULY, 1900.
The P. & O. Company's hired transport Nankin left Bombay last Sunday afternoon,
the 22nd instant.
H. M. torpedo destroyer Hurt left Shanghai
The Dutch cruiser Holland
on the 18th inst. arrived the same day.
The U.S. battleship Oregon, which recently ran ashore near Chefoo, passed Moji at 9 a.m. on the 16th inst. and has arrived at Kure, where 66 she is docked for repairs.
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69 H.M.S. Argonaut has passed through the Suez Canal and should be out here in about 73 three weeks' time. The transport Antillian 78 left the Cape on the 21st inst. with a battery 74 of field artillery for China.
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75 A small fund has been raised by residents of 75 Shanghai for the assistance of refugees who may be in temporary need, and has been placed in the hands of Mr. H. H. Fox, at H.M.'s 76 Consulate-General, Shanghai.
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76 The U.S.S. Pri ceton was due to leave 76 Swatow on the 20th or 21st inst. for Amoy. She found Swatow very quiet and with no evi- dences of any disturbance. From Amoy she will proceed to Shanghai, but the duration of her stay at Amoy is not known.
At the Gordon Hall, Tientsin, on Thursday, the 28th June, the wife of W. A. BRADLEY, of a daughter.
On the 13th July, 1900, at 18, Boone Road, Shanghai, the wife of NEIL C. BRODIE, of a son.
On the 18th July, 1900, at No. 7, Seward Road, Shanghai, the wife of J. G. DE SOUZA, of a daughter. On the 15th July, 1900, at Shanghai, the wife of P. F. CARNEIRO, of a son.
At 2, Seward Road, Shanghai, on the 16th July, the wife of Dr. GEO. A. STUART, Nanking, of a
SOIL.
On the 16th July, 1900, at 30, Quinsan Road, Shanghai, the wife of B. D. WATT, of a daughter.
DEATHS.
At Bangkok, on the night of the 13th July, MADGE, daughter of William MUIE, Borneo Co.'s Mills, aged one year and eight months.
On the 14th July, 1900, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, of failure of the heart, GEORG HARNS- LEE, of Tientsin, aged 48 years.
On the 18th July, 1900, at his residence, 17, Chaoufoong Road, Shanghai, ROBERT WEST MUSTARD, aged 61 years.
On the 23rd July, at 41, Morrison Hill Road, Hongkong, STEPHEN WILLIAM GOGGIN, late Capt. of the steamer Honam, aged 57 years.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The American mail of the 22nd June arrived, per P. M. steamer China, on the 21st July (29 days); and the German mail of the 25th June arrived, per N. D. L. steamer Weimar, on the 25th July (30 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
The news of the week from the North will be found in the telegrams from our Correspon dents on p. 65.
Admiral Seymour arrived at Woosung on Thursday with HM.S.'s Centurion and Alacrity.
The Portuguese Consul-General at Bangkok has taken steps to foster the small trade between Portugal and Siam. At his prompting, the Portuguese Commercial Company" has been formed there, to that end, with a capital of 30,000 ticals.
On the 16th inst. M. Doumer, the Governor- General of French Indo-China, opened the section of the railway between Langson and Porte de Chine. General Su had a long con. ference with the French Governor and the affair passed off most cordially.
The transports arriving at Hongkong during the week were:-Ballaarat (22nd inst.), Putiala and Wardha (23rd), Palamcotta and Vadala (25th), Nevasa (26th). The departures were:-~~ Itama and Warora (22nd), Ballaarat (23rd), Palamcotta, Wardha, Putiala, Vadala (26th), and Nevasa (27th).
The Agent of the C. P. R. Co.'s Steamship Line received a cable on the 25th inst. advising him that the Canadian Government has at last passed a bill raising the Head Tax on Chinese Immigrants from $50 (gold) to $100 (gold) per head, the alteration coming into force on the 1st January next.
On the 18th inst. the death took place at Tonkin of General Borgnis-Desbordes, Com- mander in Chief of the French forces in Indo- China. The immediate cause of death was failure of the heart, following on a successful operation on the liver. The General was 60 years of age and was appointed to his post in February last year.
The following is a letter written by Li Chi- kao, third son of H.E. Li Hung-chang to his cousin, Li Sing-wa, in Shanghai: A tele- graphed Imperial edict has been received hasten- ing the departure of my father up North. Those at Peking seem to be greatly repentant and filled with fear. They have telegraphed to the sovereigns of the various Powers acknowledging suspension of hostilities. But heavy reinforce Chins to be in the wrong and praying for a
Japan 20,000 men will have arrived at Taku in ments are already on their way here, whilst from
a day or two. Whether the Powers will consent or not to stopping of hostilities and negotiate for peace seems to be absolutely uncertain. My father intends to go up to Shanghai and there see what sort of a reply the Powers will have given (to the Peking Appeal), and then decide as to his future course. I will let you know when he starts (for Shanghai).”
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H.M.S. Goliath, which arrived in the harbour. on the 21st inst. p.m., was completed this year at Chatham. Her principal figures are:-Dis. ville boilers); armour, side 6 in., bulk-head 12 placement, 12,950 tons; i.h.p., 13,500 (Belle-
in., and gun-position 12-5 in. (Harveyed steel), deck-plating8-2in.; guns, four 12-in., twelve 6-in. Q.F., eighteen smaller quick-firers, two light guns; torpedo tubes 5 (4 submarine); speed 18.25 knots, complement 700.
H. M. S. Marathon, third-class deck protected cruiser, was expected to arrive at Singapore from the East Indies station last Sunday, en route for China. She was to coal and proceed north immediately. The Marathon is commanded by Captain J. G. M. Field. Her principal figures are-displacement 2,950 tons; i.h.p. 9,000; deck-armour 1 in.; guns six 6 in. Q.F., nine 6 prs., one 3 pr., three maxims, one light gun; torpedo-tubes 4; speed 19 knots; complement
218.
The Nanking correspondent of the N.-C. Daily News writes:We who are staying in Nanking are more and more impressed with the fact that Nanking is the place to be in at this time. The Viceroy is daily giving new expres- sions to his genuiness. He seems to have resources for every need. When the settlement comes to be made with China these men who have stood firm and true should certainly not be forgotten. Their wishes ought to find place in the balance.
Sir Francis Wallace Grenfel G.C.B., G.C.M.G., who is reported to be about to take command of the British forces in China, served as Aide de Camp to Sir Arthur Conynghame in the operations of 1877-8 in the Transkei ; also as Staff Officer to Colonel Glyn, command- ing a field force in the Transkei, and was pre- sent in the engagement with the Galekas and 1878 (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Major). Gaikas at Quintana Mountain on the 7th Feb., Served in the Kaffir war of 1878 as Deputy As- sistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General at Headquarters. Served in the Zulu war of 1879 as Deputy Assistant-Adjutant General at Headquarters, and was present in the engage- ment at Ulundi (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt.-Colonel, Medal with Clasp). Served under Sir Evelyn Wood in the Boer war of 1881 as Assistant: Quarter Master General. Served in the Egyptian war of 1882 as Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General on the Head Quarters Staff, and was present at the engagements of Tel-el-Mahata and Kassasin (9th Sept.), and in the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (mentioned in despatches, Aide de Camp to the Queen, Medal with Clasp, 3rd Class of the Medjidie, and Khedive's Star). Served with the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 on the Lines of Communication (mentioned in despatches, CB., and Clasp). Served with the Egyptian Frontier Field Force in 1885-86, and was present in the engagement at Giniss in command of a Divi- moted to 1st Class of the Medjidie and 3rd Class sion (mentioned in despatches, KOB., and pro-
ing the operations near Suakin in December of the Osmanieh). Commanded the troops dur-
1888, including the engagement at Gemaizah (mentioned in despatches, Clasp). Also com- manded the Nile Field Force in 1889 at the engagement at Toski (mentioned in despatches, promoted Major General for distingui vice in the field, and Clasp) On the dist comber, 1898, he was appointed Gov Malta, with the rank of General.