May 25, 1901,]
HONGKONG.
The British gunboat Lizard arrived from Swatow late on the 20th inst.
The U.S.8. Newark left on the 20th inst. for America.
Mr. U. Farrell has been temporarily appointed Inspector of Nuisances..
Mr. W. A. Rublee has been recognised as Consul General at Hongkong for the United States of America.
H.M. the King has been pleased to approve of Mr. Otto Gumprecht as Consul of Germany at Hongkong.
On the 23rd inst., the French gunboat Styr arrived from Canton and the U.S. transport Iris from Yokohama.
There was a landslip on the 22nd inst. at Glenealy, slightly injuring the water-main. By the prompt action of the waterworks' overseers, however, the damage was repaired without any material stoppage of the supply.
Mr. J. Cummisky, the European whose death is recorded elsewhere, was buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery on the 18th inkt., a very large number of friends and of fellow workers at H.M. Naval Yard attending the last rites.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
The British sloop Daphne arrivod on the 22nd inst. from Shanghai. The U.S. gunboat Isla de Luzon left for Manila,bu
A Frenchman, who was a prisoner on the last upward mail, escaped from the vessel, and is now at large within the limits of the Colony. On Saturday the U.S. Isla de Luzon arrived from Canton. On the 19th inst. the Italian cruiser Stromboli reached this port from Swatow.
On the 17th inst. we learn that Mr. R. M. Mehta, the well-known Parsee broker, was re- moved to Kennedytown Hospital suffering from plague.
The sentence of death passed by His Lordship the hief Justice upon Wong Po, the Wanchai murderess, on March 25th last, has now been commuted to penal servitude for life.
It is notified by proclamation in the Gazette that the exportation of arms, etc., from the Colony is extended for a further period of six months from the 28th May.
The return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum last wook showed that 43) non- Chinese and 167 Chinese visited the former institution, 142 non-Chinese and 2,529 Chinese the latter.
Mr. E. C. Pontifex was admitted on the solicitors' roll of the Supreme Court yesterday,
and the courts subordinate thereto. He was
admitted in May, 1899, and is connected with the firm of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master.
Mr. E. A. Irving has been appointed member of and Hon. Sec. to the Board of Examiners;
and the Rev. H. R. Wells has been appointed member of the same Board during the absence
of the Rev. T. W. Pearce.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Prince Henri d'Orleans, who is on a
Fon a tour: in the east, has been on a short visit to Pnompenh.
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Foochow, H. E. Ching Haing, foreign Consuls there on the 9th inst.
The newly appointed - Tar the
The foreign diplomatic corps at Tokyo has arranged to make a presentation to the Crown Prince in honour of the birth of the heir apparent.
The figures of the foreign population of Kobe, exclusive of Chinese, reach a total of 1,085, an increase of about 40 since the end of 1899. The British residents number 519, the Germans 169, and the Americans 158. -
More sentences of imprisonment, etc., have been awarded in connection with the U. S. Commissary scandals in the Philippines. Last week one of the accused got five years, another three, and a third one year and a $1,000 fine.
M. Delcassé bas stated that 2,000 French troops have already returned from China, and that the rest of the expeditionary force will return as soon as the remaining clauses of the collective Noto of the Powers have been fulfilled."
The Chingtu, with the Australian naval Sydney on the 26th ult. and was ordered into contingents from China on board, reached
quarantine owing to sickness on board—a case of smallpox. All but the patient were in good
health.
It is understood, says a contemporary, that Dad" Ferrell, the veteran actor of the Dallas-
Co, has been solicited to write a book entitled Thirty-five Years of Theatrical Life in the East, and when he has six months or so to spare he intends to devote some of his amazing energy to this literary offort, and those who know him can entertain no shadow of a doubt but that he
Apart from the 122 plague cases last week, the only communicable disease notified occurring in the Colony was enteric fever, of which there were two cases (Chinese, one in Victoria), both of which ended fatally. 103 of the plague cases were in Victoria, 19 outside. The Rev. G. J. Williams, pastor of the Union Church, is leaving this week on a five weeks' holiday in Japan. He expects to be back by the last Sunday in June, and to resume his duties on the first Sunday in July. His place will be taken by the Rev. H. J. Stevens, of the London Missionary Society, Canton.
The proprietor of the Salon Richlien hair-supplying and laying, on account of that Go-will get through it with safety and credit. bot dressing establishment, 9, Beaconsfield Arcade, which was gutted by fire on Tuesday night, the 21st inst. estimates the damage at $29,000. The premises are insured with the Commercial Union for $25,000. The cause of the outbreak has not yet been ascertained.
The concert given by Prof. Carlo Von Jack
in St. Patrick's Club on the 1 th inst. was very well attended, and the efforts of the per- formers met with a hearty reception. Prof. Jack's pianoforte solos were encored, as were most of the other items on the programme Altogether, the entertainment passed the even- ing very pleasantly.
Government bath-houses for coolies were opened in the Wanchai district on the 18th inst. These bath-houses are the practical outcome of suggestions by H. E. the Governor, and should their erection be justified by results-that is, should the coal-coolies and others of the class for whose benefit they have come into exist- ence take appreciable advantage of the opport unity now afforded them--the wash-houses, it is
understood, will be replaced by permanent build- ings. The present bath-houses are matsheds, large and airy, having inside two rows of shallow wooden baths or tubs for the use of the coolies. By the side of each bath-house has been erected-also temporarily- thed containing boilers in which water is heated for the coolies. The idea entirely new to the Colony is a good one, and it only remains now for the coolie to perform his share to make it a success.
The police were on the 19th inst, engaged on Caine Road in a wholesale arrest of beggars -men, women and children, some blind and some
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It is stated that the Eastern Extousion Telegraph Co. has entered into a contract with the Netherlands Indian Government for vernment, a cable between Java and Borneo. The cable is now being manufactured, and is expected to be laid during the current half year.
At Messrs. Hughes & Hough's Rooms on the 22nd inst. the steamer Sobraon, recently stranded at Tung Ying Island, was put up for public auction. The bidding commenced at $2,500, and mounted by degrees to $7,500). No advance on this being offered, the steamer was with drawn. Lot 2, the portion of the Sobranu's cargo remaining on board, and lot 3, a boiler sent from Shanghai for salvage purposes, fouud no bidders.
The return of deaths in the Colony for April shows a total of 507 deaths, of which 33 were in the European and Foreign community (21 Civil, 11 Army; 1 Navy), and the remainder in the Chinese community.
Chest affections claimed 101, and fevers 173, including 36 from malaria, 19 from small-pux, and 115 from plague. The principal rates in the different
were:-British registration districts
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Foreign community, civil population, 27 per 1,000 per annum ; Chinese community, Victoria, land 23.1, harbour, 21.0; Chinese, whole Colony, land 21.3, boat 17.9, land and boat, 20.8; British, Foreign and Chinese com- munity (civil) 21.0.
A billiard match, Police v. Navy, took place
on the 18th inst. in the billiard-room at
the Central Police Station, and resulted in a win for the Police, who made 856 against the playing a game of 150 up. A smoking concert Navy's 780. Six couples competed, each couple was held afterwards, and was greatly enjoyed lame. This is a step in the right direction, as by all present. Four members of the Welsh some of these beggars have been in the habit of Fusiliers band were present, and they, with the worrying people, especially those going to the Roman Catholic tathedral, for alms. Some of help of other entertainers, contributed largely the miserable creatures are so filthy that it to one of the most successful social evenings would be a blessing to the Colony to get rid at the Central Station. This kind of entertain- ment is an entirely new departure with the
of them. There was, however, one thing we
A rumour, which has been traced to a Hongkong source, says the S. F. Press, is to the effect that the Royal Welsh Fusiliers will come to Singapore towards the close of the year. All that can be said is that that is the expected, and the probable. It may be taken as pretty certain that Mr. Brodrick's policy of marine garrisons for minor coaling-stations has collapsed- by this time. That being so, recourse would be had to the usual routine, particularly as indicated in the Army Estimates for 1901-02, 2014
The Chamber of Commerce at Baigon: has⠀⠀ made a stir about the restrictive laws that hamper Chinese coolie immigration there. Chinese labour is much wanted at that port, yet the local Government seeks to trammel its entrance. The result, it is said, is that the coolie emigrants from Hongkong pass by Saigon and flock to Singapore and Penang, where they have free entrance and have no vexatious and harassing formalities to go through, and no high fees to pay.
At the annual general meeting of the week, the Chairman speaking in the subject Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce last
of Tariff revision said :--I think you will agree with me when I say that such a complicated question as the revision of the Tariff should not be dealt with in this hasty manner, and moreover that it should be taken in hand and settled by those Powers only who have large commercial interests in China, and from their knowledge and experience of trade matters and the general economic condition of China, are tory and fair to trade than if it were settled by much more likely to devise à scheme satisfao. the vote of those whose commercial interests trade had to pay a large part of the indemnity are of the slightest description Indeed if it simply amounts to this, that the Powers whose trade interests are trifling would be getting the indemnities they claim paid at the expense of their neighbours. However, I
noticed which the police authorities ought / police, and is very favourably viewed by the Raid, the matter has been referred home, where to be cognisant of, and that is the higher officials, who are not averse to the I have no doubt it will be carefully, and fully.
inhuman way in which some of the raw-look- ing Sikh constables treated these poor beggars, There was a man with one leg, walking with cratch, being led to the station; although he was offering no resistance and going along quietly down Old Bailey, the Indian constable persisted in shoving him along, and occasionally so roughly that the poor fellow was almost fall ing. There was really no occasion for such treatment, and the constables ought to be taught to temper their seal with humanity,
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holding of monthly promenade concerts in the compound at the Station. A committee of the held this week to consider the matter. men has been appointed, and a meeting will be
Commander W. C. Pakenham took over command of H.M.8. Daphne at Shanghai on Wednesday last, in succession to Commander C. W. Winnington-Ingram, brother of the new Bishop of London, who leaves for England on the P. & O. ss. Bengal.
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discussed and a proper settlement in due time arrived at. You may rest, sured that the Committee of the Chamber is the present situation, and will in its power towards the settle present trade question merchants and familiar with, and as absolutely nec of the foreign trade we are all engaged.
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