November 17, 1900.]
At a fire at Amoy on the 29th ult. Mr. Shep pard, of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's factory, was accidently killed, and was buried the next day by a firing party of officers and men from H.M.S. Isis.
A Japanese paper states that the Messageries Maritimes have paid 1,000 yen damages to the
TRADE
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT,
According to the returns of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce at Tokyo, Japan's yield of rice this year aggregates 45,000,000 koku.
Two cases of cholera were reported at the Lunatic_Asylum, Singapore, on last Friday week. Two more cases were found in a boat off which Road, men
come from Palembang to Singapore.
was sunk in collision with the Laos in the Inland Sea a short time ago.
The Canadian Militia Department has accep- ted an order from the Indian Office for 2,000 tons of firewood for China. The consignment was to be despatched at once from Vancouver. £40,000 has also been cabled in payment of great-coats, mocassins, and sooks sent to China from Canada.
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We have received a pamphlet entitled Stricken India with some ghastly photographs of famine- stricken natives in various stages of dying. Though we do not think this is exactly the best method of appealing to the public, undoubtedly those who issued the pamphlet are earnest in their desire to alleviate the terrible sufferings The British ship Ellisland, Capt. Broken of the unfortunate natives of the Indian Cen-shaw, from New York for Yokohama, put into¦ tral Provinces, and their warning to the public St. Michaels on the 1st ult. with loss of fore, not to think that because the rains have fallen main, and mizzen topmasts. She also lost sails, the distress is at an end is a necessary one. smashed bulwarks, 30 ft. of stanchions, and two boats on the deck-house top and bridges, and shifted cargo.
The Chinese Telegraph Administration at Shanghai is in receipt of a telegram from the office at Tungkwan, dated the 1st inst, stating that the farmers in that district, supposing the presence of the telegraph line to be responsible for the prevailing drought, have cut the line between that station and Hsianfu, thus in terrupting communication between the new capital and stations to the north, but not affec- ting communication between Haianfu and stations south to Shanghai. It is clear that further interruptions from the same cause may be apprehended in the same part of the country, and the circumstance is of interest as indicating the scarcity prevailing on the borders of Shansi and Shensi.
The following figures of Japan's exports,
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In the light of a wire sent by a London press correspondent, Russia has sent considerable or- ders for tes to India and Ceylon, because Insur- ance Companies have refused risks in vessels trading with China, and Chinese Banks havO refused advances to planters.
According to
statement an American Press representative to Manila, ov
even though the Friars be not expelled from the Philippines by the Washington Government, the latter will never permit them to resume parochial work in the islands.
Rumour has it in the Straits that the Rev. W. H. C. Dunkerley, Colonial Chaplain at Penang, will be transferred, early next month, to Singapore, to take up the appointment now held by Archdeacon Perham, who will leave the Colonial service on pension.
COMMERCIAL,
TEA.
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT.
1900-1
The following British war ships were placed on the non-effective list last month: The Audacious, battleship, the Invincible, battle- ship, the Achilles, oruiser, the Raleigh, cruiser, the Active, cruiser, the Volage, cruiser, the Hydra, Hankow and Shanghai... coast defence ship, and the Scorpion, coast de- fence ship. We understand that H. M. S. Wivern has also been condemned.
Messrs. Lütgens, Einstmann and Company, General Agents of the Great Eastern and Caledonian Gold Mining Company, Limited, inform us that they have received a letter from Mr. Best, dated 17th October, in which he says he expected to hand over charge to Mr. Ben- necke, the new manager, in about a week's time.
Amoy
Foochow Canton ........
lbs.
1899-00
Iba.
820,674 321,077 9,587,610 · 0,401,174
9,908,284 9,812.251
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO`ODESSA.
1899-1900 1898-99
Ibe.
lbs.
taken from the Annual Returns of the Foreign He would, in the interest of the shareholders. / Shanghai an p Hankow... 34,878,042 25,449,887
Trade of the Empire of Japan issued by th❘ Department of Finance, show the progress Japan has made in five years:-
Value of Export from Japan to China.
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
To Corea.
1895
1899
To Hongkong.
1895
11
Yen. 9,135,108 13,823,843 21,325,065 29,193,175 40,257,034
render Mr. Bennécke every possible assistance. At Saseho, recently, where the Crown Prince of Japan visited the naval dockyard, his High- ness was entertained with a sham fight in representation of the taking of the Taku Forts by the Allies. One company of marines put on Chinese uniforms brought to Japan as trophies, and being attacked by the Japanese, fled with great precipitation. At night the Shikishima and sixteen other battleships were brilliantly illuminated.
restaurants, 40 tailors, 100 money lenders, and so on, and say that altogether about 4,000 persons will be thrown out of employment. There are said to be signs of a riot, but the police are on their guard.
3,831,476 The Japan Mail anticipates, as the result 6,995,931 of recent legislation in Japau, the break-up of the Yoshiwara. The women are leaving 18,362,802 in such numbers, says our contemporary, that 1899
34,291,307 an impossible situation is created for their The Straits Times mentions another "pos- employers. The effect of this is likely to be sible for the Governorship of the Straits. painfully felt by a great many petty tradesmen According to the World, Sir Arthur Have who have hitherto plied business in that quar- lock, Governor of Madras, will return to Eng-ter of Tokyo. The newspapers speak of 30 land about the end of the year. He will thus relinquish office three months before the ex- piration of his period of five years' actual ser. vice. Sir Arthur will be brought forward for a. Colonial Governorship, as the five years passed in India do not count for Colonial Office pension. His colonial service dates from 1873, and he has still some three years to put in before he can claim a full retired allowance. From the World's point of view this sug. gestion may seem fraught with potential pro- phecy. As a matter of fact no man who has served as Governor of Madras at $7.000 a month, plus allowances, will accept a drop to $34,000 a year and a lower grade billet in the Straits,
The wharf accommodation et Tanjong Pagar, Singapore, is insufficent to meet the requirements of the port, according to the Straits Times, and steamers are continually being delayed, not only for a day or so, but sometimes for weeks to- gether. For instance the Benvorlich was detained over eight days before being given a berth, and the Benvenue has been 14 days in port discharging a cargo of only 2,000 tons of coal, an average of less than 190 tons a day, The British collier South America (Capt. Dobson) of 2,701 tons, which arrived from Newport with 6,500 tons of coal for the British Government, has been wait ing in the Roads for a berth since Nov. 1st. It may be stated, says the Straits Times, that, as a class, the shipmasters who understand the trade of the port look with disfavour on the scheme that the Tanjong Pagar Company has afoot for constructing a new basin and thus affording additional wharfage room. They say it will result in overcrowding and cannot meet the requirements of the ships. What they favour is the extension of the wharf outwards to the fishing stakes.
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EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
1900-1
Shanghai Amoy Foochow
1899-00
13,149,995 9,723,093
6,608,694
2,649,087
19.758,629 -12,366,160
EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
1900-1
Yokohama Kobe
1899-00
ibs.
Iba.'
.*................... 20,258,003
20,555,065
11,448,067
12,901,040
31,706,070
33,516,705
SILK.
EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN TO EUROPE.
Shanghai Conton
1900-1901
1899-00
bales.
bales.
26,428
49,019
4,289
10,150
30,715
80,069
Mr. John Short, who at one time held a good position in an old established house at Singa Yakohama pore, and in the eighties resided in Hongkong, died on the 30th ult. at the British Consulate, Bangkok. The deceased, who was apparently about 65 years of age, had been an inmate of the Hospital and somehow or other had got EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AN DJAPAN out, for he was found on the road on Sunday He was taken to the British gaol premises in a very weak condition and expired there about half-past eight on the day named. The de- ceased had not been very long in Bangkok, and was practically unknown, having recently arrived from Shanghai, where he had been employed by a mercantile firm.
Shanghai
Canton Yokohama
1
TO AMERICA.
1900-1901
1899-00
bales.
bales.
3,766
6,718
5,850
10,799
9,615
17,517
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CAMPHOR.
SUGAR.
HONGKONG, 16th November.-The activity continues and prices are further advancing.
Quotations are :—-
Confirmatory news of the loss of the sailing | ship Tam O'Shanter while on a voyage from Hongkong to New York reaches us by this HONGKONG, 10th November.-Still no fresh mail. The vessel, it is gossiped in shipping | arrivals have been reported. circles, was condemned for any further ser- vice, and negotiations at one time existed for her sale and subsequent "break up.” However, after a minute survey, it was determined to again put her on the run and she was chartered for America as above stated. The vessel was in command of Captain J. E. Ballard, who had his wife, daughter and infant on board; the chief and second officers were Europeans and the remainder of the crew were Japanese. The Tam O'Shanter left Hongkong on 9th Septem- ber, and from the fact that she was never re- ported as passing Ajor it is presumed that she was lost between Hongkong and that port. She carried a general cargo.
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Shekloong, No. 1, White......$8.00 to $8.06 pcl,
2, White...... 7.10 to 7.15 Shekloong, No. 1, Brown 5.15 to 5.20 » 2, Brown 5.00 to 5,05 " Swatow, No. 1, White...... 7.95 to 8.00 1, White...... 6.95 to 7,00 No. 1, Brown 6.06 to 5.10
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2, Brown Foochow Sugar Candy ..... Shakloong
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4.95 to 5,00 .11.70 to 11.75 .10.08 to 10.07