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The visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum last week included 409 non-Chinese and 100 Chinese to the former institution, 194 non- Chinese and 2,006 Chinese to the latter.
After discharging the cargo of coals which she has brought out from Barry for the local government, the Anapa will make two trips to Japan for cargoes of the same material. Other coal transports are to follow the Anapa and bring out large consignments of coal for the use of the Navy here.
The enquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of Cheung Tak, the coolie who died from the injuries received by a fall from a verandah while endeavouring to escape from the police, who had raided a gambling house on the 15th, was concluded on the 23rd inst. Evi- dence as to the injuries received by the man was given by Dr. Bell, and left no doubt as to the cause of death."
On Tuesday afternoon a man named Tong Yung was observed leaving the Kowloon Godown with a parcel. A tallyman immediately afterwards found that a watch and chain, two jackets, and 71 cents belonging to him had been stolen. He accordingly chased the man, who was stopped by a constable and taken to the Police Station. On the 22nd instant the thief was sentented to four months' hard labour.
Indian Constable (851) Vageer Singh appear- ed at the Magistracy on the 21st inst. charged with assaulting Chang Sung, a coolie in the em ploy of the Hon. F. H. May, C.M.G. The couple had some words in Garden Road on the 18th inst. and the constable kicked the coolie in the small of the back. Mr. Hazeland said it was disgraceful that a constable of this colony should be guilty of such conduct, and imposed a fine of $15, or a month. The fine was paid.
The guavas which grow in Mr. K. W. Mounsey's garden off Bonham Road seem to prove a great attraction to the coolies of that neighbourhood. One of them was caught up a tree on the 18th instant helping himself to the fruit. At the Magistracy on the 20th inst. he was sentenced to one month's hard labour, another coolie being sentenced to three weeks' hard labour for attempting to commit a larceny, Mr. Mounsey's guava trees being the temptation.
On the night of the 17th inst. a Chinaman was walking down Queen's Road Central when two men set upon him. One of them pressed him down while the other relieved him of a gold mounted rattan bangle, valued at $7. Sergeant Noble secured the men soon afterwards, and they turned out to be bad characters who had already been in gaol. The following day Mr. Hazeland sen- tenced them to six months' hard labour and ordered them to be given 20 strokes each with the birch.
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
During the seven days between noon yestert day at noon of the preceding Faiday only six fresh cases of plague were reported and eigh-
deaths..
Messrs. Hughes and Hough inform us that the property at Kowloon (Inland Lot No. 549) was sold on the 21st instant to the Humphreys Estate and Finance Co. at $1.05 per foot.
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Sergeant Dymond and a party of police visit- ed No. 54, First Street, on Wednesday at 11 a.m., and found some men and women gambling with cards. They captured 14 of them, and on the 23rd inst. the gamblers were each find 85.
At the Magistracy on the 18th, Mr. Hazeland had before him Ng Chik Yat, alias Ng Kow, alias Antonio Aquino, clerk, who was charged that he did on or about 15th December last, forge the signature of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, and by means of such forgery did obtain the sum of $6,000." The man was ar rested in the Shameen, Canton, on the 16th inst., and brought down to Hongkong by Ser- geant Terrett. He had cut his queue, was dressed in European clothes and was passing under an Italian name. He was remanded until Thursday.
Mr. Hazeland gave his decision at the Magis- tracy on the 18th inst. in the Cheong Yuen case. A quantity of goods were found on board on the return of the launch to the harbour, after she had been used for pirating one or two junks up the anton River, and the goods were identi- fied as part of the stolen property. The crew were accordingly arrested and charged with receiving the goods, well knowing them to have been stolen. The reason for acquitting the crew was that the larceny had been committed without the jursdiction of the Court, and as there could be no larceny charge brought, there could be no charge of receiving.
COMMERCIAL.
TEA.
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT.
1900-1 lbs.
Hankow and Shanghai...
moy
Foochow Canton
*
198,068 9,267,249
1899-00 lbs.
141,853 9,491,174
9,465,317 9,633,027
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
1900-1
Several property owners appeared at the Ma- gistracy on the 22nd inst. charged with neglecting | Shanghai notices ordering them to do certain drainage Amoy work in connection with their houses. Five Foochow were fined $5 éach, and two $50 each. The two
latter were Yung Hing Pong, owner of No. 11,
Arbuthnot Road, and Cheong Ling Tai, owner
of No. 9, Arbuthnot Road. When Cheong
1899-00
6,621,800 2,988,045 3,532,433 2,506,869
10,154,233 5,494,914
[August 25, 1900
CAMPHOR.
market has improved and prices are going up a HONGKONG, 24th August.-The tone of the
$93.00; sales 350 piculs. little. Quotations for Formosa are:- $92.50 to
do.
SUGAR.
Shekloong, No. 1, White...
2, Whites.. Shekloong, No. 1, Brown
do.
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HONGKONG, 24th Angust.-The weakness con- tinues, and prices are further declining. Quo- tations are ~
.$7.55 to $7.00 pel.
7.00 to 7.02 5.15 to 5.20 2, Brown ... 4.95 to 6.00 Swatow, No. 1, White..... 7.65 to 7.70
do.
1, White.. 7.05 to 7.10 Swatow,
No. 1, Brown 5.00 to 5.05 Foochow Sugar Candy
do.
2, Brown 4.90 to 4.95 .11.85 to 11.40 Shekloong
9.90 to 9.95 **
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For San
MISCELLANEOUS EXPORTS. Per Algoa, sailed 4th Au.ust. Francisco:-195 pkgs. ten.
Per Doric, sailed 7th August. For San Francisco:--200 pkgs. tea.
Per steamer Calchas, sailed 9th August. For London:-237 boxes, 1,363 half-chests, 6 pack- ages tea from Amoy, 10,750 boxes=225,750 lbs. scented caper, 65 boxes-1,365 lbs. scented or pekoe, 4,668 bales hemp, 375 bales waste silk, 93 bales canes, 1,058 rolls matting, 5 casks wood oil, 300 casks preserves, 155 cases preserves, 25 cases vermillion, 6 cases personal effects, 160 cases bristles, 31 cases cigars, 20 cases essential oil, 19 cases blackwoodware, 100 cases p. 1. fans, 167 and 68 bags shell, 899 pkgs, crackers, 55 pkgs. feathers, 45 pkgs. sundries. For Man- chester:-50 bales waste silk, 3 cases cigars and books. For London opt. Manchester:-150 bales waste silk. For London opt. Hamburg :- 599 cases cassia lignea, 30 cases aniseed oil, 406 pkgs. canes, 46 pkgs. feathers. For London opt. Antwerp opt. Hamburg : 50 boxes gallnuts. For Hamburg:-50 cases shell.
Per steamer Sarpedon, sailed 11th August. For London:-1,214 bales hemp. For Liver- pool-6,049 bales hemp, 200 bales mats, 10 pkgs. sundries. For Manchester: 75 bales waste silk.
Per steamer Albenga, sailed 11th August. For New York:-5 cases ylang ylang, 22 cases Chinaware, 25 cases bristles, 33 bales rattancore, 35 cases human hair, 45 cases paper, 100 casks soy, 100 cases Saigon cassia, 120 bales rattanware, 126 bales cares, 131 casks nut oil. 164 cases Essential oil, 308 bales split bamboos, 350 bales broken cassia, 378 cases blackwoodware, 500 cases cassia, 1,960 pkgs. merchandise, 4,838 pkgs, crackers.
Per Nippon Maru, sailed 16th August. For
Ling Tai's name was called in the first instance EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED San Francisco:-125 pkgs. tea from Foochow.
there was no response, and the case was allowed to stand over for a while. On the name being called a second time there was still no response and a warrant for his arrest was granted. Im- mediately afterwards it was found that the man was already in the dock, where he had been placed for smoking in court. For this offence he was fined $5.
Even the principal officers of the Police Ferce are not free from the attentions of those who covet other men's goods. On returning to his quarters on Tuesday Inspector Kemp found that two silver watches had been taken from a drawer in his absence. He had dis- charged his boy the previous day and his first impression was that out of revenge the boy had cleared off with the watches. The different pawn-shops in the city were visited, and ultimately Sergeant Terret came across one of the watches, and the pawnbroker identified coolie from the Central Police Station
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as the man who had pawned it. The other watch was found among some paper under
Yokohama Kobe
For Pittsburg :-694 pk.s. (51,323 lbs.)` tea 1899-00
from Foochow. For Chicago-1,220 pkgs. lbs.
(81,532 lbs.) tea from Foochow. For New 12,834,005
7,154,042 chow.
York:-1,024 pkgs. (75,505 lbs.) tea from Foo-
STATES AND CANADA.
1900-1
lbs. 13,720,178 6,498,079
20,218,257
19,988,047
SILK.
EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN TO AMERICA.
Shanghai Canton
Yokohama
Per P.&O. steamer Malta, sailed 18th August. For London: -50 bales waste silk opt Man- chester, 75 bales raw silk, 4 cases silk. For Lyons:---406 bales raw silk. For Marseilles :- 40 bales raw silk, 330 bales waste silk.
RICE.
HONGKONG, 24th August. The position of the market is nearly the same as when last reported. Quotations are:-
1900-1901
bales.
1899-00 bales.
1,270
1,795
1,416
2,888
2,686
4,683
Saigon, Ordinary
$2.75 to 2.80
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Bound, Good quality ......... Long
2.90 to 2.95
3.25 to 8.30
Siam, Field mill cleaned, No. 2
2.90 to 2.95
No. 1
#
White
8.20 to 8.25 4.00 to 4.05
Fine Cargo
4.10 to 4.15
EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN TO EUROPE.
Canton Yokohama
a staircase at the Police Station. Finding Shanghai himself cornered the coolie admitted his guilt. He told Mr. Hazeland on the 23rd inst. that he took the watches because he was hard up. He was sentenced to two months' hard labour.
1900-1901
1899-00
bales.
bales.
11,600
24,021
607
1,093
12,207
25,714
Garden,
MISCELLANEOUS IMPORTS.
HONGKONG, 24th August.-Among the sales re-
| ported during the month are the following: