October 26, 1901.)
H.K.C.C. XI.
J. A. Woodgates, b Solfleet
G. Grimble, o Lyon, b. Solfleet..
C. R. Jordan, 1.b.w., b. Solfleet..
R. Gerrard, ó and b Solfieet
K. W. Mounsey, run ont...
A. E. Lowe, b Good.
W. C. Worcester, b Good
N. H. Rutherford, not out
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
HONGKONG ASSOCIATION
FOOTBALL CLUB.
3-10
Here, as usual, Japan still easily holds her own, though a slight increase is noticeable in Corean shipping. The appearance of American shipping in the returns is due simply to visits paid to Wonsan by an American steamer under
RESULT OF 6-A-SIDE COMPETITION TO 23RD Russian charter, and to the employment on the
Captains.
Mr. Russell
OCTOBER.
J. Brown, b Shettle
21
T. J. Wild, b Solfleet
01
P. Robertson, l.b.w., b. Good
5/
0
3
7
Danby
60
*
Goldring
7
Lowe
7
17
Beattie
C
2
ម
3
Total
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
H.M.8. TAMAR.
0.
M.
R,
Grimble
11 1 33
Woodgates
8
3 11
Lowe
5
3
Mounsey
3
H.K.C C. XI.
0.
DI.
Shettle
8
Solfleet
12
1
Hallifax
Good
2 2
7
877. GAE
18
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The following nineteen have been chosen by the Selection Committee to practice at the reserved net for the Interport Cricket Match, and it is hoped that they will all do so as often as they can:-
H. R. H. Hancock, T. Sercombe Smith, Major Dorebill, R.A., Major Dyson, A.P.D., Capt. Weymouth, R.A. Capt. Radcliffe, R.E., H. Arthur, F. Maitland. C. M. G. Burnie, M. J. Doctor, J. E. Lee, Lt. Kriekenbeck, 22nd Bombay Inf., Lt. Burke, 22nd Bombay Inf., Major Beresford Ash, R.W.F., A. Mackenzie, W. E. Dixon, Private Preedy, R.W.F., Morrison, R.N., and P. A. Cor.
THE STRAITS TEAM FOR HONGKONG,
The following is the cricket team chosen to represent the Straits Settlements at Hong- kong next month :--
Captain Dewing, Messrs. J. G. Mactaggart, C. F. Green, G. M. Billings, W. Langham Carter, H. W. Sharp, A. G. Wright, C. W. Darbishire, and D. Kerr (Singapore); Messrs. M. H. Whitley and A. B. Voules, and Capt. Ainslie (Selangor); and Mr. P. Mackenzie (Perak).
As some of the Straits team will probably be leaving by the mail of the 8th November, the Hon. Sec. of the H.K.C.C. informs us (the Straits Times says they leave by the Ballaarat), the following are the dates of the Interport Cricket Matches; but there may be some alterations:-
Hongkong v. Straits, 11th and 12th Nov. 13th and 14th Nov. Shanghai v. Straits, Hongkong v. Shanghai, 15th and 16th Nov. The dates for the tennis matches will be fixed later on. According to the Straits Times, Messrs. Green and Dewing and Capt. Ainslie will represent the Straits at tennis.
It may be noted that, owing to the great difficulties in the way of Native States men getting leave, the bulk of the Straits team for Hongkong, quite contrary to all precedent, will have to be supplied from Singapore this year.
With regard to the projected visit of Hong- kong and Ceylon teams to Singapore at the Chinese New Year, according to the Straits papers, neither of the Clubs mentioned expect to be able to give a definite reply to the Singa- apore invitation before the end of the year.
The Times Shanghai correspondent writes on the 16th August:-The British community here can hardly help comparing the energy with which Russia, whose commercial interests at Newchwang are practically nil, consolidates her position in that treaty port with the indiffer- ence which the British Government shows with regard to the situation in the treaty port of Shanghai, where the commercial interests of Great Britain throughout the Far East have hitherto centred. People ask whether the reduction of the British garrison here to below the strength of the German garrison is also part of the "Yangtsze Agreement," as our German friends insist on calling the Anglo- German Agreement. From the way in which the Germans go on acquiring land and building what seem to be permanent barracks, the out- ward evidence is that they, at any rate, have come to stay.
Kew
McMurtric
Matches
- Played
OMNIOTR Won
19 10 to Hon== Lost
-☺ND-0 Drawn
Goals
*100* $ ∞ & D for
Goals
Stevens, R.E... 6
34 34
The
west coast of a launch and some sailing schooners in connection with the American mines. proportion between the number of vessels given in the returns and the tonnage recorded shows 10 the smallness of the majority of the vessels
9 engaged in Corean trade.
A table annexed to this report gives the number and distribution in the capital and open
7
3
7
5
6 ports of the foreign population of Corsa. The relatively small number of Western foreigners, as compared with Japanese and Chinese, explains the classification adopted in this table, which shows that out of a total
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Mr. Russell's team wins the competition and takes possession of the Cup which was presente by Messrs. N. W. Slade and H. W. Looker in
1897.
COREAN TRADE IN 1900,
Mr. Gubbins, who writes the cousular report on the trade of Corea in 1900, says :-
foreign population of a little over 20,000, more than three-fourths are Japanese, while of the remainder three-fourths again are Chinese. Large Japanese communities are, it will be seen, established in the capital and four of the open ports, the Chinese population being concentrated chiefly in capital and Chemulpo. Of the other foreign residents, Americans are by far the most numerous, numbering in all 239, of whom 99 reside in Seoul, 34 at Ping-Yang, and 65 at In his report on the trade of Cores for the
the American mine. Those of British nation- year 1894, His Majesty's Consul-General reality come next. The total number of these is marked that the unfavourable anticipations | 141, of whom 66 are residents of Seoul. The formed as to the future of trade in that year numbers of French, German, and Russian owing to the progress of the China-Japan War subjects are 80, 62, and 45 respectively, the had, fortunately, not been realised. Similarly, majority of whom reside in the capital. The with regard to the trade of 1900. it is satis- remaining 29 foreigners are distributed amongst I should add that a very factory to be able to note that in spite of the eight nationalities troubles in China the value of the total trade of large proportion of the American, British and Corea for the year under review has not only not French residents in Cores are members of decreased, but has exceeded that of any previous missionary bodies. year. This result is explained to a large extent by the fact that although the export of Corean produce, to China, which is in Chinese hands, decreased, and importations of foreign goods by Chinese merchants likewise diminished; these disadvantages were more than counter balanced by the stimulus given to the export of Corean cereals by the interruption of the export trade of Newchwang, and by the demand for food supplies for the foreign troops em ployed in military operations in China.
So far as imports alone are concerned, the figures for 1900 were exceeded by those for the year 1898, while the customs revenue for the year fell short of that for the year 1897.
The large increase in the trade of 1900, which occurred chiefly under the head of exports, may therefore be regarded as the result rather of exceptional circumstances than of the normal development of trade.
The trade of Corea has more than doubled itself in the course of six years, and the increase in value of the trade of last year over that of the previous 12 months was £694,156. This increase is made up as follows:-
FOREIGN TRADE,
-
Increase.
Exports Exports-gold Imports
£444,203 69,967 70,576
COAST TRADE.
Exports Imports
56,6,7 52,803
The large increase noticeable under the healing of foreign exports is distributed over the five principal items of the Corean export trade, namely, rice, beans, hides, ginseng, and gold.
The large increase of over £100,000 in the coast trade during the year under review, shows that the opening of the new ports has not, as yet, had the effect which was anticipated of increas |ing direct foreign shipment at the expense of
the inter-port trade.
The increase noticeable in the trade of the year under review is reflected in the shipping statistics, and this increase is the more satis factory in view of the serious interference caused by the troubles in China to the regular movements of the Japanese steamships, which so largely monopolise the carrying trade of Corea.
As compared with the previous year the figures show an increase in sailing ships of 26 vessels, representing an increase in tounage of 4,125 tons, and in steamships of 431 vessels. representing an increase in tonnage of 23,908
tons.
:
In previous reports attention has been drawu to the great obstacles to the development of Corean trade which exist in the absence of good roads and other facilities for transport, in the unsatisfactory condition of the currency. and in the general weakness and inefficiency of the Government. That in the face of these obstacles the trade of Corea has increased, and continues to increase, to the extent now ob- servable, is a hopeful sign for the future.
GERMAN CONSULATES IN
CHINA.
The local mandarins (says the N.-C. Daily News) have received the following dispatch from Viceroy Lin of Nanking, who in turn obtained the information translated by us below from H.H. Prince Ching, Comptroller-General of the Boards on Government Affairs and of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Peking. The subject matter of this dispatch refers to the number of German Consulates in the Treaty port of China at the present moment, and the fimits of their jurisdiction in re matters invol- ving German and Chinese subjects:-
1-Consulate in Tientsin; full council, with jurisdiction over matters affecting Ger- man subjects in the whole province of Chihli; the six prefectures and two independent sub- prefectures of Shantung province, namely, Wating, Chinan, Tungch'ang, Yenchow, Ichou, and Ts'aochou prefectures, and Lints'ing and Chining independent sub prefectures; the pro- vinces of Shansi and Honan; Outer and Inner Mongolia; the three Manchurian Provinces and the regions North and South of the Tienshan (Celestial Mountains, Kuldja and Chinese Tur- kestan, respectively).
2.-Consulate-General at Chefoo, Shantung; under Consul-General, having jurisdiction over the four prefectures of Shantung, namely, Tengchou, Laichou, Ts'ingehou, and T'aian.
3-Consulate General at Shanghai, province of Kiangsu; ander Consul-General, having jurisdiction over the four provinces of Kiangsu, Chêkiang, Anhui and Kiangsi.
4.-Consulate at Amoy, Fukien Province; under Consul, having jurisdiction over the whole of Fukien Province.
5.- Consulate at Foochow; under Consal. This officer has no judicial powers vested in him.
6.-Vice Consulate at Swatow, Kwangtung Province; under Vice-Consul, with jurisdiction over the two prefectures of Huichou and Ch'ao- chou and the independent sub-prefecture of Chiayingchou, all of Kwangtung Province.
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