May 20, 1901.1
and approved of locally with some alight al- terations. The plans for the piled foundations were prepared locally, a satisfactory contract for the work was let in July, and good progress has since been made.
Governor's Peak Residence-The plans for this building, which promises to be the largest and handsomest building at the Peak, were prepared by Messrs. Palmer and Turner. The site approach
had been formed under special rotos at a cost of 35,575.46. contract for the building was let to Mr. Sang Lee for $97,715.69 and fair progress was made with the work during the year. The kitchens and servants, quarters were nearing completion when the typhoon of 10th November occurred, and, as the masonry of the walls was unset and the roof only partly framed, considerable damage was done. The stone foundations of the main building were well advanced before the close of the year, and the woodwork of the doors and windows was in course of preparation.
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Gaol Extension,-A new wing containing 78 separate cells was completed during the year, but could not be used owing to the non-arrival from England of the special gaol locks rdered. They have since been received. The upper yard was surfaced with concrete and covered in. The total expenditure under this heading in the year was $16,959.06.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT. water extends and on which a small pier ex-| isted, by a causeway, across a shallow tidal flat, with the hills on which the police station and the official quarters, &o,, stand, A contract amounting to $4,887.70 was let for this work in April, and provided for a causeway four feet wide on the top, the sea-face pitched with stone. The work when well advanced was twice par- tially destroyed by storms and consequently progress has been very slow. Found acoessary to pitch the inside slope of
was embankment as the action of the tides and rain constantly destroyed the banks. This is now being done. It will be advisable to carry the Taipo Road along this line when the causeway can be widened and considerably strengthened. The pier from the Island was totally destroyed by gales during 1900, and a permanent iron or stone pier running into nine feet of water will have to be constructed later on.
Survey of the New Territory.-Mr. Tate, the officer in charge of this work, reports that an area of 4,000 square miles has been trian- gulated and that the stations established in the New Territory for this puropose are being marked in order to preserve them.
Praya Reclamation.--Owing to scarcity of labour, and the starting of the Naval Yard extension works, and the reclamation and Dock works at Quarry Bay, the progress on the Prays reclamation during the year has not been very satisfactory. However, good and useful work has been done, sections 4 and 5 from Wing Wo Street to the end of Wing ok Street where the Nam Pak Hong Pier stood, have come into full use, although the roadways are unsurfaced. Building operations on the reclaimed land are in active progress and the draining and sewering of the land has been completed, as well as the laying of gas mains, erection of street lamps, &o, &s.
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have been made to real relatives and friends, Em Straits Settlements was su the summer months during the plague in this Colony. With paragraph in my last year's the large number of kidnapped women and boys who come from the King Shan district of Kwangiang, I regret to my that it has shipments to be chamined by the Customs been found possible to arrange intending
anthorities at the port of Hoihow. CHINESE LABOUR IN BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. be paid to Chinese coolies proceeding
The question of the amount of the advance to glish North Borneo to work on the tea tobacco plantation has been raised during the year. Coolies had frequently complained that they received only $5 ont of a nominal advance of $25, the balance being deducted by the con. tractor to cover the expense of bringing the labourers to their destination. Negotiations are proceeding with the Brithaa North Borneo Go. vernment, with a view to revising the present form of contract, and placing the whole system on a more satisfactory footing. The root of obtaining respectable men as recruiters, owing the trouble appears to be the impossibility of to the fact that emigration from China is ali not recognised by the Government and that all persons connected with emigration are held in very low esteem.
still
CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY TO CHINÉSE EN-
TEBING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERIDA, de.
Taipo Road. This important trunk road, leading through the heart of the New Territory, and eventually to be carried on to Samchun on the Northern boundary, is described in paragraph 41 of the Annual Report for 1899. Early in 1900 the road was completed to the ninth mile from from Kowloon Ferry Pier, a point a little beyond Taiwai village. Here the first stream of
any importance, one draining the southern and eastern slopes of the Tai-mo-shan range, has to be crossed. After an examination of the river and flood marks, and consulting the “oldest inhabitants" of Taiwai, the decision to leave 90 feet of waterway and to make the platform oft
the bridge 16 feet above the REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S REPORT to the Treasury was obtained from the United bed of the
of 90 fream was arrived at. One span
$11,100 as compared with $17,175 in 1899, show- The revenue dérived under this head was ing a decrease of $6,075. Considerable incon- venience had been experienced in examining applicants for certificates owing to there being chant" and "student." The whole question no satisfactory definition of the terms !! mer..
was thoroughly gone into in the spring of last year, and in July last an opinion of the Solicitor*
States Government, which contained an ex- haustive difinition of the two words... The re- The Report of the Hon. J. H. Stewart Lock-sult of this communication has been that appli- hart, Registrar-General, for the year 1900 is cations from members of the so-called “ published in the Gazette. We make the follow-chant" class have practically ceased and the ing extracts :-
FOR 1900.
mer-
would have been provided for but for the difficulties of transport of heavy iron work. and, as good stone was fairly plentiful in the vicinity, it was decided to build two piers in the river's bed, and have
revenué dérived from this source has suffered. three spans of 30 feet clear, bridged by roll-
accordingly. Further precautions instituted, ed steel joists and a concrete platform. The
by this Department, to preclude attempts, at foundations for both abutments and piers ed to $132,729.63 as against $135,248.65 collected reducing the number of applicants for certi- The revenue collected during the year amount-frand, have also undoubtedly had the effect of were formed ̈ of cement concrete in masa, in 1899. The decrease of $4,4063.2 is again chief- | ficates. 26 dertificates were issued to Chinese
river bed. The masonry was completed in 1900, and the iron work shipped from London early in December. The contractor who had constructed the road to the ninth mile, was so exorbitant in his demands for the next section that no terms could be made with him, and after much delay a new contractor was found, but the progress during the year fell far short of that made in 1899, and of what was hoped for. The tenth and eleventh miles are perfectly level,
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE,
Of this
THE YUNNAN SYNDICATE.
resting on hard gravel six feet below the ly due to the falling off of receipts under the proceeding to Manila and “Honolulu as
heading of "Certificates of Identity issued to number; 7 were for Manila, and the remainder America, &c." The reasons for this decrease Chinese proceeding to the United States of | for Honolulu. :
are dealt with elsewhere. Arms Licences are 1900, which accounts for the decrease of revenus now issued by the Polios under Ordinance 9 of under this head. There have been increases in respect of most of the other items of revenue, 82,454.97. The expenditure during the year the Markets accounting for the largest, vis,,
was $12,219.69 as compared with $13,090.15 in 1899..
and for the most part run on embankments close along the seashore, the slope on the sea- side being pitched with stone laid in mortar and jointed in cement. Two more bridges occur in this section, one of 30 feet span and on of 10 feet span. In both cases cement concrete in mass was nɛed for foundations, sand extend ing to a great depth below the surface. After reaching the large village of Fo-tan, it was decided to carry the road on a causeway direct scross the bay a distancs of 1,74) feet, rather than hug the coastline and so make a long de
PO LEUIG KUK.
$3,628.05.
The revenue derived from, interest and sub. seriptions amounted to $6.515.10, while the expenditure was $6,381.74. The various guilds, which so generously came forward to the assis- tance of the Society in 1899, continued their support during the year, and the subscriptions amounted to 35,465.10 as compared with 4,006.30 in 1899 and 81,835.95 in 1898, show- as the tides topped the embankment daily, and Owing to the operation of the a good deal of material deposited got washed and Girls Amendment" Ordinance the number away. The causeway was so far advanced in of women and girls detained by the Registrar December that the flow of sea water was stopp-modation of the Institution was strained to the General increased considerably, and the accom. ed except through the opening of 100 foot left at the Western end. This opening will be utmoet. Fifty-seven girls, of whom 17 were by a timber bridge of Are spans on piles: eventually found again, were reported to the The eleventh mile ends near the centre of 11 Society as misting in Hongkong. Two huu-
dred and ninety-eight women and girls wer for the extension of the road on to detained under Part II of Ordinance 9 of 1807
leted, and a footpath opened
as compared with 248 in 1899. good dosl nen-level,
tour. This proved a somewhat difficult work. kig an increase in two yells “ Women
1,000, feet
Nine thot
MIGRATION, nine hundi
angers and boyS
Irration Of
in 1899. Of
for
U prefences.
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The Mainichi publishes a telegram from Tokyo stating that the main office of the Yun- the shareholders are British. It is called the nan Syndicate is in London and a majority of
Yunnan Syndicate, Ltd. The parties concern- ed in the loan affair declare that it has no political significance whatever. Mr. Hayashi, Japanëse Minister to Seoul, is ssid to admit hi
prot inability to find any ground for Another Tokyo telegram says -Various_re- ports are current regarding the Corean" loan" affair; but it is clear that Russia and Frano are mixed up with it. It is reported. amount contracted for by the Yunna cate is ten million yen, the
-five million yen➡being the Arst The Corean Government will its financial anairs with this loan second lot will be delivered in Septem other industries when it will be spent in developing, mining and
The Tientsin Jchjak north: Mongol
faith aro there, and